Editing Quorum of Twelve (TRS)

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:''This article explains the legislative body in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)]].''
[[File:4x03 Quorum of Twelve.jpg|thumb|The Quorum of Twelve in its last regular meeting space, aboard ''[[Colonial One]]''.]]
The '''Quorum of Twelve''' is a unicameral deliberative body<ref>The Quorum combines features from the [[w: U.N. Security Council|U.N. Security Council]], [[Wikipedia: United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] and the [[Wikipedia: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]], a leadership body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some other Mormon sects.</ref> that grants each of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] one elected representative, who votes on and brings issues to be discussed.  The scope of these issues, in the aftermath of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], is likely to be quite broad due to the lack of any other organized political bodies.

In practice, the Quorum is the counterpoint to the [[Government of the Twelve Colonies#Executive Branch|President]] of the Twelve Colonies. While the executive branch has great power, the Quorum likely needs to ratify all laws devised by the president and the cabinet. It is also able to veto [[Law of the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Presidential provisions|presidential provisions]].

The Quorum was instituted by the [[Articles of Colonization]] 52 years prior to the fall of the Colonies. 

==First Roslin Administration==
After the loss of the Quorum under President Adar, [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] reestablishes a new Quorum on [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]]. Its representatives, elected by the populous, include:
[[File:Cloud 9 Ballroom.jpg|thumb|The Quorum of Twelve meets for the first time after the fall of the Colonies in the ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ballroom.]]
* [[Alisander Asiel]] of [[Aerilon]]
* [[Marshall Bagot]] of [[Virgon|Virgon]]
* [[Gaius Baltar]] of {{RDM|Caprica}} <ref>As shown in "[[Dirty Hands]]," although Baltar resided on Caprica, his colony of origin is actually [[Aerilon]].</ref> 
* [[Miksa Burian]] of [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Aquarion|Aquarion]] <ref name="agenda">This information comes from [[:Image:Names from agenda ep 111.jpg|this page]] from the Quorum agenda in "[[Colonial Day]]".</ref>
* [[Perah Enyeto]] of [[Tauron|Tauron]]
* [[Oswyn Eriku]] of  [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Libran|Libran]] <ref name="agenda"/>
* [[Elrad Hunt]] of [[Picon (RDM)|Picon]] or [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Leonis|Leonis]] <ref name="sanne">While [[:Image:Names from agenda ep 111.jpg|this page]] from the Quorum agenda in "[[Colonial Day]]" notes that [[Elrad Hunt]] represents Picon and [[Safiya Sanne]] represents Leonis, a production error leads to Sanne being depicted onscreen as the representative of both colonies. Because neither character appears subsequently, the actual representatives of these colonies under the first Roslin administration cannot be conclusively established.</ref> 
* [[Sarah Porter]] of [[Gemenon|Gemenon]]
* [[Eladio Puasha]] of [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Scorpia|Scorpia]]
* [[Safiya Sanne]] of [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Leonis|Leonis]] or [[Picon (RDM)|Picon]] <ref name="sanne"/>
* [[Robin Wenutu]] of [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol#Canceron|Canceron]]
* [[Tom Zarek]] of [[Sagittaron]]

Secluded in his lab, [[Gaius Baltar]] seems unaware that he has even been nominated for the Caprican post until he is made aware of the decision. 

One of the primary issues of the new Quorum was the election of a vice president as the Quorum was responsible for the confirmation of the successor to that office. If there is a tie, as is the case during the campaign of Tom Zarek and Gaius Baltar, the president was the one who casts the tie-breaking vote. This Quorum of Twelve assembled on ''[[Cloud 9]]'' {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.

==Baltar Administration==
With the loss of ''Cloud 9'' shortly after [[Gaius Baltar]]'s inauguration, the Quorum's meeting place is destroyed. A number of delegates may also have died in the disaster. The Quorum continued to meet throughout the Baltar administration until at least its surrender to the Cylons a year later on [[New Caprica]]<ref>Gaius Baltar: If it's not the union, it's the Quorum. And if it's not the Quorum, it's the People's Council. {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}}</ref>. It appears to have been dissolved at some point during the Cylon occupation<ref>Laura Roslin: So, [[Tom Zarek|Mr. President]], how long before the new Quorum of Twelve can be sworn in? {{TRS|Collaborators}}</ref>.

==Zarek/Second Roslin Administration==
President Tom Zarek oversees the appointment of a new Quorum, who later approves the transition of presidential powers from Zarek to [[Laura Roslin]] after the [[Second Exodus]] {{TRS|Collaborators}}.

Meeting on ''[[Colonial One]]'' with the [[Fleet News Service|press]] in attendance, now-Vice President Zarek appears to act as chairman to an unruly Quorum {{TRS|The Ties That Bind}}.

The representatives on this Quorum include:
* [[Jacob Cantrell]] of Sagittaron
* [[Lee Adama]] of Caprica (succeeding [[Cowen]])
* [[Dahlia]] of Tauron
* an unnamed female [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|delegate]] from Picon
* an unnamed female [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Gemenon Delegate|delegate]] from Gemenon
* an unnamed male [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Aerilon Delegate|delegate]] from Aerilon 
* an unnamed male [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Libran Delegate|delegate]] from Libran
* [[Reza Chronides]] (unknown colony)
* four further [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Other delegates|unnamed delegates]] (two women and two men, one of which was temporarily replaced by another man in the Quorum for some time)
* [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Another female delegate]], presumably with a special function, who temporarily replaced three regular delegates on three different occasions

==Post Earth/Execution==
Upon learning of Adama's plan to enter a permanent alliance with the Rebel Cylons in exchange for access to Cylon FTL technology to be installed on all civilian ships, Zarek takes advantage of Roslin's self-imposed absence from politics and agitates the Quorum into voting that no Cylon may board a civilian ship without the permission of its people {{TRS|A Disquiet Follows My Soul}}.

Later, Zarek collaborates with Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] of Galactica to stage a mutiny which quickly turns bloody {{TRS|The Oath}}. When the Quorum (minus Lee Adama who is at large on ''Galactica'') does not support him and Cantrell orders him to leave, pointedly addressing him as the ''Vice'' President, he orders their execution by the marines outside the door. After they carry out this order, Zarek summons Gaeta, who is shaken out of his naievety about Zarek's motives and mourns the resulting loss of the rebellion's perceived moral high ground {{TRS|Blood on the Scales}}.

Instead of forming the colony-based Quorum again with new representatives, Lee Adama proposes that the Colonials are no longer defined by their home colonies but rather the respective ships they live on. President Roslin supports the idea and tasks Lee with restructuring the civilian government accordingly {{TRS|No Exit}}.  This idea quickly leads to the creation of the [[Quorum of Ships' Captains]].  In addition to the human captains of each surviving Colonial vessel, a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] representative, a [[Six]] named Sonja, is elected to this Quorum to represent the [[Rebel basestar]] {{TRS|Someone to Watch Over Me}}.

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