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This is a project dedicated to creating an '''audio version''' of articles on the ''Battlestar Wiki''.

== Project Scope ==
The scope of the project will encompass both articles and Battlestar Wiki documents exclusively; content on user pages, talk pages, and on any other namespace are not included.

== Contributors ==
For all contributors, please add your user name to the list in this section. Please also indicate what you would like to work on, such as character articles, cast articles, episode guides, etc.

=== Audio ===
*[[User:Ovinnik|Ovinnik]] ('''Pro VA / Audio, and Editing''') - Interested in providing the recorded/spoken portion of a solid script that warrants audio. Don't currently have a whole lot of time to spare for writing actual articles, but I'm willing to help in an editing capacity. (Preference for special or well-written scripts.) 19 September 2006

*[[User:kobayashihikaru|kobayashihikaru]] ('''Audio / VA''') - I'll do voiceover work for any articles that need it - right now I'm in the process of recording the first few episodes of Season 1 according to the script, to see if I'm doing it right, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes - just tell me what you need. 22 October 2006

*[[User:NeoBlissey|NeoBlissey]] ('''Pro VA / Audio, and Editing''') - Ready and willing to do whatever it takes to get this project on its feet. 20 August 2007

*[[User:Crescere|Crescere]] ('''VA / Audio''') - This sounds like an interesting project. I'd love to be a part of it. Tell me what I need to do. 3 September 2007

*[[User:Evermail|EverMail]] ('''Audio''') - Pro voice guy ready to provide voiceovers. 19 March 2008

*[[User:Deathstrike|Deathstrike]] ('''VA / Audio''') - Budding V/O artist willing to read some articles. 20 March 2008

*[[User:Eirikur|Eirikur]] ('''VA / Audio, and Editing''') - Mostly recording for me. I do voice work for English Wikipedia already. [[User:Eirikur|Eirikur]] 07:08, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

*[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] ('''VA''') - Ooh yeah, count me in. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 00:37, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

*[[User:Dogran|Dogran]] - Are you still needing people for this? I'd be happy to help if there's room. I'm willing to turn my hand to more or less anything that needs doing - but that said, I'll probably need some initial guidance as I'm not familiar with the more detailed workings of wikis... [[User:Dogran|Dogran]] 22:12, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

*[[User:RM Qualtrough|RM Qualtrough]] - I'm willing to help if you need it.

*[[User:FTLJumper|FTLJumper]] - New member here, but I've got a lot of experience in VO work, and I'd like to help out. Can we just work from the template and submit the mp3's for review?

*[[User:Bjc|Bjc]] - Willing to do anything you need me to do. I'm quite interested in doing character profiles, episode plots and scripts but i'l do whatever you would like me to do,

=== Writing ===
*[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] ('''Scripts''') - I'm going to work on the missing script "templates" and then write a few scripts from them. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 00:37, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

== Audio version verification ==
All audio versions should be posted here for verifications, so that they may be verified prior to linking directly in the article.

[[Image:Grace Park bio.mp3]]
|[[Image:Tahmoh Penikett bio.mp3]]
|[[Image:Callum Keith Rennie bio.mp3]]

== Scripts ==
These are the scripts used for each article type of the wiki.

* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Episodes|Episodes]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Cast and Crew Biographies|Cast and Crew Biographies]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Character Page|Character Page]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Ship Page|Ship Page]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Generic Page|Generic Page]]
** For everything else...

== Scripts to Record ==
Finished scripts requiring a VA should be listed here.

* [[Battlestar_Wiki:Audio_Development/Space Park|Space Park]]

== Templates ==
These are templates to be used for the project.

=== Auto Generated ===
* {{tls|audio recording syntax}} (Development Needed; Not Used)

=== Manually Entered ===
* {{tl|audio recording}}
* {{tl|audio playback}}
* {{tl|audio section}}

Laura Roslin

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{{Character Data
|photo= Laura Roslin.jpg
|age=
|colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]
|birthname= Laura Roslin
|callsign=
|seen= Miniseries
|death= Terminal Cancer ([[Daybreak, Part II]])
|parents= [[Roslin's mother|mother]] †, father †
|siblings= Cheryl Roslin † Sandra Roslin †
|children=
|marital status=Unmarried; Temporarilly cohabitated with [[William Adama]] aboard ''Galactica''
|role=President of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]; formerly Secretary of Education formerly schoolteacher
|rank=
|actor= [[Mary McDonnell]]
}}
'''Laura Roslin''' serves as Secretary of Education at the time of the Cylon attack, later becoming President of the Twelve Colonies.
 

== Background ==
*Some time before the Cylon [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Twelve Colonies]], Roslin's father and sisters were killed in a car accident at the fault of a drunk driver ([[Daybreak, Part I]]).
*Roslin, an unmarried<ref name="marital">According to the February issue of ''Sci Fi Magazine'', actress Mary McDonnell indicates that, according to the [[series bible]], Roslin has dated, but has never married. (Scans available on [http://www.livejournal.com/users/reedfem/158883.html Ramblings of a dorkish nature])</ref> former teacher, worked with [[Richard Adar|Richard Adar]] when he was a mayor. Over the twenty years in politics, she herself has risen in political rank to the office of Secretary of Education.
*Adar, a married man, and Roslin are in a sexual affair<ref>According to a December 2005 [http://www.galacticastation.com/Archives/2005/dec05.html interview] with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar, a married man, was having an affair with Roslin in the twilight of his term.</ref> during the events of a teachers strike that she is trying to mediate, to Adar's objection.
*Roslin learns that she has breast cancer - as did her [[Roslin's_mother|mother]]. Unfortunately, the diagnosis is grim, as the cancer has already spread.
*Roslin sat in the Government Plaza after her doctor's appointment, where she saw [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]], the famous scientist, walking and kissing an attractive blonde, but pays it little attention.
*Roslin successfully resolves the teachers strike crisis, but Adar vehemently disagrees with her method, and asks for her resignation. She asks him to defer the matter until she returns from the decommissioning ceremonies on battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.
*Despite being thrust into the role of President in highly unusual and stressful circumstances, Laura Roslin initially proves herself both tough and capable within the role. Initially in awe of Commander Adama, and worrying that he didn't hold her in high regard ([[Water|Water]]), she quickly overcomes her doubts and fears to be able to make the required decisions at the right time, and also stand up to Adama himself ([[You Can't Go Home Again|You Can't Go Home Again]]). She is always prepared to put the safety and destiny of the Fleet first, no matter what the cost of her actions ("[[Flesh and Bone|Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Home, Part I|Home, Part I]]", "[[Home, Part II|Home, Part II]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") while remembering her limitations and fears.
*Roslin is rarely hesitant to make controversial decisions unilaterally, but often must deal with the significant ramifications of her choices.

