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| [[File:TLW - Puppis with Numo.png|thumb|right|[[Puppis]] kills a [[lupus]] with a numo {{OS|The Lost Warrior}}.]] | | [[Image:Numo.jpg|thumb|right|Puppis kills a lupus with a numo ([[The Lost Warrior]]).]] |
| | A '''numo''' is a weapon similar to an [[Wikipedia:air gun|air gun]], apparently native to [[Equellus]] (as [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] had claimed to never seen one). |
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| A '''numo''' is a weapon similar to an [[Wikipedia:air gun|air gun]], operating on compressed air. It is a mainstay weapon on [[Equellus]], and is unable to penetrate the armor of [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurions]].
| | [[Puppis]] claimed that a numo could kill a [[lupus]] from 10 metrons ([[The Lost Warrior]]). |
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| [[Puppis]] claims that a numo can kill a [[lupus]] from 10 [[metron]]s. Before that claim however, Puppis claimed that his mother, [[Vella]], was unable to hit the side of a [[w:granary|granary]] with a numo. | |
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| [[Bootes]] attempts to use a numo pistol against the Centurion [[Red-Eye]], but fails to do so. Others have previously attempted this, some succeeding in denting Red-Eye's armor before being dispatched by the Centurion {{OS|The Lost Warrior}}.
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| == Tie-in Material Information ==
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| * ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
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| : The Numo is a primitive hand weapon that uses compressed air to propell a small projectile. It can injure or kill small game or unshielded humans at short ranges. Numo guns were common during the [[Era of Darkness|Late Era of Darkness]], but they are found in common use only on backward planets like [[Equellus]]. <ref>{{cite book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|pages=44}}</ref>
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| == Note ==
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| *Like many other terms in the Original Series, the naming of this weapon is derived from a real-world term. "Numo" is a sound-alike for a ''pneumatic'' gun, another word for a type of "BB" gun.
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| *{{TOS|Apollo}}'s comment about never seeing a numo suggests that the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]] primarily uses energy weapons against the heavily armored Cylons during the [[Thousand Yahren War]]. This is supported in the events of this episode as many gunfighters fall to [[Red-Eye]] because their projectiles cannot pierce the Cylon's armor, while Apollo's [[laser pistol]] takes down the Cylon in one shot.
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| *The [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|weapons]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]], in contrast, are all projectile-based or use a form of conventional and nuclear explosives. This episode is one of the few instances where projectile weapons are seen, aside from those of {{1980|Earth}} depicted in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.
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| == References ==
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| [[Category: Weapons]] | | [[Category: Weapons]] |
| [[Category: Weapons (TOS)]]
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