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[[ | [[Image:PSS KLGPII.JPG|thumb|Presidential security service preparing to defend the [[Laura Roslin|President]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])]] | ||
The '''presidential security service'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is tasked with protecting the President of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. | The '''presidential security service'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is tasked with protecting the President of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. | ||
Hand | Hand picked by Captain [[Lee Adama]] from civilians in the Fleet, the security service is responsible and answerable only to the President, with no allegiance to the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military authority]]. They consist of former police, security personnel, or people with some kind of firearms training. | ||
The | The PSS on ''[[Colonial One]]'' is a distinct entity from the military personnel aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. Lee Adama himself had intentionally designed their organization in this way as he thought they should have a separate command structure from the military organizations, so the lines of authority establishing who was under whose control would not be confused <ref name="podcast">{{cite rdm podcast| episode = Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II | act = 3 | id = security | timestamp = 00:06:05 | totalrunning = 00:08:54 }}</ref>. | ||
[[Image:Presidentialsecurity 113 1080i.jpg|thumb|[[Lee Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] in a [[Wikipedia:Mexican standoff|Mexican standoff]] with Roslin's security staff aboard ''Colonial One'']] | |||
[[ | When Commander [[William Adama]] sent [[Marines]] led by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] and Lee Adama to ''Colonial One'' to arrest President Roslin, they engage in a tense standoff with the security service. Eventually, Apollo pulls a gun on Tigh, then Roslin orders Adama and the security service to drop their weapons, preferring that she would leave peacefully. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) | ||
When Commander [[William Adama]] | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses the presidential security service in | * [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] discusses the presidential security service in his podcast for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]." | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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