== Character History at a Glance ==

=== The Miniseries ===

*On Caprica, Secretary of Education Laura Roslin sits in a spacious doctor's office. The doctor arrives with grim news. She has breast cancer and it has spread aggressively. Roslin later boards the government-chartered civilian transport, Colonial Heavy 798 as the government representative that will attend Galactica's decommissioning ceremonies. She is joined by a government aide, [[Billy Keikeya]], who briefs her on the events. Roslin, however, is too distracted by the news of her illness to fully absorb Billy's notes and must excuse herself to run to the restroom.
*When Colonial Heavy 798 arrives and docks onboard Galactica, Secretary Roslin meets with Commander Adama who denies her request to add a student computer network in the battlestar is refused. Roslin kindly lets the matter go to rest and continues on to her guest quarters.
*During the decommissioning ceremonies Adama's speech and his derision of humanity and their creation of the Cylons leaves many in the audience puzzled as well an uncomfortable Roslin. After attending the decommissioning ceremonies for the Galactica, the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] leaks through [[wireless]] aboard Conlonial Heavy 798. The chaos make confirmation of the news difficult. Roslin goes to the cockpit to confirm the news, where a shaken captain hands over the printed report. Roslin holds his shaking hand and tells him she will break the news to the passengers and crew. She instructs him to reach the government to see what they can do to help. Roslin quickly takes on the mantle of leadership, explaining to a defiant Aaron Doral that she is the ranking government official on board the government chartered vessel.
*She reassures a nervous and scared Billy before leaving to the cockpit where she finally gets a hold of Jack, a fellow official who cannot confirm the whereabouts of President Adar. Before she can finish speaking with him, an inbound missle is detected. Apollo is able to destroy the missile, but his Viper is disabled and must be retrieved to 798's cargo bay.
*Roslin gets busy trying to find accomidations for the survivors as she begins to rescue the stranded civilian ships in Caprican space and find a safe heaven to put down. She asks Lee to find a place to hide for the stranded civilians.
*The [[Case Orange]] automated beacon is picked up on the wireless, and Roslin instructs the pilot to respond to the message with her government identification (D-456-345-A). She and Lee sit in an empty compartment of the transport where she tells him that she is 43rd in succession. Soon, a response returns from the automated message: Roslin is the only government official alive, and is now assigned the duties of President of the Twelve Colonies by emergency succession. A shocked Roslin accepts her new duties and responsibilities and asks for a priest.
*Still unable to fully deal with her own illness and the gravity of the situation, Roslin is sworn in on the renamed [[Colonial One]] by Elosha. Physically Shaking, Roslin holds back from crying as her voice cracks taking the oath and becoming the President of the Twelve Colonies.
[[Image:Roslin_swearing_in.jpg|right|thumb|Roslin being sworn in]]
*As Colonial One begins the rescue of several civilian ships, Commander Adama orders that all vessels rendezvous at Ragner Anchorage. Roslin tells Apollo to let Adama know that they are engaged in rescue operations and that she wants to know how many hospital beds they can spare. Apollo tells her that Adama will not take that well, to which she responds that it is not a request it is an order from the President of the Twelve Colonies. Before she can leave Lee informs her that Apollo is his call sign, and that Lee Adama is his real name. She tells him that she knows who he is but that Captain Apollo has a "certain ring to it".
*As Adama and Lee argue on the wireless about him taking orders from a school teacher, which Roslin overhears, two Cylon Raiders launch nuclear missiles at the small fleet that has assembled. Roslin refuses to leave the vessels that don't have FTL capabilities behind so Apollo is forced to excuse himself and try a risky plan. He activates Galactica's old electric pulse generators stored in Colonial One's cargo hold which gives off the impressions that the fleet was destroyed tricking the Cylons. Roslin rushes with Colonial One's captain to the cargo hold to thank Lee personally for "saving their collective asses". She orders all the ships without FTL to be evacuated onto the other ships before the Cylons return.
*When Boomer finds Colonial One and the Civilian fleet Roslin meets Doctor Gaius Baltar, who she asks to serve as her Cylon advisor and instructs Boomer to help them find more vessels with her Raptor. They will then form a convoy and leave the combat zone.
*As she tours a large Botanical Cruiser with Billy, she assures the captain that his needs will be met in due time and asks for his patience. She meets a young girl, whom she sits with and starts up a conversation. It only reminds her how horrible things really are for the remnents of humanity. Resting back aboard Colonial One, Lee comes into to let Roslin know they have found a fuel tanker. The fleet is discovered by Cylons and Roslin must make a decision: to either leave the remaining ships without FTL who have not been fully evacuated or stay and meet certain doom. She makes the decision to leave.
*Struggling to deal with the possibility of extinction for the human race, Billy comes over to speak to her but Roslin interrupts declaring to him that she has cancer. Billy lets her know that he had already dedouced that from things she had said and done. Roslin expresses how selfish she feels she is being, as the world seems to be coming to an end all she can think about is that she has cancer. Billy tells her that its not selfish but only human. He adds before leaving that the young girl on the botanical cruiser will most likely be left behind. The fleet spools up their FTL to make the jump to Ragner, as Roslin sits alone thinking of all those she must leave behind.
*On board Galactica once again, Roslin gets into an argument with Colonel Tigh as she is trying to get man power and disaster pods from him for the 50,000 survivors. Colonel Tigh is finally convinced to release some supplies by Lee who interjects on her behalf.
*Roslin and Adama discuss wether he recognizes her authority as president. Adama doesn't care about such things and wants to take the battle to the Cylons in a suicidal counter-attack. She argues that the war is over and they have lost, that they need to help the survivors of humanity escape from occupied Colonial space and concentrate on "having babies". Adama's states the war is not over and that it hasn't even begun yet and leaves.
*A persuaded Adama later guides the fleet to saftey and during the funeral service for their lost crew memebers, he announces that he knows where the fabled 13th Colony Earth is and he will lead them there. Adama and Roslin find themselves discussing the things Adama said during the funeral in his quarters. He states that the prospect of Earth and a new home with their brothers and sisters of the 13th Colony will give the people hope. Roslin knows this to be a lie and makes a deal with Adama; he respect her authority as President over civil matters and she will keep his secret about Earth and leave military decisions to him.

