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Boxey (TOS)

Boxey
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Boxey is a Cylon
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Boxey in the separate continuity
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Boxey is the son of Serina and adoptive son of Apollo. Originally from Caprica, he is a survivor of the holocaust that destroys the Colonies.

Biography

Flight from Caprica

Boxey was quite fond of a daggit known as Muffit, killed by falling debris when the daggit tried to meet him and his mother as the Cylons rained fire on anything that moved. Along with his mother, he goes to the Rising Star and, while there, mourns for Muffit and refuses to rest. To appease the boy's anguish, Flight Commander Apollo of the battlestar Galactica talks Doctor Wilker, an electronics expert, into giving the boy a prototype of an automaton-generated daggit, the Muffit II. Previously, Apollo attempts to give him one of his ranking pins as Boxey seems to respond to him as a fatherly, Warrior-like figure ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}.

Boxey plays Pyramid ^{(TOS: "The Lost Warrior")}.

Boxey is tasked with training the "Muffit II" to act as a real daggit. The job is made easier as Wilker scans his image into the daggit's memory. Although Boxey is initially confused, he begins to recover from the devastating loss ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}.

Boxey is involved with the planetary expedition to Carillon, a planetoid practically brimming with tylium. During this expedition, he is first to be "captured" by the planetary inhabitants, the humanoid-insect race known as the Ovions. Serina, Apollo, and Flight Sergeant Jolly are also surrounded and brought to the boy, thanks to the Ovion's queen, Lotay.

The boy manages to get himself into entanglements thanks to Muffit, making his way to the lower levels of the mine, underneath the chancery, where its players are made obese and senses made dull. Apollo and Starbuck, who stumble upon the Cylons hidden within the mine, free Cassiopeia and rescue the boy from the carnivorous Ovions ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}.

Boxey, with his newfound pet, bear witness to the Sealing of Serina and Apollo. He also witnesses his mother's entrance in the Fleet's Viper corps, although her tour of duty is short lived. With his new stepfather, Boxey mourns the death of his mother, which they manage to work through eventually ^{(TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods")}.

After Serina's Death

When Apollo is missing and presumed unreachable, no one has the heart to tell Boxey about his father. Starbuck and Boomer babysit the tyke, who manages to get away with the spoils of pyramid from Greenbean, Jolly and other pilots. Unfortunately, Boxey is unable to fully enjoy the mushies as he is suddenly torn away from the game and care of the Warriors by a fretful Cassiopeia, despite defending their unique approach at babysitting ^{(TOS: "The Lost Warrior")}.

Boxey seems to visit Core Command without chastisement several times, including the time where Galactica leads the Fleet from the Cyrannus galaxy through asteroid dust ^{(TOS: "The Long Patrol")}.

When the Cylon-manned Ravashol Pulsar threatens the Fleet, Apollo hands Boxey a medallion that Apollo's father gave him after graduating from the Colonial Military Academy before going off on the mission. Boxey seems quite curious about the environment, explaining to his father that he'd never seen snow before. When their shuttle sent by Galactica crashes into Sector Hekla of ice planet Arcta, Boxey and his daggit are discovered in the snowram. Boxey is later secreted in the Thetas' underground city after they are saved by Thetas lead by Ser 5-9 ^{(TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero")}.

Boxey participates in the mission to obtain agron seeds from the long-forgotten agron colony of Sectar, although he stays behind on the shuttle with Flight Sergeant Jolly ^{(TOS: "The Magnificent Warriors")}.

Boxey and his daggit Muffit II ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}.

Along with Lieutenant Boomer, Ensign Athena, and other Galactica personnel, Boxey and Muffit are trapped in the rejuvenation center while the battlestar is ablaze, thanks to kamikaze Raiders packed with solonite. His pet, fortunately, saves not only them but also a downed firefighter ^{(TOS: "Fire in Space")}.

Other peers in Galactica's instructional programs influence Boxey's decisions and behavior, especially during Iblis' visitation to the Fleet. He takes to heart that his father was a coward who wouldn't face Boomer and his Blue Team in a triad game. Saddened by this, Starbuck manages to persuade Boxey that this was not so—Apollo subsequently plays Triad with the Blue Team. Unknown to anyone, Boomer is possessed by Count Iblis, and wins the game due to Iblis' feats of "magic" ^{(TOS: "War of the Gods")}.

Boxey is later part of an instructional period that discusses why the "Earthlings" (Michael, Sarah, and their children) weren't coming out of their vessel that his father and Starbuck pick up on their patrol ^{(TOS: "Greetings From Earth")}.

Evidently, Boxey's intuition and drive would lead him to the future where he plays a role equal to that of his foster father.

