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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-03-08T07:00:44Z

Joeyconnick: fixed Cavil wikilinks

=Take a drink every time...=

== ...someone kills a baby. ==
*Six ([[Mini-Series]])
*Adama ([[Scattered]])
*Dr. Cottle ([[The Captain's Hand]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks.
*...resolves to quit drinking.
**''Take two sympathy drinks when, not if, Tigh falls off the wagon.''
*...is drunk on duty.
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command.
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has too.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew
*''Take bonus drinks if...''
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance]])
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance]])
**...Lee Adama is involved with the order ([[Fragged]])
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to frak off ([[Fragged]])
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Mini-Series]], "[[Fragged]]", "[[Resistance]]")
**...Tigh admits that he's making bad orders (or says he doesn't want to be making the orders, "I don't want a command!", etc.)

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Col. Tigh.
*...brokers for power.
*...manipulates Col. Tigh.
**''This may lead Col. Tigh to give a remarkably stupid order to the crew, in which case refer to the rules for that occurrence as well.''

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...Demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance]])
*...Steps out of the box.
**...mates two Vipers nose-to-nose for flight ([[Mini-Series]])
**...jury-rigs an enemy fighter with foreign controls to fly herself home ([[You Can't Go Home Again]])
**...outwits the Cylons in a tactical fighter plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]), ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**...kills or maims a Cylon with anything other than a gun ("[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[The Farm]]")
*...Steps into the bottle. ([[Scar]])
*...Punches anyone.
*...Makes a Cylon kill.
*...Is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...Hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...Starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...Six dies. ==
*Nuked. ([[Mini-Series]])
*Shot. ([[33]])
*Impaled. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished. ([[The Farm]])

== ...Six appears to Baltar at an inopportune moment. ==
*''Take bonus drinks if''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!")
**...and both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way ("Plaything?")
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior
*...Others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof
*...She's naked
*...She's dressed like Starbuck

== ...Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Mini-Series]])
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]])
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Boomer
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]])
*"I'll always have your heart…I can rip it out of your chest if I have to." ([[Colonial Day]])
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
*Kicks the shit out of Starbuck. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as Gina)
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ([[Downloaded]] as [[Caprica-Six]])

== ...Anyone smokes. (literally or figuratively) ==
*Gaius Baltar
*Dr. Cottle
*Kara Thrace
*Specialist [[Prosna]]
*Lee Adama

== ...Any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo
*Gaius Baltar
*Galen Tyrol

== ...Helo acts like an idiot. ==
*...fails to notice his robot girlfriend's glowing spine. ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*...fails to realize his inexplicably nauseous robot girlfriend is pregnant. ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])
*...shoots his pregnant robot girlfriend. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
*...lets his pregnant robot girlfriend jack Starbuck's spaceship. ([[Scattered]])
*...is surprised that everyone wants to throw his pregnant robot girlfriend out an airlock. ([[Home, Part I]])
*...fails to anticipate territory issues with his pregnant robot girlfriend's copy's former boyfriend. ([[Home, Part II]])

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter. ([[Mini-Series]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]])
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
*...goads the Yee-Haw Boys into entering his and Helo's cell and beating him up with soap-in-a-towel.
*...Sleeps in the hanger bay in his undies then beats the crap out of Cally when woken.

''Finish your drink if someone else acknowledges the stupidity of Tyrol''. ("[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]")

==...Bill Adama...==
*...uses his Glare of Death.
**''Bonus drink if Cottle deflects it with his own Scowl of Intense Disapproval.'' ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*...stomps down ''Galactica'''s hallways.
*...waxes philisophically.
*...brings up his [[Joseph Adama|lawyer father]].
*...expresses sympathy for the Cylons.
*...expresses an enthusiastic attitude toward killing Cylons.
*''Take a bonus drink if it is by trying kill a Cylon himself''
**''Finish the drink completely if he tries to kill the same Cylon he expressed sympathy for in a previous episode.''
*...agrees with President Roslin.
*...argues with President Roslin.
*...deposes President Roslin.
*...kisses President Roslin.
*...appears on screen sporting a moustache.
*...does something "captainly", like crushing walnuts in his hand or building a model ship.
*...uses military action to resolve a situation. (See the above section if Adama's decision to use military action is recklessly dumb.)
*...makes a recklessly stupid command decision.
**Counterattacking the Cylons ([[Mini-Series]])
**Wasting half the fleet's fuel looking for Starbuck ([[You Can't Go Home Again]])
**Arresting President Roslin ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
**Sending Marines to rescue Helo and the Chief from the ''Pegasus'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
**Arranging for the assassination of Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''Bonus drinks if a woman tries to reason with Adama.''
:*Roslin tells Adama, "The war is over, we lost", and "We need to start having babies" ([[Mini-Series]])
:*Dualla tells Adama, "It's time to put the fleet back together" ([[Home, Part I]])
:*Roslin tells Adama, "[[Helena Cain|She]] is dangerous, and the only thing that you can do is hit her before she hits you," ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
:*Sharon tells Adama, "You said you never asked yourself why you deserve to survive." ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
::*''Finish your drink completely when, not if, Adama ultimately relents, echoing that woman's words to his officer(s).''

== ...People get away with things — major disciplinary problems are ignored or set aside. ==
*Starbuck gets away with punching Col. Tigh ([[Mini-Series]])
*Tyrol gets away with his hidden affair with Boomer, even when it leads to a security flaw that allows a Cylon suicide bomber to attack the ship ([[Litmus]])
*Starbuck gets away with stealing and ultimately losing ''Galactica'''s captured Cylon raider. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
*Boomer gets away with trying to kill herself and ends up on a vitally important mission ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Baltar gets away with murdering [[Crashdown]] ([[Fragged]])
*Apollo gets away with pulling a gun on Tigh ([[Scattered]]) and helping Roslin escape ([[Home, Part II]])
*Helo gets away with pulling a gun on Apollo ([[Home, Part I]])
*President Roslin ultimately gets away with subverting the boundary between military and civilian government ([[Home, Part II]]).
*Commander Adama ultimately gets away with subverting the boundary between military and civilian government ([[Litmus]], [[Home, Part II]]).
*Kat gets away with getting high on drugs during flight (reinstated in [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*Starbuck gets away with (and gets promoted for) stealing the Blackbird to fly a photo recon mission that her CAG specifically took her off of. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*Lee Adama gets away with law enforcement by summary execution ([[Black Market]])
*Lee gets away with making repeated visits to a prositute ([[Black Market]])
*Kat gets away with punching Starbuck in the mouth ([[Scar]])
*Lee gets away with an affair with Dee, a fellow active duty soldier ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*Tyrol gets away with beating the crap out of Cally with nothing more than a stern talking to from a [[Cavil|priest]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).

==...Zarek makes a gambit for power...==
*...but loses.
**[[Colonial Day]]
**[[Home, Part I]]
**[[Home, Part II]]
*...and succeeds.
**[[Bastille Day]]

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Ejects into space with a leak in his flight suit ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
**Accidentally shot. ([[Sacrifice]])
**Put in command of ''Pegasus''. ([[The Captain's Hand]])
*...angsts over said near-death experiences ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]], [[Black Market]], [[The Captain's Hand]])

==Miscellaneous==
...[[Billy Keikeya|Billy]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dee]] stare at each other like two teenagers but never actually do anything.

...Someone gets promoted. This includes Roslin being sworn in as President ([[Miniseries]]), as well as when nuggets like Hot Dog get their wings ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), someone is elected to the Quorum of Twelve (Zarek or Baltar) or elected Vice President ("[[Colonial Day]]"), or any other regular promotions within the military such as Starbuck in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]".
*Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode, ie: Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in [[The Captain's Hand]].

*The Number Six/Cylon leitmotif
*"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
*"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
*The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif

...[[CIC]] bursts into applause. ([[Mini-Series]], [[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[The Hand of God (RDM)]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]], [[Home, Part I]]), [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*Bonus drink if it prefigures an assassination attempt. (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])

...Six comes up with some vague mystical interpretation of Baltar's travails.

...Elosha comes up with some vague mystical interpretation of Roslin's travails.

...Roslin comes up with some vague mystical interpretation of the Fleet's travails.

...Leoben comes up with some vague mystical interpretation of Starbuck's travails.

...Gaeta says, "Yes, sir." (''On this one, alone, most of us would need a "commercial break"'' after one episode...)

...Apollo's modesty is thwarted by the smallest towel in the fleet.

...Laura Roslin uses her Stare of You-Gotta-Be-Frakking-Kidding-Me.

...A Cylon says "By your command".

