Editing ECO

[[Image:Tritonpatch 33.JPG|right|thumb|{{callsign|Crashdown}} at a [[Raptor]] ECO station.]]
An '''ECO''', or '''Electronic Countermeasures Officer''' <ref>The term is similar to the role of '''ECMO''' in US Naval and Marine Corps aviation. In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/ blog entry] Ron Moore stated that he originally envisioned the Raptor as an electronic warfare platform, similar to the modern [[w:EA-6 Prowler|EA-6 Prowler]].</ref>, is responsible for the [[ECM|electronic countermeasures]] on a [[Raptor]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[33]]").

The first ECO seen was [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]], working with [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] during an ill-fated [[Viper Mark VII]] squadron attack against two [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.

ECOs also operate computer equipment, including scanning and detection equipment ("[[Water]]," "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]").  

ECOs are also trained to fly a Raptor in case the primary pilot is incapacitated or unavailable. [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] pilots his Raptor when his pilot [[Karma]] is killed {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] has served as both pilot and ECO on several occasions ("[[Fragged]]," "[[Final Cut]]").

As ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' initially faces chronic pilot and ship shortages, ECOs such as Agathon and Edmondson often pull "double-duty" as either pilot or ECO as assigned by the [[CAG]].  After the [[New Caprica]] exodus, this was less of an issue {{TRS|Torn}}, but after the events of [[Gaeta's Mutiny]], personnel shortages left the pilots of Raptors searching for habitable planets flying without ECOs {{TRS|Someone to Watch Over Me}}.

==Known ECOs==
*[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
*[[Lyla Ellway]]
*[[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]]
*[[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]

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	An '''ECO''', or '''Electronic Countermeasures Officer''' <ref>The term is similar to the role of '''ECMO''' in US Naval and Marine Corps aviation. In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/ blog entry] Ron Moore stated that he originally envisioned the Raptor as an electronic warfare platform, similar to the modern [[w:EA-6 Prowler\|EA-6 Prowler]].</ref>, is responsible for the [[ECM\|electronic countermeasures]] on a [[Raptor]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[33]]").		An '''ECO''', or '''Electronic Countermeasures Officer''' <ref>The term is similar to the role of '''ECMO''' in US Naval and Marine Corps aviation. In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/ blog entry] Ron Moore stated that he originally envisioned the Raptor as an electronic warfare platform, similar to the modern [[w:EA-6 Prowler\|EA-6 Prowler]].</ref>, is responsible for the [[ECM\|electronic countermeasures]] on a [[Raptor]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[33]]").