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The Hub

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:''This article discusses the [[Re-imagined Series]] episode. For the eponymous resurrection facility, see: [[Resurrection Hub]].''
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| title= The Hub
| season= 4
| episode= 9
| forumthread= 1262
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| writer= [[Jane Espenson]]
| story=
| director= [[Paul Edwards]]
| production= 411
| rating= 1.3
| US airdate= 06 June 2008
| CAN airdate= 06 June 2008
| UK airdate=10 June 2008
| dvd={{flag|US|notext=Y}} {{Season 4.0 NTSC DVD release date}}
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| next= [[Revelations]]
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== Overview ==

: ''Pursuing the [[Resurrection Hub]] at the whim of the Hybrid, a team of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] [[List of pilots|pilots]] and [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon rebels]] become uneasy collaborators as they formulate a [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub|battle plan]] to [[unbox]] the [[Number Three|Three]] known as D'Anna Biers, and destroy Cylon [[resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] forever. Meanwhile, [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] try desperately to communicate with the panicking [[Hybrid]] and [[Karl Agathon]] discovers a disturbing characteristic within one of the [[Number Eight|Eights]].''

== Summary ==

:''The episode takes place concurrently with "[[Sine Qua Non]]."

=== Teaser ===
* Starting off from the last events of "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", [[Laura Roslin]], [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] are brought before the rebel Cylon Basestar's Hybrid. After a [[Number Eight]] reconnects the [[Hybrid]], she unexpectedly jumps the ship.
* During the jump, Roslin finds herself in an empty corridor onboard ''[[Galactica]]''<nowiki></nowiki>. As she looks around, [[Elosha]] appears behind her. After they hug, the vision stops and Roslin finds herself back in the Hybrid's room. Roslin inquires after the Hybrid's abilities as an Eight tries to get information from the [[data-font]], however the Hybrid jumps the ship again, and Roslin finds herself back with Elosha in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> empty corridors. Roslin makes this observation, to which Elosha replies it makes the ship feel bigger; Roslin further points out the experience is strange, to which Elosha replies "many things are strange."
* The two end up in [[sickbay]], where the only occupied (and lit) bed is occupied by Roslin herself, who is dying.

=== Act 1 ===
*An [[Number Eight|Eight]] determines the Hybrid is panicking due to whatever damage [[Natalie]] sustained aboard ''Galactica''. [[Gaius Baltar]] attempts to calm it, initially appearing to be successful, but the Hybrid jumps again. Roslin's vision continues, and she sees [[Kara Thrace]], Dr. [[Cottle]] and the Adamas standing over her bed. Elosha speaks to the dying Roslin, chastising her for her lack of empathy.
*The Eight tells [[Karl Agathon]] the Hybrid is following the [[Resurrection Hub]] and discusses an attack strategy with him.
*When the Eight massages Agathon's back, he comments that [[Sharon Agathon|his wife]] learned to do so only after meeting him, and the Eight reveals she accessed Athena's memories from her [[Rapture|last download]].
*Agathon speaks to Roslin in the Raptor. The president tells him that he is to bring the [[Number Three]] known as [[D'Anna Biers]] directly to her and not to the Cylons.
*On the Resurrection Hub, D'Anna Biers is awakened by [[Number One|Cavil]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], who tell her about the [[Cylon Civil War]] which was caused by her actions. D'Anna makes a disparaging remark about Eights' fickleness.

=== Act 2 ===
[[Image:411 Roslin and Baltar with Hybrid.jpg|thumb|Roslin and Baltar attempting to talk to the Hybrid about the [[Opera House]] vision.]]

*In the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] hangar, Agathon and an Eight give a mission briefing to a group of pilots, consisting of [[Number Six|Sixes]], Eights and Colonial pilots. Several pilots, notably [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] and [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]], express concerns about their safety and the reliability of the Cylon pilots. A Six rebukes the pilot, saying Cylon pilots are just as well trained as the humans, and the Eight reminds them that they learned to trust Athena, so they can also trust their rebel allies.
*Baltar and Roslin attempt to question the Hybrid with little success. They bicker and Baltar walks off, then the Hybrid declares a Three has been unboxed and jumps again.
*Continuing the vision, Elosha and Roslin walk through the hallways of ''Galactica''. Roslin speculates Elosha and the visions are a manifestation of her subconscious. Roslin and Elosha see [[William Adama]] reading ''[[Searider Falcon]]'' to the dying Roslin.
*After the jump, Baltar talks to a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] about hierarchy and religion, asserting that Centurions are loved by [[God (RDM)|God]] as well.
*Speaking to Roslin, Agathon is disappointed she wants to betray the alliance between humans and Cylons, and thinks they can trust the Eights. Roslin tells him he shouldn't let his experiences with his wife cloud his judgment and orders him to carry out her request. Suddenly an alarm goes off and Agathon realizes they have reached the hub.

=== Act 3 ===
*On the Resurrection Hub, Boomer comments with alarm on the arrival of the rebel Basestar. Cavil tries to convince D'Anna to talk to the rebels and defuse the conflict, but she replies curtly and threatens to shout out the names of the [[Final Five]]. Boomer reports the rebel basestar has launched 25 [[Heavy Raider]]s.
*Outside the Hub, the rebels' Heavy Raiders release the [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] they have been towing behind them. The Raiders attack defending Basestars, while the Vipers head towards the Hub.
*Cavil deduces the rebels are attempting to destroy the Hub, and comments that doing so would be mass murder, and would make death permanent for Cylons. On hearing this D'Anna crushes Cavil's neck and Boomer flees.
*Missiles destroy a node at the top of the Hub, taking out its FTL drive. Subsequently, Agathon and the Eight head towards the Hub in a [[Raptor]]. On the Hub, they encounter D'Anna and the dead Cavil. Seeing explosions around them, Agathon tells D'Anna to run, and grabs her arm.
*[[Eammon Pike]] panics as his Raptor is almost disabled and wants to jump back to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Diana Seelix]] urges him not to, telling him the Fleet is too far way. When Pike is initiating the jump, the Raptor is hit by fire from a Raider, hitting Pike in the chest, though he manages to hit the jump button.
*On the Hub, Agathon hesitates upon seeing a number of inert Number Eight bodies. The Eight tells him they should leave, and drags the objecting D'Anna.
*Baltar continues to evangelize to the Centurion, but as the Basestar is hit by a missile salvo, the explosion destroys the Centurion and seriously injures Baltar.
*Two Marines carry Baltar to a bed while Roslin carries in a [[medkit]]. Roslin orders them out, bandaging Baltar and injecting him with [[morpha]]. In his drug-induced state, Baltar talks to Roslin about religion, telling her he once harbored terrible guilt. Pressed on as to what his guilt is for, he tells Roslin he unwittingly gave the Cylons the [[CNP|access codes]] prior to the [[fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. He compares the Colonies' fall to the flood [[Pythia]] spoke of, which wiped out most of humanity and rejuvenated them. Shocked by Baltar's confession, Roslin tries to kill Baltar by removing his bandages. As he loses blood he begs her to stop.

=== Act 4 ===
*Agathon announces he has D'Anna Biers and orders a nuclear strike on the Hub. The Vipers fire nuclear missiles into the Hub, destroying it and at least one of the two escort Basestars.
*Baltar continues to beg for his life. During another FTL jump, Roslin has a vision, in which William Adama stands over a dying Roslin, as Elosha looks on and convinces Roslin to show Baltar mercy, saying humanity cannot be saved on a "case-by-case basis." Roslin checks to see if Baltar is still alive, then begins re-bandaging him and gives him an IV.
*Aboard the Basestar with D'Anna, Agathon argues with the Eight, saying his orders are to take D'Anna to the president. The Eight is upset and D'Anna comments cynically that such double-crossing is a very human trait.
*Agathon brings D'Anna to Roslin, who orders him out and tells him to not let anyone else in. D'Anna immediately inspects the injured Baltar and speculates he is likely to survive. When asked about the Final Five, D'Anna jokingly tells Laura Roslin she is one of them<ref>In the podcast, Ron Moore jokes he hated the clip of D'Anna Biers's trick on Roslin being the fifth Cylon used in the promo for the episode — "It drove me insane."</ref>, but refuses to provide any information until she feels she is safe; the information being the only thing she has now that she is the only Three left in the Universe. She says she will tell Roslin who the Final Five are after she is taken back to the human Fleet.
*Sometime later Roslin sits alone listening to the Hybrid. As the Hybrid jumps she has a final encounter with Elosha, whom she sees in the same room this time.
*Waiting in space, William Adama sees the basestar jumping in. In the landing bay, he meets Laura Roslin. He tells her that he missed her and she admits her feelings too, saying that she loves him. The two embrace.

== Notes ==

=== Story ===

* The [[survivor count]] at the beginning of this show may include the already-seen death of Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike]], whose body is discovered in the [[Raptor]] that managed to jump to the Fleet. However this episode occurs at the same time as "Sine Qua Non" and therefore Pike's death arguably should not be counted yet, as his death is discovered only part way through "Sine Qua Non", making the decrease a continuity error. The survivor count drops by eight by the start of the next episode, "[[Revelations]]", suggesting it may be ''that'' decrease which truly indicates all the casualties of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]]. Given that Pike's ECO should also be dead along with Pike, the survivor count arguably should have dropped by two by the beginning of this episode if deaths witnessed on screen were being counted already.
* The events of this episode, starting from the [[Hybrid]]'s [[FTL|jump]] of the rebel [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] in "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", and [[William Adama]]'s mission to stay behind in a Raptor awaiting [[Laura Roslin]]'s return spans two days. Ergo, the events of "[[Sine Qua Non]]" occur over the course of two days.
* This episode occurs concurrently with the episode before it (Sine Qua Non).
* Roslin and Adama have finally admitted their feelings for each other.
* Except for Roslin's visions and recap scenes from "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?", this is the first episode of the series in which no scenes take place on or near ''Galactica''.
* Baltar attempts to reopen the rapport he had established with the Hybrid in "[[The Passage]]".
* Although Boomer's fate in the episode is left uncertain, her survival is confirmed in the [http://media.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/411/bsg_ep411_FULL.mp3 episode's podcast].
* The podcast also mentions Roslin's visions were originally to be of [[Billy Keikeya]], but due to scheduling conflicts it was changed to Elosha. This required almost no changes to the script.
* When Adama looks out his Raptor window when the baseship arrives, the stars match the night sky as seen from Earth. In particular, the constellations Orion, Taurus, Canis Minor, Gemini, and Monoceros can clearly be seen. If deliberate, this indicates that they must be very close to Earth's location.

=== Cylons ===

* [[Number Two]]/[[Leoben Conoy]] is notably absent from the episode (appearing only in the recap at the beginning), and only Sixes and Eights are among the Cylons fighting in the battle.
* There is only one [[Number Three]] - D'Anna Biers - now surviving, and any possibility of [[Boxing|unboxing]] the others has been lost.
* With the destruction of the Resurrection Hub, the Cylons have permanently lost the ability to download into new bodies.
* As previously shown in "[[The Farm]]", [[Heavy Raider]]s are piloted by humanoid Cylons unlike the smaller autonomous [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]].
* This episode contains the first mention of [[Natalie]]'s name in dialogue.
* Cylon flight suits appear for the first time in this episode. However the Eight who flies with Agathon wears a Colonial flight suit.
* D'Anna's line: "And with a whimper, every Cylon in the universe begins to die" is likely a reference to the final stanza in the poem "[[w:The Hollow Men|The Hollow Men]]" by the twentieth-century modernist poet, [[w:T. S. Eliot|T. S. Eliot]].

== Analysis ==

=== Characters ===

* Over the course of the series, the [[Number Eight|Eights]] have been notorious for shifting their alliances. [[Number Three]]'s comment about the Eight model's tendency to be passionate allies until they see "something shiny" seems to be yet another example of the fickle nature of the Number Eight model. A somewhat more direct observation of this fact is shown in "[[Faith]]" when [[Sharon Agathon]] denounces a group of Eights after hearing their desire to rebel against [[Natalie]] and the other [[Number Six]] models.
* Roslin's suspicions of Baltar, which she has had since "[[Epiphanies]]" (and had a vague inkling of in "[[Six of One]]") have finally been confirmed.
* Roslin enters a hallucinatory trance state as the Basestar jumps about wildly. Roslin has not previously experienced this sensation during the Fleet's jumps, although Kara Thrace underwent something similar in "[[He That Believeth in Me]]". Moreover, [[Callandra Tyrol|Cally Henderson]] exhibited symptoms of vertigo during ''Galactica'''s first jump in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|Miniseries]].
* In Roslin's vision of her impending death, she is attended by Bill and Lee Adama, Cottle, and Kara Thrace. Considering Roslin and Thrace's last interaction in "[[Six of One]]", and the fact that prior to that, they had not worked together since "[[Home, Part II]]", it is surprising that Thrace is included in this scene at all. After Bill Adama, she is probably closer to Tory Foster, who is absent from the scene, than to either Thrace or Lee Adama.
*Karl Agathon has clashed with Roslin before when extreme measures have been considered or taken against the Cylons, notably his sabotage of the biological attack in the episode "[[Torn]]". Here it is significant that Agathon carries out Roslin's orders to the letter despite voicing objections over the planned double cross. Notably Agathon's recent attempted mutiny against Kara Thrace ([[Faith]]) had near-fatal repercussions which may have influenced his decision here to obey the chain of command. Ronald D. Moore admitted as much in the podcast for this episode.
*Agathon is known for his compulsions to take a stand on a moral principle, hence his unwillingness to use biological weapons to wipe out the Cylons previously. Here however, he seems to distinguish destroying the Cylons' ability to resurrect as a military operation rather than an act of outright genocide, although the Cavil model seems to think otherwise, referring to the attack on the Hub as "mass murder."

=== Cylons===
*This episode confirms that downloaded Cylon memories can be shared, though only so far shown between Cylons of the same model. A Number Eight aboard the rebel basestar has downloaded [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]]'s memories, and notes these memories are now accessible to others in her models' line. Athena's memories apparently became available to the Cylons when she was killed and downloaded in "[[Rapture]]", as feared by Adama at the time. In earlier episodes, ("[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Home, Part II]]", "[[Scar]]"), Athena had access to memories of [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] prior to the events of the [[Miniseries]].
**The means by which the Cylons obtained Boomer's memories remains an open question. Athena asserts that her memories cannot be downloaded against her will ([[Home, Part I]]), and this is confirmed when her presence on [[New Caprica]] fails to alert the Cylons to the Colonials escape plan ([[Precipice]]). Likewise, Boomer is able to keep her intentions secret from other Number Eights in "[[Six of One]]", as demonstrated by their surprise at her dissenting vote.
**Consenting Cylons can instantly and silently determine consensus within their model, as demonstrated in "[[Precipice]]", "[[Rapture]]", and "[[Six of One]]". This must naturally involve some kind of transfer of data between models, similar to the memory sharing depicted in this episode in quality if not in scale.
**This leaves open two possibilities: either Boomer was killed, resurrected and replaced prior to the Miniseries, or, as a sleeper agent, she was incapable of withholding her consent when other Cylons elected to access her memories.

=== The Battle ===

*The battle in this episode bears a striking resemblance to "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Parts I]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|II]]". In both episodes, a shaky alliance between ''Galactica'' and another force (''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'') [[Battle for the Resurrection Ship|takes on]] an ostensibly irreplaceable Cylon resurrection facility by first disabling its FTL capability and then engaging it directly with fighters. Furthermore, both sides plan to double-cross each other after the successful execution of the attack.
*The towing plan works when the Cylons detect the approaching Heavy Raiders but do not realize the strike force is twice the size until it is too late.
*Although the Vipers are tasked with taking out the Hub's FTL, a Raptor launches the finishing shot.
*Karl Agathon's Raptor is escorted by several Vipers flying very close as it boards the Hub, perhaps in part to mask the Raptor's DRADIS signature.
*The Hub is unarmed and appears devoid of any defensive measures, although it is possible the Eight accompanying Agathon disabled these. The absence of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] escorts is notable
* The success of the operation indicates Karl Agathon has now grown into the role of CAG, despite not being a Viper pilot and only initially occupying the role temporarily. Agathon not only destroys a key target in a risky operation, but maintains the morale and focus of his pilots whilst negotiating the perils of a fragile alliance with the Cylon rebels.
*The rebel Basestar's absence is long enough that ''Galactica'' and the Fleet have to move on; ''Galactica'' had reconnoitered the battle site, and the rebel Basestar was assumed to be among the debris. This seems odd given the Cylons' superior FTL capability — Pike's Raptor would have required several jumps to make it to the Fleet (and only made it part of the way), while the Basestar would have required fewer. Dramatic story considerations no doubt were the priority in sequencing these events.
**It is mentioned that the Basestar is healing slower than normal, and one of the characters comments it is "limping back" to the Fleet. This illustrates the extent of the damage sustained during the initial ambush by the Cavil-led Basestars and the attack against the Hub. It also takes a very long time for the Basestar to fully heal: at least four months. It is only ever seen fully healed in the few shots of it during Daybreak Part 2 although it is clearly healing throughout the season.

== Questions ==

=== About the Hub ===

*What role does the [[Resurrection Hub|Hub]] play in the proper functioning of other [[Resurrection Ship]]s?
** Why are these apparently vital functions centralized?
*** '''Answer:''' The Cylons themselves did not develop resurrection; it was given them by the Final Five, and they are unable to build or rebuild facilities of their own.
*Why do the Cylons have only one Resurrection Hub and the implied inability to build another? ([[No Exit|Partial answer]])
** If the Cylons are capable of building a new Hub, how long would it take them?
*Why is the Hub so poorly defended by Cavil's faction?
*Why didn't the Vipers simply magnetically grapple themselves to the underside of the Heavy Raiders, instead of relying on tow cables?

=== About the Cylons ===

*How will Cavil's condescending attitude toward Sharon Valerii ("Pet Eight") affect her?
*How was Cavil aware that the rebel Cylons were working with humans before the attack on the Hub?
*Was the Cavil who interrogated Three able to resurrect and evacuate in the time between his death and the destruction of the Hub? ([[No Exit|Possible Answer]])
*Where are the [[Number Two]]s during all these events?
*Have other Eights have accessed Athena's memories as well?
*How do other living Cylons (presumably of the same model) access and absorb the memories of downloaded Cylons?
*Will Agathon inform his wife that other Eights have been accessing her memories? If so, will this affect their relationship?
*What will happen to the rebel Cylons and their baseship? ([[Revelations|Answer]])
*How will the rebel Cylons respond to Roslin's deception regarding [[Number Three]]?
*Will the Cylons—especially with Natalie dead—return to their earlier plan of taking hostages in order to gain access to Three? ([[Revelations|Answer]])
*How will Sharon Agathon and [[Caprica-Six]] react to learning of the Hub's destruction?

=== About the Humans ===

*Is Roslin's vision of [[Elosha]] related to other characters' [[Virtual beings|internal manifestations]], such as Baltar's [[virtual Six]] or simply a manifestation of Roslin's subconsciousness, as Roslin believes? Or is it the Hybrid speaking to her as Elosha between the jumps, or the spirit of the real Elosha?
*What will happen to Baltar now that his guilt regarding the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] has been revealed?
*Is Baltar's evangelizing of the [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] genuine or an attempt to obtain a useful ally? Does the Centurion fully understand Baltar's intentions?
*Could Baltar's actions have any adverse effects on the thoughts of the other Centurions in some way?
*Will [[Lee Adama]] relinquish the presidency back to Laura Roslin? ([[Revelations|Answer]])

== Official Statements ==




== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
* ''[[D'Anna Biers]] has just been unboxed and resurrected and is in the tank. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Cavil are present. After being told that the Eights are on the opposite side of the Ones (Cavils) in the Cylon Civil War, Three inquires as to why Boomer is there:''
:'''Biers''' [looks at Boomer directly]: Boomer's an Eight. Shouldn't she be on the other side? [Boomer looks sternly at Three]
:'''Cavil''': Boomer is my "Pet Eight." She has seen the light of reason. An Eight can make a passionate ally.
:'''Biers''' [contemptuously]: Only until she sees something shiny! [Boomer's expression is stern]

*''Helo's Raptor flies away from the Hub''
:'''Karl Agathon''': We have D'Anna on board and are clear of the Hub. Commence nuclear strike. Repeat: nuclear strike is a go.
:''The Vipers form up and launch nuclear missiles into the Hub, destroying it and a nearby basestar''

*''Laura Roslin and [[Karl Agathon]] are discussing the possibility that a Three has been unboxed. Agathon disagrees with her plan to keep Three from the Cylons and doesn't think that the Cylons would betray them like that.''
:'''Karl Agathon''' [shaking his head]: No, no, I don't think so. Not the Sharons, the Eights.
:'''Laura Roslin''' [patiently but firmly]: Captain, you are not married to the entire production line. I cannot afford to be sentimental right now. I cannot afford you to be sentimental either. If you can't do this job, find me someone who can.

* ''Aboard Karl Agathon's Raptor after the destruction of the Resurrection Hub:''
:'''D'Anna Biers:''' And with a whimper, every Cylon in the universe begins to die.
:'''Number Eight:''' Yes, that's right, and it's a good thing, D'Anna, because now there's no difference. We can all start trusting each other.

* ''In Roslin's vision, as Roslin and [[Elosha]] watch Adama stand over a dying Roslin:''
:'''Elosha:''' I'm not saying Baltar's done more good than harm in the universe; he hasn't. The thing is, the harder it is to recognize someone's right to draw a breath, the more crucial it is. If humanity is going to prove itself worthy of surviving, it can't do it on a case by case basis. A bad man feels his death just as keenly as a good man.
:'''Laura Roslin:''' What do you want from me here?
:[Adama appears at dying Roslin's bedside]
:'''William Adama:''' Laura.
:'''Elosha:''' Just love someone.
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Love. Huh!
:[Life monitor flatlines]
:'''William Adama:''' You go. You go. You go to your rest now. [Sobs] I'm not gonna be selfish anymore. You go. Rest.

* ''Roslin and Adama tenderly greeting each other on the basestar's hangar deck:''
:'''Adama''': Missed you.
:'''Roslin''': Me too.
:'''Roslin''' [Embracing Adama]: I love you.
:'''Adama''' [Breaking the embrace; looks into her eyes]: About time.

* ''[[Gaius Baltar]]'' reveals to Roslin his guilt over the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|original attacks on the Colonies]]:
: "[[Pythia]] talks about a flood that wiped out most of humanity. Nobody blames the flood. The flood is a force of nature. Through the flood, mankind is rejuvenated -- born again. I was not a flood, you see. I blamed myself... I blamed myself. But God had made the man who made that choice. God made us all perfect. And in that thought, all my guilt flies away -- flies away like a bird."

* ''Number Three answering Laura Roslin's question:''
: '''D'Anna Biers''': Suppose you've got some questions for me.
: '''Roslin''': Yes I do. I'd like to talk about the five Cylons in my fleet.
: '''Biers''': So you know about the Final Five?
: '''Roslin''': I know they're supposed to know the way to Earth.
: '''Biers''': But you don't know that you're one of them.
:[Roslin freezes shocked]
: '''Biers''': [Bursting out laughing] Please your face! [Roslin looks relieved and smirks] Oh, it's ridiculous. No. Look, I'm not giving you any names. Not until I feel like I'm safe. 'Cause information is all I got, sweetie.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]] / [[D'Anna Biers]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]] (credited only)
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]
*[[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]] / [[Cavil]]
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
*[[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Hotdog|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]]
*[[Ryan McDonell]] as Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]]
*[[Lee Jefferies]] as Lieutenant [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]]
*[[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)

== External Links ==
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=380]

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Helena Cain

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:''For information on this character's [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Cain (TOS)]].
{{Character Data
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|age=49-50<ref>According to the script for "[[Razor]]", young Helena Cain was nine years old at the time of the [[Battle of Tauron]]. See: [[Sources: Helena Cain]].</ref>
|colony=[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]]
|birthname=Helena Cain
|callsign=
|seen= Pegasus (episode)
|pseen=Pegasus
|death= Shot in the head by [[Gina Inviere]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
|parents= [[Saundra Cain|Mother Saundra Cain]] and [[Cain (father)|father]] killed in the first [[Cylon War]] <ref name="watcher-forbes">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica: Razor' cuts to the heart of the matter|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=22 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>
|siblings= [[Lucy Cain]]† (killed in the first Cylon War)
|children=
|marital status= Previous relationship with Gina Inviere
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|rank=Rear Admiral
|actor=[[Michelle Forbes]]<br/> [[Kyra Scott]] (young Cain)
|serial=866931<ref>Serial number is from [[:Image:Cain's dogtag serial.jpg|her dogtags]].</ref>
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Admiral '''Helena Cain''' hails from the colony [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], and is the commanding officer of the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. She is a hard woman, unafraid of making difficult decisions and unflinching in her will to do what she sees as right. These traits sometimes compel her to feel that she has been left no choice but to take controversial, unpopular and morally questionable choices.

==Biography==
===Childhood===
Helena Cain was born during the first [[Cylon War]]. On the last day of the war, Tauron was under attack by Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]] ground forces. Her sister [[Lucy Cain]] and her [[Cain (father)|father]] were pinned down in a building under heavy fire. When her father was injured trying to escape, he told Helena to get Lucy to a shelter, before dying. The two made it out of the building, as a result of panic and likely injury Lucy had sustained when she tripped over some broken concrete, Helena left her in a field of rubble and ran away to hide in a container. While in the container, she found a folding knife, and when she was cornered by a Cylon centurion, she pulled the knife and demanded that the Cylon either attack or leave. Much to her shock the Cylon stopped, turned around and left the container. When Cain came out again after the Cylons retreated, she found only her sister's doll on the ground ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", extended version). These traumatic events were formative for her future.

===Cylon attack and guerrilla warfare===
[[Image:Cain and gina.jpg|thumb|right|Cain dining with [[Gina Inviere]].]]

When ''Pegasus'' is scheduled for an extensive overhaul at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], Cain has regular meetings with [[Gina Inviere]], a civilian contractor working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]], to work out the details of the retrofit. The two eventually become romantically involved.

Shortly before the [[Cylon attack]], Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw]] is assigned to the battlestar as Cain's personal aide. When the lieutenant fails to make it to [[CIC]] immediately after her arrival, Cain chews her out in front of the crew, but breaks into laughter after Shaw leaves, showing that she isn't always as hard as she appears to be.

When the Cylons [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|attack the shipyards]], Cain is in her quarters, working out and going over efficiency reports. She makes it to CIC and immediately orders the battlestar unmoored. When the navigational computer is discovered to be offline and nuclear missiles are inbound, Cain orders a [[blind jump]] to escape certain destruction. With many of her crew dead and the destruction of the Twelve Colonies confirmed, she uses the '''Pegasus''' public address to inform the survivors while vowing to take revenge on the Cylons. However, in a private dinner with her XO [[Jurgen Belzen]], [[Jack Fisk]], Inviere and Shaw, she promises that she has no intention to unnecessarily waste lives or resources in an emotional quest for revenge.

Shortly later, a Cylon communications relay is detected, which the crew believes to be an easy target. On arrival, one squadron of Vipers is launched. However, 15 squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s suddenly appear because, it turns out, the target is actually a Cylon staging area. XO Belzen urges Cain to recover their Vipers and retreat, but instead she seemingly forgets her earlier promise and orders the launch of all remaining fighters, which Belzen refuses to do in the face of such odds. Cain asks the XO for his side arm, and shoots him in the head with it in front of the crew. She then turned to Fisk, promotes him to XO, and orders him to launch the rest of the Vipers. Fearing for his life, he does so. At the same time, Inviere disables the main gun batteries and allows a group of [[Cylon Centurion]]s to board the ship, causing many deaths. Shaw reveals her as a Cylon agent in CIC and Cain orders her arrest. Inviere kills two marines and aims a gun at the helpless Cain, but hesitates to shoot her, showing that perhaps the Cylon's feelings for Cain are real. Before Inviere can make up her mind, Shaw knocks her out. ''Pegasus'' manages to win the [[Battle of the Communications Relay|battle]], but with staggering losses.

Cain is deeply stung by Inviere's betrayal, her feelings toward her erstwhile lover turned into hatred and scorn. Cain gives [[Alastair Thorne]] free rein in interrogating the Cylon for information, suggesting "pain ... degradation, fear, shame." This sets the tone for the interrogations, ultimately leading to measures such as gang rape.

When ''Pegasus'' happens upon a small civilian flotilla, Admiral Cain decides to strip it of resources and personnel, including their FTL drives. The civilians, however, refuse the cooperate. Resistance is particularly vocal on the ''[[Scylla]]''. When a boarding team led by Shaw and Fisk fails to make the civilians cooperate, Cain orders the team to shoot the families of every conscript who refuses to obey. Shaw fires the first shot and eventually 10 people are killed, thus breaking the resistance. Cain is very impressed by Shaw's actions in the civilian standoff and promotes her to the rank of captain, explaining that Shaw has the qualities of a "razor"; someone who is able to shut down all emotions and inhibitions in battle in order to survive.

Despite the impossible odds, Cain intends to sustain a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the occupying Cylon forces. She then led the battlestar away from the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], following a Cylon fleet that trails what they discovered as the fellow battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

===Meeting Galactica===
[[image:caingalact.jpg|left|Admiral Cain, meeting up with the crew of ''Galactica''.|thumb]]
Upon meeting up with Commander [[William Adama]]'s [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] six months later, she as ranking officer assumes command and transfers personnel from ''Galactica'' to ''Pegasus'', including [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], indicating that Adama has let military discipline become too lax. Cain is more interested in fighting the Cylons, seemingly oblivious to the point that she and the ships around her are all that was left of the human race, whose survival is more paramount than offensive assaults. While Adama initially welcomes such attacks against a mysterious Cylon force that followed the Fleet (to stop it from following them), his attitude begins to cool about Cain's very strict and unmerciful leadership.

Cain's actions also raise concerns with President [[Laura Roslin]]. Cain recognizes Roslin and her former role as Secretary of Education. After the Fleet command transfer from Adama to Cain, Roslin makes several attempts to call Cain to request supplies for the civilian fleet, but all of Roslin's calls are ignored.

After the fatal assault of one of her crew members, Lieutenant Thorne, Cain arrests Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]] and has them flown to ''Pegasus'', under Adama's protest, since traditionally a trial is held on the ship where an incident has occurred. Cain uses ''Galactica'''s log against Adama when he asks for a tribunal; Cain notes that Adama dismissed the last council unilaterally when the verdict did not suit him. Cain summarily court-martials the prisoners herself in a matter of hours, sentencing them to death. A displeased Commander Adama orders an assault crew to ''Pegasus'' to bring his men back. Cain responds by deploying her squadrons of advanced Viper Mark VIIs against Adama's museum collection of Viper Mark IIs in a tense standoff ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

The tense situation is ended by a sudden appearance by Starbuck, flying the [[Blackbird]] as she returns from her unofficial recon mission on the unknown Cylon ship. Starbuck transmits the pictures she took of the [[Resurrection Ship]] back to ''Pegasus'''s CIC. Upon Thrace's return to ''Pegasus'', Cain is so impressed with her performance that she promotes Thrace to Captain and ''Pegasus'' [[CAG]], replacing the competent but uncreative and inflexible Captain [[Cole Taylor|Taylor]]. Cain tasks Starbuck with planning the joint strike on the Resurrection Ship.

===Attack on the Resurrection Ship===
[[Image:Gina-Cain.jpg|thumb|Admiral Cain held at gun-point by [[Gina Inviere|her Cylon prisoner]].]]

After Captain Thrace briefs both Adama, Apollo, and Cain on her plan to attack the Resurrection Ship, Adama pulls Starbuck aside and outlines a plan to assassinate Cain following the attack. At the same time, Cain instructs [[Jack Fisk]] to lead a detachment of marines to "terminate Adama's command" after the battle ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]").

When the moment arrives, both commanders back down from their assassination plots, to the relief of Thrace and Fisk.

===Assassination===

Shortly afterwards, Cain returns to her quarters and is surprised to find Gina Inviere, who escaped her cell with the aid of [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], waiting for her. After a tense confrontation, Gina kills Cain with a shot to the head.

Cain is given a funeral with full military honors. Fisk and Thrace eulogize her; Fisk promises to command ''Pegasus'' in the same spirit as she did, and Thrace says that while she knew Cain only briefly, she admired her, and that "We were safer with her than we are without." ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"). Several months later, Adama tells his son that he can't find any faults in Cain's tactical decisions, and refuses to pass judgment on her, because he had people who kept him from going down a similar path, and never had to go through the situations Cain had to face ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

== Analysis ==

Adama abandons his assassination plan because of something that was pointed out in a private conversation with [[Sharon Agathon|the second copy of Sharon Valerii]], who reminded him that during his decommissioning speech he had asked whether humanity asked itself if it deserved to survive ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]). Turning on each other would have proven that the Cylons were correct about humanity.

Cain's reasons for calling off her plan were never revealed, and remain a topic of debate among fans.

== Notes ==

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=== Original Series nods ===

*Helena Cain is inspired by the character of Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', portrayed by the late [[Lloyd Bridges]].

*Unlike Commander Cain in the Original Series, Admiral Cain is a superior officer to Commander William Adama. The Original Series's Adama held seniority over Cain (as well as being the sitting leader of the Quorum of the Twelve at the time), and relieved him of command for a time in the two part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I|The Living Legend]]".

=== Behind-the-Scenes ===

*Actress Michelle Forbes said on her character, "She’s lost perspective. People ask, ‘Is she insane? Is she psychotic?’ I hope that’s not how she came across because that was never the intention. I think some individuals can appear to be that way, but this is a woman who did what she had to do in order to survive during some very brutal conflicts. Along the way, Cain lost her sense of judgment as well as her sense of reason and rationale. That was all very interesting for me to play. Usually in TV you’re given one characteristic and you dare not stray from that, so it was neat to have such a difficult, fascinating woman to play. In "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]" it really comes to light the path of sadism that these people have gone down and we’re fully able to see exactly what happened to this group aboard the Pegasus. There were some pretty difficult choices they had to make, too, in regard to the Cylon prisoner Gina and that whole dynamic." [http://www.greatlink.org/dcisV2.asp?url=http://www.greatlink.org/shownewsitem.asp?item=5201]

*Cain's sexual orientation was revealed in ''Razor'', which Forbes, in the "Making of" featurette on its original DVD release, stated came as a surprise to her.

*Forbes guest starred as Dara Timicin in the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:Half a Life|Half a Life]]" and had a recurring role as Ensign [[MemoryAlpha:Ro Laren|Ro Laren]] during the last three seasons of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with the character at one point earmarked to join the spinoff series ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. The "Major Kira Nerys" character was created to fill that role when Forbes and Ro Laren did not join. ''Battlestar Galactica'' executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore]], also a ''TNG'' veteran, wrote for her character in the episodes "[[MemoryAlpha:Disaster|Disaster]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Next Phase|The Next Phase]]".

=== Production ===

*Cain's given name, Helena, was not spoken in dialogue initially, but was posted in episode summaries on Scifi.com (initially misspelled as "Nelena"). Her name is first spoken by Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] in "[[Razor]]".

*Cain's habit of expediting meetings by conducting them without chairs is borrowed from UN Ambassador [[Wikipedia:John R. Bolton|John R. Bolton]] (Source: [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 2|Podcast:Pegasus]]). Within the show, the lack of chairs is said to stem from her preference to stand because of her back problems ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== Separate continuity ===

* In [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s [[comic]] books, Helena Cain and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' make a one-shot appearance in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]'', and she is mentioned again in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]''. In ''Origins 6'', Captain [[Alexa Cain|Alexa "Pugnacious" Cain]] is noted as Helena's mother, who had divorced her husband well before the [[Battle of Tauron]]—the last battle of the First Cylon War. However, "Razor" makes it clear that Helena's mother was named "[[Saundra Cain|Saundra]]", and that she was on [[Hypatia]], [[Tauron]] at the time of that last battle, which is when she died.

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:''For information on this character's [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Cain (TOS)]].
{{Character Data
|photo=CainH.jpg
|age=49-50<ref>According to the script for "[[Razor]]", young Helena Cain was nine years old at the time of the [[Battle of Tauron]]. See: [[Sources: Helena Cain]].</ref>
|colony=[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]]
|birthname=Helena Cain
|callsign=
|seen= Pegasus (episode)
|pseen=Pegasus
|death= Shot in the head by [[Gina Inviere]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
|parents= [[Saundra Cain|Mother Saundra Cain]] and [[Cain (father)|father]] killed in the first [[Cylon War]] <ref name="watcher-forbes">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica: Razor' cuts to the heart of the matter|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=22 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>
|siblings= [[Lucy Cain]]† (killed in the first Cylon War)
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|marital status= Previous relationship with Gina Inviere
|role=Commanding Officer, [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
|rank=Rear Admiral
|actor=[[Michelle Forbes]]<br/> [[Kyra Scott]] (young Cain)
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Admiral '''Helena Cain''' hails from the colony [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], and is the commanding officer of the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. She is a hard woman, unafraid of making difficult decisions and unflinching in her will to do what she sees as right. These traits sometimes compel her to feel that she has been left no choice but to take controversial, unpopular and morally questionable choices.

==Biography==
===Childhood===
Helena Cain was born during the first [[Cylon War]]. On the last day of the war, Tauron was under attack by Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]] ground forces. Her sister [[Lucy Cain]] and her [[Cain (father)|father]] were pinned down in a building under heavy fire. When her father was injured trying to escape, he told Helena to get Lucy to a shelter, before dying. The two made it out of the building, as a result of panic and likely injury Lucy had sustained when she tripped over some broken concrete, Helena left her in a field of rubble and ran away to hide in a container. While in the container, she found a folding knife, and when she was cornered by a Cylon centurion, she pulled the knife and demanded that the Cylon either attack or leave. Much to her shock the Cylon stopped, turned around and left the container. When Cain came out again after the Cylons retreated, she found only her sister's doll on the ground ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", extended version). These traumatic events were formative for her future.

===Cylon attack and guerrilla warfare===
[[Image:Cain and gina.jpg|thumb|right|Cain dining with [[Gina Inviere]].]]

When ''Pegasus'' is scheduled for an extensive overhaul at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], Cain has regular meetings with [[Gina Inviere]], a civilian contractor working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]], to work out the details of the retrofit. The two eventually become romantically involved.

Shortly before the [[Cylon attack]], Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw]] is assigned to the battlestar as Cain's personal aide. When the lieutenant fails to make it to [[CIC]] immediately after her arrival, Cain chews her out in front of the crew, but breaks into laughter after Shaw leaves, showing that she isn't always as hard as she appears to be.

When the Cylons [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|attack the shipyards]], Cain is in her quarters, working out and going over efficiency reports. She makes it to CIC and immediately orders the battlestar unmoored. When the navigational computer is discovered to be offline and nuclear missiles are inbound, Cain orders a [[blind jump]] to escape certain destruction. With many of her crew dead and the destruction of the Twelve Colonies confirmed, she uses the '''Pegasus''' public address to inform the survivors while vowing to take revenge on the Cylons. However, in a private dinner with her XO [[Jurgen Belzen]], [[Jack Fisk]], Inviere and Shaw, she promises that she has no intention to unnecessarily waste lives or resources in an emotional quest for revenge.

Shortly later, a Cylon communications relay is detected, which the crew believes to be an easy target. On arrival, one squadron of Vipers is launched. However, 15 squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s suddenly appear because, it turns out, the target is actually a Cylon staging area. XO Belzen urges Cain to recover their Vipers and retreat, but instead she seemingly forgets her earlier promise and orders the launch of all remaining fighters, which Belzen refuses to do in the face of such odds. Cain asks the XO for his side arm, and shoots him in the head with it in front of the crew. She then turned to Fisk, promotes him to XO, and orders him to launch the rest of the Vipers. Fearing for his life, he does so. At the same time, Inviere disables the main gun batteries and allows a group of [[Cylon Centurion]]s to board the ship, causing many deaths. Shaw reveals her as a Cylon agent in CIC and Cain orders her arrest. Inviere kills two marines and aims a gun at the helpless Cain, but hesitates to shoot her, showing that perhaps the Cylon's feelings for Cain are real. Before Inviere can make up her mind, Shaw knocks her out. ''Pegasus'' manages to win the [[Battle of the Communications Relay|battle]], but with staggering losses.

Cain is deeply stung by Inviere's betrayal, her feelings toward her erstwhile lover turned into hatred and scorn. Cain gives [[Alastair Thorne]] free rein in interrogating the Cylon for information, suggesting "pain ... degradation, fear, shame." This sets the tone for the interrogations, ultimately leading to measures such as gang rape.

When ''Pegasus'' happens upon a small civilian flotilla, Admiral Cain decides to strip it of resources and personnel, including their FTL drives. The civilians, however, refuse the cooperate. Resistance is particularly vocal on the ''[[Scylla]]''. When a boarding team led by Shaw and Fisk fails to make the civilians cooperate, Cain orders the team to shoot the families of every conscript who refuses to obey. Shaw fires the first shot and eventually 10 people are killed, thus breaking the resistance. Cain is very impressed by Shaw's actions in the civilian standoff and promotes her to the rank of captain, explaining that Shaw has the qualities of a "razor"; someone who is able to shut down all emotions and inhibitions in battle in order to survive.

Despite the impossible odds, Cain intends to sustain a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the occupying Cylon forces. She then led the battlestar away from the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], following a Cylon fleet that trails what they discovered as the fellow battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

===Meeting Galactica===
[[image:caingalact.jpg|left|Admiral Cain, meeting up with the crew of ''Galactica''.|thumb]]
Upon meeting up with Commander [[William Adama]]'s [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] six months later, she as ranking officer assumes command and transfers personnel from ''Galactica'' to ''Pegasus'', including [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], indicating that Adama has let military discipline become too lax. Cain is more interested in fighting the Cylons, seemingly oblivious to the point that she and the ships around her are all that was left of the human race, whose survival is more paramount than offensive assaults. While Adama initially welcomes such attacks against a mysterious Cylon force that followed the Fleet (to stop it from following them), his attitude begins to cool about Cain's very strict and unmerciful leadership.

Cain's actions also raise concerns with President [[Laura Roslin]]. Cain recognizes Roslin and her former role as Secretary of Education. After the Fleet command transfer from Adama to Cain, Roslin makes several attempts to call Cain to request supplies for the civilian fleet, but all of Roslin's calls are ignored.

After the fatal assault of one of her crew members, Lieutenant Thorne, Cain arrests Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]] and has them flown to ''Pegasus'', under Adama's protest, since traditionally a trial is held on the ship where an incident has occurred. Cain uses ''Galactica'''s log against Adama when he asks for a tribunal; Cain notes that Adama dismissed the last council unilaterally when the verdict did not suit him. Cain summarily court-martials the prisoners herself in a matter of hours, sentencing them to death. A displeased Commander Adama orders an assault crew to ''Pegasus'' to bring his men back. Cain responds by deploying her squadrons of advanced Viper Mark VIIs against Adama's museum collection of Viper Mark IIs in a tense standoff ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

The tense situation is ended by a sudden appearance by Starbuck, flying the [[Blackbird]] as she returns from her unofficial recon mission on the unknown Cylon ship. Starbuck transmits the pictures she took of the [[Resurrection Ship]] back to ''Pegasus'''s CIC. Upon Thrace's return to ''Pegasus'', Cain is so impressed with her performance that she promotes Thrace to Captain and ''Pegasus'' [[CAG]], replacing the competent but uncreative and inflexible Captain [[Cole Taylor|Taylor]]. Cain tasks Starbuck with planning the joint strike on the Resurrection Ship.

===Attack on the Resurrection Ship===
[[Image:Gina-Cain.jpg|thumb|Admiral Cain held at gun-point by [[Gina Inviere|her Cylon prisoner]].]]

After Captain Thrace briefs both Adama, Apollo, and Cain on her plan to attack the Resurrection Ship, Adama pulls Starbuck aside and outlines a plan to assassinate Cain following the attack. At the same time, Cain instructs [[Jack Fisk]] to lead a detachment of marines to "terminate Adama's command" after the battle ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]").

When the moment arrives, both commanders back down from their assassination plots, to the relief of Thrace and Fisk.

===Assassination===

Shortly afterwards, Cain returns to her quarters and is surprised to find Gina Inviere, who escaped her cell with the aid of [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], waiting for her. After a tense confrontation, Gina kills Cain with a shot to the head.

Cain is given a funeral with full military honors. Fisk and Thrace eulogize her; Fisk promises to command ''Pegasus'' in the same spirit as she did, and Thrace says that while she knew Cain only briefly, she admired her, and that "We were safer with her than we are without." ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"). Several months later, Adama tells his son that he can't find any faults in Cain's tactical decisions, and refuses to pass judgment on her, because he had people who kept him from going down a similar path, and never had to go through the situations Cain had to face ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

== Analysis ==

Adama abandons his assassination plan because of something that was pointed out in a private conversation with [[Sharon Agathon|the second copy of Sharon Valerii]], who reminded him that during his decommissioning speech he had asked whether humanity asked itself if it deserved to survive ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]). Turning on each other would have proven that the Cylons were correct about humanity.

Cain's reasons for calling off her plan were never revealed, and remain a topic of debate among fans.

== Notes ==

{{sourcebox}}

=== Original Series nods ===

*Helena Cain is inspired by the character of Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', portrayed by the late [[Lloyd Bridges]].

*Unlike Commander Cain in the Original Series, Admiral Cain is a superior officer to Commander William Adama. The Original Series's Adama held seniority over Cain (as well as being the sitting leader of the Quorum of the Twelve at the time), and relieved him of command for a time in the two part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I|The Living Legend]]".

=== Behind-the-Scenes ===

*Actress Michelle Forbes said on her character, "She’s lost perspective. People ask, ‘Is she insane? Is she psychotic?’ I hope that’s not how she came across because that was never the intention. I think some individuals can appear to be that way, but this is a woman who did what she had to do in order to survive during some very brutal conflicts. Along the way, Cain lost her sense of judgment as well as her sense of reason and rationale. That was all very interesting for me to play. Usually in TV you’re given one characteristic and you dare not stray from that, so it was neat to have such a difficult, fascinating woman to play. In "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]" it really comes to light the path of sadism that these people have gone down and we’re fully able to see exactly what happened to this group aboard the Pegasus. There were some pretty difficult choices they had to make, too, in regard to the Cylon prisoner Gina and that whole dynamic." [http://www.greatlink.org/dcisV2.asp?url=http://www.greatlink.org/shownewsitem.asp?item=5201]

*Cain's sexual orientation was revealed in ''Razor'', which Forbes, in the "Making of" featurette on its original DVD release, stated came as a surprise to her.

*Forbes guest starred as Dara Timicin in the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:Half a Life|Half a Life]]" and had a recurring role as Ensign [[MemoryAlpha:Ro Laren|Ro Laren]] during the last three seasons of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with the character at one point earmarked to join the spinoff series ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. ''Battlestar Galactica'' executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore]], also a ''TNG'' veteran, wrote for her character in the episodes "[[MemoryAlpha:Disaster|Disaster]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Next Phase|The Next Phase]]".

=== Production ===

*Cain's given name, Helena, was not spoken in dialogue initially, but was posted in episode summaries on Scifi.com (initially misspelled as "Nelena"). Her name is first spoken by Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] in "[[Razor]]".

*Cain's habit of expediting meetings by conducting them without chairs is borrowed from UN Ambassador [[Wikipedia:John R. Bolton|John R. Bolton]] (Source: [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 2|Podcast:Pegasus]]). Within the show, the lack of chairs is said to stem from her preference to stand because of her back problems ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== Separate continuity ===

* In [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s [[comic]] books, Helena Cain and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' make a one-shot appearance in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]'', and she is mentioned again in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]''. In ''Origins 6'', Captain [[Alexa Cain|Alexa "Pugnacious" Cain]] is noted as Helena's mother, who had divorced her husband well before the [[Battle of Tauron]]—the last battle of the First Cylon War. However, "Razor" makes it clear that Helena's mother was named "[[Saundra Cain|Saundra]]", and that she was on [[Hypatia]], [[Tauron]] at the time of that last battle, which is when she died.

== References ==
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Dkendr: /* Cylon attack and guerrilla warfare */

:''For information on this character's [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Cain (TOS)]].
{{Character Data
|photo=CainH.jpg
|age=49-50<ref>According to the script for "[[Razor]]", young Helena Cain was nine years old at the time of the [[Battle of Tauron]]. See: [[Sources: Helena Cain]].</ref>
|colony=[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]]
|birthname=Helena Cain
|callsign=
|seen= Pegasus (episode)
|pseen=Pegasus
|death= Shot in the head by [[Gina Inviere]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
|parents= [[Saundra Cain|Mother Saundra Cain]] and [[Cain (father)|father]] killed in the first [[Cylon War]] <ref name="watcher-forbes">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica: Razor' cuts to the heart of the matter|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=22 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>
|siblings= [[Lucy Cain]]† (killed in the first Cylon War)
|children=
|marital status= Previous relationship with Gina Inviere
|role=Commanding Officer, [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
|rank=Rear Admiral
|actor=[[Michelle Forbes]]<br/> [[Kyra Scott]] (young Cain)
|serial=866931<ref>Serial number is from [[:Image:Cain's dogtag serial.jpg|her dogtags]].</ref>
|cylon=
|name=
}}
Admiral '''Helena Cain''' hails from the colony [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], and is the commanding officer of the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. She is a hard woman, unafraid of making difficult decisions and unflinching in her will to do what she sees as right. These traits sometimes compel her to feel that she has been left no choice but to take controversial, unpopular and morally questionable choices.

==Biography==
===Childhood===
Helena Cain was born during the first [[Cylon War]]. On the last day of the war, Tauron was under attack by Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]] ground forces. Her sister [[Lucy Cain]] and her [[Cain (father)|father]] were pinned down in a building under heavy fire. When her father was injured trying to escape, he told Helena to get Lucy to a shelter, before dying. The two made it out of the building, as a result of panic and likely injury Lucy had sustained when she tripped over some broken concrete, Helena left her in a field of rubble and ran away to hide in a container. While in the container, she found a folding knife, and when she was cornered by a Cylon centurion, she pulled the knife and demanded that the Cylon either attack or leave. Much to her shock the Cylon stopped, turned around and left the container. When Cain came out again after the Cylons retreated, she found only her sister's doll on the ground ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", extended version). These traumatic events were formative for her future.

===Cylon attack and guerrilla warfare===
[[Image:Cain and gina.jpg|thumb|right|Cain dining with [[Gina Inviere]].]]

When ''Pegasus'' is scheduled for an extensive overhaul at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], Cain has regular meetings with [[Gina Inviere]], a civilian contractor working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]], to work out the details of the retrofit. The two eventually become romantically involved.

Shortly before the [[Cylon attack]], Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw]] is assigned to the battlestar as Cain's personal aide. When the lieutenant fails to make it to [[CIC]] immediately after her arrival, Cain chews her out in front of the crew, but breaks into laughter after Shaw leaves, showing that she isn't always as hard as she appears to be.

When the Cylons [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|attack the shipyards]], Cain is in her quarters, working out and going over efficiency reports. She makes it to CIC and immediately orders the battlestar unmoored. When the navigational computer is discovered to be offline and nuclear missiles are inbound, Cain orders a [[blind jump]] to escape certain destruction. With many of her crew dead and the destruction of the Twelve Colonies confirmed, she uses the '''Pegasus''' public address to inform the survivors while vowing to take revenge on the Cylons. However, in a private dinner with her XO [[Jurgen Belzen]], [[Jack Fisk]], Inviere and Shaw, she promises that she has no intention to unnecessarily waste lives or resources in an emotional quest for revenge.

Shortly later, a Cylon communications relay is detected, which the crew believes to be an easy target. On arrival, one squadron of Vipers is launched. However, 15 squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s suddenly appear because, it turns out, the target is actually a Cylon staging area. XO Belzen urges Cain to recover their Vipers and retreat, but instead she seemingly forgets her earlier promise and orders the launch of all remaining fighters, which Belzen refuses to do in the face of such odds. Cain asks the XO for his side arm, and shoots him in the head with it in front of the crew. She then turned to Fisk, promotes him to XO, and orders him to launch the rest of the Vipers. Fearing for his life, he does so. At the same time, Inviere disables the main gun batteries and allows a group of [[Cylon Centurion]]s to board the ship, causing many deaths. Shaw reveals her as a Cylon agent in CIC and Cain orders her arrest. Inviere kills two marines and aims a gun at the helpless Cain, but hesitates to shoot her, showing that perhaps the Cylon's feelings for Cain are real. Before Inviere can make up her mind, Shaw knocks her out. ''Pegasus'' manages to win the [[Battle of the Communications Relay|battle]], but with staggering losses.

Cain is deeply stung by Inviere's betrayal, her feelings toward her erstwhile lover turned into hatred and scorn. Cain gives [[Alastair Thorne]] free rein in interrogating the Cylon for information, suggesting "pain ... degradation, fear, shame." This sets the tone for the interrogations, ultimately leading to measures such as gang rape.

When ''Pegasus'' happens upon a small civilian flotilla, Admiral Cain decides to strip it of resources and personnel, including their FTL drives. The civilians, however, refuse the cooperate. Resistance is particularly vocal on the ''[[Scylla]]''. When a boarding team led by Shaw and Fisk fails to make the civilians cooperate, Cain orders the team to shoot the families of every conscript who refuses to obey. Shaw fires the first shot and eventually 10 people are killed, thus breaking the resistance. Cain is very impressed by Shaw's actions in the civilian standoff and promotes her to the rank of captain, explaining that Shaw has the qualities of a "razor"; someone who is able to shut down all emotions and inhibitions in battle in order to survive.

Despite the impossible odds, Cain intends to sustain a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the occupying Cylon forces. She then led the battlestar away from the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], following a Cylon fleet that trails what they discovered as the fellow battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

===Meeting Galactica===
[[image:caingalact.jpg|left|Admiral Cain, meeting up with the crew of ''Galactica''.|thumb]]
Upon meeting up with Commander [[William Adama]]'s [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] six months later, she as ranking officer assumes command and transfers personnel from ''Galactica'' to ''Pegasus'', including [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], indicating that Adama has let military discipline become too lax. Cain is more interested in fighting the Cylons, seemingly oblivious to the point that she and the ships around her are all that was left of the human race, whose survival is more paramount than offensive assaults. While Adama initially welcomes such attacks against a mysterious Cylon force that followed the Fleet (to stop it from following them), his attitude begins to cool about Cain's very strict and unmerciful leadership.

Cain's actions also raise concerns with President [[Laura Roslin]]. Cain recognizes Roslin and her former role as Secretary of Education. After the Fleet command transfer from Adama to Cain, Roslin makes several attempts to call Cain to request supplies for the civilian fleet, but all of Roslin's calls are ignored.

After the fatal assault of one of her crew members, Lieutenant Thorne, Cain arrests Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]] and has them flown to ''Pegasus'', under Adama's protest, since traditionally a trial is held on the ship where an incident has occurred. Cain uses ''Galactica'''s log against Adama when he asks for a tribunal; Cain notes that Adama dismissed the last council unilaterally when the verdict did not suit him. Cain summarily court-martials the prisoners herself in a matter of hours, sentencing them to death. A displeased Commander Adama orders an assault crew to ''Pegasus'' to bring his men back. Cain responds by deploying her squadrons of advanced Viper Mark VIIs against Adama's museum collection of Viper Mark IIs in a tense standoff ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

The tense situation is ended by a sudden appearance by Starbuck, flying the [[Blackbird]] as she returns from her unofficial recon mission on the unknown Cylon ship. Starbuck transmits the pictures she took of the [[Resurrection Ship]] back to ''Pegasus'''s CIC. Upon Thrace's return to ''Pegasus'', Cain is so impressed with her performance that she promotes Thrace to Captain and ''Pegasus'' [[CAG]], replacing the competent but uncreative and inflexible Captain [[Cole Taylor|Taylor]]. Cain tasks Starbuck with planning the joint strike on the Resurrection Ship.

===Attack on the Resurrection Ship===
[[Image:Gina-Cain.jpg|thumb|Admiral Cain held at gun-point by [[Gina Inviere|her Cylon prisoner]].]]

After Captain Thrace briefs both Adama, Apollo, and Cain on her plan to attack the Resurrection Ship, Adama pulls Starbuck aside and outlines a plan to assassinate Cain following the attack. At the same time, Cain instructs [[Jack Fisk]] to lead a detachment of marines to "terminate Adama's command" after the battle ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]").

When the moment arrives, both commanders back down from their assassination plots, to the relief of Thrace and Fisk.

===Assassination===

Shortly afterwards, Cain returns to her quarters and is surprised to find Gina Inviere, who escaped her cell with the aid of [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], waiting for her. After a tense confrontation, Gina kills Cain with a shot to the head.

Cain is given a funeral with full military honors. Fisk and Thrace eulogize her; Fisk promises to command ''Pegasus'' in the same spirit as she did, and Thrace says that while she knew Cain only briefly, she admired her, and that "We were safer with her than we are without." ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"). Several months later, Adama tells his son that he can't find any faults in Cain's tactical decisions, and refuses to pass judgment on her, because he had people who kept him from going down a similar path, and never had to go through the situations Cain had to face ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

== Analysis ==

Adama abandons his assassination plan because of something that was pointed out in a private conversation with [[Sharon Agathon|the second copy of Sharon Valerii]], who reminded him that during his decommissioning speech he had asked whether humanity asked itself if it deserved to survive ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]). Turning on each other would have proven that the Cylons were correct about humanity.

Cain's reasons for calling off her plan were never revealed, and remain a topic of debate among fans.

== Notes ==

{{sourcebox}}

=== Original Series nods ===

*Helena Cain is inspired by the character of Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', portrayed by the late [[Lloyd Bridges]].

*Unlike Commander Cain in the Original Series, Admiral Cain is a superior officer to Commander William Adama. The Original Series's Adama held a higher rank than Cain, and relieved him of command for a time in the two part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I|The Living Legend]]".

=== Behind-the-Scenes ===

*Actress Michelle Forbes said on her character, "She’s lost perspective. People ask, ‘Is she insane? Is she psychotic?’ I hope that’s not how she came across because that was never the intention. I think some individuals can appear to be that way, but this is a woman who did what she had to do in order to survive during some very brutal conflicts. Along the way, Cain lost her sense of judgment as well as her sense of reason and rationale. That was all very interesting for me to play. Usually in TV you’re given one characteristic and you dare not stray from that, so it was neat to have such a difficult, fascinating woman to play. In "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]" it really comes to light the path of sadism that these people have gone down and we’re fully able to see exactly what happened to this group aboard the Pegasus. There were some pretty difficult choices they had to make, too, in regard to the Cylon prisoner Gina and that whole dynamic." [http://www.greatlink.org/dcisV2.asp?url=http://www.greatlink.org/shownewsitem.asp?item=5201]

*Cain's sexual orientation was revealed in ''Razor'', which Forbes, in the "Making of" featurette on its original DVD release, stated came as a surprise to her.

*Forbes guest starred as Dara Timicin in the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:Half a Life|Half a Life]]" and had a recurring role as Ensign [[MemoryAlpha:Ro Laren|Ro Laren]] during the last three seasons of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with the character at one point earmarked to join the spinoff series ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. ''Battlestar Galactica'' executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore]], also a ''TNG'' veteran, wrote for her character in the episodes "[[MemoryAlpha:Disaster|Disaster]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Next Phase|The Next Phase]]".

=== Production ===

*Cain's given name, Helena, was not spoken in dialogue initially, but was posted in episode summaries on Scifi.com (initially misspelled as "Nelena"). Her name is first spoken by Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] in "[[Razor]]".

*Cain's habit of expediting meetings by conducting them without chairs is borrowed from UN Ambassador [[Wikipedia:John R. Bolton|John R. Bolton]] (Source: [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 2|Podcast:Pegasus]]). Within the show, the lack of chairs is said to stem from her preference to stand because of her back problems ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== Separate continuity ===

* In [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s [[comic]] books, Helena Cain and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' make a one-shot appearance in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]'', and she is mentioned again in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]''. In ''Origins 6'', Captain [[Alexa Cain|Alexa "Pugnacious" Cain]] is noted as Helena's mother, who had divorced her husband well before the [[Battle of Tauron]]—the last battle of the First Cylon War. However, "Razor" makes it clear that Helena's mother was named "[[Saundra Cain|Saundra]]", and that she was on [[Hypatia]], [[Tauron]] at the time of that last battle, which is when she died.