=== A Shaky Administration ===

*Roslin and Commander Adama begin their leadership together under an uneasy understanding. Where she is responsible for all civil leadership issues among the surviving Colonials, Adama is responsible for all military decisions ([[Miniseries]]). However, the dividing line is not always clear between the two leaders. Roslin establishes a fledgling civilian [[government]] and reestabishes a new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]].
*She begins building the foundations of a civilian government, first collecting a census on the remaining population, while they are on the run from the Cylons forced to jump every 33 minutes. Working tirelessly throughtout this time without any sleep, Roslin is forced to eventaully make a decision on wether or not to destroy the [[Olympic Carrier]] being tracked by the Cylons. In the end she chooses to destroy the Olympic Carrier to ensure the survival of humanity.
*After 24 hours pass and there are no Cylons, Roslin is still wondering if it was the right choice. When she requests some time alone, Billy goes to walk out but turns to tell her there is an update on the head count. Discouraged from all the previous updates on the head count which resulted in lowering the survival count on the white board Billy is pleased to give her good news. There was a baby boy born on the [[Rising Star]], to add one more to the count. Roslin cannot hide her jubilation and teary eyed happiness as she revises the count ([[33]]).
*Roslin jokes with Billy that she is going to get very tired of wearing the same 3 outfits that she brought with her to the decommissioning ceremonies on Galactica for the rest of her life. They leave to visit the Galactica to thank the crew for their hard work in defending the Fleet following the recent events ([[33]]). Commander Adama follows Protocol during her visit, with officers in dress uniform, etc. Roslin believes this is because Adama enjoys it; Lee Adama informs her that his father ordered the reception out of respect for her position as President ([[Water]]).
*After loosing 60% of water reserves through sabatoge, an investigation of the explosion begins. Once some questions have been answered, Adama excuses everyone but senior command staff from the inquiry Adama reveals the truth about the humanoid Cylon threat, stating his belief that there is a Cylon infiltrator aboard Galactica ([[Water]]).
*On Colonial One, Roslin asks Captain Adama to become a special advisor to her, to help her understand military jargon and protocol. He expresses his feelings about having to destroy the Olympic Carrier which she relates to by explaining an incident that happened to Adar which helps him deal better with his plagued conscience ([[Water]]).
*To collect the water the fleet will need a large group of workers, and the prison ship seems to be the answer. Roslin won’t have the prisoners forced into the work, so Lee Adama suggests the prisoners who volunteer could be awarded points to go towards their freedom.
*Roslin decides to send a delegation led by Lee Adama to the Astral Queen to put the idea to the prisoners, only to have them mutiny behind their leader [[Tom Zarek]] and take Lee and the others prisoner. Zarek demands the immediate resignation of President Roslin and her government on the grounds that they have never been elected and thus do not represent the people. Eventaully when a Marine boarding party fails, Lee convinces Zarek that he and the prisoners can work with his men to supply the Fleet with water, and in return he’ll get to keep the Astral Queen and get his elections. Later Roslin is unhappy with the arrangement he has made with Zarek but Lee informs Roslin that he didn’t mean to offend her with his views, and that when the elections come, he’ll vote for her. His honesty causes her to reveal the truth about her cancer and the fact that she might not be alive to run for re-election ([[Bastille Day]]).
*Roslin is examined by the ship’s medical officer, Doctor Cottle. His diagnosis is not good: her cancer is inoperable. Roslin decides that she wants to try alternative therapy using Chamalla extract as an alternative to [[diloxin]], remembering her mother's malaise with that treatment ([[Act of Contrition]]).
*Roslin offers to have the ships of the Fleet help search for Starbuck who has gone missing but is later determined to put a stop to the search once it gets out of hand. She challenges both Adama and Lee concerning their single-mindedness and the way it is putting the survival of the fleet and mankind at risk ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
*After the suicide bombing aboard Galactica by a Cylon, Laura Roslin holds a press conference revealing the truth about humanoid Cylons and releasing pictures of Aaron Doral and Leoben Conoy. The news is greeted with a stunned reaction throughout the Fleet ([[Litmus]]).
*Roslin has a chamalla-induced dream in which she sees Leoben Conoy. Billy comes to the door of the restroom to see if she is alright. He then informs her that a Cylon agent has been captured aboard the Gemenon Traveler matching the description of Leoben and insists he be interrogated. Later in her private quarters on Colonial One, Roslin has another vision of Conoy, prompting her to order a shuttle to take her to the Gemenon Traveler. Roslin puts a stop to the unsucessful torture and attempts to reason with him. He confesses there is no bomb; grabbing her, he whispers in her ear that Adama is a Cylon. Shocked by this and her mind made up Roslin has him ejected into space – fulfilling the sequence of events in her dream ([[Flesh and Bone]]).
*Laura Roslin comes aboard Galactica as Adama receives a report that Baltar’s Cylon detector is operational,and with Leoben's words still fresh in her memory she and Adama have trouble figuring out who should be tested first. She later calls Baltar to check on the progress of Adama’s Cylon test, only to find Adama has cancelled it so that a woman called “Ellen” can be tested. Roslin orders Baltar to restart Adama’s test immediately. She then summons Tigh to Colonial One, reveals her suspicions regarding Adama, and challenges a defensive Tigh over Adama’s behavior in leaving Galactica unannounced. Tigh tells her Adama was off-ship so he could collect Tigh’s missing wife. After Tigh has left her office, Roslin calls Baltar and orders him to stop Adama’s test and resume Ellen’s. It is all revealed later that Adama is not a Cylon ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).
*Roslin reveals she is being affected by taking Chamalla extract to Elosha, having prescient visions – her dreams about Leoben Conoy which occurred immediately before he was found on the Gemenon Traveler, and her hallucination about snakes. On hearing about the snakes, Elosha reveals that it matches a prophecy in an ancient text written by Pythia 3,600 years ago concerning the exodus of humankind, which foretells that a dying Leader will lead the remnants of humanity to the promised land of Earth ([[The Hand of God]]).
*Using the occasion of Colonial Day to institute a interim Quorum, the legislative branch of the Colonial Government Roslin is surprised when Tom Zarek wins nomination as Sagittaron representitive. Roslin feels she cannot remove him, as he won the election fairly. Zarek proposes the choosing of a Vice President which is seconded by Baltar and Zarek nominated for the position. This forces Roslin to push Wallace Gray, a presidential aide, into standing as an alternative candidate.
*Roslin realizes that Baltar is quite popular in the Fleet and has Gray relinquish his position as her nominee in favor of Baltar. Baltar wins the nomination through a close vote ([[Colonial Day]]). During the Colonial Day celebration Adama and Roslin share a somewhat awkward dance.
*Discovering that her cancer treatment is not going well, that is has spread to her lymphatic system, giving her perhaps 6 months to live ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).
*On recon mission, Boomer and Crashdown stumble upon a habitable planet. Reviewing the recon photos of ruins, Roslin has a vision which Elosha confirms to be the City of the Gods on Kobol. Roslin has two further visions – the Arrow of Apollo and the Tomb of Athena, and accepts the scriptures as fact. Roslin tries to convince Adama that Kobol will point the way to Earth, that they must use the captured Cylon Raider to return to Caprica and retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Adama doesn't agree with her and reminds her that the Raider is a military resource. She reminds him that just because they don't know where Earth is doesn't mean is doesn't exsist.
*Roslin convinces Kara Thrace to use the captured Cylon Raider to return to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in search of the [[Arrow of Apollo]], a possible key to the true location of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).
*Commander Adama stages a military coup in response to what he feels is mutiny aboard his ship. He asks for her resignation and she refuses, and reveals the press is recording the conversation. Adama isolates Colonial one, and eventually gets a boarding party on Colonial One. A confrontation ensues between the Marines and Roslin's security. It is broken only when Lee Adama sides with his conscience, and turns on Tigh. Afraid of a bloodbath, Roslin surrenders and is incarcerated aboard Galactica.
*From her cell, Roslin eventually tells the Quorum of Twelve of her role in the [[Sacred Scrolls]], and begins to gain significant underground civilian support for her cause. After escaping ''Galactica'', Roslin takes a third of the Fleet back to Kobol, with the help of rival [[Tom Zarek]], to search for the Tomb. Starbuck meets Roslin's fleet with the recovered Arrow, and a hazardous expedition on Kobol begins, aided by a second copy of the [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Cylon]] and Elosha, who is soon killed, leaving Roslin with a gap in her spirituality for a time ([[Home, Part I]]).
*The recovered Commander Adama gains refreshed insight on the need for the Fleet to stay united, and [[Home, Part II|finds Roslin's expedition]]. The leaders reconcile. Roslin's gamble on faith pays off big for humanity, and the group gains a map and their first waypoint to the true location of Earth ([[Home, Part II]]).
*After this, Adama's and Roslin's respect for each other grows stronger and their leadership in managing fleet business becomes more cooperative, asking each other for advice and correcting each other as needed, starting with a potentially disruptive tabloid expose of the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings.
*After a near-disastrous [[Pegasus (episode)|military confrontation]] between Adama and Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], Roslin forces them to concentrate on [[Resurrection Ship|more important matters]]. Privately, Roslin tells Adama that Cain, whose power can radically affect the remnant of humanity both Roslin and Adama have strived so hard to protect, must be killed if Adama and the Fleet are to survive.
[[Image:Roslinadama.jpg|Roslin and Adama.|thumb]]
*After the battle, and Admiral Cain's death, Roslin, now more frail with her illness, promotes William Adama to admiral. The new admiral gives the president a kiss, establishing a more personal aspect to their friendship ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
*Roslin is miraculously saved by the injection of stem cells <ref>In the commentary track for "Epiphanies", Ron Moore states that a longer explanation of Roslin's cure was filmed that explained that the blood's stem cells cure Roslin. However, the scene was cut because he was afraid it would be too complicated and thought of as [[technobabble]]. The character's updated biography on the official Scifi.com site does confirm that stem cells from the hybrid were the actual cure. As such, Battlestar Wiki treats this data canonically as with information found in most deleted scenes.</ref> from the Cylon [[Hera Agathon|hybrid fetus]], which apparently eradicates her cancer ([[Epiphanies]]). In the hours prior to the cure, however, Roslin remembers her last days on Caprica, including the attractive blonde with Dr. Baltar, her vice president. She now recognizes the woman as a [[Number Six|humanoid Cylon]].
*Roslin returns to work with a dispassionate, zealous manner, including an attempt to stop the [[Black market (organization)|black market]], handling the terrible loss of [[Billy Keikeya]], and the upcoming presidential election. After Keikeya's death, Roslin appoints [[Tory Foster]] as her aide.
*Roslin's decision to enforce a no-abortion law to aid in repopulation complicates what might have been an easy reelection. Her own vice president, Dr. Baltar, challenges Roslin for the presidency. After the Agathon's child is born, Roslin, fearing both for the child's safety and its significance to the Cylon, has the child's death faked ([[Downloaded]]).
*When [[New Caprica]] is found, Baltar uses the discovery to wedge the election to his favor. Roslin gives Foster tacit approval to rig the election; Foster, with the aide of Tigh and Dualla replace one ship's ballot box en route to the counting room, but the fraud is subsequently discovered by Lieutenant Gaeta. In a reversal of their earlier roles, Admiral Adama confronts Roslin about her actions, admitting the he doesn't like Baltar either, but adamant that they would be criminals if they stole the election, justified or not. Roslin listens to her friend, but remains convinced that it is the wrong choice and that they just give up. After the correct results are revealed, President Baltar first order is to begin the colonization of New Caprica.

