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		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere_Visual_Effects&amp;diff=98861</id>
		<title>Atmosphere Visual Effects</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere_Visual_Effects&amp;diff=98861"/>
		<updated>2006-12-29T04:52:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{expansion}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Image:Atmos VFX.jpg|right|250px|Atmosphere Visual Effects Logo]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039;&#039; is a visual effects studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia, who have worked on the [[Re-imagined]] series of Battlestar Galactica.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere Visual Effects has a staff base of over 25 artists.&lt;br /&gt;
* Previz - Working at the location to produce the best shots&lt;br /&gt;
* CG - Environment, characters and vehicles using a variety of software&lt;br /&gt;
* Compositing - Blending live-action with CG, miniatures and matte paintings&lt;br /&gt;
* Matte painting - Digitally painted images and full CG environments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere Visual Effects won a [[Awards#Visual Effects Society Awards|VES Award]] in 2006 for &#039;&#039;Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video&#039;&#039; from their work on the Cylon CG, an award they were previously nominated in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere was the primary VFX studio on many episodes, including... Episodes 109, 110, 112, 203, 209, 211, 214, 215, 217, 220, 303, 304, 310&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.atmosphere-vfx.com/ &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039; homepage]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: A to Z]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Behind the Scenes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: RDM]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere_Visual_Effects&amp;diff=98860</id>
		<title>Atmosphere Visual Effects</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere_Visual_Effects&amp;diff=98860"/>
		<updated>2006-12-29T04:35:32Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{expansion}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Atmos VFX.jpg|right|250px|Atmosphere Visual Effects Logo]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039;&#039; is a visual effects studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia, who have worked on the [[Re-imagined]] series of Battlestar Galactica.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere Visual Effects has a staff base of over 25 artists with skills including but not limited to:&lt;br /&gt;
* Previz - Working at the location to produce the best shots&lt;br /&gt;
* CG - Environment, characters and vehicles using a variety of software&lt;br /&gt;
* Compositing - Blending live-action with CG, miniatures and matte paintings&lt;br /&gt;
* Matte painting - Digitally painted images and full CG environments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere Visual Effects won a [[Awards#Visual Effects Society Awards|VES Award]] in 2006 for &#039;&#039;Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video&#039;&#039; from their work on the Cylon CG, an award they were previously nominated in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere was the primary VFX studio on many episodes, including... Episodes 109, 110, 112, 203, 209, 211, 214, 215, 217, 220, 303, 304, 310&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.atmosphere-vfx.com/ &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039; homepage]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: A to Z]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Behind the Scenes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: RDM]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere_Visual_Effects&amp;diff=98859</id>
		<title>Atmosphere Visual Effects</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere_Visual_Effects&amp;diff=98859"/>
		<updated>2006-12-29T04:21:11Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{expansion}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Atmos VFX.jpg|right|250px|Atmosphere Visual Effects Logo]]&lt;br /&gt;
&#039;&#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039;&#039; is a visual effects studio located in Vancouver, British Columbia, who have worked on the [[Re-imagined]] series of Battlestar Galactica.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere Visual Effects has a staff base of over 25 artists with skills including but not limited to:&lt;br /&gt;
* Previz - Working at the location to produce the best shots&lt;br /&gt;
* CG - Environment, characters and vehicles using a variety of software&lt;br /&gt;
* Compositing - Blending live-action with CG, miniatures and matte paintings&lt;br /&gt;
* Matte painting - Digitally painted images and full CG environments&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Atmosphere Visual Effects won a [[Awards#Visual Effects Society Awards|VES Award]] in 2006 for &#039;&#039;Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video&#039;&#039; from their work on the Cylon CG, an award they were previously nominated for in 2005.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.atmosphere-vfx.com/ &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039; homepage]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: A to Z]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: Behind the Scenes]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category: RDM]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Osaki&amp;diff=90938</id>
		<title>Daniel Osaki</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Osaki&amp;diff=90938"/>
		<updated>2006-11-12T03:24:26Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Daniel Osaki&#039;&#039;&#039; is the lead 3d modeler at &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
His credits include:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cylon refinery, ep 110, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cylon rocket launcer, ep 203 Concept design and model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gideon, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blackbird, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Resurrection ship, Concept design and model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Prometheus, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Destruction of the Battlestar Pegasus.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1446037|Daniel Osaki on the IMDb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.atmosphere-vfx.com/ &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039; homepage]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Mstub}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:A to Z|Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Behind the Scenes|Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Crew|Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:RDM|Osaki]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Osaki&amp;diff=90902</id>
		<title>Daniel Osaki</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Osaki&amp;diff=90902"/>
		<updated>2006-11-11T23:21:03Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: /* External Links */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Daniel Osaki&#039;&#039;&#039; is the lead 3d modeler at &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
His credits include:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cylon refinery, ep 110 Concept design and model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cylon rocket launcer, ep 203 Concept design and model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gideon, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Blackbird, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Resurrection ship, Concept design and model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Prometheus, model]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Destruction of the Pegasus.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==External Links==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1446037|Daniel Osaki on the IMDb]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[http://www.atmosphere-vfx.com/ &#039;&#039;Atmosphere Visual Effects&#039;&#039; homepage]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
{{Mstub}}&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:A to Z|Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Behind the Scenes|Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Crew|Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:RDM|Osaki]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Cast_and_Crew&amp;diff=88022</id>
		<title>Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Cast_and_Crew&amp;diff=88022"/>
		<updated>2006-10-25T22:05:50Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: /* RDM Crew Needing Expansion */&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{project|Cast and Crew|image=BSG WIKI Official CrewCast.png}}&lt;br /&gt;
This project represents an effort to improve the &#039;&#039;&#039;cast and crew&#039;&#039;&#039; articles for the &#039;&#039;Battlestar Wiki&#039;&#039; across all series. Be sure to add the {{tl|requested}} tag to articles that you want created so the [[User:Task Bot|Task Bot]] can list it in the [[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks|tasks]] page. Or if needed add the {{tl|expansion}}. {{tl|stub}} and {{tl|mstub}} should only be used with some content information. The [[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks|tasks]] page will always carry any article  used with one of these tags.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* {{tls|Crew Skeleton}}&lt;br /&gt;
** Example: &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{subst:Crew Skeleton|Ronald D.|Moore|RDM}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* {{tls|Star Skeleton}} - Star Skeleton&lt;br /&gt;
** Example: &amp;lt;nowiki&amp;gt;{{subst:Star Skeleton|Ronald D.|Moore|RDM}}&amp;lt;/nowiki&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
__NOTOC__&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These are the people that made the shows, but presently we don&#039;t have very much information about them. Unlike most of the content at &#039;&#039;Battlestar Wiki&#039;&#039;, cast and crew information is NOT derived strictly from [[canon]]. Instead, cast and crew information should be able to be attributed to reliable external (non-Battlestar Wiki) sources.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Please follow the [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions (biographies)|Battlestar Wiki&#039;s Standards and Conventions regarding biographies]] when writing these articles.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Copyright Notice ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Keep in mind that we cannot just copy-and-paste from [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] on these topics as Wikipedia&#039;s GFDL license is not compatible with the Creative Commons license we use here. If you like the information, record it here in your own words, and [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|cite your source]]. Ideally primary sources (the places where the Wikipedia information is derived) should be used over Wikipedia.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Contributors ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Contributors to this project may be added here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] &amp;lt;sup&amp;gt;([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])&amp;lt;/sup&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Reimagined Series]] Cast ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Cast Wanted ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ty Olsson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Luciana Carro]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tamara Lashley]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dominic Zamprogna]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Cast Stubs ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Colm Feore]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Michelle Forbes]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dean Stockwell]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Michael Trucco]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Cast Needing Expansion ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Leah Cairns]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nicki Clyne]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dana Delany]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Bill Duke]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Cast Needing Citation ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
These articles need to be cited [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|per policy]]:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jamie Bamber]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tricia Helfer]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Cast Complete ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Michael Hogan]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Lucy Lawless]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Grace Park]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rick Worthy]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Reimagined Series Crew ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Crew Wanted ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Crew Stubs ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Crew Needing Expansion ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[David Eick]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sacha Moisewitsch]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Colin Meacham]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Andy Chamberlayne]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Glenne Campbell]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Richard Hudolin]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Stephen McNutt]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Gary Hutzel]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alain Rivard]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Michael Angeli]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Eric Chu]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Anne Cofell Saunders]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Douglas McLean]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Harvey Frand]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Marita Grabiak]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Toni Graphia]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rod Hardy]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[James Head]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jonathan Lancaster]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jose Perez]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Allan Kroeker]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jack Marshall]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Gabriel Köerner]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Richard Livingston]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Michael Nankin]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Bradley Thompson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Joel Anderson Thompson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Brad Turner]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Mark Verheiden]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jonas Pate]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Patricia Murray]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Daniel Osaki]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dawn Prestwich]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ken Rabehl]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Carla Robinson]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Rey Villalobos]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jeff Vlaming]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jeff Woolnough]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Robert Young]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Crew Needing Cleanup ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Emile Smith]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[David Weddle]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== RDM Crew Complete ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ronald D. Moore]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] Cast ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Cast Wanted ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ed Begley Jr.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Dick Durock]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[John Dullaghan]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[David Greenan]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Jonathan Harris]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Noah Hathaway]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[George Murdock]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Felix Silla]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Tony Swartz]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Cast Stubs ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Herb Jefferson Jr.]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Patrick Macnee]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Cast Needing Expansion ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Lorne Greene]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Barry Van Dyke]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Cast Needing Cleanup ===&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Anne Lockhart]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Cast Complete ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Original Series Crew ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Crew Wanted ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Alan Levi]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Leslie Stevens]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Crew Stubs ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Crew Needing Expansion ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== TOS Crew Complete ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [[Galactica 1980]] Cast ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Cast Wanted ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Robyn Douglass]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Robbie Rist]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[James Patrick Stuart]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Allan Miller]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Cast Stubs ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Herb Jefferson Jr.]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Cast Needing Expansion ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Cast Complete ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Lorne Greene]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kent McCord]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== [[Galactica 1980]] Crew ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Crew Wanted ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Barry Crane]]	 	&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Vince Edwards]]	 	&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Daniel Haller]]	 	&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sidney Hayers]]	 	&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Sigmund Neufeld Jr.]]	 	&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ron Satlof]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Allan Cole]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Jeff Freilich]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ben Kadish]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Frank Lupo]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[David J. O&#039;Connell]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Gary Winter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Dean Zanetos]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Crew Stubs ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Crew Needing Expansion ===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Glen A. Larson]]&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
