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The acronym '''ECO''' stands for '''Electronic Countermeasures Officer'''.<ref>While the term has not been explicitly defined as such on screen, it falls along the lines of the '''ECMO''' role in US Naval and Marine Corps aviation. In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/ blog entry] Ron Moore also states that he originally envisioned the Raptor as an electronic warfare platform, similar to the modern [[w:EA-6 Prowler|EA-6 Prowler]].</ref> | |||
The | The ECO is responsible for the [[ECM|electronic countermeasures]] on a [[Raptor]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]"). ECOs also operate computer equipment, including scanning and detection equipment ("[[Water]]", "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"). | ||
ECOs also | ECOs are also trained to fly the Raptor, and do so if the primary pilot is incapacitated or unavailable. [[Crashdown]] pilots his Raptor when his pilot [[Karma]] is killed ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and [[Racetrack]] pilots a Raptor on several occasions ("[[Fragged]]", "[[Final Cut]]"). | ||
Because [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] faces chronic pilot and ship shortages, ECOs such as Racetrack and Helo often pull 'double-duty' as either pilot or ECO as assigned by the [[CAG]]. | |||
== Examples of ECOs == | |||
* Capt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] | |||
*[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] | * Lt. [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] | ||
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] | * Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] | ||
*[[Lyla Ellway | * [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] | ||
*[[ | ==See Also== | ||
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]] | |||
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