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''This article discusses a specific [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon copy]] found on the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.'' | :''This article discusses a specific [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon copy]] found on the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''.'' | ||
:''For information on other copies of this model, see [[Number Six]].'' | :''For information on other copies of this model, see [[Number Six]].'' | ||
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'''Gina Inviere'''<ref>The name "Gina" is never spoken in the series until the television special "[[Razor]]". However, before that, [[Ron Moore]] used the name throughout the podcasts for the episodes where Inviere appears, and the name was widely used by fans and news writers | '''Gina Inviere'''<ref>The name "Gina" is never spoken in the series until the television special "[[Razor]]". However, before that, [[Ron Moore]] used the name throughout the podcasts for the episodes where Inviere appears, and the name was widely used by fans and news writers.</ref> is the alias ("inviere" is [[Gemenon (RDM)|Old Gemenese]] for "resurrection") of a [[humanoid Cylon]] who poses as a systems analyst aboard the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. | ||
[[Image:Gina in uniform.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Gina Inviere, systems analyst.]] | |||
[[ | Several months before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack]] on the Twelve Colonies, she presented the retrofit of ''Pegasus'' to the [[Ministry of Defense]] and worked out the details of the [[CNP]] upgrade with Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]]. During that time, the two grow close and eventually start having a relationship. They try to be discreet in front of the crew, but don't make it a secret either. | ||
Working alongside [[Kendra Shaw]] on ''Pegasus'', Inviere manages to gain the officer's trust and use of her personal access codes. | |||
Shortly after the attack on the Colonies, Inviere is instrumental in finding a Cylon communications relay. During the [[Battle of the Communications Relay|ensuing battle]], she helps a boarding party of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] gain access to the ship, which leads to many casualties. | |||
When Shaw encounters another Six, she realizes that Inviere is a Cylon and unmasks her in [[CIC]]. Before being knocked unconscious and taken into custody, Inviere kills two Marines but hesitates to kill Cain, suggesting her feelings for Cain were genuine. | |||
With the destruction of mankind's homeworlds and Inviere's personal betrayal and manipulation fresh in mind, Admiral Cain quickly suppresses her feelings for Inviere, and no longer treats her as a human being, but a thing. She orders Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne|Thorne]] to interrogate Inviere and to employ "degradation, fear, [and] shame" while being as creative as he needs to be. Thorne employs whippings and gang rape in his torture sessions, but ultimately fails to gain any intelligence ([[Razor]]). | |||
When ''Pegasus'' encounters ''[[Galactica]]'' and her [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], Inviere is examined by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]. He is heartbroken by her state, and resolves to help her in any way he can. He convinces Admiral [[Helena Cain]] to permit her to be fed, and recounts to Inviere a story of his love for her copy on Caprica, before the Cylon attack ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). | |||
Inviere, speaking for the first time in many months, reveals her awareness of her true nature<ref>Inviere's behavior in "[[Razor]]" indicates that she is not a "sleeper" agent like [[Sharon Valerii]].</ref> and her mission as a soldier. She begs Baltar to kill her and put an ultimate end to her suffering. When Baltar reminds her that she would just be resurrected in another Number Six body somewhere else, Inviere reveals to him that it won't happen if the unknown Cylon ship that ''Pegasus'' is tracking is destroyed. | |||
She calls the vessel a [[Resurrection Ship]], and that it was used to collect the consciousnesses of Cylons who die too far away from the [[Cylon homeworld]] and download them into new bodies. With no Resurrection Ship to download her consciousness, Inviere would truly die if she were killed ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). | |||
[[Image:GinaPromo2.jpg|left|thumb|Inviere, Cylon prisoner]] | |||
