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'''Emergency Jump Coordinates'''; also "Emergency Standby Coordinates", "Escape Coordinates" or simply "emergency coordinates"; are likely part of standard [[Colonial Fleet]] fleet maneuver doctrine. Coordinates appear classified by the letters of the [[Colonial wireless alphabet]], namely as "Alpha"<ref name="EJC1">When Tigh orders the emergency Jump in "Scattered", [[Anastasia Dualla|Dee]] mentions "Emergency Coordinates Alpha". Given that it is real-life practice of differentiating between multiple versions of the same thing by adding CWA or Latin letters or numbers, it seems logical to assume that doctrine provides for the existence of more than one set.</ref>, "Bravo", "Constellation" and so on. Multiple sets of Emergency Jump Coordinates can exist simultaneously, to be used in different contingencies or as part of a larger battle plan. Emergency coordinates are distributed by the flagship among a group of ships. | '''Emergency Jump Coordinates'''; also "Emergency Standby Coordinates", "Escape Coordinates" or simply "emergency coordinates"; are likely part of standard [[Colonial Fleet]] fleet maneuver doctrine. Coordinates appear classified by the letters of the [[Colonial wireless alphabet]], namely as "Alpha"<ref name="EJC1">When Tigh orders the emergency Jump in "Scattered", [[Anastasia Dualla|Dee]] mentions "Emergency Coordinates Alpha". Given that it is real-life practice of differentiating between multiple versions of the same thing by adding CWA or Latin letters or numbers, it seems logical to assume that doctrine provides for the existence of more than one set.</ref>, "Bravo", "Constellation" and so on. Multiple sets of Emergency Jump Coordinates can exist simultaneously, to be used in different contingencies or as part of a larger battle plan. Emergency coordinates are distributed by the flagship among a group of ships. | ||
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In "[[Scattered]]" [[Saul_Tigh|Col. Tigh]] orders an immediate jump to the emergency coordinates. When ''Galactica'' finds herself isolated from the rest of the fleet, Tigh states that while ''Galactica'' did update her jump coordinates with the change of watch, Lt. Gaeta failed to transmit the new sets of coordinates to the rest of the fleet. | In "[[Scattered]]" [[Saul_Tigh|Col. Tigh]] orders an immediate jump to the emergency coordinates. When ''Galactica'' finds herself isolated from the rest of the fleet, Tigh states that while ''Galactica'' did update her jump coordinates with the change of watch, Lt. Gaeta failed to transmit the new sets of coordinates to the rest of the fleet. | ||
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Revision as of 09:21, 13 July 2006
Emergency Jump Coordinates; also "Emergency Standby Coordinates", "Escape Coordinates" or simply "emergency coordinates"; are likely part of standard Colonial Fleet fleet maneuver doctrine. Coordinates appear classified by the letters of the Colonial wireless alphabet, namely as "Alpha"[1], "Bravo", "Constellation" and so on. Multiple sets of Emergency Jump Coordinates can exist simultaneously, to be used in different contingencies or as part of a larger battle plan. Emergency coordinates are distributed by the flagship among a group of ships.
The authority to order an emergency Jump rest with the Fleet's Principal officer in command.
Their calculation and distribution are a part of routine day-to-day operations and fall within the responsibility of the Tactical Officer, in the case of Galactica, Lt. Felix Gaeta. They are updated on every watch with new starfixes to compensate for inertial drift and then distributed to the Fleet. [2]
Appearances in the Re-imagined Series[edit]
Emergency Jump Coordinates were not explicitly mentioned in "33". The reasons for this may be that the collective jump of the fleet into safety had become "routine" rather than an emergency procedure.
In "Scattered" Col. Tigh orders an immediate jump to the emergency coordinates. When Galactica finds herself isolated from the rest of the fleet, Tigh states that while Galactica did update her jump coordinates with the change of watch, Lt. Gaeta failed to transmit the new sets of coordinates to the rest of the fleet.
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ When Tigh orders the emergency Jump in "Scattered", Dee mentions "Emergency Coordinates Alpha". Given that it is real-life practice of differentiating between multiple versions of the same thing by adding CWA or Latin letters or numbers, it seems logical to assume that doctrine provides for the existence of more than one set.
- ↑ This is mentioned by Col. Tigh to his wife, Ellen in "Scattered".