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| {{disline|For the company on {{RDM|Caprica}} with the same name, see: [[Gideon Enterprises]].}}
| | The '''''Gideon''''' is a heavy hauler transport vessel within [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]]. |
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| | image= Heavy Hauler Gideon.jpg
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| | title=Gideon
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| | race= Colonial
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| | type= Civilian industrial
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| | cap= ~100+
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| | ftl= Yes
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| | role= Heavy hauler transport
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| | co = Captain [[Elias Meeker]]
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| | status= Scuttled, circa YR04 (presumed)
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| '''''Gideon''''' is a heavy hauler transport vessel within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], captained by [[Elias Meeker]] {{TRS|The Son Also Rises}}. | |
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| Circa Day 53, it is the site of an internal struggle following the forced removal of President [[Laura Roslin]] by Commander [[William Adama]]. The crew refuses to resupply ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' in protest, and is boarded by a marine team as a result, taking the needed supplies by whatever means necessary. The situation degrades, and as the crowd becomes more harassing, the marines open fire, killing four civilians. The incident, named the "[[Gideon massacre|''Gideon'' Massacre]]" by reporter [[D'Anna Biers]], would have severe repercussions on the fleet in the coming days, as the civilians fight to have Roslin reinstated {{TRS|Resistance|Final Cut}}.
| | During [[Laura Roslin]]'s removal from office and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]]'s enactment of [[Wikipedia:martial law|martial law]], [[Colonial Marine Corps|Colonial marines]], sent by Colonel Tigh and led by Lieutenant [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]], killed four unnarmed civilians during a riot on that ship. |
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| The commanding officer of ''Gideon'' would later be selected as a juror in the trial of Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] after he is jailed after rejoining the fleet following the escape from [[New Caprica]] {{TRS|The Son Also Rises}}. Following the trial, it loses power after jumping to the [[Ionian Nebula]], where it survives a Cylon attack against the struck fleet {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}. It is presumed that Meeker joins the newly formed [[Quorum of Ships' Captains]], following the assassinations of the previous delegates during [[Gaeta's Mutiny]] {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}. | | The civilians onboard were protesting Roslin's removal from the presidency, martial law and the dissolving of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], by hindering an effort to resupply ''[[Galactica]]''. During the protest, where coffee and other objects were thrown at the boarding party, the marines heard what they believed to be a gunshot. Believing that they were under attack, they fired into the crowd, until Palladino managed to weakly regain control of the situation after the damage had been inflicted ([[Resistance]]). |
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| == Gallery ==
| | Reporter [[D'anna Biers]] would later hype the incident as the "Gideon massacre" to try to turn civillian opinion against ''Galactica'' ("[[Final Cut]]"). |
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| File:TRS - Resistance - Gideon Docking Bay.jpg|''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''<nowiki/>'s boarding party led by Lt. [[Joe Palladino]] enters ''Gideon''<nowiki/>'s docking bay {{TRS|Resistance}}.
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| File:Gideon Mass.jpg|''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' [[Marines]] mishandle ''Gideon''<nowiki/>'s civilians during a food riot, leading to the [[Gideon massacre|infamous massacre]] {{TRS|Resistance}}
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| </gallery>
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| == Notes == | | == Notes == |
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| * "Gideon" is the name of one of the [[W:Bible|biblical]] characters in the [[W:Book of Judges|Book of Judges]].
| | '''Gideon''' is the name of one of the [[Wikipedia:Bible|biblical]] characters in the [[Wikipedia:Book of Judges|Book of Judges]]. |
| * It is unknown whether or not Meeker was in command during the "''Gideon'' Massacre".
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