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| | title= Armistice Station | | | title= Armistice Station |
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| | role= Diplomatic relations | | | role= Diplomatic relations |
| | weapons= None | | | weapons= None |
| | status= Destroyed, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Zero Hour]], [[0 BCH]] | | | 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]]. | | 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]]. |
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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:
| | Annually, the station is manned by a Colonial [[Armistice Officer]]. |
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| * Personal photographs of [[Boxey (RDM)|the officer's son]] and presumably his wife. | | A few items of interest are visible on the officer's negotiation desk in the center room of the Armistice Station: |
| * A schematic of an [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|obsolete Cylon model from the end of the War.]] | | * A photograph of [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]], the officer's son. |
| * A copy of the [[Cimtar Peace Accords]], which were signed at the end of the War. | | * A photograph, presumably the Armistice Officer's wife and Boxey's mother |
| | * A document detailing the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurian Model 0005 ''(sic)'']] |
| | * A copy of the [[Cimtar Peace Accords]], which were signed at the end of the First [[Cylon War]]. |
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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}}. | | The Cylons ignored the overtures of diplomacy for 40 years. In their only visit, the Cylons board the station and harass the Armistice Officer, before destroying the station in the opening salvo of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. |
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| == Behind the Scenes ==
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| * 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>
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| * 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>
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| == Notes ==
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| === Emblems ===
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| [[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}}.]]
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| 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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| === Effects Gaffe ===
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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== | | ==See Also== |
| *[[Armistice Line]] | | *[[Armistice Line]] |
| *[[Miniseries, Analysis#Armistice Station|Armistice Station Analysis]] | | *[[Miniseries, Analysis#Armistice Station|Armistice Station Analysis]]. |
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| {{Ships}} | | {{Colonial Fleet}} |
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| [[Category:A to Z]] | | [[Category:A to Z]] |
