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Tobias Mehler

2008-08-28T00:58:02Z

Jxh487:

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| character=[[Zak Adama]]
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| born_day= 01
| born_year= 1976
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| nationality= CA
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'''Tobias Mehler''' (born April 1, 1976) is the Canadian actor who portrayed [[Zak Adama]] in "[[Act of Contrition]]", an episode of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. According to IMDb.com Mehler is slated to reprise the role of Zak Adama in Battlestar Galactica's series finale.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993920/]</ref>
Born in [[w:Yellowknife, Northwest Territories|Yellowknife, Northwest Territories]], Mehler has acted in various genre series, including ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'', ''[[w:Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'', ''[[w:First Wave|First Wave]]'', and ''[[w:The Outer Limits|The Outer Limits]]''.

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Islanded in a Stream of Stars

2008-08-28T00:53:11Z

Jxh487:

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== Overview ==

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==

== Analysis ==

== Questions ==

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<ref>[http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/exclusive-interview-rekha-shar-20017.aspx Exclusive Interview: Rekha Sharma of 'Battlestar Galactica' - BuddyTV]</ref>

* [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993920/]</ref>

== References ==

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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

Islanded in a Stream of Stars

2008-08-28T00:51:47Z

Jxh487:

{{Episode Data
| image=
| title= Untitled 4.18
| season= 4
| episode=18
| guests=
| writer=
| story=
| director=
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate=
| CAN airdate=
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev=[[417|Untitled 4.17]]
| next=[[419|Untitled 4.19]] (in production)
}}

== Overview ==

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==

== Analysis ==

== Questions ==

== Official Statements ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<ref>[http://www.buddytv.com/articles/battlestar-galactica/exclusive-interview-rekha-shar-20017.aspx Exclusive Interview: Rekha Sharma of 'Battlestar Galactica' - BuddyTV]</ref>

* [[Tobias Mehlar]] as [[Zak Adama]]<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993920/]</ref>

== References ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

Talk:Main Page/Archive6

2007-01-19T23:55:30Z

Jxh487: /* False News */

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== Battlestar Wiki "referenced" ==
A "little bird" tipped me of to a [http://blog.sciam.com/index.php?title=doomsday_not_as_much_fun_as_you_d_think&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Scientific American blog entry] that referenced Battlestar Wiki. It's kind of dangerous doing a direct link to wiki-content like that, but it's neat that we're being linked to. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:57, 7 August 2006 (CDT)
:For those curious, [[User:Gmusser]] is the author of the blog entry. (This can be deduced from the link and the author's name.) --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]<sup>([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]])</sup> 23:28, 7 August 2006 (CDT)
::Question: Should we be annoyed that someone used BattlestarWiki material in their magazine like that, or does it not matter because they're things he contributed to, or what?--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 23:35, 7 August 2006 (CDT)
:::It doesn't strike me as a bad thing. Of course, I didn't check to see if the very similar wording was originally contributed by him; I'd imagine it was, so it'd be all positive. To work in a nitpick, so far as I can tell, it's not in the magazine, just online in their blog. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]<sup>([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]])</sup> 04:41, 8 August 2006 (CDT)

==External images not working amnymore==
See my user page. All external images are no just showing as links --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 08:54, 7 August 2006 (CDT)
:That sounds like it's probably a Mediawiki setting that can be toggled. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:02, 7 August 2006 (CDT)
::Yeah, it happened to me, as well; I tend to assume the same thing about the cause. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]<sup>([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]])</sup> 23:13, 7 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Ive also noticed some odd things like the <nowki> tags and stuff arnt working properly, take a look at the box on the edit page where you can click the special characters and also the summaries on the recent edits. Has the wiki software been updated in the last few days to maybe have caused these little glitches? --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 16:40, 10 August 2006 (CDT)
::::I attempted to invoke {{tl|tl}} once or twice in edit summaries if that's what you mean, but I was forgetting that templates are not supposed to work in edit summaries. (It would do unfortunate things to upload summaries, for one thing.) --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]<sup>([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]])</sup> 17:29, 10 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::No this is something thats happened very recently. Edit this page and look at the bottom of the page. The code to add to your edits now is wrapped with <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki></nowiki> when it shoudl'nt parse that only the actual code in between. Its hard to explain but i think its related to the images not showing up Something has changed in the last week to make this all happen. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 02:56, 11 August 2006 (CDT)
::::::I'll look into this... it's probably a setting issue since I upgraded the Wiki software to MediaWiki 1.7.1. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:55, 11 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::::Something else ive noticed. When you search for an article that has no page yet. Eg http://www.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Wooyay it automaticly takes you to the edit page http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Wooyay&action=edit --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 05:30, 13 August 2006 (CDT)
::::::::Actually, that was a change I made... I was trying to see something. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:31, 13 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::::::I should have mentioned this but I noticed that if I hit ENTER key intead of clicking SEARCH, it gives the same behavior that Mercifull reports. (Maybe I shouldn't do that??).--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 19:05, 13 August 2006 (CDT)

== QotD ==

The quote is in need of an update. Would anybody be willing to do the honors? --[[User:Kevin W.|Kevin W.]] 16:33, 13 August 2006 (CDT)
:Often I have to do a Crtl-F5 in IE on one of my computers to get it to refresh the QotD. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 18:15, 13 August 2006 (CDT)
::Depends on where you live also. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 18:18, 13 August 2006 (CDT)

The quote of the day today (October 7, 2006) is incorrect. It should be as follows:

Tyrol: You know, we need to figure out whose side we're on.
Tigh: Which side are we on. We're on the side of the demons, Chief. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the forces of death to spread devastation and destruction wherever we go. I'm surprised you didn't know that.
-- [[User:123home123|123home123]]

== First person... ==

To get http://media.battlestarwiki.org/ active on their computer gets a [[Wikipedia:Cookie|cookie]]. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 04:36, 14 August 2006 (CDT)
:I win. Got it working 04:04, 18 August 2006 (CDT) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 04:04, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
::I'm sorry, but I stole your cookie. Now I need some milk... :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:33, 20 August 2006 (CDT)

== New Season 3 Teaser ==

During the SG-1 200th episode. Did someone capture this?! There was some shots that were not in the ... well original one. :-D --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:23, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
:I will DVR the 1:00AM repeat. Thanks for the heads ups. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 19:30, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
::it's a SciFi and Monk night. :-) (almost got the subdomains working with joe cept I have to do some reading so rewriting rules) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:36, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
::This is the special. Not the episode it self, but I would get the show also. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:43, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
:::For some unexplicable reason, I didn't check the guide, like I always do on friday, when I got home or I would have been watching it (the special). I always DVR the 'Gates. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 19:54, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Did a quick writeup for the one on SG1-200 [[User:Gougef/Season 3 Teaser#Teaser From SG1-200 | here]].--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 20:54, 18 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::I Tivo'ed it on the first wave, some shots of Gatea, more Tigh (He's the "narrator") a great shot of Boomer (After entering the prison), Six. It was great, I haven't watched it again since I recorded it, but I will in a while (obviousley). --[[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] 21:48, 18 August 2006 (CDT)

Is this it? http://www.lucylawless.info/battlestar-galactica/episodetrailers.html --[[User:DrBat|DrBat]] 19:12, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
:No, that is the Eureka teaser, which some of shots are in the this new one. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 19:34, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
::They air different trailers for different shows? --[[User:DrBat|DrBat]] 12:12, 27 August 2006 (CDT)
:::I may have missed it, but I don't think they have aired the same exact teaser twice? --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 13:17, 27 August 2006 (CDT)

== "Media" Uploading ==

Now active. You can head over the the [http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/ Media Wiki], sign up (with your same name), and start uploading. You won't be able to link the images to any articles pages just yet, but you can tag the image and upload them correctly for now. :) Enjoy! :) (Anyone have any ideas for a Main Page design?) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 20:21, 20 August 2006 (CDT)
: I was thinking of a smaller version of the Main Page design we have now. That would be fine by me. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:02, 20 August 2006 (CDT)

== Technical ==

Typo under Sister Projects. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 09:30, 22 August 2006 (CDT)
:I would have fixed it but I (being DUH!) couldn't figure out how to get to the page. When I click on the icon button beside "Sister" it stays on the home page. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 11:25, 22 August 2006 (CDT)
::doh. my fault. I'll change it in the [[BW:MAIN]] project so it won't happen again :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 11:30, 22 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Fix is up on main page. Battlestar Wiki: 1 Confusing Navigation: 0. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:10, 22 August 2006 (CDT)

== Search Box ==

Merc and others have been suggestion to me that we move the search box after the "navigation" box. Just wanted to get some option before I made such a move. Let me know. :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 12:18, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
:I'd lean towards "movin' on up". It's on my screen at 1280x1024, but I can imagine it'd easily fall off smaller resolutions, and it's pretty useful for getting around (especially once you're used to shortcuts, etc.) I'm really enjoying the bsgMonoBook, by the way! I'm less enthused about the color scheme than I am the fact that we've got a choice now. If you don't like it, you can always run your own skin (now). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:22, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
::Support as per discussion on gtalk. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 13:03, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
:::Good idea. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 16:00, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Yeah, move it up, please. Just had the same idea. --[[User:Pedda|Pedda]] 16:26, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::k. It will likly happen later tonight when go gets to do a nother update of the files. :) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:27, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
::::::Done. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:42, 25 August 2006 (CDT)

== Styles: Font style in edit box ==

I'm used to the fixed-width typeface in the editing box. Is this a new characteristic of the three skin options? I like the CSS for the most part, but it would be better to see text with a fixed width option more characteristic of wikis. Also, the Preview header text "This is only a preview; changes have not yet been saved!" shown in a article edit mode with the default BSG skin is so dark in my Firefox browser as to be unreadable. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:37, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
:Characterostic - Yes. I can change to what font. I am starting to hate the font in here myself because I can't see the wiki code very well. So give me a font and I will change it. Preview text - Sending to Joe for an upload. Minor mistake on my part. Anything else? --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:47, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
:Will be back to the font that it was before on next update. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 17:34, 23 August 2006 (CDT)
::Done. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:43, 25 August 2006 (CDT)

==Airdates==
Holy cow! Being informative is good, but the Airdates section is continuing to grow unchecked. Any suggestions as to how we could slim down the look on the mainpage, but still have it be easy to access for people to find their respective airdates? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:00, 25 August 2006 (CDT)
: I know this might sound biased, but one idea is to just list the US, Canada and UK airdates on the main page, then list all the other country airdates on a subpage in a fashion similar to what we do with the Main Page news. Since most of our audience is going to be from those countries anyway, we may as well focus on them.-- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 11:52, 25 August 2006 (CDT)
::I too was wary of bias. However, realistically we can't fit everybody's airdates on the main page. I'd like to have that info here, but it's not our primary mission (we're not tvguide.com). I concur that we should select a cutoff for main page airdates and then store the rest on a separate page. Maybe a one-link depth (clicking the "airdates" icon would take you to the "All airdates" article, of which the "US/UK/CAN" is just one of the child templates. This would require a change to the main page (pointing to the new US/UK/CAN template), the creation of the US/UK/CAN template, and a massive redesign of Mainpage/airdates to accomodate the new "global airdate" scheme (as well as including a display/edit of the US/UK/CAN template). That'd be my best guess. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:03, 25 August 2006 (CDT)
::{{support}} Before it was a problem having no airdates. Now we have a ton. [[BW:TV]]? --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:41, 25 August 2006 (CDT)

:::It might be late for my suggestions, but I was waiting for an official information. Here:<br/>1-<br/>It's now official, Space Channel will be following the SciFi broadcasts. But it will be airing the day after, the saturday. So the Canadian airdate is almost the same as the US, it'll be kind of redundant, right? So my suggestion is to merge US and CAN, and have a side note that explain that CAN is the day after, the saturday.<br/>Or 2-<br/>My second suggestion is to have, on the main page, a quick list of the '''next new''' episode for each contry. Something like:<br/>

::::'''US''' » ''Occupation'' and ''Precipice'' - Fri. October 6th<br/>
::::'''CAN''' » ''Occupation'' and ''Precipice'' - Sat. October 7th<br/>
::::'''UK''' » ''Occupation'' - October...<br/>
::::'''AUS''' » ...<br/>
::::''etc.''<br/>

:::We can also use the flag of the country! The idea of the list came because I'm not sure about the airdates of the reruns and the marathons needs to be on the main page and I think everyone can wish to come here just to have a quick look to know when the next episode is. But, with that, we create a second page with a section for each country for all the reruns airdates, the last week episode, the next two or tree weeks episodes... In other words, a TvGuide page. Some people might be interested in that kind of information, and since it won't be on the main page, I don't think that it's a problem to have a TvGuide.<br/>Or<br/>We keep it that way, it's good enough :) --[[User:Karoshi|Karōshi]] 13:13, 31 August 2006 (CDT)
::::Well... we already have the next and previous episode up at the top, but the airdates give the time and channel. {{flag|US}} is not working :( But to understand you correcty....

::::Main page - Times of next episodes only.
::::Other airdates - Times of next episodes only.
::::(New Page) TV Reruns - Times of next reruns for the same.

::::I would still suggest we keep the same lanauges and not do this witht he german dates as they have their own wiki. But US, UK, CAN, and AU I see no problem with. I would have to get some more flags imported :-) --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:04, 31 August 2006 (CDT)
:::::Why the US flag doesn't work?<br/>I agree to keep ''english'' airdates on the ''english'' main page (and german date with german wiki...). The idea with the list on the main page, is to have at most 2 lines per country (well maybe 3). And just have the next new episode '''only'''. Ex: The next new on SciFi is on October 6th. <br/>The new page is for all the others airdates. Like Space Channel will, if I remember well, air once again TOS. So we need a kind of TvGuide. Re-air TOS or all the reruns or marathons, is kind of the same thing: an encore presentation. So the new page is for that, all the dates including the previous episode<br/>So, MP is short and quick with every country watching in english (with the flags or not).<br/>And New Page is long and detailed for every country (not for the one who has their wiki, like german).<br/>I hope this is clear. --[[User:Karoshi|Karōshi]] 16:00, 31 August 2006 (CDT)
::::::US flag is having SVG problems. Still trying to figure that one out. I think this is a soild idea. Would clean up the "text" a bit. I'll post any example here on the possiable look. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:06, 31 August 2006 (CDT)

=="Technical research and development wiki"==
Under "sister projects": I'm a little behind, sorry I'm out of the loop; what is that/how does it work?--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] <sup>([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]])</sup> 18:29, 25 August 2006 (CDT)
: It's merely the Hangar Bay, which is currently down. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:30, 25 August 2006 (CDT)
:I was about to post that :) Currently offiline. Getting to it in a little bit. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:31, 25 August 2006 (CDT)

== Images - Not many... ==

While I am on the subject (http://pics.livejournal.com/drewcypher/gallery/0000esw7) has tons of images that can be uploaded with the {{tl|promo}} tag over at the media wiki. Should we just import them all and label them for use, or just upload when needed? I can say for sure we can upload some from "Scar" because the [[Scar]] guide is void of pictures. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 03:37, 6 September 2006 (CDT)

== 2,000,000 Page Views!? ==

Didn't we just pass the ''1,000,000'' page views milestone earlier this summer? Have we had a million page views this summer alone?!

I better buy several more [[Mop Boy|mops]]. :) --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:32, 6 September 2006 (CDT)
:Congrats to us! Yay! --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 09:37, 6 September 2006 (CDT)
::The [[Mop Boy|one]] i'm using atm is getting very worn but Joe refuses to pay for a new one :( --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 11:32, 6 September 2006 (CDT)
:::Thanks for the [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support/Proposals|idea]]. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:50, 6 September 2006 (CDT)
:::Didn't you get the memo? :-P -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:18, 6 September 2006 (CDT)

==This Wiki==

How is it done?!? This is the only Wiki(that i'v seen) with compleetly diferent colors and styell can some one tell me how it is don(you can put it on my talk page)?[[User:JosephK19|JosephK19]] 01:50, 30 September 2006 (CDT)
:This wiki still has a theme in the usual wiki colours but a new desiend was created by some members of this wiki to give it a unique look and feel. The [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki] site has some great tips on how to do all this. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 05:18, 30 September 2006 (CDT)

==3 Million Page Views==

Past 3 million sometime today. Another million right in around a month :). --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 12:44, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
: I'll check the server statistics as well... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:17, 6 October 2006 (CDT)
: Well, it's pretty damn cool. What's really cool is that the referrers are coming more and more from outside the USA. Most of them are, actually, from Googke UK, Google Germany, and Google Canada. There are even hits from Myspace and non-English language forums... interesting. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 13:42, 6 October 2006 (CDT)

== Message from [[User:Day|Day]] ==

He says he misses us and he's working full time. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 14:13, 11 October 2006 (CDT)
: Woo and Yay for Day :D http://www.woo-yay.net/images/12-04-05_cat-bite-woo.gif --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 14:21, 11 October 2006 (CDT)
:Glad that he's working, and we'll continue to save a spot for him on the couch in the break room. Though the time has come for us to consider stadium seating options... --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:24, 11 October 2006 (CDT)

== Suggested addition to Main Page: Link to the episode guides ==

I think it would be nice to have a link to the episode guide on the Main Page, in addition to the links to the most recent episode and the next episode. It takes several clicks to get to the Season 3 episode list or the list for any other season.
--[[User:123home123|123home123]] 2:53, 14 October 2006 (EDT)
:Takes me two steps. [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Portal]] → Episode Guide. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 04:13, 14 October 2006 (CDT)
::You might not know that you have to go to the portal to get to the episode guides. I agree with 123home123, Im sure that the importance of an episode guite warrents a clreal link on the front page --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 10:10, 14 October 2006 (CDT)
::I believe the current system is more than sufficient; takes two clicks -- three if you want to get to a specific episode. The only issue I presently have is that the sub-portals (which has two icons, one of which is to the Episode Guide) should be placed as the first box on the portal page for RDM, TOS, and 1980. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 19:49, 14 October 2006 (CDT)

== BIG NEWS ==
A new series has come to light OSC (Original Seres Continuation). Despite its (currently) canceled state i believe that it is worth doing as it was in production (see http://www.cylon.org/bsg/bsg-desanto-01.html).[[User:JosephK19|JosephK19]] 04:02, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
:Thats not new, and we have a section here on the wiki about the failed [[Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|DeSanto/Singer]] project as well as Richard Hatch's [[Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming|proof of concept trailer]]. p.s I fixed a few typos, hope you dont mind. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:18, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

== 4 Million Page Views ==
Another million in around 17 days. :) --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:38, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
:This is becoming a problem; the wiki is quickly getting slower with our success. Not that this isn't cool, but we're also getting approximately 10 new users per day as well. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 12:12, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
::I wonder if mirroring would help on the load some (at least on the view side, not the editing side)? I'll try to go hunt down the mirroring article and see what the status is on that. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:24, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
::I noticed some horrible slowdowns in the last few days, down to flatout unavailability. I can't be the only one with those problems --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 18:42, 23 October 2006 (CDT)
:::You're not the only one. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 18:44, 23 October 2006 (CDT)

== Speed ==

From tonight through Sunday, I am asking for reports of your connection to the server. I really optimized the server in key areas. So right now for me it's going really fast, but I been on it since the start, so i'm kinda runied already. Any more comments on the speed? [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 15:42, 3 November 2006 (EST)

:Given that it's Friday, it's pretty good. I saw some fatal errors this morning when doing some editing, but the load appears to be fine right now. I'll keep my virtual fingers crossed. Kudos to you and Joe. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:40, 3 November 2006 (EST)

::Having MySQL crash every so offten is not fun. Gotta any ideas because I looked at the logs, and nothing. Just stops for NO reason. I am recoming apache with a different set and going to mess with the mysql starting flags and settings, just want to know your idea. [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 17:10, 3 November 2006 (EST)

== Web Bots ==

Bots that now follow the Robot rules will not be able to connect to the site because Google sending 400-500 bots to crawl does take a toll on even this server. [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:32, 8 November 2006 (CST)
: Using [http://www.google.com/webmasters Google's webmaster tools], I've also added the preference that Google use a slower crawl rate for their bots. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:57, 21 November 2006 (CST)

== News typo ==

Hi all ... noticed a typo in the news box of the main page ... should say "January 21st 2007" not "2006" ... [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 14:14, 21 November 2006 (CST)
:Fixed it. (The Fleet new service is editable by all, it's just the formatting layout of the main page that is locked down). I can relate though, as just today (thanks to a recycled UPS tracking number) I discovered that a package sent to me this week had been delivered on the 26th of January (of this year). The time machine appears to be going all sorts of haywire today... --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:21, 21 November 2006 (CST)
::Thanks ... didn't realize the News Service was editable, or I'd've just fixed it! [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 14:34, 21 November 2006 (CST)

== All images are gone... ==

On every page I visit, I cannot view any images, except the logo on the top left.

I have uploaded [http://www.solbu.net/bilder/bsg/ 2 screenshots] on my website to document this.
It does not matter what browser I use. All images are replaced with a broken image link that is supposed to be located at en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Gif or en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/gif.

This started a few weeks ago. All my computers, Windows and Linux clients alike have this problem. (I have not checked with IE, and I have no intention to, as IE is blocked in the firewall.)

Any ideas?
--[[User:Solbu|Solbu]] 20:59, 21 November 2006 (CST)

: Very odd. Who else has this problem? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:07, 21 November 2006 (CST)

: In addition, I do not have this issue, and this is the first time I'm hearing of it. What ISP are you using? Are you on a network? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:11, 21 November 2006 (CST)

:: My ISP is Telenor Internett. (The biggest ISP in Norway.)

::I might have stumbled upon the solution. You see, I have turned OFF the "Referrer" in Opera for privacy reasons. When I turned it on, cleared my cache and restarted Opera the images worked. This tells me that someone have turned on an "image anti-stealing" feature on the webserver.

::Could that anti-feature be removed please? :-)--[[User:Solbu|Solbu]] 21:28, 21 November 2006 (CST)

::: Ok, that makes sense now. :-) Problem is if we turn off the hotlinking feature, people will resume their attempts to steal our bandwidth by hotlinking our imgages -- which is something which affects the performance of our server and something we can't afford to do. So, right now, we can't remove the feature. I'll look into finding out how to deal with the this issue. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 21:35, 21 November 2006 (CST)

: I'm having the same problem. I loathe sites that do this, because something in about the way Norton Firewall works causes the 'No Hotlinking' image to appear for all images. If anyone has a clue about how to fix that it'd be greatly appreciated.

::It also seems to be affecting to a lesser extent my computer at work. Seems to block things like logos etc. Most images load fine though. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 17:58, 14 January 2007 (CST)

== Lists of unnamed people ==

Since there are many recurring (or not) unnamed extras on BSG, I think a page similar to this one from Memory Alpha (the Star Trek wiki) would be a good idea:

http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Unnamed_USS_Enterprise_%28NCC-1701%29_personnel

For example, people would like to have a list of appearances of people like [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Question on a recurring extra|this guy]]. [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] 09:06, 13 December 2006 (CST)

I created a stub: [[Unnamed Battlestar Galactica personnel]]. [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] 09:18, 13 December 2006 (CST)

== New Section for Main Page ==

I don't visit the blog as much as I maybe ought to (there's a couple of rather relevent posts up), but I had the idea that we could add a blog box to the main page. The icon link would take you to the blog, and the content of the box would consist of a (javascript or somesuch) RSS feed of the latest X postings. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:48, 20 December 2006 (CST)
:I actually looked a little into RSS feeds on the main page myself but didnt look very hard. Would be quite a cool feature if its possible --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 12:50, 20 December 2006 (CST)
::I'll try to mock up an example on the main page project page. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:57, 20 December 2006 (CST)
::Doh! All the RSS converters I am seeing commonly available are javascript. There are some php files that convert it to html, but I didn't want to get into that (as I don't have (and don't really want) privs to upload and install anything). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:23, 20 December 2006 (CST)
:::Joe got it up and running [[Battlestar Wiki:Main page|here]] if you want to check it out. It's the "Blog" box under the "Airdates" box. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 16:11, 27 December 2006 (CST)

== Lang Bar ==

Greatfull Idea from MemoryAlpha. Check out [[BW:MAIN]] for the two examples. [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 18:10, 20 December 2006 (CST)
:The flags do add some color. I like the flags in the main header box, in that we get the same effect without losing vertical space. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:38, 20 December 2006 (CST)

==Universal HD Season 3 Premiere==
Hey, I read here [http://www.radosh.net/archive/2006_09_01_radosh_archive.html] that Universal HD will premiere Season 3 on January 7th. I don't know if it's a reliable source, but I know some of you might be able to find the official info better than I do, so I just wanted to mention it since we always put when episodes have their first run on HD. Damn, I can't wait to see the screencaps! --[[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] 02:46, 21 December 2006 (CST)
:Considering that it airs in the UK in HD on the 9th its highly likely that you yanks will demand to have it in HD before us. If I was going to put money on it i'd say the rumors are correct. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:19, 21 December 2006 (CST)
::Well I'm glad that either way we'll be getting High Resolution Screencaps soon....by all that is good, I salivate at the thought of them (No, not literally). Anyways, I think it is, because the other day I heard was the 27th, but that's not a Sunday, while the 7th is, so my bet is on that. --[[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] 04:34, 21 December 2006 (CST)

==False News==

The 6-page online EW article on season 3.5 is actually about 3.0 (it even says battlestar returns fridasy at 9, October) Recommend it is removed for obvious reasons [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 17:55, 19 January 2007 (CST)

Talk:Main Page/Archive6

2007-01-19T23:53:43Z

Jxh487:

Talk:A Day in the Life/Archive 1

2007-01-18T23:23:07Z

Jxh487: /* Image */

==Continuity==
On 11 October, the [http://www.patriotresource.com/bg/insights/spoilers/season3.html Patriot Resource] reported:
<blockquote>Adama and Caroline split after he received his first command. Lee indicates that she turned on him and Zak. Adama seems surprised, but Lee points out that Caroline was already pregnant with him when she and Adama got married. [This implies that they may not have married out of love and that she might blame Lee's conception for the unhappy marriage.]</blockquote>
If this report is correct, it contradicts what we have learned about William Adama's early years in the episodes "[[Act of Contrition]]" and "[[Scattered]]". To wit:
*Two women have been named as Adama's wife - [[Caroline Adama]], in "[[Act of Contrition]]", identified as Lee and Zak's mother, and [[Anne Adama]], in "[[Scattered]]", referred to as William's "new wife" in a flashback scene set 20 years prior to the series (and presuming Lee Adama is meant to be in his late 20s/early 30s, well after his birth).
*It is stated in "Scattered" that Adama still aspires to command of his own battlestar - he only achieved it during his second stint in the Colonial Fleet, with the help of Anne's father.
*This report, however, seems to indicate that William and Caroline were still together when Adama received his first command, and makes no mention of Anne.
*In a [[:Image:Primusphoto.jpg|photograph]] featured prominently in several episodes, a William Adama much younger than the one seen in "Scattered" is featured with Lee and Zak, who are already preteens. This means that the "new wife" referred to in "Scattered" cannot be their mother under a different name.
Possible solutions:
*"Scattered" only stated that Adama had not yet commanded a battlestar - it is possible that the command assignment which caused his rift with Caroline (before his furlough, and the events of "Scattered") was a smaller ship.
--[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 13:25, 13 October 2006 (CDT)
*Considering the information from Adama's bio that was provided to the Pressident when she first came aboard Galactica, it's likely that Adama's first command (as mentioned above) isn't that of a ship--but instead of a viper squadron. That might even explain the photo of Lee and Zak and their father infront of the Viper--taken when Adama received command of Primus Squadron? In the modern US Navy, Carrier commanders must have been naval aviators and commanded a squadron prior to receiving a carrier CO slot--the Colonials may not be that different, considering a Battlestar is esentially a giant carrier in space. --[[User:Whytwolf|Whyte Wolf]] 14:46, 19 November 2006 (CST)
:Good point there, that is always a possibility. Actually, in the USN, only one of the two top commanders (CO or XO) on carriers and Amphibious Assault Ships like the Wasp needs to have been an aviator. It's rare but there have been surface warfare officers commanding carriers. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 16:30, 19 November 2006 (CST)

==Image==

Can we change the pic to one of them from here? http://pics.livejournal.com/drewcypher/gallery/000a5yrp --[[User:Lordmutt|lordmutt]] 12:02, 18 January 2007 (CST)
:Of course. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:35, 18 January 2007 (CST)
:I suggest the one with Adama and Wife. :-) [[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 16:40, 18 January 2007 (CST)
::I also like that one. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:52, 18 January 2007 (CST)
:::Added [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 17:23, 18 January 2007 (CST)

A Day in the Life

2007-01-18T22:55:24Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= A Day in the Life
| image= A day in the life.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 15
| guests=
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Hardy]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-??-??
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[The Woman King]]
| next= [[Dirty Hands]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''Adama faces the memory of his late wife and their marriage as he marks his wedding anniversary.
== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
"A Day in the Life" is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life the title of a song by The Beatles]. It is not known whether this has any particular meaning.

Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|confirmed]] that "A Day in the Life" is the working title for this episode, but that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rod Hardy]]
[[Category:RDM]]

A Day in the Life

2007-01-18T22:54:28Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= A Day in the Life
| image= A day in the life.jpeg
| season= 3
| episode= 15
| guests=
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Hardy]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-??-??
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[The Woman King]]
| next= [[Dirty Hands]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''Adama faces the memory of his late wife and their marriage as he marks his wedding anniversary.
== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
"A Day in the Life" is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life the title of a song by The Beatles]. It is not known whether this has any particular meaning.

Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|confirmed]] that "A Day in the Life" is the working title for this episode, but that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rod Hardy]]
[[Category:RDM]]

A Day in the Life

2007-01-18T22:53:58Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= A Day in the Life
| image= A_day_in_the_life.jpeg
| season= 3
| episode= 15
| guests=
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Hardy]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-??-??
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[The Woman King]]
| next= [[Dirty Hands]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''Adama faces the memory of his late wife and their marriage as he marks his wedding anniversary.
== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
"A Day in the Life" is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life the title of a song by The Beatles]. It is not known whether this has any particular meaning.

Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|confirmed]] that "A Day in the Life" is the working title for this episode, but that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rod Hardy]]
[[Category:RDM]]

A Day in the Life

2007-01-18T22:52:46Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= A Day in the Life
| image=Day in the Life.jpeg
| season= 3
| episode= 15
| guests=
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Hardy]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-??-??
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[The Woman King]]
| next= [[Dirty Hands]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''Adama faces the memory of his late wife and their marriage as he marks his wedding anniversary.
== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
"A Day in the Life" is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life the title of a song by The Beatles]. It is not known whether this has any particular meaning.

Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|confirmed]] that "A Day in the Life" is the working title for this episode, but that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rod Hardy]]
[[Category:RDM]]

A Day in the Life

2007-01-18T22:52:33Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= A Day in the Life
| image=A Day in the Life.jpeg
| season= 3
| episode= 15
| guests=
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Hardy]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-??-??
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[The Woman King]]
| next= [[Dirty Hands]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''Adama faces the memory of his late wife and their marriage as he marks his wedding anniversary.
== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
"A Day in the Life" is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life the title of a song by The Beatles]. It is not known whether this has any particular meaning.

Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|confirmed]] that "A Day in the Life" is the working title for this episode, but that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rod Hardy]]
[[Category:RDM]]

A Day in the Life

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{{Episode Data
| title= A Day in the Life
| image= A Day in the Life.jpeg
| season= 3
| episode= 15
| guests=
| writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]
| story=
| director= [[Rod Hardy]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-??-??
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[The Woman King]]
| next= [[Dirty Hands]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''Adama faces the memory of his late wife and their marriage as he marks his wedding anniversary.
== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
"A Day in the Life" is also [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life the title of a song by The Beatles]. It is not known whether this has any particular meaning.

Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques|confirmed]] that "A Day in the Life" is the working title for this episode, but that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rod Hardy]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Portia King

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{{Character Data
|photo=King.jpg
|seen=The Woman King
|actor=Gabrielle Rose
}}

'''Mrs. King''' is a person in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[The Woman King]]).

[[Category: A to Z]] [[Category: Characters]] [[Category: Characters (RDM)]] [[Category:RDM]]

Awards and Honors (RDM)

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This article lists '''awards and honors''' that the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]] has recieved or been nominated for since its initial televesion debut as Battlestar Galactica: The [[Miniseries]]. This includes awards for the series overall, individual episodes and cast and crew performances.

==[[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] Nominations or Wins==
[[Image:Emmy.gif|right|100px]]
The Emmy® Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the [[Wikipedia:Peabody Awards|Peabody Awards]] but more focused on entertainment. The nominations below are for the annual '''Creative Arts''' Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

===2004 Emmy Awards===
*'''Nominated''': The Battlestar Galactica "[[Miniseries]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special''

===2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)===
*'''Nominated''': The season and series premiere, "[[33]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

===2006 Emmy Awards (Season 2)===
*'''Nominated''': The season finale, "[[ Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Costumes for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Scattered]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

==[[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo Awards]]==
[[Image:Hugo 05.JPG|right|100px]]
The '''Hugo Award''' is presented each year in recognition of outstanding work in science fiction. They are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year and the awards are handed out at the annual [[Wikipedia:World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention, or "WorldCon"]].

===2005 Hugo Awards===
*'''Winner''': The first season premiere episode, "[[33]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

===2006 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==
[[Image:Peabodyaward.jpg|right|100px]]
The '''Peabody Awards''' are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. The awards are generally regarded as "the most prestigious awards within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment."

===2006 Peabody Awards===
*'''Winner''': ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Sci Fi Channel received a 2006 Peabody Award for its "revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be human." [http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=135 Press release of winners].

==[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards|Visual Effects Society Awards]]==

===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2004|2004 2nd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] for ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special'', [[Miniseries]]
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial'', Miniseries
[[Image:Vesaward.jpg|right|100px]]
===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2005|2005 3rd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program'', [[33|Episode 101, "33,"]] "[[Cylon Centurion|Cylon Character]]"

===2006 4th Annual VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Fragged|Episode 203, "Fragged,"]] "Cylon Centurion"
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Valley of Darkness|Episode 202, "Valley of Darkness,"]] "Cylon"

==[[Wikipedia:Saturn Award|The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards]]==
[[Image:Saturnaward.JPG|right|100px]]
The '''Saturn Award''' is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

===2004 30th Annual Awards===
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Television Presentation''
*'''Nominated''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] for ''Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica 1978 - The Complete Epic Series (Region 1 DVD)|"Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series"]] DVD Collection, for ''Best DVD Television Release''

===2005 31st Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''

===2006 32nd Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''
*'''Winner''': [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Winner''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], for ''Best Supporting Actress on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], for ''Best DVD Television release'' Season 1 & 2.0 (Universal)

==Leo Awards==
===2006 Leo Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Tricia Helfer]] in ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" for [http://www.leoawards.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=61 Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series]

==[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.COM Awards]]==

===Best of 2006 : TV (Season 3.1)===

*'''Winner''': Best Television Program
*'''Winner''': Best Sci-Fi Series
*'''Winner''': Best storyline for the [[New Caprica]] arc
*'''Nominated''': Best Actor, [[Edward James Olmos]]
*'''Nominated''': Best Actress, [[Mary McDonnell]]
*'''Nominated''': Biggest Shock for the "One Year Later" jump ([[Season 2]])

===Others, 2006===

*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 premiere "[[Occupation]]."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/737/737506p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Occupation/Precipice" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/740/740459p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Exodus, Part 2" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

==Miscellaneous==
===2005===
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] Moments of significance 2005: Movies and Television Picture a Post 9/11 World
*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1) <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html|title=Best of 2005: Television|date=2005-12-15|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] and [[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land's]] ''The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments'' for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" (Position: #98)

===2006===
*[[Wikipedia:Salon.com|Salon.com]] recipient of the Buffy Award for Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica "the most underappreciated show in all of TV land"<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/buffy/|title=And the Buffy goes to...|date=2006-08-26|accessdate=2006-11-23|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2006 (Position: #1)<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6169477.stm|title=BBC reports the American Film Institute's top 10 TV shows of the year|date=2006-12-11|accessdate=2006-12-12|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=en}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2006: Television (Position: #7) <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570781,00.html|title=Best of 2006: Television|date=2006-12-17|accessdate=2007-01-14|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

===Various critic's Best of 2006===

*Arizona Republic (Position: #7)
*Chicago Tribune (Position: #NA)
*Entertainment Weekly's (Position: #3)
*Metacritic (Position: #2)
*Newsday (Position: #3)
*Pittsburgh Post Gazette (Position: #3)
*San Jose Mercury-News (Position: #5)
*TV Guide (Position: #5)
<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bests/2006/|title=Bests of 2006 Television|date=2006-12-17|accessdate=2007-01-14|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

== Comments and Quotes ==

''I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....''<br/>
-- Edward James Olmos, (''[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/bts/interviews/olmos_QA.html Scifi.com] interview'')

==See Also==

*[http://www.emmys.tv/ The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences], home of the Emmy Awards
*[http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html The Hugo Awards] information from the World Science Fiction Society, its official servicemark holder
*[http://www.peabody.uga.edu/ The Official Peabody Awards site]
*[http://www.vesawards.com/ The Visual Effects Society Awards]
*[http://www.saturnawards.org/index.html The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards] (Saturn Awards)

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

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Awards and Honors (RDM)

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This article lists '''awards and honors''' that the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]] has recieved or been nominated for since its initial televesion debut as Battlestar Galactica: The [[Miniseries]]. This includes awards for the series overall, individual episodes and cast and crew performances.

==[[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] Nominations or Wins==
[[Image:Emmy.gif|right|100px]]
The Emmy® Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the [[Wikipedia:Peabody Awards|Peabody Awards]] but more focused on entertainment. The nominations below are for the annual '''Creative Arts''' Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

===2004 Emmy Awards===
*'''Nominated''': The Battlestar Galactica "[[Miniseries]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special''

===2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)===
*'''Nominated''': The season and series premiere, "[[33]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

===2006 Emmy Awards (Season 2)===
*'''Nominated''': The season finale, "[[ Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Costumes for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Scattered]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

==[[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo Awards]]==
[[Image:Hugo 05.JPG|right|100px]]
The '''Hugo Award''' is presented each year in recognition of outstanding work in science fiction. They are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year and the awards are handed out at the annual [[Wikipedia:World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention, or "WorldCon"]].

