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Soundtrack (The Stu Phillips Anthology - Battlestar Galactica)

2011-07-20T03:13:08Z

Cub747: /* Track Listing */

{{Album Data
| image = anthology.jpg
| alt= Cover for The Stu Phillips Anthology Battlestar Galactica
| title= Soundtrack (The Stu Phillips Anthology - Battlestar Galactica)
| series= mix
| albumno= SPCD 01/04
| composer= [[Stu Phillips]]<br/>[[Glen A. Larson]]
| artist= [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles Philharmonic|Los Angeles Philharmonic]] Universal Studio Symphony Orchestra
| label= Duchess Music Corp. BMI
| tracks= 108
| runtime= 04:12:01
| discs= 4
| released= 1997-??-??
| prev= None
| next= None
}}

: ''For other ''Battlestar Galactica'' soundtracks, [[Soundtrack|click here]].''

Promotional 4 CD Set with music from the Original 1978 ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' series.

==Track Listing==

CD 1
*''"[[Saga of a Star World]]"''
#'''Theme From Battlestar Galactica''' (1:00)
#'''Exploration / The Five Battlestars''' (3:37)
#'''Launch When Ready''' (1:11)
#'''The Cylon Trap''' (4:41)
#'''Zacs Death''' (1:17)
#'''Cylon Attack / End Of the Atlantia''' (2:05)
#'''The Cylon Base Ship''' (1:16)
#'''Destruction Of Peace''' (3:39)
#'''Adamas Theme''' (4:04)
#'''The Gathering Of The Fleet''' (2:48)
#'''Suffering''' (1:56)
#'''The Imperious Leader''' (1:20)
#'''Cassiopeia & Starbuck''' (1:04)
#'''Boxey's Problem / Serina's Illness''' (3:01)
#'''Steamed / Into Thre Red Nova''' (2:45)
#'''The Red Nova''' (2:36)
#'''Adama's Log''' (1:05)
#'''Landram''' (0:43)
#'''Captured / Bright Lights''' (1:49)
#'''Apollo And Adama''' (0:44)
#'''The Elevator Of Doom''' (0:51)
#'''Escape From The Ovion Mines''' (3:15)
#'''Dash To The Elevator''' (1:08)
#'''Sneak Attack / Apollos Gambit''' (1:57)
#'''The Destruction Of Carillon''' (2:01)
#'''Lets Go Home - Finale''' (1:17)
#'''Outer Space Disco''' (2:48)l
#'''Galactic Rock''' (2:37)
#'''Battlestar Galactica End Credits''' (0:30)

CD 2
#'''Battlestar Galactica : Main Title''' (1:02)
#*''"[[War of the Gods]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''The Lightship Appears''' (1:36)
#'''The Strange Planet / Crash Site''' (2:45)
#'''Count Iblis''' (1:33)
#'''Sheba And Count Iblis''' (2:51)
#'''Adama And Count Iblis''' (2:02)
#'''Our Enemy Has Been Delivered!''' (1:07)
#'''Baltar And Iblis / I Know That Voice''' (2:41)
#'''Fathers & Sons''' (2:27)
#'''Back To The Strange Planet / I Forbid It!''' (2:52)
#'''The Prince Of Darkness''' (2:48)
#'''The Light Beings / Apollos Rebirth''' (6:24)
#'''The Way To Earth''' (1:17)
#*''"[[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Fighter Launch / Forced Landing''' (2:11)
#'''Scanner Report / Kree Captured''' (1:40)
#'''Computer Room / Cylon Fanfare & March''' (1:39)
#'''Shuttle Launch / Snow Storm''' (2:35)
#'''Waking Up / The Clones''' (2:03)
#'''The Ice Canyon / Cylon Patrol''' (2:51)
#'''Hiding Apollo / Cylon Search Party''' (2:14)
#'''Vipers Vs. Cylon Raiders''' (1:16)
#'''Hide And Seek / Ice Trek''' (2:26)
#'''Countdown To Doom / Krees Rescue''' (2:52)
#'''Attack On The Pulsar''' (5:15)
#'''The Big Bang / Finale''' (2:26)
# '''Battlestar Galactica End Credits''' (0:30)

CD 3
*''"Galactica 1980 : [[Galactica Discovers Earth]]"''
#'''Main Title''' (1:02)
#*''"[[The Living Legend]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Cains Theme / Cain And Cassiopeia''' (2:37)
#'''The Cylon Tankers / Confronting Sheba''' (4:25)
#'''Relived Of Command''' (1:46)
#'''Its Impossible! - No Its A Battlestar''' (1:51)
#'''Parachute Drop / Planting The Charges''' (2:54)
#'''Shuttle Express / I Missed One Father''' (2:01)
#'''Med Lab / Cains Choice''' (1:12)
#'''Viper Vs. Viper / Pursuing Baltar''' (2:26)
#* ''"[[Lost Planet of the Gods]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Another Day On The Galactica''' (0:49)
#'''Starbucks Folly / Ocean of Darkness''' (5:45)
#'''Cylon Outpost / Baltar & Lucifer Chat''' (2:40)
#'''Serina And Apollo / The Disease''' (3:04)
#'''The Rookies First Battle''' (3:27)
#'''The Legend Of Kobol''' (1:22)
#'''Starbuck Captured / Baltar & Starbuck''' (2:57)
#'''The Wedding / The Ninth Lord Of Kobol''' 6:35)
#'''Romantic Interlude / Starbucks Return''' 0:43)
#'''The Star Flares / The Crypt Opens''' (1:05)
#'''Serinas Death / Mourning''' (4:42)
#*''"War of the Gods - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Light Ship Sound Effects''' (1:18)
#*''"[[The Magnificent Warriors]]"'' Source Cues
#'''Starbucks Luck''' (1:18)
#'''Three Sided Pyramid''' (2:01)
#'''A Smoking Band''' (0:43)
#'''Hospitality Muzak''' (2:11)
#*''"War of the Gods - Parts 1 & 2"'' Source Cue
#'''Celebration On The Raising Star''' (3:12)
#'''Battlestar Galactica End Credits''' (0:31)

CD 4
*''"Galactica 1980 : Galactica Discovers Earth"''
#'''Alternate Main Title / Prologue''' (1:49)
#*''"[[The Lost Warrior]]"''
#'''Apollo & Bellas Love Theme''' (4:43)
#'''Safe Landing / Bootys Death''' (2:33)
#'''Adama And Boxey''' (1:02)
#'''The Good, The Bad And The Cylon''' (2:33)
#*''"[[The Young Lords]]"''
#'''The Young Lords Fanfare And Theme''' (0:50)
#'''Escape Into The Swamp / Ambushed''' (3:30)
#'''Prisoner Exchange''' (1:59)
#'''Sneaking Into The Castle''' (2:02)
#'''The Kiss / Rescue & Reunion''' (2:57)
#*''"The Magnificent Warriors"''
#'''Siress Bellaby''' (1:36)
#'''The Borays''' (3:52)
#'''Hijacking The Energizer''' (1:49)
#'''The Borays Encampment''' (5:42)
#*''"[[The Long Patrol]]"''
#'''Starbuck, Cassiopeia And Athena''' (2:03)
#'''Stealing The Viper / Starbuck In Prison''' (3:52)
#'''Bad News / Boomer & Apollo''' (1:59)
#'''Gun Battle / Boxey & Adama / Earth?''' (3:59)
#*''"[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]"''
#'''The Dome''' (1:00)
#'''Mysterious Message / Boomers Dream''' (1:35)
#'''Deep Probe / Cylon Base Ship Rising''' (1:29)
#'''Starbuck And Cassiopeias True Feelings''' (1:36)
#'''Sheba And Apollos True Feelings''' (1:36)
#'''Operation : Trojan Cylon / Victory''' (6:13)
#'''Theyre Waggling!''' (1:18)
#'''The Eagle Has Landed! / Finale''' (2:34)

==Credits==

* '''Executive Album Producers''' - John J. Alcantar III and Thomas C. Stewart
* '''Album Produced by''' - [[Stu Phillips]] and Ford A. Thaxton
* '''Associate Album Producer''' - Mark Banning
* '''Music Composed and Conducted by''' - Stu Phillips
* '''Theme from "Battlestar Galactica" composed by''' - [[Glen A. Larson]] and Stu Phillips
* '''"Saga Of A Star World" performed by''' - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
* '''All other suites performed by''' - Universal Studio Symphony Orchestra
* '''Music Editor''' - Herbert D. Woods
* '''Digitally edited and mastered by''' - James Nelson at Phoenix Creative, Lacey WA.
* '''CD Art Direction''' - Mark Banning
* '''Liner notes''' - David Hirsch

==External Links==
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1273 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 1 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1274 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 2 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1275 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 3 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1276 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 4 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.

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Soundtrack (The Stu Phillips Anthology - Battlestar Galactica)

2011-07-20T03:12:02Z

Cub747: /* Track Listing */

{{Album Data
| image = anthology.jpg
| alt= Cover for The Stu Phillips Anthology Battlestar Galactica
| title= Soundtrack (The Stu Phillips Anthology - Battlestar Galactica)
| series= mix
| albumno= SPCD 01/04
| composer= [[Stu Phillips]]<br/>[[Glen A. Larson]]
| artist= [[Wikipedia:Los Angeles Philharmonic|Los Angeles Philharmonic]] Universal Studio Symphony Orchestra
| label= Duchess Music Corp. BMI
| tracks= 108
| runtime= 04:12:01
| discs= 4
| released= 1997-??-??
| prev= None
| next= None
}}

: ''For other ''Battlestar Galactica'' soundtracks, [[Soundtrack|click here]].''

Promotional 4 CD Set with music from the Original 1978 ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' series.

==Track Listing==

CD 1
*''"[[Saga of a Star World]]"''
#'''Theme From Battlestar Galactica''' (1:00)
#'''Exploration / The Five Battlestars''' (3:37)
#'''Launch When Ready''' (1:11)
#'''The Cylon Trap''' (4:41)
#'''Zacs Death''' (1:17)
#'''Cylon Attack / End Of the Atlantia''' (2:05)
#'''The Cylon Base Ship''' (1:16)
#'''Destruction Of Peace''' (3:39)
#'''Adamas Theme''' (4:04)
#'''The Gathering Of The Fleet''' (2:48)
#'''Suffering''' (1:56)
#'''The Imperious Leader''' (1:20)
#'''Cassiopeia & Starbuck''' (1:04)
#'''Boxey's Problem / Serinas Illness''' (3:01)
#'''Steamed / Into Thre Red Nova''' (2:45)
#'''The Red Nova''' (2:36)
#'''Adama's Log''' (1:05)
#'''landram''' (0:43)
#'''Captured / Bright Lights''' (1:49)
#'''Apollo And Adama''' (0:44)
#'''The Elevator Of Doom''' (0:51)
#'''Escape From The Ovion Mines''' (3:15)
#'''Dash To The Elevator''' (1:08)
#'''Sneak Attack / Apollos Gambit''' (1:57)
#'''The Destruction Of Carillon''' (2:01)
#'''Lets Go Home - Finale''' (1:17)
#'''Outer Space Disco''' (2:48)l
#'''Galactic Rock''' (2:37)
#'''Battlestar Galactica End Credits''' (0:30)

CD 2
#'''Battlestar Galactica : Main Title''' (1:02)
#*''"[[War of the Gods]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''The Lightship Appears''' (1:36)
#'''The Strange Planet / Crash Site''' (2:45)
#'''Count Iblis''' (1:33)
#'''Sheba And Count Iblis''' (2:51)
#'''Adama And Count Iblis''' (2:02)
#'''Our Enemy Has Been Delivered!''' (1:07)
#'''Baltar And Iblis / I Know That Voice''' (2:41)
#'''Fathers & Sons''' (2:27)
#'''Back To The Strange Planet / I Forbid It!''' (2:52)
#'''The Prince Of Darkness''' (2:48)
#'''The Light Beings / Apollos Rebirth''' (6:24)
#'''The Way To Earth''' (1:17)
#*''"[[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Fighter Launch / Forced Landing''' (2:11)
#'''Scanner Report / Kree Captured''' (1:40)
#'''Computer Room / Cylon Fanfare & March''' (1:39)
#'''Shuttle Launch / Snow Storm''' (2:35)
#'''Waking Up / The Clones''' (2:03)
#'''The Ice Canyon / Cylon Patrol''' (2:51)
#'''Hiding Apollo / Cylon Search Party''' (2:14)
#'''Vipers Vs. Cylon Raiders''' (1:16)
#'''Hide And Seek / Ice Trek''' (2:26)
#'''Countdown To Doom / Krees Rescue''' (2:52)
#'''Attack On The Pulsar''' (5:15)
#'''The Big Bang / Finale''' (2:26)
# '''Battlestar Galactica End Credits''' (0:30)

CD 3
*''"Galactica 1980 : [[Galactica Discovers Earth]]"''
#'''Main Title''' (1:02)
#*''"[[The Living Legend]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Cains Theme / Cain And Cassiopeia''' (2:37)
#'''The Cylon Tankers / Confronting Sheba''' (4:25)
#'''Relived Of Command''' (1:46)
#'''Its Impossible! - No Its A Battlestar''' (1:51)
#'''Parachute Drop / Planting The Charges''' (2:54)
#'''Shuttle Express / I Missed One Father''' (2:01)
#'''Med Lab / Cains Choice''' (1:12)
#'''Viper Vs. Viper / Pursuing Baltar''' (2:26)
#* ''"[[Lost Planet of the Gods]] - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Another Day On The Galactica''' (0:49)
#'''Starbucks Folly / Ocean of Darkness''' (5:45)
#'''Cylon Outpost / Baltar & Lucifer Chat''' (2:40)
#'''Serina And Apollo / The Disease''' (3:04)
#'''The Rookies First Battle''' (3:27)
#'''The Legend Of Kobol''' (1:22)
#'''Starbuck Captured / Baltar & Starbuck''' (2:57)
#'''The Wedding / The Ninth Lord Of Kobol''' 6:35)
#'''Romantic Interlude / Starbucks Return''' 0:43)
#'''The Star Flares / The Crypt Opens''' (1:05)
#'''Serinas Death / Mourning''' (4:42)
#*''"War of the Gods - Parts 1 & 2"''
#'''Light Ship Sound Effects''' (1:18)
#*''"[[The Magnificent Warriors]]"'' Source Cues
#'''Starbucks Luck''' (1:18)
#'''Three Sided Pyramid''' (2:01)
#'''A Smoking Band''' (0:43)
#'''Hospitality Muzak''' (2:11)
#*''"War of the Gods - Parts 1 & 2"'' Source Cue
#'''Celebration On The Raising Star''' (3:12)
#'''Battlestar Galactica End Credits''' (0:31)

CD 4
*''"Galactica 1980 : Galactica Discovers Earth"''
#'''Alternate Main Title / Prologue''' (1:49)
#*''"[[The Lost Warrior]]"''
#'''Apollo & Bellas Love Theme''' (4:43)
#'''Safe Landing / Bootys Death''' (2:33)
#'''Adama And Boxey''' (1:02)
#'''The Good, The Bad And The Cylon''' (2:33)
#*''"[[The Young Lords]]"''
#'''The Young Lords Fanfare And Theme''' (0:50)
#'''Escape Into The Swamp / Ambushed''' (3:30)
#'''Prisoner Exchange''' (1:59)
#'''Sneaking Into The Castle''' (2:02)
#'''The Kiss / Rescue & Reunion''' (2:57)
#*''"The Magnificent Warriors"''
#'''Siress Bellaby''' (1:36)
#'''The Borays''' (3:52)
#'''Hijacking The Energizer''' (1:49)
#'''The Borays Encampment''' (5:42)
#*''"[[The Long Patrol]]"''
#'''Starbuck, Cassiopeia And Athena''' (2:03)
#'''Stealing The Viper / Starbuck In Prison''' (3:52)
#'''Bad News / Boomer & Apollo''' (1:59)
#'''Gun Battle / Boxey & Adama / Earth?''' (3:59)
#*''"[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]"''
#'''The Dome''' (1:00)
#'''Mysterious Message / Boomers Dream''' (1:35)
#'''Deep Probe / Cylon Base Ship Rising''' (1:29)
#'''Starbuck And Cassiopeias True Feelings''' (1:36)
#'''Sheba And Apollos True Feelings''' (1:36)
#'''Operation : Trojan Cylon / Victory''' (6:13)
#'''Theyre Waggling!''' (1:18)
#'''The Eagle Has Landed! / Finale''' (2:34)

==Credits==

* '''Executive Album Producers''' - John J. Alcantar III and Thomas C. Stewart
* '''Album Produced by''' - [[Stu Phillips]] and Ford A. Thaxton
* '''Associate Album Producer''' - Mark Banning
* '''Music Composed and Conducted by''' - Stu Phillips
* '''Theme from "Battlestar Galactica" composed by''' - [[Glen A. Larson]] and Stu Phillips
* '''"Saga Of A Star World" performed by''' - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
* '''All other suites performed by''' - Universal Studio Symphony Orchestra
* '''Music Editor''' - Herbert D. Woods
* '''Digitally edited and mastered by''' - James Nelson at Phoenix Creative, Lacey WA.
* '''CD Art Direction''' - Mark Banning
* '''Liner notes''' - David Hirsch

==External Links==
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1273 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 1 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1274 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 2 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1275 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 3 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.
*[http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=1276 Soundtrack.net] page for Disc 4 of The Stu Phillips Anthology.

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Cloud 9

2011-07-06T01:34:37Z

Cub747:

{{Ship Data
| image= Bsg-c9-2.jpg
| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian
| ftl= Yes
| role= Luxury Liner
| status= Destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"
| img= Y
}}
'''''Cloud 9''''' is a massive, [[FTL]]-capable luxury liner within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. Extensively damaged during the [[Cylon attack]], she had to be evacuated while repairs were made. Following the repairs, she is returned to full service within the Fleet, and provides a venue for the first sitting of the interim [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] convened by [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").

The ship is unique in that as well as traditional living and working space on board, ''Cloud 9'' incorporates a huge pressurized dome, that provides a realistic simulation of a planetary surface, including gardens, buildings, trees - even an artificial holographic sky. Not only does the dome make this ship more luxurious, but the comfortable hotel rooms, as well as the enjoyable lounges and bars, make this ship popular and well-known to the survivors.

