Battlestar Triton

Battlestar Galactica 2004 Continuity
(Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome)

Battlestar Triton
General Information
Affiliation:	United Colonies of Kobol Colonial Fleet
Hull Number:	39
CO:	James Jonasson
Fate:	Destroyed in 0 ACH
Technical Specifications
Class:	Unknown
Type:	Battleship/Carrier
Complement:	Viper Mk. VIIa Viper Mk. VIIb Raptor Mk. II Raptor Mk. II Heavy
FTL:	Yes

Triton was a battlestar in service to the Colonial Fleet following the First Cylon War. When the Cylons attacked the Twelve Colonies forty years after the end of the Cylon War, Triton engaged enemy forces after the first wave of the offensive resulted in the destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters and the destruction of a quarter of the Fleet. The Triton was subsequently destroyed by Cylon forces.

History

The Triton served in the Colonial Fleet following the First Cylon War. and was assigned to Battlestar Group 39. which was part of the Aerilon Combat 5th Division. At some point, Commander James Jonasson was the commanding officer of the Triton. During his tenure as commanding officer, Junior Lieutenant Kara Thrace served aboard the vessel as a Viper pilot. Jonasson filed disciplinary charges against her.

The Triton was still in service during the events surrounding the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Lieutenant Alex Quartararo, an Electronic Countermeasures Officer and qualified Raptor pilot, was part of the crew at the time. After the destruction of Picon Fleet Headquarters in the first wave of the Cylon offensive, Admiral Nagala took personal command of the Fleet aboard Atlantia. During the subsequent engagement, Triton, along with Atlantia, Columbia and Solaria, were destroyed by Cylon forces. Quartararo survived the destruction of the Battlestar, and later joined up with the civilian fleet guarded by the Battlestar Galactica as it fled the destruction of the Twelve Colonies.

Notes

• Triton was first mentioned in the television miniseries that aired in 2003 when Commander William Adama listed the names of several battlestars that had been destroyed in the Cylon offensive.
• Triton was later mentioned in the first episode of the First Season, 33 when Lieutenant Sharon Valerii notes that Alex Quartararo, her new Electronic Countermeasures Officer, was a "refugee from Triton". Quartararo's flight suit also included a patch for the Battlestar Triton on its upper left arm.
• Triton was later referenced in the episode The Son Also Rises; while viewing Kara Thrace's personnel file, a record of a disciplinary hearing noted that she was serving on the Triton at the time of the incident.

Gallery

Triton's Patch