===2005 Hugo Awards===
*'''Winner''': The first season premiere episode, "[[33]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

===2006 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==
[[Image:Peabodyaward.jpg|right|100px]]
The '''Peabody Awards''' are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. The awards are generally regarded as "the most prestigious awards within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment."

===2006 Peabody Awards===
*'''Winner''': ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Sci Fi Channel received a 2006 Peabody Award for its "revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be human." [http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=135 Press release of winners].

==[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards|Visual Effects Society Awards]]==

===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2004|2004 2nd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] for ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special'', [[Miniseries]]
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial'', Miniseries
[[Image:Vesaward.jpg|right|100px]]
===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2005|2005 3rd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program'', [[33|Episode 101, "33,"]] "[[Cylon Centurion|Cylon Character]]"

===2006 4th Annual VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Fragged|Episode 203, "Fragged,"]] "Cylon Centurion"
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Valley of Darkness|Episode 202, "Valley of Darkness,"]] "Cylon"

==[[Wikipedia:Saturn Award|The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards]]==
[[Image:Saturnaward.JPG|right|100px]]
The '''Saturn Award''' is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

===2004 30th Annual Awards===
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Television Presentation''
*'''Nominated''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] for ''Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica 1978 - The Complete Epic Series (Region 1 DVD)|"Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series"]] DVD Collection, for ''Best DVD Television Release''

===2005 31st Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''

===2006 32nd Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''
*'''Winner''': [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Winner''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], for ''Best Supporting Actress on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], for ''Best DVD Television release'' Season 1 & 2.0 (Universal)

==Leo Awards==
===2006 Leo Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Tricia Helfer]] in ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" for [http://www.leoawards.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=61 Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series]

==[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.COM Awards]]==

===Best of 2006 : TV (Season 3.1)===

*'''Winner''': Best Television Program
*'''Winner''': Best Sci-Fi Series
*'''Winner''': Best storyline for the [[New Caprica]] arc
*'''Nominated''': Best Actor, [[Edward James Olmos]]
*'''Nominated''': Best Actress, [[Mary McDonnell]]
*'''Nominated''': Biggest Shock for the "One Year Later" jump ([[Season 2]])

===Others, 2006===

*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 premiere "[[Occupation]]."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/737/737506p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Occupation/Precipice" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/740/740459p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Exodus, Part 2" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

==Miscellaneous==
===2005===
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] Moments of significance 2005: Movies and Television Picture a Post 9/11 World
*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1) <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html|title=Best of 2005: Television|date=2005-12-15|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] and [[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land's]] ''The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments'' for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" (Position: #98)

===2006===
*[[Wikipedia:Salon.com|Salon.com]] recipient of the Buffy Award for Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica "the most underappreciated show in all of TV land"<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/buffy/|title=And the Buffy goes to...|date=2006-08-26|accessdate=2006-11-23|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2006 (Position: #1)<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6169477.stm|title=BBC reports the American Film Institute's top 10 TV shows of the year|date=2006-12-11|accessdate=2006-12-12|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=en}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2006: Television (Position: #7) <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570781,00.html|title=Best of 2006: Television|date=2006-12-17|accessdate=2007-01-14|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

== Comments and Quotes ==

''I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....''<br/>
-- Edward James Olmos, (''[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/bts/interviews/olmos_QA.html Scifi.com] interview'')

==See Also==

*[http://www.emmys.tv/ The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences], home of the Emmy Awards
*[http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html The Hugo Awards] information from the World Science Fiction Society, its official servicemark holder
*[http://www.peabody.uga.edu/ The Official Peabody Awards site]
*[http://www.vesawards.com/ The Visual Effects Society Awards]
*[http://www.saturnawards.org/index.html The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards] (Saturn Awards)

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

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Awards and Honors (RDM)

2007-01-14T16:05:34Z

Jxh487: /* Miscellaneous */

This article lists '''awards and honors''' that the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]] has recieved or been nominated for since its initial televesion debut as Battlestar Galactica: The [[Miniseries]]. This includes awards for the series overall, individual episodes and cast and crew performances.

==[[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] Nominations or Wins==
[[Image:Emmy.gif|right|100px]]
The Emmy® Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the [[Wikipedia:Peabody Awards|Peabody Awards]] but more focused on entertainment. The nominations below are for the annual '''Creative Arts''' Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

===2004 Emmy Awards===
*'''Nominated''': The Battlestar Galactica "[[Miniseries]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special''

===2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)===
*'''Nominated''': The season and series premiere, "[[33]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

===2006 Emmy Awards (Season 2)===
*'''Nominated''': The season finale, "[[ Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Costumes for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Scattered]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

==[[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo Awards]]==
[[Image:Hugo 05.JPG|right|100px]]
The '''Hugo Award''' is presented each year in recognition of outstanding work in science fiction. They are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year and the awards are handed out at the annual [[Wikipedia:World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention, or "WorldCon"]].

===2005 Hugo Awards===
*'''Winner''': The first season premiere episode, "[[33]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

===2006 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==
[[Image:Peabodyaward.jpg|right|100px]]
The '''Peabody Awards''' are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. The awards are generally regarded as "the most prestigious awards within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment."

===2006 Peabody Awards===
*'''Winner''': ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Sci Fi Channel received a 2006 Peabody Award for its "revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be human." [http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=135 Press release of winners].

==[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards|Visual Effects Society Awards]]==

===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2004|2004 2nd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] for ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special'', [[Miniseries]]
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial'', Miniseries
[[Image:Vesaward.jpg|right|100px]]
===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2005|2005 3rd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program'', [[33|Episode 101, "33,"]] "[[Cylon Centurion|Cylon Character]]"

===2006 4th Annual VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Fragged|Episode 203, "Fragged,"]] "Cylon Centurion"
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Valley of Darkness|Episode 202, "Valley of Darkness,"]] "Cylon"

==[[Wikipedia:Saturn Award|The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards]]==
[[Image:Saturnaward.JPG|right|100px]]
The '''Saturn Award''' is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

===2004 30th Annual Awards===
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Television Presentation''
*'''Nominated''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] for ''Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica 1978 - The Complete Epic Series (Region 1 DVD)|"Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series"]] DVD Collection, for ''Best DVD Television Release''

===2005 31st Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''

===2006 32nd Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''
*'''Winner''': [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Winner''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], for ''Best Supporting Actress on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], for ''Best DVD Television release'' Season 1 & 2.0 (Universal)

==Leo Awards==
===2006 Leo Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Tricia Helfer]] in ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" for [http://www.leoawards.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=61 Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series]

==[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.COM Awards]]==

===Best of 2006 : TV (Season 3.1)===

*'''Winner''': Best Television Program
*'''Winner''': Best Sci-Fi Series
*'''Winner''': Best storyline for the [[New Caprica]] arc
*'''Nominated''': Best Actor, [[Edward James Olmos]]
*'''Nominated''': Best Actress, [[Mary McDonnell]]
*'''Nominated''': Biggest Shock for the "One Year Later" jump ([[Season 2]])

===Others, 2006===

*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 premiere "[[Occupation]]."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/737/737506p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Occupation/Precipice" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/740/740459p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Exodus, Part 2" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

==Miscellaneous==
===2005===
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] Moments of significance 2005: Movies and Television Picture a Post 9/11 World
*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1) <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html|title=Best of 2005: Television|date=2005-12-15|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] and [[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land's]] ''The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments'' for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" (Position: #98)

===2006===
*[[Wikipedia:Salon.com|Salon.com]] recipient of the Buffy Award for Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica "the most underappreciated show in all of TV land"<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/buffy/|title=And the Buffy goes to...|date=2006-08-26|accessdate=2006-11-23|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2006 (Position: #1)<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6169477.stm|title=BBC reports the American Film Institute's top 10 TV shows of the year|date=2006-12-11|accessdate=2006-12-12|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=en}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2006: Television (Position: #7)

== Comments and Quotes ==

''I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....''<br/>
-- Edward James Olmos, (''[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/bts/interviews/olmos_QA.html Scifi.com] interview'')

==See Also==

*[http://www.emmys.tv/ The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences], home of the Emmy Awards
*[http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html The Hugo Awards] information from the World Science Fiction Society, its official servicemark holder
*[http://www.peabody.uga.edu/ The Official Peabody Awards site]
*[http://www.vesawards.com/ The Visual Effects Society Awards]
*[http://www.saturnawards.org/index.html The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards] (Saturn Awards)

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

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Season 3 Guide

2007-01-12T14:31:06Z

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{|
|-
! class="infoboxheader" | Episode #
! class="infoboxheader" | Title
! class="infoboxheader" | Airdate
! class="infoboxheader" | Screenshot

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 01
| [[Occupation]] ([[Talk:Occupation|Talk]])'''
| October 6, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Epi 1 - 2 - Number Three talking.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> It's been four months since the [[Cylons (RDM) |Cylons]] occupied the human settlement of [[New Caprica]], and ''[[Galactica]],'' ''[[Pegasus]]'', and a handful of ships jumped to safety. On New Caprica, a resistance has begun to challenge the Cylons. Aboard Galactica, [[Admiral Adama]] struggles with plans for a rescue, having only a handful of untested pilots at his command, understaffed ships, and facing a nearly impossible task.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''It's gonna be okay. It's really gonna be okay.''" -- Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]]

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 02
| [[Precipice]] ([[Talk:Precipice|Talk]])'''
| October 6, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Epi 1 - 2 - C-Number Eight, Adama, Helo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> After the suicide bombing, the [[Cylons (RDM) |Cylons]] institutes stricter controls on the human population on [[New Caprica]]. Aboard ''[[Galactica]]'', plans for the rescue from New Caprica move forward now that communication with the resistance has been established.
'''Quote''' <br/>
:'''[[Tom Zarek]]''': Laura.. That election last year. You tried to steal it, didn't you? <br/>
:'''[[Laura Roslin]]''': Yes, Tom. I did. <br/>
:'''Tom Zarek''': (laughs) Ah... I wish you'd gone through with it. <br/>
:'''Laura Roslin''': So do I. <br/>
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 03
| [[Exodus, Part I]] ([[Talk:Exodus, Part I|Talk]])'''
| October 13, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Roslinanders-Exodus.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> The [[Cylons]] have begun the brutal crackdown on [[New Caprica]]'s [[Resistance]] movement. Tyrol receives disturbing news from a secret source within Baltar's administration while Colonial detainees face a Cylon firing squad on New Caprica. With time running out for the colonists, Admiral Adama will launch his rescue attempt with only the battlestar [[Galactica]], while his son, Lee, and the battlestar [[Pegasus]] remain to protect what is left of the human fleet and continue the search for Earth if the rescue fails.
'''Quote''' <br/> ''"Their enemies will divide them, their colonies broken in the firey chasm of space. The shining days renounced by a multitude of dark sacrifices. Yet still they will remain. Always together."'' -- [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 04
| [[Exodus, Part II]] ([[Talk:Exodus, Part II|Talk]])'''
| October 20, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:TighAdamaReunion.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> Commander [[Lee Adama]] of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' has serious doubts about the success of the [[New Caprica]] rescue mission by ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. On New Caprica, [[Saul Tigh]] decides the consequences for his [[Ellen Tigh |wife's]] betrayal of [[The Resistance | the Resistance]]. Aboard ''Galactica'', Admiral [[William Adama]] executes a dramatic rescue plan.
'''Quote''' <br/>
:'''Admiral [[William Adama]]:''' You did it, Saul. You brought them back.<br/>
:'''Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]]:''' [[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them]].<br/>
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 05
| [[Collaborators]] ([[Talk:Collaborators|Talk]])'''
| October 27, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:JammerCollaborators.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> [[The Circle]], a secret tribunal on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', decides the fate of [[James Lyman|Jammer]] and other Colonials who aided the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] during the occupation of [[New Caprica]].
'''Quote''' <br/>
:'''[[Number Six]]:''' Don't make me angry, Gaius. <br/>
:'''Admiral [[William Adama]]:''' You wouldn't like her when she's angry.<br/>
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 06
| [[Torn]] ([[Talk:Torn|Talk]])'''
| November 3, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Epi 5 - StarbuckTighAdama.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] create divisions between those who suffered under the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]] and those who stayed with the fleet. Meanwhile, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] tries to prove his worth to the Cylons.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo, and love no more. End of line.''" -- [[Hybrid|The Baseship Hybrid]]

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 07
| [[A Measure of Salvation]] ([[Talk:A Measure of Salvation|Talk]])'''
| November 10, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Amos.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] are dispatched to interrogate the dying [[Cylons]] on board the infected baseship, and learn how [[Baltar]] is helping their adversaries. The virus inspires Lee Adama to come up with a new strategy.
'''Quote''' <br/>
:'''[[Karl Agathon]]''': Genocide? So that's what we're about now?
:'''[[Lee Adama]]''': [[Cylons (RDM)|They're]] not human! They were built, not born. No fathers, no mothers, no sons, no daughters--
:'''Karl Agathon''': I ''had'' [[Hera|a daughter]]. I held her in my arms.

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 08
| [[Hero]] ([[Talk:Hero|Talk]])'''
| November 17, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Hero -Adama Tigh and Novacek.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> A [[Daniel Novacek|figure]] from [[William Adama|Adama]]'s past returns to haunt him. His return raises questions about why the Cylons launched their initial attack against the [[Twelve Colonies]].
'''Quote''' <br/> "''There's something beautiful, miraculous between life and death.''" - [[Number Three]]

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 09
| [[Unfinished Business]] ([[Talk:Unfinished Business|Talk]])'''
| December 1, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Unfinished Business - Lee and Helo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> Admiral Adama re-institutes a military tradition onboard Colonial warships, in which crewmembers disregard rank and fight each other in a boxing ring to relieve tensions aboard ship—tensions which have existed since ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' discovered [[New Caprica]].
'''Quote''' <br/> "''When you step on this deck, you be ready to fight, or you dishonor the reason why we're here. Now remember this; When you fight a man, he's not your friend. Same goes when you lead men. I forgot that once. I let you get too close, all of you. I dropped my guard. I gave some of you breaks, let some of you go, before the fight was really over. I let this crew and this family disband, and we paid the price in lives. That can't happen again.''" -- [[William Adama|Admiral William Adama]]

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 10
| [[The Passage]] ([[Talk:The Passage|Talk]])'''
| December 8, 2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Season 3 - Promo - The Passage - Kat.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> Starvation threatens the population after the food-processing systems become contaminated, but the Fleet is cut off from a food source by the intense radiation put out by a huge star cluster. ''Galactica''’s pilots must guide the civilian vessels on a dangerous journey directly through the radiation.
'''Quote''' <br/>
:'''[[William Adama]]''': I hear they're still eating paper. Is that true?
:'''[[Saul Tigh]]''': No. Paper shortage
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 11
| [[The Eye of Jupiter]] ([[Talk:The Eye of Jupiter|Talk]])'''
| December 15,2006
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:S3-eyeofjupiter.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> The possible discovery of the [[Eye of Jupiter]] on the [[Algae planet|algae planet]] leads to a deadly stand-off, as the Cylons and humans risk all for a chance to find the way to [[Earth]].<br/>
'''Quote''' <br/>
:'''[[William Adama]]''': Put it through speaker. This is Admiral Adama.
:'''[[Gaius Baltar]]''': Admiral. I can't tell you what a genuine pleasure it is to hear your voice. This is Gaius Baltar.
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 12
| [[Rapture]] ([[Talk:Rapture|Talk]])'''
| January 21, 2007
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Final Five.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 13
| [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]] ([[Talk:Taking a Break From All Your Worries|Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:3x13-Taking a Break From All Your Worries-Apollo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 14
| [[The Woman King]] ([[Talk:The Woman King |Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:TWK-1.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A
|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 15
| [[A Day in the Life]] ([[Talk:A Day in the Life |Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A
|- class="infoboxheader"

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 16
| [[Dirty Hands]] ([[Talk:Dirty Hands|Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 17
| [[Maelstrom]] ([[Talk:Maelstrom|Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 18
| [[The Son Also Rises]] ([[Talk:The Son Also Rises|Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 19
| [[Crossroads, Part I]] ([[Talk:Crossroads, Part I|Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A

|- class="infoboxheader"
| height="10" align="center" | 20
| [[Crossroads, Part II]] ([[Talk:Crossroads, Part II|Talk]])'''
| TBA
| rowspan="2" | [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|200px]]
|- class="infoboxheader"
| colspan="3" valign="top" | '''Summary'''<br/> See Episode Guide Page.
'''Quote''' <br/> "''N/A''" -- N/A


|}
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Bruce Davison

2007-01-12T01:10:40Z

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Bruce Davison is an American Actor, Director and Producer, born on 28 June, 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is perhaps most well known for his character Senator Bob Kelly in the first X-men films.

In the [[Season 3]] battlestar galactica episode entitled [[The Woman King]], he plays [[Dr. Robert]], a civillian Physician. In this episode he is accused by a bereaved mother, Mrs. King, of providing substandard medical care to the Gemonese population, which possibly resulted in the untimely death of her son.

The Woman King

2007-01-12T01:02:07Z

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{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= The Woman King
| image=TWK-1.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 14
| guests=
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-02-11
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]
| next= [[A Day in the Life]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Helo]] investigates the claims of Sagittarons that a doctor is discriminating against them by providing substandard medical care.

== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
The title "The Woman King" was first reported by [http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/index.shtml GateWorld.net] in an [http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/s3/313.shtml article] that contains unconfirmed storyline speculation.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Episode 13|confirmed]] that "The Woman King" is the working title for this episode, but cannot comment on unofficially released storylines. He also states that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

*[[Bruce Davison]] as [[Dr. Robert]]
*[[Gabrielle Rose]] as [[Mrs. King]]

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episode Guide|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]
[[Category:RDM]]

The Woman King

2007-01-12T01:00:40Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= The Woman King
| image=TWK-1.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 14
| guests=
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-02-11
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]
| next= [[A Day in the Life]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Helo]] investigates the claims of Sagittarons that a doctor is discriminating against them by providing substandard medical care.

== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
The title "The Woman King" was first reported by [http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/index.shtml GateWorld.net] in an [http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/s3/313.shtml article] that contains unconfirmed storyline speculation.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Episode 13|confirmed]] that "The Woman King" is the working title for this episode, but cannot comment on unofficially released storylines. He also states that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

[[Bruce Davison]] as [[Dr. Robert]]
[[Gabrielle Rose]] as [[Mrs. King]]

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episode Guide|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]
[[Category:RDM]]

The Woman King

2007-01-12T00:57:43Z

Jxh487:

{{spoiler}}

{{Episode Data
| title= The Woman King
| image=TWK-1.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 14
| guests=
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]
| production=
| rating=
| US airdate= 2007-02-11
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= ?
| prev= [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]
| next= [[A Day in the Life]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Helo]] investigates the claims of Sagittarons that a doctor is discriminating against them by providing substandard medical care.

== Summary ==

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==
The title "The Woman King" was first reported by [http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/index.shtml GateWorld.net] in an [http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/s3/313.shtml article] that contains unconfirmed storyline speculation.

*Bruce Davison will be playing Dr. Robert

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==
[[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Episode 13|confirmed]] that "The Woman King" is the working title for this episode, but cannot comment on unofficially released storylines. He also states that working titles can change right up to the moment the show debuts.

== Guest Stars ==

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episode Guide|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|Woman King, The]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Launch tube (TRS)

2007-01-12T00:29:12Z

Jxh487:

: ''This article covers the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series]] launch tubes. For their [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Launch tubes (TOS)]].''

[[Image:1104Tube Mini.JPG|thumb|right|[[Viper 1104]] in the tube, ready to launch ([[Miniseries]]).]]

'''Launch tubes''' are extensively used on [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s as a means of launching [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Blackbird|other similar craft]].

A ''[[Galactica type battlestar]]'' has a total of 80 launch tubes, forty per [[flight pod]]. They are divided into five groups of eight tubes each. The launch tubes fit one Viper at a time. Four launch tubes are controlled by a launch supervisor who are in turn managed by the [[Landing Signal Officer]]. Centrally located, the launch supervisor can observe two launch tubes on either side of the control station thru a wide view port. After running the preliminary checks on the Viper, the launch supervisor presses the launch button and a magnetic catapult throws the Viper out at great speed.

The following quote depicts the standard launch sequence (in this case for a launch of the [[Blackbird]]):

:'''[[Starbuck]]''': Instruments... in the green. Fuel pressure... nominal.<br />
:'''[[Dualla]]''': [[Apollo]], Starbuck. Blackbird flight is cleared for launch.<br />
:'''Starbuck''': Run-up.<br />
:'''[[Aaron Kelly]]''': Maglock secure, initiate launch sequence.<br />
:'''Starbuck''': Oh, don't blow up on me, you bastard.<br />
:'''Kelly''': You are clear for launch.<br />
:'''Dualla''': Blackbird is away.<br />
::--''[[Flight of the Phoenix]]''

[[Image:MkVIIlaunch Scar.JPG|thumb|left| Viper Mk VII launching ([[Scar]])]]
The launch tubes are separated from the [[hangar deck]] by large airtight metal doors. When these doors close after the ship is in the tube, the doors at the end of the tube open, allowing the tube to open up into space. Ships are returned to the hangar deck from the [[landing bay]] via elevators.

[[Alert Fighters]] are kept in the tubes at all times just in case a threat appears and the [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] cannot reach it in time or require reinforcements.

The launch tubes are also used to allow the dead a military space funeral when there is no earth in which to bury them ([[Act of Contrition]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

==Battlestar ''Galactica''==
On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' only the port launch tubes are operational. The starboard hangar deck was converted into a gift shop to go with the planned museum in the starboard landing bay bay prior to the [[Cylon Attack|destruction of the Twelve Colonies]]. However, the starboard landing bay is depressurized due to the crashlanding of a [[Cylon Heavy Raider]] through the windowed enclosure when ''Galactica'' holds off a Cylon force while attempting to recalculate the coordinates of [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] ([[Scattered]]).

Following humanity's [[exodus]] from [[New Caprica]], the launch tubes are used as impromptu courtrooms by the [[The Circle|Circle]], a group commissioned by President [[Tom Zarek]] to try, convict and sentence humans who collaborated with the [[Cylons]] during their occupation of New Caprica. The Circle would execute convicted collaborators by depressurizing the launch tubes and venting the convicts to space ([[Collaborators]]).

== See Also ==
* [[flight pod]]
* [[landing bay]]
* [[hangar deck]]

== Notes ==
* "[[Final Cut]]" is a rare episode in which the camera actually follows Vipers as they are wheeled from the middle of the hangar deck and loaded into launch tubes, then take off.

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Season 3 (2006-07)

2007-01-12T00:25:38Z

Jxh487: /* Trials and Tribulations */

{{cleanup}}

{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] resumes its search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, after loosing control on New Caprica, depart on their own mysterious quest for Earth.''

== Story ==

====The Occupation====

Four months have passed since the events of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". On [[New Caprica]] a Cylon occupation, akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]], is in full swing. The head of the colonial government, Gaius Baltar, reduced to the role of a puppet leader, colludes (albeit, unwillingly) with the Cylons.

The oppression rouses a [[The Resistance|resistance]], led by [[Colonel Tigh]], who task themselves with the objective of disrupting the Cylon occupation force. [[Laura Roslin]], though supportive of the resistance, focuses on concealing [[Hera]] from the Cylons.

During this time, [[Kara Thrace]] has been held in captivity by [[Leoben Conoy]], who subjects her to psychological and manipulative torure. He presents to her a [[Kacey|child]], claiming it to be her own; the result of the [[The Farm|removal]] of one of her ovaries inseminated with his sperm (or his cylon analogy of sperm). Kara eventually etablishes a motherly connection with the girl, and apparently accepts the child, Kacey, as her daughter.

Meanwhile, ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', at a safe distance from New Caprica, are preparing to enact plans to rescue the colonists. Admiral Adama, frustrated with the situation, attempts to spur himself and his crew to action. He orders his son, Lee Adama, commander of ''Pegasus'', to stay behind with the rest of the civilian fleet; now a mere 2000 people. ''Galactica'' will attempt the rescue and in case of failure, ''Pegasus'' will continue the search for Earth with the remnants of the Fleet.

On New Caprica, the humans continue to be subjected to horrific conditions and many must endure torture, notably Colonel Tigh. A [[New Caprica Police|police force]] is created by the Cylons to tackle the resistance, composed of colonists opposed to it. The fact that humans are collaborating with the Cylons disgusts members of the resistance and they plan revenge. They recruit [[Duck]], a former Viper pilot and hopeless widower, as a suicide bomber and enlist him in the New Caprica Police. Upon his graduation he detonates an explosive vest killing some collaborators and destroying some Cylon bodies in the process.

In response to the suicide bombing, the Cylons try to impose order and force President Baltar to sign a mass execution order. Amongst those rounded up for execution are Laura Roslin and [[Cally Tyrol]]. However, the resistance is able to rescue the prisoners before they are killed due to a [[Felix Gaeta|source]] in Baltar's administration providing details of the event ("[[Occupation]]" through "[[Exodus, Part I]]").

====Exodus====

''Galactica'' successfully contacts the resistance and coordinates an escape plan. The resistance shepherds the colonists to the grounded civilian ships, while simultaneously setting off wide-spread explosions all over the city to distract the Cylons. With the ground battle engulfing the whole city, ''Galactica'' jumps into the atmosphere below Cylon DRADIS range and while falling "like a rock", launches Vipers to protect the evacuating colonists before jumping back into orbit. Laura Roslin retakes ''Colonial One'', and the evacuee ships jump to safety. But ''Galactica'', outnumbered four to one, is near destruction. Fortunately ''Pegasus'' joins the battle against orders and attacks the Cylon fleet, allowing ''Galactica'' to escape. In the process, Lee Adama sacrifices Pegasus, destroying two more [[Basestar|bastars]] in a deliberate collision after he and the crew escape in Raptors.

On New Caprica, Baltar, [[Caprica Six]] and [[D'Anna Biers|Number Three]], find baby [[Hera]] crying in the arms of her dead mother. Taking the baby and Baltar with them, the Cylon fleet leaves New Caprica.

The reunification of the Fleet is a bittersweet one; many colonists have had their lives left in tatters. For instance, Colonel [[Tigh]], forced to kill his wife, is in the deepest of inner turmoil, and [[Starbuck]] is forced to come to terms with the tragic realization that [[Kacey]] is not her daughter after all, after her real mother is revealed following the escape ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

====Trials and Tribulations====

The after math of the Exodus is marred by the suffereings and betrayals that occured on New Caprica. [[Tom Zarek]], who legitamately succeeds Gaius Baltar as [[President]], commissions the [[circle]], a group or "jury" of ex-resistance members, to try and convict [[collaborators]]. Amongst the members of this group are [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and later [[Kara Thrace]]. Punishing those found guilty with death, via the secret venting of prisoners through launch tubes into space, leads [[Laura Roslin]] to notice the steady flow of disappearences, which include [[Jammer]]. Tom Zarek explains the situation to her, and she is less than impressed. They make a succession deal which leads to her resumption of the presidency, and as a thank you to Zarek she recruits him as Vice President. Upon her inaurguration as President she controversially declares that all colloborators are pardoned and dissolves the Circle, signalling a new start for the fleet and it's citizens.

==Major Plotlines==

* There is a large storyline told exclusively from the Cylons' (and Baltar's) point of view.
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc., and he himself begins to question whether he is a Cylon.
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] continues. Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3.
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.
*A two-part story ("[[Torn]]" and "[[A Measure of Salvation]]") has ''Galactica'' discover a dying Cylon baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*"[[Unfinished Business]]" reveals some of the events that transpired during the year-long time gap in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". One of the flashbacks shows what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]", centers on "discovering the next [[The Temple of Five|big clue]] on the road to Earth.
* By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count|survivor count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.
*Roslin returns to the presidency
*Zarek was indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

*''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses the changes in the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] culture:''
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "Right. You see the schism stating to happen. Basically, its individuation, where as before there was all a collective thought and consensus about everything they were doing. Its like the humans are the serpent in the garden and the mere contact with them has splintered the Cylon collective psyche and everyone is individual again, even within each model. They do not know how to handle individuality; it’s a great threat to their way of life and their programming."

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
{{sourcebox|Scifi Neilsen Press Release for Season 3}}
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

{{episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]

Season 3 (2006-07)

2007-01-12T00:24:09Z

Jxh487:

{{cleanup}}

{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] resumes its search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, after loosing control on New Caprica, depart on their own mysterious quest for Earth.''

== Story ==

====The Occupation====

Four months have passed since the events of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". On [[New Caprica]] a Cylon occupation, akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]], is in full swing. The head of the colonial government, Gaius Baltar, reduced to the role of a puppet leader, colludes (albeit, unwillingly) with the Cylons.

The oppression rouses a [[The Resistance|resistance]], led by [[Colonel Tigh]], who task themselves with the objective of disrupting the Cylon occupation force. [[Laura Roslin]], though supportive of the resistance, focuses on concealing [[Hera]] from the Cylons.

During this time, [[Kara Thrace]] has been held in captivity by [[Leoben Conoy]], who subjects her to psychological and manipulative torure. He presents to her a [[Kacey|child]], claiming it to be her own; the result of the [[The Farm|removal]] of one of her ovaries inseminated with his sperm (or his cylon analogy of sperm). Kara eventually etablishes a motherly connection with the girl, and apparently accepts the child, Kacey, as her daughter.

Meanwhile, ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', at a safe distance from New Caprica, are preparing to enact plans to rescue the colonists. Admiral Adama, frustrated with the situation, attempts to spur himself and his crew to action. He orders his son, Lee Adama, commander of ''Pegasus'', to stay behind with the rest of the civilian fleet; now a mere 2000 people. ''Galactica'' will attempt the rescue and in case of failure, ''Pegasus'' will continue the search for Earth with the remnants of the Fleet.

On New Caprica, the humans continue to be subjected to horrific conditions and many must endure torture, notably Colonel Tigh. A [[New Caprica Police|police force]] is created by the Cylons to tackle the resistance, composed of colonists opposed to it. The fact that humans are collaborating with the Cylons disgusts members of the resistance and they plan revenge. They recruit [[Duck]], a former Viper pilot and hopeless widower, as a suicide bomber and enlist him in the New Caprica Police. Upon his graduation he detonates an explosive vest killing some collaborators and destroying some Cylon bodies in the process.

In response to the suicide bombing, the Cylons try to impose order and force President Baltar to sign a mass execution order. Amongst those rounded up for execution are Laura Roslin and [[Cally Tyrol]]. However, the resistance is able to rescue the prisoners before they are killed due to a [[Felix Gaeta|source]] in Baltar's administration providing details of the event ("[[Occupation]]" through "[[Exodus, Part I]]").

====Exodus====

''Galactica'' successfully contacts the resistance and coordinates an escape plan. The resistance shepherds the colonists to the grounded civilian ships, while simultaneously setting off wide-spread explosions all over the city to distract the Cylons. With the ground battle engulfing the whole city, ''Galactica'' jumps into the atmosphere below Cylon DRADIS range and while falling "like a rock", launches Vipers to protect the evacuating colonists before jumping back into orbit. Laura Roslin retakes ''Colonial One'', and the evacuee ships jump to safety. But ''Galactica'', outnumbered four to one, is near destruction. Fortunately ''Pegasus'' joins the battle against orders and attacks the Cylon fleet, allowing ''Galactica'' to escape. In the process, Lee Adama sacrifices Pegasus, destroying two more [[Basestar|bastars]] in a deliberate collision after he and the crew escape in Raptors.

On New Caprica, Baltar, [[Caprica Six]] and [[D'Anna Biers|Number Three]], find baby [[Hera]] crying in the arms of her dead mother. Taking the baby and Baltar with them, the Cylon fleet leaves New Caprica.

The reunification of the Fleet is a bittersweet one; many colonists have had their lives left in tatters. For instance, Colonel [[Tigh]], forced to kill his wife, is in the deepest of inner turmoil, and [[Starbuck]] is forced to come to terms with the tragic realization that [[Kacey]] is not her daughter after all, after her real mother is revealed following the escape ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

====Trials and Tribulations====

The after math of the Exodus is marred by the suffereings and betrayals that occured on New Caprica. [[Tom Zarek]], who legitamately succeeds Gaius Baltar as [[President of the twelve colonies]], commissions [[the circle]], a group or "jury" of ex-resistance members, to try and convict [[collaborators]]. Amongst the members of this group are [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and later [[Kara Thrace]]. Punishing those found guilty with death, via the secret venting of prisoners through launch tubes into space, leads [[Laura Roslin]] to notice the steady flow of disappearences, which include [[Jammer]]. Tom Zarek explains the situation to her, and she is less than impressed. They make a succession deal which leads to her resumption of the presidency, and as a thank you to Zarek she recruits him as Vice President. Upon her inaurguration as President she controversially declares that all colloborators are pardoned and dissolves the Circle, signalling a new start for the fleet and it's citizens.

==Major Plotlines==

* There is a large storyline told exclusively from the Cylons' (and Baltar's) point of view.
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc., and he himself begins to question whether he is a Cylon.
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] continues. Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3.
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.
*A two-part story ("[[Torn]]" and "[[A Measure of Salvation]]") has ''Galactica'' discover a dying Cylon baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*"[[Unfinished Business]]" reveals some of the events that transpired during the year-long time gap in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". One of the flashbacks shows what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]", centers on "discovering the next [[The Temple of Five|big clue]] on the road to Earth.
* By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count|survivor count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.
*Roslin returns to the presidency
*Zarek was indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

*''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses the changes in the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] culture:''
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "Right. You see the schism stating to happen. Basically, its individuation, where as before there was all a collective thought and consensus about everything they were doing. Its like the humans are the serpent in the garden and the mere contact with them has splintered the Cylon collective psyche and everyone is individual again, even within each model. They do not know how to handle individuality; it’s a great threat to their way of life and their programming."

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
{{sourcebox|Scifi Neilsen Press Release for Season 3}}
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

{{episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]

Season 3 (2006-07)

2007-01-08T14:56:02Z

Jxh487:

{{cleanup}}

{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the newly fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM) | fleet]] return to their search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, however, also have a plan for Earth.''

== Story ==

====The Occupation====

Four months has passed since the events of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]. On [[New Caprica]] a Cylon occupation, akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]], is in full swing. The head of the colonial government, Gaius Baltar, reduced to that of a puppet leader, colludes (albeit, unwillingly) with the Cylons.

The oppression rouses a [[The Resistance|resistance]], led by [[Colonel Tigh]], who task themselves with the objective of disrupting the Cylon occupation force. Meanwhile, [[Laura Roslin]], though supportive of the resistance, focuses on concealing [[Hera]] from the Cylons.

Galactica and Pegasus, at a safe distance from New Caprica, are preparing to enact plans to rescue the colonists. Admiral Adama, frustrated with the situation, attempts to spur himself and his crew to action. He and his son, [[Lee Adama]], commander of the Pegasus, agree to separate the two battlestars. Galactica will attempt the rescue, and Pegasus, if Galactica fails, will attempt to lead the remnants of the civilian fleet to Earth.

On New Caprica, the colonials continue to be subjected to horrific conditions, and many must endure torture, notably Colonel Tigh. A Police Force is created by the Cylons to tackle the resistance, composed of colonists opposed to it. The fact that humans are collaborating with the Cylons disgusts members of the resistance, and they plan revenge. They recruit [[Duck]], a hopeless widower, as a suicide bomber, and enlist him in the [[New Caprica Police]] Force. Upon his graduation he detonates an explosive vest killing some collaborators and destroying some Cylon bodies in the process.

In response to the suicide bombing, in an attempt to exact order, the Cylons force President Baltar to pass a mass execution order. Amongst those rounded up for execution are Laura Roslin and [[Cally Tyrol]]. Fortunately the resistance is able to rescue the prisoners before they’re killed, due to a source in Baltar’s administration (who turns out to be [[Felix Gaeta]]) providing details of the event.

====Exodus====

Galactica successfully contacts the resistance and coordinates an escape plan. The resistance shepherds the colonists to the grounded civilian ships, while simultaneously setting off wide-spread explosions all over the city to distract the Cylons. Galactica jumps into the atmosphere above [[New Caprica City]] out of the Cylon dradis range and launch vipers to protect the evacuating colonists. Laura Roslin retakes Colonial One, and the evacuee ships jump to safety. Galactica, however, outnumbered 4:1, is near destruction when, against orders, Pegasus jumps into theatre and attacks the Cylon Fleet, allowing Galactica to jump to safety. Unfortunately Pegasus (though not her crew) is sacrificed in the process, destroying two [[Basestar]]s with her broken hull and debris.

On New Caprica in the aftermath of the Exodus, Baltar, [[Caprica Six]] and D’Anna, finds baby [[Hera]] crying in the arms of her dead mother. Taking the baby and Baltar with them, the Cylon Fleet leaves New Caprica.

The reunification of The Fleet is a bittersweet one, many colonists having their lives left in tatters. [[Tigh]] forced to kill his wife, is in the deepest turmoil and [[Starbuck]] is forced to endure the tragic realization that [[Kacey]] is not her daughter, as she was led to believe while imprisoned by [[Leoben]].

