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Kalpa snow garrison

2013-03-01T11:28:18Z

OTW: TOS

'''Kalpa snow garrison''' is an outpost that was commanded by [[Croft]] at one time, according to a [[:Image:Personnel Survey Report.jpg|report generated by the database]]. Its name, as well as Croft's skills in "sub-zero survival techniques" point to the outpost being one with a harshly cold environment ([[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]).

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Aquaria

2013-02-25T17:16:05Z

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[[Image:ColonialColors12.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aquaria]]
:''Note: Most of the information listed below is taken from both the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Canon#Official|official]], "quasi-canon" [[Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies]], and [http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/beyond-caprica-a-vistors-pocket-guide-to-the-twelve-colonies/detail.php?p=268969 Beyond Caprica - A visitor's pocket guide to the Twelve Colonies]''

'''Aquaria''' was one of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. It was, by far, the least populous of the colonies, a frigid ocean world with a permanent population of only tens of thousands.

== History ==
Aquaria was founded as an utopian outpost for those unwilling to cope with social division of any kind, like religion, politics, or ethnicity. Nevertheless, its people have acquired a strong sense of independence and tolerance towards others, with the goal of developing a society where people can express their creativity to the utmost. Located beside the settlement is also a major geological research station, funded by other Colonies. Visiting scientists come here to learn more about Aquaria's oceans and the species living in it. The station owns the colony's high tech gear and only major space ship.

== Culture ==
In general, Aquarians are highly educated and amicable. Basic needs like food and shelter can be get by through a song, painting, or perhaps a good story. Because of its small population, individuals remain easily accountable when using this unique form of bartering, so normally the system works quite well. Of course, unresponsible die-hards can take advantage of the system, but are usually picked out and banished off-world by a simple two-third majority vote.
Of note is the annual summerfest, when up to half a million people visit the planet to indulge in arts like music, dance, theatre and epic poetry. When getting enough of culture for the day, simply passing the time with Kasta, a sort of Frisbee-like game played on Aquaria, is another possibility. Or go dine in one of the gourmet restaurants, and be served dishes based on moss whereon the local chefs spent generations to refine their recipes. Of course, these still taste like moss...

== Politics ==
Despite the lack of an official capital city, the government holds weekly community meetings that are open both to citizens and non-citizens. A majority of issues addressed are passed by majority vote, even the election of the colony's Prime Minister.<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"]</ref>
The planet actually fields two flags: the official colonial one flown by the research station, and the local, Aquarian, flag showing a dark-blue field with two red stripes on each vertical edge. The field depicts a gold-edged white trident placed diagonally across it, with a star in the lower right corner, and an asterisk in the upper left.

Its first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] delegate within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] post-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] is [[Miksa Burian]], who votes for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").

== Notes ==
* On many occasions this colony's name was also spelled '''Aquarion'''. However, the name '''Aquaria''' was heard on screen during the Hybrid's monologue in "[[The Plan]]" and spoken by President Roslin when tallying the votes for vice- president ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").<ref>Serge's [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8704063822 Twitter account] states that both names are viable, with Aquarion being the official name and Aquaria a regional variation.</ref>
* In an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-the-music-of-the-master-bear-mccreary.html LA Times article], Aquaria is described as a frigid ocean world, with small volcanic land masses and small communities. It is also said to be regarded as nothing more than a scientific research outpost by the other Colonies.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 Serge's twitter account], Aquaria doesn't have a capital city.

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Basestar (TRS)

2013-02-21T16:27:42Z

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:''This article is about the basestars as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] version, see [[Basestar (TOS)]].''

A '''basestar''' (known interchangeably as a "baseship") is the most prominent example of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] military presence. As the capital ship of the Cylons, the basestar appears in four forms in the [[Re-imagined Series]].

== Modern basestar ==
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| crew= [[Humanoid Cylon]]s, [[Cylon Centurion]]s, the [[Hybrid]]
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, Raiders, [[Heavy Raider]]s
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The modern basestars, seen some 40 years after the end of the [[Cylon War]], are approximately the same size as a Colonial battlestar but appear to be more technologically advanced <ref>The official SciFi.com website indicates that basestars "dwarf" a battlestar. However, aired information in season 3, which shows ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' in close proximity to a basestar, contradict SciFi.com's information.</ref>. The shape of the newer basestar reflects its name, with two Y-shaped hulls attached at their centers by a single pylon, the warship has a distinctive "star" shape.

They are equipped with a superior [[FTL|jump system]] and no visible means of [[sublight propulsion]], lacking any engine pods or nacelles, but remain capable of chasing down a battlestar ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part II]]"). They can rotate their upper and lower halves into a tandem-Y configuration for entry into a planetary atmosphere ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmAEmuwZY5Q From 1:49 to 2:04]</ref>

Basestars operate a fleet of small fighters, known as [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], and are capable of deploying hundreds of these ships simultaneously (see [[#Related Imagery|Related Imagery]]). The enormous number of Raiders serves as a basestar's primary defense system.

Like the Raiders, the basestars are partially [[Cylon organic resin|organic]], which is particularly evident in their landing bays ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]"). When severely damaged, they can sustain large, fleshy [[:image:Basestar Wound Closeup.png|"wounds"]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Faith]]"). Moreover, [[Natalie]] mentions that their damaged baseship can heal itself ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]").

The baseships possess several conventional rooms and hallways, which are sleek but generally bland. Lighting plays a large role in the aesthetics and some rooms are furnished with clearly human objects, such as beds and couches. Humanoid Cylons [[Projection|project different surroundings]] to navigate ship corridors more easily, and to provide them with an individually pleasing environment (such as a lush forest). Data and other functions (such as analyzing visual information) are handled within a liquid computer interface that resembles a stream of water flowing over a luminous glass surface. Cylons can [[Data-font|interact with the main computer by placing their hands in these basins]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]").

===Command and Control===
[[Image:Basestarcontol_306_720p.png|thumb|left|Baseship control room ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]").]]
A basestar is operated by many [[humanoid Cylon]]s. Up to [[Torn|all seven models]] of them issue commands for the basestar from a central command and control center. Consensus amongst models is the typical procedure, as such the process of deliberation and voting on decisions may cause the basestar to react more slowly than a battlestar's command and control in a [[CIC]].

A basestar's functions are managed by a partially [[Hybrid|humanoid Cylon]] incorporated into the ship, known as a [[Hybrid]]. The Hybrid, for all respects of identity and control, ''is'' the basestar. The ship is an extension of her body and she is the ship's mind. The Hybrid, despite its humanoid appearance, is not a considered a fellow humanoid Cylon and lacks voting power as other agents have in Cylon affairs.

A basestar has a [[datastream]], or computer network, which interfaces with the Hybrid and all aspects of the basestar's operation.

===Armaments===
[[Image:Basestar fires missiles, "He That Believeth In Me".jpg|thumb|left|Basestar launching missiles ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]").]]
A basestar is capable of launching conventional or nuclear missiles from 220 turret launchers mounted throughout the arms and central axis <ref>[http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery Season 3 (Collaborators) and onward]</ref><ref>[http://darthmojo.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/baseship_wallpaper.jpg]</ref><ref>[http://media.battlestarwiki.org/images/a/a3/Basestar_Weapon_Mod.JPG An image of one y structure. Two make up a basestar.]</ref> that pivot to allow the basestar to fire in any direction<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>. Basestar-launched nuclear strikes against Colonial ships are usually carried out before Raider deployment. One example of a Cylon nuclear attack involved three Cylon basestars that [[Battle of the Binary Star System|ambush]] the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]''. They open their attack firing several nuclear missiles before deploying Raiders and switching to a non-nuclear salvo ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

A basestar's complement of Raiders is estimated as high as 792 fighters<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 56.</ref>, not counting fighters in repair or otherwise off-line. It should be noted that there are a total of 864 Raider launch slots on the arms of a pre-retconned Basestar. <ref>[http://www.modelermagic.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/kg_cg_ns_basestar-067.jpg multiply total by two]</ref> In comparison, the retconned Basestar has only 434 Raider launch slots, a dramatic decrease from the previous version.<ref>[http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=si&img=149903 larger section, multiply by 2: 5 rows of 17 slots, and 2 rows of 7 slots]</ref><ref>[http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=si&img=131194 smaller section, multiply by 4: 59 total slots]</ref>

This tactic, along with the massive numbers of Raiders that a basestar can unleash, suggest a reliance on overwhelming force to destroy a foe. It is probable that basestars used nuclear weapons to destroy the bulk of the [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] (using their [[CNP]] back-doors to compromise their defenses first) in the opening wave of their [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]].

After the Colonial commanders draw away their Raider wings, [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship|two basestars are torn apart]] by the kinetic guns of the battlestars ''Pegasus'' and ''Galactica'' in a joint mission to destroy a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. It would seem that that basestars rely heavily on their Raiders for close-range gun defense. Since a basestar does not appear to have point-defense batteries, or heavy armoring<ref>Intelligence Debrief: Cylon Basestar, "Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine", June/July 2006, page 57.</ref>, it seems quite vulnerable to battlestars in close-range combat when fighter support is not prominent ([[TRS]]: "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]"). From this, it can be theorized that basestars are designed primarily as carriers for the massive fleet of Raiders they carry, rather than as a front-line main battleship. Their reliance on long-distance attacks with missiles and their complement of Raiders, as well as their overall fragility seem to support this.

It would also appear that basestars possess an automated self-destruct system that triggers in the event that no living Cylons remain aboard ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]").

=== Notes ===
*Beginning with the episode "[[Collaborators]]", a [[:Image:Change.jpg|new exterior design]] is used for the basestars, bearing a sharper, more mechanical look than they previously had. This was apparently an upgrade by the visual effects crew to make the exterior reflect the interior design, which is seen for the first time in that episode.
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== Rebel basestar ==
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| title= Rebel basestar
| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= [[Humanoid Cylon]]s, [[Cylon Centurion]]s, the [[Hybrid]]
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, [[Heavy Raider]]s, at least 3 Raiders
| status= Somewhere in space under the command of freed Centurions
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This basestar belonged to the rebel Cylon faction comprised of only the [[Number Two|Two]], [[Number Six|Six]] and [[Number Eight|Eight]] models aside from [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], as well as the last remaining [[Number Three|Three]] copy later on. This basestar received serious damage after the other three models attempted to wipe out and destroy all of the rebel's basestars. All of the rebels' basestars – except for this – ([[TRS]]: "[[The Ties That Bind]]") were destroyed.

The basestar was later found by the ''[[Demetrius]]'' and its crew, who had been searching for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. They return to [[The Fleet (TRS)|the fleet]] with the basestar, where the Colonials and the Rebel Cylons form an unsteady alliance to destroy the [[Resurrection Hub]], and hence destroy the Cylons' ability to [[resurrection|resurrect]]. However, the basestar becomes the only ship to make it there, after the [[Hybrid]] jumps without ''Galactica''. Against all odds, the baseship manages to destroy the Hub with the help of the humans in the ship, as well as retrieve the last Three copy ([[TRS]]: "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[The Hub]]").

After a brief standoff, the Cylons join the fleet in the final jump to Earth, only to find it in ruins. The basestar is later invited to join the fleet to find a new home afterwards ([[TRS]]: "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]").

Over time, the ship is integrated into the fleet, getting its own representation in the new Quorum of Ship's Captains and flying joint fighter CAPs with ''Galactica''. Upon Admiral Adama's decision to abandon the battlestar, it is decided that the baseship would become the new flagship under Adama's command, since it is the only other warship remaining in the fleet.

When ''Galactica'' heads off to the Colony to rescue Hera, the baseship is left under the command of Admiral Hoshi to await ''Galactica'''s return. It later jumps to New Earth along with the rest of the fleet, where the Cylons turn control of the ship to the Centurions, allowing them to seek their own destiny as the human models settle on Earth with the rest of humanity.

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== Cylon War-era basestars ==

The Cylons had deployed three different variants of Basestars during the First [[Cylon War]].

=== First Variant ===
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| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
| type= Military
| ftl= Presumed
| crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]]
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The basestars in service during the 12-year Cylon War consisted of two flattened cones connected at the center by a thick pylon, giving them a conical saucer-like appearance<ref>This basestar design seen in the [[Miniseries]] and later in "[[Razor]]" is an obvious homage to the [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] seen in the [[Original Series]]. However, its weaponry (if not also its [[Imperious Leader|command structure]]) is markedly different than its 1978 counterpart per the "realistic" goals of [[Ron Moore]]'s essay on [[Naturalistic science fiction]] in ''Battlestar''.</ref> ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]").

Much like its modern counterpart, this model utilized chemically-propelled missiles (with both nuclear and conventional warheads) as the main form of offensive weaponry. Raiders were deployed from access points (totaling 8 in number) throughout a basestar's hull to provide defense. This design, as with later iterations, was capable of operating within an atmosphere (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

During [[Operation Raptor Talon]], the battlestar ''[[Columbia (TRS)|Columbia]]'' was destroyed by basestar missiles and Raider attacks as ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' and another unnamed battlestar pressed their assaults.

The origins of the initial basestars are unclear. However, as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons were a creation of man]] in the early days before the war, it is probable that man himself (through the efforts of various [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|colonies]]) designed the various ships and weapons used by the Cylons for the use in intra-colonial wars prior to the [[Articles of Colonization]].

A model of this basestar design is displayed over 40 years later on ''Galactica'', as part of its [[Galactica Museum|planned museum]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries, Night 1]]").

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=== Second Variant ===
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| title= Basestar, 2nd variant
| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Unknown, presumably [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Nuclear and conventional missiles, kinetic energy weapons (point defense), [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]]
| img= Y
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A second variant Basestar was deployed by Cylon forces sometime before the 10th year of the War. This class represents a small evolutionary step from the 1st variant to the Guardian Basestar, suggesting it wasn't a one-off design. This line of Basestars can then be linked to the modern design seen after the fall of the Colonies.

This configuration features two y-shaped hulls in tandem alignment, with a 1st variant-like top and bottom hull ("[[Blood and Chrome]]").

Although the main offensive armament of this variant is still its missile launchers, the ship also possesses numerous point defense cannons, which are used by one such ship in a failed attempt to deter the attacking ''[[Osiris]]'''s kamikaze run.

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=== Third "Guardian" Variant ===
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| image= guardian_basestar.jpg
| title= Guardian basestar
| race= [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]]
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]], [[first Hybrid]]
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= 36 twin missile tube mountings <ref>[http://www.galacticabbs.com/index.php?autocom=gallery&req=sc&cat=187&sort_key=caption&order_key=ASC&prune_key=*&st=4384 Images are in the middle of the page and clearly show missle launchers.]</ref>, First Cylon War-era Raiders
| status= Destroyed
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Towards the end of the first Cylon War, the Cylons built a prototype basestar that had roughly the same shape as the modern basestar. The [[First Hybrid|first hybrids]] were developed for use with this model.

It is explained by [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] that a group of Centurions calling themselves [[Guardians]] fractured from the Cylon majority with such a basestar. The belief is that they escaped to the far reaches of space to avoid being shut-down in favor of their modernized, non-sentient [[Cylon Centurion|successors]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]"). The only basestar of this type known to exist was destroyed by Colonial forces shortly after its discovery.
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== Related Imagery ==

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Image:Basestar 3.png|A first variant Basestar hovering over Caprica City.
Image:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|[[Operation Raptor Talon]] at the end of the first Cylon War ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

Image:Basestar 1.png|A second variant Basestar over the ice moon [[Djerba]].
Image:Basestar 2.png|A second variant Basestar launches Raiders.

Image:Gardian basestar.jpg|A third "Guardian" variant taking off from an [[ice planet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]").

Image:Baseship, hornet nest.jpg|[[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] being released ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]").
Image:Baseships over Caprica.jpg|Trio of basestars over Caprica ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").
Image:Dyingbasestar_306_720p.png|A basestar infected by a deadly [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|virus]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]").
Image:Basestar Interior 1.jpg|Baltar and a Three in a room on a basestar ([[TRS]]: "Torn").
Image:Basestar Interior 2.jpg|Baltar and a Three in a corridor ([[TRS]]: "[[The Passage]]").
Image:Basestar Interior 3.jpg|A basestar's hangar bay ([[TRS]]: "Torn").
Image:Cylon membrane hatch.jpg|A membrane covers a mechanical-looking hatch of a Cylon docking slip ([[TRS]]: "[[Faith]]").
Image:Basestars Atmospheric Entry Configuration.png|Tandem "Y" formation assumed for atmospheric entries as seen in "[[The Plan]]".
Image:Basestars Entering Caprica Atmosphere.png|Another view of tandem "Y".
Image:Basestar Missle Launchers The Plan.jpg|Basestar Weaponary.
Image:Closeup Basestar Missle Launcher.png|Closeup of missle launcher with MIRV mounted.
Image:Retconned Basestar Raider Bays.png|Detail of primary raider bays. There are two per ship.
Image:Cylon Basestar Secondary Raider Bay.png|Detail of the secondary raider bays. There are four per ship.
Image:Rebel Basestar Arm Closeup.png|Arm detail.
Image:New Cylon Basestar Zoic Style Shot.png|Angle shot.
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Felix Gaeta

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|marital status=Romantically involved with [[Louis Hoshi]].
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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''.

Prior to the attack, he was studying genetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).

He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These traits and his overall abilities leads Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' senior crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.

As well as carrying out duties of Tactical Officer, Gaeta performs the navigational functions of calculating and initiating jumps, and manages the ship's [[FTL]] drive. Gaeta also manages the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.

Following the fleet's discovery and abandoning of [[Earth]] and the controversial decision to install [[Cylon]] FTL technology on all ships in the fleet, Gaeta uses his central role in CIC to lead a [[Gaeta's Mutiny|bloody mutiny]] aboard Galactica, and in concert with Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] stages a coup d'etat against [[Laura Roslin]]'s presidency. Zarek promotes Gaeta to [[Commander]] and commanding officer of ''Galactica'', a position he holds briefly until Adama regains control of the ship.

Gaeta is executed by firing squad for his leading role in the coup.

==Remarkable Brilliance==

As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives aboard ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges leveled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by Godfrey looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.

Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], Gaeta forgets to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedures.

Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] does not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ad hoc network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the time required for the calculations. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Without him realizing it, the Cylons break through the last firewall before he can disconnect the network. As a result, many vital systems are disabled throughout the ship while [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] board the battlestar ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].

==Under Pressure==

Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'Anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).

The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatenes to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack is imminent.

[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]

After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:

:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/>
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/>
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/>
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/>

Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.

Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.

Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==

During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew - or indicates any knowledge of - who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name - the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.)
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully elected President, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].

A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).

== Inside Man ==
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).

Around the same time, Gaeta is seduced by a [[Number Eight]]. Believing that he can trust her, he gives her lists with names of human prisoners. The Eight promises to do what she can to save them, but only has a few token humans freed and the rest executed for being valuable to the humans. Gaeta only learns of her betrayal much later (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').

== End of the Baltar Administration ==
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

== Return to Duty ==
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie.

When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]).

After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.

== Animosity towards Baltar ==

Baltar is aware of Gaeta's relationship with the Eight on New Caprica. During an interrogation, he whispers to Gaeta, "I know what your Eight did". Baltar's knowledge leads Gaeta to try to kill him by stabbing him in the neck. However, he is stopped and knocked out by Admiral Adama ("[[Taking a Break from All Your Worries]]", ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'') <ref>In "Taking a Break From All Your Worries", Baltar's words can't be heard. This was originally the remnant of a subplot that was cut from the storyline and later retconned in order to provide an explanation for Gaeta's reaction. See [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#From the podcast]] for the original idea.</ref>.

During Baltar's trial for which he faces the death penalty, Gaeta commits perjury, claiming that he was there when Baltar signed the death lists and that Baltar offered no resistance in approving them ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

== Member of the ''Demetrius'' Crew ==

Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon]] to jump to a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Agathon refuses the order believing it to be too risky. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[XO]] and gives him the same order. Like Agathon, Gaeta refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officers which leads Agathon to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]). During this standoff Anders shoots Gaeta in the leg before he can initiate a jump back to ''Galactica''. Having to wait 15 hours for a Raptor to return, Gaeta is worried that he will lose his leg because of the lack of proper medical treatement ([[Faith]]).

Returned to ''Galactica'', Gaeta does lose his leg. In recovery, he deals with the stress and phantom pain by singing a [[Gaeta's Lament|mournful ballad]] over and over ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). Shortly later, he returns to duty, still in pain from his ordeal, but refusing to be relieved ([[Revelations]]).

==Post Earth/Mutiny==

In the webisodes "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" it was revealed that Gaeta had been in a relationship with [[communications officer]] Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]], though their relationship did not survive the webisode series.<ref>Writer's commentary to webisode 10; Gaeta ends the relationship in order to protect Hoshi from the fallout of what Gaeta is about to do.</ref>

After the formation of the Cylon-Human alliance, Gaeta entices Vice President Zarek to stage a coup d'état and leads a [[Gaeta's Mutiny|rebellion]] against Admiral Adama and President Roslin. Gaeta seizes control of the ship, and is appointed commander by Zarek, becoming the ''de facto'' commanding officer of ''Galactica'' though fighting continues throughout the ship.

Adama and Tigh are ultimately arrested after helping Roslin and Baltar escape the ship. Gaeta orders Tigh jailed, and attempts to force Adama to reason with President Roslin. Adama refuses and instead tells Gaeta contemptuously that he is now the 'admiral'.

Gaeta is horrified to see the bodies of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] members after Zarek ordered their mass assassination, but continues his allegiance. Despite Zarek's preference for quick and brutal removal of opponents, Gaeta insisted that Admiral Adama be tried for treason, ''et al.'', with Zarek as the entire tribunal, and [[Romo Lampkin]] serving as Adama's lawyer. Zarek summarily finds Adama guilty, and Gaeta orders the creation of a firing squad.

Having previously ordered her Raptor to be shot down, Gaeta is forced into a defensive position when Roslin takes command of the rebel Cylon Basestar. Zarek attempts to break Roslin's resolve by lying to her that Tigh died in an escape attempt and erroneously reporting that Adama was executed. The plan backfires; it steels Roslin's resolve, and she swears to destroy them at all costs. Zarek urges Gaeta to fight. Gaeta, feeling that enough blood had been shed, instead attempts to escape by jumping away with those ships who have obeyed his order to spin up their FTL drives. [[Galen Tyrol]] manages to manually disable ''Galactica'''s FTL drive, preventing a jump.

As the rest of his crew prepares to fire, Gaeta remembers what he had said to Thrace about there being a reckoning and that people would have to answer for their actions. Realizing that he, too, would soon face his own reckoning, Gaeta orders weapons hold. Seconds later, CIC is stormed by Adama and a large contingent of loyal officers and marines.

Gaeta gives up without a fight, and he and Zarek are led away, their rebellion ended. Gaeta later discusses things with Baltar, admitting that he doesn't mind that he lost but making an unclear statement (one that Baltar claims to have understood) about hoping people would understand who he is.

Gaeta and Zarek are executed by firing squad for mutiny and treason. Just prior to his death, Gaeta realizes in shock that his amputated leg no longer itches. His last words are, "It stopped!" ([[Blood on the Scales]])

==Notes==
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.
*The name "Felix" - first revealed in the episode "[[Final Cut]]" - means "happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous.
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy.
*In the Miniseries, Gaeta's name is usually pronounced {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}, while Colonel Tigh seems to vacillates between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}} - this may also be atributed to the varying severity of Michael Hogan's Canadian accent. However, in all subsequent episodes, everyone pronounces it as {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}.
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror real-world naval tradition, in which male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to and addressed as 'Mister.'

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Ice planet

2011-09-30T13:47:14Z

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: ''For the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] episode, see: "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero]]".''
[[Image:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|300px|Operation Raptor Talon waging above the unnamed ice planet]]
An '''unnamed ice planet''' on the "ass end of nowhere" is a base of operations for the [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]]s during the [[Cylon War]].

Rumors amongst the Colonials indicate that this ice planet houses a superweapon, since it houses an impressive amount of defenses: three [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]] wings, ground forces, nuclear weapons ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1) and at least two [[basestar (RDM)|basestars]] ([[TRS]]: "Razor Flashbacks," Episode 3).

The events of [[Operation Raptor Talon]] occur in orbit of this planet, as does the destruction of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' ([[TRS]]: "Razor Flashbacks," Episode 3).

When Adama crash lands on the planet, he discovers a grounded basestar and several warehouses. In one of the buildings he finds a laboratory, where the Cylons experimented on humans they abducted from civilian vessels. Unable to free the survivors, he leaves the building when the basestar takes off ([[TRS]]: "Razor Flashbacks," Episodes 4 through 7).

Over 40 years later, Adama realizes that this was a base where the Cylons created the [[Hybrid]]s by experimenting on humans. The [[first Hybrid]] was on the [[Guardian basestar|basestar that escaped]] and the crew of that ship were the only remaining original Centurions left as the other Centurions were created non-sentient. The ship that escaped is destroyed by a strike force from ''Pegasus'' with a nuke in the [[Battle of the Guardian Basestar]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

== Notes ==
*An unrelated [[Ice moon|moon covered in ice]] is encountered by the Fleet in the episode "[[Water]]" and is used to replenish its dwindling water reserves.

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Scar

2011-09-17T15:43:12Z

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: ''This article deals with the episode. For information on the ace Cylon Raider, see "[[Scar (Raider)]]"''

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== Overview ==

: ''An ace Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]], nicknamed "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]" by the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, has been causing problems for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Louanne Katraine]] compete to hunt it down while Thrace pines for [[Samuel Anders|"a dead guy."]]''

== Summary ==

* Several [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots have been killed while guarding the ''[[Majahual]]'', an ore mining ship located on top of a metal ore-rich asteroid. The Fleet's goal is to gather sufficient ore there to create two new squadrons of Vipers.
* With the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed as well as most of the nearest Cylon fleet, the Cylons are far less brazen in attacks, sending only a few Raiders to harass the mining operation.
* ''Galactica'' stays behind to guard the mining operation with their [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], while ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' stays with the civilian fleet at a remote location.
* There is too much debris in the system to use [[DRADIS]] to quickly sight and kill the Raiders. [[Combat Air Patrol]]s are needed instead, using their [[Mark One Eyeball]] to find the Raiders.
* One particular Raider, known as "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]", is the cause of the pilot deaths.
* [[Kat]], now a seasoned and very talented pilot, challenges [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] over the "Top Gun" beer stein (currently held by Thrace) with the downing of Scar.
* Thrace's depression over the inability to convince Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] to return to Caprica to rescue [[Samuel Anders]] and his [[Caprica Resistance]] causes her to drink excessively and behave very rashly. To suppress her feelings on the inability to fulfill her promise, Thrace begins to tell herself that Anders is dead.
*Thrace turns to [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] for advice regarding Scar who explains that Raiders can reincarnate as well, and with the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed, Scar will do anything to survive.
*She also mentions that "he probably hates you (Thrace) as much as you hate him," as well as asking "how many of us" ''[sic]'' did Scar kill. In an unguarded moment, Sharon and Thrace reminisce over old times, but when Sharon reaches to touch Thrace in friendship, [[Marines]] on guard make it clear that it is not permitted. As a distraught Thrace leaves, Sharon tells her to be careful.
* When a rookie pilot from ''Pegasus'', [[Brent Baxton|BB]], is killed, Kat berates Starbuck for giving him "textbook" advice. Later, Kat berates a hungover Starbuck again for being late to lead her own pilot's briefing as well as assigning [[Snake]] in her place on CAP, which leads to [[Joseph Clark|Jo-Jo's]] death at the hands of Scar.
* Thrace and [[Lee Adama]] talk over drinks, when Thrace propositions Adama for a "quick lay." The two pilots attack each other, clothes flying, but Thrace is too aggressive, which turns Adama's desire almost completely off. She admits that her feelings for Samuel Anders are very confused. When Adama tells her that it's the "living guys" she can't deal with, Thrace is so confused that she slaps Adama, then kisses him for his thoughtfulness in reminding her that he is her friend before she leaves his quarters.
* Starbuck is on patrol with Kat as her wingman when they spot a Raider. Both chase the Raider, but Scar uses that second Raider as a decoy by trying to ambush the Vipers from behind.
* Starbuck's instincts tell her to check their "six" (rear), which successfully locates Scar but leaves her Viper with moderate damage when Scar scores hits on her Viper.
*Starbuck leads Scar into a canyon on an asteroid, flips, and flies at Scar on a collision course. Kat shouts at Starbuck to break off as Scar is a machine and won't break off. Starbuck realizes this; she is making a suicide run, as her mind begins to drift out of focus as she thinks of Anders.
* At the last moment, Starbuck breaks off her [[CBDR]] run, and Scar chases her. Starbuck instructs Kat to ambush him from behind while Starbuck lures him into Kat's killzone, in a similar ambush that Scar attempted on them. The ambush is successful, with Kat winning her challenge over Starbuck.
* Starbuck fills the "Top Gun" beer stein for Kat and congratulates her. Then, Starbuck praises the memory of the many pilots lost to Scar and past battles. Admiral Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both laudable Viper pilots themselves in the [[Cylon War]], attend the celebration. Admiral Adama ends the tribute with "[[So say we all]]."
*Kat places a picture of [[Reilly|Reilly's girlfriend]] in the [[memorial hallway]] in hopes that someone remembers her.
* Training with Helo in the gym, Starbuck says that she could have killed Scar, but she would have killed herself in the process. Helo tells her that backing off and letting her wingman get the kill was the right thing to do. Helo notes that Starbuck didn't make the suicide run, because she has something to live for now in Anders.

== Notes ==

=== Characters ===
*More of the friendship between [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Kara Thrace]] is shown in this episode.
*Kara Thrace, despite serving as a pilot on ''Galactica'' under Lee Adama, is still ''Pegasus'' CAG. She flies under Adama because the two battlestars have combined their resources for the mining operation's defense.
*[[Samuel Anders]] appears in flashbacks (re-used footage) in this episode.
*[[Gaius Baltar]], [[Number Six]] and [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] do not appear in this episode.
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] appears very briefly in this episode. Also, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] appear in this episode, seen in [[CIC]], but Dualla only has brief speaking lines.
*Lee Adama doesn't fly in this episode, and is never seen in a [[flight suit]]. A lot of the day-to-day work of the CAG, such as assigning and briefing pilots, falls to Starbuck, with Adama giving more general orders and directions.

=== Story ===
*The survivor count is four less than displayed in "[[Black Market]]", accounting for the deaths of [[Jack Fisk]], [[Phelan]], and Fisk's killer. The survivor count, therefore, commences after "96 hours previously".
*As the episode begins, the mining ship ''[[Majahual]]'' has been conducting operations in a thick asteroid field for 29 days.
*In the podcast, it is revealed that a scene was cut of the pilots auctioning off [[Beano]]'s possessions, a tradition from the British Navy during the Napoleonic War Era. This auction, Ron Moore explains, was a tribute to the fallen, as well as serving the practical purpose of recycling resources. There would be a shot of Apollo holding up Beano's "skin" magazine and taking bids, etc. This "skin" magazine (which is named ''[[Nymph]]'') can be briefly seen when Starbuck is packing it into a box of [[Reilly]]'s personal effects. During the following scene when they are talking about Scar in the rec room ("88 hours ago"), [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] is reading it, having won the auction.
*A [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)#Scar|deleted scene]] for this episode explains that Kat is giving a pilot briefing about Scar at one point (ending with "That's the motherfrakker I'm going to kill") because Starbuck is late for the meeting, so Kat assumes she isn't coming at all and starts without her. In the deleted scene, Starbuck comes into the room right after the original scene ends, argues with Kat for starting without her, and then moves right into the next scene where Starbuck is summarizing the tactical situation for the past month.
*New nuggets are still being trained and added to the Fleet's ranks. Kat's assertion that "no replacements are coming" in "[[Final Cut]]" is no longer relevant with the arrival of ''Pegasus'' and her resources. Also, in "[[Act of Contrition]]", it is mentioned that ''Galactica'' does not have any flight training simulators and thus prefers to train pilots having prior flight experience. With the arrival of ''Pegasus'', the Fleet now has Viper flight simulators and thus potential pilots can now be trained properly, even those with no prior experience.
*Nuggets enter the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] at the rank of ensign after completing flight training.
*Pilot training apparently takes place on ''Pegasus'', with recruits being assigned to ''Galactica'' afterward.

=== General ===
*The [[landram]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] makes a cameo appearance during the introduced to the ''[[Majahual]]''.
*The name "Kassie", which [[Louanne Katraine]] brings up when trying to remember [[Reilly]]'s girlfriend's name, is a nod to [[Cassiopeia]] from the Original Series. That character was often called "Cassie" by [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]].
*''Pegasus'' has Viper production facilities, one of her more modern capabilities that ''Galactica'' lacks. During the episode, the ''Pegasus'' production team finishes its first combat-ready Viper.
*Thrace and Katraine use the word [[frak|motherfrakker]] in this episode, which is the second use of this vulgarism since its introduction in "[[Valley of Darkness]]".
*The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually a U.S. Navy [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*This episode bears some similarities to the ''[[w:Space: Above and Beyond|Space: Above and Beyond]]'' episodes "[[w:Never No More|Never No More]]" and "[[w:The Angriest Angel|The Angriest Angel]]", both of which deal with the introduction of an "ace" alien fighter and its detrimental effect upon the Earth military's morale, and the ensuing efforts of a main character to hunt him down.
*The song that plays in the final scene of this episode is "[[w:Cavatina (song)|Cavatina]]" by [[w:Stanley Myers|Stanley Myers]], well known as the theme from the film ''[[w:The Deer Hunter|The Deer Hunter]]''.
*Thrace uses a bottle of [[Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine]] to pour Kat her first "Top Gun" mug and to toast the fallen pilots. This type of alcohol was previously used in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" to christen the [[Blackbird]].

== Analysis ==
*The title "Scar" refers to the "ace" Cylon Raider this episode centers around. While all Cylon Raiders appear visually identical, this particular unit has extensive hull damage, whether from asteroid impacts, scoring from near-misses or other debris, giving it a weathered, craggy look - essentially, "battle scars". It can also refer to the characters' emotional scars, particularly Starbuck's.
*Many of the pilots Starbuck toasts are minor and recurring characters who have died in previous episodes. In the order she lists them:
**[[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]] - killed in deck accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]", along with twelve others.
**[[Donald Perry|Chuckles]] - killed in action during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".
**[["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]] - killed in action in the [[Miniseries]], along with nineteen others.
**[[Crashdown]] - shot by Dr. Gaius Baltar in "[[Fragged]]".
**[[Flyboy]] - killed in action by a Cylon Centurion in "[[Valley of Darkness]]".
**[[Stepchild]] - killed in action during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid
**[[Fireball]] - killed in action during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid
*Among those not mentioned are Major [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]], KIA in the Miniseries, and [[Karma]], KIA in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". As noted in [[Podcast:Scar#Act 4|the podcast]], this is truthfully reflecting Starbuck's earlier comment that she can't remember the names of all of the pilots that have died.
*During the "[[Previously on Battlestar Galactica|previously on ''Battlestar Galactica'']]" intro, a clip of a scene which has never actually aired before in any episode was played. In the scene, Starbuck argues to Adama and Roslin that they must mount a rescue operation to save the Caprica Resistance, but Adama and Roslin are in agreement that it is impossible and tell her they can't. This is the opening of the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" that was released later on DVD:
**'''Thrace: '''The Resistance base camp is here (''points at a map'') 300 klicks north of the only Cylon airbase in the area...
**'''Roslin: ''' I respect what you're trying to do here, however...
**'''Thrace: ''' We have a ''duty'' to the people we left behind.
**'''Adama: ''' We understand that.
**'''Thrace: ''' We ''have to'' find a way to Jump back to Caprica, and go get them--
**'''Adama: '''--Kara!
*During the "in this episode" sequence of the credits, there are two images not seen in the episode; one of Starbuck standing at a distance, and one of a gun being placed before the camera. These could have been cut from the training scene.
* This episode is the third of the most recent four episodes to begin ''[[Wikipedia:In medias res|in medias res]]'', after "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" and "[[Black Market]]". In terms of how the flashbacks are structured, going back and forth between past and current events, this episode most resembles "[[Act of Contrition]]". (However, the [[Podcast:Black Market|podcast]] for "[[Black Market]]" indicates that beginning that episode with Lee's confrontation with [[Phelan]] was not part of the original script and was done as an act of "desperation".)
*As discussed in [[Podcast:Scar|the podcast]], writers David Weddle and Bradley Thompson are mostly responsible for expanding the minor pilot characters as the series has progressed. They wrote "[[Act of Contrition]]", in which the nuggets are introduced, then "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", which is the second time they all appear (and when Chuckles dies). Kat and Hot Dog reappear in "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" which Weddle and Thompson also wrote. The character of Kat receives more development since "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", the writers' most recent entry before this episode.

== Questions ==

*As implied by [[Sharon Agathon|Valerii]], is Scar a reincarnation of the Cylon Raider that Starbuck captures in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"?
*The Fleet has obtained enough metal ore to eventually construct two new squadrons of Vipers: will they be Mark IIs, or Mark VIIs?
*With Thrace serving on ''Galactica'', who is instructing [[nugget]]s on ''Pegasus''?
*If Raiders reincarnate so that Cylon forces can benefit from their learned experience, why don't [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]? ([[Precipice|Answer]])
*Do basestars (well, [[Hybrid]]s anyway) also have the ability to reincarnate given that they appear to be composed of similar bio-mechanical technology as the Raiders?
*As the [[Resurrection Ship]] recon images (from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") only show humanoid bodies awaiting download, how are the consciousnesses of dead Raiders stored and where are they transferred?
* Exactly how many Cylon Raiders were lurking within the asteroid system, including Scar?
* Exactly where is the rest of the Fleet? It's stated that the Fleet is elsewhere, guarded by ''Pegasus'' -- suggesting it has jumped -- however Roslin is aboard ''Galactica'', which is odd as one would expect her to stay with the Fleet, and a communication is received from ''Pegasus'' regarding Viper production, suggesting the Fleet must not have actually jumped.

== Official Statements ==

*According to an interview on Subject2Discussion.com on January 3rd, 2006, along with "Home" (Parts [[Home, Part I|One]], [[Home, Part II|Two]]), and "[[The Farm]]", this is one of Katee Sackhoff's favorite episodes.

* ''Sackhoff discusses her dislike of the Viper scenes:''

: Scar was really tough. It was all those scenes of technical mumbo jumbo so [[Luciana Carro|Luciana [Carro]]] and I decided to add it all together and do it as one big long scene. We were in and out of the Vipers all day long. It is exhausting.<ref>{{cite_news|first=Cullen|last=Ian M.|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/Sackhoff_Vipers.html|title=Sackhoff Admits To Hating The Viper Scenes|publisher=SciFi Pulse|page=|date=30 January 2007|accessdate=9 February 2007|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*{{audio|Scar - one Tigh is enough.mp3|''Kat responds to Starbuck's runaway drinking, after being called a "stim junkie".''}}
:'''Kat''': One Tigh on this ship's enough.

*{{audio|Scar - get what we can.mp3|''Drinking heavily late at night, Apollo and Starbuck commiserate over all of the pilots that have died.}}
:'''Apollo''': You know what gets me? I know that in two weeks, I won't remember his face. I can't remember any of their faces after they're killed. No matter how hard I try, they just fade.
:'''Starbuck''': I don't even remember their names.
:'''Apollo''': Names. Oh, let's see, there was- there was [[Flat Top]]. (Starbuck spits some of her drink on him) Who bought it on his thousandth landing. There was [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]]. (Starbuck spits out some more beer) Stop it, already. Please, not funny. All right. It's not funny.
:'''Starbuck''': It is funny. You know [[Laura Roslin|the President]] says that we're saving humanity for a bright, shiny future. On [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. That you and I are never gonna see. We're not. Because we go out over and over again until someday, some [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|metal mother frakker]] is gonna catch us on a bad day and just blow us away.
:'''Apollo''': Bright, shiny futures are overrated anyway.
:'''Starbuck''': That is why we gotta get what we can. Right now.

*{{audio|Scar - Starbuck's toast.mp3|''After Starbuck pours Kat a drink in her new ''Galactica'' Top Gun mug, she raises a toast to nearly every pilot that has died since their flight from the Colonies.''}}
:'''Starbuck:''' To BB, Jo-Jo, Reilly, Beano, [[Jackson Spencer|Dipper]], [[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]], [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], [["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]], [[Alex Quartararo|Crashdown]], Sheppard, [[Theo Oberon|Dash]], [[Flyboy]], [[Stepchild]], [[Puppet]], [[Fireball]]...(stops, crying)
:'''Apollo:''' To all of 'em.
:'''Admiral Adama:''' So say we all.
:'''Crew:''' So say we all.
:'''Starbuck:''' So say we all.

== Guest stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
*[[Christopher Jacot]] as Ensign [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]]
*[[Sean J. Dory]] as Ensign [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]]
*[[Christian Tessier]] as Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]

== References ==
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: ''This article deals with the episode. For information on the ace Cylon Raider, see "[[Scar (Raider)]]"''

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== Overview ==

: ''An ace Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]], nicknamed "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]" by the [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots, has been causing problems for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Louanne Katraine]] compete to hunt it down while Thrace pines for [[Samuel Anders|"a dead guy."]]''

== Summary ==

* Several [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots have been killed while guarding the ''[[Majahual]]'', an ore mining ship located on top of a metal ore-rich asteroid. The Fleet's goal is to gather sufficient ore there to create two new squadrons of Vipers.
* With the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed as well as most of the nearest Cylon fleet, the Cylons are far less brazen in attacks, sending only a few Raiders to harass the mining operation.
* ''Galactica'' stays behind to guard the mining operation with their [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], while ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' stays with the civilian fleet at a remote location.
* There is too much debris in the system to use [[DRADIS]] to quickly sight and kill the Raiders. [[Combat Air Patrol]]s are needed instead, using their [[Mark One Eyeball]] to find the Raiders.
* One particular Raider, known as "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]", is the cause of the pilot deaths.
* [[Kat]], now a seasoned and very talented pilot, challenges [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] over the "Top Gun" beer stein (currently held by Thrace) with the downing of Scar.
* Thrace's depression over the inability to convince Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] to return to Caprica to rescue [[Samuel Anders]] and his [[Caprica Resistance]] causes her to drink excessively and behave very rashly. To suppress her feelings on the inability to fulfill her promise, Thrace begins to tell herself that Anders is dead.
*Thrace turns to [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] for advice regarding Scar. Valerii explains that Raiders can reincarnate as well, and with the [[Resurrection Ship]] destroyed, Scar will do anything to survive.
*Valerii also mentions that "he probably hates you (Thrace) as much as you hate him," as well as asking "how many of us" ''[sic]'' did Scar kill. In an unguarded moment, Valerii and Thrace reminisce over old times, but when Valerii reaches to touch Thrace in friendship, [[Marines]] on guard make it clear that it is not permitted. As a distraught Thrace leaves, Sharon tells her to be careful.
* When a rookie pilot from ''Pegasus'', [[Brent Baxton|BB]], is killed, Kat berates Starbuck for giving him "textbook" advice. Later, Kat berates a hungover Starbuck again for being late to lead her own pilot's briefing as well as assigning [[Snake]] in her place on CAP, which leads to [[Joseph Clark|Jo-Jo's]] death at the hands of Scar.
* Thrace and [[Lee Adama]] talk over drinks, when Thrace propositions Adama for a "quick lay." The two pilots attack each other, clothes flying, but Thrace is too aggressive, which turns Adama's desire almost completely off. She admits that her feelings for Samuel Anders are very confused. When Adama tells her that it's the "living guys" she can't deal with, Thrace is so confused that she slaps Adama, then kisses him for his thoughtfulness in reminding her that he is her friend before she leaves his quarters.
* Starbuck is on patrol with Kat as her wingman when they spot a Raider. Both chase the Raider, but Scar uses that second Raider as a decoy by trying to ambush the Vipers from behind.
* Starbuck's instincts tell her to check their "six" (rear), which successfully locates Scar but leaves her Viper with moderate damage when Scar scores hits on her Viper.
*Starbuck leads Scar into a canyon on an asteroid, flips, and flies at Scar on a collision course. Kat shouts at Starbuck to break off as Scar is a machine and won't break off. Starbuck realizes this; she is making a suicide run, as her mind begins to drift out of focus as she thinks of Anders.
* At the last moment, Starbuck breaks off her [[CBDR]] run, and Scar chases her. Starbuck instructs Kat to ambush him from behind while Starbuck lures him into Kat's killzone, in a similar ambush that Scar attempted on them. The ambush is successful, with Kat winning her challenge over Starbuck.
* Starbuck fills the "Top Gun" beer stein for Kat and congratulates her. Then, Starbuck praises the memory of the many pilots lost to Scar and past battles. Admiral Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both laudable Viper pilots themselves in the [[Cylon War]], attend the celebration. Admiral Adama ends the tribute with "[[So say we all]]."
*Kat places a picture of [[Reilly|Reilly's girlfriend]] in the [[memorial hallway]] in hopes that someone remembers her.
* Training with Helo in the gym, Starbuck says that she could have killed Scar, but she would have killed herself in the process. Helo tells her that backing off and letting her wingman get the kill was the right thing to do. Helo notes that Starbuck didn't make the suicide run, because she has something to live for now in Anders.

== Notes ==

=== Characters ===
*More of the friendship between [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Kara Thrace]] is shown in this episode.
*Kara Thrace, despite serving as a pilot on ''Galactica'' under Lee Adama, is still ''Pegasus'' CAG. She flies under Adama because the two battlestars have combined their resources for the mining operation's defense.
*[[Samuel Anders]] appears in flashbacks (re-used footage) in this episode.
*[[Gaius Baltar]], [[Number Six]] and [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] do not appear in this episode.
*Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] appears very briefly in this episode. Also, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] appear in this episode, seen in [[CIC]], but Dualla only has brief speaking lines.
*Lee Adama doesn't fly in this episode, and is never seen in a [[flight suit]]. A lot of the day-to-day work of the CAG, such as assigning and briefing pilots, falls to Starbuck, with Adama giving more general orders and directions.

=== Story ===
*The survivor count is four less than displayed in "[[Black Market]]", accounting for the deaths of [[Jack Fisk]], [[Phelan]], and Fisk's killer. The survivor count, therefore, commences after "96 hours previously".
*As the episode begins, the mining ship ''[[Majahual]]'' has been conducting operations in a thick asteroid field for 29 days.
*In the podcast, it is revealed that a scene was cut of the pilots auctioning off [[Beano]]'s possessions, a tradition from the British Navy during the Napoleonic War Era. This auction, Ron Moore explains, was a tribute to the fallen, as well as serving the practical purpose of recycling resources. There would be a shot of Apollo holding up Beano's "skin" magazine and taking bids, etc. This "skin" magazine (which is named ''[[Nymph]]'') can be briefly seen when Starbuck is packing it into a box of [[Reilly]]'s personal effects. During the following scene when they are talking about Scar in the rec room ("88 hours ago"), [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] is reading it, having won the auction.
*A [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 3 (RDM)#Scar|deleted scene]] for this episode explains that Kat is giving a pilot briefing about Scar at one point (ending with "That's the motherfrakker I'm going to kill") because Starbuck is late for the meeting, so Kat assumes she isn't coming at all and starts without her. In the deleted scene, Starbuck comes into the room right after the original scene ends, argues with Kat for starting without her, and then moves right into the next scene where Starbuck is summarizing the tactical situation for the past month.
*New nuggets are still being trained and added to the Fleet's ranks. Kat's assertion that "no replacements are coming" in "[[Final Cut]]" is no longer relevant with the arrival of ''Pegasus'' and her resources. Also, in "[[Act of Contrition]]", it is mentioned that ''Galactica'' does not have any flight training simulators and thus prefers to train pilots having prior flight experience. With the arrival of ''Pegasus'', the Fleet now has Viper flight simulators and thus potential pilots can now be trained properly, even those with no prior experience.
*Nuggets enter the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] at the rank of ensign after completing flight training.
*Pilot training apparently takes place on ''Pegasus'', with recruits being assigned to ''Galactica'' afterward.

=== General ===
*The [[landram]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] makes a cameo appearance during the introduced to the ''[[Majahual]]''.
*The name "Kassie", which [[Louanne Katraine]] brings up when trying to remember [[Reilly]]'s girlfriend's name, is a nod to [[Cassiopeia]] from the Original Series. That character was often called "Cassie" by [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]].
*''Pegasus'' has Viper production facilities, one of her more modern capabilities that ''Galactica'' lacks. During the episode, the ''Pegasus'' production team finishes its first combat-ready Viper.
*Thrace and Katraine use the word [[frak|motherfrakker]] in this episode, which is the second use of this vulgarism since its introduction in "[[Valley of Darkness]]".
*The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually a U.S. Navy [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].
*This episode bears some similarities to the ''[[w:Space: Above and Beyond|Space: Above and Beyond]]'' episodes "[[w:Never No More|Never No More]]" and "[[w:The Angriest Angel|The Angriest Angel]]", both of which deal with the introduction of an "ace" alien fighter and its detrimental effect upon the Earth military's morale, and the ensuing efforts of a main character to hunt him down.
*The song that plays in the final scene of this episode is "[[w:Cavatina (song)|Cavatina]]" by [[w:Stanley Myers|Stanley Myers]], well known as the theme from the film ''[[w:The Deer Hunter|The Deer Hunter]]''.
*Thrace uses a bottle of [[Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine]] to pour Kat her first "Top Gun" mug and to toast the fallen pilots. This type of alcohol was previously used in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" to christen the [[Blackbird]].

== Analysis ==
*The title "Scar" refers to the "ace" Cylon Raider this episode centers around. While all Cylon Raiders appear visually identical, this particular unit has extensive hull damage, whether from asteroid impacts, scoring from near-misses or other debris, giving it a weathered, craggy look - essentially, "battle scars". It can also refer to the characters' emotional scars, particularly Starbuck's.
*Many of the pilots Starbuck toasts are minor and recurring characters who have died in previous episodes. In the order she lists them:
**[[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]] - killed in deck accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]", along with twelve others.
**[[Donald Perry|Chuckles]] - killed in action during the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]".
**[["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]] - killed in action in the [[Miniseries]], along with nineteen others.
**[[Crashdown]] - shot by Dr. Gaius Baltar in "[[Fragged]]".
**[[Flyboy]] - killed in action by a Cylon Centurion in "[[Valley of Darkness]]".
**[[Stepchild]] - killed in action during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid
**[[Fireball]] - killed in action during the Battle for the Tylium Asteroid
*Among those not mentioned are Major [[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]], KIA in the Miniseries, and [[Karma]], KIA in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]". As noted in [[Podcast:Scar#Act 4|the podcast]], this is truthfully reflecting Starbuck's earlier comment that she can't remember the names of all of the pilots that have died.
*During the "[[Previously on Battlestar Galactica|previously on ''Battlestar Galactica'']]" intro, a clip of a scene which has never actually aired before in any episode was played. In the scene, Starbuck argues to Adama and Roslin that they must mount a rescue operation to save the Caprica Resistance, but Adama and Roslin are in agreement that it is impossible and tell her they can't. This is the opening of the [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended cut]] of "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" that was released later on DVD:
**'''Thrace: '''The Resistance base camp is here (''points at a map'') 300 klicks north of the only Cylon airbase in the area...
**'''Roslin: ''' I respect what you're trying to do here, however...
**'''Thrace: ''' We have a ''duty'' to the people we left behind.
**'''Adama: ''' We understand that.
**'''Thrace: ''' We ''have to'' find a way to Jump back to Caprica, and go get them--
**'''Adama: '''--Kara!
*During the "in this episode" sequence of the credits, there are two images not seen in the episode; one of Starbuck standing at a distance, and one of a gun being placed before the camera. These could have been cut from the training scene.
* This episode is the third of the most recent four episodes to begin ''[[Wikipedia:In medias res|in medias res]]'', after "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" and "[[Black Market]]". In terms of how the flashbacks are structured, going back and forth between past and current events, this episode most resembles "[[Act of Contrition]]". (However, the [[Podcast:Black Market|podcast]] for "[[Black Market]]" indicates that beginning that episode with Lee's confrontation with [[Phelan]] was not part of the original script and was done as an act of "desperation".)
*As discussed in [[Podcast:Scar|the podcast]], writers David Weddle and Bradley Thompson are mostly responsible for expanding the minor pilot characters as the series has progressed. They wrote "[[Act of Contrition]]", in which the nuggets are introduced, then "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", which is the second time they all appear (and when Chuckles dies). Kat and Hot Dog reappear in "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Valley of Darkness]]" which Weddle and Thompson also wrote. The character of Kat receives more development since "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", the writers' most recent entry before this episode.

== Questions ==

*As implied by [[Sharon Agathon|Valerii]], is Scar a reincarnation of the Cylon Raider that Starbuck captures in "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]"?
*The Fleet has obtained enough metal ore to eventually construct two new squadrons of Vipers: will they be Mark IIs, or Mark VIIs?
*With Thrace serving on ''Galactica'', who is instructing [[nugget]]s on ''Pegasus''?
*If Raiders reincarnate so that Cylon forces can benefit from their learned experience, why don't [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]? ([[Precipice|Answer]])
*Do basestars (well, [[Hybrid]]s anyway) also have the ability to reincarnate given that they appear to be composed of similar bio-mechanical technology as the Raiders?
*As the [[Resurrection Ship]] recon images (from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") only show humanoid bodies awaiting download, how are the consciousnesses of dead Raiders stored and where are they transferred?
* Exactly how many Cylon Raiders were lurking within the asteroid system, including Scar?
* Exactly where is the rest of the Fleet? It's stated that the Fleet is elsewhere, guarded by ''Pegasus'' -- suggesting it has jumped -- however Roslin is aboard ''Galactica'', which is odd as one would expect her to stay with the Fleet, and a communication is received from ''Pegasus'' regarding Viper production, suggesting the Fleet must not have actually jumped.

== Official Statements ==

*According to an interview on Subject2Discussion.com on January 3rd, 2006, along with "Home" (Parts [[Home, Part I|One]], [[Home, Part II|Two]]), and "[[The Farm]]", this is one of Katee Sackhoff's favorite episodes.

* ''Sackhoff discusses her dislike of the Viper scenes:''

: Scar was really tough. It was all those scenes of technical mumbo jumbo so [[Luciana Carro|Luciana [Carro]]] and I decided to add it all together and do it as one big long scene. We were in and out of the Vipers all day long. It is exhausting.<ref>{{cite_news|first=Cullen|last=Ian M.|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/Sackhoff_Vipers.html|title=Sackhoff Admits To Hating The Viper Scenes|publisher=SciFi Pulse|page=|date=30 January 2007|accessdate=9 February 2007|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*{{audio|Scar - one Tigh is enough.mp3|''Kat responds to Starbuck's runaway drinking, after being called a "stim junkie".''}}
:'''Kat''': One Tigh on this ship's enough.

*{{audio|Scar - get what we can.mp3|''Drinking heavily late at night, Apollo and Starbuck commiserate over all of the pilots that have died.}}
:'''Apollo''': You know what gets me? I know that in two weeks, I won't remember his face. I can't remember any of their faces after they're killed. No matter how hard I try, they just fade.
:'''Starbuck''': I don't even remember their names.
:'''Apollo''': Names. Oh, let's see, there was- there was [[Flat Top]]. (Starbuck spits some of her drink on him) Who bought it on his thousandth landing. There was [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]]. (Starbuck spits out some more beer) Stop it, already. Please, not funny. All right. It's not funny.
:'''Starbuck''': It is funny. You know [[Laura Roslin|the President]] says that we're saving humanity for a bright, shiny future. On [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. That you and I are never gonna see. We're not. Because we go out over and over again until someday, some [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|metal mother frakker]] is gonna catch us on a bad day and just blow us away.
:'''Apollo''': Bright, shiny futures are overrated anyway.
:'''Starbuck''': That is why we gotta get what we can. Right now.

*{{audio|Scar - Starbuck's toast.mp3|''After Starbuck pours Kat a drink in her new ''Galactica'' Top Gun mug, she raises a toast to nearly every pilot that has died since their flight from the Colonies.''}}
:'''Starbuck:''' To BB, Jo-Jo, Reilly, Beano, [[Jackson Spencer|Dipper]], [[Dwight Saunders|Flat Top]], [[Donald Perry|Chuckles]], [["Jolly" Anders|Jolly]], [[Alex Quartararo|Crashdown]], Sheppard, [[Theo Oberon|Dash]], [[Flyboy]], [[Stepchild]], [[Puppet]], [[Fireball]]...(stops, crying)
:'''Apollo:''' To all of 'em.
:'''Admiral Adama:''' So say we all.
:'''Crew:''' So say we all.
:'''Starbuck:''' So say we all.

== Guest stars ==
*[[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Aaron Douglas]] as Chief [[Galen Tyrol]]
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Lt. [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
*[[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]]
*[[Kandyse McClure]] as Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as Lieutenant [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
*[[Christopher Jacot]] as Ensign [[Brent Baxton|Brent "BB" Baxton]]
*[[Sean J. Dory]] as Ensign [[Joseph Clark|Joseph "Jo-Jo" Clark]]
*[[Christian Tessier]] as Lieutenant [[Tucker Clellan|Tucker "Duck" Clellan]]

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:''This article refers to the 2003 re-imagined version of ''Battlestar Galactica''. For information on the 1978 Original Series, see [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]].

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| title= Battlestar Galactica
| creator= [[Ronald D. Moore]]
| starring= [[Edward James Olmos]]<br/>[[Mary McDonnell]]<br/>[[Katee Sackhoff]]<br/>[[Jamie Bamber]]<br/>[[James Callis]]<br/>[[Tricia Helfer]]<br/>[[Grace Park]]
| composer= [[Bear McCreary]]
| company= [[w:NBC Universal|NBC Universal]]
| seasons= 4
| episodes= 74
| episodelistid=The Re-imagined Series
| channel= [[Sci Fi Channel]] and [[Sky One]]
| US airdate= 2003-12-08
| UK airdate= 2004-02-17
| dvd= 2005-03-28
| exec producer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br/>[[David Eick]]
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| co-producer= [[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Toni Graphia]]
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==Summary==
The 2003 [[Miniseries]] debut of '''''Battlestar Galactica''''' was a "[[Wikipedia:Reboot (continuity)|re-imagining]]," or updated version of the [[Original Series]] made [[Naturalistic science fiction|more suitable]] to the modern sensibilities of the 21st Century. Aiming to tackle issues of civil rights, survival, terrorism, and religion, ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an drama following the survivors of a race of humanity—which number under 50,000. The new ''Battlestar'' was spearheaded by former ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' and ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' writer/producer [[Ron D. Moore]] and co-produced by [[David Eick]].

A familiar but different [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' finds herself leading a refugee [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] away from the destroyed [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] and on a (and [[Home, Part II|initially fictitious]]) quest for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], with turmoil from within and danger from without.

''Battlestar Galactica'' began as a four-hour miniseries pilot on the [[Sci Fi Channel]] in late 2003. As with the Original Series, the show begins with the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], but in a style more familiar and disturbing to today's viewers, making its events eerily reminiscent of feelings felt by many viewers to the sporadic and inconsistent news and chaos shown during the [[w:September 11, 2001|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]] in the United States.

While the design of the battlestar ''Galactica'' was probably the most familiar element derived from the Original Series, many elements of the new show were altered. The commander, [[William Adama]], is a battle-hardened, secularly-minded commander on the eve of retirement for himself and his [[Cylon War|combat-decorated]] old battlestar. The names of Original Series characters are now the pilot call signs for his son, [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] and the crack pilot, [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]. Starbuck's change into a female character initially became a torrid issue to Original Series fans who feared this and other changes would render an inferior series.

However, some fans became pleasantly surprised of the quality of the miniseries and the regular series. Unlike its Original Series counterpart, the new series has not only survived to prepare for a [[Season 4|fourth and final season]] in 2008, but has received many awards and nominations, including several Emmy nominations, a Peabody Award, a Saturn Award, and a Hugo Award. Its popularity has even given the show its own spin-off series, [[Caprica (series)| Caprica]]. In addition, the series has been sold to many other countries across the world.

== Series development ==

After the miniseries, the regular series itself was not immediately approved due to financial considerations. Initially, Universal Studios and Sci Fi Channel both deemed that the series was unaffordable, despite [[David Eick]]'s and David Kissinger's attempts to secure funding for the series. Fortuitously, the UK network [[Sky One]] was looking to fund "high-profile American shows", "ultimately making up the difference between what Universal felt it could afford and what we needed to make the show", according to Eick.<ref name="pg 41">{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=41|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>

Once funding was secured, the official announcement for the series' launch was given on 10 February 2004.<ref name="pg 41"/> Moore, a majority of the production staff, as well as every principal cast member from the miniseries returned to work on the series. Moore also hired the show's writing staff, including [[Toni Graphia]], [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]], and [[Carla Robinson]]. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=41-43|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>

Principal shooting on the [[Season 1 (2004-05)|first season]] was from 19 April to 15 September 2004, with each episode taking eight days to shoot. In an interesting twist, the series was first broadcast on a European network, Sky One, between 18 October 2004 to 24 January 2005.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=43|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref> As part of the funding agreement, Sky One was given the opportunity to play the new series first, leaving Americans to wait several months before the series would debut in the Americas.

== Noted changes from the [[Original Series]] ==
The basic story is still present: robotic [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] conduct a [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack on the Colonies]], thus forcing several stranded spaceships to coalesce around the last surviving [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]], ''[[Galactica]]'', to seek a mythical [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] where the survivors hope to find shelter from the Cylons.

Many of the fine details changed from the Original Series.

* The Cylons were created by humanity itself and not by a [[Cylons (TOS)|separate alien race]].<ref>This shift in antagonists mirror similar dystopian man/machine stories found in such popular films as the ''[[Wikipedia:The Terminator|Terminator]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Matrix|The Matrix]]'' movie series.</ref>
* ''Galactica'' is a 50 year old relic on the verge of decommission.
* The names of "Apollo", "Boomer", and "Starbuck" are changed to call signs. Most characters have standard first and last names; some first names were not given until later in the series, such as [[Felix Gaeta|Felix Gaeta's]] or [[Anastasia Dualla|Anastasia Dualla's]].
* The futuristic (and often confusing) terminology used to denote units of measurement, such as distance and time, in the Original Series has been replaced with understandable terminology, such as "year" and not "[[yahren]]".
* The ship designs, save for some revisions to the [[Viper Mark II]] and ''[[Galactica]]'' and a few noteworthy background ships (such as the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' and the [[Botanical Cruiser]]), have been redone.
* The government of the Colonies resembles the United States' democratic republic, with a president, vice president, and secretaries. The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] appears later, revised as a senatorial body, in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]".
* Instead of the other-worldly, Egyptian-esque clothing and city designs (i.e. pyramids) seen in the Original Series, objects are more contemporary in design and function. Indeed, many aspects of contemporary society are very common throughout the new series.
* The [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|religion]] for the Colonials revises the Lords of Kobol to be analogous in name to many of [[w:Greek mythology|the gods in real-world Greek mythology]], making the Colonial religion of the Re-imagined Series truly polytheistic (the Original Series' religion was more monotheistic as [[God (RDM)|God]] is referenced in tandem with the Lords of Kobol, who were more akin to [[w:saint|saints]].)
* The Cylons themselves [[Cylon Religion|celebrate a monotheistic religion]] with a deity similar to the God of the [[w:Abrahamic religion|Abrahamic religions]]. The Cylons and Colonials consider each other's religions to be false, reflecting the current Islam/Christianity/Judaism strife between the Western world and the Middle East, or clashes between colonizing forces and many indigenous or native populations throughout the age of exploration and modernity.

Characters are altered significantly from the Original Series.

* [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]], played by [[Herb Jefferson Jr.]], is now the callsign of a female, Lieutenant [[Sharon Valerii]] ([[Grace Park]]).
* [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]], played as a male character by [[Dirk Benedict]], is now the call-sign of a female lieutenant named [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Katee Sackhoff]]).
* "Adama", "Tigh", and "Baltar" are now surnames.
* The character of [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]], portrayed by [[Lorne Greene]] in the Original Series, becomes [[William Adama]] ([[Edward James Olmos]]). Adama's beliefs are far more secular than his Original Series counterpart.
* [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], portrayed by [[Richard Hatch]]in the Original Series, becomes the call sign of [[Lee Adama]] ([[Jamie Bamber]]).
* [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], who was willingly complicit in the destruction of the Colonies due to his thirst for power, became [[Gaius Baltar]], an arrogant scientific genius that is tricked into working with the Cylons.
* Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]], portrayed by [[Terry Carter]] in the original series, becomes Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ([[Michael Hogan]]), a grumpy alcoholic plagued by marital and psychological problems.

The show has taken a more realistic turn, scientifically. [[Science in the Re-imagined Series|Realistic science]], which was absent in the Original Series, is applied in this series as best as cinematic and storyline requirements permit.

Certain models of Cylons [[Humanoid Cylon|appear human, right down to the blood]], which generates some very disturbing problems in distinguishing friend from foe. This mirrors terrorist methods of infiltration and delivering destructive results to heavy population centers (akin to suicide bombers).

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Ron D. Moore]] discusses using the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as a template:''

: I approached the original show and looked at what worked and what didn't work. I tried to keep as much of the original show as possible. I kept all the essential elements of ''Battlestar Galactica'': the aircraft-carrier-in-space; the rag-tag fleet; the Cylon attack, the escape and the search for Earth; Commander Adama; Adama's son "Apollo", who's the ''Galactica'''s lead fighter pilot; the rogue pilot, "Starbuck"; their friend, "Boomer"; and Baltar, the traitor. Those were the main things I knew I had to keep – it wouldn't have been ''Battlestar Galactica'' without them.
: I changed the things I knew didn't work. The original [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] didn't have a motivation for betraying his race<ref>Moore's statement is subjective. Some readers may feel that Baltar's motivations were power-based. By deliberately making a deal with the Cylons, he believed that the Cylons would spare his colony and subjugate the human species under him ([[Saga of a Star World]]).</ref>, so I knew I'd have to change that character. I also never understood why the Cylons were so intent on pursuing these humans across the galaxy<ref>For detail on the Original Series Cylons and their motivations, see [[Cylons (TOS)]].</ref>, so I changed the background of the Cylons and their relationship with the human beings. Making the Cylons the creation of humanity enabled the Cylons to have a much more complicated love/hate relationship with humans, and also provided us with a way to use humanoid Cylons in the series, which was something we knew we wanted to do because there would be limits on how much we could use CGI Cylons.
: [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] didn't seem to serve any function in the original show other than look beautiful and be a love interest for Starbuck, so I just got rid of that character.<ref>The series would transfer the daughter-figure aspects of the Original Series Athena to [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], who [[Torn|later]] receives the callsign of "Athena."</ref> And while I thought [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] was part of the family and decided it would be nice to [[Boxey (RDM)|include him in some peripheral way]],<ref>The character of Boxey in the Re-imagined Series was intended to be part of a family unit with [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Sharon Valerii]], but a place for the character within story arcs were eventually dropped, and the character has essentially been dropped from the series.</ref> I never considered keeping [[Muffit|Boxey's dog]] for a second. The dog was just absurd! it was right out from the moment I took the show.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=13-14|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>

* ''Moore discusses the religious aspects of the series:''
: The religious aspects of the show developed naturally out of my intention to reflect every aspect of the human experience. I was delighted because I'm fascinated with this notion of monotheism versus polytheism, and I felt its addition to the show enriched it and helped make it unique.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=18-19|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>

* ''Moore discusses using the series as allegory to current events:''

: The original "[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|[Star] Trek]]" series ... dealt with a lot of hot-button issues at the time: It dealt with racism, and it dealt with war, and it dealt with a lot of ideas that were very, very timely and very important. And this was a chance to make a science fiction show that wasn't purely escapist, but actually dealt with the world that we live in.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.thestreet.com/_tsclsii/funds/goodlife/10276628.html|title=Delve Into 'Battlestar Galactica'|date=5 April 2006|accessdate=9 Feburary 2007|last=Wolverton|first=Troy|format=|language=}}</ref>

* ''[[Jamie Bamber]] talks about the discussions that the cast and crew have regarding the show's content:''

: We discuss everything. We even do try to discuss the sci-fi techie stuff, but we're just not very good at it. When [[A Day in the Life|the script]] throws out something like [[Cally Tyrol|Callie]] [''sic''] and [[Galen Tyrol|the Chief]] in space without any protection, lots [of us discuss] around the set if that was really possible. In the end, we all bow down to the experts who tell us it is. That shuts us up very quick. The political stuff, that's the juice of the show with the cast. That's pretty much what we like to inhabit, those social-political dilemmas and what they mean morally and legally, and how they pertain to the world that we're in now. The interesting thing about this show is that a lot of people come up to me and say, "Is it really liberal, or something?" but everyone across the political spectrum can find a view that they can side with. We don't cast moral judgment on any of them. It is all shades of gray that are out there to be interpreted, and that's the beauty of the writing, I think.<ref name="TV Guide">{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting=%7BAC4FC1D4-115F-457C-8E4A-01A539D77D39%7D|title=''Galactica'''s Jamie Bamber Visits a Heavenly ''Ghost''|date=23 February 2007|accessdate=23 February 2007|last=Cohn|first=Angel|format=|language=}}</ref>

* ''Bamber discusses being sympathetic to the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]:''
: The Cylons do garner your empathy gradually, as you see more and more from their point of view. That's a bold move. There is a lot about them that should be sympathetic to a Western American audience. They are monotheists, they kind of believe in redemption and rebirth and all these things that a lot of us believe in. The humans are polytheists and are a bit more anachronistic.<ref name="TV Guide"/>

* ''[[Edward James Olmos]] discusses what the series is to him, referencing [[Sharon Agathon]]'s birth of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]:''
: No, I think it was [<nowiki></nowiki>[[Sharon Agathon]]'s] [[Hera Agathon|baby]] that really pushed her to the point of being more human than android. The love of a child is really the premise of this story. [[William Adama|My [character's]]] love of my children, [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]'s love of humanity — all of us are her children. I have my son [Major [[Lee Adama|Lee ''Apollo'' Adama]]], and of course I just [[Maelstrom|lost]] my [surrogate] daughter [Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara ''Starbuck'' Thrace]]], which was brutal. <ref name="ew ejo">{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20036782_20037403_20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: EDWARD JAMES OLMOS|date=|accessdate=31 May 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

* ''Moore discusses mapping out the series:''
: Each season, we mapped out where we wanted to go by the end of that season. That’s how I like to approach things. At the beginning of [[Season 1 (2004-05)|season one]], we talked about where the end of the first year would be. And then, into the [[Season 2 (2005-06)|second year]], we broke it up into groups of the first 10 and the second 10, and kept that style of planning, all through the show. I would say, somewhere mid-way through the second season, I started thinking seriously about what the end of the series itself might be. Ideas for where we were headed and what it all meant started to coalesce over the course of the third season. In season three, we started talking in earnest about, “Well, okay, if we do end it next year, what would it really be?,” and it just felt like, “Yeah, this is the right time to do it.” In terms of whether we’ve had enough time, I feel like we have. We’re really taking our cues from the story itself, and it just feels like the story has moved forward aggressively. What I’m proud of about the series is that it’s been unafraid to take risks and it’s been unafraid to move strongly forward, instead of trying to tread water. It just feels like the momentum of the series is now moving towards a conclusion. <ref name="crave">{{cite_web|url=http://www.craveonline.com/filmtv/articles/04648062/battlestar_galactica_ronald_moore_talks_about_earth.html|title=Battlestar Galactica: Ronald Moore talks about Earth|date=13 June 2007|accessdate=15 June 2007|last=Topel|first=Fred|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Notes==
* In the finale of ''Battlestar Galactica'', it was revealed that the series took place more than 150,000 years before the present day. Therefore, unlike most space opera series, the reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' was a saga of ancient history rather than future history.

