Colonial Ministry of Defense - Revision history

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 [[Kendra Shaw]] was reassigned from a Ministry assignment to ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]'' on the eve of the Fall {{TRS|Razor}}.
-Prior to the Fall circa, Commander [[William Adama]] of ''[[Valkyrie]]'' was assigned to clandestinely probe behind the [[Armistice Line]] circa {{BCH|6}}. Its failure results in the reassignment of key command personnel, including ''Valkyrie'' executive officer [[Saul Tigh]] to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' {{TRS|Hero}}.
+Prior to the Fall, Commander [[William Adama]] of ''[[Valkyrie]]'' was assigned to clandestinely probe behind the [[Armistice Line]] circa {{BCH|6}}<ref name="hero_timeline_continuity_armistice" group="footnotes">While dialogue from "Hero" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref>. Its failure results in the reassignment of key command personnel, including ''Valkyrie'' executive officer [[Saul Tigh]] to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' {{TRS|Hero}}.
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 On the day of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], this woman reveals to Baltar that she is a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] agent, [[Number Six|sixth]] out of 12 humanoid models, and that with the access she gained through Baltar, she was able to penetrate extremely sensitive assets such as the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. In the course of fixing over half of Baltar's CNP programming algorithms, she secretly added [[backdoors]] into the program that would cripple the bulk of the Colonial Fleet and expose the Twelve Colonies to Cylon attack.
-During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS|Miniseries}}.
+During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.
-[[Amarak|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica'<nowiki/>]]''[[Galactica (TRS)|s]] [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] destroys [[Olympic Carrier|''Olympic Carrier'']], if not earlier by Cylon hands.
+[[Amarak|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''{{'|s}} [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] destroys [[Olympic Carrier|''Olympic Carrier'']], if not earlier by Cylon hands {{TRS|33}}.
 == Notes ==
 *In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security|Department of Homeland Security]].
 *The patch's lower text, "Kobol HQ," is likely a continuity error based on early drafts of the Miniseries script, where {{RDM|Kobol}} itself was originally the single homeworld of the Twelve Colonies.
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	[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica'<nowiki/>]]''[[Galactica (TRS)\|s]] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys [[Olympic Carrier\|''Olympic Carrier'']], if not earlier by Cylon hands.		[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica'<nowiki/>]]''[[Galactica (TRS)\|s]] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys [[Olympic Carrier\|''Olympic Carrier'']], if not earlier by Cylon hands.

	When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}. [[~~Image~~:MOD Patch.jpg\|thumb\|right\|349x349px\|[[Kendra Shaw]]'s Ministry of Defense patch {{TRS\|Razor}}.]]		When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}. [[File:MOD Patch.jpg\|thumb\|right\|349x349px\|[[Kendra Shaw]]'s Ministry of Defense patch {{TRS\|Razor}}.]]
	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].		*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].		*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].
	*The patch's lower text, "Kobol HQ", is likely a continuity error based on early drafts of the Miniseries script, where {{RDM\|Kobol}} itself was originally the single homeworld of the Twelve Colonies.		*The patch's lower text, "Kobol HQ," is likely a continuity error based on early drafts of the Miniseries script, where {{RDM\|Kobol}} itself was originally the single homeworld of the Twelve Colonies.

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	== Pre-Fall ==		== Pre-Fall ==
	An [[Armistice Officer]] from the Ministry was sent every year following the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] (colloquially known as the Armistice), beginning {{BCH\|40}} up until the eve of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], becoming the first known casualty connected to that event {{TRS\|Miniseries, Night 1}}.		An [[Armistice Officer]] from the Ministry was sent every year following the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] (colloquially known as the Armistice) to the [[Armistice Station]] to maintain diplomatic relations with the [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylons]], beginning {{BCH\|40}} up until the eve of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], becoming the first known casualty connected to that event {{TRS\|Miniseries, Night 1}}.

	[[Kendra Shaw]] was reassigned from a Ministry assignment to ''[[Pegasus (TRS)\|Pegasus]]'' on the eve of the Fall {{TRS\|Razor}}.		[[Kendra Shaw]] was reassigned from a Ministry assignment to ''[[Pegasus (TRS)\|Pegasus]]'' on the eve of the Fall {{TRS\|Razor}}.