=== New Caprica ===

*Early in the colonization, Roslin finds time to relax on New Caprica. She meets with Admiral Adama, who also takes in some time to unwind. The two friends comfortably chat about matters small and not-so-small over [[New Caprican leaf|smoking]] and drinking, and later gaze at the stars together, allowing themselves to relax, lying outside, close to each other. Roslin worries that, amidst their temporary comfort, the Cylons could return, but it is nice to have what they have for the time being ([[Unfinished Business]]).
[[Image:2BATgyC05.jpg|Roslin as a teacher on New Caprica.|thumb]]
*A year passes on New Caprica, and Baltar's administration becomes the disaster that Roslin feared. Roslin returned to teaching, running the new settlement's school. Assisted by [[Maya]], who brings her infant adopted daughter [[Hera Agathon|Isis]] (the secreted Cylon hybrid), Roslin is more comfortable watching over the pair personally.
*On the 380th day after settling on the planet, the Cylons discover the colony, as Roslin had warned, and occupy the settlement.
*On the 134th day of the Cylon occupation of New Caprica Roslin sits writing in her journal. Coincidentally, that day falls on Mars Day, named after the Colonial God of War. She notes that the New Capricans have not had contact with Galactica for four months but she refuses to believe that Admiral William Adama would abandon them. She writes that the insurgency is striking whenever and wherever possible, believing them critical to morale despite the futility of the gestures at times. She notes that for the insurgency to have a "more meaningful impact", they need to strike a high profile target, since killing the Cylons is nearly impossible. Roslin then speaks of the Cylon Occupation Authority's continued exertion of complete control over New Caprica City and are at their complete mercy. She notes that the government under President Gaius Baltar functions in name only. Roslin writes of the New Caprica Police and finds the prospect of humans misguided into believing that they're taking the role of policing New Caprica out Cylon hands nauseating. She notes that the names of the police officers are deeply hidden, but are likely people that "we least expect". Roslin notes that hundreds of people have been rounded up by the Cylons, held in detention, tortured, and even killed or disappeared. Roslin mentions the help of a source within Baltar's administration that has been helping them in recent weeks. They do not know who this person is, but the person is responsible for dropping important documents. The source communicates through the use of a secret signal ([[Occupation]]).
*Later Roslin is detained by the Cylons and is visited in detention by Baltar. In order to appear friendly, he hands her back her glasses but then expresses his outrage and disbelief at the suicide bombings carried out by the resistance. He demands that he and Roslin publicly condemn these actions. Although Roslin initially expresses understanding for the resistance, when Baltar presses her to condone their attacks, she remains silent. Baltar tries to make her understand that order and policing is necessary and denies Roslin's allegations of random searches, arrests and torture. When he leaves, he again emphasizes that the situation has deteriorated to a dangerous level and orders the guard to release Roslin ([[Precipice]]).
*After her release she goes to talk to Colonel Tigh, demanding that he stop with the suicide bombings. When Tigh asks if she works for the Cylons, she slaps him but apologizes quickly. Tigh says that none if it matters anymore, and argues that the attacks aren't any different from sending soldiers on suicide missions. He tells Roslin to stop being naive and moralizing until she is back on Colonial One again, and leaves.
*The New Caprica Police storm through the city and arrest more people, including Laura Roslin. The prisoners are put on trucks, where Roslin meets Tom Zarek, who has spent the last four months in detention. He quips that he wishes she had gotten away with stealing the election ([[Precipice]]).
*On the [[Pergamus Flats]] Roslin and the other detainees are lined up and are prepared for execution, but before they can be killed a team of resistance fighters takes out the Centurions meant to execute the detainees and frees them. Tyrol reveals to Roslin and the others that Galactica is on its way. Roslin smiles and looks up to the sky with happiness ([[Exodus, Part I]]).
*In the resistance headquarters Laura Roslin orders Anders to guard Maya and Hera at all costs that Hera, "may well be the shape of things to come". He tasks two of his best men to protect her and see to her safe escape ([[Exodus, Part I]]).
*Gunnery Sergeant Erin Mathias, the leader of Sharon Agathon's Marines meets with Roslin, Tom Zarek and the resistance to discuss the rescue plan. She brings weapons for the upcoming fight and learns that the colonists conducted evacuation exercises under the guise of fire drills.
*Col. Tigh's resistance militia appears to consider themselves to be under the authority of Roslin, who acts as a government in exile/waiting with Foster as her deputy. [[Tom Zarek]], legally the Vice President and Baltar's successor, is consulted on some military plans.
*Later, during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Zarek and Roslin escape together but she states that she will evacuate aboard ''her'' ship, ''Colonial One''. Zarek notes the important symbolism and gives a sidearm to [[James Lyman|Jammer]], directing him to protect Roslin ([[Exodus, Part II]]). Once the fleet is safely reassembled, a de facto President Roslin, Foster, and civil servants begin clearing the trappings of the Baltar/Cylon administration from ''Colonial One'' while assembling a census and calculating their losses. It is at this time that Foster confirms that she failed to ensure the evacuation of Maya and Hera, and offers her apologies and resignation to Roslin who reassures Foster and takes something of a fatalistic view of their loss of Hera ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

