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Jordan Duram

2010-02-26T23:45:44Z

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'''Jordan Durham''' is an agent with the [[Global Defense Department]] (GDD), [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]'s law enforcement and intelligence service.

He is investigating the terrorist bombing of the [[Lev]] subway train and those connected to it. He and his agency have connected the bombing to the terrorist group [[Soldiers of the One]], linking [[Ben Stark]] to the bombing in particular. He also has a link with [[Zoe Graystone]] to the bombing beyond that of a victim, uncovering an incriminating E-mail sent to her mother [[Amanda Graystone]] seconds before the explosion that had the tone of a goodbye note. It was, in fact, a goodbye note, but only to inform her parents of her running away. However, from Durham's perspective and the context of the bombing, it appears to implicate Zoe had a hand in the bombing.

Pursuing that theory, Durham later uses the ensuing media attention and a sympathetic judge to secure a warrant from [[Inter-Colonial Court]] that allows him to search both the [[Greystone Estate]] and the [[Athena Academy]] for further evidence of Zoe's guilt. However, he gave credit to fellow agent [[Youngblood]] in an effort to get her back into Director [[Gara Singh|Gara Singh's]] good graces after an earlier clerical error which indirectly allowed the bombing to occur.

Durham later asks for permission to include the media in the search, receiving permission from Singh, but with a caveat- the search must be "tasteful."([[Gravedancing]])

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Jordan Duram

2010-02-26T23:44:14Z

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'''Jordan Durham''' is an agent with the [[Global Defense Department]] (GDD), [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]'s law enforcement and intelligence service.

He is investigating the terrorist bombing of the [[Lev]] subway train and those connected to it. He and his agency have connected the bombing to the terrorist group [[Soldiers of the One]], linking [[Ben Stark]] to the bombing in particular. He also has a link with [[Zoe Graystone]] to the bombing beyond that of a victim, uncovering an incriminating E-mail sent to her mother [[Amanda Graystone]] seconds before the explosion that had the tone of a goodbye note. It was, in fact, a goodbye note, but only to inform her parents of her running away. However, from Durham's perspective and the context of the bombing, it appears to implicate Zoe had a hand in the bombing.

Pursuing that theory, Durham later uses the ensuing media attention and a sympathetic judge to secure a warrant from [[Inter-Colonial Court]] that allows him to search both the [[Greystone Estate]] and the [[Athena Academy]]. However, he gave credit to fellow agent [[Youngblood]] in an effort to get her back into Director [[Gara Singh|Gara Singh's]] good graces after an earlier clerical error which indirectly allowed the bombing to occur.

Durham later asks for permission to include the media in the search, receiving permission from Singh, but with a caveat- the search must be "tasteful."([[Gravedancing]])

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Executive officer

2009-11-15T22:52:11Z

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The '''Executive Officer''' (abbreviated to '''XO''') is the second in command aboard a [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] vessel and is responsible for administrative duties and the detailed management of affairs, giving the commanding officer time to deal with broader issues.

The rank normally held by the executive officer of a battlestar is Major or Colonel, though an officer of any rank can fill this billet.

== Executive Officer, battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ==

:''For a complete history of ''Galactica's'' XOs see: [[Senior Staff of Galactica#Executive Officer|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''
*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ("[[Miniseries]]" to "[[Lay Down Your Burdens|Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 2)]]")
*Captain [[Karl Agathon]] ("[[Occupation]]" to "[[The Passage]]")
*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ("[[The Passage]]" to "[[Daybreak]]")

== Executive Officer, battlestar ''Pegasus'' ==

*Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] (shot by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] for disobeying an order in "[[Razor]]")
*Colonel [[Jack Fisk]] ("[[Razor]]" to "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
*''Comannder Fisk's XOs is unknown. A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Black Market|deleted scene]] from "[[Black Market]]" shows Captain [[Renner]] as Fisk's XO. However, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable.''
*''No Executive Officer is mentioned under Commander [[Barry Garner]], during whose stint [[Lee Adama]] effectively performed that position's duties, probably without holding the position.''<ref>While [[Lee Adama]] is assigned to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]", it is doubtful that he was the official XO at that time. According to dialogue he is only sent over to keep an eye on Garner and assess the situation but Garner doesn't even consider him part of the crew. Moreover, according to a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#The Captain's Hand|deleted scene]], his father sends him there over concerns about Garner and the performance of the crew, while being undecided on whether to make him the ship's XO or not.</ref>
*Major [[Kendra Shaw]] (an indeterminate amount of time during "[[Razor]]")
*Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]] ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to "[[Exodus, Part II]]")

== Notes ==
*Executive Officer, in the military context, is used in several branches of armed forces worldwide (army, naval, marine, air force). Certain forces, such as the British Army use the formal title "Second-in-Command" (2i/c) rather than XO.
*It should be noted that when chosen to become the XO, [[Kendra Shaw]] is promoted to the rank of Major, presumably the minimum rank required to hold this billet. However, we later see [[Anastasia Dualla]] acting as Executive Officer with the rank of Lieutenant after the settlement of [[New Caprica]], although this might have to do with having only a skeleton crew assigned to the ship.

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

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Brendan Costanza

2009-03-29T04:00:27Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Biography */

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costanza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Donald Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Castanza is later part of the honor guard present on the [[hangar deck]] when [[Admiral]] [[Helena Cain]] arrives on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Later, Costanza presumably takes part in a [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship| joint operation]] which required all available pilots from both the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' air wings ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the mission, helps account for [[Reilly]]'s belongings after the pilot is killed by Scar and is later present in the pilot's rec room when [[Kara Thrace]] toasts to the deceased pilots ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

When half of ''Galactica's'' air wing is assigned to the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel]] Cylon basestar, Costanza is among their number. He presumably takes part in the attack on the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]] and is later among those held hostage by [[Number Three]] ("[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[The Hub]]", "[[Revelations]]").

He is the biological father of [[Cally Tyrol]]'s child, [[Nicholas Tyrol]] ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]).

During [[Gaeta's Mutiny|Felix Gaeta's coup d'etat attempt]] Costanza is completely unaware of the mutiny and is deployed on the first [[CAP]] squadron fielded by the newly minted "Commander" Gaeta. He is forced to make a critical decision when he is ordered by CIC to shoot down a Raptor fleeting ''Galactica'' bound for the Rebel Baseship. When he learns [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] is aboard the Raptor he refuses to open fire on it, yet makes no apparent attempt to stop [[Noel Allison|Narcho]] when he moves in to shoot it down ([[Blood on the Scales]]). Narcho misses the Raptor and it reaches the basestar safely. As he did not play an active part in the mutiny, he was not punished for his actions and allowed to remain on active duty.

Costanza is among the pilots present on the flight deck when [[Sharon Valerii]] returns to ''Galactica'' with [[Ellen Tigh]]. Upon seeing the resurrected Mrs. Tigh, Costanza quips, with [[Kara Thrace]] standing beside him, "how many other dead chicks are out there?" ([[Deadlock]]).

During the evacuation of Galactica, Costanza and his son are seen toting pictures of the deceased pilots from [[the Wall]], not wanting to leave them behind. He says that there are still people left there that no one remembers. Adama gives him leave, and he goes with his son. He volunteers to go on the mission to [[The Colony]] to rescue [[Hera]]. ([[Daybreak, Part I]])

In ''Galatica's'' final action against [[The Colony]], Costanza leads the remaining Vipers into combat against overwhelming numbers of Cylon raiders. Surviving the dogfight, he calls into the CIC to tell Adama that the Cylons have backed down at the request of [[Cavil]]. Costanza presumably settles on the planet the Colonials decide to name "Earth" with the rest of the human race. ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.

*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]). This is also the way many drummers like to flip their drumsticks around, and Bodie Olmos has revealed in interviews that he is an avid drummer.

*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.

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Brendan Costanza

2009-03-29T03:59:16Z

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costanza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Donald Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Castanza is later part of the honor guard present on the [[hangar deck]] when [[Admiral]] [[Helena Cain]] arrives on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Later, Costanza presumably takes part in a [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship| joint operation]] which required all available pilots from both the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' air wings ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the mission, helps account for [[Reilly]]'s belongings after the pilot is killed by Scar and is later present in the pilot's rec room when [[Kara Thrace]] toasts to the deceased pilots ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

When half of ''Galactica's'' air wing is assigned to the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel]] Cylon basestar, Costanza is among their number. He presumably takes part in the attack on the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]] and is later among those held hostage by [[Number Three]] ("[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[The Hub]]", "[[Revelations]]").

He is the biological father of [[Cally Tyrol]]'s child, [[Nicholas Tyrol]] ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]).

During [[Gaeta's Mutiny|Felix Gaeta's coup d'etat attempt]] Costanza is completely unaware of the mutiny and is deployed on the first [[CAP]] squadron fielded by the newly minted "Commander" Gaeta. He is forced to make a critical decision when he is ordered by CIC to shoot down a Raptor fleeting ''Galactica'' bound for the Rebel Baseship. When he learns [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] is aboard the Raptor he refuses to open fire on it, yet makes no apparent attempt to stop [[Noel Allison|Narcho]] when he moves in to shoot it down ([[Blood on the Scales]]). Narcho misses the Raptor and it reaches the basestar safely. As he did not play an active part in the mutiny, he was not punished for his actions and allowed to remain on active duty.

Costanza is among the pilots present on the flight deck when [[Sharon Valerii]] returns to ''Galactica'' with [[Ellen Tigh]]. Upon seeing the resurrected Mrs. Tigh, Costanza quips, with [[Kara Thrace]] standing beside him, "how many other dead chicks are out there?" ([[Deadlock]]).

During the evacuation of Galactica, Costanza and his son are seen toting pictures of the deceased pilots from [[the Wall]], not wanting to leave them behind. He says that there are still people left there that no one remembers. Adama gives him leave, and he goes with his son. He volunteers to go on the mission to [[The Colony]] to rescue [[Hera]]. ([[Daybreak, Part I]])

In ''Galatica's'' final action against [[The Colony]], Costanza leads the remaining Vipers into combat against the overwhelming numbers of Cylon raiders. Surviving the dogfight, he calls into the CIC to tell Adama that the Cylons have backed down at the request of [[Cavil]]. Costanza presumably settles on the planet the Colonials decide to name "Earth" with the rest of the human race. ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.

*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]). This is also the way many drummers like to flip their drumsticks around, and Bodie Olmos has revealed in interviews that he is an avid drummer.

*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.

== References ==

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Paolo McKay

2009-02-11T06:48:34Z

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| callsign = Redwing
| seen=Exodus, Part II
| role=[[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot
| actor=[[Lee Jefferies]]
| rank=Lieutenant
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''' Paolo "Redwing" McKay'''<ref>The name is shown in a shot when [[Margaret Edmonson]]'s [[Raptor]] rendezvous with his flight ([[Escape Velocity]]).</ref> is a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot.

McKay participates in the [[Battle of New Caprica]], flying as [[Brendan Costanza]]'s wingman ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

Later, McKay leads a [[CAP]] with [[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]] and [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]], before the [[Raptor]] loses control and violently crash-lands in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> port landing bay ([[Escape Velocity]]).

McKay is part of the pilots stationed on the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylons']] baseship for a joint attack mission on the [[Resurrection Hub]]. When the plan requires the human pilots to entrust their lives to the Cylons, he confronts a [[Number Six]] about her piloting skills, but is told to back off by [[Karl Agathon]] ([[The Hub]]).

He is mentioned as being a participant in Gaeta's mutiny leading a marine fire team ordered to secure the engine room. ([[The Oath]])

==Notes==

* A [[w:Redwing|redwing]] is a type of bird in the thrush family, and the name of a [[w:Redwing (comics)|Marvel Comics character]].
* [[w:Operation Redwing|Operation Redwing]] was a nuclear test series performed by the United States.

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Colonial Military Code

2008-11-21T09:20:34Z

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The '''Colonial Military Code''' refers to the rules and regulations which govern the actions of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] and [[Colonial Marine Corps]].

After being rescued from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], [[Galen Tyrol]] is interrogated by [[Saul Tigh| Colonel Tigh]] about his relationship with [[Sharon Valerii]] after her attempted assassination of [[William Adama| Commander Adama]]. During his interrogation, Tyrol attempts to invoke his "Article 21 rights"; presumably the right to legal council ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

When [[Karl Agathon]], as executive officer of the ''[[Demetrius]]'', attempts to relieve [[Kara Thrace]] of command, he invokes his authority by citing Article 10 of the Code ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==

* It appears the Colonial Military Code is analogous to real-world documents such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which governs the United States armed forces.

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Colonial Military Code

2008-11-21T09:20:04Z

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The '''Colonial Military Code''' refers to the rules and regulations which govern the actions of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] and [[Colonial Marine Corps]].

After being rescued from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], [[Galen Tyrol]] is interrogated by [[Saul Tigh| Colonel Tigh]] about his relationship with [[Sharon Valerii]] after her attempted assassination of [[William Adama| Commander Adama]]. During his interrogation, Tyrol attempts to invoke his "Article 21 rights"; presumably the right to legal council ([[Resistance (episode)| Resistance]].

When [[Karl Agathon]], as executive officer of the ''[[Demetrius]]'', attempts to relieve [[Kara Thrace]] of command, he invokes his authority by citing Article 10 of the Code ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==

* It appears the Colonial Military Code is analogous to real-world documents such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which governs the United States armed forces.

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Brendan Costanza

2008-11-19T09:11:26Z

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costranza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Donald Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Castanza is later part of the honor guard present on the [[hangar deck]] when [[Admiral]] [[Helena Cain]] arrives on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Later, Costanza presumably takes part in a [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship| joint operation]] which required all available pilots from both the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' air wings ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the mission, helps account for [[Reilly]]'s belongings after the pilot is killed by Scar and is later present in the pilot's rec room when [[Kara Thrace]] toasts to the deceased pilots ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

When half of ''Galactica's'' air wing is assigned to the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel]] Cylon basestar, Costanza is among their number. He presumably takes part in the attack on the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]] and is later among those held hostage by [[Number Three]] ("[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[The Hub]]", "[[Revelations]]").

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]). This is also the way many drummers like to flip their drumsticks around, and Bodie Olmos has revealed in interviews that he is an avid drummer.

*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.

== References ==

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Tucker Clellan

2008-11-19T09:11:02Z

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|role= Former Viper Pilot, [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''
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Lieutenant '''Tucker "Duck" Clellan''' is a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot on ''[[Galactica]]'', and according to [[Louanne Katraine]], is one of the best pilots that ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' has left to offer ([[Scar]]). At the time of the settling of [[New Caprica]], Clellan is an ace with forty confirmed kills according to [[Saul Tigh]]. His significant other, [[Nora Farmer]], is a fellow pilot that mustered out of the Colonial Fleet. Clellan is a smoker, but chooses to quit upon deciding to start a family with her.

Along with most of ''Galactica's'' pilots, Clellan participates in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|massacre of the disabled Cylon raiders]] and the celebration after the christening of the [[Blackbird]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Clellan is later part of the honor guard present on the [[hangar deck]] when [[Admiral]] [[Helena Cain]] arrives on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Later, Clellan presumably takes part in a [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship| joint operation]] which required all available pilots from both the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' air wings ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

When ''Galactica'' provides protection for a asteroid mining operation, Clellan is among those taking part in regular picket patrols of the area. He is also present during marksmanship training for [[Viper]] [[nugget]] [[Joseph Clark| Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]], commenting that his first attempt at the same training faired worse than Clark's.

During a patrol of the [[Big Spud]], Clellan unsuccessfully calls for [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] to retreat when their Vipers become on low fuel. Baxton, a [[nugget]], ignores orders and engages a group of Raiders with fatal results. Additionally, Clellan helps account for [[Reilly]]'s belongings after the pilot is killed by Scar and he is later present in the pilot's rec room when [[Kara Thrace]] toasts to the deceased pilots ([[Scar]]).

When a colony on New Caprica is established, both Clellan and Nora muster out of Colonial fleet service as she wants to settle down and have a family. He is approached by [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[James Lyman]] to join the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance efforts]] when New Caprica is occupied by Cylons, but declines over the desire to be a husband to Nora.

Following Nora's death in a Cylon attack on a temple, Clellan becomes violently upset at the revelation that the resistance was hiding weapons there. After a brief period of mourning, he relents and agrees to join the insurgents. His first assignment as a resistance member involves infiltrating the New Caprica Police, where he keeps an eye on both the Cylons and their human collaborators ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]).

He later agrees to become a suicide bomber when the resistance learns about an NCP graduation ceremony, believing that [[Gaius Baltar]] will also be present. When [[Samuel Anders]] asks whether Clellan is committed, Clellan replies that, without Nora, he has nothing left to live for.

Despite Baltar's last-minute withdrawal from the ceremony, Clellan detonates his bomb, killing 33 people and several Cylons in the process ("[[Occupation]]", "[[Crossroads, Part I]]"). Subsequently, the Cylons begin a crackdown on all individuals thought to be resistance members. They orchestrate mass abductions and executions of suspected insurgents; surviving NCP members, lead by his former friend, Lyman, carry them out ("[[Precipice]]", "[[Exodus, Part I]]", "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

Later on ''Galactica'', [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] make a pact about where to place each other's photos on the wall of memories should either die. Adama requests to have his photo placed next to Duck and Nora, commenting: "Good card players. Nice way to spend eternity." ([[Maelstrom]])

==Notes==
* It can be inferred by [[Karl Agathon]]'s apparent need to introduce himself to Clellan that he is a post-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] addition to ''Galactica's'' air wing. Given the pilots' close-knit community, the two would probably know each other had they served together before. He is possibly a refugee from another Colonial unit like [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] or another one of the [[nuggets]] trained by [[Kara Thrace]].

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Brendan Costanza

2008-11-19T09:08:33Z

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|role= [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot, [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''
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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costranza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Donald Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Castanza is later part of the honor guard present on the [[hangar deck]] when [[Admiral]] [[Helena Cain]] arrives on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Later, Costanza presumably takes part in a [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship| joint operation]] which required all available pilots from both the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' air wings ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the operation, though several of his fellow pilots do not ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

When half of ''Galactica's'' air wing is assigned to the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel]] Cylon basestar, Costanza is among their number. He presumably takes part in the attack on the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]] and is later among those held hostage by [[Number Three]] ("[[Sine Qua Non]]", "[[The Hub]]", "[[Revelations]]").

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]). This is also the way many drummers like to flip their drumsticks around, and Bodie Olmos has revealed in interviews that he is an avid drummer.

*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.

== References ==

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Tucker Clellan

2008-11-19T08:58:45Z

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Lieutenant '''Tucker "Duck" Clellan''' is a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot on ''[[Galactica]]'', and according to [[Louanne Katraine]], is one of the best pilots that ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' has left to offer ([[Scar]]). At the time of the settling of [[New Caprica]], Clellan is an ace with forty confirmed kills according to [[Saul Tigh]]. His significant other, [[Nora Farmer]], is a fellow pilot that mustered out of the Colonial Fleet. Clellan is a smoker, but chooses to quit upon deciding to start a family with her.

Along with most of ''Galactica's'' pilots, Clellan participates in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|massacre of the disabled Cylon raiders]] and the celebration after the christening of the [[Blackbird]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Clellan is later part of the honor guard present on the [[hangar deck]] when [[Admiral]] [[Helena Cain]] arrives on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Later, Clellan presumably takes part in a [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship| joint operation]] which required all available pilots from both the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' air wings ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

When ''Galactica'' provides protection for a asteroid mining operation, Clellan is among those taking part in regular picket patrols of the area. He is also present during marksmanship training for [[Viper]] [[nugget]] [[Joseph Clark| Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]], commenting that his first attempt at the same training faired worse than Clark's.

During a patrol of the [[Big Spud]], Clellan unsuccessfully calls for [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] to retreat when their Vipers become on low fuel. Baxton, a [[nugget]], ignores orders and engages a group of Raiders with fatal results. Additionally, Clellan helps account for [[Reilly]]'s belongings after the pilot is killed by Scar snd he is later present in the pilot's rec room when [[Kara Thrace]] toasts to the deceased pilots ([[Scar]]).

When a colony on New Caprica is established, both Clellan and Nora muster out of Colonial fleet service as she wants to settle down and have a family. He is approached by [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[James Lyman]] to join the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance efforts]] when New Caprica is occupied by Cylons, but declines over the desire to be a husband to Nora.

Following Nora's death in a Cylon attack on a temple, Clellan becomes violently upset at the revelation that the resistance was hiding weapons there. After a brief period of mourning, he relents and agrees to join the insurgents. His first assignment as a resistance member involves infiltrating the New Caprica Police, where he keeps an eye on both the Cylons and their human collaborators ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]).

He later agrees to become a suicide bomber when the resistance learns about an NCP graduation ceremony, believing that [[Gaius Baltar]] will also be present. When [[Samuel Anders]] asks whether Clellan is committed, Clellan replies that, without Nora, he has nothing left to live for.