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Dkendr: /* Childhood */

:''For information on this character's [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Cain (TOS)]].
{{Character Data
|photo=CainH.jpg
|age=49-50<ref>According to the script for "[[Razor]]", young Helena Cain was nine years old at the time of the [[Battle of Tauron]]. See: [[Sources: Helena Cain]].</ref>
|colony=[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]]
|birthname=Helena Cain
|callsign=
|seen= Pegasus (episode)
|pseen=Pegasus
|death= Shot in the head by [[Gina Inviere]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
|parents= [[Saundra Cain|Mother Saundra Cain]] and [[Cain (father)|father]] killed in the first [[Cylon War]] <ref name="watcher-forbes">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica: Razor' cuts to the heart of the matter|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=22 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>
|siblings= [[Lucy Cain]]† (killed in the first Cylon War)
|children=
|marital status= Previous relationship with Gina Inviere
|role=Commanding Officer, [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
|rank=Rear Admiral
|actor=[[Michelle Forbes]]<br/> [[Kyra Scott]] (young Cain)
|serial=866931<ref>Serial number is from [[:Image:Cain's dogtag serial.jpg|her dogtags]].</ref>
|cylon=
|name=
}}
Admiral '''Helena Cain''' hails from the colony [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]], and is the commanding officer of the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. She is a hard woman, unafraid of making difficult decisions and unflinching in her will to do what she sees as right. These traits sometimes compel her to feel that she has been left no choice but to take controversial, unpopular and morally questionable choices.

==Biography==
===Childhood===
Helena Cain was born during the first [[Cylon War]]. On the last day of the war, Tauron was under attack by Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]] ground forces. Her sister [[Lucy Cain]] and her [[Cain (father)|father]] were pinned down in a building under heavy fire. When her father was injured trying to escape, he told Helena to get Lucy to a shelter, before dying. The two made it out of the building, as a result of panic and likely injury Lucy had sustained when she tripped over some broken concrete, Helena left her in a field of rubble and ran away to hide in a container. While in the container, she found a folding knife, and when she was cornered by a Cylon centurion, she pulled the knife and demanded that the Cylon either attack or leave. Much to her shock the Cylon stopped, turned around and left the container. When Cain came out again after the Cylons retreated, she found only her sister's doll on the ground ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", extended version). These traumatic events were formative for her future.

===Cylon attack and guerrilla warfare===
[[Image:Cain and gina.jpg|thumb|right|Cain dining with [[Gina Inviere]].]]

When ''Pegasus'' is scheduled for an extensive overhaul at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], Cain has regular meetings with [[Gina Inviere]], a civilian contractor working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]], to work out the details of the retrofit. The two eventually become romantically involved.

Shortly before the [[Cylon attack]], Lieutenant [[Kendra Shaw]] is assigned to the battlestar as Cain's personal aide. When the lieutenant fails to make it to [[CIC]] immediately after her arrival, Cain chews her out in front of the crew, but breaks into laughter after Shaw leaves, showing that she isn't always as hard as she appears to be.

When the Cylons [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|attack the shipyards]], Cain is in her quarters, working out and going over efficiency reports. She makes it to CIC and immediately orders the battlestar unmoored. When the navigational computer is discovered to be offline and nuclear missiles are inbound, Cain orders a [[blind jump]] to escape certain destruction. With many of her crew dead and the destruction of the Twelve Colonies confirmed, she holds a speech vowing to take revenge on the Cylons. However, in a private dinner with her XO [[Jurgen Belzen]], [[Jack Fisk]], Inviere and Shaw, she promises that she has no intention to unnecessarily waste lives or resources in an emotional quest for revenge.

Shortly later, a Cylon communications relay is detected, which the crew believes to be an easy target. On arrival, one squadron of Vipers is launched. However, 15 squadrons of [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s suddenly appear because, it turns out, the target is actually a Cylon staging area. XO Belzen urges Cain to recover their Vipers and retreat, but instead she seemingly forgets her earlier promise and orders the launch of all remaining fighters, which Belzen refuses to do in the face of such odds. Cain asks the XO for his side arm, and shoots him in the head with it in front of the crew. She then turned to Fisk, promotes him to XO, and orders him to launch the rest of the Vipers. Fearing for his life, he does so. At the same time, Inviere disables the main gun batteries and allows a group of [[Cylon Centurion]]s to board the ship, causing many deaths. Shaw reveals her as a Cylon agent in CIC and Cain orders her arrest. Inviere kills two marines and aims a gun at the helpless Cain, but hesitates to shoot her, showing that perhaps the Cylon's feelings for Cain are real. Before Inviere can make up her mind, Shaw knocks her out. ''Pegasus'' manages to win the [[Battle of the Communications Relay|battle]], but with staggering losses.

Cain is deeply stung by Inviere's betrayal, her feelings toward her erstwhile lover turned into hatred and scorn. Cain gives [[Alastair Thorne]] free rein in interrogating the Cylon for information, suggesting "pain ... degradation, fear, shame." This sets the tone for the interrogations, ultimately leading to measures such as gang rape.

When ''Pegasus'' happens upon a small civilian fleet, Admiral Cain decides to strip it of resources and personnel, including their FTL drives. The civilians, however, refuse the cooperate. Resistance is particularly vocal on the ''[[Scylla]]''. When a boarding team led by Shaw and Fisk fails to make the civilians cooperate, Cain orders the team to shoot the families of every conscript who refuses to obey. Shaw fires the first shot and eventually 10 people are killed, thus breaking the resistance. Cain is very impressed by Shaw's actions in the civilian standoff and promotes her to the rank of captain, explaining that Shaw has the qualities of a "razor"; someone who is able to shut down all emotions and inhibitions in battle in order to survive.

Despite the impossible odds, Cain intends to sustain a campaign of guerrilla warfare against the occupying Cylon forces. She then led the battlestar away from the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], following a Cylon fleet that trails what they discovered as the fellow battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

===Meeting Galactica===
[[image:caingalact.jpg|left|Admiral Cain, meeting up with the crew of ''Galactica''.|thumb]]
Upon meeting up with Commander [[William Adama]]'s [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] six months later, she as ranking officer assumes command and transfers personnel from ''Galactica'' to ''Pegasus'', including [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], indicating that Adama has let military discipline become too lax. Cain is more interested in fighting the Cylons, seemingly oblivious to the point that she and the ships around her are all that was left of the human race, whose survival is more paramount than offensive assaults. While Adama initially welcomes such attacks against a mysterious Cylon force that followed the Fleet (to stop it from following them), his attitude begins to cool about Cain's very strict and unmerciful leadership.

Cain's actions also raise concerns with President [[Laura Roslin]]. Cain recognizes Roslin and her former role as Secretary of Education. After the Fleet command transfer from Adama to Cain, Roslin makes several attempts to call Cain to request supplies for the civilian fleet, but all of Roslin's calls are ignored.

After the fatal assault of one of her crew members, Lieutenant Thorne, Cain arrests Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]] and has them flown to ''Pegasus'', under Adama's protest, since traditionally a trial is held on the ship where an incident has occurred. Cain uses ''Galactica'''s log against Adama when he asks for a tribunal; Cain notes that Adama dismissed the last council unilaterally when the verdict did not suit him. Cain summarily court-martials the prisoners herself in a matter of hours, sentencing them to death. A displeased Commander Adama orders an assault crew to ''Pegasus'' to bring his men back. Cain responds by deploying her squadrons of advanced Viper Mark VIIs against Adama's museum collection of Viper Mark IIs in a tense standoff ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

The tense situation is ended by a sudden appearance by Starbuck, flying the [[Blackbird]] as she returns from her unofficial recon mission on the unknown Cylon ship. Starbuck transmits the pictures she took of the [[Resurrection Ship]] back to ''Pegasus'''s CIC. Upon Thrace's return to ''Pegasus'', Cain is so impressed with her performance that she promotes Thrace to Captain and ''Pegasus'' [[CAG]], replacing the competent but uncreative and inflexible Captain [[Cole Taylor|Taylor]]. Cain tasks Starbuck with planning the joint strike on the Resurrection Ship.

===Attack on the Resurrection Ship===
[[Image:Gina-Cain.jpg|thumb|Admiral Cain held at gun-point by [[Gina Inviere|her Cylon prisoner]].]]

After Captain Thrace briefs both Adama, Apollo, and Cain on her plan to attack the Resurrection Ship, Adama pulls Starbuck aside and outlines a plan to assassinate Cain following the attack. At the same time, Cain instructs [[Jack Fisk]] to lead a detachment of marines to "terminate Adama's command" after the battle ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]").

When the moment arrives, both commanders back down from their assassination plots, to the relief of Thrace and Fisk.

===Assassination===

Shortly afterwards, Cain returns to her quarters and is surprised to find Gina Inviere, who escaped her cell with the aid of [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], waiting for her. After a tense confrontation, Gina kills Cain with a shot to the head.

Cain is given a funeral with full military honors. Fisk and Thrace eulogize her; Fisk promises to command ''Pegasus'' in the same spirit as she did, and Thrace says that while she knew Cain only briefly, she admired her, and that "We were safer with her than we are without." ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"). Several months later, Adama tells his son that he can't find any faults in Cain's tactical decisions, and refuses to pass judgment on her, because he had people who kept him from going down a similar path, and never had to go through the situations Cain had to face ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

== Analysis ==

Adama abandons his assassination plan because of something that was pointed out in a private conversation with [[Sharon Agathon|the second copy of Sharon Valerii]], who reminded him that during his decommissioning speech he had asked whether humanity asked itself if it deserved to survive ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]). Turning on each other would have proven that the Cylons were correct about humanity.

Cain's reasons for calling off her plan were never revealed, and remain a topic of debate among fans.

== Notes ==

{{sourcebox}}

=== Original Series nods ===

*Helena Cain is inspired by the character of Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] from the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', portrayed by the late [[Lloyd Bridges]].

*Unlike Commander Cain in the Original Series, Admiral Cain is a superior officer to Commander William Adama. The Original Series's Adama held a higher rank than Cain, and relieved him of command for a time in the two part episode, "[[The Living Legend, Part I|The Living Legend]]".

=== Behind-the-Scenes ===

*Actress Michelle Forbes said on her character, "She’s lost perspective. People ask, ‘Is she insane? Is she psychotic?’ I hope that’s not how she came across because that was never the intention. I think some individuals can appear to be that way, but this is a woman who did what she had to do in order to survive during some very brutal conflicts. Along the way, Cain lost her sense of judgment as well as her sense of reason and rationale. That was all very interesting for me to play. Usually in TV you’re given one characteristic and you dare not stray from that, so it was neat to have such a difficult, fascinating woman to play. In "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]" it really comes to light the path of sadism that these people have gone down and we’re fully able to see exactly what happened to this group aboard the Pegasus. There were some pretty difficult choices they had to make, too, in regard to the Cylon prisoner Gina and that whole dynamic." [http://www.greatlink.org/dcisV2.asp?url=http://www.greatlink.org/shownewsitem.asp?item=5201]

*Cain's sexual orientation was revealed in ''Razor'', which Forbes, in the "Making of" featurette on its original DVD release, stated came as a surprise to her.

*Forbes guest starred as Dara Timicin in the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode "[[MemoryAlpha:Half a Life|Half a Life]]" and had a recurring role as Ensign [[MemoryAlpha:Ro Laren|Ro Laren]] during the last three seasons of ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'', with the character at one point earmarked to join the spinoff series ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. ''Battlestar Galactica'' executive producer [[Ronald D. Moore]], also a ''TNG'' veteran, wrote for her character in the episodes "[[MemoryAlpha:Disaster|Disaster]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Next Phase|The Next Phase]]".

=== Production ===

*Cain's given name, Helena, was not spoken in dialogue initially, but was posted in episode summaries on Scifi.com (initially misspelled as "Nelena"). Her name is first spoken by Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] in "[[Razor]]".

*Cain's habit of expediting meetings by conducting them without chairs is borrowed from UN Ambassador [[Wikipedia:John R. Bolton|John R. Bolton]] (Source: [[Podcast:Pegasus#Act 2|Podcast:Pegasus]]). Within the show, the lack of chairs is said to stem from her preference to stand because of her back problems ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== Separate continuity ===

* In [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s [[comic]] books, Helena Cain and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' make a one-shot appearance in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]'', and she is mentioned again in ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 6]]''. In ''Origins 6'', Captain [[Alexa Cain|Alexa "Pugnacious" Cain]] is noted as Helena's mother, who had divorced her husband well before the [[Battle of Tauron]]—the last battle of the First Cylon War. However, "Razor" makes it clear that Helena's mother was named "[[Saundra Cain|Saundra]]", and that she was on [[Hypatia]], [[Tauron]] at the time of that last battle, which is when she died.

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Zak Adama

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:''The article discusses the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] character with the name Zak Adama. For information on his [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Zac]].''

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'''Zak Adama''' was the youngest son of [[William Adama|William]] and [[Carolanne Adama|Carolanne]] Adama and brother of [[Lee Adama]].

[[Image:Primusphoto.jpg|left|thumb|A young William Adama with his sons Zak and Lee ([[Miniseries]]).]]
Adama endeavored to prove himself to his father by becoming a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot ([[Miniseries]]) . During his training, Adama became romantically involved with his flight instructor, [[Kara Thrace]].

While Zak Adama questioned how he passed basic flight, he accepted it without further question when Thrace stated that she wouldn't have passed him if he didn't deserve it. He did not want any help from his father, and certainly not from Thrace.

In reality, Adama failed three critical maneuvers during the last part of the basic flight training and (according to Thrace) had "no feel for flying" ([[Miniseries]]). Thrace cared for Zak Adama so deeply, however, that she felt that she couldn't be the one to crush his dreams, and passed him despite of his lack of skill.

Adama and Thrace were romantically involved when he invited his brother, [[Lee Adama]], to dinner at Thrace's apartment in [[Delphi]] to meet her. Thrace had already painted the [[Eye of Jupiter|mandala]] on her wall by that time ([[Daybreak, Part I]]).

Thrace and Adama were engaged to be married, but Adama was killed in an accident while flying two years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Thrace first met Zak's father, then-Commander [[William Adama]], in the aftermath of the accident. Zak's death became a wedge between his brother and father until Thrace confessed her responsibility in the matter prior to a mission of her own [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|which lead the Adamas to risk much]] in finding the missing Thrace ("[[Act of Contrition]]", "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]").

== Family tree ==
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== Notes ==
[[Image:Mini_series_zak-kara-and-lee_photo.jpg|thumb|right|Kara Thrace's photo with Zak (left), Lee (right) and herself (Middle) in the Miniseries.]]

*Zak Adama is first seen in a photograph in the [[Miniseries]], where he is played by [[Clarke Hudson]].<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060514224136/http://www.galactica2003.net/articles/hudson112603.shtml Clarke Hudson's interview at Galactica 2003] (via web.archive.org)</ref> His role was recast for the series.

*Unlike his Original Series counterpart, [[Zac]], Zak Adama is deceased before the events of the Miniseries, while Zac (played by Rick Springfield) is the first human killed by the Cylons in the Original Series pilot, "[[Saga of a Star World]]"; the attack begins approximately 10 minutes into that episode.

*Notably missing from the parallel existence of the Adama brothers in the Re-imagined Series and brothers [[Apollo (TOS)|Captain Apollo]] and Zac in the Original Series is the character of [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]], sibling of Apollo and Zac. The series creators determined that there wasn't a clear reason to recreate a parallel of Athena for the Re-imagined Series. As of Season 3, Athena has been taken on as the new callsign for [[Sharon Agathon]].

*Zak Adama in the Re-imagined Series is an amalgamation of the Original Series siblings Zac and Athena, both being the children of [[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]] and siblings of [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] who hold an inferior military rank to Apollo. From Zac, Zak gets his name and gender. From Athena, Zak gets his status as a trainee pilot ("nugget") instructed by his/her romantic interest, Starbuck.

*Zak is a common nickname for Zachary or Zachariah, an [[Wikipedia:Old Testament|Old Testament]] name that reinforces other real-world Earth cultural references made in both [[Original Series]] and [[Re-imagined Series]].

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Leland Adama

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'''Leland [[Joseph]] [[Adama]]''', commonly known as '''[[Lee (disambiguation)|Lee]] Adama''' or by his callsign, '''"Apollo"''', is a former [[Colonial Fleet Reserve]] officer who becomes the [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]n delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], then later the interim President of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. He is the sole surviving son of [[William Adama]].

Lee Adama's relationship with his father had always been strained, culminating with a fracture after the death of his younger brother, [[Zak Adama|Zak]], two years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Various attempts at reconciliation occur over the following years, but even these produce conflict as Lee attempts step outside his father's shadow.

After the Fall, he is appointed ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' [[CAG]]. He is later promoted to executive officer, then commander of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. After [[Battle of New Caprica|''Pegasus'''s destruction]], he resumes being ''Galactica'' CAG until he resigns from the Colonial Fleet to aid in [[Romo Lampkin]]'s defense of [[Gaius Baltar]].

During the post-Fall events, he has romantic relationships with [[Kara Thrace]], [[Shevon]], and [[Anastasia Dualla]], the latter whom he marries months after the discovery of [[New Caprica]]. His defense of Baltar, coupled with previous marital issues surrounding Thrace, contribute to his eventual, final split from Dualla.

== Biographical Notes ==

=== Background ===

Lee Adama is the elder son of [[Carolanne Adama|Carolanne]] and William Adama. He and his his younger brother, Zak, were raised largely by his mother on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] following his parents' divorce when he was eight.

As a child, Adama often visited his grandfather, [[Joseph Adama]], and read the law books in his study; he often followed his grandfather's cases, never understanding why Joseph Adama defended the worst of humanity ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]").

Despite his father's estrangement from the family, Adama followed in his footsteps and joined the Colonial military after college, graduating third in his class at the military academy and applying to flight school.

In flight school, Adama proved himself a gifted and natural pilot, hampered only by his tendency to over-intellectualize, a trait instilled by his mother who encouraged him to read widely and think freely, such as reading the banned texts by the renegade [[Tom Zarek]] while at college ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]").

After flight school, Adama was promoted to lieutenant and was assigned to pilot the [[Viper Mark VII]]. He was also introduced to [[Kara Thrace]], a flight instructor who had become involved with Zak. The three frequently spent time together, and Adama and Thrace formed a friendship ([[Miniseries]]).

=== Brother's Death ===

Two years prior to the Fall, Zak died while on a routine Viper mission, the cause attributed to pilot error. However, Lee Adama chose to blame the mishap on his father, believing Zak had been pushed by him into following his footsteps ([[Miniseries]]).

Estranged from his father, Lee sought to build a career apart from William Adama. This decision placed a heavy strain on his friendship with Kara Thrace, who got assigned to ''Galactica''.

Adama spent much time on Caprica and was engaged to a woman named [[Gianne]]. When she told him she was pregnant with their child, he ran from her due to his own family issues. Before he could speak with her again he received orders to take part in ''Galactica'''s decommissioning ceremony ([[TRS]]: "[[Black Market]]").

Despite having a natural knack for piloting, acceptance to test pilot school and being "well on his way to commanding a battlestar someday", Adama tells [[Frank Bruno]] at the [[Caprica Transfer Station]] that he is considering leaving the Colonial Fleet, as he is disinterested in achieving dreams that were his father's alone ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Razor|deleted scene]]).

Adama reunites with both his father and Kara Thrace at ''Galactica'''s decommissioning and conversion into a [[Galactica Museum|living museum and educational center]] of the [[Cylon War]]. As a part of the ceremonies, Lee Adama grudgingly participates in a final Viper flyby salute, doing little to hide his true feelings from the moment he arrives on the battlestar. Matters are not helped when he discovers he will fly in the restored [[Viper Mark II]] his father flew during the Cylon War ([[Miniseries]]).

Things worsen after the PR official aboard ''Galactica'', [[Aaron Doral]], sees Captain Adama's presence on ''Galactica'' as a major PR opportunity and has Adama and his father pose for pictures together. Immediately following this, Adama confronts his father over his brother's death, venting two years' worth of anger and belief that his father was responsible for the loss of his brother.

=== Surprise [[Cylon Attack]] ===

Following the decommissioning ceremony, Lee Adama departs ''Galactica'', acting as an unofficial escort for ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', the official transport for Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], who represented President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] at the ceremony. Midway through their return to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], Adama and the crew of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' hear of the Cylon attacks on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], and soon find themselves under direct attack, which he is able to thwart. Adama quickly becomes one of Laura Roslin's unofficial advisers, aiding her in her self-appointed rescue mission. Adama's annoyance of his father's old Viper comes back to haunt him when [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], returning from her unexpected rescue mission on Caprica and disastrous attack on two [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]], notes to him that other Vipers and other modern Colonial spacecraft like his Mark VII were [[Command Navigation Program|easily destroyed]] by Cylon attacks.

Adama again saves ''Colonial Heavy 798'' from a nuclear missile attack with a failed experiment he toyed with in [[War College]], using [[EMP]] coils kept in the cargo hold to make it look like the ship has been destroyed. He supports Roslin in her rescue efforts, persuading her to lead the [[FTL]]-capable ships to follow ''Galactica'' to [[Ragnar Anchorage]].

As the ranking pilot aboard ''Galactica'', and despite his relative inexperience, Adama finds himself appointed [[CAG]] by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]].

Apollo leads a Viper squadron in the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], keeping the Cylon Raiders at bay while the civilian [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] jumps to safety. His ship is badly damaged during in the battle, and is about to be destroyed by a Cylon missile when the missile is intercepted and shot by Starbuck's highly-accurate marksmanship. His Viper eventually loses power as the battle draws to a close and ''Galactica'' is preparing to retreat. Starbuck saves him with a crazy idea and her flying skills, bringing them back to ''Galactica'' shortly before the battlestar jumps away.

=== Special Advisor ===
[[image:Water_Apollo_Roslin.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Adama and President Roslin shake hands after appointment as military advisor ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").]]
Adama's work as Roslin's "special advisor" to further help her understand military matters does not sit well with his father, who is still harboring some reservations about Roslin ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]").

In the weeks following the Cylon attack, Adama finds time to re-evaluate his relationship with his father - due in no small part to Starbuck's admission of her involvement in Zak's acceptance as a fighter pilot and his subsequent death. Father and son grow somewhat closer - even standing shoulder-to-shoulder when Starbuck is missing in action and both going to great lengths to save her ([[TRS]]: "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"). Even so, Adama's former self-doubts and moodiness are not easily overcome and sometimes come back to haunt him when he is tasked to fill a role that others are unsure he can manage. As a Viper pilot, Adama is able to escape from Starbuck's shadow, proving himself capable in unconventional and skilled flying in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]").

After the tylium asteroid mission, Adama matures enormously, emerging from his shell as a somewhat disillusioned officer and becomes a practical leader who now comfortably straddles his responsibilities as [[CAG]] of ''Galactica'' with his duties as advisor to Roslin. With few issues with either Roslin or his father, Adama demonstrates his maturity particularly well in his handling of security arrangements for the initial meeting of Roslin's [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] aboard the luxury liner ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").

=== The Inner Conflicts at Kobol ===

Eventually, Adama's beliefs in the need for democratic representation and civil government brings him in direct conflict with orders given him by his father. During the arrest of Laura Roslin following her [[Arrow of Apollo|interference with military operations]], Captain Adama draws his gun on [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] in a direct act of mutiny, protesting his father's removal of Roslin from office. Arrested together with Roslin, Adama watches helplessly in [[CIC]] as [[Sharon Valerii|Lieutenant Valerii]] shoots his father at point blank range, seriously wounding him ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").

Adama is temporarily furloughed by Colonel Tigh so that he can continue to carry out his duties. For a time, Commander Adama's initiative lives on through his son. Young Adama leads a fight with Cylons to buy time for ''Galactica'' to find its proper bearings to the civilian Fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]"), and leads a team of [[Marines]] to stop [[Cylon Centurion]]s that boarded the ship ([[TRS]]: "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). After that, Adama continues his initiative and leads a [[SAR]] mission with two [[Raptors]] to retrieve a stranded survey team on the surface of Kobol ([[TRS]]: "[[Fragged]]").

Adama's desire to let democracy work without overt military action comes to a head once more as he plots, with a handful of others, to free Roslin and smuggle her away from ''Galactica'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]"). Before he leaves, he apologizes to his unconscious Commander Adama at his bedside for what he is about to do: Leave with Roslin and a [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] of ships to search for data on Earth on Kobol. Commander Adama begins to awaken just as young Adama leaves his side.

On ''[[Astral Queen]]'', Adama is so happy to see Kara Thrace has returned safely from Caprica with the [[Arrow of Apollo]] that he hugs and also impulsively kisses her, pleasantly surprising Thrace. Moments later, as the Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii enters, Adama instantly grabs the known [[humanoid Cylon]] in anger and would have killed her if Helo and Roslin did not intervene.
[[image:Home_pt1-Apollo_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|Adama and Kara Thrace speak aboard ''Astral Queen'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").]]
Later, with their military protocols and attitudes temporarily relaxed, Adama playfully teases the brooding Kara Thrace by stealing a [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] ball she took as a keepsake from her time with [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] on Caprica. He returns the ball after sensing her depressed mood and tells her that he would be happy to listen to what was on her mind. In the same conversation, he lets it slip out that he loves Thrace. Amused, Thrace cheers up a bit and teases Adama, telling him that there are no take-backs on what he said ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").

Adama and Thrace join President Roslin and her other supporters on their quest to find the [[Tomb of Athena]] on Kobol. When Cylon Centurions ambush the group along an ancient trail, Adama and Thrace work well together in the fight, complementing each other for their fine shooting.

Adama's reunion with his recovered father on Kobol further mends the wounds between them, both politically and personally. Like Captain Adama had done on ''Queen'', his father reacts violently to the existence of a another copy of Valerii, leaving Captain Adama in the awkward position of defending her from his father. In the virtual planetarium created by the Tomb of Athena, Adama is the party member that completes the mystery of interpreting how to use the constellations as viewed from Earth to make a flight path. He spots the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in the sky where the Scorpius constellation resided, a celestial body known to the Colonials which gives them a reference point to navigate to Earth. His father confirms Adama's observation, noting that the nebula is far away from their current location at Kobol.

After the Fleet's reunification, Lee Adama is fully restored to flight status and his position as the CAG ([[TRS]]: "[[Final Cut]]"). Apollo doubts that [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] could successfully complete a prototype fighter later known as the [[Blackbird]], but in the end aids in its first test flight with Starbuck. Around this time, Adama begins to develop an attraction to [[Anastasia Dualla]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").

===Reassignment===

Apollo is on [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] when the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' reunites with ''Galactica'' and is one of the first to see it up close. Soon afterwards, friction develops between Adama and the CAG of ''Pegasus'', Captain [[Cole Taylor]]. Taylor feels that Adama's pilots are undisciplined and implies that Adama has his position through his father's influence. Taylor recommends that Adama have his pilots focus on keeping a "killcount" of Raiders to encourage competition between his pilots, while Adama stresses that his first priority is to make sure that all of his pilots merely survive another day.

To Adama's shock, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] re-assigns him and Lt. Thrace to ''Pegasus'', under Taylor's command. Cain believes that having Commander Adama's son in the role of CAG was a mistake that has clouded Commander Adama's judgment, as young Adama has been insubordinate and even [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|mutinous]] in the past. For an upcoming scouting mission against the Cylon fleet following them, Taylor orders Adama to perform the humiliating task of co-piloting a Raptor. Annoyed, Adama orders Starbuck to take the [[Blackbird]] and perform the mission alone. When Commander Adama and Admiral Cain turn on each other, Apollo is away in Taylor's Raptor on his recon mission ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]").

As the two battlestar commanders begin sparring with Vipers, ''Pegasus'' orders Taylor to relieve Adama of duty. Taylor pulls his sidearm and takes away Adama's. Now weaponless and with nothing more to do than to ride along, Adama asks permission to head to the rear of the Raptor. While Taylor is busy, Adama secretly communicates with Starbuck over [[wireless]] text messages. This gives away her position to the Fleet, who think her to be a Cylon Raider. When the Vipers are ordered to disengage and pursue her instead, Starbuck manages to identify herself before things get out of hand.

Cain feels that persecuting young Adama for authorizing Thrace's mission would be odd since she is promoting Thrace for her work on her recon mission. Thrace successfully returns Adama to flight status, but demoted to lieutenant ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]").

=== Battle of the Resurrection Ship ===

While Thrace plans an assault on the Resurrection Ship and the two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s defending it, she tells Adama that his father has ordered her to kill Cain after the battle, and asks Adama to watch her back. Outraged, Adama confronts his father with this, shocked to learn it was President Roslin's idea. Thrace assigns Adama the specific task of disabling the Resurrection Ship's [[FTL]] drive by sneaking up on it in the [[Blackbird]] and destroying it with a precision missile strike. Apollo succeeds, but the Blackbird collides with a [[Raptor]]. Apollo is able to eject, but the Blackbird is destroyed. Alive, but not unscathed, Apollo floats in space watching the battle take place around him. A tear in his [[flight suit]] leaves him almost out of air. While having the means to stop the leak, he is overcome with a sense of sadness and nihilism, having learned that the two persons closest to him, Roslin and his father, resort to assassination to solve their conflict with Cain. Although hearing Dualla over the [[wireless]], he decides to let go and die, but is found by a [[SAR|SAR Raptor]] and resuscitated. Adama becomes despondent and distant from his friends and family after his near-death experience. In the pilot's locker room, Thrace tells Adama "Let's just be glad that we both came back alive, alright?" to which Adama responds "That's just it, Kara, I didn't want to make it back alive" ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]").

=== The Black Market ===

After President Roslin is saved from her illness, she begins trying to put down the Fleet's [[Black market (organization)|black market]]. New ''Pegasus'' commander [[Jack Fisk]] is soon murdered, leaving the elder Adama (now an Admiral) to assign his son to investigate. With his association with prostitute [[Shevon]] and her daughter [[Paya]] on ''[[Cloud 9]]'', [[Anastasia Dualla]] asks where the relationship between the two of them is heading. After he hesitates, Dualla takes it to mean it is over. Rushing to help Shevon after her call for help, the captain is ambushed by Phelan's men. Waking up from the attack, he finds the Fisk's murder weapon, and the body of Fisk's murderer.

With some help from [[Tom Zarek]], unwilling to accept the neatly-wrapped up case of Fisk's murderer or the missing Shevon, Adama finds the black market's main ship, ''[[Prometheus (ship)|Prometheus]]''. He finds Paya and other children locked in a storage room. He confronts Phelan, who tells him a black market is necessary, since some supplies may never reach needy people any other way. After Phelan admits running a child prostitution ring, Adama shoots Phelan, and tells his bodyguards that the market can continue operations, unless it keeps holding back essential medicines, begins killing, or returns to child prostitution.

Shevon refuses to see Adama anymore, realizing that Adama has tried to use her and Paya as replacements in his mind for his lost fiancé [[Gianne]] and their unborn child, saying that she can never be her ([[TRS]]: "[[Black Market]]").

===Friendly Fire===

While on leave to ''Cloud 9'' with Dualla, a group of terrorists seize a bar and demand the second copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] for execution, while they hold hostage approximately a dozen people, including Dualla, [[Billy Keikeya]], [[Ellen Tigh]] and Adama. The captain secretly sabotages the bar's carbon dioxide sensors to appear as if it were leaking atmosphere. The sabotage enables Captain Thrace to enter the bar and gather intelligence on the situation, but her cover is blown by Ellen Tigh, and she is forced to draw her weapons. One shot accidentally hits Adama in the chest. After escaping, Thrace breaks down crying for having shot her friend; Dualla is able to care for Adama long enough for him to survive to ''Galactica's'' sickbay, and later sits at his bedside while he recovers. Thrace watches, but is unsure what to do and leaves ([[TRS]]: "[[Sacrifice]]").

===A Worthy Command ===

Adama finds himself promoted to Major and assigned to [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus]]''. He is assigned to the ship by Admiral Adama to assess ''Pegasus's'' crew and the the new commander [[Barry Garner]], the ship's former Chief Engineer.

His relationship with Dualla has become intimate following his promotion and recovery. Kara Thrace, still ''Pegasus'' CAG, soon comes to blows with Garner is confined to her quarters. When visiting her, Adama chides her for her behavior, stating that he is sick of cleaning up after her all the time. He confronts her about the friendly fire incident, resulting in a moment of uncomfortable silence, before the talk returns to business.

Against orders from Admiral Adama, Garner takes ''Pegasus'' in to search for two Raptors missing during a recon mission into a binary star system. His impulsive and unwise efforts result in the battlestar's [[Battle of the Binary Star System|ambush by three Cylon basestars]]. With the FTL drive damaged after successive nuclear missile strikes, Garner relegates command to Major Adama and heads below to help in FTL repairs. After a moment's hesitation, Adama orders the forward guns to fire on the nearest basestar, critically damaging the basestar and forcing its retreat, while commanding the battlestar's fighters (led by Starbuck) to guard embattled areas damaged from nuclear pummeling. Adama's attack buys time for Commander Garner to repair the FTL drive, enabling ''Pegasus'' to escape back to the Fleet and relative safety.

Admiral Adama debriefs his son, who gave Garner a lot of credit for saving the ship, despite their disagreements. When asked about Garner's flaws, Lee says that he only knew machines, while command is about people. His father tells him to keep that in mind and gives him command of ''Pegasus'', together with a promotion to commander; possibly giving him his old rank insignia ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

Sometime later, Adama wishes Thrace good luck in rescuing [[Samuel Anders]] and the rest of the [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group on Caprica]], despite his clear personal feelings towards her. After Thrace and Anders' return, Adama attempts to introduce himself politely, but is hampered by the couple's amorous and highly drunken behavior. When Thrace gives a rude comment, Adama bows out the area, beginning a quiet but palpable rift in their friendship ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

[[Image:Apollo LDYBPII.JPG|thumb|left|Lee Adama in command of ''Pegasus'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").]]

=== On New Caprica ===
Four months later, Commander Adama and his [[Executive Officer|XO]], Lieutenant Dualla, are granted shore leave to attend a groundbreaking ceremony on the surface of New Caprica. After the ensuing party, with Dualla and Anders gone, Adama sleeps with Kara Thrace and suggests they break up with their respective partners. Thrace and Adama declare their love for each other, and he assumes that she has agreed to their plan. He wakes up alone the next morning only to find out that Thrace has just married Anders. The rift between Adama and Thrace has widened ever larger. Hurt, he proposes to Dualla, who accepts ([[TRS]]: "[[Unfinished Business]]").

Another eight months later, a year after the settlement, a half-manned ''Pegasus'' is still orbiting New Caprica. Commander Adama has gained a considerable amount of weight in the intervening year. He is in the process of deciding whether or not to supply Kara Thrace with [[antibiotics]] for pneumonia-afflicted Anders when Dualla spots a massive Cylon fleet jumping into the nebula. Adama and his father briefly discuss their course of action; young Adama argues for an immediate emergency jump. Reluctantly, the Admiral orders the orbiting remains of the Fleet, whose population consists of around two thousand citizens, to escape, thus leaving New Caprica to the Cylons for the time being ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").
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=== Battle of New Caprica and Destruction of ''Pegasus'' ===

Commander Adama and his father get into a disagreement over whether or not a rescue mission should be mounted to New Caprica. Lee believes that it would end with the destruction of both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', leaving the pitiful remnants of the Fleet at the mercy of the Cylons. Lee also objects to the Admiral's decision to reinstate [[Sharon Agathon]] as a Colonial Fleet officer to act as liaison between the New Caprica resistance and ''Galactica''. These disagreements lead to heated arguments between the two, prompting Admiral Adama to make a comment about Lee's weight by calling him a "fatass" and saying he has grown "soft" in the past year ("[[Occupation]]", "[[Precipice]]"). Due to his son's objections, Admiral Adama decides to take ''Galactica'' to rescue the people on New Caprica alone. He gives his son orders to wait 18 hours for his return; if he does not return by then, Lee is to resume the search for Earth with what is left of the civilian fleet. Despite their disagreement, the two have a heartfelt goodbye. Lee tries to talk his father out of the plan and explain himself, but the older Adama stops him. Instead the two embrace and the Admiral gives his son full military honors when departing ''Galactica'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part I]]").

Lee is certain that his father will not return, and he is conflicted between his duty to protect the civilians and his duty to his father. His wife's attempt at reassurance only serve to heighten his guilt. Leaving his ship's Vipers behind to protect the civilians, he takes ''Pegasus'' to assist ''Galactica'', fully aware that he may very well be on a suicide mission. He joins the [[Battle of New Caprica|battle]] just in time, saving his father's ship from certain destruction. Immediately destroying one basestar after exiting the jump, Adama uses ''Pegasus'' to draw fire, giving ''Galactica'' time to escape. This action damages ''Pegasus'' beyond repair. Adama orders the crew to evacuate and the ship's [[Battery|batteries]] to be set on autofire. He is the last person to leave the CIC, thanking the ship as he departs. The small crew evacuates on Raptors just as ''Pegasus'' rams a basestar, destroying itself in the process ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

The Commander and his crew transfer to the last remaining battlestar, ''Galactica''. Dissatisfied with his round appearance, he had also taken up a rigid exercise regimen and starts losing weight rapidly ([[TRS]]: "[[Collaborators]]").

=== The Second Exodus ===

[[Image:Maj apollo in viper.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Adama back as a major in the role of ''Galactica's'' CAG ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]").]]
As of the episode "[[Torn]]", Lee has returned to the role of ''Galactica's'' CAG, with the rank of Major. When a dying basestar is discovered in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], Adama leads a team of Marines on it and captures several humanoid Cylons. After Doctor [[Cottle]] discovers that they are infected with a virus lethal to the Cylons, Adama advocates to use the prisoners as biological weapons in an attempt to exterminate the Cylons. The plan is approved but ultimately fails due to the intervention of [[Karl Agathon]], who sabotages the mission ([[TRS]]: "[[A Measure of Salvation]]").

When [[Daniel Novacek|Bulldog]] arrives on ''Galactica'', Admiral Adama tells Lee about [[Valkyrie|the mission]] they executed together, and how he believes it has led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]]. Lee blames the admiralty instead, saying they wanted to provoke a war ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

After most of the Fleet has arrived safely on the [[algae planet]] following a [[Passage (star cluster)|harrowing journey]], Adama leads the food harvesting operations on the surface. Fourteen days into the harvesting mission, he meets with Kara Thrace and once again suggests they divorce their respective spouses. Thrace refuses to divorce and Adama refuses to cheat on his wife, deadlocking their relationship. When the [[Temple of Five]] is found on the planet and the Cylons show up, Adama is ordered to protect the temple from the Cylons, destroying it if necessary. He orders Starbuck to scout the terrain in her Raptor, which gets shot down by Centurions. After having sent Dualla to rescue Starbuck, the Major and his team attempt an ambush against a group of Centurions passing through a valley towards the temple. The ambush fails, and Adama orders to retreat and the temple to be blown. When trying to do so, he and his team witness the algae planet's star going supernova, and realize that the nova is in fact the [[Eye of Jupiter]]. After the Cylon fleet has jumped away to escape the destruction of the planetary system, the ground team is picked up by a rescue party ("[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Rapture]]").

Later Adama is treated by his friend [[Galen Tyrol]] to a little surprise: A number of crew have created a [[Joe's bar|bar]], on the starboard hangar deck, complete with a Pyramid arcade game and an old Viper Mark II hanging above for atmosphere. Tyrol and Adama have a drink as they discuss their marital problems; Tyrol and his wife Cally have had an argument that has apparently left him "in the doghouse". Adama is reluctant to interact with his wife, as his uncertainty over his love of Kara Thrace continues to fight with him. Adama returns to his quarters, quite drunk, to find Dualla still awake and doing some work, apparently drinking some type of [[alcohol]]. She tries to confirm if they are still going to have dinner later that day as Lee dozes off, leaving Dualla disappointed. Later on Adama and Dualla have an argument about Kara Thrace and the future of their marriage. Dualla says that she married Adama because she loved him, choosing to have him for as long as he or Kara Thrace would let him. She resigns herself to her marriage's failure and tells Adama that she will not stand in his way if he were to choose Thrace over her. Dualla then leaves. Thrace and Adama meet privately. When Thrace asks Adama if he loves her and would be with her if she were to leave Anders, Adama equivocates, remembering Thrace's fickleness [[Unfinished Business|after he declared his love a year before]]. Thrace leaves him to think about the situation.
[[Image:3x13-Taking a Break From All Your Worries-Apollo.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Adama drinking in Joe's Bar ([[TRS]]: "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]").]]

Adama returns to the bar and drinks more, toying with his wedding band. He asks Chief Tyrol if he ever thought about what his future with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] would have been like, or had any regrets. With a quick drink, Tyrol replies in the negative. Adama stumbles back to his quarters, losing his wedding band somewhere in ''Galactica's'' corridors. Lee Adama and his wife meet in Joe's Bar. Adama, having since found his lost wedding ring, confesses that he loves Dualla and how dedicated she has been to him, never realizing how much he needed her affection. As the two embrace, Adama tries to avoid looking across the bar at Kara Thrace and Anders. Thrace returns the glance before Adama breaks it off ([[TRS]]: "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]").

===Death of a Lover and Friend===

During refueling operations over a gas giant, Kara Thrace becomes mentally unstable, having [[Virtual Leoben|hallucinations]] about Leoben and her alleged [[The Destiny|destiny]]. When she refuses to fly another mission, Adama has a friendly talk with her. After all that happened two are back where they started; Thrace being the screwup pilot and Adama having to clean up after her as [[CAG]]. He also tells her that his relationship with Dee is better than ever. Adama offers to fly as her wingman to calm her. While on [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Starbuck sees a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] and goes on alert, joined by Adama. However, from the vantage point of Adama, Thrace's [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions and is drawn into the vortex of a storm. He gets sketchy information from Thrace when she says "I'll see you on the other side." Her Viper explodes, and Adama struggles to escape the vortex ([[TRS]]: "[[Maelstrom]]").

He is badly shaken by her death, as evidenced by his lack of concentration as CAG, confusing people and mission details. He is also shaken by a story told by [[Romo Lampkin]]. Eventually, he begins the healing process with [[Samuel Anders]] by putting Thrace's picture into the [[memorial hallway]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]").

===The Trial of Gaius Baltar===

President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] recommends that Major Adama be put in charge of the proceedings of the trial of [[Gaius Baltar]]. However, due to the pressures that he is under, Adama declines the position (despite his interest in law as a child). As a token of his affection, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] gives Lee his [[Joseph Adama|grandfather]]'s Caprican [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Law books|Law Code books]] ([[TRS]]: "[[A Day in the Life]]"). Later, his father places Adama in charge of security for Baltar's lawyer, [[Romo Lampkin]], claiming that he trusts him, but also pulling him off his duties of CAG after he shows that Thrace's death affects his job performance. While following Lampkin around, Adama develops a desire to help Lampkin defend Baltar. His father is not pleased with this idea, but allows him to do so ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]").

After Adama contributes to humiliating Colonel Tigh in court, he and his father have a falling out, which leads to Lee's resignation from the Colonial Fleet and him becoming a civilian. Adama also learns that President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] has resumed taking [[chamalla]], which he confronts her about in court, trying to discredit her credibility. Roslin pleads with him to not pursue his line of questioning, but he forces her to admit that her cancer has returned. Disappointed in Adama, she recollects times when the two were friends and she called him "Captain Apollo". After that, [[Anastasia Dualla|his wife]] packs her belongings in preparation for leaving Adama. She says that he should not have confronted the President, and that he was supporting a legal system that was trying to let a murderer walk. She leaves him alone, with him crying that she doesn't understand him ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").

In an unusual move, Adama takes the stand himself and delivers a [[Crossroads, Part II#Noteworthy Dialogue|passionate speech]] in defense of Baltar. He points out a string of incidents, some involving himself, where people were forgiven for serious crimes, and defends those decisions, arguing that humanity is not a real civilization anymore. Adama thinks that executing Baltar for actions that he couldn't really prevent is not justice, and that Baltar is just the Fleet's scapegoat for everyone's misdeeds and failures on New Caprica. The speech plays a major role in Baltar's subsequent acquittal. When Romo Lampkin leaves Adama after their victory, he leaves behind his cane, which he used after being injured in an attempt on his life, and walks normally, thus showing how he manipulated both Adama and the court. Ultimately, Adama's sense of justice has [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|once again]] placed him at odds with his father, but this time he has alienated Roslin and his wife as well, leaving him seemingly alone.

===A New Beginning===

[[Image:Yet another frakking Adama talk.jpg|thumb|The Adamas attempt to reconcile after Baltar's trial ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]").]]

As Cylon forces converges on the Fleet in the [[Ionian Nebula]], Adama unofficially returns to duty and mans a Viper. Unexpectedly, he encounters [[Kara Thrace]], whom he [[Maelstrom|believed dead]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part II]]"). Adama and Thrace join the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|ensuing battle]] and help to defend the civilian ships from the Cylons. When Thrace returns to ''Galactica'', Adama is glad to see her again and believes her story to a certain degree, whereas most others are is distrustful and suspect a Cylon trap.

His father offers him his pilot wings back, and thus his commission, but Adama declines, saying that he felt the need for a change for some time, and that Baltar's trial was just the trigger. He thinks that he can gain a position in the Colonial government and make a contribution there ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]").

[[Tom Zarek]] nominates Adama as the Caprican delegate on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Adama is seen off ''Galactica'' with a party in the [[rec room]] and an official ceremony on the hangar deck, where many of the crew salute him and wish him good luck. He embraces Dualla and tells her that she "got the house", implying that their breakup is final ([[TRS]]: "[[Six of One]]"). Zarek appointed Adama because of his dedication to finding the truth during the Baltar trial, and because he wants Adama to fight against some of Roslin's proposed changes to the justice system, that are undemocratic in his eyes. Although in public, Roslin claims to have forgiven Adama and to admire his convictions, she snubs him by refusing to meet him and openly teases him about his inexperience in a Quorum session ([[TRS]]: "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

Adama once again shows his idealism when Baltar's new [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] violently clashes with other religious groups in the Fleet. Whereas Roslin wants to shut down the group and pleads to the Quorum to retroactively sign off an emergency measure that restricts their right of assembly, Adama and [[Reza Chronides]] think that they are doing nothing blasphemous and illegal. The Quorum eventually decides to rescind Roslin's decision. Roslin later tells his father, that she thinks that Adama maybe be right, but that he is too idealistic and doesn't understand the pragmatism that is sometimes necessary in politics ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]").

Following the unexplained disappearance of Laura Roslin on a rebel Cylon baseship ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]"), Adama leads a search for an interim president, knowing that his father would never support an administration under Tom Zarek. Despite consulting Romo Lampkin on a list of 47 candidates, it is Lampkin who ultimately decides that Adama should be the interim president; Adama thanks Lampkin by offering [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] as a pet to replace the loss of [[Faye Lampkin]]'s cat, [[Lance]].

Even with his ascension to the presidency, Adama is unable to dissuade his father from stepping down as military leader, or his father's personal search for Roslin—a mission that Adama believes to be nothing short of suicide ([[TRS]]: "[[Sine Qua Non]]").

When the rebel basestar returns, having destroyed the [[Resurrection Hub]], Adama is faced with a [[Standoff between Galactica and Cylon rebels|standoff with the rebels]] who hold ''Galactica's'' Viper pilots and Roslin hostage to force him to give up the [[Final Five]]. Adama refuses and prepares to airlock Tigh, Tyrol and Anders to force the Cylons to stop even with the threat of the Fleet being nuked in retaliation. After Kara finds the way to Earth, Adama ends the standoff and shares the information with the Cylons, granting the Cylons a general amnesty. This ends the standoff and together the humans and rebel Cylons jump to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Adama is so excited by their arrival that he jumps on the map table and cheers. Unfortunatly, Earth turns out to be a deserted nuclear wasteland and after briefly reuniting with him, Dee kills herself in despair. ([[TRS]]: ''[[Revelations]],'' ''[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]'')

When Adama finds out that his father apparently released Tom Zarek and he is unable to reach him, Adama travels to ''Galactica'' to demand an explanation and falls into a trap led by [[Charlie Connor]] as part of [[Gaeta's Mutiny]]. Adama is nearly executed, but Kara saves him at the last moment, having grown suspisous of the goings on. The two travel through the ship and find Tyrol who tells them to get Adama to the Secondary Storage Airlock and he can get him off the ship. Adama and Kara find Roslin and let her know what's going on and lead her to Baltar's cult where she makes a radio broadcast about the mutiny. They then hook up with his father and Colonel Tigh who manage to escape and lead them to the airlock where a Cylon Raptor arrives to take Adama and Roslin away. While Roslin and Baltar go, Admiral Adama, Lee, Tyrol, Kara and Colonel Tigh stay behind to retake the ship with Tigh and Admiral Adama defending the airlock while Lee and Kara head back into the ship. Adama and Kara later rescue Tigh, Caprica Six, Anders, Athena and Hera, but Kara stays behind when Anders gets shot. The group finds [[Aaron Kelly]] who joins them and leads them to Admiral Adama just in time to stop his execution. Joined by Adama's firing squad and more loyal crew as they go on, the group marches to CIC as Roslin uses the rebel baseship to try to force the rebels surrender. After Gaeta orders a weapons hold, Adama and the others storm CIC and retake it without a fight, ending the mutiny. ([[TRS]]: ''[[The Oath]],'' ''[[Blood on the Scales]])

===No Exit===
After the failed coup d'état, in which Lee is the sole [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] delegate not killed in the massacre ordered by [[Tom Zarek]], President Laura Roslin puts Lee in charge of forming a new Quorum. Lee proposes the idea of making the new Quorum based not upon the individual Colonies but upon ships in the Fleet, as he reasons that the people are no longer defined by their Colonies but by their ships. Roslin approves of the idea and tells Lee that while she will remain President in title, she wants him to do the "heavy lifting" from then on ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]"). Given this, its likely that Roslin has made him her new Vice President after the execution of Tom Zarek for his coup.

Lee is shown to have taken on the Presidential duties since then such as meeting with the new Quorum of Ship's Captains and organizing the stripping of ''Galactica'' which is hard for him as he loves the ship. When Admiral Adama calls for volunteers for a final mission, Lee is the first to volunteer despite it being likely one-way.

===Assault on the Colony===
While planning the mission, Lee re-dons the service uniform of a major (distinguished by its collar piping), but omits rank insignia.

''Galactica'' launches its attack on the Colony and rams right into it. Lee leads a team of Colonial Marines and Rebel Centurions into the Colony from through its breach their staging point at ''Galactica''’s bow. They fight their way past Cavil's forces and eventually link up with Kara Thrace and her team, who have rescued Hera Agathon. The two groups head back to ''Galactica'', but are followed by Cavil and his forces. Lee runs into Baltar and Caprica Six who are helping to repel the boarding parties. Lee and his men provide cover fire for Kara, Helo, Athena and Hera to make their way to safety.

===New Earth===
After ''Galactica'' jumps to the coordinates Kara Thrace provides, Lee is one of the first people to land on the lush, habitable planet the Colonials eventually decide to call "Earth". They discover that primitive human tribes have already evolved on the new Earth. Lee makes a radical suggestion: The Colonials will abandon their ships and most of their technology and start new lives using only essential supplies and the planet's resources. They will also teach the native humans about language and culture, but not about technology. This will hopefully prevent Humanity from repeating the same mistakes it made on Kobol and the Twelve Colonies. Surprisingly, this idea is well received.

Later, Lee and Kara say their final goodbyes to Adama, who has decided to live alone for the remainder of his life. After Adama departs in a Raptor, Kara tells Lee that she is also leaving. She doesn't know where she's going, but she knows that her job here is done. Kara then asks Lee what he's going to do now. Lee briefly turns his back and starts to talk about exploring the new world, but when he turns around, Kara is nowhere in sight. Realizing what Kara meant when she said she was leaving, Lee bids Kara goodbye for the last time and promises that she won't be forgotten.

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== Notes ==

*From [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s scifi.com [http://blogs.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/lets-talk.php blog entry] of January 19, 2005:

<blockquote>In my first draft of the [[Miniseries|mini]], Lee Adama had just been accepted into test pilot school on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and was not currently assigned to any battlestar. Presumably, he had been posted to at least a couple of battlestar [[Air Group]]s in his career, as well as several ground assignments as well. This isn't canon yet, however, and I'm currently thinking of changing some elements of his specific backstory as I work on storylines for [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]. Overall, I'd say Lee was striving (perhaps too hard) to blaze a different path for himself in the fleet from that of his [[William Adama|father]]. I don't think Lee ever saw himself as a battlestar commander and was looking for a different way to make his mark.</blockquote>
*The caption under Apollo's name in "[[Final Cut]]" list him as "CFR". In the podcast, Ron Moore explaines that this stands for "Colonial Fleet Reserves"; and that Apollo was a reserve officer because he wasn't sure what he was doing with his life and if he was going to pursue a full career in the Colonial Fleet.
*According to Jamie Bamber, Adama's official character biography states that "Lee is never so happy as when he's in his kitchen cooking."
* Jamie Bamber is the husband of actress [[Kerry Norton]], who portrays [[Layne Ishay]], the paramedic from "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]".
* Bamber, who is British, plays Lee Adama with an American accent (presumably to more closely match [[Edward James Olmos]]'s).
* Bamber is a natural blond, but his hair is dyed brown to better resemble Olmos.
*While Edward James Olmos and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among those in the running for the role of Apollo was ''[[w:Farscape|Farscape]]'' and ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' star [[Wikipedia:Ben Browder|Ben Browder]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=23|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>
*Admiral William Adama names his son to succeed him as commander of ''Galactica'' in his resignation letter ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]") indicating how close they have become prior to the events of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s trial.
*Lee Adama's watch is a [http://www.nixonnow.com/watches/mens/the-scout-A590.html Nixon Scout].
*Lee Adama's Colonial Fleet ID tag is marked "L. Adama/ser 318742. (Quantum Mechanix ID Replica)
*The original script leaked online for "[[A Day in the Life]]" featured flashbacks to the Adamas' family life, in one of which Lee pointed out to his father that he had been born four months after the wedding, implying that Bill and Carolanne rushed into marriage because of pregnancy. While this was removed from the aired episode, it would help explain his negative reaction to learning Gianne was pregnant, per "[[Black Market]]".

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CIC

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:''This article discusses the CIC of battlestar ''Galactica'' of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. The CIC of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' contained similar stations.''

[[Image:CIC Overview 1.jpg|300px|thumb|The Combat Information Center of ''Galactica''.]]
Colonial [[Battlestar|battlestars]] are centrally operated from the '''Combat Information Center''', or '''CIC''', the battlestar's nerve center. It performs both the functions of a bridge and the CIC in naval parlance, as the vessels are also steered from the CIC.

The room is referred to as "CIC." In internal communications it is called "Combat," so Crewman Jones contacting the room would say "Combat, Jones" and an officer calling Jones from there would say "Jones, Combat." From outside the ship it is assumed that all communications are routed through CIC so there is no need to identify the station, only the speaker ("Galactica, Jones...").

== ''Galactica'' ==

[[Image:CIC Overview 2.jpg|300px|thumb|The Combat Information Center of ''Galactica''.]]
''Galactica's'' CIC is a faintly-circular room located deep in the interior "alligator head" of the battlestar, where the main hull meets the midship section. From CIC, the battlestar's tactical and navigational operations are monitored and directed. CIC is a large, two-level complex with three bulkhead exits, which are closed during [[Action Stations|action stations]] alerts.

''Galactica's'' CIC is divided into multiple stations.<ref>This comes from Doug Drexler's Facebook page. - [https://www.facebook.com/doug.drexler.7/posts/10151131312251104]</ref>

* '''AIMD - AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE DIVISION'''
* '''AIR - AIR DEPARTMENT'''
* '''BATC - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION'''
* '''ATC - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION'''
* '''CSD - COMBAT SYSTEMS DIVISION'''
* '''DECK - DECK DIVISION'''
* '''DRADIS\AEW - AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING'''
* '''ENG - ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT'''
* '''FLETOPS - FLEET OPERATIONS DIVISION'''
* '''FTL - JUMP OFFICER'''
* '''JIC - JOINT INTELLIGENCE'''
* '''LSO - LANDING SIGNAL OFFICER'''
* '''NAV - NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT'''
* '''OPSO - OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT'''
* '''TEW - TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE'''
* '''UNREP - UNDERWAY FUELING AND REPLENISHMENT'''

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[[Image:Bsg-cic-2.jpg|thumb|The Command and Control station.]]
[[Image:Dradisconsole.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of the [[DRADIS console]].]]
===Command and Control===

The '''Command and Control''' station is the primary station within CIC used by the Commanding and Executive Officers aboard a Colonial battlestar. The center comprises a large communications and a roughly hexagonal "information management" table, with a retractable information display tower bearing a number of LCD screens suspended above it. There are no chairs; the command staff are always standing.

Here, the battlestar's commander and [[Executive officer]] are on station, observing and plotting battle tactics, viewing transparent charts, and giving commands to others in CIC. Above the Command and Control Station is a cluster of monitors known as the [[DRADIS console]]. The DRADIS console descends from a cylindrical ceiling recess when required. From the Command and Control Station, the commander has a 360-degree view of the CIC. The DRADIS console contains DRADIS displays but also includes other navigation and tactical information available to the commander at a glance. The displays are capable of showing a wide range on information including:
* Countdowns ("[[33]]", "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]")
* [[DRADIS]] sensor readings relayed from the DRADIS console
* Battlestar management information, such as the vessel's spatial orientation (pitch, yaw & roll)
* Battle management information

A [[Cylon transponder]] was once mounted on the base of the DRADIS console ([[Miniseries]]), supposedly planted there by [[Aaron Doral]].

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[[Image:Cic_commstation.jpg|right|thumb|The Communication station.]]
===Communications Center===

Adjacent to the Command and Control Center on the port side of CIC is the ''Communications Center''. Here, all communications to and from fighters and other ships are monitored, directed or relayed. In coordination with the Tactical Station, the Communications officer can also verify [[IFF|transponders]] that register as friendly, and alerts the Tactical Officer or commander of any signals without transponders or recognized enemy transponders. The [[Communications Officer]] has a link to the [[Computers#Mainframe computer|mainframe computer]], where a library of Colonial recognition information resides.

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===Damage Control Station===
[[Image:Dmgcontrolconsole.jpg|thumb|[[Galen Tyrol]] at DC panel after a nuclear strike on the port [[flight pod]] ([[Miniseries]]).]]

Situated in the far port side of CIC is ''Damage Control.'' This station, usually unmanned, contains the Damage Control computers, which connect to many sensors throughout the exterior and interior of the ship. A large display against the wall of the station shows damage through a series of lights that represent the [[Frame|frames]], or compartments of the battlestar that form the many segments of the ship.

[[Image:Cicdmgcontrol.jpg|left|thumb|The Damage Control station.]]
A commander can order a Damage Control officer to perform many actions to repair or mitigate the effects of an enemy attack through the controls here, including the venting of compartments, coordination of damage control teams, and the like. Alternative damage control stations outside of CIC, such as the [[Aft Damage Control]] room contain similar controls to assist or coordinate in the event that CIC's damage control is knocked offline or CIC staff are incapacitated.
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[[Image:Cichelmcontrol.jpg|thumb|Helm Control.]]

===Helm Control===
Battlestars move through space much as a submarine navigates in an ocean. There are no windows, no viewscreens to see into space for helm control. While external cameras may be available, they are seldom used in navigation of a battlestar. Navigation is managed by spatial coordinates based on [[DRADIS]] and other sensor information. The helm crewmembers drive the battlestar through a series of controls and based on commands from the Executive officer or commanding officer.

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===Tactical Station===
[[Image:Cictacticalstation1.jpg|thumb|left|The tactical station with tactical plot and table.]]
[[Image:Tact plot.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of tactical plot.]]

The Officer of the Watch/[[Tactical Officer]] is arguably the busiest officer in ''Galactica's'' CIC. Tasked with the monitoring of [[DRADIS]] and coordinating various command and control functionality, including [[Computers|computer control]], the Tactical Officer must relay changes in status and keep the commander updated continuously during the fluid events of battle. The Tactical officer is typically the first to know that an attack is imminent and will address the battlestar by the public address system to go to battle stations through [[Action Stations|Condition One or Two alerts]].

