Timeline - Season 3 (RDM)

2007-04-10T20:22:35Z

Heisenstein: Presumed death of Kara Thrace

:''For the timeline overview see [[Timeline (RDM)]]. For the rest of the series see [[Timeline - Season 1 (RDM)]] and [[Timeline - Season 2 (RDM)]]''

=="[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]"==

*'''Between Day 660 and Day 794:'''
**[[Nicholas Tyrol]] is born
**[[Kara Thrace]] is kidnapped and forced into a marriage-type arrangement with [[Leoben Conoy]], whom she kills at any opportunity ([[Occupation]])
**A resistance movement is formed and led by [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]
**The Cylons form the [[New Caprica Police]]
**Duck refuses to work with the resistance, choosing to spend more time with his wife [[Nora]]
**After some debate, the resistance leaders choose to hide weapons in the [[Temple|Temple of Artemis]]
**The Cylons attack the temple, killing Nora
**Duck is physically sickened by the news of Nora's death
**The general population has started to side with the resistance and 1,000 people protested outside ''[[Colonial One]]'' over the attack on the temple
**Nicholas Tyrol has his [[dedication ceremony]]
**Jammer is imprisoned in a Cylon detention center and is visited by a [[Number Five]], who offers Jammer a key card and an implied invitation into the NCP

==Prior to the Season 3 premiere, after ''The Resistance''==

*[[Saul Tigh]] is captured by the Cylons and detained. One of his eyes is literally ripped out by the Cylons
*Jammer and Duck enlist with the [[New Caprica Police]]

==[[Occupation]]==
*'''c. Day 794 (494th day since settlement, 134th day of occupation):'''
**Colonel Tigh is released from the detention center

*'''c. Day 795:'''
**[[Duck]] suicide-bombs a NCP ceremony
**Felix Gaeta secretly provides the jamming frequencies to allow wireless communication to breech Cylon interference
**The resistance establishes communication with [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]]'s Raptor

*'''Sometime before the episode, "Precipice:"'''
**Laura Roslin is arrested by the Cylons

==[[Precipice]]==
*'''c. Day 795:''' The [[New Caprica Police|NCP]] raid the city of and capture numerous suspected [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] members, including [[Cally Tyrol]]

*'''c. Day 796:'''
**Leoben Conoy introduces [[Kacey]] to Kara Thrace
**The Cylons force Baltar to sign an execution order
**Ellen Tigh steals a map marking the location for a secret rendezvous with ''Galactica's'' rescue coordination party
**Sharon Agathon's coordination party lands, makes contact with Anders' party, and are soon attacked by Cylon forces
**Roslin and others on the execution order are arrested and later driven to the [[Pergamus Flats]] to be executed. Before the shooting begins, Jammer frees Cally Tyrol

==[[Exodus, Part I]]==

*'''c. Day 796:'''
**Tyrol's group ambushes the firing squad and save Laura Roslin, Tom Zarek and many others
**Sharon Agathon's marines save Anders and the resistance group from a Cylon ambush

*'''c. Day 797:'''
**Number Three visits an [[Dodona Selloi|oracle]]
**Sharon Agathon infiltrates a Cylon facility and obtains the Colonial ships' [[launch key]]s
**Ellen Tigh is exposed as a traitor
**Admiral Adama orders ''Galactica'' to jump to New Caprica

==[[Exodus, Part II]]==

*'''c. Day 798:'''
**Ellen Tigh is poisoned by her husband for her treason
**The [[Battle of New Caprica]] begins. The settlers are successfully retrieved from the planet.
**''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' is destroyed during the battle
**[[Maya]] dies
**[[Hera Agathon]] is found by the Cylons, who also abandon New Caprica and take Baltar with them

==[[Collaborators]]==

*'''c. Day 800 (Day 3 of the Second Exodus):'''
**James Lyman, and 12 others before him are executed by the [[Circle]]
**Gaius Baltar awakens aboard a Cylon basestar for the first time three days after fleeing New Caprica
**New President Tom Zarek names Roslin as his Vice President, and later resigns to return Roslin to power
**Felix Gaeta is tried and convicted by the Circle but is spared when incontrovertible proof of his innocence emerges just in time.
**President Roslin abolishes the Circle and immediately pardons all those suspected of collaboration

==Between "[[Collaborators]]" and "[[Torn]]"==

* Lee Adama is demoted back to Major and resumes his former position as ''Galactica'''s [[CAG]]
* Karl Agathon serves as [[XO]] on ''Galactica''

