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Hybrid utterances

2009-04-21T20:29:53Z

Cardinalwraith: /* First Hybrid */

[[Hybrid]]s, the central computer of a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]], appear to constantly '''utter incoherent phrases and thoughts''', punctuated by what seem to be computer or system observations, results, or instructions of the basestar's operation.<ref>The behavior of speaking with little pause in an incoherent fashion is a condition known as [[w:Logorrhoea|logorrhoea]], and is generally considered a type of illness in humans. This differs from [[w:glossolalia|glossolalia]]: constant nonsensical speech, and [[w:xenoglossy|xenoglossy]]: speaking in a language not ordinarily known by the speaker. Glossolalia is also known as "speaking in tongues." While the Hybrid speaks the same common language as the humanoid Cylons and Colonials, the content of her speech contacts religious and prophetic messages related to the series storylines as classic glossolalia is claimed to exhibit.</ref> Despite their seemly nonsensical nature, they sometimes seem to relate to the wider world around them, perhaps with a prophetic nature. [[Number Two]]s believe that the Hybrid's words have religious significance.

[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[humanoid Cylon]]s are present when one Hybrid is speaking:

* Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish that we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you. Genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs stepwise though the essence is all one. End of line. FTL system check, diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes, neuronal network run fifty-two percent of heat exchanger cross-collateralized with hyper-dimensional matrix, upper senses, repair ordered relay to zero zero zero zero. ([[Torn]])
* Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo and love no more. End of line.
* The five lights of the apocalypse rising struggling towards the light, the sins revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one. (Staring at Baltar:) The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one.([[The Eye of Jupiter]])
** (alternate version: The Final Five revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one.)([[Rapture]])
* One degree angle nominal. Seascape portrait of the woman child cavern of the soul. Under pressure-heat ratio ides of evolutions have buried their fears.
* Gestalt therapy and escape clauses.
* Throughout history the nexus between man and machine has spun some of the most dramatic, compelling and entertaining fiction.<ref>This "[[w:Fourth wall|fourth wall]]" dialogue references the drama of man/machine conflicts in science fiction as seen in the ''Battlestar'' series' themselves as well as movies and novels such ''[[w:The Terminator|The Terminator]]'', ''[[w:I, Robot|I, Robot]]'' and ''[[w:The Matrix|The Matrix]]''.</ref>
* (Grasping Baltar) Intelligence. A mind that burns like a fire.
* Find the hand that lies in the shadow of the light. In the eye of the husband of the eye of the cow. ([[The Passage]]) <ref>These two lines are quoted in the music for "[[Rapture]]" as [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Temple of Five theme|theme for the Temple of Five]] and sung in Latin.</ref>

At least one Hybrid has spoken utterances that suggest a knowledge of the 'activation' of the [[Final Five]]:
* The excited state decays by vibrational relaxation into the first excited singlet state. Yes, yes and merrily we go. Reduce atmospheric nitrogen by 0.03%. It is not much consolation that society will pick up the bits, leaving us at eight modern where punishment, rather than interdiction, is paramount. Please, cut the fuse. They will not harm their own. End of line. Limiting diffusions to two dimensions increases the number of evolutionary jumps within the species. Rise and measure [[Hopes|the temple of the five]]. Transformation is the goal. They will not harm their own. [[Data-font]] synchronization complete. ([[Six of One]])

===Rebel Hybrid===
[[Kara Thrace]] travels to the rebel basestar to hear their Hybrid, whom [[Leoben]] believes will guide her on her quest for earth. She finds little sense in its ramblings:
*Then shall the maidens rejoice at the dance.
*They'll start going ripe on us pretty soon.
*Centrifugal force reacts to the rotating frame of reference.
*The obstinate toy soldier becomes pliant.
*The city devours the land, the people devour the city...
*Intruders swarm like flame, like the whirlwind; Hopes soaring to slaughter all their best against our hulls.
*All these things at once and many more, not because it wishes harm, because it likes violent vibrations to change constantly.
*But you are a spark of God's fire.
*The children of the one reborn shall find their own country.
*Compartmentalize integrity conflicts with the obligation to provide access.
*No ceremonies are necessary.
*Contact is inevitable, leading to information bleed.
*Assume the relaxation length of photons in the sample atmosphere is constant.
Just as the Hybrid is being disconnected from its basestar she delivers one final, and unusually coherent, message to Thrace:
*Thus will it come to pass. A dying leader will know the truth of the [[Opera House]]. The missing [[Number Three|Three]] will give you the [[Final Five|Five]] who come from the home of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth]]. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of Line. ([[Faith]])
When President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is informed of this message she goes to speak with the Hybrid ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). She has little success talking to the Hybrid and does not get the answers she was expecting:
*Filters, Filters, the sublime elevation of the lifter and the filters
*The wing beat of the dove drown out the heartbeat of those who follow the [[Number Six|Six]] is back in the stream.
*The [[Natalie|Six]] who went among the makers is no longer.
*Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
*Such a format will close the door.
*[[D'anna Biers|The three]] is online.
*Protect the [[Hera Agathon|child]].
*To remove the pump with the attached hose and wiring, simultaneously release the three tangs while pulling the pump out of the retainer along with the line and wiring. ([[The Hub]])

== First Hybrid ==

The [[first Hybrid]] also says several prophetic phrases, although this Hybrid's behavior displays far more coherence, grammatically. The First Hybrid also shows self-awareness, speaking in complete sentences when addressing [[Kendra Shaw]] ([[Razor]]).