== See Also ==
* [[Themes in Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]
* [[Philosophy in Battlestar Galactica]]
* [[Sexuality in Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]
* [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]]
* [[Opening credits]]

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

===Co-stars===
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Paul Campbell]] as [[Billy Keikeya]] (2003-2006)
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] (2003-2008)
* [[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] (2004-2005)
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]] (2008-)

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

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

== Episodes ==

:''For a complete list of all episodes, see the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 1 Guide|Episode Guide]]''.

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[[Image:Earth (RDM).jpg|thumb|right|300px|The second Earth seen from space in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]".]]

'''Earth''' is the believed destination of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], as attested in the [[Sacred Scrolls]]. To the modern world of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] its existence appeared more as myth and legend than as history.

Earth, in the course of events, was actually not one but ''two'' planets. The first was a planet which was not only destroyed by a nuclear holocaust thousands of years ago, but was entirely populated by a type of [[Final Five|humanoid Cylon]]. The second Earth is a lush, habitable world already filled with bands of primitive humanity.

[[The Fleet (RDM)|The Fleet]] was led to both Earths by [[Kara Thrace]]. It is on the second Earth that the beleaguered inhabitants of the Fleet find their new permanent home, leaving all their ships (and technology) behind.

==A Cause for Hope==
Earth is first mentioned by Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] during a speech after the battlestar's [[services for the dead]] after escaping from [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries, Night 2]]). Adama claims that Earth's location was a top military secret that can now be revealed. Later, in a private conversation with new President [[Laura Roslin]] immediately afterward, Adama admits that he has not the slightest idea where Earth may be, if it exists at all. His true motivation was inspirational; he intended to bolster the morale of the population (especially his beleaguered crew) in the aftermath of the [[Cylon attack|near-annihilation]] of humanity.

==Tangible Faith==
While she is initially skeptical, rebuking Adama for his dishonesty, Laura Roslin's faith grows perceptibly throughout the first season. Her use of [[chamalla]] to treat her cancer causes vivid dreams and hallucinations. Roslin increasingly interprets these as prophetic visions, especially after the Fleet accidentally discovers the legendary homeworld of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

Eventually, the [[Arrow of Apollo]], a religious artifact, is recovered, the first in a series of waypoints to the general location of Earth ([[Home, Part II]]).

In the activated [[Tomb of Athena]], the stars of the Twelve Colonies are represented in the twelve [[Wikipedia:Zodiac|Zodiacal]] constellations, as viewed from Earth, recognized by Roslin as the shapes of the original flags of the Twelve Colonies. The chamber itself was intended by its builders to be a stylized replica of the night sky of Earth, from which all twelve constellations could be seen. This is corroborated by [[Kara Thrace]], who quotes [[Sacred Scrolls|scripture]], saying that Earth was the place where the people of the Thirteenth Tribe could look up into the sky and see their twelve brothers.<ref>Early series speculation questioned how the Tomb could indicate Earth's location before the Thirteenth Tribe left for Earth. The answer is revealed by the existence of descendants of the Thirteenth Tribe - the [[Final Five]] - a type of humanoid Cylon that migrated to Earth from Kobol, and, later, is believed to have left clues to find Earth during their long journey to find the Twelve Tribes to warn them in the treatment of their Cylon creations.</ref>

Moreover, [[Lee Adama]] recognizes the [[Wikipedia:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]], also represented in the night sky of the mystery chamber. This astronomical object is known to Fleet personnel, since [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] remarks that this celestial body would take some time to reach.

==More Clues to Earth==
Over a year later, the Fleet discovers a derelict [[Basestar (RDM)|Cylon baseship]] near the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], a celestial marker revealed by [[Felix Gaeta]] to Admiral Adama and President Roslin ([[Torn]]). The information is derived from [[Gaius Baltar]]'s research on the path to Earth. The derelict basestar finds an [[Lion's Head beacon|ancient beacon]] left by the Thirteenth Tribe. While a Colonial boarding party finds the probe, it also learns that the [[humanoid Cylon]]s aboard the basestar are dead or dying, suggesting a deadly pathogen was released by the beacon. In their haste to leave and for the safety of the Fleet, the beacon is abandoned on the basestar, where it is destroyed when the basestar self-destructs ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).<ref>With the revelation that the [[Final Five]] probably left this marker, it may be that the humanoid Cylons of Earth built up an immunity to any pathogens accidently left on the probe that would later kill their creations.</ref>

After the Fleet must gather needed foodstuffs from the [[algae planet]], believed previously uninhabited by humans, [[Galen Tyrol]] senses and finds the [[Temple of Five]], an ancient [[temple]] built by the Thirteenth Tribe, as told in the [[Sacred Scrolls]], apparently built during a stopover on this world. Believed to be hidden inside the Temple of Five is the [[Eye of Jupiter]], an artifact that may provide more clues to the location of Earth. However, a Cylon force arrives with the same intentions on the Eye, leading to a standoff between Adama and the [[basestar command]] ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]). The Eye is later revealed to be the algae planet's own star as it began to nova, taking the form of the circular starburst patterns throughout the Temple of Five. While the Colonials are not privy to the special holograph feature of the Temple that the Cylons witness in the early moments of the nova, the Colonials are later are able to discern the information of the new nova as a waypoint to the next marker, a nebula in the [[Ionian system]] ([[Rapture]]).

When the Fleet arrives at the nebula, it is intercepted by four basestars. Unable to escape due to a mysterious, crippling Fleet-wide power outage, ''Galactica'' is forced to prepare for attack and launches Vipers and Raptors. [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] breaks off from the attack to track an "Unknown" contact on [[DRADIS]]. The contact is Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], miraculously [[Maelstrom|returned from the dead]] with news that she has been to Earth, knows its location and how to take the Fleet there.

The episode "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" concludes with a sweeping zoom from the Fleet, the Cylons, the Ionian nebula and to an arm of the [[W:Milky Way|Milky Way]] and to a zoom in to the second Earth, confirming that Earth is an actual location (from the perspective of the viewers), showing Earth's North American continent.<ref>The depiction of Earth includes a geographically accurate landmark: the Balize lobe of the [[w:Mississippi River Delta|Mississippi river delta]], a feature formed between the 16th and 20th Centuries of the real-world Earth. However, in [[Daybreak, Part II]] it was shown that the series was set circa 148,000 BC. This is most likely an error in graphic effects.</ref>

According to the [[Hybrid]], the [[Final Five]] are from the "home of the 13th," generally interpreted as the first Earth ([[Faith]]). This matches statements made in the "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" claiming that the Temple of Five was built by people from the Thirteenth Tribe.

===Starbuck's Visit===
[[Image:Kara Thrace Reconnaissance Photos.png|thumb|right|200px|Starbuck's guncam photo of Earth.]]
Starbuck claims she visited Earth in her Viper, a trip lasting 6 hours according to her Viper's clock but months having passed in the Fleet. She is unaware of how she got to and from Earth in a Viper with no FTL capability. She describes Earth as having blue seas and white clouds, and took a variety of photos from her Viper. She also describes a "yellow moon and star" matching the descriptions by Pythia. Her photos have star patterns matching the zodiacs seen in the [[Tomb of Athena]]. On the return trip, she describes seeing a ringed gas giant planet, a "flashing triple star" and a comet. The comet turns out to be a burning basestar near a gas giant at the site of a [[Cylon Civil War]] battle ([[Faith]]).

After the Fleet leaves the Ionian Nebula, Thrace feels pain with each jump and is overcome by a strong sense that the Fleet is going the wrong way ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). She confronts President Roslin, the only person she reckons can persuade the Admiral to change course, with a pistol in his quarters, which gets her thrown in the [[brig]]. She is later released to take command of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' on a mission to find Earth ([[Six of One]]).

==Arrival and Ruins==
[[Image:1stearth.jpg|200px|right|thumb|[[The Fleet]] arrives in orbit over Earth.]]
After being informed by [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] that something about [[Starbuck's Viper|her Viper]] is different, Starbuck climbs in the cockpit and powers up the electronics, detecting what appears to be a Colonial emergency locator signal, which only the Viper can receive. After determining that it is likely a bearing to Earth, the Fleet plots a jump and arrives in the planet's orbit, leading to ecstatic jubilation throughout the Fleet.

However, the happiness is short-lived when a combined human-Cylon team lands on the planet and arrives at a shore, overlooking a destroyed city. Moreover, Geiger counters detect radioactivity, indicating the city — and possibly the whole planet — suffered a nuclear catastrophe ([[Revelations]]).

The ruins are "thousands of years old." ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Top 10 Things You Need to Know]]).

[[Image:Ruinedcity.jpg|200px|right|thumb|The ruined city found by the landing party.]]
Further scans on the planet reveal that the planet suffered a nuclear holocaust of some kind about 2,000 years before. There was still low-level radiation in the ground and water from the disaster and it is unsafe for living on even after so long. Further investigation reveals the truth about the inhabitants of the planet: the Thirteenth Tribe were a kind of Cylon. Among them lived, once upon a time, the Final Five, whose memory of the destruction appears in fragments while exploring the ruins.

This Earth, destroyed and poisonous, is abandoned. The Fleet, gravely demoralized, begin a half-hearted search for another planet to inhabit ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).

[[Samuel Anders]], his memories of his past life fully available to him after being shot, implies that the Centurions on Earth did kill their masters. When he describes when the Final Five finally reached the Twelve Colonies, Anders exclaims, "It happened again!" ([[No Exit]])

==A New Earth==
[[File:Earth, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|Earth appears on the horizon of its moon.]]

[[Battle of The Colony|During a cataclysmic battle]] in which the Cylon [[The Colony|Colony]] is destroyed, Kara Thrace (using data she gathers from [[The Music]]) jumps ''Galactica'' into the vicinity of a habitable planet already populated by a rich diversity of wildlife
and primitive humans who evolved independently from those on Kobol. Admiral Adama supposes the continent they land on has more wildlife than all the Twelve Colonies combined.<ref>Adama also states that this new Earth is a million light years from the Colonies. It is more likely he is speaking in hyperbole than giving an actual distance, which would imply the Colonies were not within the Milky Way galaxy, a fact not supported by earlier episodes.</ref> A Raptor is sent to get the Fleet at the rendezvous coordinates, and they jump into the system and join ''Galactica'' in orbit above the planet.

The people of the Fleet decide to abandon advanced technology in an attempt to avoid repeating the cycle of destruction and rebirth, and the planet is named after the original Earth. As the native humans are pre-verbal, the Colonials intend to teach them language and other beneficial aspects of their civilization, while taking up farming and hunting lifestyles. ''Galactica'' and the rest of her Fleet are destroyed by being flown into the system's Sun by Samuel Anders, now effectively a [[Hybrid]]. The [[Number Two|Two]]s, [[Six]]es and [[Eight]]s decide to remain on the new Earth as well, and give their [[Rebel basestar|baseship]] to their [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] so that they, too, can have freedom and find their own destiny. Settlements of humans with equal numbers of supplies are scattered throughout the planet to maximize the chances of survival, and locations were documented and given to each of the groups.

Over 150,000 years later, Earth is home to a technically advanced civilization unaware of that they are of mixed native and Colonial human, and humanoid Cylon descent. Its people, too, are on the verge of major breakthroughs in robotics, and many of its modern trappings -- printed magazines, automobiles, even clothing styles such as suits and ties -- mirror those of the Twelve Colonies eons earlier.

The fossilized remains of [[Hera Agathon]] are discovered in Tanzania by archaeologists from the Smithsonian Institute in the city of Washington, D.C., who theorize she is the "Mitochondrial Eve", the most recent common matrilineal ancestor of all living humans ([[Daybreak, Part II]]).

==An Infinitesimal Chance==
From what we know of the nature of navigation in [[FTL]] jumps, particularly in the Season 2 premier [[Scattered]], the odds of the coordinates, used by [[Kara Thrace]] to jump [[Galactica]] from the [[The Colony|Colony]] to the new Earth, actually achieving the end they did are no less than infinitesimal.

The coordinates in question were 1123.6536.5321, which as well as presenting certain obvious remarkable features, such as the odds of getting a twelve digit figure precisely accurate, there is also a slightly more subtle element of awe inspiring chance at play. One of the elements in [[FTL]] navigation is the point of origin. A point of origin is a necessary factor in many navigational forms in order to plot direction and distance to a required destination and, as we see in [[Scattered]], [[FTL]] navigation is no different. Essentially what this means is that the coordinates entered by [[Kara Thrace]] into the [[FTL]] computer aboard [[Galactica]] would only jump the ship to its new Earth destination from the precise astral location of the [[Galactica]] when it initiated the jump from the [[The Colony|Colony]].

Given the coordinates origins in [[The Music]] and the revelation that a divine entity is in some way shaping the events which have taken place in the series, as seen by [[Pythia]], it could be suggested that the attack on the [[The Colony|Colony]], the resulting success and retreat, were in some way destined – while this may seem logical it is purely conjectural. But the way these events have took place can not be explained by rational means. As said by [[Gaius Baltar]].

==Notes==

* [[Gaeta]] comments in "[[Revelations]]" that the constellations seen from orbit of the Earth they'd just found match those seen in the [[Tomb of Athena]]. This was later proven incorrect, as those constellations are actually visible from a different Earth over one hundred centuries later ([[Daybreak, Part II]]). The constellations visible from the Earth found in "[[Revelations]]" would have looked vastly different, if they were visible at all.

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Edward James Olmos]] jokingly describes how he thinks the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] could find Earth:''

:I personally — this is not [from] any of the writers, but my thing — I wanted to come into [the present day], find Earth, cruise on top of it, see it for what it is, and as we're coming down to it, we're blown up, we're nuked. And then [someone says to] the [[w:President of the United States|President of the United States]], which is [[w:George W. Bush|[George W.] Bush]], "They've been taken care of. Thank God you saved the world again." And you turn, and you see who told him that, and it's one of the Cylons. [''Laughs'']<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20015932_2,00.html|title=Four-ward, Cylons: Edward James Olmos|date=23 March 2007|accessdate=22 June 2007|last=Vary|first=Adam B.|format=|language=}}</ref>

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Nicholas Tyrol

2011-09-17T14:18:45Z

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'''Nicholas Stephen Tyrol''' is the infant son of [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] and [[Galen Tyrol]]. His biological father is later revealed to have been [[Brendan Costanza]].

He was born some time between the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" (c. day 680) and "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 1|Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, Part I]]" (c. day 727), and is [[Dedication ceremony|dedicated]] to the service of [[Ares]] and [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol|Apollo]] ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 10|Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance, Part X]]).

Chief Tyrol tells [[Sharon Agathon]] that Nicholas is named after Cally's grandfather ([[Exodus, Part I]]).

When Cally finds out that her husband is a Cylon, she attempts to kill herself and her son. However, [[Tory Foster]], under the guise of dissuading her from her actions, takes Nicholas into her arms, only to [[Airlock|space]] Cally herself ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

Following the days after they leave Earth, Galen Tyrol rushes into sickbay with Nicholas telling them he is "peeing blood" ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]). Nurse [[Ishay]] and [[Dr. Cottle]] inform Galen Tyrol that his son is suffering from early renal failure but that treatment should prevent a damaged kidney. Things get more complicated when Cottle says that they have enough of Nicky's bloodtype in the bank, but Tyrol reminds the medical team that his child is half-Cylon and would need a transfusion from Tyrol. Ishay tries to tell Cottle to inform Tyrol of something important, only to be dismissed by Cottle. Cottle then proceeds to tell Tyrol privately that his late wife, Cally Tyrol, hid a secret: little Nicky is not Galen's biological child. Tyrol asks who the father is, but Cottle angrily declines that request until he can tell the birth father himself. Later, Galen Tyrol and the biological father, [[Brendan Costanza]], erupt into a fist fight at one of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s services.

Later back in sickbay Nicholas is asleep in a hospital bed while Tyrol instructs Costanza on the very basics of being a father, then turns and leaves him to tend to his son. When Costanza asks how long he must sit at Nicky's bedside, Tyrol answers, "Until I get back. That'll be after I sober up."

Nicholas was conceived before Cally got married to Galen Tyrol <ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/01/battlestar-galactica-ron-moore-disquiet-follows-my-soul.html?cid=146126744</ref>.

Nicholas is with his biological father when Costanza collects the pictures off of ''Galactica'''s Memorial Wall and explains it to Admiral Adama ([[Daybreak, Part I]]).

It is assumed that Costanza took custody of Nicky when Tyrol ran off to live by himself in the cold highlands of [[Earth (TRS)|Earth]].

== Notes ==
*Nicholas Tyrol was named after producer [[David Weddle]]'s maternal grandfather.<ref>{{cite companion|season=3|page=36}}</ref> He shares his nickname, 'Nicky' with actress [[Nicki Clyne]] who portrayed his mother.
*He was originally thought to be a Cylon/human hybrid<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>, because his father Galen Tyrol is a [[Final Five|type of Cylon]] ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

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Daybreak, Part II

2011-09-13T21:45:57Z

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== Summary ==

* [[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]] ''and a crew of volunteers undertake one last mission against the Cylons led by [[John Cavil]], while destinies are fulfilled.''

== Overview ==

===Act 1===

*The episode begins with a series of events that occurred before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].
**In a strip bar in [[Caprica City]], [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] enjoy themselves. Adama questions whether to take a civilian job or take command of an aged battlestar,<ref>This is a side reference to the events of the episode, "[[Hero]]"</ref> finally deciding on the civilian job.
**[[Kara Thrace]] and her fiancé [[Zak Adama]] have his brother [[Lee Adama]] over for dinner in her apartment. Conversation turns to the contradiction in Lee's decision to join the [[Colonial Forces]], in light of his idealism and his disagreements with his father. He frames it as a pragmatic transaction: military service in exchange for a college education.
**Elsewhere, [[Laura Roslin]] greets her date, Sean Allison, at her home. She eventually recognizes him as a former student from years ago. Despite the age difference, Roslin decides to let him stay the night.
**At the strip bar, Bill Adama asks Saul whether he'd have taken the civilian desk job. Saul doesn't answer.
**Lee Adama and Thrace manage to drag Zak to a couch after a night of drinking. But Thrace isn't done and challenges Lee to shots.
**Bill Adama is drunkenly sick, vomiting outside on the street. With a weak smile, he looks up to the stars in the night sky.

*Aboard ''[[Galactica]]'', [[Gaius Baltar]] sits in the former home of his [[Cult of Baltar|followers]], now empty. [[Virtual beings|Virtual Six]] tells him to trust in [[God (RDM)|God's]] plan for him, a plan she says he is already following.

===Act 2===
Aboard ''[[Galactica]]'', final preparations are made for the mission...
* In [[sickbay]], Dr. [[Cottle]] leaves assistant [[Layne Ishay]] enough medication to allow Laura Roslin enough lucidity and mobility for 48 hours. She thanks him sincerely, leaving Cottle uncharacteristically speechless.
* In the [[pilot ready room]], [[Karl Agathon]] briefs the [[Raptor]] teams on the special nature of their rescue mission. Despite the odds, all volunteer.
* Lee Adama briefs the [[marines]] on Hera's likely location: deep inside the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[The Colony|colony]].
*In CIC, Admiral Adama work out the tactics of the battle against the colony; Close-range combat - no nuclear weapons and missiles.
* The [[Final Five]] plan to use [[Samuel Anders]], now effectively a [[Hybrid]] on ''[[Galactica]]'', to disrupt the Colony's Hybrids, a plan which requires Anders to be brought to [[CIC]] and connected to ''[[Galactica]]'''s computer systems.
* Saul Tigh is disturbed at the sight of gooey wires and conduit used to interface Anders with the battlestar.
* Admiral Adama hands over command of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to [[Hoshi]], noting that if they aren't back from the mission in 12 hours, they will never come back. Similarly, Lee Adama appoints [[Romo Lampkin]] as President of the Twelve Colonies. He joins Admiral Hoshi on the last Raptor to leave ''Galactica'' for the baseship, the Fleet's new flagship.
* Baltar's followers get in the ship. Baltar enters, but then tells [[Paulla Schaffer|Paulla]] that he must stay on the ship. Lee Adama throws Baltar a weapon. As Baltar is given a weapon, a Number Six leads a large number of [[Cylon Centurion]]s down the [[hangar deck]]; a red sash painted on them for identification.
[[File:Daybreak Teaser.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|Adama in CIC during the [[Battle of the Colony]]. Note the extra cables near the control console which connect the ship's systems to Anders.]]

===Act 3===

*A shot of the Fleet shows that the rebel [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] fully regenerated since the [[Cylon Civil War]], and ready to lead the civilians to safety. ''Galactica'' separates from the fleet, retracting its [[flight pod]]s to prep for [[FTL]].

*Adama asks to go "around the horn", with the [[Saul Tigh|XO]] calling out combat stations over the loudspeaker.
** In sickbay, Layne Ishay prepares sickbay for wounded, with Laura Roslin assisting as best she can.
** [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] are in [[launch tube]]s, and the entire Raptor squadron, armed with troops and missiles, have been placed inside the starboard flight pod deck, amidst the ruins of the old [[Galactica Museum]].
** Lee Adama and his force of marines (including Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]) and red-striped centurions take their positions.
** Gaius Baltar is a soldier protecting the hallways against boarders. He is surprised to find [[Caprica-Six]] by his side.
** In CIC, Ellen Tigh signals that Anders is ready to work.
** Adama gives a final speech, a final understanding and call to arms.

*The battlestar jumps away from the fleet, and [[Battle of the Colony]] begins...
** ''Galactica'' arrives only meters from the edge of the Colony, and is immediately besieged by the Cylon batteries.
** Ellen starts up Sam Anders, who makes contact with the Colony Hybrids and takes them and the guns offline. Ellen warns that [[Cylon Raider]]s will appear any minute.
** ''Galactica'' responds by launching its fighter wings. The Vipers launch, and the Raptors jump directly from within the starboard pod to the opposite side of the Colony in a flanking position. The Raptor jumps, however, cause massive damage to the pod, with gas venting outside from a gaping hole.
** Adama orders the battlestar's engines ahead at flank speed, ramming the alligator head into the Colony. ''Galactica's'' inhabitants take a beating, but breach the Colony through the forced entry. Lee Adama leads his marines and several Cylon Centurions inside from a front airlock.
** [[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arm their nuclear missiles, presumably to strike the Colony after the rescue. But suddenly a piece of debris strikes their Raptor, killing all aboard and leaving the Raptor adrift.
** Several Raptors, including the one with [[Sharon Agathon]], Helo, and Starbuck, dock and make their way into the Colony.
** Deep inside the Colony, a [[Simon]] works on young Hera as [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] looks on in disgust. When she questions why he continues to work on Hera when they are under attack, the Simon explains that they maintain and superior force and numbers. Boomer assaults the Simon, snapping his neck, and takes Hera out of the room.

===Act 4===

* The Colony's halls are filled with gunfire. Cylon Centurions, including older [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Model 0005]]s fight each other as the Colonial fire teams push through.
* [[Cavil]], a [[Number Five]] and another Simon decide to go on the offensive, to attack the battlestar with their troops.

* In a hallway in ''Galactica'', ready to repel boarders, Caprica-Six and Baltar come to terms with their old relationship. As they kiss, they hear a Six's voice. "All of the pieces are falling into place."
* The Messenger Six ''and'' the Messenger Baltar stand above them. Caprica-Six and Baltar are each surprised that the other can see and hear the avatars.
* With a shudder, the battlestar hull is breached as waves of enemy Centurions, both old-model and modern, pour into the ship.

* The Agathons' team find Boomer, holding Hera. She gives the child to them, telling them to tell Admiral Adama that she "owed him one." With the child safe, Athena shoots Boomer.
* A flashback scene shows what Boomer meant: a time back in her days on ''Galactica'', as Adama and Tigh redress her but give her another chance to be a better pilot.

* Ishay has her hands full in sickbay, trying to triage and treat as many people as she can. The event is taxing, physically and mentally, for Roslin, as she comforts more dying than not.

* Lee Adama's team connects with Starbuck's team, with Hera in tow. When Lee asks where Thrace was, she answers, "Stopped for coffee."<ref>This might be the one time in the history of the series where an obvious joke to [[w:Starbucks Coffee|Starbucks Coffee]] has been used.</ref> With their objective complete and no other Colonial troops found, they head back to the battlestar's alligator-head.
[[File:Battery desctuction.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|''Galactica'''s main batteries desperately try to defend the ship.]]
* ''Galactica'' batteries are being targeted by Raiders. She is losing what little defensive ability she has left. Enemy forces are coming at the reserve forces--where Baltar waits.

===Act 5===

* Caprica-Six and Baltar hold off the enemy Centurions. Baltar's passion at killing Centurions gets a bit out of control as Lee Adama's team reenter the battlestar with Hera. As more enemies appear, Lee and Baltar fire away.
* Laura Roslin sits and experiences yet another vision of the [[Opera House]] and little Hera. Struggling to walk, driven by something she can't fully realize, she gets up to find Hera.
* Starbuck leads the Agathons through the hallways, but a Number Five appears from behind, seriously wounding Helo in the leg and killing a marine before Starbuck eliminates him. A damaged, but still functioning enemy Centurion shows up and in the confusion, Hera runs away. Athena runs after her at the request of her wounded husband.
* Hera walks amidst the gunfighting, when soon she encounters Roslin, who pulls her out of the path of an enemy patrol and to safety. But when Roslin turns back to the child, she is gone again.
* Caprica-Six and Baltar are running, and are out of ammo. Suddenly they see Hera, as well as Roslin and Athena--all grouped together as in the Opera House vision. Caprica-Six scoops up the child and enters a hallway, closing the hatchway, preventing Athena and Roslin from following. The opera house vision had Caprica-Six and Baltar closing the door on both Athena and Roslin after picking up Hera.
* As the scene shifts between visions of the Opera House and the corridors, Baltar and Caprica-Six realize what they must do: follow their vision into the Opera House--which turns out to be CIC, where the Final Five reside, overlooking the lower deck of CIC as they appeared in the vision, standing above.
* Adama and his men have apparently just finished defending the CIC from a break-in by Cavil, a Doral and a Simon. The Doral and the Simon are dead, and Cavil is under guard. An explosion rocks the CIC, and Cavil picks up a gun and grabs Hera as a shield.
* Baltar pleads for the child's freedom, telling Cavil that Hera is key to humanity's survival as well. He reasons with Cavil that there are higher forces at work, that led them all, here, for a reason. Baltar also reveals that he has been visited by angels - the agents of God. When Cavil questions if God has his people's interests at heart, on how Baltar knows that God is on his side, Baltar replies (in an allusion of something [[The Hand of God (RDM)| Messenger Six once told him]]), "God is not on anyone's side." The Messengers look on with a pleased expression.
* Baltar asks Cavil to take a leap of faith. Saul Tigh sweetens the pot by offering to reteach Cavil the secret of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]], this time in exchange not only for Hera's life but for permanent peace, where the Cylons leave humanity alone.
* Cavil agrees. He uses the Battlestar comm to order his forces to stand down and releases Hera. Admiral Adama orders stand-down as well.

===Act 6===

* Vipers and Raptors return to ''Galactica'' as the Raiders return to the Colony. Laura Roslin joins the admiral in CIC.
* The Five each know part of the secret to resurrection. They will combine their knowledge by connecting themselves through the water in Ander's tank.
* Ellen Tigh tells the others that the process will also share memories as well as data. Saul jokes that he can't wait to see them.
* Before they begin, [[Tory Foster]], visibly anxious, warns the others that some of what they see in each other's minds might be shocking and asks that they agree to keep in mind that they're all fallible. An impatient Cavil screams. "Hey! I don't mean to rush you, but you are keeping two civilizations waiting!" Saul brushes the warning off.
* The Five dip their hands and make the connection. A Number Four verifies by wireless that the Colony is receiving the correct information.
* As the data flows to the Colony, the Final Five indeed see each's other's memories: first Anders, then Saul, then Ellen.
* Foster's memory of murdering [[Cally Tyrol]] in an effort to protect her secret of being a Cylon comes to the forefront, surprising the others of the Five, and sending [[Galen Tyrol]] into a homicidal rage.
* Tyrol pulls his hand from the pool and wraps both hands tightly around Foster's neck in a death-grip, eventually snapping her neck.
* As Anders and the Colony Hybrid scream due to the sudden disconnection, the enemy Cylons in CIC believe they are deceived and open fire. The Colonials kill all but Cavil, who shouts an exasperated "[[Frak]]!" before putting his pistol in his mouth and pulling the trigger.

* High above, as the Raiders begin attacking ''Galactica'' again, [[Racetrack]]'s damaged Raptor drifts, its crew lifeless. A rock strikes the ship, causing Racetrack's dead hand to strike the firing button to the Raptor's tactical nuclear missiles, launching them all straight at the Colony.
* The force of the explosions severely damage the Colony, pushing it towards the black hole, threatening to take ''Galactica'' with it.
[[File:Cripple.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' suffers massive hull damage as she completes the jump from the Colony.]]
* Adama orders Kara Thrace to make a [[blind jump]], but Thrace thinks about [[The Music|the music her father played]], the music that Hera wrote to her. Recalling the mathematical associations she tried to discern from the music, Thrace realizes the music works as a series of FTL coordinates.
* She punches in the coordinates into the [[Computers|navigation computer]] and jumps the ship. As she enters the coordinates, brief flashbacks are shown, including her finding her own corpse on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], and Leoben calling her an angel.

* A flashback scene appears where Lee Adama and Kara Thrace talk about how she [[The Destiny|thinks about death]] every time she gets into a cockpit. She claims she's not completely fearless, though. She admits her biggest fear isn't dying, but being forgotten once she is gone.

* ''Galactica'' completes the jump--but the strain of the last battle causes the battlestar's structure to ripple and twist. The ship suffers myriad hull breaches, but the engines restart.
* Adama orders a damage report from Saul, who walks by Galen Tyrol and the dead body of Tory Foster. Tyrol sits on the floor blankly.
* A flashback shows [[Callandra Tyrol|Cally Henderson]] catching Tyrol and [[Sharon Valerii]] parting after an escapade in his workshop. Cally warns Tyrol that he needs to learn to recognize who he can really count on.<ref name="extended">This scene is in the extended cut of "Daybreak", available on the Season 4.5 Blu-ray disc set.</ref>
* Saul notes that while vital systems are still online, ''Galactica'''s structural members--its back--are broken. The ship will never jump again. Wherever they are, they're stuck.
* "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Roslin asks, as the scene changes to an exterior shot to show the battlestar flying over a gray, rocky moon.
* But is not just a moon...''Galactica'' has arrived at the ''moon of Earth''...another Earth, this one with the continent of Africa in prominent view.

===Act 7===
[[File:Battlestar Over Africa.jpg|thumb|right|200px|right|A crippled ''Galactica'' seen in orbit over the Sahara Desert.]]
* Twelve hours later, the Fleet jumps into the new Earth's orbit as ''Galactica'' passes by. A Raptor came to Hoshi to guide them to new Earth.
* Landing ship after landing ship leave for the new world, which unlike the old Earth, is clearly lush and full of life.
* On a green, rich savanna in Africa, Admiral Adama, Cottle, Saul Tigh, Hoshi, and Baltar look on, lying prone on their stomachs with binoculars at a tribe of early humans. Cottle confirms that the native humans are compatible with the Colonials genetically. Adama is astonished that humans just so happened to have evolved on this particular world.

* At a camp, as Lampkin starts making plans for the construction of a city, Lee Adama gets an idea: "No city. Not this time."
* He later explains his idea to his father: let humanity start all over again. Let the Colonials enter the new world with just their basic possessions, and teach the best parts of themselves to the primitive humans on this world. He explains that humans have always let their brains outrace their hearts. Giving their advanced technology up will hopefully "break the cycle."

* Admiral Adama maps out a plan to populate various continents and land masses, spreading out humanity and Cylon far and wide, distributing supplies to give all a good chance of survival. To Lampkin's surprise, the peoples of the Fleet take a liking to leaving advanced technology behind.
* A [[Number Two]] tells Adama that the remaining Twos, Sixes, and Eights will stay on Earth as well, handing over the baseship to the Centurions, to give them their own freedom. When Lampkin questions if setting the Centurions free won't cause another holocaust hundreds of years from now, Ellen Tigh agrees it's a risk, but believes the cycle of death has been ended. Adama agrees.
* Adama tells that, after everyone is offloaded from the ships, the Fleet will reunite with ''Galactica'' a final time. Piloted by Samuel Anders, still in his tank in CIC, connected into the battlestar, he will fly all the ships on a final voyage into the Sun.

* Kara Thrace, eyes filled with tears, meets with Anders at his tank, kissing him goodbye for the last time, and leaving her [[dog tags]]. As she leaves, he mutters, "I'll see you on the other side."

===Act 8===

* Admiral William Adama descends into the hangar deck, wearing a [[flight suit]]. The deck is otherwise completely empty of anything, and anyone. He takes a solemn last look at the hangar deck, and enters a launch tube.
* He takes a seat in a [[Viper Mark II]]. Not just any Mark II...but the one that Galen Tyrol's team rebuilt for him as a retirement gift [[Miniseries, Night 1|so long ago]].
* As Adama's Viper launches, the scene shifts to six years prior, where Adama is taking a lie detector test for the prospective desk job. When the test administrator asks him test questions such as, "Are you a Cylon?" and "Have you ever stolen money from a cash drawer?" Adama is angered and leaves, saying, "I'd rather spend the rest of my career--what's left of it--on a broken old down ship, than to have someone sit here and question my word."
* Husker's Viper makes a final fly-by of the old battlestar, looking at her one last time before pointing his Viper towards Earth.
[[File:The fleet's end.jpg|thumb|180px|right|The [[fleet]] heading straight into the Sun.]]
* Samuel Anders' voice from the past talks of his days in sport, dreaming of perfection, and being linked to it, to creation, as Anders guides the Fleet, now united to the mathematical perfection he once spoke of through his duties as a Hybrid.
* As the [[Colonial_Anthem|Colonial Anthem]]--a version of the [[Original Series]] main theme--plays, the scene shows ''Galactica'' and the Fleet gathered a final time, heading away from Earth and towards the sun to its demise.

* Walking in the savannah, the Tighs speak with Galen Tyrol a final time. He has decided to go to the northern highlands of Earth (likely Scotland <ref>http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2009/03/battlestar_galactica_ronald_d.html</ref>).
* Before they part, Saul says that if what happened to Cally would've happened to Ellen, he "would've done the same frakkin' thing." As Galen leaves, Saul and Ellen embrace.
* The scene shifts back to Caprica City and the strip club. Ellen arrives and greets Saul. She is ready to celebrate his retirement, and eager to spend all her time with him. She explains that all she's ever wanted was to be with him full-time.

===Act 9===

* On the plains, Bill Adama sits with Laura Roslin, watching herds of gazelle. Her vision weakening, she tries to use her glasses with the binoculars. "A very beautiful world," she says. When she asks what the name of the planet is, Adama tells her it's Earth. He adds, "Earth is a dream," believing that their new home, a long-sought destination, deserves the name.
* Roslin's breathing becomes labored and shallow. Adama offers to give her a better look at the wildlife. He picks her up and carries her to a nearby Raptor.
* Lee Adama and Kara Thrace notice and meet Bill Adama there. The Adamas hug, and Bill Adama exchanges his greeting with Thrace one last time, Thrace saying "[[nothing but the rain]]" before Bill hugs and kisses her. Thrace and Lee wave goodbye to a smiling Roslin as the Raptor ascends.

* Lee realizes that his father isn't coming back. Kara Thrace tells Lee that she isn't coming back, either. "I just know that I am done here. I've completed my journey...and it feels good."

* A flashback scene, back in Thrace's apartment, where Thrace dares Lee to make love to her on her dining room table. But before they could do anything, the crash of a glass partially awakens Zak, causing the two to realize what they were doing. They shake hands and say goodbye.

* "Today is the first day of the rest of your life, Lee," Kara Thrace says. As Lee tells her of desire to explore and climb mountains, he turns to find that Kara Thrace has vanished, as if she were a ghost. "Goodbye, Kara," he says. "You won't be forgotten."
* A flashback scene shows the pigeon that would be trapped in Lee's apartment after his visit to Kara and Zak. It looks at Lee and flies out of the window and away.

* In another flashback from six years prior, Laura Roslin returns to stand by the side of the bed, thanks Sean Allison, but tells him that they will not meet this way again, and asks him to leave. As the man leaves, Roslin returns to her bathroom, lights a cigarette, then makes a phone call. She accepts the opportunity to work on Mayor [[Richard Adar]]'s campaign. She committs herself "all the way to the end".

* Bill Adama's Raptor flies over flamingos. "So much..life," Laura Roslin says...her final words as she closes her eyes and quietly passes.
* Bill's thoughts turn to the cabin he intends to build for them. When he turns to Laura to ask about planting a garden, he sees that she is gone.
* In tears, Bill removes his wedding ring and places it on Laura's hand. Looking back up, he sees a good set of grassy hills ahead. "Right there...I'm gonna build it right there, Laura," he says before setting the Raptor down.

===Act 10===

* A line of people walk into the wilderness, calm and ready to take on the world. Romo Lampkin appears to be in charge. Saul and Ellen Tigh bring up the rear.
* The Agathons walk as well, Helo using a makeshift crutch. Helo and Athena squabble playfully over who will teach Hera how to hunt. Hera doesn't care; smiling, she lets go of her parents' hands and runs ahead of them in play. Helo and Athena hold each other's hands instead.

* Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six look on at Hera playing as the Messengers reappear. When Caprica-Six questions if the protection of Hera was all that God wanted of them, the Messenger Six replies, "God's plan is never complete." "Great..." Baltar replies sullenly.
* Messenger Baltar counters, "I think it's safe to say that, from now on, your lives will be less...eventful." Their virtual selves disappear, and Baltar takes Six's hand.

* Another flashback to Caprica City. Baltar offers Caprica-Six an opportunity to "peek" into the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. He makes clear that he's not doing it for her "employers", but for her, and requests her discretion. He obviously has fallen in love with her.

* When Baltar points to some land, he recalls his heritage, and [[Julius Baltar|his father]], and that he knows a bit about farming, to a bit of tears.

* Bill Adama sits near a cairn he built for Laura Roslin's body and, looking out into the hills and valley, speaks to her about the cabin he is building.

* The scene turns to show Hera playing and looking upward. Scenes of wood and desert and sea pass by in a geologic montage to reveal an Earth city - New York City - 150,000 years later.

* As a fly-over of the city appears, a voice-over of Virtual-Six reads from a magazine article of the Tanzanian discovery of the bones of what scientists believe are the remains of the [[w:mitochondrial Eve|mitochondrial Eve]], the matrilineal common ancestor of mankind.

[[Image:Angels_rdm.jpg|thumb|Angels Baltar and Six...and a man reading National Geographic. The man is actually Ronald D. Moore, creator of the series.]]

* As [[Ron D. Moore|a man]] reads about the scientific discovery, the Messenger counterparts of Six and Baltar look over his shoulder at a magazine article of the news, and reveal what they know...the bones are those of Hera Agathon, born of a Cylon mother and a human father. No other people on the street appear to notice them.

* The two talk of the technology and decadence, of whether this Earth will repeat the mistakes of generations past and again become overwhelmed by their creations. The Six thinks not, to Baltar's surprise. She cites the Law of Averages, believing it to be part of God's plan.

* "You know it doesn't like that name," Baltar says. Six only looks back in mild defiance. "Silly. Silly me," he replies as the two walk away into the metropolis.

* The episode concludes with scenes of robots, from toys to advanced automatons growing and evolving, as Jimi Hendrix's--Earth's popular version--of "[[The Music|All Along The Watchtower]]" plays, ending with an image of [http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-10744-Robot+or+Human%3F+Here%27s+ACTROID.html an attractive-looking female automaton] gazing out over Times Square from a giant outdoor television screen as Six and Baltar walk off into the distance.

== Notes ==
:''See [[Daybreak, Part II/Notes]]''

== Analysis ==
===Who and what guided them===
*The coordinates that Thrace enters, 1123 / 6536 / 5321 correspond to the notation of the Final Four theme [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/12/theme-watchtower.jpg]. The song is in a C# Phrygian scale (enharmonic with A major and F# minor). 1 represents C#, and each higher integer indicates the next note in the scale, such that

:1 = C#
:2 = D
:3 = E
:(4 = F#)
:5 = G#
:6 = A
:(7 = B)

:The linked graphic omits the first and last note of the theme, but both can be heard in the soundtrack during the jump montage. The second "five" (in the third chunk of four digits) corresponds to the tuplet G#/A/G#, effectively omitting the trill up to high A. Every note has the same duration except for the last two, which are twice the length of the others.
*The first four numbers of Kara Thrace's jump coordinates -- 1, 1, 2, 3 -- are the first four numbers of the most common Fibonacci Sequence (starting with 1, 1), where each number is the the sum of the previous two. The last four numbers in reverse -- 1, 2, 3, 5 -- are the start of another Fibonacci Sequence (starting with 1, 2).
*Science advisor Kevin Grazier and composer Bear McCreary actually worked out the science behind the jump coordinates/musical score with input from Bradley Thompson. Their conclusion was that the coordinates were based on ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s heading and distance, so the coordinates translate as 112 degrees by 365 degrees (although the maximum value should be 360) with a range of 365,321 [[SU]], or approximately 5.75 Colonial light-years. This indicates that ''Galactica'' only jumped 5.75 light-years from the Colony to Earth, and not some unimaginably vast distance as indicated by Adama's later one million light-year comment.<ref>[http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=1760#more-1760 Bear McCreary's Battlestar Blog]</ref> In the episode, however, there are three groups of four digits each (1123, 6536, 5321), making it unlikely that the original intent was preserved.
*At least two of the [[Messengers]], Messenger Six and Messenger Baltar, are proven to be entities with their own independent existences, and are not projections from the minds of those who see them. The exact nature of their existence - whether they are literal angels or something else - has not been determined. They have, however, been sent by another being sometimes called "God" to guide Baltar and Caprica Six in their destiny of protecting Hera.
** They have known each other a long time and borne witness to Kobol and the original Earth, as well as the Twelve Colonies and the new Earth. They can walk around and observe events even when no one else present can see them, though they may have the ability to appear to anyone they wish.
*Kara Thrace was sent back from the dead by "God" to guide humanity to a new home the coordinates of which were hidden in the Music.
*The final scenes of this episode, in fast-forwarding through time and attempting to set the entire work as a backstory, make the ending similar to that of the film [[Wikipedia:How the West Was Won (film)|How the West Was Won]].
* The constellation [[w:Ursa Major|Ursa Major]] (commonly known as the "Big Dipper") appears briefly in this episode by mistake<ref>Revealed by [[Adam "Mojo" Lebowitz]] in his [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/my-god-it-full-of-the-wrong-stars/ blog post].</ref>. It makes only the second appearance of a recognizable star pattern in the series, the first being Orion in "[[The Ties That Bind]]" (Orion is also visible in this episode).
* Adama's statement that New Earth is "one million light years" from Kobol must be taken as exaggeration or an error. The Milky Way is 100,000 light years across, and earlier statements in the show indicate that it takes considerable time to travel much shorter distances.
** [[Kevin Grazier]] confirmed that Adama's "million light years" comment is meant metaphorically instead of literally, in essence saying the Colonials have come an unthinkable distance to reach their new home.

===Reproduction of the Races===
*It is likely that some Ones, Fours, and Fives survived the destruction of the Colony, given that baseships were observed jumping in and out of the system by Racetrack and Skulls. They would not, however, have any long term survival prospects, having failed in both their plan to discover the secret that allowed Hera to be born and their attempt to gain the secrets of resurrection.
*Hera's mate or mates that produced children could be a Colonial human, a native Earth human, or even a another human-Cylon hybrid. All three races are strongly implied to be ancestors of what we consider to be modern day humans.
** The Final Five can be considered ancestors of present-day humanity through their quasi-parental link with Athena and the other Eights, Twos, and Sixes although it is unlikely they have a direct genetic link to us, due to their age, deceased status, or self-imposed isolation.
* Mitochondrial Eve, Hera, is the most recent matrilineal common ancestor for ''all'' people alive on Earth today. Like Hera, all people alive on Earth today carry some Cylon genes along with human genes--no one is one hundred percent "pure" Colonial human, as those who fled the Twelve Colonies were. Assuming that there are no "pure" humans living somewhere else in the universe today (descendants of the tiny number of survivors left behind in the Colonies), this means that humanity, as it was defined by people in the Twelve Colonies, has gone extinct, fulfilling the prophecies about the end of the human race.

===Miscellaneous===
*Attacking the colony to rescue Hera is presented as a risky scheme to save one person but there are legitimate tactical reasons for the attack. Should Cavil re-discover the secrets of resurrection through Hera, he would re-acquire a distinct advantage over the rebel Cylons and the Colonials. Thus, the attack could be seen as an attempt to deny Cavil his goal, and with resurrection he would undoubtedly proceed to wipe out humanity. Tigh's offer to restore resurrection in an exchange for peace gives Cavil what he wants but elevates the Colonial's bargaining position.
* In another piece of irony in a program that is full of such, the two beings most directly responsible for the attack and destruction of the Twelve Colonies, Gaius Baltar and Caprica Six, get to live on a lush green New Earth in love with each other.
* Even if humanity does repeat the Cycle, Lee Adama's plan would seem to have had some success, because it will have taken much, much longer to do so this time around.
* Ellen says that hopefully the [[Hybrid]]s will ''still'' respond to Anders' commands. In other words, they would recognize him from the time the Final Five ran the Colony.
* Cavil's suicide, in the way it is framed and executed, closely mirrors the televised 1987 suicide of American politician [[w:Budd Dwyer|Budd Dwyer]].
* Adama's drunken moment, where he sits against a wall, vomits, and then looks up at the night sky, echoes [[w:Oscar Wilde|Oscar Wilde]]'s famous aphorism: ''We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.''
* Though it was never explicitly stated in the Miniseries or after, it seems that Tigh was indeed planning to retire whenever Adama decided to leave the Colonial Military. The flashbacks in this episode to Saul and Ellen Tigh in the bar make it clear that Tigh is planning on following Adama out of the service. However Adama, as viewers come to see, decides ultimately to finish out his last years as the CO of ''Galactica'' despite reservations. Tigh obviously followed. This also sheds more light on Tigh's eventual estrangement from Ellen - which was where their relationship was at in the miniseries. The bitterness she doubtless felt at Tigh once again choosing Bill Adama over her was probably a factor in not only her noted loose behaviour, but their growing estrangement before the war.
*It is not entirely clear when in Adama's career he decided to pursue the idea of a civilian job as seen in both parts of "Daybreak". Dialogue during the lie detector test scene suggests Adama has been given his orders to command ''Galactica'', but is considering resigning before taking up the post. However, Adama notes in his initial interview with his prospective employer in the previous episode that he has already commanded two battlestars. One of these is obviously ''[[Valkyrie]]'', but it is not clear if Adama is already referring to ''Galactica'' as the second command (which could also suggest he is already commanding ''Galactica'' at the time this flashback is set and is considering his resignation when on leave from that ship), or to another battlestar that Adama once commanded but has never been mentioned before.
*When the Colony's Hybrids shut down, Cavil states that one of the Final Five did it, to which a Doral says it must be Anders, indicating he knows about the Final Five, which means Cavil must have lifted his ban on knowledge of the five among the other Cylon models, presumably after their identities became known during the Cylon Civil War. Doral's comment also indicates some knowledge of the technical specialties of the five or awareness that Anders' mental state could force the others to put him in a Hybrid bath. His knowledge could be based on intel from Boomer, though she escaped before Anders was connected to the stream, and the last she would have known he was in a coma.
* In [[Sharon Valerii]]'s flashback immediately after she was killed by [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]], then-Commander Adama was upbraiding her for her constant poor landings he, among other things, told her she was not to let her personal life get in the way. This is a direct reference to the fact that she is still struggling with survivor's guilt over her parents' deaths on [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which occurred when she was going for training in the Colonial Military. The "deaths" of her parents were staged, however, by the Cylons who destroyed the colony of Troy to coincide with Valerii's placement as a sleeper agent. (The scenes were filmed, but cut from the aired version of the episode.)
* Chief Engineer Galen Tyrol's decision to travel to a highland area, which is implied to be Scotland, is a possible nod to the ''Star Trek'' character [[MemoryAlpha:Montgomery Scott|"Scotty"]], another famous science fiction engineer.
*According to Ron Moore, the island Tyrol mentions was intended to be [[w:Vancouver Island|Vancouver Island]] as a nod to the show's production site of Vancouver, British Columbia. [[Aaron Douglas]] however interpreted the line as a reference to Scotland and the reference to the highlands was then added.
*Simon dismisses the Colonial attack by citing the Cylons' superior numbers, saying in the end it all comes down to mathematics. This sentiment about mathematics is echoed in the final scenes by the Messenger Six.
*As the fleet flies into the sun, the lens flare creates a color pattern that resembles the Eye of Jupiter mandala.

== Questions ==

* What happened to the newly liberated Centurions?
* What happened to the Raiders?
* Why does "God" want the Cycle to be broken?
** On that note, ''can'' the Cycle be broken?
*How long has the cycle been going? Did an advanced race of humans and/or cylons discover independently evolved humans on other worlds, such as Kobol, before? Could these have been the Lords of Kobol, whose conflict with humans was caused by seeing their own mistakes repeated? Did Lee's decision to stop the construction of what could have been the new City of the Gods stop the cycle?
* What was the "similar incident" Skulls was starting to tell Racetrack about just before they were killed?
* What is the 'it' that does not like to be called 'God', and why does it "not like that name"?
* What is the date in the final scene?
* Where if anywhere does Kara Thrace actually go?

== Official Statements ==
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/03/battlestar-galactica-daybreak-finale-moore-mcdonnell-olmos.html Chicago Tribune article] with remarks from Ron Moore, David Eick, Mary McDonnell, and Edward James Olmos.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*''Messenger Baltar says the last line of the series as he walks down a street of modern day New York City with Virtual Six. Baltar questions what God wants to be really called:''
:'''Messenger Baltar''' (moving in closer to V-Six, whispers): "You know it doesn't like that name!"
:'''Messenger Six''' (Doesn't answer vocally but her expression says "C'mon! you know better than that!"): ...........
:'''Messenger Baltar''' (Seeing her reaction): "Silly Me.....silly, silly me."

*''The Galactica is about to jump to The Colony and into harms way:''
:'''William Adama''': "Just so there'll be no misunderstandings later... ''Galactica'' has seen a lot of history, gone through a lot of battles. This ''will'' be her last. She will not fail us if we do not fail her. If we succeed in our mission, ''Galactica'' will bring us home. If we don't... it doesn’t matter anyway."

*''The Final Five are about to to stick their hand into Anders's hybrid tank and through that the [[datastream]] They are about to download the technical data of Resurrection to the Cavil Faction's Colony as agreed. As they do so their minds will essentially become one and they will all know each other's secrets whether they want to share or not. Tory Foster is unusually agitated and nervous:''
:'''Tory Foster''' (hesitantly with slight fear): "There are things that....that we've all done. Certain things that...people would be shocked.... to learn about."
:'''Cavil''' (shouting): "HEY! I DON'T MEAN TO RUSH YOU BUT YOU ARE KEEPING TWO CIVILIZATIONS WAITING!"
:'''Tory Foster''' (voice trembling slightly): Let's....Let's just all agree that no matter what we learn about each other...we're all Cylons and we're all capable of making mistakes."
:''(Those were her last words. Less than two minutes later, Tyrol learns of Tory murdering Cally and kills Tory by snapping her neck. She was being strangled too tightly to say anything else.)''

*''Cavil's last word before he commits suicide.''
:'''Cavil''': "Frak!"

*''Nuclear missles hitting it, have disturbed the Colony's balanced orbit, immediately causing it to start falling into the Singularity and it is dragging Galactica with it. Starbuck is frantically attempting to figure out the jump coordinates. This is a lyric from the song "All Along the Watchtower.''''
:'''Starbuck''': "There must be some kind of way out of here!"

*''Messenger Six and Messenger Baltar speculating if the cycle will continue.''
:'''Messenger Six''': "All of this has happened before..."
:'''Messenger Baltar''': "But the question remains: does all of this have to happen again?"

*''Sam Anders, essentially Galactica's Hybrid, says his last words to Kara Thrace after she leaves his side.''
:'''Samuel Anders''': "[[Maelstrom|See you on the other side]]."

*''In a flashback after saying goodbye to Galen Tyrol, Ellen and Saul Tigh are celebrating Saul's upcoming retirement two years before the Fall.''
:'''Ellen Tigh''': Tonight, we are going to celebrate your retirement and all the time I'm gonna get to spend with my ''husband''! ''[She kisses him.]''
:'''Saul Tigh''': Are you good with that?
:'''Ellen Tigh''': Ohhhhh... Saul! All I've ever wanted was to be with you. Not just weekend liberties or...or two weeks' leave a year. I mean full-time, you and me. Together, in a...in a house, in a tent...homeless and on the street... just be together.

*''While sitting under some trees on the savanna in Africa, William Adama explains to Laura Roslin why they chose to name their new planet [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]].''
:'''William Adama''': Earth is a dream...one we've been chasing for a long time. We've earned it. This is Earth.

*''Baltar to Caprica Six on New Earth in unspoken reference about his father''
:'''Baltar''': "You know, I know about farming." (sobs)

*''Laura Roslin is speaking to Dr. Cottle about the state of her health which both know it is grave with only a few days to live. Also, she is about to essentially go into battle to retrieve Hera and the Doctor appears to be on the verge of choking up:''
:'''Laura Roslin''': "Don't spoil your image, just light a cigarette and go and grumble."

*''Former Admiral of the Fleet William Adama is showing Laura their new home on New Earth in a Raptor. She sees a herd of gazelles stampeding at the sight of the Raptor over the lush and rich landscape and says her last words:''
:'''Roslin''': "So much life..."

*''William Adama is sitting on a high ridge, looking out on a spectacular view of the savannah. Nearby is Laura Roslin's grave, and his last spoken words in the series are to her:''
:'''William Adama''': "I laid out the cabin today. It's gonna have an easterly view. You should see the light that we get here. When the sun comes from behind the mountains, it's almost heavenly. It reminds me of you."

*''Boomer has just given over Hera to Athena, saving her life from Cavil and Simon dissection-and both redeeming herself and condemning herself to death''
:'''Boomer''' (to Athena): "Tell the old man, I owed him one."
:'''Athena''' (angrily) "Doesn't change anything you did though!"
:'''Boomer''' (shakes her head slightly): "No. We all make our choices. Today I made a choice. I think it's my last one."
:'''Starbuck''': "All right this is really touching. Now can we get the frak out of here!?!"
:'''Boomer''' (to Starbuck): "You should know that your Raptor been destroyed. You can't go back that way."
:(Athena passes Hera to Helo)
:'''Athena''': "Yeah well, that is not the plan."
:'''Starbuck''' (sardonically): "Can we ''not'' tell her the plan?"
:'''Athena''': "Right."
:''(Athena and Boomer look each other in the eye for a moment. Athena raises her weapon. Boomer does not try to flee, accepting, if not welcoming her fate. Athena fires. Boomer is dead before she hits the deck.)''

*''Cavil takes Hera at gunpoint after overpowering a CIC guard''.
:'''Cavil''': "This makes it alot easier. I just take the girl and I'm out of here!"
:'''William Adama''': (with a gun trained on Cavil) "Not a chance!"
:'''Number Six''': "Cavil, we won't let you take Hera. You know that."
:'''Cavil''': "I know nothing of the kind. I know I'm going to watch you chase your tail across the universe for another four years."
:'''Tigh''': "That's not going to happen!"
:'''Cavil''': "This thing is the key to my people's survival, and I'm not leaving without it!"
:'''Baltar''': "Hera's not a thing! She's a child, and she holds the key to humanity's survival as well!"
:'''Cavil''': "And how do you know that?"
:'''Baltar''': [glances briefly at the illusory images of Messenger Six and Messenger Baltar] "I see angels, angels in this very room. Now, I may be mad, but that doesn't mean that I'm not right. Because there's another force at work here. There always has been. It's undeniable. We've all experienced it. Everyone in this room has witnessed events that they can't fathom, let alone explain by rational means. Puzzles deciphered in prophecy. Dreams given to a chosen few. Our loved ones, dead, risen. Weather we want to call that "God" or "gods" or some sublime inspiration or a devine force we can't know or understand, it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. It's here. It exists, and our two destinies are entwined in its force."
:'''Cavil''': "If that were true, and that's a big 'if', how do I know this force has our best interests in mind? How do you know that God is on your side, Doctor?"
:'''Baltar''': "I don't. God's not on anyone side. God is a force of nature, beyond good and evil. Good and evil, we created those. You wanna break the cycle? Break the cycle of birth? Death? Rebirth? destruction? Escape? Death? Well, that's in our hands, in our hands only. It requires that we live in hope, not fear."

*''Tigh reports on Galactica's status. The ship suffered severe structural damage after jumping away from the Cylon Colony.''
:'''Tigh''': "We're mostly here. The engines, life support. There's red lines through her lateral structural members. She's broke her back. She'll never jump again."
:'''William Adama''': (grimly) "Wherever we are is where we're gonna stay."

*''Explaining to Admiral Adama his rationale for humanity forsaking advanced technology and adopting luddite practices.''
:'''Lee Adama''': "If there's one thing that we should have learned, it's that . . . you know, our brains have always outraced our hearts. Our science charges ahead, but our souls lag behind. Let's start anew."

== Guest Stars ==
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]]
* [[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]
* [[Rick Worthy]] as [[Number Four]]
* [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]
* [[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brenden "Hotdog" Costanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant/Admiral [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Ensign [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]
* [[Leela Savasta]] as [[Tracey Anne]]
* [[Darcy Laurie]] as [[Dealino]]
* [[Iliana Gomez-Martinez]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]
* [[Simone Bailly]] as [[Shona]]
* [[Kevin McNulty]] as [[Frank Porthos]]
* [[Richard Jollymore]] as Marine #1
* [[Anthony St. John]] as Marine #2
* [[Dan Payne]] as [[Sean Allison]]
* [[Holly Eglinton]] as Stripper
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] (uncredited)
* [[Ronald D. Moore]] as Man at news stand (uncredited)

== External Links ==

*[http://abovethestore.blogspot.com/2009/03/full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying.html Review of the finale and the series overall]

== References ==

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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Ronald D. Moore]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Michael Rymer]]

[[de:Götterdämmerung, Teil II]]

Gaeta's Mutiny

2011-09-07T19:11:58Z

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{{Battle Data
| image=MutinyCIC.jpg
| description=Gaeta and Adama in the CIC
| conflict= Gaeta's Mutiny
| date= Approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|4 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
| place=[[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar ''Galactica'']]
| result=Mutiny collapses<br>Assassination of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]<br>[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]] executed by firing squad<br>Imprisonment of remaining mutineers<br>[[The Fleet (RDM)|Colonial]]-[[Rebel basestar|Cylon]] alliance maintained.
| combatant1= Adama/Roslin loyalists<br/>[[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Rebel basestar|rebel faction]]
| combatant2= Gaeta/Zarek faction
| co1= Admiral [[William Adama]]<br>President [[Laura Roslin]]<br/>[[Basestar command|Rebel basestar command]]
| co2= Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br/>Vice President [[Tom Zarek]]
| strength1= [[Rebel basestar]], [[Cult of Baltar]], all servicemen and civilians loyal to Adama/Roslin including [[Lee Adama]] and Captain [[Kara Thrace]]
| strength2= At least 15 crew, marines and civilians on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''
| shiploss1= Minor damage to the Rebel basestar
| shiploss2= ''Galactica''’s FTL drive rendered temporarily inoperable
| casualties1= Unknown, heavy
| casualties2= Unknown, heavy.<br>Lt. Gaeta and Tom Zarek (executed)
| prev= [[Standoff Between Galactica and the Cylon Rebels]]
| next= [[Battle of The Colony]]
| series= RDM
}}
'''Gaeta's Mutiny''' is an attempted coup led by Junior Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] and Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] to overthrow both President [[Laura Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama]] following their establishment of an alliance with the [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Rebel basestar|rebel faction]].

==Causes==
Following the discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], tensions within the Fleet begin to rise. Roslin's power as a religious icon diminishes, and she largely withdrawals from her official duties. Recognizing the desperate situation of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], Adama proposes an alliance with the rebel Cylons, whereby the Cylons will upgrade the Fleet's [[FTL]] drives, thus tripling their jump range, in exchange for protection from ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and a seat on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Though the Quorum of Twelve, led by Zarek, votes against allowing the Cylons to board ships in the Fleet, Adama declares the matter a military decision, overruling the Quorum and permitting the Cylons to install the upgrades. When the workers on the Fleet's refinery ship ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' revolt, kill the Cylon work crew and ''Galactica'' [[Colonial Marines|Marines]] aboard and jump the ship, Adama has Zarek arrested. Having become more disturbed by Adama's actions, Gaeta begins to quietly build support among members of the crew and, following the events on ''Hitei Kan'', meets with Zarek in the [[brig]]. There, the two men agree that Adama and Roslin must be removed from power in order to prevent the alliance and restore democracy ([[TRS]]: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").

==Timeline==

===0600 - 0800===

* '''0620''' - Admiral [[William Adama]] and Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] meet for a standard morning briefing in Adama's quarters, where [[Laura Roslin]] is also staying.

* '''0623''' - Junior Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] and a group of [[Colonial Marines|marines]] free Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] from the [[brig]] and escorts him to the [[hangar deck]], where Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] convinces the deck crew and assembled civilians that her [[Raptor]] is leaking fuel and orders them all to evacuate the Deck. Zarek, Gaeta and the marines approach the Raptor but are interrupted by Deck Chief [[Peter Laird]]. Laird notes that the Raptor is scheduled for an emergency medical transport and not a VIP shuttle. While Gaeta unsuccessfully attempts to explain the situation, Zarek manages to sneak up behind Laird and kills him with a wrench. Zarek boards the Raptor and departs for ''[[Colonial One]]''.

* '''0704''' - When Gaeta reports for duty, Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]] notices that there is a launch in progress and that he doesn't have any scheduled in the flight log. Gaeta responds that maybe it is an error and that he should look over the flight log for an update by Laird. When he finds none in the flight log, he suggests calling down to the flight deck. Gaeta stops him and points out that there is not a transponder signal and when Tigh questions Gaeta, his response is that it is probably a [[DRADIS]] ghost. Given the condition of ''Galactica'' and the difficulties in maintaining the battlestar, the Admiral and XO accept this explanation, permitting Zarek to escape to ''[[Colonial One]]''.

* '''0741''' - The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] is in an emergency session regarding Zarek's arerst and the issue of the Cylon FTL drives when Zarek walks into the room, surprising everyone including Caprican Quorum delegate [[Lee Adama]].

:* Elsewhere, the mutineers begin to systematically take hostage all the [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylons]], as well as any known supporters and familial relations on ''Galactica''. Ensign [[Samuel Anders|Samuel "Longshot" Anders]] is the first, distracted by Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] and then hoodwinked and beaten by Lance Corporal [[Maldonaldo]] and Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]].

:* In CIC, everything goes according to plan as an alarm sounds, indicating a fire on C Deck near the main antennas. Adama orders in the damage control (DC) units, but Gaeta points out that the fire might not be an accident and that they will be in the dark if the antenna array goes down. Adama orders a Marine detail to escort the DC units, thus allowing more Marines to join the mutineers in the forward section of C Deck, raiding the small arms locker.

===0800 - 1000===

* '''0812''' - Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] is fencing with Junior Lieutenant [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]] about [[Nicholas Tyrol|his fatherhood]] and sexual prowess in the Officers' Quarters, when the loudspeaker announces the fire. Thrace confronts Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] about fire control duties and is rudely rebuffed. Immediately suspicious, Thrace comes upon Marines and civilians, led by [[Charlie Connor]], arming themselves and discussing battle plans. Thrace arms herself in turn and tries to warn CIC, but Gaeta refuses to let her speak to the Admiral.

:* Lee Adama attempts to contact his father to find out the reasoning behind Zarek's release. Zarek suggests to Lee, who is having trouble getting a hold of his father on ''Galactica'', that the Admiral only released him because he didn't believe the civilian government posed a threat to his authority. Lee leaves to prove Zarek wrong, thus leaving the Quorum to Zarek.

:* In the CIC Gaeta informs Adama and Tigh that they have lost communications ship-wide, as well as backups.

* '''0902''' - On the hangar deck, Lee is greeted by Marines and [[Charlie Connor]] who proceed to rough him up and take him hostage. Before they are able to do anything more, Thrace interrupts and kills the marine pointing a gun at Lee's head. Following this, she shoots [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] in the shoulder. She forces the others to release Lee and the two escape.

:* The mutineers seize the Agathons in their quarters. Junior Lieutenant [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] and [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] are taken hostage. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] is confronted by [[Gage|Specialist Gage]], then pistol-whipped into unconsciousness.

:* Thrace and Lee regroup in a dry storage locker, and plan their next move.

* '''0908''' - Back in the CIC, Hoshi realizes that the devices used to scan for carbon monoxide sensors should be going through the roof, but he only reads normal levels. Adama is tired of being blind and sends his personal Marine, Private [[Stewart Jaffee]], to go to C Deck and report back.

:* All three Agathons are thrown in the brig, where they find [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Samuel Anders]]. Athena reasons that they are needed alive as bargaining chips for the rebel Cylons.

* '''0913''' - Lee and Kara make their way through ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> F Deck, where pitched battles between civilians and Marines are taking place.

* '''0922''' - Private Jaffee returns and reports what he has found, Gaeta suddenly orders the Marines to take Adama, Tigh, Hoshi and the senior staff into custody. Rebel Marines draw their weapons and surround the Admiral and his staff. A brief firefight ensues in which Jaffee is killed. Adama reluctantly orders his men to stand down. He and Gaeta then exchange harsh words, both accusing the other of betraying their oaths to defend the ship and her crew. Before he is escorted off the [[CIC]], Adama warns that there will be neither forgiveness nor amnesty for those involved in the mutiny.

* '''0925''' - Thrace and Lee Adama make it to [[Laura Roslin]], informing her of the situation and how desperate it is. Roslin decides to come out and publicly address the Fleet in hopes that they will listen to her. However, with communications down, they have no way to contact the rest of the Fleet. Roslin knows of a way they can get a message out: [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[wireless]].

* '''0934''' - Gaeta has taken command in CIC, and when Specialist [[Gage]] hestitates to follow an order, he is reminded firmly by Gaeta to "stay with us."

* '''0942''' - Thrace, Roslin, and Lee make it to Baltar's compartment, where [[Galen Tyrol]] is organizing a defense against the mutineers. Tyrol informs them that the Admiral has been captured and warns them against using the ship communications system. Thrace and Lee rush off to find Adama.

* '''0947''' - Adama and Tigh overcome their marine guards, killing Maldonaldo and taking Nowart prisoner. They arm themselves with the Marines's pistols and rifles.

:*Roslin tries to convince Baltar to let her use his pirate transmitter. He acquiesces, against [[Paulla Schaffer]]'s advice.

* '''0956''' - Adama and Tigh observe Connor giving orders to a mixed group of civilians and Marines. They question their prisoner as to their destination, learning that all essential personnel and Cylons were being put in the brig on Gaeta's orders. They move out toward the brig, hoping to secure some allies.

===1000 - 1200===

* '''1012''' - In CIC, Gaeta is informed that the Fleet's ships are attempting to contact ''Galactica''. He has them put on speaker and requests a secure line to Zarek. Gaeta reports to Zarek that ''Galactica'' is secured under his control and that Admiral Adama is under guard. Zarek ruefully notes that Adama still being alive is a loose end, but congratulates Felix with some flowery phrases. Gaeta replies that they can "fine-tune their rationalizations later."

:*Suddenly, Roslin's voice cuts through the babble of ships' captains, urging calm, explaining the reasons behind the Cylon-Human alliance, and urging them to keep the faith and to not follow the traitorous elements. Gaeta jams the transmission, but not before the people hear most of what Roslin had to say.

* '''1017''' - Elsewhere, Adama and Tigh run into Thrace and Lee at the brig, where others are being held. The brig is too heavily guarded, so they decide to regroup with Tyrol at a secondary airlock.

* '''1021''' - Roslin and Baltar discuss Gaeta and their mutual bad judgment in presidential aides.

* '''1023''' - Kara, Lee, Tigh, and Adama regroup. While Thrace scouts ahead, Lee and Tigh argue about Cylons and humans before Adama tells them both to shut up. They then head toward the secondary airlock.

* '''1027''' - Baltar makes a personal call to Gaeta attempting to bring him to his senses, but fails. A Raptor coming from the Cylon baseship is detected on [[DRADIS]]. Gaeta realizes they are not headed to the hangar deck.

* '''1032''' - The Raptor docks at the secondary storage airlock, where the Adamas, Tigh, Thrace, Tyrol, Roslin, and Baltar are waiting. Roslin and Baltar board the Raptor which heads off for the rebel Basestar, while Admiral Adama and Tigh stay behind to cover the president's escape and try to retake the ship from the mutineers. Thrace, Lee, and Tyrol head off to continue their fight elsewhere.

:*Gaeta orders Narcho to destroy the fleeing [[Raptor]], meanwhile Admiral Adama and Tigh engage the Marines attempting to break into the airlock.

* '''1041''' - President Roslin and [[Gaius Baltar]] manage to escape ''Galactica'' on a Raptor to the Cylon baseship. Gaeta tries to have her shot down, but after Roslin identifies herself Constanza—apparently not in on the mutiny—hesitates and allows Roslin to make it to the baseship safely despite Narcho's attempts to destroy the Raptor. Tigh and Adama are captured by Marines led by [[Aaron Kelly]] after being knocked out by a stun grenade, Adama having decided to stay behind to try to retake the ship and Tigh supporting him.

