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{{Character Data | {{Character Data | ||
| title= Starbuck<ref>This is not his birth name.</ref> | |||
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| photo=BSG-FOTG - Starbuck.png | | photo=BSG-FOTG - Starbuck.png | ||
| seen= | | seen= | ||
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| children= | | children= | ||
| marital status=Single | | marital status=Single | ||
| role=Warrior, '' | | role=Warrior, ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' | ||
| rank=Lieutenant | | rank=Lieutenant | ||
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: ''For the canonical character from whom this depiction is based, see: [[Starbuck (TOS)]].'' | |||
: ''For other separate continuities from other comics and novelization sources, see: [[Starbuck (TOS alternate disambiguation)]].'' | |||
'''Starbuck''' is a [[Caprica (TOS alternate)|Caprican]] serving in the [[Colonial Military (TOS)|Colonial Military]] during the last stages of the [[Thousand Yahren War]] as a [[Viper (TOS alternate)|Viper]] pilot aboard the last surviving battlestar, ''[[Galactica (TOS alternate)|Galactica]]''. | '''Starbuck''' is a [[Caprica (TOS alternate)|Caprican]] serving in the [[Colonial Military (TOS)|Colonial Military]] during the last stages of the [[Thousand Yahren War]] as a [[Viper (TOS alternate)|Viper]] pilot aboard the last surviving battlestar, ''[[Galactica (TOS alternate)|Galactica]]''. | ||
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[[File:Starbuck attacks a Cylon with a stick.png|200px|thumb|A young Starbuck attacks a [[Centurion (TOS alternate)|Centurion]] with a limb during the attack on [[Umbra]] (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]'').]] | [[File:Starbuck attacks a Cylon with a stick.png|200px|thumb|A young Starbuck attacks a [[Centurion (TOS alternate)|Centurion]] with a limb during the attack on [[Umbra]] (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]'').]] | ||
As a young boy, the later re-named Starbuck flees into the [[Thorn forest|Forest of Thorns]] as a result of the [[Cylon (TOS alternate)|Cylon]]'s attack on [[Umbra]]. During the defense by ''[[Rylon]]'' [[Viper (TOS alternate)|Viper]] pilots | As a young boy, the later re-named Starbuck flees into the [[Thorn forest|Forest of Thorns]] as a result of the [[Cylon (TOS alternate)|Cylon]]'s attack on [[Umbra]]. During the defense by ''[[Rylon (TOS alternate)|Rylon]]'' [[Viper (TOS alternate)|Viper]] pilots [[Adama (TOS alternate)|Adama]] and [[Tigh (TOS alternate)|Tigh]], Adama is shot down and crashes into the forest. | ||
What seems to be a certain demise by a damaged [[Centurion (TOS alternate)|Centurion]] is thwarted by Starbuck, who attacks the Cylon with a tree branch before it can kill Adama. Adama is able to blow off the distracted Centurion's head and radio for medical assistance, as Starbuck is rendered unconscious as a result of his being electrocuted upon damaging the Centurion (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]''). | What seems to be a certain demise by a damaged [[Centurion (TOS alternate)|Centurion]] is thwarted by Starbuck, who attacks the Cylon with a tree branch before it can kill Adama. Adama is able to blow off the distracted Centurion's head and radio for medical assistance, as Starbuck is rendered unconscious as a result of his being electrocuted upon damaging the Centurion (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]''). | ||
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== 7328-7335 — Becoming a Warrior == | == 7328-7335 — Becoming a Warrior == | ||
[[File:Starbuck Graduates.png|200px|thumb|Starbuck at the graduation celebration in 7335 (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]'').]] | [[File:Starbuck Graduates.png|200px|thumb|Starbuck at the graduation celebration in 7335 (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]'').]] | ||
In 7331, Starbuck is assigned to shadow his flight instructor, Lieutenant [[Wyler]], aboard battlestar ''[[Pegasus (TOS alternate)|Pegasus]]''. The impressionable Starbuck is taken under Wyler's wing, and taught an unorthodox curriculum of womanizing, gambling, and other roguish behaviors. | In 7331, Starbuck is assigned to shadow his flight instructor, Lieutenant [[Wyler]], aboard battlestar ''[[Pegasus (TOS alternate)|Pegasus]]''. The impressionable Starbuck is taken under Wyler's wing, and taught an unorthodox curriculum of womanizing, gambling, and other roguish behaviors. | ||
During this time, Starbuck befriends fellow classmates [[Boomer (TOS alternate)|Boomer]] and [[Jolly (TOS alternate)|Jolly]]. He also vies for the affections of Adama's daughter, | During this time, Starbuck befriends fellow classmates [[Boomer (TOS alternate)|Boomer]] and [[Jolly (TOS alternate)|Jolly]]. He also vies for the affections of Adama's daughter, [[Athena (TOS alternate)|Athena]], but this fails even though they reconcile by the time Starbuck graduates [[the Academy]] in 7335 (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]''). | ||
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[[File:Starbuck wins the data chip.png|200px|thumb|Starbuck wins [[McKintosh]]'s data chip with the alleged proof that the [[Umbra]] defense net was deactivated prior to the [[Cylon (TOS alternate)|Cylon]]'s attack.]] | [[File:Starbuck wins the data chip.png|200px|thumb|Starbuck wins [[McKintosh]]'s data chip with the alleged proof that the [[Umbra]] defense net was deactivated prior to the [[Cylon (TOS alternate)|Cylon]]'s attack.]] | ||
With the death of Wyler a day prior to Starbuck's graduation (but told by | With the death of Wyler a day prior to Starbuck's graduation (but told by [[Adama (TOS alternate)|Adama]] during the post-graduation celebrations), Starbuck enters a period of grieving the only way he knew how: gambling. | ||
In the course of this, he happens across [[McKintosh]] during a game of [[pyramid (TOS)|pyramid]] at one of his and Wyler's frequent [[chanceries]]. In the course of the game, McKintosh learns that Starbuck was at Umbra, and recalls that he too was there that day as he freighted agro from the Umbra factory. He makes a grandiose claim that the [[defense net]] went down, contrary to the official story that it had been destroyed, and that he had information on a chip to prove it. As McKintosh lost the wager, he gives the chip to Starbuck—only for Starbuck to discover that it was corrupted (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]''). | In the course of this, he happens across [[McKintosh]] during a game of [[pyramid (TOS)|pyramid]] at one of his and Wyler's frequent [[chanceries]]. In the course of the game, McKintosh learns that Starbuck was at Umbra, and recalls that he too was there that day as he freighted agro from the Umbra factory. He makes a grandiose claim that the [[defense net]] went down, contrary to the official story that it had been destroyed, and that he had information on a chip to prove it. As McKintosh lost the wager, he gives the chip to Starbuck—only for Starbuck to discover that it was corrupted (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 1]]''). | ||
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