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Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young [[Raptor]] pilot on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''. He has gained some notoriety from undertaking heavy-handed [[combat landing]]s. For this, he is good-naturedly teased by | Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young [[Raptor]] pilot on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''. He has gained some notoriety from undertaking heavy-handed [[combat landing]]s. For this, he is good-naturedly teased by [[Kara Thrace]] while she is acting as [[CAG]] during {{callsign|Lee Adama}}'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] strike team to ''[[Astral Queen]]'' {{TRS|Bastille Day}}. | ||
He is killed in an accident on the [[hangar deck]], when a rocket-propelled [[Communication drone|communications drone]] breaks free from its storage mount, igniting the motors and causing an explosion. At the time of his death, he had just completed his 1,000th shipboard landing {{TRS|Act of Contrition}}. | He is killed in an accident on the [[hangar deck]], when a rocket-propelled [[Communication drone|communications drone]] breaks free from its storage mount, igniting the motors and causing an explosion. At the time of his death, he had just completed his 1,000th shipboard landing {{TRS|Act of Contrition}}. | ||