=== 1980 Crew Complete ===&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Osaki&amp;diff=87838</id>
		<title>Daniel Osaki</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Osaki&amp;diff=87838"/>
		<updated>2006-10-25T05:02:06Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;Daniel Osaki is the lead 3d modeler at Atmosphere Visual Effects.&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
	</entry>
	<entry>
		<id>https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Exodus,_Part_II&amp;diff=87830</id>
		<title>Exodus, Part II</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Exodus,_Part_II&amp;diff=87830"/>
		<updated>2006-10-25T03:43:10Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Danny: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;hr /&gt;
&lt;div&gt;{{Episode Data&lt;br /&gt;
| title= Exodus, Part II&lt;br /&gt;
| image=TighAdamaReunion.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| season= 3&lt;br /&gt;
| episode= 4&lt;br /&gt;
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]&lt;br /&gt;
| writer= [[Bradley Thompson]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[David Weddle]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story= &lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Commander [[Lee Adama]] of the battlestar &#039;&#039;[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]&#039;&#039; has serious doubts about the success of the [[New Caprica]] rescue mission by &#039;&#039;[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]&#039;&#039;. On New Caprica, [[Saul Tigh]] decides the consequences for his [[Ellen Tigh |wife&#039;s]] betrayal of [[The Resistance | the Resistance]]. Aboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Admiral [[William Adama]] executes a dramatic rescue plan.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*On &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, [[Lee Adama]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] talk of &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;s&#039;&#039; mission. Adama worries heavily that Admiral Adama&#039;s mission will fail and of what future responsibilities he may have as the leader of the rest of mankind. His wife tells him to not give up hope.&lt;br /&gt;
*On New Caprica, [[Samuel Anders]] confronts [[Saul Tigh]] about [[Ellen Tigh|his wife Ellen&#039;s]] betrayal and tells him that either Tigh &amp;quot;takes care&amp;quot; of Ellen, or someone else less sympathetic will do so.&lt;br /&gt;
*Ellen Tigh explains her recent actions, that she would do absolutely anything to save Saul, including betraying the resistance. Tigh consoles her and provides her a drink when she asks. She falls unconscious, her drink having been poisoned by her husband. He says that he loves her, rests his head on her corpse, and weeps.&lt;br /&gt;
*On &#039;&#039;[[Colonial One]]&#039;&#039;, [[Gaius Baltar]] tells the Cylons that they have failed in their experiment and suggests the Cylons simply leave. A [[Number Three|Three]] voices the concern that one day the descendants of mankind might exact vengeance upon the Cylons, should they be left to their own devices.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Saulellen.jpg|Saul handing Ellen her poisoned drink.|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Suddenly, dozens of explosions can be felt and seen. The [[Battle of New Caprica]] has begun.&lt;br /&gt;
*Anders and the resistance team has set a series of explosions that mimic a Colonial attack and causes chaos. [[Tory Foster]] commands a team of section leaders in the evacuation and orders [[Maya]] to head for her ship with [[Hera|Isis]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Anders and a large group of resistance fighters retrieve weapons from beneath the [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] court to rescue the detainees in the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]].&lt;br /&gt;
*In space above New Caprica, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; deploys a squadron of Raptors and Vipers. The Raptors launch [[swallow]]s to mimic the EM signature of two Colonial battlestars. The Cylons pick them up and fall for the ruse, moving two basestars with their Raiders away from the planet.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Leoben Conoy]] leaves the residence inside the Detention Center to aid with the fighting, he keeps [[Kara Thrace]] inside. She assaults him and tries to escape, but he knocks her unconscious.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tom Zarek]] tasks [[James Lyman|Jammer]] to protect [[Laura Roslin]] as she makes her way to &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
*At the entrance to the shipyard, where the Cylons keep the grounded Colonial vessels, a team under Tigh and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]]s. &lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons detect the decoy drones, but &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; jumps into the planet&#039;s upper atmosphere and plunges rapidly towards the planet. Mid-descent, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; launches its Vipers. Before colliding with the ground, the ship jumps back into space. The Vipers begin to attack targets on the ground and clear the way.&lt;br /&gt;
*As others are freed from the Detention Center, Anders finds his unconscious wife and carries her away, but when Thrace awakens, she goes back to retrieve [[Kacey]].&lt;br /&gt;
*The battle is turning against &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;. Her FTL drives are down, weapons are offline and there is heavy structural damage from the atmospheric entry. Four Cylon basestars are closing in and the battlestar is soon bombarded from all sides with no hope of survival. At that moment &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; joins the battle, Lee Adama having disobeyed his father&#039;s orders. He opens fire with the forward batteries and destroys one basestar in the opening salvo.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons realize that they have lost and decide to evacuate the planet. [[Number Three]] volunteers to stay behind and set off the nuclear weapon that was left in the city for such a contingency. She offers Baltar a place with the Cylons and leaves.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Colonial ships initiate intra-atmosphere [[FTL|jumps]] from New Caprica as soon as they become airborne.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; is heavily bombarded by missiles, having left all of her Vipers back with the rest of the civilian Fleet. Admiral Adama realizes that his son has planned a one-way mission for &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, and orders recall of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; fighters.&lt;br /&gt;
*On &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039;, [[Felix Gaeta]] accuses Baltar at gunpoint of having betrayed everyone. Gaeta admits his guilt in idealistically believing in Baltar&#039;s initial vision, but realized in the end that Baltar was only thinking about himself. Baltar admits his own guilt and begs Gaeta to shoot him. However, Gaeta relents, giving Baltar a final chance to redeem himself: stop Three from setting off the nuclear bomb.&lt;br /&gt;
*With &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; dying, Lee Adama orders everyone to abandon ship. He sets the ship [[CBDR]] with a basestar as the last of the crew leaves in Raptors. &#039;&#039;Pegasus’&#039;&#039; collision destroys another basestar. The remains of &#039;&#039;Pegasus’&#039;&#039; starboard [[flight pod]] collides with and destroy another basestar.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kara Thrace retrieves Kacey, but Conoy has returned and confronts her. She appears to give in to his demands, says &amp;quot;I love you,&amp;quot; and kisses him. However, Thrace uses the diversion to stab him. She picks up Kacey and leaves with Anders.&lt;br /&gt;
*Three searches [[Dodona Selloi]]&#039;s tent, but the [[oracle]] has left. Outside, [[Caprica-Six]] and Baltar find Hera next to [[Maya]]&#039;s body, still alive. Three arrives, asks to hold the child, and leaves with her.  [[Caprica-Six]] says Three no longer intends to detonate the nuke, then leaves the planet with Baltar.&lt;br /&gt;
*Laura Roslin and a group of resistance fighters enter the now abandoned &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039; and are the last ship to leave the planet.&lt;br /&gt;
*On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, many people are reunited as Tyrol immediately takes charge of ushering the incoming refugees. When Thrace shows Kacey to Tyrol, another woman walks by and recognizes the girl as her daughter, whom the Cylons had taken away. The mother thanks Thrace for rescuing Kacey. Thrace is shocked by the relevation that Kacey is not her daughter after all, but gives her up. &lt;br /&gt;
*Admiral Adama welcomes Tigh back aboard, and tells him he brought everyone back. Tigh quietly replies, &amp;quot;[[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them]].&amp;quot; The colonists in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; [[hangar deck]] begin chanting &amp;quot;A-dam-a, A-dam-a...&amp;quot; and carry the admiral on their shoulders. Adama turns to see Tigh wandering off, numbed with grief.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tory Foster tells Roslin that neither Maya nor Hera can be found, and it seems likely neither made it off the planet. Foster apologizes, but Roslin muses that this was part of something bigger than them.&lt;br /&gt;
*Admiral Adama shaves off his mustache and returns to a fully staffed [[CIC]], aboard the now very loud, bustling corridors of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies?&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Tom Zarek]], as Vice President, seems to have the best claim. Since he chose to become a political prisoner rather than collaborate with the Cylons, he has probably retained his good standing in the public eye. If Baltar had him removed from office, he could probably make a good case that such an action was illegal.&lt;br /&gt;
**Laura Roslin&#039;s decision to evacuate on Colonial One may not have been an expression of her intent to claim the presidency. Colonial One had been her home for the first nine months that the fleet spent on the run. Zarek may have opted to evacuate aboard the &#039;&#039;[[Astral Queen]]&#039;&#039;, as he has previously served as a leader and representative of that vessel and her passengers.&lt;br /&gt;
**However, [[Saul Tigh]] seemed to expect that Roslin would assume the presidency ([[Precipice]]), and when boarding Colonial One, she makes herself at home at Baltar&#039;s desk as if she intends to do so.&lt;br /&gt;
**The Colonial Government has scheduled elections ([[Bastille Day]]), although it has also called special elections before ([[Colonial Day]]). As of this episode, it has been about a year and five months since the last presidential election, so it is unlikely that another is scheduled in the near future.&lt;br /&gt;
*What will be the final disposition of the &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica?&lt;br /&gt;
**Saul Tigh&#039;s injuries may prevent him from resuming his post as XO of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;. Additionally, he has been outranked by [[Lee Adama]] since &amp;quot;[[The Captain&#039;s Hand]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
**Lee Adama&#039;s command, the &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, has been destroyed. Given Tigh&#039;s incapacity, he may begin service as XO of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;. He has also expressed dissatisfaction with his military career ([[Final Cut]]) and may wish to retire from fleet service, or resume his earlier duties of military liaison to the civilian government.&lt;br /&gt;
**It will be difficult to justify replacing [[Louanne Katraine]] as CAG, given the length of her service since the foundation of New Caprica, and her skill as a pilot, shown to have rivaled or outstripped even that of Kara Thrace by the time of &amp;quot;[[Scar]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Kara Thrace]] is separated from Fleet service, and although she will probably return to active duty, it is unlikely that she will resume her former duty position as CAG, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; so long as Katraine is serving competently in that position.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] is now an officer, and will not be expected to resume NCO-level tasks. [[Hoshi]] held her former position on &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, and is now available to serve on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Felix Gaeta]] is separated, and will have to answer for the crimes of Baltar&#039;s administration, despite his covert affiliation with the resistance. [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Aaron Kelly]] have both been shown performing Gaeta&#039;s duties in CIC on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, and one of them may replace him.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Cally Tyrol]], [[Galen Tyrol]], or both may choose to remain separated (from fleet service) to raise their son, Nicholas. We have not yet seen young children being raised on board &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, although there is a [[Boxey (RDM)|precedent]] for keeping a civilian minor onboard.&lt;br /&gt;
**We may also see characters assume roles not previously shown onboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.  &lt;br /&gt;
*What consequences will Ellen Tigh&#039;s death have for her husband?&lt;br /&gt;
**Will Saul Tigh again drink to excess?&lt;br /&gt;
***An interview with Ron Moore revealed that Tigh will be deep in the bottle for some episodes as he deals with his injuries and the loss of his wife&lt;br /&gt;
*What equipment and personnel were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?&lt;br /&gt;
**In order to build [[New Caprica City]], the ships were at least partially stripped and supplies were offloaded.&lt;br /&gt;
**Medical supplies were running low as of &amp;quot;[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]&amp;quot;, although apparently the colonists were resupplied by the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
**Are there any people alive remaining on New Caprica after the exodus, due to wounds or infirmity? Were there any detention facilities which the [[New Caprica Resistance]] failed to liberate? Did anyone besides [[Gaius Baltar]] stay behind willingly?&lt;br /&gt;
*If the civilian ships only needed to get a few hundred feet off the ground in order to use their FTL drives and escape, why do &#039;&#039;Galcatica&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; need to engage the basestars?  Is this just to keep the Raiders, Heavy Raiders, and missiles from being used on the civilian fleet, on the surface below?  (Note: it is not in dispute that having &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; launch its fighters within the atmosphere is important so they could attack the Centurions and few raiders there.)&lt;br /&gt;
**As with the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons could destroy the city with a single nuclear bomb in orbit. The plan appears to force the Cylons to be too distracted by the battlestar&#039;s offenses (Raptors at first, then the battlestar itself) to worry about the actions on the planet. &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; jumps intra-atmosphere to minimize detection by the basestars.&lt;br /&gt;
**As part of Adama&#039;s strategy, after the intra-atmospheric jump, he probably wanted to jump the Galactica to the lowest possible orbit such that when the planetary rescue effort was complete that he could recover the vipers in the shortest possible time.  To jump the Galactica to an extremely high orbit could add hours to viper recovery and allowing far too much time for Basestars and Raiders alike to close into their position.&lt;br /&gt;
*Will Gaeta be the target of persecution or assassination as a collaborator?  Or will people believe in him when he is found out to be the secret informant?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Cally Tyrol]] identify Jammer as the NCP officer who released her, based on his voice?&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; escape seems questionable.  Most or all of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Vipers were launched during the atmospheric maneuver.  Later, after the four basestars start pummelling &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, its situation is dire, facing explosive decompressions and with its FTL disabled.  Adama says, &amp;quot;Then that&#039;s it.  It&#039;s been an honor.&amp;quot;  &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; immediately appears and uses its superior weaponry to engage the basestars, destroying one in the first volley, so Adama orders the FTL to be fixed.  Soon, Helo reports that most of the civilian ships have jumped, that FTL is back online, and that &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; is taking &amp;quot;a hell of a pounding.&amp;quot;  Adama orders his Vipers to land so that &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; can leave.  The next shot is Vipers landing, but weren&#039;t they all at the surface?  How long does it take a Viper to climb into orbit?  Real-world atmospheric escapes take several minutes, at least.  How much damage were the basestars and battlestars doing to each other in this time?&lt;br /&gt;
**We aren&#039;t seeing events in real-time. Several minutes can lie between scenes that appear to happen right after another. Sometimes it is simply necessary to compress things in order to fit them into one episode.&lt;br /&gt;
**There may be several key differences at play between an escape from New Caprica&#039;s atmosphere and a real-world atmospheric departure, such as a lower [[Wikipedia:Karman line|atmospheric boundary]], more powerful thrusters on the Vipers, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
***In a real-world example, the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] takes approximately 10 minutes to attain escape velocity.  The length of this time is partly due to the fact that the Space Shuttle&#039;s engines are occassionally throttled back to keep acceleration below 3 G to reduce discomfort to the crew.  Additionally, typically it takes several hours for the Space Shuttle to attain the same orbit as the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]].  For convenience of fiction, from the time of escape velocity of the vipers to attaining the same orbit of the Galactica could be said to be several minutes.  Therefore, the entire sequence probably took in real-time 1/2 hour from the time the order was given by Adama to retrieve the Vipers to the time that all Vipers were aboard the Galactica.  This is not taking into account that all craft can&#039;t land simultaneously on a carrier.  The Pegasus probably took a pounding from 1/2 to 1 hour from the 3 remaining Basestars before it reached its final demise, a process that was beyond the timeframe of the show.&lt;br /&gt;
*Why did Kara Thrace wait so long to stab Leoben? She could have done it before even kissing him.&lt;br /&gt;
**Possibly, Thrace intended to insult to injury by her quick betrayal, but also, she needed to ensure that the Cylon agent was completely off his guard.&lt;br /&gt;
**It&#039;s also possible she is not as strong as we think, and truly felt something for Leoben in those few moments.&lt;br /&gt;
*What about the Cylons, such as Leoben, who were killed during the insurection? If they were dependant on a resurrection facility on New Caprica, is said facility still operational? If not, is there a resurrection ship in range?&lt;br /&gt;