When she senses that the Resurrection Ship is destroyed, Inviere begs Baltar to kill her. She is incapable of killing herself, because within the [[Cylon religion]], suicide is a sin. However, Baltar convinces Inviere that she should go on living and get "justice" for what happened to her. With Baltar's help, Inviere escapes from her cell, makes her way to Cain's quarters and shoots Cain with a pistol, killing her. She then somehow manages to escape ''Pegasus'' ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<ref>As did [[Shelly Godfrey]], Inviere knows how to navigate through a battlestar without being detected, including escaping from one, since Godfrey also disappears from ''Galactica'' ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). It is possible that Baltar helped her escape, but this is [[Battlestar Wiki:Fanwanking|fanwanking]].</ref> | |||
As [[Laura Roslin]] finds herself on her death bed, [[Demand Peace]] — a movement seeking peace with the Cylons — summons Baltar to ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. Here, Inviere assumes a leading role within the peace movement, her followers unaware of her Cylon nature. She disguises herself by means of glasses and a different hairstyle. Inviere attempts to convince Baltar that, upon assuming the presidency, he should go up against Adama -- and thus solidify the distrust of the military within the Fleet. | |||
Because of the extreme sexual abuse she suffers on ''Pegasus'', and atypical of her model, Inviere abhors intimate contact of any kind, as observed when she bites Baltar when he instinctively tries to kiss her. After Roslin recovers from her cancer -- thanks to Baltar's perceived unappreciated efforts -- Inviere is given the nuclear warhead earmarked for Baltar's research as part of his [[Cylon detector]] ([[Epiphanies]]). | |||
[[Image:CGIna.jpg|right|thumb|Inviere, [[Demand Peace]] member]] | |||
Following Baltar's election as president of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he visits Inviere once more aboard ''Cloud Nine'', attempting to explain to her that because of his new duties he'd be unable to see as much of her as they'd like. After he remarks that he'd make what time he could on [[New Caprica]], she tells him that she wouldn't be leaving the ship to join the new colony. Angry, Baltar attempts to leave the room, but Inviere simply says "stay," while proceeding to undress, choking back her physical aversion in a desperate attempt to make him stay with her. They share an intimate interlude. | |||
While Baltar is being sworn in as president, Inviere sits naked on the floor of her room in front of the nuclear warhead. The timer running, The Cylon once known as Gina Inviere cries softly as the device detonates, blowing up herself, ''Cloud Nine'' and several ships in the vicinity ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). | |||
With the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed, the death of Inviere is presumed final.<ref>The notion of the permanence of Inviere's death is reinforced by the testimony of a [[Number Five]] copy, indicating that [[New Caprica]] was uncovered by the Cylons by accident when they arrived one year after Inviere's death. If Inviere's consciousness was transmitted to a second Resurrection Ship, she might have disclosed the location of the Fleet sooner.</ref> | |||
===Notes=== | |||
*Gina is a reference to some fans' derisive nickname for the Re-imagined Series, GINO meaning "''Galactica'' In Name Only". This itself is an allusion to [[Wikipedia:Republican In Name Only|RINO]] and [[Wikipedia:Democrat In Name Only|DINO]], both derogatory political terms used in the [[w:United States|United States]].<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Pegasus|act=2|id=GINO|timestamp=|totalrunning=}}</ref> | |||
*In real life, "înviere" is [[w:Romanian language|Romanian]] for "resurrection."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.websters-dictionary-online.org/translation/Romanian/inviere|title=Webster's Online Dictionary|accessdate=2008-01-12}}</ref> | |||
*Gina has darker hair than the other Number Six copies before "[[Torn]]". It is unknown whether she has naturally white hair which she dyes honey-blonde (another part of her disguise), or other Sixes have naturally honey-blonde hair which they dye white. When [[Caprica-Six]] is reborn ([[Downloaded]]) her hair is white. In "[[Torn]]", a Six with even darker, raven-black, hair appears.<ref>Cinematically, actor [[Tricia Helfer]]'s hair was dyed in the lighter color in Season 1. However, the dye caused damage to her hair, so wigs are used later. The hair color of Gina is the actress's natural color.</ref> | |||
*Gina was supposed to appear in a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Downloaded|subplot]] in "[[Downloaded]]" in which she conspires with [[D'Anna Biers]] to kidnap [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]. However, the episode ran long and all of the scenes involving the scheme were cut. | |||
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