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The [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] shares a humorous and sometimes mysterious affinity in placing numbers with popular-culture cross-references or inside jokes in episode content. Fans of the series can also exhibit a tremendous capacity to identify and place perhaps too great a significance upon certain '''numerological''' patterns. | The [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] shares a humorous and sometimes mysterious affinity in placing numbers with popular-culture cross-references or inside jokes in episode content. Fans of the series can also exhibit a tremendous capacity to identify and place perhaps too great a significance upon certain '''numerological''' patterns. | ||
== 3 == | == 3 == | ||
* | * The apartment number of [[Saul Tigh]]'s old apartment is 3 {{TRS|Scattered}}. | ||
* [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] lines up three soap dishes when he gets his inspiration to network ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|computers]] {{TRS|Scattered}}. | * [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] lines up three soap dishes when he gets his inspiration to network ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|computers]] {{TRS|Scattered}}. | ||
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* There are 12 Vipers that participate on the direct assault in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]]. Pythia's prophecy also mentioned that the humans would be led by "serpents numbering two and ten." | * There are 12 Vipers that participate on the direct assault in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]]. Pythia's prophecy also mentioned that the humans would be led by "serpents numbering two and ten." | ||
* There were 12 [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] constructed on the onset of the [[Cylon War]] {{TRS|Miniseries}}. | * There were 12 [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] constructed on the onset of the [[Cylon War]] {{TRS|Miniseries}}. | ||
* There are 12 days between the first time | * There are 12 days between the first time [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] make love and when she becomes [[Hera Agathon|visibly pregnant]]. | ||
* There are twelve thoracic vertebrae in the human spine, which glow during sexual intercourse on humanoid Cylons. | * There are twelve thoracic vertebrae in the human spine, which glow during sexual intercourse on humanoid Cylons. | ||
* [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] tells [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that it would take 12 hours for ''Galactica''{{'|s}} computer to generate the Fleet's [[jump]] coordinates from {{RDM|Kobol}} {{TRS|Scattered}}. | * [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] tells [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that it would take 12 hours for ''Galactica''{{'|s}} computer to generate the Fleet's [[jump]] coordinates from {{RDM|Kobol}} {{TRS|Scattered}}. | ||
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:"The truth is, there's no real answer. It's just a random number that felt right when I came up with the idea that our people were under continuous, relentless attack since the end of the pilot. I wanted it to be a short interval, just long enough for them to grab a bite to eat, jump in the shower and maybe try to catch a catnap before dragging themselves back to their duty stations and begin the whole tedious, terrifying ordeal all over again. | :"The truth is, there's no real answer. It's just a random number that felt right when I came up with the idea that our people were under continuous, relentless attack since the end of the pilot. I wanted it to be a short interval, just long enough for them to grab a bite to eat, jump in the shower and maybe try to catch a catnap before dragging themselves back to their duty stations and begin the whole tedious, terrifying ordeal all over again. | ||
:"A deeper truth is, I was never interested in coming up with an explanation for Why? Never. I mean, I suppose I could've come up with a sufficiently important-sounding bit of technobabble that would've made sense (you see, the [[Cylon]] double-talk sensors tracking the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' | :"A deeper truth is, I was never interested in coming up with an explanation for Why? Never. I mean, I suppose I could've come up with a sufficiently important-sounding bit of technobabble that would've made sense (you see, the [[Cylon]] double-talk sensors tracking the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'''s nonsense drive signature needed 15 minutes to relay the made-up data wave through the pretend continuum, then the Cylon navigational hyper silly system needed another 10 minutes to recalculate the [[w:De Lorean time machine|flux capacitor]], etc.) but what would that have really added to the drama? How does explaining that 33 minute interval help our understanding of [[Laura Roslin|Laura]]'s terrible moment of decision, or bring us to any greater knowledge of [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s search for her missing family and friends, or yield insight into [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s morally shattered psyche? | ||
:"It doesn't, of course. The answer, however artfully it may (or may not) have been crafted can only subtract from the experience we have in watching the episode. Not knowing the how's or why's of the Cylon attack puts us in the same seat as the characters we're watching. They're in the dark, and we're in the dark. The relentless attack is unfathomable in its origin and unstoppable in its execution. It's mortality coming at you on a loop. If you only had 33 minutes before the next time you could die, what would you do? And what about the time after that? And the time after that? At a certain point, you stop caring about why it's happening, all you know is that it is happening, and it's happening to you. | :"It doesn't, of course. The answer, however artfully it may (or may not) have been crafted can only subtract from the experience we have in watching the episode. Not knowing the how's or why's of the Cylon attack puts us in the same seat as the characters we're watching. They're in the dark, and we're in the dark. The relentless attack is unfathomable in its origin and unstoppable in its execution. It's mortality coming at you on a loop. If you only had 33 minutes before the next time you could die, what would you do? And what about the time after that? And the time after that? At a certain point, you stop caring about why it's happening, all you know is that it is happening, and it's happening to you. | ||