After her flight from captivity in [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]'s brig, President Roslin, along with Captain [[Lee Adama]] and priest [[Elosha]], flee in a Raptor to ''Cloud 9'' in order hide from Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]. The group is taken in by [[Tom Zarek]], who meets with them on in a hangar on the ship. ''Cloud 9'''s high volume of intraship traffic makes it virtually impossible for ''Galactica'' to track their final hiding place ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").

The ship would later by quarantined by Commander Adama around a week later in order to find the escaped former president, however it was fruitless as Roslin and the other fugitives had escaped to ''[[Kimba Huta]]'' then ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[The Farm]]").

[[Image:Cloud9Destroyed.jpg|thumb|left|''Cloud 9'''s destruction.]]
''Cloud 9'' also has a swimming area. Commander Adama's orders shore leave for Colonel Tigh, advising him to take a swim and relax from his unexpected command duties when Adama was injured. Colonel Tigh never leaves ''Galactica'' to enjoy it as his Raptor is [[Joe Palladino|sabotaged]] in an assassination attempt ([[TRS]]: "[[Final Cut]]").

The Cylon sympathizer/terrorist group [[Demand Peace]], led by [[Royan Jahee]] and [[Gina Inviere]] (who has been hiding aboard the ship for weeks), also operated out of a suite located onboard ''Cloud 9'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]").

Many of ''Cloud 9'''s accommodations are more like hotel rooms than bunks or seats, pointing to its original purpose as a luxury liner. A passenger, [[Shevon]], lives in one such room (Room L258, L Deck), where Captain Adama visits her for intimate moments. Shevon is removed from her room by [[Phelan]]'s thugs, and Captain Adama later finds the killer of Commander [[Jack Fisk]] in the room, dead of a gunshot to the head ([[TRS]]: "[[Black Market]]").

A bar on the ship, the Starlight Lounge, is the scene of a hostage crisis in which a disgruntled [[Sesha Abinell]], her brother-in-law [[Kern Vinson]], hardline man [[Nelson Page]] and often nervous [[George Chu]] hold many people hostage including [[Lee Adama|Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla|Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla]], [[Billy Keikeya|President's chief of staff Billy Keikeya]] and [[Ellen Tigh|''Galactica'' executive officer's wife Ellen Tigh]]. With the help of several gunmen, she demands that she is handed over [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] in order to take revenge on her for an earlier Cylon attack on the Fleet which left her [[Ray Abinell|husband]] dead. She and her co-conspirators are ultimately killed when the lounge is stormed by Colonial Marines ([[TRS]]: "[[Sacrifice]]").

Following the discovery of New Caprica and the inauguration of Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] as President of the Twelve Colonies, ''Cloud 9'' was blown up by Gina by the nuclear warhead given to her by Baltar several months ago. The resulting explosion would destroy at [[Colonial Movers|least]] [[Kodiak-type vessel|three]] [[long-necked vessel|ships]] and at least one [[atmospheric shuttle]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

== Related Imagery ==

<gallery>
Image:Cloud 9 Ballroom.jpg|''Cloud 9'' Ballroom
Image:Cloud 9 - Gardens.jpg|''Cloud 9'' Garden
Image:Cloud 9 - Horizon.jpg|The "horizon" of ''Cloud 9''.
File:Cloud_9_Blue_prints.png|''Cloud 9'' Blueprints from BSG RPG.
</gallery>

==Notes==
* The origin of the term "cloud nine" is curious in that it is an American expression popularized in the 20th Century as a term describing euphoria or higher state of bliss. The term appeared to originate from the 1896 edition of the International Cloud Atlas, where the cumulo-nimbus cloud was given the designation of nine, which was the highest altitude that a cloud could be, according to information from the [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cloud_nine Wiktionary]. However, it is just one of many terms of Earth-origin used on the show.
* ''Cloud Nine'' was filmed on location at the University of British Columbia's Chan Centre.
*It should be noted that in either "[[Razor]]" or "[[The Plan]]", both set prior to ''Cloud 9'''s destruction, the large vessel neither appeared nor was mentioned. Furthermore, after the one-year jump in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," its destruction hasn't been mentioned again throughout the remainder of the series.

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Earth (1980)

2010-04-15T05:01:07Z

Cub747: /* Notes */

: ''For information on 1980's Earth depicted in the Dynamite Entertainment comics, see: [[Earth (1980 alternate)]].''

[[Image:Cylonattack.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Doctor Zee|Dr. Zee's]] simulation of a Cylon attack on Los Angeles.]]

Thirty years after the [[Battle of Cimtar]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet's]] quest to find the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Colony]] of '''Earth''' becomes a reality.

Much to the dismay of [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and his ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' crew, their brother tribe on Earth was underdeveloped technologically in comparison to the destroyed worlds of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]] and would not be able to defend themselves from any [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] encounters. At the time of their arrival, the year is 1980 A.D.

Adama and [[Doctor Zee]] map out a plan to accelerate Earth technology to aid in their defense with [[Warriors]] [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] leading expeditions to the planet ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).

Unfortunately, in addition to chance encounters by Cylon patrols, a rogue [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] member, [[Xaviar]], attempts to force Earth's technology advances with more dramatic and destructive means.

== Composition ==

Earth's composition is very much astonishing to the Colonials. According to Adama, Earth's "proximity to the sun provides the only climate in the galaxy comfortably able to support life as we know it". Furthermore, he explains that seven-tenths of the Earth is ocean, which astonishes the council members and the Warriors present, but assures them that there's "plenty of room for all our people".

He further notes that the seven principal landmasses, two of which ([[w:Antartica|Antartica]] and the [[w:North Pole|North Pole]]) are polar ice caps, could be "easily reclaimed" by their technology ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).

== Technology ==

[[Image:Nuclear degeneration equation.jpg|thumb|Mortinson's nuclear degeneration equation, after its correction by [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).]]

At the time of 1980, nuclear power is a major concern on Earth, particularly due to the waste it generates. One of Earth's prominent nuclear physicists, Dr. [[Donald Mortinson]], has been working on a theory to dissolve nuclear wastes (i.e. nuclear degeneration, a theory that Colonials are taught, though most apparently understand) for three years prior to the Galacticans arrival.

As such, Troy and Dillon leave a "calling card" and correct the formula, which Mortinson recognizes as one from an intelligent extraterrestial society ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).

==Notes==

*Most of the Earth scenes in ''Galactica 1980'' took place in [[w:Southern California|Southern California]], with the main exception of the time travel sequence to [[w:Nazi Germany|Nazi Germany]] (which still looked a lot like Southern California) and the trip that Troy and Dillon take to [[New York City]].

*The memorable attack simulation by the Cylons, created by Doctor Zee, focuses particularly on Hollywood, as noted with the destruction of the [[w:Capitol Records#The Capitol Records Tower|Capitol Records Building]]. These scenes were recycled from the 1974 movie Earthquake.

*There were hints in the Original Series that Earth may be technologically advanced (e.g. [[Terra]], the [[Silent One]]'s drawing on [[Proteus]]). However, perhaps due to budgetary constraints in the sequel series, Earth was ultimately revealed to be the contemporary one.

* In the ''[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|Galactica Discovers Earth]]'' novelization, Zee posits that, even with Galactican assistance, it will take 8 to 9 centuries before Earth could develop technology to withstand the Cylons.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Resnick|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Resnick|authorlinkurl=|year=1981|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]|publisher=Berkley Books|location=|id=|pages=142}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Places on Earth (1980)|Locations on Earth visited by the Galacticans]]

== References ==

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** Earth (TOS)|Original Series' Earth
** Earth (RDM)|Re-imagined Series' Earth
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Kobol

2010-04-15T04:55:15Z

Cub747: /* Etymology */

'''Kobol''' is the ancestral homeworld of humanity that populates the worlds known as the Twelve Colonies in both the [[Original Series]] and [[Re-imagined Series]].

* For information on Kobol, original home of mankind in the [[Original Series]], see [[Kobol (TOS)]].
* For information on Kobol, original home of mankind in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Kobol (RDM)]].
* For the ship or space station with this name in the Original Series, see ''[[Star Kobol]]''.
* For the two-part episode of the Re-imagined Series, see "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".

==Similarities of Kobol between Original and Re-imagined Series==

*It is believed to be the original home of humanity.
*It is found by chance by both Fleets.
*A world catastrophe or internal strife forces humanity to leave the planet.
*A tomb holds the key to the location of Earth.
**[[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol]] in [[TOS]]: "Lost Planet of the Gods," [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|Part I]] & [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II|Part II]].
**[[Tomb of Athena]] in [[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]."
*Special keys are needed to open or access the secrets of the tomb.
**[[Seal of the Lords]] in the Original Series.
**The [[Arrow of Apollo]] in the Re-imagined Series.
*The Colonials encounter Cylons on and around the planet during their quests.

==Etymology==
*"Kobol" originally appears derived from "Kolob" which, according to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_articles_about_Mormonism Mormon] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Abraham Book of Abraham] is the "star nearest unto God". [[Glen A. Larson]], creator of the Original Series, is a member of the of the [[Wikipedia:Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. As such, he used Mormon imagery within the show, together with elements of Egyptian imagery that tend to reflect the time of [[Wikipedia:Abraham|Abraham]] and the Israelites. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Abraham Book of Abraham] also claims that Abraham taught the Egyptians astronomy and that Kolob is the central star of the universe and thus controls the revolutions of all other stars and planets. The connection seems to come from Kolob/Kobol as the (so to speak) "original starting point".
*Kobol could also have been derived from the Greek word ''Kobalos'', meaning "mine or source." The name may suggest that Kobol was originally a planet with a wealth of natural resources (or, in the case of the Tomb of Athena, information).
*Kobol also shares its pronunciation with [[w:COBOL|COBOL]], an older programming language (whose programs are reputed to still be widely used.)
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[[de:Kobol]]

Specter

2010-04-15T04:47:37Z

Cub747:

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'''Specter''', an older [[IL-series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]], demonstrates despicable traits of (and including) thievery, dishonesty and deceptiveness.

His forces manage to occupy the entire marsh-like planet of [[Attila]] in record time, but is constantly attacked by [[Megan]]'s children -- [[Kyle]], [[Miri]], [[Ariadne]], [[Robus]] and [[Nilz]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is forced into a controlled crash-landing on Antilla, he is almost taken to Specter, however the family-turned-military force waylays the Cylon force.

Specter manages to mislead Lord [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] into believing that they had managed to capture the [[warrior]], who he conveniently leaves nameless. As attempts to get the warrior by force remain fruitless, an agreement is arranged by Kyle to trade Megan's life for Starbuck's. Specter attempts to deceive Megan's children by floating a manufactured dummy while the children send over the same in place of Starbuck. This forces Specter to continue leading Baltar upon a string.

[[Lucifer]], Baltar's newer IL-series cogitator, despises the lower grade Cylon and attempts to undermine Specter's attempts to curry Baltar's favor. Lucifer manages to come across uncomplimentary requisition orders for additional war material, even though the planet is supposedly under complete control. Specter manages to, yet again, mislead Baltar, and even compel Baltar to sympathize for the Cylon's plight on Antilla; the Cylons do not fare well on marsh planets due to [[Wikipedia:Rust|oxidation]].

After a successful and embarrassing attack by Megan's children and Starbuck, Specter again deceives Baltar into believing, not that the garrison had come under attack, but that the commotion was due to his Cylons destroying "the last of the human habitations." Specter manages to secure a place aboard Baltar's [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]] so that he can later be reassigned wherever the [[Imperious Leader]] needed such experienced hands ([[The Young Lords]]).

== Notes ==
*A [[Wikipedia:specter|specter]] is a type of demon from folklore that is of ghostly or evil nature, also spelled "spectre" in the British-English vernacular. Both spellings are pronounced the same, however.
*This naming of the IL-series units supports the theory that all IL-series Cylons are somehow named after a creature or some evil figure from human history.
*Specter appears in "[[The Young Warriors]]", which is the novelization of "The Young Lords", as well as in the later novel "[[The Nightmare Machine]]".

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{{TOS}}

Specter

2010-04-15T04:45:42Z

Cub747:

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'''Specter''', an older [[IL-series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]], demonstrates despicable traits of (and including) thievery, dishonesty and deceptiveness.

His forces manage to occupy the entire marsh-like planet of [[Attila]] in record time, but is constantly attacked by [[Megan]]'s children -- [[Kyle]], [[Miri]], [[Ariadne]], [[Robus]] and [[Nilz]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is forced into a controlled crash-landing on Antilla, he is almost taken to Specter, however the family-turned-military force waylays the Cylon force.

Specter manages to mislead Lord [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] into believing that they had managed to capture the [[warrior]], who he conveniently leaves nameless. As attempts to get the warrior by force remain fruitless, an agreement is arranged by Kyle to trade Megan's life for Starbuck's. Specter attempts to deceive Megan's children by floating a manufactured dummy while the children send over the same in place of Starbuck. This forces Specter to continue leading Baltar upon a string.

[[Lucifer]], Baltar's newer IL-series cogitator, despises the lower grade Cylon and attempts to undermine Specter's attempts to curry Baltar's favor. Lucifer manages to come across uncomplimentary requisition orders for additional war material, even though the planet is supposedly under complete control. Specter manages to, yet again, mislead Baltar, and even compel Baltar to sympathize for the Cylon's plight on Antilla; the Cylons do not fare well on marsh planets due to [[Wikipedia:Rust|oxidation]].

After a successful and embarrassing attack by Megan's children and Starbuck, Specter again deceives Baltar into believing, not that the garrison had come under attack, but that the commotion was due to his Cylons destroying "the last of the human habitations." Specter manages to secure a place aboard Baltar's [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]] so that he can later be reassigned wherever the [[Imperious Leader]] needed such experienced hands ([[The Young Lords]]).

== Notes ==
*A [[Wikipedia:specter|specter]] is a type of demon from folklore that is of ghostly or evil nature, also spelled "spectre" in the British-English vernacular. Both spellings are pronounced the same, however.
*This naming of the IL-series units supports the theory that all IL-series Cylons are somehow named after a creature or some evil figure from human history.
*Specter appears in "[[The Young Warriors]]", which is the novelization of "The Young Lords", as well as in the later novel "[[The Nightmare Machine]]".

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[[de:Specter]]
{{TOS}}

Specter

2010-04-15T04:44:55Z

Cub747:

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'''Specter''', an older [[IL-series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]], demonstrates despicable traits of (and including) thievery, dishonesty and deceptiveness.

His forces manage to occupy the entire marsh-like planet of [[Atilla]] in record time, but is constantly attacked by [[Megan]]'s children -- [[Kyle]], [[Miri]], [[Ariadne]], [[Robus]] and [[Nilz]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is forced into a controlled crash-landing on Antilla, he is almost taken to Specter, however the family-turned-military force waylays the Cylon force.

Specter manages to mislead Lord [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] into believing that they had managed to capture the [[warrior]], who he conveniently leaves nameless. As attempts to get the warrior by force remain fruitless, an agreement is arranged by Kyle to trade Megan's life for Starbuck's. Specter attempts to deceive Megan's children by floating a manufactured dummy while the children send over the same in place of Starbuck. This forces Specter to continue leading Baltar upon a string.

[[Lucifer]], Baltar's newer IL-series cogitator, despises the lower grade Cylon and attempts to undermine Specter's attempts to curry Baltar's favor. Lucifer manages to come across uncomplimentary requisition orders for additional war material, even though the planet is supposedly under complete control. Specter manages to, yet again, mislead Baltar, and even compel Baltar to sympathize for the Cylon's plight on Antilla; the Cylons do not fare well on marsh planets due to [[Wikipedia:Rust|oxidation]].

After a successful and embarrassing attack by Megan's children and Starbuck, Specter again deceives Baltar into believing, not that the garrison had come under attack, but that the commotion was due to his Cylons destroying "the last of the human habitations." Specter manages to secure a place aboard Baltar's [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]] so that he can later be reassigned wherever the [[Imperious Leader]] needed such experienced hands ([[The Young Lords]]).

== Notes ==
*A [[Wikipedia:specter|specter]] is a type of demon from folklore that is of ghostly or evil nature, also spelled "spectre" in the British-English vernacular. Both spellings are pronounced the same, however.
*This naming of the IL-series units supports the theory that all IL-series Cylons are somehow named after a creature or some evil figure from human history.
*Specter appears in "[[The Young Warriors]]", which is the novelization of "The Young Lords", as well as in the later novel "[[The Nightmare Machine]]".

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[[de:Specter]]
{{TOS}}

Columbia (TOS)

2010-04-15T04:42:17Z

Cub747:

:''For information on a battlestar of the same name from the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Columbia (RDM)]].''

'''''Columbia''''' is the name of a destroyed Colonial [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]].

When Cadet [[Cree]] is interrogated by [[Vulpa]], he claims to be from ''Columbia''. Vulpa claims this is impossible, as the ''Columbia'' had been destroyed at the [[Battle of Cimtar|peace conference]]. Vulpa then orders a brain probe rather than try to get him to freely cooperate ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).

==Notes==

* ''Columbia'' is perhaps the most unlikely name for a space vessel developed by a wholly "alien" culture, being a derivation of the 15th Century Genoan explorer [[Wikipedia:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]]. However, much like having the characters speak English, this may be a contrivance. The name may simply derive from the Latin word for "dove" or "pigeon" (''columba'').

* ''Columbia'' is not named as one of the five battlestars present at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], so it is unknown if Vulpa was just referring to the entire ambush (including the actions against the Colonies) as the "peace conference".

* Many fans consider ''Columbia'' to be the battlestar class name. However, this is [[fan fiction]]: no substantiated class name has been given to the Original Series battlestars by official sources.

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Columbia (TOS)

2010-04-15T04:41:48Z

Cub747:

Columbia (TOS)

2010-04-15T04:40:59Z

Cub747:

Columbia (TOS)

2010-04-15T04:39:40Z

Cub747: /* Notes */

:''For information on a battlestar of the same name from the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Columbia (RDM)]].''

'''''Columbia''''' is the name of a destroyed Colonial [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]].

