Editing Nugget
From Battlestar Wiki, the free, open content Battlestar Galactica encyclopedia and episode guide
More actions
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
| Latest revision | Your text | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The term '''"nugget"''' is [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military]] slang for a 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 (http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N).</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 Costanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]], 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 this group begins when Chuckles dies while 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, Costanza is among the few known survivors. | |||
When ''Pegasus'' joins the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], flight simulators are available to train nuggets without risking damage or loss of fighters. [[Brent Baxton]] and [[Joseph Clark]] are two nuggets that complete their training this way ([[Scar]]). | |||
Months after the flight from New Caprica, [[Racetrack]] jokingly remarks that she wants to have sex with a nugget, thus indicating that new pilots are still trained ([[The Woman King]]). The most recently inducted nuggets are newly-promoted Ensign [[Diana Seelix]] ([[Dirty Hands]]) and Fleet enlistee [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]). | |||
A nugget who passes flight their training becomes a [[rook]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* When the first class of nuggets begins training aboard ''Galactica'', they wear [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]] of petty officer, 1st class. In "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]], | *When the first class of nuggets begins training aboard ''Galactica'', they wear [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]] of petty officer, 1st class. In "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]", they wear those of lieutenants, junior grade, but are addressed as ensigns. So far no definitive ensign rank insignia has been shown. The lack of a distinct ensign's insignia is likely a costuming error or simple necessity, absent any clear decision by the executive production team. | ||
* 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]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div> | |||
[[Category:A to Z]] | [[Category:A to Z]] | ||
| Line 20: | Line 30: | ||
[[Category:Figures of Speech]] | [[Category:Figures of Speech]] | ||
[[Category:RDM]] | [[Category:RDM]] | ||