...[[Jammer]] says something that hints that he may be a Cylon.

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*''Link arms with someone else and take a shot together every time Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes.'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...an establishing shot of the [[Galactica]] from the side, surrounded by the fleet.
**...an establishing shot of the [[Galactica]] from the top.
**...an establishing shot of the [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Mini-Series]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at eachother, strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss

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Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I

2006-03-08T06:59:08Z

Joeyconnick: fixed Cavil wikilinks

{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]
| Episode= 19
| Guests= [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874001/ Michael Trucco] as [[Samuel Anders]] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] as [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]
| Writer=[[Ronald D. Moore]]
| Story=
| Director=[[Michael Rymer]]
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate=March 3, 2006
| UK Airdate=
| DVD=
| Population= 49,579
| Prev= [[Downloaded]]
| Next= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
}}

== Overview ==
''As the presidential election looms just weeks away, the accidental discovery of a habitable planet sparks debate in the Fleet: Colonize? Or keep seeking Earth? Meanwhile, Starbuck leads a rescue mission of Raptors back to Caprica to save Anders and his resistance''.

== Summary ==
*[[William Adama|Adama]] has finally given [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] the go-ahead to plan a rescue mission to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Caprica]]. On [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']], she lays out their plan: they will use ''all'' of their remaining [[Raptor|Raptors]] — 20 in all — and use the navigation computer/organ from one of the captured [[Heavy Raider]]s to calculate the Jumps back to Caprica. Using this, they can make it back to Caprica in a series of 10 Jumps. They will go undetected when they reach Caprica by making a risky jump to just a few klicks above the surface, within the atmosphere itself, below [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[DRADIS]]. Their biggest obstacle to doing this was actually interfacing with the Heavy Raider's navigation "computer", but now they will take [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|''Caprica''-Sharon]] along in Starbuck's Raptor with it; Sharon will directly interface with the computer (by inserting a fiber-optic cable into her arm, like she did in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").
*The presidential election is two weeks away, and [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is ahead in the polls. The only real arguments that [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] has against her that give him any ground are when he accuses her of pandering to the religious fundamentalists (i.e. her recent policy switch on abortion) and guiding the Fleet based on the scriptures alone. Conferring with his campaign manager [[Tom Zarek]] in his lab, Baltar realizes he'll need more than this to turn the fleet againt Roslin. Meanwhile, Roslin is doing a little rehearsal ritual for the presidential debate with Adama in his quarters.
*On the hangar deck, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] is sleeping on the floor and twitching convulsively, having a nightmare. [[Cally]] searches around the deck to find him, and is confused by the sight when she finds him. Cally tried to wake Tyrol up, but snapping right out of his nightmare he attacks Cally, punching her in the face until she is a bloody pulp and unconscious. Realizing where he is and what's going on, Tyrol is horrified, and carries Cally in his arms to sickbay.
*[[Lee Adama|Apollo]], now commander of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', has conflicting feelings about Starbuck's mission to rescue Anders, but wishes her good luck in finding him.
*[[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and ''Caprica''-Sharon travel in Starbuck's Raptor. Sharon is still deeply depressed about her daughter [[Hera]]'s seeming death, and has been shutting herself out. Helo tells her that he won't let her do that and won't give up on her. Sharon tells him that she has the feeling that something bad will happen in the future; not on the mission to Caprica, but something else.
*On the very first jump out of the series of ten, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]]'s Raptor jumps to the wrong set of coordinates. Starbuck's orders were to keep going ahead until they lose 3 Raptors, so they go on ahead, while Racetrack prepares to follow her orders to return to [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] if separated. Her Raptor jumped into the middle of a gas cloud with a lot of interference, and upon clearing it, a new planet is found. Scanners indicate that it is a human-habitable planet. She returns to ''Galactica'' with news of the discovery.
*The crew goes over the scans from the planet; it can sustain human life and subsequent scouting shows that in contains animal and vegetative life; they could indeed settle here. However, it is a cold world and somewhat harsh; only a temperate band around the equator covering about 20% of the surface would be habitable. After some prodding from [[Six]], Baltar and Zarek realize that they can use this as their wedge issue to turn the people against Roslin: offer them permament colonization on this planet.
*[[Tory Foster|Tory]] goes over new poll numbers with Roslin on [[Colonial One]]: Baltar has been gaining ground with his new offer to stop running from the Cylons and stay here. The planet is hidden by interference from the gas clouds, and many people want to just stop their constant chase in the refugee fleet. Roslin points out that if the Colonials could find the planet, the Cylons could just as easily. Also, life on the planet would be harsh. Tory points out that Baltar is pandering to the people's hopes, giving them false ones that they greatly desire, while Roslin is pointing out justifiable fears that they simply don't want to hear; people will vote their hopes.
*Shocked by his attack on Cally, Chief Tyrol has asked for religious counselling, and meets with a priest named [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]. Tyrol explains that it is because he doesn't believe that psychoanalysis works, but is himself a very [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|religious]] man. Cavil is somewhat loose and sarcastic in his counseling, leaving Tyrol a little pertubed and confused. Cavil tells Tryol that he must look for the problem in himself and questions Tyrol, and when Tyrol denies that he has been having disturbing dreams, Cavil can see through it, so Tyrol relents.
*For weeks, Tyrol has been having the recurring dream that he walks onto the upper level of the hangar deck, climbs over the railing and kills himself by jumping to his death. Cavil says it is because Tyrol has a subconscious desire to kill himself. Tyrol explains that he has had the gnawing worry since [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|''Galactica''-Sharon]] died that he might himself be a [[Cylon agent|Cylon]]. ''Galactica''-Sharon never really knew she was a Cylon, even up to the point that she died, but reported strange fears that something bad was going to happen and she had to stop herself: how would Tyrol, or anyone else, really ''know'' if they were a Cylon sleeper agent or not? Tyrol is frightened by the prospect.
*Cavil assured Tyrol that he is not a Cylon, sarcastically quipping that he knows because he is a Cylon himself, and hasn't seen Tyrol at any of the meetings. Tyrol feels ashamed to go back to the hangar deck crew after the accident, but Cavil assures him that they're the only family he has left, and they love him. Cally most of all.
*At the final presidential debate, Baltar's charisma and hopes of finally giving up their run from the Cylons starts to pull him ahead in the polls, and Roslin's warnings that this planet is not safe and determination to keep searching for Earth do not gain wide support. Baltar apparently wins the final debate. Roslin tells him to go frak himself.
*The Raptors rescuse mission makes the final jump to Caprica. [[Raptor 612]] is lost because it jumps right into the middle of a mountain. The remaining Raptors continue on, then Starbuck, Helo, Sharon and the marines continue on foot.
*One klick away from the resistance's base camp, they see movement, and find [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and his whole group. Starbuck is overjoyed to see him, but Anders warns that the Cylons are right behind them; the resistance's base was ambushed that morning, and half of Anders' men are dead.
*The [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]] and [[Resistance (movement)|resistance]] members start coming under Cylon artillery fire. After running briefly, they reach a point where the arc of the artillery shells is right above them, and cannot hit them. However, the artillery's killzone is now between them and retreat back to the Raptors. To be continued...

