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The man [[Battlestar Wiki:Descriptive term|dubbed]] the '''tattooed pilot''' is a large, bald, tattooed [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] pilot stationed on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. His [[tattoo]]s include a tiger on his left arm and a dragon on his right arm. | |||
The | The tattooed pilot is briefly seen at a briefing when the Fleet had to make an [[FTL]] jump every 33 minutes to escape their [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] pursuers ([[33]]). | ||
The pilot is often seen playing card games such as [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] or [[Dead Man's Chest]]. He can be seen at a card game during the crisis after the water tanks were sabotaged, playing with [[Kara Thrace|Kara Thrace]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Water]]). | |||
The tattooed pilot is | The tattooed pilot is present at a briefing when Kara Thrace is acting as [[CAG]] during [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship ([[Bastille Day]]). | ||
He is present at the briefing where the pilots complain that they are missing the confined Captain Adama at their cardgame ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). | |||
He is again playing with Starbuck, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Tucker Clellan|Duck]] and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] when, after his return from Caprica, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] comes to the playing table and is treated as a persona non grata by everyone except Starbuck ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). | |||
He is | He is one of several pilots watching [[Number Three|D'anna Biers']]s documentary ([[Final Cut]]). | ||
The tattooed pilot is one of the crewmembers present during the arrival of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] on ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). | |||
He is | He is seen partying with other pilots when ''Galactica'' is defending the ''[[Majahual]]'' and drinking a shooter out of a female pilot's belly button ([[Scar]]). | ||
Shortly after the exodus from New Caprica, he sits at a table in the rec room behind to Kara Thrace and Felix Geata ([[Collaborators]]). | |||
The tattooed pilot is playing "Dead Man's Chest" with Starbuck, Hot Dog, [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] and [[Narcho]] when Helo asks for a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]] and submits his own proposal: "Chrome Dome" ([[Torn]]). | |||
During the food shortage, he is present at a briefing before the passage through the star cluster, takes parts in one of the trips through it, and watches [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] making Kat's posthumous promotion official by switching her name on the pilot roster with Lee Adama's ([[The Passage]]). | |||
At a pilot's daily mission briefing, some 49 days since the last Cylon encounter, he sits down between [[Hot Dog]] and [[Helo]] after the latter moves one seat over to tease Hot Dog about his rash in the pubic region ([[A Day in the Life]]). | |||
At a pilot's daily mission briefing, some 49 days since the last Cylon encounter, he sits down between | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* | * The nickname of "Tattooed pilot" is a Battlestar Wiki [[BW:TERM|descriptive term]]. | ||
* Despite appearing in a number of episodes, he has not been named yet on screen. He might be one from the [[List of pilots|list of mentioned-only pilots]]. Although he has not been given an official callsign by the writers yet, he is often referred to by fans as "Salty" or "Dragon. | * Despite appearing in a number of episodes, he has not been named yet on screen. He might be one from the [[List of pilots|list of mentioned-only pilots]]. Although he has not been given an official callsign by the writers yet, he is often referred to by fans as "Salty" or "Dragon". [[Bradley Thompson]] stated: "If we give him a name, you won't have the fun of trying to guess what it is." | ||
* Despite saying only one line in the whole series so far, he is one of the most memorable ''Galactica'' pilots due to his appearance. | * Despite saying only one line in the whole series so far, he is one of the most memorable ''Galactica'' pilots due to his appearance. | ||
* He is wearing a Viper patch on his flight suit in "[[A Day in the Life]], | * He is wearing a Viper patch on his flight suit in "[[A Day in the Life]]", but has been shown with a Raptor patch in some earlier episodes. | ||
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