DRADIS console: Difference between revisions

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The DRADIS console is centrally located in CIC, above the Command & Control Station where Galactica's commander, William Adama, stands while on station.

The DRADIS console descends from a cylindral ceiling during combat operations like a periscope on a Earth submarine. Despite its name, the DRADIS console allows Commander Adama or other commanding officer the ability to monitor not only DRADIS contacts, but other navigational and tactical information on the battlestar as well.

A Cylon Transponder was placed on the base of the DRADIS console in an attempt by a Cylon agent to track Galactica in the latter events of the genocidal attack on the Colonies (Miniseries). The transponder is removed and, with a second copy, later used in operations to infiltrate Cylon ships and occupied territories (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II).

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-[[Image:Bsg_dradis.jpg|thumb|Lt. Gaeta at the Dradis Console<br>(Credit: Sky One / Sci-Fi Channel)]]
+[[Image:Cic_cmdcontrolstation.jpg|thumb|The DRADIS console (center top, in cylinder) above the Commander's station.<br> (c) Universal]]
-The Dradis console is the main information management console within [[CIC]] for battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'s'' [[Dradis]] detection system. It is normally manned by Lietenant [[Felix Gaeta]] in his role as the ship's [[Tactical Officer]]. Information from the console can be relayed to consoles throughout CIC, particularly the overhead information displays of the Commander's [[Command & Control Center]].
+The '''DRADIS console''' is centrally located in [[CIC]], above the Command & Control Station where ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica's]]'' commander, [[William Adama]], stands while on station.
+The DRADIS console descends from a cylindral ceiling during combat operations like a periscope on a Earth submarine. Despite its name, the DRADIS console allows Commander Adama or other commanding officer the ability to monitor not only DRADIS contacts, but other navigational and tactical information on the battlestar as well.
+A [[Cylon Transponder]] was placed on the base of the DRADIS console in an attempt by a [[Aaron Doral|Cylon agent]] to track ''Galactica'' in the latter events of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal attack on the Colonies]] ([[Miniseries]]). The transponder is removed and, with a second copy, later used in operations to infiltrate Cylon ships and occupied territories ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
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