== Questions ==
*Did [[Raptor 612]] Jump "into" the mountain by crashing into it, or did they jump ''inside'' of it?
**RDM confirms in the podcast that by "jumped into the mountain" it doesn't mean "they jumped close to it and thus crashed", it means, exactly like a Star Trek transporter accident, that they materialized from the Jump into solid rock, "half-phased".
*If Raptor 612 was destroyed by jumping into a mountain, how was their transponder still operational?
**Perhaps that part of the Raptor was in an air pocket in the rock, and thus not phased into it. RDM says in the podcast that the Raptor Jumping into the mountain wasn't like "swapping" spatial matter between two points: like a teleporter accident, the Raptor and its crew were horrifically merged into the rock itself.
*Is the previous distance limit for Colonial [[FTL]] jumps on account of something like mathematical calculations? Have any of the other Raptors, besides the lead Raptor, been modified, or do they just receive coordinates from the one Raptor with Caprica-Boomer and the Cylon device?
**No, or at least, not entirely. Based on Starbuck's jump back to Caprica in a Cylon Raider and other comments made in season 1, the Cylon FTL drive is far more capable to begin with. Colonial navigation systems would not be designed to take advantage of a markedly superior FTL drive because there would have been no need. Even by using the Cylon navigation computer, with its much better calculations, they needed ten jumps to return to Caprica.
*Does the fleet have the resources to sustain long term settlements on the newly found planet?
**Shelter could be taken care of by canabalizing the ships of the fleet for building materials. But the question of how many homes can be made for how many of the 49,000+ survivors simply by recycling the materials availible still remains. Even if ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' themselves were recycled, would there be enough materials, or would the Battlestars still be necessary for orbital defence?
**The planet itself may have natural resources—in "[[Scar]]", a mining ship collected metals to build new Vipers, so mining the planet itself may be possible. In this case it would be unnecessary to cannibalize the fleet.
*Zarek says the people have been cooped up in metal boxes since the attack. How literally does he mean this—for instance, are people living inside converted cargo holds as they were in the original series?
**Judging from RDM's podcast, he just meant being stuck inside of cramped ships in general, i.e. even the ''Galactica'' crew (who have dedicated crew quarters).
*How was the Raptor able to jump back to the fleet if their FTL navigation computer was not working properly?
**Racetrack's navigator says she gave him the coordinates, so it is possible that she relayed them incorrectly rather than a malfunction in the computer. Alternatively, they could have tracked down any fault and repaired it. In any case, the coordinates for the Raptor's original jump point would probably still be in the system.
*What about the Cylons hiding within the fleet? With the possible settlement of the planet being openly debated can the Cylon infiltrators not contact the Cylon fleet and inform them of the Colonials intentions?
**Perhaps the interference around the planet is blocking long range communications?
**Caprica-Sharon implies that there are Cylons amongst the fleet by telling Adama she would not identify them if asked.
*Laura states that Baltar does not have a key issue besides the "religious angle." What about the abortion issue from "[[The Captain's Hand]]"?
**Anti-abortion opinion is primarily based on religion.
*When exactly did the Raptors leave for Caprica? If the episode lasts about two weeks, did it take that long to get to Caprica?
*Why is Tyrol passed out in his underwear on the hangerdeck? What happened to his clothes?

== Analysis ==
*Timeline:
**According to [[Six]], on the night of the first debate the election is still "two weeks away".
**At the beginning of the first debate, [[James McManus]] states Baltar declared his bid for presidency a month ago. This took place at the end of "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
**Zarek states that the people of the fleet have been "cooped up in metal boxes for nine months", putting this episode not long after "[[Downloaded]]" around Day 270.
**At the conclusion of the second debate, the polls will open in three days.
*[[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]] is apparently assigned to ''Pegasus'' at present, since Dualla refers to her mission as the "Pegasus survey team".
**She could have been flying a ''Pegasus'' Raptor.
*[[Lee Adama]] is now wearing a wristwatch, perhaps [[Barry Garner]]'s from "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
*It is safe to emerge from a hyperspace jump inside a planetary atmosphere at 2km, but not within solid rock. For comparative purposes, the density of air at 2km in an earth-like atmosphere is about 1 kg/m3, while the density of silica rock is about 2,600 kg/m3.
*''BattlestarWiki'' has been trying for some time to reconcile on the [[Timeline (RDM)|Timeline]] the apparent jump from 3 months to 6 months that occured at the beginning of Season 2.5, a part of which was that back in "[[Bastille Day]]" it was stated on screen that the presidential elections were due in '''seven''' months. However, over 7 months passed by the end of "[[Scar]]", and there wasn't even talk of the elections until "[[The Captain's Hand]]". In the podcast for this episode, Ron Moore appears to reveal that he has simply forgotten this point. When he refers to the fact that "elections were promised back in "Bastille Day"", Moore says that he remembers that the line in "Bastille Day" was '''nine''' months, not seven. This is more than a one-episode goof, becuase one month after "Bastille Day" in "[[Colonial Day]]", it was stated that the elections were six months away. In the podcast it seems that Moore is truly and simply mistaken, and there is no explanation for the descrepancy betwen the "seven months after the attack" figures given in "Bastille Day" and "Colonial Day", and the new "nine months after the attack" figure at the end of season 2.5. It is simply a mistake.

== Notes ==
*The re-cap for this episode includes scenes not actually shown in previous episodes—for instance, Starbuck demanding to the dying Roslin circa "[[Epiphanies]]" that they go back and rescue the Caprica resistance.
*When Baltar sarcastically quips that Zarek (and Six) expect him to just sit around and wait for "The Hand of God" to deliver them something they can use to their advantage against Roslin, he is of course referencing the previous episode titled "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". Ironically, Baltar considers himself the hand of God in that episode. Further, a "chance serendipitous event" (namely the discovery of an inhabitable planet) does deliver them something they can use against Roslin.
*Likewise, when Apollo wishes Starbuck "good hunting", there's a tone of concern, and he seems to pause before saying it, as if Apollo meant to say something else but changed his mind. This may be a reference to "[[33]]", when Starbuck tells Apollo to say "good hunting" instead of "be careful out there".
*This episode has many parallels to "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]": the discovery of an inhabitable planet, Gaeta plotting a Raptor jump dangerously close to a planet surface, Starbuck's use of captured Cylon technology to return to Caprica, the intercutting of several plot threads in the teaser, a character contemplating suicide out of fear of being a Cylon, and difficulties between Helo and Sharon. In addition, Tyrol's assault of Cally is something of a parallel to Helo shooting Sharon in "Kobol's Last Gleaming"—in both cases, a man driven to rage physically and emotionally wounds a woman who loves him.
*When Lt. Gaeta takes his shirt off in the head, he can be seen to still be sporting the tiger tatoo that we first saw in "[[Final Cut]]".
*The combined Colonial fleet had 20 Raptors in this episode, of which 1 was destroyed before the end. Previously, ''Galactica'' was confirmed to have at least 5 left ([[The Farm]]), with the suggestion that there may be as many as 8 ([[Resistance]]). Doubtlessly, ''Pegasus'' brought at least an equal number of Raptors with it when it joined the Fleet, but 20 is still a high number for this. Perhaps a disproportionately large number of Raptors escaped to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] during the [[Miniseries]]. Or perhaps like in real life with American Nimitz class Aircraft Carriers that carry a larger number of fighter aircraft compared to older Forrestal class carriers, the Pegasus, being a larger and more modern Battlestar than Galactica, it has the capability to carry a larger complement of Raptors. Unlike Vipers, Raptors do have FTL drives. We actually saw Boomer and Helo escaping the destruction of their Viper squadron, because Raptors do not engage in frontline combat, and because they have an extenstive ECM suite which Helo was trying to jam the Cylon virus signal with. Indeed, [[Crashdown]] was a Raptor ECO, but Boomer stated that he was not from ''Galactica'', but a refugee "from Triton" (either a battlestar or a planet).
**Also, more Raptors could have been built with extra materials after the Viper squadrons were manufactured ([[Scar]]).
*The jump error that landed the Raptor in the nebula was attributed to a "firmware error" by the crew. This may be an indication that there was firmware upgrade to deal with the increased FTL jump distances provided by the Cylon computer.
*When Cavil is consoling Tyrol's fears that he might unknowingly be a Cylon sleeper agent, just like Boomer was, Tyrol asks him how he can know for sure. Cavil sarcastically answers that it's because maybe he's a Cylon, and he hasn't seen Tyrol at any of the meetings: Number Six also sarcastically remarked to Baltar in the Miniseries that [[Aaron Doral]] could not be a Cylon, because she hadn't "seen him at any of the good Cylon parties"...but of course, Doral actually ''was'' a Cylon, implying that Cavil is truly more than he seems.
*Tory actually paraphrases the title of this episode aloud, saying that the new planet offers people in the Fleet the hope that they can "lay down their burdens" and stop running.
*During the premiere airing of this episode on the Sci-Fi Channel, before the Teaser segment a "Parental Discretion Is Advised" black and white message was inserted. At the end of the Teaser, Tyrol beats Cally to a bloody pulp.
*Lee Adama is now wearing a new uniform as Commander of ''Pegasus'': it is a Commander's uniform, denoted by the new red trim (with gold inner trim), and it has a white "''Pegasus'' BSG-62" patch, replacing his old gold "''Galactica'' BSG-75" patch.
*Dualla's photo of Adama is the left half of a group shot with Kara Thrace and his brother Zak Adama. The original belongs to Thrace, and she has kept it in her locker on ''Galactica'' since the miniseries.
*Dualla refers to "rivers of milk and honey" on the newly discovered planet. The phrase "land of milk and honey" is a common epithet for the promised land in the Torah, appearing in Exodus 3:8, 3:17, 13:5, 33:3, Leviticus 20:24, Number 13:27, 14:8, 16:13-14, and Deuteronomy 6:3.
*Commander Lee Adama is seen eating noodles with chopsticks in his quarters, just like his father in "[[33]]", etc. Interesting note Adama sticks his chopsticks inside the bowl of noodles so that the chopsticks stand up in the bowl, which is a sign of bad luck to the Chinese. Non-asians that use chopsticks frequently do not pay heed to the bad luck superstition, similiar to the Japanese custom of not giving knives as a wedding present for the same reason (bad luck). This is a sign of cultures borrowing from each other piecemeal.
*In the podcast, RDM states that originally instead of Starbuck, Helo, and Sharon leading the other Raptors in another Raptor, they would have been flying in the captured Heavy Raider itself. However, the 2 part season finale went overbudget and cuts had to be made, and the cost of building the Heavy Raider interior was deemed prohibitively expensive. Thus, they bring the Heavy Raider computer/organ with them in a normal Raptor. Moore said he believed that fans "wouldn't miss" an actual appearance by the Heavy Raider.
*Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] appears in this epsiode twice but doesn't speak a single line.
*This is the first time since the [[Mini Series]] that Helo is seen fulfilling his duties as an [[ECO]].
*Starbuck calls Helo "Karl" several times, the first time his real name has been used consistently in an episode.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Chief Tyrol is worried that like'' Galactica''-Sharon, he could just as well be another Cylon sleeper agent:''
:'''Chief Tyrol:''' How do you know I'm human?
:'''Brother Cavil:''' Oh, well, maybe because I'm a Cylon and I've never seen you at any of the meetings.

