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My Triumphs, My Mistakes

2007-02-27T23:39:16Z

Kkimball:

[[Image:S3-mistakesbook.jpg|thumb|A worn copy of Baltar's book on the [[hangar deck]] ([[Dirty Hands]])]]
'''''My Triumphs, My Mistakes''''' is a manifesto written by [[Gaius Baltar]] while imprisoned on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. In it he tells his life story and writes about the oppression of the working class of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] by the "aristocracy", particularly the "[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprican]] elite". The current pages of the book that are in circulation were smuggled out of Baltar's cell and distributed amongst the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] by Baltar's lawyer. However, the book isn't finished seeing as Baltar had to turn in several new pages after being searched by ''Galactica's'' guards on the orders of President Roslin. <ref>The book appears to be inspired by real-world classic [[w:Karl Marx|Marxist/Leninist]] philosophy.</ref>

Throughout the Fleet it is known as "the book". A copy is freely circulating on ''Galactica's'' flight deck. It fuels the already present dissatisfaction of the Fleet's workers, which ultimately leads to a strike among the crew of the ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' and the [[List of deckhands|deckhands]] on ''Galactica''.

President [[Laura Roslin]] initially attempts to suppress the book, but later uses it to aid in the labor squabbles in the Fleet ([[Dirty Hands]]).

[[Galen Tyrol]] finds a copy and turns to one section:

:''The Emerging''
:''Aristocracy and''
:''the Emerging''
:''Underclass''

:''I wash my hands of the phony democratic system; I will never let myself be distracted by the placetory crumbs that the Caprican elite led by the Roslin administration toss into the barnyard every now and again. Many of the oppressed have realized the truth and are ready to take action, even ready to take arms ...''

Another quote from the book:

:''If you hear the people, you will never have to fear the people.''

Baltar tells Tyrol that in the book's conclusion he asks the reader if they think the Fleet will ever be commanded by someone whose name is not [[Adama]].

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Talk:Colonial Marine Corps/Archive 1

2006-08-20T21:16:10Z

Kkimball: /* Marine Officer */

== Known Marines ==
Sgt Fischer should be added to the list. He first appears in the season premiere of Season 2 and is the Sergeant of the Guard who orders two marines to haul Boomer away after shooting Adama.
In the credits of Final Cut he is refered to as 'Marine Sgt. Fischer'.

I'm going to go ahead and add the names of the black-suited soldiers from 'Scattered' and 'Valley of Darkness'. Ltcrashdown December 23, 2005

Added "Corporal" link to "Venner" name. Lordmutt - 10 February, 2006

Ahem why did someone add the Marines from Rising Star as dead? it's conjecture that they're dead as the episode hasn't aired yet..

Actually... [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 23:33, 10 February 2006 (EST)
:It concluded its east-coast airdate half an hour ago. Lordmutt, please sign your comments using <nowiki>--~~~~</nowiki>. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:34, 10 February 2006 (EST)

Apologies, thought it didn't air for another 2 days - [[user:lordmutt|Lordmutt]]

== Marine Weapons ==
What about the [[Wikipedia:Beretta Cx4 Storm|Beretta CX4 Storm carbine]]? I think the Marine that stopped Roslin (then let her go) when she was escaping had one. It's interesting that they took the trouble to apparently fabricate those strange wooden-handled pistols, but used existing submachine guns. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 17:42, 20 January 2006 (EST)
:And I must say, and excellent recent edit, Spencerian. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 18:45, 20 January 2006 (EST)
Thanks for changing the Five-seveN to a sidearm, I forgot. To answer your question, the CMC used them in Valley of Darkness. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 17:23, 25 January 2006 (EST)

In Lay Down Your Burden Part two, the marines on Caprica were using a H&K G36c, the Protecta shotgun, that's the one with the drum mag that sharon valerri used in Home part one, and Anders was using a H&K UMP. Did i get it right?
:Most of the Marines are still carrying Cx4s but Starbuck carries a G-36K. The C model has a flat Picatinny rail instead of the integrated scope like the gun Thrace uses. [http://world.guns.ru/assault/as14-e.htm G-36]. Anders still has his UMP which he's had from the beginning. Helo carries a Protecta and I swear I saw a Neostead being carried by a resistance member. The gun Sharon carries in Home may look like a shotgun (don't have a pic right now) but it definately shot like a grenade launcher. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:47, 13 March 2006 (CST)
::I believe (well, assumed) the Protecta was just being used as a stand-in for a grenade launcher. Has one ever fired shot on the show? --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 02:42, 14 March 2006 (CST)
:::That's what I figured. Do you mean shot as a shotgun or as a grenade launcher. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 08:45, 14 March 2006 (CST)
::::I believe it was fired as a grenade launcher back in Home. I don't recall it ever being fired as a shotgun. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:47, 14 March 2006 (CST)
:::::You're right about the Home shot, I just couldn't think of it being fired as a shotgun. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:24, 14 March 2006 (CST)
::::I meant fired [[Wikipedia:Lead shot|shot]], as in the small metal objects propelled from a shotgun (or a cannon or whatever). Upon reflection, I guess it looks like I typoed "fired a shot." --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 00:20, 15 March 2006 (CST)

== Marine Gear ==
I '''''think''''' I nailed the Combat Vest. I stuck my SWAT -trained friends onto it, and they came back with these models, given their telltale snap-&-velcro attachment system. It's more than likely that the costume department dealt with the manufacturer to get un-armored versions on the cheap. The goggles, too, are quite inexpensive.

There's also something worth discussing about their uniforms, especially after viewing the two most recent episodes (the Lay Down Your Burdens). I'll post that over at [[Talk:Uniform]] -- [[User:Hawke|Hawke]] 12:58, 15 March 2006 (CST)

They also to appear very close to Safariland's Cover Six Plus. I do think they are discontinued though. [[User:Panther|Panther]] 22:46, 17 August 2006 (CDT)

:The costume lead for the show has had serious problems in sufficient materials to make the [[flight suit]] as well as the day officers uniform as they prefer to use exotic fabric types. I wouldn't be surprised if the marine outfits use uncommon vests and other items to ensure that they are similar to Earth stuff, but are unfamilar enough to make it seem cool. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:52, 18 August 2006 (CDT)

==Marine Officer==

I believe that in 1x08, before interrogating Leoben, Kara Thrace is having a dicussion with a marine officer. If not, there is some variety of previously unseen uniform there. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 20:53, 19 August 2006 (CDT)
:No, that's the captain of the Gemenon Traveler. They didn't bother moving Leoben to Galactica as that would be too dangerous and they didn't have time, so all those scenes actually occur on the Gemenon Traveller. Starbuck also makes various asides saying they aren't on Galactica. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 00:40, 20 August 2006 (CDT)
::Ah, ok. I was only half watching. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 16:16, 20 August 2006 (CDT)

Talk:Colonial Marine Corps/Archive 1

2006-08-20T01:53:47Z

Kkimball: Marine Officer Sighting?

User talk:Kkimball

2006-07-24T17:13:53Z

Kkimball: /* Season 3 Trailer Discussion */

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==Citation==
I revert your edit on [[Episode 3.1]] because it was clearly unoffical info. Please read [[BW:CJ]]. Concisely, if info is not from Sci-Fi Channel, interviews with cast/crew, official press releases, or from aired content, it is probably not acceptable here. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 16:15, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

"...but is not to be slavishly obeyed..." To quote the citation Jihad. It is information from Gateworld.com, which is nearly always accurate on such matters. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 21:58, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:In this case, I must concur with Frankie. Unless the information is from an official press release from NBC/Universal (which any site, including Gateworld, could repost and we could accept), we can't and shouldn't try to determine its authenticity. All sources NOT NBC, Universal, or Sci-Fi MUST provide '''it's'' source for the information. This and other episode articles of season 3 have had similar information reverted for this reason--no matter how tantalizing the news may be. Last season we dealt with episode confusion from BOTH official and unofficial sources that required excessive edits, so this minimizes the issue altogether. Best to leave titles and episode details quite alone; these also tend to change after post-production but before airing. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:11, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:The ''order'' of those acceptable sources is not to be slavishly obeyed, but Gateworld is not a reliable source in the first place. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:16, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

::If you would like to familiarize yourself with recent discussions on this topic, please refer to the entirety of [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Citation Jihad/Archive02]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:33, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

==Season 3 Trailer Discussion==

*Was that Felix Gaeta with the mask? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:43, 24 July 2006 (CDT)
*Why is Ellen Tigh having such a bad hair day, and who is her captive? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:43, 24 July 2006 (CDT)
*Who do you think is Gaius asking to kill him? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:43, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

**It was definately not Gaeta. There is actually heated and lengthy debate on the messageboards as to whether it is Starbuck or [[Jammer]]. We've resorted to even comparing facial moles and such but have reached no firm conclusion. Their cheekbones are surprisingly similar.
**Cavil. You can tell from the back of his head; same hairstyle.
**No idea. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 11:58, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

***It doesnt look like a female, and the person seems to have a wider face structure than Jammer, but I suppose it could be him... though I doubt it, because we haven't learned more about him yet. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 12:09, 24 July 2006 (CDT)
***Which message boards? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 12:13, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

*In the first shot of Roslin, is she standing next to the vice president? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 12:09, 24 July 2006 (CDT)
*Tyrol and Anders are definately the ones in the explosion shot, looks to me. Is Tyrol holding some sort of case? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 12:13, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

User talk:Kkimball

2006-07-24T17:09:01Z

Kkimball: /* Season 3 Trailer Discussion */

== Welcome to Battlestar Wiki! ==
Welcome to the Wiki, Kkimball. Feel free to tell us about yourself on [[User:Kkimball|your user page]]. Before you get started on other edits, please read the [[Battlestar Wiki:Standards and Conventions]], which details the policies we use in editing pages (this differs from many other wikis in consistent use of phrasing, abbreviations, format, and the like).

Also, if you have any questions or suggestions you wish to offer, please feel free to do so either on your user talk page, the [[Battlestar Wiki:Wikipedian Quorum|Wikipedian Quorum]] or [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]]. Remember to sign your posts on any talk pages using four tildes (~~~~)! We look forward to your contributions to the community!
--[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 15:39, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

==Citation==
I revert your edit on [[Episode 3.1]] because it was clearly unoffical info. Please read [[BW:CJ]]. Concisely, if info is not from Sci-Fi Channel, interviews with cast/crew, official press releases, or from aired content, it is probably not acceptable here. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 16:15, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

"...but is not to be slavishly obeyed..." To quote the citation Jihad. It is information from Gateworld.com, which is nearly always accurate on such matters. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 21:58, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:In this case, I must concur with Frankie. Unless the information is from an official press release from NBC/Universal (which any site, including Gateworld, could repost and we could accept), we can't and shouldn't try to determine its authenticity. All sources NOT NBC, Universal, or Sci-Fi MUST provide '''it's'' source for the information. This and other episode articles of season 3 have had similar information reverted for this reason--no matter how tantalizing the news may be. Last season we dealt with episode confusion from BOTH official and unofficial sources that required excessive edits, so this minimizes the issue altogether. Best to leave titles and episode details quite alone; these also tend to change after post-production but before airing. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 22:11, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:The ''order'' of those acceptable sources is not to be slavishly obeyed, but Gateworld is not a reliable source in the first place. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:16, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

::If you would like to familiarize yourself with recent discussions on this topic, please refer to the entirety of [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Citation Jihad/Archive02]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:33, 30 June 2006 (CDT)

==Season 3 Trailer Discussion==

*Was that Felix Gaeta with the mask? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:43, 24 July 2006 (CDT)
*Why is Ellen Tigh having such a bad hair day, and who is her captive? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:43, 24 July 2006 (CDT)
*Who do you think is Gaius asking to kill him? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:43, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

**It was definately not Gaeta. There is actually heated and lengthy debate on the messageboards as to whether it is Starbuck or [[Jammer]]. We've resorted to even comparing facial moles and such but have reached no firm conclusion. Their cheekbones are surprisingly similar.
**Cavil. You can tell from the back of his head; same hairstyle.
**No idea. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 11:58, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

***It doesnt look like a female, and the person seems to have a wider face structure than Jammer, but I suppose it could be him... though I doubt it, because we haven't learned more about him yet. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 12:09, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

*In the first shot of Roslin, is she standing next to the vice president? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 12:09, 24 July 2006 (CDT)

User talk:Kkimball

2006-07-24T16:43:19Z

Kkimball: Season 3 Trailer Questions

Gaius Baltar

2006-07-21T17:12:20Z

Kkimball:

:''This page discusses the unwitting betrayer of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] character that intentionally betrays the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]], see [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]].''

{{Character Data|
|photo= [[Image:Gaius Baltar promo.jpg|200px]]
|colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]
|birthname= Gaius Baltar
|seen= Miniseries
|marital status= Single, in a relationship with a [[Cylon-Related_Hallucinations#Baltar.27s_Internal_Six|hallucination of Number Six]]. Previously involved with [[Caprica-Six|the "real" Number Six]] and [[Gina]].
|role= President of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]
|actor= [[James Callis]]
}}

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== Background ==

Dr. '''Gaius Baltar''' was formerly a lead defense systems developer working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]] and was widely considered a genius and celebrity throughout [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. Baltar came to prominence as a computer technology designer having won three [[Magnate Prize]]s. Baltar was born on [[The_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Sagittaron |Sagittaron]] and attracted to [[The_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] by the Defense Ministry<ref name="birthplace">Baltar's planet of birth and recruitment by the Colonial Defense Ministry to Caprica are according to SkyOne. However, information from SkyOne may not be canonical at all.</ref>. He networks with others well, and became personal friends with President [[Adar (RDM)|Adar]]. Baltar becomes responsible for the design of the critical [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) used throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]]. Baltar's scientific prowess seems strongest in the medical and biological fields. As a result of his lesser (although still advanced) computer programming skills, he seeks the help (and as a byproduct, the affections of) a young woman named [[Number Six|Natasi]] to aid him with the CNP.

Elegantly dressed and aesthetically handsome, with the affected humility of the truly arrogant, Baltar is nonetheless a deeply flawed person and almost pathologically narcissist. Beneath his outstanding abilities lurks a dramatic weakness of character. Self-absorbed, sly, guileful, lecherous and utterly dedicated to his own self-preservation, Baltar carried on a two-year affair with Natasi-- even to the extent of using code she herself wrote to overcome shortfalls in his CNP -- and thus allowed her unrestricted access to some of the most sensitive systems of the Colonial defenses.

Baltar is currently President of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], succeeding President [[Laura Roslin]].

== [[Cylon Attack]] ==
[[image:Mini-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six|Number Six]] kissing in the [[Miniseries]]. (C. SciFi Channel)]]
When the Cylons launch their attack, Baltar becomes horrified to learn that his "corporate spy" lover is in fact a new type of Cylon -- a [[Cylon agent|Cylon in human form]], able to mimic human beings down to the smallest detail -- and that she altered his CNP as a gateway to make all integrated Colonial computers and defense systems vulnerable to a Cylon virus that subverts their command and control systems.

Appalled by the fact that his sexual folly has led to the virtual holocaust of humanity, Baltar is nevertheless determined not only to survive but also avoid having his unintended treachery revealed.

Rescued on Caprica following the forced-landing of a Colonial [[Raptor]] -- at the cost of [[Karl Agathon|one of the crew staying behind]] ([[Miniseries]]) -- he is pleased to find himself treated with the same esteem he enjoyed back on Caprica. His only problem is that [[Number Six]], his former "lover" -- herself ostensibly destroyed in the shock wave of a nuclear blast -- now appears to him in visions, and he cannot be sure whether this is a result of his own guilt at his actions or whether -- as she initially claims -- she is part of a chip that has been implanted in his brain<ref name="chip">The idea that Six is an actual chip in Baltar's head was dismissed by Dr. [[Cottle]]'s image scan of Baltar's head. See [[Gaius Baltar#Speculation: The Real Baltar?|the section on alternate reasons for Six's existence]] for more.</ref>.

Shortly after Baltar's arrival on ''Galactica'', Commander [[William Adama]] learns that Cylons can mimic human form, and Baltar is put to work trying to devise a means of detecting these humanoid Cylons. By an educated guess (and an apparent attempt to distract those who suspected him of treachery), he exposes [[Aaron Doral]] -- a PR executive who co-ordinated the media coverage of ''Galactica's'' decommissioning -- as a Cylon agent ([[Miniseries]]), using little more than invented [[technobabble]] to convince [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]]. Despite his protestations of innocence, Doral is marooned at [[Ragnar Anchorage]], but soon a team of Cylon agents appear to pick up the stranded Doral. Baltar's educated guess was correct--Doral was indeed a Cylon agent.

Due to his unique abilities, Baltar is charged with turning his initial "[[Cylon detector]]" into a working machine capable of screening everyone in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. While he at first balks at this task, events such as the sabotaging of ''Galactica's'' water reserves ([[Water]]) force him into a position where he can no longer procrastinate over the detector -- despite his fear that such a device might somehow expose him as the original traitor among humans. Gaining aid from a most unusual source -- his "virtual" Six ([[Bastille Day]]), who gets him to request a nuclear warhead for the detector -- Baltar eventually develops a genuine detector; which functions by exposing cell samples to the warhead's radiation, because it has already been demonstrated ([[Miniseries]]) that Cylons are more susceptible to certain kinds of radiation. This, together with his survival of a foiled attempt to expose him as a traitor ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), firmly establishes his credentials within the Fleet's hierarchy.

With this new-found trust, and despite his willingness to deliberately conceal vital information, such as [[Sharon Valerii#"Boomer" Valerii|Lieutenant Valerii's]] true status as a [[Cylon agent]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]), Baltar willing enters the realm of political leadership, first as the Representative for [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] on the [[Quorum of Twelve]], and then as the newly-elected Vice President of the Colonies ([[Colonial Day]]).

== Cylon Manipulations ==

The Cylons commenced their direct manipulations of Baltar some two years prior to the attack on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], by bringing him into contact with their agent, [[Number Six]], who started a torrid affair with him while at the same time using him to access vital Colonial command and control systems within the Ministry of Defense ([[Miniseries]]).

This manipulation continues even after the Doctor leaves Caprica behind, with Six appearing to him in sensory perceptions, possibly through an implant in his brain ([[Miniseries]]) or perhaps even through a series of psychotic hallucinations as the doctor struggles to reconcile his guilt and his desire of self-preservation.

Regardless of the cause of her appearances, Six continues to help and hinder Baltar, gradually drawing him to a point of near-open acceptance and participation in Cylon plans and activities ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). The majority of this manipulation has been through religious intrigue, linked to physical threats to Baltar's well-being or that of other humans. These manipulations include:

* Using the threat of Baltar's former colleague, Dr. [[Amorak]], attempting to contact [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] with information on a "traitor" within Colonial circles -- and only "removing" this threat once Baltar has "repented of his sins" ([[33]])
* Using the threat of direct accusation (in the form of "[[Shelly Godfrey]]") coupled with "photographic evidence" -- and only "removing" this threat once Baltar has "accepted" [[God]] into his life ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
[[image:Scattered-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]] seeing "the shape of things to come" in "[[Scattered]]". (C. Universal Studios)]]
Baltar's near-acquiescence to the [[God|Cylon religion]] comes when he goes through a process similar to the [[wikipedia:Evangelicalism|evangelical Christian]] belief in "rebirth" through adult baptism. In this, the new believer in the Christian faith is baptized (generally through full immersion in water), symbolizing the "death" of the "old" self and "birth" of the "new" Christian self. In "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", Baltar apparently undergoes "death" at the hands of his inner Six when she "breaks" his neck -- and is "reborn" in his real life as the "instrument of God", able to point-out precisely where Colonial forces must strike in order to eliminate the Cylon base preventing them from accessing supplies of [[Tylium|tylium]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).

