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== Illicit Passengers == | == Illicit Passengers == | ||
[[ | [[Image:Starlight Lounge.jpg|thumb|right|The Starlight Lounge {{TRS|Sacrifice}}.]] | ||
While ''Cloud 9'' is used and enjoyed by many people just looking for an escape, the ship is also home to numerous underground "[[Black market (organization)|black market]]" activities, including | While ''Cloud 9'' is used and enjoyed by many people just looking for an escape, the ship is also home to numerous underground "[[Black market (organization)|black market]]" activities, including prostitution, drug smuggling, and even the Cylon sympathizer/terrorist group, [[Demand Peace]], led by [[Royan Jahee]] and [[Gina Inviere]]. Inviere is able to acquire a nuclear device aboard courtesy of Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], shocking Jahee {{TRS|Black Market|Epiphanies|}}. | ||
Later, the {{Inlineref|Starlight Lounge|bold=N}} bar aboard ship is the scene of a hostage crisis in which a disgruntled [[Sesha Abinell]] and her brother-in-law [[Kern Vinson]], along with [[Nelson Page]] and [[George Chu]], hold many people hostage, including | Later, the {{Inlineref|Starlight Lounge|bold=N}} bar aboard ship is the scene of a hostage crisis in which a disgruntled [[Sesha Abinell]] and her brother-in-law [[Kern Vinson]], along with [[Nelson Page]] and [[George Chu]], hold many people hostage, including [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla]], [[Billy Keikeya]] and [[Ellen Tigh]]. With the help of several gunmen, she demands that [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] be turned over in order to take revenge for an earlier Cylon attack on the Fleet which left her [[Ray Abinell|husband]] dead. She and her co-conspirators are ultimately killed when the lounge is stormed by [[Colonial Marine Corps|Colonial Marines]], although not without civilian losses {{TRS|Sacrifice}}. | ||
== Destruction == | == Destruction == | ||
[[ | [[Image:Cloud9Destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|''Cloud 9'''s destruction {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}.]] | ||
Following the jump to [[New Caprica]], ''Cloud 9'' falls victim to Gina Inviere, and her smuggled warhead after she deliberately sets the warhead to go off after a small countdown. The ship, and at least four others around ''Cloud 9''{{'|s}} vicinity are instantly destroyed in a massive explosion. This disaster would have severe ramifications after the Cylon fleet, over a light year away, detects, and tracks the signature to the Colonial's settlement, leading to the Cylon occupation of New Caprica {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. | Following the jump to [[New Caprica]], ''Cloud 9'' falls victim to Gina Inviere, and her smuggled warhead after she deliberately sets the warhead to go off after a small countdown. The ship, and at least four others around ''Cloud 9''{{'|s}} vicinity are instantly destroyed in a massive explosion. This disaster would have severe ramifications after the Cylon fleet, over a light year away, detects, and tracks the signature to the Colonial's settlement, leading to the Cylon occupation of New Caprica {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. | ||
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<gallery mode="slideshow"> | <gallery mode="slideshow"> | ||
Image:Cloud 9 Ballroom.jpg|''Cloud 9''{{'|s}} forum. | |||
Image:Cloud 9 - Gardens.jpg|''Cloud 9''{{'|s}} gardens. | |||
Image:Cloud 9 - Horizon.jpg|The "horizon" of ''Cloud 9''. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* The origin of the term "cloud nine" is curious in that it is an American expression popularized in the 20th Century as a term describing euphoria or higher state of bliss. The term appeared to originate from the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas, where the cumulonimbus cloud was given the designation of nine, which was the highest altitude that a cloud could be, according to information from the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud_nine Wiktionary]. However, it is just one of many terms of Earth-origin used on the show. | * The origin of the term "cloud nine" is curious in that it is an American expression popularized in the 20th Century as a term describing euphoria or higher state of bliss. The term appeared to originate from the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas, where the cumulonimbus cloud was given the designation of nine, which was the highest altitude that a cloud could be, according to information from the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud_nine Wiktionary]. However, it is just one of many terms of Earth-origin used on the show. | ||
* ''Cloud | * ''Cloud Nine'' was filmed on location at the University of British Columbia's Chan Centre. | ||
*It should be noted that in either "[[Razor]]" or "[[The Plan]], | *It should be noted that in either "[[Razor]]" or "[[The Plan]]", both set prior to ''Cloud 9'''s destruction, the large vessel neither appeared nor was mentioned. Furthermore, after the one-year jump in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," its destruction hasn't been mentioned again throughout the remainder of the series. | ||
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