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| [[File:PSS KLGPII.JPG|thumb|Presidential security service preparing to defend the [[Laura Roslin|President]] {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}]] | | [[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''' is tasked with protecting the President of the [[Twelve Colonies]]. They were hand picked by Captain [[Lee Adama]] from civilians in the Fleet. Responsible and answerable only to the President, they have no allegiance to the [[Colonial Fleet]]. They consist of former police, security personnel, or people with some kind of firearms training. |
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| Hand-picked by Captain {{callsign|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 (TRS)|Colonial military authority]]. They consist of former police, security personnel, or people with some kind of firearms training.
| | 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.{{citation needed}} |
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| The service on ''[[Colonial One]]'' is a distinct entity from the military personnel aboard ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' and, later, ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. Lee Adama himself has intentionally designed their organization in this way as he thinks they should have a separate command structure from the military organizations, so the lines of authority establishing who is 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]]) |
| == Notable Encounters ==
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| [[File:Presidentialsecurity 113 1080i.jpg|thumb|{{callsign|Lee Adama}} and [[Saul Tigh]] in a [[Wikipedia:Mexican standoff|Mexican standoff]] with Roslin's security staff aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'' {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.]]The presidential security service accompanies [[Laura Roslin]] to ''Cloud 9'' for a meeting with the reestablished [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], and can be seen later in the background during the [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day celebration]] following [[Gaius Baltar]]'s appointment as her vice president {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.
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| When Commander [[William Adama]] sends [[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 to leave peacefully {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}. | |
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| ==Notes==
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| * [[Ronald D. Moore]] discusses the presidential security service in [[Podcast:Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|his podcast]] for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
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| * [[Bespectacled Officer|One of the officers]] is with Laura Roslin on [[New Caprica]] during the [[Battle of New Caprica]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}.
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| * The service is modeled after the [[w:United States Secret Service|United States Secret Service]], Special Agent division, who protect the United States' heads of state and key government players.
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| ==References==
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| | The term "presidential security service" is a descriptive term, not a [[canon|canonical]] designation. Ron D. Moore discusses them in his podcast for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]." |
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| [[Category:A to Z]] | | [[Category:A to Z]] |
| [[Category:Colonial]]
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| [[Category:Colonial Government]] | | [[Category:Colonial Government]] |
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