==[[Torn]]==

*'''c. Day 850:'''
** Felix Gaeta reveals Baltar's research on the road to [[Earth]] to President Roslin and Admiral Adama
** Caprica-Six and Three begin inquiring about the location of Earth and debating Baltar's usefulness
** A Cylon basestar sent to investigate the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] is infected by a virus from an [[Lion's Head beacon|ancient beacon]]
** Athena and Racetrack find the Lion's Head Nebula and the dying basestar
** Baltar returns to his basestar after his reconnaissance of the dying basestar, leaving out information on the probe, but his omission is uncovered

==[[A Measure of Salvation]]==

*'''c. Day 851:'''
** A Colonial boarding party investigates the derelict basestar, find the probe, and realizes that all but a few Cylons aboard have died
**The boarding party and some Cylon prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs
**The medical investigation identifies a virus that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons
** Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a Resurrection Ship

*'''c. Day 852:'''
**''Galactica'' jumps to a Cylon supply line. the [[Battle of NCD2539]] begins
**The plan fail to due to the intervention of [[Karl Agathon]]
** Aboard a basestar, Baltar is interrogated and tortured by Three and Caprica-Six

==[[Hero]]==

*'''c. Day 935:'''
**President Roslin and Tory Foster draw up plans to honor Admiral Adama for his 45 years of service to the Colonial Fleet
**Number Three begins experiencing strange visions
**''Galactica'' rescues [[Daniel Novacek]], a prisoner-of-war of the Cylons for over two years
** Adama confesses to his son about Novacek and possible culpability for the [[fall of the Twelve Colonies]]

*'''c. Day 936:'''
**Saul Tigh tells Novacek about Adama's action in his failed mission
**Novacek attacks Adama and tries to kill him but is stopped by Tigh

*'''c. Day 937:'''
**Number Three begins a series of suicides to experience visions about [[Final five|five figures in white robes]]
**Adama submits his resignation to Roslin but she refuses to accept it

*'''c. Day 938:'''
**Novacek is sent off to a berthing and counseling on another ship
**Tigh and Adama begin to reconcile

=="[[Unfinished Business]]" Present day events==

:''This section details the "current day" events aboard ''Galactica''. Prior events recalled in the episode are documented in the timeline at Day 420.''

*'''c. Day 950:'''
**''Galactica's'' crew work out their aggressions in a boxing tournament
**Kara Thrace and Lee Adama fight each other in the ring and reconcile

==[[The Passage]]==
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''

*The Fleet's food supply is contaminated
*Saul Tigh returns as Executive Officer on ''Galactica''
* Sharon Agathon returns from a recon mission through a dangerous star cluster with data on a [[algae planet|planet loaded with edible algae]]
*''Galactica's'' Raptors successfully escort the Fleet in packs through the disorienting, radiation-laden star cluster, with some ship losses and casualties
*[[Louanne Katraine]] dies

==[[The Eye of Jupiter]]==
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''

*'''Resupply mission day 14-15 (after the events of "The Passage"):'''
**The Colonials are preparing to leave the algae planet
**Tyrol finds the [[Temple of Five]]
**A Cylon fleet arrives and attempts to negotiate for the [[Eye of Jupiter]], but both sides are deadlocked; Adama threatens destruction of the Eye if the Cylons attempt to land
**President Roslin's role in hiding [[Hera Agathon]] is revealed to Admiral Adama and Hera's parents
**A Heavy Raider makes it to the planet deploying a ground party of Centurions. Starbuck's recon Raptor is shot down
**Admiral Adama, in response to the Cylon incursion, prepares to destroy the planet's continent

==[[Rapture]]==
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''

*'''This episode commences immediately after the final scenes in "The Eye of Jupiter":'''
**Five of the six [[Heavy Raider]]s heading toward the algae planet turn back.
**In response Admiral Adama stands down from the threatened nuclear strike in an unspoken compromise.
**[[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], [[D'Anna Biers]] and a [[Cavil]] land on the planet in the sixth Heavy Raider.
**Athena persuades her husband [[Helo]] to shoot her. She downloads into the Cylon fleet to reclaim [[Hera]]. Boomer threatens to kill Hera. [[Caprica Six]] kills [[Boomer]] and escapes with Hera and Athena to Galactica. Caprica Six is taken prisoner.
**[[Dualla]] makes contact with [[Starbuck]]. They repair the [[Raptor]] and both return to ''Galactica''.
**Lee Adama and Samuel Anders fail to prevent Baltar, D'Anna and Cavil from entering the [[Temple of Five]].
**D'Anna has a vision in which she sees the [[Final Five]] and dies.
**Tyrol captures Baltar and returns to the ''Galactica'' with him.
**The start goes nova and destroys the algae planet. ''Galactica'' jumps and rejoins the fleet.
**The entire Three line is [[boxing|boxed]], including D'Anna.

