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==Backdoors== | ==Backdoors== | ||
[[ | [[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|The CNP managed the [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Avionics|avionics]] of [[Viper Mark VII]]s and almost all [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestars]] before the few fighters that survived were retrofitted after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack]].]] | ||
Unbeknownst to Dr. Baltar, his lover and co-writer of the CNP turns out to be a version of the [[humanoid Cylon]] [[Caprica | Unbeknownst to Dr. Baltar, his lover and co-writer of the CNP turns out to be a version of the [[humanoid Cylon]] [[Caprica Six|Number Six]]. The Cylon infiltrator programmed backdoors into the CNP so that the Cylon attack forces could render any ships that use the operating system to shut itself down by a remote command. | ||
Battlestars and fighters begin to shut down during the Colonial defensive "as if a switch were flipped."<ref>The process is similar to how some home and business computers today can be [[w:Zombie computer|taken over secretly and remotely]] for use in nefarious purposes on the Internet, such as [[w:E-mail spam|email spamming]].</ref> Communications officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] describes reports of "system failures" throughout the Fleet and how at least one battlestar loses power when the attack begins {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. When the Cylon fleet jumps in during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], they use the CNP to take down an entire battlegroup over Caprica as well as the defense mainframe, leaving ships drifting out of control and easy targets {{TRS|The Plan}}. | Battlestars and fighters begin to shut down during the Colonial defensive "as if a switch were flipped."<ref>The process is similar to how some home and business computers today can be [[w:Zombie computer|taken over secretly and remotely]] for use in nefarious purposes on the Internet, such as [[w:E-mail spam|email spamming]].</ref> Communications officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] describes reports of "system failures" throughout the Fleet and how at least one battlestar loses power when the attack begins {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. When the Cylon fleet jumps in during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], they use the CNP to take down an entire battlegroup over Caprica as well as the defense mainframe, leaving ships drifting out of control and easy targets {{TRS|The Plan}}. | ||