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'''Tetrahydrocycline''' is | '''Tetrahydrocycline''' is supposedly a highly volative chemical compound. | ||
According to [[Gaius Baltar]], it | According to [[Gaius Baltar]], it was one of the compounds used in the precursor test of his original (i.e. ficticious) [[Cylon detector]]. | ||
He | He brought it forward as a means of posturing, preventing Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and others in the know from realizing that he had no true means of detecting [[Cylon agent]]s in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] after ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica's]]'' port water tanks are blown open to space, likely by a Cylon saboteur ([[Water]]). | ||
== | ==Note== | ||
Dr. Baltar's medical experience (by way of his panic) may have meant [http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/hydroxytetracycline hydroxytetracycline], which is far from a volatile chemical compound on the real-world Earth. The compound is an broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat a variety of infections, from acne and anthrax to the Plague. Otherwise, the closest match to Baltar's term is [http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/THC tetrahydrocannabinol], or THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana and hashish. | |||
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