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| image = BSG Comic 6 Sejic.jpg | | image = BSG Comic 6 Sejic.jpg | ||
| title=Issue 6 | | title=Issue 6 | ||
| series=[[Dynamite Comics|Dynamite]] | | series=[[Dynamite Comics|Dynamite]] first | ||
| issueno=6 | | issueno=6 | ||
| episode=Gaps in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] | | episode=Gaps in [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] | ||
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| published= | | published= | ||
| collects= | | collects= | ||
| collected=[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]] | | collected=[[Battlestar Galactica Volume II]] (forthcoming) | ||
| reprints= | | reprints= | ||
| reprinted= | | reprinted= | ||
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| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica 5]] | | prev=[[Battlestar Galactica 5]] | ||
| next=[[Battlestar Galactica 7]] | | next=[[Battlestar Galactica 7]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
:''As a [[Earth Protectorate|terrorist group]] hounds the [[Returners]] and jeopardizes the Fleet, a second [[Number Eight]] appears with survivors of the Cylon holocaust and a confusing origin.'' | :''As a [[Earth Protectorate|terrorist group]] hounds the [[Returners]] and jeopardizes the Fleet, a second [[Number Eight]] appears with survivors of the Cylon holocaust and a confusing origin.'' | ||
==In the Fleet== | ==In the Fleet== | ||
*On the ''[[Phaeton 5]]'', a [[Returners|Returner]], [[Marco Lesa]], stows away, with the child that would be his daughter, | *On the ''[[Phaeton 5]]'', a [[Returners|Returner]], [[Marco Lesa]], stows away, with the child that would be his daughter, Jenny. A group of what appear to be Colonial [[Marines]] call out and search for Lesa, asking him to help with Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s plan to aid the Fleet on the path to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. | ||
*Lesa believes the marines and surrenders. But the marines are actually members of the [[Earth Protectorate]]. One tosses a grenade at Lesa, which explodes. | *Lesa believes the marines and surrenders. But the marines are actually members of the [[Earth Protectorate]]. One tosses a grenade at Lesa, which explodes. | ||
*On '' | *On ''[[Galactica]]'', Lesa is in [[sickbay]] when Commander Adama arrives to speak with him. Lesa's injuries are severe and has lost an arm and leg. Adama tells him that young Jenny was unhurt as Lesa shielded her from the grenade. Adama asks Lesa to help in the cause. | ||
*Outside, Adama orders Dr. [[Cottle]] (who is aware that the "Earth key" cause that [[Battlestar Galactica 5|Adama created]] is just a distraction to keep the terrorists at bay) to insert special explosive detonators in the necks of Lesa and every Returner that cooperates. As Cottle vehemently objects to this order, Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] arrives to report on the Fleet's situation. | *Outside, Adama orders Dr. [[Cottle]] (who is aware that the "Earth key" cause that [[Battlestar Galactica 5|Adama created]] is just a distraction to keep the terrorists at bay) to insert special explosive detonators in the necks of Lesa and every Returner that cooperates. As Cottle vehemently objects to this order, Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] arrives to report on the Fleet's situation. | ||
*The Earth Protectorate's attacks have damaged several FTL drives in the Fleet. While the repair crews are under guard, five ships, including ''Galactica'', remain without jump ability. The Fleet is hiding in a debris field to elude Cylon detection. | *The Earth Protectorate's attacks have damaged several FTL drives in the Fleet. While the repair crews are under guard, five ships, including ''Galactica'', remain without jump ability. The Fleet is hiding in a debris field to elude Cylon detection. | ||
*The Fleet's first line of defense is, paradoxically, their own Cylons: [[Antebellum Centurion]]s who claim loyalty to the humans, but are the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|same model]] that eventually [[Cylon War|rebelled and fought]] against the Colonies over 50 years before. | *The Fleet's first line of defense is, paradoxically, their own Cylons: [[Antebellum Centurion]]s who claim loyalty to the humans, but are the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|same model]] that eventually [[Cylon War|rebelled and fought]] against the Colonies over 50 years before. | ||
*Hiding in the debris field makes [[DRADIS]] work poorly. Complicating the matter is the | *Hiding in the debris field makes [[DRADIS]] work poorly. Complicating the matter is an illness (believed to originate from the Returners) that has grounded three-quarters of the entire population of the Fleet. | ||
*Later, Adama meets with [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]], who warns him that a second [[ | *Later, Adama meets with [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]], who warns him that a second [[Number Eight|Sharon]] received a partial download of herself after Caprica-Valerii was clinically dead, asyphxiated by an antebellum Cylon earlier. She warns that Cylon forces may be on their way. | ||
*Adama takes the advice, but remains reluctant to fully trust Caprica-Valerii, or any Cylon. | *Adama takes the advice, but remains reluctant to fully trust Caprica-Valerii, or any Cylon. | ||
*Elsewhere, In the Corovian star repair shuttle commandeered by the confused [[ | *Elsewhere, In the Corovian star repair shuttle commandeered by the confused [[Number Eight|"Captain" Sharon Valerii]], crews are shuffled about to keep every human alive prior to a jump to the Fleet. Captain Valerii appears to have shifting memories of her nature, but generally believes she is human. | ||
*Captain Valerii calculates the precise jump coordinates, astounding the humans working with her on the barge, who believe that such calculations would take hours, normally. | *Captain Valerii calculates the precise jump coordinates, astounding the humans working with her on the barge, who believe that such calculations would take hours, normally. | ||
*Captain Valerii orders the jump, with some of the humans holding on to the side of the barge as best they can. | *Captain Valerii orders the jump, with some of the humans holding on to the side of the barge as best they can. | ||
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== Alternate covers == | == Alternate covers == | ||
<gallery | <gallery> | ||
Image:BSG6-Lau-Cover.jpg|[[Jonathan Lau]] cover. | |||
Image:BSG6RaynorNFCover.jpg|[[Nigel Raynor]] cover. | |||
Image:BSG Comic 6 Sejic.jpg|[[Stjepan Sejic]] virgin cover. | |||
Image:BSG6CylonFoilCover.jpg|Photo cover (and foil cover) featuring [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Number Six]]. | |||
Image:BSG6PhotoCoverBIG.jpg|Second foil cover featuring [[Sharon Valerii]]. Promotional photo from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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{{comic list|series=RDM}} | {{comic list|series=RDM}} | ||
[[Category:A to Z]] | [[Category:A to Z]] | ||