Despite Baltar's last-minute withdrawal from the ceremony, Clellan detonates his bomb, killing 33 people and several Cylons in the process ("[[Occupation]]", "[[Crossroads, Part I]]"). Subsequently, the Cylons begin a crackdown on all individuals thought to be resistance members. They orchestrate mass abductions and executions of suspected insurgents; surviving NCP members, lead by his former friend, Lyman, carry them out ("[[Precipice]]", "[[Exodus, Part I]]", "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

Later on ''Galactica'', [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] make a pact about where to place each other's photos on the wall of memories should either die. Adama requests to have his photo placed next to Duck and Nora, commenting: "Good card players. Nice way to spend eternity." ([[Maelstrom]])

==Notes==
* It can be inferred by [[Karl Agathon]]'s apparent need to introduce himself to Clellan that he is a post-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] addition to ''Galactica's'' air wing. Given the pilots' close-knit community, the two would probably know each other had they served together before. He is possibly a refugee from another Colonial unit like [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] or another one of the [[nuggets]] trained by [[Kara Thrace]].

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Brent Baxton

2008-11-09T06:52:48Z

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|callsign= BB
|seen= Scar
|death= Killed by [[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]
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Ensign '''Brent "BB" Baxton''' is a [[rook]]ie [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot.

Baxton completes his Viper training on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and quickly starts his duty as a pilot aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.

Baxton, unsure of the tactics necessary to survive the dangerous "ace" [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] known as "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]", asks veteran pilot [[Kara Thrace]] for advice. She suggests to always engage the enemy, a tip that [[Louanne Katraine]] strongly questions, given the young pilot's lack of experience and the tenacity of the Raider.

However, the overeager Baxton takes Thrace's advice to heart, ignores [[Tucker Clellan|his wingman's]] order to withdraw as the two fighters need to refuel, and engages Scar with fatal results ([[Scar]]).

==Notes==
* According to a [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Scar|deleted scene]] from "[[Scar]]," BB's callsign might also be short for "Baby Boy", instead of being patterned after his initials:
:'''[[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]''': "We don't have enough fuel to mix it up, so we bug out baby boy. Let our relief deal with them. We're going home. Follow me."

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List of terms (RDM)

2008-11-07T07:56:41Z

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This is a listing of acronyms, jargon and terminology used in [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]].

==Acronyms==

*'''AAA:''' Anti-aircraft artillery (pronounced "Triple-A"), such as a battlestar's [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series# Point defense guns|point defense batteries]]. ([[He That Believeth In Me]])
*{{inlineref|AAU}}: Anti-aircraft unit. Weapons emplacement used to destroy aerial targets ([[Fragged]])
*{{inlineref|ACM}}: air combat maneuver. The positioning of a plane to acquire a firing solution on an adversary; a required skill taught to Viper pilots during flight training ([[He That Believeth In Me]])
*{{inlineref|BSG}}: A [[Battlestar Group]] ([[Water]])
*'''[[CAG]]''': Commander Air Group: the senior pilot on a [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]
*'''[[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]]''': Combat Air Patrol
*'''[[CBDR]]''': Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range. Indicates object on a collision course ("[[Final Cut]]", "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]")
*{{inlineref|CF}}: [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|CFR}}: Colonial Fleet Reserve ([[Final Cut]])
*'''[[CIC]]''': Combat Information Center, the nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar
*{{inlineref|CMC}}: [[Colonial Marine Corps]] ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|CMCR}}: Colonial Marine Corps Reserve ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|CMO}}: Chief Medical Officer
*'''[[CNP]]''': Command Navigation Program: Computer operating system on [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|military]] and civilian ships exploited by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] ([[Miniseries, Night 1]])
*{{inlineref|CO}}: Commanding Officer
*{{inlineref|DC}}: Damage Control, generally related to the [[CIC]] station and [[Aft Damage Control|related locations]]
*{{inlineref|DCT}}: Damage Control Team; typically consisting of [[deckhand]]s and other NCOs ([[Miniseries, Night 1]])
*'''[[DRADIS]]''': "'''D'''irection, '''Ra'''nge, and '''Dis'''tance". Colonial equivalent of [[w:radar|radar]].
*'''[[ECO]]''': Electronic Countermeasures Officer
*{{inlineref|EMI}}: Electromagnetic interference. High-energy electromagnetic radiation from binary stars is known to interfere with [[DRADIS]] ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[EMP]]''': Electromagnetic pulse. A powerful electrically-disruptive surge that typically accompanies a nuclear detonation
*'''[[FTL]]''': Faster Than Light. A descriptive term referring to technologies that enable travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit<ref>The actual process is called a "jump".</ref>
*'''[[IFF]]''': Identification Friend or Foe. A system using transponders to positively identify friendly spacecraft ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*{{inlineref|KIA}}: Killed in Action ([[Sacrifice]])
*'''[[LSO]]''': Landing Signal Officer
*'''OD''': Overdose ([[Faith]])
*'''[[OOD]]''': Officer of the Deck ([[Scattered]])
*'''[[Frak|RFN]]''': Right [[Frak]]king Now ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]")
*'''[[SAR]]''': Search and Rescue ([[Fragged]])
*'''[[SU]]''': Distance measurement similar to "astronomical unit". Speculated to stand for "solar unit" ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[XO]]''': Executive Officer

==Military Jargon==

*'''[[Actual]]''': the commanding officer. Used in wireless transmissions
*'''[[Hands-on Approach|ball]]''': visual indicator used in a battlestar's Instrument Landing System ([[Miniseries]], "[[Act of Contrition]]", "[[Final Cut]]", "[[Black Market]]")
*{{inlineref|bandit}}: confirmed hostile contact. Usually in reference to fighter and shuttle sized craft ([[Final Cut]], [[Razor]])
*{{inlineref|basic}}: initial skills training. Can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training ([[Fragged]]); and basic flight training ([[Miniseries]]).
* {{inlineref|bent bird}}: damaged fighter craft ([[Occupation]])
*'''[[bingo fuel]]''': minimum fuel level required to safely return to base ("[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", "[[Scar]]")
*{{inlineref|bird farm}}: Colonial pilot jargon for a [[battlestar]] ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|bug out}}: retreat, usually hastily and disordered ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*'''[[callsign]]''': a nickname used as a substitute for a fleet aviator's given names in [[wireless]] communications and in conversation.
*{{inlineref|chatter}}: to fire on an enemy during a fighter engagement ([[Valley of Darkness]]); active wireless communications traffic
*'''[[code blue]]''': request for assistance due to potential [[Cylon agent]] sighting ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", [[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*{{inlineref|command authority}}: the senior rank in a command, such as an [[William Adama|Admiral]] ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Precipice]]")
*'''[[conn]]''': literally the navigation controls, but also used to refer to command in general ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*"{{inlineref|dress and cover}}": military term for personnel to form an ordered rank-and-file formation during ceremonies. Derived from "dress right" and "cover down" ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*{{inlineref|ell-tee}}: informal phonetic abbreviation for Lieutenant (Lt) ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Fragged]]")
*'''eyeball run''': Likely refers to targeting or aiming missiles manually, without the use of targeting computers ([[Home, Part I]])
*{{inlineref|fireteam|[[w:fireteam|fire team]]}}: basic fighting element used in small-unit ground tactics ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*{{inlineref|five-'graph order}}: five paragraph operation order, the standard format taught in basic training ([[Fragged]])
*{{inlineref|genny}}: power generator. Tyrol asked Cally to "find the genny" to power up the lights on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]])
*{{inlineref|hack}}: the [[brig]]
*{{inlineref|hard deck}}: the threshold in a massive gas planet's dense atmosphere below which the atmospheric density and pressure becomes too great for a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] to be able to reach orbit again and maintain structural integrity ([[Maelstrom]]); adapted from the original definition of minimum safe altitude.
*{{inlineref|intra-atmos entry}}: a jump maneuver that places the ship within a planetary body's atmosphere, in either powered flight ([[Home, Part II]]) or free fall ([[Exodus, Part II]])
*{{inlineref|jock smock}}: [[flight suit]] ([[He That Believeth In Me]])
*{{inlineref|jump}}: 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
*{{inlineref|klick}}: one kilometer
*{{inlineref|knuckle dragger}}: inoffensive slang for a mechanic or [[deckhand]]
*'''[[nugget]]''': student pilot ("[[Act of Contrition]]", "[[Scar]]")
*'''[[Mark One Eyeball]]''': the unaided eye ("[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", "[[Scar]]")
*{{inlineref|no joy}}: no success in establishing visual contact with the target. Opposite of "tally". Can also mean no success in general ("[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Maelstrom]]")
*'''[[Old Man]]''': slang for Commander [[William Adama]] ([[33]])
*{{inlineref|press}}: directive to continue the attack ([[Maelstrom]])
*{{inlineref|recovery line}}: imaginary boundary within which a fighter can return to a landing bay within a given time ([[33]])
*'''[[rook]]''': "rookie". Typically refers to those on their first tour of duty after initial training. ([[Miniseries]])
*{{inlineref|shooter}}: slang for launch officer ([[Miniseries, Night 1]])
*{{inlineref|Sierra Alpha}}: "suspicious activity" ([[Scattered]])
*{{inlineref|sitrep}}: "situation report"
*{{inlineref|skids up}}: "take off" or "launch". Often used by the [[CAG]] to end a mission briefing.
*{{inlineref|skosh}} '''(ammo)''': radio code meaning "out of ammunition", analagous to modern-day NATO brevity code "winchester". Skosh is also a real NATO brevity term meaning "Aircraft is out of or unable to employ active radar missiles" ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*{{inlineref|sparrow}}: slang for a Cylon Raider ([[Maelstrom]])
*{{inlineref|spinner}}: engineering component of a battlestar's [[FTL]] drive ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[swallow]]''': decoy drone deployed by Raptors ([[Miniseries]])
*'''[[snipe]]''': engineer ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*{{inlineref|spooch}}: Contraction of "screwed the pooch," describing a serious pilot error ([[Scar]])
*{{inlineref|tally}}: Abbreviation of [[w:Tally-ho|tally-ho]]; the sighting of an enemy target, such as a craft, landmark, or position ("[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Scattered]]", "[[Maelstrom]]").
*{{inlineref|trap}}: a battlestar landing bay mechanism which arrests a landing Viper, Raptor or other small craft ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|Two Alpha}}: designation for an extremely risky and hence voluntary mission ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]])
*{{inlineref|turkey}}: slang for a Cylon Heavy Raider ([[Maelstrom]])
*{{inlineref|unrep}}: short for Underway Replenishment. Refueling and replenishment between ships away from dock, usually during flight. Taken from the contemporary term for the resupply of military vessels at sea while enroute. ("[[Water]]", "[[Maelstrom]]")
*'''[[weapons free]]''': weapon control order indicating weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*{{inlineref|weapons hot}}: weapons status indicating that safeties are off and weapons systems are armed ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|wilco}}: "will comply"

==Other Colloquialisms==

*'''[[The Beast]]''': nickname for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' given by ''Galactica's'' crew ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[Big G]]''': nickname for ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''
*'''[[The Bucket]]''': nickname for ''Galactica'' given by ''Pegasus's'' crew ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[bullet-head]]''': slang for a Cylon Centurion ([[Downloaded]])
*'''[[clanker]]''': slang for a Cylon Centurion
*'''[[chrome job]]''': slang for a Cylon Centurion ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance]])
*{{inlineref|companionway|[[w:companionway|companionway]]}}: a set of steps leading from a ship's deck down to a cabin or lower deck ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*'''Download City''': a term used by [[Seelix]] to describe the unknown or figurative place where humanoid Cylons are resurrected on [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]) <ref>Whether the Cylons have a download facility on the planet or in orbit, Seelix uses "Download City" as a figure of speech, which is confirmed by [[Bradley Thompson]] on the [[BW:OC|Official Communiques page]].</ref>
*'''[[frak]]''': Colonial version of "fuck"
*{{inlineref|freight monkey}}: term for crewmen on Colonial freighters ([[Scattered]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])
*{{inlineref|hard six}}: taking large risks; literally, rolling 2 threes with a pair of dice
*{{inlineref|Heavy}}: used to signify a civilian transport vessel over a certain gross weight/mass, i.e. ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]''
*'''[[Humanoid Cylon|skin job]]''': derogatory term for humanoid Cylons. Homage to the movie ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'' ([[Downloaded]])
*{{inlineref|stump}}: derogatory term for a prisoner in a labor camp ([[Bastille Day]])
*'''[[toaster]]''': derogatory term for Cylons in general
*{{inlineref|toaster shopping}}: searching and destroying Cylons ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*"{{inlineref|Go [[Picon Panthers|Panthers]]!}}" and "{{inlineref|[[Caprica Buccaneers|C-Bucs]] Rule}}": Used as a passphrase between [[Sharon Agathon]] and [[Samuel Anders]] respectively ([[Exodus, Part I]])

==''Battlestar Galactica'' Specific Terms==

*'''[[ambrosia]]''': a type of alcoholic beverage
*'''[[carom]]''': term used in conjunction with a [[DRADIS]] contact read; analogous to the term "mark"
*'''[[chamalla]]''': a hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments
*'''[[cubit]]''': unit of currency
*'''[[Dradis]]''': Colonial equivalent of radar. Technically an acronym for "'''D'''irection, '''Ra'''nge, and '''Dis'''tance"
*'''[[fumarella leaf]]''': tobacco or a type of tobacco ([[Water]])
*'''[[G-4]]''': a type of explosive similar to modern [[w:C-4|C-4]] ([[Water]])
*'''[[JP]]''': a unit of measure for liquid, approximately 1 pint ([[Water]])
*'''[[krypter]]''': Colonial version of "mayday". In practice, the term is usually repeated three times ([[Miniseries]], "[[Hero]]")
*'''[[morpha]]''': Colonial equivalent of morphine ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Epiphanies]]")
*'''[[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]]''': popular Colonial ball game
*'''[[Red Line]]''': a point in space behind which an accumulative error creeps into [[FTL]] jump calculations ([[Miniseries]], "[[Pegasus (Extended Version)]]")
*'''[[stims]]''': stimulants or a type of stimulants ("[[33]]", "[[Final Cut]]")
*'''[[Triad (RDM)|Triad]]''': card game similar to Poker
*'''[[tylium]]''': mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel
*'''[[wireless]]''': Colonial equivalent of radio

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Executive officer

2008-11-05T09:58:33Z

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:''"If the crew doesn't hate the XO, then he's not doing his job."'' --[[Saul Tigh]]

The '''executive officer''' (more commonly known as the XO) is the second in command aboard a [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] vessel and is responsible for administrative duties and the detailed management of affairs, giving the commanding officer time to deal with broader issues.

The rank normally held by the executive officer of a battlestar is major or colonel, though an officer of any rank can fill this billet.

== Executive Officer, battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ==

:''For a complete history of ''Galactica's'' XOs see: [[Senior Staff of Galactica#Executive Officer|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''

*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ("[[The Passage]]" to present)

== Executive Officer, battlestar ''Pegasus'' ==
* Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] (shot by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] for disobeying an order in "[[Razor]]")
* Colonel [[Jack Fisk]] ("[[Razor]]" to "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
* Commander [[Barry Garner]]'s and Commander Fisk's XOs are unknown <ref>
* While [[Lee Adama]] is assigned to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]", it is doubtful that he was the official XO at that time. According to dialogue he is only sent over to keep an eye on Garner and assess the situation but Garner doesn't even consider him part of the crew. Moreover, according to a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#The Captain's Hand|deleted scene]], his father sends him there over concerns about Garner and the performance of the crew, while being undecided on whether to make him the ship's XO or not.
*A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Black Market|deleted scene]] from "[[Black Market]]" shows Captain [[Renner]] as Fisk's XO. However, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable.
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*Major [[Kendra Shaw]] (an indeterminate amount of time between the events of "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and the settlement of New Caprica)
*Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]] ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to "[[Exodus, Part II]]")

== Notes ==
*Executive Officer, in the military context, is used in several branches of armed forces worldwide (army, naval, marine, air force). Certain forces, such as the British Army use the formal title "Second-in-Command" (2i/c) rather than XO.

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Executive officer

2008-11-05T09:57:02Z

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:''"If the crew doesn't hate the XO, then he's not doing his job."'' --[[Saul Tigh]]

The '''executive officer''' (more commonly known as the XO) is the second in command aboard a [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] vessel and is responsible for administrative duties and the detailed management of affairs, giving the commanding officer time to deal with broader issues.

The rank normally held by an executive officer of a battlestar is major or colonel, though an officer of any rank can fill this billet.

== Executive Officer, battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ==

:''For a complete history of ''Galactica's'' XOs see: [[Senior Staff of Galactica#Executive Officer|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''

*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ("[[The Passage]]" to present)

== Executive Officer, battlestar ''Pegasus'' ==
* Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] (shot by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] for disobeying an order in "[[Razor]]")
* Colonel [[Jack Fisk]] ("[[Razor]]" to "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
* Commander [[Barry Garner]]'s and Commander Fisk's XOs are unknown <ref>
* While [[Lee Adama]] is assigned to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]", it is doubtful that he was the official XO at that time. According to dialogue he is only sent over to keep an eye on Garner and assess the situation but Garner doesn't even consider him part of the crew. Moreover, according to a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#The Captain's Hand|deleted scene]], his father sends him there over concerns about Garner and the performance of the crew, while being undecided on whether to make him the ship's XO or not.
*A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Black Market|deleted scene]] from "[[Black Market]]" shows Captain [[Renner]] as Fisk's XO. However, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable.
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*Major [[Kendra Shaw]] (an indeterminate amount of time between the events of "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and the settlement of New Caprica)
*Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]] ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to "[[Exodus, Part II]]")

== Notes ==
*Executive Officer, in the military context, is used in several branches of armed forces worldwide (army, naval, marine, air force). Certain forces, such as the British Army use the formal title "Second-in-Command" (2i/c) rather than XO.

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

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Tucker Clellan

2008-10-30T03:58:47Z

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Lieutenant '''Tucker "Duck" Clellan''' is a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot on ''[[Galactica]]'', and according to [[Louanne Katraine]], is one of the best pilots that ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' has left to offer ([[Scar]]). At the time of the settling of [[New Caprica]], Clellan is an ace with forty confirmed kills according to [[Saul Tigh]]. His significant other, [[Nora Farmer]], is a fellow pilot that mustered out of the Colonial Fleet. Clellan is a smoker, but chooses to quit upon deciding to start a family with her.

Along with most of ''Galactica's'' pilots, Clellan participates in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|massacre of the disabled Cylon raiders]] and the celebration after the christening of the [[Blackbird]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

During a patrol of the [[Big Spud]], Clellan unsuccessfully calls for [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] to retreat when their Vipers become on low fuel. Baxton, a [[nugget]], ignores orders and engages a group of Raiders with fatal results ([[Scar]]). Additionally, Clellan helps account for [[Reilly]]'s belongings after the pilot is killed by Scar ([[Scar]]).

When a colony on New Caprica is established, both Clellan and Nora muster out of Colonial fleet service as she wants to settle down and have a family. He is approached by [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[James Lyman]] to join the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance efforts]] when New Caprica is occupied by Cylons, but declines over the desire to be a husband to Nora.

Following Nora's death in a Cylon attack on a temple, Clellan becomes violently upset at the revelation that the resistance was hiding weapons there. After a brief period of mourning, he relents and agrees to join the insurgents. His first assignment as a resistance member involves infiltrating the New Caprica Police, where he keeps an eye on both the Cylons and their human collaborators ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]).

He later agrees to become a suicide bomber when the resistance learns about an NCP graduation ceremony, believing that [[Gaius Baltar]] will also be present. When [[Samuel Anders]] asks whether Clellan is committed, Clellan replies that, without Nora, he has nothing left to live for.

Despite Baltar's last-minute withdrawal from the ceremony, Clellan detonates his bomb, killing 33 people and several Cylons in the process ("[[Occupation]]", "[[Crossroads, Part I]]"). Subsequently, the Cylons begin a crackdown on all individuals thought to be resistance members. They orchestrate mass abductions and executions of suspected insurgents; surviving NCP members, lead by his former friend, Lyman, carry them out ("[[Precipice]]", "[[Exodus, Part I]]", "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

Later on ''Galactica'', [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] make a pact about where to place each other's photos on the wall of memories should either die. Adama requests to have his photo placed next to Duck and Nora, commenting: "Good card players. Nice way to spend eternity." ([[Maelstrom]])

==Notes==
* It can be inferred by [[Karl Agathon]]'s apparent need to introduce himself to Clellan that he is a post-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] addition to ''Galactica's'' air wing. Given the pilots' close-knit community, the two would probably know each other had they served together before. He is possibly a refugee from another Colonial unit like [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] or another one of the [[nuggets]] trained by [[Kara Thrace]].

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Brendan Costanza

2008-06-16T07:44:51Z

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costranza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the operation, though several of his fellow pilots do not ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

When half of ''Galactica's'' air wing is assigned to the rebel Cylon Basestar, Costanza is among their number. He presumably takes part in the attack on the Cylon Regeneration Hub and is later among those held hostage by Three.

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]). This is also the way many drummers like to flip their drumsticks around, and Bodie Olmos has revealed in interviews that he is an avid drummer.

*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.
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Margaret Edmondson

2008-05-17T15:25:01Z

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Lt. '''Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson''' is a female [[Raptor]] pilot aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. She harbors a deep hatred of the Cylons, almost certainly because of the loss of loved ones during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. In her job she is competent and trusted, although she is willing to put her personal beliefs above duty. Racetrack tends to have a dark, fairly cynical attitude after the Cylon attack.

