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<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>:''This article discusses the Twelve Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. See [[The Twelve Colonies of Man]] for information on the Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].''<br /> <br /> [[File:Colonialseal.png|210px|right|[[Colonial Seal|Seal]] of the Twelve Colonies.]]<br /> '''The Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' are twelve distinct worlds, located in a remote part of our Galaxy. For 2,000 years they were home to the descendants of humans participating in the exodus of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]].<ref>Mentioned at [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/11953827897 Serge's twitter account], given that Serge's account corresponds to 58 years before [[The Fall]].</ref> For most of the two millennia that these worlds were inhabited, the Twelve Colonies consisted of multiple sovereign states, but during the final fifty-two years leading up to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], all twelve comprised a single state known as the United Colonies of Kobol ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]")<ref>The formal "United Colonies of Kobol" was never used on-screen, and appears only on the [[Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies]].</ref>.<br /> <br /> After the settlement, the colonies slowly began to prosper and eventually gave birth to a race of cybernetic lifeforms, known as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. Only a few years after their creation, the Cylons raged a devastating war on their creators' home planets, which ultimately led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Wasted and in ruins, the once prosperous homeworlds of humanity were finally abandoned by both humans and Cylons.<br /> {{RDM twelve colonies series}}<br /> <br /> ==Star System==<br /> :''Note: A portion of the information listed below is taken from the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Canon#Official|official]], "quasi-canon" [[Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies]]'' <ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref>. <br /> <br /> The Twelve Colonies are situated within the star system Cyrannus, located some 2,000 light years from Kobol, where humanity presumedly first evolved. All in all, Cyrannus is a vast and complex system, comprised of four <ref>In [[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]," a Cylon [[Hybrid]] indicates that the Colonies orbit three stars. </ref> stars: Helios Alpha, Helios Beta, Helios Gamma, and Helios Delta. Each star is orbited by its own family of planets and other astronomical bodies. The stars come together to form two binary systems (Alpha/Beta and Gamma/Delta). Both pairs of stars then orbit each other around a third, central [[w:Barycentric coordinates (astronomy)|barycenter]] every 546,892 years. Both binary systems are separated by 0.16 [[w:Light-year|light years]] or 10,091 Stellar Units, shortened to SU (In this case, 1 SU being equal to the average distance between Helios Alpha and the barycenter of the Caprica-Gemenon binary, roughly 150 million km).<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Helios Alpha===<br /> Helios Alpha is a [[w:Main sequence|main sequence star]] of spectral class G2V and has a [[w:Solar mass|mass]] of 1.0, and was the first system settled by the Colonials after the exodus from Kobol, having first set foot on Gemenon. It shares its orbit with Helios Beta at a distance of 63 SU. The pair complete an orbit once every 373 years.<br /> <br /> * Planets and Other Astronomical Bodies<br /> ** Icarus - A small planet located close to the star. It has a molten surface which makes mining and exploration impossible.<br /> ** Picon - This colony has an inclined orbit.<br /> ** [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and Gemenon - These two colonies form a binary planet.<br /> ** [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] - One of only three colonies to feature a moon, named Minos. It is the only moon with a ring, and home to several mining and scientific outposts. <br /> ** Erebos asteroid belt - This asteroid belt is rich in minerals, which were mined by Tauran prospectors for hundreds of years.<br /> ** Zeus - A gas giant located at the outer edge of the system. This gas giant is the largest planet in the four systems, with a diameter of 153,000 km at the equator. The planet has 74 moons, the largest of which are Nike and Hebe. Constant upper atmosphere lightning creates an aurora effect that can be seen with the naked eye. <br /> ** Persephone - Classified as a dwarf planet, Persephone is the outermost planet in the system and features an inclined and eccentric orbit. Colonial scientists believe this planet could be an escaped moon of Zeus.<br /> <br /> This system is unique in the fact that Caprica and Gemenon share an orbit around a common barycenter. According to the Colonial map, the planets orbit each other once every 28.2 days, and are separated by a distance of 493,000 km. Based on these numbers, [[w:Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion#Third_law|Kepler's Third Law]] learns us that the combined mass of these colonies is about twice that of Earth.<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Helios Beta===<br /> Helios Beta is a main sequence star of spectral class K1V and has a mass of 0.79. It was the second system settled by the Colonials after the exodus from Kobol. It shares its orbit with Helios Alpha at a distance of 63 SU. The pair complete an orbit once every 373 years.<br /> <br /> * Planets and Other Astronomical Bodies<br /> ** [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]] - A small, metal-rich planet, mined extensively by Virgon and Leonis since the founding of those two colonies. <br /> ** Leonis - The largest inhabited planet of the Twelve Colonies.<br /> ** [[Pallas]] - A small world with an inclined orbit once believed to hold a life sustaining atmosphere. It is no longer tectonically active. However, the Colonials have set up several small colonies and a military research station on the planet. Efforts to [[w:Terraforming|kobolform]] the planet have failed.<br /> ** Ouranos asteroid belt - This dense asteroid belt separates long-time rivals Leonis and Virgon, and has been a source of minerals for both colonies.<br /> ** Virgon - One of only three colonies to feature a moon, named Hibernia, and the only naturally habitable moon in the 12 Colonies. It was settled several centuries ago by the Celtans, an ethnic group opposed to Virgon rule.<br /> ** Hera - A gas giant, approximately 75,000 km in diameter, and the third largest planet in the Cyrannus system. It has 29 moons, the largest of which are Iris and Eubora. <br /> <br /> <br /> ===Helios Gamma===<br /> Helios Gamma is a main sequence star of spectral class G9V and has a mass of 0.89. It was presumably the third system settled by the Colonials. Helios Gamma shares its orbit with Helios Delta at a distance of 70 SU, and completes an orbit once every 456 years.<br /> <br /> * Planets and Other Astronomical Bodies<br /> ** Thanatos - This planet, named after the god of death, has a corrosive 'sulphur' dioxide atmosphere and is tidally locked to its star.<br /> ** Acheron asteroid belt - A broad asteroid belt, named after Sagittaron's largest river.<br /> ** Libran - Features two small moons, Herse and Pandrossos, which are thought to be captured asteroids. The moons orbit so close to each other, they periodically swap positions. <br /> ** Scorpia - Home to the Scorpia Fleet ship yards. The planet features a half ring, thought to be a moon that broke apart nearly 100,000 years ago. <br /> ** [[Sagittaron|Sagittaron]] - A barren, mountainous world.<br /> ** Ophion - A frigid gas giant with a diameter of 51,000 km, and an inclined orbit. The planet has 14 moons, all smaller than 10 km in diameter. Studies on the planet have Colonial scientists thinking that Ragnar was originally a member of the Helios Gamma system, while Ophion was not. Scientists think that Ophion was a rogue planet that passed close to Ragnar and was caught by the star, pushing Ragnar into its current orbit around the entire Gamma/Delta system.<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Helios Delta===<br /> Helios Delta is a reddish main sequence star of spectral class K2V and has a mass of 0.74. It was the last of the four systems to be settled by the Colonials. Helios Delta shares its orbit with Helios Gamma at a distance of 70 SU, and completes an orbit once every 456 years.<br /> <br /> * Planets and Other Astronomical Bodies<br /> ** Phoebe - A small world with a high surface temperature and thin atmosphere. <br /> ** Styx - A planet with a dense, reducing atmosphere of carbon dioxide and sulfides. <br /> ** Aeolus asteroid belt - This asteroid belt features 'gaps', likely caused by tidal influences with Hestia and its two orbital companions.<br /> ** Aerilon, Hestia, and Canceron - These planets share the same orbit.<br /> *** Hestia - The smallest gas giant in the Cyrannian star system, Hestia only has a diameter of 47,000 km. It has 17 moons, the largest of which, Kronos and Rhea, share the same orbit. <br /> ** [[Aquaria (RDM)|Aquaria]] - An arctic world, with the most inclined orbit of all the Twelve Colonies.<br /> <br /> This system is unique in the fact that Aerilon, Hestia, and Canceron share the same orbit. The two colonies are positioned at Hestia's [[w:Lagrangian_point|Lagrangian points]], meaning that the gravitational pull of Helios Delta and Hestia are balanced, allowing two smaller bodies (Aerilon and Canceron) to share the same orbit in a "fixed" position, maintaining the same distance apart at all times. Aerilon sits at the (leading) L4 point, and Canceron at the (trailing) L5 point. <br /> <br /> <br /> * [[Ragnar]] - A gas giant with a diameter of 138,000 km, orbits the entire Helios Gamma and Delta system in a 899.75 year period. It is about 110 SU away from the central barycenter. The Colonials use the planet as host to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], an orbital refueling station and naval armory that distills hydrocarbons from the planet's upper atmosphere. It has one moon, Sigurd. During the Fall of the Colonies, Ragnar was used as cover by the battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'', and later her [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]], after escaping the destruction of Caprica. It would be the last world of the Cyrannian system that most of the surviving Colonials would lay eyes on. Hours after arriving, ''Galactica'' took the gathered fleet, [[Battle_of_Ragnar_Anchorage|and fled the system]], never to return.<br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * The fact that the Colonies are located within one system originates from a [http://web.archive.org/web/20080620084336/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/#a000016 blog entry] by Ronald D. Moore.<br /> * Jane Espenson revealed on Twitter that the Colonies are within a star cluster and share some orbits. The latter fact was finally shown to be true in the TV version of the [[Caprica pilot#Differences between the DVD and TV Cut|series premiere]] of ''Caprica''.<br /> * Before the semi-canonical figure mentioned on the map, the original [[Miniseries]] script stated a pre-Fall population of about 12 billion. The webisodes "[[The Resistance]]" stated the death of 20 billion people caused by the Cylons. <br /> *Serge's twitter [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/17543741200 mentions] that the exodus from Kobol is believed to be true by the inhabitants of the Twelve Colonies and it was from them that animals such as cats as well as dogs came to the Colonies. Furthermore, the [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/13899240134 twelve planets] are populated with a few other worlds in the star cluster, with the settled colonies [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/12891949300 already] possessing some animal as well as plant life. Furthermore, Serge [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/17543813025 states] that not all the colonies are democracies, but rather each has their own style of government. ([[TRS]]: [[Serge's Twitter]])<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> {{mainarticle|History of the Twelve Colonies}}<br /> [[Image:Home pt1-Kobol.jpg|thumb|[[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the ancient homeworld of humanity.]]<br /> About 2,000 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the last twelve tribes of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] left their planet<ref>According to dialogue from "[[Torn]]", "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] left Kobol some 2,000 years ''before'' the twelve tribes. The Scroll of [[Pythia]] is dated as written 3,600 years before the last exodus of Kobol, and chronicles the Thirteenth Tribe's exodus.</ref> over conflicts with their [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|gods]], as well as some sort of calamity ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]").<br /> <br /> The tribes settled on twelve worlds some distance away ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]"). The tribes' namesakes and icons originally corresponded to the twelve signs of the ancient tribes, although these [[wikipedia:Zodiac|names]] drifted over time ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").<ref>Flag matches with Colonies from "Encyclopedia Galactica." ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine]]''. Feb./Mar. 2006: 50-55.</ref><br /> <br /> The early Colonies lived (and fought) more as sovereign nations. Some (particularly [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]) prospered, while others (such as [[Sagittaron]] and [[Aerilon]]) were often considered lessers. For labor forces as well as wars fought among each other, humanity created the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. When these [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|early models]] rebelled, the Colonies unified their governments under the [[Articles of Colonization]] at some point during the [[Cylon War]] into a federal republic known as the '''Twelve Colonies of Kobol'''. <br /> <br /> The official symbol of the Twelve Colonies was the [[Colonial seal]]. The nation also had a distinctive [[Colonial anthem|anthem]].<br /> <br /> ===Downfall===<br /> {{mainarticle|Fall of the Twelve Colonies}}<br /> [[Image:Bsyashuman.jpg|thumb|[[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], shortly before its downfall.]]<br /> 40 years after the end of the devastating war, the Cylons return and sow destruction among the worlds of their creators ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]"). For some time the Twelve Colonies remain occupied by Cylon forces and a [[Caprica resistance|small group of human survivors]]. After nine months, humanity and the Cylons leave the Cyrannus system forever ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").<br /> <br /> Out of all Colonial inhabitants, only about 55,000 survive the first days of the holocaust. Most of them leave the Colonies behind in two small [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive fleets]]. The fleet of the [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' eventually encounters both [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], as well as the original Thirteenth Colony [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Some time after that, and after the destruction of the [[The Colony|the Cylon home world]], they settle on a [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|beautiful, rich world]], leaving behind the baggage of their Colonial heritage. ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Razor]]", "[[Daybreak, Part II]]")<br /> <br /> ===Fate===<br /> The ultimate fate of the Twelve Colonies 150,000 years after [[The Fall]] is unknown. Presumably, after several hundred years, their climates and surfaces would degrade until they resemble the original [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. <br /> <br /> It can be presumed that by present-day radiation levels would have lowered to a point where life would be allowed to flourish once again. But few, if any, traces would remain of the human civilizations that once thrived upon them, excluding remains in space, such as the remnants of [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] or [[Ragnar Anchorage]].<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> <br /> ==Aerilon==<br /> {{mainarticle|Aerilon}}<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors7.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aerilon]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Aries (constellation)|Aries]]<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Name''': Aerelon<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 1.2 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Demeter<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Gaoth<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Gaoth, Promethea<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': University of Aerilon, Promethea A & M<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': Aerilon Threshers, Promethea Golden Horns<br /> <br /> <br /> Aerilon was primarily an agricultural world. It was considered to be the "food basket" of the Twelve Colonies and ranked among its poorest members ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). The planet shares an orbit with the gas giant Hestia and Canceron, sitting in Hestia's leading (L4) libratian point in the Helios Delta system.<br /> <br /> About all of the planet's landmasses are situated in the temperate zones, featuring open and rolling landscapes offering little variation in altitude. There are few inland waterways, and the shorelines consist mostly of rocky bluffs with only mangrove swamps breaking the monotomy near the equador. To top it the planet offers hostile seas with no useful harbors at its coasts.<br /> <br /> Aerilon has a mild climate and reliable seasons, with plentiful rain so catch basins and wells are sufficiently filled so fresh water is readily available despite the lack of rivers and lakes.<br /> <br /> ==Aquaria==<br /> {{mainarticle|Aquaria (RDM)}}<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors12.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aquaria]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]]<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Name''': Aquarion<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 25,000<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Hermes<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': None<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Heim<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Kyros Summerfest<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': None<br /> <br /> <br /> Aquaria, the outermost planet in the Helios Delta system, follows a highly inclined orbit around its sun, establishing an arctic climate on this world. The planet's summer lasts only a few pleasant weeks around the time of closest approach to Helios Delta.<br /> <br /> The planet surface is about entirely covered by vast, frigid oceans, punctuated with violently erupting volcanoes breaking through the sea surface. Only one land mass, named Kyros, is large enough to sustain human habitation. Volcanoes occupy each end of this crescent-shaped continent, which consist mostly of volcanic tephra covered in moss and dotted by exotic native plantlife.<br /> <br /> Most people live in Heim, a town at the centre of the island facing what would be the harbor if the seas weren't so frigid. Only a few people live outside the town, tending the infrastructure needed for survival, like windmills, hydroponics, and solar panels. Due to the lack of wood, most structures are made of tin or stone.<br /> <br /> ==Canceron==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors9.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Canceron]]<br /> [[Image:Canceron.png|thumb|right|Canceron from orbit.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 6.7 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Hephaestus<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Hades<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Hades, Prommos, Mangala<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Prommos, Ruby Range, Kor Yaz Glacier<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': Canceron Hydras, Hades Vice, Mangala Krill<br /> <br /> <br /> Canceron is the most populous planet in the twelve worlds. It is located in the Helios Delta system, sharing its orbit with two other planets, one of them being Aerilon. The planet was well known for its beaches and had at least one large coastal metropolis ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The capital was Hades.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref><br /> <br /> Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], Canceron was a very overpopulated and poor colony. Canceron's major cities such as Hades and Mangala were known to have large slums. Its large population earned Canceron the nickname "The Largest Democracy" within the colonies, though some believed the government was nothing more than a corrupt Oligarchy.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/sports/canceron-wants-a-fourth-pyramid-team.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Canceron Wants a Fourth Pyramid Team"].</ref> <ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/just-wondering-about-that-military-roadblock-thing.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Just Wondering About That Military Roadblock Thing"]</ref><br /> <br /> During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Canceron is hit with at least three nuclear devices. One of the [[Luxury liner | passenger liners]] within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], ''[[Pyxis]]'', is one of the last ships that escapes this world when the attack began. Aboard is the [[Number Six]] copy [[Shelly Godfrey]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").<br /> <br /> [[Robin Wenutu]] is the Canceron delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after the Fall.<br /> <br /> ===Natives===<br /> *[[Lexon]]<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Caprica==<br /> {{mainarticle|Caprica (RDM)}}<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors3.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Caprica]]<br /> [[Image:Caprica from Orbit.jpg|right|thumb|[[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] from orbit.]] <br /> [[Image:Caprica City, The Plan.jpg|thumb|right|Caprica City.]]<br /> [[Image:Gemenon from Caprica City.jpg|thumb|right|The view of Gemenon from Caprica City.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[w:Capricornus|Capricorn]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 4.9 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Apollo<br /> <br /> '''Official Language''': Caprican<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': [[Caprica City]]<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Caprica City, [[Delphi]], Phoebus<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]], [[Atlas Arena]], [[Caprica_Interplanetary_Spaceport|Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport]], [[Graystone Industries]], Apollo University, [[Pantheon_Bridge|Pantheon Bridge]], Ionian Islands, Orpheus Park<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': [[Caprica City Buccaneers]], Delphi Legion, Phoebus Suns<br /> <br /> <br /> Caprica was a lush blue-green planet, covered by large oceans and continents. It shares its orbit with Gemenon around a common barycenter, and can often be seen in the skies above the Caprican landscape. Depending on its orbit, the Caprican night can almost be negated by intense planetshine from Gemenon, although not as bright as the Caprican sun, there is enough light reflected back to effectively turn night into day ([[TRS]]: [[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Litmus]]). Of curious note, Caprica features landmasses similar to a world the Colonials would eventually settle and come to call Earth. <br /> <br /> Caprica was regarded as the center of Colonial civilization, even long before the [[First Cylon War]]. [[Graystone Industries]] was one of the Colonies' most influential technology developers and had a hand in creating the very [[U-87|first Cylons]]. Some 60 years before [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]], Caprica was also plagued by [[Soldiers of the One | religiously]] motivated terrorism ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). After the war, the planet was once again the seat of politics, culture, art, science, learning and even the Colonial government. It was also one of the wealthiest colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Dirty Hands]]").<br /> <br /> During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Caprica and it's surrounding airspace, played host to numerous skirmishes, one of which would eventually determine the outcome of the war. Caprica herself, comes under heavy attack from Cylon forces right from the start. With numerous basestars jumping directly into orbit, they are quickly able to gain the upper hand. At least four [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestars]], including the ''Yashuman'' and ''Valkyrie'', are quickly dispatched, and numerous targets, including the once proud Caprica City, are annihilated from orbit by nuclear weapons ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]"). The attacks leave the civilian shipping lanes in the vicinity of Caprica/Gemenon shut down, but the civilian ships are relatively ignored in the opening moments of the attack, in favor of military targets. This gives them time to gather and flee the area, picking up other survivors along the way. Eventually the fleet amasses over 100 ships of all kinds, both civilian and homeless military support craft. However, only 75 FTL capable ships are able to flee Caprican airspace, leaving the sub-lights, and their passengers, at the hands of the Cylons.<br /> <br /> At the time of the attack, the ''Galactica'' was positioned 3 hours away, and was not able to partake in the defense of its home planet. It wasn't long, however, before the Cylons located its position, and attempted to take it out. After being struck by a nuclear warhead, suffering major damage, and not having anything to shoot with, but still in one piece, the ''Galactica'' had no choice but to retreat to the relative safety of the gas giant, [[Ragnar]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]), leaving Caprica, and the remaining survivors, completely defenseless and on their own. <br /> <br /> After the space-faring Colonials flee, Caprica is occupied by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces]], attempting to undo the damage they've done, and colonize the planet themselves. They often clash with [[Caprica resistance|human survivors]] within the Colonies, and fight on this world for several weeks. The occupation and resistance both end roughly nine months after the attack and the planet is left for good ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]", "[[Resistance]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[The Plan]]"). <br /> <br /> 6,250 people from Caprica join the [[Laura Roslin faction]] over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). The overall Caprican survivor population, possibly significantly greater, is unknown (see analysis [[The Fleet (RDM)#Demographics|here]]). An attempted settlement by the survivors of the holocaust is named [[New Caprica]] in honor of the original colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").<br /> <br /> The first [[Quorum of Twelve (TRS)|Quorum of Twelve]] delegate after the Fall is [[Gaius Baltar]]. Years later this spot is taken by [[Lee Adama]], the last Quroum delegate from that colony before Delegate Adama establishes the [[Quorum of Ship's Captains]] in the wake of the mass-execution of the Quorum during [[Gaeta's Mutiny]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]"). <br /> <br /> ===Natives===<br /> * [[William Adama | William]], [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]], [[Zak Adama|Zak]] and [[Lee Adama]]<br /> * [[Richard Adar]], presumed as he was also the mayor of Caprica City at one point<br /> * [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]], [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]] and [[Zoe Graystone]]<br /> * [[Lacy Rand]] and her family<br /> * [[Laura Roslin | Laura]], [[Cheryl Roslin|Cheryl]] and [[Sandra Roslin]], as well as their parents<br /> * [[Ben Stark]] and his mother, [[Natalie Stark|Natalie]]<br /> * [[Kara Thrace|Kara]], [[Socrata Thrace|Socrata]] and (presumably) [[Dreilide Thrace]]<br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * Caprica was and continues to be the world most prominently depicted in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined series continuity]]. Until "[[Razor]]", none of the other eleven Colonies was verifiably depicted on screen. <br /> *Serge's Twitter account [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/11920922009 states] that Caprica had a number of unique lifeforms on its surface, though transplantation by early Colonists spread them to the other planets.<br /> *Serge's Twitter account also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/11861670347 notes] that Caprica spends the most on Colonial defense in the years prior to the First Cylon War.<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Gemenon==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors5.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Gemenon]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 2.8 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Hera<br /> <br /> '''Official Language''': Old Gemenese<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': [[Oranu]]<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/gemenon-the-evil-twin-of-caprica.php|title=Gemenon: The (Evil) Twin of Caprica|date=24 Aprilis YR42|accessdate=10 November 2011|last=Sinclair|first=Ralston|format=|language=English}}</ref><br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Oranu, Illumini<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Kobol Colleges, Illumini Pantheon, Gramada Mountains, Spatiu Gol Plateau, Pustiu Desert<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': [[Gemenon Twins]], Illumini Vipers<br /> <br /> [[Image:Gemenon.JPG|thumb|right|Gemenon and the distant Helios Delta seen from orbit.]]<br /> Gemenon was the first world colonized by the humans of Kobol. It shares its orbit around Helios Alpha with Caprica, completing an rotation once every 28.2 days. Its status as a twin planet gives it its name<ref>[http://files.meetup.com/405090/Serge%20Graystone's%20Twitter%20Feed.pdf Serge Graystone's Twitter feed]</ref>. Its climate can vary wildly, featuring frozen plateaus, and searing deserts, which can make life difficult for its inhabitants. <br /> <br /> It was one of the poorer colonies and its people, the Gemenese, were known for their religious fundamentalism ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]", "[[Dirty Hands]]").<ref> Despite this fundamentalist approach to the polytheistic Colonial religion, the Gemenese were known to be tolerant of all forms of worship, including monotheism. In fact, the monotheist movement is said to have begun on Gemenon.<br /> <br /> The people of Gemenon are consistently referred to as "Gemenese" in both the [[Re-imagined Series]] and [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]].</ref><br /> <br /> Before the [[First Cylon War]], Gemenon was home to the [[Kobol Colleges]] and a monotheistic cult called "[[Soldiers of the One|The Soldiers of the One]]" ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 2]]; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). Gemenon's second-largest city, Illumini, was built around a large Pantheon complex, composed of buildings intended to worship and celebrate every deity in the [[Sacred Scrolls]].<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref> <br /> <br /> The Gemenese were known for their literal interpretations of the [[Sacred Scrolls|Scrolls]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Fragged]]"). Most of the population of Gemenon was apparently very strongly opposed to the federal laws legalizing abortion ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]"). <br /> <br /> The planet also had either an old or disused language, known as [[Language in the Twelve Colonies|Old Gemenese]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").<br /> <br /> [[Image:GemenonCityscape.jpg|thumb|left|A city on Gemenon.]]<br /> During the [[Fall_of_the_Twelve_Colonies|Cylon attack]], Gemenon comes under heavy assault by Cylon air and ground forces, completely obliterating one city with a high-yield nuclear device, and causing extensive damage to another with conventional means. At least one ship, the ''Cybele'', is able to escape the destruction of its port and occupying Cylon forces, and find Roslin's fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). <br /> <br /> Three months after the attacks, approximately 9,500 Gemenese break away from the main fleet, and join the [[Laura Roslin faction]] over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). The large and devoted Gemenese population continues to be an important political factor within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]"). <br /> <br /> ===Natives===<br /> *[[Adrien Bauer]]<br /> *[[Jurgen Belzen]] and his family<br /> *[[Rya Kibby]]<br /> *[[Romo Lampkin]]<br /> *[[Sarah Porter]], former delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]<br /> *Corporal [[Venner]]<br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * If the word "Inviere" (meaning "Resurrection") is any indication, Old Gemenese was probably similar to the Romanian language of [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|our Earth]].<br /> * According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8705440343 Serge's Twitter account], Gemenon is the planet that shares its orbit with [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. This planet is seen at the beginning of the aired ''Caprica'' pilot, but is not clearly identified as such until [[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]" in a visual transition from Caprica to Gemenon.<br /> * As an Easter Egg in ''[[The Plan]]'', the building on the lower left of the screen is the same one where the [[memoryalpha:Romulan Senate|Romulan Senate]] assembles in ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek Nemesis|Star Trek Nemesis]]''. A detailed picture of this building is available [[memoryalpha:File:Romulan senate building, 2379.jpg|here]].<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Leonis==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors8.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Leonis]]<br /> [[Image:Leonis.png|thumb|right|A Leonan thoroughfare under Cylon assault.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Leo (constellation)|Leo]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 2.6 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Artemis<br /> <br /> '''Official Language''': Leonese<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Luminere<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Luminere, Hedon<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Royal Palace of Leonis, Hedon Grand Casino<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': [[Leonis Wildcats]], Hedon Suns<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Leonis is the second planet in the Helios Beta system, and was geographically known for its open plains ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The planet itself has no axial tilt, which supports a mild and predictable climate. It was a major hub for both education and industry, and despite Colonial unification, was able to maintain its own language and culture.<br /> <br /> In the era prior to the [[First Cylon War]], Leonis produced and exported a popular energy drink named "Leonis Red".<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref> [[Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine]] was a type of alcohol produced on this colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").<br /> <br /> During the final Cylon [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack]], Leonis is struck with at least one, low-yield nuclear device, that was able to stun its residents and disable any means of escape. Those who survived the blast, are then seen being systematically eliminated by both ground and air forces ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). It is unknown if any are collected and used in the Four's various [[farms]].<br /> <br /> [[Safiya Sanne]] is the Leonan representative on the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]].<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Libran==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors11.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Libran]]<br /> [[Image:Libran.gif|thumb|right|The courthouses of Libran.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Libra (constellation)|Libra]]<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Name''': Libris<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 2.1 million<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Athena<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': None<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Themis<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Supreme Hall of Justice, Themis Arena<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': None<br /> <br /> <br /> Libran was known for its courthouses and lawyers ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"), and was the home of the [[Inter-Colonial Court]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]"). The planet had no official capital.<ref name="capitals3">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] stated in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 this tweet] that Aquaria and Libran "don't have official capitals".</ref><br /> <br /> A major city on Libran was called [[Themis]] which had a large, modern [[pyramid]] arena built sometime before the First Cylon War. Yet at this time Libran had no official pyramid team.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/sports/libran-needs-a-pyramid-team-statim.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Libran Needs a Pyramid Team Statim"].</ref><br /> <br /> After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], [[Oswin Eriku]] is chosen to be this colony's representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]].<br /> <br /> ''[[Zephyr]]'', a passenger liner in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], is of Libran registry.<ref>This was stated in a Fleet overview on scifi.com. This section of the site has long been shut down.</ref> <br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * The Colony's actual name, '''Libran''', was not heard on screen until "[[The Plan]]" but could already be seen on a name plate in "[[The Ties That Bind]]" and "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]". Before that it was often called '''Libris''' in secondary publications. <br /> * The city that is seen when Libran is mentioned in the "Caprica is burning" monologue in "[[The Plan]]", bears a striking resemblance to [[Tauron City]], as seen in "[[Know Thy Enemy]]". <br /> *Serge's twitter account [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/15877355213 says] that the Libran court system served as a body through which trade disputes and legal matters were capable of being sorted amongst the colonies. He also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/15877298276 states] that it is a high earning colony but is not regarded as a desirable place to live, and he [https://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8751959730 states] that the planet is "largely a wildlife reserve".<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Picon==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors2.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Picon]]<br /> [[Image:Picon.png|thumb|right|Picon from orbit.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 1.4 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Poseidon<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Queenstown<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Perkinston, Queenstown, Pailyn<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Colonial Fleet Headquarters, Penrose Harbor<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': [[Picon Panthers]] <br /> <br /> <br /> Picon was a turquoise planet, containing 75% water, and famous for its harbors ([[TRS]]: [[The Plan]]). The capital city was Queenstown, which started as a relatively small fishing village.<ref name="capricanpicon">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/p-is-for-paradise-p-is-for-picon.php ''The Caprican'' article: "'P' Is for 'Paradise, 'P' Is for Picon"].</ref><ref name="capitals2">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Caprica, Tauron and Picon [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 this tweet].</ref> <br /> <br /> During the planet's off-season, most of the landscape became cold and rugged.<ref name="capricanpicon">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/p-is-for-paradise-p-is-for-picon.php ''The Caprican'' article: "'P' Is for 'Paradise, 'P' Is for Picon"].</ref> The planet was often used as a substitute for [[Caprica City]] in Caprican films and TV series.<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref><br /> <br /> After the Unification of the Twelve Colonies this world was the location of the [[Picon Fleet Headquarters|Colonial Fleet Headquarters]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). Picon was also the home of [[Picon Laboratories]], located in Pailyn, Muritolan ([[TRS]]: "[[Faith]]").<br /> <br /> The colony came under heavy attack during the early stages of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. One of the last ships to leave the planet was the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', carrying many wounded people including an unconscious [[Ellen Tigh]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").<br /> <br /> The destruction of Picon's Fleet Headquarters caused President [[Richard Adar]] to offer a complete and unconditional surrender to the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. This offer was ignored by the invading forces ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).<br /> <br /> ===Natives===<br /> * [[Asha Janik]]<br /> * [[Billy Keikeya | Billy Keikeya's]] family<br /> * [[Playa Palacios]]<br /> <br /> ===Publications===<br /> *''[[Picon Star Tribune]]''<br /> <br /> === Notes ===<br /> *Picon's destination as a substitute for Caprica in films and series is likely a reference to Canada, and particularly Vancouver, where both the [[Re-Imagined Series]] and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' were filmed.<br /> *[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/12144717655 According] to Serge's twitter account, Picon has the most efficient, cooperative and responsive democracy in the colonies. <br /> *In one [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10988850734 post], it's said that Picon offers tax incentives for production of TV programs on the planet though Caprica remains the leading producer of such shows.<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Sagittaron==<br /> {{mainarticle|Sagittaron}}<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors10.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Sagittaron]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]]<br /> <br /> '''Alternative Name''': Sagittarion<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 1.7 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Zeus<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Tawa<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Acheron River<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': [[Sagittaron Archers]]<br /> <br /> <br /> Sagittaron was one of the poorest worlds of the Twelve Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"). The capital of this planet was Tawa.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref><br /> <br /> The Sagittarons were traditionalists who practiced a different form of religion from the other Colonials. They distrusted modern medicine and were generally unsupportive of the military ([[TRS]]: "[[The Woman King]]").<br /> <br /> The Planet endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies. Eventually, [[Tom Zarek]] led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there, many years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall of the Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"). <br /> <br /> A few days after the Cylon attack, 5,251 people from this world reside within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]").<br /> <br /> ===Natives===<br /> * [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br /> * [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br /> * [[Portia King | Portia]] and [[Willie King]]<br /> * [[Clarice Willow]]<br /> * [[Tom Zarek]]<br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * The colony's name was originally spelled as "Sagittar'''i'''on" in the [[Miniseries]], but this changed to '''Sagittaron''' when the regular series began.<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Scorpia==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors6.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Scorpia]]<br /> [[Image:ScorpionFleetShipyards1.jpg|thumb|right|Scorpia and its shipyards from orbit.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpio]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 450 million<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Dionysus<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Celeste<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Celeste, Argentum<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Argentum Bay, Guardian Mountains, Scorpia Shipyards<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': Scorpia Stingers, Celeste Storms, Celeste Lightning, Argentum Bay Silverstars<br /> <br /> <br /> Scorpia was known for its lush jungles and hot temperatures ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). Scorpia's capital was Celeste.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref><br /> <br /> Before the [[First Cylon War]] one of the major leisure spots of the world was Argentum Bay, despite the colony's trashy reputation.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/entertainment/argentum-bay-the-ultimate-vernal-break.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Argentum Bay: The Ultimate Vernal Break"].</ref>. The Planet was also apparently well-known for its [[Scorpia Paragliding|Paragliding]] ([[TRS]]: "Razor").<br /> <br /> After the Unification, Scorpia was home to the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]. <br /> <br /> During the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Scorpia falls victim to numerous massive nuclear attacks, destroying much of the population. Cylon forces also focus on the orbiting ship yards, obliterating the structure, destroying numerous Battlestars and support ships, and causing [[Pegasus (RDM)|another one]] to risk a blind jump in order to escape ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").<br /> <br /> [[Eladio Puasha]] serves as the planet's delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] assembled after the Fall.<br /> <div style="clear:both;"></div><br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * In an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-paula-malcolmsons-moving-away-from-deadwoods-trixie.html LA Times article], Scorpia is described as having a "scorpion tail-like half-ring".<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Tauron==<br /> {{mainarticle|Tauron (RDM)}}<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors4.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Tauron]]<br /> [[Image:Tauron.png|thumb|right|[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] from orbit, and under Cylon assault.]]<br /> [[Image:TauronCity.JPG|thumb|right|Pre-Cylon War Minos (Tauron City).]]<br /> [[Image:TauronTwinPlanet.JPG|thumb|right|Tauron's moon, Minos, in the evening sky.]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 2.5 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Ares<br /> <br /> '''Official Language''': Tauron<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': [[Hypatia]]<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Hypatia, [[Tauron City]] (Minos)<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': Minos, Olympia Hippadrome, Great Tauron Plains<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': Olympia Stallions, Tauron Bulls <br /> <br /> <br /> Tauron was a barren, arid planet that lacked any kind of flowers. However, it was well-known for its agriculture ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). Its capital was [[Hypatia]]<ref name="capitals2">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Caprica, Tauron and Picon [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 this tweet].</ref>, another large city was [[Tauron City]]. The planet shared its orbit with another ringed world ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]" - see notes).<br /> <br /> Taurons were known to be very traditional people, even speaking a very old and distinctive [[Language in the Twelve Colonies|language]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).<br /> <br /> Some 800 years before [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]] Tauron was colonized by [[#Virgon|Virgon]] and [[#Leonis|Leonis]]. The people of Tauron liberated themselves and ever since this world has been known for its troubled and violent history.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/racism-an-unacceptable-aspect-of-caprican-life.php ''The Caprican'' article: "An Unacceptable Aspect of Caprican Life"].</ref><br /> <br /> Nearly a century before its Fall, Tauron was one of the poorer colonial worlds and the center of a [[Tauron Civil War|civil war]]. A few years before the [[First Cylon War]], the crime syndicate [[Ha'la'tha]] had enormous influence over the planet, which even extended to other colonies, such as [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).<br /> <br /> During the War, [[Hypatia]] was was the location of a [[Battle of Tauron|fierce and lossy battle]] against [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", extended Edition). <br /> <br /> After the War, Tauron was known to be a somewhat troublesome colony within the [[Government of the Twelve Colonies|federal system]] of the Colonies, often disobeying directives decided by the colonies and pushing their luck with the admiralty ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). Yet this world was counted among the wealthier of the twelve worlds ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). <br /> <br /> ===Natives===<br /> * [[Joseph Adama | Joseph]] and [[Sam Adama]]<br /> * [[Shannon Adama]] and her mother, [[Ruth]]<br /> * [[Helena Cain]] and her murdered family<br /> * [[Tomas Vergis]]<br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> * The language of Tauron is remarkably similar to Ancient Greek that, thousands of years later, was spoken on [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth | a planet]] on the other side of the galaxy. <br /> * According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10335013016 Serge's Twitter Account] Tauron only has a moon.<br /> * Serge's Twitter account also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 stated] Tauron's capital to be [[Hypatia]].<br /> <br style="clear:both;"><br /> <br /> ==Virgon==<br /> [[Image:ColonialColors1.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Virgon]]<br /> '''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]<br /> <br /> '''Population''': 4.3 billion<br /> <br /> '''Patron God''': Hestia<br /> <br /> '''Capital''': Boskirk<br /> <br /> '''Major Cities''': Boskirk, Blaustad, Hadrian<br /> <br /> '''Attractions''': House of Parliament, Tower of Virgon, Petrus Palace, Virgon Universities<br /> <br /> '''Pyramid Teams''': Virgon United, [[Boskirk All Reds]]<br /> <br /> <br /> Virgon was well-known for its forests ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]") and considered to be one of the wealthier colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). The capital of Virgon was Boskirk.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref><br /> <br /> Virgon had a declining monarchy and a strong national parliament, at least 58 years before the Fall of the Colonies.<ref>Mentioned by [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/statuses/10937229785 Serge's twitter account].</ref> <br /> <br /> [[Virgon Brew]] was a beer produced on the planet and exported to other Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Maelstrom]]").<br /> <br /> Soon after the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], the Colonials launch a counter-attack over Virgon. The battle ends with the destruction of the flagship battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]'' and the resulting death of [[Nagala|Fleet Admiral Nagala]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). <br /> <br /> [[Marshall Bagot]] is the Virgon delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. He nominates [[Tom Zarek]] for the vice-presidency ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]"). In public ceremonies, the Virgon delegate wears a light blue sash.<br /> <br /> ===Notes===<br /> *Serge's Twitter Account [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10937229785 states] that Virgon has a declining monarchy with a strong parliament.<br /> *Virgon draws many parallels with present-day Earth's Britain; a declining monarchy, birthplace of Colonial language, coloniser of other planets (comparable to countries) and 'Virgon United' and 'Boskirk All Reds' are similar to Manchester United, a prominent English football team, also known as the Red Devils.<br /> <br /> == See Also==<br /> *[[Ithaca]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{RDM Planets}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Twelve Colonies (RDM), The}}<br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Organizations]]<br /> [[Category:Places]]<br /> [[Category:Planets| ]]<br /> [[Category:Planets (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Twelve Colonies| ]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> {{quality article}}<br /> {{featured article}}<br /> <br /> [[de:Die Zwölf Kolonien (RDM)]]<br /> [[es:Las Doce Colonias (RDM)]]<br /> [[fr:Les Douze Colonies (RDM)]]<br /> [[zh:拾贰殖民地 (RDM)]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Blowback&diff=201092 Blowback 2011-01-26T04:27:41Z

