Editing Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command 2

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{{Comic Data
| image= BSG20190202011ASchoonover.jpg
| title=Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command 2
| series=Dynamite
| issueno=2
| episode=
| writer= [[Michael Moreci]]
| penciller=[[Breno Tamura]]
| inker=
| colorist= [[Dijjo Lima]]
| letterer= [[Taylor Esposito]]
| editor=[[Kevin Ketner]]
| cover= [[Brent Schoonover]] (Cover A) <br/> [[Breno Tamura]] & [[Dijjo Lima]] (Cover B)
| published=March 6, 2019
| collects=
| collected=
| reprints=
| reprinted=
| isbn= 725130277657
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command 1]]
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command 3]]
}}

==Summary==

:''With the occupation of [[New Caprica]] taking a deadly turn, the stage is set for [[Twilight Command]]'s mission: Infiltrate the [[Cylons (RDM alternate)|Cylon]] factory and level it to the ground. There's only one question: Are they up to the challenge?''<ref>{{cite_web|url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513027765702011|title=
Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command #2|date=|accessdate=19 June 2019|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Plot==

=== Prior to New Caprica ===

: ''The events depicted in this section take place 22 days before the discovery of [[New Caprica]].''

* A [[triad (RDM)|triad]] game is in progress in ''[[Galactica (RDM alternate)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[hangar bay]], consisting of a few [[deckhand]]s and [[Kara Thrace (alternate)|Kara Thrace]].
* Deckhand [[Daid]] has enough of the game and leaves in a huff, guilty that she isn't getting her maintenance work done.
* As Daid gets to work, she hears a sound and finds herself quickly muffled by a member of a [[Twilight Command|quartet of soldiers]].
* The leader instructs two of the Twilights to get a [[Raptor]] prepped for launch, while the leader and Twilight Two proceed to open the hangar door. 
* The card game is happening in front of the hangar door controls, and they notice Thrace is gone. However, they decide to gas the remaining players, so they either leave the bay or are incapacitated.
* As Twilight Three returns against Twilight One's orders, they are stopped by a group of [[Marine]]s who are flanking [[William Adama (alternate)|William Adama]] and Kara Thrace. Thrace reveals that they've been onto the Twilight's activities for a while, while Adama reveals that he is aware of who Twilight One is: [[Alexa Flores]].
* The Twilight quartet is thrown in the [[brig]].

=== Cylon-Occupied New Caprica ===

: ''The events depicted in this section take place 104 days into the [[Cylons (RDM alternate)|Cylon]] occupation of [[New Caprica]].''

* Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[John Cavil (alternate)|John Cavil]] discusses the events of the night prior with [[Sharon Valerii (alternate)|Sharon Valerii]], [[Number Six (alternate)|Number Six]], and [[Aaron Doral (alternate)|Aaron Doral]]. Cavil advocates their extermination, but the other Cylons disagree; Doral believes that they need to be more efficiently policing the humans, while Six and Sharon advocate for survival alongside the humans, and not domination.
* Cavil vehemently disagrees, and leaves the meeting to attend to the policing of the humans using the "factory that [[Centurion (RDM)|pumps out the best police force we have]]."
* At [[Twilight Command]]'s camp, [[Spark]] repairs [[Deacon]] from the events of the night prior. Deacon compliments Spark on "being a good maker," and asks if Spark has children of his own. He is discomforted by the conversation and tells Deacon that he's done with the repairs; Deacon apologizes for making Spark uncomfortable.
* Around the nearby campfire, [[Devos]] and [[Tomlin]] have an argument about staying out of "colonist drama." Devos needles Tomlin over his playing solider, and Devos maintains that if they are to survive "our only real loyalty is to ourselves." Unbeknownst to them, Flores overhears this conversation from behind a tree.

=== Prior to New Caprica ===

: ''The events depicted in this section take place 20 days before the discovery of [[New Caprica]], and thus 2 days after her incarceration.''

* Admiral [[William Adama (alternate)|William Adama]] visits [[Alexa Flores]] in ''[[Galactica (RDM alternate)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> brig. He mentions reviewing her decorated service record and that he would not have expected her to desert. Flores makes it clear that she believes that the Colonial Fleet no longer exists and the war is over, as "you can't be a deserter if there's ''nothing'' to desert."
* Adama digs deeper during his conversation, revealing that Flores considers herself a failure for having [[Twilight Command|her unit]] wiped out by the [[Cylons (RDM alternate)|Cylons]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]].
* Flores asks why Adama cares if she quits, to which Adama expresses his belief that she is better than she knows and still has a purpose to serve.

