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Agathon is born by emergency surgery one month premature. President [[Laura Roslin]] arranges with Doctor [[Cottle]]—and without Admiral [[William Adama]]'s involvement—to fake Agathon's death and secretly gives the child to a woman named [[Maya]] under the guise that the child is the daughter of a ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officer. The subterfuge, Roslin presumes, is necessary to keep Agathon safe from humanoid Cylons that may be hiding in the Fleet {{TRS|Downloaded}} <ref>In a deleted subplot from "[[Downloaded]]," [[Gina Inviere]] and [[D'Anna Biers]] scheme to kidnap Agathon at [[Gaius Baltar]]'s request. Gina expresses disgust at Agathon being named for a [[Hera, Lord of Kobol|human god]]. When D'Anna asks Gina what they should call the baby, Gina suggests "Thirteen".</ref>. Maya, unaware of her new child's past, names the girl Isis {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. | Agathon is born by emergency surgery one month premature. President [[Laura Roslin]] arranges with Doctor [[Cottle]]—and without Admiral [[William Adama]]'s involvement—to fake Agathon's death and secretly gives the child to a woman named [[Maya]] under the guise that the child is the daughter of a ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officer. The subterfuge, Roslin presumes, is necessary to keep Agathon safe from humanoid Cylons that may be hiding in the Fleet {{TRS|Downloaded}} <ref>In a deleted subplot from "[[Downloaded]]," [[Gina Inviere]] and [[D'Anna Biers]] scheme to kidnap Agathon at [[Gaius Baltar]]'s request. Gina expresses disgust at Agathon being named for a [[Hera, Lord of Kobol|human god]]. When D'Anna asks Gina what they should call the baby, Gina suggests "Thirteen".</ref>. Maya, unaware of her new child's past, names the girl Isis {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}. | ||
[[ | [[Image:Baby_Hera.jpg|right|thumb|Hera Agathon as an infant, in the care of [[Maya]].]] | ||
[[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Messengers#Messenger Six|Messenger Six]] tells him he will someday raise this child, told to him in a vision he had while trapped on the planet {{RDM|Kobol}}. However, unaware of what President Roslin has done, Baltar, like the rest of the people who knew about her, believes Agathon to be dead. | [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Messengers#Messenger Six|Messenger Six]] tells him he will someday raise this child, told to him in a vision he had while trapped on the planet {{RDM|Kobol}}. However, unaware of what President Roslin has done, Baltar, like the rest of the people who knew about her, believes Agathon to be dead. | ||
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Agathon appears in several visions seen by Caprica-Six, Laura Roslin, and Sharon as the Fleet approaches the [[Ionian Nebula]]. In each vision, the three adults are compelled to save the child for motives not explained {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}. | Agathon appears in several visions seen by Caprica-Six, Laura Roslin, and Sharon as the Fleet approaches the [[Ionian Nebula]]. In each vision, the three adults are compelled to save the child for motives not explained {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II}}. | ||
Two months later, after returning from ''[[Demetrius]]'' mission with a [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylon basestar]], Sharon discovers that Agathon has a fixation with [[Number Six]], seeing that Hera's various crayon drawings of both the number itself and various depictions of Six, including one that looks like the [[Virtual Six]] in the red dress. Agathon then leaves after this discovery, leaving her mother to frantically search around ''Galactica''{{'|s}} corridors for her. After Sharon sees Natalie with Agathon, she has [[Galen Tyrol]] take Agathon away before mortally wounding Natalie | Two months later, after returning from the ''[[Demetrius]]'' mission with a [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylon basestar]], Sharon discovers that Agathon has a fixation with [[Number Six]], seeing that Hera's various crayon drawings of both the number itself and various depictions of Six, including one that looks like the [[Virtual Six]] in the red dress. Agathon then leaves after this discovery, leaving her mother to frantically search around ''Galactica''{{'|s}} corridors for her. After Sharon sees Natalie with Agathon, she has [[Galen Tyrol]] take Agathon away before mortally wounding Natalie ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]"). As a result of this action, Agathon is briefly taken away from her mother, herself incarcerated in ''Galactica''{{'|s}} brig by Admiral Adama, but he reverses that decision days later {{TRS|Sine Qua Non}}. | ||
===Return to the Cylons, Rescue, and Destiny=== | ===Return to the Cylons, Rescue, and Destiny=== | ||