*'''Sometime between "Rapture" and "Taking a Break From All Your Worries":'''
**[[Joe's bar]] is established on an unused stretch of one of ''Galactica'''s hangar decks.

==[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]==
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''

*While there are no objective time indicators as to specifically how much time after "Rapture" has elapsed, Baltar's beard has grown longer and Starbuck's burns on her hands are completely healed. This suggest that at least a few weeks have elapsed between "Rapture" and "Taking a Break From All Your Worries".
**[[Gaius Baltar]] is interrogated by [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] and [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]].
**[[Lee Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Kara Thrace]] fight to save their marriages at [[Joe's bar]].
**[[Felix Gaeta]] attempts to convince Baltar to work with Roslin and Adama. When the meeting goes bad, Gaeta stabs Baltar in the neck with a pen but only inflicts minor damage.
**Roslin and Adama agree to give Baltar a fair trial.
**[[Caprica-Six]] agrees to testify against Baltar in exchange for immunity (SciFi.com bonus scene).

==[[The Woman King]]==
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''
*Three hundred refugees from the civilian vessel ''[[Threa Sita]]'', including 51 [[Sagittaron]]s board ''Galactica''. They are housed in the unused starboard landing bay with the preexisting residents in an area nicknamed "[[Camp Oil Slick|Dogsville]]".
*Captain [[Karl Agathon]] and Doctor [[Michael Robert]] detect that refugees boarding the ''Galactica'' have brought along a contagion. This malady is later diagnosed as [[Mellorak infection|Mellorak sickness]].
*Doctor [[Michael Robert]], due to his racism against the Sagittarons, kills a few of them with lethal injections.
*Karl Agathon detects and halts the killing of the Sagittarons and bring Doctor Robert to justice. Admiral Adama apologizes for not supporting his earlier suspicions.

==[[A Day in the Life]]==
:''This episode takes place 49 days after the events in "[[Rapture]]". No contact with the Cylons has occurred since then.''

*[[Admiral Adama]] has daydreams about his long divorced and dead wife [[Carolanne Adama|Carolanne]] through out the day of his anniversary of their wedding. [[Lee Adama]] and his father air out some issues regarding Carolanne's treatment of Lee and his brother [[Zak]] growing up with a single alcoholic mother.
*Admiral Adama and President [[Laura Roslin]] discuss the problems of legal protocol and logistical difficulties in the upcoming trial of [[Gaius Baltar]]. Roslin request that Admiral Adama ask his son Lee to head a steering committee to hash out the legal issues.
*During a maintenance job on an airlock, a leak in the hull and a malfunction of the airlock traps Galen and Cally Tyrol in the depressurizing airlock.
*They are freed by the deliberate use of explosive decompression through the outer airlock door and making a quick jump through the vacuum of space without pressure suits into a waiting Raptor. Afterwards, they recover in sickbay from [[w:Decompression sickness|Decompression Sickness]].

==[[Dirty Hands]]==
:''No exact date is available, but according to Roslin, Baltar's lawyer has been smuggling manuscripts out of his cell for several weeks.''
* A [[Raptor]] piloted by [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] has an engine malfunction as the result of poorly refined [[tylium]] fuel, prompting the crew to eject. The Raptor collides with ''[[Colonial One]]'' which suffers minor damage, causing several injuries on board, including [[Tory Foster]]. President [[Roslin]] escaped unharmed.
* A strike on a tylium [[refinery ship]] leads Galen Tyrol to recognize the bad working conditions in the Fleet himself. He ultimately takes up the cause and extends the strike to ''Galactica's'' deckhands. After a standoff with the Fleet leadership he stands down, managing to negotiate improvements.
* Baltar managed to smuggle an agitating book out of his cell and got it published, provoking further unrest in the Fleet.
* Seelix is promoted to Ensign and accepted as [[nugget|pilot in training]].

==[[Maelstrom]]==
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode. However, it begins on day four of Fleet refueling operations''

* [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] has increasing dreams of [[Leoben Conoy]] and sees a phantom Raider. She is rendered unconscious and has a cathartic experience in her mind in which she reconciles with her dead mother and her fears. Her Viper descends to atmospheric crush depth and explodes, presumably killing her.

==[[The Son Also Rises]]==
:''The episode takes please two weeks after "Maelstrom". [[Aaron Kelly]] notes that he has been doing his job "for two years now", which is obviously a considerable understimate, but we can at least infer that it has not yet been three years (1095 days) since the holocaust.''
* When Baltar's lawyer is killed by a bomb, Lee Adama is assigned to protect his new laywer, [[Romo Lampkin]]. His increasing desire to help Lampkin, eventually brings him at odds with his father. [[Aaron Kelly]] turns out to be the attacker.

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