Battlestar Galactica - Main Battery Compilation

[@KILLRAIN42]

God I'd have loved to see an episode from the perspective of the guys running all those guns. The logistics of the battlestars always fascinated my imagination.

[@richlisola1]

The guns were automated, it wasn’t like the Second World War with a crew manning the guns.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Torpedo!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

We have targets Mister Watson.

[@tuxedotservo]

@@richlisola1 there was a scene where Cain points out to Adama that Pegasus has less crew than Galactica - even though Pegasus is ~50% larger - because the Pegasus has automation. That seemed to imply that the guns required crews on Galactica. That's the one place I figure where automation would cut down crew size. Even with some aspects automated, they'd still need a sizable hangar crew to fix up and re-stage retrieved Vipers. I kind of imagine it as like the Iowa-class battleships - there were aspects of automation to get the powder and shells to the guns, but there was still a need for crews at the guns themselves. Galactica was an old girl - built in a time when there was a fear of what Cylons could do to automated systems.

[@ace9848]

​@@tuxedotservo Cain ordered the crew to man the batteries when cylons interfered with their automation system when they attacked a Cylon station (same episode where Cain shot her previous XO in the head with his own gun in the command center)

[@Mr.McWatson]

The massed artillery is one of the reasons I kept watching the show. I love a series that puts thought into minor things like how the combat should work and the Flak spam was freaking awesome

[@LazyTyrant]

I couldn't agree more. I was skeptical of the solid munitions at first, but their simplistic brilliance is staggering.

[@badlaamaurukehu]

I'm a bit of a munitions whore myself.

[@MonkeyJedi99]

It was not until about a month ago that I realized that all of those weapons emplacements have a bubble cockpit where the gunner sits, with only a (possibly armored?) window between them and hard vacuum, or the deadly round whizzing through that vacuum. It makes sense with Galactica not being networked as a defense against Cylon hacking, but that is a lot of crew dangling out in danger!

[@wilsoncipriano]

The full crew of a fully armed Jupiter-class Battlestar numbered nearly 5,000 crew members, with gunners manning 600 small Flak guns and 40 to 50 artillery stations.

[@AmlanjyotiSaikia]

Jesus what? I thought they are automated or controlled from a sectional firing station

[@jamesxiaolong2199]

I think because the ship is built around denetworked and reducing automation, they probably designed her so the Mark I eyeball could be used if the computer was damaged.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Even without "Network" everything in sspaceship is computer control. The concept "Manual" unless you guys are turning cranks, wires and gears. I remember a scifi story where by the computer's are basically no more sophisticated than whats in a car. Keeping a computer safe from hacking is easy, you place it in a faraday cage from Electromagnetic signals and run it as fiber optic and the software is physical wire assembly (think Apollo Guidance computer)

[@MrMartechi]

It's kind of a shame that we never got any characters that were part of these gun crews - I bet these guys were pretty badass, considering how much they kick ass once they get put into action.

[@sparrowlt]

I think we see them at one point.. before the final battle Adama is briefing some crew about that the battle will be close range and he wants the batteries to star firing inmediatly..and when they run out of ammo "Then I want you to start throwing rocks." and smiles at them.. those crew members were the gun captains.. probably the folks who sit in the things

[@ogs_Boga1900]

pegasus guns are remote controlled right? only galactica is low tech due to cyclon fear

[@sparrowlt]

Yes because when evacuating Lee says "set batteries into auto cycle B" .. but we dont know if Galactica batteries can be fired from the bridge.. they certainly are manned as we see 2 crew in each with a big viewport.. maybe they can be remotelly operated but at a much less accuracy rate. Galactica was "low tech" but not that low tech.. they still had remote control systems and remote monitoring (as was stated by Tigh Cylon boarders could vent the whole ship from auxiliary damage control) With Galactica it was a more hardwired and basic bulkier isolated systems thing

[@AndrooUK]

@Michael Colapietro Can you corroborate that? It's an interesting point, but it seems a little redundant to have remote fire and local fire controls.