*'''Brother Cavil:''' Do you know how useless prayer is? Chanting, and singing, and mucking about with old half-remembered lines of bad poetry? And you know what it gets you? Exactly nothing.

*'''Gaius Baltar:''' I'm not sure if you're aware, [[Tom Zarek|Tom]], but the mob isn't usually in the habit of electing ungodly apostates who denegrate people of faith.

== Official Statements ==

*''In an interview in issue #197 of TV Zone, James Callis (Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]) said:'' "the arrival of the Pegasus has helped galvanize our characters into who they are and who they’re trying to be. These later episodes [in Season 2] also further drive home the fact that the Galactica’s crew could be exterminated by its own kind, meaning that Humans are potentially far more terrifying an enemy than perhaps the Cylons."

== Guest Stars ==

*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0874001/ Michael Trucco] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] as [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Aaron+Douglas Aaron Douglas] as CPO [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Nicki+Clyne Nicki Clyne] as Specialist [[Cally]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Leah+Cairns Leah Cairns] [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]]
*Rekha Sharma as [[Tory Foster]]
*Alisen Down as Jean Barclay
*Colin Lawrence as "Skulls" McCall
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0443286/ David Kaye] as [[James McManus]]

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[[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]

Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II

2006-03-08T06:57:02Z

Joeyconnick: /* Guest Stars */ fixed Cavil wikilink

{{spoiler}}
{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:Burdens2.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]
| Episode= 20
| Guests= [[Richard Hatch]] ([[Tom Zarek]]) [[Kate Vernon]] ([[Ellen Tigh]]) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] ([[Cavil|Brother Cavil]])
| Writer=
| Story=
| Director=
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate= March 10, 2006
| UK Airdate=
| DVD=
| Population=
| Prev= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
| Next= TBA
}}

== Overview ==

== Summary ==
Part two of a two-part season finale. The election campaign comes to a close and [[Gauis Baltar|Baltar]] is the apparent winner. Unsatisfied with the outcome, [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] conspires with Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] to rig the election result to keep him out of power. When [[Kara Thrace|Kara]], [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] return from their rescue mission with [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and his [[resistance (movement)|resistance fighters]], Cheif [[Tyrol]] is shocked to find that one of the people to step off a Raptor is [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]], the preist who just helped him with his spiritual troubles. Meanwhile [[Gina]] and [[Demand Peace]] plot to use the [[Epiphanies|nuclear device given to them by Baltar]] on a horrific target: ''[[Cloud Nine]]''.

Source: [http://www.patriotresource.com/bg/insights/spoilers.html The Patriot Resource]

The season finale, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", will be a '''90 minute special''' according to a release from Scifi Channel (which was previously attempted for "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but dropped). The Scifi release goes on to describe the episode:
:"With the '''presidential campaigning in full swing''', the election's outcome hinges upon a core debate -- whether or not to abandon the search for Earth when the Galactica crew discovers a '''habitable planet'''. When the election begins to swing in favor of Baltar (James Callis) -- a man whom Roslin is convinced is a Cylon collaborator -- the incumbent president must decide whether or not to take drastic measures for the greater good.
:Things become even further complicated when the Cylons, led by Caprica Six (Tricia Helfer) and Sharon (Grace Park), find the planet and offer humanity a '''stunning proposal of peace'''." [http://gateworld.net/galactica/news/2006/02/seasontwofinaleexpandedto9.shtml Gateworld]

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
* Ron Moore's podcast for episode 13, [[Epiphanies]], states that the Nuke given to Gina will come back in this episode, to the benefit of the Cylons.
*In RDM's podcast for the previous episode, he said that in early drafts of this special 90 minute long episode, the writers actually tried to make it a 2 hour special, but this was soon dropped (these times are including commercials).

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

Fom the official site (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/):
When Baltar wins the vote, Roslin considers stealing the election because she believes he is a Cylon collaborator.

== Statistics ==

=== Guest Stars ===
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] as [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0722413/ Donnelly Rhodes] as Dr. [[Cottle]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]

=== Writing & Direction ===


=== Production Notes ===

*Series 2 (2005 / 2006)
*Production Number: 2.20
*Airdate Order: 20 (of 20)

=== First Run Air Dates & Releases ===

*UK Airdate: Date
*US Airdate: Date
*DVD Release (UK): Date
*DVD Release (US): Date
*[[Wikipedia:Nielsen Rating|Nielsen Rating]]: X.X million households, XXX share

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Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II

2006-03-08T06:54:15Z

Joeyconnick: fixing Cavil wikilink

{{spoiler}}
{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:Burdens2.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]
| Episode= 20
| Guests= [[Richard Hatch]] ([[Tom Zarek]]) [[Kate Vernon]] ([[Ellen Tigh]]) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] ([[Cavil|Brother Cavil]])
| Writer=
| Story=
| Director=
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate= March 10, 2006
| UK Airdate=
| DVD=
| Population=
| Prev= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
| Next= TBA
}}

== Overview ==

== Summary ==
Part two of a two-part season finale. The election campaign comes to a close and [[Gauis Baltar|Baltar]] is the apparent winner. Unsatisfied with the outcome, [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] conspires with Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] to rig the election result to keep him out of power. When [[Kara Thrace|Kara]], [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] return from their rescue mission with [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and his [[resistance (movement)|resistance fighters]], Cheif [[Tyrol]] is shocked to find that one of the people to step off a Raptor is [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]], the preist who just helped him with his spiritual troubles. Meanwhile [[Gina]] and [[Demand Peace]] plot to use the [[Epiphanies|nuclear device given to them by Baltar]] on a horrific target: ''[[Cloud Nine]]''.

Source: [http://www.patriotresource.com/bg/insights/spoilers.html The Patriot Resource]

The season finale, "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", will be a '''90 minute special''' according to a release from Scifi Channel (which was previously attempted for "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but dropped). The Scifi release goes on to describe the episode:
:"With the '''presidential campaigning in full swing''', the election's outcome hinges upon a core debate -- whether or not to abandon the search for Earth when the Galactica crew discovers a '''habitable planet'''. When the election begins to swing in favor of Baltar (James Callis) -- a man whom Roslin is convinced is a Cylon collaborator -- the incumbent president must decide whether or not to take drastic measures for the greater good.
:Things become even further complicated when the Cylons, led by Caprica Six (Tricia Helfer) and Sharon (Grace Park), find the planet and offer humanity a '''stunning proposal of peace'''." [http://gateworld.net/galactica/news/2006/02/seasontwofinaleexpandedto9.shtml Gateworld]

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
* Ron Moore's podcast for episode 13, [[Epiphanies]], states that the Nuke given to Gina will come back in this episode, to the benefit of the Cylons.
*In RDM's podcast for the previous episode, he said that in early drafts of this special 90 minute long episode, the writers actually tried to make it a 2 hour special, but this was soon dropped (these times are including commercials).

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

Fom the official site (http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/):
When Baltar wins the vote, Roslin considers stealing the election because she believes he is a Cylon collaborator.