This act leaves Baltar ripe for the final revelation of his role within Cylon expectations, when "the future" is revealed to him by Six on [[Kobol]], in the form of the first of "God's new generation of children" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Baltar is not particularly pleased by this, especially when he learns that he is to be the father and that the mother will be Six ([[Scattered]]). Despite this, when he believes Commander Adama is trying to kill the child in one of his dreams, he tries to stop this ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

==Survival on Kobol==
[[Image:Baltarixvalleydarkness.jpg|Number Six showing Baltar the clearing filled with human bones, telling him they were from human sacrifices.|thumb]]
While stranded on Kobol, Baltar "awoke" in a clearing filled with human bones. Number Six tells him the bones were from human sacrifices, and that all of the myths about the gods of Kobol and the paradise on Kobol were a lie to hide the true brutality of man, which increases Baltar's cynical opinion of humanity. Number Six also warns that one of the survivors of Baltar's crash would turn against the others.

The Raptor crash survivors, consisting of Baltar, Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Cally]], [[Seelix]], and ranking crew member [[Crashdown]], a lieutenant, are faced with [[Cylon Centurion]]s building a missile battery that will destroy any rescue ships trying to save them. Crashdown, obsessed with success after the deaths of [[Tarn]] and [[Socinus]], orders the team to make a suicidal attack on the Cylon position. Baltar has never fired a weapon in his life and feels it could not be done. Due to the fact that he was the only non-military member of the survivors, he insists that they put it to a vote before Tyrol shouts him down to follow the chain of command.

On starting the attack, Cally freezes in terror, unable to create the needed diversion. Crashdown points his gun at her head and threatens to kill her if she does not obey the order. Immediately, Tyrol levels his gun at Crashdown. A tense standoff ensues. Just as Crashdown is about to fire, Baltar shoots him in the back, killing him instantly<ref name="killing">The act of killing Crashdown appears to have led to a dramatic change in Baltar's attitude toward hurting anyone directly. When Cally tries to blackmail him after they return from Kobol, Baltar is somewhat rough with her. When he visits Tyrol and Boomer in the brig, he does not hesitate to inject Tyrol with fatal drugs to blackmail Boomer into giving Cylon secrets. Baltar's humanitarian acts to the Six copy known as Gina also suggests Baltar's attitude in the care of Cylons is further changing. More and more, Baltar appears to prefer direct intervention and is less cowardly in his attitude.</ref>. The group successfully carries out the alternate plan of attacking the Cylon's [[DRADIS]] dish, and are rescued by the Raptors. Baltar tells the [[SAR]] team that Crashdown died a hero in the fight, and Tyrol reluctantly corroborates his story ([[Fragged]]).

==Return to ''Galactica''==

Back on ''Galactica'', Baltar insists that if Roslin's presidency was terminated, as Vice President he should then succeed her in command, but Col. Tigh dismisses the notion because he has instituted martial law in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. Later, Cally blackmails Baltar into making it a priority to prove that Chief Tyrol is not a Cylon, as Col. Tigh suspects, or Cally would reveal to all that it was really Baltar that killed Crashdown. Baltar pushes Cally against the wall and lectures her sternly, but she refuses to back down, telling him to "help the Chief [by] help[ing] [him]self." Incensed at this ingratitude, Baltar heads to the [[brig]] to take a blood sample from Tyrol, located in the same cell as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], but actually injects him with a toxin that will kill him in seconds without an antidote. Baltar uses Tyrol's importance to Boomer to coerce the panicked Cylon agent to disclose how many remaining humanoid Cylons are hiding in the Fleet. He gambles that, even if Valerii was programmed to think she was human, on a subconscious level she truly ''would'' know the answer as a Cylon operative. With time running out, she shouts out "Eight!" Baltar revives Tyrol. Baltar plans to perform a series of experiments on Boomer, but she is soon killed by Cally ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
[[image:brainscan.jpg|Baltar recieves his brain scan from Dr. Cottle, as Six watches on in amusement.|thumb]]
Some time later, as Commander Adama attempts to retrieve President Roslin and reunite the Fleet, Baltar yells at his internal Number Six for her increasingly ridiculous random changes in appearance, even questioning her actual existence. She responds by simplifying her appearance and attitude and told him that he truly had gone crazy, claiming there is no "computer chip"<ref name="chip"/> in his head with her personality, and that she is indeed a hallucination brought on by his guilt-ridden subconscious. Baltar has a brain scan performed in [[sickbay]] by Dr. [[Cottle]] (despite ''interference'' from Six), which confirms no "foreign objects" are present in his head. Baltar is ready to believe that he is truly insane when he hears [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]] discuss Valerii's pregnancy with a Cylon/Human hybrid child from his observation room. Six told Baltar earlier that "their child" would be born in that cell, and this leads Baltar to realize that Six ''must'' be real because his subconscious couldn't have known that. Number Six says that she is indeed real and not a hallucination. While she still denies the presence of a chip in Baltar's head, she claims to be "an angel of God sent here to protect [Baltar]". Six tells Baltar that by "their" child she is referring to Caprica-Valerii's biological child: Six considers herself the mother, and Baltar the father ([[Home, Part II]]).

When [[D'anna Biers]] films a documentary about life aboard ''Galactica'', Six urges Baltar to give an interview to try to win people over to thinking that he should be running the Fleet. Baltar performs badly as he begins his interview but, fortunately, his interview is interrupted by a Cylon attack that Biers chooses to film instead ([[Final Cut]]).

Baltar aids in trying to overcome the Cylon [[logic bomb]] which devastates ''Galactica's'' [[computers]]. Tigh's dislike of Baltar's involvement in this problem makes the scientist edgy enough to retort, "I'm sorry. Do you want to survive this one or not, Colonel?" ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])
[[image:baltargina.jpg|Baltar with Gina, the Cylon prisoner from ''Pegasus''.|thumb]]

==Arrival of ''Pegasus''==

When battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' reunites with the Fleet, Commander Adama requests that Baltar examine ''Pegasus' '' own Cylon prisoner to see what information he could glean from it. Upon arrival in the ''Pegasus'' brig, Baltar is horrified to discover the Cylon was a terribly abused and tortured copy of Number Six named "[[Gina]]". Baltar vows to help her in any way he could, and begins by having her restraints removed and bringing food to her. The inhumane treatment of Gina by the ''Pegasus'' crew likely makes Gaius more critical of humanity's worth ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Over the course of his examination of Gina, he uncovers both her wish to die and the secret of the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. He passes this information to Adama and [[Helena Cain|Admiral Helena Cain]], who develop an [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|operation to destroy it]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

Baltar continues to spend time with Gina, growing closer to her despite Six's pleas to the contrary and eventually helps Gina escape from the brig. He tells Gina that he can hide her, and also that he loves her. Gina goes on to kill Cain and escapes from the ''Pegasus'' through unexplained means, although it is probable that Baltar had something to do with it ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

==Serving Everyone, but No One==

To many others, Dr. Baltar's personality appears to exhibit more odd behavior than what may be considered the expected eccentricity of a genius. Crewmembers on ''Galactica'' find him mumbling with himself or discovering him in places they do not expect, such as aboard battlestar ''Pegasus'' to see its new commander, [[Jack Fisk]]. Torn between the "flesh and blood" copy of the [[Number Six]] copy, Gina, the demands of his internal Number Six, and his continuing attempt to cover his own multiple duplicities, Baltar becomes more aggressive and confrontational. With President Roslin's advice to abort the Cylon-hybrid fetus of the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii]], Baltar reacts to defend it as if it were his own child (as does his internal Six, who threatens him on the problem). Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] admonishes Baltar, telling him that, on Roslin's death, he will become President and that he needs to behave like one.

Desperate to save Valerii's fetus, Baltar reviews Dr. [[Cottle]]'s medical tests and performs experiments of his own, learning a striking revelation: the blood of the fetus can destroy cancer and repair its damage to human tissue. With Admiral Adama's permission, he injects the dying President Roslin with some of the fetal blood, which works miraculously, saving both Roslin and Valerii's child by circumstance.

After saving Roslin's life, Baltar reads the letter given to him in the event of her death, in which she says he lacks compassion and asks him to open his heart if he becomes president. Furious, and goaded on by Six who tells him that Roslin doesn't trust him, Baltar delivers the nuclear warhead used for the Cylon detector to Gina and her militant [[Demand Peace]] movement. ([[Epiphanies]]).

Baltar keeps his [[fumarello]] supply fresh by trading in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] through new ''Pegasus'' Commander [[Jack Fisk]]. Not realizing that Fisk had been murdered, the scientist visits Fisk's quarters, only to meet Captain [[Lee Adama]], who has starten an investigation on the black market and Fisk's murder. Baltar truthfully tells Adama that he knows nothing of Fisk's murder, but Adama correctly deduces Baltar's association with Fisk and the black market since the "Caprica Imperials" fumarellos are a known favorite of Baltar's.

Baltar is also unaware that his involvement in the destruction of the Colonies is partially revealed. In ''Galactica's'' sickbay, Laura Roslin recalled those final days on Caprica, and remembered Baltar in the company of a woman on Caprica who she knows now is a [[Number Six|Cylon agent]]. Baltar is summoned to ''[[Colonial One]]'', where Roslin offers him, without explanation, the chance to resign from the Vice Presidency to return to his studies. Baltar becomes immediately suspicious (and frightened) in Roslin's succinct and direct vote of no-confidence in her vice president. Realizing that the Vice Presidency now has greater importance (if nothing other than to save his own hide), Baltar turns down what Roslin calls a "one-time offer" to save himself as he saved Roslin on her
deathbed ([[Black Market]]).

== Gaius as President ==
[[Image:Baltarlaydownburdensii.jpg|Gaius Baltar as President, from ''Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II''.|thumb]]
Dr. Baltar decides (with no small influence from Six and [[Tom Zarek]]) to run for President in the coming Colonial Elections ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

Roslin is declared the winner of the elections, but is caught by Adama for manipulating the tally, and Baltar is declared president. Though Baltar demands an investigation initially, he backs down under Adama's glare. President Baltar orders the Fleet to return to the marginally habitable planet [[New Caprica]] seconds after his inauguration. Baltar shows incompetency as president a few days later, when he orders the colonization of the planet rather than further investigation into the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and two other ships (he correctly guesses that the conflagration was started by [[Gina]]).

A year passes. On [[New Caprica]], Baltar indulges in women, appears unsympathetic to the supply and resource problems plaguing the new colony, whose inhabitants continue to live in tents. The public appears displeased with his administration. The Cylon armada finds the planet, which prompts the return of the dormant virual Number Six, who observes it to Baltar as "judgement day" at last. Copies of a [[Number Five|Five]], [[Number Six]], and [[Number Eight|Eight]] meet with Baltar and his cabinet, recommending surrender. Baltar soon realizes, after she speaks, that the Number Six copy appearing before him was in fact [[Caprica-Six]], the reincarnated personality he had a relationship on Caprica (and who was the key agent in the compromising of the [[CNP]]). The Cylon agents (or leaders, as the case may be) claim that they found the planet by accident, due to trace radiation from a nuclear explosion; the one caused by the bomb Baltar donated to [[Gina]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

== Speculation: The Real Baltar? ==

There is speculation that Gaius Baltar could be a Cylon agent himself. See the [[Cylon agent speculation#Gaius Baltar?|Cylon Speculation]] article for the pros and cons of this theory.

==Notes==
*[[Ron Moore]] has stated in several episode commentaries that when the role of "Gaius Baltar" was originally written in the script, the writing team never intended Baltar to have a "funny" aspect, but James Callis himself decided to play up that aspect of the frantic predicaments Baltar finds himself in during the [[Miniseries]] (which although the writers never anticipated, they enjoyed, and started writing him with that in mind).
*According to [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]], [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, while the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among the actors in the running for the role of "Gaius Baltar" was ''Two and a Half Men''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Jon Cryer|Jon Cryer]], though the role ultimately went to [[James Callis]]. Callis was suggested by Angela Mancuso, who ran the studio at the time, who knew him from the ''Helen of Troy'' miniseries, in which he played Menelaus.

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User:Kkimball

2006-07-21T17:10:56Z

Kkimball:

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Talk:Tylium (RDM)/Archive 1

2006-07-12T01:03:10Z

Kkimball:

The spelling of the mineral on the official SciFi.com website is "tyllium" ('''two''' Ls, not one). Should we correct here, move the page to a properly-spelled paged and redirect? [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:26, 19 Aug 2005 (EDT)

Perhaps it's the site that had a typo; otherwise, maybe we could sweep this one under the rug...---Ricimer 12:00, 19 Aug, 2005 EDT

:I tend to agree, unless there's a good reason, we should just have "tyllium" redirected to the original page. I haven't a clue how to do this. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 13:47, 19 Aug 2005 (EDT)

::Leave a message on Joe's talk page. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:32, 19 Aug 2005 (EDT)

==Move to Tylium (RDM)==

As this article concerns the reimagined series, lets move it to reflect that... [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 20:03, 11 July 2006 (CDT)

Armistice Officer

2006-07-10T16:42:11Z

Kkimball:

{{Character Data|
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|age=
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|death= Start of the [[Miniseries]]
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|children= [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]
|marital status= Married
|role= Officer assigned to [[Armistice Station]]
|rank= Colonel
|actor= [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Ryan+Robbins Ryan Robbins]
|cylon=
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The '''Armistice Station Officer''', known as '''Colonel Wakefield''' according to the [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|novelization of the Miniseries]], was assigned to the [[Armistice Station]], where he would represent the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] to attempt their continuation of diplomatic relations between the exiled [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and humans. He is also the father of [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]].

Col. Wakefield is the first member of the Colonial Fleet to see the Cylons in over 40 years when two upgraded [[Cylon Centurion]]s and someone that appears to be a strikingly beautiful human female arrive at the station. This female is actually [[Number Six]], a [[Cylon agent]]. While the Centurions look on menacingly, Six grabs the Armistice Officer and forcibly kisses him. He dies when a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] destroys the station with missiles, signaling the start of the [[Cylon Attack]] ([[Miniseries]]).

Col. Wakefield was apparently assigned Armistice Station duty by [[Fleet Headquarters]], who sends a general message on the status of all [[FTL]]-capable ships that were able to jump to the Armistice Station to aid the Courier officer when he fails to report or return to Headquarters. Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], on receiving this message from Headquarters from ''[[Galactica]]'s'' Watch Officer, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], indicates that the battlestar's scheduled decommissioning ceremonies later that day would make them a bit too busy to help ([[Miniseries]]).

== Notes ==
The actor portraying Col. Wakefield, Ryan Robbins, underwent a significant transformation through makeup and prosthetics in order to appear older than he really was. The original script of the Mini-Series called for the opening to show a young Col. Wakefield repeatedly visiting Armistice Station over the 40 years between the end of the Cylon War and the Attack on the Colonies and progressively aging with each visit. Multiple scenes with Robbins in various age-enhanced makeup were filmed, however all of them except the final scene where [[Number Six|Six]] makes her entrance were cut.

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Frak

2006-07-08T18:14:25Z

Kkimball:

'''"Frak"''' is an potent profanity in the language of the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. It is a bowdlerized version of the real-life expletive "fuck."

* The term can describe sexual relations.
:''"You know what? I don't care who or what he fraks. [[Karl Agathon|He]] saved my ass down there, all right?"'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])
* The term, as a perjorative, can be used to curse someone you vilify or find disgusting.
:''"Frakkin' rats"'' ([[Bastille Day]])
:''"Frak you"'' ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
* The term can be used in several variations and compound words.
:''"Talk to me, you motherfrakker!"'' ([[Valley of Darkness]])
:''"Command frak-up"'' ([[Final Cut]])
:''"I guaran-frakkin-tee you, I will put [[Scar (Raider)|you]] down this time for good."'' ([[Scar]])
* The term also is used as an adjective to describe an action or object that is subjectively considered outrageous, extreme, or ill-advised.
:''"Does anybody else think that this plan is frakking nuts?"'' ([[Fragged]])
*The term can be used as a means of conveying shock or surprise.
:''"Oh, frak me! Radiological Alarm!"'' ([[33]])
*The term can also be used to express agreement.
:''"Frakkin' A!"'' ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
*"RFN" is an acronym for "Right Frakking Now." [[Lee Adama]] used the phrase while speaking with [[Saul Tigh]] during a Cylon boarding attempt ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

"Frak" is derived from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] expletive, "frack" which was used in character dialogue far less than its counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. Another original series expletive was "[[felgercarb]]" which has not as yet been used in the re-imagined series. The re-imagined series' production team said they felt that "frack" should be a four-letter word, hence "frak".

==Note==

This profanity's real-world derivation can be found in [[Wikipedia:Fuck|this article]] on Wikipedia. The terms "frak" and "frack" were obviously used in dialogue in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] to comply with FCC and other broadcast decency standards because the FCC has jurisdiction over the contents of broadcast TV. "Frak" is pretty much a carryover to the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] because the FCC does not currently have jurisdiction to impose decency standards over paid services, like cable TV and satellite radio. However, the use of a profanity substitute rather than the "real" word is convenient should episodes be broadcast on over-the-air TV (i.e., NBC and affiliates) because editing for verbal content would not be required.

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User talk:Kkimball

2006-06-30T02:58:19Z

Kkimball:

Occupation

2006-06-29T17:24:22Z

Kkimball: /* Overview */

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{{Episode Data|
| Image = [[Image:Universal logo.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Occupation
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 3 (2006-07)|3]]
| Episode= 3.1
| Guests= [[Amanda Plummer]]
| Writer= TBA
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| Director= [[Sergio Mimica-Gezzan]]
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| US Airdate= October, 2006
| UK Airdate=
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| Population= ?
| Prev= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]
| Next= [[Episode 3.4]]}}

== Overview ==
In an [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/artsentertainment/2002957630_galactica28.html?syndication=rss interview] with the Seattle Times, Ron Moore has confirmed that the first episode of season three will not take place immediately after the previous season finale (like "[[Scattered]]" did), but skip ahead a few more months to when the Cylon occupation is in full swing, and an insurgency has already developed.

According to an [http://media20a.libsyn.com/m3efeMh2bXXEfWl7l3dtpmemYHLH/podcasts/podcast411/411_060531.mp3 interview] with [[Ron Moore]] from May 31st, [[Wikipedia:Amanda Plummer|Amanda Plummer]] will guest star in the season 3 premiere.

----
D'Anna Biers (Lucy Lawless) enters an Oracles tent to visit Selloi Dedona, a frail old woman who is not well. She knows who D'Anna is, and what she is -- a Cylon, "Number Three." But D'Anna herself is not sure why she has come here. The Oracle chews on a handful of chamalla leaves (the planet from which the drug that Laura Roslin once took comes).

Meanwhile, inside the Cylon Planning Ministry, Ellen Tigh is "frakking" an unknown partner. Elsewhere, Tyrol and Anders are a part of a new human resistance movement on New Caprica. They plant a bomb, and attempt to remote detonate it when a Cylon heavy cruiser filled with humanoid Cylons draws near. The device fails at first but later detonates, giving the resistance a much-needed victory.

Laura Roslin remains a school teacher on the planet's surface. Inside her school, she and her former assistant Tory examine several hastily-taken photographs, trying to identify the members of a police force -- possibly humans who are now collaborating with the Cylon occupiers. They await the return of Adama and the Battlestar Galactica.

Saul Tigh, meanwhile, is being held against his will in a Cylon detention facility. Brother Cavil is there, and indicates to him that Tigh may be there a while.

Back in the Oracle's tent, Selloi tells D'Anna that the Cylon has lost her faith -- she not only does not believe in the Colonial pantheon, but not in her own god either. She knows about the dreams that D'Anna has been having, and claims that she is a messenger from God -- just as her dreams are. D'Anna shares the same flaw as the legendary Medusa, she says, and it will lead to her downfall.

Selloi delivers her message to the Cylon: The hybrid child of Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon is alive. Her name is Hera, and she is alive.

== Summary ==
The Colonials survive on New Caprica under Cylon rule, with some collaborating and others fighting back. D'Anna discovers that the hybrid child has survived.

== Questions ==

== Analysis ==

== Notes ==

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

=== From RDM's blog ===

== Guest Stars ==

{{episode list (RDM season 3)}}

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Talk:Unnamed cities of Caprica/Archive 1

2006-06-29T16:31:16Z

Kkimball:

This is nice effort but I'm worried if it's a little too much detail. Thoughts anyone else? I dunno. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 16:05, 27 June 2006 (CDT)
:I think it's an excellent article. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:20, 27 June 2006 (CDT)

::OK then. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 16:22, 27 June 2006 (CDT)

:::Better with some categories tho :D --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 16:26, 27 June 2006 (CDT)

I think I'll go and cap some images. [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 11:31, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

Gaius Baltar

2006-06-29T14:18:22Z

Kkimball:

:''This page discusses the unwitting betrayer of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] character that intentionally betrays the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]], see [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]].''

