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| [[File:Salt Line Ceremony.jpg|thumb|200px|''Pegasus'' on the left; ''Galactica'' on the right]] | | A [[Colonial]] military ceremony taking place before the start of a major battle. A line of table salt is placed on the ground between two rows of soldiers. A passage of scripture is read, and the two rows converge, spreading the salt line with their feet. |
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| The '''Salt Line Ceremony''' is a [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial military]] ceremony, typically taking place before the start of a major battle. A line of table salt is placed on the ground between two rows of personnel to be deployed in combat. A [[Sacred Scrolls|passage of scripture]] is read, and the two rows converge, spreading the salt line with their feet.
| | One such ceremony was conducted by Lt. Margaret "[[Racetrack]]" Edmondson on the hangar deck of the [[Battlestar Galactica]] before the start of the mission to rescue the Colonials remaining on [[New Caprica]] under the [[Cylon]] occupation. ([[Exodus, Part I]]) |
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| Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]] conducts this ceremony on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''{{'|s}} [[hangar deck]] prior to the [[Battle of New Caprica]].
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| The ceremony ends with an embrace by ''Galactica'' and ''{{RDM|Pegasus}}'' crew members, who realize the extreme danger of their mission, knowing that some of them may never return {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}.
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| == Notes ==
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| *It is a common superstition in many cultures that salt - in lines, circles or thrown over the shoulder - wards off evil spirits. On their website the [http://www.mortonsalt.com/saltfacts/salt_history.htm Morton Salt Company] gives an overview of salt's role in religious rituals of purification in real-world Earth history.
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| *Racetrack uses [[Aerilon]] Crystal table salt for the ceremony.
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