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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaeta sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the Fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
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Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
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Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she will send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~3:06<br />
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Raptor 1029 completes its third jump, and, again, Racetrack and Hoshi see no sign of Raptor 718. Racetrack offers to plot another jump, and Hoshi agrees, but then asks Racetrack if she thinks them crazy to continue the search. Racetrack reluctantly says she does, but assures Hoshi that Gaeta would do the same for him. After an uncomfortable silence, Racetrack finally asks Hoshi wants to call off the search and return to ''Galactica''. After a few seconds of pained consideration, Hoshi says yes.<br />
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Back on Raptor 718, Gaeta begins to piece everything together, realizing to his horror that Sweet Eight was responsible for every single death, an accusation Eight responds with sedate confirmation, claiming that she did it to give the two of them more air. She then says to an increasingly frantic Gaeta that she killed them all to protect him from his own desire to kill them all. Gaeta angrily denies Eight's words, tearing the data cable out of her palm. She then affirms that Gaeta is a killer at heart, that he was when she gave her the list of names.<br />
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Another flashback to the tent on New Caprica shows a sleeping Gaeta oblivious to Sweet Eight handing the list to another Eight, instructing her to kill everyone on it. <br />
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The flashback ends, as the realization draws over Gaeta's face.<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaeta sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the Fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
<br />
Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
<br />
Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she will send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~3:06<br />
<br />
Raptor 1029 completes its third jump, and, again, Racetrack and Hoshi see no sign of Raptor 718. Racetrack offers to plot another jump, and Hoshi agrees, but then asks Racetrack if she thinks it crazy to continue the search. Racetrack reluctantly says she does, but assures Hoshi that Gaeta would do the same for him. After an uncomfortable silence, Racetrack finally asks Hoshi wants to call off the search and return to ''Galactica''. After a few seconds of pained consideration, Hoshi says yes.<br />
<br />
Back on Raptor 718, Gaeta begins to piece everything together, realizing to his horror that Sweet Eight was responsible for every single death, an accusation Eight responds with sedate confirmation, claiming that she did it to give the two of them more air. She then says to an increasingly frantic Gaeta that she killed them all to protect him from his own desire to kill them all. Gaeta angrily denies Eight's words, tearing the data cable out of her palm. She then affirms that Gaeta is a killer at heart, that he was when she gave her the list of names.<br />
<br />
Another flashback to the tent on New Caprica shows a sleeping Gaeta oblivious to Sweet Eight handing the list to another Eight, instructing her to kill everyone on it. <br />
<br />
The flashback ends, as the realization draws over Gaeta's face.<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
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| 3<br />
| 4<br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| 7<br />
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| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| <br />
| <br />
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| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
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| 2<br />
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| <br />
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| [[Campbell Lane]] <br />
| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
| <br />
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| 5<br />
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| [[Chris Bradford]] <br />
| Ops Officer <ref>This character is not identified on screen, however he is the officer who informs [[William Adama]] that the [[Cylon War]] has ended.</ref><br />
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| [[Ben Cotton]] <br />
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| <br />
| <br />
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| 5<br />
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|-<br />
| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
| [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
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{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
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[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169923The Face of the Enemy2009-01-01T11:02:04Z<p>Mac417: /* Episode 7 */</p>
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| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
<br />
Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
<br />
===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
<br />
In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
<br />
Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
<br />
Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the Fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
<br />
Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
<br />
Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she will send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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| [[Edward James Olmos]] <br />
| [[William Adama]]<br />
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| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
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| 3<br />
| 4<br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| 7<br />
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| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
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| 2<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
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| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
| <br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Campbell Lane]] <br />
| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Chris Bradford]] <br />
| Ops Officer <ref>This character is not identified on screen, however he is the officer who informs [[William Adama]] that the [[Cylon War]] has ended.</ref><br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
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| [[Ben Cotton]] <br />
| [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Terrified Man|Terrified Man]]<br />
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| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
| [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169922The Face of the Enemy2009-01-01T11:00:42Z<p>Mac417: /* Episode 6 */</p>
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| special= Y<br />
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| episode=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]] <br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 12 December 2008 through 12 January 2009<br />
| UK airdate= <br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[Revelations]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
}}<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the Fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
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Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
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Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she’ll send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
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Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
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Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she’ll send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
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| 5<br />
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| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
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| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
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| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
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| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
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{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
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[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
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[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169920The Face of the Enemy2009-01-01T10:52:11Z<p>Mac417: /* Episode 6 */</p>
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
<br />
===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
<br />
Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space. Hoshi and Racetrack are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue their search for the missing Raptor.<br />
<br />
Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
<br />
Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
<br />
Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she’ll send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169919The Face of the Enemy2009-01-01T10:49:31Z<p>Mac417: /* Episode 7 */</p>
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
<br />
Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
<br />
===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
<br />
Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
<br />
In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
<br />
Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space. Hoshi and Racetrack are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue their search for the missing Raptor.<br />
<br />
Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she’s about to take the Raptor home.<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
<br />
Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
<br />
Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she’ll send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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! class="infoboxheader" | '''Character'''<br />
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|-<br />
| [[Edward James Olmos]] <br />
| [[William Adama]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| 4<br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
| <br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Campbell Lane]] <br />
| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Chris Bradford]] <br />
| Ops Officer <ref>This character is not identified on screen, however he is the officer who informs [[William Adama]] that the [[Cylon War]] has ended.</ref><br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ben Cotton]] <br />
| [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Terrified Man|Terrified Man]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
| [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|<br />
|<br />
| 7<br />
|}--><br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169918The Face of the Enemy2009-01-01T10:48:22Z<p>Mac417: /* Episode 6 */</p>
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| series=<br />
| special= Y<br />
| season=<br />
| episode=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]] <br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 12 December 2008 through 12 January 2009<br />
| UK airdate= <br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[Revelations]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
}}<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
<br />
Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
<br />
===Episode 3===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
<br />
Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
<br />
===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
<br />
In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
<br />
Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space. Hoshi and Racetrack are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue their search for the missing Raptor.<br />
<br />
Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she’s about to take the Raptor home.<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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! class="infoboxheader" | '''Character'''<br />
! class="infoboxheader" colspan="7" | '''Episode(s)'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Edward James Olmos]] <br />
| [[William Adama]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| 4<br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
| <br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Campbell Lane]] <br />
| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Chris Bradford]] <br />
| Ops Officer <ref>This character is not identified on screen, however he is the officer who informs [[William Adama]] that the [[Cylon War]] has ended.</ref><br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ben Cotton]] <br />
| [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Terrified Man|Terrified Man]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
| [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|<br />
|<br />
| 7<br />
|}--><br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169917The Face of the Enemy2009-01-01T10:46:21Z<p>Mac417: /* Episode 6 */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=<br />
| title=The Face of the Enemy<br />
| series=<br />
| special= Y<br />
| season=<br />
| episode=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]] <br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 12 December 2008 through 12 January 2009<br />
| UK airdate= <br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[Revelations]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space. Hoshi and Racetrack are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue their search for the missing Raptor.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Esrin and Finnegan are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Esrin and Finnegan, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she’s about to take the Raptor home.<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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'''Alessandro Juliani''' plays the young but capable Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], the ship's Tactical Officer on the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. <br />
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A graduate of McGill University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal/Opera Performance, Juliani has performed both on stage and on screen, raking up an impressive list of appearances in a short time. <br />
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== Film Appearances ==<br />
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In 2003 he appeared at the Playhouse as Mendel in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and at Bard on the Beach as Feste in ''Twelfth Night'' and Montjoy in ''Henry V'', where he previously played Oberon in ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' and Malcolm in ''Macbeth''. <br />
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Other experiences include singing the title role in ''The Marriage of Figaro'' at the Chan Centre, Vicar Gedge in ''Albert Herring'' at the Aldeburgh Festival, England, Romeo in ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Feste in ''Twelfth Night'' for Carousel Theatre, as well as principal roles in Montreal productions of ''Assassins'', ''A Little Night Music'', and ''Godspell''. <br />
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His film and television credits include principal roles in ''Dark Angel'', ''Jeremiah'', ''Taken'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Time Tunnel'', ''Final Destination'', and the lead role in the award-winning short film, ''Blue Skies''. <br />
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He also has a significant number of credits as an animation voice actor, including roles on ''Captain N: The Game Master'', ''X-Men Evolution'', ''Beast Machines'', and ''Death Note''.<br />
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'''Alessandro Juliani''' plays the young but capable Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]], the ship's Tactical Officer on the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. <br />
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A graduate of McGill University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Vocal/Opera Performance, Juliani has performed both on stage and on screen, raking up an impressive list of appearances in a short time. <br />
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== Film Appearances ==<br />
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In 2003 he appeared at the Playhouse as Mendel in ''Fiddler on the Roof'' and at Bard on the Beach as Feste in ''Twelfth Night'' and Montjoy in ''Henry V'', where he previously played Oberon in ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'' and Malcolm in ''Macbeth''. <br />
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Other experiences include singing the title role in ''The Marriage of Figaro'' at the Chan Centre, Vicar Gedge in ''Albert Herring'' at the Aldeburgh Festival, England, Romeo in ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Orlando Shakespeare Festival, Feste in ''Twelfth Night'' for Carousel Theatre, as well as principal roles in Montreal productions of ''Assassins'', ''A Little Night Music'', and ''Godspell''. <br />
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His film and television credits include principal roles in ''Dark Angel'', ''Jeremiah'', ''Taken'', ''Stargate SG-1'', ''Time Tunnel'', ''Final Destination'', and the lead role in the award-winning short film, ''Blue Skies''. <br />
