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<p>MGoblin256: Fixed the Hel section of the Cylon Line Ships sub-tab and added a proper description for the Jormung.</p> <hr /> <div>{{separate continuity|universe=RDM|cont=Battlestar Galactica Online}}<br /> [[File:shot.jpg|right|550px|x]]<br /> ==Released information==<br /> <br /> '''''Battlestar Galactica Online''''' is a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game developed by Bigpoint and Artplant. The game was released on February 15, 2011. The official website is [http://us.battlestar-galactica.bigpoint.com us.battlestar-galactica.bigpoint.com]. The browser based game uses 3D graphics which were developed using the Unity Game Development Tool. Bigpoint claims Battlestar Galactica Online is one of the best projects they have had as far as technology.<br /> <br /> <br /> The publisher, Bigpoint, released this brief description about this game before the release:<br /> ''Players will be able to choose to play as Cylons or humans in a constant struggle to control the universe or just survive its perils. A blend of tactical space combat, exploration, and mission-based gameplay will provide a diverse experience. The dramatic missions will define the game's overall storyline, enabling the player to delve into mysteries of the ''Battlestar'' universe. Battlestar Galactica Online will create a new standard for web games, with beautiful 3d graphics and innovative game mechanics bringing a new level of game play to browser based MMOG. Assets from the television production will be integrated into the game to deliver an even more authentic experience.''<br /> <br /> ==How The Game Starts==<br /> <br /> Based on the new Battlestar Galactica tv show, the game begins 40 years after the first Cylon war. The players begin the game as either a Cylon or a Colonial, stranded at the edge of one of the galactic arms. Both Colonial fleets (Battlestar Galactica and Pegasus) are heavily damaged and low on critical resources. The race begins for the Colonials to repair and rearm their ships, escape and continue their quest for Earth before the Cylons gain enough strength to obliterate them once and for all.<br /> <br /> ==Main Characters in the game==<br /> <br /> ===Colonials===<br /> [[Admiral Adama]]: He is the admiral and commanding officer of the Battlestar Galactica. He is an experienced and practical leader who feels as if his crew is his family..<br /> <br /> [[Lee Adama]] ‘Apollo’: The son of Admiral Adama, Apollo has strong moral fiber and is a rational pilot. <br /> <br /> [[Galen Tyrol]] '''‘Chief’''': Galactica’s humble deck chief. Chief always puts his crew first and will always go into battle for them.<br /> <br /> [[Kara Thrace]] ‘Starbuck’: She is rebellious, passionate and the fleet’s most talented Viper pilot.<br /> <br /> ===Cylons===<br /> <br /> One '[[Cavil]]': John Cavil is a sarcastic and humorous Cylon. Cavils have a heightened sense of awareness. <br /> <br /> [[Eight]] – Sharon 'Boomer' Valeri': Number Eight is a sleeper agent humanoid Cylon. Eights are programmed to believe they are human and are issued fake memories.<br /> <br /> [[Six]]: Number Six is a sexy and seductive replica of a human being. Six uses her looks to get what she wants. Caprica Six seduced Baltar, enabling the Cylons to destroy the 12 colonies.<br /> <br /> ==Colonial Ships in the game==<br /> <br /> ===Colonial Strike Craft===<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Colonial Viper''': The Colonial ship most capable of matching the speed, agility and firepower of the Cylon raider. A recent addition to the Viper is the rigging of a small FTL drive for long-range operations.<br /> <br /> '''Colonial Raptor''': The Raptor can be outfitted with a variety of missiles for both offensive and defensive assignments. As a Command ship, the raptor can be stocked with more computer systems than other Strike Craft. This greatly enhances its electronic warfare and support capabilities.<br /> <br /> '''Rhino''': The highly armored and rugged strike craft, that have been recently discovered by the fleet. The resurrection of the strike craft requires a considerable investment of resources and time. The attributes of the ship are highly valued, making the investment worthwhile. The Rhino can be equipped with more armor and hull systems than others, adding additional defensive capabilities.<br /> <br /> ===Colonial Escorts===<br /> '''Scythe''': This small and maneuverable craft is the smallest of the three classes of abandoned escorts brought back to life by the Galactica ground crews. Its tylium reactors and drive assembly take up over 50% of the ship’s hull, resulting in an above average thrust to mass ratio and rapid response time to incoming attacks and offensive opportunities. The Scythe’s engine systems can receive upgrades, improving its already great performance. <br /> <br /> '''Glaive''': The Glaive is the most advanced of the abandoned escort classes recovered by the Colonials. The Glaive is compact, powerful, and incorporates impressive electronic suites and computer hardware. Very few have been discovered drifting in space. The Glaive has the most electronic warfare capabilities of all abandoned escorts. <br /> <br /> '''Maul''': This well-built craft is the largest of the abandoned escorts. The Maul is heavily armored and is ideal for guard duties. The Maul can take on the most hull systems of any escort, increasing its toughness as an Assault ship.<br /> <br /> ===Colonial Line Ships===<br /> <br /> '''Aesir''': The Aesir features high output reactors and drive assemblies which can produce massive thrust considering the small size of the ship. As a Heavy Interceptor, the Aesir’s engines can be upgraded to produce imposing performance.<br /> <br /> '''Vanir''': The twin-hulled Vanir integrates several senor and emitter grids in a configuration that can be very powerful and effective. As a Heavy Command vessel, the Vanir can be equipped with a several computer systems than other line ships, increasing its electronic warfare and support capabilities<br /> <br /> '''Jotunn''': Jotunn which has established itself as a “baby battlestar” is the largest abandoned ship class that the Colonial Fleet has so far managed to recover. The Jotunn's has heavy-duty construction and capability to advance under the most brutal fire. As a Heavy Assault vessel, the Jotunn can be equipped with more hull systems than other line ships, increasing its toughness and defensive capabilities many-fold.<br /> <br /> ==Cylon Ships in the game==<br /> <br /> <br /> ===Cylon Strike Craft===<br /> <br /> '''Cylon Raider''': The Raider is the primary Interceptor of the Cylon fleet, designed to be sleek and deadly, it used speed and agility to perform quick strikes and chase down slower, less maneuverable targets. It is a biomechanical construct commanded by a 'pilot mind' that literally mends with the ship. As an Interceptor, the Raider can be equipped with more engine systems than other strike craft, increasing its already imposing performance.<br /> <br /> '''Cylon Heavy Raider''': A support and communications craft capable of processing vast quantities of tactical data and disrupting enemy systems with combinations of viral attack and jamming, the Heavy Raider's oversized hull can also transport several Centurions or humanoid Cylons. As a Command ship, the Heavy Raider can be equipped with more computer systems than other strike craft, increasing its electronic warfare and support capabilities.<br /> <br /> '''Marauder''': A heavy strike craft hull recovered from the base of the mysterious Cylons who abandoned this sector at some point in the past. Although some delicate reconfiguration is required for full compatibility, the Marauder's high density hull materials provide far greater protection than standard Cylon strike craft. As an Assault ship, the Marauder can be equipped with more hull systems than other strike craft, further increasing its toughness and defensive capabilities.<br /> <br /> ===Cylon Escorts===<br /> '''Banshee''': The Banshee is the first of three abandoned escort designs that the Cylon fleet has recovered and returned to active status. The Banshee is a fast attack ship built for quickness and maneuverability. As an Interceptor, the Banshee can be equipped with more engine systems than other escorts, increasing its already impressive performance.<br /> <br /> '''Spectre''': Only a small number of Spectre escort hulls have been recovered by the Cylon Fleet, and bringing them back into active service requires complex recoding and interface configuration to make full use of their advanced processing and emitter nexuses. The result, however, is a powerful electronic warfare and support platform. As a Command ship, the Spectre can be equipped with more computer systems than other escorts, increasing its electronic warfare and support capabilities.<br /> <br /> '''Wraith''': The Wraiths hulls are both angular and bulky and were probably an experiment based on human designs. High density, ultra thick hull plating and structural support make it extremely effective in close combat. As an Assault ship, the Wraith can be equipped with more hull systems than other escorts, further increasing its toughness and defensive capabilities.<br /> <br /> ===Cylon Line Ships===<br /> '''Fenrir''': The Fenrir is super quick and has a hull that has been proven to be among the most complex and advanced designs left behind by the Cylons. Returning them to active service requires a massive investment of time and resources, but the Fenrir's combination of speed and firepower should prove worth it. As a Heavy Interceptor, the Fenrir can be equipped with more engine systems than other line ships, increasing its already impressive performance.<br /> <br /> '''Hel''': Intended as a battlefield command and control platform, the recovered Hel class hulls are honeycombed with data processing, sensor and emitter plexuses that rival the capabilities of a Basestar hybrid. As a Heavy Command vessel, the Hel can be equipped with more computer systems than other line ships, increasing its electronic warfare and support capabilities.<br /> <br /> '''Jormung''': The largest abandoned ship class so far recovered by the Cylon Fleet, the Jormung's massive wedge-shaped hull is thickly armored and heavy braced, offering superior protection from enemy fire and allowing the ship to act as a mobile fortress on both offensive and defensive operations. As a heavy assault vessel, the Jormung can be equipped with more hull systems than other line ships, further increasing its toughness and defensive capabilities. <br /> <br /> ==Reviews==<br /> <br /> '''MMOGamesite.com'''<br /> * &quot;Polished 3D visuals, dynamic missions, shapeable storylines, and revolutionary combat modes make Battlestar Galactica Online the flagship space-themed MMO of Bigpoint, and the entire browser game world.&quot; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite_web|url=http://www.mmogamesite.com/browser-game/battlestar-galactica-online.html|title=<br /> mmogamesite.com|date=8 November 2010|accessdate=20 February 2011|format=|language=}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> '''MMOHut.com'''<br /> * &quot;Great looking graphics powered by the Unity engine&quot; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite_web|url=http://mmohut.com/browser-games/battlestar-galactica-onlinel|title= MMOHut.com|accessdate=20 February 2011|format=|language=}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> * &quot;Plenty of weapons and ship customization options&quot; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite_web|url=http://mmohut.com/browser-games/battlestar-galactica-onlinel|title= MMOHut.com|accessdate=20 February 2011|format=|language=}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> '''CPUGamer.com'''<br /> * &quot;Battlestar Galactica Online is a free-to-play, browser-based space combat MMOG that combines high-quality, 3D graphics with intense gameplay&quot; &lt;ref&gt;{{cite_web|url=http://www.cpugamer.com/news/battlestar-galactica-online-open-beta-launched|title= CPUGamer.com|date=9 February 2011|accessdate=20 February 2011|format=|language=}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> Bigpoint at E3 2010 had a booth just for ''Battlestar Galactica Online''. Below are a few quotes from numerous media websites that reviewed the game on what they actually got to play at the [[Electronic Entertainment Expo|E3 Expo]] event.&lt;br&gt;<br /> '''IGN:'''<br /> * &quot;The game looks great running on the Unity engine.&quot;<br /> * &quot;At the moment the game is going to be purely ship-based like EVE Online. No ground interaction to speak of.&quot;<br /> * &quot;On one hand, we feel like BSG should be getting the full MMO treatment, but on the other, what we saw today was surprisingly impressive.&quot;<br /> <br /> '''TenTonHammer:'''<br /> * &quot;While the tech demo was very early in development there are some interesting features in the works.&quot;<br /> * &quot;We had the chance to see a Cylon Raider in action taking out several ships.&quot;<br /> * &quot;Players familiar with past space shooters like Wing Commander will find it a little familiar.&quot;<br /> <br /> '''Massively:'''<br /> * &quot;As we saw earlier this year at GDC, Bigpoint has something very big indeed planned for their next game: Battlestar Galactica Online.&quot;<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [http://us.battlestar-galactica.bigpoint.com/ Official ''Battlestar Galactica Online'' Website]<br /> <br /> == References==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:85%&quot;&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category: A to Z]]<br /> [[Category: Merchandise]]<br /> [[Category: Merchandise (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category: RDM]]<br /> [[Category: TRS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Raider_(TOS)&diff=105732 2007-01-31T23:05:30Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Advanced A-B Raider */</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= Bsg-raider-P.jpg<br /> | title= Cylon Raider<br /> | race= Cylon<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= No<br /> | crew= 3 Cylons<br /> | role= Space superiority fighter<br /> | weapons= Lasers&lt;br /&gt;Missiles <br /> | status= Active<br /> }}<br /> The '''Raider''' is the primary fighter attack craft of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]. Raiders are typically flown with a crew of three [[Centurion (TOS)|centurions]]. Two centurions sit up front at the controls, while the third centurion sits on a raised chair behind the others to command and coordinate ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). <br /> <br /> It is armed with two forward-firing laser cannons and can carry bombs in bays within the wings and on racks mounted beneath the wings ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]). Oval in shape, the piloted Raider has two sublight engines for propulsion. The vehicle is both space and atmosphere-capable ([[The Long Patrol]]).<br /> <br /> On extended missions, Raiders have been known to be accompanied by [[Cylon freighter (TOS)|fuel tanker]] tenders. This allows wings of Raiders to cross large areas of space (relatively speaking) at sublight speeds without the aid of a [[Basestar (TOS)|Basestar]]. This tactic is normally used on sneak attack missions, allowing Raider wings to slip past enemy defences undetected, whereas a Basestar would easily be spotted by enemy scanners ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> [[Image:Raidercrew.jpg|thumb|left|A typical Raider crew ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]<br /> Despite their larger crew and greater potential for firepower, the Raider often finds itself outmatched by the [[Viper (TOS)|Colonial Viper]]. This may be in part to the greater maneuverability of the Viper, and the skill of the [[Warrior|Colonial Warriors]] that fly them. Apollo seems confident in his ability to defeat Raiders if they possess any fewer than 10 to 1 in numbers ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> == Advanced A-B Raider ==<br /> [[Image:Cylon A-B Raider.jpg|thumb|left|The A-B Raider above earth.]]<br /> The massive A-B Raider is an advanced form of Raider. It has a crew of five, consisting of two Cylon Androids ([[Andromus]] and [[Andromidus]]) and three Centurions. Its exact offensive and defensive capabilities are unknown. It seems to possess an offensive range far greater than that of conventional Raiders (and [[Viper (TOS)|Colonial Vipers]]) as well as some form of communication jamming.<br /> <br /> In the only recorded encounter, Captain [[Kanon]] and Lieutenant [[Britton]] discover the A-B Raider while on recon duty in a two-seat version Colonial Viper. Unable to damage it with the Viper's conventional weapons, Kanon rams the A-B Raider, crippling both craft. The A-B Raider's trajectory causes it to crash on the surface of [[Earth]], destroying all its occupants except its Commander, Andromus, and [[Centuri|one of the Centurion pilots]]. While Lieutenant Britton is injured in the collision, the Viper manages to limp back to [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']] to report their findings on this new threat and the fact that the Cylons had landed ([[The Night the Cylons Landed]]).<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> == Related Images ==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Abreadout.jpg|The initial sensor readings the recon Viper gets regarding the A-B Raider.<br /> Image:Warbook.jpg|The A-B Raider as displayed in the [[Warbook]].<br /> Image:Humanoidscan.jpg|A close scan of the A-B Raider displaying a humanoid Cylon.<br /> Image:RaiderSchematics.jpg|A Raider schematic displayed by a scanner onboard ''Galactica'' ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)|Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Technology]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Muffit&diff=103008 2007-01-16T08:46:43Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* The &quot;Muffit II&quot; */</p> <hr /> <div>== The Real Daggit ==<br /> [[Image:Muffit1.jpg|thumb|right|The original Muffit runs with Boxey on Caprica during the Cylon sneak attack ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]<br /> '''Muffit''' is [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]]'s [[daggit]] which is killed by falling debris during the [[Battle of Cimtar|Cylon sneak attack]]. Boxey mourns for Muffit on the [[Rising Star (TOS)|''Rising Star'']], refusing to eat as a result ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> <br /> == The &quot;Muffit II&quot; ==<br /> [[Image:Muffit.jpg|thumb|left|Muffit II, the robotic daggit.]]<br /> To ease Boxey's emotional suffering, his future father [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] asks Dr. [[Wilker]] to furnish a prototype robotic daggit, called the Muffit II. As no daggits have survived the sneak attack, there is a genuine need for replacement daggits, as they had played numerous roles in Colonial society, including that of domesticated pet, watch animal, and tracker. In order to train Muffit II, Wilker scans an image of Boxey into its circuits for imprinting purposes, thus allowing Boxey to train the robot. <br /> <br /> Muffit accompanies Boxey to the surface of [[Carillon]], and runs out of the [[landram]] near a rich [[tylium]] deposit. Boxey and Muffit are &quot;kidnapped&quot; by the [[Ovions]], but are later turned over to Apollo and [[Serina]] by the [[Lotay|Queen of the Ovions]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and Apollo are discovering the Ovion plot, Boxey ends up chasing Muffit out of the elevator, and is nearly killed by a sword-wielding [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]]. The [[warrior]]s intervene, and as a result end up finding and rescuing [[Cassiopeia]]. During the ensuing escape and conflict with the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], Muffit helps to destroy a Centurion by tearing into its leg ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> Muffit stows away in the [[snowram]] with [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in order to be able to see the snow on the surface of [[Arcta]]. When the snowram is disabled and the commando team nearly succumbs to the effects of the diethene storm, Muffit exits the snowram and wanders off. They fear that Muffit might attract the attention of Centurions trying to find them. They eventually pass out due to the diethene, but awaken to discover that Muffit had brought some [[Theta]]s back to the snowram, saving the team and the mission ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).<br /> <br /> When an expedition is sent to [[Serenity]] to trade for agricultural supplies, Boxey and Muffit are allowed to join the landing party. [[Belloby|Siress Belloby]] is kidnapped by the [[Borays]], so Apollo uses Muffit to track her scent back to the main camp of the Borays, where an agreement is brokered with [[Nogow|their leader]] ([[The Magnificent Warriors]]).<br /> <br /> Among other things, including the ability to wave ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]), Muffit is trained by Boxey to &quot;sniff&quot; out [[Hydronic mushies|mushies]]. This ability comes in very handy when Boxey, [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] and [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] are stranded in ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'s'' [[rejuvenation center]]. Muffit is able to sniff out the mushies placed on the bridge, and thereby negotiate a convoluted, maze-like path through the ship's ventilation ducts to retrieve gravely needed lifemasks. Later, Muffit returns to the fire-engulfed duct system to save the life of a fallen firefighter ([[Fire in Space]]).<br /> <br /> Portrayed by [[Evolution]].<br /> <br /> ==Comics==<br /> <br /> In the Marvel comics, Muffit II is also killed in the story [[Trial and Error]] in issue #15. A rebuilt Muffit II returns at the end of the series.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Characters (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Main Characters (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Daggit]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Muffit&diff=103007 2007-01-16T08:43:26Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* The &quot;Muffit II&quot; */ I just watched the episode recently. The Centurion attempts to kill him with his sword.</p> <hr /> <div>== The Real Daggit ==<br /> [[Image:Muffit1.jpg|thumb|right|The original Muffit runs with Boxey on Caprica during the Cylon sneak attack ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]<br /> '''Muffit''' is [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]]'s [[daggit]] which is killed by falling debris during the [[Battle of Cimtar|Cylon sneak attack]]. Boxey mourns for Muffit on the [[Rising Star (TOS)|''Rising Star'']], refusing to eat as a result ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> <br /> == The &quot;Muffit II&quot; ==<br /> [[Image:Muffit.jpg|thumb|left|Muffit II, the robotic daggit.]]<br /> To ease Boxey's emotional suffering, his future father [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] asks Dr. [[Wilker]] to furnish a prototype robotic daggit, called the Muffit II. As no daggits have survived the sneak attack, there is a genuine need for replacement daggits, as they had played numerous roles in Colonial society, including that of domesticated pet, watch animal, and tracker. In order to train Muffit II, Wilker scans an image of Boxey into its circuits for imprinting purposes, thus allowing Boxey to train the robot. <br /> <br /> Muffit accompanies Boxey to the surface of [[Carillon]], and runs out of the [[landram]] near a rich [[tylium]] deposit. Boxey and Muffit are &quot;kidnapped&quot; by the [[Ovions]], but are later turned over to Apollo and [[Serina]] by the [[Lotay|Queen of the Ovions]]. When [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and Apollo are discovering the Ovion plot, Boxey ends up chasing Muffit out of the elevator, and is nearly killed by a sword-wielding [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]]. The [[warrior]]s intervene, and as a result end up finding and rescuing [[Cassiopeia]]. During the ensuing escape and conflict with the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], Muffit helps to destroy a Centurion by tearing into its leg ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> Muffit stows away in the [[snowram]] with [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in order to be able to see the snow on the surface of [[Arcta]]. When the snowram is disabled and the commando team nearly succumbs to the effects of the diethene storm, Muffit exits the snowram and wanders off. They fear that Muffit might attract the attention of Centurions trying to find them. They eventually pass out due to the diethene, but awaken to discover that Muffit had brought some [[Theta]]s back to the snowram, saving the team and the mission ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).<br /> <br /> When an expedition is sent to [[Serenity]] to trade for agricultural supplies, Boxey and Muffit are allowed to join the landing party. [[Belloby|Siress Belloby]] is kidnapped by the [[Borays]], so Apollo uses Muffit to track her scent back to the main camp of the Borays, where an agreement is brokered with [[Nogow|their leader]] ([[The Magnificent Warriors]]).<br /> <br /> Among other things, including the ability to wave ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]), Muffit is trained by Boxey to &quot;sniff&quot; out [[Hydronic mushies|mushies]]. This ability comes in very handy when Boxey, [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] and [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] are stranded in ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'s'' [[rejuvenation center]]. Muffit is able to sniff out the mushies placed on the bridge, and thereby negotiate a convoluted, maze-like path through the ship's ventilation ducts to retrieve gravely needed lifemasks. Later, Muffit returns to the fire-engulfed duct system to save the life of a fallen firefighter ([[Fire in Space]]).<br /> <br /> Portrayed by [[Evolution]].<br /> <br /> ==Comics==<br /> <br /> In the Marvel comics, Muffit II is also killed in the story [[Trial and Error]] in issue #15. A rebuilt Muffit II returns at the end of the series.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Characters (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Main Characters (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Daggit]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=101470 2007-01-10T05:49:44Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Continuity Note */</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL-series]] Droid.<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestars]], serve as a combination of aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying and supporting over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters are the key in the Cylons' genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' is initially known to survive the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]] and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the lost 13th Colony - [[Earth]].<br /> <br /> Following the flight from [[Battle of Carillon|the death trap at Carillon]], the succeeding [[Imperious Leader]] sends a basestar under [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]'s command to seek out the Fleet. Baltar's basestar is able to follow the Fleet, yet stay outside of ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'''s scanning range ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]), suggesting that basestar scanners have a longer range than their Colonial counterparts.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> The original-series Basestar is commonly referred to as the &quot;Hades-class&quot; in fan-fiction.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=101469 2007-01-10T05:49:17Z