== Biography ==
Racetrack accompanies [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] on a mission to destroy a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. She witnesses Boomer's attempted assassination of [[William Adama]] in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[CIC]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Immediately after, she informs the CIC staff that Boomer returned from placing the nuclear warhead inside the basestar orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] without her helmet on and that she probably gave away ''Galactica'''s position to the Cylons ([[Scattered]]).

During the [[SAR]] mission to Kobol, Racetrack pilots the Raptor carrying [[Lee Adama]], encountering fire from Cylon anti-aircraft missiles. [[Galen Tyrol]] destroys the missiles' [[DRADIS]] dish on the surface, and they fail to lock on. Racetrack's Raptor then destroys the [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] on the ground with a missile, and recovers the trapped ''Galactica'' crewmen ([[Fragged]]).

She aids the escape of President [[Laura Roslin]] from the [[brig]] by falsely claiming that her [[Raptor]] was having technical problems, enabling the furloughed Lee Adama to report to the hangar bay instead of the brig per his arrest. She then helps prep the Raptor used as the escape craft for launch, but remains on ''Galactica'' ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). On Boomer's death, Edmondson becomes the only person in the Fleet who has seen the inside of a basestar.

Racetrack serves as ECO on [[Raptor 1]], plotting the best point of orbital entry when taking Commander Adama to [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] to find and meet with President Roslin ([[Home, Part II]]). Since then, Margaret flies basic supply runs between ''Galactica'' and [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. She continues to light candles for fallen comrades in the Cylon attack. She is almost certain she will eventually die on a mission, and is more focused on taking out as many Cylons as she can before that happens ([[Final Cut]]).

Along with many other pilots, Edmondson intially snubs [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] upon his return because of his romantic relationship with the Caprica-originated copy of Sharon Valerii. After she insults [[Kara Thrace]] over the matter, Starbuck pushes Racetrack face-first into a card table ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Racetrack later congratulates Helo on his help with the [[Blackbird]], whose [[DRADIS]]-absorbing carbon composites Helo suggested, which serves as a quiet apology for her earlier rudeness.

[[Image:Racetrack2.jpg|left|thumb|Edmondson in a Raptor]]
Racetrack is particularly overjoyed when ''Galactica'' encounters the [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. While socializing with ''Pegasus'' pilots in the hangar bay, she fails to understand Starbuck's contempt for the "scorecards" on which they tally their kills ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). Racetrack's Raptor rescues the unconscious Apollo during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], and she revives him using defibrilator paddles in her emergency gear ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]). When Racetrack transports Apollo and a squad of Marines to check the ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' for signs of sabotage by Cylon sympathizers, her vessel narrowly escapes the ensuing explosion ([[Epiphanies]]). Racetrack also later flew a Raptor transporting Apollo back from ''[[Cloud 9]]'' after he spent some off duty time there with [[Shevon]] ([[Black Market]]).

During Starbuck's rescue mission for the [[Caprica Resistance]], Racetrack serves as ECO on one of the 20 Raptors to make a series of ten jumps, aided by a Cylon navigation system. On the first jump, Racetrack's Raptor jumps to the wrong coordinates, ending up in a gas cloud. Starbuck and the main group proceed on without her. Preparing to return to ''Galactica'', Racetrack picks up a lot of gravity distortions on her sensors and upon clearing the gas cloud she discovers a habitable planet that the Fleet could colonize ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]). Though the planet turned out to be marginally habitable at best, it would later be named [[New Caprica]], and most of the human survivors of the Fleet would settle down there permanently ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

Racetrack remains with the Fleet and flies missions to detect communications from the [[New Caprica Resistance]] ([[Occupation]]). She also plays a leading role in the rescue mission to New Caprica ([[Exodus, Part I]]).

Although she is a qualified Raptor pilot, Edmondson agrees to serve as [[Sharon Agathon]]'s ECO after the crews of ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are combined and far more pilots than aircraft are available, because she thinks being ECO is better than not flying at all. When Edmondson refers to Agathon using the callsign of her Cylon doppelgänger, "[[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]]", the room of pilots gleefully offer a less controversial callsign for Sharon Agathon: "Athena".

On her first mission with Agathon, the two make a recon flight to the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] to investigate a clue to the location of Earth. The information proves to be correct, but they also find a deserted Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ([[Torn]]). After undergoing precautionary quarantine measures due to a possible [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|viral]] infection, the two fly together again in the [[Battle of NCD2539]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

Edmondson lends her Raptor talents in a harrowing series of escort flights to shepherd the Fleet through a very dangerous star cluster to a [[algae planet|planet with desperately needed foodstuffs]] ([[The Passage]]).

On a routine patrol around the Fleet, her Raptor suffers from an engine and [[RCS]] malfunction, due to impurities in its [[tylium]] fuel. Unable to regain control and on a collision course with ''[[Colonial One]]'', she and her ECO [[Hamish McCall]] are forced to eject from the Raptor. The craft collides with ''Colonial One'', causing moderate hull damage and several injuries, but no fatalities ([[Dirty Hands]]).

As the Fleet approaches the [[Ionian nebula]], Admiral Adama, worried about Cylon pursuit, tasks Raptor pickets with staying one jump point behind the Fleet to watch for Cylons. One of those patrols, Racetrack and Skulls put their Raptor to station-keeping behind an asteroid and start playing [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] to pass the next twelve hours. Shortly after that a Cylon fleet jumps to their position. They manage to spin up the FTL drive and escape seconds before an enemy missile would have hit their Raptor ([[Crossroads, Part I]]). Shortly after, she instructs [[nuggets]] in basic Raptor operations and technology to prepare them for flying ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

Racetrack participates in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], and refers to [[Samuel Anders]] not shooting down an easy [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] target as a dumb [[nugget]] mistake ([[He That Believeth in Me]]). Later, during Lee Adama's retirement party on ''Galactica'', Edmondson enjoys a game of strip [[Triad (RDM)|triad]] ([[Six of One]]).

Later, Racetrack and McCall are on a routine mission when they have another technical malfunction on their Raptor and crashland in the [[landing bay]] ([[Escape Velocity]]).

After an uneasy truce is formed between the fleet and the rebel Cylons, Edmondson and McCall are sent on a scouting mission to the reported location of the Cylon resurrection hub ( [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner]]).

==Notes==

[[Image:Edmonson caption.jpg|thumb|The incorrect spelling for Edmondson occurs here; it is, however, correct on the nameplate of the [[Raptor]] she flies.]]
[[Image:Racetrack's Raptor.jpg|thumb|A shot of the [[Raptor]] with the correct spelling.]]
*Racetrack was probably created as a replacement for [[Crashdown]], the ECO of whichever Raptor a given episode focuses on; Crashdown himself was created as a replacement for [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] after he was stranded. Racetrack was introduced in the first season finale, simultaneous with the seeds of Crashdown's demise: signs of his incompetence for command while stranded on Kobol.
*Racetrack's given name was revealed in the episode "[[Final Cut]]". Her name was misspelled in the caption during her interview, however, as noted by [[Bradley Thompson]] (See [[Sources:Margaret Edmondson]]). Confusion about her name's spelling resulted in Racetrack's last name being mispelled in the end credits of many episodes in Season 2, although is corrected in Season 3.
*Ron Moore noted in his [[podcast]] to "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", Racetrack's debut episode, that she was only meant to be a one-shot character, like [[Karl Agathon|Helo]]. But, just as with [[Tahmoh Penikett]]'s performance in the [[Miniseries]], Leah Cairns' performance in the episode was impressive and she was decided to be a new recurring character.
*A fan of [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], "[[User:Sabaceanbabe|Sabaceanbabe]]", once wrote a short [[fan fiction]] romance scene between Helo and Racetrack (located [http://sabaceanbabe.livejournal.com/38792.html here], scroll down to part 5). [[Tahmoh Penikett]], who plays Helo, and actress [[Leah Cairns]] read it at a party, and Cairns decided that she'd work that into the character. While not canonical or acknowledged by the writers, Cairns said in an [http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5 interview] on June 27th, 2006, that she chose to incorporate this into her character backstory and how she plays scenes with Helo, that she is wildly attracted to him and jealous of [[Sharon Agathon]]. Although Sharon isn't supposed to know about this, Penikett reacts with underlying tension in his scenes with her. This is also referred to in the fan-made ''Battlestar Galactica'' game ''[[Beyond the Red Line]]'', when one of the pilots during a mission notes that whenever Racetrack sees Helo she "slobbers all over him."

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List of pilots

2008-05-16T17:30:56Z

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:''For a list of [[Colonial Warrior]]s, the [[Viper (TOS)|original Viper]] pilots seen in the [[Original Series]], see [[List of Warriors]].''

:''This list was created to keep track of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'s'' current and former [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, [[Raptor]] pilots and [[ECO]]s, and includes members of the crew of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' as well. When mentioned-only characters are linked to a separate article, they are either repeatedly mentioned, have some significance despite not being seen or the article includes a note about their name.''

[[Image:Final_Cut-Thin_Line_of_Blue.jpg|thumb|300px|Pilots and other enlisted in a recreation room on ''Galactica.'']]
'''Pilots''' are officers in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] trained and qualified to operate a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter or a [[Raptor]] multipurpose vehicle.

Once pilot candidates, or "[[nugget]]s", complete their basic flight and combat training, they are known as "[[rook]]s". Nuggets may receive training in [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Viper Flight Simulators|simulators]] if available. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''[[Galactica]]'' was forced to train nuggets in a series of live flights until ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (with its onboard flight simulators) joined the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

A flight-qualified pilot wears basic [[:Image:NBSG-PilotWings.jpg|pilot wings]] on the uniform's left breast. Senior-rated pilots (e.g. [[William Adama]], [[Saul Tigh]]) wear a variation with outstretched wings.

Pilot wings are a permanently-awarded skills badge; they do not necessarily indicate active flight status, only that the wearer has successfully qualified as a pilot. Officers who have moved into non-flying positions, such as [[Aaron Kelly]] and [[Felix Gaeta]], continue to wear them.

A [[flight suit]], which protects a pilot during a decompression emergency, is standard apparel for all pilots.

'''Qualifications legend:'''

'''V''' - [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] qualified<br/>
'''R''' - [[Raptor]] qualified<br/>
'''E''' - Raptor [[ECO]]<br/>

==Active==

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|Captain || [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] || RE || [[Faith]]
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|Captain || [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]] ||V || [[He That Believeth In Me]] (mentioned by [[Galen Tyrol]])
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|Lieutenant || [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] || RE || [[Escape Velocity]]
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|Lieutenant || [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
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|Lieutenant || [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] || RE || Escape Velocity
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|Lieutenant || [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]] || || [[The Road Less Traveled]]
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|Lieutenant j.g || [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] || R || Faith
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|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] ||VR || Faith
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|Lieutenant || [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] ||V || Escape Velocity
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| || [[Tattooed pilot|An unnamed, tattooed pilot]] ||VR || Faith
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|Ensign || [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] || V || Faith
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|Ensign || [[Samuel Anders]] || VR || Faith
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===Mentioned Only===

The following pilots have been mentioned in dialogue.

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| || "[[Bingo]]" || V || [[Occupation]]
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| || "[[Wally]]" || V || Occupation
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| || "[[Hex]]" || V || [[The Son Also Rises]] (mentioned by [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]])
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| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Longshot}}" || V || [[He That Believeth In Me]]
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| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hotshot}}" || V || He That Believeth In Me
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The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] or on other documents following the second exodus. It may thus be presumed that they are on active duty. Some of these names appear on the roster as early as the first season in episodes like "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".

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|Captain || [[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
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|Captain || {{inlineref|bold=N|Silent|Kevin "Silent" Smith}} <ref>This is an homage to actor, director and writer [[Kevin Smith]] who was considered to direct an episode of the fourth season.</ref> || V || [[:Image:Kevin Smith's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
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| Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Falcon|Delphi "Falcon" Birch}} || V || [[:Image:Delphi Birch's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
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| Lieutenant || [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]] <ref>Firelli appears in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", appearing to fulfill the role of [[tactical officer]]. It is possible that, after ''Pegasus's'' destruction, he switches roles from CIC to fight duty.</ref> || ||Six of One
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|Lieutenant || [[Steve Fleer|Steve "Red Devil" Fleer]] ||R || Six of One
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Feline|Analy "Feline" Amante}} || || Six of One
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hiccup|River "Hiccup" Brigden}} || || Six of One
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chopper|Coran "Chopper" Dix}} <ref>In "[[Unfinished Business]], Dix's name appears on the blackboard keeping track of the boxers. It is implied that he is the person fighting Sergeant [[Omar Fischer]]</ref> || || Six of One
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sever|Troy "Sever" Minos}} || || Six of One
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| || [[Ricky Richardson|Ricky "Two Times" Richardson]] || || Six of One
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spender|Anumanda "Spender" Salas}} || || Six of One
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Tailgate|Bryan "Tailgate" Smith}} || || Six of One
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| || "[[Catbird]]" || V || Six of One
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| || "Chinman" || || Six of One
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| || "Digger" || || Six of One
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| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Famous}}" ||V || Six of One
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| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hyper}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Kingston}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Ninja]]" ||V || Six of One
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| || "Sharky" || || Six of One
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| || "[[Sniper]]" ||V || Six of One
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| || "[[Stinger (Galactica)|Stinger]]" ||V || Six of One
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| || "Rocket" || || Six of One
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| || "Snaps " || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Butch}} || || [[Crossroads, Part II]] (on locker door in the [[weight room]] <ref name="butch_and_dune">Butch and Dune's callsigns can first be seen on the locker doors in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". It is likely that their names are on the lockers in all other appearances of the [[weight room]] as well (such as "[[Scar]]" and "[[Torn]]") even though they cannot be seen on screen. The last confirmed sighting is in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".</ref> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Dune}} || || Crossroads, Part II (on locker door in the weight room <ref name="butch_and_dune"/> )
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snitch|John "Snitch" Burke}} || || The Passage
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snicker|Ars "Snicker" Kelder}} || || The Passage
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rash}} || || [[Collaborators]] (on locker door)
|}

==Inactive==
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
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!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications
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|Rear Admiral || [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] || VR
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|Colonel || [[Saul Tigh]] || V
|-
|Major (ret.) || [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] || VR
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|Captain || [[Aaron Kelly]] ||
|-
|Captain || [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ||VR
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|Lieutenant || [[Daniel Novacek|Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] || V
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Felix Gaeta]] ||
|-
| || [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] || R
|}

==Deceased==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
|Captain || [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] ||VR || [[The Passage]] (Radiation poisoning)
|-
|Lieutenant (ret.)|| [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] ||V || [[Occupation]] (Suicide)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. (ret.) || [[Nora]] ||V || [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 4|The Resistance, Episode 4]] (Assault)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Richard Bayer|Richard "Buster" Bayer]] || R || [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
|-
| || [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] || E || The Captain's Hand (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]] ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] ||E || [[Fragged]] (Assault)
|-
| || "[[Flyboy]]" ||V || [[Valley of Darkness]] (KIA)
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|Lieutenant || [["Karma" Baker]] || R || [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
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| || "[[Fireball]]" ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
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|Ensign || "[[Stepchild]]" ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
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|Ensign || [[Perry|"Chuckles" Perry]] ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Dwight Saunders|Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders]] || R || [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
|-
|Major || [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]] ||V || [[Miniseries, Night 1]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Jolly" Anders]] ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carrot]]" ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|}

===Mentioned Only===

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
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!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
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| || "[[Tough Guy]]" || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] (KIA)
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| || "[[Carousel]]" || E || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I (KIA)
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| || [[Reilly]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
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| || "[[Beano]]" ||V || Scar (KIA)
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| || "[[Dipper (RDM)|Dipper]]" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
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| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Sheppard}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
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| Captain || [[Theo Oberon|Theo "Dash" Oberon]] ||V || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
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| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Puppet}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|}

===Unnamed===
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 314]] - [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
*(At most) 4 pilots - [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 3]] - [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
*1 unidentified Viper Mk. II pilot - [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
*12 unidentified pilots - [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
*18 Viper Mk. VII pilots - [[Miniseries]], first sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. II pilot - Miniseries, second sortie (KIA)
*7 Viper Mk. II pilots - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. VII pilot - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)

==Status Unknown==

These characters have not been seen or mentioned since the settlement of [[New Caprica]], during which many military personnel mustered out of the service. As such, it is not known if they are still on active duty.

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
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!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
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|Captain || [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] ||VR || [[The Captain's Hand]] (mentioned)
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|Lieutenant || [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]] ||V || [[Final Cut]]
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|Lieutenant || [[Emmitt Jones|Emmitt "Sweetness" Jones]] ||R || Home, Part I
|-
| || "[[Stubbs]]" ||R || The Hand of God
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by name. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by call sign, listed below.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
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!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]] || || [[Home, Part I]] (by [[William Adama]])
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| || [[Perry (pilot)|Perry]] || || Home, Part I (by [[Saul Tigh]])
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|Lieutenant || [[Simes]] || V || [[Fragged]] (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|}

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by callsign. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by name, listed above. All the pilots listed for "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]" are part of the rescue mission to Caprica and identify themselves during the wireless check-in prior to the first jump.

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!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
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| || [[Headcase]] || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Swordsman}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Anvil}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chinstrap}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gumball}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Raw Meat}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Toyon}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Strakus}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Playboy pilot|Playboy}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Polo}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Casey}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Adonis}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gully Man}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Star Cloud}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Callan}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
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| || [[Snake]] || V || [[Scar]]
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Crash pilot|Crash}} || || Scar (on locker door in the [[Galactica crew facilities (RDM)#Heads|head]])
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bubba}} || || Scar (on locker door)
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| || {{inlineref|Flash|bold=N}} || || Scar (on locker door)
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spooky}} || || Scar (on locker door)
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Nuke}} || || Scar (on locker door)
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rebel}} || || Scar (on locker door)
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sonny}} || || [[Black Market]] (on locker door in the weight room)
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| || [[Rock Star]] ||V || [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
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| || [[Whiplash]] ||VR || [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
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| || [[Thumper (Pegasus)|Thumper]] ||VR || Pegasus
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| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Grayshirt}} ||V || Final Cut
|-
|Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ranger|T "Ranger" Rogers}} ||R || [[Fragged]] (on Raptor name plate)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Honey Bear}} (or derivatives) ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (on roster<ref name="HOG roster">See [[:Image:Situation Room pilot board.jpg]] for the roster seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Another column of the roster can be seen around time index 35:00 behind Baltar.</ref>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Moe}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spacekatt}} (?) ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Guy}} ||R || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
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| || [[Frosty]] ||R || The Hand of God (on roster <ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bobo}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bash}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hooper}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bambit}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Jackson}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || [[Spinner]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Deadbolt]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Buzzer]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Beehive}} ||V || [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
|-
| || [[Joker]] ||V || [[Act of Contrition]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Greenback}} ||V || Act of Contrition (on roster)
|-
| || [[Thumper (Galactica)|Thumper]] || || Bastille Day (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ice Cap}} ||V || [[33]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|T-Bone}} ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Wedge]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
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| || [[Winger]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Terra (pilot)|Terra]] ||V || [[Miniseries]] (involved in the first engagement with Cylon Raiders)
|}

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Commander Air Group

2008-05-15T04:54:06Z

AnteaterFeeder: slight wording change

The '''Commander, Air Group''' ('''CAG''') is the senior pilot aboard a [[battlestar]], responsible for [[Air Wing]] operations and personnel. The billet is filled by the senior flight officer with a rank of captain or higher.

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Galactica''==
:''For a complete list of all Galactica CAGs, see: [[Senior_Staff_of_Galactica#Commander.2C_Air_Group|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''

* Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] ("[[The Son Also Rises]]" to present)

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Pegasus''==
* Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] (Relieved by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]")
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (Replaces Cole Taylor, but transfered back to ''Galactica'' by "[[Epiphanies]]". Temporarily transferred to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and re-assigned to ''Galactica'' after "[[Razor]]")
* CAG at the time of destruction unknown

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

==Notes==
* CAGs have normally been captains throughout the series, but always senior to all other pilots. Captain [[Lee Adama]] is initially appointed CAG by virtue of his rank, and eventually is promoted to major with several captains serving under him as squadron commanders. Subsequent CAGs ([[Kara Thrace]], [[George Birch]], [[Louanne Katraine]]) are captains when appointed. In Thrace's case in "[[Pegasus]]", Lee Adama is demoted to a subordinate captain under her.
*"[[Wikipedia:Commander, Air Group|CAG]]" is a US Navy term that has gained widespread recognition through films and television series such as "Top Gun" and "JAG". The term "CAG" is obsolete as Air Groups are now known as Air Wings and the position is "Commander, Air Wing" (CAW), but it is still used, especially on an informal level. The term "Air Wing" is also used on ''Battlestar Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*The CAG's rank and place in the ship's hierarchy is one area where ''Battlestar Galactica'' diverges from the US Navy. In the real world, the CAG is a captain (O-6) of equal seniority to the ship's captain (or skipper), with both under the command of an admiral who commands the Carrier Strike Group. ''Battlestar Galactica'' places the CAG under the ship's commander, and at major or even captain he or she holds a relatively low rank.

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Commander Air Group

2008-05-14T03:52:02Z

AnteaterFeeder:

The '''Commander, Air Group''' (more commonly known as the '''CAG''') is the senior pilot aboard a [[battlestar]] and is responsible for all flight operations by its [[Air Wing]]. The minimum rank required to hold this position is Captain, though a Major can also fulfill these duties.