== Statistics ==

=== Guest Stars ===
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] as [[Brother Cavil]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0722413/ Donnelly Rhodes] as Dr. [[Cottle]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
=== Writing & Direction ===


=== Production Notes ===

*Series 2 (2005 / 2006)
*Production Number: 2.20
*Airdate Order: 20 (of 20)

=== First Run Air Dates & Releases ===

*UK Airdate: Date
*US Airdate: Date
*DVD Release (UK): Date
*DVD Release (US): Date
*[[Wikipedia:Nielsen Rating|Nielsen Rating]]: X.X million households, XXX share

{{Episode List}}

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Galen Tyrol

2006-03-08T06:51:35Z

Joeyconnick: /* Depression and Suicidal Yearnings */ fixing Cavil wikilink

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|colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]]
|birthname= Galen Tyrol
|callsign= "Chief" (nickname)
|death=
|parents= An unnamed Oracle (mother) and a Priest (father).
|siblings=
|children=
|marital status= Single
|role= Senior NCO, Deck Crew 5, [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''
|rank= Chief Petty Officer
|actor= [[Aaron Douglas]]
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}}

== Biography ==

=== Background ===

'''Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol''' is a much-admired NCO aboard the ''[[Galactica]]''. He served aboard battlestars from the age of eighteen, including the battlestars ''[[Columbia]]'', ''[[Atlantia]]'', and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' ([[Resistance]]). He has served under [[William Adama]] for a number of years, and has considerable respect for the Commander - a feeling that is reciprocated. Indeed, he admires Adama to such a degree that he has modelled his own style of leadership on that of Adama: firm, fair, and willing to go to the fullest degree in support of his crew.

However, when people under his responsibility are injured, threatened or killed, Tyrol becomes rather irrational, angry, and reckless in his actions, to the point of further endangering his people or his reputation with senior officers. Prime examples of his lack of emotional control includes the scenes before the ship venting after the nuke hit and cursing [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] in front of [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] for the vent and loss of 85 of his people ([[Mini-Series]]), and saving a mortally-wounded crewmate while leaving himself and [[Cally]] highly vulnerable in "[[Scattered]]". Tyrol's tryst with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] and a subsequent cover-up attempt in "[[Litmus]]" resulted in the jailing of Specialist [[Socinus]], who was trying to protect Tyrol.

Originally leading [[Deck Crew 5]], a team of 15 deckhands and specialists, since the Cylon Attack he has become the most senior and experienced NCO on the ''Galactica''.

=== Cylon Attack ===

At the time of the Cylon Attack, as well as leading his deck crew, Tyrol is overseeing the refurbishment and restoration of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark II N7242C - the Viper originally flown by William Adama at the time of the [[Cylon War]] ([[Mini-Series]]).

Following the attack, with the ''Galactica'' undermanned, Tyrol also performs the function of senior Damage Control officer ([[Mini-Series]] / [[Water]]), a role that brings him into conflict with [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] after the ''Galactica'' is struck by a Cylon nuclear warhead.

=== Relationship with Sharon Valerii ===

For several months prior to the Cylon attack, and in its aftermath, Tyrol has been engaged in an affair with Lieutenant (JG) [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], a [[Raptor]] pilot aboard the ''Galactica''. Despite the fact the relationship breaks military protocol, senior officers on the ship turn a blind eye to it, while Tyrol's own crew treat it with fond amusement.

When the water supplies on the ''Galactica'' are sabotaged, Tyrol is placed in an awkward position: by her own admmission, Valerii knows explosives were missing from a small-arms locker - potentially making her a suspect - and he is the principal DC investigator into the cause of the explosions which wreck the water tanks. Torn between love and duty, the situation prompts him to hide evidence and allow a theory that the walls of the tanks simply collapsed from fatigue resulting from damage the ''Galactica'' received from a nuclear warhead in the Cylon attack ([[Water]] / [[Mini-Series]]).

Following the sabotage attempt, Valerii is ordered to end her relationship with Tyrol ([[Bastille Day]]) as a part of a general tightening-up of security and discipline on ship, only to have Tyrol's deck crew help the two of them to continue to meet in greater secret ([[Litmus]]).

Tyrol's world is thrown further into turmoil when both he and Valerii become the prime suspects in an investigation into how a Cylon agent (a copy of [[Aaron Doral]]) managed to get aboard the ''Galactica'', kill a guard, steal explosives and them blow himself up in a ship's corridor, almost killing Adama and Tigh ([[Litmus]]). When [[Socinus|one of his own Specialists]] is thrown in the brig for dereliction of duty which may have enabled the Cylon to access a weapons locker and steal the explosives, Tyrol is shocked into re-thinking his relationship with Valerii, and ends it himself.

While they continue to encounter one another professionallly - their work means they can hardly avoid one another - Tyrol and Valerii now have an uneasy distance between each other, and Valerii's actions around a captured Cylon [[Raider]] have begun to disturb Tyrol.

=== Kobol ===

When [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] discovers the planet believed to be [[Kobol]], Tyrol arranges for Socinus' release and later berates the specialist for lying to cover for him. Thereafter, Tyrol is part of the team assembled on the ill-fated recon Kobol on the [[Raptor 1]], which then crashlands near the ruins of the [[Tomb of Athena]]. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])

While Tyrol was the more experienced leader, his non-commissioned status left Lt. [[Crashdown]] in charge of the survivors. When Crashdown blamed [[Tarn]] for leaving a needed med kit behind -- Socinus was injured during the crash and a drug called [[serisone]] was needed to help him breathe -- Tyrol stepped in, recommending that he and Cally accompany Tarn. After successfully retrieving the kit from the Raptor crash site and heading back to the party, the trio was ambushed and Tarn was the only one killed. ([[Scattered]]) Eventually, he and Cally make it back to the party, only to find out that it is too late. With no other alternative, Tyrol euthanized Socinus with an overdose of [[morpha]] from both medkits. ([[Valley of Darkness]])

Upon discovering that the Cylons are setting up an anti-aircraft missle battery, Crashdown plans a strike to take the unit (and its accompanying [[DRADIS]] dish) out of operation. While the others of his party, notably Baltar and Cally, attempt to voice their indignation of such a plan, Tyrol firmly reminds them that Crashdown is in charge. Despite Tyrol's own misgivings of how the plan is to be executed, they follow through to the point right before the attack.

When it became clear that there were five Cylons at the battery, Cally refused to act as a distraction. Tyrol attempted to diffuse the situation by trying to state that the DRADIS dish was undefended; all that needed to be done was to destroy that, and the turret could not automatically target any incoming [[SAR]] operation. Crashdown has a breakdown and irrationally threatens to kill Cally, prompting Baltar to kill Crashdown.

As the command officer, per se, Tyrol later destroyed the DRADIS dish as the Cylons pursued them towards it. Tyrol then made a stand against the Cylons, screaming and firing his pistol at them. The Cylons were all killed; a surprised Tyrol turned around and saw that a [[Raptor]], preserved by Tyrol's destruction of the dish, had destroyed the Centurions. ([[Fragged]]).

=== After Kobol ===

Tyrol was arrested and interrogated by Colonel Tigh, due to his relationship with Commander Adama's would-be assassin. Tigh accused him of being part of the plot to kill Adama, throwing him in the same cell as Valerii. In order to extract information from Valerii, Baltar injected a drug that induced a systemic shutdown of Tyrol's organs. (This was during an alleged attempt to draw blood from Tyrol for Baltar's Cylon detector.) After extracting the number of Cylons in the Fleet from Valerii's subconscious, Tyrol was spared a painful death -- and was eventually proven to be a bona-fide human.

Tyrol was present when his own deckhand, Cally, killed Valerii, as Tyrol accompanied the security escort to Valerii's testing cell ([[Resistance]]). This act caused Tyrol to withdraw more from interaction with his own staff, many of which were already treating him coldly from his interaction with the now-confirmed Cylon copy of Valerii.

As with many on ''Galactica'', the stress of working without relief in sight or with little hope began to take its toll on Tyrol. For him, the challenge of keeping the old Vipers running with very few spare parts and sometimes extensive damage became too much to manage. Under pressure from [[CAG]] [[Lee Adama]] to keep his Vipers flying, and mostly because he had little else to do, he scribbled out a design for a new fighter and began to assemble it from basic metals and parts ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Initially, his flight crews were skeptical that the Chief's project was anything but a pipe dream. But word soon spread as the fuselage formed and Tyrol's dream became reality. While Colonel Tigh was visibly against the project at first, Commander Adama noticed that the project, for whatever outcome it might yield, gave the crew something to strive for, something to hope for, and tacitly allowed off-duty crew to work on the project. Many, including [[Anastasia Dualla]] from the [[CIC]], and [[Kara Thrace]], lent a hand.

