Editing Black market (organization)

:''This page is about the organization. For the second season episode in which the black market first appeared, see [[Black Market]].''


The '''black market''' is an organization within [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] through which the trade of goods, both essential and exotic, is executed.

Until the episode "[[Black Market]]", the underground organization was headed by [[Phelan]]. Under Phelan, the black market regularly withheld inventory to inflate prices.  The black market was also known for other dealings, [[Wikipedia:Prostitution of children|some of which]] "crossed the line" between "merely" illegal and completely anathematic.

After Phelan's death, [[Lee Adama]] explains to Phelan's likely successors that, as long as these shady practices stopped, the black market would be allowed to continue business.  Despite [[Laura Roslin|the President]]'s misgivings, the black market still functions within the Fleet, and is essential in distributing hard to find supplies.

Notable items traded on the black market before Phelan's death were [[antibiotics]], [[fumarello|fumarellos]], and the services of [[WIkipedia:Prostitute|escorts.]]

==Notes==
*Black market is a descriptive term for this organization. It is unknown if the organization ascribed itself a name.

==External links==
{{ext-wikipedia|article=Black market|Black market}}

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-{{disline|This page is about the organization. For the second season episode in which the black market first appears, see [[Black Market]].}}
+:''This page is about the organization. For the second season episode in which the black market first appeared, see [[Black Market]].''
-The '''black market''' of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] is an illegal, unregulated marketplace for a variety of goods that are otherwise unsellable, or extremely difficult to sell, in a manner prescribed by the [[Law of the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Law of the Twelve Colonies]].
-== Pre-Fall ==
+The '''black market''' is an organization within [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] through which the trade of goods, both essential and exotic, is executed.
-Circa {{BCH|58}}, the [[Ha'la'tha]] control some segment of the black market of the Twelve Colonies, dealing and acquiring illegal goods through clandestine ways.
-Of prominence, some [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 Cyber Combat Units]] are sold to the [[Soldiers of the One]] by the Ha'la'tha following their virtual acquisition of [[Graystone Industries]] {{CAP|Unvanquished|Blowback}}.
+Until the episode "[[Black Market]]", the underground organization was headed by [[Phelan]]. Under Phelan, the black market regularly withheld inventory to inflate prices.  The black market was also known for other dealings, [[Wikipedia:Prostitution of children|some of which]] "crossed the line" between "merely" illegal and completely anathematic.
-== Post-Fall ==
+After Phelan's death, [[Lee Adama]] explains to Phelan's likely successors that, as long as these shady practices stopped, the black market would be allowed to continue business.  Despite [[Laura Roslin|the President]]'s misgivings, the black market still functions within the Fleet, and is essential in distributing hard to find supplies.
-Following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], a black market organization is established within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet of refugee human ships]] through which illicit and unofficial trades of goods, both essential and exotic, are executed. ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]'' is described by [[Tom Zarek]] as the "hub of the black market." Notable items traded on the black market included [[antibiotics]], [[fumarello]]s, and the services of escorts<ref>Though some prostitution was arranged by the black market, the practice itself does not appear to be illegal.</ref>.
-Until some time after the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], the underground organization is headed by [[Phelan]]. Under his control, the black market regularly withholds inventory to inflate prices.  The black market is also known for other dealings, [[Wikipedia:Prostitution of children|some of which]] crossed the line between being merely illegal and being clearly harmful and immoral.  After Phelan's death, Captain {{callsign|Lee Adama}} explains to Phelan's likely successors that as long as these shady practices stopped, the black market would be allowed to continue business.  Despite President [[Laura Roslin]]'s misgivings, the black market still functions within the fleet, and is essential in distributing hard to find supplies {{TRS|Black Market}}.
+Notable items traded on the black market before Phelan's death were [[antibiotics]], [[fumarello|fumarellos]], and the services of [[WIkipedia:Prostitute|escorts.]]
-== Notes ==
+==Notes==
+*Black market is a descriptive term for this organization. It is unknown if the organization ascribed itself a name.
-* [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 1 (RDM)|Deleted scenes]] from the [[Re-imagined Series]] illustrate that black marketeering began in earnest aboard ''Galactica'', notably involving [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]].
+==External links==
+{{ext-wikipedia|article=Black market|Black market}}
-==References==
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-[[de:Schwarzmarkt (Organisation)]]