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Galactica''==
:''For a complete list of all Galactica CAGs, see: [[Senior_Staff_of_Galactica#Commander.2C_Air_Group|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''

* Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] ("[[The Son Also Rises]]" to present)

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Pegasus''==
* Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] (Relieved by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]")
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (Replaces Cole Taylor, but transfered back to ''Galactica'' by "[[Epiphanies]]". Temporarily transferred to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and re-assigned to ''Galactica'' after "[[Razor]]")
* CAG at the time of destruction unknown

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

==Notes==
* The minimum rank of Captain is supported throughout the series. In the Miniseries [[Lee Adama]] is appointed as CAG by virtue of his rank. Subsequently we see [[Kara Thrace]] and [[George Birch]] promoted to Captain when appointed as the CAG of the Pegasus and Galactica Air Wing respectively.
*"[[Wikipedia:Commander, Air Group|CAG]]" is a US Navy term that has gained widespread recognition through films such as Top Gun and television series such as JAG. While the term CAG is technically obsolete as Air Groups are now known as Air Wings, and the position has thus been renamed to "Commander, Air Wing" (CAW) it is nevertheless still used, especially on an informal level. The term "Air Wing" is also used on ''Battlestar Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*The CAG's rank and place in the ship's hierarchy is one area where ''Battlestar Galactica'' diverges from the US Navy. In the real world, the CAG is a captain (O-6) of equal seniority to the ship's captain (or skipper), with both under the command of an admiral who commands the Carrier Strike Group. ''Battlestar Galactica'' places the CAG under the ship's commander, and at major or even captain he or she holds a relatively low rank.

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Commander Air Group

2008-05-14T03:51:15Z

AnteaterFeeder:

The '''Commander, Air Group''' (more commonly known as the '''CAG''') is the senior pilot aboard a [[battlestar]] and is responsible for all flight operations by its [[Air Wing]]. The minimum rank required to hold this position is Captain, though a Major can also fill this position.

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Galactica''==
:''For a complete list of all Galactica CAGs, see: [[Senior_Staff_of_Galactica#Commander.2C_Air_Group|Senior Staff of Galactica]]''

* Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] ("[[The Son Also Rises]]" to present)

==Commander, Air Group battlestar ''Pegasus''==
* Captain [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] (Relieved by Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]")
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (Replaces Cole Taylor, but transfered back to ''Galactica'' by "[[Epiphanies]]". Temporarily transferred to ''Pegasus'' in "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and re-assigned to ''Galactica'' after "[[Razor]]")
* CAG at the time of destruction unknown

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

==Notes==
* The minimum rank of Captain is supported throughout the series. In the Miniseries [[Lee Adama]] is appointed as CAG by virtue of his rank. Subsequently we see [[Kara Thrace]] and [[George Birch]] promoted to Captain when appointed as the CAG of the Pegasus and Galactica Air Wing respectively.
*"[[Wikipedia:Commander, Air Group|CAG]]" is a US Navy term that has gained widespread recognition through films such as Top Gun and television series such as JAG. While the term CAG is technically obsolete as Air Groups are now known as Air Wings, and the position has thus been renamed to "Commander, Air Wing" (CAW) it is nevertheless still used, especially on an informal level. The term "Air Wing" is also used on ''Battlestar Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*The CAG's rank and place in the ship's hierarchy is one area where ''Battlestar Galactica'' diverges from the US Navy. In the real world, the CAG is a captain (O-6) of equal seniority to the ship's captain (or skipper), with both under the command of an admiral who commands the Carrier Strike Group. ''Battlestar Galactica'' places the CAG under the ship's commander, and at major or even captain he or she holds a relatively low rank.

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Luxury liner

2008-05-12T16:43:05Z

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{{Ship Data
| image= BSG-Gemon-Liner.jpg
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Passenger liner
| length= 825 feet
| width= 130 feet
| height= 75 feet
}}

The '''luxury liner''' is a standard model passenger liner. Liners of this model include:

*''[[Olympic Carrier]]''
*''[[Chrion]]''
*A [[Pan Galactic]] ship
*''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]''
*''[[Pyxis]]''

A few other variants of this ship type can be seen from time to time, although their spaceline affiliation remains unknown:
*[[Gemon Liners]] is a company name visible on a similar red liner in several promotional renders by [[Zoic]] employee [[Gabriel Köerner]], which some fans believe match the identity of ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]''.
*A passenger cruiser completely painted in orange

Liners of this type are capable of both atmospheric and space flight. Such ships appear in the skies above [[Caprica City]] prior to the [[Cylon]] holocaust ([[Miniseries]]). Depending on internal configuration, these ships are capable of transporting over 1,300 passengers and crew ([[33]]).

==Notes==
* This ship is identified as an "Intersun passenger cruiser" on [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/ SciFi.com], although the actual ship depicted is operated by [[Gemon Liners]]. Since [[Intersun]] is apparently a liner company which operates ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', among other ships, it seems unlikely that they were responsible for the design of this craft.
* This vessel was an alternate model for ''[[Colonial One]]'', which was rejected in favor of the current model{{citation needed}}.

==Related Imagery==

<gallery>
Image:Liner 512 aft34 2.jpg|[[Gemon Liners]] publicity render- ventral aft view
Image:Liner 512 forelow34 2.jpg|Gemon Liners publicity render - ventral fore view
Image:geminon-liner00.jpg|Gemon Liners publicity render - dorsal aft view
Image:PanGalactic.jpg|Pan Galactic ship escaping from New Caprica
Image:Olympiccarrier2_101_1080i.jpg|''[[Olympic Carrier]]''
Image:Olympiccarrier_101_1080i.jpg|''Olympic Carrier'' - aft view
Image:GL1701.jpg|[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]
Image:Pan_Mini.JPG|[[Pan Galactic]] ship in space
</gallery>

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List of terms (RDM)

2008-05-08T21:35:52Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Military Jargon */ expanding meaning of "rookie".

{{terms series}}

This is a listing of acronyms, jargon and terminology used in [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]].

==Acronyms==

*'''AAA:''' Anti-aircraft artillery (pronounced "Triple-A"), such as a battlestar's [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series# Point defense guns|point defense batteries]]. ([[He That Believeth In Me]])
*{{inlineref|AAU}}: Anti-aircraft unit. Weapons emplacement used to destroy aerial targets ([[Fragged]])
*{{inlineref|ACM}}: air combat maneuver. The positioning of a plane to acquire a firing solution on an adversary; a required skill taught to Viper pilots during flight training ([[He That Believeth In Me]])
*{{inlineref|BSG}}: A [[Battlestar Group]] ([[Water]])
*'''[[CAG]]''': Commander Air Group: the senior pilot on a [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]
*'''[[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]]''': Combat Air Patrol
*'''[[CBDR]]''': Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range. Indicates object on a collision course ("[[Final Cut]]", "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]")
*{{inlineref|CF}}: [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|CFR}}: Colonial Fleet Reserve ([[Final Cut]])
*'''[[CIC]]''': Combat Information Center, the nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar
*{{inlineref|CMC}}: [[Colonial Marine Corps]] ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|CMCR}}: Colonial Marine Corps Reserve ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|CMO}}: Chief Medical Officer
*'''[[CNP]]''': Command Navigation Program: Computer operating system on [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|military]] and civilian ships exploited by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] ([[Miniseries, Night 1]])
*{{inlineref|CO}}: Commanding Officer
*{{inlineref|DC}}: Damage Control, generally related to the [[CIC]] station and [[Aft Damage Control|related locations]]
*{{inlineref|DCT}}: Damage Control Team; typically consisting of [[deckhand]]s and other NCOs ([[Miniseries, Night 1]])
*'''[[DRADIS]]''': "'''D'''irection, '''Ra'''nge, and '''Dis'''tance". Colonial equivalent of [[w:radar|radar]].
*'''[[ECO]]''': Electronic Countermeasures Officer
*{{inlineref|EMI}}: Electromagnetic interference. High-energy electromagnetic radiation from binary stars is known to interfere with [[DRADIS]] ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[EMP]]''': Electromagnetic pulse. A powerful electrically-disruptive surge that typically accompanies a nuclear detonation
*'''[[FTL]]''': Faster Than Light. A descriptive term referring to technologies that enable travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit<ref>The actual process is called a "jump".</ref>
*'''[[IFF]]''': Identification Friend or Foe. A system using transponders to positively identify friendly spacecraft ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*{{inlineref|KIA}}: Killed in Action ([[Sacrifice]])
*'''[[LSO]]''': Landing Signal Officer
*'''[[OOD]]''': Officer of the Deck ([[Scattered]])
*'''[[Frak|RFN]]''': Right [[Frak]]king Now ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]")
*'''[[SAR]]''': Search and Rescue ([[Fragged]])
*'''[[SU]]''': Distance measurement similar to "astronomical unit". Speculated to stand for "solar unit" ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[XO]]''': Executive Officer

==Military Jargon==

*'''[[Actual]]''': the commanding officer. Used in wireless transmissions
*'''[[Hands-on Approach|ball]]''': visual indicator used in a battlestar's Instrument Landing System ([[Miniseries]], "[[Act of Contrition]]", "[[Final Cut]]", "[[Black Market]]")
*{{inlineref|bandit}}: confirmed hostile contact. Usually in reference to fighter and shuttle sized craft ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|basic}}: initial skills training. Can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training ([[Fragged]]); and basic flight training ([[Miniseries]]).
* {{inlineref|bent bird}}: damaged fighter craft ([[Occupation]])
*'''[[bingo fuel]]''': minimum fuel level required to safely return to base ("[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", "[[Scar]]")
*{{inlineref|bird farm}}: Colonial pilot jargon for a [[battlestar]] ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|bug out}}: retreat, usually hastily and disordered ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*{{inlineref|chatter}}: to fire on an enemy during a fighter engagement ([[Valley of Darkness]]); active wireless communications traffic
*'''[[code blue]]''': request for assistance due to potential [[Cylon agent]] sighting ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", [[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*{{inlineref|command authority}}: the senior rank in a command, such as an [[William Adama|Admiral]] ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Precipice]]")
*'''[[conn]]''': literally the navigation controls, but also used to refer to command in general ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*"{{inlineref|dress and cover}}": military term for personnel to form an ordered rank-and-file formation during ceremonies. Derived from "dress right" and "cover down" ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*{{inlineref|ell-tee}}: informal phonetic abbreviation for Lieutenant (Lt) ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Fragged]]")
*'''eyeball run''': Likely refers to targeting or aiming missiles manually, without the use of targeting computers ([[Home, Part I]])
*{{inlineref|fireteam|[[w:fireteam|fire team]]}}: basic fighting element used in small-unit ground tactics ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*{{inlineref|five-'graph order}}: five paragraph operation order, the standard format taught in basic training ([[Fragged]])
*{{inlineref|genny}}: power generator. Tyrol asked Cally to "find the genny" to power up the lights on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]])
*{{inlineref|hack}}: the [[brig]]
*{{inlineref|hard deck}}: the threshold in a massive gas planet's dense atmosphere below which the atmospheric density and pressure becomes too great for a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] to be able to reach orbit again and maintain structural integrity ([[Maelstrom]]); adapted from the original definition of minimum safe altitude.
*{{inlineref|jock smock}}: [[flight suit]] ([[He That Believeth In Me]])
*{{inlineref|jump}}: 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
*{{inlineref|klick}}: one kilometer
*{{inlineref|knuckle dragger}}: inoffensive slang for a mechanic or [[deckhand]]
*'''[[nugget]]''': student pilot ("[[Act of Contrition]]", "[[Scar]]")
*'''[[Mark One Eyeball]]''': the unaided eye ("[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", "[[Scar]]")
*{{inlineref|no joy}}: no success in establishing visual contact with the target. Opposite of "tally". Can also mean no success in general ("[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Maelstrom]]")
*'''[[Old Man]]''': slang for Commander [[William Adama]] ([[33]])
*{{inlineref|press}}: directive to continue the attack ([[Maelstrom]])
*{{inlineref|recovery line}}: imaginary boundary within which a fighter can return to a landing bay within a given time ([[33]])
*'''[[rook]]''': "rookie". Typically refers to those on their first tour of duty after initial training. ([[Miniseries]])
*{{inlineref|shooter}}: slang for launch officer ([[Miniseries, Night 1]])
*{{inlineref|Sierra Alpha}}: "suspicious activity" ([[Scattered]])
*{{inlineref|sitrep}}: "situation report"
*{{inlineref|skids up}}: "take off" or "launch". Often used by the [[CAG]] to end a mission briefing.
*{{inlineref|skosh}} '''(ammo)''': radio code meaning "out of ammunition", analagous to modern-day NATO brevity code "winchester". Skosh is also a real NATO brevity term meaning "Aircraft is out of or unable to employ active radar missiles" ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*{{inlineref|sparrow}}: slang for a Cylon Raider ([[Maelstrom]])
*{{inlineref|spinner}}: engineering component of a battlestar's [[FTL]] drive ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[swallow]]''': decoy drone deployed by Raptors ([[Miniseries]])
*'''[[snipe]]''': engineer ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*{{inlineref|spooch}}: Contraction of "screwed the pooch," describing a serious pilot error ([[Scar]])
*{{inlineref|tally}}: Abbreviation of [[w:Tally-ho|tally-ho]]; the sighting of an enemy target, such as a craft, landmark, or position ("[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Scattered]]", "[[Maelstrom]]").
*{{inlineref|trap}}: a battlestar landing bay mechanism which arrests a landing Viper, Raptor or other small craft ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|Two Alpha}}: designation for an extremely risky and hence voluntary mission ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]])
*{{inlineref|turkey}}: slang for a Cylon Heavy Raider ([[Maelstrom]])
*{{inlineref|unrep}}: short for Underway Replenishment. Refueling and replenishment between ships away from dock, usually during flight. Taken from the contemporary term for the resupply of military vessels at sea while enroute. ("[[Water]]", "[[Maelstrom]]")
*'''[[weapons free]]''': weapon control order indicating weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*{{inlineref|weapons hot}}: weapons status indicating that safeties are off and weapons systems are armed ([[Final Cut]])
*{{inlineref|wilco}}: "will comply"

==Other Colloquialisms==

*'''[[The Beast]]''': nickname for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' given by ''Galactica's'' crew ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[Big G]]''': nickname for ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''
*'''[[The Bucket]]''': nickname for ''Galactica'' given by ''Pegasus's'' crew ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*'''[[bullet-head]]''': slang for a Cylon Centurion ([[Downloaded]])
*'''[[clanker]]''': slang for a Cylon Centurion
*'''[[chrome job]]''': slang for a Cylon Centurion ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance]])
*{{inlineref|companionway|[[w:companionway|companionway]]}}: a set of steps leading from a ship's deck down to a cabin or lower deck ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*'''Download City''': a term used by [[Seelix]] to describe the unknown or figurative place where humanoid Cylons are resurrected on [[New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]) <ref>Whether the Cylons have a download facility on the planet or in orbit, Seelix uses "Download City" as a figure of speech, which is confirmed by [[Bradley Thompson]] on the [[BW:OC|Official Communiques page]].</ref>
*'''[[frak]]''': Colonial version of "fuck"
*{{inlineref|freight monkey}}: term for crewmen on Colonial freighters ([[Scattered]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])
*{{inlineref|hard six}}: taking large risks; literally, rolling 2 threes with a pair of dice
*{{inlineref|Heavy}}: used to signify a civilian transport vessel over a certain gross weight/mass, i.e. ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]''
*'''[[Humanoid Cylon|skin job]]''': derogatory term for humanoid Cylons. Homage to the movie ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'' ([[Downloaded]])
*{{inlineref|stump}}: derogatory term for a prisoner in a labor camp ([[Bastille Day]])
*'''[[toaster]]''': derogatory term for Cylons in general
*{{inlineref|toaster shopping}}: searching and destroying Cylons ([[Valley of Darkness]])
*"{{inlineref|Go [[Picon Panthers|Panthers]]!}}" and "{{inlineref|[[Caprica Buccaneers|C-Bucs]] Rule}}": Used as a passphrase between [[Sharon Agathon]] and [[Samuel Anders]] respectively ([[Exodus, Part I]])

==''Battlestar Galactica'' Specific Terms==

*'''[[ambrosia]]''': a type of alcoholic beverage
*'''[[carom]]''': term used in conjunction with a [[DRADIS]] contact read; analogous to the term "mark"
*'''[[chamalla]]''': a hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments
*'''[[cubit]]''': unit of currency
*'''[[Dradis]]''': Colonial equivalent of radar. Technically an acronym for "'''D'''irection, '''Ra'''nge, and '''Dis'''tance"
*'''[[fumarella leaf]]''': tobacco or a type of tobacco ([[Water]])
*'''[[G-4]]''': a type of explosive similar to modern [[w:C-4|C-4]] ([[Water]])
*'''[[JP]]''': a unit of measure for liquid, approximately 1 pint ([[Water]])
*'''[[krypter]]''': Colonial version of "mayday". In practice, the term is usually repeated three times ([[Miniseries]], "[[Hero]]")
*'''[[morpha]]''': Colonial equivalent of morphine ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Epiphanies]]")
*'''[[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]]''': popular Colonial ball game
*'''[[Red Line]]''': a point in space behind which an accumulative error creeps into [[FTL]] jump calculations ([[Miniseries]], "[[Pegasus (Extended Version)]]")
*'''[[stims]]''': stimulants or a type of stimulants ("[[33]]", "[[Final Cut]]")
*'''[[Triad (RDM)|Triad]]''': card game similar to Poker
*'''[[tylium]]''': mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel
*'''[[wireless]]''': Colonial equivalent of radio

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List of pilots

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AnteaterFeeder:

:''For a list of [[Colonial Warrior]]s, the [[Viper (TOS)|original Viper]] pilots seen in the [[Original Series]], see [[List of Warriors]].''

:''This list was created to keep track of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'s'' current and former [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, [[Raptor]] pilots and [[ECO]]s, and includes members of the crew of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' as well. When mentioned-only characters are linked to a separate article, they are either repeatedly mentioned, have some significance despite not being seen or the article includes a note about their name.''

[[Image:Final_Cut-Thin_Line_of_Blue.jpg|thumb|300px|Pilots and other enlisted in a recreation room on ''Galactica.'']]
'''Pilots''' are officers in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] trained and qualified to operate a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter or a [[Raptor]] multipurpose vehicle.

Once pilot candidates, or "[[nugget]]s", complete their basic flight and combat training, they are known as "[[rook]]s". Nuggets may receive training in [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Viper Flight Simulators|simulators]] if available. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''[[Galactica]]'' was forced to train nuggets in a series of live flights until ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (with its onboard flight simulators) joined the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

A flight-qualified officer wears [[:Image:NBSG-PilotWings.jpg|pilot wings]] on the left breast of their officer's uniform. Officers with senior pilot experience (such as [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]]) wear a larger, more elaborate pin. These pins do not necessarily indicate that the pilot is on the active flight roster for combat or other work, but only that they have completed flight training. Two such officers are [[Aaron Kelly]] and [[Felix Gaeta]] who, though flight qualified, serve as ''[[Galactica|Galactica's]]'' [[Landing Signal Officer]] and [[Tactical Officer]] respectively.

A [[flight suit]], which protects a pilot during a decompression emergency, is standard apparel for all pilots.