==Major Plotlines==

*A major plotline is that there is going to be "an ongoing Cylon story where we’re going to be cutting over to the Cylon world for the first time and running a complete arc within the Cylons."<ref>[http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/]</ref> There will be an introduction of a new type of Cylon. <ref name="if1496"/>
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc. <ref name="now"/>
*Katee Sackhoff has said that her character "goes through a lot of turmoil over the first four episodes, more so than we've ever seen her, the depth of despair that she finds herself in are pretty deep at the end of episode four, and she kind of re-establishes her commitment to the military in episode five which is the haircut" and "sort of like ritualistically, preparing herself to go back on the warpath". Sackhoff went on to say that "there is another man that comes into her life, and it is a very unlikely man that everyone is going to be so livid over." <ref>[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-kateesackhoffbattlestargalacticaseason3secrets,0,6358727.story?coll=zap-rotator-coll interviews]</ref>
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] will continue, neither Helo or Sharon will be killed in Season 3, and a subplot early in Season 3 will involve a [[Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies|dog]]. <ref name="blog0406">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/#a000525 blog]</ref> Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3. <ref>[http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview]</ref>
*[[Gaius Baltar]] will be having a great philosophical crisis. <ref name="if1496"/>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.<ref name="if1496"/> The reasons for Lee's physical condition at the end of [[Season 2]] will be hinted at in the first few episodes with more details coming later in the season.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*There will be a two-part story (''[[Torn]]'' and ''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'') in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*One episode (''[[Hero]]'') will deal with a serious mistake that Admiral Adama made before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*''[[Unfinished Business]]'' will reveal events that transpired during the year-long time gap in ''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]''. One of the flashbacks will show what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*Not quite a standalone, not quite an arc episode, ''[[The Passage]]'' sets up/leads into the mid-season finale in ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]''. [[Ronald Moore]] describes this episode has "a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'' and ''[[Rapture]]'', will center on "discovering the next big clue on the road to Earth".
*There will be a mid-season break between episodes 10 and 11. However it will not be as long as the hiatus between "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]": while that mid-season break lasted 4 months, this mid-season 3 break will last 1 month. <ref> [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ Now Playing Interview]</ref>
*Several [[Season 3]] teasers have been shown during the summer of 2006. Details are [[User:Gougef/Season 3 Teaser | here]].
*The Colonials will spread a virus throughout the Cylon fleet, causing a pandemic in payback against the Cylons. By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of [[Cloud 9]] by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media33b.libsyn.com/m3dteJR2aHjHe5d%2BZXZxpJqtY3aY/podcasts/mb/tmbs-060722-sdcc_bsg.mov |title=Comic-Con 2006 |format=VID }}</ref>
*Roslin returns to the presidency.<ref name="blog20060727">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/07/ blog] </ref>
*Zarek is indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] is not trapped on New Caprica, but was on ''Galactica'' when it Jumped away with the Fleet. Racetrack will appear in ''Unfinished Business'' and ''The Passage'', meaning she survives at least that long. <ref>[http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5] </ref>
*[[Cally]] has a face-to-face confrontation with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy) | Boomer]].<ref>http://www.visimag.com/starburst/s77_feat01.htm</ref> Teasers have indicated that this occurs while Cally is incarcerated.
*Several publicity shots have been released from ''[[Occupation]]'' and ''[[Precipice]]''.<ref>http://nbcumv.com/scifi/photography.html</ref>. The images can be viewed [[:md:User:Shane/gallery|here]] along with Season 3 publicity photos.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

*''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses the changes in the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] culture:''
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "Right. You see the schism stating to happen. Basically, its individuation, where as before there was all a collective thought and consensus about everything they were doing. Its like the humans are the serpent in the garden and the mere contact with them has splintered the Cylon collective psyche and everyone is individual again, even within each model. They do not know how to handle individuality; it’s a great threat to their way of life and their programming."

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
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==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

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[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the newly fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM) | fleet]] return to their search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, however, also have a plan for Earth.''

== Pivotal Plot Points ==

===WARNING SPOILERS!===

====The Occupation====

Four months has passed since the events of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]. On [[New Caprica]] a Cylon occupation, akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]], is in full swing. The head of the colonial government, Gaius Baltar, reduced to that of a puppet leader, colludes (albeit, unwillingly) with the Cylons.

The oppression rouses a [[The Resistance|resistance]], led by [[Colonel Tigh]], who task themselves with the objective of disrupting the Cylon occupation force. Meanwhile, [[Laura Roslin]], though supportive of the resistance, focuses on concealing [[Hera]] from the Cylons.

Galactica and Pegasus, at a safe distance from New Caprica, are preparing to enact plans to rescue the colonists. Admiral Adama, frustrated with the situation, attempts to spur himself and his crew to action. He and his son, [[Lee Adama]], commander of the Pegasus, agree to separate the two battlestars. Galactica will attempt the rescue, and Pegasus, if Galactica fails, will attempt to lead the remnants of the civilian fleet to Earth.

On New Caprica, the colonials continue to be subjected to horrific conditions, and many must endure torture, notably Colonel Tigh. A Police Force is created by the Cylons to tackle the resistance, composed of colonists opposed to it. The fact that humans are collaborating with the Cylons disgusts members of the resistance, and they plan revenge. They recruit [[Duck]], a hopeless widower, as a suicide bomber, and enlist him in the [[New Caprica Police]] Force. Upon his graduation he detonates an explosive vest killing some collaborators and destroying some Cylon bodies in the process.

In response to the suicide bombing, in an attempt to exact order, the Cylons force President Baltar to pass a mass execution order. Amongst those rounded up for execution are Laura Roslin and [[Cally Tyrol]]. Fortunately the resistance is able to rescue the prisoners before they’re killed, due to a source in Baltar’s administration (who turns out to be [[Felix Gaeta]] providing details of the event.

====Exodus====

Galactica successfully contacts the resistance and coordinates an escape plan. The resistance shepherds the colonists to the grounded civilian ships, while simultaneously setting off wide-spread explosions all over the city to distract the Cylons. Galactica jumps into the atmosphere above [[New Caprica City]] out of the Cylon dradis range and launch vipers to protect the evacuating colonists. Laura Roslin retakes Colonial One, and the evacuee ships jump to safety. Galactica, however, outnumbered 4:1, is near destruction when, against orders, Pegasus jumps into theatre and attacks the [[Cylon Fleet]], allowing Galactica to jump to safety. Unfortunately Pegasus (though not her crew) is sacrificed in the process, destroying two [[Basestar]]s with her broken hull and debris.

On New Caprica in the aftermath of the Exodus, Baltar, [[Caprica Six]] and [[D’Anna]], finds baby [[Hera]] crying in the arms of her dead mother. Taking the baby and Baltar with them, the Cylon Fleet leaves New Caprica.

The reunification of The Fleet is a bittersweet one, many colonists having their lives left in tatters. [[Tigh]] forced to kill his wife, is in the deepest turmoil and [[Starbuck]] is forced to endure the tragic realization that [[Kacey]] is not her daughter, as she was led to believe while imprisoned by [[Leoben]].
*A major plotline is that there is going to be "an ongoing Cylon story where we’re going to be cutting over to the Cylon world for the first time and running a complete arc within the Cylons."<ref>[http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/]</ref> There will be an introduction of a new type of Cylon. <ref name="if1496"/>
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc. <ref name="now"/>
*Katee Sackhoff has said that her character "goes through a lot of turmoil over the first four episodes, more so than we've ever seen her, the depth of despair that she finds herself in are pretty deep at the end of episode four, and she kind of re-establishes her commitment to the military in episode five which is the haircut" and "sort of like ritualistically, preparing herself to go back on the warpath". Sackhoff went on to say that "there is another man that comes into her life, and it is a very unlikely man that everyone is going to be so livid over." <ref>[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-kateesackhoffbattlestargalacticaseason3secrets,0,6358727.story?coll=zap-rotator-coll interviews]</ref>
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] will continue, neither Helo or Sharon will be killed in Season 3, and a subplot early in Season 3 will involve a [[Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies|dog]]. <ref name="blog0406">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/#a000525 blog]</ref> Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3. <ref>[http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview]</ref>
*[[Gaius Baltar]] will be having a great philosophical crisis. <ref name="if1496"/>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.<ref name="if1496"/> The reasons for Lee's physical condition at the end of [[Season 2]] will be hinted at in the first few episodes with more details coming later in the season.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*There will be a two-part story (''[[Torn]]'' and ''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'') in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*One episode (''[[Hero]]'') will deal with a serious mistake that Admiral Adama made before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*''[[Unfinished Business]]'' will reveal events that transpired during the year-long time gap in ''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]''. One of the flashbacks will show what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*Not quite a standalone, not quite an arc episode, ''[[The Passage]]'' sets up/leads into the mid-season finale in ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]''. [[Ronald Moore]] describes this episode has "a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'' and ''[[Rapture]]'', will center on "discovering the next big clue on the road to Earth".
*There will be a mid-season break between episodes 10 and 11. However it will not be as long as the hiatus between "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]": while that mid-season break lasted 4 months, this mid-season 3 break will last 1 month. <ref> [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ Now Playing Interview]</ref>
*Several [[Season 3]] teasers have been shown during the summer of 2006. Details are [[User:Gougef/Season 3 Teaser | here]].
*The Colonials will spread a virus throughout the Cylon fleet, causing a pandemic in payback against the Cylons. By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of [[Cloud 9]] by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media33b.libsyn.com/m3dteJR2aHjHe5d%2BZXZxpJqtY3aY/podcasts/mb/tmbs-060722-sdcc_bsg.mov |title=Comic-Con 2006 |format=VID }}</ref>
*Roslin returns to the presidency.<ref name="blog20060727">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/07/ blog] </ref>
*Zarek is indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] is not trapped on New Caprica, but was on ''Galactica'' when it Jumped away with the Fleet. Racetrack will appear in ''Unfinished Business'' and ''The Passage'', meaning she survives at least that long. <ref>[http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5] </ref>
*[[Cally]] has a face-to-face confrontation with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy) | Boomer]].<ref>http://www.visimag.com/starburst/s77_feat01.htm</ref> Teasers have indicated that this occurs while Cally is incarcerated.
*Several publicity shots have been released from ''[[Occupation]]'' and ''[[Precipice]]''.<ref>http://nbcumv.com/scifi/photography.html</ref>. The images can be viewed [[:md:User:Shane/gallery|here]] along with Season 3 publicity photos.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

*''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses the changes in the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] culture:''
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "Right. You see the schism stating to happen. Basically, its individuation, where as before there was all a collective thought and consensus about everything they were doing. Its like the humans are the serpent in the garden and the mere contact with them has splintered the Cylon collective psyche and everyone is individual again, even within each model. They do not know how to handle individuality; it’s a great threat to their way of life and their programming."

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
{{sourcebox|Scifi Neilsen Press Release for Season 3}}
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

{{episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]

Season 3 (2006-07)

2007-01-08T14:49:45Z

Jxh487:

{{cleanup}}

{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the newly fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM) | fleet]] return to their search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, however, also have a plan for Earth.''

== Pivotal Plot Points ==

===WARNING SPOILERS!===

====The Occupation=====

Four months has passed since the events of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]. On [[New Caprica]] a Cylon occupation, akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]], is in full swing. The head of the colonial government, Gaius Baltar, reduced to that of a puppet leader, colludes (albeit, unwillingly) with the Cylons.

The oppression rouses a [[The Resistance|resistance]], led by [[Colonel Tigh]], who task themselves with the objective of disrupting the Cylon occupation force. Meanwhile, [[Laura Roslin]], though supportive of the resistance, focuses on concealing [[Hera]] from the Cylons.

Galactica and Pegasus, at a safe distance from New Caprica, are preparing to enact plans to rescue the colonists. Admiral Adama, frustrated with the situation, attempts to spur himself and his crew to action. He and his son, [[Lee Adama]], commander of the Pegasus, agree to separate the two battlestars. Galactica will attempt the rescue, and Pegasus, if Galactica fails, will attempt to lead the remnants of the civilian fleet to Earth.

On New Caprica, the colonials continue to be subjected to horrific conditions, and many must endure torture, notably Colonel Tigh. A Police Force is created by the Cylons to tackle the resistance, composed of colonists opposed to it. The fact that humans are collaborating with the Cylons disgusts members of the resistance, and they plan revenge. They recruit [[Duck]], a hopeless widower, as a suicide bomber, and enlist him in the [[New Caprica Police]] Force. Upon his graduation he detonates an explosive vest killing some collaborators and destroying some Cylon bodies in the process.

In response to the suicide bombing, in an attempt to exact order, the Cylons force President Baltar to pass a mass execution order. Amongst those rounded up for execution are Laura Roslin and [[Cally Tyrol]]. Fortunately the resistance is able to rescue the prisoners before they’re killed, due to a source in Baltar’s administration (who turns out to be [[Felix Gaeta]] providing details of the event.

====Exodus====

Galactica successfully contacts the resistance and coordinates an escape plan. The resistance shepherds the colonists to the grounded civilian ships, while simultaneously setting off wide-spread explosions all over the city to distract the Cylons. Galactica jumps into the atmosphere above [[New Caprica City]] out of the Cylon dradis range and launch vipers to protect the evacuating colonists. Laura Roslin retakes Colonial One, and the evacuee ships jump to safety. Galactica, however, outnumbered 4:1, is near destruction when, against orders, Pegasus jumps into theatre and attacks the [[Cylon Fleet]], allowing Galactica to jump to safety. Unfortunately Pegasus (though not her crew) is sacrificed in the process, destroying two [[Basestar]]s with her broken hull and debris.

On New Caprica in the aftermath of the Exodus, Baltar, [[Caprica Six]] and [[D’Anna]], finds baby [[Hera]] crying in the arms of her dead mother. Taking the baby and Baltar with them, the Cylon Fleet leaves New Caprica.

The reunification of The Fleet is a bittersweet one, many colonists having their lives left in tatters. [[Tigh]] forced to kill his wife, is in the deepest turmoil and [[Starbuck]] is forced to endure the tragic realization that [[Kacey]] is not her daughter, as she was led to believe while imprisoned by [[Leoben]].
*A major plotline is that there is going to be "an ongoing Cylon story where we’re going to be cutting over to the Cylon world for the first time and running a complete arc within the Cylons."<ref>[http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/]</ref> There will be an introduction of a new type of Cylon. <ref name="if1496"/>
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc. <ref name="now"/>
*Katee Sackhoff has said that her character "goes through a lot of turmoil over the first four episodes, more so than we've ever seen her, the depth of despair that she finds herself in are pretty deep at the end of episode four, and she kind of re-establishes her commitment to the military in episode five which is the haircut" and "sort of like ritualistically, preparing herself to go back on the warpath". Sackhoff went on to say that "there is another man that comes into her life, and it is a very unlikely man that everyone is going to be so livid over." <ref>[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-kateesackhoffbattlestargalacticaseason3secrets,0,6358727.story?coll=zap-rotator-coll interviews]</ref>
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] will continue, neither Helo or Sharon will be killed in Season 3, and a subplot early in Season 3 will involve a [[Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies|dog]]. <ref name="blog0406">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/#a000525 blog]</ref> Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3. <ref>[http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview]</ref>
*[[Gaius Baltar]] will be having a great philosophical crisis. <ref name="if1496"/>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.<ref name="if1496"/> The reasons for Lee's physical condition at the end of [[Season 2]] will be hinted at in the first few episodes with more details coming later in the season.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*There will be a two-part story (''[[Torn]]'' and ''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'') in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*One episode (''[[Hero]]'') will deal with a serious mistake that Admiral Adama made before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*''[[Unfinished Business]]'' will reveal events that transpired during the year-long time gap in ''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]''. One of the flashbacks will show what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*Not quite a standalone, not quite an arc episode, ''[[The Passage]]'' sets up/leads into the mid-season finale in ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]''. [[Ronald Moore]] describes this episode has "a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'' and ''[[Rapture]]'', will center on "discovering the next big clue on the road to Earth".
*There will be a mid-season break between episodes 10 and 11. However it will not be as long as the hiatus between "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]": while that mid-season break lasted 4 months, this mid-season 3 break will last 1 month. <ref> [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ Now Playing Interview]</ref>
*Several [[Season 3]] teasers have been shown during the summer of 2006. Details are [[User:Gougef/Season 3 Teaser | here]].
*The Colonials will spread a virus throughout the Cylon fleet, causing a pandemic in payback against the Cylons. By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of [[Cloud 9]] by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media33b.libsyn.com/m3dteJR2aHjHe5d%2BZXZxpJqtY3aY/podcasts/mb/tmbs-060722-sdcc_bsg.mov |title=Comic-Con 2006 |format=VID }}</ref>
*Roslin returns to the presidency.<ref name="blog20060727">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/07/ blog] </ref>
*Zarek is indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] is not trapped on New Caprica, but was on ''Galactica'' when it Jumped away with the Fleet. Racetrack will appear in ''Unfinished Business'' and ''The Passage'', meaning she survives at least that long. <ref>[http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5] </ref>
*[[Cally]] has a face-to-face confrontation with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy) | Boomer]].<ref>http://www.visimag.com/starburst/s77_feat01.htm</ref> Teasers have indicated that this occurs while Cally is incarcerated.
*Several publicity shots have been released from ''[[Occupation]]'' and ''[[Precipice]]''.<ref>http://nbcumv.com/scifi/photography.html</ref>. The images can be viewed [[:md:User:Shane/gallery|here]] along with Season 3 publicity photos.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

*''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses the changes in the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] culture:''
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "Right. You see the schism stating to happen. Basically, its individuation, where as before there was all a collective thought and consensus about everything they were doing. Its like the humans are the serpent in the garden and the mere contact with them has splintered the Cylon collective psyche and everyone is individual again, even within each model. They do not know how to handle individuality; it’s a great threat to their way of life and their programming."

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
{{sourcebox|Scifi Neilsen Press Release for Season 3}}
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

{{episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]

Season 3 (2006-07)

2007-01-08T14:47:19Z

Jxh487:

{{cleanup}}

{{spoiler}}

[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the newly fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM) | fleet]] return to their search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, however, also have a plan for Earth.''

== Pivotal Plot Points ==
===WARNING SPOILERS!===

'Occupation'

Four months has passed since the events of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]. On [[New Caprica]] a Cylon occupation, akin to [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]], is in full swing. The head of the colonial government, Gaius Baltar, reduced to that of a puppet leader, colludes (albeit, unwillingly) with the Cylons.

The oppression rouses a [[The Resistance|resistance]], led by [[Colonel Tigh]], who task themselves with the objective of disrupting the Cylon occupation force. Meanwhile, [[Laura Roslin]], though supportive of the resistance, focuses on concealing [[Hera]] from the Cylons.

Galactica and Pegasus, at a safe distance from New Caprica, are preparing to enact plans to rescue the colonists. Admiral Adama, frustrated with the situation, attempts to spur himself and his crew to action. He and his son, [[Lee Adama]], commander of the Pegasus, agree to separate the two battlestars. Galactica will attempt the rescue, and Pegasus, if Galactica fails, will attempt to lead the remnants of the civilian fleet to Earth.

On New Caprica, the colonials continue to be subjected to horrific conditions, and many must endure torture, notably Colonel Tigh. A Police Force is created by the Cylons to tackle the resistance, composed of colonists opposed to it. The fact that humans are collaborating with the Cylons disgusts members of the resistance, and they plan revenge. They recruit [[Duck]], a hopeless widower, as a suicide bomber, and enlist him in the [[New Caprica Police]] Force. Upon his graduation he detonates an explosive vest killing some collaborators and destroying some Cylon bodies in the process.

In response to the suicide bombing, in an attempt to exact order, the Cylons force President Baltar to pass a mass execution order. Amongst those rounded up for execution are Laura Roslin and [[Cally Tyrol]]. Fortunately the resistance is able to rescue the prisoners before they’re killed, due to a source in Baltar’s administration (who turns out to be [[Felix Gaeta]] providing details of the event.

Exodus

Galactica successfully contacts the resistance and coordinates an escape plan. The resistance shepherds the colonists to the grounded civilian ships, while simultaneously setting off wide-spread explosions all over the city to distract the Cylons. Galactica jumps into the atmosphere above [[New Caprica City]] out of the Cylon dradis range and launch vipers to protect the evacuating colonists. Laura Roslin retakes Colonial One, and the evacuee ships jump to safety. Galactica, however, outnumbered 4:1, is near destruction when, against orders, Pegasus jumps into theatre and attacks the [[Cylon Fleet]], allowing Galactica to jump to safety. Unfortunately Pegasus (though not her crew) is sacrificed in the process, destroying two [[Basestar]]s with her broken hull and debris.

On New Caprica in the aftermath of the Exodus, Baltar, [[Caprica Six]] and [[D’Anna]], finds baby [[Hera]] crying in the arms of her dead mother. Taking the baby and Baltar with them, the Cylon Fleet leaves New Caprica.

The reunification of The Fleet is a bittersweet one, many colonists having their lives left in tatters. [[Tigh]] forced to kill his wife, is in the deepest turmoil and [[Starbuck]] is forced to endure the tragic realization that [[Kacey]] is not her daughter, as she was led to believe while imprisoned by [[Leoben]].
*A major plotline is that there is going to be "an ongoing Cylon story where we’re going to be cutting over to the Cylon world for the first time and running a complete arc within the Cylons."<ref>[http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/]</ref> There will be an introduction of a new type of Cylon. <ref name="if1496"/>
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc. <ref name="now"/>
*Katee Sackhoff has said that her character "goes through a lot of turmoil over the first four episodes, more so than we've ever seen her, the depth of despair that she finds herself in are pretty deep at the end of episode four, and she kind of re-establishes her commitment to the military in episode five which is the haircut" and "sort of like ritualistically, preparing herself to go back on the warpath". Sackhoff went on to say that "there is another man that comes into her life, and it is a very unlikely man that everyone is going to be so livid over." <ref>[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-kateesackhoffbattlestargalacticaseason3secrets,0,6358727.story?coll=zap-rotator-coll interviews]</ref>
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] will continue, neither Helo or Sharon will be killed in Season 3, and a subplot early in Season 3 will involve a [[Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies|dog]]. <ref name="blog0406">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/#a000525 blog]</ref> Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3. <ref>[http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview]</ref>
*[[Gaius Baltar]] will be having a great philosophical crisis. <ref name="if1496"/>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.<ref name="if1496"/> The reasons for Lee's physical condition at the end of [[Season 2]] will be hinted at in the first few episodes with more details coming later in the season.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*There will be a two-part story (''[[Torn]]'' and ''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'') in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*One episode (''[[Hero]]'') will deal with a serious mistake that Admiral Adama made before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*''[[Unfinished Business]]'' will reveal events that transpired during the year-long time gap in ''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]''. One of the flashbacks will show what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*Not quite a standalone, not quite an arc episode, ''[[The Passage]]'' sets up/leads into the mid-season finale in ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]''. [[Ronald Moore]] describes this episode has "a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'' and ''[[Rapture]]'', will center on "discovering the next big clue on the road to Earth".
*There will be a mid-season break between episodes 10 and 11. However it will not be as long as the hiatus between "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]": while that mid-season break lasted 4 months, this mid-season 3 break will last 1 month. <ref> [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ Now Playing Interview]</ref>
*Several [[Season 3]] teasers have been shown during the summer of 2006. Details are [[User:Gougef/Season 3 Teaser | here]].
*The Colonials will spread a virus throughout the Cylon fleet, causing a pandemic in payback against the Cylons. By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of [[Cloud 9]] by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media33b.libsyn.com/m3dteJR2aHjHe5d%2BZXZxpJqtY3aY/podcasts/mb/tmbs-060722-sdcc_bsg.mov |title=Comic-Con 2006 |format=VID }}</ref>
*Roslin returns to the presidency.<ref name="blog20060727">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/07/ blog] </ref>
*Zarek is indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] is not trapped on New Caprica, but was on ''Galactica'' when it Jumped away with the Fleet. Racetrack will appear in ''Unfinished Business'' and ''The Passage'', meaning she survives at least that long. <ref>[http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5] </ref>
*[[Cally]] has a face-to-face confrontation with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy) | Boomer]].<ref>http://www.visimag.com/starburst/s77_feat01.htm</ref> Teasers have indicated that this occurs while Cally is incarcerated.
*Several publicity shots have been released from ''[[Occupation]]'' and ''[[Precipice]]''.<ref>http://nbcumv.com/scifi/photography.html</ref>. The images can be viewed [[:md:User:Shane/gallery|here]] along with Season 3 publicity photos.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

*''[[Lucy Lawless]] discusses the changes in the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] culture:''
*: '''Lucy Lawless:''' "Right. You see the schism stating to happen. Basically, its individuation, where as before there was all a collective thought and consensus about everything they were doing. Its like the humans are the serpent in the garden and the mere contact with them has splintered the Cylon collective psyche and everyone is individual again, even within each model. They do not know how to handle individuality; it’s a great threat to their way of life and their programming."

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
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==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

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Awards and Honors (RDM)

2007-01-08T12:55:59Z

Jxh487:

This article lists '''awards and honors''' that the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]] has recieved or been nominated for since its initial televesion debut as Battlestar Galactica: The [[Miniseries]]. This includes awards for the series overall, individual episodes and cast and crew performances.

==[[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] Nominations or Wins==
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The Emmy® Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the [[Wikipedia:Peabody Awards|Peabody Awards]] but more focused on entertainment. The nominations below are for the annual '''Creative Arts''' Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

===2004 Emmy Awards===
*'''Nominated''': The Battlestar Galactica "[[Miniseries]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special''

===2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)===
*'''Nominated''': The season and series premiere, "[[33]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

===2006 Emmy Awards (Season 2)===
*'''Nominated''': The season finale, "[[ Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Costumes for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Scattered]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

==[[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo Awards]]==
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The '''Hugo Award''' is presented each year in recognition of outstanding work in science fiction. They are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year and the awards are handed out at the annual [[Wikipedia:World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention, or "WorldCon"]].

===2005 Hugo Awards===
*'''Winner''': The first season premiere episode, "[[33]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

===2006 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==
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The '''Peabody Awards''' are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. The awards are generally regarded as "the most prestigious awards within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment."

===2006 Peabody Awards===
*'''Winner''': ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Sci Fi Channel received a 2006 Peabody Award for its "revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be human." [http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=135 Press release of winners].

==[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards|Visual Effects Society Awards]]==

===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2004|2004 2nd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] for ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special'', [[Miniseries]]
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial'', Miniseries
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===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2005|2005 3rd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program'', [[33|Episode 101, "33,"]] "[[Cylon Centurion|Cylon Character]]"

===2006 4th Annual VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Fragged|Episode 203, "Fragged,"]] "Cylon Centurion"
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Valley of Darkness|Episode 202, "Valley of Darkness,"]] "Cylon"

==[[Wikipedia:Saturn Award|The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards]]==
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The '''Saturn Award''' is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

===2004 30th Annual Awards===
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Television Presentation''
*'''Nominated''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] for ''Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica 1978 - The Complete Epic Series (Region 1 DVD)|"Battlestar Galactica Complete Epic Series"]] DVD Collection, for ''Best DVD Television Release''

===2005 31st Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''

===2006 32nd Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''
*'''Winner''': [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Winner''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], for ''Best Supporting Actress on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], for ''Best DVD Television release'' Season 1 & 2.0 (Universal)

==Leo Awards==
===2006 Leo Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Tricia Helfer]] in ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" for [http://www.leoawards.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=61 Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series]

==[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.COM Awards]]==

===Best of 2006 : TV (Season 3.1)===

*'''Winner''': Best Television Program
*'''Winner''': Best Sci-Fi Series
*'''Winner''': Best storyline for the [[New Caprica]] arc
*'''Nominated''': Best Actor, [[Edward James Olmos]]
*'''Nominated''': Best Actress, [[Mary McDonnell]]
*'''Nominated''': Biggest Shock for the "One Year Later" jump ([[season 2]])

===Others, 2006===

*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 premiere "[[Occupation]]."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/737/737506p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Occupation/Precipice" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]." <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/740/740459p1.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: "Exodus, Part 2" Advance Review|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

==Miscellaneous==
===2005===
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] Moments of significance 2005: Movies and Television Picture a Post 9/11 World
*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1) <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html|title=Best of 2005: Television|date=2005-12-15|accessdate=2006-10-27|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>
*[[Wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] and [[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land's]] ''The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments'' for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" (Position: #98)

===2006===
*[[Wikipedia:Salon.com|Salon.com]] recipient of the Buffy Award for Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica "the most underappreciated show in all of TV land"<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2006/08/26/buffy/|title=And the Buffy goes to...|date=2006-08-26|accessdate=2006-11-23|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=English}}</ref>

*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2006 (Position: #1)<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6169477.stm|title=BBC reports the American Film Institute's top 10 TV shows of the year|date=2006-12-11|accessdate=2006-12-12|last=|first=|format=HTML|language=en}}</ref>

== Comments and Quotes ==

''I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....''<br/>
-- Edward James Olmos, (''[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/bts/interviews/olmos_QA.html Scifi.com] interview'')

==See Also==

*[http://www.emmys.tv/ The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences], home of the Emmy Awards
*[http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html The Hugo Awards] information from the World Science Fiction Society, its official servicemark holder
*[http://www.peabody.uga.edu/ The Official Peabody Awards site]
*[http://www.vesawards.com/ The Visual Effects Society Awards]
*[http://www.saturnawards.org/index.html The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards] (Saturn Awards)

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User:TaKometer

2006-11-19T21:16:12Z

Jxh487:

TaKometer,

Very interesting article about the catalysis of singlet oxygen to peroxide and ozone analogues, but how is this relevant. The 'antibody' debate was focused on resolving the discussion on the degradation analysis point for [[A measure of salvation]], not about the generation of toxic products from non-specific antibodies! I believe this issue has been resolved by the administrators now, so I wouldn't worry, but thanks for trying to help :) [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 15:16, 19 November 2006 (CST)

Talk:A Measure of Salvation/Archive 1

2006-11-19T21:08:49Z

Jxh487: /* The antibody degradative debate? */

==Picture?==
Is that picture from A Measure of Salvation? I don't remember Three and Six projecting themselves into a forest. The outfits they are wearing look like what they wore while torturing Baltar, so maybe it's from a deleted scene. Unless I've forgotten the scene for some reason, shouldn't we get a picture that actually came from the episode? -- [[User:Alpha5099|Alpha5099]] 12:10, 11 November 2006 (CST)

== Some Poor Writing ==

Attention to detail is what has set BSG apart from so many other science-fiction shows - including Mr. Moore's Star Trek franchises. So I was very disappointed last night to see the sloppy errors piling up deep. I'd have to see the epsiode again to list them all, but mainly them problems concerned the virus.

The scene where potentially infected Galactica crew are "quarantined", together with Sharon, in a room with cold-storage plastic flaps was ridiculous.

It's preposterous to think that a cylon would casually betray his race for the anti-viral drug. He has no assurance that he won't be double-crossed, and he certainly - even after torture - wouldn't spell out the danger the virus poses to the cylon fleet. The audience isn't stupid and neither should the Galctica crew be. Seeing Lee with a dim little lightbulb over his head was just insulting to us all.

Past episodes have cleary shown that cylon ressurection occurs over significant distances, (greater than FTL jumps), and that calls into question the fundemental logistics of Adama's infection plan.

There would be no reason to jump Galactica itself, just sending one raptor with a cylon transponder and one infected cylon would have done the trick. (Nevermind the ease with which two cylon raiders almost instantly materialize into a whole cylon fleet with a resurrectionship conveniently in tow.)

The analysis on the episode summary page provides an excellent plot device allowing the raid to "succeed" thus justifying the major build-up of the two part story. In fact, it would have made a superb three part arc.

Hypothetical episode 3: Spend some realistic period of time finding a reasonably sized cylon fleet, infect them, virus begins spreading throughout area covered by the "local" resurrection ship. Cylons scramble to head off disease, Baltar gains points by developing Hera vaccine, cylons survive but with major "body-blow" giving Galactica and fleet some breathing room as they prepare to investigate the new lead to Earth.

Please don't get me wrong, I love this show, but sci-fi writing has always been done on the cheap and it make my eyes roll as I struggle to care about characters forced through non-sensical plot contortions. Please, Mr. Moore, DON'T LET BSG SINK TO THE SAME SAD FATE! I'm trusting that this was just a hiccup not a trend.

--[[User:IanB|IanB]] 13:08, 11 November 2006 (CST)

:In defense of the writers, I think you are wrong on two points:
:*Jumping Galactica makes sense. In [[Scar]] Cylon Raiders are engaging in skirmishes despite the absence of a resurrection ship. A Raptor is not a big enough threat to guarantee the presence of a resurrection ship. If one isn't in range by accident the Cylons would probably engage the Raptor without it and take a minor risk of permanently loosing a few raiders. And after [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]] the Cylons could be exspected to take a closer look to any unexpected Raptors with a Cylon transponder showing up. If they destroy it without a resurrection ship in range, the plans failed. Also Racetrack stated last episode that there is a shortage of Raptors in the fleet, noone is going to be eager to sacrifice one. Jumping Galactica ensures the Cylon require lots of forces, expect lot's of casualties and have a resurrection ship nearby, though I could have done without seeing it arrive on the battlefield, that's bad and inconsistent strategy, just to make sure the audience knows that it is in range.

:*There is probably a greater timespan between arrival of the patrol and that of the strikeforce then shown onscreen. Helo manipulates the oxygen-system after the jump, nevertheless the prisoners are already dead by the time the resurrection ship appears, indicating a least a few minutes have passed. The process can be seen in [[Flight of the Phoenix]] in the firing range scene (it's likely that Helo manipulated the same system).

:Two more plotholes I noticed: How do the Colonials know the Cylon supply lines? And given that they know Athena is immune because she's given birth to a hybrid child, they should wonder if there a more human-cylon hybrids. Even without knowing that Hera is still alive, if the massive Cylon effort to create hybrids resulted in creating at least one more hybrid the cylons would take a blow, but would not be exstinct. By the way it would be nice if we would hear something about these efforts. When Hera is shown for the first time in Cylon hands would be a good opportunity to close that chapter with a throwaway line that all these efforts were fruitless and stopped. [[User:Nevfennas|Nevfennas]] 11:24, 12 November 2006 (CST)

:: That's an interesting question -- one that I had myself, actually. Even if the effort didn't destroy the Cylon race (and I think that goal is overly optimistic), the virus would have given a serious blow to the Cylons, which would only serve to give the survivors more breathing room -- not to metion the increase in general morale, which the survivors seriously need after the farce at New Caprica. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:53, 12 November 2006 (CST)

I would have to agree the writing is poor. The series seems to be drifting from its roots and moving into the Hollywood PC political statement world. This season has already thrown in suicide bombing and implied it was acceptable, now there is a drift into making political statements about biological weapons (even though nuclear weapons have been freely used in the past.) It seems the writers are abandoning their science fiction roots and reaching to make their own personal social or political commentary. I do hope they get back to what I considered truly exceptional science fiction and stop these editorials.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 00:06, 12 November 2006 (CST)

Followup: According to and article on the Gateworld site ([http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/news/2006/10/season_three_ratings_slip_from_premiere.shtml]) the ratings have been slipping. As much as I truly love this show, I know my wife and I were both rather disgusted with the previous inclusion of the suicide bombers and now the “loss of humanity” references associated with the potential use of biological weapons. I have also heard complaints from two of our friends. I’m concerned that if this direction is continued it will not only ruin the show, it will also drive away viewers resulting in cancelation. As a long time science fiction fan (I even remember watching the original showings of Lost in Space and the first Star Trek) this has been my all time favorite show up until now. I would hate to see it have an early demise. As I mentioned above, I hope the writers can return to science fiction and entertainment.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 16:13, 12 November 2006 (CST)

:: Ratings have been slipping for ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'' as well; neither have the strong allegories to today's world, or the world of yesteryear for that matter. So I don't fully buy that there's a direct correlation between the creative direction BSG is going and the loss in viewership. Actually, one could probably argue (more successfully in my informed opinion) that the loss of ratings has more to do with Sci-Fi's scheduling decisions of breaking up the "Three Amigos" (''Stargate SG-1'', ''Stargate Atlantis'' and ''Battlestar Galactica''). As for the "loss of humanity" and suicide bombing themes, these have existed since the miniseries (Number Five's suicide bombing attempt in "[[Litmus]]" and Adama's speech in the miniseries and platitudes since then). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:53, 12 November 2006 (CST)

::: In my very informed opinion, I would have to disagree on several points. While time slots and lineup can affect ratings, this usually is reflected in those of the shows with the weaker individual draw. Galactica is a cornerstone show which should draw up the ratings for those around it rather than have such a slump from a lineup change.

::: As for the previous Friday lineup, SG-1 ratings have steadily declined since the departure of Richard Dean Anderson. His departure also seemed to coincide with decline in the quality of the writing, though I’m not convinced the two were related rather than just coincidental. I have always believed the SG Atlantis was the weak link in that lineup and was carried by its position between SG-1 and BSG. As mentioned in the article I referenced above, Dr. Who, which leads into BSG, has had poor ratings this season. I believe the replacement of the very likable actor playing the title role, though consistent with the original BBC series, was a detriment to this series. In addition, this season’s writing has seemed less creative and entertaining. I greatly enjoyed their first season, but have found the current one to be rather dull and uninteresting. This certainly doesn’t help with the Galactica ratings, but I don’t believe it is the major factor in the decline.

::: The introduction of controversial topics into plot lines is often risky, particularly with science fiction which is typically considered pure escapism, even when it has a dark element like BSG (i.e.: The potential extermination of the human race and the continued threat from the Cylon.) Generally, Sci-Fi fans want to escape the real world and be entertained, not lectured on the writers’ political or social views of modern events. While any controversial topic is a risk, the introduction of those that are currently so polarizing is almost a guarantee of distancing a significant portion of your fan base.

::: You associated the bombing executed by a Cylon against those carried out by human suicide bombers. The two aren’t even remotely comparable. The first was not executed by a human, was not condoned by the humans, and was executed by an individual who (as already had been established) would be reborn (“downloaded”) into a new body, but as the same individual. The later was not only condoned by members of the upper human leadership, it was presented as a reasonable and acceptable approach in a given situation – a strong statement considering current world events. (As someone who’s nephew’s squad was attacked by the first suicide bomber in the gulf war, killing many of his squad just a few yards in front of him, I will freely admit to strong personal feelings in this matter. None the less, such controversial plot elements are invariably going to strongly offend a significant number of viewers.) The inference that the humans must limit their use of weapons against an enemy bent on the genocide of humanity is another PC component. Biological weapons as a plot element would have been better completely left out rather than used as a mechanism for additional political commentary. Remember, people watch for entertainment, not a reminder of current events or a thinly disguised lecture from Hollywood writers on their political and social opinions.

::: It is also rather telling that the ratings dropped rather significantly after the season 3 premiere (where suicide bombings by humans were introduced and condoned.) I’ll be interested in seeing how the ratings are affected after this latest one sided (read: “PC”) foray into contemporary controversial issues.