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	[[~~Image~~:~~MOD Patch~~.jpg\|thumb\|~~right\|100px\|~~[[~~Kendra Shaw~~]]'s ~~Ministry of Defense patch~~ {{TRS\|~~Razor~~}}.]]		[[File:TRS - Hero - Adama with Admiralty.jpg\|thumb\|''[[Valkyrie]]''{{'\|s}} commanding officer, Commander [[William Adama]], meeting with {{RDM\|Colonial Fleet}} admiralty. Note the wall crest in the background {{TRS\|Hero}}.]]
	The '''Colonial Ministry of Defense''' was the branch of the [[Government\|Colonial Government]] responsible for administering its military forces. It was headquartered on {{RDM\|Caprica}}.		The '''Colonial Ministry of Defense''' was the branch of the [[Government\|Colonial Government]] responsible for administering its military forces. As with the [[Caprican Ministry of Defense]] of [[42YR]], it successor was headquartered on {{RDM\|Caprica}}, and overseen by various groups including the Admiralty, of which Admirals [[Peter Corman]] and [[Nagala]] were a part circa {{BCH\|6}} to {{BCH\|0}} respectfully.

	Its ~~missions~~ included the defense of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol\|Twelve Colonies]] from the [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] threat, should they ever decide to return; and it conducted research and development into technologies that could improve the success in those missions.		Its scope of operations included the defense of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol\|Twelve Colonies]] from the [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] threat, should they ever decide to return; and it conducted research and development into technologies that could improve the success in those missions.

	~~The~~ [[Armistice Officer]]~~'s uniform~~ was ~~adorned with this patch~~.		== Pre-Fall ==
			An [[Armistice Officer]] from the Ministry was sent every year following the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] (colloquially known as the Armistice), beginning {{BCH\|40}} up until the eve of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], becoming the first known casualty connected to that event {{TRS\|Miniseries, Night 1}}.

	Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] was a consultant for the Ministry and worked on the development of the [[Command Navigation Program]] which became an integral part of much of the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)\|Colonial Fleet]]'s systems. One of Baltar's lovers, a contractor at the Ministry, assisted him with the CNP's programming.		[[Kendra Shaw]] was reassigned from a Ministry assignment to ''[[Pegasus (TRS)\|Pegasus]]'' on the eve of the Fall {{TRS\|Razor}}.

			Prior to the Fall circa, Commander [[William Adama]] of ''[[Valkyrie]]'' was assigned to clandestinely probe behind the [[Armistice Line]] circa {{BCH\|6}}. Its failure results in the reassignment of key command personnel, including ''Valkyrie'' executive officer [[Saul Tigh]] to ''[[Galactica (RDM)\|Galactica]]'' {{TRS\|Hero}}.

			== The Fall ==
			Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] was a consultant for the Ministry and worked on the development of the [[Command Navigation Program]], which became an integral part of much of the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)\|Colonial Fleet]]'s systems. One of [[Caprica-Six\|Baltar's lovers]], a contractor at the Ministry, assisted him with the CNP's programming circa {{BCH\|2}}.

	On the day of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], this woman reveals to Baltar that she is a [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] agent, [[Number Six\|sixth]] out of 12 humanoid models, and that with the access she gained through Baltar, she was able to penetrate extremely sensitive assets such as the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. In the course of fixing over half of Baltar's CNP programming algorithms, she secretly added [[backdoors]] into the program that would cripple the bulk of the Colonial Fleet and expose the Twelve Colonies to Cylon attack.		On the day of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], this woman reveals to Baltar that she is a [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] agent, [[Number Six\|sixth]] out of 12 humanoid models, and that with the access she gained through Baltar, she was able to penetrate extremely sensitive assets such as the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. In the course of fixing over half of Baltar's CNP programming algorithms, she secretly added [[backdoors]] into the program that would cripple the bulk of the Colonial Fleet and expose the Twelve Colonies to Cylon attack.
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	During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain\|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One\|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS\|Miniseries}}.		During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain\|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One\|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS\|Miniseries}}.

	[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica's'']] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys ~~the~~ ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', if not by Cylon hands ~~prior to that.~~		[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica'<nowiki/>]]''[[Galactica (TRS)\|s]] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys [[Olympic Carrier\|''Olympic Carrier'']], if not earlier by Cylon hands.

	When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}.

			When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}. [[Image:MOD Patch.jpg\|thumb\|right\|349x349px\|[[Kendra Shaw]]'s Ministry of Defense patch {{TRS\|Razor}}.]]
	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].		*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].

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	During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain\|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One\|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS\|Miniseries}}.		During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain\|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One\|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS\|Miniseries}}.

