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|colony= [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] | |colony= [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] | ||
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|seen= Caprica | |seen= Caprica pilot | ||
|pseen= | |pseen=Caprica pilot | ||
|death= | |death= | ||
|parents= | |parents= | ||
|siblings= | |siblings= | ||
|children= [[Zoe Graystone]] | |children= [[Zoe Graystone]] | ||
|marital status= Married to [[Amanda Graystone | |marital status= Married to [[Amanda Graystone]] | ||
|role= Computer engineer | |role= Computer engineer <br/>Founder and CEO of Graystone Industries<br/>Owner of the [[Caprica Buccaneers]]<br/>Creator of the Cylons. | ||
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|actor= [[Eric Stoltz]]<ref name="sfwire">{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=53831|title=Stoltz Joins Caprica Cast|publisher=SciFi Wire|page=|date=12 May 2008|accessdate=14 May 2008|language=}}</ref> | |actor= [[Eric Stoltz]]<ref name="sfwire">{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=53831|title=Stoltz Joins Caprica Cast|publisher=SciFi Wire|page=|date=12 May 2008|accessdate=14 May 2008|language=}}</ref> | ||
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'''Daniel Graystone''' is a brilliant and wealthy [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] computer engineer | '''Dr. Daniel Graystone''' is a brilliant and wealthy [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] computer engineer and creator of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. He is also the founder and CEO of Graystone Industries, inventor of the [[holoband]] and owner of the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] team franchise 58 years before [[The Fall]]. | ||
==Early Life== | |||
Not much is known about Graystone's childhood. At a young age, he began technological experiments in his parent's garage and dreamed of owning the Caprica Buccaneers. At some point, he married a surgeon, [[Amanda Graystone|Dr. Amanda Graystone]], with whom he has a daughter, [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]]. | |||
==Corporate Success== | |||
Graystone eventually founded a technology corporation on Caprica that pioneered the development of the holoband, a user interface technology that allows for seemingly fully immersive virtual reality. The success of the technology made Graystone a celebrity scientist, frequently appearing on television. At the same time, his company began contracting with the Caprican government to develop technologies for military application, the most prominent of which was the [[Cylon Prototype|U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]]. This project aimed at replacing human soldiers with cybernetic units installed with artificial intelligence. | |||
While the development of the cybernetic body was successful, Graystone had considerably more difficulty with the programming of a true artificial intelligence and its related hardware. The project had originally been planned to take five years, but the increasing number of prototype failures led the program falling five years behind schedule and five hundred million [[cubit]]s over budget. Frustrated with Graystone's failures, the Caprican government threatened to cancel its contract with the company and take the project to the [[Tomas Vergis|Vergis Corporation]], Graystone's [[Tauron]]ese rival that had announced the successful development of a [[meta-cognitive processor]] that could serve as an artificial intelligence. | |||
==Personal Tragedy== | |||
Graystone suffered a personal loss when his daughter Zoe was killed in a suicide bombing aboard the [[Lev]] in [[Caprica City]]. However, he later discovered that before her death, Zoe had developed a method of uploading personal data onto the holoband that resulted in the creation of a [[holographic avatar]] of herself. Graystone believed it would be possible to use the U-87 prototype's body, combined with the processor developed by Vergis, to upload Zoe's avatar and allow her to live in the real world. | |||
As a result, Graystone contacted [[Joseph Adama]], a lawyer whose [[Tamara Adama|daughter]] and [[Shannon Adama|wife]] had also been killed in the terrorist bombing. Graystone asked Adama to use his ties to the [[Ha'la'tha]] crime syndicate on Tauron to steal the Vergis processor; in exchange, Graystone would reconstruct the personalities of Adama's daughter and possibly his wife. While Adama acquired the processor and handed it over to Graystone, he later became disgusted with the idea of resurrecting the personalities of the dead, leaving Graystone to pursue the matter himself. | |||