::: --[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 20:40, 12 November 2006 (CST)

::::I doubt that the suicide bombings in Occupation and Precipice were "condoned" by the show. Roslin didn't like them. Tigh, who planned them, thought they were bad. Even Baltar (who's been developing a conscience this season, thank the Gods) didn't like them. The first was a waste of life and counterproductive, causing a massive Cylon freakout that would have killed off Roslin, Zarek, Cally and a bunch of other people if the resistance hadn't saved them in the last minute. The second took down the power grid, which was more helpful, but it should be noted that in this case the bomber didn't kill any civilians, just herself and some Cylons. Tigh is still suffering because of the choices he made on New Caprica, and it doesn't look like he's coming out of those moral woods anytime soon.

::::Furthermore, I don't think the show has condemned the use of the Cylon virus, either. Roslin was all about it, after all, and I don't think there's anything less PC than a schoolteacher with a Messiah complex jonesing for some genocide. --[[User:Noindiecred|Noindiecred]] 22:33, 12 November 2006 (CST)

:::: The use of nuclear weapons are logical in a space setting where great distances are involved and ships are heavily armoured. I would suspect, though, that a Presidential order would have been required to use nukes on the surface of a populated planet. The use of bio-weapons would probably have similiar restrictions because of their nature. I disagree that this show was PC. The weapon that the humans stumbled upon had a unique ability to wipe out the entire race of cyclons. To use it does carry far more ethical problems than simply using a nuke on a basestar. To use a rl analogy even during WWII the US would have been reluctant to have used a weapon that would have destroyed every Japanese person on the planet--[[User:Boonton|Boonton]] 09:39, 13 November 2006 (CST)

:::I think the show has been attacking issues that are important in our modern world since the beginning. Basic issues like balance of power, whether civilian government should stay in power during a massive crisis and war, religion in general, how to treat thouse different from yourselves (the show has been very ambivalent about killing Cylons, even though they are "just robots"), Baltar's initial refusal to believe in the gods or a god. It has even tackled thitngs like terrorism as a means to an end (Zarek was introduced at the beginning of the first season), abortion, infanticide, torture, treatment of prisoners. In all, it has been very current and politically involved since the beginning. However, with the first 4 episodes of season 3, it took a decidedly controversial and risky turn by depicting our favorite valiant and noble heros under brutal occupation. The writers have guts, and their ratings may have suffered, but they are doing the same thing they've been doing since the beginning of the show. It's just now a lot of poeple who watch TV don't agree with the particular direction the show took. However, even then, it left the viewer to choose for him or herself what to think, it was again ambivalent, which may be what makes it the best show on TV. No, the show will not supply you with easy answers and moral certitude to very important current questions. But that's a good thing, not a bad thing. --[[User:Yaneh|Yaneh]] 15:49, 13 November 2006 (EST)

::::I have to agree that it's been dealing with controversial issues from the start. One thing I've learned about BsG from watching it is that every time you think there's a line they won't cross, they seem to cross it. I think Yaneh has it right. Now, with them back in space, I do think it might turn more towards classic sci-fi, but I do agree this is not an unprecedented pattern. As for the writing on this particular episode, I think there were some odd references or slip-ups, which to my mind were made for the sole purpose of bailing Galactica out of the responsibility for a genocide. But I'm not going to judge the whole show at this point--it's WAY too early for that. I'm even more of a music buff than a TV buff, and I don't write off a band until there are 3 stinkers in a row. Let's wait and see if this a pattern before we write BsG off. --[[User:Rose Immortal|Rose Immortal]]

My additional $.02 - I'm going to have to disagree with my esteemed colleague from across the aisle, GeorgeW. I have no complaint with the political/moral questions that the writers have chosen to tackle this season. I do not believe that sci-fi was ever supposed to be purely escapist. Think of Frank Herbert's Dune which was essentially a political novel in sci-fi clothing. And the reason it is still regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever written was '''attention to detail!'''

What's made BSG so engaging has been its willingness to tackle the dark and gritty sides of a sci-fi story and thus make it far more real. This season's espisodes especially, have dug into tough questions about the justification of actions taken by a society being oppressed and even threatened with extinction - and kudos to Mr. Moore and Co. for going there! While they chose Nazi-esque imagery to illustrate the cylon occupation of New Caprica, the physical and psycological torture depicted there is exactly what Palestinians have been living with every day for decades, and I think it's extraordinary that this show has dared to ask American audiences to speculate how they would react if the same sort of conditions were imposed on us.

Consider Fox's 24, an unabashed advertisement for torture in the name of patriotism - nothing more than fearmongering to stir up a post-911 traumatised public into a state of jackboot-stamping, flag-waving paranoia, willing to hand over their civil liberties to facists. As grim as the first two episodes of this BSG season were, it was refreshing to see some element of pop culture actually asking viewers to stop and think - rather than just telling them what to believe.

If there's been a drop in ratings as a result of this storyline, it's only because so many Americans have let their capacity for critical thought atrophy over the last 40 years. (But just as likely, as was stated above, it was Sci-fi's choice to break up its powerhouse Friday night schedule. Frankly, canning Atlantis and popping the new Doctor Who episodes into the vacant slot would have been the prefered alternative.)

So back to my original point. With a wink and a nod to technobabble - the show's about homicidal robots for gosh sake - can we please just pay attention to the logical details. It's science-fiction, and we, the viewers, have already given the writers our willing suspension of disbelief. I'm just asking not to be abused with rediculous and downright stupid plot loopholes and gaffes in return for the privilege. I'm not writing off BSG either. Yet. But this last episode, which held such promise for having raised the stakes to the level of genocide, fell utterly flat - tripped up by the banana peels of sloppy writing.

--[[User:IanB|IanB]] 16:54, 14 November 2006 (CST)

In response to the original poster, I agree with you. This is not one of the show's shining moments.

--[[User:Crazyrabbits|Crazyrabbits]] 10:00, 15 November 2006 (CST)

== Explanations ==

A note about the Resurection ship jumping into the battle... it would seem that this is actually a good tactical move from the Cylon perspective. After Pegasus and Galactica easily destroyed the first resurrection ship and it's escorts, it would be prudent for the Cylons to keep the new ship with their fleet... even if this means taking it into battle with them. From their point of view it might look as if Galactica was trying to sucker the baseships away from the resurrection ship so the colonials could attack it. They've already used the "sucker" strategy a number of times, we could just be seeing a Cylon reaction to that strategy. Bringing the ship with them would negate such a threat as several basestars (more than enough to hold galactica off) would be able to cover for it.

As far as supply lines, it would figure that Galactica would know about this. Basic military strategy is to harass or at least keep an eye on enemy supply lines.

Also a note about the raptors and their missiles. The colonials may have found, after the battle over new caprica, that the missile attachments for the raptors were effective and could be adapted for other (combat) uses as well. It would also figure that after the loss of Pegasus, the colonials would be trying everything they could to increase firepower. This is probably just a jury-rig solution for increasing galactica's firepower.

: And all this has yet to be supported on screen. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:45, 13 November 2006 (CST)

::In [[The Captain's Hand]] Admiral Adama orders a recon of 5 Raptors, 2 of them SAR and 3 Escort. Though never seen onscreen heavily armed Raptors must have been around for some time. [[User:Nevfennas|Nevfennas]] 14:57, 13 November 2006 (CST)

: It is also distinctly possible that the weapon pods were not available until the arrival of the Pegasus. The cache at Ragnar Anchorage was likely primarily the weapons themselves, and not a supply of launchers or similar hardware. Since Galactica was slated for retirement and Pegasus was fully operational it is very likely the later ship was much better equipped with combat military hardware.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 22:30, 13 November 2006 (CST)

== About Gaeta ==
Looking at the question here:

: Why is Gaeta so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?

Er, well, the last time Gaeta saw Baltar, he gave him a gun and told him his last chance at redemption was to stop Three from setting off the nuke. Given that the nuke didn't go off, it isn't unreasonable to believe Baltar was successful, and that in succeeding he would have either died or been stranded on New Caprica. --[[User:Saforrest|Saforrest]] 02:50, 13 November 2006 (CST)

:Gaeta knew that he was chummy with the Cylons. For him to convince them not to detonate the nuke (not hard, given that it would be at best a symbolic gesture) and still make it off the planet alive is well within the realm of possibility. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:56, 13 November 2006 (CST)

==A quick battle==

I was just wondering but is the skirmish with Galactica and the Basestars going to be added into the Second Cylon War or not? Sure it was short but it still had combat and casualties so it should be added to the list. [[User:Commander Mazien|Commander Mazien]] 19:54, 13 November 2006 (CST)
: Sure, I don't see why not. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:10, 13 November 2006 (CST)

==Baltar's Torture==

This is just pure speculation for speculation's sake, but I can't help thinking something more than Three being "touched" by Baltar's insane screaming of "don't stop..." "I believe in you" and "I love you with all my heart" (with internal Six's coaching) is going on in this scene. Three's indiference at the onset of her torturing, and her musing over which torture tool she should use doesnt seem like it could be changed or swayed by anything Baltar would say. i would say that judging from the torture tools they have, and their experiences on New Caprica at extracting information on detainees they know a little about torturing, it doesn't seem that Baltar saying anything he could to stop the torture would be unexpected. This leads me to wonder about exactly what he did say with the help of internal Six. perhaps those phrases, or the way he said it struck something in Three that only Cylons are aware of...maybe it means something that neither the Viewer or Baltar is aware of...I just find it hard to believe that Three, fully prepared for torture, even having fun picking what instrument to use...could be so easily moved from some snivelling bleating human saying he loves her with all his heart...Did Six give Baltar these phrases to say because she knew they'd strike a cord in a fellow Cylon, Three's reaction was quite a reaction, and then touching his lips like she couldn't believe those words came out of his mouth.....I don't know...just speculating.--[[User:Gallion|Gallion]] 12:23, 14 November 2006 (CST)

--I wonder if the incongruity of those phrases to the situation of being tortured made Three wonder if Baltar was projecting. Now, if they've tortured other humans, they've probably seen people break with reality and shut down before, but perhaps that's a reaction beyond anything they've ever seen before. More like a Cylon being tortured? Is that what their instinct is, if they're in the same situation as Baltar? --[[User:Rose Immortal|Rose Immortal]]

==Note about the virus is incorrect==

The note:

Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as Lymphocytic encephalitis, however encephalitis is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.

When a doctor identifies a disease, he normally states the name of the disease, not the name of the virus. The note itself states that Doc Cottle identifies the "disease," not the pathogen. I think the note needs to be modified or deleted. --[[User:123home123|123home123]] 20:58, 13 November 2006 (CST)

== Accessing the "Hybrid?" ==

Is that what Athena is doing? Do we know that? It just sounds odd when phrased that way. [[User:Wldkt1|Wldkt1]] 02:56, 14 November 2006 (CST)

== The antibody degradative debate? ==

Ok, the latest addition to this point is the most scientifically accurate (antibodies do not have degradative functionality)! Read the wiki articles yourself to confirm and help you understand. On a more serious note if contributors (chiefly the second one on this topic) feel that an explanation or analysis point is incorrect or poorly explained than they need to do their homework before they dispute it and make up their own science. I know its only a fan wiki on battlestar but lets not plague our site with scientific inconsistencies like in 'A measure of Salvation' (Their science advisor must of been on holiday when this was written), after all we have luxury of being able to correct ourselves in hindsight ;) [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 18:10, 15 November 2006 (CST)

:Sorry, but antibodies *do* have degradative capability, it has been known for at least 4 years now. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/298/5601/2195

::Alright, this is getting silly now. This article is talking about the antibody catalysed generation of peroxide and an ozone analogue, referring to the apparent toxicity of these products to bacterial species - no mention of RNA degradation (or any other kind of degradation for that matter) here, mate!. Im super sorry, but AB's **don't** have degradative functionality! [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 15:08, 19 November 2006 (CST)

:After spending over 25 years working in the clincial field (including being a lab director and now consultant), much of it involving research in imunology, immunohematology, genetics, and similar areas, I believe I know a bit more than what's presented in a few overly simplistic paragraphs in some an abbreviated article. I've dealt with far to many on the internet like yourself who reads a few sentences and brands themselves an expert. I came to this site because I believed it would be an enjoyable place to talk about my favorite show, but apparently this is just another one flled with those who prefer to hide behind their monitors and make snide comments. I'm not here to get into this type of garbage, so that's it, I'm done and out of here.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 01:07, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::There will always be people that claim to know all and others that really do belive that they know the right answer. The solution is just to provide loads of sourced for what you say. I dont know of your technical background but it would be very beneficial for all if you stayed and we can work this bit out. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:02, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::I'm sorry you feel that way, and I do have a solution to the above issue. It's a really simple solution, so here goes: all the science information needs to be sourced. I'm not talking about using links to Wikipedia (which we shouldn't really be sourcing from anyway), but I'm talking about adding sources from scientific journals and the like. References that GeorgeW should have access to, if I'm correct on that. Otherwise, I'm inclined to yank the entire thing since it isn't sourced at all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:41, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::: I have cited an excellent reference on this topic in the article, a text that was very useful to me in my first undergrad year. It would be rather difficult to cite an appropriate journal (even a review) because the topic is very basic. In addition very few people would have access to any article cited without paying or having a subscription (personal or institutional), though most major libraries are bound to stock this text. My inclusion of Wiki articles as references were due to the fact that they provide a sound and simplistic (extremely accurate, believe it or not!) explanation of the relevant topics, as I assume most people reading these articles don't have a degree in a biological science. As for George W. Bush's 25 years of clinical experience (hmm?), I'd like to know if he's willing to dispute a scientific textbook! [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 17:51, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::::Regardless of who is right or wrong (I'm NOT taking sides here), there shouldn't be debate in the analysis section. Currently it reads like:
::::A
:::::NOT (A)
::::::NOT (NOT (A))
::::Which is NOT (Encycopledic) to read. Pull out your sources, measure them (weigh them, whatever), and the winner takes all (and gets a quick blurb about A (or NOT (A)) in the "Analysis" section). Also, when citing your sources you may want to make use of the [[:Category:Citation templates|citation templates]] when citing books, journal articles, etc. That's what makes the cool little footnotes that show up in the "References" section. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 18:06, 16 November 2006 (CST)

== sickbay ship ==

William Adama says in the final scene:

:''Cottle's report from the virus: He thinks that it was simply an accidental contamination of the beacon '''we''' abandoned on '''the sickbay ship'''.''

*What is ''the sickbay ship''? When did this happen?
*Who does ''we'' refer to in this statement if Adama and Laura seem to believe that the beacon was left there as a ''signpost to earth''?

--[[User:Pix|Pix]] 01:35, 17 November 2006 (CST)

:From Sadgeezer's transcript:
:'''Adama, standing''': Cottle's report on the virus. He thinks that it was simply an accidental contamination of the beacon we abandoned on the sick baseship.

:'''Roslin''': Somebody sneezed, maybe.

:SO to the first, I think it was sick baseship, not sickbay ship. And the we refers to the Fleet collectively, but specifically to themselves (being the decisionmakers that decided to leave it onboard the baseship rather than bring it aboard and risk contamination). It sounds like they maybe wish they'd have picked it up now, but at least they're on the right track.
:If you check out the [[Podcast:A Measure of Salvation|podcast transcript]], you'll hear/see that actually as originally scripted they did pick up the beacon, and were going to chuck it through space at the Cylons, but the writers/producers decided that was lame and chose to leave it on the destroyed ship rather than have to deal with getting rid of it in a subsequent episode. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:46, 17 November 2006 (CST)

::Haha, I can't believe that Adama's strange speaking rhythm in that scene completely threw me off. The interpretation, ''sick baseship'' had never entered my mind, despite making considerably more sense. --[[User:Pix|Pix]] 19:42, 17 November 2006 (CST)

== Battle Article ==
Does the little skirmish deserve a "Battle of NCD2539" article? --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 17:57, 17 November 2006 (CST)

== Virus "Discussion" ==
Wouldn't the majority of this "discussion" fit in the [[Life sciences in the Re-imagined Series
]] article? Would make the episode article much neater. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 18:10, 17 November 2006 (CST)

User talk:Tstwahine

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Jxh487:

==''WELCOME''==

Let me be the first to welcome you...Welcome! [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 17:54, 16 November 2006 (CST)

Talk:A Measure of Salvation/Archive 1

2006-11-16T23:51:50Z

Jxh487: /* The antibody degradative debate? */

==Picture?==
Is that picture from A Measure of Salvation? I don't remember Three and Six projecting themselves into a forest. The outfits they are wearing look like what they wore while torturing Baltar, so maybe it's from a deleted scene. Unless I've forgotten the scene for some reason, shouldn't we get a picture that actually came from the episode? -- [[User:Alpha5099|Alpha5099]] 12:10, 11 November 2006 (CST)

== Some Poor Writing ==

Attention to detail is what has set BSG apart from so many other science-fiction shows - including Mr. Moore's Star Trek franchises. So I was very disappointed last night to see the sloppy errors piling up deep. I'd have to see the epsiode again to list them all, but mainly them problems concerned the virus.

The scene where potentially infected Galactica crew are "quarantined", together with Sharon, in a room with cold-storage plastic flaps was ridiculous.

It's preposterous to think that a cylon would casually betray his race for the anti-viral drug. He has no assurance that he won't be double-crossed, and he certainly - even after torture - wouldn't spell out the danger the virus poses to the cylon fleet. The audience isn't stupid and neither should the Galctica crew be. Seeing Lee with a dim little lightbulb over his head was just insulting to us all.

Past episodes have cleary shown that cylon ressurection occurs over significant distances, (greater than FTL jumps), and that calls into question the fundemental logistics of Adama's infection plan.

There would be no reason to jump Galactica itself, just sending one raptor with a cylon transponder and one infected cylon would have done the trick. (Nevermind the ease with which two cylon raiders almost instantly materialize into a whole cylon fleet with a resurrectionship conveniently in tow.)

The analysis on the episode summary page provides an excellent plot device allowing the raid to "succeed" thus justifying the major build-up of the two part story. In fact, it would have made a superb three part arc.

Hypothetical episode 3: Spend some realistic period of time finding a reasonably sized cylon fleet, infect them, virus begins spreading throughout area covered by the "local" resurrection ship. Cylons scramble to head off disease, Baltar gains points by developing Hera vaccine, cylons survive but with major "body-blow" giving Galactica and fleet some breathing room as they prepare to investigate the new lead to Earth.

Please don't get me wrong, I love this show, but sci-fi writing has always been done on the cheap and it make my eyes roll as I struggle to care about characters forced through non-sensical plot contortions. Please, Mr. Moore, DON'T LET BSG SINK TO THE SAME SAD FATE! I'm trusting that this was just a hiccup not a trend.

--[[User:IanB|IanB]] 13:08, 11 November 2006 (CST)

:In defense of the writers, I think you are wrong on two points:
:*Jumping Galactica makes sense. In [[Scar]] Cylon Raiders are engaging in skirmishes despite the absence of a resurrection ship. A Raptor is not a big enough threat to guarantee the presence of a resurrection ship. If one isn't in range by accident the Cylons would probably engage the Raptor without it and take a minor risk of permanently loosing a few raiders. And after [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]] the Cylons could be exspected to take a closer look to any unexpected Raptors with a Cylon transponder showing up. If they destroy it without a resurrection ship in range, the plans failed. Also Racetrack stated last episode that there is a shortage of Raptors in the fleet, noone is going to be eager to sacrifice one. Jumping Galactica ensures the Cylon require lots of forces, expect lot's of casualties and have a resurrection ship nearby, though I could have done without seeing it arrive on the battlefield, that's bad and inconsistent strategy, just to make sure the audience knows that it is in range.

:*There is probably a greater timespan between arrival of the patrol and that of the strikeforce then shown onscreen. Helo manipulates the oxygen-system after the jump, nevertheless the prisoners are already dead by the time the resurrection ship appears, indicating a least a few minutes have passed. The process can be seen in [[Flight of the Phoenix]] in the firing range scene (it's likely that Helo manipulated the same system).

:Two more plotholes I noticed: How do the Colonials know the Cylon supply lines? And given that they know Athena is immune because she's given birth to a hybrid child, they should wonder if there a more human-cylon hybrids. Even without knowing that Hera is still alive, if the massive Cylon effort to create hybrids resulted in creating at least one more hybrid the cylons would take a blow, but would not be exstinct. By the way it would be nice if we would hear something about these efforts. When Hera is shown for the first time in Cylon hands would be a good opportunity to close that chapter with a throwaway line that all these efforts were fruitless and stopped. [[User:Nevfennas|Nevfennas]] 11:24, 12 November 2006 (CST)

:: That's an interesting question -- one that I had myself, actually. Even if the effort didn't destroy the Cylon race (and I think that goal is overly optimistic), the virus would have given a serious blow to the Cylons, which would only serve to give the survivors more breathing room -- not to metion the increase in general morale, which the survivors seriously need after the farce at New Caprica. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:53, 12 November 2006 (CST)

I would have to agree the writing is poor. The series seems to be drifting from its roots and moving into the Hollywood PC political statement world. This season has already thrown in suicide bombing and implied it was acceptable, now there is a drift into making political statements about biological weapons (even though nuclear weapons have been freely used in the past.) It seems the writers are abandoning their science fiction roots and reaching to make their own personal social or political commentary. I do hope they get back to what I considered truly exceptional science fiction and stop these editorials.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 00:06, 12 November 2006 (CST)

Followup: According to and article on the Gateworld site ([http://www.gateworld.net/galactica/news/2006/10/season_three_ratings_slip_from_premiere.shtml]) the ratings have been slipping. As much as I truly love this show, I know my wife and I were both rather disgusted with the previous inclusion of the suicide bombers and now the “loss of humanity” references associated with the potential use of biological weapons. I have also heard complaints from two of our friends. I’m concerned that if this direction is continued it will not only ruin the show, it will also drive away viewers resulting in cancelation. As a long time science fiction fan (I even remember watching the original showings of Lost in Space and the first Star Trek) this has been my all time favorite show up until now. I would hate to see it have an early demise. As I mentioned above, I hope the writers can return to science fiction and entertainment.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 16:13, 12 November 2006 (CST)

:: Ratings have been slipping for ''SG-1'' and ''Atlantis'' as well; neither have the strong allegories to today's world, or the world of yesteryear for that matter. So I don't fully buy that there's a direct correlation between the creative direction BSG is going and the loss in viewership. Actually, one could probably argue (more successfully in my informed opinion) that the loss of ratings has more to do with Sci-Fi's scheduling decisions of breaking up the "Three Amigos" (''Stargate SG-1'', ''Stargate Atlantis'' and ''Battlestar Galactica''). As for the "loss of humanity" and suicide bombing themes, these have existed since the miniseries (Number Five's suicide bombing attempt in "[[Litmus]]" and Adama's speech in the miniseries and platitudes since then). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:53, 12 November 2006 (CST)

::: In my very informed opinion, I would have to disagree on several points. While time slots and lineup can affect ratings, this usually is reflected in those of the shows with the weaker individual draw. Galactica is a cornerstone show which should draw up the ratings for those around it rather than have such a slump from a lineup change.

::: As for the previous Friday lineup, SG-1 ratings have steadily declined since the departure of Richard Dean Anderson. His departure also seemed to coincide with decline in the quality of the writing, though I’m not convinced the two were related rather than just coincidental. I have always believed the SG Atlantis was the weak link in that lineup and was carried by its position between SG-1 and BSG. As mentioned in the article I referenced above, Dr. Who, which leads into BSG, has had poor ratings this season. I believe the replacement of the very likable actor playing the title role, though consistent with the original BBC series, was a detriment to this series. In addition, this season’s writing has seemed less creative and entertaining. I greatly enjoyed their first season, but have found the current one to be rather dull and uninteresting. This certainly doesn’t help with the Galactica ratings, but I don’t believe it is the major factor in the decline.

::: The introduction of controversial topics into plot lines is often risky, particularly with science fiction which is typically considered pure escapism, even when it has a dark element like BSG (i.e.: The potential extermination of the human race and the continued threat from the Cylon.) Generally, Sci-Fi fans want to escape the real world and be entertained, not lectured on the writers’ political or social views of modern events. While any controversial topic is a risk, the introduction of those that are currently so polarizing is almost a guarantee of distancing a significant portion of your fan base.

::: You associated the bombing executed by a Cylon against those carried out by human suicide bombers. The two aren’t even remotely comparable. The first was not executed by a human, was not condoned by the humans, and was executed by an individual who (as already had been established) would be reborn (“downloaded”) into a new body, but as the same individual. The later was not only condoned by members of the upper human leadership, it was presented as a reasonable and acceptable approach in a given situation – a strong statement considering current world events. (As someone who’s nephew’s squad was attacked by the first suicide bomber in the gulf war, killing many of his squad just a few yards in front of him, I will freely admit to strong personal feelings in this matter. None the less, such controversial plot elements are invariably going to strongly offend a significant number of viewers.) The inference that the humans must limit their use of weapons against an enemy bent on the genocide of humanity is another PC component. Biological weapons as a plot element would have been better completely left out rather than used as a mechanism for additional political commentary. Remember, people watch for entertainment, not a reminder of current events or a thinly disguised lecture from Hollywood writers on their political and social opinions.

::: It is also rather telling that the ratings dropped rather significantly after the season 3 premiere (where suicide bombings by humans were introduced and condoned.) I’ll be interested in seeing how the ratings are affected after this latest one sided (read: “PC”) foray into contemporary controversial issues.

::: --[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 20:40, 12 November 2006 (CST)

::::I doubt that the suicide bombings in Occupation and Precipice were "condoned" by the show. Roslin didn't like them. Tigh, who planned them, thought they were bad. Even Baltar (who's been developing a conscience this season, thank the Gods) didn't like them. The first was a waste of life and counterproductive, causing a massive Cylon freakout that would have killed off Roslin, Zarek, Cally and a bunch of other people if the resistance hadn't saved them in the last minute. The second took down the power grid, which was more helpful, but it should be noted that in this case the bomber didn't kill any civilians, just herself and some Cylons. Tigh is still suffering because of the choices he made on New Caprica, and it doesn't look like he's coming out of those moral woods anytime soon.

::::Furthermore, I don't think the show has condemned the use of the Cylon virus, either. Roslin was all about it, after all, and I don't think there's anything less PC than a schoolteacher with a Messiah complex jonesing for some genocide. --[[User:Noindiecred|Noindiecred]] 22:33, 12 November 2006 (CST)

:::: The use of nuclear weapons are logical in a space setting where great distances are involved and ships are heavily armoured. I would suspect, though, that a Presidential order would have been required to use nukes on the surface of a populated planet. The use of bio-weapons would probably have similiar restrictions because of their nature. I disagree that this show was PC. The weapon that the humans stumbled upon had a unique ability to wipe out the entire race of cyclons. To use it does carry far more ethical problems than simply using a nuke on a basestar. To use a rl analogy even during WWII the US would have been reluctant to have used a weapon that would have destroyed every Japanese person on the planet--[[User:Boonton|Boonton]] 09:39, 13 November 2006 (CST)

:::I think the show has been attacking issues that are important in our modern world since the beginning. Basic issues like balance of power, whether civilian government should stay in power during a massive crisis and war, religion in general, how to treat thouse different from yourselves (the show has been very ambivalent about killing Cylons, even though they are "just robots"), Baltar's initial refusal to believe in the gods or a god. It has even tackled thitngs like terrorism as a means to an end (Zarek was introduced at the beginning of the first season), abortion, infanticide, torture, treatment of prisoners. In all, it has been very current and politically involved since the beginning. However, with the first 4 episodes of season 3, it took a decidedly controversial and risky turn by depicting our favorite valiant and noble heros under brutal occupation. The writers have guts, and their ratings may have suffered, but they are doing the same thing they've been doing since the beginning of the show. It's just now a lot of poeple who watch TV don't agree with the particular direction the show took. However, even then, it left the viewer to choose for him or herself what to think, it was again ambivalent, which may be what makes it the best show on TV. No, the show will not supply you with easy answers and moral certitude to very important current questions. But that's a good thing, not a bad thing. --[[User:Yaneh|Yaneh]] 15:49, 13 November 2006 (EST)

::::I have to agree that it's been dealing with controversial issues from the start. One thing I've learned about BsG from watching it is that every time you think there's a line they won't cross, they seem to cross it. I think Yaneh has it right. Now, with them back in space, I do think it might turn more towards classic sci-fi, but I do agree this is not an unprecedented pattern. As for the writing on this particular episode, I think there were some odd references or slip-ups, which to my mind were made for the sole purpose of bailing Galactica out of the responsibility for a genocide. But I'm not going to judge the whole show at this point--it's WAY too early for that. I'm even more of a music buff than a TV buff, and I don't write off a band until there are 3 stinkers in a row. Let's wait and see if this a pattern before we write BsG off. --[[User:Rose Immortal|Rose Immortal]]

My additional $.02 - I'm going to have to disagree with my esteemed colleague from across the aisle, GeorgeW. I have no complaint with the political/moral questions that the writers have chosen to tackle this season. I do not believe that sci-fi was ever supposed to be purely escapist. Think of Frank Herbert's Dune which was essentially a political novel in sci-fi clothing. And the reason it is still regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi novels ever written was '''attention to detail!'''

What's made BSG so engaging has been its willingness to tackle the dark and gritty sides of a sci-fi story and thus make it far more real. This season's espisodes especially, have dug into tough questions about the justification of actions taken by a society being oppressed and even threatened with extinction - and kudos to Mr. Moore and Co. for going there! While they chose Nazi-esque imagery to illustrate the cylon occupation of New Caprica, the physical and psycological torture depicted there is exactly what Palestinians have been living with every day for decades, and I think it's extraordinary that this show has dared to ask American audiences to speculate how they would react if the same sort of conditions were imposed on us.

Consider Fox's 24, an unabashed advertisement for torture in the name of patriotism - nothing more than fearmongering to stir up a post-911 traumatised public into a state of jackboot-stamping, flag-waving paranoia, willing to hand over their civil liberties to facists. As grim as the first two episodes of this BSG season were, it was refreshing to see some element of pop culture actually asking viewers to stop and think - rather than just telling them what to believe.

If there's been a drop in ratings as a result of this storyline, it's only because so many Americans have let their capacity for critical thought atrophy over the last 40 years. (But just as likely, as was stated above, it was Sci-fi's choice to break up its powerhouse Friday night schedule. Frankly, canning Atlantis and popping the new Doctor Who episodes into the vacant slot would have been the prefered alternative.)

So back to my original point. With a wink and a nod to technobabble - the show's about homicidal robots for gosh sake - can we please just pay attention to the logical details. It's science-fiction, and we, the viewers, have already given the writers our willing suspension of disbelief. I'm just asking not to be abused with rediculous and downright stupid plot loopholes and gaffes in return for the privilege. I'm not writing off BSG either. Yet. But this last episode, which held such promise for having raised the stakes to the level of genocide, fell utterly flat - tripped up by the banana peels of sloppy writing.

--[[User:IanB|IanB]] 16:54, 14 November 2006 (CST)

In response to the original poster, I agree with you. This is not one of the show's shining moments.

--[[User:Crazyrabbits|Crazyrabbits]] 10:00, 15 November 2006 (CST)

== Explanations ==

A note about the Resurection ship jumping into the battle... it would seem that this is actually a good tactical move from the Cylon perspective. After Pegasus and Galactica easily destroyed the first resurrection ship and it's escorts, it would be prudent for the Cylons to keep the new ship with their fleet... even if this means taking it into battle with them. From their point of view it might look as if Galactica was trying to sucker the baseships away from the resurrection ship so the colonials could attack it. They've already used the "sucker" strategy a number of times, we could just be seeing a Cylon reaction to that strategy. Bringing the ship with them would negate such a threat as several basestars (more than enough to hold galactica off) would be able to cover for it.

As far as supply lines, it would figure that Galactica would know about this. Basic military strategy is to harass or at least keep an eye on enemy supply lines.

Also a note about the raptors and their missiles. The colonials may have found, after the battle over new caprica, that the missile attachments for the raptors were effective and could be adapted for other (combat) uses as well. It would also figure that after the loss of Pegasus, the colonials would be trying everything they could to increase firepower. This is probably just a jury-rig solution for increasing galactica's firepower.

: And all this has yet to be supported on screen. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:45, 13 November 2006 (CST)

::In [[The Captain's Hand]] Admiral Adama orders a recon of 5 Raptors, 2 of them SAR and 3 Escort. Though never seen onscreen heavily armed Raptors must have been around for some time. [[User:Nevfennas|Nevfennas]] 14:57, 13 November 2006 (CST)

: It is also distinctly possible that the weapon pods were not available until the arrival of the Pegasus. The cache at Ragnar Anchorage was likely primarily the weapons themselves, and not a supply of launchers or similar hardware. Since Galactica was slated for retirement and Pegasus was fully operational it is very likely the later ship was much better equipped with combat military hardware.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 22:30, 13 November 2006 (CST)

== About Gaeta ==
Looking at the question here:

: Why is Gaeta so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?

Er, well, the last time Gaeta saw Baltar, he gave him a gun and told him his last chance at redemption was to stop Three from setting off the nuke. Given that the nuke didn't go off, it isn't unreasonable to believe Baltar was successful, and that in succeeding he would have either died or been stranded on New Caprica. --[[User:Saforrest|Saforrest]] 02:50, 13 November 2006 (CST)

:Gaeta knew that he was chummy with the Cylons. For him to convince them not to detonate the nuke (not hard, given that it would be at best a symbolic gesture) and still make it off the planet alive is well within the realm of possibility. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:56, 13 November 2006 (CST)

==A quick battle==

I was just wondering but is the skirmish with Galactica and the Basestars going to be added into the Second Cylon War or not? Sure it was short but it still had combat and casualties so it should be added to the list. [[User:Commander Mazien|Commander Mazien]] 19:54, 13 November 2006 (CST)
: Sure, I don't see why not. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 20:10, 13 November 2006 (CST)

==Baltar's Torture==

This is just pure speculation for speculation's sake, but I can't help thinking something more than Three being "touched" by Baltar's insane screaming of "don't stop..." "I believe in you" and "I love you with all my heart" (with internal Six's coaching) is going on in this scene. Three's indiference at the onset of her torturing, and her musing over which torture tool she should use doesnt seem like it could be changed or swayed by anything Baltar would say. i would say that judging from the torture tools they have, and their experiences on New Caprica at extracting information on detainees they know a little about torturing, it doesn't seem that Baltar saying anything he could to stop the torture would be unexpected. This leads me to wonder about exactly what he did say with the help of internal Six. perhaps those phrases, or the way he said it struck something in Three that only Cylons are aware of...maybe it means something that neither the Viewer or Baltar is aware of...I just find it hard to believe that Three, fully prepared for torture, even having fun picking what instrument to use...could be so easily moved from some snivelling bleating human saying he loves her with all his heart...Did Six give Baltar these phrases to say because she knew they'd strike a cord in a fellow Cylon, Three's reaction was quite a reaction, and then touching his lips like she couldn't believe those words came out of his mouth.....I don't know...just speculating.--[[User:Gallion|Gallion]] 12:23, 14 November 2006 (CST)

--I wonder if the incongruity of those phrases to the situation of being tortured made Three wonder if Baltar was projecting. Now, if they've tortured other humans, they've probably seen people break with reality and shut down before, but perhaps that's a reaction beyond anything they've ever seen before. More like a Cylon being tortured? Is that what their instinct is, if they're in the same situation as Baltar? --[[User:Rose Immortal|Rose Immortal]]

==Note about the virus is incorrect==

The note:

Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as Lymphocytic encephalitis, however encephalitis is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus.

When a doctor identifies a disease, he normally states the name of the disease, not the name of the virus. The note itself states that Doc Cottle identifies the "disease," not the pathogen. I think the note needs to be modified or deleted. --[[User:123home123|123home123]] 20:58, 13 November 2006 (CST)

== Accessing the "Hybrid?" ==

Is that what Athena is doing? Do we know that? It just sounds odd when phrased that way. [[User:Wldkt1|Wldkt1]] 02:56, 14 November 2006 (CST)

== The antibody degradative debate? ==

Ok, the latest addition to this point is the most scientifically accurate (antibodies do not have degradative functionality)! Read the wiki articles yourself to confirm and help you understand. On a more serious note if contributors (chiefly the second one on this topic) feel that an explanation or analysis point is incorrect or poorly explained than they need to do their homework before they dispute it and make up their own science. I know its only a fan wiki on battlestar but lets not plague our site with scientific inconsistencies like in 'A measure of Salvation' (Their science advisor must of been on holiday when this was written), after all we have luxury of being able to correct ourselves in hindsight ;) [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 18:10, 15 November 2006 (CST)

:After spending over 25 years working in the clincial field (including being a lab director and now consultant), much of it involving research in imunology, immunohematology, genetics, and similar areas, I believe I know a bit more than what's presented in a few overly simplistic paragraphs in some an abbreviated article. I've dealt with far to many on the internet like yourself who reads a few sentences and brands themselves an expert. I came to this site because I believed it would be an enjoyable place to talk about my favorite show, but apparently this is just another one flled with those who prefer to hide behind their monitors and make snide comments. I'm not here to get into this type of garbage, so that's it, I'm done and out of here.--[[User:GeorgeW|GeorgeW]] 01:07, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::There will always be people that claim to know all and others that really do belive that they know the right answer. The solution is just to provide loads of sourced for what you say. I dont know of your technical background but it would be very beneficial for all if you stayed and we can work this bit out. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 04:02, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::I'm sorry you feel that way, and I do have a solution to the above issue. It's a really simple solution, so here goes: all the science information needs to be sourced. I'm not talking about using links to Wikipedia (which we shouldn't really be sourcing from anyway), but I'm talking about adding sources from scientific journals and the like. References that GeorgeW should have access to, if I'm correct on that. Otherwise, I'm inclined to yank the entire thing since it isn't sourced at all. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 09:41, 16 November 2006 (CST)

::: I have cited an excellent reference on this topic in the article, a text that was very useful to me in my first undergrad year. It would be rather difficult to cite an appropriate journal (even a review) because the topic is very basic. In addition very few people would have access to any article cited without paying or having a subscription (personal or institutional), though most major libraries are bound to stock this text. My inclusion of Wiki articles as references were due to the fact that they provide a sound and simplistic (extremely accurate, believe it or not!) explanation of the relevant topics, as I assume most people reading these articles don't have a degree in a biological science. As for George W. Bush's 25 years of clinical experience (hmm?), I'd like to know if he's willing to dispute a scientific textbook! [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 17:51, 16 November 2006 (CST)

A Measure of Salvation

2006-11-16T23:37:41Z

Jxh487: /* Analysis */

{{Episode Data
| title= A Measure of Salvation
| image= Amos.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 7
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Bill Eagles]]
| production= 307
| rating=
| US airdate= November 10, 2006
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| podcast=Y
| population= 41,420
| prev= [[Torn]]
| next= [[Hero]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] are dispatched to investigate the derelict baseship. They find the humanoid [[Cylons]] dying from a virulent disease, which inspires [[Lee Adama]] to come up with a desperate plan against their enemy.''

