Editing Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 1

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| title=Issue 1
| series=Dynamite
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| writer=[[Rick Remender]]
| penciller=[[Carlos Rafael]]
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| cover=Matt Banning, Talent Caldwell, Dave Dorman and Dean White
| published=August 2006
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| next=[[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2]]
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''Shortly after the [[Battle of Cimtar (TOS-DE alternate)|Battle of Cimtar]], ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' launches a risky offensive to retrieve ancient tomes that could begin an earnest search for Earth.''

==Summary==
*Commander {{alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} and Colonel {{alt|Tigh|TOS-DE}} send {{alt|Apollo|TOS-DE}}, {{alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} and {{alt|Boomer|TOS-DE}} to a Colonial satellite planet, [[Maytoria]], occupied primarily by [[Sagittarian (TOS-DE alternate)|Sagittarians]] to retrieve several ancient books located there. Adama believes the books could hold information on the fabled thirteenth colony, {{Alt|Earth|TOS-DE}}.
*However, the {{alt|Cylons|TOS-DE}} occupy the planet, and are guarded by three {{Alt|basestar|TOS-DE}}s.
*To even the odds, the {{alt|Viper|TOS|Vipers}} are equipped with experimental [[Stealth drive|stealth equipment]] to avoid detection.
*[[Serina (TOS-DE alternate)|Serina]], {{Alt|Boxey|TOS-DE}} and [[Muffit (alternate)|Muffit]] see off Apollo.
*The [[Colonial Warrior]]s manage to avoid detection by the basestars until Boomer collides with a {{TOS|Raider|Cylon Raider}}.
*Boomer's Viper crashes, but Apollo and Starbuck continue their mission. The Cylons manage to lock onto Starbuck's thermal signature and shoot him down as well. Apollo is forced to withdraw and return to ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS-DE}}''.
*Starbuck witnesses {{TOS|Centurion|Centurions}} carrying Boomer's body, and assumes he is dead. After managing a painful wound, he passes out for a time, only to find himself too close to other Centurions, which he dispatches.
*{{alt|Athena|TOS-DE}} is upset at the news of Starbuck's apparent demise. Apollo begs his father to stay in the area, but the commander believes the threat is too great.
*On the planet, Starbuck dons a portion of the Cylon armor as a makeshift attempt at camouflage, and hikes toward the city and two basestars, looking for any downed Vipers to salvage a communicator.
*He finds a Viper with its dead Warrior still in the cockpit, but its comm system is down. He finds a portable communicator but it is damaged when another Cylon squad finds him.
*Starbuck is shot directly in the chest, but the Cylon armor saves him. Weaponless, he runs.
*Managing to get a weapon, but outnumbered, the situation is bleak until a massive explosion destroys the bulk of the Centurions.
*A [[Stadra Ah Mun|tall beautiful brunette]] says "You look like a man in a spot of trouble" as other humans destroy the few remaining Cylons.

== Notes ==

=== Publication Releases ===

* From Dynamite Entertainment's product listing:

: Dynamite Entertainment launches their ongoing CLASSIC BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series from writer [[Rick Remender]], artist [[Carlos Rafael]] along with series cover artist [[Dave Dorman]] - a fully painted piece from Dorman - and issue #1 special guest alternate cover artist [[Talent Caldwell]] (joined by inker extraordinaire [[Matt Banning|Batt]] and colorist [[Dean White|Dean ("Punisher") White]])!  Thought dead, left behind by ''[[Galactica (TOS-DE alternate)|Galactica]]'' and stranded on [[Maytoria|a planet]] over run by [[Cylons (TOS-DE alternate)|Cylons]], [[Starbuck (TOS-DE alternate)|Starbuck]] and [[Boomer (TOS-DE alternate)|Boomer]] must make a harrowing journey into the heart of a Cylon strong hold in hopes of stealing a ship large enough to carry themselves and the planets remaining human population and return to ''Galactica''... if they can find it.  ''Classic Battlestar Galactica #1'' will be heavily promoted in Dynamite Entertainment House Ads, through prominent online sit's such as Newsarama.com, ComicBookResources.com and others, as well as interviews and ads in consumer publications such as Comic Shop News (and a feature cover story)!

=== Errata ===

* The dialogue mainly uses "Earth" terms to describe facets of the Colonial realm: "hornet's nest," "weeks," "centuries," "wood," and so on. 
* As with future Dynamite Entertainment comic book installments, the Vipers are depicted with red stripes instead of the orange stripes, a common juxtaposition derived from the [[Re-imagined Series]]' [[Mark II Viper]] coloration.
* When Starbuck is hunted down by the Cylons, he notes that he is weaponless; yet, in the next panel, he is seen firing a laser pistol before being saved by [[Stadra Ah Mun]].

