Editing Galactica 1980 3

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{{Comic Data
| image =Galactica 1980 3 cover.jpg
| title=Galactica 1980 #3
| series=Dynamite
| issueno=3
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| writer= [[Marc Guggenheim]]
| penciller= [[Cezar Razek]]
| inker= Cezar Razek
| colorist=[[Salvatore Aiala]]<br/>[[PC Siqueira]]<br/>[[Mae Hao]]<br/>[[Anthony Tan|Anthony "Tao" Tan]]
| letterer=[[Bill Tortolini]]
| editor=
| cover= [[Lucio Parrillo]]
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| prev=[[Galactica 1980 2]]
| next=[[Galactica 1980 4]]
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== Plot ==
*In the Presidential Emergency Operations Center beneath the [[w:East Wing|East Wing]] of the [[w:White House|White House]], the [[w:United States|American]] [[w:President of the United States|president]] is being briefed on the [[Twelve Colonies of Man|Colonial]] invasion. 
*[[w:Los Angeles|Los Angeles]] has been destroyed by the [[w:Soviet Union|Soviet]] nuclear retaliatory strike, as have missile silos in [[w:Witchita, Kansas|Witchita]]. Colonial forces are reported to be landing outside the [[w:United States Capitol|Capitol]].
*The decision is made to evacuate the president and [[w:Vice president of the United States|vice president]] to the [[w:Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center|Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center]] per the [[w:Continuity of Operations Plan|Continuity of Operations Plan]].
*Outside, [[Troy Adama|Troy]] carries [[Adama (1980 alternate)|Adama]] on his back as he watches Colonial pilots combating American forces on the ground.
*As Troy crosses the street, he is almost run over by [[Felix Mortinson]]. Troy pulls his [[laser pistol]] on Mortinson and tells him to stand back.
*Mortinson tells Troy that he is going to help him, astonishing Troy with his use of Caprican. Mortinson corrects him, saying that he is speaking [[w:Aramaic|ancient Aramaic]]. It is apparent that his vocabulary in the language is not perfect.
*The two look up to see [[w:Marine One|Marine One]] evacuating the president. Mortinson insists that Troy comes to speak with the president to resolve the misunderstanding between the Colonials and Earth. Troy agrees, but promises to kill Mortinson if the meeting is a trick.
*''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]'' flies over [[w:New York City|New York City]], with flames throughout the city caused by the invasion.
*Onboard, Colonel [[Boomer (1980 alternate)|Boomer]] approaches Dr. [[Gaius Zee]], who is monitoring the invasion on viewscreens. Boomer informs Zee that Adama is alive, having been seen with Troy by Colonial forces near the Capitol. He accuses Zee of lying to both him and the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]].
*Zee ignores him and instead talks about how his studies of [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] have taught him an impressive axiom: "The ends justify the means."
*Boomer angrily notes that Earth had invited [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]] to Earth in peace, only to have it invaded due to Zee's lust for power.
*Zee rebukes him, telling him that the invasion was necessary due to the imminent arrival of the [[Cylons (1980)|Cylons]], who will reach Earth in less than a [[centar]]. To prevent a full-scale genocide, Zee needs control of all Earth military forces.
*Zee argues that Adama would not have been able to bring himself to do what was necessary to defeat the Cylons, a proposition he thinks Boomer agrees with.
*En route to Mount Weather, Troy tells Mortinson to stop driving so fast; Moritinson notes that his speed is the least of their problems. After Adama awakens in the back seat, Troy briefs him on the situation. He believes that Mortinson finding them is an act of divine providence.

== Notes ==

* This comic's title, "Experiment In Terra," is a nod to the Battlestar Galactica episode of the [[Experiment in Terra|same name]].
*For the first time, the President of the United States is identified as [[Jimmy Carter]].
*[[Baltar (1980)|Baltar]] notes in his conversation to [[Lucifer (1980)|Lucifer]] that humanity created the Cylons. In the [[Original Series]] and its spinoff, from which this comic is based, the Cylons were [[Cylons (TOS)|created by a reptilian race]].

== Analysis ==



== Questions ==


== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Baltar (1980)|Baltar]] reflects on Galactican Fleet's conquest of [[Earth (1980 alternate)|Earth]]:''
: '''Baltar:''' What a mess of things you appear to have made, [[Troykus Adama|Adama]]. Invading Earth... that was ''my'' dream.
: '''[[Lucifer (1980)|Lucifer]]:''' You possess an interesting human affectation, Baltar. This speaking to Adama as if he's listening.
: '''Baltar:''' But he ''is'', Lucifer. Wherever he is, deep in his soul, he's thinking ''exactly'' what I am. We're not all that different, he and I. As the Colonials' decision to invade and conquer Earth demonstrates. 
: '''Lucifer:''' Nevertheless, it seems an illogical move, this attack on their own kind. 
: '''Baltar:''' It's only illogical to a Cylon, Lucifer. Remember that long before humanity invented you, we invented ''conquest''.
: '''Lucifer:''' Humanity may have given the universe conquest, Baltar. But we Cylons perfected its art. 
: '''Baltar:''' Deploy your troops then, Lucifer. And ''show'' me.

== Alternate covers ==

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Image:Galactica 1980 3 - Cover 2.jpg|Alternate cover for the third issue.
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== External links ==

* [http://www.dynamiteentertainment.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C725130129833 ''Galactica 1980 3''] at Dynamite Entertainment

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