Editing Number Two

: ''This is a general overview of the Number Two model line. For information on specific models of Number Two, refer to the links in the article below.''

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"'''Number Two'''", better known as '''Leoben Conoy''', is a [[humanoid Cylon]] first encountered at [[Ragnar Anchorage]].  He fancies himself as a prophet with predilections for enlightened monotheistic religious dogma, whereas he is more likely to sow the seeds of doubt or mis-information, weaving lies in the fabric of truth and faith.

== Primary Copies ==

* For the Number Two that is interrogated by [[Kara Thrace]] and later imprisons her on [[New Caprica]], see [[Leoben Conoy]]. 
* Additionally, for the being that appears to Kara Thrace in the form of the aforementioned Leoben in the episode "[[Maelstrom]]", see [[Virtual Leoben]].

== Ragnar Anchorage Copy ==

Number Two is first encountered at the [[Ragnar Anchorage]], where he poses as an arms dealer and calls himself Leoben Conoy. It is likely that he was assigned with the monitoring of this depot station as the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|war]] began, gaining intelligence on battlestars that visited there. Alternatively, he may have been tasked with stealing away or destroying the ammunition (or the station itself) to prevent its use by the Colonials.

Conoy is already sick from the radiation around Ragnar, suggesting he had been there for several hours before '' Galactica'''s arrival. He becomes trapped aboard the station with Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] after a warhead is accidentally detonated. As they try to find another way out of the station, Conoy reveals his true nature to Adama through conversation, initially by claiming to be something of a philosopher. Identifying Conoy as a Cylon on the point of death, Adama challenges him and learns of the Cylon's ability to transfer their consciousness to another body when dying. Only Leoben can't -- the radiation of [[Ragnar]] is interfering with his ability.

A fight ensues, during which Conoy exhibits unnatural strength and speed. Adama manages to kill him by forcing his head over a venting steam pipe then bludgeoning him to death with a [[flashlight]]. He then brings Conoy's body back to ''Galactica'' for examination. Samples from this body, when burned, reveal synthetic materials -- which permit Adama, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] to deduce that Cylons could mimic humans in appearance ([[Miniseries]]).

The body is later stored in the ship's morgue ([[Flesh and Bone]]).

Later, three copies of Number Two are among the group of Cylons that rescue [[Number Five|Aaron Doral]], abandoned on Ragnar by the Colonials after Dr. Baltar fingers him as a humanoid Cylon, and debrief him.

== Other Copies ==
[[Image:Le0ben.jpg|thumb|200px|left|A copy of Two on a Cylon basestar]]
The [[Caprica Resistance]] captured and interrogated their own copy of a Two, as [[Samuel Anders]] sarcastically quotes his philosophy to [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). 

A smattering of Twos are witnessed in the background of the park and cafe scenes in "[[Downloaded]]" <ref>However, these are played by a stand-in as Calum Keith Rennie was unavailable for the episode.</ref>.

Several Twos are present on the Cylon baseship that [[Gaius Baltar]] wakes up on shortly after he and the Cylons flee from New Caprica.  [[Caprica-Six]] tells Baltar that his model believes the hybrid model who controls the baseship is speaking the "words of God" in her endlessly incoherent diagnostic babble ([[Torn]]).

Another Two is recovered from an infected baseship by ''Galactica''. He is going to be part of their plan to infect the entire Cylon race with the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|virus]] spawned from an ancient [[Lion's Head beacon|probe]]. However, he and the other Cylons captured by ''Galactica'' are killed by Karl Agathon before they are within download range of a [[Resurrection Ship]]. Because he is out of range, the death of this Two is permanent ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

At the standoff between ''Galactica'' and several [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s over the [[algae planet]], a Two states that the [[Temple of Five]] and [[Eye of Jupiter]] are far too important to be risked over the testing of Adama's bluff to nuke the planet ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], the Twos vote with the [[Number Six|Sixes]] and [[Number Eight|Eights]] to put a stop to [[Number One]]'s lobotomization of the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], who refuse to fight for fear of harming the [[Final Five]] ([[Six of One]]) after a Raider's detection of [[Samuel Anders|one]] in the [[Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).
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== Notes ==

* The model number for Leoben Conoy is revealed in the [[Season 4 (2008)|Season 4]] episode, "[[Six of One]]", along with numbers [[Number One|one]] and [[Number Four|four]]. Previously, this model was referred to by his alias both by the humans and the Cylons.

* Laura Roslin inadvertently referred to him as "Leoben ConROY" during "Flesh and Bone", which had to be edited when it was used as a sound bite in an intro segment in a subsequent episode.

*[[Wikipedia:Conoy Township, PA|Conoy]] is the name of a township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

*[[w:Leoben|Leoben]] is also the name of city in [[w:Austria|Austria]], it is an hour north of the city of [[w:Graz|Graz]] and is home to the [[w:University of Leoben|University of Leoben]].

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