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The term '''"nugget"''' is [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military]] slang for a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot trainee.<ref>Like many terms in the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' series, "nugget" is carried over from present day American military slang.</ref> | |||
The term '''"nugget"''' is [[Colonial Fleet ( | |||
The | [[Image:Nuggets AoC.JPG|thumb|The first class of nuggets moments into their first day of training ([[Act of Contrition]]).]] | ||
[[Kara Thrace]] is assigned the task of flight instructor to train a batch of potential [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots after 13 (including [[Flat Top]]) are killed in a freak accident ([[Act of Contrition]]). | |||
This first group of eight nuggets includes [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine"]], [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Constanza]], and "[[Perry|"Chuckles" Perry]]". | |||
As ''Galactica'' lacks [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Viper Flight Simulators|flight simulators]], Starbuck trains the first nugget group in actual [[Viper Mark II]]s. | |||
Attrition of the first nugget group begins when Chuckles dies when attacking a Cylon [[tylium]] refinery ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). Over a year later, Katraine dies from radiation poisoning ([[The Passage]]). Of this original nugget group, "Hotdog" Constanza is among the few survivors that are known. | |||
When battlestar ''Pegasus'' joins the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], flight simulators are available to train nuggets without risking damage or loss of fighters. [[Brent Baxton]] and [[Jo-Jo]] are two nuggets that complete their training this way ([[Scar]]). | |||
A nugget that passes their flight training becomes a [[rook]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* When the first | *When the first batch of "nuggets" arrive aboard ''Galactica'', they wear the rank insignia of "Petty Officer, 1st Class". This is likely a customing error or simple necessity, since no insignia for the rank of Ensign have been shown yet - and thus likely not created so far. | ||
* The [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] analogue to this term is "[[first orbit cadet]]". | |||
* The [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] analogue to this term is "[[first orbit cadet]]. | |||
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