Editing Serina (alternate)

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS}}This article covers the various depictions of [[Serina]] from the tie-in novelizations, comic books, and other media.

== Books ==

=== Berkley ===

==== Background ====
Serina is a [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]]n native with a history as a worlds-famous news reporter. She won various awards during her career before the [[Battle of Cimtar]], but she was "forced" to refuse them for unspecified reasons of a political nature.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Thurston|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Thurston|authorlinkurl=|year=September 1979|title=[[The Tombs of Kobol|Battlestar Galactica 3: The Tombs of Kobol]]|publisher=Berkley Books|pages=15|location=|id=}}</ref>

Further, it is noted that Serina adopted [[Boxey (TOS alternate)|Boxey]] after the Cylon attacks.<ref>''Ibid.'', 19.</ref>

=== Richard Hatch novelizations ===

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'''Serina''' was the mother of {{TOS-RH|Troy|Boxey}} and the wife of {{TOS-RH|Apollo}}, with whom she took the seal of marriage before her tragic death.<ref name="armageddon_serina_marriage_death">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden|Golden, Christopher]]|authorlink=Richard Hatch|title=[[Armageddon (Book)|Armageddon]]|publisher=ibooks, inc.|month=October|year=1997|pages=12-13}}</ref>

Serina died half a yahren after the {{TOS-RH|Battle of Cimtar}}, when Troy (then known as Boxey) was six yahren old. His biological father had been killed by the {{TOS-RH|Cylons}} some yahren earlier during the attack on {{TOS-RH|Caprica}}. Following Serina's death, Troy was left in Apollo's care, and Apollo became his father in every way that mattered.<ref name="warhawk_serina_death_timeline">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden|Golden, Christopher]]|authorlink=Richard Hatch|title=[[Warhawk (Book)|Warhawk]]|publisher=ibooks, inc.|month=February|year=1998|pages=64-65}}</ref> {{TOS-RH|Adama}} and {{TOS-RH|Athena}} loved Troy as if he were their own blood despite his not being a blood relative.<ref name="armageddon_serina_marriage_death" /> {{RH|Armageddon|Warhawk}}

==== Possessions ====

Among Serina's possessions was a bracelet made of a thin strand of oregg with three bright green gemstones along its center. Apollo allowed Troy to go through Serina's things several yahren after her death, and Troy saved a few items to remember her by. During Dalton's novayahren celebration in {{TOS-RH|7359}}, Troy gave this bracelet to [[Dalton]] as a gift with significant romantic implications.<ref name="warhawk_serina_bracelet_gift">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden|Golden, Christopher]]|authorlink=Richard Hatch|title=[[Warhawk (Book)|Warhawk]]|publisher=ibooks, inc.|month=February|year=1998|pages=42}}</ref> {{RH|Warhawk}}

==== Visitation on Kobol ====

Many yahren after Serina's death, Apollo encountered a being named {{TOS-RH|Talen}} on {{TOS-RH|Kobol}} who helped coordinate the Fleet's evacuation as the planet prepared to self-destruct. As Talen began to dissolve through a crystalline wall, Apollo ran after her and pressed close, asking who she was. She smiled and replied, "Someone who has loved you for an eternity."<ref name="resurrection_talen_reveals_identity">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden|Golden, Christopher]]|authorlink=Richard Hatch|title=[[Resurrection (Book)|Resurrection]]|publisher=ibooks, inc.|month=November|year=2001|pages=198-199}}</ref>

Talen's features then flowed and rearranged themselves into their original form, revealing Serina—"the one great love of Apollo's life," the face he had known in his dreams even before he was born, before he met her, before he fell in love with her. It was the face that still came to him night after night, the ghost that still haunted his heart.<ref name="resurrection_talen_reveals_identity" />

Apollo began to weep and laugh simultaneously, telling Serina he missed her and that no one else had ever been able to take her place. Serina responded that he would not allow anyone else to try. When Apollo declared his eternal love for her, Serina kissed him softly and told him he must find room in his heart for other loves. She communicated telepathically: "You must let go, and live. I've moved on, and so must you."<ref name="resurrection_serina_farewell">{{cite book|last=Hatch|first=Richard|coauthors=[[Christopher Golden|Golden, Christopher]]|authorlink=Richard Hatch|title=[[Resurrection (Book)|Resurrection]]|publisher=ibooks, inc.|month=November|year=2001|pages=199-200}}</ref>

