Editing The Rebirth of Cy, Part 1

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| title= The Rebirth of Cy, Part #1
| series=Maximum Press
| issueno= 10
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| writer= Robert Napton<br/>Scott Devine
| penciller= Hector Gomez
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| colorist=Extreme Colors
| letterer=Steve Dutro
| editor=Matt Hawkins<br>Jenny Allevato
| cover=
| published=December 1996
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| prev= ''[[First Date]]''
| next= None
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==Plot ==

During the pursuit of two [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s, a [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] finds itself afflicted with guilt after experiencing "malfunctions" caused by an [[ion storm]] it encounters.

== Summary ==

* In [[Timeline (TOS alternate)#7342|7342]], {{alt|Starbuck|TOS}} and {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} are under attack by a group of [[Cylons (TOS alternate)|Cylon]] {{TOS|Raider}}s. During their pursuit, the Raiders launched by [[Base Ship 127]] are overcome by an [[ion storm]] which disables the Raiders, thus allowing the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s to escape. 
* [[Cylon 8765]] reports his position to his baseship, and is brought in by a tractor beam. He reports to his leader, an [[IL-series Cylon]], who orders him to interrogate the human pilot they had captured. He is told to extract the information of the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] by any means necessary.
* Cylon 8765 determines that it was afraid, which runs contrary to Cylon programming. It reports to the main computer, where it learns about the [[Thousand-Yahren War]]; 8765 damages the computer in a fit of rage, declaring how wrong it is to destroy an entire race.
* 8765's commander encounters him in the hallway, inquiring as to why the Cylon failed to interrogate the human. 8765 notes that he had a malfunction that needed to be corrected, which is a lie. The IL-series Cylon accompanies 8765 down to the holding cell, where 8765 hopes to be able to talk to the human in order to understand his moral dilemma. 
* The human in question is revealed to be none other than {{alt|Starbuck|TOS}}.

== Notes ==

* While eschewing events of ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', this comic brings back the character of [[Cyrus (Cylon)|Cyrus]] from "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," who becomes sympathetic to the humans after questioning his own beliefs. However, there is no continuation to this story, since [[Maximum Press]] abandoned writing any further Original Series comics. 
* The story was printed in ''Asylum #10'', an issue of [[Maximum Press]]{{'}} anthology series featuring Terry Moore's ''Lady Supreme''. 
* This tale does not have a conclusion, since Maximum Press dropped the ''Battlestar Galactica'' property in favor of working on its own properties.

== Analysis ==

* Cy's "malfunction" is started by the use of a spatial anomaly, in this case an [[ion storm]]. Ion storms have been in other science fiction stories, such as ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'', to explain crossover between universes (i.e. the "normal universe" and the "mirror universe"). Unlike "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," Cy is convinced to become friends with Starbuck out of necessity, and from that necessity both learn about their opposite's race. 
* While consulting the main computer, Cy is told that the Cylons attacked the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS alternate)|Colonies]] in 7221. However, according to Maximum Press's [[Timeline (TOS alternate)|own timeline]], the war began in [[Timeline (TOS alternate)#6342|6342]], which possibly means one of two things:
*# The Cylons have a different time keeping system than the Colonials. (Therefore, 7221 is the same [[yahren]] as 6342, which means the events of the comic take place in 8221, otherwise known as the Colonial Yahren 7342.) 
*# This is an error.

== Questions ==

* How will Cy deal with his malfunctions?
* How does Starbuck escape? 
* When does this episode take place in the series' chronology? 

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