As ''Galactica's'' computers aren't networked, the Tactical officer must manually print or offload data from the various central computers he monitors (Fire control, Navigation, FTL, and mainframe computers) and relay this information to the other officers and staff in the room. Fortunately, many stations see the same information on displays similar to those at the Tactical Station, but it is the Tactical Officer who is charged with notifying the commander of the changes and interpreting the results. ''Galactica's'' Tactical officer also is the administrator for all central computers onboard and provides maintenance as required.

While the Helm officers drive the ship, it is the Tactical officer that plots [[FTL|FTL jumps]], the apparently instantaneous leap from one location in space to another location millions of kilometers away. The Tactical officer of ''Galactica'' not only has to provide Jump coordinates to the battlestar's helm, but is also responsible for relaying both scheduled sets and sets of [[emergency jump coordinates]] to over 70 other FTL-capable civilian ships that make up [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to ensure that all ships always stay close to ''Galactica's''' protective sphere.

Nearby the Tactical Station is a tactical board and table where the commander can meet with several officers and crew at once for advanced battle or strategy conferences. The Tactical Station is frequently manned by other specialists and officers that assist the Watch Officer.

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===Weapons Control Room===

[[Image:Cicweaponscontrol1.jpg|thumb|left|The Weapons Control Room, left of the tactical station.]]
[[Image:Cicweaponscontrol2.jpg|thumb|right|Weapons Control Room.]]
Hidden away, next to the Tactical Station is the Weapons Control Room. Obscured from direct view during most episodes, the Weapons Control Room ostensibly is manned during [[Action Stations]]. The battlestar's gun [[Battery|batteries]] and other defensive controls are managed here.

In the event that the Weapons Control Room or CIC is knocked offline or its crew incapacitated, control of the ship's batteries can be managed at [[Auxiliary Fire Control]].

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===The Core===

[[Image:CIC Core 2.jpg|thumb|left|Laura Roslin walking along the stations in the Core ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).]]
[[Image:CIC Core 1.jpg|thumb|right|Roslin and Adama talking (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down).]]
The second deck of the CIC, known only as the "Core", offers a bird's eye view of the busy command deck below. This narrow passageway, lined with a limited set of computers and consoles, extends in a semi-circle from just above the port hatch around the rear of the CIC, over Damage Control, the Communications Center and Helm Control, to just above the starboard hatch. There is also a small room with computers behind the consoles. Two sets of stairs lead up to the Core; one is next to the starboard hatch, and the other is just behind the Communications Center. They can be easily spotted by the blue lights behind them.

The Core often proves to be a conveniently private area of the CIC for [[William Adama]] to meet with his associates to discuss delicate affairs while on duty. In "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]" he meets here with [[Laura Roslin]] to discuss the creation of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Cylon detector]], and again in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" with [[Saul Tigh]] to discuss [[Kara Thrace]]'s desertion to retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]].

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=== FTL ===

The FTL station is in the area behind the Tactical Station. It is not routinely manned, but can be manned by up to two crewmembers. All functions of the FTL drive and computer can be controlled from this station. While the engineering portions of the FTL drive are usually controlled and monitored by engineering staff, this station is sometimes staffed when more complex jumps must be made. This station is where the Tactical Officer plots and executes the jump. Sometimes the Tactical Officer inputs the jump coordinates himself, while other times the station is manned by two seated crewmen. However, the jump is always executed by the Tactical Officer himself. The FTL drive is engaged by inserting a blue "key" into a receptacle at the center of the console and turning it. This console folds down into a table when it is not being used.

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== References ==
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== ''Pegasus'' ==

''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'s'' CIC is far smaller than ''Galactica's'', reflecting the [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]]'s increased automation and reliance on computer networks. According to Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], the ship is far larger, but requires only half the crew ([[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Pegasus]]), as evidenced by the reduced size and staffing of CIC.

In contrast to Galactica, Pegasus' bridge is not located inside the alligator head, but in the forward area of the following, narrower section, as can be seen when [[Gina Inviere]] shows [[Kendra Shaw]] the way to the CIC in [[Razor]].

The CIC has overall far fewer stations than ''Galactica's'' and occupies only one level, but the general layout is similar. The command table with computer screens above is located in the center, around which the main stations such as tactical, helm and communications are grouped, allowing the commanding officer to quickly address all officers.

There are two larger consoles with seats and no fewer than five free standing stations; additionally, there are two standing tactical plotters on opposing ends of the CIC.

While ''Galactica's'' CIC doors are solid bulkheads, ''Pegasus's'' CIC lies adjacent to a large hallway and can be accessed through a series of glass doors that pivot ninety degrees. A door is also located along the opposite wall to the extreme left.

<gallery>
Image:PegasusInterior CIC1.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
Image:PegasusInterior CIC2.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:PegasusInterior CIC3.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:PegasusInterior CICHallway.jpg|Hallway and entrance to the CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:Pegasus_CIC_view_1.jpg|A view of ''Pegasus'' CIC.
</gallery>

== ''Valkyrie'' ==

''[[Valkyrie]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> CIC is the same size as those of the ''Mercury'' class with the same general aesthetic and console configurations, although there are minor positional changes. Noteworthy differences include bulkhead coloring and the lack of the glass doors. Unlike other battlestars, there is only one main entrance to CIC that is located in the center of the wall parallel to the command table, behind where Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] stands ([[Hero]]).

<gallery>
Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|''Valkyrie'''s CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of ''Valkyrie'''s CIC.
</gallery>

==Notes==

* The destruction of other battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] hinged on the Colonial's dependence on complex networking within most CICs. It is likely that the battlestars that were destroyed required fewer crewmembers to operate it since they used networked computer systems that moved data around faster than the crew that literally ran between stations in ''Galactica's'' CIC with pen and paper or data cartridges to transfer messages and data.
* A [[Cylon agent]], probably the first copy of [[Aaron Doral]] encountered, installed a [[Cylon transponder]] at the base of the DRADIS console shortly before the Cylon attack ([[Miniseries]]). Dr. Baltar is aided by his virtual [[Number Six]] in identifying it to the CIC command staff. It is likely that the transponder is placed there to track ''Galactica'' should it escape the initial Cylon attack.
*According to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], in a deleted scene from "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the ''Galactica'' CIC is staffed by roughly 50 people.
*The battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' is a third CIC seen in the series. Being of an intermediate design between ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', its CIC is similar to the latter vessel. Cinematically the set is a redress of the ''Pegasus'' CIC set.

==Cinematic Information==

* Cinematic realism on the CIC set is enhanced with the use of actual submarine hardware, such as thick phones with cords.
* Unlike the command centers of many science fiction space vessels, ''Galactica's'' CIC does not have a central viewing screen out into space. There isn't a single window looking out, in fact. Navigation is performed from sensor and spatial data not unlike a submarine.
* The CIC set used for the ''Pegasus'' are the modified remains of set hardware intended for use on a revival of the "Lost in Space" television series. When the series project was cancelled, the show's sets were refitted to form the CIC for this advanced battlestar. This is also the behind the scenes reason why the ''Pegasus'' CIC is not as large as the two-level ''Galactica'' CIC; the production team simply could not afford to make another set on the scale of the ''Galactica'' CIC, and were able to build the ''Pegasus'' CIC by purchasing the canceled "Lost in Space" sets for next to nothing.
* The Sci-Fi Channel official web site incorrectly names CIC as the "''Command'' Information Center." The correct name is verifiable from the center's name that is etched in the glass of the doors of the set.
*The Weapons Control Section is a rarely seen (in terms of use in episodes) and secluded part of CIC. The area was shown manned and in action during the closing moments of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]), just before [[Anastasia Dualla]] reports that Starbuck and Apollo have not yet returned to ''Galactica.'' The area was likely built with the set budget before later restrictions would make building one impossible. The angle and enclosed area suggests that the area is used in production to allow film crew to hide off-camera without being off-set during filming.

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[[Category:Galactica Areas]]
[[Category:Galactica Areas (RDM)]]
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[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

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{{featured article}}

<pagesidebar>
* See Also
** DRADIS|DRADIS
** Situation Room|Situation Room
** Senior Staff of Galactica|Galactica's Senior Staff
** Computers in the Re-imagined Series|Computers in the Re-imagined Series
* Analogues
** Basestar command|Basestar Command
* Other Series
** Core Command|Core Command, TOS's counterpart
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CIC

2016-06-09T17:31:23Z

Dkendr: /* Damage Control Station */

:''This article discusses the CIC of battlestar ''Galactica'' of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. The CIC of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' contained similar stations.''

[[Image:CIC Overview 1.jpg|300px|thumb|The Combat Information Center of ''Galactica''.]]
Colonial [[Battlestar|battlestars]] are centrally operated from the '''Combat Information Center''', or '''CIC''', the battlestar's nerve center. It performs both the functions of a bridge and the CIC in naval parlance, as the vessels are also steered from the CIC.

== ''Galactica'' ==

[[Image:CIC Overview 2.jpg|300px|thumb|The Combat Information Center of ''Galactica''.]]
''Galactica's'' CIC is a faintly-circular room located deep in the interior "alligator head" of the battlestar, where the main hull meets the midship section. From CIC, the battlestar's tactical and navigational operations are monitored and directed. CIC is a large, two-level complex with three bulkhead exits, which are closed during [[Action Stations|action stations]] alerts.

''Galactica's'' CIC is divided into multiple stations.<ref>This comes from Doug Drexler's Facebook page. - [https://www.facebook.com/doug.drexler.7/posts/10151131312251104]</ref>

* '''AIMD - AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE DIVISION'''
* '''AIR - AIR DEPARTMENT'''
* '''BATC - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION'''
* '''ATC - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION'''
* '''CSD - COMBAT SYSTEMS DIVISION'''
* '''DECK - DECK DIVISION'''
* '''DRADIS\AEW - AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING'''
* '''ENG - ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT'''
* '''FLETOPS - FLEET OPERATIONS DIVISION'''
* '''FTL - JUMP OFFICER'''
* '''JIC - JOINT INTELLIGENCE'''
* '''LSO - LANDING SIGNAL OFFICER'''
* '''NAV - NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT'''
* '''OPSO - OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT'''
* '''TEW - TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE'''
* '''UNREP - UNDERWAY FUELING AND REPLENISHMENT'''

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[[Image:Bsg-cic-2.jpg|thumb|The Command and Control station.]]
[[Image:Dradisconsole.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of the [[DRADIS console]].]]
===Command and Control===

The '''Command and Control''' station is the primary station within CIC used by the Commanding and Executive Officers aboard a Colonial battlestar. The center comprises a large communications and a roughly hexagonal "information management" table, with a retractable information display tower bearing a number of LCD screens suspended above it. There are no chairs; the command staff are always standing.

Here, the battlestar's commander and [[Executive officer]] are on station, observing and plotting battle tactics, viewing transparent charts, and giving commands to others in CIC. Above the Command and Control Station is a cluster of monitors known as the [[DRADIS console]]. The DRADIS console descends from a cylindrical ceiling recess when required. From the Command and Control Station, the commander has a 360-degree view of the CIC. The DRADIS console contains DRADIS displays but also includes other navigation and tactical information available to the commander at a glance. The displays are capable of showing a wide range on information including:
* Countdowns ("[[33]]", "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]")
* [[DRADIS]] sensor readings relayed from the DRADIS console
* Battlestar management information, such as the vessel's spatial orientation (pitch, yaw & roll)
* Battle management information

A [[Cylon transponder]] was once mounted on the base of the DRADIS console ([[Miniseries]]), supposedly planted there by [[Aaron Doral]].

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[[Image:Cic_commstation.jpg|right|thumb|The Communication station.]]
===Communications Center===

Adjacent to the Command and Control Center on the port side of CIC is the ''Communications Center''. Here, all communications to and from fighters and other ships are monitored, directed or relayed. In coordination with the Tactical Station, the Communications officer can also verify [[IFF|transponders]] that register as friendly, and alerts the Tactical Officer or commander of any signals without transponders or recognized enemy transponders. The [[Communications Officer]] has a link to the [[Computers#Mainframe computer|mainframe computer]], where a library of Colonial recognition information resides.

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===Damage Control Station===
[[Image:Dmgcontrolconsole.jpg|thumb|[[Galen Tyrol]] at DC panel after a nuclear strike on the port [[flight pod]] ([[Miniseries]]).]]

Situated in the far port side of CIC is ''Damage Control.'' This station, usually unmanned, contains the Damage Control computers, which connect to many sensors throughout the exterior and interior of the ship. A large display against the wall of the station shows damage through a series of lights that represent the [[Frame|frames]], or compartments of the battlestar that form the many segments of the ship.

[[Image:Cicdmgcontrol.jpg|left|thumb|The Damage Control station.]]
A commander can order a Damage Control officer to perform many actions to repair or mitigate the effects of an enemy attack through the controls here, including the venting of compartments, coordination of damage control teams, and the like. Alternative damage control stations outside of CIC, such as the [[Aft Damage Control]] room contain similar controls to assist or coordinate in the event that CIC's damage control is knocked offline or CIC staff are incapacitated.
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[[Image:Cichelmcontrol.jpg|thumb|Helm Control.]]

===Helm Control===
Battlestars move through space much as a submarine navigates in an ocean. There are no windows, no viewscreens to see into space for helm control. While external cameras may be available, they are seldom used in navigation of a battlestar. Navigation is managed by spatial coordinates based on [[DRADIS]] and other sensor information. The helm crewmembers drive the battlestar through a series of controls and based on commands from the Executive officer or commanding officer.

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===Tactical Station===
[[Image:Cictacticalstation1.jpg|thumb|left|The tactical station with tactical plot and table.]]
[[Image:Tact plot.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of tactical plot.]]

The Officer of the Watch/[[Tactical Officer]] is arguably the busiest officer in ''Galactica's'' CIC. Tasked with the monitoring of [[DRADIS]] and coordinating various command and control functionality, including [[Computers|computer control]], the Tactical Officer must relay changes in status and keep the commander updated continuously during the fluid events of battle. The Tactical officer is typically the first to know that an attack is imminent and will address the battlestar by the public address system to go to battle stations through [[Action Stations|Condition One or Two alerts]].

As ''Galactica's'' computers aren't networked, the Tactical officer must manually print or offload data from the various central computers he monitors (Fire control, Navigation, FTL, and mainframe computers) and relay this information to the other officers and staff in the room. Fortunately, many stations see the same information on displays similar to those at the Tactical Station, but it is the Tactical Officer who is charged with notifying the commander of the changes and interpreting the results. ''Galactica's'' Tactical officer also is the administrator for all central computers onboard and provides maintenance as required.

While the Helm officers drive the ship, it is the Tactical officer that plots [[FTL|FTL jumps]], the apparently instantaneous leap from one location in space to another location millions of kilometers away. The Tactical officer of ''Galactica'' not only has to provide Jump coordinates to the battlestar's helm, but is also responsible for relaying both scheduled sets and sets of [[emergency jump coordinates]] to over 70 other FTL-capable civilian ships that make up [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to ensure that all ships always stay close to ''Galactica's''' protective sphere.

Nearby the Tactical Station is a tactical board and table where the commander can meet with several officers and crew at once for advanced battle or strategy conferences. The Tactical Station is frequently manned by other specialists and officers that assist the Watch Officer.

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===Weapons Control Room===

[[Image:Cicweaponscontrol1.jpg|thumb|left|The Weapons Control Room, left of the tactical station.]]
[[Image:Cicweaponscontrol2.jpg|thumb|right|Weapons Control Room.]]
Hidden away, next to the Tactical Station is the Weapons Control Room. Obscured from direct view during most episodes, the Weapons Control Room ostensibly is manned during [[Action Stations]]. The battlestar's gun [[Battery|batteries]] and other defensive controls are managed here.

In the event that the Weapons Control Room or CIC is knocked offline or its crew incapacitated, control of the ship's batteries can be managed at [[Auxiliary Fire Control]].

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===The Core===

[[Image:CIC Core 2.jpg|thumb|left|Laura Roslin walking along the stations in the Core ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).]]
[[Image:CIC Core 1.jpg|thumb|right|Roslin and Adama talking (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down).]]
The second deck of the CIC, known only as the "Core", offers a bird's eye view of the busy command deck below. This narrow passageway, lined with a limited set of computers and consoles, extends in a semi-circle from just above the port hatch around the rear of the CIC, over Damage Control, the Communications Center and Helm Control, to just above the starboard hatch. There is also a small room with computers behind the consoles. Two sets of stairs lead up to the Core; one is next to the starboard hatch, and the other is just behind the Communications Center. They can be easily spotted by the blue lights behind them.

The Core often proves to be a conveniently private area of the CIC for [[William Adama]] to meet with his associates to discuss delicate affairs while on duty. In "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]" he meets here with [[Laura Roslin]] to discuss the creation of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Cylon detector]], and again in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" with [[Saul Tigh]] to discuss [[Kara Thrace]]'s desertion to retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]].

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=== FTL ===

The FTL station is in the area behind the Tactical Station. It is not routinely manned, but can be manned by up to two crewmembers. All functions of the FTL drive and computer can be controlled from this station. While the engineering portions of the FTL drive are usually controlled and monitored by engineering staff, this station is sometimes staffed when more complex jumps must be made. This station is where the Tactical Officer plots and executes the jump. Sometimes the Tactical Officer inputs the jump coordinates himself, while other times the station is manned by two seated crewmen. However, the jump is always executed by the Tactical Officer himself. The FTL drive is engaged by inserting a blue "key" into a receptacle at the center of the console and turning it. This console folds down into a table when it is not being used.

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== References ==
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== ''Pegasus'' ==

''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'s'' CIC is far smaller than ''Galactica's'', reflecting the [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]]'s increased automation and reliance on computer networks. According to Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], the ship is far larger, but requires only half the crew ([[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Pegasus]]), as evidenced by the reduced size and staffing of CIC.

In contrast to Galactica, Pegasus' bridge is not located inside the alligator head, but in the forward area of the following, narrower section, as can be seen when [[Gina Inviere]] shows [[Kendra Shaw]] the way to the CIC in [[Razor]].

The CIC has overall far fewer stations than ''Galactica's'' and occupies only one level, but the general layout is similar. The command table with computer screens above is located in the center, around which the main stations such as tactical, helm and communications are grouped, allowing the commanding officer to quickly address all officers.

There are two larger consoles with seats and no fewer than five free standing stations; additionally, there are two standing tactical plotters on opposing ends of the CIC.

While ''Galactica's'' CIC doors are solid bulkheads, ''Pegasus's'' CIC lies adjacent to a large hallway and can be accessed through a series of glass doors that pivot ninety degrees. A door is also located along the opposite wall to the extreme left.

<gallery>
Image:PegasusInterior CIC1.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
Image:PegasusInterior CIC2.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:PegasusInterior CIC3.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:PegasusInterior CICHallway.jpg|Hallway and entrance to the CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:Pegasus_CIC_view_1.jpg|A view of ''Pegasus'' CIC.
</gallery>

== ''Valkyrie'' ==

''[[Valkyrie]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> CIC is the same size as those of the ''Mercury'' class with the same general aesthetic and console configurations, although there are minor positional changes. Noteworthy differences include bulkhead coloring and the lack of the glass doors. Unlike other battlestars, there is only one main entrance to CIC that is located in the center of the wall parallel to the command table, behind where Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] stands ([[Hero]]).

<gallery>
Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|''Valkyrie'''s CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of ''Valkyrie'''s CIC.
</gallery>

==Notes==

* The destruction of other battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] hinged on the Colonial's dependence on complex networking within most CICs. It is likely that the battlestars that were destroyed required fewer crewmembers to operate it since they used networked computer systems that moved data around faster than the crew that literally ran between stations in ''Galactica's'' CIC with pen and paper or data cartridges to transfer messages and data.
* A [[Cylon agent]], probably the first copy of [[Aaron Doral]] encountered, installed a [[Cylon transponder]] at the base of the DRADIS console shortly before the Cylon attack ([[Miniseries]]). Dr. Baltar is aided by his virtual [[Number Six]] in identifying it to the CIC command staff. It is likely that the transponder is placed there to track ''Galactica'' should it escape the initial Cylon attack.
*According to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], in a deleted scene from "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the ''Galactica'' CIC is staffed by roughly 50 people.
*The battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' is a third CIC seen in the series. Being of an intermediate design between ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', its CIC is similar to the latter vessel. Cinematically the set is a redress of the ''Pegasus'' CIC set.

==Cinematic Information==

* Cinematic realism on the CIC set is enhanced with the use of actual submarine hardware, such as thick phones with cords.
* Unlike the command centers of many science fiction space vessels, ''Galactica's'' CIC does not have a central viewing screen out into space. There isn't a single window looking out, in fact. Navigation is performed from sensor and spatial data not unlike a submarine.
* The CIC set used for the ''Pegasus'' are the modified remains of set hardware intended for use on a revival of the "Lost in Space" television series. When the series project was cancelled, the show's sets were refitted to form the CIC for this advanced battlestar. This is also the behind the scenes reason why the ''Pegasus'' CIC is not as large as the two-level ''Galactica'' CIC; the production team simply could not afford to make another set on the scale of the ''Galactica'' CIC, and were able to build the ''Pegasus'' CIC by purchasing the canceled "Lost in Space" sets for next to nothing.
* The Sci-Fi Channel official web site incorrectly names CIC as the "''Command'' Information Center." The correct name is verifiable from the center's name that is etched in the glass of the doors of the set.
*The Weapons Control Section is a rarely seen (in terms of use in episodes) and secluded part of CIC. The area was shown manned and in action during the closing moments of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]), just before [[Anastasia Dualla]] reports that Starbuck and Apollo have not yet returned to ''Galactica.'' The area was likely built with the set budget before later restrictions would make building one impossible. The angle and enclosed area suggests that the area is used in production to allow film crew to hide off-camera without being off-set during filming.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Galactica Areas]]
[[Category:Galactica Areas (RDM)]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[de:CIC]]

{{featured article}}

<pagesidebar>
* See Also
** DRADIS|DRADIS
** Situation Room|Situation Room
** Senior Staff of Galactica|Galactica's Senior Staff
** Computers in the Re-imagined Series|Computers in the Re-imagined Series
* Analogues
** Basestar command|Basestar Command
* Other Series
** Core Command|Core Command, TOS's counterpart
</pagesidebar>

CIC

2016-06-09T17:29:36Z

Dkendr: /* Galactica */ organize stations

:''This article discusses the CIC of battlestar ''Galactica'' of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. The CIC of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' contained similar stations.''

[[Image:CIC Overview 1.jpg|300px|thumb|The Combat Information Center of ''Galactica''.]]
Colonial [[Battlestar|battlestars]] are centrally operated from the '''Combat Information Center''', or '''CIC''', the battlestar's nerve center. It performs both the functions of a bridge and the CIC in naval parlance, as the vessels are also steered from the CIC.

== ''Galactica'' ==

[[Image:CIC Overview 2.jpg|300px|thumb|The Combat Information Center of ''Galactica''.]]
''Galactica's'' CIC is a faintly-circular room located deep in the interior "alligator head" of the battlestar, where the main hull meets the midship section. From CIC, the battlestar's tactical and navigational operations are monitored and directed. CIC is a large, two-level complex with three bulkhead exits, which are closed during [[Action Stations|action stations]] alerts.

''Galactica's'' CIC is divided into multiple stations.<ref>This comes from Doug Drexler's Facebook page. - [https://www.facebook.com/doug.drexler.7/posts/10151131312251104]</ref>

* '''AIMD - AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE DIVISION'''
* '''AIR - AIR DEPARTMENT'''
* '''BATC - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION'''
* '''ATC - AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DIVISION'''
* '''CSD - COMBAT SYSTEMS DIVISION'''
* '''DECK - DECK DIVISION'''
* '''DRADIS\AEW - AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING'''
* '''ENG - ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT'''
* '''FLETOPS - FLEET OPERATIONS DIVISION'''
* '''FTL - JUMP OFFICER'''
* '''JIC - JOINT INTELLIGENCE'''
* '''LSO - LANDING SIGNAL OFFICER'''
* '''NAV - NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT'''
* '''OPSO - OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT'''
* '''TEW - TACTICAL ELECTRONIC WARFARE'''
* '''UNREP - UNDERWAY FUELING AND REPLENISHMENT'''

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[[Image:Bsg-cic-2.jpg|thumb|The Command and Control station.]]
[[Image:Dradisconsole.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of the [[DRADIS console]].]]
===Command and Control===

The '''Command and Control''' station is the primary station within CIC used by the Commanding and Executive Officers aboard a Colonial battlestar. The center comprises a large communications and a roughly hexagonal "information management" table, with a retractable information display tower bearing a number of LCD screens suspended above it. There are no chairs; the command staff are always standing.

Here, the battlestar's commander and [[Executive officer]] are on station, observing and plotting battle tactics, viewing transparent charts, and giving commands to others in CIC. Above the Command and Control Station is a cluster of monitors known as the [[DRADIS console]]. The DRADIS console descends from a cylindrical ceiling recess when required. From the Command and Control Station, the commander has a 360-degree view of the CIC. The DRADIS console contains DRADIS displays but also includes other navigation and tactical information available to the commander at a glance. The displays are capable of showing a wide range on information including:
* Countdowns ("[[33]]", "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]")
* [[DRADIS]] sensor readings relayed from the DRADIS console
* Battlestar management information, such as the vessel's spatial orientation (pitch, yaw & roll)
* Battle management information

A [[Cylon transponder]] was once mounted on the base of the DRADIS console ([[Miniseries]]), supposedly planted there by [[Aaron Doral]].

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[[Image:Cic_commstation.jpg|right|thumb|The Communication station.]]
===Communications Center===

Adjacent to the Command and Control Center on the port side of CIC is the ''Communications Center''. Here, all communications to and from fighters and other ships are monitored, directed or relayed. In coordination with the Tactical Station, the Communications officer can also verify [[IFF|transponders]] that register as friendly, and alerts the Tactical Officer or commander of any signals without transponders or recognized enemy transponders. The [[Communications Officer]] has a link to the [[Computers#Mainframe computer|mainframe computer]], where a library of Colonial recognition information resides.

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===Damage Control Station===
[[Image:Dmgcontrolconsole.jpg|thumb|[[Galen Tyrol]] at DC panel after a nuclear strike on the port [[flight pod]] ([[Miniseries]]).]]

Situated in the far port side of CIC is ''Damage Control.'' This station, usually unmanned, contains the Damage Control computers, which connect to many sensors throughout the exterior and interior of the ship. A large display against the wall of the station shows damage through a series of lights that represent the [[Frame|frames]], or compartments of the battlestar that form the many segments of the ship.

[[Image:Cicdmgcontrol.jpg|left|thumb|The Damage Control station.]]
A commander can order a Damage Control officer to perform many actions to repair or mitigate the effects of an enemy attack through the controls here, including the venting of compartments, coordination of damage control teams, and the like. It is also likely that alternative damage control stations outside of CIC, such as the [[Aft Damage Control]] room contain similar controls to aid in repairs, control of fires and the like in the event that CIC's damage control is knocked offline or CIC staff are incapacitated.
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[[Image:Cichelmcontrol.jpg|thumb|Helm Control.]]
===Helm Control===
Battlestars move through space much as a submarine navigates in an ocean. There are no windows, no viewscreens to see into space for helm control. While external cameras may be available, they are seldom used in navigation of a battlestar. Navigation is managed by spatial coordinates based on [[DRADIS]] and other sensor information. The helm crewmembers drive the battlestar through a series of controls and based on commands from the Executive officer or commanding officer.

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===Tactical Station===
[[Image:Cictacticalstation1.jpg|thumb|left|The tactical station with tactical plot and table.]]
[[Image:Tact plot.jpg|thumb|right|Close-up of tactical plot.]]

The Officer of the Watch/[[Tactical Officer]] is arguably the busiest officer in ''Galactica's'' CIC. Tasked with the monitoring of [[DRADIS]] and coordinating various command and control functionality, including [[Computers|computer control]], the Tactical Officer must relay changes in status and keep the commander updated continuously during the fluid events of battle. The Tactical officer is typically the first to know that an attack is imminent and will address the battlestar by the public address system to go to battle stations through [[Action Stations|Condition One or Two alerts]].

As ''Galactica's'' computers aren't networked, the Tactical officer must manually print or offload data from the various central computers he monitors (Fire control, Navigation, FTL, and mainframe computers) and relay this information to the other officers and staff in the room. Fortunately, many stations see the same information on displays similar to those at the Tactical Station, but it is the Tactical Officer who is charged with notifying the commander of the changes and interpreting the results. ''Galactica's'' Tactical officer also is the administrator for all central computers onboard and provides maintenance as required.

While the Helm officers drive the ship, it is the Tactical officer that plots [[FTL|FTL jumps]], the apparently instantaneous leap from one location in space to another location millions of kilometers away. The Tactical officer of ''Galactica'' not only has to provide Jump coordinates to the battlestar's helm, but is also responsible for relaying both scheduled sets and sets of [[emergency jump coordinates]] to over 70 other FTL-capable civilian ships that make up [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to ensure that all ships always stay close to ''Galactica's''' protective sphere.

Nearby the Tactical Station is a tactical board and table where the commander can meet with several officers and crew at once for advanced battle or strategy conferences. The Tactical Station is frequently manned by other specialists and officers that assist the Watch Officer.

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===Weapons Control Room===

[[Image:Cicweaponscontrol1.jpg|thumb|left|The Weapons Control Room, left of the tactical station.]]
[[Image:Cicweaponscontrol2.jpg|thumb|right|Weapons Control Room.]]
Hidden away, next to the Tactical Station is the Weapons Control Room. Obscured from direct view during most episodes, the Weapons Control Room ostensibly is manned during [[Action Stations]]. The battlestar's gun [[Battery|batteries]] and other defensive controls are managed here.

In the event that the Weapons Control Room or CIC is knocked offline or its crew incapacitated, control of the ship's batteries can be managed at [[Auxiliary Fire Control]].

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===The Core===

[[Image:CIC Core 2.jpg|thumb|left|Laura Roslin walking along the stations in the Core ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).]]
[[Image:CIC Core 1.jpg|thumb|right|Roslin and Adama talking (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down).]]
The second deck of the CIC, known only as the "Core", offers a bird's eye view of the busy command deck below. This narrow passageway, lined with a limited set of computers and consoles, extends in a semi-circle from just above the port hatch around the rear of the CIC, over Damage Control, the Communications Center and Helm Control, to just above the starboard hatch. There is also a small room with computers behind the consoles. Two sets of stairs lead up to the Core; one is next to the starboard hatch, and the other is just behind the Communications Center. They can be easily spotted by the blue lights behind them.

The Core often proves to be a conveniently private area of the CIC for [[William Adama]] to meet with his associates to discuss delicate affairs while on duty. In "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]" he meets here with [[Laura Roslin]] to discuss the creation of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Cylon detector]], and again in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" with [[Saul Tigh]] to discuss [[Kara Thrace]]'s desertion to retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]].

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=== FTL ===

The FTL station is in the area behind the Tactical Station. It is not routinely manned, but can be manned by up to two crewmembers. All functions of the FTL drive and computer can be controlled from this station. While the engineering portions of the FTL drive are usually controlled and monitored by engineering staff, this station is sometimes staffed when more complex jumps must be made. This station is where the Tactical Officer plots and executes the jump. Sometimes the Tactical Officer inputs the jump coordinates himself, while other times the station is manned by two seated crewmen. However, the jump is always executed by the Tactical Officer himself. The FTL drive is engaged by inserting a blue "key" into a receptacle at the center of the console and turning it. This console folds down into a table when it is not being used.

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== ''Pegasus'' ==

''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'s'' CIC is far smaller than ''Galactica's'', reflecting the [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]]'s increased automation and reliance on computer networks. According to Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], the ship is far larger, but requires only half the crew ([[Pegasus (Extended Version)|Pegasus]]), as evidenced by the reduced size and staffing of CIC.

In contrast to Galactica, Pegasus' bridge is not located inside the alligator head, but in the forward area of the following, narrower section, as can be seen when [[Gina Inviere]] shows [[Kendra Shaw]] the way to the CIC in [[Razor]].

The CIC has overall far fewer stations than ''Galactica's'' and occupies only one level, but the general layout is similar. The command table with computer screens above is located in the center, around which the main stations such as tactical, helm and communications are grouped, allowing the commanding officer to quickly address all officers.

There are two larger consoles with seats and no fewer than five free standing stations; additionally, there are two standing tactical plotters on opposing ends of the CIC.

While ''Galactica's'' CIC doors are solid bulkheads, ''Pegasus's'' CIC lies adjacent to a large hallway and can be accessed through a series of glass doors that pivot ninety degrees. A door is also located along the opposite wall to the extreme left.

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Image:PegasusInterior CIC1.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
Image:PegasusInterior CIC2.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:PegasusInterior CIC3.jpg|''Pegasus'' CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:PegasusInterior CICHallway.jpg|Hallway and entrance to the CIC (The Captain's Hand).
Image:Pegasus_CIC_view_1.jpg|A view of ''Pegasus'' CIC.
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== ''Valkyrie'' ==

''[[Valkyrie]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> CIC is the same size as those of the ''Mercury'' class with the same general aesthetic and console configurations, although there are minor positional changes. Noteworthy differences include bulkhead coloring and the lack of the glass doors. Unlike other battlestars, there is only one main entrance to CIC that is located in the center of the wall parallel to the command table, behind where Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] stands ([[Hero]]).

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Image:Valkyrie bridge.jpg|''Valkyrie'''s CIC.
Image:Valkyrie CIC.jpg|Full view of ''Valkyrie'''s CIC.
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==Notes==

* The destruction of other battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] hinged on the Colonial's dependence on complex networking within most CICs. It is likely that the battlestars that were destroyed required fewer crewmembers to operate it since they used networked computer systems that moved data around faster than the crew that literally ran between stations in ''Galactica's'' CIC with pen and paper or data cartridges to transfer messages and data.
* A [[Cylon agent]], probably the first copy of [[Aaron Doral]] encountered, installed a [[Cylon transponder]] at the base of the DRADIS console shortly before the Cylon attack ([[Miniseries]]). Dr. Baltar is aided by his virtual [[Number Six]] in identifying it to the CIC command staff. It is likely that the transponder is placed there to track ''Galactica'' should it escape the initial Cylon attack.
*According to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], in a deleted scene from "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the ''Galactica'' CIC is staffed by roughly 50 people.
*The battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' is a third CIC seen in the series. Being of an intermediate design between ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', its CIC is similar to the latter vessel. Cinematically the set is a redress of the ''Pegasus'' CIC set.

==Cinematic Information==

* Cinematic realism on the CIC set is enhanced with the use of actual submarine hardware, such as thick phones with cords.
* Unlike the command centers of many science fiction space vessels, ''Galactica's'' CIC does not have a central viewing screen out into space. There isn't a single window looking out, in fact. Navigation is performed from sensor and spatial data not unlike a submarine.
* The CIC set used for the ''Pegasus'' are the modified remains of set hardware intended for use on a revival of the "Lost in Space" television series. When the series project was cancelled, the show's sets were refitted to form the CIC for this advanced battlestar. This is also the behind the scenes reason why the ''Pegasus'' CIC is not as large as the two-level ''Galactica'' CIC; the production team simply could not afford to make another set on the scale of the ''Galactica'' CIC, and were able to build the ''Pegasus'' CIC by purchasing the canceled "Lost in Space" sets for next to nothing.
* The Sci-Fi Channel official web site incorrectly names CIC as the "''Command'' Information Center." The correct name is verifiable from the center's name that is etched in the glass of the doors of the set.
*The Weapons Control Section is a rarely seen (in terms of use in episodes) and secluded part of CIC. The area was shown manned and in action during the closing moments of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]), just before [[Anastasia Dualla]] reports that Starbuck and Apollo have not yet returned to ''Galactica.'' The area was likely built with the set budget before later restrictions would make building one impossible. The angle and enclosed area suggests that the area is used in production to allow film crew to hide off-camera without being off-set during filming.

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** DRADIS|DRADIS
** Situation Room|Situation Room
** Senior Staff of Galactica|Galactica's Senior Staff
** Computers in the Re-imagined Series|Computers in the Re-imagined Series
* Analogues
** Basestar command|Basestar Command
* Other Series
** Core Command|Core Command, TOS's counterpart
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Portal:Battlestar Galactica (TOS)/Intro

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Welcome to the ''Battlestar Galactica'' [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]] portal. This is a place for fans of the [[Season 1 (1978-79)|1978 season]] when [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] were [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Toasters]], everyone knew [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] was a villain, and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] was a ladies' man (not a lady). The original series pioneered new horizons for science fiction in television, but ultimately its grand vision (and huge budget) contributed to its demise. However, this is a place where [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']] still roams the stars, so feel free to kick your feet up on the table and grab an [[ambrosa]]. Catch the [[Triad (TOS)|triad]] match on TV or deal yourself a hand of [[Pyramid (TOS)|pyramid]]. You might want to stop by [[Core Command]] before you go (it could use some construction work), or maybe check out the [[Saga of a Star World|episode that started it all]].

Continuity errors (TRS)

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This is a listing of '''continuity errors''' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

== Acknowledged Mistakes ==

*At the end of "[[Home, Part II]]", when everyone is looking at the map to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the [[Tomb of Athena]], Lee Adama points out the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in one of the constellations shown in the sky. According to him, and supported by the visual effects, the nebula is located in [[w:Scorpius|Scorpio]], but in the real world it is actually in the constellation [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].
*At the beginning of "[[Downloaded]]" two captions are shown: one states that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]] occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] shooting [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "[[Epiphanies]]" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies". To correct this, the title card of the DVD and international television releases has been changed to "10 weeks later", meaning 10 weeks after [[Caprica Six]]'s resurrection.
*In "[[Scar]]" Starbuck and Kat fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s but the launch in the originally aired episode showed a [[Viper Mark II]]. This has been fixed in the DVD release which now includes a new, but somewhat shorter, launch sequence with the Mk VIIs. (Although, a few previous episodes like "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" only use the Mk II sequence, but both types of Vipers are deployed by ''Galactica''.)
*"[[Exodus, Part I]]": At the end of "[[Precipice]]" Cally is clearly in the woods when the gunfire is going off. At the time [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and his group take aim at the [[Cylon Centurion]], Cally has not reached the wooded area by the time gunfire sounds. Further, when the gunfire begins in "Precipice", Tyrol is at the firing position, far from Cally, while in "Exodus, Part I" he is holding her to the ground when it begins.

== [[Retroactive continuity|Retcons]] ==
*[[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:
**[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] is not visibly pregnant in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but by "[[Epiphanies]]", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.
**The presidential elections in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.
**If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six.
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet numbers]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a total of 40 [[FTL]] ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This makes the count 41 ships, including ''Galactica''. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "[[33]]," Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including ''Colonial One''." Thus making the total 64 ships, including ''Galactica'' herself. By the end of "33", the count drops to 63 as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] destroy the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. In "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", Colonel Tigh mentions the Cylons searching for "a sixty-odd ships". The count offered in "[[The Farm]]" is similar — 24 ships leave to join [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]], which was "almost a third" of the Fleet, putting the number at about 75. About 65 ships have been named to date, mostly on the vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*The ''[[Astral Queen]]'': In the [[Miniseries]], [[Billy Keikeya]] states that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the ''Queen'' was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "[[Bastille Day]]", [[Billy Keikeya]]'s lines were re-dubbed: '''1,500''' prisoners are aboard the ''Astral Queen'' and that the ship was a '''prison transport'''. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the ''Astral Queen'' was en route to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] for parole hearings.
*[[Cylon detector]]: In the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", it takes only minutes to identify [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] as a Cylon. However, in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. However, this could be because a negative result takes 11 hours to confirm but a positive result potentially may be more instant. Although, since Ellen is later revealed to be a member of the [[Final Five]] in "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", coupled with the fact that Baltar rigged the results to always read as negative and said he would "never tell" what Ellen's true results were, it is possible that it takes 11 hours to alter any positive readouts so that they'd appear to be negative.
*The exodus from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]: In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" Elosha, Billy and Roslin are discussing Kobol and the exodus of the tribes. Billy says that the ruins on Kobol are 2,000 years old. Elosha states this is when the ''Thirteen'' tribes left Kobol. Other mentions in the show (particularly [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] episodes concerning the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|Cylon virus]] and the [[Temple of Five]]) mention that the 13th tribe left Kobol about 2,000 years before the other twelve did. Elosha's comment implies that all thirteen tribes left Kobol together, just in different directions.
* In "[[Final Cut]]", [[Louanne Katraine]] says hello to her mother on camera in the [[duty locker]] and says hello to her buddies on ''[[Freighter 212]]'', yet in "[[The Passage]]", Katraine is noted as the alias for Sasha, a gun-runner who has been avoiding her past. These two pieces of information are not fully congruent.
*In "[[No Exit]]", [[Cavil]] tells [[Ellen]] that he had programmed himself to stop sleeping decades ago. However, [[Cavil]] is shown in pajamas getting into bed in "[[The Plan]]", which takes place only a few years before his statement to Ellen.

== Danglers ==
Danglers are plotlines that have been started, but were never resolved.
*[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]-[[Ellen Tigh|Tigh]] plotline: In the episode "[[Colonial Day]]", it is heavily implied that [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed the location of [[Valance]] to agents of [[Tom Zarek]], and that she intends for her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. Nothing of this is touched again up to Ellen's murder in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" or even Zarek's execution later in "[[Blood on the Scales]]", at which point the Tighs had been outed as Cylons.
*Zarek-[[Black market (organization)|black market]] plotline: Similarly, the end of "[[Black Market]]" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization, yet there is no mention of his association with the black market in the remainder of the series.
** '''Not a dangler''' - Zarek tells Apollo what he knows about the Black Market because he was approached by Phelan to join the operation but declined on principles, leading to ''Astral Queen'' being shunned when supplies were distributed. He provides this background information to Apollo because it will help Apollo shut down the black market, serving Zarek's stated agenda of making access to supplies and luxuries equitable to all.

*[[Demand Peace]]: The pro-Cylon terrorist faction that sprung up in the fleet during "[[Epiphanies]]" never resurfaced. The episode concluded without any firm resolution regarding the fate of the movement and its leader [[Royan Jahee]]. Their base of operations, "[[Cloud 9]]", was destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". The plotline of "Epiphanies" implies that the group is gearing up for a full-scale campaign against the Fleet's leadership, but they are never seen again and the fates of the group's members are not discussed later on. Adama did declare the organization outlaw and terrorist, and it is likely that the incident depicted in [[Sacrifice]] led to a general crackdown on armed insurgent organizations within the Colonial Fleet.

* [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]: This union, lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], begins on [[New Caprica]] in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and is touched upon in the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]". However, in light of Tyrol's discovery of being a member of the [[Final Five]], and his [[Escape Velocity|subsequent breakdown]] occurring after [[The Ties That Bind|the death]] of [[Cally Tyrol|his wife]], his association with the union has not been noted since, and its existence has not been mentioned post-"Dirty Hands".

== Recasting ==
*[[Zak Adama]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a different actor (or stand-in) is pictured as Zak Adama. In "[[Act of Contrition]]", a new actor portrays Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.
*[[Ellen Tigh]]: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh has burned a hole through, was originally a picture of [[David Eick]]'s wife, Jennifer Berchfeild. When [[Kate Vernon]] was cast as Ellen in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the image was changed.
*[[Richard Adar]]: In the Miniseries he is [[:md:Image:Bsg-baltar-adar.jpg|portrayed]] by [[David Eick]] in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. When Adar appears in person in "[[Epiphanies]]" he is played by [[Colm Feore]].
*[[Carolanne Adama]] is portrayed by an uncredited actress during a cameo in "[[Act of Contrition]]". At Zak's funeral Carolanne Adama is depicted wearing a broad hat and black veil which obscure her face. She is portrayed by [[Lucinda Jenney]] in the episode "[[A Day in the Life]]".

== Logic errors ==

* "[[Scar]]":
** In the last act of this episode, when [[Kara Thrace]] enters the [[rec room]], an intercut scene of the people in the room shows Kara Thrace (at ~38:50) sitting at a table drinking from the "Top Gun" stein. However, the stein is being used by [[Louanne Katraine]] at this point, and Thrace had just entered.
* "[[He That Believeth in Me]]":
** In the previous episode ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), it is established that [[Samuel Anders]] has a limp from a broken leg he received in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". The limp is visible in the revelation of the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]" in the last act. However, the limp disappears completely in "He That Believeth in Me" in events that are depicted to happen 10 (or fewer) minutes later.
** In "Crossroads, Part II", it is implied that Samuel Anders only began his training, as he is being shown avionics and other key systems in a Raptor by Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]]. In this episode, he tells [[Kara Thrace]] that he concluded basic training and began [[ACM]], and is capable of flying the Viper.
*The events of the episodes "[[Sine Qua Non]]" and "[[The Hub]]" occur concurrently, yet the population count drops by one in between the two episodes. Arguably there should have been no drop until the survivor count appears again in "[[Revelations]]". The appearance of [[Eammon Pike]], who dies during the events seen in "The Hub" but whose corpse is found in the preceding episode probably explains the error.
*In "[[The Plan]]", [[William Adama]] asks [[Sharon Valerii]] to take her Raptor and destroy the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the same scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". In the next scene, [[Giana O'Neill]] returns from working on the [[hangar deck]], saying that [[Galen Tyrol]] had asked her to look over the captured [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]. This is a sequential error, as Adama had sent Valerii on the mission because Tyrol had been shot down on Kobol and [[Kara Thrace]] had stolen the Raider.

== VFX Gaffes ==
[[Image:1104reverse Scattered.JPG|thumb|left|Mirrored shot of Viper 1104 ([[Scattered]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]: No less than three copies of [[Viper 1104]] are present at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on ''Galactica''.
*[[Miniseries]] and "[[33]]": As ''Galactica'' prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the flight pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When ''Galactica'' has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage is shown during the opening titles of "33".
*"[[33]]": As the Cylon Centurion approaches Helo from behind, the rain is hitting it, but it does not drip off its body. In contrast, water is dripping from Helo's face in a fairly consistent and noticeable manner.
*"[[33]]": As the Olympic Carrier approaches the Fleet, ''Galactica'' turns to engage it, putting itself perpendicular to the ship. When the Olympic Carrier is destroyed, Galactica is shown in the position it was before the Carrier appeared.
*"[[You Can't Go Home Again]]": Before searching for Starbuck, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] climbs into a Viper Mk VII, although he is shown piloting a Mk II in all other effects shots. However, his Mark VII is mentioned as being down for repairs at one point, implying that he flies it off screen.
*[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Amid Season 1]]: Half-way through Season 1, the ''[[Colonial One]]'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and reappear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.
*"[[Scattered]]": A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally.
*"[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"''':
**Viper and [[List of pilots|pilot]] numbers: 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available. 40 were available at the start of the series.
**[[Blackbird]]: As the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] begins, the Blackbird (still incomplete, untested, and missing its composite skin by this point) can be seen swooping across the screen in a manner inconsistent with its flight characteristics; the ship was built for speed, not maneuverability. The ship also fires what appears to be autocannons, although Blackbird is unarmed except in its [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|final mission]].
*"[[The Captain's Hand]]": As Starbuck leads ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus's]]'' [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk VIIs]] into combat, a cockpit shot of her mistakenly shows [[Viper Mark II|Viper Mk IIs]] around her ship.
*"[[Crossroads, Part II]]":
** Lee Adama's Viper Mark VII is identified as 2220NC, or [[Viper 2220 (Mark VII)|Viper 2220]]. However, [[Viper 2220]] has already been established as a Viper Mark II, not a Mark VII, which has seen multiple appearances as Adama's Viper throughout Season 1.
**Further, Kara Thrace's pristine Viper does not have a nameplate. This is telling in closeups of her in her Viper's cockpit. However, this error is not present in the following episode, "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
*"[[Revelations]]": When [[Felix Gaeta]] stumbles in the [[CIC]], the shadow of his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|amputated]] leg is visible.
*"[[Razor]]":
**When Starbuck orders Showboat to "open up with all you've got" as they find themselves in ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> firing solution, the gun shown firing is that of a [[Viper Mark II]]. However, Starbuck and Showboat are in [[Viper Mark VII]]s.

==Anachronisms==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**An [[wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is visible in a picture in Adama's quarters when he and Colonel Tigh discuss Starbuck striking Tigh. However, this could be a tribute; the F-16 is sometimes called "Viper" by its pilots.
*"[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
**The special-effects group for the Re-imagined Series appear dedicated to creating computer screens, equipment and interfaces that are familiar to viewers, but aren't full counterparts to real-world Earth materials. However, the logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is working on the photograph. A similar occurrence happens in "Sacrifice".
*"[[Home, Part I]]":
**As Adama gives his first press conference after recovering from his gunshot wounds, the logo of the electronics manufacturer [[w:SHURE|SHURE]] is seen on the podium microphone.
*"[[Scar]]":
**The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**A computer mouse (a design created by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]) is seen connected to [[Sesha Abinell]]'s laptop computer.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
** In the scene where ''Galactica'' falls to [[New Caprica]] after an inter-atmosphere Jump, a closeup of the grease pencils that roll around on the navigation table makes the markings of where they are made visible, in this case: [[w:China|China]].
*"[[Maelstrom]]":
** During one of the flashbacks, there is a quick shot of Kara Thrace's mother's ashtray, containing at least one cigarette that quite clearly has the word "Marlboro" on it.
*"[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]":
** A [[w:Windows XP|Windows XP]] message box can be seen on one of the displays on the Cylon Basestar.
*"[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]":
**The blood pressure monitor on [[Nicholas Tyrol]] reads Welch Allyn, a medical diagnostic supply company.
*"[[The Plan]]"
**The [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] landmasses shown at the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] are clearly identifiable as those of Earth, specifically an inverted and stretched image of [[w:Europe|Europe]], as well as the [[w:Iranian Peninsula|Iranian Peninsula]], the [[w:Arabian Peninsula|Arabian Peninsula]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. This most likely represents an instance of CGI corner-cutting.
**In what is either an Easter egg (given the large amount of ''Battlestar Galactica'' filming which took place in and around Vancouver) or another CGI cost-cutting move, a Cylon [[w:MIRV|MIRV]] is seen detonating over a large city [http://www.niciasus.com/wp-content/gallery/bsg-the-plan/bsgplan_059.JPG] which is actually a Google Maps satellite image of downtown [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], rotated approximately 180 degrees counterclockwise. [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=vancouver+bc&fb=1&gl=us&ei=jfueS-vzCqG2zASz77TPBg&ved=0CBgQpQY&hl=en&view=map&geocode=FeSz7wId-w2p-A&split=0&iwloc=A&sa=X] The domes of the [[w:General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] and [[w:BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] sports arenas are clearly visible when the nuclear missiles are falling.
**The CGI landscape which appears during the Hybrid's statement that the "courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning" is the exact same landscape which is shown on screen as [[Tauron City]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", which takes place some 58 years before the events of [[The Plan]]. The ''Caprica'' version is widened and more buildings added. (It is unclear whether the landscape shown in "The Plan" was indeed intended to represent Tauron, or if this is simply another example of CGI corner-cutting by incorporating footage created for "The Plan" into ''Caprica''.)

==Prop and Equipment Errors==
[[Image:2276gaff Mini.JPG|thumb|Major Spencer in Viper 2276 ([[Miniseries]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie ([[Miniseries]]) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to ''Galactica''.
**As [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the [[Raptor]], just after [[Helo]] shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Boomer, where viewers can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor mockup into the air.
**As shown in a closeup of the pilot after giving [[Laura Roslin]] the [[Case Orange]] reply, the spaceline's name on the [[Colonial One captain]]'s uniform, "Eversun," is mismatched to the spaceline name used on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' itself: [[Intersun]].
**When Starbuck's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open.
**Similarly, Lee Adama's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Thrace pushing Adama's Viper into ''Galactica's'' [[flight pod]] at the end of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].
*"[[33]]":
**When [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] admits that she lost the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', her headset changes sides during the conversation.
**As Helo fires upon the Cylon Centurion that survives the detonation of an anti-personnel mine (similar to a [[Wikipedia:Claymore mine|Claymore mine]]), the first time Helo fires the pistol, it is heard to fire, but there is no accompanying visual spark from the barrel. In contrast, the second shot is accompanied by both a spark and the appropriate sound.
**After the disappearance of the ''Olympic Carrier'' in jump 238, with the timer running towards the 33 minute mark, the viewer can see that the clock is at 10 seconds. When focusing on Adama and Tigh, the viewer hears ten seconds counting off, but when the camera quick-pans to the overhead console, it reads that 3 seconds have passed.
**Before the clock reaches zero in the teaser, a wide shot of [[CIC]] is shown with Adama and Tigh standing at the central console. The timer on the screen above their heads is flashing 00:00:00.
*"[[Colonial Day]]": During the bar fight scene, [[Valance]]'s gun is shown with a silencer attached as it falls out of his briefcase, but the silencer is not present for the rest of the scene. The silencer is back when [[Valance]] is interrogated by Starbuck and Apollo.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": [[Kat]] finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.
*"[[Black Market]]": At around 42:55 in the episode, the [[w:John Fowles|John Fowles]] historical fiction/romance novel ''[[w:The French Lieutenant's Woman|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' appears on a shelf behind the couch in [[William Adama]]'s room, to [[Lee Adama]]'s left.
*"[[Scar]]":
**When getting intimate with Apollo, the bandage on Starbuck's back moves from one side to the other. Usually, such bandages are used to cover a tattoo of a crucifix on her shoulder.
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.
*"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]": When the rescue mission returns from Caprica, [[Cavil]] (as well as probably Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon) are carried by Raptor that is labeled with [[Racetrack]]'s name. However, Racetrack never made it to Caprica.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
**The [[DRADIS]] displays on ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are free of interference from the [[New Caprica]] nebula, even though it continued to be an obvious problem for both ships at the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*"[[The Passage]]": [[Raymond Lai|Raymond "Raygun" Lai]]'s name appears on ''Galactica''’s flight roster. His name previously appeared on one of the 40 year-old Viper Mk. IIs in the ''Galactica'' museum during the [[Miniseries]].
*"[[Razor]]":
** Early in the scenes with the search and rescue party in the [[Guardian basestar]], Kara Thrace can be seen with the [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Tattoos|tattoo]] she gets after marrying [[Samuel Anders]], an event that won't happen for months from the story's perspective. It is absent in later scenes.
**[[Kendra Shaw]] has a band-aid on the end of her right index finger throughout the episode, in both the present and in the flashback scenes. However, it seems highly unlikely that she would either still be wearing it over the course of ten months or would coincidently have to apply another one on the same part of the same finger.
* In several episodes characters wear the wrong [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]]:
** "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]": [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] wears "lieutenant j.g." (short chevron) insignia in several scenes.
** "[[Fragged]]": [[Cally]] is wearing petty officer, 2nd class instead of crewman specialist insignia.
** "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]": [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] wears major instead of captain insignia.
** "[[Scar]]":
*** In the first scene in the recreation room Starbuck wears lieutenant insignia despite having been promoted to captain.
*** Some of the [[nuggets]] have lieutenant insignia despite being addressed as ensigns. Apparently, the prop department had not produced the ensign insignias at that time.
** "[[The Captain's Hand]]": Apollo's insignia switch between captain and major at least once. Major is his correct rank at that time.
**"[[Hero]]": In the flashback scenes in ''Valkyrie'''s CIC, Commander Adama is wearing admiral's insignia.
**"[[Dirty Hands]]": Again, lt. j.g pins are used for the rank of ensign.
**"[[Escape Velocity]]": Saul Tigh wears admiral's insignia during the episode's teaser.
*"[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]": Commander Adama spills liquor on Saul Tigh's table and throws the marine's pistol on the table. In each of the six cuts, the module below the barrel of the gun changes: first it is slightly wet, then dry, then wet in a different way, dry again, then wet matching the first scene, then dry again.
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==Dialogue Errors==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The pronunciation of Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s name frequently shifts between ''GAY-ta'' and ''GUY-ta'' during the Miniseries. Colonel Tigh regularly calls him GUY-ta while Adama vacillates between GAY-ta and GUY-ta. From "33" onward he is referred to by everyone as GAY-ta.
** When the Cylon beacon device is spotted on the DRADIS ("DRAY-dis") console, Tigh refers to it as the "DRAD-is" (like "gratis") console.
**Tigh exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing. In fact this was removed from the "theatrical version" shown on [[Universal HD]].
** "Oh my God!" as opposed to "Gods".
***When being informed by Six of her true nature and mission, [[Gaius Baltar]] exclaims "Oh, my God!"
***Also when Caprica Six breaks the neck of the baby the mother, [[Chantara]], screeches "Oh, my God!" several times.
***[[Jackson Spencer]] also makes this mistake after the Cylon Raiders launch missiles at his disabled squadron.
***When Secretary of Education Laura Roslin informs the passengers of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' about the attack a woman reacts "Oh my God".
****<i>All of these instances of the use of "Oh my God!" may not necessarily be errors. The events of [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] have demonstrated that monotheism was known to the Twelve Colonies; the Colonials were not uniformly polytheistic. However, Baltar did not explicitly adopt monotheism until [[Cult_of_Baltar|much later in the series]].</i>

* "[[33]]":
** Helo states his rank as "lieutenant, junior grade" despite consistently wearing "lieutenant, senior grade" rank insignia.
** Later in the episode, when President Roslin and Dr. Baltar are discussing cutting off communications with the ''Olympic Carrier'', Baltar uses the term "radio" instead of the in-universe term of "[[wireless]]" during the conversation.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": When [[Lee Adama|Apollo]], [[Kat]] and others are searching the ship for weapons a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] turns the corner and Kat says "Jesus".
*"[[Downloaded]]": In the Miniseries, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] claims that her parents died while she was very young, regarding the accident at [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which is later supported by dialogue in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". In "Downloaded" she explains that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the Fleet academy.
*"[[Hero]]": The episode places the flashback events one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this conflicts with earlier information that Adama served on ''Galactica'' for several years, Tyrol under him for at least five years and Gaeta for three years. For more details, see [[Hero#Analysis]].
*"[[Unfinished Business]]":
** When Adama is down in his corner and bleeding badly, Roslin says "coagulant for the swelling, ice for the bleeding". This should be the other way around.
** In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended version]], as Cottle is looking after Adama in the corner, he can be heard exclaiming "Christ!"

==Crew Visible==

*A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator, is visible on screen in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He can be seen behind the damaged wall behind the display of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].
*In "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" another camera operator can be briefly seen after the fight between Tyrol and Helo, as Tyrol walks to the Raptor to sit on its wing.
*At ~31:14 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", a cameraman can be seen to the right of the frame as another camerman pushes in through the small crowd that celebrates [[Laura Roslin]]'s victory over [[Gaius Baltar]] and ultimately up to Roslin's reaction at her desk.
*At 1:06:12 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", as the Cylons are marching in, a video screen of the crew can be seen in the distance on the right. Also, a camera dolly track can be seen on the ground just to the right of the crowd. The camera is most likely obscured from view by a plastic tarp.
*At 00:02:26 in "[[Unfinished Business]]", a camera can be seen briefly in the darkness behind the crowd.
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Image:Gaffcrew klgpII.JPG|Crew member visible in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
Image:PhoenixCrewVisible.jpg|Camera crew in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]".
Image:Colonial One cameraman gaffe.jpg|A camerman in shorts and sneakers off to the right of the frame in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s02 e20 time01-06-12 orig.jpg|A video screen and a camera dolly track are visible in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s03 e09 time00-02-26 orig.jpg|A cameraman can be seen in the dark during a fight in "[[Unfinished Business]]".
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This is a listing of '''continuity errors''' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

== Acknowledged Mistakes ==

*At the end of "[[Home, Part II]]", when everyone is looking at the map to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the [[Tomb of Athena]], Lee Adama points out the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in one of the constellations shown in the sky. According to him, and supported by the visual effects, the nebula is located in [[w:Scorpius|Scorpio]], but in the real world it is actually in the constellation [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].
*At the beginning of "[[Downloaded]]" two captions are shown: one states that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]] occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] shooting [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "[[Epiphanies]]" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies". To correct this, the title card of the DVD and international television releases has been changed to "10 weeks later", meaning 10 weeks after [[Caprica Six]]'s resurrection.
*In "[[Scar]]" Starbuck and Kat fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s but the launch in the originally aired episode showed a [[Viper Mark II]]. This has been fixed in the DVD release which now includes a new, but somewhat shorter, launch sequence with the Mk VIIs. (Although, a few previous episodes like "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" only use the Mk II sequence, but both types of Vipers are deployed by ''Galactica''.)
*"[[Exodus, Part I]]": At the end of "[[Precipice]]" Cally is clearly in the woods when the gunfire is going off. At the time [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and his group take aim at the [[Cylon Centurion]], Cally has not reached the wooded area by the time gunfire sounds. Further, when the gunfire begins in "Precipice", Tyrol is at the firing position, far from Cally, while in "Exodus, Part I" he is holding her to the ground when it begins.