=== Roslin's Second Administration ===

*Roslin allows President [[Tom Zarek]] to assumes his office temporarily. In order to protect Roslin from having to deal with months of public trials which could destroy the unity of the Fleet through public "witch hunts", Zarek quickly establishes the [[Circle]], a secret tribunal to investigate, charge, adjudicate, and execute collaborators and traitors. Zarek and Roslin agree to a "musical chairs" process to constitutionally restore her to the presidency. 1: with Baltar having either died or abandoned his office, Zarek has ascended from vice president to president; 2: Zarek appoints Roslin to fill the vacant office of vice president; 3: Zarek promptly resigns the presidency and Roslin assumes the office; 5: Roslin then re-appoints Zarek to his former vice presidency and privately thanks him for his service and loyalty. With a token number of suspected collaborators having conspicuously disappeared, the newly inaugurated Roslin is able to secretly dissolve the Circle and publicly issue a general pardon for all but Baltar ([[Collaborators]]).
*Roslin's relationship with Adama and the Agathons is strained when Adama discovers that Roslin hid the Cylon baby, [[Hera Agathon]], without his knowledge ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).
*Baltar's capture from his time with the Cylons leads Roslin to first interrogate him, then put him to trial, which places new stresses on the President.
*During Baltar's trial, Lee Adama confronts Roslin on his suspicion that she is taking [[chamalla]] again. Although Roslin silently pleads with him to not go that route, Adama persists and forces her to publicly reveal that her cancer has returned. Disappointed in him, she recalls a time when they were friends and she called him "Captain Apollo."
*She has a vision in the [[Opera House]] on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] where she and an image of [[Sharon Agathon]] pursue [[Hera Agathon]], but Hera is picked up by a [[Number Six]]. A later vision reveals that Sharon Agathon shares her vision. After conferring with each other, they both visit [[Caprica-Six]], who disbelievingly confirms that she, too, experienced the vision. When the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] arrives at the [[Ionian nebula]], Roslin nearly faints, possibly having another vision ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).
*After [[Kara Thrace]]'s mysterious return, Roslin deeply distrusts Thrace, although she claims to know the way the Earth and feels an instinctive need to go there. When Roslin and Adama don't comply with Thrace pleadings, Thrace confronts the president at gunpoint ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). Thrace hands Roslin her pistol and tells her to shoot if she believes that Thrace is a Cylon. Roslin pulls the trigger, but misses, and Thrace is subdued by Marines ([[Six of One]]).
*Roslin still holds a grudge against Baltar and tries to curtail Baltar's freedoms when his new-founded [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] has violent confrontations with followers of other beliefs. Ostensibly trying to protect his followers and keep peace in the Fleet, she passes an emergency measure to severely restrict their right of assembly. Although she pleads to the Quorum to think of what Baltar did on New Caprica and what he might do with followers blindly devoted to him, the Quorum vetoes her ([[Escape Velocity]]).
*Roslin is currently on [[diloxin]] therapy, which has caused her to lose her hair and forces her to wear a wig. Throughout her treatment, William Adama comforts her at her bedside and offers her the use of his quarters when she wants ([[Faith]]).
* When a rebel Cylon faction proposes an alliance with the Colonials, Roslin goes along with it to get a chance to destroy the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]], but doesn't want to uphold her side of bargain until they find Earth. Shortly after, she visits the [[Hybrid]] on the rebel basestar, but when it is awakened it unexpectedly jumps the ship away ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).
*Every time the basestar jumps, she has a vision of herself in an empty corridor on ''Galactica'' where she is joined by the spirit of her old friend [[Elosha]], who takes her to sickbay to show her her own death. Elosha explains that Roslin has cut herself off from the ability to love people and shows her how Admiral Adama loves her. On the basestar, a badly injured Baltar confesses to her his part in the attack on the Colonies and she decides to leave him to bleed to death, but Elosha convinces her to help him.
*She orders Karl Agathon to take [[Number Three]] to her once she is retrieved. After the battle, the Three jokingly tells her that she is one of the Final Five, but refuses to tell anyone the truth until she is sure that she is safe. Roslin also attempts to get answers from the Hybrid but the Hybrid appears to never say anything helpful, except to inform them of the fact that that Three has already been unboxed, and the reason she jumped away from the Fleet. After the ship returns to the rendezvous coordinates, she greets Admiral Adama who waited for her in a Raptor and finally admits that she loves him ([[The Hub]]).

=== Revelations of the Final Five ===

*In the basestar control room, Roslin, William Adama, D'Anna Biers and Leoben discuss the plans to return the Final Five. Biers reveals that there are only four in the Fleet and refuses to provide answers when Roslin questions her about the fifth's location. Roslin knows that the Colonials need them, for they know the way to Earth. Frustrated, Biers citing the failure of co-operation on New Caprica, announces that she will hold the Colonials on the ship hostage until the Final Four are returned to them. When a standoff between the Colonials and the Centurions breaks out, Roslin tells Adama and the pilots to stand down. Biers tells Adama to accompany her to Galactica on a Raptor but Adama refuses until Roslin insists on him going. Before he leaves, Roslin embraces Adama and whispers in his ear that if the Cylons get the four, they get Earth, and he can't allow that to happen, even if he has to destroy the basestar with them aboard. Adama leaves and Roslin returns to Baltar ([[Revelations]]).
*Roslin rebandages Gaius Baltar's wounds, who is alive thanks to Roslin's change of heart. Roslin reveals that she told Adama to destroy the basestar if the Cylons get the final four. Foster walks in with a Six and hands Roslin her medication. Roslin thanks Foster and asks how she was able to do so. Foster's response is that she came with Biers to be with her people. It is then that Roslin realizes she was one of the Final Five. When asked if she had any idea, Roslin says no, and Foster tells her it might be worth pondering about other things she has been wrong about, then turns and leaves. Roslin interrupts her departure to ask her to convince Biers to release the hostages. Foster coldly replies that she's done taking orders from her.
*As things heat up, Roslin and Baltar hear the hostages and Centurions outside the room, as a Number Two walks in and tells them that Biers is about to start executing more hostages. When Roslin requests that she be taken to Biers, Baltar insists that he be taken instead for he was with her in the Temple of Five. In her visions Roslin remebers seeing him in the Opera House and she agrees with him.
*After the location of Earth is discovered and the Final Five are granted amnesty with Biers agreeing to release the hostages, Lee is discussing the location of Earth with his discouraged father. Roslin walks in and sitting next to him says she wants to see him pick up the first fistful of earth. He walks away saying that he'll be back. Lee Adama talks to Roslin about stepping down, and she praises him on resolving the crisis. Roslin says that the Fleet will need that kind of leadership in the years to come ([[Revelations]]).
*In the CIC Adama, asks Roslin to give the final order to take them to Earth. An excited, happy and teary eyed Roslin smiles and gives Adama the order to jump to Earth. With that the fleet spools up and jumps.
*On surface of Earth in the debris of a once great city, Roslin stands with Adama as he lifts up a handful of soil. A crew member next to them scans the soil with a Geiger counter. The soil is irradiated. Laura Roslin stands next to Adama, visably devastated. ([[Revelations]]).