<p>MGoblin256: added note about common Hades designation</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL-series]] Droid.<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestars]], serve as a combination of aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying and supporting over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters are the key in the Cylons' genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' is initially known to survive the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]] and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the lost 13th Colony - [[Earth]].<br /> <br /> Following the flight from [[Battle of Carillon|the death trap at Carillon]], the succeeding [[Imperious Leader]] sends a basestar under [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]'s command to seek out the Fleet. Baltar's basestar is able to follow the Fleet, yet stay outside of ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'''s scanning range ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]), suggesting that basestar scanners have a longer range than their Colonial counterparts.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> The original-series Basestar is commonly referred to as the &quot;Hades-class&quot; in fan-fiction.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Sixth-millennium_starfighter&diff=98989 2006-12-29T20:16:00Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Sixthmilfighter.jpg|thumb|Croad forcing Starbuck's shuttle down using a sixth millenium fighter.]]<br /> '''Sixth-millennium starfighters''' are obsolete spacecraft that the [[Proteus enforcers]] use to patrol and defend [[Proteus]]. [[Croad]] is the enforcer that is shown piloting such a craft ([[The Long Patrol (TOS)|The Long Patrol]]).<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> Although apparently 1,000 yahrens older, the design of the '''sixth-millennium starfighter''' is extremely similar to that of the [[Viper (TOS)|Colonial Viper]]. The '''sixth-millennium starfighter''' is much more squat over all and has two engines rather than three. It, like the Viper, is armed with a pair of laser cannons.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]<br /> [[Category:Technology]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylon_Centurion&diff=97608 2006-12-22T03:32:43Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>: ''For Centurions from the [[Original Series]], see [[Centurion (TOS)]].''<br /> <br /> [[Image:CylonCenturion.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Centurion, Warrior of the Cylon Army.]]<br /> <br /> The basic unit of Cylon ground forces, the '''Cylon Centurion''' appears to be an upgrade to the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]. They have long, talon-like fingers with multiple joints and have a double barreled automatic projectile weapon mounted on the end of each arm. These newer, fiercer Centurions are capable of moving extremely fast via [[Wikipedia:bipedal locomotion|bipedal locomotion]] and are capable of jumping over obstacles. The projectile guns built into each arm are so powerful that they make counterattacks very difficult by Colonials since the barrage is, in effect, much like a [[Wikipedia:gatling gun|gatling gun]]. Unlike the Model 0005, a single Centurion is more than enough to terrorize a squad of Colonial fighters. They also use mortars in combat. In addition, their fingers can be used as bladed close combat weapons.<br /> <br /> It is unknown whether the Centurions can &quot;speak.&quot; It is certainly possible that they communicate with each other via some sort of computer network, and thus have no need for verbal speech. <br /> <br /> The Cylon Centurions may also have different armor options. For instance, a small number of them wreaked havoc when boarding ''[[Galactica]]'', and could only be destroyed using explosive rounds ([[Valley of Darkness]]).<br /> <br /> Centurions encountered on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] reacted more slowly, acted less intelligently, and were more easily destroyed by small arms fire. This may be due to the Cylons' plans for [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|the copy of Sharon Valerii]] with him; killing them would render their experiments worthless. A similar group of Centurions found on [[Kobol]] during the episode [[Fragged]] were equally less individually intelligent. It may be that these Centurions are very simple soldiers that, despite their menacing statistics, are limited in their evolution and programming. Centurions are not sentient, and are not [[Resurrection Ship|downloaded]] upon destruction.<br /> <br /> On [[New Caprica]], the Centurions are used for a variety of jobs. Among them guards, soldiers and executioners.<br /> <br /> When the Cylons created their new Centurions, they did not give them sentience, making them rely solely on programming. Ironically this was done, according to information from [[Sharon Agathon]], to prevent another robotic rebellion similar to the one the Cylons themselves originally orchestrated. Moreover, the Centurions are programmed to not harm any of the 12 humanoid Cylon models and they cannot distinguish one copy from another ([[Precipice]]). However, if ordered to do so they can terminate humanoid Cylon models and have the logs ordered erased to prevent the discovery of this act or unit knowledge of the act ([[Hero]]).<br /> <br /> ''Bullethead'' is a Colonial nickname for these advanced and deadly Cylon constructs ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br /> <br /> ===Cinematic Notes===<br /> The creators of the Re-imagined Series decided that using actors in an elaborate Cylon robot outfit (as was done in the Original Series) would detract from the realism of the series. They decided to make fully computer-generated Cylon Centurions for the new series.<br /> <br /> Inaugural director [[Michael Rymer]] wanted the new Cylon warrior to blend in and avoid detracting from the live actor's performances. However, the new designs were eye-catching, and the new robot became a popular addition to many scenes. The virtual Cylons are designed with full articulation in the hands and joints that gives a realistic appearance to the viewer. Initially the new warrior was built with more human movement, such as swaggering. However, the movements did not fit the robotic attitude that the writers wanted to convey and were later discarded.<br /> <br /> Actors interact with a life-size cardboard stand-in when filming a scene that will later have virtual Cylon warriors inserted. Some times human actors (production assistants in reality) stand in for the CG Centurions in more complex shots. As revealed in a [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/bts/videoblog/ Video Blog] entry on SciFi's ''Galactica'' website, stand-ins portraying Centurions are made to wear thick black vests with the word '''CENTURION''' printed across them. Much like the cardboard stand-ins the &quot;actors&quot; are then digitally painted out of the shot and replaced with virtual Centurions.<br /> <br /> == Related Imagery ==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Cylon Centurion New 001.jpg|'''Centurion''' in action &lt;br/&gt;during the &lt;br/&gt;boarding of ''Galactica'' &lt;br/&gt;([[Valley of Darkness]])<br /> Image:Cylon Centurion New 002.jpg|'''Centurion''' leaving the&lt;br/&gt; crashed [[Cylon Heavy Raider]] &lt;br/&gt;([[Scattered]])<br /> Image:CenturionFace.jpg|'''Centurion''' investigating a Cylon garage. ([[Downloaded]])<br /> Image:Centz.jpg|'''Centurion''' Guard in New Caprica. ([[Occupation]])<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TRS)&diff=94898 2006-12-07T05:03:31Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>{{translation|[[Basestar (RDM)/fr:Basestar (RDM)|French]]}}<br /> :''This article is about the basestar as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] version, see [[Basestar (TOS)]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= Basestar.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | crew= [[Cylon agent]]s, [[Cylon Centurion]]s, the [[Hybrid]]<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, Raiders, Heavy Raiders (likely)<br /> | img= Y<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Overview==<br /> A '''basestar''' (known interchangably as a &quot;baseship&quot;) is the most prominent example of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] military presence.<br /> <br /> Basestars dwarf a Colonial [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] and appear to be more technologically advanced, equipped with a superior [[FTL|jump system]] and no visible means of propulsion (although they are clearly shown travelling at sublight speed, and may posess an inertialess drive simillar to their [[Basestar (TOS)|original series counterpart]]) . Basestars operate a fleet of small fighters called [[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] and are capable of deploying hundreds of these simultaneously (see Related Imagery).<br /> <br /> Basestars possess several rooms and hallways, that are sleek but generally bland; Cylons project different environments to get around the ship more easily. Data and other functions such as analyzing photographs are handled in literal streams of water that go over a lit up computer glass surface. Cylons can [[Cylon data port|interface with the data by simply placing their hands in the basins]]. <br /> <br /> By the end of &quot;[[Exodus, Part II]]&quot; a total of five basestars have been confirmed destroyed by ''[[Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', or their crew.<br /> *&quot;[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]&quot; - 1<br /> *&quot;[[Resurrection Ship, Part 2]]&quot; - 1<br /> *&quot;[[Exodus, Part II]]&quot; - 3<br /> <br /> One basestar was heavily damaged and possibly destroyed in &quot;Resurrection Ship, Part 2&quot;, and another in &quot;The Captain's Hand&quot;.<br /> <br /> A further basestar self-destructed or succumbed to [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a virus]] and was destroyed in &quot;[[A Measure of Salvation]]&quot;.<br /> <br /> ==Command and Control==<br /> [[Image:Baseshipcontrolroom.jpg|thumb|right|Baseship control room. ([[Torn]])]]<br /> A basestar is operated by many [[Cylon agent]]s. Up to [[Torn|all seven models]] of Cylon agents issue commands for the basestar from a central command and control center. Consensus is typically the normal procedure, although the process of deliberating and voting on decisions may cause the basestar to react more slowly than a battlestar's command and control in a [[CIC]].<br /> <br /> A basestar's functions are managed by a partially-humanoid Cylon incorporated into the ship, known as a [[Hybrid]]. The Hybrid, for all respects of identity and control, ''is '' the basestar. The ship is an extension of her body and she is the ship's mind. The Hybrid, despite its humanoid appearance, is not a considered a fellow Cylon agent and lacks voting power as other agents have in Cylon affairs.<br /> <br /> A basestar has a [[datastream]], or computer network, which interfaces with the Hybrid and all aspects of the basestar's operation.<br /> <br /> ==Armaments==<br /> <br /> A basestar is capable of launching conventional or nuclear missiles from &quot;turrets&quot; mounted throughout the hubs and central axis that rotate to allow the basestar to fire in any direction&lt;ref&gt;Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, &quot;Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine,&quot; June/July 2006, page 56.&lt;/ref&gt;. Basestar-launched nuclear strikes against Colonial ships are usually carried out only before Raider deployment. One example of a Cylon nuclear attack involved three Cylon basestars that [[The Captain's Hand|ambush]] the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. They open their attack firing several nuclear missiles before deploying Raiders and switching to a non-nuclear firing solution ([[The Captain's Hand]]).<br /> <br /> A basestar's complement of Raiders is estimated as high as 792 fighters&lt;ref&gt;Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, &quot;Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine,&quot; June/July 2006, page 56.&lt;/ref&gt;, not counting fighters in repair or otherwise offline.<br /> <br /> This tactic, along with the massive amounts of Raiders that a basestar can unleash, suggest a similarity with the ''[[Wikipedia:Arsenal ship|Arsenal ship]]'' concept to overwhelm and destroy a foe. It is probable that basestars used nuclear weapons to destroy the bulk of the [[Colonial Fleet]] (using their [[backdoor]] in the [[CNP]] to compromise their defenses first) in the opening wave of their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]].<br /> <br /> After the Colonial commanders draw away their Raider wings, [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|two basestars are torn apart]] by the kinetic guns of battlestars ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' in a joint mission to destroy a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. It would seem that that basestars rely heavily on their Raiders for close-range gun defense through sheer numbers of fighters. Since a basestar does not appear to have batteries (the primary offensive/defensive weapons on battlestars), nor any armoring&lt;ref&gt;Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, &quot;Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine,&quot; June/July 2006, page 57.&lt;/ref&gt;, basestars appear quite vulnerable to battlestars in close-range combat without Raider fighter support ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br /> <br /> == Encounters with the Colonial Fleet ==<br /> [[Image:Basestar_above_armistice-station_-_00.04.06.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar above the [[Armistice Station]]]]<br /> * As part of an annual offering of diplomacy, the [[Colonial Fleet]] staffs the [[Armistice Station]] in the hopes that the Cylons will attend, but it goes unfulfilled for forty years. Suddenly, without any warning or detection, a Cylon basestar arrives over the station, and dispatches a [[Cylon agent]] to the station. This agent accosts the [[Armistice Officer]] as the basestar launches a salvo of missiles and obliterates the station.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestarcaprica-00.56.10.jpg|thumb|right|Basestars over Caprica]]<br /> *Days later, the Cylons begin their genocidal campaign against the Twelve Colonies. In all likelihood, several basestars and their support craft arrived at each Colonial world and deploy nuclear missiles, airbursting them to annihilate the populace. Several basestars orbit the ruined planet of [[Caprica]] as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon &quot;Boomer&quot; Valerii]] guides her [[Raptor]] to an emergency landing on the planet during the attack. Boomer's Raptor guides by debris of destroyed Colonial units, including the shattered hulk of a battlestar ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar-ragnar-02.38.56.jpg|thumb|left|Two basestars over [[Ragnar]]]]<br /> * A substantial Cylon force consisting of no less than two basestars and several hundred fighters and other small craft converge on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in an attempt to flush out and destroy the fugitive ships led by the battlestar [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]. After transferring as many armaments and supplies as possible from the munitions depot, ''Galactica'' departs the station's surrounding EM storm and presents itself as a shield, allowing [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to slip out and make [[FTL|jumps]] away. The entire contingent of civilian ships escape, as does ''Galactica'' after she and her [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] endure a [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|thorough pounding]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar-33-00.21.05.jpg|thumb|right|A basestar attacks ''Galactica''.]]<br /> * Basestars pursue ''Galactica'' and the Colonial Fleet for five full days after the escape from Ragnar. ''Galactica'' spurs the Fleet to stay on the move, executing [[FTL|FTL jump after jump]], only to see the Cylons reappear at each location 33 minutes later ([[33]]). The Cylons had apparently infiltrated the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', a civilian starliner, and are able to track it through each successive [[FTL|jump]]. Following the 239th jump, the ''Olympic Carrier'' doesn't immediately rendevous at the jump coordinates, and it is feared the ship is lost. She reappears later, but several indications hint that she has been overtaken by Cylon forces, and the Colonials have no recourse but to destroy the liner. As soon as ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] destroy the liner, the basestars arrive on the scene, and the Colonial Fleet executes their 240th jump. The Cylons do not immediately follow, ending the pursuit.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar_over_kobol_nuked_-_00.32.45.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar over [[Kobol]] is destroyed]]<br /> * The Fleet eludes further contact with the Cylon forces for several weeks. The planet Kobol is discovered by a single Raptor on a probing reconnaissance mission, and a follow-up mission is planned. The reconnaissance team of three Raptors is surprised by a basestar now in orbit over Kobol, and screening Cylon Raiders obliterate one Raptor while shooting down another and forcing it to crash land on the planet below. The remaining Raptor escapes back to battlestar ''Galactica'', relaying the shocking news. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] devises a plan to eliminate the basestar, using a Raptor fitted with a [[Cylon transponder]] to deploy a nuclear warhead inside. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon &quot;Boomer&quot; Valerii]] is [[Arrow of Apollo|later tasked]] to the mission, accompanied by new ECO [[Margaret Edmondson|Lt. Margaret &quot;Racetrack&quot; Edmondson]]. En route, the transponder works exactly as planned. Despite their anxiety, the Raptor infiltrates the basestar. The interior view of the basestar that Boomer and Racetrack are afforded is overwhelming &amp;ndash; a vast, cavernous void of bio-mechanical components lacking a distinctive floor or ceiling. Surfaces appear organic &amp;ndash; fleshy if they were to be touched &amp;ndash; resembling the interiors of a Raider. During the deployment of the nuclear warhead, Boomer exits the Raptor and removes her helmet, indicating that the interior space is indeed pressurized and oxygenated, more than likely controlled by ventricle-like airlocks evident during the Raptor's entrance. The pair extricate themselves from inside the basestar, and once outside, detonate the warhead. The annihilation of this basestar represents the first aired instance in the series that Colonial forces successfully destroy a basestar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar_-_scattered_-_00.31.44.jpg|thumb|right|''Galactica's'' Vipers on approach to a basestar.]]<br /> * Scant moments after this victory, another basestar ambushes ''Galactica'', causing the crew to perform yet another immediate FTL jump. This haphazard jump (due to mishandled coordinate updates) separates the battlestar from the rest of the Fleet, and a few hours are spent developing a course of action. The decision is made to jump back to her previous location to recalculate the jump coordinates, and upon doing so, the battlestar and the basestar square off in a vicious engagement. During the recalculation, a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] manages to crash-land on ''Galactica's'' starboard flight pod ([[Scattered]]). After the battlestar jumps away, the basestar too departs the area after sending a detachment of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to Kobol.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:TheEnemysGateIsDown.