== [[Retroactive continuity|Retcons]] ==
*[[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:
**[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] is not visibly pregnant in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but by "[[Epiphanies]]", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.
**The presidential elections in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.
**If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six.
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet numbers]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a total of 40 [[FTL]] ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This makes the count 41 ships, including ''Galactica''. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "[[33]]," Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including ''Colonial One''." Thus making the total 64 ships, including ''Galactica'' herself. By the end of "33", the count drops to 63 as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] destroy the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. In "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", Colonel Tigh mentions the Cylons searching for "a sixty-odd ships". The count offered in "[[The Farm]]" is similar — 24 ships leave to join [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]], which was "almost a third" of the Fleet, putting the number at about 75. About 65 ships have been named to date, mostly on the vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*The ''[[Astral Queen]]'': In the [[Miniseries]], [[Billy Keikeya]] states that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the ''Queen'' was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "[[Bastille Day]]", [[Billy Keikeya]]'s lines were re-dubbed: '''1,500''' prisoners are aboard the ''Astral Queen'' and that the ship was a '''prison transport'''. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the ''Astral Queen'' was en route to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] for parole hearings.
*[[Cylon detector]]: In the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", it takes only minutes to identify [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] as a Cylon. However, in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. However, this could be because a negative result takes 11 hours to confirm but a positive result potentially may be more instant. Although, since Ellen is later revealed to be a member of the [[Final Five]] in "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", coupled with the fact that Baltar rigged the results to always read as negative and said he would "never tell" what Ellen's true results were, it is possible that it takes 11 hours to alter any positive readouts so that they'd appear to be negative.
*The exodus from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]: In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" Elosha, Billy and Roslin are discussing Kobol and the exodus of the tribes. Billy says that the ruins on Kobol are 2,000 years old. Elosha states this is when the ''Thirteen'' tribes left Kobol. Other mentions in the show (particularly [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] episodes concerning the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|Cylon virus]] and the [[Temple of Five]]) mention that the 13th tribe left Kobol about 2,000 years before the other twelve did. Elosha's comment implies that all thirteen tribes left Kobol together, just in different directions.
* In "[[Final Cut]]", [[Louanne Katraine]] says hello to her mother on camera in the [[duty locker]] and says hello to her buddies on ''[[Freighter 212]]'', yet in "[[The Passage]]", Katraine is noted as the alias for Sasha, a gun-runner who has been avoiding her past. These two pieces of information are not fully congruent.
*In "[[No Exit]]", [[Cavil]] tells [[Ellen]] that he had programmed himself to stop sleeping decades ago. However, [[Cavil]] is shown in pajamas getting into bed in "[[The Plan]]", which takes place only a few years before his statement to Ellen.

== Danglers ==
Danglers are plotlines that have been started, but were never resolved.
*[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]-[[Ellen Tigh|Tigh]] plotline: In the episode "[[Colonial Day]]", it is heavily implied that [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed the location of [[Valance]] to agents of [[Tom Zarek]], and that she intends for her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. Nothing of this is touched again up to Ellen's murder in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" or even Zarek's execution later in "[[Blood on the Scales]]", at which point the Tighs had been outed as Cylons.
*Zarek-[[Black market (organization)|black market]] plotline: Similarly, the end of "[[Black Market]]" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization, yet there is no mention of his association with the black market in the remainder of the series.
** '''Not a dangler''' - Zarek tells Apollo what he knows about the Black Market because he was approached by Phelan to join the operation but declined on principles, leading to ''Astral Queen'' being shunned when supplies were distributed. He provides this background information to Apollo because it will help Apollo shut down the black market, serving Zarek's stated agenda of making access to supplies and luxuries equitable to all.

*[[Demand Peace]]: The pro-Cylon terrorist faction that sprung up in the fleet during "[[Epiphanies]]" never resurfaced. The episode concluded without any firm resolution regarding the fate of the movement and its leader [[Royan Jahee]]. Their base of operations, "[[Cloud 9]]", was destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". The plotline of "Epiphanies" implies that the group is gearing up for a full-scale campaign against the Fleet's leadership, but they are never seen again and the fates of the group's members are not discussed later on. Adama did declare the organization outlaw and terrorist, and it is likely that the incident depicted in [[Sacrifice]] led to a general crackdown on armed insurgent organizations within the Colonial Fleet.

* [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]: This union, lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], begins on [[New Caprica]] in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and is touched upon in the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]". However, in light of Tyrol's discovery of being a member of the [[Final Five]], and his [[Escape Velocity|subsequent breakdown]] occurring after [[The Ties That Bind|the death]] of [[Cally Tyrol|his wife]], his association with the union has not been noted since, and its existence has not been mentioned post-"Dirty Hands".

== Recasting ==
*[[Zak Adama]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a different actor (or stand-in) is pictured as Zak Adama. In "[[Act of Contrition]]", a new actor portrays Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.
*[[Ellen Tigh]]: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh has burned a hole through, was originally a picture of [[David Eick]]'s wife, Jennifer Berchfeild. When [[Kate Vernon]] was cast as Ellen in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the image was changed.
*[[Richard Adar]]: In the Miniseries he is [[:md:Image:Bsg-baltar-adar.jpg|portrayed]] by [[David Eick]] in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. When Adar appears in person in "[[Epiphanies]]" he is played by [[Colm Feore]].
*[[Carolanne Adama]] is portrayed by an uncredited actress during a cameo in "[[Act of Contrition]]". At Zak's funeral Carolanne Adama is depicted wearing a broad hat and black veil which obscure her face. She is portrayed by [[Lucinda Jenney]] in the episode "[[A Day in the Life]]".

== Logic errors ==

* "[[Scar]]":
** In the last act of this episode, when [[Kara Thrace]] enters the [[rec room]], an intercut scene of the people in the room shows Kara Thrace (at ~38:50) sitting at a table drinking from the "Top Gun" stein. However, the stein is being used by [[Louanne Katraine]] at this point, and Thrace had just entered.
* "[[He That Believeth in Me]]":
** In the previous episode ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), it is established that [[Samuel Anders]] has a limp from a broken leg he received in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". The limp is visible in the revelation of the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]" in the last act. However, the limp disappears completely in "He That Believeth in Me" in events that are depicted to happen 10 (or fewer) minutes later.
** In "Crossroads, Part II", it is implied that Samuel Anders only began his training, as he is being shown avionics and other key systems in a Raptor by Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]]. In this episode, he tells [[Kara Thrace]] that he concluded basic training and began [[ACM]], and is capable of flying the Viper.
*The events of the episodes "[[Sine Qua Non]]" and "[[The Hub]]" occur concurrently, yet the population count drops by one in between the two episodes. Arguably there should have been no drop until the survivor count appears again in "[[Revelations]]". The appearance of [[Eammon Pike]], who dies during the events seen in "The Hub" but whose corpse is found in the preceding episode probably explains the error.
*In "[[The Plan]]", [[William Adama]] asks [[Sharon Valerii]] to take her Raptor and destroy the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the same scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". In the next scene, [[Giana O'Neill]] returns from working on the [[hangar deck]], saying that [[Galen Tyrol]] had asked her to look over the captured [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]. This is a sequential error, as Adama had sent Valerii on the mission because Tyrol had been shot down on Kobol and [[Kara Thrace]] had stolen the Raider.

== VFX Gaffes ==
[[Image:1104reverse Scattered.JPG|thumb|left|Mirrored shot of Viper 1104 ([[Scattered]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]: No less than three copies of [[Viper 1104]] are present at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on ''Galactica''.
*[[Miniseries]] and "[[33]]": As ''Galactica'' prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the flight pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When ''Galactica'' has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage is shown during the opening titles of "33".
*"[[33]]": As the Cylon Centurion approaches Helo from behind, the rain is hitting it, but it does not drip off its body. In contrast, water is dripping from Helo's face in a fairly consistent and noticeable manner.
*"[[33]]": As the Olympic Carrier approaches the Fleet, ''Galactica'' turns to engage it, putting itself perpendicular to the ship. When the Olympic Carrier is destroyed, Galactica is shown in the position it was before the Carrier appeared.
*"[[You Can't Go Home Again]]": Before searching for Starbuck, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] climbs into a Viper Mk VII, although he is shown piloting a Mk II in all other effects shots. However, his Mark VII is mentioned as being down for repairs at one point, implying that he flies it off screen.
*[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Amid Season 1]]: Half-way through Season 1, the ''[[Colonial One]]'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and reappear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.
*"[[Scattered]]": A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally.
*"[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"''':
**Viper and [[List of pilots|pilot]] numbers: 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available. 40 were available at the start of the series.
**[[Blackbird]]: As the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] begins, the Blackbird (still incomplete, untested, and missing its composite skin by this point) can be seen swooping across the screen in a manner inconsistent with its flight characteristics; the ship was built for speed, not maneuverability. The ship also fires what appears to be autocannons, although Blackbird is unarmed except in its [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|final mission]].
*"[[The Captain's Hand]]": As Starbuck leads ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus's]]'' [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk VIIs]] into combat, a cockpit shot of her mistakenly shows [[Viper Mark II|Viper Mk IIs]] around her ship.
*"[[Crossroads, Part II]]":
** Lee Adama's Viper Mark VII is identified as 2220NC, or [[Viper 2220 (Mark VII)|Viper 2220]]. However, [[Viper 2220]] has already been established as a Viper Mark II, not a Mark VII, which has seen multiple appearances as Adama's Viper throughout Season 1.
**Further, Kara Thrace's pristine Viper does not have a nameplate. This is telling in closeups of her in her Viper's cockpit. However, this error is not present in the following episode, "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
*"[[Revelations]]": When [[Felix Gaeta]] stumbles in the [[CIC]], the shadow of his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|amputated]] leg is visible.
*"[[Razor]]":
**When Starbuck orders Showboat to "open up with all you've got" as they find themselves in ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> firing solution, the gun shown firing is that of a [[Viper Mark II]]. However, Starbuck and Showboat are in [[Viper Mark VII]]s.

==Anachronisms==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**An [[wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is visible in a picture in Adama's quarters when he and Colonel Tigh discuss Starbuck striking Tigh. However, this could be a tribute; the F-16 is sometimes called "Viper" by its pilots.
*"[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
**The special-effects group for the Re-imagined Series appear dedicated to creating computer screens, equipment and interfaces that are familiar to viewers, but aren't full counterparts to real-world Earth materials. However, the logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is working on the photograph. A similar occurrence happens in "Sacrifice".
*"[[Home, Part I]]":
**As Adama gives his first press conference after recovering from his gunshot wounds, the logo of the electronics manufacturer [[w:SHURE|SHURE]] is seen on the podium microphone.
*"[[Scar]]":
**The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**A computer mouse (a design created by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]) is seen connected to [[Sesha Abinell]]'s laptop computer.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
** In the scene where ''Galactica'' falls to [[New Caprica]] after an inter-atmosphere Jump, a closeup of the grease pencils that roll around on the navigation table makes the markings of where they are made visible, in this case: [[w:China|China]].
*"[[Maelstrom]]":
** During one of the flashbacks, there is a quick shot of Kara Thrace's mother's ashtray, containing at least one cigarette that quite clearly has the word "Marlboro" on it.
*"[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]":
** A [[w:Windows XP|Windows XP]] message box can be seen on one of the displays on the Cylon Basestar.
*"[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]":
**The blood pressure monitor on [[Nicholas Tyrol]] reads Welch Allyn, a medical diagnostic supply company.
*"[[The Plan]]"
**The [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] landmasses shown at the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] are clearly identifiable as those of Earth, specifically an inverted and stretched image of [[w:Europe|Europe]], as well as the [[w:Iranian Peninsula|Iranian Peninsula]], the [[w:Arabian Peninsula|Arabian Peninsula]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. This most likely represents an instance of CGI corner-cutting.
**In what is either an Easter egg (given the large amount of ''Battlestar Galactica'' filming which took place in and around Vancouver) or another CGI cost-cutting move, a Cylon [[w:MIRV|MIRV]] is seen detonating over a large city [http://www.niciasus.com/wp-content/gallery/bsg-the-plan/bsgplan_059.JPG] which is actually a Google Maps satellite image of downtown [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], rotated approximately 180 degrees counterclockwise. [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=vancouver+bc&fb=1&gl=us&ei=jfueS-vzCqG2zASz77TPBg&ved=0CBgQpQY&hl=en&view=map&geocode=FeSz7wId-w2p-A&split=0&iwloc=A&sa=X] The domes of the [[w:General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] and [[w:BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] sports arenas are clearly visible when the nuclear missiles are falling.
**The CGI landscape which appears during the Hybrid's statement that the "courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning" is the exact same landscape which is shown on screen as [[Tauron City]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", which takes place some 58 years before the events of [[The Plan]]. The ''Caprica'' version is widened and more buildings added. (It is unclear whether the landscape shown in "The Plan" was indeed intended to represent Tauron, or if this is simply another example of CGI corner-cutting by incorporating footage created for "The Plan" into ''Caprica''.)

==Prop and Equipment Errors==
[[Image:2276gaff Mini.JPG|thumb|Major Spencer in Viper 2276 ([[Miniseries]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie ([[Miniseries]]) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to ''Galactica''.
**As [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the [[Raptor]], just after [[Helo]] shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Boomer, where viewers can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor mockup into the air.
**As shown in a closeup of the pilot after giving [[Laura Roslin]] the [[Case Orange]] reply, the spaceline's name on the [[Colonial One captain]]'s uniform, "Eversun," is mismatched to the spaceline name used on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' itself: [[Intersun]].
**When Starbuck's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open.
**Similarly, Lee Adama's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Thrace pushing Adama's Viper into ''Galactica's'' [[flight pod]] at the end of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].
*"[[33]]":
**When [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] admits that she lost the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', her headset changes sides during the conversation.
**As Helo fires upon the Cylon Centurion that survives the detonation of an anti-personnel mine (similar to a [[Wikipedia:Claymore mine|Claymore mine]]), the first time Helo fires the pistol, it is heard to fire, but there is no accompanying visual spark from the barrel. In contrast, the second shot is accompanied by both a spark and the appropriate sound.
**After the disappearance of the ''Olympic Carrier'' in jump 238, with the timer running towards the 33 minute mark, the viewer can see that the clock is at 10 seconds. When focusing on Adama and Tigh, the viewer hears ten seconds counting off, but when the camera quick-pans to the overhead console, it reads that 3 seconds have passed.
**Before the clock reaches zero in the teaser, a wide shot of [[CIC]] is shown with Adama and Tigh standing at the central console. The timer on the screen above their heads is flashing 00:00:00.
*"[[Colonial Day]]": During the bar fight scene, [[Valance]]'s gun is shown with a silencer attached as it falls out of his briefcase, but the silencer is not present for the rest of the scene. The silencer is back when [[Valance]] is interrogated by Starbuck and Apollo.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": [[Kat]] finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.
*"[[Black Market]]": At around 42:55 in the episode, the [[w:John Fowles|John Fowles]] historical fiction/romance novel ''[[w:The French Lieutenant's Woman|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' appears on a shelf behind the couch in [[William Adama]]'s room, to [[Lee Adama]]'s left.
*"[[Scar]]":
**When getting intimate with Apollo, the bandage on Starbuck's back moves from one side to the other. Usually, such bandages are used to cover a tattoo of a crucifix on her shoulder.
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.
*"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]": When the rescue mission returns from Caprica, [[Cavil]] (as well as probably Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon) are carried by Raptor that is labeled with [[Racetrack]]'s name. However, Racetrack never made it to Caprica.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
**The [[DRADIS]] displays on ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are free of interference from the [[New Caprica]] nebula, even though it continued to be an obvious problem for both ships at the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*"[[The Passage]]": [[Raymond Lai|Raymond "Raygun" Lai]]'s name appears on ''Galactica''’s flight roster. His name previously appeared on one of the 40 year-old Viper Mk. IIs in the ''Galactica'' museum during the [[Miniseries]].
*"[[Razor]]":
** Early in the scenes with the search and rescue party in the [[Guardian basestar]], Kara Thrace can be seen with the [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Tattoos|tattoo]] she gets after marrying [[Samuel Anders]], an event that won't happen for months from the story's perspective. It is absent in later scenes.
**[[Kendra Shaw]] has a band-aid on the end of her right index finger throughout the episode, in both the present and in the flashback scenes. However, it seems highly unlikely that she would either still be wearing it over the course of ten months or would coincidently have to apply another one on the same part of the same finger.
* In several episodes characters wear the wrong [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]]:
** "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]": [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] wears "lieutenant j.g." (short chevron) insignia in several scenes.
** "[[Fragged]]": [[Cally]] is wearing petty officer, 2nd class instead of crewman specialist insignia.
** "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]": [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] wears major instead of captain insignia.
** "[[Scar]]":
*** In the first scene in the recreation room Starbuck wears lieutenant insignia despite having been promoted to captain.
*** Some of the [[nuggets]] have lieutenant insignia despite being addressed as ensigns. Apparently, the prop department had not produced the ensign insignias at that time.
** "[[The Captain's Hand]]": Apollo's insignia switch between captain and major at least once. Major is his correct rank at that time.
**"[[Hero]]": In the flashback scenes in ''Valkyrie'''s CIC, Commander Adama is wearing admiral's insignia.
**"[[Dirty Hands]]": Again, lt. j.g pins are used for the rank of ensign.
**"[[Escape Velocity]]": Saul Tigh wears admiral's insignia during the episode's teaser.
*"[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]": Commander Adama spills liquor on Saul Tigh's table and throws the marine's pistol on the table. In each of the six cuts, the module below the barrel of the gun changes: first it is slightly wet, then dry, then wet in a different way, dry again, then wet matching the first scene, then dry again.
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==Dialogue Errors==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The pronunciation of Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s name frequently shifts between ''GAY-ta'' and ''GUY-ta'' during the Miniseries. Colonel Tigh regularly calls him GUY-ta while Adama vacillates between GAY-ta and GUY-ta. From "33" onward he is referred to by everyone as GAY-ta.
** When the Cylon beacon device is spotted on the DRADIS console, Tigh refers to it as the "DRAD-is" (like "gratis") console.
**Tigh exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing. In fact this was removed from the "theatrical version" shown on [[Universal HD]].
** "Oh my God!" as opposed to "Gods".
***When being informed by Six of her true nature and mission, [[Gaius Baltar]] exclaims "Oh, my God!"
***Also when Caprica Six breaks the neck of the baby the mother, [[Chantara]], screeches "Oh, my God!" several times.
***[[Jackson Spencer]] also makes this mistake after the Cylon Raiders launch missiles at his disabled squadron.
***When Secretary of Education Laura Roslin informs the passengers of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' about the attack a woman reacts "Oh my God".
****<i>All of these instances of the use of "Oh my God!" may not necessarily be errors. The events of [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] have demonstrated that monotheism was known to the Twelve Colonies; the Colonials were not uniformly polytheistic. However, Baltar did not explicitly adopt monotheism until [[Cult_of_Baltar|much later in the series]].</i>

* "[[33]]":
** Helo states his rank as "lieutenant, junior grade" despite consistently wearing "lieutenant, senior grade" rank insignia.
** Later in the episode, when President Roslin and Dr. Baltar are discussing cutting off communications with the ''Olympic Carrier'', Baltar uses the term "radio" instead of the in-universe term of "[[wireless]]" during the conversation.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": When [[Lee Adama|Apollo]], [[Kat]] and others are searching the ship for weapons a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] turns the corner and Kat says "Jesus".
*"[[Downloaded]]": In the Miniseries, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] claims that her parents died while she was very young, regarding the accident at [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which is later supported by dialogue in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". In "Downloaded" she explains that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the Fleet academy.
*"[[Hero]]": The episode places the flashback events one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this conflicts with earlier information that Adama served on ''Galactica'' for several years, Tyrol under him for at least five years and Gaeta for three years. For more details, see [[Hero#Analysis]].
*"[[Unfinished Business]]":
** When Adama is down in his corner and bleeding badly, Roslin says "coagulant for the swelling, ice for the bleeding". This should be the other way around.
** In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended version]], as Cottle is looking after Adama in the corner, he can be heard exclaiming "Christ!"

==Crew Visible==

*A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator, is visible on screen in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He can be seen behind the damaged wall behind the display of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].
*In "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" another camera operator can be briefly seen after the fight between Tyrol and Helo, as Tyrol walks to the Raptor to sit on its wing.
*At ~31:14 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", a cameraman can be seen to the right of the frame as another camerman pushes in through the small crowd that celebrates [[Laura Roslin]]'s victory over [[Gaius Baltar]] and ultimately up to Roslin's reaction at her desk.
*At 1:06:12 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", as the Cylons are marching in, a video screen of the crew can be seen in the distance on the right. Also, a camera dolly track can be seen on the ground just to the right of the crowd. The camera is most likely obscured from view by a plastic tarp.
*At 00:02:26 in "[[Unfinished Business]]", a camera can be seen briefly in the darkness behind the crowd.
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Image:Gaffcrew klgpII.JPG|Crew member visible in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
Image:PhoenixCrewVisible.jpg|Camera crew in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]".
Image:Colonial One cameraman gaffe.jpg|A camerman in shorts and sneakers off to the right of the frame in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s02 e20 time01-06-12 orig.jpg|A video screen and a camera dolly track are visible in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s03 e09 time00-02-26 orig.jpg|A cameraman can be seen in the dark during a fight in "[[Unfinished Business]]".
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This is a listing of '''continuity errors''' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

== Acknowledged Mistakes ==

*At the end of "[[Home, Part II]]", when everyone is looking at the map to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the [[Tomb of Athena]], Lee Adama points out the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in one of the constellations shown in the sky. According to him, and supported by the visual effects, the nebula is located in [[w:Scorpius|Scorpio]], but in the real world it is actually in the constellation [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].
*At the beginning of "[[Downloaded]]" two captions are shown: one states that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]] occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] shooting [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "[[Epiphanies]]" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies". To correct this, the title card of the DVD and international television releases has been changed to "10 weeks later", meaning 10 weeks after [[Caprica Six]]'s resurrection.
*In "[[Scar]]" Starbuck and Kat fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s but the launch in the originally aired episode showed a [[Viper Mark II]]. This has been fixed in the DVD release which now includes a new, but somewhat shorter, launch sequence with the Mk VIIs. (Although, a few previous episodes like "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" only use the Mk II sequence, but both types of Vipers are deployed by ''Galactica''.)
*"[[Exodus, Part I]]": At the end of "[[Precipice]]" Cally is clearly in the woods when the gunfire is going off. At the time [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and his group take aim at the [[Cylon Centurion]], Cally has not reached the wooded area by the time gunfire sounds. Further, when the gunfire begins in "Precipice", Tyrol is at the firing position, far from Cally, while in "Exodus, Part I" he is holding her to the ground when it begins.

== [[Retroactive continuity|Retcons]] ==
*[[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:
**[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] is not visibly pregnant in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but by "[[Epiphanies]]", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.
**The presidential elections in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.
**If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six.
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet numbers]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a total of 40 [[FTL]] ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This makes the count 41 ships, including ''Galactica''. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "[[33]]," Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including ''Colonial One''." Thus making the total 64 ships, including ''Galactica'' herself. By the end of "33", the count drops to 63 as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] destroy the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. In "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", Colonel Tigh mentions the Cylons searching for "a sixty-odd ships". The count offered in "[[The Farm]]" is similar — 24 ships leave to join [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]], which was "almost a third" of the Fleet, putting the number at about 75. About 65 ships have been named to date, mostly on the vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*The ''[[Astral Queen]]'': In the [[Miniseries]], [[Billy Keikeya]] states that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the ''Queen'' was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "[[Bastille Day]]", [[Billy Keikeya]]'s lines were re-dubbed: '''1,500''' prisoners are aboard the ''Astral Queen'' and that the ship was a '''prison transport'''. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the ''Astral Queen'' was en route to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] for parole hearings.
*[[Cylon detector]]: In the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", it takes only minutes to identify [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] as a Cylon. However, in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. However, this could be because a negative result takes 11 hours to confirm but a positive result potentially may be more instant. Although, since Ellen is later revealed to be a member of the [[Final Five]] in "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", coupled with the fact that Baltar rigged the results to always read as negative and said he would "never tell" what Ellen's true results were, it is possible that it takes 11 hours to alter any positive readouts so that they'd appear to be negative.
*The exodus from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]: In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" Elosha, Billy and Roslin are discussing Kobol and the exodus of the tribes. Billy says that the ruins on Kobol are 2,000 years old. Elosha states this is when the ''Thirteen'' tribes left Kobol. Other mentions in the show (particularly [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] episodes concerning the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|Cylon virus]] and the [[Temple of Five]]) mention that the 13th tribe left Kobol about 2,000 years before the other twelve did. Elosha's comment implies that all thirteen tribes left Kobol together, just in different directions.
* In "[[Final Cut]]", [[Louanne Katraine]] says hello to her mother on camera in the [[duty locker]] and says hello to her buddies on ''[[Freighter 212]]'', yet in "[[The Passage]]", Katraine is noted as the alias for Sasha, a gun-runner who has been avoiding her past. These two pieces of information are not fully congruent.
*In "[[No Exit]]", [[Cavil]] tells [[Ellen]] that he had programmed himself to stop sleeping decades ago. However, [[Cavil]] is shown in pajamas getting into bed in "[[The Plan]]", which takes place only a few years before his statement to Ellen.

== Danglers ==
Danglers are plotlines that have been started, but were never resolved.
*[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]-[[Ellen Tigh|Tigh]] plotline: In the episode "[[Colonial Day]]", it is heavily implied that [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed the location of [[Valance]] to agents of [[Tom Zarek]], and that she intends for her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. Nothing of this is touched again up to Ellen's murder in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" or even Zarek's execution later in "[[Blood on the Scales]]", at which point the Tighs had been outed as Cylons.
*Zarek-[[Black market (organization)|black market]] plotline: Similarly, the end of "[[Black Market]]" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization, yet there is no mention of his association with the black market in the remainder of the series.
** '''Not a dangler''' - Zarek tells Apollo what he knows about the Black Market because he was approached by Phelan to join the operation but declined on principles, leading to ''Astral Queen'' being shunned when supplies were distributed. He provides this background information to Apollo because it will help Apollo shut down the black market, serving Zarek's stated agenda of making access to supplies and luxuries equitable to all.

*[[Demand Peace]]: The pro-Cylon terrorist faction that sprung up in the fleet during "[[Epiphanies]]" never resurfaced. The episode concluded without any firm resolution regarding the fate of the movement and its leader [[Royan Jahee]]. Their base of operations, "[[Cloud 9]]", was destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". The plotline of "Epiphanies" implies that the group is gearing up for a full-scale campaign against the Fleet's leadership, but they are never seen again and the fates of the group's members are not discussed later on. Adama did declare the organization outlaw and terrorist, and it is likely that the incident depicted in [[Sacrifice]] led to a general crackdown on armed insurgent organizations within the Colonial Fleet.

* [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]: This union, lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], begins on [[New Caprica]] in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and is touched upon in the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]". However, in light of Tyrol's discovery of being a member of the [[Final Five]], and his [[Escape Velocity|subsequent breakdown]] occurring after [[The Ties That Bind|the death]] of [[Cally Tyrol|his wife]], his association with the union has not been noted since, and its existence has not been mentioned post-"Dirty Hands".

== Recasting ==
*[[Zak Adama]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a different actor (or stand-in) is pictured as Zak Adama. In "[[Act of Contrition]]", a new actor portrays Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.
*[[Ellen Tigh]]: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh has burned a hole through, was originally a picture of [[David Eick]]'s wife, Jennifer Berchfeild. When [[Kate Vernon]] was cast as Ellen in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the image was changed.
*[[Richard Adar]]: In the Miniseries he is [[:md:Image:Bsg-baltar-adar.jpg|portrayed]] by [[David Eick]] in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. When Adar appears in person in "[[Epiphanies]]" he is played by [[Colm Feore]].
*[[Carolanne Adama]] is portrayed by an uncredited actress during a cameo in "[[Act of Contrition]]". At Zak's funeral Carolanne Adama is depicted wearing a broad hat and black veil which obscure her face. She is portrayed by [[Lucinda Jenney]] in the episode "[[A Day in the Life]]".

== Logic errors ==

* "[[Scar]]":
** In the last act of this episode, when [[Kara Thrace]] enters the [[rec room]], an intercut scene of the people in the room shows Kara Thrace (at ~38:50) sitting at a table drinking from the "Top Gun" stein. However, the stein is being used by [[Louanne Katraine]] at this point, and Thrace had just entered.
* "[[He That Believeth in Me]]":
** In the previous episode ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), it is established that [[Samuel Anders]] has a limp from a broken leg he received in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". The limp is visible in the revelation of the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]" in the last act. However, the limp disappears completely in "He That Believeth in Me" in events that are depicted to happen 10 (or fewer) minutes later.
** In "Crossroads, Part II", it is implied that Samuel Anders only began his training, as he is being shown avionics and other key systems in a Raptor by Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]]. In this episode, he tells [[Kara Thrace]] that he concluded basic training and began [[ACM]], and is capable of flying the Viper.
*The events of the episodes "[[Sine Qua Non]]" and "[[The Hub]]" occur concurrently, yet the population count drops by one in between the two episodes. Arguably there should have been no drop until the survivor count appears again in "[[Revelations]]". The appearance of [[Eammon Pike]], who dies during the events seen in "The Hub" but whose corpse is found in the preceding episode probably explains the error.
*In "[[The Plan]]", [[William Adama]] asks [[Sharon Valerii]] to take her Raptor and destroy the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the same scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". In the next scene, [[Giana O'Neill]] returns from working on the [[hangar deck]], saying that [[Galen Tyrol]] had asked her to look over the captured [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]. This is a sequential error, as Adama had sent Valerii on the mission because Tyrol had been shot down on Kobol and [[Kara Thrace]] had stolen the Raider.

== VFX Gaffes ==
[[Image:1104reverse Scattered.JPG|thumb|left|Mirrored shot of Viper 1104 ([[Scattered]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]: No less than three copies of [[Viper 1104]] are present at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on ''Galactica''.
*[[Miniseries]] and "[[33]]": As ''Galactica'' prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the flight pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When ''Galactica'' has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage is shown during the opening titles of "33".
*"[[33]]": As the Cylon Centurion approaches Helo from behind, the rain is hitting it, but it does not drip off its body. In contrast, water is dripping from Helo's face in a fairly consistent and noticeable manner.
*"[[33]]": As the Olympic Carrier approaches the Fleet, ''Galactica'' turns to engage it, putting itself perpendicular to the ship. When the Olympic Carrier is destroyed, Galactica is shown in the position it was before the Carrier appeared.
*"[[You Can't Go Home Again]]": Before searching for Starbuck, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] climbs into a Viper Mk VII, although he is shown piloting a Mk II in all other effects shots. However, his Mark VII is mentioned as being down for repairs at one point, implying that he flies it off screen.
*[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Amid Season 1]]: Half-way through Season 1, the ''[[Colonial One]]'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and reappear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.
*"[[Scattered]]": A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally.
*"[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"''':
**Viper and [[List of pilots|pilot]] numbers: 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available. 40 were available at the start of the series.
**[[Blackbird]]: As the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] begins, the Blackbird (still incomplete, untested, and missing its composite skin by this point) can be seen swooping across the screen in a manner inconsistent with its flight characteristics; the ship was built for speed, not maneuverability. The ship also fires what appears to be autocannons, although Blackbird is unarmed except in its [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|final mission]].
*"[[The Captain's Hand]]": As Starbuck leads ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus's]]'' [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk VIIs]] into combat, a cockpit shot of her mistakenly shows [[Viper Mark II|Viper Mk IIs]] around her ship.
*"[[Crossroads, Part II]]":
** Lee Adama's Viper Mark VII is identified as 2220NC, or [[Viper 2220 (Mark VII)|Viper 2220]]. However, [[Viper 2220]] has already been established as a Viper Mark II, not a Mark VII, which has seen multiple appearances as Adama's Viper throughout Season 1.
**Further, Kara Thrace's pristine Viper does not have a nameplate. This is telling in closeups of her in her Viper's cockpit. However, this error is not present in the following episode, "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
*"[[Revelations]]": When [[Felix Gaeta]] stumbles in the [[CIC]], the shadow of his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|amputated]] leg is visible.
*"[[Razor]]":
**When Starbuck orders Showboat to "open up with all you've got" as they find themselves in ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> firing solution, the gun shown firing is that of a [[Viper Mark II]]. However, Starbuck and Showboat are in [[Viper Mark VII]]s.

==Anachronisms==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**An [[wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is visible in a picture in Adama's quarters when he and Colonel Tigh discuss Starbuck striking Tigh. However, this could be a tribute; the F-16 is sometimes called "Viper" by its pilots.
*"[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
**The special-effects group for the Re-imagined Series appear dedicated to creating computer screens, equipment and interfaces that are familiar to viewers, but aren't full counterparts to real-world Earth materials. However, the logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is working on the photograph. A similar occurrence happens in "Sacrifice".
*"[[Home, Part I]]":
**As Adama gives his first press conference after recovering from his gunshot wounds, the logo of the electronics manufacturer [[w:SHURE|SHURE]] is seen on the podium microphone.
*"[[Scar]]":
**The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**A computer mouse (a design created by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]) is seen connected to [[Sesha Abinell]]'s laptop computer.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
** In the scene where ''Galactica'' falls to [[New Caprica]] after an inter-atmosphere Jump, a closeup of the grease pencils that roll around on the navigation table makes the markings of where they are made visible, in this case: [[w:China|China]].
*"[[Maelstrom]]":
** During one of the flashbacks, there is a quick shot of Kara Thrace's mother's ashtray, containing at least one cigarette that quite clearly has the word "Marlboro" on it.
*"[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]":
** A [[w:Windows XP|Windows XP]] message box can be seen on one of the displays on the Cylon Basestar.
*"[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]":
**The blood pressure monitor on [[Nicholas Tyrol]] reads Welch Allyn, a medical diagnostic supply company.
*"[[The Plan]]"
**The [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] landmasses shown at the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] are clearly identifiable as those of Earth, specifically an inverted and stretched image of [[w:Europe|Europe]], as well as the [[w:Iranian Peninsula|Iranian Peninsula]], the [[w:Arabian Peninsula|Arabian Peninsula]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. This most likely represents an instance of CGI corner-cutting.
**In what is either an Easter egg (given the large amount of ''Battlestar Galactica'' filming which took place in and around Vancouver) or another CGI cost-cutting move, a Cylon [[w:MIRV|MIRV]] is seen detonating over a large city [http://www.niciasus.com/wp-content/gallery/bsg-the-plan/bsgplan_059.JPG] which is actually a Google Maps satellite image of downtown [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], rotated approximately 180 degrees counterclockwise. [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=vancouver+bc&fb=1&gl=us&ei=jfueS-vzCqG2zASz77TPBg&ved=0CBgQpQY&hl=en&view=map&geocode=FeSz7wId-w2p-A&split=0&iwloc=A&sa=X] The domes of the [[w:General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] and [[w:BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] sports arenas are clearly visible when the nuclear missiles are falling.
**The CGI landscape which appears during the Hybrid's statement that the "courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning" is the exact same landscape which is shown on screen as [[Tauron City]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", which takes place some 58 years before the events of [[The Plan]]. The ''Caprica'' version is widened and more buildings added. (It is unclear whether the landscape shown in "The Plan" was indeed intended to represent Tauron, or if this is simply another example of CGI corner-cutting by incorporating footage created for "The Plan" into ''Caprica''.)

==Prop and Equipment Errors==
[[Image:2276gaff Mini.JPG|thumb|Major Spencer in Viper 2276 ([[Miniseries]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie ([[Miniseries]]) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to ''Galactica''.
**As [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the [[Raptor]], just after [[Helo]] shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Boomer, where viewers can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor mockup into the air.
**As shown in a closeup of the pilot after giving [[Laura Roslin]] the [[Case Orange]] reply, the spaceline's name on the [[Colonial One captain]]'s uniform, "Eversun," is mismatched to the spaceline name used on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' itself: [[Intersun]].
**When Starbuck's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open.
**Similarly, Lee Adama's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Thrace pushing Adama's Viper into ''Galactica's'' [[flight pod]] at the end of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].
*"[[33]]":
**When [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] admits that she lost the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', her headset changes sides during the conversation.
**As Helo fires upon the Cylon Centurion that survives the detonation of an anti-personnel mine (similar to a [[Wikipedia:Claymore mine|Claymore mine]]), the first time Helo fires the pistol, it is heard to fire, but there is no accompanying visual spark from the barrel. In contrast, the second shot is accompanied by both a spark and the appropriate sound.
**After the disappearance of the ''Olympic Carrier'' in jump 238, with the timer running towards the 33 minute mark, the viewer can see that the clock is at 10 seconds. When focusing on Adama and Tigh, the viewer hears ten seconds counting off, but when the camera quick-pans to the overhead console, it reads that 3 seconds have passed.
**Before the clock reaches zero in the teaser, a wide shot of [[CIC]] is shown with Adama and Tigh standing at the central console. The timer on the screen above their heads is flashing 00:00:00.
*"[[Colonial Day]]": During the bar fight scene, [[Valance]]'s gun is shown with a silencer attached as it falls out of his briefcase, but the silencer is not present for the rest of the scene. The silencer is back when [[Valance]] is interrogated by Starbuck and Apollo.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": [[Kat]] finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.
*"[[Black Market]]": At around 42:55 in the episode, the [[w:John Fowles|John Fowles]] historical fiction/romance novel ''[[w:The French Lieutenant's Woman|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' appears on a shelf behind the couch in [[William Adama]]'s room, to [[Lee Adama]]'s left.
*"[[Scar]]":
**When getting intimate with Apollo, the bandage on Starbuck's back moves from one side to the other. Usually, such bandages are used to cover a tattoo of a crucifix on her shoulder.
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.
*"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]": When the rescue mission returns from Caprica, [[Cavil]] (as well as probably Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon) are carried by Raptor that is labeled with [[Racetrack]]'s name. However, Racetrack never made it to Caprica.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
**The [[DRADIS]] displays on ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are free of interference from the [[New Caprica]] nebula, even though it continued to be an obvious problem for both ships at the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*"[[The Passage]]": [[Raymond Lai|Raymond "Raygun" Lai]]'s name appears on ''Galactica''’s flight roster. His name previously appeared on one of the 40 year-old Viper Mk. IIs in the ''Galactica'' museum during the [[Miniseries]].
*"[[Razor]]":
** Early in the scenes with the search and rescue party in the [[Guardian basestar]], Kara Thrace can be seen with the [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Tattoos|tattoo]] she gets after marrying [[Samuel Anders]], an event that won't happen for months from the story's perspective. It is absent in later scenes.
**[[Kendra Shaw]] has a band-aid on the end of her right index finger throughout the episode, in both the present and in the flashback scenes. However, it seems highly unlikely that she would either still be wearing it over the course of ten months or would coincidently have to apply another one on the same part of the same finger.
* In several episodes characters wear the wrong [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]]:
** "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]": [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] wears "lieutenant j.g." (short chevron) insignia in several scenes.
** "[[Fragged]]": [[Cally]] is wearing petty officer, 2nd class instead of crewman specialist insignia.
** "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]": [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] wears major instead of captain insignia.
** "[[Scar]]":
*** In the first scene in the recreation room Starbuck wears lieutenant insignia despite having been promoted to captain.
*** Some of the [[nuggets]] have lieutenant insignia despite being addressed as ensigns. Apparently, the prop department had not produced the ensign insignias at that time.
** "[[The Captain's Hand]]": Apollo's insignia switch between captain and major at least once. Major is his correct rank at that time.
**"[[Hero]]": In the flashback scenes in ''Valkyrie'''s CIC, Commander Adama is wearing admiral's insignia.
**"[[Dirty Hands]]": Again, lt. j.g pins are used for the rank of ensign.
**"[[Escape Velocity]]": Saul Tigh wears admiral's insignia during the episode's teaser.
*"[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]": Commander Adama spills liquor on Saul Tigh's table and throws the marine's pistol on the table. In each of the six cuts, the module below the barrel of the gun changes: first it is slightly wet, then dry, then wet in a different way, dry again, then wet matching the first scene, then dry again.
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==Dialogue Errors==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The pronunciation of Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s name frequently shifts between ''GAY-ta'' and ''GUY-ta'' during the Miniseries. Colonel Tigh regularly calls him GUY-ta while Adama vacillates between GAY-ta and GUY-ta. From "33" onward he is referred to by everyone as GAY-ta.
**Tigh exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing. In fact this was removed from the "theatrical version" shown on [[Universal HD]].
** "Oh my God!" as opposed to "Gods".
***When being informed by Six of her true nature and mission, [[Gaius Baltar]] exclaims "Oh, my God!"
***Also when Caprica Six breaks the neck of the baby the mother, [[Chantara]], screeches "Oh, my God!" several times.
***[[Jackson Spencer]] also makes this mistake after the Cylon Raiders launch missiles at his disabled squadron.
***When Secretary of Education Laura Roslin informs the passengers of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' about the attack a woman reacts "Oh my God".
****<i>All of these instances of the use of "Oh my God!" may not necessarily be errors. The events of [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] have demonstrated that monotheism was known to the Twelve Colonies; the Colonials were not uniformly polytheistic. However, Baltar did not explicitly adopt monotheism until [[Cult_of_Baltar|much later in the series]].</i>

* "[[33]]":
** Helo states his rank as "lieutenant, junior grade" despite consistently wearing "lieutenant, senior grade" rank insignia.
** Later in the episode, when President Roslin and Dr. Baltar are discussing cutting off communications with the ''Olympic Carrier'', Baltar uses the term "radio" instead of the in-universe term of "[[wireless]]" during the conversation.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": When [[Lee Adama|Apollo]], [[Kat]] and others are searching the ship for weapons a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] turns the corner and Kat says "Jesus".
*"[[Downloaded]]": In the Miniseries, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] claims that her parents died while she was very young, regarding the accident at [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which is later supported by dialogue in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". In "Downloaded" she explains that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the Fleet academy.
*"[[Hero]]": The episode places the flashback events one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this conflicts with earlier information that Adama served on ''Galactica'' for several years, Tyrol under him for at least five years and Gaeta for three years. For more details, see [[Hero#Analysis]].
*"[[Unfinished Business]]":
** When Adama is down in his corner and bleeding badly, Roslin says "coagulant for the swelling, ice for the bleeding". This should be the other way around.
** In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended version]], as Cottle is looking after Adama in the corner, he can be heard exclaiming "Christ!"

==Crew Visible==

*A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator, is visible on screen in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He can be seen behind the damaged wall behind the display of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].
*In "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" another camera operator can be briefly seen after the fight between Tyrol and Helo, as Tyrol walks to the Raptor to sit on its wing.
*At ~31:14 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", a cameraman can be seen to the right of the frame as another camerman pushes in through the small crowd that celebrates [[Laura Roslin]]'s victory over [[Gaius Baltar]] and ultimately up to Roslin's reaction at her desk.
*At 1:06:12 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", as the Cylons are marching in, a video screen of the crew can be seen in the distance on the right. Also, a camera dolly track can be seen on the ground just to the right of the crowd. The camera is most likely obscured from view by a plastic tarp.
*At 00:02:26 in "[[Unfinished Business]]", a camera can be seen briefly in the darkness behind the crowd.
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Image:Gaffcrew klgpII.JPG|Crew member visible in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
Image:PhoenixCrewVisible.jpg|Camera crew in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]".
Image:Colonial One cameraman gaffe.jpg|A camerman in shorts and sneakers off to the right of the frame in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s02 e20 time01-06-12 orig.jpg|A video screen and a camera dolly track are visible in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s03 e09 time00-02-26 orig.jpg|A cameraman can be seen in the dark during a fight in "[[Unfinished Business]]".
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Bingo fuel

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'''"Bingo"''' (or "bingo fuel") is [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot slang that indicates that their fighter's fuel reserves are too low to continue their mission and have the minimum amount of fuel necessary to return to their battlestar before running out.

A pilot usually makes the declaration to their wingman, [[CAG]] or battlestar by shouting "bingo fuel!".

A Viper that's out of fuel is virtually impossible to fly, yet [[Kara Thrace]] manages to do so after she is involved with an in-flight accident that severs her fuel line ([[Torn]]).

==Notes==
*The usage of "bingo" in [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|''Battlestar Galactica'']] is identically used in American military flight circles.

* The phrase "bingo ammo" means a ship's cannons have run out of bullets.

*The term can also be jokingly used to indicate that one is out of [[alcohol]] ([[Unfinished Business]]).

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Continuity errors (TRS)

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This is a listing of '''continuity errors''' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

== Acknowledged Mistakes ==

*At the end of "[[Home, Part II]]", when everyone is looking at the map to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the [[Tomb of Athena]], Lee Adama points out the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in one of the constellations shown in the sky. According to him, and supported by the visual effects, the nebula is located in [[w:Scorpius|Scorpio]], but in the real world it is actually in the constellation [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].
*At the beginning of "[[Downloaded]]" two captions are shown: one states that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]] occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] shooting [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "[[Epiphanies]]" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies". To correct this, the title card of the DVD and international television releases has been changed to "10 weeks later", meaning 10 weeks after [[Caprica Six]]'s resurrection.
*In "[[Scar]]" Starbuck and Kat fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s but the launch in the originally aired episode showed a [[Viper Mark II]]. This has been fixed in the DVD release which now includes a new, but somewhat shorter, launch sequence with the Mk VIIs. (Although, a few previous episodes like "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" only use the Mk II sequence, but both types of Vipers are deployed by ''Galactica''.)
*"[[Exodus, Part I]]": At the end of "[[Precipice]]" Cally is clearly in the woods when the gunfire is going off. At the time [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and his group take aim at the [[Cylon Centurion]], Cally has not reached the wooded area by the time gunfire sounds. Further, when the gunfire begins in "Precipice", Tyrol is at the firing position, far from Cally, while in "Exodus, Part I" he is holding her to the ground when it begins.

== [[Retroactive continuity|Retcons]] ==
*[[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:
**[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] is not visibly pregnant in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but by "[[Epiphanies]]", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.
**The presidential elections in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.
**If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six.
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet numbers]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a total of 40 [[FTL]] ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This makes the count 41 ships, including ''Galactica''. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "[[33]]," Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including ''Colonial One''." Thus making the total 64 ships, including ''Galactica'' herself. By the end of "33", the count drops to 63 as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] destroy the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. In "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", Colonel Tigh mentions the Cylons searching for "a sixty-odd ships". The count offered in "[[The Farm]]" is similar — 24 ships leave to join [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]], which was "almost a third" of the Fleet, putting the number at about 75. About 65 ships have been named to date, mostly on the vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*The ''[[Astral Queen]]'': In the [[Miniseries]], [[Billy Keikeya]] states that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the ''Queen'' was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "[[Bastille Day]]", [[Billy Keikeya]]'s lines were re-dubbed: '''1,500''' prisoners are aboard the ''Astral Queen'' and that the ship was a '''prison transport'''. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the ''Astral Queen'' was en route to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] for parole hearings.
*[[Cylon detector]]: In the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", it takes only minutes to identify [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] as a Cylon. However, in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. However, this could be because a negative result takes 11 hours to confirm but a positive result potentially may be more instant. Although, since Ellen is later revealed to be a member of the [[Final Five]] in "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", coupled with the fact that Baltar rigged the results to always read as negative and said he would "never tell" what Ellen's true results were, it is possible that it takes 11 hours to alter any positive readouts so that they'd appear to be negative.
*The exodus from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]: In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" Elosha, Billy and Roslin are discussing Kobol and the exodus of the tribes. Billy says that the ruins on Kobol are 2,000 years old. Elosha states this is when the ''Thirteen'' tribes left Kobol. Other mentions in the show (particularly [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] episodes concerning the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|Cylon virus]] and the [[Temple of Five]]) mention that the 13th tribe left Kobol about 2,000 years before the other twelve did. Elosha's comment implies that all thirteen tribes left Kobol together, just in different directions.
* In "[[Final Cut]]", [[Louanne Katraine]] says hello to her mother on camera in the [[duty locker]] and says hello to her buddies on ''[[Freighter 212]]'', yet in "[[The Passage]]", Katraine is noted as the alias for Sasha, a gun-runner who has been avoiding her past. These two pieces of information are not fully congruent.
*In "[[No Exit]]", [[Cavil]] tells [[Ellen]] that he had programmed himself to stop sleeping decades ago. However, [[Cavil]] is shown in pajamas getting into bed in "[[The Plan]]", which takes place only a few years before his statement to Ellen.

== Danglers ==
Danglers are plotlines that have been started, but were never resolved.
*[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]-[[Ellen Tigh|Tigh]] plotline: In the episode "[[Colonial Day]]", it is heavily implied that [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed the location of [[Valance]] to agents of [[Tom Zarek]], and that she intends for her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. Nothing of this is touched again up to Ellen's murder in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" or even Zarek's execution later in "[[Blood on the Scales]]", at which point the Tighs had been outed as Cylons.
*Zarek-[[Black market (organization)|black market]] plotline: Similarly, the end of "[[Black Market]]" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization, yet there is no mention of his association with the black market in the remainder of the series.
** '''Not a dangler''' - Zarek tells Apollo what he knows about the Black Market because he was approached by Phelan to join the operation but declined on principles, leading to ''Astral Queen'' being shunned when supplies were delivered. He provides this background information to Apollo because it will help Apollo shut down the black market, serving Zarek's stated agenda of making access to supplies and luxuries equitable to all.

*[[Demand Peace]]: The pro-Cylon terrorist faction that sprung up in the fleet during "[[Epiphanies]]" never resurfaced. The episode concluded without any firm resolution regarding the fate of the movement and its leader [[Royan Jahee]]. Their base of operations, "[[Cloud 9]]", was destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". The plotline of "Epiphanies" implies that the group is gearing up for a full-scale campaign against the Fleet's leadership, but they are never seen again and the fates of the group's members are not discussed later on. Adama did declare the organization outlaw and terrorist, and it is likely that the incident depicted in [[Sacrifice]] led to a general crackdown on armed insurgent organizations within the Colonial Fleet.

* [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]: This union, lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], begins on [[New Caprica]] in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and is touched upon in the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]". However, in light of Tyrol's discovery of being a member of the [[Final Five]], and his [[Escape Velocity|subsequent breakdown]] occurring after [[The Ties That Bind|the death]] of [[Cally Tyrol|his wife]], his association with the union has not been noted since, and its existence has not been mentioned post-"Dirty Hands".

== Recasting ==
*[[Zak Adama]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a different actor (or stand-in) is pictured as Zak Adama. In "[[Act of Contrition]]", a new actor portrays Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.
*[[Ellen Tigh]]: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh has burned a hole through, was originally a picture of [[David Eick]]'s wife, Jennifer Berchfeild. When [[Kate Vernon]] was cast as Ellen in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the image was changed.
*[[Richard Adar]]: In the Miniseries he is [[:md:Image:Bsg-baltar-adar.jpg|portrayed]] by [[David Eick]] in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. When Adar appears in person in "[[Epiphanies]]" he is played by [[Colm Feore]].
*[[Carolanne Adama]] is portrayed by an uncredited actress during a cameo in "[[Act of Contrition]]". At Zak's funeral Carolanne Adama is depicted wearing a broad hat and black veil which obscure her face. She is portrayed by [[Lucinda Jenney]] in the episode "[[A Day in the Life]]".

== Logic errors ==

* "[[Scar]]":
** In the last act of this episode, when [[Kara Thrace]] enters the [[rec room]], an intercut scene of the people in the room shows Kara Thrace (at ~38:50) sitting at a table drinking from the "Top Gun" stein. However, the stein is being used by [[Louanne Katraine]] at this point, and Thrace had just entered.
* "[[He That Believeth in Me]]":
** In the previous episode ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), it is established that [[Samuel Anders]] has a limp from a broken leg he received in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". The limp is visible in the revelation of the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]" in the last act. However, the limp disappears completely in "He That Believeth in Me" in events that are depicted to happen 10 (or fewer) minutes later.
** In "Crossroads, Part II", it is implied that Samuel Anders only began his training, as he is being shown avionics and other key systems in a Raptor by Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]]. In this episode, he tells [[Kara Thrace]] that he concluded basic training and began [[ACM]], and is capable of flying the Viper.
*The events of the episodes "[[Sine Qua Non]]" and "[[The Hub]]" occur concurrently, yet the population count drops by one in between the two episodes. Arguably there should have been no drop until the survivor count appears again in "[[Revelations]]". The appearance of [[Eammon Pike]], who dies during the events seen in "The Hub" but whose corpse is found in the preceding episode probably explains the error.
*In "[[The Plan]]", [[William Adama]] asks [[Sharon Valerii]] to take her Raptor and destroy the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the same scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". In the next scene, [[Giana O'Neill]] returns from working on the [[hangar deck]], saying that [[Galen Tyrol]] had asked her to look over the captured [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]. This is a sequential error, as Adama had sent Valerii on the mission because Tyrol had been shot down on Kobol and [[Kara Thrace]] had stolen the Raider.

== VFX Gaffes ==
[[Image:1104reverse Scattered.JPG|thumb|left|Mirrored shot of Viper 1104 ([[Scattered]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]: No less than three copies of [[Viper 1104]] are present at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on ''Galactica''.
*[[Miniseries]] and "[[33]]": As ''Galactica'' prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the flight pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When ''Galactica'' has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage is shown during the opening titles of "33".
*"[[33]]": As the Cylon Centurion approaches Helo from behind, the rain is hitting it, but it does not drip off its body. In contrast, water is dripping from Helo's face in a fairly consistent and noticeable manner.
*"[[33]]": As the Olympic Carrier approaches the Fleet, ''Galactica'' turns to engage it, putting itself perpendicular to the ship. When the Olympic Carrier is destroyed, Galactica is shown in the position it was before the Carrier appeared.
*"[[You Can't Go Home Again]]": Before searching for Starbuck, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] climbs into a Viper Mk VII, although he is shown piloting a Mk II in all other effects shots. However, his Mark VII is mentioned as being down for repairs at one point, implying that he flies it off screen.
*[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Amid Season 1]]: Half-way through Season 1, the ''[[Colonial One]]'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and reappear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.
*"[[Scattered]]": A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally.
*"[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"''':
**Viper and [[List of pilots|pilot]] numbers: 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available. 40 were available at the start of the series.
**[[Blackbird]]: As the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] begins, the Blackbird (still incomplete, untested, and missing its composite skin by this point) can be seen swooping across the screen in a manner inconsistent with its flight characteristics; the ship was built for speed, not maneuverability. The ship also fires what appears to be autocannons, although Blackbird is unarmed except in its [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|final mission]].
*"[[The Captain's Hand]]": As Starbuck leads ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus's]]'' [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk VIIs]] into combat, a cockpit shot of her mistakenly shows [[Viper Mark II|Viper Mk IIs]] around her ship.
*"[[Crossroads, Part II]]":
** Lee Adama's Viper Mark VII is identified as 2220NC, or [[Viper 2220 (Mark VII)|Viper 2220]]. However, [[Viper 2220]] has already been established as a Viper Mark II, not a Mark VII, which has seen multiple appearances as Adama's Viper throughout Season 1.
**Further, Kara Thrace's pristine Viper does not have a nameplate. This is telling in closeups of her in her Viper's cockpit. However, this error is not present in the following episode, "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
*"[[Revelations]]": When [[Felix Gaeta]] stumbles in the [[CIC]], the shadow of his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|amputated]] leg is visible.
*"[[Razor]]":
**When Starbuck orders Showboat to "open up with all you've got" as they find themselves in ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> firing solution, the gun shown firing is that of a [[Viper Mark II]]. However, Starbuck and Showboat are in [[Viper Mark VII]]s.

==Anachronisms==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**An [[wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is visible in a picture in Adama's quarters when he and Colonel Tigh discuss Starbuck striking Tigh. However, this could be a tribute; the F-16 is sometimes called "Viper" by its pilots.
*"[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
**The special-effects group for the Re-imagined Series appear dedicated to creating computer screens, equipment and interfaces that are familiar to viewers, but aren't full counterparts to real-world Earth materials. However, the logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is working on the photograph. A similar occurrence happens in "Sacrifice".
*"[[Home, Part I]]":
**As Adama gives his first press conference after recovering from his gunshot wounds, the logo of the electronics manufacturer [[w:SHURE|SHURE]] is seen on the podium microphone.
*"[[Scar]]":
**The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**A computer mouse (a design created by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]) is seen connected to [[Sesha Abinell]]'s laptop computer.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
** In the scene where ''Galactica'' falls to [[New Caprica]] after an inter-atmosphere Jump, a closeup of the grease pencils that roll around on the navigation table makes the markings of where they are made visible, in this case: [[w:China|China]].
*"[[Maelstrom]]":
** During one of the flashbacks, there is a quick shot of Kara Thrace's mother's ashtray, containing at least one cigarette that quite clearly has the word "Marlboro" on it.
*"[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]":
** A [[w:Windows XP|Windows XP]] message box can be seen on one of the displays on the Cylon Basestar.
*"[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]":
**The blood pressure monitor on [[Nicholas Tyrol]] reads Welch Allyn, a medical diagnostic supply company.
*"[[The Plan]]"
**The [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] landmasses shown at the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] are clearly identifiable as those of Earth, specifically an inverted and stretched image of [[w:Europe|Europe]], as well as the [[w:Iranian Peninsula|Iranian Peninsula]], the [[w:Arabian Peninsula|Arabian Peninsula]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. This most likely represents an instance of CGI corner-cutting.
**In what is either an Easter egg (given the large amount of ''Battlestar Galactica'' filming which took place in and around Vancouver) or another CGI cost-cutting move, a Cylon [[w:MIRV|MIRV]] is seen detonating over a large city [http://www.niciasus.com/wp-content/gallery/bsg-the-plan/bsgplan_059.JPG] which is actually a Google Maps satellite image of downtown [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], rotated approximately 180 degrees counterclockwise. [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=vancouver+bc&fb=1&gl=us&ei=jfueS-vzCqG2zASz77TPBg&ved=0CBgQpQY&hl=en&view=map&geocode=FeSz7wId-w2p-A&split=0&iwloc=A&sa=X] The domes of the [[w:General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] and [[w:BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] sports arenas are clearly visible when the nuclear missiles are falling.
**The CGI landscape which appears during the Hybrid's statement that the "courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning" is the exact same landscape which is shown on screen as [[Tauron City]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", which takes place some 58 years before the events of [[The Plan]]. The ''Caprica'' version is widened and more buildings added. (It is unclear whether the landscape shown in "The Plan" was indeed intended to represent Tauron, or if this is simply another example of CGI corner-cutting by incorporating footage created for "The Plan" into ''Caprica''.)

