History VideoGame / BattlestarGalacticaDeadlock

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If one or more of your ships will end their turn on a collision course, their projections will be marked in red to warn you. There will also be a text warning before you end a round if your ships will not end their turn colliding but will do so "during" movement.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If one or more of your ships are on a collision course, their projections will be marked in red to warn you.

* [[ActuallyFourMooks Actually Ten Mooks]]: Fighter squadrons consist of about eight to twelve individual ships, which next to the capital ships are nearly invisible, so each squadron is represented by an icon of a single fighter. Probably even actually a hundred mooks, considering in the the TV-series the Galactica even when severly under-manned and with only one flightpod had multitudes of the fighters it has in Deadlock, it is obvious each 'in-game' squadron actually represents a much bigger formation.

** The ''Taipan'', the Colonial anti-capital fighter made available in the ''Resurrection'' DLC, is based on early concept art for the Viper in [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 the original series]]. This is further referenced by its background, describing it as a ship supposedly from the Kobol Exodus.

** The Cylon Vespid Heavy Bomber, also from ''Resurrection'', is based on the large Raider from ''Series/Galactica1980''.

** The Cylon Vespid Heavy Bomber, also from ''Resurrection'', is based on the large Raider from ''[[Series/Galactica1980]]''.

** The ''Taipan'', the Colonial anti-capital fighter msde available in the ''Resurrection'' DLC, is based on Ralph MacQuarrie's original concept art for the Viper in [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 the original series]]. This is further referenced by its background, describing it as a ship supposedly from the Kobol Exodus.

** The ''Taipan'', the Colonial anti-capitol fighter in the ''Resurrection'' DLC, is based on Ralph MacQuarrie's original concept for the Viper in [[Series/BattlestarGalactica1978 the original series]]. This is further referenced by its background, describing it as a ship supposedly from the Kobol Exodus.

* BittersweetEnding: If you play through to the end of the "Armistice" DLC, the game finishes with Colonial Fleet still standing, the three Cylon IL-models all slain, and the Twelve Colonies finally at peace. But [[spoiler:the war doesn't end with a human victory so much as the Cylons deciding to call it quits so they can continue their research into assuming the form of "God's chosen" (i.e. humans).]] Those who've seen the TV series know that the Cylons are ultimately successful in this, and that Colonial Fleet has won humanity just four decades of peace before the Cylons devastate the Twelves Colonies and Fleet in a surprise attack.

** The Taipan fighter is an even older example of this trope. The design is drawn from ancient Kobol, meaning it's at least ''two thousand years'' old.

** Towards the end of "Sin and Sacrifice" [[spoiler:Aerilon and Leonid ships escorting the President suddenly destroy his shuttle as a cease-fire with the Cylons comes into effect for their respective home systems, then ''Galactica'' and her fleet need to destroy the turncoats.]]

** After Helena Agathon [[spoiler:is captured and experimented upon, she alternates between speaking normally and making cryptic mystical-sounding pronouncements like the Cylon hybrid in the TV series. Also, the two characters are both female, white and dark-haired...]]

* ContinuitySnarl: A ''massive'' one - or so it seems - with Galactica (and in fact all of the Jupiter-class battlestars depicted). Jupiter-classes are depicted with a completely, radically different appearance to their TV series and Cylon War era flashback iterations. Here Jupiter-class battlestars sport three connecting arms at near 90 degree angles that link the flight pods to the hull (rather than two) a different, sharper alligator head design, smaller flight pods, only four active engines (versus the six that it should normally run, four in pods and two in the middle), different bow hull markings and a more streamlined hull overall. Cylon War-era Jupiters were depicted with additional gun emplacements and armor plating, but otherwise resembled Galactica's appearance in the TV show. Galactica is also explicitly stated to have disappeared shortly after deployment, which contradicts its service early in the war.

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Clothos: in the Ghost Fleet Offensive he cuts Lachesis of from reinforcements allowing you to destroy him, in the following campaign, Armistice, he overthrows and kills Atropos in a coup.]]

* CivilWarcraft: [[spoiler:Several missions in the base campaign and Broken Alliance DLC have you fighting against the "Sagittaron Democratic Union", fellow Colonials who are not big fans of the Fleet, led by one Markus Thoon.]]

** Doctor Sherman Cottle makes an appearance in one mission of the base campaign. The "Broken Alliance" DLC gives him a bigger role.

** After Helena Agathon [[spoiler:is captured and experimented upon, she alternates between speaking normally and making cryptic mystical-sounding pronouncements like the Cylon hybrid in the TV series. Also, the two characters are both female, white and dark-haired.]]

* TheBattlestar: In addition to the Jupiter-class (the same type as the Galactica), there is also the smaller Artemis-class battlestar, the heavily armed Minerva-class battlestar, and the Adamant-class frigate, which fulfills this trope in spirit. Averted with most other ship types, which can either launch fighters or fire missiles/torpedoes, but not both.

* CivilWarcraft: [[spoiler:At least one mission sees you fighting against the "Sagittaron Democratic Union", fellow Colonials who are not big fans of the Fleet, led by one Markus Thoon.]]