Family tree

Adama

Ila†

Serina†

Apollo

Athena

Zac†

Boxey (adopted)

Unproduced scripts

In the unproduced scripts written for the Original Series, Boxey appears in "The Beta Pirates" and "I Have Seen Earth," typically getting into trouble with Muffit during otherwise dire situations.

Notes

• In Galactica 1980, which is a separate continuity of the Original Series, Boxey is the nickname of Troy as well as the various tie-in novels such The Living Legend and Galactica Discovers Earth. Nevertheless, the "Troy" name is not considered as part of the Original Series continuity in this article.
• Boxey's last appearance is in "Greetings From Earth".
• Boxey is one of the few characters to have a direct analog—without major alteration; he even has a similar hairstyle—in the re-imagined series. The re-imagined Boxey is also an orphan who is taken under Sharon Valerii's wing in the Miniseries. However, except for one additional appearance in "Bastille Day," and a handful of deleted scenes, the character was quickly dropped.

See Also

• Boxey (RDM), Boxey in the Re-imagined Series.
• Troy (RH), Troy in the Hatch novels.
• Troy (1980), Troy in Galactica 1980.

Boxey (RDM)

Boxey
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Boxey is a Cylon
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Boxey is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Boxey is an Original Series Cylon
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Boxey and his possible mother on photos on Armistice Station.

Boxey is the son of the Armistice Officer at Armistice Station.

Following the Cylon attack, Boxey and his aunt^{[citation needed]} seek sanctuary when a Raptor manned by Lieutenants Valerii and Agathon makes an emergency landing on Caprica.

When it becomes evident that the Raptor cannot rescue all the terrified refugees who come to it, Boxey's aunt gives him up with other children for transport back to Galactica. The child becomes unofficially adopted by members of the crew and is also seen eating with Valerii and other pilots on Galactica ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}.

Later, Boxey is following Kara Thrace around and copying her attitude and tone with Saul Tigh. During an exchange with Tigh, Boxey sarcastically reveals that his mother is dead ^{(TRS: "Bastille Day")}.

Life on the cutting room floor

Boxey's last appearance in the series.

Otherwise, the character is mostly found in deleted scenes and on the cutting room floor, with little further exposure. Boxey appears in five deleted scenes included with the Season 1 DVD set. The first four are from "Water":

• In the first, Boxey happens upon Boomer at her locker, and rummaging through it finds a rag which she used to wipe rust off of her hands from when she was planting the bombs in the water tanks.
• In the second (after the discovery of water by Boomer), Boxey and Tyrol pay a visit to Boomer in her quarters to congratulate her. Boxey is frakkin explicit, while Tyrol slaps him on the head to rebuke him and asks him to leave the room so he can take a moment with Boomer.
• In his third deleted scene in "Water," Boxey tries to sell some ambrosia he got from an engineer to Crashdown (apparently one of the attempts to turn him into the "artful dodger" mentioned by the writers).
• The subplot of the second scene is followed up on in a fourth scene at the end of the episode where Tyrol finds Boxey with the rag, who tells him that he got it from Boomer's locker, and Tyrol recognizes the rust as being the same residue as he found in the water tank, raising his suspicions about Boomer (this entire subplot was dropped).
• Boxey's fifth deleted scene in the set is from "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I," in which Boomer is practicing drawing her weapon from its holster and pointing it, and after several times Boxey steps into the room just as she wheels around and points her gun in his direction, accidentally scaring him off.

Notes

• Boxey is based on a character of the same name from the Original Series. He shares some similarities with his TOS counterpart, in that he is a young boy orphaned by the Cylon attack who is adopted by members of Galactica's crew. While Boxey was an often recurring character in the Original Series and the main character of the follow up series Galactica 1980, in the Re-imagined Series he only appears in one episode of the first season, "Bastille Day". A number of other appearances were filmed, but cut from other episodes due to time considerations. By the start of Season 2, the writers realized they had never really used him and couldn't think of a way to fit him into the series, and the character has been essentially abandoned.
• In the original draft of the Miniseries, Boxey would form a family unit with Sharon Valerii and Galen Tyrol, but it was then decided that Boomer would be a Cylon sleeper agent. The writers then toyed around with the idea of still having the three of them be a family unit (with Boomer completely unsuspecting that she was a Cylon) until the Season 1 finale, when Boomer would reveal herself. Instead, starting with the second episode, "Water," Boomer early on starts suspecting that she is a Cylon, and the writers found fewer and fewer ways for Boxey to fit in. An idea toyed around with was that Boxey would become the "artful dodger" on the show; running the black market, stealing things, etc., but it was decided that there wasn't even time for that.
• One of the problems with having a young character such as Boxey on the show is that while the actor naturally ages, the Re-imagined Series has progressed much more slowly; the series covers approximately one and a half years in fictional time from the Miniseries (2003) to the end of Season 2 (2006).
• In the non-canonical novel Sagittarius Is Bleeding, Boxey's name is given as "Andrew Boxman" (or "Alex Boxman"). He is briefly suspected as a Cylon after talking with Sharon "Athena" Agathon against orders and helps to thwart a terrorist plot. His continuing absence in the main series is explained as Boxey living on another ship but being allowed to visit the pilots on Galactica.