== Summary ==
=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ===
*A boarding party comprising of [[Raptor]]s and [[Viper Mark VII|Vipers]] investigate the derelict [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. Among the boarding party are [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]].
*Aboard the derelict, [[marines]] explore the corridors, finding the [[Cylon agent|Cylons]] dead. Athena attempts to access the derelict basestar's [[Hybrid]], but is unsuccessful.
*Some "skinjobs" around the control center revive and advise the boarding party of the situation regarding the probe and subsequent infection of the Cylons. One of the infected Cylons, a [[Number Eight]], addresses Athena as "traitor."
*The boarding party and prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs.
*''Galactica'' quarantines the boarding party and prisoners while Dr. [[Cottle]] finds out if the virus affects humans. The human members of the boarding party are cleared while Athena is ordered to stay put, as her blood work hasn't been done. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] is infuriated, but wants to be notified as soon as her results are available.
*Dr. Cottle's investigation identifies [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons. [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]], [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], Lee Adama, and Helo discuss the idea of taunting the vaccine in exchange for information. A [[Simon]] is brought before them, and informs them that the entire baseship was abandoned, because [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] would infect the others. He also mentions that [[Gaius Baltar]] provided the information on the path to [[Earth]].
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a [[Resurrection Ship]], where the downloaded consciousnesses would infect the remaining Cylons, because according to [[Simon]] the virus carries a bioelectric feedback component that could spread it even through the download process. Helo scoffs at the idea, considering it genocide.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Athena finds she's immune because of antibodies generated within her body by carrying her daughter, [[Hera]]. Helo tells her of the Fleet's plan, and Athena understands.
*Admiral Adama shows slight dissent about the plan, indicating regulations that forbid him to proceed without presidential order. Despite the ethical ramifications, the President authorizes the biological attack.
*''Galactica'' jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet. In the midst of this, Helo initiates a plan to thwart the execution, unplugging what looks like a standard power connector from an environmental control box.
*The Cylons jump into the area, with Resurrection Ship in tow. Adama orders the execution of the prisoners.
*Lee Adama leads a team to execute the prisoners, but finds that all the prisoners have been killed prior to the Resurrection Ship arriving. Adama orders a recall, and ''Galactica'' escapes without sustaining any major damage.
*Helo converses with Athena about his actions. He maintains that what he did was right, regardless of the consequences.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Adama reports that the prisoners were suffocated due to a failure in the environmental controls. Roslin is quick to point out one or two might be responsible, but Adama closes the issue. Subsequently, the virus was most likely an accidental exposure, similar to one reported 3000 years ago. Adama points out that they're on the right track to Earth, but Roslin notes that the Cylons are on the right track as well.

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===

*Aboard the bastestar, Baltar is being interrogated by Three and Caprica-Six, knowing about the beacon. Three and Caprica-Six imply that Baltar is connected to the virus and to Galactica. Baltar attempts to reconcile, only to be confronted by Centurions.
*In his "projection", his mental Six tells him to relax. Meanwhile, his body is being subjected to torture; Caprica Six is visibly disturbed by the torture and backs away.
*Baltar's torture continues as Three continues to interrogate Baltar regarding his supposed involvement with the virus. In his mind, he attemps to avert the pain by making love to his mental Six. Despite extreme pain, Baltar endures.

== Questions ==

* If [[Adama]] had brought the beacon aboard, what kind of information would it have given them about the location of Earth?
* Will [[Caprica-Six]] continue to stand by and permit Baltar's mistreatment at their hands?
* Where is Caprica-Six's own internal Baltar in all of this?
* Of the Cylons, which type told the basestar to self-destruct: The [[Hybrid]] or a [[Cylon agent]]? Considering her odd look after the destruction, might it have been [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]]?
* What kind of new start are the [[Cylon]]s planning for [[Earth]]? Just a new home planet, an attempt at human Cylon relations not tainted by the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, or something else?
* Why did an entire Cylon fleet (including a [[Resurrection Ship]]) jump to the encounter with ''Galactica''? Why was the [[Resurrection Ship]] not left behind somewhere else, as it was done in previous battles?
* Is D'Anna in love with Baltar?
* Why is [[Gaeta]] so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?
* Why does [[Simon]] so quickly claim science can not provide a solution to the infection?
* Why wasn't the execution squad in place and waiting with the prisoners so the plan could have been implemented in a timely manner?
* Since the plan was to execute the prisoners then jump away, why wasn't the jump drive already spun up and ready?
* The environmental controls seem to have been circumvented by [[Karl Agathon]] pulling a single plug. In a combat ship aren't there cascading fail safe systems to protect against such catastrophic failures from simple system malfunctions?
* In his discussion with [[Laura Roslin]] at the end of the episode, [[Admiral Adama]] is aware that sabotage was involved in the death of the Cylon prisoners, yet he states there will be no investigation. While he might be relieved that the plan wasn't carried out, wouldn't he be seriously concerned and want to aggressively pursue this matter?
*[[Baltar]] calls the [[Number Three]] torturing him "D'Anna". Is she, or at least does Baltar believe she is, the same Number 3 that was previously masquerading in the fleet as a reporter?
*Has Starbuck regained full flight status, because she tried to pull her life together at the end of "[[Torn]]", or does she participate in the battle due to a pressing need for pilots?
*Will there be any consequences of the sabotage for Helo and Athena from other crewmembers who may figure they are behind said sabotage? How will this affect Helo's reputation as a Cylon-lover or his credibility as XO?
*Since the Cylon prisoners died after the jump, did they download and spread the infection despite Helo's sabotage? Raiders generally operate within range of a Resurrection Ship and ''Galactica'' encountered two Raiders immediately after the jump.

== Analysis ==

*The Cylons could have cured themselves of this plague relatively quickly, if ''Galactica'' had succeeded in infecting them. It was quickly noted in the episode that Sharon was immune herself because fetal cells from [[Hera]] created effective antibodies against the virus. Hera is immune to the virus because she is a hybrid Human-Cylon. Now that she is in custody of the Cylons, Baltar could have utilized her immunity, as he previously did on Roslin, as capital to further his self-preservation amongst them.
**It can be assumed that executing the captured Cylons will send them back to the Resurrection ship, thus infecting the Cylon network.
**For the Cylons to study the plague they would have become infected themeselves, therefore, there was no way they could've tried to find a cure without potentially perishing
*The wider implications of such an event could have been religiously meaningful to the Cylons. Cylons have time and again shown religious deference by sometimes overlooking rational explanations. By saving the Cylon race Hera could have been elevated to messiah status, if her very creation has not already ordained her as one to the Cylons because their God proclaimed her creation.
**The presence of Hera is profound enough to the Cylons, which could be preventing them from seeing that Hera could be used as a tool.
*There is a fundamental flaw in the plan [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] develops: Even if the virus successfully infects the [[Resurrection Ship]], the other Cylons would isolate that individual ship, thus preventing a widespread epidemic. The resulting impact on the Cylon fleet would be no greater than previous destruction of the Resurrection Ship in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".
**Apollo's plan is based on an account of the Cylon analysis of the threat; he could simply assume they are correct and that the virus can spread like wildfire from one Resurrection Ship to another.
**Also, by infecting a greater mass of ships, Galactica could board the ships, take much needed resources and more infected Cylons for further use as biological weapons.
*The science of the virus is somewhat questionable. While the biological aspect is sound, the existence of a "bioelectrical feedback component" appears to be technobabble. It would be impossible for a biological virus (i.e. a physical pathogen) to be transmitted by download to the Resurrection Ship. Such a feedback - scrambling the brainwave patterns - could disrupt the download process, but it is unclear how it could spread the virus itself on the other side. It simply may be a case of cylon superstition, which is known to happen from time to time.
**From Dr. Cottle's dialogue, it would appear that the problem lies with how the Cylons' immune systems reacts with the virus, more than the virus itself. If this is the case, it is likely that the immune system's reaction would carry though the download and possibly be passed to other Cylons througout the network.
**Conceptually, there is actually very little difference between a physical and a computer virus. Both usurp cell function. Moreover, if the virus is a retrovirus, its genome (be it physical or digital) will be transcribed into the cellular DNA, which might be downloaded to the Resurrection Ship.
*Dr. Cottle explains that Cylons carry antibodies that break down the RNA of his proposed vaccine. However antibodies have no degradative functionality, and only prime recognised pathogens for phagocytosis, though he may have simplified the explination. But as vaccines are developed from the pathonogenic organism (or a close relative) it would be impossible for the Cylons to carry antibodies specific for the vaccine RNA (or for the products it encodes) or otherwise they would be immune to the pathonogenic virus itself.
: Antibodies certainly do have disrupting and degrading capabilities, though this particular explanation for vaccine failure is a bit of a stretch. Vaccines are composed of antigens which stimulate an immunological response. Antigens are the item the immune system reacts to, antibodies are produced by the immune system (by B-Lymphocytes – Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell) and are specific to a single antigen. (T-Lymphocytes are also involved, but along a different pathway.) There are several classes of antibodies and each is slightly different in its action, but generally they attack a cell by attaching to the corresponding antigen on the cell exterior and cause the cell to rupture, prevent it from replicating, or stimulate other mechanisms to attack the targeted cell. Phagocytosis by the macrophages (a different white cell) is a cleanup mechanism which may include some pathogens, but is generally directed at the cellular debris remaining after the antibodies have done their work. Most vaccines are composed of either dead or weakened cells or cellular surface components from the target pathogen. These antigenic cellular components are generally protein, lipoprotein (proteins with a fatty component) or lipids (fats) which are unique to the target’s exterior (cell membrane, cell wall, or cell coating depending on the class of organism.) While any type of foreign nucleic acid could potentially produce a substantial immunological response, it is unlikely that any RNA that might have been included in the vaccine (such as in a killed cell) would have had any bearing on the vaccine functionality.
::Antibodies also locally generate ozone as a degradative function.
:::To clarify, antibodies don't have degradative functionality, though they do indirectly cause degradation. They do this, as discussed, by priming target cells or pathogens with [[wikipedia:Antibody|antibodies]] that detect antigens presented by the target pathogen. After priming, an array of leukocytes (white blood cells like T-cells and [[wikipedia:Phagocyte|phagocytes]]) recognise the bound antibodies and confer actions upon the pathogens (e.g. phagocytes engulf the pathogen [usually whole I might add] by binding the antibodies and closing their cell membranes around it, and then they proceed to breaking down the engulfed cells or viral components through the action of intracellular lysozymes). In the case of a virus, antibodies usually directly bind to the virus and block it from attaching to it's target or preferred cell, thus preventing it infecting cells with its RNA. To conclude, antibodies principally do one thing...bind to an antigen. The degradative and digestuve functions are completed by white blood cells that recognise the bound antibodies. (For a comprehensive review of Specific (Adaptive) Immunity please consult chapter 32, Microbiology, 6th edition, Prescott et al.)
*Adama's reaction to the premature death of the prisoners is yet another example of what are simultaneously his greatest virtues and most glaring flaws - his dedication to those under his command, and his need to keep his conscience clear.
*In this episode, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "Exodus, Part [[Exodus, Part I|I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
*The genetic pool the Cylons were created from predates the human immunity to the plague from just a couple hundred years ago, yet the Cylons, even as a class of machines, are only 40 to 60 years old. This indicates another, non-Colonial, source for the DNA.
**The genetic pool need not be so old. Because humans had been completely immune to this virus for hundreds of years, the Cylons may have simply overlooked it while creating their biological models.
*It seems this virus could also be a fairly reliable (although not conclusive) litmus test to for Cylons in the Colonial Fleet.
*It seems reasonable to assume that if Baltar is not infected with the virus, he is not a Cylon, likewise for all members of the ''Galactica'' crew who boarded the baseship.
**Baltar was in an isolation suit the entire time he was on the basestar. Using standard biohazard procedures, he would have remained in the suit which would have been disinfected from the outside before he took it off.

== Notes ==
*[[Survivor count|Fleet population]] is 41,420. Barring any births, there is an unaccounted loss of at least two since "[[Torn]]".
*The story behind the Lion Nebula beacon and the virus may have been inspired by the lunar lander [[wikipedia:Surveyor 3|Surveyor 3]]. Before launching in 1967, its camera was accidentally contaminated by a common bacterium. When the camera was recovered by Apollo 12 astronauts, the microbes returned to life, having survived two and a half years of vacuum, radiation, and temperature extremes.
*This is the first episode in which [[Saul Tigh]] has not appeared, more than likely due to his promise to William Adama at the end of "Torn" after Adama's confrontation with both Tigh and Kara Thrace. Currently, the only characters to have appeared in every episode are [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]].
*Helo has been promoted to the rank of Captain, as evident in both dialogue and costuming.
*Starbuck appears to have returned to flight status following her decision to pull herself together at the end of "[[Torn]]".
*Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]], however [[w:encephalitis|encephalitis]] is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is [[wikipedia:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus|Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]].
*In [[Podcast:A Measure of Salvation|his podcast]], Moore notes that this episode shares similarities to the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode, "[[MemoryAlpha:I, Borg|I, Borg]]", though he does not mention the episode by name. Moore also noted that this episode was brought up for discussion during the writer's meetings to discuss development of this episode, as "I, Borg" discussed using a lone [[MemoryAlpha:Hugh|Borg drone]] implanted with a computer virus to infect the [[MemoryAlpha:Borg|Borg collective]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''On Colonial One'':
:'''Karl Agathon''': Genocide? So that's what we're about now?
:'''Lee Adama''': They're not human! They were built, not born. No fathers, no mothers, no sons, no daughters--
:'''Karl Agathon''': I ''had'' a daughter. I held her in my arms.

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[imdb:nm0669826|Eileen Pedde]] as Sgt. [[Mathias]]
* [[imdb:nm0461101|Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (credited)

== References ==
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[[Image:Seas3.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Battlestar Galactica Season 3]]
==Summary==

:''The stranded colonials struggle to survive under the brutal cylon rule of [[New Caprica]], but when [[Galactica (RDM)| Galactica]] returns to save humanity, the newly fledgling [[The Fleet (RDM) | fleet]] return to their search for [[Earth]]. The Cylons, however, also have a plan for Earth.''

== Pivotal Plot Points ==
*The [[Occupation | first episode]] of Season 3 occurs four months after the events of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] with the occupation in full swing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002957630_galactica28.html?syndication=rss |title= Reborn "Galactica" can do battle with the best of sci-fi |date=2006-04-28 |last=Peterson |first=Kim |format= |language=English |publisher=Seattle Times}}</ref>
*The occupation is like [[Wikipedia:Vichy France|Vichy France]]. The Colonial government run by President Baltar is collaborating with the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], while other the humans banded together to form a secret resistance against the Cylons. <ref name="now">[http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/ interview NowPlayingMagazine Interview with Ron Moore, March 11, 2006]</ref> Similar to Vichy France, a secret [[NCP |police force]] like the [[Wikipedia:Gestapo | Gestapo]] is rounding up people. Also, there will be an attempted escape reminiscent of the film [[Wikipedia:The Great Escape | The Great Escape]].<ref name="if1496">[http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1496]</ref>
*Tigh will have a major role in the first few episodes with enornmous changes and shocks in store for him. <ref name="blog032606">http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409</ref>
*The resistance against the Cylons and Baltar's collaborationist government on New Caprica will take three to five episodes, probably four. However, it will definately not take another seven episodes to wrap up the events of the season finale, as it did last time with "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". <ref name="now"/>
*[[Lucy Lawless]], who plays [[Number Three]], has implied that her character attempts to setup herself as God.<ref>[http://www.ausxip.com/conventions/2006burbank/taipo-conlucy.html Xena 2006 Convention]</ref>
*A major plotline is that there is going to be "an ongoing Cylon story where we’re going to be cutting over to the Cylon world for the first time and running a complete arc within the Cylons."<ref>[http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/]</ref> There will be an introduction of a new type of Cylon. <ref name="if1496"/>
*Not all of the Cylons may believe that Baltar is the Hand of God, "Guardian of the New Order", etc. <ref name="now"/>
*Katee Sackhoff has said that her character "goes through a lot of turmoil over the first four episodes, more so than we've ever seen her, the depth of despair that she finds herself in are pretty deep at the end of episode four, and she kind of re-establishes her commitment to the military in episode five which is the haircut" and "sort of like ritualistically, preparing herself to go back on the warpath". Sackhoff went on to say that "there is another man that comes into her life, and it is a very unlikely man that everyone is going to be so livid over." <ref>[http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-kateesackhoffbattlestargalacticaseason3secrets,0,6358727.story?coll=zap-rotator-coll interviews]</ref>
*The relationship between [[Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon]] will continue, neither Helo or Sharon will be killed in Season 3, and a subplot early in Season 3 will involve a [[Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies|dog]]. <ref name="blog0406">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/04/#a000525 blog]</ref> Helo is Galactica's XO at the beginning of Season 3. <ref>[http://scifibrain.ign.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3165&Itemid=0 interview]</ref>
*[[Gaius Baltar]] will be having a great philosophical crisis. <ref name="if1496"/>
*One of the Cylon characters will be permanently killed. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/ew0606/index.html ]</ref> The Cylons ''themselves'' will execute the Cylon that permanently dies. Even the thought of execution is so repulsive to the Cylons that to reach the point to execute one of their own is an extraordinary event. <ref>[http://www.lucylawless.info/articles/2006/tvguide0706/]</ref>
*Dualla is indeed married to Lee Adama after the "one year later" leap forward in time.<ref name="if1496"/> The reasons for Lee's physical condition at the end of [[Season 2]] will be hinted at in the first few episodes with more details coming later in the season.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*There will be a two-part story (''[[Torn]]'' and ''[[A Measure of Salvation]]'') in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons.
*One episode (''[[Hero]]'') will deal with a serious mistake that Admiral Adama made before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*''[[Unfinished Business]]'' will reveal events that transpired during the year-long time gap in ''[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]''. One of the flashbacks will show what happened between Apollo and Starbuck that caused a rift between them, and involves a boxing match between them.
*Not quite a standalone, not quite an arc episode, ''[[The Passage]]'' sets up/leads into the mid-season finale in ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]''. [[Ronald Moore]] describes this episode has "a harrowing voyage of the rag-tag fleet and focuses on Kat."
*The mid-season cliffhanger story, spanning episodes ''[[The Eye of Jupiter]]'' and ''[[Rapture]]'', will center on "discovering the next big clue on the road to Earth".
*There will be a mid-season break between episodes 10 and 11. However it will not be as long as the hiatus between "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]": while that mid-season break lasted 4 months, this mid-season 3 break will last 1 month. <ref> [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ Now Playing Interview]</ref>
*Several [[Season 3]] teasers have been shown during the summer of 2006. Details are [[User:Gougef/Season 3 Teaser | here]].
*The Colonials will spread a virus throughout the Cylon fleet, causing a pandemic in payback against the Cylons. By the middle of Season 3 the total human [[Survivor Count]] has shrunk from over 49,000 pre-"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to roughly 38,000. At least several thousand must have died in the nuking of [[Cloud 9]] by [[Gina]], and presumably there are more casualties to come on New Caprica.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://media33b.libsyn.com/m3dteJR2aHjHe5d%2BZXZxpJqtY3aY/podcasts/mb/tmbs-060722-sdcc_bsg.mov |title=Comic-Con 2006 |format=VID }}</ref>
*Roslin returns to the presidency.<ref name="blog20060727">[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/07/ blog] </ref>
*Zarek is indeed Baltar's Vice-President, but the relationship soured rather quickly with Zarek refusing to cooperate completely after the occupation.<ref name="blog032606"/>
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] is not trapped on New Caprica, but was on ''Galactica'' when it Jumped away with the Fleet. Racetrack will appear in ''Unfinished Business'' and ''The Passage'', meaning she survives at least that long. <ref>[http://podcasts.lvrocks.com/details.aspx?castid=5] </ref>
*[[Cally]] has a face-to-face confrontation with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy) | Boomer]].<ref>http://www.visimag.com/starburst/s77_feat01.htm</ref> Teasers have indicated that this occurs while Cally is incarcerated.
*Several publicity shots have been released from ''[[Occupation]]'' and ''[[Precipice]]''.<ref>http://nbcumv.com/scifi/photography.html</ref>. The images can be viewed [[:md:User:Shane/gallery|here]] along with Season 3 publicity photos.
*Lucinda Jenney has been cast as Commander Adama's late wife in a flashback-heavy episode airing later this season. The episode sheds light on their marriage and delves into how Bill struggled to balance family with his military career.<ref>http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Columnists/Ask-Ausiello/default.aspx</ref>

==Cast==
===Stars===
* [[Edward James Olmos]] as [[William Adama]]
* [[Mary McDonnell]] as [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]]
* [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar|Gaius Baltar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]]
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii/Number Eight]]

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
* [[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three|D'anna Biers/Number Three]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Cavil]]

==Production Crew==
===Producers===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] - Developer / Executive Producer / Writer
* [[David Eick]] - Executive Producer
* [[Toni Graphia]] - Co-Executive Producer / Writer
* [[Harvey Frand]] - Producer
* [[Glen A. Larson]] - Consulting Producer

===Directors & Writing Staff===
: ''To view the list of all the directors and staff, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Crew#Directors|Battlestar Galactica Crew Guide]] page.''

==Episodes==
: ''To view the list of episodes, go to the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide#Season 3: October 2006|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] page.''

== Official Statements ==

*An official notice of Season Three was announced on SciFi Wire on March 9, 2006. Excerpt follows:

::SCI FI Channel announced that its hit original series 'Battlestar Galactica 'will return in October with a full 20-episode third season. Production on the third season begins in Vancouver, Canada, in '''April 2006'''.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=34893 |title=Galactica Returns In Fall |website=SciFi.com | date=2006-03-09 }}</ref>

=== From RDM's blog ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2006/03/#a000409 March 26, 2006]) ===

* '''Regarding [[William Adama]] and the reduction of the Colonial military:'''

: '' "What happened to Adama in the season finale to change him so much? Why would a man who spent decades of his adult life standing watch for the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] return suddenly give in and allow the military to stand down? How could he convince himself that the Cylons weren't coming back after 1 year when the last time they waited 40 years? He knew settlement was wrong so why didn't he offer any resistance? "''

: I think people have a remarkable ability to convince themselves of just about anything. Adama, like everyone else in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], had been constantly on the run, constantly under stress, and constantly in danger of losing his life for months on end, with virtually no break from the metal walls surrounding him day in and day out. When, finally, the people decided to end the long sojourn and settle on [[New Caprica]], he had little choice but to comply with the results of a democratic election which hinged on that very question. And as the days turned into weeks, and the weeks into months, people began to relax, to believe that maybe they had really turned a corner, had really found a place to lay down their burdens and start a new life. Adama was just as vulnerable to that attractive idea as anyone else, and as the men and women under him began to clamor for a new life, as the political leadership of New Caprica began to demand more and more military resources to support the civilian population, there came the point where Adama began to believe in the mirage too. He's not perfect. He never was. He couldn't bring himself to leave his ship, but as age and fatigue began to set in, he started to let down his guard just a little -- not all at once and never completely, but just enough.

: There were also practical considerations. He was entirely alone out here. No Admiralty to call for reinforcements or intelligence, no Justice Ministry to prosecute soldiers who simply never came back from the surface of [[New Caprica]], and no friendly ear in the office of the president to get needed resources for the military ships maintaining their lonely vigil up in orbit. He was alone and he was tired. It's almost as simple as that.

: I remember one of my most vivid memories from the immediate post 9/11 period was opening up the newspaper and reading about a physical confrontation in the streets between members of the New York police department and the New York fire department. It was heartbreaking, it was infuriating and it was illuminating. People are people. Enormous events happen, history pivots around us and we tell ourselves that everything has changed, that we're irrevocably different from this day forward -- until the next time everything changes. Adama made a mistake. They all did. And as he is wont to say, they will all have to live with it.

== References ==
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==Related Topics==
* [[List of Season 3 Guest Actors (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Characters (RDM)]]
* [[List of Recurring Character Appearances (RDM)]]

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| season= 3
| episode= 7
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
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| director= [[Bill Eagles]]
| production= 307
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| US airdate= November 10, 2006
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| population= 41,420
| prev= [[Torn]]
| next= [[Hero]]
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== Overview ==
:''[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] are dispatched to investigate the derelict baseship. They find the humanoid [[Cylons]] dying from a virulent disease, which inspires [[Lee Adama]] to come up with a desperate plan against their enemy.''

== Summary ==
=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ===
*A boarding party comprising of [[Raptor]]s and [[Viper Mark VII|Vipers]] investigate the derelict [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. Among the boarding party are [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]].
*Aboard the derelict, [[marines]] explore the corridors, finding the [[Cylon agent|Cylons]] dead. Athena attempts to access the derelict basestar's [[Hybrid]], but is unsuccessful.
*Some "skinjobs" around the control center revive and advise the boarding party of the situation regarding the probe and subsequent infection of the Cylons. One of the infected Cylons, a [[Number Eight]], addresses Athena as "traitor."
*The boarding party and prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs.
*''Galactica'' quarantines the boarding party and prisoners while Dr. [[Cottle]] finds out if the virus affects humans. The human members of the boarding party are cleared while Athena is ordered to stay put, as her blood work hasn't been done. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] is infuriated, but wants to be notified as soon as her results are available.
*Dr. Cottle's investigation identifies [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons. [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]], [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], Lee Adama, and Helo discuss the idea of taunting the vaccine in exchange for information. A [[Simon]] is brought before them, and informs them that the entire baseship was abandoned, because [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] would infect the others. He also mentions that [[Gaius Baltar]] provided the information on the path to [[Earth]].
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a [[Resurrection Ship]], where the downloaded consciousnesses would infect the remaining Cylons, because according to [[Simon]] the virus carries a bioelectric feedback component that could spread it even through the download process. Helo scoffs at the idea, considering it genocide.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Athena finds she's immune because of antibodies generated within her body by carrying her daughter, [[Hera]]. Helo tells her of the Fleet's plan, and Athena understands.
*Admiral Adama shows slight dissent about the plan, indicating regulations that forbid him to proceed without presidential order. Despite the ethical ramifications, the President authorizes the biological attack.
*''Galactica'' jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet. In the midst of this, Helo initiates a plan to thwart the execution, unplugging what looks like a standard power connector from an environmental control box.
*The Cylons jump into the area, with Resurrection Ship in tow. Adama orders the execution of the prisoners.
*Lee Adama leads a team to execute the prisoners, but finds that all the prisoners have been killed prior to the Resurrection Ship arriving. Adama orders a recall, and ''Galactica'' escapes without sustaining any major damage.
*Helo converses with Athena about his actions. He maintains that what he did was right, regardless of the consequences.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Adama reports that the prisoners were suffocated due to a failure in the environmental controls. Roslin is quick to point out one or two might be responsible, but Adama closes the issue. Subsequently, the virus was most likely an accidental exposure, similar to one reported 3000 years ago. Adama points out that they're on the right track to Earth, but Roslin notes that the Cylons are on the right track as well.

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===

*Aboard the bastestar, Baltar is being interrogated by Three and Caprica-Six, knowing about the beacon. Three and Caprica-Six imply that Baltar is connected to the virus and to Galactica. Baltar attempts to reconcile, only to be confronted by Centurions.
*In his "projection", his mental Six tells him to relax. Meanwhile, his body is being subjected to torture; Caprica Six is visibly disturbed by the torture and backs away.
*Baltar's torture continues as Three continues to interrogate Baltar regarding his supposed involvement with the virus. In his mind, he attemps to avert the pain by making love to his mental Six. Despite extreme pain, Baltar endures.

== Questions ==

* If [[Adama]] had brought the beacon aboard, what kind of information would it have given them about the location of Earth?
* Will [[Caprica-Six]] continue to stand by and permit Baltar's mistreatment at their hands?
* Where is Caprica-Six's own internal Baltar in all of this?
* Of the Cylons, which type told the basestar to self-destruct: The [[Hybrid]] or a [[Cylon agent]]? Considering her odd look after the destruction, might it have been [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]]?
* What kind of new start are the [[Cylon]]s planning for [[Earth]]? Just a new home planet, an attempt at human Cylon relations not tainted by the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, or something else?
* Why did an entire Cylon fleet (including a [[Resurrection Ship]]) jump to the encounter with ''Galactica''? Why was the [[Resurrection Ship]] not left behind somewhere else, as it was done in previous battles?
* Is D'Anna in love with Baltar?
* Why is [[Gaeta]] so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?
* Why does [[Simon]] so quickly claim science can not provide a solution to the infection?
* Why wasn't the execution squad in place and waiting with the prisoners so the plan could have been implemented in a timely manner?
* Since the plan was to execute the prisoners then jump away, why wasn't the jump drive already spun up and ready?
* The environmental controls seem to have been circumvented by [[Karl Agathon]] pulling a single plug. In a combat ship aren't there cascading fail safe systems to protect against such catastrophic failures from simple system malfunctions?
* In his discussion with [[Laura Roslin]] at the end of the episode, [[Admiral Adama]] is aware that sabotage was involved in the death of the Cylon prisoners, yet he states there will be no investigation. While he might be relieved that the plan wasn't carried out, wouldn't he be seriously concerned and want to aggressively pursue this matter?
*[[Baltar]] calls the [[Number Three]] torturing him "D'Anna". Is she, or at least does Baltar believe she is, the same Number 3 that was previously masquerading in the fleet as a reporter?
*Has Starbuck regained full flight status, because she tried to pull her life together at the end of "[[Torn]]", or does she participate in the battle due to a pressing need for pilots?
*Will there be any consequences of the sabotage for Helo and Athena from other crewmembers who may figure they are behind said sabotage? How will this affect Helo's reputation as a Cylon-lover or his credibility as XO?
*Since the Cylon prisoners died after the jump, did they download and spread the infection despite Helo's sabotage? Raiders generally operate within range of a Resurrection Ship and ''Galactica'' encountered two Raiders immediately after the jump.

== Analysis ==

*The Cylons could have cured themselves of this plague relatively quickly, if ''Galactica'' had succeeded in infecting them. It was quickly noted in the episode that Sharon was immune herself because fetal cells from [[Hera]] created effective antibodies against the virus. Hera is immune to the virus because she is a hybrid Human-Cylon. Now that she is in custody of the Cylons, Baltar could have utilized her immunity, as he previously did on Roslin, as capital to further his self-preservation amongst them.
**It can be assumed that executing the captured Cylons will send them back to the Resurrection ship, thus infecting the Cylon network.
**For the Cylons to study the plague they would have become infected themeselves, therefore, there was no way they could've tried to find a cure without potentially perishing
*The wider implications of such an event could have been religiously meaningful to the Cylons. Cylons have time and again shown religious deference by sometimes overlooking rational explanations. By saving the Cylon race Hera could have been elevated to messiah status, if her very creation has not already ordained her as one to the Cylons because their God proclaimed her creation.
**The presence of Hera is profound enough to the Cylons, which could be preventing them from seeing that Hera could be used as a tool.
*There is a fundamental flaw in the plan [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] develops: Even if the virus successfully infects the [[Resurrection Ship]], the other Cylons would isolate that individual ship, thus preventing a widespread epidemic. The resulting impact on the Cylon fleet would be no greater than previous destruction of the Resurrection Ship in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".
**Apollo's plan is based on an account of the Cylon analysis of the threat; he could simply assume they are correct and that the virus can spread like wildfire from one Resurrection Ship to another.
**Also, by infecting a greater mass of ships, Galactica could board the ships, take much needed resources and more infected Cylons for further use as biological weapons.
*The science of the virus is somewhat questionable. While the biological aspect is sound, the existence of a "bioelectrical feedback component" appears to be technobabble. It would be impossible for a biological virus (i.e. a physical pathogen) to be transmitted by download to the Resurrection Ship. Such a feedback - scrambling the brainwave patterns - could disrupt the download process, but it is unclear how it could spread the virus itself on the other side. It simply may be a case of cylon superstition, which is known to happen from time to time.
**From Dr. Cottle's dialogue, it would appear that the problem lies with how the Cylons' immune systems reacts with the virus, more than the virus itself. If this is the case, it is likely that the immune system's reaction would carry though the download and possibly be passed to other Cylons througout the network.
**Conceptually, there is actually very little difference between a physical and a computer virus. Both usurp cell function. Moreover, if the virus is a retrovirus, its genome (be it physical or digital) will be transcribed into the cellular DNA, which might be downloaded to the Resurrection Ship.
*Dr. Cottle explains that Cylons carry antibodies that break down the RNA of his proposed vaccine. However antibodies have no degradative functionality, and only prime recognised pathogens for phagocytosis, though he may have simplified the explination. But as vaccines are developed from the pathonogenic organism (or a close relative) it would be impossible for the Cylons to carry antibodies specific for the vaccine RNA (or for the products it encodes) or otherwise they would be immune to the pathonogenic virus itself.
: Antibodies certainly do have disrupting and degrading capabilities, though this particular explanation for vaccine failure is a bit of a stretch. Vaccines are composed of antigens which stimulate an immunological response. Antigens are the item the immune system reacts to, antibodies are produced by the immune system (by B-Lymphocytes – Lymphocytes are a type of white blood cell) and are specific to a single antigen. (T-Lymphocytes are also involved, but along a different pathway.) There are several classes of antibodies and each is slightly different in its action, but generally they attack a cell by attaching to the corresponding antigen on the cell exterior and cause the cell to rupture, prevent it from replicating, or stimulate other mechanisms to attack the targeted cell. Phagocytosis by the macrophages (a different white cell) is a cleanup mechanism which may include some pathogens, but is generally directed at the cellular debris remaining after the antibodies have done their work. Most vaccines are composed of either dead or weakened cells or cellular surface components from the target pathogen. These antigenic cellular components are generally protein, lipoprotein (proteins with a fatty component) or lipids (fats) which are unique to the target’s exterior (cell membrane, cell wall, or cell coating depending on the class of organism.) While any type of foreign nucleic acid could potentially produce a substantial immunological response, it is unlikely that any RNA that might have been included in the vaccine (such as in a killed cell) would have had any bearing on the vaccine functionality.
::Antibodies also locally generate ozone as a degradative function.
:::To clarify, antibodies don't have degradative functionality, though they do indirectly cause degradation. They do this, as discussed, by priming target cells or pathogens with [[wikipedia:Antibody|antibodies]] that detect antigens presented by the target pathogen. After priming, an array of leukocytes (white blood cells like T-cells and [[wikipedia:Phagocyte|phagocytes]]) recognise the bound antibodies and confer actions upon the pathogens (e.g. phagocytes engulf the pathogen [usually whole I might add] by binding the antibodies and closing their cell membranes around it, and then they proceed to breaking down the engulfed cells or viral components through the action of intracellular lysozymes). In the case of a virus, antibodies usually directly bind to the virus and block it from attaching to it's target or preferred cell, thus preventing it infecting cells with its RNA. To conclude, antibodies principally do one thing...bind to an antigen. The degradative and digestuve functions are completed by white blood cells that recognise the bound antibodies.
*Adama's reaction to the premature death of the prisoners is yet another example of what are simultaneously his greatest virtues and most glaring flaws - his dedication to those under his command, and his need to keep his conscience clear.
*In this episode, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "Exodus, Part [[Exodus, Part I|I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
*The genetic pool the Cylons were created from predates the human immunity to the plague from just a couple hundred years ago, yet the Cylons, even as a class of machines, are only 40 to 60 years old. This indicates another, non-Colonial, source for the DNA.
**The genetic pool need not be so old. Because humans had been completely immune to this virus for hundreds of years, the Cylons may have simply overlooked it while creating their biological models.
*It seems this virus could also be a fairly reliable (although not conclusive) litmus test to for Cylons in the Colonial Fleet.
*It seems reasonable to assume that if Baltar is not infected with the virus, he is not a Cylon, likewise for all members of the ''Galactica'' crew who boarded the baseship.
**Baltar was in an isolation suit the entire time he was on the basestar. Using standard biohazard procedures, he would have remained in the suit which would have been disinfected from the outside before he took it off.

== Notes ==
*[[Survivor count|Fleet population]] is 41,420. Barring any births, there is an unaccounted loss of at least two since "[[Torn]]".
*The story behind the Lion Nebula beacon and the virus may have been inspired by the lunar lander [[wikipedia:Surveyor 3|Surveyor 3]]. Before launching in 1967, its camera was accidentally contaminated by a common bacterium. When the camera was recovered by Apollo 12 astronauts, the microbes returned to life, having survived two and a half years of vacuum, radiation, and temperature extremes.
*This is the first episode in which [[Saul Tigh]] has not appeared, more than likely due to his promise to William Adama at the end of "Torn" after Adama's confrontation with both Tigh and Kara Thrace. Currently, the only characters to have appeared in every episode are [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]].
*Helo has been promoted to the rank of Captain, as evident in both dialogue and costuming.
*Starbuck appears to have returned to flight status following her decision to pull herself together at the end of "[[Torn]]".
*Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]], however [[w:encephalitis|encephalitis]] is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is [[wikipedia:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus|Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]].
*In [[Podcast:A Measure of Salvation|his podcast]], Moore notes that this episode shares similarities to the ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' episode, "[[MemoryAlpha:I, Borg|I, Borg]]", though he does not mention the episode by name. Moore also noted that this episode was brought up for discussion during the writer's meetings to discuss development of this episode, as "I, Borg" discussed using a lone [[MemoryAlpha:Hugh|Borg drone]] implanted with a computer virus to infect the [[MemoryAlpha:Borg|Borg collective]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''On Colonial One'':
:'''Karl Agathon''': Genocide? So that's what we're about now?
:'''Lee Adama''': They're not human! They were built, not born. No fathers, no mothers, no sons, no daughters--
:'''Karl Agathon''': I ''had'' a daughter. I held her in my arms.

