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2006-09-27T17:17:51Z

Distantantennas: /* Case Orange contribution */

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== Case Orange contribution ==

Welcome, "D." Thanks for your recent (and first) contribution to what was ''my'' very first contribution to the Wiki long ago, the [[Case Orange]] article itself. That note was an interesting find; it makes you wonder of the order of succession, if religious figures held political office as well, or if each colony had a governor that would have preceeded Colonial government officials in succession first. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:29, 27 September 2006 (CDT)

Nice how things are parallel like that. All of this has happened before, of course. ;-) I was wondering about it when I read the article - 43rd sounded a bit large. Indeed, this is an aspect of Colonial government that's never really been explored, and may become relevant in the coming season. What would happen if Baltar were assassinated? Is there a procedure for impeachment and removal from office? If so, by whom? In my other life I'm a policy student with an interest in governance issues, so this kind of question intrigues me. Thanks for the welcome, "S." --[[User:Distantantennas|Distantantennas]] 1:38, 27 September 2006 (EDT)

Case Orange

2006-09-27T13:31:25Z

Distantantennas:

The '''Case Orange''' automated beacon is a Colonial [[Government]] technology designed to ensure a working government in the wake of a catastrophic event ([[Miniseries]]).

In the latter part of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon's]] [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], Education Secretary [[Laura Roslin]] receives an radio message in the cockpit of her stranded [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprican]] [[Intersun|transport]], ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]'':

:'''"This is an official Colonial Government broadcast. All ministers and officials should now go to Case Orange. Repeat: This is an official Colonial Government broadcast. All ministers and officials should now go to Case Orange."''' – {{audio|Case Orange broadcast.mp3|listen}}

Roslin explains that this automated message is designed to be broadcast should the [[Richard Adar|President]] of the Twelve Colonies, the Vice President and most of the Colonial Cabinet be killed or incapacitated. She instructs the captain of the ship to acknowledge the message by sending her government ID code (D-456-345-A) on the same frequency as the message. Roslin leaves the cockpit and awaits the return response. Presumably, the Case Orange system gathers the IDs of all government officials, then determines who becomes the new President and where to contact him/her and any remaining officials.

[[Lee Adama|Captain Lee Adama]], aboard ''Colonial Heavy 798'', asks Roslin how far down she ranks in the government presidential succession. She replies she is 43rd, commenting with sadness that she personally knew all 42 individuals above her from the President on down, most having served with President [[Richard Adar]] in his past administration and when he was a mayor.

The ship's captain returns to Roslin with the printed response. Out of the 42 other government officials above her, apparently only she has responded to the automated message since its activation.

:''It is not stated whether there were other officials lower in the succession order than Roslin, but it can be presumed from the Case Orange result that they are unable to respond as well, effectively removing them from consideration. It may be presumed that the Case Orange beacon had been running for some time after the attacks began, yet no others had responded to its message, since Roslin receives a response from the beacon fairly quickly. The Case Orange system may determine that assignment of a President is conditional to the length of time since its activation. The longer the beacon is seeking out officials without response, the quicker it responds and assigns a President to ensure a working government.''

After the ship's captain retrieves a priest on board, [[Elosha]], Roslin is sworn in as the new President of the Twelve Colonies, surrounded by reporters that accompanied her to [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' for the tour of the education facilities of the new museum there and for the battlestar's decommissioning ceremonies, mere hours before the Cylon attack began.

[[Image:Roslin_swearing_in.jpg|thumb|200px|The eerie swearing-in of President Laura Roslin.]]

:''The mood and the appearance of the ceremony was deliberately scripted to recall the [http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/lbjforkids/oath.shtm swearing-in ceremony of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson aboard Air Force One] after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November 1963.''

As Roslin's first act as President of the Twelve Colonies, she begins the task of locating other stranded civilian and military ships in the space surrounding Caprica. The ship's captain changes the ship's call sign to ''[[Colonial One]]'' in recognition of the presence of the new President on board.

:''Based on information given in the episodes "[[Bastille Day]]" and "[[Colonial Day]]", the Case Orange process assigned Roslin the remainder of President Adar's term. Roslin is eventually succeeded by Fleet election by [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).''

==Note==
*In an early draft of the final script, the Case Orange message is shown as: ''"This is an official notification broadcast as per section 35, article 17 of the Emergency Continuity of Government Act. All ministers, department secretaries, and division heads now go to Case Orange.''" While this information is not quite [[Canon|canonical]], it reinforces the measures that the Colonial Government would do to ensure its survival--which suggests that the first [[Cylon War]] may have nearly brought the earlier government to its knees in a similar crisis.

*[[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]]'s codeword for [[Jack Fisk|Colonel Fisk]] to assassinate [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] was "Execute case orange" ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). It is likely that both Cain and Fisk were aware of the phrase's significance. However, in the commentary for this episode, RDM says he used the name as reference to a strategic plan against Japan during World War II.

*It is interesting to note that Roslin's stated position in the line of succession - 43rd - is many places below that of the US Secretary of Education - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession 13th]. This could imply that the Colonial government places some military officials ahead of cabinet officials in the line of sucession.

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