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Armistice Station during the Miniseries

The Armistice Station is a remote space station, built with the intent of allowing both Cylon and the Twelve Colonies to maintain diplomatic relations after the Cylon War.

Annually, the station is manned by an Armistice Officer, who happens to be Boxey's father.

A few items of interest are visible on the officer's negotiation desk in the center room of the Armistice Station:

A photograph of Boxey
A photograph, presumably the Armistice Officer's wife and Boxey's mother
A document detailing the Cylon Centurian Model 0005 (sic)
A copy of the Cimtar Peace Accord

The Cylons ignored the overtures of diplomacy for 40 years. In their only visit, the Cylons destroy the station as the opening salvo of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

The Armistice Station section of the Miniseries Analysis article discusses this peculiar circumstance.

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-==Introduction==
+[[Image:Armistice Station profile.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Armistice Station during the [[Miniseries]]]]
-: ''"The Cylons were created by Man. They were created to make life easier on the twelve colonies. And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared. The Cylons left for another world to call their own. A remote space station was built where Cylon and human could meet and maintain diplomatic relations. Every year the Colonials send an officer. The Cylons send no one. No one has seen or heard from the Cylons in over forty years."''
+The '''Armistice Station''' is a remote space station, built with the intent of allowing both [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] and [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]] to maintain diplomatic relations after the [[Cylon War]].
-[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|right|Armistice Station]]
-With these words so begins the [[Miniseries]] and, in turn, the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined]] ''Battlestar Galactica'' regular series.
-==Description==
+Annually, the station is manned by an [[Armistice Officer]], who happens to be [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]'s father.
-'''Armistice Station''' is a remote space station. Annually it is attended by an [[Armistice Officer]], who happens to be [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]'s father.
-A few items of interest are visible in ''Armistice Station'':
+A few items of interest are visible on the officer's negotiation desk in the center room of the Armistice Station:
-* A photograph: [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]
+* A photograph of [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]
-* A photograph: presumably the [[Armistice Officer]]'s wife and Boxey's mother
+* A photograph, presumably the Armistice Officer's wife and Boxey's mother
-* A document: [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurian Model 0005 ''(sic)'']]
+* A document detailing the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurian Model 0005 ''(sic)'']]
-* A document: [[Cimtar Peace Accord]]
+* A copy of the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]]
-The Armistice Officer begins to slowly fall asleep then suddenly the doors open from the opposite end and two Cylon Centurion's enter. This is followed by another cyclon resembling human form, [[Number Six]]. Dressed in a long-sleeved red tunic and matching knee-length skirt, she is the first and last "diplomat" ever sent to the station by the Cylons since its construction. She greets the Colonial officer present with the question "Are you alive?" When he answers that he is alive, she tells him to prove it. They engage in a long kiss. After he realizes that Armistice is under attack, she smiles and forces another kiss on him shortly before they are both destroyed.
+The Cylons ignored the overtures of diplomacy for 40 years. In their only visit, the Cylons destroy the station as the opening salvo of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
-==Destruction==
+The [[Miniseries, Analysis#Armistice Station|Armistice Station section]] of the [[Miniseries, Analysis|Miniseries Analysis]] article discusses this peculiar circumstance.
-[[Image:Armistice Station Critically Damaged.jpg|thumb|Destruction of Armistice Station]]
-Armistice Station is dwarfed in size by the Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] that pays it a visit. In a fitting choice for the opening salvo of the [[Cylon Attack|Cylon attack]], the basestar attacks and destroys Armistice Station, while on board a [[Cylon agent|humanoid Cylon]] sexually assaults the [[Armistice Officer]] as two [[Cylon Centurian]]s watch.
+==See Also==
-The [[Miniseries#Armistice Station|Armistice Station section]] of the [[Miniseries]] article discusses this peculiar circumstance.
+*[[Armistice Line]]
 [[Category:A to Z]]
+[[Category:Colonial]]
 [[Category:Colonial Military]]
+[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]
+[[Category:Places]]
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+[[de:Waffenstillstandsstation]]
+[[fr:Station d'armistice]]