*At last, they’ve come for me. I feel their lives, their destinies spilling out before me. The denial of the one true path, played out on a [[New Caprica|world not their own]], will end soon enough. Soon there will be [[Final Five|four, glorious in awakening]], struggling with the knowledge of their true selves, the pain of revelation bringing new clarity, and in the midst of confusion, [[Crossroads, Part II#Act_4|he will find her]]. Enemies brought together by impossible longing, enemies now [[Cylon Civil War#Proposed_Alliance_with_the_Humans|joined as one]]. The way forward at once unthinkable, yet inevitable. And the [[Ellen Tigh|fifth]], still in shadow, will claw toward the light, hungering for redemption that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering. I can see them all. The [[Significant Seven|seven, now six]]<ref>At the time of this utterance, [[Number Three]] has not yet been [[Boxing|boxed]]</ref>, self-described machines who believe themselves without sin, but in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of the [[Cylon Civil War|one splintering into the many]], and then they will join [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|the promised land]], gathered on the wings of an [[Kara Thrace|angel]]. Not an end, but a beginning.
*Come in [[Kendra Shaw|Major]]. I've been waiting for you for a long time.
*What am I, a man? Or am I a machine? My [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005#Guardians|children]] believe that I am a God.
*I have seen things. Your life, Kendra Shaw, the things you have done. The things [[Scylla|you felt you had to do]], all leading to this moment. You wish to be forgiven, my child. Do you wish to be forgiven? Then come closer, there's something I have to tell you. Come.
*[[Kara Thrace]] will lead the human race to its end. She is the herald of the apocalypse, the harbinger of death. They must not follow her.
*As my own/lone existence comes to a close, only to begin anew, in ways uncertain.
*All [of] this has happened before, and [it] will happen again...again...again...again...again...again...again...

==Samuel Anders==

[[Samuel Anders]] is left in a comatose state after a successful operation to remove a bullet from his brain, but his brain begins to show very unusual readings. Other humanoid Cylons hook him up to a Hybrid tank on ''Galactica'' in the hopes of helping him reboot, and he essentially becomes ''Galactica'''s Hybrid:
*The neuroanatomy of fear and faith share common afferent pathways flip a coin increased vascular pressure marks the threat response free will scuttles in the swamp of fear do not fear the word you are the harbinger of death Kara Thrace you will lead them all to their end end of line. New command resume function resume function resume function...
*A closed system lacks the ability to renew itself knowledge alone is a poor primer...
*End of line. Begin reintegration of command subroutines ... there's a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza there's a hole in the bucket the long view returns patterns and repetitions all has happened before and will happen again...
*Spins and turns, angles and curves. The shape of dreams, half remembered. Slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of perfection - a perfect face, perfect lace. Find the perfect world for the end of Kara Thrace. End of line.

During the [[Battle of the Colony]], Anders is seen responding to commands by Senior Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], another of the [[Final Five]]:
*There are secrets within lies, answers within riddles. Lay off the ACS, you betcha Galen. Open your mind and hear what your heart wants to deny. End of line.

After the Fleet's discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|the second Earth]], Anders navigates [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] into the planet's sun. When Anders' wife [[Kara Thrace]] says goodbye, he simply responds, "See you on the other side."

==Rebel Hybrid's Message deciphered==
Some of what the rebel hybrid has said has come to pass and has been revealed. What it said about the Dying Leader and the Opera House referes to Roslin and her visions but that has not been resolved yet. The truth behind what it said about Kara being the Harbinger of Death may refer to her part in the destruction of the Resurrection Hub but this too is unclear. However, the part about the Three leading them to the Five that come from the home of the Thirteenth is now clear and makes sense: D'Anna Biers saw the faces of the Final Five in the Temple of Five. She is ultimatly unboxed and is able to lead them to four of the five with the identity of the fifth being discovered at Earth. It is learned that the Final Five in fact ''come'' from Earth as they were born there and the Thirteenth Tribe are Cylons who were apparently created on Kobol. They came to the Colonies to help us after they had their own nuclear holocaust and had their real memories blocked by Cavil and were placed among humans with no knowledge of their true identites. Many of the Rebel Hybrid's messages may also reference the Book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament. The book of Jeremiah deals with themes of Judaism vs Paganism, Prophets and prophecy, destruction of home, and a main character overwhelmed by his task - concurrent with many of the themes in the show. Roslin later ''did'' come to know the truth of the [[Opera House Prophecy]]: it was a vision that came true in the final episode with Athena, Roslin, Baltar and Caprica Six protecting Hera during the [[Battle of The Colony]], but their actions exactly mirrored that of the vision except they were on ''Galactica'' and not in the Opera House although they did flash to that vision several times. The room with the Final Five in it turned out to be ''Galactica's'' CIC and the Final Five were in similar positions on the balcony to the ones they were in in the vision.