Tyrol's group was stuck when trying to place a skin on the new fighter, since spare parts were reserved for the Vipers. But Helo suggested carbon composite materials as an alternative to cover the ship. This solved the covering but added a significant new ability: Stealth. The carbon composites would make the new fighter practically invisible to [[DRADIS]] detection.

After the ship's [[Logic bomb]] crisis, the new fighter, named the [[Blackbird]], was given a trial flight by Kara Thrace, with very good results. In a ceremony, President Roslin christened the fighter, and Tyrol revealed the nickname of the fighter in honor of the President: ''Laura''.

=== Helo's Return ===

After the return of [[Karl Agathon]] and another version of Sharon Valerii, who happens to be pregnant with Agathon's child, the two attempt to reconcile their feelings for the biological creation. Helo and Tyrol eventually have a fistfight with lots of namecalling over what the Sharons were, but in reality, both were upset over the fact that the two Cylon copies were real people that they loved despite the reality of what they were ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]), leading them to what amounted to an uneasy truce.

Later on, after the appearance of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and the advanced [[Mercury-class]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', he and Agathon stop Lt. [[Alistair Thorne]] from raping Sharon and Tyrol accidentally kills Thorne in the process. Tyrol and Agathon are summarily arrested and transfered to ''Pegasus'' for court martial, against Commander Adama's objections. However, Admiral Cain's "court martial" is over before Adama even knew it began, and she sentenced both to be executed for murder and treason. This prompted Adama to launch Vipers and a Raptor loaded with a marine strike team to recover them both ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Helo and Tyrol receive a stay of execution through the efforts of [[Laura Roslin]] while the two battlestar commanders prepare to destroy the [[Resurrection Ship]] and its Cylon attack fleet that has followed ''Galactica''. Tyrol admits to his difficulty with dealing with the existence of the second Sharon, and tells Helo that he's got to "let it go", an idea that Helo supports, both understanding each other's take on the situation.

The two prisoners are seen receiving two sets of visitors, one welcome, one not. First, Lieutenant Adama visits them to tell them how close ''Galactica'' came to a shooting war with ''Pegasus'' ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]), asking the two, "Just how many kinds of stupid ''are'' you?" A day or so later, Specialists [[Vireem]] and [[Gage]] bind and beat the two prisoners in retaliation for the death of Lieutenant Thorne. [[Executive officer]] [[Jack Fisk]] comes to break up the beating, but refuses the prisoners' thanks as he was fond of Thorne himself.

After the escaped Cylon agent [[Gina]] escapes and shoots Admiral Cain, killing her, Tyrol and Helo are released and return to ''Galactica.'' Both Tyrol and Helo visit Sharon Valerii at her specialized cell. She happily greets Helo, but completely ignores Tyrol. He gets the hint and soon leaves the room, still unable to recover from the memory of the Sharon he knew as "Boomer."

=== Depression and Suicidal Yearnings ===
Tyrol also begins to experience a recurring nightmare in which he jumps from the upper portion of the flight deck to his death. [[Cally]] finds him asleep but twitching on the ''Galactica'' deck, but when she attempts to wake him, he attacks her in a frenzied rage, beating her savagely.

Deeply distressed by what he had done, Tyrol requested counselling with a priest, and was assigned [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]. After some time with Tyrol, Cavil identifies the source of Tyrol's anxiety as arising from fear that he is a [[Cylon agent|Cylon sleeper agent]], much like [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] was. Tyrol points out that Sharon was totally convinced by her programming that she was human; Tyrol is haunted by the fear that it was impossible to truly know if you were a Cylon or not. Cavil assures him that he was not, quipping that he knew "because I'm a Cylon and I've never seen you at any of the meetings.".

Cavil tells him to get back to work, which is where is real family is, and argues that they, [[Deck Crew 5|the deck crew]], love him, "even Cally, ''especially'' Cally" ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]])

== Note ==

*[[Wikipedia:Galen|Galen]] is the name of a famed Greek doctor, who was first to argue that the mind was in the brain not the heart. This may be construed as irony, given Tyrol's part in the ongoing story.
*Tyrol's first name, Galen, was first revealed in Ron D. Moore's Podcast during Season 1, but it was not mentioned on screen until the Season 2 episode "[[Resistance]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Tyrol|Tyrol]] (or Tirol) is the name of a region divided between western Austria and northern Italy.
*Ron D. Moore stated in an [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/2212/2/| interview with Now Playing Magazine] on 16 Sept, 2005 that Chief Tyrol is a Gemenon. This is in keeping with previously established facts about him: Gemenons are very religious, and Tyrol's father was a priest and his mother was an oracle.

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[[Category:People from Gemenon|Tyrol, Galen]]

Number One

2006-03-08T06:48:30Z

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Brother '''Cavil''' is a priest who provides counsel for [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]) after Tyrol's maddened attack against [[Cally]]. Cavil identifies the source of Tyrol's anxiety as arising from the fear that he could be a [[Cylon agent]], awaiting activation.

A somewhat eccentric figure, Cavil is a surprisingly harsh critic of prayer for a priest, but claims to have been preaching "longer than you [Tyrol] have been sucking down oxygen."

Cavil is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096684/ Quantum Leap's] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell].

[[Category:Characters|Cavil]]
[[Category:RDM|Cavil]]

Number One

2006-03-08T06:47:05Z

Joeyconnick: copyedit

Brother '''Cavil''' is a priest who provides counsel for [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]) after Tyrol's maddened attack against [[Cally]]. Cavil identifies the source of Tyrol's anxiety as arising from the fear that he could be a [[Cylon agent]], awaiting activation.

A somewhat eccentric figure, Cavil is a surprisingly harsh critic of prayer for a priest, but claims to have been preaching "longer than you [Tyrol] have been sucking down oxygen."

Cavil is portrayed by [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096684/ Quantum Leap's] Dean Stockwell.

[[Category:Characters|Cavil]]
[[Category:RDM|Cavil]]

Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I

2006-03-04T04:48:00Z

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{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:PressureSuits.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 1
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|the Original Series]]
| Season= [[Season 1 (1978-79)|1]]
| Episode= 2
| Guests=
| Writer= [[Glen A. Larson]] [[Donald Bellisario]]
| Story=
| Director= [[IMDB:nm0638527|Christian I. Nyby II]]
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate= 24 September 1978
| UK Airdate=
| DVD= 28 December 2004
| Population=
| Prev= [[Saga of a Star World]]
| Next=[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part 2]]
}}

== Overview ==

:''With many warriors suffering from an unknown ailment,'' [[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' recruits new [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] pilots — mostly young women, including [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo's]] new bride, [[Serina]]. Led by [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s spiritual interpretations, [[The Fleet (TOS)|the fleet]] enters a vast magnetic void, emerging at the planet [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]], their legendary homeworld. Before Adama can discover [[Earth]]'s location from the inscribed hieroglyphs, though, a [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] attack destroys the sacred city on Kobol—and claims the life of Serina.''

== Summary ==

* The episode begins on board [[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]. [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Serina]], [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] are all enjoying a meal prepared by Athena. Adama drops hints that Serina would makes some young man happy and that they have been waiting sometime for a major announcement by Apollo. Apollo finally announces that he and Serina are to be married if Boxey approves. Everyone celebrates and Athena looks at Starbuck longingly. Starbuck quickly gets up from the dinner and leaves stating he has as best man he has to prepare for the groom's send off.

* [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] and [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]] prepare for their patrol and as they wait for launch clearance Starbuck and Apollo reminisce in the launch bay. Starbuck feels that Apollo's marriage is an end of the closeness of their friendship, Apollo is touched by Starbuck's devotion of friendship.

* Boomer and Jolly launch on their patrol, soon followed by Starbuck and Apollo.

* Meanwhile on board the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]'s order of execution is countermanded and he is spared and given command of a basestar and introduced to an IL-Series Drone, [[Lucifer]], as his second-in-command.

* Starbuck continues to reminisce with Apollo on their patrol and they come across a black void. Apollo ventures out to investigate the void much to Stabucks chagrin. Starbuck keeps track of Apollo so they won't get lost.

* On board ''Galactica'' [[Greenbean]] shows up with victuals for the party and security enters questioning where the supplies came from. [[Tigh (TOS)|Colonel Tigh]] enters and says that he is responsible for the supplies being in the Warriors Lounge. Tigh jokingly reprimands Greenbean for lifting rations and orders the party be in full swing before Apollo returns.

* Starbuck continues to track as Apollo ventures deeper into the void. He fires a round of lasers so Apollo can find him and Apollo does. Apollo follows Starbuck out of the void and the two head back to ''Galactica''. Apollo owes Starbuck a [[fumarello]].