<p>Curst Saden: /* Analysis */ Just an idea</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=CylonBlowback.jpg<br /> | series= cap<br /> | title=Blowback<br /> | season=1<br /> | episode=14<br /> | special=<br /> | extra=<br /> | guests=<br /> | writer= [[Kevin Murphy]]<br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Omar Madha]]<br /> | production=<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br /> | CAN airdate= November 2, 2010<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | prev= [[False Labor]]<br /> | next = [[The Dirteaters]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> : ''[[Lacy Rand]]'s training as a soldier in the [[STO]] takes an unexpectedly violent turn. [[Jordan Duram]] is pushed to reveal the identity of his [[Amanda Graystone|confidential informant]]. The [[Guatrau]] becomes a danger to [[Daniel Graystone]]—and puts serious doubts into the minds of [[Sam Adama|Sam]] and [[Joseph Adama]].''<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === Teaser ===<br /> <br /> === Act 1 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 2 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 3 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 4 ===<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> <br /> * "Blowback" is a term used for [[w:Blowback (intelligence)|violent, unintended consequences of a covert operation]].<br /> * Because the last five episodes of the season were rescheduled by Syfy, this was the first episode to air in Canada before the United States.<br /> * After the cancellation of the ''Caprica'' series was announced, the original SyFy timeslot of 10:00 PM EDT Tuesday was filled by the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:A Matter of Time (episode)|A Matter of Time]]."<ref name="Syfy Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfy.com/schedule/index.php?date=2010-11-2|title=Schedule <nowiki>|</nowiki> Syfy|date=|accessdate=29 October 2010|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref><br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *When Lacie is in the spaceport and first meets Odin, she asks "Do you speak Caprican?". Odin's reply is "Everyone speaks Caprican." This could mean that the native language of Caprica was commonly spoken on Gemenon given it's proximity to Caprica and Caprica's position as a powerful, influential colony. It is also possible that Caprican was spoken on other colonies as well.<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> <br /> == Official Statements == <br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> *[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br /> *[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br /> *[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Diego]]<br /> *[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br /> *[[Chris Heyerdahl]] as [[Kevin Reikle]]<br /> *[[Anita Torrance]] as [[Mar-Beth Willow]]<br /> *[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br /> *[[Jim Thomson]] as Voice of [[Serge]]<br /> *[[Eva Allan]] as [[Devanna]]<br /> *[[Tom McBeath]] as Agent [[Alpert]]<br /> *[[Calum Worthy]] as [[Cass]]<br /> *[[James Kirk]] as [[Sagittaron]] Recruit<br /> *[[Luc Roderique]] as [[Dex]]<br /> *[[Matthew Smalley]] as Cadet Recruit #1<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Omar Madha]]<br /> <br /> [[fr:Blowback]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Lexon&diff=200473 Lexon 2011-01-07T20:44:53Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |photo=<br /> |age=<br /> |colony=Canceron<br /> |callsign= <br /> |seen=Blowback<br /> |pseen=<br /> |death=<br /> |parents= <br /> |siblings= <br /> |children= <br /> |marital status= <br /> |role= [[Soldiers of the One]] recruit<br /> |rank= <br /> |actor= [[Luc Roderique]]<br /> |cylon= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Lexon''' was a young recruit of the [[Soldiers of the One]], participating in training on [[Gemenon]] at the same time as [[Lacy Rand]] and [[Odin Sinclair]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br /> <br /> After Lexon failed to salute a senior officer, that senior officer ordered one of the [[black market]] [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]]s serving the STO on Gemenon, to execute him. Lacy Rand, however, stepped in, ordering the U-87 to stand down and preventing it from taking further orders from its STO commanders, saving Lexon's life ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Lexon was later among the new recruits who double crossed STO leadership [[Diego]] and [[Kevin Reikle]], shooting them in order to prevent Lacy Rand's execution. Lexon also took part in Rand's eventual overthrow of Monad leadership ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br /> <br /> {{Characters (Caprica)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (Caprica)]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: Caprica (series)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: Soldiers of the One]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Reikle&diff=200472 Kevin Reikle 2011-01-07T20:44:02Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |photo=Kevin Reikle.jpg<br /> |age=<br /> |colony= [[Gemenon]] <br /> |callsign= <br /> |seen=Blowback<br /> |pseen=<br /> |death=<br /> |parents= <br /> |siblings= <br /> |children= <br /> |marital status= <br /> |role= [[Soldiers of the One]] training camp leader<br /> |rank= <br /> |actor= [[Christopher Heyerdahl]]<br /> |cylon= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Kevin Reikle''' was a high ranking member of the [[Soldiers of the One]], serving in the [[Monotheist Church]]'s training camp on [[Gemenon]] under [[Diego]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br /> <br /> Reikle took part in the simulated hijacking of the suborbital transport carrying STO recruits including [[Lacy Rand]] and [[Odin Sinclair]] to the Monotheist retreat. Posing as a polytheist rebel, Reikle gave the recruits an option: renounce the "[[God (RDM)|One True God]]" or be killed and tossed out an [[airlock]]. Unwilling to stand idly by, Lacy Rand took action, severely beating Reikle with a piece of pipe before Diego stepped in to reveal the deception to the recruits ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> Reikle later welcomed Rand and Sinclair to the STO and began his duties in the training camp, instructing a group of recruits in the subtleties of mortars ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Witnessing her ability to control the STO's [[black market]] [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]]s, Reikle, with Diego, enlisted Odin Sinclair to execute Lacy Rand. When the time came, however, Sinclair turned his weapon on Reikle and Diego who had given him an unloaded pistol. Reikle and Diego were unaware, though, that several other recruits, including [[Lexon]], were lying in wait, opening fire and killing Reikle and Diego ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]".)<br /> <br /> {{Characters (Caprica)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (Caprica)]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: Caprica (series)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: Soldiers of the One]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Diego&diff=200471 Diego 2011-01-07T20:43:07Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |photo=Diego.jpg<br /> |age=<br /> |colony= [[Gemenon]] <br /> |callsign= <br /> |seen=Unvanquished<br /> |pseen=<br /> |death=<br /> |parents= <br /> |siblings= <br /> |children= <br /> |marital status= <br /> |role= [[Soldiers of the One]] training camp leader<br /> |rank= <br /> |actor= [[Ryan Robbins]]<br /> |cylon= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Diego''' was a leader in the [[Soldiers of the One]] training camps on [[Gemenon]] in the years before the [[First Cylon War]]. <br /> <br /> He was present on Gemenon when [[Clarice Willow]] attended the [[conclave]] meeting at the [[Monotheist Church]] retreat. When Willow's notion of [[Apotheosis]] was rejected by conclave member [[Obal Ferras]], Diego was ordered to kill Willow. However, Willow was able to bring Diego to her side, convincing him that the church had lost its way and reminding him of the time - 10 years prior - when STO were considered saviors of monotheism. When the time came to eliminate Willow, Diego turned his knife on Obal Ferras, murdering him in view of the Holy [[Mother]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br /> <br /> Later, Diego rounded up STO recruits at the spaceport on Gemenon and brought them aboard the ship headed to the retreat. Once aboard, the recruits - including [[Lacy Rand]] - were subjected to a seemingly real scenario in which the ship was hijacked by [[Lords of Kobol|polytheist]] rebels who murdered Diego. Assessing their reaction to the scenario and the recruits' willingness to denounce [[God (RDM)|God]] in order the survive, Diego later revealed the deception to the new STO and welcomed them to the training camp ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> At the camp, Diego is disturbed to learn of an incident involving Lacy Rand giving orders to a [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 robot soldier]] smuggled to Gemenon by the [[Ha'la'tha]]. Questioning her in his living quarters, Diego comes up with no answers and allows Lacy to leave. Mother, however, comes to visit Diego in his "rustic" tent, telling him in veiled terms to kill Rand and giving him Obal Ferras' ring ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> {{Characters (Caprica)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (Caprica)]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: Caprica (series)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: Soldiers of the One]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Odin_Sinclair&diff=200470 Odin Sinclair 2011-01-07T20:41:37Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |photo=Odin Sinclair.jpg<br /> |age=<br /> |colony =<br /> |callsign= <br /> |seen= Blowback<br /> |pseen=<br /> |death=<br /> |parents= <br /> |siblings= <br /> |children= <br /> |marital status= <br /> |role= [[Soldiers of the One]] recruit<br /> |rank= <br /> |actor= [[Ryan Kennedy]]<br /> |cylon= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Odin Sinclair''' was a young recruit of the [[Soldiers of the One]] terror group ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]"). <br /> <br /> A nonbeliever himself, Sinclair's parents were staunch [[Monotheist Church|monotheist]]s, hiring men to knock their son unconscious and transport him to [[Gemenon]]. On Gemenon, Sinclair met [[Lacy Rand]] and the two traveled aboard a [[jump ship]] to the Monotheist retreat where the STO trained its members. Enroute to the retreat, however, a group of polytheist rebels boarded the jump ship and held the recruits hostage, giving them the option of renouncing "[[God (RDM)|The One True God]]" or facing execution. Sinclair and Rand planned to take action, but when the situation came to a head, it was Lacy Rand who acted, attacking the lead hijacker, [[Kevin Reikle]], and forcing STO leader [[Diego]] to step in and reveal the situation to be a test ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> At the Monotheist retreat, Sinclair and Rand were welcomed by Reikle and Diego in a reception and dinner for the new recruits. However, Sinclair and Rand were shocked to see the recruits that had "failed" the test put to death by firing squad - a sign to Sinclair of exactly what the STO was capable of ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> An unwilling participant in the STO training, Sinclair was unafraid of the consequences of possessing such contraband as illicit drugs and a [[holoband]] in the dormitory - using the band to have simulated sex with Lacy Rand ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Witnessing Rand exert unexplained control over the STO's [[black market]] [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 soldier robot]]s, Sinclair attempted to question Lacy about her ability. As a way of avoiding further questioning, Rand began kissing Sinclair, successfully distracting him ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Later, Sinclair approached Kevin Riekle and Diego, telling the STO trainers that he did not want to be involved in whatever conflict arose from Lacy Rand's influence of the U-87s. Intrigued by Sinclair's position, Reikle and Diego enlisted Sinclair to kill Rand. When the time came to execute Lacy, Sinclair turned his gun on Reikle and Diego and attempted to shoot them, but the gun wasn't loaded. Reikle and Diego, unsurprised by Sinclair's turn, threatened him at gunpoint, but were caught off guard when several other recruits, appeared and fired rifles, killing the two men. Grabbing the key to the jump ship from Diego's body, the group of recruits prepared to leave Gemenon, however, Lacy Rand had another idea - activating the squad of U-87s and commanding them to follow her ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]). Rand subsequently staged a coup over the leadership of the monotheist church and took on the position of "Mother," with Sinclair serving as her lieutenant. ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis]]".)<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Characters (Caprica)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (Caprica)]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: Caprica (series)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: Soldiers of the One]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Odin_Sinclair&diff=200469 Odin Sinclair 2011-01-07T20:41:08Z