==References==
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[[Category:Figures of Speech]]
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Hybrid utterances

2009-04-21T09:22:34Z

Cardinalwraith: /* First Hybrid */

[[Hybrid]]s, the central computer of a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]], appear to constantly '''utter incoherent phrases and thoughts''', punctuated by what seem to be computer or system observations, results, or instructions of the basestar's operation.<ref>The behavior of speaking with little pause in an incoherent fashion is a condition known as [[w:Logorrhoea|logorrhoea]], and is generally considered a type of illness in humans. This differs from [[w:glossolalia|glossolalia]]: constant nonsensical speech, and [[w:xenoglossy|xenoglossy]]: speaking in a language not ordinarily known by the speaker. Glossolalia is also known as "speaking in tongues." While the Hybrid speaks the same common language as the humanoid Cylons and Colonials, the content of her speech contacts religious and prophetic messages related to the series storylines as classic glossolalia is claimed to exhibit.</ref> Despite their seemly nonsensical nature, they sometimes seem to relate to the wider world around them, perhaps with a prophetic nature. [[Number Two]]s believe that the Hybrid's words have religious significance.

[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[humanoid Cylon]]s are present when one Hybrid is speaking:

* Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish that we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you. Genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs stepwise though the essence is all one. End of line. FTL system check, diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes, neuronal network run fifty-two percent of heat exchanger cross-collateralized with hyper-dimensional matrix, upper senses, repair ordered relay to zero zero zero zero. ([[Torn]])
* Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo and love no more. End of line.
* The five lights of the apocalypse rising struggling towards the light, the sins revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one. (Staring at Baltar:) The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one.([[The Eye of Jupiter]])
** (alternate version: The Final Five revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one.)([[Rapture]])
* One degree angle nominal. Seascape portrait of the woman child cavern of the soul. Under pressure-heat ratio ides of evolutions have buried their fears.
* Gestalt therapy and escape clauses.
* Throughout history the nexus between man and machine has spun some of the most dramatic, compelling and entertaining fiction.<ref>This "[[w:Fourth wall|fourth wall]]" dialogue references the drama of man/machine conflicts in science fiction as seen in the ''Battlestar'' series' themselves as well as movies and novels such ''[[w:The Terminator|The Terminator]]'', ''[[w:I, Robot|I, Robot]]'' and ''[[w:The Matrix|The Matrix]]''.</ref>
* (Grasping Baltar) Intelligence. A mind that burns like a fire.
* Find the hand that lies in the shadow of the light. In the eye of the husband of the eye of the cow. ([[The Passage]]) <ref>These two lines are quoted in the music for "[[Rapture]]" as [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Temple of Five theme|theme for the Temple of Five]] and sung in Latin.</ref>

At least one Hybrid has spoken utterances that suggest a knowledge of the 'activation' of the [[Final Five]]:
* The excited state decays by vibrational relaxation into the first excited singlet state. Yes, yes and merrily we go. Reduce atmospheric nitrogen by 0.03%. It is not much consolation that society will pick up the bits, leaving us at eight modern where punishment, rather than interdiction, is paramount. Please, cut the fuse. They will not harm their own. End of line. Limiting diffusions to two dimensions increases the number of evolutionary jumps within the species. Rise and measure [[Hopes|the temple of the five]]. Transformation is the goal. They will not harm their own. [[Data-font]] synchronization complete. ([[Six of One]])

===Rebel Hybrid===
[[Kara Thrace]] travels to the rebel basestar to hear their Hybrid, whom [[Leoben]] believes will guide her on her quest for earth. She finds little sense in its ramblings:
*Then shall the maidens rejoice at the dance.
*They'll start going ripe on us pretty soon.
*Centrifugal force reacts to the rotating frame of reference.
*The obstinate toy soldier becomes pliant.
*The city devours the land, the people devour the city...
*Intruders swarm like flame, like the whirlwind; Hopes soaring to slaughter all their best against our hulls.
*All these things at once and many more, not because it wishes harm, because it likes violent vibrations to change constantly.
*But you are a spark of God's fire.
*The children of the one reborn shall find their own country.
*Compartmentalize integrity conflicts with the obligation to provide access.
*No ceremonies are necessary.
*Contact is inevitable, leading to information bleed.
*Assume the relaxation length of photons in the sample atmosphere is constant.
Just as the Hybrid is being disconnected from its basestar she delivers one final, and unusually coherent, message to Thrace:
*Thus will it come to pass. A dying leader will know the truth of the [[Opera House]]. The missing [[Number Three|Three]] will give you the [[Final Five|Five]] who come from the home of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth]]. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of Line. ([[Faith]])
When President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is informed of this message she goes to speak with the Hybrid ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). She has little success talking to the Hybrid and does not get the answers she was expecting:
*Filters, Filters, the sublime elevation of the lifter and the filters
*The wing beat of the dove drown out the heartbeat of those who follow the [[Number Six|Six]] is back in the stream.
*The [[Natalie|Six]] who went among the makers is no longer.
*Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
*Such a format will close the door.
*[[D'anna Biers|The three]] is online.
*Protect the [[Hera Agathon|child]].
*To remove the pump with the attached hose and wiring, simultaneously release the three tangs while pulling the pump out of the retainer along with the line and wiring. ([[The Hub]])

