Zephyr

The Reimagined Series
(Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome)

Zephyr
General Information
Affiliation:	United Colonies of Kobol Intersun Liners The Fleet
Fate:	Scuttled in ~4 ACH (YR04)
Technical Specifications
Class:	Zephyr-type
Type:	Passenger Liner
Passengers:	~3274
Length:	~1200 Meters
Width:	~380 Meters
Height:	~380 Meters
Propulsion:	4x Sublight Engine Manoeuvring Thrusters
FTL:	Yes

Zephyr was a luxury liner which escaped the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in a fleet led by Galactica.

History

Following President Laura Roslin's arrest during a coup, the Quorum of Twelve took a Shuttle from Zephyr to Galactica. in the hope of questioning her and restoring her presidential authority. Later, during the presidential elections shown in "Lay Down Your Burdens", Part II, Zephyr was one of the last five ships in the fleet to dispatch her ballot results to the Galactica counting room. Petty Officer Dualla intercepted the Zephyr's ballots and replaced them with forged ones in an attempt to swing the election in Roslin's favor.

In the 4th-season premiere episode "He That Believeth in Me", Zephyr suffered severe damage to the wheel section when it was struck by missiles during the Cylon attack at the Ionian Nebula. Later episodes show that the ship is still with the fleet undergoing repairs.

During the webisodes, "The Face of the Enemy" which aired on the scifi.com website between seasons 4.0 and 4.5, Felix Gaeta and others are en route from the Galactica to the Zephyr when the fleet makes an emergency FTL jump, leaving them stranded.

Design

It has an unusual design reminiscent of early spacecraft used by the Twelve Colonies and consists of a massive wheel connected to a slender, central hull at the axis. The wheel contains an artificial biosphere and slowly rotates to simulate natural gravity. This unusual design is supposedly very old when artificial gravity was too expensive on large ships, but the design proved popular and remains in use to this day.

Gallery

CGI Model

Notes

• The ring section is a relic of a bygone era when artificial gravity was not yet commercially viable.
• For the 3rd Season, the 3D model was redesigned by Pierre Drolet.