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar under attack by ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'']]<br /> * Upon the reunion of the Colonial Fleet with the assumed-lost [[Mercury-class Battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', Admiral [[Helena Cain]] reveals that a Cylon fleet, consisting of two basestars and a mysterious unknown ship, has been following ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). By way of a bold reconnaissance mission in the Colonial [[Blackbird]], the commanding officers discover the identity of the mysterious vessel to be the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). The Colonials concoct an aggressive, intricate plan using stealth, deception, and sheer brute force to [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|eradicate]] the Resurrection Ship, as well as its escorting basestars. In a brilliant display of firepower, the two battlestars make short work of the two basestars, suffering minimal damage in return ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> * Over a month later, and now devoid of their Resurrection Ship, the Cylons deploy basestars in a new tactical fashion. Two Raptors from ''Pegasus'' are lured away from their reconnaissance training mission near a [[Wikipedia:Binary star system|binary star cluster]], the crews killed by carefully venting their crew compartments, and the Raptors set adrift. In his zeal to retrieve the Raptors, newly-promoted [[Barry Garner|Commander Barry Garner]] disregards both [[William Adama|Admiral Adama's]] orders and [[Lee Adama|Major Lee Adama's]] advice and takes ''Pegasus'' to the last known location of the missing craft. ''Pegasus'' deploys two more Raptors to scan the located Raptors. As the rescue Raptors discover the lost Raptors' fate, three basestars pounce upon the Colonials and immediately engage by launching salvos of nuclear missiles &amp;mdash; the first time they've done so since the destruction of the Colonies. ''Pegasus'' reels under heavy damage, and only through the heroic self-sacrifice of Commander Garner, the sound direction of Major Adama, and the unwavering support of ''Pegasus's'' Vipers (led by [[Kara Thrace|Captain &quot;Starbuck&quot; Thrace]]) the battlestar survives. As a means of buying time until the disabled FTL drive was repaired, Major Adama directs the battlestar's forward gun batteries to barrage the closest basestar, focusing on the core of it until it is forced to withdraw. ''Pegasus'' indeed survives [[Battle of the Binary Star System|this encounter]], albeit with a substantial amount of damage, but it heralds a less brashly aggressive, more subversively calculative approach by the Cylons ([[The Captain's Hand]]).<br /> <br /> [[Image:Baseshipcloseup305.jpg|thumb|right|Baltar's Baseship]]<br /> * The next appearance of basestars comes at the [[Fall of New Caprica|fall of New Caprica]] to Cylon occupation. Several, approximately six or seven, basestars emerge from the planet's shrouding nebula, and in the face of overwhelming strength and numbers, an understaffed Colonial Fleet makes a reluctant jump away, and the Cylons take the planet without firing a shot. The Cylons then task at least two basestars with guarding the surrounding space of the planet.<br /> <br /> *Four months later during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Galactica launches its rescue operation of the humans of New Caprica, two basestars move to combat it without any fighter support as the raiders are otherwise occupied. Soon two more basestars jump and move to engage bringing the total to four. Before long, Galactica's FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters are disabled, and the port side of the ship reaches its structural limits. Battlestar Pegasus then arrives with its forward batteries blazing, scoring several hits that destroy one basestar. Commander Lee Adama orders his battlestar towards the basestars to give Galactica time to repair its FTL drive and escape. Later with Pegasus taking phenomenal damage, Commander Adama orders all hands to abandon ship, using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle. He ensures that the weapons were set to autofire and that the ship is on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The damaged, unmanned Pegasus collides into one basestar, destroying both. The remnants of Pegasus’s starboard flight pod collides with another of the remaining basestars, destroying it ([[Exodus, Part II]]). <br /> <br /> [[Image:SickBase.jpg|thumb|left|The Infected Basestar]]<br /> <br /> *A basestar is disabled and presumed dead after it encounters a beacon left near a nebula that marked the way to [[Earth]]. The probe apparently contained a pathogen that infects and kills Cylons of all kinds, be it Raider, Centurion, or agent. The Resurrection Ship, is ordered to jump away from the area and thus resulting in the permanent deaths of the ship's contingent of biological Cylons. It later presumably self-destructs soon after the Galactica investigation team leaves ([[Torn]]).<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> [[Image:Basestarinmuseum.jpg|thumb|right|A model of a [[Cylon War]]-era Cylon [[Basestar (TOS)|Basestar]] on display in the defunct museum.]]<br /> In the [[Miniseries]], ''Galactica'''s new museum displays a model of the Cylon basestar used in the [[Cylon War]]. As it happens, this design is identical to the basestars seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. However, despite the identical use of the ship design, the universe of the Re-imagined Series does not use the same weapons as that of the Original Series, so viewers are left to ponder what armed the Re-imagined incarnations of the Original Series Cylon warships. The museum also displays a deactivated [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]--again, the same design of Cylon warrior as used in the Original Series, and indicated in the episodes as the Cylons seen in the Cylon War of the Re-imagined Series continuity.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == Related Imagery ==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Bsraidersrelease1.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Bsraidersrelease2.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Bsraidersrelease3.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Bsmissiles.jpg|''Basestar'' launching missiles &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:85%&quot;&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Ships}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Basisschiff]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Raider_(TOS)&diff=92996 2006-11-26T23:16:48Z

<p>MGoblin256: added on to the A-B Raider topic</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= Bsg-raider-P.jpg<br /> | title= Cylon Raider<br /> | race= Cylon<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= No<br /> | crew= 3 Cylons<br /> | role= Space superiority fighter<br /> | weapons= Lasers&lt;br /&gt;Missiles <br /> | status= Active<br /> }}<br /> The '''Raider''' is the primary fighter attack craft of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]. Raiders are typically flown with a crew of three [[Centurion (TOS)|centurions]]. Two centurions sit up front at the controls, while the third centurion sits on a raised chair behind the others to command and coordinate ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). <br /> <br /> It is armed with two forward-firing laser cannons and can carry bombs in bays within the wings and on racks mounted beneath the wings ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]). Oval in shape, the piloted Raider has two sublight engines for propulsion. The vehicle is both space and atmosphere-capable ([[The Long Patrol]]).<br /> <br /> On extended missions, Raiders have been known to be accompanied by [[Cylon freighter (TOS)|fuel tanker]] tenders. This allows wings of Raiders to cross large areas of space (relatively speaking) at sublight speeds without the aid of a [[Basestar (TOS)|Basestar]]. This tactic is normally used on sneak attack missions, allowing Raider wings to slip past enemy defences undetected, whereas a Basestar would easily be spotted by enemy scanners ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> Despite their larger crew and greater potential for firepower, the Raider often finds itself outmatched by the [[Viper (TOS)|Colonial Viper]]. This may be in part to the greater maneuverability of the Viper, and the skill of the [[Warrior|Colonial Warriors]] that fly them. Apollo seems confident in his ability to defeat Raiders if they possess any fewer than 10 to 1 in numbers ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> [[Image:Raidercrew.jpg|thumb|right|A typical Raider crew ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]<br /> <br /> [[Image:RaiderSchematics.jpg|thumb|left|A Raider schematic displayed by a scanner onboard ''Galactica'' ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]<br /> <br /> {{break}}<br /> == Advanced A-B Raider ==<br /> <br /> This unique craft was seen in the [[Galactica 1980]] episode [[The Night the Cylons Landed]]. The massive A-B Raider is an advanced form of Raider that had a crew of five, which consisted of two Cylon Androids and three Centurions, and was supposedly very strong. It was only seen very briefly, as it was destroyed when a [[Colonial Viper]] collided with it, causing it to crashland on Earth. Not much is known about the full capabilities of this craft.<br /> [[Image:Collision.jpg|thumb|right| A Viper collides into the A-B Raider. Note the A-B Raider's size compared to the Viper]]<br /> [[Image:Abreadout.jpg|thumb|right|]]<br /> [[Image:Warbook.jpg|thumb|right| The A-B Raider as displayed in the [[Warbook]].]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)|Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Technology]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Heavy_Raider&diff=92679 2006-11-24T04:03:09Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] heavy raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= HeavyC.jpg<br /> | race= Cylon<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | crew= Holds approximately 10 [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]<br /> | role= Troop transport<br /> | weapons= A 6-barrel [[Kinetic Energy Weapon]] and at least one missile launcher<br /> | img= Y<br /> }}<br /> A '''Heavy Raider''' is a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attack spacecraft.<br /> <br /> The main armament of the Heavy Raider seems to consist of a barbette of six cannons mounted under the cockpit area of the vehicle (as seen [[:Image:KEW_Heavy_Raider.jpg|here]]). These cannons are capable of an extremely high rate of fire ([[Scattered]]). They are also capable of launching missiles.<br /> <br /> Not much is yet known about this craft. Unlike the standard [[Cylon Raider|Raider]], the Heavy Raider is both autonomous, as the Cylon &quot;head&quot; on the right side of it's chassis suggests, and manually pilotable.<br /> <br /> The first Heavy Raider is seen as part of a Cylon search party looking for [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] (&quot;[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]&quot;). Further sightings in Season 1 are in &quot;[[Colonial Day]]&quot; with one craft landing near Helo and Sharon, and in space over Caprica in &quot;[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]&quot;.<br /> A Heavy Raider with a boarding party of Centurions crash-lands into ''[[Galactica]]'s'' unused starboard [[flight pod]] ([[Scattered]]).<br /> <br /> [[Image:HR-Kobol-09-55.jpg|thumb|left|Heavy Raider on Kobol]]<br /> After shooting down a Colonial scouting party over [[Kobol]], a force of five Centurions lands near the crash site of [[Raptor 1]] in a Heavy Raider. They proceed to dismantle its missile launcher and [[DRADIS]] assembly in an attempt to build a surface-to-air missile battery, intending to shoot down any [[SAR|search and rescue]] parties that ''[[Galactica]]'' sends to find the survivors ([[Fragged]]).<br /> <br /> The Heavy Raider is conclusively proven to be a troop transport in &quot;[[The Farm]]&quot; when [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] commandeers one and uses it to evacuate the [[Caprica Resistance]] after they rescue [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] from a Cylon hybrid &quot;farm.&quot;<br /> <br /> The Cylon attack fleet in &quot;[[Flight of the Phoenix]]&quot; includes a large amount of Heavy Raiders, which could indicate a planned boarding operation.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *[http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8278&amp;st=260 According to] [[Eric Chu]], [[Richard Livingston]] designed the Heavy Raider. <br /> <br /> == Related Imagery ==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Heavy Raider Top Side.jpg|''Heavy Raider'' - Top/Side view &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Heavy Raider Top.jpg|''Heavy Raider'' - Top view &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:KEW Heavy Raider.jpg|Showing 6-barrel [[KEW]] &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Ships}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Schwerer Jäger]]<br /> [[es:Raider Pesado]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Torn&diff=92479 2006-11-21T23:39:11Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Notes */ added forgotten line in Bentusi speech</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | title= Torn<br /> | image=Season 3 - Promo - Epi 5 - StarbuckTighAdama.jpg<br /> | season= 3<br /> | episode= 6<br /> | guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> | writer= [[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br /> | story= <br /> | director= [[Jean de Segonzac]]<br /> | production= 306<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate= 2006-11-03<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population= 41,422<br /> | podcast=Y<br /> | prev= [[Collaborators]]<br /> | next= [[A Measure of Salvation]]<br /> }}<br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''[[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] create divisions between those who suffered under the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]] and those who stayed with the fleet. Meanwhile, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] tries to prove his worth to the Cylons.''<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === On [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] ===<br /> * ''Galactica'''s air group runs exercises with the Viper pilots who settled on New Caprica and are thus out of shape. Starbuck deliberately breaks formation and collides with [[Noel Allison|Narcho]]'s Viper, forcing an end to the exercise and causing now-Major [[Lee Adama]] - who has resumed his post as [[CAG]] - to remove her from flight duty.<br /> * In his quarters, [[Saul Tigh]] is drinking in excess. He believes he hears [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] say &quot;I can't believe you did that to me&quot;. He looks out into the civilian-crowded corridor and follows a woman who he believes to be Ellen, only to grab a mid-aged woman who is talking to a young boy, presumably her son.<br /> * Upon Thrace's return to her bunk, she is met by Kacey and her mother, whom she dismisses, telling Kacey's mother not visit her again.<br /> * [[Karl Agathon]] congratulates and encourages Apollo for losing all the excess fat he had gained during the New Caprica era. Apollo asks Helo to ensure to remind him to never let that happen again.<br /> * [[Gaeta|Felix Gaeta]] meets with [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]] to discuss Baltar-related matters. During the year before the Cylon Occupation of New Caprica, Baltar was obsessed with analyzing the data from Kobol to find the path to Earth. Based on passages in the [[Pythia|Scrolls of Pythia]], Baltar identified a nebula and two associated pulsars he believed to be a landmark on the road to Earth.<br /> * In the pilots' rec room, [[Brendan Constanza|Hot Dog]] christens Lieutenant [[Sharon Agathon]] with the callsign &quot;[[Athena]]&quot; after she points out that, despite appearances, she is not &quot;[[Boomer]]&quot;. <br /> * Thrace and Tigh begin to sow dissent between the survivors of New Caprica and the crew that stayed behind on ''Galactica''.<br /> * Adama confronts Thrace and Tigh on their behavior. He challenges them to shoot him, as their constant complaining is tantamount to pulling the trigger. When neither do, Adama demands they shape up and move on with their lives.<br /> * Spurred by Adama's words, Thrace cuts her hair and appears to return to duty. Later, in uniform, she visits [[Kacey]] and her mother.<br /> * Meanwhile, Tigh returns to his room and begins drinking to excess, finishing off one bottle and starting another.<br /> * In a Raptor, Athena and [[Racetrack]] jump into range of the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], and are excited to find what the Scrolls described (an eye that blinks red and blue). They quickly realize, however, that they have jumped right next to the dying basestar.<br /> <br /> === On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===<br /> *[[Gaius Baltar]], aboard the Cylon basestar, is having another hallucination. On a sunny beach, Gaius praises Six for returning to him in his time of need, and states that he enjoys having conversations with her. Six implores him to learn anything and everything about the Cylons, as he will need the information in the days ahead. Baltar presses six again to tell him what she is, either a hallucination or the result of some sort of implant - Six tells Baltar, again, that she is an angel of God.<br /> *Having been allowed to stay on the [[basestar]], [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Three]] talk with Baltar later on, inquiring about the location of [[Earth]]. Baltar initially denies having any knowledge of where Earth is, but then reveals that he does have clues as to where its probable location is. He then finds out that the [[Cylons]] intend to find Earth so they can use it as their new home.<br /> *Baltar is apprehensive about helping the Cylons, and Caprica-Six tells him that the Cylons are also leery as to whether his intentions are true or not. Caprica-Six leads Baltar through the ship, telling him that she uses a projection of a forest to navigate the ship. In his mind, Baltar realizes that his form of projection is similar to what the Cylons are using, causing him to question whether he is human or a Cylon.<br /> *Caprica-Six informs Baltar that his rescue of [[Hera]] and his assistance in finding Earth has made him a valuable asset, and has gone a long way in impressing the Cylons. Baltar asks why there are only seven models on the ship, and inquires about the remaining five models. Caprica-Six tells him that they don't talk about it. He asks whether they would recognize one of the others, but their conversation is interrupted by Three before she can answer.<br /> * Three informs Caprica-Six that there is a situation, and a [[Five]] states that the basestar that went to check the pulsar has not reported back. The group head to a control center, where Baltar finds out that the missing basestar has been infected by [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a disease]]. The Cylons speculate and that any Cylon that dies and uploads to a [[Resurrection Ship]] might spread the virus even further. As a precautionary measure the Resurrection Ship is kept out of range. On the urge of his internal Six, Baltar offers to board the infected basestar and collect scientific information.<br /> * Before he leaves on his mission, Baltar encounters the [[Hybrid|Cylon Hybrid]] that controls the functions of the basestar. The hybrid is hooked into the ship's systems and continually vocalizes her seemingly non-sensical thoughts. Caprica-Six tells Baltar that it is thought by most of the Cylon models that the Hybrid has gone insane from being connected to the [[basestar]] and that her words hold no meaning, however the [[Leoben]] model considers the hybrid's words as coming from God.<br /> * The Cylons provide Baltar with a Raptor to board the baseship, and when he arrives, he finds numerous Cylons, either dead or dying. He collects blood samples and takes pictures of the area to bring back for analysis, and also finds a large manmade object in the hold of the ship. He then finds a dying [[Six]] model (curiously with black hair), who informs him that the device the Cylons captured, a probe left by the [[13th Colony]]. Even though Baltar offers to bring her help, she tries to attack him, and he strangles her to death.<br /> * Upon his return to the basestar, he denies finding anything that could have caused the outbreak of the virus, but Caprica-Six notices the probe object in Baltar's picture, but doesn't let on to anyone else what she has discovered.<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * Would it be possible for the Colonials to salvage the derelict basestar for their own purposes? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * What has happened to the remaining five Cylon models? Are they so secretive that none of the other seven variants have any knowledge of them? Did the Cylons permanently box the other models because they were dissenters to the cause of the Cylon race?<br /> * If Baltar was able to extrapolate the location of the Lion's Head Nebula just from reading the sacred scriptures, can we not assume someone else could have conducted the same research at an earlier date?<br /> * What is Caprica-Six going to do now that she realizes Baltar may be withholding critically sensitive information? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * Cally and Galen Tyrol are both seen working on the hangar deck. Who is taking care of their baby? Has a system been put in place to take care of crewmembers' children?<br /> * Is Athena infected with the Cylon virus? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * As the probe is supposed to come from the 13th Tribe, and is affecting Cylons, does that mean that Cylons have been exisiting in times of the 13th tribe? Or is just by accident that is viral for Cylons? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> ** What is the &quot;genetic pool&quot; that the human form Cylons all come from, and has it existed for longer than the Cylons themselves?<br /> * Is the virus biological or technological in nature? The &quot;inevitable once we took human form&quot; and &quot;genetic pool&quot; lines indicate that the Cylons think it is biological. On the other hand, their speculation that it could survive through a download process implies that it could technological in nature (i.e. computer virus). Or is the virus both biological and technological, like the Cylons themselves? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * Is Boomer the Cylon model Number Eight seen in the control center of the basestar with Baltar? If so, is her involvement with the Cylons on that basestar to find a map of Earth an indication that she has finally accepted her identity as a Cylon and disassociated herself from humanity? Does she think that peaceful coexistence with the thirteenth tribe would be possible, despite the failure of New Caprica?<br /> * With seven Cylons revealed and the &quot;Final Five&quot; on odds with them, are there any Cylon Agents left in the fleet?<br /> * If the known seven Cylons don't speak about the &quot;Final Five&quot;, why did Caprica-Six mentioned the existence of twelve models in the first place? Maybe whatever happened between them occured after the Fall of the Colonies?<br /> * How do the Cylons know for sure that the probe was left by the 13th Colony?<br /> * Where is Cavil?<br /> * Why is the Cylon's baseship controller called a &quot;Hybrid&quot;? What is the baseship a mixture of exactly as other biomechanical cylons, such as the raiders could be considered a hybrid of mechanical and biological machinery?<br /> * Why does it appear that the baseship's hybrid has a human formed body when it is essentially the CPU of the entire ship? Why would the Cylons go to such elaborate lengths to create a semi-humanoid form cylon just to have it connected, in a very Matrix like fashion, to the entire ship?<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *The crew-position shuffle continues from last episode, but some definite decisions have been made:<br /> **Lee has been demoted back to Major, and has resumed his old position as CAG, with Kat and Hot Dog as senior pilots under him. Starbuck is as well, until Adama revokes her flight status for reckless behaviour.<br /> **As mentioned, it seems Kat has been demoted from CAG to leader of [[Blue Squadron]].<br /> **As implied in &quot;Collaborators&quot;, Helo keeps the XO slot aboard ''Galactica'' for now.<br /> **Gaeta appears to have inherited Baltar's mantle as the scientific advisor (it is unclear whether he holds any additional positions), and is focusing his efforts on refining a course for Earth.<br /> **Cally Tyrol is shown working the flight deck alongside her husband, showing that she is once again active in the Fleet.<br /> **[[Noel Allison|Narcho]] is now a pilot on ''Galactica''.<br /> *The fact that Tyrol, Tigh, and Starbuck are still in uniform and moving about freely suggests that Roslin's general amnesty extended to the Circle's membership.<br /> *Following her actions during the Battle of New Caprica, Sharon Agathon seems to have garnered some degree of acceptance among the ''Galactica'' air group.<br /> *&quot;Athena&quot; is the name of [[Athena (TOS)|Adama's daughter]] in the original series. This may be an allusion to the changing relationships on ''Galactica'': Sharon Agathon has replaced Kara Thrace as William Adama's surrogate daughter. (He tells Thrace, &quot;You were like a daughter to me once. No more.