[gregebowman]

I think you guys are clearing up my confusion. with the Mark VII's out of action in the mini-series, Adama recalled having about 30 mark II's in the museum part of the ship. Now, last week, Apollo commented he had about 40 ships and only 20+ pilots to man them. Now, unless the chief could scratch build 10 extra ships out of thin air, I was wondering where those extra ships came from. Also, I haven't counted, but with the few scrapes they've had with the Cylons, they must have lost at least 5-6 of the Mark II's. HOw is the Galactica going to defend itself and the fleet with only a limited amount of fighters? Adama doesn't seem too concerned over this issue now, but eventually it's going to become a concern. Especially if they can't make any more fighters. Maybe there's a manafacturing ship of some sort in the fleet that can be converted to produce more, but as was mentioned in this last issue, they're running out of fuel for the ships also. Maybe they can find a source of fuel like they did water.