=== Timeline ===

* {{Alt|Adama|TOS-DE}} notes that it weeks have passed since the {{Alt|Battle of Cimtar|TOS-DE}}, meaning that this takes place after the [[Battle of Carillon]].

==Analysis==
*According to the question section in {{Comics|vol1|3}}, this comic series, based on characters and events of the [[Original Series]], are adventures that, like its [[Battlestar Galactica 0|comic series based on the 2004 "Re-imagined" television series]], occur "in-between" the canonical aired episodes.
*Without much preamble, the characters are launched to a mission, with {{Alt|Starbuck|TOS-DE}} being nearly insubordinate to {{Alt|Tigh|TOS-DE}} in the process. Starbuck's cavalier, gun-ho approach continues to resonate throughout this series of issues, with [[Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 5|some temperance in the final issue of this volume]] after a certain event transpires.
*A subtle nod to the {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|prose=Y|nocat=Y}} can be interpreted from Starbuck and [[Serina (TOS-DE alternate)|Serina]]'s discussion before leaving for [[Maytoria]], notably when he tells her that he'd bring back [[Apollo (TOS-DE alternate)|Apollo]] to avoid having Serina on his back. This illustrates the beginnings of the relationship to come, as well as Starbuck's motivations for going on a solo recon patrol after Apollo and Serina's engagement.

=== Cylons ===
*A common conceit from the [[Original Series]] continues here: {{Alt|Centurion|TOS-DE}}s talk between themselves, even when such discourse should be unnecessary between mechanised entities. 
*The jagged [[Laser rifle|Cylon rifle]] bayonets come into use in this issue for close-quarters combat, a first in the history of the franchise.

=== Visual Cues ===
*Based on {{alt|Serina|TOS-DE}}'s wearing her familiar robes from after the {{alt|Battle of Cimtar|TOS-DE}}, this adventure occurs before the Fleet's encounter of {{TOS|Kobol}} in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]".
*Assuming that the helmet crest found on the dead pilot's helmet is battlestar-specific, this would mean that the pilot Starbuck comes across on [[Maytoria]] is from ''[[Galactica (TOS-DE alternate)|Galactica]]''. Otherwise, it is entirely possible that crests may ''not'' all be battlestar-specific, despite the presence of a winged horse crest on ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]''<nowiki/>' helmets. 

==Questions==
*Was [[Maytoria]] encountered after the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet's]] encounter at [[Carillon]]? ([[Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 4#Analysis|Answer]])
*What is [[Boomer (TOS-DE alternate)|Boomer]]'s fate? ([[Classic Battlestar Galactica 2|Answer]])

== Notable Dialogue ==

* ''Col. [[Tigh (TOS-DE alternate)|Tigh]] and Lt. [[Starbuck (TOS-DE alternate)|Starbuck]] get into a tit-for-tat during the [[Maytoria]] mission briefing:''
*:'''Tigh:''' I shouldn't need to remind you how time sensitive this mission is. By lingerling here ''we risk all''.
*:'''Starbuck:''' Any chance you could put a little more pressure on us?
*:'''Tigh:''' If you fail, you damn us all to centuries of aimless searching the stars—''pressure enough?!?''
*:'''Starbuck:''' Nothing to worry about ''Colonel'', you've got the best three pilots in the fleet. I'll go down to this library, check out your books and pay any late fees before dinner time.
* ''[[Boomer (TOS-DE alternate)|Boomer]], [[Apollo (TOS-DE alternate)|Apollo]], and [[Starbuck (TOS-DE alternate)|Starbuck]] discuss the untested [[stealth drive]]'s efficacy:'' 
*:'''Boomer:''' But do we know if they ''work''?
*:'''Apollo:''' [[Adama (TOS-DE alternate)|My father]] wouldn't send us into this hornet's nest unless he trusted that the equipment was sound.
*:'''Starbuck:''' Or maybe he's just doing what it takes to keep me away from [[Athena (TOS-DE alternate)|your sister]], Apollo.
*:'''Apollo''': That's a cause worth dying for if I ever heard one, good buddy.

== Alternate covers ==

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Image:ClassicBSG1CaldwellCover.jpg|Cover by [[Talent Caldwell]] with [[Matt Banning]] and [[Dean White]].
Image:Classic BSG Comic 1 Dorman.jpg|[[Dave Dorman]] cover.
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== External links ==

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