* '''1051''' - Roslin and Baltar meet with the rebel Cylons on the baseship. The Cylons on the baseship want to flee, but Roslin manages to convince them to stay and support Adama.

:*Kelly returns Adama to Gaeta in CIC, attempting to force him to tell Roslin to surrender. Adama refuses and removes his rank insignia, telling Gaeta to call Roslin himself and "make her laugh."

:*The Cylons move their ship further into the Fleet for protection but Gaeta has it scatter, quarantining the baseship.

* '''1116''' - Zarek, the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] in tow, arrives on ''Galactica'', observed by Lee and Starbuck.

* '''1118''' - Roslin attempts to make a broadcast to the Fleet with no luck.

:*Gaeta and Zarek meet, discussing the presence of the Quorum, and a trial for Adama.

*'''1131''' - Tyrol sees [[Romo Lampkin]] being escorted by Kelly and several Marines to the Admiral's Quarters.

*'''1148''' - Admiral Adama is tried for various crimes with Gaeta (now a Commander) as the people's representative and Zarek as the judge with Romo Lampkin as Adama's lawyer.

:*Tyrol enters the ship's vents.

===1200 - 1400===

* '''1222''' - Zarek tries to convince the Quorum to accept the state of affairs, but when Sagittaron delegate [[Jacob Cantrell]] asks him to leave, apparently supporting Roslin, he has them murdered. Kelly is visibly disturbed by this event.

* '''1245''' - Felix Gaeta views the dead bodies of the Quorum with shock and horror and confronts Zarek angrily. Zarek retorts that there is no turning back and that Adama must be executed.

:* Tyrol crawls through the ship's vents.

* '''1248''' - [[Tory Foster]] informs Roslin that the Cylons have decided to jump away. Roslin refuses to accept this, and talks passionately to the Cylons, convincing them to stay.

:* Tyrol exits the crawlspace at an arms locker where Kelly ambushes him only to let him go after sharing a brief rapport; Kelly's support of the mutiny continues to falter.

:* Lampkin tries to convince Adama to sign a statement, but he refuses to betray his beliefs. Lampkin whispers to him that his people are working to retake the ship and to give them time, but he is pushed away by Marine [[Parr]].

:* Baltar is comforted on the baseship by [[Lida]].

* '''1337''' - [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], still free, manage to break into the brig and rescue the Cylons and Karl Agathon, and they join the two in the battle to retake the ship. Anders is seriously wounded and Kara stays behind to get him to Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]] for medical treatment while Caprica Six, Hera and the injured Helo go to Baltar's cult to hide out, reasoning that no one wants to go near there and they'll be safe.

* '''1342''' - Adama's trial continues, Zarek is informed that the prisoners have escaped. He lies to Adama, telling him that Tigh was killed trying to escape. Adama refuses to answer any more questions, and he is sentenced to death by firing squad.

:* Roslin manages to make a broadcast with help from [[Leoben Conoy]] about the mutiny, asking the civilian ships to shut down their FTL drives just before she is jammed again.

:* Lampkin, being escorted from the "trial" by Parr, comes across Thrace and Anders. He breaks free, killing Parr and is finally convinced by Thrace to assist her in get help for Anders.

===1400 - 1600 ===

* '''1435''' - 10 ships of 35 follow Roslin's orders and shut down their FTL drives. Gaeta gives jump coordinates to the remaining 25 and then has a firing squad led by Allison take Adama to a [[launch tube]] to be executed.

* '''1447''' - Kelly, Allison, and Marines lead Adama to a launch tube. Kelly leaves the entourage and breaks down with remorse in the [[memorial hallway]]. He is found by Lee, Tigh, and Athena and tells them where Adama was being taken. Kelly renounces the mutiny and joins them.

:* On the baseship, Baltar dreams of Adama being executed. He is again comforted by Lida, but this time he decides to return to ''Galactica'', realizing he has a responsibility to his followers there.

* '''1502''' - On the hangar deck, Adama is bound to a chair before a firing squad.

* '''1524''' - Roslin hails ''Galactica'' to demand Zarek and Gaeta's surrender.

:* Gaeta gets confirmation that Adama was executed. In reality he was rescued by Lee, Tigh, Athena and Kelly.

:* Adama convinces the firing squad to aid him in recapturing the ship, but Narcho, despite his respect for the Admiral, refuses to help anyone who won't fight the Cylons. Adama stops Tigh from executing Allison on the spot and instead has Allison tied up.

:* Tyrol continues down the crawlway.

:* In an attempt to get her to surrender in turn, Zarek claims to Roslin that Tigh was killed escaping and Adama was executed, but this only strengthens her resolve and has the baseship's weapons turned on ''Galactica''.

* '''1528''' - Gaeta sets the jump coordinates and prepares to jump ''Galactica''.

:* Tyrol arrives in the engine room.

:* Adama, Lee, Tigh, Athena, Kelly, the Marine squad, and a gathering crowd of other loyalists make their way towards the CIC.

:* Gaeta tries to jump, but Tyrol manages to manually disable the FTL drive. Zarek begins to panic. Specialist [[Gage]] turns ''Galactica's'' weapons on the baseship. Realizing he's lost, Gaeta orders him to stand down. Seconds later, Adama and his men storm CIC and retake it without firing a shot, ending the mutiny. Adama contacts the baseship and gets Roslin and the Cylons to stand down now that he's back in command again.

* '''1532''' - Galactica's CIC is secured by Admiral Adama and his loyalists. Gaeta and Zarek are led away.

:* Tyrol discovers ominous signs of structural damage in the engine room.

==Aftermath==
Gaeta and Zarek are executed by firing squad for their crimes at some later point ([[TRS]]: "[[Blood on the Scales]]"). The remaining mutineers are imprisoned on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', though they are later freed in exchange for participating in the [[Battle of The Colony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Deadlock]]" [[Podcast:Deadlock|podcast]]; "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

Ironically, the mutiny ends up accomplishing the exact opposite of what it was intended to do. With a considerable number of ''Galactica'''s crew dead or imprisoned, the Colonials start flying joint CAPs with the rebel Cylons. In addition, there is a shortage of [[Colonial Marines|Marines]] on ''Galactica''. Adama refuses to let [[Centurions]] on board the ship and instead decides to arm [[Cult of Baltar|Baltar's cult]] to help control the civilian population in [[Dogsville]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Deadlock]]").

Furthermore, it is during the final stages of this mutiny that Tyrol discovers ominous signs of wear and tear on ''Galactica''. Admiral Adama reluctantly agrees to allow Tyrol to use Cylon bio-technology and Cylon work crews from the baseship to fix the damage ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

With the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] decimated, it is replaced by the [[Quorum of Ships' Captains]] at Lee Adama's suggestion. The Quorum now comprises of captains representing the individual ships of the Fleet, rather than politicians representing the extinct Twelve Colonies. The Cylons are allowed to send their own representative to this new Quorum in the form of [[Sonja]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]").

==Known Participants==

: ''All deaths resulting directly from the mutiny are marked with the crucifix symbol (†).''

===''Galactica'' crew===
* Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] †, military leader who is later executed.
* Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], defected to Loyalists.
* Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]], in custody.
* Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]], in custody but later returned to [[Battle of The Colony|active duty]].
* Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall]], in custody but later returned to [[Battle of The Colony|active duty]].
* Lieutenant [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]], presumed to be in custody.
* Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]], presumed to be in custody.
* Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]], in custody but later returned to [[Battle of The Colony|active duty]].
* Lance Corporal [[Maldonaldo]] †, killed by Admiral Adama.
* Specialist [[Gage]], in custody.
* Specialist [[Vireem]], in custody.
* Marine [[Parr]] †, killed by Romo Lampkin.

All surviving mutineers were later pardoned by Admiral Adama and offered reinstatement if they agreed to join ''Galactica''’s high risk assault on [[The Colony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

===Civilians===
* Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] †, civilian leader who is later executed.
* [[Charlie Connor]], presumed to be in custody.

==Known Loyalists==

===''Galactica'' crew===
* Admiral [[William Adama]]
* Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]], wounded in action.
* Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], defected from mutineers.
* Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* Lieutenant [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]]
* Ensign [[Samuel Anders|Samuel "Longshot" Anders]], permanently crippled as a result of a firefight.
* Chief Petty Officer [[Peter Laird]] †, murdered by Zarek.
* Private [[Stewart Jaffee]] †, killed in action by Rebel Marines.

===Civilians===
* President [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|The Quorum of Twelve]], later assassinated on Zarek's orders.
** [[Lee Adama]]
** [[Jacob Cantrell]] †
** [[Dahlia]] †
** [[Reza Chronides]] †
** Eight [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum of Twelve|unnamed delegates]] †
* The [[Cult of Baltar]]
** Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]
** [[Paulla Schaffer]]
** [[Jeanne]]
* [[Romo Lampkin]]

===Cylons not part of ''Galactica'''s crew===
On ''Galactica'':
* [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Caprica-Six]]

On the Baseship:
* Misc. [[Number Two]] copies
* Misc. [[Number Six]] copies
** [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]]
* Misc. [[Number Eight]] copies
* [[Tory Foster]]

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Gaeta's Mutiny

2011-09-07T19:11:18Z

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{{Battle Data
| image=MutinyCIC.jpg
| description=Gaeta and Adama in the CIC
| conflict= Gaeta's Mutiny
| date= Approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|4 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
| place=[[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar ''Galactica'']]
| result=Mutiny collapses<br>Assassination of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]<br>[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]] executed by firing squad<br>Imprisonment of remaining mutineers<br>[[The Fleet (RDM)|Colonial]]-[[Rebel basestar|Cylon]] alliance maintained.
| combatant1= Adama/Roslin loyalists<br/>[[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Rebel basestar|rebel faction]]
| combatant2= Gaeta/Zarek faction
| co1= Admiral [[William Adama]]<br>President [[Laura Roslin]]<br/>[[Basestar command|Rebel basestar command]]
| co2= Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br/>Vice President [[Tom Zarek]]
| strength1= [[Rebel basestar]], [[Cult of Baltar]], all servicemen and civilians loyal to Adama/Roslin including [[Lee Adama]] and Captain [[Kara Thrace]]
| strength2= At least 15 crew, marines and civilians on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''
| shiploss1= Minor damage to the Rebel basestar
| shiploss2= ''Galactica''’s FTL drive rendered temporarily inoperable
| casualties1= Unknown, heavy
| casualties2= Unknown, heavy. Lt. Gaeta and Tom Zarek (executed)
| prev= [[Standoff Between Galactica and the Cylon Rebels]]
| next= [[Battle of The Colony]]
| series= RDM
}}
'''Gaeta's Mutiny''' is an attempted coup led by Junior Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] and Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] to overthrow both President [[Laura Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama]] following their establishment of an alliance with the [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Rebel basestar|rebel faction]].

==Causes==
Following the discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], tensions within the Fleet begin to rise. Roslin's power as a religious icon diminishes, and she largely withdrawals from her official duties. Recognizing the desperate situation of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], Adama proposes an alliance with the rebel Cylons, whereby the Cylons will upgrade the Fleet's [[FTL]] drives, thus tripling their jump range, in exchange for protection from ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and a seat on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Though the Quorum of Twelve, led by Zarek, votes against allowing the Cylons to board ships in the Fleet, Adama declares the matter a military decision, overruling the Quorum and permitting the Cylons to install the upgrades. When the workers on the Fleet's refinery ship ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' revolt, kill the Cylon work crew and ''Galactica'' [[Colonial Marines|Marines]] aboard and jump the ship, Adama has Zarek arrested. Having become more disturbed by Adama's actions, Gaeta begins to quietly build support among members of the crew and, following the events on ''Hitei Kan'', meets with Zarek in the [[brig]]. There, the two men agree that Adama and Roslin must be removed from power in order to prevent the alliance and restore democracy ([[TRS]]: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").

==Timeline==

===0600 - 0800===

* '''0620''' - Admiral [[William Adama]] and Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] meet for a standard morning briefing in Adama's quarters, where [[Laura Roslin]] is also staying.

* '''0623''' - Junior Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] and a group of [[Colonial Marines|marines]] free Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] from the [[brig]] and escorts him to the [[hangar deck]], where Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] convinces the deck crew and assembled civilians that her [[Raptor]] is leaking fuel and orders them all to evacuate the Deck. Zarek, Gaeta and the marines approach the Raptor but are interrupted by Deck Chief [[Peter Laird]]. Laird notes that the Raptor is scheduled for an emergency medical transport and not a VIP shuttle. While Gaeta unsuccessfully attempts to explain the situation, Zarek manages to sneak up behind Laird and kills him with a wrench. Zarek boards the Raptor and departs for ''[[Colonial One]]''.

* '''0704''' - When Gaeta reports for duty, Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]] notices that there is a launch in progress and that he doesn't have any scheduled in the flight log. Gaeta responds that maybe it is an error and that he should look over the flight log for an update by Laird. When he finds none in the flight log, he suggests calling down to the flight deck. Gaeta stops him and points out that there is not a transponder signal and when Tigh questions Gaeta, his response is that it is probably a [[DRADIS]] ghost. Given the condition of ''Galactica'' and the difficulties in maintaining the battlestar, the Admiral and XO accept this explanation, permitting Zarek to escape to ''[[Colonial One]]''.

* '''0741''' - The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] is in an emergency session regarding Zarek's arerst and the issue of the Cylon FTL drives when Zarek walks into the room, surprising everyone including Caprican Quorum delegate [[Lee Adama]].

:* Elsewhere, the mutineers begin to systematically take hostage all the [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylons]], as well as any known supporters and familial relations on ''Galactica''. Ensign [[Samuel Anders|Samuel "Longshot" Anders]] is the first, distracted by Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] and then hoodwinked and beaten by Lance Corporal [[Maldonaldo]] and Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]].

:* In CIC, everything goes according to plan as an alarm sounds, indicating a fire on C Deck near the main antennas. Adama orders in the damage control (DC) units, but Gaeta points out that the fire might not be an accident and that they will be in the dark if the antenna array goes down. Adama orders a Marine detail to escort the DC units, thus allowing more Marines to join the mutineers in the forward section of C Deck, raiding the small arms locker.

===0800 - 1000===

* '''0812''' - Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] is fencing with Junior Lieutenant [[Brendan Constanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Constanza]] about [[Nicholas Tyrol|his fatherhood]] and sexual prowess in the Officers' Quarters, when the loudspeaker announces the fire. Thrace confronts Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]] about fire control duties and is rudely rebuffed. Immediately suspicious, Thrace comes upon Marines and civilians, led by [[Charlie Connor]], arming themselves and discussing battle plans. Thrace arms herself in turn and tries to warn CIC, but Gaeta refuses to let her speak to the Admiral.

:* Lee Adama attempts to contact his father to find out the reasoning behind Zarek's release. Zarek suggests to Lee, who is having trouble getting a hold of his father on ''Galactica'', that the Admiral only released him because he didn't believe the civilian government posed a threat to his authority. Lee leaves to prove Zarek wrong, thus leaving the Quorum to Zarek.

:* In the CIC Gaeta informs Adama and Tigh that they have lost communications ship-wide, as well as backups.

* '''0902''' - On the hangar deck, Lee is greeted by Marines and [[Charlie Connor]] who proceed to rough him up and take him hostage. Before they are able to do anything more, Thrace interrupts and kills the marine pointing a gun at Lee's head. Following this, she shoots [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]] in the shoulder. She forces the others to release Lee and the two escape.

:* The mutineers seize the Agathons in their quarters. Junior Lieutenant [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] and [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] are taken hostage. Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] is confronted by [[Gage|Specialist Gage]], then pistol-whipped into unconsciousness.

:* Thrace and Lee regroup in a dry storage locker, and plan their next move.

* '''0908''' - Back in the CIC, Hoshi realizes that the devices used to scan for carbon monoxide sensors should be going through the roof, but he only reads normal levels. Adama is tired of being blind and sends his personal Marine, Private [[Stewart Jaffee]], to go to C Deck and report back.

:* All three Agathons are thrown in the brig, where they find [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Samuel Anders]]. Athena reasons that they are needed alive as bargaining chips for the rebel Cylons.

* '''0913''' - Lee and Kara make their way through ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> F Deck, where pitched battles between civilians and Marines are taking place.

* '''0922''' - Private Jaffee returns and reports what he has found, Gaeta suddenly orders the Marines to take Adama, Tigh, Hoshi and the senior staff into custody. Rebel Marines draw their weapons and surround the Admiral and his staff. A brief firefight ensues in which Jaffee is killed. Adama reluctantly orders his men to stand down. He and Gaeta then exchange harsh words, both accusing the other of betraying their oaths to defend the ship and her crew. Before he is escorted off the [[CIC]], Adama warns that there will be neither forgiveness nor amnesty for those involved in the mutiny.

* '''0925''' - Thrace and Lee Adama make it to [[Laura Roslin]], informing her of the situation and how desperate it is. Roslin decides to come out and publicly address the Fleet in hopes that they will listen to her. However, with communications down, they have no way to contact the rest of the Fleet. Roslin knows of a way they can get a message out: [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[wireless]].

* '''0934''' - Gaeta has taken command in CIC, and when Specialist [[Gage]] hestitates to follow an order, he is reminded firmly by Gaeta to "stay with us."

* '''0942''' - Thrace, Roslin, and Lee make it to Baltar's compartment, where [[Galen Tyrol]] is organizing a defense against the mutineers. Tyrol informs them that the Admiral has been captured and warns them against using the ship communications system. Thrace and Lee rush off to find Adama.

* '''0947''' - Adama and Tigh overcome their marine guards, killing Maldonaldo and taking Nowart prisoner. They arm themselves with the Marines's pistols and rifles.

:*Roslin tries to convince Baltar to let her use his pirate transmitter. He acquiesces, against [[Paulla Schaffer]]'s advice.

* '''0956''' - Adama and Tigh observe Connor giving orders to a mixed group of civilians and Marines. They question their prisoner as to their destination, learning that all essential personnel and Cylons were being put in the brig on Gaeta's orders. They move out toward the brig, hoping to secure some allies.

===1000 - 1200===

* '''1012''' - In CIC, Gaeta is informed that the Fleet's ships are attempting to contact ''Galactica''. He has them put on speaker and requests a secure line to Zarek. Gaeta reports to Zarek that ''Galactica'' is secured under his control and that Admiral Adama is under guard. Zarek ruefully notes that Adama still being alive is a loose end, but congratulates Felix with some flowery phrases. Gaeta replies that they can "fine-tune their rationalizations later."

:*Suddenly, Roslin's voice cuts through the babble of ships' captains, urging calm, explaining the reasons behind the Cylon-Human alliance, and urging them to keep the faith and to not follow the traitorous elements. Gaeta jams the transmission, but not before the people hear most of what Roslin had to say.

* '''1017''' - Elsewhere, Adama and Tigh run into Thrace and Lee at the brig, where others are being held. The brig is too heavily guarded, so they decide to regroup with Tyrol at a secondary airlock.

* '''1021''' - Roslin and Baltar discuss Gaeta and their mutual bad judgment in presidential aides.

* '''1023''' - Kara, Lee, Tigh, and Adama regroup. While Thrace scouts ahead, Lee and Tigh argue about Cylons and humans before Adama tells them both to shut up. They then head toward the secondary airlock.

* '''1027''' - Baltar makes a personal call to Gaeta attempting to bring him to his senses, but fails. A Raptor coming from the Cylon baseship is detected on [[DRADIS]]. Gaeta realizes they are not headed to the hangar deck.

* '''1032''' - The Raptor docks at the secondary storage airlock, where the Adamas, Tigh, Thrace, Tyrol, Roslin, and Baltar are waiting. Roslin and Baltar board the Raptor which heads off for the rebel Basestar, while Admiral Adama and Tigh stay behind to cover the president's escape and try to retake the ship from the mutineers. Thrace, Lee, and Tyrol head off to continue their fight elsewhere.

:*Gaeta orders Narcho to destroy the fleeing [[Raptor]], meanwhile Admiral Adama and Tigh engage the Marines attempting to break into the airlock.

* '''1041''' - President Roslin and [[Gaius Baltar]] manage to escape ''Galactica'' on a Raptor to the Cylon baseship. Gaeta tries to have her shot down, but after Roslin identifies herself Constanza—apparently not in on the mutiny—hesitates and allows Roslin to make it to the baseship safely despite Narcho's attempts to destroy the Raptor. Tigh and Adama are captured by Marines led by [[Aaron Kelly]] after being knocked out by a stun grenade, Adama having decided to stay behind to try to retake the ship and Tigh supporting him.

* '''1051''' - Roslin and Baltar meet with the rebel Cylons on the baseship. The Cylons on the baseship want to flee, but Roslin manages to convince them to stay and support Adama.

:*Kelly returns Adama to Gaeta in CIC, attempting to force him to tell Roslin to surrender. Adama refuses and removes his rank insignia, telling Gaeta to call Roslin himself and "make her laugh."

:*The Cylons move their ship further into the Fleet for protection but Gaeta has it scatter, quarantining the baseship.

* '''1116''' - Zarek, the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] in tow, arrives on ''Galactica'', observed by Lee and Starbuck.

* '''1118''' - Roslin attempts to make a broadcast to the Fleet with no luck.

:*Gaeta and Zarek meet, discussing the presence of the Quorum, and a trial for Adama.

*'''1131''' - Tyrol sees [[Romo Lampkin]] being escorted by Kelly and several Marines to the Admiral's Quarters.

*'''1148''' - Admiral Adama is tried for various crimes with Gaeta (now a Commander) as the people's representative and Zarek as the judge with Romo Lampkin as Adama's lawyer.

:*Tyrol enters the ship's vents.

===1200 - 1400===

* '''1222''' - Zarek tries to convince the Quorum to accept the state of affairs, but when Sagittaron delegate [[Jacob Cantrell]] asks him to leave, apparently supporting Roslin, he has them murdered. Kelly is visibly disturbed by this event.

* '''1245''' - Felix Gaeta views the dead bodies of the Quorum with shock and horror and confronts Zarek angrily. Zarek retorts that there is no turning back and that Adama must be executed.

:* Tyrol crawls through the ship's vents.

* '''1248''' - [[Tory Foster]] informs Roslin that the Cylons have decided to jump away. Roslin refuses to accept this, and talks passionately to the Cylons, convincing them to stay.

:* Tyrol exits the crawlspace at an arms locker where Kelly ambushes him only to let him go after sharing a brief rapport; Kelly's support of the mutiny continues to falter.

:* Lampkin tries to convince Adama to sign a statement, but he refuses to betray his beliefs. Lampkin whispers to him that his people are working to retake the ship and to give them time, but he is pushed away by Marine [[Parr]].

:* Baltar is comforted on the baseship by [[Lida]].

* '''1337''' - [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], still free, manage to break into the brig and rescue the Cylons and Karl Agathon, and they join the two in the battle to retake the ship. Anders is seriously wounded and Kara stays behind to get him to Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]] for medical treatment while Caprica Six, Hera and the injured Helo go to Baltar's cult to hide out, reasoning that no one wants to go near there and they'll be safe.

* '''1342''' - Adama's trial continues, Zarek is informed that the prisoners have escaped. He lies to Adama, telling him that Tigh was killed trying to escape. Adama refuses to answer any more questions, and he is sentenced to death by firing squad.

:* Roslin manages to make a broadcast with help from [[Leoben Conoy]] about the mutiny, asking the civilian ships to shut down their FTL drives just before she is jammed again.

:* Lampkin, being escorted from the "trial" by Parr, comes across Thrace and Anders. He breaks free, killing Parr and is finally convinced by Thrace to assist her in get help for Anders.

===1400 - 1600 ===

* '''1435''' - 10 ships of 35 follow Roslin's orders and shut down their FTL drives. Gaeta gives jump coordinates to the remaining 25 and then has a firing squad led by Allison take Adama to a [[launch tube]] to be executed.

* '''1447''' - Kelly, Allison, and Marines lead Adama to a launch tube. Kelly leaves the entourage and breaks down with remorse in the [[memorial hallway]]. He is found by Lee, Tigh, and Athena and tells them where Adama was being taken. Kelly renounces the mutiny and joins them.

:* On the baseship, Baltar dreams of Adama being executed. He is again comforted by Lida, but this time he decides to return to ''Galactica'', realizing he has a responsibility to his followers there.

* '''1502''' - On the hangar deck, Adama is bound to a chair before a firing squad.

* '''1524''' - Roslin hails ''Galactica'' to demand Zarek and Gaeta's surrender.

:* Gaeta gets confirmation that Adama was executed. In reality he was rescued by Lee, Tigh, Athena and Kelly.

:* Adama convinces the firing squad to aid him in recapturing the ship, but Narcho, despite his respect for the Admiral, refuses to help anyone who won't fight the Cylons. Adama stops Tigh from executing Allison on the spot and instead has Allison tied up.

:* Tyrol continues down the crawlway.

:* In an attempt to get her to surrender in turn, Zarek claims to Roslin that Tigh was killed escaping and Adama was executed, but this only strengthens her resolve and has the baseship's weapons turned on ''Galactica''.

* '''1528''' - Gaeta sets the jump coordinates and prepares to jump ''Galactica''.

:* Tyrol arrives in the engine room.

:* Adama, Lee, Tigh, Athena, Kelly, the Marine squad, and a gathering crowd of other loyalists make their way towards the CIC.

:* Gaeta tries to jump, but Tyrol manages to manually disable the FTL drive. Zarek begins to panic. Specialist [[Gage]] turns ''Galactica's'' weapons on the baseship. Realizing he's lost, Gaeta orders him to stand down. Seconds later, Adama and his men storm CIC and retake it without firing a shot, ending the mutiny. Adama contacts the baseship and gets Roslin and the Cylons to stand down now that he's back in command again.

* '''1532''' - Galactica's CIC is secured by Admiral Adama and his loyalists. Gaeta and Zarek are led away.

:* Tyrol discovers ominous signs of structural damage in the engine room.

==Aftermath==
Gaeta and Zarek are executed by firing squad for their crimes at some later point ([[TRS]]: "[[Blood on the Scales]]"). The remaining mutineers are imprisoned on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', though they are later freed in exchange for participating in the [[Battle of The Colony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Deadlock]]" [[Podcast:Deadlock|podcast]]; "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

Ironically, the mutiny ends up accomplishing the exact opposite of what it was intended to do. With a considerable number of ''Galactica'''s crew dead or imprisoned, the Colonials start flying joint CAPs with the rebel Cylons. In addition, there is a shortage of [[Colonial Marines|Marines]] on ''Galactica''. Adama refuses to let [[Centurions]] on board the ship and instead decides to arm [[Cult of Baltar|Baltar's cult]] to help control the civilian population in [[Dogsville]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Deadlock]]").

Furthermore, it is during the final stages of this mutiny that Tyrol discovers ominous signs of wear and tear on ''Galactica''. Admiral Adama reluctantly agrees to allow Tyrol to use Cylon bio-technology and Cylon work crews from the baseship to fix the damage ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

With the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] decimated, it is replaced by the [[Quorum of Ships' Captains]] at Lee Adama's suggestion. The Quorum now comprises of captains representing the individual ships of the Fleet, rather than politicians representing the extinct Twelve Colonies. The Cylons are allowed to send their own representative to this new Quorum in the form of [[Sonja]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]").

==Known Participants==

: ''All deaths resulting directly from the mutiny are marked with the crucifix symbol (†).''

===''Galactica'' crew===
* Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] †, military leader who is later executed.
* Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], defected to Loyalists.
* Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]], in custody.
* Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]], in custody but later returned to [[Battle of The Colony|active duty]].
* Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall]], in custody but later returned to [[Battle of The Colony|active duty]].
* Lieutenant [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]], presumed to be in custody.
* Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]], presumed to be in custody.
* Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]], in custody but later returned to [[Battle of The Colony|active duty]].
* Lance Corporal [[Maldonaldo]] †, killed by Admiral Adama.
* Specialist [[Gage]], in custody.
* Specialist [[Vireem]], in custody.
* Marine [[Parr]] †, killed by Romo Lampkin.

All surviving mutineers were later pardoned by Admiral Adama and offered reinstatement if they agreed to join ''Galactica''’s high risk assault on [[The Colony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

===Civilians===
* Vice President [[Tom Zarek]] †, civilian leader who is later executed.
* [[Charlie Connor]], presumed to be in custody.

==Known Loyalists==

===''Galactica'' crew===
* Admiral [[William Adama]]
* Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]
* Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
* Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]], wounded in action.
* Captain [[Aaron Kelly]], defected from mutineers.
* Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* Lieutenant [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]]
* Ensign [[Samuel Anders|Samuel "Longshot" Anders]], permanently crippled as a result of a firefight.
* Chief Petty Officer [[Peter Laird]] †, murdered by Zarek.
* Private [[Stewart Jaffee]] †, killed in action by Rebel Marines.

===Civilians===
* President [[Laura Roslin]]
* [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|The Quorum of Twelve]], later assassinated on Zarek's orders.
** [[Lee Adama]]
** [[Jacob Cantrell]] †
** [[Dahlia]] †
** [[Reza Chronides]] †
** Eight [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum of Twelve|unnamed delegates]] †
* The [[Cult of Baltar]]
** Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]
** [[Paulla Schaffer]]
** [[Jeanne]]
* [[Romo Lampkin]]

===Cylons not part of ''Galactica'''s crew===
On ''Galactica'':
* [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Caprica-Six]]

On the Baseship:
* Misc. [[Number Two]] copies
* Misc. [[Number Six]] copies
** [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]]
* Misc. [[Number Eight]] copies
* [[Tory Foster]]

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Messengers

2011-09-02T21:54:21Z

OTW: /* Messenger Six */ Baltar starts as an atheist

[[image:Messenger Six and Messenger Baltar, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|The messengers appearing as Six and Baltar aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' together, as seen by [[Caprica Six]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] during the [[Battle of the Colony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").]]

'''Messengers''' are the curious spectral apparitions seen by [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica Six]], as well as a few other characters. These beings were earlier referred to as "head characters", i.e. "Head Six" and "Head Baltar", by internal documentation and scripts. These messengers often present themselves as someone known very closely to the subject in question, and appear in the employ of a higher power who does not care to be referred to as "[[God (RDM)|God]]."

"[[Torn]]" establishes the [[humanoid Cylon]] visualization process known as [[projection]]. In the [[Miniseries]] and Season 1, before the term "projection" was introduced, the character of [[Gaius Baltar]] has frequent visions of an image of his Cylon love interest from Caprica, now known as [[Caprica Six]].

After her [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] from the Caprica mission, Caprica Six herself is haunted by a messenger appearing to her as Gaius Baltar ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").

Neither character directly reveals the presence of these images to each other or any other character. The images appear to Six and Baltar together during the [[Battle of the Colony]], revealing the truth to the pair. Occasionally both Baltar and Caprica Six have been viewed reacting to their messengers, either by talking to themselves or by physical reaction, though this has generally been discounted as general "oddness". Baltar makes reference to seeing angels while speaking on the wireless as a cult leader, and when convincing [[John Cavil]] to stand down during the Battle of the Colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]"; "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

The personality of each image is often represented in the clothing that they wear. Messenger Six often appears in a revealing red dress<ref>It should be noted that [[Caprica Six]] never appeared in this dress.</ref>, and the Messenger Baltar appears wearing [[Gaius Baltar]]'s custom-tailored, pinstripe suit ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Downloaded]]").

Each messenger does not share the personality traits of the person they purport to represent. Messenger Six espouses Cylon philosophy and [[Cylon Religion|religion]] in a zealous, unwavering manner. Likewise, Messenger Baltar often criticizes Caprica Six when she attempts to rationalize the destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] or other Cylon motivations. Both personalities tend to sway its actual opposite to side with their philosophy: For Messenger Baltar, the need to become more human (and, like the actual Baltar himself, selfish); for Messenger Six, worship of the Cylon [[God (RDM)|God]] and distancing Baltar from any opportunity to give support to the Colonial causes.

In the last days of the journey, these messengers are revealed to be agents of a higher power— "angels of [[God (RDM)|God]]," something previously claimed by Messenger Six to Gaius Baltar in both "[[Home, Part II]]" and "[[Torn]]"; writer [[Jane Espenson]] has stated that she personally believes they are "a far-advanced culture with an interest in humanity." This likens them to the [[Beings of Light]] from the [[Original Series]] mythology.<ref>"Question: Starbuck an Angel??? Really???" Espenson: "I'm going to answer re Starbuck and the "head" people, too. Well, here's how I always saw it. If someone from a far-advanced culture somewhere in the universe took an interest in humanity, isn't it possible that with their advanced tech that they could have abilities that would seem to us miraculous. Maybe we'd think of them as "Angels." Maybe they're the whole reason we have a myth of "Angels." But that's just me. The great thing about great novels (or the series) is that some things are left open to your own philosophical solutions." Galactica Sitrep, http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/blog/2009/03/chat_with_battl.html</ref> ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]"; "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

==Messenger Six==
[[image:Tigh_Me_Up_Tigh_Me_Down-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|Messenger Six and Gaius Baltar in his lab aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").]]
Messenger Six first appears to [[Gaius Baltar]] as he escapes [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] on [[Sharon Valerii]]'s [[Raptor]] during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]]).

Baltar initially believes that Messenger Six is a hallucination in its first few weeks of appearances ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[33]]"), but later believes the Messenger's initial suggestion that she is generated from a Cylon cybernetic implant. He disproves this notion when Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]] performs a [[w:MRI|MRI]] scan, showing no abnormalities ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").

Messenger Six demonstrates awareness of events, people and places that Baltar does not appear to know consciously. She tells him of a [[Cylon transponder]] hidden in ''Galactica's'' [[CIC]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 2]]), and appears to aid him in his conversion from atheism to Cylon monotheism through guiding him in how to destroy a Cylon [[tylium]] refinery ([[TRS]]: [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). The source for Messenger Six's data is initially unclear, but is later assumed to be through an act of divinity.
[[Image:brainscan.jpg|left|thumb|Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]], as Messenger Six looks on in amusement.]]

Baltar's visions of Six not only have the Cylon appearing with him on ''[[Galactica]]'', but the two also envision themselves in Baltar's now-destroyed home, on the beach, and other locales. Messenger Six seems to be able to force Baltar to see additional items in his environment, such as the human skulls on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], as well as visions of the interior of the ancient [[Opera House]] and an image of what Messenger Six believes to be a Cylon-human hybrid child. When an [[Hera Agathon|actual child]] does appear in the Fleet, the Messenger Six claims it is her vision fulfilled. Baltar is convinced by this that she cannot be a hallucination, but Cottle's scan appears to have ruled out the possibility that she is an implant. He asks her who or what she is, and she replies that she is an angel ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]", "[[Home, Part II]]").

Over time, Baltar is seen by some characters speaking to himself, which is often the case when he is speaking to Messenger Six. In several instances, Messenger Six appears to Baltar to be a physical entity, grabbing him by his clothes or body, or assisting him with objects ([[TRS: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Taking A Break From All Your Worries]]"). She has even demonstrated an ability to physically interact with Baltar. On one occasion, she pushed him into a bulkhead and grabbed him by the throat. In another example, she lifted him into a standing position after he was beaten by a Galactica marine ([[Escape Velocity]]). In both cases, this provoked reactions from other people. Further, she appears to satisfy Baltar's sexual urges, leading to awkward situations where he is seen masturbating ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").

[[image:KobolHallu.jpg|right|thumb|Messenger Six and Gaius Baltar on Kobol.]]
The Messenger Six has been present when Caprica Six is near only twice. She is also conspicuously absent during [[Shelly Godfrey]]'s tenure on ''Galactica'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]"). The Messenger Six seems to, for the most part, vanish during the period when Caprica Six and Baltar renew their relationship on New Caprica. When Baltar is aboard a Cylon basestar, Caprica Six explains the projection process to him while the Messenger Six hints that this process is very similar to how she and Baltar communicate and that Baltar may himself be a Cylon ([[TRS]]: "[[Torn]]"). Messenger Six also appears to Baltar, when he discovers Hera under Maya's dead body and disappears when Caprica Six comes near Baltar and the baby ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

Messenger Six has a [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|musical theme]], a simple 9-note motif with a staccato xylophone and some violins, which plays behind almost all her appearances. This theme also plays without Six present in "[[Rapture]]" after [[D'Anna Biers]] collapses in Baltar's arms after her vision of the [[Final Five]], until Baltar is pistol-whipped by [[Galen Tyrol]].

From the end of Season 2 on, Messenger Six claims more often to be an angel from [[God (RDM)|God]].

Ultimately, Messenger Six is revealed to be a very real being -- not a projection of something inside Baltar's mind -- sent by another being that may be [[God (RDM)|God]]. Both her and Messenger Baltar appear to both Caprica Six and Baltar during the [[Battle of The Colony]]; Baltar and Caprica Six are each shocked that the other can see them. On Earth, Messenger Six, along with Messenger Baltar, reveals to Caprica and Baltar that their destiny had always been to protect Hera, who was the future of both races. They leave, saying that while God's plan is never finished, the two mortals' lives will be much less "exciting" from now on.

One-hundred fifty thousand years later, Messenger Six is with Messenger Baltar in New York City, looking over the shoulder of a man reading a ''[[National Geographic]]'' magazine article about the remains of Mitochondrial Eve -- the current population's latest common evolutionary ancestor, Hera Agathon. The two discuss how all of this has happened before, and whether all of this will happen again. Messenger Six believes things will go differently this time. Messenger Baltar chides her when she refers to God, saying, "You know it doesn't like that name." The two then walk off into the teeming crowds of New York City ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

==Messenger Baltar==
[[image:LBlt.jpg|thumb|left|Turnabout is fair play: Messenger Baltar appears to [[Caprica Six]], but not to [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Number Three]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").]]

When a '''messenger with Gaius Baltar's visage''' appears to Caprica Six, the notion that the actual Gaius Baltar was part of a Cylon plan to manipulate him via Messenger Six is revealed to be highly unlikely, as other Cylons are unaware of him and do not mention the plan or its effects to Caprica Six ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").

The Messenger Baltar's appearance and demeanor is just as much an extreme opposite of the actual Baltar as the Messenger Six's behavior is to Caprica Six.

At her resurrection, Messenger Baltar immediately tells Caprica Six that only she can see and hear him, and not to reveal what she sees to the other Cylons present; she never asks about his origins.

Messenger Baltar confronts Caprica Six with her guilt in the slaughter of billions of human beings, and with the logical error behind the Cylons's actions. Under Messenger Baltar's influence, Caprica Six speaks out against the war alongside another resurrected "[[hero of the Cylon]]", [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. The two forge a new [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|quasi-benevolent path]], [[Exodus, Part II|albeit temporarily]], for the Cylon race.

Messenger Baltar appears irregularly in seasons 2 and 3. After Caprica Six surrenders herself to the Colonials (having assisted [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]] in her rescue of [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]), [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Tory Foster]] observe Caprica Six speaking to and kissing Messenger Baltar—who is invisible to Roslin and Foster ([[TRS]]: "[[The Woman King]]").

While Messenger Six claims to be an angel sent from God, Messenger Baltar is contemptuous of the Cylons' concept of God ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]"). He is also described by [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]] as more of a "devil" figure in Six's consciousness<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Downloaded|act=Three|id=|timestamp=|totalrunning=}}</ref>.

While Messenger Baltar acts mostly as a conversational foil for Six, in "[[Crossroads, Part I]]" he informs her that [[Saul Tigh]] has suffered the loss of [[Ellen Tigh|a woman]] close to him, to assist Six in dealing with Tigh's interrogation ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").

[[Image:Baltar and Head Baltar, "Six of One".jpg|thumb|right|Baltar encounters his Messenger double.]]
After his ascension to [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] leader, Gaius Baltar encounters his Messenger doppelgänger after running into [[Tory Foster]] at the civilian's mess hall. Baltar is initially shocked by Messenger Baltar's sudden appearance, voicing his belief that it is [[Messenger Six]] appearing to him as a doppelgänger version of himself, but the Messenger points out that she would have no need to disguise herself from him; Baltar becomes amused by the idea of having himself as a conversational foil for once instead of Six. This Messenger Baltar encourages him to engage in a relationship with Foster, claiming that she is "[[Final Five|special]]," and guides him, after a fashion, through her covert interrogation attempt. This Messenger Baltar does not elaborate on that point, but Gaius Baltar follows the Messenger's lead ([[TRS]]: "[[Six of One]]").

Prior to the conclusion of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s journey to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], Messenger Baltar and Messenger Six appear together, and both Caprica Six and Baltar can see them, and are each shocked that the other can. He and Messenger Six are representatives of the being that some call [[God (RDM)|God]], who Baltar describes to Cavil as a force of nature that is neither good nor evil. Messenger Baltar and Messenger Six make one last visit to Caprica Six and Baltar to tell them that their role had always been to protect Hera, and now that this has been fulfilled, the two Messengers leave them alone. Messenger Six explains that God's plan is never over, but Messenger Baltar tells the couple that their lives will be much less exciting.

The two Messengers visit Earth 150,000 years later in New York City discussing humanity finding its most recent common ancestor, the human-Cylon hybrid [[Hera Agathon]]. The two discuss the cycle of life, and Messenger Baltar chides Messenger Six for calling the being they work for "God," as it apparently does not like being called that. Messenger Baltar has the series' last line, which is a response to Messenger Six's stern look: "silly me... silly, silly me." The two then walk off together into present-day New York City ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

== Messenger Elosha ==

[[Laura Roslin]] converses with a being in the form of Priestess [[Elosha]] during what should be zero-time jump sequences on the way to the [[Resurrection Hub]]. This Messenger being is unlike the others, in that not only do they interact outside the realm of others, it takes place during a time interval that should not exist. The being seems to have some knowledge of the future events, such as Roslin's death and the fact that [[William Adama]] waits for her, suggesting both reality for the being and the out-of-time conversations. Unlike [[Kara Thrace]]'s Messenger Leoben, the experience is difficult to explain with unconscious dreaming or hallucination ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hub]]").

== The Final Five's Messengers ==

After recovering his memories of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] due to trauma resulting from his being shot in the head, [[Samuel Anders]] reports that the [[Final Five]] were originally warned of impending nuclear destruction of Earth two thousand years earlier by images of people no one else could see. This information was the impetus for their recreation of [[Resurrection (RDM)|Cylon Resurrection]] and the preparing of the ship on which they escaped following the disaster. The one that appeared to Anders looked like a woman, the one that appeared to [[Tory Foster]] looked like a man. Much like Gaius Baltar, [[Galen Tyrol]] thought he might have a neural chip ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

== Slick ==
[[Kara Thrace]] encounters a vision of her father<ref>[[Podcast:Someone to Watch Over Me]]</ref> going by the name of "Slick". She initially fails to recognize him as [[Dreilide Thrace|her father]]. As she spends time with him, she recalls playing the piano with her father. She assists him in composing a song and compares him to her father. While she plays the piano with him, she recalls playing the piano with her father as a child. She recalls a certain song, and notices that the score resembles one of [[Hera Agathon]]'s drawing. As she plays the song with him, [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Tory Foster]] recognize the song as [[The Music|the same song they heard at the Ionian Nebula]]. When Tigh grabs her and asks her about the song, Slick vanishes ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]").

== Messenger Zoe ==

A Messenger appeared to [[Zoe Graystone]] decades before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies in the form of Zoe herself. The Messenger's first act was to save Zoe from a fire which burned down the Graystones' prior residence, when Zoe was a little girl. She then continued to appear to Zoe, who considered her a friend, periodically. Messenger Zoe had the form of teenage Zoe before Zoe herself entered adolescence. On one occasion, when Zoe was a teenager and now identical to her Messenger counterpart, Messenger Zoe encouraged her to outdo her father [[Daniel Graystone]] by creating life with her computer skills, after they noticed that Daniel had "stolen" the design for the [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]] from drawings made by Zoe. This suggestion led to the creation of [[Zoe-A]], Zoe's [[holographic avatar]] duplicate ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").

Messenger Zoe later appears to Zoe-A when the latter is engaged in combat with [[Tamara-A]] and several users in [[New Cap City]] who blame her for the destruction of [[Maglev 23]]. She encourages Zoe-A to be her own person and not accept the blame for Zoe's sins. This leads to Zoe-A convincing Tamara-A to form an alliance ([[CAP]]: "[[Things We Lock Away]]").

An unidentified Zoe sits smiling among Sister [[Clarice Willow]]'s otherwise entirely Cylon congregation of monotheists in the flash-forward montage at the end of "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]". The scene precedes Zoe-A's resurrection into the first [[Humanoid Cylon|skinjob]] body, yet is years after [[Zoe Graystone|original Zoe]]'s death and Zoe-A's denouncement of Willow.

== [[Messenger Leoben]] ==

Image of Leoben that appears to [[Kara Thrace]] but never claims to be a Cylon in the episode "[[Maelstrom]]." Because he only appears to her in a vision while the pilot is unconscious, and does not fit the Baltar-Six analogue, Battlestar Wiki considers him separately.

For further information, please see [[Messenger Leoben]] entry.

==Notes==
* In the cases of Elosha and Slick, it is unclear whether the phantom images represent the consciousnesses of the deceased or are simply other beings in their forms.
*The [[Messenger Leoben|Messenger "Leoben"]] that appears to [[Kara Thrace]] in the episode "[[Maelstrom]]" only appears to her in a vision while the pilot is unconscious. Since this Messenger Leoben does not fit the Baltar-Six analogue, Battlestar Wiki considers him separately to the above.
*[[William Adama]] sees and converses with his [[Carolanne Adama|deceased ex-wife]] each year on their anniversary as demonstrated in "[[A Day in the Life]]". While the episode where this occurs shows William and Carolanne together in places and settings (ostensibly at their home on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]), this is a dramatic representation of Adama's ordinary imagination of what Carolanne may have thought about his predicament. As such, the visualizations of Carolanne Adama are ''not'' a messenger or other spectral apparition.
*[[Saul Tigh]] sees [[Ellen Tigh#Saul's "Messenger Ellen"|his dead wife]] in place of [[Caprica Six]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]"). This could be a simple hallucination or, as Tigh is a [[humanoid Cylon]], an example of [[projection]].
*When holding a two thousand year-old, mangled mailbox hatch from the lobby of the Tighs's apartment building, Saul sees a dying Ellen again in a vision from his and her prior incarnations on Earth. Ellen is depicted in the vision as fully aware of their future reincarnations and the cyclical nature of their existence, which she prophesises for past-Saul in the moment before they both die. ([[TRS]]: "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]").
*In the fifth [[Razor Flashbacks|Razor Flashback]], while exploring the lab, [[William Adama]] has a hallucination of a hand reaching out to grab him from a device similar to a [[resurrection tank|resurrection]] or [[Hybrid]] tank. However this could be a stress-induced hallucination. The same may be the case for the screaming prisoners in the lab, which could also be explained as a visualization for the audience. However, the voice Adama hears of the [[First Hybrid]] is the same as the real voice, so this part at least is not a hallucination.
*Beginning in Season 3, Messenger Six appears less frequently, and makes only a few appearances in Season 4. A scene was filmed for "[[The Road Less Traveled]]" in which Messenger Six, stating that Baltar no longer needs her anymore, says goodbye to him and fades away; this scene was deleted (but included on the Season 4.0 DVD). Messenger Six reappeared in yet another deleted scene, this time for "Sometimes a Great Notion" (information is relegated to a [[:File:SixonEarth.jpg|promotional image]]), before returning but only in the extended version of "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]" and reappearing in "[[Deadlock]]", most likely rendering the deleted scene from "The Road Less Traveled" non-canonical as neither of the two aforementioned episodes make mention of her departure.
*In the podcast for "[[No Exit]]", Ronald Moore refers to the Final Five's Messenger beings as "the Messengers" and indicates that they are significant to the overall storyline.

== Official Statements ==
*When asked by a fan at a convention about the differences between Messenger Baltar and Gaius Baltar, actor [[James Callis]] described Messenger Baltar as a man who "finally has his shit together."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZZHl0Ls5U&mode=related&search=|title=James Callis (Gaius Baltar) Q&A FanExpo 2k6 - Part 3|date=September 04, 2006|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=YouTube video|language=English}}</ref>. ('''Warning''': Video contains some explicit language)

* Callis mentioned at the same convention that his personal theory is that Messenger Six is a being from another universe or higher plane of existence who only Baltar can interact with. This may relate back to the "angel" theory postulated prior to "[[Daybreak, Part II]]."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNZZHl0Ls5U&mode=related&search=|title=James Callis (Gaius Baltar) Q&A FanExpo 2k6 - Part 3|date=September 04, 2006|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=YouTube video|language=English}} ('''Warning''': Video contains some explicit language.)</ref>

* Prior to the revelations of "Daybreak," actress [[Tricia Helfer]] said that she had long since given up on trying to figure out the nature of Messenger Six. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/756/756477p1.html|title=IGN Interview: Battlestar Galactica's Tricia Helfer|date=January 18, 2007|accessdate=January 24, 2007|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> She believes Caprica Six and Baltar both having internal counterparts is related to the scene from the [[Miniseries]] where she saves Baltar from the shock wave of the nuclear bomb that destroyed [[Caprica City]].

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Cult of Baltar

2009-02-08T01:17:53Z

OTW: /* Reaction of the Fleet */

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[[Image:Cult of Baltar's shrine.jpg|thumb|The shrine in the cultists' commune.]]

The '''Cult of Baltar'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> are a growing group of Colonials within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] who believe [[Gaius Baltar]] to be a messianic figure for the "one true [[God (RDM)|God]]".

This cult, which began sometime after [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[The Eye of Jupiter|capture by the Colonials]] and likely as a result of both Baltar's [[My Triumphs, My Mistakes|book]] and [[Crossroads, Part I|legal proceedings]], contains a majority of nubile, white-toned, well-proportioned young women, with a smattering of male supporters, also white-toned and athletic (over time the cult appears to expand slightly beyond this demographic). Members of this cult use an abandoned dry stowage compartment located on deck eight, section fourteen on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' as their commune, where they have erected a shrine with a large, string-lighted star and a photo of Baltar taken during his position as president of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] ("[[He That Believeth In Me]]", "[[Escape Velocity]]").

Baltar's initial reaction to this cult is one of fear and loathing; he initially desires to leave, finding himself willing to be despised and hated by his fellow men than being stuck in the commune, which he likens to a "looney bin". However, he soon finds himself convinced by [[Virtual Six]] to embrace his new role as the cult's leader, particularly when [[Jeanne]]'s deathly-ill young boy, [[Derrick]], miraculously and completely recovers from his viral encephalitis ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

== Baltar's salvation and indoctrination ==
[[Image:Cultist chicks.jpg|thumb|Baltar and [[Tracey Anne]] surrounded by well-proportioned, nubile cultists, including [[Jeanne]].]]

The first indications of this cult are shown to Baltar himself just before his trial, as five devotees (including [[Jeanne]]) visit him in the brig, and over 30 wrote to him ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

Jeanne and two other women attend the trial as spectators ([[Crossroads, Part I]]). These women earn a stare from [[Laura Roslin]] during [[Lee Adama]]'s testimony, which Jeanne (the then-''de facto'' leader of the cult) returns.

After applauding Baltar's not guilty verdict, they whisk Baltar away to his "new life", when ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' experiences power-loss after their [[FTL]] jump to the [[Ionian nebula]] ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), and bring him to the commune. At the commune, Baltar's needs and appetites are provided for by the cultists. At [[Virtual Six]]'s urging, Baltar begins to reiterate his views on the class warfare within the Fleet, the "aristocracy", and the fact that there is only one true God. Baltar further contends that the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]] and other religious trappings were created by the ruling elite to suppress the lower-class.

His role as the messianic idol in this cult is emboldened by his prayer, where he offers to exchange his life so that [[Derrick]] may live, and the fact that his prayer appears to result in Derrick's miraculous recovery ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

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== Religious beliefs and practices ==

[[Image:Cult of Baltar symbol.jpg|thumb|The "bird-like" symbol of the cult, as seen on a drapery in the commune.]]

At the outset, the cult's belief system seems to be somewhat vague, other than a messianic view of Baltar. Over time Baltar begins to flesh out a more well defined belief system, setting his Cult in conflict with the "old gods". This is done at the behest of [[Virtual Six]] and, curiously, Baltar's own [[Virtual Baltar]]. Like with the majority of Baltar's actions, Virtual Six appears to be the one truly in control.

Baltar tells that his followers that there is something in the universe that loves him, which he calls "God", and that they can also see this "singular spark that dwells in the soul of every living being" by looking deeply into themselves. He urges them to accept and embrace their faults, to love themselves, because if they don't love themselves, they couldn't love others. Influenced by [[Tory Foster]]'s words, Baltar thinks that all of them are "perfect" ([[Escape Velocity]]). After that, Baltar's sermons are being broadcast throughout the ship, and likely the entire Fleet on the [[wireless]] ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

Additionally, the cult has a formal bird-like symbol (pictured right), which the cultists begin painting as Baltar attacks a mainstream temple (Escape Velocity) and later adopting it on shrouds and other draperies (The Road Less Traveled) but its inspiration is unknown.<ref>In the real world, the image itself is reminiscent of a muddled version of the [[w:Ichthys|Ichthys]], the so-called "fish symbol" of the [[w:Catholic|Catholic]] faith.</ref>

== Reaction of the Fleet ==

The cult soon becomes the target of the [[Sons of Ares]], a violent, likely religious, group that attacks and vandalizes the commune. In retaliation, Baltar disrupts a [[temple]] service.

To prevent such civil unrest in the future, President Roslin authorizes an emergency measure, forbidden assemblies of groups larger than twelve. On ''Galactica'', [[Marines]] prevent Baltar's followers from gathering in their rooms, causing a tense confrontation. However, some [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] delegates, such as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Reza Chronides]], are willing to tolerate the cult as long as they stay peaceful. They open the issue to a full vote in an emergency session and the Quorum rescinds Roslin's order ([[Escape Velocity]]).

The cult appeared to stay largely neutral during the attempted coup ([[The Oath]], [[Blood on the Scales]]), but Roslin was permitted to use the group's radio to address the fleet. During his breif excile on the Cylon baseship Baltar reveals his true contempt for his cult's devotion, although he expresses guilt for abandoning them.

== Cult Members ==

In addition to various women with a smattering of male participants, notable members of the cult include:

* [[Jeanne]]
* [[Tracey Anne]]
* [[Paulla Schaffer]]
* [[Lilly]]
* [[Tory Foster]]

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Blood on the Scales

2009-02-08T01:11:15Z

OTW: /* Official Statements */

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== Overview ==
:''[[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny continues while Roslin finds refuge on the Cylon Basestar.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==
*The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] were murdered on Zarek's order for supporting President Roslin. [[Lee Adama]] survived as he wasn't present during the Quorum session. Two other regular Quorum members (Gemenon Delegate and one other delegate) were replaced by temporary stand-ins (who were killed), and their fate is unknown.
*This episode marks the death of Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek who are executed by firing squad for their mutiny against Adama and the government.
*The character Lt. Kelly was last seen during season 3 when he was arrested for his bombing and assassinations of Baltar's lawyers. His character has appear intermittently since the show began and is fitting that he would be the double-turn coat as he was part of the original senior staff and his love for Admiral Adama is proven to be stronger than his hatred of the Cylons.

== Analysis ==
*Despite all of the support that Gaeta and Zarek seemed to have at the beginning of the mutiny, Roslin and Adama had more support from people opposed to it and possibly people who rethought it like Lieutenant Kelly. On Roslin and Adama's side were ''Galactica's'' senior staff (the members of CIC were either people on Gaeta's side or forced to work at gunpoint by marines), at least most of the crew given how many people joined Adama's march to CIC, the Quorum of Twelve and the Cylons and Baltar's followers. Gaeta and Zarek had the supporters they'd managed to gather amongst ''Galactica's'' crew and about 25 ships who refused Roslin's order to stand down FTL drives. In the end Adama and Roslin were successful because the people supported them more and Adama had enough respect from his crew that he was able to turn a lot back to his side just by stating his intention to retake the ship and walking by others. Gaeta and Zarek had to use force to get what they wanted while Adama and his men used very little force and ultimately retook the ship without firing a shot once they stormed the CIC. Gaeta's takeover had many people killed (given the survivor count, over 40) while the people on Adama's side killed very few.
*Gaeta's sudden lack of pain in his amputated leg signals that his chronic pain (which he tried to numb with painkillers during the webisodes) was partially psychological. Once he was at peace with who he was and what he had done, the physical pain, and his mental pain disappeared.
*The marines who eventually joined Adama's side near the end of the episode indicates that other mutineers simply were part of the coup out of self-preservation or at least wanting to be on the "winning" side. Once it was clear that Adama and the senior staff were rising up and reclaiming the ship, the marines, and others finally arose as well.
*By sparing Narcho's life, Admiral Adama characteristically shows his love and compassion for those who serve under him. Despite his speech of "no forgiveness" in "[[The Oath]]", it is clear that Adama will attempt to give the mutineers a second chance if it is reasonable.
*Lt. Kelly, after having been locked up in the brig for his attempts to assassinate Baltar's lawyers, still holds a deep love for the Galactica and her commander. As he was a part of the original senior leadership (3rd in command as shown after Adama's near-assassination), his nostalgic comments with Tyrol indicated his withering resolve to be part of the coup. In addition, being a witness to the cruelty of Zarek with the Quorum was probably the first catalyst for his repentance.
*Gaeta, prior to his execution, is shown smoking and having drinks with Baltar. This is significant as Gaeta is rarely shown smoking during the show, and when it is shown, it was done when Gaeta finally felt free to be who he wanted to be. The first time was during his taped interview with D'Anna where he "let his hair down" so to speak. Incorporating a final smoke for Gaeta seemed appropriate to allow the audience to see a humanized Gaeta again.
*The ''Galactica'' may be suffering from serious long term metal fatigue and/or cumulative battle damage, as evidenced by the bulkhead deformation Tyrol discovers in the FTL drive room. Over the course of the series, Tigh has made a number of comments on ''Galactica's'' worsening structural condition, especially in absence of any possibility for repair at a shipyard.
*Gaeta and Baltar have a civil conversation before Gaeta's execution indicating that the two have forgiven each other for thier past transgressions, ie Gaeta trying to kill Baltar and Baltar's involvement with the Cylons on New Caprica.
*Baltar, despite admitting to not really liking his followers, has developed a sense of responsibility towards them as shown when he's speaking with the Six about them and deciding to go back. This is the first time that Baltar has been shown to truly care about something besides himself indicating he may have changed somewhat.

*Dialogue in this episode indicates there are 35 civilian ships left in the fleet. This is the first time since abandoning New Caprice that significant information on the number of ships left in the fleet has emerged. This number doesn't seem to tally with the observed losses in the fleet since the first season, although the number of ships has been portrayed inconsistently between the miniseries and the main seasons ( a figure in the mid 70s being mentioned in [[Home, Part I]]). The figure of 35 stated here- indicating a loss of half the fleet- seems somewhat inconsistent with the size of the human population at this point, which has only declined by about one fifth since the arrival of Pegasus's crew which bolstered the number of survivors to close to 50,000. Unexplained losses offscreen, or ships being abandoned on New Caprica or afterwards may explain this low number unless it is a continuity error.

*Ronald D Moore has commented that Galactica is severely undermanned at this point and therefore large parts of the ship are empty, making it easier for mutineers and counter-mutineers to move around unobserved. This however is contracted by the fact that Galactica now has the crew of Pegasus aboard and the ship has in fact been seen to be overcrowded. Even allowing for losses on New Caprica and the fact that Pegasus was undermanned, the ship should still have a larger crew compliment than when she began her journey. In orbit around New Caprica the two ships still had over 2000 personnel still serving and doubtless most if not all former crew re-enlisted after the evacuation of New Caprica. Galactica's combined crew have not been seen to have taken any substantial losses since leaving New Caprica that would leave much of the ship empty. This may be a retcon or continuity error.

== Questions ==

* What will become of the other mutineers (Racetrack, Narcho, Seelix, etc)? Will Adama follow through with his promise of "no forgiveness"?
* Will Kelly be allowed to resume his duties on Galactica?
* Who will replace Zarek as Vice President?
* Who will take over Gaeta's duties?
* What repercussions will the Quorum's assassination have on the Fleet?
* What is the significance of the damage Tyrol discovers in the engine room? Has it been there long, or is it a result of the improper shut down of the FTL drive? Do other areas of the ship show similar signs of damage?
* Will Anders survive his injuries?
* Will the rebel Cylons become less trusting of the humans as a result of this mutiny? Or will the they be more inclined to trust certain humans, such as Roslin, since she managed to convince them to stay and follow her leadership?
* What was that device Roslin and Leoben were using to communicate with the rest of the Fleet?
* Why was Lee Adama - as opposed to Roslin - present at Zarek and Gaeta's execution?
* What will be done to the 25 ships who did not obey Roslin's order to power down their FTL drives?
* Will the FTL upgrades proceed once order has been brought back completely?
* Will there be a faction that will attempt to portray Zarek or Gaeta as martyrs?
* Will Helo survive his injuries?

== Official Statements ==
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-gaeta-blood-scales-angeli.html A Chicago Tribune interview with Michael Angeli about the episode:]
::The Six that sleeps with Baltar on the baseship is named [[Lida]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Guest Stars ==
* [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Lieutenant [[Aaron Kelly]]
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]
* [[Iris Paluly]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate|Tauron Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #2)
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]
* Unknown as "[[Unnamed_Galactica_and_Pegasus_crew_%28RDM%29#Pen-stabbed Marine|Pen-stabbed Marine]]"

== References ==
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

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

Blood on the Scales

2009-02-08T01:03:26Z

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== Overview ==
:''[[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny continues while Roslin finds refuge on the Cylon Basestar.''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

=== Act 1 ===

=== Act 2 ===

=== Act 3 ===

=== Act 4 ===

== Notes ==
*The [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] were murdered on Zarek's order for supporting President Roslin. [[Lee Adama]] survived as he wasn't present during the Quorum session. Two other regular Quorum members (Gemenon Delegate and one other delegate) were replaced by temporary stand-ins (who were killed), and their fate is unknown.
*This episode marks the death of Felix Gaeta and Tom Zarek who are executed by firing squad for their mutiny against Adama and the government.
*The character Lt. Kelly was last seen during season 3 when he was arrested for his bombing and assassinations of Baltar's lawyers. His character has appear intermittently since the show began and is fitting that he would be the double-turn coat as he was part of the original senior staff and his love for Admiral Adama is proven to be stronger than his hatred of the Cylons.

== Analysis ==
*Despite all of the support that Gaeta and Zarek seemed to have at the beginning of the mutiny, Roslin and Adama had more support from people opposed to it and possibly people who rethought it like Lieutenant Kelly. On Roslin and Adama's side were ''Galactica's'' senior staff (the members of CIC were either people on Gaeta's side or forced to work at gunpoint by marines), at least most of the crew given how many people joined Adama's march to CIC, the Quorum of Twelve and the Cylons and Baltar's followers. Gaeta and Zarek had the supporters they'd managed to gather amongst ''Galactica's'' crew and about 25 ships who refused Roslin's order to stand down FTL drives. In the end Adama and Roslin were successful because the people supported them more and Adama had enough respect from his crew that he was able to turn a lot back to his side just by stating his intention to retake the ship and walking by others. Gaeta and Zarek had to use force to get what they wanted while Adama and his men used very little force and ultimately retook the ship without firing a shot once they stormed the CIC. Gaeta's takeover had many people killed (given the survivor count, over 40) while the people on Adama's side killed very few.
*Gaeta's sudden lack of pain in his amputated leg signals that his chronic pain (which he tried to numb with painkillers during the webisodes) was partially psychological. Once he was at peace with who he was and what he had done, the physical pain, and his mental pain disappeared.
*The marines who eventually joined Adama's side near the end of the episode indicates that other mutineers simply were part of the coup out of self-preservation or at least wanting to be on the "winning" side. Once it was clear that Adama and the senior staff were rising up and reclaiming the ship, the marines, and others finally arose as well.
*By sparing Narcho's life, Admiral Adama characteristically shows his love and compassion for those who serve under him. Despite his speech of "no forgiveness" in "[[The Oath]]", it is clear that Adama will attempt to give the mutineers a second chance if it is reasonable.
*Lt. Kelly, after having been locked up in the brig for his attempts to assassinate Baltar's lawyers, still holds a deep love for the Galactica and her commander. As he was a part of the original senior leadership (3rd in command as shown after Adama's near-assassination), his nostalgic comments with Tyrol indicated his withering resolve to be part of the coup. In addition, being a witness to the cruelty of Zarek with the Quorum was probably the first catalyst for his repentance.
*Gaeta, prior to his execution, is shown smoking and having drinks with Baltar. This is significant as Gaeta is rarely shown smoking during the show, and when it is shown, it was done when Gaeta finally felt free to be who he wanted to be. The first time was during his taped interview with D'Anna where he "let his hair down" so to speak. Incorporating a final smoke for Gaeta seemed appropriate to allow the audience to see a humanized Gaeta again.
*The ''Galactica'' may be suffering from serious long term metal fatigue and/or cumulative battle damage, as evidenced by the bulkhead deformation Tyrol discovers in the FTL drive room. Over the course of the series, Tigh has made a number of comments on ''Galactica's'' worsening structural condition, especially in absence of any possibility for repair at a shipyard.
*Gaeta and Baltar have a civil conversation before Gaeta's execution indicating that the two have forgiven each other for thier past transgressions, ie Gaeta trying to kill Baltar and Baltar's involvement with the Cylons on New Caprica.
*Baltar, despite admitting to not really liking his followers, has developed a sense of responsibility towards them as shown when he's speaking with the Six about them and deciding to go back. This is the first time that Baltar has been shown to truly care about something besides himself indicating he may have changed somewhat.

*Dialogue in this episode indicates there are 35 civilian ships left in the fleet . This number doesn't seem to tally with the observed losses in the fleet since the first season, although the number of ships has been portrayed inconsistently. Dialogue in the episodes [[Home, Part I]] for example still had the fleet at some 70 ships compared to around 40 noted originally in the miniseries. The figure of 35 stated here seems inconsistent with the size of the human population that had to be evacuated off New Caprica, and only three ships have been seen onscreen to be lost since. Unexplained losses offscreen, or ships being abandoned on New Caprica or afterwards may explain this low number unless it is a continuity error.

*Ronald D Moore has commented that Galactica is severely undermanned at this point and therefore large parts of the ship are empty, making it easier for mutineers and counter-mutineers to move around unobserved. This however is contracted by the fact that Galactica now has the crew of Pegasus aboard and the ship has in fact been seen to be overcrowded. Even allowing for losses on New Caprica and the fact that Pegasus was undermanned, the ship should still have a larger crew compliment than when she began her journey. In orbit around New Caprica the two ships still had over 2000 personnel still serving and doubtless most if not all former crew re-enlisted after the evacuation of New Caprica. Galactica's combined crew have not been seen to have taken any substantial losses since leaving New Caprica that would leave much of the ship empty. This may be a retcon or continuity error.

== Questions ==

* What will become of the other mutineers (Racetrack, Narcho, Seelix, etc)? Will Adama follow through with his promise of "no forgiveness"?
* Will Kelly be allowed to resume his duties on Galactica?
* Who will replace Zarek as Vice President?
* Who will take over Gaeta's duties?
* What repercussions will the Quorum's assassination have on the Fleet?
* What is the significance of the damage Tyrol discovers in the engine room? Has it been there long, or is it a result of the improper shut down of the FTL drive? Do other areas of the ship show similar signs of damage?
* Will Anders survive his injuries?
* Will the rebel Cylons become less trusting of the humans as a result of this mutiny? Or will the they be more inclined to trust certain humans, such as Roslin, since she managed to convince them to stay and follow her leadership?
* What was that device Roslin and Leoben were using to communicate with the rest of the Fleet?
* Why was Lee Adama - as opposed to Roslin - present at Zarek and Gaeta's execution?
* What will be done to the 25 ships who did not obey Roslin's order to power down their FTL drives?
* Will the FTL upgrades proceed once order has been brought back completely?
* Will there be a faction that will attempt to portray Zarek or Gaeta as martyrs?

== Official Statements ==
:[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-gaeta-blood-scales-angeli.html A Chicago Tribune interview with Michael Angeli about the episode:]
::The Six that sleeps with Baltar on the baseship is named [[Lida]].

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Guest Stars ==
* [[Mark Sheppard]] as [[Romo Lampkin]]
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lieutenant [[Noel Allison|Noel "Narcho" Allison]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Lieutenant [[Aaron Kelly]]
* [[Derek Delost]] as Specialist [[Vireem]]
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Specialist [[Gage]]
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Sergeant [[Allan Nowart]]
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]
* [[Iris Paluly]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate|Tauron Delegate]] (credited as "Speaking Delegate #2)
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]
* Unknown as "[[Unnamed_Galactica_and_Pegasus_crew_%28RDM%29#Pen-stabbed Marine|Pen-stabbed Marine]]"

== References ==
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

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

Quorum of Twelve (TRS)

2009-02-07T18:43:31Z

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:''This article explains the legislative body in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on its [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)]].''
[[Image:4x03 Quorum of Twelve.jpg|thumb|The current Quorum of Twelve]]
The '''Quorum of Twelve''' is a unicameral deliberative body<ref>The Quorum combines features from the [[w: U.N. Security Council|U.N. Security Council]], [[Wikipedia: United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] and the [[Wikipedia: Quorum of the Twelve Apostles|Quorum of the Twelve Apostles]] (a leadership body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some other Mormon sects).</ref> that grants each of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] one elected representative, who votes on and brings issues to be discussed. The scope of these issues, in the aftermath of the [[Cylon attack]], is likely to be quite broad due to the lack of any other organized political bodies.

In practice, the Quorum is the counterpoint to the [[Government of the Twelve Colonies#Executive Branch|President]] of the Twelve Colonies. While the executive branch has great power, the Quorum likely needs to ratify all laws devised by the president and the cabinet. It is also able to veto [[Law of the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Presidential provisions|presidential provisions]].

It is believed that the Quorum was instituted by the [[Articles of Colonization]] 52 years prior to the final [[Cylon attack]].

