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	==Questions==		==Questions==

	* What happened to ''{{alt\|Galactica\|TOS}}''? ({{alt-r\|Galactica\|Answer}})		* What happened to ''{{alt\|Galactica\|TOS}}''? {{{{alt-r\|Galactica\|Answer}}}}* Who or what is [[Baltifer]]? {{{{comics\|vol2\|3\|Answer}}}}* Who is the bald man who escorts Apollo to see "the boss"? {{{{alt-r\|Boomer\|Answer}}}}* Is "the boss" Apollo's father? {{{{alt-r\|Adama\|Answer}}}}
	* Who or what is [[Baltifer]]? ({{comics\|vol2\|3\|Answer}})
	* Who is the bald man who escorts Apollo to see "the boss"? ({{alt-r\|Boomer\|Answer}})
	* Is "the boss" Apollo's father? ({{alt-r\|Adama\|Answer}})

	==Noteworthy Dialogue==		==Noteworthy Dialogue==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "[[Category:TOS" to "{{indicator|TOS}}[[Category:TOS"

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	[[Category:A to Z]]		[[Category:A to Z]]

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	===Covers===		===Covers===

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	BSG02CovRoss.jpg\|'''Main Cover'''<br/>''Art:'' [[Alex Ross]]		BSG02CovRoss.jpg\|'''Main Cover'''<br/>''Art:'' [[Alex Ross]]
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	: ''Please Note: These are used for promotional purposes by the publisher, and are provided here in the same vein.''		: ''Please Note: These are used for promotional purposes by the publisher, and are provided here in the same vein.''

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	===Covers===		===Covers===

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	BSG02CovRoss.jpg\|'''Main Cover'''<br/>''Art:'' [[Alex Ross]]		BSG02CovRoss.jpg\|'''Main Cover'''<br/>''Art:'' [[Alex Ross]]
	BSG02CovIncenBW.jpg\|'''Incentive Cover.''' Alternate main pencil sketch cover.<br/>''Art:'' [[Alex Ross]]		BSG02CovIncenBW.jpg\|'''Incentive Cover.''' Alternate main pencil sketch cover.<br/>''Art:'' [[Alex Ross]]
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	: ''Please Note: These are used for promotional purposes by the publisher, and are provided here in the same vein.''		: ''Please Note: These are used for promotional purposes by the publisher, and are provided here in the same vein.''

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "the ''Galactica''" to "''Galactica''"

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	:''Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the [[TOS\|original ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series]], by the industry's premiere cosmic writers, [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]] (''Legion, Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy'')! After a brutal {{alt\|Cylons\|TOS\|Cylon attack}}, {{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} are lost in time and space, and the {{alt\|Galactica\|TOS\|''Battlestar Galactica''}} has been erased from existence! In a reality without ~~the~~ ''Galactica''... the Cylon's [sic] rule supreme! How will the legendary {{alt\|Viper\|TOS}} pilots get back?''<ref>{{cite_web\|url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513020462200211\|title=Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 2 #2\|date=\|accessdate=07 April 2020\|last=\|first=\|format=\|language=}}</ref>		:''Celebrating the 35th anniversary of the [[TOS\|original ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series]], by the industry's premiere cosmic writers, [[Dan Abnett]] and [[Andy Lanning]] (''Legion, Nova, Guardians of the Galaxy'')! After a brutal {{alt\|Cylons\|TOS\|Cylon attack}}, {{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} are lost in time and space, and the {{alt\|Galactica\|TOS\|''Battlestar Galactica''}} has been erased from existence! In a reality without ''Galactica''... the Cylon's [sic] rule supreme! How will the legendary {{alt\|Viper\|TOS}} pilots get back?''<ref>{{cite_web\|url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513020462200211\|title=Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 2 #2\|date=\|accessdate=07 April 2020\|last=\|first=\|format=\|language=}}</ref>

