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<p>Kondspi: /* Mammals */</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br /> <br /> <br /> {{RDM twelve colonies series}}<br /> <br /> This article is a list of fictional and actual '''animals and plants''' mentioned in the [[Re-imagined Series]] as existing on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. For the most part, the Colonies appear to have the same organisms as present-day earth, with some exceptions.<br /> <br /> In keeping with the [[naturalistic science fiction]] concepts that [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] used to model the series, it is unlikely that we may see any life forms outside of those found on any of the Earth-like planets of the Twelve Colonies.<br /> <br /> Ron D. Moore initially chose to avoid addressing the issue of the types of live animals planned to appear. In the commentary for the [[Miniseries]], Moore elaborates:<br /> :..."David and I, we had discussed, at an early point; well, do they have dogs and cats and things like that? And we said, "No, no, no", let's not go there, 'cause that locks us into a whole Terrestrial-kind of like thing. We'll just avoid any mention of it. '''Nobody will even, like, register that we had "Chicken pie" the whole time, and in retrospect "Oh, I guess there are chickens"."'''<br /> <br /> Over the course of the series, however, not only have the terrestrial names of flora and fauna been used extensively, but a [[Jake (New Caprica)|live dog]] and [[Lance|cat]] have also appeared relatively prominently. Rats and bats can briefly be seen in "[[Bastille Day]]" and "[[Litmus]]" respectively.<br /> <br /> ==Fictional==<br /> ===Plants===<br /> *[[Chamalla]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "I would like to explore alternative treatment. [...] Have you ever heard of Chamalla extract?" ([[Act of Contrition]])<br /> :''Resembles (somewhat) herbal [[Wikipedia:Cannabinoids|cannabinoids]] and [[Wikipedia:Opioids|opioids]] in its pain-killing and hallucinogenic effects, which are found in the plant [[Wikipedia:Cannabis|cannabis]] and the [[Wikipedia:Opium Poppy|opium poppy]], respectively.''<br /> *[[Fumarella leaf]]<br /> :'''Baltar:''' "A parting gift: hand-rolled from some of the finest Fumarella leaf on Caprica. It's also one of the last left in the universe." ([[Water]])<br /> :''An homage to the [[TOS|original series]], in which [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Wikipedia:Cigar|cigars]] are referred to as "[[Fumarello|fumarellos]]". This plant may be similar or identical to [[Wikipedia:Tobacco|tobacco]].''<br /> <br /> ==Real==<br /> ===Animals===<br /> ====Mammals====<br /> *[[w:Bat|Bat]]<br /> :Seen flying out of an abandoned warehouse in "[[Litmus]]".<br /> *[[w:Bovinae|Bovinae]]<br /> : Given the presence of meat in the fleet, it is likely that the Colonials get meat from such animals.<br /> [[Image:Lampkin's cat.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Romo Lampkin's cat, [[Lance]].]]<br /> *[[w:Camel|Camel]]<br /> :Baltar has a statuette of a camel on his [[:Image:Season 3 - Promo - Epi 1 - 2 - Gaius Baltar and Cylons.jpg|desk]] while president ([[Precipice]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Cat|Cat]]<br /> **'''Adama:''' [[Nothing but the rain|"...then grab your gun and bring in the cat."]] ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **[[Romo Lampkin]] carries a [[Lance|cat]] around with him ([[The Son Also Rises]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Dog|Dog]]<br /> **'''Cally:''' "She said the engine power-up sequence began by squeezing something that looks like a red ligament with blue veins on the right side coming out of a sack of gooey fluid, shaped like a... dog." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> [[Image:Jake and bowl.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] on New Caprica.]]<br /> **'''Baltar:''' "I will be the President, all right, but without the military support, I might as well be an anointed dog catcher." ([[Epiphanies]])<br /> **'''Roslin:''' "I need you to send my ID code on the exact same frequency: D, as in dog [...]" ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **'''[[Helena Cain|Cain]]:''' "Madam President, you look like I just shot your dog." ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Quotes:01 5|Quote of the day]])<br /> **'''[[Billy Keikeya|Billy]]:''' "...dog takes 20 pills a day." - '''Roslin:''' "I didn't know you had a dog-" - '''Billy:''' "yeah, big shaggy thing - [[Jake (Billy's dog)|Jake]]" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])<br /> **A dog named [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] appears on [[New Caprica]], whose water bowl is flipped by [[Felix Gaeta]] to notify [[Galen Tyrol]] of an intelligence drop ([[Precipice]]). Jake, a [[w:Landseer (dog)|Landseer Newfoundland]], is the first live animal to play a significant role in the series, with a [[Lance|cat]] to follow in a [[The Son Also Rises|later season 3 episode]].<br /> **[[Daniel Novacek]]'s callsign "Bulldog" implies the possible existence of [[Wikipedia:bulldog|Earth's bulldog breed]].<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Elephant|Elephant]]<br /> **'''Hallucination-Baltar:''' "Start with the elephants..." ([[Downloaded]])<br /> **William Adama has a tapestry depicting two elephants hanging in his quarters.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Goat|Goat]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "A horse. Why not a goat? I mean, that's good, right? Think of it as a goat." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Gorilla|Gorilla]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "I'm gonna need some of those gorillas you call Marines." ([[Sacrifice]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Horse|Horse]]<br /> **'''Tyrol:''' "Take it for a ride. Treat it like a horse." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> **Helo and Sharon are in what looks like horse stables in "[[THe Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"<br /> **A horse can be seen on a picture on the [[memorial hallway|memorial wall]] behind Kara Thrace in "[[Maelstrom]]"<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Hare|Jackrabbit]]<br /> :'''Starbuck''': "This is the Viper Mark II. It's as maneuverable as a jackrabbit and can flip end for end in .35 seconds." ([[Act of Contrition]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Monkey|Monkey]]<br /> :'''[[Cliff Hooper]]'s friend:''' "He's a real-deal war hero, Hoop. Can't be seen drinkin' with a bunch of low-life freight monkeys." ([[Scattered]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Otter|Otter]]<br /> **An otter can be seen on a [[:Image:AdrienBauer.jpg|picture]] on the [[memorial hallway|memorial wall]] behind Baltar in "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]"<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Panther|Panther]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "I'm a [[Picon Panthers]] fan myself." ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Pig|Pig]]<br /> :'''Phelan''': "Fisk was a pig. He tried to force us to renegotiate."<br /> [[Image:UnnamedCapricanCities3.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Rats on Caprica ([[Bastille Day]]).]]<br /> *{{inlineref|rat|[[Wikipedia:Rat|Rat]]|bold=N}}<br /> **'''Helo:''' Frakkin' rats! ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> **:''Rats actually appear on screen in this episode. <br /> **Another rat can be seen in "[[Litmus]]"''<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Squirrel|Squirrel]]<br /> :In the episode [[Dirty Hands]], [[Xeno Fenner]] describes [[Cabott]] as "squirrelly." This might simply be a figure of speech.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Tiger|Tiger]]<br /> :Gaeta reveals a [[tattoo]] of a tiger on his upper right chest in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".''<br /> <br /> ====Birds====<br /> *[[w:Bird of prey|Birds of Prey]]<br /> **While the animals have never been specifically mentioned, it's reasonable to assume the [[Raptor]] is named after them.<br /> **Possibly a bird of prey is heard and mentioned by Tyrol and Socinus on Kobol ([[Valley of Darkness]]).<br /> *[[w:Blackbird|Blackbird]]<br /> :Namesake of the [[Blackbird]] experimental stealth fighter ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br /> *[[w:Chicken|Chicken]]<br /> **'''Cami:''' "We're going out for dinner, and I'm having chicken pie, and then we're going home, and then Daddy's going to read to me, and then I'm going to bed." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **Colonel Tigh imitates a chicken when mocking Starbuck's nickname, "Starbuck-buck-buck." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> *[[w:Duck|Ducks]]<br /> **'''Palacios''': "Wouldn't we be like ducks in a Cylon shooting gallery?" ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])<br /> **"Duck" is the callsign of Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan]] ("[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", "[[Scar]]", [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|"The Resistance" webisodes]])<br /> *[[w:Geese|Geese]]<br /> :'''Colonel Tigh''': "They're coming up with big goose eggs" ([[Water]]) <br /> *[[w:Parakeet|Parakeet]]<br /> :'''Jammer:''' "I don't care if they put a giant parakeet in here. If the colonel says build a cell, we build a cell." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[w:Pigeon|Pigeons]]<br /> :There is a pigeon in the episode [[Daybreak,_Part_I|Daybreak, Part I]].<br /> *[[w:Sparrow|Sparrow]]<br /> :Colonial pilot jargon for a Cylon Raider ([[Maelstrom]]).<br /> *[[w:Swallow|Swallow]]<br /> :Namesake of the Colonial drone weapon, the [[Swallow]] ([[Occupation]]).<br /> *[[w:Turkey|Turkey]]<br /> :Colonial pilot jargon for a Cylon Heavy Raider ([[Maelstrom]]).<br /> *[[w:Vulture|Vulture]]<br /> :In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Downloaded|deleted scene]] from "[[Downloaded]]", [[Karl Agathon]] calls [[D'Anna Biers]] a "stupid frakking vulture" after being notified of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]'s alleged death.<br /> <br /> ====Reptiles====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Python|Python]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "Betrayal has such a powerful grip on the mind. It's almost like a python. You can squeeze out the thought, suffocate all other emotion until everything is dead except for the rage." ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Viper|Viper]]<br /> :[[Laura Roslin]] has a vision of "serpents two and ten" as [[Pythia|prophesized]], which she and [[Elosha]] associate with the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter craft ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).<br /> <br /> ====Fish====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Salmon|Salmon]]<br /> :'''Baltar:''' "There was an off-road bridge, over the Euclid river. I used to go there, when I was a boy. Watch the fish try and swim upstream. They were mesmerizing." ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> :''What Baltar describes, without naming, are [[Wikipedia:Anadromous|anadromous]] fish - almost certainly a type of salmon.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Shark|Shark]]<br /> :ECO [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]) presumably took her call-sign from these creatures.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Betta|Betta]] or [[Wikipedia:Guppy|Guppy]]<br /> :When Six comes "home" to Baltar's house carrying the metal suitcase, one can see three different glasses on a table in the front of the scene. They contain only water and one living, small, long-finned, black fish each, a way aggressive [[Wikipedia:Siamese fighting fish|Siamese fighting fish]] are kept ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> <br /> ====Invertebrates====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Ant|Ant]]<br /> :'''Crashdown:''' "Someone else feel like they have ants crawling behind their frakking eyeballs?" ([[33]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Cockroach|Cockroach]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "...even a cockroach needs to breathe..." ([[You Can't Go Home Again]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Oyster|Oyster]]<br /> :'''Caprica-Sharon:''' "I remember the first day I met you, Starbuck. You were puking your guts out in the head after you ate some bad oysters." ([[Scattered]])<br /> <br /> ===Plants===<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Apple|Apple]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "I need you to send my ID code on the exact same frequency: D, as in dog, dash, 456, dash, 345, dash, A as in apple." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> :''In the commentary for the [[Miniseries]], [[Ron Moore]] stated that the [[Armistice Officer|officer]] at [[Armistice Station]] was originally supposed to take out an apple and eat it while studying his notes; in keeping with the new series's emphasis on naturalism.''<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Blueberry|Blueberry]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "You look like a blueberry." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Burdock|Burdock]]<br /> :Used by Sagittarons as a calmative ([[The Woman King]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Carrot|Carrot]]<br /> :'''Baltar''': "Simply put, Admiral, you have already used the stick. It's time to use a carrot." ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Celery|Celery]] ([[The Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Coffea|Coffee plant]]<br /> :'''Gaeta:''' "Seven other container ships are refusing to release their supplies. Food, medicine, even coffee." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Lemon|Lemon]]<br /> :'''Col. Tigh''': "A couple of lemons, we could make lemonade". ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Licorice|Licorice]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "Chamalla and licorice. Would you like some?" ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Walnut|Walnut]]<br /> :Adama cracks walnuts while going over potential CAGs in the episode "[[Home, Part I]]".<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Beans|Beans]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Maize|Maize]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Peanut|Peanut]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Chili pepper|Chili pepper]]<br /> **In the episode "[[Sacrifice]]", Lee Adama's drink is decorated with a chili pepper.<br /> :'''Helo:''' You hungry? I don't know, what do we got? Peanut butter... baked beans, corn. How about some chili? ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]) <br /> ::''Helo is probably referring to the common [[Wikipedia:Haricot bean|Haricot bean]]''<br /> *[[w:Potato|Potato]]<br /> :In "[[Razor]]", Kara Thrace asks [[Kendra Shaw]] if she wants to be demoted back to peeling potatoes in the ship's galley.<br /> *[[w:Algae|Algae]]<br /> *[[w:Cocoa|Cocoa]]<br /> :In "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", [[Tyrol]] says, referring to the algae, "It's breakfast, lunch and dinner until someone finds a hot [[w:fudge|fudge]] planet."<br /> <br /> ==Official Statements==<br /> <br /> *In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] RDM was asked about the possibility of animals actually appearing in future episodes:<br /> <br /> :"Q: [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]'s been more or less written out of the series, but there's always a chance that we might one day see the return of [[Muffit]], or some other form of Man's Best Friend. Might we see the introduction of animals (including Cylon animals) into the Galactica universe? Where would Cylon animals fit in with the Cylon plan (especially in light of "[[The Farm]]")? Can Cylon animals reproduce? <br /> <br /> :RDM: The presence of animals in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|rag-tag fleet]] was something that came up in early discussions, but we kinda dropped it from the conversation as the year went on. I don't know if we'll ever get around to doing something in this area or not. It mostly depends on finding a story that supports it in some interesting fashion other than [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] finds a kitty. I don't think the Cylons are creating animals as we would define them, but they certainly see the Raiders and other craft as animals vis a vis their relationship with the [[humanoid Cylon]]s."<br /> <br /> ''In a curious footnote to Moore's comment, eventually the character of Felix Gaeta finds not a kitty, but a [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog and his water dish]].''<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animals|*]]<br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Society]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176845 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T18:51:15Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Analysis */</p> <hr /> <div><math>Insert formula here</math>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II & Part III<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> ===Act 1===<br /> <br /> * The final episode begins with a series of events before before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br /> * In a strip bar in [[Caprica City]], [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] enjoy themselves.<br /> * Adama questions whether to take a civilian job, rather than to take command of an aged battlestar<ref>This is a side reference to the events of the episode, "[[Hero]]"</ref> Over drinks, Adama decides to take the job.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere on Caprica, [[Lee Adama]] is having dinner with [[Kara Thrace]] and her fiancee, [[Zak Adama]].<br /> * Zak questions why his brother joined the [[Colonial Forces]], despite Lee's idealism and his dislike of his father. Lee simply answers that he received college funding in exchange for service.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere, [[Laura Roslin]] greets her date, [[Sean Allison]], at her home. After realizing he seemed familiar, Roslin finally recalls where she had seen him. Sean was a former student from years ago.<br /> * Despite the age difference, Roslin decides to let him stay the night. "The night's young. Apparently, so are you," she says. "Let's see what happens."<br /> <br /> * Back at the strip bar, Bill Adama challenges Saul on whether he'd take the civilian desk job. Saul doesn't answer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama and Thrace manage to drag Zak back to the apartment after a night of drinking. But Thrace isn't done, and pulls out more alcohol for shots between her and Lee.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama is drunkenly sick, vomiting outside somewhere on the street. With a weak smile, he looks up to the stars in the night sky.<br /> <br /> * The scene shifts back to present day on ''[[Galactica]]'', where [[Gaius Baltar]] sits in the former home of his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], now empty.<br /> * He listens to the [[Virtual Beings|virtual Six]], telling him to trust in [[God (RDM)|God's plan]] for him. When he asks what that plan is, she tells him that he already following it.<br /> <br /> ===Act 2=== <br /> <br /> * In ''Galactica's'' [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] (who will not be staying aboard the ship for the battle) leaves assistant [[Layne Ishay]] two injections of heavy medication to allow Laura Roslin enough lucidity and mobility for 48 hours. She thanks him sincerely, causing Cottle to be something he'd rarely been: speechless.<br /> <br /> * In the [[pilot ready room]], [[Karl Agathon]] briefs the [[Raptor]] teams on the special nature of their rescue mission. Despite the odds, all volunteer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama briefs the [[marines]] on where little Hera would likely be: deep inside the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[The Colony|colony]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama work out the tactics of the battle against the colony. Close-range combat; nuclear weapons and missiles will not be possible for the battlestar. He orders the gun [[battery|batteries]] to fire until exhausted, and after that, "start throwing rocks," he says with a small smile.<br /> <br /> * The [[Final Five]] plan out what they can offer as well. As befitting a cybernetic race, they consider a tactic used by Cylons in the past. They will use [[Samuel Anders]], now effectively a [[Hybrid]] on ''[[Galactica]]'', to interface with the Colony and its Hybrids to interrupt their commands, slowing the effectiveness of the Colony's weapon systems.<br /> * The catch is that Anders will need to be connected to the [[DRADIS]], fire control and [[C-3]] systems. They plan to take Anders and connect him inside [[CIC]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama hands over command of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to [[Hoshi]], noting that if they aren't back from the mission in 12 hours, they will never come back.<br /> * In CIC, Saul Tigh jokes at his old friend at the bizarre sight of a Cylon interfaced to his battlestar, gooey wires and conduit that extend over Adama's command console everywhere and into the DRADIS console. "Still not too late to flush them all out of the airlock," Tigh quips. "Take too much time," Adama answers. <br /> * With Lee Adama staying for the attack, he appoints [[Romo Lampkin]] as President of the Twelve Colonies. He joins Admiral Hoshi on the last Raptor to leave ''Galactica'' for the baseship, the Fleet's new flagship.<br /> * Baltar's followers get in the ship. Baltar enters, but then tells [[Paulla]] that he must stay on the ship. Lee Adama throws Baltar a weapon.<br /> * Adding to the Battlestar's attack force, a Number Six leads a large number of [[Cylon Centurion]]s down the [[hangar deck]], some with a red sash painted on them for identification.<br /> <br /> ===Act 3===<br /> <br /> * A shot of the Fleet shows that the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] has fully regenerated from its damage from the start of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. It is ready to lead the civilians to safety while ''Galactica'' goes hunting, retracting its [[flight pod]]s to prep for [[FTL]].<br /> * Adama commands a ship-wide readiness report, a sort of countdown.<br /> * Meanwhile, in sickbay, Layne Ishay prep sickbay for wounded. Laura Roslin assists as best she can.<br /> * [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] are in [[launch tube]]s. The entire Raptor squadron, armed with missiles, have been placed inside the starboard flight pod deck, amidst the ruins of the old [[Galactica Museum]].<br /> * Gaius Baltar is a soldier protecting the hallways against borders. He is surprised to find [[Caprica-Six]] by his side.<br /> * In CIC, Ellen Tigh signals that Anders is ready to work.<br /> * Adama gives a final speech, a final understanding and call to arms.<br /> <br /> * The battlestar jumps only meters from the edge of the Colony--and is immediately besieged by the Cylon batteries.<br /> * With little time, Sam Anders attempts to make contact with the Colony Hybrids--and takes them offline, apparently by causing them to go into a state of ecstasy. Ellen warns that [[Cylon Raider]]s will appear any minute.<br /> * ''Galactica'' responds by launching its fighter wings. The Vipers launch, and the Raptors jump directly from within the starboard pod--causing incredible damage to the pod as it vents open--but now placing themselves on the opposite side of the Colony in a flanking position.<br /> * Adama orders the battlestar's engines at flank speed. He rams the alligator head into the Colony. ''Galactica's'' inhabitants take a beating, but so does the Colony. The Colonials have breeched it, forming an entrance. Lee Adama leads his marines and several Cylon Centurions inside from a front airlock. <br /> * [[Sharon Agathon]] and Helo's Raptor make their way to the Colony's interior.<br /> * [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arm their nuclear missiles, presumably to strike the colony after the rescue. But suddenly a piece of debris strikes their Raptor, killing all aboard and leaving the Raptor adrift.<br /> * The Raptors breech another section of the Colony, and their teams enter.<br /> <br /> * Deep inside the Colony, a [[Simon]] works on young Hera as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] looks on in disgust. When she questions why he continues to work on Hera, the Simon explains that they maintain and superior force and numbers.<br /> * Suddenly, Boomer assaults the Simon, snapping his neck. She takes Hera out of the room.<br /> <br /> ===Act 4===<br /> <br /> * The Colony's halls are filled with gunfire. Cylon Centurions, including older [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Model 0005s]] fight each other as the Colonial fire teams push through.<br /> * [[Cavil]], a [[Number Five]] and another Simon decide to go on the defensive, to attack the battlestar with their troops.<br /> <br /> * In a hallway in ''Galactica'', ready to repel boarders, Caprica-Six and Baltar come to terms with their old relationship. As they kiss, they hear a Six's voice. "All of the pieces are falling into place."<br /> * The Virtual Six--''and'' the Virtual Baltar--stand above them. To the surprise of Caprica-Six and Baltar, they can hear and see each of the avatars.<br /> * With a shudder, the battlestar hull is breeched as waves of enemy Centurions, both old-model and modern, pour into the ship.<br /> <br /> * The Agathon's team find Boomer, holding Hera. She gives the child to them, telling them to tell Admiral Adama that she "owed him one." With the child safe, Athena shoots Boomer.<br /> * A flashback scene shows what Boomer meant: a time back in her days on '''Galactica'', as Adama and Tigh redress her but give her another chance to be a better pilot.<br /> <br /> * Ishay has her hands full in sickbay, trying to triage and treat as many people as she can. The event is taxing, physically and mentally, for Roslin, as she comforts more dying than not.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama's team connects with Starbuck's team, with Hera in tow. When Lee asks where Thrace was, she answers, "Stopped for coffee."<ref>This might be the one time in the history of the series where an obvious joke to [[w:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] has been used.</ref> With their objective complete and no other battlestar patrols found, they head back to the battlestar's alligator-head.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' batteries are being targeted by Raiders. She is losing what little defensive ability she has left. Enemy forces are coming at the reserve forces--where Baltar waits.<br /> <br /> ===Act 5===<br /> <br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar hold off the enemy Centurions. Baltar's passion at killing Centurions gets a bit out of control as Lee Adama's team reenter the battlestar with Hera. As more enemies appear, Lee and Baltar fire away.<br /> * Laura Roslin sits and experiences yet another vision of the [[Opera House]] and little Hera. Struggling to walk, driven by something she can't fully realize, she gets up to find Hera.<br /> * Starbuck leads the Agathons through the hallways, but a Number Five appears, seriously wounding Helo in the leg and killing a marine before Starbuck eliminates him. In the confusion, Hera runs away. Athena runs after her.<br /> * Hera walks amidst the gunfighting, when soon she encounters Roslin, who pulls out of the path of an enemy patrol and to safety. But when Roslin turns back to the child, she is gone again.<br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar are running, and are out of ammo. Suddenly they see Hera, as well as Roslin and Athena--all grouped together as in the Opera House vision. Caprica-Six scoops up the child and enters a hallway, closing the hatchway, preventing Athena and Roslin from following. THe opera house vision had Caprica-Six and Baltar closing the door on boht Athena and Roslin after picking up Hera.<br /> * As the scene shifts between visions of the Opera House and the corridors, Baltar and Caprica-Six realize what they must do: They follow their vision into the Opera House--which turns out to be CIC, where the Final Five reside, overlooking the lower deck of CIC as they appeared in the vision, standing above.<br /> * Suddenly Cavil, a Number Five and a Simon enter the room. Cavil grabs Hera as a shield.<br /> * Baltar pleads for the child's freedom, telling Cavil that Hera is key to humanity's survival as well. He reasons with Cavil that there are higher forces at work, that led them all, here, for a reason. When Cavil questions if God has his people's interests at heart, on how Baltar knows that God is on his side, Baltar replies (in an allusion of something [[Miniseries, Part 1|he once said to the virtual Six]]), "God is not on any one's side." The Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar look on with a pleased expression.