Troy (1980)

For subjects with a similar name, see: Troy.

Troy
Troy (from 1980 CE) after a time warp to 1930s CE
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Troy is a Cylon
Troy is a Final Five Cylon
Troy is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Troy is an Original Series Cylon
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Boxey in 1950 CE (Noah Hathaway)

Captain Troy is a Colonial Warrior attached to the battlestar Galactica during the discovery of Earth by the Fleet. As a child, he was known by his nickname of Boxey, which his mother, Serina, and his adoptive family aboard Galactica had used ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}.

Much like his adoptive father, Apollo, Troy is a squadron leader and Viper pilot. His fellow Warrior, Dillon, is his wingman and both Troy and Dillon have a similar relationship that Apollo and Starbuck had prior to their departures from the Fleet: Troy has a tendency to adhere to the rules and was serious, whereas Dillon was more of a rogue.

With Apollo believed dead, Troy has been in the care of his grandfather, Commander Adama, becoming a proficient Colonial Warrior as per a goal he had promised to achieve after the Colonial holocaust ^{(TOS: "Saga of a Star World")}.

Earth

Upon discovery of the fabled Thirteenth Colony, Troy is tasked with leading missions to Earth, starting with the first contact mission to help develop Earth's technology in order to face the Cylon threat ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}. He and Dillon are assigned to pursue contacts in the area of Southern California, but deviate from this when they go back in time, and when they visit New York state ^{(1980: "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I", "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II")}.

He takes on the role of Scout Leader with Galactica children, and seems to relish the position. He has deep empathy for the plight of others, and for the environment, and is motivated to action in order to alleviate these plights ^{(1980: "The Super Scouts, Part I", "Space Croppers")}.

Post-1980

In the novelization of "The Living Legend", which covers the events of "The Living Legend, Part I" and "The Living Legend, Part II," the introductory segment is written from the point of view of Troy, now a Commander, who was thrust into this role after the death of Adama. (This is an "expanded universe" story based upon Galactica 1980, and neither the book nor series are themselves considered canonical.)

Notes

• When Galactica 1980 was originally conceived, it was to have featured the characters of Apollo and Starbuck. However, neither actor was available for the project, and so instead of recasting it was decided to advance the storyline 30 years and feature two new characters, Troy and Dillon as the new leads.

• Troy was a recurring character in Galactica 1980 who appeared in all but the final episode "The Return of Starbuck".

• "Troy" was quoted as Boxey's given name. This fact seems to have been adopted into the Battlestar canon and other non-canonical stories, such as Richard Hatch's various novels and, most recently, the Cylon Apocalypse comic series.

Related Media

On Being "Boxey"

References

Boxey (TOS alternate)Boxey (TOS-DE alternate)

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This article covers the various depictions of the Original Series' Boxey from the tie-in novelizations, comic books, and other media.

Berkley Novelizations

Background

Boxey is an full-fledged orphan, his parents presumably killed during the final Cylon attack on the Colonies. His adoptive parents became Serina and Apollo respectively.

As Boxey grew older, he came to hate that name and his extended family searched for a new name, given that they never knew his birth name. As a result, they christen him "Troy".

Given the deaths of both sets of parents, biological and adoptive, Troy had "put up barriers that no one could get through" for fear of loving someone, then losing them again.

The Tombs of Kobol

Boxey is pleased at the fact that Serina and Apollo are to be married, however the marriage was short lived and he is forced to go through the death of his second mother.

The Living Legend

After Adama's death sometime well into the future, Troy is given command of Galactica and access to Adama's personal journals that have not been read by anyone before him. (Apollo is not given command due to his death sometime before Adama's.) When presented with Adama's logs after a pre-recorded introduction made by Adama, he first searches the logs about Commander Cain, who Adama credits for saving the entire Fleet.

Dynamite Entertainment

Boxey and Muffit during the arduous transit through the mysterious black hole (Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 3 #1).