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|colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]
|birthname= Gaius Baltar
|seen= Miniseries
|marital status= Single, in a relationship with a [[Cylon-Related_Hallucinations#Baltar.27s_Internal_Six|hallucination of Number Six]]. Previously involved with [[Caprica-Six|the "real" Number Six]] and [[Gina]].
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== Background ==

Dr. '''Gaius Baltar''' was formerly a lead defense systems developer working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]] and was widely considered a genius and celebrity throughout [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. Baltar came to prominence as a computer technology designer having won three [[Magnate Prize]]s. Baltar was born on [[The_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Sagittaron |Sagittaron]] and attracted to [[The_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] by the Defense Ministry<ref name="birthplace">Baltar's planet of birth and recruitment by the Colonial Defense Ministry to Caprica are according to SkyOne. However, information from SkyOne may not be canonical at all.</ref>. He networks with others well, and became personal friends with President [[Adar (RDM)|Adar]]. Baltar becomes responsible for the design of the critical [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) used throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]]. Baltar's scientific prowess seems strongest in the medical and biological fields. As a result of his lesser (although still advanced) computer programming skills, he seeks the help (and as a byproduct, the affections of) a young woman named [[Number Six|Natasi]] to aid him with the CNP.

Elegantly dressed and aesthetically handsome, with the affected humility of the truly arrogant, Baltar is nonetheless a deeply flawed person and almost pathologically narcissist. Beneath his outstanding abilities lurks a dramatic weakness of character. Self-absorbed, sly, guileful, lecherous and utterly dedicated to his own self-preservation, Baltar carried on a two-year affair with Natasi-- even to the extent of using code she herself wrote to overcome shortfalls in his CNP -- and thus allowed her unrestricted access to some of the most sensitive systems of the Colonial defenses.

Baltar is currently President of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], succeeding President [[Laura Roslin]].

== [[Cylon Attack]] ==
[[image:Mini-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six|Number Six]] kissing in the [[Miniseries]]. (C. SciFi Channel)]]
When the Cylons launch their attack, Baltar becomes horrified to learn that his "corporate spy" lover is in fact a new type of Cylon -- a [[Cylon agent|Cylon in human form]], able to mimic human beings down to the smallest detail -- and that she altered his CNP as a gateway to make all integrated Colonial computers and defense systems vulnerable to a Cylon virus that subverts their command and control systems.

Appalled by the fact that his sexual folly has led to the virtual holocaust of humanity, Baltar is nevertheless determined not only to survive but also avoid having his unintended treachery revealed.

Rescued on Caprica following the forced-landing of a Colonial [[Raptor]] -- at the cost of [[Karl Agathon|one of the crew staying behind]] ([[Miniseries]]) -- he is pleased to find himself treated with the same esteem he enjoyed back on Caprica. His only problem is that [[Number Six]], his former "lover" -- herself ostensibly destroyed in the shock wave of a nuclear blast -- now appears to him in visions, and he cannot be sure whether this is a result of his own guilt at his actions or whether -- as she initially claims -- she is part of a chip that has been implanted in his brain<ref name="chip">The idea that Six is an actual chip in Baltar's head was dismissed by Dr. [[Cottle]]'s image scan of Baltar's head. See [[Gaius Baltar#Speculation: The Real Baltar?|the section on alternate reasons for Six's existence]] for more.</ref>.

Shortly after Baltar's arrival on ''Galactica'', Commander [[William Adama]] learns that Cylons can mimic human form, and Baltar is put to work trying to devise a means of detecting these humanoid Cylons. By an educated guess (and an apparent attempt to distract those who suspected him of treachery), he exposes [[Aaron Doral]] -- a PR executive who co-ordinated the media coverage of ''Galactica's'' decommissioning -- as a Cylon agent ([[Miniseries]]), using little more than invented [[technobabble]] to convince [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]]. Despite his protestations of innocence, Doral is marooned at [[Ragnar Anchorage]], but soon a team of Cylon agents appear to pick up the stranded Doral. Baltar's educated guess was correct--Doral was indeed a Cylon agent.

Due to his unique abilities, Baltar is charged with turning his initial "[[Cylon detector]]" into a working machine capable of screening everyone in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. While he at first balks at this task, events such as the sabotaging of ''Galactica's'' water reserves ([[Water]]) force him into a position where he can no longer procrastinate over the detector -- despite his fear that such a device might somehow expose him as the original traitor among humans. Gaining aid from a most unusual source -- his "virtual" Six ([[Bastille Day]]), who gets him to request a nuclear warhead for the detector -- Baltar eventually develops a genuine detector; which functions by exposing cell samples to the warhead's radiation, because it has already been demonstrated ([[Miniseries]]) that Cylons are more susceptible to certain kinds of radiation. This, together with his survival of a foiled attempt to expose him as a traitor ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), firmly establishes his credentials within the Fleet's hierarchy.

With this new-found trust, and despite his willingness to deliberately conceal vital information, such as [[Sharon Valerii#"Boomer" Valerii|Lieutenant Valerii's]] true status as a [[Cylon agent]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]), Baltar willing enters the realm of political leadership, first as the Representative for [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] on the [[Quorum of Twelve]], and then as the newly-elected Vice President of the Colonies ([[Colonial Day]]).

== Cylon Manipulations ==

The Cylons commenced their direct manipulations of Baltar some two years prior to the attack on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], by bringing him into contact with their agent, [[Number Six]], who started a torrid affair with him while at the same time using him to access vital Colonial command and control systems within the Ministry of Defense ([[Miniseries]]).

This manipulation continues even after the Doctor leaves Caprica behind, with Six appearing to him in sensory perceptions, possibly through an implant in his brain ([[Miniseries]]) or perhaps even through a series of psychotic hallucinations as the doctor struggles to reconcile his guilt and his desire of self-preservation.

Regardless of the cause of her appearances, Six continues to help and hinder Baltar, gradually drawing him to a point of near-open acceptance and participation in Cylon plans and activities ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). The majority of this manipulation has been through religious intrigue, linked to physical threats to Baltar's well-being or that of other humans. These manipulations include:

* Using the threat of Baltar's former colleague, Dr. [[Amorak]], attempting to contact [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] with information on a "traitor" within Colonial circles -- and only "removing" this threat once Baltar has "repented of his sins" ([[33]])
* Using the threat of direct accusation (in the form of "[[Shelly Godfrey]]") coupled with "photographic evidence" -- and only "removing" this threat once Baltar has "accepted" [[God]] into his life ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
[[image:Scattered-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]] seeing "the shape of things to come" in "[[Scattered]]". (C. Universal Studios)]]
Baltar's near-acquiescence to the [[God|Cylon religion]] comes when he goes through a process similar to the [[wikipedia:Evangelicalism|evangelical Christian]] belief in "rebirth" through adult baptism. In this, the new believer in the Christian faith is baptized (generally through full immersion in water), symbolizing the "death" of the "old" self and "birth" of the "new" Christian self. In "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", Baltar apparently undergoes "death" at the hands of his inner Six when she "breaks" his neck -- and is "reborn" in his real life as the "instrument of God", able to point-out precisely where Colonial forces must strike in order to eliminate the Cylon base preventing them from accessing supplies of [[Tylium|tylium]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).

This act leaves Baltar ripe for the final revelation of his role within Cylon expectations, when "the future" is revealed to him by Six on [[Kobol]], in the form of the first of "God's new generation of children" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Baltar is not particularly pleased by this, especially when he learns that he is to be the father and that the mother will be Six ([[Scattered]]). Despite this, when he believes Commander Adama is trying to kill the child in one of his dreams, he tries to stop this ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

==Survival on Kobol==
[[Image:Baltarixvalleydarkness.jpg|Number Six showing Baltar the clearing filled with human bones, telling him they were from human sacrifices.|thumb]]
While stranded on Kobol, Baltar "awoke" in a clearing filled with human bones. Number Six tells him the bones were from human sacrifices, and that all of the myths about the gods of Kobol and the paradise on Kobol were a lie to hide the true brutality of man, which increases Baltar's cynical opinion of humanity. Number Six also warns that one of the survivors of Baltar's crash would turn against the others.

The Raptor crash survivors, consisting of Baltar, Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Cally]], [[Seelix]], and ranking crew member [[Crashdown]], a lieutenant, are faced with [[Cylon Centurion]]s building a missile battery that will destroy any rescue ships trying to save them. Crashdown, obsessed with success after the deaths of [[Tarn]] and [[Socinus]], orders the team to make a suicidal attack on the Cylon position. Baltar has never fired a weapon in his life and feels it could not be done. Due to the fact that he was the only non-military member of the survivors, he insists that they put it to a vote before Tyrol shouts him down to follow the chain of command.

On starting the attack, Cally freezes in terror, unable to create the needed diversion. Crashdown points his gun at her head and threatens to kill her if she does not obey the order. Immediately, Tyrol levels his gun at Crashdown. A tense standoff ensues. Just as Crashdown is about to fire, Baltar shoots him in the back, killing him instantly<ref name="killing">The act of killing Crashdown appears to have led to a dramatic change in Baltar's attitude toward hurting anyone directly. When Cally tries to blackmail him after they return from Kobol, Baltar is somewhat rough with her. When he visits Tyrol and Boomer in the brig, he does not hesitate to inject Tyrol with fatal drugs to blackmail Boomer into giving Cylon secrets. Baltar's humanitarian acts to the Six copy known as Gina also suggests Baltar's attitude in the care of Cylons is further changing. More and more, Baltar appears to prefer direct intervention and is less cowardly in his attitude.</ref>. The group successfully carries out the alternate plan of attacking the Cylon's [[DRADIS]] dish, and are rescued by the Raptors. Baltar tells the [[SAR]] team that Crashdown died a hero in the fight, and Tyrol reluctantly corroborates his story ([[Fragged]]).

==Return to ''Galactica''==

Back on ''Galactica'', Baltar insists that if Roslin's presidency was terminated, as Vice President he should then succeed her in command, but Col. Tigh dismisses the notion because he has instituted martial law in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]. Later, Cally blackmails Baltar into making it a priority to prove that Chief Tyrol is not a Cylon, as Col. Tigh suspects, or Cally would reveal to all that it was really Baltar that killed Crashdown. Baltar pushes Cally against the wall and lectures her sternly, but she refuses to back down, telling him to "help the Chief [by] help[ing] [him]self." Incensed at this ingratitude, Baltar heads to the [[brig]] to take a blood sample from Tyrol, located in the same cell as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], but actually injects him with a toxin that will kill him in seconds without an antidote. Baltar uses Tyrol's importance to Boomer to coerce the panicked Cylon agent to disclose how many remaining humanoid Cylons are hiding in the Fleet. He gambles that, even if Valerii was programmed to think she was human, on a subconscious level she truly ''would'' know the answer as a Cylon operative. With time running out, she shouts out "Eight!" Baltar revives Tyrol. Baltar plans to perform a series of experiments on Boomer, but she is soon killed by Cally ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
[[image:brainscan.jpg|Baltar recieves his brain scan from Dr. Cottle, as Six watches on in amusement.|thumb]]
Some time later, as Commander Adama attempts to retrieve President Roslin and reunite the Fleet, Baltar yells at his internal Number Six for her increasingly ridiculous random changes in appearance, even questioning her actual existence. She responds by simplifying her appearance and attitude and told him that he truly had gone crazy, claiming there is no "computer chip"<ref name="chip"/> in his head with her personality, and that she is indeed a hallucination brought on by his guilt-ridden subconscious. Baltar has a brain scan performed in [[sickbay]] by Dr. [[Cottle]] (despite ''interference'' from Six), which confirms no "foreign objects" are present in his head. Baltar is ready to believe that he is truly insane when he hears [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]] discuss Valerii's pregnancy with a Cylon/Human hybrid child from his observation room. Six told Baltar earlier that "their child" would be born in that cell, and this leads Baltar to realize that Six ''must'' be real because his subconscious couldn't have known that. Number Six says that she is indeed real and not a hallucination. While she still denies the presence of a chip in Baltar's head, she claims to be "an angel of God sent here to protect [Baltar]". Six tells Baltar that by "their" child she is referring to Caprica-Valerii's biological child: Six considers herself the mother, and Baltar the father ([[Home, Part II]]).

When [[D'anna Biers]] films a documentary about life aboard ''Galactica'', Six urges Baltar to give an interview to try to win people over to thinking that he should be running the Fleet. Baltar performs badly as he begins his interview but, fortunately, his interview is interrupted by a Cylon attack that Biers chooses to film instead ([[Final Cut]]).

Baltar aids in trying to overcome the Cylon [[logic bomb]] which devastates ''Galactica's'' [[computers]]. Tigh's dislike of Baltar's involvement in this problem makes the scientist edgy enough to retort, "I'm sorry. Do you want to survive this one or not, Colonel?" ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])
[[image:baltargina.jpg|Baltar with Gina, the Cylon prisoner from ''Pegasus''.|thumb]]

==Arrival of ''Pegasus''==

When battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' reunites with the Fleet, Commander Adama requests that Baltar examine ''Pegasus' '' own Cylon prisoner to see what information he could glean from it. Upon arrival in the ''Pegasus'' brig, Baltar is horrified to discover the Cylon was a terribly abused and tortured copy of Number Six named "[[Gina]]". Baltar vows to help her in any way he could, and begins by having her restraints removed and bringing food to her. The inhumane treatment of Gina by the ''Pegasus'' crew likely makes Gaius more critical of humanity's worth ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Over the course of his examination of Gina, he uncovers both her wish to die and the secret of the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. He passes this information to Adama and [[Helena Cain|Admiral Helena Cain]], who develop an [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|operation to destroy it]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

Baltar continues to spend time with Gina, growing closer to her despite Six's pleas to the contrary and eventually helps Gina escape from the brig. He tells Gina that he can hide her, and also that he loves her. Gina goes on to kill Cain and escapes from the ''Pegasus'' through unexplained means, although it is probable that Baltar had something to do with it ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

==Serving Everyone, but No One==

To many others, Dr. Baltar's personality appears to exhibit more odd behavior than what may be considered the expected eccentricity of a genius. Crewmembers on ''Galactica'' find him mumbling with himself or discovering him in places they do not expect, such as aboard battlestar ''Pegasus'' to see its new commander, [[Jack Fisk]]. Torn between the "flesh and blood" copy of the [[Number Six]] copy, Gina, the demands of his internal Number Six, and his continuing attempt to cover his own multiple duplicities, Baltar becomes more aggressive and confrontational. With President Roslin's advice to abort the Cylon-hybrid fetus of the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii]], Baltar reacts to defend it as if it were his own child (as does his internal Six, who threatens him on the problem). Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] admonishes Baltar, telling him that, on Roslin's death, he will become President and that he needs to behave like one.

Desperate to save Valerii's fetus, Baltar reviews Dr. [[Cottle]]'s medical tests and performs experiments of his own, learning a striking revelation: the blood of the fetus can destroy cancer and repair its damage to human tissue. With Admiral Adama's permission, he injects the dying President Roslin with some of the fetal blood, which works miraculously, saving both Roslin and Valerii's child by circumstance.

After saving Roslin's life, Baltar reads the letter given to him in the event of her death, in which she says he lacks compassion and asks him to open his heart if he becomes president. Furious, and goaded on by Six who tells him that Roslin doesn't trust him, Baltar delivers the nuclear warhead used for the Cylon detector to Gina and her militant [[Demand Peace]] movement. ([[Epiphanies]]).

Baltar keeps his [[fumarello]] supply fresh by trading in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] through new ''Pegasus'' Commander [[Jack Fisk]]. Not realizing that Fisk had been murdered, the scientist visits Fisk's quarters, only to meet Captain [[Lee Adama]], who has starten an investigation on the black market and Fisk's murder. Baltar truthfully tells Adama that he knows nothing of Fisk's murder, but Adama correctly deduces Baltar's association with Fisk and the black market since the "Caprica Imperials" fumarellos are a known favorite of Baltar's.

Baltar is also unaware that his involvement in the destruction of the Colonies is partially revealed. In ''Galactica's'' sickbay, Laura Roslin recalled those final days on Caprica, and remembered Baltar in the company of a woman on Caprica who she knows now is a [[Number Six|Cylon agent]]. Baltar is summoned to ''[[Colonial One]]'', where Roslin offers him, without explanation, the chance to resign from the Vice Presidency to return to his studies. Baltar becomes immediately suspicious (and frightened) in Roslin's succinct and direct vote of no-confidence in her vice president. Realizing that the Vice Presidency now has greater importance (if nothing other than to save his own hide), Baltar turns down what Roslin calls a "one-time offer" to save himself as he saved Roslin on her
deathbed ([[Black Market]]).

== Gaius as President ==
[[Image:Baltarlaydownburdensii.jpg|Gaius Baltar as President, from ''Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II''.|thumb]]
Dr. Baltar decides (with no small influence from Six and [[Tom Zarek]]) to run for President in the coming Colonial Elections ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

Roslin is declared the winner of the elections, but is caught by Adama for manipulating the tally, and Baltar is declared president. Though Baltar demands an investigation initially, he backs down under Adama's glare. President Baltar orders the Fleet to return to the marginally habitable planet [[New Caprica]] seconds after his inauguration. Baltar shows incompetency as president a few days later, when he orders the colonization of the planet rather than further investigation into the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and two other ships (he correctly guesses that the conflagration was started by [[Gina]]).

A year passes. On [[New Caprica]], Baltar indulges in women, appears unsympathetic to the supply and resource problems plaguing the new colony, whose inhabitants continue to live in tents. The public appears displeased with his administration. The Cylon armada finds the planet, which prompts the return of the dormant virual Number Six, who observes it to Baltar as "judgement day" at last. Copies of a [[Number Five|Five]], [[Number Six]], and [[Number Eight|Eight]] meet with Baltar and his cabinet, recommending surrender. Baltar soon realizes, after she speaks, that the Number Six copy appearing before him was in fact [[Caprica-Six]], the reincarnated personality he had a relationship on Caprica (and who was the key agent in the compromising of the [[CNP]]). The Cylon agents (or leaders, as the case may be) claim that they found the planet by accident, due to trace radiation from a nuclear explosion; the one caused by the bomb Baltar donated to [[Gina]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

== Speculation: The Real Baltar? ==

There is speculation that Gaius Baltar could be a Cylon agent himself. See the [[Cylon agent speculation#Gaius Baltar?|Cylon Speculation]] article for the pros and cons of this theory.

==Notes==
*[[Ron Moore]] has stated in several episode commentaries that when the role of "Gaius Baltar" was originally written in the script, the writing team never intended Baltar to have a "funny" aspect, but James Callis himself decided to play up that aspect of the frantic predicaments Baltar finds himself in during the [[Miniseries]] (which although the writers never anticipated, they enjoyed, and started writing him with that in mind).
*According to [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]], [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, while the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among the actors in the running for the role of "Gaius Baltar" was ''Two and a Half Men''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Jon Cryer|Jon Cryer]], though the role ultimately went to [[James Callis]]. Callis was suggested by Angela Mancuso, who ran the studio at the time, who new him from the ''Helen of Troy'' miniseries, in which he played Menelaus.
*Here is SkyOne's summary of Baltar:

:''Scientific genuis Gaius is one of the greatest minds humanity has to offer. Unfortunately, his abundance of intellect is counterbalanced by a complete lack of ethics. His moral weakness allows the Cylons to infiltrate and neutralize the defences of the 12 Colonies.''

:''Gaius Baltar was born on a farm on the colony of Sagittaron.''

:''His family had worked the land for three generations and even as a boy, Gaius hated farm life. Fortunately, his parents owned a large and sprawling agri-business controlling millions of acres across the planet; Gaius found a different use for farm life and used it to study science and maths.''

:''Gaius became more than a good student - he was a genuis at 14.''

:''By the age of 21 he had his first doctorate under his belt. Soon he was being hotly pursued by every major university to set up a research lab.''

:''Gaius' speciality was theoretical physics, but his true passion was computer science. He saw the prevailing anti-technological edicts as short-sighted, and believed in advancing human technology that the Cylons could not infiltrate.''