<br /> * Baltar asks Cavil to take a leap of faith. Saul Tigh sweetens the pot by offering to reteach Cavil the secret of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]], this time in exchange not only for Hera's life but for permanent peace, where the Cylons leave humanity alone.<br /> * Cavil agrees. He uses the Battlestar comm to order his forces to stand down and releases Hera. Admiral Adama orders stand-down as well.<br /> <br /> ===Act 6===<br /> <br /> * Vipers and Raptors return to ''Galactica''' as Raiders return to the Colony. Laura Roslin joins the admiral in CIC.<br /> * The Five each know part of the secret to resurrection. They will combine their knowledge by connecting themselves through the water in Ander's tank. Ellen Tigh tells the others that the process will also share memories as well as data.<br /> * But before they begin, [[Tory Foster]], visibly anxious, warns the others that they will see "certain things" of their bad behavior. She tries to prepare the others of what they will see of her. An impatient Cavil screams. "I don't mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!"<br /> * The Five dip their hands and make the connection. As the data flows to the Colony, Foster's visions of murdering [[Cally Tyrol]] in an effort to protect her secret of being a Cylon comes to the forefront, surprising the others of the Five, and angering [[Galen Tyrol]] immediately.<br /> * Tyrol pulls his hand from the pool and wraps both hands tightly around Foster's neck in a death-grip, eventually snapping her neck.<br /> * As Anders screams from the sudden disconnection, the Cylons in CIC believe they are deceived and open fire. The Colonials kill all but Cavil, who shouts an exasperated "[[Frak]]!" before putting his pistol in his mouth and pulling the trigger.<br /> <br /> * High above, as gunfire begins again over ''Galactica'', [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor drifts, its crew lifeless. A rock strikes the ship, causing Racetrack's dead hand to strike the firing button to the Raptor's tactical nuclear missiles, launching them all straight at the Colony.<br /> * The force of the explosions disable the Colony, pushing it towards the black hole, threatening to take ''Galactica'' with it.<br /> * Adama orders Kara Thrace to make a [[blind jump]], but Thrace thinks about [[The Music|the music her father played]], the music that Hera wrote to her. Recalling the mathematical associations she tried to discern from the music, Thrace realizes the music works as a series of FTL coordinates.<br /> * She punches in the coordinates into the [[Computers|navigation computer]] and jumps the ship.<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene appears where Lee Adama and Kara Thrace talk about how she [[The Destiny|thinks about death]] every time she gets into a cockpit.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' completes the jump--but the strain of the last battle causes the battlestar's structure to ripple and twist as structural members tear and break. The ship will never jump again. Engines and life support are okay, but ''Galactica's'' backbone is broken.<br /> * "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Roslin asks, as the scene changes to an exterior shot to show the battlestar flying over a gray, rocky moon.<br /> * But is not just a moon...''Galactica'' has arrived at the ''moon of Earth''...another Earth, this one with the continent of Africa in prominent view.<br /> <br /> ===Act 7===<br /> <br /> * The Fleet jumps into Earth orbit as ''Galactica'' passes by. A Raptor came to Hoshi to guide them to Earth.<br /> * Landing ship after landing ship leave for the new world.<br /> * On a green, rich savannah in Africa, Admiral Adama, Cottle, Saul Tigh, Hoshi, and Baltar look on, lying prone on their stomachs with binoculars at a tribe of early humans. Cottle confirms that the native humans are compatible with the Colonials genetically.<br /> * At a camp, as Lampkin considers a building of a new city, Lee Adama tells him to let humanity start all over again, leave their technology behind, which has almost always gotten them into trouble. Let the Colonials enter Earth with just their basic possessions.<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama maps out a plan to populate various continents and land masses, spreading out humanity and Cylon far and wide, distributing supplies to give all a good chance of survival. To Lampkin's surprise, the peoples of the Fleet take a liking to leaving technology behind.<br /> * A [[Number Two]] tells Adama that the remaining Cylons will stay on Earth as well, handing over the baseship to the Centurions, to give them their own freedom. When Lampkin questions if setting the Centurions free won't cause another holocaust hundreds of years from now, Ellen Tigh agrees it's a risk, but believes the cycle of death has been ended. Adama agrees.<br /> * Adama tells that, after everyone is offloaded from the ships, the Fleet will reunite with '''Galactica'' a final time. Piloted by Samuel Anders, still in his tank in CIC, connected into the battlestar, he will fly all the ships on a final voyage into the Sun.<br /> <br /> * Kara Thrace, eyes filled with tears, meets with Anders at his tank, kissing him goodbye for the last time, and leaving her [[dog tags]]. As she leaves, he mutters, "I'll see you on the other side."<br /> <br /> ===Act 8===<br /> <br /> * Admiral William Adama descends into the hangar deck, wearing a [[flight suit]]. The deck is otherwise completely empty of anything, and anyone.<br /> * He takes a seat in a [[Viper Mark II]]. Not just any Mark II...but the one that Galen Tyrol's team rebuilt for him as a retirement gift [[Miniseries, Night 1|so long ago]].<br /> * As Adama's Viper launches, the scene shifts to six years prior, where Adama is taking a lie detector test for the prospective desk job. When the test administrator asks him test questions such as, "Are you a Cylon?" and "Have you ever stolen money from a cash drawer?" Adama is angered and leaves, saying, "I'd rather spend the rest of my career--what's left of it--on a broken old down ship, than to have someone sit here and question my word."<br /> * Husker's Viper makes a final fly-by of the old battlestar, looking at her one last time before pointing his Viper towards Earth.<br /> <br /> * Samuel Anders' voice from the past talks of his days in sport, dreaming of perfection, and being linked to it, to creation, as Anders guides the Fleet, now united to the mathematical perfection he once spoke of through his duties as a Hybrid.<br /> * As a version of the [[Original Series]] main theme plays, the scene shows ''Galactica'' and the Fleet gathered a final time, heading away from Earth and towards the sun to its demise.<br /> <br /> * Walking in the savannah, the Tighs speak with Galen Tyrol a final time. He has decided to go to the northern highlands of Earth, what will likely be Ireland or Iceland. The scene shifts to the Tighs, partying back in Caprica City, once upon a time.<br /> <br /> ===Act 9===<br /> <br /> * On the plains, Bill Adama sits with Laura Roslin, watching herds of gazelle. Her vision weakening, she tries to use her glasses with the binoculars. "A very beautiful world," she says. When she asks what the name of the planet is, Adama tells her it's Earth. He adds, "Earth is a dream," believing that their new home, a long-sought destination, deserves the name.<br /> * Roslin's breathing becomes labored and shallow. Adama offers to give her a better look at the wildlife. He picks her up and carries her to a nearby Raptor.<br /> * Lee Adama and Kara Thrace notice and meet Bill Adama there. The Adamas hug, and Bill Adama gives Thrace a final greeting of "[[Nothing but the rain]]" before he hugs and kisses her. Thrace and Lee wave goodbye to a smiling Roslin as the Raptor ascends.<br /> <br /> * Lee realizes that his father isn't coming back. Kara Thrace tells Lee that she isn't coming back, either. "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good."<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene, back in Thrace's apartment, where Thrace dares Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. But before they could do anything, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing the two to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye.<br /> <br /> * "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee," Kara Thrace says. As Lee tells her of desire to explore and climb mountains, he turns to find that Kara Thrace has vanished, as if she were a ghost. "Goodbye, Kara," he says. "You won't be forgotten."<br /> * A flashback scene shows the pigeon that would be trapped in Lee's apartment after his visit to Kara and Zak. It looks at Lee and flies out of the window and away.<br /> <br /> * In another flashback from six years prior, Laura Roslin returns to stand by the side of the bed, thanks Sean Allison, but tells him that they will not meet this way again, and asks him to leave. As the man leaves, Roslin returns to her bathroom, lights a cigarette, then makes a phone call. She accepts the opportunity to work on Mayor [[Richard Adar]]'s campaign.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama's Raptor flies over flamingos. "So much..life," Laura Roslin says...her final words as she closes her eyes and quietly passes.<br /> * Moments go by before Bill realizes that she is gone.<br /> * In tears, Bill removes his wedding ring and places it on Laura's hand. "Right there...I'm going to build our cabin right there," he says, pointing to some hills.<br /> <br /> ===Act 10===<br /> <br /> * A line of people walk into the wilderness, calm and ready to take on the world.<br /> * The Agathons walk as well, Helo using a makeshift crutch, talking of hunting and other pleasantries. Hera runs about in play, a smile on her face.<br /> <br /> * Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six look on at Hera playing as the Virtual Six and Baltar reappear. When Caprica-Six questions if the protection of Hera was all that God wanted of them, the Virtual Six replies, "God's plan is never complete." "Great..." Baltar replies sullenly.<br /> * Virtual-Baltar counters, "I think it's safe to say that, from now on, your lives will be less...eventful."<br /> <br /> * Another flashback to Caprica City. Baltar offers Caprica-Six an opportunity to "peek" into the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br /> <br /> * When Baltar points to some land, he recalls his heritage, and [[Junius Baltar|his father]], and that he knows a bit about farming, to a bit of tears.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama sits, looking out into the hills and valley. "I laid out the cabin today. It's going to have an easterly view. You should see the light that we get here. When the sun comes from behind those mountains. It's almost heavenly. It reminds me of you."<br /> * As he speaks, the camera pans up to show Adama, seated near the cairn he built for Laura Roslin's body.<br /> <br /> * The scene turns to show Hera playing and looking upward. Scenes of wood and desert and sea pass by in a geologic montage to reveal an Earth city--New York City--150,000 years ahead in time.<br /> <br /> * As a fly-over of the city appears, a voice-over of Virtual-Six reads from a magazine article of the Tanzanian discovery of the bones of what scientists believe our the remains of the [[w:mitochondrial Eve|mitochondrial Eve]], the common ancestor of mankind. <br /> <br /> * As [[Ron D. Moore|Ron D. Moore reads]] about the scientific discovery, the Virtual Six and Baltar look over his shoulder at a magazine article of the news, and reveal what they know...the bones are that of Hera Agathon, born of a Cylon mother and a human father. No other people on the street appear to notice them.<br /> <br /> * The two talk of the technology and decadence, of whether this Earth will repeat the mistakes of generations past and again become overwhelmed by their creations. The Six thinks not, believing it to be God's plan.<br /> <br /> * "You know it doesn't like that name," Baltar says. Six only looks back in mild defiance. "Silly. Silly me," he replies as the two walk away into the metropolis.<br /> <br /> * The episode concludes with scenes of robots, from toys to advanced automatons growing and evolving, as Jimi Hendrix's--Earth's popular version--of "[[The Music|All Along The Watchtower]]" plays.<br /> <br /> * The story ends.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Cylon Colony, 39,516. <br /> *There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War. It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out mankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans. This is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician. <br /> *Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave Caprica Six the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it. <br /> *This episode marks the deaths of [[Boomer]], [[Cavil]], [[Racetrack]], [[Skulls]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Laura Roslin]] and the destruction of Cavil's forces. The [[Doral]] and [[Simon]] lines are also presumably wiped out, or at least decimated beyond recovery. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and her whereabouts are unknown. In detail:<br /> **Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory.<br /> **Cavil took his own life in Galactica's CIC when his side lost.<br /> ***It is unknown what happened to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted.<br /> **Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor was stuck by a meteor penetrating their wind screen and striking them. Both Skulls and Racetrack were killed on impact. Racetrack's dead hand later hit the launch button that launched the nuclear missiles after her Raptor was hit again by a asteroid.<br /> **Tory was killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] in revenge for Tory killing his wife [[Cally]] after he learned Tory murdered her during the mutual and involuntary exchange of private information of the [[Final Five]]'s minds while downloading Resurrection technology data to the Cavil forces.<br /> **Anders guided himself in ''Galactica'' and the Fleet into the Sun. <br /> **Roslin died of cancer as Adama was giving her a bird's eye view of their new home on second Earth in a Raptor. <br /> **Since they did not have either Cylon females or Resurrection the Cavil, Simon and Doral models on the various Cylon Baseships presumably died out after their natural life spans were exhausted. <br /> **Kara was presumably taken by the same force, probably God, that resurrected her. <br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth, and the humans of today are the Colonials', and probably the Rebel Cylons', descendants 150,000 years later. The [[Leoben]]s, [[Six]]s and [[Sharon]] models from the Baseship joined the Colonials on the new Earth.<br /> *The tracing of the human blood line through [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] to a common ancestor and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve]] is a real theory. Mitochondrial Eve was the ''matrilineal most recent common ancestor'', the most recent person in the female line that all of humanity can be said to be from. <br /> ** In the series, Hera is Mitochondrial Eve, meaning that all of modern humanity is a combination of what the Colonials considered humanity and Cylon, thus fulfilling the prophecies about the "end" of the human race.<br /> ** The fossilized remains are said to be of a young woman, indicating Hera does not live to see a middle age, though she has children before she dies. Specifically, she must have daughters to pass on her (Cylon) mitochondrial DNA.<br /> *The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny. Their status 150,000 years later remains a mystery. The Colonials and humanoid Cylons believe it is unlikely they will be a threat, as they have no reason to bear a grudge this time around.<br /> *The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defence Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.<br /> *The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x]<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virtual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinates of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *It is possible that some Baseships of Ones, Fours, and Fives were not at the [[Colony]] when it was destroyed, given the fact that they were observed jumping in and out of the system by Racetrack and Skulls. However, as noted in the "Notes" section it is unlikely that the Cavil, Simon and Doral lines will continue without Cylon females. The [[Three]]s are extinct with the last copy [[D'Anna Biers]] herself dying on the original Earth; Boomer killed in the Colony (and in anycase couldn't single handedly save the lines even if she were alive); and the last Sixes and Eights staying with the humans on the second Earth. However, there is the possibility of having a few remaining human females from the survivors of the various Colonial worlds including [[Caprica]] being viable, so the lines could in theory continue. However, given the total lack of success in the forced breeding of Cylons and humans and the Cavil, Dorals and Simon's cynical view of love, an apparent requirement of conception between both Cylon-Cylon and Cylon-human combinations, it is unlikely. <br /> *On the second Earth Hera's mate that produced children was most likely human. Saul Tigh and the Leobens would be too old for her. While it was fairly common in ancient times for the men to be far older than their brides (particularly with royalty), for example with the female being as young as 12 and and the male being say 60 to take an extreme, Colonial mores, which are much like our own in real life, would forbid the Leobens from sexual congress with Hera when she reach the accepted reproductive age. On the other hand there were many human children about her age and [[Boxey (RDM)|slightly older]] in the Fleet. She could had also had children with a human child unborn at the time of the landing on Second Earth perhaps within five years to ten years of her age. It is possible that other hybrid children could had been born after the landing given that the Twos, Sixes, and Eights joined the humans. And it is possible that pure Cylon children could had been born to the age compatible Sixes, Eights, and Leobens but as noted in the series it is difficult if not impossible for a pure Cylon child to come to term making any pool of pure Cylon children that were successfully born very small. Cylon-Human mating with a human male with a Six or a Sharon is very possible with the example of Hera herself an significantly more likely than with a Cylon-Cylon birth, but it is harder than with human-human pairings making any pool of those pairing while much more likely and larger than Cylon-Cylon offspring, still quite small number compared to pure human offspring. Therefore Hera's offspring is most likely with a human. A more remote possibility is with another Cylon-human hybrid. Her producing children with a pure Cylon offspring is the least likely since pure Cylons are the least likely to exist. <br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears as himslef holding a ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City. With this scene the series Battlestar Galactica becomes part of itself as [[Ronald D. Moore]] later creates the series with the knowledge of mitochondrial Eve.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> * There are at least two distinct angels. They have known each other long and born witness to Kobol and the original Earth, as well as the Twelve Colonies and the new Earth. They can walk around and observe events even when no one else present can see them.<br /> * In another piece of irony, the two beings most directly responsible for the attack and destruction of the 12 Colonies, Gaius Baltar and Caprica Six, get to live on a lush green New Earth in love with each other.<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> ** Will the freed Centurions eventually develop their own humanoid forms, or develop in a completely other direction?<br /> ** If there are descendants of the Centurions 150,000 years later, do they remember their history?<br /> * Did any copies of Cavil, Doral, or Simon survive?<br /> * Why does Cavil choose to commit suicide?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If "it" doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does "it" like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the Cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together after Thrace's disappearance?<br /> * Can Thrace ever return again?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry? Do they go into isolation like Adama and Tyrol, or will they be near a human colony?<br /> * Since Caprica Six and Gaius Baltar genuinely love each other, do they eventually have a child?<br /> * Do Adama and Tyrol stay isolated for the rest of their lives?<br /> * Why was Romo Lampkin chosen as President? Wouldn't a member of the Quorum of Captains have been selected?<br /> * What became of the remaining prisoners aboard the <i>[[Astral Queen]]</i>? Were they sent out amongst the rest of the human population, or were all of them deposited in some geographical area completely isolated from the other humans? <br /> * Were any of the groups provided with medicine, or medical training or at least someone with medical knowledge before spreading out among the world?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since Old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> * Who did Hera eventually have children with? A human or a Cylon? <br /> * Was it coincidence or divine intervention that an asteroid caused Racetrack's hand to hit the launch button for the nuclear weapons at the exact right moment?<br /> * Why was Galactica able to jump without retracting its [[flight pods]] when escaping from the Colony? Did this cause Galactica to break its backbone?<br /> * Will modern humanity venture out into space and discover places such as Kobol, the original Earth, the Twelve Colonies, and New Caprica?<br /> * How close are the two Earths? The [[Tomb of Athena]] starmap showed constellations known on the second Earth, but was supposed to have been the sky as seen from the first. Does this mean they are very close indeed?<br /> * Why was Starbuck not aware of her true nature until after her role had been fulfilled?<br /> * In what part of Earth (a northerly island with "highlands") did Galen Tyrol settle? Scotland?<br /> * What is the nature of Starbuck's journey to the First Earth, crash, and return in the unscathed Viper? How did she "jump" to its coordinates? If her return was engineered by God to use her as an angel and bring humanity to Earth, why do so in a way that raised more questions about how it occurred than it answered?<br /> * In what way, if any, did Starbuck fulfill her [[The Destiny|destiny]] as the "harbinger of death" that would lead humanity to its "end"?<br /> * How did the proto-Greek polytheistic religion of the Colonies survive nearly 150,000 years before being revived in garbled form with the rise of Greek civilization? Did it die out in practice but return through the universal subconscious?<br /> * In what way, if any, did the Cylons' monotheistic religion and the Colonies' polytheistic religion intertwine? Did they coexist peacefully, or were there conflicts? Do modern monotheistic religions trace their traditions ultimately to those of the Cylons and the [[Cult of Baltar]]?<br /> * During the lie detector test in the flashback scene of William Adama's attempt to secure a civilian job, why did the interrogator ask him if he was a Cylon? At that point in history, it was unknown that the Cylons had humanoid appearance.<br /> * Even after committing the fleet to destruction, there are still serviceable Raptors on the surface of Earth, which are jump-capable. Would any of the surviving humans or Cylons come to regret having settled on a primitive world without technology and decide to return to the stars in search of resources or other habitable planets? Is there any [[tylium]] available on Earth?<br /> * Assuming that (as Tigh indicated to Adama in [[Revelations]]) the Final Five Cylons age but the rest do not, what will become of Caprica-Six, Athena, and any other survivors of the non-Final Five models? How will Helo and Baltar cope with the non-aging of their spouses as they themselves age?<br /> * Even if humanity does repeat the cycle, Lee Adama's plan would seem to have had some success, because it will have taken much, much longer to do so this time around.<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br/><br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> "Not to rush you or anything, but you are keeping two entire civilizations waiting!"<br/><br /> --Cavil to the Final Five<br /> <br /> "Frak!"<br/><br /> --Cavil's last word before he blows his brains out.<br /> <br /> "Can we ''not'' tell her the plan?"<br/><br /> "Right." (Athena kills Boomer)<br/><br /> --Starbuck and Athena about Boomer before Athena kills her.<br /> <br /> "There must be some kind of way out of here."<br/><br /> --Starbuck attempting to figure out the jump coordinates.<br /> <br /> "All of this has happened before..."<br/><br /> "But does it all have to happen again?"<br/><br /> --Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar speculating if the cycle will continue.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br /> * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br /> * [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br /> * [[Colin Lawrence]] as Ensign [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br /> * [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br /> * [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br /> * [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br /> * [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br /> * [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<br /> * [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]<br /> * [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]<br /> * [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1<br /> * [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2<br /> * [[Dan Payne]] as [[Sean Allison]]<br /> * [[Holly Eglinton]] as Stripper<br /> * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (uncredited)<br /> * [[Ronald D. Moore]] as Man at news stand (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176844 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T18:50:16Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Analysis */</p> <hr /> <div><math>Insert formula here</math>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II & Part III<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> ===Act 1===<br /> <br /> * The final episode begins with a series of events before before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br /> * In a strip bar in [[Caprica City]], [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] enjoy themselves.<br /> * Adama questions whether to take a civilian job, rather than to take command of an aged battlestar<ref>This is a side reference to the events of the episode, "[[Hero]]"</ref> Over drinks, Adama decides to take the job.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere on Caprica, [[Lee Adama]] is having dinner with [[Kara Thrace]] and her fiancee, [[Zak Adama]].<br /> * Zak questions why his brother joined the [[Colonial Forces]], despite Lee's idealism and his dislike of his father. Lee simply answers that he received college funding in exchange for service.<br /> <br /> * Elsewhere, [[Laura Roslin]] greets her date, [[Sean Allison]], at her home. After realizing he seemed familiar, Roslin finally recalls where she had seen him. Sean was a former student from years ago.<br /> * Despite the age difference, Roslin decides to let him stay the night. "The night's young. Apparently, so are you," she says. "Let's see what happens."<br /> <br /> * Back at the strip bar, Bill Adama challenges Saul on whether he'd take the civilian desk job. Saul doesn't answer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama and Thrace manage to drag Zak back to the apartment after a night of drinking. But Thrace isn't done, and pulls out more alcohol for shots between her and Lee.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama is drunkenly sick, vomiting outside somewhere on the street. With a weak smile, he looks up to the stars in the night sky.<br /> <br /> * The scene shifts back to present day on ''[[Galactica]]'', where [[Gaius Baltar]] sits in the former home of his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], now empty.<br /> * He listens to the [[Virtual Beings|virtual Six]], telling him to trust in [[God (RDM)|God's plan]] for him. When he asks what that plan is, she tells him that he already following it.<br /> <br /> ===Act 2=== <br /> <br /> * In ''Galactica's'' [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] (who will not be staying aboard the ship for the battle) leaves assistant [[Layne Ishay]] two injections of heavy medication to allow Laura Roslin enough lucidity and mobility for 48 hours. She thanks him sincerely, causing Cottle to be something he'd rarely been: speechless.<br /> <br /> * In the [[pilot ready room]], [[Karl Agathon]] briefs the [[Raptor]] teams on the special nature of their rescue mission. Despite the odds, all volunteer.