	[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (~~RDM~~)\|Galactica's'']] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', if not by Cylon hands prior to that.		[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (TRS)\|Galactica's'']] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', if not by Cylon hands prior to that.

	When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}.		When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}.

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	The [[Armistice Officer]]'s uniform was adorned with this patch.		The [[Armistice Officer]]'s uniform was adorned with this patch.

	Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] was a consultant for the Ministry and worked on the development of the [[Command Navigation Program]] which became an integral part of much of the [[Colonial Fleet (~~RDM~~)\|Colonial Fleet]]'s systems. One of Baltar's lovers, a contractor at the Ministry, assisted him with the CNP's programming.		Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] was a consultant for the Ministry and worked on the development of the [[Command Navigation Program]] which became an integral part of much of the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)\|Colonial Fleet]]'s systems. One of Baltar's lovers, a contractor at the Ministry, assisted him with the CNP's programming.

	On the day of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], this woman reveals to Baltar that she is a [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] agent, [[Number Six\|sixth]] out of 12 humanoid models, and that with the access she gained through Baltar, she was able to penetrate extremely sensitive assets such as the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. In the course of fixing over half of Baltar's CNP programming algorithms, she secretly added [[backdoors]] into the program that would cripple the bulk of the Colonial Fleet and expose the Twelve Colonies to Cylon attack.		On the day of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], this woman reveals to Baltar that she is a [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] agent, [[Number Six\|sixth]] out of 12 humanoid models, and that with the access she gained through Baltar, she was able to penetrate extremely sensitive assets such as the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. In the course of fixing over half of Baltar's CNP programming algorithms, she secretly added [[backdoors]] into the program that would cripple the bulk of the Colonial Fleet and expose the Twelve Colonies to Cylon attack.

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	During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain\|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One\|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS\|Miniseries}}.		During the attack, the [[Colonial One Captain\|captain]] of ''[[Colonial One\|Colonial Heavy 798]]'' established contact with [[Jack]] at the Ministry, whom [[Laura Roslin]] was barely able to debrief prior to ''798'''s detection by the Cylons {{TRS\|Miniseries}}.

	[[~~Amorak~~\|Dr. ~~Amorak~~]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (RDM)\|Galactica's'']] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', if not by Cylon hands prior to that.		[[Amarak\|Dr. Amarak]] also worked at the Ministry and was a colleague of Baltar. He is presumably killed when ''[[Galactica (RDM)\|Galactica's'']] [[Combat Air Patrol\|CAP]] destroys the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', if not by Cylon hands prior to that.

	When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. ~~Amorak~~ {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}.		When a copy of Number Six appears on ''Galactica'' under the alias of [[Shelly Godfrey]], she pretends to be a systems analyst at the Ministry and the lover of Dr. Amarak {{TRS\|Six Degrees of Separation}}.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

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	The '''Colonial Ministry of Defense''' was the branch of the [[Government\|Colonial Government]] responsible for administering its military forces. It was headquartered on {{RDM\|Caprica}}.		The '''Colonial Ministry of Defense''' was the branch of the [[Government\|Colonial Government]] responsible for administering its military forces. It was headquartered on {{RDM\|Caprica}}.

	Its missions included the defense of the [[The Twelve Colonies ~~(RDM)~~\|Twelve Colonies]] from the [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] threat, should they ever decide to return; and it conducted research and development into technologies that could improve the success in those missions.		Its missions included the defense of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol\|Twelve Colonies]] from the [[Cylons (RDM)\|Cylon]] threat, should they ever decide to return; and it conducted research and development into technologies that could improve the success in those missions.

	The [[Armistice Officer]]'s uniform was adorned with this patch.		The [[Armistice Officer]]'s uniform was adorned with this patch.

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].		*In the [[Miniseries]], Roslin refers to a Ministry of Civil Defense. It is unknown if this is a synonym for the Ministry of Defense or a separate ministry akin to the American [[w:United States Department of Homeland Security\|Department of Homeland Security]].
	*The patch's lower text, "Kobol HQ", is likely a continuity error based on early drafts of the Miniseries script, where ~~[[Kobol (~~RDM)\|Kobol]] itself was originally the single homeworld of the Twelve Colonies.		*The patch's lower text, "Kobol HQ", is likely a continuity error based on early drafts of the Miniseries script, where {{RDM\|Kobol}} itself was originally the single homeworld of the Twelve Colonies.

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