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	* ''{{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} discuss the missing ''{{alt\|Galactica\|TOS}}'':''		* ''{{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} discuss the missing ''{{alt\|Galactica\|TOS}}'':''
	*: '''Apollo:''' From the sensor picture we're gathering, I think that ''Galactica'' we saw was a ''mirage''. A ''[[time mirage]]''. You understand? An image of ~~the~~ ''Galactica'' at the moment of its destruction ''frozen'' in distorted space-time.		*: '''Apollo:''' From the sensor picture we're gathering, I think that ''Galactica'' we saw was a ''mirage''. A ''[[time mirage]]''. You understand? An image of ''Galactica'' at the moment of its destruction ''frozen'' in distorted space-time.
	*: '''Starbuck:''' So is ~~the~~ ''Galactica'' ''destroyed''? Or did we manage to ''wipe'' it from the time-stream? Or is that the ''same [[frack]]ing thing''?		*: '''Starbuck:''' So is ''Galactica'' ''destroyed''? Or did we manage to ''wipe'' it from the time-stream? Or is that the ''same [[frack]]ing thing''?

	* ''Starbuck and his [[Temporal Viper]] are captured by {{alt-r\|Cylons}}:''		* ''Starbuck and his [[Temporal Viper]] are captured by {{alt-r\|Cylons}}:''

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Notes */ + The Young Lords

2020-04-19T21:29:07Z

Notes: + The Young Lords

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	* The comic deliberately uses Adama's facial hair as a "hallway between full beard of ''[[Galactica 1980\|1980]]'' and clean shaven BSG,"<ref name="memorial-168">{{cite_book\|last=\|first=\|authorlink=\|authorlinkurl=\|year=2013\|title=Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 - Memorial\|publisher=Dynamite Entertainment\|pages=168\|location=\|id=}}</ref> further noting that they've been "musing the years they've been forced to roam the galaxy, forever hunted by the relentless, merciless {{alt\|Cylons\|TOS}}."<ref name="memorial-168"/>		* The comic deliberately uses Adama's facial hair as a "hallway between full beard of ''[[Galactica 1980\|1980]]'' and clean shaven BSG,"<ref name="memorial-168">{{cite_book\|last=\|first=\|authorlink=\|authorlinkurl=\|year=2013\|title=Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 - Memorial\|publisher=Dynamite Entertainment\|pages=168\|location=\|id=}}</ref> further noting that they've been "musing the years they've been forced to roam the galaxy, forever hunted by the relentless, merciless {{alt\|Cylons\|TOS}}."<ref name="memorial-168"/>
	* The presence of {{alt-r\|an alternate Adama}}'s facial hair also indicates that the same amount of time has passed in the [[alternate reality]] that {{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} find themselves in.		* The presence of {{alt-r\|Adama\|an alternate Adama}}'s facial hair also indicates that the same amount of time has passed in the [[alternate reality]] that {{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} find themselves in.

	=== Nods ===		=== Nods ===

			* Children resistance fighters are also seen in "[[The Young Lords]]," who also utilize guerrilla warfare against the {{TOS\|Cylons}}.

	=== Errata ===		=== Errata ===

	* Apollo and Starbuck's helmets only have one light bar at the top of the face opening; the typical Warrior helmet has two, one at the top of the opening, and one on the bottom.		* Apollo and Starbuck's helmets only have one light bar at the top of the face opening; the typical Warrior helmet has two, one at the top of the opening, and one on the bottom.

	~~=== Miscellany ===~~

	==Analysis==		==Analysis==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Timeline */ + 1