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama briefs the [[marines]] on where little Hera would likely be: deep inside the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[The Colony|colony]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama work out the tactics of the battle against the colony. Close-range combat; nuclear weapons and missiles will not be possible for the battlestar. He orders the gun [[battery|batteries]] to fire until exhausted, and after that, "start throwing rocks," he says with a small smile.<br /> <br /> * The [[Final Five]] plan out what they can offer as well. As befitting a cybernetic race, they consider a tactic used by Cylons in the past. They will use [[Samuel Anders]], now effectively a [[Hybrid]] on ''[[Galactica]]'', to interface with the Colony and its Hybrids to interrupt their commands, slowing the effectiveness of the Colony's weapon systems.<br /> * The catch is that Anders will need to be connected to the [[DRADIS]], fire control and [[C-3]] systems. They plan to take Anders and connect him inside [[CIC]].<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama hands over command of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to [[Hoshi]], noting that if they aren't back from the mission in 12 hours, they will never come back.<br /> * In CIC, Saul Tigh jokes at his old friend at the bizarre sight of a Cylon interfaced to his battlestar, gooey wires and conduit that extend over Adama's command console everywhere and into the DRADIS console. "Still not too late to flush them all out of the airlock," Tigh quips. "Take too much time," Adama answers. <br /> * With Lee Adama staying for the attack, he appoints [[Romo Lampkin]] as President of the Twelve Colonies. He joins Admiral Hoshi on the last Raptor to leave ''Galactica'' for the baseship, the Fleet's new flagship.<br /> * Baltar's followers get in the ship. Baltar enters, but then tells [[Paulla]] that he must stay on the ship. Lee Adama throws Baltar a weapon.<br /> * Adding to the Battlestar's attack force, a Number Six leads a large number of [[Cylon Centurion]]s down the [[hangar deck]], some with a red sash painted on them for identification.<br /> <br /> ===Act 3===<br /> <br /> * A shot of the Fleet shows that the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] has fully regenerated from its damage from the start of the [[Cylon Civil War]]. It is ready to lead the civilians to safety while ''Galactica'' goes hunting, retracting its [[flight pod]]s to prep for [[FTL]].<br /> * Adama commands a ship-wide readiness report, a sort of countdown.<br /> * Meanwhile, in sickbay, Layne Ishay prep sickbay for wounded. Laura Roslin assists as best she can.<br /> * [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] are in [[launch tube]]s. The entire Raptor squadron, armed with missiles, have been placed inside the starboard flight pod deck, amidst the ruins of the old [[Galactica Museum]].<br /> * Gaius Baltar is a soldier protecting the hallways against borders. He is surprised to find [[Caprica-Six]] by his side.<br /> * In CIC, Ellen Tigh signals that Anders is ready to work.<br /> * Adama gives a final speech, a final understanding and call to arms.<br /> <br /> * The battlestar jumps only meters from the edge of the Colony--and is immediately besieged by the Cylon batteries.<br /> * With little time, Sam Anders attempts to make contact with the Colony Hybrids--and takes them offline, apparently by causing them to go into a state of ecstasy. Ellen warns that [[Cylon Raider]]s will appear any minute.<br /> * ''Galactica'' responds by launching its fighter wings. The Vipers launch, and the Raptors jump directly from within the starboard pod--causing incredible damage to the pod as it vents open--but now placing themselves on the opposite side of the Colony in a flanking position.<br /> * Adama orders the battlestar's engines at flank speed. He rams the alligator head into the Colony. ''Galactica's'' inhabitants take a beating, but so does the Colony. The Colonials have breeched it, forming an entrance. Lee Adama leads his marines and several Cylon Centurions inside from a front airlock. <br /> * [[Sharon Agathon]] and Helo's Raptor make their way to the Colony's interior.<br /> * [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arm their nuclear missiles, presumably to strike the colony after the rescue. But suddenly a piece of debris strikes their Raptor, killing all aboard and leaving the Raptor adrift.<br /> * The Raptors breech another section of the Colony, and their teams enter.<br /> <br /> * Deep inside the Colony, a [[Simon]] works on young Hera as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] looks on in disgust. When she questions why he continues to work on Hera, the Simon explains that they maintain and superior force and numbers.<br /> * Suddenly, Boomer assaults the Simon, snapping his neck. She takes Hera out of the room.<br /> <br /> ===Act 4===<br /> <br /> * The Colony's halls are filled with gunfire. Cylon Centurions, including older [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Model 0005s]] fight each other as the Colonial fire teams push through.<br /> * [[Cavil]], a [[Number Five]] and another Simon decide to go on the defensive, to attack the battlestar with their troops.<br /> <br /> * In a hallway in ''Galactica'', ready to repel boarders, Caprica-Six and Baltar come to terms with their old relationship. As they kiss, they hear a Six's voice. "All of the pieces are falling into place."<br /> * The Virtual Six--''and'' the Virtual Baltar--stand above them. To the surprise of Caprica-Six and Baltar, they can hear and see each of the avatars.<br /> * With a shudder, the battlestar hull is breeched as waves of enemy Centurions, both old-model and modern, pour into the ship.<br /> <br /> * The Agathon's team find Boomer, holding Hera. She gives the child to them, telling them to tell Admiral Adama that she "owed him one." With the child safe, Athena shoots Boomer.<br /> * A flashback scene shows what Boomer meant: a time back in her days on '''Galactica'', as Adama and Tigh redress her but give her another chance to be a better pilot.<br /> <br /> * Ishay has her hands full in sickbay, trying to triage and treat as many people as she can. The event is taxing, physically and mentally, for Roslin, as she comforts more dying than not.<br /> <br /> * Lee Adama's team connects with Starbuck's team, with Hera in tow. When Lee asks where Thrace was, she answers, "Stopped for coffee."<ref>This might be the one time in the history of the series where an obvious joke to [[w:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] has been used.</ref> With their objective complete and no other battlestar patrols found, they head back to the battlestar's alligator-head.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' batteries are being targeted by Raiders. She is losing what little defensive ability she has left. Enemy forces are coming at the reserve forces--where Baltar waits.<br /> <br /> ===Act 5===<br /> <br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar hold off the enemy Centurions. Baltar's passion at killing Centurions gets a bit out of control as Lee Adama's team reenter the battlestar with Hera. As more enemies appear, Lee and Baltar fire away.<br /> * Laura Roslin sits and experiences yet another vision of the [[Opera House]] and little Hera. Struggling to walk, driven by something she can't fully realize, she gets up to find Hera.<br /> * Starbuck leads the Agathons through the hallways, but a Number Five appears, seriously wounding Helo in the leg and killing a marine before Starbuck eliminates him. In the confusion, Hera runs away. Athena runs after her.<br /> * Hera walks amidst the gunfighting, when soon she encounters Roslin, who pulls out of the path of an enemy patrol and to safety. But when Roslin turns back to the child, she is gone again.<br /> * Caprica-Six and Baltar are running, and are out of ammo. Suddenly they see Hera, as well as Roslin and Athena--all grouped together as in the Opera House vision. Caprica-Six scoops up the child and enters a hallway, closing the hatchway, preventing Athena and Roslin from following. THe opera house vision had Caprica-Six and Baltar closing the door on boht Athena and Roslin after picking up Hera.<br /> * As the scene shifts between visions of the Opera House and the corridors, Baltar and Caprica-Six realize what they must do: They follow their vision into the Opera House--which turns out to be CIC, where the Final Five reside, overlooking the lower deck of CIC as they appeared in the vision, standing above.<br /> * Suddenly Cavil, a Number Five and a Simon enter the room. Cavil grabs Hera as a shield.<br /> * Baltar pleads for the child's freedom, telling Cavil that Hera is key to humanity's survival as well. He reasons with Cavil that there are higher forces at work, that led them all, here, for a reason. When Cavil questions if God has his people's interests at heart, on how Baltar knows that God is on his side, Baltar replies (in an allusion of something [[Miniseries, Part 1|he once said to the virtual Six]]), "God is not on any one's side." The Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar look on with a pleased expression.<br /> * Baltar asks Cavil to take a leap of faith. Saul Tigh sweetens the pot by offering to reteach Cavil the secret of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]], this time in exchange not only for Hera's life but for permanent peace, where the Cylons leave humanity alone.<br /> * Cavil agrees. He uses the Battlestar comm to order his forces to stand down and releases Hera. Admiral Adama orders stand-down as well.<br /> <br /> ===Act 6===<br /> <br /> * Vipers and Raptors return to ''Galactica''' as Raiders return to the Colony. Laura Roslin joins the admiral in CIC.<br /> * The Five each know part of the secret to resurrection. They will combine their knowledge by connecting themselves through the water in Ander's tank. Ellen Tigh tells the others that the process will also share memories as well as data.<br /> * But before they begin, [[Tory Foster]], visibly anxious, warns the others that they will see "certain things" of their bad behavior. She tries to prepare the others of what they will see of her. An impatient Cavil screams. "I don't mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!"<br /> * The Five dip their hands and make the connection. As the data flows to the Colony, Foster's visions of murdering [[Cally Tyrol]] in an effort to protect her secret of being a Cylon comes to the forefront, surprising the others of the Five, and angering [[Galen Tyrol]] immediately.<br /> * Tyrol pulls his hand from the pool and wraps both hands tightly around Foster's neck in a death-grip, eventually snapping her neck.<br /> * As Anders screams from the sudden disconnection, the Cylons in CIC believe they are deceived and open fire. The Colonials kill all but Cavil, who shouts an exasperated "[[Frak]]!" before putting his pistol in his mouth and pulling the trigger.<br /> <br /> * High above, as gunfire begins again over ''Galactica'', [[Racetrack]]'s Raptor drifts, its crew lifeless. A rock strikes the ship, causing Racetrack's dead hand to strike the firing button to the Raptor's tactical nuclear missiles, launching them all straight at the Colony.<br /> * The force of the explosions disable the Colony, pushing it towards the black hole, threatening to take ''Galactica'' with it.<br /> * Adama orders Kara Thrace to make a [[blind jump]], but Thrace thinks about [[The Music|the music her father played]], the music that Hera wrote to her. Recalling the mathematical associations she tried to discern from the music, Thrace realizes the music works as a series of FTL coordinates.<br /> * She punches in the coordinates into the [[Computers|navigation computer]] and jumps the ship.<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene appears where Lee Adama and Kara Thrace talk about how she [[The Destiny|thinks about death]] every time she gets into a cockpit.<br /> <br /> * ''Galactica'' completes the jump--but the strain of the last battle causes the battlestar's structure to ripple and twist as structural members tear and break. The ship will never jump again. Engines and life support are okay, but ''Galactica's'' backbone is broken.<br /> * "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Roslin asks, as the scene changes to an exterior shot to show the battlestar flying over a gray, rocky moon.<br /> * But is not just a moon...''Galactica'' has arrived at the ''moon of Earth''...another Earth, this one with the continent of Africa in prominent view.<br /> <br /> ===Act 7===<br /> <br /> * The Fleet jumps into Earth orbit as ''Galactica'' passes by. A Raptor came to Hoshi to guide them to Earth.<br /> * Landing ship after landing ship leave for the new world.<br /> * On a green, rich savannah in Africa, Admiral Adama, Cottle, Saul Tigh, Hoshi, and Baltar look on, lying prone on their stomachs with binoculars at a tribe of early humans. Cottle confirms that the native humans are compatible with the Colonials genetically.<br /> * At a camp, as Lampkin considers a building of a new city, Lee Adama tells him to let humanity start all over again, leave their technology behind, which has almost always gotten them into trouble. Let the Colonials enter Earth with just their basic possessions.<br /> <br /> * Admiral Adama maps out a plan to populate various continents and land masses, spreading out humanity and Cylon far and wide, distributing supplies to give all a good chance of survival. To Lampkin's surprise, the peoples of the Fleet take a liking to leaving technology behind.<br /> * A [[Number Two]] tells Adama that the remaining Cylons will stay on Earth as well, handing over the baseship to the Centurions, to give them their own freedom. When Lampkin questions if setting the Centurions free won't cause another holocaust hundreds of years from now, Ellen Tigh agrees it's a risk, but believes the cycle of death has been ended. Adama agrees.<br /> * Adama tells that, after everyone is offloaded from the ships, the Fleet will reunite with '''Galactica'' a final time. Piloted by Samuel Anders, still in his tank in CIC, connected into the battlestar, he will fly all the ships on a final voyage into the Sun.<br /> <br /> * Kara Thrace, eyes filled with tears, meets with Anders at his tank, kissing him goodbye for the last time, and leaving her [[dog tags]]. As she leaves, he mutters, "I'll see you on the other side."<br /> <br /> ===Act 8===<br /> <br /> * Admiral William Adama descends into the hangar deck, wearing a [[flight suit]]. The deck is otherwise completely empty of anything, and anyone.<br /> * He takes a seat in a [[Viper Mark II]]. Not just any Mark II...but the one that Galen Tyrol's team rebuilt for him as a retirement gift [[Miniseries, Night 1|so long ago]].<br /> * As Adama's Viper launches, the scene shifts to six years prior, where Adama is taking a lie detector test for the prospective desk job. When the test administrator asks him test questions such as, "Are you a Cylon?" and "Have you ever stolen money from a cash drawer?" Adama is angered and leaves, saying, "I'd rather spend the rest of my career--what's left of it--on a broken old down ship, than to have someone sit here and question my word."<br /> * Husker's Viper makes a final fly-by of the old battlestar, looking at her one last time before pointing his Viper towards Earth.<br /> <br /> * Samuel Anders' voice from the past talks of his days in sport, dreaming of perfection, and being linked to it, to creation, as Anders guides the Fleet, now united to the mathematical perfection he once spoke of through his duties as a Hybrid.<br /> * As a version of the [[Original Series]] main theme plays, the scene shows ''Galactica'' and the Fleet gathered a final time, heading away from Earth and towards the sun to its demise.<br /> <br /> * Walking in the savannah, the Tighs speak with Galen Tyrol a final time. He has decided to go to the northern highlands of Earth, what will likely be Ireland or Iceland. The scene shifts to the Tighs, partying back in Caprica City, once upon a time.<br /> <br /> ===Act 9===<br /> <br /> * On the plains, Bill Adama sits with Laura Roslin, watching herds of gazelle. Her vision weakening, she tries to use her glasses with the binoculars. "A very beautiful world," she says. When she asks what the name of the planet is, Adama tells her it's Earth. He adds, "Earth is a dream," believing that their new home, a long-sought destination, deserves the name.<br /> * Roslin's breathing becomes labored and shallow. Adama offers to give her a better look at the wildlife. He picks her up and carries her to a nearby Raptor.<br /> * Lee Adama and Kara Thrace notice and meet Bill Adama there. The Adamas hug, and Bill Adama gives Thrace a final greeting of "[[Nothing but the rain]]" before he hugs and kisses her. Thrace and Lee wave goodbye to a smiling Roslin as the Raptor ascends.<br /> <br /> * Lee realizes that his father isn't coming back. Kara Thrace tells Lee that she isn't coming back, either. "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good."<br /> <br /> * A flashback scene, back in Thrace's apartment, where Thrace dares Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. But before they could do anything, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing the two to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye.<br /> <br /> * "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee," Kara Thrace says. As Lee tells her of desire to explore and climb mountains, he turns to find that Kara Thrace has vanished, as if she were a ghost. "Goodbye, Kara," he says. "You won't be forgotten."<br /> * A flashback scene shows the pigeon that would be trapped in Lee's apartment after his visit to Kara and Zak. It looks at Lee and flies out of the window and away.<br /> <br /> * In another flashback from six years prior, Laura Roslin returns to stand by the side of the bed, thanks Sean Allison, but tells him that they will not meet this way again, and asks him to leave. As the man leaves, Roslin returns to her bathroom, lights a cigarette, then makes a phone call. She accepts the opportunity to work on Mayor [[Richard Adar]]'s campaign.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama's Raptor flies over flamingos. "So much..life," Laura Roslin says...her final words as she closes her eyes and quietly passes.<br /> * Moments go by before Bill realizes that she is gone.<br /> * In tears, Bill removes his wedding ring and places it on Laura's hand. "Right there...I'm going to build our cabin right there," he says, pointing to some hills.<br /> <br /> ===Act 10===<br /> <br /> * A line of people walk into the wilderness, calm and ready to take on the world.<br /> * The Agathons walk as well, Helo using a makeshift crutch, talking of hunting and other pleasantries. Hera runs about in play, a smile on her face.<br /> <br /> * Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six look on at Hera playing as the Virtual Six and Baltar reappear. When Caprica-Six questions if the protection of Hera was all that God wanted of them, the Virtual Six replies, "God's plan is never complete." "Great..." Baltar replies sullenly.<br /> * Virtual-Baltar counters, "I think it's safe to say that, from now on, your lives will be less...eventful."<br /> <br /> * Another flashback to Caprica City. Baltar offers Caprica-Six an opportunity to "peek" into the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br /> <br /> * When Baltar points to some land, he recalls his heritage, and [[Junius Baltar|his father]], and that he knows a bit about farming, to a bit of tears.<br /> <br /> * Bill Adama sits, looking out into the hills and valley. "I laid out the cabin today. It's going to have an easterly view. You should see the light that we get here. When the sun comes from behind those mountains. It's almost heavenly. It reminds me of you."<br /> * As he speaks, the camera pans up to show Adama, seated near the cairn he built for Laura Roslin's body.<br /> <br /> * The scene turns to show Hera playing and looking upward. Scenes of wood and desert and sea pass by in a geologic montage to reveal an Earth city--New York City--150,000 years ahead in time.<br /> <br /> * As a fly-over of the city appears, a voice-over of Virtual-Six reads from a magazine article of the Tanzanian discovery of the bones of what scientists believe our the remains of the [[w:mitochondrial Eve|mitochondrial Eve]], the common ancestor of mankind. <br /> <br /> * As [[Ron D. Moore|Ron D. Moore reads]] about the scientific discovery, the Virtual Six and Baltar look over his shoulder at a magazine article of the news, and reveal what they know...the bones are that of Hera Agathon, born of a Cylon mother and a human father. No other people on the street appear to notice them.<br /> <br /> * The two talk of the technology and decadence, of whether this Earth will repeat the mistakes of generations past and again become overwhelmed by their creations. The Six thinks not, believing it to be God's plan.<br /> <br /> * "You know it doesn't like that name," Baltar says. Six only looks back in mild defiance. "Silly. Silly me," he replies as the two walk away into the metropolis.<br /> <br /> * The episode concludes with scenes of robots, from toys to advanced automatons growing and evolving, as Jimi Hendrix's--Earth's popular version--of "[[The Music|All Along The Watchtower]]" plays.<br /> <br /> * The story ends.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Cylon Colony, 39,516. <br /> *There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War. It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out mankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans. This is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician. <br /> *Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave Caprica Six the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it. <br /> *This episode marks the deaths of [[Boomer]], [[Cavil]], [[Racetrack]], [[Skulls]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Laura Roslin]] and the destruction of Cavil's forces. The [[Doral]] and [[Simon]] lines are also presumably wiped out, or at least decimated beyond recovery. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and her whereabouts are unknown. In detail:<br /> **Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory.<br /> **Cavil took his own life in Galactica's CIC when his side lost.<br /> ***It is unknown what happened to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted.<br /> **Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor was stuck by a meteor penetrating their wind screen and striking them. Both Skulls and Racetrack were killed on impact. Racetrack's dead hand later hit the launch button that launched the nuclear missiles after her Raptor was hit again by a asteroid.<br /> **Tory was killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] in revenge for Tory killing his wife [[Cally]] after he learned Tory murdered her during the mutual and involuntary exchange of private information of the [[Final Five]]'s minds while downloading Resurrection technology data to the Cavil forces.<br /> **Anders guided himself in ''Galactica'' and the Fleet into the Sun. <br /> **Roslin died of cancer as Adama was giving her a bird's eye view of their new home on second Earth in a Raptor. <br /> **Since they did not have either Cylon females or Resurrection the Cavil, Simon and Doral models on the various Cylon Baseships presumably died out after their natural life spans were exhausted. <br /> **Kara was presumably taken by the same force, probably God, that resurrected her. <br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth, and the humans of today are the Colonials', and probably the Rebel Cylons', descendants 150,000 years later. The [[Leoben]]s, [[Six]]s and [[Sharon]] models from the Baseship joined the Colonials on the new Earth.<br /> *The tracing of the human blood line through [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] to a common ancestor and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve]] is a real theory. Mitochondrial Eve was the ''matrilineal most recent common ancestor'', the most recent person in the female line that all of humanity can be said to be from. <br /> ** In the series, Hera is Mitochondrial Eve, meaning that all of modern humanity is a combination of what the Colonials considered humanity and Cylon, thus fulfilling the prophecies about the "end" of the human race.<br /> ** The fossilized remains are said to be of a young woman, indicating Hera does not live to see a middle age, though she has children before she dies. Specifically, she must have daughters to pass on her (Cylon) mitochondrial DNA.<br /> *The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny. Their status 150,000 years later remains a mystery. The Colonials and humanoid Cylons believe it is unlikely they will be a threat, as they have no reason to bear a grudge this time around.<br /> *The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defence Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.<br /> *The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x]<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virtual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinates of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *It is possible that some Baseships of Ones, Fours, and Fives were not at the [[Colony]] when it was destroyed, given the fact that they were observed jumping in and out of the system by Racetrack and Skulls. However, as noted in the "Notes" section it is unlikely that the Cavil, Simon and Doral lines will continue without Cylon females. The [[Three]]s are extinct with the last copy [[D'Anna Biers]] herself dying on the original Earth; Boomer killed in the Colony (and in anycase couldn't single handedly save the lines even if she were alive); and the last Sixes and Eights staying with the humans on the second Earth. However, there is the possibility of having a few remaining human females from the survivors of the various Colonial worlds including [[Caprica]] being viable, so the lines could in theory continue. However, given the total lack of success in the forced breeding of Cylons and humans and the Cavil, Dorals and Simon's cynical view of love, an apparent requirement of conception between both Cylon-Cylon and Cylon-human combinations, it is unlikely. <br /> *On the second Earth Hera's mate that produced children was most likely human. Saul Tigh and the Leobens would be too old for her. While it was fairly common in ancient times for the men to be far older than their brides (particularly with royalty), for example with the female being as young as 12 and and the male being say 60 to take an extreme, Colonial mores, which are much like our own in real life, would forbid the Leobens from sexual congress with Hera when she reach the accepted reproductive age. On the other hand there were many human children about her age and [[slightly older|Boxey (RDM)]] in the Fleet. She could had also had children with a human child unborn at the time of the landing on Second Earth perhaps within five years to ten years of her age. It is possible that other hybrid children could had been born after the landing given that the Twos, Sixes, and Eights joined the humans. And it is possible that pure Cylon children could had been born to the age compatible Sixes, Eights, and Leobens but as noted in the series it is difficult if not impossible for a pure Cylon child to come to term making any pool of pure Cylon children that were successfully born very small. Cylon-Human mating with a human male with a Six or a Sharon is very possible with the example of Hera herself an significantly more likely than with a Cylon-Cylon birth, but it is harder than with human-human pairings making any pool of those pairing while much more likely and larger than Cylon-Cylon offspring, still quite small number compared to pure human offspring. Therefore Hera's offspring is most likely with a human. A more remote possibility is with another Cylon-human hybrid. Her producing children with a pure Cylon offspring is the least likely since pure Cylons are the least likely to exist. <br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears as himslef holding a ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City. With this scene the series Battlestar Galactica becomes part of itself as [[Ronald D. Moore]] later creates the series with the knowledge of mitochondrial Eve.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> * There are at least two distinct angels. They have known each other long and born witness to Kobol and the original Earth, as well as the Twelve Colonies and the new Earth. They can walk around and observe events even when no one else present can see them.<br /> * In another piece of irony, the two beings most directly responsible for the attack and destruction of the 12 Colonies, Gaius Baltar and Caprica Six, get to live on a lush green New Earth in love with each other.<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> ** Will the freed Centurions eventually develop their own humanoid forms, or develop in a completely other direction?<br /> ** If there are descendants of the Centurions 150,000 years later, do they remember their history?<br /> * Did any copies of Cavil, Doral, or Simon survive?<br /> * Why does Cavil choose to commit suicide?