== First Hybrid ==

The [[first Hybrid]] also says several prophetic phrases, although this Hybrid's behavior displays far more coherence, grammatically. The First Hybrid also shows self-awareness, speaking in complete sentences when addressing [[Kendra Shaw]] ([[Razor]]).

*At last, they’ve come for me. I feel their lives, their destinies spilling out before me. The denial of the one true path, played out on a [[New Caprica|world not their own]], will end soon enough. Soon there will be [[Final Five|four, glorious in awakening]], struggling with the knowledge of their true selves, the pain of revelation bringing new clarity, and in the midst of confusion, [[Crossroads, Part II#Act_4|he will find her]]. Enemies brought together by impossible longing, enemies now [[Cylon Civil War#Joined_Fates|joined as one]]. The way forward at once unthinkable, yet inevitable. And the [[Ellen Tigh|fifth]], still in shadow, will claw toward the light, hungering for redemption that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering. I can see them all. The [[Significant Seven|seven, now six]]<ref>At the time of this utterance, [[Number Three]] has not yet been [[Boxing|boxed]]</ref>, self-described machines who believe themselves without sin, but in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of the [[Cylon Civil War|one splintering into the many]], and then they will join [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|the promised land]], gathered on the wings of an [[Kara Thrace|angel]]. Not an end, but a beginning.
*Come in [[Kendra Shaw|Major]]. I've been waiting for you for a long time.
*What am I, a man? Or am I a machine? My [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005#Guardians|children]] believe that I am a God.
*I have seen things. Your life, Kendra Shaw, the things you have done. The things [[Scylla|you felt you had to do]], all leading to this moment. You wish to be forgiven, my child. Do you wish to be forgiven? Then come closer, there's something I have to tell you. Come.
*[[Kara Thrace]] will lead the human race to its end. She is the herald of the apocalypse, the harbinger of death. They must not follow her.
*As my own/lone existence comes to a close, only to begin anew, in ways uncertain.
*All [of] this has happened before, and [it] will happen again...again...again...again...again...again...again...

==Samuel Anders==

[[Samuel Anders]] is left in a comatose state after a successful operation to remove a bullet from his brain, but his brain begins to show very unusual readings. Other humanoid Cylons hook him up to a Hybrid tank on ''Galactica'' in the hopes of helping him reboot, and he essentially becomes ''Galactica'''s Hybrid:
*The neuroanatomy of fear and faith share common afferent pathways flip a coin increased vascular pressure marks the threat response free will scuttles in the swamp of fear do not fear the word you are the harbinger of death Kara Thrace you will lead them all to their end end of line. New command resume function resume function resume function...
*A closed system lacks the ability to renew itself knowledge alone is a poor primer...
*End of line. Begin reintegration of command subroutines ... there's a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza there's a hole in the bucket the long view returns patterns and repetitions all has happened before and will happen again...
*Spins and turns, angles and curves. The shape of dreams, half remembered. Slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of perfection - a perfect face, perfect lace. Find the perfect world for the end of Kara Thrace. End of line.

During the [[Battle of the Colony]], Anders is seen responding to commands by Senior Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], another of the [[Final Five]]:
*There are secrets within lies, answers within riddles. Lay off the ACS, you betcha Galen. Open your mind and hear what your heart wants to deny. End of line.

After the Fleet's discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|the second Earth]], Anders navigates [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] into the planet's sun. When Anders' wife [[Kara Thrace]] says goodbye, he simply responds, "See you on the other side."