'''Qualifications legend:'''

'''V''' - [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] qualified<br/>
'''R''' - [[Raptor]] qualified<br/>
'''E''' - Raptor [[ECO]]<br/>

==Active==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
|-
|Captain || [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] || RE || [[The Road Less Traveled]]
|-
|Captain || [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]] ||V || [[He That Believeth In Me]] (mentioned by [[Galen Tyrol]])
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] || RE || [[Escape Velocity]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] || RE || Escape Velocity
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]] || || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant j.g || [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] || R || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] ||VR || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] ||V || Escape Velocity
|-
| || [[Tattooed pilot|An unnamed, tattooed pilot]] ||VR || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Ensign || [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] || V || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Ensign || [[Samuel Anders]] || VR || The Road Less Traveled
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following pilots have been mentioned in dialogue.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || "[[Bingo]]" || V || [[Occupation]]
|-
| || "[[Wally]]" || V || Occupation
|-
| || "[[Hex]]" || V || [[The Son Also Rises]] (mentioned by [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]])
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Longshot}}" || V || [[He That Believeth In Me]]
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hotshot}}" || V || He That Believeth In Me
|}

===On Duty Roster===

The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] or on other documents. It may thus be presumed that they are on active duty. Some of these names appear on the roster as early as the first season in episodes like "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
|-
|Captain || [[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
|-
|Captain || {{inlineref|bold=N|Silent|Kevin "Silent" Smith}} <ref>This is an homage to actor, director and writer [[Kevin Smith]] who was considered to direct an episode of the fourth season.</ref> || V || [[:Image:Kevin Smith's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
|-
| Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Falcon|Delphi "Falcon" Birch}} || V || [[:Image:Delphi Birch's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
|-
| Lieutenant || [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]] <ref>Firelli appears in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", appearing to fulfill the role of [[tactical officer]]. It is possible that, after ''Pegasus's'' destruction, he switches roles from CIC to fight duty.</ref> || ||Six of One
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Steve Fleer|Steve "Red Devil" Fleer]] ||R || Six of One
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Jarrell Kief|Jarrell "Fuzzy" Kief]] || R || [[The Passage]]
|-
| || [[Ricky Richardson|Ricky "Two Times" Richardson]] || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chopper|Coran "Chopper" Dix}} <ref>In "[[Unfinished Business]], Dix's name appears on the blackboard keeping track of the boxers. It is implied that he is the person fighting Sergeant [[Omar Fischer]]</ref> || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hiccup|River "Hiccup" Brigden}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snitch|John "Snitch" Burke}} || || The Passage
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sever|Troy "Sever" Minos}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Feline|Analy "Feline" Amante}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Tailgate|Bryan "Tailgate" Smith}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spender|Anumanda "Spender" Salas}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snicker|Ars "Snicker" Kelder}} || || The Passage
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Famous}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Stinger (Galactica)|Stinger]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "Sharky" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Rocket" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Digger" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Chinman" || || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Sniper]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Ninja]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Catbird]]" || V || Six of One
|-
| || "Snaps " || || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hyper}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Kingston}}" ||V || Six of One
|}

==Inactive==
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications
|-
|Rear Admiral || [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] || VR
|-
|Colonel || [[Saul Tigh]] || V
|-
|Major (ret.) || [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] || VR
|-
|Captain || [[Aaron Kelly]] ||
|-
|Captain || [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ||VR
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Daniel Novacek|Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] || V
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Felix Gaeta]] ||
|-
| || [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] || R
|}

==Deceased==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
|Captain || [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] ||VR || [[The Passage]] (Radiation poisoning)
|-
|Lieutenant (ret.)|| [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] ||V || [[Occupation]] (Suicide)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. (ret.) || [[Nora]] ||V || [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 4|The Resistance, Episode 4]] (Assault)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Richard Bayer|Richard "Buster" Bayer]] || R || [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
|-
| || [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] || E || The Captain's Hand (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]] ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] ||E || [[Fragged]] (Assault)
|-
| || "[[Flyboy]]" ||V || [[Valley of Darkness]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Karma" Baker]] || R || [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Fireball]]" ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || "[[Stepchild]]" ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Perry|"Chuckles" Perry]] ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Dwight Saunders|Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders]] || R || [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
|-
|Major || [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]] ||V || [[Miniseries, Night 1]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Jolly" Anders]] ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carrot]]" ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|}

===Mentioned Only===

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
| || "[[Tough Guy]]" || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carousel]]" || E || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I (KIA)
|-
| || [[Reilly]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Beano]]" ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Dipper (RDM)|Dipper]]" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Sheppard}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| Captain || [[Theo Oberon|Theo "Dash" Oberon]] ||V || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Puppet}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|}

===Unnamed===
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 314]] - [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
*(At most) 4 pilots - [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 3]] - [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
*1 unidentified Viper Mk. II pilot - [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
*12 unidentified pilots - [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
*18 Viper Mk. VII pilots - [[Miniseries]], first sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. II pilot - Miniseries, second sortie (KIA)
*7 Viper Mk. II pilots - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. VII pilot - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)

==Status Unknown==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
|-
|Captain || [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] ||VR || [[The Captain's Hand]] (mentioned)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]] ||V || [[Final Cut]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Emmitt Jones|Emmitt "Sweetness" Jones]] ||R || Home, Part I
|-
| || "[[Stubbs]]" ||R || The Hand of God
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by name. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by call sign, listed below.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]] || || [[Home, Part I]] (by [[William Adama]])
|-
| || [[Perry (pilot)|Perry]] || || Home, Part I (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Simes]] || V || [[Fragged]] (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|}

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by callsign. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by name, listed above. All the pilots listed for "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]" are part of the rescue mission to Caprica and identify themselves during the wireless check-in prior to the first jump.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Butch}} || || [[Crossroads, Part II]] (on locker door in the [[weight room]] <ref name="butch_and_dune">Butch and Dune's callsigns can first be seen on the locker doors in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". It is likely that their names are on the lockers in all other appearances of the [[weight room]] as well (such as "[[Scar]]" and "[[Torn]]") even though they cannot be seen on screen. The last confirmed sighting is in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".</ref> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Dune}} || || Crossroads, Part II (on locker door in the weight room <ref name="butch_and_dune"/> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rash}} || || [[Collaborators]] (on locker door)
|-
| || [[Headcase]] || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Swordsman}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Anvil}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chinstrap}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gumball}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Raw Meat}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Toyon}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Strakus}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Playboy pilot|Playboy}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Polo}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Casey}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Adonis}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gully Man}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Star Cloud}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Callan}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || [[Snake]] || V || [[Scar]]
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Crash pilot|Crash}} || || Scar (on locker door in the [[Galactica crew facilities (RDM)#Heads|head]])
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bubba}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|Flash|bold=N}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spooky}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Nuke}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rebel}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sonny}} || || [[Black Market]] (on locker door in the weight room)
|-
| || [[Rock Star]] ||V || [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
|-
| || [[Whiplash]] ||VR || [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
|-
| || [[Thumper]] ||VR || Pegasus
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Grayshirt}} ||V || Final Cut
|-
|Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ranger|T "Ranger" Rogers}} ||R || [[Fragged]] (on Raptor name plate)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Honey Bear}} (or derivatives) ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (on roster<ref name="HOG roster">See [[:Image:Situation Room pilot board.jpg]] for the roster seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Another column of the roster can be seen around time index 35:00 behind Baltar.</ref>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Moe}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spacekatt}} (?) ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Guy}} ||R || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || [[Frosty]] ||R || The Hand of God (on roster <ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bobo}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bash}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hooper}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bambit}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Jackson}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || [[Spinner]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Deadbolt]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Buzzer]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Beehive}} ||V || [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
|-
| || [[Joker]] ||V || [[Act of Contrition]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Greenback}} ||V || Act of Contrition (on roster)
|-
| || [[Thumper (Galactica)|Thumper]] || || Bastille Day (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ice Cap}} ||V || [[33]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|T-Bone}} ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Wedge]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Winger]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Terra (pilot)|Terra]] ||V || [[Miniseries]] (involved in the first engagement with Cylon Raiders)
|}

== References ==

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[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters|*]]
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[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
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{{featured article candidate previous}}

List of pilots

2008-05-08T04:52:15Z

AnteaterFeeder: same info about Kelly and Gaeta, just moved to a more appropriate paragraph.

:''For a list of [[Colonial Warrior]]s, the [[Viper (TOS)|original Viper]] pilots seen in the [[Original Series]], see [[List of Warriors]].''

:''This list was created to keep track of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'s'' current and former [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, [[Raptor]] pilots and [[ECO]]s, and includes members of the crew of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' as well. When mentioned-only characters are linked to a separate article, they are either repeatedly mentioned, have some significance despite not being seen or the article includes a note about their name.''

[[Image:Final_Cut-Thin_Line_of_Blue.jpg|thumb|300px|Pilots and other enlisted in a recreation room on ''Galactica.'']]
'''Pilots''' are officers in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] trained and qualified to operate a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter or a [[Raptor]] multipurpose vehicle.

Once pilot candidates, or "[[nugget]]s", complete their basic flight and combat training, they are known as "[[rook]]s". Nuggets may receive training in [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Viper Flight Simulators|simulators]] if available. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''[[Galactica]]'' was forced to train nuggets in a series of live flights until ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (with its onboard flight simulators) joined the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

A flight-qualified officer wears [[:Image:NBSG-PilotWings.jpg|pilot wings]] on the left breast of their officer's uniform. Officers with senior pilot experience (such as [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]]) wear a larger, more elaborate pin. These pins do not necessarily indicate that the pilot is on the active flight roster for combat or other work, but only that they have completed flight training. Two such officers are [[Aaron Kelly]] and [[Felix Gaeta]] who, despite being flight qualified, serve as ''[[Galactica|Galactica's]]'' [[Landing Signal Officer]] and [[Tactical Officer]] respectively.

A [[flight suit]], which protects a pilot during a decompression emergency, is standard apparel for all pilots.

'''Qualifications legend:'''

'''V''' - [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] qualified<br/>
'''R''' - [[Raptor]] qualified<br/>
'''E''' - Raptor [[ECO]]<br/>

==Active==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
|-
|Captain || [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] || RE || [[The Road Less Traveled]]
|-
|Captain || [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]] ||V || [[He That Believeth In Me]] (mentioned by [[Galen Tyrol]])
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] || RE || [[Escape Velocity]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] || RE || Escape Velocity
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]] || || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant j.g || [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] || R || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] ||VR || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] ||V || Escape Velocity
|-
| || [[Tattooed pilot|An unnamed, tattooed pilot]] ||VR || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Ensign || [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] || V || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Ensign || [[Samuel Anders]] || VR || The Road Less Traveled
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following pilots have been mentioned in dialogue.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || "[[Bingo]]" || V || [[Occupation]]
|-
| || "[[Wally]]" || V || Occupation
|-
| || "[[Hex]]" || V || [[The Son Also Rises]] (mentioned by [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]])
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Longshot}}" || V || [[He That Believeth In Me]]
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hotshot}}" || V || He That Believeth In Me
|}

===On Duty Roster===

The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] or on other documents. It may thus be presumed that they are on active duty. Some of these names appear on the roster as early as the first season in episodes like "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
|-
|Captain || [[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
|-
|Captain || {{inlineref|bold=N|Silent|Kevin "Silent" Smith}} <ref>This is an homage to actor, director and writer [[Kevin Smith]] who was considered to direct an episode of the fourth season.</ref> || V || [[:Image:Kevin Smith's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
|-
| Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Falcon|Delphi "Falcon" Birch}} || V || [[:Image:Delphi Birch's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
|-
| Lieutenant || [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]] <ref>Firelli appears in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", appearing to fulfill the role of [[tactical officer]]. It is possible that, after ''Pegasus's'' destruction, he switches roles from CIC to fight duty.</ref> || ||Six of One
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Steve Fleer|Steve "Red Devil" Fleer]] ||R || Six of One
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Jarrell Kief|Jarrell "Fuzzy" Kief]] || R || [[The Passage]]
|-
| || [[Ricky Richardson|Ricky "Two Times" Richardson]] || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chopper|Coran "Chopper" Dix}} <ref>In "[[Unfinished Business]], Dix's name appears on the blackboard keeping track of the boxers. It is implied that he is the person fighting Sergeant [[Omar Fischer]]</ref> || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hiccup|River "Hiccup" Brigden}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snitch|John "Snitch" Burke}} || || The Passage
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sever|Troy "Sever" Minos}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Feline|Analy "Feline" Amante}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Tailgate|Bryan "Tailgate" Smith}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spender|Anumanda "Spender" Salas}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snicker|Ars "Snicker" Kelder}} || || The Passage
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Famous}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Stinger (Galactica)|Stinger]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "Sharky" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Rocket" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Digger" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Chinman" || || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Sniper]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Ninja]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Catbird]]" || V || Six of One
|-
| || "Snaps " || || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hyper}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Kingston}}" ||V || Six of One
|}

==Inactive==
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications
|-
|Rear Admiral || [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] || VR
|-
|Colonel || [[Saul Tigh]] || V
|-
|Major (ret.) || [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] || VR
|-
|Captain || [[Aaron Kelly]] ||
|-
|Captain || [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ||VR
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Daniel Novacek|Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] || V
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Felix Gaeta]] ||
|-
| || [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] || R
|}

==Deceased==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
|Captain || [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] ||VR || [[The Passage]] (Radiation poisoning)
|-
|Lieutenant (ret.)|| [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] ||V || [[Occupation]] (Suicide)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. (ret.) || [[Nora]] ||V || [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 4|The Resistance, Episode 4]] (Assault)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Richard Bayer|Richard "Buster" Bayer]] || R || [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
|-
| || [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] || E || The Captain's Hand (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]] ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] ||E || [[Fragged]] (Assault)
|-
| || "[[Flyboy]]" ||V || [[Valley of Darkness]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Karma" Baker]] || R || [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Fireball]]" ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || "[[Stepchild]]" ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Perry|"Chuckles" Perry]] ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Dwight Saunders|Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders]] || R || [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
|-
|Major || [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]] ||V || [[Miniseries, Night 1]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Jolly" Anders]] ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carrot]]" ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|}

===Mentioned Only===

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
| || "[[Tough Guy]]" || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carousel]]" || E || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I (KIA)
|-
| || [[Reilly]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Beano]]" ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Dipper (RDM)|Dipper]]" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Sheppard}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| Captain || [[Theo Oberon|Theo "Dash" Oberon]] ||V || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Puppet}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|}

===Unnamed===
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 314]] - [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
*(At most) 4 pilots - [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 3]] - [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
*1 unidentified Viper Mk. II pilot - [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
*12 unidentified pilots - [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
*18 Viper Mk. VII pilots - [[Miniseries]], first sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. II pilot - Miniseries, second sortie (KIA)
*7 Viper Mk. II pilots - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. VII pilot - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)

==Status Unknown==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
|-
|Captain || [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] ||VR || [[The Captain's Hand]] (mentioned)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]] ||V || [[Final Cut]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Emmitt Jones|Emmitt "Sweetness" Jones]] ||R || Home, Part I
|-
| || "[[Stubbs]]" ||R || The Hand of God
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by name. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by call sign, listed below.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]] || || [[Home, Part I]] (by [[William Adama]])
|-
| || [[Perry (pilot)|Perry]] || || Home, Part I (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Simes]] || V || [[Fragged]] (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|}

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by callsign. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by name, listed above. All the pilots listed for "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]" are part of the rescue mission to Caprica and identify themselves during the wireless check-in prior to the first jump.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Butch}} || || [[Crossroads, Part II]] (on locker door in the [[weight room]] <ref name="butch_and_dune">Butch and Dune's callsigns can first be seen on the locker doors in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". It is likely that their names are on the lockers in all other appearances of the [[weight room]] as well (such as "[[Scar]]" and "[[Torn]]") even though they cannot be seen on screen. The last confirmed sighting is in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".</ref> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Dune}} || || Crossroads, Part II (on locker door in the weight room <ref name="butch_and_dune"/> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rash}} || || [[Collaborators]] (on locker door)
|-
| || [[Headcase]] || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Swordsman}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Anvil}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chinstrap}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gumball}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Raw Meat}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Toyon}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Strakus}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Playboy pilot|Playboy}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Polo}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Casey}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Adonis}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gully Man}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Star Cloud}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Callan}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || [[Snake]] || V || [[Scar]]
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Crash pilot|Crash}} || || Scar (on locker door in the [[Galactica crew facilities (RDM)#Heads|head]])
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bubba}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|Flash|bold=N}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spooky}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Nuke}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rebel}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sonny}} || || [[Black Market]] (on locker door in the weight room)
|-
| || [[Rock Star]] ||V || [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
|-
| || [[Whiplash]] ||VR || [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
|-
| || [[Thumper]] ||VR || Pegasus
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Grayshirt}} ||V || Final Cut
|-
|Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ranger|T "Ranger" Rogers}} ||R || [[Fragged]] (on Raptor name plate)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Honey Bear}} (or derivatives) ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (on roster<ref name="HOG roster">See [[:Image:Situation Room pilot board.jpg]] for the roster seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Another column of the roster can be seen around time index 35:00 behind Baltar.</ref>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Moe}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spacekatt}} (?) ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Guy}} ||R || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || [[Frosty]] ||R || The Hand of God (on roster <ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bobo}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bash}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hooper}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bambit}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Jackson}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || [[Spinner]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Deadbolt]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Buzzer]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Beehive}} ||V || [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
|-
| || [[Joker]] ||V || [[Act of Contrition]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Greenback}} ||V || Act of Contrition (on roster)
|-
| || [[Thumper (Galactica)|Thumper]] || || Bastille Day (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ice Cap}} ||V || [[33]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|T-Bone}} ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Wedge]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Winger]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Terra (pilot)|Terra]] ||V || [[Miniseries]] (involved in the first engagement with Cylon Raiders)
|}

== References ==

<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters|*]]
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:RDM|*]]

{{featured article candidate previous}}

List of pilots

2008-05-08T04:47:51Z

AnteaterFeeder: noted that flight qualified =/= flight duties i.e. - Gaeta and Kelly.

:''For a list of [[Colonial Warrior]]s, the [[Viper (TOS)|original Viper]] pilots seen in the [[Original Series]], see [[List of Warriors]].''

:''This list was created to keep track of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'s'' current and former [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, [[Raptor]] pilots and [[ECO]]s, and includes members of the crew of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' as well. When mentioned-only characters are linked to a separate article, they are either repeatedly mentioned, have some significance despite not being seen or the article includes a note about their name.''

[[Image:Final_Cut-Thin_Line_of_Blue.jpg|thumb|300px|Pilots and other enlisted in a recreation room on ''Galactica.'']]
'''Pilots''' are officers in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] trained and qualified to operate a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter or a [[Raptor]] multipurpose vehicle though a flight qualified officer might be assigned other duties. Two such examples are [[Aaron Kelly]] and [[Felix Gaeta]] who serve as ''[[Galactica|Galactica's]]'' [[Landing Signal Officer]] and [[Tactical Officer]] respectively.

Once pilot candidates, or "[[nugget]]s", complete their basic flight and combat training, they are known as "[[rook]]s". Nuggets may receive training in [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Viper Flight Simulators|simulators]] if available. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''[[Galactica]]'' was forced to train nuggets in a series of live flights until ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (with its onboard flight simulators) joined the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].

A flight-qualified officer wears [[:Image:NBSG-PilotWings.jpg|pilot wings]] on the left breast of their officer's uniform. Officers with senior pilot experience (such as [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]]) wear a larger, more elaborate pin. These pins do not necessarily indicate that the pilot is on the active flight roster for combat or other work, but only that they have been trained to fly.

A [[flight suit]], which protects a pilot during a decompression emergency, is standard apparel for all pilots.

'''Qualifications legend:'''

'''V''' - [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] qualified<br/>
'''R''' - [[Raptor]] qualified<br/>
'''E''' - Raptor [[ECO]]<br/>

==Active==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
|-
|Captain || [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] || RE || [[The Road Less Traveled]]
|-
|Captain || [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]] ||V || [[He That Believeth In Me]] (mentioned by [[Galen Tyrol]])
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] || RE || [[Escape Velocity]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] || RE || Escape Velocity
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]] || || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant j.g || [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] || R || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]] ||VR || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] ||V || Escape Velocity
|-
| || [[Tattooed pilot|An unnamed, tattooed pilot]] ||VR || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Ensign || [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] || V || The Road Less Traveled
|-
|Ensign || [[Samuel Anders]] || VR || The Road Less Traveled
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following pilots have been mentioned in dialogue.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || "[[Bingo]]" || V || [[Occupation]]
|-
| || "[[Wally]]" || V || Occupation
|-
| || "[[Hex]]" || V || [[The Son Also Rises]] (mentioned by [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]])
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Longshot}}" || V || [[He That Believeth In Me]]
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hotshot}}" || V || He That Believeth In Me
|}

===On Duty Roster===

The following pilots' names can be seen on duty rosters in the [[Pilot ready rooms|pilots' ready room]] or on other documents. It may thus be presumed that they are on active duty. Some of these names appear on the roster as early as the first season in episodes like "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
|-
|Captain || [[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]] ||V || [[Six of One]]
|-
|Captain || {{inlineref|bold=N|Silent|Kevin "Silent" Smith}} <ref>This is an homage to actor, director and writer [[Kevin Smith]] who was considered to direct an episode of the fourth season.</ref> || V || [[:Image:Kevin Smith's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
|-
| Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Falcon|Delphi "Falcon" Birch}} || V || [[:Image:Delphi Birch's Viper.jpg|Behind-the-scenes photo]]
|-
| Lieutenant || [[Mei Firelli|Mei "Freaker" Firelli]] <ref>Firelli appears in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", appearing to fulfill the role of [[tactical officer]]. It is possible that, after ''Pegasus's'' destruction, he switches roles from CIC to fight duty.</ref> || ||Six of One
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Steve Fleer|Steve "Red Devil" Fleer]] ||R || Six of One
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Jarrell Kief|Jarrell "Fuzzy" Kief]] || R || [[The Passage]]
|-
| || [[Ricky Richardson|Ricky "Two Times" Richardson]] || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chopper|Coran "Chopper" Dix}} <ref>In "[[Unfinished Business]], Dix's name appears on the blackboard keeping track of the boxers. It is implied that he is the person fighting Sergeant [[Omar Fischer]]</ref> || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hiccup|River "Hiccup" Brigden}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snitch|John "Snitch" Burke}} || || The Passage
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sever|Troy "Sever" Minos}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Feline|Analy "Feline" Amante}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Tailgate|Bryan "Tailgate" Smith}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spender|Anumanda "Spender" Salas}} || || Six of One
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Snicker|Ars "Snicker" Kelder}} || || The Passage
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Famous}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Stinger (Galactica)|Stinger]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "Sharky" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Rocket" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Digger" || || Six of One
|-
| || "Chinman" || || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Sniper]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Ninja]]" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "[[Catbird]]" || V || Six of One
|-
| || "Snaps " || || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Hyper}}" ||V || Six of One
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Kingston}}" ||V || Six of One
|}