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He also has a significant number of credits as an animation voice actor, including roles on ''Captain N, The Game Master'', ''X-Men Evolution'', ''Beast Machines'', and ''Death Note''.<br />
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<div>The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on Joss Whedon's ''Firefly'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''Serenity''.<br />
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A Quickstart Guide of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1|title=DriveThruRPG.com's product listing|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> , with the core product later the same month premiering at Gen Con 2007 in Indianapolis. The core book will be made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com|title=Margaret Weis Productions' website|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div><br />
[[Category:Merchandise]]<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Galactica_Role_Playing_Game&diff=133281Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game2007-08-23T05:16:10Z<p>Mac417: </p>
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<div>The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on Joss Whedon's ''Firefly'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''Serenity''.<br />
<br />
A Quickstart Guide of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1|title=DriveThruRPG.com's product listing|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> , with the core product premiering at Gen Con 2007 in Indianapolis. The core book will be made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com|title=Margaret Weis Productions' website|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div><br />
[[Category:Merchandise]]<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Galactica_Role_Playing_Game&diff=133280Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game2007-08-23T05:10:16Z<p>Mac417: </p>
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<div>The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on Joss Whedon's ''Firefly'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''Serenity''.<br />
<br />
A Quickstart Guide of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1 |DriveThruRPG.com's product listing, |date=2007-08-23 |accessdate=2007-08-23 }}</ref>, with the core product premiering at Gen Con 2007 in Indianapolis. The core book will be made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com/ |Margaret Weis Productions website, |date=2007-08-23 |accessdate=2007-08-23 }}</ref>.<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div><br />
[[Category:Merchandise]]<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_wireless_alphabet&diff=133279Colonial wireless alphabet2007-08-23T04:55:08Z<p>Mac417: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>The '''Colonial wireless alphabet'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a means of communicating letters via words, thus permitting clarity when communicating spellings over [[wireless]]. This is similar to the [[Wikipedia:NATO phonetic alphabet|NATO phonetic alphabet]] used for [[Wikipedia:radio|radio]] communications.<br />
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The following is a list of words used in the CWA. At present, only nine have been [[canon]]ically identified.<br />
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|align=center|'''A'''||Alpha <ref name="bastille">'''Kara Thrace:''' Three assault teams, Alpha, Bravo, Constellation. ([[Bastille Day]])</ref> <ref name="scattered">'''Lee Adama:''' Sierra Alpha, we got a new bogey. ([[Scattered]])</ref> <ref name="rs2">'''William Adama:''' Order batteries alpha through echo to switch to salvo fire. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈæl.fə}}<br />
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|align=center|'''B'''||Bravo <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog">'''Freighter Pilot #1:''' Carrier constellation, jump complete on station, point deacon. Initiate search pattern delta.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #2:''' Ore flight bravo, delta, wilco.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #3:''' Ore flight nebula, delta initiated. ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈbɹɑ.voʊ}}<br />
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|align=center|'''C'''||Constellation <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini">'''Galen Tyrol:''' If the commander will take a closer look at the tail numbering... Nebula Seven Two Four Two Constellation. ([[Miniseries]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˌcɑn.stə.ˈleɪ.ʃən}}<br />
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|align=center|'''D'''||Delta <ref name="hog" /> || {{IPA|ˈdɛl.tə}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''E'''||Echo <ref name="rs2" /> || {{IPA|ˈɛ.koʊ}}<br />
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|align=center|'''N'''||Nebula <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini" /> || {{IPA|ˈnɛb.ju.lə}}<br />
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|align=center|'''S'''||Sierra <ref name="scattered" /> || {{IPA|si.ˈɛɹˌɹə}}<br />
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|align=center|'''T'''||Tango <ref name="finalcut">'''Grayshirt:''' Tango 1, Tango 1, Tango 1, weapons close 2-4-1 ([[Final Cut]])</ref> || {{IPA|tăng'gō}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''X'''||X-ray <ref name="exodus">'''Saul Tigh:''' Cally's in a group heading for map coordinates X-ray Seven ([[Exodus, Part I]])</ref> || {{IPA|ɛks.'ɹeɪ}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
*In the NATO phonetic alphabet, "Alpha" is spelled "Alfa", in consideration of Spanish orthography. Depending on how literally one interprets certain scenes, Spanish (or a language represented by Spanish) may be [[Language in the Twelve Colonies#Spanish Accent|spoken]] in the twelve colonies. Our use of the traditional English spelling here is somewhat arbitrary.<br />
*"[[Wikipedia:Voice procedure|Wilco]]" is not a CWA letter code. It means "will comply", matching its real usage.<br />
*While the Colonial wireless alphabet has some terms in common with the NATO phonetic alphabet, there are a few used by NATO which are unlikely to be used by Colonial forces. Specifically, India and Quebec (as they are locations on Earth), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare lived and wrote on Earth), and Yankee and Zulu (as they refer to specific peoples of Earth).<br />
*The [[Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game|''Battlestar Galactica'' Role Playing Game]] includes a complete listing of the wireless alphabet, though the canonicity of their additions to the alphabet is unverified. The additions supplied by the game are as follows (direct analogues to the NATO phonetic alphabet marked with an asterisk):<br />
<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="messagebox"<br />
|-<br />
! Letter !!align=left| Word !!align=left|<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''F'''||Foxtrot*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''G'''||Gamma<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''H'''||Hotel*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''I'''||Icon<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''J'''||Juno<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''K'''||Kilo*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''L'''||Logo<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''M'''||Meteor<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''O'''||Oscar*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''P'''||Papa*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Q'''||Quasar<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''R'''||Rho<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''U'''||Uniform*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''V'''||Victor*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''W'''||Whiskey*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Y'''||Yellow<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Z'''||Zephyr<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:Descriptive terms]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_wireless_alphabet&diff=133278Colonial wireless alphabet2007-08-23T04:54:51Z<p>Mac417: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Colonial wireless alphabet'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a means of communicating letters via words, thus permitting clarity when communicating spellings over [[wireless]]. This is similar to the [[Wikipedia:NATO phonetic alphabet|NATO phonetic alphabet]] used for [[Wikipedia:radio|radio]] communications.<br />
<br />
The following is a list of words used in the CWA. At present, only nine have been [[canon]]ically identified.<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="messagebox"<br />
|-<br />
! Letter !!align=left| Word !!align=left| Pronunciation<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''A'''||Alpha <ref name="bastille">'''Kara Thrace:''' Three assault teams, Alpha, Bravo, Constellation. ([[Bastille Day]])</ref> <ref name="scattered">'''Lee Adama:''' Sierra Alpha, we got a new bogey. ([[Scattered]])</ref> <ref name="rs2">'''William Adama:''' Order batteries alpha through echo to switch to salvo fire. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈæl.fə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''B'''||Bravo <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog">'''Freighter Pilot #1:''' Carrier constellation, jump complete on station, point deacon. Initiate search pattern delta.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #2:''' Ore flight bravo, delta, wilco.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #3:''' Ore flight nebula, delta initiated. ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈbɹɑ.voʊ}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''C'''||Constellation <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini">'''Galen Tyrol:''' If the commander will take a closer look at the tail numbering... Nebula Seven Two Four Two Constellation. ([[Miniseries]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˌcɑn.stə.ˈleɪ.ʃən}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''D'''||Delta <ref name="hog" /> || {{IPA|ˈdɛl.tə}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''E'''||Echo <ref name="rs2" /> || {{IPA|ˈɛ.koʊ}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''N'''||Nebula <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini" /> || {{IPA|ˈnɛb.ju.lə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''S'''||Sierra <ref name="scattered" /> || {{IPA|si.ˈɛɹˌɹə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''T'''||Tango <ref name="finalcut">'''Grayshirt:''' Tango 1, Tango 1, Tango 1, weapons close 2-4-1 ([[Final Cut]])</ref> || {{IPA|tăng'gō}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''X'''||X-ray <ref name="exodus">'''Saul Tigh:''' Cally's in a group heading for map coordinates X-ray Seven ([[Exodus, Part I]])</ref> || {{IPA|ɛks.'ɹeɪ}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
*In the NATO phonetic alphabet, "Alpha" is spelled "Alfa", in consideration of Spanish orthography. Depending on how literally one interprets certain scenes, Spanish (or a language represented by Spanish) may be [[Language in the Twelve Colonies#Spanish Accent|spoken]] in the twelve colonies. Our use of the traditional English spelling here is somewhat arbitrary.<br />
*"[[Wikipedia:Voice procedure|Wilco]]" is not a CWA letter code. It means "will comply", matching its real usage.<br />
*While the Colonial wireless alphabet has some terms in common with the NATO phonetic alphabet, there are a few used by NATO which are unlikely to be used by Colonial forces. Specifically, India and Quebec (as they are locations on Earth), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare lived and wrote on Earth), and Yankee and Zulu (as they refer to specific peoples of Earth).<br />
*The [[Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game|''Battlestar Galactica'' Role Playing Game]] includes a complete listing of the wireless alphabet, though the canonicity of their additions to the alphabet is unverified. The additions supplied by the game are as follows (direct analogues to the NATO phonetic alphabet marked with an asterisk):<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="messagebox"<br />
|-<br />
! Letter !!align=left| Word !!align=left|<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''F'''||Foxtrot*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''G'''||Gamma<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''H'''||Hotel*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''I'''||Icon<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''J'''||Juno<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''K'''||Kilo*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''L'''||Logo<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''M'''||Meteor<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''O'''||Oscar*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''P'''||Papa*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Q'''||Quasar<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''R'''||Rho<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''U'''||Uniform*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''V'''||Victor*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''W'''||Whiskey*<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Y'''||Yellow<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Z'''||Zephyr<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:Descriptive terms]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_wireless_alphabet&diff=133277Colonial wireless alphabet2007-08-23T04:48:02Z<p>Mac417: </p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Colonial wireless alphabet'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a means of communicating letters via words, thus permitting clarity when communicating spellings over [[wireless]]. This is similar to the [[Wikipedia:NATO phonetic alphabet|NATO phonetic alphabet]] used for [[Wikipedia:radio|radio]] communications.<br />
<br />
The following is a list of words used in the CWA. At present, only nine have been [[canon]]ically identified.<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="messagebox"<br />
|-<br />
! Letter !!align=left| Word !!align=left| Pronunciation<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''A'''||Alpha <ref name="bastille">'''Kara Thrace:''' Three assault teams, Alpha, Bravo, Constellation. ([[Bastille Day]])</ref> <ref name="scattered">'''Lee Adama:''' Sierra Alpha, we got a new bogey. ([[Scattered]])</ref> <ref name="rs2">'''William Adama:''' Order batteries alpha through echo to switch to salvo fire. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈæl.fə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''B'''||Bravo <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog">'''Freighter Pilot #1:''' Carrier constellation, jump complete on station, point deacon. Initiate search pattern delta.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #2:''' Ore flight bravo, delta, wilco.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #3:''' Ore flight nebula, delta initiated. ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈbɹɑ.voʊ}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''C'''||Constellation <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini">'''Galen Tyrol:''' If the commander will take a closer look at the tail numbering... Nebula Seven Two Four Two Constellation. ([[Miniseries]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˌcɑn.stə.ˈleɪ.ʃən}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''D'''||Delta <ref name="hog" /> || {{IPA|ˈdɛl.tə}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''E'''||Echo <ref name="rs2" /> || {{IPA|ˈɛ.koʊ}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''N'''||Nebula <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini" /> || {{IPA|ˈnɛb.ju.lə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''S'''||Sierra <ref name="scattered" /> || {{IPA|si.ˈɛɹˌɹə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''T'''||Tango <ref name="finalcut">'''Grayshirt:''' Tango 1, Tango 1, Tango 1, weapons close 2-4-1 ([[Final Cut]])</ref> || {{IPA|tăng'gō}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''X'''||X-ray <ref name="exodus">'''Saul Tigh:''' Cally's in a group heading for map coordinates X-ray Seven ([[Exodus, Part I]])</ref> || {{IPA|ɛks.'ɹeɪ}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
*In the NATO phonetic alphabet, "Alpha" is spelled "Alfa", in consideration of Spanish orthography. Depending on how literally one interprets certain scenes, Spanish (or a language represented by Spanish) may be [[Language in the Twelve Colonies#Spanish Accent|spoken]] in the twelve colonies. Our use of the traditional English spelling here is somewhat arbitrary.<br />
*"[[Wikipedia:Voice procedure|Wilco]]" is not a CWA letter code. It means "will comply", matching its real usage.<br />
*While the Colonial wireless alphabet has some terms in common with the NATO phonetic alphabet, there are a few used by NATO which are unlikely to be used by Colonial forces. Specifically, India and Quebec (as they are locations on Earth), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare lived and wrote on Earth), and Yankee and Zulu (as they refer to specific peoples of Earth).<br />
*The ''Battlestar Galactica'' roleplaying game completed the wireless alphabet, though the canonicity of their additions to the alphabet is unclear. The additions supplied by the game are as follows:<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="messagebox"<br />
|-<br />
! Letter !!align=left| Word !!align=left|<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''F'''||Foxtrot<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''G'''||Gamma<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''H'''||Hotel<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''I'''||Icon<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''J'''||Juno<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''K'''||Kilo<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''L'''||Logo<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''M'''||Meteor<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''O'''||Oscar<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''P'''||Papa<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Q'''||Quasar<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''R'''||Rho<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''U'''||Uniform<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''V'''||Victor<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''W'''||Whiskey<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Y'''||Yellow<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''Z'''||Zephyr<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:Descriptive terms]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_wireless_alphabet&diff=133276Colonial wireless alphabet2007-08-23T04:41:03Z<p>Mac417: /* Notes */</p>
