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Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''Galactica''. He has gained some notoriety from undertaking heavy-handed combat landings, for which he is good-naturedly warned about by [[Kara Thrace]] while she is acting as CAG during [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship ([[Bastille Day]]).
Lieutenant '''Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders''' is a young Raptor pilot on ''Galactica''. He has gained some notoriety from undertaking heavy-handed [[combat landing]]s, for which he is good-naturedly warned about by [[Kara Thrace]] while she is acting as CAG during [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[Bastille Day]]).


He is killed in a an accident on the hangar deck, when a rocket-propelled communications drone breaks free from its storage mount, igniting the motors and causing an explosion. At the time of his death, he had just completed his 1,000th shipboard landing ([[Act of Contrition]]).
He is killed in a an accident on the hangar deck, when a rocket-propelled communications drone breaks free from its storage mount, igniting the motors and causing an explosion. At the time of his death, he had just completed his 1,000th shipboard landing ([[Act of Contrition]]).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
*Colby Johannson's IMDB entry gives the character's name as "Ryan Cisco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is clearly given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders".
*When his Raptor docks with the ''Astral Queen'' in "Bastille Day", the name plate on the vessel gives his name as "Ryan Cicsco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders". ''Battlestar Wiki'' choses to go with the later reference.
 
*"Flat top", in this context, likely refers to a [[w:Flattop|hairstyle]] (it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier).
*"Flat top", in this context, likely refers to a [[w:Flattop|hairstyle]] (it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier).



Revision as of 10:27, 2 September 2007

Flat Top redirects here. For the information about the salvage and repair ship, see Flattop.
Dwight Saunders
Dwight Saunders

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Introduced Bastille Day
Death Act of Contrition
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Role Raptor pilot, Galactica
Rank Lieutenant
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Portrayed by Colby Johannson
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Lieutenant Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders is a young Raptor pilot on Galactica. He has gained some notoriety from undertaking heavy-handed combat landings, for which he is good-naturedly warned about by Kara Thrace while she is acting as CAG during Lee Adama's absence from ship. Later, he pilots the Raptor carrying Thrace's Marine strike team to the Astral Queen (Bastille Day).

He is killed in a an accident on the hangar deck, when a rocket-propelled communications drone breaks free from its storage mount, igniting the motors and causing an explosion. At the time of his death, he had just completed his 1,000th shipboard landing (Act of Contrition).

Notes[edit]

  • When his Raptor docks with the Astral Queen in "Bastille Day", the name plate on the vessel gives his name as "Ryan Cicsco". However, at the start of "Act of Contrition" an announcement over the ship's intercom can be heard, in which the character's name is given as "Dwight 'Flat Top' Saunders". Battlestar Wiki choses to go with the later reference.
  • "Flat top", in this context, likely refers to a hairstyle (it is also a slang term for an aircraft carrier).