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Nugget

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A trio of "nuggets"—Brendan Constanza, Louanne Katraine, and Donald Perry—in Galactica's pilot's ready room.

The term "nugget" is Colonial military jargon for a pilot trainee.[1]

The definition of a nugget is a lump of raw precious metal, something ready to be molded. Alternatively, a small rounded piece of food (TRS: "Blood and Chrome")[2].

Upon successful completion of flight and weapons training, nuggets join the Fleet squadrons as rooks.

Notes[edit source]

  • When the first class of nuggets begins training aboard Galactica, they wear rank insignia of petty officer, 1st class. In "Scar" and "Dirty Hands," they wear those of junior lieutenants, but are addressed as ensigns. No distinct ensign rank insignia were ever produced for the series, ergo the decision to use the junior lieutenant pins.
  • Chief Tyrol notes that one has to be an officer to fly Vipers when he pins ensign's insignia on Seelix before she reports for flight training, suggesting either a change in policy or a retcon.
  • The Original Series analogue to this term is "first orbit cadet."

References[edit source]

  1. Like many terms in the new Battlestar Galactica series, "nugget" is adapted from present-day American military slang (http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N), where it connotes status as "raw material" to be shaped by experience during the first tour.
  2. This originates from a deleted scene.