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This article deals with the Cylon ship from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica
series. For the episodes of the same name, see the List of Battlestar Galactica (2004 television series) episodes.

The Resurrection Ship is a vessel employed by the Cylons. The odd-looking ship appears as a series of spider-shaped support frames lined with glass booth-like containers, each holding a Cylon humanoid body in suspended animation. The ship is specifically dedicated to the "resurrection" of Cylons who die. Normally, upon their deaths, Cylon consciousnesses are uploaded into new identical bodies on the Cylon homeworld, but for Cylons located farther and farther away from home - such as those aboard the human refugee Fleet - the distance is too great for a Cylon consciousness to "upload".

For this reason, when the Cylons began pursuing the Colonial Fleet, they incorporated a resurrection ship at the center of their pursuit force, to provide for a fallback position; if they were killed, their consciousnesses could be downloaded to new models on the resurrection ship without concern. Without that ship, a killed Cylon too far from home would truly die, as their consciousnesses would be unable to find a new receptacle within range. Evidence of this fact can be seen in the Battlestar Galactica episode, "Scar", when Cylon raiders, normally known for their suicidal flight techniques, became more cautious and tactical in their engagements with Colonial Vipers, once the resurrection ship has been destroyed.

Based on testimony provided by Gina and on reconnaissance photos taken by Lt. Starbuck on the Blackbird
, the ship contains multiple copies of Humano-Cylon models, along with all the apparatus necessary for resurrection.

Pursuing the fleet

When the Battlestar Pegasus happened upon a resurrection ship (later determined to be pursuing Adama's fleet) they found that the ship was escorted by two Basestars and approximately a dozen support vessels. It is assumed that the ships had been following the fleet since the exodus from the Colonies.

According to a Cylon copy of D'Anna Biers on Caprica, two Cylon Raiders from this Cylon fleet were destroyed relaying a documentary on Galactica's crew back to "the Fleet", presumably the main one guarding this ship (from the episode "Final Cut"). Pegasus located this ship and its escorts sometime after the fall of Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, and in the process of pursuing it, met with Galactica in deep space.

Prior to Starbuck's recon flight, the function of such a ship was a complete mystery. Admiral Helena Cain speculated that it was a command and control ship, while Commander William Adama suggested that it might be a Raider factory. The two ships rendezvoused and began planning an offensive strike on it, but tension between Admiral Cain and Commander Adama quickly escalated and threatened to derail the operation (episode "Pegasus"). Only after Starbuck's arrival with data regarding the resurrection ship did the standoff end.

Destruction

In a joint operation by the both Galactica and Pegasus, the resurrection ship was disabled and then destroyed. (episode "Resurrection Ship, Part II"). This was done using a number of Colonial civilian transports left to bait ships from the Cylon Fleet; those ships were then engaged and occupied by the Vipers protecting the "helpless" Colonial ships.

With the Cylon fleet divided, the two battlestars then attacked the two basestars protecting the resurrection ship, quickly decimating them. As the resurrection ship attempted to jump away, the Blackbird piloted by Capt. Apollo was able to slip inside and disable the ship's FTL drive. With the resurrection ship now dead in space and with the two escort basestars being torn apart by the battlestars, it was quickly destroyed by the remaining Viper squadrons led by Starbuck.

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