Basestar command
- For information on the supreme basestar commander of the Cylons of the Original Series, see Imperious Leader.
A basestar is commanded by several Cylon agents, working by spoken discussion and eventually, consensus. The commanders issue instruction to their ship's central computer, the Hybrid.
No one Cylon agent is the de facto leader. However, personalities which have been more exposed to human contact, such as Caprica-Six (Downloaded), or personalities which are under extreme emotional stress, such as one particular Number Three model (Torn), may be more argumentative and likely to sway consensus.
The basestar has a central command and control center, likely located within the ship's central axis. The Cylon agents stand at a control console that have interfaces for their data ports. The center has many waterfalls and pools that form the basestar's datastream.
Notes
- Viewers are shown the baseship command structure for the first time in the episode, "Torn." Prior to this episode, the command leadership, if any, was unknown. Basestars were previously suspected as being a larger autonomous living entity similar to the Raider.
- Cylon agents have a collective knowledge of information from their datastream that is apparently available to other agents, but, unlike the Borg of Star Trek: The Next Generation fame, the agents do not work as a collective consciousness, or "hive mind." Agents generally share memories by personal option.