=== Earth and a search for a new home ===

*Both the humans and [[Cylons]] wander the surface of [[Earth]], all indications point to a major nuclear disaster across the planet. Laura Roslin crouches down in the sand and picks up a short plant, what seems to be the only visible life found in the destruction. Teams around the planet have reported no responses to hails and that the entire planet looks much like the beach they are on now. Roslin quips, "It's perfect. We traded one nuked civilization for another." ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).
*As the door to Adama and Roslin's [[Raptor]] opens, assembled around them is a huge crowd on the hangar deck anxious for answers. But Roslin can only shake her head in disbelief and her profound disappointment. Her dreams for humanity dashed, she turns and manages to weakly mutter to [[Adama]], "Get me out of here." The crowd rushes Roslin and Adama, while Lee and the Marines try to hold back the surging crowds, Lee screaming over the crowds protests, shouts out that answers will be revealed in due time ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).
*With their tests complete, both the teams of humans and Cylons meet aboard Galactica in Baltar's lab to discuss the findings of the [[Centurion]] helmet and humans remains buried on the surface. [[Caprica-Six]] confirms that other Centurion helmets were found as well as 250 skeletons from four sites around the planet. A Number Eight confirms that, while the Centurion design is similar, they have never seen this design before, and that it is not one of theirs. A shocked Roslin realizes that the Thirteenth Tribe created their own Cylons much like they had on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. [[Lee Adama]] completes her thoughts; that like the Colonies these Cylons also rebelled against their masters. Baltar adds that they tested the skeletons as well, and the astonishing conclusion is that the every one of the skeletons themselves are also a form of humanoid Cylons. Caprica-Six confirms that their tests show the same conclusion. The Thirteenth Tribe were Cylons. Roslin leaves the meeting visibly shaken, but Lee Adama stops her to ask what she will tell the Quorum. Weak and dishearten, Roslin has nothing to say at all ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).
*In Adama's quarters, Laura Roslin sits on the floor emotionally upset. She is setting fire to one of the pages of the Pythian Prophecy in the scared scrolls. Turning each successive page to light and burn the next, one by one. Adama arrives to ask Roslin to help figure out a way to shore up the Fleet's quickly sagging morale. She is passive and unresponsive, and Adama wishing to get closer to a obviously shaken Roslin kneels down beside her and continues. He tells her that she has missed her doloxan treatment, but Roslin's response is that she didn't feel like it and will not reschedule. Asking if she is willing to just lay down and quit, She laments to Adama that he took her advice and now there are so many men and women who have died for what appears to be a fruitless series of visions ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).
*Roslin pretty much abandons her Presidency and decides to live as a normal person, also giving up her diloxin treatments. She also starts a relationship with Willam Adama, kissing him in a corridor, sleeping with him and later kissing him again and reacting badly to his supposed demise.
*When Tom Zarek and Felix Gaeta start their coup, she is in the Admiral's quaters and decides to hed to Baltar's commune to make a wireless transmission about the mutiny to rally support to her and Adama. She makes a short broadcast before being jammed, then heads with Baltar to the Secondary Storage Airlock in order to get off the ship to saftey. There she kisses Adama goodbye, knowing he's going to stay behind to cover their escape and attempt to retake the ship, then leaves in a Cylon Raptor for the baseship. Narcho and Hotdog are ordered to shoot her down, but when she identifies herself before being jammed again, Hotdog hesitates and it allows her to escape to the baseship safely. There she keeps attempting to send another wireless message to the fleet over the Raptor's radio, but is blocked by ''Galactica's'' jamming. While the other Cylons discuss options, Roslin, with the help of a Number Two, succesfully penetrates ''Galactica's'' jamming and tells about the mutiny and orders the fleet to shut off their FTL drives before ''Galactica'' finally manages to jam her again. Ten ships obey, but the Cylons decide to jump away. Roslin gives a speech to them and convinces them to stay and help put down the mutiny. Roslin, taking command, contacts ''Galactica'' and orders the mutiny to end and Gaeta and Zarek to surrender. Zarek tells her that Tigh died trying to escape and Adama was tried, convicted and executed and calls for her surrender, but he strengthens her resolve and she promises to come after him with everything she has at her disposal and has the baseship's weapons turned on ''Galactica''. After ''Galactica'' fails to jump away (Galen Tyrol disabled the FTL drive) it initaly looks like it will turn into a shooting war between the two ships, but Gaeta orders a weapons hold. Before anything further can happen, Adama regains control of ''Galactica'' and calls a relieved Roslin to tell her and the Cylons to stand down. Roslin returns to ''Galactica'' and tearfully embraces Adama.
*When Hera Agathon is kidnapped by Boomer, Roslin somehow senses it and collapses.
*After her collapse, Roslin is taken to sickbay and remains in bed there. She discusses with Adama abandoning ''Galactica'' and convinces him to do so.
*Roslin is still in her sickbay bed when Cottle and Ishay discuss the rescue mission for Hera, not realizing she's awake. Once she's left alone, Roslin gets up and gets dressed and makes her way to the hanger where everyone is gathering. There she volunteers for the rescue mission asking Adama if he planned on going without her. Adama accepts Roslin's joining of the mission and she joins the volunteers for the mission.

==Notes==

*The character of Laura Roslin is unique to the ''Battlestar Galactica'' saga. She has no counterpart to the [[Original Series]], where its version of President [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] is killed and a presidential replacement is never made. Roslin assumes more of the political-spiritual leadership of the [[Adama (TOS)|Original Series' Commander Adama]], whereas [[William Adama]] is representative of the Original Series' character's military commander aspect.

*Roslin's apparent cure in "[[Epiphanies]]" contradicts the "dying leader" clause of the [[Pythia|Pythian Prophecy]], despite the fulfillment of her role in the [[Tomb of Athena]] story arc. However, in "[[Crossroads, Part I]]", she reveals that her cancer has returned.

*Actress Mary McDonnell is perhaps best known for her role in the epic film, ''Dances with Wolves'', with Kevin Costner. Another famous role of hers was the First Lady in ''[[w:Independence Day (film)|Independence Day]]'', a film which (in a less serious tone than ''Battlestar'') depicts cocky human fighter pilots battling an genocidal enemy from outer space.