*What, besides &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; and her crew, was gained by the sacrifice of &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;? Most of the civilian ships had already jumped to safety, and &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; did not bring any Vipers along to escort the remainder, opting instead to leave them to defend the small civilian fleet it had been protecting. If nothing was gained besides the survival of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, the sacrifice was a costly and foolish mistake - the fleet has lost the more advanced of its two battlestars, and along with it, its ability to manufacture new Vipers ([[Scar]]).&lt;br /&gt;
**From a purely military mission perspective that is correct. &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;&#039; intervention seems to have been made solely because of the personal feelings of its commander.  For the Cylons, the destruction of Pegasus and the retrieval of Hera compensate to an extent for the loss of three base stars and 39,000 human prisoners.&lt;br /&gt;
** Actually the mission was to rescue the 39,000 humans, the bulk of the survivors of the human race. The military perspective would be the sacrifice was worth the loss (though it would have been better, perhaps, if &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; would have done the suicide run. It seems, though, that &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; would have jumped out if it could do so, but the ship lost its FTL drive during the pounding. This seems to happen relatively frequently for heavily defended warships designed to engage in brutal combat -- both Battlestars lost FTL during this battle. Also, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; facilities to manufacture Vipers may have been greatly improved during the year at New Caprica.&lt;br /&gt;
** From a tactical point of view, the survival of Admiral Adama, the best tactician in the rag-tag fleet, was more important that the survival of the superior battlestar.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*There is a major plot hole concerning the continuity of the story from Exodus, Part I.  In Part I, D&#039;Anna sees Caprica-Sharon in the detention center and is shot by her.  Yet in Part II, D&#039;Anna is in Colonial One, apparently unharmed, and has not alerted the Cylons to Sharon&#039;s presence.&lt;br /&gt;
**That is a different D&#039;Anna.  You&#039;ll note the D&#039;Anna in Colonial One before the attack is wearing all black, whereas the D&#039;Anna that encountered Sharon typically wears lighter colors.  The two D&#039;Annas are seen together in The Occupation.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Either the scenes aren&#039;t in order or Baltar is not aware of what is going on.  In the Gaeta-Baltar scene, Baltar says, &amp;quot;The Cylons have a nuke in this complex.  Nobody, and I mean nobody, is getting off this planet alive unless I stop D&#039;Anna.&amp;quot;  But this is after most of the civilian ships have already jumped.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Further, until Hera is discovered by Baltar, Three is still looking to set off the nuke -- even though it is clear that the colonists are all long gone. &lt;br /&gt;
**It&#039;s possible Three wasn&#039;t seeking to set off the nuke, but said she was as a ruse to go seek answers about her premonitions concerning Hera.&lt;br /&gt;
*** Any nuke held by the Cylons would likely be stored somewhere inside the guarded Cylon perimeter. It appears that this Three made a beeline to the Oracle, and was upset that she was not there. While going through the tent, knocking things over, she is quoted as saying &amp;quot;frackking liar!&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*In general, the Cylons seem to have left the planet implausibly underguarded. Considering the strategic nature of the site, as well as the well-known fact that two battlestars remained at large, one would have expected the Cylons to have an overwhelming amount of protection for the planet -- perhaps dozens of basestars. Furthermore, it is hard to believe that the Cylons were not keeping closer tabs on the whereabouts of the launch keys.&lt;br /&gt;
**It has been established beforehand that the Cylons are overstretched with the occupation. This could account for the lack of protection. At any rate, four basestars against two battlestars is hardly an even match, let alone two half-strength battlestars.&lt;br /&gt;
***A Basestar does not seem to be a 1 to 1 match for a Battlestar.  They lack offensive and defensive gun batteries, the ability to maneuver quickly, and have a critical design flaw that is easily exploited (central hub holding the six arms together).  Basestars depend on missiles and large numbers of Raiders.  Adama felt that the Galactica, even barely manned, could hold up to two Cylon Basestars.&lt;br /&gt;
****Additionally, RDM has mentioned in his podcasts that the Cylons do have major operations elsewhere hinting at future storylines in the season.  It is possible that the Cylon higher command made a strategic decision to guard the planet with what they deemed the minimal required number of basestars to defend against 2 battlestars.&lt;br /&gt;
*****One may also be prone to over estimating the number of Basestars the Cylons own. When preparing the attack on the twelve colonies, the cylons knew that they had surprise and the backdoor computer viruse on the their side, as such they may not have produced a very large amount of basestars (Perhaps not even enough to match the numbers of battlestars the twelve colonies had). Furthermore, the knowledge that the colonials ignored where the Cylon homeworld is may have also played a part them having a smaller fleet. If, for some reason, the attack failed, the cylons could simply retreat and bide their time before trying again. After all, when one is sure he can render his enemy defenseless, theres no real need to produce a pointlessly large army.&lt;br /&gt;
*****The number of Basestars has been reduced since the original attack as both the Galactica and the Pegasus have destroyed several in combat.  Such massive capital ships require considerable resources to build and will not be quickly replaced, if at all.&lt;br /&gt;
*With the former crew of &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; onboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; now, the ship has something close to its standard crew size. (&#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; crew was deduced to be 2,693 in the episode &amp;quot;[[Water]]&amp;quot;, and &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;s&#039;&#039; was introduced with a crew count of 1,752 in &amp;quot;[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]&amp;quot; (see [[Crew tally]]). William Adama notes that over half of the crew has settled on [[New Caprica]] in &amp;quot;[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]&amp;quot;, and Lee confirms that both ships are at half-strength in &amp;quot;[[Occupation]]&amp;quot;.) Military operations should be much smoother now, and repairs to the ship in general are more feasible.&lt;br /&gt;
**However, many repairs, such as structural, will require shipyard or dockyard facilities equiped with replacement parts and heavy repair machinery required for such repairs, and these facilities are no longer available.  The &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; may never again be the fighting force that it once was.&lt;br /&gt;
*While the combination of the &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; air groups give the latter battlestar a full-strength fighter wing, the Fleet has suffered the loss of its most advanced and best-armed warship. With it also went the capability to build replacement Vipers, unless one of the civilian ships can be converted for such a purpose. Defensively, the Fleet is pretty much back to the position it was in when it left the Colonies.&lt;br /&gt;
**However, the Galactica did take significant structural damage during the conflict, therefore, it currently isn&#039;t in the same state of battle readiness as it was at the time it left the Colonies.&lt;br /&gt;
*It appears during the whole conflict in atmospheric combat that the Raiders were spending most of their time running from the Vipers.  This may be due to the fact that Colonial Vipers have a far superior atmospheric design where Raiders are optimized for space operations.  The Viper has a stabilizing vertical wing which aids the pilot in manuevering through the atmosphere just like all real-life combat aircraft.  The Raider lacks this stabilizer wing much reducing their effectiveness in aeronautic combat and manuevering thrusters are not as effective in air as in space due to resistance.  This made the tactic of depositing the &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Vipers into a solely air-support role for evacuating ships very effective once the Space-borne Raiders were decoyed away from the planet so that the &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; only had to face the Basestars, not the Raiders.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; seemed to fulfill its role just like the [[Pegasus (TOS)|original &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;]], as it fought to the end to defeat two basetars and allowed &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; along with the last of the fleet to escape from the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* There is also a TOS comic named &#039;&#039;[[Exodus!]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Both parts of &amp;quot;Exodus&amp;quot; were originally planned as one episode. However, it was quickly realized that the story was far too large for one episode and it was split in two. This happened before with &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]].&amp;quot; It also helped save money because the construction of New Caprica, the extensive location shooting, the number of actors, as well as the special effects for &amp;quot;Exodus, Part II&amp;quot; were very expensive and the production was over budget.&lt;br /&gt;
* Apparently, the viper Mk.VIIs deployed by Galactica in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This may be a visual-effects-gaffe or the engines may have been effected by the nebular gas or even using a diffrent type of fuel or engine.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Discussing the failure of the occupation:&#039;&#039;	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Three&#039;&#039;&#039;: What would you have us do, Gaius?	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar&#039;&#039;&#039;: Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go.	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Three&#039;&#039;&#039;: And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? You&#039;d live out your lives in peace and never trouble yourselves with thoughts of us again? Or would you raise your children with stories of the Cylon, the mechanical slaves who once did your bidding, only to turn against you? Killers who committed genocide against your race, the occupiers of this city until we just ran away? Would you tell them to tell the story to their children, and to their childrens&#039; children, and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar&#039;&#039;&#039;: Blood for blood ...has to stop one day.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Roslin heads to Colonial One&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Roslin&#039;&#039;&#039;: My ship&#039;s up there.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Zarek&#039;&#039;&#039;: You sure have a sense of the dramatic.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Adama comes to accept &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;&#039;s end&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Admiral Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; Then that&#039;s it. It&#039;s been an honor.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;After Hearing Pegasus Has Joined Galactica&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Admiral William Adama&#039;&#039;&#039;: Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;The Pegasus is evacuated before its destruction&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Dualla:&#039;&#039;&#039; Alright, people, let&#039;s move. Out! Let&#039;s go. (To Lee): You too, Commander.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Commander Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; Yes, sir. (Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at Pegasus): Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Admiral William Adama&#039;&#039;&#039;: I guess you didn&#039;t understand my orders.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Commander Lee Adama&#039;&#039;&#039;: I never could read your handwriting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; You did it, Saul. You brought them back.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Not all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Guest Stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl &amp;quot;Helo&amp;quot; Agathon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne &amp;quot;Kat&amp;quot; Katraine]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Visual Effects ==&lt;br /&gt;
*BSG Exodus Part II Visual Effects by Atmosphere Visual Effects, BSG VFX and Zoic Studios&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Fragged</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Episode Data&lt;br /&gt;
| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| title=Fragged&lt;br /&gt;
| series=&lt;br /&gt;
| season=2&lt;br /&gt;
| episode=3&lt;br /&gt;
| guests=&lt;br /&gt;
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story=&lt;br /&gt;
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production=203&lt;br /&gt;
| rating= 2.0&lt;br /&gt;
| US airdate=2005-07-29&lt;br /&gt;
| UK airdate=2006-01-24&lt;br /&gt;
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;US&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;UK&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| population=47,862&lt;br /&gt;
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin&#039;s removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Summary == &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; from the &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.&lt;br /&gt;
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;
*After being informed about their arrival on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the &amp;quot;dying leader&amp;quot;  who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===On Kobol===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won&#039;t look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]&#039;s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.&lt;br /&gt;
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar&#039;s duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.&lt;br /&gt;
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.&lt;br /&gt;
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet&#039;s surface.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a &amp;quot;last stand&amp;quot; gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown&#039;s demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Questions == &lt;br /&gt;
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; has abandoned Kobol?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown&#039;s fate?  Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later?  ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;, and none were seen to be deployed during the fracas in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship&#039;s ability? Have &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Raptors been in chronically poor condition?&lt;br /&gt;
**Perhaps Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]&#039;s powers of command and organization in keeping systems functional was missed by his staff, leaving flight prep more complicated in preparing his rescue.&lt;br /&gt;
***If this were the case, why would &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; be willing to dispense with him for the sake of a survey mission?&lt;br /&gt;
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]&#039;s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she&#039;s really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Cylon agent speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039;, rather than [[Cloud 9]]?&lt;br /&gt;
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group&#039;s leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of &amp;quot;three&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he&#039;s always been before. Is he losing his mind?&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why?&lt;br /&gt;
:The Cylons sent some Centurions to the surface, however, the bulk of their force around Kobol consisted of a basestar that is destroyed in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]].&amp;quot; While a second basestar did appear near the Fleet in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]],&amp;quot; apparently by &amp;quot;[[Home, Part II]],&amp;quot; this basestar was not moved to the area of Kobol to replace the first basestar for reasons unknown. It may have been spending its time trying to find the Fleet, which had Jumped to escape it.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar&#039;s mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?&lt;br /&gt;
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, &amp;quot;Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh.&amp;quot; Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh&#039;s grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range?  Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
*Another interpretation to Roslin&#039;s complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in [[Valley of Darkness]], but perhaps a number of the casualties haven&#039;t had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown&#039;s death, the total stands at 47,861.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Frag&amp;quot; is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught &amp;quot;friendly fire&amp;quot; during a skirmish. The word is derived from &amp;quot;fragmentation grenade&amp;quot; which is shortened to &amp;quot;frag grenade&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;frag&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now  public knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (The first was [[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode in which Tigh calls &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;my ship.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; arrested.&lt;br /&gt;
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles.&lt;br /&gt;
**We also saw this in [[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this Episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cottle]]&#039;s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot;, during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]&#039;s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.&lt;br /&gt;
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and  Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]&#039;s old show, &amp;quot;The Education of Max Bigford&amp;quot;.  Ironically, &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot; happens to be the first episode of &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039; that Katee Sackhoff does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; appear in.&lt;br /&gt;
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film &amp;quot;[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]&amp;quot;:  in the film, Tom Hank&#039;s character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank.  In &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, Chief Tyrol desperately fires at  oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions.  Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, was actually first assistant director on &amp;quot;Saving Private Ryan&amp;quot; under Steven Spielberg.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s brig:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; She&#039;s crazy. She&#039;s nuts! She thinks she&#039;s a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she&#039;ll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of &#039;&#039;&#039;Athena&#039;&#039;&#039;, and we will find the road to Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin&#039;s actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s sickbay:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Doctor Cottle:&#039;&#039;&#039; How should I know? I&#039;m not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM&#039;s]] ties to &#039;&#039;Star Trek&#039;&#039; and Dr. McCoy&#039;s &amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a...&amp;quot; quips.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; He&#039;s crazy.  I&#039;m not trained for this kind of thing.  I&#039;ve never fired a gun in my life!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Seelix:&#039;&#039;&#039; I haven&#039;t fired one since &#039;basic.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Cally) You?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Six:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Baltar) Now you&#039;re a man.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;In a desperate last stand against Cylons&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; (aboard the Raptor) You&#039;re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