==Inactive==
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications
|-
|Rear Admiral || [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] || VR
|-
|Colonel || [[Saul Tigh]] || V
|-
|Major (ret.) || [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] || VR
|-
|Captain || [[Aaron Kelly]] ||
|-
|Captain || [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] ||VR
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Daniel Novacek|Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] || V
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Felix Gaeta]] ||
|-
| || [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] || R
|}

==Deceased==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
|Captain || [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] ||VR || [[The Passage]] (Radiation poisoning)
|-
|Lieutenant (ret.)|| [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]] ||V || [[Occupation]] (Suicide)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. (ret.) || [[Nora]] ||V || [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 4|The Resistance, Episode 4]] (Assault)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Richard Bayer|Richard "Buster" Bayer]] || R || [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
|-
| || [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] || E || The Captain's Hand (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]] ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] ||E || [[Fragged]] (Assault)
|-
| || "[[Flyboy]]" ||V || [[Valley of Darkness]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Karma" Baker]] || R || [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Fireball]]" ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || "[[Stepchild]]" ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Ensign || [[Perry|"Chuckles" Perry]] ||V || The Hand of God (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant j.g. || [[Dwight Saunders|Dwight "Flat Top" Saunders]] || R || [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
|-
|Major || [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]] ||V || [[Miniseries, Night 1]] (KIA)
|-
|Lieutenant || [["Jolly" Anders]] ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carrot]]" ||V || Miniseries, Night 1 (KIA)
|}

===Mentioned Only===

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Death
|-
| || "[[Tough Guy]]" || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Carousel]]" || E || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I (KIA)
|-
| || [[Reilly]] ||V || [[Scar]] (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Beano]]" ||V || Scar (KIA)
|-
| || "[[Dipper (RDM)|Dipper]]" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Sheppard}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| Captain || [[Theo Oberon|Theo "Dash" Oberon]] ||V || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|-
| || "{{inlineref|bold=N|Puppet}}" || || Unknown (mentioned by Kara Thrace in "Scar")
|}

===Unnamed===
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 314]] - [[The Captain's Hand]] (KIA)
*(At most) 4 pilots - [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
*Pilot and ECO of [[Raptor 3]] - [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (KIA)
*1 unidentified Viper Mk. II pilot - [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (KIA)
*12 unidentified pilots - [[Act of Contrition]] (Accident)
*18 Viper Mk. VII pilots - [[Miniseries]], first sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. II pilot - Miniseries, second sortie (KIA)
*7 Viper Mk. II pilots - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)
*1 Viper Mk. VII pilot - Miniseries, third sortie (KIA)

==Status Unknown==

===Seen===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Seen
|-
|Captain || [[Cole Taylor|Cole "Stinger" Taylor]] ||VR || [[The Captain's Hand]] (mentioned)
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]] ||V || [[Final Cut]]
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Emmitt Jones|Emmitt "Sweetness" Jones]] ||R || Home, Part I
|-
| || "[[Stubbs]]" ||R || The Hand of God
|}

===Mentioned Only===

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by name. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by call sign, listed below.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || [[Mueller (pilot)|Mueller]] || || [[Home, Part I]] (by [[William Adama]])
|-
| || [[Perry (pilot)|Perry]] || || Home, Part I (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|-
|Lieutenant || [[Simes]] || V || [[Fragged]] (by [[Saul Tigh]])
|}

The following mentioned-only characters have been identified by callsign. They may be identical with any of the mentioned-only characters identified by name, listed above. All the pilots listed for "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]" are part of the rescue mission to Caprica and identify themselves during the wireless check-in prior to the first jump.

{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Rank !! Name !! Qualifications !! Last Mentioned
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Butch}} || || [[Crossroads, Part II]] (on locker door in the [[weight room]] <ref name="butch_and_dune">Butch and Dune's callsigns can first be seen on the locker doors in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". It is likely that their names are on the lockers in all other appearances of the [[weight room]] as well (such as "[[Scar]]" and "[[Torn]]") even though they cannot be seen on screen. The last confirmed sighting is in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".</ref> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Dune}} || || Crossroads, Part II (on locker door in the weight room <ref name="butch_and_dune"/> )
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rash}} || || [[Collaborators]] (on locker door)
|-
| || [[Headcase]] || R || [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Swordsman}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Anvil}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Chinstrap}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gumball}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Raw Meat}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Toyon}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Strakus}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Playboy pilot|Playboy}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Polo}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Casey}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Adonis}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Gully Man}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Star Cloud}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Callan}} || R || Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
|-
| || [[Snake]] || V || [[Scar]]
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Crash pilot|Crash}} || || Scar (on locker door in the [[Galactica crew facilities (RDM)#Heads|head]])
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bubba}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|Flash|bold=N}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spooky}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Nuke}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Rebel}} || || Scar (on locker door)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Sonny}} || || [[Black Market]] (on locker door in the weight room)
|-
| || [[Rock Star]] ||V || [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
|-
| || [[Whiplash]] ||VR || [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
|-
| || [[Thumper]] ||VR || Pegasus
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Grayshirt}} ||V || Final Cut
|-
|Lieutenant || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ranger|T "Ranger" Rogers}} ||R || [[Fragged]] (on Raptor name plate)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Honey Bear}} (or derivatives) ||V || [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]] (on roster<ref name="HOG roster">See [[:Image:Situation Room pilot board.jpg]] for the roster seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Another column of the roster can be seen around time index 35:00 behind Baltar.</ref>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Moe}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Spacekatt}} (?) ||V || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Guy}} ||R || The Hand of God (on roster<ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || [[Frosty]] ||R || The Hand of God (on roster <ref name="HOG roster"/>)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bobo}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bash}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Hooper}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Bambit}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Jackson}} ||V || The Hand of God (on roster)
|-
| || [[Spinner]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Deadbolt]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || [[Buzzer]] ||V || The Hand of God
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Beehive}} ||V || [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
|-
| || [[Joker]] ||V || [[Act of Contrition]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Greenback}} ||V || Act of Contrition (on roster)
|-
| || [[Thumper (Galactica)|Thumper]] || || Bastille Day (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|Ice Cap}} ||V || [[33]] (on roster)
|-
| || {{inlineref|bold=N|T-Bone}} ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Wedge]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Winger]] ||V || 33 (Part of Apollo's squadron, [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#33|deleted scene]])
|-
| || [[Terra (pilot)|Terra]] ||V || [[Miniseries]] (involved in the first engagement with Cylon Raiders)
|}

== References ==

<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters|*]]
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|*]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:RDM|*]]

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Demetrius

2008-05-08T04:31:52Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Crew */ fixed spelling error

__NOTOC__
{{Ship Data
| image=Demetrius 1.jpg
| title=Demetrius
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Miltary
| ftl= Yes
| propol=
| crew= At least 16
| cap=
| co= [[Kara Thrace]]
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]]
| role= Sewage recycling ship<br/>Scavenger ship
| weapons= Five Vipers<br/>At least one Raptor
| arm=
| status=
| width=
| height=
| length=
| weight=
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| img=
}}
The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention. ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of five Vipers and at least at least one Raptor that are magnetically secured to the ship. Four magnetic docking points are located on the dorsal hull and two on the ventral hull. At least one docking hatch exists on the port side.

== Interior design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Kara Thrace]] - Commanding Officer
* [[Karl Agathon]] - Executive Officer
* [[Felix Gaeta]] - Navigator / Watch Officer
* [[Sharon Agathon]] - Raptor pilot
* [[Samuel Anders]] - Viper pilot
* [[Diana Seelix]] - Viper pilot
* [[Brendan Costanza]] - Viper pilot
* [[Eammon Pike]] - Viper pilot
* The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]] - Viper pilot
* [[Erin Mathias]]† - Marine NCO
* [[Jean Barolay]] - Security detachment
* At least two additional unnamed [[Marines]].
* At least three other unnamed crew members.

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[w:Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as [[w:Demetrius|many]] other historical figures.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
<gallery>
Image:Demetrius profile.jpg|''Demetrius'' body
Image:Demetrius, Heavy Raider blown apart.jpg|A docked Heavy Raider explodes
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''
Image:Vipers depart Demetrius.jpg|Vipers departing ''Demetrius''
</gallery>

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft]]
[[Category:Colonial Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[de:Demetrius]]

Demetrius

2008-05-08T04:29:11Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Crew */ added assigned duties as best as can be determined.

__NOTOC__
{{Ship Data
| image=Demetrius 1.jpg
| title=Demetrius
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Miltary
| ftl= Yes
| propol=
| crew= At least 16
| cap=
| co= [[Kara Thrace]]
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]]
| role= Sewage recycling ship<br/>Scavenger ship
| weapons= Five Vipers<br/>At least one Raptor
| arm=
| status=
| width=
| height=
| length=
| weight=
| wingspan=
| otherdi=
| img=
}}
The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention. ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of five Vipers and at least at least one Raptor that are magnetically secured to the ship. Four magnetic docking points are located on the dorsal hull and two on the ventral hull. At least one docking hatch exists on the port side.

== Interior design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Kara Thrace]] - Commanding Officer
* [[Karl Agathon]] - Executing Officer
* [[Felix Gaeta]] - Navigator / Watch Officer
* [[Sharon Agathon]] - Raptor pilot
* [[Samuel Anders]] - Viper pilot
* [[Diana Seelix]] - Viper pilot
* [[Brendan Costanza]] - Viper pilot
* [[Eammon Pike]] - Viper pilot
* The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]] - Viper pilot
* [[Erin Mathias]]† - Marine NCO
* [[Jean Barolay]] - Security detachment
* At least two additional unnamed [[Marines]].
* At least three other unnamed crew members.

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[w:Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as [[w:Demetrius|many]] other historical figures.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
<gallery>
Image:Demetrius profile.jpg|''Demetrius'' body
Image:Demetrius, Heavy Raider blown apart.jpg|A docked Heavy Raider explodes
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''
Image:Vipers depart Demetrius.jpg|Vipers departing ''Demetrius''
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Demetrius

2008-05-08T02:46:34Z

AnteaterFeeder: revised minimum crew number to reflect additions

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| image=Demetrius 1.jpg
| title=Demetrius
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| type= Civilian/Miltary
| ftl= Yes
| propol=
| crew= At least 16
| cap=
| co= [[Kara Thrace]]
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]]
| role= Sewage recycling ship<br/>Scavenger ship
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The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention. ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of five Vipers and at least at least one Raptor that are magnetically secured to the ship. Four magnetic docking points are located on the dorsal hull and two on the ventral hull. At least one docking hatch exists on the port side.

== Interior design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Karl Agathon]]
* [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Sharon Agathon]]
* [[Samuel Anders]]
* [[Diana Seelix]]
* [[Brendan Costanza]]
* [[Eammon Pike]]
* The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]]
* [[Erin Mathias]]†
* [[Jean Barolay]]
* At least two additional unnamed [[Marines]].
* At least three other unnamed crew members.

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[w:Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as [[w:Demetrius|many]] other historical figures.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
<gallery>
Image:Demetrius profile.jpg|''Demetrius'' body
Image:Demetrius, Heavy Raider blown apart.jpg|A docked Heavy Raider explodes
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''
Image:Vipers depart Demetrius.jpg|Vipers departing ''Demetrius''
</gallery>

==References==
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Demetrius

2008-05-08T02:39:57Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Crew */ added Thrace

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The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention. ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of five Vipers and at least at least one Raptor that are magnetically secured to the ship. Four magnetic docking points are located on the dorsal hull and two on the ventral hull. At least one docking hatch exists on the port side.

== Interior design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Kara Thrace]]
* [[Karl Agathon]]
* [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Sharon Agathon]]
* [[Samuel Anders]]
* [[Diana Seelix]]
* [[Brendan Costanza]]
* [[Eammon Pike]]
* The unnamed [[tattooed pilot]]
* [[Erin Mathias]]†
* [[Jean Barolay]]
* At least two additional unnamed [[Marines]].
* At least three other unnamed crew members.

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[w:Demetrius I of Bactria|Demetrius I]] was a Greco-Bactrian king who reigned circa 200-180 BCE as well as [[w:Demetrius|many]] other historical figures.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
<gallery>
Image:Demetrius profile.jpg|''Demetrius'' body
Image:Demetrius, Heavy Raider blown apart.jpg|A docked Heavy Raider explodes
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''
Image:Vipers depart Demetrius.jpg|Vipers departing ''Demetrius''
</gallery>

==References==
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Talk:Demetrius/Archive 1

2008-05-08T02:38:11Z

AnteaterFeeder:

Does Adama actually give Thrace ''command'' of the ship? Agathon will be the ranking officer on board, and I can imagine a situation where he needs to pull rank on the maverick Thrace occuring (and making good TV). [[User:OTW|OTW]] 17:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
: I would assume that she's given command of the ''mission'' to find Earth. The ship herself may be captained by someone else, like Agathon. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:: Well, doesn't Thrace has more time-in-grade than Agathon ("[[Pegasus]]")? In any case, there can only be one commanding officer on a ship, and I doubt Adama would put someone he appoints to command a mission in a position to be contradicted. Maybe Agathon will be her XO ... he does have a lot of experience there :) -- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 18:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Since Thrace is still legally dead, I think it's fair to assume that Agathon now outranks her. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:It could be either way. Let's just wait one week, where this should be cleared up :) -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 20:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
::I think it seems pretty clear the duties assigned on the ship. Thrace is in command. Agathon XO, Gaeta third in command/ navigator/ watch officer. Sharon is the assigned Raptor pilot. Costanza, Seelix, Anders, Pike and the tattoo guy are the viper pilots. Mathias was the Marine NCO. If no one has any objections, I'd like to add these duties to the crew manifest list. -- [[User:AnteaterFeeder|AnteaterFeeder]] 02:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Demetrius/Archive 1

2008-05-08T02:37:39Z

AnteaterFeeder:

Does Adama actually give Thrace ''command'' of the ship? Agathon will be the ranking officer on board, and I can imagine a situation where he needs to pull rank on the maverick Thrace occuring (and making good TV). [[User:OTW|OTW]] 17:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
: I would assume that she's given command of the ''mission'' to find Earth. The ship herself may be captained by someone else, like Agathon. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:12, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:: Well, doesn't Thrace has more time-in-grade than Agathon ("[[Pegasus]]")? In any case, there can only be one commanding officer on a ship, and I doubt Adama would put someone he appoints to command a mission in a position to be contradicted. Maybe Agathon will be her XO ... he does have a lot of experience there :) -- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 18:26, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:::Since Thrace is still legally dead, I think it's fair to assume that Agathon now outranks her. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:34, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:It could be either way. Let's just wait one week, where this should be cleared up :) -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 20:47, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
:I think it seems pretty clear the duties assigned on the ship. Thrace is in command. Agathon XO, Gaeta third in command/ navigator/ watch officer. Sharon is the assigned Raptor pilot. Costanza, Seelix, Anders, Pike and the tattoo guy are the viper pilots. Mathias was the Marine NCO. If no one has any objections, I'd like to add these duties to the crew manifest list. -- [[User:AnteaterFeeder|AnteaterFeeder]] 02:37, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Brendan Costanza

2008-05-08T02:30:26Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Biography */ corrected number of Demetrius fighters

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costranza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the operation, though several of his fellow pilots do not ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her five [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]).
*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.
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Brendan Costanza

2008-05-03T15:30:22Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Biography */ slight wording/diction change.

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costranza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the operation, though several of his fellow pilots do not ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]). Costanza then joins the crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her four [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]).
*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.
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Karl Agathon

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Captain '''Karl C. "Helo" Agathon''' is the current CAG aboard the battlestar ''[[Galactica]]''. He is young, capable, and resourceful with an acute sense of right and wrong, something which he is prepared to articulate and act upon, even at risk to his own standing. After being stranded on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] after the attack he develops a relationship with a [[Number Eight]] copy later known as [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]]. The two remain devoted to each other and have a child named [[Hera Agathon|Hera]].

Agathon is almost always addressed by his callsign.

== Biography ==

===Before the Attack ===

Much of Agathon's life before the attack has not been touched, with a few exceptions. Before the decommissioning ceremony, he mentions an interest in [[pyramid]] and the fact that he has a relationship with a girl on [[Gemenon]]. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s additional comments on this fact lend to his apparent reputation as a ladies' man ([[Miniseries, Night 1]]).

===In the Beginning===

At the time of the [[Cylon attack]], Lieutenant Karl Agathon serves as [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]] with pilot Valerii in ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the squadron's destruction by Cylon [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s, after the Raiders exploit the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.

Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a leg wound from shrapnel that breaches the hull. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced to land on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet.

With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on Caprica in the hope that Baltar's great intelligence will be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer feel that there is no chance that he will survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he chooses to stay behind anyway, sacrificing his own life so Baltar can escape the planet. Helo is forced to shoot a [[desperate man]] clinging to the departing Raptor.

=== Marooned ===
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees (who soon succumb to radiation poisoning<ref>The fate of these refugees is noted briefly by [[Laura Roslin]] ([[Mary McDonnell]]'s character acting as narrator) in the special program, "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far]]."</ref>) and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on [[anti-radiation medication]] from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].

Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Agathon|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this is not the same one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:
[[Image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]].]]
*A "[[wikipedia:Honeypot (espionage)|honey trap]]" offering reasonably secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ("[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", "[[Litmus]]")
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.

Agathon eventually admits that he has feelings for Valerii and that he would have gladly traded places with Chief Tyrol, who he knew was having an illict relationship with her. Following this, the two have sex in a forest on Caprica. Afterwards, Valerii is instructed by the Five and Six overseeing the experiment to lead her lover to a nearby cabin, and to kill him if he refuses to settle there. However, the Cylon plan goes awry because Valerii has apparently fallen in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], which is now under Cylon control.

During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being led by Number Six - the woman he thought had been killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.

The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").

Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] will finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[Caprica Resistance|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

=== The Resistance and escape from Caprica ===

Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun to Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, Apollo remarks to Starbuck that he is disturbed that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.

=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===

Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared MIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now must deal with the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that fighting will gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it is.

Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Prior to this discovery, Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers over their disrespect, but Tyrol realizes what is coming for Valerii and convinces him to head to the brig to her aid. While apparently successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and sentencing them to execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's and Tyrol's lives in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

===Aboard ''Pegasus''===

After Starbuck returns with reconnaissance images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agree to a truce. Helo and Tyrol are given stays of execution. While they are imprisoned aboard ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assault them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of ''Pegasus'', puts a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffs Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk's life had been saved by Thorne, and he has no sympathy for Valerii, whom he views as a machine.

After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk becomes the Commander of ''Pegasus''. He returns Helo and Tyrol to ''Galactica'', where the former is joyfully received by Valerii.

=== The events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===

When the dying President Roslin orders the hybrid baby aborted, Helo attempts to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but fails. When Valerii is being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocks the door, his hand on his pistol. He offers to take Sharon aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but is rebuffed by Adama, who tells him, "You're a soldier". Helo retorts that he is a father, like Adama.
Baltar defuses the potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically useful nature of the hybrid fetus. There are no apparent consequences from his actions.

=== The hybrid birth ===

Helo is present when [[Hera Agathon|Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, is born. He and Valerii marvel at their baby, and Helo shocks Valerii when he says that it almost makes one believe in the Cylon [[God (RDM)|God]]. When Valerii attacks Dr. [[Cottle]], accusing him of murder after he informs her of the baby's [[Maya|"death,"]] Helo tries to restrain her but ends up with Marines pointing their weapons at him as Valerii is returned to her cell.

=== Caprica SAR & New Caprica ===

Despite Valerii's continued belief that Cottle and the other humans killed Hera, Helo is able to convince her to assist Kara Thrace's plan for the rescue of Samuel Anders and his [[Caprica Resistance]] group ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]). Helo and the others manage to survive the Cylon assault after [[Cavil]] informs them that the Cylons have left the Colonies.
With the happenstance discovery of [[New Caprica]], the relationship between Helo and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] becomes increasingly strained, due primarily to her growing depression over the loss of their child and the fact that Valerii did not inform the SAR team that Caprica-[[Cavil]] was a Humanoid Cylon.

During the year in orbit around New Caprica he and Sharon Valerii become married. Agathon is acting as a replacement to [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'''s tactical officer ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). He is then promoted to Captain, and assumes the XO role aboard ''Galactica''.

=== After the Second Exodus ===

Helo relinquishes his position as XO after the Battle of New Caprica with Colonel Tigh's return to ''Galactica'', but Tigh's actions and attitude cause him to be relieved of duty ([[Collaborators]]). Helo finds himself once again acting as Adama's right-hand man ([[Torn]]). During this time, Helo is promoted to Captain (although the exact date of his promotion is unknown).

When faced with use of the recently discovered Cylon virus as an agent for genocide, Helo sabotages the plan, which he sees as an atrocity, by rigging the Cylon prisoner's cells so they suffocate before they can be executed within range of a Resurrection Ship and thus download with the virus. Roslin and Adama both know the obvious culprit, but Adama, who felt the President was on shaky moral ground for using genocide as a military solution, decides not to take any action against Helo ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

Helo participates in the organized shipwide fights intended to boost morale ([[Unfinished Business]]). He fights a hard match against Major [[Lee Adama]]. Helo is declared victorious in the match after Doctor Cottle removes a battered Adama.