==Rebel Hybrid's Message deciphered==
Some of what the rebel hybrid has said has come to pass and has been revealed. What it said about the Dying Leader and the Opera House referes to Roslin and her visions but that has not been resolved yet. The truth behind what it said about Kara being the Harbinger of Death may refer to her part in the destruction of the Resurrection Hub but this too is unclear. However, the part about the Three leading them to the Five that come from the home of the Thirteenth is now clear and makes sense: D'Anna Biers saw the faces of the Final Five in the Temple of Five. She is ultimatly unboxed and is able to lead them to four of the five with the identity of the fifth being discovered at Earth. It is learned that the Final Five in fact ''come'' from Earth as they were born there and the Thirteenth Tribe are Cylons who were apparently created on Kobol. They came to the Colonies to help us after they had their own nuclear holocaust and had their real memories blocked by Cavil and were placed among humans with no knowledge of their true identites. Many of the Rebel Hybrid's messages may also reference the Book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament. The book of Jeremiah deals with themes of Judaism vs Paganism, Prophets and prophecy, destruction of home, and a main character overwhelmed by his task - concurrent with many of the themes in the show. Roslin later ''did'' come to know the truth of the [[Opera House Prophecy]]: it was a vision that came true in the final episode with Athena, Roslin, Baltar and Caprica Six protecting Hera during the [[Battle of The Colony]], but their actions exactly mirrored that of the vision except they were on ''Galactica'' and not in the Opera House although they did flash to that vision several times. The room with the Final Five in it turned out to be ''Galactica's'' CIC and the Final Five were in similar positions on the balcony to the ones they were in in the vision.

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

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Figures of Speech]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Hybrid utterances

2009-04-04T22:08:55Z

Cardinalwraith: /* First Hybrid */

[[Hybrid]]s, the central computer of a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]], appear to constantly '''utter incoherent phrases and thoughts''', punctuated by what seem to be computer or system observations, results, or instructions of the basestar's operation.<ref>The behavior of speaking with little pause in an incoherent fashion is a condition known as [[w:Logorrhoea|logorrhoea]], and is generally considered a type of illness in humans. This differs from [[w:glossolalia|glossolalia]]: constant nonsensical speech, and [[w:xenoglossy|xenoglossy]]: speaking in a language not ordinarily known by the speaker. Glossolalia is also known as "speaking in tongues." While the Hybrid speaks the same common language as the humanoid Cylons and Colonials, the content of her speech contacts religious and prophetic messages related to the series storylines as classic glossolalia is claimed to exhibit.</ref> Despite their seemly nonsensical nature, they sometimes seem to relate to the wider world around them, perhaps with a prophetic nature. [[Number Two]]s believe that the Hybrid's words have religious significance.

[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[humanoid Cylon]]s are present when one Hybrid is speaking:

* Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish that we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you. Genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs stepwise though the essence is all one. End of line. FTL system check, diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes, neuronal network run fifty-two percent of heat exchanger cross-collateralized with hyper-dimensional matrix, upper senses, repair ordered relay to zero zero zero zero. ([[Torn]])
* Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo and love no more. End of line.
* The five lights of the apocalypse rising struggling towards the light, the sins revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one. (Staring at Baltar:) The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one.([[The Eye of Jupiter]])
** (alternate version: The Final Five revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one.)([[Rapture]])
* One degree angle nominal. Seascape portrait of the woman child cavern of the soul. Under pressure-heat ratio ides of evolutions have buried their fears.
* Gestalt therapy and escape clauses.
* Throughout history the nexus between man and machine has spun some of the most dramatic, compelling and entertaining fiction.<ref>This "[[w:Fourth wall|fourth wall]]" dialogue references the drama of man/machine conflicts in science fiction as seen in the ''Battlestar'' series' themselves as well as movies and novels such ''[[w:The Terminator|The Terminator]]'', ''[[w:I, Robot|I, Robot]]'' and ''[[w:The Matrix|The Matrix]]''.</ref>
* (Grasping Baltar) Intelligence. A mind that burns like a fire.
* Find the hand that lies in the shadow of the light. In the eye of the husband of the eye of the cow. ([[The Passage]]) <ref>These two lines are quoted in the music for "[[Rapture]]" as [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Temple of Five theme|theme for the Temple of Five]] and sung in Latin.</ref>

At least one Hybrid has spoken utterances that suggest a knowledge of the 'activation' of the [[Final Five]]:
* The excited state decays by vibrational relaxation into the first excited singlet state. Yes, yes and merrily we go. Reduce atmospheric nitrogen by 0.03%. It is not much consolation that society will pick up the bits, leaving us at eight modern where punishment, rather than interdiction, is paramount. Please, cut the fuse. They will not harm their own. End of line. Limiting diffusions to two dimensions increases the number of evolutionary jumps within the species. Rise and measure [[The Temple of Five|the temple of the five]]. Transformation is the goal. They will not harm their own. [[Data-font]] synchronization complete. ([[Six of One]])