Undaunted, Daniel tried to recreate Zoe as a robot, implanting Zoe's avatar in a U-87 unit. While the experiment initially seemed to work, with the robot calling Graystone "daddy" and taking a few steps forward, the avatar's data quickly became corrupted and the robot collapsed. Despite Graystone's efforts to recover his daughter's avatar, the data was apparently irretrievable. | |||
==Creation of the Cylons== | |||
Despite his failure to bring back his daughter, Graystone uses the stolen processor to perfect the military prototype for the government project. Dubbing the unit a Cybernetic Life-form Node (CYLON), Graystone presents the completed unit to an impressed group of government officials.<!-- <ref name="casting call">{{cite_web|url=http://trekweb.com/articles/2008/04/05/New-Details-of-Galactica-Prequel-Caprica-Characters-Description-Major-Spoilers.shtml|title=Caprica casting call|date=Apr 5, 2008}}</ref>. --> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 18 November 2009
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| Colony | Caprica | ||||
| Introduced | Caprica pilot | ||||
| Children | Zoe Graystone | ||||
| Marital Status | Married to Amanda Graystone | ||||
| Role | Computer engineer Founder and CEO of Graystone Industries Owner of the Caprica Buccaneers Creator of the Cylons. | ||||
| Portrayed by | Eric Stoltz[1] | ||||
Dr. Daniel Graystone is a brilliant and wealthy Caprican computer engineer and creator of the Cylons. He is also the founder and CEO of Graystone Industries, inventor of the holoband and owner of the Caprica Buccaneers pyramid team franchise 58 years before The Fall.
Early Life
Not much is known about Graystone's childhood. At a young age, he began technological experiments in his parent's garage and dreamed of owning the Caprica Buccaneers. At some point, he married a surgeon, Dr. Amanda Graystone, with whom he has a daughter, Zoe.
Corporate Success
Graystone eventually founded a technology corporation on Caprica that pioneered the development of the holoband, a user interface technology that allows for seemingly fully immersive virtual reality. The success of the technology made Graystone a celebrity scientist, frequently appearing on television. At the same time, his company began contracting with the Caprican government to develop technologies for military application, the most prominent of which was the U-87 Cyber Combat Unit. This project aimed at replacing human soldiers with cybernetic units installed with artificial intelligence.
While the development of the cybernetic body was successful, Graystone had considerably more difficulty with the programming of a true artificial intelligence and its related hardware. The project had originally been planned to take five years, but the increasing number of prototype failures led the program falling five years behind schedule and five hundred million cubits over budget. Frustrated with Graystone's failures, the Caprican government threatened to cancel its contract with the company and take the project to the Vergis Corporation, Graystone's Tauronese rival that had announced the successful development of a meta-cognitive processor that could serve as an artificial intelligence.
Personal Tragedy
Graystone suffered a personal loss when his daughter Zoe was killed in a suicide bombing aboard the Lev in Caprica City. However, he later discovered that before her death, Zoe had developed a method of uploading personal data onto the holoband that resulted in the creation of a holographic avatar of herself. Graystone believed it would be possible to use the U-87 prototype's body, combined with the processor developed by Vergis, to upload Zoe's avatar and allow her to live in the real world.
As a result, Graystone contacted Joseph Adama, a lawyer whose daughter and wife had also been killed in the terrorist bombing. Graystone asked Adama to use his ties to the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate on Tauron to steal the Vergis processor; in exchange, Graystone would reconstruct the personalities of Adama's daughter and possibly his wife. While Adama acquired the processor and handed it over to Graystone, he later became disgusted with the idea of resurrecting the personalities of the dead, leaving Graystone to pursue the matter himself.
Undaunted, Daniel tried to recreate Zoe as a robot, implanting Zoe's avatar in a U-87 unit. While the experiment initially seemed to work, with the robot calling Graystone "daddy" and taking a few steps forward, the avatar's data quickly became corrupted and the robot collapsed. Despite Graystone's efforts to recover his daughter's avatar, the data was apparently irretrievable.
Creation of the Cylons
Despite his failure to bring back his daughter, Graystone uses the stolen processor to perfect the military prototype for the government project. Dubbing the unit a Cybernetic Life-form Node (CYLON), Graystone presents the completed unit to an impressed group of government officials.
References
- ↑ "Stoltz Joins Caprica Cast (backup available on Archive.org)", 12 May 2008.Retrieved on 14 May 2008.