:''Because of his achievements, Gaius' help was needed by the Defence Ministry on top-secret projects. Gaius soon found himself the keeper of secrets, a position that flattered his already impressive ego.''

:''Still it wasn't enough; he hungered for a chance to work on a true artificial intelligence project. He then meets a smart and beautiful woman who seemed to understand him in a way no other had. She shared his passion of A.I. systems. The relationship lasted for two years and during this time she provided him with new and innovative ideas. Only one thing was missing; Gaius could not find out anything about her. Was it the perfect relationship he once thought it was?''

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Code blue

2006-06-29T14:14:28Z

Kkimball:

[[Image:tyrolcodeblue.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Tyrol shouts code blue after he has pinned Cavil]]'''Code Blue''' is a phrase used by a member of the Galactica's crew when he or she identifies a cylon aboard. Chief [[Tyrol]] forcefully said it shortly after he recognized [[Cavil]] as a Cylon agent and tackled him. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Presumptively, it designates some sort of emergency, and would be applicable to the discovery of a previously unknown Cylon agent. [[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|The podcast]] for [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] says it is what someone would be shouting "if you saw a Cylon and you knew it." He continues to say that it was chosen because code red was too reminiscent of Star Trek's [[Memoryalpha:Red alert|red alert]].

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2006-06-29T14:09:53Z

Kkimball:

I'm a BSG addict. [[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]] is my new pet project. I am a firm believer that every article deserves an image. An image in frames.

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-29T14:07:35Z

Kkimball: Because I just like frames better.

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

Code blue

2006-06-29T14:05:51Z

Kkimball:

[[Image:tyrolcodeblue.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Tyrol shouts code blue after he has pinned Cavil]]'''Code Blue''' is a phrase used by a member of the Galactica's crew when he or she identifies a cylon aboard. Chief [[Tyrol]] forcefully said it shortly after he recognized [[Cavil]] as a Cylon agent and tackled him. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Presumptively, it designates some sort of emergency, and would be applicable to the discovery of a previously unknown Cylon agent. [[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|The podcast]] for [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] says it is what someone would be shouting "if you saw a Cylon and you knew it." He continues to say that it was chosen because code red was to reminiscent of Star Trek's red alarm.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Code blue

2006-06-29T13:58:07Z

Kkimball:

'''Code Blue''' is a phrase used by a member of the Galactica's crew when he or she identifies a cylon aboard. Chief [[Tyrol]] forcefully said it shortly after he recognized [[Cavil]] as a Cylon agent and tackled him. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Presumptively, it designates some sort of emergency, and would be applicable to the discovery of a previously unknown Cylon agent. [[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|The podcast]] for [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]] says it is what someone would be shouting "if you saw a Cylon and you knew it." He continues to say that it was chosen because code red was to reminiscent of Star Trek's red alarm.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Battlestar Wiki:Chiefs' noticeboard

2006-06-29T13:39:14Z

Kkimball: /* Recommendations */

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It is my hope that this place can serve as a location for administrators to coordinate their efforts on the maintenance tasks of the Wiki (it's not ALL fun and games), as well as a spot for our contributors to be able to bring things to the attention of the admins if something needs to be done. Need a protected page edited? An article or picture deleted? Admins will watchlist this page so that your request won't get lost in the shuffle.

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=Battle Template=
Me and Shane have been working on a template with aim to replace the individual wikitables on the battle pages Merv created. I was hoping I would get some feedback from you on the appearance etc.
The testing area is [[User:Mercifull/Battle template|here]] and you can see the actual template at {{tl|Battle Data}} --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 13:49, 21 June 2006 (CDT)
:I left a note at [[Template talk:Battle Data]]. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]]) 14:24, 21 June 2006 (CDT)4

=Inadvertent Deletions=

I have inadvertently save over another's edit 2 0r 3 times (RFA for Merciful) in the last 2 days . I thought that the wiki prevented that automatically. Is it because I talking so longer to edit sometimes? Or is there a problem. Just don't want to keeping doing it. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:03, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:I think this happens when two people are editing the same page, always preview your work before posting to make sure you havnt made a major fubar. I recently did it on the ships page cutting off half the page lol and if i had previwed i wouldnt have messed it up hehe. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 14:05, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks, I usually preview, but will make sure that I do in the future.--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:08, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:::Steel re-added the vote, so no problem there. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:13, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
::::It also helps to only edit a section (not the whole article) when possible; this limits how much teeth gnashing you have to do as you repaste your contribution. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:25, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::For the record, that can't happen on an RFA due to it's design. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 18:00, 23 June 2006 (CDT)

= Unlock the [[BW:SC]] Archives =

I am going around to most of the pages that are getting to long and making archives to keep the content clean and the [[BW:SC]] archives are protected and ''[[BW:RFA#Shane|I]]'' can not edit them. So can someone unlock them for me. They do not have to be locked up as items would have to be removed if the same issue arised in the future. Thanks. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 08:35, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

: I'm confused... You want to archive the archives, or...? Maybe a link to the specific page you're wanting archived. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 22:25, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

:: Just the old archived pages. It's already been done. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 22:55, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

::: Okay. I thought so... That's what had confused me. They didn't look locked to me. *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 23:52, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

=Request that User "Shane" be given a warning ban=

Per the discussion on "[[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane]]",

Per our banning policy:

:"The Battlestar Wiki community, taking decisions according to appropriate community-designed policies with consensus support, following consensus on the case itself.
# The Administrators can impose a parole whereby any sysop can, at their judgement, impose a 24-hr temp ban for a violation of the parole, even though this offence would not normally be a bannable offence."

Per the Appeals Process for banning (my italics):

:"Community-derived bans may be appealed to Joe Beaudoin via a ''request for arbitration''. Joe will decide such a case based on whether the ban followed a genuine Battlestar Wiki policy, whether the procedures were correctly followed, and whether the ban was consistent with other Battlestar Wiki policies.

I'm formally requesting the Administrators and specifically sysop/Bureaucrat Joe Beaudoin, to, as per the suggestons in the RFC linked above, give user Shane a warning ban of one week, followed by the standard probatationary period of one month. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:03, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

:I think this process is already underway. The appropriate place for other administrators to weigh in on the decision is still the RFC. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:12, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
::The "[[Battlestar_Wiki:Banning_policy|Ban]]" Policy is not even "Official". It's {{tl|Proposed Policy}} --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 17:13, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

= Vandel =

I can not sit idlily by and watch this vandel mess up the site. I am taking action to revert the pages. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 23:40, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

=Report on Vandalism by [[User:Mickey McGizzle]]=

==Summary of Events==

On 18:42, 28 June 2006, [[User:Mickey McGizzle|Mickey McGizzle]] joined Battlestar Wiki. He immediately initiated a series of attacks against several articles. These consisted of blanking the original content, which was replaced with a short string of nonsense, and quickly moving articles from one name to another, generating a massive number of redirects.

At 18:57, [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] took notice and posted a [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Mickey_McGizzle&diff=prev&oldid=62022 comment] to McGizzle's user page.

At 19:00, Kkimball restored the contents of [[Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew]] (at that time located at "Cwap"). At 19:04, he restored the contents of [[Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey]], which had not been moved. At 19:24, he restored the contents of [[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]], (at that time located at "The Land of Seventeen Guatemalens") and attempted to return it to its original namespace by moving it to "A Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game".

Immediately after Kkimball's edits, McGizzle renewed his attack on the Drinking Game, and retaliated with an attack on Kkimball's user page.

At 20:40, 28 June 2006, [[User:Shane|Shane]], currently banned from editing on an informal basis, posted a notice to [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques]], due to an error on [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard]], which he corrected at 20:41. At 20:42, I reverted his comments to Official Communiques, and at 22:19, I moved his comment to the Administrators' noticeboard. It is my opinion that due to the extraordinary circumstances at work, Shane's actions were not in violation of the terms of his ban as set forth in [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane]].

Immediately after his post to Official Communiques, Shane notified me of the attack via GMail. On 20:42, 28 June 2006, I banned Mickey McGizzle with an expiry time of infinite, and set to work on repairs. By 21:34, all the attacked articles had been restored and moved back to their original locations. By 22:04, all spurious redirects had been deleted.

During this time, [[User:The Merovingian]] attempted to help by tagging several redirects for deletion.

==Analysis==
===Damage===
*Mickey McGizzle was able to actively vandalize Battlestar Wiki for exactly two hours.
*He attacked a total of fourteen articles:
**[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)]]
**[[Sparto Relamia]]
**[[Galactica (RDM)]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew]]
**[[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]]
**[[Battlestar Galactica]]
**[[User:Kkimball]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:News]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Original Series Article Development Project]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Project List]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Site support]]
*He generated over 200 redirects.
*The Wiki remained vandalized for 52 minutes after Mickey McGizzle was banned. Deletion of all redirects took 1 hour and 22 minutes.

===Response Time===

*[[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] first noticed the attack 15 minutes after it commenced, but he failed or was unable to report it to an Administrator.
*[[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]]'s attempts to combat McGizzle's vandalism on his own were ineffectual.
*[[User:Shane|Shane]] noticed the attack 1 hour and 58 minutes after it commenced, and notified me. If he had not done so, the damage would undoubtedly have been much worse.

===Threat Assessment===
McGizzle's personal response to Kkimball ([http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User%3AKkimball&diff=62108&oldid=33060 replying] to a [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Mickey_McGizzle&diff=prev&oldid=62022 comment] on his user page, and subsequently moving Kkimball's user page to "Fatass") clearly indicates that he is not a bot, of the variety we've occasionally seen depositing link span. That a human being was able to cause so much damage raises serious concerns over automated agents using the same techniques.

McGizzle's vandalism method is extremely time consuming to revert. Vandalized articles must be identified from a large number of move log entries, then followed to their final destination, reverted, and returned to their original locations. This took an average of 3 minutes and 42 seconds per article. Following this, an enormous number of redirects must be deleted. This is tedious and inconveniently floods [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]], but the presence of redirects does not directly harm the usability of the wiki.

==Recommendations==

I recommend that the ability to move pages be restricted to administrators, and, if possible, other trusted users. I understand that current versions of MediaWiki allow a distinction to be made between newly registered users and old hands; if it would be possible to implement such a thing here, that would be ideal.

Straightforward vandalism would still be possible, but it is much easier to revert than the redirect technique.

The fact that it took two hours for an administrator to be notified of the attack is extremely disturbing. Hopefully Mercifull's election as an Admin will enable more round-the-clock surveillance, but Kkimball's attempt to revert McGizzle's edits personally, rather than contact an Admin is disappointing. Presumably, it simply didn't occur to him. Perhaps contact information for admins should be consolidated in another location besides user pages, to which a link could be included in the welcome greeting.

[[Star of Kobol|Stars of Kobol]] should be awarded to [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]], [[User:Shane|Shane]] and [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] for their valiant efforts to stop McGizzle's rampage.

--[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:15, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:Its a shame this has happened, at a time when some people were contemplating opening the wiki to guests I feel that we cannot ever do this now. For every minute this mailicious user was here he caused 3 minutes of time to fix. I have a few suggestions however i am unsure if they can be implemented:
#Make it so only administrators can move/rename a page. While this wouldnt stop someone manually making a new page and then adding a redirect to the old one it would certainly slow them down.
#Edit limit for new users. I'm not sure if this can be done with MediaWiki but is it possible to limit the number of edits per hour/day for new users?
#Limit on the number of "New" pages that newly signed up users can make.
#Wikipedia runs some bots that look for these kinds of mass changes by users and reverts them and blocks the user. Is that kind of thing possible here?
#Make it so pages cannot be blanked... minimum number of characters for example.
:Just a few ideas. I think its something that needs to be discussed in detail fairly soon. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:14, 29 June 2006 (CDT)
:I also think that with users such as this blocking just isnt enough. These kinds of people need to be [http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess5.shtml completely banned] from the site using .htaccess --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:27, 29 June 2006 (CDT)
::The timing of this is extremely unfortunate. The type of vandalism involved is something we have never see here at this wiki. Previously all vandalism has been either a direct personal attack (user pages, etc.) or more commercial in nature (editing pages to include invisible spam links). This is the first time that I am aware of that an individual has committed vandalism solely for what appears to be their own amusement. While the thought of this type of attack had been considered (it wasn't "inconceivable"), I imagine we all thought it unlikely as no such attack had occured for so long (even when we had less restrictive login requirements).

::In the "Recent Changes" banner, there is text that states that "If you find any vandalism or edits that need to be brought to the attention of an admin, report it here." (With a link to the admin noticeboard.) Unfortunately that might not be read/paid attention to much. Also, while the noticeboard IS on my watchlist, it won't generate an email notice like a note on a user page would. I definitely concur that some research should go towards improving accessibility to Admins and educating editors about who should be contacted in the case of an emergency (like this one).

::I agree that an attack of this magnitude merits an evaluation of our security protocols. (Would such a discussion be best suited here? The Quorum?) I would like to urge that we not be too hasty in locking things down, though, and should perhaps let the sting of this attack subside somewhat before any security decisions are finalized. If we allow this incident to harm the daily experience of our average editors, then this "terrorist" will have had more impact on this world than they deserve to have made.

::Lastly, I second the call for a commendation of [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]], [[User:Shane|Shane]] and [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]]. Dedicated editors like them are what keep this place running. I concur that this incident should have no bearing on Shane's RFC-imposed "vacation". While he is obviously still checking up on the place, he prevented a great deal more work through his timely contacting of an administrator. I would also like to thank [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] for his diligence in dispatching and cleaning up after the vandal. It might be a good idea to work out a protocol for distributing vandal cleanup work amongst administrators, in the event more than one is active or in the event of a larger attack. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:13, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

::Thanks for your kind words, guys, though I'd like to apologize. Though my immediate thought was to contact an admin, the user page didn't occur to me as I haven't used the mediawiki software in a peroid of several months previous to my return last night. I'm afraid my attempts to restore the content were somewhat feeble, but I'm glad this could all be fixed relatively simply (if not quickly). [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 08:39, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

= See also =

* [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|A list of all admins on Battlestar Wiki]]

Battlestar Wiki:Chiefs' noticeboard

2006-06-29T13:38:06Z

Kkimball: /* Recommendations */

{{Project|Admin Noticeboard|image=BSG WIKI Postit.png|shortcut=BW:AN}}

This noticeboard is a location to discuss and coordinate administrative tasks for the Battlestar Wiki.

It is my hope that this place can serve as a location for administrators to coordinate their efforts on the maintenance tasks of the Wiki (it's not ALL fun and games), as well as a spot for our contributors to be able to bring things to the attention of the admins if something needs to be done. Need a protected page edited? An article or picture deleted? Admins will watchlist this page so that your request won't get lost in the shuffle.

These are the archives:
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=Battle Template=
Me and Shane have been working on a template with aim to replace the individual wikitables on the battle pages Merv created. I was hoping I would get some feedback from you on the appearance etc.
The testing area is [[User:Mercifull/Battle template|here]] and you can see the actual template at {{tl|Battle Data}} --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 13:49, 21 June 2006 (CDT)
:I left a note at [[Template talk:Battle Data]]. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]([[Special:Contributions/CalculatinAvatar|C]]-[[User talk:CalculatinAvatar|T]]) 14:24, 21 June 2006 (CDT)4

=Inadvertent Deletions=

I have inadvertently save over another's edit 2 0r 3 times (RFA for Merciful) in the last 2 days . I thought that the wiki prevented that automatically. Is it because I talking so longer to edit sometimes? Or is there a problem. Just don't want to keeping doing it. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:03, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:I think this happens when two people are editing the same page, always preview your work before posting to make sure you havnt made a major fubar. I recently did it on the ships page cutting off half the page lol and if i had previwed i wouldnt have messed it up hehe. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 14:05, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
::Thanks, I usually preview, but will make sure that I do in the future.--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:08, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:::Steel re-added the vote, so no problem there. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:13, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
::::It also helps to only edit a section (not the whole article) when possible; this limits how much teeth gnashing you have to do as you repaste your contribution. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:25, 23 June 2006 (CDT)
:::::For the record, that can't happen on an RFA due to it's design. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 18:00, 23 June 2006 (CDT)

= Unlock the [[BW:SC]] Archives =

I am going around to most of the pages that are getting to long and making archives to keep the content clean and the [[BW:SC]] archives are protected and ''[[BW:RFA#Shane|I]]'' can not edit them. So can someone unlock them for me. They do not have to be locked up as items would have to be removed if the same issue arised in the future. Thanks. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 08:35, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

: I'm confused... You want to archive the archives, or...? Maybe a link to the specific page you're wanting archived. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 22:25, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

:: Just the old archived pages. It's already been done. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 22:55, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

::: Okay. I thought so... That's what had confused me. They didn't look locked to me. *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 23:52, 24 June 2006 (CDT)

=Request that User "Shane" be given a warning ban=

Per the discussion on "[[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane]]",

Per our banning policy:

:"The Battlestar Wiki community, taking decisions according to appropriate community-designed policies with consensus support, following consensus on the case itself.
# The Administrators can impose a parole whereby any sysop can, at their judgement, impose a 24-hr temp ban for a violation of the parole, even though this offence would not normally be a bannable offence."

Per the Appeals Process for banning (my italics):

:"Community-derived bans may be appealed to Joe Beaudoin via a ''request for arbitration''. Joe will decide such a case based on whether the ban followed a genuine Battlestar Wiki policy, whether the procedures were correctly followed, and whether the ban was consistent with other Battlestar Wiki policies.

I'm formally requesting the Administrators and specifically sysop/Bureaucrat Joe Beaudoin, to, as per the suggestons in the RFC linked above, give user Shane a warning ban of one week, followed by the standard probatationary period of one month. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 17:03, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

:I think this process is already underway. The appropriate place for other administrators to weigh in on the decision is still the RFC. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:12, 25 June 2006 (CDT)
::The "[[Battlestar_Wiki:Banning_policy|Ban]]" Policy is not even "Official". It's {{tl|Proposed Policy}} --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 17:13, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

= Vandel =

I can not sit idlily by and watch this vandel mess up the site. I am taking action to revert the pages. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 23:40, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

=Report on Vandalism by [[User:Mickey McGizzle]]=

==Summary of Events==

On 18:42, 28 June 2006, [[User:Mickey McGizzle|Mickey McGizzle]] joined Battlestar Wiki. He immediately initiated a series of attacks against several articles. These consisted of blanking the original content, which was replaced with a short string of nonsense, and quickly moving articles from one name to another, generating a massive number of redirects.

At 18:57, [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] took notice and posted a [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Mickey_McGizzle&diff=prev&oldid=62022 comment] to McGizzle's user page.

At 19:00, Kkimball restored the contents of [[Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew]] (at that time located at "Cwap"). At 19:04, he restored the contents of [[Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey]], which had not been moved. At 19:24, he restored the contents of [[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]], (at that time located at "The Land of Seventeen Guatemalens") and attempted to return it to its original namespace by moving it to "A Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game".

Immediately after Kkimball's edits, McGizzle renewed his attack on the Drinking Game, and retaliated with an attack on Kkimball's user page.

At 20:40, 28 June 2006, [[User:Shane|Shane]], currently banned from editing on an informal basis, posted a notice to [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques]], due to an error on [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard]], which he corrected at 20:41. At 20:42, I reverted his comments to Official Communiques, and at 22:19, I moved his comment to the Administrators' noticeboard. It is my opinion that due to the extraordinary circumstances at work, Shane's actions were not in violation of the terms of his ban as set forth in [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for comment/Shane]].

Immediately after his post to Official Communiques, Shane notified me of the attack via GMail. On 20:42, 28 June 2006, I banned Mickey McGizzle with an expiry time of infinite, and set to work on repairs. By 21:34, all the attacked articles had been restored and moved back to their original locations. By 22:04, all spurious redirects had been deleted.

During this time, [[User:The Merovingian]] attempted to help by tagging several redirects for deletion.