=== Cylon-Occupied New Caprica ===

: ''The events depicted in this section take place 104 days into the [[Cylons (RDM alternate)|Cylon]] occupation of [[New Caprica]].''

* Flores makes herself known to the rest of the group, and makes her case that the Cylons still continue to take more and more from the survivors. She tells them that she was ready to ignore [[Galen Tyrol (alternate)|Galen Tyrol]]'s plea for help, but was swayed otherwise since he "was just afraid of having the things he loves" taken away from him.
* Flores ends with an impassioned declaration to destroy the Cylon "[[toaster]]" factory in order to "take something ''back''" for themselves.

==Notes==

* The credits page notes that the events depicted in this issue take place concurrently with [[Season 3]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]], although this does not apply to the flashback sequences in this issue. 
* In terms of the [[Timeline - Season 2 (RDM)|timeline]] for the pre-[[New Caprica]] events, this installment takes place circa day 258 and circa day 260 thus placing it during the events of "[[Downloaded]]" and "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]."
* In terms of the [[Timeline - Season 3 (RDM)|timeline]] for "current" events, this installment takes place 36 days after the events of "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance]]" and 30 days before "[[Occupation]]."

==Analysis==

* [[John Cavil]]'s motivations in this issue are in line with wanting to destroy the humans to spite the [[Final Five]]. Despite the overall power he has over the [[Significant Seven]], he maintains a level of composure so that he does not tip his hand.
* Further development on [[Alexa Flores]] and the members of her reconstituted [[Twilight Command]] occur in this issue:
** Flores feels that she failed to keep her original Command alive during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], save [[Tomlin]].
** Tomlin follows Flores because he trusts her.
** [[Devos]] follows Flores because he believes that there isn't a greater good, and that each person is only loyal to themselves.
** [[Spark]] follows Flores because his heart grew cold, due to the death of his child (or children) at the hands of the Cylons. 
** [[Deacon]]'s motivations may be a result of more than just Spark's re-programming.

==Questions==

* Where is the [[New Caprica Police]]?
* How did [[Spark]] come to repair [[Deacon]]? 
* How did [[Devos]] come to be recruited by [[Alexa Flores]]?

==Noteworthy Dialogue==

* ''[[William Adama (alternate)|William Adama]] discusses leadership with [[Alexa Flores]] during her incarceration on ''[[Galactica (RDM alternate)|Galactica]]'':''
: '''Adama:''' I want you to remember that we are ''leaders'', and as difficult as it is to carry the guilt of feeling like you have blood on your hands, it is your duty to do so. It is your duty to ''carry on''. You're not responsible for those deaths. That's the work of the ''[[frak]]king [[Cylons (RDM alternate)|Cylons]]''. Them and them alone.
: '''Flores:''' It doesn't ''matter.'' I know who killed [[Twilight Command|my squad]], but that's not the ''point''. My job was to lead, to protect them from ''all'' enemies. All of them! But I didn't. [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|The enemy came]], and my soldiers ''died''. I. ''Failed.'' 
: '''Adama:''' ''No.'' You've simply lost your way. You've lost your ''purpose''. And I'm going to help you get it ''back''.

==Related Imagery==

===Covers===

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BSG20190202011ASchoonover.jpg|'''Cover A:''' Colorized cover (with "15th Anniversary" logo).<br/>''Art:'' Brent Schoonover
TNBSG20190202011ASchoonover.jpg|'''Cover A:''' Colorized cover, "old" Adama variant.<br/>''Art:'' Brent Schoonover
BSG20190202021BTemura.jpg|'''Cover B:''' Colorized cover (with "15th Anniversary" logo).<br/>''Art:'' Breno Tamura<br/>''Colors:'' Dijjo Lima
BSG20190202031Incen10SchoonoverBW.jpg|'''Cover C:''' Black & white "incentive" variant (with "15th Anniversary" logo).<br/>''Art:'' Brent Schoonover
BSG20190202031Incen10Schoon.jpg|'''Cover C:''' Black & white "incentive," "old" Adama variant (with "15th Anniversary" logo).<br/>''Art:'' Brent Schoonover
BSG20190202041Incen20Temura.jpg|'''Cover D:''' Virgin cover "incentive."<br/>''Art:'' Breno Tamura<br/>''Colors:'' Dijjo Lima
BSG20190202051Incen25SchoonoverVirg.jpg|'''Cover E:''' Virgin cover "incentive."<br/>''Art:'' Brent Schoonover
BSG20190202051Incen25Schoon.jpg|'''Cover E:'''  Virgin cover "incentive," "old" Adama variant.<br/>''Art:'' Brent Schoonover
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===Preview Pages===

: ''Please Note: These are used for promotional purposes by the publisher, and are provided here in the same vein.''

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