* &#039;&#039;While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don&#039;t have any time! Move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I can&#039;t do it!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Cally, move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; No!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun on Cally)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; You&#039;re going, Cally. You&#039;re going out there or I&#039;m going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Hey LT, easy, easy-&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; I&#039;m going to count to three.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Selix:&#039;&#039;&#039; This is crazy! This is crazy!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; One...&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;In a hallway on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Why aren&#039;t you in the brig?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Billy:&#039;&#039;&#039; (flustered) Because.. you haven&#039;t put me there?&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Interviews ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2384&amp;amp;Itemid=0&amp;amp;limit=1&amp;amp;limitstart=1]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0262957|Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1756208|Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0356501|Jennifer Halley]] as [[Seelix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; Edmondson]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0406896|Particia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0829121|Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] &lt;br /&gt;
*T-Roy Kdzuki as &amp;quot;Marine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== External Links ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/ &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;] at scifi.com&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Episode Data&lt;br /&gt;
| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| title=Fragged&lt;br /&gt;
| series=&lt;br /&gt;
| season=2&lt;br /&gt;
| episode=3&lt;br /&gt;
| guests=&lt;br /&gt;
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story=&lt;br /&gt;
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production=203&lt;br /&gt;
| rating= 2.0&lt;br /&gt;
| US airdate=2005-07-29&lt;br /&gt;
| UK airdate=2006-01-24&lt;br /&gt;
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;US&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;UK&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| population=47,862&lt;br /&gt;
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin&#039;s removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary == &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; from the &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.&lt;br /&gt;
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;
*After being informed about their arrival on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the &amp;quot;dying leader&amp;quot;  who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===On Kobol===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won&#039;t look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]&#039;s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.&lt;br /&gt;
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar&#039;s duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.&lt;br /&gt;
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.&lt;br /&gt;
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet&#039;s surface.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a &amp;quot;last stand&amp;quot; gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown&#039;s demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions == &lt;br /&gt;
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; has abandoned Kobol?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown&#039;s fate?  Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later?  ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;, and none were seen to be deployed during the fracas in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship&#039;s ability? Have &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Raptors been in chronically poor condition?&lt;br /&gt;
**Perhaps Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]&#039;s powers of command and organization in keeping systems functional was missed by his staff, leaving flight prep more complicated in preparing his rescue.&lt;br /&gt;
***If this were the case, why would &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; be willing to dispense with him for the sake of a survey mission?&lt;br /&gt;
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]&#039;s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she&#039;s really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Cylon agent speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039;, rather than [[Cloud 9]]?&lt;br /&gt;
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group&#039;s leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of &amp;quot;three&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he&#039;s always been before. Is he losing his mind?&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why?&lt;br /&gt;
:The Cylons sent some Centurions to the surface, however, the bulk of their force around Kobol consisted of a basestar that is destroyed in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]].&amp;quot; While a second basestar did appear near the Fleet in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]],&amp;quot; apparently by &amp;quot;[[Home, Part II]],&amp;quot; this basestar was not moved to the area of Kobol to replace the first basestar for reasons unknown. It may have been spending its time trying to find the Fleet, which had Jumped to escape it.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar&#039;s mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?&lt;br /&gt;
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, &amp;quot;Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh.&amp;quot; Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh&#039;s grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range?  Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
*Another interpretation to Roslin&#039;s complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in [[Valley of Darkness]], but perhaps a number of the casualties haven&#039;t had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown&#039;s death, the total stands at 47,861.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Frag&amp;quot; is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught &amp;quot;friendly fire&amp;quot; during a skirmish. The word is derived from &amp;quot;fragmentation grenade&amp;quot; which is shortened to &amp;quot;frag grenade&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;frag&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now  public knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (The first was [[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode in which Tigh calls &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;my ship.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; arrested.&lt;br /&gt;
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles.&lt;br /&gt;
**We also saw this in [[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this Episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cottle]]&#039;s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot;, during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]&#039;s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.&lt;br /&gt;
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and  Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]&#039;s old show, &amp;quot;The Education of Max Bigford&amp;quot;.  Ironically, &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot; happens to be the first episode of &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039; that Katee Sackhoff does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; appear in.&lt;br /&gt;
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film &amp;quot;[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]&amp;quot;:  in the film, Tom Hank&#039;s character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank.  In &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, Chief Tyrol desperately fires at  oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions.  Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, was actually first assistant director on &amp;quot;Saving Private Ryan&amp;quot; under Steven Spielberg.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s brig:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; She&#039;s crazy. She&#039;s nuts! She thinks she&#039;s a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she&#039;ll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of &#039;&#039;&#039;Athena&#039;&#039;&#039;, and we will find the road to Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin&#039;s actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s sickbay:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Doctor Cottle:&#039;&#039;&#039; How should I know? I&#039;m not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM&#039;s]] ties to &#039;&#039;Star Trek&#039;&#039; and Dr. McCoy&#039;s &amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a...&amp;quot; quips.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; He&#039;s crazy.  I&#039;m not trained for this kind of thing.  I&#039;ve never fired a gun in my life!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Seelix:&#039;&#039;&#039; I haven&#039;t fired one since &#039;basic.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Cally) You?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! &lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Six:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Baltar) Now you&#039;re a man.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In a desperate last stand against Cylons&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; (aboard the Raptor) You&#039;re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don&#039;t have any time! Move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I can&#039;t do it!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Cally, move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; No!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun on Cally)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; You&#039;re going, Cally. You&#039;re going out there or I&#039;m going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Hey LT, easy, easy-&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; I&#039;m going to count to three.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Selix:&#039;&#039;&#039; This is crazy! This is crazy!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; One...&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;In a hallway on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Why aren&#039;t you in the brig?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Billy:&#039;&#039;&#039; (flustered) Because.. you haven&#039;t put me there?&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Interviews ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2384&amp;amp;Itemid=0&amp;amp;limit=1&amp;amp;limitstart=1]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0262957|Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1756208|Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0356501|Jennifer Halley]] as [[Seelix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; Edmondson]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0406896|Particia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0829121|Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] &lt;br /&gt;
*T-Roy Kdzuki as &amp;quot;Marine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== External Links ==&lt;br /&gt;
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| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| title=Fragged&lt;br /&gt;
| series=&lt;br /&gt;
| season=2&lt;br /&gt;
| episode=3&lt;br /&gt;
| guests=&lt;br /&gt;
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story=&lt;br /&gt;
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production=203&lt;br /&gt;
| rating= 2.0&lt;br /&gt;
| US airdate=2005-07-29&lt;br /&gt;
| UK airdate=2006-01-24&lt;br /&gt;
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;US&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;UK&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| population=47,862&lt;br /&gt;
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin&#039;s removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary == &lt;br /&gt;
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===On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; from the &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.&lt;br /&gt;
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;
*After being informed about their arrival on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the &amp;quot;dying leader&amp;quot;  who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.&lt;br /&gt;
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===On Kobol===&lt;br /&gt;
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*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won&#039;t look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]&#039;s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.&lt;br /&gt;
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar&#039;s duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.&lt;br /&gt;
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.&lt;br /&gt;
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet&#039;s surface.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a &amp;quot;last stand&amp;quot; gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown&#039;s demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions == &lt;br /&gt;
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; has abandoned Kobol?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown&#039;s fate?  Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later?  ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;, and none were seen to be deployed during the fracas in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship&#039;s ability? Have &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Raptors been in chronically poor condition?&lt;br /&gt;
**Perhaps Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]&#039;s powers of command and organization in keeping systems functional was missed by his staff, leaving flight prep more complicated in preparing his rescue.&lt;br /&gt;
***If this were the case, why would &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; be willing to dispense with him for the sake of a survey mission?&lt;br /&gt;
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]&#039;s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she&#039;s really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Cylon agent speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039;, rather than [[Cloud 9]]?&lt;br /&gt;
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group&#039;s leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of &amp;quot;three&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he&#039;s always been before. Is he losing his mind?&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why?&lt;br /&gt;
:The Cylons sent some Centurions to the surface, however, the bulk of their force around Kobol consisted of a basestar that is destroyed in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]].&amp;quot; While a second basestar did appear near the Fleet in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]],&amp;quot; apparently by &amp;quot;[[Home, Part II]],&amp;quot; this basestar was not moved to the area of Kobol to replace the first basestar for reasons unknown. It may have been spending its time trying to find the Fleet, which had Jumped to escape it.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar&#039;s mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?&lt;br /&gt;
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, &amp;quot;Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh.&amp;quot; Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh&#039;s grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range?  Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
*Another interpretation to Roslin&#039;s complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in [[Valley of Darkness]], but perhaps a number of the casualties haven&#039;t had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown&#039;s death, the total stands at 47,861.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Frag&amp;quot; is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught &amp;quot;friendly fire&amp;quot; during a skirmish. The word is derived from &amp;quot;fragmentation grenade&amp;quot; which is shortened to &amp;quot;frag grenade&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;frag&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now  public knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (The first was [[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode in which Tigh calls &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;my ship.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; arrested.&lt;br /&gt;
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles.&lt;br /&gt;
**We also saw this in [[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this Episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cottle]]&#039;s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot;, during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]&#039;s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.&lt;br /&gt;
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and  Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]&#039;s old show, &amp;quot;The Education of Max Bigford&amp;quot;.  Ironically, &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot; happens to be the first episode of &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039; that Katee Sackhoff does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; appear in.&lt;br /&gt;
