Dwight Saunders - Revision history

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

2025-07-19T21:02:16Z

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "Kara Thrace" to "{{callsign|Starbuck}}"

2025-06-30T18:14:30Z

Text replacement - "Kara Thrace" to "{{callsign|Starbuck}}"

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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 ~~[[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}}.		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 {{callsign\|Starbuck}} 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}}.

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "Lee Adama" to "{{callsign|Lee Adama}}"

2025-02-08T16:15:20Z

Text replacement - "Lee Adama" to "{{callsign|Lee Adama}}"

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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 [[Kara Thrace]] while she is acting as [[CAG]] during [[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}}.		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}}.

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - ""," to ",""

2024-02-21T05:07:36Z

Text replacement - ""," to ",""

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	== Notes ==		== Notes ==
	*When Flat Top's Raptor docks with ''Astral Queen'' in "Bastille Day", the name plate on the vessel gives his name as "Ryan Cisco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders". ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to show preference to the latter reference, as the name was changed by the production for potential legal or creative reasons.		*When Flat Top's Raptor docks with ''Astral Queen'' in "Bastille Day," the name plate on the vessel gives his name as "Ryan Cisco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders". ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to show preference to the latter reference, as the name was changed by the production for potential legal or creative reasons.
	*"Flat top", in this context, likely refers to the [[w:Flattop\|hairstyle]]. In real-world military parlance, it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier.		*"Flat top," in this context, likely refers to the [[w:Flattop\|hairstyle]]. In real-world military parlance, it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier.

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: minor cleanup pass

2024-01-22T06:26:16Z

minor cleanup pass

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	Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''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 [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to ''[[Astral Queen]]'' {{TRS\|Bastille Day}}.		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 [[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 a an accident on the hangar deck, when a rocket-propelled 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}}.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "^:''+(.*)''" to "{{disline|$1}} "

2021-01-10T19:03:00Z

Text replacement - "^:''+(.*)''" to "{{disline|$1}} "

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	~~:''~~Flat Top redirects here. For the information about the salvage and repair ship, see [[Flattop]].''		{{disline\|Flat Top redirects here. For the information about the salvage and repair ship, see [[Flattop]].}}

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: rm duplicate death call in Character Data template

2020-09-09T05:12:17Z

rm duplicate death call in Character Data template

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: minor cleanup

2020-09-09T05:11:48Z

minor cleanup

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	Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''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 [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to ''[[Astral Queen]]'' {{TRS\|Bastille Day}}.		Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''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 [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to ''[[Astral Queen]]'' {{TRS\|Bastille Day}}.

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	*When Flat Top's Raptor docks with ''Astral Queen'' in "Bastille Day", the name plate on the vessel gives his name as "Ryan Cisco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders". ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to show preference to the latter reference, as the name was changed by the production for potential legal or creative reasons.		*When Flat Top's Raptor docks with ''Astral Queen'' in "Bastille Day", the name plate on the vessel gives his name as "Ryan Cisco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders". ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to show preference to the latter reference, as the name was changed by the production for potential legal or creative reasons.
	*"Flat top", in this context, likely refers to the [[w:Flattop\|hairstyle]]. In real-world military parlance, it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier.		*"Flat top", in this context, likely refers to the [[w:Flattop\|hairstyle]]. In real-world military parlance, it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier.

	~~{{DEFAULTSORT:Saunders, Dwight}}~~

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Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "$\[\[TRS\]\]\: "\[\[([A-Za-z0-9_, ]*)\]\]\"$" to "{{TRS|$1}}"

2020-09-09T04:25:06Z

Text replacement - "$\[\[TRS\]\]\: "\[\[([A-Za-z0-9_, ]*)\]\]\"$" to "{{TRS|$1}}"

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	Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''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 [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ~~([[~~TRS~~]]: "[[~~Bastille Day~~]]")~~.		Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''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 [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to ''[[Astral Queen]]'' {{TRS\|Bastille Day}}.

	He is killed in a an accident on the hangar deck, when a rocket-propelled 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 a an accident on the hangar deck, when a rocket-propelled 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}}.

	== Notes ==		== Notes ==

Joe Beaudoin Jr.: Text replacement - "''''{{RDM|Galactica}}''''" to "''{{RDM|Galactica}}''"

2020-09-07T18:48:49Z

Text replacement - "''''{{RDM|Galactica}}''''" to "''{{RDM|Galactica}}''"

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	\|rank= Lieutenant		\|rank= Lieutenant
	\|actor=[[Colby Johannson]]}}		\|actor=[[Colby Johannson]]}}