<s>
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
a	O
browser-based	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
(	O
MMO	B-Application
)	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
2004	O
television	O
series	O
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
open	O
beta	O
on	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
Games	I-Application
and	O
Artplant	O
using	O
the	O
Unity	B-Application
game	I-Application
engine	I-Application
for	O
the	O
game	O
client	O
in	O
the	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
server	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Erlang	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bigpoint	B-Application
announced	O
in	O
early	O
January	O
2019	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
servers	O
would	O
be	O
closed	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
permanently	O
shut	O
down	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
morning	O
hours	O
of	O
February	O
1	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
Online	I-Application
was	O
a	O
space-based	O
flight-combat	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Battlestar	B-Application
Galactica	I-Application
universe	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
took	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
pilot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
browser-based	O
MMO	B-Application
,	O
though	O
it	O
had	O
an	O
upper	O
limit	O
on	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
players	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
in	O
one	O
sector	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
could	O
either	O
purchase	O
ships	O
and	O
weapons	O
with	O
virtual	O
currency	O
they	O
bought	O
from	O
Bigpoint	B-Application
,	O
or	O
"	O
grind	B-Application
"	O
in-game	O
to	O
collect	O
enough	O
points	O
and	O
merits	O
to	O
buy	O
and	O
equip	O
their	O
ships	O
.	O
</s>