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film &amp;quot;[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]&amp;quot;:  in the film, Tom Hank&#039;s character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank.  In &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, Chief Tyrol desperately fires at  oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions.  Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, was actually first assistant director on &amp;quot;Saving Private Ryan&amp;quot; under Steven Spielberg.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s brig:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; She&#039;s crazy. She&#039;s nuts! She thinks she&#039;s a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she&#039;ll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of &#039;&#039;&#039;Athena&#039;&#039;&#039;, and we will find the road to Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin&#039;s actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s sickbay:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Doctor Cottle:&#039;&#039;&#039; How should I know? I&#039;m not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM&#039;s]] ties to &#039;&#039;Star Trek&#039;&#039; and Dr. McCoy&#039;s &amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a...&amp;quot; quips.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; He&#039;s crazy.  I&#039;m not trained for this kind of thing.  I&#039;ve never fired a gun in my life!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Seelix:&#039;&#039;&#039; I haven&#039;t fired one since &#039;basic.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Cally) You?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! &lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Six:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Baltar) Now you&#039;re a man.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In a desperate last stand against Cylons&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; (aboard the Raptor) You&#039;re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don&#039;t have any time! Move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I can&#039;t do it!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Cally, move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; No!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun on Cally)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; You&#039;re going, Cally. You&#039;re going out there or I&#039;m going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Hey LT, easy, easy-&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; I&#039;m going to count to three.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Selix:&#039;&#039;&#039; This is crazy! This is crazy!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; One...&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;In a hallway on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Why aren&#039;t you in the brig?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Billy:&#039;&#039;&#039; (flustered) Because.. you haven&#039;t put me there?&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Interviews ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2384&amp;amp;Itemid=0&amp;amp;limit=1&amp;amp;limitstart=1]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0262957|Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1756208|Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0356501|Jennifer Halley]] as [[Seelix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; Edmondson]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0406896|Particia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0829121|Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] &lt;br /&gt;
*T-Roy Kdzuki as &amp;quot;Marine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;{{Episode Data&lt;br /&gt;
| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| title=Fragged&lt;br /&gt;
| series=&lt;br /&gt;
| season=2&lt;br /&gt;
| episode=3&lt;br /&gt;
| guests=&lt;br /&gt;
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story=&lt;br /&gt;
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production=203&lt;br /&gt;
| rating= 2.0&lt;br /&gt;
| US airdate=2005-07-29&lt;br /&gt;
| UK airdate=2006-01-24&lt;br /&gt;
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;US&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;UK&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| population=47,862&lt;br /&gt;
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin&#039;s removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary == &lt;br /&gt;
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===On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; from the &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.&lt;br /&gt;
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;
*After being informed about their arrival on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the &amp;quot;dying leader&amp;quot;  who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.&lt;br /&gt;
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===On Kobol===&lt;br /&gt;
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*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won&#039;t look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]&#039;s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.&lt;br /&gt;
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar&#039;s duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.&lt;br /&gt;
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.&lt;br /&gt;
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet&#039;s surface.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a &amp;quot;last stand&amp;quot; gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown&#039;s demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions == &lt;br /&gt;
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; has abandoned Kobol?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown&#039;s fate?  Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later?  ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;, and none were seen to be deployed during the fracas in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship&#039;s ability? Have &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Raptors been in chronically poor condition?&lt;br /&gt;
**Perhaps Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]&#039;s powers of command and organization in keeping systems functional was missed by his staff, leaving flight prep more complicated in preparing his rescue.&lt;br /&gt;
***If this were the case, why would &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; be willing to dispense with him for the sake of a survey mission?&lt;br /&gt;
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]&#039;s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she&#039;s really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Cylon agent speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039;, rather than [[Cloud 9]]?&lt;br /&gt;
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group&#039;s leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of &amp;quot;three&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he&#039;s always been before. Is he losing his mind?&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why?&lt;br /&gt;
:The Cylons sent some Centurions to the surface, however, the bulk of their force around Kobol consisted of a basestar that is destroyed in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]].&amp;quot; While a second basestar did appear near the Fleet in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]],&amp;quot; apparently by &amp;quot;[[Home, Part II]],&amp;quot; this basestar was not moved to the area of Kobol to replace the first basestar for reasons unknown. It may have been spending its time trying to find the Fleet, which had Jumped to escape it.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar&#039;s mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?&lt;br /&gt;
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, &amp;quot;Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh.&amp;quot; Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh&#039;s grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range?  Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
*Another interpretation to Roslin&#039;s complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in [[Valley of Darkness]], but perhaps a number of the casualties haven&#039;t had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown&#039;s death, the total stands at 47,861.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Frag&amp;quot; is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught &amp;quot;friendly fire&amp;quot; during a skirmish. The word is derived from &amp;quot;fragmentation grenade&amp;quot; which is shortened to &amp;quot;frag grenade&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;frag&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now  public knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (The first was [[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode in which Tigh calls &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;my ship.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; arrested.&lt;br /&gt;
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles.&lt;br /&gt;
**We also saw this in [[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this Episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cottle]]&#039;s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot;, during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]&#039;s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.&lt;br /&gt;
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and  Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]&#039;s old show, &amp;quot;The Education of Max Bigford&amp;quot;.  Ironically, &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot; happens to be the first episode of &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039; that Katee Sackhoff does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; appear in.&lt;br /&gt;
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film &amp;quot;[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]&amp;quot;:  in the film, Tom Hank&#039;s character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank.  In &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, Chief Tyrol desperately fires at  oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions.  Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, was actually first assistant director on &amp;quot;Saving Private Ryan&amp;quot; under Steven Spielberg.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s brig:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; She&#039;s crazy. She&#039;s nuts! She thinks she&#039;s a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she&#039;ll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of &#039;&#039;&#039;Athena&#039;&#039;&#039;, and we will find the road to Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin&#039;s actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s sickbay:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Doctor Cottle:&#039;&#039;&#039; How should I know? I&#039;m not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM&#039;s]] ties to &#039;&#039;Star Trek&#039;&#039; and Dr. McCoy&#039;s &amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a...&amp;quot; quips.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; He&#039;s crazy.  I&#039;m not trained for this kind of thing.  I&#039;ve never fired a gun in my life!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Seelix:&#039;&#039;&#039; I haven&#039;t fired one since &#039;basic.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Cally) You?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! &lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Six:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Baltar) Now you&#039;re a man.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In a desperate last stand against Cylons&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; (aboard the Raptor) You&#039;re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don&#039;t have any time! Move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I can&#039;t do it!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Cally, move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; No!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun on Cally)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; You&#039;re going, Cally. You&#039;re going out there or I&#039;m going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Hey LT, easy, easy-&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; I&#039;m going to count to three.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Selix:&#039;&#039;&#039; This is crazy! This is crazy!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; One...&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;In a hallway on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Why aren&#039;t you in the brig?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Billy:&#039;&#039;&#039; (flustered) Because.. you haven&#039;t put me there?&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Interviews ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2384&amp;amp;Itemid=0&amp;amp;limit=1&amp;amp;limitstart=1]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0262957|Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1756208|Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0356501|Jennifer Halley]] as [[Seelix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; Edmondson]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0406896|Particia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0829121|Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] &lt;br /&gt;
*T-Roy Kdzuki as &amp;quot;Marine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== External Links ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/ &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;] at scifi.com&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Episodes directed by Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Fragged</title>
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&lt;div&gt;{{Episode Data&lt;br /&gt;
| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| title=Fragged&lt;br /&gt;
| series=&lt;br /&gt;
| season=2&lt;br /&gt;
| episode=3&lt;br /&gt;
| guests=&lt;br /&gt;
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story=&lt;br /&gt;
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production=203&lt;br /&gt;
| rating= 2.0&lt;br /&gt;
| US airdate=2005-07-29&lt;br /&gt;
| UK airdate=2006-01-24&lt;br /&gt;
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;US&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;UK&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| population=47,862&lt;br /&gt;
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin&#039;s removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary == &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; from the &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.&lt;br /&gt;
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;
*After being informed about their arrival on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the &amp;quot;dying leader&amp;quot;  who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
===On Kobol===&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won&#039;t look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]&#039;s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.&lt;br /&gt;
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar&#039;s duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.&lt;br /&gt;
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.&lt;br /&gt;
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet&#039;s surface.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a &amp;quot;last stand&amp;quot; gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown&#039;s demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions == &lt;br /&gt;
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; has abandoned Kobol?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown&#039;s fate?  Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later?  ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;, and none were seen to be deployed during the fracas in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship&#039;s ability? Have &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Raptors been in chronically poor condition?&lt;br /&gt;
**Perhaps Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]&#039;s powers of command and organization in keeping systems functional was missed by his staff, leaving flight prep more complicated in preparing his rescue.&lt;br /&gt;
***If this were the case, why would &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; be willing to dispense with him for the sake of a survey mission?&lt;br /&gt;
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]&#039;s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she&#039;s really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Cylon agent speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039;, rather than [[Cloud 9]]?&lt;br /&gt;
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group&#039;s leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of &amp;quot;three&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he&#039;s always been before. Is he losing his mind?&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why?&lt;br /&gt;
:The Cylons sent some Centurions to the surface, however, the bulk of their force around Kobol consisted of a basestar that is destroyed in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]].&amp;quot; While a second basestar did appear near the Fleet in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]],&amp;quot; apparently by &amp;quot;[[Home, Part II]],&amp;quot; this basestar was not moved to the area of Kobol to replace the first basestar for reasons unknown. It may have been spending its time trying to find the Fleet, which had Jumped to escape it.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar&#039;s mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?&lt;br /&gt;
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, &amp;quot;Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh.&amp;quot; Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh&#039;s grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range?  Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
*Another interpretation to Roslin&#039;s complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in [[Valley of Darkness]], but perhaps a number of the casualties haven&#039;t had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown&#039;s death, the total stands at 47,861.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Frag&amp;quot; is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught &amp;quot;friendly fire&amp;quot; during a skirmish. The word is derived from &amp;quot;fragmentation grenade&amp;quot; which is shortened to &amp;quot;frag grenade&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;frag&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now  public knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (The first was [[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode in which Tigh calls &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;my ship.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; arrested.&lt;br /&gt;
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles.&lt;br /&gt;
**We also saw this in [[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this Episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cottle]]&#039;s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot;, during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]&#039;s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.&lt;br /&gt;
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and  Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]&#039;s old show, &amp;quot;The Education of Max Bigford&amp;quot;.  Ironically, &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot; happens to be the first episode of &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039; that Katee Sackhoff does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; appear in.&lt;br /&gt;