<p>Curst Saden: This is no longer spoiler info</p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |photo=Odin Sinclair.jpg<br /> |age=<br /> |colony =<br /> |callsign= <br /> |seen= Blowback<br /> |pseen=<br /> |death=<br /> |parents= <br /> |siblings= <br /> |children= <br /> |marital status= <br /> |role= [[Soldiers of the One]] recruit<br /> |rank= <br /> |actor= [[Ryan Kennedy]]<br /> |cylon= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Odin Sinclair''' was a young recruit of the [[Soldiers of the One]] terror group ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]"). <br /> <br /> A nonbeliever himself, Sinclair's parents were staunch [[Monotheist Church|monotheist]]s, hiring men to knock their son unconscious and transport him to [[Gemenon]]. On Gemenon, Sinclair met [[Lacy Rand]] and the two traveled aboard a [[jump ship]] to the Monotheist retreat where the STO trained its members. Enroute to the retreat, however, a group of polytheist rebels boarded the jump ship and held the recruits hostage, giving them the option of renouncing "[[God (RDM)|The One True God]]" or facing execution. Sinclair and Rand planned to take action, but when the situation came to a head, it was Lacy Rand who acted, attacking the lead hijacker, [[Kevin Reikle]], and forcing STO leader [[Diego]] to step in and reveal the situation to be a test ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> At the Monotheist retreat, Sinclair and Rand were welcomed by Reikle and Diego in a reception and dinner for the new recruits. However, Sinclair and Rand were shocked to see the recruits that had "failed" the test put to death by firing squad - a sign to Sinclair of exactly what the STO was capable of ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> An unwilling participant in the STO training, Sinclair was unafraid of the consequences of possessing such contraband as illicit drugs and a [[holoband]] in the dormitory - using the band to have simulated sex with Lacy Rand ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Witnessing Rand exert unexplained control over the STO's [[black market]] [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 soldier robot]]s, Sinclair attempted to question Lacy about her ability. As a way of avoiding further questioning, Rand began kissing Sinclair, successfully distracting him ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Later, Sinclair approached Kevin Riekle and Diego, telling the STO trainers that he did not want to be involved in whatever conflict arose from Lacy Rand's influence of the U-87s. Intrigued by Sinclair's position, Reikle and Diego enlisted Sinclair to kill Rand. When the time came to execute Lacy, Sinclair turned his gun on Reikle and Diego and attempted to shoot them, but the gun wasn't loaded. Reikle and Diego, unsurprised by Sinclair's turn, threatened him at gunpoint, but were caught off guard when several other recruits, appeared and fired rifles, killing the two men. Grabbing the key to the jump ship from Diego's body, the group of recruits prepared to leave Gemenon, however, Lacy Rand had another idea - activating the squad of U-87s and commanding them to follow her ([[CAP]]: "[[Here Be Dragons]]). Rand subsequently staged a coup over the leadership of the monotheist church and took on the position of "Mother," with Sinclair serving as her lieutenant. ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis]]".<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Characters (Caprica)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (Caprica)]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: Caprica (series)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: Soldiers of the One]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Kevin_Reikle&diff=200468 Kevin Reikle 2011-01-07T20:40:09Z

<p>Curst Saden: This info is no longer spoiler as the episodes have been aired.</p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |photo=Kevin Reikle.jpg<br /> |age=<br /> |colony= [[Gemenon]] <br /> |callsign= <br /> |seen=Blowback<br /> |pseen=<br /> |death=<br /> |parents= <br /> |siblings= <br /> |children= <br /> |marital status= <br /> |role= [[Soldiers of the One]] training camp leader<br /> |rank= <br /> |actor= [[Christopher Heyerdahl]]<br /> |cylon= <br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Kevin Reikle''' was a high ranking member of the [[Soldiers of the One]], serving in the [[Monotheist Church]]'s training camp on [[Gemenon]] under [[Diego]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]").<br /> <br /> Reikle took part in the simulated hijacking of the suborbital transport carrying STO recruits including [[Lacy Rand]] and [[Odin Sinclair]] to the Monotheist retreat. Posing as a polytheist rebel, Reikle gave the recruits an option: renounce the "[[God (RDM)|One True God]]" or be killed and tossed out an [[airlock]]. Unwilling to stand idly by, Lacy Rand took action, severely beating Reikle with a piece of pipe before Diego stepped in to reveal the deception to the recruits ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]").<br /> <br /> Reikle later welcomed Rand and Sinclair to the STO and began his duties in the training camp, instructing a group of recruits in the subtleties of mortars ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").<br /> <br /> Witnessing her ability to control the STO's [[black market]] [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]]s, Reikle, with Diego, enlisted Odin Sinclair to execute Lacy Rand. When the time came, however, Sinclair turned his weapon on Reikle and Diego who had given him an unloaded pistol. Reikle and Diego were unaware, though, that several other recruits, including [[Lexon]], were lying in wait, opening fire and killing Reikle and Diego ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Here Be Dragons]]".<br /> <br /> {{Characters (Caprica)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (Caprica)]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: Caprica (series)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: Soldiers of the One]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Apotheosis_(episode)&diff=200459 Apotheosis (episode) 2011-01-07T06:24:42Z

<p>Curst Saden: /* Noteworthy Dialogue */</p> <hr /> <div>:''For the belief held by various members of the [[Soldiers of the One]], see [[apotheosis]].''<br /> <br /> {{Episode Data<br /> | image=Clarice's Sermon, 1x18.jpg<br /> | series= cap<br /> | title=Apotheosis<br /> | season=1<br /> | episode=18<br /> | special=<br /> | extra=Series Finale<br /> | guests=<br /> | writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br>[[Kevin Murphy]]<br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Jonas Pate]]<br /> | production=<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=4 January 2011<ref name="Caprica Cancelled by Syfy">{{cite_web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960|title=Caprica Cancelled by Syfy|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=Gorman|first=Bill|format=|language=English}}</ref><ref name="Caprica US airdates">{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/11/19/exclusive-syfys-caprica-to-sign-off-tuesday-january-4-416014/8987/|title=Exclusive: Syfy's "Caprica" to Sign Off Tuesday, January 4|date=19 November 2010|accessdate=19 November 2010|format=|language=English}}</ref><br /> | CAN airdate= November 30, 2010 <ref name="SPACE Schedule">{{cite_web|url=http://www.spacecast.com/Schedule.aspx?date=11/30/2010&mode=Daily&tz=ET|title=SPACE Schedule|accessdate=21 November 2011|language=English}}</ref><br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | prev= [[Here Be Dragons]]<br /> | next = ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' <br/> [[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"<br /> }}<br /> == Overview ==<br /> : ''[[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and [[Amanda Graystone]] and [[Zoe-A]] race to stop [[Clarice Willow]]'s master plan and save thousands of lives before [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is changed forever (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] ''series finale).''<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === Teaser ===<br /> <br /> === Act 1 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 2 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 3 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 4 ===<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> <br /> * [[Apotheosis]] has been mentioned in conjunction with [[Zoe Graystone]]'s [[holographic avatar|avatar]] program and is one of Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s goals.<br /> * The pentagon roundel on the wings of the Caprican marine aircraft carrying the Cylon squad is identical to the roundels on [[Raider (TOS)|raiders]] in [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the original series]]. The roof of [[Graystone Industries]]' headquarters also features the design.<br /> * According to [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[w:Twitter|Twitter]], the Caprican [[national anthem]] heard in "[[Rebirth]]" will be featured.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://twitter.com/bearmccreary/status/28963258503|title=Twitter|date=27 October 2010|accessdate=28 October 2010|last=McCreary|first=Bear|format=|language=English}}</ref><br /> * On the DVD commentary for this episode, executive producer Kevin Murphy says the ramifications of the coda sequence, set five years later, would be explored in Season Two. This commentary was recorded prior to the show's cancellation.<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *The Cylon marine commander's helmet or cranial armour appears to be the inspiration for the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|First War Centurians]]' heads. It features the eve protecting the 'ears' and back of the neck, as well as a center comb ridge from front to back. Additionally, as will be the case in the First Cylon War in which command Centurions are distinguished by their golden armour, the marine commander is 'dressed' uniquely from the other Cylon marines.<br /> *Theoretically, the avatars of the dead [[STO]] members should have the same ability to control V-world as Zoe-A and [[Tamara-A]] have, unless the backup of Zoe's program used to create them was imperfect. It appears that Zoe-A was able to destroy them due to their relative lack of experience.<br /> *It is possible that the Zoe listening to Clarice's sermon was [[Messengers#Messenger Zoe|Messenger Zoe]]. Given the events of ''Caprica'', especially the [[Here Be Dragons|previous episode]] and this one, it seems unlikely that Clarice would tolerate Zoe-A's presence under any circumstances or that that Zoe-A would allow Clarice to even suggest violence, much less preach it openly. Only a brief glimpse of Zoe is offered, so there are none of the usual indicators of a Messenger, such as others in the same space obviously ignoring the character, or a non-Messenger character having a conversation with what turns out to be air. However, it is unknown how relationships may change between the characters, and events may occur that would indeed drive Zoe-A to seek rebellion. Clarice's "prophecy" that there is one who will set the Cylons free seems to refer to Zoe.<br /> *Alternatively, as the congregation is otherwise entirely Cylon, the Zoe may be Zoe-R (i.e, Zoe-A inhabbiting a Cylon body). The usual indicator of such an appearance - a CGI Cylon shown first in place of Zoe-R - is seen, albeit with several scene cuts in the interim. Behind Zoe are a petite white Cylon and a Centurion. During the initial montage of Willow's congregation (prior to Willow's pilgrimage to [[Lacy Rand|Mother Lacy]] on [[Gemenon]]), a Centurion is seen with a petite white Cylon and a Centurion on the pew behind it, the three in the same relative positions; additionally, the two sequences are each preceded by identical shots of a Centurion genuflecting next to a column. Zoe-A's resurrection into her skinjob body does not occur until after Zoe's appearance in the congregation.<br /> *Amanda's skills as a plastic surgeon appear to come into play in the creation of Zoe's skin-job body.<br /> *Fidelia Fazekas' recognition of the need to support the rebellion on Tauron suggests that she will continue the flow of Cylons started by the Adamas, or even increase it.<br /> *Odin appears to have taken on a role similar to that of [[Diego]] now that Lacy is the new Blessed Mother.<br /> *Although Clarice preaches that the Cylons will rise and "crush the ones that first gave them life", she probably is not advocating total human extinction, given her intention to form an alliance between the Cylons and the church on [[Gemenon]].<br /> *Ruth maintains ties to the Adama family during Bill's childhood and may still live with them, despite not being related by blood to the surviving Adamas.<br /> *The "Things to Come" epilogue naturally parallels the rise of the apes described in ''Escape from the Planet of the Apes'' and subsequently depicted in ''Conquest of the Planet of the Apes'', much as "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]" extensively parallels and pays homage to the first ''Planet of the Apes'' film. The harried Cylon dog walker passing a statue of the Cylon marines seems to possibly be an homage to the cat & dog statue which many ape slaves pass in ''Conquest''.<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> *What happened to Xander after the Graystones escaped?<br /> *What happened to Singh? <br /> **Were the charges against the Graystones dropped (as can be inferred from the epilogue) because he was outed as a member of the Soldiers of the One?<br /> **If Singh was outed, was [[Jordan Duram]] able to rejoin the GDD?<br /> *What is [[Tamara-A]] doing during the events of this episode and the epilogue? <br /> **Would she have become a skin-job also eventually, or would she have had some other role to play?<br /> *How old is [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] when he is shown in the epilogue?<br /> *Do the Adamas continue to associate with the Ha'la'tha throughout Bill's childhood?<br /> *How much, if anything, is Bill told about Tamara-A and his family's involvement with the rise of the Cylons?<br /> *When does Joseph's focus as a lawyer change from getting Ha'la'tha members off to civil liberties?<br /> *How does the Ha'la'tha operate under Fidelia?<br /> *How do the [[Monad Church]] and the [[STO]] operate under Lacy?<br /> **How popular is Lacy with the monotheists?<br /> *What makes Clarice become an advocate of Cylon rebellion?<br /> **Has her confrontation with Zoe affected Clarice's faith and her relationship with Zoe?<br /> *How does the meeting between Clarice and Lacy go?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements == <br /> *[http://omg.yahoo.com/news/access-week-in-geek-3-20-10-caprica-cast-talk-season-finale/37783 From the ''Caprica'' panel at the Paley Center]:<br /> **[[Sasha Roiz]]: "Our finale is unbelievable. It's so powerful that I remember me and Esai calling each other after reading the script. We were both absolutely floored by how it ends."<br /> **[[Esai Morales]]: "The finale drove me to tears on various occasions. What happens is so profound and out of the blue. [It was] so unexpected it took my breath away."<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> *''Clarice protests as Zoe-A destroys her virtual Heaven''<br /> :'''Clarice:''' This is what God wants!<br /> :'''Zoe-A''' I ''am'' God!<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> *[[Patton Oswalt]] as [[Baxter Sarno]]<br /> *[[Peter Wingfield]] as [[Gara Singh]]<br /> *[[Jorge Montesi]] as The [[Guatrau]]<br /> *[[Ryan Kennedy]] as [[Odin Sinclair]]<br /> *[[Carmen Moore]] as [[Fidelia Fazekas]]<br /> *[[Hiro Kanagawa]] as [[Cyrus Xander]]<br /> *[[Karen Elizabeth Austin]] as [[Ruth]]<br /> *[[James Pizzinato]] as [[Drew]]<br /> *[[Panou]] as [[Olaf Willow]]<br /> *[[Teryl Rothery]] as as [[Evelyn]]<br /> *[[Julius Chapple]] as [[Larry]]<br /> *[[Feguins Toussaint]] as Bodyguard [[Sean]]<br /> *[[Renu Bakshi]] as [[Abasi Lowe]]<br /> *[[Dale Wolfe]] as [[Steve Bahara]]<br /> *[[Iris Paluly]] as [[Jax]]<br /> *[[Hrothgar Mathews]] as Dave<br /> *[[Markus Towfigh]] as Young [[William Adama|Bill Adama]]<br /> *[[Rodney Reid]] as Cab Driver<br /> *[[Mike Dopud]] as [[Sal]]<br /> *[[J.C. Williams]] as [[GDD]] Agent<br /> *[[Michael Sangha]] as GDD Agent<br /> *[[Mark Donnelly]] as Anthem Singer<br /> *[[Kevin Lum]] as Caprica Police<br /> *[[Philip Cabrita]] as [[STO]] Martyr #1<br /> *[[Steve Thackray]] as STO Martyr #2<br /> *[[Catherine Lough Haggquist]] as STO Martyr #3<br /> *[[Tim Aas]] as Scruffy Dude<br /> *[[John Stewart]] as Supervisor<br /> *[[Mike Russell]] as Worker<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (Caprica season 1)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Kevin Murphy]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Jonas Pate]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176747 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T15:22:11Z

