A new update has his the free-to-play Battlestar Galactica Online, which has been in open beta for a couple of months now, which lets players pilot a Battlestar or a Cylon Basestar depending on their faction.
PC Gamer talked to the game's lead designer, Andy Butcher, who clarified that the Galactica will always be under Adama's control. But you can earn "Merits" (in-game currency points) to take command of the Pegasus or the Cylon's secondary Basestar for one hour, or until the ship is destroyed.
The latest update also adds improved visuals and new fighters. If you need even more Battlestar Galactica, keep in mind that you can get your fix in the Diaspora Freespace 2 mod as well. Although after the last season of BSG and most of Caprica, you can be excused for having banished the franchise from memory. Until that new show hits, right?
You can pilot a Battlestar in Battlestar Galactica Online right now! [PC Gamer][Images]
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9:40 AM on 04.15.2011 | 
/rant
Oh, and it ended brilliantly, I didn't even realize people out there hated it. The Plan was also awesome.
how did you want it to end? like lost where everyone is dead? or the sopranos? maybe a big cocksucking party held in your honor? how about two little fingers playing the worlds smallest violin just for you?
Spoilers:
Hey, guys, you know those big revelations you were expecting in the finale? Yeah, they turned out to be nothing, or just disappointing. Like how the much ballyhooed opera house was just the bridge of the ship, and Kara Thrace's speshul destiny is to... vanish with no explanation. Oh, and the Plan? Eh, it was nothing. And hey, guess what? All the major characters turned into even bigger morons than they already were and decided to throw the ships they might need for their survival into the sun! They won't regret that one when they're starving, sick, and being hunted by local wildlife, no sir!
The show was great when it stuck to space combat and focused on the colonists' actual efforts to survive, but it became too much of a soap opera and the show's writers let their political beliefs intrude upon the story too often.
I hope you enjoy Blood & Chrome ie. Sparticus in Space