* Boomer and Jolly land on a asteroid in the Otarsis sector and Boomer notices some pods. At first Jolly can't see them and Boomer points them out. Boomer reminds Jolly that if they miss any one of these outposts they'll never know what hit them. They hide as a Cylon patrol launches from the pods and after the ships veer away from the direction of the fleet Boomer and Jolly quickly leave to warn ''Galactica''.

* On board Baltar's basestar Lucifer reports that they spotted the patrol at the listening outpost and follow the route to ''Galactica''. Lucifer says they will take them by surprise. Baltar reminds him of the defeat at [[Carillon]] and tells Lucifer to keep ''Galactica'' just beyond their detection range as he formulates a plan.

* Adama orders Boomer and Jolly's patrol in. As Boomer follows Jolly in he notices Jolly not flying properly and tells him to steady up. Jolly appears feverish but manages to land. Boomer makes his report to Adama about the outpost and Adama asks Tigh to change course that will eventually take them into the void.

* Boomer skips decontamination and heads to the party. Boomer falters and [[Giles]] tells him to quit clowning around since Tigh is watching. Tigh warns them that if they are going to get falling down drunk then he will send them back to quarters. Boomer almost passes out from his fever.

* In the medical bay [[Salik|Doctor Salik]] and [[Cassiopeia]] look over Jolly and he is almost in a coma. Due to his condition they put him in a cryo-support chamber.

* Apollo and Starbuck return from patrol and go to de-con. Meanwhile on the bridge Salik reports to Adama the nature of Jolly's illness. Adama orders security to quarantine everyone who has been in contact with Jolly and Boomer. As Apollo and Starbuck approach the Warrior's lounge Salik and Adama stop them just in time and orders the other warriors back in and Salik orders them quarantined.

* Apollo makes his report on the void to Adama and Tigh. Adama is distracted by mention of the void and goes to his quarters to think about this news. He apparently knows something that Tigh and Apollo don't.

* Apollo returns to his quarters and talks with Boxey. Boxey won't tell Apollo what Serina has planned. Apollo enters and sees Serina in her flight uniform. He find out she has been training as a [[shuttle]] cadet and she has finished her first solo. Boxey leaves so Serina and Apollo can argue. Apollo mentions about how dangerous being a pilot is including a shuttle pilot. Serina reminds Apollo that Athena is a pilot and a warrior. They both mention how dangerous the other's job is and about the losses suffered on Carillon. Apollo finally relents and asks her if she is any good and Serina says she is top of her class and Apollo says she better be since she is going to be married to the squadron commander.

* Salik reports another warrior has gone critical. Adama questions Salik about the warriors' condition and Salik tells Adama of the cryo-containers. Adama stresses the importance of the warriors and Salik tells Adama that his main concern right now is keeping them alive.

* Adama reads a journal in his quarters about the days of Kobol and the magnetic void. Apollo enters and Adama gives him a roster of colonists who are deemed experienced enough to be combat trained. Apollo is shocked at this revelation. Adama stands his ground and sends Apollo on his way with his orders to train the new pilots. Apollo asks Adama to read the names on the roster Adama does and notices Serina's name.

* Apollo and Starbuck begin the female shuttle pilots' training as Viper pilots. Serina flirts with Apollo during the training.

* Cassiopeia reports on another unit going critical. Salik goes to the bridge to asks Adama for a shuttle to go the asteroid where Boomer and Jolly were to find the source of the infection. Faced with the great loss of warriors Adama now has no choice but to get the very green Viper pilots who are still in simulators ready for the mission. Adama orders Salik to get his team ready.

* In training Athena is in the simulator and as she destroys a Cylon she also inadvertently kills Starbuck. The training is interrupted when Apollo is called to the bridge.

* On the bridge Adama asks about the status of the trainees. Adama then tells Apollo that there is no choice now but to launch the new warriors on the mission to the asteroid. Apollo reminds Adama that the pilots will be throwing away their lives if they go on this mission. Adama weighs the odds but still elects to have the mission proceed much to Apollo's amazement.

* Apollo and Starbuck launch their Vipers first, followed by the new [[Blue Squadron]] pilots. The launch goes off without an issue except for Brie who has difficulty getting control of her viper after launch, but she does and Rigel announces the successful launch of Blue Squadron.

* On board Baltar's ship Lucifer reports to Baltar that they have overtaken ''Galactica'' and that ''Galactica'' is turning into the void. Baltar requests that they capture one of the warriors during their patrols. Lucifer leaves, happy in Baltar's deviousness.

* The warriors continue on their mission. Apollo goes ahead to the asteroid to destroy the outpost while Starbuck stays behind with the new warriors. Brie reports on objects coming from behind and Starbuck notices that it's a Cylon freighter. Athena follows Starbuck as his wingman. Starbuck allows Athena to follow but tells her "for saken sake, don't shoot me". The Cylons warn the outpost and they launch fighters to intercept. The new warriors engage the Cylons to help Apollo after Apollo tells them not to. The new warriors successfully fight off the Cylons while Apollo destroys the listening post. With the mission a success, the medical shuttle lands and finds the source of the infection.

* Adama orders the fleet to probe speed, Tigh can't believe they are going into the void. Adama tells him they have no choice since the outpost has now alerted other Cylons.

* Lucifer reports to Baltar on the destruction of the outpost and Baltar is confused since there is nothing of value on the post to begin with. Lucifer reports on the erratic flight patterns of the Colonial Warriors. Baltar warns Lucifer not to fence with him, he then orders Lucifer to capture one of the patrol ships.

== Questions ==

* Apollo asks Serina if she knows how many shuttle pilots were lost on Carillon. She replies many civilians were lost too. The implications are the number civilians and Colonial Warriors killed when the planet was destroyed may have been high. An exact figure is never stated.

== Analysis ==


* Overall this is a good beginning to the series. It gives some background information on the Colonists religion when Adama reads about Kobol and the black void and ties into the pilot movie by mentioning the battle of Carillon a couple of times and Baltar's new role in the series.

== Notes ==


* Adama's age is given to be around 130 years old in this episode. When talking to Serina about what a catch she'd be he mentions that if he were a 100 yahrnes younger...

* The scene with Baltar and Imperious Leader is altered somewhat from the epilogue in the pilot episode. In the original epilogue the Imperious Leader had mentioned how The Cylons were omnipotent and wanted to extend the hand of peace. In the scene during this episode it is shortened to have Baltar just go in search of the humans.

* In the original movie Baltar was indeed be-headed in front of the Imperious leader but the scene was altered when it was realized that the series was being picked-up so the producers wanted John Colicos to return as Baltar so they re-edited the scene in the pilot to have Baltar removed and added the Epilogue and then altered the scene further in this episode.

* On the deleted scene in the DVD box set there is a scene with Serina piloting a shuttle and making her first landing. There is dialogue in the aired episode from Boomer to Jolly about this landing.

* Several of the female warriors would again be shown in future episodes during battle scenes. Brie would return in "War of The Gods" when her and Greenbean are captured by The Ship of Lights.

* The character of Serina was originally to be given a larger role in the series. In the pilot there were scenes shot where she met with a doctor and her illness was disclosed, some sort of radiation/cancer like ailment due to the bombing runs by The Cylons on Caprica. This was to have played out during the series run, but when Jane Seymour elected not to return for the entire series her character was killed off.

* During the preview of the episode there is a scene showing Starbuck instructing the female warriors but this scene is not included in the episode as aired or on the deleted scenes on the DVD.

* It is explained that the brown jumpsuits worn underneath the warriors uniforms help in counteracting the G-Forces endured when flying a Viper.

* There was a scene shot in The Life Centre with Cassipoea and Apollo explaining Cassiopea's character changing from a Socialator to Med Tech. She mentions to Apollo that one good thing came out of the destruction of the colonies people were given a chance to start anew.

* The opening prologue is changed from that of the feature film/pilot. Gone is the mention of the lost civilizations of Lemuria and Atlantis. The dialogue is shortened and the end tag is changed to "who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens"

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==



Serina: Your sister's a pilot and a warrior.

Apollo: She's my sister, not my wife to be.

== Guest Star ==
[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0005412/ Jane Seymour] ([[Serina]])

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Case Orange

2006-03-04T03:49:00Z

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The Colonial [[Government]] did institute measures to ensure a working government in the chance of a catastrophic event through the '''Case Orange''' automated system ([[Miniseries]]).