&quot;) As Hot Dog states, Athena is also the name of a [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Lord of Kobol]]. <br /> *The baseship hybrid appears to be viewed by the Cylons in the same way as the Centurions and Raiders. The Hybrid has no vote in the Cylon decision-making process, despite its ability to express its thoughts and feelings, after a fashion.<br /> *It's mentioned that when the hybrid began to succumb to the virus, the centurions started shutting down. This suggests that the centurions are attached to a base ship and are controlled by the hybrid controlling that ship. It also implies the centurions are not fully autonomous.<br /> *The Cylons have a [[Raptor]] and [[flight suit]] at their disposal, acquired during the occupation of [[New Caprica]] or from undestroyed Colonial military assets on the [[Twelve Colonies]]. This raises the possibility that the Cylons may have other Colonial ships in their possession.<br /> *Given Admiral Adama's conversation with Tigh in the rec room, Adama clearly doesn't know of Tigh's hand in executing [[Ellen Tigh|his wife]] for collaborating with the Cylons. ([[Hero|Resolution]])<br /> *It is interesting to note that despite having found the map to Earth during Season 2, Admiral Adama still displays a level of skepticism towards finding Earth. It isn't until Gaeta begins linking the prophecies with actual star chart data, such as the red and blue pulsars, does Adama's facial expression change to a mild expression of surprise.<br /> *Despite claims made during his bid for the presidency, Baltar worked on finding the location of Earth during his time as president, likely hiding his notes from the Cylons after the occupation. During his discussion with Adama and Roslin regarding Earth's location, Gaeta surmises that Baltar likely pursued the research as he wanted to get there himself eventually.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *According to an [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ interview] with executive producer [[David Eick]], episodes 5 and 6 are a two-part story in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons. (Eick is counting &quot;Occupation&quot; and &quot;Precipice&quot; as one episode.)<br /> *The phrase &quot;end of line,&quot; uttered by the [[Hybrid|Cylon hybrid]] in this episode, is a possible reference to the film ''[[w:Tron (film)|Tron]]'', in which the [[w:Master Control Program (Tron)|Master Control Program]] finishes its sentences with &quot;end of line.&quot; <br /> **This may also be a play on the episode title. ''Torn'' is an anagram of ''Tron''.<br /> **[[w:End_of_Line|End of line]] is also a computing term, referring to the character used to signal a new line in text-based protocols.<br /> * The idea of using living creatures as central processing units of large ships has been visited before in both literary and filmed science fiction. For example the pilots in ''[[w:Dune|Dune]]'' serve a similar function while under the influence of the Spice. In Norman Spinrad's novel &quot;The Void Captain's Tale&quot;, some women become pilots because they believe to achieve a better insight into god's creation, thus having a spiritual experience. This is similar to Leoben's beliefs about the Hybrids. Recent television series with living CPUs include ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'', with human telepaths in the [[w:Shadow (Babylon 5)|Shadow]] vessels, and ''[[w:Farscape|Farscape's]]'' [[w:Pilot (Farscape)|Pilot]], though in the latter case, Pilot is more like a conduit between the crew and [[w:Moya|a sentient ship]] in its own right.<br /> ** The idea of a living being serving as CPU for a space vessel is explored, in detail and from the ship's perspective, in Anne McCaffrey's [[w:The Ship Who Sang|Ship Who...]] series of novels and short stories. The first of these was published in 1961 and may well be the inspiration for the other examples cited above.<br /> * In the PC game ''[[w:Homeworld|Homeworld]]'', [[Wikipedia:Karan S'jet|Karan S'jet]], a young female neuroscientist, integrates her physical body into the mothership to serve as its living CPU. This is similar to the function of the Cylon Hybrid. (Although S'jet chose to do so voluntarily, and it is unlikely, from comments by [[Three]], that the Hybrids were given a choice) . <br /> **The backstory to the game's sequel ''[[w:Homeworld 2|Homeworld 2]]'' descibes S'jet as undergoing a similar metaphysical experience while integrated with the mothership as Caprica-Six describes of the Hybrid. <br /> **Another similar subject from Homeworld are the Bentusi, and ancient and extremely powerful, yet friendly race of traders. The Bentusi are literally integrated into their ships in a manner similar to the Hybrid, and can feel the space around them. To quote them: &quot;''To understand our fear (refering to the Beast, see below), you must know our nature. We are one with our vessels, as was your S'jet persona. We are unbound. The solar winds blow across our skin. Hyperspace sings in our ears. The Universe unfolds around our thoughts.&quot;'' <br /> **The first game's semi-canon expansion ''[[w:Homeworld: Cataclysm|Homeworld: Cataclysm]]'' also features a bio-mechanical virus referred to as &quot;The Beast&quot;, which is unleashed when an ancient beacon is recovered by the game's protagonists Kiith Somtaaw. This virus is as fatal to the Bentusi as the virus in this episode is to the Cylons<br /> *According to the podcast for the episode, the Hybrid's visual look was inspired by the precogs in ''[[w:Minority Report|Minority Report]]''. <br /> *In the podcast is also revealed that some scenes of the episode had to be highly altered from what was initially planed. For example the opening conversation of Baltar and Six had to be redubbed and in the original script Starbuck simply ran out of gas, instead of crashing with another Viper. Additionally it is mentioned that Katee Sackhoff really cut her own hair at the end of the episode. <br /> *The name of the director, [[Jean de Segonzac]], was misspelled in the onscreen credits. He was listed as Jean de Segoznac.<br /> *[[Cavil]] is absent from the episode's basestar scenes, aside from a brief closeup from a previous episode used to illustrate Baltar's thoughts about the seven models he has seen. It should be noted that the Cavil model was neither seen on Caprica in &quot;[[Downloaded]]&quot; nor on the scenes set on the baseship we have seen so far. While this is likely due to the fact that actor [[Dean Stockwell]] is not available, it should be noted that there were no stand-ins used to indicate the presence of the Cavils, as it happened with Simon and Conoy in &quot;Downloaded&quot;.<br /> **Also, with the exception of [[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Grace Park]], all the actors playing Cylons are guest stars and not members of the regular cast. As this means that having all seven Cylon models present in an episode will drive up its production cost, it is unlikely that all Cylons will be present in many episodes. ([[Simon]] had only a handful of lines in &quot;[[Occupation]]&quot; and &quot;[[Precipice]]&quot;, and [[Three]] was the only non-regular Cylon to appear in &quot;[[Collaborators]]&quot;.)<br /> **It should be noted that [[Dean Stockwell]] is a prominent actor, an Academy-award nominee, and most likely the highest paid regular guest star on the show outside of [[Lucy Lawless]]. This is the most probable reason why he has not appeared as frequently as other guests.<br /> **A scene depicted in a promotional photo showing copies of Number Six, Three, Five, Eight and baby [[Hera]] in a projected church was apparently cut from the episode.<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> *''On Galactica's flight deck'':<br /> :'''Chief Tyrol''': (checking Starbuck's Viper) Captain, how did you land this thing?<br /> :'''Kara Thrace''': Pointed it towards the deck and stopped when I got here.<br /> :'''Hot Dog''': Bone-dry, she says. Landed the bird without a drop of fuel.<br /> :'''Lee Adama''': (walking up to Kara) If you want to die, I will open up an airlock for you, but you are not taking one of my Vipers with you.<br /> :'''Kara Thrace''': The bird's on the deck. ''I'm'' on the deck. I don't know what you're bitching about.<br /> :'''Lee Adama''': I don't give a frak what you do, Starbuck. You're done flying.<br /> <br /> *''Gaius Baltar sees and hears the Hybrid for the first time'':<br /> :'''Hybrid''': Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish though we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience, evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how, I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you, genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs step wise though the essence is all one, end of line. FTL system check. Diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin, the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes...<br /> <br /> *''In the rec room on Galactica'':<br /> :'''Helo''': (referring to the rescue on New Caprica) Hey, we all made sacrifices.<br /> :'''Saul Tigh''': Is that so?<br /> :'''Helo''': Yes, that's right.<br /> :'''Saul Tigh''': Well, while you were pinning wings on your Cylon girlfriend, our people were strapping homemade bombs to their chest, doing what they could to take the bastards out. So forgive me if I don't get all misty over your sacrifices.<br /> <br /> *''Adama's feelings towards, and regarding, Starbuck'':<br /> :'''Adama''': You were like a daughter to me once - no more. You're malcontent and a cancer, and I won't have you on my ship. So you have a choice - you can figure out how to become a human being again, and an officer; or you can find another place to live, off of this ship. You're dismissed.<br /> <br /> *''Adama's feelings towards, and regarding, Saul Tigh'':<br /> :'''Adama''': You're full of bile, hatred, and I know it has something to do with [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]]. I'm sorry for that. And if you need time Saul, you take all the time you want, but I gotta run a ship. And the last thing I need is a one-eyed drunk sitting down here, sewing discontent and disobedience. So I'll tell you once again, Saul, you can pick up that weapon and kill me. Or you can get your ass back into your quarters and not leave... 'til you act like the man I've known for the past 30 years. <br /> : '''Saul Tigh''' (picks up weapon and unloads it) That man doesn't exist any more, Bill. And you won't be seeing me again. (drops gun on table, hobbles out of room)<br /> <br /> *''The Hybrid's objection to leaving the infected Basestar behind'':<br /> :'''Hybrid''': Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo, and love no more. End of line.<br /> <br /> *''When discovering the dying basestar'':<br /> :'''Athena''': When God's anger awakens even the mighty shall fall.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> * [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br /> * [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl &quot;Helo&quot; Agathon]]<br /> * [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne &quot;Kat&quot; Katraine]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan &quot;Hot Dog&quot; Constanza]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &quot;Racetrack&quot; Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Madeline Parker]] as [[Kacey]]<br /> * [[imdb:0817819|Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Noel Allison|Noel &quot;Narcho&quot; Allison]]<br /> * [[imdb:nm2422305|Emilie Ullerup]] as [[Julia Prynne]]<br /> * [[imdb:nm0461101|Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]<br /> * [[imdb:nm0371787|Rachel Hayward]] as Blonde Woman<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:85%&quot;&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {{episode list (RDM season 3)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Jean de Segonzac]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

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<p>MGoblin256: /* Black Market */</p> <hr /> <div>{{sillypage}}<br /> {{Wrongtitle|title=R&amp;amp;D TV}}<br /> [[Image:Rdtv.jpg|right|thumb|250px|&quot;Got a brainstorm...!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> At the end of the credits of every episode of [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]], writer/developer [[Ron D. Moore]] and producer [[David Eick]] present themselves in cartoon form inside their office settling developmental arguments by maiming each other alternately in humorously creative and highly violent ways. This animation is the production logo (of sorts) for '''R &amp;amp; D TV''', ''Battlestar Galactica''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s production company. Each cartoon is immediately followed by the NBC Universal logo.<br /> <br /> The background pictures in the office also change periodically for unknown reasons.<br /> <br /> The victim of each attack usually starts to suggest an idea (&quot;Get this..!&quot;, &quot;I think..&quot;, &quot;I've got it..&quot;, etc.) as a lightbulb appears over the head of the episode's victim. This sign indicates that bloodshed, maiming, and/or death is about to begin. Luckily for the viewers, Ron and David are revived to write and produce again (before their next scheduled episode and subsequent R&amp;amp;D TV demise, at least).<br /> <br /> Ron and David do not provide their own voices for the cartoon, but the creator of the skits impersonates their voices so well that Ron Moore has pointed out that most viewers don't notice.<br /> <br /> Here is a summary of cartoon results tabulated to date. Each episode lasts only 5 seconds.<br /> <br /> ==[[Miniseries]]==<br /> :''There is no R&amp;amp;D TV skit shown in the [[Miniseries]].''<br /> <br /> ==Season 1==<br /> ===[[33]]===<br /> Ron lets loose a gorilla that attacks David.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22688 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Water]]===<br /> David beats Ron over head with a baseball bat after talking too much.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22689 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Bastille Day]]===<br /> Ron balls up David's body into a paper wad with eyes and shoots David through a small basketball goal. The audio of a cheering crowd saluting Ron's basket accompanies the R &amp;amp; D TV logo.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22690 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Act of Contrition]]===<br /> David throws Ron through the office window to be run over by a passing NBC studio van.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22691 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[You Can't Go Home Again]]===<br /> Ron slaps David so hard that his head spins 360 degrees. David cries out as if he were ''bitc''...well...he cries out without much masculinity...<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22692 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Litmus]]===<br /> David calls a shark to eat Ron with his whistle.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22693 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Six Degrees of Separation]]===<br /> David smirks &quot;Major brainstorm&quot; then Ron pulls out a magic wand (complete with a star on top), says, &quot;No bones&quot;, and zaps David's bones away, leaving him a boneless mass that crumples to the floor.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22694 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Flesh and Bone]]===<br /> Ron sings, &quot;I've got an idea&quot; as the office looks like in a concert, and David rips a portion of Ron's shirt off.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22815 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]===<br /> As David says, &quot;...This'll kill ya...&quot; Ron brings on an armored knight, whose mace crushes David's skull as David says &quot;Oh my God..!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22695 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]===<br /> David subjects Ron to death (or maybe just intense stinging) by a thousand paper cuts &amp;mdash; to the face.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22696 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Colonial Day]]===<br /> David proposes &quot;Rock, Paper, Scissors&quot;, and Ron says &quot;Go&quot;. As David prepares a large set of scissors, Ron goes off-screen to find a very large rock, dropping it on David's body to squish him flat, winning the match.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22697 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]===<br /> Ron says &quot;This will shock you...&quot; David flings magic lightning from his fingers at Ron, who is transformed into Martha Stewart by the lightning's effects.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22699 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]===<br /> Before the two can suggest suggesting an idea, a courier makes a special delivery with packages for each. A small toy vibrophone playing &quot;Pop Goes the Weasel&quot; is heard as the packages open with monsterous heads that look like the courier on springs. The heads promptly consume both David and Ron.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22698 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ==Season 2==<br /> <br /> ===[[Scattered]]===<br /> Ron says in an exaggerated cowboy accent, &quot;I've got an I-dear!&quot;. David smacks him in the face, and it falls off, revealing that he is a robot, in an homage to the film &quot;[[Wikipedia:Westworld|Westworld]].&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22808 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Valley of Darkness]]===<br /> David gets an idea, not noticing [[Cylon Centurion]]s appearing outside the window. Ron runs away, and David is riddled with bullets by the Centurions. ''This is a take-off from the plot of &quot;Valley of Darkness&quot;''.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22767 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Fragged]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from a previous episode.''<br /> <br /> ===[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]===<br /> Ron says, &quot;This is hot&quot;. David says, &quot;So is ''this''&quot;, whips out a drying iron, and melts Ron's face with it.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22809 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[The Farm]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Litmus]].&quot;''<br /> <br /> ===[[Home, Part I]]===<br /> David says &quot;Jot this down.&quot; Ron says &quot;OK&quot; and proceeds to use his pen to violently carve the word &quot;THIS&quot; into David's forehead.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22810 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Home, Part II]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].&quot;''<br /> <br /> ===[[Final Cut]]===<br /> David suggests an idea, but is interupted by the telephone ringing, and Ron answers it. Annoyed, David jams the telephone into Ron's head, then shouts in the mouthpiece, greatly amplified, &quot;Can you hear me ''now''?&quot; as Ron screams from the din.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22811 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Flight of the Phoenix]]===<br /> David gets an idea and says &quot;this will make your jaw drop.&quot; Ron punches David in the jaw, making his head swivel around in a circle on his neck, and David's jaw drops off.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22812 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]===<br /> Ron says, &quot;Here's a good one...&quot; David pushes a football into the hands of Ron, who is quickly tackled (and decapitated by its force) by a football player. The audio of a whistle accompanies the R &amp;amp; D TV logo.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22820 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]===<br /> David goes, &quot;Bingo! Let's...&quot;, but Ron interrupts with a R&amp;amp;D TV weather bulletin, complete with a national map which covers the entire office: &quot;This just in...Lightning.&quot; David is cleaved by the lightning strike.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22813 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]===<br /> As Ron says, &quot;I need your verdict on this one. What if...?&quot; David quickly transforms into a British Lord, complete with robe, wig, and a very, very large gavel, and pummels Ron in one shot into a barely recognizable goo. David replies: &quot;I hate it!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22814 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Epiphanies]]===<br /> Ron states, &quot;I think...&quot; just as David pinches Ron's butt. &quot;Cut it out!&quot; Ron cries. When David tries again, Ron reveals a sword and removes David's offending arm. &quot;Testy,&quot; David answers.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22821 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Black Market]]===<br /> Ron suggests &quot;Monsters!&quot; when David himself explodes into a multi-tentacled monster (which looks surprisingly like a creature from [[Wikipedia:The Thing (film)|John Carpenter's The Thing]]), which attacks Ron furiously.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22816 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Scar]]===<br /> David suggests a &quot;Valentine's Day episode.&quot; Ron disagrees at David's suggestion, instead, heaves a jack-o-lantern over David's head and eats a candy bar in celebration.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22817 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Sacrifice]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ===[[The Captain's Hand]]===<br /> Ron says &quot;I know,&quot; but David interrupts, asking &quot;Hungry?&quot; as he hands Ron an apple. Ron lifts the apple to his mouth and David pulls out a bow and shoots the apple and Ron's face in one smooth motion.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22887 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Downloaded]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from a &quot;[[Scar]]&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]===<br /> David suggests, &quot;New scenery.&quot; Ron snaps his fingers to change the office into a surreal mountainous area as he escapes out of the picture. David enjoys the change for only a moment into a tyrannosaurus pounces on him like a cat on a ball of string.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22818 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]===<br /> David begins to play a flute as Ron says, &quot;...And now a moment of zen as we reflect on season 2...&quot; Ron can't finish his thought as he is swallowed by a very large viper David has summoned. Seeing Ron being eaten, David says, &quot;Payback!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22819 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ==[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]== <br /> :''There is no R&amp;amp;D TV skit in the webisode series, ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]''.''<br /> <br /> ==Season 3==<br /> &lt;!-- TODO: Please tabulate the season 3 R&amp;amp;D skits --&gt;<br /> <br /> ===[[Occupation]]===<br /> Ron suggests an idea.<br /> <br /> ===[[Precipice]]===<br /> David suggests an idea.<br /> <br /> ===[[Exodus, Part I]]===<br /> ===[[Exodus, Part II]]===<br /> ===[[Collaborators]]===<br /> ===[[Torn]]===<br /> ===[[A Measure of Salvation]]===<br /> ===[[Hero]]===<br /> ===[[Unfinished Business]]===<br /> ===[[The Passage]]===<br /> ===[[The Eye of Jupiter]]===<br /> ===[[Rapture]]===<br /> ===[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]===<br /> ===[[The Woman King]]===<br /> ===[[A Day in the Life]]===<br /> <br /> ==External links== <br /> * [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations Closing Animations on SCIFI.COM] <br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]] <br /> [[Category:RDM]] <br /> [[Category:Technology]] <br /> [[Category:Terminology]] <br /> [[Category:Weapons]] <br /> [[Category:Behind the Scenes]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=R_and_D_TV&diff=92174 2006-11-20T05:37:04Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Black Market */</p> <hr /> <div>{{sillypage}}<br /> {{Wrongtitle|title=R&amp;amp;D TV}}<br /> [[Image:Rdtv.jpg|right|thumb|250px|&quot;Got a brainstorm...!