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'''Mark One Eyeball''' is a Colonial military term for visual reconnissance or flight plans improvised by the pilots themselves when searching for wreckage, survivors or managing other mission objectives.  This becomes necessary when the use of technology isn't applicable or available due to unforeseen, unpredictable, or hazardous changes in completing a mission or task.
'''Mark One Eyeball''' is a Colonial military term for visual reconnissance or flight plans improvised by the pilots themselves when searching for wreckage, survivors or managing other mission objectives.  This becomes necessary when the use of technology isn't applicable or available due to unforeseen, unpredictable, or hazardous changes in completing a mission or task.


Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] ordered such a search for [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] {{TRS|You Can't Go Home Again}} when her ship was heavily damaged by an encounter with a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] squadron {{TRS|Act of Contrition}}.
This term is actual British military slang for eyes or eye sight, derived from Britsh Royal Navy nomenclature for distinguishing sequential variations of a piece of equipment (i.e., "Mark 13 Depth Charge"). Since the human eye has not changed, it's called the Mark I Eyeball. The term's typically used when someone relies too much on their equipment: "Use your Mark One Eyeball!"


The [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] guarding the ''[[Majahual]]'' during a critical mining operation must use their Mark One Eyeballs when [[DRADIS]] cannot distinguish between the rock and debris in the asteroid system and enemy fighters harassing the mining operation {{TRS|Scar}}.
[[William Adama|Commander Adama]] ordered such a search for [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]) when her ship was heavily damaged by an encounter with a [[Cylon Raider]] squadron ([[Act of Contrition]]).
 
==Notes==
* This term is actual British military slang for eyes or eye sight, derived from [[w:British Royal Navy|British Royal Navy]] nomenclature for distinguishing sequential variations of a piece of equipment (i.e., "Mark 13 Depth Charge"). Since the human eye has not changed, it is called the Mark I Eyeball. The term is typically used when someone relies too much on their equipment: "Use your Mark One Eyeball!". It is used likewise in the United States military and other predominantly English-speaking countries.


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