<p>Curst Saden: /* Noteworthy Dialogue */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II (& Part III)<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> ===Act 1===<br /> <br /> * The final episode begins with a series of events before before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br /> * In a strip bar in [[Caprica City]], [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] enjoy themselves.<br /> * Adama questions whether to take a civilian job, rather than to take command of an aged battlestar<ref>This is a side reference to the events of the episode, "[[Hero]]"</ref> Over drinks, Adama decides to take the job.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere on Caprica, [[Lee Adama]] is having dinner with [[Kara Thrace]] and her fiancee, [[Zak Adama]].<br /> * Zak questions why his brother joined the [[Colonial Forces]], despite Lee's idealism and his dislike of his father. Lee simply answers that he received college funding in exchange for service.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere, [[Laura Roslin]] greets her date, [[Sean Allison]], at her home. After realizing he seemed familiar, Roslin finally recalls where she had seen him. Sean was a former student from years ago.<br /> * Despite the age difference, Roslin decides to let him stay the night. "The night's young. Apparently, so are you," she says. "Let's see what happens."<br /> <br /> * Back at the strip bar, Bill Adama challenges Saul on whether he'd take the civilian desk job. Saul doesn't answer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama and Thrace manage to drag Zak back to the apartment after a night of drinking. But Thrace isn't done, and pulls out more alcohol for shots between her and Lee.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama is drunkenly sick, vomiting outside somewhere on the street. With a weak smile, he looks up to the stars in the night sky.<br /> <br /> * The scene shifts back to present day on ''[[Galactica]]'', where [[Gaius Baltar]] sits in the former home of his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], now empty.<br /> * He listens to the [[Virtual Beings|virtual Six]], telling him to trust in [[God (RDM)|God's plan]] for him. When he asks what that plan is, she tells him that he already following it.<br /> <br /> ===Act 2=== <br /> <br /> * In ''Galactica's'' [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] (who will not be staying aboard the ship for the battle) leaves assistant [[Layne Ishay]] two injections of heavy medication to allow Laura Roslin enough lucidity and mobility for 48 hours. She thanks him sincerely, causing Cottle to be something he'd rarely been: speechless.<br /> <br /> * In the [[pilot ready room]], [[Karl Agathon]] briefs the [[Raptor]] teams on the special nature of their rescue mission. Despite the odds, all volunteer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama briefs the [[marines]] on where little Hera would likely be: deep inside the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[The Colony|colony]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama work out the tactics of the battle against the colony. Close-range combat; nuclear weapons and missiles will not be possible for the battlestar. He orders the gun [[battery|batteries]] to fire until exhausted, and after that, "start throwing rocks," he says with a small smile.<br /> <br /> * The [[Final Five]] plan out what they can offer as well. As befitting a cybernetic race, they consider a tactic used by Cylons in the past. They will use [[Samuel Anders]], now effectively a [[Hybrid]] on ''[[Galactica]]'', to interface with the Colony and its Hybrids to interrupt their commands, slowing the effectiveness of the Colony's weapon systems.<br /> * The catch is that Anders will need to be connected to the [[DRADIS]], fire control and [[C-3]] systems. They plan to take Anders and connect him inside [[CIC]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama hands over command of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to [[Hoshi]], noting that if they aren't back from the mission in 12 hours, they will never come back.<br /> * In CIC, Saul Tigh jokes at his old friend at the bizarre sight of a Cylon interfaced to his battlestar, gooey wires and conduit that extend over Adama's command console everywhere and into the DRADIS console. "Still not too late to flush them all out of the airlock," Tigh quips. "Take too much time," Adama answers. <br /> * With Lee Adama staying for the attack, he appoints [[Romo Lampkin]] as President of the Twelve Colonies. He joins Admiral Hoshi on the last Raptor to leave ''Galactica'' for the baseship, the Fleet's new flagship.<br /> * Baltar's followers get in the ship. Baltar enters, but then tells [[Paulla]] that he must stay on the ship. Lee Adama throws Baltar a weapon.<br /> * Adding to the Battlestar's attack force, a Number Six leads a large number of [[Cylon Centurion]]s down the [[hangar deck]], some with a red sash painted on them for identification.<br /> <br /> ===Act 3===<br /> <br /> * A shot of the Fleet shows that the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] has fully regenerated from its damage from the start of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. It is ready to lead the civilians to safety while ''Galactica'' goes hunting, retracting its [[flight pod]]s to prep for [[FTL]].<br /> * Adama commands a ship-wide readiness report, a sort of countdown.<br /> * Meanwhile, in sickbay, Layne Ishay prep sickbay for wounded. Laura Roslin assists as best she can.<br /> * [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] are in [[launch tube]]s. The entire Raptor squadron, armed with missiles, have been placed inside the starboard flight pod deck, amidst the ruins of the old [[Galactica Museum]].<br /> * Gaius Baltar is a soldier protecting the hallways against borders. He is surprised to find [[Caprica-Six]] by his side.<br /> * In CIC, Ellen Tigh signals that Anders is ready to work.<br /> * Adama gives a final speech, a final understanding and call to arms.<br /> <br /> * The battlestar jumps only meters from the edge of the Colony--and is immediately besieged by the Cylon batteries.<br /> * With little time, Sam Anders attempts to make contact with the Colony Hybrids--and takes them offline, apparently by causing them to go into a state of ecstasy. Ellen warns that [[Cylon Raider]]s will appear any minute.<br /> * ''Galactica'' responds by launching its fighter wings. The Vipers launch, and the Raptors jump directly from within the starboard pod--causing incredible damage to the pod as it vents open--but now placing themselves on the opposite side of the Colony in a flanking position.<br /> * Adama orders the battlestar's engines at flank speed. He rams the alligator head into the Colony. ''Galactica's'' inhabitants take a beating, but so does the Colony. The Colonials have breeched it, forming an entrance. Lee Adama leads his marines and several Cylon Centurions inside from a front airlock. <br /> * [[Sharon Agathon]] and Helo's Raptor make their way to the Colony's interior.<br /> * [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arm their nuclear missiles, presumably to strike the colony after the rescue. But suddenly a piece of debris strikes their Raptor, killing all aboard and leaving the Raptor adrift.<br /> * The Raptors breech another section of the Colony, and their teams enter.<br /> <br /> * Deep inside the Colony, a [[Simon]] works on young Hera as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] looks on in disgust. When she questions why he continues to work on Hera, the Simon explains that they maintain and superior force and numbers.<br /> * Suddenly, Boomer assaults the Simon, snapping his neck. She takes Hera out of the room.<br /> <br /> ===Act 4===<br /> <br /> * The Colony's halls are filled with gunfire. Cylon Centurions, including older [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Model 0005s]] fight each other as the Colonial fire teams push through.<br /> * [[Cavil]], a [[Number Five]] and another Simon decide to go on the defensive, to attack the battlestar with their troops.<br /> <br /> * In a hallway in ''Galactica'', ready to repel boarders, Caprica-Six and Baltar come to terms with their old relationship. As they kiss, they hear a Six's voice. "All of the pieces are falling into place."<br /> * The Virtual Six--''and'' the Virtual Baltar--stand above them. To the surprise of Caprica-Six and Baltar, they can hear and see each of the avatars.<br /> * With a shudder, the battlestar hull is breeched as waves of enemy Centurions, both old-model and modern, pour into the ship.<br /> <br /> * The Agathon's team find Boomer, holding Hera. She gives the child to them, telling them to tell Admiral Adama that she "owed him one." With the child safe, Athena shoots Boomer.<br /> * A flashback scene shows what Boomer meant: a time back in her days on '''Galactica'', as Adama and Tigh redress her but give her another chance to be a better pilot.<br /> <br /> * Ishay has her hands full in sickbay, trying to triage and treat as many people as she can. The event is taxing, physically and mentally, for Roslin, as she comforts more dying than not.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama's team connects with Starbuck's team, with Hera in tow. When Lee asks where Thrace was, she answers, "Stopped for coffee."<ref>This might be the one time in the history of the series where an obvious joke to [[w:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] has been used.</ref> With their objective complete and no other battlestar patrols found, they head back to the battlestar's alligator-head.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' batteries are being targeted by Raiders. She is losing what little defensive ability she has left. Enemy forces are coming at the reserve forces--where Baltar waits.<br /> <br /> ===Act 5===<br /> <br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar hold off the enemy Centurions. Baltar's passion at killing Centurions gets a bit out of control as Lee Adama's team reenter the battlestar with Hera. As more enemies appear, Lee and Baltar fire away.<br /> * Laura Roslin sits and experiences yet another vision of the [[Opera House]] and little Hera. Struggling to walk, driven by something she can't fully realize, she gets up to find Hera.<br /> * Starbuck leads the Agathons through the hallways, but a Number Five appears, seriously wounding Helo in the leg and killing a marine before Starbuck eliminates him. In the confusion, Hera runs away. Athena runs after her.<br /> * Hera walks amidst the gunfighting, when soon she encounters Roslin, who pulls out of the path of an enemy patrol and to safety. But when Roslin turns back to the child, she is gone again.<br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar are running, and are out of ammo. Suddenly they see Hera, as well as Roslin and Athena--all grouped together as in the Opera House vision. Caprica-Six scoops up the child and enters a hallway, closing the hatchway, preventing Athena and Roslin from following. THe opera house vision had Caprica-Six and Baltar closing the door on boht Athena and Roslin after picking up Hera.<br /> * As the scene shifts between visions of the Opera House and the corridors, Baltar and Caprica-Six realize what they must do: They follow their vision into the Opera House--which turns out to be CIC, where the Final Five reside, overlooking the lower deck of CIC as they appeared in the vision, standing above.<br /> * Suddenly Cavil, a Number Five and a Simon enter the room. Cavil grabs Hera as a shield.<br /> * Baltar pleads for the child's freedom, telling Cavil that Hera is key to humanity's survival as well. He reasons with Cavil that there are higher forces at work, that led them all, here, for a reason. When Cavil questions if God has his people's interests at heart, on how Baltar knows that God is on his side, Baltar replies (in an allusion of something [[Miniseries, Part 1|he once said to the virtual Six]]), "God is not on any one's side." The Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar look on with a pleased expression.<br /> * Baltar asks Cavil to take a leap of faith. Saul Tigh sweetens the pot by offering to reteach Cavil the secret of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]], this time in exchange not only for Hera's life but for permanent peace, where the Cylons leave humanity alone.<br /> * Cavil agrees. He uses the Battlestar comm to order his forces to stand down and releases Hera. Admiral Adama orders stand-down as well.<br /> <br /> ===Act 6===<br /> <br /> * Vipers and Raptors return to ''Galactica''' as Raiders return to the Colony. Laura Roslin joins the admiral in CIC.<br /> * The Five each know part of the secret to resurrection. They will combine their knowledge by connecting themselves through the water in Ander's tank. Ellen Tigh tells the others that the process will also share memories as well as data.<br /> * But before they begin, [[Tory Foster]], visibly anxious, warns the others that they will see "certain things" of their bad behavior. She tries to prepare the others of what they will see of her. An impatient Cavil screams. "I don't mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!"<br /> * The Five dip their hands and make the connection. As the data flows to the Colony, Foster's visions of murdering [[Cally Tyrol]] in an effort to protect her secret of being a Cylon comes to the forefront, surprising the others of the Five, and angering [[Galen Tyrol]] immediately.<br /> * Tyrol pulls his hand from the pool and wraps both hands tightly around Foster's neck in a death-grip, eventually snapping her neck.<br /> * As Anders screams from the sudden disconnection, the Cylons in CIC believe they are deceived and open fire. The Colonials kill all but Cavil, who shouts an exasperated "[[Frak]]!" before putting his pistol in his mouth and pulling the trigger.<br /> <br /> * High above, as gunfire begins again over ''Galactica'', [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor drifts, its crew lifeless. A rock strikes the ship, causing Racetrack's dead hand to strike the firing button to the Raptor's tactical nuclear missiles, launching them all straight at the Colony.<br /> * The force of the explosions disable the Colony, pushing it towards the black hole, threatening to take ''Galactica'' with it.<br /> * Adama orders Kara Thrace to make a [[blind jump]], but Thrace thinks about [[The Music|the music her father played]], the music that Hera wrote to her. Recalling the mathematical associations she tried to discern from the music, Thrace realizes the music works as a series of FTL coordinates.<br /> * She punches in the coordinates into the [[Computers|navigation computer]] and jumps the ship.<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene appears where Lee Adama and Kara Thrace talk about how she [[The Destiny|thinks about death]] every time she gets into a cockpit.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' completes the jump--but the strain of the last battle causes the battlestar's structure to ripple and twist as structural members tear and break. The ship will never jump again. Engines and life support are okay, but ''Galactica's'' backbone is broken.<br /> * "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Roslin asks, as the scene changes to an exterior shot to show the battlestar flying over a gray, rocky moon.<br /> * But is not just a moon...''Galactica'' has arrived at the ''moon of Earth''...another Earth, this one with the continent of Africa in prominent view.<br /> <br /> ===Act 7===<br /> <br /> * The Fleet jumps into Earth orbit as ''Galactica'' passes by. A Raptor came to Hoshi to guide them to Earth.<br /> * Landing ship after landing ship leave for the new world.<br /> * On a green, rich savannah in Africa, Admiral Adama, Cottle, Saul Tigh, Hoshi, and Baltar look on, lying prone on their stomachs with binoculars at a tribe of early humans. Cottle confirms that the native humans are compatible genetically.<br /> * At a camp, as Lampkin considers a building of a new city, Lee Adama tells him to let humanity start all over again, leave their technology behind, which has almost always gotten them into trouble. Let the Colonials enter Earth with just their basic possessions.<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama maps out a plan to populate various continents and land masses, spreading out humanity and Cylon far and wide, distributing supplies to give all a good chance of survival. To Lampkin's surprise, the peoples of the Fleet take a liking to leaving technology behind.<br /> * A [[Number Two]] tells Adama that the remaining Cylons will stay as well on Earth, handing over the baseship to the Centurions, to give them their own freedom. When Lampkin questions if setting the Centurions free won't cause another holocaust hundreds of years from now, Ellen Tigh agrees it's a risk, but believes the cycle of death has been ended. Adama agrees.<br /> * Adama tells that, after everyone is offloaded from the ships, the Fleet will reunite with '''Galactica'' a final time. Piloted by Samuel Anders, still in his tank in CIC, connected into the battlestar, he will fly all the ships on a final voyage into the Sun.<br /> <br /> * Kara Thrace, eyes filled with tears, meets with Anders at his tank, kissing him goodbye for the last time, and leaving her [[dog tags]]. As she leaves, he mutters, "I'll see you on the other side."<br /> <br /> ===Act 8===<br /> <br /> * Admiral William Adama descends into the hangar deck, wearing a [[flight suit]]. The deck is otherwise completely empty of anything, and anyone.<br /> * He takes a seat in a [[Viper Mark II]]. Not just any Mark II...but the one that Galen Tyrol's team rebuilt for him as a retirement gift [[Miniseries, Night 1|so long ago]].<br /> * As Adama's Viper launches, the scene shifts to six years prior, where Adama is taking a lie detector test for the prospective desk job. When the test administrator asks him test questions such as, "Are you a Cylon?" and "Have you ever stolen money from a cash drawer?" Adama is angered and leaves, saying, "I'd rather spend the rest of my career--what's left of it--on a broken old down ship, than to have someone sit here and question my word."<br /> * Husker's Viper makes a final fly-by of the old battlestar, looking at her one last time before pointing his Viper towards Earth.<br /> <br /> * Samuel Anders's voice from the past talks of his days in sport, dreaming of perfection, and being linked to it, to creation, as Anders's guides the Fleet, now united to the mathematical perfection he once spoke of through his duties as a Hybrid.<br /> * As a version of the [[Original Series]] main theme plays, the scene shows ''Galactica'' and the Fleet gathered a final time, heading away from Earth and towards the sun to its demise.<br /> <br /> * Walking in the savannah, the Tighs speak with Galen Tyrol a final time. He has decided to go to the northern highlands of Earth, what will likely be Ireland or Iceland. The scene shifts to the Tighs, partying back in Caprica City, once upon a time.<br /> <br /> ===Act 9===<br /> <br /> * On the plains, Bill Adama sits with Laura Roslin, watching herds of gazelle. Her vision weakening, she tries to use her glasses with the binoculars. "A very beautiful world," she says. When she asks what the name of the planet is, Adama tells her it's Earth. He adds, "Earth is a dream," believing that their new home, a long-sought destination, deserves the name.<br /> * Roslin's breathing becomes labored and shallow. Adama offers to give her a better look at the wildlife. He picks her up and carries her to a nearby Raptor.<br /> * Lee Adama and Kara Thrace notice and meet Bill Adama there. The Adamas hug, and Bill Adama gives Thrace a final greeting of "[[Nothing but the rain]]" before he hugs and kisses her. Thrace and Lee wave goodbye to a smiling Roslin as the Raptor ascends.<br /> <br /> * Lee realizes that his father isn't coming back. Kara Thrace tells Lee that she isn't coming back, either. "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good."<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene, back in Thrace's apartment, where Thrace dares Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. But before they could do anything, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing the two to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye.<br /> <br /> * "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee," Kara Thrace says. As Lee tells her of desire to explore and climb mountains, he turns to find that Kara Thrace has vanished, as if she were a ghost. "Goodbye, Kara," he says. "You won't be forgotten."<br /> * A flashback scene shows the pigeon that would be trapped in Lee's apartment after his visit to Kara and Zak. It looks at Lee and flies out of the window and away.<br /> <br /> * In another flashback from six years prior, Laura Roslin returns to stand by the side of the bed, thanks Sean Allison, but tells him that they will not meet this way again, and asks him to leave. As the man leaves, Roslin returns to her bathroom, lights a cigarette, then makes a phone call. She accepts the opportunity to work on Mayor [[Richard Adar]]'s campaign.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama's Raptor flies over flamingos. "So much..life," Laura Roslin says...her final words as she closes her eyes and quietly passes.<br /> * Moments go by before Bill realizes that she is gone.<br /> * In tears, Bill removes his wedding ring and places it on Laura's hand. "Right there...I'm going to build our cabin right there," he says, pointing to some hills.<br /> <br /> ===Act 10===<br /> <br /> * A line of people walk into the wilderness, calm and ready to take on the world.<br /> * The Agathons walk as well, Helo using a makeshift crutch, talking of hunting and other pleasantries. Hera runs about in play, a smile on her face.<br /> * Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six look on at Hera playing as the Virtual Six and Baltar reappear. When Caprica-Six questions if the protection of Hera was all that God wanted of them, the Virtual Six replies, "God's plan is never complete." "Great..." Baltar replies sullenly.<br /> * Virtual-Baltar counters, "I think it's safe to say that, from now on, your lives will be less...eventful."<br /> <br /> * Another flashback to Caprica City. Baltar offers Caprica-Six an opportunity to "peek" into the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br /> <br /> * When Baltar points to some land, he recalls his heritage, and [[Junius Baltar|his father]], and that he knows a bit about farming, to a bit of tears.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama sits, looking out into the hills and valley. "I laid out the cabin today. It's going to have an easterly view. You should see the light that we get here. When the sun comes from behind those mountains. It's almost heavenly. It reminds me of you."<br /> * As he speaks, the camera pans up to show Adama, seated near the cairn he built for Laura Roslin's body.<br /> <br /> * The scene turns to show Hera playing and looking upward. Scenes of wood and desert and sea pass by in a geologic montage to reveal an Earth city--New York City--150,000 years ahead in time.<br /> <br /> * As a fly-over of the city appears, a voice-over news report tells of the Tanzanian discovery of the bones of what scientists believe our the remains of the [[w:mitochondrial Eve|mitochondrial Eve]], the common ancestor of mankind. (This is in the year 1987 AD.)<br /> <br /> * As [[Ron D. Moore|Ron D. Moore reads]] about the scientific discovery, the Virtual Six and Baltar look over his shoulder at a magazine article of the news, and reveal what they know...the bones are that of Hera Agathon, born of a Cylon mother and a human father. No other people on the street appear to notice them.<br /> * The two talk of the technology and decadence, of whether this Earth will repeat the mistakes of generations past and again become overwhelmed by their creations. The Six thinks not, believing it to be God's plan.<br /> * "You know it doesn't like that name," Baltar says. Six only looks back in mild defiance. "Silly. Silly me," he replies as the two walk away into the metropolis.<br /> <br /> * The episode concludes with scenes of robots, from toys to advanced automatons growing and evolving, as Jimi Hendrix's--Earth's popular version--of "[[The Music|All Along The Watchtower]]" plays.<br /> * The story ends.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Colony. <br /> *There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War. It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out mankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans. This is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician. <br /> *Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave Caprica Six the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it. <br /> *In another piece of irony the two beings most directly responsible for the attack and distruction of the 12 Colonies Giaus Baltar and Caprica Six. Baltar gave the secretes of the Colonial Defenses to Caprica Six who asked for them and passed them on to her fellow Cylons. They both get to live on a lush green New Earth in love with each other. <br /> *This episode marks the deaths of [[Boomer]], [[Cavil]], [[Racetrack]], [[Skulls]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Laura Roslin]] and the destruction of Cavil's forces. The [[Doral]] and [[Simon]] lines are also presumably wiped out, or at least decimated beyond recovery. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and her whereabouts are unknown. In detail:<br /> **Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory.<br /> **Cavil took his own life in Galactica's CIC when his side lost.<br /> ***It is unknown what happened to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted.<br /> **Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor was stuck by a meteor penetrating their wind screen and striking them. Both Skulls and Racetrack were killed on impact. Racetrack's dead hand later hit the launch button that launched the nuclear missiles after her Raptor was hit again by a asteroid.<br /> **Tory was killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] in revenge for Tory killing his wife [[Cally]] after he learned Tory murdered her during the mutual and involuntary exchange of private information of the [[Final Five]]'s minds while downloading Resurrection technology data to the Cavil forces.<br /> **Anders guided himself in ''Galactica'' and the Fleet into the Sun. <br /> **Roslin died of cancer as Adama was giving her a bird's eye view of their new home on second Earth in a Raptor. <br /> **Since they did not have either Cylon females or Resurrection the Cavil, Simon and Doral models on the various Cylon Baseships presumably died out after their natural life spans were exhausted. <br /> **Kara was presumably taken by the same force, probably God, that resurrected her. <br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth and the humans of today are the Colonials' and probably the Rebel Cylons', descendants 150,000 years later. The [[Leoben]]s, [[Six]]s and [[Sharon]] models from the Baseship joined the Colonials on the new Earth.<br /> *The tracing of the human blood line all the way back to Hera though [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve is based on a real life theory]]. Science has traced all of humanity back to a single ancestor. The real Mitochondrial Eve was '''not''' the first human but the farthest back ancestor that ''''''All'''''' of humanity can be said to be from. She is in effect all of our-many degrees over-mother. In the series regarding Hera as Mitochondrial Eve this means that all of humanity is descended from Athena, a Number Eight Cylon, and, in a sense, from the Final Five that created her. <br /> *The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny.<br /> *The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defence Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.<br /> *The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x]<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virtual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinates of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *As noted in the "Notes" section it is unlikely that the Cavil, Simon and Doral lines will continue without Cylon females. The [[Three]]s are extinct with the last copy [[D'Anna Biers]] herself dying on the original Earth; Boomer killed in the Colony (and in anycase couldn't single handedly save the lines even if she were alive); and the last Sixes and Eights staying with the humans on the second Earth. However, there is the possibility of having a few remaining human females from the survivors of the various Colonial worlds including [[Caprica]] being viable, so the lines could in theory continue. However, given the total lack of success in the forced breeding of Cylons and humans and the Cavil, Dorals and Simon's cynical view of love, an apparent requirement of conception between both Cylon-Cylon and Cylon-human combinations, it is unlikely. <br /> *On the second Earth Hera's mate that produced children was most likely human. Saul Tigh and the Leobens would be too old for her. While it was fairly common in ancient times for the men to be far older than their brides (particularly with royalty), for example with the female being as young as 12 and and the male being say 60 to take an extreme, Colonial mores, which are much like our own in real life, would forbid the Leobens from sexual congress with Hera when she reach the accepted reproductive age. On the other hand there were many human children about her age and slightly older in the Fleet. She could had also had children with a human child unborn at the time of the landing on Second Earth perhaps within five years to ten years of her age. It is possible that other hybrid children could had been born after the landing given that the Twos, Sixes, and Eights joined the humans. And it is possible that pure Cylon children could had been born to the age compatible Sixes, Eights, and Leobens but as noted in the series it is difficult if not impossible for a pure Cylon child to come to term making any pool of pure Cylon children that were successfully born very small. Cylon-Human mating with a human male with a Six or a Sharon is very possible with the example of Hera herself an significantly more likely than with a Cylon-Cylon birth, but it is harder than with human-human pairings making any pool of those pairing while much more likely and larger than Cylon-Cylon offspring, still quite small number compared to pure human offspring. Therefore Hera's offspring is most likely with a human. A more remote possibility is with another Cylon-human hybrid. Her producing children with a pure Cylon offspring is the least likely since pure Cylons are the least likely to exist. <br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears as himslef holding a ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City. With this scene the series Battlestar Galactica becomes part of itself as [[Ronald D. Moore]] later creates the series with the knowledge of mitochondrial Eve.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * Since Caprica Six and Gaius Baltar genuinely love each other, do they eventually have a child?<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> ** Will the freed Centurions eventually develop their own humanoid forms, or develop in a completely other direction?<br /> * Did any copies of Cavil, Doral, or Simon survive?<br /> * Why does Cavil choose to commit suicide?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If "it" doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does "it" like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the Cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together after Thrace's disappearance?<br /> * Can Thrace ever return again?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry? Do they go into isolation like Adama and Tyrol, or will they be near a human colony?<br /> * Do Adama and Tyrol stay isolated for the rest of their lives?<br /> * Why was Romo Lampkin chosen as President? Wouldn't a member of the Quorum of Captains have been selected?<br /> * What became of the remaining prisoners aboard the <i>[[Astral Queen]]</i>? Were they sent out amongst the rest of the human population, or were all of them deposited in some geographical area completely isolated from the other humans? <br /> * Were any of the groups provided with medicine, or medical training or at least someone with medical knowledge before spreading out among the world?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since Old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> * Who did Hera eventually have children with? A human or a Cylon? <br /> * Was it coincidence or divine intervention that an asteroid caused Racetrack's hand to hit the launch button for the nuclear weapons at the exact right moment?<br /> * Why was Galactica able to jump without retracting its [[flight pods]] when escaping from the Colony? Did this cause Galactica to break its backbone?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br/><br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> "Frak!"<br/><br /> --Cavil's last word before he blows his brains out.<br /> <br /> "Can we ''not'' tell her the plan?"<br/><br /> "Right." (Athena kills Boomer)<br/><br /> --Starbuck and Athena about Boomer before Athena kills her.<br /> <br /> "There must be some kind of way out of here."<br/><br /> --Starbuck attempting to figure out the jump coordinates.<br /> <br /> "All of this has happened before..."<br/><br /> "But does it all have to happen again?"<br/><br /> --Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar speculating if the cycle will continue.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br /> * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br /> * [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br /> * [[Colin Lawrence]] as Ensign [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br /> * [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br /> * [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br /> * [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br /> * [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br /> * [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<br /> * [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]<br /> * [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]<br /> * [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1<br /> * [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2<br /> * [[Dan Payne]] as [[Sean Allison]]<br /> * [[Holly Eglinton]] as Stripper<br /> * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (uncredited)<br /> * [[Ronald D. Moore]] as Man at news stand (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176746 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T15:20:56Z