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[imdb:nm0669826|Eileen Pedde]] as Sgt. [[Mathias]]
* [[imdb:nm0461101|Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (credited)

== References ==
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{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
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Talk:Lymphocytic encephalitis/Archive 1

2006-11-12T23:45:42Z

Jxh487:

There is this article and this one: [[Lymphocytic virus]]

One should probably be deleted and a redirect created to the other one. I'd delete this one and keep the other one since it's longer. It just needs to be rewritten and conventionized a bit --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 16:52, 12 November 2006 (CST)
: Concur. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 16:57, 12 November 2006 (CST)
::As it exists of the latest edit, it's actually correct. One article about the pathogen and one about the disease it causes. So we could keep this. But now there is one titled "L... Virus" and one "L... virus" --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:42, 12 November 2006 (CST)
Sorry guys, my comp is frakked up. It was goin slow. i created the latter articles, if you delete one delete the L...virus one (small case virus) beacuse the link on the encephalitis page directs the user to the one with capital V..irus. If you follow? [[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 17:45, 12 November 2006 (CST)

A Measure of Salvation

2006-11-12T23:41:19Z

Jxh487: /* Analysis */

{{Episode Data
| title= A Measure of Salvation
| image= Amos.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 7
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Bill Eagles]]
| production= 307
| rating=
| US airdate= November 10, 2006
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= 41,420
| prev= [[Torn]]
| next= [[Hero]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] are dispatched to interrogate the dying [[Cylons]] on board the infected baseship, and learns how [[Baltar]] is helping their adversaries; the virus inspires [[Lee]] to come up with a new strategy.''

== Summary ==
=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ===
*A boarding party comprising of [[Raptor]]s and [[Viper Mark VII|Vipers]] investigate the derelict [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. Among the boarding party are [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]].
*Aboard the derelict, [[marines]] explore the corridors, finding the [[Cylon agent|Cylons]] dead. Athena attempts to access the derelict basestar's [[Hybrid]], but is unsuccessful.
*Some "skinjobs" around the control center revive and advise the boarding party of the situation regarding the probe and subsequent infection of the Cylons. One of the infected Cylons, a [[Number Eight]], addresses Athena as "traitor."
*The boarding party and prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs.
*''Galactica'' quarantines the boarding party and prisoners while Dr. [[Cottle]] finds out if the virus affects humans. The human members of the boarding party are cleared while Athena is ordered to stay put, as her blood work hasn't been done. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] is infuriated, but wants to be notified as soon as her results are available.
*Dr. Cottle's investigation identifies [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons. [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]], [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], Lee Adama, and Helo discuss the idea of taunting the vaccine in exchange for information. A [[Simon]] is brought before them, and informs them that the entire baseship was abandoned, because [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] would infect the others. He also mentions that [[Gaius Baltar]] provided the information on the path to [[Earth]].
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a [[Resurrection Ship]], where the downloaded consciousnesses would infect the remaining Cylons, because according to [[Simon]] the virus carries a bioelectric feedback component that could spread it even through the download process. Helo scoffs at the idea, considering it genocide.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Athena finds she's immune because of antibodies generated within her body by carrying her daughter, [[Hera]]. Helo tells her of the Fleet's plan, and Athena understands.
*Admiral Adama shows slight dissent about the plan, indicating regulations that forbid him to proceed without presidential order. Despite the ethical ramifications, the President authorizes the biological attack.
*''Galactica'' jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet. In the midst of this, Helo initiates a plan to thwart the execution, unplugging what looks like a standard power connector from an environmental control box.
*The Cylons jump into the area, with Resurrection Ship in tow. Adama orders the execution of the prisoners.
*Lee Adama leads a team to execute the prisoners, but finds that all the prisoners have been killed prior to the Resurrection Ship arriving. Adama orders a recall, and ''Galactica'' escapes without sustaining any major damage.
*Helo converses with Athena about his actions. He maintains that what he did was right, regardless of the consequences.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Adama reports that the prisoners were suffocated due to a failure in the environmental controls. Roslin is quick to point out one or two might be responsible, but Adama closes the issue. Subsequently, the virus was most likely an accidental exposure, similar to one reported 3000 years ago. Adama points out that they're on the right track to Earth, but Roslin notes that the Cylons are on the right track as well.

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===

*Aboard the bastestar, Baltar is being interrogated by Three and Caprica-Six, knowing about the beacon. Three and Caprica-Six imply that Baltar is connected to the virus and to Galactica. Baltar attempts to reconcile, only to be confronted by Centurions.
*In his "projection", his mental Six tells him to relax. Meanwhile, his body is being subjected to torture; Caprica Six is visibly disturbed by the torture and backs away.
*Baltar's torture continues as Three continues to interrogate Baltar regarding his supposed involvement with the virus. In his mind, he attemps to avert the pain by making love to his mental Six. Despite extreme pain, Baltar endures.

== Questions ==

* If [[Adama]] had brought the beacon aboard, what kind of information would it have given them about the location of Earth?
* Will [[Caprica-Six]] continue to stand by and permit Baltar's mistreatment at their hands?
* Where is Caprica-Six's own internal Baltar in all of this?
* Of the Cylons, which type told the basestar to self-destruct: The [[Hybrid]] or a [[Cylon agent]]? Considering her odd look after the destruction, might it have been [[Athena]]?
* What kind of new start are the [[Cylon]]s planning for [[Earth]]? Just a new home planet, an attempt at human Cylon relations not tainted by the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, or something else?
* Why did an entire Cylon fleet (including a [[Resurrection Ship]]) jump to the encounter with ''Galactica''? Why was the [[Resurrection Ship]] not left behind somewhere else, as it was done in previous battles?
* Is D'anna in love with Baltar?
* Why is [[Gaeta]] so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?
* Why does [[Simon]] so quickly claim science can not provide a solution to the infection?
* Why wasn't the execution squad in place and waiting with the prisoners so the plan could have been implemented in a timely manner?
* Since the plan was to execute the prisoners then jump away, why wasn't the jump drive already spun up and ready?
* The environmental controls seem to have been circumvented by [[Karl Agathon]] pulling a single plug. In a combat ship aren't there cascading fail safe systems to protect against such catastrophic failures from simple system malfunctions?
* In his discussion with [[Laura Roslin]] at the end of the episode, [[Admiral Adama]] is aware that sabotage was involved in the death of the Cylon prisoners, yet he states there will be no investigation. While he might be relieved that the plan wasn't carried out, wouldn't he be seriously concerned and want to aggressively pursue this matter?
*Why was Sharon Agathon kept in quarantine after Cottle determined that humans were immune? Whether infected or not, she couldn't have transmitted the disease to anyone else, other than Cylon agents that may still be in the fleet.
*[[Baltar]] calls the [[Number Three]] torturing him "D'anna". Is she, or at least does Baltar believe she is, the same number 3 that was previously masquerading in the fleet as a reporter?
*Has Starbuck regained full flight status, because she tried to pull her life together at the end of "[[Torn]]", or does she participate in the battle due to a pressing need for pilots?
*Will there be any consequences of the sabotage for Helo and Athena from other crewmembers who may figure they are behind said sabotage? How will this affect Helo's reputation as a Cylon-lover or his credibility as XO.
*Since the Cylon prisoners died after the jump, did they download and spread the infection despite Helo's sabotage? Raiders generally operate within range of a Resurrection Ship and Galactica encountered two raiders immediately after the jump.

== Analysis ==

*The Cylons could have cured themselves of this plague relatively quickly, if ''Galactica'' had succeeded in infecting them. It was quickly noted in the episode that Sharon was immune herself because fetal cells from [[Hera]] created effective antibodies against the virus. Hera is immune to the virus because she is a hybrid Human-Cylon. Now that she is in custody of the Cylons, Baltar could have utilized her immunity, as he previously did on Roslin, as capital to further his self-preservation amongst them.
**It can be assumed that executing the captured Cylons will send them back to the Resurrection ship, thus infecting the Cylon network. However, the Human-Cylon hybrid has no extra copies on the Resurrection ship to transfer into, thus the antibodes will not be spread into the Cylon Network.
*The wider implications of such an event could have been religiously meaningful to the Cylons. Cylons have time and again shown religious deference by sometimes overlooking rational explinations. By saving the Cylon race Hera could have been elevated to messiah status, if her very creation has not already ordained her as one to the Cylons because their God proclaimed her creation.
**The presence of Hera is profound enough to the Cylons, which could be preventing them from seeing that Hera could be used as a tool.
*There is a fundamental flaw in the plan [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] develops: Even if the virus successfully infects the [[Resurrection Ship]], the other Cylons would isolate that individual ship, thus preventing a widespread epidemic. The resulting impact on the Cylon fleet would be no greater than previous destruction of the Resurrection Ship in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".
**Apollo's plan is based on an account of the Cylon analysis of the threat; he could simply assume they are correct and that the virus can spread like wildfire from one Resurrection Ship to another.
**Also, by infecting a greater mass of ships, Galactica could board the ships, take much needed resources and more infected Cylons for further use as biological weapons.
*The science of the virus is somewhat questionable. While the biological aspect is sound, the existence of a "bioelectrical feedback component" appears to be technobabble. It would be impossible for a biological virus (i.e. a physical pathogen) to be transmitted by download to the Resurrection Ship. Such a feedback - scrambling the brainwave patterns - could disturb the download process, but it is unclear how it could spread the virus itself on the other side.
*Adama's reaction to the premature death of the prisoners is yet another example of what are simultaneously his greatest virtues and most glaring flaws - his dedication to those under his command, and his need to keep his conscience clear.
*In this episode, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "Exodus, Part [[Exodus, Part I|I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
*The genetic pool the Cylons were created from predates the human immunity to the plague from just a couple hundred years ago, yet the Cylons, even as a class of machines, are only 40 to 60 years old. This indicates another, non-Colonial, source for the DNA.
*The genetic pool need not be so old. Because humans had been completely immune to this virus for hundreds of years, the Cylons may have simply overlooked it while creating their humanoid models.
*It seems this virus could also be a fairly reliable (although not conclusive) litmus test to for Cylons in the Colonial Fleet.
*Dr. Cottle explains that Cylons carry antibodies that break down the RNA of his proposed vaccine. However antibodies have no degradative functionality, and indeed only prime recognised pathogens for phagocytosis. Also as vaccines are developed from the pathonogenic organism (or a close relative) it would be impossible for Cylon's to carry antibodies specific for the vaccine RNA (or for the products it encodes) or otherwise they would be immune to the pathonogenic virus itself.

== Notes ==
*[[Survivor count|Fleet population]] is 41,420. Barring any births, there is an unaccounted loss of at least two since "[[Torn]]".
*The story behind the Lion Nebula beacon and the virus may have been inspired by the lunar lander [[wikipedia:Surveyor 3|Surveyor 3]]. Before launching in 1967, its camera was accidentally contaminated by a common bacterium. When the camera was recovered by Apollo 12 astronauts, the microbes returned to life, having survived two and a half years of vacuum, radiation, and temperature extremes.
*This is the first episode in which [[Saul Tigh]] has not appeared, more than likely due to his promise to William Adama at the end of "Torn" after Adama's confrontation with both Tigh and Kara Thrace. Currently, the only characters to have appeared in every episode are [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]].
*Helo has been promoted to the rank of Captain, as evident in both dialogue and costuming.
*Starbuck appears to have returned to flight status following her decision to pull herself together at the end of "[[Torn]]".
*Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]], however [[w:encephalitis|encephalitis]] is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is [[wikipedia:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus|Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[imdb:nm0669826|Eileen Pedde]] as Sgt. [[Mathias]]
* [[imdb:0461101|Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (credited)

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Lymphocytic Virus

2006-11-12T23:30:38Z

Jxh487:

Lymphocytic encephalitis

2006-11-12T23:29:55Z

Jxh487:

Lymphocytic encephalitis (encephalitis literally means inflammation of the brain) is a form of encephalitis caused by the [[Lymphocytic Virus]]. The condition is fatal to [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], and as such was considered by President [[Laura Roslin]] as a biological weapon to destroy their race.

[[Category:Colonial History (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Lymphocytic virus

2006-11-12T22:52:49Z

Jxh487:

Lymphocytic virus

2006-11-12T22:47:59Z

Jxh487:

Lymphocytic virus

2006-11-12T22:43:34Z

Jxh487:

The '''Lymphocytic virus''' is an ancient pathogen which induces [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]] in susceptible individuals/species. A beacon, believed to have been left by the Thirteenth Tribe on their way to [[Earth]], was contaminated by the virus. A Cylon Baseship discovered the beacon, and agents, upon examinaning it, unknowingly unleashed the virus infecting all of the Cylons aboard.

A bio-electrical feedback effect casued by the virus disrupts regulation of the Cylon immune system, meaning that the effects of the virus can potentially propogate through the Cylon downloading process. This fact formed the basis of a plan devised by Lee Adama to eradicate the Cylon Race. The plan proposed that by killing Cylon prisoners infected with the virus within the vicinity of a resurrection ship, the aforementioned bio-electrical feedback effect would be spread to all Cylons upon download of the infected Cylons consciousness'.

The plan was ultimately thwarted by Helo, who felt that the genocide of his wife's race, despite the fact that they were Cylons and had tried to do the same, was morally wrong. However, the plan was ill-concieved as there was nothing to stop the Cylon's from destroying the Resurrection ship the moment they realised it was infected. Also, there was a strong possibility that a cure or treatment would have been found reasonably quickly, given the fact that Baltar was immune to the virus and therefore must have been carrying relevant anitbodies.

Dr. Cottle exactly matched the virus to one identified 3000 years before, and commented that Humans had developed full immunity to it two centuries ago. This information futher consolidated the theory that the beacon was left by the Thirteenth Tribe, as the Scrolls of Pythia imply that their journey to Earth occured at about the same time.

The virus is especially pathogenic to Cylons because there is a bio-electric feedback component to the pathogen. It corrupts how the brain of a [[Cylon agent]] manages their immune system. If a Cylon who is infected dies and is [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]], the disease will follow, infecting the [[Resurrection Ship]] and eventually the entire Cylon fleet.

[[Cottle|Dr. Cottle]] believes he can create a simple vaccine that can dramatically reverse to effect on the Cylons. However, they have an antibody in their blood which breaks down the RNA of the vaccine. Because of that, they will need regular close interval injections of the vaccine or they will die.

The strain of the virus that infected a [[baseship]] via beacon is an exact match to one reported over 3,000 years ago. Right around the time that the [[Thirteenth Colony]] left [[Kobol]].

A Measure of Salvation

2006-11-12T21:51:07Z

Jxh487: /* Analysis */

{{Episode Data
| title= A Measure of Salvation
| image= Amos.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 7
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Bill Eagles]]
| production= 307
| rating=
| US airdate= November 10, 2006
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= 41,420
| prev= [[Torn]]
| next= [[Hero]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] are dispatched to interrogate the dying [[Cylons]] on board the infected baseship, and learns how [[Baltar]] is helping their adversaries; the virus inspires [[Lee]] to come up with a new strategy.''

== Summary ==
=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ===
*A boarding party comprising of [[Raptor]]s and [[Viper Mark VII|Vipers]] investigate the derelict [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. Among the boarding party are [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]].
*Aboard the derelict, [[marines]] explore the corridors, finding the [[Cylon agent|Cylons]] dead. Athena attempts to access the derelict basestar's [[Hybrid]], but is unsuccessful.
*Some "skinjobs" around the control center revive and advise the boarding party of the situation regarding the probe and subsequent infection of the Cylons. One of the infected Cylons, a [[Number Eight]], addresses Athena as "traitor."
*The boarding party and prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs.
*''Galactica'' quarantines the boarding party and prisoners while Dr. [[Cottle]] finds out if the virus affects humans. The human members of the boarding party are cleared while Athena is ordered to stay put, as her blood work hasn't been done. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] is infuriated, but wants to be notified as soon as her results are available.
*Dr. Cottle's investigation identifies [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons. [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]], [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], Lee Adama, and Helo discuss the idea of taunting the vaccine in exchange for information. A [[Simon]] is brought before them, and informs them that the entire baseship was abandoned, because [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] would infect the others. He also mentions that [[Gaius Baltar]] provided the information on the path to [[Earth]].
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a [[Resurrection Ship]], where the downloaded consciousnesses would infect the remaining Cylons, because according to [[Simon]] the virus carries a bioelectric feedback component that could spread it even through the download process. Helo scoffs at the idea, considering it genocide.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Athena finds she's immune because of antibodies generated within her body by carrying her daughter, [[Hera]]. Helo tells her of the Fleet's plan, and Athena understands.
*Admiral Adama shows slight dissent about the plan, indicating regulations that forbid him to proceed without presidential order. Despite the ethical ramifications, the President authorizes the biological attack.
*''Galactica'' jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet. In the midst of this, Helo initiates a plan to thwart the execution, unplugging what looks like a standard power connector from an environmental control box.
*The Cylons jump into the area, with Resurrection Ship in tow. Adama orders the execution of the prisoners.
*Lee Adama leads a team to execute the prisoners, but finds that all the prisoners have been killed prior to the Resurrection Ship arriving. Adama orders a recall, and ''Galactica'' escapes without sustaining any major damage.
*Helo converses with Athena about his actions. He maintains that what he did was right, regardless of the consequences.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Adama reports that the prisoners were suffocated due to a failure in the environmental controls. Roslin is quick to point out one or two might be responsible, but Adama closes the issue. Subsequently, the virus was most likely an accidental exposure, similar to one reported 3000 years ago. Adama points out that they're on the right track to Earth, but Roslin notes that the Cylons are on the right track as well.

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===

*Aboard the bastestar, Baltar is being interrogated by Three and Caprica-Six, knowing about the beacon. Three and Caprica-Six imply that Baltar is connected to the virus and to Galactica. Baltar attempts to reconcile, only to be confronted by Centurions.
*In his "projection", his mental Six tells him to relax. Meanwhile, his body is being subjected to torture; Caprica Six is visibly disturbed by the torture and backs away.
*Baltar's torture continues as Three continues to interrogate Baltar regarding his supposed involvement with the virus. In his mind, he attemps to avert the pain by making love to his mental Six. Despite extreme pain, Baltar endures.

== Questions ==

* If [[Adama]] had brought the beacon aboard, what kind of information would it have given them about the location of Earth?
* Will [[Caprica-Six]] continue to stand by and permit Baltar's mistreatment at their hands?
* Where is Caprica-Six's own internal Baltar in all of this?
* Of the Cylons, which type told the basestar to self-destruct: The [[Hybrid]] or a [[Cylon agent]]? Considering her odd look after the destruction, might it have been [[Athena]]?
* What kind of new start are the [[Cylon]]s planning for [[Earth]]? Just a new home planet, an attempt at human Cylon relations not tainted by the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, or something else?
* Why did an entire Cylon fleet (including a [[Resurrection Ship]]) jump to the encounter with ''Galactica''? Why was the [[Resurrection Ship]] not left behind somewhere else, as it was done in previous battles?
* Is D'anna in love with Baltar?
* Why is [[Gaeta]] so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?
* Why does [[Simon]] so quickly claim science can not provide a solution to the infection?
* Why wasn't the execution squad in place and waiting with the prisoners so the plan could have been implemented in a timely manner?
* Since the plan was to execute the prisoners then jump away, why wasn't the jump drive already spun up and ready?
* The environmental controls seem to have been circumvented by [[Karl Agathon]] pulling a single plug. In a combat ship aren't there cascading fail safe systems to protect against such catastrophic failures from simple system malfunctions?
** The plug could mean anything; primary environmental sensors, the secondary units, or an interface access for CIC. The cable and its plug showing means something electrical, while a manual switch, lever or wheel may have been needed to reverse the air pressure.
* In his discussion with [[Laura Roslin]] at the end of the episode, [[Admiral Adama]] is aware that sabotage was involved in the death of the Cylon prisoners, yet he states there will be no investigation. While he might be relieved that the plan wasn't carried out, wouldn't he be seriously concerned and want to aggressively pursue this matter?
**Admiral Adama is a tactician. It is possible that he is trying to put the situation in a low light to prevent civilian intervention on board his ship. Note that he offered her a drink and also jumped to the fact the beacon may be from placed there by the 13th colony.
*Why was Sharon Agathon kept in quarantine after Cottle determined that humans were immune? Whether infected or not, she couldn't have transmitted the disease to anyone else, other than Cylon agents that may still be in the fleet.
**To be kept in quarantine not only means isolating a person from the public, but to be accessible to authorized personnel, such as Sharon Agathon to the medical staff who may not want her running around Galactica while they perform tests on her.
*[[Baltar]] calls the [[Number Three]] torturing him "D'anna". Is she, or at least does Baltar believe she is, the same number 3 that was previously masquerading in the fleet as a reporter?
*Has Starbuck regained full flight status, because she tried to pull her life together at the end of "[[Torn]]", or does she participate in the battle due to a pressing need for pilots?
*Will there be any consequences of the sabotage for Helo and Athena from other crewmembers who may figure they are behind said sabotage? How will this affect Helo's reputation as a Cylon-lover or his credibility as XO.
*Since the Cylon prisoners died after the jump, did they download and spread the infection despite Helo's sabotage? Raiders generally operate within range of a Resurrection Ship and Galactica encountered two raiders immediately after the jump.

== Analysis ==

*The Cylons could have cured themselves of this plague relatively quickly, if ''Galactica'' had succeeded in infecting them. It was quickly noted in the episode that Sharon was immune herself because fetal cells from [[Hera]] created effective antibodies against the virus. Hera is immune to the virus because she is a hybrid Human-Cylon. Now that she is in custody of the Cylons, Baltar could have utilized her immunity, as he previously did on Roslin, as capital to further his self-preservation amongst them.
**It can be assumed that executing the captured Cylons will send them back to the Resurrection ship, thus infecting the Cylon network. However, the Human-Cylon hybrid has no extra copies on the Resurrection ship to transfer into, thus the antibodes will not be spread into the Cylon Network.
*The wider implications of such an event could have been religiously meaningful to the Cylons. Cylons have time and again shown religious deference by sometimes overlooking rational explinations. By saving the Cylon race Hera could have been elevated to messiah status, if her very creation has not already ordained her as one to the Cylons because their God proclaimed her creation.
**The presence of Hera is profound enough to the Cylons, which could be preventing them from seeing that Hera could be used as a tool.
*There is a fundamental flaw in the plan [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] develops: Even if the virus successfully infects the [[Resurrection Ship]], the other Cylons would isolate that individual ship, thus preventing a widespread epidemic. The resulting impact on the Cylon fleet would be no greater than previous destruction of the Resurrection Ship in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".
**Apollo's plan is based on an account of the Cylon analysis of the threat; he could simply assume they are correct and that the virus can spread like wildfire from one Resurrection Ship to another.
**Also, by infecting a greater mass of ships, Galactica could board the ships, take much needed resources and more infected Cylons for further use as biological weapons.
*Adama's reaction to the premature death of the prisoners is yet another example of what are simultaneously his greatest virtues and most glaring flaws - his dedication to those under his command, and his need to keep his conscience clear.
*In this episode, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "Exodus, Part [[Exodus, Part I|I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
*Helo has been promoted to the rank of Captain, as evident in both dialogue and costuming.
*Starbuck seems to have returned to flight status following her decision to pull herself together at the end of "[[Torn]]".
*The genetic pool the Cylons were created from predates the human immunity to the plague from just a couple hundred years ago, yet the Cylons, even as a class of machines, are only 40 to 60 years old. This indicates another, non-Colonial, source for the DNA.
*The genetic pool need not be so old. Because humans had been completely immune to this virus for hundreds of years, the Cylons may have simply overlooked it while creating their humanoid models.
*Lee Adama's plan to infect the cylons would never of worked. It would be impossible for a biological virus (i.e. a physical pathogen) to be transmitted by download to the resurrection ship. A physical carrier (biological or otherwise) is the only way by which such a virus could be transmitted to other cylons, period.

== Notes ==
*[[Survivor count|Fleet population]] is 41,420. Barring any births, there is an unaccounted loss of at least two since "[[Torn]]".
*The story behind the Lion Nebula beacon and the virus may have been inspired by the lunar lander [[wikipedia:Surveyor 3|Surveyor 3]]. Before launching in 1967, its camera was accidentally contaminated by a common bacterium. When the camera was recovered by Apollo 12 astronauts, the microbes returned to life, having survived two and a half years of vacuum, radiation, and temperature extremes.
*This is the first episode in which [[Saul Tigh]] has not appeared. Currently, the only characters to have appeared in every episode are [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]].
*Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]], however [[w:encephalitis|encephalitis]] is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is [[wikipedia:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus|Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. Felix Gaeta
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[imdb:nm0669826|Eileen Pedde]] as Sgt. [[Mathias]]
* [[imdb:0461101|Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (credited)

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:RDM]]

A Measure of Salvation

2006-11-12T21:27:07Z

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{{Episode Data
| title= A Measure of Salvation
| image= Amos.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 7
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
| writer= [[Michael Angeli]]
| story=
| director= [[Bill Eagles]]
| production= 307
| rating=
| US airdate= November 10, 2006
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population= 41,420
| prev= [[Torn]]
| next= [[Hero]]
}}

== Overview ==
:''[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] are dispatched to interrogate the dying [[Cylons]] on board the infected baseship, and learns how [[Baltar]] is helping their adversaries; the virus inspires [[Lee]] to come up with a new strategy.''

== Summary ==
=== On ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ===
*A boarding party comprising of [[Raptor]]s and [[Viper Mark VII|Vipers]] investigate the derelict [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]. Among the boarding party are [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]].
*Aboard the derelict, [[marines]] explore the corridors, finding the [[Cylon agent|Cylons]] dead. Athena attempts to access the derelict basestar's [[Hybrid]], but is unsuccessful.
*Some "skinjobs" around the control center revive and advise the boarding party of the situation regarding the probe and subsequent infection of the Cylons. One of the infected Cylons, a [[Number Eight]], addresses Athena as "traitor."
*The boarding party and prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs.
*''Galactica'' quarantines the boarding party and prisoners while Dr. [[Cottle]] finds out if the virus affects humans. The human members of the boarding party are cleared while Athena is ordered to stay put, as her blood work hasn't been done. [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] is infuriated, but wants to be notified as soon as her results are available.
*Dr. Cottle's investigation identifies [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons. [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]], [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], Lee Adama, and Helo discuss the idea of taunting the vaccine in exchange for information. A [[Simon]] is brought before them, and informs them that the entire baseship was abandoned, because [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] would infect the others. He also mentions that [[Gaius Baltar]] provided the information on the path to [[Earth]].
*Aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a [[Resurrection Ship]], where the downloaded consciousnesses would infect the remaining Cylons. Helo scoffs at the idea, considering it genocide.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Athena finds she's immune because of antibodies generated within her body by carrying her daughter, [[Hera]]. Helo tells her of the Fleet's plan, and Athena understands.
*Admiral Adama shows slight dissent about the plan, indicating regulations that forbid him to proceed without presidential order. Despite the ethical ramifications, the President authorizes the biological attack.
*''Galactica'' [[FTL|Jumps]] to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet. In the midst of this, Helo initiates a plan to thwart the execution, unplugging what looks like a standard power connector from an environmental control box.
*The Cylons jump into the area, with Resurrection Ship in tow. Adama orders the execution of the prisoners.
*Lee Adama leads a team to execute the prisoners, but finds that all the prisoners have been killed prior to the Resurrection Ship arriving. Adama orders a recall, and ''Galactica'' escapes without sustaining any major damage.
*Helo converses with Athena about his actions. He maintains that what he did was right, regardless of the consequences.
*Aboard ''Galactica'', Adama reports that the prisoners were suffocated due to a failure in the environmental controls. Roslin is quick to point out one or two might be responsible, but Adama closes the issue. Subsequently, the virus was most likely an accidental exposure, similar to one reported 3000 years ago. Adama points out that they're on the right track to Earth, but Roslin notes that the Cylons are on the right track as well.

=== On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===

*Aboard the bastestar, Baltar is being interrogated by Three and Caprica-Six, knowing about the beacon. Three and Caprica-Six imply that Baltar is connected to the virus and to Galactica. Baltar attempts to reconcile, only to be confronted by Centurions.
*In his "projection", his mental Six tells him to relax. Meanwhile, his body is being subjected to torture; Caprica Six is visibly disturbed by the torture and backs away.
*Baltar's torture continues as Three continues to interrogate Baltar regarding his supposed involvement with the virus. In his mind, he attemps to avert the pain by making love to his mental Six. Despite extreme pain, Baltar endures.

== Questions ==

* If [[Adama]] had brought the beacon aboard, what kind of information would it have given them about the location of Earth?
* Will [[Caprica-Six]] continue to stand by and permit Baltar's mistreatment at their hands?
* Where is Caprica-Six's own internal Baltar in all of this?
* Of the Cylons, which type told the basestar to self-destruct: The [[Hybrid]] or a [[Cylon agent]]? Considering her odd look after the destruction, might it have been [[Athena]]?
* What kind of new start are the [[Cylon]]s planning for [[Earth]]? Just a new home planet, an attempt at human Cylon relations not tainted by the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, or something else?
* Why did an entire Cylon fleet (including a [[Resurrection Ship]]) jump to the encounter with ''Galactica''? Why was the [[Resurrection Ship]] not left behind somewhere else, as it was done in previous battles?
* Is D'anna in love with Baltar?
* Why is [[Gaeta]] so surprised to hear that Baltar is alive, given the fact that he was actually there when D'Anna offered Baltar to be evacuated from New Caprica?
* Why does [[Simon]] so quickly claim science can not provide a solution to the infection?
* Why wasn't the execution squad in place and waiting with the prisoners so the plan could have been implemented in a timely manner?
* Since the plan was to execute the prisoners then jump away, why wasn't the jump drive already spun up and ready?
* The environmental controls seem to have been circumvented by [[Karl Agathon]] pulling a single plug. In a combat ship aren't there cascading fail safe systems to protect against such catastrophic failures from simple system malfunctions?
** The plug could mean anything; primary environmental sensors, the secondary units, or an interface access for CIC. The cable and its plug showing means something electrical, while a manual switch, lever or wheel may have been needed to reverse the air pressure.
* In his discussion with [[Laura Roslin]] at the end of the episode, [[Admiral Adama]] is aware that sabotage was involved in the death of the Cylon prisoners, yet he states there will be no investigation. While he might be relieved that the plan wasn't carried out, wouldn't he be seriously concerned and want to aggressively pursue this matter?
**Admiral Adama is a tactician. It is possible that he is trying to put the situation in a low light to prevent civilian intervention on board his ship. Note that he offered her a drink and also jumped to the fact the beacon may be from placed there by the 13th colony.
*Why was Sharon Agathon kept in quarantine after Cottle determined that humans were immune? Whether infected or not, she couldn't have transmitted the disease to anyone else, other than Cylon agents that may still be in the fleet.
**To be kept in quarantine not only means isolating a person from the public, but to be accessible to authorized personnel, such as Sharon Agathon to the medical staff who may not want her running around Galactica while they perform tests on her.
*[[Baltar]] calls the [[Number Three]] torturing him "D'anna". Is she, or at least does Baltar believe she is, the same number 3 that was previously masquerading in the fleet as a reporter?
*Has Starbuck regained full flight status, because she tried to pull her life together at the end of "[[Torn]]", or does she participate in the battle due to a pressing need for pilots?
*Will there be any consequences of the sabotage for Helo and Athena from other crewmembers who may figure they are behind said sabotage? How will this affect Helo's reputation as a Cylon-lover or his credibility as XO.
*Since the Cylon prisoners died after the jump, did they download and spread the infection despite Helo's sabotage? Raiders generally operate within range of a Resurrection Ship and Galactica encountered two raiders immediately after the jump.
*It is impossible for a biological virus to be 'downloaded', and so how was there any threat of infecting the resurection ship, and indeed the cylon 'race' by the plan designed by Lee?

== Analysis ==

*The Cylons could have cured themselves of this plague relatively quickly, if ''Galactica'' had succeeded in infecting them. It was quickly noted in the episode that Sharon was immune herself because fetal cells from [[Hera]] created effective antibodies against the virus. Hera is immune to the virus because she is a hybrid Human-Cylon. Now that she is in custody of the Cylons, Baltar could have utilized her immunity, as he previously did on Roslin, as capital to further his self-preservation amongst them.
**It can be assumed that executing the captured Cylons will send them back to the Resurrection ship, thus infecting the Cylon network. However, the Human-Cylon hybrid has no extra copies on the Resurrection ship to transfer into, thus the antibodes will not be spread into the Cylon Network.
*The wider implications of such an event could have been religiously meaningful to the Cylons. Cylons have time and again shown religious deference by sometimes overlooking rational explinations. By saving the Cylon race Hera could have been elevated to messiah status, if her very creation has not already ordained her as one to the Cylons because their God proclaimed her creation.
**The presence of Hera is profound enough to the Cylons, which could be preventing them from seeing that Hera could be used as a tool.
*There is a fundamental flaw in the plan [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] develops: Even if the virus successfully infects the [[Resurrection Ship]], the other Cylons would isolate that individual ship, thus preventing a widespread epidemic. The resulting impact on the Cylon fleet would be no greater than previous destruction of the Resurrection Ship in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".
**Apollo's plan is based on an account of the Cylon analysis of the threat; he could simply assume they are correct and that the virus can spread like wildfire from one Resurrection Ship to another.
**Also, by infecting a greater mass of ships, Galactica could board the ships, take much needed resources and more infected Cylons for further use as biological weapons.
*Adama's reaction to the premature death of the prisoners is yet another example of what are simultaneously his greatest virtues and most glaring flaws - his dedication to those under his command, and his need to keep his conscience clear.
*In this episode, [[Raptors]] are shown loaded to the teeth with weapons systems. In the past ([[Miniseries]], [[The Hand of God]]), Raptors have rarely been depicted in actual combat, preferring instead to hang back while coordinating battlefield logistics. They have been shown armed in a few prior episodes ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Fragged]]), but this is by far their most prominent combat role to date. The Raptors are using the external missile pods and cannons introduced in "Exodus, Part [[Exodus, Part I|I]] & [[Exodus, Part II|II]]" and engage in the same maneuver used to launch the decoy drones during the Battle of New Caprica.
*Helo has been promoted to the rank of Captain, as evident in both dialogue and costuming.
*Starbuck seems to have returned to flight status following her decision to pull herself together at the end of "[[Torn]]".
*The genetic pool the Cylons were created from predates the human immunity to the plague from just a couple hundred years ago, yet the Cylons, even as a class of machines, are only 40 to 60 years old. This indicates another, non-Colonial, source for the DNA.
*The genetic pool need not be so old. Because humans had been completely immune to this virus for hundreds of years, the Cylons may have simply overlooked it while creating their humanoid models.

== Notes ==
*[[Survivor count|Fleet population]] is 41,420. Barring any births, there is an unaccounted loss of at least two since "[[Torn]]".
*The story behind the Lion Nebula beacon and the virus may have been inspired by the lunar lander [[wikipedia:Surveyor 3|Surveyor 3]]. Before launching in 1967, its camera was accidentally contaminated by a common bacterium. When the camera was recovered by Apollo 12 astronauts, the microbes returned to life, having survived two and a half years of vacuum, radiation, and temperature extremes.
*This is the first episode in which [[Saul Tigh]] has not appeared. Currently, the only characters to have appeared in every episode are [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]].
*Dr. Cottle identifies the disease as [[Lymphocytic encephalitis]], however [[w:encephalitis|encephalitis]] is a condition (swelling of the brain) that can be caused by a pathogen, not a pathogen itself. More likely the pathogen is [[wikipedia:Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus|Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. Felix Gaeta
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[imdb:nm0669826|Eileen Pedde]] as Sgt. [[Mathias]]
* [[imdb:0461101|Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (credited)

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

{{Episode list (RDM season 3)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Exodus, Part II

2006-10-26T22:45:02Z

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{{Episode Data
| title= Exodus, Part II
| image=TighAdamaReunion.jpg
| season= 3
| episode= 4
| guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
| writer= [[Bradley Thompson]] <br/> [[David Weddle]]
| story=
| director= [[Félix Enríquez Alcalá]]
| production= 304
| rating=
| US airdate= 2006-10-20
| UK airdate=
| dvd=
| population=
| prev= [[Exodus, Part I]]
| next= [[Collaborators]]
| podcast= Y
}}

== Overview ==

:''Commander [[Lee Adama]] of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' has serious doubts about the success of the [[New Caprica]] rescue mission by ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. On New Caprica, [[Saul Tigh]] decides the consequences for his [[Ellen Tigh |wife's]] betrayal of [[The Resistance | the Resistance]]. Aboard ''Galactica'', Admiral [[William Adama]] executes a dramatic rescue plan.''