When Cadet [[Cree]] is interrogated by [[Vulpa]], he claims to be from ''Columbia''. Vulpa claims this is impossible, as the ''Columbia'' had been destroyed at the [[Battle of Cimtar|peace conference]]. This response appears to confuse Cree, and Vulpa orders a brain probe rather than try to get him to freely cooperate ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).

==Notes==

* ''Columbia'' is perhaps the most unlikely name for a space vessel developed by a wholly "alien" culture, being a derivation of the 15th Century Genoan explorer [[Wikipedia:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]]. However, much like having the characters speak English, this may be a contrivance. The name may simply derive from the Latin word for "dove" or "pigeon" (''columba'').

* ''Columbia'' is not named as one of the five battlestars present at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], so it is unknown if Vulpa was just referring to the entire ambush (including the actions against the Colonies) as the "peace conference".

* Many fans consider ''Columbia'' to be the battlestar class name. However, this is [[fan fiction]]: no substantiated class name has been given to the Original Series battlestars by official sources.

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[[Category:Battlestars (TOS)]]
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Columbia (TOS)

2010-04-15T04:38:40Z

Cub747:

:''For information on a battlestar of the same name from the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Columbia (RDM)]].''

'''''Columbia''''' is the name of a destroyed Colonial [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]].

When Cadet [[Cree]] is interrogated by [[Vulpa]], he claims to be from ''Columbia''. Vulpa claims this is impossible, as the ''Columbia'' had been destroyed at the [[Battle of Cimtar|peace conference]]. This response appears to confuse Cree, and Vulpa orders a brain probe rather than try to get him to freely cooperate ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).

==Notes==

* ''Columbia'' is perhaps the most unlikely name for a space vessel developed by a wholly "alien" culture, being a derivation of the 15th Century Genoan explorer [[Wikipedia:Christopher Columbus|Christopher Columbus]]. However, much like having the characters speak English, this may be a contrivance. The name may simply derive from the Latin word for "dove" or "pigeon" (''columba'').

* ''Columbia'' is not named as one of the five battlestars present at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], so it is unknown if Vulpa was just referring to the entire ambush (including the actions against the Colonies) as the "peace conference" or if he just had a fried circuit somewhere.

* Many fans consider ''Columbia'' to be the battlestar class name. However, this is [[fan fiction]]: no substantiated class name has been given to the Original Series battlestars by official sources.

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Core command

2010-04-15T04:31:19Z

Cub747: /* Behind the Scenes */

[[Image:CoreCommand.jpg|thumb|right|Omega reports scanner readings from the top tier of Core command ([[The Long Patrol]]).]]

'''Core Command''' is the central nerve center of a [[Colonial]] [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]. It is the bridge of the ship, where the ship's commander oversees operations.

Egg-shaped, narrowing toward the bow, Core Command is separated into three tiers. The upper tier is a small rotating platform. It has a command chair and a keyboard and [[scanner]] setup. It is often manned by either [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], or [[Omega]] on ''Galactica''. The middle tier surrounds the room in a ring. There are various scanners and stations on this level. People walking into core command enter at the middle level. [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] often mans a scanner at this level.

Also on the middle level immediately forward of the Command Chair is a two-place combined helm/astrogation console with joysticks (the same design as used in the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] cockpit, including the Turbo, IM, and Fire buttons) at both positions to steer the ''Galactica'' through the three spatial dimensions.

The starboard side of the middle level has a room extending outward from the level's circumference with a number of computer or communications consoles staffed by standing personnel -- these are not seated positions. The bottom tier is recessed in the middle of the room and is below the level of the forward window. There are several stations on this level. [[Rigel]] coordinates [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] launches from a station on this level.

During a battle, the commanding officer may order that [[Defensive shields|shields]] be activated, which drop to protect Core Command from direct attacks ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).

== Behind the Scenes ==

The set for core command was the most expensive one used in the series, featuring over $500,000 U.S.D. worth of equipment provided by the measuring equipment manufacturer [http://www.tek.com Tektronix],<ref name="starlog aug 78">{{cite magazine|quotes= |last= Meyers |first= Richard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1978 |month= August |title= Get Ready For... BATTLE STAR "GALACTICA" |magazine=Starlog |volume= |issue= |pages=52-53 |id= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref> including a large number of oscilloscopes. According to ''Battlestar Galactica'''s PR representative, Joe Santley, the computers were run by "a central computer and cued into the actors' lines".<ref name="starlog aug 78"/>

The helm/astrogation console had some working switches which altered patterns of lights on the console: these switches were protected with wire guards similar to those used in NASA Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. Keypads not actually connected to the "central computer" mentioned immediately above were molded solid from vacuum-formed plastic and could not be depressed. The use of vacuum-formed plastic also explained the non-depressible Turbo, IM, and Fire buttons on the helm joysticks, as they were cast from the same mold as the Viper joysticks.

The set was entirely self-contained: when an actor walked into Core Command, he or she was literally walking in from bare soundstage ''outside'' the set -- the entrances to Core Command shown in the program were the only way to enter the set, and were wide enough to accommodate a camera, cinematographer, and camera operator.

There was no glass in the forward window so as to not to show mirror reflections of the studio lights. A black velvet curtain was "space" with varying-sized disks of glass-beaded reflective material glued to it for "stars". There was a roughly three-foot distance between the window opening and the curtain, leaving room for a catwalk: occasionally one could witness through the window a uniformed Universal Studios security guard on patrol walking between the window and the "stars"!

When not filming, a small A-folded sign saying "Don't sit here!" was left on the seat of the command chair.

== Related Imagery ==

<gallery>
Image:Corecommandoverhead.jpg|An overhead view of Core command ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
</gallery>

== References ==

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

== See Also ==
* [[CIC]], the counterpart of Core Command in the [[Re-imagined Series]].

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[[Category:Galactica Areas (TOS)]]
[[Category: TOS]]
{{TOS}}

Core command

2010-04-15T04:30:13Z

Cub747:

[[Image:CoreCommand.jpg|thumb|right|Omega reports scanner readings from the top tier of Core command ([[The Long Patrol]]).]]

'''Core Command''' is the central nerve center of a [[Colonial]] [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]. It is the bridge of the ship, where the ship's commander oversees operations.

Egg-shaped, narrowing toward the bow, Core Command is separated into three tiers. The upper tier is a small rotating platform. It has a command chair and a keyboard and [[scanner]] setup. It is often manned by either [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], or [[Omega]] on ''Galactica''. The middle tier surrounds the room in a ring. There are various scanners and stations on this level. People walking into core command enter at the middle level. [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] often mans a scanner at this level.

Also on the middle level immediately forward of the Command Chair is a two-place combined helm/astrogation console with joysticks (the same design as used in the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] cockpit, including the Turbo, IM, and Fire buttons) at both positions to steer the ''Galactica'' through the three spatial dimensions.

The starboard side of the middle level has a room extending outward from the level's circumference with a number of computer or communications consoles staffed by standing personnel -- these are not seated positions. The bottom tier is recessed in the middle of the room and is below the level of the forward window. There are several stations on this level. [[Rigel]] coordinates [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] launches from a station on this level.

During a battle, the commanding officer may order that [[Defensive shields|shields]] be activated, which drop to protect Core Command from direct attacks ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).

== Behind the Scenes ==

The set for core command was the most expensive one used in the series, featuring over $500,000 U.S.D. worth of equipment provided by the measuring equipment manufacturer [http://www.tek.com Tektronix],<ref name="starlog aug 78">{{cite magazine|quotes= |last= Meyers |first= Richard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1978 |month= August |title= Get Ready For... BATTLE STAR "GALACTICA" |magazine=Starlog |volume= |issue= |pages=52-53 |id= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref> including a large number of oscilloscopes. According to ''Battlestar Galactica'''s PR representative, Joe Santley, the computers were run by "a central computer and cued into the actors' lines".<ref name="starlog aug 78"/>

The helm/astrogation console had some working switches which altered patterns of lights on the console: these switches were protected with wire guards similar to those used in NASA Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. Keypads not actually connected to the "central computer" mentioned immediately above were molded solid from vacuum-formed plastic and could not be depressed. The use of vacuum-formed plastic also explained the non-depressible Turbo, IM, and Fire buttons on the helm joysticks, as they were cast from the same mold as the Viper joysticks.

The set was entirely self-contained: when an actor walked into Core Command, he or she was literally walking in from bare soundstage ''outside'' the set -- the entrances to Core Command shown in the program were the only way to enter the set, and were wide enough to accomodate a camera, cinematographer, and camera operator.

There was no glass in the forward window so as to not to show mirror reflections of the studio lights. A black velvet curtain was "space" with varying-sized disks of glass-beaded reflective material glued to it for "stars". There was a roughly three-foot distance between the window opening and the curtain, leaving room for a catwalk: occasionally one could witness through the window a uniformed Universal Studios security guard on patrol walking between the window and the "stars"!

When not filming, a small A-folded sign saying "Don't sit here!" was left on the seat of the command chair.

== Related Imagery ==

<gallery>
Image:Corecommandoverhead.jpg|An overhead view of Core command ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
</gallery>

== References ==

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

== See Also ==
* [[CIC]], the counterpart of Core Command in the [[Re-imagined Series]].

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{{TOS}}

Core command

2010-04-15T04:28:34Z

Cub747:

[[Image:CoreCommand.jpg|thumb|right|Omega reports scanner readings from the top tier of Core command ([[The Long Patrol]]).]]

'''Core Command''' is the central nerve center of a [[Colonial]] [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]. It is the bridge of the ship, where the ship's commander oversees operations.

Egg-shaped, narrowing toward the bow, Core Command is separated into three tiers. The upper tier is a small rotating platform. It has a command chair and a keyboard and [[scanner]] setup. It is often manned by either [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], or [[Omega]] on ''Galactica''. The middle tier surrounds the room in a ring. There are various scanners and stations on this level. People walking into core command enter at the middle level. [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] often mans a scanner at this level.

Also on the middle level immediately forward of the Command Chair is a two-place combined helm/astrogation console with joysticks (the same design as used in the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] cockpit, including the Turbo, Aim, and Fire buttons) at both positions to steer the ''Galactica'' through the three spatial dimensions.

The starboard side of the middle level has a room extending outward from the level's circumference with a number of computer or communications consoles staffed by standing personnel -- these are not seated positions. The bottom tier is recessed in the middle of the room and is below the level of the forward window. There are several stations on this level. [[Rigel]] coordinates [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] launches from a station on this level.

During a battle, the commanding officer may order that [[Defensive shields|shields]] be activated, which drop to protect Core Command from direct attacks ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).

== Behind the Scenes ==

The set for core command was the most expensive one used in the series, featuring over $500,000 U.S.D. worth of equipment provided by the measuring equipment manufacturer [http://www.tek.com Tektronix],<ref name="starlog aug 78">{{cite magazine|quotes= |last= Meyers |first= Richard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1978 |month= August |title= Get Ready For... BATTLE STAR "GALACTICA" |magazine=Starlog |volume= |issue= |pages=52-53 |id= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref> including a large number of oscilloscopes. According to ''Battlestar Galactica'''s PR representative, Joe Santley, the computers were run by "a central computer and cued into the actors' lines".<ref name="starlog aug 78"/>

The helm/astrogation console had some working switches which altered patterns of lights on the console: these switches were protected with wire guards similar to those used in NASA Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. Keypads not actually connected to the "central computer" mentioned immediately above were molded solid from vacuum-formed plastic and could not be depressed. The use of vacuum-formed plastic also explained the non-depressible Turbo, Aim, and Fire buttons on the helm joysticks, as they were cast from the same mold as the Viper joysticks.

The set was entirely self-contained: when an actor walked into Core Command, he or she was literally walking in from bare soundstage ''outside'' the set -- the entrances to Core Command shown in the program were the only way to enter the set, and were wide enough to accomodate a camera, cinematographer, and camera operator.

There was no glass in the forward window so as to not to show mirror reflections of the studio lights. A black velvet curtain was "space" with varying-sized disks of glass-beaded reflective material glued to it for "stars". There was a roughly three-foot distance between the window opening and the curtain, leaving room for a catwalk: occasionally one could witness through the window a uniformed Universal Studios security guard on patrol walking between the window and the "stars"!

When not filming, a small A-folded sign saying "Don't sit here!" was left on the seat of the command chair.

== Related Imagery ==

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Image:Corecommandoverhead.jpg|An overhead view of Core command ([[Saga of a Star World]]).
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== References ==

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== See Also ==
* [[CIC]], the counterpart of Core Command in the [[Re-imagined Series]].

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Rebirth

2010-02-05T19:28:30Z

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== Overview ==
:''[[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]]'s attachment to the [[Cylon Prototype]] makes it difficult for [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Graystone Industries|his company]] to duplicate success with other U-87 units. [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]] looks into her daughter's life and finds that she barely knew the real Zoe. [[Clarice Willow|Sister Clarice]] invites [[Lacy Rand|Lacy]] for dinner, as [[Sam Adama|Sam]] begins to exert a bad influence on his [[William Adama|nephew]].''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

: ''All events in this episode occur one month after the bombing of Maglev 23, depicted in the [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]. The main part of the pilot started two weeks after the bombing.

* At a lab in [[Graystone Industries]], [[Cyrus Xander]] informs [[Daniel Graystone]] that the [[meta-cognitive processor]] (MCP) only works in the original [[U-87]] prototype body; they are unaware that [[Zoe-A]] inhabits the body. Attempts to install the chip in any other body result in the other units becoming "morons." The technicians attempt to determine what makes the bonding between the MCP and U-87 body unique. Xander notes that the military liaison is giving him grief.
* Graystone orders the unit be transported to his private lab at his residence.
* At the [[Graystone Estate|estate]], [[Amanda Graystone]] searches for old home movies of [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]], enlisting [[Serge]] to help.
* At the [[Athena Academy]], Sister [[Clarice Willow]] approaches [[Lacy Rand]] at the end class, asking if she received the lunch invitation for Saturday<ref>This is the first instance of a normal "day name" being used in the [[Re-imagined Series]] continuity.</ref>. Rand says that she hasn't been to a teacher's house before and is uneasy about the invitation, but ultimately agrees to the lunch date.
* [[Zoe-R]] calls Rand at the school. Zoe-R is losing track of time and is having dreams of not only her life as an avatar, but of the original Zoe's life as well. Rand offers to tell Sister Willow about the situation, but Zoe-R rejects the notion, believing that the only control she has is that no one knows she exists. After securing Rand's promise to not inform anyone, Zoe-R hangs up and returns to her place in the lab, where two of Graystone's technicians prepare the Cylon prototype for transport.

=== Act 1 ===

* The scene opens with various broadcasts on [[Caprica Network]] channels: a news piece featuring [[Global Defense Department]] Agent [[Jordan Durham]] on the [[Soldiers of the One]] monotheist terrorist group; a follow-up on GDD officers arresting suspects from the STO; a piece on ''[[Cubits & Pieces]]'' discussing the 52-week low on [[Graystone Industries]] stock; and a sports broadcast from the [[Atlas Arena]] covering the long-awaited [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] match between the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] and the [[Olympian Stallions]] hosted by sports commentators [[Steve Bahara]] and [[Abasi Lowe]].
* At this game, [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] watch from their private box. After the Caprican [[national anthem]], Amanda leaves as she is not ready to be sociable as she once was.
* From the front of [[Promethia High School]], [[Joseph Adama]] calls Daniel in to hopes of seeing the avatar of his departed daughter, although he doesn't openly state this. After the phone call, he realizes that he's at his daughter's old school and calls up [[Olson Elementary]] in order to get a message to his son, [[William Adama]], about how he would be late.
* In the lab, [[Philomon]] is testing out voice commands for the Cylon prototype. His impatient associate becomes increasingly irate to the point of interrupting Philomon's tests, strapping down the unit forcibly, and notes how "she likes it rough"—mocking Philomon's preference of feminizing the robot. Zoe-R reacts painfully to this, but she does nothing as she is crated.
* Joseph arrives at his apartment, finding that William—playing a handheld video game—was able to get a ride home. William asks his father if he went to Tammy's school again: he lies, saying that he was held up in court. Joseph checks his answering machine, after which [[Ruth]] mentions receiving an invitation for a Memorial Event at [[Apollo Park]] on [[Junius]] 7, commemorating the loss of family members and friends at the [[Lev]] bombing—financed by Graystone Industires. Joseph exclaims "[[Frak]] the Graystones!" and storms off.
* Zoe-R begins to break free of the crate as she is being transported to the Graystone Estate.
* At the Estate, Amanda watches an old family video with a young Zoe playing in a waterpark. During this, [[Serge]] announces Agent Durham's presence at the front door. Amanda goes to meet him, bluntly informing him that he cannot search the premises due to her husband's defense work; he inquires as to Zoe's now-deceased boyfriend [[Ben Stark]]. Amanda does not know the name and has no knowledge that he was Zoe's boyfriend; Amanda claims that she wasn't "old enough" to have one. She closes the door on Durham thereafter.
* Arriving at the Estate, Philomon and his associate discover that the U-87 is working her way out of the crate. After a close call, Philomon talks the robot down pulls the [[MCP]].
* Ruth, Joseph and William are having a Tauron dinner she prepared; Joseph stares off at an empty seat, while William fusses over the meal. After Joseph offers the comment of "maybe going out for some burgers," William proclaims that he may not be that full after all; Ruth and William clean up the table, after Ruth's proclamation that she wouldn't cook another Tauron meal. As Joseph grabs a plate, he "sees" [[Tamara Adama|his daughter]] as she reaches out to him; he is visibly unsettled.