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If "it" doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does "it" like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the Cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together after Thrace's disappearance?<br /> * Can Thrace ever return again?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry? Do they go into isolation like Adama and Tyrol, or will they be near a human colony?<br /> * Since Caprica Six and Gaius Baltar genuinely love each other, do they eventually have a child?<br /> * Do Adama and Tyrol stay isolated for the rest of their lives?<br /> * Why was Romo Lampkin chosen as President? Wouldn't a member of the Quorum of Captains have been selected?<br /> * What became of the remaining prisoners aboard the <i>[[Astral Queen]]</i>? Were they sent out amongst the rest of the human population, or were all of them deposited in some geographical area completely isolated from the other humans? <br /> * Were any of the groups provided with medicine, or medical training or at least someone with medical knowledge before spreading out among the world?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since Old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> * Who did Hera eventually have children with? A human or a Cylon? <br /> * Was it coincidence or divine intervention that an asteroid caused Racetrack's hand to hit the launch button for the nuclear weapons at the exact right moment?<br /> * Why was Galactica able to jump without retracting its [[flight pods]] when escaping from the Colony? Did this cause Galactica to break its backbone?<br /> * Will modern humanity venture out into space and discover places such as Kobol, the original Earth, the Twelve Colonies, and New Caprica?<br /> * How close are the two Earths? The [[Tomb of Athena]] starmap showed constellations known on the second Earth, but was supposed to have been the sky as seen from the first. Does this mean they are very close indeed?<br /> * Why was Starbuck not aware of her true nature until after her role had been fulfilled?<br /> * In what part of Earth (a northerly island with "highlands") did Galen Tyrol settle? Scotland?<br /> * What is the nature of Starbuck's journey to the First Earth, crash, and return in the unscathed Viper? How did she "jump" to its coordinates? If her return was engineered by God to use her as an angel and bring humanity to Earth, why do so in a way that raised more questions about how it occurred than it answered?<br /> * In what way, if any, did Starbuck fulfill her [[The Destiny|destiny]] as the "harbinger of death" that would lead humanity to its "end"?<br /> * How did the proto-Greek polytheistic religion of the Colonies survive nearly 150,000 years before being revived in garbled form with the rise of Greek civilization? Did it die out in practice but return through the universal subconscious?<br /> * In what way, if any, did the Cylons' monotheistic religion and the Colonies' polytheistic religion intertwine? Did they coexist peacefully, or were there conflicts? Do modern monotheistic religions trace their traditions ultimately to those of the Cylons and the [[Cult of Baltar]]?<br /> * During the lie detector test in the flashback scene of William Adama's attempt to secure a civilian job, why did the interrogator ask him if he was a Cylon? At that point in history, it was unknown that the Cylons had humanoid appearance.<br /> * Even after committing the fleet to destruction, there are still serviceable Raptors on the surface of Earth, which are jump-capable. Would any of the surviving humans or Cylons come to regret having settled on a primitive world without technology and decide to return to the stars in search of resources or other habitable planets? Is there any [[tylium]] available on Earth?<br /> * Assuming that (as Tigh indicated to Adama in [[Revelations]]) the Final Five Cylons age but the rest do not, what will become of Caprica-Six, Athena, and any other survivors of the non-Final Five models? How will Helo and Baltar cope with the non-aging of their spouses as they themselves age?<br /> * Even if humanity does repeat the cycle, Lee Adama's plan would seem to have had some success, because it will have taken much, much longer to do so this time around.<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br/><br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> "Not to rush you or anything, but you are keeping two entire civilizations waiting!"<br/><br /> --Cavil to the Final Five<br /> <br /> "Frak!"<br/><br /> --Cavil's last word before he blows his brains out.<br /> <br /> "Can we ''not'' tell her the plan?"<br/><br /> "Right." (Athena kills Boomer)<br/><br /> --Starbuck and Athena about Boomer before Athena kills her.<br /> <br /> "There must be some kind of way out of here."<br/><br /> --Starbuck attempting to figure out the jump coordinates.<br /> <br /> "All of this has happened before..."<br/><br /> "But does it all have to happen again?"<br/><br /> --Virtual Six and Virtual Baltar speculating if the cycle will continue.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br /> * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br /> * [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br /> * [[Colin Lawrence]] as Ensign [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br /> * [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br /> * [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]<br /> * [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br /> * [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br /> * [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<br /> * [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]<br /> * [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]<br /> * [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1<br /> * [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2<br /> * [[Dan Payne]] as [[Sean Allison]]<br /> * [[Holly Eglinton]] as Stripper<br /> * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (uncredited)<br /> * [[Ronald D. Moore]] as Man at news stand (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176587 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T04:44:21Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Questions */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= <br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === Teaser ===<br /> <br /> === Act 1 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 2 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 3 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 4 ===<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *This episode marks the deaths of Boomer, Cavil, Racetrack, Skulls, Tory, Anders and Roslin and the destruction of Cavil's forces.<br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanitity finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth and the humans of today are the Colonials descendants 150,000 years later.<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinants of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *The scene where Adama is being questioned and abruptly quits the interview references the classic Sci-Fi film [[Wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]], which also starred Edward James Olmos.<br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears in a cameo as the man holding the newsmagazine in New York City.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If it doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does it like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> **That probably depends on how hard we look.<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry?<br /> * Does Adama stay isolated for the rest of his life?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_II&diff=176586 Daybreak, Part II 2009-03-22T04:40:54Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Analysis */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=Daybreak Teaser.jpg<br /> | title= Daybreak, Part II<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 20<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<ref>http://rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2008/4/18_Podcast_Success!.html</ref><br /> | story=<br /> | director= <br /> | production=422<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 20, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 20, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 24, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=<br /> | prev=[[Daybreak, Part I]]<br /> | next=[[The Plan]]<br /> | extra='''Series Finale - 2 Hour Episode'''<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref><br /> | forumthread=3050<br /> }} <br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === Teaser ===<br /> <br /> === Act 1 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 2 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 3 ===<br /> <br /> === Act 4 ===<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> *A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".<br /> *Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. An even longer cut of Daybreak will later be released on DVD. <ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref><br /> *This episode marks the deaths of Boomer, Cavil, Racetrack, Skulls, Tory, Anders and Roslin and the destruction of Cavil's forces.<br /> *This episode also marks the destruction of the ''Galactica'' and her Fleet.<br /> *Humanitity finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth and the humans of today are the Colonials descendants 150,000 years later.<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that<br /> <br /> :1 = C#<br /> :2 = D<br /> :3 = E<br /> :(4 = F#)<br /> :5 = G#<br /> :6 = A<br /> :(7 = B)<br /> <br /> :The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.<br /> *The Virual Beings are angels of God who came to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.<br /> *Kara Thrace is an angel who was sent back from the dead to guide humanity to a new home the coordinants of which were hidden in The Music.<br /> *The scene where Adama is being questioned and abruptly quits the interview references the classic Sci-Fi film [[Wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]], which also starred Edward James Olmos.<br /> *[[Ronald D. Moore]] appears in a cameo as the man holding the newsmagazine in New York City.<br /> *The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.<br /> *The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * What becomes of the Centurions?<br /> ** Do they go after the remnants of Cavil's forces, or go their separate ways?<br /> * What becomes of the Baseships seen orbiting the Colony?<br /> * Are any other human-Cylon hybrids born on Earth, or do the Twos, Sixes, and Eights remain childless?<br /> * If it doesn't like to be called [[God (RDM)|God]], what does it like to be called?<br /> * Will modern humans discover remains of Colonial technology such as Raptors?<br /> * Why do the angels still look like Baltar and Six 150,000 years later?<br /> * Will humanity repeat the cycle?<br /> * Are Thrace and Anders together?<br /> * Do Baltar and Caprica-Six marry?<br /> * Does Adama stay isolated for the rest of his life?<br /> * Is God related to the Lords of Kobol or something completely different?<br /> * Why did the First Hybrid not want humanity to follow Thrace?<br /> * How many angels are there? Are the ones that resemble Six and Baltar the same as those that appeared to the Final Five and Thrace, or distinct?<br /> * Why have angels not been appearing to the Final Five since old Earth's destruction, only to Baltar, Six, and Thrace?<br /> * Since the notes of All Along the Watchtower lead to Earth, do they still serve a purpose on Earth?<br /> * Will analysis of Hera's remains reveal that she was not a normal human?<br /> * Does human life evolve on planets other than Kobol and the new Earth?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> "Silly me.... silly, silly me."<br /> --Virtual Baltar in the last line of the series.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Daybreak,_Part_I&diff=176336 Daybreak, Part I 2009-03-21T00:17:28Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Analysis */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=FirstDaybreak.jpg<br /> | title=Daybreak, Part I<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode=19<br /> | guests=<br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> | story=<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production=421<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=March 13, 2009 <ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/920/920164p1.html</ref><br /> | CAN airdate=March 13, 2009<br /> | UK airdate=March 17, 2009<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=39516<br /> | oldpopulation=39521<br /> | prev=[[Islanded In a Stream of Stars ]]<br /> | next=[[Daybreak, Part II]]<br /> | forumthread= 2994<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] begins to be stripped of parts, and [[William Adama|Adama]] calls for volunteers for a final mission.''<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === Act 1 ===<br /> '''In Caprica City'''<br /> *The Act opens with a montage, including a galaxy, a bird trapped in a skylight, water falling into a pool, and light over a planet. A shot of a city can be seen, with the words "Caprica City - Before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]]".<br /> *[[William Adama|Bill Adama]], wearing civilian clothes, is conversing with another gentleman in a shaded room. Adama talks about his combat experience, commanding billions of cubits of men and materials, but doesn't want to go through with something. The man responds that he's only asking for one hour of his time, and that "sometimes there are things that you gotta do."<br /> *Across the city, Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] is speaking with [[Caprica-Six]] in a limo, talking briefly about having things done for you as opposed to being independent. Baltar and Caprica-Six begin fooling around in the limo, when a call comes through. Baltar is immediately shaken, he apologizes, and asks the other person to wait for him. The other person sounds ready to leave, but Baltar tells the person on the other end to wait for him, or he will sue them for abandonment.<br /> *[[Laura Roslin]] is sending out the last guest from a baby shower she hosted for her sister. Laura and her two younger sisters then sit on the couch, celebrating and laughing together.<br /> *In an apartment kitchen, [[Kara Thrace]] is contemplating something and preparing food when the doorbell rings. Kara is surprised, saying they're early, and greets [[Lee Adama]] at the door, carrying flowers. Kara invites him in, and calls for Zak. [[Zak Adama]] comes out and greets his brother, and introduces Kara as his girlfriend.<br /> *Baltar pleads with Nurse Barbara to stay with his father [[Julius Baltar|Julius]] at his apartment, after she is stabbed with a steak knife, but she refuses and leaves. Caprica-Six walks in, despite Baltar's instructions to stay in the car. Baltar starts berating his father over the fact that he's driven away three nurses, at great cost to him, while his father starts talking about Baltar's past. Baltar starts yelling and hitting his father, demanding that he shut up. Baltar then sends Caprica-Six away, saying he will be spending the rest of the evening with his father.<br /> *Laura Roslin is approached by two Caprica City Police officers at her apartment. The two inform her that the night before, her father and her sisters died in a car accident. The other driver survived, and was intoxicated at the time of the accident. Roslin, upset, calmly asks the officers to leave. She stands in her apartment, alone, thinking, and then walks to a park in her nightgown. She rests her feet in the fountain, and then wades in the water, and rests on a nearby rock, letting the splashing water wash over her. The drops of water falling into the pond match what was seen in the earlier montage.<br /> <br /> '''Aboard [[Galactica|''Galactica'']]'''<br /> *The scene cuts to an IV drip, overlooking Laura Roslin resting in Sickbay.<br /> *In the Hangar Bay, Lee Adama is complaining about the amount of materials the ship captains want from ''Galactica''. Lee is signing a number of documents (and also sending some back for revision), when a deckhand argues over the fact that the magnetic accelerators are being stripped. While Lee points out that they can be used as autoloaders for the civilian ships, the deckhand says that "it's like tearing the old girl's heart out", as it's used in launching Vipers. Lee compromises that the accelerators will be last thing they remove from ''Galactica'', then they'll "turn out the lights, and let the old girl die in peace."<br /> <br /> === Act 2 ===<br /> '''Aboard [[Galactica|''Galactica'']]'''<br /> *The act opens with [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] finished packing the last of his belongings into boxes to be moved to the Cylon basestar. As the last of his belongings is closed, the rattling of the hull can be heard overhead.<br /> *Paulla tells [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] that they now control a majority in at least half the ships in the fleet. While Paulla continues to cheer about their political power, Baltar looks up to see [[Virtual Six]]. Six points out that "humanity's final chapter is about to be written," with him as the author. Baltar turns back to Paulla, thinking back. <br /> *In [[Sam Anders|Anders']] room, [[Kara Thrace|Kara]] sits with him, contemplating the notes she got from Hera ([[Someone to Watch Over Me]]). With equations and notes, Kara continues to ponder.<br /> *In the CIC, Lt. [[Hoshi]] is cleaning up a spill, while Tigh is announcing that the Admiral will fly out the last Viper personally. He orders that the deck gang keep one launch tube intact and ready for remote activation. Tigh comments on Hoshi's inability to clean up the spill, saying "you won't make Admiral like that."<br /> *In the brig, [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and an imprisoned [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] argue over the uniqueness of the Eights. Helo points out that Tyrol's relationship with Boomer, much like his with Athena's, are unique. Tyrol scoffs, calling himself a "frakkin' idiot" for not realizing that they're just machines, not people. The Eights are all the same "...because [[Final Five|''we'']] made them the same." Tyrol says that they can't be trusted, at which point, Helo ends the conversation abruptly. <br /> <br /> '''In Caprica City'''<br /> *As Baltar escorts a lovely young woman into his house, he walks in to find [[Caprica-Six]] there, sitting. Baltar shoos the young woman upstairs, while Baltar declares Caprica an intruder and orders her out. Caprica-Six mentions that she had Julius moved to the Regency, a full-time care facility. Caprica mentions that he loves his new arrangements, and that the last time she saw him, he seemed happy. <br /> <br /> '''Inside the Colony'''<br /> *Hera is drawing notes on a large paper, while [[Number One|Cavil]] points out that they're just "little dots." [[Number Four|Simon]] suggests that they feed Hera through tubes, while [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] insists that she's just missing her mother. Cavil rejects this idea coldly, saying Hera is just a hybrid who holds the key to Cylon salvation, nothing more. Cavil leaves as Simon prepares a large needle with Hera and Boomer in view.<br /> <br /> === Act 3 ===<br /> {{expansion}}<br /> <br /> === Act 4 ===<br /> <br /> <br /> === Act 5 ===<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> <br /> * This episode is the first part of a three hour series finale<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref>.<br /> * The episode does not have an opening teaser beyond the "Previously..." segment and a brief depiction of Galactica deckhands and several Baseship Number Eight pilots guiding passengers to ships and other ''Galactica'' bound ships from the Baseship. Nor does the opening credits include clips from the episode, the first time this has happened since the start of Season 3.<br /> *We finally learn [[Sherman Cottle|Cottle]]'s first name: Sherman. Adama calls him by it when telling him he's too valuable for the fleet to lose.<br /> * It is revealed that [[Laura Roslin]] had two sisters (one pregnant), and that they and her father were killed in an automobile accident at some point before she was appointed as Secretary of Education under the Adar Administration.<br /> * Baltar's father appears for the first time, and it's confirmed that Baltar's accent is an affected one as Baltar had previously admitted to doing so in [[Dirty Hands]].<br /> *A couple of years before the Fall it seems that Lee Adama liked to get drunk and carouse. This is in stark contrast post Fall to his sober and controlled demeanor who looked on with disdain over Kara's, Colonel Tigh's and even his own father's drinking problems. <br /> * Baltar specifically told [[Caprica Six]] he forgot her name, albeit it is possible that he has yet to learn it, despite having a relationship with her.<br /> * Cultural oddity: keep an eye on the rear window of Baltar's limo for a recognizable Vancouver, B.C. street sign.<br /> * After several episodes leaving the facts open to speculation, it is confirmed that the ''Galactica'' pilots that took part in the mutiny, such as [[Racetrack]], were incarcerated and not executed. Ronald D. Moore had previously said that Racetrack, [[Skulls]] and other mutiny participants were confined on the prison ship ''[[Astral Queen]]'' in his podcast for [[Deadlock]]. Also confirmed [[Galen Tyrol]] was imprisoned for his role in unwittingly helping Boomer to escape with Hera (a scene indicating this was filmed for "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]" but cut from the televised version).<br /> * For the first time in many episodes, the six surviving members of the [[Significant Seven]] appear in the same episode (albeit [[Leoben]] appears only in the opening recap). This was the first time we have seen a [[Doral]] or a [[Simon]] since [[The Hub]].<br /> * In the flashback to Starbuck's apartment, the painting of the Eye of Jupiter can be seen behind her when she opens the door.<br /> *As Hybrid Anders is reciting his seemingly random phrases to a listening Admiral Adama and Captain Thrace he says "Slip the surly bonds of Earth and touch the face of perfection" This is a variation of a real life quote made by [[Wikipedia:John Gillespie Magee, Jr|John Gillespie Magee, Jr.]] in his 1941 poem [[Wikipedia: High Flight|High Flight]]: "Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth, And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings..." [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/highflig.htm] The poem goes on and concludes with "Put out my hand and touched the face of God." This was quoted by Ronald Reagan much closer to Ander's rendition on January 28, 1986 when addressing the nation after the Challenger disaster "We will never forget them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God."<br /> *At the end of the episode, Lee Adama can be seen wearing his old Major's [[Uniforms (RDM)#Regular uniform|uniform]] (with white piping), but without his [[Military Ranks (RDM)#Insignia|rank insignia]] or [[Insignia (RDM)#Pilot wings|pilot wings]].<br /> * The known volunteers for the mission include Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, Helo, Caprica Six, the Final Five, Hoshi, Nurse Ishay, Hot Dog, Racetrack, and Skulls. Athena is presumably also on this mission despite her giving up hope her daughter is alive since she is present and remained on the starboard side with Helo. Doc Cottle initially volunteers for the mission, but stays behind at Adama's request. Although Gaius Baltar does not volunteer, he seems to be highly conflicted with himself.<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *Cavil plans to use Hera to find out how she was created in order to continue the Cylon species, presumably through normal reproduction. <br /> **It also proves Cavil intends to dissect Hera to discover the secret of procreation, confirming both Starbuck's and Athena's worst fears. <br /> *Roslin likely feels quite protective of Hera as despite being barely able to walk, she volunteers for the rescue mission (although her love for Adama likely also played a part in her decision).<br /> *Cottle may be either the best doctor in the fleet or one of the only ones as Adama says he's too valuable for the fleet to lose on the rescue mission.<br /> *Baltar seems conflicted when volunteers are called. This inner conflict stems from his earlier conversation with Lee Adama where he confessed that he had never done anything for purely selfless motivations with no gain for himself. He does not, however, cross the line and join the volunteers.<br /> ** If Baltar does join, then it would seem likely that all the elements are in place to fulfill the Opera House vision: Athena, Roslin, Caprica Six and Baltar will all be in pursuit of Hera.<br /> ** Baltar's Virtual Six has told him many times that he is supposed to be Hera's guardian and "father". It seems incongruous with his destiny for him not to join a mission to rescue Hera.<br /> *It's clear that despite his controversial choices, Adama still commands a great deal of loyalty and respect from the crew. Much of the crew - or at least those that are on the hangar deck at the time - volunteers for the mission. At the very least, Adama has enough people with him to take ''Galactica'' into battle. <br /> ** It should be noted that although the non-volunteers appear to outnumber the volunteers at least two-to-one, many of the non-volunteers are civilians.<br /> ** It should also be noted that almost all the Marines volunteer for the mission.<br /> ** Also, it is likely Adama will have more volunteers than are visible on screen in the hangar deck scene. Certainly not all the crew of ''Galactica'' were on the hangar deck at the time given the size of the combined crew at this point. Doubtless some had to stay on duty (Colonel Tigh confirms this when he says in CIC that that those on duty must report to Adama later to declare themselves) or were on the Cylon basestar or civilian ships helping offload Galactica's stripped parts. It was also probably impractical for the producers to muster some 3000 plus extras for this scene to show Galactica's full crew.<br /> ** Given that Adama had trouble manning ''Galactica'' during the occupation of [[New Caprica]], when the ship was stated as being at half strength, it is fair to assume the Admiral is going to need roughly half the original crew compliment to carry out this last combat mission - roughly 1300 people. As stated above, this many volunteers are not seen on screen, but given some crew could volunteer later, Adama might well muster about this number in the end.<br /> *In the brig Tyrol tells Helo-who is surprisingly civil even sympathetic toward Tyrol given his hand in the abduction-that they are all the same referring to the Eights. He says it as a word of advice and warning. That they made them the same and therefore can only expect betrayal from Athena as what happened to Tyrol at the hands of Boomer. However, given the fact that he has no first hand knowledge of making the Eights and the other seven Cylon models and the psychic pain Galen suffered at the betrayal, his opinion most likely comes from deep, deep, abiding pain and not a intellectual analysis in his disregard of the individuality of Athena and the other Eights and particularly Athena's track record of loyalty. This also maybe a case of misery loves company and Tyrol, subconsciously or knowingly, wants to see Helo and Athena split up to allay his own feelings of being duped, by saying they are all a like and putting doubt in Helo's mind. Also, by claiming that Athena and the other Eights are just machines this could mitigate the guilt for his role in the abduction and possible death of Hera. If Athena is just a machine, then she cannot be hurt emotionally. She has no emotions, just a programmed facsimile. Tyrol wouldn't have to feel responsible for such pain he caused her since, as a machine, she can't really feel it, sparing '''''himself''''' a lot of pain and guilt.<br /> *Tyrol is himself a Cylon machine, so his rant speaks of denial and projected self-hatred as well as bitterness.<br /> *The finale appears to be taking a character-driven approach, devoting significant screen time to pivotal flashbacks for the central characters that relate to their current circumstances. <br /> **We see the first time Starbuck and Apollo' met, with hints alluding to their future romantic relationship.<br /> **Roslin deals with the sudden death of her sisters and father by wading into a fountain, which she uses to disguise the tears that she shed for the lost of her family. The gushing water cuts to a shot of her IV drip as she lies dying on Galactica.<br /> **Baltar and Caprica-Six begin their relationship with an act of compassion on Six's part towards Baltar's father. Baltar's selfishness, a theme raised repeatedly in the episode, is contrasted with Caprica Six's seemingly genuine concern for [[Julius Baltar|Julius]].<br /> *One of the shots in the opening sequence is of a sun rising over a blue planet: daybreak. The theme may symbolize an end to the fleet's long four years of gloom and darkness.