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Ben Frank (born September 2, 1934 in New York City, New York, died September 11, 1990 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor and producer.
Frank's filmography lists many minor and supporting roles in predominantly police action and intrigue TV shows, including notable programs such as I Spy, It Takes a Thief, The Mod Squad, The F.B.I., Baretta, Adam-12, S.W.A.T., Cannon, The Streets of San Francisco, The Rockford Files, and CHiPs.
In his latter years, Frank lent his hands at other genres such as comedy in guest roles in Head of the Class, Growing Pains, and Who's The Boss?.
Frank Frazetta (February 9, 1928 – May 10, 2010) was a world-renowned genre artist whose artworks ranged from comic books to movie posters to standalone art.
Frazetta was commissioned to produce art for the Original Series, particularly for "Saga of a Star World," "Lost Planet of the Gods," and "War of the Gods." Some of his art was used in promoting the series, and would later be used as covers for various Original Series tie-in novels, including The Cylon Death Machine, and later Richard Hatch's Redemption.
According to Syliva Chao, the then-wife of art director Henry Lehn overseeing Frazetta's work for Galactica, ABC only received copies of the print as Frazetta was disinterested in doing any work where he was unable to retain his original pieces. Furthering such conflict between ABC and Frazetta, the buttocks and the perceived sexualization of the women in his artworks caused considerable friction. According to Chao, Frazetta's thoughts on ABC's changes were "fuck them, I’ll just keep the paintings and fuck your picture," although Lehn was able to convince ABC to make use of Frazetta's artworks as they mostly stood.[1]
Scramble is the title of the artwork depicting many female pilots scrambling to their Vipers, ostensibly for promoting the "Lost Planet of the Gods" two-parter.
For the female forms depicted, notably the "booty" of the female warriors, Frazetta drew inspiration from Syliva Chao, the then-wife of Henry Lehn, TV Guide's art director. Of further note, the original artwork (oil on canvas) was retained by Frazetta, and ABC was only furnished prints for their use.[1]
According to Chao, the artwork was modified by ABC to soften the nipples upon the womens' breasts when they utilized the promotional artwork. She noted that she felt that they were "such prudes" for doing so.[1]
During Baltar's trial, she is given the status of head judge (TRS: "Crossroads, Part I") and is responsible for delivering the tribunal's non-guilty verdict, which she voted for (TRS: "Sine Qua Non"), much to the outrage of many of the trial's civilian observers (TRS: "Crossroads, Part II").
After the trial Franks was approached to run for a political office, but she declined, saying that she has no ambitions in that area (TRS: "Sine Qua Non"). However, she is later appointed delegate to the Quorum after its restructuring and is involved in the motion to begin stripping Galactica of parts for the benefit of the rest of the fleet (Islanded in a Stream of Stars).
This list was created to keep track of Galactica's and Pegasus' current and former Viper pilots, Raptor pilots and ECOs. When mentioned-only characters are linked to a separate article, they are either repeatedly mentioned, have some significance despite not being seen or the article includes a note about their name.
Pilots are officers in the Colonial Fleet trained and qualified to operate a Viper fighter or a Raptor multipurpose vehicle.
Pilot candidates, or "nuggets," normally start training in simulators, but after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Galactica's nuggets went from classroom straight into live aircraft until Pegasus (with its on-board flight simulators) joined the Fleet. Once nuggets complete their basic flight and combat training, they are known as "Rooks".
A flight-qualified pilot wears basicpilot wings on the uniform's left breast. Senior-rated pilots (e.g. William Adama, Saul Tigh) wear a variation with outstretched wings.
Pilot wings are a permanently-awarded skills badge; they do not necessarily indicate active flight status, only that the wearer has successfully qualified as a pilot. Officers who have moved into non-flying positions, such as Aaron Kelly and Felix Gaeta, continue to wear them.
A flight suit, which protects a pilot during a decompression emergency, is standard apparel for all pilots.
Qualifications legend:
V - Viper pilot R - Raptor pilot E - Raptor ECO O - Other craft [1]
The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the pilots' ready room or on other documents following Gaeta's Mutiny. It may thus be presumed that they are on active duty.
The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the pilots' ready room or on other documents following the second exodus. Some of these names appear on the roster as early as the first season in episodes like "Act of Contrition" and "The Hand of God".
These characters have not been seen or mentioned since the settlement of New Caprica, during which many military personnel mustered out of the service. As such, it is not known if they are still on active duty.
The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by name. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by call sign, listed below.
The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by callsign. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by name, listed above. All the pilots listed for "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I" are part of the rescue mission to Caprica and identify themselves during the wireless check-in prior to the first jump.
This is a listing of pilots and callsigns derived from the nameplates that were auctioned off. These nameplates were either used on the Vipers in the background or made for the production, and thus may or may never have been seen on-screen. Their status has been presently identified as "unknown."
The following pilots are homages to people working on the show or related to its production. Since they may only exist in behind-the-scenes photos and not featured on screen, they don't necessarily exist within the show's continuity.
A nameplate likely made for Steve Fleer, who shares the same callsign, last name, and rank. Nameplate was likely made before production changes rendered it obsolete.
↑Firelli appears in the episode "Pegasus," appearing to fulfill the role of tactical officer. It is possible that, after Pegasus's destruction, he switches roles from CIC to fight duty.
↑ Jump up to: 10.010.1Butch and Dune's callsigns can first be seen on the locker doors in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I". It is likely that their names are on the lockers in all other appearances of the weight room as well (such as "Scar" and "Torn") even though they cannot be seen on screen. The last confirmed sighting is in "Crossroads, Part II".
↑As Tigh's military record was falsified by John Cavil, Tigh's "life" as a Colonial begins after the First Cylon War and approximately 20 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. Therefore, Tigh's actual flight ability is unknown.
↑Note: In the Miniseries, Gaeta does not have flight wings on his uniform, but when the show went to series, the character is given flight wings from "33" and onward.
Frank Porthos is responsible for administering William Adama's polygraph examination in order to determine eligibility for an unmentioned civilian job, occurring sometime after the incident at the Armistice Line aboard Valkyrie.
Adama views the polygraph test as an insult to his honor and honesty, telling Porthos such before ending the test (TRS: "Daybreak, Part II").
Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training (TRS: "Fragged"); and basic flight training (TRS: "Miniseries")
crew member handling electronic countermeasures of a craft; ECOs are standard crew aboard Raptors (see: ECO)
Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another
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Frank Frazetta's original artwork Scramble, oil on canvas, and framed.