<hr />
<div>The '''Colonial wireless alphabet'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a means of communicating letters via words, thus permitting clarity when communicating spellings over [[wireless]]. This is similar to the [[Wikipedia:NATO phonetic alphabet|NATO phonetic alphabet]] used for [[Wikipedia:radio|radio]] communications.<br />
<br />
The following is a list of words used in the CWA. At present, only nine have been [[canon]]ically identified.<br />
<br />
{| cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" class="messagebox"<br />
|-<br />
! Letter !!align=left| Word !!align=left| Pronunciation<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''A'''||Alpha <ref name="bastille">'''Kara Thrace:''' Three assault teams, Alpha, Bravo, Constellation. ([[Bastille Day]])</ref> <ref name="scattered">'''Lee Adama:''' Sierra Alpha, we got a new bogey. ([[Scattered]])</ref> <ref name="rs2">'''William Adama:''' Order batteries alpha through echo to switch to salvo fire. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈæl.fə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''B'''||Bravo <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog">'''Freighter Pilot #1:''' Carrier constellation, jump complete on station, point deacon. Initiate search pattern delta.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #2:''' Ore flight bravo, delta, wilco.<br>'''Freighter Pilot #3:''' Ore flight nebula, delta initiated. ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˈbɹɑ.voʊ}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''C'''||Constellation <ref name="bastille" /> <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini">'''Galen Tyrol:''' If the commander will take a closer look at the tail numbering... Nebula Seven Two Four Two Constellation. ([[Miniseries]])</ref> || {{IPA|ˌcɑn.stə.ˈleɪ.ʃən}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''D'''||Delta <ref name="hog" /> || {{IPA|ˈdɛl.tə}}<br />
|- <br />
|align=center|'''E'''||Echo <ref name="rs2" /> || {{IPA|ˈɛ.koʊ}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''N'''||Nebula <ref name="hog" /> <ref name="mini" /> || {{IPA|ˈnɛb.ju.lə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''S'''||Sierra <ref name="scattered" /> || {{IPA|si.ˈɛɹˌɹə}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''T'''||Tango <ref name="finalcut">'''Grayshirt:''' Tango 1, Tango 1, Tango 1, weapons close 2-4-1 ([[Final Cut]])</ref> || {{IPA|tăng'gō}}<br />
|-<br />
|align=center|'''X'''||X-ray <ref name="exodus">'''Saul Tigh:''' Cally's in a group heading for map coordinates X-ray Seven ([[Exodus, Part I]])</ref> || {{IPA|ɛks.'ɹeɪ}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
*In the NATO phonetic alphabet, "Alpha" is spelled "Alfa", in consideration of Spanish orthography. Depending on how literally one interprets certain scenes, Spanish (or a language represented by Spanish) may be [[Language in the Twelve Colonies#Spanish Accent|spoken]] in the twelve colonies. Our use of the traditional English spelling here is somewhat arbitrary.<br />
*"[[Wikipedia:Voice procedure|Wilco]]" is not a CWA letter code. It means "will comply", matching its real usage.<br />
*While the Colonial wireless alphabet has some terms in common with the NATO phonetic alphabet, there are a few used by NATO which are unlikely to be used by Colonial forces. Specifically, India and Quebec (as they are locations on Earth), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare lived and wrote on Earth), and Yankee and Zulu (as they refer to specific peoples of Earth).<br />
*The ''Battlestar Galactica'' roleplaying game completed the wireless alphabet, though the canonicity of their additions to the alphabet is unclear. The additions supplied by the game are as follows:<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:Descriptive terms]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battlestar_Galactica_Role_Playing_Game&diff=133275Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game2007-08-23T04:32:09Z<p>Mac417: </p>
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<div>A '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] will be published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on Joss Whedon's ''Firefly'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''Serenity''.<br />
<br />
A Quickstart Guide was scheduled for release in early 2007, with the core product announced to premiere in Spring 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ogrecave.com/archives/004519.shtml |title=Margaret Weis to launch Battlestar Galactica RPG |date=2006-12-20 |accessdate=2006-12-20 |last=Sugarbaker |first=Allan |format= |language=English }}</ref> The Quickstart Guide is currently available as a paid downloadable from online RPG retailer DriveThruRPG.com, and the core rulebook premiered at Gen Con 2007 in Indianapolis. The core book will be made available for wide release in September 2007.<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div><br />
[[Category:Merchandise]]<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Circle&diff=114688The Circle2007-03-28T03:40:05Z<p>Mac417: </p>
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<div>[[Image:Season 3 - Promo - Collaborators - Tribuial.jpg|The Circle.<br/>Pictured clockwise are members Saul Tigh, Jean Barolay, Kara Thrace, Diana Seelix, and Charlie Connor.|200px|thumb]]<br />
'''The Circle''' is the name given to a tribunal secretly authorized by President [[Tom Zarek]]. The task of this tribunal is to decide the fate of people implicated as collaborators during the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]]. <br />
<br />
The Circle's initial members include [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Samuel Anders]], [[Diana Seelix]], [[Jean Barolay]], and [[Charlie Connor]]. After the trials and executions of thirteen suspected collaborators, Anders decides that he is no longer able to handle the emotional burden of deciding the life or death decisions made by the group. He is replaced by his wife, [[Kara Thrace]].<br />
<br />
The suspect list includes [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] military personnel [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]] and [[Felix Gaeta]]. The Circle convicts Lyman for perpetrating crimes against humanity and treason and executes him by expulsion through one of ''Galactica's'' [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tubes]]. Gaeta, who had served as a presidential aide to [[Gaius Baltar]] on New Caprica is also convicted by the Circle of crimes against humanity. Just before Gaeta is to be executed, Tyrol is able to confirm that it was Gaeta who served as the "inside source" during the occupation of New Caprica, passing top-secret information to the resistance. Tyrol convinces the other members of the Circle to stave the execution and Gaeta is released.<br />
<br />
Fifty-six other suspected collaborators on the list are not tried. The Circle disbands when newly reinstated President [[Laura Roslin]] grants general pardons for all collaborators ([[Collaborators]]).<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Circle, The]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology|Circle, The]]<br />
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)|Circle, The]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Circle, The]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Crossroads,_Part_I&diff=114685Crossroads, Part I2007-03-28T03:36:23Z<p>Mac417: /* Noteworthy Dialogue */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| title= Crossroads, Part I<br />
| image= 3x19-CrossroadsPartI-TrialJudges.jpg<br />
| season= 3<br />
| episode= 19<br />
| guests= <br />
| writer= [[Michael Taylor]]<br />
| story= <br />
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production= 319<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 2007-03-18<br />
| UK airdate=<br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[The Son Also Rises]]<br />
| next= [[Crossroads, Part II]]<br />
| itunes= http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VWbyALbmqZY&offerid=78941&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fphobos.apple.com%252FWebObjects%252FMZStore.woa%252Fwa%252FviewTVSeason%253Fi%253D219291493%2526id%253D200852806%2526s%253D143441%2526partnerId%253D30<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''Baltar's trial commences, with the prosecution presenting evidence of treason committed on [[New Caprica]] amid controversial testimonies from Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and President Roslin.''<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
*[[Laura Roslin]], significantly different in dress and hairstyle, is walking through what appears to be the [[Opera House]]. She searches for and finds little [[Hera Agathon]] walking through the hallways, unable to reach her.<br />
*Also following Hera is her mother [[Sharon Agathon]], who does not appear pleased to see Roslin in pursuit. Both women run down the stairs towards Hera.<br />
*As they turn the corner, a [[Number Six]] in white clothing catches Hera and starts a movement as if to turn. There is a dark figure in the indistinct shadows behind her.<br />
*Roslin wakes up. This has been a dream, though it bears a strong resemblance to Roslin's [[Chamalla|Chamalla extract]] induced visions of the past.<br />
*The [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is en route to the [[Ionian nebula]], but it is still several days away.<br />
*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] is trying to tune into [[Talk Wireless]] or music in [[Joe's bar]]. [[Brendan Costanza]], [[Diana Seelix]] and [[Samuel Anders]] are playing [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]]. Anders notes Tigh's attempts to find the music.<br />
*[[Tory Foster]] speaks with [[Cassidy]], the prosecuting attorney in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s trial. Foster's assertion that [[Epiphanies|Roslin witnessed Baltar and a Six on Caprica]] doesn't convince Cassidy, who stresses the need for hard evidence and the fact that Baltar is only being tried for the charges that can be proved.<br />
*Meanwhile, in the brig, Baltar is visited by a member of the press, who wants to give him a picture of her son, who she claims is sick&mdash;she also claims, much to Baltar's bemusement, that Baltar is capable of saving her son by Baltar's simply blessing him. He refuses until she forces it onto him before the [[Colonial Marine Corps|marine]]s remove her.<br />
*The [[Virtual beings|virtual Six]] appears to console the emotionally tortured Baltar, noting that 30 to 40 people have written him letters.<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
*[[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] are conducting reconnaissance to see if any Cylons are following the Fleet's jumps. Her [[Raptor]] hides behind an asteroid as they play [[Triad (RDM)|cards]] and wait.<br />
*The trial begins. Cassidy asks the courtroom how loss is measured.<br />
*She notes the number of people who settled on New Caprica, the number who escaped in the [[Second Exodus]] and the number lost: 5,197 left behind, killed or otherwise missing.<br />
*The attorney claims that the trust put in Baltar was gravely misplaced, and that the ultimate price must be paid.<br />
*[[Romo Lampkin]], Baltar's attorney, immediately asks to change the plea to guilty as a ploy to use reverse psychology to claim that the power of [[w:Mob rule|mob rule]] is trying to sway opinion in the court.<br />
*Lampkin claims that President Roslin is seeking vengeance on Baltar for [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|her lost election]], and claims that the [[New Caprica]]ns were victims of a hopeless battle. Baltar's decision to surrender to the Cylons had saved lives, he claims, versus what Lampkin claims Roslin would have done -- stand and fight.<br />
*Back on Racetrack's Raptor, five [[Basestar (RDM)|baseships]] suddenly appear and attack. Racetrack's [[FTL]] drive barely comes online in time to allow them to escape an incoming missile.<br />
*Back on ''[[Galactica]]'', in [[CIC]], Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] orders a scan for any [[Cylon transponder|tracking devices]] that may have been left on Fleet ships during the New Caprica siege. At the same time [[Tory Foster]] hands Roslin a cup and a thermos can. Roslin insists on asking the incarcerated [[Caprica-Six]] for information. When Tigh objects, Roslin snaps back, uncharacteristically.<br />
*[[Lee Adama]] enters CIC near Roslin, who is collecting herself in the Weapons Control station. He notices Roslin's cup, which she left on the table, and smells it, detecting something unexpected.<br />
*Caprica-Six is questioned. She suggests that the [[Daru Mozu|fuel ship]] is being tracked by a unique radiation signature emitted by the ship. The [[Virtual beings|virtual Baltar]] appears and convinces her not to cooperate further. Caprica Six retaliates to Tigh's interrogation by recalling [[Ellen Tigh]], inciting Tigh to strike her, and Six to strike back before [[Marine]]s intervene and shackle the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]].<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*In court, Tigh is questioned, and asked if Baltar appeared to help the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] in any way. Tigh is noticeably drunk. When questioned about Ellen, Tigh acknowledges her involvement but becomes more withdrawn.<br />
*Lampkin cross-examines about the [[NCP]] [[Precipice|initiation bombing]] and how the resistance attempted to target Baltar. Lampkin continues to question about Ellen Tigh's [[Exodus, Part I|collaboration]] by asking Colonel Tigh if his wife was a collaborator, muddying the differences between Ellen Tigh and Baltar. Lampkin points out that Tigh appears drunk. Matters turn to the worst when Tigh begins to hear the music.<br />
*Tigh is asked the nature of Ellen's death, and Tigh resolutely answers, claiming that Baltar's inaction made him kill his wife. He reflects a portion of his wife's [[Exodus, Part II|last words]] to tell how he would do anything to have Baltar killed. Tigh begins to show increasingly signs of anger as the music in his head continues to increase in volume.<br />
*In Joe's Bar, Anders turns a eye to strange noises from the bar's public wireless and shares a look with Foster.<br />
*Under testimony, Roslin notes the execution of 200 people under Cylon tyranny.<br />
*Lampkin attempts to get Lee Adama to give some insight about Roslin's testimony and Roslin herself, instead of being a passive observer who is simply satisfied in embittering his father.<br />
*Lampkin attempts to play to Lee Adama's sense of justice by putting him between two difficult decisions. One being the betrayal of Roslin and his father, or putting his words about justice into action by sharing the personal information with Lampkin.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
*Admiral Adama drags the drunken Tigh to his quarters. The Fleet is nine jumps away from the nebula, and repairs are being made to the fuel ship to keep it from being tracked.<br />
*Tigh says that he can't "smell her anymore" and apologizes for his actions in court. Adama replies that, as his [[Scattered|oldest friend]], he could never embarrass him.<br />
*In the admiral's quarters, Major Adama suggests the idea of sending the fuel ship on a different course to throw off the Cylons temporarily, and the admiral coldly takes it under advisement.<br />
*The two Adamas verbally spar. Admiral Adama angrily accuses his son of helping Lampkin by telling him about what Tigh did to Ellen.<br />
*In response, Major Adama resigns from military duty, while his father accepts the resignation in anger.<br />
*The mood is tense in court when, instead of Lampkin, Lee Adama asks to address the court.<br />
*Lee Adama (in civilian dress) questions President Roslin, but asks if it was Baltar that [[Epiphanies|saved her from cancer]]. When Admiral Adama objects, Lampkin asks for hostile witness latitude, which is given.<br />
*Roslin tells how the cancer was cured. When asked what medications she was currently taking, she says "I don't remember." Asked specifically about [[chamalla]] use, and if she has had hallucinations recently, Roslin counters in the affirmative but notes how it [[Home, Part II|provided the first clues to Earth]] as well as noting Lee Adama's own involvement.<br />
*Before Lee Adama asks his next question, Roslin whispers to him: "Don't do this." He then asks if she was taking chamalla again.<br />
*Admiral Adama tries to overrule the line of questioning but other tribunal judges overrule him, forcing Roslin to answer. She recalls [[Miniseries, Night 1|her fondness for Lee Adama's early leadership]], how calling him "Captain Apollo" way back then had a nice ring to it, but how sad she was at how his behavior has changed.<br />
*Adama notes that chamalla can be sweetened to mask its bitter taste, recalling the cup of tea that Tory gave Roslin at ''Galactica'''s CIC, which gave him the clue to her use of the drug.<br />
*Roslin confirms that she is taking chamalla again. She then challenges counselor Adama to finished what he had started with his last question. When he asks her why was taking the drug again, she tells the court that she is taking the drug again because her cancer has returned.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
*[[Anastasia Dualla]] packs her bags and leaves her husband in disgust over his questioning of Roslin and his usage of the justice system she believes should be dismantled and rebuilt to make it work again.<br />
*On ''[[Colonial One]]'', reporters pepper President Roslin about her cancer, how it will be treated, and if she planned on using Hera Agathon's blood again. The line of questioning infuriates Foster, but Roslin asks her to leave the press conference. When [[Karen Fallbrook]] asks how long the President has to live, an unflinching Roslin repeats the same question at the reporter, leaving Fallbrook speechless.<br />
*After the press conference, Roslin angrily criticizes her aide, complaining that Foster is off her game. Foster claims that she hasn't been sleeping well.<br />
*In his quarters, the drunken Tigh still hears the mysterious music and tries to track its source.<br />