[@danielbeck2739]

I would have actually liked to see maybe one or two episodes that were some what dedicated interaction with these crews too. We got to see pilots, control personnel, DC teams, flight crew, hangar deck, engineering, and some of the marines. But we didn't get much interaction with the people behind the guns and it feels like we were cheated out of that. Though on a side note, really impressed that the show did show aging and extensive battle damage with each episode involving the guns. Really emphasizes just how bad ass these people had to be to sit there and take beating after beating from Cylon munitions.

[@crashk1955]

Liked that artillery and bullets were used rather than lasers and phasers

[@SamaritanPrime]

And that's probably one of the reasons why people love the Galactica so much. It's doesn't have any lasers or phasers or fancy-schmancy shields; just guns, armor, and faith- -and look at what she did. The Galactica parked itself between the human race and actual, honest-to-God extinction and said "NO."

[@TheCaptainCrack]

@@SamaritanPrime not to forget: Galactica had some of its armor stripped off and one of its hangars was basically turned into a museum...

[@MikMoen]

Even if it seems primitive there is nothing more devastating than raw kinetic force.

[@sonoriuxo2437]

@@MikMoen Velocitas eradico! = Speed kills!

[@suzumiyaharuhi3438]

Pity the series misrepresented missiles. Even today's air-to-air missile can easily hit a small and super-sonic target over 20km at Mach two and beyond. In vaccum space, they could potentially reach Mach 20 or something, meaning that even at an range of 20km, it would only take a few seconds for the missile to hit the target.

[@jamesgraves1682]

The special effects from 2004-2005 still hold up today.

[@piotrd.4850]

Take first Alien, Predator, Terminator 2 ...

[@Bit01]

And Alien was 1979. You don't have to make a big flashy movie with maximum explosions and lens flare, even if that stuff is pretty cool. Just make a good movie.

[@Bit01]

For idiots, by idiots. Idiocracy was a documentary.

[@smalliesmalls9601]

AKUJIRULE Maybe the fact that you are only seeing the dumb ones says something about you...

[@dragoninthewest1]

2021, still looks amazing

[@Pelegrin01]

Gunners are some of the most underrated personnel ever. It takes alot of courage and dedication to perform in these situations and many people take for granted. I salute those men.

[@adamsmid3074]

I stand by you

[@arcticblue248]

After seeing this and like the Midway movie... being a pilot trying to dive-bomb a carrier or ship with superior flak-batteries .. makes it even more impressive that people actually survived these kinds of dive.... and delivered their weapons.

[@vicenteloco5490]

@@arcticblue248 There's nothing quite like the high drama of a single dive bomber with his singular payload, descending upon a floating air base / city that has enough aerial firepower to project its nations power for thousands of miles, is packing vast amounts of anti-air guns, doing their best to kill that balls-of-steel pilot, who by himself has the power, the means and the will to destroy that entire floating base if he can successfully fly down that gauntlet of flak without getting killed. In the case of Dick Best, he did just that, twice in a single day I believe, with his lungs shot from the caustic soda in his O2 supply. We all owe that generation so much. Midway was a truly epic battle.

[@sam23696]

Considering the number of times we see Galactica hit by a massive warhead, even a nuke or two, I bet the gun crews were the most hardcore on the ship. It's one thing to be on board this thing in combat, quite another to be strapped on the outside of the armor literally designed to take a beating.

[@ghostofpambo6266]

Love the main forward guns of the Pegasus. Takes out a Basestar with relative ease.

[@kimnice]

At least in "Exodus part 2" Pegasus didn't take out a Basestar with it's forward guns: All 4 Basestars were still intact according to dradis after Pegasus had fired it's main guns.