2020-04-19T21:25:28Z

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	* The comic deliberately uses Adama's facial hair as a "hallway between full beard of ''[[Galactica 1980\|1980]]'' and clean shaven BSG,"<ref name="memorial-168">{{cite_book\|last=\|first=\|authorlink=\|authorlinkurl=\|year=2013\|title=Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 - Memorial\|publisher=Dynamite Entertainment\|pages=168\|location=\|id=}}</ref> further noting that they've been "musing the years they've been forced to roam the galaxy, forever hunted by the relentless, merciless {{alt\|Cylons\|TOS}}."<ref name="memorial-168"/>		* The comic deliberately uses Adama's facial hair as a "hallway between full beard of ''[[Galactica 1980\|1980]]'' and clean shaven BSG,"<ref name="memorial-168">{{cite_book\|last=\|first=\|authorlink=\|authorlinkurl=\|year=2013\|title=Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 1 - Memorial\|publisher=Dynamite Entertainment\|pages=168\|location=\|id=}}</ref> further noting that they've been "musing the years they've been forced to roam the galaxy, forever hunted by the relentless, merciless {{alt\|Cylons\|TOS}}."<ref name="memorial-168"/>
	* ~~Furthermore,~~ the ~~events~~ of ~~this comic take place a number of [[yahrens]]<ref name="memorial-168"/> after~~ the [[~~Battle at Galaxy's Edge~~]] ~~depicted in "~~{{TOS\|~~The Hand of God~~}}."		* The presence of {{alt-r\|an alternate Adama}}'s facial hair also indicates that the same amount of time has passed in the [[alternate reality]] that {{alt\|Apollo\|TOS}} and {{alt\|Starbuck\|TOS}} find themselves in.

	=== Nods ===		=== Nods ===

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: /* Analysis */ + 5

2020-04-19T21:23:59Z

Analysis: + 5

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	==Analysis==		==Analysis==

			* [[Alternate reality\|Alternate realities]] are a [[tropes:AlternateUniverse\|common trope]] in science fiction, and one used to illustrate a "what if?" scenario. In this particular case, it appears that the use of {{alt\|Zee}}'s [[temporal weapon]]s created a divergent reality where the {{alt-r\|Cylons}} reign supreme, and various known characters are changed by different events given that {{alt\|Galactica\|TOS\|the last battlestar}} never existed.
			* It is in this issue that the story arc is that of an [[tropes:AlternateRealityEpisode\|"alternate reality episode"]], where the only two people to know of a time change would be the ones who helped caused it as their crafts were properly shielded.
			* The extent of the changes are not shown, however the key components are laid out beginning in this issue, and explored in the three subsequent issues to follow. As such, much of this issue is set up where Apollo assumes the role of "[[tropes:MrExposition\|Mr. Exposition]]," explaining their situation to Starbuck—assuming the temporary role of the [[tropes:AudienceSurrogate\|reader's surrogate]]—for the first half of the issue. In the last half of the issue, following Starbuck and Apollo's separation over [[Cache]], both "[[tropes:FishOutOfTemporalWater\|fish out of (temporal) water]]" characters become the reader's surrogate.
			* The presence of {{alt-r\|Adama}} with scars on the left side of his scalp is a [[tropes:RuggedScar\|visual trope]] used to differentiate this Adama from {{alt\|Adama\|TOS\|the one Apollo knew}}.
			* The presence of Boomer, who is not formally introduced until {{comics\|vol2\|3}}, is a nod to the [[tropes:BaldBlackLeaderGuy\|"Bald, Black Leader Guy" trope]] prevalent in science fiction, showing a thematically rougher and darker side of a science fiction story. (See: [[MemoryAlpha:Benjamin Sisko\|Benjamin Sisko]] of ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine\|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''.) Perhaps not so ironically, Boomer is the only dark-skinned male depicted, perhaps an unintentional, subconscious nod to [[tropes:TokenMinority\|token minority]] of the colorist.

	==Questions==		==Questions==

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	==Questions==		==Questions==

	* What happened to ''{{alt\|Galactica}}''? ({{alt-r\|Galactica\|Answer}})		* What happened to ''{{alt\|Galactica\|TOS}}''? ({{alt-r\|Galactica\|Answer}})
	* Who or what is [[Baltifer]]? ({{comics\|vol2\|3\|Answer}})		* Who or what is [[Baltifer]]? ({{comics\|vol2\|3\|Answer}})
	* Who is the bald man who escorts Apollo to see "the boss"? ({{alt-r\|Boomer\|Answer}})		* Who is the bald man who escorts Apollo to see "the boss"? ({{alt-r\|Boomer\|Answer}})