==First Roslin Administration==
After the loss of the Quorum under President Adar, [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]] reestablishes a new Quorum on [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]]. Its representatives, elected by the populous, include:
[[Image:Cloud 9 Ballroom.jpg|thumb|The Quorum of Twelve meets for the first time in the ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ballroom.]]
* [[Alexander Amiet]] of [[Aerelon]]
* [[Marshall Bagot]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]]
* [[Gaius Baltar]] of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] <ref>As shown in "[[Dirty Hands]]", Baltar's colony of origin is actually [[Aerelon]]. However, this is not common knowledge to the Colonials at the time of his appointment to the Quorum seat.</ref>
* [[Miska Burian]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Aquaria|Aquaria]] <ref name="agenda">This information comes from [[:Image:Names from agenda ep 111.jpg|this page]] from the Quorum agenda in "[[Colonial Day]]".</ref>
* [[Perah Enyeto]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Tauron|Tauron]]
* [[Oswin Eriku]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Libran|Libran]] <ref name="agenda"/>
* [[Elrad Hunt]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]]<ref name="sanne">While [[:Image:Names from agenda ep 111.jpg|this page]] from the Quorum agenda in "[[Colonial Day]]" notes that [[Elrad Hunt]] represents Picon and [[Safiya Sanne]] represents Leonis, a production error leads to Sanne being depicted onscreen as the representative of both colonies. Because neither character appears subsequently, the actual representatives of these colonies under the first Roslin administration cannot be conclusively established.</ref>
* [[Sarah Porter]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]]
* [[Eladio Puasha]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]]
* [[Safiya Sanne]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Leonis|Leonis]] or [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] <ref name="sanne"/>
* [[Robin Wenutu]] of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Canceron|Canceron]]
* [[Tom Zarek]] of [[Sagittaron]]

Secluded in his lab, [[Gaius Baltar]] seems unaware that he has even been nominated for the Caprican post until he is made aware of the decision.

One of the primary issues of the new Quorum was the election of a vice president as the Quorum was responsible for the confirmation of the successor to that office. If there is a tie, as is the case during the campaign of Tom Zarek and Gaius Baltar, the president was the one who casts the tie-breaking vote ([[Colonial Day]]).

This Quorum of Twelve assembled on ''[[Cloud 9]]''.

==Baltar Administration==
With the loss of ''Cloud 9'' shortly after [[Gaius Baltar]]'s inauguration, the Quorum's meeting place is destroyed. A number of delegates may also have died in the disaster. The Quorum continued to meet throughout the Baltar administration until at least its surrender to the Cylons a year later on [[New Caprica]]<ref>Gaius Baltar: If it's not the union, it's the Quorum. And if it's not the Quorum, it's the People's Council. ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])</ref>. It appears to have been dissolved at some point during the Cylon occupation<ref>Laura Roslin: So, [[Tom Zarek|Mr. President]], how long before the new Quorum of Twelve can be sworn in? ([[Collaborators]])</ref>.

==Zarek/Second Roslin/Adama Administration==
President Tom Zarek oversees the appointment of a new Quorum, who later approves the transition of presidential powers from Zarek to [[Laura Roslin]] after the [[Second Exodus]] ([[Collaborators]]).

Meeting on ''[[Colonial One]]'' with the [[Fleet News Service|press]] in attendance, now-Vice President Zarek appears to act as chairman to an unruly Quorum ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

The representatives on this Quorum include:
* [[Jacob Cantrell]] of Sagittaron
* [[Lee Adama]] of Caprica (succeeding [[Cowen]])
* an unnamed female [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|delegate]] from Picon
* an unnamed female [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Gemenon Delegate|delegate]] from Gemenon
* an unnamed female [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate #1|delegate]] from Tauron, succeeded by [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Tauron Delegate #2|another female delegate]]
* an unnamed male [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Aerilon Delegate|delegate]] from Aerilon
* an unnamed male [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Libran Delegate|delegate]] from Libran
* [[Reza Chronides]] (unknown colony)
* four further [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Other delegates|unnamed delegates]] (two women and two men, one of which was temporarily replaced by another man in the Quorum for some time)

==Post Earth/Execution==
Upon learning of Adama's plan to enter a permanent alliance with the Rebel Cylons in exchange for access to Cylon FTL technology to be installed on all civilian ships, Zarek takes advantage of Roslin's self-imposed absence from politics and agitates the Quorum into voting that no Cylon may board a civilian ship without the permission of its people ([[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]).

Later, Zarek collaborates with Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] of Galactica to stage a mutiny which quickly turns bloody ([[The Oath]]). When the Quorum (minus Lee Adama who is at large on ''Galactica'') don't support him and Cantrell orders him to leave, pointedly addressing him as the ''Vice'' President, he orders their execution by the marines outside the door. After they carry out this order, Zarek summons Gaeta who is shaken out of his naivete about Zarek's motives and mourns the resulting loss of the rebellion's perceived moral high ground ([[Blood on the Scales]]).

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== Upload errors ==

So, we're having upload errors... I haven't a clue how to fix it right now, but what I get is this:

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Now, the prefix should really be "/home/bsgwiki/public_html/media/images" and not "public" (no slash in front)... I wonder if there's a configuration setting fubared somewhere in one of 1.13's files? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 05:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

: Ok... this is what happens when the disembodied spirit of Jar Jar Binks inhabits all of us... what caused this issue was the fact that the partition was close to (or at) 100% full. We cleaned it up... and, besides, we're moving to a better server with more room to it anyway. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

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Hi!
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Thanks a mill in advance for your help. -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
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:: Mouan, you are all set for both places. Cheers! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 17:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Thank you guys. One thing - is the subscription valid for other language versions of the wiki or do I need to buy another one for the Spanish wiki? Because I have just checked and it still displays ads. Perhaps it needs to be set up like you did with this one? :) -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 20:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
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::::I got a permission error. Same with Joe. :( [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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Thank you all. Works like a charm! :)-- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 21:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Everything has been updated... ==

Including all base extensions. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]])
:Global groups have been messed up again, though, meaning all global groups and their permissions are gone. I'll restore all that after dinner. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah. Minus that. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:I'm going through and fixing a few of the extensions. For instance, the hide sitenotice extension needs to be modified to allow for unregistered users to hide the message. I'll update this page when I'm done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::My bad. Roger that joe. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't sweat it. :) Fixes were simple. Everything I needed to do is done now. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Alright, global groups are back up. I've also promoted all sponsors to global status. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minor DB issue on Media ==

Getting this whenever I post a new article:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "efUpdateCheckUserData". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'bsgwiki_media.cu_changes' doesn't exist (athena.frakmedia.net)".

The article edits still go through though... Probably a case of just needing to run the update.php app. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yup, update.php says "cu_changes table added and populated". Should be fixed now. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Great! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Unified logon for other non-BSG Wikis ==

Also, while I'm at it, can the unified logon work for the other non-BSG Wikis? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:The fact that Wikimedia has cross-domain SUL (*.wikipedia.org, *.wiktionary.org, etc.) means it's possible. I'm [irc://freenode/#mediawiki stumping Brion] right now about the lack of documentation for CentralAuth and asking him how to do cross-domain SUL. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, it turned out to be a configuration variable in CentralAuth.php that I overlooked. Which wikis would you like to add SUL to? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Letterman List:

#http://www.battlestarpegasus.com
#http://en.eurekawiki.org
#http://media.eurekawiki.org
#http://wiki.frakr.com
#http://www.sanctuarywiki.org

That's it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, will do those tomorrow afternoon if I have time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Doesn't all MediaWiki's then have to be the same version then? Minus the EurekaWiki, everything else has it's own mediawiki installation.. which is a bit crazy. :x [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Having all wikis share the same codebase would help a great deal in setting this thing up, yeah. All wikis don't necessarily have to have the same version, as long as they all have and support CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd like to work on that before we did anything with the CentralAuth. The LocalSettings.php and the media folders we have to keep correct, but I think that would be the better move right now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course, I'd love it if you put all wikis on one codebase before I even touch CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 23:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::I'll be away until Monday, so once you've finished migrating all wikis to the same codebase, please drop me a note on my talk page and I'll get to it when I get back. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 12:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Skin breakage (again) ==

Somewhere in the last few days (probably related to the recent upgrade), the user options bar (Catrope / my talk / ... / log out ) started overlapping the pages tabs bar (article / discussion / ... / purge). This doesn't happen in the battlestar (default) skin, since they're miles apart there, but does happen in [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgbook}} bsgbook] and [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgmonobook}} bsgmonobook]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I can confirm that. Frak. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page Header Redesign ==

I worked on a re-design of the Main Page header on the [[BW:MAIN]] page. I also removed the airdates section. I have yet to add it to the design, but it be a bar under the two images. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
: The header is now bloated with the redesign. The header really needs to be as small as possible. To accomplish that, remove the airdate stuff from the header, and I think it'll be fine. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Help with the French Battlestar Wiki ==

Addressing Shane: I read about the request to help with the French page of Battlestar Wiki. I'm not sure what sort of help is needed, but I'm reasonably fluent in French and a fan of the re-imagined BSG. If this makes me qualified, perhaps I can be of assistance. I'm new to Wiki, though, which is why I'm posting this here (couldn't find a link for a personal post). Waiting to hear from you. -chimere
:You can post personal messages (sort of, everyone will be able to read them) on a user's talk page. For Shane, this is [[User talk:Shane]]. To start a new section, click the + sign next to the "edit" button on top of the page.
:As to helping with the French wiki: I suggest you browse around the wiki to see what has to be done there (which articles have to be created, improved, etc.) and start doing it. By signing up here you've already got an account on the French wiki as well, and you should be logged in automatically by just [[fr:|visiting it]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Podcasts ==

To Steelviper:

Please continue the podcasts... Or else... ...how can we keep nerd talking about the series without knowing what's on Mr. Moore's evel mind? It's frakking difficult to understand Mr Moore's speech when english is not your native language. C'mon! Let the rest of the planet taste a little bit of that great series!

PS: Excelent work on episode 406 - Escape Velocity! Gonna start 407 this week! {{unsigned|Gnielsen}}

== Movie ==

We need an article on the BSG movie, now that it has been announced. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm searching about for the announcement, so now I know I'm blind. I did create an episode guide for the [[Caprica (pilot))|Caprica pilot]], however. There could be as many as three BSG movies if Grace Park's comments are to be believed.--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 04:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is an article about it called [[Proposed TV movies]] from the time when there were just rumors about it. Given that there is only one movie for the moment, but greenlighted, we should probably take that and move/rename it. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Right. I thought we already had an article... and that was it. Just couldn't find it. We could simply name it the "Cylon TV movie", since that's what it's gonna be about anyway according to the press release. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ok, now that we have [http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/film_list.htm?film_type=mow a name] for the movie that's officially been released (it is called "The Plan", at least for now) we should get cracking on the article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== What image in [[Scattered]]? ==

What image do the credits in "[[Scattered]]" refer to?
:Atlas Image Obtained As Part Of The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2Mass), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 15:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

== TV.com ==

Should we include links to [[w:TV.com|TV.com]] on the infoboxes of cast and crew?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

: No, I don't think that's really worth our trouble. IMDb already has the same info that TV.com does, if not more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

== DVD Menu Pictures (and so on) ==

Would it go against any copyright policy to upload any images/video(?) of the ''BSG'' DVD menus? I think it would add a certain layer and provide for those who have yet to buy the DVDs, are just curious to see how the other Region DVDs look, or wanted to compare how the designs for each changed over time (i.e. the difference between [[Battlestar Galactica - Season One (Region 1 DVD)|Season 1 (Region 1 DVD)]] and [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3]]).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:A good question. Stills of the menus should be OK. Videos may be excessive from a size standpoint unless the interface has a definitive look that's appealing and unique. The differences between the regions (which is possible since the studios may license the packaging and interface to different companies in the world for distribution) would a benefit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== Concerning some of the planets ==

OK, since the message I left on [[Category talk:Planets]] has been ignored for nearly a week, I though I would leave a message here to express a concern, that some of the "planets" on the planets category are actually moons. So I am wondering if we could either move the category to "Planets and Moons", or just simply start a Moon category. What do you admins think. I thank you all in advance. -- [[User:Matthew R Dunn|Matthew R Dunn]] 00:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
: We could do either. Six of one, half dozen of the other, IMHO. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

== Credit lists ==

Before I go ahead and transcribed more, is it against any sort of policy to have the credits listed here as they appear on the show?
Here's the lists I have so far:
*[[User:DrWho42/Miniseries End Credits|Miniseries End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/33 End Credits|33 End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/Razor End Credits|Razor End Credits]] (''incomplete'')
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

: Nope. We may need to beautify the lists though, in the way that the [[List of pilots]] or the cast and crew lists already are. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== Firefox Add-on ==

Is there a possibility of having a Battlestar Wiki search engine for Firefox (as it isn't listed here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4/cat:all?sort=name )?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Who would program it? Is there a "kit" of sorts to do so? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, in Firefox, if you click on the drop down item next to the search bar, you should see something like '''Add "Battlestar Wiki (en)"''' in the drop-down menu. Just click on that, and you should be able to search the wiki via Firefox's built in search apparatus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
::Sadly, when I did that with 3.0.4, I got an error message in trying to add it. I've been loving the idea of creating an iPhone/iTouch app that would be a search engine for BW-En as well...I might write a developer to see if he can extend one of his products. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
:::''"Firefox could not download the search plugin from:
<nowiki>http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/opensearch_desc.php</nowiki>"''- Annoying, cos I could do it in Firefox 2. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 23:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

== Links on the left ==

Anyone know why I have more useful links below the search box when I am logged out than when I am logged in? When logged in, I only have one box named Projects, but when logged out, it is replaced by Navigation, Series and Support. [[User:Caldumidoan|Caldumidoan]] 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
: It's a configuration issue with one of the mediawiki extensions that we use to generate the sidebars... I'll try to look into it over the holiday weekend. Working on final corrections to the auction catalog right now, so that's why I haven't fixed that issue yet. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

== Skin problems ==

Since the [http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2008/12/27/new-skin/ monobook-based skins were disabled], several users have been getting blank pages or error 500s while logged in. This seems to be the result of having a disabled skin selected, this problem can be solved by going to [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar]. Is there a large-scale solution? For example using a mediawiki extension which uses the the default skin if a user's current skin is disabled, or going into the user settings and do an automated mass search and replace to give everyone who currently using a disabled skin the new default skin. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 06:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:Crap.I have to ru a database comand to fix that. I will do that now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's my fault. Sorry about that. Shane, let me know the sit rep on that, OK? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:::After 10 days... everything should be good. I used a mass. command to reset everyone back to the default skin. Including our own admin peter. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

== Featured Article and Featured Pic ==

Any objections to someone just "executively" deciding to update them before next week? -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 23:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
:If you don't get to it, I'll try in the next 24. Joe is a little busy with the auction, and hopefully other admins will jump back on to aid a bit. I'll be putting in more time here to keep the cruft down. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
::Looks like it's "Return of the Admins" week. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

==No Navigation==
So, uh, I can't see the thing on the left with things like "recent changes" and stuff in it anymore. Using default skin. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems to work now [[User:OTW|OTW]] 22:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

And now it's gone again. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 23:17, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Still not there. I get it if I log out though.--[[User:OTW|OTW]] 15:03, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

:Hmm. That makes me wonder if it has something to do with the logic that switches up the contents of the navigation bar based on your user group. Sounds like a Shane or Joe question to me. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:40, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

:I concur. I'd hate for someone to do edits and find that they didn't save because they used the browser's back button or something. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 03:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

:::I'll double check. But under my 'Navigation' when I do a preview, 'Recent Changes' is still there... [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 04:35, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
::::Maybe assign yourself to the same group as OTW? (Or create a dummy account that mirrors OTW's privs?) Seeing as how you're in the sysop group (amongst others), the results might be different. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 13:59, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

:::::It's still not there. I am missing the entire navigation box, not just RC [[User:OTW|OTW]]

== Cubit Related Images ==

I have tried from 4 different computers at 4 different locations to view the "Related Images" section towards the bottom of the page. Each time a 100 cubit note pops up for about 5 seconds and then it vanishes. After that I am unable to see any of the pics in this section. Why? Is there some special kind of trick I need to use? Please help?

Government of the Twelve Colonies

2009-01-26T11:21:52Z

OTW: /* Executive Branch */

:''This article discusses the Colonial government as seen in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For information on a formal government component of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]] in the [[Original Series]], see [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)]].''

The '''Government of the Twelve Colonies''', established by the [[Articles of Colonization]], is a [[w:Federal republic|federal republic]]. The Colonial government was established 52 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] and is lead by a democratically elected president and legislature. Thanks largely to the efforts of President [[Laura Roslin]] the survivors retain their civilian government. The [[Military - Government relations|relationship]] between the civilian government and the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|military]], encapsulated by [[William Adama|Adama]]'s relationship with the president, has been a dynamic feature of the Fleet.

The amount of unity between the colonies prior to the holocaust is unclear. Gaius Baltar claims to have gotten his Gemenese [[Adrien Bauer|lab assistant]] a visa to work on Caprica ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]). It is unknown to what extent this visa program was required for travel and transfer of labor between the colonies. However this indicates, that even unified under a central government, the colonies were still independent to a certain degree <ref>This is contrary to the European Union, in which people can travel with little or no border controls, and can work in other countries largely unrestricted. This has economic advantages, like easier trade due to faster and more unbureaucratic shipping.</ref>. Furthermore, each colony had its own [[Law of the Twelve Colonies (RDM)# Colonies' Rights|laws]] concerning various areas of life.
{{RDM twelve colonies series}}

==Before the Cylon attack==

===Executive Branch===
The president<ref>[[Ron Moore]] has stated in several interviews that there have presumably been female presidents before Laura Roslin, and thus her presidency is not reacted to any differently by characters than if a man were in the office {{citation needed}}. Although some characters question her ability because of her previous office as a low-ranking cabinet member, their objections have little to do with her gender.</ref> at the time of the Cylon attack was President [[Richard Adar]]. The president is assisted by a cabinet, consisting of the heads of the various government departments. Under Adar, the the Secretary of Education was [[Laura Roslin]]. A member of the Ministry of Civil Defense, known only as "[[Jack]]", is also identified ([[Miniseries, Night 1]]).

In the event of the death or incapacitation of the president, the vice president and the cabinet are included in the line of succession. At the time she assumed the presidency, Roslin was 43rd in succession ([[Miniseries]])<ref>This line of succession is apparently similar to the [[Wikipedia:United States presidential line of succession|United States presidential line of succession]], which only includes 18 officers beneath the President. The US Secretary of Education is number 16.</ref>.

===Legislative Branch===
The Colonial legislature is bicameral. The upper house is the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], with each colony represented by a single delegate, each with one vote. When the vice presidency becomes vacant, the Quorum is responsible for both the nomination and confirmation of the successor to that office. The president of the Colonies is also the presiding officer of the Quorum, with the authority to break tie votes. Ceremonial dress for Quorum members includes a sash representing their colony.

The lower house is apparently larger, and may be elected on a proportional basis. This may be the body which Gaius Baltar refers to as the "People's Council" ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). The government maintains a separate judiciary and recognizes an unelected religious body in an advisory capacity<ref>This is similar to the British [[Wikipedia:House of Lords|House of Lords]].'' ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref>.

Plurality of office is apparently forbidden, as Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] is promptly replaced after being elected to the vice presidency from a position on the Quorum ([[Fragged]]).

Numerous civil liberties are guaranteed under the [[Articles of Colonization]]<ref>Many of these are apparently analogous to the [[w:United States Bill of Rights|United States Bill of Rights]].</ref>.

===''Ex Officio'' Advisers===

The peoples of the Twelve Colonies appear to have a single religion based on worship of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]]. As such, a religious homogeneity exists that makes a "separation of church and state" unnecessary in the strictest sense. Government officials appear to be able to choose to consult religious leaders to support decisions or gather advice and consensus. [[Elosha]], a priest, was also a member of the Quorum of Twelve for a number of years<ref>According to a [http://scifitalk.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=18387 podcast conversation] with actress [[Lorena Gale]], Elosha had been on the [[Quorum of Twelve]] for some twenty years. She was present on ''Galactica'' to "cut the tape" at the decommissioning ceremony.</ref>.

==Government of the Fleet==
===Executive Branch===
The [[President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] is directly elected by the population. For the most part [[Laura Roslin]] has presided over the Fleet while it has been spacebound, whilst [[Gaius Baltar]] presided over the time on [[New Caprica]]. On a few occasions [[Tom Zarek]] and [[Lee Adama]] have held the presidency for very short periods before the staus quo was re-established.
====First Roslin Administration====
[[Laura Roslin]], Secretary of Education under President Richard Adar, assumes the presidency after the deaths of Adar and the 42 other secretaries and ministers above her under the [[Case Orange]] contingency system. She apparently never forms an official cabinet of her own, but employs various advisers during the remaining nine months of Adar's unexpired term.

Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] is chosen as her vice president in a special, and hotly contested (with [[Tom Zarek]]) Quorum election 49 days after the Cylon attack. The extent of his duties are unclear, and he still has considerable time to devote to scientific undertakings.

Baltar is prepared to assume the role of the president during Roslin's imminent death from cancer, but the scientist ''cum'' vice president manages to save the president's life. Despite the action, Roslin suspects Baltar is a Cylon collaborator, and Baltar chooses to become a candidate for president in the upcoming presidential election.

=====Roslin's Presidential Advisers=====
*[[Billy Keikeya]] - Personal assistant to the president and makeshift press secretary
:Keikeya is killed in the episode "[[Sacrifice]]".
*[[Tory Foster]] - Personal assistant to the president and makeshift press secretary
:Foster succceeds Keikeya in the episode "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
*Priest [[Elosha]] - Formerly a government cleric ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]) who became President Roslin's spiritual adviser
:Elosha is killed in the episode "[[Home, Part I]]".
*Brother [[Cavil]] - Spiritual adviser
:Cavil apparently succeeds Elosha for a brief period during "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" prior to his discovery as a [[humanoid Cylon]].
*[[Lee Adama]] - Military adviser ([[Water]])
:It is unclear when Adama's service as military Adviser ends. He does not appear in that capacity after "[[Home, Part II]]". Roslin's relationship with [[William Adama]] warms considerably following the events of that episode, generally obviating her need for a special military adviser. It can be assumed that Lee Adama's responsibilities as commander of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' leave him little time for affairs of state following "[[The Captain's Hand]]".
*[[Wallace Gray]] - Economic adviser ([[Colonial Day]])
:Gray apparently severs ties with the Roslin administration following his dismissal as vice presidential candidate in "[[Colonial Day]]".

====Baltar Administration====
[[Gaius Baltar]] announces his candidacy against Roslin one month prior to the presidential elections, with Sagittaron delegate and former opponent [[Tom Zarek]] as his running mate. Baltar runs on a platform opposed to religious interference in government affairs, prompted by the [[Rya Kibby]] affair, and in favor of colonization of [[New Caprica]]. Although Roslin attempts to fix the election in her favor, he is installed as President after the voter fraud is uncovered by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]].

Immediately after his inauguration, Baltar signs his first executive order ordering the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to return to New Caprica. One year later, President Baltar appears unsympathetic to the resource problems plaguing the colony and public approval of his administration is quite low. At the same time, a fleet of Cylon ships finds the settlement on New Caprica when they detect a trace radiation signature. Copies of Cylon models [[Number Five|Five]], [[Number Six|Six]], and [[Number Eight|Eight]] meet with President Baltar and his cabinet, and with ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' having jumped away he offers the unconditional surrender of humanity ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]] and [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|Part II]]).

After four months of Cylon occupation, Baltar is still in office although his role is reduced to that of a figurehead ([[Occupation]]). [[Tom Zarek]] refuses to cooperate with the Cylons and is summarily imprisoned in the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] until his execution is ordered by the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]] and signed by Baltar at gunpoint ([[Exodus, Part I]]). Baltar is deposed after Admiral Adama organizes and executes a daring rescue mission of occupied New Caprica's inhabitants. During the exodus, Baltar chooses to leave with the Cylons ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

=====Baltar's Presidential Advisers=====
*[[Felix Gaeta]] - Personal assistant to the president.
*The [[Cylon Occupation Authority]] - Part advisers, part puppet masters, the Cylons play an important role in Baltar's administration during their occupation of New Caprica.

====Zarek Administration====
After the escape from New Caprica, Tom Zarek assumes the office of the president, succeeding the missing President Baltar. President Zarek brokers an agreement with Laura Roslin whereby he will nominate her to be his vice president (subject to the approval of the Quorum of Twelve), he will step down as president, and she will become president again. In return, Roslin would then appoint him as her vice president.

Zarek's only major action taken in his brief tenure as president of the Twelve Colonies is an executive order authorizing a [[The Circle|secret six-person tribunal]] tasked to find, charge, try, and execute collaborators and traitors. Shortly before stepping down as president, Zarek discloses this to Adama and Roslin. Zarek abides by his agreement with Roslin and goes through with his plan allowing Laura Roslin to resume her role as president ([[Collaborators]]).

====Second Roslin Administration====
Laura Roslin's first act as president is to grant a general pardon to anyone who collaborated with the Cylons. She abides by her agreement with Tom Zarek and nominates him as her vice president ([[Collaborators]]).

=====Roslin's Presidential Advisers=====
*[[Tory Foster]] - Personal assistant to the president

===The Quorum of Twelve===
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46 days after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], a new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] is elected by survivors of the Twelve Colonies. It first convenes on ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' on the eve of [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]] and remains in session for some time thereafter ("[[Fragged]]", "[[Final Cut]]"). ''Cloud Nine'' is destroyed in a nuclear attack by the [[humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] [[Gina Inviere]]. It is unknown whether any of the Quorum delegates are on board at the time of the attack ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

After the commencement of the [[Second Exodus]], then-President Tom Zarek oversees the swearing in of the new Quorum of Twelve, which was likely disbanded by the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]]. This Quorum convenes on ''Colonial One'' and consists entirely of new delegates ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

==Elections==

===Vice Presidency (Day 49)===
The new Quorum's first order of business is the election of a vice president, a motion presented by [[Tom Zarek]] (Sagittaron) and seconded by Dr. Gaius Baltar (Caprica). [[Marshall Bagot]] (Virgon) nominates Zarek for the position, and is seconded by [[Sarah Porter]] (Gemenon). Roslin's supporters select [[Wallace Gray]] to compete with him, but Gray is later replaced with Dr. Baltar.

Zarek loses the election six votes to six, with President Roslin casting the tie-breaker. Based on on-screen evidence, Zarek had the support of the representatives from Aerelon, Aquaria, Gemenon, Picon and Virgon, and his own vote as representative of Sagittaron <ref>This election followed a procedure similar to that laid out in the [[w:Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution]], with two exceptions: under U.S. law, only the president may appoint a nominee; and that nominee must be confirmed by both Houses of Congress, not just the upper house. (The 25th amendment is unclear on tie-breaking scenarios, as it is the vice president himself who is empowered to break ties in the U.S. Senate.)</ref>.

===Presidency (c. Day 280)===
The late President [[Richard Adar|Adar]]'s unexpired term, which Roslin fills under the provisions of [[Case Orange]], expires roughly nine and a half months post-holocaust. Roslin did not initially expect to run, due to the rapid progression of her cancer, but after her cure ([[Epiphanies]]) she makes it clear that she would stand for re-election.

Tom Zarek, defeated in his earlier bid for the vice presidency, privately states his intention to campaign for the presidency early on ([[Colonial Day]]), but withdraws his bid after he realizes that he could not hope to overcome Roslin's popularity. Instead, he throws his backing behind Roslin's vice president, Gaius Baltar, who publicly breaks ranks with the Roslin administration following the [[Rya Kibby|Kibby affair]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

[[Image:Ballot Candidates.jpg||left|thumb|100px|A sample ballot.]]
The election is conducted by popular vote across the entire Fleet, with votes being counted by military staff on ''Galactica'', overseen by civilian officials. The election resulted in victory for Baltar and a strong mandate for his policy of settlement on New Caprica, despite an suppressed attempt at rigging the election by the outgoing administration.

===Vice Presidency (c. Day 800)===
Following Baltar's disappearance in the aftermath of the Cylon occupation of New Caprica, he is succeeded by his former vice president Tom Zarek. Zarek indicates his intent to nominate Laura Roslin for the vice presidency before stepping down himself and allowing her to succeed him. Although unseen in the episode "[[Collaborators]]", this sequence of events apparently takes place without incident.

As part of this deal, Zarek is promised the opportunity to continue on as vice president ([[Collaborators]]), and officially assumed the position after giving Roslin the presidency ([[The Woman King]]).

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Leland Adama

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|birthname= Leland Joseph Adama
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|parents= [[Carolanne Adama]] (mother, presumed deceased), [[William Adama]] (father)
|siblings= [[Zak Adama]] †
|children=1 unborn child with [[Gianne]] (presumed deceased)
|marital status= Widowed from estranged wife [[Anastasia Dualla]]†
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|role=Interim president of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol
|rank=Major (ret.)
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'''Leland Joseph Adama''', commonly known as '''Lee Adama''' or by his callsign, '''"Apollo"''', is a former [[Colonial Fleet Reserve]] officer who, after ascending to the position of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]n delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], becomes the interim president of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], he assumes the position of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[CAG]], later accepting promotion as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> last commanding officer. After [[Battle of New Caprica|''Pegasus'' destruction]], he returns to CAG until he leaves the military to aid in [[Romo Lampkin]]'s defense of [[Gaius Baltar]].

During the post-Fall events, he has romantic relationships with [[Kara Thrace]], [[Shevon]], and [[Anastasia Dualla]], the later he marries months after the discovery of [[New Caprica]]. His defense of Baltar, coupled with previous marital issues surrounding Thrace, aid in his eventual, final split from Dualla.

Further, as the last surviving child of [[William Adama]], Lee Adama's relationship with his father is continually strained, culminating to a fracture that occurs after the death of his younger brother, [[Zak Adama|Zak]] two years before the Fall. Various attempts at reconciliation occur during the years following the Fall, but even these attempts result in strains that arise as a result of Adama attempting to extricate himself from his father's shadow.

== Biographical Notes ==

=== Background ===

Leland Joseph<ref>Adama's middle name is likely a nod to his grandfather, [[Joseph Adama]].</ref> Adama is the elder son of [[Carolanne Adama|Caroline]] and [[William Adama]]. Together with his younger brother, [[Zak Adama|Zak]], he was raised largely by his mother on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], following his parents' divorce when he was eight.

During his childhood, Adama often visited his grandfather, [[Joseph Adama]] and read the law books in his study; he often followed his grandfather's cases, never understanding why Joseph Adama defended the worst of humanity ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

Despite his father's estrangement from the family, Adama nevertheless inherited his passion for flying—a passion that saw him enrolling in the Colonial military reserves after graduating from college. Following his basic training, he graduated from the military academy third in his class and immediately applied for flight school.

Not to be outdone by his elder brother, Zak Adama applied for military service too, a move that eventually brought tragedy to the Adama household.

Accepted into flight school, Adama proved himself a gifted and natural pilot, hampered only by his tendency to over-intellectualize things - a result of his upbringing with his mother, who encouraged him to read widely, and think freely (encouragement that led him to read banned texts by the renegade [[Tom Zarek]] while at college ([[Bastille Day]]).

Graduating from flight school, Adama was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Colonial Fleet Reserve, flying the [[Viper Mark VII]]. During this time, he was also introduced to [[Kara Thrace]], a training instructor at flight school, who was involved with his brother. While Adama was still at flight school, the three frequently spent time together, and Adama and Thrace developed a friendship through Zak Adama ([[Miniseries]]).

=== Brother's Death ===

Tragedy struck some two years prior to the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies when Zak Adama, recently graduated from flight school, is killed on a routine Viper mission. At the time, the cause of the accident was put down to pilot error. However, Lee Adama chose to blame the mishap on his father, whom he believed had pushed Zak into applying for military service and for applying for flight school ([[Miniseries]]).

Following Zak's death, Lee Adama became estranged from his father, seeking to build his career well away from any influence exerted by either William Adama or the legendary [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', his father's command. While he was successful in this - gaining promotion to Captain through his own abilities, the decision nevertheless placed a heavy strain on his friendship with Kara Thrace, as she applied for pilot duty aboard ''Galactica''.

Adama spent much time on Caprica and becomes engaged to a woman named [[Gianne]]. She told him she is pregnant with their child, causing him to run from her due to his own family issues. Before he can speak with her again he is assigned to take part in the decommissioning ceremony aboard ''Galactica'' ([[Black Market]], "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"), just after he is accepted to test pilot school. Despite having a natural knack for piloting and "well on his way to commanding a battlestar someday", Adama tells [[Frank Bruno]] at the [[Caprica Transfer Station]] that he is considering leaving the Colonial Fleet, as he is disinterested in achieving dreams that were his father's alone ("[[Razor]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Razor|deleted scene]]).

Adama is reunited with both his father and Kara Thrace when ''Galactica'' is to be decommissioned as a [[Galactica Museum|living museum and educational center]] of the [[Cylon War]]. As a part of the final ceremonies marking ''Galactica's'' retirement, Lee Adama participates in a final Viper flyby to salute both the ship and her commanding officer — an assignment he undertakes grudgingly, doing little to hide his true feelings from the moment he arrives on the battlestar. Matters are not helped when he discovers he will fly not in his own modern Viper, but in a newly-restored [[Viper Mark II]] his father had flown during the Cylon War ([[Miniseries]]).

Things worsen after the PR official aboard ''Galactica'', [[Aaron Doral]], sees Captain Adama's presence on ''Galactica'' as a major PR opportunity and has Adama and his father pose for pictures together. Immediately following this, Adama confronts his father over his brother's death, venting two years' worth of anger and belief that his father was responsible for the loss of his brother.

=== Surprise [[Cylon Attack]] ===

Following the decommissioning ceremony, Lee Adama departs ''Galactica'', acting as an unofficial escort for ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', the official transport for Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], who represented President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] at the ceremony. Midway through their return to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], Adama and the crew of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' hear of the Cylon attacks on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], and soon find themselves under direct attack, which he is able to thwart. Adama quickly becomes one of Laura Roslin's unofficial advisers, aiding her in her self-appointed rescue mission. Adama's annoyance of his father's old Viper comes back to haunt him when [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], returning from her unexpected rescue mission on Caprica and disastrous attack on two [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]], notes to him that other Vipers and other modern Colonial spacecraft like his Mark VII were [[Command Navigation Program|easily destroyed]] by Cylon attacks.

Adama again saves ''Colonial Heavy 798'' from a nuclear missile attack with a failed experiment he toyed with in [[War College]], using [[EMP]] coils kept in the cargo hold to make it look like the ship has been destroyed. He supports Roslin in her rescue efforts, persuading her to lead the [[FTL]]-capable ships to follow ''Galactica'' to [[Ragnar Anchorage]].

As the ranking pilot aboard ''Galactica'', and despite his relative inexperience, Adama finds himself appointed [[CAG]] by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]].

Apollo leads a Viper squadron in the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], keeping the Cylon Raiders at bay while the civilian [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] jumps to safety. His ship is badly damaged during in the battle, and is about to be destroyed by a Cylon missile when the missile is intercepted and shot by Starbuck's highly-accurate marksmanship. His Viper eventually loses power as the battle draws to a close and ''Galactica'' is preparing to retreat. Starbuck saves him with a crazy idea and her flying skills, bringing them back to ''Galactica'' shortly before the battlestar jumps away.

=== Special Advisor ===
[[image:Water_Apollo_Roslin.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Adama and President Roslin shake hands after appointment as military advisor ([[Water]]).]]
Adama's work as Roslin's "special advisor" to further help her understand military matters does not sit well with his father, who is still harboring some reservations about Roslin ([[Bastille Day]]).

In the weeks following the Cylon attack, Adama finds time to re-evaluate his relationship with his father - due in no small part to Starbuck's admission of her involvement in Zak's acceptance as a fighter pilot and his subsequent death. Father and son grow somewhat closer - even standing shoulder-to-shoulder when Starbuck is missing in action and both going to great lengths to save her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). Even so, Adama's former self-doubts and moodiness are not easily overcome and sometimes come back to haunt him when he is tasked to fill a role that others are unsure he can manage. As a Viper pilot, Adama is able to escape from Starbuck's shadow, proving himself capable in unconventional and skilled flying in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).

After the tylium asteroid mission, Adama matures enormously, emerging from his shell as a somewhat disillusioned officer and becomes a practical leader who now comfortably straddles his responsibilities as [[CAG]] of ''Galactica'' with his duties as advisor to Roslin. With few issues with either Roslin or his father, Adama demonstrates his maturity particularly well in his handling of security arrangements for the initial meeting of Roslin's [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] aboard the luxury liner ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' ([[Colonial Day]]).

=== The Inner Conflicts at Kobol ===

Eventually, Adama's beliefs in the need for democratic representation and civil government brings him in direct conflict with orders given him by his father. During the arrest of Laura Roslin following her [[Arrow of Apollo|interference with military operations]], Captain Adama draws his gun on [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] in a direct act of mutiny, protesting his father's removal of Roslin from office. Arrested together with Roslin, Adama watches helplessly in [[CIC]] as [[Sharon Valerii|Lieutenant Valerii]] shoots his father at point blank range, seriously wounding him ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

Adama is temporarily furloughed by Colonel Tigh so that he can continue to carry out his duties. For a time, Commander Adama's initiative lives on through his son. Young Adama leads a fight with Cylons to buy time for ''Galactica'' to find its proper bearings to the civilian Fleet ([[Scattered]]), and leads a team of [[Marines]] to stop [[Cylon Centurion]]s that boarded the ship ([[Valley of Darkness]]). After that, Adama continues his initiative and leads a [[SAR]] mission with two [[Raptors]] to retrieve a stranded survey team on the surface of Kobol ([[Fragged]]).

Adama's desire to let democracy work without overt military action comes to a head once more as he plots, with a handful of others, to free Roslin and smuggle her away from ''Galactica'' ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). Before he leaves, he apologizes to his unconscious Commander Adama at his bedside for what he is about to do: Leave with Roslin and a [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] of ships to search for data on Earth on Kobol. Commander Adama begins to awaken just as young Adama leaves his side.

On the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', Adama is so happy to see Kara Thrace has returned safely from Caprica with the [[Arrow of Apollo]] that he hugs and also impulsively kisses her, pleasantly surprising Thrace. Moments later, as the Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii enters, Adama instantly grabs the known [[humanoid Cylon]] in anger and would have killed her if Helo and Roslin did not intervene.
[[image:Home_pt1-Apollo_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|Adama and Kara Thrace speak aboard the ''Astral Queen'' ([[Home, Part I]]).]]
Later, with their military protocols and attitudes temporarily relaxed, Adama playfully teases the brooding Kara Thrace by stealing a [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] ball she took as a keepsake from her time with [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] on Caprica. He returns the ball after sensing her depressed mood and tells her that he would be happy to listen to what was on her mind. In the same conversation, he lets it slip out that he loves Thrace. Amused, Thrace cheers up a bit and teases Adama, telling him that there are no take-backs on what he said ([[Home, Part I]]).

Adama and Thrace join President Roslin and her other supporters on their quest to find the [[Tomb of Athena]] on Kobol. When Cylon Centurions ambush the group along an ancient trail, Adama and Thrace work well together in the fight, complementing each other for their fine shooting.

Adama's reunion with his recovered father on Kobol further mends the wounds between them, both politically and personally. Like Captain Adama had done on the ''Queen'', his father reacts violently to the existence of a another copy of Valerii, leaving Captain Adama in the awkward position of defending her from his father. In the virtual planetarium created by the Tomb of Athena, Adama is the party member that completes the mystery of interpreting how to use the constellations as viewed from Earth to make a flight path. He spots the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in the sky where the Scorpius constellation resided, a celestial body known to the Colonials which gives them a reference point to navigate to Earth. His father confirms Adama's observation, noting that the nebula is far away from their current location at Kobol.

After the Fleet's reunification, Lee Adama is fully restored to flight status and his position as the CAG ([[Final Cut]]). Apollo doubts that [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] could successfully complete a prototype fighter later known as the [[Blackbird]], but in the end aids in its first test flight with Starbuck. Around this time, Adama begins to develop an attraction to [[Anastasia Dualla]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

===Reassignment===

Apollo is on [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] when the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' reunites with ''Galactica'' and is one of the first to see it up close. Soon afterwards, friction develops between Adama and the CAG of ''Pegasus'', Captain [[Cole Taylor]]. Taylor feels that Adama's pilots are undisciplined and implies that Adama has his position through his father's influence. Taylor recommends that Adama have his pilots focus on keeping a "killcount" of Raiders to encourage competition between his pilots, while Adama stresses that his first priority is to make sure that all of his pilots merely survive another day.

To Adama's shock, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] re-assigns him and Lt. Thrace to ''Pegasus'', under Taylor's command. Cain believes that having Commander Adama's son in the role of CAG was a mistake that has clouded Commander Adama's judgment, as young Adama has been insubordinate and even [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|mutinous]] in the past. For an upcoming scouting mission against the Cylon fleet following them, Taylor orders Adama to perform the humiliating task of co-piloting a Raptor. Annoyed, Adama orders Starbuck to take the [[Blackbird]] and perform the mission alone. When Commander Adama and Admiral Cain turn on each other, Apollo is away in Taylor's Raptor on his recon mission ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

As the two battlestar commanders begin sparring with Vipers, ''Pegasus'' orders Taylor to relieve Adama of duty. Taylor pulls his sidearm and takes away Adama's. Now weaponless and with nothing more to do than to ride along, Adama asks permission to head to the rear of the Raptor. While Taylor is busy, Adama secretly communicates with Starbuck over [[wireless]] text messages. This gives away her position to the Fleet, who think her to be a Cylon Raider. When the Vipers are ordered to disengage and pursue her instead, Starbuck manages to identify herself before things get out of hand.

Cain feels that persecuting young Adama for authorizing Thrace's mission would be odd since she is promoting Thrace for her work on her recon mission. Thrace successfully returns Adama to flight status, but demoted to lieutenant ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== Battle of the Resurrection Ship ===

While Thrace plans an assault on the Resurrection Ship and the two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s defending it, she tells Adama that his father has ordered her to kill Cain after the battle, and asks Adama to watch her back. Outraged, Adama confronts his father with this, shocked to learn it was President Roslin's idea. Thrace assigns Adama the specific task of disabling the Resurrection Ship's [[FTL]] drive by sneaking up on it in the [[Blackbird]] and destroying it with a precision missile strike. Apollo succeeds, but the Blackbird collides with a [[Raptor]]. Apollo is able to eject, but the Blackbird is destroyed. Alive, but not unscathed, Apollo floats in space watching the battle take place around him. A tear in his [[flight suit]] leaves him almost of air. While having the means to stop the leak, he is overcome with a sense of sadness and nihilism, having learned that the two persons closest to him, Roslin and his father, resort to assassination to solve their conflict with Cain. Although hearing Dualla over the [[wireless]], he decides to let go and die, but is found by a [[SAR|SAR Raptor]] and resuscitated. Adama becomes despondent and distant from his friends and family after his near-death experience. In the pilot's locker room, Thrace tells Adama "Let's just be glad that we both came back alive, alright?" to which Adama responds "That's just it, Kara, I didn't want to make it back alive" ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== The Black Market ===

After President Roslin is saved from her illness, she begins trying to put down the Fleet's [[Black market (organization)|black market]]. New ''Pegasus'' commander [[Jack Fisk]] is soon murdered, leaving the elder Adama (now an Admiral) to assign his son to investigate. With his association with prostitute [[Shevon]] and her daughter [[Paya]] on ''[[Cloud 9]]'', [[Anastasia Dualla]] asks where the relationship between the two of them is heading. After he hesitates, Dualla takes it to mean it is over. Rushing to help Shevon after her call for help, the captain is ambushed by Phelan's men. Waking up from the attack, he finds the Fisk's murder weapon, and the body of Fisk's murderer.

With some help from [[Tom Zarek]], unwilling to accept the neatly-wrapped up case of Fisk's murderer or the missing Shevon, Adama finds the black market's main ship, the ''[[Prometheus]]''. He finds Paya and other children locked in a storage room. He confronts Phelan, who tells him a black market is necessary, since some supplies may never reach needy people any other way. After Phelan admits running a child prostitution ring, Adama shoots Phelan, and tells his bodyguards that the market can continue operations, unless it keeps holding back essential medicines, begins killing, or returns to child prostitution.

Shevon refuses to see Adama anymore, realizing that Adama has tried to use her and Paya as replacements in his mind for his lost fiancé [[Gianne]] and their unborn child, saying that she can never be her ([[Black Market]]).

===Friendly Fire===

While on leave to ''Cloud 9'' with Dualla, a group of terrorists seize a bar and demand the second copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] for execution, while they hold hostage approximately a dozen people, including Dualla, [[Billy Keikeya]], [[Ellen Tigh]] and Adama. The captain secretly sabotages the bar's carbon dioxide sensors to appear as if it were leaking atmosphere. The sabotage enables Captain Thrace to enter the bar and gather intelligence on the situation, but her cover is blown by Ellen Tigh, and she is forced to draw her weapons. One shot accidentally hits Adama in the chest. After escaping, Thrace breaks down crying for having shot her friend; Dualla is able to care for Adama long enough for him to survive to ''Galactica's'' sickbay, and later sits at his bedside while he recovers. Thrace watches, but is unsure what to do and leaves ([[Sacrifice]]).

===A Worthy Command ===

Adama finds himself promoted to Major and assigned to [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus]]''. He is assigned to the ship by Admiral Adama to assess ''Pegasus's'' crew and the the new commander [[Barry Garner]], the ship's former Chief Engineer.

His relationship with Dualla has become very intimate following his promotion and recovery. Kara Thrace, still ''Pegasus'' CAG, soon comes to blows with Garner is confined to her quarters. When visiting her, Adama chides her for her behavior, stating that he is sick of cleaning up after her all the time. He confronts her about the friendly fire incident, resulting in a moment of uncomfortable silence, before the talk returns to business.

Against orders from Admiral Adama, Garner takes ''Pegasus'' in to search for two Raptors missing during a recon mission into a binary star system. His impulsive and unwise efforts result in the battlestar's [[Battle of the Binary Star System|ambush by three Cylon basestars]]. With the FTL drive damaged after successive nuclear missile strikes, Garner relegates command to Major Adama and heads below to help in FTL repairs. After a moment's hesitation (perhaps thinking what his father would do), Adama orders the forward guns to fire on the nearest basestar, critically damaging the basestar and forcing its retreat, while commanding the battlestar's fighters (led by Starbuck) to guard embattled areas damaged from nuclear pummeling. Adama's attack buys time for Commander Garner to repair the FTL drive, enabling ''Pegasus'' to escape back to the Fleet and relative safety.

Admiral Adama debriefs his son, who gave Garner a lot of credit for saving the ship, despite their disagreements. When asked about Garner's flaws, Lee says that he only knew machines, while command is about people. His father tells him to keep that in mind and gives him command of ''Pegasus'', together with a promotion to commander; possibly giving him his old rank insignia ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

Sometime later, Adama wishes Thrace good luck in rescuing [[Samuel Anders]] and the rest of the [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group on Caprica]], despite his clear personal feelings towards her. After Thrace and Anders' return, Adama attempts to introduce himself politely, but is hampered by the couple's amorous and highly drunken behavior. When Thrace gives a rude comment, Adama bows out the area, beginning a quiet but palpable rift in their friendship ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

[[Image:Apollo LDYBPII.JPG|thumb|left|Lee Adama in command of ''Pegasus'' ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).]]

=== On New Caprica ===
Four months later, Commander Adama and his [[Executive Officer|XO]], Lieutenant Dualla, are granted shore leave to attend a groundbreaking ceremony on the surface of New Caprica. After the ensuing party, with Dualla and Anders gone, Adama sleeps with Kara Thrace and suggests they break up with their respective partners. Thrace however, refuses to break up, despite the two declaring their love for each other. He wakes up alone the next morning only to find out that Thrace has just married Anders. The rift between Adama and Thrace has widened ever larger. Hurt, he proposes to Dualla, who accepts ([[Unfinished Business]]).

Another eight months later, a year after the settlement, a half-manned ''Pegasus'' is still orbiting New Caprica. Commander Adama has gained a considerable amount of weight in the intervening year. He is in the process of deciding whether or not to supply Kara Thrace with [[antibiotics]] for pneumonia-afflicted Anders when Dualla spots a massive Cylon fleet jumping into the nebula. Adama and his father briefly discuss their course of action; young Adama argues for an immediate emergency jump. Reluctantly, the Admiral orders the orbiting remains of the Fleet, whose population consists of around two thousand citizens, to escape, thus leaving New Caprica to the Cylons for the time being ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
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=== Battle of New Caprica and Destruction of ''Pegasus'' ===

Commander Adama and his father get into a disagreement over whether or not a rescue mission should be mounted to New Caprica. Lee believes that it would end with the destruction of both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', leaving the pitiful remnants of the Fleet at the mercy of the Cylons. Lee also objects to the Admiral's decision to reinstate [[Sharon Agathon]] as a Colonial Fleet officer to act as liaison between the New Caprica resistance and ''Galactica''. These disagreements lead to heated arguments between the two, prompting Admiral Adama to make a comment about Lee's weight by calling him a "fatass" and saying he has grown "soft" in the past year ("[[Occupation]]", "[[Precipice]]"). Due to his son's objections, Admiral Adama decides to take ''Galactica'' to rescue the people on New Caprica alone. He gives his son orders to wait 18 hours for his return; if he does not return by then, Lee is to resume the search for Earth with what is left of the civilian fleet. Despite their disagreement, the two have a heartfelt goodbye. Lee tries to talk his father out of the plan and explain himself, but the older Adama stops him. Instead the two embrace and the Admiral gives his son full military honors when departing ''Galactica'' ([[Exodus, Part I]]).

Lee is certain that his father will not return, and he is conflicted between his duty to protect the civilians and his duty to his father. His wife's attempt at reassurance only serve to heighten his guilt. Leaving his ship's Vipers behind to protect the civilians, he takes ''Pegasus'' to assist ''Galactica'', fully aware that he may very well be on a suicide mission. He joins the [[Battle of New Caprica|battle]] just in time, saving his father's ship from certain destruction. Immediately destroying one basestar after exiting the jump, Adama uses ''Pegasus'' to draw fire, giving ''Galactica'' time to escape. This action damages ''Pegasus'' beyond repair. Adama orders the crew to evacuate and sets the ship's [[Battery|batteries]] to be set on autofire. He is the last person to leave the CIC, thanking the ship as he departs. The small crew evacuates on Raptors just as ''Pegasus'' rams a basestar, destroying itself in the process ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

The Commander and his crew transfer to the last remaining battlestar, ''Galactica''. Dissatisfied with his round appearance, he had also taken up a rigid exercise regimen and starts losing weight rapidly ([[Collaborators]]).

=== The Second Exodus ===

[[Image:Maj apollo in viper.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Adama back as a major in the role of ''Galactica's'' CAG ([[Torn]]).]]
As of the episode "[[Torn]]", Lee has returned to the role of ''Galactica's'' CAG, with the rank of Major. When a dying basestar is discovered in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], Adama leads a team of Marines on it and captures several humanoid Cylons. After Doctor [[Cottle]] discovers that they are infected with a virus lethal to the Cylons, Adama advocates to use the prisoners as biological weapons in an attempt to exterminate the Cylons. The plan is approved but ultimately fails due to the intervention of [[Karl Agathon]], who sabotages the mission ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

When [[Daniel Novacek|Bulldog]] arrives on ''Galactica'', Admiral Adama tells Lee about [[Valkyrie|the mission]] they executed together, and how he believes it has led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]]. Lee blames the admiralty instead, saying they wanted to provoke a war ([[Hero]]).

After most of the Fleet has arrived safely on the [[algae planet]] following a [[Passage (star cluster)|harrowing journey]], Adama leads the food harvesting operations on the surface. Fourteen days into the harvesting mission, he meets with Kara Thrace and once again suggests they divorce their respective spouses. Thrace refuses to divorce and Adama refuses to cheat on his wife, deadlocking their relationship. When the [[Temple of Five]] is found on the planet and the Cylons show up, Adama is ordered to protect the temple from the Cylons, destroying it if necessary. He orders Starbuck to scout the terrain in her Raptor, which gets shot down by Centurions. After having sent Dualla to rescue Starbuck, the Major and his team attempt an ambush against a group of Centurions passing through a valley towards the temple. The ambush fails, and Adama orders to retreat and the temple to be blown. When trying to do so, he and his team witness the algae planet's star going supernova, and realize that the nova is in fact the [[Eye of Jupiter]]. After the Cylon fleet has jumped away to escape the destruction of the planetary system, the ground team is picked up by a rescue party ("[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Rapture]]").

Later Adama is treated by his friend [[Galen Tyrol]] to a little surprise: A number of crew have created a [[Joe's bar|bar]], on the starboard hangar deck, complete with a Pyramid arcade game and an old Viper Mark II hanging above for atmosphere. Tyrol and Adama have a drink as they discuss their marital problems; Tyrol and his wife Cally have had an argument that has apparently left him "in the doghouse". Adama is reluctant to interact with his wife, as his uncertainty over his love of Kara Thrace continues to fight with him. Adama returns to his quarters, quite drunk, to find Dualla still awake and doing some work, apparently drinking some type of [[alcohol]]. She tries to confirm if they are still going to have dinner later that day as Lee dozes off, leaving Dualla disappointed. Later on Adama and Dualla have an argument about Kara Thrace and the future of their marriage. Dualla says that she married Adama because she loved him, choosing to have him for as long as he or Kara Thrace would let him. She resigns herself to her marriage's failure and tells Adama that she will not stand in his way if he were to choose Thrace over her. Dualla then leaves. Thrace and Adama meet privately. When Thrace asks Adama if he loves her and would be with her if she were to leave Anders, Adama equivocates, remembering Thrace's fickleness [[Unfinished Business|after he declared his love a year before]]. Thrace leaves him to think about the situation.
[[Image:3x13-Taking a Break From All Your Worries-Apollo.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Adama drinking in Joe's Bar ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]).]]

Adama returns to the bar and drinks more, toying with his wedding band. He asks Chief Tyrol if he ever thought about what his future with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] would have been like, or had any regrets. With a quick drink, Tyrol replies in the negative. Adama stumbles back to his quarters, losing his wedding band somewhere in ''Galactica's'' corridors. Lee Adama and his wife meet in Joe's Bar. Adama, having since found his lost wedding ring, confesses that he loves Dualla and how dedicated she has been to him, never realizing how much he needed her affection. As the two embrace, Adama tries to avoid looking across the bar at Kara Thrace and Anders. Thrace returns the glance before Adama breaks it off ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]).

===Death of a Lover and Friend===

During refueling operations over a gas giant, Kara Thrace becomes mentally unstable, having [[Virtual Leoben|hallucinations]] about Leoben and her alleged [[The Destiny|destiny]]. When she refuses to fly another mission, Adama has a friendly talk with her. After all that happened two are back where they started; Thrace being the screwup pilot and Adama having to clean up after her as [[CAG]]. He also tells her that his relationship with Dee is better than ever. Adama offers to fly as her wingman to calm her. While on [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Starbuck sees a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] and goes on alert, joined by Adama. However, from the vantage point of Adama, Thrace's [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions and is drawn into the vortex of a storm. He gets sketchy information from Thrace when she says "I'll see you on the other side." Her Viper explodes, and Adama struggles to escape the vortex ([[Maelstrom]]).

He is badly shaken by her death, as evidenced by his lack of concentration as CAG, confusing people and mission details. He is also shaken by a story told by [[Romo Lampkin]]. Eventually, he begins the healing process with [[Samuel Anders]] by putting Thrace's picture into the [[memorial hallway]] ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

===The Trial of Gaius Baltar===

President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] recommends that Major Adama be put in charge of the proceedings of the trial of [[Gaius Baltar]]. However, due to the pressures that he is under, Adama declines the position (despite his interest in law as a child). As a token of his affection, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] gives Lee his [[Joseph Adama|grandfather]]'s Caprican [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Law books|Law Code books]] ([[A Day in the Life]]). Later, his father places Adama in charge of security for Baltar's lawyer, [[Romo Lampkin]], claiming that he trusts him, but also pulling him off his duties of CAG after he shows that Thrace's death affects his job performance. While following Lampkin around, Adama develops a desire to help Lampkin defend Baltar. His father is is not pleased with this idea, but allows him to do so ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

After Adama contributes to humiliating Colonel Tigh in court, he and his father have a falling out, which leads to Lee's resignation from the Colonial Fleet and him becoming a civilian. Adama also learns that President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] has resumed taking [[chamalla]], which he confronts her about in court, trying to discredit her credibility. Roslin pleads with him to not pursue his line of questioning, but he forces her to admit that her cancer has returned. Disappointed in Adama, she recollects times when the two were friends and she called him "Captain Apollo". After that, [[Anastasia Dualla|his wife]] packs her belongings in preparation for leaving Adama. She says that he should not have confronted the President, and that he was supporting a legal system that was trying to let a murderer walk. She leaves him alone, with him crying that she doesn't understand him ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

In an unusual move, Adama takes the stand himself and delivers a [[Crossroads, Part II#Noteworthy Dialogue|passionate speech]] in defense of Baltar. He points out a string of incidents, some involving himself, where people were forgiven for serious crimes, and defends those decisions, arguing that humanity is not a real civilization anymore. Adama thinks that executing Baltar for actions that he couldn't really prevent is not justice, and that Baltar is just the Fleet's scapegoat for everyone's misdeeds and failures on New Caprica. The speech plays a major role in Baltar's subsequent acquittal. When Romo Lampkin leaves Adama after their victory, he leaves back his cane, which he used after being injured in an attempt on his life, and walks normally, thus showing how he manipulated both Adama and the court. Ultimately, Adama's sense of justice has [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|once again]] placed him at odds with his father, but this time he has alienated Roslin and his wife as well, leaving him seemingly alone.

===A New Beginning===

[[Image:Yet another frakking Adama talk.jpg|thumb|The Adamas attempt to reconcile after Baltar's trial ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).]]

As Cylon forces converges on the Fleet in the [[Ionian Nebula]], Adama unofficially returns to duty and mans a Viper. Unexpectedly, he encounters [[Kara Thrace]], whom he [[Maelstrom|believed dead]] ([[Crossroads, Part II]]). Adama and Thrace join the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|ensuing battle]] and help to defend the civilian ships from the Cylons. When Thrace returns to ''Galactica'', Adama is glad to see her again and believes her story to a certain degree, whereas most others are is distrustful and suspect a Cylon trap.

His father offers him his pilot wings back, and thus his commission, but Adama declines, saying that he felt the need for a change for some time, and that Baltar's trial was just the trigger. He thinks that he can gain a position in the Colonial government and make a contribution there ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

[[Tom Zarek]] nominates Adama as the Caprican delegate on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Adama is seen off ''Galactica'' with a party in the [[rec room]] and an official ceremony on the hangar deck, where many of the crew salute him and wish him good luck. He embraces Dualla and tells her that she "got the house", implying that their breakup is final ([[Six of One]]). Zarek appointed Adama because of his dedication to finding the truth during the Baltar trial, and because he wants Adama to fight against some or Roslin's proposed changes to the justice system, that are undemocratic in his eyes. Although in public, Roslin claims to have forgiven Adama and to admire his convictions, she snubs him by refusing to meet him and openly teases him about his inexperience in a Quorum session ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

Adama once again shows his idealism when Baltar's new [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] violently clashes with other religious groups in the Fleet. Whereas Roslin wants to shut down the group and pleads to the Quorum to retroactively sign off an emergency measure that restricts their right of assembly, Adama and [[Reza Chronides]] think that they are doing nothing blasphemous and illegal. The Quorum eventually decides to rescind Roslin's decision. Roslin later tells his father, that she thinks that Adama maybe be right, but that he is too idealistic and doesn't understand the pragmatism that is sometimes necessary in politics ([[Escape Velocity]]).

Following the unexplained disappearance of Laura Roslin on a rebel Cylon baseship ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]), Adama leads a search for an interim president, knowing that his father would never support an administration under Tom Zarek. Despite consulting Romo Lampkin on a list of 47 candidates, it is Lampkin who ultimately decides that Adama should be the interim president; Adama thanks Lampkin by offering [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] as a pet to replace the loss of [[Faye Lampkin]]'s cat, [[Lance]].

Even with his ascension to the presidency, Adama is unable to dissuade his father from stepping down as military leader, or his father's personal search for Roslin—a mission that Adama believes to be nothing short of suicide ([[Sine Qua Non]]).

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== Notes ==

*From [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s [[Wikipedia:blog|blog]], in response to a fan's question:

<blockquote>In my first draft of the [[Miniseries|mini]], Lee Adama had just been accepted into test pilot school on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and was not currently assigned to any battlestar. Presumably, he had been posted to at least a couple of battlestar [[Air Group]]s in his career, as well as several ground assignments as well. This isn't canon yet, however, and I'm currently thinking of changing some elements of his specific backstory as I work on storylines for [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]. Overall, I'd say Lee was striving (perhaps too hard) to blaze a different path for himself in the fleet from that of his [[William Adama|father]]. I don't think Lee ever saw himself as a battlestar commander and was looking for a different way to make his mark.</blockquote>
*The caption under Apollo's name in "[[Final Cut]]" list him as "CFR". In the podcast, Ron Moore explaines that this stands for "Colonial Fleet Reserves"; and that Apollo was a reserve officer because he wasn't sure what he was doing with his life and if he was going to pursue a full career in the Colonial Fleet.
*According to Jamie Bamber, Adama's official character biography states that "Lee is never so happy as when he's in his kitchen cooking."
* Jamie Bamber is the husband of actress [[Kerry Norton]], who portrays [[Layne Ishay]], the paramedic from "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]".
* Bamber is actually British, however, he plays Lee Adama with an American accent (presumably to more closely match the accent of [[Edward James Olmos]] who plays his father).
* Bamber's natural hair color is blonde, but his hair is dyed brown to play Apollo, so he will resemble [[Edward James Olmos]] more, who plays his characters' father.
*While [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among those in the running for the role of Apollo was ''[[w:Farscape|Farscape]]'' and ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' star [[Wikipedia:Ben Browder|Ben Browder]], though the role ultimately went to [[Jamie Bamber]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=23|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>
*Admiral William Adama names his son to succeed him as commander of ''Galactica'' in his resignation letter ([[Hero]]) indicating how close they have become prior to the events of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s trial.
*Lee Adama's watch is a [http://www.nixonnow.com/watches/mens/the-scout-leather-A480.html Nixon Scout].
*Lee Adama's Colonial Fleet ID tag is marked "L. Adama/ser 318742. {{citation needed}}

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|seen= Miniseries
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|parents= [[Carolanne Adama]] (mother, presumed deceased), [[William Adama]] (father)
|siblings= [[Zak Adama]] †
|children=1 unborn child with [[Gianne]] (presumed deceased)
|marital status= Widowed from estranged wife [[Anastasia Dualla]]†
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|role=Interim president of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol
|rank=Major (ret.)
|serial=318742 <ref name="serial">Confirmed number from QMX dogtags given to them by the studio.</ref>
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'''Leland Joseph Adama''', commonly known as '''Lee Adama''' or by his callsign, '''"Apollo"''', is a former [[Colonial Fleet Reserve]] officer who, after ascending to the position of [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]n delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], becomes the interim president of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], he assumes the position of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[CAG]], later accepting promotion as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> last commanding officer. After [[Battle of New Caprica|''Pegasus'' destruction]], he returns to CAG until he leaves the military to aid in [[Romo Lampkin]]'s defense of [[Gaius Baltar]].

During the post-Fall events, he has romantic relationships with [[Kara Thrace]], [[Shevon]], and [[Anastasia Dualla]], the later he marries months after the discovery of [[New Caprica]]. His defense of Baltar, coupled with previous marital issues surrounding Thrace, aid in his eventual, final split from Dualla.

Further, as the last surviving child of [[William Adama]], Lee Adama's relationship with his father is continually strained, culminating to a fracture that occurs after the death of his younger brother, [[Zak Adama|Zak]] two years before the Fall. Various attempts at reconciliation occur during the years following the Fall, but even these attempts result in strains that arise as a result of Adama attempting to extricate himself from his father's shadow.

== Biographical Notes ==

=== Background ===

Leland Joseph<ref>Adama's middle name is likely a nod to his grandfather, [[Joseph Adama]].</ref> Adama is the elder son of [[Carolanne Adama|Caroline]] and [[William Adama]]. Together with his younger brother, [[Zak Adama|Zak]], he was raised largely by his mother on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], following his parents' divorce when he was eight.

During his childhood, Adama often visited his grandfather, [[Joseph Adama]] and read the law books in his study; he often followed his grandfather's cases, never understanding why Joseph Adama defended the worst of humanity ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

Despite his father's estrangement from the family, Adama nevertheless inherited his passion for flying—a passion that saw him enrolling in the Colonial military reserves after graduating from college. Following his basic training, he graduated from the military academy third in his class and immediately applied for flight school.

Not to be outdone by his elder brother, Zak Adama applied for military service too, a move that eventually brought tragedy to the Adama household.

Accepted into flight school, Adama proved himself a gifted and natural pilot, hampered only by his tendency to over-intellectualize things - a result of his upbringing with his mother, who encouraged him to read widely, and think freely (encouragement that led him to read banned texts by the renegade [[Tom Zarek]] while at college ([[Bastille Day]]).

Graduating from flight school, Adama was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Colonial Fleet Reserve, flying the [[Viper Mark VII]]. During this time, he was also introduced to [[Kara Thrace]], a training instructor at flight school, who was involved with his brother. While Adama was still at flight school, the three frequently spent time together, and Adama and Thrace developed a friendship through Zak Adama ([[Miniseries]]).

=== Brother's Death ===

Tragedy struck some two years prior to the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies when Zak Adama, recently graduated from flight school, is killed on a routine Viper mission. At the time, the cause of the accident was put down to pilot error. However, Lee Adama chose to blame the mishap on his father, whom he believed had pushed Zak into applying for military service and for applying for flight school ([[Miniseries]]).

Following Zak's death, Lee Adama became estranged from his father, seeking to build his career well away from any influence exerted by either William Adama or the legendary [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', his father's command. While he was successful in this - gaining promotion to Captain through his own abilities, the decision nevertheless placed a heavy strain on his friendship with Kara Thrace, as she applied for pilot duty aboard ''Galactica''.

Adama spent much time on Caprica and becomes engaged to a woman named [[Gianne]]. She told him she is pregnant with their child, causing him to run from her due to his own family issues. Before he can speak with her again he is assigned to take part in the decommissioning ceremony aboard ''Galactica'' ([[Black Market]], "[[Razor Flashbacks]]"), just after he is accepted to test pilot school. Despite having a natural knack for piloting and "well on his way to commanding a battlestar someday", Adama tells [[Frank Bruno]] at the [[Caprica Transfer Station]] that he is considering leaving the Colonial Fleet, as he is disinterested in achieving dreams that were his father's alone ("[[Razor]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Razor|deleted scene]]).

Adama is reunited with both his father and Kara Thrace when ''Galactica'' is to be decommissioned as a [[Galactica Museum|living museum and educational center]] of the [[Cylon War]]. As a part of the final ceremonies marking ''Galactica's'' retirement, Lee Adama participates in a final Viper flyby to salute both the ship and her commanding officer — an assignment he undertakes grudgingly, doing little to hide his true feelings from the moment he arrives on the battlestar. Matters are not helped when he discovers he will fly not in his own modern Viper, but in a newly-restored [[Viper Mark II]] his father had flown during the Cylon War ([[Miniseries]]).

Things worsen after the PR official aboard ''Galactica'', [[Aaron Doral]], sees Captain Adama's presence on ''Galactica'' as a major PR opportunity and has Adama and his father pose for pictures together. Immediately following this, Adama confronts his father over his brother's death, venting two years' worth of anger and belief that his father was responsible for the loss of his brother.

=== Surprise [[Cylon Attack]] ===

Following the decommissioning ceremony, Lee Adama departs ''Galactica'', acting as an unofficial escort for ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', the official transport for Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], who represented President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] at the ceremony. Midway through their return to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], Adama and the crew of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' hear of the Cylon attacks on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], and soon find themselves under direct attack, which he is able to thwart. Adama quickly becomes one of Laura Roslin's unofficial advisers, aiding her in her self-appointed rescue mission. Adama's annoyance of his father's old Viper comes back to haunt him when [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], returning from her unexpected rescue mission on Caprica and disastrous attack on two [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]], notes to him that other Vipers and other modern Colonial spacecraft like his Mark VII were [[Command Navigation Program|easily destroyed]] by Cylon attacks.

Adama again saves ''Colonial Heavy 798'' from a nuclear missile attack with a failed experiment he toyed with in [[War College]], using [[EMP]] coils kept in the cargo hold to make it look like the ship has been destroyed. He supports Roslin in her rescue efforts, persuading her to lead the [[FTL]]-capable ships to follow ''Galactica'' to [[Ragnar Anchorage]].

As the ranking pilot aboard ''Galactica'', and despite his relative inexperience, Adama finds himself appointed [[CAG]] by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]].

Apollo leads a Viper squadron in the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]], keeping the Cylon Raiders at bay while the civilian [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] jumps to safety. His ship is badly damaged during in the battle, and is about to be destroyed by a Cylon missile when the missile is intercepted and shot by Starbuck's highly-accurate marksmanship. His Viper eventually loses power as the battle draws to a close and ''Galactica'' is preparing to retreat. Starbuck saves him with a crazy idea and her flying skills, bringing them back to ''Galactica'' shortly before the battlestar jumps away.

=== Special Advisor ===
[[image:Water_Apollo_Roslin.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Adama and President Roslin shake hands after appointment as military advisor ([[Water]]).]]
Adama's work as Roslin's "special advisor" to further help her understand military matters does not sit well with his father, who is still harboring some reservations about Roslin ([[Bastille Day]]).

In the weeks following the Cylon attack, Adama finds time to re-evaluate his relationship with his father - due in no small part to Starbuck's admission of her involvement in Zak's acceptance as a fighter pilot and his subsequent death. Father and son grow somewhat closer - even standing shoulder-to-shoulder when Starbuck is missing in action and both going to great lengths to save her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). Even so, Adama's former self-doubts and moodiness are not easily overcome and sometimes come back to haunt him when he is tasked to fill a role that others are unsure he can manage. As a Viper pilot, Adama is able to escape from Starbuck's shadow, proving himself capable in unconventional and skilled flying in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).

After the tylium asteroid mission, Adama matures enormously, emerging from his shell as a somewhat disillusioned officer and becomes a practical leader who now comfortably straddles his responsibilities as [[CAG]] of ''Galactica'' with his duties as advisor to Roslin. With few issues with either Roslin or his father, Adama demonstrates his maturity particularly well in his handling of security arrangements for the initial meeting of Roslin's [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] aboard the luxury liner ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' ([[Colonial Day]]).

=== The Inner Conflicts at Kobol ===

Eventually, Adama's beliefs in the need for democratic representation and civil government brings him in direct conflict with orders given him by his father. During the arrest of Laura Roslin following her [[Arrow of Apollo|interference with military operations]], Captain Adama draws his gun on [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] in a direct act of mutiny, protesting his father's removal of Roslin from office. Arrested together with Roslin, Adama watches helplessly in [[CIC]] as [[Sharon Valerii|Lieutenant Valerii]] shoots his father at point blank range, seriously wounding him ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

Adama is temporarily furloughed by Colonel Tigh so that he can continue to carry out his duties. For a time, Commander Adama's initiative lives on through his son. Young Adama leads a fight with Cylons to buy time for ''Galactica'' to find its proper bearings to the civilian Fleet ([[Scattered]]), and leads a team of [[Marines]] to stop [[Cylon Centurion]]s that boarded the ship ([[Valley of Darkness]]). After that, Adama continues his initiative and leads a [[SAR]] mission with two [[Raptors]] to retrieve a stranded survey team on the surface of Kobol ([[Fragged]]).