[@Siegberg91]

The thing is the battlestars can not allow themselves to go in effective firing range to base star as they would do go so close that there flag shield would fail you stop the basestars missles in time. So they prefer a defensive approach to get rid of raiders and counter attack with vipers

[@Debbiebabe69]

It wasnt just the 'main forward guns'. Pegasus's main armament consists of her 'bow battery', 8 forward facing 2200mm (86+ inches!) anti ship guns, and her 'main battery', 60 heavy (but not as heavy as the BB) guns capable of anti-ship or flak roles. She jumped in with surprise, meaning she could bring to bear all 68 of her guns on the first base ship - which although crippled and wrecked did not actually blow up. After surprise was lost, facing 3 fully functional base ships launching volley after volley of nukes, as well as 3000+ raiders, she had to use her main battery entirely for flak to defend herself and only had the 8 guns in the bow battery for offence. However her main role there was to eat the nukes aimed at the crippled Galactica (which at that point was one or two nukes away from going bang along with all humanity's hopes), so she could not bring her bow battery to bear after that first volley.

[@npatil85]

Pegasus better

[@Darkpara1]

Pegasus for those mega powerful forward guns, but obviously can only really bring them in when taking enemy off guard, or they'll be out of flak cover from their main battery on its sides.

[@fer04i81]

Lucasfilm needs to get whoever is in charge of designing these battles to design some for the next Star Wars movies, because, with the exception of Rouge One, every recent SW space battle has been garbage.

[@somesinger1575]

I utterly agree!

[@Boskov01]

One request...DON’T GIVE THE CAMERA GUY ANY CAFFEINATED DRINKS!!!

[@CharlieGordonRailfan]

As a Star Wars fan from the beginning, I totally agree. Rogue One had good battle scenes, before that was the battle of Endor. After Endor, all battles were crap. I wish they would make an actual theatrical release of the what led up to the battle of Jakku.

[@matthewpierce5525]

Am I allowed to say that the starting battle above Coruscant looked cool? Or are the prequals not allowed?

[@PetersaberHD]

Battle of Coruscant was pretty damn cool, but it's just there in the background, while we follow two fighters, so it's third in my ranking. Endor was spectacular, but Scarif takes the cake, because it's the only Star Wars Movie battle where units and fleets use actual tactics and military formations, rather than just mumble into each other.

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

-"AND FOR FRAKK'S SAKE STAY OUT OF GALACTICA'S FIRING SOLUTION!" Lee 'Apollo' Adama.

[@ydoumus]

Projecticle weapons, missile systems, nukes. Ships with raw armour, no imaginary shielding. BSG was the most realistic Sci-Fi show ever conceived, with a great cast and impressive storyline. There will never be a better show.

[@piotrd.4850]

Just the fact that they carried multiple impractical tropes of palnetary warfare with no regard to basic sense or physics, doesn't make it 'reallistic' especially, when they ignore basic orbital mechanics....

[@Pedgo1986]

You are right short of few plot tropes but one thing still bothers me to this days, why they dont use main guns often clearly they are long range and strong enough to destroy cylon ship in one salvo yet they use them once this also point into unlogical Pegasus suicide and why Lee parked ship between base ships when he can quickly snipe them from afar like it dit with first base ship.

[@ydoumus]

@@Pedgo1986 I believe the reason for that is that the flak point-defence turrets are static. Only the rail guns can actually rotate 360 degrees. Note how Galactica is essentially almost always broadside to enemies - there's a reason for that. If they were ambushed by cylons, who primarily use raiders and missile systems, turning bow-in to fire the main battery would cause a major risk to the ship (lack of flak screen). That's why you see Pegasus use its main battery, because it was the one to make an ambush.

[@Pedgo1986]

@@ydoumus Ok i understand galactica defense posture thats fine but there were scenes when cylons jumped right before galactica they have time and angle to shoot salvo or two while turning to broadside nevertheless my main problem is still pegasus flimsy suicide. I understand it was for plot but some critical malfunction or sabotage will look better. Pegasus jumped in and instantly shot down base star btw in scene it look like this main battery on pegasus is not only forward pointing nevertheless Lee opt to fly side by side with base star not shooting just flying and beign hit by everything to ram another base star ahead it just make no sense, firstly he is already pointing this crazy guns on enemy just not shooting, he is flying next to basestar and not firing flaks that can shred anything in seconds and again without any fire he just slam into enemy ship.

