Talk:Exodus, Part II/Archive 1

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0610/01/index.htm Click on this link and scroll down to see scenes from the Exodus episodes. My favorite is the last one at the bottom which shows Zarek and Roslin plsticuffed together. Hopefully they'll start to get along soon. --ltcrashdown October 3rd, 2006

My Prediction

And it shouldn't be a big surprise, but I have to state it for the record:

Battlestar Pegasus makes its last appearance today. I think it will be used to ram a basestar or two to save Galactica, which puts up a good fight but is getting outmatched. My prediction doesn't come from anything but from the gut, but it should be interesting if it comes true. --Spencerian 16:53, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

I'm hoping that it doesnt get destroyed, seeing as that would kill Lee Adama and far too many other people - if this happened, people would switch off. I'm predicting that it'll save the day at the last second. If you think about it, Lee Adama was ordered to stay behind with the fleet and continue the search for earth. I'm betting that he does the usual thing of going against orders, jumping back anyway at the last second and launches a nuke or two at a basestar.

--Fordsierra4x4 17:37, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

Since when does people's opinions become spoiler text? :P --Straycat0 18:05, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

Spoiler policy is suspended on talk, but sometimes people get bummed to read them here, so it's a courtesy. --Spencerian 19:58, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

YES! Nailed it! Nailed it! Hail to the king, baby! --Spencerian 21:47, 20 October 2006 (CDT)

Hallowed are the Ori... -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 00:06, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Wow, Spence. Calling the second one was impressive. --PrePressChris 09:55, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Is this a clue?

When Starbuck gets back to Galactica with the kid, and the supposed mother sees it, and latches on, she says either "Gods bless you" or "GOD bless you", and after watching it about 5 times on my TiVo, I'm leaning towards GOD, singular, and perhaps a clue that this lady is not who she claims. I mean, if that really is a hybrid, then it would be valuable enough to pull such a move just to get it out of Colonial hands.

Also, if it weren't for horrible interior design, I'd rather Galactica had been boned, and they all just moved into Pegasus and renamed it Galactia-A or something. If it weren't for the lame bridge, it'd be a much better ship.

The assumption is reasonable -- however, I believe it is extremely likely that the woman is who she claims to be. Also, given the horrible success rate at Cylon farms, it is likely that Kacey was indeed a ruse to get Thrace to love Conoy. Once Conoy had Thrace's love, their love would lead to the next step. As for the "God" versus "Gods" thing.... also, it's been indicated that the Colonials have varying faiths, and some don't necessarily believe in the Sacred Scrolls, Pythia and all that jazz. Also, it wouldn't be Battlestar Galactica without Galactica... -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 00:01, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Not to mention that you have to give Tyrol something to do on the flightline. Why, if he were on the Pegasus, unable to go spastic about not holding the Vipers together with bubblegum and baling wire, and just could wish another one up from the manufacturing plants aboard the newer ship, who knows how many kids he and Cally might end up with by the time they get to Earth? ^_^--み使い Mitsukai 01:05, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Tyrol now has a lot more Vipers and Raptors to look after. Poor Cally.....--Barry 07:44, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

I thought your observation was interesting so I pulled up the episode again and watched that part. Kasey's new mother distinctly says "gods" with a hard, unmistakable "s". Silsor 00:24, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Plus, why would they introduce a new Cylon so casually? The recent Cylons (Biers, Simon, Cavil) each had complex introductions. - Keithustus 01:17, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Totally said "gods"...first time I heard it...absolutly positive.--Gallion 10:18, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

Screencaps Posted

Here. Enjoy. I surely did. --Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 03:51, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

You misspelt "atmosphere" in a couple of them --Serenity 08:44, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

I like your screengrabs! Holy cow -- what a great episode; especially the part where Galactica jumps in low and provides that "firing solution" for the team. There was even a cool easter egg -- Did anyone else notice the "Pan Am" logo on the bottom of one of the ships leaving New Caprica? --Scooper 10:28, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

"Easter egg?" Sounds like another case of the Craftsman tool lockers. - Keithustus 11:54, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

That's probably the Pan Galactic ship, its been in the fleet all the way back to the Miniseries. --Talos 16:36, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

The logo is indeed nearly the same, but the name seems to be different. It has more than 5 letters. Maybe "Pan Gal" --Serenity 17:05, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

Where does this question go?

