10 Most Notorious Battlestar Galactica Urban Legends
8. Is There A Battlestar Named Solaria?
With so many battlestars constructed and subsequently destroyed, exactly who and what is lost can be difficult to keep track of. As such, fans have started filling gaps themselves, often borrowing from the offshoots of the original 1978 series. The Battlestar Solaria is but one example.
A battlestar by that name doesn't make an appearance in either the original or reimagined series. However, it is named in the 1978 novelisation of the original run's three-hour premiere, 'Saga of a Star World', written by Robert Thurston and the series' creator Glen A. Larson. Although the novel is not canon, the ship's existence in the wider BSG universe has been somewhat taken for granted despite no visual evidence to back this up. Since then, the Solaria has become something of a myth.
Like most of the other battlestars, Solaria makes use of Dr. Gaius Baltar's Command Navigation Programme, all but ensuring its destruction when said programme is revealed to be an underhand cylon tactic. Subsequently, while not appearing in the original run at all, the 2003 mini series names the Solaria as one of the many battlestars that is destroyed during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.