In the latter part of the [[Cylon]] [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocidal destruction]] of the [[Twelve Colonies]], Education Secretary [[Laura Roslin]] receives an radio message in the cockpit of her transport, ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]'':

:'''"This is an official Colonial Government broadcast. All ministers and officials should now go to Case Orange. Repeat: This is an official Colonial Government broadcast. All ministers and officials should now go to Case Orange."'''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

:''Based on information given in the episodes "[[Bastille Day]]" and "[[Colonial Day]]", the Case Orange process assigned Roslin the remainder of President Adar's term.''

==Note==

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

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

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Fall of the Twelve Colonies

2006-03-04T03:36:39Z

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{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica
|-
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies
|-
|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
|-
|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]
|-
|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]
|-
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies
|-
|colspan=2|
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants
|-
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol
| width=50%|[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|-
!colspan=2|Commanders
|-
|Admiral [[Nagala]] † Commander [[William Adama]]
|Unknown
|-
!colspan=2|Strength
|-
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s
|-
!colspan=2|Casualties
|-
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population
|Unknown, minimal
|}
|}

''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''

After [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was sufficiently distributed throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment malfunctions," up to and including total power loss. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].

The attack succeeded beyond even the Cylons' most optimistic projections ([[Downloaded]]).

[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening minutes of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the [[Colonial Fleet]] aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all ships in the solar system by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] while ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.

On news of the attack, to protect its people as well as for military readiness, the Colonial [[Government]] orders an full stop on hundreds of civilian vessels in the solar system, leaving them stranded in space around the various colonies.

Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because its computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage.

Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever is left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.

The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[Government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies.

Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Roslin's convoy efforts also retrieve at least three Viper Mark VII fighters and finds Lt. Sharon Valerii and her Raptor, the only survivor of ''Galactica's'' last fighter squadron. Valerii is tasked with and successfully locates additional civilian craft before a Cylon Raider scout finds the convoy. Fearing imminent attack but unable to rescue any passengers from the convoy's sublight ships in time, Roslin orders the FTL-capable ships to Jump to Ragnar and ''Galactica's'' safety. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by at least six Raiders armed with nuclear missiles.

Near the colony of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]], battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrate and communications between other Colonial forces fade into static.

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[[Category:Colonial Battles]]
[[Category:Colonial Military]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Fall of the Twelve Colonies

2006-03-04T03:32:55Z

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{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica
|-
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies
|-
|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]
|-
|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]
|-
|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]
|-
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies
|-
|colspan=2|
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants
|-
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol
| width=50%|[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|-
!colspan=2|Commanders
|-
|Admiral [[Nagala]] † Commander [[William Adama]]
|Unknown
|-
!colspan=2|Strength
|-
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s
|-
!colspan=2|Casualties
|-
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population
|Unknown, minimal
|}
|}

''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''

After [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was sufficiently distributed throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment malfunctions," up to and including total power loss. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].

The attack succeeded beyond even the Cylons' most optimistic projections ([[Downloaded]]).

[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening minutes of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the [[Colonial Fleet]] aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all ships in the solar system by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] while ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.

On news of the attack, to protect its people as well as for military readiness, the Colonial [[Government]] orders an full stop on hundreds of civilian vessels in the solar system, leaving them stranded in space around the various colonies.

Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because its computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage.

Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever is left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.

The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[Government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies.

Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Roslin's convoy efforts also retrieve at least three Viper Mark VII fighters and finds Lt. Sharon Valerii and her Raptor, the only survivor of ''Galactica's'' last fighter squadron. Valerii is tasked with and successfully locates additional civilian craft before a Cylon Raider scout finds the convoy. Fearing imminent attack but unable to rescue any passengers from the convoy's sublight ships in time, Roslin orders the FTL-capable ships to Jump to Ragnar and ''Galactica's'' safety. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by at least six Raiders by nuclear missiles.

Near the colony of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]], battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrate and communications between other Colonial forces fade into static.

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Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I

2006-01-16T23:45:57Z

Joeyconnick: /* Summary */ spelling

{{spoiler}}
{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:Universal_logo.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]
| Episode= 19
| Guests= [[Richard Hatch]] ([[Tom Zarek]]) [[Kate Vernon]] ([[Ellen Tigh]]) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] ([[Brother Cavell]])
| Writer=
| Story=
| Director=
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate=Not available
| UK Airdate=
| DVD=
| Prev= [[Downloaded]]
| Next= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
}}

== Overview ==

== Summary ==
Part one of a two-part season finale. Copies of [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] and [[Number Six|Six]] appear within the fleet with a proposal to President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]]; peace. Unfortunately, there is more to their offer than what's on the surface. The terms of this new Cylon armistice demand that the human survivors of [[the Twelve Colonies]] renounce their [[Lords of Kobol|false gods]] and accept the "one true" faith which the Cylons adhere to. They are to let Cylon missionaries enter the fleet and begin preaching the Cylon faith to humanity, and most shockingly of all, a quota of humans is to be offered up annually to assist in the production of Human-Cylon hybrid children. In spite of the potentially horrific terms, the civilian population of the fleet seems to support the Cylon peace plan, but Roslin and Adama do not. Roslin is determed to strike down the peace accord and calls a referendum vote on the matter. Once again she finds herself reaching out to off-again/on-again rival [[Tom Zarek]] for political support. ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096684/ Quantum Leap]'''s [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] is rumored to appear in the role of Brother Cavill, a [[Humano-Cylon]] preist. Source: [http://www.patriotresource.com/bg/insights/spoilers.html The Patriot Resource]

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==
*Something to keep in mind is that during the [[Mini-series]], "after Picon was nuked, the president offered a complete unconditional surrender; the Cylon's didn't even respond". What if the Cylons finally accept the surrender which the Colonial government actually already offered? However, this was done by [[Adar (RDM)|President Adar]], before Roslin was sworn in as president; will she consider this previous offer binding to her new administration? Will other characters point out President Adar's already surrendering as an reason to agree to the Cylons terms now?

== Notes ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

*''In an interview in issue #197 of TV Zone, James Callis (Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]) said:'' "the arrival of the Pegasus has helped galvanize our characters into who they are and who they’re trying to be. These later episodes [in Season 2] also further drive home the fact that the Galactica’s crew could be exterminated by its own kind, meaning that Humans are potentially far more terrifying an enemy than perhaps the Cylons."

== Statistics ==

=== Guest Stars ===
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] as [[Brother Cavell]]

=== Writing & Direction ===


=== Production Notes ===

*Series 2 (2005 / 2006)
*Production Number: 2.19
*Airdate Order: 19 (of 20)

=== First Run Air Dates & Releases ===

*UK Airdate: Date
*US Airdate: Date
*DVD Release (UK): Date
*DVD Release (US): Date
*[[Wikipedia:Nielsen Rating|Nielsen Rating]]: X.X million households, XXX share

{{Episode List}}

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Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II

2006-01-16T23:45:26Z

Joeyconnick: /* Summary */ spelling

{{spoiler}}
{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:Universal_logo.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]
| Episode= 20
| Guests= [[Richard Hatch]] ([[Tom Zarek]]) [[Kate Vernon]] ([[Ellen Tigh]]) [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] ([[Brother Cavell]])
| Writer=
| Story=
| Director=
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate=Not available
| UK Airdate=
| DVD=
| Prev= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
| Next= TBA
}}

== Overview ==

== Summary ==
Part two of a two-part season finale. The previous episode saw copies of of [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] and [[Number Six|Six]] appearing to the fleet with a dubious peace proposal which had ominous strings attached. In order to derail any chance of the questionable peace accord going through, President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] has put the matter to a referendum vote and called on long-time rival/ally [[Tom Zarek]] for political support. This episode will no doubt feature the resolution of the issues presented in part one and may well end in yet another infamous ''Galactica'' cliff-hanger. ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096684/ Quantum Leap]'''s [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] is rumored to appear as Brother Cavill, a [[Humano-Cylon]] priest. Source: [http://www.patriotresource.com/bg/insights/spoilers.html The Patriot Resource]

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

== Statistics ==

=== Guest Stars ===
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001777/ Dean Stockwell] as Brother Cavill

=== Writing & Direction ===


=== Production Notes ===

*Series 2 (2005 / 2006)
*Production Number: 2.20
*Airdate Order: 20 (of 20)

=== First Run Air Dates & Releases ===

*UK Airdate: Date
*US Airdate: Date
*DVD Release (UK): Date
*DVD Release (US): Date
*[[Wikipedia:Nielsen Rating|Nielsen Rating]]: X.X million households, XXX share

{{Episode List}}

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