Earlier today, I posted a question in the Questions section about why the DRADIS displays on both battlestars were inexplicably clear of the nebula's interference, but it was deleted. Is there a more appropriate place for it? --BlueResistance 21:00, 21 October 2006 (EDT)

Hi, BR. That's a valid question. Before the Cylon fleet discovered New Caprica, Dualla was commenting how hard it was to see anything in the nebula, and they were in orbit. Now, in this episode, both sides appeared to be using DRADIS without issue from the interference. Me senses a continuity error. You can re-add the question here (note my winded explanation) or add to the continuities article. --Spencerian 20:40, 21 October 2006 (CDT)

A bit annoying to have a question posted and suddenly deleted. Might I suggest deleting other editor's questions and comments be expressly prohibited? Bstone 02:47, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

Reaching a concenus and corlaberation is the wiki's primary goal. Sometimes authros disagree, so usually once something is removed and someone things it should say, bring it up on the talk page is the proper course of action to dicuss the matter further. --Shane ^{(T - C - E)} 03:23, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

Galactica's atmospheric insertion

I haven't been able to double check but I'm pretty sure Helo read off their altitude as "900,000." Now IIRC, the Colonials use metric so that would be meters. In other words, they were 600 miles off the deck. So I'm pretty sure I misheard that.

But even factoring for editing and such, I'm pretty sure they took some dramatic lisence with the freefall time.

RDM said they were going to try to keep the physics real, and this is peanut stuff.

<math>s=v_{i}t+\frac{at^{2}}{2}</math> <math>v_i=0</math> because theyare starting from rest, so freefall time given by <math>\sqrt{\frac{2s}{a}}=t</math>

If that does give you enough time to for your scene, set the intial hight higher. Uh... why isn't my math working?

I'll check on that... -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 13:27, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

You're assuming they came in with no initial velocity, but as we've seen with various Raptor scenes, velocity is carried through a jump. --Peter Farago 13:30, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

It was Captain Kelly, and he reads their altitude as "99,000 and falling like a rock". That's roughly 61 and a half miles up, which is frakking high. Seems a little too high, don't you think? --Madbrood 14:56, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

Even in the metric world, aviation uses feet for altitude. 99k feet would be 30km, or 18-ish miles, which would fit the bill rather nicely, given the size of the Galactica. --Ijdod 15:34, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

We've also seen pressure gauges in PSI (pounds per square inch). So it isn't all metric. --Serenity 15:31, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

I was going to mention that, but I was hungry and I forgot :( 99k feet was what I took it to mean when I heard it initially. --Madbrood 15:51, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

I'm Thinking that a ship of that size and mass could even survive all of the forces at work from a fall like that, what is it almost a Km and a haft long and a haft a Km wide. It's mass must in the 5 to 10,000,000 metric tons. I can'y even think of the rate in witch it was falling. --Bowersj8 5:29, 22 October 2006 (EDT)

It managed to survive the forces at work when a nuclear weapon detonated pretty damn close to it (Miniseries). Completely different sorts of forces, of course, but makes the point that it's a tough ship. --Barry 09:54, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

Not just "pretty damn close." The nuclear detonation in the miniseries was a direct hit. Galactica is one hell of a tough boat. --Slander 15:32, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

I don't give a crap about the math of it, it was FRAKKING AWESOME! Seriously, that was insane. --BklynBruzer 20:52, 22 October 2006 (CDT)

I think people are getting a little too worked up mathematically about a scene which is prety moving in that the crew of Galactica risked everything in order to help save everyone down on New Caprica. It was a very daring manouver which may well have resulted in slamming right into the ground with the FTL's failing. --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 10:00, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

They weren't just risking their own lives, either. The force of an impact like that would have probably wiped out the entire city. They quite literally risked everything. --Slander 15:32, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

Yeah, you've gotta think about how big the Galactica is. It'd be like an asteroid! --BklynBruzer 21:23, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

Nonetheless, the sheer awesomeness of that scene outranks the slightly screwed physics of maths of it all. It was awesome to watch, some suspension of disbelief isn't too much to ask I reckon ^_^ --Ghilz 23:05, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

As a proud Southerner, I felt the need to correct your spelling of "reckon." Don't take it personally. :D --Slander 10:07, 24 October 2006 (CDT)

Guest stars

Bodie Olmos appeared in the episode in the scene where Galactica dropped into the atmosphere. He mentioned a pilot called Red Wing. Anyone know the actor's name? Neither actor was listed in the credits for some reason.

I was also wondering about Hera and Kacey's real mother. Any clue about either of them?

--123home123 22:16, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

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Nicki Clyne (as Cally Tyrol) was listed in the credits, but she did not seem to appear (unless I miss it). Deleted scene? Belay-down-your-burdens 22:38, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

Isn't Tom Zarek vice-president?

If I recall correctly, Tom Zarek was elected as Baltar's vice-president. Now that Baltar has departed for parts unknown, wouldn't Zarek ascend to the presidency? How can Roslin legally lay claim to the presidency? Shouldn't Zarek be heading up to Colonial One?

Spidey3 11:12, 24 October 2006 (CDT)

Re-imagined Series definition: "Direction, Range, and Distance", Colonial equivalent of radar or lidar

Original Series definition: a unit of distance, the Earth measurement being equivalent to a kilometer

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another

Re-imagined Series definition: all-purpose vulgarism; Colonial version of "fuck" (see: frak)

Re-imagined Series definition: technology enabling travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit, see: FTL