Adama's desire to let democracy work without overt military action comes to a head once more as he plots, with a handful of others, to free Roslin and smuggle her away from ''Galactica'' ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). Before he leaves, he apologizes to his unconscious Commander Adama at his bedside for what he is about to do: Leave with Roslin and a [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] of ships to search for data on Earth on Kobol. Commander Adama begins to awaken just as young Adama leaves his side.

On the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', Adama is so happy to see Kara Thrace has returned safely from Caprica with the [[Arrow of Apollo]] that he hugs and also impulsively kisses her, pleasantly surprising Thrace. Moments later, as the Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii enters, Adama instantly grabs the known [[humanoid Cylon]] in anger and would have killed her if Helo and Roslin did not intervene.
[[image:Home_pt1-Apollo_Starbuck.jpg|thumb|Adama and Kara Thrace speak aboard the ''Astral Queen'' ([[Home, Part I]]).]]
Later, with their military protocols and attitudes temporarily relaxed, Adama playfully teases the brooding Kara Thrace by stealing a [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] ball she took as a keepsake from her time with [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] on Caprica. He returns the ball after sensing her depressed mood and tells her that he would be happy to listen to what was on her mind. In the same conversation, he lets it slip out that he loves Thrace. Amused, Thrace cheers up a bit and teases Adama, telling him that there are no take-backs on what he said ([[Home, Part I]]).

Adama and Thrace join President Roslin and her other supporters on their quest to find the [[Tomb of Athena]] on Kobol. When Cylon Centurions ambush the group along an ancient trail, Adama and Thrace work well together in the fight, complementing each other for their fine shooting.

Adama's reunion with his recovered father on Kobol further mends the wounds between them, both politically and personally. Like Captain Adama had done on the ''Queen'', his father reacts violently to the existence of a another copy of Valerii, leaving Captain Adama in the awkward position of defending her from his father. In the virtual planetarium created by the Tomb of Athena, Adama is the party member that completes the mystery of interpreting how to use the constellations as viewed from Earth to make a flight path. He spots the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in the sky where the Scorpius constellation resided, a celestial body known to the Colonials which gives them a reference point to navigate to Earth. His father confirms Adama's observation, noting that the nebula is far away from their current location at Kobol.

After the Fleet's reunification, Lee Adama is fully restored to flight status and his position as the CAG ([[Final Cut]]). Apollo doubts that [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] could successfully complete a prototype fighter later known as the [[Blackbird]], but in the end aids in its first test flight with Starbuck. Around this time, Adama begins to develop an attraction to [[Anastasia Dualla]] ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

===Reassignment===

Apollo is on [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]] when the [[Mercury class battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' reunites with ''Galactica'' and is one of the first to see it up close. Soon afterwards, friction develops between Adama and the CAG of ''Pegasus'', Captain [[Cole Taylor]]. Taylor feels that Adama's pilots are undisciplined and implies that Adama has his position through his father's influence. Taylor recommends that Adama have his pilots focus on keeping a "killcount" of Raiders to encourage competition between his pilots, while Adama stresses that his first priority is to make sure that all of his pilots merely survive another day.

To Adama's shock, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] re-assigns him and Lt. Thrace to ''Pegasus'', under Taylor's command. Cain believes that having Commander Adama's son in the role of CAG was a mistake that has clouded Commander Adama's judgment, as young Adama has been insubordinate and even [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|mutinous]] in the past. For an upcoming scouting mission against the Cylon fleet following them, Taylor orders Adama to perform the humiliating task of co-piloting a Raptor. Annoyed, Adama orders Starbuck to take the [[Blackbird]] and perform the mission alone. When Commander Adama and Admiral Cain turn on each other, Apollo is away in Taylor's Raptor on his recon mission ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

As the two battlestar commanders begin sparring with Vipers, ''Pegasus'' orders Taylor to relieve Adama of duty. Taylor pulls his sidearm and takes away Adama's. Now weaponless and with nothing more to do than to ride along, Adama asks permission to head to the rear of the Raptor. While Taylor is busy, Adama secretly communicates with Starbuck over [[wireless]] text messages. This gives away her position to the Fleet, who think her to be a Cylon Raider. When the Vipers are ordered to disengage and pursue her instead, Starbuck manages to identify herself before things get out of hand.

Cain feels that persecuting young Adama for authorizing Thrace's mission would be odd since she is promoting Thrace for her work on her recon mission. Thrace successfully returns Adama to flight status, but demoted to lieutenant ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== Battle of the Resurrection Ship ===

While Thrace plans an assault on the Resurrection Ship and the two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s defending it, she tells Adama that his father has ordered her to kill Cain after the battle, and asks Adama to watch her back. Outraged, Adama confronts his father with this, shocked to learn it was President Roslin's idea. Thrace assigns Adama the specific task of disabling the Resurrection Ship's [[FTL]] drive by sneaking up on it in the [[Blackbird]] and destroying it with a precision missile strike. Apollo succeeds, but the Blackbird collides with a [[Raptor]]. Apollo is able to eject, but the Blackbird is destroyed. Alive, but not unscathed, Apollo floats in space watching the battle take place around him. A tear in his [[flight suit]] leaves him almost of air. While having the means to stop the leak, he is overcome with a sense of sadness and nihilism, having learned that the two persons closest to him, Roslin and his father, resort to assassination to solve their conflict with Cain. Although hearing Dualla over the [[wireless]], he decides to let go and die, but is found by a [[SAR|SAR Raptor]] and resuscitated. Adama becomes despondent and distant from his friends and family after his near-death experience. In the pilot's locker room, Thrace tells Adama "Let's just be glad that we both came back alive, alright?" to which Adama responds "That's just it, Kara, I didn't want to make it back alive" ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== The Black Market ===

After President Roslin is saved from her illness, she begins trying to put down the Fleet's [[Black market (organization)|black market]]. New ''Pegasus'' commander [[Jack Fisk]] is soon murdered, leaving the elder Adama (now an Admiral) to assign his son to investigate. With his association with prostitute [[Shevon]] and her daughter [[Paya]] on ''[[Cloud 9]]'', [[Anastasia Dualla]] asks where the relationship between the two of them is heading. After he hesitates, Dualla takes it to mean it is over. Rushing to help Shevon after her call for help, the captain is ambushed by Phelan's men. Waking up from the attack, he finds the Fisk's murder weapon, and the body of Fisk's murderer.

With some help from [[Tom Zarek]], unwilling to accept the neatly-wrapped up case of Fisk's murderer or the missing Shevon, Adama finds the black market's main ship, the ''[[Prometheus]]''. He finds Paya and other children locked in a storage room. He confronts Phelan, who tells him a black market is necessary, since some supplies may never reach needy people any other way. After Phelan admits running a child prostitution ring, Adama shoots Phelan, and tells his bodyguards that the market can continue operations, unless it keeps holding back essential medicines, begins killing, or returns to child prostitution.

Shevon refuses to see Adama anymore, realizing that Adama has tried to use her and Paya as replacements in his mind for his lost fiancé [[Gianne]] and their unborn child, saying that she can never be her ([[Black Market]]).

===Friendly Fire===

While on leave to ''Cloud 9'' with Dualla, a group of terrorists seize a bar and demand the second copy of [[Sharon Valerii]] for execution, while they hold hostage approximately a dozen people, including Dualla, [[Billy Keikeya]], [[Ellen Tigh]] and Adama. The captain secretly sabotages the bar's carbon dioxide sensors to appear as if it were leaking atmosphere. The sabotage enables Captain Thrace to enter the bar and gather intelligence on the situation, but her cover is blown by Ellen Tigh, and she is forced to draw her weapons. One shot accidentally hits Adama in the chest. After escaping, Thrace breaks down crying for having shot her friend; Dualla is able to care for Adama long enough for him to survive to ''Galactica's'' sickbay, and later sits at his bedside while he recovers. Thrace watches, but is unsure what to do and leaves ([[Sacrifice]]).

===A Worthy Command ===

Adama finds himself promoted to Major and assigned to [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus]]''. He is assigned to the ship by Admiral Adama to assess ''Pegasus's'' crew and the the new commander [[Barry Garner]], the ship's former Chief Engineer.

His relationship with Dualla has become very intimate following his promotion and recovery. Kara Thrace, still ''Pegasus'' CAG, soon comes to blows with Garner is confined to her quarters. When visiting her, Adama chides her for her behavior, stating that he is sick of cleaning up after her all the time. He confronts her about the friendly fire incident, resulting in a moment of uncomfortable silence, before the talk returns to business.

Against orders from Admiral Adama, Garner takes ''Pegasus'' in to search for two Raptors missing during a recon mission into a binary star system. His impulsive and unwise efforts result in the battlestar's [[Battle of the Binary Star System|ambush by three Cylon basestars]]. With the FTL drive damaged after successive nuclear missile strikes, Garner relegates command to Major Adama and heads below to help in FTL repairs. After a moment's hesitation (perhaps thinking what his father would do), Adama orders the forward guns to fire on the nearest basestar, critically damaging the basestar and forcing its retreat, while commanding the battlestar's fighters (led by Starbuck) to guard embattled areas damaged from nuclear pummeling. Adama's attack buys time for Commander Garner to repair the FTL drive, enabling ''Pegasus'' to escape back to the Fleet and relative safety.

Admiral Adama debriefs his son, who gave Garner a lot of credit for saving the ship, despite their disagreements. When asked about Garner's flaws, Lee says that he only knew machines, while command is about people. His father tells him to keep that in mind and gives him command of ''Pegasus'', together with a promotion to commander; possibly giving him his old rank insignia ([[The Captain's Hand]]).

Sometime later, Adama wishes Thrace good luck in rescuing [[Samuel Anders]] and the rest of the [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group on Caprica]], despite his clear personal feelings towards her. After Thrace and Anders' return, Adama attempts to introduce himself politely, but is hampered by the couple's amorous and highly drunken behavior. When Thrace gives a rude comment, Adama bows out the area, beginning a quiet but palpable rift in their friendship ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

[[Image:Apollo LDYBPII.JPG|thumb|left|Lee Adama in command of ''Pegasus'' ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).]]

=== On New Caprica ===
Four months later, Commander Adama and his [[Executive Officer|XO]], Lieutenant Dualla, are granted shore leave to attend a groundbreaking ceremony on the surface of New Caprica. After the ensuing party, with Dualla and Anders gone, Adama sleeps with Kara Thrace and suggests they break up with their respective partners. Thrace however, refuses to break up, despite the two declaring their love for each other. He wakes up alone the next morning only to find out that Thrace has just married Anders. The rift between Adama and Thrace has widened ever larger. Hurt, he proposes to Dualla, who accepts ([[Unfinished Business]]).

Another eight months later, a year after the settlement, a half-manned ''Pegasus'' is still orbiting New Caprica. Commander Adama has gained a considerable amount of weight in the intervening year. He is in the process of deciding whether or not to supply Kara Thrace with [[antibiotics]] for pneumonia-afflicted Anders when Dualla spots a massive Cylon fleet jumping into the nebula. Adama and his father briefly discuss their course of action; young Adama argues for an immediate emergency jump. Reluctantly, the Admiral orders the orbiting remains of the Fleet, whose population consists of around two thousand citizens, to escape, thus leaving New Caprica to the Cylons for the time being ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
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=== Battle of New Caprica and Destruction of ''Pegasus'' ===

Commander Adama and his father get into a disagreement over whether or not a rescue mission should be mounted to New Caprica. Lee believes that it would end with the destruction of both ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', leaving the pitiful remnants of the Fleet at the mercy of the Cylons. Lee also objects to the Admiral's decision to reinstate [[Sharon Agathon]] as a Colonial Fleet officer to act as liaison between the New Caprica resistance and ''Galactica''. These disagreements lead to heated arguments between the two, prompting Admiral Adama to make a comment about Lee's weight by calling him a "fatass" and saying he has grown "soft" in the past year ("[[Occupation]]", "[[Precipice]]"). Due to his son's objections, Admiral Adama decides to take ''Galactica'' to rescue the people on New Caprica alone. He gives his son orders to wait 18 hours for his return; if he does not return by then, Lee is to resume the search for Earth with what is left of the civilian fleet. Despite their disagreement, the two have a heartfelt goodbye. Lee tries to talk his father out of the plan and explain himself, but the older Adama stops him. Instead the two embrace and the Admiral gives his son full military honors when departing ''Galactica'' ([[Exodus, Part I]]).

Lee is certain that his father will not return, and he is conflicted between his duty to protect the civilians and his duty to his father. His wife's attempt at reassurance only serve to heighten his guilt. Leaving his ship's Vipers behind to protect the civilians, he takes ''Pegasus'' to assist ''Galactica'', fully aware that he may very well be on a suicide mission. He joins the [[Battle of New Caprica|battle]] just in time, saving his father's ship from certain destruction. Immediately destroying one basestar after exiting the jump, Adama uses ''Pegasus'' to draw fire, giving ''Galactica'' time to escape. This action damages ''Pegasus'' beyond repair. Adama orders the crew to evacuate and sets the ship's [[Battery|batteries]] to be set on autofire. He is the last person to leave the CIC, thanking the ship as he departs. The small crew evacuates on Raptors just as ''Pegasus'' rams a basestar, destroying itself in the process ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

The Commander and his crew transfer to the last remaining battlestar, ''Galactica''. Dissatisfied with his round appearance, he had also taken up a rigid exercise regimen and starts losing weight rapidly ([[Collaborators]]).

=== The Second Exodus ===

[[Image:Maj apollo in viper.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Adama back as a major in the role of ''Galactica's'' CAG ([[Torn]]).]]
As of the episode "[[Torn]]", Lee has returned to the role of ''Galactica's'' CAG, with the rank of Major. When a dying basestar is discovered in the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], Adama leads a team of Marines on it and captures several humanoid Cylons. After Doctor [[Cottle]] discovers that they are infected with a virus lethal to the Cylons, Adama advocates to use the prisoners as biological weapons in an attempt to exterminate the Cylons. The plan is approved but ultimately fails due to the intervention of [[Karl Agathon]], who sabotages the mission ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).

When [[Daniel Novacek|Bulldog]] arrives on ''Galactica'', Admiral Adama tells Lee about [[Valkyrie|the mission]] they executed together, and how he believes it has led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]]. Lee blames the admiralty instead, saying they wanted to provoke a war ([[Hero]]).

After most of the Fleet has arrived safely on the [[algae planet]] following a [[Passage (star cluster)|harrowing journey]], Adama leads the food harvesting operations on the surface. Fourteen days into the harvesting mission, he meets with Kara Thrace and once again suggests they divorce their respective spouses. Thrace refuses to divorce and Adama refuses to cheat on his wife, deadlocking their relationship. When the [[Temple of Five]] is found on the planet and the Cylons show up, Adama is ordered to protect the temple from the Cylons, destroying it if necessary. He orders Starbuck to scout the terrain in her Raptor, which gets shot down by Centurions. After having sent Dualla to rescue Starbuck, the Major and his team attempt an ambush against a group of Centurions passing through a valley towards the temple. The ambush fails, and Adama orders to retreat and the temple to be blown. When trying to do so, he and his team witness the algae planet's star going supernova, and realize that the nova is in fact the [[Eye of Jupiter]]. After the Cylon fleet has jumped away to escape the destruction of the planetary system, the ground team is picked up by a rescue party ("[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Rapture]]").

Later Adama is treated by his friend [[Galen Tyrol]] to a little surprise: A number of crew have created a [[Joe's bar|bar]], on the starboard hangar deck, complete with a Pyramid arcade game and an old Viper Mark II hanging above for atmosphere. Tyrol and Adama have a drink as they discuss their marital problems; Tyrol and his wife Cally have had an argument that has apparently left him "in the doghouse". Adama is reluctant to interact with his wife, as his uncertainty over his love of Kara Thrace continues to fight with him. Adama returns to his quarters, quite drunk, to find Dualla still awake and doing some work, apparently drinking some type of [[alcohol]]. She tries to confirm if they are still going to have dinner later that day as Lee dozes off, leaving Dualla disappointed. Later on Adama and Dualla have an argument about Kara Thrace and the future of their marriage. Dualla says that she married Adama because she loved him, choosing to have him for as long as he or Kara Thrace would let him. She resigns herself to her marriage's failure and tells Adama that she will not stand in his way if he were to choose Thrace over her. Dualla then leaves. Thrace and Adama meet privately. When Thrace asks Adama if he loves her and would be with her if she were to leave Anders, Adama equivocates, remembering Thrace's fickleness [[Unfinished Business|after he declared his love a year before]]. Thrace leaves him to think about the situation.
[[Image:3x13-Taking a Break From All Your Worries-Apollo.jpg|thumb|right|Lee Adama drinking in Joe's Bar ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]).]]

Adama returns to the bar and drinks more, toying with his wedding band. He asks Chief Tyrol if he ever thought about what his future with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] would have been like, or had any regrets. With a quick drink, Tyrol replies in the negative. Adama stumbles back to his quarters, losing his wedding band somewhere in ''Galactica's'' corridors. Lee Adama and his wife meet in Joe's Bar. Adama, having since found his lost wedding ring, confesses that he loves Dualla and how dedicated she has been to him, never realizing how much he needed her affection. As the two embrace, Adama tries to avoid looking across the bar at Kara Thrace and Anders. Thrace returns the glance before Adama breaks it off ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]).

===Death of a Lover and Friend===

During refueling operations over a gas giant, Kara Thrace becomes mentally unstable, having [[Virtual Leoben|hallucinations]] about Leoben and her alleged [[The Destiny|destiny]]. When she refuses to fly another mission, Adama has a friendly talk with her. After all that happened two are back where they started; Thrace being the screwup pilot and Adama having to clean up after her as [[CAG]]. He also tells her that his relationship with Dee is better than ever. Adama offers to fly as her wingman to calm her. While on [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], Starbuck sees a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] and goes on alert, joined by Adama. However, from the vantage point of Adama, Thrace's [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] malfunctions and is drawn into the vortex of a storm. He gets sketchy information from Thrace when she says "I'll see you on the other side." Her Viper explodes, and Adama struggles to escape the vortex ([[Maelstrom]]).

He is badly shaken by her death, as evidenced by his lack of concentration as CAG, confusing people and mission details. He is also shaken by a story told by [[Romo Lampkin]]. Eventually, he begins the healing process with [[Samuel Anders]] by putting Thrace's picture into the [[memorial hallway]] ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

===The Trial of Gaius Baltar===

President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] recommends that Major Adama be put in charge of the proceedings of the trial of [[Gaius Baltar]]. However, due to the pressures that he is under, Adama declines the position (despite his interest in law as a child). As a token of his affection, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] gives Lee his [[Joseph Adama|grandfather]]'s Caprican [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Law books|Law Code books]] ([[A Day in the Life]]). Later, his father places Adama in charge of security for Baltar's lawyer, [[Romo Lampkin]], claiming that he trusts him, but also pulling him off his duties of CAG after he shows that Thrace's death affects his job performance. While following Lampkin around, Adama develops a desire to help Lampkin defend Baltar. His father is is not pleased with this idea, but allows him to do so ([[The Son Also Rises]]).

After Adama contributes to humiliating Colonel Tigh in court, he and his father have a falling out, which leads to Lee's resignation from the Colonial Fleet and him becoming a civilian. Adama also learns that President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] has resumed taking [[chamalla]], which he confronts her about in court, trying to discredit her credibility. Roslin pleads with him to not pursue his line of questioning, but he forces her to admit that her cancer has returned. Disappointed in Adama, she recollects times when the two were friends and she called him "Captain Apollo". After that, [[Anastasia Dualla|his wife]] packs her belongings in preparation for leaving Adama. She says that he should not have confronted the President, and that he was supporting a legal system that was trying to let a murderer walk. She leaves him alone, with him crying that she doesn't understand him ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

In an unusual move, Adama takes the stand himself and delivers a [[Crossroads, Part II#Noteworthy Dialogue|passionate speech]] in defense of Baltar. He points out a string of incidents, some involving himself, where people were forgiven for serious crimes, and defends those decisions, arguing that humanity is not a real civilization anymore. Adama thinks that executing Baltar for actions that he couldn't really prevent is not justice, and that Baltar is just the Fleet's scapegoat for everyone's misdeeds and failures on New Caprica. The speech plays a major role in Baltar's subsequent acquittal. When Romo Lampkin leaves Adama after their victory, he leaves back his cane, which he used after being injured in an attempt on his life, and walks normally, thus showing how he manipulated both Adama and the court. Ultimately, Adama's sense of justice has [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|once again]] placed him at odds with his father, but this time he has alienated Roslin and his wife as well, leaving him seemingly alone.

===A New Beginning===

[[Image:Yet another frakking Adama talk.jpg|thumb|The Adamas attempt to reconcile after Baltar's trial ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).]]

As Cylon forces converges on the Fleet in the [[Ionian Nebula]], Adama unofficially returns to duty and mans a Viper. Unexpectedly, he encounters [[Kara Thrace]], whom he [[Maelstrom|believed dead]] ([[Crossroads, Part II]]). Adama and Thrace join the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|ensuing battle]] and help to defend the civilian ships from the Cylons. When Thrace returns to ''Galactica'', Adama is glad to see her again and believes her story to a certain degree, whereas most others are is distrustful and suspect a Cylon trap.

His father offers him his pilot wings back, and thus his commission, but Adama declines, saying that he felt the need for a change for some time, and that Baltar's trial was just the trigger. He thinks that he can gain a position in the Colonial government and make a contribution there ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

[[Tom Zarek]] nominates Adama as the Caprican delegate on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. Adama is seen off ''Galactica'' with a party in the [[rec room]] and an official ceremony on the hangar deck, where many of the crew salute him and wish him good luck. He embraces Dualla and tells her that she "got the house", implying that their breakup is final ([[Six of One]]). Zarek appointed Adama because of his dedication to finding the truth during the Baltar trial, and because he wants Adama to fight against some or Roslin's proposed changes to the justice system, that are undemocratic in his eyes. Although in public, Roslin claims to have forgiven Adama and to admire his convictions, she snubs him by refusing to meet him and openly teases him about his inexperience in a Quorum session ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

Adama once again shows his idealism when Baltar's new [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] violently clashes with other religious groups in the Fleet. Whereas Roslin wants to shut down the group and pleads to the Quorum to retroactively sign off an emergency measure that restricts their right of assembly, Adama and [[Reza Chronides]] think that they are doing nothing blasphemous and illegal. The Quorum eventually decides to rescind Roslin's decision. Roslin later tells his father, that she thinks that Adama maybe be right, but that he is too idealistic and doesn't understand the pragmatism that is sometimes necessary in politics ([[Escape Velocity]]).

Following the unexplained disappearance of Laura Roslin on a rebel Cylon baseship ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]), Adama leads a search for an interim president, knowing that his father would never support an administration under Tom Zarek. Despite consulting Romo Lampkin on a list of 47 candidates, it is Lampkin who ultimately decides that Adama should be the interim president; Adama thanks Lampkin by offering [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]] as a pet to replace the loss of [[Faye Lampkin]]'s cat, [[Lance]].

Even with his ascension to the presidency, Adama is unable to dissuade his father from stepping down as military leader, or his father's personal search for Roslin—a mission that Adama believes to be nothing short of suicide ([[Sine Qua Non]]).

==Family tree==
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== Notes ==

*From [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s [[Wikipedia:blog|blog]], in response to a fan's question:

<blockquote>In my first draft of the [[Miniseries|mini]], Lee Adama had just been accepted into test pilot school on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and was not currently assigned to any battlestar. Presumably, he had been posted to at least a couple of battlestar [[Air Group]]s in his career, as well as several ground assignments as well. This isn't canon yet, however, and I'm currently thinking of changing some elements of his specific backstory as I work on storylines for [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season Two]]. Overall, I'd say Lee was striving (perhaps too hard) to blaze a different path for himself in the fleet from that of his [[William Adama|father]]. I don't think Lee ever saw himself as a battlestar commander and was looking for a different way to make his mark.</blockquote>
*The caption under Apollo's name in "[[Final Cut]]" list him as "CFR". In the podcast, Ron Moore explaines that this stands for "Colonial Fleet Reserves"; and that Apollo was a reserve officer because he wasn't sure what he was doing with his life and if he was going to pursue a full career in the Colonial Fleet.
*According to Jamie Bamber, Adama's official character biography states that "Lee is never so happy as when he's in his kitchen cooking."
* Jamie Bamber is the husband of actress [[Kerry Norton]], who portrays [[Layne Ishay]], the paramedic from "[[Scattered]]" and "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]".
* Bamber is actually British, however, he plays Lee Adama with an American accent (presumably to more closely match the accent of [[Edward James Olmos]] who plays his father).
* Bamber's natural hair color is blonde, but his hair is dyed brown to play Apollo, so he will resemble [[Edward James Olmos]] more, who plays his characters' father.
*While [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among those in the running for the role of Apollo was ''[[w:Farscape|Farscape]]'' and ''[[w:Stargate SG-1|Stargate SG-1]]'' star [[Wikipedia:Ben Browder|Ben Browder]], though the role ultimately went to [[Jamie Bamber]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=23|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>
*Admiral William Adama names his son to succeed him as commander of ''Galactica'' in his resignation letter ([[Hero]]) indicating how close they have become prior to the events of [[Gaius Baltar]]'s trial.
*Lee Adama's watch is a [http://www.nixonnow.com/watches/mens/the-scout-leather-A480.html Nixon Scout].
*Lee Adama's Colonial Fleet ID tag is marked "L. Adama/ser 318742. {{citation needed}}

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:''This extended speculation thread discusses the probability of [[Gaius Baltar]] as a [[Humanoid Cylon]]. This article is a special extension from the [[Humanoid Cylon speculation#Gaius Baltar?|Humanoid Cylon speculation]] article.''

For '''[[Gaius Baltar]]''' to survive the destruction of Caprica was no small matter, especially considering he is in the wake a nuclear shock wave and that the body of Six that is apparently destroyed in trying to protect him in the events of the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]].

A nuclear blast's shock wave is substantial (not unlike that from a [[Wikipedia:Pyroclastic flow|pyroclastic cloud]]). The shock wave would contain rocks, glass, metal, and other large debris that would bludgeon, pierce and lacerate human tissue with ease and at terrific speeds (at maximum, 1200 KPH, or 745 MPH). Such a debris-filled shock wave would obliterate Baltar's home and easily annihilate Six's body, which at those speeds would provide essentially no protection for Baltar. (For comparison, note that, despite his superior strength, the head of the first [[Leoben Conoy]] copy encountered is bludgeoned by Commander Adama with a flashlight, and that humanoid Cylon copies can be shot or killed as easily as a human.) However, it has to be kept in mind that the blast wave had dissipated greatly by the time it reaches Baltar's house some 26 seconds after the detonation that almost blinds him, maybe no more than hurricane force <ref> There are testimonies from Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors, two Japanese cities that were struck with nuclear bombs at the end of World War II, being in buildings and even in trams quite close to the epicenter and coming out of the ordeal surprisingly unharmed save for a few scratches.</ref>.

Even if Baltar survived momentarily from Six's protection, either the remains of his home would collapse over him, likely trapping him if not killing him, or he and Six's body would also be carried away by the shock wave for some distance. Could the Baltar on ''Galactica'' therefore, in fact, a humanoid Cylon?

==The "Many Copies" Theory==
[[Humanoid Cylon]]s are designed to be archetypes of human psyche. Biologically, they are not and have never been actual humans.

One notable question would be ''why'' Six spends so much time talking to Baltar and then throws herself in front of the blast if she intends for him to die? If Baltar is already a Cylon, his consciousness from that moment would be thrown into a waking duplicate, already disheveled and scraped, where Baltar would merely think he was blown clear to safety where he could run to escape attacks with other survivors. Also, since Baltar appears to be a key in many Cylon plans, they would want to ensure that Baltar would reach any remaining humans to spy for them, and having only one copy might risk the success of such plans. Further, it is the ''psyche'' of Baltar that the Cylons may treasure most; few others in the Colonies may have the level of intelligence, arrogance, and neurosis that Baltar has that could prove as easily exploitable. The guise of the great Baltar gives the Cylons a huge natural tactical advantage in that he is well known and allowed access to almost any critical battlestar location. Baltar's slick personality aids him with better finesse and stronger charisma than any humanoid Cylon personality yet seen.

Later events in the series appear to discount this notion of an elaborate plan to save Baltar. In "[[Downloaded]]", the Cylons are unaware that Baltar has survived, having received this information from the resurrected [[Sharon Valerii]].

==The Baltar-as-Father Argument==

Six states her desire to have a child with Baltar. Humanoid Cylon couplings have failed to result in offspring prior to that point ([[The Farm]]). If Baltar and Six were both Cylons, it is likely that offspring would either be impossible or at least exceptionally unlikely. This point gives evidence against the Baltar-as-Cylon theory, but Six has repeatedly made it clear that she considers the hybrid human-Cylon baby that Sharon is carrying to be "our" (as she puts it) baby. "Our" may in fact be inclusive of all Cylons, which may just include Baltar. However, this is likely a metaphor regarding Hera's half-Cylon/half-human nature. In this regard, Baltar represents humanity, being the 'father', and Six represents the Cylons, being the 'mother'. Thus when Six tells Baltar that Hera is 'our' child, she is speaking as a Cylon to a human.

In "[[Home, Part II]]", the virtual Six indicates that Baltar's and Six's child will be born in the isolation cage built for the [[Sharon Valerii|''Galactica'' copy of Sharon Valerii]]. The reality turns out different: The Caprica version of Valerii, pregnant by [[Karl Agathon]], occupies the cage, and virtual Six indicates that it is in fact '''Valerii's''' child that will become Baltar's. This gives some weight to the Baltar-as-Cylon theory since Baltar becoming a father by surrogate circumvents the need for him to do so naturally, although Chief Tyrol's outing as a Final Five Cylon shows that male Cylons can sire a child with human females. However, earlier in the first season, in "[[33]]", Six asks Baltar if he wants to procreate with her, and at this point she may mean an actual child of Baltar's. "Home, Part II" occurs much later, and it is possible that the Cylons and Number Six had to alter their plans during this time. Number Six mentions in "Home, Part II" that she doesn't consider Sharon "worthy" of bearing one of "God's new children" (the humanoid Cylons). Perhaps Sharon was not originally planned to be the first mother of a hybrid baby at all, and Number Six was going to have a child with the (necessarily human) Baltar, but had to shift plans when Sharon becomes pregnant first.

With the actual consciousness of the Cylon known as [[Caprica-Six]] returned (now with a [[Virtual Baltar|virtual Gaius Baltar]] that haunts her), the credibility of the virtual Six, and her connection to some elaborate Cylon plan for procreation with Baltar, is specious at best.

==Inside Baltar's Head==

Baltar's brain scan in "[[Home, Part II]]" confirms that the virtual Six that only Baltar can see is '''not''' an actual ''artificial'' device in his brain. This leaves a number of possibilities, of which the strongest are:

# Baltar has a device elsewhere in his body. No information is given on whether ''all'' of Baltar's body is scanned, or just his head.
# A portion of Baltar's body ''is'' the "chip" but fashioned in a way by the Cylons that is medically indistinguishable from a regular body part and may also function normally (e.g. a pituitary gland)
# Baltar's body is artificial, with his personality (complete with neuroses) placed in a humanoid Cylon construct. While Baltar's psyche itself may not be that of a Cylon, the addition of the virtual Six component compliments the arrangement for the Cylon's purposes.

Possibility #3 is interesting in that, based on Baltar's own research on the Six copy known as [[Gina]], Baltar's personality and guilt would continue to plague him either in Cylon or human form. But, if Baltar were reconstructed as a Cylon, the virtual Six aids Baltar by being, in effect, the conscience and "guardian angel" she claims to be, keeping his neuroses and guilt over the genocide from driving him completely insane--for now.

The episode "[[Torn]]" introduces the Cylon ability known as [[projection]]. This ability allows a Cylon to visualize a pleasing environment that also makes it easier to make their way through a basestar's corridors. At this point, Baltar, recalling the many times where he and his virtual Six have enjoyed time at his home in a manner similar to projection, begins to question his own nature.

==But Cylons aren't human clones==

As Cylons aren't copies of humans, this would suggest either of two possibilities for Baltar: first, that he survives the blast and escapes, or second, that Baltar is a Cylon all along, even on Caprica.

The idea of Baltar being originally a Cylon has problems, however. If Baltar were a Cylon, it would be redundant and unnecessary for Number Six to "choose him" for her mission (unless the Cylons preferred Baltar to remain a "sleeper" throughout his mission to give "plausible deniability" in his mind as well as allow him to do what his personality is likely to do). Furthermore, from a story perspective, the idea of Baltar being a Cylon very much goes against the idea of Baltar as a traitor betraying humanity to the Cylons—as well as the idea of Baltar's relationship with Six being a true human/Cylon pairing. It should be noted, however, that Ron D. Moore's "Gaius Baltar" differs significantly from the [[Baltar (TOS)|"Baltar" of the Original Series]]. The Baltar of the Original Series is a true turncoat with megalomaniacal tendencies; Gaius Baltar, on the other hand, is not power-hungry but is driven by a strong sense of self, albeit to the exclusion and ignorance of the needs of everyone else.

Baltar is often treated by Six as a human--ultimately the only human who will be allowed to survive by the Cylons. But the human models of Cylon also behave with classically human qualities (not all of them perfect or utopian) and seem to see each other in varying emotions (admiration and contempt are prevalent when Six speaks of the pregnant Caprica Valerii). So, at the least, Baltar is treated with no less respect than any other humanoid Cylon by his virtual Six. If ones assumes that he is indeed human, Six's interaction with him (given the hostilities of the Cylons) borders on admiration. Although Six's emotions can't necessarily be used as a ''de facto'' gauge of Baltar's genuine humanity, it does lend to the mystery.

The storyline possibilities do change somewhat if Baltar has ''always'' been a Cylon. Baltar has never spoken of his family or other friends (other than President [[Richard Adar|Adar]]), strongly suggesting Baltar has been a "loner." If Baltar's parentage cannot be confirmed, then the laws of physics (nuclear shock wave damage to human tissue) as well as the laws of procreation (Cylons can't quite procreate as humans do) continue to leave open the possibility that Baltar is model of Cylon, however reduced the odds are now, based on Moore's new information.

==Events from the episode "Downloaded"==

The episode "[[Downloaded]]" contains revelations that reduce the possibility that Baltar is a Cylon. In dialogue with each other, numerous Cylon characters distinctly refer to Baltar as human. Although it is possible that they might keep the information from Baltar, the nature of the Cylon thought collective would seem to make no sense to keep it a secret to each other. In addition, this episode introduces the concept of a Number Six copy with a virtual ''Baltar'' in her head. Through Six, Baltar pushes for the Cylons to be more human; for example, letting [[Samuel Anders]] go free despite his destruction of a building and many other Humanoid Cylons. If Baltar were a Cylon, the events in the episode would make little sense.

=="Torn" renews speculation==

The episode "[[Torn]]" contains certain revelations about the nature of the Cylons and some possible hints about Baltar's nature. While guiding Baltar through the interior of the basestar, Caprica-Six reveals the Cylon process of "[[projection]]"; an ability to alter their perceptions and create a simulated reality of their choosing. Baltar immediately notices how similar that seems to his own visions of Six and begins to question if he is a Cylon. The question still remains, if he possibly is a Cylon, why do the other Cylons think he is a human?

When Baltar questions why he has seen only seven humanoid models, despite the point that twelve humanoid Cylons exist, Caprica-Six is unwilling to answer. Apparently the Cylons have blocked or lost all knowledge of the these so-called [[Final Five]] Cylons. With four of these known to the audience, this leaves the possibility that Baltar is the final unknown Cylon.

An additional mystery is the fact that after activating some unknown device in the Temple of Five and getting a glimpse of the Final Five, a Three seems to recognize one of the Final Five and repent her actions. One possibility is her earlier behavior towards Baltar, such as torturing him ([[Rapture]]).

==Baltar as an "Agent of God"==
Baltar's actions when forced by his virtual Six to repent and worship the Cylon version of [[God (RDM)|God]] leaves several significant questions as to the nature of both the virtual Six and Baltar's nature.

In the episode, "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", Baltar makes an educated guess at the specific target to be destroyed on the [[tylium]] refinery without knowing any significant data on the site. Baltar only receives encouragement from his virtual Six to trust in her belief. In "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", a stricken and nearly-criminally exposed Baltar repents to the virtual Six just as Lt. Gaeta arrives to confirm his innocence. In the same episode, the virtual Six disappears in anger just as the [[Shelly Godfrey]] copy arrives (with a suggestion that the virtual Six ''knows'' (or summons) the Godfrey model to arrive. The Godfrey model disappears just as the virtual Six returns as Baltar is repenting.

"[[Downloaded]]" strongly suggests that the [[Virtual beings|virtual copies]] of [[Caprica Six]] and Baltar that haunt their opposite interests seem to be psychological remnants of the pair's intensive emotional connection. But what if there is more to this than psychology? Episode events surrounding the [[Sacred Scrolls]] and Laura Roslin's quest for the [[Tomb of Athena]] confirm that the Colonials have a spiritual or prophetic element that has guided them to the data that now places them in a true general path to Earth. What forces are driving Baltar beyond his own egotism? What is the nature of the virtual Six and Baltar? Neither Baltar nor Caprica Six know why they appear, and both virtual beings appear to have knowledge beyond that of what the living being they haunt should know. If Baltar is being influenced by the Cylon God (or some cybernetic influence known by neither Cylon or Colonial), there suggests a new thread to the Baltar-as-Cylon speculation that goes beyond the mere creation of a Baltar model. However, in the [[Podcast:Downloaded|episode's podcast]], Ron Moore speaks of the virtual Baltar as simply a hallucination, while in other interviews and podcasts, Moore consistently states that the origin of the virtual Six is supposed to be deliberately vague.

===Baltar as Cylon Christ===

The Cylon God is speculated to also have been a Lord of Kobol, "the one whose name cannot be spoken" or "the jealous god" who prompted the battle on Kobol. If so, he is/was a real being on Kobol of similar state to the other lords, and could have a physical incarnation, containing whatever portion of his mind could fit in a humanoid brain, among the Fleet. Baltar could be more than an agent of God, or a Cylon, he could be an (unaware) actual incarnation of the Cylon God in the "Christ" motif which is extremely common in literature. The Season 4 episode title "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" is a direct reference to Christ, and in fact Baltar becomes the messianic leader of his own [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] during the episode.

On a more obvious, visual level, Baltar, on several occasion is seen to be in the pose of Christ on the cross, for example in the water, in his drug-induced vision in "[[Taking A Break From All Your Worries]]" or when he collapses in the grass on Kobol. Additionally, after his return from the Cylons, his hair and beard begin to resemble what most people would typically imagine Jesus's to have been like.

Baltar is smarter than not just other Colonials, but also apparently than the Cylons in some areas, discovering clues to Earth they can't figure out in spite of their computer memories and claimed superior knowledge of the Sacred Scrolls. Baltar's inner Six claims to be an angel sent from God to protect him. At the same time, Caprica Six's equivalent appears in the form of a Baltar. Baltar's inner Six's first mission is to arrange a religious conversion for Baltar.

[[D'Anna Biers]] last words to Baltar afters he sees her vision of the Final Five are "So beautiful. You were right." Later, she explains to a [[Cavil]] that she was seeking "the one who programmed us."

Baltar is identified as a superior intelligence by the [[Hybrid]] which also names him as "the Chosen One."

As noted, the theme of divine incarnation for redemption is a very common one in fiction. Ron Moore has a known penchant for redemption drama, and Baltar as a Christ-figure, redeeming himself and then both humanity and the Cylons potentially, fits with this.

The [[First Hybrid]] who says his children believe he is a god, makes a prediction about the final Cylon: "...the fifth is still is in shadow, drawn toward the light, hungering for redemption, that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering." ([[Razor]]) This statement, while not concrete, may relate to Baltar. Of the major living characters, he most has begged for redemption, and is most in need of it, and it will indeed be painful for him. While [[Lee Adama]] seeks redemption for the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' this has been at best a minor theme in his character. Only Baltar begs for it, and only Baltar has said he would find redemption in learning he was a Cylon.

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The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] evolution into twelve distinct [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid models]] introduced a serious problem for the remnants of humanity in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Early into the search for [[Earth]], it seemed that anyone could be a Cylon, raising doubt and suspicion within the human populace ("[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").

Fans of the show are rife with speculation about who could be a Cylon infiltrator in the Fleet. Viewers were introduced to the "[[Significant Seven]]" over the course of the miniseries and the first two season, but the nature of each of these characters was revealed shortly after that character's introduction.

In season three the speculation by both characters and fans turned to the [[Final Five]], enigmatic, almost-mystical figures who seem to have a [[The Temple of Five|link]] to ancient Colonial history. The nature of the five, according to [[Ron D. Moore|Moore]], is "fundamentally different" from the other seven models<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=ffdifferent|timestamp=19:05|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>.

At the conclusion of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" four recurring characters are revealed to be Cylons. The revelation that long standing characters such as Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] are Cylons blows the field wide open; if they could be "[[toaster]]s," then ''anyone'' could be the last Cylon. In particular, Tigh has a long and well-documented character history dating back to the first [[Cylon War]].

This article details [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad#Derived content|plausible speculation]] on which of the central and supporting characters in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' could be the final one.

==Clues from Official Sources==
During a Q&A session on the official Sci Fi channel Battlestar Galactica forum Ronald D. Moore notes that he already knows who the last Cylon is, and that he's already left clues as to who it is<ref>[http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2270103&st=0&p=3041263&#entry3041263 20 Answers - SCI FI FORUMS] Retrieved 03-27-2007</ref>.

[[Bradley Thompson]] was asked when the writers knew the identity of the final five:
:"Four of the five were recent. If memory serves, the fifth (which may change) we've been kicking around since about the end of Season One."<ref>[[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive8#Identity of the Final Five|BW:OC#Identity of the Final Five]]</ref>

==General factors for consideration==
In terms of narrative, to prevent an anti-climax it seems likely that the final Cylon would probably need to be a more prominent character than those of the Four. This centers the spotlight in the central "human" characters ([[Roslin]], [[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]], [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]). However, there is still half a season for characters to develop and gain significance with viewers.

With the Final Five being "fundamentally different" from the Seven, extrapolating any characteristics we learned of Cylons from the Seven (including physiology, loyalty or self-awareness) is of questionable validity.

Colonel Tigh has a well documented history stretching back at least to the first Cylon War. Also considering the [[Temple of Five]] it seems Final Five Cylons somehow significantly pre-date the Seven.

It has been seen that Cylons can start families, however it is unclear how the Five came to exist. Having known natural parents would ''seem'' to preclude one being any more than half-Cylon.

Of the 11 so far there have been only four female models. The final Cylon being female would serve to equalize this gender bias.

The [[first Hybrid]] gives a monologue about his knowledge of the Final Five in the extended version of "[[Razor]]". It states that the fifth Cylon, which is still in shadow, will come toward the light, hungering for redemption which will only come in the howl of terrible suffering.

With the exception of [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Cally Tyrol]], who are confirmed to have half-Cylon, half-human children<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>, any "human" character could be a Cylon.

In "[[Revelations]]", [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]], mentions that there are only four of them ''in the Fleet''. If this is true, then this would narrow the field to those characters who are on the rebel basestar at the time, characters previously assumed dead or missing, or other [[#More Esoteric ideas|more esoteric suggestions]]. However, it is uncertain if the statement can be taken so literally. The characters who are on ''Galactica'' or other ships of the Fleet include Lee Adama and Kara Thrace, while Laura Roslin, William Adama and Gaius Baltar are on the Cylon baseship at that time ([[Revelations]]). An alternative interpretation of "in the Fleet" could refer to loyalty and/or self-identity rather than physical presence; Number Three could have been telepathically aware that one (i.e., [[Tory Foster]]) had embraced her Cylon identity, thus leaving four others still loyal to humanity.

==Main Characters==

===[[Laura Roslin]]===
[[Image:Laura_Roslin_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
The colonies' president has been unquestionably a boon to humanity's search for earth, indeed the two times she has been removed from office have been the two greatest setbacks in the journey.

Roslin has also experienced prophetic dreams and visions (those induced by [[chamalla]], and a dream she shared with the Cylons [[Caprica Six]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]). She fits very well the profile of the [[Sacred Scrolls|scroll's]] dying leader, the scrolls also having links to other more mystical elements of the series, including the [[Temple of Five]].

However her dying nature, from an aggressive form of breast cancer is also the biggest cause to doubt Roslin being a Cylon. It is unknown whether the Final Five can succumb to cancer, but Cylons seem to be generally tougher than humans. Baltar's cure in "[[Epiphanies]]" was probably designed based on the assumption that Roslin's physiology is human.

===[[William Adama]]===
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If William Adama were revealed to be a Cylon, it would be one of the biggest shocks the series could produce. Overall Adama appears to epitomize a very human set of strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, he does experience hallucinations in the fifth [[Razor Flashback]], although he sees and hears people in his environment instead of seeing himself in a different one. The experience could also be explained by stress or other factors, however.

The Adama family is well documented. His father, [[Joseph Adama]], was known to [[Romo Lampkin]]. The proposed spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', will feature the history of the Adama family, including a young William. This may be difficult to square with any revelation about William Adama being a Cylon.
{{spoiltext|A robotic duplicate of William Adama's sibling [[Tamara Adama]] is one of the first Cylons (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''). It is not entirely implausible that William Adama could be a similar construct, although these forms of Cylon prototypes are unknown and unlikely to be humanoid.}}
William Adama experiences guilt for actions he believe may have triggered the war ([[Hero]]). This could be the "hungering for redemption" that the [[First Hybrid]] talks about (see above).

===[[Lee Adama]]===
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Could Lee's chronic angst be partly due to guilt at his Cylon nature? Was the [[Leoben]] who said "Adama's a Cylon" ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]) referring to Lee? (Note: The writers hadn't decided on the identity of the final Cylon at that point. Moreover, if Adama were a member of the Final Five, Leoben would not know this.) He might project in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", although this is more likely an oxygen deprivation induced hallucination.

The posting of his then-wife [[Anastasia Dualla]] as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s executive officer, despite her lack of seasoning and non-qualification as an aviator, while presumably mitigating the concerns about a junior having undue influence with the commander, also mirrors the placement of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XOs: Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], a Cylon is romantically involved with a Six, and Captain [[Karl Agathon]] is married to an Eight.

Lee Adama is told that he is "a son trying to flee his father's shadow" by [[Romo Lampkin]]. This conceivably could link with the description of the final Cylon as "still in shadow, drawn toward the light."

In his defense, Lee is also a member of the well-documented Adama family. A "switched at birth" scenario could explain this, as could the "fundamental differences" between the Final Five and the Significant Seven.

===[[Gaius Baltar]]===
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Baltar's vast intelligence, weak character and lack of loyalty to anyone but himself have made him ultimately humanity's (unwitting) betrayer. Baltar himself longs to be a Cylon as this would absolve himself, however comes to the conclusion that he is human after all. Baltar certainly has a lot to be guilty about, whether he has enough of a conscience to be truly "hungering for redemption" is questionable, however his confession to Roslin seems to indicate that this is the case ([[The Hub]]).

There are good reasons to suspect Baltar. He exhibits vast intelligence that may be superhuman in nature. His [[Virtual Six]], her precognitive abilities, and the apparently projected environments they often co-experience are suspicious, as well as the fact that both Virtual Six and later the [[Hybrid]] tell him that he is "chosen".

In [[Caprica Six]]'s final vision in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" she sees the hooded figures of the final five staring at her from the upper level. Baltar is standing next to her in the vision as well.

===[[Kara Thrace]]===
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Kara Thrace's path towards her destiny has involved many strange, perhaps supernatural events. Whether this destiny involves her being a Cylon is a matter of speculation (indeed members of the [[Significant Seven]], who do not know who the Final Five are, tell her that she has this destiny), but it is certain there is ''something'' special about Thrace herself.

Certainly Thrace exhibits phenomenal natural skill as a pilot, and manages to learn to fly a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] exceptionally quickly ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). From childhood, Thrace has been drawing the mandala from the [[Temple of Five]]. However she was also physically abused as a child and still carries the scars; Cylons seem to be more robust than humans and possibly may not carry such long-term injuries. The same may be said of the knee injury which put a stop to Thrace's [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] playing ambitions.

Most strikingly, the ace pilot apparently dies in "[[Maelstrom]]" but returns ([[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]?) in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". Furthermore, not being on ''Galactica'' at the time, Thrace is the only major "human" character who has a reason for not reacting to the [[The Music|music]] which, to the "four", reverberates around the ship. However the final Cylon may, for some reason, not have heard it, or may have ignored it.

Thrace has engaged in combat with [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] on many occasions without any incident similar to the one which occurs between Anders and the Raider during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], however it is possible that the Raider was only able to identify Anders because he had already been "activated".

[[Katee Sackhoff]] was apparently told she is not a Cylon<ref>[http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8547/redeye3copyci7.jpg See this magazine cutting.]</ref>.
{{spoilli|According to [http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html this source] as of "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", Kara Thrace believes herself to be a Cylon, whilst Katee Sackhoff believes otherwise.}}

===None of the above?===
[[Image:Battlestar Galactica Last Supper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Last Supper"]]
{{seealso|The Last Supper}}
The January 2008 edition of [[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] showcases a two-page photo of the cast for [[Season Four]] posed in a manner similar to Leonardo DaVinci's ''[[w:The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' with an explanation of each character's pose/position provided by Ron Moore. Near the far left of the table a space is left vacant and a cup sits on the table marking the absent character's intended place. Moore tells EW that "We have not yet revealed the final [unknown] Cylon." and when asked if there was a possibility that the final Cylon was indeed ''not'' seated at the table Moore notes "You ferreted that out pretty slyly. I didn't really want to give that away."<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/814818.html#cutid1|title=What does this picture mean? Try to crack the 'BSG' code.|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|page=40, 41|date=January 11, 2008|accessdate=English|language=}}</ref> William Adama, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar, and Kara Thrace are all present in the picture, as are [[Final Five]] Cylons Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, and Samuel Anders.

However, the importance of this photo is seriously put to question given [[Aaron Douglas]]' comments on the photo. According to the actor, he was unsure that Moore had anything to do with the photo, given that Moore was not present for the shoot. Additionally, the photo shoot had at least six different setups and the actors had changed places during the photo shoot, thus contending that there is no hidden meaning for the photo.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/55289.html|title=The Chief's Deck: BSG Last Supper Photo|date=8 January 2008|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> Moore, however, later explicitly confirmed that the final Cylon is not in the picture.

==Others==

===[[Tom Zarek]]===

[[Image:Zarek.jpg|right|90px]]
Based upon the mutterings of the Hybrid in "Razor", as well as Ron Moore's claim that he has already left clues to the final Cylon, one could assume Tom Zarek is the last Cylon to be found.

Tom Zarek likes to move from second-line positions, is not big on being in charge but always craving to be noticed and understood, is constantly trying to make people understand why he did the things he spent time in jail for, and has the "cleanest" past (no known relatives, etc.). His criminal background and political ambitions fit with someone "hungering for redemption."

===[[Anastasia Dualla]]===

[[Image:Anastasia_Dualla.jpg|right|90px]]
Her first name "Anastasia" is the feminine form of "Anastasius", ancient Greek for "resurrection".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/anastasia Behindthename.com "Anastasia" ]</ref><ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/anastasius Behindthename.com "Anastasius"]</ref> Her surname "Dualla" may be derived from Latin word ''Dualis'', from which originates the English words "dual" and "duality", such as a Cylon living as a human - or a Sagittaron serving as a soldier ([[The Woman King]]).

The rejection of her people's pacifism and her failure to reconcile with her father over their final heated argument ([[Final Cut]]) allude to the redemption angle.

At the time of the initial Cylon attack, she immediately threw herself at the [[Billy Keikeya|special assistant to the president]] and promptly developed a romantic relationship with him. Despite having never undertaken the years of formal military education of a colonial officer, she managed to maneuver herself to receive a commission and a vital posting as the [[executive officer]] of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and to become become related by marriage to both the military and (later) civilian leadership of the Fleet. Her posting as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, despite her lack of seasoning and non-qualification as an aviator <ref>To the extent that BSG incorporates real-world naval concepts and traditions, an aircraft carrier's (i.e. a battlestar's) CO and XO would customarily be qualified aviators.</ref> while presumably mitigating the concerns about a junior having undue influence with the commander (her husband), also mirrors the placement of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XOs: Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] is a Final Five Cylon and romantically involved with a Six, and Captain [[Karl Agathon]] is married to an Eight.

She is the by far the most prominent "human" remaining who is not of substantially (real-world Earth) European ethnicity. Edward James Olmos wears blue contact lenses to portray Admiral Adama as non-Hispanic, and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] (portrayed by Olmos's son, [[Bodie Olmos]]) and [[Felix Gaeta]] (portrayed by Italian [[Alessandro Juliani]]) are very ''blanco'' Hispanics if not European. All other prominent non-European characters are either dead or Cylons: East Indian [[Rekha Sharma]] as Cylon [[Tory Foster]], African [[Rick Worthy]] as Cylon [[Number Four]] / [[Simon]], Korean [[Grace Park]] as Cylon [[Number Eight|Number Eight / Sharons]], African [[Lorena Gale]] as the late [[Elosha]], and Eurasian [[Lily Duong-Walton]] & [[Alexandra Thomas]] as the half-Cylon [[Hera Agathon]]. In this day and age, it seems unlikely that the writers would make ''all'' of the prominent "ethnics" who are allowed to live be Cylons.

===[[Felix Gaeta]]===

[[Image:Felix_Gaeta.jpg|right|90px]]
After [[Anastasia Dualla]], Gaeta is the most prominent character not depicted in the Last Supper photograph. His double-agent (or, implied by Baltar and Sweet Eight, ''triple''-agent) cross-collaboration on New Caprica, his perjury at Baltar's trial, and his morphine addiction all leave him seeking redemption.

A counterargument against Gaeta, however, is analogous to that against Dualla. Whereas Dualla is the most prominent member of a racial or ethnic minority still depicted as alive and presumably human, Gaeta is the most prominent sexual minority so depicted. His former<ref>''See'' writer commentary to "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" webisode 10, which states that Gaeta ends his relationship with Hoshi at the webisode's conclusion.</ref> lover, [[Louis Hoshi]], is a very minor character, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] is dead, and all other known gays/bisexuals are or were Cylons ([[Gina Inviere]], [[Caprica Six]] and[[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Downloaded Three]]).

=== [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] ===

[[Image:Sharon.PNG|right|90px]]
Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a unique case, given that she has broken away from her model line by voting for the lobotomization of the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], for the first time in Cylon history. Further, she has grown to disdain humanity as a result of what transpired on [[New Caprica]], and, while given the duty to take care of [[Hera Agathon]], she later attempts to kill Hera as she views the child as a mistake.

Valerii has since made it a point to go against the grain of Cylon society, inciting a [[Cylon Civil War|civil war]] and accompanies [[Cavil]] to the [[Resurrection Hub]] to resurrect [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Number Three]] in the attempt to stop it. Further, she satisfies many of the pre-existing conditions, including:

# Having been around since Season 1<ref>It should be noted that her "Cylon" nature was a last minute decision in the Miniseries. Further, she is continually at odds with her programming and her defective nature has yet been seen in other Cylon models.</ref>.
# She is not present in the Last Supper photo.
# Valerii is a major character.
# Three is the first to see Valerii and is aware of her existence. Three's quip at Eights always going to something "shiny" may be an attempt to test her. Also, Three does not kill Valerii after snapping Cavil's neck, suggesting that Three either did not desire her to come to harm or was unconcerned about her fate. Further, Valerii does escape the Hub prior to its destruction per the [[Podcast:The Hub|podcast]] for "[[The Hub]]".
# If the [[First Hybrid]] is correct, the Last Cylon is clawing for redemption. Valerii has much that she may be redeemed for, including her various murder attempts (namely [[William Adama]] and Hera Agathon), and her failure to bring about peaceful coexistence with the humans and the Cylon race.

Like the four known members of the Final Five, Valerii was ignorant of her Cylon nature.

The only downside to this theory is that Valerii is part of the [[Number Eight]] model line. However, given that the Final Five are "fundamentally different", this yet to be explained fundamental difference may be able to explain this. Further, none of the Final Five have model numbers, and are thus outside the Significant Seven's mainstream; the Five may have infiltrated Cylon society as well in some way, just the same way Tigh and the others were able to infiltrate human society dating back to at least 30 years pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].

===[[Virtual beings]]===

The virtual beings (possibly including the [[virtual Leoben]]) may actually be a single entity, the final Cylon being more spiritual than corporal. Virtual Six claims to be an angel from the Cylon God, which could be roughly correlated with the "the five priests devoted to the one whose name cannot be spoken" from [[Pythia]]. The overall actions of these beings seem to be neither pro-Cylon or pro-human, which fits with the Final five being a third party in the dynamic of the battle.

None of the other final five have shown similar characteristics to this, and there is no particular reason to suggest the final Cylon is greatly different from his or her four "siblings". When Number Three sees her vision of the final five in the [[Opera House]] (a vision repeated for other characters, thus not simply in her mind) they are five humanoid figures in white robes, at least one of which is known to her.

===More Esoteric ideas===

The final Cylon is
*on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] or the entire population of Earth are copies of the last Cylon.
*dead.
*a deceased character known to the audience.
*[[God (RDM)|God]] or some other divine entity. Note that [[God_%28RDM%29#Official_statements|an early draft of the Season 1 cliffhanger]] was to depict [[Virtual Six]] taking Baltar to see, not the hybrid infant as was ultimately filmed, but [[Dirk Benedict]] as [[God_%28RDM%29#Official_statements|God]].
*a single, somehow distinct, copy of a known Cylon - such as Boomer, analyzed above.
*one of the [[Hybrid]]s.
*a character to be featured in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' such as [[Zoe Graystone]] or [[Tamara Adama]].

==References==
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[[Category:A to Z]]
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[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
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== Current Administrators ==

===Senior Chiefs===
Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
Currently senior chiefs are:
*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
*[[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)

===Chiefs===
Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
* Active
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

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== Upload errors ==

So, we're having upload errors... I haven't a clue how to fix it right now, but what I get is this:

: Could not rename file "/tmp/http/phpPZkJNu" to "public/7/7f/Genevieve_Buechner.jpg".

Now, the prefix should really be "/home/bsgwiki/public_html/media/images" and not "public" (no slash in front)... I wonder if there's a configuration setting fubared somewhere in one of 1.13's files? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 05:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

: Ok... this is what happens when the disembodied spirit of Jar Jar Binks inhabits all of us... what caused this issue was the fact that the partition was close to (or at) 100% full. We cleaned it up... and, besides, we're moving to a better server with more room to it anyway. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

== Subscription ==

Hi!
I have just paid the subscription fee for a year, but I can still see the ads after having logged out and in again. Is there anything I have to do to confirm it? Have I done anything wrong, or is it just a question of time for the subscription to go through and change my status?
Thanks a mill in advance for your help. -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
: Hi Mouan, I've confirmed your subscription and will set you up here for ads-free viewing in a few minutes... By the way, do you have an account on our [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum]? If so—or if you want to make one—please send me that info so I can enable ads-free viewing of our forums as well. Thank you for helping us out! :D -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Mouan, you are all set for both places. Cheers! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 17:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Thank you guys. One thing - is the subscription valid for other language versions of the wiki or do I need to buy another one for the Spanish wiki? Because I have just checked and it still displays ads. Perhaps it needs to be set up like you did with this one? :) -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 20:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Shane added you to the local (English) sponsor group, but he should've added you to the global sponsor group. @Shane: you can do that through [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 20:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I got a permission error. Same with Joe. :( [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::It tells me I have to be a Senior Chief, which I'm not and you are. What error do you get? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::Interestingly, it gives me the same message, despite the fact that I am a senior chief! Whoa! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 09:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all. Works like a charm! :)-- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 21:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Everything has been updated... ==

Including all base extensions. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]])
:Global groups have been messed up again, though, meaning all global groups and their permissions are gone. I'll restore all that after dinner. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah. Minus that. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:I'm going through and fixing a few of the extensions. For instance, the hide sitenotice extension needs to be modified to allow for unregistered users to hide the message. I'll update this page when I'm done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::My bad. Roger that joe. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't sweat it. :) Fixes were simple. Everything I needed to do is done now. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Alright, global groups are back up. I've also promoted all sponsors to global status. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minor DB issue on Media ==

Getting this whenever I post a new article:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "efUpdateCheckUserData". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'bsgwiki_media.cu_changes' doesn't exist (athena.frakmedia.net)".

The article edits still go through though... Probably a case of just needing to run the update.php app. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yup, update.php says "cu_changes table added and populated". Should be fixed now. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Great! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Unified logon for other non-BSG Wikis ==

Also, while I'm at it, can the unified logon work for the other non-BSG Wikis? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:The fact that Wikimedia has cross-domain SUL (*.wikipedia.org, *.wiktionary.org, etc.) means it's possible. I'm [irc://freenode/#mediawiki stumping Brion] right now about the lack of documentation for CentralAuth and asking him how to do cross-domain SUL. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, it turned out to be a configuration variable in CentralAuth.php that I overlooked. Which wikis would you like to add SUL to? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Letterman List:

#http://www.battlestarpegasus.com
#http://en.eurekawiki.org
#http://media.eurekawiki.org
#http://wiki.frakr.com
#http://www.sanctuarywiki.org

That's it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, will do those tomorrow afternoon if I have time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Doesn't all MediaWiki's then have to be the same version then? Minus the EurekaWiki, everything else has it's own mediawiki installation.. which is a bit crazy. :x [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Having all wikis share the same codebase would help a great deal in setting this thing up, yeah. All wikis don't necessarily have to have the same version, as long as they all have and support CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd like to work on that before we did anything with the CentralAuth. The LocalSettings.php and the media folders we have to keep correct, but I think that would be the better move right now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course, I'd love it if you put all wikis on one codebase before I even touch CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 23:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::I'll be away until Monday, so once you've finished migrating all wikis to the same codebase, please drop me a note on my talk page and I'll get to it when I get back. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 12:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Skin breakage (again) ==

Somewhere in the last few days (probably related to the recent upgrade), the user options bar (Catrope / my talk / ... / log out ) started overlapping the pages tabs bar (article / discussion / ... / purge). This doesn't happen in the battlestar (default) skin, since they're miles apart there, but does happen in [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgbook}} bsgbook] and [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgmonobook}} bsgmonobook]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I can confirm that. Frak. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page Header Redesign ==

I worked on a re-design of the Main Page header on the [[BW:MAIN]] page. I also removed the airdates section. I have yet to add it to the design, but it be a bar under the two images. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
: The header is now bloated with the redesign. The header really needs to be as small as possible. To accomplish that, remove the airdate stuff from the header, and I think it'll be fine. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Help with the French Battlestar Wiki ==

Addressing Shane: I read about the request to help with the French page of Battlestar Wiki. I'm not sure what sort of help is needed, but I'm reasonably fluent in French and a fan of the re-imagined BSG. If this makes me qualified, perhaps I can be of assistance. I'm new to Wiki, though, which is why I'm posting this here (couldn't find a link for a personal post). Waiting to hear from you. -chimere
:You can post personal messages (sort of, everyone will be able to read them) on a user's talk page. For Shane, this is [[User talk:Shane]]. To start a new section, click the + sign next to the "edit" button on top of the page.
:As to helping with the French wiki: I suggest you browse around the wiki to see what has to be done there (which articles have to be created, improved, etc.) and start doing it. By signing up here you've already got an account on the French wiki as well, and you should be logged in automatically by just [[fr:|visiting it]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Podcasts ==

To Steelviper:

Please continue the podcasts... Or else... ...how can we keep nerd talking about the series without knowing what's on Mr. Moore's evel mind? It's frakking difficult to understand Mr Moore's speech when english is not your native language. C'mon! Let the rest of the planet taste a little bit of that great series!

PS: Excelent work on episode 406 - Escape Velocity! Gonna start 407 this week! {{unsigned|Gnielsen}}

== Movie ==

We need an article on the BSG movie, now that it has been announced. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm searching about for the announcement, so now I know I'm blind. I did create an episode guide for the [[Caprica (pilot))|Caprica pilot]], however. There could be as many as three BSG movies if Grace Park's comments are to be believed.--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 04:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is an article about it called [[Proposed TV movies]] from the time when there were just rumors about it. Given that there is only one movie for the moment, but greenlighted, we should probably take that and move/rename it. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Right. I thought we already had an article... and that was it. Just couldn't find it. We could simply name it the "Cylon TV movie", since that's what it's gonna be about anyway according to the press release. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ok, now that we have [http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/film_list.htm?film_type=mow a name] for the movie that's officially been released (it is called "The Plan", at least for now) we should get cracking on the article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== What image in [[Scattered]]? ==

What image do the credits in "[[Scattered]]" refer to?
:Atlas Image Obtained As Part Of The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2Mass), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 15:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

== TV.com ==

Should we include links to [[w:TV.com|TV.com]] on the infoboxes of cast and crew?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

: No, I don't think that's really worth our trouble. IMDb already has the same info that TV.com does, if not more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

== DVD Menu Pictures (and so on) ==

Would it go against any copyright policy to upload any images/video(?) of the ''BSG'' DVD menus? I think it would add a certain layer and provide for those who have yet to buy the DVDs, are just curious to see how the other Region DVDs look, or wanted to compare how the designs for each changed over time (i.e. the difference between [[Battlestar Galactica - Season One (Region 1 DVD)|Season 1 (Region 1 DVD)]] and [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3]]).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:A good question. Stills of the menus should be OK. Videos may be excessive from a size standpoint unless the interface has a definitive look that's appealing and unique. The differences between the regions (which is possible since the studios may license the packaging and interface to different companies in the world for distribution) would a benefit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== Concerning some of the planets ==

OK, since the message I left on [[Category talk:Planets]] has been ignored for nearly a week, I though I would leave a message here to express a concern, that some of the "planets" on the planets category are actually moons. So I am wondering if we could either move the category to "Planets and Moons", or just simply start a Moon category. What do you admins think. I thank you all in advance. -- [[User:Matthew R Dunn|Matthew R Dunn]] 00:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
: We could do either. Six of one, half dozen of the other, IMHO. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

== Credit lists ==

Before I go ahead and transcribed more, is it against any sort of policy to have the credits listed here as they appear on the show?
Here's the lists I have so far:
*[[User:DrWho42/Miniseries End Credits|Miniseries End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/33 End Credits|33 End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/Razor End Credits|Razor End Credits]] (''incomplete'')
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

: Nope. We may need to beautify the lists though, in the way that the [[List of pilots]] or the cast and crew lists already are. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== Firefox Add-on ==

Is there a possibility of having a Battlestar Wiki search engine for Firefox (as it isn't listed here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4/cat:all?sort=name )?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Who would program it? Is there a "kit" of sorts to do so? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, in Firefox, if you click on the drop down item next to the search bar, you should see something like '''Add "Battlestar Wiki (en)"''' in the drop-down menu. Just click on that, and you should be able to search the wiki via Firefox's built in search apparatus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
::Sadly, when I did that with 3.0.4, I got an error message in trying to add it. I've been loving the idea of creating an iPhone/iTouch app that would be a search engine for BW-En as well...I might write a developer to see if he can extend one of his products. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
:::''"Firefox could not download the search plugin from:
<nowiki>http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/opensearch_desc.php</nowiki>"''- Annoying, cos I could do it in Firefox 2. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 23:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

== Links on the left ==

Anyone know why I have more useful links below the search box when I am logged out than when I am logged in? When logged in, I only have one box named Projects, but when logged out, it is replaced by Navigation, Series and Support. [[User:Caldumidoan|Caldumidoan]] 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
: It's a configuration issue with one of the mediawiki extensions that we use to generate the sidebars... I'll try to look into it over the holiday weekend. Working on final corrections to the auction catalog right now, so that's why I haven't fixed that issue yet. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

== Skin problems ==

Since the [http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2008/12/27/new-skin/ monobook-based skins were disabled], several users have been getting blank pages or error 500s while logged in. This seems to be the result of having a disabled skin selected, this problem can be solved by going to [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar]. Is there a large-scale solution? For example using a mediawiki extension which uses the the default skin if a user's current skin is disabled, or going into the user settings and do an automated mass search and replace to give everyone who currently using a disabled skin the new default skin. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 06:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:Crap.I have to ru a database comand to fix that. I will do that now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's my fault. Sorry about that. Shane, let me know the sit rep on that, OK? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:::After 10 days... everything should be good. I used a mass. command to reset everyone back to the default skin. Including our own admin peter. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

== Featured Article and Featured Pic ==

Any objections to someone just "executively" deciding to update them before next week? -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 23:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
:If you don't get to it, I'll try in the next 24. Joe is a little busy with the auction, and hopefully other admins will jump back on to aid a bit. I'll be putting in more time here to keep the cruft down. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
::Looks like it's "Return of the Admins" week. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

==No toolbox==
So, uh, I can't see the thing on the left with things like "recent changes" and stuff in it anymore. Using default skin. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems to work now [[User:OTW|OTW]] 22:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

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

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

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== Current Administrators ==

===Senior Chiefs===
Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
Currently senior chiefs are:
*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
*[[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)

===Chiefs===
Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
* Active
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

== Javascript Reported Vandals ==

''No recent reports.''
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== Upload errors ==

So, we're having upload errors... I haven't a clue how to fix it right now, but what I get is this:

: Could not rename file "/tmp/http/phpPZkJNu" to "public/7/7f/Genevieve_Buechner.jpg".