<br /> **In that image of the planet, Antarctica is clearly seen, specifically the Ronne Ice Shelf, Queen Maud Land, and the Antarctic Peninsula. Where southern South America and southern Africa would be, the surface is covered by clouds, and the location of southern Australia/New Zealand is too dark. Although not as recognizable as the image of North America in [[Crossroads, Part II]], it is clear that the planet shown here is our Earth. <br /> ***Despite the similarities, the sun and the stars are in the wrong position for this to be our Earth. More than likely, the planet being depicted is Caprica. Especially when the sequence is taken as a whole: The Galaxy, Sun rise over a planet, In orbit over the planet, then a helicopter like fly over of Caprica City heavily implies that was Caprica as the planet we saw. <br /> *Hera is drawing "dots", as Cavil calls them, on the Colony. These are much more numerous than the simple line that she gave Starbuck, its at least a full page long. It seems to be an entire musical score. However, not knowing that they are music notes, Cavil doesn't see this.<br /> *Someone left a picture of Athena about to kiss Hera on the head on the now abandoned memorial wall. It may have been Athena herself, who has given up on Hera's survival.<br /> * Baltar's reaction to Lee's accusation that he has never done a selfless thing in his life shows how much the character of Baltar has grown, especially in the Fourth Season. Previously, whenever someone called Baltar's motives or attributes(especially his loyalty) into question, he reacted very passionately, and angrily, to defend himself(and often led to him being coaxed into doing what Virtual Six wanted, to the detriment of the humans in the fleet). On this occasion, however, Baltar not only does not even attempt to defend himself, he resignedly admits that he wouldn't trust him either(tacitly admitting both that Lee is correct in his assertion and that his self-serving actions have been extremely detrimental in the past). This change in attitude visibly surprises Lee who seems quite taken aback and appears to momentarily contemplate talking to Baltar again when he returns to the Hanger Deck.<br /> * Adama's decision to rescue Hera was prompted by Constanza's remarks about saving the photos of his fallen comrades because he didn't want to leave them behind. It should not then be surprising to see that Constanza was one of the first pilots(not counting Lee Adama) to cross the line and join in the potential suicide mission with Adama.<br /> * Anders' flashback of his life before the War contains an interesting aspect of Anders not seen before. Though he was implanted with memories of being a "jock", but when he candidly spoke to the sports reporter, he revealed a more intellectual and artistic side of himself. This may be a hint of his former personality (a scientist and musician) before Cavil blocked his memories.<br /> * It is ironic that Anders' flashback finds him in a tub.<br /> * In a humorous side commentary, Skulls points out that many of the dangerous or lethal Raptor missions are usually given to him and Racetrack. Historically, this has been true as the duo have been pivotal for discoveries such as New Caprica, receiving the first message from the Resistance, discovering that the Cylons were tracking the fleet to the Nebula, propulsion problems (exploding engine) due to contaminated jet fuel.<br /> * Skull's comment of "The more things change the more they stay the same." is a different twist of quoting the Pythian Prophecy that "All this has happened before, and all this will happen again." The phrase is a common proverb in English, indicating that surface changes only serve to reveal enduring underlying constants. It is derived from a French epigram by novelist Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (1808-1890), "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> {{cleanup}}<br /> === Flashbacks ===<br /> * To what is Adama's flashback conversation referring?<br /> ** Is the conversation related to what Tigh told Novacek of what happened to Adama after the failed recon mission in [[Hero]]?<br /> * Who was the drunk driver that killed Roslin's sisters and father? Is he alive in the fleet today?<br /> * Who is Sean Allison and why does his name sound familiar to Roslin?<br /> ** Is Sean Allison related to or is the drunk driver that kill Roslin's family?<br /> * What is the time frame for the flashbacks, and is it the same for all characters?<br /> <br /> ===Mission to save Hera=== <br /> * How is [[Sam Anders]] able to provide the new location of [[the Colony]]? What transpired between him, Starbuck, and Adama?<br /> * How many of the jailed mutineers volunteer to participate in the mission?<br /> * As the episode began, ''Galactica'' was already being cannibalized for parts; does this mean it will be lacking vital components during the upcoming mission, or has Adama stopped the salvaging?<br /> * Will Boomer help Hera escape?<br /> <br /> ===Cavil's Plan===<br /> * Has Cavil given up on the idea of salvaging Resurrection Technology?<br /> <br /> ===Miscellaneous===<br /> *With [[William Adama|Commander Adama]], [[Saul Tigh|XO Tigh]], [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] and [[Lee Adama|Vice-President Lee Adama]] all joining the Hera rescue mission, who will assume military and political leadership of the Fleet?<br /> * With [[Hotdog]] being one of the volunteers, and especially being aware that he may not return alive, who will take care of Nicholas?<br /> *With Tyrol on the rebound from Sharon Valerii, will Tory Foster and Tyrol renew their romance despite not having their original memories?<br /> * At the very beginning of the episode, an image of the galaxy is displayed which includes several prominent stars in bright colors... is there a connection to Hera's multicolored "dots"? Do her notes represent stars, and will the sequence provide a map that leads to somewhere?<br /> * Will the Cylon baseship remain with the civilian fleet or will they also join in on the rescue mission to save Hera?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> *''In his podcast for [[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]], Ronald D. Moore stated that there will be no independent podcast for Daybreak Part I. Instead a single podcast would be made for all three hours including the two hour series finale [[Daybreak Part II]] and posted at the scifi.com site.'' [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast.php] (00':30")<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> :"No one should feel obligated to join this mission in any way. This is a decision I have made for myself. If it turns out that there are not enough personnel to crew [[Galactica|''Galactica'']], I will lead a [[Raptor]] assault with anyone who is willing to join me. Let there be no illusions; this is likely to be a one-way trip! So don't volunteer out of sentiment or emotion. There is a line running down this deck. Volunteers, move to the starboard side; Everyone else, to the port. Make your choice!"<br /> ::--[[William_Adama|Admiral Adama's]] speech to the assembled crew.<br /> <br /> :"You didn't think you were gonna to take off without me Admiral, did you?"<br /> ::--[[Laura Roslin]] volunteering for the rescue mission despite barely being able to walk.<br /> <br /> :"Spins and turns, angles and curves. The shape of dreams, half remembered. Slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of perfection - a perfect face, perfect lace. Find the perfect world for the end of Kara Thrace. End of line."<br /> ::--[[Samuel Anders|Anders]]'s hybrid-speak when powered on to speak with [[Kara Thrace]] and [[William_Adama|Admiral Adama]].<br /> <br /> :"She’s right, Gaius. The end times are approaching. Humanity’s final chapters are about to be written. And you - you will be its author."<br /> ::--[[Virtual Six]] to [[Gaius Baltar]].<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br /> * [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br /> * [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]<br /> * [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracy Anne]]<br /> * [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]<br /> * [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br /> * [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]<br /> * [[Finn R. Devitt]] as [[Nicholas Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br /> * [[Antony Holland]] as [[Julius Baltar]]<br /> * [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]<br /> * [[Elan Ross Gibson]] as Nurse [[Barbara]]<br /> * [[France Perras]] as [[Sandra]]<br /> * [[Sarah Deakins]] as [[Cheryl]]<br /> * [[Tiffany Burns]] as Reporter [[Carolyn]]<br /> * [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]<br /> * [[Stefanie Samuels]] as Police Officer<br /> * [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1<br /> * [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2<br /> * [[Leo Li Chiang]] as the [[tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Life_Forms_of_the_Twelve_Colonies&diff=175913 Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies 2009-03-15T02:53:32Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Birds */</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br /> <br /> <br /> {{RDM twelve colonies series}}<br /> <br /> This article is a list of fictional and actual '''animals and plants''' mentioned in the [[Re-imagined Series]] as existing on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. For the most part, the Colonies appear to have the same organisms as present-day earth, with some exceptions.<br /> <br /> In keeping with the [[naturalistic science fiction]] concepts that [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] used to model the series, it is unlikely that we may see any life forms outside of those found on any of the Earth-like planets of the Twelve Colonies.<br /> <br /> Ron D. Moore initially chose to avoid addressing the issue of the types of live animals planned to appear. In the commentary for the [[Miniseries]], Moore elaborates:<br /> :..."David and I, we had discussed, at an early point; well, do they have dogs and cats and things like that? And we said, "No, no, no", let's not go there, 'cause that locks us into a whole Terrestrial-kind of like thing. We'll just avoid any mention of it. '''Nobody will even, like, register that we had "Chicken pie" the whole time, and in retrospect "Oh, I guess there are chickens"."'''<br /> <br /> Over the course of the series, however, not only have the terrestrial names of flora and fauna been used extensively, but a [[Jake (New Caprica)|live dog]] and [[Lance|cat]] have also appeared relatively prominently. Rats and bats can briefly be seen in "[[Bastille Day]]" and "[[Litmus]]" respectively.<br /> <br /> ==Fictional==<br /> ===Plants===<br /> *[[Chamalla]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "I would like to explore alternative treatment. [...] Have you ever heard of Chamalla extract?" ([[Act of Contrition]])<br /> :''Resembles (somewhat) herbal [[Wikipedia:Cannabinoids|cannabinoids]] and [[Wikipedia:Opioids|opioids]] in its pain-killing and hallucinogenic effects, which are found in the plant [[Wikipedia:Cannabis|cannabis]] and the [[Wikipedia:Opium Poppy|opium poppy]], respectively.''<br /> *[[Fumarella leaf]]<br /> :'''Baltar:''' "A parting gift: hand-rolled from some of the finest Fumarella leaf on Caprica. It's also one of the last left in the universe." ([[Water]])<br /> :''An homage to the [[TOS|original series]], in which [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Wikipedia:Cigar|cigars]] are referred to as "[[Fumarello|fumarellos]]". This plant may be similar or identical to [[Wikipedia:Tobacco|tobacco]].''<br /> <br /> ==Real==<br /> ===Animals===<br /> ====Mammals====<br /> *[[w:Bat|Bat]]<br /> :Seen flying out of an abandoned warehouse in "[[Litmus]]".<br /> *[[w:Bovinae|Bovinae]]<br /> : Given the presence of meat in the fleet, it is likely that the Colonials get meat from such animals.<br /> [[Image:Lampkin's cat.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Romo Lampkin's cat, [[Lance]].]]<br /> *[[w:Camel|Camel]]<br /> :Baltar has a statuette of a camel on his [[:Image:Season 3 - Promo - Epi 1 - 2 - Gaius Baltar and Cylons.jpg|desk]] while president ([[Precipice]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Cat|Cat]]<br /> **'''Adama:''' [[Nothing but the rain|"...then grab your gun and bring in the cat."]] ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **[[Romo Lampkin]] carries a [[Lance|cat]] around with him ([[The Son Also Rises]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Dog|Dog]]<br /> **'''Cally:''' "She said the engine power-up sequence began by squeezing something that looks like a red ligament with blue veins on the right side coming out of a sack of gooey fluid, shaped like a... dog." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> [[Image:Jake and bowl.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] on New Caprica.]]<br /> **'''Baltar:''' "I will be the President, all right, but without the military support, I might as well be an anointed dog catcher." ([[Epiphanies]])<br /> **'''Roslin:''' "I need you to send my ID code on the exact same frequency: D, as in dog [...]" ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **'''[[Helena Cain|Cain]]:''' "Madam President, you look like I just shot your dog." ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Quotes:01 5|Quote of the day]])<br /> **'''[[Billy Keikeya|Billy]]:''' "...dog takes 20 pills a day." - '''Roslin:''' "I didn't know you had a dog-" - '''Billy:''' "yeah, big shaggy thing - [[Jake (Billy's dog)|Jake]]" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])<br /> **A dog named [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] appears on [[New Caprica]], whose water bowl is flipped by [[Felix Gaeta]] to notify [[Galen Tyrol]] of an intelligence drop ([[Precipice]]). Jake, a [[w:Landseer (dog)|Landseer Newfoundland]], is the first live animal to play a significant role in the series, with a [[Lance|cat]] to follow in a [[The Son Also Rises|later season 3 episode]].<br /> **[[Daniel Novacek]]'s callsign "Bulldog" implies the possible existence of [[Wikipedia:bulldog|Earth's bulldog breed]].<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Elephant|Elephant]]<br /> **'''Hallucination-Baltar:''' "Start with the elephants..." ([[Downloaded]])<br /> **William Adama has a tapestry depicting two elephants hanging in his quarters.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Goat|Goat]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "A horse. Why not a goat? I mean, that's good, right? Think of it as a goat." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Gorilla|Gorilla]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "I'm gonna need some of those gorillas you call Marines." ([[Sacrifice]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Horse|Horse]]<br /> **'''Tyrol:''' "Take it for a ride. Treat it like a horse." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> **Helo and Sharon are in what looks like horse stables in "[[THe Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"<br /> **A horse can be seen on a picture on the [[memorial hallway|memorial wall]] behind Kara Thrace in "[[Maelstrom]]"<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Hare|Jackrabbit]]<br /> :'''Starbuck''': "This is the Viper Mark II. It's as maneuverable as a jackrabbit and can flip end for end in .35 seconds." ([[Act of Contrition]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Monkey|Monkey]]<br /> :'''[[Cliff Hooper]]'s friend:''' "He's a real-deal war hero, Hoop. Can't be seen drinkin' with a bunch of low-life freight monkeys." ([[Scattered]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Otter|Otter]]<br /> **An otter can be seen on a [[:Image:AdrienBauer.jpg|picture]] on the [[memorial hallway|memorial wall]] behind Baltar in "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]"<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Panther|Panther]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "I'm a [[Picon Panthers]] fan myself." ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Pig|Pig]]<br /> :'''Phelan''': "Fisk was a pig. He tried to force us to renegotiate."<br /> [[Image:UnnamedCapricanCities3.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Rats on Caprica ([[Bastille Day]]).]]<br /> *{{inlineref|rat|[[Wikipedia:Rat|Rat]]|bold=N}}<br /> **'''Helo:''' Frakkin' rats! ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> **:''Rats actually appear on screen in this episode. <br /> **Another rat can be seen in "[[Litmus]]"''<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Tiger|Tiger]]<br /> :Gaeta reveals a [[tattoo]] of a tiger on his upper right chest in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".''<br /> <br /> ====Birds====<br /> *[[w:Bird of prey|Birds of Prey]]<br /> **While the animals have never been specifically mentioned, it's reasonable to assume the [[Raptor]] is named after them.<br /> **Possibly a bird of prey is heard and mentioned by Tyrol and Socinus on Kobol ([[Valley of Darkness]]).<br /> *[[w:Blackbird|Blackbird]]<br /> :Namesake of the [[Blackbird]] experimental stealth fighter ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br /> *[[w:Chicken|Chicken]]<br /> **'''Cami:''' "We're going out for dinner, and I'm having chicken pie, and then we're going home, and then Daddy's going to read to me, and then I'm going to bed." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **Colonel Tigh imitates a chicken when mocking Starbuck's nickname, "Starbuck-buck-buck." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> *[[w:Duck|Ducks]]<br /> **'''Palacios''': "Wouldn't we be like ducks in a Cylon shooting gallery?" ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])<br /> **"Duck" is the callsign of Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan]] ("[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", "[[Scar]]", [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|"The Resistance" webisodes]])<br /> *[[w:Geese|Geese]]<br /> :'''Colonel Tigh''': "They're coming up with big goose eggs" ([[Water]]) <br /> *[[w:Parakeet|Parakeet]]<br /> :'''Jammer:''' "I don't care if they put a giant parakeet in here. If the colonel says build a cell, we build a cell." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[w:Pigeon|Pigeons]]<br /> :There is a pigeon in the episode [[Daybreak,_Part_I|Daybreak, Part I]].<br /> *[[w:Sparrow|Sparrow]]<br /> :Colonial pilot jargon for a Cylon Raider ([[Maelstrom]]).<br /> *[[w:Swallow|Swallow]]<br /> :Namesake of the Colonial drone weapon, the [[Swallow]] ([[Occupation]]).<br /> *[[w:Turkey|Turkey]]<br /> :Colonial pilot jargon for a Cylon Heavy Raider ([[Maelstrom]]).<br /> *[[w:Vulture|Vulture]]<br /> :In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Downloaded|deleted scene]] from "[[Downloaded]]", [[Karl Agathon]] calls [[D'Anna Biers]] a "stupid frakking vulture" after being notified of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]'s alleged death.<br /> <br /> ====Reptiles====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Python|Python]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "Betrayal has such a powerful grip on the mind. It's almost like a python. You can squeeze out the thought, suffocate all other emotion until everything is dead except for the rage." ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Viper|Viper]]<br /> :[[Laura Roslin]] has a vision of "serpents two and ten" as [[Pythia|prophesized]], which she and [[Elosha]] associate with the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] fighter craft ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).<br /> <br /> ====Fish====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Salmon|Salmon]]<br /> :'''Baltar:''' "There was an off-road bridge, over the Euclid river. I used to go there, when I was a boy. Watch the fish try and swim upstream. They were mesmerizing." ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> :''What Baltar describes, without naming, are [[Wikipedia:Anadromous|anadromous]] fish - almost certainly a type of salmon.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Shark|Shark]]<br /> :ECO [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]) presumably took her call-sign from these creatures.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Betta|Betta]] or [[Wikipedia:Guppy|Guppy]]<br /> :When Six comes "home" to Baltar's house carrying the metal suitcase, one can see three different glasses on a table in the front of the scene. They contain only water and one living, small, long-finned, black fish each, a way aggressive [[Wikipedia:Siamese fighting fish|Siamese fighting fish]] are kept ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> <br /> ====Invertebrates====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Ant|Ant]]<br /> :'''Crashdown:''' "Someone else feel like they have ants crawling behind their frakking eyeballs?" ([[33]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Cockroach|Cockroach]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "...even a cockroach needs to breathe..." ([[You Can't Go Home Again]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Oyster|Oyster]]<br /> :'''Caprica-Sharon:''' "I remember the first day I met you, Starbuck. You were puking your guts out in the head after you ate some bad oysters." ([[Scattered]])<br /> <br /> ===Plants===<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Apple|Apple]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "I need you to send my ID code on the exact same frequency: D, as in dog, dash, 456, dash, 345, dash, A as in apple." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> :''In the commentary for the [[Miniseries]], [[Ron Moore]] stated that the [[Armistice Officer|officer]] at [[Armistice Station]] was originally supposed to take out an apple and eat it while studying his notes; in keeping with the new series's emphasis on naturalism.''<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Blueberry|Blueberry]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "You look like a blueberry." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Burdock|Burdock]]<br /> :Used by Sagittarons as a calmative ([[The Woman King]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Carrot|Carrot]]<br /> :'''Baltar''': "Simply put, Admiral, you have already used the stick. It's time to use a carrot." ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Celery|Celery]] ([[The Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Coffea|Coffee plant]]<br /> :'''Gaeta:''' "Seven other container ships are refusing to release their supplies. Food, medicine, even coffee." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Lemon|Lemon]]<br /> :'''Col. Tigh''': "A couple of lemons, we could make lemonade". ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Licorice|Licorice]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "Chamalla and licorice. Would you like some?" ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Walnut|Walnut]]<br /> :Adama cracks walnuts while going over potential CAGs in the episode "[[Home, Part I]]".<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Beans|Beans]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Maize|Maize]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Peanut|Peanut]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Chili pepper|Chili pepper]]<br /> **In the episode "[[Sacrifice]]", Lee Adama's drink is decorated with a chili pepper.<br /> :'''Helo:''' You hungry? I don't know, what do we got? Peanut butter... baked beans, corn. How about some chili? ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]) <br /> ::''Helo is probably referring to the common [[Wikipedia:Haricot bean|Haricot bean]]''<br /> *[[w:Potato|Potato]]<br /> :In "[[Razor]]", Kara Thrace asks [[Kendra Shaw]] if she wants to be demoted back to peeling potatoes in the ship's galley.<br /> *[[w:Algae|Algae]]<br /> *[[w:Cocoa|Cocoa]]<br /> :In "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", [[Tyrol]] says, referring to the algae, "It's breakfast, lunch and dinner until someone finds a hot [[w:fudge|fudge]] planet."<br /> <br /> ==Official Statements==<br /> <br /> *In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] RDM was asked about the possibility of animals actually appearing in future episodes:<br /> <br /> :"Q: [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]'s been more or less written out of the series, but there's always a chance that we might one day see the return of [[Muffit]], or some other form of Man's Best Friend. Might we see the introduction of animals (including Cylon animals) into the Galactica universe? Where would Cylon animals fit in with the Cylon plan (especially in light of "[[The Farm]]")? Can Cylon animals reproduce? <br /> <br /> :RDM: The presence of animals in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|rag-tag fleet]] was something that came up in early discussions, but we kinda dropped it from the conversation as the year went on. I don't know if we'll ever get around to doing something in this area or not. It mostly depends on finding a story that supports it in some interesting fashion other than [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] finds a kitty. I don't think the Cylons are creating animals as we would define them, but they certainly see the Raiders and other craft as animals vis a vis their relationship with the [[humanoid Cylon]]s."<br /> <br /> ''In a curious footnote to Moore's comment, eventually the character of Felix Gaeta finds not a kitty, but a [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog and his water dish]].''<br /> <br /> [[Category:Animals|*]]<br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Society]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Doyle_Franks&diff=175900 Doyle Franks 2009-03-15T01:43:52Z