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==
*The musical piece [[Daniel Graystone]] is playing on the piano in his lab is the second movement of [[Nomion]]'s [[Nomion's 3rd Sonata|3rd Sonata]].
*In this episode, [[Bear McCreary]] introduces a specific theme for Sister [[Clarice Willow]] entitled "Clarice Theme."<ref name="bear's blog">{{cite_web|url=http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=3108|title=Bear's Blog: "Caprica: Rebirth"|date=29 January 2009|accessdate=30 January 2009|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=}}</ref>
* [[Joseph Adama]]'s car is a [[w:Citroën DS|Citroën DS]], a well-known French car produced between 1955 and 1975.
* The sign over the window smashed by Sam says "ποιοτητα εκτύπωσης σε λογικές τιμές", which means "quality printing at a reasonable price" in modern Greek.
* The episode uses the visual effect of switching between [[Alessandra Toressani]] and the robot. This both conveys how Zoe-R thinks of herself and makes her more sympathetic to the audience.
* Colonial society is confirmed to use a 52 week year as demonstrated by the use of the "52 week low" in the ''[[Cubits & Pieces]]'' telecast on [[Graystone Industries]].
* Further, this episode marks the establishment of both day and month names in the [[Re-imagined Series]] universe. Established is the day name "[[Saturday]]" (as evidenced by the conversation between [[Lacy Rand]] and Sister [[Clarice Willow]]) and the month name "[[Junius]]" on the [[:File:Caprica - Memorial Invitation at Apollo Park.jpg|Memorial Event card]] that Joseph receives at his apartment. By their existence, these names also introduce two Gods from the ''Roman'' pantheon: [[w:Saturn (mythology)|Saturn]] and [[w:Juno (mythology)|Juno]].
* This episode introduces another [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lord of Kobol]] in the pantheon, [[Atlas]], in keeping with the Greek influences established in the [[Re-imagined Series]].

== Analysis ==
*Homosexuality is totally accepted by Caprican society. William Adama's uncle Sam Adama had no reluctance in telling how his brother Joseph, William's father, would win dates with the sister of the boys Sam would flirt with but would strike out when the two brothers were close to William's age. On modern Earth even in the most liberal modern countries, homosexuality is not usually discussed with frankness around or with children.
**In further contrast to modern Earth, where although homosexuality is gaining acceptance in most [[wikipedia:First World|"First World"]] countries it is still viewed negatively by much of the world and is actually illegal and punishable by death in some countries, primarily in the Middle East. In ancient Greece and Rome, and in a few other cultures, homosexuality was much more widely accepted as part of life, but even in that time and place the union of man and woman was the ideal, with homosexuality seen as a pleasurable dalliance at most.
*[[wikipedia:Polygamy|Polygamous]] or plural marriages are legal in Caprican society. Sister Clarice Willow, so far the only person revealed in the series to have one, has three wives - Mar-Beth, Helena, and Desiree Willow (they use Desiree's last name as the family name) and at least four husbands - Olaf, Nestor, Tanner, and Reshawn - including a few that she didn't know if they were presently in the house or not. They range across the board in both ethnic appearance and age, including a husband that could had been young enough to be her son (Nestor). The family has children, and Mar-Beth is currently pregnant.
**Judging from [[Lacy Rand]]'s reaction, the practice is unusual but not against general social mores. Her reaction is similar to that of a person in modern America who just discovered a friend was in a homosexual relationship or, in 1980's America, in a relationship with someone of a different skin color, i.e. surprised but accepting. The fact that she feels compelled to say, "It's cool" implies that at least some people on Caprica would consider it not cool, but she also noted that she knew several kids that were from group marriages.
**The Willow group marriage is different from the majority of polygamous marriages in those Earth cultures which allow the practice, which tend to be strictly [[wikipedia:Polygyny|polygynous]], heterosexual, and patriarchal. In these arrangements, a man has multiple wives, who have no other husbands, do not engage in intimate relations with the other wives, and have an unequal relationship with their husband. [[wikipedia:Polyandry|Polyandry]], where the woman has multiple husbands, and examples involving homosexual relations do historically and presently exist. There is, however, no known example of a culture where a group marriage would be polyandrous '''and''' polygynous.
*The Soldiers of the One is viewed by many (including the Caprican security forces) as a terrorist group, but that may be a simplistic and overly monolithic view. The original Zoe Graystone had been a member of the group. Nevertheless, she never appeared to advocate violent action, and was horrified when Stark revealed his bomb seconds before it was detonated. Stark's unwillingness to inform her ahead of time suggests that those in the STO who advocate terrorism must operate separately from those who do not.
*[[Ruth]] continues her attempts at trying to introduce [[William Adama]] to his Tauron roots by cooking a Tauron meal, but ultimately ends in failure on her part. Interestingly, Willie begins to bond with Joseph's brother, [[Sam Adama]], who introduces him to a different aspect of Tauron culture: the [[Ha'la'tha]] and the [[Guatrau]].
*Zoe was more comfortable with Ben's family than with her own. She visited Ben's house and Natalie Stark was well aware of her relationship with her son, whereas Ben never visited the Graystone house and Zoe's parents didn't even know he existed.
*Amanda and Zoe's disconnect goes beyond Amanda knowing nothing of Zoe's religious and political affiliations. Amanda states that her daughter was too young to have a boyfriend, yet at 16 this is certainly not true. This is perhaps due to the idealization that many parents have of their children, thinking that they are more innocent and unworldly than they actually are.
*Sam Adama showed William how to be a successful criminal including taking William along to intimidate a store owner by smashing his window after he got the assignment to do so from his boss over his cellphone. The policeman was right when he half jokingly accused Sam of running a criminal school as he handcuffed Sam and his partner handcuffed William, for Sam was in fact corrupting a minor. His teachings included making other people feel guilty about something when they try to make you feel guilty about something. He put the lesson to use when he deflected his father's accusations when he confronted William about his absence from school and his responsibility to the family by saying they haven't been much of a family lately. As his father guiltily hugged him William smiled at his new found ability to manipulate.
*Lacy made reference to Zoe-R being a Trinity, "...three faces of one thing" when Zoe described her confusion of being Zoe, The Avatar and the Robot. The real world equivalent is in most forms of Christianity refer to God as The father , the son and the Holy Spirit as [[wikipedia:Trinity|The Trinity]]. There is also the concept of [[wikipedia:Trimurti|the Trimurti]] in [[wikipedia:Hinduism|Hinduism]].

== Questions ==
* Is Zoe developing feelings for [[Philomon]]? If he finds out about her being in the U-87, will he become an ally?
* Why does [[Sam Adama|Sam]] throw the trashcan through the store window?
* Why does Sam not want William to say the name "[[Guatrau]]"?
* Where is Tamara's avatar now?
* What is the previous incident that Clarice's spouses refer to? Did it involve inappropriate relations with a student?
* Is Clarice beginning a downward slide when she visits the [[Dive Bar]]?
* Under what circumstances in her past did Clarice smoke before?
* How much did Natalie know about her son's activities?
* Are Nestor and Clarice trying to get information out of Lacy about Zoe-A?
* How is the common surname of a group marriage agreed upon?
* Did all the Willow spouses enter into the marriage at the same time?
* Is the Willow group marriage a cover for STO activities?

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Guest stars ==
* [[Scott Porter]] as [[Nestor Willow]]
* [[Avan Jogia]] as [[Ben Stark]]<ref>In the [[Caprica pilot|pilot]], [[Avan Jogia]] was credited as part of the principal cast. He becomes a guest star in this and future episodes. On the other hand, [[Sasha Roiz]] and [[Brian Markinson]], who were both credited as guest stars in the pilot, join the principal cast in this episode.</ref>
* [[Alex Arsenault]] as [[Philomon]]
* [[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]
* [[Karen Austin]] as [[Ruth]]
* [[Genevieve Buechner]] as [[Tamara Adama]]
* [[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]
* [[Francoise Yip]] as [[Desiree Willow]]
* [[Philip Granger]] as [[Tanner Willow]]
* [[Anita Torrance]] as [[Mar-Beth Willow]]
* [[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]
* [[Michael Eklund]] as [[Waylon]]
* [[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]
* [[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]
* [[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]
* [[Greg Webb]] as Man at the Mic
* [[Nimet Kanji]] as [[Natalie Stark]]
* [[Darryl Scheelar]] as Officer [[Mendez]]
* [[Jeanettea Antonio]] as Female at the Mic
* [[Kailyn Stratton]] as Six-year-old Zoe
* [[Brady Schlecker]] as Angry Crowd
* [[Mario Casoria]] as Angry Crowd
* [[Hannah]] as [[Caesar]] the Dog

== References ==
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[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]

The Plan

2009-11-03T16:50:10Z

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== Overview ==
:''This special episode, based on the episode title, involves characters and events based around the series' premise stated in the opening credits of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and their plan for humanity. This story is set during the events of the [[Miniseries]] through Season 2's "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," told from the Cylons' perspective. The disappearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]] is explained, as is [[Ellen Tigh]]'s mysterious appearance. [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Number One|John Cavil]] are the main viewpoint characters.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

*The show opens with the statement "The [[Cylons]] were created by man. They rebelled. They evolved. They look and feel human. Some are programmed to think they are human. There are many copies and they have a Plan." Each sentence is spoken by a different model of Cylon. While this is being said, the Cylon Fleet is shown.

*Inside the [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', two [[Number One]]s are being escorted to an airlock. Both of them are having a difference of opinion.

One A - "I was doing fine here, thanks for exposing me."

One B - "You weren't doing fine. Thank goodness. If you'd wiped out this fleet you would have made us ever more irredeemable in the eyes of our parents."

One A - "No, I would have proved us to be superior."

One B - "No, no see, I figured out what went wrong."

One A - "Well that's a very useful revelation to have, if you're standing in front of an airlock."

One B - "None the less"

One A - "Our failure is obvious. We had our foot on the throat of humanity and we failed to step down hard enough."

One B - "That was our error. Have you learned nothing in all this time in the fleet? Because I learned a great deal among the rebels on Caprica. Every killing of a human being was a grievous error. You want to know why?"

One A - "I really don't."

One B - "Are you certain?" Because it's fascinating."

One A - "Listen, brother. If you are right, that means this whole project was doomed from the beginning."

One B - "Yes, from the very top."

=== Act 1 ===

'''2 weeks before the attack on the colonies:'''

*In the Cylon Fleet near [[The Colony]], two [[Number One]]s are standing over the [[resurrection tank|resurrection tanks]] of the "[[Final Five]]:" [[Ellen Tigh]], [[Saul Tigh]], [[Samuel T. Anders]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Tory Foster]]. They are talking about what they, the Ones, might expect after their "parents" resurrect. One of the Ones plans on joining Ellen Tigh on [[Picon]], since he has never experienced a nuclear holocaust in person. The other One is going to make his way to [[Caprica]] to make final arrangements with their contact.

'''14 hours before the attack on the colonies:'''

*In [[Caprica City]], [[Dr. Gaius Baltar]] is having a conversation with a [[Caprica_Six|Six]] who has been posing as an agent of a company seeking defense contracts. In exchange for giving her access to government mainframes, she helped him design the navigation program used by the Colonial warships. However, she has been covertly creating backdoors in the program. Shortly after their goodbyes, the Six meets up with a One and passes off the access codes to Colonial defenses.

'''Just prior to the attack on the [[Colonies]]:'''

*Inside Club Pink Moon on Picon, a One is talking with Ellen Tigh about why she likes olives. They introduce themselves to each other. The One orders her another drink. He asks why she is there. She answers that she is meant for greater things. They continue their conversation.

*At the Caprica Bucaneers pyramid training camp, Sam Anders is practicing with his teammates. The team coach toasts a goal scored against Anders with the team doctor, a [[Number Four]] humanoid Cylon.

*In the Caprican city of [[Delphi]], Tory Foster is driving to an airport/spaceport and is talking on her phone.

*Cylon basestars jump to positions over the [[Twelve Colonies]]. The hybrids access the backdoors in the Colonial defense system. Colonial [[viper]]s see the approaching Cylon [[basestar]]s and [[raider]]s, but the [[Battlestars]] cannot confirm they are there, since the defense system is starting to crash. The Cylons scan the Colonial vessels, which all go dead in space.

*Nuclear weapons are launched toward the Colonies.

[[Image:Cylon_mirv.jpg|thumb|A Cylon MIRV.]]

*Sam says, "This has happened before." The Pyramid team watches as the bombs go off near them. The team doctor smiles. Destruction is occurring across the Colonies. (See: [[The Plan#Noteworthy Dialogue|Noteworthy Dialogue]]).

*Aboard ''[[Galactica]]'', word is received of the attack on the Twelve Colonies. Colonel Tigh thinks it is just a joke being played on [[William_Adama|Commander Adama]] since he is about to retire. Adama disagrees, and makes a shipwide announcement about the attack. Galen Tyrol is giving a motivating speech to his crew in preparation for battle.

*Badly injured, Ellen also says, "This has happened before." When she looks up at the One, she asks if she is going to die. He replies, "No, not when you have so much to learn."

*On Caprica, the Pyramid team spots [[Centurions]] and debates what they should do.

*''[[Colonial One]]'' begins to bring aboard survivors from Caprica.

*Back on Galactica, Commander Adama finds a cryptic message left for him by Baltar: "There are only 12 Cylon models." Baltar is in his cabin in shock and disbelief.

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==
[[Image:Universal_intro.jpg|thumb|The Universal Studios Intro for 'The Plan']]
*The planet behind the Universal Studios logo at the beginning of the movie is [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] instead of [[Earth]].
*Unknown to the Colonials there apparently ''was'' a second Resurrection Ship nearby by the time the Cavil's were executed allowing them to download into new bodies when killed, although the Caprica copy was presumably boxed.
* ''Galactica'' Cavil was Ellen's mysterious hero that saved her from the attack on Picon. It was known to be a Number One, but it wasn't clear exactly ''which'' one it was.
*[[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] is identified in "The Plan" as ''Scorpia'' Fleet Shipyards.
* During the attack on the Colonies, after the Raiders scan the Vipers and Battestars, one of the pilots can be heard saying "I have no RADIO contact". This should be "WIRELESS" as there are no "radios" in the BSG universe.

== Analysis ==
*Given the ''Galactica'' copy of Cavil's comments in the airlock, his resurrected self is the copy that led the anti-human Cylon faction during the [[Cylon Civil War]] and later killed himself permanently in CIC during the [[Battle of The Colony]].

*It is likely that the device Leoben constructs to intercept Colonial military transmissions is a forerunner of the device he gave [[Laura Roslin]] to overcome the [[Gaeta's Mutiny|mutineers']] communications jamming in "[[Blood on the Scales]]."

*Given the knowledge that the Final Five traveled to the Colonies to stop just such a holocaust that they had witnessed on Earth Number One's plan on making his creators repentant by making them live among humans and then destroying them it is unlikely they would have appreciated his making them watch another global holocaust.

*The main focus of this movie, which is the triumph of love, shows perhaps why the Cylons eventually split into two factions. Being that it is far easier to kill people you don't know, once they start getting to know humans they are obviously having a harder time killing them. This is evident in the split during the Cylon Civil War, the three models that take the most interest in, and have the most interaction with humans are the ones advocating peace and from their interaction with humans become curious about discovering their own natures while the three models that have the least to do with humans are far more machine like and less interested in self-discovery as a result.

*The characteristics of several of the Cylon models are further fleshed out.
**Number One/Cavil is clearly the leader as shown by his taking charge of the Cylons within the fleet and just like in the series this is often shown to be because his superior knowledge
**The Number Two/Leoben model is shown(as he is later in Blood on the Scales) as being very good at signal/communications cracking, this fits in well with his own obsession, and skills, with information and revelations. Two also seems to be fairly knowledgeable and Cavil seems to be slightly less derogatory towards this model, possibly because as the second model created he has known Leoben the longest.
**All the Number Four/Simon models seem to have very detailed medical expertise(enough to successfully be hired as doctors for both a pro-sports team and the military)
**Number Five/Doral is portrayed as being, as they are in other instances, very bureaucratic and obsessed with minute and unimportant details(like most bureaucrats) as well as being extremely zealous, although not particularly bright, and they seemed to be looked down upon by the other models.
**Number Six is once more portrayed as being the most varied, adaptable, and strong willed(regardless of which personality) of the Cylon models.
**Number Eight is shown being very skilled in military thinking and engineering as shown by her plan to blow the water tank but at the same time she is the most susceptible to emotions and outside influence.

*The Plan shows how Leoben knew Starbuck's name and that his belief that she had a destiny was based solely on his discovering that she learned how to fly a raider without being taught how, showing to him that she had some kind of special connection to the universe. The flashes he sees the first time he touches her, of their history together, also shows why he is so sure she will tell him she loves him and kiss him(although the flashes don't show him getting stabbed by her, hence his surprise) which also show her meeting her destiny(falling into the Maelstrom and encountering a version of him(possibly an angel) but it doesn't show anything after that, hence his surprise on seeing her dead body.

== Questions ==
* Did Giana take her husband's surname? In other words, is the full alias of Number Four actually "Simon O'Neil"?
* Is ''Galactica'' Cavil really the same Cavil that leads one side of the Cylon Civil War?
* Is the Club Pink Moon on Picon a Hat Tip to the late Nick Drake?
* Why isn't the arrival of the ''[[Pegasus]]'' mentioned? Surely that would have an effect on Cavil's plans.
* Did Galactica Cavil have anything to do with the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''?
* What happened to the rest of the Cylon fleet, there look to be at least two dozen Basestars leading the attack, possibly more, but that many are never seen in the series and it looks like there are no more than 5 chasing the fleet after they flee from New Caprica? Are most of them still occupying the colonies? if so why? Are they spread out and searching other places? Where they abandoned due to lack of resources? Was the Cylon Civil war more widespread than believed?

== Official Statements ==

===Future Movies===
Speaking at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, director and star of ''The Plan'', [[Edward James Olmos]] stated that he believes there will be several more ''Battlestar Galactica'' movies in the future and is confident that the DVD release of ''The Plan'' will sell well enough to facilitate these films:
:"As a matter of fact, I've got to tell you right now. Because of you all, what you're doing, because of the love for that world...I can guarantee that this will not be the last movie." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5322385/olmos-the-plan-wont-be-the-last-bsg-movie|title=Olmos: The Plan Won't Be the Last BSG Movie|date=Fri Jul 24 2009|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
This statement, however, is by no means official, as both [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]], [[David Eick]], and [[SciFi Channel|SyFy]] have made no mention of any additional ''Battlestar'' films.

Olmos later went on to clarify that if ''The Plan'' sold ¾ of a million copies (750,000) then Universal Studios would assuredly be willing to produce future ''Battlestar''-related productions. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2009/08/edward-james-olmos-holds-court.html|title=Edward James Olmos holds court|date=Sat 08 Aug 2009|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*Sam and his team our practicing at the Pyramid Training camp on Caprica, you see Sam lying on the ground just after the coach had showed him up by making a goal. He is looking up into the sky just as the bombs are coming in and he says, "This has happened before." It was as if part of Sam's memory was breaking through trying to warn him that the cycle was starting again.