<p>Curst Saden: /* Noteworthy Dialogue */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II (& Part III)<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> ===Act 1===<br /> <br /> * The final episode begins with a series of events before before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br /> * In a strip bar in [[Caprica City]], [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] enjoy themselves.<br /> * Adama questions whether to take a civilian job, rather than to take command of an aged battlestar<ref>This is a side reference to the events of the episode, "[[Hero]]"</ref> Over drinks, Adama decides to take the job.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere on Caprica, [[Lee Adama]] is having dinner with [[Kara Thrace]] and her fiancee, [[Zak Adama]].<br /> * Zak questions why his brother joined the [[Colonial Forces]], despite Lee's idealism and his dislike of his father. Lee simply answers that he received college funding in exchange for service.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere, [[Laura Roslin]] greets her date, [[Sean Allison]], at her home. After realizing he seemed familiar, Roslin finally recalls where she had seen him. Sean was a former student from years ago.<br /> * Despite the age difference, Roslin decides to let him stay the night. "The night's young. Apparently, so are you," she says. "Let's see what happens."<br /> <br /> * Back at the strip bar, Bill Adama challenges Saul on whether he'd take the civilian desk job. Saul doesn't answer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama and Thrace manage to drag Zak back to the apartment after a night of drinking. But Thrace isn't done, and pulls out more alcohol for shots between her and Lee.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama is drunkenly sick, vomiting outside somewhere on the street. With a weak smile, he looks up to the stars in the night sky.<br /> <br /> * The scene shifts back to present day on ''[[Galactica]]'', where [[Gaius Baltar]] sits in the former home of his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], now empty.<br /> * He listens to the [[Virtual Beings|virtual Six]], telling him to trust in [[God (RDM)|God's plan]] for him. When he asks what that plan is, she tells him that he already following it.<br /> <br /> ===Act 2=== <br /> <br /> * In ''Galactica's'' [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] (who will not be staying aboard the ship for the battle) leaves assistant [[Layne Ishay]] two injections of heavy medication to allow Laura Roslin enough lucidity and mobility for 48 hours. She thanks him sincerely, causing Cottle to be something he'd rarely been: speechless.<br /> <br /> * In the [[pilot ready room]], [[Karl Agathon]] briefs the [[Raptor]] teams on the special nature of their rescue mission. Despite the odds, all volunteer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama briefs the [[marines]] on where little Hera would likely be: deep inside the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[The Colony|colony]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama work out the tactics of the battle against the colony. Close-range combat; nuclear weapons and missiles will not be possible for the battlestar. He orders the gun [[battery|batteries]] to fire until exhausted, and after that, "start throwing rocks," he says with a small smile.<br /> <br /> * The [[Final Five]] plan out what they can offer as well. As befitting a cybernetic race, they consider a tactic used by Cylons in the past. They will use [[Samuel Anders]], now effectively a [[Hybrid]] on ''[[Galactica]]'', to interface with the Colony and its Hybrids to interrupt their commands, slowing the effectiveness of the Colony's weapon systems.<br /> * The catch is that Anders will need to be connected to the [[DRADIS]], fire control and [[C-3]] systems. They plan to take Anders and connect him inside [[CIC]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama hands over command of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to [[Hoshi]], noting that if they aren't back from the mission in 12 hours, they will never come back.<br /> * In CIC, Saul Tigh jokes at his old friend at the bizarre sight of a Cylon interfaced to his battlestar, gooey wires and conduit that extend over Adama's command console everywhere and into the DRADIS console. "Still not too late to flush them all out of the airlock," Tigh quips. "Take too much time," Adama answers. <br /> * With Lee Adama staying for the attack, he appoints [[Romo Lampkin]] as President of the Twelve Colonies. He joins Admiral Hoshi on the last Raptor to leave ''Galactica'' for the baseship, the Fleet's new flagship.<br /> * Baltar's followers get in the ship. Baltar enters, but then tells [[Paulla]] that he must stay on the ship. Lee Adama throws Baltar a weapon.<br /> * Adding to the Battlestar's attack force, a Number Six leads a large number of [[Cylon Centurion]]s down the [[hangar deck]], some with a red sash painted on them for identification.<br /> <br /> ===Act 3===<br /> <br /> * A shot of the Fleet shows that the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] has fully regenerated from its damage from the start of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. It is ready to lead the civilians to safety while ''Galactica'' goes hunting, retracting its [[flight pod]]s to prep for [[FTL]].<br /> * Adama commands a ship-wide readiness report, a sort of countdown.<br /> * Meanwhile, in sickbay, Layne Ishay prep sickbay for wounded. Laura Roslin assists as best she can.<br /> * [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] are in [[launch tube]]s. The entire Raptor squadron, armed with missiles, have been placed inside the starboard flight pod deck, amidst the ruins of the old [[Galactica Museum]].<br /> * Gaius Baltar is a soldier protecting the hallways against borders. He is surprised to find [[Caprica-Six]] by his side.<br /> * In CIC, Ellen Tigh signals that Anders is ready to work.<br /> * Adama gives a final speech, a final understanding and call to arms.<br /> <br /> * The battlestar jumps only meters from the edge of the Colony--and is immediately besieged by the Cylon batteries.<br /> * With little time, Sam Anders attempts to make contact with the Colony Hybrids--and takes them offline, apparently by causing them to go into a state of ecstasy. Ellen warns that [[Cylon Raider]]s will appear any minute.<br /> * ''Galactica'' responds by launching its fighter wings. The Vipers launch, and the Raptors jump directly from within the starboard pod--causing incredible damage to the pod as it vents open--but now placing themselves on the opposite side of the Colony in a flanking position.<br /> * Adama orders the battlestar's engines at flank speed. He rams the alligator head into the Colony. ''Galactica's'' inhabitants take a beating, but so does the Colony. The Colonials have breeched it, forming an entrance. Lee Adama leads his marines and several Cylon Centurions inside from a front airlock. <br /> * [[Sharon Agathon]] and Helo's Raptor make their way to the Colony's interior.<br /> * [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arm their nuclear missiles, presumably to strike the colony after the rescue. But suddenly a piece of debris strikes their Raptor, killing all aboard and leaving the Raptor adrift.<br /> * The Raptors breech another section of the Colony, and their teams enter.<br /> <br /> * Deep inside the Colony, a [[Simon]] works on young Hera as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] looks on in disgust. When she questions why he continues to work on Hera, the Simon explains that they maintain and superior force and numbers.<br /> * Suddenly, Boomer assaults the Simon, snapping his neck. She takes Hera out of the room.<br /> <br /> ===Act 4===<br /> <br /> * The Colony's halls are filled with gunfire. Cylon Centurions, including older [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Model 0005s]] fight each other as the Colonial fire teams push through.<br /> * [[Cavil]], a [[Number Five]] and another Simon decide to go on the defensive, to attack the battlestar with their troops.<br /> <br /> * In a hallway in ''Galactica'', ready to repel boarders, Caprica-Six and Baltar come to terms with their old relationship. As they kiss, they hear a Six's voice. "All of the pieces are falling into place."<br /> * The Virtual Six--''and'' the Virtual Baltar--stand above them. To the surprise of Caprica-Six and Baltar, they can hear and see each of the avatars.<br /> * With a shudder, the battlestar hull is breeched as waves of enemy Centurions, both old-model and modern, pour into the ship.<br /> <br /> * The Agathon's team find Boomer, holding Hera. She gives the child to them, telling them to tell Admiral Adama that she "owed him one." With the child safe, Athena shoots Boomer.<br /> * A flashback scene shows what Boomer meant: a time back in her days on '''Galactica'', as Adama and Tigh redress her but give her another chance to be a better pilot.<br /> <br /> * Ishay has her hands full in sickbay, trying to triage and treat as many people as she can. The event is taxing, physically and mentally, for Roslin, as she comforts more dying than not.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama's team connects with Starbuck's team, with Hera in tow. When Lee asks where Thrace was, she answers, "Stopped for coffee."<ref>This might be the one time in the history of the series where an obvious joke to [[w:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] has been used.</ref> With their objective complete and no other battlestar patrols found, they head back to the battlestar's alligator-head.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' batteries are being targeted by Raiders. She is losing what little defensive ability she has left. Enemy forces are coming at the reserve forces--where Baltar waits.<br /> <br /> ===Act 5===<br /> <br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar hold off the enemy Centurions. Baltar's passion at killing Centurions gets a bit out of control as Lee Adama's team reenter the battlestar with Hera. As more enemies appear, Lee and Baltar fire away.<br /> * Laura Roslin sits and experiences yet another vision of the [[Opera House]] and little Hera. Struggling to walk, driven by something she can't fully realize, she gets up to find Hera.<br /> * Starbuck leads the Agathons through the hallways, but a Number Five appears, seriously wounding Helo in the leg and killing a marine before Starbuck eliminates him. In the confusion, Hera runs away. Athena runs after her.<br /> * Hera walks amidst the gunfighting, when soon she encounters Roslin, who pulls out of the path of an enemy patrol and to safety. But when Roslin turns back to the child, she is gone again.<br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar are running, and are out of ammo. Suddenly they see Hera, as well as Roslin and Athena--all grouped together as in the Opera House vision. Caprica-Six scoops up the child and enters a hallway, closing the hatchway, preventing Athena and Roslin from following. THe opera house vision had Caprica-Six and Baltar closing the door on boht Athena and Roslin after picking up Hera.<br /> * As the scene shifts between visions of the Opera House and the corridors, Baltar and Caprica-Six realize what they must do: They follow their vision into the Opera House--which turns out to be CIC, where the Final Five reside, overlooking the lower deck of CIC as they appeared in the vision, standing above.<br /> * Suddenly Cavil, a Number Five and a Simon enter the room. Cavil grabs Hera as a shield.<br /> * Baltar pleads for the child's freedom, telling Cavil that Hera is key to humanity's survival as well. He reasons with Cavil that there are higher forces at work, that led them all, here, for a reason. When Cavil questions if God has his people's interests at heart, on how Baltar knows that God is on his side, Baltar replies (in an allusion of something [[Miniseries, Part 1|he once said to the virtual Six]]), "God is not on any one's side." The Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar look on with a pleased expression.<br /> * Baltar asks Cavil to take a leap of faith. Saul Tigh sweetens the pot by offering to reteach Cavil the secret of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]], this time in exchange not only for Hera's life but for permanent peace, where the Cylons leave humanity alone.<br /> * Cavil agrees. He uses the Battlestar comm to order his forces to stand down and releases Hera. Admiral Adama orders stand-down as well.<br /> <br /> ===Act 6===<br /> <br /> * Vipers and Raptors return to ''Galactica''' as Raiders return to the Colony. Laura Roslin joins the admiral in CIC.<br /> * The Five each know part of the secret to resurrection. They will combine their knowledge by connecting themselves through the water in Ander's tank. Ellen Tigh tells the others that the process will also share memories as well as data.<br /> * But before they begin, [[Tory Foster]], visibly anxious, warns the others that they will see "certain things" of their bad behavior. She tries to prepare the others of what they will see of her. An impatient Cavil screams. "I don't mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!"<br /> * The Five dip their hands and make the connection. As the data flows to the Colony, Foster's visions of murdering [[Cally Tyrol]] in an effort to protect her secret of being a Cylon comes to the forefront, surprising the others of the Five, and angering [[Galen Tyrol]] immediately.<br /> * Tyrol pulls his hand from the pool and wraps both hands tightly around Foster's neck in a death-grip, eventually snapping her neck.<br /> * As Anders screams from the sudden disconnection, the Cylons in CIC believe they are deceived and open fire. The Colonials kill all but Cavil, who shouts an exasperated "[[Frak]]!" before putting his pistol in his mouth and pulling the trigger.<br /> <br /> * High above, as gunfire begins again over ''Galactica'', [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor drifts, its crew lifeless. A rock strikes the ship, causing Racetrack's dead hand to strike the firing button to the Raptor's tactical nuclear missiles, launching them all straight at the Colony.<br /> * The force of the explosions disable the Colony, pushing it towards the black hole, threatening to take ''Galactica'' with it.<br /> * Adama orders Kara Thrace to make a [[blind jump]], but Thrace thinks about [[The Music|the music her father played]], the music that Hera wrote to her. Recalling the mathematical associations she tried to discern from the music, Thrace realizes the music works as a series of FTL coordinates.<br /> * She punches in the coordinates into the [[Computers|navigation computer]] and jumps the ship.<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene appears where Lee Adama and Kara Thrace talk about how she [[The Destiny|thinks about death]] every time she gets into a cockpit.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' completes the jump--but the strain of the last battle causes the battlestar's structure to ripple and twist as structural members tear and break. The ship will never jump again. Engines and life support are okay, but ''Galactica's'' backbone is broken.<br /> * "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Roslin asks, as the scene changes to an exterior shot to show the battlestar flying over a gray, rocky moon.<br /> * But is not just a moon...''Galactica'' has arrived at the ''moon of Earth''...another Earth, this one with the continent of Africa in prominent view.<br /> <br /> ===Act 7===<br /> <br /> * The Fleet jumps into Earth orbit as ''Galactica'' passes by. A Raptor came to Hoshi to guide them to Earth.<br /> * Landing ship after landing ship leave for the new world.<br /> * On a green, rich savannah in Africa, Admiral Adama, Cottle, Saul Tigh, Hoshi, and Baltar look on, lying prone on their stomachs with binoculars at a tribe of early humans. Cottle confirms that the native humans are compatible genetically.<br /> * At a camp, as Lampkin considers a building of a new city, Lee Adama tells him to let humanity start all over again, leave their technology behind, which has almost always gotten them into trouble. Let the Colonials enter Earth with just their basic possessions.<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama maps out a plan to populate various continents and land masses, spreading out humanity and Cylon far and wide, distributing supplies to give all a good chance of survival. To Lampkin's surprise, the peoples of the Fleet take a liking to leaving technology behind.<br /> * A [[Number Two]] tells Adama that the remaining Cylons will stay as well on Earth, handing over the baseship to the Centurions, to give them their own freedom. When Lampkin questions if setting the Centurions free won't cause another holocaust hundreds of years from now, Ellen Tigh agrees it's a risk, but believes the cycle of death has been ended. Adama agrees.<br /> * Adama tells that, after everyone is offloaded from the ships, the Fleet will reunite with '''Galactica'' a final time. Piloted by Samuel Anders, still in his tank in CIC, connected into the battlestar, he will fly all the ships on a final voyage into the Sun.<br /> <br /> * Kara Thrace, eyes filled with tears, meets with Anders at his tank, kissing him goodbye for the last time, and leaving her [[dog tags]]. As she leaves, he mutters, "I'll see you on the other side."<br /> <br /> ===Act 8===<br /> <br /> * Admiral William Adama descends into the hangar deck, wearing a [[flight suit]]. The deck is otherwise completely empty of anything, and anyone.<br /> * He takes a seat in a [[Viper Mark II]]. Not just any Mark II...but the one that Galen Tyrol's team rebuilt for him as a retirement gift [[Miniseries, Night 1|so long ago]].<br /> * As Adama's Viper launches, the scene shifts to six years prior, where Adama is taking a lie detector test for the prospective desk job. When the test administrator asks him test questions such as, "Are you a Cylon?" and "Have you ever stolen money from a cash drawer?" Adama is angered and leaves, saying, "I'd rather spend the rest of my career--what's left of it--on a broken old down ship, than to have someone sit here and question my word."<br /> * Husker's Viper makes a final fly-by of the old battlestar, looking at her one last time before pointing his Viper towards Earth.<br /> <br /> * Samuel Anders's voice from the past talks of his days in sport, dreaming of perfection, and being linked to it, to creation, as Anders's guides the Fleet, now united to the mathematical perfection he once spoke of through his duties as a Hybrid.<br /> * As a version of the [[Original Series]] main theme plays, the scene shows ''Galactica'' and the Fleet gathered a final time, heading away from Earth and towards the sun to its demise.<br /> <br /> * Walking in the savannah, the Tighs speak with Galen Tyrol a final time. He has decided to go to the northern highlands of Earth, what will likely be Ireland or Iceland. The scene shifts to the Tighs, partying back in Caprica City, once upon a time.<br /> <br /> ===Act 9===<br /> <br /> * On the plains, Bill Adama sits with Laura Roslin, watching herds of gazelle. Her vision weakening, she tries to use her glasses with the binoculars. "A very beautiful world," she says. When she asks what the name of the planet is, Adama tells her it's Earth. He adds, "Earth is a dream," believing that their new home, a long-sought destination, deserves the name.<br /> * Roslin's breathing becomes labored and shallow. Adama offers to give her a better look at the wildlife. He picks her up and carries her to a nearby Raptor.<br /> * Lee Adama and Kara Thrace notice and meet Bill Adama there. The Adamas hug, and Bill Adama gives Thrace a final greeting of "[[Nothing but the rain]]" before he hugs and kisses her. Thrace and Lee wave goodbye to a smiling Roslin as the Raptor ascends.<br /> <br /> * Lee realizes that his father isn't coming back. Kara Thrace tells Lee that she isn't coming back, either. "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good."<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene, back in Thrace's apartment, where Thrace dares Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. But before they could do anything, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing the two to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye.<br /> <br /> * "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee," Kara Thrace says. As Lee tells her of desire to explore and climb mountains, he turns to find that Kara Thrace has vanished, as if she were a ghost. "Goodbye, Kara," he says. "You won't be forgotten."<br /> * A flashback scene shows the pigeon that would be trapped in Lee's apartment after his visit to Kara and Zak. It looks at Lee and flies out of the window and away.<br /> <br /> * In another flashback from six years prior, Laura Roslin returns to stand by the side of the bed, thanks Sean Allison, but tells him that they will not meet this way again, and asks him to leave. As the man leaves, Roslin returns to her bathroom, lights a cigarette, then makes a phone call. She accepts the opportunity to work on Mayor [[Richard Adar]]'s campaign.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama's Raptor flies over flamingos. "So much..life," Laura Roslin says...her final words as she closes her eyes and quietly passes.<br /> * Moments go by before Bill realizes that she is gone.<br /> * In tears, Bill removes his wedding ring and places it on Laura's hand. "Right there...I'm going to build our cabin right there," he says, pointing to some hills.<br /> <br /> ===Act 10===<br /> <br /> * A line of people walk into the wilderness, calm and ready to take on the world.<br /> * The Agathons walk as well, Helo using a makeshift crutch, talking of hunting and other pleasantries. Hera runs about in play, a smile on her face.<br /> * Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six look on at Hera playing as the Virtual Six and Baltar reappear. When Caprica-Six questions if the protection of Hera was all that God wanted of them, the Virtual Six replies, "God's plan is never complete." "Great..." Baltar replies sullenly.<br /> * Virtual-Baltar counters, "I think it's safe to say that, from now on, your lives will be less...eventful."<br /> <br /> * Another flashback to Caprica City. Baltar offers Caprica-Six an opportunity to "peek" into the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br /> <br /> * When Baltar points to some land, he recalls his heritage, and [[Junius Baltar|his father]], and that he knows a bit about farming, to a bit of tears.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama sits, looking out into the hills and valley. "I laid out the cabin today. It's going to have an easterly view. You should see the light that we get here. When the sun comes from behind those mountains. It's almost heavenly. It reminds me of you."<br /> * As he speaks, the camera pans up to show Adama, seated near the cairn he built for Laura Roslin's body.<br /> <br /> * The scene turns to show Hera playing and looking upward. Scenes of wood and desert and sea pass by in a geologic montage to reveal an Earth city--New York City--150,000 years ahead in time.<br /> <br /> * As a fly-over of the city appears, a voice-over news report tells of the Tanzanian discovery of the bones of what scientists believe our the remains of the [[w:mitochondrial Eve|mitochondrial Eve]], the common ancestor of mankind. (This is in the year 1987 AD.)<br /> <br /> * As [[Ron D. Moore|Ron D. Moore reads]] about the scientific discovery, the Virtual Six and Baltar look over his shoulder at a magazine article of the news, and reveal what they know...the bones are that of Hera Agathon, born of a Cylon mother and a human father. No other people on the street appear to notice them.<br /> * The two talk of the technology and decadence, of whether this Earth will repeat the mistakes of generations past and again become overwhelmed by their creations. The Six thinks not, believing it to be God's plan.<br /> * "You know it doesn't like that name," Baltar says. Six only looks back in mild defiance. "Silly. Silly me," he replies as the two walk away into the metropolis.<br /> <br /> * The episode concludes with scenes of robots, from toys to advanced automatons growing and evolving, as Jimi Hendrix's--Earth's popular version--of "[[The Music|All Along The Watchtower]]" plays.<br /> * The story ends.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Colony. <br /> *There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War. It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out mankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans. This is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician. <br /> *Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave Caprica Six the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it. <br /> *In another piece of irony the two beings most directly responsible for the attack and distruction of the 12 Colonies Giaus Baltar and Caprica Six. Baltar gave the secretes of the Colonial Defenses to Caprica Six who asked for them and passed them on to her fellow Cylons. They both get to live on a lush green New Earth in love with each other. <br /> *This episode marks the deaths of [[Boomer]], [[Cavil]], [[Racetrack]], [[Skulls]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Laura Roslin]] and the destruction of Cavil's forces. The [[Doral]] and [[Simon]] lines are also presumably wiped out, or at least decimated beyond recovery. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and her whereabouts are unknown. In detail:<br /> **Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory.<br /> **Cavil took his own life in Galactica's CIC when his side lost.<br /> ***It is unknown what happened to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted.<br /> **Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor was stuck by a meteor penetrating their wind screen and striking them. Both Skulls and Racetrack were killed on impact. Racetrack's dead hand later hit the launch button that launched the nuclear missiles after her Raptor was hit again by a asteroid.<br /> **Tory was killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] in revenge for Tory killing his wife [[Cally]] after he learned Tory murdered her during the mutual and involuntary exchange of private information of the [[Final Five]]'s minds while downloading Resurrection technology data to the Cavil forces.<br /> **Anders guided himself in ''Galactica'' and the Fleet into the Sun. <br /> **Roslin died of cancer as Adama was giving her a bird's eye view of their new home on second Earth in a Raptor. <br /> **Since they did not have either Cylon females or Resurrection the Cavil, Simon and Doral models on the various Cylon Baseships presumably died out after their natural life spans were exhausted. <br /> **Kara was presumably taken by the same force, probably God, that resurrected her. <br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth and the humans of today are the Colonials' and probably the Rebel Cylons', descendants 150,000 years later. The [[Leoben]]s, [[Six]]s and [[Sharon]] models from the Baseship joined the Colonials on the new Earth.<br /> *The tracing of the human blood line all the way back to Hera though [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve is based on a real life theory]]. Science has traced all of humanity back to a single ancestor. The real Mitochondrial Eve was '''not''' the first human but the farthest back ancestor that ''''''All'''''' of humanity can be said to be from. She is in effect all of our-many degrees over-mother. In the series regarding Hera as Mitochondrial Eve this means that all of humanity is descended from Athena, a Number Eight Cylon, and, in a sense, from the Final Five that created her. <br /> *The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny.<br /> *The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defence Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.<br /> *The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x]<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virtual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinates of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *As noted in the "Notes" section it is unlikely that the Cavil, Simon and Doral lines will continue without Cylon females. The [[Three]]s are extinct with the last copy [[D'Anna Biers]] herself dying on the original Earth; Boomer killed in the Colony (and in anycase couldn't single handedly save the lines even if she were alive); and the last Sixes and Eights staying with the humans on the second Earth. However, there is the possibility of having a few remaining human females from the survivors of the various Colonial worlds including [[Caprica]] being viable, so the lines could in theory continue. However, given the total lack of success in the forced breeding of Cylons and humans and the Cavil, Dorals and Simon's cynical view of love, an apparent requirement of conception between both Cylon-Cylon and Cylon-human combinations, it is unlikely. <br /> *On the second Earth Hera's mate that produced children was most likely human. Saul Tigh and the Leobens would be too old for her. While it was fairly common in ancient times for the men to be far older than their brides (particularly with royalty), for example with the female being as young as 12 and and the male being say 60 to take an extreme, Colonial mores, which are much like our own in real life, would forbid the Leobens from sexual congress with Hera when she reach the accepted reproductive age. On the other hand there were many human children about her age and slightly older in the Fleet. She could had also had children with a human child unborn at the time of the landing on Second Earth perhaps within five years to ten years of her age. It is possible that other hybrid children could had been born after the landing given that the Twos, Sixes, and Eights joined the humans. And it is possible that pure Cylon children could had been born to the age compatible Sixes, Eights, and Leobens but as noted in the series it is difficult if not impossible for a pure Cylon child to come to term making any pool of pure Cylon children that were successfully born very small. Cylon-Human mating with a human male with a Six or a Sharon is very possible with the example of Hera herself an significantly more likely than with a Cylon-Cylon birth, but it is harder than with human-human pairings making any pool of those pairing while much more likely and larger than Cylon-Cylon offspring, still quite small number compared to pure human offspring. Therefore Hera's offspring is most likely with a human. A more remote possibility is with another Cylon-human hybrid. Her producing children with a pure Cylon offspring is the least likely since pure Cylons are the least likely to exist. <br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears as himslef holding a ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City. With this scene the series Battlestar Galactica becomes part of itself as [[Ronald D. Moore]] later creates the series with the knowledge of mitochondrial Eve.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * Since Caprica Six and Gaius Baltar genuinely love each other, do they eventually have a child?<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> ** Will the freed Centurions eventually develop their own humanoid forms, or develop in a completely other direction?<br /> * Did any copies of Cavil, Doral, or Simon survive?<br /> * Why does Cavil choose to commit suicide?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If "it" doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does "it" like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the Cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together after Thrace's disappearance?<br /> * Can Thrace ever return again?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry? Do they go into isolation like Adama and Tyrol, or will they be near a human colony?<br /> * Do Adama and Tyrol stay isolated for the rest of their lives?<br /> * Why was Romo Lampkin chosen as President? Wouldn't a member of the Quorum of Captains have been selected?<br /> * What became of the remaining prisoners aboard the <i>[[Astral Queen]]</i>? Were they sent out amongst the rest of the human population, or were all of them deposited in some geographical area completely isolated from the other humans? <br /> * Were any of the groups provided with medicine, or medical training or at least someone with medical knowledge before spreading out among the world?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since Old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> * Who did Hera eventually have children with? A human or a Cylon? <br /> * Was it coincidence or divine intervention that an asteroid caused Racetrack's hand to hit the launch button for the nuclear weapons at the exact right moment?<br /> * Why was Galactica able to jump without retracting its [[flight pods]] when escaping from the Colony? Did this cause Galactica to break its backbone?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br/><br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> "Frak!"<br/><br /> --Cavil's last word before he blows his brains out.<br /> <br /> "Can we ''not'' tell her the plan?"<br/><br /> "Right." (Athena kills Boomer)<br/><br /> --Starbuck and Athena about Boomer before Athena kills her.<br /> <br /> "There must be some kind of way out of here."<br/><br /> --Starbuck attempting to figure out the jump coordinates.<br /> <br /> "All of this has happened before..."<br/><br /> "But does it all have to happen again?"<br /> --Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar speculating if the cycle will continue.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br /> * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br /> * [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br /> * [[Colin Lawrence]] as Ensign [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br /> * [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br /> * [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br /> * [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br /> * [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br /> * [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<br /> * [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]<br /> * [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]<br /> * [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1<br /> * [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2<br /> * [[Dan Payne]] as [[Sean Allison]]<br /> * [[Holly Eglinton]] as Stripper<br /> * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (uncredited)<br /> * [[Ronald D. Moore]] as Man at news stand (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176745 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T15:19:35Z