Now, the prefix should really be "/home/bsgwiki/public_html/media/images" and not "public" (no slash in front)... I wonder if there's a configuration setting fubared somewhere in one of 1.13's files? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 05:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

: Ok... this is what happens when the disembodied spirit of Jar Jar Binks inhabits all of us... what caused this issue was the fact that the partition was close to (or at) 100% full. We cleaned it up... and, besides, we're moving to a better server with more room to it anyway. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

== Subscription ==

Hi!
I have just paid the subscription fee for a year, but I can still see the ads after having logged out and in again. Is there anything I have to do to confirm it? Have I done anything wrong, or is it just a question of time for the subscription to go through and change my status?
Thanks a mill in advance for your help. -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
: Hi Mouan, I've confirmed your subscription and will set you up here for ads-free viewing in a few minutes... By the way, do you have an account on our [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum]? If so—or if you want to make one—please send me that info so I can enable ads-free viewing of our forums as well. Thank you for helping us out! :D -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Mouan, you are all set for both places. Cheers! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 17:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Thank you guys. One thing - is the subscription valid for other language versions of the wiki or do I need to buy another one for the Spanish wiki? Because I have just checked and it still displays ads. Perhaps it needs to be set up like you did with this one? :) -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 20:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Shane added you to the local (English) sponsor group, but he should've added you to the global sponsor group. @Shane: you can do that through [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 20:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I got a permission error. Same with Joe. :( [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::It tells me I have to be a Senior Chief, which I'm not and you are. What error do you get? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::Interestingly, it gives me the same message, despite the fact that I am a senior chief! Whoa! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 09:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all. Works like a charm! :)-- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 21:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Everything has been updated... ==

Including all base extensions. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]])
:Global groups have been messed up again, though, meaning all global groups and their permissions are gone. I'll restore all that after dinner. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah. Minus that. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:I'm going through and fixing a few of the extensions. For instance, the hide sitenotice extension needs to be modified to allow for unregistered users to hide the message. I'll update this page when I'm done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::My bad. Roger that joe. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't sweat it. :) Fixes were simple. Everything I needed to do is done now. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Alright, global groups are back up. I've also promoted all sponsors to global status. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minor DB issue on Media ==

Getting this whenever I post a new article:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "efUpdateCheckUserData". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'bsgwiki_media.cu_changes' doesn't exist (athena.frakmedia.net)".

The article edits still go through though... Probably a case of just needing to run the update.php app. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yup, update.php says "cu_changes table added and populated". Should be fixed now. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Great! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Unified logon for other non-BSG Wikis ==

Also, while I'm at it, can the unified logon work for the other non-BSG Wikis? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:The fact that Wikimedia has cross-domain SUL (*.wikipedia.org, *.wiktionary.org, etc.) means it's possible. I'm [irc://freenode/#mediawiki stumping Brion] right now about the lack of documentation for CentralAuth and asking him how to do cross-domain SUL. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, it turned out to be a configuration variable in CentralAuth.php that I overlooked. Which wikis would you like to add SUL to? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Letterman List:

#http://www.battlestarpegasus.com
#http://en.eurekawiki.org
#http://media.eurekawiki.org
#http://wiki.frakr.com
#http://www.sanctuarywiki.org

That's it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, will do those tomorrow afternoon if I have time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Doesn't all MediaWiki's then have to be the same version then? Minus the EurekaWiki, everything else has it's own mediawiki installation.. which is a bit crazy. :x [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Having all wikis share the same codebase would help a great deal in setting this thing up, yeah. All wikis don't necessarily have to have the same version, as long as they all have and support CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd like to work on that before we did anything with the CentralAuth. The LocalSettings.php and the media folders we have to keep correct, but I think that would be the better move right now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course, I'd love it if you put all wikis on one codebase before I even touch CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 23:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::I'll be away until Monday, so once you've finished migrating all wikis to the same codebase, please drop me a note on my talk page and I'll get to it when I get back. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 12:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Skin breakage (again) ==

Somewhere in the last few days (probably related to the recent upgrade), the user options bar (Catrope / my talk / ... / log out ) started overlapping the pages tabs bar (article / discussion / ... / purge). This doesn't happen in the battlestar (default) skin, since they're miles apart there, but does happen in [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgbook}} bsgbook] and [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgmonobook}} bsgmonobook]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I can confirm that. Frak. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page Header Redesign ==

I worked on a re-design of the Main Page header on the [[BW:MAIN]] page. I also removed the airdates section. I have yet to add it to the design, but it be a bar under the two images. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
: The header is now bloated with the redesign. The header really needs to be as small as possible. To accomplish that, remove the airdate stuff from the header, and I think it'll be fine. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Help with the French Battlestar Wiki ==

Addressing Shane: I read about the request to help with the French page of Battlestar Wiki. I'm not sure what sort of help is needed, but I'm reasonably fluent in French and a fan of the re-imagined BSG. If this makes me qualified, perhaps I can be of assistance. I'm new to Wiki, though, which is why I'm posting this here (couldn't find a link for a personal post). Waiting to hear from you. -chimere
:You can post personal messages (sort of, everyone will be able to read them) on a user's talk page. For Shane, this is [[User talk:Shane]]. To start a new section, click the + sign next to the "edit" button on top of the page.
:As to helping with the French wiki: I suggest you browse around the wiki to see what has to be done there (which articles have to be created, improved, etc.) and start doing it. By signing up here you've already got an account on the French wiki as well, and you should be logged in automatically by just [[fr:|visiting it]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Podcasts ==

To Steelviper:

Please continue the podcasts... Or else... ...how can we keep nerd talking about the series without knowing what's on Mr. Moore's evel mind? It's frakking difficult to understand Mr Moore's speech when english is not your native language. C'mon! Let the rest of the planet taste a little bit of that great series!

PS: Excelent work on episode 406 - Escape Velocity! Gonna start 407 this week! {{unsigned|Gnielsen}}

== Movie ==

We need an article on the BSG movie, now that it has been announced. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm searching about for the announcement, so now I know I'm blind. I did create an episode guide for the [[Caprica (pilot))|Caprica pilot]], however. There could be as many as three BSG movies if Grace Park's comments are to be believed.--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 04:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is an article about it called [[Proposed TV movies]] from the time when there were just rumors about it. Given that there is only one movie for the moment, but greenlighted, we should probably take that and move/rename it. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Right. I thought we already had an article... and that was it. Just couldn't find it. We could simply name it the "Cylon TV movie", since that's what it's gonna be about anyway according to the press release. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ok, now that we have [http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/film_list.htm?film_type=mow a name] for the movie that's officially been released (it is called "The Plan", at least for now) we should get cracking on the article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== What image in [[Scattered]]? ==

What image do the credits in "[[Scattered]]" refer to?
:Atlas Image Obtained As Part Of The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2Mass), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 15:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

== TV.com ==

Should we include links to [[w:TV.com|TV.com]] on the infoboxes of cast and crew?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

: No, I don't think that's really worth our trouble. IMDb already has the same info that TV.com does, if not more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

== DVD Menu Pictures (and so on) ==

Would it go against any copyright policy to upload any images/video(?) of the ''BSG'' DVD menus? I think it would add a certain layer and provide for those who have yet to buy the DVDs, are just curious to see how the other Region DVDs look, or wanted to compare how the designs for each changed over time (i.e. the difference between [[Battlestar Galactica - Season One (Region 1 DVD)|Season 1 (Region 1 DVD)]] and [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3]]).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:A good question. Stills of the menus should be OK. Videos may be excessive from a size standpoint unless the interface has a definitive look that's appealing and unique. The differences between the regions (which is possible since the studios may license the packaging and interface to different companies in the world for distribution) would a benefit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== Concerning some of the planets ==

OK, since the message I left on [[Category talk:Planets]] has been ignored for nearly a week, I though I would leave a message here to express a concern, that some of the "planets" on the planets category are actually moons. So I am wondering if we could either move the category to "Planets and Moons", or just simply start a Moon category. What do you admins think. I thank you all in advance. -- [[User:Matthew R Dunn|Matthew R Dunn]] 00:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
: We could do either. Six of one, half dozen of the other, IMHO. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

== Credit lists ==

Before I go ahead and transcribed more, is it against any sort of policy to have the credits listed here as they appear on the show?
Here's the lists I have so far:
*[[User:DrWho42/Miniseries End Credits|Miniseries End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/33 End Credits|33 End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/Razor End Credits|Razor End Credits]] (''incomplete'')
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

: Nope. We may need to beautify the lists though, in the way that the [[List of pilots]] or the cast and crew lists already are. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== Firefox Add-on ==

Is there a possibility of having a Battlestar Wiki search engine for Firefox (as it isn't listed here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4/cat:all?sort=name )?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Who would program it? Is there a "kit" of sorts to do so? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, in Firefox, if you click on the drop down item next to the search bar, you should see something like '''Add "Battlestar Wiki (en)"''' in the drop-down menu. Just click on that, and you should be able to search the wiki via Firefox's built in search apparatus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
::Sadly, when I did that with 3.0.4, I got an error message in trying to add it. I've been loving the idea of creating an iPhone/iTouch app that would be a search engine for BW-En as well...I might write a developer to see if he can extend one of his products. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)
:::''"Firefox could not download the search plugin from:
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/opensearch_desc.php"''- Annoying, 'cos I could do it in Firefox 2. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 23:07, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

== Links on the left ==

Anyone know why I have more useful links below the search box when I am logged out than when I am logged in? When logged in, I only have one box named Projects, but when logged out, it is replaced by Navigation, Series and Support. [[User:Caldumidoan|Caldumidoan]] 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
: It's a configuration issue with one of the mediawiki extensions that we use to generate the sidebars... I'll try to look into it over the holiday weekend. Working on final corrections to the auction catalog right now, so that's why I haven't fixed that issue yet. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

== Skin problems ==

Since the [http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2008/12/27/new-skin/ monobook-based skins were disabled], several users have been getting blank pages or error 500s while logged in. This seems to be the result of having a disabled skin selected, this problem can be solved by going to [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar]. Is there a large-scale solution? For example using a mediawiki extension which uses the the default skin if a user's current skin is disabled, or going into the user settings and do an automated mass search and replace to give everyone who currently using a disabled skin the new default skin. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 06:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:Crap.I have to ru a database comand to fix that. I will do that now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's my fault. Sorry about that. Shane, let me know the sit rep on that, OK? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:::After 10 days... everything should be good. I used a mass. command to reset everyone back to the default skin. Including our own admin peter. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

== Featured Article and Featured Pic ==

Any objections to someone just "executively" deciding to update them before next week? -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 23:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
:If you don't get to it, I'll try in the next 24. Joe is a little busy with the auction, and hopefully other admins will jump back on to aid a bit. I'll be putting in more time here to keep the cruft down. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
::Looks like it's "Return of the Admins" week. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

==No toolbox==
So, uh, I can't see the thing on the left with things like "recent changes" and stuff in it anymore. Using default skin. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems to work now [[User:OTW|OTW]] 22:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

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

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

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== Current Administrators ==

===Senior Chiefs===
Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
Currently senior chiefs are:
*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
*[[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)

===Chiefs===
Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
* Active
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

== Javascript Reported Vandals ==

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== Upload errors ==

So, we're having upload errors... I haven't a clue how to fix it right now, but what I get is this:

: Could not rename file "/tmp/http/phpPZkJNu" to "public/7/7f/Genevieve_Buechner.jpg".

Now, the prefix should really be "/home/bsgwiki/public_html/media/images" and not "public" (no slash in front)... I wonder if there's a configuration setting fubared somewhere in one of 1.13's files? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 05:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

: Ok... this is what happens when the disembodied spirit of Jar Jar Binks inhabits all of us... what caused this issue was the fact that the partition was close to (or at) 100% full. We cleaned it up... and, besides, we're moving to a better server with more room to it anyway. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

== Subscription ==

Hi!
I have just paid the subscription fee for a year, but I can still see the ads after having logged out and in again. Is there anything I have to do to confirm it? Have I done anything wrong, or is it just a question of time for the subscription to go through and change my status?
Thanks a mill in advance for your help. -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
: Hi Mouan, I've confirmed your subscription and will set you up here for ads-free viewing in a few minutes... By the way, do you have an account on our [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum]? If so—or if you want to make one—please send me that info so I can enable ads-free viewing of our forums as well. Thank you for helping us out! :D -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Mouan, you are all set for both places. Cheers! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 17:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Thank you guys. One thing - is the subscription valid for other language versions of the wiki or do I need to buy another one for the Spanish wiki? Because I have just checked and it still displays ads. Perhaps it needs to be set up like you did with this one? :) -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 20:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Shane added you to the local (English) sponsor group, but he should've added you to the global sponsor group. @Shane: you can do that through [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 20:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I got a permission error. Same with Joe. :( [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::It tells me I have to be a Senior Chief, which I'm not and you are. What error do you get? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::Interestingly, it gives me the same message, despite the fact that I am a senior chief! Whoa! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 09:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all. Works like a charm! :)-- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 21:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Everything has been updated... ==

Including all base extensions. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]])
:Global groups have been messed up again, though, meaning all global groups and their permissions are gone. I'll restore all that after dinner. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah. Minus that. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:I'm going through and fixing a few of the extensions. For instance, the hide sitenotice extension needs to be modified to allow for unregistered users to hide the message. I'll update this page when I'm done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::My bad. Roger that joe. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't sweat it. :) Fixes were simple. Everything I needed to do is done now. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Alright, global groups are back up. I've also promoted all sponsors to global status. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minor DB issue on Media ==

Getting this whenever I post a new article:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "efUpdateCheckUserData". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'bsgwiki_media.cu_changes' doesn't exist (athena.frakmedia.net)".

The article edits still go through though... Probably a case of just needing to run the update.php app. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yup, update.php says "cu_changes table added and populated". Should be fixed now. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Great! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Unified logon for other non-BSG Wikis ==

Also, while I'm at it, can the unified logon work for the other non-BSG Wikis? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:The fact that Wikimedia has cross-domain SUL (*.wikipedia.org, *.wiktionary.org, etc.) means it's possible. I'm [irc://freenode/#mediawiki stumping Brion] right now about the lack of documentation for CentralAuth and asking him how to do cross-domain SUL. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, it turned out to be a configuration variable in CentralAuth.php that I overlooked. Which wikis would you like to add SUL to? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Letterman List:

#http://www.battlestarpegasus.com
#http://en.eurekawiki.org
#http://media.eurekawiki.org
#http://wiki.frakr.com
#http://www.sanctuarywiki.org

That's it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, will do those tomorrow afternoon if I have time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Doesn't all MediaWiki's then have to be the same version then? Minus the EurekaWiki, everything else has it's own mediawiki installation.. which is a bit crazy. :x [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Having all wikis share the same codebase would help a great deal in setting this thing up, yeah. All wikis don't necessarily have to have the same version, as long as they all have and support CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd like to work on that before we did anything with the CentralAuth. The LocalSettings.php and the media folders we have to keep correct, but I think that would be the better move right now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course, I'd love it if you put all wikis on one codebase before I even touch CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 23:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::I'll be away until Monday, so once you've finished migrating all wikis to the same codebase, please drop me a note on my talk page and I'll get to it when I get back. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 12:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Skin breakage (again) ==

Somewhere in the last few days (probably related to the recent upgrade), the user options bar (Catrope / my talk / ... / log out ) started overlapping the pages tabs bar (article / discussion / ... / purge). This doesn't happen in the battlestar (default) skin, since they're miles apart there, but does happen in [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgbook}} bsgbook] and [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgmonobook}} bsgmonobook]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I can confirm that. Frak. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page Header Redesign ==

I worked on a re-design of the Main Page header on the [[BW:MAIN]] page. I also removed the airdates section. I have yet to add it to the design, but it be a bar under the two images. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
: The header is now bloated with the redesign. The header really needs to be as small as possible. To accomplish that, remove the airdate stuff from the header, and I think it'll be fine. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Help with the French Battlestar Wiki ==

Addressing Shane: I read about the request to help with the French page of Battlestar Wiki. I'm not sure what sort of help is needed, but I'm reasonably fluent in French and a fan of the re-imagined BSG. If this makes me qualified, perhaps I can be of assistance. I'm new to Wiki, though, which is why I'm posting this here (couldn't find a link for a personal post). Waiting to hear from you. -chimere
:You can post personal messages (sort of, everyone will be able to read them) on a user's talk page. For Shane, this is [[User talk:Shane]]. To start a new section, click the + sign next to the "edit" button on top of the page.
:As to helping with the French wiki: I suggest you browse around the wiki to see what has to be done there (which articles have to be created, improved, etc.) and start doing it. By signing up here you've already got an account on the French wiki as well, and you should be logged in automatically by just [[fr:|visiting it]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Podcasts ==

To Steelviper:

Please continue the podcasts... Or else... ...how can we keep nerd talking about the series without knowing what's on Mr. Moore's evel mind? It's frakking difficult to understand Mr Moore's speech when english is not your native language. C'mon! Let the rest of the planet taste a little bit of that great series!

PS: Excelent work on episode 406 - Escape Velocity! Gonna start 407 this week! {{unsigned|Gnielsen}}

== Movie ==

We need an article on the BSG movie, now that it has been announced. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm searching about for the announcement, so now I know I'm blind. I did create an episode guide for the [[Caprica (pilot))|Caprica pilot]], however. There could be as many as three BSG movies if Grace Park's comments are to be believed.--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 04:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is an article about it called [[Proposed TV movies]] from the time when there were just rumors about it. Given that there is only one movie for the moment, but greenlighted, we should probably take that and move/rename it. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Right. I thought we already had an article... and that was it. Just couldn't find it. We could simply name it the "Cylon TV movie", since that's what it's gonna be about anyway according to the press release. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ok, now that we have [http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/film_list.htm?film_type=mow a name] for the movie that's officially been released (it is called "The Plan", at least for now) we should get cracking on the article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== What image in [[Scattered]]? ==

What image do the credits in "[[Scattered]]" refer to?
:Atlas Image Obtained As Part Of The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2Mass), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 15:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

== TV.com ==

Should we include links to [[w:TV.com|TV.com]] on the infoboxes of cast and crew?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

: No, I don't think that's really worth our trouble. IMDb already has the same info that TV.com does, if not more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

== DVD Menu Pictures (and so on) ==

Would it go against any copyright policy to upload any images/video(?) of the ''BSG'' DVD menus? I think it would add a certain layer and provide for those who have yet to buy the DVDs, are just curious to see how the other Region DVDs look, or wanted to compare how the designs for each changed over time (i.e. the difference between [[Battlestar Galactica - Season One (Region 1 DVD)|Season 1 (Region 1 DVD)]] and [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3]]).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:A good question. Stills of the menus should be OK. Videos may be excessive from a size standpoint unless the interface has a definitive look that's appealing and unique. The differences between the regions (which is possible since the studios may license the packaging and interface to different companies in the world for distribution) would a benefit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== Concerning some of the planets ==

OK, since the message I left on [[Category talk:Planets]] has been ignored for nearly a week, I though I would leave a message here to express a concern, that some of the "planets" on the planets category are actually moons. So I am wondering if we could either move the category to "Planets and Moons", or just simply start a Moon category. What do you admins think. I thank you all in advance. -- [[User:Matthew R Dunn|Matthew R Dunn]] 00:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
: We could do either. Six of one, half dozen of the other, IMHO. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

== Credit lists ==

Before I go ahead and transcribed more, is it against any sort of policy to have the credits listed here as they appear on the show?
Here's the lists I have so far:
*[[User:DrWho42/Miniseries End Credits|Miniseries End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/33 End Credits|33 End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/Razor End Credits|Razor End Credits]] (''incomplete'')
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

: Nope. We may need to beautify the lists though, in the way that the [[List of pilots]] or the cast and crew lists already are. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== Firefox Add-on ==

Is there a possibility of having a Battlestar Wiki search engine for Firefox (as it isn't listed here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4/cat:all?sort=name )?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Who would program it? Is there a "kit" of sorts to do so? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, in Firefox, if you click on the drop down item next to the search bar, you should see something like '''Add "Battlestar Wiki (en)"''' in the drop-down menu. Just click on that, and you should be able to search the wiki via Firefox's built in search apparatus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
::Sadly, when I did that with 3.0.4, I got an error message in trying to add it. I've been loving the idea of creating an iPhone/iTouch app that would be a search engine for BW-En as well...I might write a developer to see if he can extend one of his products. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

== Links on the left ==

Anyone know why I have more useful links below the search box when I am logged out than when I am logged in? When logged in, I only have one box named Projects, but when logged out, it is replaced by Navigation, Series and Support. [[User:Caldumidoan|Caldumidoan]] 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
: It's a configuration issue with one of the mediawiki extensions that we use to generate the sidebars... I'll try to look into it over the holiday weekend. Working on final corrections to the auction catalog right now, so that's why I haven't fixed that issue yet. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

== Skin problems ==

Since the [http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2008/12/27/new-skin/ monobook-based skins were disabled], several users have been getting blank pages or error 500s while logged in. This seems to be the result of having a disabled skin selected, this problem can be solved by going to [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar]. Is there a large-scale solution? For example using a mediawiki extension which uses the the default skin if a user's current skin is disabled, or going into the user settings and do an automated mass search and replace to give everyone who currently using a disabled skin the new default skin. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 06:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:Crap.I have to ru a database comand to fix that. I will do that now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's my fault. Sorry about that. Shane, let me know the sit rep on that, OK? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:::After 10 days... everything should be good. I used a mass. command to reset everyone back to the default skin. Including our own admin peter. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

== Featured Article and Featured Pic ==

Any objections to someone just "executively" deciding to update them before next week? -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 23:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
:If you don't get to it, I'll try in the next 24. Joe is a little busy with the auction, and hopefully other admins will jump back on to aid a bit. I'll be putting in more time here to keep the cruft down. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
::Looks like it's "Return of the Admins" week. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

==No toolbox==
So, uh, I can't see the thing on the left with things like "recent changes" and stuff in it anymore. Using default skin. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Seems to work now [[User:OTW|OTW]] 22:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

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

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

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== Current Administrators ==

===Senior Chiefs===
Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
Currently senior chiefs are:
*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
*[[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)

===Chiefs===
Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
* Active
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

== Javascript Reported Vandals ==

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== Upload errors ==

So, we're having upload errors... I haven't a clue how to fix it right now, but what I get is this:

: Could not rename file "/tmp/http/phpPZkJNu" to "public/7/7f/Genevieve_Buechner.jpg".

Now, the prefix should really be "/home/bsgwiki/public_html/media/images" and not "public" (no slash in front)... I wonder if there's a configuration setting fubared somewhere in one of 1.13's files? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 05:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

: Ok... this is what happens when the disembodied spirit of Jar Jar Binks inhabits all of us... what caused this issue was the fact that the partition was close to (or at) 100% full. We cleaned it up... and, besides, we're moving to a better server with more room to it anyway. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

== Subscription ==

Hi!
I have just paid the subscription fee for a year, but I can still see the ads after having logged out and in again. Is there anything I have to do to confirm it? Have I done anything wrong, or is it just a question of time for the subscription to go through and change my status?
Thanks a mill in advance for your help. -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
: Hi Mouan, I've confirmed your subscription and will set you up here for ads-free viewing in a few minutes... By the way, do you have an account on our [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum]? If so—or if you want to make one—please send me that info so I can enable ads-free viewing of our forums as well. Thank you for helping us out! :D -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Mouan, you are all set for both places. Cheers! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 17:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Thank you guys. One thing - is the subscription valid for other language versions of the wiki or do I need to buy another one for the Spanish wiki? Because I have just checked and it still displays ads. Perhaps it needs to be set up like you did with this one? :) -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 20:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Shane added you to the local (English) sponsor group, but he should've added you to the global sponsor group. @Shane: you can do that through [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 20:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I got a permission error. Same with Joe. :( [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::It tells me I have to be a Senior Chief, which I'm not and you are. What error do you get? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::Interestingly, it gives me the same message, despite the fact that I am a senior chief! Whoa! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 09:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all. Works like a charm! :)-- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 21:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Everything has been updated... ==

Including all base extensions. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]])
:Global groups have been messed up again, though, meaning all global groups and their permissions are gone. I'll restore all that after dinner. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah. Minus that. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:I'm going through and fixing a few of the extensions. For instance, the hide sitenotice extension needs to be modified to allow for unregistered users to hide the message. I'll update this page when I'm done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::My bad. Roger that joe. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't sweat it. :) Fixes were simple. Everything I needed to do is done now. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Alright, global groups are back up. I've also promoted all sponsors to global status. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minor DB issue on Media ==

Getting this whenever I post a new article:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "efUpdateCheckUserData". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'bsgwiki_media.cu_changes' doesn't exist (athena.frakmedia.net)".

The article edits still go through though... Probably a case of just needing to run the update.php app. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yup, update.php says "cu_changes table added and populated". Should be fixed now. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Great! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Unified logon for other non-BSG Wikis ==

Also, while I'm at it, can the unified logon work for the other non-BSG Wikis? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:The fact that Wikimedia has cross-domain SUL (*.wikipedia.org, *.wiktionary.org, etc.) means it's possible. I'm [irc://freenode/#mediawiki stumping Brion] right now about the lack of documentation for CentralAuth and asking him how to do cross-domain SUL. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, it turned out to be a configuration variable in CentralAuth.php that I overlooked. Which wikis would you like to add SUL to? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Letterman List:

#http://www.battlestarpegasus.com
#http://en.eurekawiki.org
#http://media.eurekawiki.org
#http://wiki.frakr.com
#http://www.sanctuarywiki.org

That's it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, will do those tomorrow afternoon if I have time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Doesn't all MediaWiki's then have to be the same version then? Minus the EurekaWiki, everything else has it's own mediawiki installation.. which is a bit crazy. :x [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Having all wikis share the same codebase would help a great deal in setting this thing up, yeah. All wikis don't necessarily have to have the same version, as long as they all have and support CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd like to work on that before we did anything with the CentralAuth. The LocalSettings.php and the media folders we have to keep correct, but I think that would be the better move right now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course, I'd love it if you put all wikis on one codebase before I even touch CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 23:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::I'll be away until Monday, so once you've finished migrating all wikis to the same codebase, please drop me a note on my talk page and I'll get to it when I get back. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 12:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Skin breakage (again) ==

Somewhere in the last few days (probably related to the recent upgrade), the user options bar (Catrope / my talk / ... / log out ) started overlapping the pages tabs bar (article / discussion / ... / purge). This doesn't happen in the battlestar (default) skin, since they're miles apart there, but does happen in [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgbook}} bsgbook] and [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgmonobook}} bsgmonobook]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I can confirm that. Frak. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page Header Redesign ==

I worked on a re-design of the Main Page header on the [[BW:MAIN]] page. I also removed the airdates section. I have yet to add it to the design, but it be a bar under the two images. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
: The header is now bloated with the redesign. The header really needs to be as small as possible. To accomplish that, remove the airdate stuff from the header, and I think it'll be fine. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Help with the French Battlestar Wiki ==

Addressing Shane: I read about the request to help with the French page of Battlestar Wiki. I'm not sure what sort of help is needed, but I'm reasonably fluent in French and a fan of the re-imagined BSG. If this makes me qualified, perhaps I can be of assistance. I'm new to Wiki, though, which is why I'm posting this here (couldn't find a link for a personal post). Waiting to hear from you. -chimere
:You can post personal messages (sort of, everyone will be able to read them) on a user's talk page. For Shane, this is [[User talk:Shane]]. To start a new section, click the + sign next to the "edit" button on top of the page.
:As to helping with the French wiki: I suggest you browse around the wiki to see what has to be done there (which articles have to be created, improved, etc.) and start doing it. By signing up here you've already got an account on the French wiki as well, and you should be logged in automatically by just [[fr:|visiting it]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Podcasts ==

To Steelviper:

Please continue the podcasts... Or else... ...how can we keep nerd talking about the series without knowing what's on Mr. Moore's evel mind? It's frakking difficult to understand Mr Moore's speech when english is not your native language. C'mon! Let the rest of the planet taste a little bit of that great series!

PS: Excelent work on episode 406 - Escape Velocity! Gonna start 407 this week! {{unsigned|Gnielsen}}

== Movie ==

We need an article on the BSG movie, now that it has been announced. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm searching about for the announcement, so now I know I'm blind. I did create an episode guide for the [[Caprica (pilot))|Caprica pilot]], however. There could be as many as three BSG movies if Grace Park's comments are to be believed.--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 04:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is an article about it called [[Proposed TV movies]] from the time when there were just rumors about it. Given that there is only one movie for the moment, but greenlighted, we should probably take that and move/rename it. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Right. I thought we already had an article... and that was it. Just couldn't find it. We could simply name it the "Cylon TV movie", since that's what it's gonna be about anyway according to the press release. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ok, now that we have [http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/film_list.htm?film_type=mow a name] for the movie that's officially been released (it is called "The Plan", at least for now) we should get cracking on the article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== What image in [[Scattered]]? ==

What image do the credits in "[[Scattered]]" refer to?
:Atlas Image Obtained As Part Of The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2Mass), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 15:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

== TV.com ==

Should we include links to [[w:TV.com|TV.com]] on the infoboxes of cast and crew?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

: No, I don't think that's really worth our trouble. IMDb already has the same info that TV.com does, if not more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

== DVD Menu Pictures (and so on) ==

Would it go against any copyright policy to upload any images/video(?) of the ''BSG'' DVD menus? I think it would add a certain layer and provide for those who have yet to buy the DVDs, are just curious to see how the other Region DVDs look, or wanted to compare how the designs for each changed over time (i.e. the difference between [[Battlestar Galactica - Season One (Region 1 DVD)|Season 1 (Region 1 DVD)]] and [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3]]).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:A good question. Stills of the menus should be OK. Videos may be excessive from a size standpoint unless the interface has a definitive look that's appealing and unique. The differences between the regions (which is possible since the studios may license the packaging and interface to different companies in the world for distribution) would a benefit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== Concerning some of the planets ==

OK, since the message I left on [[Category talk:Planets]] has been ignored for nearly a week, I though I would leave a message here to express a concern, that some of the "planets" on the planets category are actually moons. So I am wondering if we could either move the category to "Planets and Moons", or just simply start a Moon category. What do you admins think. I thank you all in advance. -- [[User:Matthew R Dunn|Matthew R Dunn]] 00:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
: We could do either. Six of one, half dozen of the other, IMHO. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

== Credit lists ==

Before I go ahead and transcribed more, is it against any sort of policy to have the credits listed here as they appear on the show?
Here's the lists I have so far:
*[[User:DrWho42/Miniseries End Credits|Miniseries End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/33 End Credits|33 End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/Razor End Credits|Razor End Credits]] (''incomplete'')
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

: Nope. We may need to beautify the lists though, in the way that the [[List of pilots]] or the cast and crew lists already are. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== Firefox Add-on ==

Is there a possibility of having a Battlestar Wiki search engine for Firefox (as it isn't listed here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4/cat:all?sort=name )?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Who would program it? Is there a "kit" of sorts to do so? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, in Firefox, if you click on the drop down item next to the search bar, you should see something like '''Add "Battlestar Wiki (en)"''' in the drop-down menu. Just click on that, and you should be able to search the wiki via Firefox's built in search apparatus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
::Sadly, when I did that with 3.0.4, I got an error message in trying to add it. I've been loving the idea of creating an iPhone/iTouch app that would be a search engine for BW-En as well...I might write a developer to see if he can extend one of his products. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

== Links on the left ==

Anyone know why I have more useful links below the search box when I am logged out than when I am logged in? When logged in, I only have one box named Projects, but when logged out, it is replaced by Navigation, Series and Support. [[User:Caldumidoan|Caldumidoan]] 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
: It's a configuration issue with one of the mediawiki extensions that we use to generate the sidebars... I'll try to look into it over the holiday weekend. Working on final corrections to the auction catalog right now, so that's why I haven't fixed that issue yet. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

== Skin problems ==

Since the [http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2008/12/27/new-skin/ monobook-based skins were disabled], several users have been getting blank pages or error 500s while logged in. This seems to be the result of having a disabled skin selected, this problem can be solved by going to [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar]. Is there a large-scale solution? For example using a mediawiki extension which uses the the default skin if a user's current skin is disabled, or going into the user settings and do an automated mass search and replace to give everyone who currently using a disabled skin the new default skin. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 06:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:Crap.I have to ru a database comand to fix that. I will do that now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's my fault. Sorry about that. Shane, let me know the sit rep on that, OK? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:::After 10 days... everything should be good. I used a mass. command to reset everyone back to the default skin. Including our own admin peter. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

== Featured Article and Featured Pic ==

Any objections to someone just "executively" deciding to update them before next week? -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 23:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
:If you don't get to it, I'll try in the next 24. Joe is a little busy with the auction, and hopefully other admins will jump back on to aid a bit. I'll be putting in more time here to keep the cruft down. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
::Looks like it's "Return of the Admins" week. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

==No toolbox==
So, uh, I can't see the thing on the left with things like "recent changes" and stuff in it anymore. Using default skin. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Seems to work now [[User:OTW|OTW]] 22:36, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Battlestar Wiki:Chiefs' noticeboard

2009-01-15T18:47:16Z

OTW:

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

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

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== Current Administrators ==

===Senior Chiefs===
Senior chiefs are, in Wikipedia's terminology, bureaucrats who have the ability to make other users into chiefs. They also have the ability to check user and other advance functions not under the purview of the chiefs.
Currently senior chiefs are:
*[[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]
*[[User:Shane|Shane]]
*[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]]
*[[User:NCommander|NCommander]] (Technical Issues Only)

===Chiefs===
Chiefs are administrators who have access to move, delete and restore pages as well as blocking malicious users. The current chiefs are:
* Active
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

== Javascript Reported Vandals ==

''No recent reports.''
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== Upload errors ==

So, we're having upload errors... I haven't a clue how to fix it right now, but what I get is this:

: Could not rename file "/tmp/http/phpPZkJNu" to "public/7/7f/Genevieve_Buechner.jpg".

Now, the prefix should really be "/home/bsgwiki/public_html/media/images" and not "public" (no slash in front)... I wonder if there's a configuration setting fubared somewhere in one of 1.13's files? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 05:28, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

: Ok... this is what happens when the disembodied spirit of Jar Jar Binks inhabits all of us... what caused this issue was the fact that the partition was close to (or at) 100% full. We cleaned it up... and, besides, we're moving to a better server with more room to it anyway. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 21:50, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

== Subscription ==

Hi!
I have just paid the subscription fee for a year, but I can still see the ads after having logged out and in again. Is there anything I have to do to confirm it? Have I done anything wrong, or is it just a question of time for the subscription to go through and change my status?
Thanks a mill in advance for your help. -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 16:12, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
: Hi Mouan, I've confirmed your subscription and will set you up here for ads-free viewing in a few minutes... By the way, do you have an account on our [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum]? If so—or if you want to make one—please send me that info so I can enable ads-free viewing of our forums as well. Thank you for helping us out! :D -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:17, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Mouan, you are all set for both places. Cheers! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 17:52, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Thank you guys. One thing - is the subscription valid for other language versions of the wiki or do I need to buy another one for the Spanish wiki? Because I have just checked and it still displays ads. Perhaps it needs to be set up like you did with this one? :) -- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 20:55, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Shane added you to the local (English) sponsor group, but he should've added you to the global sponsor group. @Shane: you can do that through [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 20:39, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I got a permission error. Same with Joe. :( [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:17, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::It tells me I have to be a Senior Chief, which I'm not and you are. What error do you get? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 09:43, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
::::::Interestingly, it gives me the same message, despite the fact that I am a senior chief! Whoa! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 09:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Thank you all. Works like a charm! :)-- [[User:Mouan|Mouan]] 21:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Everything has been updated... ==

Including all base extensions. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]])
:Global groups have been messed up again, though, meaning all global groups and their permissions are gone. I'll restore all that after dinner. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 15:44, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Yeah. Minus that. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:46, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:I'm going through and fixing a few of the extensions. For instance, the hide sitenotice extension needs to be modified to allow for unregistered users to hide the message. I'll update this page when I'm done. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:55, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::My bad. Roger that joe. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 15:57, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Don't sweat it. :) Fixes were simple. Everything I needed to do is done now. LOL -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::Alright, global groups are back up. I've also promoted all sponsors to global status. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:39, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Minor DB issue on Media ==

Getting this whenever I post a new article:

A database query syntax error has occurred. This may indicate a bug in the software. The last attempted database query was:

(SQL query hidden)

from within function "efUpdateCheckUserData". MySQL returned error "1146: Table 'bsgwiki_media.cu_changes' doesn't exist (athena.frakmedia.net)".

The article edits still go through though... Probably a case of just needing to run the update.php app. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:45, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:Yup, update.php says "cu_changes table added and populated". Should be fixed now. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:51, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:: Great! Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

== Unified logon for other non-BSG Wikis ==

Also, while I'm at it, can the unified logon work for the other non-BSG Wikis? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 20:54, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:The fact that Wikimedia has cross-domain SUL (*.wikipedia.org, *.wiktionary.org, etc.) means it's possible. I'm [irc://freenode/#mediawiki stumping Brion] right now about the lack of documentation for CentralAuth and asking him how to do cross-domain SUL. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:08, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Alright, it turned out to be a configuration variable in CentralAuth.php that I overlooked. Which wikis would you like to add SUL to? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:29, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

The Letterman List:

#http://www.battlestarpegasus.com
#http://en.eurekawiki.org
#http://media.eurekawiki.org
#http://wiki.frakr.com
#http://www.sanctuarywiki.org

That's it for now. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:21, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:OK, will do those tomorrow afternoon if I have time. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::Doesn't all MediaWiki's then have to be the same version then? Minus the EurekaWiki, everything else has it's own mediawiki installation.. which is a bit crazy. :x [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 22:28, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::Having all wikis share the same codebase would help a great deal in setting this thing up, yeah. All wikis don't necessarily have to have the same version, as long as they all have and support CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 22:30, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
::::I'd like to work on that before we did anything with the CentralAuth. The LocalSettings.php and the media folders we have to keep correct, but I think that would be the better move right now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 23:10, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::Of course, I'd love it if you put all wikis on one codebase before I even touch CentralAuth. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 23:12, 15 July 2008 (UTC)
:::::I'll be away until Monday, so once you've finished migrating all wikis to the same codebase, please drop me a note on my talk page and I'll get to it when I get back. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 12:08, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Skin breakage (again) ==

Somewhere in the last few days (probably related to the recent upgrade), the user options bar (Catrope / my talk / ... / log out ) started overlapping the pages tabs bar (article / discussion / ... / purge). This doesn't happen in the battlestar (default) skin, since they're miles apart there, but does happen in [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgbook}} bsgbook] and [{{fullurl:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|useskin=bsgmonobook}} bsgmonobook]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 16:03, 16 July 2008 (UTC)
: Yeah, I can confirm that. Frak. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:33, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

== Main Page Header Redesign ==

I worked on a re-design of the Main Page header on the [[BW:MAIN]] page. I also removed the airdates section. I have yet to add it to the design, but it be a bar under the two images. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 11:55, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
: The header is now bloated with the redesign. The header really needs to be as small as possible. To accomplish that, remove the airdate stuff from the header, and I think it'll be fine. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:19, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Help with the French Battlestar Wiki ==

Addressing Shane: I read about the request to help with the French page of Battlestar Wiki. I'm not sure what sort of help is needed, but I'm reasonably fluent in French and a fan of the re-imagined BSG. If this makes me qualified, perhaps I can be of assistance. I'm new to Wiki, though, which is why I'm posting this here (couldn't find a link for a personal post). Waiting to hear from you. -chimere
:You can post personal messages (sort of, everyone will be able to read them) on a user's talk page. For Shane, this is [[User talk:Shane]]. To start a new section, click the + sign next to the "edit" button on top of the page.
:As to helping with the French wiki: I suggest you browse around the wiki to see what has to be done there (which articles have to be created, improved, etc.) and start doing it. By signing up here you've already got an account on the French wiki as well, and you should be logged in automatically by just [[fr:|visiting it]]. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 21:01, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

== Podcasts ==

To Steelviper:

Please continue the podcasts... Or else... ...how can we keep nerd talking about the series without knowing what's on Mr. Moore's evel mind? It's frakking difficult to understand Mr Moore's speech when english is not your native language. C'mon! Let the rest of the planet taste a little bit of that great series!

PS: Excelent work on episode 406 - Escape Velocity! Gonna start 407 this week! {{unsigned|Gnielsen}}

== Movie ==

We need an article on the BSG movie, now that it has been announced. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:35, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
:I'm searching about for the announcement, so now I know I'm blind. I did create an episode guide for the [[Caprica (pilot))|Caprica pilot]], however. There could be as many as three BSG movies if Grace Park's comments are to be believed.--[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 04:29, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:There is an article about it called [[Proposed TV movies]] from the time when there were just rumors about it. Given that there is only one movie for the moment, but greenlighted, we should probably take that and move/rename it. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
:: Right. I thought we already had an article... and that was it. Just couldn't find it. We could simply name it the "Cylon TV movie", since that's what it's gonna be about anyway according to the press release. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:30, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
::: Ok, now that we have [http://www.bcfilmcommission.com/about_us/film_list.htm?film_type=mow a name] for the movie that's officially been released (it is called "The Plan", at least for now) we should get cracking on the article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:49, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

== What image in [[Scattered]]? ==

What image do the credits in "[[Scattered]]" refer to?
:Atlas Image Obtained As Part Of The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2Mass), a joint project of the University of Massachusetts and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center/California Institute of Technology, funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 15:23, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

== TV.com ==

Should we include links to [[w:TV.com|TV.com]] on the infoboxes of cast and crew?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

: No, I don't think that's really worth our trouble. IMDb already has the same info that TV.com does, if not more. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:53, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

== DVD Menu Pictures (and so on) ==

Would it go against any copyright policy to upload any images/video(?) of the ''BSG'' DVD menus? I think it would add a certain layer and provide for those who have yet to buy the DVDs, are just curious to see how the other Region DVDs look, or wanted to compare how the designs for each changed over time (i.e. the difference between [[Battlestar Galactica - Season One (Region 1 DVD)|Season 1 (Region 1 DVD)]] and [[Battlestar Galactica - Season Three (Region 1 DVD)|Season 3]]).--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 01:36, 11 September 2008 (UTC)
:A good question. Stills of the menus should be OK. Videos may be excessive from a size standpoint unless the interface has a definitive look that's appealing and unique. The differences between the regions (which is possible since the studios may license the packaging and interface to different companies in the world for distribution) would a benefit. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:19, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

== Concerning some of the planets ==

OK, since the message I left on [[Category talk:Planets]] has been ignored for nearly a week, I though I would leave a message here to express a concern, that some of the "planets" on the planets category are actually moons. So I am wondering if we could either move the category to "Planets and Moons", or just simply start a Moon category. What do you admins think. I thank you all in advance. -- [[User:Matthew R Dunn|Matthew R Dunn]] 00:50, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
: We could do either. Six of one, half dozen of the other, IMHO. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:51, 18 September 2008 (UTC)

== Credit lists ==

Before I go ahead and transcribed more, is it against any sort of policy to have the credits listed here as they appear on the show?
Here's the lists I have so far:
*[[User:DrWho42/Miniseries End Credits|Miniseries End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/33 End Credits|33 End Credits]]
*[[User:DrWho42/Razor End Credits|Razor End Credits]] (''incomplete'')
--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:47, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

: Nope. We may need to beautify the lists though, in the way that the [[List of pilots]] or the cast and crew lists already are. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:45, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

== Firefox Add-on ==

Is there a possibility of having a Battlestar Wiki search engine for Firefox (as it isn't listed here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:4/cat:all?sort=name )?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:38, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Who would program it? Is there a "kit" of sorts to do so? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:41, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
:Actually, in Firefox, if you click on the drop down item next to the search bar, you should see something like '''Add "Battlestar Wiki (en)"''' in the drop-down menu. Just click on that, and you should be able to search the wiki via Firefox's built in search apparatus. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:41, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
::Sadly, when I did that with 3.0.4, I got an error message in trying to add it. I've been loving the idea of creating an iPhone/iTouch app that would be a search engine for BW-En as well...I might write a developer to see if he can extend one of his products. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:17, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

== Links on the left ==

Anyone know why I have more useful links below the search box when I am logged out than when I am logged in? When logged in, I only have one box named Projects, but when logged out, it is replaced by Navigation, Series and Support. [[User:Caldumidoan|Caldumidoan]] 07:57, 25 November 2008 (UTC)
: It's a configuration issue with one of the mediawiki extensions that we use to generate the sidebars... I'll try to look into it over the holiday weekend. Working on final corrections to the auction catalog right now, so that's why I haven't fixed that issue yet. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:16, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

== Skin problems ==

Since the [http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2008/12/27/new-skin/ monobook-based skins were disabled], several users have been getting blank pages or error 500s while logged in. This seems to be the result of having a disabled skin selected, this problem can be solved by going to [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Preferences&useskin=battlestar]. Is there a large-scale solution? For example using a mediawiki extension which uses the the default skin if a user's current skin is disabled, or going into the user settings and do an automated mass search and replace to give everyone who currently using a disabled skin the new default skin. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 06:04, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:Crap.I have to ru a database comand to fix that. I will do that now. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:25, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
::Yeah, that's my fault. Sorry about that. Shane, let me know the sit rep on that, OK? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:36, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
:::After 10 days... everything should be good. I used a mass. command to reset everyone back to the default skin. Including our own admin peter. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 14:04, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

== Featured Article and Featured Pic ==

Any objections to someone just "executively" deciding to update them before next week? -- [[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 23:54, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
:If you don't get to it, I'll try in the next 24. Joe is a little busy with the auction, and hopefully other admins will jump back on to aid a bit. I'll be putting in more time here to keep the cruft down. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:05, 9 January 2009 (UTC)
::Looks like it's "Return of the Admins" week. :D [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 05:09, 9 January 2009 (UTC)

==No toolbox==
So, uh, I can't see the thing on the left with things like "recent changes" and stuff in it anymore. Using default skin. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

YouWillKnowTheTruth

2009-01-15T16:40:34Z

OTW: no eyepatch

A [[Sci Fi Channel]] promotional site, known as [http://www.youwillknowthetruth.com YouWillKnowTheTruth.com] offers new clues at regular intervals regarding the final 10 episodes of [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]] of the Re-imagined Series.

The site's goal is to drum up speculation as to the identity of the [[Final Five|last unrevealed]] [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] and, in turn, viewership for the final episodes of the series.

The site offers the following clues:

# A quote: "You have heard my voice countless times, yet you do not know my name."
# The description of the final Cylon given by the [[First Hybrid]]: " [[Hybrid utterances|...and the fifth, still in shadow...]]" ([[Razor]])
# An audio clip of [[Kara Thrace]] breathing heavily while moving through rustling grass, and being asked "Kara what is it, what does it mean?"
# A clip of a press conference for [[Lee Adama]] where he answers a question about the fifth Cylon. His answer is edited out, and elicits an unamused reaction from [[Tom Zarek]].
# An image of a floating fetus with a glowing red spine (The red glow is a visual motif of both humanoid and mechanical Cylons)
# A clip of [[Virtual Six]] confronting [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] about taking on the old gods, and becoming godlike himself.
# A version of the [[Last Supper]] photograph but with [[Laura Roslin]] removed.
# Baltar speaks to [[Galen Tyrol]] about his move from being a scientist to a more religious viewpoint.
# Adama walks through a hallway, angrily demanding a sidearm from a [[Colonial Marine Corps|marine]]. He continues to walk, opening a hatch and entering the room, then the clip goes black as Adama says, "Sit down, Cylon."
# Gaeta smokes while talking to Baltar about his interest in architecture, and says that he hopes people eventually realize who he is. The video goes black, and Baltar's voice echoes "I know who you are.".
# In an audio clip, a male voice says "every revolution begins with one small act of courage, but I hope you know how serious this will have consequences". A number of voices begin asking questions in a largely unintelligible babble. After the babble quiets down, a second voice is heard saying "serving in a corrupt administration" a third voice says "you know exactly what I'm talking about", a fourth voice says "our little secret", a fifth voice is heard saying "or anyone else" and a sixth voice says "so I guess a pity frak is out of the question". A bell deeps gongs twelve times, then the clip falls silent.
# A voice on the PA announces a fire, ordering an evacuation. Starbuck greets Narcho, who declares that he is in charge and orders her to handle the evacuation. She grabs and questions him, and he responds by telling her to get her hands off him and says that no one knows what she is anymore.
# A clip from the scene in "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]" in which William and Lee Adama, Laura Roslin and Saul Tigh discuss their secret plan to hold onto the final five until they find Earth.
# William Adama walks into a washroom and drinks an alcoholic beverage from a bottle. He then washes his face and notices the reflection of a large rip in the wall. He turns around, examining the rip.
# In this audio clip, [[Hoshi]] announces an incoming signal from ''Colonial One'', William Adama tells him to put the signal through and Gaeta asks Baltar what he wants. The signal is scrambled, Baltar says he "wants this to stop", saying "this is madness", Baltar tells Gaeta that he knows he's a good man mentions "our little secret", and offering to show him the way if he is hungry for redemption, Gaeta says goodbye and Baltar begs him to listen, the clip ends at this point.
# In this audio clip, several distorted voices can be heard speaking. The phrases "Do you remember what we said on New Caprica?", "how we talked about trying to live for today", "maybe today is all we have left", "I've earned the right to live a little before I die", "...haven't I?", "We believe the fifth Cylon to be..." and "the fifth" can be made out. When the clip is played in reverse, Tigh can be heard saying "you're the fifth."
# A clip from "[[The Road Less Traveled]]", just after [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]] is killed by the exploding [[Heavy Raider]], in which the crew on the ''Demetrius'' is discussing Starbuck and whether she is a Cylon.
# A [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/youwillknowthetruth/index.php?pageid=180 picture] showing Hot Dog and Tyrol in the sickbay standing and pondering at an empty bed.
# A [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/youwillknowthetruth/index.php?pageid=190 picture] of Saul Tigh amidst some ruins consisting of blocks of reinforced concrete. Tigh is not wearing an eyepatch, but the quality of the picture is insuffient to determine whether there is an eye in his right socket.

== Notes ==
* The name "You will know the truth" is a verse from the Bible (John 8:32<ref>[http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/john/john8.htm New American Bible reference.]</ref><ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=8 King James Version reference.]</ref>).

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== Film ==
=== ''[[w:Lucky Number Slevin|Lucky Number Slevin]]'' ===
*A ''Battlestar Galactica'' poster is seen.

=== ''[[w:Futurama: Bender's Big Score|Futurama: Bender's Big Score]]'' ===
*Features a "[[Cylon War]] Memorial Makeout Point."

=== ''[[w:Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs|Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs]]'' ===

*A robot with features from the re-imagined Centurion works the capstan on the pirate spaceship during Bender's attack on the alien Yivo. Later the same robot is seen fighting in the background, using needle/razor fingered hands as on the re-imagined Centurion.''

=== ''[[w:Sydney White|Sydney White]]'' ===

*One of the characters is offended by the joke that [[William Adama|Adama]] is a Cylon.

=== Related imagery ===

<gallery>
Image:BeastBillionBacksCylon.jpg|Robot with neck cowl and eye shape/color in ''Beast With A Billion Backs''.
Image:CylonWarMemorialMakeoutPoint.png|Cylon War Memorial Makeout Point in ''Bender's Big Score''.
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== Music ==
=== Battlestar ===
*[[w:Gabriel Hogan|Gabriel Hogan]], son of [[Michael Hogan|Michael]] and [[Susan Hogan]] ([[Saul Tigh]] and [[Doyle Franks]]) is involved with a band named Battlestar in honor of his father's involvement on ''Battlestar Galactica''.

=== The Crashtones ===
*[[Samuel Witwer]]'s rock band, the [http://www.samwitwer.com/ The Crashtones] takes it name from the callsign of his character in the re-imagined series: [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]].

=== [[w:Depeche Mode Remix|Depeche Mode Remix]] ===
*Remixes for their album [[w:Playing the Angel|Playing the Angel]] features one for the song "[[w:Precious (Depeche Mode song)|Precious]]" using dialogue from [[Number Six]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] from the episode "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]".

== Audio drama ==
=== ''Doctor Who'' ===
*In the [[w:Eighth Doctor|Eighth Doctor]] audio drama, ''[[w:Immortal Beloved (Doctor Who audio)|Immortal Beloved]]'', the downloading consciousness into new bodies is inspired by the act of [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] by the Cylons.<ref name="Whoniverse">{{cite_web|url=http://www.whoniverse.org/discontinuity/bbc7_03.php|title=The Discontinuity Guide BBC7 Audios - Immortal Beloved|date=|accessdate=7 September 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>

== Live Performances ==

=== [[amazon:B000784WDG|Lewis Black: ''Luther Burbank Performing Arts Center Blues'']] ===
*On track six of the CD, entitled "Justin and Janet", [[w:Lewis Black|Lewis Black]] describes [[w:Janet Jackson|Janet Jackson]]'s costume at the [[w:Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy|controversial 2004 Halftime Show]] as being the uniform of the captain of the ''Battlestar Galactica''.

== Television ==
=== ''[[w:Attack of the Show!|Attack of the Show!]]'' ===
*In the "AOTS Undercover" covering [http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/videos/20198/Achievement_Whores.html Achievement Whores], viewers are introduced to "Spoiler Whores". One of the Spoiler Whores tells a customer who the [[Final Five|final Cylon]] is in [[Season 4 (2008)|Season 4]].

=== ''[[w:The Big Bang Theory (TV series)|The Big Bang Theory]]'' ===
*In the [[w:Pilot (The Big Bang Theory Pilot)|pilot episode]], when Leonard asks Sheldon if they invited Penny to lunch, Sheldon replies that they are not since they will be starting up [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] with commentaries.

=== ''[[w:Bionic Woman (2007 TV series)|Bionic Woman]]'' ===
*In the episode "Paradise Lost", the episode "[[Exodus, Part II]]" is playing on the television of a house that Jamie Sommers ([[w:Michelle Ryan|Michelle Ryan]]) and Ruth Treadwell ([[w:Molly Price|Molly Price]]) enter during their investigation of a town that was the target of a biological attack. The scene playing in the background depicts ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'s'' final moments before it is destroyed during the [[Battle of New Caprica]].

=== ''[[w:Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' ===
*In the episode "The Superhero in the Alley", [[w:Jack Hodgins (Bones)|Jack Hodgins]] lists ''Battlestar Galactica'', along with ''Star Wars'', ''Star Trek'', and ''Stargate'', as to why the the victim's "face and [[w:Cranial vault|cranial vault]]" are fractured.

=== ''[[w:The Colbert Report|The Colbert Report]]'' ===
* On the [http://www.nofactzone.net/?p=1761 Tuesday 4 April, 2006] show, host [[w:Stephen Colbert|Stephen Colbert]] rails against the Peabody Committee in his "Who's Not Honoring Me Now" segment for awarding other televisions shows with Peabody Awards, but not his own. He sarcastically derides ''Battlestar Galactica''’s winning of the award, and wins of other shows, such as ''[[w:South Park|South Park]]'' and ''[[w:House (TV series)|House]]'' in an attempt to prove his show is, in his belief, more deserving of the award.

=== ''[[w:The Daily Show with Jon Stewart|The Daily Show with Jon Stewart]]'' ===
* On the [http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=165853 Wednesday, 10 April 2008] show, during the segue portion of the episode where Stephen Colbert discusses what's on his show, Colbert brings up the problems that General [[w:David Petraeus|David Petraeus]] faces in [[w:Iraq|Iraq]], noting that he faces civilian unrest, endless pursuit by the Cylons, and the long search for [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Colbert notes that Petraeus looks worn out, and to prove his point she shows a picture of [[Edward James Olmos]] instead. [[w:Jon Stewart|Jon Stewart]] then points out that Colbert was watching ''Battlestar Galactica''.

=== ''[[w:Doctor Who|Doctor Who]]'' ===
*According [[w:Russell T. Davies|Russel T. Davies]]'s [http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/downloadtrial/doctorwho/doctorwho-seriesthree/doctorwho-seriesthree_20070630-2000_40_st.mp3 podcast] for the episode "[[w:Last of the Time Lords|Last of the Time Lords]]", he admits that jumping a year forward was inspired by "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".

[[Image:BSG T-shirt Heroes.JPG|thumb|right|Student wearing a BSG t-shirt in the ''Heroes'' episode "Homecoming"]]
=== ''[[w:Gilmore Girls|Gilmore Girls]]'' ===
*[[w:Rory Gilmore|Rory Gilmore]] jokingly accuses her grandmother of being a Cylon in one episode.
*In another episode, Rory uses the term "[[Frak|frakking]]."

=== ''[[w:Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' ===
*The trailers for the NBC show ''Heroes'' re-use several tracks from [[Bear McCreary]]'s [[Soundtrack (Season 1)|BSG Season One sountrack]], primarily the track "Forgiven."
*In the ninth episode, "[[w:Homecoming (Heroes)|Homecoming]]", a high school student is briefly seen wearing a ''Battlestar Galactica'' t-shirt.

=== ''[[w:The O.C.|The O.C.]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[w:The Cold Turkey|The Cold Turkey]]", [[w:Seth Cohen|Seth]] asks the homeless guys if they've seen the show.

=== ''[[w:The Office (US TV series)|The Office]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[w:E-mail Surveillance|E-mail Surveillance]]", [[w:Michael Scott (The Office)|Michael Scott]] mocks one of his employees ([[w:Dwight Schrute|Dwight Schrute]]) for watching "Battleship Galaxy" every Friday night. ''The Office'' airs on NBC, which is owned by [[w:NBC Universal|NBC Universal]], the parent company of the [[Sci Fi Channel|SCI-FI Network]].
*In the episode "[[w:The Return (The Office episode)|The Return]]", Dwight wears a ''Battlestar Galactica'' T-shirt.
*In the episode "[[w:Product Recall|Product Recall]]", Jim, dressed as Dwight's twin, declares that bears "beet" ''Battlestar Galactica'', much to Dwight's fury.
*In the episode "[[w:Survivor Man|Survivor Man]]", Michael wears a ''Battlestar Galactica'' sweatshirt.

=== ''[[w:Primeval|Primeval]]'' ===
*In the [[w:Episode 4 (Primeval)|fourth episode of the first season]], [[w:Connor Temple|Connor Temple]] describes both ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''[[w:Blake's 7|Blake's 7]]''.<ref name="TV.com">{{cite_web|url=http://www.tv.com//series-1-episode-4/episode/972194/summary.html?q=Primeval&tag=search_results;episode_title;1|title=Primeval: Series 1 Episode 4|date=|accessdate=20 August 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

[[Image:Frakking Galactica.jpg|thumb|right|Tigh and Starbuck on ''Robot Chicken''.]]
=== ''[[rc:Robot Chicken|Robot Chicken]]'' ===

* In "[[rc:Rabbits on a Roller Coaster|Rabbits on a Roller Coaster]]", a 21 second skit entitled "[[rc:Frakking Galactica|Frakking Galactica]]" shows a scene from ''Battlestar Galactica'' where the use of the word "frak" is repeatedly overused, leaving an FCC member to ask "what the [censored] are they saying".
** Of note, [[Tahmoh Penikett]], [[Katee Sackhoff]] and [[Michael Hogan]] provide voices for their ''Galactica'' characters in the skit. [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]], creator of ''[[w:Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' and ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'', is a professed fan of the series<ref name="Whedonesque">{{cite_web|url=http://whedonesque.com/comments/10584#129304|title=Brian Bendis interviews Joss Whedon|date=12 June 2006|accessdate=27 August 2007|last=Fraser|first=Simon|format=|language=}}</ref> and voices the character of the FCC member at the end of the skit.

=== ''[[w:Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'' ===
*In the episode "My Number One Doctor", [[w:Perry Cox|Dr. Cox]] says the author of the Wikipedia entry on how [[w:bell peppers|bell peppers]] can fight off [[w:cancer|cancer]] also did the [[w:List of Battlestar Galactica (re-imagined series) episodes|''Battlestar Galactica'' Episode Guide]].

=== ''[[w:South Park|South Park]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[w:Go God Go|Go God Go]]", the conversation between [[w:Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins]] and [[w:Herbert Garrison|Mrs. Garrison]] about ending religion is a spoof on [[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]]. The music playing is also a variation on "The Sense Of Six" leitmotif.
*In "[[w:Imaginationland Episode II|Imaginationland Episode II]]" the episode starts with "Previously on...," a tactic commonly used by television dramas. While the title screen says "Previously on South Park" Cartman actually says "Previously on Battlestar Galactica". Additionally, the text onscreen is done in the same style.

=== ''[[w:Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles|Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' ===
*Sarah Connor's musical leitmotif is a note-for-note replication of [[Kendra Shaw]]'s theme from ''[[Razor]]''. [[Bear McCreary]] also writes the musical score for the ''Terminator'' series.

=== ''[[w:The Venture Bros.|The Venture Bros.]]'' ===
*In the episode "[[w:The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together (Part II)|The Family That Slays Together, Stays Together, Part II]]", General Treister tells the O.S.I. agents not to use one of the television monitors because it is programmed to record ''Battlestar Galactica''.

=== ''[[w:Veronica Mars|Veronica Mars]]'' ===
*Veronica is introduced to the word "frak" in the Season 3 premiere, "[[w:Welcome Wagon (Veronica Mars)|Welcome Wagon]]", and uses it later. It's said to be "the profanity of the future".
*''Battlestar Galactica'', Number Six, the Cylons, Cylon Raiders, "frak" and "so say we all" are all mentioned in the episode "[[w:Poughkeepsie, Tramps and Thieves|Poughkeepsie, Tramps & Thieves]]".

== Literature ==

=== ''[http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/HarperChildrens/Kids/BookDetail.aspx?isbn13=9780060750299 Avatars]'' Trilogy ===
*Several characters in the ''Avatars'' trilogy by [[w:Tui T. Sutherland|Tui T. Sutherland]] reference ''Battlestar Galactica'' on several occasions. The brothers Gus and Andrew recall watching the entire series on DVD (which has been off the air for three years in the book's time frame of December 2012), Andrew wishes to name his first born daughter [[Kara Thrace|Kara]], and Gus uses derivatives of [[frak]] on occasion.

=== ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' ===
*In the ''[[memoryalpha:Vanguard|Vanguard]]'' novel ''[[memoryalpha:Reap the Whirlwind|Reap the Whirlwind]]'' by [[memoryalpha:David Mack|David Mack]], two minor characters are named "Agent [[Mark Verheiden|Verheiden]]" and "Agent [[Anne Cofell Saunders|Cofell]]". Moreover, a Captain [[Michael Rymer|Rymer]] is mentioned.

=== ''[[wookieepedia:Star Wars|Star Wars]]'' ===
*In the ''[[wookieepedia:Legacy of the Force|Legacy of the Force]]'' novel ''[[wookieepedia:Invincible (novel)|Invincible]]'' on page 85, [[wookieepedia:Leia Organa Solo|Leia Solo]] suggests distracting [[wookieepedia:Darth Caedus|Darth Caedus]] during a battle by sending him an episode of ''[[wookieepedia:BattleSun Odyssey|BattleSun Odyssey]]''.

== Comics ==
=== ''[[w:Deadpool (comics)|Deadpool]]'' ===
*Deadpool and [[w:Weasel (comics)|Weasel]] catch up as friends by watching [[w:TiVo|TiVo'd]] episodes of "Battlestar Galactica".

=== ''[[wookieepedia:List of comics|Star Wars]]'' ===
*The swear word, frak, makes an appearance in the comic [[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2|Star Wars Legacy 2: Broken, Part 2]].

== Webcomics/Comic strips ==
=== ''[[w:Aoi House|Aoi House]]'' ===
*In [http://www.gomanga.com/webmanga/index.php?series=aoi&page=249 Episode 11, Page #24 & 25 - "A BIG Surprise"], the expletive "frak" is used.

=== ''[http://bluecrashkit.com/cheese/bck Blue Crash Kit]'' ===
*In the [http://bluecrashkit.com/cheese/node/1467 comic for January 28, 2006], Kit is looked at when she says: "I'm gonna turn on the Sci-Fi Channel! I wonder what I missed on Battlestar Galactica!"

=== ''[[w:Ctrl+Alt+Del|Ctrl+Alt+Del]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20070328 comic for March 28, 2007], a spoof of ''[[w:Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars|Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars]]'' shows [[Tricia Helfer]]'s character [[w:Nod characters of Command & Conquer#General Kilian Qatar|General Kilian Qatar]] remarking "But don't worry, God has a plan. You may even be one of the Final Five Cylons."

=== ''[[w:Dilbert|Dilbert]]'' ===
*In the [[:Image:Dilbert2006020523365.jpg|comic for Sunday, February 5, 2006]], an attractive intelligent woman offers Wally a coffee and a discussion on the last ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode.
*In the [[:Image:DilbertFrack.gif|comic for Friday, December 8, 2006]], Dilbert uses the expletive "[[frak]]" when he has to program the [[w:Legacy system|Legacy system]]. Although the spelling is from the Original Series "[[frack]]", [[w:Scott Adams|Scott Adams]] uses it to reference the Re-imagined Series.<ref name="DILBERT.BLOG">{{cite_web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070202044647/http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/12/frack_1.html|title=Frack|date=8 December 2006|accessdate=22 October 2007|last=Adams|first=Scott|format=|language=English}}</ref>
*In the [[:Image:Dilbert.64.g.gif|comic for Friday, October 5th, 2007]], Dilbert mentions going home early to watch ''Battlestar Galactica'' on his [[w:Digital video recorder|DVR]].

=== ''[http://www.nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php Full Frontal Nerdity]'' ===
*In the [http://www.nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2005-01-26 comic for Wednesday, January 26, 2005], ''GREAT [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#The Lords of Kobol|LORDS OF KOBOL]]!'' is exclaimed.

=== ''[[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)|General Protection Fault]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.gpf-comics.com/d/20060223.html comic for Thursday, February 23, 2006], [[w:General Protection Fault (webcomic)#Dexter J. Smith|Dexter]] uses the UGA (Undisclosed Government Agency) spy equipment to try finding out who the [[Humanoid Cylon|sleeper Cylon]] will be in the next ''Battlestar Galactica'' episode.

=== ''[http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/37 Greenhorn]'' ===
*In the [http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/50 comic for Monday, October 30, 2006], [http://www.greenhorncomic.com/node/18 Paul Greenhorn] goes as a Cylon sleeper agent for [[w:Halloween|Halloween]].

=== ''[http://www.hijinksensue.com/ HijiNKS ENSUE]'' ===
:''For all related material on the subject, [http://hijinksensue.com/tag/battlestar-galactica/ click here].''
*In the [http://www.hijinksensue.com/2007/06/28/why-a-wiimote-cousin-why-not-an-axe/ comic for Thursday, June 28, 2007], Joel tries catching up by watching [[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]] but is interrupted repeatedly by Josh. Joel then strangles Josh with the chord of his [[w:Wii Remote|Wiimote]] and throws the Wiimote through Eli's neck before he could spoil who the [[Final Five]] are.
*In the [http://www.hijinksensue.com/2007/07/30/harry-potter-epilogue/ comic for Monday, July 30, 2007], when Josh is about to commit suicide through a [[w:Rube Goldberg machine|Rube Goldberg machine]] since [[w:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]] series finished, Eli reminds him that there's other things to look forward to as ''[[w:Metroid Prime 3: Corruption|Metroid Prime 3]]'', ''Battlestar Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Season 4, [[w:Mac OS X v10.5|OSX Leopard]], and Joel's awesome pickle parties.
*In the [http://www.hijinksensue.com/2007/08/27/less-cylons-more-dick-jokes/ comic for Monday, August 27, 2007], [[Kevin Smith]] directs an upcoming episode of ''Battlestar Galactica'' in the style of ''[[w:Clerks|Clerks]]''.
*In the [http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/04/im-going-to-ask-battlestar-galactica-to-homecoming/ comic for Friday, April 4, 2008], Eli writes a letter to ''Battlestar Galactica''.
*In the [http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/07/does-whatever-an-iron-can/ comic for Monday, April 7, 2008], the characters watch the ''[[w:Iron Man (film)|Iron Man]]'' special preview as "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" goes to commercial break.
*In the [http://hijinksensue.com/2008/04/14/whats-taters-precious/ comic for Monday, April 14, 2008], Josh is told that [[Katee Sackhoff]] is fighting hoboes in the alley of the topless comic shop, but refuses to go since he is watching ''[[w:The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' in HD again.
*In the [http://hijinksensue.com/2008/06/30/hes-very-lonel-e/ comic for Monday, June 30th, 2008], the characters are observing the [[w:Phoenix (spacecraft)|Phoenix Lander]] progress of finding life on mars, when they realize that the lander is only moving due to "Wall-E". They reference Wall-E as a Cylon.

=== ''[http://kickinthehead.org/index.php?date=2007-03-26 Kick in the Head]'' ===
*In the [http://kickinthehead.org/index.php?date=2007-03-26 comic for March 26, 2007], the main character's neighbor asks if he has cable so they could watch the [[Crossroads, Part II|season finale]].

=== ''[http://knockonwood.porplemontage.com/index.php Knock on Wood]'' ===
*In the [http://knockonwood.porplemontage.com/index.php?strip_id=42 comic for November 7, 2005], Blue Trapezoid tells Yellow Pentagon hat some of the "governmental monies" was spent on the new ''Battlestar Galactica'' DVD.

=== ''[[w:Monty (comic strip)|Monty]]'' ===

* In the [http://www.comics.com/comics/monty/archive/monty-20080427.html comic for April 27, 2008], the character of Monty purchases a universal remote from an electronics store. After purchasing the remote, he changes the display televisions in the storefront window so they show an episode of ''Battlestar Galactica''.

=== ''[http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/ Nobody Scores!]'' ===
*In the [http://nobodyscores.loosenutstudio.com/index.php?id=354 comic for April 9, 2008], Beans makes art of the [[w:Horsehead Nebula|Horsehead Nebula]], which "neutralizes all Cylon activity".

=== ''[[w:Real Life (webcomic)|Real Life]]'' ===
*In the [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/050131.html comic for Monday, January 31, 2005], Greg Dean snaps when he reads "TO BE CONTINUED..." on the end of the episode.
*In the [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/080616.html comic for Monday, June 16, 2008], Greg and Liz watch "[[Revelations]]".

=== ''[http://www.roddenberry.com/?action=site.comic&comic=rb Rod & Barry]'' ===
* In [http://www.rodandbarrycomic.com/?p=12 Episode 3: Channeling My Inner Cylon], Rod expresses his disbelief on why the Cylons would want to destroy the humans, while Barry channels his "inner Cylon", his head having changed into a [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|centurion's head]].
* In [http://www.rodandbarrycomic.com/?p=4 Episode 12: Number Love], Barry discusses how he is in love with [[Number Six]], with Rod noting Barry's previous infatuation with ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|Star Trek: Voyager]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[MemoryAlpha:7 of 9|7 of 9]].

=== ''[[w:Sally Forth (syndicated strip)|Sally Forth]]'' ===
* In the comic for [[:Image:Ef86cbe8.gif|September 7, 2008]], Sally and Ted Forth remark how they can't believe there won't be anymore new episodes.

=== ''[[w:Sheldon (webcomic)|Sheldon]]'' ===
*In the [http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/050225.html comic for Friday, February 25, 2005], the Nerd Tribunal punishes Sheldon for having an obsolete computer by banishing him from the "Battlestar Galactica" chat room for two months.
*In the [http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/051114.html comic for Monday, November 14, 2005], Sheldon complains to Arthur how he has to wait until January for the new season, while ''[[w:The Ellen DeGeneres Show|The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' "crank[s] out 18 episodes every day".
*In the [http://sheldoncomics.com/archive/061227.html comic for Wednesday, December 27, 2006], Sheldon and Arthur play "Battlestar Galactica", while Arthur gets carried away.