==Analysis==
===Damage===
*Mickey McGizzle was able to actively vandalize Battlestar Wiki for exactly two hours.
*He attacked a total of fourteen articles:
**[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)]]
**[[Sparto Relamia]]
**[[Galactica (RDM)]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew]]
**[[The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game]]
**[[Battlestar Galactica]]
**[[User:Kkimball]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:News]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Translation Project]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Original Series Article Development Project]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Project List]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal]]
**[[Battlestar Wiki:Site support]]
*He generated over 200 redirects.
*The Wiki remained vandalized for 52 minutes after Mickey McGizzle was banned. Deletion of all redirects took 1 hour and 22 minutes.

===Response Time===

*[[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] first noticed the attack 15 minutes after it commenced, but he failed or was unable to report it to an Administrator.
*[[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]]'s attempts to combat McGizzle's vandalism on his own were ineffectual.
*[[User:Shane|Shane]] noticed the attack 1 hour and 58 minutes after it commenced, and notified me. If he had not done so, the damage would undoubtedly have been much worse.

===Threat Assessment===
McGizzle's personal response to Kkimball ([http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User%3AKkimball&diff=62108&oldid=33060 replying] to a [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User:Mickey_McGizzle&diff=prev&oldid=62022 comment] on his user page, and subsequently moving Kkimball's user page to "Fatass") clearly indicates that he is not a bot, of the variety we've occasionally seen depositing link span. That a human being was able to cause so much damage raises serious concerns over automated agents using the same techniques.

McGizzle's vandalism method is extremely time consuming to revert. Vandalized articles must be identified from a large number of move log entries, then followed to their final destination, reverted, and returned to their original locations. This took an average of 3 minutes and 42 seconds per article. Following this, an enormous number of redirects must be deleted. This is tedious and inconveniently floods [[Special:Recentchanges|recent changes]], but the presence of redirects does not directly harm the usability of the wiki.

==Recommendations==

I recommend that the ability to move pages be restricted to administrators, and, if possible, other trusted users. I understand that current versions of MediaWiki allow a distinction to be made between newly registered users and old hands; if it would be possible to implement such a thing here, that would be ideal.

Straightforward vandalism would still be possible, but it is much easier to revert than the redirect technique.

The fact that it took two hours for an administrator to be notified of the attack is extremely disturbing. Hopefully Mercifull's election as an Admin will enable more round-the-clock surveillance, but Kkimball's attempt to revert McGizzle's edits personally, rather than contact an Admin is disappointing. Presumably, it simply didn't occur to him. Perhaps contact information for admins should be consolidated in another location besides user pages, to which a link could be included in the welcome greeting.

[[Star of Kobol|Stars of Kobol]] should be awarded to [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]], [[User:Shane|Shane]] and [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] for their valiant efforts to stop McGizzle's rampage.

--[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:15, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

:Its a shame this has happened, at a time when some people were contemplating opening the wiki to guests I feel that we cannot ever do this now. For every minute this mailicious user was here he caused 3 minutes of time to fix. I have a few suggestions however i am unsure if they can be implemented:
#Make it so only administrators can move/rename a page. While this wouldnt stop someone manually making a new page and then adding a redirect to the old one it would certainly slow them down.
#Edit limit for new users. I'm not sure if this can be done with MediaWiki but is it possible to limit the number of edits per hour/day for new users?
#Limit on the number of "New" pages that newly signed up users can make.
#Wikipedia runs some bots that look for these kinds of mass changes by users and reverts them and blocks the user. Is that kind of thing possible here?
#Make it so pages cannot be blanked... minimum number of characters for example.
:Just a few ideas. I think its something that needs to be discussed in detail fairly soon. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:14, 29 June 2006 (CDT)
:I also think that with users such as this blocking just isnt enough. These kinds of people need to be [http://www.javascriptkit.com/howto/htaccess5.shtml completely banned] from the site using .htaccess --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] ([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]]) 03:27, 29 June 2006 (CDT)
::The timing of this is extremely unfortunate. The type of vandalism involved is something we have never see here at this wiki. Previously all vandalism has been either a direct personal attack (user pages, etc.) or more commercial in nature (editing pages to include invisible spam links). This is the first time that I am aware of that an individual has committed vandalism solely for what appears to be their own amusement. While the thought of this type of attack had been considered (it wasn't "inconceivable"), I imagine we all thought it unlikely as no such attack had occured for so long (even when we had less restrictive login requirements).

::In the "Recent Changes" banner, there is text that states that "If you find any vandalism or edits that need to be brought to the attention of an admin, report it here." (With a link to the admin noticeboard.) Unfortunately that might not be read/paid attention to much. Also, while the noticeboard IS on my watchlist, it won't generate an email notice like a note on a user page would. I definitely concur that some research should go towards improving accessibility to Admins and educating editors about who should be contacted in the case of an emergency (like this one).

::I agree that an attack of this magnitude merits an evaluation of our security protocols. (Would such a discussion be best suited here? The Quorum?) I would like to urge that we not be too hasty in locking things down, though, and should perhaps let the sting of this attack subside somewhat before any security decisions are finalized. If we allow this incident to harm the daily experience of our average editors, then this "terrorist" will have had more impact on this world than they deserve to have made.

::Lastly, I second the call for a commendation of [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]], [[User:Shane|Shane]] and [[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]]. Dedicated editors like them are what keep this place running. I concur that this incident should have no bearing on Shane's RFC-imposed "vacation". While he is obviously still checking up on the place, he prevented a great deal more work through his timely contacting of an administrator. I would also like to thank [[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] for his diligence in dispatching and cleaning up after the vandal. It might be a good idea to work out a protocol for distributing vandal cleanup work amongst administrators, in the event more than one is active or in the event of a larger attack. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 08:13, 29 June 2006 (CDT)

::Thanks for your kind words, guys, though I'd like to apologize. Though my immediate thought was to contact an admin, the user page didn't occur to me as I haven't used the mediawiki software in a peroid of several months previous to my return last night. I'm afraid my attempts to restore the content were somewhat feeble, but I'm glad this could all be fixed relatively simply (if not quickly).

= See also =

* [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|A list of all admins on Battlestar Wiki]]

User talk:The Merovingian

2006-06-29T03:11:27Z

Kkimball:

''Why is a raven like a writing desk?''

== Regarding your RfA ==

Hi Ricimer, while your RfA did not pass, I firmly and wholeheartedly believe that you are fully capable of passing the RfA, should it come up again within, say, six months. If you have any concerns, feel free to address them with Peter, myself, or any of the other major contributors. Have a happy New Year! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:31, 30 December 2005 (EST)

:I have yet to play my trump card. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 12:32, 30 December 2005 (EST)

:: Should I be afraid? *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] 20:21, 31 December 2005 (EST)

::: "Plan R" --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 23:12, 5 March 2006 (CST)

:::: Plan R = Plan Recruitment --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 00:56, 26 March 2006 (CST)

== Battle Template ==

You're the guy who came up with this, right? Do you think that a) the thing could be made into an actual template (like the Character Data one with dissappearing/reappearing fields, etc) and b) it could be re-designed to look like the Character Data one (in terms of looking like the rest of the theme (the red/black is the default theme, isn't it?)? I don't know how these two things would be accomplished, but I thought I'd put this out there and see what you thought as far as feasability and also as far as ''should'' we do it. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:00, 18 January 2006 (EST)

As you are the instigator of the battle template, I would like your opinion on this subject.

I have been checking through the TOS battle pages and found that the category listings vary. Sometimes it is listed as Battle of X, other times X, Battle of. When they are listed alphabetically they are under B in the first instance and X (or whatver) in the second. Which way round would you prefer? --[[User:Grafix|Grafix]] 01:30, 14 March 2006 (CST)
:I don't even touch Original Series stuff. If there's anything there, it was someone trying to copy the template onto a different article. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 03:21, 14 March 2006 (CST)

== User name change ==

Just letting you know that I changed your name from Ricimer to The Merovingian. Let me know if you encounter any issues, not that I'm expecting any but just in case Murphy's Law decides to come and play. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 23:19, 7 February 2006 (EST)

: Also on this topic: You should probably update the first sentence of your User page to reflect the name change. If you want, I could probably get a decent screen-grab of the identically named character from the Matrix. Unfortunately, I don't have a DVD from which to grab pictures that stars any of the folks who founded Paris. --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:24, 8 February 2006 (EST)
::Yes, actually, that would help immensly. I need one of The Merovingian when he's in Club Hel, standing at the balcony looking imperiously down at Neo. A shot that shows his whole body instead of a closeup would be preferred. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 02:13, 8 February 2006 (EST)
:::You should watch "Revolutions" again. Merv isn't peering down at Neo but at Morpheus, Trinity, and Seraph (Neo never visits Club Hel in the movie series, although the Path of Neo video game takes him there while the Club is closed). I'll also try to get a screencap for you if time allows. My Matrix knowledge may be better than my BSG knowledge (note witty, illustrated user page; I've been almost tempted to change my user name to something more appropriate... ;) By the way, I like your revised user page. Merv is one of those characters whose deserved more exploration on the same level as the Oracle and the Architect. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:45, 8 February 2006 (EST)

:"Neo" just came out; I was thinking Seraph & Co., just typed the wrong thing. (''That little Judas! I'm going to have him killed and buried in a shallow grave, then dig him up and kill him again...'''That's the beauty of a shallow grave!''') ''--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 16:52, 8 February 2006 (EST)

::I actually took a philosphy class and my choice for a paper was on ''The Matrix''. Basically, I've made several of the more...insightful speculations about The Merovingian on his Wikipdia article. You see, Morpheus and Neo represent Socrates: wanting to get out of "The Cave" to the real world beyond, etc. However, I believe (and I'm the only person I know of who's thought of this; I didn't read it anywhere, but thought it up after reading ''Leviathan'') that The Merovingian is the embodiment of Thomas Hobbes in The Matrix. He spouts off Hobbesian thought all of the time. Hobbes said that "choice is an illusion" that the only constant is "cause and effect", and that the best thing we can do with our lives is kind of movie along with the flow of causality in such a way that we enjoy all of the *physical, transient* pleasures that we can, while we can. Live a life of comfornt and luxury, etc. The Merovingian *lives out* this ideal: He's living in complete luxury, like at Le Vrai, the Chateau, Club Hel (and he has affairds with women all the time, etc), he wields a great deal of physical power...yet recognizes that it's all just "a game" devoid of purpose; it's transient, etc. He's stopped seeing any higher meaning in anything. --->Hobbes was a big critic of Socrates, and his philosophy was the polar opposte of Socrates' thought. In the same way, The Merovingian opposes Neo and Morpheus' philoshpy of getting out of the Matrix.
:I hold with the theory that he's a former One, that got his brain pattern scanned into a computer to outlive the death of his body. But he got so disillusioned with all of the lies and how the quest for freedom was just a reset button, that he turned against all of this and became the master of the Exiles, living the complete opposite of all of this (note; he ''really hates'' the Oracle, and views everything Neo says about her with extreme sarcasm). Plus, the initials "LV" on the walls of "Le Vrai" are Roman numerals for "LV" = 55. Now, we've already seen 303= Trinity, 101= Neo. So there's something about The Merovingian and the number "5". On top of this, when we first meet him there are 5 glasses set out in front of him (and Persephone, his Trinity-analog, has 3 chocolates on her plate). --->There have been 5 "Ones" before Neo. I think the Merovingian is the ''first'' "One". --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 17:01, 8 February 2006 (EST)

:::Yeah, that theory and his Hobbes relationship (I think--it may be in a book I read) is on the Wikipedia article. I edited the article in dispute of Merv being a past One. It all comes down to some logic points. ''Why'' does he hate the Oracle so much? Because she succeeded where he failed. She stabilized the Matrix by adding true choice, where Merv was likely tapped by the Architect earlier to program basic cause-effect subroutines in the Matrix code as well as manage the root-programs in Matrix-beta-2 that could be used to help with these changes (these programs he now holds for his own purposes). The Architect realized the utopian flaw in beta-1 and thought that simple cause-effect (combined with the root-programs--the monsters of myth) would be sufficient to convince the human minds. He was wrong, of course. Remember that the Merovingian is big on cause-effect, and the Oracle states that he is one the oldest of them all, which makes his human origin very unlikely as the machines by then were fully distrustful of humanity and saw itself as a steward, not bothering to hear out humanity anymore than we would listen to the needs of an ant. The One is purely human; if the Merovingian were a "One", he would have been generated within beta-2, and, as a result, would not be like the Ones that base their power from true choice (particularly the power to ''dis''believe what they see and act otherwise). To add to that: Merv could also be very mad at the Oracle because, in the Oracle's version of the Matrix, any powers he may have had in beta-2 are practically non-existent. (You gave me a new take the character now from that...hmm.) Oh, and "La Vrai" means, "The Truth", which is just Merv's way of protesting of what's around him..vulgarities of "choice". Only in his establishments, by the name implication, will the populace understand the "truth" about what is illusion to him (choice) and real (cause and effect).

:::I wrote a paper about the origin of the One (with a bit on Merv) for a SF convention that will BLOW. YOUR. MIND. If you like, I'd be happy to send you a PDF of it. I've not published this as yet, so it's a unique read that incorporates the above. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:29, 8 February 2006 (EST)

::::I would like to BLOW. MY. MIND. as well... ''the preceeding, signed comment and small recommendation that Spence forward me a copy of his insightful paper on Merv was made by [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] on 17:47, 8 February 2006 (EST) :-)''

::::: Actually, Spence... Could you just, maybe, copy it to User:Spencerian/Matrix or something? It might save you from forwarding it to a billion people. If you don't like that idea, then put me on your forwarding list. --[[User:Day|Day]] 00:19, 9 February 2006 (EST)

:There, I must disagree with you. The Merovingian is not "the oldest of us" but "one of the oldest of us", which would still fit my interpretation. Further, in ''Leviathan'' Hobbes goes on a tangent where he says that because everything in life is "cause and effect", logically, we should '''in theory''' be able to predict the future, because life has no external factors (god, random choice, etc. Fate/causality rules all). But he adds that '''in practice''', this is impossible, simply because there are so many variants that the human mind cannot grasp at once--->it reminds me of discussions of ''psychohistory'' in "Prelude to Foundation"; hen Hari Seldon originally presented his first paper theorizing that psychohistory was ''possible'', he explained that he did not yet have a working model because his paper essentially just proved that you could actually analyze all of the "antecedants" of life in a computer model. I.e. if the universe is so compex that the only functional "model" of it is something as big and complicated as the universe itself, such a model is useless. However, he said that you ''could'' actually make a model smaller than the universe itself..
::Well, the point is that according to The Merovingian's own Hobbesian principles, he is in a possition SIMULTANEOUSLY A) He believes the world to be governed by nothing but causality, and therefore, he should be able to predict the future, but B) THE VERY SAME principles that idea is based on also state that predicting the future is ''Practically'' impossible. This might get a little annoying to him. --->So then there's The Oracle, who CAN predict the future, while he cannot (though in theory, he should). Therefore, this adds another level of hate for her, and he wants the "eyes of the Oracle" (which he's "Wanted ever since I came ''here'') because he's jealous. And who's to say the Machines would not want to tap the talen of the "grotesque" human mind in designing/running a more human world (beta-2)? I digress. P.S. Don't get me started on MXO's Agent Pace...--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 18:13, 8 February 2006 (EST)

:::Yes, Merv is one of the oldest, not the oldest. Merv was only half-right, which is why his Matrix worked only halfway. Predicting the future is not impossible if the events in the world ''work like a computer program does.'' He wanted to predict things logically--but, with choice involved, prediction becomes far less logical or predictable. When people in his Matrix version realized they, too, could guess the logical cause and effect, they lost believablity in their Matrix. The Oracle's Matrix has no such problem for the most part. Hey, you haven't an email address to send you my paper (Joe just got a copy). You can send me your address privately to my email if you care not to post it publicly. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 19:57, 8 February 2006 (EST)

:::: '''Tangent''': I once tried to start up a Matrix-themed MUSH which was to be placed in an unspecified previous iteration of the Matrix, only a few years after the death of the One that started the thing. We had some lengthy debates about how to implement the Oracle or make any sort of assertions that would A) be specific enough so as to be cool when they came true but, b) be vague enough so as to be possible in a roleplaying environment that included, well, ''choice''. Eventually, though, all the staffers got busy doing [http://www.guildwars.com other] [[Main Page|things]]. *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] 00:19, 9 February 2006 (EST)

: Merovingian, eh? I must say I like it, much preferable to Ricimer - and I'm not a troll. [[User:Jzanjani|Jzanjani]] 02:33, 21 February 2006 (EST)

::Prove it. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 03:02, 21 February 2006 (EST)

To get back on topic, almost. I got you something, Merv: [[:Image:Merv.jpg]]. It's only 200px wide because of the native resolution of the capture. It should be fine for use on your user page, but it looked just horrid blown up. I also capped one without the green lights, but I liked this one better. Lemme know what you think. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|talk]]) 02:40, 1 April 2006 (CST)

==A ''Revelation'' I've Had==

[AgentSmith]Let me share a ''revelation'' I've had [/Agentsmith]. In case you are new, most here are of the consensus that my attitude towards edits is overall blunt/brusk, not "polite", etc. (it's just letters on a screen, so I just never gauged "politeness" much; not that I make personal attacks, just that I "cut through it" and say what I'm thinkin'). Anyway, '''Day''' summarized some of this pretty well on Talk:Perry when he said just now: "''your jumping off the cuff with aggressive language at people who simply disagree with you. It may be a matter that would be handled by inflection, were you interacting in real life, but you should realize that when you're dealing with text only, you have only very gross control over inflection: normal, bold and italics. And they can be construed as meaning many things. As a side note, I've noticed you like to use bold and such a lot and so, sometimes, you do combinations or all-caps or asterisks for further emphasis. I mean this in only an entirely constructive way, but... I have no idea how to interpret those passages except as very loud, so they're more confuysing to me, personally, than helpful.''". Well, I think I've '''finally realized what the crux of the problem was:'''

Loss of essence. A profound sense of fatiuge, a feeling of emptiness...caused by terrorists trying to sap and impurify our precious bodily fluids, through water fluoridation. It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core terrorist works. He hold no value for human life, not even his own. Well, I can no longer sit back and allow terrorist infiltration, terrorist indoctrination, terrorist subversion and the international terrorist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.--->Hahaha, sorry. I can never resist a good plug for the old ''Dr. Strangelove'' routine.

But I digress.

No, seriously. I finally realized what the crux of all of this friction has been: As you know, I am a prolific poster on the official messageboard. '''I think the problem is, I've been posting on BattlestarWiki as if it were a messageboard'''. You see, messageboards aren't as formal and a lot of, well, yelling, arguing as part of debate, etc., is actually ''the norm'' there. Further, when it comes to '''my''' ''overuse'' of ''' ''**inflection**'' '''....I'm just *used* to typing that way because that's how you highlight and emphasize stuff on messageboard posts (it's sort of how you make up for not being able to see visible social cues, etc.) Also--->Posts on messageboards can sometimes fill an entire Microsoft word single-spaced document page. They can get really long. So you've really got to highlight the beginning of every new idea or paragraph like that to make your point, etc.

But on the whole, it's just a different atmosphere, more "pack-mentality" to establish dominance through a show of force (GREAT Farscape joke about that one in the first episode of the fourth season...but I digress.), and a fanatical amount of information, etc.

I realize it took me a while, but I've finally come to the full realization that '''My Talk page posts, etc. seem kind of rough because I'm just typing like these are messageboard posts'''. (Messageboard posts disappared practially after 5 minutes, so you try to have as big an impact as possible, while here they just stay there for long periods, etc.)