*Ellen Tigh makes a similar statement when she first comes to after the attacks.

*{{audio|Colonies of man.mp3|''A Hybrid summarizes the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and notes all but the two most religious colonies (Gemenon and Sagittaron):''}}
:Progress reports arriving.
:The farms of [[Aerilon]] are burning.
:The beaches of [[Canceron]] are burning.
:The plains of [[Leonis]] are burning.
:The jungles of [[Scorpia]] are burning.
:The pastures of [[Tauron]] are burning.
:The harbours of [[Picon]] are burning.
:The cities of [[Caprica]] are burning.
:The oceans of [[Aquaria]] are burning.
:The courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning.
:The forests of [[Virgon]] are burning.
:The colonies of man lie trampled at our feet.

*The named locations on Leonis, Scorpia, Tauron, Picon, Aquaria and Libran evoke the zodiac symbols each is named for. Aerilon's association with agriculture and Caprica's association with sophisticated, urban life were established in "[[Dirty Hands]]" and "[[The Woman King]]".

*The Hybrid on the basestar states - "Twelve Battles, Three Stars"

==Cast==

=== Starring ===

* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel T. Anders]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight]]
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]
* [[Lymari Nadal]] as [[Giana O'Neill]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]

=== Co-Starring ===

* [[Alisen Down]] as [[Jean Barolay]]
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]

=== Also Starring ===

* [[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Specialist [[Socinus]]
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine Alan [[Nowart]]
* [[Diego Diablo Del Mar]] as [[Hillard]]
* [[Bruce Dawson]] as [[Coach]]
* [[Lawrence Haegert]] as [[Wheeler]]
* [[Tommy Europe]] as [[Rally]]
* [[Maya Washington]] as [[Sue-Shaun]]
* [[Luvia Petersen]] as [[Kai]]
* [[Richard Yearwood]] as [[Marine]]
* [[Alex Ferris]] as [[Boy]]
* [[Gina Vultaggio]] as [[Jemmy]]

=== Uncredited major cast appearing via archive footage ===

* [[Jamie Bamber]] ([[Lee Adama]])
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] ([[Kara Thrace]])
* [[James Callis]] ([[Gaius Baltar]])
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] ([[Karl Agathon]])
* [[Lucy Lawless]] ([[Number Three]])
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] ([[Felix Gaeta]])
* [[Kandyse McClure]] ([[Anastasia Dualla]])
* [[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Callandra Tyrol|Cally]])
* [[Leah Cairns]] ([[Margaret Edmondson]])

== References ==
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[[Category:Episodes directed by Edward James Olmos]]

Escape Velocity

2009-09-25T14:51:33Z

Cub747: /* Religion */

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== Overview ==
: ''Religious freedom is debated and defended as the messianic [[Gaius Baltar]] promotes his belief in one true [[God (RDM)|God]]. Meanwhile, [[Galen Tyrol]] tries to cope with the death of his [[Callandra Tyrol|wife]] and fails.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

* In a makeshift [[temple]] aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', [[Galen Tyrol]] performs a ritual commemoration ceremony in the memory of his wife, [[Callandra Tyrol|Callandra Henderson Tyrol]]. In attendance are [[Laura Roslin]], Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]], Delegate [[Lee Adama]], [[Tory Foster]], Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Anthony Figurski]].
* After the priest ends the service, Roslin (wearing a wig) tells Adama that she likes the ceremony, insinuating that she wants Adama to perform the same service for her when she dies.
* Tyrol is given condolences by people as they leave the temple. Foster asks Roslin why they have to do "these things at dawn", to which Roslin replies that they have to.
* After Roslin gives her condolences, Tyrol grabs a hold of both Foster and Tigh, who hastily offer their condolences. As they walk out, they complain that Tyrol almost attracted attention to themselves.
* Delegate Adama offers his condolences as Tyrol stares off after Foster and Tigh; Adama leaves without a response from Tyrol.
* Tigh enters the surveillance room adjoining [[Caprica-Six]]'s brig. The Marines inform him that she continues her same routine. When broaching the topic of how Six doesn't go nuts, the [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Blonde female Marine|female Marine]] replies that she probably turns off her brain, prompting interest from Tigh.
* Tigh enters the brig, informing Six that her request to see [[Hera Agathon]] has been denied. Six notes that Tigh already told her this, and asks what else he wants from her. During the discussion, Tigh sees [[Ellen Tigh]] in place of Six. Tigh, unsure of what to make of it, tells Six to stay back from him. Six notes that he visits her every day, but doesn't ask questions any more. Tigh leaves, with her saying that she'll see him tomorrow.
* In his quarters, Tyrol sits while [[Nicholas Tyrol]] cries. Foster and Tigh gruffly admonish Tyrol for his behavior at the service.
* Tigh inquires after the baby. Tyrol notes that Nicholas probably needs to be changed; Tigh goes about doing so.
* Foster asks Tyrol if he believes Cally killed herself because of him. Tyrol brings up the alleged affair between them, to which Foster replies that they didn't have one. Tyrol voices his concerns over which of his memories were real, and whether or not there was ever an action in his life that wasn't programmed. Foster espouses what, according to Tigh, is "[[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s crap" when she tells Tyrol that they, as [[humanoid Cylons|Cylons]], don't need guilt since they are perfect. Tigh, on the other hand, believes that Tyrol is feeling what men feel after the death of a loved one. Tigh continues by telling Tyrol that he'll see Cally every day, while referencing his own experience of [[Torn|hearing]] and [[Virtual Ellen|seeing]] his dead wife. Tigh finishes by saying that Tyrol feels what he needs to feel, but not at the expense of being outed as Cylons, while Foster says to think about what they are and embrace their Cylon attributes.

=== Act 1 ===

* [[Tory Foster]] visits [[Gaius Baltar]] in the commune. There, she wakes Baltar by pulling out a hair on his head. Baltar replies "Gods", which Foster questions. She continues by plucking another hair off of Baltar's head, asking about how he was feeling. He replies that it was an intense feeling. She then massages his crotch, then while doing so, plucks out another hair on his head. She asks if the signals of pain and pleasure get crossed, which Baltar replies in the affirmative. As Baltar tries to leave, Foster forces Baltar down on the bed. After noting her strength, she begins to engage in foreplay, running her tongue across his cheek.
* As she babbles on about her beliefs about "pain turning into pleasure" and the like (much to Baltar's testicular displeasure), members of the [[Sons of Ares]] begin their march towards the commune. Their attack on the commune begins by throwing a smoke grenade, which allows them to enter the commune and attack Baltar's cultists with near impunity, painting graffiti and wreaking havoc. They quickly try to find Baltar, but they know they have two minutes to do so before they can expect some kind of military response. At the one minute mark, an announcement over the PA announces a security alert on deck eight, section fourteen.
* During these two minutes, Baltar hides himself behind a support beam near the ceiling. After the attack, Foster looks up at him as the Sons of Ares people clear out of the commune, vowing to find Baltar.
* In the [[hangar bay]], [[Galen Tyrol]] is repairing the [[ECO]] console on [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]'s [[Raptor]]. Deckhand [[Anthony Figurski]] asks if Tyrol is almost done, Tyrol replies that he just has one more relay, which his hands have a problem in reaching. During this, he has flashbacks of Cally, including one where Cally helps him out during the construction of the [[Blackbird]].
* Tyrol's flashback of his [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I|beating of Cally after his suicidal nightmare]] is interrupted by Edmondson, who asks if he's done with his repairs. Pocketing a fuse, he morosely replies that he's done.
* Edmondson and [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] launch to the departing waves of crew members on the deck. They join up with a [[CAP|combat air patrol]] led by [[Redwing|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]], who teases them for driving "a school bus". Edmondson counters by comparing the Vipers to bicycles, to which Redwing replies that the Vipers are race cars.
* When Edmondson throttles up, she loses control of the Raptor's port lower rear [[RCS]] thruster. She requests an emergency landing and struggles to bring the Raptor back to the port landing pod deck, but they crash-land, with flaming wreckage colliding with a [[landram]].
* Meanwhile, Baltar is chastising "[[Mr. Officious]]" for his lack of speed in finding out who their attackers are. [[Virtual Six]] prompts him to look at the painted graffiti in the wall, which is written in old text. He reads it, discovering that his attackers were from the Sons of Ares. He asks about their motivations, to which Six replies that "[[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|old Gods]] die hard even among your people". He sees Six next to a woman, whose name he believes starts with an "M", until she corrects him: her name is [[Lilly]]. Baltar discovers a religious artifact belonging to [[Asclepius]] in her hand, which she prays to. She claims that she believes that Baltar will heal their people, but still has belief in Asclepius. Six then adds that the "Gods are fighting back".
* In the hangar bay, Tyrol and Figurski are looking over the remains of the Raptor, whose relays are still hot. When checking under the ECO console, Tyrol discovers the burnt-out fuse he neglected to replace, discovering the replacement in his shirt's pocket. He admits that the crash was his fault.
* McCall angrily confronts Tyrol, but is interdicted by Edmondson, who attempts to defuse the situation. McCall concedes that it's all right, and that no one got hurt. Tyrol presses on however, saying that he doesn't need to be "patted on the head" and that its all right if people told him that he [[frak|frakked up]]. He becomes more vocal when Edmondson mentions that "he's only human", but she walks away and no one else comments. He calls them all "cowards".
* Figurski offers to finish looking over the Raptor. In reply, Tyrol tells Figurski to get out of the ship.
* As Baltar looks at the pendant for Asclepius, Virtual Six tells him that people have room for only one great belief, either him or the Gods. Despite Baltar's misgivings about one man standing up to the old Gods, Six convinces him that such a man who does would surely be magnificent. Inspired by this, Baltar tells his members that they have been targeted because of what they believe in, and urges them to take a stand against Gods that have no relevance in their world.
* Baltar then leaves, with [[Jeanne]] and the others following.
* Baltar enters the temple, where the priest is performing a service. He interrupts the ceremony despite the priest's attempts to stop him. Baltar begins asking the parishioners who they serve, blaspheming [[Zeus]] by calling him a "serial rapist" and pointing out the absurdity of giving birth through one's forehead. The priest confronts him, but Baltar calls her an "ignorant witch" and continues discussing the so-called Gods, including how Asclepius heals with the blood of a [[Gorgon]], in addition to the other "invented rubbish" as he vandalizes the temple.
* As his other cultists follow his example, Marines storm the temple and forcibly extricate Baltar as the polytheists in the temple try to attack him, yelling out demands to "burn him".

=== Act 2 ===

* [[William Adama]] visits [[Laura Roslin]] in [[sickbay]] after her blood test. He's brought a different book to read named ''[[Searider Falcon]]'', a classic novel. Roslin comments that she hasn't read it in years, and Adama confesses that he's never finished the book, since he finds the book too good to finish, and is saving the ending. She suggests that she should also do that, but after an awkward realization shared between the two, she corrects herself.
* After Adama offers to take her bag, he notes that "[[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s back at home in the brig again". Roslin believes that Baltar's desecration of the temple was revenge for what happened to his commune that morning. Adama replies that he has people looking into the brutal attack on Baltar's cult, but no one is talking about the [[Sons of Ares]]. She replies that Baltar's knowingly provoking the hard-line religious groups from [[Dogsville]], and they agree that they can't have a religious fight in the [[the Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Further, they both agree that Baltar is the crux of the problem, as he has an "uncanny way of stirring up all the crap". They discuss the various options, including locking him away for his own safety to removing him from ''Galactica''. However, Roslin has a better idea and goes to the brig so that Baltar can see her.
* Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] visits [[Caprica-Six]] in the brig. She notes that he didn't even make it to tomorrow. Tigh reveals that he does want something, and asks her how it feels to have the blood of billions of human beings on her hands. She replies that she cannot help but to feel it. Tigh orders the Marines to aim their weapons at her.
* On the hangar deck, Tyrol is welding as Figurski walks by and asks him if he woke up early or never went to sleep. Tyrol doesn't reply and Figurski walks off. After this, Tyrol simply walks off the job, throwing his welder's mask and gloves upon the floor.
* In the brig, Six tells Tigh that she is just as human as he is. During the conversation, he sees [[Ellen Tigh]] in Six's place, and asks her how she deals with the pain. She doesn't answer and Tigh tells the Marines to step outside. After the Marines do so, he tells her that she has nothing to offer him and that she is the same as the rest of the Cylons.
* Also in a brig, Baltar is awakened by Roslin. After Baltar makes a quip about her strip searching him, she tells him that his situation is being looked into "aggressively". She tells him that she is wearing a wig and dying from cancer, but she doesn't want his pity and is still doing her job. She assures him that she's aggressively looking into the men that attacked him. However, there is a caveat to this: she tells him that she wants a quiet little death, and insinuates that Baltar give up his crusade quietly, as she has neither the time nor the patience to indulge him.
* Roslin leaves, telling Baltar that he's being released and to stay safe.
* In [[Joe's Bar]], Adama joins Tyrol at the bar. Adama tells Tyrol that the deck crew misses him and tells him that if he needs time off, or if he wants to work more shifts, all he need to is ask. Tyrol replies that he doesn't need special treatment. In reply, Tyrol hallucinates Adama receiving a shot of alcohol and this reply: "I guess it was just more than she could take, huh? Being married to a Cylon who made her the mother to a half-breed abomination."
* The hallucination ends when Adama gets his drink and comments that Cally was a good woman. Tyrol replies that had Adama really thought that, he wouldn't have threatened to stick her up against a bulkhead and have her shot. Despite Adama's efforts to move their conversation somewhere else, Tyrol then goes into a tirade about how he was stuck with the best of limited options, describing Cally as a "shriek" with "dull, vacant eyes" and a "cabbage smell". He tells Adama that he is sick of his life, a life that he did not choose, and hating to find out that those they really loved were dead, dying, or were Cylons. He pines on his love of [[Sharon Valerii]], and notes that because he tried to stick his head in the sand, he married Cally. He tells her that she was no angel, but notes that Adama has already made her into one. He tells Adama that they are not in the same club, since he never asked the right questions.
* Adama gives him a last chance to recant, but Tyrol refuses, daring Adama to demote him and get him off the ship. Challenged, Adama does so, and orders Specialist Tyrol to report to a petty officer to get reassigned, since Tyrol is a danger to others.
* Adama leaves, while Tyrol slowly collapses into his stool at the bar.

=== Act 3 ===

* On ''[[Colonial One]]'' during a [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] meeting, [[Lee Adama]] argues with President Roslin over an emergency measure limiting the size of Baltar's groups so they don't provoke attacks from fundamentalist groups, steadfastly contending that "where ever Baltar is, violence happens", and assures Adama and other delgates that her goal is to keep the people safe from harm by preventing such violence. However, Lee's objections are supported by fellow Quorum members, such as [[Reza Chronides]], who are concerned that the emergency measure that Roslin "bulldozed through" may be used against other religious groups, such as the [[Mithraism|Mithraists]]. Roslin assures people that this won't happen, and the emergency measure was enacted because [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] is a special case, a claim that Lee rebukes by saying that they're making him a special case. During the conversation, [[Tory Foster]] remains silent, but is visibly concerned.
* Despite Lee's assertion that Baltar is not preaching violence and other amoral acts, and objections by the delegates, Roslin tells them to clear their heads and urges the people to remember the tragedy they experienced on [[New Caprica]]. Chronides pointedly asks if Roslin will open the resolution for a full discussion amongst the Quorum, which Roslin quickly and vehemently refuses to do.
* Lee responds by noting that the Quorum can override Roslin, and notes that he's willing to do so since he believes the resolution cannot stand.
* Incensed by this, Roslin replies with rhetoric: should they overturn her decision, the people would win, but at what cost? She implores them to remember what happened when Baltar held political power, and saying they should be terrified at the prospect of Baltar regaining such power again, even through Baltar's cult.
* In the brig, [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] watches [[Caprica-Six|Six]] as she sleeps. He believes he's seeing Ellen. When she awakens, Six asks if she should get familiar to waking up to Tigh's face. She notes the lack of a Marine escort. Tigh tells her that it is an informal chat between them, to which she astutely replies that they're also being watched. Tigh tells her that she hasn't answered his question. She replies that she wants the pain and learns from it. She mentions how she fell in love with Baltar, and understood that she wouldn't have him forever. She continues to discuss Baltar, which breaks Tigh out of his illusion of seeing Ellen. He angrily reacts to this, saying that he refuses to hear about "Gaius Frakking Baltar" and leaves the brig. He enters the adjoining surveillance room to dismiss the Marines and deactivate the surveillance equipment.
* Tigh reenters the brig, where he is prompted with an offer by Six to help him turn off the pain. She reveals that she learns from the pain, the guilt, and she claims that she's found clarity and wisdom from these things. Tigh sits on the cot with her, where he is told how the humanoid Cylon brain is patterned after the human brain, where she claims that the Cylons have learned things about the human mind that the humans themselves are unaware of.
* Six, who Tigh now sees as Ellen, removes his eye patch and offers to give him clarity.
* Baltar and his cultists proceed to the commune, but are stopped by a Marine who tells him of Roslin's emergency measure, [[Emergency Provision 17]], and that no group larger than twelve can be assembled at any time. Baltar insists that he lives in the commune, but the marine will have none of it, even when [[Paulla Schaffer]] offers to leave and allow Baltar to enter. When Baltar tries to make his way into the commune at the urging of his Virtual Six, he is beaten back by the Marine and begins to spit out blood from his mouth.