*In [[SDS|the Singer/DeSanto continuation]] of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the Original Series]], a female president named [[Mara]] would visit ''Galactica'' in much the same way that Laura Roslin did as part of that ''Galactica'''s decommissioning ceremony.

*The glasses that the character wears are also McDonnell's real glasses.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=features&vid=37452|title=Mary McDonnell Q & A, Part 1|date=2006-10-13|accessdate=2006-10-14|last=|first=|format=VID|language=English}}</ref>

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==Return as President?==

In his latest blog, Ron Moore says that Roslin's time on New Caprica will 'affect the way she views her role as president', or words to that effect. Should a spoiler box be added indicating that Roslin will most likely become president again, based on Moore's statement?--[[User:Dallan007|Dallan007]] 21:31, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:Nah, its kind of implied/part of the show. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 21:32, 16 August 2006 (CDT)
:And, of course, we should wait to see ''how'' it will happen. Further, I would think there would be more interest on how Baltar will be viewed or treated. Leading 30,000 people to the hands of their enemy '''can't''' be something the populace will shrug off. If any die on New Caprica, they might want his head. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 07:52, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

==Source for SkyOne?==
Where does this "SkyOne" information come from anyway? I've tried the SkyOne website and can't find any of these "SkyOne" information things for Roslin, Starbuck, Baltar, etc. Does anyone actually have a LINK to any of these things? I'm confused. If there's no links, we may have to delete these. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 15:12, 23 January 2006 (EST)

:I generally concur with this. Like the unverified Zoic-sourced info on "other" battlestars in RDM, this source needs to be linked per the [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad]] or be deleted. Such information also appears on [[Kara Thrace]] and the [[Lee Adama]] articles. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:15, 23 January 2006 (EST)

::And also Sharon. Troyian seems to have been a busy little beaver. I mean, I understand when people read articles in magaines that aren't online, etc., but if this SkyOne thing has a website, why has no one ever provided a link to ANY of this information? --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 15:26, 23 January 2006 (EST)

:::This is my fault. I found the SkyOne information on "[http://community.livejournal.com/thesecretcylon/ The Secret Cylon]" Livejournal community, in a pair of posts dated October 24th, 2005 – [http://community.livejournal.com/thesecretcylon/13190.html Part 1], [http://community.livejournal.com/thesecretcylon/13550.html Part 2]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:06, 23 January 2006 (EST)

*Apparently the information was originally on the SkyOne site, but at some point it was removed for some reason. Luckily some fans wrote all the information on the characters down, so it was saved. -- [[User:Troyian|Troyian]] 23:29, 23 January 2006 (EST)

: "Apparentky" according to who? I mean--maybe, rather than saving this information from web page editors, they just made it up and ''said'' they were saving it. Or maybe the reason it was removed is because it will be shown on screen later to be wrong. Or something like that. Anyway... Just thought I'd point out how little we really know about the source of this. Of course, all of my post is moot if one of us actually read it on the SkyOne web site before it was taken down. --[[User:Day|Day]] 12:20, 24 January 2006 (EST)

==Succession Boxes==
What's up with the succession templates towards the bottom of this one? Are those templates to be? They're currently busted... --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:30, 31 January 2006 (EST)
: Looking at the history, it appears Ricimer put them there yesterday. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 15:36, 31 January 2006 (EST)

::History? Oh. THAT's what that button is for. (Actually, I just suggested another user look at the history on Lorne Greene, so my [[Radiological Alarm|hypocrite alarm]] just went off. My bad.) Oh, Joe... Did you get my email? Pia (of battlestarfanclub.de) responded, and I forwarded it to you. It sounds encouraging. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:40, 31 January 2006 (EST)

I put them in after seeing them on Roslin's Wikipedia article. I have no idea why they aren't working here. Can someone please try to get them to work? If not, delete it if we can't fix it. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 17:52, 31 January 2006 (EST)

:The wikipedia version has the benefit of all the breadth and depth of the countless Wikipedia:Templates at its disposal. I've started playing with creating equivalent templates, but the conditional templates appear to be acting a little funny. Since there's unlikely to be a huge string of presidents, it might be worthwhile to just manually create wikiboxes at the bottom that LOOK like the succession box, and copy and paste should the need arise to pass the torch. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 18:20, 31 January 2006 (EST)

:: I really don't see the need to make any succession templates. (Or for a succession box at all, to be honest.) It's not like we know each president that came before Adar anyway. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 18:26, 31 January 2006 (EST)

:::Well, this is one of those "for the sake of fun" things: it makes the article look all shiny and "official"..."Just like a real-life President's article on Wikipedia!" hahah, etc. etc. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 18:36, 31 January 2006 (EST)

'''''Um, we need at least two people to have a succesion box.''''' <-- Where is that in the Standards Pages? I put it there because it was a known fact that she was the secertary of education before she was the President. As Peter once told me, be sure to discuss your reasons for removing a change after someone made an edit. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 00:00, 26 March 2006 (CST)

Shane..."be sure to discuss your reasons"...er, you just '''quoted''' the reasons which I gave...in the reasons summary box...very clearly. No, succession boxes have nothing to do with previous jobs or assignments. No, it's not really justified to have a succession box if we have only one person, not even two. I am going to go to Standards and Conventions and make this clear. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 00:11, 26 March 2006 (CST)

:I'd say it's okay to have an unfilled succession box where it helps to illustrate the career of a particularly character - that is, if they have completed succsession boxes, they could also have unfilled ones as appropriate (thus, for example, we can see Baltar's progression from Caprican delegate to VP to President without needing to know who preceded or succeeded him as the caprican delegate). --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 09:42, 26 March 2006 (CST)

: Any additions to the S&C need to be discussed prior to their addition to the S&C page itself. Additionally, I don't see the problem in adding the succession box for Roslin's being secretary of education; it is a valid cabinet-level position worthy of a succession box. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 19:51, 26 March 2006 (CST)

== Deceased vs † ==
In the character templates, rather than using KIA or Deceased, should we switch to the cross? It's succinct, efficient, and I like the way it looks on the battle pages. I had thought about migrating it over to the TOS character data templates, but this was a good opportunity to bring it up --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:14, 10 February 2006 (EST)

:First, readers might not understand that at first glance. Second, "KIA" still seems fitting for military personnel. Possibly † could be used for non-military civilians (no KIA), but I really think it would cause more confusion than good. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 15:26, 10 February 2006 (EST)

:Also, shouldn't we be using a Greek symbol of death, as opposed to a Christian one? :P --[[User:Redwall|Redwall]] 19:54, 10 February 2006 (EST)

::I actually got the symbol off of Wikipedia's Battle Pages. Like for Admiral Horation Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar. So if it's Wikipedia's convention to use it (they even use it for Roman battles taking place before the Christian era), then I guess it is our policy too. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 19:55, 10 February 2006 (EST)

:::I like the cross. Sure, the colonials don't have access to christian symbology, but this isn't supposed to be an "in-universe" document, and the meaning is transparent to the reader (and succinct). --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:58, 10 February 2006 (EST)