*[[Helo]] arrives in CIC as interim [[Executive officer]] and finds Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], who briefs him. The [[tylium]] fuel ship decoy plan is nearing completion, but there are no further reports of Cylon forces. Three jumps from the nebula.<br />
*Helo remembers a certain smell in the air when trouble was brewing, recalling the weather on Caprica. He believes "something over the horizon" is coming, something that doesn't bode well for the Fleet. "A storm is coming," he says.<br />
*The music that Tigh, Anders, and Foster are hearing appears to be coming from the ship itself.<br />
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===Bonus Scene===<br />
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* Lee Adama asks Lampkin, "You know he's guilty, right?". Lampkin appeals to Adama's sense of justice, stating that everyone is guilty of something and there is a difference between guilt and criminality.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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* Did Tigh continue drinking all the time, or did he stop for a while after he seemingly pulled himself together again?<br />
* Why does Anders pursue being a pilot?<br />
* Is there a budding romance developing between Anders and Seelix? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* What will Seelix and Anders' callsigns be?<br />
* What is the mysterious music and where is it coming from?<br />
* Why are Tigh, Anders, and Foster apparently the only ones who can hear the ever-increasing music? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Is the music's loudness and clarity increasing because the Fleet is approaching the Ionian nebula?<br />
* Is Roslin back on using chamalla extract because of prescription from Cottle or is she attempting to receive visions of the future again?<br />
* Did Athena or Caprica-Six receive the same vision that Roslin found herself in during the teaser of the episode? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Possible answer]])<br />
* Who is the shadowy figure behind the Six in Roslin's vision?<br />
* Who is the Six in Roslin's vision? Caprica-Six or Baltar's virtual Six?<br />
* Would Athena and Helo be willing to donate some of Hera's blood to save Roslin from her cancer? <br />
* Barring any effective treatment, how long does Roslin have to live?<br />
* With Helo temporarily assigned as XO, who has replaced him as CAG? Or is he temporarily holding down both posts?<br />
* Why does Roslin look so different in her dream?<br />
* Will Baltar take the stand? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Will Caprica Six take the stand? ([[Crossroads, Part II|Answer]])<br />
* Where is Zarek in the midst of the trial proceedings?<br />
* How is Caprica's virtual Baltar aware of the details of Saul and Ellen Tigh's relationship and Ellen's death?<br />
* Why has Adama waited so long to order a sweep of tracking devices throughout the Fleet?<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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* [[Samuel Anders]] wears a uniform with rank insignia and hangs around with Seelix and Costanza. Together with being addressed as "you [[nugget]]s", this indicates that he joined the pilot training program.<br />
* The Cylons have apparently been tracking the fleet since the destruction of the Temple of Five. Their strategy was to delay jumping into any system that the Fleet has been until after six plus hours to ensure that the Fleet would not realize that they were being tracked.<br />
* Adama's military experience comes into play again when he orders that the decoy Raptor stay for a total of 12 hours. This is reminiscent of his previous strategies such as the decision to attack the Cylon tylium factory in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]." When he changes the regular pattern and stays longer than the Cylons had expected, he finally catches them in the act.<br />
* Lee Adama immediately displays signs of fear once Roslin challenges him to "finished what you(he) started" after asking her if she is taking chamalla again. This indicates that either he suspected that Roslin's cancer has returned or he was beginning to feel that his actions are treacherous.<br />
*This is not the first time that a belief in taking a principled but unpopular stand in fact leads Lee Adama into a morally dubious area. Ironically one such decision also involves Laura Roslin - Lee's decision to mutiny against his father when the then Commander Adama tries to remove Roslin from office during the events of "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He almost precipitates a gun battle aboard ''Colonial One'' when he mutinies against Colonel Tigh, who is commanding the strike team sent to arrest Roslin, who ultimately surrenders and does not back the younger Adama's move. This suggests a continuous personality trait of failing to judge the consequences of a headstrong pursuit of a perceived moral cause. Soon after, Lee exhibits a similar late realization of the dangerous moral territory he wandered into when he hesitates and ultimately finds himself unable to advocate a widespread mutiny against his father's leadership over the wireless ([[The Farm]]). <br />
* Helo's comment to Gaeta about a "'storm is coming'" highlights Adama's comment to him at the end of "[[The Woman King]]", specifically to how Helo has been many times the voice in the wilderness. His ability to sense or remember certain details hails back to the final scene in "[[Rapture]]" when he remembers that Thrace had painted the picture of the mandala. It's also similar to his wife predicting that "Something dark is coming" in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]".<br />
* Lampkin's opening statement is another prime example of his rhetorical skill. He uses reverse psychology to goad the mob to respond and eventually lead one man in the audience to state his desire to see Baltar die. This display of emotion played in Lampkin's favor as it would make the judges wary of giving into the mob mentality. Secondly, he cleverly paints Roslin as a fanatic by proposing that had Roslin been president when the Cylons invaded New Caprica, the entire human race would have been exterminated. However, as [[Precipice|Zarek has stated to Roslin]], if she had been President, the settlement and eventual invasion of New Caprica would have never taken place.<br />
** The opening statement opens like the opening statement in the film "[[Wikipedia:The Devil's Advocate (film)|The Devil's Advocate]]".<br />
* It appears the closer the Fleet is to the nebula, Tigh, Anders, and Foster hear the music increasingly, even, at least in the case of Foster, to the point of exhaustion.<br />
* Tory Foster appears to be losing it to some extent based on her declining grooming and snappish attitude toward the reporters. Roslin tells her she can be replaced by someone that can handle the pressure and at least run a comb through their hair once a week.<br />
* There is a growing movement in the Fleet that believes Baltar has some sort of healing or divine abilities. His internal-Six doesn't allow him to brush off these devoted followers aside, indicating that his belief about himself that he is the "Chosen One" is coming true.<br />
* Lee Adama's actions towards his father and Roslin have led to another impasse between himself and Dualla. Lee Adama has come to a point where he has been alienated from his father, from Roslin, and his wife, in an attempt to gain some sort of respect from Lampkin and to act in accordance with his noble conceptions of justice by following in his grandfather's footsteps.<br />
* Lee Adama's words to the pilots in "[[A Day in the Life]]" come back to haunt Racetrack when the Cylons jump on top of her Raptor right after the end of a card game. The ship's systems apparently had been powered down as Racetrack can't even maneuver or evade the missile to give the FTL drive a few more moments to spin up.<br />
* Baltar is only being tried for crimes that the prosecution believes can be proven. He is therefore not being tried for the genocide of humanity that occurred during the [[Miniseries]]. Although the show's audience knows his involvement, none of the primary characters in the series who give testimony have to date any hard evidence of his complicity, beyond Laura Roslin's hallucination whilst dying of cancer in "[[Epiphanies]]". This is acknowledged before, when she tries to challenge Baltar about the settlement of New Caprica. She tells him that she saw him together with Six, but knows that she has no concrete evidence ([[Lay Down Your Burdens]]).<br />
* [[Cassidy]]'s numbers for the surviving human population are contradictory. It seems that the number the writers arrived at for the surviving humans only refers to the ''civilian'' population of the Fleet, excluding the military personnel. The regular survivor count in "[[Collaborators]]" is higher. The second confusion stems from her saying "the sum total of survivors [...] who settled on New Caprica". This clearly means only the people down on the planet. However her number of 44,035 also includes the ''total'' population left in orbit, both military and civilian. This writing error makes her statement that 5,197 people were lost entirely inaccurate, but aside from that the numbers fit with what has been established before (see: [[Survivor Count]]):<br />
**41,435 (Collaborators) - 38,838 = 2,597 (the military personnel in the Fleet)<br />
**44,035 - 39,192 (the inhabitants of [[New Caprica City]]) = 4,835 (the total population in orbit)<br />
**4,835 - 2,597 = 2,238 (Lee Adama refers to roughly 2,000 civilians who escaped New Caprica in "[[Precipice]]")<br />
**49,550 (count in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") - 39,192 - 4,835 (total population in orbit) = 5,523 (the death toll prior to the occupation, mostly incurred with the destruction of ''Cloud Nine'')<br />
**49,550 - 5,523 - 41,435 = 2,592 (the causalities of the Cylon occupation and the escape from New Caprica)<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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*The episode has one of the most sparse musical score yet. The only major pieces are during Roslin's dream at the beginning and the music Tigh keeps hearing. According to a [http://bearmccreary.com/html/blog/blogmain.htm blog entry] by composer [[Bear McCreary]], director [[Michael Rymer]] and the editors decided not to use any music during the court room part, in order to let the scenes speak for themselves.<br />
*It's the first episode without an intro sequence, thus increasing the effective running time a little bit. Because of that, no updated [[Survivor Count]] is available.<br />
*The bitterness of chamalla and that it can be sweetened to make it taste better, is first mentioned by the oracle [[Dodona Selloi]] in "[[Exodus, Part I]]".<br />
*One of the shots of others listening to the trial on the [[wireless]] shows the [[refinery ship]] from "[[Dirty Hands]]".<br />
*A storm is often used as a metaphor for a battle, conflict, or massive upheaval in science fiction. Helo's final line in this episode is almost an exact duplicate of the ending of the movie ''"[[w:The Terminator|The Terminator]]"'', and is very similar to the warning issued by the prophetess in ''"[[w:The Stand|The Stand]]"''. A huge storm (a sandstorm) also takes place during the climax of the novel ''"[[w:Dune (novel)|Dune]]"''.<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''The showdown of the Adamas:''<br />
: '''[[Lee Adama]]''': I refuse to serve under someone that questions my integrity.<br />
: '''[[William Adama]]''': And I refuse to have an officer under my command that doesn't have any.<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
Notes from the podcast:<br />
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* The opening teaser is indeed set in the Kobol Opera House that has been seen numerous times. This particular scene in the teaser was a late addition as the director and producers wanted to create a foreboding atmosphere to the episode. This was influenced by the fact that the studio executives were not favorable to the idea of ending the season with Baltar's trial.<br />
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* RDM goes more into the original trial storyline that involved the Saggitarons and Baltar. In summary, during their time on New Caprica, the food supply had been contaminated and a famine had fallen on most of the colonists, except the Saggitarons, who had been very careful with their harvests and supplies. This alienation between the Saggitarons and the rest of the colonies came to a collision when Baltar was attempting to have the Saggitaron leadership share their food with the other colonists. Unfortunately, Baltar is forced to kill one of the leaders, and thus began the riots and slaughter directed towards the Saggitarons. This killing was to be eventually revealed that it was a necessity instead of an act of genocide.<br />
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* Another component of the original storyline was to have Lee Adama be Baltar's only attorney and Lee's morals come into play when he obtains a video recording of Baltar actually shooting the Saggitaron leader. The cliff hanger of the episode was suppose to leave the audience wondering what will Lee do now that he believes Baltar is guilty.<br />
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* Over time, RDM and the director agreed that this storyline involved too many plot elements that the audience had never witnessed about Baltar. Once the decision was made, RDM completely revised the whole trial and rewrote the episodes.<br />
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* RDM hints that Athena and Roslin did indeed see each other during the dream sequence. A deleted scene had Roslin in the the restroom attempting to cool her head down while Athena comes out from one of the stalls. They looked at each other briefly in a silent acknowledgment that they did see each other in the dream.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]<br />
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
*[[Jen Halley]] as [[Diana Seelix]]<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Brendan Costanza]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Colin Lawrence]] as [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
*[[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]<br />
*[[Ryan Robbins]] as [[Charlie Connor]]<br />
*[[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as Young Woman<br />
*[[Chelah Horsdal]] as [[Cassidy]]<br />
*[[Susan Hogan]] as [[Doyle Franks]]<br />
*[[William Samples]] as Judge Number Two<br />
*Lily Duong-Walton as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Anders&diff=108011Samuel Anders2007-02-15T03:01:20Z<p>Mac417: /* Biography */</p>
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Leader of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], '''Samuel T. Anders''' was also the captain of the professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team known as the [[Caprica Buccaneers]]. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
Anders was leading his team in high-altitude training in the mountains outside of [[Delphi]] when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred and the planet was bombarded with nuclear weapons.<br />
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Being in a high-altitude rural area shielded Anders and his team from the blasts and most of the radioactive fallout that followed. He and the Buccaneers become ''ad hoc'' resistance fighters from that point forward, raiding armories and collecting caches of weapons, [[anti-radiation medication]], ammo and supplies in the hopes of staying alive and defending themselves against the Cylons.<br />
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[[image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|left|'''Anders''' and [[Kara Thrace]] play [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] at the [[Caprica Resistance]]'s HQ on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]".]]<br />
Anders was able to rally upwards of 100 people, mostly hikers and survivalists, to his resistance against the Cylons and from the former [[Delphi Union High School]] he was able to strike back at the Cylons for nine months. Unlike [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], the Caprica-based (and pregnant) [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], Anders seems to be focused more on surviving on Caprica than he is with leaving the planet.<br />
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Anders and his resistance members encounter Starbuck and Helo two months after the initial Cylon attack ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).<br />
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Anders' main focus for a time is keeping himself and his resistance movement alive long enough for Kara Thrace to return to Caprica once again with reinforcements from ''Galactica'' and evacuate them. Thrace gives him her [[Identification tags|Fleet ID tags]] as a promise that she would come back for him. While waiting for rescue, Anders plans to locate and destroy as many Cylon hybrid-producing "farms" as possible ([[The Farm]]).<br />
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Anders and the resistance movement conduct acts of terrorism against the Cylons after they appropriate Delphi for their own. His aim was to scare the Cylons into believing there is no safe place for them and to kill them in the most gruesome way possible so they remember when they are reborn what it is like to die violently, like in an explosion ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
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Anders' physical features vaguely resemble [[Lee Adama]], which perhaps explains Thrace's immediate attraction to him. However, Anders appears much more self-assured than Adama.<br />
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Following the Cylon's reappropriation of Delphi, Anders and his fighters continue their insurgency, and carry out a series of attacks on the Cylons, the most notable of which was the destruction of a café which kill roughly 40 Cylons. After planting the bomb in a garage, Anders is trapped with the bomb after defending it from a Centurion. Hiding behind a car on the other side of the garage, Anders is mostly protected from the blast but buried under rubble. Later found by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Number Three]]. Anders is spared, as he would be a useful source of information. When [[Caprica-Six]] talks about genocide and God's love, Anders uses the opening to try and kill Number Three, but is stopped by Boomer. Three is more than willing to take revenge, but all were astonished when Caprica-Six kills Three. Heeding Six's orders to get out, Anders flees, still puzzled by what had transpired ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