[@ydoumus]

@@Pedgo1986 Nobody talks about the Pegasus Incident. Period. ;) Pegasus was a different Battlestar class; Galactica was an oudated Jupiter class, while Pegasus was a modern Mercury class. And sadly, no. Neither of this ships had powerful battery mounted on sides. Those were the same types of weapons - railguns - that Galactica had mounted. The could rotate, as mentioned before, 360*. Pegasus just had more of them.

[@shinestar2912]

I cried when that last main battery got taken out. RIP.

[@Parasiticism]

Now thats some sick dakka, almost enough.

[@jamesharding3459]

MOAR DAKKA!!!

[@eammonmurphy3519]

almost be not enough shoota

[@kempmt1]

I am glad that The New-BSG doesn't use lasers, like in the old BSG. The Galactica may not be able to handle four basestars, but I believe the Pegasus could take them on and win. 1:27-that is my favorite scene of Pegasus, charging in with main batteries firing. 2:06-is that a person in that bubble?

[@firecriss1392]

If Galactica had still been in it's "blood and chrome" state, having more guns and weapons, it would have destroyed both those basestars in the miniseries.

[@pudanielson1]

RIP Cgi battery operators 2:10

[@stevepuddlejumperpilot6062]

lol

[@natzo89]

It only took the Cylons 5 years to destroy 1 gun emplacement.

[@sparrowlt]

@@natzo89 they had destroyed another battery in the battle of New Caprica .. Galactica was missing one dorsal battery since

[@daceobrien6198]

It'll never get old when the old girl rolled out the guns

[@wonniewarrior]

I remember 1 episode where they were trapped in a malfunctioning room with a cylon virus removing the air. That episode also had tech crews re-filling empty cartridge cases for the AA guns, and re-linking them into belts.

[@Foxtrop13]

incredible how little battlestar battles there is in this show, and yet its one of the best shows ever

[@vicenteloco5490]

Measured doses of something grand makes you appreciate it all the more, like singers who hold back their full vocal power and talent until the climax of a song. the space combat is one of the few things that made the show worthwhile to me as it got into the latter seasons. For me it became too much of a soap opera, a convoluted mess of a plot, at times totally incoherent, characters breaking character for the sake of making some new drama, et cetera. I wanted to love the show all the way through, watched it all the way through only for wanting to see how things ended, but the last few seasons were a drag to me. Now a real dream come true for me would be to see massive space battles like this in a Robotech movie series, based on the U.S. animated adaptation in the 80's. That story I'm deeply fond of. Despite some childish elements, there's something sobering about seeing 4.8 million alien warships in a green cloud around the Earth bombarding its entire surface into oblivion that says, "This isn't just for kids." :-)

One of the best shows ever? It was a chore watching it. Sure, I loved the battles and the bridge, watching great actors, but the Baltar bullcrap kept dragging on and on and on...

[@chaff5]

We need movies in the BSG universe. They've already built the world, we need to explore the history.

[@piotrd.4850]

Instead, in recent tradition, you'll get complete reboot soon.

[@Jameshawk105]

Every spinoff was complete trash

[@piotrmiler234]

@@Jameshawk105 Razor too ?

[@Jameshawk105]

@@piotrmiler234 razor was ok. It was nice to see everything happen from the Pegasus side but still seemed really over dramatic.

[@gokercakr693]

​@@piotrd.4850 Where did you read this? When, where, which reboot?

[@scambroselauntrellus3681]

The sound design is awesome. It feels like i'm hearing all this stuff from inside the ship, which is the only way I would hear any of this since no sound in space.

[@Phantom_Anthem]

Something about a battleship/starship in any sci fi story just unleashing every single thing it has is just so cool. One the audio books been listening to had a scene where they come out of a wormhole and the ship ai spins the ship around on its axis unleashing every single gun on the ship on the enemy in a twirling spiral of death 💀

[@DMS-pq8]

A fleet of Battlestars fighting together would have been a awesome sight

[@briankriens5645]

Check out Battlestar Galactica Deadlock on Steam. It's a great tactical game featuring the BSG universe during the first Cylon war. With the expansions you can get access to later tech, such as the Mercury Class, and Valkarie Class. Vipers are awesome when used correctly in the game :)

[@rl2699]

Anyone that has yet to see this series definitely needs to. It's somewhat of a reboot but with a darker tone to it. The only thing that slowed this show down for me was the whole Baltar thing but other than that this show was phenomenal. Interestingly enough this had better special effects than some major movies do even to this day.