=== Act 4 ===

* In the brig, [[Saul Tigh]] tells [[Caprica-Six]] to get her hands off him. She punches him, throwing him from the cot. She then jumps on him and begins punishing him in the face, enjoying it in the process. After this, she asks him if he feels the pain, and the clarity that comes with it. When he does not reply, she continues to punch him.
* [[Virtual Six]] convinces [[Gaius Baltar]] to continue to defy the Marine, assuring him that the gains for doing so outweigh the initial costs. He does so, and is repeatedly beaten back to the ground in front of his followers every time he takes a move towards the commune. "Aided" by his virtual Six, Baltar gets up and continues this action, until Lee Adama arrives with a [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Marine Lieutenant|Marine lieutenant]]. He informs them that the provision has been rescinded and right for full public assembly is restored.
* [[Tracey Anne]], [[Jeanne]] and [[Paulla Schaffer]] rush out to help Baltar into the commune. Before entering the commune, Baltar thanks Adama for helping him. Adama replies that he doesn't know why he does these things for Baltar. Baltar says that Adama does such things because "your God compels you".
* In [[sickbay]], [[Laura Roslin]] tells [[William Adama]] (who is holding ''[[Searider Falcon]]'' in his hand) that Lee has no idea of what he's doing, believing that there are "pragmatic realities" that Lee refuses to face. Adama agrees to this, saying that Lee's only doing what he thinks is right. Roslin does agree to that, but says that "sometimes the right thing is a luxury" and has its own set of dangerous consequences that Lee doesn't want to be true. She stops herself from continuing, since she realizes that shouldn't get upset during her [[Doloxan]] treatment.
* Adama tells her that he's about to get into the part of the book he hasn't read yet and, when asked if he can continue, Adama starts reading. Roslin goes to sleep and Adama continues from the reading, despite having closed the book and apparently knowing the words by rote.
* In the brig, a beaten Tigh begs to Six to continue her assault. However, she changes tactics, saying that being beaten is not what he needs. She then kisses him.
* In the commune, Baltar makes his speech where he notes that while he isn't a perfect man, he believes that something in the universe loves him despite his flaws and faults. Urged on by Virtual Six, he calls this "spark", which dwells in the soul of every living being, "God" and moves the crowd when he says that each and every person is perfect, and that they can love others once they love themselves.
* During Baltar's speech, Lee Adama sees [[Tory Foster]] in attendance. Elsewhere on the ship, [[Galen Tyrol]] stares at [[Nicholas Tyrol|Nicholas]], who is playing in his crib.
* On the ''[[Demetrius]]'', [[Kara Thrace]] is sleeping at a table when [[Samuel Anders]] comes in, watching over her.
* Baltar finishes his speech by saying that God loves that which is perfect, and that people are perfect as they are. Foster is smiling, while the other cultists begin to weep and give him a standing ovation. Lee Adama moves to leave the commune while Virtual Six looks over at Foster.

== Notes ==
* [[w:Escape velocity|Escape velocity]] is the minimum initial velocity an unaccelerated object needs to escape a body's gravitational field.
* [[Cally Tyrol]]'s full first name is Callandra. The spelling is confirmed in [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=246 Bear McCreary's blog post] for this episode. The episode also marks the first onscreen mention of her birth name, Henderson.
* The [[survivor count]] now accounts for Callandra Tyrol's death in "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* A costuming error in the teaser shows [[Saul Tigh]] wearing the rank insignia of an [[Military Ranks (RDM)|admiral]]. This is noticeable in the scene where Tigh and [[Tory Foster]] confront [[Galen Tyrol]] in Tyrol's quarters after the memorial service.
* The [[Doloxan]] treatment [[Laura Roslin]] receives has forced her to wear a wig, since her hair loss began more than 22 days ago in "[[Six of One]]".
* Another of the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]] is revealed: [[Asclepius]]. Asclepius is known to the Colonials as the god of healing.
* Unlike "[[The Ties That Bind]]", [[Tom Zarek]] is not present at the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] meetings on ''[[Colonial One]]'' in this episode. The reason for his absence is unexplained.
* Tory Foster confirms that the [[Final Five]] are stronger than humans.
* [[Redwing]] previously appeared in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" as [[Hot Dog]]'s wingman.
* The Raptor accident was the third such incident for the pair of [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]. The first occurrence being their FTL malfunction causing their mis-jump to the [[New Caprica]] system in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", and another incident with the RCS thrusters occurs in "[[Dirty Hands]]".
*This episode marks the final appearance of Baltar's Virtual Six to date (as of "[[No Exit]]". A deleted scene from the following episode depicts Virtual Six saying goodbye to Baltar and fading away, although it's not known as yet whether the deleted scene is canonical, or if Virtual Six will appear in one of the remaining episodes.
*[[Kara Thrace]], [[Samuel Anders]] and the ''Demetrius'' make a very brief - somewhat meaningless - appearance while Baltar is giving a speech to his followers near the end of the episode.

== Analysis ==

=== General ===

*The [[Sons of Ares]] act with military precision, have access to gas grenades and knowledge about the ship's security procedures. From this it is likely that many of them are soldiers and not civilians. This may be expected from a group dedicated to the [[Ares|god of war]].
* When facing down the Marines, the way in which Baltar is standing up appears as though he is being lifted up, which puzzles the Marines and Baltar's followers. This marks the first time where virtual Six does something to Baltar that isn't clearly presented like Baltar is doing it to himself. While it is possible that he moves like that all by himself, and his feet are never shown, it is implied that virtual Six can actually affect things physically. This, along with the [[virtual Baltar]] appearing to Baltar in "[[Six of One]]", and both virtual beings consistently knowing information that neither Baltar or Caprica-Six could actually know, hints that there may be something more to them than simply being illusions. What they are, of course, remains a matter of debate.
**In the [[Podcast:Escape Velocity#Act 4|podcast]], Ron Moore points out that such an interpretation was never intended by the writers. He concedes that the way it is shot goes into that direction, which he considers too far, but believes that none of the characters present would think of it any other way than Baltar moving around by himself.
* The scene where Baltar violently confronts the Colonials during their prayer service seems based on the biblical narrative of [[Wikipedia:Jesus and the money changers|Jesus and the money changers]].

=== Characters ===
* [[Galen Tyrol]]'s insubordination that leads Admiral Adama to demote him may have been a deliberate act, conscious or unconscious, to maintain the safety of the ship. While not stated explicitly, Tyrol has been implied to have fears of working against the interest of the Fleet. This fear is almost certainly magnified when he forgets to swap out a burned out component for a new one on [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]]'s Raptor, which subsequently crashes. While his memory lapse may have been innocently brought on by the continuing stress of discovering himself to be a Cylon, the resulting subterfuge, and his wife's death, the experience of [[Sharon Valerii]] with her memory lapses, unconscious acts of sabotage, and the attempted murder of then Commander Adama, are probably on his mind. This is indicated during the tirade against Cally, Adama, and his life in general in [[Joe's bar]]. A demotion in disgrace and transfer could ensure the safety of the ship, without raising any unwanted questions as an official resignation probably would.
* Neither Tyrol nor, apparently, Tigh have been told the full truth about [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]]'s death; Foster has not seen fit to tell Tigh, possibly as a result of the suicide pact made in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]". The official story surrounding her demise has not been disclosed to the audience, however all ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew knows is that she did die. What has not been disclosed thus far is how Nicholas was found, despite the fact that Cally was seen by several crewmembers carrying the child before her death.
* Tyrol continues to have feelings for Sharon Valerii, as he admits to [[William Adama]] and everyone else present in Joe's Bar. Tyrol notes many of [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]]'s weaknesses, including her nagging, nosy nature (which lead to her death in "[[The Ties That Bind]]"), and grows annoyed at Adama's willingness to turn Cally into an angel, when he believes that she is unworthy of that. His feelings for Valerii were likely renewed upon realizing that he is a Cylon, which makes a possible association with Valerii much more acceptable to him.
* Tyrol's tirade about Cally and his reasons for marrying her also have a double meaning in regards to Adama. As it becomes more obvious, especially ever since "[[A Day in the Life]]", Adama's feelings for Roslin have become more apparent. Unfortunately, with her cancer re-appearing and her possible upcoming death, Roslin, like Valerii to Tyrol, is unattainable to Adama. Ironically, though Tyrol believes that Adama wants him to join his "club" in lamenting for Cally, it may very well be that it is Adama who wants to join Tyrol's club.
* Foster continues to embrace her Cylon nature and Baltar's teachings. She tells Tigh and Tyrol to turn off the guilt, that they are perfect and different from humans. Tigh, however, can't turn off his feelings and spends much of the episode wondering if [[Caprica-Six]] can.
* A part of the book that Adama reads to Roslin, ''[[Searider Falcon]]'', has some deeper significance to both of them, just like ''[[Love and Bullets]]'' in the previous episode: "I wasn't afraid to die. I was afraid of the emptiness that I felt inside. I couldn't feel anything. And that's what scared me. You came into my thoughts. I felt them. It felt good." This is emphasized by the fact that he closes the book and recites the passage, almost as if the words are his. It is also possible that the passage has additional significance for Adama, since by his admission he normally stops reading after it.
* Roslin's wig is strikingly reminiscent of [[Helena Cain]]'s hairstyle in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Parts I]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|II]]". This is a visual counterpoint to her increasing ruthlessness as she confronts her impending death.
* Roslin's wig is also reminiscent of the hairstyle and look that she has in the vision she shared with Athena and Caprica-Six ([[Crossroads, Part I]]). This may indicate that the vision was a foretelling of future events to come in the season.
* Roslin's body language during and after her speech to the Quorum portrays several nuances to the audience. First, it is apparent, besides the hair loss, that the cancer treatments are weakening her body tremendously. Second, her previous statements to Baltar of having less and less patience is more evident in how she dealt with the Quorum's request. Third, as she leaves, the nuance of Roslin, with a hunched back and slowly sulking away indicates that there may be future consequences for the Quorum in standing up to Roslin.

=== Religion ===
* Delegate [[Reza Chronides]] mentions [[Mithraism]], thus further establishing the existence of other religions in the Twelve Colonies. The [[Sons of Ares]] are another religious group, described as [[w:fundamentalism|fundamentalist]].
*This is particularly notable in the context of Baltar's cult, because [[w:Mithraism|Mithraism]] had many things in common with [[w:Christianity|Christianity]]. Yet Christians were persecuted far more by the ([[w:polytheism|polytheistic]]) Romans, while Mithraism spread throughout the empire and particularly the army, before Christianity became the official religion and [[w:Paganism|paganism]] illegal. This furthers the connection of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] to the Roman/Greek gods and of Baltar to [[w:Jesus Christ|Christ]].
*In Baltar's theology people are perfect and God loves things that are perfect. Perfect things have no faults, therefore God loves one including one's faults. Hence, there is nothing wrong with one despite the questionable things done in life. This is similar to the Calvinist and Free Grace Christian theologies that hold that those truly saved by the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ can not lose their salvation. In other words, regardless of faults or sins past, present or future a true believer in Christ's complete salvation at the Cross would never be rejected by God. This is similar to Baltar's theology in which God would never reject a person under any circumstance because he or she is perfect regardless of their faults or sins. Under this world view God would regard [[Tory Foster]] as perfect and guiltless despite her murder of [[Cally Tyrol]], which she has convinced herself that she is.
*Furthermore, according to conventional Protestant Christian theology, one need only accept Jesus as savior and confess once. The confession must be heartfelt and true for Christ's salvation and redemption to be in effect in God's eyes. To use the example of Tory Foster once more, it is likely that Foster is truly embracing Baltar's teachings and perhaps her Cylon nature in that she truly believes they are perfect as is and forgiven as they are. This differs from what is required under conventional forms of Christianity in that Christ has paid for the sinner's salvation.
*Baltar's speech about loving one's self, and using that understanding to love and understand others seems thematically aligned with Virtual Six's initial remark in the Miniseries that "God is love." Ironically, Baltar's sinful past now seems to enhance his credibility and provide evidence that someone as sinful as him has been given fortune by God. In Christianity, to be redeemed from sin does not mean that one will stop sinning, but to live in constant reminder of God's love and favor because of Christ's sacrifice. Furthermore with that understanding that one is loved, one's behavior will change gradually and in certain circumstances miracles occur. Likewise, Baltar has repeatedly repented to God and had seemingly divine providence intervene in his favor several times. Since Baltar is now using his own sinful life as an example, it seems that this dynamic of Christianity is consistent here as well.

== Questions ==

* Will Lee Adama grow more sympathetic towards Baltar's group? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Partial Answer]])
* Will Roslin learn that Foster is associating with Baltar? ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|Answer]])
* Will Tyrol seriously consider Foster's words?
* Will Foster clash with Tigh and Tyrol, as their different attitudes towards their Cylon nature develop?
* Are Tyrol and Tigh's hallucinations merely the result of grief and guilt, or are they using [[projection]]?
* Do Tigh and Six frak? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])
* Are Tigh and Six the "enemies brought together by impossible longing" spoken of by the [[First Hybrid]] in "[[Razor]]"?
* Are Tyrol's statements about Cally's negative attributes heartfelt, or merely a result of rage and anger? ([[The Road Less Traveled|Answer #1]], [[Blood on the Scales|Answer #2]], [[Daybreak, Part II|Answer #3]])
* What of [[Nicholas Tyrol]]? Will his father take care of the child?
* Now that it is clear that Foster lied to Tyrol about the death of Cally, how will Tyrol react should he discover the truth? ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* What will Tyrol's new duties be after his demotion to specialist? ([[Blood on the Scales|Future Answer]])
* Further, what is his status within the [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]? Has he abandoned this union's leadership position or been forced out?
* Will Baltar's religion end up helping the people of the Fleet, or will it lead them into a dangerous state which compromises them, as Laura Roslin appears to fear?
* What influence will the new religion have on Roslin's beliefs and actions? Will she convert, will she be proven right, or will she be on the wrong side?
* Does Baltar's facial expression of seeming shock when he sees Virtual Six standing next to her and smiling, mean that he realizes that Tory Foster is a Cylon? ([[Revelations|Possible answer]]) Does he connect that with Foster's display of strength to him during their sex play?

== Official Statements ==
* ''[[Mark Verheiden]] discusses [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] being "lifted" by [[Virtual Six]]:''
: "I would argue that Baltar’s gyrations were still him contorting himself, as if Number Six were hoisting him from the floor. I am reminded of Church services where people, in the throes of religious fervor, can evidence remarkable physical contortions, 'speaking in tongues,' etc."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/04/28/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-tyrols-guilt-and-baltar-the-traitor/|title=Battlestar Galactica Interview: Mark Verheiden on Tyrol's Guilt and Baltar the Traitor|date=28 April 2008|accessdate=1 May 2008|last=Ullrich|first=Chris|format=|language=}}</ref>

* ''Verheiden talks about [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s animosity towards Baltar:''
: "This starts to get a little complicated, I think, which of course means you’re watching ''Battlestar Galactica''! But Laura’s emotions about New Caprica have to be a swirl of righteous resentments and animosity.

: "Remember that she [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|was removed]] as President by the will of the people (in a squeaker of an election), replaced by a guy she knew would be a poor leader. That proved to be true even before the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] arrived and the [[Cylon Occupation Authority|occupation]] began.

: "So she would have watched the political machine on [[New Caprica]] flounder under Baltar’s rule, then see the Government’s total capitulation when the Cylons arrived and he immediately surrendered.

: "While Baltar more or less cooperated with the Cylons (regardless of whether his reasons were pragmatic and practical, as pointed out in his trial), humans were rounded up, imprisoned, eyeballs were gouged out, people were tortured, the nightmare went on and on.

: "After all that, Baltar [[Crossroads, Part II|managed to evade]] Laura’s idea of justice AND he falls into a [[Cult of Baltar|sect]] of acolytes who look to him for spiritual guidance.

: "Is it any wonder that the guy gets under her skin? And that she fears for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] should he find another power base?"

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[William Adama]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s argument at Joe's Bar:''
: '''William Adama:''' [[Cally Tyrol|She]] was a good woman.
: '''Galen Tyrol:''' If you ''really'' believe that, you wouldn't have [[Dirty Hands|threatened]] to stick her up against a bulkhead and shoot her. It's OK though, thought about doing it a few times myself. Believe me.
: '''Adama:''' Chief...
: '''Tyrol:''' How many of us ended up with the people we wanted to be with? Got stuck with the best of limited options. And why? Because the ones we really want, that we've really loved, are dead, dying, turned out to be [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and they didn't know it. And if [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] had...
: '''Adama:''' Let's go. Let's go.
: '''Tyrol:''' No. ''No.'' I didn't know—
: '''Adama:''' Let's go home.
: '''Tyrol:''' ''I didn't know.'' So I buried my head in the sand, and I took it, and I settled. I settled for that shriek. Those dull, vacant eyes. Boiled cabbage stench of her. And why? Because this is my life. This is the life I picked! And that's fine. But you know what, it's not! I didn't pick this life! This isn't my ''[[frak]]kin''<nowiki>'</nowiki> life!
: '''Adama:''' What the hell's gotten in to you? Don't do this. Don't do this to her memory.
: '''Tyrol:''' You know what? I'm sorry if I'm not doing this the way you want me to, the way you might, but I'm not making an angel out of someone who wasn't an angel. But I can see you have. And now you've come down here to be in my club. But you're not in my club. You don't know what frakkin' club I'm in because you never ask the right questions.
: '''Adama:''' Chief, let's get out of here.
: '''Tyrol:''' No. Why don't ''you'' go, take care of your ''precious ship''.
: '''Adama:''' Stop it! Stop all of this! Because if you don't, I'll have to act on it. Now shut up!
: '''Tyrol:''' ''Great!'' Do it! Please! For the love of Gods, please demote me! ''Get me off your frakking ship!''
: '''Adama:''' Specialist Tyrol, I want you off my hangar deck before you endanger another pilot. You're to report to Petty Officer [[Basim]] at 0600 for reassignment. Do you understand?

* ''[[Caprica-Six]] tells [[Saul Tigh]] about her feelings:''
:"I want the pain. It's how I learn. I was instrumental in the destruction of humanity, but at the same time I learned, because...because I fell in love...with a human man, and he was mortal and fallible. And he had this incredible pride in himself. He thought he knew everything there was to know. And I loved him, with my whole heart. And then one day, I realized I wouldn't have him forever. I understood what I'd done. How I betrayed him and humanity. And that pain taught me to understand death. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] could die. And I loved him. Baltar's heart was ephemeral. Baltar's body was fragile in my hands."