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film &amp;quot;[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]&amp;quot;:  in the film, Tom Hank&#039;s character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank.  In &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, Chief Tyrol desperately fires at  oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions.  Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, was actually first assistant director on &amp;quot;Saving Private Ryan&amp;quot; under Steven Spielberg.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s brig:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; She&#039;s crazy. She&#039;s nuts! She thinks she&#039;s a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she&#039;ll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of &#039;&#039;&#039;Athena&#039;&#039;&#039;, and we will find the road to Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin&#039;s actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s sickbay:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Doctor Cottle:&#039;&#039;&#039; How should I know? I&#039;m not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM&#039;s]] ties to &#039;&#039;Star Trek&#039;&#039; and Dr. McCoy&#039;s &amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a...&amp;quot; quips.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; He&#039;s crazy.  I&#039;m not trained for this kind of thing.  I&#039;ve never fired a gun in my life!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Seelix:&#039;&#039;&#039; I haven&#039;t fired one since &#039;basic.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Cally) You?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! &lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Six:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Baltar) Now you&#039;re a man.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In a desperate last stand against Cylons&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; (aboard the Raptor) You&#039;re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don&#039;t have any time! Move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I can&#039;t do it!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Cally, move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; No!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun on Cally)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; You&#039;re going, Cally. You&#039;re going out there or I&#039;m going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Hey LT, easy, easy-&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; I&#039;m going to count to three.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Selix:&#039;&#039;&#039; This is crazy! This is crazy!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; One...&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;In a hallway on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Why aren&#039;t you in the brig?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Billy:&#039;&#039;&#039; (flustered) Because.. you haven&#039;t put me there?&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Interviews ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2384&amp;amp;Itemid=0&amp;amp;limit=1&amp;amp;limitstart=1]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0262957|Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1756208|Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0356501|Jennifer Halley]] as [[Seelix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; Edmondson]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0406896|Particia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0829121|Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] &lt;br /&gt;
*T-Roy Kdzuki as &amp;quot;Marine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== External Links ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/ &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;] at scifi.com&lt;br /&gt;
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| image =Tigh_in_Command.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| title=Fragged&lt;br /&gt;
| series=&lt;br /&gt;
| season=2&lt;br /&gt;
| episode=3&lt;br /&gt;
| guests=&lt;br /&gt;
| writer=[[Dawn Prestwich]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[Nicole Yorkin]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story=&lt;br /&gt;
| director=[[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production=203&lt;br /&gt;
| rating= 2.0&lt;br /&gt;
| US airdate=2005-07-29&lt;br /&gt;
| UK airdate=2006-01-24&lt;br /&gt;
| dvd= {{Season 2.0 NTSC DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;US&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;br/&amp;gt;{{Season 2 PAL DVD release date}} &#039;&#039;&#039;UK&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
| population=47,862&lt;br /&gt;
| prev=[[Valley of Darkness]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next=[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh deals with the Quorum of Twelve and the press over Roslin&#039;s removal from the presidency, while Cylon Centurions prepare to hinder any rescue attempt on Kobol by setting up an anti-aircraft battery.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary == &lt;br /&gt;
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===On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;===&lt;br /&gt;
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*Dr. [[Cottle]] arrives on &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; from the &#039;&#039;[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]&#039;&#039;, and informs Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that Commander [[William Adama]] is still bleeding internally, and that he will have to operate to stabilize his condition.&lt;br /&gt;
*The pressures of the day (coming up on two, without sleep) have gotten to Tigh, as he begins drinking while on duty. In his confusion, he questions why [[Lee Adama]] is leading a crew to rescue the survivors from [[Kobol]], and acts very rudely to members of the crew.&lt;br /&gt;
*After being informed about their arrival on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Tigh meets the [[Quorum of Twelve]], who demand access to the imprisoned [[Laura Roslin]]. Tigh contends that Commander Adama removed Roslin from power, believing she was a threat to the stability of [[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]], and denies accusations by the Quorum members that he will try to initiate martial law upon the Fleet.&lt;br /&gt;
*Meanwhile, Roslin experiences delusions caused by [[Chamalla]] withdrawal while being held in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; brig, which prompts [[Billy Keikeya]] to ask [[Venner|Corporal Venner]], a devout follower of the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies, to obtain Chamalla extract for Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Ellen Tigh]] visits Roslin in the brig, and believes Roslin is going crazy. She states that Saul Tigh should allow the Quorum members access to the imprisoned President, as it will prove (in her delirium) that she was a threat to the stability of the government.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Quorum members visit Roslin, and, having taken the Chamalla and regained some lucidity, Roslin makes a statement to the members, stating that the military coup has failed, and that she retains the position of President. She tells the members that she is dying from terminal breast cancer, and the Quorum members realize that she is the &amp;quot;dying leader&amp;quot;  who will lead the fleet to [[Earth]] as stated in prophecy. Realizing he has severely underestimated Roslin, Tigh herds the Quorum members out of the brig.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tigh later appears before the [[Fleet News Service|press]]. Due to the attempted coup against the military, Tigh declares martial law over the Fleet, which throws the press into chaos.&lt;br /&gt;
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===On Kobol===&lt;br /&gt;
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*After holding a funeral for [[Socinus]] and [[Tarn]], the ground crew stranded on Kobol discover that the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are cannibalizing parts from their own [[Heavy Raider]] to build an anti-aircraft battery.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] deduces that the [[Cylon Centurion]]s won&#039;t look for them, but will instead use the battery to shoot down any aircraft that come looking for the survivors.&lt;br /&gt;
*Despite [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Gaius Baltar]]&#039;s objections, Crashdown decides to destroy the anti-aircraft battery to ensure their rescue, despite that over half of the group lacks firearms proficiency.&lt;br /&gt;
*In a hallucination, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that one of the crew will turn against the others, and that it is Baltar&#039;s duty to accept his role as the father of the new race of human-Cylon hybrids.&lt;br /&gt;
*When the crew ready their assault on the battery, they discover that more Cylons have reinforced the security around the battery, which leads Tyrol to believe the makeshift [[DRADIS]] dish that the Cylons are using to guide the missiles will be left unprotected. In spite of this, Crashdown pulls rank and continues with the original plan.&lt;br /&gt;
*During this time, Lee Adama and a compliment of medical personnel and [[Marines]] pilot two Raptors to the planet&#039;s surface.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Cally]] objects to being a diversion for the attack, Crashdown pulls a gun on her and threatens to shoot her unless she follows orders. Tyrol pulls his gun on Crashdown, but when it looks like Crashdown will fire, Baltar shoots Crashdown in the back, killing him instantly.&lt;br /&gt;
*The gunshot reveals their position to the Cylons, who chase the group through the forest. [[Seelix]] is shot in the leg, and Tyrol is shot in the arm, but he manages to use a grenade launcher to take out the DRADIS dish. In a &amp;quot;last stand&amp;quot; gesture, angry and reckless, Tyrol stands up and opens fire on the advancing Cylons just as the Raptors in the air use their missiles to destroy the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
*As the rescued crew leaves Kobol, Six tells Baltar that he is fulfilling his role in the prophecy, and that she will act as his conscience.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tyrol and Baltar cover for Crashdown&#039;s demise, indicating to [[Lee Adama]] that Crashdown died while fighting the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions == &lt;br /&gt;
*What did [[Number Six]] mean when she said that people that die on [[Kobol]] simply die, and that &amp;quot;God&amp;quot; has abandoned Kobol?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]], [[Cally]], or [[Seelix]] ever reveal the truth about Crashdown&#039;s fate?  Or perhaps use the threat of doing so as leverage against Baltar, to force him to perform a favor later?  ([[Resistance (episode)|Answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was it necessary to cannibalize [[Raptor 305]] for parts? &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; had four Raptors in good condition earlier that day during &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&amp;quot;, and none were seen to be deployed during the fracas in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;. &lt;br /&gt;
**Is fielding all six for any extended time period beyond the ship&#039;s ability? Have &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Raptors been in chronically poor condition?&lt;br /&gt;
**Perhaps Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]&#039;s powers of command and organization in keeping systems functional was missed by his staff, leaving flight prep more complicated in preparing his rescue.&lt;br /&gt;
***If this were the case, why would &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; be willing to dispense with him for the sake of a survey mission?&lt;br /&gt;
*Could [[Ellen Tigh]]&#039;s attempts to manipulate the downfall of President Roslin be further proof that she&#039;s really a Cylon sent to spread chaos in the Fleet? ([[Cylon agent speculation#Ellen Tigh?|Likely answer]])&lt;br /&gt;
*Why was the shuttle bearing the Quorum delegates en route from the &#039;&#039;[[Zephyr]]&#039;&#039;, rather than [[Cloud 9]]?&lt;br /&gt;
*Who was the one who betrayed the others? Cally, for her refusal to carry out orders? Crashdown, for turning his gun on one of his own? Baltar, for killing the group&#039;s leader? Or even Tyrol, for his failure to defend Cally by killing Crashdown before the count of &amp;quot;three&amp;quot;?&lt;br /&gt;
*Baltar appears bloodied and disheveled in his daydream, as he is in reality, instead of nattily well-dressed as he&#039;s always been before. Is he losing his mind?&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons know the location of Kobol ([[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part I]]), and still have forces in the area ([[Scattered]]). If they had wished to intercept the [[SAR]] party or rescue their forces stranded on the planet, they could have done so easily. Instead they left a handful of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to improvise an ineffective missile battery. Why?&lt;br /&gt;
:The Cylons sent some Centurions to the surface, however, the bulk of their force around Kobol consisted of a basestar that is destroyed in &amp;quot;[[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]].&amp;quot; While a second basestar did appear near the Fleet in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]],&amp;quot; apparently by &amp;quot;[[Home, Part II]],&amp;quot; this basestar was not moved to the area of Kobol to replace the first basestar for reasons unknown. It may have been spending its time trying to find the Fleet, which had Jumped to escape it.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*Baltar appears in his virtual home with Six, but dressed in his fatigues and not at all spiffy as in past visions. Is this an indication that Baltar&#039;s mind is becoming more tortured, or is more or less brainwashed by Six than before?&lt;br /&gt;
*The somewhat delusional Roslin complains of a ringing sensation when Ellen Tigh appears. Immediately after she leaves and the hatch closes behind her, Roslin no longer hears the ringing and appears visibly relieved. She exclaims, &amp;quot;Oh my gods...Ellen Tigh.&amp;quot; Could the Chamalla extract and their visions she sees be giving Roslin herself a way of detecting Cylons with her own senses, or do Ellen Tigh&#039;s grating personality traits extend into the subsonic range?  Given that Roslin has had past visions that have later been logically and correctly identified as factual (to scripture or to current events), this may not be a stretch.&lt;br /&gt;
*Another interpretation to Roslin&#039;s complaint of ringing may be that Roslin may have barely realized that Ellen was in her presence and, in her delusion, thought she was talking to someone else. In this case, Roslin would have good reason to want to speak with the wife of the acting commanding officer that could set her free.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
*As of the opening credits, the fleet population is now 47,862, reflecting a casualty count of 12 during the Cylon boarding action in the previous episode. This seems barely sufficient to include the bodies seen on screen, let alone the number of casualties implied in [[Valley of Darkness]], but perhaps a number of the casualties haven&#039;t had time to expire yet. At the end of the episode, factoring in Crashdown&#039;s death, the total stands at 47,861.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Crashdown]] dies in this episode, shot by Baltar as he threatens to shoot Cally.&lt;br /&gt;
*&amp;quot;Frag&amp;quot; is American military slang for intentionally killing a superior (but generally considered incompetent) officer of your own force in the field. Popularized during Vietnam, when discipline lagged and a few officers got grenades in their bunkers or caught &amp;quot;friendly fire&amp;quot; during a skirmish. The word is derived from &amp;quot;fragmentation grenade&amp;quot; which is shortened to &amp;quot;frag grenade&amp;quot; or just &amp;quot;frag&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]] is the most fundamentalist of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], interpreting the [[Sacred Scrolls]] very literally. It appears that many Gemenons believe so strongly in the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecy that they will almost automatically side with President Roslin.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] has revealed to the entire [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]], that she is dying of breast cancer. Presumably her illness is now  public knowledge.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cally]] only joined the Colonial Fleet as a way to pay her way through dental school.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without an appearance by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Second episode without an appearance by [[Sharon Valerii]] (The first was [[Valley of Darkness]]).&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode without scenes on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode since the miniseries without an appearance by Helo, even though Tahmoh Penikett is still in the opening credits.&lt;br /&gt;
*First episode in which Tigh calls &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;&#039; &amp;quot;my ship.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
*The discussion between Tigh and Keikeya firmly establishes that Billy was &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; arrested.&lt;br /&gt;
*Raptors are capable of carrying missiles.&lt;br /&gt;
**We also saw this in [[Kobol&#039;s Last Gleaming, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
*Seven Vipers are down for repairs in this Episode, probably damaged offscreen during the sortie in &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Cottle]]&#039;s hurried arrival means that this episode must begin very shortly after the end of &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot;, during which Roslin still seems to be in good health. For her to exhibit the degree of symptoms we see, either [[Chamalla]]&#039;s withdrawal effects are highly acute, or her delirium is the result of the extreme progression of her cancer, no longer masked by the anesthetizing properties of the drug.&lt;br /&gt;
*The writers for this episode, Dawn Prestwich and  Nicole Yorkin, used to be writers on [[Katee Sackhoff]]&#039;s old show, &amp;quot;The Education of Max Bigford&amp;quot;.  Ironically, &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot; happens to be the first episode of &#039;&#039;Battlestar Galactica&#039;&#039; that Katee Sackhoff does &#039;&#039;not&#039;&#039; appear in.&lt;br /&gt;
*Several reviewers noticed a similarity between the climactic fight between Tyrol and the Centurions and the climactic battle in the film &amp;quot;[[Wikipedia: Saving Private Ryan|Saving Private Ryan]]&amp;quot;:  in the film, Tom Hank&#039;s character Captain Miller desperately tries to defend himself from on oncoming German tank by shooting his pistol sidearm at it, at which point the tank explodes in spectacular fashion; for a moment the stunned Miller thinks he caused this with his pistol, only to look up and realize an Allied plane dropped a bomb on the tank.  In &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, Chief Tyrol desperately fires at  oncoming Cylon Centurions with just his pistol, they are destroyed in a spectacular explosion, and for a moment Tyrol thinks he caused this before looking up and realizing a Raptor behind him fired missiles at the Centurions.  Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, who directed &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;, was actually first assistant director on &amp;quot;Saving Private Ryan&amp;quot; under Steven Spielberg.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s brig:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to the Quorum of Twelve) Thank you all for coming. I have a statement I would like to make. The attempted military coup against the lawful government of the Colonies is illegal, ill-advised, and clearly doomed to failure. I have not resigned the Presidency, and I will fight this action with everything at my command.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; She&#039;s crazy. She&#039;s nuts! She thinks she&#039;s a prophet or some such nonsense. Go ahead and ask her, she&#039;ll tell you. Just listen to her! What was it, the...Arrow Of Apollo will open the Tomb of...Artemis, or some such nonsense.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Laura Roslin:&#039;&#039;&#039; Everything I have done is consistent and logical. We have found Kobol, we have found the City of the Gods, and when we retrieve the Arrow, we will open the tomb of &#039;&#039;&#039;Athena&#039;&#039;&#039;, and we will find the road to Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In an announcement to a group of journalists on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; The events which took place aboard Colonial One are unfortunate. Laura Roslin&#039;s actions in supporting mutiny and sedition among the military could not be tolerated. Therefore, Commander Adama was left with no choice other than to remove her from office. Ms. Roslin is now resting comfortably aboard this ship, where she will remain until such time as the Commander deems otherwise. As it appears obvious that the government cannot function under the current circumstances, I have decided to dissolve the Quorum of Twelve, and as of this moment, I have declared martial law.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In Galactica&#039;s sickbay:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; (talking about Commander Adama) Is he going to make it?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Doctor Cottle:&#039;&#039;&#039; How should I know? I&#039;m not a psychic. Now get the hell out of here.&lt;br /&gt;