== Summary ==

*On ''Pegasus'', [[Lee Adama]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] talk of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' mission. Adama worries heavily that Admiral Adama's mission will fail and of what future responsibilities he may have as the leader of the rest of mankind. His wife tells him to not give up hope.
*On New Caprica, [[Samuel Anders]] confronts [[Saul Tigh]] about [[Ellen Tigh|his wife Ellen's]] betrayal and tells him that either Tigh "takes care" of Ellen, or someone else less sympathetic will do so.
*Ellen Tigh explains her recent actions, that she would do absolutely anything to save Saul, including betraying the resistance. Tigh consoles her and provides her a drink when she asks. She falls unconscious, her drink having been poisoned by her husband. He says that he loves her, rests his head on her corpse, and weeps.
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Gaius Baltar]] tells the Cylons that they have failed in their experiment and suggests the Cylons simply leave. A [[Number Three|Three]] voices the concern that one day the descendants of mankind might exact vengeance upon the Cylons, should they be left to their own devices.
[[Image:Saulellen.jpg|Saul handing Ellen her poisoned drink.|thumb]]

*Suddenly, dozens of explosions can be felt and seen. The [[Battle of New Caprica]] has begun.
*Anders and the resistance team has set a series of explosions that mimic a Colonial attack and causes chaos. [[Tory Foster]] commands a team of section leaders in the evacuation and orders [[Maya]] to head for her ship with [[Hera|Isis]].
*Anders and a large group of resistance fighters retrieve weapons from beneath the [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] court to rescue the detainees in the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]].
*In space above New Caprica, ''Galactica'' deploys a squadron of Raptors and Vipers. The Raptors launch [[swallow]]s to mimic the EM signature of two Colonial battlestars. The Cylons pick them up and fall for the ruse, moving two basestars with their Raiders away from the planet.
*When [[Leoben Conoy]] leaves the residence inside the Detention Center to aid with the fighting, he keeps [[Kara Thrace]] inside. She assaults him and tries to escape, but he knocks her unconscious.
*[[Tom Zarek]] tasks [[James Lyman|Jammer]] to protect [[Laura Roslin]] as she makes her way to ''Colonial One''.
*At the entrance to the shipyard, where the Cylons keep the grounded Colonial vessels, a team under Tigh and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]]s.
*The Cylons detect the decoy drones, but ''Galactica'' jumps into the planet's upper atmosphere and plunges rapidly towards the planet. Mid-descent, ''Galactica'' launches its Vipers. Before colliding with the ground, the ship jumps back into space. The Vipers begin to attack targets on the ground and clear the way.
*As others are freed from the Detention Center, Anders finds his unconscious wife and carries her away, but when Thrace awakens, she goes back to retrieve [[Kacey]].
*The battle is turning against ''Galactica''. Her FTL drives are down, weapons are offline and there is heavy structural damage from the atmospheric entry. Four Cylon basestars are closing in and the battlestar is soon bombarded from all sides with no hope of survival. At that moment ''Pegasus'' joins the battle, Lee Adama having disobeyed his father's orders. He opens fire with the forward batteries and destroys one basestar in the opening salvo.
*The Cylons realize that they have lost and decide to evacuate the planet. [[Number Three]] volunteers to stay behind and set off the nuclear weapon that was left in the city for such a contingency. She offers Baltar a place with the Cylons and leaves.
*The Colonial ships initiate intra-atmosphere [[FTL|jumps]] from New Caprica as soon as they become airborne.
*''Pegasus'' is heavily bombarded by missiles, having left all of her Vipers back with the rest of the civilian Fleet. Admiral Adama realizes that his son has planned a one-way mission for ''Pegasus'', and orders recall of ''Galactica's'' fighters.
*On ''Colonial One'', [[Felix Gaeta]] accuses Baltar at gunpoint of having betrayed everyone. Gaeta admits his guilt in idealistically believing in Baltar's initial vision, but realized in the end that Baltar was only thinking about himself. Baltar admits his own guilt and begs Gaeta to shoot him. However, Gaeta relents, giving Baltar a final chance to redeem himself: stop Three from setting off the nuclear bomb.
*With ''Pegasus'' dying, Lee Adama orders everyone to abandon ship. He sets the ship [[CBDR]] with a basestar as the last of the crew leaves in Raptors. ''Pegasus’'' collides with a basestar, destroying it; The remains of ''Pegasus’'' starboard [[flight pod]] collides with and destroys yet another basestar.
*Kara Thrace retrieves Kacey, but Conoy has returned and confronts her. She appears to give in to his demands, says "I love you," and kisses him. However, Thrace uses the diversion to stab him. She picks up Kacey and leaves with Anders.
*Three searches [[Dodona Selloi]]'s tent, but the [[oracle]] has left. Outside, [[Caprica-Six]] and Baltar find Hera next to [[Maya]]'s body, still alive. Three arrives, asks to hold the child, and leaves with her. [[Caprica-Six]] says Three no longer intends to detonate the nuke, then leaves the planet with Baltar.
*Laura Roslin and a group of resistance fighters enter the now abandoned ''Colonial One'' and are the last ship to leave the planet.
*On ''Galactica'', many people are reunited as Tyrol immediately takes charge of ushering the incoming refugees. When Thrace shows Kacey to Tyrol, another woman walks by and recognizes the girl as her daughter, whom the Cylons had taken away. The mother thanks Thrace for rescuing Kacey. Thrace is shocked by the revelation that Kacey is not her daughter after all, but gives her up.
*Admiral Adama welcomes Tigh back aboard, and tells him he brought everyone back. Tigh quietly replies, "[[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them]]." The colonists in ''Galactica's'' [[hangar deck]] begin chanting "A-dam-a, A-dam-a..." and carry the admiral on their shoulders. Adama turns to see Tigh wandering off, numbed with grief.
*Tory Foster tells Roslin that neither Maya nor Hera can be found, and it seems likely neither made it off the planet. Foster apologizes, but Roslin muses that this was part of something bigger than them.
*Admiral Adama shaves off his mustache and returns to a fully staffed [[CIC]], aboard the now very loud, bustling corridors of ''Galactica''.

== Questions ==

*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies?
**[[Tom Zarek]], as Vice President, seems to have the best claim. Since he chose to become a political prisoner rather than collaborate with the Cylons, he has probably retained his good standing in the public eye. If Baltar had him removed from office, he could probably make a good case that such an action was illegal.
**Laura Roslin's decision to evacuate on Colonial One may not have been an expression of her intent to claim the presidency. Colonial One had been her home for the first nine months that the fleet spent on the run. Zarek may have deliberately opted to evacuate aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' for non-political reasons, as he previously served as a leader and representative of that vessel and her passengers.
**However, [[Saul Tigh]] seemed to expect that Roslin would assume the presidency ([[Precipice]]), and when boarding Colonial One, she makes herself at home at Baltar's desk as if she intends to do so.
**The Colonial Government holds regular elections ([[Bastille Day]]), although it has also called special elections before ([[Colonial Day]]). As of this episode, it has been about a year and five months since the last presidential election, so it is unlikely that another is scheduled in the near future.
*What will be the final disposition of the ''Pegasus'' officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica?
**Saul Tigh's injuries may prevent him from resuming his post as XO of ''Galactica''. Additionally, he has been outranked by [[Lee Adama]] since "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
**Lee Adama's command, the ''Pegasus'', has been destroyed. Given Tigh's incapacity, he may begin service as XO of ''Galactica''. He has also expressed dissatisfaction with his military career ([[Final Cut]]) and may wish to retire from fleet service, or resume his earlier duties of military liaison to the civilian government.
**It will be difficult to justify replacing [[Louanne Katraine]] as CAG, given the length of her service since the foundation of New Caprica, and her skill as a pilot, shown to have rivaled or outstripped even that of Kara Thrace by the time of "[[Scar]]".
**[[Kara Thrace]] is separated from Fleet service, and although she will probably return to active duty, it is unlikely that she will resume her former duty position as CAG, ''Galactica'' so long as Katraine is serving competently in that position.
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] is now an officer, and will not be expected to resume NCO-level tasks. [[Hoshi]] held her former position on ''Pegasus'', and is now available to serve on ''Galactica''.
**[[Felix Gaeta]] is separated, and will have to answer for the crimes of Baltar's administration, despite his covert affiliation with the resistance. [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Aaron Kelly]] have both been shown performing Gaeta's duties in CIC on ''Galactica'', and one of them may replace him.
**[[Cally Tyrol]], [[Galen Tyrol]], or both may choose to remain separated (from fleet service) to raise their son, Nicholas. We have not yet seen young children being raised on board ''Galactica'', although there is a [[Boxey (RDM)|precedent]] for keeping a civilian minor onboard.
**We may also see characters assume roles not previously shown onboard ''Galactica''.
*What consequences will Ellen Tigh's death have for her husband?
**Will Saul Tigh again drink to excess?
***A Chicago Tribune interview with Ron Moore answers this.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/10/battlestar_gala.html|title=Chicago Tribune|date=October 2, 2006|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=en}}</ref>
*What equipment and personnel were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?
**In order to build [[New Caprica City]], the ships were at least partially stripped and supplies were offloaded.
**Medical supplies were running low as of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", although apparently the colonists were resupplied by the Cylons.
**Are there any people alive remaining on New Caprica after the exodus, due to wounds or infirmity? Were there any detention facilities which the [[New Caprica Resistance]] failed to liberate? Did anyone besides [[Gaius Baltar]] stay behind willingly?
*If the civilian ships only needed to get a few hundred feet off the ground in order to use their FTL drives and escape, why do ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' need to engage the basestars? Is this just to keep the Raiders, Heavy Raiders, and missiles from being used on the civilian fleet, on the surface below? (Note: it is not in dispute that having ''Galactica'' launch its fighters within the atmosphere is important so they could attack the Centurions and few raiders there.)
**As with the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons could destroy the city with a single nuclear bomb in orbit. The plan appears to force the Cylons to be too distracted by the battlestar's offenses (Raptors at first, then the battlestar itself) to worry about the actions on the planet. ''Galactica'' jumps intra-atmosphere to minimize detection by the basestars.
**As part of Adama's strategy, after the intra-atmospheric jump, he probably wanted to jump the Galactica to the lowest possible orbit such that when the planetary rescue effort was complete that he could recover the vipers in the shortest possible time. To jump the Galactica to an extremely high orbit could add hours to viper recovery and allowing far too much time for Basestars and Raiders alike to close into their position.
*Will Gaeta be the target of persecution or assassination as a collaborator? Or will people believe in him when he is found out to be the secret informant?
*Will [[Cally Tyrol]] identify Jammer as the NCP officer who released her, based on his voice?
*''Galactica's'' escape seems questionable. Most or all of ''Galactica's'' Vipers were launched during the atmospheric maneuver. Later, after the four basestars start pummelling ''Galactica'', its situation is dire, facing explosive decompressions and with its FTL disabled. Adama says, "Then that's it. It's been an honor." ''Pegasus'' immediately appears and uses its superior weaponry to engage the basestars, destroying one in the first volley, so Adama orders the FTL to be fixed. Soon, Helo reports that most of the civilian ships have jumped, that FTL is back online, and that ''Pegasus'' is taking "a hell of a pounding." Adama orders his Vipers to land so that ''Galactica'' can leave. The next shot is Vipers landing, but weren't they all at the surface? How long does it take a Viper to climb into orbit? Real-world atmospheric escapes take several minutes, at least. How much damage were the basestars and battlestars doing to each other in this time?
**We aren't seeing events in real-time. Several minutes can lie between scenes that appear to happen right after another. Sometimes it is simply necessary to compress things in order to fit them into one episode.
**There may be several key differences at play between an escape from New Caprica's atmosphere and a real-world atmospheric departure, such as a lower [[Wikipedia:Karman line|atmospheric boundary]], more powerful thrusters on the Vipers, etc.
***In a real-world example, the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] takes approximately 10 minutes to attain escape velocity. The length of this time is partly due to the fact that the Space Shuttle's engines are occassionally throttled back to keep acceleration below 3 G to reduce discomfort to the crew. Additionally, typically it takes several hours for the Space Shuttle to attain the same orbit as the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]]. For convenience of fiction, from the time of escape velocity of the vipers to attaining the same orbit of the Galactica could be said to be several minutes. Therefore, the entire sequence probably took in real-time 1/2 hour from the time the order was given by Adama to retrieve the Vipers to the time that all Vipers were aboard the Galactica. This is not taking into account that all craft can't land simultaneously on a carrier. The Pegasus probably took a pounding from 1/2 to 1 hour from the 3 remaining Basestars before it reached its final demise, a process that was beyond the timeframe of the show.
***Also, the Vipers might already have been en route to Galactica by the time Adama gives the order to "bring them home." That order might have referred to landing them. (The combat-landing shot, fwiw, was recycled from the mini-series.)
*Why did Kara Thrace wait so long to stab Leoben? She could have done it before even kissing him.
**Possibly, Thrace intended to insult to injury by her quick betrayal, but also, she needed to ensure that the Cylon agent was completely off his guard.
**It's also possible she is not as strong as we think, and truly felt something for Leoben in those few moments.
***That seems unlikely considering that after she shoved a 6" blade into his belly, she watched his face as she twisted it. That would be taken as an indication of extreme hatred by most people.
**She does, of course, have a well-demonstrated flair for the dramatic.
*What about the Cylons, such as Leoben, who were killed during the insurection? If they were dependant on a resurrection facility on New Caprica, is said facility still operational? If not, is there a resurrection ship in range?
*What, besides ''Galactica'' and her crew, was gained by the sacrifice of ''Pegasus''? Most of the civilian ships had already jumped to safety, and ''Pegasus'' did not bring any Vipers along to escort the remainder, opting instead to leave them to defend the small civilian fleet it had been protecting. If nothing was gained besides the survival of ''Galactica'', the sacrifice was a costly and foolish mistake - the fleet has lost the more advanced of its two battlestars, and along with it, its ability to manufacture new Vipers ([[Scar]]).
**From a purely military mission perspective that is correct. ''Pegasus''' intervention seems to have been made solely because of the personal feelings of its commander. For the Cylons, the destruction of Pegasus and the retrieval of Hera compensate to an extent for the loss of three base stars and 39,000 human prisoners.
** Actually the mission was to rescue the 39,000 humans, the bulk of the survivors of the human race. The military perspective would be the sacrifice was worth the loss (though it would have been better, perhaps, if ''Galactica'' would have done the suicide run). It seems, though, that ''Pegasus'' would have jumped out if it could do so, but the ship lost its FTL drive during the pounding. This seems to happen relatively frequently for heavily defended warships designed to engage in brutal combat -- both Battlestars lost FTL during this battle. Also, ''Galactica's'' facilities to manufacture Vipers may have been greatly improved during the year at New Caprica.
** From a tactical point of view, the survival of Admiral Adama, the best tactician in the rag-tag fleet, was more important that the survival of the superior battlestar.
** All of which raises the question of whether the loss of the ''Pegasus'' could have been averted had Lee gone along with the rescue plan in the first place, rather than arriving at the halfway mark.
** The loss of ''Pegasus'' is a blow to the Colonials, but it also serves the intention of the writing staff. The ''Pegasus'' was an off-balanced factor to the strength of the human fleet. Without ''Pegasus'', the show returns to the rag-tag fleet that was established in the first season. This will make the survival of the human race more difficult, but the story of the show is to watch the struggle on the search for Earth.
* Now that ''Galactica'' is carrying the Viper squadrons from both battlestars, will the starboard flight pod be returned to service?

== Analysis ==

*There is a major plot hole concerning the continuity of the story from Exodus, Part I. In Part I, D'Anna sees Caprica-Sharon in the detention center and is shot by her. Yet in Part II, D'Anna is in Colonial One, apparently unharmed, and has not alerted the Cylons to Sharon's presence.
**That is a different D'Anna. You'll note the D'Anna in Colonial One before the attack is wearing all black, whereas the D'Anna that encountered Sharon typically wears lighter colors. The two D'Annas are seen together in The Occupation.
***This is NOT a different D'Anna. This is the same D'Anna that dreamt about Hera and relayed this information to Sharon Agathon, and later carried Hera in her arms as her dreams foretold. The plot hole stands.
****Some time had passed once the fleet received news that Sharon retrieved the command codes. D'Anna might have been released/resurrected within that time span. We are not told whether she had informed the Cylon leadership of Sharon's presence.
*****It is questionable whether Biers could have bled to death from being shot in the kneecaps/legs since Sharon had stated she didn't intend to kill her; if Biers was released, not only would she have been unable to walk, but she would almost certainly have been questioned by those that found her.

*Either the scenes aren't in order or Baltar is not aware of what is going on. In the Gaeta-Baltar scene, Baltar says, "The Cylons have a nuke in this complex. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is getting off this planet alive unless I stop D'Anna." But this is after most of the civilian ships have already jumped.

*Further, until Hera is discovered by Baltar, Three is still looking to set off the nuke -- even though it is clear that the colonists are all long gone.
**It's possible Three wasn't seeking to set off the nuke, but said she was as a ruse to go seek answers about her premonitions concerning Hera.
*** Any nuke held by the Cylons would likely be stored somewhere inside the guarded Cylon perimeter. It appears that this Three made a beeline to the Oracle, and was upset that she was not there. While going through the tent, knocking things over, she is quoted as saying "frackking liar!".
*It is hard to believe that the Cylons were not keeping closer tabs on the whereabouts of the launch keys -- no alarms, etc -- and didn't notice they were gone until the attack started.
*In general, the Cylons seem to have left the planet implausibly underguarded. Considering the strategic nature of the site, as well as the well-known fact that two battlestars remained at large, one would have expected the Cylons to have an overwhelming amount of protection for the planet -- perhaps dozens of basestars.
**It has been established beforehand that the Cylons are overstretched with the occupation. This could account for the lack of protection. At any rate, four basestars against two battlestars is hardly an even match, let alone two half-strength battlestars.
***A Basestar does not seem to be a 1 to 1 match for a Battlestar. They lack offensive and defensive gun batteries, the ability to maneuver quickly, and have a critical design flaw that is easily exploited (central hub holding the six arms together). Basestars depend on missiles and large numbers of Raiders. Adama felt that the Galactica, even barely manned, could hold up to two Cylon Basestars.
****Additionally, RDM has mentioned in his podcasts that the Cylons do have major operations elsewhere hinting at future storylines in the season. It is possible that the Cylon higher command made a strategic decision to guard the planet with what they deemed the minimal required number of basestars to defend against 2 battlestars.
*****One may also be prone to over estimating the number of Basestars the Cylons have. When preparing the attack on the twelve colonies, the Cylons knew that they had surprise and the backdoor computer virus on their side. As such they may not have produced a very large number of basestars (perhaps not even enough to match the number of battlestars the Colonies had). Furthermore, the knowledge that the colonials were ignorant of the location of the Cylon homeworld may have also played a part in them having a smaller fleet. If, for some reason, the attack failed, the cylons could simply retreat and bide their time before trying again. After all, when one is sure he can render his enemy defenseless, there's no real need to produce a pointlessly large army.
*With the former crew of ''Pegasus'' onboard ''Galactica'' now, the ship has something close to its standard crew size. (''Galactica's'' crew was deduced to be 2,693 in the episode "[[Water]]", and ''Pegasus's'' was introduced with a crew count of 1,752 in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" (see [[Crew tally]]). William Adama notes that over half of the crew has settled on [[New Caprica]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", and Lee confirms that both ships are at half-strength in "[[Occupation]]".) Military operations should be much smoother now, and repairs to the ship in general are more feasible.
**However, many repairs, such as structural, will require shipyard or dockyard facilities equiped with replacement parts and heavy repair machinery required for such repairs, and these facilities are no longer available. The ''Galactica'' may never again be the fighting force that it once was.
*While the combination of the ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' air groups give the latter battlestar a full-strength fighter wing, the Fleet has suffered the loss of its most advanced and best-armed warship. With it also went the capability to build replacement Vipers, unless one of the civilian ships can be converted for such a purpose. Defensively, the Fleet is pretty much back to the position it was in when it left the Colonies.
**However, the Galactica did take significant structural damage during the conflict, therefore, it currently isn't in the same state of battle readiness as it was at the time it left the Colonies.
*It appears during the whole conflict in atmospheric combat that the Raiders were spending most of their time running from the Vipers. This may be due to the fact that Colonial Vipers have a far superior atmospheric design where Raiders are optimized for space operations. The Viper has a stabilizing vertical wing which aids the pilot in manuevering through the atmosphere just like all real-life combat aircraft. The Raider lacks this stabilizer wing much reducing their effectiveness in aeronautic combat and manuevering thrusters are not as effective in air as in space due to resistance. This made the tactic of depositing the ''Galactica's'' Vipers into a solely air-support role for evacuating ships very effective once the Space-borne Raiders were decoyed away from the planet so that the ''Galactica'' only had to face the Basestars, not the Raiders.
*''Pegasus'' seemed to fulfill its role just like the [[Pegasus (TOS)|original ''Pegasus'']], as it fought to the end to defeat two basetars and allowed ''Galactica'' along with the last of the fleet to escape from the Cylons.

== Notes ==
* "[[Exodus, Part II]]" was awarded the [[Awards and Honors|IGN.com Editor's choice award]], following a review in which it recieved a rating of 9/10. This marks the second of such awards presented for the third season, the first of which was awarded for the season premiere [[Occupation]].
* There is also a TOS comic named ''[[Exodus!]]''
* The two parts of "Exodus" were originally planned as one episode. However, it was quickly realized that the story was far too large for one episode and it was split in two. This happened before with "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]." It also helped save money because the construction of New Caprica, the extensive location shooting, the number of actors, as well as the special effects for "Exodus, Part II" were very expensive and the production was over budget.
* Apparently, the viper Mk.VIIs deployed by Galactica in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This may be a visual-effects-gaffe or the engines may have been effected by the nebular gas or even using a diffrent type of fuel or engine.
* The moment where Lee pauses to look back at the ''Pegasus'' CIC and says "thank you" references a parallel moment in the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ds9 Deep Space Nine] episode [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Changing_Face_of_Evil "The Changing Face of Evil"], in which, after the doomed Defiant is ordered evacuated, Captain Sisko takes a long look back at his ruined bridge. As with the ''Pegasus'', in the next shot, the ship is destroyed. Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, who wrote of "Exodus, Part II", were staff writers on DS9.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''Discussing the failure of the occupation:''
:'''Number Three''': What would you have us do, Gaius?
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go.
:'''Number Three''': And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? You'd live out your lives in peace and never trouble yourselves with thoughts of us again? Or would you raise your children with stories of the Cylon, the mechanical slaves who once did your bidding, only to turn against you? Killers who committed genocide against your race, the occupiers of this city until we just ran away? Would you tell them to tell the story to their children, and to their childrens' children, and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Blood for blood ...has to stop one day.

*''Roslin heads to Colonial One''
:'''Roslin''': My ship's up there.
:'''Zarek''': You sure have a sense of the dramatic.

*''Adama comes to accept ''Galactica'''s end''
:'''Admiral Adama:''' Then that's it. It's been an honor.

*''After Hearing Pegasus Has Joined Galactica
:'''Admiral William Adama''': Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee.

*''The Pegasus is evacuated before its destruction''
:'''Dualla:''' Alright, people, let's move. Out! Let's go. (To Lee): You too, Commander.
:'''Commander Lee Adama:''' Yes, sir. (Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at Pegasus): Thank you.

*''As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:''
:'''Admiral William Adama''': I guess you didn't understand my orders.
:'''Commander Lee Adama''': I never could read your handwriting.

*''Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to ''Galactica''
:'''Adama:''' You did it, Saul. You brought them back.
:'''Tigh:''' Not all of them.

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Tyrol]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]

== References ==
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== Overview ==

:''Commander [[Lee Adama]] of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' has serious doubts about the success of the [[New Caprica]] rescue mission by ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. On New Caprica, [[Saul Tigh]] decides the consequences for his [[Ellen Tigh |wife's]] betrayal of [[The Resistance | the Resistance]]. Aboard ''Galactica'', Admiral [[William Adama]] executes a dramatic rescue plan.''

== Summary ==

*On ''Pegasus'', [[Lee Adama]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] talk of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' mission. Adama worries heavily that Admiral Adama's mission will fail and of what future responsibilities he may have as the leader of the rest of mankind. His wife tells him to not give up hope.
*On New Caprica, [[Samuel Anders]] confronts [[Saul Tigh]] about [[Ellen Tigh|his wife Ellen's]] betrayal and tells him that either Tigh "takes care" of Ellen, or someone else less sympathetic will do so.
*Ellen Tigh explains her recent actions, that she would do absolutely anything to save Saul, including betraying the resistance. Tigh consoles her and provides her a drink when she asks. She falls unconscious, her drink having been poisoned by her husband. He says that he loves her, rests his head on her corpse, and weeps.
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Gaius Baltar]] tells the Cylons that they have failed in their experiment and suggests the Cylons simply leave. A [[Number Three|Three]] voices the concern that one day the descendants of mankind might exact vengeance upon the Cylons, should they be left to their own devices.
[[Image:Saulellen.jpg|Saul handing Ellen her poisoned drink.|thumb]]

*Suddenly, dozens of explosions can be felt and seen. The [[Battle of New Caprica]] has begun.
*Anders and the resistance team has set a series of explosions that mimic a Colonial attack and causes chaos. [[Tory Foster]] commands a team of section leaders in the evacuation and orders [[Maya]] to head for her ship with [[Hera|Isis]].
*Anders and a large group of resistance fighters retrieve weapons from beneath the [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] court to rescue the detainees in the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]].
*In space above New Caprica, ''Galactica'' deploys a squadron of Raptors and Vipers. The Raptors launch [[swallow]]s to mimic the EM signature of two Colonial battlestars. The Cylons pick them up and fall for the ruse, moving two basestars with their Raiders away from the planet.
*When [[Leoben Conoy]] leaves the residence inside the Detention Center to aid with the fighting, he keeps [[Kara Thrace]] inside. She assaults him and tries to escape, but he knocks her unconscious.
*[[Tom Zarek]] tasks [[James Lyman|Jammer]] to protect [[Laura Roslin]] as she makes her way to ''Colonial One''.
*At the entrance to the shipyard, where the Cylons keep the grounded Colonial vessels, a team under Tigh and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]]s.
*The Cylons detect the decoy drones, but ''Galactica'' jumps into the planet's upper atmosphere and plunges rapidly towards the planet. Mid-descent, ''Galactica'' launches its Vipers. Before colliding with the ground, the ship jumps back into space. The Vipers begin to attack targets on the ground and clear the way.
*As others are freed from the Detention Center, Anders finds his unconscious wife and carries her away, but when Thrace awakens, she goes back to retrieve [[Kacey]].
*The battle is turning against ''Galactica''. Her FTL drives are down, weapons are offline and there is heavy structural damage from the atmospheric entry. Four Cylon basestars are closing in and the battlestar is soon bombarded from all sides with no hope of survival. At that moment ''Pegasus'' joins the battle, Lee Adama having disobeyed his father's orders. He opens fire with the forward batteries and destroys one basestar in the opening salvo.
*The Cylons realize that they have lost and decide to evacuate the planet. [[Number Three]] volunteers to stay behind and set off the nuclear weapon that was left in the city for such a contingency. She offers Baltar a place with the Cylons and leaves.
*The Colonial ships initiate intra-atmosphere [[FTL|jumps]] from New Caprica as soon as they become airborne.
*''Pegasus'' is heavily bombarded by missiles, having left all of her Vipers back with the rest of the civilian Fleet. Admiral Adama realizes that his son has planned a one-way mission for ''Pegasus'', and orders recall of ''Galactica's'' fighters.
*On ''Colonial One'', [[Felix Gaeta]] accuses Baltar at gunpoint of having betrayed everyone. Gaeta admits his guilt in idealistically believing in Baltar's initial vision, but realized in the end that Baltar was only thinking about himself. Baltar admits his own guilt and begs Gaeta to shoot him. However, Gaeta relents, giving Baltar a final chance to redeem himself: stop Three from setting off the nuclear bomb.
*With ''Pegasus'' dying, Lee Adama orders everyone to abandon ship. He sets the ship [[CBDR]] with a basestar as the last of the crew leaves in Raptors. ''Pegasus’'' collides with a basestar, destroying it; The remains of ''Pegasus’'' starboard [[flight pod]] collides with and destroys yet another basestar.
*Kara Thrace retrieves Kacey, but Conoy has returned and confronts her. She appears to give in to his demands, says "I love you," and kisses him. However, Thrace uses the diversion to stab him. She picks up Kacey and leaves with Anders.
*Three searches [[Dodona Selloi]]'s tent, but the [[oracle]] has left. Outside, [[Caprica-Six]] and Baltar find Hera next to [[Maya]]'s body, still alive. Three arrives, asks to hold the child, and leaves with her. [[Caprica-Six]] says Three no longer intends to detonate the nuke, then leaves the planet with Baltar.
*Laura Roslin and a group of resistance fighters enter the now abandoned ''Colonial One'' and are the last ship to leave the planet.
*On ''Galactica'', many people are reunited as Tyrol immediately takes charge of ushering the incoming refugees. When Thrace shows Kacey to Tyrol, another woman walks by and recognizes the girl as her daughter, whom the Cylons had taken away. The mother thanks Thrace for rescuing Kacey. Thrace is shocked by the revelation that Kacey is not her daughter after all, but gives her up.
*Admiral Adama welcomes Tigh back aboard, and tells him he brought everyone back. Tigh quietly replies, "[[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them]]." The colonists in ''Galactica's'' [[hangar deck]] begin chanting "A-dam-a, A-dam-a..." and carry the admiral on their shoulders. Adama turns to see Tigh wandering off, numbed with grief.
*Tory Foster tells Roslin that neither Maya nor Hera can be found, and it seems likely neither made it off the planet. Foster apologizes, but Roslin muses that this was part of something bigger than them.
*Admiral Adama shaves off his mustache and returns to a fully staffed [[CIC]], aboard the now very loud, bustling corridors of ''Galactica''.

== Questions ==

*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies?
**[[Tom Zarek]], as Vice President, seems to have the best claim. Since he chose to become a political prisoner rather than collaborate with the Cylons, he has probably retained his good standing in the public eye. If Baltar had him removed from office, he could probably make a good case that such an action was illegal.
**Laura Roslin's decision to evacuate on Colonial One may not have been an expression of her intent to claim the presidency. Colonial One had been her home for the first nine months that the fleet spent on the run. Zarek may have deliberately opted to evacuate aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' for non-political reasons, as he previously served as a leader and representative of that vessel and her passengers.
**However, [[Saul Tigh]] seemed to expect that Roslin would assume the presidency ([[Precipice]]), and when boarding Colonial One, she makes herself at home at Baltar's desk as if she intends to do so.
**The Colonial Government holds regular elections ([[Bastille Day]]), although it has also called special elections before ([[Colonial Day]]). As of this episode, it has been about a year and five months since the last presidential election, so it is unlikely that another is scheduled in the near future.
*What will be the final disposition of the ''Pegasus'' officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica?
**Saul Tigh's injuries may prevent him from resuming his post as XO of ''Galactica''. Additionally, he has been outranked by [[Lee Adama]] since "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
**Lee Adama's command, the ''Pegasus'', has been destroyed. Given Tigh's incapacity, he may begin service as XO of ''Galactica''. He has also expressed dissatisfaction with his military career ([[Final Cut]]) and may wish to retire from fleet service, or resume his earlier duties of military liaison to the civilian government.
**It will be difficult to justify replacing [[Louanne Katraine]] as CAG, given the length of her service since the foundation of New Caprica, and her skill as a pilot, shown to have rivaled or outstripped even that of Kara Thrace by the time of "[[Scar]]".
**[[Kara Thrace]] is separated from Fleet service, and although she will probably return to active duty, it is unlikely that she will resume her former duty position as CAG, ''Galactica'' so long as Katraine is serving competently in that position.
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] is now an officer, and will not be expected to resume NCO-level tasks. [[Hoshi]] held her former position on ''Pegasus'', and is now available to serve on ''Galactica''.
**[[Felix Gaeta]] is separated, and will have to answer for the crimes of Baltar's administration, despite his covert affiliation with the resistance. [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Aaron Kelly]] have both been shown performing Gaeta's duties in CIC on ''Galactica'', and one of them may replace him.
**[[Cally Tyrol]], [[Galen Tyrol]], or both may choose to remain separated (from fleet service) to raise their son, Nicholas. We have not yet seen young children being raised on board ''Galactica'', although there is a [[Boxey (RDM)|precedent]] for keeping a civilian minor onboard.
**We may also see characters assume roles not previously shown onboard ''Galactica''.
*What consequences will Ellen Tigh's death have for her husband?
**Will Saul Tigh again drink to excess?
***A Chicago Tribune interview with Ron Moore answers this.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/10/battlestar_gala.html|title=Chicago Tribune|date=October 2, 2006|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=en}}</ref>
*What equipment and personnel were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?
**In order to build [[New Caprica City]], the ships were at least partially stripped and supplies were offloaded.
**Medical supplies were running low as of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", although apparently the colonists were resupplied by the Cylons.
**Are there any people alive remaining on New Caprica after the exodus, due to wounds or infirmity? Were there any detention facilities which the [[New Caprica Resistance]] failed to liberate? Did anyone besides [[Gaius Baltar]] stay behind willingly?
*If the civilian ships only needed to get a few hundred feet off the ground in order to use their FTL drives and escape, why do ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' need to engage the basestars? Is this just to keep the Raiders, Heavy Raiders, and missiles from being used on the civilian fleet, on the surface below? (Note: it is not in dispute that having ''Galactica'' launch its fighters within the atmosphere is important so they could attack the Centurions and few raiders there.)
**As with the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons could destroy the city with a single nuclear bomb in orbit. The plan appears to force the Cylons to be too distracted by the battlestar's offenses (Raptors at first, then the battlestar itself) to worry about the actions on the planet. ''Galactica'' jumps intra-atmosphere to minimize detection by the basestars.
**As part of Adama's strategy, after the intra-atmospheric jump, he probably wanted to jump the Galactica to the lowest possible orbit such that when the planetary rescue effort was complete that he could recover the vipers in the shortest possible time. To jump the Galactica to an extremely high orbit could add hours to viper recovery and allowing far too much time for Basestars and Raiders alike to close into their position.
*Will Gaeta be the target of persecution or assassination as a collaborator? Or will people believe in him when he is found out to be the secret informant?
*Will [[Cally Tyrol]] identify Jammer as the NCP officer who released her, based on his voice?
*''Galactica's'' escape seems questionable. Most or all of ''Galactica's'' Vipers were launched during the atmospheric maneuver. Later, after the four basestars start pummelling ''Galactica'', its situation is dire, facing explosive decompressions and with its FTL disabled. Adama says, "Then that's it. It's been an honor." ''Pegasus'' immediately appears and uses its superior weaponry to engage the basestars, destroying one in the first volley, so Adama orders the FTL to be fixed. Soon, Helo reports that most of the civilian ships have jumped, that FTL is back online, and that ''Pegasus'' is taking "a hell of a pounding." Adama orders his Vipers to land so that ''Galactica'' can leave. The next shot is Vipers landing, but weren't they all at the surface? How long does it take a Viper to climb into orbit? Real-world atmospheric escapes take several minutes, at least. How much damage were the basestars and battlestars doing to each other in this time?
**We aren't seeing events in real-time. Several minutes can lie between scenes that appear to happen right after another. Sometimes it is simply necessary to compress things in order to fit them into one episode.
**There may be several key differences at play between an escape from New Caprica's atmosphere and a real-world atmospheric departure, such as a lower [[Wikipedia:Karman line|atmospheric boundary]], more powerful thrusters on the Vipers, etc.
***In a real-world example, the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] takes approximately 10 minutes to attain escape velocity. The length of this time is partly due to the fact that the Space Shuttle's engines are occassionally throttled back to keep acceleration below 3 G to reduce discomfort to the crew. Additionally, typically it takes several hours for the Space Shuttle to attain the same orbit as the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]]. For convenience of fiction, from the time of escape velocity of the vipers to attaining the same orbit of the Galactica could be said to be several minutes. Therefore, the entire sequence probably took in real-time 1/2 hour from the time the order was given by Adama to retrieve the Vipers to the time that all Vipers were aboard the Galactica. This is not taking into account that all craft can't land simultaneously on a carrier. The Pegasus probably took a pounding from 1/2 to 1 hour from the 3 remaining Basestars before it reached its final demise, a process that was beyond the timeframe of the show.
***Also, the Vipers might already have been en route to Galactica by the time Adama gives the order to "bring them home." That order might have referred to landing them. (The combat-landing shot, fwiw, was recycled from the mini-series.)
*Why did Kara Thrace wait so long to stab Leoben? She could have done it before even kissing him.
**Possibly, Thrace intended to insult to injury by her quick betrayal, but also, she needed to ensure that the Cylon agent was completely off his guard.
**It's also possible she is not as strong as we think, and truly felt something for Leoben in those few moments.
***That seems unlikely considering that after she shoved a 6" blade into his belly, she watched his face as she twisted it. That would be taken as an indication of extreme hatred by most people.
**She does, of course, have a well-demonstrated flair for the dramatic.
*What about the Cylons, such as Leoben, who were killed during the insurection? If they were dependant on a resurrection facility on New Caprica, is said facility still operational? If not, is there a resurrection ship in range?
*What, besides ''Galactica'' and her crew, was gained by the sacrifice of ''Pegasus''? Most of the civilian ships had already jumped to safety, and ''Pegasus'' did not bring any Vipers along to escort the remainder, opting instead to leave them to defend the small civilian fleet it had been protecting. If nothing was gained besides the survival of ''Galactica'', the sacrifice was a costly and foolish mistake - the fleet has lost the more advanced of its two battlestars, and along with it, its ability to manufacture new Vipers ([[Scar]]).
**From a purely military mission perspective that is correct. ''Pegasus''' intervention seems to have been made solely because of the personal feelings of its commander. For the Cylons, the destruction of Pegasus and the retrieval of Hera compensate to an extent for the loss of three base stars and 39,000 human prisoners.
** Actually the mission was to rescue the 39,000 humans, the bulk of the survivors of the human race. The military perspective would be the sacrifice was worth the loss (though it would have been better, perhaps, if ''Galactica'' would have done the suicide run). It seems, though, that ''Pegasus'' would have jumped out if it could do so, but the ship lost its FTL drive during the pounding. This seems to happen relatively frequently for heavily defended warships designed to engage in brutal combat -- both Battlestars lost FTL during this battle. Also, ''Galactica's'' facilities to manufacture Vipers may have been greatly improved during the year at New Caprica.
** From a tactical point of view, the survival of Admiral Adama, the best tactician in the rag-tag fleet, was more important that the survival of the superior battlestar.
** All of which raises the question of whether the loss of the ''Pegasus'' could have been averted had Lee gone along with the rescue plan in the first place, rather than arriving at the halfway mark.
** The loss of ''Pegasus'' is a blow to the Colonials, but it also serves the intention of the writing staff. The ''Pegasus'' was an off-balanced factor to the strength of the human fleet. Without ''Pegasus'', the show returns to the rag-tag fleet that was established in the first season. This will make the survival of the human race more difficult, but the story of the show is to watch the struggle on the search for Earth.
* Now that ''Galactica'' is carrying the Viper squadrons from both battlestars, will the starboard flight pod be returned to service?