So, I've realized that that's what's been going on, and I realize now (from experience) just how different a wiki is from that, so I will alter my tone accordingly. (Of course, I'll still '''highlight''' stuff that might seem important, but not go overboard). --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 03:36, 10 February 2006 (EST)

:Excellent! That's an angle I hadn't considered. The signal to noise ratio is definitely much higher here than at some other places. Heck, the fact that people were still discussing a question I asked around the first of December is an excellent demonstration between the way things happen around here and the official board. I hope you have begun to see that the people here value what you have to say/contribute (without the need to clamor to be heard above the din). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:30, 10 February 2006 (EST)

:: That may be a very apt metaphor, SV. Reading Merv's posts is sometimes like listening to someone who thinks your in the other room, but really you're right behind them. Roughly, "Hey. I'm already ''listening'', '''Dude'''." *wink* Anyway, I hope this is exactly the issue at, uh... issue, here. --[[User:Day|Day]] 16:24, 10 February 2006 (EST)

== Template Categories ==
What are you looking for for the writers and directors? A navigation template? Or a category (I ran into [[:Category:Directors]] after I created one)? I'd be glad to help, I just don't have a concept of what you're needing. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 20:19, 10 February 2006 (EST)

When I write pages about Sharon, Number Six, etc. I write at the bootom "Category:Cylons" (with double brackets around it). I think we need a Category set for "Writers" and "Directors" (in place of "Cylons"). However, one or two episodes split the "Writers" credit between "Teleplay" and "Story by" (see official site episode guide). I just put "Story by" into "Story by" slots in the guide, and Writer for who wrote the Teleplay: Regardless, I think both Teleplay and Story writers should fall under the "Writers" category, and I will make note of which was which on their individual pages.
----->Essentially, I realized we had no "At a Glance" method of seeing the past work of a writer or director. Essentially, I see that episode 3.12 is coming up, and I see "hmm, who is this? why, I'll click on his name and get a list of other episodes he's done.....oh no! He wrote the abysmal "Black Market"!...or..."Hmm, she wrote the wonderful "Resistance"...this should be interesting. I'm trying to make A) pages for all of the writers and directors, and B) lists on those individual pages of all the episodes they've worked on, so, logically--->C)We should have a more fully developed category system for "Writers" and "Diretors" (the rudiments of which are present on the main page, but which were never fully developed. I felt that now is a good a time as any.)--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 20:33, 10 February 2006 (EST)
:There's a directors category already, and a Category:Director: Michael Rymer, which is a subcategory of Michael Rymer. Thus if you tag an episode with Category:Director: Michael Rymer it should fall under the Michael Rymer category. The directors category would then just be a container for all those subcategories. So we just need a Category:Director: X where X is each director (and make sure that each of those has the category of Director, so that they show up as subcategories). We could then make a template, I guess, but since we're talking about just having to add one category tag at the bottom, I'm not sure it merits a template. I'll start up the Category:Writers, if you want, if you could list out which Directors and Writers we need to capture. We may want to consult with Farago on this, as he has a knack for categorization. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 20:44, 10 February 2006 (EST)
::Ah. There's already a Category:Writers as well. Looks like somebody planned ahead. It looks like we'd just need to make the subcategories then. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 20:47, 10 February 2006 (EST)

==Just to say==
Merv, I just wanted to say that I think you've been putting an excellent face forward recently. Keep it up. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:23, 19 February 2006 (EST)

''All is proceeding according to plan..''--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 21:07, 19 February 2006 (EST)

== Welcoming Committee ==
Thanks for taking on some of the welcoming committee responsibilities. I think the new users appreciate it (and Joe probably appreciates not being the only one who does the greeting). I tend to only pick up that job when the new user crosses paths with something I am working on. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:21, 3 March 2006 (CST)

:I am just a humble servant of this wiki and the information therein, I ask nothing in return. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 14:47, 3 March 2006 (CST)

This is a test to see what time my signature says--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 23:11, 17 March 2006 (CST)
:That's odd; what are our signatures saying Central Standard Time Intead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), that is, Grenwich Mean Time?--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 23:12, 17 March 2006 (CST)

== RFA ==

Because it looks like you didn't see it, notice that a user has added a question to the stock three. I think it would be safe to say it's because he was wondering what your would be. *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] 21:22, 18 March 2006 (CST)
:Day, I will gladly answer any questions, but I note that you did not have to answer such a question when ''you'' were running for Administrator. Irrelevant; I mean I can answer it--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] 00:44, 19 March 2006 (CST)
::I'm sure we all would have been happy to answer if anyone had asked. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:28, 19 March 2006 (CST)

== http://openpolitics.ca/wiki+etiquette ==

As this page puts it...

'''Be Respectful'''
Open politics has high standards for debate and civil discourse. If we wanted to participate in name calling and ad hominem attacks, we could visit our legislature. As an editor, you can relocate, revise or remove any content or contributions which give offense or are out of place. Participants who have differing points of view are invited to issue challenges to each other - a formalized competition of ideas which serves the public interest by allowing detailed head to head comparisons of differing positions on an issue.

You do not need to place my name in the comment's system. I find that offensive. Read http://openpolitics.ca/ad+hominem to better explain why.

'''Maintaining the correct Point of View'''
A page that has been collaboratively written by dozens, if not hundreds of people will be quite a mess unless the participants all agree to write from a point of view. When describing issues, Open Politics uses a neutral point of view - when talking about same sex marriage as an issue, one should not discuss whether they are for or against it at the top of the page. Hold off on stating your opinion? until you get further down - to the position statements.

My edit was correct and if it needed to be removed, it should have been talked about first. My addition was completely under the guidelines of '''''Wiki Etiquette'''''.

'''Understand how wiki works'''
In a wiki based web service, each page is dedicated to deliberating on a specific topic, which is determined by the page name. Everyone who views the page is welcome to edit the content of the page, making contributions in any way that (they think) helps. If others agree your contribution was helpful it will stay there - a "good edit."

Again, until you came along this evening, it had staied there for a day.

I am not someone you want to get on your bad side Merv. Trust me. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 00:55, 26 March 2006 (CST)

:"...high standards for debate and civil discourse... I am not someone you want to get on your bad side Merv. Trust me."
:You linked to a sub-par definition/explanation of '''ad hominem.''' Wikipedia's, e.g., is much more detailed (and better formatted).
:A delay of a day is less than the gap between my reads of recent changes (and probably all but 4-5 users') so it hardly counts as a consensus of positive peer reviews. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 02:24, 26 March 2006 (CST)

::How can any Administrator '''possibly''' consider the '''crude threat''' "I am not someone you want to get on your bad side Merv. Trust me." to be "proper Wiki Etiquette" or "respectful", all matters aside? --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 21:50, 26 March 2006 (CST)

::: I've already addressed that issue in private. I don't forsee it occuring again.
::: On an unrelated note, I was the one that came up with the {{tl|welcome}} message -- and it's a template, not a bot. No bots are operational as of yet. (As such, the template is added manually by users.) Just wanted to let you know about that piece of information. Obviously, any concerns should come to my desk per se, as always. :-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 22:01, 26 March 2006 (CST)

::::Yes of course; that was actually quite helpful.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 22:47, 26 March 2006 (CST)

::Well, you don't go on another site making fun of another person explaining why their ideas are bad. Merv, I think you need to appoligize for your remarks on the BSG fourm on Scifi.com. If not, I will be sure to post this entire thread as a reason for why you should not be an Administrator on this Wiki. While I voted because of other reasons the last time on your RFA, and moved my vote to netural, I would have kept my vote to oppose. In six months or so I will be very busy with my job so I am going to make a note on my calander to come back, and still vote no and post a PDF document of your thread. You will also know, that even though I can not post there, I can still read, and have sent the PDF document to Joe, for harressing a member of the site. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 10:01, 26 March 2006 (CST)

: I have read the post. Quite frankly, I am disappointed in your behavior, Merv. It's quite unbecoming.
: May I request, in the strongest possible terms, that you keep your thoughts on the Wiki in the Wiki? Things like this not only reflect badly on yourself but on every contributor here. Thank you. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:43, 26 March 2006 (CST)

==The Merovingian's Opinions On Things That Should Be Done At BattlestarWiki (TMOOTTSBDABSW)==
I have been at a Science Fiction convention this past week. During this time, my access to the internet was limited (well, relative to my usual levels) and I made a long post at Scifi.com describing various opinions I have about things that need to be done at ''BattlestarWiki'': these are my opinions, and I have not assumed as a given that they will be realized. Some were displeased, and rightly so, that I did not state them here: Actually, '''I was going to make a long post on my Talk page as soon as I got back anyway, relating the opinions I stated there. I do appologize that I did not *immediately* post them here as well, because I was not trying to go behind anyone's back'''. Joe, I should post things about BattlestarWiki here first, and I will NEVER post something on another messageboard that I would be unwilling to post here (cursing, defaming remarks, etc. that I would not also make here); I am sorry, but I cannot limit my thoughts on BattlestarWiki to this Wiki; however, you have my promise and assurance that I have never said anything that I thought was innapropriate, nor will I EVER cross that line. Indeed, ''Not'' keeping my thoughts on this Wiki, limited to this Wiki, has resulted in a great awareness about this website spreading across the messageboards. That said, I agree, I will never make comments about this Wiki again which were as large or personally directed as the ones I made. I should have done this here first.

With that preamble, here is a list of things '''mostly for my own personal reference''', which I think: I can post such things, I would think, on my own Talk page, and if posting this reflects poorly on my next bid for Administratorship...well then it does, and everyone who might disagree with these opinions won't have to deal with an Administrator who feels this way, so I see no reason for them to complain about me saying these things here. Logically, that would be the outcome. And if some people support me, well then, they do. ''Hier stehe ich, ich kann nicht anders. Gott helfe mir. Amen.'':

#Shane's new Portals project needs a lot of fixing up, and we need to work pretty hard on that once ready so it can be as operational as possible.
#Many of the new Writers and Directors pages are just dead link stub pages. I will try to fill them in when I have time.
#I don't think AI Bots are very practical for use on ''BattlestarWiki''. It has been said that if they are used, their performance will be closely monitored: [yodaspeak]''How embarrasing, it would be''[/yodaspeak] if a bot made an exceedingly long string of mistakes that took forever to clear up. If you want to try it out, okay, we shall see how it progresses. I'm just no big fan.
#I think the Cylon-related Hallucinations page is ridiculously unnecessary; it is just the information from the ChipSix subsection of "Number Six" plus some minor points on the Hallucinatory Baltar from Downloaded: Ron Moore confirmed in his podcast that Hallucinatary Baltar ''really is'' just a hallucination, and they thought that would be an interesting twist. --->I'd remove it. However, Joe has said that such speculation pages are to be supported: I would remove it simply because there is so little real information to put there (appart from the ChipSix stuff which could be moved back). So I've marked it with a cleanup tag instead. I think we can all agree to that.
#When I created the Battles Series, I made a clear list of what defines a battle; the "Fall of New Caprica" is not a battle. However, now that I'm back I'm going to clean it up. '''I would personally like to delete it''', but, as some think it was an important event, I'm going to clean it up i.e. remove stuff that isn't just a copy/paste of "New Caprica" article and keep the relevant military stuff. I think we can all agree to that. (BTW; I laid out a set of rules on "What makes a Battle page" on the Standards and Conventions Talk page; I'm not sure if we adopted this as an actual rule or a "guideline"; do not reply here; please voice your concerns on the matter on Standards and Conventions Talk. If it doesn't become an actual "rule" fine, just keep it on Talk to give people a general idea of how it works).
#We should edit down and practice '''concision''' on overlong Question sections, but we should ''not'' make it a policy to wipe these sections entirely. Visitors come here to check out questions and several, ''factually based'' counterpoints about them--->Things not so much supported/presenting an opinion should be moved to Analysis, and these should be check so there is no utterly wild speculation; wild speculation should be removed. It's often hard to quantify the line between educated guess and speculation, of course, and we must be cautious in these.

That about wraps it up. I am sorry if I have hurt any feelings, this is not my intent: facts are my goal, and not malice. And I fully realize that '''I might lose a civilized debate'''; simply because I am arguing strongly for an opinion on categorization or something does not mean I am threatening to destroy ''BattlestarWiki''. "I know when I'm beat", and I will obey the Administrators when given a direct order. I will not continue to pursue revert wars while debate is ongoing on a subject, and '''if it has *officially* been declared that debate is over, rest assured that I will yield'''. It is hard to express emotional nuance using just text messages here, but I am not expecting some kind of Inquisition to be started. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 22:34, 26 March 2006 (CST)

== What's this all about? ==

Care to [[User talk:Task Bot|explain this]], because from my end it looks like a personal attack. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] 11:19, 27 March 2006 (CST)
:Oh I'm sorry that's just a joke from ''Blade Runner''; Task Bot is a robot AI, so I just thought it cute to ask "him" a question which in ''Blade Runner'' was the question that stumped the robotic Replicants during the Voight-Kampf test. It's just a BR joke. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 14:51, 27 March 2006 (CST)

== Asking a man in a mask who he is... ==

Merv. Just saw V for Vendetta. If I still lived in Austin, I'd go to my favorite comics shop tomorrow and pick it up. As is... I'll have to wait for my next trip. Anyway... I enjoyed it quite much. Thought you might want to discuss it. If you're interested, we could do it here or feel free to email or IM me. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|talk]]) 02:23, 1 April 2006 (CST)

:You do realize that I have a full Guy Fawkes costume and mask and I run around my college terrorizing our campus Republicans? The first day I went to the convention I wore my standard Doctor Who attire, the second day I went in a V costume. ''Fairness, justice, and freedom are more than just words...they are perspectives...'''--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 03:43, 1 April 2006 (CST)

:: That's creepy. Maybe I should start to call you Elrond, then. *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|talk]]) 11:43, 1 April 2006 (CST)

:::That's not funny. I'm also I diehard LOTR fanatic. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 11:50, 1 April 2006 (CST)

:::: So am I. That's why I find it so funny. I was talking, some time ago, with some friends about what we'd do if we could make a Hollyqood movie parodying the LotR movies. One would be to say what they messed up (Haldir at Helm's Deep, for instance) and another was to have Elrond in shades and call Strider "Mis-ter Aaaaragorn." Also, hobbits would all have been gay. Of course. But then, we've been making those jokes about the Fellowship since before the movies. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|talk]]) 22:54, 1 April 2006 (CST)
:::::.....you seriously have never heard about the gag reel? There's a blooper reel of LOTR which they've made, but just for conventions and reporter interviews and the cast, but never for DVD. Maybe it will be released in the half-mythical 25th Anniversary addition (with an hour of deleted or new footage! haha-->listen to the ROTK commentary). Anyway, Hugo Weaving stated that they had one really good blooper scene which he made up himself: You see, for whatever reason, that scene when Elrond comes in the tent and gives Aragorn his sword Anduril, the shot of Elrond taking his hood off to reveal himself so you can see who he is and saying his first few lines, was not going well. Jackson kept making them do it, over and over again. It got annoying. So what he did was he put on a pair of his Agent Smith shades underneath the cloak, them when they shot it pulled his hood back, and said in Agent Smith voice: "You must join with the Matrix...Mr. Aragorn". Of course it's not just ''what'' he said; I mean more than half of this is in the ''delivery'', how he does that almost-robot emotionless voice for Agent Smith. So that's "out there" but has never been released to the general public...yet.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 23:09, 1 April 2006 (CST)

== Diff for future RFA ==
I just wanted a place to keep this [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=User_talk:Reaver&diff=prev&oldid=44123 diff] for future RFA purposes (as an example of newbie interaction). It'd be kinda creepy on my user page, so I'm putting it here. This page is getting a bit long (your talk page sees SIGNIFICANTLY more traffic than mine), so it may get archived, but at least I'll know where to find it. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:30, 7 April 2006 (CDT)
: Well okay if you wanted to clean up your own userpage:
::"''Reaver, please try not to post fanfic stuff like you did on [[Mercury class battlestar]] in the future. Also, you added an image of a "Pegasus uniform patch" to the [[Pegasus (RDM)]] article: We've actually proven, through multiple screenshots and closeups, that Pegasus is in fact part of BSG-62, and that's what it says on their emblems. In the first episode it was in, "Pegasus", the sets and emblems were all a little blurry, so we weren't entirely sure what it was and there was much debate ("is that a 6? and 8? a 2? a 5? etc. etc.) Anyway, the next episode, "Resurrection Ship, Part I", showed many clearer shots that established that it was Sixty-two. However, many months passed between those times----->I've seen that "BSG-63" patch around a lot: one of the custom-scifi emblem production companies did a rush-job, and they made a patch that ''incorrectly'' says "Pegasus BSG-63", but it's sixty two. At the scifi con last month I went to that had Richard Hatch, I actually pointed this out to a vendor or two selling them, and was surprised that they said I was like the 5th or 6th person to point this out to them that day. I really hope that misprinted patch fades away without any more people getting confused by it. I hope this helps. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 13:48, 6 April 2006 (CDT)''" -- For future reference. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 14:46, 7 April 2006 (CDT)

== Point Out Mistakes ==

You don't have to point out the mistakes I made and post them directly into the comments. That is very rude. My name also never has to be in the comments also merv. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 15:29, 8 April 2006 (CDT)
:Merv's edit summaries seem to me to have been composed in good faith. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:32, 8 April 2006 (CDT)
::Shane, if I have a comment that is only a sentence long, I put it in the edit summary box, rather than going to all the confusion of putting it on a separate talk page; this doesn't mean I am attempting to "hide" it, how could I? It's in plain sight, and I intend people to see it. And I don't want everyone to be reading a rude remark or personal attack: that's not what I am writing--->the entire concept behind the summary box is that we explain why we're editing something--->if I just edited it without explanation, ''this'' would be considered rude. I am making these changes in good faith and explaining what I think is wrong with them. Rather than pouting that I am "attacking" you Shane, you should be focusing on doing a better job in the future. I hope this improves. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 15:35, 8 April 2006 (CDT)
:''(Shane...we have no idea how many officers are on a ship. You made that up.)'' could have been ''(removed officers; speculation)'', and I would not have said anything because of course I made it up. It isn't documented any where that I know. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 15:45, 8 April 2006 (CDT)
::Nothing I said was incredibly offensive. And you shouldn't make things up. Shane, you cannot shrug off your own mistakes by accusing everyone that is trying to correct you of "ganging up" on you. The thing you should be doing is learning from your mistakes, listing to criticism in order to edit articles better. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 15:48, 8 April 2006 (CDT)
:::funny how all the stuff I did was edited by you at least 2 or three times. You proved my Proof, and by the end, all my edits are different because you didn't like the style. There are others in this "Proof" and all the evidence I need to prove it. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 15:54, 8 April 2006 (CDT)
::::To be honest I really don't understand what you just said: Yes, I edited several changes you made, and did so several times: how does this "prove" anything? ''What'' does it "prove"? That I'm editing things? I've already...said that. What? I can't understand your comment--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 16:30, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

The entire tone of this disturbs me. Shane, you have many good ideas and considerable skill at the rather arcane wikicode. This is a waste of your time, Merv's time, and third parties' time. 
Assume temporarily Merv hates and, consequently, mocks you.
:This doesn't matter. Others will presumably note this and discount any personal attacks. Any edits he makes to your work out of spite will ultimately only be kept if the consensus is in favor of them, i.e. they are improvements; the motivation behind an improvement ultimately doesn't matter.
:Spending time on something that does not matter is a waste.
:Waste is bad.
:You should not spend time on Merv hating and mocking you.
Assume temporary Merv does not hate you and, consequently, is not mocking you.
:Merv hating and mocking you does not matter, for lack of existence.
:Following the above, you should not spend time on Merv hating and mocking you.
Either way, you should not spend time on this. [The above to "The entire tone..." are my edits; the tabs are not being used to indicate reply.] --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 16:17, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

:I do not hate Shane nor am I mocking him. '''***That's my entire point: Whenever Shane's work is criticised, constructively or for logistically based (impersonal) reasons, he launches into a tirade that "everyone hates and is mocking" him and gets incredibly defensive. ''' This is simply not the case. I am sorry if I have caused irreparable damage to his ego, but I am simply trying to keep the Wiki streamlined. If Shane is upset and openly surprised that every single edit he makes is not hailed and universally supported by everyone...he is not being a very responbile wiki user. For example, take my changes around with the template: CalculatinAvatar has changed several of the additions I made; some of these I actually felt were BETTER than my own, while on other points, (Raptor ECM, what's that? etc etc) we have discussed the point. I have worked with consensus whenever possible. But Shane just changes whatever he feels like, and when Farago or I tell him to slow down and at least discuss the point, he goes ahead and does whatever he wants, and then is appalled when everyone doesn't immediately proclaim that he is automatically correct. Even *I* can be wrong, when the facts are against me. But Shane doesn't really work well with others here. He's just doing his own thing. I sincerely hope that his behavior improves, so that he can make beneficial contributions to this wiki. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 16:40, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