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:*This appears to be a subtle in-joke to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM&#039;s]] ties to &#039;&#039;Star Trek&#039;&#039; and Dr. McCoy&#039;s &amp;quot;I&#039;m a doctor, not a...&amp;quot; quips.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Crashdown has ordered his untrained, outnumbered group to make a suicidal attack the Cylon missile battery:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; He&#039;s crazy.  I&#039;m not trained for this kind of thing.  I&#039;ve never fired a gun in my life!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Seelix:&#039;&#039;&#039; I haven&#039;t fired one since &#039;basic.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Cally) You?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I...just...joined up to pay for dental school! &lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;After Baltar shoots Crashdown on Kobol:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Six:&#039;&#039;&#039; (to Baltar) Now you&#039;re a man.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;In a desperate last stand against Cylons&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (hiding from Cylon gunfire) Stay there! Stay there!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; (shooting at Cylons) Chief! Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun out of his holster and starts firing wildly at the advancing Cylon forces) Aah! Aah! Aaaaaaah! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! (Cylons are all blown into pieces, and Tyrol looks at his gun in amazement, then behind him at a hovering Raptor)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; (aboard the Raptor) You&#039;re welcome.&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;While waiting to assault the Cylon forces on Kobol&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; [[Frak]] orders, frak court-marshal! Our people are up there and we have to save them! We don&#039;t have any time! Move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; I can&#039;t do it!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Cally, move!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Cally:&#039;&#039;&#039; No!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls a gun on Cally)&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar:&#039;&#039;&#039; Chief!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Whoa, whoa, whoa! Put it down!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; You&#039;re going, Cally. You&#039;re going out there or I&#039;m going to blow your brains out, right here, right now.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; Hey LT, easy, easy-&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; I&#039;m going to count to three.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Selix:&#039;&#039;&#039; This is crazy! This is crazy!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; One...&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Chief Tyrol:&#039;&#039;&#039; (pulls gun on Crashdown) Put it down, right now. Listen to me! Drop your weapon!&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Crashdown:&#039;&#039;&#039; Two...three. (a gunshot is fired, and Crashdown falls dead against a tree, revealing that he has been shot by Baltar)&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;In a hallway on Galactica:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Colonel Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Why aren&#039;t you in the brig?&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Billy:&#039;&#039;&#039; (flustered) Because.. you haven&#039;t put me there?&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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=== Interviews ===&lt;br /&gt;
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* &#039;&#039;&#039;[[Nicki Clyne]] ([[Cally]]) on filming this (and the previous) episodes taking place on [[Kobol]]:&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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: I really like watching the stuff that we did on Kobol when we were running through the forest and shooting guns. I am really excited about those episodes for Cally and when she almost got shot by [[Crashdown]] ([[Samuel Witwer]]), I thought that was really cool. It was difficult to film at the time, because it was freezing cold and we were running through the forest, but I think that the end results were great. I think it was really fun. [http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=2384&amp;amp;Itemid=0&amp;amp;limit=1&amp;amp;limitstart=1]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as Specialist [[Cally]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Cottle]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kerry Norton]] as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0262957|Kurt Evans]] as Paramedic [[Howard Kim]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm1756208|Chris Shields]] as Corporal [[Venner]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0356501|Jennifer Halley]] as [[Seelix]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &amp;quot;Racetrack&amp;quot; Edmondson]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0406896|Particia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[imdb:nm0829121|Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagott]] &lt;br /&gt;
*T-Roy Kdzuki as &amp;quot;Marine&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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== External Links ==&lt;br /&gt;
[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/ &amp;quot;Fragged&amp;quot;] at scifi.com&lt;br /&gt;
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		<title>Exodus, Part II</title>
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| title= Exodus, Part II&lt;br /&gt;
| image=TighAdamaReunion.jpg&lt;br /&gt;
| season= 3&lt;br /&gt;
| episode= 4&lt;br /&gt;
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]&lt;br /&gt;
| writer= [[Bradley Thompson]] &amp;lt;br/&amp;gt; [[David Weddle]]&lt;br /&gt;
| story= &lt;br /&gt;
| director= [[Félix Enríquez Alcalá]]&lt;br /&gt;
| production= 304&lt;br /&gt;
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| US airdate= 2006-10-20&lt;br /&gt;
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| prev= [[Exodus, Part I]]&lt;br /&gt;
| next= [[Collaborators]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== Overview ==&lt;br /&gt;
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:&#039;&#039;Commander [[Lee Adama]] of the battlestar &#039;&#039;[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]&#039;&#039; has serious doubts about the success of the [[New Caprica]] rescue mission by &#039;&#039;[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]&#039;&#039;. On New Caprica, [[Saul Tigh]] decides the consequences for his [[Ellen Tigh |wife&#039;s]] betrayal of [[The Resistance | the Resistance]]. Aboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, Admiral [[William Adama]] executes a dramatic rescue plan.&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Summary ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*On &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, [[Lee Adama]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] talk of &#039;&#039;[[Galactica]]&#039;s&#039;&#039; mission. Adama worries heavily that Admiral Adama&#039;s mission will fail and of what future responsibilities he may have as the leader of the rest of mankind. His wife tells him to not give up hope.&lt;br /&gt;
*On New Caprica, [[Samuel Anders]] confronts [[Saul Tigh]] about [[Ellen Tigh|his wife Ellen&#039;s]] betrayal and tells him that either Tigh &amp;quot;takes care&amp;quot; of Ellen, or someone else less sympathetic will do so.&lt;br /&gt;
*Ellen Tigh explains her recent actions, that she would do absolutely anything to save Saul, including betraying the resistance. Tigh consoles her and provides her a drink when she asks. She falls unconscious, her drink having been poisoned by her husband. He says that he loves her, rests his head on her corpse, and weeps.&lt;br /&gt;
*On &#039;&#039;[[Colonial One]]&#039;&#039;, [[Gaius Baltar]] tells the Cylons that they have failed in their experiment and suggests the Cylons simply leave. A [[Number Three|Three]] voices the concern that one day the descendants of mankind might exact vengeance upon the Cylons, should they be left to their own devices.&lt;br /&gt;
[[Image:Saulellen.jpg|Saul handing Ellen her poisoned drink.|thumb]]&lt;br /&gt;
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*Suddenly, dozens of explosions can be felt and seen. The [[Battle of New Caprica]] has begun.&lt;br /&gt;
*Anders and the resistance team has set a series of explosions that mimic a Colonial attack and causes chaos. [[Tory Foster]] commands a team of section leaders in the evacuation and orders [[Maya]] to head for her ship with [[Hera|Isis]].&lt;br /&gt;
*Anders and a large group of resistance fighters retrieve weapons from beneath the [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] court to rescue the detainees in the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]].&lt;br /&gt;
*In space above New Caprica, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; deploys a squadron of Raptors and Vipers. The Raptors launch [[swallow]]s to mimic the EM signature of two Colonial battlestars. The Cylons pick them up and fall for the ruse, moving two basestars with their Raiders away from the planet.&lt;br /&gt;
*When [[Leoben Conoy]] leaves the residence inside the Detention Center to aid with the fighting, he keeps [[Kara Thrace]] inside. She assaults him and tries to escape, but he knocks her unconscious.&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tom Zarek]] tasks [[James Lyman|Jammer]] to protect [[Laura Roslin]] as she makes her way to &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
*At the entrance to the shipyard, where the Cylons keep the grounded Colonial vessels, a team under Tigh and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]]s. &lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons detect the decoy drones, but &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; jumps into the planet&#039;s upper atmosphere and plunges rapidly towards the planet. Mid-descent, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; launches its Vipers. Before colliding with the ground, the ship jumps back into space. The Vipers begin to attack targets on the ground and clear the way.&lt;br /&gt;
*As others are freed from the Detention Center, Anders finds his unconscious wife and carries her away, but when Thrace awakens, she goes back to retrieve [[Kacey]].&lt;br /&gt;
*The battle is turning against &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;. Her FTL drives are down, weapons are offline and there is heavy structural damage from the atmospheric entry. Four Cylon basestars are closing in and the battlestar is soon bombarded from all sides with no hope of survival. At that moment &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; joins the battle, Lee Adama having disobeyed his father&#039;s orders. He opens fire with the forward batteries and destroys one basestar in the opening salvo.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Cylons realize that they have lost and decide to evacuate the planet. [[Number Three]] volunteers to stay behind and set off the nuclear weapon that was left in the city for such a contingency. She offers Baltar a place with the Cylons and leaves.&lt;br /&gt;
*The Colonial ships initiate intra-atmosphere [[FTL|jumps]] from New Caprica as soon as they become airborne.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; is heavily bombarded by missiles, having left all of her Vipers back with the rest of the civilian Fleet. Admiral Adama realizes that his son has planned a one-way mission for &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, and orders recall of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; fighters.&lt;br /&gt;
*On &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039;, [[Felix Gaeta]] accuses Baltar at gunpoint of having betrayed everyone. Gaeta admits his guilt in idealistically believing in Baltar&#039;s initial vision, but realized in the end that Baltar was only thinking about himself. Baltar admits his own guilt and begs Gaeta to shoot him. However, Gaeta relents, giving Baltar a final chance to redeem himself: stop Three from setting off the nuclear bomb.&lt;br /&gt;
*With &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; dying, Lee Adama orders everyone to abandon ship. He sets the ship [[CBDR]] with a basestar as the last of the crew leaves in Raptors. &#039;&#039;Pegasus’&#039;&#039; collision destroys another basestar. The remains of &#039;&#039;Pegasus’&#039;&#039; starboard [[flight pod]] collides with and destroy another basestar.&lt;br /&gt;
*Kara Thrace retrieves Kacey, but Conoy has returned and confronts her. She appears to give in to his demands, says &amp;quot;I love you,&amp;quot; and kisses him. However, Thrace uses the diversion to stab him. She picks up Kacey and leaves with Anders.&lt;br /&gt;
*Three searches [[Dodona Selloi]]&#039;s tent, but the [[oracle]] has left. Outside, [[Caprica-Six]] and Baltar find Hera next to [[Maya]]&#039;s body, still alive. Three arrives, asks to hold the child, and leaves with her.  [[Caprica-Six]] says Three no longer intends to detonate the nuke, then leaves the planet with Baltar.&lt;br /&gt;
*Laura Roslin and a group of resistance fighters enter the now abandoned &#039;&#039;Colonial One&#039;&#039; and are the last ship to leave the planet.&lt;br /&gt;
*On &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, many people are reunited as Tyrol immediately takes charge of ushering the incoming refugees. When Thrace shows Kacey to Tyrol, another woman walks by and recognizes the girl as her daughter, whom the Cylons had taken away. The mother thanks Thrace for rescuing Kacey. Thrace is shocked by the relevation that Kacey is not her daughter after all, but gives her up. &lt;br /&gt;
*Admiral Adama welcomes Tigh back aboard, and tells him he brought everyone back. Tigh quietly replies, &amp;quot;[[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them]].&amp;quot; The colonists in &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; [[hangar deck]] begin chanting &amp;quot;A-dam-a, A-dam-a...&amp;quot; and carry the admiral on their shoulders. Adama turns to see Tigh wandering off, numbed with grief.&lt;br /&gt;
*Tory Foster tells Roslin that neither Maya nor Hera can be found, and it seems likely neither made it off the planet. Foster apologizes, but Roslin muses that this was part of something bigger than them.&lt;br /&gt;
*Admiral Adama shaves off his mustache and returns to a fully staffed [[CIC]], aboard the now very loud, bustling corridors of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Questions ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies?&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Tom Zarek]], as Vice President, seems to have the best claim. Since he chose to become a political prisoner rather than collaborate with the Cylons, he has probably retained his good standing in the public eye. If Baltar had him removed from office, he could probably make a good case that such an action was illegal.&lt;br /&gt;
**Laura Roslin&#039;s decision to evacuate on Colonial One may not have been an expression of her intent to claim the presidency. Colonial One had been her home for the first nine months that the fleet spent on the run. Zarek may have opted to evacuate aboard the &#039;&#039;[[Astral Queen]]&#039;&#039;, as he has previously served as a leader and representative of that vessel and her passengers.&lt;br /&gt;
**However, [[Saul Tigh]] seemed to expect that Roslin would assume the presidency ([[Precipice]]), and when boarding Colonial One, she makes herself at home at Baltar&#039;s desk as if she intends to do so.&lt;br /&gt;
**The Colonial Government has scheduled elections ([[Bastille Day]]), although it has also called special elections before ([[Colonial Day]]). As of this episode, it has been about a year and five months since the last presidential election, so it is unlikely that another is scheduled in the near future.&lt;br /&gt;
*What will be the final disposition of the &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica?&lt;br /&gt;
**Saul Tigh&#039;s injuries may prevent him from resuming his post as XO of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;. Additionally, he has been outranked by [[Lee Adama]] since &amp;quot;[[The Captain&#039;s Hand]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
**Lee Adama&#039;s command, the &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, has been destroyed. Given Tigh&#039;s incapacity, he may begin service as XO of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;. He has also expressed dissatisfaction with his military career ([[Final Cut]]) and may wish to retire from fleet service, or resume his earlier duties of military liaison to the civilian government.&lt;br /&gt;
**It will be difficult to justify replacing [[Louanne Katraine]] as CAG, given the length of her service since the foundation of New Caprica, and her skill as a pilot, shown to have rivaled or outstripped even that of Kara Thrace by the time of &amp;quot;[[Scar]]&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Kara Thrace]] is separated from Fleet service, and although she will probably return to active duty, it is unlikely that she will resume her former duty position as CAG, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; so long as Katraine is serving competently in that position.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] is now an officer, and will not be expected to resume NCO-level tasks. [[Hoshi]] held her former position on &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;, and is now available to serve on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Felix Gaeta]] is separated, and will have to answer for the crimes of Baltar&#039;s administration, despite his covert affiliation with the resistance. [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Aaron Kelly]] have both been shown performing Gaeta&#039;s duties in CIC on &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, and one of them may replace him.&lt;br /&gt;
**[[Cally Tyrol]], [[Galen Tyrol]], or both may choose to remain separated (from fleet service) to raise their son, Nicholas. We have not yet seen young children being raised on board &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, although there is a [[Boxey (RDM)|precedent]] for keeping a civilian minor onboard.&lt;br /&gt;
**We may also see characters assume roles not previously shown onboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;.  &lt;br /&gt;
*What consequences will Ellen Tigh&#039;s death have for her husband?&lt;br /&gt;
**Will Saul Tigh again drink to excess?&lt;br /&gt;
***An interview with Ron Moore revealed that Tigh will be deep in the bottle for some episodes as he deals with his injuries and the loss of his wife&lt;br /&gt;
*What equipment and personnel were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?&lt;br /&gt;
