Cylon Resurrection ship

A Resurrection Ship is a fictional starship employed by the Cylons in the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. The odd-looking ships appear as a series of spider-shaped support frames lined with transparent booth-like containers, each holding a Cylon humanoid body in suspended animation. The ships are specifically dedicated to the "resurrection" of Cylons (both humanoids and raiders) who die. Normally, upon their deaths, Cylo... more

A Resurrection Ship is a fictional starship employed by the Cylons in the science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica. The odd-looking ships appear as a series of spider-shaped support frames lined with transparent booth-like containers, each holding a Cylon humanoid body in suspended animation. The ships are specifically dedicated to the "resurrection" of Cylons (both humanoids and raiders) 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 be "Downloaded". 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... less