===Rebel Hybrid===
[[Kara Thrace]] travels to the rebel basestar to hear their Hybrid, whom [[Leoben]] believes will guide her on her quest for earth. She finds little sense in its ramblings:
*Then shall the maidens rejoice at the dance.
*They'll start going ripe on us pretty soon.
*Centrifugal force reacts to the rotating frame of reference.
*The obstinate toy soldier becomes pliant.
*The city devours the land, the people devour the city...
*Intruders swarm like flame, like the whirlwind; Hopes soaring to slaughter all their best against our hulls.
*All these things at once and many more, not because it wishes harm, because it likes violent vibrations to change constantly.
*But you are a spark of God's fire.
*The children of the one reborn shall find their own country.
*Compartmentalize integrity conflicts with the obligation to provide access.
*No ceremonies are necessary.
*Contact is inevitable, leading to information bleed.
*Assume the relaxation length of photons in the sample atmosphere is constant.
Just as the Hybrid is being disconnected from its basestar she delivers one final, and unusually coherent, message to Thrace:
*Thus will it come to pass. A dying leader will know the truth of the [[Opera House]]. The missing [[Number Three|Three]] will give you the [[Final Five|Five]] who come from the home of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth]]. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of Line. ([[Faith]])
When President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is informed of this message she goes to speak with the Hybrid ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). She has little success talking to the Hybrid and does not get the answers she was expecting:
*Filters, Filters, the sublime elevation of the lifter and the filters
*The wing beat of the dove drown out the heartbeat of those who follow the [[Number Six|Six]] is back in the stream.
*The [[Natalie|Six]] who went among the maker is no longer.
*Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
*Such a format will close the door.
*[[D'anna Biers|The three]] is online.
*Protect the [[Hera Agathon|child]].
*To remove the pump with the attached hose and wiring, simultaneously release the three tangs while pulling the pump out of the retainer along with the line and wiring. ([[The Hub]])

== First Hybrid ==

The [[first Hybrid]] also says several prophetic phrases, although this Hybrid's behavior displays far more coherence, grammatically. The First Hybrid also shows self-awareness, speaking in complete sentences when addressing [[Kendra Shaw]] ([[Razor]]).

*At last, they’ve come for me. I feel their lives, their destinies spilling out before me. The denial of the one true path, played out on a [[New Caprica|world not their own]], will end soon enough. Soon there will be [[Final Five|four, glorious in awakening]], struggling with the knowledge of their true selves, the pain of revelation bringing new clarity, and in the midst of confusion, [[Crossroads, Part II#Act_4|he will find her]]. Enemies brought together by impossible longing, enemies now [[Cylon Civil War#Joined_Fates|joined as one]]. The way forward at once unthinkable, yet inevitable. And the [[Ellen Tigh|fifth]], still in shadow, will claw toward the light, hungering for redemption that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering. I can see them all. The [[Significant Seven|seven, now six]]<ref>At the time of this utterance, [[Number Three]] has not yet been [[Boxing|boxed]]</ref>, self-described machines who believe themselves without sin, but in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of the [[Cylon Civil War|one splintering into the many]], and then they will join [[Earth|the promised land]], gathered on the wings of an [[Kara Thrace|angel]]. Not an end, but a beginning.
*Come in Major. I've been waiting for you for a long time.
*What am I, a man? Or am I [a] machine? My children believe that I am God.
*I have seen[/can see] things. Your life, Kendra Shaw, the things you have done. The things you felt you had to do, all leading to this moment. You wish to be forgiven, my child. Do you wish to be forgiven? Then come closer, there's something i have to tell you. Come.
*[[Kara Thrace]] will lead the human race to its end. She is the herald of the apocalypse, the harbinger of death. They must not follow her.
*As my own/lone existence comes to a close, only to begin anew, in ways uncertain.
*All [of] this has happened before, and [it] will happen again...again...again...again...again...again...again...

==Samuel Anders==

[[Samuel Anders]] is left in a comatose state after a successful operation to remove a bullet from his brain, but his brain begins to show very unusual readings. Other humanoid Cylons hook him up to a Hybrid tank on ''Galactica'' in the hopes of helping him reboot, and he essentially becomes ''Galactica'''s Hybrid:
*The neuroanatomy of fear and faith share common afferent pathways flip a coin increased vascular pressure marks the threat response free will scuttles in the swamp of fear do not fear the word you are the harbinger of death Kara Thrace you will lead them all to their end end of line. New command resume function resume function resume function...
*A closed system lacks the ability to renew itself knowledge alone is a poor primer...
*End of line. Begin reintegration of command subroutines ... there's a hole in the bucket dear Liza dear Liza there's a hole in the bucket the long view returns patterns and repetitions all has happened before and will happen again...
*Spins and turns, angles and curves. The shape of dreams, half remembered. Slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of perfection - a perfect face, perfect lace. Find the perfect world for the end of Kara Thrace. End of line.

During the [[Battle of the Colony]], Anders is seen responding to commands by Senior Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], another of the [[Final Five]]:
*There are secrets within lies, answers within riddles. Lay off the ACS, you betcha Galen. Open your mind and hear what your heart wants to deny. End of line.

After the Fleet's discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|the second Earth]], Anders navigates [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] into the planet's sun. When Anders' wife [[Kara Thrace]] says goodbye, he simply responds, "See you on the other side."