[@МихаилРадулов-й4т]

The sound of the foward guns is awesome.

[@nazreenpg]

01:20 the scene with the music played just epic!!!!

[@polthomaskeeley7860]

I keep coming back to these clips for the realism (if I can say such a thing lol) and suspense. The weaponry: so much more believable and enjoyable. Brilliant. Chapeau :-)

[@lindstromstone7535]

SO MUCH DAKKA! I love it! 10/10 video.

[@MegaLeafgreen]

Always a good watch, thank you for this.

[@ryukivanastrea6962]

Its like WW2 battle of pacific(colorized) . . . . . BUT IN SPAAAACCCCEEEE!!!! :v

[@w41duvernay]

The Battlestar Galactica was designed to be like a ship from WW2 by the show, to demonstrate what the humans had left to fight back with against the Cylons. On purpose by the shows creators.

[@Preyhawk81]

@@w41duvernay dont fight modern Aircraft carriers the same styl?

[@stephenbutler4399]

1:03 ... Why am I as moved hearing that sound as I am when I hear an A-10 release the *brrrrrrtt*? Oh yea... Cuz it's Galactica XD

[@mursare]

Nearly creamed my pants seeing all that action! Great job!

[@sparrowlt]

Phasers? We dont need no frakin phasers!

[@thehantavirus]

in the original the cylons used laser cannons. Such a downgrade in tech in the newer ones, they probably dint want to make look too star trek?

[@BigTylt]

Funny that lasers (not Star Trek phasers, but actual burning lasers like on some real warships) would have saved Galactica and Pegasus from being nuked on several occasions.

[@apocalypticsurvivor6111]

We have havok class nukes

[@Stasy809]

@Bocaan The Humble l am pretty sure these are rail guns witch would make them a lot like Halo's MAC canons and of course a lot more effective could be a mixture of both coil and rail guns actually

[@Stasy809]

@Bocaan The Humble yes yes l am

[@IainHamilton]

Never noticed that we actually see the 'ol girl using the main guns on the underside of her head (0.45)! It's usually the ones on her back that are seen. I don't know how many times I've watched this series but never seen/noticed those guns firing before. I know the Galactica has 8 main guns on her back and she actually has 16 on her underside ranged around her head and centre.

[@TheScazighino]

I love the way the raptors fly…the way that they realistically show that momentum is all you need in space - so they flip and fly backwards or sideways with ease

[@chrisdufresne9359]

Seeing the old SciFi channel logo made me happy, it dug up childhood memories.

[@joffeloff]

Frakkin' amazing. When watching this one does realize, they didn't fire all that often. It seems like they're burning ammo all the time when one is watching the show, but not when it is condensed like this. I guess it could be considered realistic that all the ammo they have is what they grabbed at Ragnar Anchorage considering the size of the ship.

[@briansouthparkstudio1357]

but it's not as both Galactica and Pegasus could make their own ammo

[@TheDjbz]

It's also safe to assume they had the civilian ships load as much as possible while they were there too. I mean, you may as well use any available storage space for every scrap of food, fuel and ammo you could take when leaving the colonies.

[@SantomPh]

they have industrial ships that process tylium from asteroids into metal and ammunition. Like in the original Galactica, there was only ever one supply run which seemed to arm and fuel the fleet for the entire series.

[@YurkerYT]

There were ammo factory ships iirc

[@133col]

I really liked that space combat. That battery clusterfuck was refreshing after Star Trek's "lets fire a phaser and maybe some torpedoes" kind of submarine-like warfare.