From the perspective of a prolific Skiffy poster, I have to say that thicker skins all around on this wiki would be a valuable asset to this community. Perhaps you should all spend a little bit more time on the boards -- I think the bar as what sinks to the level of 'insult' might be adjusted a little.--[[User:Dogger|Dogger]] 16:37, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

::Indeed, Dogger. The fact that I ''disagree'' with Shane or the policies he supports, does ''not'' mean I am launching some kind of vengeful attack on his person.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 16:42, 8 April 2006 (CDT)

== Doctor Who? ==

Better than the .AU file; http://joebeaudoin.net/music/Doctor_Who_(2005).mp3 -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 00:49, 21 April 2006 (CDT)

:That's the Ninth Doctor's theme song. Good, but Fourth Doctor is the best. Fourth Doctor was Tom Baker, with the floor length multi-colored scarf. And I dress like the Fourth Doctor all the time (well, the messageboards, upon seeing my pics, said I looked like a refined, more presentable Fourth Doctor (I shoot for looking "plausible, while still wearing a long scarf" (i.e. not blatantly wearing an old-timesly vest under it, just a good 1940's-ish Man's overcoat and the Scarf and a Fedora). Dare I say....a "Re-Imagined Fourth Doctor?" well I wouldn't got that far, but I try not to make it look like "a costume", but something someone would actually ''wear''. Upon seeing it, the messageboard users declared that I looked "like the Fourth Doctor but with a Humphrey Bogart slant", which is kind of the refined, film-noir esque thing I was shooting for (sauve, not wacky). So, long story short, that is why I use the Fourth Doctor's theme; I simply enjoy it the most of all of the Doctor Who theme song incarantions. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 01:12, 21 April 2006 (CDT)

==[http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1774784&page=0&fpart=6&vc=1 Your Flamewar with KR on Scifi]==
For the love of God, Merv, just stop it. You don't speak for the wiki, the vote isn't concluded, and your claim that all the administrators have voted is wrong (Day hasn't). You are embarassing yourself and us. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:17, 22 April 2006 (CDT)

:You are going a tad far, and not presenting a very sympathetic face. --[[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 19:55, 22 April 2006 (EST)

::Agreed. I tried to end it nicer than I started. No point going on, word already got out as much as it will. I ended it and just told them all to see if spoilers pan out in 8 months. I am sorry, Peter, if I have offended. I just wanted to maintain standards. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 19:03, 22 April 2006 (CDT)

:::I think one of us should apologize to KR for Merv's tone and invite him to defend himself here. I'd do it myself, but SciFi seems to be taking their time to verify my account. Noneofyourbusiness, if you would deign to pass this message along for me, I would appreciate it.
:::///Begin Message///
::::Greetings. I am Peter Farago, an administrator on the Battlestar Wiki. I'm sorry to see the direction this conversation has taken, and would like to clarify a few points.
::::#On the behalf of Battlestar Wiki, I want to apologize for the tone The Merovingian has taken with you. Although a valued member of the community, he is not our spokesperson, and his comments should not be taken as our official position.
::::#The vote is currently underway at http://www.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Wiki_talk:Citation_Jihad#Koenigrules_.2F_Hollywood_North_Report , and will not conclude for some time yet. You are entirely welcome to defend your position, and I'm sure we'll be willing to extend the vote's closing date if you can address the concerns raised. In particular, it would be very helpful for us if you could answer the following questions:
::::#*How do you address the innacuracy of your previous reports?
::::#*In the future, would you be willing to identify which pieces of information come from publicly available sources (casting sides, interviews, etc.) and which are from your confidential sources?
::::#*Do you believe that you distinguish personal speculation from your own investigations on a reliable basis? If not, will you be willing to do so in the future?
::::Thank you for reading this. I look forward to reading your response on the wiki, if you choose to make one.
:::///End Message/// --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:29, 22 April 2006 (CDT)

::::A) That sounds very good Peter, B) I've never claimed to be the spokesperson for BSwiki. Could you add to the sentence "he is not our spokesperson" that "Nor has he claimed to be"? Other than that I'm fine. I too do not like the tone it took, and I ended it by just saying we should stop argueing and wait until October. I tried to resolve that myself, but I am also not happy with how it turned. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 20:05, 22 April 2006 (CDT)

:I have given him the message as a Personal Message. Would you have preferred that I post it on the BBoard itself? --[[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 21:10, 22 April 2006 (EST)

::That may be wise. Other posters are beginning to have doubts about the Battlestarwiki because of this. Perhaps it would reassure them of how it really is over here. --[[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] 09:23 22 April 2006

== Be Friendly with the Newbies ==

Don't just remove the question, post your response. I seen this a couple of times so far. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 16:56, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
:First: I "removed" a lot of material from my talk page at the end of the season, when it was getting so large it was straining my computer to display it all. Others here refine their talk pages. Anyway, Shane you're not exactly a "newbie" in that you've been here for more than just a week or two, and you've been working on the main page and portals system for a long time. Although at first (based on the half-finished early form) I wasn't convinced it would work and was against it, I actually think you've been doing good work trying to set it up. But still, that doesn't mean it's ready to use. I already said this before, but I was *waiting* to see if it was as done as you thought it could be. To be more specific--->I thought it would take you several weeks to set this up to your satisfaction, and thus it would be wrong of me to drop in and criticise the whole thing when you felt it wasn't even presentable yet; not finished. --->Now, you are complaining that Peter and myself SHOULD NOT make constructive criticism/comments, because we should have done that BEFORE? Shane, you weren't ready before, so we didn't examine it before. Personally I actually like to redesign stuff while it's being implemented, so we can understand how it flows when operational better. I am sorry Shane, but Peter and I have just been trying to fix up things with this main page and portals redesign, touch ups before it gets the go ahead if possible. '''No, calmly and constructively trying to alter things about it for the better is not "biting the newbies".''' Instead of getting angry when you don't get full control over the setup, you should really work ''with'' the group on this, Shane. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 18:06, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
::He may actually have been referring to [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Epiphanies&curid=3512&diff=51833&oldid=51821&rcid=49986 this] (in terms of removing the question (regarding newbies). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 21:18, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
:::If that's the case, Merv's actions weren't out of line, as the comment was borderline unintelligible. To be exceptionally courteous, he could have moved the comment to talk and asked its author, [[User:Nevfennas|Nevfennas]] to defend it, but I don't think even that was necessarily called for in this case. Responding directly on the <del>talk</del> episode page, as Shane suggests, is not a good idea - our episode guide pages are not a BBS. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:34, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
::::Well, er, yes Peter. I couldn't really understand what he was even really trying to say there, but I...gathered that he was postulating that the Cylon detector doesn't even work, which is odd because "Flesh and Bone" showed that it really does (in its final form). --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 22:20, 30 April 2006 (CDT)

==Babel Templates==
Bringing over al the babel templates could be a bit of a task, particularly since very few of us are active on more than one language wiki. Is it worth the trouble yet? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:14, 30 April 2006 (CDT)
:Probably not. Just an idea I was kicking around the old noggin. '''Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam'''. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 23:34, 30 April 2006 (CDT)

== it's [br /] ==

The Slash is included. It's XHTML standards. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 12:00, 6 May 2006 (CDT)
:It works just as well, there's no difference. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 12:11, 6 May 2006 (CDT)
::There is a difference. That is why it's in the S&C. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 14:34, 6 May 2006 (CDT)
:::No, there is no difference in MediaWiki. The HTML tags used in wikimarkup aren't used directly, but are converted to XHTML anyway, so both <nowiki> and </nowiki> end up as <nowiki> </nowiki>. [[User:Ausir|Ausir]] 03:32, 7 May 2006 (CDT)
::::If that where the case, my XHTML validator would say that it was vaild. We disabled "tidy" the progeam that does that because we use portals. Tidy would have done that, but since we have it disabled, we need to make sure we close the tag. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 23:34, 10 May 2006 (CDT)
::::That's really quite useful to know, though it reminds me of the distaste I have for some of the tricks MediaWiki pulls. I'll still probably switch any <nowiki> 's</nowiki> I happen across for coding style reasons. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 21:57, 10 May 2006 (CDT)

==Persimmons?==
I would like to ask your permission to use your likeness (from an image on your user page) in a project I'm working on. It's just a little banner I'm putting together for the Galactica BS fan art forum (not going to be on the front page of anything, just in a post or two (if the original ends up being quoted). I'm actually done with yours but posting it once is as good as publishing in these days of caching, so before I even posted a preview of it to photobucket I wanted to clear it with you. I just used your pic as is, with some minor changes in scaling, rotation, and shadow. I'm not 100% done with it, but it's looking pretty good. I'd rather not spoil the "surprise" of what exactly I'm doing until closer to unveiling, but I could promise a preview before it is "published" (aka posted into my fan art thread). Just drop a note here (or on my talk, or email, or whatever) letting me know. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:49, 16 May 2006 (CDT)

Well yeah but preview with it with me first so I can give it the go ahead or not. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 22:10, 16 May 2006 (CDT)
:I sent a preview link via the "Email this user" function here. Did you receive it, and if so, is it ok? --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:22, 18 May 2006 (CDT)

::I haven't received it. BTW, what does "Persimmons" mean?--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 18:53, 18 May 2006 (CDT)
:::Ah. I missed this response. I'll pm you the previous work (over at GalacticaBS), though now that I have more experience under my belt, I'm thinking I could do MUCH better (the current on is pretty dark). Persimmons is just a stupid computer geek thing. Common typo of "permissions" (more relevant for Linux/Unix). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:43, 26 May 2006 (CDT)

::::I supppose I'm responsible for worse jargon; I'm known to segway into Nadsat. Now lets viddy some DVD's my droogs, followed by a bit of the 'ol ultra-violence... --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 09:50, 26 May 2006 (CDT)
:::::Have you gotten my PM's at BS? I was pretty sure I had sent them, but now I'm not seeing anything in my "sent folder". --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 20:46, 26 May 2006 (CDT)

Another PM has been sent. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:50, 1 June 2006 (CDT)
:I haven't received any reply from the PM. Have you received it? I'm still interested in your thoughts on the pic as well as a url or file of "Death" that you mentioned. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:53, 9 June 2006 (CDT)

== Just a reminder ==

Hi, Merv. On your last edit of [[Armistice Station]], I agree that the text by Tauron detailing the Armistice Officer wasn't needed there since he has a page, but do remember to place ''something'' in the article edit comments detailing why you did what you did. As you know, some people get bent out of shape when edits are done without explanation, and, although I was able to glean why, others do not. If your reasoning is too long for the summary note, throw it on talk, of course.

That being said, I hadn't asked you about "V for Vendetta." I hadn't time to see it yet. How was it to you? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 07:57, 27 May 2006 (CDT)

:Spencerian I own a replica Guy Fawkes mask, wig, hat, and costume and I run around my college campus at night vandalizing advertisements that the campus Republican club puts up. Comparing the movie to the comic: well it was a ''great'' and skillful condensation; I mean a shot for shot remake of the comic would have lasted 5 to 6 hours. Excellent. --14:29, 27 May 2006 (CDT)

::I'll take that as a recommendation to see it, then. And Republicans aren't that bad...if you use the same marinating sauce I use on Democrats. Tastes like chicken, or Tastee Wheat if you get one of the radical ones. :) --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 15:10, 27 May 2006 (CDT)

== Battle Pages Verb Tense ==

Merv, S&C guidelines indicate verb tense is to be present in episode and character narratives except where such things would cause confusion (such as flashback moments). I don't an exception has been made for [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] or any other of the battle pages in this. I'm sure we've all talked about it before, but I don't believe we made an exception for these. Unless you remember differently and can point to the discussion thread defining this, I'll be inclined to roll this page back. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 17:11, 31 May 2006 (CDT)

:The battle pages sound riciculously awkward when put into the present tense. I'm streaminling the entire thing. I realize that you disagree, but lets see everyone else weigh in on that when I have finished. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 12:18, 2 June 2006 (CDT)

:: That makes no sense. If everyone likes present tense better, then you'll just have to undo all that work. I thought the Way We Do Things was to talk about an action ''before'' doing it, rather than do, discuss, undo (optional). This reminds me of what was so off putting to me about the Portals thing. --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 23:05, 2 June 2006 (CDT)

:::I'm already almost done so I'll finish it up, though I understand; we're usually kind of sluggish when it comes to rearranging the verb tenses. Day I honestly have no idea if "everyone" likes present tense for battles better because so far only Spencerian and me were talking about it. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 07:50, 3 June 2006 (CDT)

:::: Yes, but there ''is'' a convention. I realize it's no policy, but it was established by discussion already. As it is a broader convention that somply applying to Battle pages there is, naturally, no specific consensus on this change, but were I you (and I'm not), I would assume that the braoder convention was the default way for things to be. If I thought we should make an exception for Battle pages, I'd have brought it up in the S&C talk page, or on a Battle talk page, at least. Before spending a lot of my time making changes that may eventually have to be undone anyway. However, as I said, I'm not you. So...

:::: Why do you like the past tense better? Because of the more "historical" feel? I think that's pretty valid. It's the only reason I can think of, but it is no uncompelling. What else've you got? --[[User:Day|Day]] ([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]]) 23:38, 3 June 2006 (CDT)

:::::Need to continue this tomorrow, plus on S&C: well, yeah the historical feel, but also because when I proofread it it just doesn't really sound right; the flow is awkward. On top of this wikipedia and Memory Alpha have battle pages (like Wolf 359) in the past tense. Well, reading through each version, which did you think one was better? --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 00:29, 4 June 2006 (CDT)

== [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques]] ==

Merv, I create a section where we can consolidate questions in a better section. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 21:27, 8 June 2006 (CDT)
:Yes, we can't have a million people jamming someone's talk page. Good idea.--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 10:29, 9 June 2006 (CDT)

== BattlestarWiki Roving Reporter ==

As some of you may already know, recently on June 2nd a "super-trailer" for Season 3 was screened in New York. I thought it would go online a few days afterwards, but it did not. In fact, I was present during this event, and if you see the webcast of the Q&A section at http://www.mtr.org/ you can see that I'm the audience member who asks the first question (which I thought was a smart one, better than the subsequent lady who said "hey, Jamie Bamber, you've got an English accent in real life! How does this make you feel! (shudder)). Anyway, I assumed the trailer would go online but it didn't.

Frankly, I don't want to give it away if it's super-spoilers, but on the other hand it was a public venue and most of those TV Guide people we use as sources were there and later reported on it: however, I like what TheGreatLink (a UK fansite) did: blacking out and censoring a lot from their report.

Either way, we don't really have a policy where the "source" is a BattlestarWiki user's own two peepers. And I am uncomfortable with super-spoilers. You can see in the webcast available to all some other info, for example, that Sergio Mimica-Gezzan will direct the season premiere, not perennial golden boy Michael Rymer. However, within the super-trailer:

{{spoiltext|As many have speculated since "The Farm" (i.e. myself) yes, Leoben pops up with a baby claiming that Starbuck is the mother (and presumably he is the father) using her stolen egg cells. Meanwhile, yes, Colonel Tigh loses an eye. His right eye (left from our perspective). Lots of explosions. Viper Mark VII tearing apart in slow motion (good FX shot). Number Six and Number Three with Baltar in Colonial One. Number Six getting shot in the head (unknown by who, and I think she's "survive" getting shot and just download anyway). Baltar demanding that he be killed. Caprica-Sharon insisting that Adama has to keep fighting. Apollo telling Dualla he's going to do something he should have done a long time ago. More explosions. Fighting. Tigh looking really hagard, has one eye (white medical patch over it), with a heavy beard, saying there's a war for him to fight. Incredibly large number of explosions. }}

So I'm not sure how to integrate all of this into BSWIki, as I don't want to super-spoil, but if they were willing to let the TVGuide people see it....--[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 15:02, 9 June 2006 (CDT)

== RFA ==

If you dare, [[Battlestar Wiki:Requests for adminship/The Merovingian (2)|here]] is a chance. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 22:24, 9 June 2006 (CDT)

:Well, I have never been one to fly in the face of public opinion. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 22:25, 9 June 2006 (CDT)

::I appreciated the way in which you handle this RFA. Just hang in there. Sooner or later you will go from godsend to god ;). --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 10:06, 26 June 2006 (CDT)

:::"The problem of leadership is inevitably: Who will play God?"

:::::--''Muad'Dib from the Oral History'', [[Wikipedia:God Emperor of Dune|God Emperor of Dune]] --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 10:19, 26 June 2006 (CDT)

== Publishing ==
If I don't hear anything back from you (either at this talk page, my talk page, or PM at galacticaBS), I'll just go ahead and edit EJO back into the high-res versions of the group shot and "publish" those. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 20:21, 13 June 2006 (CDT)
:Please ''include'' me in the final version of that: I thought they looked cool. You have the go-ahead. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 23:08, 13 June 2006 (CDT)
::[http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j81/steel_viper/BSG/men_of_bs_highres_blur.jpg Sweet!] (Posted into my fan art thread over at Galactica BS.) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 07:52, 14 June 2006 (CDT)

== [[BW:OC]] ==

merv, this is someone's question to the cast/crwe. Please let them answer it. If you want to comment on something, please send it to their user talk page. This will allow things not to be process be interupted. This is common curtoisy --[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 20:07, 24 June 2006 (CDT)
:I'm confused: other people were doing that to many of the other questions; such as for "Colonial One" and "Rebirth Room", and there was no problem with this then. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 20:24, 24 June 2006 (CDT)
::Yeah, some questions can be helped by wikipedians or expanded, that way, when the cast/crew person does respond it will either be easier for them to explain or they will just confirm/deny it. For example if someone asked "What's up with the 12 Models, why 12?" We have the answer, so we could just answer it ourselves and that way save the cast/crew person some trouble. Sort of like for RDM's blog in Skiffy --[[User:Sauron18|Sauron18]] 22:05 24 June 2006 (CDT)
:::That 12 Models thing is a good example, Sauron. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Specia:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 09:17, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

== Your Minor Edit ==

Thanks for the information! However, your contribuation to [[:Battlestar Wiki talk:Policy]] was more than just a ''minor'' edit as you indicated by clicking the "<tt>'''[ ] This is a minor edit'''</tt>" checkbox is unchecked for these types of edits. Please read up on the [[BW:MARK#Minor_edits|guidelines]] refering to minor edits.
--[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 17:18, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

Thanks for the information! However, your contribuation to [[:Battlestar Wiki talk:Policy]] was more than just a ''minor'' edit as you indicated by clicking the "<tt>'''[ ] This is a minor edit'''</tt>" checkbox is unchecked for these types of edits. Please read up on the [[BW:MARK#Minor_edits|guidelines]] refering to minor edits.
--[[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]]) 17:37, 25 June 2006 (CDT)

== Response to your Message on Homeworld616's user talk==

You are good! I wasn't expecting anyone to notice that about my username. Yes, I did add the "616" as a reference to our Universe's tag number in the Marvel Comics Multiverse. You truly do seem to know everything you can. Congratulations on figuring that out! I should give you a prize for noticing trivia! --[[User:Homeworld616|Homeworld616]] 09:16, 26 June 2006 (CDT)

:It is my ''business'' to know. At least until the entire M-Day madness. I'm taking a break from Marvel for a time. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 09:25, 26 June 2006 (CDT)

::Hey, Merv. Your map/plotting of where the Colonies might be in the galaxy as shown on Wikipedia is great. I want to adapt it for an addition to the [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]] article, it's just that well thought out for a person who's merely a trafficker of information. :) --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 13:43, 27 June 2006 (CDT)
:::I'll get on that if I can; I didn't make the map actually, though I figured out that whole Cygnus arm theory. --[[User:The Merovingian|The Merovingian]] ([[Special:Contributions/The Merovingian|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/The Merovingian|E]]) 15:53, 27 June 2006 (CDT)

:::It was a very nice bit of deduction. I managed to add a version there now. Mercifull is considering making a graphic of the galaxy that we can upload here for the article to complete it. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 14:58, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

== Regarding Wiki-Terrorism ==

Is there a response? [[User:Kkimball|Kkimball]] 22:11, 28 June 2006 (CDT)

Talk:The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game/Archive 1

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-29T03:09:10Z

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

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Kkimball:

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

Battlestar Wiki:Human Census Survey

2006-06-29T03:04:10Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

The '''Human Census Survey''' is an attempt by the [[Cylons|Cylon]]s to locate any editors or visitors of this wiki who are considered [[Wikipedia:Wikipediholic|Wikiholics]]. It is completely voluntary and powered by [http://www.frappr.com Frappr!]