==Prop and Equipment Errors==
[[Image:2276gaff Mini.JPG|thumb|Major Spencer in Viper 2276 ([[Miniseries]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie ([[Miniseries]]) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to ''Galactica''.
**As [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the [[Raptor]], just after [[Helo]] shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Boomer, where viewers can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor mockup into the air.
**As shown in a closeup of the pilot after giving [[Laura Roslin]] the [[Case Orange]] reply, the spaceline's name on the [[Colonial One captain]]'s uniform, "Eversun," is mismatched to the spaceline name used on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' itself: [[Intersun]].
**When Starbuck's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open.
**Similarly, Lee Adama's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Thrace pushing Adama's Viper into ''Galactica's'' [[flight pod]] at the end of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].
*"[[33]]":
**When [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] admits that she lost the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', her headset changes sides during the conversation.
**As Helo fires upon the Cylon Centurion that survives the detonation of an anti-personnel mine (similar to a [[Wikipedia:Claymore mine|Claymore mine]]), the first time Helo fires the pistol, it is heard to fire, but there is no accompanying visual spark from the barrel. In contrast, the second shot is accompanied by both a spark and the appropriate sound.
**After the disappearance of the ''Olympic Carrier'' in jump 238, with the timer running towards the 33 minute mark, the viewer can see that the clock is at 10 seconds. When focusing on Adama and Tigh, the viewer hears ten seconds counting off, but when the camera quick-pans to the overhead console, it reads that 3 seconds have passed.
**Before the clock reaches zero in the teaser, a wide shot of [[CIC]] is shown with Adama and Tigh standing at the central console. The timer on the screen above their heads is flashing 00:00:00.
*"[[Colonial Day]]": During the bar fight scene, [[Valance]]'s gun is shown with a silencer attached as it falls out of his briefcase, but the silencer is not present for the rest of the scene. The silencer is back when [[Valance]] is interrogated by Starbuck and Apollo.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": [[Kat]] finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.
*"[[Black Market]]": At around 42:55 in the episode, the [[w:John Fowles|John Fowles]] historical fiction/romance novel ''[[w:The French Lieutenant's Woman|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' appears on a shelf behind the couch in [[William Adama]]'s room, to [[Lee Adama]]'s left.
*"[[Scar]]":
**When getting intimate with Apollo, the bandage on Starbuck's back moves from one side to the other. Usually, such bandages are used to cover a tattoo of a crucifix on her shoulder.
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.
*"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]": When the rescue mission returns from Caprica, [[Cavil]] (as well as probably Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon) are carried by Raptor that is labeled with [[Racetrack]]'s name. However, Racetrack never made it to Caprica.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
**The [[DRADIS]] displays on ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are free of interference from the [[New Caprica]] nebula, even though it continued to be an obvious problem for both ships at the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*"[[The Passage]]": [[Raymond Lai|Raymond "Raygun" Lai]]'s name appears on ''Galactica''’s flight roster. His name previously appeared on one of the 40 year-old Viper Mk. IIs in the ''Galactica'' museum during the [[Miniseries]].
*"[[Razor]]":
** Early in the scenes with the search and rescue party in the [[Guardian basestar]], Kara Thrace can be seen with the [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Tattoos|tattoo]] she gets after marrying [[Samuel Anders]], an event that won't happen for months from the story's perspective. It is absent in later scenes.
**[[Kendra Shaw]] has a band-aid on the end of her right index finger throughout the episode, in both the present and in the flashback scenes. However, it seems highly unlikely that she would either still be wearing it over the course of ten months or would coincidently have to apply another one on the same part of the same finger.
* In several episodes characters wear the wrong [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]]:
** "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]": [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] wears "lieutenant j.g." (short chevron) insignia in several scenes.
** "[[Fragged]]": [[Cally]] is wearing petty officer, 2nd class instead of crewman specialist insignia.
** "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]": [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] wears major instead of captain insignia.
** "[[Scar]]":
*** In the first scene in the recreation room Starbuck wears lieutenant insignia despite having been promoted to captain.
*** Some of the [[nuggets]] have lieutenant insignia despite being addressed as ensigns. Apparently, the prop department had not produced the ensign insignias at that time.
** "[[The Captain's Hand]]": Apollo's insignia switch between captain and major at least once. Major is his correct rank at that time.
**"[[Hero]]": In the flashback scenes in ''Valkyrie'''s CIC, Commander Adama is wearing admiral's insignia.
**"[[Dirty Hands]]": Again, lt. j.g pins are used for the rank of ensign.
**"[[Escape Velocity]]": Saul Tigh wears admiral's insignia during the episode's teaser.
*"[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]": Commander Adama spills liquor on Saul Tigh's table and throws the marine's pistol on the table. In each of the six cuts, the module below the barrel of the gun changes: first it is slightly wet, then dry, then wet in a different way, dry again, then wet matching the first scene, then dry again.
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==Dialogue Errors==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The pronunciation of Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s name frequently shifts between ''GAY-ta'' and ''GUY-ta'' during the Miniseries. Colonel Tigh regularly calls him GUY-ta while Adama vacillates between GAY-ta and GUY-ta. From "33" onward he is referred to by everyone as GAY-ta.
**Tigh exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing. In fact this was removed from the "theatrical version" shown on [[Universal HD]].
** "Oh my God!" as opposed to "Gods".
***When being informed by Six of her true nature and mission, [[Gaius Baltar]] exclaims "Oh, my God!"
***Also when Caprica Six breaks the neck of the baby the mother, [[Chantara]], screeches "Oh, my God!" several times.
***[[Jackson Spencer]] also makes this mistake after the Cylon Raiders launch missiles at his disabled squadron.
***When Secretary of Education Laura Roslin informs the passengers of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' about the attack a woman reacts "Oh my God".
****<i>All of these instances of the use of "Oh my God!" may not necessarily be errors. The events of [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] have demonstrated that monotheism was known to the Twelve Colonies; the Colonials were not uniformly polytheistic. However, Baltar did not explicitly adopt monotheism until [[Cult_of_Baltar|much later in the series]].</i>

* "[[33]]":
** Helo states his rank as "lieutenant, junior grade" despite consistently wearing "lieutenant, senior grade" rank insignia.
** Later in the episode, when President Roslin and Dr. Baltar are discussing cutting off communications with the ''Olympic Carrier'', Baltar uses the term "radio" instead of the in-universe term of "[[wireless]]" during the conversation.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": When [[Lee Adama|Apollo]], [[Kat]] and others are searching the ship for weapons a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] turns the corner and Kat says "Jesus".
*"[[Downloaded]]": In the Miniseries, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] claims that her parents died while she was very young, regarding the accident at [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which is later supported by dialogue in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". In "Downloaded" she explains that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the Fleet academy.
*"[[Hero]]": The episode places the flashback events one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this conflicts with earlier information that Adama served on ''Galactica'' for several years, Tyrol under him for at least five years and Gaeta for three years. For more details, see [[Hero#Analysis]].
*"[[Unfinished Business]]":
** When Adama is down in his corner and bleeding badly, Roslin says "coagulant for the swelling, ice for the bleeding". This should be the other way around.
** In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended version]], as Cottle is looking after Adama in the corner, he can be heard exclaiming "Christ!"

==Crew Visible==

*A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator, is visible on screen in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He can be seen behind the damaged wall behind the display of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].
*In "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" another camera operator can be briefly seen after the fight between Tyrol and Helo, as Tyrol walks to the Raptor to sit on its wing.
*At ~31:14 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", a cameraman can be seen to the right of the frame as another camerman pushes in through the small crowd that celebrates [[Laura Roslin]]'s victory over [[Gaius Baltar]] and ultimately up to Roslin's reaction at her desk.
*At 1:06:12 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", as the Cylons are marching in, a video screen of the crew can be seen in the distance on the right. Also, a camera dolly track can be seen on the ground just to the right of the crowd. The camera is most likely obscured from view by a plastic tarp.
*At 00:02:26 in "[[Unfinished Business]]", a camera can be seen briefly in the darkness behind the crowd.
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Image:Gaffcrew klgpII.JPG|Crew member visible in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
Image:PhoenixCrewVisible.jpg|Camera crew in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]".
Image:Colonial One cameraman gaffe.jpg|A camerman in shorts and sneakers off to the right of the frame in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s02 e20 time01-06-12 orig.jpg|A video screen and a camera dolly track are visible in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s03 e09 time00-02-26 orig.jpg|A cameraman can be seen in the dark during a fight in "[[Unfinished Business]]".
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This is a listing of '''continuity errors''' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].

== Acknowledged Mistakes ==

*At the end of "[[Home, Part II]]", when everyone is looking at the map to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the [[Tomb of Athena]], Lee Adama points out the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in one of the constellations shown in the sky. According to him, and supported by the visual effects, the nebula is located in [[w:Scorpius|Scorpio]], but in the real world it is actually in the constellation [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].
*At the beginning of "[[Downloaded]]" two captions are shown: one states that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]] occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] shooting [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "[[Epiphanies]]" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies". To correct this, the title card of the DVD and international television releases has been changed to "10 weeks later", meaning 10 weeks after [[Caprica Six]]'s resurrection.
*In "[[Scar]]" Starbuck and Kat fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s but the launch in the originally aired episode showed a [[Viper Mark II]]. This has been fixed in the DVD release which now includes a new, but somewhat shorter, launch sequence with the Mk VIIs. (Although, a few previous episodes like "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" only use the Mk II sequence, but both types of Vipers are deployed by ''Galactica''.)
*"[[Exodus, Part I]]": At the end of "[[Precipice]]" Cally is clearly in the woods when the gunfire is going off. At the time [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and his group take aim at the [[Cylon Centurion]], Cally has not reached the wooded area by the time gunfire sounds. Further, when the gunfire begins in "Precipice", Tyrol is at the firing position, far from Cally, while in "Exodus, Part I" he is holding her to the ground when it begins.

== [[Retroactive continuity|Retcons]] ==
*[[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:
**[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] is not visibly pregnant in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but by "[[Epiphanies]]", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.
**The presidential elections in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.
**If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six.
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet numbers]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a total of 40 [[FTL]] ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This makes the count 41 ships, including ''Galactica''. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "[[33]]," Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including ''Colonial One''." Thus making the total 64 ships, including ''Galactica'' herself. By the end of "33", the count drops to 63 as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] destroy the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. In "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", Colonel Tigh mentions the Cylons searching for "a sixty-odd ships". The count offered in "[[The Farm]]" is similar — 24 ships leave to join [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]], which was "almost a third" of the Fleet, putting the number at about 75. About 65 ships have been named to date, mostly on the vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*The ''[[Astral Queen]]'': In the [[Miniseries]], [[Billy Keikeya]] states that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the ''Queen'' was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "[[Bastille Day]]", [[Billy Keikeya]]'s lines were re-dubbed: '''1,500''' prisoners are aboard the ''Astral Queen'' and that the ship was a '''prison transport'''. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the ''Astral Queen'' was en route to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] for parole hearings.
*[[Cylon detector]]: In the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", it takes only minutes to identify [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] as a Cylon. However, in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. However, this could be because a negative result takes 11 hours to confirm but a positive result potentially may be more instant. Although, since Ellen is later revealed to be a member of the [[Final Five]] in "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", coupled with the fact that Baltar rigged the results to always read as negative and said he would "never tell" what Ellen's true results were, it is possible that it takes 11 hours to alter any positive readouts so that they'd appear to be negative.
*The exodus from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]: In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" Elosha, Billy and Roslin are discussing Kobol and the exodus of the tribes. Billy says that the ruins on Kobol are 2,000 years old. Elosha states this is when the ''Thirteen'' tribes left Kobol. Other mentions in the show (particularly [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] episodes concerning the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|Cylon virus]] and the [[Temple of Five]]) mention that the 13th tribe left Kobol about 2,000 years before the other twelve did. Elosha's comment implies that all thirteen tribes left Kobol together, just in different directions.
* In "[[Final Cut]]", [[Louanne Katraine]] says hello to her mother on camera in the [[duty locker]] and says hello to her buddies on ''[[Freighter 212]]'', yet in "[[The Passage]]", Katraine is noted as the alias for Sasha, a gun-runner who has been avoiding her past. These two pieces of information are not fully congruent.
*In "[[No Exit]]", [[Cavil]] tells [[Ellen]] that he had programmed himself to stop sleeping decades ago. However, [[Cavil]] is shown in pajamas getting into bed in "[[The Plan]]", which takes place only a few years before his statement to Ellen.

== Danglers ==
Danglers are plotlines that have been started, but were never resolved.
*[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]-[[Ellen Tigh|Tigh]] plotline: In the episode "[[Colonial Day]]", it is heavily implied that [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed the location of [[Valance]] to agents of [[Tom Zarek]], and that she intends for her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. Nothing of this is touched again up to Ellen's murder in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" or even Zarek's execution later in "[[Blood on the Scales]]", at which point the Tighs had been outed as Cylons.
*Zarek-[[Black market (organization)|black market]] plotline: Similarly, the end of "[[Black Market]]" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization, yet there is no mention of his association with the black market in the remainder of the series.
** '''Not a dangler''' - Zarek tells Apollo what he knows about the Black Market because he was approached by Phelan to join the operation but declined on principles, leading to ''Astral Queen'' being shunned when supplies were delivered. He provides this background information to Apollo because it will help Apollo shut down the black market, serving Zarek's stated agenda of making access to supplies and luxuries equitable to all.

*[[Demand Peace]]: The pro-Cylon terrorist faction that sprung up in the fleet during "[[Epiphanies]]" never resurfaced. The episode concluded without any firm resolution regarding the fate of the movement and its leader [[Royan Jahee]]. Their base of operations, "[[Cloud 9]]", was destroyed by [[Gina Inviere]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". The plotline of "Epiphanies" implies that the group is gearing up for a full-scale campaign against the Fleet's leadership, but they are never seen again and the fates of the group's members are not discussed later on. Adama did declare the organization outlaw and terrorist, and it is likely that the incident depicted in [[Sacrifice]] led to a general crackdown on armed insurgent organizations within the Colonial Fleet.

* [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]: This union, lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], begins on [[New Caprica]] in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and is touched upon in the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]". However, in light of Tyrol's discovery of being a member of the [[Final Five]], and his [[Escape Velocity|subsequent breakdown]] occurring after [[The Ties That Bind|the death]] of [[Cally Tyrol|his wife]], his association with the union has not been noted since, and its existence has not been mentioned post-"Dirty Hands".

== Recasting ==
*[[Zak Adama]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a different actor (or stand-in) is pictured as Zak Adama. In "[[Act of Contrition]]", a new actor portrays Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.
*[[Ellen Tigh]]: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh has burned a hole through, was originally a picture of [[David Eick]]'s wife, Jennifer Berchfeild. When [[Kate Vernon]] was cast as Ellen in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the image was changed.
*[[Richard Adar]]: In the Miniseries he is [[:md:Image:Bsg-baltar-adar.jpg|portrayed]] by [[David Eick]] in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. When Adar appears in person in "[[Epiphanies]]" he is played by [[Colm Feore]].
*[[Carolanne Adama]] is portrayed by an uncredited actress during a cameo in "[[Act of Contrition]]". She is portrayed by [[Lucinda Jenney]] in the episode "[[A Day in the Life]]".

== Logic errors ==

* "[[Scar]]":
** In the last act of this episode, when [[Kara Thrace]] enters the [[rec room]], an intercut scene of the people in the room shows Kara Thrace (at ~38:50) sitting at a table drinking from the "Top Gun" stein. However, the stein is being used by [[Louanne Katraine]] at this point, and Thrace had just entered.
* "[[He That Believeth in Me]]":
** In the previous episode ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), it is established that [[Samuel Anders]] has a limp from a broken leg he received in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". The limp is visible in the revelation of the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]" in the last act. However, the limp disappears completely in "He That Believeth in Me" in events that are depicted to happen 10 (or fewer) minutes later.
** In "Crossroads, Part II", it is implied that Samuel Anders only began his training, as he is being shown avionics and other key systems in a Raptor by Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]]. In this episode, he tells [[Kara Thrace]] that he concluded basic training and began [[ACM]], and is capable of flying the Viper.
*The events of the episodes "[[Sine Qua Non]]" and "[[The Hub]]" occur concurrently, yet the population count drops by one in between the two episodes. Arguably there should have been no drop until the survivor count appears again in "[[Revelations]]". The appearance of [[Eammon Pike]], who dies during the events seen in "The Hub" but whose corpse is found in the preceding episode probably explains the error.
*In "[[The Plan]]", [[William Adama]] asks [[Sharon Valerii]] to take her Raptor and destroy the [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the same scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". In the next scene, [[Giana O'Neill]] returns from working on the [[hangar deck]], saying that [[Galen Tyrol]] had asked her to look over the captured [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]. This is a sequential error, as Adama had sent Valerii on the mission because Tyrol had been shot down on Kobol and [[Kara Thrace]] had stolen the Raider.

== VFX Gaffes ==
[[Image:1104reverse Scattered.JPG|thumb|left|Mirrored shot of Viper 1104 ([[Scattered]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]: No less than three copies of [[Viper 1104]] are present at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on ''Galactica''.
*[[Miniseries]] and "[[33]]": As ''Galactica'' prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the flight pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When ''Galactica'' has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage is shown during the opening titles of "33".
*"[[33]]": As the Cylon Centurion approaches Helo from behind, the rain is hitting it, but it does not drip off its body. In contrast, water is dripping from Helo's face in a fairly consistent and noticeable manner.
*"[[33]]": As the Olympic Carrier approaches the Fleet, ''Galactica'' turns to engage it, putting itself perpendicular to the ship. When the Olympic Carrier is destroyed, Galactica is shown in the position it was before the Carrier appeared.
*"[[You Can't Go Home Again]]": Before searching for Starbuck, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] climbs into a Viper Mk VII, although he is shown piloting a Mk II in all other effects shots. However, his Mark VII is mentioned as being down for repairs at one point, implying that he flies it off screen.
*[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Amid Season 1]]: Half-way through Season 1, the ''[[Colonial One]]'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and reappear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.
*"[[Scattered]]": A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally.
*"[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"''':
**Viper and [[List of pilots|pilot]] numbers: 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available. 40 were available at the start of the series.
**[[Blackbird]]: As the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] begins, the Blackbird (still incomplete, untested, and missing its composite skin by this point) can be seen swooping across the screen in a manner inconsistent with its flight characteristics; the ship was built for speed, not maneuverability. The ship also fires what appears to be autocannons, although Blackbird is unarmed except in its [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|final mission]].
*"[[The Captain's Hand]]": As Starbuck leads ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus's]]'' [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk VIIs]] into combat, a cockpit shot of her mistakenly shows [[Viper Mark II|Viper Mk IIs]] around her ship.
*"[[Crossroads, Part II]]":
** Lee Adama's Viper Mark VII is identified as 2220NC, or [[Viper 2220 (Mark VII)|Viper 2220]]. However, [[Viper 2220]] has already been established as a Viper Mark II, not a Mark VII, which has seen multiple appearances as Adama's Viper throughout Season 1.
**Further, Kara Thrace's pristine Viper does not have a nameplate. This is telling in closeups of her in her Viper's cockpit. However, this error is not present in the following episode, "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".
*"[[Revelations]]": When [[Felix Gaeta]] stumbles in the [[CIC]], the shadow of his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|amputated]] leg is visible.
*"[[Razor]]":
**When Starbuck orders Showboat to "open up with all you've got" as they find themselves in ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> firing solution, the gun shown firing is that of a [[Viper Mark II]]. However, Starbuck and Showboat are in [[Viper Mark VII]]s.

==Anachronisms==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**An [[wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is visible in a picture in Adama's quarters when he and Colonel Tigh discuss Starbuck striking Tigh. However, this could be a tribute; the F-16 is sometimes called "Viper" by its pilots.
*"[[Six Degrees of Separation]]":
**The special-effects group for the Re-imagined Series appear dedicated to creating computer screens, equipment and interfaces that are familiar to viewers, but aren't full counterparts to real-world Earth materials. However, the logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is working on the photograph. A similar occurrence happens in "Sacrifice".
*"[[Home, Part I]]":
**As Adama gives his first press conference after recovering from his gunshot wounds, the logo of the electronics manufacturer [[w:SHURE|SHURE]] is seen on the podium microphone.
*"[[Scar]]":
**The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**A computer mouse (a design created by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]) is seen connected to [[Sesha Abinell]]'s laptop computer.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
** In the scene where ''Galactica'' falls to [[New Caprica]] after an inter-atmosphere Jump, a closeup of the grease pencils that roll around on the navigation table makes the markings of where they are made visible, in this case: [[w:China|China]].
*"[[Maelstrom]]":
** During one of the flashbacks, there is a quick shot of Kara Thrace's mother's ashtray, containing at least one cigarette that quite clearly has the word "Marlboro" on it.
*"[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]":
** A [[w:Windows XP|Windows XP]] message box can be seen on one of the displays on the Cylon Basestar.
*"[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]":
**The blood pressure monitor on [[Nicholas Tyrol]] reads Welch Allyn, a medical diagnostic supply company.
*"[[The Plan]]"
**The [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] landmasses shown at the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] are clearly identifiable as those of Earth, specifically an inverted and stretched image of [[w:Europe|Europe]], as well as the [[w:Iranian Peninsula|Iranian Peninsula]], the [[w:Arabian Peninsula|Arabian Peninsula]] and [[w:Turkey|Turkey]]. This most likely represents an instance of CGI corner-cutting.
**In what is either an Easter egg (given the large amount of ''Battlestar Galactica'' filming which took place in and around Vancouver) or another CGI cost-cutting move, a Cylon [[w:MIRV|MIRV]] is seen detonating over a large city [http://www.niciasus.com/wp-content/gallery/bsg-the-plan/bsgplan_059.JPG] which is actually a Google Maps satellite image of downtown [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], rotated approximately 180 degrees counterclockwise. [http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&q=vancouver+bc&fb=1&gl=us&ei=jfueS-vzCqG2zASz77TPBg&ved=0CBgQpQY&hl=en&view=map&geocode=FeSz7wId-w2p-A&split=0&iwloc=A&sa=X] The domes of the [[w:General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] and [[w:BC Place|BC Place Stadium]] sports arenas are clearly visible when the nuclear missiles are falling.
**The CGI landscape which appears during the Hybrid's statement that the "courthouses of [[Libran]] are burning" is the exact same landscape which is shown on screen as [[Tauron City]] in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", which takes place some 58 years before the events of [[The Plan]]. The ''Caprica'' version is widened and more buildings added. (It is unclear whether the landscape shown in "The Plan" was indeed intended to represent Tauron, or if this is simply another example of CGI corner-cutting by incorporating footage created for "The Plan" into ''Caprica''.)

==Prop and Equipment Errors==
[[Image:2276gaff Mini.JPG|thumb|Major Spencer in Viper 2276 ([[Miniseries]]).]]
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie ([[Miniseries]]) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to ''Galactica''.
**As [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the [[Raptor]], just after [[Helo]] shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Boomer, where viewers can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor mockup into the air.
**As shown in a closeup of the pilot after giving [[Laura Roslin]] the [[Case Orange]] reply, the spaceline's name on the [[Colonial One captain]]'s uniform, "Eversun," is mismatched to the spaceline name used on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' itself: [[Intersun]].
**When Starbuck's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open.
**Similarly, Lee Adama's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Thrace pushing Adama's Viper into ''Galactica's'' [[flight pod]] at the end of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].
*"[[33]]":
**When [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] admits that she lost the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', her headset changes sides during the conversation.
**As Helo fires upon the Cylon Centurion that survives the detonation of an anti-personnel mine (similar to a [[Wikipedia:Claymore mine|Claymore mine]]), the first time Helo fires the pistol, it is heard to fire, but there is no accompanying visual spark from the barrel. In contrast, the second shot is accompanied by both a spark and the appropriate sound.
**After the disappearance of the ''Olympic Carrier'' in jump 238, with the timer running towards the 33 minute mark, the viewer can see that the clock is at 10 seconds. When focusing on Adama and Tigh, the viewer hears ten seconds counting off, but when the camera quick-pans to the overhead console, it reads that 3 seconds have passed.
**Before the clock reaches zero in the teaser, a wide shot of [[CIC]] is shown with Adama and Tigh standing at the central console. The timer on the screen above their heads is flashing 00:00:00.
*"[[Colonial Day]]": During the bar fight scene, [[Valance]]'s gun is shown with a silencer attached as it falls out of his briefcase, but the silencer is not present for the rest of the scene. The silencer is back when [[Valance]] is interrogated by Starbuck and Apollo.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": [[Kat]] finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.
*"[[Black Market]]": At around 42:55 in the episode, the [[w:John Fowles|John Fowles]] historical fiction/romance novel ''[[w:The French Lieutenant's Woman|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' appears on a shelf behind the couch in [[William Adama]]'s room, to [[Lee Adama]]'s left.
*"[[Scar]]":
**When getting intimate with Apollo, the bandage on Starbuck's back moves from one side to the other. Usually, such bandages are used to cover a tattoo of a crucifix on her shoulder.
*"[[Sacrifice]]":
**When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.
*"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]": When the rescue mission returns from Caprica, [[Cavil]] (as well as probably Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon) are carried by Raptor that is labeled with [[Racetrack]]'s name. However, Racetrack never made it to Caprica.
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]":
**The [[DRADIS]] displays on ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are free of interference from the [[New Caprica]] nebula, even though it continued to be an obvious problem for both ships at the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
*"[[The Passage]]": [[Raymond Lai|Raymond "Raygun" Lai]]'s name appears on ''Galactica''’s flight roster. His name previously appeared on one of the 40 year-old Viper Mk. IIs in the ''Galactica'' museum during the [[Miniseries]].
*"[[Razor]]":
** Early in the scenes with the search and rescue party in the [[Guardian basestar]], Kara Thrace can be seen with the [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Tattoos|tattoo]] she gets after marrying [[Samuel Anders]], an event that won't happen for months from the story's perspective. It is absent in later scenes.
**[[Kendra Shaw]] has a band-aid on the end of her right index finger throughout the episode, in both the present and in the flashback scenes. However, it seems highly unlikely that she would either still be wearing it over the course of ten months or would coincidently have to apply another one on the same part of the same finger.
* In several episodes characters wear the wrong [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]]:
** "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]": [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] wears "lieutenant j.g." (short chevron) insignia in several scenes.
** "[[Fragged]]": [[Cally]] is wearing petty officer, 2nd class instead of crewman specialist insignia.
** "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]": [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] wears major instead of captain insignia.
** "[[Scar]]":
*** In the first scene in the recreation room Starbuck wears lieutenant insignia despite having been promoted to captain.
*** Some of the [[nuggets]] have lieutenant insignia despite being addressed as ensigns. Apparently, the prop department had not produced the ensign insignias at that time.
** "[[The Captain's Hand]]": Apollo's insignia switch between captain and major at least once. Major is his correct rank at that time.
**"[[Hero]]": In the flashback scenes in ''Valkyrie'''s CIC, Commander Adama is wearing admiral's insignia.
**"[[Dirty Hands]]": Again, lt. j.g pins are used for the rank of ensign.
**"[[Escape Velocity]]": Saul Tigh wears admiral's insignia during the episode's teaser.
*"[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]": Commander Adama spills liquor on Saul Tigh's table and throws the marine's pistol on the table. In each of the six cuts, the module below the barrel of the gun changes: first it is slightly wet, then dry, then wet in a different way, dry again, then wet matching the first scene, then dry again.
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==Dialogue Errors==
*[[Miniseries]]:
**The pronunciation of Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s name frequently shifts between ''GAY-ta'' and ''GUY-ta'' during the Miniseries. Colonel Tigh regularly calls him GUY-ta while Adama vacillates between GAY-ta and GUY-ta. From "33" onward he is referred to by everyone as GAY-ta.
**Tigh exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing. In fact this was removed from the "theatrical version" shown on [[Universal HD]].
** "Oh my God!" as opposed to "Gods".
***When being informed by Six of her true nature and mission, [[Gaius Baltar]] exclaims "Oh, my God!"
***Also when Caprica Six breaks the neck of the baby the mother, [[Chantara]], screeches "Oh, my God!" several times.
***[[Jackson Spencer]] also makes this mistake after the Cylon Raiders launch missiles at his disabled squadron.
***When Secretary of Education Laura Roslin informs the passengers of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' about the attack a woman reacts "Oh my God".
****<i>All of these instances of the use of "Oh my God!" may not necessarily be errors. The events of [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]] have demonstrated that monotheism was known to the Twelve Colonies; the Colonials were not uniformly polytheistic. However, Baltar did not explicitly adopt monotheism until [[Cult_of_Baltar|much later in the series]].</i>

* "[[33]]":
** Helo states his rank as "lieutenant, junior grade" despite consistently wearing "lieutenant, senior grade" rank insignia.
** Later in the episode, when President Roslin and Dr. Baltar are discussing cutting off communications with the ''Olympic Carrier'', Baltar uses the term "radio" instead of the in-universe term of "[[wireless]]" during the conversation.
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": When [[Lee Adama|Apollo]], [[Kat]] and others are searching the ship for weapons a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] turns the corner and Kat says "Jesus".
*"[[Downloaded]]": In the Miniseries, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] claims that her parents died while she was very young, regarding the accident at [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which is later supported by dialogue in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". In "Downloaded" she explains that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the Fleet academy.
*"[[Hero]]": The episode places the flashback events one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this conflicts with earlier information that Adama served on ''Galactica'' for several years, Tyrol under him for at least five years and Gaeta for three years. For more details, see [[Hero#Analysis]].
*"[[Unfinished Business]]":
** When Adama is down in his corner and bleeding badly, Roslin says "coagulant for the swelling, ice for the bleeding". This should be the other way around.
** In the [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)|extended version]], as Cottle is looking after Adama in the corner, he can be heard exclaiming "Christ!"

==Crew Visible==

*A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator, is visible on screen in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He can be seen behind the damaged wall behind the display of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].
*In "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" another camera operator can be briefly seen after the fight between Tyrol and Helo, as Tyrol walks to the Raptor to sit on its wing.
*At ~31:14 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", a cameraman can be seen to the right of the frame as another camerman pushes in through the small crowd that celebrates [[Laura Roslin]]'s victory over [[Gaius Baltar]] and ultimately up to Roslin's reaction at her desk.
*At 1:06:12 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", as the Cylons are marching in, a video screen of the crew can be seen in the distance on the right. Also, a camera dolly track can be seen on the ground just to the right of the crowd. The camera is most likely obscured from view by a plastic tarp.
*At 00:02:26 in "[[Unfinished Business]]", a camera can be seen briefly in the darkness behind the crowd.
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Image:Gaffcrew klgpII.JPG|Crew member visible in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".
Image:PhoenixCrewVisible.jpg|Camera crew in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]".
Image:Colonial One cameraman gaffe.jpg|A camerman in shorts and sneakers off to the right of the frame in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s02 e20 time01-06-12 orig.jpg|A video screen and a camera dolly track are visible in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".
Image:Bsg s03 e09 time00-02-26 orig.jpg|A cameraman can be seen in the dark during a fight in "[[Unfinished Business]]".
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Tiu

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{{Character Data
| photo= Tio.jpg
| colony= [[Gemenon (RDM)|Gemenon]]<ref>His uniform is marked with the Gemenese logo. [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.508300169213955.109905.152443094799666&type=1]</ref>
| rank= Chief Petty Officer
| seen= Blood and Chrome
| role= Crew Chief
| actor= [[Terry Chen]]
}}

'''Crew Chief Tiu''' is a senior deck chief aboard the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' during the first [[Cylon War]]. He gets into a minor argument with Coker and Adama over given ordnance for their upcoming mission ("[[Blood and Chrome]]").

Spelling of his name is from the ending credits ("[[Blood and Chrome]]").

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Battle of the Trinary Star System

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|image=Cylon civil war - opening fire.jpg
|description=Cavil's forces fire on Cylon rebel basestar
|conflict=[[Cylon Civil War]]
|date=Approx. [[Timeline (RDM)|3 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
|place=Unnamed trinary star system, near orbit of a ringed gas giant
|result=Cylon loyalist victory<br>Commencement of the Cylon Civil War
|combatant1=[[Rebel basestar|Rebel Cylon faction]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon loyalists]]
|co1=[[Natalie Faust]]
|co2=[[John Cavil]]
|strength1=[[Rebel basestar]], 2 additional [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s
|strength2=5 [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s
|shiploss1=2 basestars, near-total loss of Raider complement, heavy damage to Rebel basestar
|shiploss2=Unknown
|casualties1=Unknown, heavy
|casualties2=Unknown
|prev=[[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]]
|next=[[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]]
|series=RDM
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The '''Battle of the Trinary Star System''' is the opening engagement of the [[Cylon Civil War]], with the [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] loyalist faction under [[John Cavil]] betraying and attacking the rebel fleet led by [[Natalie Faust]].

==Background==
Following the retreat of the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] as a result of their detection of [[Samuel Anders|one member]] of the [[Final Five]] in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], two Cylon factions propose different solutions. The [[Number One|Ones]], [[Number Four|Fours]] and [[Number Five|Fives]] vote the lobotomize the Raiders in order to assure their obedience to orders, while the [[Number Two|Twos]], [[Number Six|Sixes]] and [[Number Eight|Eights]] vote against the plan, arguing that they should attempt to learn the identities of the Final Five. When a single Eight model, [[Sharon Valerii]], unprecedentedly breaks with her model and votes for the plan to reconfigure the Raiders, the leader of the losing faction, Natalie Faust, secretly has the [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s in the [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]]s removed, giving them sentience. Enraged at the modification of the Raiders, the freed Centurions side with Natalie's faction and helps purge numerous basestars of the Ones, Fours and Fives ([[TRS]]: "[[Six of One]]").

Soon, the Cylon fleet becomes separated into two segregated factions controlling their own [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]]. During a meeting between the two factions, Natalie gives Cavil her conditions for reunification: the end of the Raider modifications and the [[Boxing|unboxing]] of the entire [[Number Three]] line in order to discover the identities of the Final Five. After presenting the conditions to his faction, Cavil tells Natalie that the Fours and Fives have agreed to their terms. He informs them that the Number Three line is being downloaded at the [[Resurrection Hub]] and that the nearest accessible server is six [[FTL|jumps]] away. Both factions agree to remain on their own ships during the journey ([[TRS]]: "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

==Battle==
Upon jumping to a trinary star system near the orbit of a ringed gas giant, Natalie's ship learns that the [[Resurrection Ship]] failed to make the jump. With Natalie's three basestars grouped together, Cavil's five basestars circle around them. Realizing that they intend to attack, Natalie orders the fleet to jump, but the initial salvo disables their [[FTL|FTL drives]]. Unable to escape, the ships are hit by a constant barrage of missiles and Raider attacks, with one of Natalie's basestars quickly destroyed.

Eventually, Natalie's other basestar is destroyed, and [[Rebel basestar|her own basestar]] is heavily damaged. Furthermore, her Raider wing is almost completely destroyed. As the engagement takes place outside of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] range, all [[humanoid Cylon]] and Raider deaths are permanent. Believing the Rebel basestar to be either destroyed or crippled, Cavil's forces retreat from the area, leaving a large field of debris where ordnance continues to explode among the wreckage for some time.

==Aftermath==
Leaking fuel and set adrift, Natalie's ship enters orbit around the nearby gas giant. A heavily damaged [[Heavy Raider]] piloted by a single [[Number Two]] copy is sent out into deep space, where it is found by the ''[[Demetrius]]''. The Two proposes an alliance between the Cylon rebels and the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Colonials]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Road Less Traveled]]"). A [[Raptor]] team, led by [[Kara Thrace]] jumps back to the basestar and uses their ship's FTLs to jump the basestar to the ''Demetrius'' and then to rendezvous with the Fleet. This alliance eventually leads to the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]] and the [[Battle of The Colony]] where resurrection is destroyed and Cavil and his forces finally fall to ''Galactica's'' crew, aided by some Rebel Cylons ([[TRS]]: "[[Faith]]"; "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner]]", "[[The Hub]]", "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

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Missile tubes

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'''Missile batteries''' are weapon emplacements aboard Cylon and Colonial military ships capable of firing conventional or nuclear ship to ship, or ship to ground ordnance. They are protected against damage by retraction mechanisms on Cylon craft, and by external hatches on Colonial craft, and vary in size depending on the class of ship.

== Colonial ==
[[Image:Galactica Missile Tubes.jpg|thumb|right|The launch tube doors are opened on the battlestar [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] (BS 75).]]
On Colonial craft, missiles are not the first line of defense or offense when in battle. Instead, Colonials prefer to use large gun batteries, however, Colonial military craft are prepared to utilize missile delivery systems, usually as a last line of defense against an aggressor. Missiles are prepped for use by moving the missiles into an upright launching position. Once the missiles are loaded into the tubes and are ready to be fired, they must be armed with a target package and a point of aim. This is typically ordered by the vessel's Commanding Officer, with the order being relayed by the Tactical Officer ([[TRS]]: "[[Rapture]]").
[[Image:Osiris 4.png|thumb|left|The defensive missile batteries of the ''Orion'' class battlestar, ''[[Osiris]]'' (0913).]]
Despite many fail safes, missile tubes can take damage that can jam the tubes, and prevent a missile launch. If need be, Colonial commanders can receive manual control over the missiles in the tubes, and detonate them from the ship's [[CIC]], in a kamikaze run against enemy targets ("''[[Blood & Chrome]]''").

Smaller ships in the Colonial Fleet, such as the [[Orion Class Battlestar|''Orion'' class battlestar]], [[Valkyrie type battlestar|''Valkyrie'' type battlestar]], and even the Colonial [[Raptor]]s also have smaller, defensive ship to ship missile batteries, designed to strike down smaller craft, such as the Cylon Raider, before switching over to the larger, more effective main batteries ("''[[Blood & Chrome]]''", [[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]", "[[He That Believeth In Me]]").
[[Image:Raptor Missle Defense.jpg|thumb|right|Colonial Raptors strike down incoming Cylon Raiders using their missile defense systems.]]

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== Cylon ==
[[Image:Basestar fires missiles, "He That Believeth In Me".jpg|thumb|right|A modern Cylon basestar fires its missiles.]]
Missile launch systems are the primary weapon of the Cylon fleet. They have been utilized on Cylon craft dating all the way back to the First [[Cylon War]], and are still utilized by the Cylons after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. Despite being vulnerable to electronic countermeasures, Cylon based missile systems have proven to be quite powerful, and destructive.

During the First Cylon War, the Cylons used missiles that were able to penetrate the armor on Colonial ships, which were able to deliver a great deal of damage. These missiles were also deployed on ground-based war machines throughout Cylon war zones ("''[[Blood & Chrome]]''", "''[[Razor]]''").
[[Image:Closeup Basestar Missle Launcher.png|thumb|left|A Cylon basestar prepares to fire a missile with attached MIRV payload.]]
As part of their ship to ground systems, the Cylons utilize a '''M'''ultiple '''I'''ndependently targetable '''R'''eentry '''V'''ehicle (MIRV) payload, delivered from basestars in orbit, to attack the Twelve Colonies with nuclear warheads, which resulted in the total destruction of the Colonies ("''[[The Plan]]''"). These basestars then switched over to conventional ordnance to attack and destroy the disabled Colonial Fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]"). Following the Fall, a common Cylon tactic is to surprise a Colonial crew by quickly launching a nuclear salvo before deploying Raiders and switching to non nuclear ordnance ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

Smaller Cylon craft, such as the Raider, also carry nuclear and conventional missile launch systems, however, they generally rely on their automatic cannons for offensive and defensive purposes. Despite their small size, missiles delivered from Cylon Raiders are capable of inflicting great damage to Colonial craft if they are able to get in close enough ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]", "''[[Razor]]''", "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").
[[Image:Colony Missile Cannon.jpg|thumb|right|A missile cannon on the Colony prepares to strike a target.]]
Specialized missile batteries are placed on the Cylon [[The Colony|Colony]] to defend against any aggressors. These missile cannons retract from the hull, upon detection of an enemy combatant, and work to overwhelm enemy targets with multiple shots per second in a concentrated kill zone ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

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== Notes ==

*While the release of [[w:Biological warfare|biological]] and [[w:Chemical warfare|chemical]] weapons are normally illegal for the Colonial Fleet and requires a presidential mandate ([[TRS]]: "[[A Measure of Salvation]]"), the release of nuclear ordnance, even used against planets and not just in space, does not seem to require presidential approval ([[TRS]]: "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]").

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DRADIS

2016-06-08T14:04:07Z

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:''For the [[Original Series]] counterpart, see [[scanner|Scanner]].''

'''DRADIS''' ('''''D'''irection, '''RA'''nge, and '''DIS'''tance'')<ref>Breakdown of the term is taken from an early manuscript of the first half of the Miniseries. For more information, please see "Notes".</ref> is a series of highly sensitive detection, identification, navigation and tracking systems used to determine the range, altitude, direction, or speed of objects. It can be used to detect aircraft, spacecraft, weapons ordnance, celestial bodies, and terrain. <ref>It appears that DRADIS is the Colonial equivalent of RADAR ('''''RA'''dio '''D'''etection '''A'''nd '''R'''anging'') here on Earth, but does not use that term. However, in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", some viewers believed that Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] said, "The decoy ships will jump into the enemy star system at extreme ''radar'' range from the Cylon asteroid." The use of "radar" would be a [[Continuity errors (RDM)|continuity error]] as official sources confirmed that "radar" does not exist in the Re-imagined Series. Others believed that actress [[Katee Sackhoff]] said "extreme ''Raider'' range", the range of the Raiders from the Cylon base, and the word was slurred so that it sounded vaguely like "radar". The matter was put to rest when Battlestar Wiki [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive1#.22Radar.22_gaffe_in_.22The_Hand_of_God.22.3F|asked]] the writer of this episode, [[Bradley Thompson]], who confirmed that the line in the script was "...extreme ''Viper'' range...". The final line must have been looped in during post-production without his input (probably to keep from spoiling the plot). Thompson confirmed that the final line sounded like "Raider".</ref>

[[Image:DRADIS Closeup.jpg|thumb|A DRADIS screen displays numerous friendly (green) and hostile (red) contacts.]]

=== Operations ===
DRADIS is a central component of the navigation computer, and defensive and offensive weapons systems, especially on Colonial warships that do not have windows or portholes of any kind that would allow an outside view of the vessel. Without it, the warship is blind. It is the first line of defense after enemy contact is made, alerting warship crews to any incoming danger, such as nuclear (which triggers the ship's [[radiological alarm|Radiological Alarm]]) ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]", "[[The Captain's Hand]]") or conventional ordnance ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]"), and any objects that might pose a collision risk ("CBDR" - '''''C'''losing '''B'''earing, '''D'''ecreasing '''R'''ange'') ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]"). Tactical and navigation data acquired from DRADIS scans are displayed on a series of screens that form the [[DRADIS console]], suspended above the [[CIC]]'s Command and Control console ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]", ''et al'').

=== Limitations and Interference ===
[[Image:DRADIS Interference.jpg|thumb|A DRADIS readout is hindered by large amounts of external interference.]]
DRADIS systems are often subject to various sources of interference, and clutter. These can come from excessive contacts or naturally occurring objects such as nebulas, EM interference, star clusters, pulsars, and binary stars. There isn't much an operator can do to eliminate these sources, and must do the best they can given the circumstances. However, DRADIS systems can still eliminate these sources enough to detect objects at closer ranges ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"). DRADIS operators can also "turn off" various sources of clutter, for example, excessive or uninteresting contacts can be toned down to simply an icon on the screen, allowing more important contacts, such as a ship's [[CAP|Combat Air Patrol]], or enemy contact, to be highlighted with its speed, direction, and [[IFF|transponder ID]].

Carbon composites can also absorb and diffuse DRADIS scans, rending any vehicle comprised of such material largely invisible. One such vehicle, the ''[[Blackbird]]'', was able to fly through and photograph a Cylon fleet tracking the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' without being noticed ([[TRS]]: "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"). Conversely, false positive contacts can be induced through electronic interference or malfunction, producing contacts that either misrepresent their actual configuration or do not actually exist. In the case of the latter, such false positives are referred to as "ghosts" ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part II]]", "[[The Oath]]").

=== Cylon DRADIS ===
The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] also employ DRADIS on their spacecraft, however, in what capacity is not known. No visual representation of the Cylon DRADIS exists, as the corresponding tracking data appears to be uploaded directly into the consciousnesses of the Cylons in charge of command and control via the Baseship [[datastream]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

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== Notes ==
The "'''D'''irection, '''RA'''nge, and '''DIS'''tance" breakdown of the acronym "DRADIS" was listed in an early manuscript of the first half of the [[Miniseries]]. Since some major elements of this script were changed (such as Kobol being the sole home of the Colonies, and not separate worlds) in comparison to the completed teleplay, canonical use of this breakdown should be taken with some skepticism.

There is some evidence to suggest that the original breakdown is the canonical version. In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", Lt. [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] performs a DRADIS sweep of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. The aerial survey is later presented to the [[Laura Roslin|President]]. For a brief moment, as Roslin takes the survey image out of [[Billy Keikeya]]'s hand, the DRADIS information printed on the image is [http://www.frak-that.com/112/images/112_cap309.jpg visible] (Bottom right). The letters on the image are clear and are as follows:

:Aerial Survey
:'''D.''' 41376
:'''Ra.''' 145.8
:'''Dis.''' 43.5

The letters represent numerical values. While this is not conclusive evidence, it is consistent with the original manuscript definition.

==See Also==
*[[List of terms (RDM)|List of terms in the Re-imagined Series]]

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Continuity errors (TOS)

2016-06-01T20:33:18Z

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{{Continuity Errors series}}

This is a listing of continuity errors in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

== Logic errors ==

=== "Saga of a Star World" ===

* When Galactica arrives at Caprica after the Cylon attack, [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] tells a group on [[Galactica]]'s bridge that he wants to take his shuttle to check on his home and wife there. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] overrides him, stating that it's too dangerous to take a shuttle and instead will take him on his fighter. However, the fighter they take (shown parked outside Adama's home) is a one-seat Viper. There would have been no room for both men on the same fighter, and no other fighter was shown.

=== "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II" ===

* At 00:19:08, when [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Serina]] look to see the [[landram]] on Kobol's surface, the landram footage is flipped, as betrayed by the flipped number "4" on the side of the landram.

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II" ===

* As the pulsar fires and misses [[the Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]], it causes an explosion just past the Fleet. However, a laser beam should continue on at the speed of light relatively indefinitely, until coming close to a [[w:black hole|black hole]] or hitting an object.
* At ~00:33:20, as a shot of the Fleet is established, a ship at the extreme right of the screen suddenly snaps into existence, whereas the ship did not appear there before the previous second earlier.

=== "The Young Lords" ===

* During the approach of the Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s in the teaser, [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]'s scanner shows three ships–but four are seen commencing their attack.

=== "The Man with Nine Lives" ===

* When [[Chameleon]] tells [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] to "hit the deck", Starbuck lands near the front of the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] as Chamelon fires the Viper's lasers into the launch tubes. After the volley is fired, the next scene finds Starbuck jumping out of the launch tube, which is filled with smoke, as if he were running the whole time.
* In [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s ready room, when Chameleon is ordered to report to [[Siress]] [[Blassie]] on the [[Senior ship]] for rehabilitation, Apollo is first seen with his pistol belt. When the shot cuts to Apollo and [[Sheba]] around 00:48:04, Apollo is seen without the belt. The belt reappears only 12 seconds later as Starbuck and Chameleon walk by to leave the room.

=== "Baltar's Escape" ===

* At ~00:03:37, when [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] visits the [[Prison Barge]] to question Commandant [[Leiter]], the [[Council Security]] guard moves to open the door to the cell -- which slides open before he is even able to slide his keycard.

== Prop errors ==

=== "Baltar's Escape" ===

* The bell [[Serina]] uses in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]" is missing when [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] approaches [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] at the same table where the female warriors sat at. In addition, much of the furniture has changed.

== Footage used from other sources ==

[[Image:GOPIZ Landram Gaffe.jpg|thumb|right|The [[snowram]] suddenly has a hood?]]

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" ===

* At 00:33:53, the viewer is shown the perspective from the left front window looking out from what we're to believe is the [[snowram]]. However, this is a serious gaffe, as the snowram does not have a hood and it appears that there have been other vehicles in the path they are traveling in, when clearly traveling to Death Point Plateau is inadvisable due to the di-ethene levels.

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II" ===

* At various times during the trek up [[Mount Hekla]], footage from other sources is used. Typically, the footage depicts a four-man team, however during the initial climb there are six people ([[Wolfe]], [[Leda]], [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Ser 5-9]], [[Tenna]], and [[Croft]]) until Tenna and Ser 5-9 go back down the mountain after Ser sustains injuries to his leg due to an avalanche.

== Misplaced reused footage ==

=== "Saga of a Star World" ===
[[Image:Raiderblooper.jpg|thumb|right|A Raider follows the Vipers as they start their patrol?]]

* At 00:06:06, just as [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Zac]] are launching on their patrol a [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] swoops in out of nowhere for a moment. This is likely footage from later in the episode.

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" ===

* At 00:31:01, when [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] destroys the lone [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] with the [[snowram]]'s turret, the scene depicting the Raider's destruction is the same explosion scene that depicts the [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]]'s destruction over [[Carillon]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]". Note the orange glowing background and, at ~00:31:01, the basestar's exterior which is the most noticeable at the top right of the screen.
* At 00:40:34, a misplaced shot of three [[Tenna]]s is placed after Tenna says that the [[Theta]]s prefer the term "Theta class life-forms" instead of clones. The shot of the three Tennas seen at 00:40:34 is taken from the ''second'' part of the episode, where Starbuck is dragged away by [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]].

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II" ===

* At 00:25:30, the scene where Stabuck is putting on his helmet is inserted here as the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] launch to intercept the phalanx of [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s, who are going to reengage ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' a second time. However, Starbuck is on [[Arcta]] leading a strike force against the Cylon garrison on [[Mount Hekla]].
* At 00:45:16, when the [[Solonite charge]]s destroy the [[energy exchange pump]], the explosion scene is the same one that depicts the [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]]'s destruction over [[Carillon]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".

=== "The Living Legend, Part I" ===

* Around 00:02:41, as Starbuck and Apollo are being attacked by two other unknown craft (actually Colonial Vipers piloted Bojay and Sheba from ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]''), blue laser bolts streak past. Vipers fire red bolts; Raiders fire the blue.
* Around 00:45:17, Adama orders "positive shield" and the batteries commencing fire. The scene is archive footage is from "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This is telling due ot the fact that Adama sports a cape and Omega's being replaced by another officer. When the scene resumes around 00:45:55, Adama's cape suddenly disappears and Omega reappears, reporting that there's a fire in the bay.

=== "The Living Legend, Part II" ===
* Around 00:45:18, Adama orders "positive shield" and the launch of Vipers. The scene is archive footage is from "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This is telling due ot the fact that Adama sports a cape and Omega's being replaced by another officer. When the scene resumes around 00:45:54, Adama's cape suddenly disappears and Omega reappears, reporting that there's a fire in Alpha bay.
* As ''Pegasus'' engages the Cylons, the scene where the core command offers wince and react to the explosions is too ripped from "Saga of a Star World". Note the caped Adama in the [[Uniforms (TOS)|blue uniform]] with Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] on core command.

=== "Fire in Space" ===
* Around 00:03:54, [[Sheba]] is shown putting on her ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' crested helmet as she launches her Viper, but once out in space (around 00:05:48) she has the "hawk" like the rest of the ''Galactica'' pilots. It continues to switch back and forth (such as 00:06:56 when it goes back to the horse again).

== Reused special effects ==

* In "[[The Young Lords]]", the scenes depicting circuit burn-outs after the [[Canus patrol|leader of the Cylon's Canus patrol]] damages the undercarriage of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] are taken from "[[Saga of a Star World]]", where Starbuck has circuit burn-outs as he approaches ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''.
* In "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]", the approach of the [[mining ship]] to the planet [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]] at ~00:18:20 is the same footage first seen in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", where the mining ship approaches [[Carillon]].
* In "[[The Living Legend, Part II]]", when Apollo and Starbuck begin strafing runs on the basestars to knock out their flank missle turrets, the turrets depicted are ''Galactica'''s laser turrets.

=== Repeated usages of stock footage ===
A majority of the special effects shots involving various exterior shots of ''Galactica'' and her Fleet in space, to Viper and Raider skirmishes, as well as attacks on ''Galactica'' herself, are reused throughout the series with little exception. Some of the noteworthy reuses are noted below:

==== Effects reuses ====

* The scene depicting ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' turning away from the fleet at [[Cimtar]] and heading back to the Colonies is reused in "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]" (depicting ''Pegasus'''s acceleration to lightspeed) and later in "[[Experiment in Terra]]" as ''Galactica'' heads toward [[Terra]] to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

==== Reuses from the Original Series to ''1980'' ====

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* The scenes where the undercarriage of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] is damaged from Cylon fire originate from "[[The Young Lords]]", and are reused in "[[The Return of Starbuck]]"–where Starbuck and Boomer essentially rehash the first act from "The Young Lords" in "Return of Starbuck".
* The attacks on the [[Agro Ship]]s by the Cylons in "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]" is reused in "[[Space Croppers]]".

== External links ==

* [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/classicdocs/pop_art0039.htm BattlestarGalactica.com: A list of gaffes in the original series], author unknown.

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Callsign

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A '''callsign''' is a unique nickname used primarily over [[wireless]] communications for brevity.

Callsigns assigned to pilots and flight officers can play on the aviator's name, or can be based on specific circumstances or attributes (sometimes comical). Examples:

*[[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]]
*[[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
*[[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
*[[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]

Such callsigns are also used informally outside of wireless communication. For example, [[Karl Agathon]] is often in conversation referred to by his callsign "Helo" rather than his given name outside of the cockpit.

Specific military callsigns are reserved for certain positions or functions rather than any individuals. A ship's commander will assume the callsign "[[actual]]", e.g. "Galactica actual", "Pegasus actual", "Demetrius actual", etc. These callsigns are not for informal use.

Ships can also have callsigns. Viper and Raptor callsigns are based on tail numbers ([[Viper 7242]], [[Raptor 718]]).

The callsign "Colonial One" is reserved for the vessel carrying or designated for the sitting Colonial President, similar to the way the United States Air Force and Marine Corps designate "Air Force One" and "Marine One" as the President's official air transport and helicopter respectively. "Colonial Heavy 798" assumes the callsign "[[Colonial One]]" after Laura Roslin is sworn in as President following confirmation of the deaths of President Adar during the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.

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Survivor count

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:''This article involves the survivor count of the refugees in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For a count of losses and gains in the Fleet incurred during the [[Original Series]], see: [[Fleet population]].''

The number of surviving Colonial citizens and military in the fleet was provided at intervals throughout the first season on a whiteboard on ''[[Colonial One]]'', and in one instance spoken aloud in dialogue. In the second season, this number appears in the opening credits of every episode (sometimes jokingly referred to as the "Countdown to Extinction"), and displays limited omniscience, updating itself to reflect the deaths on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] early in that season. This page collects the figures available thus far, cross-referenced with date information from [[Timeline (RDM)]].

==Graph==
[[Image:Fleet_survivors_new.jpg]]
:''All dates up until 51 are exact, 51-950 use estimates below, all tallies past 950 use an average of 5 days between counts (it averages out)''

==Data==

===Season 1===

'''Zero Hour'''
*'''[[Miniseries]]'''
**50,000,000,000 - Estimated total population of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol prior to the Cylon attack ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]).

'''Day 6'''
*'''[[33]]'''
**50,298 - Initial estimate.
**49,998 - Revised count. A decrease of 300.
**49,317 - Second revision. A decrease of 618 (cut scene, DVD).
**47,972 - A loss of 1345 after destruction of the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''.
**47,973 - One birth aboard the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]''.

'''Day 10'''
*'''[[Water]]'''
**47,958 - A net loss of 15.

'''Day 15'''
*'''[[You Can't Go Home Again]]'''
**47,958 - 13 pilots killed in a hangar deck accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]." (The count is not updated.)

'''Day 25'''
*'''[[Flesh and Bone]]'''
**47,954 - A net loss of 4 after deaths of a marine and three crew in "[[Litmus]]", the discovery of [[Ellen Tigh]] one week prior to "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", and the disappearance of [[Shelly Godfrey]] in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]". [[Number Five#Suicide Bomber Copy|Aaron Doral (Scorpia Traveler copy)]] was apparently not included among the fleet's population. The events of "Act of Contrition" have (still) not been accounted for.

'''Day 28'''
*'''[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]'''
**47,905 - A loss of 49. Total stated by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], possibly excluding himself and [[Sharon Valerii]].

'''Day 48'''
*'''[[Colonial Day]]'''
**47,898 - [[Valance]] is murdered while in custody aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]''. Four Viper pilots killed in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Two additional unexplained deaths.

'''Day 50'''
*'''[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]'''
**47,897 - One unseen death.

'''Day 51'''
*'''[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]'''
**47,887 - [[Raptor 3]] destroyed over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] with 10 souls aboard.
*'''[[Scattered]]'''
**47,875 - [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] is removed from the count after her assassination attempt. Probably includes the death of [[Karma]] in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", since the on-screen total appears to include deaths on Kobol. 10 additional unseen deaths.

=== Season 2===

*'''[[Valley of Darkness]]'''
**47,874 - [[Tarn]] shot by Cylon Centurions.
*'''[[Fragged]]'''
**47,862 - [[Flyboy]] killed by Cylon Centurion. [[Socinus]] euthanized by [[Galen Tyrol]]. Additional casualties during Cylon boarding action of ''Galactica''.

'''Day 54 (est.)'''
*'''[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]'''
**47,861 - [[Crashdown]] shot by [[Gaius Baltar]].

'''Day 60 (est.)'''
*'''[[The Farm]]'''
** 47,857 - Four civilians massacred by marine strike team aboard the ''[[Gideon]]''.

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[Home, Part I]]'''
** 47,858 - Return of [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], who was presumed dead. Caprica Valerii is not included in the count.
*'''[[Home, Part II]]'''
** 47,855 - Death of [[Elosha]] and a [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] [[Wikipedia: Redshirt (character)|redshirt]].
*'''[[Final Cut]]'''
** 47,853 - Death of [[Meier]] and unnamed Tom Zarek henchman in "Home, Part II".

'''Day 86 (est.)
*'''[[Flight of the Phoenix]]'''
** 47,853 - No change since "Final Cut".

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]'''
**49,605 - After the return of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', a dramatic increase of 1,752 over the previous count. The change is shown in the opening credits of [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], since the ship appeared in the "teaser" before the opening credits.
*'''[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]'''
**49,604 - Death of [[Alastair Thorne]].
*'''[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]'''
**49,604 - No change since "Resurrection Ship, Part I".

'''Day 189'''
*'''[[Epiphanies]]'''
** 49,598 - Deaths of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and an unnamed marine guard on ''Pegasus''. The remaining casualty count of four is conspicuously low given the scope of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|battle]] depicted in the previous episode.

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[Black Market]]'''
**49,597 - The death of a suicide bomber on the ''[[Daru Mozu]]''. Based on dialogue, the attack took the lives of the bomber and at least two civilians. This may have been offset by births in between the two episodes. The death of [[Jack Fisk]] was shown in the teaser of [[Black Market]], and should be counted in the opening credits.
*'''[[Scar]]'''
**49,593 - Deaths of Commander [[Jack Fisk]], Fisk's assassin, [[Phelan]], and one other person, presumably [[Beano]]. It is unclear where the death of Beano, the first of four pilots killed by Scar is counted. Since much of the episode, including the deaths of the four pilots killed by Scar, is shown in flashback.

*'''[[Sacrifice]]'''
**49,590 - Deaths of three pilots killed by Scar: [[Reilly]], [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]], and [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]].

'''c. Day 210'''
*'''[[The Captain's Hand]]'''
**49,584 - Deaths of [[Sesha Abinell]], [[Kern Vinson]], [[Nelson Page]], [[George Chu]], and two unnamed marines, and [[Billy Keikeya]]. Sesha Abinell's husband Ray was killed during a Cylon attack ten weeks prior to this episode, but it does not appear to have been counted. It may have been offset by a birth.

'''c. Day 240'''
*'''[[The Captain's Hand]]'''
**49,579 - Deaths of [[Richard Bayer|Buster]], [[Lyla|Shark]], the two-man crew of [[Raptor 314]], and Commander [[Barry Garner]] (seen near the end on the white board).

'''Between c. Day 240 and c. Day 270'''
*'''[[Razor]] ( Present events)'''
**49,579 - confirms closing count from "The Captain's Hand".

'''c. Day 270'''
*'''[[Downloaded]]'''
**49,579 - confirms closing count from "The Captain's Hand". The count is either not updated to reflect the deaths of [[Kendra Shaw]] and [[Dasilva]] in "[[Razor]]" or there were births that offset those deaths.
*'''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]'''
**49,579 - No change since "[[Downloaded]]". It is unclear how the birth of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] is counted. Her birth appears to be offset by the death of [[Maya]]'s child. Maya's child seems to be the one seen in the incubator, and whose ashes are spread out of a Raptor by Helo and Tyrol.
'''c. Day 280'''
*'''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]'''
**49,550 - [[Raptor 612]] jumped into a mountain on Caprica. This could account for four people: A pilot, an ECO, and two marines.

