Tattooed pilot

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Tattooed pilot
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Role	Viper/Raptor pilot, battlestar Galactica
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Portrayed by	Leo Li Chiang
Tattooed pilot is a Cylon
Tattooed pilot is a Final Five Cylon
Tattooed pilot is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Tattooed pilot is an Original Series Cylon
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Tattooed pilot in the separate continuity
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The man dubbed the tattooed pilot^[1] is a large, bald, tattooed pilot stationed on Galactica. His tattoos include a tiger on his left arm and a dragon on his right arm. He has been seen piloting both Vipers and Raptors.

The tattooed pilot is briefly seen at a briefing when the Fleet has to make an FTL jump every 33 minutes to escape their Cylon pursuers (33).

The pilot is often seen playing card games such as Triad or Dead Man's Chest. He can be seen at a card game during the crisis after the water tanks were sabotaged, playing with Kara Thrace and Gaius Baltar (Water).

The tattooed pilot is present at a briefing when Kara Thrace is acting as CAG during Lee Adama's absence from ship (Bastille Day).

He is present at the briefing where the pilots complain that they are missing the confined Captain Adama at their card game (Resistance).

He is again playing with Starbuck, Racetrack, Duck and Hot Dog when, after his return from Caprica, Helo comes to the playing table and is treated as a persona non grata by everyone except Starbuck (Flight of the Phoenix).

He is one of several pilots watching D'anna Biers's documentary (Final Cut).

The tattooed pilot is one of the crewmembers present during the arrival of Admiral Helena Cain on Galactica (Pegasus).

He is seen partying with other pilots when Galactica is defending the Majahual and drinking a shooter out of a female pilot's belly button (Scar).

Shortly after the exodus from New Caprica, he sits at a table in the rec room behind Kara Thrace and Felix Geata (Collaborators).

The tattooed pilot is playing "Dead Man's Chest" with Starbuck, Hot Dog, Kat and Narcho when Helo asks for a callsign for Sharon Agathon and submits his own proposal: "Chrome dome" (Torn).

During the food shortage, he is present at a briefing before the passage through the star cluster, takes parts in one of the trips through it, and watches Admiral Adama making Kat's posthumous promotion official by switching her name on the pilot roster with Lee Adama's (The Passage).

At a pilot's daily mission briefing, some 49 days since the last Cylon encounter, he sits down between Hot Dog and Helo after the latter moves one seat over to tease Hot Dog about his rash in the pubic region (A Day in the Life).

He is later seen rushing through the hallways of Galactica, after the Fleet has jumped into the Ionian Nebula and the power goes out. He passes Adama in the corridor en route to his Viper (Crossroads, Part II).

During Lee Adama's retirement party in the rec-room, he plays a strip version of Triad with Hot Dog and Racetrack (Six of One).

He is part of the Demetrius's crew commanded by Kara Thrace on its mission to find Earth (The Ties That Bind). The tattooed pilot is present on the ship's bridge when Karl Agathon relieves Kara Thrace of command because she wants them to rendezvous with the Cylons ("The Road Less Traveled", "Faith").

He is one of the pilots that are transferred to the rebel basestar before it jumps away, and takes part in the Battle of the Resurrection Hub (The Hub).

He is later seen leaving the officer's mess with a fellow pilot and Starbuck when Felix Gaeta starts to plot mutiny (A Disquiet Follows My Soul).

His position during the mutiny is unknown ("The Oath", "Blood on the Scales"), however he was later seen when Hotdog was talking about Adama's talk of a rescue mission for Hera Agathon (Daybreak, Part I), so it is assumed he was a loyalist to Adama.

Notes

• According to Leo Li Chiang, who plays the tattooed pilot, he "rarely leaves the pilot's rec room, but is always up for a game of Triad or a shot of Ambrosia, manages to get all the other pilots to keep the room tidy"^[2]
• Despite appearing in a number of episodes, he has not been named yet on screen. He might be one from the list of mentioned-only pilots. Although he has not been given an official callsign by the writers yet, he is often referred to by fans as "Salty" or "Dragon". Bradley Thompson stated: "If we give him a name, you won't have the fun of trying to guess what it is."
• Despite saying only one line in the whole series so far, he is one of the most memorable Galactica pilots due to his appearance.
• He is wearing a Viper patch on his flight suit in "A Day in the Life", but has been shown with a Raptor patch in some earlier episodes.
• The actor, Leo Li Chiang, states that he also appeared in the Miniseries.

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