* ''[[Laura Roslin]] about [[Lee Adama]] and his understanding of politics:''
:'''Roslin:''' Lee has no idea. He really has no idea. [...] There are pragmatic realities he refuses to face.
:'''William Adama:''' Well, that's a problem of course. He'd say what he thinks is right.
:'''Roslin:''' Well yeah. He is Lee. Thing is, it probably is the right thing, but...sometimes the right thing is a luxury. And it can have profoundly dangerous consequences. And it's almost as if he doesn't want that to be true.

* ''[[Gaius Baltar]] speaks to his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]]:''
:"I am not a priest. I've never even been a particularly good man. I am in fact a profoundly selfish man. But that doesn't matter, you see. Something in the universe loves me. (smiles) Something in the universe loves the entity that is me. I would choose to call this something "God", a singular spark that dwells in the soul of every living being. If you look inside yourself you will find that spark too. You will. But you have to look deep. Love your faults. Embrace them. If God embraces them, then how can they be faults? Love yourself. You have to love yourself. If we don't love ourselves, how can we love others? And when we know what we are, then we can find the truth out about others, seek what they are; the truth about them. And you know what the truth is? The truth about them? About you? About me? Do you? The truth is, we're all perfect. Just as we are. God only loves that which is perfect and he loves you. He loves you because you are perfect. You are perfect. Just as you are."

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as "[[Virtual beings#Saul Tigh's Virtual Ellen|Virtual Ellen]]"
* [[Don Thompson]] as [[Anthony Figurski]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]
* [[Donna Soares]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Gemenon Delegate|Gemenon Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #1")
* [[Iris Paluly]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate #1|Tauron Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #2")
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]
* [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]
* [[Finn R. Devitt]] as [[Nicholas Tyrol]] (credited as "Baby Nicky")
* [[Heather Doerksen]] as Sergeant [[Brandy Harder]] (credited as "Surveillance Marine")
* [[Laara Sadiq]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Priestess|Priestess]]
* [[Karen Austin]] as [[Lilly]]
* [[Steve Lawlor]] as [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Marine guard|Marine at Baltar's]]
* [[Hector Johnson]] as [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Marine Lieutenant|Marine Lieutenant]]
* [[Lee Jefferies]] as [[Redwing|"Redwing" McKay]]
* [[Rob Hayter]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Sons of Ares leader|Sons of Ares leader]] (uncredited)
* Unknown as [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#"Mr. Officious"|"Mr. Officious"]] (uncredited)

== External Links ==
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=246

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== Film ==
=== ''[[w:Airplane II: The Sequel|Airplane II: The Sequel]]'' ===
*The music at the beginning of the movie is the ''Battlestar Galactica'' theme music.
*The theme music is played again during the shuttle launch.
*The pilot of the shuttle is [[Kent McCord]], who played [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.
*''Airplane II'' also starred Lloyd Bridges, who played [[Commander Cain]].
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/trivia IMDB Trivia page]

=== ''Battlestar Orgasmica'' ===

*A 1992 pornographic film lampooning the Original Series.
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131958/ IMDB page]

=== ''[[w:Beverly Hills Cop III|Beverly Hills Cop III]]'' ===
*In the movie, Axel Foley is being chased through a series of rides, one of which is "Alien Invasion". The ride is similar to the Universal Studios' "Earthquake" ride, with the addition of Cylon Robots who shoot at the participants.
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109254/trivia IMDB Trivia page]

=== ''[[w:Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam|Dünyayı Kurtaran Adam]]'' ("The Turkish ''Star Wars''")===
*The theme is played during the introduction.

=== ''[[w:Space Mutiny|Space Mutiny]]'' ===
*The shots of the fleet in space are taken directly from ''Battlestar Galactica''.
*The ship's fighters are also called "Vipers."
*''Space Mutiny'''s plot is also somewhat similar to that of ''Battlestar Galactica'': a refugee fleet trying to find a new home, "mystical" elements, strange names for things, etc.
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096149/trivia IMDB Trivia page]

== Television ==
=== ''[[w:The A-Team|The A-Team]]'' ===
[[Image:ATeamCylon.jpg|right|thumb|Dirk's A-Team 'Faceman' meets a Cylon.]]
*[[Dirk Benedict]], who played [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] in ''Battlestar Galactica'', plays Lt. [[w:Templeton "Faceman" Peck|Templeton "Faceman" Peck]] in "The A-Team". Face and Starbuck are very similar (handsome young officers, womanizers, humorous/roguish elements, etc).
*During the episode "[[w:Steel (The A-Team)|Steel]]" of ''The A-Team'', the A-Team attends a television convention. While there, a man in a [[Cylon Centurion]] suit walks past Face, who turns with a look of surprise on his face.
*In the second-through-fourth seasons of ''The A-Team'', the clip of the Cylon walking past Faceman is played in the show's opening credits.
*''The A-Team'' also starred Dwight Schultz (the voice of [[Lord Erebus]]) and Lance LeGault ([[Bootes]]/[[Maga]]).
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083530/trivia IMDB Trivia page]

=== ''[[w:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' ===
*Also produced and developed by [[Glen A. Larson]] and [[Leslie Stevens]].
*Some props and footage (e.g. [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] cockpits and the [[Lunar Avion]]) were taken directly from ''Battlestar Galactica''.

==== Detailed comparisons ====

* The star fighters of the Earth Defense Directorate are [[Ralph McQuarrie]]'s original concept designs for the Viper.
* In "Space Vampire", the derelict ship ''Demeter'' that crashes into the station is the model of the ''Gemini'' and ''Delphi'' freighters seen in both the Original Series and ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.
* In "Space Vampire", the medallion Rogers uses against a possessed Wilma Deering and the Vorvon is the [[Seal of the Lords]] prop Adama uses to unlock the [[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol]] in the "[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]" two-parter.
*The second season plot line had a crew seeking the lost tribes of [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] who had scattered after a catastrophic event.
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078579/trivia IMDB Trivia page]

=== ''[[w:Family Guy|Family Guy]]'' ===
*At the end of the episode "[[w:Road to Europe|Road to Europe]]", Peter and Lois are on the KISS show. At the end of the show, the host announces, "And now stay tuned for Battlestar Galactica Forum." He dons a Cylon Centurion helmet (complete with the red-eye) and continues, in a Cylon voice, "Welcome to Battlestar Galactica Forum."
*During the episode "[[w:Brian Goes Back to College|Brian Goes Back to College]]" Peter, Quagmire, Joe and Cleveland all dress up as the A-Team. After Quagmire is introduced in the credits as "Faceman" Peck. He walks past a Cylon Centurion from the original show. A deliberate reference to the ''A-Team'' reference listed above.

=== ''[[w:Futurama|Futurama]]'' ===
[[Image:Cylon Futurama.jpg|thumb|right|Cylon and Garfunkel (Futurama episode ''Bendin' In The Wind'')]]
*In the episode "[[w:Bendin' in the Wind|Bendin' in the Wind]]", the band "Cylon and Garfunkel" (consisting of Art Garfunkel and an original series Cylon Centurion) play at a charity concert for broken robots.

=== ''[[w:Knight Rider|Knight Rider]]'' ===
*Also produced by [[Glen A. Larson]]
*The red scanner on the front of KITT is a reference to the red "eye" of the Cylons from ''Battlestar Galactica''.
*[[Edward Mulhare]], who played [[John]] in "[[Experiment in Terra]]", was given a leading role in ''Knight Rider''.
:[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083437/combined IMDB Trivia page]

=== ''[[w:Murder, She Wrote|Murder, She Wrote]]'' ===
*During the episode "Incident in Lot #7" (Season 8, episode 13) a person dressed in a Cylon outfit walks past Jessica Fletcher.

=== ''[[w:Mystery Science Theater 3000|Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' ===
*In the episode featuring ''[[w:Santa Claus Conquers the Martians|Santa Claus Conquers the Martians]]'', [[w:Tom Servo|Tom Servo]] says "You know, if they cancel ''Battlestar Galactica'' I'm gonna to kill myself" referencing the actual suicide by 15-year-old [[Eddie Seidel, Jr.]] when the show was cancelled.
*''Space Mutiny'' was shown on ''MST3K''. and the DVD of the episode made note of the movie's use of ''Battlestar Galactica''.

=== ''[[w:Robot Chicken|Robot Chicken]]'' ===
[[Image:Robot Chicken Cylons.jpg|thumb|right|The Cylon skit on ''Robot Chicken'']]
*The Original Series Cylons were the focus of a short skit on the [[w:Adult Swim|adult swim]] series ''Robot Chicken'' episode of [[w:Junk in the Trunk|Junk in the Trunk]] in which the original Cylon actors had so many problems walking around in their suits that they were constantly falling down.

=== ''[[w:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]'' ===
*In the [[w:SNL Digital Shorts|SNL Digital Short]] "[http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/digital-short-space-olympics/656361/ Space Olympics]", footage of the destruction of the Battlestar ''[[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]'' is used.
*

=== ''[[w:S.C.I.F.I. World|S.C.I.F.I. World]]'' ===
[[Image:Intergalacticland.gif|thumb|A Cylon sitting in Intergalactic Land]]
*In the weekday programming block for the [[Sci Fi Channel]], Wednesday was '''I'''ntergalactic Land which often aired ''Battlestar Galactica''. Among the many commercials for Intergalactic Land and S.C.I.F.I. World in general are: a Cylon watching a game of [[w:PONG|PONG]] and Cylons with the laughing, drunk [[MemoryAlpha:Spock|Spock]] shooting a [[MemoryAlpha:James T. Kirk|Kirk]] below making him dance.

=== ''[[w:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'' ===
* In the episode "[[w:Mayored to the Mob|Mayored to the Mob]]", an ad for a sci-fi convention announces, "Tag-team robot wrestling! It's the mighty robots of ''Battlestar Galactica'', versus the gay robots of ''Star Wars''!" The ad shows two Cylons beating up [[Wookieepedia:R2-D2|R2-D2]] and [[Wookieepedia:C-3PO|C-3PO]].
* In another episode, "[[w:Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]", Homer is bored late at night and takes out a ''Galactica'' jigsaw puzzle, delightedly saying "Oooooh, Battlestar Galac-tic-a!"
* An episode of the series is called "[[w:Saddlesore Galactica|Saddlesore Galactica]]".

=== ''[[w:South Park|South Park]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[w:Imaginationland Episode II|Imaginationland Episode II]]", one of the many fictional characters that come from the evil side of Imaginationland are original series Cylons.

=== ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[MemoryAlpha:Flesh and Blood|Flesh and Blood]]", both the [[Ovions]] and [[Borays]] are mentioned.
*[[Tylium]] is used in both "Flesh and Blood" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Workforce|Workforce]]".

=== ''[[w:Tripping the Rift|Tripping the Rift]]'' ===
*The episodes "Mutilation Ball" and "Love Conquers All...Almost" feature a character named 'Commander Adam.'
*The episode "Totally Recalled" features a character named Baltar, who owned an android-manufacturing corporation called Baltar Industries. Despite his name, however, CEO Baltar looks like [[Lucifer]].

=== ''[[w:Welcome to Eltingville|Welcome to Eltingville]]'' ===
*In the Trivia Off, two of the questions are: "How many brains does a Cylon commander have?" and "What was Galactica 1980's time-slot?"

== Games ==
=== ''[[w:Escape Velocity Nova|Escape Velocity Nova]]'' ===
*In this computer game, carrier ships can be equipped with squadrons of snub-nosed, delta-winged, laser-armed 'Viper fighters.'

=== ''[[w:Homeworld|Homeworld]]'' ===
*The computer game ''Homeworld'' revolves around a race of people who were exiled from their homeworld by a cruel empire to a distant desert planet many thousands of years ago. After their planet of exile is obliterated by their ancient enemy the survivors take to the stars on a long and perilous journey across the galaxy in search of their ancient homeworld, Hiigara. A rumor persists that ''Homeworld''’s development began as a ''Battlestar Galactica'' computer game which developer [[w:Relic Entertainment|Relic Entertainment]] failed to acquire a license for.

=== ''[[w:StarCraft|StarCraft]]'' ===
*In this computer game, units often answer with quotes from movies. Some of the Protoss respond to orders with the phrase, "[[By your command]]".
*The game's humans have been exiled from Earth, and live in a confederacy of colonies; these colonies are, throughout the game, decimated by the Zerg and Protoss - the latter of which are feudal, cybernetically-enhanced aliens, like the Cylons.

=== ''[[w:FreeSpace 2|FreeSpace 2]]'' ===
*One of the Vasudan pilots respond to orders with the phrase, "[[By your command]]".

=== ''Space Attack'' & ''Space Battle'' ===

*[[w:Mattel|Mattel]]'s game, ''Space Battle'' for [[w:Intellivision|Intellivision]] and its [[w:M-Network|M-Network]] counterpart, ''Space Attack'' for the [[w:Atari 2600|Atari VCS/2600]] platform, were originally slated to be games based on the ''Battlestar Galactica'' series. However, the project was changed to be more generic, due to unknown reasons. The "flying saucers" in the game are actually Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s, since they did not change graphics; this change is mostly imperceivable, due to the lack of detail that could be used in graphics of the platforms of that era.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.digitpress.com/library/interviews/interview_hal_finney.html|title=Digital Press' interview with Hal Finney|date=|accessdate=17 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

=== ''[[w:VGA Planets|VGA Planets]]'' ===
*In this [[w:shareware|shareware]] game, two of the predefined races are modeled after the Cylons and Colonials: Robotic Imperium and the Missing Colonies of Men.

==Literature==
=== ''[[w:More Information Than You Require|More Information Than You Require]]'' ===
*[[John Hodgman]] claims that the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' was a "re-imaging" of the classic ''Battlestar Galactica'' radio program of the 1920s.<ref>{{cite book
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=== ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' ===
[[Image:TNG-GhostShipGalactica.jpg|thumb|The upside down battlestar ''Galactica'']]
*In the first numbered ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' novel ''[[MemoryAlpha:Ghost Ship|Ghost Ship]]'', the ship on the cover is actually the upside down [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''.
*In the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]'' novel ''[[MemoryAlpha:Ishmael (novel)|Ishmael]]'', [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Starbuck make an appearance on page 13 (as well as [[Wookieepedia:Han Solo|Han Solo]]) with the description: "a pair of brown-uniformed [[Colonial Warrior|pilots]] from [[The Fleet (TOS)|some down-at-the-heels migrant fleet]]".

=== ''[[w:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' ===
*The swear word, [[frak]] (as well as "frakkin'"), makes an appearance in the 1996 ''Star Wars'' novel of ''[[Wookieepedia:Shield of Lies|Shield of Lies]]''.

== Comics ==
=== [[wookieepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]] ===
*In [[Wookieepedia:The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition|The Return of Tag & Bink: Special Edition]], when [[Wookieepedia:Palpatine|Palpatine]] arrives on the [[Wookieepedia:Death Star II|Death Star II]], his honor guard includes two Cylon Centurions.

== Webcomics/Comic strips ==
=== ''[[w:Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!|Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!]]'' ===
*In a [[:Image:Tmrkt080914.gif|comic strip]] of various cereals, an [[Wookieepedia:Exogorth|exogorth]] (the space slug from ''Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back'') is seen preferring "Frosted Min-Fleets". The ships on the cover are Cylon Raiders.
=== ''[[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)|General Protection Fault]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/19990621.html comic for Monday, June 21, 1999], whilst at the Space Con, [[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)#Jason "Fooker" Barker|Fooker]] disappears as [[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)#Nicholas "Nick" Wellington|Nick]] and [[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)#Ki Oshiro|Ki]] pass the ''Battlestar Galactica'' booth.

=== ''[[w:Sluggy Freelance|Sluggy Freelance]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=030810 comic for Sunday, August 10, 2003], the webcomic presents the ''Battlestar Galactica'' musical, ''The Cylon King''.

==Radio==
=== "[[w:Hour of Slack|Hour of Slack]]" ===
*In "The Hour of Slack", the theme music is played at the beginning of first Post 4[[w:X-Day (Church of the SubGenius)|X-Day]] episode #794.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.subgenius.com/ts/hos_logs/794.txt|title=Hour of Slack 794 -- Post 4XD|date=18 March 2003|accessdate=17 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> It is also the first track on the CD "4X-DAY".<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.subgenius.com/scatalog/devival-cd.htm|title=SubGenius Devival CDs|date=2 April 2007|accessdate=17 October 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

== Other ==
=== [[w:Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport|Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport]] ===
*From the opening of the midfield terminal in 1980, until its refurbishment in 1996, the computerized announcement voices were referred to by fans as Cylon and ''Logan's Run'' voices.

=== [[w:Mozilla|Mozilla]] ===
[[Image:Mozilla Cylon.gif|right|The Mozilla "Cylon" progress bar]]
*All programs made by Mozilla feature an oscillating status bar which, in the code, is called a "cylon."

