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| image= BSG-TRS - Miniseries - Armistice Station.jpg
| | |[[Image:Armistice Station, Ship Docking With.jpg|thumb|Ship docking with Armistice Station]] || [[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|Armistice Station<br/>Credit: Sci-Fi]] |
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| | race= Colonial | |
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| | crew= 1, annually
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| | role= Diplomatic relations
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| | weapons= None
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| | status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Zero Hour]], [[0 BCH]]
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| The '''Armistice Station''' is a remote space station, built with the intent of allowing both [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|the Twelve Colonies]] to maintain diplomatic relations after the [[Cylon War]]. | | ==Introduction== |
| | : <i>"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."</i> |
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| The station is manned on an annual basis by a Colonial [[Armistice Officer|armistice officer]]. The last armistice officer is the father of [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]].<ref group="Book">{{Cite book|author=David Bassom|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|year=2005|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=1845760972|page=26}}</ref> He maintains a few items on the negotiation desk in the meeting room of the station, suggesting the isolated and unproductive nature of his assignment:
| | With these words so begins the [[Mini-Series]]. |
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| * Personal photographs of [[Boxey (RDM)|the officer's son]] and presumably his wife.
| | ==Description== |
| * A schematic of an [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|obsolete Cylon model from the end of the War.]]
| | [[Image:Photos seen on Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|Photos of Boxey and perhaps his mother<br/>Credit: Sci-Fi]] |
| * A copy of the [[Cimtar Peace Accords]], which were signed at the end of the War.
| | Armistice Station was this remote space station, and was attended by an [[Armistice Officer]], who happened to be [[Boxey (2003)|Boxey]]'s father. |
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| The Cylons ignore the Armistice Station and all overtures of diplomacy for forty years. In their only visit, a [[Number_Six#Armistice_Station_Copy|Number Six]], escorted by two [[Cylon_Centurion|contemporary Centurions]], boards the station and briefly interacts with the armistice officer, before the station is destroyed in the opening salvo of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.
| | A few items of interest are visible in ''Armistice Station'': |
| | * A photograph: [[Boxey (2003)|Boxey]] |
| | * A photograph: presumably the [[Armistice Officer]]'s wife, possibly Boxey's mother |
| | * A document: [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurian Model 0005 ''(sic)'']] |
| | * A document: [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] |
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| == Behind the Scenes == | | ==Destruction== |
| * The opening scene at the Armistice Station was not in the original draft of the Miniseries script. Executive producer [[David Eick]] requested that [[Ronald D. Moore]] add an early scene to create an immediate sense of threat, similar to the opening shark attack in the film ''Jaws''.<ref group="Book">{{Cite book|author=David Bassom|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|year=2005|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=1845760972|page=28}}</ref>
| | Armistice Station was dwarfed in size by the Cylon basestar that paid it a visit. In a mysterious choice for the opening salvo of the [[Cylon Attack|Cylon attack]], the basestar attacked and presumably destroyed Armistice Station, while on board a [[humano-Cylon]] made out with the [[Armistice Officer]] as two [[Cylon Warrior|updated Cylon "chrome toasters"]] watched. |
| * The role of the Armistice Officer was initially offered to [[Dirk Benedict]], who played [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] in the [[Original Series]]. Benedict ultimately passed on the project.<ref group="Book">{{Cite book|author=David Bassom|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|year=2005|publisher=Titan Books|isbn=1845760972|page=28}}</ref>
| | The [[Mini-Series#Armistice Station|Armistice Station section]] of the [[Mini-Series]] page discusses this peculiar circumstance. |
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| == Notes ==
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| === Emblems ===
| | | [[Image:Armistice Station Attacked By Basestar.jpg|thumb|Cylon Basestar attacking Armistice Station<br/>Credit: Sci-Fi]] || [[Image:Armistice Station Critically Damaged.jpg|thumb|Destruction of Armistice Station<br/>Credit: Sci-Fi]] |
| [[File:TRS - Miniseries - Armistice Officer's Shuttle Docks.jpg|thumb|The [[Armistice Officer]]'s {{RDM|shuttle}} docks at the [[Armistice Station]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.]] | | |} |
| The Armistice Station features the seals of the two formerly warring factions above the base of its docking tube: the Cylons, indicated by a blue-green double-stroke pentagon (a nod to the design on {{TOS|Raider|Raiders}} from the [[Original Series]]); and the [[Colonial seal|Colonial Phoenix seal]] with ring featuring two sets of prongs, e.g. "ears," a nod to the Original Series logos found on fire extinguishers and other medical equipment.
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| Of further note, the logos swap places between the [[Armistice Officer]]'s [[Shuttle (RDM)|shuttle]] docking sequence and when the station is destroyed by a missile from the [[Basestar (TRS)|Cylon basestar]], thus beginning the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
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| ==References==
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| ==See Also==
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| *[[Armistice Line]]
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| *[[Miniseries, Analysis#Armistice Station|Armistice Station Analysis]]
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