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Anders survives an assault by the Cylons at the resistance's headquarters -- the same morning that the Caprica [[SAR]] team lands nearby. The Cylons assaulted the remnants of the Resistance as they head for the Raptors ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), forcing them to go to higher ground. After the Cylons stop attacking them, Thrace (leading the rescue team) fears the worst. Anders and Thrace promise to kill each other so that the Cylons would be unable to put them in one of their [[farms]]. Miraculously, a [[Cavil|mysterious man]] appears to tell the team that the Cylons had left the Colonies. <br />
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Thrace and Anders' relationship picks up where it left off, forcing a rift to occur between Thrace and Lee Adama.<br />
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A year later, now married to Thrace on [[New Caprica]], Anders develops [[Wikipedia:pneumonia|pneumonia]], forcing Thrace to beg Lee Adama to release some [[antibiotics]] reserved for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''' pilots. <br />
[[Image:Anders LDYBPII.JPG|thumb|Ill Anders playing pyramid with his teammates, moments before being tackled from behind ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])]]<br />
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After the Cylons occupy New Caprica, Anders is visited by a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] who inquires on Kara Thrace's whereabouts ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Since the Cylons had forced ''Pegasus'' and the defense fleet away from New Caprica, the antibiotics are no longer avaliable to help Anders.<br />
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Anders recovers from his sickness and is a leader of the [[New Caprica Resistance]], along with [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. Thrace was taken from him sometime after the occupation, and he is unsure if she is still alive ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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Four months into the occupation, contact is made with a Raptor and a rescue plan is put in motion. Anders meets ''Galactica'''s liaison officer [[Sharon Agathon]] in [[Breeders Canyon]], and the group is ambushed by Cylon Centurions ([[Precipice]]).<br />
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After the Centurions are neutralized, a map is found on a dead [[Humanoid Cylon|'skinjob']]. Anders realizes that the map is the one given to [[Ellen Tigh]] to destroy in a heating fire. Tigh is then suspected of collaborating with the Cylons.<br />
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Later, Anders is charged by Laura Roslin with protecting [[Maya]] and the cylon-human hybrid baby [[Hera]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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Anders then tells [[Saul Tigh]] about his [[Ellen Tigh|wife]]'s betrayal. He tells Tigh that if he doesn't "take care" of the problem, someone else will. After ''Galactica'' jumps into orbit, Anders and a group of resistance fighters set off multiple bombs around New Caprica City. They then retrieve a cache of weapons hidden under the Pyramid court in order storm the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] and free the humans imprisoned within. Inside the detention center, Anders and a team of Marines find an unconscious Kara Thrace in her apartment style prison cell. Anders begins to carry Thrace out of the center but is interrupted after Thrace regains consciousness and runs back to retrieve her daughter, [[Kacey]]. Anders finds Thrace and Kacey back at the apartment, and leads both out of the detention center ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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Shortly following the Fleet's abandonment of New Caprica, Anders was brought into the [[The Circle|Circle]], a secret council assembled by President [[Tom Zarek]] for the purpose of judging and executing those who had collaborated with the Cylons during the occupation. Anders soon became uncomfortable with the Circle's actions and left the group. Thrace accepted the Circle's invitation to replace Anders, an act her husband saw as a personal betrayal. Anders handed back Thrace's ID tag, saying he didn't want it anymore. Thrace and Anders are still husband and wife, but the combination of Thrace's joining the Circle and her feelings for Lee Adama has heavily strained their marriage.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*"Ander" is derived from a Greek term meaning "Man" (a well known example would be that "Anderson" means "Son of Andrew/Andreas/etc", the name being a descendent of Greek andreios ‘manly’, from aner ‘man’, ‘male’, genitive andros). Fitting, given that Anders is leading the last free humans alive on Caprica in a resistance against the Cylons: it's literally a fight of "Man" versus Machines.<br />
<br />
*The tattoo that Anders has on his right arm in Season 3 is his "wedding band". He got it after he married [[Kara Thrace]], who also has a similar tattoo, but it is on her left arm. They match up to form one set of wings and the circles overlap when they're facing each other. Both of them have half of the constellation of Capricorn (a reference to [[Caprica]] obviously) and a small symbol of the planet as well.<br />
<br />
{{characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Anders, Samuel T.]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Anders&diff=92686Samuel Anders2006-11-24T05:23:14Z<p>Mac417: /* Biography */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|photo=Anders.jpg<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]<br />
|birthname=Samuel T. Anders<br />
|callsign=<br />
|seen= Resistance (episode)<br />
|pseen= Resistance<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=<br />
|marital status=Married to [[Kara Thrace]]<br />
|role=[[Caprica Resistance]] leader and Professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] player.<br />
|rank=<br />
|actor=[[Michael Trucco]]<br />
|cylon=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Leader of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], '''Samuel T. Anders''' was also the captain of the professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team known as the [[Caprica Buccaneers]]. <br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
Anders was leading his team in high-altitude training in the mountains outside of [[Delphi]] when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred and the planet was bombarded with nuclear weapons.<br />
<br />
Being in a high-altitude rural area shielded Anders and his team from the blasts and most of the radioactive fallout that followed. He and the Buccaneers become ''ad hoc'' resistance fighters from that point forward, raiding armories and collecting caches of weapons, anti-radiation medication, ammo and supplies in the hopes of staying alive and defending themselves against the Cylons.<br />
<br />
[[image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|left|'''Anders''' and [[Kara Thrace]] play [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] at the [[Caprica Resistance]]'s HQ on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]".]]<br />
Anders was able to rally upwards of 100 people, mostly hikers and survivalists, to his resistance against the Cylons and from the former [[Delphi Union High School]] he was able to strike back at the Cylons for nine months. Unlike [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], the Caprica-based (and pregnant) [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], Anders seems to be focused more on surviving on Caprica than he is with leaving the planet.<br />
<br />
Anders and his resistance members encounter Starbuck and Helo two months after the initial Cylon attack ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
Anders' main focus for a time is keeping himself and his resistance movement alive long enough for Kara Thrace to return to Caprica once again with reinforcements from ''Galactica'' and evacuate them. Thrace gives him her [[Identification tags|Fleet ID tags]] as a promise that she would come back for him. While waiting for rescue, Anders plans to locate and destroy as many Cylon hybrid-producing "farms" as possible ([[The Farm]]).<br />
<br />
Anders and the resistance movement conduct acts of terrorism against the Cylons after they appropriate Delphi for their own. His aim was to scare the Cylons into believing there is no safe place for them and to kill them in the most gruesome way possible so they remember when they are reborn what it is like to die violently, like in an explosion ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
<br />
Anders' physical features vaguely resemble [[Lee Adama]], which perhaps explains Thrace's immediate attraction to him. However, Anders appears much more self-assured than Adama.<br />
<br />
Following the Cylon's reappropriation of Delphi, Anders and his fighters continue their insurgency, and carry out a series of attacks on the Cylons, the most notable of which was the destruction of a café which kill roughly 40 Cylons. After planting the bomb in a garage, Anders is trapped with the bomb after defending it from a Centurion. Hiding behind a car on the other side of the garage, Anders is mostly protected from the blast but buried under rubble. Later found by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Number Three]]. Anders is spared, as he would be a useful source of information. When [[Caprica-Six]] talks about genocide and God's love, Anders uses the opening to try and kill Number Three, but is stopped by Boomer. Three is more than willing to take revenge, but all were astonished when Caprica-Six kills Three. Heeding Six's orders to get out, Anders flees, still puzzled by what had transpired ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
<br />
Anders survives an assault by the Cylons at the resistance's headquarters -- the same morning that the Caprica [[SAR]] team lands nearby. The Cylons assaulted the remnants of the Resistance as they head for the Raptors ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), forcing them to go to higher ground. After the Cylons stop attacking them, Thrace (leading the rescue team) fears the worst. Anders and Thrace promise to kill each other so that the Cylons would be unable to put them in one of their [[farms]]. Miraculously, a [[Cavil|mysterious man]] appears to tell the team that the Cylons had left the Colonies. <br />
<br />
Thrace and Anders' relationship picks up where it left off, forcing a rift to occur between Thrace and Lee Adama.<br />
<br />
A year later, now married to Thrace on [[New Caprica]], Anders develops [[Wikipedia:pneumonia|pneumonia]], forcing Thrace to beg Lee Adama to release some antibiotics reserved for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''' pilots. <br />
<br />
After the Cylons occupy New Caprica, Anders is visited by a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] who inquires on Kara Thrace's whereabouts ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Since the Cylons had forced ''Pegasus'' and the defense fleet away from New Caprica, the antibiotics are no longer avaliable to help Anders.<br />
<br />
Anders recovers from his sickness and is a leader of the [[New Caprica Resistance]], along with [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. Thrace was taken from him sometime after the occupation, and he is unsure if she is still alive ([[Occupation]]).<br />
<br />
Four months into the occupation, contact is made with a Raptor and a rescue plan is put in motion. Anders meets ''Galactica'''s liaison officer [[Sharon Agathon]] in [[Breeders Canyon]], and the group is ambushed by Cylon Centurions ([[Precipice]]).<br />
<br />
After the Centurions are neutralized, a map is found on a dead [[Cylon agent|'skinjob']]. Anders realizes that the map is the one given to [[Ellen Tigh]] to destroy in a heating fire. Tigh is then suspected of collaborating with the Cylons.<br />
<br />
Later, Anders is charged by Laura Roslin with protecting [[Maya]] and the cylon-human hybrid baby [[Hera]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
<br />
Anders then tells [[Saul Tigh]] about his [[Ellen Tigh|wife]]'s betrayal. He tells Tigh that if he doesn't "take care" of the problem, someone else will. After ''Galactica'' jumps into orbit, Anders and a group of resistance fighters set off multiple bombs around New Caprica City. They then retrieve a cache of weapons hidden under the Pyramid court in order storm the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] and free the humans imprisoned within. Inside the detention center, Anders and a team of Marines find an unconscious Kara Thrace in her apartment style prison cell. Anders begins to carry Thrace out of the center but is interrupted after Thrace regains consciousness and runs back to retrieve her daughter, [[Kacey]]. Anders finds Thrace and Kacey back at the apartment, and leads both out of the detention center ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
<br />
Shortly following the Fleet's abandonment of New Caprica, Anders was brought into the [[The Circle|Circle]], a secret council assembled by President [[Tom Zarek]] for the purpose of judging and executing those who had collaborated with the Cylons during the occupation. Anders soon became uncomfortable with the Circle's actions and left the group. Thrace accepted the Circle's invitation to replace Anders, an act her husband saw as a personal betrayal. Anders handed back Thrace's ID tag and effectively ended their relationship, though the status of their marriage remains to be seen.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
*"Ander" is derived from a Greek term meaning "Man" (a well known example would be that "Anderson" means "Son of Andrew/Andreas/etc", the name being a descendent of Greek andreios ‘manly’, from aner ‘man’, ‘male’, genitive andros). Fitting, given that Anders is leading the last free humans alive on Caprica in a resistance against the Cylons: it's literally a fight of "Man" versus Machines.<br />
<br />
*The tattoo that Anders has on his right arm in Season 3 is his "wedding band". He got it after he married [[Kara Thrace]], who also has a similar tattoo, but it is on her left arm. They match up to form one set of wings and the circles overlap when they're facing each other. Both of them has half of the constellation of Capricorn (a reference to [[Caprica]] obviously) and a small symbol of the planet as well.<br />
<br />
{{characters}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Anders, Samuel T.]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Anders&diff=92685Samuel Anders2006-11-24T05:21:47Z<p>Mac417: /* Biography */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
|photo=Anders.jpg<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]<br />
|birthname=Samuel T. Anders<br />
|callsign=<br />
|seen= Resistance (episode)<br />
|pseen= Resistance<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=<br />
|marital status=Married to [[Kara Thrace]]<br />
|role=[[Caprica Resistance]] leader and Professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] player.<br />
|rank=<br />
|actor=[[Michael Trucco]]<br />
|cylon=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
Leader of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], '''Samuel T. Anders''' was also the captain of the professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team known as the [[Caprica Buccaneers]]. <br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
Anders was leading his team in high-altitude training in the mountains outside of [[Delphi]] when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred and the planet was bombarded with nuclear weapons.<br />
<br />
Being in a high-altitude rural area shielded Anders and his team from the blasts and most of the radioactive fallout that followed. He and the Buccaneers become ''ad hoc'' resistance fighters from that point forward, raiding armories and collecting caches of weapons, anti-radiation medication, ammo and supplies in the hopes of staying alive and defending themselves against the Cylons.<br />
<br />
[[image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|left|'''Anders''' and [[Kara Thrace]] play [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] at the [[Caprica Resistance]]'s HQ on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]".]]<br />
Anders was able to rally upwards of 100 people, mostly hikers and survivalists, to his resistance against the Cylons and from the former [[Delphi Union High School]] he was able to strike back at the Cylons for nine months. Unlike [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], the Caprica-based (and pregnant) [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], Anders seems to be focused more on surviving on Caprica than he is with leaving the planet.<br />
<br />
Anders and his resistance members encounter Starbuck and Helo two months after the initial Cylon attack ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
Anders' main focus for a time is keeping himself and his resistance movement alive long enough for Kara Thrace to return to Caprica once again with reinforcements from ''Galactica'' and evacuate them. Thrace gives him her [[Identification tags|Fleet ID tags]] as a promise that she would come back for him. While waiting for rescue, Anders plans to locate and destroy as many Cylon hybrid-producing "farms" as possible ([[The Farm]]).<br />
<br />
Anders and the resistance movement conduct acts of terrorism against the Cylons after they appropriate Delphi for their own. His aim was to scare the Cylons into believing there is no safe place for them and to kill them in the most gruesome way possible so they remember when they are reborn what it is like to die violently, like in an explosion ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
<br />
Anders' physical features vaguely resemble [[Lee Adama]], which perhaps explains Thrace's immediate attraction to him. However, Anders appears much more self-assured than Adama.<br />
<br />
