Editing Viper 8757

[[File:8757 LDYBPI.JPG|thumb|Viper 8757 in ''Galactica'''s hangar deck with Specialist [[Cally Tyrol|Henderson]] {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}.]]
'''Viper 8757NC''' is the designation of two Vipers, one [[Viper Mark II|Mark II]] and one [[Viper Mark VII|Mark VII]], assigned to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.

The Viper Mark VII version appears in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]".

== Kara Thrace's pristine Viper ==
[[File:Viper 8757 Maelstrom.jpg|thumb|Viper 8757 shortly before its... {{TRS|Maelstrom}}]]
[[File:Viper 8757 Destruction Maelstrom.jpg|thumb|...destruction. {{TRS|Maelstrom}}]]
A [[Viper Mark II]] of the same designation is flown by [[Kara Thrace]] during a [[Combat Air Patrol]] protecting a Fleet underway replenishment operation. This Viper is the one Thrace is later lost in, crushed by intense atmospheric pressure {{TRS|Maelstrom}}. Over two months later, Thrace returns under mysterious circumstances in a remarkably pristine version of this Viper. She claims to have been to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] and that only a few hours passed for her, but has no recollection of how she got there or how she survived {{TRS|Crossroads, Part II|He That Believeth in Me}}.

An inspection of the Viper determines that the Viper seems to be as factory new as it looks. Similar to Thrace's memory loss, the navigation computer contains no data. Over the next few months, the Viper sits on the hangar deck, occasionally looked at to try to reveal its secrets. It isn't until three of the [[Final Five]] Cylons are [[The Music|mysteriously drawn]] to the craft that Kara Thrace finds a clue to Earth in the craft itself. After powering up the systems, she uses the radio detector to find a strange signal that is only received by this Viper. With the signal's bearing the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is able to plot a series of FTL jumps which eventually lead it to Earth {{TRS|Revelations}}.

As Thrace and a [[Number Two]] search Earth's surface for the source of the signal, they discover it to be a standard Colonial emergency transponder. Further searching in the area reveals the remains of a Viper Mark II's tail section with 757NC visible. Concerned, Thrace and Leoben continue the hunt. They find the most of the rest of the Viper. A skeletal corpse in a Colonial flightsuit is found in the cockpit. When the corpse's helmet is removed, it is revealed to have blonde hair cut in a short bob {{TRS|Sometimes a Great Notion}}. {{spoiltext|The corpse's [[dog tags]] confirm it to be Thrace's corpse. With [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed to be the remaining Cylon, it is now even more unclear as to who and/or what Kara Thrace is {{TRS|No Exit|Islanded in a Stream of Stars}}.}}

==Notes==
*In Maelstrom, Kara's Viper displays [[:Image:Viper 8757 Inlets Maelstrom.jpg|modified intakes]] compared to previous Viper Mark IIs. This is only a minor change compared to the [[:Image:Viper 2220 Maelstrom.jpg|redesign]] of the Viper Mark VII that first appeared in this episode.

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