<p>Curst Saden: Just a cool quote...</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II (& Part III)<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> ===Act 1===<br /> <br /> * The final episode begins with a series of events before before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br /> * In a strip bar in [[Caprica City]], [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] enjoy themselves.<br /> * Adama questions whether to take a civilian job, rather than to take command of an aged battlestar<ref>This is a side reference to the events of the episode, "[[Hero]]"</ref> Over drinks, Adama decides to take the job.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere on Caprica, [[Lee Adama]] is having dinner with [[Kara Thrace]] and her fiancee, [[Zak Adama]].<br /> * Zak questions why his brother joined the [[Colonial Forces]], despite Lee's idealism and his dislike of his father. Lee simply answers that he received college funding in exchange for service.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere, [[Laura Roslin]] greets her date, [[Sean Allison]], at her home. After realizing he seemed familiar, Roslin finally recalls where she had seen him. Sean was a former student from years ago.<br /> * Despite the age difference, Roslin decides to let him stay the night. "The night's young. Apparently, so are you," she says. "Let's see what happens."<br /> <br /> * Back at the strip bar, Bill Adama challenges Saul on whether he'd take the civilian desk job. Saul doesn't answer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama and Thrace manage to drag Zak back to the apartment after a night of drinking. But Thrace isn't done, and pulls out more alcohol for shots between her and Lee.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama is drunkenly sick, vomiting outside somewhere on the street. With a weak smile, he looks up to the stars in the night sky.<br /> <br /> * The scene shifts back to present day on ''[[Galactica]]'', where [[Gaius Baltar]] sits in the former home of his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], now empty.<br /> * He listens to the [[Virtual Beings|virtual Six]], telling him to trust in [[God (RDM)|God's plan]] for him. When he asks what that plan is, she tells him that he already following it.<br /> <br /> ===Act 2=== <br /> <br /> * In ''Galactica's'' [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] (who will not be staying aboard the ship for the battle) leaves assistant [[Layne Ishay]] two injections of heavy medication to allow Laura Roslin enough lucidity and mobility for 48 hours. She thanks him sincerely, causing Cottle to be something he'd rarely been: speechless.<br /> <br /> * In the [[pilot ready room]], [[Karl Agathon]] briefs the [[Raptor]] teams on the special nature of their rescue mission. Despite the odds, all volunteer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama briefs the [[marines]] on where little Hera would likely be: deep inside the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[The Colony|colony]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama work out the tactics of the battle against the colony. Close-range combat; nuclear weapons and missiles will not be possible for the battlestar. He orders the gun [[battery|batteries]] to fire until exhausted, and after that, "start throwing rocks," he says with a small smile.<br /> <br /> * The [[Final Five]] plan out what they can offer as well. As befitting a cybernetic race, they consider a tactic used by Cylons in the past. They will use [[Samuel Anders]], now effectively a [[Hybrid]] on ''[[Galactica]]'', to interface with the Colony and its Hybrids to interrupt their commands, slowing the effectiveness of the Colony's weapon systems.<br /> * The catch is that Anders will need to be connected to the [[DRADIS]], fire control and [[C-3]] systems. They plan to take Anders and connect him inside [[CIC]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama hands over command of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to [[Hoshi]], noting that if they aren't back from the mission in 12 hours, they will never come back.<br /> * In CIC, Saul Tigh jokes at his old friend at the bizarre sight of a Cylon interfaced to his battlestar, gooey wires and conduit that extend over Adama's command console everywhere and into the DRADIS console. "Still not too late to flush them all out of the airlock," Tigh quips. "Take too much time," Adama answers. <br /> * With Lee Adama staying for the attack, he appoints [[Romo Lampkin]] as President of the Twelve Colonies. He joins Admiral Hoshi on the last Raptor to leave ''Galactica'' for the baseship, the Fleet's new flagship.<br /> * Baltar's followers get in the ship. Baltar enters, but then tells [[Paulla]] that he must stay on the ship. Lee Adama throws Baltar a weapon.<br /> * Adding to the Battlestar's attack force, a Number Six leads a large number of [[Cylon Centurion]]s down the [[hangar deck]], some with a red sash painted on them for identification.<br /> <br /> ===Act 3===<br /> <br /> * A shot of the Fleet shows that the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] has fully regenerated from its damage from the start of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. It is ready to lead the civilians to safety while ''Galactica'' goes hunting, retracting its [[flight pod]]s to prep for [[FTL]].<br /> * Adama commands a ship-wide readiness report, a sort of countdown.<br /> * Meanwhile, in sickbay, Layne Ishay prep sickbay for wounded. Laura Roslin assists as best she can.<br /> * [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] are in [[launch tube]]s. The entire Raptor squadron, armed with missiles, have been placed inside the starboard flight pod deck, amidst the ruins of the old [[Galactica Museum]].<br /> * Gaius Baltar is a soldier protecting the hallways against borders. He is surprised to find [[Caprica-Six]] by his side.<br /> * In CIC, Ellen Tigh signals that Anders is ready to work.<br /> * Adama gives a final speech, a final understanding and call to arms.<br /> <br /> * The battlestar jumps only meters from the edge of the Colony--and is immediately besieged by the Cylon batteries.<br /> * With little time, Sam Anders attempts to make contact with the Colony Hybrids--and takes them offline, apparently by causing them to go into a state of ecstasy. Ellen warns that [[Cylon Raider]]s will appear any minute.<br /> * ''Galactica'' responds by launching its fighter wings. The Vipers launch, and the Raptors jump directly from within the starboard pod--causing incredible damage to the pod as it vents open--but now placing themselves on the opposite side of the Colony in a flanking position.<br /> * Adama orders the battlestar's engines at flank speed. He rams the alligator head into the Colony. ''Galactica's'' inhabitants take a beating, but so does the Colony. The Colonials have breeched it, forming an entrance. Lee Adama leads his marines and several Cylon Centurions inside from a front airlock. <br /> * [[Sharon Agathon]] and Helo's Raptor make their way to the Colony's interior.<br /> * [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arm their nuclear missiles, presumably to strike the colony after the rescue. But suddenly a piece of debris strikes their Raptor, killing all aboard and leaving the Raptor adrift.<br /> * The Raptors breech another section of the Colony, and their teams enter.<br /> <br /> * Deep inside the Colony, a [[Simon]] works on young Hera as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] looks on in disgust. When she questions why he continues to work on Hera, the Simon explains that they maintain and superior force and numbers.<br /> * Suddenly, Boomer assaults the Simon, snapping his neck. She takes Hera out of the room.<br /> <br /> ===Act 4===<br /> <br /> * The Colony's halls are filled with gunfire. Cylon Centurions, including older [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Model 0005s]] fight each other as the Colonial fire teams push through.<br /> * [[Cavil]], a [[Number Five]] and another Simon decide to go on the defensive, to attack the battlestar with their troops.<br /> <br /> * In a hallway in ''Galactica'', ready to repel boarders, Caprica-Six and Baltar come to terms with their old relationship. As they kiss, they hear a Six's voice. "All of the pieces are falling into place."<br /> * The Virtual Six--''and'' the Virtual Baltar--stand above them. To the surprise of Caprica-Six and Baltar, they can hear and see each of the avatars.<br /> * With a shudder, the battlestar hull is breeched as waves of enemy Centurions, both old-model and modern, pour into the ship.<br /> <br /> * The Agathon's team find Boomer, holding Hera. She gives the child to them, telling them to tell Admiral Adama that she "owed him one." With the child safe, Athena shoots Boomer.<br /> * A flashback scene shows what Boomer meant: a time back in her days on '''Galactica'', as Adama and Tigh redress her but give her another chance to be a better pilot.<br /> <br /> * Ishay has her hands full in sickbay, trying to triage and treat as many people as she can. The event is taxing, physically and mentally, for Roslin, as she comforts more dying than not.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama's team connects with Starbuck's team, with Hera in tow. When Lee asks where Thrace was, she answers, "Stopped for coffee."<ref>This might be the one time in the history of the series where an obvious joke to [[w:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] has been used.</ref> With their objective complete and no other battlestar patrols found, they head back to the battlestar's alligator-head.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' batteries are being targeted by Raiders. She is losing what little defensive ability she has left. Enemy forces are coming at the reserve forces--where Baltar waits.<br /> <br /> ===Act 5===<br /> <br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar hold off the enemy Centurions. Baltar's passion at killing Centurions gets a bit out of control as Lee Adama's team reenter the battlestar with Hera. As more enemies appear, Lee and Baltar fire away.<br /> * Laura Roslin sits and experiences yet another vision of the [[Opera House]] and little Hera. Struggling to walk, driven by something she can't fully realize, she gets up to find Hera.<br /> * Starbuck leads the Agathons through the hallways, but a Number Five appears, seriously wounding Helo in the leg and killing a marine before Starbuck eliminates him. In the confusion, Hera runs away. Athena runs after her.<br /> * Hera walks amidst the gunfighting, when soon she encounters Roslin, who pulls out of the path of an enemy patrol and to safety. But when Roslin turns back to the child, she is gone again.<br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar are running, and are out of ammo. Suddenly they see Hera, as well as Roslin and Athena--all grouped together as in the Opera House vision. Caprica-Six scoops up the child and enters a hallway, closing the hatchway, preventing Athena and Roslin from following. THe opera house vision had Caprica-Six and Baltar closing the door on boht Athena and Roslin after picking up Hera.<br /> * As the scene shifts between visions of the Opera House and the corridors, Baltar and Caprica-Six realize what they must do: They follow their vision into the Opera House--which turns out to be CIC, where the Final Five reside, overlooking the lower deck of CIC as they appeared in the vision, standing above.<br /> * Suddenly Cavil, a Number Five and a Simon enter the room. Cavil grabs Hera as a shield.<br /> * Baltar pleads for the child's freedom, telling Cavil that Hera is key to humanity's survival as well. He reasons with Cavil that there are higher forces at work, that led them all, here, for a reason. When Cavil questions if God has his people's interests at heart, on how Baltar knows that God is on his side, Baltar replies (in an allusion of something [[Miniseries, Part 1|he once said to the virtual Six]]), "God is not on any one's side." The Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar look on with a pleased expression.<br /> * Baltar asks Cavil to take a leap of faith. Saul Tigh sweetens the pot by offering to reteach Cavil the secret of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]], this time in exchange not only for Hera's life but for permanent peace, where the Cylons leave humanity alone.<br /> * Cavil agrees. He uses the Battlestar comm to order his forces to stand down and releases Hera. Admiral Adama orders stand-down as well.<br /> <br /> ===Act 6===<br /> <br /> * Vipers and Raptors return to ''Galactica''' as Raiders return to the Colony. Laura Roslin joins the admiral in CIC.<br /> * The Five each know part of the secret to resurrection. They will combine their knowledge by connecting themselves through the water in Ander's tank. Ellen Tigh tells the others that the process will also share memories as well as data.<br /> * But before they begin, [[Tory Foster]], visibly anxious, warns the others that they will see "certain things" of their bad behavior. She tries to prepare the others of what they will see of her. An impatient Cavil screams. "I don't mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!"<br /> * The Five dip their hands and make the connection. As the data flows to the Colony, Foster's visions of murdering [[Cally Tyrol]] in an effort to protect her secret of being a Cylon comes to the forefront, surprising the others of the Five, and angering [[Galen Tyrol]] immediately.<br /> * Tyrol pulls his hand from the pool and wraps both hands tightly around Foster's neck in a death-grip, eventually snapping her neck.<br /> * As Anders screams from the sudden disconnection, the Cylons in CIC believe they are deceived and open fire. The Colonials kill all but Cavil, who shouts an exasperated "[[Frak]]!" before putting his pistol in his mouth and pulling the trigger.<br /> <br /> * High above, as gunfire begins again over ''Galactica'', [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor drifts, its crew lifeless. A rock strikes the ship, causing Racetrack's dead hand to strike the firing button to the Raptor's tactical nuclear missiles, launching them all straight at the Colony.<br /> * The force of the explosions disable the Colony, pushing it towards the black hole, threatening to take ''Galactica'' with it.<br /> * Adama orders Kara Thrace to make a [[blind jump]], but Thrace thinks about [[The Music|the music her father played]], the music that Hera wrote to her. Recalling the mathematical associations she tried to discern from the music, Thrace realizes the music works as a series of FTL coordinates.<br /> * She punches in the coordinates into the [[Computers|navigation computer]] and jumps the ship.<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene appears where Lee Adama and Kara Thrace talk about how she [[The Destiny|thinks about death]] every time she gets into a cockpit.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' completes the jump--but the strain of the last battle causes the battlestar's structure to ripple and twist as structural members tear and break. The ship will never jump again. Engines and life support are okay, but ''Galactica's'' backbone is broken.<br /> * "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Roslin asks, as the scene changes to an exterior shot to show the battlestar flying over a gray, rocky moon.<br /> * But is not just a moon...''Galactica'' has arrived at the ''moon of Earth''...another Earth, this one with the continent of Africa in prominent view.<br /> <br /> ===Act 7===<br /> <br /> * The Fleet jumps into Earth orbit as ''Galactica'' passes by. A Raptor came to Hoshi to guide them to Earth.<br /> * Landing ship after landing ship leave for the new world.<br /> * On a green, rich savannah in Africa, Admiral Adama, Cottle, Saul Tigh, Hoshi, and Baltar look on, lying prone on their stomachs with binoculars at a tribe of early humans. Cottle confirms that the native humans are compatible genetically.<br /> * At a camp, as Lampkin considers a building of a new city, Lee Adama tells him to let humanity start all over again, leave their technology behind, which has almost always gotten them into trouble. Let the Colonials enter Earth with just their basic possessions.<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama maps out a plan to populate various continents and land masses, spreading out humanity and Cylon far and wide, distributing supplies to give all a good chance of survival. To Lampkin's surprise, the peoples of the Fleet take a liking to leaving technology behind.<br /> * A [[Number Two]] tells Adama that the remaining Cylons will stay as well on Earth, handing over the baseship to the Centurions, to give them their own freedom. When Lampkin questions if setting the Centurions free won't cause another holocaust hundreds of years from now, Ellen Tigh agrees it's a risk, but believes the cycle of death has been ended. Adama agrees.<br /> * Adama tells that, after everyone is offloaded from the ships, the Fleet will reunite with '''Galactica'' a final time. Piloted by Samuel Anders, still in his tank in CIC, connected into the battlestar, he will fly all the ships on a final voyage into the Sun.<br /> <br /> * Kara Thrace, eyes filled with tears, meets with Anders at his tank, kissing him goodbye for the last time, and leaving her [[dog tags]]. As she leaves, he mutters, "I'll see you on the other side."<br /> <br /> ===Act 8===<br /> <br /> * Admiral William Adama descends into the hangar deck, wearing a [[flight suit]]. The deck is otherwise completely empty of anything, and anyone.<br /> * He takes a seat in a [[Viper Mark II]]. Not just any Mark II...but the one that Galen Tyrol's team rebuilt for him as a retirement gift [[Miniseries, Night 1|so long ago]].<br /> * As Adama's Viper launches, the scene shifts to six years prior, where Adama is taking a lie detector test for the prospective desk job. When the test administrator asks him test questions such as, "Are you a Cylon?" and "Have you ever stolen money from a cash drawer?" Adama is angered and leaves, saying, "I'd rather spend the rest of my career--what's left of it--on a broken old down ship, than to have someone sit here and question my word."<br /> * Husker's Viper makes a final fly-by of the old battlestar, looking at her one last time before pointing his Viper towards Earth.<br /> <br /> * Samuel Anders's voice from the past talks of his days in sport, dreaming of perfection, and being linked to it, to creation, as Anders's guides the Fleet, now united to the mathematical perfection he once spoke of through his duties as a Hybrid.<br /> * As a version of the [[Original Series]] main theme plays, the scene shows ''Galactica'' and the Fleet gathered a final time, heading away from Earth and towards the sun to its demise.<br /> <br /> * Walking in the savannah, the Tighs speak with Galen Tyrol a final time. He has decided to go to the northern highlands of Earth, what will likely be Ireland or Iceland. The scene shifts to the Tighs, partying back in Caprica City, once upon a time.<br /> <br /> ===Act 9===<br /> <br /> * On the plains, Bill Adama sits with Laura Roslin, watching herds of gazelle. Her vision weakening, she tries to use her glasses with the binoculars. "A very beautiful world," she says. When she asks what the name of the planet is, Adama tells her it's Earth. He adds, "Earth is a dream," believing that their new home, a long-sought destination, deserves the name.<br /> * Roslin's breathing becomes labored and shallow. Adama offers to give her a better look at the wildlife. He picks her up and carries her to a nearby Raptor.<br /> * Lee Adama and Kara Thrace notice and meet Bill Adama there. The Adamas hug, and Bill Adama gives Thrace a final greeting of "[[Nothing but the rain]]" before he hugs and kisses her. Thrace and Lee wave goodbye to a smiling Roslin as the Raptor ascends.<br /> <br /> * Lee realizes that his father isn't coming back. Kara Thrace tells Lee that she isn't coming back, either. "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good."<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene, back in Thrace's apartment, where Thrace dares Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. But before they could do anything, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing the two to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye.<br /> <br /> * "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee," Kara Thrace says. As Lee tells her of desire to explore and climb mountains, he turns to find that Kara Thrace has vanished, as if she were a ghost. "Goodbye, Kara," he says. "You won't be forgotten."<br /> * A flashback scene shows the pigeon that would be trapped in Lee's apartment after his visit to Kara and Zak. It looks at Lee and flies out of the window and away.<br /> <br /> * In another flashback from six years prior, Laura Roslin returns to stand by the side of the bed, thanks Sean Allison, but tells him that they will not meet this way again, and asks him to leave. As the man leaves, Roslin returns to her bathroom, lights a cigarette, then makes a phone call. She accepts the opportunity to work on Mayor [[Richard Adar]]'s campaign.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama's Raptor flies over flamingos. "So much..life," Laura Roslin says...her final words as she closes her eyes and quietly passes.<br /> * Moments go by before Bill realizes that she is gone.<br /> * In tears, Bill removes his wedding ring and places it on Laura's hand. "Right there...I'm going to build our cabin right there," he says, pointing to some hills.<br /> <br /> ===Act 10===<br /> <br /> * A line of people walk into the wilderness, calm and ready to take on the world.<br /> * The Agathons walk as well, Helo using a makeshift crutch, talking of hunting and other pleasantries. Hera runs about in play, a smile on her face.<br /> * Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six look on at Hera playing as the Virtual Six and Baltar reappear. When Caprica-Six questions if the protection of Hera was all that God wanted of them, the Virtual Six replies, "God's plan is never complete." "Great..." Baltar replies sullenly.<br /> * Virtual-Baltar counters, "I think it's safe to say that, from now on, your lives will be less...eventful."<br /> <br /> * Another flashback to Caprica City. Baltar offers Caprica-Six an opportunity to "peek" into the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br /> <br /> * When Baltar points to some land, he recalls his heritage, and [[Junius Baltar|his father]], and that he knows a bit about farming, to a bit of tears.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama sits, looking out into the hills and valley. "I laid out the cabin today. It's going to have an easterly view. You should see the light that we get here. When the sun comes from behind those mountains. It's almost heavenly. It reminds me of you."<br /> * As he speaks, the camera pans up to show Adama, seated near the cairn he built for Laura Roslin's body.<br /> <br /> * The scene turns to show Hera playing and looking upward. Scenes of wood and desert and sea pass by in a geologic montage to reveal an Earth city--New York City--150,000 years ahead in time.<br /> <br /> * As a fly-over of the city appears, a voice-over news report tells of the Tanzanian discovery of the bones of what scientists believe our the remains of the [[w:mitochondrial Eve|mitochondrial Eve]], the common ancestor of mankind. (This is in the year 1987 AD.)<br /> <br /> * As [[Ron D. Moore|Ron D. Moore reads]] about the scientific discovery, the Virtual Six and Baltar look over his shoulder at a magazine article of the news, and reveal what they know...the bones are that of Hera Agathon, born of a Cylon mother and a human father. No other people on the street appear to notice them.<br /> * The two talk of the technology and decadence, of whether this Earth will repeat the mistakes of generations past and again become overwhelmed by their creations. The Six thinks not, believing it to be God's plan.<br /> * "You know it doesn't like that name," Baltar says. Six only looks back in mild defiance. "Silly. Silly me," he replies as the two walk away into the metropolis.<br /> <br /> * The episode concludes with scenes of robots, from toys to advanced automatons growing and evolving, as Jimi Hendrix's--Earth's popular version--of "[[The Music|All Along The Watchtower]]" plays.<br /> * The story ends.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Colony. <br /> *There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War. It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out mankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans. This is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician. <br /> *Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave Caprica Six the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it. <br /> *In another piece of irony the two beings most directly responsible for the attack and distruction of the 12 Colonies Giaus Baltar and Caprica Six. Baltar gave the secretes of the Colonial Defenses to Caprica Six who asked for them and passed them on to her fellow Cylons. They both get to live on a lush green New Earth in love with each other. <br /> *This episode marks the deaths of [[Boomer]], [[Cavil]], [[Racetrack]], [[Skulls]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Laura Roslin]] and the destruction of Cavil's forces. The [[Doral]] and [[Simon]] lines are also presumably wiped out, or at least decimated beyond recovery. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and her whereabouts are unknown. In detail:<br /> **Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory.<br /> **Cavil took his own life in Galactica's CIC when his side lost.<br /> ***It is unknown what happened to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted.<br /> **Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor was stuck by a meteor penetrating their wind screen and striking them. Both Skulls and Racetrack were killed on impact. Racetrack's dead hand later hit the launch button that launched the nuclear missiles after her Raptor was hit again by a asteroid.<br /> **Tory was killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] in revenge for Tory killing his wife [[Cally]] after he learned Tory murdered her during the mutual and involuntary exchange of private information of the [[Final Five]]'s minds while downloading Resurrection technology data to the Cavil forces.<br /> **Anders guided himself in ''Galactica'' and the Fleet into the Sun. <br /> **Roslin died of cancer as Adama was giving her a bird's eye view of their new home on second Earth in a Raptor. <br /> **Since they did not have either Cylon females or Resurrection the Cavil, Simon and Doral models on the various Cylon Baseships presumably died out after their natural life spans were exhausted. <br /> **Kara was presumably taken by the same force, probably God, that resurrected her. <br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth and the humans of today are the Colonials' and probably the Rebel Cylons', descendants 150,000 years later. The [[Leoben]]s, [[Six]]s and [[Sharon]] models from the Baseship joined the Colonials on the new Earth.<br /> *The tracing of the human blood line all the way back to Hera though [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve is based on a real life theory]]. Science has traced all of humanity back to a single ancestor. The real Mitochondrial Eve was '''not''' the first human but the farthest back ancestor that ''''''All'''''' of humanity can be said to be from. She is in effect all of our-many degrees over-mother. In the series regarding Hera as Mitochondrial Eve this means that all of humanity is descended from Athena, a Number Eight Cylon, and, in a sense, from the Final Five that created her. <br /> *The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny.<br /> *The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defence Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.<br /> *The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x]<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virtual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinates of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *As noted in the "Notes" section it is unlikely that the Cavil, Simon and Doral lines will continue without Cylon females. The [[Three]]s are extinct with the last copy [[D'Anna Biers]] herself dying on the original Earth; Boomer killed in the Colony (and in anycase couldn't single handedly save the lines even if she were alive); and the last Sixes and Eights staying with the humans on the second Earth. However, there is the possibility of having a few remaining human females from the survivors of the various Colonial worlds including [[Caprica]] being viable, so the lines could in theory continue. However, given the total lack of success in the forced breeding of Cylons and humans and the Cavil, Dorals and Simon's cynical view of love, an apparent requirement of conception between both Cylon-Cylon and Cylon-human combinations, it is unlikely. <br /> *On the second Earth Hera's mate that produced children was most likely human. Saul Tigh and the Leobens would be too old for her. While it was fairly common in ancient times for the men to be far older than their brides (particularly with royalty), for example with the female being as young as 12 and and the male being say 60 to take an extreme, Colonial mores, which are much like our own in real life, would forbid the Leobens from sexual congress with Hera when she reach the accepted reproductive age. On the other hand there were many human children about her age and slightly older in the Fleet. She could had also had children with a human child unborn at the time of the landing on Second Earth perhaps within five years to ten years of her age. It is possible that other hybrid children could had been born after the landing given that the Twos, Sixes, and Eights joined the humans. And it is possible that pure Cylon children could had been born to the age compatible Sixes, Eights, and Leobens but as noted in the series it is difficult if not impossible for a pure Cylon child to come to term making any pool of pure Cylon children that were successfully born very small. Cylon-Human mating with a human male with a Six or a Sharon is very possible with the example of Hera herself an significantly more likely than with a Cylon-Cylon birth, but it is harder than with human-human pairings making any pool of those pairing while much more likely and larger than Cylon-Cylon offspring, still quite small number compared to pure human offspring. Therefore Hera's offspring is most likely with a human. A more remote possibility is with another Cylon-human hybrid. Her producing children with a pure Cylon offspring is the least likely since pure Cylons are the least likely to exist. <br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears as himslef holding a ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City. With this scene the series Battlestar Galactica becomes part of itself as [[Ronald D. Moore]] later creates the series with the knowledge of mitochondrial Eve.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * Since Caprica Six and Gaius Baltar genuinely love each other, do they eventually have a child?<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> ** Will the freed Centurions eventually develop their own humanoid forms, or develop in a completely other direction?<br /> * Did any copies of Cavil, Doral, or Simon survive?<br /> * Why does Cavil choose to commit suicide?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If "it" doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does "it" like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the Cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together after Thrace's disappearance?<br /> * Can Thrace ever return again?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry? Do they go into isolation like Adama and Tyrol, or will they be near a human colony?<br /> * Do Adama and Tyrol stay isolated for the rest of their lives?<br /> * Why was Romo Lampkin chosen as President? Wouldn't a member of the Quorum of Captains have been selected?<br /> * What became of the remaining prisoners aboard the <i>[[Astral Queen]]</i>? Were they sent out amongst the rest of the human population, or were all of them deposited in some geographical area completely isolated from the other humans? <br /> * Were any of the groups provided with medicine, or medical training or at least someone with medical knowledge before spreading out among the world?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since Old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> * Who did Hera eventually have children with? A human or a Cylon? <br /> * Was it coincidence or divine intervention that an asteroid caused Racetrack's hand to hit the launch button for the nuclear weapons at the exact right moment?<br /> * Why was Galactica able to jump without retracting its [[flight pods]] when escaping from the Colony? Did this cause Galactica to break its backbone?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br/><br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> "Frak!"<br/><br /> --Cavil's last word before he blows his brains out.<br /> <br /> "Can we ''not'' tell her the plan?"<br/><br /> "Right." (Athena kills Boomer)<br/><br /> --Starbuck and Athena about Boomer before Athena kills her.<br /> <br /> "There must be some kind of way out of here."<br/><br /> --Starbuck attempting to figure out the jump coordinates.<br /> <br /> "All of this has happened before..."<br /> "But does it all have to happen again?"<br /> --Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar speculating if the cycle will continue.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br /> * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br /> * [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br /> * [[Colin Lawrence]] as Ensign [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br /> * [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br /> * [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br /> * [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br /> * [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br /> * [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<br /> * [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]<br /> * [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]<br /> * [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1<br /> * [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2<br /> * [[Dan Payne]] as [[Sean Allison]]<br /> * [[Holly Eglinton]] as Stripper<br /> * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (uncredited)<br /> * [[Ronald D. Moore]] as Man at news stand (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176570 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T03:39:01Z