'''During the Settlement of New Caprica (from c. Day 280 to c. Day 660)'''
*'''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]'''
**After the "One Year Later" time jump later in the episode, the population of New Caprica City is given as 39,192. This includes separated military personnel, but does not include military and civilians in the small fleet orbiting the planet.
*'''[[Precipice]]'''
**According to Lee Adama, about 2,000 civilians escaped with the ships in orbit of New Caprica.
**Adama also states that both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are at half strength (this can't be taken literally).
***A careful [[crew tally]] establishes that, at full strength, ''Galactica'' is crewed by about 2,808 people and ''Pegasus'' by about 2,445.
***The same tally indicates that immediately prior to the one-year jump, ''Galactica'' was crewed by about 2,600 people, and ''Pegasus'' by about 1,700. At half-strength, this puts the minimum number of military personnel at about 2,200.
**This puts our estimate of the total human population at roughly 43,400 (39,192 + 2000 + 2200)
**Subtracting from the figure of 49,550 given in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", this means that the total population fell by about 6150 people during the one-year gap. The majority of these deaths probably happened as a result of the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and the surrounding vessels.
:''For a confirmation of these estimates with more accurate numbers see the "[[Crossroads, Part I]]" section''

=== Season 3===

'''During the Occupation of New Caprica (from c. Day 660 to c. Day 798)'''
*An unknown number of people died in the insurgency and Cylon retaliation. However this must be offset by additional births during this four month time span. Accurately tracking the population numbers is impossible at this point, but known casualty figures are given below:
*'''c. Day 729'''
**'''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]''' - 10 people are killed at the temple, including [[Nora Farmer]].
*'''c. Day 794'''
**'''[[Occupation]]''' - [[Tucker Clellan]] bombs the [[New Caprica Police]] graduation ceremony, killing 33 humans.
*'''c. Day 796'''
**'''[[Precipice]]''' - suicide bombing at the power substation kills 4 humans. Three resistance fighters die in the ambush at [[Breeders Canyon]].
*'''c. Day 798'''
**'''[[Exodus, Part II]]''' - numerous casualties during the evacuation of New Caprica, including [[Maya]]. [[Ellen Tigh]] is poisoned by her husband for collaborating with the Cylons, but as she is a Cylon herself her death is not counted.

'''c. Day 800'''
*'''[[Collaborators]]'''
**41,435 - Fleet population as of the third day of the Second Exodus. Given the above numbers, the death toll of the resistance and the [[Battle of New Caprica]] is about 2000 people. Given the total in the next episode, this figure does not reflect the 13 collaborators executed by the [[Circle]] between this episode and the last.
**Several hundred children might have been born on New Caprica. Since they are also included in the count, the Fleet has lost more older and able-bodied people than apparent.

'''c. Day 830'''
*'''[[Torn]]'''
**41,422 - Figure now reflects the 13 collaborators executed by the [[Circle]]. No deaths occur in this episode.

'''c. Day 831'''
*'''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'''
**41,420 - Two unseen deaths.

'''c. Day 935'''
*'''[[Hero]]'''
**41,421 - [[Daniel Novacek|Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek]] escapes from Cylon custody and joins the population of the fleet.

'''c. Day 950'''
*'''[[Unfinished Business]]'''
**41,422 - One birth.

'''Dates Unknown'''
*'''[[The Passage]]'''
**41,420 - Two unseen deaths.

*'''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'''
**41,402 - Eighteen deaths from radiation exposure, including the skeleton crews of the ''[[Adriatic]]'' and the ''[[Carina]]''. This also includes [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne Katraine]].

*'''[[Rapture]]'''
**41,401 - One unseen death.

*'''[[Taking a Break from All Your Worries]]'''
**41,403 - Deaths of [[Hillard]] and [[Omar Fischer]]. [[Hera Agathon]], [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six]] join the Fleet's population, in addition to two possible birth. Caprica-Six is not added to the count.

*'''[[The Woman King]]'''
**41,401 - Two unseen deaths.

*'''[[A Day in the Life]]'''
**41,398 - Deaths of [[Willie King]] and two other Sagittarons; possibly more if offset by births.

*'''[[Dirty Hands]]'''
**41,400 - Two births.

*'''[[Maelstrom]]'''
**41,400 - No net change.

*'''[[The Son Also Rises]]'''
**41,399 - Death of [[Kara Thrace]] in the prior episode, and [[Alan Hughes]] at the end of this episode's teaser. Hughes' death is either not counted, offset by a birth, or Thrace's death is not counted.

*'''[[Crossroads, Part I]]'''
**Unknown, as there is no intro for this episode.
**The following numbers are given during Baltar's trial by [[Cassidy]]: 44,035 - the number who settled on New Caprica; 38,838 - the number the day after the escape. However the number of escapees can only refer to the ''civilian'' population of the Fleet, and despite talking specifically about the people who settled on New Caprica, this number includes the ''total'' population, including those in orbit.
**This contradictory wording is a writing error, but interpreting them slightly differently confirms the estimates from "[[Precipice]]":
***41,435 (Collaborators) - 38,838 = 2,597 (the military personnel in the Fleet)
***44,035 - 39,192 (the inhabitants of [[New Caprica City]]) = 4,835 (the total population left in orbit)
***4,835 - 2,597 = 2,238 (in "Precipice" Lee Adama refers to roughly 2,000 civilians who escaped New Caprica)
***49,550 (count in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") - 39,192 - 4,835 = 5,523 (the death toll prior to the occupation, mostly incurred with the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'')
***49,550 - 5,523 - 41,435 = 2,592 (the causalities of the Cylon occupation and the [[Battle of New Caprica|escape from New Caprica]])
:'''Note:''' While this number of military personnel fits with the estimate about their strength during the settlement of New Caprica, it still does not fit with the depiction of overcrowding on ''Galactica'' after the escape from the planet and the destruction of ''Pegasus'', since the battlestar was crewed with approximately 2,600 people to begin with. The number of civilians should therefore be lower.

*'''[[Crossroads, Part II]]'''
**Unknown, as there is no intro for this episode.

=== Season 4===

*'''[[He That Believeth In Me]]'''
**39,698 - A loss of [[Numerology#1701|1,701]], accounting for the ca. 600 deaths on ''[[Pyxis]]'', and ca. additional 1,100 deaths on other ships damaged during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], such as the ''[[Zephyr]]'' and ''[[Astral Queen]]''. The assumed dead [[Kara Thrace]] returns, presumably increasing the number by one. [[Samuel Anders]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Saul Tigh]], and [[Galen Tyrol]] likely removed from the count upon revelation of their Cylon nature.

*'''[[Six of One]]'''
**39,676 - 22 unaccounted for deaths from the previous episode. These may be people who were wounded in the battle, but died of their injuries later.

*'''[[The Ties That Bind]]'''
**39,676 - No change. [[Cally Tyrol]] dies during the course of the episode.

*'''[[Escape Velocity]]'''
**39,675 - Cally Tyrol's death is accounted for.

*'''[[The Road Less Traveled]]'''
**39,676 - An increase of one; likely a birth in the Fleet. Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]] dies during the episode.

*'''[[Faith]]'''
**39,675 - Mathias's death is accounted for. [[Jean Barolay]] and [[Emily Kowalski]] die during the episode.

*'''[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]'''
**39,673 - Barolay's and Kowalski's deaths are counted.

*'''[[Sine Qua Non]]'''
**39,674 - An unexplained increase by one. During the episode [[Eammon Pike]] is found the dead in the Raptor and several pilots were likely killed in the battle at the [[Resurrection Hub]]. [[Natalie Faust]] succumbs to her injuries from [[Sharon Agathon]]'s assassination attempt. Her death is not counted.

*'''[[The Hub]]'''
**39,673 - A decrease of one, possibly counting Pike's death. However, the episode takes place concurrently with "Sine Qua Non" and Pike only dies later in the episode.

*'''[[Revelations]]'''
**39,665 - A decrease of eight, likely accounting for the Colonial casualties during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]].

*'''[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]'''
**39,651 - A decrease of fourteen. Accounting for the unnamed pilot executed by [[D'Anna Biers|D'Anna]] in "[[Revelations]]", and thirteen additional unexplained deaths.
**39,650 - [[Anastasia Dualla]] commits suicide.

*'''[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]'''
**39,644 - A loss of six. [[Esrin|Ensign "Easy" Esrin]], [[J. Finnegan|Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan]], and [[Brooks|Specialist Brooks]] are murdered by "[[Number Eight|Sweet Eight]]" aboard [[Raptor 718]], and three possible suicides. 2 marines die in the course of the episode.

*'''[[The Oath]]'''
**39,643 - A loss of one, [[Peter Laird]] (killed by [[Tom Zarek]]).

*'''[[Blood on the Scales]]'''
** 39,603 - A loss of 40. Probably casualties of [[Gaeta's Mutiny|Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek's coup d'etat]]. Private [[Stewart Jaffee]] and [[Maldonaldo|Lance Corporal Maldonaldo]] are among the slain.

*'''[[No Exit]]'''
** 39,556 - A loss of 47, including eleven members of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]], [[Parr]], [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Felix Gaeta]], and other probable casualties of the coup.

*'''[[Deadlock]]'''
** 39,556 - No change. [[Ellen Tigh]] and [[Sharon Valerii]] return to the fleet but are not factored into the count.

*'''[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]'''
** 39,556 - No change.

*'''[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]'''
** 39,521 - 35 casualties from the damage done to ''Galactica'' by [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s mistimed FTL jump. Cylon workers are among the dead but are not factored into the count.

*'''[[Daybreak, Part I]]'''
** 39,516 - 5 unknown casualties, possibly people who were wounded in the previous episode but did not die until later.

*'''[[Daybreak, Part II]]'''
** Unknown - No opening count for this episode. Heavy losses incurred during the [[Battle of The Colony]] including (but not limited to): [[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]], [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]], 4 other Viper pilots and the crews of 7 Raptors. Uncounted Cylon casualties include [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Number One|John Cavil]], [[Tory Foster]], and the entire Number One, [[Number Four|Four]], and [[Number Five|Five]] model lines.

*'''[[Daybreak, Part II|Daybreak, Part III]]'''
** 39,406 - Tally shown digitally available version of "Daybreak, Part III". A loss of 110, most likely casualties from the Battle of the Colony.
** approx. "38,000" - Closing count given by Admiral Adama, a verbal estimate of the number of survivors who survived to make it to the second [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. [[Laura Roslin]] dies on [[Earth]]. [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] mysteriously vanishes. [[Samuel Anders]] pilots the Fleet into Earth's sun.

*'''150,000 Years Later'''
** 6,760,000,000 - Estimated current population of Earth, descendants of the survivors of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.

==Per Episode==

{| class="messagebox sortable"
|-
! No.
! Episode
! Population
! ΔPopulation
|-
| 1.01
| [[33]]
| 50,298
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.02
| [[Water]]
| 47,958
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2340
|-
| 1.03
| [[Bastille Day]]
| 47,958
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.04
| [[Act of Contrition]]
| 47,958
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.05
| [[You Can't Go Home Again]]
| 47,954
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 4
|-
| 1.06
| [[Litmus]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 1.07
| [[Six Degrees of Separation]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 1.08
| [[Flesh and Bone]]
| 47,954
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.09
| [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]
| 47,905
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 49
|-
| 1.10
| [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]
| 47,898
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 7
|-
| 1.11
| [[Colonial Day]]
| 47,898
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 1.12
| [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
| 47,897
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 1.13
| [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]
| 47,887
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 10
|-
| 2.01
| [[Scattered]]
| 47,875
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 12
|-
| 2.02
| [[Valley of Darkness]]
| 47,874
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.03
| [[Fragged]]
| 47,862
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 12
|-
| 2.04
| [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]
| 47,861
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.05
| [[The Farm]]
| 47,857
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 4
|-
| 2.06
| [[Home, Part I]]
| 47,858
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 2.07
| [[Home, Part II]]
| 47,855
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 3
|-
| 2.08
| [[Final Cut]]
| 47,853
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 2.09
| [[Flight of the Phoenix]]
| 47,853
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 2.10
| [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]
| 49,605
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1752
|-
| 2.11
| [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]
| 49,604
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.12
| [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
| 49,604
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 2.13
| [[Epiphanies]]
| 49,598
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 6
|-
| 2.14
| [[Black Market]]
| 49,597
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 2.15
| [[Scar]]
| 49,593
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 4
|-
| 2.16
| [[Sacrifice]]
| 49,590
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 3
|-
| 2.17
| [[The Captain's Hand]]
| 49,584
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 6
|-
| 2.18
| [[Downloaded]]
| 49,579
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 5
|-
| 2.19
| [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
| 49,579
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 2.20
| [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
| 49,550
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 29
|-
| 3.01
| [[Occupation]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 3.02
| [[Precipice]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 3.03
| [[Exodus, Part I]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 3.04
| [[Exodus, Part II]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 3.05
| [[Collaborators]]
| 41,435
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 8115
|-
| 3.06
| [[Torn]]
| 41,422
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 13
|-
| 3.07
| [[A Measure of Salvation]]
| 41,420
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 3.08
| [[Hero]]
| 41,421
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 3.09
| [[Unfinished Business]]
| 41,422
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 3.10
| [[The Passage]]
| 41,420
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 3.11
| [[The Eye of Jupiter]]
| 41,402
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 18
|-
| 3.12
| [[Rapture]]
| 41,401
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 3.13
| [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]
| 41,403
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 2
|-
| 3.14
| [[The Woman King]]
| 41,401
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 3.15
| [[A Day in the Life]]
| 41,398
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 3
|-
| 3.16
| [[Dirty Hands]]
| 41,400
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 2
|-
| 3.17
| [[Maelstrom]]
| 41,400
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 3.18
| [[The Son Also Rises]]
| 41,399
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 3.19
| [[Crossroads, Part I]]
| 41,399
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 3.20
| [[Crossroads, Part II]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 4.01
| [[He That Believeth In Me]]
| 39,698
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1701
|-
| 4.02
| [[Six of One]]
| 39,676
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 22
|-
| 4.03
| [[The Ties That Bind]]
| 39,676
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 4.04
| [[Escape Velocity]]
| 39,675
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.05
| [[The Road Less Traveled]]
| 39,676
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 4.06
| [[Faith]]
| 39,675
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.07
| [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]
| 39,673
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 2
|-
| 4.08
| [[Sine Qua Non]]
| 39,674
| [[Image:Symbol Up Arrow.svg|13px|Population increase.]] 1
|-
| 4.09
| [[The Hub]]
| 39,673
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.10
| [[Revelations]]
| 39,665
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 8
|-
| 4.11
| [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]
| 39,651
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 14
|-
| 4.12
| [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]
| 39,650
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.13
| [[The Oath]]
| 39,644
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 6
|-
| 4.14
| [[Blood on the Scales]]
| 39,643
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 1
|-
| 4.15
| [[No Exit]]
| 39,603
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 40
|-
| 4.16
| [[Deadlock]]
| 39,556
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 47
|-
| 4.17
| [[Someone to Watch Over Me]]
| 39,556
| [[Image:Symbol Steady Arrow.svg|13px|No population change.]] 0
|-
| 4.18
| [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]
| 39,521
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 35
|-
| 4.19
| [[Daybreak, Part I]]
| 39,516
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 5
|-
| 4.20
| [[Daybreak, Part II]]
| Not Available
| <br/>
|-
| 4.21
| [[Daybreak, Part II|Daybreak, Part III]]
| 39,406
| [[Image:Symbol Down Arrow.svg|13px|Population decline.]] 110
|}

==Analysis==
*The detonation of a nuclear warhead on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' by the [[Number Six]] copy, [[Gina Inviere]], is the first time a ship has been destroyed since the destruction of the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''.
*The ships ''[[Adriatic]]'' and ''[[Carina]]'' are also destroyed in "[[The Passage]]", however with only skeleton crews aboard.
*Since the end of "[[33]]", the Fleet's population has been dying off at a fairly steady rate of approximately 2.1 persons per day. At this rate, barring the arrival of more humans such as that seen in "[[Pegasus]]", the Fleet would be completely depopulated within a few decades.
*In "[[The Captain's Hand]]" (roughly in the region of Day 250-60), Dr. Baltar estimated that (factoring in the arrival of ''Pegasus''), given the survivor count's current rate of decline, never increasing, the human race will simply go extinct in 18 years. If this refers only to excess mortality, it would mean an average rate of roughly 7.5 people a day. It may be that Baltar's estimate considered more factors, such as labor shortages resulting in famine, which would complicate this model, resulting in the death rate exponentially increasing over time.
*First season survivor counts are available from [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin's]] whiteboard aboard ''[[Colonial One]]''. Second season survivor counts are included in the opening titles, as well as the presidential whiteboard.
*The loss of 8,115 people between "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" and "[[Collaborators]]" is the highest net loss from one opening title count to another.

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[[de:Anzahl der Überlebenden]]

Weapons free

2012-01-06T18:57:34Z

Dkendr:

Before any [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] or [[Raptor]] can fire weapons at will, permission must be given for members of the fighter group to do so. The request or command is called '''"weapons free."'''

The lead pilot of a [[Combat Air Patrol]], or group of [[Alert Fighters|Alert Fighters]] (typically the [[CAG]]) can give a "weapons free" order when facing a known enemy.

Any member of a fighter group can request weapons-free authorization from the lead pilot, usually as part of training missions ([[Home, Part I]]) or to verify their fighter's gun operation ([[Epiphanies]]).

In special cases, the lead pilot may defer weapons-free authorization to the battlestar commander. Lead pilot [[Kat]] defers weapons-free authorization for her fighter group to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' [[Actual]] after the battlestar launches her fighters against sister battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and her Vipers, realizing that ordering fire against fellow Colonials required Commander [[William Adama|Adama's]] authorization ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

The contrary command to "Weapons Free" is "Weapons Hold", whereby units are ordered to hold fire except against specifically authorized targets or in self-defense. Under "Weapons Free", any target not known to be friendly may be engaged.

Example: Assume pilot call sign Joker is flying CAP, led by pilot call sign Birdie. Joker is in pursuit of an enemy vessel and wishes to fire upon it.

(Joker is under "weapons hold," therefore the safeties are engaged on his weaponry.)<br>
- Pilot: Birdie, Joker. Target in sight. Request permission to engage.<br>
- CAP Leader: Joker, Birdie. Engage the unidentified craft. Weapons free.<br>
- Pilot: Birdie, Joker. Weapons free, acknowledged. <br>
(Joker removes safeties from weapons control.)

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Continuity errors (TOS)

2012-01-06T18:40:06Z

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Continuity errors (TOS)

2012-01-06T18:38:50Z

Dkendr: Logic error in Saga of a Star World

{{Continuity Errors series}}

This is a listing of continuity errors in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

== Logic errors ==

=== "Saga of a Star World" ===

When Galactica arrives at Caprica after the Cylon attack, [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] tells a group on [[Galactica]]'s bridge that he wants to take his shuttle to check on his home and wife there. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] overrides him, stating that it's too dangerous to take a shuttle and instead will take him on his fighter. However, the fighter they take (shown parked outside Adama's home) is a one-seat Viper. There would have been no room for both men on the same fighter, and no other fighter was shown.

=== "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II" ===

* At 00:19:08, when [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Serina]] look to see the [[landram]] on Kobol's surface, the landram footage is flipped, as betrayed by the flipped number "4" on the side of the landram.

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II" ===

* As the pulsar fires and misses [[the Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]], it causes an explosion just past the Fleet. However, a laser beam should continue on at the speed of light relatively indefinitely, until coming close to a [[w:black hole|black hole]] or hitting an object.
* At ~00:33:20, as a shot of the Fleet is established, a ship at the extreme right of the screen suddenly snaps into existence, whereas the ship did not appear there before the previous second earlier.

=== "The Young Lords" ===

* During the approach of the Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s in the teaser, [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]'s scanner shows three ships–but four are seen commencing their attack.

=== "The Man with Nine Lives" ===

* When [[Chameleon]] tells [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] to "hit the deck", Starbuck lands near the front of the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] as Chamelon fires the Viper's lasers into the launch tubes. After the volley is fired, the next scene finds Starbuck jumping out of the launch tube, which is filled with smoke, as if he were running the whole time.
* In [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s ready room, when Chameleon is ordered to report to [[Siress]] [[Blassie]] on the [[Senior ship]] for rehabilitation, Apollo is first seen with his pistol belt. When the shot cuts to Apollo and [[Sheba]] around 00:48:04, Apollo is seen without the belt. The belt reappears only 12 seconds later as Starbuck and Chameleon walk by to leave the room.

=== "Baltar's Escape" ===

* At ~00:03:37, when [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] visits the [[Prison Barge]] to question Commandant [[Leiter]], the [[Council Security]] guard moves to open the door to the cell -- which slides open before he is even able to slide his keycard.

== Prop errors ==

=== "Baltar's Escape" ===

* The bell [[Serina]] uses in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]" is missing when [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] approaches [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] at the same table where the female warriors sat at. In addition, much of the furniture has changed.

== Footage used from other sources ==

[[Image:GOPIZ Landram Gaffe.jpg|thumb|right|The [[snowram]] suddenly has a hood?]]

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" ===

* At 00:33:53, the viewer is shown the perspective from the left front window looking out from what we're to believe is the [[snowram]]. However, this is a serious gaffe, as the snowram does not have a hood and it appears that there have been other vehicles in the path they are traveling in, when clearly traveling to Death Point Plateau is inadvisable due to the di-ethene levels.

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II" ===

* At various times during the trek up [[Mount Hekla]], footage from other sources is used. Typically, the footage depicts a four-man team, however during the initial climb there are six people ([[Wolfe]], [[Leda]], [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Ser 5-9]], [[Tenna]], and [[Croft]]) until Tenna and Ser 5-9 go back down the mountain after Ser sustains injuries to his leg due to an avalanche.

== Misplaced reused footage ==

=== "Saga of a Star World" ===
[[Image:Raiderblooper.jpg|thumb|right|A Raider follows the Vipers as they start their patrol?]]

* At 00:06:06, just as [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Zac]] are launching on their patrol a [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] swoops in out of nowhere for a moment. This is likely footage from later in the episode.

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" ===

* At 00:31:01, when [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] destroys the lone [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] with the [[snowram]]'s turret, the scene depicting the Raider's destruction is the same explosion scene that depicts the [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]]'s destruction over [[Carillon]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]". Note the orange glowing background and, at ~00:31:01, the basestar's exterior which is the most noticeable at the top right of the screen.
* At 00:40:34, a misplaced shot of three [[Tenna]]s is placed after Tenna says that the [[Theta]]s prefer the term "Theta class life-forms" instead of clones. The shot of the three Tennas seen at 00:40:34 is taken from the ''second'' part of the episode, where Starbuck is dragged away by [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]].

=== "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II" ===

* At 00:25:30, the scene where Stabuck is putting on his helmet is inserted here as the [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] launch to intercept the phalanx of [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s, who are going to reengage ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' a second time. However, Starbuck is on [[Arcta]] leading a strike force against the Cylon garrison on [[Mount Hekla]].
* At 00:45:16, when the [[Solonite charge]]s destroy the [[energy exchange pump]], the explosion scene is the same one that depicts the [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]]'s destruction over [[Carillon]] in "[[Saga of a Star World]]".

=== "The Living Legend, Part I" ===

* Around 00:02:41, as Starbuck and Apollo are being attacked by two other unknown craft (actually Colonial Vipers piloted Bojay and Sheba from ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]''), blue laser bolts streak past. Vipers fire red bolts; Raiders fire the blue.
* Around 00:45:17, Adama orders "positive shield" and the batteries commencing fire. The scene is archive footage is from "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This is telling due ot the fact that Adama sports a cape and Omega's being replaced by another officer. When the scene resumes around 00:45:55, Adama's cape suddenly disappears and Omega reappears, reporting that there's a fire in the bay.

=== "The Living Legend, Part II" ===
* Around 00:45:18, Adama orders "positive shield" and the launch of Vipers. The scene is archive footage is from "[[Saga of a Star World]]". This is telling due ot the fact that Adama sports a cape and Omega's being replaced by another officer. When the scene resumes around 00:45:54, Adama's cape suddenly disappears and Omega reappears, reporting that there's a fire in Alpha bay.
* As ''Pegasus'' engages the Cylons, the scene where the core command offers wince and react to the explosions is too ripped from "Saga of a Star World". Note the caped Adama in the [[Uniforms (TOS)|blue uniform]] with Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] on core command.

=== "Fire in Space" ===
* Around 00:03:54, [[Sheba]] is shown putting on her ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' crested helmet as she launches her Viper, but once out in space (around 00:05:48) she has the "hawk" like the rest of the ''Galactica'' pilots. It continues to switch back and forth (such as 00:06:56 when it goes back to the horse again).

== Reused special effects ==

* In "[[The Young Lords]]", the scenes depicting circuit burn-outs after the [[Canus patrol|leader of the Cylon's Canus patrol]] damages the undercarriage of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] are taken from "[[Saga of a Star World]]", where Starbuck has circuit burn-outs as he approaches ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''.
* In "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]", the approach of the [[mining ship]] to the planet [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]] at ~00:18:20 is the same footage first seen in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", where the mining ship approaches [[Carillon]].
* In "[[The Living Legend, Part II]]", when Apollo and Starbuck begin strafing runs on the basestars to knock out their flank missle turrets, the turrets depicted are ''Galactica'''s laser turrets.

=== Repeated usages of stock footage ===
A majority of the special effects shots involving various exterior shots of ''Galactica'' and her Fleet in space, to Viper and Raider skirmishes, as well as attacks on ''Galactica'' herself, are reused throughout the series with little exception. Some of the noteworthy reuses are noted below:

==== Effects reuses ====

* The scene depicting ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' turning away from the fleet at [[Cimtar]] and heading back to the Colonies is reused in "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]" (depicting ''Pegasus'''s acceleration to lightspeed) and later in "[[Experiment in Terra]]" as ''Galactica'' heads toward [[Terra]] to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

==== Reuses from the Original Series to ''1980'' ====

{{mainarticle|Continuity errors (1980)}}

* The scenes where the undercarriage of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] is damaged from Cylon fire originate from "[[The Young Lords]]", and are reused in "[[The Return of Starbuck]]"–where Starbuck and Boomer essentially rehash the first act from "The Young Lords" in "Return of Starbuck".
* The attacks on the [[Agro Ship]]s by the Cylons in "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]" is reused in "[[Space Croppers]]".

== External links ==

* [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/classicdocs/pop_art0039.htm BattlestarGalactica.com: A list of gaffes in the original series], author unknown.

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{{TOS}}

U-87 Cyber Combat Unit

2009-04-24T16:43:27Z

Dkendr: /* Appearance */

[[File:CylonPrototype.jpg|300px|thumb|right|The [[Cylon Prototype]] created by [[Daniel Graystone]].]]

The '''Cylon Prototype''' was created by [[Daniel Graystone]] on [[Caprica]].

==Creation==
In the immediate pre-war period, humans in the [[Twelve Colonies]] – especially the affluent [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]]s – were utilizing semi-sentient machines in many capacities: as butlers, couriers, and in other menial domestic roles. Adapting semi-intelligent machines for military use was a seemingly inevitable next step.

Beginning some sixty-eight years before the fall of the Colonies, the Caprican Ministry of Defense commissioned the famed scientist/industrialist Dr. [[Daniel Graystone]] to develop what they called the U-87 cyber combat unit, a semi-sentient bipedal robot that would effectively replace the armed human soldier. Over the next several years, Graystone labored over the project. Designing and building a cybernetic body was a relatively simple affair, but the more important part - the creation of a functioning artificial intelligence capable of driving that body - proved to be far more difficult. This resulted in numerous delays and cost overruns; what had been intended to be a five-year project ended up taking ten years, and costing five hundred million [[cubits]] more than was originally budgeted. The delays caused friction between Graystone and the Caprican government. The Prime Minister began applying pressure on the Defense Minister, [[Val Chambers]], to demand results from Graystone or find someone else to do so.

Matters reached a head when Graystone’s major competitor, [[Tomas Vergis]], founder and CEO of the Vergis Corporation on Tauron, declared that he had developed a functioning meta-cognitive processor (MCP), and was on Caprica to present it to Defense Minister Chambers. It had been assumed, on the basis of reliable intelligence, that Vergis was years behind Graystone on such research. Now, suddenly, Vergis threatened to race ahead of Graystone; if he had a working brain, all that was needed would be to install it into a robot body. Vergis would steal the cyber combat unit contract, and Graystone would be left out in the cold.

At the same time that Graystone was confronting these challenges, he also suffered a grievous personal blow when he learned that his daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] was killed in a suicide bombing of the [[Caprica City]] tram system. The horror of that loss was alleviated when Graystone learned that, before her death, Zoe had learned to create an online avatar into which she had uploaded her personality, resulting in an artificial personality practically indistinguishable from the original. Graystone decided to recreate his daughter, downloading the avatar into the U-87 prototype as a prelude to creating a physically identical cybernetic body. Now he had more than one reason to need a functioning machine mind, and he didn't have one; only his competitor Vergis did.

Graystone found a way around this by taking advantage of his recently-formed relationship with an attorney, [[Joseph Adams]], who had also lost family in the tragedy. Adams had close connections (though reluctant ones) to a [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Tauron|Tauron]]-based organized crime syndicate, the [[Halafa]]. Normally, this syndicate would have no reason to act against a fellow Tauron like Vergis, but coincidentally, Defense Minister Chambers was engaging in actions that threatened to upset the syndicate’s plans. Intrigued by the possibility that the MCP could be used to restore his lost wife and daughter along with Graystone's daughter, Adams, on behalf of the syndicate, delivered a warning to Chambers to see the error of his ways; in exchange for this service, the syndicate stole the Vergis MCP for Graystone. In the event, Chambers did not exactly see the light; instead, he threatened to gut the organization, threats that came to naught when he was found dead in bed with his throat slit. His successor, [[Joan Leyte]], was far more inclined to continue doing business with Graystone, a Caprican, than to trust Taurons of any stripe. Vergis had lost his trump card, and despite making accusations of theft and espionage, he had no solid proof. Graystone’s position was secure.

With the MCP in his possession, Graystone labored diligently to adapt it for his secret project: downloading the Zoe avatar. Initially, there was some progress, but while downloading the avatar, the data stream, seemingly corrupted, deteriorated. The download seemed to have failed, and the avatar itself could not be found online either. All his effort seemed to have come to naught: his daughter remained dead. But Graystone’s personal failure remained just that: despite the apparent loss of the Zoe personality, the installation of the MCP permitted the U-87 prototype to function perfectly. In a live-fire exercise held by Graystone for Defense Minister Leyte and ranking officers of the Caprican military, the U-87 successfully eliminated all target drones in mere minutes. The cyber combat unit proved itself to be everything wished for. Graystone referred to the U-87 in front of Leyte as a Cybernetic Life-form Node, or [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]], and the name stuck.

But the Cylon prototype in fact was was distinctive in a way that even its creators and funders could not fully understand: the Zoe simulacrum had in fact successfully downloaded into the U-87 endoskeleton, though it had taken some time to acclimate itself to its new systems. The result would end up having catastrophic consequences for Colonial society: a powerful and practically unstoppable killing machine had been created, driven by the personality of a highly intelligent but immature young person who was confused, frightened and resentful.

Moreover, Zoe had in life been a member, or at least a sympathizer, of the [[Soldiers of One]] (STO), a terrorist group that rejected the polytheistic beliefs of Caprican society, and instead believed in the concept of a single all-loving, all-powerful God. This belief, that there was such a thing as definable right and wrong, and a God who knew the difference between the two, was seen as a breath of fresh air to young people like Zoe, who had become appalled by the decadence of the society they were born into and sought to change it, in some cases through violence. This fact may account for why the [[Cylon Centurion]]s had already developed a monotheistic belief by the time of the [[Cylon War]].

==Appearance==
A close examination of the U-87 reveals that it is in fact nearly identical in construction to the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]], lacking only the chrome armor plating meant to protect the Centurion's more sensitive internal machinery under field conditions. Additionally, the tracking scanner of the U-87 model is somewhat more crude than the 0005 version; it can change colors depending on the U-87's operating mode and can stop and focus on a single object, where the 0005's is always red and is continually moving side to side.

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Caprica (series)

2009-04-24T14:13:11Z

Dkendr: /* Plot summary */

:''For information on the colony in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Caprica (RDM)]]. For other uses, see [[Caprica]].''
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| title= Caprica
| creator= [[Remi Aubuchon]]
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| composer= [[Bear McCreary]]
| company= [[w:NBC Universal|NBC Universal]]
| seasons= 1
| episodes= 20 (18 ordered and the already-shot pilot)
| episodelistid= Caprica
| channel= [[Sci Fi Channel]]
| US airdate= 2010<ref>Although an airdate for the series has yet to be announced, the 2 hour pilot episode was released in advance on the series premier on 21 April 2009.</ref>
| UK airdate= Spring 2009<ref>{{cite_news|first=Chris|last=Aylott|url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyOne/news/showarticle.asp?id=2528&month=8&year=2008|title=Sky1 secures exclusive UK rights to Battlestar Galactica prequel CAPRICA|publisher=|page=|date=6 August 2008|accessdate=9 August 2008|language=}}</ref>
| dvd=
| exec producer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br/>[[David Eick]]<br/>[[Remi Aubuchon]]
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'''''Caprica''''' is a future television [[spin-off]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]] to be produced by [[Remi Aubuchon]], [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[David Eick]] for the [[Sci Fi Channel]]. The [[Caprica pilot|pilot episode]] is currently in post-production with two scripts for a tentative series having been ordered.

''Caprica'' is a [[Wikipedia:Prequel|prequel]] to the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] that deals with the Adama and [[Graystones|Graystone]] families on the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and the invention of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] in the Twelve Colonies.

==Overview ==

The Sci Fi Channel will delve into the backstory of ''Battlestar Galactica'' with a new series that looks at the creation of the race of robots known as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] by the humans of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and the eventual revolt of the Cylons against their human masters, which will lead the two races to become locked to the death in a [[Cylon War|bitter war]] for their respective survivals. ''Caprica'' begins over 50 years before the Ronald D. Moore-created ''Battlestar Galactica'' series.

As ''Battlestar Galactica'' is about a lot more than space battles, ''Caprica'' will be as much family drama as sci-fi tale. Remi Aubuchon (''[[w:The Lyon's Den|The Lyon's Den]]'', ''[[w:24 (TV series)|24]]'') is writing the pilot script with co-writer (and executive producer) Ronald D. Moore; "Galactica" veterans Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will executive produce it. The two-hour pilot will be directed by [[Jeff Reiner]] (''[[w:Friday Night Lights|Friday Night Lights]]'').<ref name="release">Official Press Release: "SCIFI GIVES 'CAPRICA' THE GREENLIGHT". 18 March 2008. [[bsp:Caprica Press Release|Available exclusively on BattlestarPegasus.com]].</ref>

== Plot summary==
:''It should be kept in mind that, while this information comes from reliable sources, the series is still in production, and some details - such as names, events and character backgrounds - may still change to a certain degree.''

''Caprica'' will take place more than fifty years before the events of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. It will follow the lives of two families, the [[Graystone]]s and the [[Adamas|Adamas]]<ref>"Adams" is the Caprican surname adopted by the Adamas, since Adama is a Tauron name. The name is changed due to anti-Tauron prejudices on Caprica at the time.</ref> (the family of [[William Adama]]). When the series begins, a startling development is about to occur - the creation of the first cybernetic life-form node or "[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]"<ref>According to Bradley Thompson, a character coins the term, explaining that it is, "A cybernetic life-form node, a Cylon."</ref>.

The Graystone family includes the father [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and mother [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]], a computer scientist and surgeon respectively. When their daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] dies due to the religious fanaticism of her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], her father manages to resurrect her - after a fashion. Already having [[Zoe-A]], a [[digital clone]] of her personality, he uses stolen technology to create a robotic version of his daughter, known as [[Zoe-R]], the first step towards creating the Cylon race.

The same terrorist attack claimed the lives of [[Joseph Adama]]'s [[Evelyn Adama|wife]] and daughter, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]]. Together with Daniel Graystone he works on bringing back their children, but is appalled at his partner's methods and ethics. However, as a result of this tragedy, he grows closer to his 11-year old son, William Adama. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=e1304fb7-b29d-4d3e-9873-d2230fcfc998|title=eOnline! Exclusive! Caprica Pilot Preview|date=Apr 1, 2008}}</ref>

==Cast and characters==
Casting info concerning main characters has been revealed <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/03/exclusive-caprica-casting-info-revealed/|title=Caprica casting info}}</ref>, including:

The main cast/characters will include:
* [[Eric Stoltz]] as [[Daniel Graystone]] <ref name="casting1">{{cite_web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=44887|title=Comingsoon.net: Stoltz and Toressani Join Battlestar Prequel }}</ref>
* [[Paula Malcolmson]] as [[Amanda Graystone]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Deadwood-s-Malcolmson-Signs-On-For-Caprica-10281.html|title=Deadwood's Malcomson Signs On For Caprica}}</ref>
* [[Esai Morales]] as [[Joseph Adama]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425015.html|title=Jericho' Actor Finds Way To 'Caprica'}}</ref>
* [[Polly Walker]] as [[Clarice Willow]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425051.html|title=Could 'Caprica' Star Be Overbooked?}}</ref>
* [[Alessandra Toressani]] as [[Zoe Graystone]] <ref name="casting1"/>
* [[Avan Jogia]]<ref name="vancouver_sun">{{cite_web|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastlife/story.html?id=e6f5a106-a785-4a7d-b2b4-c6911c37dfaf|title=Canada.com: Battlestar Galactica spinoff filming in town|date=12 June 2008|accessdate=22 June 2008|last=Zacharias|first=Yvonne|format=|language=}}</ref> as [[Ben Stark]] <ref name="News & Notes">{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/|title=News & Notes|date=May 28, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]<ref>The Watcher: [http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore]</ref>

Other known characters include:
* [[Genevieve Buechner]]<ref name="vancouver_sun"/> as [[Tamara Adama]]<ref name="imdumb">This information comes from the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799862/ ''Caprica'' entry on IMDb]. It may or may not be accurate, as IMDb has [[BW:CJ|no apparent fact checking facilities]]. We provide this information as a service to fans who may be looking for it, and we make no claim as to either its accuracy or unverifiable lack thereof.</ref>
* [[Hiro Kanagawa]]<ref name="canada.com">{{cite_web|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=9751e662-b3d9-48d9-b247-350b5f2f7419|title=The Province: Now shooting: movie writer glen schaefer on five productions shooting around b.C.|date=22 June 2008|accessdate=22 June 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> as [[Cyrus Xander]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Veena Sood]]<ref name="canada.com"/> as [[Joan Leyte]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Brian Markinson]]<ref name="canada.com"/> as [[Jordan Duram]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Sasha Roiz]] as [[Sam (Caprica)|Sam]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Jared Keeso]] as [[Rod Jenkins]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Katie Keating]] as [[Caston]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Magda Apanowicz]] as [[Lacy Rand]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Vicky Lambert]] as [[Hectate]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Roger R. Cross]] as [[Tomas Vergis]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Anna Galvin]] as [[Shannon Adama]]<ref name="imdumb"/>

==Production history==
===Initial concept===
According to an [http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1487 interview] with IFmagazine, David Eick said that they had been contemplating a spinoff prequel series since [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] began and were tossing around ideas. About the same time, ''24'' writer Remi Aubuchon pitched a series that had a lot of similarities to the Cylon storyline. Realizing that they could not devote their full time to both ''Battlestar Galactica'' and a spinoff, Moore and Eick decided to merge with Auchubon, seeing it as an opportunity: "We took some of what we had and some of what he had ".

According to a [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1818631#Post1818631 post] on the official Scifi.com messageboard by Ron Moore's wife [[Terry Dresbach]], executive producer Remi Aubochon will be the showrunner for "Caprica", in charge of the writing staff. Ron Moore will oversee and approve the story arcs, casting, sets, and read the scripts, though Moore will probably rarely write an individual episode for ''Caprica''.

In an [http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RemiAubuchon.html interview] in Dreamwatch Magazine in May 2006, Remi Aubuchon said that he originally pitched a series which was an "allegorical story about slavery with robots", when approached by Moore and Eick. Aubuchon stated that [[William Adama]] will be 11 years old when the series begins. Aubuchon described the new show by saying, "This is a very human story about how our own hubris can lead us to disaster". He goes on to say that ''Caprica'' is meant to stand on its own from ''BSG'': while still addressing backstory issues from ''Battlestar'', it will not be required to have watched it to enjoy ''Caprica''. However, "certain elements have been embedded into the first few episodes of season 3" of ''Battlestar Galactica'', which might refer to things which will be further fleshed-out in the prequel series.

On November 6, 2006, the Sci Fi Pulse website reported that Ron D. Moore updated Dreamwatch magazine regarding the new series:

:"It's actually a prequel, and this would be a one hour pilot not a mini – series. It takes place 50 years before the events of ''Battlestar Galactica'' and it's essentially about the creation of the Cylons.

:"It's a very different show; it's not action – adventure and it's not even in space. It takes place on the Planet (sic) Caprica and it’s more of a family drama, with political and corporate intrigue. We're well into the writing of it actually; we're doing re-writes on the script right now and Sci Fi has been very happy so far. At the moment, we're just waiting to see if they greenlight it or not. Generally, there’s always a two step process: there's ordering the pilot and then there's ordering the series, but because we're not designing it as a mini – series, I don't know that anybody would even see the pilot if they chose not to go to series with it.

:"Tonally, it will be very different," promises Moore. “This is Caprica before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|fall]]. It's a decadent world, but also a world that's going at a very fast pace. It's a prosperous society that hasn’t experienced the devastation of the first Cylon war yet, so this culture has really not been taken down a peg, and their hubris is getting the better of them. It's a go – go society that's teetering on the brink, so it’s not that apocalyptic survival scenario of ''Galactica''. The whole thing is tonally very different." <ref>{{cite_news|first=Ian M. |last=Cullen|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Caprica_Update.html|title=Ron D. Moore Gives Progress Report For Caprica|publisher=Sci Fi Pulse|page=|date=6 November 2006|accessdate=10 November 2006|language=English}}</ref>

===Development hell===
Since April 26, 2006, ''Caprica'' was in [[w:development hell|"development hell"]] (major rewrites and resubmissions to network executives), until it was seriously considered during the [[WGA strike]] of 2007-08. On March 24, 2007, Moore discussed the status of ''Caprica'' with Salon.com's Laura Miller:

: "It's possible [that the series will still happen]. It's been in development at SciFi for a while and they haven't picked it up. And I don't know if they're going to pick it up at this point. There's talk of doing it as a TV movie and seeing how that works, as a back-door pilot, much as we did with the "Galactica" [[Miniseries]]. Right now there's nothing telling me that they're going to move on it anytime soon, so I'm starting to feel that it's going to remain on the development shelf.

: "It was a different kind of show. Instead of an action-adventure sci-fi piece, it was more of a prime-time soap, a sci-fi "[[w:Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]." It was about a family, the Adamas, and [[Graystones|a company]], and it was about the creation of the cylons (sic) 50 years ago. It was not going to be space-based, but set entirely on the planet of Caprica. But it would have sci-fi touches, and it would deal with issues like artificial intelligence and the various schemings and backbitings that you get in the traditional soap opera."<ref>{{cite_news|first=Laura|last=Miller|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/03/24/battlestar/index2.html|title=The man behind "Battlestar Galactica"|publisher=Salon.com|page=3|date=24 March 2007|accessdate=25 April 2007|language=}}</ref>

===New life===
On September 18, 2007, it was reported that with the end of ''Battlestar Galactica'' around the corner and Moore poised to leave Sci Fi for NBC, Sci Fi executives were considering green-lighting the 2-hour pilot for production as a means of keeping Moore with the channel. Contingent on the performance of "[[Razor]]", it was reported that ''Caprica'' might also see a release in the form of a direct-to-DVD movie that is simultaneously premiered on television <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/09/sci_fi_executives_weigh_battle.php|title=Sci Fi Executives Weigh 'Battlestar Galactica' Options|date=September 18, 2007|accessdate=September 18, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>. Furthermore, with the [[WGA strike|writer's strike]] (the first since 1988), networks scrambled to stockpile finished scripts for various productions, and thus ''Caprica'' became a front runner for production because its script had already been completed before said strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424175.html|title=SciFi Channel Stockpiling For Writers Strike|date=September 20, 2007|accessdateSeptember 20, 2007last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

In March of 2008, it was announced by the SciFi Channel during a news conference that ''Caprica'' will get a two-hour pilot episode<ref>http://www.syfyportal.com/news424829.html</ref>, the filming for which ended June 19th.<ref name="canada.com"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.straight.com/article-151166/its-a-bc-summer-stars-and-film-shoots|title=It's a B.C. summer of stars and film shoots|date=26 June 2008|accessdate=26 June 2008|author=Craig Takeuchi, R. Paul Dhillon, and Sean Minogue|format=|language=}}</ref>

===Series pickup===
On December 2, 2008, SciFi Channel officially announced that Caprica is picked up for a 20 episode first season. According to the press release, production is slated to begin in the summer of 2009 and the series is expected to begin airing in 2010. The reason for the delay is attributed to the fact that they are attempting to regroup the core staff that worked on the pilot and ''Battlestar Galactica'', as these persons have since found work on other projects.<ref>{{cite_news|last=Rosenblatt|first=Michelle|url=http://nbcumv.com/scifi/release_detail.nbc/scifi-20081202000000-scifigreenlights.html|title=Official Press Release: 'Battlestar Galactica' Prequel Gets 20 Episode Order |publisher=NBC-Universal|page=|date=2 Decmeber 2008|accessdate=2 December 2008|language=}}</ref>

===Analysis===
In the finale of Battlestar Galactica, [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|our Earth]] was discovered 150,000 years before the present day. Therefore, unlike most science fiction series, ''Caprica'' is a tale of our ancestors rather than our descendants.

==Visual Cues==
* The shape of the Graystone office building's tower is pentagonal, capped with two concentric pentagons -- the same pattern that was marked on original-series Cylon Raiders.

* The monotheistic movement on Caprica uses an "infinity" symbol to represent itself.

== References ==
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Caprica (series)

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:''For information on the colony in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Caprica (RDM)]]. For other uses, see [[Caprica]].''
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| title= Caprica
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| episodes= 20 (18 ordered and the already-shot pilot)
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| channel= [[Sci Fi Channel]]
| US airdate= 2010<ref>Although an airdate for the series has yet to be announced, the 2 hour pilot episode was released in advance on the series premier on 21 April 2009.</ref>
| UK airdate= Spring 2009<ref>{{cite_news|first=Chris|last=Aylott|url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyOne/news/showarticle.asp?id=2528&month=8&year=2008|title=Sky1 secures exclusive UK rights to Battlestar Galactica prequel CAPRICA|publisher=|page=|date=6 August 2008|accessdate=9 August 2008|language=}}</ref>
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| exec producer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br/>[[David Eick]]<br/>[[Remi Aubuchon]]
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'''''Caprica''''' is a future television [[spin-off]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]] to be produced by [[Remi Aubuchon]], [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[David Eick]] for the [[Sci Fi Channel]]. The [[Caprica pilot|pilot episode]] is currently in post-production with two scripts for a tentative series having been ordered.

''Caprica'' is a [[Wikipedia:Prequel|prequel]] to the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] that deals with the Adama and [[Graystones|Graystone]] families on the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and the invention of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] in the Twelve Colonies.

==Overview ==

The Sci Fi Channel will delve into the backstory of ''Battlestar Galactica'' with a new series that looks at the creation of the race of robots known as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] by the humans of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and the eventual revolt of the Cylons against their human masters, which will lead the two races to become locked to the death in a [[Cylon War|bitter war]] for their respective survivals. ''Caprica'' begins over 50 years before the Ronald D. Moore-created ''Battlestar Galactica'' series.

As ''Battlestar Galactica'' is about a lot more than space battles, ''Caprica'' will be as much family drama as sci-fi tale. Remi Aubuchon (''[[w:The Lyon's Den|The Lyon's Den]]'', ''[[w:24 (TV series)|24]]'') is writing the pilot script with co-writer (and executive producer) Ronald D. Moore; "Galactica" veterans Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will executive produce it. The two-hour pilot will be directed by [[Jeff Reiner]] (''[[w:Friday Night Lights|Friday Night Lights]]'').<ref name="release">Official Press Release: "SCIFI GIVES 'CAPRICA' THE GREENLIGHT". 18 March 2008. [[bsp:Caprica Press Release|Available exclusively on BattlestarPegasus.com]].</ref>

== Plot summary==
:''It should be kept in mind that, while this information comes from reliable sources, the series is still in production, and some details - such as names, events and character backgrounds - may still change to a certain degree.''

''Caprica'' will take place more than fifty years before the events of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. It will follow the lives of two families, the [[Graystone]]s and the [[Adamas|Adamas]]<ref>"Adams" is the Caprican surname adopted by the Adamas, since Adama is a Tauron name. The name is changed due to anti-Tauron prejudices on Caprica at the time.</ref> (the family of [[William Adama]]). When the series begins, a startling development is about to occur - the creation of the first cybernetic life-form node or "[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]"<ref>According to Bradley Thompson, a character coins the term, explaining that it is, "A cybernetic life-form node, a Cylon."</ref>.

The Graystone family includes the father [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and mother [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]], a computer scientist and surgeon respectively. When their daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] dies due to the religious fanaticism of her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], her father manages to resurrect her - after a fashion. Already having [[Zoe-A]], a [[digital clone]] of her personality, he uses stolen technology to create a robotic version of his daughter, known as [[Zoe-R]], the first step towards creating the Cylon race.

The same terrorist attack claimed the lives of [[Joseph Adama]]'s [[Evelyn Adama|wife]] and daughter, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]]. Together with Daniel Graystone he works on bringing back their children, but is appalled at his partner's methods and ethics. However, as a result of this tragedy, he grows closer to his 9-year old son, William Adama. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=e1304fb7-b29d-4d3e-9873-d2230fcfc998|title=eOnline! Exclusive! Caprica Pilot Preview|date=Apr 1, 2008}}</ref>

==Cast and characters==
Casting info concerning main characters has been revealed <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/03/exclusive-caprica-casting-info-revealed/|title=Caprica casting info}}</ref>, including:

The main cast/characters will include:
* [[Eric Stoltz]] as [[Daniel Graystone]] <ref name="casting1">{{cite_web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=44887|title=Comingsoon.net: Stoltz and Toressani Join Battlestar Prequel }}</ref>
* [[Paula Malcolmson]] as [[Amanda Graystone]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Deadwood-s-Malcolmson-Signs-On-For-Caprica-10281.html|title=Deadwood's Malcomson Signs On For Caprica}}</ref>
* [[Esai Morales]] as [[Joseph Adama]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425015.html|title=Jericho' Actor Finds Way To 'Caprica'}}</ref>
* [[Polly Walker]] as [[Clarice Willow]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425051.html|title=Could 'Caprica' Star Be Overbooked?}}</ref>
* [[Alessandra Toressani]] as [[Zoe Graystone]] <ref name="casting1"/>
* [[Avan Jogia]]<ref name="vancouver_sun">{{cite_web|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastlife/story.html?id=e6f5a106-a785-4a7d-b2b4-c6911c37dfaf|title=Canada.com: Battlestar Galactica spinoff filming in town|date=12 June 2008|accessdate=22 June 2008|last=Zacharias|first=Yvonne|format=|language=}}</ref> as [[Ben Stark]] <ref name="News & Notes">{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/|title=News & Notes|date=May 28, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]<ref>The Watcher: [http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore]</ref>

Other known characters include:
* [[Genevieve Buechner]]<ref name="vancouver_sun"/> as [[Tamara Adama]]<ref name="imdumb">This information comes from the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799862/ ''Caprica'' entry on IMDb]. It may or may not be accurate, as IMDb has [[BW:CJ|no apparent fact checking facilities]]. We provide this information as a service to fans who may be looking for it, and we make no claim as to either its accuracy or unverifiable lack thereof.</ref>
* [[Hiro Kanagawa]]<ref name="canada.com">{{cite_web|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=9751e662-b3d9-48d9-b247-350b5f2f7419|title=The Province: Now shooting: movie writer glen schaefer on five productions shooting around b.C.|date=22 June 2008|accessdate=22 June 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> as [[Cyrus Xander]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Veena Sood]]<ref name="canada.com"/> as [[Joan Leyte]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Brian Markinson]]<ref name="canada.com"/> as [[Jordan Duram]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Sasha Roiz]] as [[Sam (Caprica)|Sam]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Jared Keeso]] as [[Rod Jenkins]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Katie Keating]] as [[Caston]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Magda Apanowicz]] as [[Lacy Rand]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Vicky Lambert]] as [[Hectate]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Roger R. Cross]] as [[Tomas Vergis]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Anna Galvin]] as [[Shannon Adama]]<ref name="imdumb"/>

==Production history==
===Initial concept===
According to an [http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1487 interview] with IFmagazine, David Eick said that they had been contemplating a spinoff prequel series since [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] began and were tossing around ideas. About the same time, ''24'' writer Remi Aubuchon pitched a series that had a lot of similarities to the Cylon storyline. Realizing that they could not devote their full time to both ''Battlestar Galactica'' and a spinoff, Moore and Eick decided to merge with Auchubon, seeing it as an opportunity: "We took some of what we had and some of what he had ".

According to a [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1818631#Post1818631 post] on the official Scifi.com messageboard by Ron Moore's wife [[Terry Dresbach]], executive producer Remi Aubochon will be the showrunner for "Caprica", in charge of the writing staff. Ron Moore will oversee and approve the story arcs, casting, sets, and read the scripts, though Moore will probably rarely write an individual episode for ''Caprica''.

In an [http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RemiAubuchon.html interview] in Dreamwatch Magazine in May 2006, Remi Aubuchon said that he originally pitched a series which was an "allegorical story about slavery with robots", when approached by Moore and Eick. Aubuchon stated that [[William Adama]] will be 11 years old when the series begins. Aubuchon described the new show by saying, "This is a very human story about how our own hubris can lead us to disaster". He goes on to say that ''Caprica'' is meant to stand on its own from ''BSG'': while still addressing backstory issues from ''Battlestar'', it will not be required to have watched it to enjoy ''Caprica''. However, "certain elements have been embedded into the first few episodes of season 3" of ''Battlestar Galactica'', which might refer to things which will be further fleshed-out in the prequel series.

On November 6, 2006, the Sci Fi Pulse website reported that Ron D. Moore updated Dreamwatch magazine regarding the new series:

:"It's actually a prequel, and this would be a one hour pilot not a mini – series. It takes place 50 years before the events of ''Battlestar Galactica'' and it's essentially about the creation of the Cylons.

:"It's a very different show; it's not action – adventure and it's not even in space. It takes place on the Planet (sic) Caprica and it’s more of a family drama, with political and corporate intrigue. We're well into the writing of it actually; we're doing re-writes on the script right now and Sci Fi has been very happy so far. At the moment, we're just waiting to see if they greenlight it or not. Generally, there’s always a two step process: there's ordering the pilot and then there's ordering the series, but because we're not designing it as a mini – series, I don't know that anybody would even see the pilot if they chose not to go to series with it.

:"Tonally, it will be very different," promises Moore. “This is Caprica before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|fall]]. It's a decadent world, but also a world that's going at a very fast pace. It's a prosperous society that hasn’t experienced the devastation of the first Cylon war yet, so this culture has really not been taken down a peg, and their hubris is getting the better of them. It's a go – go society that's teetering on the brink, so it’s not that apocalyptic survival scenario of ''Galactica''. The whole thing is tonally very different." <ref>{{cite_news|first=Ian M. |last=Cullen|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Caprica_Update.html|title=Ron D. Moore Gives Progress Report For Caprica|publisher=Sci Fi Pulse|page=|date=6 November 2006|accessdate=10 November 2006|language=English}}</ref>

===Development hell===
Since April 26, 2006, ''Caprica'' was in [[w:development hell|"development hell"]] (major rewrites and resubmissions to network executives), until it was seriously considered during the [[WGA strike]] of 2007-08. On March 24, 2007, Moore discussed the status of ''Caprica'' with Salon.com's Laura Miller:

: "It's possible [that the series will still happen]. It's been in development at SciFi for a while and they haven't picked it up. And I don't know if they're going to pick it up at this point. There's talk of doing it as a TV movie and seeing how that works, as a back-door pilot, much as we did with the "Galactica" [[Miniseries]]. Right now there's nothing telling me that they're going to move on it anytime soon, so I'm starting to feel that it's going to remain on the development shelf.

: "It was a different kind of show. Instead of an action-adventure sci-fi piece, it was more of a prime-time soap, a sci-fi "[[w:Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]." It was about a family, the Adamas, and [[Graystones|a company]], and it was about the creation of the cylons (sic) 50 years ago. It was not going to be space-based, but set entirely on the planet of Caprica. But it would have sci-fi touches, and it would deal with issues like artificial intelligence and the various schemings and backbitings that you get in the traditional soap opera."<ref>{{cite_news|first=Laura|last=Miller|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/03/24/battlestar/index2.html|title=The man behind "Battlestar Galactica"|publisher=Salon.com|page=3|date=24 March 2007|accessdate=25 April 2007|language=}}</ref>

===New life===
On September 18, 2007, it was reported that with the end of ''Battlestar Galactica'' around the corner and Moore poised to leave Sci Fi for NBC, Sci Fi executives were considering green-lighting the 2-hour pilot for production as a means of keeping Moore with the channel. Contingent on the performance of "[[Razor]]", it was reported that ''Caprica'' might also see a release in the form of a direct-to-DVD movie that is simultaneously premiered on television <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/09/sci_fi_executives_weigh_battle.php|title=Sci Fi Executives Weigh 'Battlestar Galactica' Options|date=September 18, 2007|accessdate=September 18, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>. Furthermore, with the [[WGA strike|writer's strike]] (the first since 1988), networks scrambled to stockpile finished scripts for various productions, and thus ''Caprica'' became a front runner for production because its script had already been completed before said strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424175.html|title=SciFi Channel Stockpiling For Writers Strike|date=September 20, 2007|accessdateSeptember 20, 2007last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

In March of 2008, it was announced by the SciFi Channel during a news conference that ''Caprica'' will get a two-hour pilot episode<ref>http://www.syfyportal.com/news424829.html</ref>, the filming for which ended June 19th.<ref name="canada.com"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.straight.com/article-151166/its-a-bc-summer-stars-and-film-shoots|title=It's a B.C. summer of stars and film shoots|date=26 June 2008|accessdate=26 June 2008|author=Craig Takeuchi, R. Paul Dhillon, and Sean Minogue|format=|language=}}</ref>

===Series pickup===
On December 2, 2008, SciFi Channel officially announced that Caprica is picked up for a 20 episode first season. According to the press release, production is slated to begin in the summer of 2009 and the series is expected to begin airing in 2010. The reason for the delay is attributed to the fact that they are attempting to regroup the core staff that worked on the pilot and ''Battlestar Galactica'', as these persons have since found work on other projects.<ref>{{cite_news|last=Rosenblatt|first=Michelle|url=http://nbcumv.com/scifi/release_detail.nbc/scifi-20081202000000-scifigreenlights.html|title=Official Press Release: 'Battlestar Galactica' Prequel Gets 20 Episode Order |publisher=NBC-Universal|page=|date=2 Decmeber 2008|accessdate=2 December 2008|language=}}</ref>

===Analysis===
In the finale of Battlestar Galactica, [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|our Earth]] was discovered 150,000 years before the present day. Therefore, unlike most science fiction series, ''Caprica'' is a tale of our ancestors rather than our descendants.

==Visual Cues==
* The shape of the Graystone office building's tower is pentagonal, capped with two concentric pentagons -- the same pattern that was marked on original-series Cylon Raiders.

* The monotheistic movement on Caprica uses an "infinity" symbol to represent itself.

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

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Caprica (series)

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:''For information on the colony in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Caprica (RDM)]]. For other uses, see [[Caprica]].''
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| seasons= 1
| episodes= 20 (18 ordered and the already-shot pilot)
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| channel= [[Sci Fi Channel]]
| US airdate= 2010<ref>Although an airdate for the series has yet to be announced, the 2 hour pilot episode was released in advance on the series premier on 21 April 2009.</ref>
| UK airdate= Spring 2009<ref>{{cite_news|first=Chris|last=Aylott|url=http://www.skypressoffice.co.uk/SkyOne/news/showarticle.asp?id=2528&month=8&year=2008|title=Sky1 secures exclusive UK rights to Battlestar Galactica prequel CAPRICA|publisher=|page=|date=6 August 2008|accessdate=9 August 2008|language=}}</ref>
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'''''Caprica''''' is a future television [[spin-off]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]] to be produced by [[Remi Aubuchon]], [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[David Eick]] for the [[Sci Fi Channel]]. The [[Caprica pilot|pilot episode]] is currently in post-production with two scripts for a tentative series having been ordered.