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> At the end of the credits of every episode of [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]], writer/developer [[Ron D. Moore]] and producer [[David Eick]] present themselves in cartoon form inside their office settling developmental arguments by maiming each other alternately in humorously creative and highly violent ways. This animation is the production logo (of sorts) for '''R &amp;amp; D TV''', ''Battlestar Galactica''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s production company. Each cartoon is immediately followed by the NBC Universal logo.<br /> <br /> The background pictures in the office also change periodically for unknown reasons.<br /> <br /> The victim of each attack usually starts to suggest an idea (&quot;Get this..!&quot;, &quot;I think..&quot;, &quot;I've got it..&quot;, etc.) as a lightbulb appears over the head of the episode's victim. This sign indicates that bloodshed, maiming, and/or death is about to begin. Luckily for the viewers, Ron and David are revived to write and produce again (before their next scheduled episode and subsequent R&amp;amp;D TV demise, at least).<br /> <br /> Ron and David do not provide their own voices for the cartoon, but the creator of the skits impersonates their voices so well that Ron Moore has pointed out that most viewers don't notice.<br /> <br /> Here is a summary of cartoon results tabulated to date. Each episode lasts only 5 seconds.<br /> <br /> ==[[Miniseries]]==<br /> :''There is no R&amp;amp;D TV skit shown in the [[Miniseries]].''<br /> <br /> ==Season 1==<br /> ===[[33]]===<br /> Ron lets loose a gorilla that attacks David.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22688 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Water]]===<br /> David beats Ron over head with a baseball bat after talking too much.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22689 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Bastille Day]]===<br /> Ron balls up David's body into a paper wad with eyes and shoots David through a small basketball goal. The audio of a cheering crowd saluting Ron's basket accompanies the R &amp;amp; D TV logo.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22690 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Act of Contrition]]===<br /> David throws Ron through the office window to be run over by a passing NBC studio van.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22691 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[You Can't Go Home Again]]===<br /> Ron slaps David so hard that his head spins 360 degrees. David cries out as if he were ''bitc''...well...he cries out without much masculinity...<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22692 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Litmus]]===<br /> David calls a shark to eat Ron with his whistle.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22693 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Six Degrees of Separation]]===<br /> David smirks &quot;Major brainstorm&quot; then Ron pulls out a magic wand (complete with a star on top), says, &quot;No bones&quot;, and zaps David's bones away, leaving him a boneless mass that crumples to the floor.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22694 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Flesh and Bone]]===<br /> Ron sings, &quot;I've got an idea&quot; as the office looks like in a concert, and David rips a portion of Ron's shirt off.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22815 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]===<br /> As David says, &quot;...This'll kill ya...&quot; Ron brings on an armored knight, whose mace crushes David's skull as David says &quot;Oh my God..!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22695 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]===<br /> David subjects Ron to death (or maybe just intense stinging) by a thousand paper cuts &amp;mdash; to the face.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22696 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Colonial Day]]===<br /> David proposes &quot;Rock, Paper, Scissors&quot;, and Ron says &quot;Go&quot;. As David prepares a large set of scissors, Ron goes off-screen to find a very large rock, dropping it on David's body to squish him flat, winning the match.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22697 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]===<br /> Ron says &quot;This will shock you...&quot; David flings magic lightning from his fingers at Ron, who is transformed into Martha Stewart by the lightning's effects.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22699 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]===<br /> Before the two can suggest suggesting an idea, a courier makes a special delivery with packages for each. A small toy vibrophone playing &quot;Pop Goes the Weasel&quot; is heard as the packages open with monsterous heads that look like the courier on springs. The heads promptly consume both David and Ron.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22698 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ==Season 2==<br /> <br /> ===[[Scattered]]===<br /> Ron says in an exaggerated cowboy accent, &quot;I've got an I-dear!&quot;. David smacks him in the face, and it falls off, revealing that he is a robot, in an homage to the film &quot;[[Wikipedia:Westworld|Westworld]].&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22808 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Valley of Darkness]]===<br /> David gets an idea, not noticing [[Cylon Centurion]]s appearing outside the window. Ron runs away, and David is riddled with bullets by the Centurions. ''This is a take-off from the plot of &quot;Valley of Darkness&quot;''.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22767 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Fragged]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from a previous episode.''<br /> <br /> ===[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]===<br /> Ron says, &quot;This is hot&quot;. David says, &quot;So is ''this''&quot;, whips out a drying iron, and melts Ron's face with it.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22809 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[The Farm]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Litmus]].&quot;''<br /> <br /> ===[[Home, Part I]]===<br /> David says &quot;Jot this down.&quot; Ron says &quot;OK&quot; and proceeds to use his pen to violently carve the word &quot;THIS&quot; into David's forehead.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22810 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Home, Part II]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].&quot;''<br /> <br /> ===[[Final Cut]]===<br /> David suggests an idea, but is interupted by the telephone ringing, and Ron answers it. Annoyed, David jams the telephone into Ron's head, then shouts in the mouthpiece, greatly amplified, &quot;Can you hear me ''now''?&quot; as Ron screams from the din.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22811 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Flight of the Phoenix]]===<br /> David gets an idea and says &quot;this will make your jaw drop.&quot; Ron punches David in the jaw, making his head swivel around in a circle on his neck, and David's jaw drops off.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22812 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]===<br /> Ron says, &quot;Here's a good one...&quot; David pushes a football into the hands of Ron, who is quickly tackled (and decapitated by its force) by a football player. The audio of a whistle accompanies the R &amp;amp; D TV logo.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22820 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]===<br /> David goes, &quot;Bingo! Let's...&quot;, but Ron interrupts with a R&amp;amp;D TV weather bulletin, complete with a national map which covers the entire office: &quot;This just in...Lightning.&quot; David is cleaved by the lightning strike.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22813 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]===<br /> As Ron says, &quot;I need your verdict on this one. What if...?&quot; David quickly transforms into a British Lord, complete with robe, wig, and a very, very large gavel, and pummels Ron in one shot into a barely recognizable goo. David replies: &quot;I hate it!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22814 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Epiphanies]]===<br /> Ron states, &quot;I think...&quot; just as David pinches Ron's butt. &quot;Cut it out!&quot; Ron cries. When David tries again, Ron reveals a sword and removes David's offending arm. &quot;Testy,&quot; David answers.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22821 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Black Market]]===<br /> Ron suggests &quot;Monsters!&quot; when David himself explodes into a multi-tentacled monster (which looks surprisingly like a creature from [[Wikipedia:John Carpenter's The Thing|The Thing (film)]]), which attacks Ron furiously.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22816 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Scar]]===<br /> David suggests a &quot;Valentine's Day episode.&quot; Ron disagrees at David's suggestion, instead, heaves a jack-o-lantern over David's head and eats a candy bar in celebration.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22817 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Sacrifice]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ===[[The Captain's Hand]]===<br /> Ron says &quot;I know,&quot; but David interrupts, asking &quot;Hungry?&quot; as he hands Ron an apple. Ron lifts the apple to his mouth and David pulls out a bow and shoots the apple and Ron's face in one smooth motion.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22887 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Downloaded]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from a &quot;[[Scar]]&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]===<br /> David suggests, &quot;New scenery.&quot; Ron snaps his fingers to change the office into a surreal mountainous area as he escapes out of the picture. David enjoys the change for only a moment into a tyrannosaurus pounces on him like a cat on a ball of string.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22818 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]===<br /> David begins to play a flute as Ron says, &quot;...And now a moment of zen as we reflect on season 2...&quot; Ron can't finish his thought as he is swallowed by a very large viper David has summoned. Seeing Ron being eaten, David says, &quot;Payback!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22819 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ==[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]== <br /> :''There is no R&amp;amp;D TV skit in the webisode series, ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]''.''<br /> <br /> ==Season 3==<br /> &lt;!-- TODO: Please tabulate the season 3 R&amp;amp;D skits --&gt;<br /> <br /> ===[[Occupation]]===<br /> Ron suggests an idea.<br /> <br /> ===[[Precipice]]===<br /> David suggests an idea.<br /> <br /> ===[[Exodus, Part I]]===<br /> ===[[Exodus, Part II]]===<br /> ===[[Collaborators]]===<br /> ===[[Torn]]===<br /> ===[[A Measure of Salvation]]===<br /> ===[[Hero]]===<br /> ===[[Unfinished Business]]===<br /> ===[[The Passage]]===<br /> ===[[The Eye of Jupiter]]===<br /> ===[[Rapture]]===<br /> ===[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]===<br /> ===[[The Woman King]]===<br /> ===[[A Day in the Life]]===<br /> <br /> ==External links== <br /> * [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations Closing Animations on SCIFI.COM] <br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]] <br /> [[Category:RDM]] <br /> [[Category:Technology]] <br /> [[Category:Terminology]] <br /> [[Category:Weapons]] <br /> [[Category:Behind the Scenes]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=R_and_D_TV&diff=92173 2006-11-20T05:34:53Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Black Market */</p> <hr /> <div>{{sillypage}}<br /> {{Wrongtitle|title=R&amp;amp;D TV}}<br /> [[Image:Rdtv.jpg|right|thumb|250px|&quot;Got a brainstorm...!&quot;]]<br /> <br /> At the end of the credits of every episode of [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]], writer/developer [[Ron D. Moore]] and producer [[David Eick]] present themselves in cartoon form inside their office settling developmental arguments by maiming each other alternately in humorously creative and highly violent ways. This animation is the production logo (of sorts) for '''R &amp;amp; D TV''', ''Battlestar Galactica''&lt;nowiki&gt;'&lt;/nowiki&gt;s production company. Each cartoon is immediately followed by the NBC Universal logo.<br /> <br /> The background pictures in the office also change periodically for unknown reasons.<br /> <br /> The victim of each attack usually starts to suggest an idea (&quot;Get this..!&quot;, &quot;I think..&quot;, &quot;I've got it..&quot;, etc.) as a lightbulb appears over the head of the episode's victim. This sign indicates that bloodshed, maiming, and/or death is about to begin. Luckily for the viewers, Ron and David are revived to write and produce again (before their next scheduled episode and subsequent R&amp;amp;D TV demise, at least).<br /> <br /> Ron and David do not provide their own voices for the cartoon, but the creator of the skits impersonates their voices so well that Ron Moore has pointed out that most viewers don't notice.<br /> <br /> Here is a summary of cartoon results tabulated to date. Each episode lasts only 5 seconds.<br /> <br /> ==[[Miniseries]]==<br /> :''There is no R&amp;amp;D TV skit shown in the [[Miniseries]].''<br /> <br /> ==Season 1==<br /> ===[[33]]===<br /> Ron lets loose a gorilla that attacks David.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22688 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Water]]===<br /> David beats Ron over head with a baseball bat after talking too much.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22689 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Bastille Day]]===<br /> Ron balls up David's body into a paper wad with eyes and shoots David through a small basketball goal. The audio of a cheering crowd saluting Ron's basket accompanies the R &amp;amp; D TV logo.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22690 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Act of Contrition]]===<br /> David throws Ron through the office window to be run over by a passing NBC studio van.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22691 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[You Can't Go Home Again]]===<br /> Ron slaps David so hard that his head spins 360 degrees. David cries out as if he were ''bitc''...well...he cries out without much masculinity...<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22692 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Litmus]]===<br /> David calls a shark to eat Ron with his whistle.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22693 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Six Degrees of Separation]]===<br /> David smirks &quot;Major brainstorm&quot; then Ron pulls out a magic wand (complete with a star on top), says, &quot;No bones&quot;, and zaps David's bones away, leaving him a boneless mass that crumples to the floor.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22694 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Flesh and Bone]]===<br /> Ron sings, &quot;I've got an idea&quot; as the office looks like in a concert, and David rips a portion of Ron's shirt off.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22815 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]===<br /> As David says, &quot;...This'll kill ya...&quot; Ron brings on an armored knight, whose mace crushes David's skull as David says &quot;Oh my God..!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22695 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]===<br /> David subjects Ron to death (or maybe just intense stinging) by a thousand paper cuts &amp;mdash; to the face.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22696 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Colonial Day]]===<br /> David proposes &quot;Rock, Paper, Scissors&quot;, and Ron says &quot;Go&quot;. As David prepares a large set of scissors, Ron goes off-screen to find a very large rock, dropping it on David's body to squish him flat, winning the match.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22697 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]===<br /> Ron says &quot;This will shock you...&quot; David flings magic lightning from his fingers at Ron, who is transformed into Martha Stewart by the lightning's effects.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22699 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]===<br /> Before the two can suggest suggesting an idea, a courier makes a special delivery with packages for each. A small toy vibrophone playing &quot;Pop Goes the Weasel&quot; is heard as the packages open with monsterous heads that look like the courier on springs. The heads promptly consume both David and Ron.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;seas=1&amp;vid=22698 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ==Season 2==<br /> <br /> ===[[Scattered]]===<br /> Ron says in an exaggerated cowboy accent, &quot;I've got an I-dear!&quot;. David smacks him in the face, and it falls off, revealing that he is a robot, in an homage to the film &quot;[[Wikipedia:Westworld|Westworld]].&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22808 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Valley of Darkness]]===<br /> David gets an idea, not noticing [[Cylon Centurion]]s appearing outside the window. Ron runs away, and David is riddled with bullets by the Centurions. ''This is a take-off from the plot of &quot;Valley of Darkness&quot;''.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22767 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Fragged]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from a previous episode.''<br /> <br /> ===[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]===<br /> Ron says, &quot;This is hot&quot;. David says, &quot;So is ''this''&quot;, whips out a drying iron, and melts Ron's face with it.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22809 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[The Farm]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Litmus]].&quot;''<br /> <br /> ===[[Home, Part I]]===<br /> David says &quot;Jot this down.&quot; Ron says &quot;OK&quot; and proceeds to use his pen to violently carve the word &quot;THIS&quot; into David's forehead.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22810 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Home, Part II]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]].&quot;''<br /> <br /> ===[[Final Cut]]===<br /> David suggests an idea, but is interupted by the telephone ringing, and Ron answers it. Annoyed, David jams the telephone into Ron's head, then shouts in the mouthpiece, greatly amplified, &quot;Can you hear me ''now''?&quot; as Ron screams from the din.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22811 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Flight of the Phoenix]]===<br /> David gets an idea and says &quot;this will make your jaw drop.&quot; Ron punches David in the jaw, making his head swivel around in a circle on his neck, and David's jaw drops off.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22812 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]===<br /> Ron says, &quot;Here's a good one...&quot; David pushes a football into the hands of Ron, who is quickly tackled (and decapitated by its force) by a football player. The audio of a whistle accompanies the R &amp;amp; D TV logo.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22820 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]===<br /> David goes, &quot;Bingo! Let's...&quot;, but Ron interrupts with a R&amp;amp;D TV weather bulletin, complete with a national map which covers the entire office: &quot;This just in...Lightning.&quot; David is cleaved by the lightning strike.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22813 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]===<br /> As Ron says, &quot;I need your verdict on this one. What if...?&quot; David quickly transforms into a British Lord, complete with robe, wig, and a very, very large gavel, and pummels Ron in one shot into a barely recognizable goo. David replies: &quot;I hate it!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22814 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Epiphanies]]===<br /> Ron states, &quot;I think...&quot; just as David pinches Ron's butt. &quot;Cut it out!&quot; Ron cries. When David tries again, Ron reveals a sword and removes David's offending arm. &quot;Testy,&quot; David answers.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22821 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Black Market]]===<br /> Ron suggests &quot;Monsters!&quot; when David himself explodes into a multi-tentacled monster (which looks surprisingly like a creature from [[Wikipedia:John Carpenter's ''The Thing''|The Thing (film)]]), which attacks Ron furiously.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22816 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Scar]]===<br /> David suggests a &quot;Valentine's Day episode.&quot; Ron disagrees at David's suggestion, instead, heaves a jack-o-lantern over David's head and eats a candy bar in celebration.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22817 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Sacrifice]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from &quot;[[Valley of Darkness]]&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ===[[The Captain's Hand]]===<br /> Ron says &quot;I know,&quot; but David interrupts, asking &quot;Hungry?&quot; as he hands Ron an apple. Ron lifts the apple to his mouth and David pulls out a bow and shoots the apple and Ron's face in one smooth motion.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22887 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Downloaded]]===<br /> :''This skit is re-used from a &quot;[[Scar]]&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]===<br /> David suggests, &quot;New scenery.&quot; Ron snaps his fingers to change the office into a surreal mountainous area as he escapes out of the picture. David enjoys the change for only a moment into a tyrannosaurus pounces on him like a cat on a ball of string.<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22818 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]===<br /> David begins to play a flute as Ron says, &quot;...And now a moment of zen as we reflect on season 2...&quot; Ron can't finish his thought as he is swallowed by a very large viper David has summoned. Seeing Ron being eaten, David says, &quot;Payback!&quot;<br /> <br /> [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations&amp;vid=22819 View this skit here]<br /> <br /> ==[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]== <br /> :''There is no R&amp;amp;D TV skit in the webisode series, ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]''.''<br /> <br /> ==Season 3==<br /> &lt;!-- TODO: Please tabulate the season 3 R&amp;amp;D skits --&gt;<br /> <br /> ===[[Occupation]]===<br /> Ron suggests an idea.<br /> <br /> ===[[Precipice]]===<br /> David suggests an idea.<br /> <br /> ===[[Exodus, Part I]]===<br /> ===[[Exodus, Part II]]===<br /> ===[[Collaborators]]===<br /> ===[[Torn]]===<br /> ===[[A Measure of Salvation]]===<br /> ===[[Hero]]===<br /> ===[[Unfinished Business]]===<br /> ===[[The Passage]]===<br /> ===[[The Eye of Jupiter]]===<br /> ===[[Rapture]]===<br /> ===[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]===<br /> ===[[The Woman King]]===<br /> ===[[A Day in the Life]]===<br /> <br /> ==External links== <br /> * [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/index.php?cat=closingAnimations Closing Animations on SCIFI.COM] <br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]] <br /> [[Category:RDM]] <br /> [[Category:Technology]] <br /> [[Category:Terminology]] <br /> [[Category:Weapons]] <br /> [[Category:Behind the Scenes]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Torn&diff=90717 2006-11-11T04:41:05Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Notes */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | title= Torn<br /> | image=Season 3 - Promo - Epi 5 - StarbuckTighAdama.jpg<br /> | season= 3<br /> | episode= 6<br /> | guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]] &lt;br/&gt;<br /> | writer= [[Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br /> | story= <br /> | director= [[Jean de Segonzac]]<br /> | production= 306<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate= 2006-11-03<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population= 41,422<br /> | podcast=Y<br /> | prev= [[Collaborators]]<br /> | next= [[A Measure of Salvation]]<br /> }}<br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''[[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] create divisions between those who suffered under the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]] and those who stayed with the fleet. Meanwhile, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] tries to prove his worth to the Cylons.''