[@tileman17]

would have cool to see Galactica with all her gun batterys intact

[@hestermark]

Yes indeed. She was on her way to being a museum. A fully armed Galactica would be pretty impressive.

[@vomErsten]

By your command: media.battlestarwiki.org/images/d/d7/Battlestar_Galactica_-_Blood_And_Chrome_Appearence.png

[@DiscretionwithReason]

@@vomErsten disappeared a year later :(

[@garryfield5319]

bsg.forever.

[@Hoshpakk]

The effects are still great, even in 2021

[@Zachomara]

I think there was one more, I think it was when Lee ends up being in charge of the Pegasus after the new "Captain" ends up going down to engineering after he freezes during some kind of scouting mission. He ends up flipping the ship after topside gets trashed, and nails one of the base stars before jumping away using the forward main battery. I always loved that particular scene.

[@tlsrob6772]

Zach Omara do you remember what season ?

[@Zachomara]

Right after they get rescued from New Caprica. I can't remember the season. My DVD box is in storage atm.

[@Zachomara]

Ah, ok. I must have missed it since it was out of context of the battle.

[@evancollins4458]

@@tlsrob6772 Season 2 "The Captains Hand" dank episode

[@BigTylt]

That's already in this compilation.

[@Madcat717]

nice man those main guns kick some cylon ass!!! my favorite 1 is where pegasus comes to save galacticas life :D

[@CesarinPillinGaming]

Whats surprising is that Pegasus' weapons seems automated with no cockpit or gunner. Galactica has their main back canons manned by 2 crew. I'm surprised most of them didnt die in the last barrage against the hybrids base.

[@billcarson9565]

"Weapons grid to full power" goose bumps every time I hear that Damn shame we didn't get to see Galactica when it was in its prime as seen in blood & chrome, every foot of its hull covered in armament.

[@wendelljoelpeters2534]

Looks sweet.Like WW2 battle scenes

[@YIIMM]

Liked for the dedication at the end o7

[@thirstysailor579]

I like how the show subtly implies that if it weren’t for the fact the Cylons used hacking to overcome the Colonials, a straight up war would have likely seen a complete slaughter of Basestars.

[@eastwestcoastkid]

The Pegasus coming in to rescue Galactica boom 💥!!

[@marcofava]

While one of the stupidest moves in military history it was amazing to see

[@airplanemaster1]

04's Galactica pretty much sums up how Humanity would fight in space. None of those fancy lasers, phasers, particle projectile nonsense. Just big ol' frakkin guns slingling solid slugs down range, and a thousand smaller cannons creating a cloud of shrapnel that'll float in the void for eternity. Wasteful on purpose, because you wont get hit by a projectile if it hits something in front of you first.

[@PhoenixT70]

I frakking love _Galactica's_ Main Battery. It's so much better than phasers and turbolasers because, frankly, projectiles and High Explosives are just more satisfying. Plus, the Flak Field ain't bad either.

[@spikedpsycho2383]

It's neat how the guns on the ship are flush neatly against the hull Until they're needed.

[@noejacklou]

we actually ave a modern system like that where the shells speed is measured and calculatedand made to go off in close proximity to the target only galactica uses a scaled up version of that

[@LazyTyrant]

You notice how Galactica's batteries seem to fire more slowly in the latter clips than in the pilot miniseries? Now that's attention to detail.

[@kempmt1]

I enjoyed watching the scene with the Pegasus charging in with guns blazing!

[@inmatejason]

This never gets old!

[@Slacker28]

I love how the ship gets crappier as time goes on.

[@abirbinhabib7669]

I was waiting for a spinal cannon. But this is awesome on its own. Need to watch the whole thing

[@jon636374]

Tigh "Admiral, what do you need?" Adama "Guns. Lots of guns.."

[@carolineartley2703]

My God, I love those guns!

[@Lyze]

Watching both Battlestars circling while hammering away at the Basestar in the resurrection ship fight was one of the most beautiful scenes in BSG. Get rekt'd.

[@Prophet-Icyllusion]

That camera creativity though!

[@JingleJangle256]

I love how the camera is super janky and never stays in place. It’s like the director said, “I want them to see it, but as little as possible.”