Following the Cylon's reappropriation of Delphi, Anders and his fighters continue their insurgency, and carry out a series of attacks on the Cylons, the most notable of which was the destruction of a café which kill roughly 40 Cylons. After planting the bomb in a garage, Anders is trapped with the bomb after defending it from a Centurion. Hiding behind a car on the other side of the garage, Anders is mostly protected from the blast but buried under rubble. Later found by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Number Three]]. Anders is spared, as he would be a useful source of information. When [[Caprica-Six]] talks about genocide and God's love, Anders uses the opening to try and kill Number Three, but is stopped by Boomer. Three is more than willing to take revenge, but all were astonished when Caprica-Six kills Three. Heeding Six's orders to get out, Anders flees, still puzzled by what had transpired ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
<br />
Anders survives an assault by the Cylons at the resistance's headquarters -- the same morning that the Caprica [[SAR]] team lands nearby. The Cylons assaulted the remnants of the Resistance as they head for the Raptors ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), forcing them to go to higher ground. After the Cylons stop attacking them, Thrace (leading the rescue team) fears the worst. Anders and Thrace promise to kill each other so that the Cylons would be unable to put them in one of their [[farms]]. Miraculously, a [[Cavil|mysterious man]] appears to tell the team that the Cylons had left the Colonies. <br />
<br />
Thrace and Anders' relationship picks up where it left off, forcing a rift to occur between Thrace and Lee Adama.<br />
<br />
A year later, now married to Thrace on [[New Caprica]], Anders develops [[Wikipedia:pneumonia|pneumonia]], forcing Thrace to beg Lee Adama to release some antibiotics reserved for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''' pilots. <br />
<br />
After the Cylons occupy New Caprica, Anders is visited by a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] who inquires on Kara Thrace's whereabouts ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Since the Cylons had forced ''Pegasus'' and the defense fleet away from New Caprica, the antibiotics are no longer avaliable to help Anders.<br />
<br />
Anders recovers from his sickness and is a leader of the [[New Caprica Resistance]], along with [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. Thrace was taken from him sometime after the occupation, and he is unsure if she is still alive ([[Occupation]]).<br />
<br />
Four months into the occupation, contact is made with a Raptor and a rescue plan is put in motion. Anders meets ''Galactica'''s liaison officer [[Sharon Agathon]] in [[Breeders Canyon]], and the group is ambushed by Cylon Centurions ([[Precipice]]).<br />
<br />
After the Centurions are neutralized, a map is found on a dead [[Cylon agent|'skinjob']]. Anders realizes that the map is the one given to [[Ellen Tigh]] to destroy in a heating fire. Tigh is then suspected of collaborating with the Cylons.<br />
<br />
Later, Anders is charged by Laura Roslin with protecting [[Maya]] and the cylon-human hybrid baby [[Hera]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
<br />
Anders then tells [[Saul Tigh]] about his [[Ellen Tigh|wife]]'s betrayal. He tells Tigh that if he doesn't "take care" of the problem, someone else will. After ''Galactica'' jumps into orbit, Anders and a group of resistance fighters set off multiple bombs around New Caprica City. They then retrieve a cache of weapons hidden under the Pyramid court in order storm the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] and free the humans imprisoned within. Inside the detention center, Anders and a team of Marines find an unconscious Kara Thrace in her apartment style prison cell. Anders begins to carry Thrace out of the center but is interrupted after Thrace regains consciousness and runs back to retrieve her daughter, [[Kacey]]. Anders finds Thrace and Kacey back at the apartment, and leads both out of the detention center ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
<br />
Shortly following the Fleet's abandonment of New Caprica, Anders was brought into the [[The Circle|Circle]], a secret council assembled by President [[Tom Zarek]] for the purpose of judging and executing those who had collaborated with the [[Cylon|Cylons]] during the occupation. Anders soon became uncomfortable with the Circle's actions and left the group. Thrace accepted the Circle's invitation to replace Anders, an act her husband saw as a personal betrayal. Anders handed back Thrace's ID tag and effectively ended their relationship, though the status of their marriage remains to be seen.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
*"Ander" is derived from a Greek term meaning "Man" (a well known example would be that "Anderson" means "Son of Andrew/Andreas/etc", the name being a descendent of Greek andreios ‘manly’, from aner ‘man’, ‘male’, genitive andros). Fitting, given that Anders is leading the last free humans alive on Caprica in a resistance against the Cylons: it's literally a fight of "Man" versus Machines.<br />
<br />
*The tattoo that Anders has on his right arm in Season 3 is his "wedding band". He got it after he married [[Kara Thrace]], who also has a similar tattoo, but it is on her left arm. They match up to form one set of wings and the circles overlap when they're facing each other. Both of them has half of the constellation of Capricorn (a reference to [[Caprica]] obviously) and a small symbol of the planet as well.<br />
<br />
{{characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Anders, Samuel T.]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Anders&diff=92684Samuel Anders2006-11-24T05:20:11Z<p>Mac417: /* Biography */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Character Data<br />
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|callsign=<br />
|seen= Resistance (episode)<br />
|pseen= Resistance<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=<br />
|marital status=Married to [[Kara Thrace]]<br />
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|rank=<br />
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}}<br />
<br />
Leader of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], '''Samuel T. Anders''' was also the captain of the professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team known as the [[Caprica Buccaneers]]. <br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
Anders was leading his team in high-altitude training in the mountains outside of [[Delphi]] when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred and the planet was bombarded with nuclear weapons.<br />
<br />
Being in a high-altitude rural area shielded Anders and his team from the blasts and most of the radioactive fallout that followed. He and the Buccaneers become ''ad hoc'' resistance fighters from that point forward, raiding armories and collecting caches of weapons, anti-radiation medication, ammo and supplies in the hopes of staying alive and defending themselves against the Cylons.<br />
<br />
[[image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|left|'''Anders''' and [[Kara Thrace]] play [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] at the [[Caprica Resistance]]'s HQ on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]".]]<br />
Anders was able to rally upwards of 100 people, mostly hikers and survivalists, to his resistance against the Cylons and from the former [[Delphi Union High School]] he was able to strike back at the Cylons for nine months. Unlike [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], the Caprica-based (and pregnant) [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], Anders seems to be focused more on surviving on Caprica than he is with leaving the planet.<br />
<br />
Anders and his resistance members encounter Starbuck and Helo two months after the initial Cylon attack ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
Anders' main focus for a time is keeping himself and his resistance movement alive long enough for Kara Thrace to return to Caprica once again with reinforcements from ''Galactica'' and evacuate them. Thrace gives him her [[Identification tags|Fleet ID tags]] as a promise that she would come back for him. While waiting for rescue, Anders plans to locate and destroy as many Cylon hybrid-producing "farms" as possible ([[The Farm]]).<br />
<br />
Anders and the resistance movement conduct acts of terrorism against the Cylons after they appropriate Delphi for their own. His aim was to scare the Cylons into believing there is no safe place for them and to kill them in the most gruesome way possible so they remember when they are reborn what it is like to die violently, like in an explosion ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
<br />
Anders' physical features vaguely resemble [[Lee Adama]], which perhaps explains Thrace's immediate attraction to him. However, Anders appears much more self-assured than Adama.<br />
<br />
Following the Cylon's reappropriation of Delphi, Anders and his fighters continue their insurgency, and carry out a series of attacks on the Cylons, the most notable of which was the destruction of a café which kill roughly 40 Cylons. After planting the bomb in a garage, Anders is trapped with the bomb after defending it from a Centurion. Hiding behind a car on the other side of the garage, Anders is mostly protected from the blast but buried under rubble. Later found by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Number Three]]. Anders is spared, as he would be a useful source of information. When [[Caprica-Six]] talks about genocide and God's love, Anders uses the opening to try and kill Number Three, but is stopped by Boomer. Three is more than willing to take revenge, but all were astonished when Caprica-Six kills Three. Heeding Six's orders to get out, Anders flees, still puzzled by what had transpired ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
<br />
Anders survives an assault by the Cylons at the resistance's headquarters -- the same morning that the Caprica [[SAR]] team lands nearby. The Cylons assaulted the remnants of the Resistance as they head for the Raptors ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), forcing them to go to higher ground. After the Cylons stop attacking them, Thrace (leading the rescue team) fears the worst. Anders and Thrace promise to kill each other so that the Cylons would be unable to put them in one of their [[farms]]. Miraculously, a [[Cavil|mysterious man]] appears to tell the team that the Cylons had left the Colonies. <br />
<br />
Thrace and Anders' relationship picks up where it left off, forcing a rift to occur between Thrace and Lee Adama.<br />
<br />
A year later, now married to Thrace on [[New Caprica]], Anders develops [[Wikipedia:pneumonia|pneumonia]], forcing Thrace to beg Lee Adama to release some antibiotics reserved for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''' pilots. <br />
<br />
After the Cylons occupy New Caprica, Anders is visited by a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] who inquires on Kara Thrace's whereabouts ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Since the Cylons had forced ''Pegasus'' and the defense fleet away from New Caprica, the antibiotics are no longer avaliable to help Anders.<br />
<br />
Anders recovers from his sickness and is a leader of the [[New Caprica Resistance]], along with [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. Thrace was taken from him sometime after the occupation, and he is unsure if she is still alive ([[Occupation]]).<br />
<br />
Four months into the occupation, contact is made with a Raptor and a rescue plan is put in motion. Anders meets ''Galactica'''s liaison officer [[Sharon Agathon]] in [[Breeders Canyon]], and the group is ambushed by Cylon Centurions ([[Precipice]]).<br />
<br />
After the Centurions are neutralized, a map is found on a dead [[Cylon agent|'skinjob']]. Anders realizes that the map is the one given to [[Ellen Tigh]] to destroy in a heating fire. Tigh is then suspected of collaborating with the Cylons.<br />
<br />
Later, Anders is charged by Laura Roslin with protecting [[Maya]] and the cylon-human hybrid baby [[Hera]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
<br />
Anders then tells [[Saul Tigh]] about his [[Ellen Tigh|wife]]'s betrayal. He tells Tigh that if he doesn't "take care" of the problem, someone else will. After ''Galactica'' jumps into orbit, Anders and a group of resistance fighters set off multiple bombs around New Caprica City. They then retrieve a cache of weapons hidden under the Pyramid court in order storm the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] and free the humans imprisoned within. Inside the detention center, Anders and a team of Marines find an unconscious Kara Thrace in her apartment style prison cell. Anders begins to carry Thrace out of the center but is interrupted after Thrace regains consciousness and runs back to retrieve her daughter, [[Kacey]]. Anders finds Thrace and Kacey back at the apartment, and leads both out of the detention center ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
<br />
Shortly following the [[Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s abandonment of [[New Caprica]], Anders was brought into the [[The Circle|Circle]], a secret council assembled by President [[Tom Zarek]] for the purpose of judging and executing those who had collaborated with the [[Cylon|Cylons]] during the occupation. Anders soon became uncomfortable with the Circle's actions and left the group. Thrace accepted the Circle's invitation to replace Anders, an act her husband saw as a personal betrayal. Anders handed back Thrace's ID tag and effectively ended their relationship, though the status of their marriage remains to be seen.<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
*"Ander" is derived from a Greek term meaning "Man" (a well known example would be that "Anderson" means "Son of Andrew/Andreas/etc", the name being a descendent of Greek andreios ‘manly’, from aner ‘man’, ‘male’, genitive andros). Fitting, given that Anders is leading the last free humans alive on Caprica in a resistance against the Cylons: it's literally a fight of "Man" versus Machines.<br />
<br />
*The tattoo that Anders has on his right arm in Season 3 is his "wedding band". He got it after he married [[Kara Thrace]], who also has a similar tattoo, but it is on her left arm. They match up to form one set of wings and the circles overlap when they're facing each other. Both of them has half of the constellation of Capricorn (a reference to [[Caprica]] obviously) and a small symbol of the planet as well.<br />
<br />
{{characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:Characters (RDM)|Anders, Samuel T.]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Anders, Samuel T.]]</div>Mac417https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Samuel_Anders&diff=92683Samuel Anders2006-11-24T05:19:10Z<p>Mac417: /* Biography */</p>
<hr />
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|birthname=Samuel T. Anders<br />
|callsign=<br />
|seen= Resistance (episode)<br />
|pseen= Resistance<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=<br />
|marital status=Married to [[Kara Thrace]]<br />
|role=[[Caprica Resistance]] leader and Professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] player.<br />
|rank=<br />
|actor=[[Michael Trucco]]<br />
|cylon=<br />
}}<br />
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Leader of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], '''Samuel T. Anders''' was also the captain of the professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team known as the [[Caprica Buccaneers]]. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
Anders was leading his team in high-altitude training in the mountains outside of [[Delphi]] when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred and the planet was bombarded with nuclear weapons.<br />
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Being in a high-altitude rural area shielded Anders and his team from the blasts and most of the radioactive fallout that followed. He and the Buccaneers become ''ad hoc'' resistance fighters from that point forward, raiding armories and collecting caches of weapons, anti-radiation medication, ammo and supplies in the hopes of staying alive and defending themselves against the Cylons.<br />
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[[image:Resistance-Anders_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|left|'''Anders''' and [[Kara Thrace]] play [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] at the [[Caprica Resistance]]'s HQ on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]".]]<br />
Anders was able to rally upwards of 100 people, mostly hikers and survivalists, to his resistance against the Cylons and from the former [[Delphi Union High School]] he was able to strike back at the Cylons for nine months. Unlike [[Karl Agathon|Helo]], the Caprica-based (and pregnant) [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], Anders seems to be focused more on surviving on Caprica than he is with leaving the planet.<br />
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Anders and his resistance members encounter Starbuck and Helo two months after the initial Cylon attack ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).<br />
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Anders' main focus for a time is keeping himself and his resistance movement alive long enough for Kara Thrace to return to Caprica once again with reinforcements from ''Galactica'' and evacuate them. Thrace gives him her [[Identification tags|Fleet ID tags]] as a promise that she would come back for him. While waiting for rescue, Anders plans to locate and destroy as many Cylon hybrid-producing "farms" as possible ([[The Farm]]).<br />
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Anders and the resistance movement conduct acts of terrorism against the Cylons after they appropriate Delphi for their own. His aim was to scare the Cylons into believing there is no safe place for them and to kill them in the most gruesome way possible so they remember when they are reborn what it is like to die violently, like in an explosion ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
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Anders' physical features vaguely resemble [[Lee Adama]], which perhaps explains Thrace's immediate attraction to him. However, Anders appears much more self-assured than Adama.<br />
