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'''Peter Laird''' is a civilian aeronautical engineer pressed into service by order of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] after the [[Cylon attack]] on the Twelve Colonies. He is aboard the civilian transport ''[[Scylla]]'' when it, along with several other vessels, is found by the battlestar '' | '''Peter Laird''' is a civilian aeronautical engineer pressed into service by order of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] after the [[Cylon attack]] on the Twelve Colonies. He is aboard the civilian transport ''[[Scylla]]'' when it, along with several other vessels, is found by the battlestar ''[[Pegasus]]'' about a week after the attack. Admiral Cain places military priorities above all else and orders that the ships be scavenged for anything that would be of use to ''Pegasus'': supplies, weapons, parts and skilled civilian personnel. Laird, because his aeronautics background, becomes a selectee for conscription into ''Pegasus's'' crew along with 14 other people on board. | ||
Colonel [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] take a team of Marines to the ''Scylla'' to carry out the order. Laird speaks as the passengers' representative and refuses to cooperate. When Fisk's show of intimidation fails to persuade the civilians, Cain orders that the selectees' families be shot to demonstrate the alternative. Fisk continues his threat to shoot them, but Shaw takes the initiative and shoots one woman in the head, triggering the Marines to kill nine more. Word spreads throughout the civilian vessels and breaks all resistance, and Laird and the others are transfered to ''Pegasus''. Laird's wife and family are likely among the dead, if not left behind | Colonel [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw|Shaw]] take a team of Marines to the ''Scylla'' to carry out the order. Laird speaks as the passengers' representative and refuses to cooperate. When Fisk's show of intimidation fails to persuade the civilians, Cain orders that the selectees' families be shot to demonstrate the alternative. Fisk continues his threat to shoot them, but Shaw takes the initiative and shoots one woman in the head, triggering the Marines to kill nine more. Word spreads throughout the civilian vessels and breaks all resistance, and Laird and the others are transfered to ''Pegasus''. Laird's wife and family are likely among the dead, if not left behind ([[Razor]]). | ||
He is put into uniform and assigned deck chief. When he pays '' | He is put into uniform and assigned deck chief. When he pays ''[[Galactica]]'' a visit, he meets his counterpart, Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. Laird is both appalled and impressed by the [[Blackbird]], Tyrol's new stealth fighter, and is surprised to find the plane is fitted with obsolete [[DDG-62]] engines he designed ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). | ||
Laird is transferred to ''Galactica'' as part of Admiral Cain's crew reassignments, and | Laird is transferred to ''Galactica'' as part of Admiral Cain's crew reassignments, and is made deck chief prior to Tyrol's arrest for Lt. [[Thorne|Thorne's]] death <ref>In the regular "Pegasus" episode, it seems like Laird replaces Tyrol ''after'' his arrest. However, the extended cut places it before Lt. Thorne's death as part of the crew integration.</ref>. He also makes a suggestion to ''Galactica'''s deck crew that increases the Blackbird's fuel efficiency by two percent ([[Pegasus (Extended Version)]]). | ||
Laird has difficulty managing the hangar deck as Tyrol's substitute and lacks military bearing, but assures Commander Adama that all ships will be ready for "the [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|attack thing]]" | Laird has difficulty managing the hangar deck as Tyrol's substitute and lacks military bearing, but assures Commander Adama that all ships will be ready for "the [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|attack thing]]" ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). | ||
Following Admiral Cain's death, her crew transfers are reversed and Tyrol is re-instated as ''Galactica'''s deck chief. Laird presumably returns to his previous assignment as the ''Pegasus'' deck chief | Following Admiral Cain's death, her crew transfers are reversed and Tyrol is re-instated as ''Galactica'''s deck chief. Laird presumably returns to his previous assignment as the ''Pegasus'' deck chief ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*Laird's reaction to the dead civilians implies that the woman killed by Shaw is his wife, especially the shot at the end when he looks at the bodies and the camera pans from him to the woman. That something more happened to him on the ''Scylla'' is already implied in "Pegasus", where he is very evasive when asked about it. On the other hand, his lack of emotion is unusual for a man who just witnessed his wife's execution, and Laird never mentions a wife directly. | |||
*Ron D. Moore said in his [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 2|podcast]] that he was tempted to give Laird a Scottish accent as a tribute to [[Wikipedia:James Doohan|James Doohan]] (''Star Trek'''s [[MemoryAlpha:Montgomery Scott|Montgomery Scott]]) at his recent death at the time of the episode's filming, but reluctantly decided against it. | *Ron D. Moore said in his [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 2|podcast]] that he was tempted to give Laird a Scottish accent as a tribute to [[Wikipedia:James Doohan|James Doohan]] (''Star Trek'''s [[MemoryAlpha:Montgomery Scott|Montgomery Scott]]) at his recent death at the time of the episode's filming, but reluctantly decided against it. | ||
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