**In order to build [[New Caprica City]], the ships were at least partially stripped and supplies were offloaded.&lt;br /&gt;
**Medical supplies were running low as of &amp;quot;[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]&amp;quot;, although apparently the colonists were resupplied by the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
**Are there any people alive remaining on New Caprica after the exodus, due to wounds or infirmity? Were there any detention facilities which the [[New Caprica Resistance]] failed to liberate? Did anyone besides [[Gaius Baltar]] stay behind willingly?&lt;br /&gt;
*If the civilian ships only needed to get a few hundred feet off the ground in order to use their FTL drives and escape, why do &#039;&#039;Galcatica&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; need to engage the basestars?  Is this just to keep the Raiders, Heavy Raiders, and missiles from being used on the civilian fleet, on the surface below?  (Note: it is not in dispute that having &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; launch its fighters within the atmosphere is important so they could attack the Centurions and few raiders there.)&lt;br /&gt;
**As with the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons could destroy the city with a single nuclear bomb in orbit. The plan appears to force the Cylons to be too distracted by the battlestar&#039;s offenses (Raptors at first, then the battlestar itself) to worry about the actions on the planet. &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; jumps intra-atmosphere to minimize detection by the basestars.&lt;br /&gt;
**As part of Adama&#039;s strategy, after the intra-atmospheric jump, he probably wanted to jump the Galactica to the lowest possible orbit such that when the planetary rescue effort was complete that he could recover the vipers in the shortest possible time.  To jump the Galactica to an extremely high orbit could add hours to viper recovery and allowing far too much time for Basestars and Raiders alike to close into their position.&lt;br /&gt;
*Will Gaeta be the target of persecution or assassination as a collaborator?  Or will people believe in him when he is found out to be the secret informant?&lt;br /&gt;
*Will [[Cally Tyrol]] identify Jammer as the NCP officer who released her, based on his voice?&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; escape seems questionable.  Most or all of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Vipers were launched during the atmospheric maneuver.  Later, after the four basestars start pummelling &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, its situation is dire, facing explosive decompressions and with its FTL disabled.  Adama says, &amp;quot;Then that&#039;s it.  It&#039;s been an honor.&amp;quot;  &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; immediately appears and uses its superior weaponry to engage the basestars, destroying one in the first volley, so Adama orders the FTL to be fixed.  Soon, Helo reports that most of the civilian ships have jumped, that FTL is back online, and that &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; is taking &amp;quot;a hell of a pounding.&amp;quot;  Adama orders his Vipers to land so that &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; can leave.  The next shot is Vipers landing, but weren&#039;t they all at the surface?  How long does it take a Viper to climb into orbit?  Real-world atmospheric escapes take several minutes, at least.  How much damage were the basestars and battlestars doing to each other in this time?&lt;br /&gt;
**We aren&#039;t seeing events in real-time. Several minutes can lie between scenes that appear to happen right after another. Sometimes it is simply necessary to compress things in order to fit them into one episode.&lt;br /&gt;
**There may be several key differences at play between an escape from New Caprica&#039;s atmosphere and a real-world atmospheric departure, such as a lower [[Wikipedia:Karman line|atmospheric boundary]], more powerful thrusters on the Vipers, etc.&lt;br /&gt;
***In a real-world example, the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] takes approximately 10 minutes to attain escape velocity.  The length of this time is partly due to the fact that the Space Shuttle&#039;s engines are occassionally throttled back to keep acceleration below 3 G to reduce discomfort to the crew.  Additionally, typically it takes several hours for the Space Shuttle to attain the same orbit as the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]].  For convenience of fiction, from the time of escape velocity of the vipers to attaining the same orbit of the Galactica could be said to be several minutes.  Therefore, the entire sequence probably took in real-time 1/2 hour from the time the order was given by Adama to retrieve the Vipers to the time that all Vipers were aboard the Galactica.  This is not taking into account that all craft can&#039;t land simultaneously on a carrier.  The Pegasus probably took a pounding from 1/2 to 1 hour from the 3 remaining Basestars before it reached its final demise, a process that was beyond the timeframe of the show.&lt;br /&gt;
*Why did Kara Thrace wait so long to stab Leoben? She could have done it before even kissing him.&lt;br /&gt;
**Possibly, Thrace intended to insult to injury by her quick betrayal, but also, she needed to ensure that the Cylon agent was completely off his guard.&lt;br /&gt;
**It&#039;s also possible she is not as strong as we think, and truly felt something for Leoben in those few moments.&lt;br /&gt;
*What about the Cylons, such as Leoben, who were killed during the insurection? If they were dependant on a resurrection facility on New Caprica, is said facility still operational? If not, is there a resurrection ship in range?&lt;br /&gt;
*What, besides &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; and her crew, was gained by the sacrifice of &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;? Most of the civilian ships had already jumped to safety, and &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; did not bring any Vipers along to escort the remainder, opting instead to leave them to defend the small civilian fleet it had been protecting. If nothing was gained besides the survival of &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;, the sacrifice was a costly and foolish mistake - the fleet has lost the more advanced of its two battlestars, and along with it, its ability to manufacture new Vipers ([[Scar]]).&lt;br /&gt;
**From a purely military mission perspective that is correct. &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;&#039; intervention seems to have been made solely because of the personal feelings of its commander.  For the Cylons, the destruction of Pegasus and the retrieval of Hera compensate to an extent for the loss of three base stars and 39,000 human prisoners.&lt;br /&gt;
** Actually the mission was to rescue the 39,000 humans, the bulk of the survivors of the human race. The military perspective would be the sacrifice was worth the loss (though it would have been better, perhaps, if &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; would have done the suicide run. It seems, though, that &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; would have jumped out if it could do so, but the ship lost its FTL drive during the pounding. This seems to happen relatively frequently for heavily defended warships designed to engage in brutal combat -- both Battlestars lost FTL during this battle. Also, &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; facilities to manufacture Vipers may have been greatly improved during the year at New Caprica.&lt;br /&gt;
** From a tactical point of view, the survival of Admiral Adama, the best tactician in the rag-tag fleet, was more important that the survival of the superior battlestar.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Analysis ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*There is a major plot hole concerning the continuity of the story from Exodus, Part I.  In Part I, D&#039;Anna sees Caprica-Sharon in the detention center and is shot by her.  Yet in Part II, D&#039;Anna is in Colonial One, apparently unharmed, and has not alerted the Cylons to Sharon&#039;s presence.&lt;br /&gt;
**That is a different D&#039;Anna.  You&#039;ll note the D&#039;Anna in Colonial One before the attack is wearing all black, whereas the D&#039;Anna that encountered Sharon typically wears lighter colors.  The two D&#039;Annas are seen together in The Occupation.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Either the scenes aren&#039;t in order or Baltar is not aware of what is going on.  In the Gaeta-Baltar scene, Baltar says, &amp;quot;The Cylons have a nuke in this complex.  Nobody, and I mean nobody, is getting off this planet alive unless I stop D&#039;Anna.&amp;quot;  But this is after most of the civilian ships have already jumped.&lt;br /&gt;
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*Further, until Hera is discovered by Baltar, Three is still looking to set off the nuke -- even though it is clear that the colonists are all long gone. &lt;br /&gt;
**It&#039;s possible Three wasn&#039;t seeking to set off the nuke, but said she was as a ruse to go seek answers about her premonitions concerning Hera.&lt;br /&gt;
*** Any nuke held by the Cylons would likely be stored somewhere inside the guarded Cylon perimeter. It appears that this Three made a beeline to the Oracle, and was upset that she was not there. While going through the tent, knocking things over, she is quoted as saying &amp;quot;frackking liar!&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
*In general, the Cylons seem to have left the planet implausibly underguarded. Considering the strategic nature of the site, as well as the well-known fact that two battlestars remained at large, one would have expected the Cylons to have an overwhelming amount of protection for the planet -- perhaps dozens of basestars. Furthermore, it is hard to believe that the Cylons were not keeping closer tabs on the whereabouts of the launch keys.&lt;br /&gt;
**It has been established beforehand that the Cylons are overstretched with the occupation. This could account for the lack of protection. At any rate, four basestars against two battlestars is hardly an even match, let alone two half-strength battlestars.&lt;br /&gt;
***A Basestar does not seem to be a 1 to 1 match for a Battlestar.  They lack offensive and defensive gun batteries, the ability to maneuver quickly, and have a critical design flaw that is easily exploited (central hub holding the six arms together).  Basestars depend on missiles and large numbers of Raiders.  Adama felt that the Galactica, even barely manned, could hold up to two Cylon Basestars.&lt;br /&gt;
****Additionally, RDM has mentioned in his podcasts that the Cylons do have major operations elsewhere hinting at future storylines in the season.  It is possible that the Cylon higher command made a strategic decision to guard the planet with what they deemed the minimal required number of basestars to defend against 2 battlestars.&lt;br /&gt;
*****One may also be prone to over estimating the number of Basestars the Cylons own. When preparing the attack on the twelve colonies, the cylons knew that they had surprise and the backdoor computer viruse on the their side, as such they may not have produced a very large amount of basestars (Perhaps not even enough to match the numbers of battlestars the twelve colonies had). Furthermore, the knowledge that the colonials ignored where the Cylon homeworld is may have also played a part them having a smaller fleet. If, for some reason, the attack failed, the cylons could simply retreat and bide their time before trying again. After all, when one is sure he can render his enemy defenseless, theres no real need to produce a pointlessly large army.&lt;br /&gt;
*****The number of Basestars has been reduced since the original attack as both the Galactica and the Pegasus have destroyed several in combat.  Such massive capital ships require considerable resources to build and will not be quickly replaced, if at all.&lt;br /&gt;
*With the former crew of &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; onboard &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; now, the ship has something close to its standard crew size. (&#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; crew was deduced to be 2,693 in the episode &amp;quot;[[Water]]&amp;quot;, and &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;s&#039;&#039; was introduced with a crew count of 1,752 in &amp;quot;[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]&amp;quot; (see [[Crew tally]]). William Adama notes that over half of the crew has settled on [[New Caprica]] in &amp;quot;[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]&amp;quot;, and Lee confirms that both ships are at half-strength in &amp;quot;[[Occupation]]&amp;quot;.) Military operations should be much smoother now, and repairs to the ship in general are more feasible.&lt;br /&gt;
**However, many repairs, such as structural, will require shipyard or dockyard facilities equiped with replacement parts and heavy repair machinery required for such repairs, and these facilities are no longer available.  The &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; may never again be the fighting force that it once was.&lt;br /&gt;
*While the combination of the &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; air groups give the latter battlestar a full-strength fighter wing, the Fleet has suffered the loss of its most advanced and best-armed warship. With it also went the capability to build replacement Vipers, unless one of the civilian ships can be converted for such a purpose. Defensively, the Fleet is pretty much back to the position it was in when it left the Colonies.&lt;br /&gt;
**However, the Galactica did take significant structural damage during the conflict, therefore, it currently isn&#039;t in the same state of battle readiness as it was at the time it left the Colonies.&lt;br /&gt;
*It appears during the whole conflict in atmospheric combat that the Raiders were spending most of their time running from the Vipers.  This may be due to the fact that Colonial Vipers have a far superior atmospheric design where Raiders are optimized for space operations.  The Viper has a stabilizing vertical wing which aids the pilot in manuevering through the atmosphere just like all real-life combat aircraft.  The Raider lacks this stabilizer wing much reducing their effectiveness in aeronautic combat and manuevering thrusters are not as effective in air as in space due to resistance.  This made the tactic of depositing the &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;s&#039;&#039; Vipers into a solely air-support role for evacuating ships very effective once the Space-borne Raiders were decoyed away from the planet so that the &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; only had to face the Basestars, not the Raiders.&lt;br /&gt;
*&#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039; seemed to fulfill its role just like the [[Pegasus (TOS)|original &#039;&#039;Pegasus&#039;&#039;]], as it fought to the end to defeat two basetars and allowed &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039; along with the last of the fleet to escape from the Cylons.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Notes ==&lt;br /&gt;
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* There is also a TOS comic named &#039;&#039;[[Exodus!]]&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
* Both parts of &amp;quot;Exodus&amp;quot; were originally planned as one episode. However, it was quickly realized that the story was far too large for one episode and it was split in two. This happened before with &amp;quot;[[Scattered]]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]].&amp;quot; It also helped save money because the construction of New Caprica, the extensive location shooting, the number of actors, as well as the special effects for &amp;quot;Exodus, Part II&amp;quot; were very expensive and the production was over budget.&lt;br /&gt;
* Apparently, the viper Mk.VIIs deployed by Galactica in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This may be a visual-effects-gaffe or the engines may have been effected by the nebular gas or even using a diffrent type of fuel or engine.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Discussing the failure of the occupation:&#039;&#039;	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Three&#039;&#039;&#039;: What would you have us do, Gaius?	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar&#039;&#039;&#039;: Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go.	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Number Three&#039;&#039;&#039;: And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? You&#039;d live out your lives in peace and never trouble yourselves with thoughts of us again? Or would you raise your children with stories of the Cylon, the mechanical slaves who once did your bidding, only to turn against you? Killers who committed genocide against your race, the occupiers of this city until we just ran away? Would you tell them to tell the story to their children, and to their childrens&#039; children, and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?	 &lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Gaius Baltar&#039;&#039;&#039;: Blood for blood ...has to stop one day.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Roslin heads to Colonial One&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Roslin&#039;&#039;&#039;: My ship&#039;s up there.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Zarek&#039;&#039;&#039;: You sure have a sense of the dramatic.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Adama comes to accept &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;&#039;s end&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Admiral Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; Then that&#039;s it. It&#039;s been an honor.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;After Hearing Pegasus Has Joined Galactica&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Admiral William Adama&#039;&#039;&#039;: Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;The Pegasus is evacuated before its destruction&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Dualla:&#039;&#039;&#039; Alright, people, let&#039;s move. Out! Let&#039;s go. (To Lee): You too, Commander.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Commander Lee Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; Yes, sir. (Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at Pegasus): Thank you.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Admiral William Adama&#039;&#039;&#039;: I guess you didn&#039;t understand my orders.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Commander Lee Adama&#039;&#039;&#039;: I never could read your handwriting.&lt;br /&gt;
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*&#039;&#039;Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to &#039;&#039;Galactica&#039;&#039;&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Adama:&#039;&#039;&#039; You did it, Saul. You brought them back.&lt;br /&gt;
:&#039;&#039;&#039;Tigh:&#039;&#039;&#039; Not all of them.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Official Statements ==&lt;br /&gt;
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== Guest Stars ==&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl &amp;quot;Helo&amp;quot; Agathon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Tyrol]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]&lt;br /&gt;
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne &amp;quot;Kat&amp;quot; Katraine]]&lt;br /&gt;
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== References ==&lt;br /&gt;
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{{episode list (RDM season 3)}}&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Episodes written by Bradley Thompson]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Episodes written by David Weddle]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Episodes directed by Félix Enríquez Alcalá]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:RDM]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[de:Exodus, Part II]]&lt;br /&gt;
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BSG Exodus Part II Visual Effects by Atmosphere Visual Effects, BSG VFX and Zoic Studios&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
		<author><name>Danny</name></author>
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