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Following the Cylon's reappropriation of Delphi, Anders and his fighters continue their insurgency, and carry out a series of attacks on the Cylons, the most notable of which was the destruction of a café which kill roughly 40 Cylons. After planting the bomb in a garage, Anders is trapped with the bomb after defending it from a Centurion. Hiding behind a car on the other side of the garage, Anders is mostly protected from the blast but buried under rubble. Later found by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] and [[Number Three]]. Anders is spared, as he would be a useful source of information. When [[Caprica-Six]] talks about genocide and God's love, Anders uses the opening to try and kill Number Three, but is stopped by Boomer. Three is more than willing to take revenge, but all were astonished when Caprica-Six kills Three. Heeding Six's orders to get out, Anders flees, still puzzled by what had transpired ([[Downloaded]]).<br />
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Anders survives an assault by the Cylons at the resistance's headquarters -- the same morning that the Caprica [[SAR]] team lands nearby. The Cylons assaulted the remnants of the Resistance as they head for the Raptors ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), forcing them to go to higher ground. After the Cylons stop attacking them, Thrace (leading the rescue team) fears the worst. Anders and Thrace promise to kill each other so that the Cylons would be unable to put them in one of their [[farms]]. Miraculously, a [[Cavil|mysterious man]] appears to tell the team that the Cylons had left the Colonies. <br />
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Thrace and Anders' relationship picks up where it left off, forcing a rift to occur between Thrace and Lee Adama.<br />
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A year later, now married to Thrace on [[New Caprica]], Anders develops [[Wikipedia:pneumonia|pneumonia]], forcing Thrace to beg Lee Adama to release some antibiotics reserved for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''' pilots. <br />
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After the Cylons occupy New Caprica, Anders is visited by a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] who inquires on Kara Thrace's whereabouts ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Since the Cylons had forced ''Pegasus'' and the defense fleet away from New Caprica, the antibiotics are no longer avaliable to help Anders.<br />
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Anders recovers from his sickness and is a leader of the [[New Caprica Resistance]], along with [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. Thrace was taken from him sometime after the occupation, and he is unsure if she is still alive ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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Four months into the occupation, contact is made with a Raptor and a rescue plan is put in motion. Anders meets ''Galactica'''s liaison officer [[Sharon Agathon]] in [[Breeders Canyon]], and the group is ambushed by Cylon Centurions ([[Precipice]]).<br />
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After the Centurions are neutralized, a map is found on a dead [[Cylon agent|'skinjob']]. Anders realizes that the map is the one given to [[Ellen Tigh]] to destroy in a heating fire. Tigh is then suspected of collaborating with the Cylons.<br />
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Later, Anders is charged by Laura Roslin with protecting [[Maya]] and the cylon-human hybrid baby [[Hera]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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Anders then tells [[Saul Tigh]] about his [[Ellen Tigh|wife]]'s betrayal. He tells Tigh that if he doesn't "take care" of the problem, someone else will. After ''Galactica'' jumps into orbit, Anders and a group of resistance fighters set off multiple bombs around New Caprica City. They then retrieve a cache of weapons hidden under the Pyramid court in order storm the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] and free the humans imprisoned within. Inside the detention center, Anders and a team of Marines find an unconscious Kara Thrace in her apartment style prison cell. Anders begins to carry Thrace out of the center but is interrupted after Thrace regains consciousness and runs back to retrieve her daughter, [[Kacey]]. Anders finds Thrace and Kacey back at the apartment, and leads both out of the detention center ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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Shortly following the [[Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s abandonment of [[New Caprica]], Anders was brought into the [[Circle]], a secret council assembled by President [[Tom Zarek]] for the purpose of judging and executing those who had collaborated with the [[Cylon|Cylons]] during the occupation. Anders soon became uncomfortable with the Circle's actions and left the group. Thrace accepted the Circle's invitation to replace Anders, an act her husband saw as a personal betrayal. Anders handed back Thrace's ID tag and effectively ended their relationship, though the status of their marriage remains to be seen.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*"Ander" is derived from a Greek term meaning "Man" (a well known example would be that "Anderson" means "Son of Andrew/Andreas/etc", the name being a descendent of Greek andreios ‘manly’, from aner ‘man’, ‘male’, genitive andros). Fitting, given that Anders is leading the last free humans alive on Caprica in a resistance against the Cylons: it's literally a fight of "Man" versus Machines.<br />
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*The tattoo that Anders has on his right arm in Season 3 is his "wedding band". He got it after he married [[Kara Thrace]], who also has a similar tattoo, but it is on her left arm. They match up to form one set of wings and the circles overlap when they're facing each other. Both of them has half of the constellation of Capricorn (a reference to [[Caprica]] obviously) and a small symbol of the planet as well.<br />
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| image= Bsg-bsg-1.jpg<br />
| title= Galactica (BS 75)<br />
| race= Colonial<br />
| type= Military<br />
| ftl= Yes<br />
| crew= Approximately 2,650 <br />
| co= [[William Adama]]<br />
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]] (presumed)<br />
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br />
| weapons= Primary and point-defence [[KEW|Kinetic Energy Weapons]], conventional missiles, nuclear warheads, Vipers, Raptors<br />
| status= Active<br />
| img= Y<br />
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[[Galactica type battlestar|The veteran battlestar]] '''''Galactica'' (BS 75)''' is the most famous warship in the [[Colonial Fleet]]. Built in time to participate in the [[Cylon War]], she remained the only military vessel without integrated [[Computers|computer networks]]. Without networked computers, ''Galactica'' never upgraded to the new [[Command Navigation Program|integrated defence system software]] developed by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and his [[Number Six|team]]. Because of this and other fortunes, she became one of only [[Pegasus (RDM)|two]] battlestars to survive the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], some 40 years after the end of the first war. At the time of the attack, she was part of the [[75th Battlestar Group]] (BSG-75).<br />
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== History ==<br />
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''Galactica'' was one of the twelve first battlestars to be laid down by the Colonials. Initially they built a battlestar to represent each colony, where ''Galactica'' represented [[Caprica]]. As such, she is some 50 years old. Following the outbreak of Cylon hostilities several more battlestars were built. ''Galactica's'' first commander was named [[Nash]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
[[Image:Mini gal top.jpg|left|thumb|A dorsal view of ''Galactica''. The starboard [[flight pod]] is covered by a window to form the [[Galactica Museum|museum area]].]]<br />
The original battlestars were all designed with non-integrated computer systems to avoid the Cylons' demonstrated ability to override or subvert networked command and control systems early in the war ([[Miniseries]]). Rather than technological sophistication, the battlestar depended on its sheer bulk and defensive / offensive capabilities to ward off any threats to itself or the Colonies. <br />
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Following the [[Armistice Station|armistice]] with the Cylons, and their withdrawal from Colonial space, ''Galactica'' and her sister ships served the Twelve Colonies in a variety of roles. While her surviving sister ships were scrapped or upgraded to match the systems capabilities of newer Colonial vessels, ''Galactica'' continued in service without her systems being fully networked or integrated, making her unique among Colonial military vessels ([[Miniseries]]). <br />
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With her active career drawing to a close, a decision was taken to retire ''Galactica'' and decommission her from service. [[Colonial Fleet]] chose not to scrap her, but to turn her into a combination of living museum to the original Cylon War and an educational center, with her conversion being overseen by her final commander, [[William Adama]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
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At the time of her formal decommissioning ceremony, ''Galactica'' is stripped of all but one of her operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII squadrons, her munitions are destroyed, and her starboard landing pod is a pressurized [[Galactica Museum|museum]] which houses (among other things) a full squadron of [[Viper Mark II|Mk. II Vipers]] as well as a Viper model that appears [[Viper (TOS)|older than the Mark II]] (Miniseries, also in Deleted Scenes).<br />
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With the renewed and unexpected Cylon hostilities, ''Galactica'' quickly proves her worthiness as a warship is far from over as she sorties several Mark IIs retrieved from her museum to challenge her first Cylon attack in over 40 years (her last Mark VII squadron was sent to Caprica for reassignment). The old battlestar withstands a direct hit from a tactical nuclear missile while unsuccessfully performing evasive maneuvers, but later [[FTL|Jumps]] successfully to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to retrieve much-needed ammunition stores at this hidden depot.<br />
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''Galactica'' finally bares her teeth in this new Cylon war as she single-handedly engages two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] with her gun batteries, providing covering fire for [[The Fleet (RDM)|an assortment of 75 civilian ships]] containing the last survivors of the Twelve Colonies. All ships, with ''Galactica'' last to leave the engagement zone, escape to a destination past the [[Red Line]], never to return to Colonial space. <br />
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Since the exodus of the Colonials from their overrun homeworlds, ''Galactica'' becomes both protector and provider for the Fleet. She provides covering fire for the Fleet during Cylon attacks no fewer than 240 times ([[33]], [[Act of Contrition]]). The battlestar provides much of the Fleet with recycled water ([[Water]]) and she is the primary source of medical care, where groups of civilians are periodically brought aboard for check-ups and treatment ([[Litmus]]). ''Galactica'' also undertakes internal policing duties within the Fleet ([[Water]], [[Bastille Day]]).<br />
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''Galactica'' successfully goes on the offensive against the Cylons, capturing a [[tylium]] fuel mining and processing plant in the process ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).<br />
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The [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], joins ''Galactica'' approximately 6 months into their exile (See the series [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] for special information about this milestone).<br />
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''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' destroy two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] as well as a critical Cylon support ship known as the [[Resurrection Ship]]. After Admiral Cain's death, President [[Laura Roslin]] promotes William Adama to Admiral, restoring him to overall Fleet command, but now with two battlestars at his disposal ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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==New Caprica==<br />
Following the founding of [[New Caprica]], ''Galactica'' is assigned to the Orbital Defense Force that protects the planet. During this time the majority of its crew are sent to the surface in an effort to populate the planet and restore the human race &mdash; including most of it's senior officers &mdash; seemingly convinced that the Cylons would never find New Caprica. The diminished staff inevitably results in basic maintenance becoming overlooked or ignored. Basic military responses, such as the launching of alert fighers become and routine training exercises become difficult to execute. One year following the founding of New Caprica, a fleet of Cylon ships Jump into orbit of the planet. Severely limited in its abilities, Admiral Adama and the Defense Fleet jumps away from New Caprica &mdash; vowing that they'd return to liberate the planet ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).<br />
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==[[Battle of New Caprica]]==<br />
Four months after the escape, ''Galactica'''s staff is still in the process of developing a rescue strategy with 16 training exercises having been completed and a 17th underway when an accident causes its early ending ([[Occupation]]). This forces both a change in strategy and the reformulation of a rescue plan to deal with personnel who have not seen conflict in 16 months. While ''Galactica'' fights to liberate the Colonials on-planet, ''Pegasus'' is assigned to protect the remaining civilian fleet and continue its search for [[Earth]] ("[[Precipice]]", "[[Exodus, Part I]]").<br />
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Coordinating with the New Caprica Resistance, ''Galactica'' deploys several waves of Vipers and Raptors to launch an offensive against the Cylons. As the resistance bombs Cylon facilities on the ground, Raptors deploy decoy drones to make it appear as if both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' jumped into orbit. The Cylons reposition their forces to engage the decoys, while ''Galactica'' jumps into the atmosphere of the planet. ''Galactica'' deploys several squadrons as she falls to the surface, but takes severe damage from the atmospheric entry. Once back in orbit of the planet, the damage is ascertained as the Cylons close in. Close to death, ''Galactica'' survives thanks to the intervention of ''Pegasus''. Her [[FTL|FTL drives]] once again functioning, ''Galactica'' is able to escape from the system and reunites with the fleet, now the sole military vessel again after the destruction of ''Pegasus'' during the battle ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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== Equipment ==<br />
[[Image:BSG-KEW-Turret.jpg|thumb|One of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> large [[KEW|cannon]] turrets]]<br />
''Galactica'' shares the same overall technical specifications as other original Colonial battlestars of [[Galactica type battlestar|her class]], with the following key differences and qualifications:<br />
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===Available Flight Pods===<br />
Only ''Galactica's'' port [[flight pod]] is in service. The starboard flight pod was enclosed and pressurized as the main museum display facility for her pending decommission. It is violently depressurized after a [[Heavy Raider]] crashes into it ([[Scattered]]). By the time of the second exodus from [[New Caprica]]., the starboard hanger deck is being used as a temporary housing facility for refugees ([[Exodus, Part II]]). The starboard flight pod is appearantly brought back to working condition, as Major Lee Adama states his flight team is approaching the starboard pod in [[A Measure of Salvation]].<br />
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===Nuclear Warheads===<br />
''Galactica'' had five nuclear warheads as of "[[Bastille Day]]." Commander [[William Adama]] uses one warhead to destroy a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] cannibalizes one to use in his [[Cylon Detector]], which he later gives to [[Gina]], who detonates it aboard ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. This leaves ''Galactica'' with three warheads (It is unknown how many nuclear warheads ''Pegasus'' still had when it encountered ''Galactica'', and they may have pooled their nuclear ordnance stockpiles since then).<br />
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===Vipers===<br />
Prior to the arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', ''Galactica'' has at maximum thirty-four Vipers, of which at least six are Mark VIIs (c.f. [[Viper tally]]).<br />
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''Galactica'' receives additional supplies from ''Pegasus'' since her arrival that helps in repair and refurbishment of her original fighter complement; more recently, she receives new Mark VII Vipers built aboard ''Pegasus'' using raw materials mined from an asteroid and the advanced battlestar's Viper construction facilities ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus,]] [[Scar]]).<br />
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===Raptors===<br />
The number of [[Raptor|Raptors]] available to ''Galactica'' is portrayed inconsistently. The current assumption is that the battlestar has at least five Raptors, having left [[Ragnar Anchorage]] with at least eight (c.f. [[Raptor tally]]).<br />
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===Other Craft===<br />
*''Galactica'' currently possesses three [[Heavy Raider|Heavy Raiders]]. One is hit by ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> defensive fire and crashes into the starboard flight pod with unknown damage ([[Scattered]]). Another returns in operational status from Caprica ([[Home, Part I]]). One of the aforementioned [[Heavy Raider]]s is relieved of its FTL navigation system for use on the rescue mission to [[Caprica]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]). A third was used by Lt. [[Daniel Novacek]] to escape [[Cylon]] captivity and was brought aboard ''Galactica''.<br />
