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==Original Series usage== | ==Original Series usage== | ||
* "''By your command''" spoken by an | * "''By your command''" spoken by an [[Centurion (TOS)|original series Centurion]]: {{audio|TOS By Your Command.mp3|listen}}<br/> | ||
The phrase is frequently said by the robotic soldiers of the | The phrase is frequently said by the robotic soldiers of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon Empire]] in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] in a neutral metallic voice as the affirmative response to an order from another Cylon Centurion, the [[Imperious Leader]], or other authority (including [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]). The phrase is iconic of the Cylons' nature as a robotic race, becoming something of a 'catchphrase' of the series. | ||
==Re-imagined Series/''Caprica'' usage== | ==Re-imagined Series/''Caprica'' usage== | ||
* "''By your command''" spoken by a [[Number Six]] [[humanoid Cylon]]: {{audio|Mini Series By Your Command.mp3|listen}} | * "''By your command''" spoken by a [[Number Six]] [[humanoid Cylon]]: {{audio|Mini Series By Your Command.mp3|listen}} | ||
In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], the phrase has been said twice by copies of [[Number Six]], once to a copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] in response to finding the escaped [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] of refugee survivors of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal Cylon attack]] on the Colonies | In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], the phrase has been said twice by copies of [[Number Six]], once to a copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] in response to finding the escaped [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] of refugee survivors of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal Cylon attack]] on the Colonies ([[Miniseries]]), and again (barely audible) in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]." | ||
Since these Cylons appear to run their fleet by consensus, the use of "By your command" may be less of a command acknowledgment. The use of the phrase may be more analogous to the Colonial affirmation "[[So say we all]]." | Since these Cylons appear to run their fleet by consensus, the use of "By your command" may be less of a command acknowledgment. The use of the phrase may be more analogous to the Colonial affirmation "[[So say we all]]." | ||
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Its origins are revealed in the [[Caprica_pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]], when the [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]], the prototype of the [[Cylon_Centurion_Model_0005|original Cylon Centurions in the Twelve Colonies]], completes its first successful live-fire exercise and reports to its human observers, "Program completed by your command." As U-87s enter mass production and are put into service, "By your command" is used regularly ([[Caprica (series)|''Caprica'']]). | Its origins are revealed in the [[Caprica_pilot|''Caprica'' pilot]], when the [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]], the prototype of the [[Cylon_Centurion_Model_0005|original Cylon Centurions in the Twelve Colonies]], completes its first successful live-fire exercise and reports to its human observers, "Program completed by your command." As U-87s enter mass production and are put into service, "By your command" is used regularly ([[Caprica (series)|''Caprica'']]). | ||
The phrase appears to be rare among non-Cylon robots in [[the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. When asked about whether he could use the response himself, [[Serge]] stated that it was an available option, but that it sounded "a little stiff."<ref>[ | The phrase appears to be rare among non-Cylon robots in [[the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. When asked about whether he could use the response himself, [[Serge]] stated that it was an available option, but that it sounded "a little stiff."<ref>[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/26483483197 Serge Graystone Twitter post: October 5, 2010 2:23 pm]</ref>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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[[Category:RDM]] | [[Category:RDM]] | ||
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[[Category:Figures of Speech]] | [[Category:Figures of Speech]] | ||