<br /> <br /> == Summary ==<br /> <br /> === On [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] ===<br /> * ''Galactica'''s air group runs exercises with the Viper pilots who settled on New Caprica and are thus out of shape. Starbuck deliberately breaks formation and collides with [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]]'s Viper, forcing an end to the exercise and causing now-Major [[Lee Adama]] - who has resumed his post as [[CAG]] - to remove her from flight duty.<br /> * In his quarters, [[Saul Tigh]] is drinking in excess. He believes he hears [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] say &quot;I can't believe you did that to me&quot;. He looks out into the civilian-crowded corridor and follows a woman who he believes to be Ellen, only to grab a mid-aged woman who is talking to a young boy, presumably her son.<br /> * Upon Thrace's return to her bunk, she is met by Kacey and her mother, whom she dismisses, telling the Kacey's mother not visit her again.<br /> * [[Karl Agathon]] congratulates and encourages Apollo for losing all the excess fat he had gained during the New Caprica era. Apollo asks Helo to ensure to remind him to never let that happen again.<br /> * [[Gaeta|Felix Gaeta]] meets with [[Laura Roslin]] and [[William Adama]] to discuss Baltar-related matters. During the year before the Cylon Occupation of New Caprica, Baltar was obsessed with analyzing the data from Kobol to find the path to Earth. Based on passages in the [[Pythia|Scrolls of Pythia]], Baltar identified a nebula and two associated pulsars he believed to be a landmark on the road to Earth.<br /> * In the pilots' rec room, [[Brendan Constanza|Hot Dog]] christens Lieutenant [[Sharon Agathon]] with the callsign &quot;[[Athena]]&quot; after she points out that, despite appearances, she is not &quot;[[Boomer]]&quot;. <br /> * Thrace and Tigh begin to sow dissent between the survivors of New Caprica and the crew that stayed behind on ''Galactica''.<br /> * Adama confronts Thrace and Tigh on their behavior. He challenges them to shoot him, as their constant complaining is tantamount to pulling the trigger. When neither do, Adama demands they shape up and move on with their lives.<br /> * Spurred by Adama's words, Thrace cuts her hair and appears to return to duty. Later, in uniform, she visits [[Kacey]] and her mother.<br /> * Meanwhile, Tigh returns to his room and begins drinking to excess, finishing off one bottle and starting another.<br /> * In a Raptor, Athena and [[Racetrack]] jump into range of the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], and are excited to find what the Scrolls described (an eye that blinks red and blue). They quickly realize, however, that they have jumped right next to the dying basestar.<br /> <br /> === On a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ===<br /> *[[Gaius Baltar]], aboard the Cylon basestar, is having another hallucination. On a sunny beach, Gaius praises Six for returning to him in his time of need, and states that he enjoys having conversations with her. Six implores him to learn anything and everything about the Cylons, as he will need the information in the days ahead. Baltar presses six again to tell him what she is, either a hallucination or the result of some sort of implant - Six tells Baltar, again, that she is an angel of God.<br /> *Having been allowed to stay on the [[basestar]], [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Three]] talk with Baltar later on, inquiring about the location of [[Earth]]. Baltar initially denies having any knowledge of where Earth is, but then reveals that he does have clues as to where its probable location is. He then finds out that the [[Cylons]] intend to find Earth so they can use it as their new home.<br /> *Baltar is apprehensive about helping the Cylons, and Caprica-Six tells him that the Cylons are also leery as to whether his intentions are true or not. Caprica-Six leads Baltar through the ship, telling him that she uses a projection of a forest to navigate the ship. In his mind, Baltar realizes that his form of projection is similar to what the Cylons are using, causing him to question whether he is human or a Cylon.<br /> *Caprica-Six informs Baltar that his rescue of [[Hera]] and his assistance in finding Earth has made him a valuable asset, and has gone a long way in impressing the Cylons. Baltar asks why there are only seven models on the ship, and inquires about the remaining five models. Caprica-Six tells him that they don't talk about it. He asks whether they would recognize one of the others, but their conversation is interrupted by Three before she can answer.<br /> * Three informs Caprica-Six that there is a situation, and a [[Five]] states that the basestar that went to check the pulsar has not reported back. The group head to a control center, where Baltar finds out that the missing basestar has been infected by a disease. The Cylons speculate and that any Cylon that dies and uploads to a [[Resurrection Ship]] might spread the virus even further. As a precautionary measure the Resurrection Ship is kept out of range. On the urge of his internal Six, Baltar offers to board the infected basestar and collect scientific information.<br /> * Before he leaves on his mission, Baltar encounters the [[Hybrid|Cylon Hybrid]] that controls the functions of the basestar. The hybrid is hooked into the ship's systems and continually vocalizes her seemingly non-sensical thoughts. Caprica-Six tells Baltar that it is thought by most of the Cylon models that the Hybrid has gone insane from being connected to the [[basestar]] and that her words hold no meaning, however the [[Leoben]] model considers the hybrid's words as coming from God.<br /> * The Cylons provide Baltar with a Raptor to board the baseship, and when he arrives, he finds numerous Cylons, either dead or dying. He collects blood samples and takes pictures of the area to bring back for analysis, and also finds a large manmade object in the hold of the ship. He then finds a dying [[Six]] model (curiously with black hair), who informs him that the device the Cylons captured, a probe left by the [[13th Colony]]. Even though Baltar offers to bring her help, she tries to attack him, and he strangles her to death.<br /> * Upon his return to the basestar, he denies finding anything that could have caused the outbreak of the virus, but Caprica-Six notices the probe object in Baltar's picture, but doesn't let on to anyone else what she has discovered.<br /> <br /> == Questions ==<br /> * Would it be possible for the Colonials to salvage the derelict basestar for their own purposes? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * What has happened to the remaining five Cylon models? Are they so secretive that none of the other seven variants have any knowledge of them? Did the Cylons permanently box the other models because they were dissenters to the cause of the Cylon race?<br /> * If Baltar was able to extrapolate the location of the Lion's Head Nebula just from reading the sacred scriptures, can we not assume someone else could have conducted the same research at an earlier date?<br /> * What is Caprica-Six going to do now that she realizes Baltar may be withholding critically sensitive information? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * Cally and Galen Tyrol are both seen working on the hangar deck. Who is taking care of their baby? Has a system been put in place to take care of crewmembers' children?<br /> * Is Athena infected with the Cylon virus? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * As the probe is supposed to come from the 13th Tribe, and is affecting Cylons, does that mean that Cylons have been exisiting in times of the 13th tribe? Or is just by accident that is viral for Cylons? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> ** What is the &quot;genetic pool&quot; that the human form Cylons all come from, and has it existed for longer than the Cylons themselves?<br /> * Is the virus biological or technological in nature? The &quot;inevitable once we took human form&quot; and &quot;genetic pool&quot; lines indicate that the Cylons think it is biological. On the other hand, their speculation that it could survive through a download process implies that it could technological in nature (i.e. computer virus). Or is the virus both biological and technological, like the Cylons themselves? ([[A Measure of Salvation|Answer]])<br /> * Is Boomer the Cylon model Number Eight seen in the control center of the basestar with Baltar? If so, is her involvement with the Cylons on that basestar to find a map of Earth an indication that she has finally accepted her identity as a Cylon and disassociated herself from humanity? Does she think that peaceful coexistence with the thirteenth tribe would be possible, despite the failure of New Caprica?<br /> * With seven Cylons revealed and the &quot;Final Five&quot; on odds with them, are there any Cylon Agents left in the fleet?<br /> * If the known seven Cylons don't speak about the &quot;Final Five&quot;, why did Caprica-Six mentioned the existence of twelve models in the first place? Maybe whatever happened between them occured after the Fall of the Colonies?<br /> * How do the Cylons know for sure that the probe was left by the 13th Colony?<br /> * Where is Cavil?<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *The crew-position shuffle continues from last episode, but some definite decisions have been made:<br /> **Lee has been demoted back to Major, and has resumed his old position as CAG, with Kat and Hot Dog as senior pilots under him. Starbuck is as well, until Adama revokes her flight status for reckless behaviour.<br /> **As mentioned, it seems Kat has been demoted from CAG to leader of [[Blue Squadron]].<br /> **As implied in &quot;Collaborators&quot;, Helo keeps the XO slot aboard ''Galactica'' for now.<br /> **Gaeta appears to have inherited Baltar's mantle as the scientific advisor (it is unclear whether he holds any additional positions), and is focusing his efforts on refining a course for Earth.<br /> **Cally Tyrol is shown working the flight deck alongside her husband, showing that she is once again active in the Fleet.<br /> **[[Noel Allison|Narcho]] is now a pilot on ''Galactica''.<br /> *<br /> *Following her actions during the Battle of New Caprica, Sharon Agathon seems to have garnered some degree of acceptance among the ''Galactica'' air group.<br /> *&quot;Athena&quot; is the name of [[Athena (TOS)|Adama's daughter]] in the original series. This may be an allusion to the changing relationships on ''Galactica'': Sharon Agathon has replaced Kara Thrace as William Adama's surrogate daughter. (He tells Thrace, &quot;You were like a daughter to me once. No more.&quot;) As Hot Dog states, Athena is also the name of a [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Lord of Kobol]]. <br /> *The baseship hybrid appears to be viewed by the Cylons in the same way as the Centurions and Raiders. The Hybrid has no vote in the Cylon decision-making process, despite its ability to express its thoughts and feelings, after a fashion.<br /> *The Cylons have a [[Raptor]] and [[flight suit]] at their disposal, acquired during the occupation of [[New Caprica]] or from undestroyed Colonial military assets on the [[Twelve Colonies]]. This raises the possibility that the Cylons may have other Colonial ships in their possession.<br /> *Given Admiral Adama's conversation with Tigh in the rec room, Adama clearly doesn't know of Tigh's hand in executing [[Ellen Tigh|his wife]] for collaborating with the Cylons.<br /> *It is interesting to note that despite having found the map to Earth during Season 2, Admiral Adama still displays a level of skepticism towards finding Earth. It isn't until Gaeta begins linking the prophecies with actual star chart data, such as the red and blue pulsars, does Adama's facial expression change to a mild expression of surprise.<br /> *Despite claims made during his bid for the presidency, Baltar worked on finding the location of Earth during his time as president, likely hiding his notes from the Cylons after the occupation. During his discussion with Adama and Roslin regarding Earth's location, Gaeta surmises that Baltar likely pursued the research as he wanted to get there himself eventually.<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> *According to an [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/4175/58/ interview] with executive producer [[David Eick]], episodes 5 and 6 are a two-part story in which ''Galactica'' discovers a dying Cylon Baseship, and deals with a plague that has befallen the Cylons. (Eick is counting &quot;Occupation&quot; and &quot;Precipice&quot; as one episode.)<br /> *The phrase &quot;end of line,&quot; uttered by the [[Hybrid|Cylon hybrid]] in this episode, is a possible reference to the film ''[[w:Tron (film)|Tron]]'', in which the [[w:Master Control Program (Tron)|Master Control Program]] finishes its sentences with &quot;end of line.&quot; <br /> **This may also be a play on the episode title. ''Torn'' is an anagram of ''Tron''.<br /> **[[w:End_of_Line|End of line]] is also a computing term, referring to the character used to signal a new line in text-based protocols.<br /> * In the PC game ''[[w:Homeworld|Homeworld]]'', [[Wikipedia:Karan S'jet|Karan S'jet]], a young female neuroscientist, integrates her physical body into the mothership to serve as its living CPU. This is similar to the function of the Cylon Hybrid. (Although S'jet chose to do so voluntarily, and it is unlikely, from comments by [[Three]], that the Hybrids were given a choice) . The backstory to the game's sequel ''[[w:Homeworld 2|Homeworld 2]]'' descibes S'jet as undergoing a similar metaphysical experience while integrated with the mothership as Caprica-Six describes of the Hybrid. Another simillar subject from Homeworld are the Bentusi, and ancient and extremely powerful, yet friendly race of traders. The Bentusi are literally integrated into their ships in a manner simillar to the Hybrid, and can feel the space around them. To quote them: &quot;''We are one with our vessels, as was your S'jet persona. We are unbound. The solar winds blow across our skin. Hyperspace sings in our ears. The Universe unfolds around our thoughts.&quot;''<br /> * The idea of using living creatures as central processing units of large ships has been visited before in both literary and filmed science fiction. For example the pilots in ''[[w:Dune|Dune]]'' serve a similar function while under the influence of the Spice. In Norman Spinrad's novel &quot;The Void Captain's Tale&quot;, some women become pilots because they believe to achieve a better insight into god's creation, thus having a spiritual experience. This is similar to Leoben's beliefs about the Hybrids. Recent television series with living CPUs include ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'', with human telepaths in the [[w:Shadow (Babylon 5)|Shadow]] vessels, and ''[[w:Farscape|Farscape's]]'' [[w:Pilot (Farscape)|Pilot]], though in the latter case, Pilot is more like a conduit between the crew and [[w:Moya|a sentient ship]] in its own right.<br /> ** The idea of a living being serving as CPU for a space vessel is explored, in detail and from the ship's perspective, in Anne McCaffrey's [[w:The Ship Who Sang|Ship Who...]] series of novels and short stories. The first of these was published in 1961 and may well be the inspiration for the other examples cited above.<br /> *According to the podcast for the episode, the Hybrid's visual look was inspired by the precogs in ''[[w:Minority Report|Minority Report]]''. <br /> *In the podcast is also revealed that some scenes of the episode had to be highly alterated from what was initially planed. For example the opening conversation of Baltar and Six had to be redubbed and in the original script Starbuck simply ran out of gas, instead of crashing with another Viper. Additionally it is mentioned that Katee Sackhoff really cut her own hair at the end of the episode. <br /> *The name of the director, [[Jean de Segonzac]], was misspelled in the onscreen credits. He was listed as Jean de Segoznac.<br /> *[[Cavil]] is absent from the episode's basestar scenes, aside from a brief closeup from a previous episode used to illustrate Baltar's thoughts about the seven models he has seen. It should be noted that the Cavil model was neither seen on Caprica in &quot;[[Downloaded]]&quot; nor on the scenes set on the baseship we have seen so far. While this is likely due to the fact that actor [[Dean Stockwell]] is not available, it should be noted that there were no stand-ins used to indicate the presence of the Cavils, as it happened with Simon and Conoy in &quot;Downloaded&quot;.<br /> **Also, with the exception of [[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Grace Park]], all the actors playing Cylons are guest stars and not members of the regular cast. As this means that having all seven Cylon models present in an episode will drive up its production cost, it is unlikely that all Cylons will be present in many episodes. ([[Simon]] had only a handful of lines in &quot;[[Occupation]]&quot; and &quot;[[Precipice]]&quot;, and [[Three]] was the only non-regular Cylon to appear in &quot;[[Collaborators]]&quot;.)<br /> **It should be noted that [[Dean Stockwell]] is a prominent actor, an Academy-award nominee, and most likely the highest paid regular guest star on the show outside of [[Lucy Lawless]]. This is the most probable reason why he has not appeared as frequently as other guests.<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> <br /> *''On Galactica's flight deck'':<br /> :'''Chief Tyrol''': (checking Starbuck's Viper) Captain, how did you land this thing?<br /> :'''Kara Thrace''': Pointed it towards the deck and stopped when I got here.<br /> :'''Hot Dog''': Bone-dry, she says. Landed the bird without a drop of fuel.<br /> :'''Lee Adama''': (walking up to Kara) If you want to die, I will open up an airlock for you, but you are not taking one of my Vipers with you.<br /> :'''Kara Thrace''': The bird's on the deck. ''I'm'' on the deck. I don't know what you're bitching about.<br /> :'''Lee Adama''': I don't give a frak what you do, Starbuck. You're done flying.<br /> <br /> *''Gaius Baltar sees and hears the Hybrid for the first time'':<br /> :'''Hybrid''': Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish though we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience, evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how, I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you, genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs step wise though the essence is all one, end of line. FTL system check. Diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin, the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes...<br /> <br /> *''In the rec room on Galactica'':<br /> :'''Helo''': (referring to the rescue on New Caprica) Hey, we all made sacrifices.<br /> :'''Saul Tigh''': Is that so?<br /> :'''Helo''': Yes, that's right.<br /> :'''Saul Tigh''': Well, while you were pinning wings on your Cylon girlfriend, our people were strapping homemade bombs to their chest, doing what they could to take the bastards out. So forgive me if I don't get all misty over your sacrifices.<br /> <br /> *''Adama's feelings towards, and regarding, Starbuck'':<br /> :'''Adama''': You were like a daughter to me once - no more. You're malcontent and a cancer, and I won't have you on my ship. So you have a choice - you can figure out how to become a human being again, and an officer; or you can find another place to live, off of this ship. You're dismissed.<br /> <br /> *''Adama's feelings towards, and regarding, Saul Tigh'':<br /> :'''Adama''': You're full of bile, hatred, and I know it has something to do with [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]]. I'm sorry for that. And if you need time Saul, you take all the time you want, but I gotta run a ship. And the last thing I need is a one-eyed drunk sitting down here, sewing discontent and disobedience. So I'll tell you once again, Saul, you can pick up that weapon and kill me. Or you can get your ass back into your quarters and not leave... 'til you act like the man I've known for the past 30 years. <br /> : '''Saul Tigh''' (picks up weapon and unloads it) That man doesn't exist any more, Bill. And you won't be seeing me again. (drops gun on table, hobbles out of room)<br /> <br /> *''The Hybrid's objection to leaving the infected Basestar behind'':<br /> :'''Hybrid''': Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo, and love no more. End of line.<br /> <br /> *''When discovering the dying basestar'':<br /> :'''Athena''': When God's anger awakens even the mighty shall fall.<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> * [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br /> * [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl &quot;Helo&quot; Agathon]]<br /> * [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Tyrol]]<br /> * [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]<br /> * [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Simon]]<br /> * [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]<br /> * [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]<br /> * [[imdb:2422305|Emilie Ullerup]] as [[Julia Prynne]]<br /> * [[Madeline Parker]] as [[Kacey]]<br /> * [[imdb:0817819|Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Noel Allison|Noel &quot;Narcho&quot; Allison]]<br /> * [[Luciana Carro]] as Lt. [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne &quot;Kat&quot; Katraine]]<br /> * [[Leah Cairns]] as Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret &quot;Racetrack&quot; Edmondson]]<br /> * [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lt. [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan &quot;Hot Dog&quot; Constanza]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:85%&quot;&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {{episode list (RDM season 3)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Jean de Segonzac]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Collaborators&diff=88721 2006-10-28T08:35:35Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* On a Basestar */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | title= Collaborators<br /> | image=JammerCollaborators.jpg<br /> | season= 3<br /> | episode= 5<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]<br /> | story= <br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production= 305<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate= 2006-10-27<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population= 41,435<br /> | prev= [[Exodus, Part II]]<br /> | next= [[Torn]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''[[The Circle]], a secret tribunal on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', decides the fate of [[James Lyman|Jammer]] and other Colonials who aided the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] during the occupation of [[New Caprica]].<br /> <br /> == Summary == <br /> === On ''[[Galactica]]'' ===<br /> * [[James Lyman]] is brought before [[The Circle]]. He is found guilty of treason, the punishment for which is death. Despite his pleas and an attempt to convince [[Galen Tyrol]] to spare him, for Lyman freed [[Cally Tyrol]] from the Cylon death squad ([[Precipice]]), The Circle carries out Lyman's punishment and ejects him from the ''Galactica'' by depressurizing the [[launch tubes|launch tube]] they lock him in.<br /> * After Lyman's execution, Tyrol talks to his wife about how she escaped. While she claims to not have thought about the incident since, she tells him that she thinks one &quot;[[New Caprica Police|of those goons]]&quot; set her free.