== Analysis ==

*There is a major plot hole concerning the continuity of the story from Exodus, Part I. In Part I, D'Anna sees Caprica-Sharon in the detention center and is shot by her. Yet in Part II, D'Anna is in Colonial One, apparently unharmed, and has not alerted the Cylons to Sharon's presence.
**That is a different D'Anna. You'll note the D'Anna in Colonial One before the attack is wearing all black, whereas the D'Anna that encountered Sharon typically wears lighter colors. The two D'Annas are seen together in The Occupation.
***This is NOT a different D'Anna. This is the same D'Anna that dreamt about Hera and relayed this information to Sharon Agathon, and later carried Hera in her arms as her dreams foretold. The plot hole stands.
****Some time had passed once the fleet received news that Sharon retrieved the command codes. D'Anna might have been released/resurrected within that time span. We are not told whether she had informed the Cylon leadership of Sharon's presence.
*****It is questionable whether Biers could have bled to death from being shot in the kneecaps/legs since Sharon had stated she didn't intend to kill her; if Biers was released, not only would she have been unable to walk, but she would almost certainly have been questioned by those that found her.

*Either the scenes aren't in order or Baltar is not aware of what is going on. In the Gaeta-Baltar scene, Baltar says, "The Cylons have a nuke in this complex. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is getting off this planet alive unless I stop D'Anna." But this is after most of the civilian ships have already jumped.

*Further, until Hera is discovered by Baltar, Three is still looking to set off the nuke -- even though it is clear that the colonists are all long gone.
**It's possible Three wasn't seeking to set off the nuke, but said she was as a ruse to go seek answers about her premonitions concerning Hera.
*** Any nuke held by the Cylons would likely be stored somewhere inside the guarded Cylon perimeter. It appears that this Three made a beeline to the Oracle, and was upset that she was not there. While going through the tent, knocking things over, she is quoted as saying "frackking liar!".
*It is hard to believe that the Cylons were not keeping closer tabs on the whereabouts of the launch keys -- no alarms, etc -- and didn't notice they were gone until the attack started.
*In general, the Cylons seem to have left the planet implausibly underguarded. Considering the strategic nature of the site, as well as the well-known fact that two battlestars remained at large, one would have expected the Cylons to have an overwhelming amount of protection for the planet -- perhaps dozens of basestars.
**It has been established beforehand that the Cylons are overstretched with the occupation. This could account for the lack of protection. At any rate, four basestars against two battlestars is hardly an even match, let alone two half-strength battlestars.
***A Basestar does not seem to be a 1 to 1 match for a Battlestar. They lack offensive and defensive gun batteries, the ability to maneuver quickly, and have a critical design flaw that is easily exploited (central hub holding the six arms together). Basestars depend on missiles and large numbers of Raiders. Adama felt that the Galactica, even barely manned, could hold up to two Cylon Basestars.
****Additionally, RDM has mentioned in his podcasts that the Cylons do have major operations elsewhere hinting at future storylines in the season. It is possible that the Cylon higher command made a strategic decision to guard the planet with what they deemed the minimal required number of basestars to defend against 2 battlestars.
*****One may also be prone to over estimating the number of Basestars the Cylons have. When preparing the attack on the twelve colonies, the Cylons knew that they had surprise and the backdoor computer virus on their side. As such they may not have produced a very large number of basestars (perhaps not even enough to match the number of battlestars the Colonies had). Furthermore, the knowledge that the colonials were ignorant of the location of the Cylon homeworld may have also played a part in them having a smaller fleet. If, for some reason, the attack failed, the cylons could simply retreat and bide their time before trying again. After all, when one is sure he can render his enemy defenseless, there's no real need to produce a pointlessly large army.
*With the former crew of ''Pegasus'' onboard ''Galactica'' now, the ship has something close to its standard crew size. (''Galactica's'' crew was deduced to be 2,693 in the episode "[[Water]]", and ''Pegasus's'' was introduced with a crew count of 1,752 in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" (see [[Crew tally]]). William Adama notes that over half of the crew has settled on [[New Caprica]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", and Lee confirms that both ships are at half-strength in "[[Occupation]]".) Military operations should be much smoother now, and repairs to the ship in general are more feasible.
**However, many repairs, such as structural, will require shipyard or dockyard facilities equiped with replacement parts and heavy repair machinery required for such repairs, and these facilities are no longer available. The ''Galactica'' may never again be the fighting force that it once was.
*While the combination of the ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' air groups give the latter battlestar a full-strength fighter wing, the Fleet has suffered the loss of its most advanced and best-armed warship. With it also went the capability to build replacement Vipers, unless one of the civilian ships can be converted for such a purpose. Defensively, the Fleet is pretty much back to the position it was in when it left the Colonies.
**However, the Galactica did take significant structural damage during the conflict, therefore, it currently isn't in the same state of battle readiness as it was at the time it left the Colonies.
*It appears during the whole conflict in atmospheric combat that the Raiders were spending most of their time running from the Vipers. This may be due to the fact that Colonial Vipers have a far superior atmospheric design where Raiders are optimized for space operations. The Viper has a stabilizing vertical wing which aids the pilot in manuevering through the atmosphere just like all real-life combat aircraft. The Raider lacks this stabilizer wing much reducing their effectiveness in aeronautic combat and manuevering thrusters are not as effective in air as in space due to resistance. This made the tactic of depositing the ''Galactica's'' Vipers into a solely air-support role for evacuating ships very effective once the Space-borne Raiders were decoyed away from the planet so that the ''Galactica'' only had to face the Basestars, not the Raiders.
*''Pegasus'' seemed to fulfill its role just like the [[Pegasus (TOS)|original ''Pegasus'']], as it fought to the end to defeat two basetars and allowed ''Galactica'' along with the last of the fleet to escape from the Cylons.

== Notes ==
* "[[Exodus, Part II]]" was awarded the [[Awards and Honors|IGN.com Editor's choice award]], following a review in which it recieved a rating of 9/10. This marks the second of such awards presented for the third season, the first of which was awarded to the season premiere [[Occupation]].
* There is also a TOS comic named ''[[Exodus!]]''
* The two parts of "Exodus" were originally planned as one episode. However, it was quickly realized that the story was far too large for one episode and it was split in two. This happened before with "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]." It also helped save money because the construction of New Caprica, the extensive location shooting, the number of actors, as well as the special effects for "Exodus, Part II" were very expensive and the production was over budget.
* Apparently, the viper Mk.VIIs deployed by Galactica in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This may be a visual-effects-gaffe or the engines may have been effected by the nebular gas or even using a diffrent type of fuel or engine.
* The moment where Lee pauses to look back at the ''Pegasus'' CIC and says "thank you" references a parallel moment in the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ds9 Deep Space Nine] episode [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Changing_Face_of_Evil "The Changing Face of Evil"], in which, after the doomed Defiant is ordered evacuated, Captain Sisko takes a long look back at his ruined bridge. As with the ''Pegasus'', in the next shot, the ship is destroyed. Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, who wrote of "Exodus, Part II", were staff writers on DS9.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''Discussing the failure of the occupation:''
:'''Number Three''': What would you have us do, Gaius?
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go.
:'''Number Three''': And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? You'd live out your lives in peace and never trouble yourselves with thoughts of us again? Or would you raise your children with stories of the Cylon, the mechanical slaves who once did your bidding, only to turn against you? Killers who committed genocide against your race, the occupiers of this city until we just ran away? Would you tell them to tell the story to their children, and to their childrens' children, and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Blood for blood ...has to stop one day.

*''Roslin heads to Colonial One''
:'''Roslin''': My ship's up there.
:'''Zarek''': You sure have a sense of the dramatic.

*''Adama comes to accept ''Galactica'''s end''
:'''Admiral Adama:''' Then that's it. It's been an honor.

*''After Hearing Pegasus Has Joined Galactica
:'''Admiral William Adama''': Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee.

*''The Pegasus is evacuated before its destruction''
:'''Dualla:''' Alright, people, let's move. Out! Let's go. (To Lee): You too, Commander.
:'''Commander Lee Adama:''' Yes, sir. (Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at Pegasus): Thank you.

*''As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:''
:'''Admiral William Adama''': I guess you didn't understand my orders.
:'''Commander Lee Adama''': I never could read your handwriting.

*''Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to ''Galactica''
:'''Adama:''' You did it, Saul. You brought them back.
:'''Tigh:''' Not all of them.

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Tyrol]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]

== References ==
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== Overview ==

:''Commander [[Lee Adama]] of the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)| Pegasus]]'' has serious doubts about the success of the [[New Caprica]] rescue mission by ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. On New Caprica, [[Saul Tigh]] decides the consequences for his [[Ellen Tigh |wife's]] betrayal of [[The Resistance | the Resistance]]. Aboard ''Galactica'', Admiral [[William Adama]] executes a dramatic rescue plan.''

== Summary ==

*On ''Pegasus'', [[Lee Adama]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] talk of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' mission. Adama worries heavily that Admiral Adama's mission will fail and of what future responsibilities he may have as the leader of the rest of mankind. His wife tells him to not give up hope.
*On New Caprica, [[Samuel Anders]] confronts [[Saul Tigh]] about [[Ellen Tigh|his wife Ellen's]] betrayal and tells him that either Tigh "takes care" of Ellen, or someone else less sympathetic will do so.
*Ellen Tigh explains her recent actions, that she would do absolutely anything to save Saul, including betraying the resistance. Tigh consoles her and provides her a drink when she asks. She falls unconscious, her drink having been poisoned by her husband. He says that he loves her, rests his head on her corpse, and weeps.
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Gaius Baltar]] tells the Cylons that they have failed in their experiment and suggests the Cylons simply leave. A [[Number Three|Three]] voices the concern that one day the descendants of mankind might exact vengeance upon the Cylons, should they be left to their own devices.
[[Image:Saulellen.jpg|Saul handing Ellen her poisoned drink.|thumb]]

*Suddenly, dozens of explosions can be felt and seen. The [[Battle of New Caprica]] has begun.
*Anders and the resistance team has set a series of explosions that mimic a Colonial attack and causes chaos. [[Tory Foster]] commands a team of section leaders in the evacuation and orders [[Maya]] to head for her ship with [[Hera|Isis]].
*Anders and a large group of resistance fighters retrieve weapons from beneath the [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] court to rescue the detainees in the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]].
*In space above New Caprica, ''Galactica'' deploys a squadron of Raptors and Vipers. The Raptors launch [[swallow]]s to mimic the EM signature of two Colonial battlestars. The Cylons pick them up and fall for the ruse, moving two basestars with their Raiders away from the planet.
*When [[Leoben Conoy]] leaves the residence inside the Detention Center to aid with the fighting, he keeps [[Kara Thrace]] inside. She assaults him and tries to escape, but he knocks her unconscious.
*[[Tom Zarek]] tasks [[James Lyman|Jammer]] to protect [[Laura Roslin]] as she makes her way to ''Colonial One''.
*At the entrance to the shipyard, where the Cylons keep the grounded Colonial vessels, a team under Tigh and [[Galen Tyrol]] are pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion]]s.
*The Cylons detect the decoy drones, but ''Galactica'' jumps into the planet's upper atmosphere and plunges rapidly towards the planet. Mid-descent, ''Galactica'' launches its Vipers. Before colliding with the ground, the ship jumps back into space. The Vipers begin to attack targets on the ground and clear the way.
*As others are freed from the Detention Center, Anders finds his unconscious wife and carries her away, but when Thrace awakens, she goes back to retrieve [[Kacey]].
*The battle is turning against ''Galactica''. Her FTL drives are down, weapons are offline and there is heavy structural damage from the atmospheric entry. Four Cylon basestars are closing in and the battlestar is soon bombarded from all sides with no hope of survival. At that moment ''Pegasus'' joins the battle, Lee Adama having disobeyed his father's orders. He opens fire with the forward batteries and destroys one basestar in the opening salvo.
*The Cylons realize that they have lost and decide to evacuate the planet. [[Number Three]] volunteers to stay behind and set off the nuclear weapon that was left in the city for such a contingency. She offers Baltar a place with the Cylons and leaves.
*The Colonial ships initiate intra-atmosphere [[FTL|jumps]] from New Caprica as soon as they become airborne.
*''Pegasus'' is heavily bombarded by missiles, having left all of her Vipers back with the rest of the civilian Fleet. Admiral Adama realizes that his son has planned a one-way mission for ''Pegasus'', and orders recall of ''Galactica's'' fighters.
*On ''Colonial One'', [[Felix Gaeta]] accuses Baltar at gunpoint of having betrayed everyone. Gaeta admits his guilt in idealistically believing in Baltar's initial vision, but realized in the end that Baltar was only thinking about himself. Baltar admits his own guilt and begs Gaeta to shoot him. However, Gaeta relents, giving Baltar a final chance to redeem himself: stop Three from setting off the nuclear bomb.
*With ''Pegasus'' dying, Lee Adama orders everyone to abandon ship. He sets the ship [[CBDR]] with a basestar as the last of the crew leaves in Raptors. ''Pegasus’'' collides with a basestar, destroying it; The remains of ''Pegasus’'' starboard [[flight pod]] collides with and destroys yet another basestar.
*Kara Thrace retrieves Kacey, but Conoy has returned and confronts her. She appears to give in to his demands, says "I love you," and kisses him. However, Thrace uses the diversion to stab him. She picks up Kacey and leaves with Anders.
*Three searches [[Dodona Selloi]]'s tent, but the [[oracle]] has left. Outside, [[Caprica-Six]] and Baltar find Hera next to [[Maya]]'s body, still alive. Three arrives, asks to hold the child, and leaves with her. [[Caprica-Six]] says Three no longer intends to detonate the nuke, then leaves the planet with Baltar.
*Laura Roslin and a group of resistance fighters enter the now abandoned ''Colonial One'' and are the last ship to leave the planet.
*On ''Galactica'', many people are reunited as Tyrol immediately takes charge of ushering the incoming refugees. When Thrace shows Kacey to Tyrol, another woman walks by and recognizes the girl as her daughter, whom the Cylons had taken away. The mother thanks Thrace for rescuing Kacey. Thrace is shocked by the revelation that Kacey is not her daughter after all, but gives her up.
*Admiral Adama welcomes Tigh back aboard, and tells him he brought everyone back. Tigh quietly replies, "[[Ellen Tigh|Not all of them]]." The colonists in ''Galactica's'' [[hangar deck]] begin chanting "A-dam-a, A-dam-a..." and carry the admiral on their shoulders. Adama turns to see Tigh wandering off, numbed with grief.
*Tory Foster tells Roslin that neither Maya nor Hera can be found, and it seems likely neither made it off the planet. Foster apologizes, but Roslin muses that this was part of something bigger than them.
*Admiral Adama shaves off his mustache and returns to a fully staffed [[CIC]], aboard the now very loud, bustling corridors of ''Galactica''.

== Questions ==

*With Baltar missing at the conclusion of this episode, who will become the President of the Twelve Colonies?
**[[Tom Zarek]], as Vice President, seems to have the best claim. Since he chose to become a political prisoner rather than collaborate with the Cylons, he has probably retained his good standing in the public eye. If Baltar had him removed from office, he could probably make a good case that such an action was illegal.
**Laura Roslin's decision to evacuate on Colonial One may not have been an expression of her intent to claim the presidency. Colonial One had been her home for the first nine months that the fleet spent on the run. Zarek may have deliberately opted to evacuate aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' for non-political reasons, as he previously served as a leader and representative of that vessel and her passengers.
**However, [[Saul Tigh]] seemed to expect that Roslin would assume the presidency ([[Precipice]]), and when boarding Colonial One, she makes herself at home at Baltar's desk as if she intends to do so.
**The Colonial Government holds regular elections ([[Bastille Day]]), although it has also called special elections before ([[Colonial Day]]). As of this episode, it has been about a year and five months since the last presidential election, so it is unlikely that another is scheduled in the near future.
*What will be the final disposition of the ''Pegasus'' officers, and the former military personnel who have returned from New Caprica?
**Saul Tigh's injuries may prevent him from resuming his post as XO of ''Galactica''. Additionally, he has been outranked by [[Lee Adama]] since "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
**Lee Adama's command, the ''Pegasus'', has been destroyed. Given Tigh's incapacity, he may begin service as XO of ''Galactica''. He has also expressed dissatisfaction with his military career ([[Final Cut]]) and may wish to retire from fleet service, or resume his earlier duties of military liaison to the civilian government.
**It will be difficult to justify replacing [[Louanne Katraine]] as CAG, given the length of her service since the foundation of New Caprica, and her skill as a pilot, shown to have rivaled or outstripped even that of Kara Thrace by the time of "[[Scar]]".
**[[Kara Thrace]] is separated from Fleet service, and although she will probably return to active duty, it is unlikely that she will resume her former duty position as CAG, ''Galactica'' so long as Katraine is serving competently in that position.
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] is now an officer, and will not be expected to resume NCO-level tasks. [[Hoshi]] held her former position on ''Pegasus'', and is now available to serve on ''Galactica''.
**[[Felix Gaeta]] is separated, and will have to answer for the crimes of Baltar's administration, despite his covert affiliation with the resistance. [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Aaron Kelly]] have both been shown performing Gaeta's duties in CIC on ''Galactica'', and one of them may replace him.
**[[Cally Tyrol]], [[Galen Tyrol]], or both may choose to remain separated (from fleet service) to raise their son, Nicholas. We have not yet seen young children being raised on board ''Galactica'', although there is a [[Boxey (RDM)|precedent]] for keeping a civilian minor onboard.
**We may also see characters assume roles not previously shown onboard ''Galactica''.
*What consequences will Ellen Tigh's death have for her husband?
**Will Saul Tigh again drink to excess?
***A Chicago Tribune interview with Ron Moore answers this.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/10/battlestar_gala.html|title=Chicago Tribune|date=October 2, 2006|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=en}}</ref>
*What equipment and personnel were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?
**In order to build [[New Caprica City]], the ships were at least partially stripped and supplies were offloaded.
**Medical supplies were running low as of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", although apparently the colonists were resupplied by the Cylons.
**Are there any people alive remaining on New Caprica after the exodus, due to wounds or infirmity? Were there any detention facilities which the [[New Caprica Resistance]] failed to liberate? Did anyone besides [[Gaius Baltar]] stay behind willingly?
*If the civilian ships only needed to get a few hundred feet off the ground in order to use their FTL drives and escape, why do ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' need to engage the basestars? Is this just to keep the Raiders, Heavy Raiders, and missiles from being used on the civilian fleet, on the surface below? (Note: it is not in dispute that having ''Galactica'' launch its fighters within the atmosphere is important so they could attack the Centurions and few raiders there.)
**As with the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Cylons could destroy the city with a single nuclear bomb in orbit. The plan appears to force the Cylons to be too distracted by the battlestar's offenses (Raptors at first, then the battlestar itself) to worry about the actions on the planet. ''Galactica'' jumps intra-atmosphere to minimize detection by the basestars.
**As part of Adama's strategy, after the intra-atmospheric jump, he probably wanted to jump the Galactica to the lowest possible orbit such that when the planetary rescue effort was complete that he could recover the vipers in the shortest possible time. To jump the Galactica to an extremely high orbit could add hours to viper recovery and allowing far too much time for Basestars and Raiders alike to close into their position.
*Will Gaeta be the target of persecution or assassination as a collaborator? Or will people believe in him when he is found out to be the secret informant?
*Will [[Cally Tyrol]] identify Jammer as the NCP officer who released her, based on his voice?
*''Galactica's'' escape seems questionable. Most or all of ''Galactica's'' Vipers were launched during the atmospheric maneuver. Later, after the four basestars start pummelling ''Galactica'', its situation is dire, facing explosive decompressions and with its FTL disabled. Adama says, "Then that's it. It's been an honor." ''Pegasus'' immediately appears and uses its superior weaponry to engage the basestars, destroying one in the first volley, so Adama orders the FTL to be fixed. Soon, Helo reports that most of the civilian ships have jumped, that FTL is back online, and that ''Pegasus'' is taking "a hell of a pounding." Adama orders his Vipers to land so that ''Galactica'' can leave. The next shot is Vipers landing, but weren't they all at the surface? How long does it take a Viper to climb into orbit? Real-world atmospheric escapes take several minutes, at least. How much damage were the basestars and battlestars doing to each other in this time?
**We aren't seeing events in real-time. Several minutes can lie between scenes that appear to happen right after another. Sometimes it is simply necessary to compress things in order to fit them into one episode.
**There may be several key differences at play between an escape from New Caprica's atmosphere and a real-world atmospheric departure, such as a lower [[Wikipedia:Karman line|atmospheric boundary]], more powerful thrusters on the Vipers, etc.
***In a real-world example, the [[Wikipedia:Space Shuttle|Space Shuttle]] takes approximately 10 minutes to attain escape velocity. The length of this time is partly due to the fact that the Space Shuttle's engines are occassionally throttled back to keep acceleration below 3 G to reduce discomfort to the crew. Additionally, typically it takes several hours for the Space Shuttle to attain the same orbit as the [[Wikipedia:International Space Station|ISS]]. For convenience of fiction, from the time of escape velocity of the vipers to attaining the same orbit of the Galactica could be said to be several minutes. Therefore, the entire sequence probably took in real-time 1/2 hour from the time the order was given by Adama to retrieve the Vipers to the time that all Vipers were aboard the Galactica. This is not taking into account that all craft can't land simultaneously on a carrier. The Pegasus probably took a pounding from 1/2 to 1 hour from the 3 remaining Basestars before it reached its final demise, a process that was beyond the timeframe of the show.
***Also, the Vipers might already have been en route to Galactica by the time Adama gives the order to "bring them home." That order might have referred to landing them. (The combat-landing shot, fwiw, was recycled from the mini-series.)
*Why did Kara Thrace wait so long to stab Leoben? She could have done it before even kissing him.
**Possibly, Thrace intended to insult to injury by her quick betrayal, but also, she needed to ensure that the Cylon agent was completely off his guard.
**It's also possible she is not as strong as we think, and truly felt something for Leoben in those few moments.
***That seems unlikely considering that after she shoved a 6" blade into his belly, she watched his face as she twisted it. That would be taken as an indication of extreme hatred by most people.
**She does, of course, have a well-demonstrated flair for the dramatic.
*What about the Cylons, such as Leoben, who were killed during the insurection? If they were dependant on a resurrection facility on New Caprica, is said facility still operational? If not, is there a resurrection ship in range?
*What, besides ''Galactica'' and her crew, was gained by the sacrifice of ''Pegasus''? Most of the civilian ships had already jumped to safety, and ''Pegasus'' did not bring any Vipers along to escort the remainder, opting instead to leave them to defend the small civilian fleet it had been protecting. If nothing was gained besides the survival of ''Galactica'', the sacrifice was a costly and foolish mistake - the fleet has lost the more advanced of its two battlestars, and along with it, its ability to manufacture new Vipers ([[Scar]]).
**From a purely military mission perspective that is correct. ''Pegasus''' intervention seems to have been made solely because of the personal feelings of its commander. For the Cylons, the destruction of Pegasus and the retrieval of Hera compensate to an extent for the loss of three base stars and 39,000 human prisoners.
** Actually the mission was to rescue the 39,000 humans, the bulk of the survivors of the human race. The military perspective would be the sacrifice was worth the loss (though it would have been better, perhaps, if ''Galactica'' would have done the suicide run). It seems, though, that ''Pegasus'' would have jumped out if it could do so, but the ship lost its FTL drive during the pounding. This seems to happen relatively frequently for heavily defended warships designed to engage in brutal combat -- both Battlestars lost FTL during this battle. Also, ''Galactica's'' facilities to manufacture Vipers may have been greatly improved during the year at New Caprica.
** From a tactical point of view, the survival of Admiral Adama, the best tactician in the rag-tag fleet, was more important that the survival of the superior battlestar.
** All of which raises the question of whether the loss of the ''Pegasus'' could have been averted had Lee gone along with the rescue plan in the first place, rather than arriving at the halfway mark.
** The loss of ''Pegasus'' is a blow to the Colonials, but it also serves the intention of the writing staff. The ''Pegasus'' was an off-balanced factor to the strength of the human fleet. Without ''Pegasus'', the show returns to the rag-tag fleet that was established in the first season. This will make the survival of the human race more difficult, but the story of the show is to watch the struggle on the search for Earth.
* Now that ''Galactica'' is carrying the Viper squadrons from both battlestars, will the starboard flight pod be returned to service?

== Analysis ==

*There is a major plot hole concerning the continuity of the story from Exodus, Part I. In Part I, D'Anna sees Caprica-Sharon in the detention center and is shot by her. Yet in Part II, D'Anna is in Colonial One, apparently unharmed, and has not alerted the Cylons to Sharon's presence.
**That is a different D'Anna. You'll note the D'Anna in Colonial One before the attack is wearing all black, whereas the D'Anna that encountered Sharon typically wears lighter colors. The two D'Annas are seen together in The Occupation.
***This is NOT a different D'Anna. This is the same D'Anna that dreamt about Hera and relayed this information to Sharon Agathon, and later carried Hera in her arms as her dreams foretold. The plot hole stands.
****Some time had passed once the fleet received news that Sharon retrieved the command codes. D'Anna might have been released/resurrected within that time span. We are not told whether she had informed the Cylon leadership of Sharon's presence.
*****It is questionable whether Biers could have bled to death from being shot in the kneecaps/legs since Sharon had stated she didn't intend to kill her; if Biers was released, not only would she have been unable to walk, but she would almost certainly have been questioned by those that found her.

*Either the scenes aren't in order or Baltar is not aware of what is going on. In the Gaeta-Baltar scene, Baltar says, "The Cylons have a nuke in this complex. Nobody, and I mean nobody, is getting off this planet alive unless I stop D'Anna." But this is after most of the civilian ships have already jumped.

*Further, until Hera is discovered by Baltar, Three is still looking to set off the nuke -- even though it is clear that the colonists are all long gone.
**It's possible Three wasn't seeking to set off the nuke, but said she was as a ruse to go seek answers about her premonitions concerning Hera.
*** Any nuke held by the Cylons would likely be stored somewhere inside the guarded Cylon perimeter. It appears that this Three made a beeline to the Oracle, and was upset that she was not there. While going through the tent, knocking things over, she is quoted as saying "frackking liar!".
*It is hard to believe that the Cylons were not keeping closer tabs on the whereabouts of the launch keys -- no alarms, etc -- and didn't notice they were gone until the attack started.
*In general, the Cylons seem to have left the planet implausibly underguarded. Considering the strategic nature of the site, as well as the well-known fact that two battlestars remained at large, one would have expected the Cylons to have an overwhelming amount of protection for the planet -- perhaps dozens of basestars.
**It has been established beforehand that the Cylons are overstretched with the occupation. This could account for the lack of protection. At any rate, four basestars against two battlestars is hardly an even match, let alone two half-strength battlestars.
***A Basestar does not seem to be a 1 to 1 match for a Battlestar. They lack offensive and defensive gun batteries, the ability to maneuver quickly, and have a critical design flaw that is easily exploited (central hub holding the six arms together). Basestars depend on missiles and large numbers of Raiders. Adama felt that the Galactica, even barely manned, could hold up to two Cylon Basestars.
****Additionally, RDM has mentioned in his podcasts that the Cylons do have major operations elsewhere hinting at future storylines in the season. It is possible that the Cylon higher command made a strategic decision to guard the planet with what they deemed the minimal required number of basestars to defend against 2 battlestars.
*****One may also be prone to over estimating the number of Basestars the Cylons have. When preparing the attack on the twelve colonies, the Cylons knew that they had surprise and the backdoor computer virus on their side. As such they may not have produced a very large number of basestars (perhaps not even enough to match the number of battlestars the Colonies had). Furthermore, the knowledge that the colonials were ignorant of the location of the Cylon homeworld may have also played a part in them having a smaller fleet. If, for some reason, the attack failed, the cylons could simply retreat and bide their time before trying again. After all, when one is sure he can render his enemy defenseless, there's no real need to produce a pointlessly large army.
*With the former crew of ''Pegasus'' onboard ''Galactica'' now, the ship has something close to its standard crew size. (''Galactica's'' crew was deduced to be 2,693 in the episode "[[Water]]", and ''Pegasus's'' was introduced with a crew count of 1,752 in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" (see [[Crew tally]]). William Adama notes that over half of the crew has settled on [[New Caprica]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", and Lee confirms that both ships are at half-strength in "[[Occupation]]".) Military operations should be much smoother now, and repairs to the ship in general are more feasible.
**However, many repairs, such as structural, will require shipyard or dockyard facilities equiped with replacement parts and heavy repair machinery required for such repairs, and these facilities are no longer available. The ''Galactica'' may never again be the fighting force that it once was.
*While the combination of the ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' air groups give the latter battlestar a full-strength fighter wing, the Fleet has suffered the loss of its most advanced and best-armed warship. With it also went the capability to build replacement Vipers, unless one of the civilian ships can be converted for such a purpose. Defensively, the Fleet is pretty much back to the position it was in when it left the Colonies.
**However, the Galactica did take significant structural damage during the conflict, therefore, it currently isn't in the same state of battle readiness as it was at the time it left the Colonies.
*It appears during the whole conflict in atmospheric combat that the Raiders were spending most of their time running from the Vipers. This may be due to the fact that Colonial Vipers have a far superior atmospheric design where Raiders are optimized for space operations. The Viper has a stabilizing vertical wing which aids the pilot in manuevering through the atmosphere just like all real-life combat aircraft. The Raider lacks this stabilizer wing much reducing their effectiveness in aeronautic combat and manuevering thrusters are not as effective in air as in space due to resistance. This made the tactic of depositing the ''Galactica's'' Vipers into a solely air-support role for evacuating ships very effective once the Space-borne Raiders were decoyed away from the planet so that the ''Galactica'' only had to face the Basestars, not the Raiders.
*''Pegasus'' seemed to fulfill its role just like the [[Pegasus (TOS)|original ''Pegasus'']], as it fought to the end to defeat two basetars and allowed ''Galactica'' along with the last of the fleet to escape from the Cylons.

== Notes ==
*
* There is also a TOS comic named ''[[Exodus!]]''
* The two parts of "Exodus" were originally planned as one episode. However, it was quickly realized that the story was far too large for one episode and it was split in two. This happened before with "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship]]." It also helped save money because the construction of New Caprica, the extensive location shooting, the number of actors, as well as the special effects for "Exodus, Part II" were very expensive and the production was over budget.
* Apparently, the viper Mk.VIIs deployed by Galactica in this episode have a yellow engine-glow instead of their usual blue. This may be a visual-effects-gaffe or the engines may have been effected by the nebular gas or even using a diffrent type of fuel or engine.
* The moment where Lee pauses to look back at the ''Pegasus'' CIC and says "thank you" references a parallel moment in the [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Ds9 Deep Space Nine] episode [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/The_Changing_Face_of_Evil "The Changing Face of Evil"], in which, after the doomed Defiant is ordered evacuated, Captain Sisko takes a long look back at his ruined bridge. As with the ''Pegasus'', in the next shot, the ship is destroyed. Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, who wrote of "Exodus, Part II", were staff writers on DS9.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''Discussing the failure of the occupation:''
:'''Number Three''': What would you have us do, Gaius?
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Leave. Pack up your centurions, and go. Please. Go.
:'''Number Three''': And then what? What would you do if we really just left you here? You'd live out your lives in peace and never trouble yourselves with thoughts of us again? Or would you raise your children with stories of the Cylon, the mechanical slaves who once did your bidding, only to turn against you? Killers who committed genocide against your race, the occupiers of this city until we just ran away? Would you tell them to tell the story to their children, and to their childrens' children, and nurse a dream of vengeance down through the years so that one day they could just go out into the stars and hunt the Cylon once more?
:'''Gaius Baltar''': Blood for blood ...has to stop one day.

*''Roslin heads to Colonial One''
:'''Roslin''': My ship's up there.
:'''Zarek''': You sure have a sense of the dramatic.

*''Adama comes to accept ''Galactica'''s end''
:'''Admiral Adama:''' Then that's it. It's been an honor.

*''After Hearing Pegasus Has Joined Galactica
:'''Admiral William Adama''': Damn You, Lee ...Thank You, Lee.

*''The Pegasus is evacuated before its destruction''
:'''Dualla:''' Alright, people, let's move. Out! Let's go. (To Lee): You too, Commander.
:'''Commander Lee Adama:''' Yes, sir. (Begins to leave, then stops and looks around at Pegasus): Thank you.

*''As the two Adamas reunite after the battle:''
:'''Admiral William Adama''': I guess you didn't understand my orders.
:'''Commander Lee Adama''': I never could read your handwriting.

*''Adama welcomes Col. Tigh back to ''Galactica''
:'''Adama:''' You did it, Saul. You brought them back.
:'''Tigh:''' Not all of them.

== Official Statements ==

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Henderson Tyrol|Cally Tyrol]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
*[[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]

== References ==
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Awards and Honors (RDM)

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This article lists '''awards and honors''' that the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]] has recieved or been nominated for since its initial televesion debut as Battlestar Galactica: The [[Miniseries]]. This includes awards for the series overall, individual episodes and cast and crew performances.

==[[Wikipedia:Emmy Award|Emmy Award]] Nominations or Wins==
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The Emmy® Awards are United States television production awards, similar to the [[Wikipedia:Peabody Awards|Peabody Awards]] but more focused on entertainment. The nominations below are for the annual '''Creative Arts''' Emmy awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

===2004 Emmy Awards===
*'''Nominated''': The Battlestar Galactica "[[Miniseries]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special''

===2005 Emmy Awards (Season 1)===
*'''Nominated''': The season and series premiere, "[[33]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

===2006 Emmy Awards (Season 2)===
*'''Nominated''': The season finale, "[[ Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Costumes for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Scattered]]," for ''Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Series''
*'''Nominated''': The episode, "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," for ''Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series''

==[[Wikipedia:Hugo Award|Hugo Awards]]==
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The '''Hugo Award''' is presented each year in recognition of outstanding work in science fiction. They are given for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the previous year and the awards are handed out at the annual [[Wikipedia:World Science Fiction Convention|World Science Fiction Convention, or "WorldCon"]].

===2005 Hugo Awards===
*'''Winner''': The first season premiere episode, "[[33]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

===2006 Hugo Awards===
*'''Nominated ''': mid-season 2 cliffhanger episode, "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]," for ''Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form''

==[[Wikipedia:Peabody Award|Peabody Award]]==
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The '''Peabody Awards''' are annual international awards given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting and cable television. The awards are generally regarded as "the most prestigious awards within the fields of broadcast journalism, documentary making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment."

===2006 Peabody Awards===
*'''Winner''': ''Battlestar Galactica'' and Sci Fi Channel received a 2006 Peabody Award for its "revitalized sci-fi television with its parallax considerations of politics, religion, sex, even what it means to be human." [http://www.peabody.uga.edu/news/pressrelease.asp?ID=135 Press release of winners].

==[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards|Visual Effects Society Awards]]==

===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2004|2004 2nd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Zoic|Zoic Studios]] for ''Outstanding Visual Effects in a Television Miniseries, Movie or a Special'', [[Miniseries]]
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Compositing in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial'', Miniseries
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===[[Wikipedia:Visual Effects Society Awards 2005|2005 3rd Annual]] VES Awards===
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program'', [[33|Episode 101, "33,"]] "[[Cylon Centurion|Cylon Character]]"

===2006 4th Annual VES Awards===
*'''Winner''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Fragged|Episode 203, "Fragged,"]] "Cylon Centurion"
*'''Nominated''': Zoic Studios for ''Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video'', [[Valley of Darkness|Episode 202, "Valley of Darkness,"]] "Cylon"

==[[Wikipedia:Saturn Award|The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards]]==
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The '''Saturn Award''' is an award presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films to honor the top works in science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, television, and home video.

===2004 30th Annual Awards===
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Television Presentation''
*'''Nominated''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] for ''Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|"Battlestar Galactica]] Complete Epic Series" DVD Collection, for ''Best DVD Television Release''

===2006 32nd Annual Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]] TV Series, Sci-Fi Channel, for ''Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series''
*'''Winner''': [[James Callis]] as [[Gaius Baltar]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Winner''': [[Katee Sackhoff]] as [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], for ''Best Supporting Actress on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Jamie Bamber]] as [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]], for ''Best Supporting Actor on Television''
*'''Nominated''': [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]], for ''Best DVD Television release'' Season 1 & 2.0 (Universal)

==Leo Awards==
===2006 Leo Awards===
*'''Winner''': [[Tricia Helfer]] in ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" for [http://www.leoawards.com/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=61 Best Lead Performance By A Female in a Dramatic Series]

==Miscellaneous==
===2005===
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] top 10 Television shows of the year 2005
*[[Wikipedia:American Film Institute|American Film Institute's]] Moments of significance 2005: Movies and Television Picture a Post 9/11 World
*[[Wikipedia:Time Magazine|Time Magazine's]] Best of 2005: Television (Position: #1) [http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1141640,00.html]
*[[Wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide's]] and [[Wikipedia:TV Land|TV Land's]] ''The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments'' for "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" (Position: #98)

===2006===
*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 premiere "[[Occupation]]." [http://tv.ign.com/articles/737/737506p1.html]
*[[Wikipedia:IGN|IGN.com's]] recipient of the Editor's Choice Award for the Season 3 episode "[[Exodus, Part I]]." [http://uk.tv.ign.com/articles/740/740459p1.html]

== Comments and Quotes ==

''I didn't get into this business to get awards or get acclamation. I did it because I was searching for my own sense of who I was as a human being....''<br/>
-- Edward James Olmos, (''[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/bts/interviews/olmos_QA.html Scifi.com] interview'')

==See Also==

*[http://www.emmys.tv/ The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences], home of the Emmy Awards
*[http://www.wsfs.org/hugos.html The Hugo Awards] information from the World Science Fiction Society, its official servicemark holder
*[http://www.peabody.uga.edu/ The Official Peabody Awards site]
*[http://www.vesawards.com/ The Visual Effects Society Awards]
*[http://www.saturnawards.org/index.html The Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films Awards] (Saturn Awards)

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