<p>Curst Saden: This spoiler is no longer necessary for the article...</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= <br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === Teaser ===<br /> <br /> === Act 1 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 2 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 3 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 4 ===<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *This episode marks the deaths of Boomer, Cavil, Racetrack, Skulls, Tory, Anders and Roslin and the destruction of Cavil's forces.<br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth?<br /> * If it doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does it like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry?<br /> * Does Adama stay isolated for the rest of his life?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Adama_(1980)/Archive_1&diff=175492 Talk:Adama (1980)/Archive 1 2009-03-10T02:33:57Z

<p>Curst Saden: /* Pointless Article */</p> <hr /> <div>== Adama's Civie's? ==<br /> Checkout [[:Image:Adamacivies.jpg|this outfit]] from "The Return of Starbuck". I think it's the first time that Adama is out of uniform (except as a disguise in "The Magnificent Warriors"). I can't decide if it's more Moses ("Let my people... get to Earth") or Star War (<br /> I've got a bad feeling about this... series"). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:27, 3 January 2008 (CST)<br /> <br /> == Pointless Article ==<br /> I think this article is pointless. It hardly talks about Adama in Galactica 1980. I think this article should be scrapped and all the points about Adama be transferred to the [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] article or at the very least have this article revamped. --[[User:Curst Saden|Curst Saden]] 17:30, 6 March 2009 (CST)<br /> : If you feel that information in this article that needs to be added, then feel free to do so! However, we've made a point of distinguishing TOS from 1980, since the two shows are separate and should be treated as such. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:41, 7 March 2009 (UTC)<br /> ::Well, over on Memory Alpha and Wookieepedia they have all the information for the characters and ships and what have you in just one article for the respective topic. For example they have all the information on Captian Kirk in one article rather than an article for him in the old series and an article for him in the movie Star Trek: Generations and so forth. Shouldn't we do the same here? It would make organization easier and it would save space. Or is the format on this site simply different?--[[User:Curst Saden|Curst Saden]] 20:35, 9 March 2009 (CST)</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Adama_(1980)/Archive_1&diff=175230 Talk:Adama (1980)/Archive 1 2009-03-07T00:28:42Z

<p>Curst Saden: /* Adama's Civie's? */</p> <hr /> <div>== Adama's Civie's? ==<br /> Checkout [[:Image:Adamacivies.jpg|this outfit]] from "The Return of Starbuck". I think it's the first time that Adama is out of uniform (except as a disguise in "The Magnificent Warriors"). I can't decide if it's more Moses ("Let my people... get to Earth") or Star War (<br /> I've got a bad feeling about this... series"). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:27, 3 January 2008 (CST)<br /> <br /> == Pointless Article ==<br /> I think this article is pointless. It hardly talks about Adama in Galactica 1980. I think this article should be scrapped and all the points about Adama be transferred to the [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] article or at the very least have this article revamped. --[[User:Curst Saden|Curst Saden]] 17:30, 6 March 2009 (CST)</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Greetings_from_Earth_NEW&diff=168919 Greetings from Earth NEW 2008-11-07T04:07:25Z