<br /> * Laura Roslin on Colonial one talks with Tom Zarek and questions what he will do. Zarek plans to recovine the Quorum of Twelve, put Roslin's name in for nomination to vice president and then step down returning the presidency to her. She assumes for this act he wants something, and all he asks is to not be left on the outside. To reward him for his actions on standing up to Gaius Baltar on New Caprica she promisses him the Vice Presidency.<br /> * Felix Gaeta enters the still damaged CIC to help with repairs to communication and Tigh see's him and vocally demands for him to leave since he was a collaberator. Helo annouces he's hear on the Admeral's orders, but Tigh continues to protest loudly until Admeral Adama appears and takes him out of the room to talk to him about resting so he will be ready, something that Tigh thinks he doesn't need.<br /> * The Circle reconvines and mentiones they have a three day time limit to dole out justice and begins reviewing possible collaberators and voting on guilt or innocence on treason. Eventually they come to the file on Gaeta and four of the members voting for guilty and Anders refusing to vote on lack of actual hard evidence of him being guilty. Chief Tyroll refuses to vote if they do not have a sixth to even them out.<br /> * In the mess hall Gaeta is treated as persona non grata and left to eat alone until Kara Thrace comes to sit at his table and begins to talk to him, kindly at first, before digging into him for not doing anyhting to help her or the insurgency. Gaeta counters by brining up his status as the inside man, mentioning the dog dish being flipped over being his signel.<br /> * Lee and Bill Adama are talking about the status and Lee brings up the fact that over the past few days 13 people have just disappeared after being confirmed as survivors of the Exodus. <br /> * The Circle brings in Kara to be the replacement sixth vote of the jury and she looks at the file on Gaeta and after just seeing the list votes guilty leaving Chief Tyrol as the only hold out. Anders comes in and requests time to his wife. The scence then splits between the other members of the circle trying to convice Tyrol that Gaeta is guilty and Anders trying to explain that this isn't justice but Kara rebuffs him saying that she feels like she has to hurt someone for what happened to her and if he stay's near her it will be him. The Chief eventually folds and votes guilty.<br /> * Gaeta is captured and rbought to a launch tube where is is informed of his conviction, told that this is offical trial under authority from the President of the Colonies, and that if he has anything to say to explain himself to say it now. He says he explained already and won't beg for his life. This seems to bring Kara to a point where she starts to abuse him telling him to beg while taunting him with the idea that he was an information for the insurgency through the dog bowl signal. Something the Chief remembers and uses that fact to convince the other members of the Circle that Gaeta isn't guilty of treason and was the secret source in the Baltar Adminstration.<br /> * Laura Roslin is re-inaugurated as the President of the Twelve Colonies, and issues a decree of amnesty against all alleged collaborators, after it is revealed that former President [[Tom Zarek]] authorized the trials and sentences conducted by the Circle in an attempt to protect Roslin from having to deal with public treason trials which could destroy the unity of the fleet through causing a witch hunt. <br /> * Still outcast, Gaeta is reinstated in the Colonial Fleet. In the mess hall, Tyrol later dines with Gaeta after Roslin issues her decree. Both eat in silence as the other crew members are taken aback by the act.<br /> <br /> ===On a [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]===<br /> * Gaius seems to be on Colonial One sitting in a chair in front of Tigh, Roslin, and Admeral Adama as they talk about how there was little he could do with the situation he had on New Caprica and that he is forgiven with Chip Six appearing and saying they are being to lenient with him and talking about his betrayal of the human race and Admiral Adama actually seems to hear her. Laura Roslin begins to tell Gaius how much she wants him in a provactive manner and he relizes its a dream and wakes up as she kisses him. Baltar finds himself naked on a red couch inside an unrecognizable room. When a [[Centurion]] guard appears at the doorway, Baltar realizes that he has nowhere to go and finds that he only has a robe to wear. It is revealed that he is onboard a Cylon Basestar, one of several others that are guarding a new [[Resurrection Ship]]. <br /> <br /> * A Number Three comes to visit Baltar and tells him that he has been out for 3 days and offers him a bottle of pills. She then explains that his presence on the basestar has caused a conflict between seven of the models. With three voting for him to be allowed to remain, while three vote for him to be removed. The only model that hasn't come to a consensus are the Sixes. <br /> <br /> * A Six, heavily implied to be Caprica Six, comes to visit Baltar and explains how much she gave up for him while he tries to convice her that she is more then just a Cylon and that she loves him. That she needs him before she walks out noting that after she is gone that he needs her too, and that he should have started with that.<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> &lt;!-- <br /> <br /> Check the BW:ES project talk page dealing with this section<br /> and the Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode pages are not forums policy idea.<br /> Do not remove this notice.<br /> <br /> --&gt;<br /> * Will there be another organization in the Fleet that will continue where [[The Circle]] left off?<br /> * What of [[Lee Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] and other officers of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''? How will these redundacies be dealt with?<br /> * Why is [[Charlie Connor]] aboard ''Galactica''? Outside of The Circle, what was his purpose on ''Galactica'', seeing as he is not a past crew member?<br /> * Has [[Samuel Anders]] become a member of ''Galactica's'' crew, or is he only allowed onboard because of his relationship with Kara?<br /> * Will any of The Circle's members or Zarek face charges, or will they be pardoned by Roslin's government for what they had done?<br /> * Now that the Cylons seem to have accepted Gaius Baltar, at least begrudgingly, what will happen to him?<br /> * What happened to those who were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?<br /> * Why are the Tyrols being allowed to keep their baby with them aboard ''Galactica''?<br /> * Has Cally returned to active duty?<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *{{spoilli|Three's statement that three models are in favor of keeping Baltar around and three are against it, with Six's vote needed to break the stalement, may support statements made by Grace Park, Dean Stockwell, and Tricia Helfer in interviews that the seven Cylon agent models currently known to the audience (the &quot;Significant Seven&quot;) have no knowlege of the others (the &quot;Final Five&quot;).}}<br /> * Lee mentioned that he lost &quot;half a stone&quot; reffering to his weight. A stone is a unit of weight used mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland that is equivalent to 14 pounds.<br /> * ''Galactica's'' living spaces and hallways appear much more crowded than in the first two seasons, reflecting the expanded size of her crew.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> * This episode marks the resumption of the [[Survivor count]]. There has been a net loss of 8,115 people since the beginning of &quot;[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]&quot;.<br /> **Survivor Count for this episode is 41,435.<br /> * Laura Roslin resumes the Presidency in this episode.<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> [[Lee Adama]]: I've got a date with a jump rope. Hey, I've lost half a stone.<br /> <br /> [[William Adama]]: Keep jumpin'.<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:85%&quot;&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {{episode list (RDM season 3)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Collaborators&diff=88720 2006-10-28T08:32:36Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* On a Basestar */</p> <hr /> <div>{{Episode Data<br /> | title= Collaborators<br /> | image=JammerCollaborators.jpg<br /> | season= 3<br /> | episode= 5<br /> | guests= <br /> | writer= [[Mark Verheiden]]<br /> | story= <br /> | director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br /> | production= 305<br /> | rating=<br /> | US airdate= 2006-10-27<br /> | UK airdate=<br /> | dvd=<br /> | population= 41,435<br /> | prev= [[Exodus, Part II]]<br /> | next= [[Torn]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> == Overview ==<br /> :''[[The Circle]], a secret tribunal on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', decides the fate of [[James Lyman|Jammer]] and other Colonials who aided the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] during the occupation of [[New Caprica]].<br /> <br /> == Summary == <br /> === On ''[[Galactica]]'' ===<br /> * [[James Lyman]] is brought before [[The Circle]]. He is found guilty of treason, the punishment for which is death. Despite his pleas and an attempt to convince [[Galen Tyrol]] to spare him, for Lyman freed [[Cally Tyrol]] from the Cylon death squad ([[Precipice]]), The Circle carries out Lyman's punishment and ejects him from the ''Galactica'' by depressurizing the [[launch tubes|launch tube]] they lock him in.<br /> * After Lyman's execution, Tyrol talks to his wife about how she escaped. While she claims to not have thought about the incident since, she tells him that she thinks one &quot;[[New Caprica Police|of those goons]]&quot; set her free.<br /> * Laura Roslin on Colonial one talks with Tom Zarek and questions what he will do. Zarek plans to recovine the Quorum of Twelve, put Roslin's name in for nomination to vice president and then step down returning the presidency to her. She assumes for this act he wants something, and all he asks is to not be left on the outside. To reward him for his actions on standing up to Gaius Baltar on New Caprica she promisses him the Vice Presidency.<br /> * Felix Gaeta enters the still damaged CIC to help with repairs to communication and Tigh see's him and vocally demands for him to leave since he was a collaberator. Helo annouces he's hear on the Admeral's orders, but Tigh continues to protest loudly until Admeral Adama appears and takes him out of the room to talk to him about resting so he will be ready, something that Tigh thinks he doesn't need.<br /> * The Circle reconvines and mentiones they have a three day time limit to dole out justice and begins reviewing possible collaberators and voting on guilt or innocence on treason. Eventually they come to the file on Gaeta and four of the members voting for guilty and Anders refusing to vote on lack of actual hard evidence of him being guilty. Chief Tyroll refuses to vote if they do not have a sixth to even them out.<br /> * In the mess hall Gaeta is treated as persona non grata and left to eat alone until Kara Thrace comes to sit at his table and begins to talk to him, kindly at first, before digging into him for not doing anyhting to help her or the insurgency. Gaeta counters by brining up his status as the inside man, mentioning the dog dish being flipped over being his signel.<br /> * Lee and Bill Adama are talking about the status and Lee brings up the fact that over the past few days 13 people have just disappeared after being confirmed as survivors of the Exodus. <br /> * The Circle brings in Kara to be the replacement sixth vote of the jury and she looks at the file on Gaeta and after just seeing the list votes guilty leaving Chief Tyrol as the only hold out. Anders comes in and requests time to his wife. The scence then splits between the other members of the circle trying to convice Tyrol that Gaeta is guilty and Anders trying to explain that this isn't justice but Kara rebuffs him saying that she feels like she has to hurt someone for what happened to her and if he stay's near her it will be him. The Chief eventually folds and votes guilty.<br /> * Gaeta is captured and rbought to a launch tube where is is informed of his conviction, told that this is offical trial under authority from the President of the Colonies, and that if he has anything to say to explain himself to say it now. He says he explained already and won't beg for his life. This seems to bring Kara to a point where she starts to abuse him telling him to beg while taunting him with the idea that he was an information for the insurgency through the dog bowl signal. Something the Chief remembers and uses that fact to convince the other members of the Circle that Gaeta isn't guilty of treason and was the secret source in the Baltar Adminstration.<br /> * Laura Roslin is re-inaugurated as the President of the Twelve Colonies, and issues a decree of amnesty against all alleged collaborators, after it is revealed that former President [[Tom Zarek]] authorized the trials and sentences conducted by the Circle in an attempt to protect Roslin from having to deal with public treason trials which could destroy the unity of the fleet through causing a witch hunt. <br /> * Still outcast, Gaeta is reinstated in the Colonial Fleet. In the mess hall, Tyrol later dines with Gaeta after Roslin issues her decree. Both eat in silence as the other crew members are taken aback by the act.<br /> <br /> ===On a [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]===<br /> * Gaius seems to be on Colonial One sitting in a chair in front of Tigh, Roslin, and Admeral Adama as they talk about how there was little he could do with the situation he had on New Caprica and that he is forgiven with Chip Six appearing and saying they are being to lenient with him and talking about his betrayal of the human race and Admiral Adama actually seems to hear her. Laura Roslin begins to tell Gaius how much she wants him in a provactive manner and he relizes its a dream and wakes up as she kisses him. Baltar finds himself naked on a red couch inside an unrecognizable room. When a Centurion guard appears at the doorway, Baltar realizes that he has nowhere to go and finds that he only has a robe to wear. It is revealed that he is onboard a Cylon Basestar, one of several others that are guarding a new [[Resurrection Ship]]. <br /> <br /> * A Number Three comes to visit Baltar and tells him that he has been out for 3 days and offers him a bottle of pills. She then explains that his presence on the basestar has caused a conflict between seven of the models. With three voting for him to be allowed to remain, while three vote for him to be removed. The only model that hasn't come to a consensus are the Sixes. <br /> <br /> * A Six, heavily implied to be Caprica Six, comes to visit Baltar and explains how much she gave up for him while he tries to convice her that she is more then just a Cylon and that she loves him. That she needs him before she walks out noting that after she is gone that he needs her too, and that he should have started with that.<br /> <br /> == Questions == <br /> &lt;!-- <br /> <br /> Check the BW:ES project talk page dealing with this section<br /> and the Battlestar Wiki:Think Tank/Episode pages are not forums policy idea.<br /> Do not remove this notice.<br /> <br /> --&gt;<br /> * Will there be another organization in the Fleet that will continue where [[The Circle]] left off?<br /> * What of [[Lee Adama]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] and other officers of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''? How will these redundacies be dealt with?<br /> * Why is [[Charlie Connor]] aboard ''Galactica''? Outside of The Circle, what was his purpose on ''Galactica'', seeing as he is not a past crew member?<br /> * Has [[Samuel Anders]] become a member of ''Galactica's'' crew, or is he only allowed onboard because of his relationship with Kara?<br /> * Will any of The Circle's members or Zarek face charges, or will they be pardoned by Roslin's government for what they had done?<br /> * Now that the Cylons seem to have accepted Gaius Baltar, at least begrudgingly, what will happen to him?<br /> * What happened to those who were left behind on [[New Caprica]]?<br /> * Why are the Tyrols being allowed to keep their baby with them aboard ''Galactica''?<br /> * Has Cally returned to active duty?<br /> <br /> == Analysis ==<br /> *{{spoilli|Three's statement that three models are in favor of keeping Baltar around and three are against it, with Six's vote needed to break the stalement, may support statements made by Grace Park, Dean Stockwell, and Tricia Helfer in interviews that the seven Cylon agent models currently known to the audience (the &quot;Significant Seven&quot;) have no knowlege of the others (the &quot;Final Five&quot;).}}<br /> * Lee mentioned that he lost &quot;half a stone&quot; reffering to his weight. A stone is a unit of weight used mostly in the United Kingdom and Ireland that is equivalent to 14 pounds.<br /> * ''Galactica's'' living spaces and hallways appear much more crowded than in the first two seasons, reflecting the expanded size of her crew.<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> * This episode marks the resumption of the [[Survivor count]]. There has been a net loss of 8,115 people since the beginning of &quot;[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]&quot;.<br /> **Survivor Count for this episode is 41,435.<br /> * Laura Roslin resumes the Presidency in this episode.<br /> <br /> == Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br /> [[Lee Adama]]: I've got a date with a jump rope. Hey, I've lost half a stone.<br /> <br /> [[William Adama]]: Keep jumpin'.<br /> <br /> == Official Statements ==<br /> <br /> == Guest Stars ==<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;font-size:85%&quot;&gt;&lt;references/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> {{episode list (RDM season 3)}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Episodes written by Mark Verheiden]]<br /> [[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=IL-series&diff=83200 2006-10-09T16:35:05Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:ILseries.jpg|thumb| A pair of IL-series Cylons react to the explosion of the nearby ammo depot. (&quot;Uh, oh.&quot;) ([[The Living Legend, Part II]])]]<br /> '''IL-series''' Cylons typically take on the duties to maintain the non-military aspects of the [[Cylon Empire]], typically commanding bases ([[The Young Lords]]) and [[Basestar (TOS)|basestars]] on important missions for the Empire ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]], et al.) Unlike the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurion]], they have two eyes, similar in proportion to the eyes of Humans, as well as a less-robotic monotone voice.<br /> <br /> [[Lucifer]] is the IL-series Cylon that appears most frequently. [[Specter]] appears only once, commanding a remote outpost ([[The Young Lords]]). Several unnamed IL-Series Cylons are seen milling about at the dedication ceremony on [[Gamoray]] ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).<br /> <br /> == Notes ==<br /> The &quot;IL&quot; part of IL-Series may stand for Industrial Light &amp; Magic (needs source). It is also suspected to stand for &quot;Imperious Leader&quot;, since both Cylon types perform simillar roles.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=83198 2006-10-09T16:34:25Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>Ś''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL-series]] Droid.<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=83197 2006-10-09T16:33:49Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>Ś''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL-Series]] Droid.<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=83194 2006-10-09T16:32:50Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>Ś''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[I-L Series]] Droid.<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=83193 2006-10-09T16:32:37Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[I-L Series]] Droid.<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=83191 2006-10-09T16:31:32Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL Droid]]<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Raider_(RDM)&diff=83187 2006-10-09T16:26:11Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] Raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= bsg-raider-A.jpg<br /> | race= Cylon<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | crew= None (Shipboard AI)<br /> | role= Space superiority fighter<br /> | weapons= 2 [[KEW|Kinetic Energy Weapons]], missiles<br /> | length= (approx) 8.94 meters<br /> | height= (approx) 1.52 meters<br /> | wingspan= (approx) 5.59 meters<br /> }}<br /> The '''Raider''' is the primary aerospace attack craft used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]].<br /> <br /> The Raider is first encountered more than 40 years after the [[Cylon War]], when the Cylons launch their devastating [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br /> <br /> The Raider is initially thought to be wholly mechanical in design, with a high-level AI controlling it. However, following the recovery of a Raider forced down during a firefight and recovered by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Act of Contrition]]), the new Raider is found to be, in fact, biomechanical in nature ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), incorporating a number of large organs in its design, including a biomechanical brain. <br /> <br /> Much like the [[Cylon agent]]s, the biomechanical Raider pilot's consciousness can be transferred into new &quot;bodies&quot; if it is destroyed. (Whether this process requires a nearby [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] or [[Resurrection Ship]] for the transfer is not known.) While this death/rebirth process allows the Raider to &quot;learn&quot; from its mistakes and become a more efficient killing machine, the process can also cause Raiders to fight with deadly, almost-humanlike tactics ([[Scar]]).<br /> <br /> Raider weapon configurations include:<br /> * Conventional and/or nuclear missiles carried in internal wing bays ([[Miniseries]])<br /> * Two [[Kinetic Energy Weapon]]s mounted under the leading edge of the wings <br /> <br /> During the Cylon attack, the new Raider could transmit commands to any Colonial vessel utilizing the Command Navigation Program ([[CNP]]). The CNP was compromised prior to the attack, and provided a [[backdoor]] that allowed the Cylons to shut down Colonial vessels with the CNP, rendering the ship defenseless ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> <br /> As with their predecessors in the Cylon War, Raiders also appear to use [[wireless]] transmissions directed at Colonial ships, especially battlestars, to attempt to crack, or infiltrate the ship's computer network. If the cracking is successful, a [[virus]] can be transmitted, which can severely damage or disable many battlestar systems ([[Valley of Darkness]]).<br /> <br /> The Raider is equipped with a small-scale [[FTL]] drive system ([[Miniseries]]). Following tests on the Raider captured by ''Galactica'', this FTL system is found to be far more efficient in Jump calculations than Colonial FTL systems. The drive shows its accuracy when Lt. Thrace takes the Raider from a point somewhere near the vicinity of [[Kobol]] back to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in a single Jump ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).<br /> <br /> As with its nemesis, the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]], the Raider is capable of atmospheric operations, which explains why it has retained an aerodynamic shape ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). <br /> <br /> ==Note==<br /> [[Image:Raidertos.jpg|thumb|right|A &quot;piloted&quot; Raider (or mock-up) seen in ''Galactica's'' [[Galactica Museum|museum]] [[Miniseries]]]]<br /> <br /> *While the Raiders used in the [[Cylon War]] may have had one or more [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]] flying the craft, no evidence has yet aired of the existence of this Raider model used with a modern [[Cylon Centurion]] pilot.<br /> *A older Raider, identical in outward appearance to the Raider of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], is seen briefly in the [[Galactica Museum]] ([[Miniseries]]). It's unknown of the internal configuration of this older fighter or the type of weapons used.