He returns to flight duty and pilots a Raptor<ref>At some point Helo is apparently reclassified as a pilot. It is unknown if, as what in US naval jargon calls a "retread", he had to undergo a Raptor [[nugget]] pilot training course.</ref> during operations to replenish the fleet's food stores ([[The Passage]]). It is during their time at the [[Algae planet]] that a Cylon negotiation party aboard ''Galactica'' reveals to his wife that Hera is still alive. Though Athena initially denies the taunt, she and Helo soon find out from Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] that it is true, much to their dismay ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]). Athena believes the only way to get her daughter back is to be resurrected inside the Cylon fleet, and begs Helo to kill her. Being unable to dissuade her, Helo grants her wish. Athena resurrects and successfully retrieves Hera, aided by [[Caprica-Six]] ([[Rapture]]). He is present during the post-incident briefing regarding the Temple of Five, implying that he may hold additional duties besides flight ops.

This is confirmed when Helo is assigned by Admiral Adama to take charge of the hundreds of civilians which have been transfered to a [[Dogsville|refugee camp]] on ''Galactica''. One reason for this assignment is the suspicion of his involvement in the sabotage of a planned [[A Measure of Salvation|biological attack]] on the Cylons. Among the refugees are a large number of [[Sagittaron]]s, many of whom display the first symptoms of [[Mellorak infection]]. [[King|Mrs. King]] comes to Helo and accuses the civilian physician Dr. [[Michael Robert|Robert]] of murder after the death of her son due to the Doctor's anti-Sagittaron bigotry. Helo begins an investigation, made difficult by several factors. Not only is Dr. Robert held in high regard by Helo's superiors, but the claims of the Sagittarons are dismissed due to a negative view of the religious fundamentalism and ancient traditions practiced by most Sagittarons. Helo's personal conflict with Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] over his marriage to [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] is exacerbated by the Colonel's prejudices to a point where Helo hits Tigh in a crowded corridor. When Helo is warned by [[King]] in the middle of the night about a seriously ill [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] (also a Sagittaron) under Robert's care, he immediately goes to Dualla's aide and finds himself in a stand-off with Dr. Robert, Dr. Cottle intervenes and reports that toxicology tests done on the deceased Sagittarons revealed no antidote but rather toxic bisphosphonate. Helo is ordered by Tigh to arrest Robert and a short time later, Admiral Adama personally apologizes to him for not believing his initial claims about Robert and the opposition he encountered in his investigation ([[The Woman King]]). During his private meeting with Adama, Helo confesses his role in the failed biological attack on the Cylons ([[The Woman King]] bonus scene).

Helo eventually returns to flight status and is one of the second highest ranking pilots after the deaths of [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] (together with [[Showboat]] and [[Two Times]]). Two weeks after Starbuck's death, Helo takes over as CAG for a visibly distraught and emotionally unstable [[Lee Adama]] who is grounded by Admiral Adama and assigned to oversee the security detail for Baltar's defense attorney, [[Romo Lampkin]] ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

After Colonel Tigh has an extreme fallback into his alcoholism at Gaius Baltar's trial, Helo again replaces him as Executive Officer. He notes a feeling of apprehension, noting "something over the horizon" is coming and that it does not bode well for the Fleet ([[Crossroads, Part I]]). When ''Galactica'' jumps to the [[Ionian Nebula]], a large Cylon force is detected closing in on them. With no means of escape the crew prepares to engage the enemy. Tigh resumes his post but Helo remains in the CIC with the command staff, noting that Viper #3 launches without a rostered pilot ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

=== The Return of Starbuck ===

Following the apparent resurrection of his old friend, Kara Thrace, Agathon adopts a supportive but guarded attitude towards her. He recognizes her voice over the wireless, but along with many other members of the crew, Helo look on suspiciously as she emerges from her Viper. Agathon encourages Thrace to continue trying to get [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite the fact that no one believes her story ([[He That Believeth in Me]]). When Thrace holds President Roslin at gunpoint, Agathon asks to be allowed to talk to her, likely hoping to appeal to her on the basis of their old friendship. When Admiral Adama gives Thrace the ''[[Demetrius]]'' to try to find Earth, Agathon joins her as her [[executive officer]] ([[Six of One]]). Although he initially defends her in front of the crew despite her eccentricities and strange behavior, his loyalty comes to a breaking point when Thrace orders her crew to rendezvous with a Cylon [[Basestar]]. When given the order to jump, Agathon refuses and relieves Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

=== Name ===

The Re-imagined ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' plays heavily on Greek mythology and history; the use of names such as [[Delphi]] and those of the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian gods]] is an example. Helo's names have many possible referrents:
*[[Wikipedia:Agathon|Agathon]] was an ancient Greek tragic poet.
*''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' was of one of the spirits that lie between the gods and mortals in Greek mythology. He is associated with the cultivation of grapes and grain as well as luck and abundance.
*The prefix "Agatho-" means 'good' in Greek.
*[[Wikipedia:Helios|Helios]] was the Greek god of the Sun associated most prominently with the myth of [[Wikipedia:Phaëton|Phaëton]].
*"Helo" is slang for [[Wikipedia:Helicopter|helicopter]], and the [[Raptor]] craft Helo crews is visually based on an [[Wikipedia:AH-64 Apache|Apache helicopter]]. This fits with the callsign of his former co-pilot, "[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]", which is slang for a ballistic missile submarine.

=== Character ===

*In an [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2965&Itemid=0&limit=1&limitstart=1 interview], actor Tahmoh Penikett discussed the (unofficial) backstory he had worked out with [[Katee Sackhoff]] to explain her comment in "[[Scattered]]" that they "go way back":
:"We are old friends and we have been through a lot together. I have been asked this question before, but I think it is pretty safe to bet that we were either in the academy together or we have known each other for years. Whether there has ever been a romantic relationship, that is definitely a possibility--especially with Starbuck...It could have been a one night stand, but there is in fact a relationship. We are more like brother and sister, and have been through a lot together. Helo really understands Starbuck and she understands him. They are a lot closer than most people think."
*Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally, he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor left him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance convinced [[Wikipedia:The powers that be|TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on Boomer's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons.
*While he is shown in a [[Raptor]] during the funeral of his [[Hera Agathon|daughter]] in "[[Downloaded]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]" is the first time he flies as [[ECO]] since the [[Miniseries]].

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The man dubbed the '''tattooed pilot'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a large, bald, tattooed [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] pilot stationed on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. His [[tattoo]]s include a tiger on his left arm and a dragon on his right arm.

The tattooed pilot is briefly seen at a briefing when the Fleet has to make an [[FTL]] jump every 33 minutes to escape their [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] pursuers ([[33]]).

The pilot is often seen playing card games such as [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] or [[Dead Man's Chest]]. He can be seen at a card game during the crisis after the water tanks were sabotaged, playing with [[Kara Thrace|Kara Thrace]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Water]]).

The tattooed pilot is present at a briefing when Kara Thrace is acting as [[CAG]] during [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship ([[Bastille Day]]).

He is present at the briefing where the pilots complain that they are missing the confined Captain Adama at their card game ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

He is again playing with Starbuck, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Tucker Clellan|Duck]] and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] when, after his return from Caprica, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] comes to the playing table and is treated as a persona non grata by everyone except Starbuck ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

He is one of several pilots watching [[Number Three|D'anna Biers']]s documentary ([[Final Cut]]).

The tattooed pilot is one of the crewmembers present during the arrival of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] on ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

He is seen partying with other pilots when ''Galactica'' is defending the ''[[Majahual]]'' and drinking a shooter out of a female pilot's belly button ([[Scar]]).

Shortly after the exodus from New Caprica, he sits at a table in the rec room behind Kara Thrace and Felix Geata ([[Collaborators]]).

The tattooed pilot is playing "Dead Man's Chest" with Starbuck, Hot Dog, [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] and [[Narcho]] when Helo asks for a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]] and submits his own proposal: "[[Chrome dome]]" ([[Torn]]).

During the food shortage, he is present at a briefing before the passage through the star cluster, takes parts in one of the trips through it, and watches [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] making Kat's posthumous promotion official by switching her name on the pilot roster with Lee Adama's ([[The Passage]]).

At a pilot's daily mission briefing, some 49 days since the last Cylon encounter, he sits down between [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] after the latter moves one seat over to tease Hot Dog about his rash in the pubic region ([[A Day in the Life]]).

He is later seen rushing through the hallways of ''Galactica'', after the Fleet has jumped into the [[Ionian Nebula]] and the power goes out. He passes Adama in the corridor en route to his Viper ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

During Lee Adama's retirement party in the rec-room, he plays a strip version of Triad with Hot Dog and Racetrack ([[Six of One]]).

He is part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew commanded by Kara Thrace on its mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where he is seen cooking a meal ([[The Ties That Bind]]). He is also present on the ship's bridge when [[Kara Thrace]] relieves [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] of duty for refusing to follow orders, only to have [[Felix Gaeta]] refuse her orders as well, resulting in Helo relieving Starbuck of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==
* According to Leo Li Chiang, who plays the tattooed pilot, he "rarely leaves the pilot's rec room, but is always up for a game of Triad or a shot of [[Ambrosia]], manages to get all the other pilots to keep the room tidy"<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/exitgear Leo Li Chiang's MySpace page]</ref>
* Despite appearing in a number of episodes, he has not been named yet on screen. He might be one from the [[List of pilots|list of mentioned-only pilots]]. Although he has not been given an official callsign by the writers yet, he is often referred to by fans as "Salty" or "Dragon". [[Bradley Thompson]] stated: "If we give him a name, you won't have the fun of trying to guess what it is."
* Despite saying only one line in the whole series so far, he is one of the most memorable ''Galactica'' pilots due to his appearance.
* He is wearing a Viper patch on his flight suit in "[[A Day in the Life]]", but has been shown with a Raptor patch in some earlier episodes.
* The actor, Leo Li Chiang, states that he also appeared in the Miniseries.

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The man dubbed the '''tattooed pilot'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a large, bald, tattooed [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] pilot stationed on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. His [[tattoo]]s include a tiger on his left arm and a dragon on his right arm.

The tattooed pilot is briefly seen at a briefing when the Fleet has to make an [[FTL]] jump every 33 minutes to escape their [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] pursuers ([[33]]).

The pilot is often seen playing card games such as [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] or [[Dead Man's Chest]]. He can be seen at a card game during the crisis after the water tanks were sabotaged, playing with [[Kara Thrace|Kara Thrace]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Water]]).

The tattooed pilot is present at a briefing when Kara Thrace is acting as [[CAG]] during [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship ([[Bastille Day]]).

He is present at the briefing where the pilots complain that they are missing the confined Captain Adama at their card game ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

He is again playing with Starbuck, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Tucker Clellan|Duck]] and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] when, after his return from Caprica, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] comes to the playing table and is treated as a persona non grata by everyone except Starbuck ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

He is one of several pilots watching [[Number Three|D'anna Biers']]s documentary ([[Final Cut]]).

The tattooed pilot is one of the crewmembers present during the arrival of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] on ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

He is seen partying with other pilots when ''Galactica'' is defending the ''[[Majahual]]'' and drinking a shooter out of a female pilot's belly button ([[Scar]]).

Shortly after the exodus from New Caprica, he sits at a table in the rec room behind Kara Thrace and Felix Geata ([[Collaborators]]).

The tattooed pilot is playing "Dead Man's Chest" with Starbuck, Hot Dog, [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] and [[Narcho]] when Helo asks for a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]] and submits his own proposal: "[[Chrome dome]]" ([[Torn]]).

During the food shortage, he is present at a briefing before the passage through the star cluster, takes parts in one of the trips through it, and watches [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] making Kat's posthumous promotion official by switching her name on the pilot roster with Lee Adama's ([[The Passage]]).

At a pilot's daily mission briefing, some 49 days since the last Cylon encounter, he sits down between [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] after the latter moves one seat over to tease Hot Dog about his rash in the pubic region ([[A Day in the Life]]).

He is later seen rushing through the hallways of ''Galactica'', after the Fleet has jumped into the [[Ionian Nebula]] and the power goes out. He passes Adama in the corridor en route to his Viper ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

During Lee Adama's retirement party in the rec-room, he plays a strip version of Triad with Hot Dog and Racetrack ([[Six of One]]).

He is part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew commanded by Kara Thrace on its mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where he is seen cooking a meal ([[The Ties That Bind]]). He is also present on the ship's bridge when [[Kara Thrace]] relieves [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] of duty, only to have [[Felix Gaeta]] refuse her orders as well, resulting in Helo relieving Starbuck of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==
* According to Leo Li Chiang, who plays the tattooed pilot, he "rarely leaves the pilot's rec room, but is always up for a game of Triad or a shot of [[Ambrosia]], manages to get all the other pilots to keep the room tidy"<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/exitgear Leo Li Chiang's MySpace page]</ref>
* Despite appearing in a number of episodes, he has not been named yet on screen. He might be one from the [[List of pilots|list of mentioned-only pilots]]. Although he has not been given an official callsign by the writers yet, he is often referred to by fans as "Salty" or "Dragon". [[Bradley Thompson]] stated: "If we give him a name, you won't have the fun of trying to guess what it is."
* Despite saying only one line in the whole series so far, he is one of the most memorable ''Galactica'' pilots due to his appearance.
* He is wearing a Viper patch on his flight suit in "[[A Day in the Life]]", but has been shown with a Raptor patch in some earlier episodes.
* The actor, Leo Li Chiang, states that he also appeared in the Miniseries.

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Tattooed pilot

2008-05-03T06:44:58Z

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The man dubbed the '''tattooed pilot'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a large, bald, tattooed [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] pilot stationed on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. His [[tattoo]]s include a tiger on his left arm and a dragon on his right arm.

The tattooed pilot is briefly seen at a briefing when the Fleet has to make an [[FTL]] jump every 33 minutes to escape their [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] pursuers ([[33]]).

The pilot is often seen playing card games such as [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] or [[Dead Man's Chest]]. He can be seen at a card game during the crisis after the water tanks were sabotaged, playing with [[Kara Thrace|Kara Thrace]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Water]]).

The tattooed pilot is present at a briefing when Kara Thrace is acting as [[CAG]] during [[Lee Adama]]'s absence from ship ([[Bastille Day]]).

He is present at the briefing where the pilots complain that they are missing the confined Captain Adama at their card game ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

He is again playing with Starbuck, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Tucker Clellan|Duck]] and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] when, after his return from Caprica, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] comes to the playing table and is treated as a persona non grata by everyone except Starbuck ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

He is one of several pilots watching [[Number Three|D'anna Biers']]s documentary ([[Final Cut]]).

The tattooed pilot is one of the crewmembers present during the arrival of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] on ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

He is seen partying with other pilots when ''Galactica'' is defending the ''[[Majahual]]'' and drinking a shooter out of a female pilot's belly button ([[Scar]]).

Shortly after the exodus from New Caprica, he sits at a table in the rec room behind Kara Thrace and Felix Geata ([[Collaborators]]).

The tattooed pilot is playing "Dead Man's Chest" with Starbuck, Hot Dog, [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] and [[Narcho]] when Helo asks for a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]] and submits his own proposal: "[[Chrome dome]]" ([[Torn]]).

During the food shortage, he is present at a briefing before the passage through the star cluster, takes parts in one of the trips through it, and watches [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] making Kat's posthumous promotion official by switching her name on the pilot roster with Lee Adama's ([[The Passage]]).

At a pilot's daily mission briefing, some 49 days since the last Cylon encounter, he sits down between [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] after the latter moves one seat over to tease Hot Dog about his rash in the pubic region ([[A Day in the Life]]).

He is later seen rushing through the hallways of ''Galactica'', after the Fleet has jumped into the [[Ionian Nebula]] and the power goes out. He passes Adama in the corridor en route to his Viper ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

During Lee Adama's retirement party in the rec-room, he plays a strip version of Triad with Hot Dog and Racetrack ([[Six of One]]).

He is part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew commanded by Kara Thrace on its mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where he is seen cooking a meal ([[The Ties That Bind]]). He is also present on the ship's bridge when [[Kara Thrace]] relieves [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] of duty, only to have [[Felix Geata]] refuse her orders as well, resulting in Helo relieving Starbuck of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==
* According to Leo Li Chiang, who plays the tattooed pilot, he "rarely leaves the pilot's rec room, but is always up for a game of Triad or a shot of [[Ambrosia]], manages to get all the other pilots to keep the room tidy"<ref>[http://www.myspace.com/exitgear Leo Li Chiang's MySpace page]</ref>
* Despite appearing in a number of episodes, he has not been named yet on screen. He might be one from the [[List of pilots|list of mentioned-only pilots]]. Although he has not been given an official callsign by the writers yet, he is often referred to by fans as "Salty" or "Dragon". [[Bradley Thompson]] stated: "If we give him a name, you won't have the fun of trying to guess what it is."
* Despite saying only one line in the whole series so far, he is one of the most memorable ''Galactica'' pilots due to his appearance.
* He is wearing a Viper patch on his flight suit in "[[A Day in the Life]]", but has been shown with a Raptor patch in some earlier episodes.
* The actor, Leo Li Chiang, states that he also appeared in the Miniseries.

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Brendan Costanza

2008-05-03T06:38:31Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Biography */

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Lieutenant '''Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a Viper pilot on ''Galactica'', and is the only known survivor among the initial batch of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots recruited from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s civilians. He initially acts more experienced than he really is, but grows to become one of ''Galactica's'' seasoned veteran pilots.

== Biography ==

A washout from the Fleet Academy before the [[Second Cylon War]], Costanza is picked as one of the first Viper pilot trainees recruited from the Fleet after an accident kills 13 pilots. Despite flight instructor [[Kara Thrace]] initially failing the entire class, Costanza and the others are reinstated on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s orders and resume flight training.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Costanza after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace.]] Costanza demonstrates loyalty, bravery and a degree of recklessness when a group of eight [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] encounter Thrace and her nuggets on a training flight. Defying Thrace's order to return to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Costanza turns around and joins the fight as Thrace's wingman, destroying one Raider before sustaining battle damage to his Viper. This almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed and complicates things for Thrace by having to cover a disabled bird, but it improves her odds against the remaining Raiders ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]], after which he vomits on the Raptor's deck. A short time later, after briefing Commander Adama, Costranza is led to [[sickbay]], but not before Captain [[Lee Adama]] removes the flight wings from his own uniform and pins them on Costanza in recognition of bravery in his first combat engagement ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] ("Kat") and [[Perry]] ("Chuckles"), members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

He helps defending ''Galactica'' while the battlestar performs lengthy calculations to locate the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Costanza survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, Apollo orders Costanza to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Costanza to intercept a Raptor carrying the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After Captain Lee Adama continues their escape after Costanza fires a warning shot across his bow, Tigh orders Costanza to stand down rather than shoot Captain Adama's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with Captain Adama and Thrace, who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The Raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with Captain Adama and Thrace practicing handgun marksmanship on the [[firing range]] when a [[Cylon computer virus]] nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Costanza is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Costanza joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Costanza is among the pilots assigned to patrol the asteroid field during weeks-long mining operations. He survives the operation, though several of his fellow pilots do not ([[Scar]]).

After the discovery of [[New Caprica]], Costanza remains in the Fleet above the planet, who are later forced to leave when the Cylons arrive. Four months later, Costanza leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the [[Battle of New Caprica|attack]] on the New Caprica ship yard. He and his wingman, [[Redwing]], provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility by destroying many guard tower emplacements ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After the exodus from New Caprica, Costanza is the one that suggests "Athena" as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major Adama's senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

With other pilots, he is responsible for shepherding civilian ships through a [[passage (star cluster)|massive star cluster]]. In one of the outbound flights, Costanza loses the ''[[Adriatic]]'' ([[The Passage]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Agathon]] teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

During an underway replenishment operation near a gas giant, Costanza is assigned to fly as Thrace's wingman during a routine CAP. It is on one of these CAPs Thraces believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Thrace's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after Kara Thrace's death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by Major Adama immediately prior to the major being taken off flight status and replaced with Karl Agathon as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

After the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], he plays a "strip poker" variant of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] with [[Margaret Edmonson]] and the [[tattooed pilot]], before Lee Adama's send off party ([[Six of One]]).

Costanza is later part of the hand-picked crew of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' as a pilot for one of her four [[Viper Mark II]] fighters ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

== Notes ==

*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[David Eick]] and [[Ron D. Moore]] elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Perry|Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of ''Galactica'') so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], Costanza can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]).
*Costanza is featured in the XBOX 360 ''Battlestar Galactica'' game as one of the pilots the player competes with to shoot down the most ships and become ''Galactica'''s new top gun.
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Felix Gaeta

2008-05-03T06:24:56Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Return to Duty */

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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he has served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''.

Prior to the attack, he was studying biogenetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).

He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These tendencies and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.

As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta also manages the ship's [[FTL]] systems, including the calculation and initiation of jumps. Gaeta also manages the needs of the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.

==Remarkable Brillance==

As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives on-board ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges levelled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by "Shelly Godfrey" looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.

Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], Gaeta does not have time to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedure.

Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] did not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ''ad hoc'' network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the needed time to calculate. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Several power and CIC systems are disabled by a Cylon infection while [[Cylon Centurion]]s board the ship ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].

==Under Pressure==

Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).