== Homeworld ==

The last episode seems to indicate she's from Geminon (Zarek: "You'd be surprised how many people want the cool assurances of a scientist as opposed to the religious madness of the Geminese"). [[User:Kuralyov|Kuralyov]] 15:00, 21 February 2006 (EST)
:I think Zarek was referring to how the Gemenese were railroading public opinion by supporting Roslin-as-Prophet. Its an allegory to how politicians in modern times pander to the religious and how the religious in return strong-arm the politicians. A good case in point of this is seen in [[The Captain's Hand]] with Sara Porter demanding Roslin outlaw abortions or she'll make sure she loses Gemenon's vote in the election. If anything at all the series seems to be hinting that she's from Caprica but just hasn't come out and said it yet. -- [[User:Kahran|Kahran]] 17:32, 21 February 2006 (EST)
::I agree with Kahran. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:27, 21 February 2006 (EST)
::Didn't she serve under Adar when he was mayor (on Caprica)? --[[User:Redwall|Redwall]] 19:35, 21 February 2006 (EST)
:::No. They were just explaining how the Gemonon population sees her as a prophet (see "[[Fragged]]") and thus really supports her. She served with Adar even when he was Mayor, which has led us to ''assume'' based on the evidence that she is from Caprica (of course, they have never flat out said this, and they could say she's from someplace else later without contradicting themselves, but it's our running assumption). --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 00:53, 22 February 2006 (EST)
:::We know she served under Adar in the mayor's office, but our only confirmation that Adar was Mayor of Caprica City is from the less-than unofficial SkyOne blurbs. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:57, 22 February 2006 (EST)

== Major Pre-Season 3 Revision ==

I've heavily reduced and reorganized the content of this bio for length and brevity, removing data already in the larger episode summaries but leaving appropriate links. Someone had also changed the verb tense, which I also returned. The result should make it easy to add brief updates for season 3 without making extensive revisits to the character's past. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:13, 22 September 2006 (CDT)

:I've reformatted and reconcised the content of this central character's article once more to match that of [[William Adama]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] in preperation for more data from season 3. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:50, 4 October 2006 (CDT)

== Roslin to die by episode 3? ==

This is speculation, but in the TV Guide interview with David Eick, he notes a "very central character" will not live to see the end of episode 3. I hate to think it, because she's one of my favorites, but Roslin would be a logical choice. The thing hanging over her head is the [[Pythia|Pythian prophesy]] of the "dying leader," who leads the caravan towards Earth, but the leader will not live to the trip's end. Guess we have 2 weeks until we find out. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:47, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
:Just to ease your mind, there are other official sources (one being a RDM blog
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), that is probably not the case. However, after the spoiler fiasco, I have a feeling there may be some "red herrings" swimming around. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:58, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
:[[Image:BSG WIKI Caution.png|20px]]Try not to make such Spoilerific titles in the future please... --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 11:01, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
::I had the same reaction over at Dualla. In this case, it's speculation (based on a vague spoiler from Eick). It is something people should keep in mind, but ultimately I end up avoiding the site on late Fridays until I've seen the show because some things tend to slip out anyway. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:05, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
::Talk pages are "neutral territory," guys, per [[Battlestar Wiki:Spoiler Policy]]. I'm sorry if I ruined any suspense, though. I'm just stating my guesses. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:22, 6 October 2006 (CDT)

==A question on character article formatting==
Hello all. I was just [[Special:Random|rolling the dice]] when I noticed something. Please compare [[William Adama]] and/or [[Laura Roslin]] to [[Lee Adama]] and/or [[Tom Zarek]] .... I much prefer the articles where the content is written in paragraphs, not all bullet points. Which is the accepted format? Either? Bullet points until someone comes along and re-writes? Just curious. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 12:18, 28 February 2007 (CST)
:I like the [[Lee Adama]] format better as well. Admins, what's the official policy here? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]] 12:27, 28 February 2007 (CST)
:I don't think there is really a policy, but I agree that points that belong together (by episode, or if short by theme) should be put into one paragraph. Such a huge list of bullet points doesn't look good. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:32, 28 February 2007 (CST)
::The bullet points were an attempt to reduce the size of the article before Season 3 started, basically a summary of everything that had already occured. I prefer paragraphs myself. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 13:05, 28 February 2007 (CST)
::Correct. Check the history on the articles. Basically, if the characters remained in paragraph format, even with concise paragraphs, they were beginning to approach or exceed the 32KB recommended size constraint. The trouble is that some of these major characters are involved in EVERY episode (or nearly every episode) for 3 seasons now. Plus we have to keep in mind that we've got at least one more season to go, with the possibility for more in the future. If somebody proposes a better solution, we're definitely receptive to new ideas. I think one suggestion was to have both a condensed version and a long (paragraph) version, but the worry there was that the redundancy would be a problem. (Having to update/correct things twice, and the ability for them to get out of sync, etc.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:20, 28 February 2007 (CST)
:::Ah, I see. It has been suggested [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Wiki_talk:Standards_and_Conventions#Wikipedia:Article_Size.2C_Part_2 here] to split long article into sub-pages. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 13:28, 28 February 2007 (CST)
::::I spearheaded, at least with this and three or so other central character pages, the bullet point past season summaries, for what SV has already explained. The hardest part of the articles is to decide if they should '''document every dang thing the character does''' (journal the character) or attempt to concise their personality and motivations, noting key points of their development (a ''true'' character portrait). That's what the current format tries to do, letting the episode articles describe the specifics of any character actions. Hopefully that explains it. Otherwise, yes, the 32kb barrier, as well as being able to make sense of it all, come to a head. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 14:46, 28 February 2007 (CST)
:::::In [[Lee Adama]] the 32KB barrier is no problem, as each of the individual sections is <32 KB. But I agree that it would be a good idea to have both a short summary and a longer story. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]] 04:34, 1 March 2007 (CST)

=="unmarried"==
Does it seem odd to anyone else that Roslin's short blurb at the top of the article describes her as an unmarried woman? This may be accurate, but it is a stupid place to mention what seems like a minor detail about the character. I note that the marital status of other characters is not typically included in their initial blurb. Shouldn't this detail about Roslin be moved somewhere else? --[[User:Israi|Israi]] 13:16, 12 March 2007 (CDT)
:Part of the prominence may be due to the fact that that was an "unsolved mystery" for a while, but now we have a citable source regarding her marital status. As long as the citation is moved with it, I wouldn't have a problem seeing that moved out of the top blurb into the background somewhere. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:52, 12 March 2007 (CDT)
:Ditto. Anyway, the page may need to be rewritten should the [[BW:TANK|think tank]] proposal pass. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 14:24, 12 March 2007 (CDT)

== Major cleanup ==

As the talk page shows, this article has been through a lot of changes. Now, with the article a bullet-pointed mess, we need to heavily consise the article to Laura's highlights and lowlights.

I'll dive into this when I can. Use other character bios, such as [[Lee Adama]], to get a feel for brevity. Remember that the episode summary is already written. We need only to express Laura's actions and reactions to events, not the whole playbook. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

== Cause of Death ==

Why does it say that Laura died of a heart attack. Wasn't her death caused by her cancer finally getting the best of her?