<br /> *Like the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' Raider]], the weapons fire of the Re-Imagined Series Cylon Raiders is bluish-white.<br /> <br /> ==Concept Drawings==<br /> <br /> *These concept drawings are very close to the fully realized versions of what we have seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. However, There were, of course, many changes made and these drawings should not be considered completely canon. <br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Brain1.jpg|''Raider brain cavity''<br /> Image:Brain3.jpg|''Internal workings''<br /> Image:Brain4.jpg|''Front view''<br /> Image:Brain 2.jpg|''Starbuck in brain cavity''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Ships}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[es:Raider Cylon]]<br /> [[de:Zylonischer Jäger (RDM)]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TRS)&diff=82563 2006-10-08T06:46:25Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the basestar as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] version, see [[Basestar (TOS)]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= Basestar.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | crew= Unknown<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, Raiders, Heavy Raiders (likely)<br /> | img= Y<br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> '''Cylon basestars''' (also referred to as &quot;baseships&quot; or &quot;Cylon battlestars&quot;) are by far the most prominent example of [[Cylon]] presence.<br /> <br /> They easily dwarf a Colonial [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] and appear to be technologically superior in every way. Basestars appear no visible means of [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight propulsion]], but are equipped with an [[FTL|Jump system]] that is far superior to that of Colonial battlestars. Basestars are capable of releasing hundreds of [[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] simultaneously (see Related Imagery).<br /> <br /> Beyond this, not much is known about the interior operations or command structure of a basestar. A basestar's size suggests that it has a large crew complement, although there is ample evidence to suggest their operations are largely automated, or that the basestar itself is a Cylon entity similar to the autononous personality of a Raider or even a [[Cylon agent]]. There is no evidence thus far to suggest that a basestar has a central autonomous commander or command hierachy as found on battlestars.<br /> <br /> A basestar is capable of launching conventional or nuclear missiles. Basestar-launched nuclear strikes against Colonial ships are done only when Raiders aren't deployed as nuclear blasts are widespread in range and do not differentiate in damage to friend or foe. In one example of such an attack scenario, three Cylon basestars lure and ambush battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and pummel it with several nuclear missiles before deploying Raiders and changing to non-nuclear missiles in their attack ([[The Captain's Hand]]). This along with the massive amounts of Raiders that a Basestar can unleash suggest a similarity with the [[Wikipedia:Arsenal ship|Arsenal ship]] concept to overwhelm and destroy a foe. It is probable that basestars used nuclear weapons to destroy the bulk of the [[Colonial Fleet]] (using their backdoor in the [[CNP]] to compromise their defenses first) in the opening wave of their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]].<br /> <br /> After the Colonial commanders draw away their Raider wings, [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|two basestars are torn apart]] by the kinetic guns of battlestars ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' and ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' in a joint mission to destroy a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. It would seem that that basestars rely heavily on their Raiders for close-range gun defense through sheer numbers of fighters. Since a basestar does not appear to have batteries (the primary offensive/defensive weapons on battlestars), basestars appear quite vulnerable to battlestars in close-range combat without Raider fighter support ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br /> <br /> == Encounters with the Colonial Fleet ==<br /> [[Image:Basestar_above_armistice-station_-_00.04.06.jpg|thumb|left|Basestar above the [[Armistice Station]]]]<br /> * As part of an annual offering of diplomacy, the [[Colonial Fleet]] staffs the [[Armistice Station]] in the hopes that the Cylons will attend, but it goes unfulfilled for forty years. Suddenly, without any warning or detection, a Cylon basestar arrives over the station, and dispatches a [[Cylon agent]] to the station. This agent accosts the [[Armistice Officer]] as the basestar launches a salvo of missiles and obliterates the station.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestarcaprica-00.56.10.jpg|thumb|right|Basestars over Caprica]]<br /> *Days later, the Cylons begin their genocidal campaign against the Twelve Colonies. In all likelihood, several basestars and their support craft arrived at each Colonial world and deploy nuclear missiles, airbursting them to annihilate the populace. Several basestars orbit the ruined planet of [[Caprica]] as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon &quot;Boomer&quot; Valerii]] guides her [[Raptor]] to an emergency landing on the planet during the attack. Boomer's Raptor guides by debris of destroyed Colonial units, including the shattered hulk of a battlestar ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar-ragnar-02.38.56.jpg|thumb|left|Two Basestars over [[Ragnar]]]]<br /> * A substantial Cylon force consisting of no less than two basestars and several hundred fighters and other small craft converge on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in an attempt to flush out and destroy the fugitive ships led by the battlestar [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']]. After transferring as many armaments and supplies as possible from the munitions depot, ''Galactica'' departs the station's surrounding EM storm and presents itself as a shield, allowing [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] to slip out and make [[FTL|Jumps]] away. The entire contingent of civilian ships escape, as does ''Galactica'' after she and her [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] endure a [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|thorough pounding]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar-33-00.21.05.jpg|thumb|right|Basestar and ''Galactica''.]]<br /> * Basestars pursue ''Galactica'' and the Colonial Fleet for five full days after the escape from Ragnar. ''Galactica'' spurs the Fleet to stay on the move, executing [[FTL|FTL Jump after Jump]], only to see the Cylons reappear at each location 33 minutes later ([[33]]). The Cylons had apparently infiltrated the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', a civilian starliner, and are able to track it through each successive [[FTL|Jump]]. Following the 239th Jump, the ''Olympic Carrier'' doesn't immediately rendevous at the jump coordinates, and it is feared the ship is lost. She reappears later, but several indications hint that she has been overtaken by Cylon forces, and the Colonials have no recourse but to destroy the liner. As soon as ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] destroy the liner, the basestars arrive on the scene, and the Colonial Fleet executes their 240th Jump. The Cylons do not immediately follow, ending the pursuit.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar_over_kobol_nuked_-_00.32.45.jpg|thumb|left|The Basestar over [[Kobol]] is destroyed]]<br /> * The Fleet eludes further contact with the Cylon forces for several weeks. The planet Kobol is discovered by a single Raptor on a probing reconnaissance mission, and a follow-up mission is planned. The reconnaissance team of three Raptors is surprised by a basestar now in orbit over Kobol, and screening Cylon Raiders obliterate one Raptor while shooting down another and forcing it to crash land on the planet below. The remaining Raptor escapes back to battlestar ''Galactica'', relaying the shocking news. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] devises a plan to eliminate the basestar, using a Raptor fitted with a [[Cylon transponder]] to deploy a nuclear warhead inside. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Lt. Sharon &quot;Boomer&quot; Valerii]] is [[Arrow of Apollo|later tasked]] to the mission, accompanied by new ECO [[Margaret Edmondson|Lt. Margaret &quot;Racetrack&quot; Edmondson]]. En route, the transponder works exactly as planned. Despite their anxiety, the Raptor infiltrates the basestar. The interior view of the basestar that Boomer and Racktrack are afforded is overwhelming &amp;ndash; a vast, cavernous void of bio-mechanical components lacking a distinctive floor or ceiling. Surfaces appear organic &amp;ndash; fleshy if they were to be touched &amp;ndash; resembling the interiors of a Raider. During the deployment of the nuclear warhead, Boomer exits the Raptor and removes her helmet, indicating that the interior space is indeed pressurized and oxygenated, more than likely controlled by ventricle-like airlocks evident during the Raptor's entrance. The pair extricate themselves from inside the basestar, and once outside, detonate the warhead. The annihilation of this basestar represents the first aired instance in the series that Colonial forces successfully destroy a basestar ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:Basestar_-_scattered_-_00.31.44.jpg|thumb|right|''Galacticas''' Vipers on approach to the Basestar.]]<br /> * Scant moments after this victory, another basestar ambushes ''Galactica'', causing the crew to perform yet another immediate FTL Jump. This haphazard Jump (due to mishandled coordinate updates) separates the battlestar from the rest of the Fleet, and a few hours are spent developing a course of action. The decision is made to jump back to Kobol to recalculate the Jump coordinates, and upon doing so, the battlestar and the basestar square off in a vicious engagement. During the recalculation, a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] manages to crash-land on ''Galactica's'' starboard flight pod ([[Scattered]]). After the battlestar Jumps away, the basestar too departs the area after sending a detachment of [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] to Kobol.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Image:TheEnemysGateIsDown.jpg|thumb|left|A basestar under attack by ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'']]<br /> * Upon the reunion of the Colonial Fleet with the assumed-lost [[Mercury-class Battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', Admiral [[Helena Cain]] reveals that a Cylon fleet, consisting of two basestars and a mysterious unknown ship, has been following ''Galactica'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). By way of a bold reconnaissance mission in the Colonial [[Blackbird]], the commanding officers discover the identity of the mysterious vessel to be the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]). The Colonials concoct an aggressive, intricate plan using stealth, deception, and sheer brute force to [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|eradicate]] the Resurrection Ship, as well as its escorting basestars. In a brilliant display of firepower, the two battlestars make short work of the two basestars, suffering minimal damage in return ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> * Over a month later, and now devoid of their Resurrection Ship, the Cylons deploy basestars in a new tactical fashion. Two Raptors from ''Pegasus'' are lured away from their reconnaissance training mission near a [[Wikipedia:Binary star system|binary star cluster]], the crews killed by carefully venting their crew compartments, and the Raptors set adrift. In his zeal to retrieve the Raptors, newly-promoted [[Barry Garner|Commander Barry Garner]] disregards both [[William Adama|Admiral Adama's]] orders and [[Lee Adama|Major Lee Adama's]] advice and takes ''Pegasus'' to the last known location of the missing craft. ''Pegasus'' deploys two more Raptors to scan the located Raptors. As the rescue Raptors discover the lost Raptors' fate, three basestars pounce upon the Colonials and immediately engage by launching salvos of nuclear missiles &amp;mdash; the first time they've done so since the destruction of the Colonies. ''Pegasus'' reels under heavy damage, and only through the heroic self-sacrifice of Commander Garner, the sound direction of Major Adama, and the unwavering support of ''Pegasus's'' Vipers (led by [[Kara Thrace|Captain &quot;Starbuck&quot; Thrace]]) the battlestar survives. As a means of buying time until the disabled FTL drive was repaired, Major Adama directs the battlestar's forward gun batteries to barrage the closest basestar, focusing on the core of it until it is forced to withdraw. ''Pegasus'' indeed survives [[Battle of the Binary Star System|this encounter]], albeit with a substantial amount of damage, but it heralds a less brashly aggressive, more subversively calculative approach by the Cylons ([[The Captain's Hand]]).<br /> <br /> * The most recent appearance of basestars comes at the [[Fall of New Caprica|fall of New Caprica]] to Cylon occupation. Several, approximately six or seven, basestars emerge from the planet's shrouding nebula, and in the face of overwhelming strength and numbers, an understaffed Colonial Fleet makes a reluctant Jump away, and the Cylons take the planet without firing a shot.<br /> <br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> [[Image:Basestarinmuseum.jpg|thumb|right|A model of a [[Cylon War]]-era Cylon [[Basestar (TOS)|Basestar]] on display in the defunct museum.]]<br /> In the [[Miniseries]], ''Galactica'''s new museum displays a model of the Cylon basestar used in the [[Cylon War]]. As it happens, this design is identical to the basestars seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. However, despite the identical use of the ship design, the universe of the Re-imagined Series does not use the same weapons as that of the Original Series, so viewers are left to ponder what armed the Re-imagined incarnations of the Original Series Cylon warships. The museum also displays a deactivated [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]--again, the same design of Cylon warrior as used in the Original Series, and indicated in the episodes as the Cylons seen in the Cylon War of the Re-imagined Series continuity.<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> <br /> == Related Imagery ==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Bsraidersrelease1.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Bsraidersrelease2.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Bsraidersrelease3.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> Image:Bsmissiles.jpg|''Basestar'' launching missiles &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Ships}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Basisschiff]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Centurion_(TOS)&diff=82562 2006-10-08T06:42:45Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>:''For the Centurion's appearance in [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)| the Re-imagined Series]], see [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]. For information on the robotic Centurions from the Re-imagined Series, see [[Cylon Centurion]].<br /> [[Image:PartyCrashers.jpg|thumb|right|Centurions as infantry.]]<br /> The '''Centurion''' is the workhorse of the [[Cylon Empire]]. Acting as infantry, pilots, and even cavalry (as in &quot;[[The Lost Warrior]]&quot;) the Centurion is as versatile as it is shiny. Used in any front-line encounter, Centurions are the only type of Cylon a [[Colonial Warrior]] is likely to ever directly encounter ([[Saga of a Star World]]).<br /> <br /> Centurions are constructed using highly advanced robotics, beyond the capabilities of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Colonials]] to understand easily. As part of a ruse [[Wilker|Dr. Wilker]] attempts to reconstruct and reprogram a Centurion. The reprogrammed Centurion manages to move stiffly, but lacks the dexterity of a fully functional unit and destroys the controls of the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] when it is instructed to fly ([[Baltar's Escape]]).<br /> <br /> Cylon Centurions are commonly armed with bayonet-equipped Laser Rifles, as well as swords for close combat and execution.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Raidercrew.jpg|thumb|left|Centurions as [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] pilots.]]<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Raider_(RDM)&diff=79837 2006-09-22T18:41:59Z

<p>MGoblin256: /* Note */ Cylon Raiders</p> <hr /> <div>:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] Raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''<br /> <br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= bsg-raider-A.jpg<br /> | race= Cylon<br /> | type= Military<br /> | ftl= Yes<br /> | crew= None (Shipboard AI)<br /> | role= Space superiority fighter<br /> | weapons= 2 [[KEW|Kinetic Energy Weapons]], missiles<br /> | length= (approx) 8.94 meters<br /> | height= (approx) 1.52 meters<br /> | wingspan= (approx) 5.59 meters<br /> }}<br /> The '''Raider''' is the primary aerospace attack craft used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]].<br /> <br /> The Raider is first encountered more than 40 years after the [[Cylon War]], when the Cylons launch their devastating [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br /> <br /> The Raider is initially thought to be wholly mechanical in design, with a high-level AI controlling it. However, following the recovery of a Raider forced down during a firefight and recovered by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Act of Contrition]]), the new Raider is found to be, in fact, biomechanical in nature ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), incorporating a number of large organs in its design, including an biomechanical brain. <br /> <br /> Much like the [[Cylon agent]]s, the biomechanical Raider pilot's consciousness can be transferred into new &quot;bodies&quot; if it is destroyed. (Whether this process requires a nearby [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] or [[Resurrection Ship]] for the transfer is not known.) While this death/rebirth process allows the Raider to &quot;learn&quot; from its mistakes and become a more efficient killing machine, the process can also cause Raiders to fight with deadly, almost-humanlike tactics ([[Scar]]).<br /> <br /> Raider weapon configurations include:<br /> * Conventional and/or nuclear missiles carried in internal wing bays ([[Miniseries]])<br /> * Two [[Kinetic Energy Weapon]]s mounted under the leading edge of the wings <br /> <br /> During the Cylon attack, the new Raider could transmit commands to any Colonial vessel utilizing the Command Navigation Program ([[CNP]]). The CNP was compromised prior to the attack, and provided a [[backdoor]] that allowed the Cylons to shut down Colonial vessels with the CNP, rendering the ship defenseless ([[Miniseries]]).<br /> <br /> As with their predecessors in the Cylon War, Raiders also appear to use [[wireless]] transmissions directed at Colonial ships, especially battlestars, to attempt to crack, or infiltrate the ship's computer network. If the cracking is successful, a [[virus]] can be transmitted, which can severely damage or disable many battlestar systems ([[Valley of Darkness]]).<br /> <br /> The Raider is equipped with a small-scale [[FTL]] drive system ([[Miniseries]]). Following tests on the Raider captured by ''Galactica'', this FTL system is found to be far more efficient in Jump calculations than Colonial FTL systems. The drive shows its accuracy when Lt. Thrace takes the Raider from a point somewhere near the vicinity of [[Kobol]] back to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in a single Jump ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).<br /> <br /> As with its nemesis, the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]], the Raider is capable of atmospheric operations, which explains why it has retained an aerodynamic shape ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). <br /> <br /> ==Note==<br /> [[Image:Raidertos.jpg|thumb|right|A &quot;piloted&quot; Raider (or mock-up) seen in ''Galactica's'' [[Galactica Museum|museum]] [[Miniseries]]]]<br /> <br /> *While the Raiders used in the [[Cylon War]] may have had one or more [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]] flying the craft, no evidence has yet aired of the existence of this Raider model used with a modern [[Cylon Centurion]] pilot.<br /> *A older Raider, identical in outward appearance to the Raider of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], is seen briefly in the [[Galactica Museum]] ([[Miniseries]]). It's unknown of the internal configuration of this older fighter or the type of weapons used.<br /> *Like the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' Raider]], the weapons fire of the Re-Imagined Series Cylon Raiders is bluish-white.<br /> <br /> ==Concept Drawings==<br /> <br /> *These concept drawings are very close to the fully realized versions of what we have seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. However, There were, of course, many changes made and these drawings should not be considered completely canon. <br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Brain1.jpg|''Raider brain cavity''<br /> Image:Brain3.jpg|''Internal workings''<br /> Image:Brain4.jpg|''Front view''<br /> Image:Brain 2.jpg|''Starbuck in brain cavity''<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Ships}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Craft (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons Military (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:Ships]]<br /> [[Category:Ships (RDM)]]<br /> [[Category:RDM]]<br /> <br /> [[es:Raider Cylon]]<br /> [[de:Zylonischer Jäger (RDM)]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=62735 2006-07-02T19:33:38Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Technology]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

MGoblin256 https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Basestar_(TOS)&diff=62734 2006-07-02T19:33:18Z

<p>MGoblin256: </p> <hr /> <div>''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''<br /> {{Ship Data<br /> | image= BasestarTOS.jpg<br /> | title= Basestar<br /> | race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]<br /> | type= Military<br /> | crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion troops]]<br /> | co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander<br /> | role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br /> | weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders<br /> }}<br /> A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].<br /> <br /> Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]]s, serve as a combination aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying (and supporting) over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, and an indeterminate number of missile launchers, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations.<br /> <br /> Basestars, and their fighters were key in the Cylon's genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.<br /> <br /> Only battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' [[Pegasus (TOS)|initially is known to survive]] the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]], and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the 13th Colony--[[Earth]].<br /> &lt;div style=&quot;clear: both;&quot;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;<br /> ==Continuity Note==<br /> This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series continuity]], if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure.<br /> <br /> A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Because the new series does not use the same weapons as that in the Original Series, viewers are left to guess what the Re-imagined basestars from the [[Cylon War]] used to fight the [[Galactica type battlestar]]s.<br /> <br /> [[Category:A to Z]]<br /> [[Category:Cylons (TOS)]]<br /> [[Category:Technology]]<br /> [[Category:TOS]]</div>

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