The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[Logic bomb|logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatened to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack force was imminent.

[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]

After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:

:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/>
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/>

Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.

Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.

Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==

During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew -- or indicates any knowledge of -- who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name -- the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.)
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully voted as President-Elect, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].

A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).

== Inside Man ==
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).

== End of the Baltar Administration ==
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

== Return to Duty ==
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie.

When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]).

After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.

Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]'''s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to jump to a [[Cylon]] [[Basestar]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Helo refuses the order believing it to be too risky. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[executive officer|X.O.]] and gives him the same order. Like Helo, Geata refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officers which leads Helo in an attempt to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.
*The name "Felix" means "Happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous, or "favored by the gods". It first appeared in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy. This goes well with his Latin first name.
*His counterpart in the original "Battlestar Galactica" is Sgt. [[Omega]], a native of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]].
*In the [[Miniseries]], Gaeta's name is usually pronounced "Guy-tah" {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}. However, in all subsequent installments of the regular series, everyone pronounces it as "Gay-tah" {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}; however, Col. [[Saul Tigh]] seems to vacillate between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}.
*According to a recent interview done by [[Jamie Bamber]] with out.com, he said Gaeta is "Almost definitely!" gay, referring to the fact that Gaeta has been single. When Bamber is also asked about a possible gay storyline, he said "I've heard a specific rumor about a storyline, and it is on some level definitely gay. That would be exciting and probably overdue."<ref>[http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449 http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449]</ref> (Bamber was probably referring to the lesbian storyline in "[[Razor]]" concerning [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and [[Gina]])
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror naval tradition, where male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to as 'Mister.'

==References==
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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he has served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''.

Prior to the attack, he was studying biogenetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).

He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These tendencies and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.

As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta also manages the ship's [[FTL]] systems, including the calculation and initiation of jumps. Gaeta also manages the needs of the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.

==Remarkable Brillance==

As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives on-board ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges levelled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by "Shelly Godfrey" looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.

Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], Gaeta does not have time to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedure.

Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] did not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ''ad hoc'' network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the needed time to calculate. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Several power and CIC systems are disabled by a Cylon infection while [[Cylon Centurion]]s board the ship ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].

==Under Pressure==

Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).

The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[Logic bomb|logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatened to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack force was imminent.

[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]

After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:

:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/>
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/>

Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.

Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.

Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==

During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew -- or indicates any knowledge of -- who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name -- the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.)
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully voted as President-Elect, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].

A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).

== Inside Man ==
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).

== End of the Baltar Administration ==
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

== Return to Duty ==
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie.

When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]).

After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.

Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]'''s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to jump to a [[Cylon]] [[Basestar]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Helo refuses the order. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[executive officer|X.O.]] and gives him the same order. Like Helo, Geata refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officer's which leads Helo in an attempt to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.
*The name "Felix" means "Happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous, or "favored by the gods". It first appeared in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy. This goes well with his Latin first name.
*His counterpart in the original "Battlestar Galactica" is Sgt. [[Omega]], a native of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]].
*In the [[Miniseries]], Gaeta's name is usually pronounced "Guy-tah" {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}. However, in all subsequent installments of the regular series, everyone pronounces it as "Gay-tah" {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}; however, Col. [[Saul Tigh]] seems to vacillate between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}.
*According to a recent interview done by [[Jamie Bamber]] with out.com, he said Gaeta is "Almost definitely!" gay, referring to the fact that Gaeta has been single. When Bamber is also asked about a possible gay storyline, he said "I've heard a specific rumor about a storyline, and it is on some level definitely gay. That would be exciting and probably overdue."<ref>[http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449 http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449]</ref> (Bamber was probably referring to the lesbian storyline in "[[Razor]]" concerning [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and [[Gina]])
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror naval tradition, where male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to as 'Mister.'

==References==
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{{Characters}}

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2008-05-03T06:22:41Z

AnteaterFeeder: /* Return to Duty */

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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he has served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''.

Prior to the attack, he was studying biogenetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).

He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These tendencies and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.

As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta also manages the ship's [[FTL]] systems, including the calculation and initiation of jumps. Gaeta also manages the needs of the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.

==Remarkable Brillance==

As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives on-board ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges levelled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by "Shelly Godfrey" looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.

Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], Gaeta does not have time to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedure.

Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] did not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ''ad hoc'' network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the needed time to calculate. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Several power and CIC systems are disabled by a Cylon infection while [[Cylon Centurion]]s board the ship ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].

==Under Pressure==

Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).

The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[Logic bomb|logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatened to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack force was imminent.

[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]

After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:

:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/>
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/>

Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.

Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.

Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==

During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew -- or indicates any knowledge of -- who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name -- the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.)
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully voted as President-Elect, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].

A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).

== Inside Man ==
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).

== End of the Baltar Administration ==
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

== Return to Duty ==
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie.

When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]).

After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.

Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]'''s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to jump to a [[Cylon]] [[Basestar]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Helo refuses the order. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[executive office|X.O.]] and gives him the same order. Like Helo, Geata refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officer's which leads Helo in an attempt to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.
*The name "Felix" means "Happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous, or "favored by the gods". It first appeared in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy. This goes well with his Latin first name.
*His counterpart in the original "Battlestar Galactica" is Sgt. [[Omega]], a native of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]].
*In the [[Miniseries]], Gaeta's name is usually pronounced "Guy-tah" {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}. However, in all subsequent installments of the regular series, everyone pronounces it as "Gay-tah" {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}; however, Col. [[Saul Tigh]] seems to vacillate between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}.
*According to a recent interview done by [[Jamie Bamber]] with out.com, he said Gaeta is "Almost definitely!" gay, referring to the fact that Gaeta has been single. When Bamber is also asked about a possible gay storyline, he said "I've heard a specific rumor about a storyline, and it is on some level definitely gay. That would be exciting and probably overdue."<ref>[http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449 http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449]</ref> (Bamber was probably referring to the lesbian storyline in "[[Razor]]" concerning [[Helena Cain|Cain]] and [[Gina]])
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror naval tradition, where male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to as 'Mister.'

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Colonial Military Code

2008-05-03T06:11:43Z

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The ''Colonial Military Code'' refers to the rules and regulations which govern the actions of the Colonial Fleet and Colonial Marines.

When [[Karl Agathon|Helo]]. acting as executive officer of the [[Demetrius]], attempts to relieve [[Kara Thrace]] of command, he invokes his authority by citing Article 10 of the Code ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

==Notes==

* It appears the Colonial Military Code is analogous to real-world documents such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which governs the United States armed forces.

Colonial Military Code

2008-05-03T06:10:47Z

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The ''Colonial Military Code'' refers to the rules and regulations which govern the actions of the Colonial Fleet and Colonial Marines.

When [[Karl Agathon|Helo]]. acting as executive officer of the [[Demetrius]], attempts to relieve [[Kara Thrace]] of command, he invokes his authority by citing Article 10 of the Code.

==Notes==

* It appears the Colonial Military Code is analogous to real-world documents such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which governs the United States armed forces.

Colonial Military Code

2008-05-03T06:05:19Z

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The ''Colonial Military Code'' refers to the rules and regulations which govern the actions of the Colonial Fleet and Colonial Marines.

When [[Karl Agathon|Helo]]. acting as executive officer of the [[Demetrius]], attempts to relieve [[Kara Thrace]] of command, he invokes his authority by citing Article 10 of the Code.

==Notes==

* It appears the Colonial Military Code is an analogous document to real-world documents such as the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) which governs the United States armed forces.

Eammon Pike

2008-05-03T05:52:36Z

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Lieutenant '''Eammon "Gonzo" Pike''' is a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot who takes part in the liberation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Precipice]]).

Later, he is part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew on its mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. However, he believes that the mission is just a trick by Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and that ''Galactica'' is shadowing the ship only waiting for Thrace to "show her true colors" ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

When [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to set a course to rendezvous with a [[Cylon]] [[Basestar]] in hopes of gathering information about [[Earth]] rather than back to the fleet as scheduled, Pike passionately advocates against the idea. His insubordination is only tolerated for a moment before [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] pistol whips Pike unconscious in front of the entire ship's crew ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

== Notes ==

* Actor [[Ryan McDonell]] is credited for appearing in the episodes "[[Occupation]]" and "[[Precipice]]" as an unnamed pilot, but because Pike is also a pilot, it can be assumed that he is the same character.

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Squadrons of Galactica

2007-10-21T15:08:09Z

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[[Image:ViperWepsSchool_AoC.JPG|thumb|right|2nd Raptor Squadron and Viper Weapons School crests ([[Act of Contrition]]).]]
Numerous squadron insignia<ref>
*This is a reference to the use of now-commonplace shoulder sleeve unit insignia [http://www.army.mil/symbols/uniformtraditions3.html popularized in armed services such as the U.S. Army] as early as 1918.
* It is possible that some of these insignia actually belong to larger units, such as [[w:Wing (air force unit)|wings]], which are composed of several squadrons in turn (with 12-24 planes each). In many real-world air forces wings have own insignia and names, but no evidence exists as to whether the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] is structured in the same way. Since the [[Raptor]] patch is labeled "Fighter Squadron 10", Battlestar Wiki chooses to treat all of them as squadrons. There is also a "7th Raptor Squadron - Battleaxe" patch.
</ref> are visible on the walls of the pilots' [[Pilot ready rooms|ready room]] on [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]. The squadrons can contain both [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] pilots, which comprise its ''air wing'',<ref>Admiral [[Helena Cain]] in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" uses the term in context: "I'm going to integrate the crews. And I'm starting by reassigning Captain Adama to the ''Pegasus'' air wing."</ref> the sum of all Viper squadrons, [[Raptor]]s and [[Refueling tanker|support ships]] assigned to a [[battlestar]].

An air wing is commanded by the battlestar's senior pilot, the [[CAG|Commander, Air Group]], or "CAG". The term air group is only used in the title of the CAG, as in practice the Viper and Raptor force is called "air wing" ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]) <ref>The term "air group" is technically obsolete in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy as air groups are now known as ''air wings''. While the senior pilot title is officially ''Commander, Air Wing'' (CAW), the term of "CAG" is still used informally as a portmanteau. ''Battlestar Galactica'' reflects the same informality.</ref>.

Squadrons are purely organizational in nature and probably also a matter of generating ''esprit de corps'' (positive morale) in a group of pilots. In combat, Viper squadrons are color-coded (for example, [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] and [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]]). Since these designations are used for different units at various points, they are very likely [[wireless]] code names that are assigned on an ad-hoc basis as needed for each mission.

An organizational chart in the episode "[[The Passage]]" shows that ''Galactica'' operates four squadrons with 10 to 16 pilots each. Each squadron seems to have a mix of Viper and Raptor pilots <ref>It is unknown how accurately the writers follow this chart. Flight operations depicted in other episodes might differ from it in details. For example both Kat and Helo lead [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron/Blue Team]] some time, but are shown to be in different squadrons on the chart. Since the names are on magnetic cards, the roster may also be in flux from an in-universe point of view.</ref>. The known squadron leaders at that time are [[Kara Thrace]], [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Ricky Richardson]]. After Starbuck is [[Maelstrom|presumed dead]], [[Helo]] seems to rise to squadron leader as well ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

== Known Squadrons ==

Not all squadrons listed in this article are in active service. This is supported by the low number of Vipers on ''Galactica'', as well as the [[Galactica Museum|availability]] of a single [[hangar deck]] and [[flight pod]] for missions. Together with the low number of pilots, this makes it probable that many squadron patches shown represent those that served on ''Galactica'' in its past, but have since been assigned elsewhere or disbanded. This is likely the case with Primus squadron, which served in the first [[Cylon War]] and whose patches might have been kept for historical or nostalgic reasons. Squadron 2 was a Raptor squadron that served in the first Cylon War ([[Razor Flashbacks#Episode 1|Razor Flashbacks, Episode 1]]).

The squadron patches are numbered in sequence beginning with 1 (Primus). The exception is the Viper Weapons School patch, a golden version of the standard Viper patch.

Known squadron names are:
*Fighter Squadron 1 Primus
*Fighter Squadron 3 Vigilantes
*Fighter Squadron 4 Demons
*Fighter Squadron 6 Vampires
*Raptor Squadron 7 Battleaxe
*Fighter Squadron 9 Headhunters

Of note, the standard Raptor patch is labeled "Fighter Squadron 10 Raptors".
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=== Primus ===
[[Image:Primusphoto.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Primus patch is visible in this old photo of William Adama.]]
'''Primus''' is the name of ''Galactica's'' 1st Viper Squadron.

[[William Adama]] was a member of this fighter group, in addition to other pilots from the [[Cylon War]] era such as [[Raymond Lai]]. The logo of this group is adorned prominently on the nose of many restored [[Viper Mark II]] fighters that were to occupy the [[Galactica Museum]].

A photo of a younger William Adama and his two boys, [[Zak Adama|Zak]] and [[Lee Adama|Lee]], shows the Primus logo on his jumpsuit and his old fighter, [[Viper 7242]].

=== Vigilantes ===

[[Image:Vigil Mini.JPG|thumb|Vigilantes squadron crest in Colonel Tigh's quarters ([[Miniseries]]).]]

The Vigilantes, 3rd Viper Squadron, is a long-established unit in the Colonial Fleet before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. Given that the squadron's logo adorns a wall in the quarters of Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] (a commanding officer long removed from pilot service), it is likely that Tigh served as a member of the Vigilantes as a Viper pilot in the first Cylon War.

Captain [[Kara Thrace]] is a member of the Vigilantes ([[Act of Contrition]]).

[[Jackson Spencer]], the former [[CAG]] of ''Galactica'', is also a member of the Vigilantes. He and his squadron were completely destroyed by [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. The only known survivors at this time are Thrace, who was in the brig for striking a [[Saul Tigh|superior officer]], and the crew of the [[Raptor]] supporting the squadron, [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy)|Sharon Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl Agathon]]. It is unknown if the Raptor crew was part of the squadron or just assigned to support it ([[Miniseries]]).

The first class of [[Nugget|nuggets]] fly as members of this squadron ([[Act of Contrition]]).

[[Margaret Edmondson]] and [[Hamish McCall]], [[Raptor]] pilots, are both members of the Vigilantes ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).

====Known Members====
*[[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]]
*[[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
*[[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
*[[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
*[[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]

==Squadron Crests==
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Image:Primus Epiphanies.JPG|''Fighter Squadron 1''<br> '''Primus'''    
Image:ViperWepsSchool_AoC.JPG|''Raptor Squadron 2''<br> '''Name Unknown'''    
Image:Vigil Mini.JPG|''Fighter Squadron 3''<br> '''Vigilantes'''    
Image:Demons AoC.JPG|''Fighter Squadron 4''<br> '''Demons'''    
Image:Vampires AoC.JPG|''Fighter Squadron 6''<br> '''Vampires'''    
Image:7th Battleaxe.jpg|''Raptor Squadron 7''<br> '''Battleaxe'''    
Image:Squad8_logo.jpg|''Fighter Squadron 8''<br> '''Name Unknown'''    
Image:Headhunters detail.jpg|''Fighter Squadron 9''<br> '''Headhunters'''    
Image:FS10 Resistance.JPG|''Fighter Squadron 10''<br> '''Raptors'''    
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Brendan Costanza

2007-04-17T04:07:50Z

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'''Lt. Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza''' is a cocksure pilot, originally washed out of Colonial flight school, but selected as a candidate pilot ([[nugget]]) for [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] training under the command of [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]].

== Biography ==

Costanza was a Fleet Academy washout, surviving the [[Cylon Holocaust]]. He is recruited as a Viper pilot trainee after an accident kills 13 Viper pilots, including [[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]] ([[Act of Contrition]]). Initially washed out from Viper training under Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]], Costanza is reinstated after Commander [[William Adama]] ordered his and other nuggets' return to flight training status.

[[Image:HotDog YCGHA.JPG|thumb|left|Hot Dog after his reckless attempt to save Lieutenant Thrace ([[Act of Contrition]]).]] After the reinstatement, Costanza demonstrates an aptitude for being inventive and an overenthusiastic tendency for taking initiative. He acts more experienced than he really is and tries to be top dog. Costanza demonstrates this when a group of eight [[Cylon Raiders]] encounter Starbuck, Hot Dog and his fellow nuggets on a training flight. Instead of obeying Starbuck's orders by returning to ''[[Galactica]]'' at full throttle, Hot Dog returns to assist Thrace as a wingman. This act almost gets the young, inexperienced pilot killed, but buys Starbuck time to dispatch all eight Raiders in a situation where, if not for Hot Dog's distraction of the collective enemy fighter group, Starbuck's odds of survival would be considerably less ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Costanza ejects from his severely damaged Viper and is subsequently rescued by [[Alert Fighters|Alert 1]] ([[Act of Contrition]]) and a [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] and [[Crashdown]] ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). However, he loses his lunch on the Raptor's deck.

Costanza develops a bond with [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Perry|Chuckles]], members of his training group ([[Act of Contrition]]).

Hot Dog takes part in the attack on a Cylon tylium refinery as part of Strike Force One. It appears he assumes command of the group with the death of their flight leader, [[Fireball]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])

Hot Dog takes part in defending ''Galactica'' from a Cylon attack while she relocates the separated Fleet ([[Scattered]]). After returning to ''Galactica'', Hot Dog survives a brief run in with a [[Cylon Centurion]] that boards the ship. With shipboard systems unreliable, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] orders Hot Dog to personally report the situation to [[CIC]] ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

While flying [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] orders Hot Dog to intercept a Raptor carring the escaping President [[Laura Roslin]]. After pilot [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] continues their escape after Hot Dog fires a warning shot across his bow, Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] orders Hot Dog to stand down rather than shoot Apollo's Raptor down ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Costanza is one of the pilots, along with [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], who are scrambled to intercept two Cylon raiders on a presumed reconnaissance mission to find ''Galactica''. The raiders are dispatched with ease, though their real mission was to relay a transmission from a [[Number Three|Cylon agent]] on board ''Galactica'' to Caprica ([[Final Cut]]).

Costanza is with [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] practicing handgun marksmanship when a Cylon computer virus nearly suffocates the trio. Later, Hot Dog is scrambled with the rest of ''Galactica'''s air group to face a massive formation of Cylon forces. With the timely intervention of [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Sharon]], the enemy fighters are disabled and Hot Dog joyfully takes part in the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Costanza is among the pilots on ''Galactica'' assigned to patrol the asteroid field during mining operations. He survives the operation, though several of his fellow pilots do not ([[Scar]]).

Hot Dog leads [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] in the attack on the shipyard on New Caprica, when he and his wingman [[Redwing]] provide cover fire for resistance members attempting to enter the facility ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

Costanza is the one that suggests [[Athena]] as a callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]]. He appears to be one of Major [[Lee Adama]]'s senior pilots ([[Torn]]) and is a member of the boarding party sent to investigate the dying Cylon basestar found in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

At a mission briefing he complains about a rash in his pubic region. Helo teases him about and says that he hopes the girl was worth it, moving to the next seat ([[A Day in the Life]]).

Costanza is assigned to fly as [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]'s wingman during a routine CAP while the fleet undergoes refueling operations near a gas giant. It is on one of these CAPs Starbuck believes to have made visual contact with a Cylon ship, though Costanza and Starbuck's gun camera see nothing ([[Maelstrom]]).

Two weeks after [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]'s death, Costanza is present during the daily mission brief conducted by [[Lee Adama]] immediately prior to the Major being taken off flight status and replaced with [[Karl Agathon]] as CAG ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

During the opening days of Baltar's trial, Costanza is playing a game of [[Pyramid]] in [[Joe's bar]] with the [[nuggets]] [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

== Notes ==

*[[Louanne Katraine|Kat]] is promoted to Lieutenant after passing through Viper training, so presumably Hot Dog has also been promoted to Lieutenant by the episode "[[Final Cut]]", but this has not been confirmed in an aired episode as yet. Apparently, as seen in the episode "[[Scar]]" newly graduated cadets actually hold the rank of Ensign, and presumably get promoted over time. However, Kat had been confirmed as a Lieutenant at that time and Hot Dog has been a pilot as just as long as her (they were in the first batch of nuggets), so he is probably a Lieutenant as well.
*Actor [[Bodie Olmos]] is the youngest son of [[Edward James Olmos]] ([[William Adama|Admiral William Adama]]) and the grandson of actor/singer Howard Keel.
*In the DVD commentary for "[[Act of Contrition]]", David Eick and Ron D. Moore elaborate on the increased role of the nugget pilots as the series progressed:

:Eick: This young actress playing Kat has proven to be--and there's Bodie Olmos, Eddie's son, in the center there who's Hot Dog, he's also become a recurring character.
:RDM: Well those three in the front, [[Chuckles]], Hot Dog, and [[Kat]], they all became "pilots" to us. And I don't think we really had any expectation of that. The idea was we were going to do "the nuggets", "the new pilots", was just going to be its own kind of story, and ''maybe'' you might see one of these guys again later. And what started happening is the writers just started putting them in, like almost every scene that we dealt with the pilots (of Galactica) so these ''became'' our "recognizable faces".

*During the initial briefing with [[Starbuck]], Hotdog can be seen to be flipping his pen around his fingers in a similar fashion to "Iceman" from the movie "Top Gun" ([[Act of Contrition]]).

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