''Caprica'' is a [[Wikipedia:Prequel|prequel]] to the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] that deals with the Adama and [[Graystones|Graystone]] families on the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and the invention of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] in the Twelve Colonies.

==Overview ==

The Sci Fi Channel will delve into the backstory of ''Battlestar Galactica'' with a new series that looks at the creation of the race of robots known as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] by the humans of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and the eventual revolt of the Cylons against their human masters, which will lead the two races to become locked to the death in a [[Cylon War|bitter war]] for their respective survivals. ''Caprica'' begins over 50 years before the Ronald D. Moore-created ''Battlestar Galactica'' series.

As ''Battlestar Galactica'' is about a lot more than space battles, ''Caprica'' will be as much family drama as sci-fi tale. Remi Aubuchon (''[[w:The Lyon's Den|The Lyon's Den]]'', ''[[w:24 (TV series)|24]]'') is writing the pilot script with co-writer (and executive producer) Ronald D. Moore; "Galactica" veterans Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will executive produce it. The two-hour pilot will be directed by [[Jeff Reiner]] (''[[w:Friday Night Lights|Friday Night Lights]]'').<ref name="release">Official Press Release: "SCIFI GIVES 'CAPRICA' THE GREENLIGHT". 18 March 2008. [[bsp:Caprica Press Release|Available exclusively on BattlestarPegasus.com]].</ref>

== Plot summary==
:''It should be kept in mind that, while this information comes from reliable sources, the series is still in production, and some details - such as names, events and character backgrounds - may still change to a certain degree.''

''Caprica'' will take place more than fifty years before the events of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. It will follow the lives of two families, the [[Graystone]]s and the [[Adamas|Adamas]]<ref>"Adams" is the Caprican surname adopted by the Adamas, since Adama is a Tauron name. The name is changed due to anti-Tauron prejudices on Caprica at the time.</ref> (the family of [[William Adama]]). When the series begins, a startling development is about to occur - the creation of the first cybernetic life-form node or "[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]"<ref>According to Bradley Thompson, a character coins the term, explaining that it is, "A cybernetic life-form node, a Cylon."</ref>.

The Graystone family includes the father [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and mother [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]], a computer scientist and surgeon respectively. When their daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] dies due to the religious fanaticism of her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], her father manages to resurrect her - after a fashion. Already having [[Zoe-A]], a [[digital clone]] of her personality, he uses stolen technology to create a robotic version of his daughter, known as [[Zoe-R]], the first step towards creating the Cylon race.

The same terrorist attack claimed the lives of [[Joseph Adama]]'s [[Evelyn Adama|wife]] and daughter, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]]. Together with Daniel Graystone he works on bringing back their children, but is appalled at his partner's methods and ethics. However, as a result of this tragedy, he grows closer to his 9-year old son, William Adama. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=e1304fb7-b29d-4d3e-9873-d2230fcfc998|title=eOnline! Exclusive! Caprica Pilot Preview|date=Apr 1, 2008}}</ref>

==Cast and characters==
Casting info concerning main characters has been revealed <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/03/exclusive-caprica-casting-info-revealed/|title=Caprica casting info}}</ref>, including:

The main cast/characters will include:
* [[Eric Stoltz]] as [[Daniel Graystone]] <ref name="casting1">{{cite_web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=44887|title=Comingsoon.net: Stoltz and Toressani Join Battlestar Prequel }}</ref>
* [[Paula Malcolmson]] as [[Amanda Graystone]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Deadwood-s-Malcolmson-Signs-On-For-Caprica-10281.html|title=Deadwood's Malcomson Signs On For Caprica}}</ref>
* [[Esai Morales]] as [[Joseph Adama]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425015.html|title=Jericho' Actor Finds Way To 'Caprica'}}</ref>
* [[Polly Walker]] as [[Clarice Willow]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425051.html|title=Could 'Caprica' Star Be Overbooked?}}</ref>
* [[Alessandra Toressani]] as [[Zoe Graystone]] <ref name="casting1"/>
* [[Avan Jogia]]<ref name="vancouver_sun">{{cite_web|url=http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastlife/story.html?id=e6f5a106-a785-4a7d-b2b4-c6911c37dfaf|title=Canada.com: Battlestar Galactica spinoff filming in town|date=12 June 2008|accessdate=22 June 2008|last=Zacharias|first=Yvonne|format=|language=}}</ref> as [[Ben Stark]] <ref name="News & Notes">{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/|title=News & Notes|date=May 28, 2008}}</ref>
* [[Sina Najafi]] as [[William Adama]]<ref>The Watcher: [http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore]</ref>

Other known characters include:
* [[Genevieve Buechner]]<ref name="vancouver_sun"/> as [[Tamara Adama]]<ref name="imdumb">This information comes from the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799862/ ''Caprica'' entry on IMDb]. It may or may not be accurate, as IMDb has [[BW:CJ|no apparent fact checking facilities]]. We provide this information as a service to fans who may be looking for it, and we make no claim as to either its accuracy or unverifiable lack thereof.</ref>
* [[Hiro Kanagawa]]<ref name="canada.com">{{cite_web|url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/etoday/story.html?id=9751e662-b3d9-48d9-b247-350b5f2f7419|title=The Province: Now shooting: movie writer glen schaefer on five productions shooting around b.C.|date=22 June 2008|accessdate=22 June 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> as [[Cyrus Xander]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Veena Sood]]<ref name="canada.com"/> as [[Joan Leyte]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Brian Markinson]]<ref name="canada.com"/> as [[Jordan Duram]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Sasha Roiz]] as [[Sam (Caprica)|Sam]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Jared Keeso]] as [[Rod Jenkins]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Katie Keating]] as [[Caston]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Magda Apanowicz]] as [[Lacy Rand]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Vicky Lambert]] as [[Hectate]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Roger R. Cross]] as [[Tomas Vergis]]<ref name="imdumb"/>
* [[Anna Galvin]] as [[Shannon Adama]]<ref name="imdumb"/>

==Production history==
===Initial concept===
According to an [http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1487 interview] with IFmagazine, David Eick said that they had been contemplating a spinoff prequel series since [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] began and were tossing around ideas. About the same time, ''24'' writer Remi Aubuchon pitched a series that had a lot of similarities to the Cylon storyline. Realizing that they could not devote their full time to both ''Battlestar Galactica'' and a spinoff, Moore and Eick decided to merge with Auchubon, seeing it as an opportunity: "We took some of what we had and some of what he had ".

According to a [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1818631#Post1818631 post] on the official Scifi.com messageboard by Ron Moore's wife [[Terry Dresbach]], executive producer Remi Aubochon will be the showrunner for "Caprica", in charge of the writing staff. Ron Moore will oversee and approve the story arcs, casting, sets, and read the scripts, though Moore will probably rarely write an individual episode for ''Caprica''.

In an [http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RemiAubuchon.html interview] in Dreamwatch Magazine in May 2006, Remi Aubuchon said that he originally pitched a series which was an "allegorical story about slavery with robots", when approached by Moore and Eick. Aubuchon stated that [[William Adama]] will be 11 years old when the series begins. Aubuchon described the new show by saying, "This is a very human story about how our own hubris can lead us to disaster". He goes on to say that ''Caprica'' is meant to stand on its own from ''BSG'': while still addressing backstory issues from ''Battlestar'', it will not be required to have watched it to enjoy ''Caprica''. However, "certain elements have been embedded into the first few episodes of season 3" of ''Battlestar Galactica'', which might refer to things which will be further fleshed-out in the prequel series.

On November 6, 2006, the Sci Fi Pulse website reported that Ron D. Moore updated Dreamwatch magazine regarding the new series:

:"It's actually a prequel, and this would be a one hour pilot not a mini – series. It takes place 50 years before the events of ''Battlestar Galactica'' and it's essentially about the creation of the Cylons.

:"It's a very different show; it's not action – adventure and it's not even in space. It takes place on the Planet (sic) Caprica and it’s more of a family drama, with political and corporate intrigue. We're well into the writing of it actually; we're doing re-writes on the script right now and Sci Fi has been very happy so far. At the moment, we're just waiting to see if they greenlight it or not. Generally, there’s always a two step process: there's ordering the pilot and then there's ordering the series, but because we're not designing it as a mini – series, I don't know that anybody would even see the pilot if they chose not to go to series with it.

:"Tonally, it will be very different," promises Moore. “This is Caprica before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|fall]]. It's a decadent world, but also a world that's going at a very fast pace. It's a prosperous society that hasn’t experienced the devastation of the first Cylon war yet, so this culture has really not been taken down a peg, and their hubris is getting the better of them. It's a go – go society that's teetering on the brink, so it’s not that apocalyptic survival scenario of ''Galactica''. The whole thing is tonally very different." <ref>{{cite_news|first=Ian M. |last=Cullen|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Caprica_Update.html|title=Ron D. Moore Gives Progress Report For Caprica|publisher=Sci Fi Pulse|page=|date=6 November 2006|accessdate=10 November 2006|language=English}}</ref>

===Development hell===
Since April 26, 2006, ''Caprica'' was in [[w:development hell|"development hell"]] (major rewrites and resubmissions to network executives), until it was seriously considered during the [[WGA strike]] of 2007-08. On March 24, 2007, Moore discussed the status of ''Caprica'' with Salon.com's Laura Miller:

: "It's possible [that the series will still happen]. It's been in development at SciFi for a while and they haven't picked it up. And I don't know if they're going to pick it up at this point. There's talk of doing it as a TV movie and seeing how that works, as a back-door pilot, much as we did with the "Galactica" [[Miniseries]]. Right now there's nothing telling me that they're going to move on it anytime soon, so I'm starting to feel that it's going to remain on the development shelf.

: "It was a different kind of show. Instead of an action-adventure sci-fi piece, it was more of a prime-time soap, a sci-fi "[[w:Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]." It was about a family, the Adamas, and [[Graystones|a company]], and it was about the creation of the cylons (sic) 50 years ago. It was not going to be space-based, but set entirely on the planet of Caprica. But it would have sci-fi touches, and it would deal with issues like artificial intelligence and the various schemings and backbitings that you get in the traditional soap opera."<ref>{{cite_news|first=Laura|last=Miller|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/03/24/battlestar/index2.html|title=The man behind "Battlestar Galactica"|publisher=Salon.com|page=3|date=24 March 2007|accessdate=25 April 2007|language=}}</ref>

===New life===
On September 18, 2007, it was reported that with the end of ''Battlestar Galactica'' around the corner and Moore poised to leave Sci Fi for NBC, Sci Fi executives were considering green-lighting the 2-hour pilot for production as a means of keeping Moore with the channel. Contingent on the performance of "[[Razor]]", it was reported that ''Caprica'' might also see a release in the form of a direct-to-DVD movie that is simultaneously premiered on television <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/09/sci_fi_executives_weigh_battle.php|title=Sci Fi Executives Weigh 'Battlestar Galactica' Options|date=September 18, 2007|accessdate=September 18, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>. Furthermore, with the [[WGA strike|writer's strike]] (the first since 1988), networks scrambled to stockpile finished scripts for various productions, and thus ''Caprica'' became a front runner for production because its script had already been completed before said strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424175.html|title=SciFi Channel Stockpiling For Writers Strike|date=September 20, 2007|accessdateSeptember 20, 2007last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

In March of 2008, it was announced by the SciFi Channel during a news conference that ''Caprica'' will get a two-hour pilot episode<ref>http://www.syfyportal.com/news424829.html</ref>, the filming for which ended June 19th.<ref name="canada.com"/><ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.straight.com/article-151166/its-a-bc-summer-stars-and-film-shoots|title=It's a B.C. summer of stars and film shoots|date=26 June 2008|accessdate=26 June 2008|author=Craig Takeuchi, R. Paul Dhillon, and Sean Minogue|format=|language=}}</ref>

===Series pickup===
On December 2, 2008, SciFi Channel officially announced that Caprica is picked up for a 20 episode first season. According to the press release, production is slated to begin in the summer of 2009 and the series is expected to begin airing in 2010. The reason for the delay is attributed to the fact that they are attempting to regroup the core staff that worked on the pilot and ''Battlestar Galactica'', as these persons have since found work on other projects.<ref>{{cite_news|last=Rosenblatt|first=Michelle|url=http://nbcumv.com/scifi/release_detail.nbc/scifi-20081202000000-scifigreenlights.html|title=Official Press Release: 'Battlestar Galactica' Prequel Gets 20 Episode Order |publisher=NBC-Universal|page=|date=2 Decmeber 2008|accessdate=2 December 2008|language=}}</ref>

===Analysis===
In the finale of Battlestar Galactica, [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|our Earth]] was discovered 150,000 years before the present day. Therefore, unlike most science fiction series, ''Caprica'' is a tale of our ancestors rather than our descendants.

==Visual Cues==
* The shape of the Greystone office building's tower is pentagonal, capped with two concentric pentagons -- the same pattern that was marked on original-series Cylon Raiders.

* The monotheistic movement on Caprica uses an "infinity" symbol to represent itself.

== References ==
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Weapons free

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Before any [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] or [[Raptor]] can fire weapons at will, permission must be given for members of the fighter group to do so. The request or command is called '''"weapons free."'''

The lead pilot of a [[Combat Air Patrol]], or group of [[Alert Fighters|Alert Fighters]] (typically the [[CAG]]) can give a "weapons free" order when facing a known enemy.

Any member of a fighter group can request weapons-free authorization from the lead pilot, usually as part of training missions ([[Home, Part I]]) or to verify their fighter's gun operation ([[Epiphanies]]).

In special cases, the lead pilot may defer weapons-free authorization to the battlestar commander. Lead pilot [[Kat]] defers weapons-free authorization for her fighter group to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' [[Actual]] after the battlestar launches her fighters against sister battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and her Vipers, realizing that ordering fire against fellow Colonials required Commander [[William Adama|Adama's]] authorization ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

The contrary command to "Weapons Free" is "Weapons Hold", whereby units are ordered to hold fire except against specifically authorized targets or in self-defense. Under "Weapons Free", any target not known to be friendly may be engaged.

Example: Assume pilot call sign Joker, based on battlestar Pacifica, is in pursuit of an enemy vessel and wishes to fire upon it..

(Joker is under "weapons hold," therefore the safeties are engaged on his weaponry.)<br>
- Pilot: Pacifica, Joker. Target in sight. Request permission to engage.<br>
- Pacifica: Joker, Pacifica. Engage the unidentified craft. Weapons free.<br>
- Pilot: Pacifica, Joker. Weapons free, acknowledged. <br>
(Joker removes safeties from weapons control.)

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Weapons free

2009-04-13T15:19:42Z

Dkendr:

Before any [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] or [[Raptor]] can fire weapons at will, permission must be given for members of the fighter group to do so. The request or command is called '''"weapons free."'''

The lead pilot of a [[Combat Air Patrol]], or group of [[Alert Fighters|Alert Fighters]] (typically the [[CAG]]) can give a "weapons free" order when facing a known enemy.

Any member of a fighter group can request weapons-free authorization from the lead pilot, usually as part of training missions ([[Home, Part I]]) or to verify their fighter's gun operation ([[Epiphanies]]).

In special cases, the lead pilot may defer weapons-free authorization to the battlestar commander. Lead pilot [[Kat]] defers weapons-free authorization for her fighter group to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' [[Actual]] after the battlestar launches her fighters against sister battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and her Vipers, realizing that ordering fire against fellow Colonials required Commander [[William Adama|Adama's]] authorization ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

The contrary command to "Weapons Free" is "Weapons Hold", whereby units are ordered to hold fire except against specifically authorized targets or in self-defense. Under "Weapons Free", any target not known to be friendly may be engaged.

Example: Assume pilot call sign Joker, based on battlestar Pacifica, is in pursuit of an enemy vessel and wishes to fire upon it..

- Pilot: Pacifica, Joker. Target in sight. Request permission to engage.
- Pacifica: Joker, Pacifica. Engage the unidentified craft. Weapons free.
- Pilot: Pacifica, Joker. Weapons free, acknowledged.

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Space Croppers

2009-04-13T15:07:55Z

Dkendr: /* Episodic Notes */

{{Episode Data
| image = rain rain go away.jpg
| title= Space Croppers
| series= 1980
| episode= 9
| guests=
| writer= [[Robert L. McCullough]]
| story=
| director= [[Daniel Haller]]
| production= 1.9
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-04-27
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev= [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]
| next= [[The Return of Starbuck]]
}}

== Overview ==

:''After a [[Cylons (1980)|Cylon]] attack that destroys two of the [[Galactican Fleet]]'s [[Agro Ship|Agro ships]], [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] are sent to [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] to set up an agricultural colony. In Southern California, they befriend a [[Hector Alonzo|local Hispanic farmer]] who is struggling to keep his farm in the face of drought and the influence of his neighbor, a [[Steadman|powerful rancher]] who controls the access to water for irrigation.''

==Summary==

=== Act 1 ===

* On a [[Cylons (1980)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]], positioned not far away from [[Earth (1980)|Earth]], the [[Imperious Leader]] is addressing a [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]].

* He declares a new strategy in the war on the humans, ordering the targeting of the Galactican Fleet's [[Agro Ship|agricultural ships]]. The Imperious Leader (stock footage is used, with [[Dennis Haysbert]]'s voice overdubbed for the Imperious Leader) hopes that the Colonials will have no choice but to flee to Earth for food and, as such, will lead the Cylon fleet there as well.

* Dozens of Cylon raiders are immediately launched to attack the Galactican Fleet, which they are able to detect their electro-magnetic transmissions. They begin carrying out their order for agricultural ship destruction.

* On ''[[Galactica (1980)|Galactica]]'', Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] calls a red alert. [[Viper (1980)|Viper]]s are launched.

* After breaking through the perimeter of Vipers guarding the fleet, the [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]] succeed in destroying two of the Agroships, all of which Adama and [[Doctor Zee]] watch from [[Zee's chamber]].

* Adama and Zee discuss the attack. They discuss why the agricultural ships were attacked and why the Cylons haven't come in for the final attack. They immediately surmise that the Cylons feel that the Fleet is their only link to Earth, and they're trying to force their hand by bringing the Fleet to Earth, inevitably leading the Cylons to the last outpost of humanity.

* Zee notes that Lieutenant [[Dante]]'s men have been most successful in keeping the Cylons from [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] during the Warriors' constant trips to and from Earth. Troy and Dillon are in position on Earth and Adama believes they are their only hope of replenishing their food sources.

* [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]] informs Adama that Troy and Dillon are ready to launch, as are the decoy squadron. Adama is extremely happy that they are about to establish their first colony on Earth.

* They are interrupted by an [[Maintenance Captain|unidentified captain]] who complains that [[D Squadron]], nicknamed the [[Daggit|Daggits]]. Boomer points out that there aren't many people who would volunteer to bring the fight to the Cylons, which Adama supports, saying that their mission requires a certain "devil-may-care attitude". However, the captain reports that they have been modifying their Vipers by removing the [[limiter]]s from the [[turbocharger]]s, which concerns Adama.

* Troy, Dillon, and D Squadron launches. Troy and Dillon head to Earth while D Squadron engages the Cylons. Having successfully entered the Solar System undetected, Dillon tells Troy of his optimism of setting up a Galactican colony on Earth.

* After landing in the Alonzo's farm field and [[invisibility field|hiding their ships]], they run across a scarecrow, believing it to be an Earthling, [[Hector Alonzo]]. However, as they round to face it, Troy posits that it might be either some primitive burial symbol or a crude attempt at artistic expression. They head toward the Alonzo's home.

* [[Gloria Alonzo]], Hector's teenage daughter, gives a plate to her mother, [[Louise Alonzo]]. Gloria asks why her father is depressed and expresses her optimism that someone will answer his ad. Louise replies that Hector feels foolish for running the ad, believing that everyone in town will see it and believe he's giving up. Gloria replies that he's hanging on; Louise blames herself for talking him into the ad. Gloria consoles her mother, telling her that Hector cannot hold his emotions bottled up. They hug after she asks if Hector realizes that they know what's happening to him, even [[Chris Alonzo]].

* Louise approaches her husband and asks if he'd like to go outside. He silently puts his arm around her and proceeds to go on the porch with his wife. On the porch, he reveals that it'll kill him to sell his land, particularly to [[John Steadman]]. Hector stops her from saying "don't worry", telling her to save it for the children. However, she tells them that they already know.

* Chris is next to his bed praying to God for help for his parents, realizing that his parents work hard for him and his sister and that they may have to sell because they can't afford it. He pleads with God to send people to help his dad.

* Dillon and Troy approach the Alonzos outside and, after noting that they didn't come in a vehicle, inquire about the ad for help on the farm.

* That morning, Troy and Dillon talk to Hector about the ad, which he offers to sell half-interest in his farm and requires farm hands. Hector warns them that they may be throwing their money away, since they don't have enough water to support their farm. The problem stems from two sources: the worst drought in years and the irrigation quota. He tells them that the water is controlled by Steadman of the Growers Association, who makes it impossible for small farmers like him to succeed.

* Gloria comes over and doles out food to Dillon, who initially refuses. However, Dillon concedes to the obviously smitten Gloria, who says she's cooked the food herself. Louise notes that they're lucky to eat meat twice a week.
[[Image:Hector1.jpg|thumb|Hector Alonso]]
* Hector tells Troy that Steadman has dammed up the water supply. Dillon asks if he complained to the association, but he notes that the dam is on Steadman's property and Steadman has a lot of say on the association. Dillon notes that the inequity of the situation. Hector dejectedly replies that if he came to talk about fair, he came to the wrong place.

* Troy asks to look at the dam. Louise pipes up, saying that Steadman treats trespassers harshly. Dillon replies that he doesn't think Steadman would mind meeting his neighbors.

* Upon visiting Steadman's property, Troy notes that it is very green. Hector notes that it's "about the same color as his money", noting that his wealth is the reason he has clout with the association. He further adds, much to Troy and Dillon's confusion, Steadman's negative attitude of Hispanics, who he views as peasants.

* On cue, Steadman arrives with two of his lackeys, one of them [[Maze]]. Steadman greets Hector and then notes that his people have orders to eliminate any "critters that don't belong here, and that includes coyotes, dogs and trespassers". Hector replies that he thought Steadman would like to meet his new neighbors; Steadman assumes that he's sold the property without giving him first bid, but Hector informs him that Troy and Dillon are his new partners.

* Troy points out the dam. Steadman laughs and tells him that what he does on his property is his business, but he haughitly "corrects" himself and notes that it is controlled by the association. He says that since the drought, there are strict allotments made for the water. Troy notes that they're interested in the association, the local farmers, and the quota system. Steadman replies that he too works under the quota, adding that "the man with the biggest spread and the biggest overhead is gonna get the largest quota". He assures them that it works out "proportionally" for everyone concerned.

* Troy attempts to argue that "farmers are brothers of a kind", but Steadman deflects this point and notes that they're standing on private property and would appreciate it if they leave.

* As they leave, one of the Steadman's men notes that Hector's kind is "always trying to get somethin', because of what they are, instead of working for it". Steadman assures the boys that they'll take care of it in "our own good time".

=== Act 2 ===
[[Image:Steadman.jpg|thumb|John Steadman in "Space Croppers"]]
* Later, Troy and Dillon go with Hector and Chris to buy seed. Hector tells them he would understand if they would pull out upon seeing the problems he faces. Hector finds it odd that his new partners tell him not to worry, particularly when faced with the water situation, including their purchasing of seed he thinks will not grow in such weather. He also points out that beans, being legumes, require cobalt and molybdenum in order to grow. His soil does not have these elements in great enough supply to support beans, but the Warriors again tell him not to worry assuring him that they have a special treatment process. He concedes that all they can do is give it a try.

* Maze and Barrett believe that Hector's got them conned and decides to "deal with that situation". They enter their Ford pickup truck.

* As they pass Hector's truck on the two-lane road, Maze throws a cigar into the back of the truck. It begins to burn at the burlap. Maze then begins heckling Hector.

* Dillon asks Hector why he puts up with the heckling. Hector replies that while it bothers his family, he's gotten over it.

* Troy smells something burning. Chris notes that the truck is on fire and they pull over and stop. They take out the sacks of seed, but it's too late for them. Hector ruefully notes that he's lost crops before, but never so quickly.

* Dillon finds the cigar in the truck bed. Hector believes that the cigar belonged to "Old Maze", as he is a cigar aficionado.

* Hector explains to the Warriors that the reason why Steadman's men destroyed their supplies was because of their association with a Latino. Chris mentions that he doesn't understand their hatred. Hector explains it has to do with prejudice and racism. Dillon tells them he's getting angry; Troy replies that he was getting angry five [[centon]]s ago.

* At [[Steadman Acres]],  Steadman convinces Maze to ride [[Satan]], telling him that anyone who can ride the wild horse will win $1,000. Maze states that the amount won't even cover medical expenses, to which Steadman replies that he'll take care of them.

* As Steadman and Barrett enjoy the show, which ends as Satan dumps Maze into a water trough.

* Troy and Dillon arrive at Steadman Acres to confront Steadman, and demand compensation for the burned seed. Steadman asks his employees if their claim is true; Barrett mocking chastises Maze, telling him that he should use ashtrays. Steadman, who claims that the incident wasn't one of malice, decides to have a good play with his employees, deciding to take the payment out of the henchmen's wages for the supplies lost.

* Steadman offers to help them with anything else they may have forgotten at the store, but Troy replies that they'll be satisfied with what they had. He can't resist the opportunity to put one over on Troy and Dillon, and, knowing they are new, tells them about his offer regarding Satan. Claiming that it's the "best horse flesh" in the county, Steadman asks if Hector has a horse at his place, knowing full well that he doesn't. He tells them that it's an acquisition for them to think about. When asked on the cost, Steadman replies that Satan will have to choose his owner. He then tells them about his offer: anyone who can ride him, owns him, plus $1000 to boot.

* Dillon and Troy accept the offer, Dillon notes that he seems friendly enough when spoken to. Troy gives the buck to Dillon, noting his affinity for such situations.

* Steadman mockingly comments to Barret and Maze about not wanting to see Hector go under, which Maze playfully replies that Steadman's offer is a charitable one.

* After holding the animal by the reins, Dillon notes that the animal seems upset. Troy replies that "I would be too if I had Earthlings climbing all over my back".

* The horse begins resisting. Dillon uses his [[wrist computron]] to determine that Satan has disturbed brain wave patterns. Troy surmises that the animal is mistreated. Dillon notes that the animal didn't seem different to what was on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] and gives the creature a burst of alpha waves.

* The horse is now calm, much to the astonishment of Steadman and his workers. Dillon rides the horse successfully. Steadman protests that he shouldn't be able to do that and it's a trick of some kind. Troy notes that Dillon seems to have a way with animals.

* Steadman throws his hat on the ground, vociferously claiming that the horse can't be ridden. Dillon rides up, with the horse crushing the hat under-hoof, and says that they owe them $1,000 and want the horse delivered to Alonzo's ranch. A red-faced Steadman tells his boys to get the Warriors their things.

* Dillon presents the horse to Gloria, noting that Satan would like her over Mr. Steadman. Gloria asks Dillon if he has a girlfriend. Unfamiliar with the term, he asks her why, to which she replies that she thinks he's cute. She walks away, allowing him to look up the term. Chris, who has the horse's reins, tells Dillon that he's got trouble.

* Maze and Barrett arrive with their seed. Much to their chagrin, they find that the seed is not heavy for Troy or Dillon, who they believed would lose their balance over the heavy seed. Troy says he could handle another bag, which he catches with one hand.

* Barrett notices Satan and their new owners, Gloria and Hector. He comments that the horse is nice, but tells her "good luck watering it". Gloria claims they have enough water for Satan, to which he replies that this won't be the case when Steadman cuts off the irrigation quota for them.

* Dillon notes that they'll complain to the Growers Association, which is a prospect the lackeys laugh at. Hector notes that it'll be months before they get a hearing.

* Troy walks away, having been summoned by Commander Adama. He tells Adama of the situation. Adama notes that with the food gone, it is imperative that they complete the project. He notes that while they have seedlings, they need water.

* Chris comes up behind Troy, who confers with Adama. Zee orders that they plant the seedlings, for he'll be able to provide the water. He orders that the ground must be prepared no later than tonight.

* Chris asks who Troy was talking to with that "watch" of his. Troy replies that he was going over some things in his head; Chris notes his father's belief that people who talk to themselves are trouble.

* Dillon arrives and Chris is sent away to help the others. Troy notifies Dillon that they need to begin planting as soon as possible.

* Hector is having problems getting farm hands; no one within 50 miles that he knows will help them. Money isn't the problem, but the farmers fear Steadman. He notes that the time table is unrealistic; it'll take one to two weeks to sow and plant the ground. Troy tells Hector that he'll get them help.

* [[Jamie Hamilton]] arrives with the [[Super Scouts]]. Hector doesn't believe what he is seeing, but Hamilton assures him that they're a specialized branch of the scouts with a lot of agricultural training.

* Lancer assure Hector that they're a lot tougher and stronger than they look. Chris asks how far they can throw a ball; Lancer is about to reply a good 3000 feet, until he is stopped by Troy.

* Troy asks where the children can sleep, Hector points out a barn where they can stay.

* Hamilton later asks Troy for a situation report. Troy tells her that he'll explain later. Hector tells them to bring their belongings inside and that they'll soon have dinner.

* A team of agricultural experts dressed in Earthling farmer clothing enters the [[anti-gravity ship]]. Adama tells them that they will remain there to help the farm and form a colony, should the rain-making process be effective.

* Zee explains that the process is simple. The mist the ship creates upon entering Earth's atmosphere will create clouds and, using their technology, will create precipitation. They'll seed the clouds with super-cooled carbon dioxide and do a bunch of other mumbojumbo.

* Steadman meets with his henchmen, who inform him that Alonzo is looking for help and is calling everyone in the valley. He's sure that the two "yokels" (Troy and Dillon) are somehow involved in Alonzo's determination.

* That night, under cover of darkness, Troy and Dillon begin plowing the fields with their lasers. Steadman drives up and sees this.

* [[Starla]] inquires about the [[nutrient monitors]]. Lancer asks how they can grow plants without computers. The Super Scouts respond incredulously to Hamilton's claim that Earthlings plant things naturally.

* Troy and Dillon use their superhuman jumping ability to rapidly seed Alonso's fields. Steadman watches from a distance, noting that they are jumping 50 feet in the air.

=== Act 3 ===

[[Image:Experts.jpg|thumb|Agricultural experts from the Fleet are outfitted with local garb]]

* The anti-gravity ship makes its descent towards the valley. Zee tells Adama that carbon dioxide emissions are proceeding as scheduled. The next pass over the clouds will make it rain.

* A rain storm begins, first with lightning and thunder, which Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton watch occur. It begins to rain, much to Steadman's surprise.

* Zee responds to Adama's question regarding their food supply reserves. He informs Adama that with the special nutrients dispersing with the rain, the crops will grow faster and become plentiful within a few Earth hours.

* Awakened by the lightning and thunder, Chris runs to the window of his room. He is surprised when he sees a flying saucer, actually Dr. Zee's antigrav ship, begin landing beyond the mountains.

* The crops shoot up overnight.

* The next morning, Steadman goes to the Grower's Association, blaming the problems of the valley on Hector Alonzo. [[Tom Rogers]] asks how Hector can cause a threat. He then dissolves into frantic revelations of jumping aliens and flying saucers at Alonzo's place, giving a call to arms for the townsfolk to get the sheriff and law enforcement involved.

* Hector and his wife react to the bountiful crop they now have. Also present are agricultural experts from the Galactican Fleet, who masquerade as agricultural students studying advanced, experimental farming techniques. Troy assures Hector that they'll work on their share of the farm and will be of no burden.

* Steadman and his cronies arrive. Steadman makes his accusations. The police subsequently arrive, lead by the Sheriff and Mr. Rogers. They follow up on Steadman's claim of Alonzo's harboring of illegal aliens.

* Hamilton presents herself as a reporter with [[United Broadcasting Company]] and she shows them her identification.

* Steadman tells them to check out the identification of the others, but Roger himself asks Steadman for ID. Steadman claims that he never carries any on his person, since everyone knows who he is. The scouts, however, point out that they don't know who he is; Lancer adds that he doesn't want to know Steadman at all.

* Steadman claims to the police that he saw them arrive last night. After Hamilton pretends to be interested in Steadman's story, Steadman reveals that he saw a ship. It is revealed through more direct questioning that the ship was an UFO. Once Steadman spills what he saw, Hamilton notes that she should call her station and get a crew on the story right away. However, Rogers says that it isn't necessary to call them. The sheriff agrees, saying they should leave Alonzo and his friends alone. Rogers also goes on to say that they've been having second thoughts about the water situation.

* Rogers says that he's calling an emergency meeting, where he pledges that the dam won't be there by tomorrow morning.

* Steadman claims that everything he's said is the truth. He points out that Dillon was able to ride Satan, a feat that he claims no human could do. However, on cue, he is proven wrong when Chris rides Satan within plain sight.

* Rogers laughs at Steadman, telling him not to take any wooden saucers now.

* Rogers has his emergency meeting and, despite the loud protestations of Steadman, have the dam removed in addition to other strictures. Overwhelmingly, Rogers proposition is supported. Hamilton is pleased when Steadman storms out in defeat.

* Gloria is sad to see Dillon go. She asks if he'll come by again, which he replies that, as their friends are there, of course they will. She kisses him on the cheek and runs off.

* Louise tells Dillon her belief that Gloria has a crush on him; Chris tells him not to worry, since she'll grow out of it.

* Hector thanks the Warriors and Hamilton for everything they've done. Troy replies that it is they who should thank him. Hector assures them that Troy's people will be taken care of like they were members of his own family.

* Troy and Dillon ride off in their [[turbine]]s, talking about how beautiful the place was -- and Gloria. They fly off into the sky.

== Notes ==

=== Episodic Notes ===

* The final series episode, "[[The Return of Starbuck]]" was being filmed around the same time as this episode.
* "Space Croppers" is the final episode of the series to include the central cast outside of Adama and Doctor Zee.
* The voice of the Imperious Leader is furnished by actor [[Dennis Haysbert]] from ''[[w:24 (series)|24]]'' fame; [[Patrick Macnee]] typically did the voice work for the Imperious Leader, and may have not been available (or offered, due to budget constraints) to reprise the role. It should be noted that Haysbert was also working on Larson's ''[[w:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' series, which was being filmed around this time.
* Whether the voice change was intentional or a byproduct of casting, it does leave the impression that there is a new Imperious Leader in place at the time of the 1980 series.
* The episode contains a continuity error. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] it is established that the Colonials only have three [[Agro Ship]]s, two of which are destroyed in "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]", thus leaving [[Agro Ship 9|one]] remaining. However, there are three ships shown on screen during this "renewed" attack on the Colonial food supplies, due to battle footage from "The Magnificent Warriors" being reused.
* Troy claims the horses weren't much different from what was on Caprica. However, Troy lived in a major city on Caprica before the Cylon holocaust ([[Serena]]'s son, then called [[Boxey]]). It is unclear how much Troy could recall about Caprican horses after fleeing the planet at a young age and living aboard the Fleet nearly his entire life.

=== Cinematic Notes ===

* Much of the episode was filmed at the [http://www.billcotter.com/disney/golden.htm Disney movie ranch] in rural Los Angeles county, a favorite location for ''Galactica 1980''.
* [[Ana Alicia]] also guest starred in the Original Series episode "[[Take the Celestra]]", which was, much like "Space Croppers", the second to last episode of that series as well.
* The license plate on Steadman's car is 956 QHK.
* The [[laser pistol (1980)|laser pistol]]s used by [[Dillon]] and [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] to prepare the ground for planting are not Colonial pistols, but Cylon.

== Analysis ==
* "Space Croppers" continues the storyline of ''Galactica'''s arrival at Earth, suggesting that the Cylons are now very close to finding out the location of the planet, and establishing the first colony from the Fleet on the Earth.
* If the series had continued, a conflict at Earth between the Colonials and the Cylons would have seemed to be a logical next step for the storyline.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''The Imperious Leader orders an attack on the Galactican Fleet's agricultural ships:''
: '''[[Imperious Leader]]:''' I'm growing impatient waiting for the Galactican fleet to lead us to the last outpost of humanity. Launch a full-scale attack on their agricultural ships. We must destroy their food supply, thereby forcing them to lead us to Earth.
: '''Centurion:''' [[By your command]].

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Chris Bunch]] discusses the episode in his interview with Susan Paxton:''
: '''Chris Bunch:''' [The episode] aired simply because [[Glen Larson|Glen [Larson]]] has the wonderful habit of rolling paper into the typewriter, whackin’ away, and sooner or later coming up with a plot. In this case, he came up with a plot about page 56. So he simply wrote on and at page 62 typed END OF PART ONE. The turkey ran three parts before he finished, and was shown with [[Robert L. McCullough|Bob [McCullough]]]’s script in the middle.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/bunch.html|title=Battlestar Zone Interview: Chris Bunch|date=|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Ned Romero]] as [[Hector Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Dana+Elcar Dana Elcar] as [[Steadman]]
* [[Ana Alicia]] as [[Gloria Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0622824/ Anna Navarro] as [[Louise Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+William+Cort Bill Cort] as [[Trent]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Bill+McKinney Bill McKinney] as [[Barrett]]
* [[Herbert Jefferson Jr.]] as Colonel [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]]
* [[Booth Colman]] as [[Tom Rogers|Rogers]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Joaquin+Garay,III Joaquin Garay III] as [[Chris Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Andy+Jarrell Andy Jarrell] as [[Maze]]
* [[Phil Levien]] as [[Dante]]
* [[Dennis Haysbert]] as [[Imperious Leader]] (voice, credited as "The Creature")
* [[John Daytona]] as [[Foley]]
* [[Gordon Haight]] as [[Deacon]]
* [[Stefan Haves]] as [[Channon]]
* [[Lance Mugleston]] as Pilot
* [[Michael Brick]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Ronnie Densford]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Mark Everett]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Georgi Irene]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Tracy Justrich]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Lindsay Kennedy]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[David Larson]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Eric Larson]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Michelle Larson]] as [[Super Scout]]

== References ==

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Space Croppers

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{{Episode Data
| image = rain rain go away.jpg
| title= Space Croppers
| series= 1980
| episode= 9
| guests=
| writer= [[Robert L. McCullough]]
| story=
| director= [[Daniel Haller]]
| production= 1.9
| rating=
| US airdate= 1980-04-27
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev= [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]
| next= [[The Return of Starbuck]]
}}

== Overview ==

:''After a [[Cylons (1980)|Cylon]] attack that destroys two of the [[Galactican Fleet]]'s [[Agro Ship|Agro ships]], [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] are sent to [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] to set up an agricultural colony. In Southern California, they befriend a [[Hector Alonzo|local Hispanic farmer]] who is struggling to keep his farm in the face of drought and the influence of his neighbor, a [[Steadman|powerful rancher]] who controls the access to water for irrigation.''

==Summary==

=== Act 1 ===

* On a [[Cylons (1980)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]], positioned not far away from [[Earth (1980)|Earth]], the [[Imperious Leader]] is addressing a [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]].

* He declares a new strategy in the war on the humans, ordering the targeting of the Galactican Fleet's [[Agro Ship|agricultural ships]]. The Imperious Leader (stock footage is used, with [[Dennis Haysbert]]'s voice overdubbed for the Imperious Leader) hopes that the Colonials will have no choice but to flee to Earth for food and, as such, will lead the Cylon fleet there as well.

* Dozens of Cylon raiders are immediately launched to attack the Galactican Fleet, which they are able to detect their electro-magnetic transmissions. They begin carrying out their order for agricultural ship destruction.

* On ''[[Galactica (1980)|Galactica]]'', Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] calls a red alert. [[Viper (1980)|Viper]]s are launched.

* After breaking through the perimeter of Vipers guarding the fleet, the [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]] succeed in destroying two of the Agroships, all of which Adama and [[Doctor Zee]] watch from [[Zee's chamber]].

* Adama and Zee discuss the attack. They discuss why the agricultural ships were attacked and why the Cylons haven't come in for the final attack. They immediately surmise that the Cylons feel that the Fleet is their only link to Earth, and they're trying to force their hand by bringing the Fleet to Earth, inevitably leading the Cylons to the last outpost of humanity.

* Zee notes that Lieutenant [[Dante]]'s men have been most successful in keeping the Cylons from [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] during the Warriors' constant trips to and from Earth. Troy and Dillon are in position on Earth and Adama believes they are their only hope of replenishing their food sources.

* [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]] informs Adama that Troy and Dillon are ready to launch, as are the decoy squadron. Adama is extremely happy that they are about to establish their first colony on Earth.

* They are interrupted by an [[Maintenance Captain|unidentified captain]] who complains that [[D Squadron]], nicknamed the [[Daggit|Daggits]]. Boomer points out that there aren't many people who would volunteer to bring the fight to the Cylons, which Adama supports, saying that their mission requires a certain "devil-may-care attitude". However, the captain reports that they have been modifying their Vipers by removing the [[limiter]]s from the [[turbocharger]]s, which concerns Adama.

* Troy, Dillon, and D Squadron launches. Troy and Dillon head to Earth while D Squadron engages the Cylons. Having successfully entered the Solar System undetected, Dillon tells Troy of his optimism of setting up a Galactican colony on Earth.

* After landing in the Alonzo's farm field and [[invisibility field|hiding their ships]], they run across a scarecrow, believing it to be an Earthling, [[Hector Alonzo]]. However, as they round to face it, Troy posits that it might be either some primitive burial symbol or a crude attempt at artistic expression. They head toward the Alonzo's home.

* [[Gloria Alonzo]], Hector's teenage daughter, gives a plate to her mother, [[Louise Alonzo]]. Gloria asks why her father is depressed and expresses her optimism that someone will answer his ad. Louise replies that Hector feels foolish for running the ad, believing that everyone in town will see it and believe he's giving up. Gloria replies that he's hanging on; Louise blames herself for talking him into the ad. Gloria consoles her mother, telling her that Hector cannot hold his emotions bottled up. They hug after she asks if Hector realizes that they know what's happening to him, even [[Chris Alonzo]].

* Louise approaches her husband and asks if he'd like to go outside. He silently puts his arm around her and proceeds to go on the porch with his wife. On the porch, he reveals that it'll kill him to sell his land, particularly to [[John Steadman]]. Hector stops her from saying "don't worry", telling her to save it for the children. However, she tells them that they already know.

* Chris is next to his bed praying to God for help for his parents, realizing that his parents work hard for him and his sister and that they may have to sell because they can't afford it. He pleads with God to send people to help his dad.

* Dillon and Troy approach the Alonzos outside and, after noting that they didn't come in a vehicle, inquire about the ad for help on the farm.

* That morning, Troy and Dillon talk to Hector about the ad, which he offers to sell half-interest in his farm and requires farm hands. Hector warns them that they may be throwing their money away, since they don't have enough water to support their farm. The problem stems from two sources: the worst drought in years and the irrigation quota. He tells them that the water is controlled by Steadman of the Growers Association, who makes it impossible for small farmers like him to succeed.

* Gloria comes over and doles out food to Dillon, who initially refuses. However, Dillon concedes to the obviously smitten Gloria, who says she's cooked the food herself. Louise notes that they're lucky to eat meat twice a week.
[[Image:Hector1.jpg|thumb|Hector Alonso]]
* Hector tells Troy that Steadman has dammed up the water supply. Dillon asks if he complained to the association, but he notes that the dam is on Steadman's property and Steadman has a lot of say on the association. Dillon notes that the inequity of the situation. Hector dejectedly replies that if he came to talk about fair, he came to the wrong place.

* Troy asks to look at the dam. Louise pipes up, saying that Steadman treats trespassers harshly. Dillon replies that he doesn't think Steadman would mind meeting his neighbors.

* Upon visiting Steadman's property, Troy notes that it is very green. Hector notes that it's "about the same color as his money", noting that his wealth is the reason he has clout with the association. He further adds, much to Troy and Dillon's confusion, Steadman's negative attitude of Hispanics, who he views as peasants.

* On cue, Steadman arrives with two of his lackeys, one of them [[Maze]]. Steadman greets Hector and then notes that his people have orders to eliminate any "critters that don't belong here, and that includes coyotes, dogs and trespassers". Hector replies that he thought Steadman would like to meet his new neighbors; Steadman assumes that he's sold the property without giving him first bid, but Hector informs him that Troy and Dillon are his new partners.

* Troy points out the dam. Steadman laughs and tells him that what he does on his property is his business, but he haughitly "corrects" himself and notes that it is controlled by the association. He says that since the drought, there are strict allotments made for the water. Troy notes that they're interested in the association, the local farmers, and the quota system. Steadman replies that he too works under the quota, adding that "the man with the biggest spread and the biggest overhead is gonna get the largest quota". He assures them that it works out "proportionally" for everyone concerned.

* Troy attempts to argue that "farmers are brothers of a kind", but Steadman deflects this point and notes that they're standing on private property and would appreciate it if they leave.

* As they leave, one of the Steadman's men notes that Hector's kind is "always trying to get somethin', because of what they are, instead of working for it". Steadman assures the boys that they'll take care of it in "our own good time".

=== Act 2 ===
[[Image:Steadman.jpg|thumb|John Steadman in "Space Croppers"]]
* Later, Troy and Dillon go with Hector and Chris to buy seed. Hector tells them he would understand if they would pull out upon seeing the problems he faces. Hector finds it odd that his new partners tell him not to worry, particularly when faced with the water situation, including their purchasing of seed he thinks will not grow in such weather. He also points out that beans, being legumes, require cobalt and molybdenum in order to grow. His soil does not have these elements in great enough supply to support beans, but the Warriors again tell him not to worry assuring him that they have a special treatment process. He concedes that all they can do is give it a try.

* Maze and Barrett believe that Hector's got them conned and decides to "deal with that situation". They enter their Ford pickup truck.

* As they pass Hector's truck on the two-lane road, Maze throws a cigar into the back of the truck. It begins to burn at the burlap. Maze then begins heckling Hector.

* Dillon asks Hector why he puts up with the heckling. Hector replies that while it bothers his family, he's gotten over it.

* Troy smells something burning. Chris notes that the truck is on fire and they pull over and stop. They take out the sacks of seed, but it's too late for them. Hector ruefully notes that he's lost crops before, but never so quickly.

* Dillon finds the cigar in the truck bed. Hector believes that the cigar belonged to "Old Maze", as he is a cigar aficionado.

* Hector explains to the Warriors that the reason why Steadman's men destroyed their supplies was because of their association with a Latino. Chris mentions that he doesn't understand their hatred. Hector explains it has to do with prejudice and racism. Dillon tells them he's getting angry; Troy replies that he was getting angry five [[centon]]s ago.

* At [[Steadman Acres]],  Steadman convinces Maze to ride [[Satan]], telling him that anyone who can ride the wild horse will win $1,000. Maze states that the amount won't even cover medical expenses, to which Steadman replies that he'll take care of them.

* As Steadman and Barrett enjoy the show, which ends as Satan dumps Maze into a water trough.

* Troy and Dillon arrive at Steadman Acres to confront Steadman, and demand compensation for the burned seed. Steadman asks his employees if their claim is true; Barrett mocking chastises Maze, telling him that he should use ashtrays. Steadman, who claims that the incident wasn't one of malice, decides to have a good play with his employees, deciding to take the payment out of the henchmen's wages for the supplies lost.

* Steadman offers to help them with anything else they may have forgotten at the store, but Troy replies that they'll be satisfied with what they had. He can't resist the opportunity to put one over on Troy and Dillon, and, knowing they are new, tells them about his offer regarding Satan. Claiming that it's the "best horse flesh" in the county, Steadman asks if Hector has a horse at his place, knowing full well that he doesn't. He tells them that it's an acquisition for them to think about. When asked on the cost, Steadman replies that Satan will have to choose his owner. He then tells them about his offer: anyone who can ride him, owns him, plus $1000 to boot.

* Dillon and Troy accept the offer, Dillon notes that he seems friendly enough when spoken to. Troy gives the buck to Dillon, noting his affinity for such situations.

* Steadman mockingly comments to Barret and Maze about not wanting to see Hector go under, which Maze playfully replies that Steadman's offer is a charitable one.

* After holding the animal by the reins, Dillon notes that the animal seems upset. Troy replies that "I would be too if I had Earthlings climbing all over my back".

* The horse begins resisting. Dillon uses his [[wrist computron]] to determine that Satan has disturbed brain wave patterns. Troy surmises that the animal is mistreated. Dillon notes that the animal didn't seem different to what was on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] and gives the creature a burst of alpha waves.

* The horse is now calm, much to the astonishment of Steadman and his workers. Dillon rides the horse successfully. Steadman protests that he shouldn't be able to do that and it's a trick of some kind. Troy notes that Dillon seems to have a way with animals.

* Steadman throws his hat on the ground, vociferously claiming that the horse can't be ridden. Dillon rides up, with the horse crushing the hat under-hoof, and says that they owe them $1,000 and want the horse delivered to Alonzo's ranch. A red-faced Steadman tells his boys to get the Warriors their things.

* Dillon presents the horse to Gloria, noting that Satan would like her over Mr. Steadman. Gloria asks Dillon if he has a girlfriend. Unfamiliar with the term, he asks her why, to which she replies that she thinks he's cute. She walks away, allowing him to look up the term. Chris, who has the horse's reins, tells Dillon that he's got trouble.

* Maze and Barrett arrive with their seed. Much to their chagrin, they find that the seed is not heavy for Troy or Dillon, who they believed would lose their balance over the heavy seed. Troy says he could handle another bag, which he catches with one hand.

* Barrett notices Satan and their new owners, Gloria and Hector. He comments that the horse is nice, but tells her "good luck watering it". Gloria claims they have enough water for Satan, to which he replies that this won't be the case when Steadman cuts off the irrigation quota for them.

* Dillon notes that they'll complain to the Growers Association, which is a prospect the lackeys laugh at. Hector notes that it'll be months before they get a hearing.

* Troy walks away, having been summoned by Commander Adama. He tells Adama of the situation. Adama notes that with the food gone, it is imperative that they complete the project. He notes that while they have seedlings, they need water.

* Chris comes up behind Troy, who confers with Adama. Zee orders that they plant the seedlings, for he'll be able to provide the water. He orders that the ground must be prepared no later than tonight.

* Chris asks who Troy was talking to with that "watch" of his. Troy replies that he was going over some things in his head; Chris notes his father's belief that people who talk to themselves are trouble.

* Dillon arrives and Chris is sent away to help the others. Troy notifies Dillon that they need to begin planting as soon as possible.

* Hector is having problems getting farm hands; no one within 50 miles that he knows will help them. Money isn't the problem, but the farmers fear Steadman. He notes that the time table is unrealistic; it'll take one to two weeks to sow and plant the ground. Troy tells Hector that he'll get them help.

* [[Jamie Hamilton]] arrives with the [[Super Scouts]]. Hector doesn't believe what he is seeing, but Hamilton assures him that they're a specialized branch of the scouts with a lot of agricultural training.

* Lancer assure Hector that they're a lot tougher and stronger than they look. Chris asks how far they can throw a ball; Lancer is about to reply a good 3000 feet, until he is stopped by Troy.

* Troy asks where the children can sleep, Hector points out a barn where they can stay.

* Hamilton later asks Troy for a situation report. Troy tells her that he'll explain later. Hector tells them to bring their belongings inside and that they'll soon have dinner.

* A team of agricultural experts dressed in Earthling farmer clothing enters the [[anti-gravity ship]]. Adama tells them that they will remain there to help the farm and form a colony, should the rain-making process be effective.

* Zee explains that the process is simple. The mist the ship creates upon entering Earth's atmosphere will create clouds and, using their technology, will create precipitation. They'll seed the clouds with super-cooled carbon dioxide and do a bunch of other mumbojumbo.

* Steadman meets with his henchmen, who inform him that Alonzo is looking for help and is calling everyone in the valley. He's sure that the two "yokels" (Troy and Dillon) are somehow involved in Alonzo's determination.

* That night, under cover of darkness, Troy and Dillon begin plowing the fields with their lasers. Steadman drives up and sees this.

* [[Starla]] inquires about the [[nutrient monitors]]. Lancer asks how they can grow plants without computers. The Super Scouts respond incredulously to Hamilton's claim that Earthlings plant things naturally.

* Troy and Dillon use their superhuman jumping ability to rapidly seed Alonso's fields. Steadman watches from a distance, noting that they are jumping 50 feet in the air.

=== Act 3 ===

[[Image:Experts.jpg|thumb|Agricultural experts from the Fleet are outfitted with local garb]]

* The anti-gravity ship makes its descent towards the valley. Zee tells Adama that carbon dioxide emissions are proceeding as scheduled. The next pass over the clouds will make it rain.

* A rain storm begins, first with lightning and thunder, which Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton watch occur. It begins to rain, much to Steadman's surprise.

* Zee responds to Adama's question regarding their food supply reserves. He informs Adama that with the special nutrients dispersing with the rain, the crops will grow faster and become plentiful within a few Earth hours.

* Awakened by the lightning and thunder, Chris runs to the window of his room. He is surprised when he sees a flying saucer, actually Dr. Zee's antigrav ship, begin landing beyond the mountains.

* The crops shoot up overnight.

* The next morning, Steadman goes to the Grower's Association, blaming the problems of the valley on Hector Alonzo. [[Tom Rogers]] asks how Hector can cause a threat. He then dissolves into frantic revelations of jumping aliens and flying saucers at Alonzo's place, giving a call to arms for the townsfolk to get the sheriff and law enforcement involved.

* Hector and his wife react to the bountiful crop they now have. Also present are agricultural experts from the Galactican Fleet, who masquerade as agricultural students studying advanced, experimental farming techniques. Troy assures Hector that they'll work on their share of the farm and will be of no burden.

* Steadman and his cronies arrive. Steadman makes his accusations. The police subsequently arrive, lead by the Sheriff and Mr. Rogers. They follow up on Steadman's claim of Alonzo's harboring of illegal aliens.

* Hamilton presents herself as a reporter with [[United Broadcasting Company]] and she shows them her identification.

* Steadman tells them to check out the identification of the others, but Roger himself asks Steadman for ID. Steadman claims that he never carries any on his person, since everyone knows who he is. The scouts, however, point out that they don't know who he is; Lancer adds that he doesn't want to know Steadman at all.

* Steadman claims to the police that he saw them arrive last night. After Hamilton pretends to be interested in Steadman's story, Steadman reveals that he saw a ship. It is revealed through more direct questioning that the ship was an UFO. Once Steadman spills what he saw, Hamilton notes that she should call her station and get a crew on the story right away. However, Rogers says that it isn't necessary to call them. The sheriff agrees, saying they should leave Alonzo and his friends alone. Rogers also goes on to say that they've been having second thoughts about the water situation.

* Rogers says that he's calling an emergency meeting, where he pledges that the dam won't be there by tomorrow morning.

* Steadman claims that everything he's said is the truth. He points out that Dillon was able to ride Satan, a feat that he claims no human could do. However, on cue, he is proven wrong when Chris rides Satan within plain sight.

* Rogers laughs at Steadman, telling him not to take any wooden saucers now.

* Rogers has his emergency meeting and, despite the loud protestations of Steadman, have the dam removed in addition to other strictures. Overwhelmingly, Rogers proposition is supported. Hamilton is pleased when Steadman storms out in defeat.

* Gloria is sad to see Dillon go. She asks if he'll come by again, which he replies that, as their friends are there, of course they will. She kisses him on the cheek and runs off.

* Louise tells Dillon her belief that Gloria has a crush on him; Chris tells him not to worry, since she'll grow out of it.

* Hector thanks the Warriors and Hamilton for everything they've done. Troy replies that it is they who should thank him. Hector assures them that Troy's people will be taken care of like they were members of his own family.

* Troy and Dillon ride off in their [[turbine]]s, talking about how beautiful the place was -- and Gloria. They fly off into the sky.

== Notes ==

=== Episodic Notes ===

* The final series episode, "[[The Return of Starbuck]]" was being filmed around the same time as this episode.
* "Space Croppers" is the final episode of the series to include the central cast outside of Adama and Doctor Zee.
* The voice of the Imperious Leader is furnished by actor [[Dennis Haysbert]] from ''[[w:24 (series)|24]]'' fame; [[Patrick Macnee]] typically did the voice work for the Imperious Leader, and may have not been available (or offered, due to budget constraints) to reprise the role. It should be noted that Haysbert was also working on Larson's ''[[w:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' series, which was being filmed around this time.
* Whether the voice change was intentional or a byproduct of casting, it does leave the impression that there is a new Imperious Leader in place at the time of the 1980 series.
* The episode contains a continuity error. In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] it is established that the Colonials only have three [[Agro Ship]]s, two of which are destroyed in "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]", thus leaving [[Agro Ship 9|one]] remaining. However, there are three ships shown on screen during this "renewed" attack on the Colonial food supplies, due to battle footage from "The Magnificent Warriors" being reused.

=== Cinematic Notes ===

* Much of the episode was filmed at the [http://www.billcotter.com/disney/golden.htm Disney movie ranch] in rural Los Angeles county, a favorite location for ''Galactica 1980''.
* [[Ana Alicia]] also guest starred in the Original Series episode "[[Take the Celestra]]", which was, much like "Space Croppers", the second to last episode of that series as well.
* The license plate on Steadman's car is 956 QHK.
* The [[laser pistol (1980)|laser pistol]]s used by [[Dillon]] and [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] to prepare the ground for planting are not Colonial pistols, but Cylon.

== Analysis ==
* "Space Croppers" continues the storyline of ''Galactica'''s arrival at Earth, suggesting that the Cylons are now very close to finding out the location of the planet, and establishing the first colony from the Fleet on the Earth.
* If the series had continued, a conflict at Earth between the Colonials and the Cylons would have seemed to be a logical next step for the storyline.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''The Imperious Leader orders an attack on the Galactican Fleet's agricultural ships:''
: '''[[Imperious Leader]]:''' I'm growing impatient waiting for the Galactican fleet to lead us to the last outpost of humanity. Launch a full-scale attack on their agricultural ships. We must destroy their food supply, thereby forcing them to lead us to Earth.
: '''Centurion:''' [[By your command]].

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Chris Bunch]] discusses the episode in his interview with Susan Paxton:''
: '''Chris Bunch:''' [The episode] aired simply because [[Glen Larson|Glen [Larson]]] has the wonderful habit of rolling paper into the typewriter, whackin’ away, and sooner or later coming up with a plot. In this case, he came up with a plot about page 56. So he simply wrote on and at page 62 typed END OF PART ONE. The turkey ran three parts before he finished, and was shown with [[Robert L. McCullough|Bob [McCullough]]]’s script in the middle.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/bunch.html|title=Battlestar Zone Interview: Chris Bunch|date=|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Ned Romero]] as [[Hector Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Dana+Elcar Dana Elcar] as [[Steadman]]
* [[Ana Alicia]] as [[Gloria Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0622824/ Anna Navarro] as [[Louise Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+William+Cort Bill Cort] as [[Trent]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Bill+McKinney Bill McKinney] as [[Barrett]]
* [[Herbert Jefferson Jr.]] as Colonel [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]]
* [[Booth Colman]] as [[Tom Rogers|Rogers]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Joaquin+Garay,III Joaquin Garay III] as [[Chris Alonzo]]
* [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Andy+Jarrell Andy Jarrell] as [[Maze]]
* [[Phil Levien]] as [[Dante]]
* [[Dennis Haysbert]] as [[Imperious Leader]] (voice, credited as "The Creature")
* [[John Daytona]] as [[Foley]]
* [[Gordon Haight]] as [[Deacon]]
* [[Stefan Haves]] as [[Channon]]
* [[Lance Mugleston]] as Pilot
* [[Michael Brick]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Ronnie Densford]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Mark Everett]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Georgi Irene]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Tracy Justrich]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Lindsay Kennedy]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[David Larson]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Eric Larson]] as [[Super Scout]]
* [[Michelle Larson]] as [[Super Scout]]

== References ==

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DRADIS console

2009-04-10T14:11:57Z

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[[Image:Bsg-Command-Control.jpg|thumb|right|The information displays above the Command and control station]]
[[Image:DRADIS Console.jpg|thumb|right|DRADIS console seen from below ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).]]

The '''[[DRADIS]] console''' is centrally located in [[CIC]], above the Command and Control station where ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica's]]'' commander, [[William Adama]], stands while on station.

The DRADIS console descends from a cylinder during combat operations like a periscope on a submarine. Despite its name, the DRADIS console allows officers to monitor not only DRADIS contacts, but other navigational and tactical information on the battlestar as well.