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== 42 == | == 42 == | ||
The number '''42''' is the infamous "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" from Douglas Adams' ''[[Wikipedia:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy]]''.<ref>Another helpful axiom from ''[[W:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide]]'' is that when traveling around different planets through space, it's always best to "'''Know where your towel is"'''―where forgetting one is considered a serious blunder'''―'''a mistake which | The number '''42''' is the infamous "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" from Douglas Adams' ''[[Wikipedia:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy]]''.<ref>Another helpful axiom from ''[[W:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Hitchhiker's Guide]]'' is that when traveling around different planets through space, it's always best to "'''Know where your towel is"'''―where forgetting one is considered a serious blunder'''―'''a mistake which [[Lee Adama]] has nearly made on several occasions.</ref> | ||
*42 people preceded Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] in the presidential line of succession for the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. | *42 people preceded Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] in the presidential line of succession for the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. | ||
** However, it has also been mentioned that the then current [[Wikipedia:George W. Bush|American President]], having 42 previous presidents, was the reasoning for Roslin's number in succession. {{citation needed}} | ** However, it has also been mentioned that the then current [[Wikipedia:George W. Bush|American President]], having 42 previous presidents, was the reasoning for Roslin's number in succession. {{citation needed}} | ||
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*The first season of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' begins in [[YR42]]. | *The first season of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' begins in [[YR42]]. | ||
*In "[[Retribution]], | *In "[[Retribution]]", [[Hippolyta]] is seen planting a bomb at Gate 42. | ||
== 47 == | == 47 == | ||
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In the [[Re-imagined Series]], this number shows up in the following: | In the [[Re-imagined Series]], this number shows up in the following: | ||
* This is the last lottery number held by a [[Lady with glasses|lucky refugee]] on {{RDM|Caprica}}, who is rescued by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii]] during an emergency stop on the colony following the commencement of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] appears to momentarily consider using the number for himself as the older woman could not read her number (her forgetfulness leads her to neglect her glasses on top of her head), before being called out by | * This is the last lottery number held by a [[Lady with glasses|lucky refugee]] on {{RDM|Caprica}}, who is rescued by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii]] during an emergency stop on the colony following the commencement of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] appears to momentarily consider using the number for himself as the older woman could not read her number (her forgetfulness leads her to neglect her glasses on top of her head), before being called out by [[Karl Agathon]]. Agathon spares the woman from Baltar's machinations as he relinquishes his seat on [[Raptor 312|the Raptor]] for the famous scientist {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. | ||
*Sharon Valerii flies 47 missions in her Raptor {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. | *Sharon Valerii flies 47 missions in her Raptor {{TRS|Flight of the Phoenix}}. | ||
*The fighter tail number of [[Raymond Lai]]'s old Mark II [[Viper 8547|Viper]], later piloted by | *The fighter tail number of [[Raymond Lai]]'s old Mark II [[Viper 8547|Viper]], later piloted by [[Kara Thrace]], is number 85'''47''' {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 2}}. | ||
*[[Romo Lampkin]] and | *[[Romo Lampkin]] and [[Lee Adama]] go through 47 candidates in their search for interim president before Lampkin identifies Adama as being the person best suited for the position {{TRS|Sine Qua Non}}. | ||
*In the brief cease-fire during the [[Battle of The Colony]], Lee Adama states that 4 [[Vipers]] have been destroyed, and Starbuck states that 7 [[Raptors]] have been lost {{TRS|Daybreak}}. | *In the brief cease-fire during the [[Battle of The Colony]], Lee Adama states that 4 [[Vipers]] have been destroyed, and Starbuck states that 7 [[Raptors]] have been lost {{TRS|Daybreak}}. | ||
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== 1701 == | == 1701 == | ||
[[ | [[Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|right|thumb|Enterprise NCC-1701 in fleet.]] | ||
'''1701''' is part of the registry number for ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''{{'|s}} numerous ''[[MemoryAlpha:U.S.S. Enterprise|U.S.S. Enterprise]]'', and thus widely associated with the ship and franchise itself. This number itself is believed to be a nod to the 1956 science fiction classic ''[[w:Forbidden Planet|Forbidden Planet]]'', notably where the helmsman aboard the ''[[w:C-57D|C-57D]]'' informs the crew that the ship will "reach D.C. [deceleration commencement] point at 17:01." | '''1701''' is part of the registry number for ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]''{{'|s}} numerous ''[[MemoryAlpha:U.S.S. Enterprise|U.S.S. Enterprise]]'', and thus widely associated with the ship and franchise itself. This number itself is believed to be a nod to the 1956 science fiction classic ''[[w:Forbidden Planet|Forbidden Planet]]'', notably where the helmsman aboard the ''[[w:C-57D|C-57D]]'' informs the crew that the ship will "reach D.C. [deceleration commencement] point at 17:01." | ||