Olympic Carrier (Ship)

Olympic Carrier was a Gemenon Liner 1701-type civilian cruiser in service with Olympic Carrier which escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as part of a fleet led by Galactica. The Olympic Carrier was destroyed five days after the refugee fleet escaped the Cyrannus Star System.
== History ==
When the Cylons launched a surprise attack on the United Colonies of Kobol, the Colonial government ordered the immediate shutdown of the spacelines to keep civilian ships out of the battle. The Colonial Fleet, except for Galactica, was eradicated due to sabotage to their computer networks, leaving the civilian ships defenseless. Assuming the Presidency, Laura Roslin ordered all civilian ships to rendezvous at a designated location,Battlestar Galactica 2004, episode: "Miniseries, Night 1". including the Olympic Carrier. When Cylon Raiders discover the rendezvous point, all faster-than-light (FTL)-capable ships abandoned it for the gas giant Ragnar, where Commander William Adama of Galactica, having taken command of the remaining Colonial Fleet, was arming for a counterattack. Roslin persuaded Adama to abandon the Colonies and search for a new home, Earth.Battlestar Galactica 2004, episode: "Miniseries, Night 2".
Over the next five days, Cylon ships can track their location and jumped near the fleet's position every 33 minutes. It was eventually discovered that Olympic Carrier was unaccounted for after a fleet jump and presumed lost, but the loss also coincided with the failure of the Cylons to appear as expected, breaking the 33-minute cycle.
It later suddenly re-appeared near the fleet, and despite positive confirmation, Adama became suspicious and sent a Raptor and two Vipers to investigate. A voice over wireless communications explained that the ship had trouble with the FTL drive that took three hours to fix and that the Cylons miraculously ignored them and left them alone.
When instructed to stay back, the Olympic Carrier broke orders and headed toward the fleet, and further instructions were met with silence. At the same time, the Cylons appeared, and when a radiological alarm indicated nuclear weapons on board Olympic Carrier, the Vipers were ordered to destroy it before it could reach the fleet.Battlestar Galactica 2004, episode: "33".
Though not confirmed beyond a visual inspection of an empty cabin, Olympic Carrier's complement was assumed captured by the Cylons, including Dr. Amarak, a Colonial defense researcher who urgently wanted to tell President Roslin about the presence of a traitor in the fleet.
== Behind the Scenes ==
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*Olympic Carrier is in fact name of the airlines that operate the ship, not the ship itself. Like Gemenon Liner 1701, its likely that Olympic Carriers full name was "Olympic Carrier" following several digits.
*Originally, NBC/Universal forbid the producers to specify that there were people alive, onboard the Olympic Carrier, which would make the episode too dark. The CGI studio Zoic, which did special effects for Battlestar Galactica during the first season however hid slight dark figures moving onboard the ship, implying that there indeed were people alive on board the ship. The shadow was visible in Battlestar Galactica: Razor's deleted scene.
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==Gallery==
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Livingston_Early_Liner_Sketch.png|Concept art by Richard C. Livingston from Battlestar Galactica: Designing Spaceships via Google Books
Livingston_Early_Liner_Sketch2.png|Concept art by Richard C. Livingston from Battlestar Galactica: Designing Spaceships via Google Books
Livingston_Early_Liner_Sketch3.png|Concept art by Richard C. Livingston from Battlestar Galactica: Designing Spaceships via Google Books
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==Sources==
Category:Colonial Ships
Category:The Fleet