<p>Curst Saden: This article needs a quote....</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image = Greetings_From_Earth.jpg<br /> | title= Greetings from Earth<br /> | series= tos<br /> | forumthread=1541<br /> | episode= 17<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]<br /> | story=<br /> | director= Ahmer Lateaf<br /> | production= 50926/50947<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate= 1979-02-25<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd= 2004-12-28<br /> | population=<br /> | prev= [[Murder on the Rising Star]]<br /> | next= [[Baltar's Escape]]<br /> | extra=[[bsp:Greetings from Earth|Script available on Battlestar Pegasus]]<br /> | hulu=Y<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> : ''A human [[Lunar Avion|sleeper ship]] found drifting in space is brought aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', leading to argument and debate on whether to awaken its occupants. Their ship is eventually escorted by [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], and [[Cassiopeia]] to the planet [[Paradeen]]—embroiled in a bitter war with the [[Eastern Alliance]].''<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> * [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] indicates that the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] is following the heading given by the [[Beings of Light]] (at the end of "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]"), hoping to find [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].<br /> <br /> * [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] encounter a [[Lunar Avion|sublight spacecraft]] while on deep patrol. There are six life forms detected, but life support on the craft appears to be minimal.<br /> <br /> * Rampant speculation that the craft may be from Earth forces Adama to make an announcement attempting to stop the rumors, and ask for the people of the Fleet to wait as the ship is towed aboard [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']] and quarantined.<br /> <br /> * Once the spacecraft is aboard, Apollo worries about how safe it is for them to mess with it. [[Wilker|Dr. Wilker]], eager to board the ship, assures them that it isn't a bomb. Adama fears contaminating the spacecraft with their presence, but on [[Salik|Dr. Salik]]'s recommendation they board the ship.<br /> <br /> * Inside they find a man, a woman, and four children in some sort of stasis tubes. Dr. Salik is reluctant to remove the people from the equipment, as they lack the knowledge to operate it. Dr. Wilker suggests choosing one to experiment with, but is overruled by Adama and Apollo. The doctors are left alone in the spacecraft, but with strict orders from Adama not to risk the lives of the unconscious crew.<br /> <br /> * Members of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] arrive on the scene. [[Geller|Sire Geller]] demands that the Council has access to the "[[Earthlings]]" immediately. [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]] manages to keep them at bay.<br /> <br /> * Inside the shuttle, Dr. Wilker accidentally shorts out a component causing Dr. Salik to demand that they stop tampering with the equipment before they cause any harm. Apollo observes a loss in power, and commands them to stop immediately.<br /> <br /> * Dr. Wilker explains that they have determined that the passengers of the craft come from a planet with 1/6th the gravity of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)#Caprica|Caprica]]. He also mentions references to a planet called [[Terra]], which Adama recognizes as the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)#Gemenon|Gemonese]] word for Earth.<br /> <br /> * Apollo is upset that the people have been seized, and suggests releasing their ship and putting it back on course.<br /> <br /> * Sire Geller arrives, demanding that the passengers be released. Adama worries about the consequences of interfering with the people, but Geller offers to relieve him of the responsibility by having the Council vote on it. Adama agrees to let the council convene, buying some time.<br /> <br /> * Athena is teaching a classroom of children, who ask questions about the "Earthlings".<br /> <br /> * A mob has assembled outside the ship, curious about the occupants. [[Reese]] and his [[Council Security]] compatriots claim jurisdiction over the situation, but Starbuck and Boomer refuse to yield.<br /> <br /> * Inside the ship the male adult passenger is revived, and exits the tube. He awakens the other adult.<br /> <br /> * [[Sarah Fowler|Sarah]] is disoriented, and wonders if they have arrived. [[Michael]] indicates that they have not, but will investigate the matter.<br /> <br /> * Sire Geller proposes removing the eldest member of the unconscious crew, believing that age will help that person acclimate to the situation. Dr. Salik refuses to participate, but the orders are issued anyway.<br /> <br /> * Thanks to the order, Reese and his crew are officially in charge of the scene. He has little time to enjoy it, as shortly after assuming command Michael exits the shuttle holding a weapon. Reese fails miserably at diffusing the situation, managing to get himself shot in the process.<br /> <br /> * Chaos erupts, and Michael is overcome by the pressure of ''Galactica'''s atmosphere and collapses. Dr. Salik orders him to the life sciences center to be placed in a chamber with reduced atmosphere. Adama rescues Sarah from the shuttle, and both adults are stabilized. Reese turns out to be merely stunned.<br /> <br /> * Removing them from the support chambers will kill them, so the [[warrior]]s decide the best option is to return them to their vessel and get them back on course. Dr. Wilker observes that their life support is nearly depleted, allowing them to hope that the ship may be near its destination.<br /> <br /> * Michael's use of a weapon on Reese is suggested as a pretext to handle the situation as a military matter, so it is decided to escort the ship to its destination try to resolve the situation quickly.<br /> <br /> * Apollo and Starbuck recruit [[Cassiopeia]] to board the shuttle for the duration of the flight in order to provide medical assistance if necessary.<br /> <br /> * The warriors wheel in the support chambers, claiming that they are going to be used to remove the children from the ship. Reese is up and about, and makes little effort to hide the satisfaction that his men are in charge of the situation. Reese allows them to board the ship, believing them to be carrying out the Council's orders.<br /> <br /> * Michael awakens aboard the ship, asking the warriors if they are with the [[Eastern Alliance]]. The Colonials have no idea what he is talking about. Michael reveals that his people are from Terra, but that he and his companions are from [[Lunar Seven]]. They fled the Eastern Alliance forces there.<br /> <br /> * Michael will not assist them in locating Lunar Seven, fearing that the arrival of ''Galactica'' might tip off Eastern Alliance destroyers to the location of his destination.<br /> <br /> * Boomer and Jolly remove the chambers from the shuttle. The engines fire on the shuttle, prompting Reese to panic. Boomer explains that the shuttle is being jettisoned to prevent possible contamination of ''Galactica''.<br /> <br /> * Reese pulls the covers off of the chambers, revealing them to be empty. Boomer admonishes Jolly for having forgotten to remove the children. Reese attempts to stop the shuttle from launching, but his attempts are futile.<br /> <br /> * The shuttle launches, followed shortly by Apollo and Starbuck in Vipers. Sire Geller arrives, wanting to know the situation. Reese claims the shuttle is being jettisoned (to prevent further contamination), and Geller is furious.<br /> <br /> * Sire Geller orders Vipers to be launched, providing Apollo and Starbuck a pretext for their mission. Geller is further enraged when he sees the empty support chambers, but Reese isn't able to offer an explanation.<br /> <br /> * Apollo and Starbuck put their Vipers on auto-pilot, and Cassie is sleeping aboard the shuttle when she is awakened by radio transmissions from their destination, [[Paradeen]].<br /> <br /> * As they near the planet, Michael finally reveals that they are making their way to the home prepared for them by Sarah's father. After arriving they will destroy their homing beacon in order to prevent Eastern Alliance forces from tracking them.<br /> <br /> * Onboard an Eastern Alliance destroyer, [[Leiter|Commandant Leiter]] is informed by [[Krebbs|one of his crew]] that they have detected the shuttle that had escaped Lunar Seven a month ago, and it is being escorted by two small craft of unknown configuration. The Vipers pique Leiter's interest, so he instructs [[Lanceman|the pilot]] to divert course from Lunar Nine to investigate the unknown ships.<br /> <br /> * The expedition safely lands on Paradeen, and they are greeted by the androids [[Hector]] and [[Vector]]. They are taken to the home that was prepared for them, but Sarah's father is nowhere to be seen. The androids reveal that he is dead, and show her his tombstone.<br /> <br /> * Sarah forbids Hector and Vector from telling the children about Terra. She rails against technology, as the governments engineered the colonists for thinner atmospheres but by doing so prevented them or their descendents from ever returning to their home planet.<br /> <br /> * Sarah and Michael reveal that they are not married (as everybody had assumed). Sarah is a widow, and the three youngest children are hers. She claims she wouldn't marry a technocrat like Michael if he were the last person on the planet.<br /> <br /> * The mood is lightened when Hector and Vector perform a traditional song and dance number from Terra.<br /> <br /> * The Eastern Alliance destroyer tracks the shuttle's course to Paradeen. They are unable to report back to Eastern Alliance headquarters due to a sabotaged relay station on the planet.<br /> <br /> * Michael thanks the robots for preparing a place for them, and for ensuring that it'd be safe by destroying the homing beacon. The robots are dismayed, as they realize that they forgot to destroy the beacon. Michael is still unwilling to let them use the beacon to find a way back to Lunar Seven, as he fears that they underestimate the Eastern Alliance.<br /> <br /> * Michael explains the political history of Terra, with two sides polarizing into Eastern and Western factions. The powers from the East focused on expansion of planets near Terra. While Michael is filling Apollo and Starbuck in on the backstory, Sarah sneaks out of the house.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Greetingsfromearth.jpg|thumb|right|Sarah wants Apollo to stay on Paradeen.]]<br /> <br /> * The following morning Sarah asks Apollo to stay on Terra with her. Apollo tries to let her down gently, but Sarah insists that she was forced to come to Paradeen with Michael, as he was the only way to get off of Lunar Seven, but she doesn't love him. Apollo indicates that her offer is not unappealing, but that he has to leave soon. Sarah asks what might happen if he weren't able to leave.<br /> <br /> * Starbuck runs in, having spotted a city. Hector explains that the city is deserted, the population having been eradicated by neutron weapons that left the infrastructure intact.<br /> <br /> * Apollo suggests that Starbuck search the city, hoping to garner information that might help them find Earth. Meanwhile Apollo will return to ''Galactica'' to warn them about the Eastern Alliance threat. Vector pulls a gun on them to try to stop them from going to the city, but their laser pistols prove to be persuasive.<br /> <br /> * Hector and Starbuck wander around the city, philosophizing as they go. Little of intelligence value is left on the surface of the city. Hector mentions that the archives are under the city, but warns of the air quality down below. Starbuck ignores the warning, plunging forward and losing his android companion.<br /> <br /> * Apollo encounters [[Aggie Moreland]], [[Josh Moreland]], and [[Doyle]] hanging about near the Vipers and the shuttle. The locals are anxious for the Colonials to leave, fearing their presence might attract the attention of the Eastern Alliance. They are also upset to learn that there are children in area. Apollo is ready to take his leave when he discovers that the controls of the Vipers have been sabotaged.<br /> <br /> * Apollo returns to the homestead, revealing that the Morelands seem to have disabled their Vipers. Sarah is hopeful that they will stay.<br /> <br /> * Hector reports back alone, warning them that Starbuck is down in the archives and is likely oxygen deprived by now. Hector tried to find the air tanks, but got lost and returned home for help. Needing more manpower, the group plans on seeking out the help of the Morelands.<br /> <br /> * Realizing that her deception might be discovered, Sarah admits to sabotaging the Vipers. She had hoped it would make Apollo stay. Sarah remains behind with the children while the rest head to the city to rescue Starbuck.<br /> <br /> * The older children are out in the barn when the Eastern Alliance destroyer lands near the house. They stay out of sight as Leiter and his goons enter the house, capturing Sarah and [[Walker|her youngest son]].<br /> <br /> * Leiter wants Sarah to talk, threatening her children as a possible consequence for not cooperating.<br /> <br /> * The rescue party cannot find Starbuck. Vector suggests enlisting the former custodian, Doyle, who had been somewhat gruff when speaking to Apollo earlier. The group begins to hear a faint tapping sound coming from the pipes.<br /> <br /> * Starbuck is nearly incapacitated, and lacks the air to speak or call out, so he is tapping on a nearby pipe.<br /> <br /> * The kids sneak out of the barn and make their way to the Moreland residence. Aggie relents and takes the children in.<br /> <br /> * The search party finds Starbuck just as he collapses. Doyle arrives, having been told by the kids where they were. He also heard about Sarah's capture, and offers to show them a quicker route back to the house.<br /> <br /> * Leiter and Sarah engage in a war of words, Leiter believing the eradication of Paradeen's population to be justified, and Sarah believing that the Eastern Alliance will eventually lose.<br /> <br /> * Michael jumps an Enforcer outside the house, while Starbuck and Apollo slide off of the roof to take out two others. They enter the house, freeing Sarah and her son, and capturing Leiter and another of his goons.<br /> <br /> * Sarah asks Michael if their children are alright, and Michael is obviously pleased at the newfound "our" in the equation.<br /> <br /> * The Colonials depart, taking the Eastern Alliance soldiers and Destroyer as their prize, as well as giving them a way home. Leiter is still full of bluster, sure of the Eastern Alliance's superiority, until they come into visual contact with ''Galactica'' and he sees the largest combat ship he's ever seen.<br /> <br /> == Notes == <br /> <br /> *Originally aired as a special two hour presentation that was edited into two parts for syndication.<br /> *The destroyed city on Paradeen was filmed in Montréal, Canada. The prefabricated buildings left over from the World Expo of 1967 fell apart in the harsh Canadian winters. What remained made perfect futuristic ruins.<br /> *Gillian Greene is the daughter of [[Lorne Greene]]. Michelle, G. Eric and David G. Larson are all children of producer [[Glen Larson]].<br /> *This is the last appearance of [[Maren Jensen]] as [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] in the series, as well as the last appearance of [[Noah Hathaway]] as [[Boxey]].<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *There are clues to a link between Terra and [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] in this episode. Further analysis can be found in the [[Terra]] article itself.<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> <br /> *Why do the doors in Michael and Sarah's home on [[Paradeen]] make the same door chime as ''Galactica's'' doors?<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Michael:</b> Apollo, just what ''is'' a centon?!<br /> <br /> == Official Statements == <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> *[[imdb:nm0544168|Randolph Mantooth]] as [[Michael]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0363520|Kelly Harmon]] as [[Sarah Fowler|Sarah]]<br /> *[[Murray Matheson]] as [[Geller]]<br /> *[[George Murdock]] as [[Salik|Dr. Salik]]<br /> *[[John Dullaghan]] as [[Wilker|Dr. Wilker]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0940683|Lesley Woods]] as [[Aggie Moreland]]<br /> *[[Frank Marth]] as [[Josh Moreland]]<br /> *[[Curt Lowens]] as [[Krebbs]]<br /> *[[Lloyd Bochner]] as [[Leiter]]<br /> *[[Bobby Van]] as [[Hector]]<br /> *[[Ray Bolger]] as [[Vector]]<br /> *[[Gary Vinson]] as [[Doyle]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0446835|Ron Kelly]] as Security Officer [[Reese]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0734858|Alex Rodine]] as [[Lanceman]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0282059|Lester Fletcher]] as [[Donner]]<br /> *[[The Super Scouts (cast)#Michelle Larson|Michelle Larson]] as [[Charity]]<br /> *[[Gillian Greene]] as [[Melanie]]<br /> *[[The Super Scouts (cast)#Eric Larson|G. Eric Larson]] as [[Todd]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0940957|Kimberly Woodward]] as [[Loma]]<br /> *[[The Super Scouts (cast)#D.G. Larson|David G. Larson]] as [[Walker|Baby Walker]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0544167|Donald Mantooth]] as Med. Technician<br /> <br /> {{Episode List (TOS)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Episode Guide (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Ahmer Lateaf]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]<br /> {{TOS}}<br /> <br /> [[de:Kontakte zur Erde, Teil I]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cyrannus_(TOS)&diff=163606 Cyrannus (TOS) 2008-06-16T16:42:03Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>:''For other uses of "Cyrannus", see [[Cyrannus|this article]].''<br /> <br /> In "[[The Long Patrol]]", [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] refers to the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]] as being in the "Cyrannus Galaxy". This name created confusion to viewers since:<br /> <br /> * The Colonials are seeking [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].<br /> * The [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] does not provide sufficient information to determine if intergalactic travel is in use by the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]].<br /> <br /> Given that the series gives numerous references (particularly in one episode, "[[Greetings from Earth]]") that the Earth sought after by the Colonials is the same Earth in what is known by its inhabitants as the "Milky Way Galaxy", it is probable that the Colonials have a different name for this galaxy that is common to both Earth and the [[Battle of Cimtar|shattered worlds]] of the Colonies. This is supported by the Colonial's differing use of units of measure, such as [[yahren]].<br /> <br /> The notion that the "Cyrannus galaxy" and "Milky Way galaxy" are the same galaxy is further supported by the [[spin-off]] series, ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', where the Fleet finds Earth some 30 years after the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. Given that the [[Propulsion (TOS)|nature of propulsion]] in the Original Series was never defined, it is more logical (and perhaps less improbable) that the Fleet could traverse a large span of several thousand light-years within the Milky Way galaxy (which is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter) than to make a journey from one galaxy to another (with distances in hundreds of millions of light-years). Be this as it may, it is curious to note that [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] claims that Earth is located "In a galaxy similar to our own" in [[Saga of a Star World]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Places]]<br /> [[Category:Places (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]<br /> {{TOS}}</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cyrannus_(TOS)&diff=163605 Cyrannus (TOS) 2008-06-16T16:37:35Z

<p>Curst Saden: Adama said Earth was "In a galaxy similar to our own" in the first episode!</p> <hr /> <div>:''For other uses of "Cyrannus", see [[Cyrannus|this article]].''<br /> <br /> In "[[The Long Patrol]]", [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] refers to the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]] as being in the "Cyrannus Galaxy". This name created confusion to viewers since:<br /> <br /> * The Colonials are seeking [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].<br /> * The [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] does not provide sufficient information to determine if intergalactic travel is in use by the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]].<br /> <br /> Given that the series gives numerous references (particularly in one episode, "[[Greetings from Earth]]") that the Earth sought after by the Colonials is the same Earth in what is known by its inhabitants as the "Milky Way Galaxy", it is probable that the Colonials have a different name for this galaxy that is common to both Earth and the [[Battle of Cimtar|shattered worlds]] of the Colonies. This is supported by the Colonial's differing use of units of measure, such as [[yahren]].<br /> <br /> The notion that the "Cyrannus galaxy" and "Milky Way galaxy" are the same galaxy is further supported by the [[spin-off]] series, ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', where the Fleet finds Earth some 30 years after the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. Given that the [[Propulsion (TOS)|nature of propulsion]] in the Original Series was never defined, it is more logical (and perhaps less improbable) that the Fleet could traverse a large span of several thousand light-years within the Milky Way galaxy (which is approximately 100,000 light-years in diameter) than to make a journey from one galaxy to another (with distances in hundreds of millions of light-years). Be this as it may, it is curious to note that [[Adama (TOS)]] claims that Earth is located "In a galaxy similar to our own" in [[Saga of a Star World]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Places]]<br /> [[Category:Places (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]<br /> {{TOS}}</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantia_(TOS)&diff=153821 Atlantia (TOS) 2008-04-05T16:50:06Z

<p>Curst Saden: Wrong term...sorry</p> <hr /> <div>:''For information on a [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] of the same name, see [[Atlantia (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image=tos_atlantia.jpg<br /> | race= Colonial<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons=<br /> | status= Destroyed at [[Battle of Cimtar]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Atlantia''' was the battlestar on which the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]] met in anticipation of the coming treaty between humanity and the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] that would bring to an end the [[Thousand-Yahren War]].<br /> <br /> ''Atlantia'' was destroyed when the treaty rendezvous at [[Cimtar]] turned out to be a trap. A [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raider]] flew up one of her flight pods in a suicide attack and destroyed her from within. Three of the remaining battlestars of the Colonial fleet also perished in the attack with only ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' surviving to fend off the Cylons ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Battlestars]]<br /> [[Category:Battlestars (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Military]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]<br /> {{TOS}}<br /> <br /> [[de:Atlantia (TOS)]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=What_The_Frak_Is_Going_On%3F&diff=153708 What The Frak Is Going On? 2008-04-05T02:57:53Z

<p>Curst Saden: I think he didn't want to be a lawyer.......</p> <hr /> <div>'''"What The Frak Is Going On?"''' is a humorous but impressively concise 8-minute recap of the 2003 ''Battlestar Galactica'' [[Miniseries, Night 1|miniseries]] and the first three seasons of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br /> <br /> Created by the [[Sci Fi Channel]], the recap uses a series of clips from practically every episode of the Re-imagined Series to illustrate and connect the central plot points of the series for new viewers in preparation for [[Season 4|the series's final season.]]<br /> <br /> The narration, provided by a woman's voice, speaks with colloquial tones about plot points that include:<br /> <br /> * [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|"Good Boomer's"]] adventures in season 1 and 2<br /> * [[Kara Thrace]] finds the [[Arrow of Apollo]] in the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] where a [[Number Six]] approaches ("Girl-fight.")<br /> * The [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|emmity]], [[Home, Part II|friendship]] and [[Crossroads, Part II|romance]] between [[William Adama]] and [[Laura Roslin]] (A sequence of clips from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" shows Adama receiving his promotion and giving Roslin an improvised kiss in return as the narrator quips: "Roslin promotes Adama to admiral. He promotes her right back.")<br /> <br /> Certain events that do not play a significant element to the central plot of the show to-date, such as most of the [[Colonial battles chronology (RDM)|battles]], are not discussed. Events from the special [[season 4]] episode "[[Razor]]" are also omitted. <br /> <br /> The video has minor story inaccuracies, such as:<br /> <br /> # [[Leoben Conoy]] is not found first aboard ''Galactica'', as the video states, but rather on [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. The Cylon found on ''Galactica'' is [[Aaron Doral]], who is later abandoned on the munitions depot ([[Miniseries, Night 2]]).<br /> #Later, the narrator connects [[William Adama]]'s fight with Conoy to [[Laura Roslin]]'s announcement that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] look [[humanoid Cylons|human]], but Roslin's conference does not occur until "[[Litmus]]", some days or weeks later.<br /> # The claim is made that "they (the Colonials) think Boomer is a Cylon". This is not the case. The only one who really suspects this is [[Galen Tyrol]], only after "Litmus". <br /> # [[Lee Adama]] is claimed to "wants to be a lawyer", when in fact he was less than enthusiastic about taking on Baltar's case as a lawyer.<br /> The group behind this recap video also produced [[lostpedia:Lost in 8:15|"Lost in 8:15"]], a similar humorous recap of ''[[w:Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' commissioned by [[w:American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] shortly before that series's season 4 premiere. Both videos are narrated by the same woman. <br /> <br /> As with much of the video content on the USA Sci Fi Channel [http://www.scifi.com web site], "What the Frak" will play only for United States residents. However, for everyone all over the world (with special thanks to the [[Sci Fi Channel]]), Battlestar Wiki now hosts the complete 8 minute recap video below. (To view, your computer may require [http://www.apple.com/quicktime QuickTime for Mac or Windows] or similar software.)<br /> <br /> == Video ==<br /> <br /> <htmlet>whatthefrak</htmlet><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM specials)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br /> [[Category:Episode Guide]]<br /> [[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atlantia_(TOS)&diff=150215 Atlantia (TOS) 2008-02-24T22:15:11Z

<p>Curst Saden: Just putting this article in past tense, and adding how Atlantia was destroyed.</p> <hr /> <div>:''For information on a [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] of the same name, see [[Atlantia (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image=tos_atlantia.jpg<br /> | race= Colonial<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons=<br /> | status= Destroyed at [[Battle of Cimtar]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Atlantia''' was the battlestar on which the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]] met in anticipation of the coming treaty between humanity and the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] that would bring to an end the [[Thousand-Yahren War]].<br /> <br /> ''Atlantia'' was destroyed when the treaty rendezvous at [[Cimtar]] turned out to be a trap. A [[Cylon Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raider]] flew up one of her fighter bays in a suicide attack and destroyed her from within. Three of the remaining battlestars of the Colonial fleet also perished in the attack with only ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' surviving to fend off the Cylons ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Battlestars]]<br /> [[Category:Battlestars (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Military]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]<br /> {{TOS}}<br /> <br /> [[de:Atlantia (TOS)]]</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=150214 User:Curst Saden 2008-02-24T22:09:42Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=battlestarformation.jpg<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=[[Saga of a Star World]]<br /> [[The Living Legend]]<br /> [[Fire in Space]]<br /> [[Exodus, Part II]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and of course [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Though he loves both the Galactica series as well as the short-lived [[Galactica: 1980]], Curst prefers the old series over the new, considering the new series to be little more than a soap opera in space with limited imagination reguarding the theme of space travel. His favorie episodes of the new series are of those that contain lots of action and dogfights.<br /> ==Hobbies==<br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Whereabouts==<br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=131433 User:Curst Saden 2007-08-06T05:01:32Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=battlestarformation.jpg<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=[[Saga of a Star World]]<br /> [[The Living Legend]]<br /> [[Fire in Space]]<br /> [[Exodus, Part II]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and of course [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> ==Hobbies==<br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Whereabouts==<br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=131432 User:Curst Saden 2007-08-06T05:00:21Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=battlestarformation.jpg<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=[[Saga of a Star World]]<br /> [[The Living Legend]]<br /> [[Fire in Space]]<br /> [[Exodus, Part 2]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and of course [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=131431 User:Curst Saden 2007-08-06T04:59:18Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=battlestarformation.jpg<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=[[Saga of a Star World]]<br /> [[The Living Legend]]<br /> [[Fire in Space]]<br /> [[Exodus]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=130186 User:Curst Saden 2007-07-25T21:56:57Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=[[Saga of a Star World]]<br /> [[The Living Legend]]<br /> [[Fire in Space]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=130092 User:Curst Saden 2007-07-24T22:20:14Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=[[Saga of a Star World]]<br /> [[The Living Legend]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=130089 User:Curst Saden 2007-07-24T22:10:55Z

<p>Curst Saden: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User Data<br /> | photo=<br /> | name=Curst Saden<br /> | gender=Male<br /> | age=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_day=(Undisclosed)<br /> | born_month=<br /> | born_year=<br /> | location=Rumored to be Waterfall City, Dinotopia<br /> | timezone=<br /> | email=<br /> | gmail=<br /> | aim=<br /> | icq=<br /> | callsign=<br /> | parents= <br /> | siblings=<br /> | children= <br /> | marital status= <br /> | occupation=Student<br /> | rank=Commander<br /> | countrycode= <br /> | admin=<br /> | bcrat=<br /> | sok=<br /> | nocat=<br /> | nogendercat=<br /> | noflag=<br /> | showEC=<br /> | favepi=<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

Curst Saden https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User:Curst_Saden&diff=130088 User:Curst Saden 2007-07-24T22:05:49Z

<p>Curst Saden: New page: '''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and Battlestar Galactica (bo...</p> <hr /> <div>'''Curst Saden''' is known by many as a fan of any TV show that has the word "Star" in it, such as Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate (the movie and Tv shows), and [[Battlestar Galactica]] (both old and new series.) Considered a nerd in his world, he was forced to recently join Memory Alpha, a Star-Trek Wiki. This also drove him to eventually join [[Battlestar Wiki]].<br /> <br /> Curst Saden is also an advid Dinosaur fanatic and collects fossils. He has a love for nature and the enviroment, and tries to find ways to help and preserve it. He loves to visit National Parks and enjoys to read and write. He takes his work very seriously.<br /> <br /> His location and age are secret, but it is rumored that he lives in Waterfall City, Dinotopia.</div>

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