Referenced in
"Saturday Night Live: Fred Willard/Devo (#4.2)" (1978)
- Mentioned in Cliff Preston skit
The Nude Bomb (1980)
- Max chases Nino into the Battlestar Galactica attraction at Universal Studios
Dünyayi kurtaran adam (1982)
Wang ming ren zhe (1983)
"The A-Team: Steel (#2.11)" (1983)
- A Cylon walks past Face at Universal Studio's
"Knight Rider: Halloween Knight (#3.4)" (1984)
- A party guest wears a Cylon costume.
Dead End (1985)
- zombie in Starbuck uniform
"Knight Rider: Fright Knight (#4.19)" (1986)
- Cylon outfit in warehouse and Colonial Viper visible in background
Space Mutiny (1988)
"The Simpsons: Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk (#3.11)" (1991)
- Homer tries to solve a BSG jigsaw puzzle.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (#4.21)" (1991)
- "They canceled 'Battlestar: Galactica,' I'm gonna kill myself."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast (#8.6)" (1996)
- was depressed when it got cancelled
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)
- Servo: Why did they cancel Battlestar Galactica?
Free Enterprise (1998)
- End credit: Boxey's Pet - Muffet the Daggit
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Future War (#11.4)" (1999)
- "Dustbuster Galactica"
"Freaks and Geeks: Tricks and Treats (#1.3)" (1999)
- Sam has a BG poster
"The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror X (#11.4)" (1999)
- A Cylon (robot from this show) is in Kang & Kodos' audience at the start.
"Freaks and Geeks: Girlfriends and Boyfriends (#1.8)" (2000)
- Poster in Sam's room
"The Simpsons: Saddlesore Galactica (#11.13)" (2000)
- title reference
"Freaks and Geeks: The Garage Door (#1.12)" (2000)
- Sam has a BG poster
"Freaks and Geeks: Kim Kelly Is My Friend (#1.4)" (2000)
- Sam has a Cylon model figure
Titan A.E. (2000)
The Singles Ward (2002)
"Family Guy: Road to Europe (#3.20)" (2002)
- "Battlestar Galactica Forum" is mentioned.
Welcome to Eltingville (2002) (TV)
- dialogue
"Farscape: I Shrink Therefore I Am (#4.8)" (2002)
- Crichton calls out, "Paging the head Cylon" in an attempt to ambush the bounty hunters
Girls Will Be Girls (2003/I)
- Evie repeatedly mentions that she was in Battlestar Galactica.
"Tremors: Flora or Fauna (#1.5)" (2003)
- A character wears a T-shirt with its title on it
"I Love the '70s" (2003)
Saving 'Star Wars' (2004)
- Bayder makes fun of it
Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude (2004) (VG)
- Referenced by title in one of Suzi's conversations.
People Who Die Mysteriously in Their Sleep (2004) (V)
- One of the captions sets a scene at a Battlestar Galactica convention.
"Star Wars: Clone Wars: Chapter 21 (#3.1)" (2005)
- a Cylon Centurion can be seen walking the streets
Timesplitters: Future Perfect (2005) (VG)
- Several robot characters say "By your command"
"Tripping the Rift: Cool Whip (#2.1)" (2005)
- A robotic Daggit is shot to pieces
"Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Name (#7.7)" (2005)
- One of the characters talks about Battlestar Galactica, also a lunchbox from that show appears in this episode
"Tripping the Rift: Witness Protection (#3.8)" (2007)
- The Galactica can be seen amongst the decomissioned shipts
"Screenwipe: (#3.1)" (2007)
- Reviewed.
"Robson Arms: Mr. Lonely (#2.5)" (2007)
- Fred mentions that he has the entire series downloaded.
Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (V)
- "Cylon war memorial / makeout point" during Leela and Lars' love scene
South Park: Imaginationland (2008) (V)
- A Silon is in Imaginationland.
"The Big Bang Theory: The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization (#1.9)" (2008)
- Leonard has a Colonial warrior's flight suit in his closet
The Love Guru (2008)
- Jay (the color commentator), in a Cylon voice, says, "By your command."
Disaster Movie (2008)
- Juney calls someone "Battlecrotch Galactica"
"Saturday Night Live: Michael Phelps/Lil' Wayne (#34.1)" (2008)
- The Galactica is seen during Digital Short
"The Replacements: Tasumi Unmasked (#3.16)" (2008)
- Riley imagines that Tasumi might be a Cylon Warrior, among other absurd notions
"The Big Bang Theory: The Barbarian Sublimation (#2.3)" (2008)
- Howard says, "Oh, Frak!"
"The Office: Business Ethics (#5.2)" (2008)
- Jim claims the new series is a shot for shot remake of the original to get a reaction from Dwight
Battlestar Galactica: The Last Frakkin' Special (2009) (TV)
- clips

The Lonely Guy (1984)
- Warren is watching this at Larry's party.
Space Mutiny (1988)
Science Fiction: A Journey Into the Unknown (1994) (TV)
- scenes from the series are shown here
Glen Larson on the Creation of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004) (V)
- interview with creator of the show
Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004) (V)
- making of Battlestar the original series
The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004) (V)
- making of about the TV show
"Ultimate Sci-Fi Top 10" (2004)
- Clips are shown
"I Love the '70s: Volume 2" (2006)
- clips; discussed
"Screenwipe: (#3.1)" (2007)
- Clip shown.

Spoofed in
History of the World: Part I (1981)
- A sequence at the end spoofs the space battles in "BSG"
La loca historia de los tres mosqueteros (1983)
- Richelieu talks to an armor as if it was a Cylon, mentioning Apollo, Starbuck, and Adama.
"The Simpsons: Mayored to the Mob (#10.9)" (1998)
- At the con, a Cylon centurion is wrestling with C-3PO in the ring.
"Duck Dodgers: The Green Loontern (#1.9)" (2003)
- Sinestro's robot confirms orders by saying, "By your command," just like Lucifer did to Baltar in "Battlestar Galactica".

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076984/movieconnections IMDb's Movie Connections]
*[[Wookieepedia:Frak (swear)|Frak (swear)]]
*[[MemoryAlpha:Tylium|Tylium]]

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[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:TOS]]
[[Category:Lists]]
{{TOS}}

The Plan

2009-08-20T18:29:24Z

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{{Episode Data
| image=
| title= The Plan
| season=
| special=Y
| episode=
| guests=
| writer= [[Jane Espenson]] <ref name ="cyloncentric">{{cite_web|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/08/battlestar-gala.html|title='Battlestar Galactica': Edward James Olmos will direct Cylon-centric special feature|date=08-06-2008|accessdate=09-03-2008}}</ref>
| story=
| director= [[Edward James Olmos]]<ref name ="cyloncentric"/>
| production= 101 - 01001
| rating=
| US airdate=November 2009
| CAN airdate=
| UK airdate=
| dvd=October 27, 2009
| population=
| prev=[[Daybreak, Part II]]
| next=
}}

== Overview ==
This special episode, based on the episode title, involves characters and events based around the series' premise stated in the opening credits of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and their plan for humanity. The episode is set during the events of the [[Miniseries]] and Season 1, told from the Cylons' perspective, and is currently in post-production.<ref>See [[Mark Verheiden|Mark Verheiden's]] entry on his [http://verheiden.blogspot.com/2008/08/battlestar-galactica-plan.html blog, August 9, 2008.]</ref>The disappearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]] is explained, as is [[Ellen Tigh]]'s mysterious appearance. [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Number One|John Cavil]] are the main viewpoint characters.<ref>Tricia Helfer interview with USA Weekend:[http://blogs.usaweekend.com/whos_news/2009/01/exclusive-trici.html]</ref>

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==

== Analysis ==

== Questions ==

== Official Statements ==

===Future Movies===
Speaking at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con, director and star of ''The Plan'', [[Edward James Olmos]] stated that he believes there will be several more ''Battlestar Galactica'' movies in the future and is confident that the DVD release of ''The Plan'' will sell well enough to facilitate these films:
:"As a matter of fact, I've got to tell you right now. Because of you all, what you're doing, because of the love for that world...I can guarantee that this will not be the last movie." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5322385/olmos-the-plan-wont-be-the-last-bsg-movie|title=Olmos: The Plan Won't Be the Last BSG Movie|date=Fri Jul 24 2009|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
This statement, however, is by no means official, as both [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]], [[David Eick]], and [[SciFi Channel|SyFy]] have made no mention of any additional ''Battlestar'' films.

Olmos later went on to clarify that if ''The Plan'' sold ¾ of a million copies (750,000) then Universal Studios would assuredly be willing to produce future ''Battlestar''-related productions. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2009/08/edward-james-olmos-holds-court.html|title=Edward James Olmos holds court|date=Sat 08 Aug 2009|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel T. Anders]] <ref name ="cyloncentric"/>
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]] <ref name ="cyloncentric"/>
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]] <ref name ="theplancast">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5106866/cylon-confessions-and-a-surprising-hookup-in-bsgs-tv-movie|title='Battlestar Galactica': Cylon Confessions, And A Surprising Hookup, In BSG's TV Movie|date=12-10-2008|accessdate=03-07-2009}}</ref>
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]] <ref name ="cyloncentric"/>
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]] <ref name ="theplancast"/>
* [[Lymari Nadal]] as [[Giana]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.doorq.com/Blog.aspx?b=1667|title=DRAGON*CON: More Galactica Info from Olmos at Colonial Fleet Party}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Edward James Olmos]]

Battlestar (TOS)

2009-03-25T02:20:55Z

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:''For information on the battlestars of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[Galactica type battlestar]] and [[Mercury class battlestar]]. For information on the battlestar seen in the [[2003 Video Game]], see [[Galactica (2003 Video Game)]].''

'''Battlestars''' are warships built in direct response to the [[Thousand Yahren War|generational war]] with the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]].

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| race= Colonial
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| propol= 2 x [[FTL]] engines, 2 x sublight engines, 2 x Solium main energizers ([[Fire in Space]])
| crew= 496 - 1,012
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= 15 x laser batteries, 12 x Solonite air-to-air missiles, 1 x Heavy Mega Pulsar Cannons, 75 Viper fighters, 12 Landram armoured ground vehicles, Six unarmed shuttlecraft {{citation needed}}
| width= (approx): 1,672ft (510m) (flight pod to flight pod)
| height=
| length= (approx): 4,143-4,166ft (1,263-1,255m)
| weight=
| otherdi= Flight Pods<br/>'''Length''' (approx): 1,977ft (603m)<br/>'''Width''' (approx): 351ft (107m)
}}

== Overview ==

The first battlestars were introduced into Colonial forces around 500 [[yahren]] into the [[Thousand Yahren War|war]], and proved formidable when placed against the technically-superior Cylon basestars. Many battlestars were totally destroyed during significant battles.

==Known Battlestars==
The eight battlestars<ref>The Costume Department at New West has indicated that three further battlestars may have been referenced had the show been renewed: the ''[[Solaria]]'', ''Cerberus'' and ''Prometheus''. This information, however, is not [[canon|canonical]].</ref> specifically mentioned in the Original Series are:

* ''[[Acropolis]]'' - mentioned in connection with the attack at Cimtar, and so assumed to be one of the battlestars seen near the moon
* ''[[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]'' - destroyed by the Cylons at [[Cimtar (TOS)|Cimtar]] ([[Saga of a Star World]])
* ''[[Columbia (TOS)|Columbia]]<ref>Many fans consider ''Columbia'' to be the battlestar class name. However, this is [[fan fiction]]: No substantiated class name has been given by official sources to the battlestars of the Original Series.</ref>'' - destroyed by the Cylons at Cimtar ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I (TOS)|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero]])
* ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''
* ''[[Pacifica]]'' - mentioned in connection with the attack at Cimtar, and so assumed to be one of the battlestars seen near the moon
* ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' - presumed destroyed at the [[Battle of Molecay]] ([[The Living Legend, Part II (TOS)|The Living Legend]])
* ''[[Rycon]]'' - destroyed at the [[Battle of the Cosmara Archipelago (TOS)|Battle of the Cosmara Archipelago]] ([[Take the Celestra]])
* ''[[Triton (TOS)|Triton]]'' - mentioned in connection with the attack at Cimtar, and so assumed to be one of the battlestars seen near the moon

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==Myth of the Twelve Battlestars (Original Series)==
[[Image:Turrets.JPG|thumb|left|A battlestar's laser batteries fights off Raiders ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]
Within [[Fan fiction|fan circles]], it has generally been assumed there were twelve original battlestars, given the number of Colonies. This appeared to be supported by ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a [[non-canon]]ical publication released in 1979.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=19}}</ref> However, [[Glen A. Larson]] has stated that there was never any decision to have a specific number of battlestars, nor did the Original Series state that only twelve battlestars were built. During the series' run, only eight battlestars are seen or mentioned. Given the length of the [[Thousand-Yahren War]], it seems likely that far more than twelve of these warships were constructed.

''(For contrast, in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] continuity, it is stated at the start of the [[Miniseries]] that twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] were initially built during the [[Cylon War]]. However, in the years of and after the Cylon War, an additional 120 battlestars of various classes were built in that continuity. Like its Original Series counterparts, [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|almost all]] of these battlestars are destroyed in an elaborate Cylon subterfuge.)''
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== Notes on Dimensions ==

The length and beam figures given here are based on research carried out by [http://ravensbranch.allen.com/galacticasize.html Todd Boyce], a computer animator. There are many differing claims to the actual size of the original battlestars, ranging from some 2,000 feet<ref name="starlog aug 78">{{cite magazine|quotes= |last= Meyers |first= Richard |authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 1978 |month= August |title= Get Ready For... BATTLE STAR "GALACTICA" |magazine=Starlog |volume= |issue= |pages=52-53 |id= |url= |accessdate= }}</ref> (the accepted length in a number of gaming systems) through to 2-3 miles in overall length.

Interviews with series creator [[Glen A. Larson]] and [[John Dykstra]], the Visual Effects supervisor for the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] stated that the original ''[[Galactica#Original Series Galactica|Galactica]]'' was around a mile (1.6km) long. If the scale of the master model used for filming was set at 1/960, then the overall length of ''Galactica'' and her sister ships would be some 6,080ft (1,853m) - or one [[Wikipedia:Nautical Mile|nautical mile]]. However, there is no confirmation available that 1/960 (1 inch = 80ft) was in fact the scale of the model, and the figures have thus been "back engineered" to fit the case. (It should be noted that Dykstra admitted that "[e]verything has to be exaggerated and the fill ratio of the screen has to be higher".<ref name="starlog aug 78"/>)

[[Image:Tos-gal-dim.jpg|left|thumb|Calculating a battlestar's size (credit: Todd Boyce / Universal ABC)]]
In undertaking his work, Boyce utilised an established baseline for his calculations: the full-size mock-up of a Viper built for filming purposes. This mock-up measured some 28.5ft (9m) in length and a wingspan of some 12.5ft (4m), and formed a means by which Boyce could take key shots from various episodes, combine them with a scale model of ''Galactica'' and extrapolate a reasonably-consistent set of measurements. Thus: using film footage alone, Boyce was able to determine the length of ''Galactica'' to be some 4,143ft (1,263m), while use of a scale model produced a figure of some 4,166ft (1,270m): an acceptable difference of some 23ft (7m). What is more, these measurements appear consistent with the overall size of the Viper launch tubes (calculated at some 16ft (5m) in diameter, based on the wingspan of the full-size mock-up and images of Vipers being launched).

Given this degree of similarity in final calculations, these figures have been adopted here as the probable dimensions of the Original Series battlestars. However, in using these figures, it should be noted that:

* Boyce also used a [[Cylon Raider#Original Series Raider|Cylon Raider]] as a benchmark for his calculations, and produced an overall length for ''Galactica'' at between 12,818ft (3,907m) and 21,210ft (6,465m) (2.4 and 4 miles). However, these measurements can be discounted on the grounds that:
** They are initially based on assumed data: a shot of a Cylon Raider apparently "overflying" a Colonial Viper. However, no vertical separation distance between the two can be calculated, leading to a completely arbitrary figure (39ft/12m) for the wingspan of the Raider
** These figures would yield launch tubes between some 50ft (15m) and 82ft (25m) in diameter - which is clearly not supported by film of Viper launches.
* Boyce also used close-up shots of Viper launches to try and calculate the size of ''Galactica'', and arrived at a figure of 2,712ft (827m), with the flight pods measuring 1,294ft (394m). However, these figures cannot be taken at face value, as they would render the Viper launch tubes with a 10.4ft (3m) diameter, making them too small to contain Vipers.

Note: As Boyce used the mock-up Viper he made a fatal assumption of it being exactly in scale with the actual on screen SFX model.
That is unfortunately no the case. The mock-up Viper is smaller and less detailed, hence, cheaper and easier to construct. The difference is (exactly) 10% resulting in a length of 10 m and a wingspan of 4.5-5 m. This brings the Battlestar to about 1400 m.
As BSG was made in light of Star Wars there is the possibility that it's size was intended to be the same as a Stardestoyer (1.5 km).

Note by the researcher: The research page points out that there are proportional differences between the mock-up and the studio model of the Viper, and that the mock-up is used because it had definitive dimensions whereas the filming miniature does not. The studio model is longer in proportion, but it is not necessarily taller or wider (which a second line of research investigated). More definitive research on the matter would need to take place before any claims such as it being "10% larger" could be verified since there are many factors to consider.

Likewise, a Raider overflying a Viper, while not a truly accurate means of measurement, does in fact set the largest dimensions the Raider could possibly be and is therefore useful in the research in demonstrating how the blueprint dimensions did not correspond with the on-screen evidence, at least in that shot. The 39ft measurement is the largest it could be in that shot which is far smaller than the mock-up would indicate. It should also be pointed out that a 39ft wingspan for the raider would yield an approximately 7ft wide cockpit - a bit tight for three Cylon Centurions to fit in.

Ultimately these are not "fatal assumptions" in the research, nor can research be "thrown out" since it is impossible to determine a truly accurate measurement of the ship with multiple valid sources of conflicting evidence. The research page clearly indicates that the reader is to decide for themselves what the results mean, and that like most science fiction shows, the effects are not suited to this kind of scrutiny.

== About The Filming Model ==

The ship model for ''Galactica'' was 6 feet in length and weighed 60 pounds. The model was built from various parts from hundreds of cannibalized plastic model kits, such as those from mini-scaled battleships, land vehicles and planes from the [[w:World War II|World War II]] era, to the point that "the crew had the feeling that, if it hadn't been for World War II, ''Galactica'' (the model) would not have been possible".<ref name="starlog aug 78"/>

== Notes ==

* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979:''
: Battlestars are constructed in planetary orbit. Battlestars have a maximum range of 500 light-[[yahren]] before refueling, although this can be affected by high-speed maneuvering and the use of weapons, which are powered by the same fuel source as the engines.

: Battlestars contain eight squadrons of [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s, in addition to being armed with "banks of turret-mounted laser cannon, strategically mounted to defend most vital areas of the ship from head-on attack" and "space-to-space torpedoes" capable of destroying larger enemy craft.

: For shielding, battlestars use a "powerful radiation field" capable of deflecting most laser attacks and heavy armor plating to dampen explosive ordnance, like torpedoes or missiles. Furthermore, battlestars are split into segments that can be sealed should the hull be compromised, so the entire ship is not lost.

: For propulsion, battlestars "are powered to sub-light speeds by twin [[solium]] [[energizer]]s that convert matter directly into propulsive force. [[Tylium]] thrusters boost the ship past the [[lightspeed|light barrier]]; on full power, speeds of light times ten have been attained."

: Battlestars are crewed by 500 people and consists of various facilities, "including a 100 bed [[life-station]], a fully equipped [[rejuvenation center]] and a variable-gravity gymnasium".<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=19-20}}</ref>

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