** It's not clear what the relationship, [[OneSteveLimit if any]], is between Helena Agathon and Karl "Helo" Agathon, however, a conversation in the "Sin and Sacrifice" DLC confirms Rear Admiral Lucinda Cain is the grandmother of future Admiral Helena Cain.

* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: The Janus heavy cruiser, which dates back to the imperial wars between Virgon and Leonis.

** AllThereInTheManual reveals that the Daidalos Shipyard was eventually relegated to from a shipyard role to a resupply role; it and and Ragnar Anchorage are one and the same.

* ContinuitySnarl: A ''massive'' one with Galactica (and in fact all of the Jupiter-class battlestars depicted). Jupiter-classes are depicted with a completely, radically different appearance to their TV series and Cylon War era flashback iterations. Here Jupiter-class battlestars sport three connecting arms at near 90 degree angles that link the flight pods to the hull (rather than two) a different, sharper alligator head design, smaller flight pods, only four active engines (versus the six that it should normally run, four in pods and two in the middle), different bow hull markings and a more streamlined hull overall. Cylon War-era Jupiters were depicted with additional gun emplacements and armor plating, but otherwise resembled Galactica's appearance in the TV show. Galactica is also explicitly stated to have disappeared shortly after deployment, which contradicts its service early in the war.
** Finally averted with the Resurrection DLC, which reveals Galactica (and all of her sister ships that survived the war) are actually Mark II Jupiters. Following an extensive redesign and refit in secret, the new design brings it in line with how Galactica looks in the TV series, with two flight pod arms and a beefier hull.

** Also don't forgot the Revenant gunships of the Cylons, their armour is not impressive but four of them can delete a Jupiter Battlestar in one turn.

* [[ActuallyFourMooks Actually Ten Mooks]]: Fighter squadrons consist of about eight to twelve individual ships, which next to the capital ships are nearly invisible, so each squadron is represented by an icon of a single fighter. Probably even [[UpToEleven actually a hundred mooks]], considering in the the TV-series the Galactica even when severly under-manned and with only one flightpod had multitudes of the fighters it has in Deadlock, it is obvious each 'in-game' squadron actually represents a much bigger formation.

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Clothos: in the Ghost Fleet Offensive he cuts Lachesis of from reinforcements allowing you to destroy him, later he overthrows and kills Atropos in a coup.]]

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Sinon Quade]].

* VillainTeleportation: The Cylon Phobos Cruiser and both the Argos and Cratus Basestars can do 'tactical micro-jumps', though the last two not very far.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: When [[spoiler: rogue planet Marathon appears on the edge of the war room map]], it's apparent the campaign is approaching a conclusion.

** [[spoiler: The three IL-series Cylons appear to be named after the Fates.]]

* FinalBoss: In the final mission of the Resurrection Campaign you encounter your (usually) first Cratus Basestar. [[spoiler:Poorly enough it jumps away when it reaches 40hp.]]

* [[ActuallyFourMooks Actually Ten Mooks]]: Fighter squadrons consist of about eight to twelve individual ships, which next to the capital ships are nearly invisible, so each squadron is represented by an icon of a single fighter.

* AttackAttackAttack: The AI's primary strategy consist out of simply charging at you, without bothering with such things as formations, allowing the player to defeat larger fleets in detail with few damage.

** The second DLC pack includes the Celestra-class resupply ship, at least one of which was in the fugitive fleet in the show proper. Also introduced is the Cylon Hydra-class resupply ship, which looks like a precursor to the Resurrection Ship.

* SubsystemDamage

* {{Cap}}: Two of them are imposed on the player's individual fleets: Each ship type has a set number of points, and a basic fleet cannot exceed 2000 points' worth of ships. However this can be increased by assigning Officers and leveling them up. (In skirmish mode the cap is either 4000 or 8000 points). The second cap is that the player may not have more than seven ships in a fleet, not counting fighter squadrons. This rule is immutable.

* ContinuitySnarl: A ''massive'' one with Galactica (and in fact all of the Jupiter-class battlestars depicted). Jupiter-classes are depicted with a completely, radically different appearance to their TV series and Cylon War era flashback iterations. Here Jupiter-class battlestars sport three connecting arms at near 90 degree angles that link the flight pods to the hull (rather than two) a different, sharper alligator head design, smaller flight pods, only four active engines (versus the six that it should have, four in pods and two in the middle), different bow hull markings and a more streamlined hull overall. Cylon War-era Jupiters were depicted with additional gun emplacements and armor plating, but otherwise resembled Galactica's appearance in the TV show. Galactica is also explicitly stated to have disappeared shortly after deployment, which contradicts its service early in the war.

* TheBattlestar: [[CaptainObvious Duh]]. In addition to the Jupiter-class (the same type as the Galactica), there is also the smaller Artemis-class battlestar, the heavily armed Minerva-class battlestar, and the Adamant-class frigate, which fulfills this trope in spirit. Averted with most other ship types, which can either launch fighters or fire missiles/torpedoes, but not both.

** It's not clear what the relationship, [[OneSteveLimit if any]], is between Rear Admiral Lucinda Cain and Admiral Helena Cain, or between Helena Agathon and Karl "Helo" Agathon, but it's not hard to imagine ambition being InTheBlood in the former case.