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{{Character Data | {{Character Data | ||
| name=Nedder | | name=Nedder | ||
| seen=The Cylons' Secret | | seen=[[The Cylons' Secret]] | ||
| role=Crew chief on [[William Adama]]'s first ship; Integrated component of [[Invincible (Dreadnaught)|''Invincible'']] | |||
| rank=Chief | | rank=Chief | ||
| status=Alive (integrated into Cylon technology) | | status=Alive (integrated into Cylon technology) | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Chief Nedder''' was a non-commissioned officer in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM alternate)|Colonial Fleet]] who served with [[William Adama (alternate)|William Adama]] on his first ship before the [[First Cylon War]].<ref | '''Chief Nedder''' was a non-commissioned officer in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM alternate)|Colonial Fleet]] who served with [[William Adama (alternate)|William Adama]] on his first ship before the [[First Cylon War]].<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', p. 197.</ref> He volunteered for duty aboard the Dreadnaught ''[[Invincible (Dreadnaught)|Invincible]]'' and was captured when the [[Cylons (RDM alternate)|Cylons]] took control of the ship.<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', p. 177.</ref> | ||
For the next thirty years, Nedder was kept alive by the Cylons as the living, unwilling operator of ''Invincible''. His body was dismantled and integrated with the ship's systems, with his living eye used to activate weapons and his handprint used to run the engines.<ref | For the next thirty years, Nedder was kept alive by the Cylons as the living, unwilling operator of ''Invincible''. His body was dismantled and integrated with the ship's systems, with his living eye used to activate weapons and his handprint used to run the engines.<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', p. 197.</ref> This practice, a perversion of a human-designed failsafe, was the central "secret" of the Cylons, revealing their ultimate dependence on the enslavement of their former masters. | ||
When discovered by Adama, Nedder begs for death as a release from his torment. He is temporarily thwarted when Dr. [[Villem Fuest]]'s self-sacrificing act to disable the ship is mistaken for an attack.<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', pp. 198, 207.</ref> After these events, the Cylons plan to "improve" Nedder by using "replacement parts" taken from captured human scavengers.<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', p. 214.</ref> | When discovered by Adama, Nedder begs for death as a release from his torment. He is temporarily thwarted when Dr. [[Villem Fuest]]'s self-sacrificing act to disable the ship is mistaken for an attack.<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', pp. 198, 207.</ref> After these events, the Cylons plan to "improve" Nedder by using "replacement parts" taken from captured human scavengers.<ref>''The Cylons' Secret'', p. 214.</ref> | ||
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