Editing Louis Hoshi

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    |birthname= Louis Hoshi
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    |seen=Pegasus (episode)
    |pseen=Pegasus
    |death=Unknown causes on [[Earth (RDM)#A New_Earth|Earth]], c. 148,000 BCE
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    |marital status= Single; formerly involved with [[Felix Gaeta]]†
    |role= ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' watch officer and communications officer;<br>Acting Admiral of the Fleet {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}
    |rank= Junior Lieutenant;<br>Brevet promotion to Rear Admiral (resumed permanent rank hours later)
    |actor=[[Brad Dryborough]]
    |serial=871076<ref name="dogtags">This information comes from Hoshi's [[:Image:Hoshi's dogtag serial.jpg|dogtags]].</ref>
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Lieutenant '''Louis Hoshi''' is the [[communications officer]] on the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and later becomes the communications officer on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' in a similar role as Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]. During his time aboard ''Pegasus'', he at times carries out duties usually done by the [[tactical officer]]. 

== Fall of the Twelve Colonies ==
During the opening salvos of the Cylon attack on the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], Hoshi is showing Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw]] to her quarters and explaining the basics of the ship's computer network to her before he is knocked unconscious when ''Pegasus'' is hit. He is later seen back on duty in the CIC when Cain announces the colonies' destruction to the crew. He is also there when Shaw orders the security camera feed pulled up, revealing a dead [[Number Six]] and unmasking [[Gina Inviere]] as a Cylon agent {{TRS|Razor}}.

Hoshi handles the [[wireless]] traffic between ''Pegasus'' and her Vipers during the [[Standoff Between Galactica and Pegasus|stand-off between the two battlestars]] {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)}}, and between ''Pegasus'' and the strike team during the [[Battle of the Guardian Basestar|attack on the Guardian basestar]], where he also reports the damage control status. He also operates the nuclear launch key station when Commander {{callsign|Lee Adama}} prepares a nuclear strike on the basestar {{TRS|Razor}}.

== Second Exodus ==
With the settlement of [[New Caprica]], Hoshi remains on ''Pegasus'' and is serving in the CIC when the Cylons arrive and force the remaining [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to abandon the colony {{TRS|Occupation}}. After the destruction of ''Pegasus'', Hoshi is assigned to ''Galactica'''s CIC {{TRS|The Passage}}.

During a standoff with the Cylons above the [[algae planet]], Admiral [[William Adama]] orders Hoshi to arm missile tubes 4 through 10, threatening to destroy the [[Temple of Five]] with nuclear warheads {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter}}.

Hoshi takes over Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]'s duties when Gaeta joins Captain [[Kara Thrace]]'s search for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] aboard ''[[Demetrius]]''. When the [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon rebel]] [[basestar]] found by the ''Demetrius'' jumps to the Fleet without her, he relays Admiral Adama's order to the Fleet to make an [[Emergency jump coordinates|emergency jump]] and announces when the [[Battery|main batteries]] have acquired a firing solution on the baseship {{TRS|Guess What's Coming to Dinner?}}.

After Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]'s death, Hoshi replaces her as ''Galactica'''s [[communications officer]] {{TRS|Sometimes a Great Notion}}.

[[image:Louis Hoshi.jpg|thumb|left|Louis Hoshi in CiC {{TRS|The Oath}}.]]
Hoshi is revealed to be in a romantic relationship with [[Felix Gaeta]]. When the Gaeta's [[Raptor]] goes missing en route to the ''[[Zephyr]]'', Hoshi and [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] mount a [[SAR]] mission to find him, which they eventually do. Once back aboard ''Galactica'', Gaeta ends their relationship in order to protect Hoshi from any repercussions from his meeting with Admiral Adama {{TRS|The Face of the Enemy}}. 

Gaeta actually planned a [[Gaeta's Mutiny|mutiny]], which Hoshi is unaware of. Gaeta arranges sabotages, which Hoshi thought were just glitches on ''Galactica'''s old systems. After Gaeta announces that he is relieving Adama of command, Hoshi is taken away by a mutinying marine {{TRS|The Oath}}.

Despite volunteering for the mission to rescue [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] from [[The Colony]], he is appointed Admiral by Adama should they not return with the child. He leaves on the last Raptor and is saluted by the crew before he goes. Later, he is seen on the new planet with [[Cottle]], [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], [[Lee]], and [[William Adama|Adama]] watching the natives. He returns the Admiral stars to Adama, saying that they were "too heavy,"<ref>See: [[Sources:L. Hoshi]]</ref> and that the happiest day of his life was when he saw Adama get out of that Raptor, echoing a statement Roslin made to Adama back in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]" in regards to the return of Admiral [[Helena Cain]]. He participates in the planning for life on the new Earth with [[Romo Lampkin]] and {{callsign|Lee Adama}} {{TRS|Daybreak, Part II}}.

== Notes ==

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* Hoshi means "star" in Japanese.
* In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#The Captain's Hand|deleted scene]] in "The Captain's Hand," Hoshi is relieved of his post by Commander [[Barry Garner]] and summarily replaced with Ensign [[Abel Thornton]]. Another deleted scene from "[[Black Market]]" shows him finding Commander Fisk's body.
*In ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|Star Trek: Enterprise]]'', [[MemoryAlpha:Hoshi Sato|Hoshi Sato]] is the name of the communications officer aboard the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Enterprise (NX-01)|Enterprise]]''.

== References ==
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