*An experimental stealth fighter, the [[Blackbird]], is constructed using spare parts ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]) and used in a critically successful reconnaissance mission to explore the nature of what comes to be known as the [[Resurrection Ship]]. The Blackbird is later destroyed after completing her last mission during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
*[[Galactica]] possesses fuel tankers used to supply fuel to Vipers and Raptors inflight without the need to dock with [[Galactica]]. These may be dedicated craft or specially fitted Shuttles or Raptors ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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=== Crew ===<br />
Before the attack, ''Galactica'' has approximately 2,800 crewmen, while awaiting its decommissioning. By the time of the arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', attrition has reduced this number to about 2,660. (c.f. [[Crew tally]])<br />
*Between "[[Act of Contrition]]," and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," ''Galactica's'' offensive capability is also greatly hampered by the number of [[List of Pilots|qualified pilots]] available, and their lack of flight simulators with which to train more. Since ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> reunion with ''Pegasus'', this has ceased to be an issue ([[Scar]]).<br />
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[[Image:Mini gal side viper.jpg|right|thumb|A stricken and slowly spinning ''Galactica'' after a nuclear missile strike. [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck's]] [[Viper Mark II|Viper]] closes in to survey.]]<br />
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====Senior Staff following the Battle of New Caprica====<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama]] - Commanding Officer<br />
*Captain [[Karl Agathon]] - [[Executive Officer]]<br />
*Major [[Lee Adama]] - [[CAG|Commander, Air Group]]<br />
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====Senior Staff before the founding of New Caprica====<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama]] - Commanding Officer<br />
*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] - Executive Officer<br />
*Captain [[Aaron Kelly]] - [[Landing Signal Officer]], Second Officer<br />
*Major (Doctor) [[Cottle]] - [[Chief Medical Officer]]<br />
*Captain [[Lee Adama]] - Commander, Air Group (Promoted to Commander and assigned as ''Pegasus'' CO)<br />
*Captain [[Kara Thrace]] - Commander, Air Group<br />
*Lieutenant Felix Gaeta - [[Tactical officer]], Senior Officer of the Watch<br />
*Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]] - Chief of the Deck<br />
*Sergeant [[Hadrian]] - [[Master-at-Arms]]<br />
*Petty Officer 2nd Class [[Anastasia Dualla]] - Communications Officer<br />
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==Related Imagery==<br />
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Image:Galactica Ortho copy.jpg|''Galactica'' - Rendering by [[Zoic]] &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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{{Ship Data<br />
| image= Bsg-bsg-1.jpg<br />
| title= Galactica (BS 75)<br />
| race= Colonial<br />
| type= Military<br />
| ftl= Yes<br />
| crew= Approximately 2,650 <br />
| co= [[William Adama]]<br />
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]] (presumed)<br />
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid<br />
| weapons= Primary and point-defence [[KEW|Kinetic Energy Weapons]], conventional missiles, nuclear warheads, Vipers, Raptors<br />
| status= Active<br />
| img= Y<br />
}}<br />
[[Galactica type battlestar|The veteran battlestar]] '''''Galactica'' (BS 75)''' is the most famous warship in the [[Colonial Fleet]]. Built in time to participate in the [[Cylon War]], she remained the only military vessel without integrated [[Computers|computer networks]]. Without networked computers, ''Galactica'' never upgraded to the new [[Command Navigation Program|integrated defence system software]] developed by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and his [[Number Six|team]]. Because of this and other fortunes, she became one of only [[Pegasus (RDM)|two]] battlestars to survive the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], some 40 years after the end of the first war. At the time of the attack, she was part of the [[75th Battlestar Group]] (BSG-75).<br />
<br />
== History ==<br />
<br />
''Galactica'' was one of the twelve first battlestars to be laid down by the Colonials. Initially they built a battlestar to represent each colony, where ''Galactica'' represented [[Caprica]]. As such, she is some 50 years old. Following the outbreak of Cylon hostilities several more battlestars were built. ''Galactica's'' first commander was named [[Nash]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
[[Image:Mini gal top.jpg|left|thumb|A dorsal view of ''Galactica''. The starboard [[flight pod]] is covered by a window to form the [[Galactica Museum|museum area]].]]<br />
The original battlestars were all designed with non-integrated computer systems to avoid the Cylons' demonstrated ability to override or subvert networked command and control systems early in the war ([[Miniseries]]). Rather than technological sophistication, the battlestar depended on its sheer bulk and defensive / offensive capabilities to ward off any threats to itself or the Colonies. <br />
<br />
Following the [[Armistice Station|armistice]] with the Cylons, and their withdrawal from Colonial space, ''Galactica'' and her sister ships served the Twelve Colonies in a variety of roles. While her surviving sister ships were scrapped or upgraded to match the systems capabilities of newer Colonial vessels, ''Galactica'' continued in service without her systems being fully networked or integrated, making her unique among Colonial military vessels ([[Miniseries]]). <br />
<br />
With her active career drawing to a close, a decision was taken to retire ''Galactica'' and decommission her from service. [[Colonial Fleet]] chose not to scrap her, but to turn her into a combination of living museum to the original Cylon War and an educational center, with her conversion being overseen by her final commander, [[William Adama]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
<br />
At the time of her formal decommissioning ceremony, ''Galactica'' is stripped of all but one of her operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII squadrons, her munitions are destroyed, and her starboard landing pod is a pressurized [[Galactica Museum|museum]] which houses (among other things) a full squadron of [[Viper Mark II|Mk. II Vipers]] as well as a Viper model that appears [[Viper (TOS)|older than the Mark II]] (Miniseries, also in Deleted Scenes).<br />
<br />
With the renewed and unexpected Cylon hostilities, ''Galactica'' quickly proves her worthiness as a warship is far from over as she sorties several Mark IIs retrieved from her museum to challenge her first Cylon attack in over 40 years (her last Mark VII squadron was sent to Caprica for reassignment). The old battlestar withstands a direct hit from a tactical nuclear missile while unsuccessfully performing evasive maneuvers, but later [[FTL|Jumps]] successfully to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to retrieve much-needed ammunition stores at this hidden depot.<br />
<br />
''Galactica'' finally bares her teeth in this new Cylon war as she single-handedly engages two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] with her gun batteries, providing covering fire for [[The Fleet (RDM)|an assortment of 75 civilian ships]] containing the last survivors of the Twelve Colonies. All ships, with ''Galactica'' last to leave the engagement zone, escape to a destination past the [[Red Line]], never to return to Colonial space. <br />
<br />
Since the exodus of the Colonials from their overrun homeworlds, ''Galactica'' becomes both protector and provider for the Fleet. She provides covering fire for the Fleet during Cylon attacks no fewer than 240 times ([[33]], [[Act of Contrition]]). The battlestar provides much of the Fleet with recycled water ([[Water]]) and she is the primary source of medical care, where groups of civilians are periodically brought aboard for check-ups and treatment ([[Litmus]]). ''Galactica'' also undertakes internal policing duties within the Fleet ([[Water]], [[Bastille Day]]).<br />
<br />
''Galactica'' successfully goes on the offensive against the Cylons, capturing a [[tylium]] fuel mining and processing plant in the process ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).<br />
<br />
The [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], joins ''Galactica'' approximately 6 months into their exile (See the series [[Timeline (RDM)|timeline]] for special information about this milestone).<br />
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''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' destroy two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] as well as a critical Cylon support ship known as the [[Resurrection Ship]]. After Admiral Cain's death, President [[Laura Roslin]] promotes William Adama to Admiral, restoring him to overall Fleet command, but now with two battlestars at his disposal ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
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==New Caprica==<br />
Following the founding of [[New Caprica]], ''Galactica'' is assigned to the Orbital Defense Force that protects the planet. During this time the majority of its crew are sent to the surface in an effort to populate the planet and restore the human race &mdash; including most of it's senior officers &mdash; seemingly convinced that the Cylons would never find New Caprica. The diminished staff inevitably results in basic maintenance becoming overlooked or ignored. Basic military responses, such as the launching of alert fighers become and routine training exercises become difficult to execute. One year following the founding of New Caprica, a fleet of Cylon ships Jump into orbit of the planet. Severely limited in its abilities, Admiral Adama and the Defense Fleet jumps away from New Caprica &mdash; vowing that they'd return to liberate the planet ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).<br />
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==[[Battle of New Caprica]]==<br />
Four months after the escape, ''Galactica'''s staff is still in the process of developing a rescue strategy with 16 training exercises having been completed and a 17th underway when an accident causes its early ending ([[Occupation]]). This forces both a change in strategy and the reformulation of a rescue plan to deal with personnel who have not seen conflict in 16 months. While ''Galactica'' fights to liberate the Colonials on-planet, ''Pegasus'' is assigned to protect the remaining civilian fleet and continue its search for [[Earth]] ("[[Precipice]]", "[[Exodus, Part I]]").<br />
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Coordinating with the New Caprica Resistance, ''Galactica'' deploys several waves of Vipers and Raptors to launch an offensive against the Cylons. As the resistance bombs Cylon facilities on the ground, Raptors deploy decoy drones to make it appear as if both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' jumped into orbit. The Cylons reposition their forces to engage the decoys, while ''Galactica'' jumps into the atmosphere of the planet. ''Galactica'' deploys several squadrons as she falls to the surface, but takes severe damage from the atmospheric entry. Once back in orbit of the planet, the damage is ascertained as the Cylons close in. Close to death, ''Galactica'' survives thanks to the intervention of ''Pegasus''. Her [[FTL|FTL drives]] once again functioning, ''Galactica'' is able to escape from the system and reunites with the fleet, now the sole military vessel again after the destruction of ''Pegasus'' during the battle ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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== Equipment ==<br />
[[Image:BSG-KEW-Turret.jpg|thumb|One of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> large [[KEW|cannon]] turrets]]<br />
''Galactica'' shares the same overall technical specifications as other original Colonial battlestars of [[Galactica type battlestar|her class]], with the following key differences and qualifications:<br />
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===Available Flight Pods===<br />
Only ''Galactica's'' port [[flight pod]] is in service. The starboard flight pod was enclosed and pressurized as the main museum display facility for her pending decommission. It is violently depressurized after a [[Heavy Raider]] crashes into it ([[Scattered]]). By the time of the second exodus from [[New Caprica]]., the starboard hanger deck is being used as a temporary housing facility for refugees ([[Exodus, Part II]]). The starboard flight pod is appearantly brought back to working condition, as Major Lee Adama states his flight team is approaching the starboard pod in [[A Measure of Salvation]].<br />
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===Nuclear Warheads===<br />
''Galactica'' had five nuclear warheads as of "[[Bastille Day]]." Commander [[William Adama]] uses one warhead to destroy a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] cannibalizes one to use in his [[Cylon Detector]], which he later gives to [[Gina]], who detonates it aboard ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. This leaves ''Galactica'' with three warheads (It is unknown how many nuclear warheads ''Pegasus'' still had when it encountered ''Galactica'', and they may have pooled their nuclear ordnance stockpiles since then).<br />
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===Vipers===<br />
Prior to the arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', ''Galactica'' has at maximum thirty-four Vipers, of which at least six are Mark VIIs (c.f. [[Viper tally]]).<br />
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''Galactica'' receives additional supplies from ''Pegasus'' since her arrival that helps in repair and refurbishment of her original fighter complement; more recently, she receives new Mark VII Vipers built aboard ''Pegasus'' using raw materials mined from an asteroid and the advanced battlestar's Viper construction facilities ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus,]] [[Scar]]).<br />
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===Raptors===<br />
The number of [[Raptor|Raptors]] available to ''Galactica'' is portrayed inconsistently. The current assumption is that the battlestar has at least five Raptors, having left [[Ragnar Anchorage]] with at least eight (c.f. [[Raptor tally]]).<br />
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===Other Craft===<br />
*''Galactica'' currently possesses three [[Heavy Raider|Heavy Raiders]]. One is hit by ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> defensive fire and crashes into the starboard flight pod with unknown damage ([[Scattered]]). Another returns in operational status from Caprica ([[Home, Part I]]). One of the aforementioned [[Heavy Raider]]s is relieved of its FTL navigation system for use on the rescue mission to [[Caprica]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]). A third was used by Lt. [[Daniel Novacek]] to escape [[Cylon]] captivity.<br />
*An experimental stealth fighter, the [[Blackbird]], is constructed using spare parts ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]) and used in a critically successful reconnaissance mission to explore the nature of what comes to be known as the [[Resurrection Ship]]. The Blackbird is later destroyed after completing her last mission during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).<br />
*[[Galactica]] possesses fuel tankers used to supply fuel to Vipers and Raptors inflight without the need to dock with [[Galactica]]. These may be dedicated craft or specially fitted Shuttles or Raptors ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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=== Crew ===<br />
Before the attack, ''Galactica'' has approximately 2,800 crewmen, while awaiting its decommissioning. By the time of the arrival of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', attrition has reduced this number to about 2,660. (c.f. [[Crew tally]])<br />
*Between "[[Act of Contrition]]," and "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]," ''Galactica's'' offensive capability is also greatly hampered by the number of [[List of Pilots|qualified pilots]] available, and their lack of flight simulators with which to train more. Since ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> reunion with ''Pegasus'', this has ceased to be an issue ([[Scar]]).<br />
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[[Image:Mini gal side viper.jpg|right|thumb|A stricken and slowly spinning ''Galactica'' after a nuclear missile strike. [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck's]] [[Viper Mark II|Viper]] closes in to survey.]]<br />
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====Senior Staff following the Battle of New Caprica====<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama]] - Commanding Officer<br />
*Captain [[Karl Agathon]] - [[Executive Officer]]<br />
*Major [[Lee Adama]] - [[CAG|Commander, Air Group]]<br />
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====Senior Staff before the founding of New Caprica====<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama]] - Commanding Officer<br />
*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] - Executive Officer<br />
*Captain [[Aaron Kelly]] - [[Landing Signal Officer]], Second Officer<br />
*Major (Doctor) [[Cottle]] - [[Chief Medical Officer]]<br />
*Captain [[Lee Adama]] - Commander, Air Group (Promoted to Commander and assigned as ''Pegasus'' CO)<br />
*Captain [[Kara Thrace]] - Commander, Air Group<br />
*Lieutenant Felix Gaeta - [[Tactical officer]], Senior Officer of the Watch<br />
*Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]] - Chief of the Deck<br />
*Sergeant [[Hadrian]] - [[Master-at-Arms]]<br />
*Petty Officer 2nd Class [[Anastasia Dualla]] - Communications Officer<br />
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==Related Imagery==<br />
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Image:Galactica Ortho copy.jpg|''Galactica'' - Rendering by [[Zoic]] &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
Image:BSG Ortho Bottom.jpg|''Galactica'' - Rendering by [[Zoic]] &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
Image:Pointdefence2 101 1080i.jpg|''Galactica's'' point defence batteries in action &nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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