=== ''[[w:xkcd|xkcd]]'' ===
*The [http://www.xkcd.com/367/ January 7th, 2008] comic mentions ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' as possible alternatives to ''[[Wookieepedia:List of books|Star Wars'' novels]], when the main character says that the latter used to be his world.
*The [http://xkcd.com/446/ July 7th, 2008] comic lists the show in a comic mocking the excessive "in popular culture" sections on Wikipedia.

=== ''[http://comic.lot23.com/ Yet Another Comic]'' ===
*In the [http://comic.lot23.com/workshop/article/battlestar two strips for April 22, 2007], the characters are watching ''Battlestar Galactica''.

== Others ==
*Entering "about:robots" in the [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Firefox 3] address bar displays a few wise words about robots. After references to ''[[w:The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', [[w:Three Laws of Robotics|Asimov's first law of robotics]], ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'', ''[[w:The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' and ''[[w:Futurama|Futurama]]'' it concludes with "And they have a plan."
*In the humorous browser-based MMORPG [[w:Kingdom of Loathing|Kingdom of Loathing]], the [http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/El_Vibrato_helmet El Vibrato helmet] is described as allowing "a weird blue light sweeping back and forth where your eyes should be, like some sort of depressed Cylon."
*[[w:The Onion|The Onion's]] [http://www.theonion.com/content/node/88218 Friday 17th 2008 mock radio news broadcast] announced the launch of ''Battlestar Galactica: Miami.''

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0314979/movieconnections IMDb's Movie Connections for ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2003)]
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/movieconnections IMDb's Movie Connections for ''Battlestar Galactica'' (2004)]
*[http://www.esnips.com/doc/eab23b65-0655-476c-a8eb-7ee1db70698f/Precious%20%5BDisco%20mix%5D%20-%20Depeche%20Mode Depeche Mode's "Precious" (Disco Mix) mp3]

== References ==
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List of Season 1 Guest Actors (RDM)

2008-07-22T12:18:52Z

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==A==
*[[James Ashcroft]] as Spectator #1

==B==
*[[Mario Battista]] as Gardner
*[[James Bell]] as ECO
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]
*[[Eric Breker]] as ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' Captain

==C==
*[[Leah Cairns]] as [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret Edmondson / Racetrack]]
*[[Luciana Carro]] as [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne Katraine / Kat]]
*[[Morris Chapdelaine]] as reporter #2
*[[Warren Christie]] as Ground Crew #1 ([[Tarn]])
*[[Terry Chen]] as [[Perry|Perry / Chuckles]]
*[[Nicki Clyne]] as [[Cally]]
*[[Paul Cummings]] as [[Fireball]]

==D==
*[[Pat Adrien Dorval]] as [[Wilkens]]

==G==
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]
*[[Alex Green]] as Deckhand
*[[Biski Gugushe]] as [[Sekou Hamilton|Eick]] / [[Sekou Hamilton]] / "Pilot #1" [[Miniseries]]

==H==
*[[Jen Halley]] as Ground Crew #2 ([[Seelix]])
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]

==I==
*[[Patricia Idlette]] as [[Sarah Porter]]

==J==
*[[Colby Johannson]] as [[Dwight Saunders|Dwight Saunders / Flat Top]]

==K==
*[[Nimet Kanji]] as [[Candace Myson]]

==M==
*[[Shaw Madson]] as Marine Corporal
*[[David Kaye]] as [[James McManus]]
*[[Tobias Mehler]] as [[Zak Adama]]
*[[Bill Meilen]] as Caprica Cleric

==O==
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan Costanza / Hot Dog]]
*[[Alonso Oyarzun]] as [[Socinus]]

==R==
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Leoben Conoy]]
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]

==S==
*[[Christina Schild]] as [[Playa Kohn]] / [[Playa Palacios]]
*[[Ron Selmour]] as [[Seaborne]]
*[[Jim Shield]] as [[Karma]]
*[[Raahul Singh]] as [[Kimmit]]
*[[Stephen Spender]] as Pilot
*[[Malcolm Stewart]] as [[Marshall Bagot]]
*[[Cailin Stadnyk]] as Ensign [[Davis]]
*[[Camille Sullivan]] as [[Stepchild]]

==T==
*[[Jill Teed]] as [[Hadrian|Sergeant Hadrian]]

==V==
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]

==W==
*[[Robert Wisden]] as [[Wallace Gray]]
*[[Samuel Witwer]] as [[Crashdown]]

==Z==
*[[Alex Zahara]] as [[Valance]]
*[[Dominic Zamprogna]] as [[Jammer]]

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David Eick

2008-07-22T12:17:36Z

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'''David Eick''' is the Executive Producer for the [[Re-imagined Series]].

David Eick was signed to a multi-year development deal with Studios USA in September 2000 to develop and produce programming with the studio's roster of producers, including [[w:Shaun Cassidy|Shaun Cassidy]], with whom he produced the signature USA series ''Cover Me'', as well as the 2001 drama pilot, ''Wilder''.

Prior to his production deal, Eick spent over two years as Senior Vice President of Original Series Development for USA Cable, where he was responsible for overseeing the development and production of all original series for USA Network and the [[Sci Fi Channel]]. Series produced during his tenure included the USA dramas ''Cover Me'', and ''The Huntress'', as well as the critically acclaimed comedy ''Manhattan, Arizona''. On the Sci Fi Channel, he launched the network's first internally produced hit, ''The Invisible Man''.

Before joining USA Cable, Eick was at Renaissance Pictures for six years. There he held a variety of positions, including Director of Development, Vice President of Television and President of Television. At Renaissance, he produced the hugely successful syndicated series ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys''.

Eick also co-developed and launched its successful spin-off, ''Xena: Warrior Princess''. Eick served as producer of the critically acclaimed CBS series ''American Gothic''; co-produced five ''Hercules'' movies for first-run syndication; produced two direct-to-video sequels of the big-screen feature ''Darkman''; and produced the two-hour pilot for the Fox series ''M.A.N.T.I.S''.

Eick graduated from the University of the Redlands in California with a B.A. in Political Science. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife, Jennifer Birchfield-Eick, and baby son.

== Story credits for "Battlestar Galactica" ==
*Season 1
**[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] (Story)
**[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]] (Story)
''See also: [[:Category:Episodes with story by David Eick|Episodes with story by David Eick]]''

== Writer credits for ''Battlestar Galactica'' ==
*Season 2
**[[Home, Part I]]
**[[Home, Part II]]
*Season 3:
**[[Hero]]
''See also: [[:Category:Episodes written by David Eick|Episodes written by David Eick]]''

== Notes ==

*The character of [[Sekou Hamilton|Eick]] in the Miniseries is named after David Eick.
*His wife, Jennifer Birchfield-Eick, was initially used in a photo of [[Ellen Tigh]] in the Miniseries. After actress [[Kate Vernon]] appeared as Ellen Tigh, the scene was recreated for the episode "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", where Vernon's likeness is shown in the photo.
*Eick himself portrayed [[Richard Adar]] in a photo in [[Gaius Baltar]]'s home in the Miniseries. Later, [[Colm Feore]] portrayed Adar in "[[Epiphanies]]".

== External Links ==
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*[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---interviews/press-conference-with-ronald-d.-moore-and-david-eick.html Press Conference with Ron Moore and David Eick of June 1, 2007]

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Eick

2008-07-22T12:16:20Z

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*'''[[David Eick]]''' is the Executive Producer for the [[Re-imagined Series]].
*A reporter named Eick appears in "[[Litmus]]" and "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]". It is most likely that this is another name for '''[[Sekou Hamilton]]''' as the character is also portrayed by [[Biski Gugushe]].

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Talk:Central character absences (TRS)/Archive 1

2008-07-08T12:01:12Z

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== "[[The Woman King]]" ==

[[Gaius Baltar]] doesn't appear in this episode but [[Caprica Six]]'s "virtual Baltar" does. How should this be worked into the list? --[[User:JemHadar359|JemHadar359]] 06:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
*I guess that as we allow any model of Six to count, we can do the same with Baltar. In a sense, what we are really tracking here is [[James Callis]] rather than Baltar. [[User:OTW|OTW]] 12:01, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

Sharon Valerii

2008-06-26T08:44:27Z

OTW: /* Rebirth and life among Cylons */ Character Shield!

:''This article concerns the first [[Number Eight]] Cylon that served on ''Galactica'' with the callsign of "Boomer".
:''For information on the Eight discovered on Caprica and the wife of [[Karl Agathon]] with the callsign of Athena, see [[Sharon Agathon]].''
:''For information on the [[Original Series]] character, see [[Boomer (TOS)]].''
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'''Sharon "Boomer" Valerii''' is a copy of the [[humanoid Cylon]] model [[Number Eight]] who is initially planted as a "sleeper" agent in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. She is unaware of her Cylon nature and serves for two years as Lieutenant Valerii on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', where she is assigned as a [[Raptor]] pilot and also engaged in a secret relationship with Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], her underlying programming repeatedly emerges which leads her to unconscious acts of sabotage. Growing confusion about her true self result in a deep depression and a failed suicide attempt. After Valerii returns from a successful mission to destroy a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], she shoots Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] in the chest, wounding him critically. She is incarcerated in the [[brig]] and soon afterwards killed by [[Cally Henderson]].

Her consciousness is downloaded and she is reborn in another body. Subsequently, she experiences severe problems integrating into Cylon society and long considers herself more human than Cylon. She eventually works together with [[Caprica-Six]] in an attempt to change Cylon popular opinion about humans and she emerges as one of the Cylon leaders jointly responsible for the end of the occupation of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] and later the Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]]. Following the failure on New Caprica, Valerii abandons her hopes for coexistence with humans and she denounces her past on ''Galactica''. However, while she feels that she belongs to Cylon society, she is not fully integrated into it and relatively isolated among her peers, particularly from the rest of her model's line as her vote to lobotomize the [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]]s leads to a [[Cylon Civil War]].

Prior to his death, she was engaged in a relationship with the [[Number One]] leading the pro-lobotomization faction of the Cylons.

== Biography ==

=== Life on Galactica ===
Valerii is a "sleeper" agent, unsuspecting of her Cylon status. As far as she is aware, she was born on the mining colony of [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], as the daughter of a family from [[Aerelon]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Troy itself was destroyed in an unexplained cataclysm, allowing Valerii's background to be established as that of an orphan. Following her arrival on board ''Galactica'', she enters into a relationship with the ship's Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]], which is against military protocols concerning fraternization between officers and non-officers. Whether this is unintentional or a subconscious reaction to her Cylon programming remains unclear.

At the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Valerii is flying her Raptor to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] with ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> last remaining operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, when they learn of the attacks and attempt to engage two [[Cylon Raider]]s. However, the Viper squadron is destroyed, and the Raptor is damaged while trying to escape, forcing Valerii and her [[ECO]] [[Karl Agathon]] to make an emergency landing on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. After repairing the Raptor, they are mobbed by desperate civilians and undertake a rescue operation. Lifting a number of children, Valerii states there is room for three adults. Valerii holds a lottery for the three seats. When the last number is called, Agathon chooses to give up his place aboard the Raptor so that Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] can be rescued as well ([[Miniseries]]).

After being found by [[Laura Roslin]]'s group of stranded military and civilian ships, Valerii works within the new civilian [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], assisting Roslin's attempts to gather other stranded civilian ships in the space surrounding Caprica. She finds a number of ships critical to the fledgling Fleet's survival, such as a fuel tanker. After the newly assembled Fleet, led by ''Galactica'', leaves the solar system of the Colonies, Valerii aids in other critical acts, including the discovery of a [[tylium]]-rich asteroid, replete with an active Cylon mine ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]), and locating a source of water to replenish the Fleet's lost supply after the sabotage of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> stores ([[Water]]).

=== Acts of sabotage ===
[[image:sharontyrol.jpg|170px|left|Valerii and Chief [[Tyrol]].|thumb]]
At the same time as she is supporting the human Fleet, Valerii's underlying Cylon subroutines periodically emerge. Her Cylon programming is the cause of the sabotage of ''Galactica's'' water tanks ([[Water]]). Later, she likely assists a copy of [[Aaron Doral]] to access a munitions store. The Doral copy constructs a suicide bomb which nearly kills Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] ([[Litmus]]).

Valerii finds herself soaking wet, after she awakes to her human personality shortly after the bombs used to destroy ''Galactica's'' water tanks were planted. She becomes increasingly concerned and starts to question her true self. Her worry increases when she experiences a certain attachment to a captured [[Cylon Raider]], and is able to give insight into how it can be properly assessed and understood ("Water", "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Flesh and Bone]]"). Her concerns are further elevated when, following the bombing by Doral, ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> [[Master-at-Arms]], Sergeant [[Hadrian]], suspects her and Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] of Cylon complicity ([[Litmus]]).

Tyrol distances himself from Valerii after this incident, and he later ends their relationship following the arrest of Specialist [[Socinus]] (Litmus). Facing Tyrol's suspicions concerning her activities immediately before the bombing, Valerii finds herself emotionally isolated and stressed. She takes the [[Cylon detector]] test created by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], but he hides her positive test result in fear that once discovered, she might immediately retaliate and kill him ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Valerii finds short solace in Baltar's test, but deals with an anonymous accusation, when she finds the word "Cylon" written on the mirror of her locker; though it is possible she wrote it herself, unknowingly ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).

[[Image:Valshootadama.jpg|235px|thumb|right|Valerii shoots Commander [[William Adama|Adama]].|thumb]]
Frightened and alone, Valerii withdraws into herself and attempts suicide, but is initially unable to do so. During her second attempt, she is interrupted by Dr. Baltar who, rather than discouraging her, essentially gives her his blessing on her suicide. Following his departure from the [[duty locker]], Valerii succeeds in shooting herself, but her Cylon personality interrupts the attempt. Valerii only wounds herself in her right cheek ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]] absconds with a captured Cylon Raider intended for an attack on a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], Commander Adama asks Valerii and ECO [[Margaret Edmondson]] to use a [[Cylon transponder]] in their Raptor to infiltrate the basestar and place a nuclear warhead within to destroy it. The mission is a success, but when the weapon would not auto-release from the Raptor after landing, Valerii exits the ship and enters the basestar. Inside, she encounters a dozen copies of herself, confirming her worst fears. Valerii escapes in the Raptor just before the warhead detonates and destroys the basestar. Back on ''Galactica'', her encounter with the other [[Number Eight|Eight]] models on the basestar apparently triggers Valerii's Cylon programming to emerge once more, and she shoots Commander Adama in the chest while being congratulated on her successful mission in [[CIC]], wounding him critically ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").

=== Imprisonment and death ===
After shooting [[William Adama|Adama]], Valerii is quickly restrained by guards and jailed in the [[brig]]. During her imprisonment, Colonel [[Tigh]] attempts to forcibly extract information from her at gunpoint, but Valerii stonewalls him and even asks him to shoot her ([[Scattered]]). Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] is later incarcerated in the same brig cell by Tigh, also suspected of being a Cylon. While imprisoned together, Valerii tries to convince Tyrol that her feelings for him were real and important, but he rejects her and threatens to kill her if she touched him.
[[Image:Sharondeath.jpg|235px|Valerii dies in Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol's]] arms.|right|thumb]]
Dr. [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] later enters the cell, ostensibly to collect a blood sample from Tyrol to prove his innocence using the [[Cylon detector]], but he instead injects Tyrol with a potent toxin that would kill him in a matter of seconds if Baltar does not give him an antidote. Baltar interrogates Valerii, demanding to know how many other Cylons are in the Fleet, using the dying Tyrol to blackmail her. Valerii first protests that she does not know, but as Tyrol is about to die, she reveals that there are eight other Cylons in the Fleet and Baltar then revives Tyrol.

Soon after, while being transferred to a new reinforced cell built to hold Cylons for later experiments and long term incarceration, a large crowd of crewmembers jeers at her and calls her a traitor. Specialist [[Cally]] who considers Valerii responsible for Tyrol's imprisonment breaks through the crowd holding a gun and shoots Valerii at point-blank range. Valerii's last words are "I love you, Chief" and she dies in Tyrol's arms ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Valerii's body is sent to the morgue and autopsied. Later, the recovered Commander Adama visits her corpse, asking "why" aloud, and weeps over her body. Adama pronounces a very mild reprimand for Cally, sentencing her to 30 days in the brig for discharging a weapon without authorization. Cally is never tried for murder, since Cylons are not seen as people ([[The Farm]]).

===Rebirth and life among Cylons===
[[Image:Cylon resurrection.jpg|235px|thumb|left|Valerii is reborn in a new body.|thumb]]
After being shot by [[Callandra Tyrol|Cally Henderson]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is close enough to a Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] so that her consciousness is retrieved for [[download]] into another body. On rebirth, Valerii rejects her Cylon nature and continues to call herself "Sharon" instead of "Eight," even going so far as to reclaim her former apartment (502) on Caprica. A copy of [[Number Three]], representing the status quo of the Cylons, is deeply disturbed by this and suggests that Valerii be [[boxed]].

[[Caprica-Six]], also seen as a [[Hero of the Cylon]], protests and Three advises her to get Valerii to change. When Valerii laments the loss of Tyrol, Caprica-Six tells her about her own love for a human, [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], which prompts Valerii to inform her that he is still alive. Suspecting that Three has an ulterior motive and wants to box both of them, the two play along and Valerii announces her intent to move out of her old apartment. After a [[Caprica Resistance]] bombing, Valerii, Caprica-Six, and Three are trapped in a garage with the resistance's leader, [[Samuel Anders]]. There, Caprica-Six reveals their true intentions and declares that Valerii and herself are celebrities in a culture of unity, and, through their love for humans, have realized the horror of the Cylons' actions. Using their celebrity, they could convince a large portion of the Cylon society of their new belief that the genocide of humanity was wrong. Valerii stops Anders from killing Three, but is surprised to see Caprica-Six kill Three herself. After telling Anders to escape, Valerii agrees to help Caprica-Six reveal the truth of the genocide to the other Cylons ([[Downloaded]]).

Valerii and Caprica-Six are obviously successful in their attempt to change popular opinion among Cylons about the genocide on the human race. According to a [[Cavil]] model that is briefly incarcerated on board ''Galactica'', Valerii and Caprica-Six convinced a majority that "the slaughter of mankind was a mistake" which ultimately leads to an end of the occupation of the [[Twelve Colonies]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).

One year later, Valerii is one of the leaders of the Cylon force occupying [[New Caprica]]. But as other Cylons start to consider the occupation a failure, her influence appears to decrease quickly, most evident when she is unable to secure Henderson's release from detention or to remove her from the death list ([[Precipice]]). Their initial plan on New Caprica, "to push past the conflict that separated us from humans for so long", fails and the occupation is ended after four months ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

Following the retreat from New Caprica, Valerii is on the same [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] as Caprica-Six and Baltar, and assigned responsibility for the Cylon-human hybrid child, [[Hera Agathon]]. At a stand-off with the human [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] at the [[algae planet]], Valerii is part of a Cylon delegation to make demands regarding the [[Eye of Jupiter]], but on board ''Galactica'', she is identified by [[Sharon Agathon]] and denied entry. During this first meeting between them, Valerii informs Agathon that her daughter, Hera, is still alive, and she suggests that Agathon will never be fully accepted among humans, because they continue to treat her as a thing ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).

After Agathon downloads into the Cylon fleet to recover her child, it becomes clear that Valerii resents her, possibly out of jealousy for her connection with Hera and Agathon essentially replacing her on ''Galactica''. Valerii has been growing increasingly frustrated by her inability to make progress with the child. She also states that she is done with her past on ''Galactica'' and that the failure of New Caprica has taught her that humans and Cylons cannot coexist. When Agathon insists that Hera is suffering from a blocked intestine after she determind that her stomach was "as hard as a gourd" and must be brought to a human doctor who knows how to care for an infant, Valerii immediately suspects that it was the other's intention all along to take Hera back to ''Galactica'', although she is forced to admit that the child's belly has become Suggesting that Cylons were never meant to have children in the first place, Valerii threatens to kill Hera but is knocked to the floor by Caprica-Six and killed by her former comrade ([[Rapture]]).

After the [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]]s refuse to take any offensive action for fear of harming the [[final five]] Cylons in the human fleet, Valerii votes in favor of lobotomizing them into effective fighters once again. This is in contradiction to the opinion of the rest of her model, breaking the stalemate between the [[Number One|One]]s, [[Number Four|Four]]s, and [[Number Five|Five]]s in favor of lobotomization and the [[Number Two|Two]]s, [[Number Six|Six]]es, and [[Number Eight|Eight]]s against it. Valerii's explanation is that, "we need to be able to defend ourselves." [[Natalie]] accuses the Number One that she calls "Cavil" of having influenced Valerii ([[Six of One]]). The two are romantically engaged, as they kiss shortly after Cavil's resurrection, and later questions Cavil's decision to attack Natalie's rebel faction at the onset of the [[Cylon Civil War]] ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

Valerii is with [[Cavil]] at [[D'Anna Biers]]'s unboxing on the [[Resurrection Hub]] and witnesses her killing him, fleeing afterwards. Her fate is currently unknown ([[The Hub]]).

==Notes==

*This [[Number Eight]] is often just called "Boomer" colloquially, as that callsign is closely associated with her, while [[Sharon Agathon]] is usually called "Sharon" and more recently "Athena". Until Season 3, this copy was referred to as the ''Galactica'' copy ("''Galactica''-Sharon"), because she was first encountered on ''Galactica''.
*[[Virtual Six]] rhetorically asks [[Gaius Baltar]] in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" why he thinks that Valerii got the callsign "Boomer", implying a sexual reference. Aside from the fact that Valerii is the analogue of [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] from the [[Original Series]], the reason for giving her this callsign is likely due to her reputation for loud and botched landings with [[Raptors]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", "[[Scar]]").
*In reality, "Boomer" is a nickname for a ballistic missile submarine. "[[Karl Agathon|Helo]]" is a similar nickname for a helicopter.

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Humanoid Cylon

2008-06-25T12:58:33Z

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:''For information on the robotic Cylons of the [[Original Series]], see [[Cylons (TOS)]]. For information on a human-appearing Cylon from ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', see [[Andromus]].''

:''This article is capitalized for technical reasons. The correct term is "humanoid Cylon" and is not a proper noun.''

[[Image:CyAg.jpg|thumb|300px|Cylon copies of (from left) [[Number Six]] (two copies), [[Number Two]], and [[Number Five]] (two copies), at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]]]
'''Humanoid Cylons'''<ref>Viewers initially lacked an authentic term to call the humanoid Cylons during Season 1. Here on the ''Battlestar Wiki'', the [[BW:TERM|descriptive term]] "Humano-Cylon" was used for a time. Dialogue in several episodes throughout Season 2 has canonically established "Cylon agent" to refer specifically to Cylon infiltrators, but since [[Sharon Agathon]] works for the Colonials, ''Battlestar Wiki'''s preference is to use "humanoid Cylon" (which [[Tricia Helfer]] often uses in interviews, but apparently more for convenience than an official name). Some of the resistance fighters on Caprica refer to the humanoid Cylons as "skin jobs," an homage to ''[[Wikipedia:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]''. William Adama refers to them as "humanoid models" in "[[Precipice]]".</ref> are the quintessential [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon form]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. These Cylons biologically mimic human form so completely that they are nearly undetectable to current Colonial technologies.

Humanoid Cylons have the capacity to emulate many human physical acts, including sex. They also display convincingly human personalities (affection, jealousy, sadness, anger, sense of humor, religious faith, etc.) This behavior continues even when interacting with other Cylons outside of Colonial scrutiny, clearly establishing that their personalities are genuine.

The humanoid Cylons are responsible for masterminding the complete destruction of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] through their use of sabotage and infiltration.

==Origins==

Following the end of the [[Cylon War]] ([[Miniseries]]), nothing was heard of the Cylons in 40 years.

[[Image:Season 3 Female Cylons.jpg|thumb|150px|Numbers [[Number Six|Six]], [[Number Three|Three]], and [[Number Eight|Eight]]]]
During their forty years of isolation, the Cylons developed or evolved into a ''humanoid form''<ref>The idea of Cylons in humanoid form in ''Battlestar Galactica'' is not new. This concept appeared over 25 years earlier in the episode "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|The Night the Cylons Landed]]" in the short-lived spinoff of the Original Series, ''[[Galactica 1980]]''. Unlike the humanoid Cylons, however, [[Andromus]] was an [[Wikipedia:Android|android]], akin to the character of [[MemoryAlpha:Data|Data]] from ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]''.</ref>.

The creation of the humanoid Cylon is left to speculation based on series events. While the opening credits claim that the Cylons "evolved", the concept of biological evolution (in the [[Wikipedia:Darwinism|Darwinian fashion]]) is impossible with mechanical beings. The "evolution" is obviously a planned architectural change from the mechanical to the biomechanical for the inherent Cylon design.

The first step in their evolution from pure machines to organic beings was known as the "[[First Hybrid|Hybrid]]." Other [[hybrid]]s were later created to control [[Basestar (RDM)|baseships]] ([[Razor]]). Exactly how the original Cylon, the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]], a sentient robot "evolved" to the humanoid form is uncertain.<ref>Information noted from the start of [[Miniseries]] (the existence of the [[Armistice Station]]) indicates that the original Cylons were not only sentient, but capable of intense emotion. [[William Adama]] confirms that the new robotic successor to the Model 0005 were built by the humanoid Cylons without sentience to avoid the possibility of the new [[Cylon Centurion]] from creating an overthrow attempt at their humanoid masters.</ref> Saul Tigh, a humanoid Cylon, has an apparent age that would place his birth (if he was born) well before the first Cylon War, and possibly even before the creation of the original mechanical Cylon. His military record documents his existence during the war. [[Number Three]]'s conversation with [[Number One]] immediately before she was [[boxing|boxed]] indicates that the humanoid Cylons do not know who programmed them or why.<ref>The final scene of "[[Rapture]]".</ref>

Series information shows that the humanoid Cylons existed in secret for at least two years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Colonies' destruction]]. This information does not provide concrete evidence as to when the first models were created or how long they have been among the human population. [[Final Five|Some of them]] were among the human population for at least several decades prior to the war.

==Physiology and Psychology==
Humanoid Cylons are visually indistinguishable from humans, down to the cellular level, but not completely at a molecular level. Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] is able to create a [[Cylon detector|detector]] that can distinguish Cylon from human, but rarely used the device to a positive end ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).

Each humanoid Cylon has the same face, stature, hair, eye and skin color, gender, apparent age, and other biometrics as all the others of his or her model. This point technically makes each copy a twin of itself, but there are some models that choose to make cosmetic differences. Examples include [[D'Anna Biers]], [[Gina Inviere]], and a Number Six model with black hair ([[Torn]]). In addition, each copy appears to start with the same basic personality, but each personality grows more distinct due to their individual experiences.

Humanoid Cylons can be programmed as 'sleeper agents', who appear to have a low-level Cylon personality that can conduct operations while placing the human sleeper personality "on-hold." [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]] was one such agent ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Most agent copies, particularly [[Number Five|Numbers Five]] [[Number Six|and Six]], assume a human persona but are fully aware of their true nature and behave more or less as a human "spy."

[[Image:Gina catatonic.jpg|thumb|left|The emotionally scarred Number Six copy known as "Gina Inviere".]]
They are susceptible to the same emotional traumas and joys that their human counterparts are, further proving that personalities are a realistic part of their psyche. A case in point is a copy of Number Six, known as [[Gina Inviere]], who is physically and sexually assaulted repeatedly by the crew of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. These repeated assaults lead to Inviere's near-catatonic state at the time ''Pegasus'' discovers the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

Humanoid Cylons can dream, a process that appears to be natural to them<ref>A Number Three speaks casually to Doctor [[Cottle]] about her [[Dodona Selloi|prophetic dreams]] of the child [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] in "[[Exodus, Part I]]".</ref>.

Some or all Cylon female models may have the capacity to bear children seeded by human males ("[[33]]", "[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]"). The Cylons tested numerous methods of sexual reproduction, yet these failed due to a known flaw in their design. The seven widely known models of Humanoid Cylons cannot reproduce with each other biologically, so in an attempt to subvert this deficiency, they try to interbreed with humans, creating hybrid offspring. "[[Farms]]" were set up across all the occupied Colonies where survivors, specifically, young fertile women of child-bearing age, were rounded up, placed under heavy sedation and turned into "baby machines" through artificial insemination<ref>Ron Moore said there are presumably also farms for male humans, plus ''in vitro'' experiment labs, etc.</ref>. However, this methods have been unsuccessful thus far. Another drastically different approach is taken by attempting to conceive a child through a bond of love. To most of the characters it seems that [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]]'s love-child, [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] is the lone success story of the relatively short history of Cylon sexual reproduction ([[The Farm]]), with the hybrid nature of [[Galen Tyrol]]'s child [[Nicholas Tyrol]] unknown to anyone but the four recently revealed members of the Final Five. More recently, the humanoid Cylons [[Saul Tigh]] (another of the Final Five) and [[Caprica-Six]] have conceived an unborn child.

The bodies of humanoid Cylons sometimes appear to have tremendous stamina and strength, and appear to be designed to destroy or resist commonly dangerous human diseases<ref>The blood from [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]'s fetus destroys the cancer within [[Laura Roslin]]'s body in "[[Epiphanies]]".</ref>, although they are not immune from all contagions<ref>An infection ravages the Cylons in the episode, "[[Torn]]".</ref>. In keeping with their desire to be a better human, however, the Cylons did not or could not further improve on other characteristic design flaws of the human body.<ref>Dr. Cottle complains of birth complications with Caprica-Valerii in the episode, "[[Downloaded]]".</ref> Humanoid Cylons are heavily fortified to resist damage from intense radiation fields that would kill a human after short exposure ([[The Passage]]), but they are still susceptible to damage from [[Ragnar|certain types of radiation]] or trauma ([[Miniseries]]). Despite their resistance to certain forms of energy, humanoid Cylons, unlike the [[Cylon Centurion]], cannot be made "bulletproof" ("[[Precipice]]", "[[Hero]]").

==Cylon Religion==
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The Cylon follow a [[Cylon Religion|monotheistic religion]] to varying extents. Fanatical devotion to God is the central part of [[Number Two]]'s character, whilst the [[Number Six|Sixes]], [[Number Three|Threes]] and to a lesser extent the [[Number Eight|Eights]] also seem to have strong faith. The [[Number One]]s appear to be atheistic. [[Number Four|Fours']] and [[Number Five|Fives']] views are not so well known, but they too take the "non-religious side" in the [[Cylon Civil War]].

==Cybernetic Behavior==
[[Image:Valerii_optic_input.jpg|right|120px|thumb|[[Sharon Agathon|Valerii]] interfaces with ''Galactica's'' [[Computers|computer systems]].]]
Upon the death of its body, a humanoid Cylon's consciousness is automatically transferred into another copy of itself. This "[[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]]" is limited by signal integrity and proximity to the Cylon homeworld or a [[Resurrection Ship]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]").

It appears that all humanoid Cylons share a ''collective knowledge base'' of data from other active or deactivated humanoid Cylons, regardless of their model.<ref>A collective knowledge base works more like an internet chat forum, or even a wiki, which differs from the concept of the collective consciousness as seen in SciFi species such as the Borg in ''Star Trek.'' Writers of the show have indicated this type of "hive mind" is ''not'' employed. Many Cylons are seen describing or detailing events that one of the models experienced but did not participate, such as [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii's]] description of meeting Kara Thrace for the first time--a memory physically experienced not by that Number Eight copy, but [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]], in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". When under duress, "Boomer" Valerii is able to tell [[Gaius Baltar]] the number of remaining humanoid Cylons in the Fleet. This information would be impossible to know without a collective knowledge base to all humanoid Cylons ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])</ref>

As a humanoid Cylon downloads after being killed, it is apparent that the Cylon's memories are automatically stored for future use, such as uploading them into another copy of that specific model. Once these memories are implanted they become as real to the receiving Cylon as their own original memories. This downloading of memories seems to be involuntary as [[Athena]] had no reason to do such a thing ([[The Hub]]).

The humanoid Cylons' psychology is based on what they simply refer to as "[[projection]]". Essentially an enhanced form of a self-induced and controlled hallucination, projection is how they choose to see the world around them, in any form they wish, whenever they wish. For example, if a Cylon were standing in a hallway, they could choose to see it as a forest filled with birds, trees, and sunlight. This mode of visualization is pleasing to humanoid Cylons ([[Torn]])<ref>[[Gaius Baltar]]'s dreamlike interactions with his [[Virtual beings|virtual Number Six]] is strikingly similar to Cylon projection. See the article, [[Baltar as Cylon speculation]] for more on this issue.</ref>.

Although they cannot do so remotely or wirelessly, humanoid Cylons can interface with a [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|computer system]] or computer network by photo-electrical means. They can perform this through subdermal physical contact if required ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]) or, preferably, through a [[data-font|Cylon data-font]]<ref>[[Sharon Agathon]] steals back the Fleet's [[launch key]]s by infiltrating a Cylon base by using a Cylon data-font. Humanoid Cylons are seen operating a basestar in the episode "[[Torn]]" by touching an optical pad that illuminates these arm interfaces.</ref>. This might be possible through the use of bio-luminescent and photosensitive cells in their hands.

[[Image:Ander's red eye.jpg|thumb|left|Anders's "red eye" moment.]]
The presence of a water-like fluid as an integral part of the basestar, the ability to interface photo-electronically through subdermal and dermal contact, and the fact that humanoid Cylon are anatomically indistinguishable from human beings, implies that the techniques used in their creation are advanced enough to incorporate cybernetic functions into their design without the use of specific internal structures other than human-like organs.

After being "stared at" by a [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]], [[Samuel Anders]]'s right eye briefly flashes red, the Raider responds to this apparent [[IFF]] procedure by flying away, and a Cylon fleet attacking the Colonials retreats ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

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== Known Cylon Models ==
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There are twelve models of humanoid Cylons ([[Miniseries]]), representing twelve personality archetypes that the Cylons have witnessed in humanity. These can be divided into two separate groups, the "Significant Seven"<ref name="sign7">{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=Sig7|timestamp=19:14|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref> and the "Final Five".
According to show producers, the two groups are "fundamentally different."{{citation needed}} The religion, origin, physiology and cybernetic properties of the Final Five remain largely unrevealed.

The Significant Seven have numerical designations, however the Final Five do not<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20080611|title=Rants & Reviews - Live at the "Battlestar Galactica" Midseason Finale Premiere|date=11 June 2008|accessdate=13 June 2008|last=Sullivan|first=Brian Ford|format=|language=}}</ref>, leaving the number seven apparently unassigned. The models are also referred to by their "human names", even by other Cylons, although the Sixes lack a single standard name. There appears to be no significance to any of the specific numbers assigned to the different Cylons.<ref>On [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/ Ronald D. Moore's blog on Scifi.com], he stated that "Number Six was specifically a homage to 'The Prisoner,' but the rest [of the humanoid Cylons] were assigned their numbers randomly."</ref>

===Significant Seven===

Seven models revealed to the viewers as Cylons have also been revealed to the central Colonial characters within the first two seasons. There are many copies of each model, although the specific number of copies per model has not been specified; although a [[Number One]] known as Cavil has stated it is in the millions. The identities of these mechanized copies are determined by their model and each model is unique ([[Six of One]]).

==== [[Number One]] ====

[[Image:Pensieve One.jpg|thumb|left|Number One/Cavil]]
One of the Number One models poses as a Colonial [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Brothers|brother]] named Cavil, a lay clergyman in the Fleet.

Ones do not appear to subscribe to overall theology of the Cylons, but adhere to group consensus, and often are persuasive leaders. Ones have displayed a condescending attitude toward the beliefs of the other six known Cylons at times.

In several instances, the Ones advocate dark, draconian solutions to the insurgency on [[New Caprica]] that reveal a militant zeal equaling that of Numbers Three and Five.

This Number One model in particular seems to be in something approaching a leadership role on one of the basestars, as seen in the episode "[[Six of One]]". This model assumes some authority and wields influence over the others, yet decisions are still reached through majority vote. However, this is soon overturned by the rebellion of the Cylons led by [[Natalie]], a [[Number Six]], and the body of this One is killed by Centurions.
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==== [[Number Two]] ====

[[Image:Leoben2.jpg|thumb|right|Number Two/Leoben Conoy]]
Number Two, better known as Leoben Conoy, is the fourth model seen by viewers (although viewers would not know until the end of the [[Miniseries]] that they had already seen the third introduced humanoid Cylon, Sharon Valerii). The Two model has shown to be mystically oriented--making references to the oneness of the universe, the illusion of time, etc.--and claims to be prescient on some level, albeit with a known propensity for intermixing truth with falsehoods. He is first discovered on [[Ragnar Station]], claiming to be a scavenger and arms dealer ([[Miniseries]]).

The Two models also appear obsessed with matters of mating, bonding, and reproduction, as demonstrated by a particular model's fascination and obsession with [[Kara Thrace]] ("[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[Occupation]]", "[[Precipice]]" and "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

Two can be likened to the serpent of the [[w:Genesis|Genesis]] tale in the Earth [[w:Bible|Christian Bible]], taunting people with knowledge, then watching as the negative consequences come into devastating fruition. Copies have likely been encountered by the [[Caprica Resistance]], as [[Samuel Anders]] recites in jest some comments made by another Number Two copy captured in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ("[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[The Farm]]").
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==== [[Number Three]] ====

[[Image:Number Three.jpg|thumb|left|Number Three/D'Anna Biers]]
First seen posing as a reporter from the [[Fleet News Service]], this model is revealed to be a Cylon at the end of "[[Final Cut]]" when a second copy is shown living on Caprica. Threes seem to be the most calculating and duplicitous models shown to-date, even manipulating and deceiving other models if they feel warranted. The copy that tried to [[Boxed|box]] Sharon Valerii exhibited these characteristics strongly in the episode "[[Downloaded]]".

This model's status as a Cylon is unknown to the Colonials until either shortly after the rescue of the surviving members of the [[Caprica Resistance]] or after the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

After the Threes defy other Cylon models in their attempt to discern the identity of the [[Final Five|five missing Cylon humanoids]], the other Cylons conclude that the Three model has an inherent flaw that threatens their overall reliability. After the failure on the [[algae planet]] to gather information on the path to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], the Cylons have all Number Three models [[boxing|boxed]] indefinitely, until she is unboxed to ostensibly stop the rebels from fighting ([[Rapture]]). With the [[Resurrection Hub]] destroyed, she is the only Number Three copy in existence. She joins the rebels to make contact with the Final Five and eventually reaches Earth with them ("[[The Hub]]", "[[Revelations]]").

The first encountered copy of this model appeared under the alias "[[D'Anna Biers]]", and the D'Anna name is sometimes used to describe the model as a whole.
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==== [[Number Four]] ====

[[Image:Simon Farm2.JPG|thumb|right|Number Four/Simon]]
The Number Four model is first encountered by [[Kara Thrace]] on Cylon-occupied [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. Posing as a doctor under the name Simon, this Number Four is actually involved with the Cylon hybridization program. Simon resembles a tall, somewhat thin middle-aged black man who speaks in a comforting strong voice ([[The Farm]]) Unlike other models, Number Four does not seem to have many military aspects to his physical or mental configuration, and is easily overcome by a wounded Thrace. Simon may be a model based primarily on human intellectualism and logic<ref>A Four expresses the moral dilemmas of rescuing a crippled basestar as having no scientific answer in "[[Torn]]".</ref>. It is unknown if a Four model infiltrated the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] prior to the occupation of [[New Caprica]]. In any case, the model is now known to the general populace, many humans likely saw a Number Four model during the occupation.
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==== [[Number Five]] ====

[[Image:Doral.jpg|thumb|left|Number Five/Aaron Doral]]
This model attempts to sow the seeds of discontent or confusion, particularly during crucial life-threatening situations, and endeavors to undermine authority that threatens his objectives ([[Miniseries]]). Number Five models are more covert, assuming an ordinary "everyman" appearance that's blended in what may seem to be insignificant behind-the-scenes issues (such as converting ''Galactica'' into a museum). Of all the models thus far, the Number Five models are the most militant, fanatic and consistent in message and objectives to the Cylon objectives, whether he is dispassionately discussing the fate of humanity with his comrades or attempting to kill or maim Colonials in a suicide bomb attack ([[Litmus]]).

Viewers first meet a Number Five during a tour of ''Galactica'' with other Colonial citizens (possibly the press) at the start of the Miniseries, but are not sure of the Cylon's true identity until the Miniseries' conclusion.

Copies of this model have appeared under the alias "[[Aaron Doral]]".
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==== [[Number Six]] ====

[[Image:Number Six.jpg|thumb|right|Number Six]]
This is the first humanoid Cylon model shown to viewers at the start of the [[Miniseries]].

Stunningly beautiful, promiscuous and sensual, this model utilizes the human need and desire for sexual relations to her advantage. She tends to be very religious and monotheistic. Number Six desires to know what it is to be alive. There is something inherently enigmatic about her, more so than with the other models. Sixes have been described as "usually so hardcore", referring to their tendencies towards violence.

Sixes are the only model who appear not to have one particular "human name", copies have appeared under the aliases "[[Shelly Godfrey]]", "[[Gina Inviere]]", "[[Natalie]]", and "[[Caprica-Six|Caprica]]" (in honor of her work on Caprica towards the destruction of the Colonies). [[Virtual Six]], whom only [[Gaius Baltar]] can see is a mainstay of the cast, and is clearly the dominant party in their "relationship".

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==== [[Number Eight]] ====

[[Image:Eight.jpg|thumb|left|Number Eight/Sharon]]
Number Eight is generally a saboteur designed to infiltrate Colonial military units and is likely programmed to use any Colonial munitions to cause havoc ([[Water]]). The Number Eight model is the closest witnessed humanoid Cylon model to show its abilities as a soldier. This model has shown naiveté in many matters. She is apparently not as religious as other Cylon models, but has demonstrated that she can love, and is capable of being impregnated by a human ("[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").

She may be "defective", as the Cylon programming within the sleeper agent known as "Boomer" on ''Galactica'' conflicts multiple times with its human personality ([[Water]]). Also, the fully aware Sharon Valerii found by [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] on Caprica switches alliances from Cylon to Colonial after falling in love with Helo and aids the Colonials [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|for a time]] (several episodes, most notably "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"). Number Eight is the third humanoid Cylon introduced during the [[Miniseries]]. However, viewers do not discover her true identity until the very end of the Miniseries when a second copy of Sharon Valerii appears at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] while retrieving an abandoned copy of Number Five.

A copy of this model has appeared under the name "[[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]." One copy, [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]], has defected from the Cylon and has joined the Colonial Fleet, generally replacing her "Boomer" counterpart as a [[Raptor]] pilot.
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===Final Five===

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The identities of the remaining five Cylon models remained a mystery long after the revelation of the identities of the "Significant Seven".

In "[[Torn]]", [[Caprica-Six]] mentions to [[Gaius Baltar]] that the Cylons do not talk about the missing five humanoid Cylons. In the same episode, Baltar confirms that, during his time with the Cylons on occupied New Caprica and on a basestar, he only saw the first seven models. It is later revealed that the Significant Seven themselves do not know (or have repressed) the identities of these final five models, until the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|battle at the Ionian nebula]] in which the [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] identify one of the members of the Final Five, causing a divide between the Seven.

In "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" four major characters discover they are Cylons: [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Saul Tigh]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]]. They were previously unaware of their nature, and this information is limited only to themselves. While shocked by their discovery, they initially agree to remain loyal to humanity until "[[Revelations]]", when D'Anna reveals the identities.

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Image:Tyrol Cylon.jpg|[[Galen Tyrol]]
Image:Anders_Cylon.jpg|[[Samuel Anders]]
Image:Tighlon.jpg|[[Saul Tigh]]
Image:Tory Cylon.JPG|[[Tory Foster]]
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==== The Final Cylon model ====
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There remains one final Cylon model to be revealed. During a Q&A session on the official Sci Fi Channel ''Battlestar Galactica'' forum, Ron Moore notes that he has already decided who the last Cylon is, and has already left clues as to who it is<ref>[http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2270103&st=0&p=3041263&#entry3041263 20 Answers - SCI FI FORUMS] Retrieved 03-27-2007</ref>.

=== The Thirteenth Cylon ===

In "[[Sine Qua Non]]", [[Caprica-Six]] is discovered to be pregnant, and [[Saul Tigh]] is accused of fathering the child. If so, this would be the first completely Cylon conception.

==Human/Cylon Hybrids==

Conceived by [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon|Karl Agathon]], the infant [[Hera Agathon]] is the first known human/Cylon hybrid<ref>These beings should not be confused with the living computer of a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], also called a [[Hybrid]].</ref>.

[[Gaius Baltar]]'s internal [[Number Six]] regularly insists that Hera is actually the child of herself and Baltar, though there is no physical reason yet presented to justify that claim.

For some time Hera was hidden away from both humans and Cylons, and believed to be dead by her parents. President [[Laura Roslin]] had the baby hidden with [[Maya]] as her adoptive parent. Despite Roslin's attempts to protect the child on [[New Caprica]], Hera is later found by the Cylons ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

After Hera's mother discovers that her daughter is alive, she uses her ability to [[Resurrection (RDM)|download]] to transport to the Cylon ships, and manages to convince [[Caprica-Six]] to return the child to ''Galactica'' for medical treatment for a possible intestinal blockage, which the Cylon doctors, lacking pediatric knowledge, were unable to comprehend ([[Rapture]]).

A child, [[Kacey]], is presented by a Number Two model to [[Kara Thrace]] as an hybrid offspring purportedly created with their genetic material in the episode "[[Occupation]]". The Cylons' ruse is revealed when Kacey's human mother later claims the child ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

Galen Tyrol's son with [[Callandra Tyrol]], [[Nicholas Tyrol|Nicky]], is also a Cylon/human hybrid<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref> ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

== Speculated Infiltrators ==

:''See the [[Humanoid Cylon speculation]] article for analysis on characters and their likelihood of being a humanoid Cylon, based on episode information.''

== Notes ==
*[[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] stated in an interview with ''[http://www.thefandom.com/Article50.phtml TheFandom.com]'', "There is no original human Sharon. The idea is not that there was likely an original human model that they were copied from. The idea was that these models of Cylon were sort of developed out of their own study of us. The Cylons on some level looked at humanity and said 'You know what? There's really only 12 of you.' If these are the 12, and sort of if you look at them they each represent different archetypes of what humanity is." This established as canon that:
** There are precisely twelve ''human'' Cylon models. The other varieties of Cylon spacecraft or fighters are not factored into this count of 12 models.
** '''None''' of the humanoid Cylons were ''ever'' an actual human.
** The twelve models are based on archetypes determined by the Cylons that form what they perceive were the specific kinds of human behavior and/or personality, distilled into twelve varieties.
* A [[Cylon Centurion]] cannot distinguish the differing versions of one model from another ([[Precipice]]). For example, if faced with two differing Number Eight models, [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]], it would not be able to discriminate between them without external aid.
* While Centurions may not be able to tell the difference between different versions of the same model, other humanoid Cylons do not have this problem ("[[Downloaded]]", "[[Exodus, Part I]]", "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Six of One]]").
* According to [[Cavil]] in "[[Exodus, Part I]]", the pain associated with each successive [[Resurrection (RDM)|download]] is worse than the one before. The first download feels like little more than a headache, but the third feels like someone has rushed a white hot poker through the head. However, this might be a subjective feeling that varies with model and circumstances. [[Sharon Agathon]]'s report in "[[Scar]]" supports Cavil, but a [[Number Three]] considers her last download to be rejuvenating ([[Downloaded]]).
*Some characters refer to humanoid Cylons as "skinjobs". This is a reference to the film ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'' in which [[Edward James Olmos]] has a supporting role. In the movie "skinjob" is used as an insult to [[w:Replicant|replicants]], which are bio-mechanical robots made to look human.
*According to Ron Moore, the Final Five Cylons, unlike the Significant Seven, "do not" have model numbers <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20080611|title=Rants & Reviews - Live at the "Battlestar Galactica" Midseason Finale Premiere|date=11 June 2008|accessdate=13 June 2008|last=Sullivan|first=Brian Ford|format=|language=}}</ref>. As such, it would appear that there is no Cylon model Number Seven.

== See also ==

* [[Cylon Culture]]
* [[Cylon Religion]]

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The Hub

2008-06-24T10:00:15Z

OTW: /* The Battle */

:''This article discusses the [[Re-imagined Series]] episode. For the eponymous resurrection facility, see: [[Resurrection Hub]].''
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| title= The Hub
| season= 4
| episode= 9
| forumthread= 1262
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| writer= [[Jane Espenson]]
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| director= [[Paul Edwards]]
| production= 411
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| US airdate= 06 June 2008
| CAN airdate= 06 June 2008
| UK airdate=10 June 2008
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| prev= [[Sine Qua Non]]
| next= [[Revelations]]
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== Overview ==

: ''Pursuing the [[Resurrection Hub]] at the whim of the Hybrid, a team of Viper pilots and Cylon rebels become uneasy collaborators as they formulate a [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub|battle plan]] to unbox the [[Number Three|Three]]s and destroy Cylon resurrection forever. Meanwhile, Roslin and Baltar try desperately to communicate with the panicking [[Hybrid]] and Helo discovers a disturbing characteristic within one of the [[Number Eight|Eights]].''

== Summary ==

:''The episode takes place concurrently with "[[Sine Qua Non]]"

=== Teaser ===
* Starting off from the last events of "[[Guess What's Coming To Dinner?]]", [[Laura Roslin]], [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] are brought before the rebel Cylon basestar's Hybrid. After a [[Number Eight]] reconnects the [[Hybrid]], she unexpectedly jumps the ship.
* During the jump, Roslin finds herself in empty corridors of ''[[Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki>. As she looks around, Elosha appears behind her. After they hug, the vision stops and Roslin finds herself back in the Hybrid's room. Roslin inquires after the Hybrid's abilities as the Eight tries to get information from the [[data-font]], however the Hybrid jumps the ship again, and Roslin finds herself back with Elosha in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> empty corridors. Roslin makes this observation, to which Elosha replies that it makes the ship feel bigger; Roslin further points out that the experience is strange, to which Elosha replies "many things are strange".
* The two end up in [[sickbay]], where the only occupied (and lit) bed is occupied by Roslin herself, who is dying.

=== Act 1 ===
*An [[Number Eight|Eight]] determines that the Hybrid is panicking due to [[Natalie]]'s injury. [[Gaius Baltar]] attempts to calm her, initially appearing to be successful, but the Hybrid jumps again. Roslin's vision continues, and she sees [[Kara Thrace]], Dr. [[Cottle]] and the Adamas standing over her bed. Elosha speaks to the dying Roslin, chastising her for her lack of empathy.
*The Eight tells [[Karl Agathon]] that the Hybrid is following the [[Resurrection Hub]] and discusses an attack strategy with him.
*When the Eight massages Agathon's back, he comments that [[Sharon Agathon|his wife]] learned to do so only after meeting him, and the Eight reveals that she accessed Athena's memories from her [[Rapture|last download]].
*Agathon speaks to Roslin in the Raptor. The president tells him that he is to bring [[Number Three]] directly to her and not to the Cylons.
*On the Resurrection Hub, a D'Anna Biers is awakened by [[Number One|Cavil]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], who tell her about the [[Cylon Civil War]] that was caused by her actions. Three makes a disparaging remark about the Eights' fickleness.

=== Act 2 ===
[[Image:411 Roslin and Baltar with Hybrid.jpg|thumb|Roslin and Baltar attempting to talk to the Hybrid about the [[Opera House]] vision.]]

*In the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] hangar, Agathon and an Eight give a mission briefing to a number of [[Number Six|Sixes]], Eights and Colonial pilots. Several pilots, notably [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] and [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]], express concerns about their safety and the reliability of the Cylon pilots. A Six rebuts that the rebel pilots are just as well trained as the humans, and the Eight reminds them that they learned to trust Athena, so they can also trust their rebel allies.
*Baltar and Roslin attempt to question the Hybrid with little success. They bicker and Baltar walks off, and then the Hybrid declares that a Three has been unboxed and jumps again.
*Continuing the vision, Elosha and Roslin walk through the hallways of ''Galactica''. Roslin speculates that Elosha and the visions are a manifestation of her subconscious. Roslin and Elosha see [[William Adama]] reading ''[[Searider Falcon]]'' to the dying Roslin.
*After the jump, Baltar begins talking to a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] about hierarchy and religion, asserting that the Centurion is loved by [[God (RDM)|God]] as well.
*Speaking to Roslin, Agathon is disappointed that she wants to betray the alliance between humans and Cylons, and thinks that they can trust the Eights. Roslin tells him that he shouldn't let the experiences with his wife cloud his judgment and orders him to carry out her request.

=== Act 3 ===
*On the Resurrection Hub, Boomer comments with alarm on the arrival of the rebel basestar. Cavil tries to convince Number Three to talk to the rebels and defuse the conflict, but she replies curtly and threatens to shout out the names of the [[Final Five]]. Boomer reports that the rebel basestar has launched 25 [[Heavy Raider]]s.
*Outside the Hub, the Heavy Raiders release the [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] they have been towing behind them. The Raiders attack defending basestars, while the Vipers head towards the Hub.
*Cavil deduces that the rebels are attempting to destroy the Hub, and comments that doing so would be mass murder, and would make death permanent for Cylons. On hearing this Three breaks Cavil's neck and Boomer flees.
*Missiles destroy a node at the top of the Hub, taking out its FTL drive. Subsequently, Agathon and the Eight head towards the Hub in a [[Raptor]]. On the Hub, they encounter the D'Anna Biers and the dead Cavil. Seeing explosions around them, Agathon tells Three to run and grabs her arm.
*[[Eammon Pike]] panics as his Raptor is almost disabled and wants to jump back to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Diana Seelix]] urges him not to, telling him that the Fleet is too far way. When Pike is initiating the jump, the Raptor his hit by fire from a Raider, hitting Pike in the chest, who manages to hit the jump button.
*On the Hub, Agathon hesitates upon seeing a number of inert Numer Eight bodies. The Eight tells him they should leave, and drags the objecting Three.
*Baltar continues to evangelize to the Centurion, but as the basestar is hit by a missile salvo, the explosion destroys the Centurion and seriously injures Baltar.
*Two Marines carry Baltar to a bed while Roslin carries in a [[medkit]]. Roslin orders them out, bandaging Baltar and injecting him with [[morpha]]. In his drug-addled state Baltar talks to Roslin about religion, telling her that he once harbored terrible guilt. Pressed on what that guilt is for he tells Roslin that he unwittingly gave the Cylons the [[CNP|access codes]] prior to the [[fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. He compares the fall to the flood [[Pythia]] spoke of, which wiped out most of humanity and rejuvenated them. Shocked by Baltar's confession, Roslin tries to kill Baltar by removing his bandages. As he loses blood he begs her to stop.

=== Act 4 ===
*Agathon announces that he has D'Anna Biers and orders a nuclear strike on the Hub. The Vipers fire nuclear missiles into the Hub, destroying it and at least one of the two escort basestars.
*Baltar continues to beg for his life.
*There is another jump. In Roslin's vision, William Adama stands over a dying Roslin, while Roslin and Elosha watch them. Elosha convinces Roslin to show Baltar mercy, saying that humanity cannot be saved on a "case-by-case basis".
*With a sudden change of heart Roslin desperately checks to see if Baltar is still alive, then begins re-bandaging him.
*Aboard the basestar with the Three, Agathon argues with the Eight, saying that his orders are to take Three to the president. The Eight is upset and Three comments cynically that such double-crossing is a very human trait.
*Agathon brings Three to Roslin, who orders him out and tells him to not let anyone else in. Three immediately inspects the injured Baltar and speculates that he is likely to survive. When asked about the Final Five, she jokes Laura Roslin is one of them, but refuses to provide any information until she feels she is safe; the information being the only thing she has now that she is the only Three left in the universe. She says she will tell Roslin who the Final Five are after she is taken back to the human Fleet.
*Sometime later Roslin sits alone listening to the Hybrid. As the Hybrid jumps she has a final encounter with Elosha, whom she sees in the same room this time.
*Waiting in space, William Adama sees the basestar jumping in. In the landing bay, he meets Laura Roslin. He tells her that he missed her and she admits her feelings too, saying that she loves him. The two embrace.

== Notes ==

=== Story ===

* The [[survivor count]] at the top of the show notes the already established death on Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike]], whose body is discovered in the [[Raptor]] that managed to jump to the Fleet. Other human fatalities are impossible to determine as a result of the battle.
* The events of this episode, starting from the [[Hybrid]]'s [[FTL|jump]] of the rebel [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] in "[[Guess What's Coming To Dinner?]]", and [[William Adama]]'s mission to stay behind in a Raptor awaiting [[Laura Roslin]]'s return spans two days. Ergo, the events of "[[Sine Qua Non]]" occur over the course of two days.
* Unlike previous episodes, this episode is part of the same overall story occurring concurrently with the episode before it (Sine Qua Non). The episode shows the events from the baseship's perspective, whereas "Sine Qua Non" shows the uncertainty and reactions to said uncertainty from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s perspective.
* Roslin and Adama have finally admitted their feelings for each other.
* Except for Roslin's visions and recap scenes from "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?", this is the first episode of the series in which nothing takes place on or near ''Galactica''.
* Baltar attempts to reopen the rapport he had established with the Hybrid in "[[The Passage]]".

=== Cylons ===

*[[Number Two]]/[[Leoben Conoy]] is notably absent from the episode (appearing only in the recap at the beginning), and only Sixes and Eights are among the Cylons fighting in the battle.
*There is only one [[Number Three]] in existence, and any possibility of [[Boxing|unboxing]] the others has been lost.
*With the destruction of the Resurrection Hub, the Cylons have permanently lost the ability to download into new bodies.
* As previously shown in "[[The Farm]]", [[Heavy Raider]]s are piloted by humanoid Cylons unlike the smaller autonomous [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]].
* This episode contains the first mention of [[Natalie]]'s name in dialogue.
* Cylon flight suits appear for the first time in this episode. However the Eight who flies with Helo wears a Colonial flight suit.

== Analysis ==

=== Characters ===

* Over the course of the series, the [[Number Eight|Eights]] have been notorious for shifting their alliances. [[Number Three]]'s comment about the Eight model's tendency to be passionate allies until they see "something shiny" seems to be yet another example of the fickle nature of the Number Eight model. A somewhat more direct observation of this fact is shown in "[[Faith]]" when [[Sharon Agathon]] denounces a group of Eights after hearing their desire to rebel against [[Natalie]] and the other [[Number Six]] models.
* Roslin's suspicions of Baltar, which she has had since "[[Epiphanies]]" (and had a vague inkling of in "[[Six of One]]") have finally been confirmed.
* Roslin enters a hallucinatory trance state as the basestar jumps about wildly. Roslin has not previously experienced this sensation during the Fleet's jumps, although Kara Thrace underwent something similar in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]". Moreover, [[Callandra Tyrol|Cally Henderson]] exhibited symptoms of vertigo during ''Galactica's'' first jump in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|Miniseries]].
* In Roslin's vision of her impending death, she is attended by Bill and Lee Adama, Cottle, and Kara Thrace. Considering Roslin and Thrace's last interaction in "[[Six of One]]", and the fact that prior to that, they had not worked together since "[[Home, Part II]]", it is surprising that Thrace is included in this scene at all. After Bill Adama, she is probably closer to Tory Foster, who is absent from the scene, than to either Thrace or Lee Adama.

=== Cylons===
* There are some questions regarding the sharing of memories that are re-introduced by this episode (having been introduced in "[[Downloaded]]"). In this episode, the Number Eight who downloaded [[Sharon Agathon]]'s memories notes that her memories are accessible by the others. This correlates with the fact that Agathon was killed and downloaded in "[[Rapture]]", thereby adding her memories to their repository. However, in some earlier episodes (e.g. "[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Home, Part II]]", "[[Scar]]"), Agathon has access to [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s memories, but was never killed or resurrected up to that point. It can be inferred that Cylons can share memories outside of the download and resurrection process; how Valerii was able to do this after leaving [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is unknown.
*Given that this episode confirms that downloaded Cylon memories can be shared (though the data must be accessed first, so it is not an involuntary process), it is left unexplained why it is necessary to entirely resurrect Number Three and attack the Hub when her memories could simply be accessed by another Cylon from a central database. This would be possible if the memory data was shared across basestars as standard operating procedure. The only explanation is that no Cylon accessed her memories after she downloaded from the Temple of Five ([[Rapture]]), and boxing that Three's consciousness placed her memories into cold storage on the Resurrection Hub with no external access possible from that point onwards. It is also possible that only Cylons of the same model can access each other's memories.

=== The Battle ===

*The battle in this episode bears a striking resemblance to "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Parts I]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|II]]". In both episodes, a shaky alliance between ''Galactica'' and another force (''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'') [[Battle for the Resurrection Ship|takes on]] an ostensibly irreplaceable Cylon resurrection facility by first disabling its FTL capability and then engaging it directly with fighters. Furthermore, both sides plan to double-cross each other after the successful execution of the attack.
*Although Cavil can detect the Heavy Raiders, the towing plan works in that Cavil does not realise the strike force is twice the size (containing highly experienced Viper pilots) until it is too late.
*Although the Vipers are tasked with taking out the Hub's FTL, a Raptor launches the finishing shot.
*Karl Agathon's Raptor is escorted by several Vipers flying very close as it boards the Hub, perhaps in part to mask the Raptor's DRADIS signature.
*The Hub is unarmed and appears devoid of any defensive measures, although it is possible the Eight accompanying Agathon disabled these. The absence of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] escorts is notable.

== Questions ==

=== About the Hub ===

*What role does the [[Resurrection Hub|Hub]] play in the proper functioning of other [[Resurrection Ship]]s? Why are these apparently vital functions centralized?
*Why do the Cylons have only one Resurrection Hub and the implied inability to build another? If the Cylons are capable of building a new Hub, how long would it take them?
*Why is the Hub so poorly defended by Cavil's faction?
*Does [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] make it off the Hub before it is destroyed?
*Why didn't the Vipers simply magnetically grapple themselves to the underside of the Heavy Raiders, instead of relying on tow cables?

=== About the Cylons ===

*How will Cavil's condescending attitude toward Sharon Valerii ("Pet Eight") affect her?
*Where are the [[Number Two]]s during all these events?
*Have other Eights have accessed Athena's memories as well?
*How do other living Cylons (presumably of the same model) access and absorb the memories of downloaded Cylons?
*Will Agathon inform his wife that other Eights have been accessing her memories? If so, will this affect their relationship?
*What will happen to the rebel Cylons and their baseship? ([[Revelations|Answer]])
*How will the rebel Cylons respond to Roslin's deception regarding [[Number Three]]?
*Will the Cylons—especially with Natalie dead—return to their earlier plan of taking hostages in order to gain access to Three? ([[Revelations|Answer]])
*How will Sharon Agathon and [[Caprica-Six]] react to learning of the Hub's destruction?

=== About the Humans ===

*Is Roslin's vision of [[Elosha]] related to other characters' [[Virtual beings|internal manifestations]], such as Baltar's [[virtual Six]] or simply a manifestation of Roslin's subconsciousness, as Roslin believes? Or is it the Hybrid speaking to her as Elosha between the jumps, or the spirit of the real Elosha?
*What will happen to Baltar now that his guilt regarding the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] has been revealed?
*Is Baltar's evangelizing of the [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] genuine or an attempt to obtain a useful ally? Does the Centurion fully understand Baltar's intentions?
*Could Baltar's actions have any adverse effects on the thoughts of the other Centurions in some way?
*Will [[Lee Adama]] relinquish the presidency back to Laura Roslin? ([[Revelations|Answer]])

== Official Statements ==




== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
* ''[[D'Anna Biers]] has just been unboxed and resurrected and is in the tank. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Cavil are present. After being told that the Eights are on the opposite side of the Ones (Cavils) in the Cylon Civil War, Three inquires as to why Boomer is there:''
:'''Biers''' [looks at Boomer directly]: Boomer's an Eight. Shouldn't she be on the other side? [Boomer looks sternly at Three]
:'''Cavil''': Boomer is my "Pet Eight". She has seen the light of reason. An Eight can make a passionate ally.
:'''Biers''' [contemptuously]: Oh, until she sees something shiny! [Boomer's expression is stern]

*''Laura Roslin and [[Karl Agathon]] are discussing the possibility that a Three has been unboxed. Agathon disagrees with her plan to keep Three from the Cylons and doesn't think that the Cylons would betray them like that.''
:'''Karl Agathon''' [shaking his head]: No, no, I don't think so. Not the Sharons, the Eights.
:'''Laura Roslin''' [patiently but firmly]: Captain, you are not married to the entire production line. I cannot afford to be sentimental right now. I cannot afford you to be sentimental either. If you can't do this job, find me someone who can.

* ''Aboard Karl Agathon's Raptor after the destruction of the Resurrection Hub:''
:'''D'anna Biers:''' And with a whimper, every Cylon in the universe begins to die.
:'''Number Eight:''' Yes, that's right, and it's a good thing, D'Anna, because now there's no difference. We can all start trusting each other.

* ''In Roslin's vision, as Roslin and [[Elosha]] watch Adama stand over a dying Roslin:''
:'''Elosha:''' I'm not saying Baltar's done more good than harm in the universe; he hasn't. The thing is, the harder it is to recognize someone's right to draw a breath, the more crucial it is. If humanity is going to prove itself worthy of surviving, it can't do it on a case by case basis. A bad man feels his death just as keenly as a good man.
:'''Laura Roslin:''' What do you want from me here?
:[Adama appears at dying Roslin's bedside]
:'''William Adama:''' Laura.
:'''Elosha:''' Just love someone.
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Love." Huh!'
:[Life monitor flatlines]
:'''William Adama:''' You go. You go. You go to your rest now. [Sobs] I'm not gonna be selfish anymore. You go. Rest.

* ''Roslin and Adama tenderly greeting each other on the basestar's hangar deck:''
:'''Adama''': Missed you.
:'''Roslin''': Me too.
:'''Roslin''' [Embracing Adama]: I love you.
:'''Adama''' [Breaking the embrace; looks into her eyes]: About time.

* ''[[Gaius Baltar]]'' reveals to Roslin his guilt over the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|original attacks on the Colonies]]:
: "[[Pythia]] talks about a flood that wiped out most of humanity. Nobody blames the flood. The flood is a force of nature. Through the flood, mankind is rejuvenated -- born again. I was not a flood, you see. I blamed myself... I blamed myself. But God had made the man who made that choice. God made us all perfect. And in that thought, all my guilt flies away -- flies away like a bird."

* ''Number Three answering Laura Roslin's question:''
: '''D'Anna Biers''': Suppose you've got some questions for me.
: '''Roslin''': Yes I do. I'd like to talk about the five Cylons in my fleet.
: '''Biers''': So you know about the Final Five?
: '''Roslin''': I know they're supposed to know the way to Earth.
: '''Biers''': But you don't know that you're one of them.
:[Roslin freezes shocked]
: '''Biers''': [Bursting out laughing] Please your face! [Roslin looks relieved and smirks] Oh, it's ridiculous. No. Look, I'm not giving you any names. Not until I feel like I'm safe. 'Cause information is all I got, sweetie.

== Guest Stars ==
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon]]
*[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]] / [[D'Anna Biers]]
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]] (credited only)
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]
*[[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]] / [[Cavil]]
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]
*[[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Hotdog|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]]
*[[Ryan McDonell]] as Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]]
*[[Lee Jefferies]] as Lieutenant [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]]
*[[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)

== External Links ==
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=380]

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Heavy Raider

2008-06-23T19:46:02Z

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:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] heavy raider. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''
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| crew= Holds approximately 10 [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]]
| role= Troop transport
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A '''Heavy Raider''' is a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] duel purpose attack and transport spacecraft, nicknamed "[[List of terms (RDM)|turkey]]" by the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s military units ([[Maelstrom]]).

The main armament of the Heavy Raider seems to consist of a barbette of six cannons mounted under the cockpit area of the vehicle (as seen [[:Image:KEW_Heavy_Raider.jpg|here]]). These cannons are capable of an extremely high rate of fire ([[Scattered]]). The Raiders are also capable of launching missiles.

The first Heavy Raider is seen as part of a Cylon search party looking for [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Agathon ''née'' Valerii]] on Cylon-occupied [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). Further sightings in Season 1 are in "[[Colonial Day]]" with one craft landing near Agathon and Valerii, and in space over Caprica in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]".

Unlike the standard [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]], the Heavy Raider is either exclusively or optionally piloted by humanoid Cylons ([[The Hub]]) or Centurions, however it can apparently pilot itself ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

== Significant appearances ==

A Heavy Raider with a boarding party of five Centurions crash-lands into ''[[Galactica]]'s'' unused starboard [[flight pod]] ([[Scattered]]).

[[Image:HR-Kobol-09-55.jpg|thumb|right|Heavy Raider on Kobol]]
After shooting down a Colonial scouting party over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], a force of five Centurions lands near the crash site of [[Raptor 1]] in a Heavy Raider. They proceed to dismantle its missile launcher and [[DRADIS]] assembly in an attempt to build a surface-to-air missile battery, intending to shoot down any [[SAR|search and rescue]] parties that ''[[Galactica]]'' sends to find the survivors ([[Fragged]]).

The Heavy Raider is conclusively proven to be a troop transport in "[[The Farm]]" when Sharon Agathon ''née'' Valerii commandeers one and uses it to evacuate the [[Caprica Resistance]] after they rescue [[Kara Thrace]] from a Cylon hybrid "farm." That captured Heavy Raider is eventually used to jump to Kobol where Thrace, Agathon and Valerii finally hook up with the rest of the Fleet.

The Cylon attack fleet in "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" includes a large amount of Heavy Raiders, which could indicate a planned boarding operation or merely the need for additional heavy firepower.

Months later, [[Felix Gaeta]] reveals that with Valerii's cooperation they are able to interface the navigational system of a captured Heavy Raider with a [[Raptor]]'s FTL drive, making it capable of farther and more accurate jumps than before (beyond Colonial FTL's [[Red Line]] limit) with significantly faster calculations (as previously determined from a captured [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]]). A strike team is able to return to Caprica in less than ten jumps and successfully rescues the Caprica Resistance ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).

After New Caprica, Thrace believes she sees a Heavy Raider in the atmosphere of a nearby gas giant, although no one else can see it. Its appearance may somehow relate to her [[The Destiny|alleged destiny]] ([[Maelstrom]]).

Heavy Raiders play a significant part in the battle to destroy the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]]. Piloted by rebel Cylons, they tow powered-down Colonial Vipers to get them close without their engines and electronics being detected. After the cables are cut and the Vipers' systems activated, they engage the Cavil-faction baseships and Raiders until the resurrected [[D'Anna Biers]] is retrieved and the Vipers destroy the Hub in a nuclear missile strike ([[The Hub]]).