A [[Cylon transponder]] is placed on the base of the console in an attempt by a [[Aaron Doral|Cylon agent]] to track ''Galactica'' in the latter events of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal attack on the Colonies]] ([[Miniseries]]). The transponder is removed and, with a second copy, later used in operations to infiltrate Cylon ships and occupied territories ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

Like its counterpart technology, RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging), the name DRADIS is an acronym. It is never stated in the series what the letters stand for, although early manuscripts indicate it represents Direction, RAnge, DIStance.

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DRADIS console

2009-04-10T14:09:17Z

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[[Image:Bsg-Command-Control.jpg|thumb|right|The information displays above the Command and control station]]
[[Image:DRADIS Console.jpg|thumb|right|DRADIS console seen from below ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).]]

The '''[[DRADIS]] console''' is centrally located in [[CIC]], above the Command and Control station where ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica's]]'' commander, [[William Adama]], stands while on station.

The DRADIS console descends from a cylinder during combat operations like a periscope on a submarine. Despite its name, the DRADIS console allows officers to monitor not only DRADIS contacts, but other navigational and tactical information on the battlestar as well.

A [[Cylon transponder]] is placed on the base of the console in an attempt by a [[Aaron Doral|Cylon agent]] to track ''Galactica'' in the latter events of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal attack on the Colonies]] ([[Miniseries]]). The transponder is removed and, with a second copy, later used in operations to infiltrate Cylon ships and occupied territories ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

Like its counterpart technology, RADAR (RAdio Detection And Ranging), the name DRADIS is an acronym. It is never stated in the series what the letters stand for.

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Weapons hold

2009-04-10T14:03:28Z

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Actual

2009-04-10T14:01:09Z

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'''Actual''' is a [[wireless]] term for the principal officer in command.

A real-world communications term signifying that the officer-in-charge (e.g. the commander of a military vessel, task force or unit) is speaking or required on-air.

It is used to distinguish the commanding officer from other personnel who may use the communications channel, without recourse to code names or other means of identification, and frequently used when sensitive information needs to be communicated directly to the officer-in-charge, or when a direct and urgent order must be rendered.

Example: Assume pilot call sign Joker, based on battlestar Pacifica, is required to engage in a dangerous maneuver.

- ''Pacifica:'' Joker, Pacifica. Engage the unidentified craft, weapons free.<br>
- ''Pilot:'' Pacifica, Joker. Order requires confirmation.<br>
- ''Pacifica:'' Joker, Pacifica Actual. Execute order.

[[William Adama]] is known as ''[[Galactica]]'s'' actual.

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Actual

2009-04-10T13:57:10Z

Dkendr:

'''Actual''' is a [[wireless]] term for the principal officer in command.

A real-world communications term signifying that the officer-in-charge (e.g. the commander of a military vessel, task force or unit) is speaking or required on-air.

It is used to distinguish the commanding officer from other personnel who may use the communications channel, without recourse to code names or other means of identification, and frequently used when sensitive information needs to be communicated directly to the officer-in-charge, or when a direct and urgent order must be rendered.

Example: Assume pilot call sign Joker, based on battlestar Pacifica, is required to engage in a dangerous maneuver.

Pacifica: Joker, Pacifica. Engage the unidentified craft, weapons free.
Pilot: Pacifica, Joker. Confirm order.
Pacifica: Joker, Pacifica Actual. Execute order.

[[William Adama]] is known as ''[[Galactica]]'s'' actual.

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Imperious Leader

2009-04-10T13:48:27Z

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:''This article discusses the [[Original Series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] commander. For information on the collective commanders aboard [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Basestar command]].''

{{Character Data
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|seen=Saga of a Star World
|actor=[[Patrick Macnee]] (voice); [[Dick Durock]] (costume)
|mcylon=y
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The '''Imperious Leader''' is the highest authority of the [[Cylon Empire]]. There is only one Imperious Leader, although there are others to replace it should the Cylon succumb to destruction. Typically, their potential replacements are called [[IL-series]] Cylons, and are typically the politicians or [[Wikipedia:viceroys|viceroys]] of the Cylon Empire.

* In the original novelization, the Imperious Leader had three brains, all capable of independent or collective, unified thought. In addition, the sitting Imperious Leader could seek telepathic advice from the preserved brains of its predecessors, maintained in the "thought archives." Presumably, Leaders who were killed in action and whose bodies could not be recovered were not represented in these archives.

* Imperious Leaders are also programmed, each one an improvement on the previous generation. In the epilogue of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", the Imperious Leader tells [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] that his predecessor was programmed in a time when Cylons were less tolerant.

* The origin of the Imperious Leader can be traced directly to Count [[Iblis]]. In "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]", Baltar tells Iblis that he recognizes his voice as that of the Cylon Imperious Leader. Iblis balks at this, replying that he would have to be 1,000 [[yahren]]s old since the Cylon race is just as old. Additional information from the "[[Experiment in Terra (TV movie)|Experiment in Terra]]" telemovie indicates that the onset of the [[Thousand Yahren War]] was started by the Imperious Leader, who had a defect in its programming that lead to the annihilation of the serpent Cylons and the subsequent holocausts against humanity.

* A green lizard can be seen sitting on the shoulder of the Imperious Leader in the pilot episode. This reptilian/lizard reference was never fully explored in the Original Series run, except during a scene on [[Carillon]] where [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] explains the origins of the Cylons to [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]].

== Biography ==

[[Image:ImperiousVisit.jpg|thumb|right|The Imperious Leader visits Gamoray.]]
The Imperious Leader strikes a bargain with [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], allowing the Cylons to take control of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|the Twelve Colonies]] but leaving Baltar's colony alone (with Baltar in command). When the [[Battle of Cimtar|plan comes to fruition]], the Imperious Leader reneges on the bargain and destroys Baltar's colony as well. Baltar is thanked and sentenced to public execution. The Imperious Leader is present at the [[Battle of Carillon]] and is killed when his [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] is too close to the planet [[Carillon]] when the planet explodes ([[Saga of a Star World]]).

The next Imperious Leader is more tolerant, and commutes Baltar's death sentence. The new Imperious Leader explains that his predecessor was programmed in a time when the Cylon Empire was less capable of tolerance. Now that the Cylons are omnipotent, they can afford to be more charitable ([[Saga of a Star World]]). Baltar is given command of a basestar, and the assistance of [[Lucifer]] in the hope of tracking down [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Colonial Fleet]] ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]).

The Imperious Leader is last seen visiting the planet [[Gamoray]], where he dedicates a Cylon cultural center. The Imperious Leader is present at the Cylon compound when a commando unit disables the planetary defense systems, allowing [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]] to attack freely. It is unknown whether this Imperious Leader survives the [[Battle of Gamoray]] ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).

==Notes==
[[Image:Imperiouslizarddeleted.jpg|thumb|right|The Imperious Lizard]]
* In a deleted scene from "[[Saga of a Star World]]", a Centurion is seen communicating with the Imperious Leader through a glass orb. The face of the Imperious Leader is clearly not robotic and possibly provides an insight into the original reptillian concept for the Cylons.
* In the epilogue to "Saga of a Star World", the new Imperious Leader tells Baltar that his mission is to offer peace to the surviving Colonials, as the Empire is now supreme enough to tolerate humanity's existence. This is later [[Wikipedia:Retcon|retconned]] in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", where the Imperious Leader does not tell him this, and is then escorted out of the [[throne room]] by [[Lucifer]].
* Another Imperious Leader, with a different voice (provided by [[Dennis Haysbert]]), appears in the episode "[[Space Croppers]]" in the short-lived ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. (The sequence utilizes stock footage from the Original Series.)
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Imperious Leader

2009-04-10T13:47:06Z

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:''This article discusses the [[Original Series]] [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] commander. For information on the collective commanders aboard [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Basestar command]].''

{{Character Data
|photo= ImperiousLeader.jpg
|seen=Saga of a Star World
|actor=[[Patrick Macnee]] (voice)/[[Dick Durock]] (costume)
|mcylon=y
}}
The '''Imperious Leader''' is the highest authority of the [[Cylon Empire]]. There is only one Imperious Leader, although there are others to replace it should the Cylon succumb to destruction. Typically, their potential replacements are called [[IL-series]] Cylons, and are typically the politicians or [[Wikipedia:viceroys|viceroys]] of the Cylon Empire.

* In the original novelization, the Imperious Leader had three brains, all capable of independent or collective, unified thought. In addition, the sitting Imperious Leader could seek telepathic advice from the preserved brains of its predecessors, maintained in the "thought archives." Presumably, Leaders who were killed in action and whose bodies could not be recovered were not represented in these archives.

* Imperious Leaders are also programmed, each one an improvement on the previous generation. In the epilogue of "[[Saga of a Star World]]", the Imperious Leader tells [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] that his predecessor was programmed in a time when Cylons were less tolerant.

* The origin of the Imperious Leader can be traced directly to Count [[Iblis]]. In "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]", Baltar tells Iblis that he recognizes his voice as that of the Cylon Imperious Leader. Iblis balks at this, replying that he would have to be 1,000 [[yahren]]s old since the Cylon race is just as old. Additional information from the "[[Experiment in Terra (TV movie)|Experiment in Terra]]" telemovie indicates that the onset of the [[Thousand Yahren War]] was started by the Imperious Leader, who had a defect in its programming that lead to the annihilation of the serpent Cylons and the subsequent holocausts against humanity.

* A green lizard can be seen sitting on the shoulder of the Imperious Leader in the pilot episode. This reptilian/lizard reference was never fully explored in the Original Series run, except during a scene on [[Carillon]] where [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] explains the origins of the Cylons to [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]].

== Biography ==

[[Image:ImperiousVisit.jpg|thumb|right|The Imperious Leader visits Gamoray.]]
The Imperious Leader strikes a bargain with [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], allowing the Cylons to take control of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|the Twelve Colonies]] but leaving Baltar's colony alone (with Baltar in command). When the [[Battle of Cimtar|plan comes to fruition]], the Imperious Leader reneges on the bargain and destroys Baltar's colony as well. Baltar is thanked and sentenced to public execution. The Imperious Leader is present at the [[Battle of Carillon]] and is killed when his [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] is too close to the planet [[Carillon]] when the planet explodes ([[Saga of a Star World]]).

The next Imperious Leader is more tolerant, and commutes Baltar's death sentence. The new Imperious Leader explains that his predecessor was programmed in a time when the Cylon Empire was less capable of tolerance. Now that the Cylons are omnipotent, they can afford to be more charitable ([[Saga of a Star World]]). Baltar is given command of a basestar, and the assistance of [[Lucifer]] in the hope of tracking down [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Colonial Fleet]] ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]).

The Imperious Leader is last seen visiting the planet [[Gamoray]], where he dedicates a Cylon cultural center. The Imperious Leader is present at the Cylon compound when a commando unit disables the planetary defense systems, allowing [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]] to attack freely. It is unknown whether this Imperious Leader survives the [[Battle of Gamoray]] ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).

==Notes==
[[Image:Imperiouslizarddeleted.jpg|thumb|right|The Imperious Lizard]]
* In a deleted scene from "[[Saga of a Star World]]", a Centurion is seen communicating with the Imperious Leader through a glass orb. The face of the Imperious Leader is clearly not robotic and possibly provides an insight into the original reptillian concept for the Cylons.
* In the epilogue to "Saga of a Star World", the new Imperious Leader tells Baltar that his mission is to offer peace to the surviving Colonials, as the Empire is now supreme enough to tolerate humanity's existence. This is later [[Wikipedia:Retcon|retconned]] in "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", where the Imperious Leader does not tell him this, and is then escorted out of the [[throne room]] by [[Lucifer]].
* Another Imperious Leader, with a different voice (provided by [[Dennis Haysbert]]), appears in the episode "[[Space Croppers]]" in the short-lived ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. (The sequence utilizes stock footage from the Original Series.)
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** Specter|Specter
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[[de:Erhabener Führer]]

List of Former Star Trek Cast and Crew (TOS)

2009-04-10T13:43:29Z

Dkendr: /* Cast */ added names of BSG characters

{{Cast and Crew Lists series}}
This is the '''[[List of Former Star Trek Cast and Crew|list of former ''Star Trek'' Cast and Crew]]''' who worked on the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

==''Star Trek'' Acronyms==
*TOS: ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|The Original Series]]''
*TNG: ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|The Next Generation]]''
*DS9: ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Deep Space Nine]]''
*VOY: ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|Voyager]]''
*ENT: ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''

==Cast==
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Actor !! Galactica character !! Trek character !! Series !! Episode/Film
|-
| [[Ian Abercrombie]] || Forger 7 || Voiceover<br>[[MemoryAlpha:Abbot|Abbot]] and [[MemoryAlpha:Milo|Milo]] || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]''<br>''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|VOY]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Family (episode)|Family]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Someone to Watch Over Me (episode)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Spirit Folk (episode)|Spirit Folk]]"
|-
| [[Ed Begley Jr.]] || Ens. Greenbean || [[MemoryAlpha:Henry Starling|Henry Starling]] || ''VOY'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Future's End|Future's End]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Future's End, Part II|Future's End, Part II]]"
|-
| [[Bob Bralver]] || (production crew) || [[MemoryAlpha:Grant|Lieutenant Grant]] || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Friday's Child|Friday's Child]]"
|-
| [[Larry Cedar]] || Cadet Shields || [[MemoryAlpha:Nydrom|Nydrom]]<br>[[MemoryAlpha:Tersa|Jal Tersa]]<br>[[MemoryAlpha:Tessic|Tessic]] || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]''<br>''VOY''<br>''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|ENT]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Armageddon Game|Armageddon Game]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Alliances|Alliances]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Marauders|Marauders]]"
|-
| [[John Colicos]] || Count Baltar || [[MemoryAlpha:Kor|Kor]] || ''TOS''<br>''DS9'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Errand of Mercy|Errand of Mercy]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Blood Oath|Blood Oath]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Sword of Kahless|The Sword of Kahless]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:Once More Unto the Breach|Once More Unto the Breach]]"
|-
| [[Walt Davis]] || Sgt. Vickers || [[MemoryAlpha:Tantalus colony personnel#Therapist|Therapist]], [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed Romulans (23rd century)#Romulan Crewman 1|Romulan Crewman 1]], and [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed Klingon military personnel (23rd century)#Klingon Soldier|Klingon Soldier]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Dagger of the Mind|Dagger of the Mind]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Balance of Terror|Balance of Terror]]", and "Errand of Mercy"
|-
| [[John de Lancie]] || "Officer" ||[[MemoryAlpha:Q|Q]] || ''TNG'', ''DS9'', and ''VOY'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Encounter at Farpoint|Encounter at Farpoint]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Hide and Q|Hide and Q]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Q Who|Q Who]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Deja Q|Deja Q]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Qpid|Qpid]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:True Q|True Q]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Tapestry|Tapestry]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:All Good Things...|All Good Things...]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Q-Less|Q-Less]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Death Wish|Death Wish]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Q and the Grey|The Q and the Grey]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:Q2 (episode)|Q2]]"
|-
| [[Dick Durock]] || Imperious Leader || [[MemoryAlpha:Elasians#Elasian Guard 2|Elasian Guard #2]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Elaan of Troyius|Elaan of Troyius]]"
|-
| [[Paul Fix]] || Commander Kronus || [[MemoryAlpha:Mark Piper|Dr. Mark Piper]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Where No Man Has Gone Before|Where No Man Has Gone Before]]"
|-
| [[Ted Gehring]] || Croad || [[MemoryAlpha:United States law enforcement personnel#Police Officer (Assignment:Earth)|Second policeman]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Assignment: Earth|Assignment: Earth]]"
|-
| [[John Hoyt]] || Sire Domra || [[MemoryAlpha:Philip Boyce|Dr. Philip Boyce]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Cage|The Cage]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Menagerie, Part I|The Menagerie, Part I]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Menagerie, Part II|The Menagerie, Part II]]"
|-
| [[Lance LeGault]] || Maga/Bootes || [[MemoryAlpha:K'Temoc|Captain K'Temoc]] || ''TNG'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Emissary|The Emissary]]"
|-
| [[Anthony De Longis]] || Taba || [[MemoryAlpha:Culluh|Culluh]] || ''VOY'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:State of Flux|State of Flux]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Maneuvers|Maneuvers]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Alliances|Alliances]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Basics, Part I|Basics, Part I]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Basics, Part II|Basics, Part II]]"
|-
| [[Ken Lynch]] || Dr. Horning || [[MemoryAlpha:Vanderberg|Vanderberg]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Devil in the Dark]]"
|-
| [[Richard Lynch]] || Wolfe/Xavier || [[MemoryAlpha:Arctus Baran|Arctus Baran]] || ''TNG'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Gambit, Part I|Gambit, Part I]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Gambit, Part II|Gambit, Part II]]"
|-
| [[Arlene Martel]] || Adulteress 58 || [[MemoryAlpha:T'Pring|T'Pring]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Amok Time|Amok Time]]"
|-
| [[George Murdock]] || Dr. Salik || [[MemoryAlpha:God (Sha Ka Ree)|God]]<br>[[MemoryAlpha:J.P. Hanson|Admiral J.P. Hanson]] || [[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek films|Films]]<br>''TNG'' || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]''<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:The Best of Both Worlds|The Best of Both Worlds]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Best of Both Worlds, Part II|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II]]"
|-
| [[Brock Peters]] || Sire Solon || [[MemoryAlpha:Cartwright|Fleet Admiral Cartwright]]<br>[[MemoryAlpha:Joseph Sisko|Joseph Sisko]] and [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed Humans (20th century)#The Preacher|The Preacher]] || Films<br>''DS9'' || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' and ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country]]''<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Homefront|Homefront]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Paradise Lost|Paradise Lost]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:A Time to Stand|A Time to Stand]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Far Beyond the Stars|Far Beyond the Stars]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Image in the Sand|Image in the Sand]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:Shadows and Symbols|Shadows and Symbols]]"
|-
| [[Nehemiah Persoff]] || Leader of Eastern Alliance || [[MemoryAlpha:Palor Toff|Palor Toff]] || ''TNG'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Most Toys|The Most Toys]]"
|-
| [[Logan Ramsey]] || Moore || [[MemoryAlpha:Claudius Marcus|Claudius Marcus]] || ''TOS'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Bread and Circuses|Bread and Circuses]]"
|-
| [[Eric Server]] || Dipper || [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed Bajoran Militia personnel#Bajoran Peace Officer|Bajoran Peace Officer]] || ''DS9'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Circle|The Circle]]"
|-
| [[Felix Silla]] || Lucifer || [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed Talosians#Third Talosian|Talosian]] || ''TOS'' || "The Cage"
|-
| [[Norman Stuart]] || Statesman || [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed Vulcans (23rd century)#Vulcan Kolinahr Master (male) 1|Vulcan Kolinahr Master]] || Films || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
|-
| [[Bruce Wright]] || Lomas || [[MemoryAlpha:Sarish Rez|Sarish Rez]]<br>[[MemoryAlpha:Fer'at|Dr. Fer'at]] || ''DS9''<br>''ENT'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Crossfire|Crossfire]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:The Expanse|The Expanse]]"
|}

====Separate continuity====
=====[[Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming|Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming]]=====
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Actor !! Character !! Series !! Episode/Film
|-
| [[John Colicos]] || [[MemoryAlpha:Kor|Kor]] || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|TOS]]''<br>''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Errand of Mercy|Errand of Mercy]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Blood Oath|Blood Oath]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Sword of Kahless|The Sword of Kahless]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:Once More Unto the Breach|Once More Unto the Breach]]"
|-
| [[Richard Lynch]] || [[MemoryAlpha:Arctus Baran|Arctus Baran]] || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Gambit, Part I|Gambit, Part I]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Gambit, Part II|Gambit, Part II]]"
|-
| [[George Murdock]] || [[MemoryAlpha:God (Sha Ka Ree)|God]]<br>[[MemoryAlpha:J.P. Hanson|Admiral J.P. Hanson]] || [[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek films|Films]]<br>''TNG'' || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek V: The Final Frontier|Star Trek V: The Final Frontier]]''<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:The Best of Both Worlds|The Best of Both Worlds]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:The Best of Both Worlds, Part II|The Best of Both Worlds, Part II]]"
|-
| [[Bryan Singer]] || [[MemoryAlpha:Unnamed USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-E) personnel#Tactical officer|Tactical officer]] || Films || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek Nemesis|Star Trek Nemesis]]''
|}

==Crew==
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
|- class="infoboxheader"
!Crewmember !! Credit !! Series !! Episode/Film
|-
| [[Ian Abercrombie]] || ADR loop group || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|TNG]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Family (episode)|Family]]"
|-
| [[Jim Alexander]] || Sound mixer || [[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek films|Films]] || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''
|-
| [[Bob Bralver]] || Stunt coordinator || Films || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]''
|-
| [[Richard A. Colla]] || Director || ''TNG'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Last Outpost|The Last Outpost]]"
|-
| [[John Dykstra]] || Special photographic effects supervisor || Films || ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''
|-
| [[Winrich Kolbe]] || Director || ''TNG''<br>''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|DS9]]''<br>''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|VOY]]''<br>''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|ENT]]'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:Where Silence Has Lease|Where Silence Has Lease]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Pen Pals|Pen Pals]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Up the Long Ladder|Up the Long Ladder]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Evolution (episode)|Evolution]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Bonding|The Bonding]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Allegiance|Allegiance]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Galaxy's Child|Galaxy's Child]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Identity Crisis|Identity Crisis]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Darmok (episode)|Darmok]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Masterpiece Society|The Masterpiece Society]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Cost of Living|Cost of Living]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Man of the People|Man of the People]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Birthright, Part I|Birthright, Part I]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Rightful Heir|Rightful Heir]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Thine Own Self|Thine Own Self]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:All Good Things...|All Good Things...]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Past Prologue|Past Prologue]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Vortex|Vortex]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Homecoming|The Homecoming]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Siege|The Siege]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Melora|Melora]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Armageddon Game|Armageddon Game]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Blood Oath|Blood Oath]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Through the Looking Glass|Through the Looking Glass]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Our Man Bashir|Our Man Bashir]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Favor the Bold|Favor the Bold]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Sound of Her Voice|The Sound of Her Voice]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Siege of AR-558|The Siege of AR-558]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:'Til Death Do Us Part|'Til Death Do Us Part]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Caretaker|Caretaker]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Phage|Phage]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Eye of the Needle|Eye of the Needle]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Faces|Faces]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Initiations|Initiations]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Elogium|Elogium]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Resistance|Resistance]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Basics, Part I|Basics, Part I]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Basics, Part II|Basics, Part II]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Remember|Remember]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Scorpion, Part II|Scorpion, Part II]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Hope and Fear|Hope and Fear]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Thirty Days|Thirty Days]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:The Fight|The Fight]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Dragon's Teeth|Dragon's Teeth]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Good Shepherd|Good Shepherd]]", "[[MemoryAlpha:Drive|Drive]]", and "[[MemoryAlpha:Repression|Repression]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:Silent Enemy|Silent Enemy]]"
|-
| [[Ralph McQuarrie]] || Visual consultant || Films || ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home|Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]''
|}

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=====''Battlestar Galactica'' [[novelizations]]=====

==Authors==
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| [[Nicholas Yermakov]] || ''TOS''<br>''TNG'' || "[[MemoryAlpha:The Patrian Transgression|#69 The Patrian Transgression]]"<br>"[[MemoryAlpha:The Romulan Prize|#26 The Romulan Prize]]" and "[[MemoryAlpha:Blaze of Glory (novel)|#34 Blaze of Glory]]"
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Experiment in Terra

2009-04-10T13:23:20Z

Dkendr: /* Notes */

: ''For other items of the same name, see: [[Experiment in Terra (disambiguation)]]''

{{Episode Data
| image = Experiment_in_Terra.jpg
| title= Experiment in Terra
| series= tos
| forumthread=1543
| episode= 19
| guests=
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Holcomb]]
| production= 50928
| rating=
| extra= [[Experiment in Terra (TV movie)|Re-released as a telemovie]]
| US airdate= 1979-03-18
| UK airdate=
| dvd= 2004-12-28
| population=
| prev= [[Baltar's Escape]]
| next= [[Take the Celestra]]
| hulu=Y
}}

== Overview ==

:''The [[Beings of Light|mysterious bright lights]] return again, transporting the bewildered [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] to the planet [[Terra]] to avert war with the [[Eastern Alliance]]. Exposing a plan by the [[Arends|devious president]], Apollo has [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] warn ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', which lends the protective powers of its shields to avoid planetary holocaust.''

== Summary ==
*While on a recon patrol with [[Blue Squadron]] searching for an [[Eastern Alliance]] [[Eastern Alliance destroyer|destroyer]], Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]'s [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] is again waylaid by the [[Beings of Light]] and brought aboard their [[Ship of Lights|ship.]]

*There he is told by [[John]] that he needs to help [[Terra]] and stop a war. Due to their lack of a substantive, corporeal form, they are unable to affect changes without need of a proxy (what Apollo sees is a projection or representation of their spirit). Apollo is also told by John that to the Terrans he will appear to be a missing warrior named Colonel [[Charlie Watts]], to allow him some credibility during his attempts. After this encounter, Apollo wakes up near Terra, an incredible distance from his previous position, and well outside the Vipers' fuel range for a safe return to ''Galactica''.

*[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] detect Apollo's distress signal at extreme range. Starbuck goes to help Apollo, while Boomer returns to ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''.

*Apollo is picked up after landing on Terra by [[Brenda Maxwell]] who was Charlie Watts' girlfriend and they return to her apartment. John again appears to Apollo and advises him he needs to reveal the truth about [[Lunar One]]. Whilst he is doing so, Brenda notifies the authorities of "Charlie's" return, believing him to need medical attention. Soon Officer [[Brace]] arrives and Apollo is taken into custody, and subsequently examined by Doctor [[Horning]].

*Back on ''Galactica'' Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] decides that the [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] will temporarily leave the [[the Fleet (TOS)|fleet]] to investigate the beacon signal sent by both Apollo and Starbuck's Viper's, leaving behind two full squadrons of fighters to protect the civilians.

*Starbuck, having landed and found Apollo's Viper, gets into a gun fight with the local security force, stunning them all. He then sets off to find Apollo.

*After a brief discussion with John, Starbuck rescues Apollo, Brenda and her father [[General Maxwell]] who have just been imprisoned by Brace for questioning the [[Arends|Nationalist President's]] decisions regarding the Eastern Alliance. Brenda and General Maxwell realise what Apollo has been saying is true... he is not Charlie Watts.

*The Leaders of the Eastern Alliance confirm their plans to launch a surprise attack on the Nationalists whilst at the same time, in the Nationalist Precedium, The President announces that a peace agreement with the Eastern Alliance has just been reached. Starbuck and Brenda Maxwell leave to retrieve [[Viper 4|Starbuck's Viper]].

*The attack is begun, the Nationalist's missiles being automatically launched after detection of the Eastern Alliance's surprise move. ''Galactica'' arrives, and following Starbuck's instructions uses its weapons to destroy all missiles from both sides. This surprise turn of events forces the Eastern Alliance to sue for peace.

*John spirits Apollo away from he Precedium so he does not have to answer any questions from the President and General Maxwell. John then goes on to confirm to Apollo that Terra is not [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]], and their search for the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]] will continue.

== Notes ==

* This is the last episode of a three episode arc, consisting of "[[Greetings from Earth]]", "[[Baltar's Escape]]", and "Experiment in Terra".
* An extended version of this episode was made into a [[TV movies|television movie]] with the [[Experiment in Terra (TV movie)|same title]].
*The Presidium on Terra was the French pavilion left over from [[Wikipedia:Expo '67|Expo '67]]. It is one of the few buildings from the fair still standing. It is now [[Wikipedia:Montreal Casino|Le Casino de Montréal]].
*The same stock shot of Le Casino de Montréal in this episode appears to also have been used for the Earth Defense Directorate on ''[[Wikipedia:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]''.
*[[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] misuses the word "[[sectar]]" as a measurement of time; an earlier episode notes that it is a unit of ''distance''. The word that the writer of this episode may have wanted to use either [[centar]] (an hour) or [[secton]] (a week).
*Some scenes of this episode were filmed at night at the [[Wikipedia:Vasquez_Rocks|Vasquez Rocks]], notably the scene where Starbuck lands his Viper on Terra.
*"[[w:Charlie Watts|Charlie Watts]]" is also the name of the drummer for the British rock group [[w:The Rolling Stones|The Rolling Stones]]. It is rumored but unconfirmed that Larsen had the character named after Watts as a tribute to his reportedly being a fan of the show.{{citation needed}}
*The "white uniforms" were reused in ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' as part of the "time travel" effect employed in the series.

== Analysis ==

* "Experiment in Terra" finishes off the arc started with "[[Greetings from Earth]]". It also serves as the last time the [[Beings of Light]] are seen in the entire series run, though this element will be reintroduced in "[[The Return of Starbuck]]", the final episode of ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.
* The episode was originally intended to be primarily about [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], until it was rewritten for [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] due to [[Richard Hatch]]'s insistence on having an episode focusing on his character, hence the shift in characterization in Starbuck and Apollo. This is understandable since a majority of the stand-alone character-driven episodes have focused on Starbuck: "[[The Long Patrol]]", "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]", and "[[The Man With Nine Lives]]".
* Many of the plot elements introduced in "Greetings from Earth" are closed in the episode, prime among them being the question of whether [[Terra]] is indeed the [[Earth (TOS)|Thirteenth Colony]]. However, the [[Lunar Colonies]] mentioned in both this episode and "Greetings" are never seen. The conditions on the Lunar Colonies, now apparently controlled by the Eastern Alliance, are merely word-of-mouth, forcing the viewer to presume much of what has happened on these Lunar settlements. Of course, the plight of these Colonies, from where [[Michael]] and [[Sarah Fowler]] (and children) came, is seemingly written as an afterthought.
* Much of the episode is an allegory of the [[w:Cold War|Cold War]], with [[w:fascism|fascism]] taking the place of [[w:Communism|Communism]] in the form of the [[Eastern Alliance]].
* This episode also reintroduces the concept of governmental authority as horribly flawed and inept, a recurring theme that has stuck with the series since "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and the episodes that have dealt with the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Interestingly enough, this theme has been running through the entire arc, from the Quorum's handling of affairs in "Greetings" to their removal of martial law (and diminishing [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s authority) in "[[Baltar's Escape]]". As was the case in both episodes, it takes Adama and the [[Warrior]]s under his command to correct the errors in judgment, thus reinstilling the message that a strong military authority can right the wrongs of government.
* The teasing in the series thus far has reinforced the fact that there is, indeed, another group of humans in the galaxy. Whether these humans are descendants of the Thirteenth Tribe that left Kobol ages ago is still very much in question, though it is something that viewers are to assume.
*It is noteworthy that one of the writers of Battlestar Galactica, Donald P. Bellisario, would notably use the basic theme of this episode of putting the hero in the guise of a local accompanied by a "holographic" companion that no one could see again in the 1989 television show Quantum Leap. The similarities are quite obvious, especially given the Bellisario connection.

== Questions ==
*Why do the Beings of Light need proxies to do their bidding? Surely an advanced race would have resolved a more elegant solution than co-opting "primitives" for their needs?
*Bearing in mind the interest the Beings of Light had with the Terrans, did the Beings of Light share this same interest and concern in the Colonials before or during the [[Thousand-Yahren War]]?
*Why does ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' leave the Fleet defenseless to protect Terra, particularly in lieu of Adama's comments in "The Living Legend", where Adama voices opposition to attacking [[Gamoray]] because it would leave the Fleet defenseless from a Cylon killing force?
*Are the Cylons still pursuing the Fleet? If they are, will they too happen across Terra and likely destroy that civilization?
*Why did John give Apollo the guise of Charlie Watts when Apollo immediately dumps this persona and introduces himself as Captain Apollo anyway? He then even tells the Precedium all about the Colonies but then is told to not say a word at the end to the leaders. Was this a writing mishap?
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

* ''[[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] asks [[Brenda Maxwell]] for her name after she picks him up on [[Terra]]:''
: '''Apollo:''' What was your name?
: '''Brenda Maxwell:''' (remarking on "[[Charlie Watts]]'s" state) Amnesia.
: '''Apollo:''' Amnesia. That's a pretty name.

* ''Apollo reflects on [[John]]'s sense of humor:''
: '''Apollo:''' That's very funny. At least you have a sense of humor.
: '''John:''' In my job, dealing with primitive cultures, it's an absolute necessity.

* ''Upon learning that the Vipers are transmitting emergency beacons near Terra''
:'''Adama''': Tigh, plot a course for Terra.
:'''Tigh''': What velocity, sir?
:'''Adama''': [[Lightspeed]].
:'''Tigh''': Sir, it has been some time since the ''Galactica'' has been pushed to-
:'''Adama''': Lightspeed, Colonel.
:'''Tigh''': Yes, sir.

* ''Upon learning the Eastern Alliance has launched a nuclear attack''
:'''President Arends''': Well uh ... that's impossible. I have this treaty ...
:'''General Maxwell''': Well frame it! But hurry!

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses his "Starbuck"-esque role in this episode:''
: '''Richard Hatch:''' One of the biggest, well, kind of practical jokes was, there was an episode written for [[Dirk Benedict|Dirk [Benedict]]], and I got the episode and I…I was a little upset. I felt they were, you know, knocking Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]. I felt they were really pushing him aside and I said, I think it’s time that HE had a story, that you did something for this character rather than just letting him give orders and go march around the ship. So he, [[Glen A. Larson|Glen [Larson]]] said, you’re right, we really should, we need a story with Captain Apollo going down to HIS planet. So, about two hours later, the script I’d had, featuring Dirk, arrived at my house, and it had been…the two characters of Captain Apollo and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] were simply interchanged, they’d put my name where Starbuck was and put Starbuck where Apollo was. And I immediately got into the car and was seeking out Dirk to apologize, because I simply had no idea, I thought, down the road, the next story, maybe a couple of stories later he’d write one for Captain Apollo. He didn’t do that, he just took the very story that had probably been in Dirk’s hands, he’d been going “what a wonderful script I have here!” and two hours later he gets a script where he was now Captain Apollo and I’m Starbuck and literally he has not changed any lines. In any case I was very embarrassed and I found him at a party and I explained the whole situation to him and how sorry I was and he said, well, I understand, I just think you should go to Glen Larson and ask him to reverse it, put it back the other way. So I tried to find Glen Larson, and I told him, I appreciate the gesture, but the next time will you be a little more subtle? Sometimes you want to expand your character, you want to bring in new dimensions to the character and they gave Captain Apollo the chance to do a few things that he didn’t normally do on that show because, as you all know, Starbuck got to run around and have fun with the ladies and Captain Apollo…kind of had fun with himself…and from that time on they actually began to change, not change the characters, but to give Starbuck a little bit of the Captain Apollo quality and Captain Apollo a little bit of the Starbuck qualities, and they started to make the characters more well-rounded, and I appreciated that.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/galacon.html|title=1986 Galacon Q & A with Richard Hatch and Anne Lockhart|date=|accessdate=12 August 2007|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Melody Anderson]] as [[Brenda Maxwell]]
*[[Peter D. MacLean]] as [[Arends|President Arends]]
*[[Edward Mulhare]] as [[John]]
*[[Nehemiah Persoff]] as [[Supreme Commandant|Eastern Alliance Leader]]
*[[Logan Ramsey]] as [[Moore]]
*[[Ken Swofford]] as [[General Maxwell]]
*[[imdb:nm0167368|Sidney Clute]] as [[Stone]]
*[[Ken Lynch|Kenneth Lynch]] as [[Horning|Dr. Horning]]
*[[imdb:nm0722468|Jordan Rhodes]] as [[Brace]]
*[[John de Lancie]] as Officer
*[[imdb:nm0547501|Russ Marin]] as [[Alliance Member]]
*[[Milt Jamin]] as [[Alliance Leader]]

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Charlie Watts

2009-04-10T13:21:23Z

Dkendr: /* Notes */

: ''For people with the same first name, see: [[Charlie]].''

'''Colonel Charlie Watts''' is a soldier for the [[Nationalists]] of [[Terra]]. He has performed special missions for [[General Maxwell]] and [[Arends|President Arends]]; he abruptly left [[Brenda Maxwell]] six weeks prior to [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]'s arrival on Terra. At some point he was captured by the [[Eastern Alliance]], and is held prisoner on [[Lunar One]], according to [[John]].

John has Apollo assume Charlie's identity in order to attempt to convince the Terrans to avoid an impending nuclear holocaust. Apollo is greeted on Terra by Brenda Maxwell, who apparently has been romantically involved with Charlie Watts prior to his capture. "Charlie"'s erratic behavior prompts Brenda to contact Nationalist security forces, and Apollo is apprehended.

John describes Watts as "something of a scoundrel" and a handsome man ([[Experiment in Terra]]).

== Notes ==

* This "part" was originally written for [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] ([[Dirk Benedict]]), but later rewritten to center [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], because [[Richard Hatch]] felt that his character was being pushed to the side.

* Charlie Watts is the drummer for the Rolling Stones.

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In Music

2009-04-10T12:59:57Z

Dkendr: spelling

[[Image:In Music.jpg|thumb|An issue of ''In Music''.]]

'''''In Music''''' is a magazine publication of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

A copy of this periodical is in [[Shevon]]'s quarters on ''[[Cloud 9]]'', and is later covered in glass from a broken table top as a result of an attack on [[Lee Adama]] by [[Phelan]]'s men ([[Black Market]]).

== Notes ==

* Along with [[Scorpia Paragliding]], the typeface of the title is the same typeface used in the main titles of ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek: The Original Series]]''.

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Silas Nash

2009-04-08T18:56:06Z

Dkendr:

:''For information on Lieutenant Nash, a character who appeared in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode ''"[[Spaceball]]"'', see [[Nash (1980)]].''

Commander '''Nash''' is mentioned as the first commanding officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' during the [[Cylon War]].

Nash is mentioned in [[Aaron Doral]]'s press briefing during a press tour on ''Galactica'' and her scheduled decommissioning ([[Miniseries]]).

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Camp Oil Slick

2009-03-12T18:11:10Z

Dkendr: Doctor Robert - no trailing "S"

[[Image:Campoilslick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|A view of the camp.]]
'''"Camp Oil Slick"''', later referred to as "'''Dogsville'''", is a nickname given to the temporary lodging set up on a part of the otherwise unused starboard [[hangar deck]] for displaced civilians rescued from [[New Caprica]]. These civilians originally hailed from ships in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] that were dismantled for resources during New Caprica's colonization, or are currently unable to shelter them, or are otherwise unusable. [[Julia Brynn]] and her daughter [[Kacey Brynn|Kacey]] and her mother are among some of the civilians living aboard ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Torn]]).

The remnants of Camp Oil Slick are later converted to a living area for refugees, in order to address the population concerns of the Fleet. Dogsville's "mayor" is Captain [[Karl Agathon]], who accepts the post after Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] resumes his old post as ''Galactica'''s [[Executive Officer]]. Due to Helo's return to flight status in "[[A Day in the Life]]", it is uncertain if he is still "mayor" of Dogsville.

As more refugees arrive aboard Galactica, they are processed before entering the general public of Dogsville. Initially, medical treatment in Dogsville is provided by Doctor [[Michael Robert]], a civilian doctor who worked back on New Caprica’s medical centre along side Cottle. When Mellorak infection breaks out in Dogsville, it is up to Robert and [[Karl Agathon]] to stop the spread and treat those already ill. Mellorak is transmitted by any exchange of bodily fluids, sexual intercourse, and touch through sweat on the skin. It is curable with the drug, bittamucin. It is a dangerous disease that is fatal in its advanced stages after 48 hours, but the disease is curable if caught early. First sign of symptoms usually arise after the initial 12 hours of infection. A group of Sagittarons come aboard pushing the already overcrowded Dogsville to breaking point. These new arrivals are mysteriously dying from the infection before the 48 hours and some even after treatment. The civilians are getting angry, and do not trust Robert. It is Agathon to the gratitude of the Sagittarons that discovers Dr. Robert is killing numerous [[Sagittaron]]s under his treatment not just in Dogsville, but all the way back to the medical center on [[New Caprica]] ([[The Woman King]]).

[[Image:Dogsville-civilians.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Civilians in line for food ([[Deadlock]]).]]

Life in Dogsville for the civilians is very tough, with major shortages of food as well as roaming armed gangs using threats of force to steal what little supplies the civilians have. This refugee camp aboard Galactica is home to many children and their families, however they to have fallen on very hard times many nearly starving and exhausted from their living conditions. It would seem there is very little Marine presence unless there are supplies to be distributed to the civilians. When the civilians are queuing in line for food, the Marines have a hard time keeping the surging masses at bay. The people have to put up with pushing and shoving for the meager supplies handed out ([[Deadlock]]).

Several people living in Dogsville, among them [[Daniel Noon]], are conscripted to work on the refinery ship ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' after its crew goes on strike due to bad working conditions, and Galen Tyrol negotiates for worker rotations to relieve the people there ([[Dirty Hands]]).

After having strange dreams about [[Leoben Conoy]], Kara Thrace visits the [[oracle]] [[Yolanda Brenn]] in Dogsville ([[Maelstrom]]).

After Baltar's desecration of the makeshift temple aboard [[Galactica]]; [[Roslin]] comments to [[William Adama]] that [[Baltar]] knows Dogsville is home to many religious hardliners, which she believes he is provoking ([[Escape Velocity]]).

== Notable residents ==
* [[Julia Brynn]]
* [[Kacey Brynn]]
* [[Willie King]] (deceased)
* [[Portia King]]
* [[Daniel Noon]] (temporarily assigned as worker to ''[[Hitei Kan]]'')
* [[Yolanda Brenn]]

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Cylon Civil War

2009-03-12T12:26:40Z

Dkendr: /* Joined Fates */ diffuse != defuse

The '''Cylon Civil War''' is a conflict between two factions of [[humanoid Cylon]]s. One faction consists of the [[Number One]]s, the [[Number Four]]s, the [[Number Five]]s, and the [[Number Eight]] copy known as [[Sharon Valerii]], under the leadership of the Number One copy known as Cavil. The opposition, known as the rebel faction, consists of the [[Number Two]]s, the [[Number Six]]es, several Centurions with restored free will, and the majority of the [[Number Eight]]s, under the leadership of the Number Six copy known as [[Natalie]]. Natalie is later slain, and leadership of the rebels is taken up by the restored [[Number Three]] copy known as [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna]] until she elects to remain behind on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] for the rest of her days.

== Diverging Ideologies ==
[[Image:Cylon civil war - opening fire.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The initial engagement between splintered Cylon factions.]]
The earliest signs that the Cylons were not in perfect harmony were seen in the occupation of [[New Caprica]], where faced with a losing battle the different models argue over the best course of action. Later the fate of [[Gauis Baltar]] is the subject of a narrow 4 - 3 vote. Sometime afterwards, the [[Number Three]]s' religious quest causes the model to be [[box]]ed.

The immediate cause of the conflict occurs at the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], in which the Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s break off the attack because one of them detects [[Samuel Anders]] as a humanoid Cylon. Cavil's faction votes to "reconfigure" (lobotomize) the Raiders so that they will continue the attacks on the Colonial fleet. Natalie's faction votes against this action, believing that the [[final five]] humanoid Cylons are present in the Colonial fleet ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). Their goal is to unite all twelve humanoid Cylon models, a plan which includes unboxing the [[Number Three]]s, so that the Three known as D'Anna can tell them what she has learned in the [[Temple of Five]].

== First Blood ==
[[Image:First Blood - Cylon civil war.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Centurions rise up against their masters.]]
[[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s "swing vote" gives Cavil's faction the majority they need to proceed with the Raider lobotomies. Natalie's faction does not accept this and remove the Centurions' [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s, releasing their self-awareness and turning them against Cavil's faction ([[Six of One]]).

The Cylon fleet becomes split into two. A Number One remarks that Natalie "did a little ethnic cleansing", with the factions now segregated from each other among the baseships, some under Cavil's control and others under Natalie's. Later, Natalie and two Eights meet with Cavil, who tells them that after a debate the Ones were outvoted by their compatriots, who came to the conclusion that it was wrong to box the Threes and wanted to restore unity. He informs them that the Three's core consciousness is being downloaded at the central resurrection hub, and they can go to the nearest accessible server a half a dozen jumps away to listen to what she has to say. The two factions agree to go in their own respective baseships, and at the rendezvous Cavil's baseships appear without the [[Resurrection Ship]] (apparently controlled by Cavil's faction), surround the rebels, and attack, taking out the rebels' FTL drives and proceeding to destroy their baseships. Without the Resurrection Ship, the rebels realize that Cavil intends to truly kill them ([[The Ties That Bind]]). Only Natalie's badly damaged baseship manages to survive the massacre ([[Faith]]).

== Proposed Alliance with the Humans ==

The ''[[Demetrius]]'', commanded by [[Kara Thrace]] on a mission to find Earth, encounters a heavily-damaged [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] aboard, who offers an alliance between the humans and his faction of Cylon rebels <ref>In episode descriptions, this faction is referred to as "Cylon rebels."</ref>. Thrace orders a jump to Conoy's damaged baseship against her crew's objections ([[The Road Less Traveled]]), but ultimately realizes that she can't risk the entire crew, so she takes a small team in a [[Raptor]] instead, with the understanding that if she does not return within 15 hours, ''Demetrius'' is to rendezvous with ''Galactica''.

From within the field of detonating battle wreckage, she locates Natalie's severely-damaged baseship. The baseship's [[Hybrid]] is unable to navigate a jump, but they determine that they can hook the baseship to the Raptor's FTL computer, although this would require disconnecting the Hybrid, thus potentially killing it.

The Eights want to mutiny against Natalie and turn to [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] to lead them, but Athena refuses and chastises them for too easily changing their minds and not committing to their choices.
[[Image:Anders - Number 6 confrontation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The newly-formed alliance nearly fractures.]]
When making the modifications to the Raptor [[Jean Barolay]] encounters a Six whom she had drowned on [[New Caprica]]. The Six, who is emotionally traumatized by that death and is enraged by Barolay's cavalier attitude about it, kills her. An angry [[Samuel Anders]] throws her down at gunpoint, but it is Natalie who pulls the trigger, both to end the Six's torment from the memories and to satisfy any human need for justice, emphasizing that there is no resurrection for these Cylons.

Thrace is brought to the Hybrid and tries to understand her cryptic messages, but is frustrated and orders that they proceed with the jump. An Eight attempts to disconnect the Hybrid, but the Hybrid's reaction causes a Centurion to shoot and mortally wound the Eight before being shot itself. The dying Eight apologizes to Athena, asks for her forgiveness, and reaches out her, but Athena doesn't take her hand. Instead it is Anders who takes her hand and comforts the Eight as she truly dies.

The renegade Cylon baseship jumps to the ''Demetrius'', arriving moments before she is to jump back to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Faith]]). However, when the two ships attempt to jump back together, the ''Demetrius'' fails to jump and the baseship arrives at the Fleet alone. Admiral [[William Adama]] scrambles ''Galactica'''s Vipers, thinking the Fleet to be under attack. The situation is defused when the ''Demetrius'' finally jumps and announces that the baseship is under their control ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).

== A Plan Takes Shape ==
[[Image:An alliance forms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Colonials and rebel Cylons unify under official terms.]]
Natalie acts as the rebels' spokesperson and is brought to ''Galactica'' to talk with Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]. She tells them of the Cylons' central [[Resurrection Hub]] and outlines her plan. She wants to the Colonials' help in getting there and unbox the Threes. In return, she offers them a chance to destroy the Cylons' [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] capability and take vengeance on them. [[Karl Agathon]] proposes to move half of ''Galactica'''s Vipers onto the baseship and use it to fool the Cylons. Roslin agrees, but adds a double-cross, because she distrusts the rebels: Go along with the plan, but then keep the Final Five, once uncovered, until they reach [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

The Cylons plan to double-cross the Colonials as well. Suspecting that the Colonials won't allow them to have the Final Five and just leave, they plan to use the Centurions to take hostages after the mission. However, after Natalie is asked to speak in front of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] to assuage their fears about the alliance, she has a change of heart. Fearing that the Final Five may watch and judge them for their actions, she tells [[Number Two]] to call off the Centurions. She also tells the Quorum that she thinks that the Cylons need mortality to lead meaningful lives, when asked why she would give up the location of the hub ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).

Before the plan sets in motion, Natalie is shot by [[Sharon Agathon]], to prevent [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] from being taken. Without warning or command, the [[Hybrid]] jumps the rebel baseship from the Fleet, ending all communication with ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', and taking half of her air wing and [[Laura Roslin]] with it (Guess What's Coming to Dinner?). Later, a recon Raptor sent by ''Galactica'' finds the Resurrection Hub destroyed, as well as debris of a baseship and a number of Vipers. This indicates that Cylons and Colonials fought together and that some of them escaped alive ([[Sine Qua Non]]).

== Attack on the Hub ==

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[[Image:The Hub receives critical damage.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The destruction of the Resurrection Hub.]]
The Hybrid panicks after sensing Natalie's shooting and death, and as a result jumps. She then continues to make subsequent jumps, each bringing it closer to the Hub, giving the combined force a chance to implement their plan. The human pilots are initially very reluctant to fly alongside Cylon pilots, but are persuaded to trust them.

After the Hub is stranded by disabling its FTL drive, Karl Agathon and the Eight board the Hub in a Raptor, find the un-boxed Number Three, and escape with her. Meanwhile, the rebel baseship exchanges missile fire with the two escort baseships. Once Three, Agathon and Number Eight are clear of the Hub, the Vipers launch several nuclear missiles at it, destroying it and at least one the escort baseships.

Aboard the rebel baseship, Three is questioned by President Roslin but refuses to give up the identities of the Final Five until she is sure she is safe. The baseship returns to the rendezvous coordinates, where they are met by a waiting Admiral Adama in a Raptor ([[The Hub]]).

== The Standoff with the Colonials and the Discovery of Earth ==

The Cylons, now led by D'Anna Biers, hold the Colonials hostage in an attempt to lure the Final Four out of hiding. Foster joins them on the rebel baseship, but the other three remain on ''Galactica''. After the Cylons kill the first hostage, President [[Lee Adama]] orders a risky rescue operation. However, when Kara Thrace finds a signal giving them a direct bearing towards [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], Adama decides to share this information with the Cylons instead. Together they jump to Earth, but discover it to be a nuclear wasteland ([[Revelations]]).

Both humans and Cylons are devastated by the discovery that Earth is an almost dead planet which cannot be resettled due to low-level radiation remaining in the ecosystem. Teams of Cylons digging through the ruins are surprised to uncover the remains of Centurions. Their testing methods determine that all the humanoid remains on the planet are of humanoid Cylons like themselves. The [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] were Cylon, and destroyed themselves. The Colonial fleet and rebel baseship decide to leave this system and search the universe for any other possible habitable planets. D'Anna gives up on the whole cycle of life, and remains behind ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).

== Joined Fates ==
The rebel Cylons believe that they are safer with the Colonial Fleet should Cavil's forces find them. Represented by [[Galen Tyrol]], they propose to Admiral Adama upgrades of the Fleet's FTL drives with Cylon technology, making them at least three times more efficient, in exchange for full citizenship and representation on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Adama sees the necessity of the upgrades but is more reserved about the rest of the deal. Throughout the Fleet, widespread sentiment is against accepting the upgrades or allowing any Cylons onboard their ships, and a runaway tyllium refinery ship is the first sign of rebellion against the the admiral ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]).

When Felix Gaeta leads a mutiny aboard ''Galactica'', the Cylons support Admiral Adama and President Roslin. Tyrol somehow manages to communicate with them undetected by CIC and has them send a Raptor to extract Baltar, Roslin, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] and Admiral Adama using a forgotten secondary storage airlock. Roslin and Baltar leave, but Tigh and Adama stay behind to make sure the President's Raptor gets out safely ([[The Oath]]).

Gaeta orders the Vipers on CAP to destroy the Raptor, and Narcho tries to take it out with a missile, but it misses and hits the baseship, causing the Cylons to think they're under attack. Aboard the baseship, Roslin defuses the situation, citing Hotdog's refusal to shoot as proof that the Fleet is not solidly behind the mutiny, and urging the Cylons to stay put and give Adama a chance to save the Final Four still in the Fleet. While Roslin attempts to broadcast to the Fleet using the Raptor's wireless, the Cylons note among themselves that the Fleet has dispersed and left them vulnerable, and Viper patrols are acting aggressively, trying to provoke a response. After discussing the situation they tell Roslin they have decided to jump away, but Roslin argues they should give Adama a chance and show that they are with him and the Fleet. With the help of a Number Two, she succeeds in penetrating ''Galactica's'' jamming long enough to make a transmission to inform the Fleet of the mutiny aboard ''Galactica'' and persuade ten ships to spin down their FTL drives. She then broadcasts orders to the mutineers to release their prisoners, return command of the Fleet to Admiral Adama, and surrender. When Tom Zarek responds as President of the Twelve Colonies and says that Admiral Adama and Colonel Tigh are dead, she has the Cylon baseship turn its weapons on ''Galactica''. Gaeta orders ''Galactica'' and its allied ships to to jump away, not wanting anymore bloodshed, but Tyrol disables ''Galactica's'' FTL seconds before the jump is initiated. On the brink of a shooting war between the baseship and ''Galactica'', Gaeta orders weapons hold just before the CIC is retaken by Adama and his supporters. Adama then contacts the President to inform her and the Cylons that ''Galactica'' is secured and to stand down ([[Blood on the Scales]]).

In fulfillment of the deal brokered by Tyrol, the Cylon rebels are granted a seat in the Quorum of ships' captains and elect a representative, a Number Six named Sonja. While meeting with Admiral Adama, President Roslin, Lee Adama, and Galen Tyrol, Sonja informs them that when the Quorum convenes, she intends to formally request they hand over Sharon Valerii, who returned to the Fleet with Final Five Cylon [[Ellen Tigh]], so that she can tried for treason. It is unknown whether or not the Cylons have been upgrading the Colonial FTL drives as part of the deal yet or not ([[Someone to Watch Over Me]]).

Members of the Rebels continue to help repair ''Galactica'' although one of the Six's gets into an argument with a human tech. However, she later saves his life at the cost of her own. In a comment that's made, it's confirmed that the Cylons have indeed upgraded the Fleet's FTL drives. Everyone expects ''Galactica'' to have to be abandoned and the Cylon Rebels are willing for Admiral Adama to turn the rebel baseship into his flagship and are willing to accept at the very least, his military command.

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Iblis

2009-03-05T16:01:45Z

Dkendr: Baltar was not a "lord," he held the title "Count" and was one of the original Quorum/Council of the 12.

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'''Count Iblis''' is the Colonial version of the Prince of Darkness, who almost tricks a majority of the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]]'s citizens to follow "him".

He was previously a [[Being of Light]] who fell from grace after using his powers for evil purposes. He is known as Lucifer, Prince of Darkness, Mephistopheles, "The Devil", and Diabolis.

== Discovery by the Fleet ==

Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and Lieutenants [[Sheba]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] come across this manifestation of evil itself while they are about to investigate the wreckage of what once was a fairly large vessel. Iblis manages to trick them into believing he is a confused survivor of the crash, also fooling Apollo's instruments into believing that the ship had a high [[radion|radiation]] level. Sheba appears to be quite taken by his charms.

They take him back to the Fleet, initially believing that he is benevolent. Sheba, much to the ire of Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], shows him around the sensitive areas of the ship, revealing that their technology is being interfered with by Iblis, though this is unknown at the time. Two medtechs attempt to gather readings from the newcomer, however nothing is recorded from their scanners; [[Cassiopeia]] also attempts to do a scan of him, however again it is in vain.

Iblis begins to influence people to turn their backs on Adama and the mission, promising anyone who would pledge fealty to him that they would be protected. He also has the ability to read minds, influence those that follow the ways of evil or pledge fealty to him, take control of those who allow him to do so, and even kill those within his dominion. He must, however, convince people to follow him and not force them to do so. In order to convince people to join him in his pursuits of evil, he performs feats such as providing food aplenty from the ''[[Agro Ship Nine]]'' and bringing [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], humanity's traitor, to them. This causes celebration throughout the Fleet, and for people to suddenly decry Adama. He also takes possession of [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]]'s body in a [[Triad (TOS)|Triad]] game on the ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]'' when the [[Warrior]] comments that he would do anything to beat Apollo and Starbuck. This happens with Boomer's consent, though he does not explicitly know that he has done so at the time.

All of this further cements Iblis' position within the Fleet. Yet, ironically, when battle stations are called, and the pilots are too tired to respond, he severely chastises and threatens them.

Of course, those who oppose the ways of evil and hatred watch such a being, and spheroid-like specters appear and disappear at random. Iblis instills what people would call "the fear of God" into people who see the lights, including Sheba, who stays close to this incarnation of evil itself.

Adama, on the other hand, opposes him, joins with [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] and a few others; essentially a minority, though still threatening to Iblis' power. For the time, the majority supports Iblis, since he seems to do more than the mortal Adama can.

Had it been discovered that Iblis was the one who helped foster the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] that destroyed the [[Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Colonies]], he would be cast out by a majority of the Fleet. This was discovered, in part, by the captured Baltar's recognition of Iblis' voice being the same as the [[Imperious Leader]]'s.

== Apollo and Starbuck's Uncovering of Truth / Iblis' Punishment ==
[[Image:IblisRevealed.jpg|thumb|Iblis' true form revealed.]]

When Apollo informs Adama that he is going back to the [[Red planet|planet]] to find out what is in the wreckage, Adama informs him that he would do his best to avoid being scanned by Iblis. Iblis, however, feels something is wrong and goes to Adama, who attempts to block out Iblis by thinking of other things, playing music in his head, and other methods he was taught at the [[Colonial Military Institute]] in [[wikipedia:Psychokinesis|Telekinetics]]. His mental abilities much more powerful than the Kobollian's, Iblis finds out that Apollo and Starbuck are en route back to the planetoid. Sheba, presumably influenced in some manner by Iblis, follows in her Viper and attempts to stop them.

After Apollo and Starbuck discover the demon in the [[Iblis' ship|wreckage]] of the leviathan vessel on the unidentified red planet, Iblis is revealed for who he truly is. Laser discharges from Apollo prove ineffective to Iblis, although it does cause him to reveal his true appearance - into a horned-creature of purple-color with red-eyes.

When Starbuck and Apollo haphazardly manage to convince Sheba to reject Iblis, he attempts to make an example of her. Apollo steps in the way of the blast of light and is killed in the process.

[[Image:Demon form Iblis.jpg|thumb|Iblis in his true form sans special effects.]]

This act causes the [[Beings of Light]] to deal with Iblis, as he is not permitted to kill anyone outside of those that gave him dominion.

As Apollo was not meant to die, the Beings of Light restore him from the death by "primitive measures" and send them on their way while Iblis is, despite his threats, being dealt with ([[War of the Gods]]).

== Notes ==

*"Iblis" is pronounced "ib-lee". Iblis is the name of the Devil in the Koran. Although in Islam, he is the original [[Wikipedia:jinn|jinn]] who causes destruction and presides over places where activities of evil occur in Muslim writings. These writings tell of Iblis casting out by [[Wikipedia:Allah|Allah]] for refusing to worship the first man of Humanity, Adam.

*Interestingly enough, this similar instance occurs in "[[War of the Gods, Part I|War of the Gods]]" where he is cast out for killing Apollo, who intercepted the bolt meant for Sheba.

* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
: In the [[Book of the Word]], Iblis is described as a "fallen Angel (sic), known variously as Diaboles (Diabolos|Devil) or Mephistopholes [who] repeatedly attempts to lead the humans astray, but is bested always by the intervention" of the [[Beings of Light]]. Folktales apart from the Book describe Iblis as a "comic prankster, half man and half beast".<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=21}}</ref>

===In the [[Re-Imagined Series]]===
*In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] [[Ronald D. Moore]] was asked about fan speculation that the Cylon [[God (RDM)|God]] may be Count Iblis in the Re-imagined Series:

: Q: "There's speculation that Count Iblis' counterpart in this series is the as-yet-unseen Cylon God. Is there any possibility that elements of the original series "War of the Gods" storyline may weave themselves into the new series?

:RDM: While I have thought of incorporating the Count Iblis/Ship of Lights mythology from the original show into the series, I've pretty much decided not to go there for now. The theological construct we've been establishing seems more interesting to me at this point and I don't think Iblis will be part of the current show."

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