CIC

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== COMBAT INFORMATION CENTRE ==

[[Image:Bsg-cic-1.jpg|thumb|Combat Information Centre (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]
This is the nerve centre of a [[battlestar]]. Located in the heart of the ship, close to where the "alligator head" of the main main hull meets the midships section, CIC is the point from which a battlestar is not only commanded, but also where her offensive / defence operations are monitored and directed.

The CIC is a very large, multi-level complex spanning two decks within a battlestar.

The lower deck provides:

*Commander's command & control station: featuring a table with a range of monitors that can descend from a ceiling recess when required, or which can be retracted to give the Commander an unimpeded view of the entire CIC
*Main plot table: located a few feet away from the Commander's station, this features a main navigational plotting table, supported by vertical glass plot boards which can be used to record a battlestar's relative position, and the position of any planetary bodies or other vessels in the vicinity of the battlestar
*Flight control systems: operated by by two helmsmen controlling the fore and aft thrusters as well as the sublight drive engines
*FTL jump systems control
*Navigation control
*Main communications centre
*Ship's sensors and monitors

[[Image:Bsg-cic-2.jpg|thumb|Command Information Centre (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]

These are supported by additional facilities including: damage control; environmental control; primary control of all major shipboard systems, etc.

The upper deck of the CIC ("the core" [[Secrets and Lies]]) contains further monitoring station, and possible redundancy for the main stations in the lower deck.

===References===
* Colonial [[Battlestar]]

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Military Ranks (TOS)

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{| width="90%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" align=center
|-align=Left
|'''BSG Military Rankings'''
|'''U.S. Air Force Rankings'''
|'''BSG Examples'''
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''FLAG OFFICERS'''
|-
|Commander
|General
|[[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]]
|-
|Commander
|Lieutenant General
|[[Commander Cain]]
|-
|Commander
|Major General
|[[Kronus|Commander Kronus]]
|-
|Commander
|Brigadier General
|N/A
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''COMMISSIONED OFFICERS'''
|-
|Colonel
|Colonel
|[[Tigh (TOS)|Colonel Tigh]]
|-
|Colonel (Jr. or Lt.Col.)
|Lieutenant Colonel
|Colonel (Jr.) [[Tolen]]
|-
|Major (used in the [[novelizations]])
|Major
|N/A
|-
|Captain (Full Flight Wing Commander)
|Captain
|[[Apollo (TOS)|Captain Apollo]]
|-
|Lieutenant (1st/ Sr. grade) [Flight Leader]
|First Lieutenant
|1st Lts. [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]], [[Sheba]], [[Bojay]]
|-
|Lieutenant (2nd/Jr. grade; J.G.)
|2nd Lieutenant
|2nd Lts. [[Brie]], [[Deitra]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], and [[Zac]]
|-
|Ensign (lowest ranking officer)
|N/A
|Ensign [[Greenbean]]
|-
|colspan=3 align=left style="font-size:12pt;"|'''ENLISTED NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS'''
|-
|Senior Flight Sergeant
|Staff Sergeant
|Flight Sergeant (Sr.) [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]]
|-
|Flight Sergeant
|Senior Airman
|Flight Sergeant [[Ortega]]
|-
|Flight Corporal
|Airman 1st Class
|Flight Corporal [[Rigel]]
|-
|Petty Officer/Yeoman/Private (1st Class)
|Airman
|N/A
|-
|Cadets (The Academy; [[Saga of a Star World]])
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|Recruits ([[The Man with Nine Lives]])
|N/A
|[[Borellian Nomen]] "Recruits"
|}

== Reasoning on Ranks ==

*Under [[martial law]] [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] is the Supreme Commander of the remaining rag-tag [[Fleet|Colonial Fleet]] [G-4 Sr.+ or G-5]. ("[[Baltar's Escape]]")
*Commander [[Kronus]] was fleet commander of 600 ships including the [[Battlestar]] [[Rycon]] ([[Fourth Fleet]]) He was retired; re-activated by [[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]], a former aide of [[Kronus]]. "[[Take the Celestra]]"
* [[Cain]]'s [[XO]], Colonel [[Tolen]] refers to Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] as "sir" in "[[The Living Legend, Part II]]". Full Colonels do not address one another as "sir". However all Colonels (even Lt. Colonels) are addressed as "Colonel" or "sir" by lower ranking staff. On the other hand, since Tigh had been temporarily installed as commander of the Pegasus, Tolen would have to address him as sir - even if they were the same rank (so there may not be a rank of 'lieutenant colonel').
* [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] call [[Cain|Commander Cain]] "sir". Apollo even calls [[Tigh (TOS)|Colonel Tigh]] "sir".
* [[Zac]] was probably an Ensign, just listed incorrectly on the credits of "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
** Reasoning: Zac had never been on a patrol; Lieutenants typically have flight experience and accured flight time.
* In "[[The Living Legend]]" Commander [[Cain]] is believed lost with the [[Fifth Fleet]]. They never say that Cain is 5th Fleet Commander. Cain is an independent operator; this would slow your promotions. Cain and [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] are from the same class; Cain finishes ahead of Adama. [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] (likely a sophomore when Cain and Adama graduated) was at the Academy doing the same timeframe, but is younger than Cain and Adama.
* [[Omega]] is an officer; he has rights to [[Officer's Club]], we do not know what kind because the series ended after one network season. Omega could have been a warrant officer or a Lieutenant.

== Credit ==

This information is derived from the defunct [[Battlestar Galactica InfoSphere]]; credit for initial corrections of this rank breakdown go to the fan referred to as "Fur".

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