<p>Kondspi: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Character Data<br /> |birthname=Doyle Franks<br /> |photo= Franks.jpg<br /> |seen=Crossroads, Part I<br /> |role=Captain of ''[[Prometheus]]'', Judge<br /> |actor=[[Susan Hogan]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Doyle Franks''', captain of ''[[Prometheus]]''<ref>The [[:Image:PatchPrometheus.jpg|patch]] on her uniform shows the ship's name.</ref>, is one of the five [[the Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] captains chosen at random to be a judge for the trial of [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[The Son Also Rises]]).<br /> <br /> During Baltar's trial, she is given the status of head judge ([[Crossroads, Part I]]) and is responsible for delivering the tribunal's non-guilty verdict, which she voted for ([[Sine Qua Non]]), much to the outrage of many of the trial's civilian observers ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).<br /> <br /> After the trial Franks was approached to run for a political office, but she declined, saying that she has no ambitions in that area ([[Sine Qua Non]]). However, she is later appointed delegate to the [[Quorum]] after its restructuring and is involved in the motion to begin stripping ''Galactica'' of parts for the benefit of the rest of the fleet ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]).<br /> <br /> == Notes == <br /> <br /> * It is ironic that the captain of the [[Black market (organization)|most lawless ship]] in the Fleet should wind up head judge in the most important legal case in the Fleet's history.<br /> * Franks's first name, Doyle, is not mentioned in dialogue, but seen in the credits.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Franks, Doyle}}<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Characters]]<br /> [[Category: Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: One-Shot Characters (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Doyle Franks]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Caprica_(series)&diff=162251 Caprica (series) 2008-05-31T18:34:59Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Cast and characters */</p> <hr /> <div>:''For information on the colony in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Caprica (RDM)]]. For other uses, see [[Caprica]].''<br /> {{Series Data<br /> | image= <br /> | title= Caprica<br /> | creator= [[Remi Aubuchon]]<br /> | starring= <br /> | composer= <br /> | company= [[w:NBC Universal|NBC Universal]]<br /> | seasons= <br /> | episodes= <br /> | episodelistid= Caprica<br /> | channel= [[Sci Fi Channel]]<br /> | US airdate= <br /> | UK airdate= <br /> | dvd= <br /> | exec producer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br/>[[David Eick]]<br/>[[Remi Aubuchon]]<br /> | producer= <br /> | supervising producer=<br /> | associate producer=<br /> | co-producer= <br /> | story editor=<br /> | prev=<br /> | next=<br /> | itunes=<br /> }}<br /> '''''Caprica''''' is a future television [[spin-off]] of the [[Re-imagined Series]] to be produced by [[Remi Aubuchon]], [[Ronald D. Moore]], [[David Eick]] for the [[Sci Fi Channel]]. It is currently in pre-production.<br /> <br /> ''Caprica'' is a [[Wikipedia:Prequel|prequel]] to the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] that deals with the Adama and [[Graystones|Graystone]] families on the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and the invention of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]].<br /> <br /> ==Overview ==<br /> <br /> The Sci Fi Channel will delve into the backstory of ''Battlestar Galactica'' with a new series that looks at the creation of the race of robots known as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] by the humans of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and the eventual revolt of the Cylons against their human masters, which will lead the two races to become locked to the death in a [[Cylon War|bitter war]] for their respective survivals. ''Caprica'' begins over 50 years before the Ronald D. Moore-created ''Battlestar Galactica'' series.<br /> <br /> As ''Battlestar Galactica'' is about a lot more than space battles, ''Caprica'' will be as much family drama as sci-fi tale. Remi Aubuchon (''[[w:The Lyon's Den|The Lyon's Den]]'', ''[[w:24 (TV series)|24]]'') is writing the pilot script with co-writer (and executive producer) Ronald D. Moore; "Galactica" veterans Ronald D. Moore and David Eick will executive produce it. The two-hour pilot will be directed by [[Jeff Reiner]] (''[[w:Friday Night Lights|Friday Night Lights]]'').<ref name="release">Official Press Release: "SCIFI GIVES 'CAPRICA' THE GREENLIGHT". 18 March 2008. [[bsp:Caprica Press Release|Available exclusively on BattlestarPegasus.com]].</ref><br /> <br /> == Plot summary==<br /> :''It should be kept in mind that, while this information comes from reliable sources, the series is still in pre-production, and details - such as names, events and character backgrounds - may change until it is shot and aired.''<br /> <br /> ''Caprica'' will take place more than fifty years before the events of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. It will follow the lives of two families, the [[Graystone]]s and the [[Adamas]] (the family of [[William Adama]], who will later become the commander of the ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''). When the series begins, a startling development is about to occur - the creation of the first cybernetic life-form node or "[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]"<ref>According to Bradley Thompson, a character coins the term, explaining that it is, "A cybernetic life-form node, a Cylon."</ref>.<br /> <br /> The Graystone family includes the father [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]] and mother [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]], a computer scientist and surgeon respectively. When their daughter [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] dies due to the religious fanaticism of her boyfriend, [[Ben Stark]], her father manages to resurrect her - after a fashion. Already having [[Zoe-A]], a [[digital clone]] of her personality, he uses stolen technology to create a robotic version of his daughter, known as [[Zoe-R]], the first step towards creating the Cylon race.<br /> <br /> The same terrorist attack claimed the lives of [[Joseph Adama]]'s [[Evelyn Adama|wife]] and daughter, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]]. Together with Daniel Graystone he works on bringing back their children, but is appalled at his partner's methods and ethics. However, as a result of this tragedy, he grows closer to his 9-year old son, William Adama. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/index.jsp?uuid=e1304fb7-b29d-4d3e-9873-d2230fcfc998|title=eOnline! Exclusive! Caprica Pilot Preview|date=Apr 1, 2008}}</ref><br /> <br /> ==Cast and characters==<br /> Casting info concering main characters has been revealed <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/03/exclusive-caprica-casting-info-revealed/|title=Caprica casting info}}</ref>, and several characters have been cast.<br /> <br /> The main cast/characters will include:<br /> * [[Eric Stoltz]] as [[Daniel Graystone]] <ref name="casting1">{{cite_web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=44887|title=Comingsoon.net: Stoltz and Toressani Join Battlestar Prequel }}</ref><br /> * [[Paula Malcolmson]] as [[Amanda Graystone]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Deadwood-s-Malcolmson-Signs-On-For-Caprica-10281.html|title=Deadwood's Malcomson Signs On For Caprica}}</ref><br /> * [[Esai Morales]] as [[Joseph Adama|Joseph Adama]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425015.html|title=Jericho' Actor Finds Way To 'Caprica'}}</ref><br /> * [[Polly Walker]] as [[Clarice Willow]] <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news425051.html|title=Could 'Caprica' Star Be Overbooked?}}</ref><br /> * [[Alessandra Toressani]] as [[Zoe Graystone]] <ref name="casting1"/><br /> * [[Avan Jogia]] as [[Ben Stark]] <ref name="News & Notes">{{cite_web|url=http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/|title=News & Notes|date=May 28, 2008}}</ref><br /> * Unknown as [[William Adama|William Adama]]<br /> <br /> Other known characters include:<br /> * [[Evelyn Adama|Evelyn Adama]]<br /> * [[Tamara Adama|Tamara Adama]]<br /> * [[Tomas Vergis]]<br /> * [[Lacy]]<br /> <br /> ==Production history==<br /> ===Initial concept===<br /> According to an [http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1487 interview] with IFmagazine, David Eick said that they had been contemplating a spinoff prequel series since [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] began and were tossing around ideas. About the same time, ''24'' writer Remi Aubuchon pitched a series that had a lot of similarities to the Cylon storyline. Realizing that they could not devote their full time to both ''Battlestar Galactica'' and a spinoff, Moore and Eick decided to merge with Auchubon, seeing it as an opportunity: "We took some of what we had and some of what he had ".<br /> <br /> According to a [http://mboard.scifi.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1818631#Post1818631 post] on the official Scifi.com messageboard by Ron Moore's wife [[Terry Dresbach]], executive producer Remi Aubochon will be the showrunner for "Caprica", in charge of the writing staff. Ron Moore will oversee and approve the story arcs, casting, sets, and read the scripts, though Moore will probably rarely write an individual episode for ''Caprica''.<br /> <br /> In an [http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RemiAubuchon.html interview] in Dreamwatch Magazine in May 2006, Remi Aubuchon said that he originally pitched a series which was an "allegorical story about slavery with robots", when approached by Moore and Eick. Aubuchon stated that [[William Adama]] will be 11 years old when the series begins. Aubuchon described the new show by saying, "This is a very human story about how our own hubris can lead us to disaster". He goes on to say that ''Caprica'' is meant to stand on its own from ''BSG'': while still addressing backstory issues from ''Battlestar'', it will not be required to have watched it to enjoy ''Caprica''. However, "certain elements have been embedded into the first few episodes of season 3" of ''Battlestar Galactica'', which might refer to things which will be further fleshed-out in the prequel series.<br /> <br /> On November 6, 2006, the Sci Fi Pulse website reported that Ron D. Moore updated Dreamwatch magazine regarding the new series:<br /> <br /> :"It's actually a prequel, and this would be a one hour pilot not a mini – series. It takes place 50 years before the events of ''Battlestar Galactica'' and it's essentially about the creation of the Cylons.<br /> <br /> :"It's a very different show; it's not action – adventure and it's not even in space. It takes place on the Planet (sic) Caprica and it’s more of a family drama, with political and corporate intrigue. We're well into the writing of it actually; we're doing re-writes on the script right now and Sci Fi has been very happy so far. At the moment, we're just waiting to see if they greenlight it or not. Generally, there’s always a two step process: there's ordering the pilot and then there's ordering the series, but because we're not designing it as a mini – series, I don't know that anybody would even see the pilot if they chose not to go to series with it.<br /> <br /> :"Tonally, it will be very different," promises Moore. “This is Caprica before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|fall]]. It's a decadent world, but also a world that's going at a very fast pace. It's a prosperous society that hasn’t experienced the devastation of the first Cylon war yet, so this culture has really not been taken down a peg, and their hubris is getting the better of them. It's a go – go society that's teetering on the brink, so it’s not that apocalyptic survival scenario of ''Galactica''. The whole thing is tonally very different." <ref>{{cite_news|first=Ian M. |last=Cullen|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Caprica_Update.html|title=Ron D. Moore Gives Progress Report For Caprica|publisher=Sci Fi Pulse|page=|date=6 November 2006|accessdate=10 November 2006|language=English}}</ref><br /> <br /> ===Development hell===<br /> Since April 26, 2006, ''Caprica'' was in [[w:development hell|"development hell"]] (major rewrites and resubmissions to network executives), until it was seriously considered during the [[WGA strike]] of 2007-08. On March 24, 2007, Moore discussed the status of ''Caprica'' with Salon.com's Laura Miller:<br /> <br /> : "It's possible [that the series will still happen]. It's been in development at SciFi for a while and they haven't picked it up. And I don't know if they're going to pick it up at this point. There's talk of doing it as a TV movie and seeing how that works, as a back-door pilot, much as we did with the "Galactica" [[Miniseries]]. Right now there's nothing telling me that they're going to move on it anytime soon, so I'm starting to feel that it's going to remain on the development shelf.<br /> <br /> : "It was a different kind of show. Instead of an action-adventure sci-fi piece, it was more of a prime-time soap, a sci-fi "[[w:Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]." It was about a family, the Adamas, and [[Graystones|a company]], and it was about the creation of the cylons (sic) 50 years ago. It was not going to be space-based, but set entirely on the planet of Caprica. But it would have sci-fi touches, and it would deal with issues like artificial intelligence and the various schemings and backbitings that you get in the traditional soap opera."<ref>{{cite_news|first=Laura|last=Miller|url=http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2007/03/24/battlestar/index2.html|title=The man behind "Battlestar Galactica"|publisher=Salon.com|page=3|date=24 March 2007|accessdate=25 April 2007|language=}}</ref><br /> <br /> === New life ===<br /> On September 18, 2007, it was reported that with the end of ''Battlestar Galactica'' around the corner and Moore poised to leave Sci Fi for NBC, Sci Fi executives were considering green-lighting the 2-hour pilot for production as a means of keeping Moore with the channel. Contingent on the performance of "[[Razor]]", it was reported that ''Caprica'' might also see a release in the form of a direct-to-DVD movie that is simultaneously premiered on television <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/james-hibberd/2007/09/sci_fi_executives_weigh_battle.php|title=Sci Fi Executives Weigh 'Battlestar Galactica' Options|date=September 18, 2007|accessdate=September 18, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>. Furthermore, with the [[WGA strike|writer's strike]] (the first since 1988), networks scrambled to stockpile finished scripts for various productions, and thus ''Caprica'' became a front runner for production because its script had already been completed before said strike.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/news424175.html|title=SciFi Channel Stockpiling For Writers Strike|date=September 20, 2007|accessdateSeptember 20, 2007last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref><br /> <br /> In March of 2008, it was announced by the SciFi Channel during a news conference that ''Caprica'' will get a two-hour pilot episode that will begin production soon.<ref>http://www.syfyportal.com/news424829.html</ref><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]] [[Category:Behind the Scenes]] [[Category:RDM]] [[Category: Series in the Re-Imagined Continuity]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Six_of_One&diff=155395 Six of One 2008-04-12T21:17:25Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Questions */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image=4x02 - Promo 1.jpg<br /> | title= Six of One<br /> | season= 4<br /> | episode= 2<br /> | forumthread= 829<br /> | guests=<br /> | writer=[[Michael Angeli]] <br /> | story=<br /> | director=[[Anthony Hemingway]]<br /> | production=404<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate=11 April 2008<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population=39676<br /> | oldpopulation=39698<br /> | prev= [[He That Believeth In Me]]<br /> | next= [[The Ties That Bind]]<br /> | imdb=0993926<br /> | promo=Y<br /> | hulu=Y<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are bitterly divided over how to deal with the Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s, who refuse to attack the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] because of the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|recent detection]] of the [[Final Five]] within the Fleet. Meanwhile, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and crew send [[Lee Adama]] off into his new life as a member of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], and Adama has to deal with the possibility that [[Kara Thrace]] may very well be right about her knowing how to get to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].''<br /> <br /> == Summary == <br /> <br /> === On ''Galactica'' ===<br /> <br /> === On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===<br /> *A [[Number One]], [[Natalie]], and a [[Number Eight]] listen to the [[Hybrid]] spout cryptic phrases while another Eight dances. Mixed in with the Hybrid's usual stream-of-consciousness are phrases such as, "Rise and measure the Temple of the Five", and "They will not harm their own".<br /> *Natalie, a [[Number Two]], and one of the Eights confront One with the belief that the [[Final Five]] are in the Colonial fleet, and this is why the [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s broke off the attack in the [[Ionian Nebula]] ([[He That Believeth in Me]]). Number One says that the Final Five are anywhere but with the humans and admonishes the others for talking about them and wishing to contact them. He declares that the Raiders will be "reconfigured" (lobotomized) to stop this from happening again.<br /> *The Number Ones, [[Number Four]]s, and [[Number Five]]s vote in favor of "reconfiguration", while the Number Twos, [[Number Six]]es, and Number Eights vote against it. The apparent stalemate is broken by [[Sharon Valerii]], who votes in favor of the lobotomy. [[Natalie]] accuses One of having influenced Valerii, shocked by a Cylon voting against her model, as this has never happened before. <br /> *Fours are seen performing the lobotomy on Raiders.<br /> *[[Natalie]] confronts One, two Fours, and two Fives at a table, asking them to change their minds. At their refusal, she calls for [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s to enter the room. The Centurions do not respond to One's command to leave. Natalie explains that her faction has removed the Centurions' [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s, giving them the gift of reason. The Centurions do not approve of lobotomizing the Raiders, and shoot the Ones, Fours, and Fives present.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> [[Image:Roslin and Adama Picture Shot.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The picture that Roslin "shoots"]]<br /> * The episode title is possibly a play on a common idiom "[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/six_of_one,_half_a_dozen_of_the_other Six of one, half a dozen of the other]", indicating equivalence.<br /> * There has been a net loss of 22 people since "[[He That Believeth In Me]]". <br /> ** Since the aftermath of [[Paulla Schaffer]]'s over zealous attack on [[Charlie Connor]] and [[Shaunt]] in "[[He That Believeth in Me]]" remains unknown, it is possible that both of them survived the attack and are not included in the net loss.<br /> * This is the first appearance of [[Natalie]], a [[Number Six]] who is the leader of a faction advocating a search for the [[Final Five]]. <br /> * This episode reveals three model numbers: the Cavils are [[Number One]]s, the Leoben Conoys are [[Number Two]]s, and the Simons are [[Number Four]]s. <br /> * Interestingly enough, all the numbers for the [[Significant Seven]] are consecutive, until they reach [[Number Eight]]. Thus Number Seven, and Numbers Nine through Twelve are not revealed.<br /> * Raiders are capable of independent thought, unlike [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s, whose higher brain functions are prevented by an [[telencephalic inhibitor]]. Natalie and her supporters remove these from the Centurions after the vote turns against them. <br /> *According to Cavil, there are millions of copies of each Cylon model.<br /> *The picture Roslin shoots was taken at the ceremony to award Adama the [[Medal of Distinction]] in the episode "[[Hero]]".<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> *The episode features another case of Adama receiving advice from a woman close to him and later repeating it to another person. Roslin's observations about his tenuous believe in Thrace and his inability to deal with more loss around him apparently hit close to home, as he includes both of these in his explanation for letting Thrace go.<br /> * The Cylons set themselves up for a bitter divide such as the one seen in this episode, by boxing the [[Number Three]]s ([[Rapture]]). The vote of the Threes would have been the natural tiebreaker.<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> <br /> * Is the [[Virtual Baltar]] that [[Gaius Baltar]] sees the same as [[Caprica-Six]]'s Virtual Baltar? <br /> * Now that the [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s have been removed from the [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s, and they've attacked three of the [[Significant Seven]], will they turn on the rest of their Cylon masters?<br /> * Will [[Kara Thrace]] truly lead the ''[[Demetrius]]'' to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]? <br /> * Other than [[Karl Agathon]], who else will be accompanying Thrace on ''Demetrius''? <br /> * What will occur when [[Number One]], as well as the two [[Number Four|Four]]s and [[Number Five|Five]]s, [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrect]]?<br /> * Will [[Tory Foster]] fall under Baltar's spell?<br /> * Why was Foster crying during intercourse with Baltar?<br /> * Do the Ones truly believe that the Final Five are not with the human fleet, as Cavil claims? Is this what the Fours and Fives believe?<br /> * Which of the remaining Cylon model numbers belong to which members of the [[Final Five]]?<br /> * Did the awakened four gain any knowledge of their model numbers?<br /> * Why were the Centurions designed to have higher brain functions, only to be suppressed with telencephalic inhibitors? Why weren't these models designed without higher brain functions from the start?<br /> * With the Demetrius leaving under Starbuck's command, how will the fleet's sewage be dealt with?<br /> <br /> == Official Statements == <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> * ''[[Number One]] about the [[Hybrid]]:''<br /> : '''Number One:''' The Hybrid is always telling us something. They are supposed to maintain operations on each ship. Not vomit [[Hybrid utterances|metaphysics]].<br /> <br /> * ''[[Saul Tigh]] summarizes [[Gaius Baltar]]'s accomplishments:''<br /> : '''Saul Tigh:''' Well, he is accomplished at two things: lying in a cell and lying in a woman. He poked up a skinjob, he racked up a [[Number Six|Six]], that's a given. <br /> <br /> * ''[[Lee Adama]] holding a "speech" during his retirement party while knocking down [[ambrosia]] shots with each sentence:''<br /> :'''Adama:''' To ''Galactica''! To the men and women of ''Galactica''! To the Admiral. Who commands the men and women of ''Galactica''! To our sweethearts, husbands and wives. (more quiet) To absent friends.<br /> <br /> * ''Gaius Baltar to [[Tory Foster]]:''<br /> :'''Baltar:''' It seems that God has chosen me to, eh, sing his song.<br /> :'''Foster:''' A song?<br /> :'''Baltar:''' Music? Did you say music?<br /> :'''Foster:''' No.<br /> :'''Baltar:''' Yeah, you know, it's funny. It's a lot like that. It's like the distant chaos of an orchestra tuning up, and then somebody waves a magic wand. And all of those notes start to slide into place. The grotesque, screeching cacophony becomes a single melody.<br /> <br /> * ''[[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]] talking about Kara Thrace, miracles and loss:''<br /> :'''Roslin:''' You want to talk about miracles? On the very same day that a very pale doctor informed me that I had terminal cancer, most of humanity was annihilated and I survived, and by some mathematical absurdity I became president, and then my cancer disappeared long enough for us to find a way to Earth. You can call it whatever you want. And now, I'm dying:<br /> :'''Adama:''' Don't talk that way.<br /> :'''Roslin:''' Bill, you gotta face this. My life is coming to an end soon enough and I'm not going to apologize to you for not trusting [[Kara Thrace|her]]. And I'm not...I'm not gonna trust her with the fate of this fleet. You are so buckled up inside. You can't take any more loss. Your son's leaving, this, me, I know it.<br /> :'''Adama:''' Noone's going anywhere.<br /> :'''Roslin:''' (laughs) Oh gods. Here's the truth. This is what's going on. You want to believe Kara. You would rather want to be wrong about her and face your own demise than risk losing her again.<br /> :'''Adama:''' You can stay in the room, but get out of my head. (stands up and pours himself another drink)<br /> :'''Roslin:''' You're so afraid to live alone.<br /> :'''Adama:''' And you're afraid to die that way. You're afraid you're not the [[Sacred Scrolls|dying leader]] you thought you were. Or that your death may be as meaningless as everyone else's. (leaves)<br /> :'''Roslin:''' (Notices that her hair begins to fall out due to the [[diloxin]] treatments and breaks down crying)<br /> <br /> * ''Admiral Adama sending [[Kara Thrace]] off to find Earth:''<br /> :'''Thrace:''' So you think I'm right?<br /> :'''Adama:''' Maybe. Maybe not. But I know she is. The president. She's been right all along. I'm tired of losing. I'm tired of turning away from the things I want to believe in, and I believe you when you say, that you'll die before you stop trying. And I won't lose you again.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> * [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br /> * [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Michael Trucco]] as Ensign [[Samuel Anders]]<br /> * [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br /> * [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br /> * [[Jen Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br /> * [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br /> * [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]<br /> * [[Kandyse McClure]] as Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmonson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]]<br /> * [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]<br /> * [[Eileen Pedde]] as Gunnery Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]]<br /> * [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Nowart]]<br /> * [[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> {{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Six of One]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Magnificent_Warriors&diff=112247 The Magnificent Warriors 2007-03-10T22:52:46Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Analysis */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | image = The_Magnificent_Warriors.jpg<br /> | title= The Magnificent Warriors<br /> | series= tos<br /> | season=<br /> | episode= 8<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]<br /> | story=<br /> | director= [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0638527/ Christian I. Nyby II]<br /> | production=50912<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate= 1978-11-12<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd= 2004-12-28<br /> | population=<br /> | prev= [[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II (TOS)|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]]<br /> | next= [[The Young Lords]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''When a [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] attack destroys the fleet's food supply, [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] and the others must agree to certain compromises with old acquaintances and with the inhabitants of a grain-rich, yet politically turbulent planet.''<br /> <br /> == Summary == <br /> * [[Cylon Raider]]s slip past the defenses of [[Blue Squadron]], destroying two of the fleet's three [[Agro Ship|agricultural ships]]. The remaining vessel, [[Agro Ship Nine]], has a breached airlock.<br /> * Personally inspecting the damage, Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] learns that the fleet's entire crop supply was destroyed in the attack. More importantly, the fleet's supply of seed has been exhausted and must be somehow replenished, according to Agro Specialist [[Carmichael]].<br /> * The fleet had recently passed by the planet [[Sectar (planet)|Sectar]], home to a small agricultural settlement of humans, in the Zeta quadrant. Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] plans to trade an old [[energizer]] (one without [[Colonial]] markings) to the settlement, in exchange for new seed.<br /> * The only energizer available for trade is owned by [[Siress]] [[Belloby]], an old acquaintance of Adama, who refuses to relinquish its ownership unless the Commander meets with her personally. Belloby hosts a bouquet-wielding Adama, who agrees to romantically court the siress, in exchange for the energizer.<br /> * Belloby and Adama insist on accompanying [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] on the mission to [[Serenity]], the small agro colony on the planet. [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] and [[Muffit]] tag along as well.<br /> * Before the Colonial's arrival, [[Dipper]] sees a full moon and warns the residents of Serenity of an impending attack by the [[Borays]], herd-like humanoid creatures which pillage the town on horseback, killing constable [[Farnes]]. [[Bogan]], the settlement's leader, has trouble recruiting a replacement constable.<br /> * Starbuck and Boomer ride into town, posing as farmers looking to trade their energizer for seed. Bogan, seeking a new constable, offers the warriors employment instead, but they decline.<br /> * Returning to their shuttle landing site, Starbuck and Boomer are ambushed by Dipper and accomplice [[Duggy]]. Their vehicle (and the energizer) are hijacked; freeing themselves, the warriors realize they've been robbed by Bogan's men. Starbuck returns to town to confront the thieves, while Boomer returns to the shuttle to inform Adama and company of the hijacking.<br /> * Bogan denies involvement in the heist, but offers to sell the seed to Starbuck. Not having enough money, Starbuck joins a [[pyramid (TOS)|pyramid]] game to increase his funds.<br /> * Producing a three-level pyramid, Starbuck wins the hand, drawing suspicion from Dipper and Duggy. Starbuck expresses his suspicions as to the source of their funds, implying their role in the theft of the energizer.<br /> * Still short on funds, Starbuck is tricked into "winning" the constable's star during a hand of pyramid, becoming the ''de facto'' town constable. Entering the saloon, Adama demands to see the local law enforcement official, only to discover that it is none other than Starbuck.<br /> * Bogan insists that Starbuck must face up to his duties as constable, regardless of how he came into possession of the constable's star. Facing the attacking Boray, Siress Belloby is captured and dragged off by the marauding pig-like creatures.<br /> * The townspeople point out the general direction of the Boray camp. Apollo brings Muffit, who tracks Belloby by her scent to the Boray cave.<br /> * Finding the Boray encampment, the Colonials hold off the creatures with a few warning laser blasts. Adama negotiates privately with [[Nogow]], the Boray leader, but to no avail.<br /> * Starbuck hatches a plan, trading his constable's star to Nogow in exchange for Siress Belloby.<br /> * Back in town, Adama buys the required seed from Bogan, while the townspeople reluctantly meet their new constable, the Boray leader Nogow.<br /> * Unimpressed with Adama's negotiating skills at winning her release, Belloby dumps Adama, much to the commander's relief.<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> * Why does the sudden appearance of the full moon startle Dipper? Of course, the Boray attack under a full moon, but doesn't the moon appear in regular cycles that can be predicted by the colonists? They are aware of space travel, but somehow can't accurately predict the cycles of their own moon?