There are at least four variations of Boxey from the Dynamite Entertainment comics, including:

• Boxey, the standard depiction;
• Boxey, Serina's son who had been murdered by the Cylons during the Battle of Cimtar in an alternate reality;
• Boxey, Athena's ward in Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880;
• Troy Adama, from the Galactica 1980 series.

Marvel comics

Boxey loses Muffey during the Cylon bombardment of Caprica's cities (Annihilation!).

Boxey is the son of Serina who, along with his daggit Muffey, frolics around the Caprica city while his mother hosts a newscast to cover the anticipated armistice.

When the Cylons attack, Boxey and Muffey attempt to flee the rampant destruction. While Serina saves Boxey from falling debris of a nearby structure, Muffey does not share such fortune and, after a short search, Boxey and his mother flee the city ruins into the hillside, where they encounter Captain Apollo's Viper near the ruins of Commander Adama home (Annihilation!).

He makes a few fleeting appearances in the Marvel comics that occur after A Death in the Family.

Maximum Press comics

Boxey in 7347.

Unlike his counterpart from other series, including the continuations, Boxey is not the nickname for Troy, but merely a version of his name, Box.

As the Maximum Press comics follow the Original Series's official canon very strongly, Boxey is referred to as the biological son of Serina and the step-son of Apollo. In 7344, Sheba and Apollo are sealed and he has a step-brother named Cain, who is born that same yahren (War of Eden 1).

By 7362, Box is a lieutenant and a Viper pilot. He is Captain Starbuck's wingman, and is one of three Warriors (the others being Starbuck and Colonel Boomer) who are part of the first Colonial landing party to Earth. During this mission, where Box almost loses his life by a dinosaur's maw, they discover the object later known as Adam's Ark (War of Eden 1-4).

References

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Boxey
Boxey and Muffit as seen in Dynamite Comics' Battlestar Galactica: Folly of the Gods.
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Boxey in the separate continuity
Boxey in the primary continuity
Boxey in 7358 as depicted in Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #4.

Boxey is the son of Serina who survives the Cylon Holocaust.

During his early years in the Fleet, Boxey resides aboard Galactica with his step-father, Apollo, following the death of his mother. This leaves Boxey without any known surviving blood relations, as is the case with numerous survivors throughout the fugitive fleet.

7351

En route to Earth, Boxey becomes one of the many denizens of the Fleet to share in the dream of Earth, projected by delta-class telepath Xam as they traverse an unnamed storm zone. This concerns both Apollo and Boxey's step-aunt, Athena (Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 2 #8—#9).

After the events of Adama's Gambit, Boxey resumes attempting to find a place to play aboard Galactica, often being shooed from the engine room by Colonel Tigh and bouncing around to various parts of the active battlestar, including the launch bay. Following Boomer from the launch bay, he happens upon a funeral ceremony to commemorate the pilots lost, and realizes the sacrifice many Warriors make to protect them. Commander Adama comes across the distraught boy and consoles him, escorting him to core command and promising him that Boxey will someday grow up to see Earth (Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 2 #12).

Later, as they transit a black hole, Boxey is briefly seen cavorting about Galactica with his trusted robotic daggit, Muffit (Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 3 #1 & #5).

7358

Entering his teens, Boxey is scared by the loss of Apollo following the Encounter of the Super Basestar, after yahrens of non-existent contact with their relentless Cylon pursuers (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #2).

Following Apollo's unsanctioned rescue, Boxey discusses enlisting as a Colonial Warrior to Apollo, himself grappling with being forced into an advisory support role given a brain injury that prevents Apollo's active front-line defense of the Fleet. Apollo takes Boxey's gumption at becoming the warrior in an offensive way, lashing out at his step-son (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #5).

The Cylons ambush the Fleet sectons into Apollo's return, leaving him little choice but to step back into a Viper cockpit, and give his life to destroy the dreaded Cylon super basestar. This leaves Boxey without a father figure, relying more on his adopted family of his grandfather and aunt, and Galactica's surviving crew (Battlestar Galactica: Death of Apollo #6).
 

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Re-imagined Series definition: a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in wireless communications and in conversation

Original Series definition: a domesticated canine, e.g. dog (see: daggit)

Re-imagined Series definition: card game similar to Poker, see: triad

Original Series definition: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball (see: triad)

Original Series definition: a title of nobility (e.g. Count Iblis)

Galactica 1980 definition: Dillon is called both a terrorist and a chauvinist by Jamie Hamilton during their phone call from the police station; he asks Troy "what's a terrorist chauvinist?" ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}

These are terms directly relating to Galactica 1980, some of which are based from the Original Series. For terms from that series, please refer to List of terms (TOS).

Original Series definition: an all-purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot (see: Warrior)

Original Series definition: unit of time akin to a "year" (see: Yahren)