==Rebel Hybrid's Message deciphered==
Some of what the rebel hybrid has said has come to pass and has been revealed. What it said about the Dying Leader and the Opera House referes to Roslin and her visions but that has not been resolved yet. The truth behind what it said about Kara being the Harbinger of Death may refer to her part in the destruction of the Resurrection Hub but this too is unclear. However, the part about the Three leading them to the Five that come from the home of the Thirteenth is now clear and makes sense: D'Anna Biers saw the faces of the Final Five in the Temple of Five. She is ultimatly unboxed and is able to lead them to four of the five with the identity of the fifth being discovered at Earth. It is learned that the Final Five in fact ''come'' from Earth as they were born there and the Thirteenth Tribe are Cylons who were apparently created on Kobol. They came to the Colonies to help us after they had their own nuclear holocaust and had their real memories blocked by Cavil and were placed among humans with no knowledge of their true identites. Many of the Rebel Hybrid's messages may also reference the Book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament. The book of Jeremiah deals with themes of Judaism vs Paganism, Prophets and prophecy, destruction of home, and a main character overwhelmed by his task - concurrent with many of the themes in the show. Roslin later ''did'' come to know the truth of the [[Opera House Prophecy]]: it was a vision that came true in the final episode with Athena, Roslin, Baltar and Caprica Six protecting Hera during the [[Battle of The Colony]], but their actions exactly mirrored that of the vision except they were on ''Galactica'' and not in the Opera House although they did flash to that vision several times. The room with the Final Five in it turned out to be ''Galactica's'' CIC and the Final Five were in similar positions on the balcony to the ones they were in in the vision.

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*''Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]] talks to [[Kendra Shaw]] about her conduct during the crisis:''
:Sometimes we have to leave people behind so that we can go on. So that we can continue to fight. Sometimes we have to do things that we never thought we were capable of, if only to show the enemy our will. Yesterday, you showed me that you're capable of setting aside your fear, setting aside your hesitation, and even your revulsion. Every natural inhibition that, during battle, can mean the difference between life and death. (opens folding knife.) When you can be this for as long as you have to be, then you're a razor. (closes knife.) This war is forcing us all to become razors. Because if we don't, we don't survive. And then we don't have the luxury of becoming simply human again. Do you understand me?

*''Opening narration by Kendra Shaw:''
:You're born, you live and you die. There are no do-overs, no second chances to make things right if you frak 'em up the first time. Not in this life anyway. [...] Like I said, you make your choices and you live with them. And in end you are those choices.

*''[[Jurgen Belzen]] to Helena Cain:''
:Alright, listen to your XO. Once in a while it's okay to get off the treadmill.

*''[[Gina Inviere]] about Helena Cain and their relationship:''
:She has needs, just like the rest of us. No one can survive entirely on their own. Trust me Lieutenant, in the end, we're all just human.

*''Admiral Cain gives a speech to her crew after the [[Cylon attack]]:''
:This is your admiral. I know there've been a lot of rumors going around...about the destruction that's been visited on our [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|homeworlds]] by the Cylons. I would like to tell you that they're exaggerations, but in fact it can not even come close to convey the horror that's been unleashed upon us. The facts are...that our colonies have been destroyed, our cities have been nuked, and our fleet's gone too. So far there have been no indications of any other survivors. I imagine you're all asking yourselves the same question I am: What do we do now? Do we run? Do we hide? I think those are the easy choices. A philosopher once said "When faced with untenable alternatives you should consider your imperative." Look around you. Our imperative is right here, in our bulkheads, in our planes, in our guns and in ourselves. War is our imperative. And if right now victory seems like an impossibility, then we have something else to reach for: revenge, payback. So we will fight. Because in the end it's the only alternative our enemies have left us. I say let's make these murdering things understand that as long as this crew and this ship survive, that this war, that they started, will not be over. Thank you.

*''Cain and Shaw in the aftermath of the attack on the Cylon communications relay:''
:'''Shaw:''' 32 Vipers destroyed. 61 badly damaged. The acting chief says we don't have enough parts to repair them all.
:'''Cain:''' It's a rather high price for a tactical insignificant victory.
:'''Shaw:''' I wouldn't say it's insignificant, sir. I'd say we put the enemy on notice. The price we paid is my fault.
:'''Cain:''' How do you figure that, Lieutenant?
:'''Shaw:''' I gave [[Gina Inviere|her]], it, my access codes. [...]
:'''Cain:''' You gave it something far more important. You gave it your trust. As did I, but this ''thing'' really knows how to manipulate human emotion. Preys on it.

*''Shaw's opinions about ''Pegasus's'' previous commanders and Lee Adama:''
:[[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] was a [[black market (organization)|black market]] sell-out. Piece of garbage. Unworthy of the uniform. [[Barry Garner|Garner]] was a martinet who tried to micromanage this ship like it was some balky piece of machinery. [...] You're a step up. That doesn't change the fact that you're an outsider who was brought in to clean up our mess. Or the impression that your daddy just gave you a battlestar; like he was tossing you the keys to a new car.