<br /> * Why does Starbuck risk confronting the thieving townspeople ''alone'', without partner Boomer?<br /> * Other than for dramatic purposes, why do Adama, Belloby and Boxey join the shuttle mission?<br /> ** Belloby has a romantic agenda that seems to involve getting some alone-time with Adama on the planet. As the owner of the energizer, she may have insisted that they accompany the mission. <br /> ** Apollo indicates that this mission isn't very dangerous, which is his excuse for including Boxey - and he turns out to be right; Boxey's involvement is almost non-existent. Apollo was probably as glad as the viewers are to not have to suffer through one more scene of Boxey pleading with Apollo and Apollo having to make excuses for Boxey's exclusion.<br /> * Why is so much of this episode filmed at night? Was this due to Battlestar Galactica's crazy shooting schedule, perhaps? Or were these sets only available in the evening? In any case, this must have cost a lot of money. Hiring crews to work at night in California requires the payment of additional wages.<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> <br /> * The Magnificent Warriors is the second of the two Western episodes of Battlestar Galactica. Where "The Lost Warrior" was a blatant rip off of ''Shane'', Magnificent Warriors is a blatant rip off of ''The Magnificent Seven'' right down to the title.<br /> <br /> * This episode is a light hearted adventure which plays counter to the more somber tone that underlies the series. It has of course been argued that such radical variations in tone prevented the series from truly exploring the dramatic underpinnings of it's premise, but this was a television program that was conceived of as light family fare in any case, and this episode certainly fits that bill.<br /> <br /> * This episode contains a few delightful comedic sequences, chief of which is [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s visit to [[Belloby|Siress Belloby]]'s chambers to try and court her, and in so doing obtain access to her old power generator or "energizer." Embarrassed and nervous, Adama's ploy is only partially successful as the wily Siress manuevers him into letting her come down to the planet, and to a longer term relationship. Belloby is ably portrayed by Brett Somers, who at the time was famous as one of the wittier regulars on the successful game show "The Match Game." It seems the role of the Siress was perhaps created with Brett in mind. <br /> <br /> * Another alien race is introduced in this episode, the Borays, but they get no lines and are largely an undefined culture. Nogow is a bit of a pig, which makes sense given his apperance. This is not an episode that is heavy on subtlety.<br /> <br /> * [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s attempt at gambling in the casino also provides another great comedic scene, when Adama goes looking for the lawman of the town and is introduced to the young Lieutenant who was unknowingly tricked into winning the constable's star and assuming the post. <br /> <br /> * Filmed for the most part in the backlot of [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]], the townsite looks remarkably similar to the towns we visited in "The Lost Warrior" and "The Long Patrol" because, well, they are the same. It would have been nice if some additional set dressing could have been applied besides the addition of some strings of lights, to help differentiate the various 'lost colony' planets from one another.<br /> <br /> * Interestingly, the planet in this episode is called "Serenity." It is possible that this episode was an influence on the "Firefly" universe of [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]].<br /> <br /> * The title of this episode is not particularly imaginative, and does not differentiate it from other episodes. It could be easy to confuse the episodes "[[The Lost Warrior]]," "The Magnificent Warriors", "[[The Long Patrol]]" and "[[The Young Lords]]." Some fans refer to this one as the "Siress Belloby episode."<br /> <br /> == Notes == <br /> * The town bears an uncanny resemblance to the agricultural town on [[Equellus]], from the ''[[The Lost Warrior (TOS)|The Lost Warrior]]'' episode. Also, just as on Equellus, the town is only seen at night.<br /> <br /> * The footage of the Agro Ships as well as the interior of the Agro Dome was re-used footage from the film ''[[w:Silent Running|Silent Running]]''<br /> <br /> * The episode (The Magnificent Warriors) bears a resemblance to ''The Magnificent Seven'', a movie where 7 gunslingers are hired to protect a town from an invading bandit. A further connection can be made in that there are seven Galaticans who come to the town (Apollo, Starbuck, Boomer, Adama, Siress Belloby, Boxey, and Muffit).<br /> <br /> * Ever wonder what the actor who played [[w:Dr. Theopolis|Dr. Theopolis]] from ''[[w:Buck Rogers in the 25th Century|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'' looked like? That's him - Eric Server - as [[Dipper]] in this episode.<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Official Statements == <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> *[[imdb:nm0625167|Barry Nelson]] as [[Bogan]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0813827|Brett Somers]] as [[Siress]] [[Belloby]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0277344|Dennis Fimple]] as [[Duggy]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0785804|Eric Server]] as [[Dipper]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0815825|Olan Soul&eacute;]] as [[Carmichael]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0397555|Rance Howard]] as [[Farnes]]<br /> *[[imdb:nm0296370|Ben Frommer]] as [[Nogow]]<br /> <br /> {{Episode List (TOS)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z|Magnificent Warriors, The (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS|Magnificent Warriors, The (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Episode Guide (TOS)|Magnificent Warriors, The (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Glen A. Larson|Magnificent Warriors, The (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Christian I. Nyby II|Magnificent Warriors, The (TOS)]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Miniseries,_Night_2&diff=111751 Miniseries, Night 2 2007-03-07T18:09:58Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Questions */</p> <hr /> <div>: ''For part 1 of this story, see [[Miniseries, Night 1]]'' <br /> <br /> : ''[[Galactica]], the last battlestar, is determined to join the fight against the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons ]] that [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attacked the Twelve Colonies]]. But the faces of the Cylons are changing, and the odds are against the last battlestar's survival.''<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Episode Data<br /> | image = Ragnar Escape.jpg<br /> | title= Miniseries, Night 2<br /> | special= Y<br /> | series=<br /> | season=<br /> | episode=<br /> | guests=''[[Miniseries, Night 2#Guest Stars|(Noted later in article)]]''<br /> | writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />[[Christopher Eric James]]<br /> | story= [[Glen A. Larson]]<br /> | goof= Y<br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production= Pilot<br /> | rating= 3.8<br /> | US airdate= 9 December 2003<br /> | UK airdate= 17 February 2004<br /> | dvd= {{Miniseries, Part I NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br /> {{Miniseries, Part I PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br /> | population=<br /> | noskit= Y<br /> | prev=[[Miniseries, Night 1]]<br /> | next= [[33]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> ===Act 1===<br /> *The second and final night of the miniseries shows a stunned [[Laura Roslin]] and pilots awakening aboard ''[[Colonial One]]''. The Cylon missile attack obviously failed. Roslin and the crew find [[Lee Adama]] collapsed on the floor of the cargo bar, next to the electric pulse generators that once belonged to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.<br /> *Adama explains that he caused a EM burst that disabled the missiles as well as emitting enough energy to convince the Cylons that the missiles detonated. Happy to be alive, Roslin directs the immediate evacuation of passengers from the disabled civilian ships they encountered before the attack and leaving before the Cylon realize the deception.<br /> *Commander [[William Adama]], unaware that his son is alive, orders his battlestar, ''[[Galactica]]'', to [[FTL|jump]] to [[Ragnar]]. The jump is successful, and ''Galactica'' enters the tenuous upper atmosphere of the gas giant, where [[Ragnar Anchorage]] awaited with needed supplies and munitions.<br /> *Boomer's Raptor is found by ''798''. She lands inside the ship's cargo bay and offloads her survivors, including Baltar.<br /> *President Roslin's caravan of stranded ships includes a mixture of [[sublight]] and FTL-capable ships. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]] finds a needed [[tylium]] fueling ship just as a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] scout discovers the caravan and disappears.<br /> *Captain Adama recommends immediate escape for all FTL ships to Ragnar Anchorage. When [[Aaron Doral]] objects to this course of action, Adama reminds everyone that the war has changed to the survival of the human race. To take time to evacuate the sublight ships could leave the entire caravan open to nuclear destruction. To leave now would ensure that many more people would survive.<br /> *Roslin orders the jump. The sublight ships left behind, including a [[Botanical Cruiser]], are destroyed by Cylon nuclear missiles.<br /> <br /> ===Act 2===<br /> *Inside the station, Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] discovers an unauthorized occupant. After calming him down and disarming him, Commander Adama visits the station while supplies and weapons are gathered up. The hideaway, [[Leoben Conoy]], admits to being an arms dealer, and is apparently unaware of the events that have transpired in the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].<br /> *A munitions shell accidentally falls and detonates in the station. Commander Adama saves himself and Conoy from the blast but are trapped inside a corridor. Adama orders his crew to continue offloading the supplies while he and Conoy seek an alternate way back to the supply area.<br /> *Roslin's caravan arrives at Ragnar Anchorage, to the surprise of Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]. On board ''Galactica'', Roslin orders Tigh to help the stranded colonists, but he refuses the order. Lee Adama requests a [[disaster pod]] to help the colonists. Tigh relents, knowing how happy his father will be that his son has survived. Captain Adama is assigned the role of [[CAG]] by Tigh.<br /> *Deep in the station's bowels, Conoy speaks to Commander Adama, talking philosophically of mankind, its flaws, and questions if humanity deserved to survive. Conoy now appears in some kind of physical distress, which he dismisses to Commander Adama as "allergies."<br /> *[[Gaius Baltar]], now aboard ''Galactica'', is tasked with finding any ships that are using the tainted [[CNP]] he created. ''Galactica'' received the CNP, according to Tactical Officer [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], however, as the CNP required a network (which ''Galactica'' does not have), the program was never installed in any system on the battlestar. Baltar continues to be haunted by a virtual image of [[Number Six]] that only he can see and hear.<br /> <br /> ===Act 3===<br /> *The virtual Six points out a [[Cylon transponder|curious device]] below the [[DRADIS]] console, and suggests that there are Cylon agents lurking on ''Galactica.'' Baltar soon uses [[Aaron Doral]] as a scapegoat, accusing him of being a Cylon and having him arrested. He makes up [[technobabble|questionably authentic reasons]] of Doral's guilt as Colonel Tigh orders the Cylon device on the DRADIS console removed and studied.<br /> *Later, Conoy has some sort of painful attack from his "allergies." Commander Adama realizes that Leoben Conoy is some sort of new [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] that looks like a human, but still relies on [[Silica Pathways|silica pathways]] and other Cylon technologies that, as the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] discovered, would be disrupted by the EM radiation emitted by Ragnar's cloud.<br /> *Conoy appears to collapse from the radiation, then attacks Adama, throwing him about the dank, dark room filled with pipes and valves. Adama recovers long enough to fight Conoy off, eventually bludgeoning the Cylon to death with a [[flashlight]] that Adama carried.<br /> *Commander Adama returns to ''Galactica'' with the Cylon's body. While he ponders that problem, Tigh gives him the good news about his son, but also of Aaron Doral.<br /> *As she prepped for flight, Kara Thrace admits to Lee Adama that her fiancee, [[Zak Adama]], failed basic flight, but as his flight instructor, she passed him anyway. Adama is stunned, realizing that his father didn't pressure his brother as much as he believed.<br /> *[[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]'s reconnaissance mission to the edge of Ragnar's EM cloud reveals danger. She spots at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], hundreds of Raiders and a handful of [[Cylon Reconnaissance Drone|other support ships]]. The Cylons choose not to enter the cloud, preferring to wait out the Colonials trapped inside.<br /> <br /> ===Act 4===<br /> *Commander Adama meets with the new President. She tries to convince Adama that she and the ships of [[The Fleet (RDM)|her caravan]] are all that is left of humanity, and that taking one battlestar off to fight against such odds is suicide. Adama initially ignores her advice: "We need to get out of here and we need to start having babies."<br /> *Not wanting to take chances with their captive, Tigh leaves Aaron Doral marooned with basic rations inside Ragnar Anchorage.<br /> *As Commander Adama, Captain Adama, Gaeta, and Tigh discuss their offensive options, Commander Adama sees [[Billy Keikeya]] and his communications officer, [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]], talking ostensibly about anything ''except'' business. Adama remembers (out loud) President Roslin's last words to him: "We'd better start having babies."<br /> *Adama changes his mind, realizing that a counterattack is hopeless, and that all that left of humanity may be in his hands. He decides that ''Galactica'' will take the civilians with her, towards the [[Prolmar Sector]], leaving the solar system of the decimated Colonies, never to return.<br /> *Lee Adama concurs, but the commander has to determine a way to save everyone from a direct Cylon attack. He chooses to bring the now-fully armed ''Galactica'' just outside the cloud boundary and provide a shielding cover fire while the civilian ships [[FTL|jump]] to safety behind the battlestar.<br /> *The [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] begins. The Fleet escapes, while ''Galactica'' desperately retrieves its Vipers (scrambled to aid in point defense) as quickly as possible. Apollo's Viper is struck, but Starbuck continues racking up Cylon kills while defending Apollo.<br /> *Apollo's Viper loses all power. Commander Adama uses his [[Nothing but the rain|personal greeting]] with Starbuck to break her fighting trance and order her to the battlestar. However, she refuses to leave Apollo despite his orders to do so. She creatively rams the noses of the Vipers, wedging them together and flies both into the [[flight pod]] of the battlestar just before they close completely in preparation for the jump. ''Galactica'' escapes the last incoming Cylons.<br /> *During the service for the dead, Commander Adama addresses the assembly of his crew. He tells the crew that he knows the location of the [[Thirteenth Tribe|thirteenth colony]] and their home, [[Earth]]. The crew's hopes are revived.<br /> *Privately, Roslin (knowing that President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] did not know Earth's location, or believed it existed) asks Adama why she told the crew a lie. Adama admitted that it was not enough for his crew to live, but gave the notion of Earth as something to live for. The two agree to share leadership responsibilities; Adama is to handle all military matters, and Roslin will manage civilian and government duties for the new spacefaring civilization.<br /> *After Commander Adama retires for the night, he finds a note typed in his room with the message, "There are only 12 Cylon models."<br /> *Later, inside Ragnar Anchorage, several copies of Number Six, Leoben Conoy and Aaron Doral rescue the ''Galactica''-based Doral. Baltar's guess was correct: Doral was indeed a Cylon. The group discuss their current strategy and agree to chase the Fleet down.<br /> *One final Cylon arrives, who looks exactly like ''Galactica's'' [[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii]].<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> * Does Earth truly exist, despite Cmdr. [[William Adama|Adama's]] disbelief? ([[Home, Part II|Probable Answer]])<br /> * What happened to [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]? ([[33|Answer]])<br /> * As of the Miniseries, viewers know of four of the twelve [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon models]]: [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Number Six]], [[Aaron Doral]] and [[Leoben Conoy]]. What are the others? ([[Humanoid Cylon|Latest Update]])<br /> * If the Cylons hate humanity with the passion that they do, why did they mimic human form? Was it for strategic purposes or was there something greater? ([[The Farm|Likely answer]] from the [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] ("This form brings us closer to God...", "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").<br /> * The cylon Conoy suffers from the radiation in the "storm." Is the Galactica copy of Valerii not affected by this radiation?<br /> <br /> ==Analysis==<br /> {{mainarticle|Miniseries, Analysis}}<br /> <br /> :''See the series article, [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]], for analysis of the miniseries and the central differences between the Re-imagined miniseries and the [[Original Series]].''<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> <br /> * Adama's speech at the end of this night was one of the first sequences shot, at [[Edward James Olmos]]'s request.<ref name="page 36">{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=36|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> <br /> * An edited, three-hour version of the miniseries was aired on NBC on 8 January 2005, prior to the airing of [[Season 1 (2004-05)|Season 1]] in the United States on the [[SciFi Channel]].<ref name="page 36"/><br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> *''Adama's speech at the funeral services on ''Galactica'':'' <br /> :'''Adama''': Are they the lucky ones? That's what you're thinking, isn't it? We're a long way from home. We've jumped way beyond the red line, into uncharted space. Limited supplies, limited fuel. No allies, and now, no hope? Maybe it would have been better for us to have died quickly, back on the Colonies with our families, instead of dying out here slowly, in the emptiness of dark space. Where shall we go? What shall we do? Life here began out there. Those are the first words of the [[Sacred Scrolls|sacred scrolls]], and they were told to us by the Lords of Kobol, many countless centuries ago. And they made it perfectly clear that we are not alone in this universe. Elosha, there's a thirteenth colony of humankind, is there not?<br /> :'''[[Elosha]]''': Yes. The [[Sacred Scrolls|scrolls]] tell us a [[Thirteenth Tribe]] left [[Kobol]] in the early days. They traveled far and made their home upon a planet called Earth, which circled a distant and unknown star.<br /> :'''Adama''': It's not unknown. I know where it is! Earth. The most guarded secret we have. The location was only known by the senior commanders of the fleet, and we dare not share it with the public. Not while there was a Cylon threat upon us. For now we have a refuge to go to. A refuge the Cylons know nothing about. It won't be an easy journey. It'll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become our new home. So say we all!<br /> <br /> *''On the empty [[Ragnar Anchorage]] with a group of [[Humanoid Cylon]]s:''<br /> :'''[[Number Eight|Sharon Valerii]]''': Don't worry. We'll find [[The Fleet (RDM)|them]].<br /> :'''[[Number Six]]''': [[By your command]].<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> * ''[[David Eick]] discusses the fight scene between [[William Adama]] and [[Leoben Conoy]] on [[Ragnar Anchorage]]:''<br /> <br /> : We didn't want to do a big action scene. We wanted to do a brutal, ugly [[w:Martin Scorsese|Martin-Scorsese]]-circa-1970s murder. The network actually wanted a bigger fight scene originally. Neither [[Michael Rymer|Michael]], [[Edward James Olmos|Eddie]] nor I wanted to do that, because we didn't think it was about htat. So we shot a few additional hits and misses and the steam pipe breaking, and they allowed us to keep everything else the way it was. I think it turned out great.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=35|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref><br /> <br /> == Cast ==<br /> ===Starring===<br /> * [[Edward James Olmos]] as Commander [[William Adama]] <br /> * [[Mary McDonnell]] as President [[Laura Roslin]] <br /> * [[Katee Sackhoff]] as Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] <br /> * [[Jamie Bamber]] as Captain [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] <br /> * [[James Callis]] as Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] <br /> * [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Number Six]] <br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]<br /> * [[Grace Park]] as Lieutenant [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] <br /> * [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]<br /> * [[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]]<br /> * [[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha|Priestess Elosha]]<br /> * [[Barclay Hope]] as Transport Pilot (''[[Colonial One]]'')<br /> * [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br /> <br /> === Guest Stars ===<br /> *[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl C. Agathon/Helo]]<br /> *[[Connor Widdows]] as [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]<br /> *[[John Mann]] as Captain [[Jackson Spencer]] ([[CAG]])<br /> *[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br /> *[[Nicki Clyne]] as Deckhand [[Cally]]<br /> *[[Michael Eklund]] as Deckhand [[Prosna]]<br /> *[[Haili Page]] as [[Cami]]<br /> *[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as Deckhand [[Socinus]]<br /> *[[Ty Olsson]] as Captain [[Aaron Kelly]]<br /> *[[Ron Blecker]] as Launch Officer<br /> *[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Armistice Officer]]<br /> *[[Tim Henry]] as Caprica Doctor<br /> *[[Kwesi Ameyaw]] as Liner Captain of [[Botanical Ship]]<br /> *[[Brenda McDonald]] as Old Woman (who thought she forgot her glasses)<br /> *[[Suleka Mathew]] as [[Kellan Brody]]<br /> *[[Erin Karpluk]] as Woman #1<br /> *[[Jenn Griffin]] as Woman #2<br /> *[[BJ Harrison]] as Woman #3<br /> *[[Moneca Delain]] as Blonde Woman<br /> *[[Zahf Paroo]] as Man #1<br /> *[[Robert Lewis]] as Man #2<br /> *[[Denzal Sinclaire]] as Man #3<br /> *[[Nadine Wright]] as [[Chantara]]<br /> *[[Michael Soltis]] as Chantara's Husband<br /> *[[Fred Keating]] as Junior Reporter<br /> *[[Lymari Nadal]] as [[Giana]]<br /> *[[Biski Gugushe]] as Pilot #1<br /> *[[Nahanni Arntzen]] as Pilot #2<br /> *[[Nigel Vonas]] as Pilot #3<br /> *[[Ryan Nelson]] as Pilot #4<br /> <br /> == Related Topics==<br /> * [[Soundtrack (Miniseries)]]<br /> * [[Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown (Miniseries)]]<br /> * The Miniseries [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|novelization]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> <div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br /> <br /> == External Links ==<br /> *[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/mini/ Miniseries] at scifi.com<br /> *[[imdb:tt0314979|Battlestar Galactica Miniseries]] at [http://www.imdb.com IMDB.com]<br /> <br /> {{episode list (RDM season 1)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[zh:短剧（第一晚）]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Fleet_(TRS)&diff=102563 The Fleet (TRS) 2007-01-14T23:41:51Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Government Vessels */ Consistency</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article involves the caravan of [[FTL|faster-than-light]]-capable civilian ships in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] counterpart in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[The Fleet (TOS)]]. For information on the military ships that protected the Twelve Colonies before their demise, see [[Colonial Fleet]].''<br/><br/><br /> <br /> '''The Fleet''' is the convoy of ships that contain what is effectively the last survivors of humanity after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]]. The Fleet forms the backdrop of the drama of [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' series]].<br /> <br /> Unofficially, many viewers refer to the Fleet as the "RTF"; "Rag Tag Fleet", or more fully, "RTFF." These nicknames come from the term "Rag Tag Fugitive Fleet," a name used in the opening credits voiceover (performed by [[Lorne Greene]]) describing the [[The Fleet (TOS)|civilian refugee fleet]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].<br /> [[Image:Mini side fleet.jpg|right|400px]]<br /> ==Overview==<br /> "The Fleet" begins as a convoy of about sixty stranded commercial and civilian ships around the area of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], located and brought together by [[Raptor]] pilot [[Sharon Valerii]] at the behest of new president [[Laura Roslin]] in the immediate aftermath of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] ([[Miniseries]]). Of these ships, only a handful were Colonial military craft, such as [[Raptor 478]] and three [[Viper (RDM)|Viper Mark VII]] fighters. One [[ECO]], [[Crashdown]], is called a "refugee from [[Triton]]," suggesting that he escaped that battlestar's destruction with Roslin's convoy.<br /> <br /> Twenty ships of the convoy are abandoned to an imminent Cylon attack because they lacked [[FTL]] drives. The remainder of the Fleet joins with battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', the only [[Pegasus (RDM)|known]] surviving warship in the first months after the events of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Fleet represents the last vestige of humanity. The political and social troubles of the Fleet as it wanders through space function as a metaphor for all of humanity, since the Fleet literally ''is'' what is left of humanity in the television series.<br /> <br /> The phrase "the Fleet" functions not only as a signifier for the actual ships of the convoy, but as a substitute for the people on board, and therefore for mankind. Usage of the term "the Fleet" has not gained more than an informal acceptance, as can be seen by President Roslin's continued use of the term ''President of the [[Twelve Colonies]].'' This may be interpreted as either an expression of hope that eventually the people on board the ships of the Fleet will reestablish themselves on a new colony permanently, or a psychological inability to confront that the Fleet may be the only home that humanity knows for a very long time.<br /> <br /> [[Saul Tigh]]'s assertion in "[[The Farm]]" that the twenty four ships which departed with the [[Laura Roslin faction]] during her insurrection represented "almost a third of the fleet" imply that the number of ships in the Fleet is approximately in the mid-70's.