[@bloodravenist]

unless my mind is just playing tricks on me the main guns during the end when they attack for hybrid colony are much slower in both speed and firing then the start. those guns were well and truely battleworn

[@milentsvetkov1670]

After so many raider attacks, missiles and nukes, the main battery somehow was almost intact for four years until the ship rotted away. And they never got out of ammo dispite that there is no human civilization to produce munitions... and the ship itself could damage a basestar with its small bullet-like munition firing guns but took imensive pounding at the cylons baseworld but yet survived ... I always wondered ehat did those people ate for 4 years and how did not die of vitamin and mineral deficiencies...

[@milentsvetkov1670]

@Cloud Burst 117 I know that one of the ships is capable of fuel processing. I am aware of any that can produce munitions, coffee and etc. If there are any, they are not in the TV series, but in some comics or something else. Do you have a link or something?

[@chaosconspectus]

i remember the meeting where they discussed how Pegasus would ultimately win if it attacked Galactica. but not before taking probably fatal damage itself. if we watch the show again we will always see Galactica behind Pegasus. Galactica being a broadside vessel when attacking from behind would do some serious damage before Pegasus could even start turning. that said Pegasus was more maneuverable. we also see in one episode both ships broadsiding a base star. ultimately there are enough inconsistencies in the show that we will never truly know which ship would have beat the other, plot armor or not.

[@billcarson9565]

The galactica show briefly in blood & chrome would destroy the pegasus hands down.

[@robertmattison1282]

Great Clip their my friend. Bang Bang Base Star.

[@connorohlander6683]

1:21 is my favorite scene

[@Napalmratte]

this is a fucking amazig video maybe THE best BSG video on youtube .. no fucking music, just the original sound! great man - keep on doing such great videos!

[@KeeperCharlie]

My mum and dad hates most Sci Fi cuz they cant relate to futuristic space battles with lasers. But they loved the drama and realistic tone of BSG. Using hard shells and cannons and bullets, they give the sense of realistic space naval battle instead of bubbly shields and cute lasers, with actual human pilots fighting and risking their lives in a fighter. I guess in a very very far future we will see more star trek style ships in real life but Battlestars look more relatable to me

[@silenykralik]

Kinetic projectiles in space - awesome - still flying with the same speed :-D

[@Einwetok]

Eventually, someone's going to have a bad day...

[@HealthySkepticism1775]

Freaking chill with the shaky cam

[@wearywanderer7018]

This never gets old

[@colbycoolby1592]

Anyone else notice the Galactica fires her main guns in beat with the drums at 1:13

[@ronin3381]

That’s the Pegasus.

[@imaginaryuser]

I love you, main batteries

[@crystalyuri5538]

The space battles in battlestar galactica are some of the best ever made the sounds the explosions how much is going on at once so so epicly cool

[@rekson]

too bad there are no sounds in space

[@crystalyuri5538]

@@rekson Well you are both right and wrong there is no normal sound in space but it's only because we can't here the frequency of such sounds aka our ears suck, you can here the different sounds of space using different frequencys and signals its more complex than that but that's the quick version lol

[@rekson]

@@crystalyuri5538 No.. sound just doesnt work in vaacum

[@crystalyuri5538]

@@rekson Have a read of this www.theverge.com/2017/10/31/16580806/nasa-halloween-spooky-space-sounds-playlist-jupiter-saturn-plasma Like I said we can't here the sounds eith our own ears but if we get the signals and frequencys aka radio waves we can turn that into sound so like I said technically we can technically we can't.

[@rekson]

@@crystalyuri5538 well if you turn it into radio waves then yes. But its not sound. You cant hear shit in space. If we could, the sun would be Omega giga subwoofer.

[@Dweller415]

Reminds me of the USS Iowa and USS Missouri main batteries.