Apollo called out to her, asking if he would see her again, but she had already faded back into the quartz wall. Apollo touched the crystalline surface, wondering if she had really been there or if it was merely a trick of the light playing on the facets of crystal. Though his heart ached for her, Apollo felt oddly at peace. Serina had not been returned to life, but she had been returned, however briefly, to his life. Apollo felt he had achieved closure, believing the great wheel of life had brought them back together one last time and that he might finally be able to move on.<ref name="resurrection_serina_farewell" /> {{RH|Resurrection}}

== Comics ==

=== Dynamite Entertainment ===
{{Disambiguation|Serina (TOS alternate reality)|coverage on a Serina encountered in an [[alternate reality]]}}{{Character Data
| series=TOS|photo=BSG Vol 1 - Serina.png|caption='''Serina''' from [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s {{comics|vol1|1}}.|primecon=Y|sepcon=Y|sepcon title=Serina (TOS alternate reality)|title=Serina|marital status=[[Apollo (TOS alternate)|Apollo]] (final husband)|children=[[Boxey (TOS alternate)|Boxey]] (son)|role={{alt|Colonial Warrior}}, formerly a reporter|death=Mortally wounded on {{alt|Kobol|TOS}} by a {{alt|Centurion|TOS}}}}Following the {{Alt|Battle of Cimtar|TOS-DE}}, Serina and her son, [[Boxey (TOS-DE alternate)|Boxey]], berth with Apollo on ''[[Galactica (TOS-DE alternate)|Galactica]].'' Prior to Apollo's mission to [[Maytoria]], Serina convinces Boxey to be strong for Apollo, even though Boxey fears that Apollo might not return. In turn, Apollo solicits a promise from Boxey (and [[Muffit (alternate)|Muffit]]) to watch over Serina while he is gone. As they depart, [[Starbuck (TOS-DE alternate)|Starbuck]] promises Serina that Apollo would return even if he has "to drag him a hundred [[Hectar|hectars]] through the [[aldarium belt]]" ({{Comics|vol1|1}}).

After Apollo returns from the disastrous mission without either Starbuck or [[Boomer (TOS-DE alternate)|Boomer]], Serina attempts to comfort Apollo and give him a space in which to mourn; Apollo recalls his promise to Starbuck from their early days at the Academy and refuses to do so, fearing that he would never recover from the act of catharsis ({{Comics|vol1|2}}).

After her death at Cylon hands on {{Alt|Kobol|TOS}}, Boxey is raised by Apollo with the help of various crew members who act as an extended family {{{{Comics|vol2|12}}}}
A {{alt-r|Serina|version of '''Serina'''}} from an [[alternate reality]] appears in {{comics|vol2}}, as a Colonial Warrior in {{alt-r|Adama}}'s resistance to the {{alt-r|Cylons}}.

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=== Marvel comics ===
[[File:Marvel - Serina Saves Boxey.png|thumb|Serina saves {{alt|Boxey|TOS}} from falling debris on {{alt|Caprica|TOS}} during the {{alt|Battle of Cimtar}} ({{comics|marvel|1}}).]]

'''Serina''' reports from {{alt|Caprica City}} as the {{alt|Cylons|TOS}} launch their devastating attack against the {{alt|Twelve Colonies of Man}}. She saves her son, {{alt|Boxey|TOS}}, from falling debris during the attack as he plays with his [[daggit]], {{alt|Muffit}}.

With a group of survivors, she makes way to the landing site of {{alt|Apollo|TOS}}'s {{alt|Viper|TOS}}, and begins asking various questions regarding the Colonial Fleet and the unexpected Cylon attack. {{alt|Adama|TOS}} appears after returning from the remains of his former home, and tells the survivors to assemble together and take any ship that can carry them, thus creating {{alt|the Fleet|TOS}} ({{comics|marvel|1}}).

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=== Look-In Magazine ===
{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Look-In Magazine|type=line}}'''Serina''' does not appear in any of the comic strip storylines but is mentioned in a supplementary article about the television series, describing her as a "lovely interstellar newscaster." The article notes that [[Apollo (TOS-LM)|Apollo]] "has eyes only for" her.<ref>''Look-In'' #44 (1979), p. 4</ref>

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