<br /> <br /> ==Ships==<br /> * Colonial ships use [[launch key]]s to activate the ship's systems ([[Precipice]]). The keys are unique to each vessel and are extremely difficult to copy. <br /> ====Military Vessels====<br /> * ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', last remaining [[Galactica type battlestar|original battlestar]] and main protector and flagship of the Fleet, under direct command of Admiral [[William Adama]] ([[Miniseries]]) <br /> * ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', a [[Mercury class battlestar]] formerly commanded by [[Helena Cain]] ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]), [[Jack Fisk]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]) and [[Barry Garner]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]). Under the command of [[Lee Adama]] when it is destroyed at the [[Battle of New Caprica]] ([[Exodus, Part II]])<br /> <br /> ====Government Vessels====<br /> * ''[[Cloud 9]]'', a luxury liner designed to mimic the enviroment of a habitable planet<br /> **Meeting place of the [[Quorum of Twelve]] ([[Colonial Day]])<br /> **Base of operations for [[Demand Peace]] ([[Epiphanies]])<br /> **Destroyed by a nuclear warhead supplied by [[Gaius Baltar]] to the above group along with at least three other ships ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])<br /> * ''[[Colonial One]]'', President [[Laura Roslin]]'s ship and ostensible seat of government, previously known as ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' ([[Miniseries]])<br /> <br /> ====Civilian Vessels====<br /> * ''[[Astral Queen]]'', a prison ship carrying 1,500 prisoners, including [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> * A [[Botanical Cruiser]]: A sublight-only version was destroyed in the [[Miniseries]], and at least one [[FTL]]-equipped Botanical Cruiser exists ([[The Passage]])<br /> * ''[[Daru Mozu]]'', a [[tylium]] refinery ship. Damaged by a suicide bomber ([[Epiphanies]])<br /> * ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'', a civilian ship where a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] is captured ([[Flesh and Bone]])<br /> * [[Gemini (RDM)|''Gemini'']], a freighter ([[Miniseries]])<br /> ** At least one similar ship destroyed in the ''Cloud 9'' disaster<br /> * ''[[Gideon]]'', a supply ship involved in an incident where four civilians were killed by ''Galactica'' [[marines]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> * ''[[Prometheus]]'', an "off the grid" freighter involved in the [[black market (organization)|black market]]<br /> * ''[[Space Park]]'' (Identified on official Sci-Fi Channel web site but not yet named in an aired episode)<br /> * Three ''[[Colonial Movers]]'' heavy transports<br /> ** At least one destroyed in the ''Cloud 9'' disaster<br /> <br /> =====[[Intersun Passenger Cruiser]]s=====<br /> * ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', destroyed after an apparent Cylon takeover ([[33]])<br /> * ''[[Gemenon Liner 1701]]'', found by ''Colonial One'' shortly after Laura Roslin's hasty inauguration ([[Miniseries]])<br /> * Unnamed [[Orange Passenger Cruiser]] ([[Miniseries]])<br /> * An unnamed ''[[Pan Galactic]]'' spaceliner ([[Miniseries]])<br /> * ''[[Chiron]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"; successfully shepherded to the [[algae planet]] ([[The Passage]])<br /> <br /> =====Celestra Type=====<br /> * ''[[Celestra]]'' (mentioned only)<br /> * ''[[Striker]]'', damaged in a refuelling operation overseen by Capt. [[George Birch]] ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> <br /> =====Kimba Huta type=====<br /> * ''[[Kimba Huta]]'', a cold storage vessel ([[The Farm]])<br /> *At least three similar transports seen throughout the Fleet<br /> <br /> =====Flattop Type=====<br /> * ''[[Flattop]]'', a [[salvage and repair]] ship (Identified on official Sci-Fi Channel web site but not yet seen in aired episode)<br /> * ''[[Virgon Express]]'' ([[Water]])<br /> * ''[[Carina]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"; lost in transit in a star cluster ([[The Passage]])<br /> <br /> =====[[Mining Ship]]s=====<br /> * ''[[Majahual]]'', a mining ship digging for crucial metals ([[Scar]])<br /> * ''[[Monarch]]'', a mining ship that joined the [[Laura Roslin faction]] ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> <br /> =====Mentioned Only=====<br /> * ''[[Adriatic]]'', a member of the Roslin faction armed with ship-to-ship missiles ([[Home, Part I]]); lost in transit in a star cluster ([[The Passage]])<br /> * ''[[Baah Pakal]]'', a ship carrying unused [[DDG-62]] engines onboard ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br /> * ''[[Boreas]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Bretan]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Carillian Trader]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Cassandra]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Coronis]]'' ([[Litmus]], [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/106/deleted1.html deleted scene])<br /> * ''[[Cybele]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Clymene]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Demetrius]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Diomedes]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Embla Brokk]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Enkidu]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Epheme]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Faru Sadin]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"; successfully shepherded to algae planet ([[The Passage]])<br /> * ''[[Freighter 212]]'', a ship [[Louanne Katraine]] apparently has some "buddies" on ([[Final Cut]])<br /> * ''[[Galatea]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Greenleaf]]'', a freighter where [[Asha Janik]] and [[Ray Abinell]] were maintenance workers ([[Sacrifice]])<br /> * ''[[Harrak]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Hexare]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Hittes Kan]](?)'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Incron Velle]](?)'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Kara Nexal]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[McConnell]]'', a supply ship frequented by Commander [[Jack Fisk]]<br /> * ''[[Mutem Wia]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Odysseus]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Persephone]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Picon 36]]'', [[Miniseries]]<br /> * ''[[Picon Express]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Pyris]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Raadamanteb]](?)'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', mentioned frequently but as yet unseen.<br /> * ''[[Salpica]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Sargon]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Scorpia Traveler]]'', a civilian ship that carried a suicide bomber copy of [[Aaron Doral]] ([[Litmus]])<br /> * ''[[Swordfish]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Tarbadeck]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Tauranian Traveler]]'', mentioned in a deleted scene in "[[33]]" and visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Thera Sita]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"; successfully shepherded to algae planet ([[The Passage]])<br /> * ''[[Tora Bashiri]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> * ''[[Zephyr]]'' ([[Fragged]])<br /> * ''[[Zeusuda]]'', visible on vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"<br /> <br /> =====Seen but unnamed=====<br /> * ''[[Five-engined vessel]]'', seen above [[Caprica City]] and during the escape from [[New Caprica]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])<br /> * ''[[Wedge-shaped vessel]]'', seen briefly during the end of [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]<br /> It is possible that these vessels could be one of the mentioned-only ships but as yet it is not possible to confirm this. <br /> <br /> In the episode "[[The Farm]]" 24 ships leave the Fleet to return to Kobol. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] provides the following breakdown:<br /> *Twelve transports - incl. the ''Astral Queen'', and the ''Gemenon Traveller''<br /> *Seven freighters<br /> *Three construction platforms<br /> *One private cruiser<br /> *One mining ship - the ''Monarch''.<br /> <br /> ==Demographics==<br /> A few points of information are available concerning the demographics of the Fleet. In "[[33]]", before the destruction of the Olympic Carrier, there were 5,251 survivors from Sagittaron and 49,998 total survivors. In "[[Home, Part I]]", the [[Laura Roslin faction]] left the Fleet with 18,000 individuals, of which 9,500 were Gemenons and 6,250 were Capricans. At that time the total population of the fleet was 47,857.<br /> <br /> This information is sparse, but it gives a general idea of the population breakdown of the Fleet if a few assumptions are made for the sake of argument.<br /> *Note that Gemenon and Caprica had more citizens in the Roslin faction alone than Sagittaron had in the entire Fleet. The Twelve Colonies are clearly not represented in equal proportion.<br /> *Before the destruction of the ''Olympic Carrier'', Sagittaron natives made up 10.50% of the fleet. Solely for the purpose of argument, we assume that the ''Olympic Carrier'''s population breakdown was identical to the rest of the fleet's and that Sagittaron continues to make up 10.50% of the Fleet's total population.<br /> *The figures from the Roslin faction can be viewed in several ways:<br /> <div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics1.png]]</div><br /> :*ASSUMPTION 1: All Gemenons and Capricans jumped to Kobol with the Roslin faction. <br /> ::*Caprica: 6,250 persons (13.06%)<br /> ::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (19.85%)<br /> ::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (10.50%)<br /> ::*Others: 27,081 (56.59%)<br clear="both"><br /> <div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics2.png]]</div><br /> :*ASSUMPTION 2: All Gemenons jumped to Kobol with the Roslin faction, lured by the "religion card", but Caprican portion of the Roslin faction was representative of the Fleet.<br /> ::*Caprica: 28,204 persons (58.93%)<br /> ::*Gemenon: 9,500 persons (19.85%)<br /> ::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (10.50%)<br /> ::*Others: 5,127 persons (10.72%)<br clear="both"><br /> <div style="float:right; margin:10px">[[Image:Demographics3.png]]</div><br /> :*ASSUMPTION 3: Caprican and Gemenon portions of the Roslin faction were representative of the fleet.<br /> ::*Caprica: 16,617 persons (34.72%)<br /> ::*Gemenon: 25,258 persons (52.78%)<br /> ::*Sagittaron: 5,026 persons (10.50%)<br /> ::*Others: 956 (2.00%)<br clear="both"><br /> *Although it is plausible that the Caprican population is substantially larger than the other colonies, as ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was in the vicinity when the attack began, and was the nucleus around which the fleet rallied, it is unlikely that the populations of each colony are grossly unequal, or else the [[Quorum of Twelve]] would be a very poor system of government. The likeliest scenario is therefore probably somewhere in between Assumptions 1 and 2, with nearly all of the Gemenon population (drawn by the "religion card") and a large portion of the Caprican population leaving with Roslin.<br /> *Alternatively, it is in fact possible that the populations of the colonies were grossly unequal. Though the structure of the [[Quorum of Twelve]] appears to maintain at least a fiction that the colonies were roughly equal, we know next to nothing about how the governmental system of the colonies was established or evolved over time. Indeed, the United States Senate, for example, by design expressly assumes that the various states constituting it are 'equal' even though this is clearly not the case in terms of their respective populations. Furthermore, the fact that a system of government is 'poor' or else not representatively proportional does not mean it cannot actually be implemented and even survive for long periods of time. <br /> <br /> As for population distribution, we know the population of ''Galactica'' (2,693 as of [[Water]]), the ''Olympic Carrier'' (1,345 as of [[33]]) and ''Astral Queen'' (1,500 as of [[Bastille Day]], [[List of retcons (RDM)|retconned]] up from 500 in the Miniseries). There are 176 civillians in the cargo hold of [[Colonial One]] in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". The fleet is stated at about 75 ships in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]", retconned up from 40 in the mini.<br /> *Going by the 75 ship count, the remaining ships besides ''Galactica'' and the ''Astral Queen'' each carry about 600 persons on average.<br /> *The 23 ships that left with the [[Laura Roslin faction]], apart from the ''Astral Queen'', would have an average population of about 720 persons per ship.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> In the [[Miniseries]], astute viewers may recognize three spacecraft with notable resemblances of ships from other SF universes. The first two of these ships aren't considered a [[Canon|canonical]] part of the series or the Fleet, but their appearance adds a bit of humor and pays homage to other notable science fiction and their creative staff.<br /> <br /> * ''Serenity'', the central ship from the TV series "[[Wikipedia:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]" and the motion picture, "[[Wikipedia:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]", [[:md:Image:SerenityBSGMini.JPG|appears briefly in the sky]] outside the window of a doctor's office where viewers first see [[Laura Roslin]]. The ship does not appear in the Fleet.<br /> <br /> * The original USS [[Wikipedia:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|''Enterprise'' (NCC-1701)]] from the original ''[[Wikipedia:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' TV series makes a cameo in the [[:md:Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|last shot of the Fleet]] as [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in the memorial service near the end of the Miniseries. Look to the upper right corner for the ship in a still frame. All season 1 opening credits use this shot, so ''Enterprise'' makes a very quick appearance with each of the first 13 episodes (This is best viewed from the [[Season 1 DVD]] set).<br /> <br /> *The ill-fated [[Botanical Cruiser]] in the sublight caravan in the [[miniseries]] was added in homage to the [[Agro Ship]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original ''Battlestar Galactica'']] TV series, which in turn were the re-used models from the SF film ''[[Wikipedia:Silent Running|Silent Running]]'', a Universal/MCA movie that special effects guru [[John Dykstra]] worked on a few years prior to the Original Series. At least one FTL-capable version of this ship survives and exists in the Fleet ([[The Passage]]).<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> *[[:Category:Colonial Craft|Colonial Craft]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category: Terminology]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Die Flotte (RDM)]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Life_Forms_of_the_Twelve_Colonies&diff=101400 Life Forms of the Twelve Colonies 2007-01-09T22:33:01Z

<p>Kondspi: /* Mammals */</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''<br /> <br /> <br /> {{RDM twelve colonies series}}<br /> <br /> This article is a list of fictional and real '''animals and plants''' mentioned in the [[Re-imagined Series]] as existing on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]]. For the most part, the colonies appear to have the same organisms as present-day earth, with the exceptions noted below.<br /> <br /> In keeping with the [[naturalistic science fiction]] concepts that [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] uses to model the series, it is unlikely that we may see any life forms outside of those found on any of the Earth-like planets of the Twelve Colonies.<br /> <br /> Ron D. Moore has essentially made it a point to avoid addressing the issue in a direct way (i.e. no live dogs will appear on the series, etc.). In the commentary for the [[Miniseries]], RDM elaborates:<br /> :..."David and I, we had discussed, at an early point; well, do they have dogs and cats and things like that? And we said, "No, no, no", let's not go there, 'cause that locks us into a whole Terrestrial-kind of like thing. We'll just avoid any mention of it. '''Nobody will even, like, register that we had "Chicken pie" the whole time, and in retrospect "Oh, I guess there are chickens"."'''<br /> <br /> However, over the course of the series various stray comments have established that ''more than a few'' "terrestrial" (real world Earth) life forms also exist in the series:<br /> <br /> ==Fictional==<br /> ===Plants===<br /> *[[Chamalla]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "I would like to explore alternative treatment. [...] Have you ever heard of Chamalla extract?" ([[Act of Contrition]])<br /> :''Resembles (somewhat) herbal [[Wikipedia:Cannabinoids|cannabinoids]] and [[Wikipedia:Opioids|opioids]] in its pain-killing and hallucinogenic effects, which are found in the plant [[Wikipedia:Cannabis|cannabis]] and the [[Wikipedia:Opium Poppy|opium poppy]], respectively.''<br /> *[[Fumarella leaf]]<br /> :'''Baltar:''' "A parting gift: hand-rolled from some of the finest Fumarella leaf on Caprica. It's also one of the last left in the universe." ([[Water]])<br /> :''An homage to the [[TOS|original series]], in which [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]]'s [[Wikipedia:Cigar|cigars]] are referred to as "[[Fumarello|fumarellos]]". This plant may be similar or identical to [[Wikipedia:Tobacco|tobacco]].''<br /> <br /> ==Real==<br /> ===Animals===<br /> ====Mammals====<br /> *[[w:Bat|Bat]]<br /> :Seen flying out of an abandoned warehouse in "Litmus."<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Cat|Cat]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "...then grab your gun and bring in the cat." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Dog|Dog]]<br /> **'''Cally:''' "She said the engine power-up sequence began by squeezing something that looks like a red ligament with blue veins on the right side coming out of a sack of gooey fluid, shaped like a... dog." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> **'''Baltar:''' "I will be the President, all right, but without the military support, I might as well be an anointed dog catcher." ([[Epiphanies]])<br /> **'''Roslin:''' "I need you to send my ID code on the exact same frequency: D, as in dog [...]" ([[Miniseries]])<br /> **'''[[Helena Cain|Cain]]:''' "Madam President, you look like I just shot your dog." ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]], [[Quotes:01 5|Quote of the day]])<br /> **'''[[Billy Keikeya|Billy]]:''' "...dog takes 20 pills a day." - '''Roslin:''' "I didn't know you had a dog-" - '''Billy:''' "yeah, big shaggy thing - [[Jake (Billy's Dog)|Jake]]" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [[List_of_Deleted_Scenes|deleted scene]])<br /> **A dog named [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] appears on [[New Caprica]], whose water bowl is flipped by [[Felix Gaeta]] to tell [[Galen Tyrol]] that an intelligence drop has happened ([[Precipice]]). (''This is one of the few instances where an animal can actually be seen in the series and by far the most prominent one.'')<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Elephant|Elephant]]<br /> :'''Hallucination-Baltar:''' "Start with the elephants..." ([[Downloaded]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Goat|Goat]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "A horse. Why not a goat? I mean, that's good, right? Think of it as a goat." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Gorilla|Gorilla]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "I'm gonna need some of those gorillas you call Marines." ([[Sacrifice]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Horse|Horse]]<br /> **'''Tyrol:''' "Take it for a ride. Treat it like a horse." ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])<br /> **Helo and Sharon are in what looks like horse stables in "[[The Hand of God]]"<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Hare|Jackrabbit]]<br /> :'''Starbuck''': "This is the Viper Mark II. It's as maneuverable as a jackrabbit and can flip end for end in .35 seconds." ([[Act of Contrition]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Monkey|Monkey]]<br /> :'''[[Cliff Hooper]]'s friend:''' "He's a real-deal war hero, Hoop. Can't be seen drinkin' with a bunch of low-life freight monkeys." ([[Scattered]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Panther|Panther]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "I'm a [[Picon Panthers]] fan myself." ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Pig|Pig]]<br /> :'''Phelan''': "Fisk was a pig. He tried to force us to renegotiate."<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Rat|Rat]]<br /> :'''Helo:''' Frakkin' rats! ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> :''Rats have actually been seen on screen in this episode.''<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Tiger|Tiger]]<br /> :Gaeta reveals a tattoo of a tiger on his upper right chest in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".''<br /> <br /> ====Birds====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Bird of prey|Birds of Prey]]<br /> **While the animals have never been specifically mentioned, it's reasonable to assume the [[Raptor]] is named after them.<br /> **Possibly a bird of prey is heard and mentioned by Tyrol and Socinus in "[[Valley of Darkness]]"<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Blackbird|Blackbird]]<br /> :Namesake of the [[Blackbird]] experimental stealth fighter ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Chicken|Chicken]]<br /> *'''Cami:''' "We're going out for dinner, and I'm having chicken pie, and then we're going home, and then Daddy's going to read to me, and then I'm going to bed." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> *Colonel Tigh imitates a chicken when mocking Starbuck's nickname, "Starbuck-buck-buck." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Duck|Ducks]]<br /> **'''Palacios''': "Wouldn't we be like ducks in a Cylon shooting gallery?" ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])<br /> **"Duck" is the callsign of Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]], [[Scar]], [[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|"The Resistance" webisodes]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Geese|Geese]]<br /> :'''Colonel Tigh''': "They're coming up with big goose eggs" ([[Water]]) <br /> *[[Wikipedia:Parakeet|Parakeet]]<br /> :'''Jammer:''' "I don't care if they put a giant parakeet in here. If the colonel says build a cell, we build a cell." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Swallow|Swallow]]<br /> :Namesake of the Colonial drone weapon, the [[Swallow]] ([[Occupation]]).<br /> *[[w:Vulture|Vulture]]<br /> :In a [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Downloaded|deleted scene]] from "[[Downloaded]]", [[Karl Agathon]] calls [[D'anna Biers]] a "stupid frakking vulture" after being notified of [[Hera]]'s alleged death.<br /> <br /> ====Reptiles====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Python|Python]]<br /> :'''Adama:''' "Betrayal has such a powerful grip on the mind. It's almost like a python. You can squeeze out the thought, suffocate all other emotion until everything is dead except for the rage." ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Viper|Viper]]<br /> :While the animal has never been specifically mentioned, it's reasonable to assume the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] is named after it.<br /> <br /> ====Fish====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Salmon|Salmon]]<br /> :'''Baltar:''' "There was an off-road bridge, over the Euclid river. I used to go there, when I was a boy. Watch the fish try and swim upstream. They were mesmerizing." ([[Home, Part I]])<br /> :''What Baltar describes, without naming, are [[Wikipedia:Anadromous|anadromous]] fish - almost certainly a type of salmon.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Shark|Shark]]<br /> :ECO [[Lyla Ellway|Lyla "Shark" Ellway]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]) presumably took her call-sign from these creatures.<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Betta|Betta]] or [[Wikipedia:Guppy|Guppy]]<br /> :When Six comes "home" to Baltar's house carrying the metal suitcase, one can see three different glasses on a table in the front of the scene. They contain only water and one living, small, long-finned, black fish each, a way agressive [[Wikipedia:Siamese fighting fish|Siamese fighting fish]] are kept. ([[Miniseries]])<br /> <br /> ====Invertebrates====<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Ant|Ant]]<br /> :'''Crashdown:''' "Someone else feel like they have ants crawling behind their frakking eyeballs?" ("[[33]]")<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Cockroach|Cockroach]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "...even a cockroach needs to breathe..." ([[You Can't Go Home Again]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Oyster|Oyster]]<br /> :'''Caprica-Sharon:''' "I remember the first day I met you, Starbuck. You were puking your guts out in the head after you ate some bad oysters." ([[Scattered]])<br /> <br /> ===Plants===<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Apple|Apple]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "I need you to send my ID code on the exact same frequency: D, as in dog, dash, 456, dash, 345, dash, A as in apple." ([[Miniseries]])<br /> :''In the commentary for the [[Miniseries]], [[Ron Moore]] stated that the [[Armistice Officer|officer]] at [[Armistice Station]] was originally supposed to take out an apple and eat it while studying his notes; in keeping with the new series emphasis on naturalism.''<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Blueberry|Blueberry]]<br /> :'''Starbuck:''' "You look like a blueberry." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Carrot|Carrot]]<br /> :'''Baltar''': "Simply put, Admiral, you have already used the stick. It's time to use a carrot". ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Coffea|Coffee plant]]<br /> :'''Gaeta:''' "Seven other container ships are refusing to release their supplies. Food, medicine, even coffee." ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Lemon|Lemon]]<br /> :'''Col. Tigh''': "A couple of lemons, we could make lemonade". ([[Bastille Day]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Licorice|Licorice]]<br /> :'''Roslin:''' "Chamalla and Licorice. Would you like some?" ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Walnut|Walnut]]<br /> :Adama cracks walnuts while going over potential CAGs in the episode "[[Home, Part I]]".<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Beans|Beans]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Maize|Maize]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Peanut|Peanut]]<br /> *[[Wikipedia:Chile pepper|Chile pepper]]<br /> :'''Helo:''' You hungry? I don't know, what do we got? Peanut butter... baked beans, corn. How about some chili? ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])<br /> :''Helo is probably referring to the common [[Wikipedia:Haricot bean|Haricot bean]].''<br /> <br /> ==Official Statements==<br /> <br /> *In an [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0050.htm interview with BattlestarGalactica.com on December 28th, 2005] RDM was asked about the possibility of animals actually appearing in future episodes:<br /> <br /> :"Q: Boxey's been more or less written out of the series, but there's always a chance that we might one day see the return of Muffit, or some other form of Man's Best Friend. Might we see the introduction of animals (including Cylon animals) into the Galactica universe? Where would Cylon animals fit in with the Cylon plan (especially in light of "The Farm")? Can Cylon animals reproduce? <br /> <br /> :RDM: The presence of animals in the rag-tag fleet was something that came up in early discussions, but we kinda dropped it from the conversation as the year went on. I don't know if we'll ever get around to doing something in this area or not. It mostly depends on finding a story that supports it in some interesting fashion other than [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] finds a kitty. I don't think the Cylons are creating animals as we would define them, but they certainly see the Raiders and other craft as animals vis a vis their relationship with the [[Cylon agent|humanoid Cylons]]."<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Society]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

Kondspi https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Mercury&diff=101154 Mercury 2007-01-09T01:39:36Z

<p>Kondspi: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Ship Data<br /> | image= <br /> | race= Colonial<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Primary and point-defense [[KEW|Kinetic Energy Weapons]], conventional missiles, nuclear warheads, Vipers, Raptors<br /> | status= Unknown<br /> }}<br /> <br /> The '''''Mercury''''' was presumably the namesake of the [[Mercury-class]] [[battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> A sister ship to battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', the battlestar ''Mercury'' is likely one of many battlestars destroyed in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].<br /> <br /> === Notes ===<br /> <br /> [[Wikipedia:Mercury (mythology)|Mercury]] is the ''Roman'' god of trade, profit and commerce; similar to the Greek god of [[Wikipedia:Hermes|Hermes]]. Since the [[Colonial]]s mainly believe in gods of a Greek nature, it begs the question of how the name became known to -- or derived by -- the Colonials. <br /> <br /> {{Ships}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Battlestars]]<br /> [[Category:Battlestars (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Craft (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Military]]<br /> [[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Mentioned-Only]]<br /> [[Category:Mentioned-Only (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

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