[@Debbiebabe69]

Iowa/Missouri main batteries - 16 inch guns. Pegasus bow battery - 86 inch guns.:)

[@JoaoSoares-rs6ec]

Those big guns firing, like the battleships of old a sight for sour eyes,

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Kinda curious how they managed to keep getting ammo. I know they stocked up at Ragnar but with all the firing, I'd assume the ammo would run out pretty fast. I haven't watched the entire show (heresy, I know) so maybe it's explained somewhere.

[@Naelbis]

They started manufacturing munitions on one of the fleet ships.

[@thedutchfisherman7078]

Those guns where just BRUTAL!

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

Love being able to say "Galactica's guns" and not have "guns" be a catch all for lasers.

[@sarcasticguy4311]

Holy crap, what's with the shaky cam?

[@ralphreinhardt6020]

Badass !!!

[@Jason.W.]

Are there people inside aiming those? What's those pods for?

[@gerogefinkle4764]

I do love how they can't hear you scream in space, but you can hear the turning of mounts and firing of rounds. HAHAHAHA!!!

[@Debbiebabe69]

If you are inside the ship you would be able to hear the turrets and guns. And there is NOTHING in film that says your 'ears' have to be at the same place as the camera, not just sci-fi, all movies.

[@fredlandry6170]

The Pegasus was the baddest Battlestar ever it was a beautiful ship they should have sacrificed Galactica and saved her.

[@robgyanisu312]

Nah, they should've kept both: _Pegasus,_ being much larger, had factories-probably high tech 3-D printers-aboard to build both _Vipers_ and _Raptors,_ as well as well anything else they needed.

[@plewski952]

Agreed they should have saved both

[@anthonygutierrez7243]

Thank you for thevideos it was the best remakes of a,series appreciate it the older episodes are kool in this order the return of a living legend 1 and part 2 something about war of thegods the gods part 1 and 2 there were other good episode that its thank you

[@DJenser]

And that, boys and girls, is why battlestars dominated the battlefield. One great big can of whoop-ass with a full complement of fighters.

[@MotoroidARFC]

Notice how Galactica never used her ventral guns. I guess only the 8 dorsal guns work and that's why she kept her dorsal side toward the enemy.

[@seawolf4846]

Either that or more likely, they were removed when she was decommissioned, realistically she would have them.

[@MotoroidARFC]

@@seawolf4846 curious thing is how we rarely get to see her ventral side on screen with enough detail to see her belly guns. I saw one of her ventral turrets on her "mouth" line on a Zoic image of the CG Galactica model banking to the right (and her belly guns mirroring the ones on her back) but that was the only place I saw it.

[@barryf7253]

Pegasus is one of the coolest looking space ships in sci fi.

[@wraithrunner2355]

This really was a good show I wish they would make something like it again

[@25Crow25]

But why have a tiny glass cockpit on the cannon instead of some remote control quarter, it just breaks everything.

[@kendicus7640]

1:23 I cant tell if its the camera or the ship that is shaking

[@jovanblackman2608]

So those were the big batteries Lee mentioned at 1:14

[@Debbiebabe69]

8 forward facing 86 inch guns.

[@jovanblackman2608]

@@Debbiebabe69 firing APHE shells?

[@jonathanhazel3760]

very cool and good video liked it very much too.

[@fredlandry6170]

Wouldn’t Galactica have run out of Ammunition with all of the battles that were fought since They resupplied at Ragnar Station? Unless they manufacture their large scale ammo I know that they have a machine shop that produces small arms bullets but what about the large shells?

[@Einwetok]

Obviously the ship loaded it's own, it's just not shown or mentioned. Iirc the Pegasus could actually build new fighters (The chief kept a lot of planes flying by cannibalizing).

[@ThomasMusings]

Hella cool!

[@captainmidnight4262]

That's a lot of ammo! For once i would like to see an episode of a crew of any ship that uses ballistic weapons getting materials for ammunition and repairs on those batteries.

[@Debbiebabe69]

They got the ammo in the miniseries (set just before S1E1.). They got material to make more when they captured a tylium asteroid a few episodes later.

[@matt19norwich]

The guns sound like the fighters when they fire in Homeworld....

[@Bit01]

Hell yeah. Homeworld III incoming.