To sign up, simply go to [http://www.frappr.com/battlestarwikiholics the Battlestar Wikiholics] Frappr group and add yourself to the list. All that is required is an e-mail.

User who can give out [http://www.gmail.com GMail invite] requests:
*[[Special:Emailuser/Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe]]
*[[Special:Emailuser/Mercifull|Mercifull]]
*[[Special:Emailuser/Shane|Shane]]

Battlestar Wiki:Cast and Crew

2006-06-29T03:00:41Z

Kkimball:

{{project|Cast and Crew|image=BSG WIKI Official CrewCast.png}}
This project represents an effort to improve the '''cast and crew''' articles for the ''Battlestar Wiki'' across all series. Be sure to add the {{tl|requested}} tag to articles to articles that you want created so the [[User:Task Bot|Task Bot]] can list it in the [[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks|tasks]] page. Or if needed add the {{tl|expansion}}. {{tl|stub}} and {{tl|mstub}} should only be used with some content information. The [[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks|tasks]] page will always carry any article used with one of these tags.

* {{tls|Crew Skeleton}}
** Example: <nowiki>{{subst:Crew Skeleton|Ronald D.|Moore|RDM}}</nowiki>
* {{tls|Star Skeleton}} - Star Skeleton
** Example: <nowiki>{{subst:Star Skeleton|Ronald D.|Moore|RDM}}</nowiki>

__NOTOC__

== Overview ==

These are the people that made the shows, but presently we don't have very much information about them. Unlike most of the content at ''Battlestar Wiki'', cast and crew information is NOT derived strictly from [[canon]]. Instead, cast and crew information should be able to be attributed to reliable external (non-Battlestar Wiki) sources.

== Copyright Notice ==

Keep in mind that we cannot just copy-and-paste from [http://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] on these topics as Wikipedia's GFDL license is not compatible with the Creative Commons license we use here. If you like the information, record it here in your own words, and [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|cite your source]]. Ideally primary sources (the places where the Wikipedia information is derived) should be used over Wikipedia.

== Contributors ==

Contributors to this project may be added here.

* [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]
* [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])

== [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Reimagined Series]] Cast ==

=== RDM Cast Wanted ===
* [[Ty Olsson]]
* [[Luciana Carro]]
* [[Tamara Lashley]]
* [[Dominic Zamprogna]]

=== RDM Cast Stubs ===
* [[Colm Feore]]
* [[Michelle Forbes]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]]
* [[Michael Trucco]]

=== RDM Cast Needing Expansion ===
* [[Leah Cairns]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]]
* [[Dana Delany]]
* [[Bill Duke]]

=== RDM Cast Needing Citation ===

These articles need to be cited [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad|per policy]]:

* [[Jamie Bamber]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]]

=== RDM Cast Complete ===
* [[Michael Hogan]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]]
* [[Grace Park]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]]
* [[Rick Worthy]]

== Reimagined Series Crew ==

=== RDM Crew Wanted ===

=== RDM Crew Stubs ===

=== RDM Crew Needing Expansion ===
* [[David Eick]]

=== RDM Crew Complete ===
* [[Ronald D. Moore]]

== [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] Cast ==

=== TOS Cast Wanted ===
* [[Ed Begley Jr.]]
* [[Dick Durock]]
* [[John Dullaghan]]
* [[David Greenan]]
* [[Jonathan Harris]]
* [[Noah Hathaway]]
* [[George Murdock]]
* [[Felix Silla]]
* [[Tony Swartz]]

=== TOS Cast Stubs ===
* [[Herb Jefferson Jr.]]
* [[Anne Lockhart]]
* [[Patrick Macnee]]

=== TOS Cast Needing Expansion ===
* [[Lorne Greene]]
*[[Barry Van Dyke]]

=== TOS Cast Complete ===

== Original Series Crew ==

=== TOS Crew Wanted ===

=== TOS Crew Stubs ===

=== TOS Crew Needing Expansion ===

=== TOS Crew Complete ===

== [[Galactica 1980]] Cast ==

=== 1980 Cast Wanted ===

*[[Robyn Douglass]]
*[[Robbie Rist]]
*[[James Patrick Stuart]]
*[[Allan Miller]]

=== 1980 Cast Stubs ===

*[[Herb Jefferson Jr.]]

=== 1980 Cast Needing Expansion ===

=== 1980 Cast Complete ===

*[[Lorne Greene]]
*[[Kent McCord]]

== [[Galactica 1980]] Crew ==

=== 1980 Crew Wanted ===

*[[Barry Crane]]
*[[Vince Edwards]]
*[[Daniel Haller]]
*[[Sidney Hayers]]
*[[Sigmund Neufeld Jr.]]
*[[Ron Satlof]]
*[[Allan Cole]]
*[[Jeff Freilich]]
*[[Ben Kadish]]
*[[Frank Lupo]]
*[[David J. O'Connell]]
*[[Gary Winter]]
*[[Dean Zanetos]]

=== 1980 Crew Stubs ===

=== 1980 Crew Needing Expansion ===

*[[Glen A. Larson]]

=== 1980 Crew Complete ===

User:Mickey McGizzle

2006-06-29T02:59:48Z

Kkimball:

MOTHERFRAKKING BASTARD.

User:Mickey McGizzle

2006-06-29T02:57:31Z

Kkimball:

Why the FUCK WOULD YOU DO THAT?

Set

2006-06-29T02:55:04Z

Kkimball:

Battlestar Galactica (RDM) shoots on several sets in Vancouver, BC. One set, housed in Studio 1, includes Adama's Quarters, an airlock, several multipurpose rooms, and many hallways. Another set was purchased from a failed television pilot, Lost In Space, in the first season. It was later converted to become the Battlestar Pegasus. Much of the sets are constructed from simple 1x3s and plywood.

[[Image:Adamasquarters.jpg|frame|A set plan of Adama's Quarters.]]
[[Image:setplan.jpg|frame|A plan of the set in Studio 1.]]
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Set

2006-06-29T02:54:43Z

Kkimball:

Battlestar Galactica (RDM) shoots on several sets in Vancouver, BC. One set, housed in Studio 1, includes Adama's Quarters, an airlock, several multipurpose rooms, and many hallways. Another set, was purchased from a failed television pilot, Lost In Space, in the first season. It was later converted to become the Battlestar Pegasus. Much of the sets are constructed from simple 1x3s and plywood.

[[Image:Adamasquarters.jpg|frame|A set plan of Adama's Quarters.]]
[[Image:setplan.jpg|frame|A plan of the set in Studio 1.]]
{{Stub}}

Set

2006-06-28T23:11:08Z

Kkimball:

Battlestar Galactica (RDM) shoots on several sets in Vancouver, BC. One set includes Adama's Quarters, an airlock, several multipurpose rooms, and many hallways. Another set, purchased from a failed television pilot in the first season, was later converted to become the Battlestar Pegasus.

[[Image:Adamasquarters.jpg|frame|A set plan of Adama's Quarters.]]
[[Image:setplan.jpg|frame|A plan of the set in Studio 1.]]
{{Stub}}

Set

2006-06-28T23:10:43Z

Kkimball:

[[Image:Adamasquarters.jpg|frame|A set plan of Adama's Quarters.]]
[[Image:setplan.jpg|frame|A plan of the set in Studio 1.]]
Battlestar Galactica (RDM) shoots on several sets in Vancouver, BC. One set includes Adama's Quarters, an airlock, several multipurpose rooms, and many hallways. Another set, purchased from a failed television pilot in the first season, was later converted to become the Battlestar Pegasus.

{{Stub}}

Set

2006-06-28T23:06:52Z

Kkimball:

[[Image:Adamasquarters.jpg|frame|A set plan of Adama's Quarters.]]
[[Image:setplan.jpg|frame|A plan of the set in Studio 1.]]Battlestar Galactica (RDM) shoots on several sets in Vancouver, BC. One set includes Adama's Quarters, an airlock, several multipurpose rooms, and many hallways. Another set, purchased from a failed television pilot in the first season, was later converted to become the Battlestar Pegasus.

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Tory Foster

2006-06-28T23:01:24Z

Kkimball:

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'''Tory Foster''' is President [[Laura Roslin]]'s new aide and campeign manager following [[Billy Keikeya]]'s death.

Prior to the Cylon attack, she was precinct captain for the [[Federalist Party]] in Delphi for five years, where she became good at taking polls. ([[The Captain's Hand]])

When President Roslin made the decision to keep the new-born Cylon Hybrid baby as far away from Sharon and the Cylons as possible, Tory made a list of hand picked civilians who could be trusted with the baby. In the end a civilian named [[Maya]] was selected to take custody of the child. Tory made it very clear that the child's mother's identity remain a secret. Tory told Maya that the mother was an "Officer aboard the ''Pegasus''." ([[Downloaded]]).

Tory later conspired with [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Anastasia Dualla]] to rig the election in Roslin's favor. The ruse was uncovered and suppressed by Adm. Adama and Lt. Gaeta. Foster's activities in the intervening year and her status as of the Cylon invasion of [[New Caprica]] remain unknown. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

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{{Characters}}

[[Category: A to Z|Foster, Tory]] [[Category: Characters|Foster, Tory]] [[Category: RDM|Foster, Tory]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:19:28Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

<div style="clear: both;"></div>

'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:18:47Z

Kkimball:

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

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Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:18:29Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

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[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|frame||right|thumb|50px|]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:16:39Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|frame|300 px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:14:28Z

Kkimball:

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|300 px|frame|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:13:12Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|300px|frame|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:12:26Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|frame|Bottoms up, Colonel.|300px]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:11:18Z

Kkimball:

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|300px|frame|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:10:49Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|frame|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:10:17Z

Kkimball:

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|frame|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:03:50Z

Kkimball: /* ...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama... */

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

==...Kara Thrace and Lee Adama...==
*...stare at each other strangely for non-work-related reasons.
*...exchange blows
*...kiss
**''Take a bonus drink if they both kiss and exchange blows.''

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T21:01:21Z

Kkimball: /* Production */

{{sillypage}}

''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*...Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes. ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
**''In this case, link arms with someone else and take a shot together.''
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

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

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Silly Pages]]

The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T20:59:10Z

Kkimball: /* Miscellaneous */

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*''Link arms with someone else and take a shot together every time Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes.'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

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

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The Battlestar Galactica Drinking Game

2006-06-28T20:58:53Z

Kkimball: /* Miscellaneous */

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''This page relates to heavy drinking (both of characters and wiki contributors) as a result of gaffes from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information that will improve gnashing of your teeth or suicidal tendencies, please watch "[[Galactica 1980]]."'' 

[[Image:Tighsdrinking.jpg|right|300px|Bottoms up, Colonel.]]

Other TV shows have had [[Wikipedia:Drinking game|drinking games]] adapted from the venerable "Hi, Bob!" game, among others. The new "[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]" series has sadly failed to stop ''Battlestar Wiki's'' contributors from doing the same after noticing repeated plot points, characterizations, and other silliness.

You might consider creating your own ''Cylon Shooters'' for use in the game by [[Cylon Shooter|following the recipe]] given by actors [[Grace Park]] and [[Tahmoh Penikett]].

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'''''Take a drink every time...'''''

== ...someone kills a baby or threatens to do so. ==
*Caprica-Six ([[Miniseries]])
*Commander [[William Adama|Adama]], in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s dream on [[Kobol]] ([[Scattered]])
*[[Laura Roslin]] ([[Downloaded]])

== ...Colonel Saul Tigh... ==
*...drinks ([[Miniseries]],[[Fragged]],[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], etc.).
*...resolves to quit drinking.
*...is drunk on duty ([[Fragged]]).
*...questions Adama's orders.
*...complains about not wanting his own command ([[Scattered]]).
*...berates someone else for a flaw he has as well.
*...gives a remarkably stupid order to the crew.
*''Take a bonus drink if...''
**...Tigh drinks as he "falls off the wagon."
**...a loss of life is involved ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...a beloved character needlessly suffers for it ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
**...[[Lee Adama]] is involved with the order ([[Fragged]]).
**...the Fleet tells him, collectively, to [[frak]] off ([[Fragged]]).
**...Commander Adama has to repair Tigh's frak-ups.
**...Tigh undermines his own reputation as a result ([[Miniseries]], [[Fragged]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*...states or asks the obvious for purposes of exposition ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).

== ...Ellen Tigh... ==
*...makes sexual advances on someone other than Colonel Tigh ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...brokers for power ([[Colonial Day]]).
*...manipulates Colonel Tigh ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).'

== ...Kara Thrace... ==
*...demonstrates yet another talent.
**Card Shark: "And the girl wins again! Another round?" ([[Water]])
**Sniper: "With all due respect, sir, I am the best shot in or out of the cockpit." ([[Bastille Day]])
**Painter: "You paint these, Kara? / Yeah." ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**Pro-level Pyramid Player: "I was scouted for the pros. Bum knee took me out of contention." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Poetry Buff: "You wouldn't know Caprican Poetry if it was hot-sidded across your helmet." / "'From the darkness you must fall - Failed and weak, to darkness all.' -[[Kataris]], not one of his better works" ([[Final Cut]])
*...steps out of the box to...
**...mate two Vipers nose-to-nose in combat ([[Miniseries]]).
**...jury-rig an enemy fighter ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
**...outwit the Cylons via a clever plan of attack ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
***''Take a bonus drink if this is because she knows the Cylons would never overlook such an obvious blind spot ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]], [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).''
**...kill or maim a Cylon with anything other than a gun ([[Flesh and Bone]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[The Farm]]).
*...drinks as heavily as Col. Tigh ([[Scar]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*...assaults someone who outranks her ([[Miniseries]]).
*...is mistaken for a Cylon and nearly killed because of it ([[You Can't Go Home Again]], [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]], [[Home, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...hops into bed on a barely-considered whim.
**Gaius Baltar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]])
**Samuel Anders ([[The Farm]])
**Lee Adama ([[Scar]])
*...starts to unduly fawn over someone mere days after meeting them.
**Samuel Anders ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])
**Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|Part II]])

== ...a copy of [[Number Six]] dies. ==
*Nuked ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
**Take another drink if the nuke scene is repeated again in flashback ([[33]], [[Downloaded]])
*Shot ([[33]])
*Impaled ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Extinguished ([[The Farm]])

== ...[[Cylon-Related Hallucinations#Baltar's Internal Six|Baltar's internal Six]] appears at an inopportune moment. ==
''Take a bonus drink if...''
*...Baltar tries to subtly talk to both Six and real people at the same time (e.g. [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]: "I'm not your plaything!").
**''Take another drink if both Six and the "real" person or people Baltar is talking to respond the same way (e.g. "Plaything?").''
*...Six tries to engage Baltar in either sex or foreplay.
*...Baltar makes awkward attempts at excusing his odd behavior.
*...others comment on Baltar's sanity or lack thereof.
*...Six appears while he's in the bathroom.
*...Six appears after he's had sex with another woman.
*...Six appears naked.

== ...a copy of Number Six becomes violent or threatens violence. ==
*Breaks a baby's neck ([[Miniseries]] as Caprica-Six)
*Screams in Baltar's face ([[Bastille Day]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Beats the crap out of Caprica-Valerii ([[Litmus]] as [[Number Six#Caprican Overseer Copies|an overseer]])
*Chokes Baltar ([[Litmus]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Smashes Baltar's face into a mirror ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] as Baltar's internal Six)
*Kicks the hell out of Starbuck ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])
*Tackles Baltar ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]] as [[Gina]])
*Breaks a guard's neck ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Shoots Admiral Cain ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] as Gina)
*Chokes Baltar with his tie ([[Epiphanies]])
*Shoves Baltar and bites his lip ([[Epiphanies]] as Gina)
*Cuts her own face ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
*Bashes [[Number Three]]'s head in with a rock ("[[Downloaded]]" as [[Caprica-Six]])
''Take two bonus drinks if she goes nuclear.''
*Suicide-bombs ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" as Gina)

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

== ...any male character sticks it in a [[toaster]]. ==
*Helo ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*Gaius Baltar ([[Miniseries]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
*Galen Tyrol ([[Miniseries]], [[Litmus]])
*A large number of men from battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus']]'' crew ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
*[[Alistair Thorne]]

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

== ...Chief Tyrol acts like a moron. ==
*...makes out with a lieutenant against regulations - who happens to be a sleeper copy of Helo's pregnant robot girlfriend.
*...lies about making out with his robot girlfriend.
*...lies when he says he never loved his robot girlfriend.
*...chews out of his crew who dare to show concern about his feelings about his robot girlfriend - or anything else, for that matter ([[Miniseries]], [[Flight of the Phoenix]]).
*...glares at or curses Colonel Tigh.
**...''or anyone else for that matter'' ("If I scratched everyone who popped off at the chief the cooks could be flying the planes" - Lee Adama, "[[Final Cut]]")

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

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

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

==...Lee Adama... ==
*...uses one of his dad's phrases ("Be careful out there", "roll the hard six")
*...completely oversteps his authority and/or commits mutiny
*...acts self-righteous or angsty towards his dad ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])
*...has a near-death experience.
**Nearly killed by [[Cylon Raiders]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost left for dead ([[Miniseries]], "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]")
**Almost killed by a criminal mob or elements thereof ("[[Bastille Day]],", "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Black Market]]").
**Almost killed by [[Cylon Centurion]]s ("[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Home, Part I]]")
**Almost killed by gangters. ([[Black Market]])
*...shows angst about anything, anything at all ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]," "[[Water]]," "[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[The Hand of God]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," "[[Scattered]]," "[[Valley of Darkness]]," "[[Fragged]]," "[[Resistance]]," "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," "[[Final Cut]]," "[[Black Market]]," "[[Scar]]," "[[The Captain's Hand]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

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

*...Someone gets promoted (Just ''pick an episode''.)
**Take two drinks if someone is promoted twice in one episode (Major Lee Adama to Commander Lee Adama in "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*...A never-before-seen guest star turns out to be a Cylon
**[[Simon]] ([[The Farm]])
**[[Number Three]] ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Cavil]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]], [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])

==Production==
*...Michael Rymer's camera makes a full 360° revolution.
**''In this case, everyone in the room must spin around until the scene is over.''
*''Link arms with someone else and take a shot together every time Michael Rymer cross-cuts between two nearly identical scenes.'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*...the producers re-use stock special effects footage.
**...when you spot the "USS Enterprise" lurking in the Fleet.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' from the side, surrounded by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].
**...an establishing shot of ''Galactica'' from the top.
**...an establishing shot of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' from the side.
**...the civilian fleet jump from the [[Miniseries]].
**...the Viper Launch sequence.
**...''Take another drink of the the stock footage leads to logic gaps.''
*...Bear McCreary re-uses stock musical cues.
**The Number Six/Cylon [[Wikipedia:leitmotif|leitmotif]] ("ding..ding-ding..ding, ding...ding-ding...ding...")
**"Bloodshed" (the Adama death theme from [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) in [[The Farm]], [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]
**"Prelude to War" in the [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]] battle sequence
**The "Destiny/Baltar's Dream" leitmotif
*...Bear McCreary finds some excuse to use the Stu Phillips theme from the original series ("Colonial Anthem").
**[[Miniseries]] (Twice)
**[[Final Cut]]
*...Bear McCreary re-uses music from Richard Gibbs' [[Miniseries]] soundtrack.
*...Bear McCreary throws in some new musical influences out of nowhere.
**Hindu prayer - UK/Season Two opening
**Celtic folk song - "Wander My Friends" / "A Good Lighter" / "Reuniting the Fleet"
**Italian pseudo-opera - "Battlestar Operatica"
**Elevator music - "Battlestar Muzaktica"
**Heavy metal - "Standing in the Mud" / "Black Market"
**Orchestral piece - "The Shape of Things to Come" / "Passacaglia" / "Allegro" / "A Promise to Return"
**Electric Violin / Thundering Bass - "Destiny" / "Baltar's Dream"
**Classical Violin - "Roslin and Adama" / "Roslin Confesses"
**Piano - "Metamorphosis One" / "One Year Later"
**Guitar solo - "Pegasus" / "Something Dark is Coming"

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

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