*''Kendra Shaw and [[Kara Thrace]] meet in the ship's galley:''
:'''Thrace:''' (catching Shaw injecting a drug) So the XO's human after all. I used to do that myself. Scrub through the wireless bands. Reminds you you're not alone out here. (pauses) Got any more?
:'''Shaw:''' More of what?
:'''Thrace:''' Whatever you're about to stick on your neck.
:'''Shaw:''' You don't miss much, do you?
:'''Thrace:''' Whatever floats your boat, right? I came down here looking for a [[ambrosia|loose bottle]] and you came down here for...guess we're both just trying to take the edge off, right?
:'''Shaw:''' Guess so.
:'''Thrace:''' That's good. Cause I'd hate to think that Lee's new XO can't handle the pressure. Maybe wants to get busted back to peeling potatoes.
:'''Shaw:''' I'd hate to think that Lee's favorite pilot wants to find herself scrubbing floors for pilfering ship's stores.
:'''Thrace:''' (smirks) You keep my secret, sir, I'll keep yours.

*''Shaw and Thrace preparing for the rescue mission and assault on the basestar (extended version only):''
:'''Thrace:''' Hope for the best, plan for the worst, as [[Socrata Thrace|my mom]] the sergeant-major used to say.
:'''Shaw:''' That all she taught you?
:'''Thrace:''' Fear gets you killed; anger keeps you alive.
:'''Shaw:''' Admiral Cain said the same thing. She said to me once, "If you can be this" (opening the blade) "for as long as you have to be, you're a razor." A weapon can't feel fear, has no regrets. It just is.
:'''Thrace:''' Noticed you would've gotten along just fine. Of course, my mom was full of crap about a lot of things. Held on to her anger so tight that at the end, that's all she had left. She died alone. You ask me, fear, anger -- two sides of the same coin. You gotta let go of both.

*''{{inlineref|hybridspeech|The|bold=N}} [[first Hybrid]] speaking to himself as Shaw's squad storms the basestar (extended version; dialogue may be inaccurate because it is hard to understand):''
:'''Hybrid:''' At last, they’ve come for me. I feel their lives, their destinies spilling out before me. The denial of the one true path, played out on a [[New Caprica|world not their own]], will end soon enough. Soon there will be [[Final Five|four, glorious in awakening]], struggling with the knowledge of their true selves, the pain of revelation bringing new clarity, and in the midst of confusion, [[Crossroads, Part II#Act_4|he will find her]]. Enemies brought together by impossible longing, enemies now [[Cylon Civil War#Joined_Fates|joined as one]]. The way forward at once unthinkable, yet inevitable. And the [[Ellen Tigh|fifth]], still in shadow, will claw toward the light, hungering for redemption that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering. I can see them all. The [[Significant Seven|seven, now six]], self-described machines who believe themselves without sin, but in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of the [[Cylon Civil War|one splintering into the many]], and then they will join [[Earth|the promised land]], gathered on the wings of an [[Kara Thrace|angel]]. Not an end, but a beginning.

*''Shaw and the first Hybrid:''
:'''Hybrid:''' Come in, Major. I've been waiting for you for a long time.
:'''Shaw:''' You're what all this is about, aren't you? What are you?
:'''Hybrid:''' What am I? A man? Or am I a machine? My children believe I am a god.
:'''Shaw:''' Are you ... a god?
:'''Hybrid:''' I have seen things. Your life, Kendra Shaw. The things you have done. Things you felt you had to do. All leading to this moment. You wish to be forgiven, my child. ... Do you wish to be forgiven?
:'''Shaw:''' Yes.
:'''Hybrid:''' Then come up closer. There's something I have to tell you. Come. (Grabs her arm.) Kara Thrace will lead the human race to its end.
:'''Shaw:''' What?
:'''Hybrid:''' She is the herald of the apocalypse. The harbinger of death. They must not follow her.

*''The first Hybrid and Shaw, just before Shaw detonates the nuclear warhead:''
:'''Hybrid:''' As my own existence comes to a close, only to begin anew, in ways uncertain.
:'''Shaw:''' You're scared, aren't you, mother-frakker? You should be.
:'''Hybrid:''' All this has happened before, and it will happen again...again...again...again...again...again...again...

*''[[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]] discuss Cain's actions:''
:'''William Adama''': I've been going through Cain's log and from a tactical perspective it's hard to find fault in anything she did. Or that Kendra Shaw did.
:'''Lee Adama:''' They [[Scylla|butchered innocent civilians]], Dad. Come on. How can you ignore that?
:'''William Adama:''' I know that I didn't have to face any of the situations that she did. I had the [[Laura Roslin|President]] in my face, arguing for the survival of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|civilian fleet]]. I've Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] keeping me honest, balancing my morality and my tactics. And I had you. Now...you don't have any children, so you might not understand this, but you see yourself reflected in their eyes. And there are some things that I've thought of doing with this fleet, but I've stopped myself, because I knew I'd have to face you the following day.