Gina Inviere

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Gina Inviere
[[Image:|200px|Gina Inviere]]

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Death Committed suicide by detonating a nuke on Cloud 9 in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II".
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Marital Status Single, in a relationship with Gaius Baltar
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Role Cylon Infiltrator
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Portrayed by Tricia Helfer
Gina Inviere is a Cylon
Gina Inviere is a Final Five Cylon
Gina Inviere is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Gina Inviere is an Original Series Cylon
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[[Image:|200px|Gina Inviere]]


This page is about Gina, the copy of Cylon Model Number Six who is first seen as a prisoner, and who later joins the Demand Peace movement. See the Number Six article for information about other copies, including the one in Baltar's head.

Gina [ˈʤi.nə] is a Cylon agent who posed as a crewmember aboard the battlestar Pegasus (Resurrection Ship, Part I). She was identified by the crew of that ship and apprehended (killing seven crewmen in the process). She was incarcerated, brutally interrogated, tortured, and systematically gang-raped by many of the crew.

When Pegasus encounters Galactica and her fleet, Gina is examined by Gaius Baltar. He is heartbroken by her state, and resolves to help her in any way he can. He convinces Admiral Helena Cain to permit her to be fed, and recounts to Gina a story of his love for her copy on Caprica, before the Cylon attack (Pegasus).

Gina begs for Baltar to kill her and put an ultimate end to her suffering. When Baltar reminds her that she would just be revived in another Number Six body somewhere else, Gina reveals to him that it wouldn't happen if the unknown Cylon ship that Pegasus had been tracking is destroyed. She calls the vessel a Resurrection Ship, and that it was used to collect the consciousnesses of Cylons who die too far away from the Cylon homeworld and download them into new bodies. With no Resurrection Ship to download her consciousness, Gina would truly die if she were killed (Resurrection Ship, Part I).

When she senses that the Resurrection Ship has been destroyed, Gina begs Baltar to kill her. She is incapable of killing herself, because within the Cylon religion suicide is a sin. However, Baltar convinces Gina that she should go on living and get "justice" for what happened to her. With Baltar's help, Gina escapes from her cell, makes her way to Cain's quarters and shoots Cain with a pistol, killing her. Then, through unexplained means (probably aid from Baltar), she manages to escape the Pegasus (Resurrection Ship, Part II).

Gina, the Demand Peace operative

After Laura Roslin finds herself at her death bed, the Cylon peace movement summons Baltar to Cloud 9. Here, Gina has assumed a role as one of the leaders within the peace movement, leaving her followers unaware of her Cylon nature. She disguises herself by means of glasses and a different hairstyle. Gina attempts to convince Baltar that, upon assuming the presidency, he should go up against Adama -- and thus solidify the distrust for the military within the Fleet. As a result of the massive sexual abuse she has suffered, unlike "standard" Number Six copies Gina is averse to intimate contact of any kind, as observed when she bites Baltar when he instinctly tries to kiss her. After Roslin recovers from her cancer -- thanks to Baltar -- Gina is given the nuclear warhead earmarked for Baltar's research into a Cylon detector (Epiphanies).

Following Baltar's election as president of the Twelve Colonies, he visits Gina in her room aboard the Cloud Nine, attempting to explain to her that because of his new duties he'd be unable to see as much of her as they'd like. After he remarks that he'd make what time he could on New Caprica, she tells him that she wouldn't be leaving the ship to join the new colony. Angry, Baltar attempts to leave the room, but Gina simply says "stay," while removing her top, showing that she's overcome her physical aversion. They share an intimate interlude, and later, while Baltar is being sworn in as president, Gina sits naked on the floor of her room in front of the nuclear warhead. The timer running, Gina is crying softly as the device detonates, destroying the Cloud 9 and several ships in the vicinity (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).

With the Resurrection Ship destroyed, Gina's death was final.

Notes

  • Gina is a reference to some fans' derisive nickname for the Re-Imagined series, GINO - "Galactica In Name Only" (itself an allusion to RINO, a political term) (Source: "Pegasus" podcast)
  • Gina has darker hair than the other Number Six copies seen so far. It is unknown whether she has naturally white hair which she dyes honey-blonde (another part of her disguise), or all Sixes have naturally honey-blonde hair which they dye white. Gina had dark hair before joining the Peace Movement, but that could be the result of grime.