==Notes==
*According to [[Eric Chu]], [[Richard Livingston]] designed the Heavy Raider. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8278&st=260|title=Mediablvd forum post|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>
*As of "Razor" and new [[:image:Retconned Heavy Raider.jpg|retconned exterior design]] for the Heavy Raider is in use. It is virtually identical to the previous incarnation save for a new head canopy—which matches that of the [[:image:Raider retcon.jpg|retconned standard Raider]]—and the addition of missile launcher (capable of propelling two missiles) superior to the forward battery.

== Related Imagery ==

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Image:HeavyC.jpg|Heavy Raider over Kobol ([[Home, Part I]])   
Image:HR - Firing KEW.jpg|Firing frontal 6-barrel [[KEW]] ([[Scattered]])    
Image:Heavy Raider Aft.jpg|Heavy Raider aft view (Scattered).
Image:Baseships over Caprica II.jpg|Deployed from a baseship ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
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Heavy Raiders

2008-06-23T19:45:35Z

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Flight suit

2008-06-23T19:44:48Z

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[[Image:Racetrack2.jpg|thumb|200px|[[ECO]] [[Racetrack]], wearing a flight suit with helmet.]]

A flight suit is a basic [[Wikipedia:Pressure suit|pressure suit]]. It's a versatile outfit that has been designed to be as comfortable as it is useful. Flight suits are worn by both [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and [[Raptor]] crews during missions<ref>In the [[Original Series]], a [[space suit]] was available for emergencies aboard [[Galactica (TOS)|their battlestar]]. However, [[Colonial Warrior]]s never wore any pressure suit during their [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] flights, making in-space search-and-rescues likely impossible if cockpit decompressions occurred.</ref> as well as by the [[humanoid Cylons]] who pilot [[Heavy Raiders]].

==Colonial Flight Suit==
Colonial military staff who are flight-qualified as pilots wear '''flight suits'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref>, sometimes referred to as a "jock smock"<ref>This term is first used by [[Kara Thrace]] in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]" when she asks [[Samuel Anders]] why he wears a flight suit.</ref>.

The flight suit is a one-piece jumpsuit with a single zipper from neck to waist in the front. Pressure gloves, which allow for great dexterity for pilot's as they use ship controls, are attached by a soft pressure seal apparently incorporated in the sleeves. The pilot's helmet is connected to the suit by a hard seal collar. This seal also provides pressure to the suit as a whole when connected. The collar receives air from a life support unit attached to the pilot's ejection seat (in the case of Vipers), or attached to a hose. The suit's basic environmental adjustments are managed on a small series of buttons on the left forearm.

[[Image:Flightsuitcollar.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Close-up of [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck's]] hard-seal collar.]]

The flight suit can be worn with a helmet but with the visor cracked open and vented to the outside air, which allows quick connection to life support but allowing crews in larger craft, such as Raptors, to move about the cabin without hoses.

When pilots are not in flight, the suit is unzipped for comfort. Pilots often roll down the top half of the suit when off-duty or while they are performing hard work. Basic crew fatigues are worn underneath a suit, without the formal officer tunic. Pilots wear standard undershirts under a flight suit.

Flight suits appear suitable as all-weather gear when in rainy or cool conditions, but they provide no significant protection in combat as they are not armored. Flight suits can include a utility belt for various gear, including a sidearm.

The flight suit has been used since the [[First Cylon War]] without major changes, although a green fabric flight suit has also been used ([[Miniseries]]). A black t-shirt was worn during that time instead of the current t-shirt and tank top combination ([[Razor Flashbacks#Episode 1|Razor Flashbacks, Episode 1]]).

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[[Image:Capricavalerii2.jpg|thumb|right|175px|A closer look at the upper half of a flight suit.]]

In the right leg of the flight suit a checklist card can be seen upside down (intended for reading while seating).

The card for the viper pilots read as follows:

'''Viper Pre Flight Checklist'''

'''1. Pre Flight'''

External Inspection.....................................Okay<br>
Flight Controls............................................Okay<br>
Tanks filled ................................................Okay<br>
Canopy Locks and explosive bolts to safe.....Okay<br>
Seat Motors ...............................................Okay<br>
Weapons to safe ........................................Okay<br>

'''2. Start Check '''
[[Image:Pre Flight Checklist.jpg|thumb|right|Viper Pre Flight Checklist]]

Area..........................................................Clear<br>
Comms......................................................Up<br>
Tacom/Satnav.............................................Up<br>
Canopy Bolts..............................................Armed<br>
Escape Seat...............................................Armed<br>
Engine Systems in the Green.......................Green<br>
Weapons in the Green..........Weapons set to Armed<br>

'''3. Launch Tube Check'''

Area............................................................Clear<br>
Blast Doors..................................................Open<br>
Heads Up Display.........................................On<br>
Tac/Nav........................................................To Active<br>
Flaps...........................................................15 degrees down angle<br>
Engines........................................................85%<br>
Assume Launch Position................................Okay<br>
LSO Launch Signal........................................Okay<br>
Master Caution Cold Shot Warning..................Set<br>

==Cylon Flight Suit==
In "[[The Hub]]" Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] pilots are seen wearing black flight suits.

==Notes==
*In the episodes "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]" and "[[Act of Contrition]]", [[Kara Thrace]] uses her flight suit to its fullest, from her ejection from her wayward Viper to her parachute landing, and monitoring of life support mechanisms using the gauges built into the suit.
*The suits are designed to keep a pilot who has ejected from his Viper alive in a vacuum for a limited amount of time, such as when Lee Adama has to eject from the [[Blackbird]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".
*It appears that ''Galactica'' rarely has opportunity for [[SAR]] operations to retrieve pilots after combat with Cylon forces. Often the battlestar must retreat with the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], leaving any surviving Viper pilots to either be captured by the Cylons or die once their oxygen runs out.
*The flight suits were designed by [[Glenne Campbell]] and her costume staff from a particularly rare material from an Orient manufacturer.

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Gaius Baltar

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

{{Character Data
|photo= Gaius Baltar.jpg
|colony= Born on [[Aerelon]], later moved to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]
|birthname= Gaius Baltar
|seen= Miniseries
|marital status= Single, with primary involvements with a [[Virtual beings|virtual Number Six]] and [[Caprica-Six]]
|role= Former President of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]], former Fleet science advisor
|actor= [[James Callis]]
}}

Doctor '''Gaius Baltar''' is a brilliant scientist. Elegantly dressed and aesthetically handsome, with the affected humility of the truly arrogant, Baltar is a deeply flawed person and almost pathologically [[wikipedia:narcissism|narcissistic]]. Beneath his outstanding abilities lurks a dramatic weakness of character that leads humanity to disaster.

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== Background ==

* Dr. Baltar is from [[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Aerelon|Aerelon]]. He was born and raised on a dairy farm outside of the town of [[Cuffle's Breath Wash]]. Finding the local dialect to be unpleasant, starting at the age of ten he trained himself to speak without the [[Language_in_the_Twelve_Colonies#Aerelon_Accent|Aerelon accent]] in hopes that one day he might be considered as not coming from Aerelon. He left Aerelon after his 18th birthday turning his back on his family and his heritage.
* He was formerly a lead defense systems developer working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]] and came to prominence as a computer technology designer, having won three [[Magnate Prize]]s.
* He networks with others well, and became personal friends with President [[Richard Adar]]. However, Baltar is extremely arrogant at times.
* Baltar becomes responsible for the design of the critical [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) used throughout the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]], but he could not fix its shortfalls and asked his assistant ([[Number Six]]) to fix almost half of the base code and when she wrote the code, she got it up to 95% efficiency but then she put in back doors to allow the [[Cylons]] to "shut-down" space craft fitted with the CNP.
* Baltar's scientific prowess seems strongest in the medical and biological fields ([[Epiphanies]]). As a result of his lesser (although still advanced) computer programming skills, he seeks the help (and as a byproduct, the affections of) a [[Caprica Six|young woman]] to aid him with the CNP.
* Baltar's two-year affair with the mysterious woman-- even to the extent of using code she herself wrote to overcome shortfalls in his CNP -- allowed her unrestricted access to some of the most sensitive systems of the Colonial defenses.
*Baltar's involvement with his blonde assistant does not stop him from dalliances with other women during this time, right up to when his assistant confronts Baltar and a lover in bed.

==Character History==

=== The Attack on the Twelve Colonies ===

* Baltar learns that his "corporate spy" lover is in fact a new type of Cylon -- a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon in human form]], able to mimic human beings down to the smallest detail, who altered his CNP with [[backdoor]]s to subvert any CNP-equipped ship.
[[image:Mini-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six|Number Six]] kissing in the [[Miniseries]].]]
*Even though Baltar is appalled that it was his sexual folly that led to a holocaust, he is nevertheless determined to survive and keep this unintended treachery hidden. He only survives the following attack because the Cylon agent sacrifices herself to protect him from a nuclear blast.
* Baltar is rescued from [[Caprica]] following the forced-landing of a Colonial [[Raptor]] -- at the cost of [[Karl Agathon|one of the crew staying behind]] ([[Miniseries]])
* Baltar is plagued by visions of Number Six that only he can see and hear. He cannot be sure whether this is a result of his own guilt at his actions or whether -- as she initially claims -- she is part of a chip that has been implanted in his brain<ref name="chip">The idea that Six is an actual chip in Baltar's head was dismissed by Dr. [[Cottle]]'s image scan of Baltar's head. See [[Gaius Baltar#Speculation: The Real Baltar?|the section on alternate reasons for Six's existence]] for more.</ref>.
*Baltar is put to work trying to devise a means of detecting these humanoid Cylons. He luckily exposes [[Aaron Doral]] as a Cylon agent ([[Miniseries]]), using little more than invented [[technobabble]] to convince [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]].

=== Gaining trust ===

*Baltar eventually develops a genuine detector. This, together with his survival of a foiled attempt to expose him as a traitor ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), firmly establishes his credentials within the Fleet's hierarchy.
*With this new-found trust, and despite his willingness to deliberately conceal vital information, such as [[Sharon Valerii]] true status as a [[Cylon agent]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]), Baltar enters the realm of political leadership, first as the Representative for [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], and then as the newly-elected Vice President of the Colonies ([[Colonial Day]]).
* The virtual Six continues to help and hinder Baltar, gradually drawing him to a point of near-open acceptance and participation in Cylon plans and activities ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Whether by coincidence or design, Six manipulates Baltar through repeated threats of exposing his involvement with the destruction of the Colonies ("[[33]],", "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]"), while also appearing to aid him by giving information that [[The Hand of God (RDM)|appears insightful or inspired]] to help the Colonials.
[[image:Scattered-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]] seeing "the shape of things to come" in "[[Scattered]]".]]

=== A greater purpose or insanity? ===

*Initially an atheist, Baltar is slowly converted to the Cylons' monotheistic faith: in "[[33]]" he repents his sins, in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]] "he prays to the Cylon God and devotes his life to serving his divine will, and in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" he is led to believe that he is an instrument of God.
*Baltar is subjected to a final revelation of his role with the Cylons (as virtual Six sees it) when "the future" is revealed to him on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], in the form of the first of "God's new generation of children" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
[[Image:Baltarixvalleydarkness.jpg|Number Six showing Baltar the clearing filled with human bones, telling him they were from human sacrifices.|thumb]]
* While stranded on Kobol after a crash landing, Baltar's virtual Six warns him that the Colonial religion is a falsehood to cover up atrocities of their nature.
*On Kobol, Baltar shoots [[Crashdown]] in the back, killing him instantly, to save [[Cally]] from a practically suicidal and unnecessary attack on a Cylon missile battery<ref>The act of killing Crashdown appears to have led to a dramatic change in Baltar's attitude toward hurting anyone directly. When Cally tries to blackmail him after they return from Kobol, Baltar is somewhat rough with her. When he visits Tyrol and Boomer in the brig, he does not hesitate to inject Tyrol with fatal drugs to blackmail Boomer into giving Cylon secrets. Baltar's humanitarian acts to the Six copy known as Gina also suggests Baltar's attitude in the care of Cylons is further changing. More and more, Baltar appears to prefer direct intervention and is less cowardly in his attitude.</ref>. The group are eventually rescued by the Raptors. Baltar tells the [[SAR]] team that Crashdown died a hero in the fight, and Chief Tyrol reluctantly corroborates his story ([[Fragged]]).
*Back on ''Galactica'', Cally blackmails Baltar into making it a priority to prove that Chief Tyrol is not a Cylon, as Colonel Tigh suspects, or Cally would reveal the truth of Crashdown's death.
* Incensed at this ingratitude, Baltar gambles that the [[brig|jailed]] Boomer knows of the number of Cylons in the Fleet, and blackmails her into doing so, using Tyrol's life.
[[image:brainscan.jpg|Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. Cottle, as Six watches on in amusement.|thumb]]
*Questioning his own sanity after his virtual Six claims that he was generally crazy, Baltar has a brain scan performed in [[sickbay]] by Dr. [[Cottle]] which confirms no "foreign objects" are present in his head.
*Baltar is ready to believe that he is truly insane until he hears [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]] discuss Valerii's pregnancy with a Cylon/Human hybrid child from his observation room. Six tells Baltar earlier that "their child" would be born in that cell, and this leads Baltar to realize that Six ''must'' be real because his subconscious couldn't have known that ([[Home, Part II]]).

=== Many talents ===

*When [[D'Anna Biers]] films a documentary about life aboard ''Galactica'', Six urges Baltar to give an interview to try to win people over to thinking that he should be running the Fleet. Baltar performs badly as he begins his interview but, fortunately, his interview is interrupted by a Cylon attack that Biers chooses to film instead ([[Final Cut]]).
*Baltar aids in trying to overcome the Cylon [[logic bomb]] which devastates ''Galactica's'' [[computers]]. Tigh's dislike of Baltar's involvement in this problem makes the scientist edgy enough to retort, "I'm sorry. Do you want to survive this one or not, Colonel?" ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])
[[image:baltargina.jpg|Baltar with Gina, the Cylon prisoner from ''Pegasus''.|thumb]]
*[[Helena Cain|Admiral Helena Cain]] requests that Baltar examine ''Pegasus' '' own Cylon prisoner to see what information he could glean from it. Baltar is horrified to discover the Cylon was a terribly abused and tortured copy of Number Six named "[[Gina]]". Baltar vows to help her and begins by having her restraints removed and bringing food to her ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*Over the course of his examination of Gina, he uncovers both her wish to die and the secret of the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. He passes this information to Adama and Admiral Cain, who develop an [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|operation to destroy it]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
*Baltar continues to spend time with Gina, eventually helping her escape from the brig. He tells Gina that he can hide her, and also that he loves her. Gina goes on to kill Cain and escapes from ''Pegasus'' through unexplained means ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
*Torn between the "flesh and blood" copy of the [[Number Six]] copy, Gina, the demands of his internal Number Six, and his continuing attempt to cover his own multiple duplicities, Baltar becomes more aggressive and confrontational. With President Roslin's advice to abort the Cylon-hybrid fetus of the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii]], Baltar reacts to defend it as if it were his own child. Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] admonishes Baltar, telling him that, on Roslin's death, he will become President and that he needs to behave like one.
*Desperate to save Valerii's fetus, Baltar reviews Dr. [[Cottle]]'s medical tests and performs experiments of his own, learning a striking revelation: the blood of the fetus can destroy cancer and repair its damage to human tissue.<ref name="stemcells">According to the writer's original planning, this was due to the presence of Cylon [[Wikipedia:stem cells|stem cells]] in the fetus's blood. This explanation was absent in the final shooting script.</ref> With Admiral Adama's permission, he injects the dying President Roslin with some of the fetal blood, which works miraculously, saving both Roslin and Valerii's child by circumstance ([[Epiphanies]]).
*Baltar keeps his [[Fumarella leaf|fumarella]] supply fresh by trading in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] through new ''Pegasus'' Commander [[Jack Fisk]]. Not realizing that Fisk had been murdered, the scientist visits Fisk's quarters, only to meet Captain [[Lee Adama]], who has started an investigation on the black market and Fisk's murder. Baltar truthfully tells Adama that he knows nothing of Fisk's murder, but Adama correctly deduces Baltar's association with Fisk and the black market since the "[[Caprican Imperial]]" fumarellos are a known favorite of Baltar's ([[Black Market]]).

=== Increasing political ambitions ===

*After saving Roslin's life, Baltar reads the letter given to him in the event of her death, in which she says he lacks compassion and asks him to open his heart if he becomes president. Furious, and goaded on by Six who tells him that Roslin doesn't trust him, Baltar delivers the nuclear warhead used for the Cylon detector to Gina and her militant "[[Demand Peace]]" movement.
*Baltar is also unaware that his involvement in the destruction of the Colonies is partially revealed. In ''Galactica's'' sickbay, Laura Roslin recalled those final days on Caprica, and remembered Baltar in the company of a [[Number Six|woman]] on Caprica who she knows now is a Cylon ([[Epiphanies]]).
*Baltar is summoned to ''[[Colonial One]]'', where Roslin offers him, without explanation, the chance to resign from the Vice Presidency to return to his studies. Baltar becomes immediately suspicious (and frightened) in Roslin's succinct and direct vote of no-confidence in her vice president. Realizing that the Vice Presidency now has greater importance (if nothing other than to save his own hide), Baltar turns down what Roslin calls a "one-time offer" to save himself as he saved Roslin on her deathbed ([[Black Market]]).

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

=== New Caprica ===

*Roslin is declared the winner of the elections, but is caught by Adama for manipulating the tally. Baltar is declared president. While Baltar demands an investigation initially, he backs down under Adama's glare.
*President Baltar orders the Fleet to return to the marginally habitable planet [[New Caprica]] seconds after his inauguration. Baltar shows incompetency as president a few days later, when he orders the colonization of the planet. In an attempt to cover up his role in giving Gina the nuclear warhead used to detonate ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', Baltar orders Adama to stop any further investigation into the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and two other ships (he correctly guesses that the conflagration was started by [[Gina]]).
*During his first year in office, Baltar indulges in women, wallows in the incompetence of his administration, and is callously unsympathetic to the supply and resource problems plaguing the new colony, whose inhabitants continue to live in tents. The public, including the labor union lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], is notably displeased with his administration.
*380 days after Baltar's ascension to the presidency, a Cylon armada finds the planet after detecting the radiation signature caused by the destruction of ''[[Cloud 9]]'', which took that long to reach them. This event heralds the return of the dormant virtual Number Six noting to him that "judgment day" has come at last. Copies of a [[Number Five|Five]], [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] meet with Baltar and his cabinet, recommending surrender; it is here that he is reunited with the Six he fell in love with on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*After four months of Cylon occupation, the citizens of New Caprica despise their president. Baltar fears for his life and turns down public appearances, such as the [[New Caprica Police]] Academy graduation, to avoid assassination attempts ([[Occupation]]). It is even commented by the Cylon occupiers while discussing the notion of public executions to discourage uprising that publicly executing Baltar would be counterproductive, since the populace would cheer his death.
*Baltar is disposed after Admiral Adama organizes and executes a [[Battle of New Caprica|daring rescue mission]] of New Caprica's occupied inhabitants. During the exodus of those willing to leave New Caprica, Baltar happens across the dead body of [[Maya]] and the Cylon hybrid [[Hera Agathon|Hera]], and stays behind with the Cylons ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

=== Among the Cylons ===

*Once on board the basestar, Baltar must prove his worth to the Cylons or be killed. He seeks help from the basestar's [[Hybrid]], and gleans information which leads the Cylon fleet to the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], where they recover an ancient beacon. The beacon is also a plague carrier. To further prove his worth, Baltar takes on a mission to the dying basestar ([[Torn]]).
*Baltar is tortured by a Number Three for information on the viral plague. Misinterpreting his screams of love for the Internal Six as feeling for her, Number Three enters into a sexual relationship with Baltar and possibly Caprica-Six as well and starts to share a bed with both of them ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).
* Learning more about Cylon culture among them, he develops doubts about his identity, starting to belief that he might be one of the [[final five]] Cylons.

=== Return to the Fleet ===

[[Image:Baltar brig.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Baltar being placed in detention.]]

* Seeking answers to his questions about his identity, Baltar travels with Number Three and [[Cavil]] to the surface of the algae planet in order to visit the [[Temple of Five]]. After killing Cavil and watching the death of Number Three, he is unsuccessful in finding answers, and is captured and returned to ''Galactica'' ([[Rapture]]).
* He attempts to commit suicide and is tortured by President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] under the influence of an [[interrogation drug]]. While offering no substantial information, Roslin's belief that he played a role in the attack on the Twelve Colonies is strengthened. She and Adama decide to give Baltar a public trial instead of quietly executing him ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]).
* Baltar, in an attempt to curry favor with the fleet concerning his trial, secretly publishes a book called "[[My Triumphs, My Mistakes]]". This book causes a labor strike, led by [[Galen Tyrol]], but instead of bringing the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to a screeching halt, it actually helps Tyrol and President Roslin stop a problem that was beginning to form in the Fleet ([[Dirty Hands]]).
* Before his trial begins, Baltar's lawyer, [[Alan Hughes]], is killed by sabotage, and is replaced by [[Romo Lampkin]]. Security for both Lampkin and Baltar is high, as many people believe fervently that Baltar should not be given a trial at all. Major [[Lee Adama]] is placed in command of this security detail, and eventually becomes Lampkin's aide for the trial ([[The Son Also Rises]]).
*Baltar's trial becomes a frenzied media circus. Lampkin manages to keep mob rule from overwhelming the proceedings, but it is Lee Adama's testimony that ultimately acquits Baltar. The son of William Adama notes many, many abuses of justice, crimes and mistakes committed by himself and other leadership in the Fleet that were ignored or punished lightly. Baltar's only distinction, in comparison, was that he was unlikeable and thus more useful as a scapegoat for the problems of the Fleet that stemmed from colonizing [[New Caprica]].
*With the end of the trial, Baltar finds his acquittal bitter-sweet, with no home, no work, and no allies.
*When the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] jumps into the [[Ionian nebula]], the confusion caused by a power outage allows the homeless Baltar to be secretly carried off by several women who claim they are leading him to his new life ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

===Cult Leader ===

The women lead Baltar to an used storage compartment, where he learns that a [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] has arisen around him, likely starting with the publication of his [[My Triumphs, My Mistakes|book]] condemning the perceived suppression of the Fleet's poor. The cult is compromised of many young, athletic women and some men. Headed by [[Jeanne]], they view Baltar as a messianic figure and have been building a shrine for him. Baltar initially thinks of them as crazy and wants to have nothing to do with them. When [[Tracey Anne|one of the women]] watches him interact with his [[Virtual Six]], she thinks that he is praying and draws him into a religious discussion. Baltar tells her that [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|Colonial Religion]] is empty and false, and that there is only one [[God (RDM)|true God]]. Captivated by Baltar, she kisses him. His standing among his followers is further increased when he prays for a sick [[Derrick|child]], who miraculously recovers soon after ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

To his amazement, Baltar begins to see a [[Virtual Baltar|virtual version of himself]]. At the same time he begins a relationship with [[Tory Foster]], who is drawn to him due her awakened Cylon nature and Baltar's apparent understanding of it ([[Six of One]]). The situation with his cult escalates when a [[Sons of Ares|militant religious group]] vandalizes the commune. In retaliation, Baltar and some of his followers disrupt a [[temple]] service and denounce the Colonial gods. President Roslin takes this as an excuse to curtail the cult's religion freedom by forbidding large assemblies. When encountering a Marine trying to enforce this order, Baltar makes a defiant stand, allowing himself to be beaten up in front of his followers. The display ends when [[Lee Adama]] shows up to announce that the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] has decided to rescind Roslin's proclamation and restore their freedoms. Following this, Baltar holds a speech telling everyone that he thinks that someone in the universe loves him and that people have to love themselves in order to love others [[Six of One]]). Over the next weeks, his sermons are broadcast per [[wireless]] throughout the ship and likely the whole Fleet ("[[The Road Less Travelled]]", "[[Faith]]").

When a baseship with [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylons]] joins the Fleet, Roslin summons him. She tells Baltar that he has been in her visions and wants him to accompany her to the [[Hybrid]] to find out what they mean. However, when the [[Natalie|rebel leader]] is unexpectedly killed, the Hybrid panics and jumps away. Drawing on his [[Torn|previous experience]] with the Hybrid, Baltar manages to calm it down somewhat. In the following [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub|battle]] to destroy a critical Cylon facility, Baltar is critically wounded when missiles hit the ship while he tries to evangelize to a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]]. While his wounds are dressed by Roslin Baltar confesses his role in [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|downfall of humanity]]. Roslin initially removes the bandages she applied, letting him bleed out, but decides to save him after all ("[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[The Hub]]").

After [[Number Three]]'s unboxing, the [[Final Four]] are revealed and Tory Foster willingly joins the Cylons. Upon learning this, Baltar claims that he "always subconsciously knew" that she is a Cylon. Later, he is part of the first landing party to set foot on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], being as dismayed at its state as everyone else ([[Revelations]]).

==Notes==
*There is speculation that Gaius Baltar could be a Cylon himself. See the [[Baltar as Cylon speculation]] article for the pros and cons of this theory.
*[[Ron Moore]] has stated in several episode commentaries that when the role of "Gaius Baltar" was originally written in the script, the writing team never intended Baltar to have a "funny" aspect, but James Callis himself decided to play up that aspect of the frantic predicaments Baltar finds himself in during the [[Miniseries]] (which although the writers never anticipated, they enjoyed, and started writing him with that in mind).
*While [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among the actors in the running for the role of "Gaius Baltar" was ''[[w:Two and a Half Men|Two and a Half Men]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Jon Cryer|Jon Cryer]], though the role ultimately went to [[James Callis]]. Callis was suggested by Angela Mancuso, who ran the studio at the time, who knew him from the ''[[w:Helen of Troy (TV miniseries)|Helen of Troy]]'' miniseries, in which he played [[w:Menelaus|Menelaus]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=23|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>
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Gaius Baltar

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

{{Character Data
|photo= Gaius Baltar.jpg
|colony= Born on [[Aerelon]], later moved to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]
|birthname= Gaius Baltar
|seen= Miniseries
|marital status= Single, with primary involvements with a [[Virtual beings|virtual Number Six]] and [[Caprica-Six]]
|role= Former President of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]], former Fleet science advisor
|actor= [[James Callis]]
}}

Doctor '''Gaius Baltar''' is a brilliant scientist. Elegantly dressed and aesthetically handsome, with the affected humility of the truly arrogant, Baltar is a deeply flawed person and almost pathologically [[wikipedia:narcissism|narcissistic]]. Beneath his outstanding abilities lurks a dramatic weakness of character that leads humanity to disaster.

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== Background ==

* Dr. Baltar is from [[The_Twelve_Colonies_%28RDM%29#Aerelon|Aerelon]]. He was born and raised on a dairy farm outside of the town of [[Cuffle's Breath Wash]]. Finding the local dialect to be unpleasant, starting at the age of ten he trained himself to speak without the [[Language_in_the_Twelve_Colonies#Aerelon_Accent|Aerelon accent]] in hopes that one day he might be considered as not coming from Aerelon. He left Aerelon after his 18th birthday turning his back on his family and his heritage.
* He was formerly a lead defense systems developer working for the [[Colonial Ministry of Defense]] and came to prominence as a computer technology designer, having won three [[Magnate Prize]]s.
* He networks with others well, and became personal friends with President [[Richard Adar]]. However, Baltar is extremely arrogant at times.
* Baltar becomes responsible for the design of the critical [[Command Navigation Program]] (CNP) used throughout the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]], but he could not fix its shortfalls and asked his assistant ([[Number Six]]) to fix almost half of the base code and when she wrote the code, she got it up to 95% efficiency but then she put in back doors to allow the [[Cylons]] to "shut-down" space craft fitted with the CNP.
* Baltar's scientific prowess seems strongest in the medical and biological fields ([[Epiphanies]]). As a result of his lesser (although still advanced) computer programming skills, he seeks the help (and as a byproduct, the affections of) a [[Caprica Six|young woman]] to aid him with the CNP.
* Baltar's two-year affair with the mysterious woman-- even to the extent of using code she herself wrote to overcome shortfalls in his CNP -- allowed her unrestricted access to some of the most sensitive systems of the Colonial defenses.
*Baltar's involvement with his blonde assistant does not stop him from dalliances with other women during this time, right up to when his assistant confronts Baltar and a lover in bed.

==Character History==

=== The Attack on the Twelve Colonies ===

* Baltar learns that his "corporate spy" lover is in fact a new type of Cylon -- a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon in human form]], able to mimic human beings down to the smallest detail, who altered his CNP with [[backdoor]]s to subvert any CNP-equipped ship.
[[image:Mini-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Caprica-Six|Number Six]] kissing in the [[Miniseries]].]]
*Even though Baltar is appalled that it was his sexual folly that led to a holocaust, he is nevertheless determined to survive and keep this unintended treachery hidden. He only survives the following attack because the Cylon agent sacrifices herself to protect him from a nuclear blast.
* Baltar is rescued from [[Caprica]] following the forced-landing of a Colonial [[Raptor]] -- at the cost of [[Karl Agathon|one of the crew staying behind]] ([[Miniseries]])
* Baltar is plagued by visions of Number Six that only he can see and hear. He cannot be sure whether this is a result of his own guilt at his actions or whether -- as she initially claims -- she is part of a chip that has been implanted in his brain<ref name="chip">The idea that Six is an actual chip in Baltar's head was dismissed by Dr. [[Cottle]]'s image scan of Baltar's head. See [[Gaius Baltar#Speculation: The Real Baltar?|the section on alternate reasons for Six's existence]] for more.</ref>.
*Baltar is put to work trying to devise a means of detecting these humanoid Cylons. He luckily exposes [[Aaron Doral]] as a Cylon agent ([[Miniseries]]), using little more than invented [[technobabble]] to convince [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]].

=== Gaining trust ===

*Baltar eventually develops a genuine detector. This, together with his survival of a foiled attempt to expose him as a traitor ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), firmly establishes his credentials within the Fleet's hierarchy.
*With this new-found trust, and despite his willingness to deliberately conceal vital information, such as [[Sharon Valerii]] true status as a [[Cylon agent]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]), Baltar enters the realm of political leadership, first as the Representative for [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] on the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]], and then as the newly-elected Vice President of the Colonies ([[Colonial Day]]).
* The virtual Six continues to help and hinder Baltar, gradually drawing him to a point of near-open acceptance and participation in Cylon plans and activities ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). Whether by coincidence or design, Six manipulates Baltar through repeated threats of exposing his involvement with the destruction of the Colonies ("[[33]],", "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]"), while also appearing to aid him by giving information that [[The Hand of God (RDM)|appears insightful or inspired]] to help the Colonials.
[[image:Scattered-Baltar_Six.jpg|thumb|[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[Number Six]] seeing "the shape of things to come" in "[[Scattered]]".]]

=== A greater purpose or insanity? ===

*Initially an atheist, Baltar is slowly converted to the Cylons' monotheistic faith: in "[[33]]" he repents his sins, in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]] "he prays to the Cylon God and devotes his life to serving his divine will, and in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]" he is led to believe that he is an instrument of God.
*Baltar is subjected to a final revelation of his role with the Cylons (as virtual Six sees it) when "the future" is revealed to him on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], in the form of the first of "God's new generation of children" ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
[[Image:Baltarixvalleydarkness.jpg|Number Six showing Baltar the clearing filled with human bones, telling him they were from human sacrifices.|thumb]]
* While stranded on Kobol after a crash landing, Baltar's virtual Six warns him that the Colonial religion is a falsehood to cover up atrocities of their nature.
*On Kobol, Baltar shoots [[Crashdown]] in the back, killing him instantly, to save [[Cally]] from a practically suicidal and unnecessary attack on a Cylon missile battery<ref>The act of killing Crashdown appears to have led to a dramatic change in Baltar's attitude toward hurting anyone directly. When Cally tries to blackmail him after they return from Kobol, Baltar is somewhat rough with her. When he visits Tyrol and Boomer in the brig, he does not hesitate to inject Tyrol with fatal drugs to blackmail Boomer into giving Cylon secrets. Baltar's humanitarian acts to the Six copy known as Gina also suggests Baltar's attitude in the care of Cylons is further changing. More and more, Baltar appears to prefer direct intervention and is less cowardly in his attitude.</ref>. The group are eventually rescued by the Raptors. Baltar tells the [[SAR]] team that Crashdown died a hero in the fight, and Chief Tyrol reluctantly corroborates his story ([[Fragged]]).
*Back on ''Galactica'', Cally blackmails Baltar into making it a priority to prove that Chief Tyrol is not a Cylon, as Colonel Tigh suspects, or Cally would reveal the truth of Crashdown's death.
* Incensed at this ingratitude, Baltar gambles that the [[brig|jailed]] Boomer knows of the number of Cylons in the Fleet, and blackmails her into doing so, using Tyrol's life.
[[image:brainscan.jpg|Baltar receives his brain scan from Dr. Cottle, as Six watches on in amusement.|thumb]]
*Questioning his own sanity after his virtual Six claims that he was generally crazy, Baltar has a brain scan performed in [[sickbay]] by Dr. [[Cottle]] which confirms no "foreign objects" are present in his head.
*Baltar is ready to believe that he is truly insane until he hears [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]] discuss Valerii's pregnancy with a Cylon/Human hybrid child from his observation room. Six tells Baltar earlier that "their child" would be born in that cell, and this leads Baltar to realize that Six ''must'' be real because his subconscious couldn't have known that ([[Home, Part II]]).

=== Many talents ===

*When [[D'Anna Biers]] films a documentary about life aboard ''Galactica'', Six urges Baltar to give an interview to try to win people over to thinking that he should be running the Fleet. Baltar performs badly as he begins his interview but, fortunately, his interview is interrupted by a Cylon attack that Biers chooses to film instead ([[Final Cut]]).
*Baltar aids in trying to overcome the Cylon [[logic bomb]] which devastates ''Galactica's'' [[computers]]. Tigh's dislike of Baltar's involvement in this problem makes the scientist edgy enough to retort, "I'm sorry. Do you want to survive this one or not, Colonel?" ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])
[[image:baltargina.jpg|Baltar with Gina, the Cylon prisoner from ''Pegasus''.|thumb]]
*[[Helena Cain|Admiral Helena Cain]] requests that Baltar examine ''Pegasus' '' own Cylon prisoner to see what information he could glean from it. Baltar is horrified to discover the Cylon was a terribly abused and tortured copy of Number Six named "[[Gina]]". Baltar vows to help her and begins by having her restraints removed and bringing food to her ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*Over the course of his examination of Gina, he uncovers both her wish to die and the secret of the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]]. He passes this information to Adama and Admiral Cain, who develop an [[Attack on the Resurrection Ship|operation to destroy it]] ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
*Baltar continues to spend time with Gina, eventually helping her escape from the brig. He tells Gina that he can hide her, and also that he loves her. Gina goes on to kill Cain and escapes from ''Pegasus'' through unexplained means ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
*Torn between the "flesh and blood" copy of the [[Number Six]] copy, Gina, the demands of his internal Number Six, and his continuing attempt to cover his own multiple duplicities, Baltar becomes more aggressive and confrontational. With President Roslin's advice to abort the Cylon-hybrid fetus of the incarcerated [[Sharon Valerii]], Baltar reacts to defend it as if it were his own child. Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] admonishes Baltar, telling him that, on Roslin's death, he will become President and that he needs to behave like one.
*Desperate to save Valerii's fetus, Baltar reviews Dr. [[Cottle]]'s medical tests and performs experiments of his own, learning a striking revelation: the blood of the fetus can destroy cancer and repair its damage to human tissue.<ref name="stemcells">According to the writer's original planning, this was due to the presence of Cylon [[Wikipedia:stem cells|stem cells]] in the fetus's blood. This explanation was absent in the final shooting script.</ref> With Admiral Adama's permission, he injects the dying President Roslin with some of the fetal blood, which works miraculously, saving both Roslin and Valerii's child by circumstance ([[Epiphanies]]).
*Baltar keeps his [[Fumarella leaf|fumarella]] supply fresh by trading in the [[black market (organization)|black market]] through new ''Pegasus'' Commander [[Jack Fisk]]. Not realizing that Fisk had been murdered, the scientist visits Fisk's quarters, only to meet Captain [[Lee Adama]], who has started an investigation on the black market and Fisk's murder. Baltar truthfully tells Adama that he knows nothing of Fisk's murder, but Adama correctly deduces Baltar's association with Fisk and the black market since the "[[Caprican Imperial]]" fumarellos are a known favorite of Baltar's ([[Black Market]]).

=== Increasing political ambitions ===

*After saving Roslin's life, Baltar reads the letter given to him in the event of her death, in which she says he lacks compassion and asks him to open his heart if he becomes president. Furious, and goaded on by Six who tells him that Roslin doesn't trust him, Baltar delivers the nuclear warhead used for the Cylon detector to Gina and her militant "[[Demand Peace]]" movement.
*Baltar is also unaware that his involvement in the destruction of the Colonies is partially revealed. In ''Galactica's'' sickbay, Laura Roslin recalled those final days on Caprica, and remembered Baltar in the company of a [[Number Six|woman]] on Caprica who she knows now is a Cylon ([[Epiphanies]]).
*Baltar is summoned to ''[[Colonial One]]'', where Roslin offers him, without explanation, the chance to resign from the Vice Presidency to return to his studies. Baltar becomes immediately suspicious (and frightened) in Roslin's succinct and direct vote of no-confidence in her vice president. Realizing that the Vice Presidency now has greater importance (if nothing other than to save his own hide), Baltar turns down what Roslin calls a "one-time offer" to save himself as he saved Roslin on her deathbed ([[Black Market]]).

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

=== New Caprica ===

*Roslin is declared the winner of the elections, but is caught by Adama for manipulating the tally. Baltar is declared president. While Baltar demands an investigation initially, he backs down under Adama's glare.
*President Baltar orders the Fleet to return to the marginally habitable planet [[New Caprica]] seconds after his inauguration. Baltar shows incompetency as president a few days later, when he orders the colonization of the planet. In an attempt to cover up his role in giving Gina the nuclear warhead used to detonate ''[[Cloud Nine]]'', Baltar orders Adama to stop any further investigation into the destruction of ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and two other ships (he correctly guesses that the conflagration was started by [[Gina]]).
*During his first year in office, Baltar indulges in women, wallows in the incompetence of his administration, and is callously unsympathetic to the supply and resource problems plaguing the new colony, whose inhabitants continue to live in tents. The public, including the labor union lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], is notably displeased with his administration.
*380 days after Baltar's ascension to the presidency, a Cylon armada finds the planet after detecting the radiation signature caused by the destruction of ''[[Cloud 9]]'', which took that long to reach them. This event heralds the return of the dormant virtual Number Six noting to him that "judgment day" has come at last. Copies of a [[Number Five|Five]], [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] meet with Baltar and his cabinet, recommending surrender; it is here that he is reunited with the Six he fell in love with on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
*After four months of Cylon occupation, the citizens of New Caprica despise their president. Baltar fears for his life and turns down public appearances, such as the [[New Caprica Police]] Academy graduation, to avoid assassination attempts ([[Occupation]]). It is even commented by the Cylon occupiers while discussing the notion of public executions to discourage uprising that publicly executing Baltar would be counterproductive, since the populace would cheer his death.
*Baltar is disposed after Admiral Adama organizes and executes a [[Battle of New Caprica|daring rescue mission]] of New Caprica's occupied inhabitants. During the exodus of those willing to leave New Caprica, Baltar happens across the dead body of [[Maya]] and the Cylon hybrid [[Hera Agathon|Hera]], and stays behind with the Cylons ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

=== Among the Cylons ===

*Once on board the basestar, Baltar must prove his worth to the Cylons or be killed. He seeks help from the basestar's [[Hybrid]], and gleans information which leads the Cylon fleet to the [[Lion's Head Nebula]], where they recover an ancient beacon. The beacon is also a plague carrier. To further prove his worth, Baltar takes on a mission to the dying basestar ([[Torn]]).
*Baltar is tortured by a Number Three for information on the viral plague. Misinterpreting his screams of love for the Internal Six as feeling for her, Number Three enters into a sexual relationship with Baltar and possibly Caprica-Six as well and starts to share a bed with both of them ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).
* Learning more about Cylon culture among them, he develops doubts about his identity, starting to belief that he might be one of the [[final five]] Cylons.

=== Return to the Fleet ===

[[Image:Baltar brig.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Baltar being placed in detention.]]

* Seeking answers to his questions about his identity, Baltar travels with Number Three and [[Cavil]] to the surface of the algae planet in order to visit the [[Temple of Five]]. After killing Cavil and watching the death of Number Three, he is unsuccessful in finding answers, and is captured and returned to ''Galactica'' ([[Rapture]]).
* He attempts to commit suicide and is tortured by President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] under the influence of an [[interrogation drug]]. While offering no substantial information, Roslin's belief that he played a role in the attack on the Twelve Colonies is strengthened. She and Adama decide to give Baltar a public trial instead of quietly executing him ([[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]).
* Baltar, in an attempt to curry favor with the fleet concerning his trial, secretly publishes a book called "[[My Triumphs, My Mistakes]]". This book causes a labor strike, led by [[Galen Tyrol]], but instead of bringing the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to a screeching halt, it actually helps Tyrol and President Roslin stop a problem that was beginning to form in the Fleet ([[Dirty Hands]]).
* Before his trial begins, Baltar's lawyer, [[Alan Hughes]], is killed by sabotage, and is replaced by [[Romo Lampkin]]. Security for both Lampkin and Baltar is high, as many people believe fervently that Baltar should not be given a trial at all. Major [[Lee Adama]] is placed in command of this security detail, and eventually becomes Lampkin's aide for the trial ([[The Son Also Rises]]).
*Baltar's trial becomes a frenzied media circus. Lampkin manages to keep mob rule from overwhelming the proceedings, but it is Lee Adama's testimony that ultimately acquits Baltar. The son of William Adama notes many, many abuses of justice, crimes and mistakes committed by himself and other leadership in the Fleet that were ignored or punished lightly. Baltar's only distinction, in comparison, was that he was unlikeable and thus more useful as a scapegoat for the problems of the Fleet that stemmed from colonizing [[New Caprica]].
*With the end of the trial, Baltar finds his acquittal bitter-sweet, with no home, no work, and no allies.
*When the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] jumps into the [[Ionian nebula]], the confusion caused by a power outage allows the homeless Baltar to be secretly carried off by several women who claim they are leading him to his new life ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

===Cult Leader ===

The women lead Baltar to an used storage compartment, where he learns that a [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] has arisen around him, likely starting with the publication of his [[My Triumphs, My Mistakes|book]] condemning the perceived suppression of the Fleet's poor. The cult is compromised of many young, athletic women and some men. Headed by [[Jeanne]], they view Baltar as a messianic figure and have been building a shrine for him. Baltar initially thinks of them as crazy and wants to have nothing to do with them. When [[Tracey Anne|one of the women]] watches him interact with his [[Virtual Six]], she thinks that he is praying and draws him into a religious discussion. Baltar tells her that [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|Colonial Religion]] is empty and false, and that there is only one [[God (RDM)|true God]]. Captivated by Baltar, she kisses him. His standing among his followers is further increased when he prays for a sick [[Derrick|child]], who miraculously recovers soon after ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

To his amazement, Baltar begins to see a [[Virtual Baltar|virtual version of himself]]. At the same time he begins a relationship with [[Tory Foster]], who is drawn to him due her awakened Cylon nature and Baltar's apparent understanding of it ([[Six of One]]). The situation with his cult escalates when a [[Sons of Ares|militant religious group]] vandalizes the commune. In retaliation, Baltar and some of his followers disrupt a [[temple]] service and denounce the Colonial gods. President Roslin takes this as an excuse to curtail the cult's religion freedom by forbidding large assemblies. When encountering a Marine trying to enforce this order, Baltar makes a defiant stand, allowing himself to be beaten up in front of his followers. The display ends when [[Lee Adama]] shows up to announce that the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] has decided to rescind Roslin's proclamation and restore their freedoms. Following this, Baltar holds a speech telling everyone that he thinks that someone in the universe loves him and that people have to love themselves in order to love others [[Six of One]]). Over the next weeks, his sermons are broadcast per [[wireless]] throughout the ship and likely the whole Fleet ("[[The Road Less Travelled]]", "[[Faith]]").

When a baseship with [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylons]] joins the Fleet, Roslin summons him. She tells Baltar that he has been in her visions and wants him to accompany her to the [[Hybrid]] to find out what they mean. However, when the [[Natalie|rebel leader]] is unexpectedly killed, the Hybrid panics and jumps away. Drawing on his [[Torn|previous experience]] with the Hybrid, Baltar manages to calm it down somewhat. In the following [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub|battle]] to destroy a critical Cylon facility, Baltar is critically wounded when missiles hit the ship while he tries to evangelize to a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]]. While his wounds are dressed by Roslin Baltar confesses his role in [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|downfall of humanity]]. Roslin initially removes the bandages she applied, letting him bleed out, but decides to save him after all ("[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", "[[The Hub]]").

After [[Number Three]]'s unboxing, the [[Final Four]] are revealed and Tory Foster willingly joins the Cylons. Upon learning this, Baltar claims that he "always subconsciously knew" that she is a Cylon. Later, he is part of the first landing party to set foot on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], being as dismayed at its state as everyone else ([[Revelations]]).

==Notes==
*There is speculation that Gaius Baltar could be a Cylon himself. See the [[Baltar as Cylon speculation]] article for the pros and cons of this theory.
*[[Ron Moore]] has stated in several episode commentaries that when the role of "Gaius Baltar" was originally written in the script, the writing team never intended Baltar to have a "funny" aspect, but James Callis himself decided to play up that aspect of the frantic predicaments Baltar finds himself in during the [[Miniseries]] (which although the writers never anticipated, they enjoyed, and started writing him with that in mind).
*While [[Edward James Olmos]] and [[Mary McDonnell]] were hand-picked for their roles, the rest of the characters were cast by audition: among the actors in the running for the role of "Gaius Baltar" was ''[[w:Two and a Half Men|Two and a Half Men]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s [[Wikipedia:Jon Cryer|Jon Cryer]], though the role ultimately went to [[James Callis]]. Callis was suggested by Angela Mancuso, who ran the studio at the time, who knew him from the ''[[w:Helen of Troy (TV miniseries)|Helen of Troy]]'' miniseries, in which he played [[w:Menelaus|Menelaus]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Bassom|first=David|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=2005|title=[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]]|pages=23|editor=ed. Adam "Adama" Newell|publisher=Titan Books|location=|id=ISBN 1-84576-0972}}</ref>
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Cylon Civil War

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OTW: /* Diverging Ideologies */ non-immediate causes

The '''Cylon Civil War''' is a conflict between two factions of [[humanoid Cylon]]s. One faction consists of the [[Number One]]s, the [[Number Four]]s, the [[Number Five]]s, and the [[Number Eight]] copy known as [[Sharon Valerii]], under the leadership of the Number One copy known as Cavil. The opposition consists of the [[Number Two]]s, the [[Number Six]]es, several Centurions with restored free will and the majority of the [[Number Eight]]s, under the leadership of the Number Six copy known as [[Natalie]].

==Diverging Ideologies==
[[Image:Cylon civil war - opening fire.jpg|right|thumb|200px|The initial engagement.]]
The earliest signs that the Cylons were not in perfect harmony was seen in the occupation of [[New Caprica]], where faced with a losing battle the different models argue over the best course of action. Later the fate of [[Gauis Baltar]] is the subject of a narrow 4 - 3 vote. Sometime afterwards the [[Number Three]]s' religious quest causes the model to be [[box]]ed.

The immediate cause of the conflict occur at the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], in which the Cylon [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s break off the attack because one of them detects [[Samuel Anders]] as a humanoid Cylon. Cavil's faction votes to "reconfigure" (lobotomize) the Raiders so that they will continue the attacks on the Colonial fleet. Natalie's faction votes against this action, believing that the [[final five]] humanoid Cylons are present in the Colonial fleet ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). Their goal is to unite all twelve humanoid Cylon models, a plan which includes unboxing the [[Number Three]]s, so that the Three known as D'Anna can tell them what she has learned in the [[Temple of Five]].

== First Blood ==
[[Image:First Blood - Cylon civil war.jpg|left|thumb|200px|The Centurions rise up against their masters.]]
Cavil's faction takes the "swing vote" of [[Sharon Valerii]] as sufficient for them to proceed with the Raider lobotomy. Natalie's faction does not accept this turn of events and has the Centurions' [[telencephalic inhibitor]]s removed so that they can open fire on Cavil's faction, thus starting the conflict ([[Six of One]]).

The Cylon fleet is split down the middle, with some basestars under Cavil's control, others under Natalie's. Whether this division is managed with or without bloodshed on the other basestars is unknown, but a Number One remarks that Natalie "did a little ethnic cleansing" on the ship where the first shooting happened. Critically, Cavil's faction has control of a [[Resurrection Ship]].

Later, Natalie and two Eights meet with Cavil, who tells them that his fellows came to the conclusion that it was wrong to box the Threes, agreeing to undo their actions. Due to the massive logistical task of resurrecting that many copies, the process needs to be carried out from the Cylons' [[Resurrection Hub|central Resurrection Hub]]. The two factions agree to fly there with their own respective baseships, in order to hear what D'Anna has to say. However, en route Cavil and Boomer double-cross Natalie and open fire on her fleet, destroying many of her vessels. The Resurrection Ship was prevented from jumping with them, meaning that the Cylons killed in this battle will die permanently ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

== Proposed Alliance with Humans ==

The ''[[Demetrius]]'', commanded by [[Kara Thrace]] on a mission to find Earth, encounters a heavily-damaged [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] aboard, who offers an alliance between the humans and his faction of Cylon rebels <ref>In episode descriptions, this faction is referred to as "Cylon rebels."</ref>. Thrace orders a jump to Conoy's damaged baseship against her crew's objections ([[The Road Less Traveled]]), but ultimately realizes that she can't risk the entire crew, so she takes a small team in a [[Raptor]] instead, with the understanding that if she does not return within 15 hours, ''Demetrius'' is to rendezvous with ''Galactica''.

From within the field of detonating battle wreckage, she locates Natalie's severely-damaged baseship. The baseship's [[Hybrid]] is unable to navigate a jump, but they determine that they can hook the baseship to the Raptor's FTL computer, although this would require disconnecting the Hybrid, thus killing it.

The Eights want to mutiny against Natalie and turn to [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]] to lead them, but Athena refuses and chastises them for too easily changing their minds and not committing to their choices.
[[Image:Anders - Number 6 confrontation.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The newly-formed alliance nearly fractures.]]
When making the modifications to the Raptor [[Jean Barolay]] encounters a Six whom she had drowned on [[New Caprica]]. The Six, who is emotionally traumatized by that death and is enraged by Barolay's cavalier attitude about it, kills her. An angry [[Samuel Anders]] throws her down at gunpoint, but it is Natalie who pulls the trigger, both to end the Six's torment from the memories and to satisfy any human need for justice, emphasizing that there is no resurrection for these Cylons.

Thrace is brought to the Hybrid and tries to understand her cryptic messages, but is frustrated and orders that they proceed with the jump. An Eight attempts to disconnect the Hybrid, but the Hybrid's reaction causes a Centurion to shoot and mortally wound the Eight before being shot itself. The dying Eight apologizes to Athena, asks for her forgiveness, and reaches out her, but Athena doesn't take her hand. Instead it is Anders who takes her hand and comforts the Eight as she truly dies.

The renegade Cylon basestar jumps to the ''Demetrius'', arriving moments before she jumps back to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] ([[Faith]]). However, when the two ships attempt to jump back together, their jump drives aren't properly synchronized and the basestar arrived at its destination alone. Admiral Adama scrambles ''Galactica'''s Vipers, thinking the Fleet to be under attack. The situation is defused when the ''Demetrius'' arrives and announces that the basestar is under their control ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).

== A Plan takes Shape ==
[[Image:An alliance forms.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The Colonials and rebel Cylons unify under official terms.]]
Natalie acts as the rebels' spokesperson and is brought to ''Galactica'' to talk with Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]]. She tells them of the Cylons' central [[Resurrection Hub]] and outlines her plan. She wants to the Colonials' help in getting there and unbox the Threes. In return, she offers them a chance to destroy the Cylons' [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection]] capability and take vengeance on them. [[Karl Agathon]] proposes to move half of ''Galactica'''s Vipers onto the baseship and use it to fool the Cylons. Roslin agrees, but adds a double-cross, because she distrusts the rebels: Go along with the plan, but then keep the Final Five, once uncovered, until they reach [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

The Cylons plan to double-cross the Colonials as well. Suspecting that the Colonials won't allow them to have the Final Five and just leave, they plan to use the Centurions to take hostages after the mission. However, after Natalie is asked to speak in front of the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] to assuage their fears about the alliance, she has a change of heart. Fearing that the Final Five may watch and judge them for their actions, she tells [[Number Two]] to call off the Centurions. She also tells the Quorum that she thinks that the Cylons need mortality to lead meaningful lives, when asked why she would give up the location of the hub ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).

Before the plan sets in motion, Natalie is shot by [[Sharon Agathon]], to prevent [[Hera Agathon|Hera]] from being taken. Without warning or command, the [[Hybrid]] jumps the rebel basestar from the Fleet, ending all communication with ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', and taking half of her air wing and [[Laura Roslin]] with it (Guess What's Coming to Dinner?). Later, a recon Raptor sent by ''Galactica'' finds the Resurrection Hub destroyed, as well as debris of a basestar and a number of Vipers. This indicates that Cylons and Colonials fought together and that some of them escaped alive ([[Sine Qua Non]]).

== Attack on the Hub ==

{{mainarticle|Battle of the Resurrection Hub}}

[[Image:The Hub receives critical damage.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Hub is critically damaged during battle.]]
The Hybrid is revealed to have panicked after sensing Natalie's shooting and death and jumped as a result. She follows the Hub with her jumps, still giving the combined force a chance to implement their plan. The human pilots are initially very reluctant to fly alongside Cylon pilots, but can be convinced to trust them.

After the Hub's FTL drive is disabled, stranding it, Karl Agathon and the Eight then board the Hub in a Raptor to find Number Three, who has already been un-boxed by Cavil and Boomer. They find her not long after she has killed Cavil (and forced Boomer to flee) and evacuate her from the Hub. Meanwhile, the rebel basestar engages the two escort basestars and is hit by several missiles in the process. Once Three, Agathon and Number Eight are clear of the Hub, the Vipers launch several nuclear missiles into it, destroying it and at least one of its basestar escorts.

After the battle, questioned by President Roslin but sensing that the Cylons have been double crossed, refuses to give up the identities of the Final Five until she is sure she is safe. The basestar returns to the rendezvous coordinates, where they meet up with Admiral Adama who is still waiting for them in a Raptor ([[The Hub]]).

== Standoff with Colonials and search for Earth ==

The Cylons hold the Colonials hostage in an attempt to lure the Final Four out of hiding. After they kill the first hostage, President [[Lee Adama]] orders a risky rescue operation. However, when Kara Thrace finds a signal giving them a direct bearing towards [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], Adama decides to share this information with the Cylons instead. Together they jump to Earth, but discover it to be a nuclear wasteland ([[Revelations]]).

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| image=4x10 - Revelations - Promo 1.jpg
| title= Revelations
| season= 4
| episode= 10
| forumthread= 1300
| extra=Mid-Season Cliffhanger
| guests=
| writer=[[Bradley Thompson]] <br/>
[[David Weddle]]
| story=
| director=[[Michael Rymer]]
| production=412
| rating=1.8
| US airdate=13 June 2008
| CAN airdate=13 June 2008
| UK airdate=17 June 2008
| dvd=
| oldpopulation= 39673
| population=39665
| prev= [[The Hub]]
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]
| imdb=0993911
}}

== Overview ==

: ''Led by [[Number Three]], the band of rebel Cylons hold President Roslin and ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> pilots hostage while attempting to lure the "Watchtower Four" out of hiding. Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]]'s Viper may hold a previously undiscovered clue to finding [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===

*[[Lee Adama]] is in [[William Adama|William Adama's]] quarters, looking up an illustration of the Temple of [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]] on Earth, as described by [[Pythia]]. [[Kara Thrace]] walks in an greets him, and they briefly discuss the temple, and the absence of William Adama and [[Laura Roslin]]. Lee comments on how both he and Tigh are intimidated by Adama's chair. Thrace talks about how [[Leoben Conoy|Leoben]] stated that, for children to reach their full potential, their parents have to die.
*In the [[Basestar command|basestar control room]], Roslin, William Adama, [[D'Anna Biers]] and Leoben discuss the plans to return the [[Final Five]]. Biers mentions that there are only four in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] and refuses to provide answers when Roslin questions her about the fifth's location. When Adama asks for their names, she expresses skepticism, suggesting that the Colonials may kill them. Roslin points out that the Colonials need them because they know the way to Earth, while Leoben recommends co-operation and D'Anna refutes him, citing the [[Exodus, Part II|failure]] of [[Occupation|co-operation]] on [[New Caprica]].
*Biers announces that she will hold the Colonials on the ship hostage until the Final Four are safely aboard the basestar. When a standoff between the Colonials and the Centurions ensues, Roslin tells Adama to stand down and he repeats the order to the other pilots. Three tells Adama to accompany her to ''[[Galactica]]'' on a Raptor. He initially refuses, but Roslin tells him to go. She embraces him and whispers in his ear that if the Cylons get the four, they get [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], and he can't allow that to happen, even if he has to destroy the basestar with them aboard.
*In [[CIC]], [[Felix Gaeta]] - having returned to duty despite still having problems with his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner|amputated leg]] - accidentally knocks over a bottle of pills. [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] helps him by picking up the pill bottle. Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] asks Gaeta if he wishes to be relieved, but he declines and takes a drink to numb the pain.
*Gaeta then announces the arrival of the rebel baseship and that a Raptor launched from it. On the [[hangar deck]], Adama and Three step out of the Raptor. [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Samuel Anders]] look on from the catwalk, wondering whether Three can or will identify them. While William Adama greets his son, Three steps off the Raptor and looks at each of the Final Four.
*William Adama and Biers explain the situation. Biers claims that she is already in contact with the four, that they would come to her willingly and that all the Fleet needs to do is not interfere with shuttle traffic. The Adamas agree to her terms. As Three is about to leave, [[Tory Foster]] steps forward, asking to bring Roslin her medication and see if she is alright. Knowing that she wants to defect, Tigh tries to prevent her from going by saying that they shouldn't give the Cylons more hostages, but he is overruled by the Adamas.
*In the Adama's quarters, William and Lee Adama, Tigh and Thrace discuss a plan to rescue the hostages. The admiral mentions Roslin's recommendation, but tells his son that it is his call. President Adama agrees.

=== Act 1 ===
*In the [[Situation Room]], [[Sharon Agathon]] and Kara Thrace officially present their rescue plan. Tigh expresses skepticism at the expected high losses of boarding the basestar, saying there have to be other options. Thrace sarcastically comments that the four could just give themselves up.
*On the basestar, Foster is led to the control room. Three announces that one of the Final Five has arrived. [[Number Two|Leoben]] expresses doubt, but Three attests that she saw her in her vision. Foster smiles as the Cylons gather around her in amazement.
*In another room, Roslin bandages [[Gaius Baltar]], who thanks her for not killing him, but Roslin confesses that she told Adama to destroy the basestar should the Cylons get the four. Foster walks in with a [[Number Six|Six]], greeting them and bringing Roslin her medication. Roslin thanks her, and asks how she was able to do so, and Foster says that she came with Three to be with her people. Baltar attests that he subconsciously knew, that she was one of the Final Five. When asked if she had any idea, Roslin says no, and Foster tells her it might be worth pondering other things she has been wrong about, then starts to walk out. Roslin tells her to stop, and asks her to convince Three to release the hostages. Foster coldly replies that she's done taking orders from her.
*A body flies out of the baseship. In CIC, Lee Adama receives a transmission from Three, who announces that there has been a change of plans. She has executed the first hostage and will continue to execute hostages every quarter hour until they have the four. Adama tries to reason with her, telling her that she did not giving them a chance and that they are co-operating, but Dualla states that Three has terminated the transmission. As a result, Adama authorizes the rescue mission and to destroy the baseship should it fail
*On the hangar deck, as the pilots and deck crew prepare for the mission, Tyrol begins hearing the [[The Music|strange music]] again, heavily distorted by screeching and static. In a [[pilot ready rooms|pilot ready room]], as Starbuck and Athena brief the pilots, Anders likewise hears the music, as does Foster on the basestar.
*On ''Galactica'' Anders, Tigh and Tyrol are drawn to [[Starbuck's Viper]]. Tyrol suggests that something about the Viper has changed, and Anders suggests they get Starbuck. Tigh agrees, then walks out.
*Tigh walks into William Adama's office, telling him to scrub the mission. When asked if he has another option instead, Tigh confesses that he has known that he is a Cylon since the [[Ionian nebula]]. Adama expresses doubt and can't believe that his decade-long friend could by a Cylon. He suggests that Tigh could have been brainwashed on [[New Caprica]] and says they should see Doctor [[Cottle]]. Tigh says that he should have killed himself when he found out and suggests that Three will back down if he is used as a hostage.

=== Act 2 ===

*As [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] escort Tigh through the hallways, William Adama suffers a nervous breakdown. He rampages through his office, smashes his fist into a mirror and drinks heavily. As Adama cries, his son finds him and tries to comfort him. Adama says that he can't kill Tigh and Lee tells him that he will handle it.
*In a [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]], Lee Adama interrogates Tigh, demanding to know who the other Cylons are. From the control room, [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] announces that D'Anna Biers is on the line. Adama threatens to kill Tigh if she harms one of the hostages, and says that she has ten minutes before he kills him. From Tigh he again demands the identities of the rest of the Final Four in order to save the Fleet.
*Around [[Starbuck's Viper]], Thrace expresses doubt about Anders and Tyrol's suspicion regarding the Viper. Marines come in and arrest Anders and Tyrol. When Thrace asks what's going on, Sergeant [[Brandy Harder|Harder]] replies that they are Cylons. Shocked, Thrace questions Anders, who confirms that it is true. As he is dragged away, Anders insists that something is different about the Viper.
*On the basestar, an [[Number Eight|Eight]] and two [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] force the captured pilots down a hallway. [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] tells the pilots to fall back, and the Eight threatens to shoot them if they don't keep moving.
*Anders and Tyrol are brought into the launch tube to join Tigh. Lee Adama orders Dualla to get the baseship on the line again.
*On the hangar deck, Thrace climbs into her Viper's cockpit.
*On the baseship, Roslin and Baltar hear the hostages and Centurions. A [[Number Two|Two]] walks in and Roslin asks what's going on. The Two says that Three is about to start executing more hostages. When Roslin requests that she be taken to Three, Baltar insists that she won't listen to her, and that he be taken instead, because he was with her when she had the vision in the [[Temple of Five]]. Roslin agrees.
*Lee Adama tells Three that he has Anders and Tyrol in the airlock, and demands that she stand down.
*Thrace begins activating her Viper's systems.
*Tory Foster tells Three that she knows Adama and that he will back down if pressure. Three orders to target nuclear weapons on the civilian fleet when Baltar walks in and begins begins talking to her.
*Thrace continues activating her electronics and suddenly detects a signal with one instrument.
*Baltar argues that coercion won't work with Lee Adama because he is too similar to his father, while Foster argues that he is bluffing.
*Dualla tells Adama that the baseship's nuclear missiles have gone hot. Both conclude that the Fleet couldn't spool up their [[FTL|jump drives]] quickly enough to escape before the Cylons fire. Adama orders that everyone except Tigh be removed from the tube.
*On the basestar, Baltar suggests that [[God (RDM)|God]] may have brought Three back for a different purpose, to end the conflict peacefully. She argues that the Colonials will never forgive the Cylons for [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|what they did to the Twelve Colonies]], and gives the order to proceed.
*As the launch tube door closes, Thrace runs through the ship.
*Baltar argues to Three that brute force did not work for the Cylons on [[New Caprica]] or the [[algae planet]], and that it will not work now.
*Adama asks Dualla for the key and begins the process of de-pressurizing the launch tube.
*An Eight announces that they have weapons lock on the Colonial ships.
*Tigh tells Adama to stop hesitating and flush the airlock. As Adama is about to push the button, Thrace runs in, telling Adama to stop. She says that the Cylons just gave them [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

=== Act 3 ===

*Lee Adama sits in Starbuck's Viper, recognizing a Colonial emergency locator signal, and notes that no other [[wireless]] in the Fleet is picking it up. Thrace argues to a skeptical Adama that it must be a signal from Earth, insisting that some higher power is orchestrating events for a purpose and wants the Colonials to find Earth with the Cylons.
*Thrace, Lee Adama, the Final Four, Number Three, Marines and Centurions stand around the Viper and an Eight sits inside. They discuss the signal. Adama says that he decided to share the information with the Cylons rather than jump away, because it would only lead to another confrontation down the road. He argues that peace is possible and says that he has granted the Final Four an amnesty. Three agrees to release the hostages.
*Adama shows his father the location of Earth, asking for orders. Roslin walks in and says she wants to see him pick up the first fistful of earth. He walks away saying that he'll be back. Lee Adama talks to Roslin about stepping down, and she praises him on resolving the crisis, saying the Fleet will need that kind of leadership in the years to come.
*Admiral Adama returns in uniform, saying they should find Earth. His son says that he has been working on a recon mission with Thrace. Admiral Adama replies that everyone should go together, that they don't have anywhere else to go, and that the alliance will fall apart if they hesitate too long. In his view, they need to [[List of terms (RDM)#hard six|roll the hard six]].

=== Act 4 ===

*In the CIC, Dualla announces that the Fleet is ready to jump. Admiral Adama tells Roslin that they wouldn't have made it without her and asks her to give the order. She does so. Dualla counts down and the Fleet jumps.
*The entire Fleet - now including the rebel basestar - successfully jumps. Adama tells Gaeta to take his time with confirming their location. After some seconds, Gaeta announces that the [[Tomb of Athena|constellations]] match. The Fleet has jumped into orbit of a blue/white planet - Earth.
*Adama makes a speech to the whole Fleet, announcing that they have arrived at Earth. All over ''Galactica'' and throughout the Fleet people rejoice ecstatically.
*A detachment of Vipers, [[Raptors]], [[Heavy Raider]]s, [[Cylon freighter (RDM)|Cylon freighters]], as well as several civilian ships fly towards the surface.
*On Earth, Adama lifts up a handful of soil. Someone next to him reads the dirt with a [[w:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]]. The soil is irradiated. Laura Roslin stands next to Adama, disappointed. Number Three is stunned.
*Many others, including [[Karl Agathon|Karl]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], Gaius Baltar, Lee Adama, Kara Thrace, the Final Four, and the Cylons are on the surface as well, walking and standing around on a riverbank near the ruins of a city, which was apparently destroyed. The mood is dismal, with everyone probably wondering what happened to Earth and what they will do next.

== Notes ==

* This episode is the mid-season cliffhanger for the first ten episodes of [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]]. The conclusion to the cliffhanger, "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", will not air until 2009.
* The episode was given an advance screening in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 11th, in order to draw attention for the upcoming Emmy Award nominations. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://syfyportal.com/news425104.html|title='Battlestar Galactica' Hosting Free Screening In L.A.}}</ref>
* As D'Anna Biers executes one prisoner during the course of the episode, the population of the Fleet when it arrives at Earth is 39,664, not counting the four Significant Seven Cylons who have now joined them.
* The page from the [[Book of Pythia]] depicting the Temple of Aurora is the same two page spread used to represent the [[City of the Gods]] on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]".

== Analysis ==

=== General ===

* When Thrace says to Lee Adama (while he is looking at the drawing of the Temple of Aurora) "We'll get there, and walk those halls together", Adama says "Yeah, pretty to think so." This could be a reference to the last line of Ernest Hemingway's ''[[w:The Sun Also Rises|The Sun Also Rises]]'' when Jake Barnes says "Yeah, isn't it pretty to think so?" about the idea that he and Brett Ashley could have been in love.
*There is one flaw in Three's hostage plan: It is not explained how she believes the Final Four would be able to make it onto her basestar without being detained first by the Colonials. One of them could always be taken as a hostage by the Colonials as a counter-move.

=== Characters ===

* D'Anna Biers holding the Colonial personnel hostage isn't aimed so much as to President Adama and the government, as it is to the remaining three of the Final Four who choose to remain behind. When Foster moves to defect under the guise of giving Roslin her medicine, Colonel Tigh speaks up to prevent her from going. This earns Tigh and the other two who refuse to come forward Biers's enmity and she begins killing their crew mates until they join the Cylons.
*Roslin's plan to hold Number Three and her knowledge to herself is shown to have already failed at the start of this episode. Three has already made it clear she will not co-operate and is walking freely around the basestar. The plan was never likely to succeed given that the Colonials on the rebel basestar are totally outnumbered and cut off from the Fleet. In fact, Roslin and Adama's decision to double cross the Cylons ([[Guess What's Coming To Dinner?]]) may well have precipitated the entire hostage crisis, as the rebels decided to return to their original plan only after learning that the Colonials have no intention of turning over the Final Five.
* [[Tory Foster]] actively advises Number Three in her test of wills with Lee Adama, pressing for more aggressive tactics. She appears to be combining embracing her Cylon nature with misanthropy.
* [[Sharon Agathon]] appears to have been released from the [[brig]] despite her shooting of [[Natalie]], there is no explicit onscreen explanation given for this. Her involvement in planning the rescue mission could be part of her parole, or it is possible Roslin confirmed to Admiral Adama that they have been experiencing and sharing powerful visions that have affected their behavior. Curiously, this is not the first time that the Agathons have escaped severe punishment for potentially mutinous actions.
* The Six walking up to Saul Tigh on Earth appears to be [[Caprica-Six]]. This indicates that Adama's general amnesty extends to her as well and that she is free to join the Cylon rebels on their baseship; a fact that is confirmed by [[Mark Verheiden]] in [http://www.comicmix.com/news/2008/06/18/battlestar-galactica-interview-mark-verheiden-on-cylon-amnesty-and-finding-earth/?cid=9445 this] interview.

=== Earth ===

* One of the first visual cues that [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] lacks a widespread, technologically advanced civilization comes in the establishing shots of the planet when the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] arrives in orbit. The night side of the planet is steeped in total darkness, whereas the city lights of an inhabited planet with an industrialized civilization would be clearly visible on its night side, as seen in this [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/earth_night.jpg composite satellite photograph] of the Earth at night.
* How Earth came to the state which the Fleet finds it in is uncertain. Given that the landing party tests the soil with a [[wikipedia:Geiger counter|Geiger counter]], and the ruins they come across appear to be from a nuclear blast, it is likely that some nuclear event occurred on Earth. Together with the clear remnants of a modern civilization, this means that the series is set in the future and not the past (barring that is is set in an alternate universe).
* Assuming that a nuclear event was responsible for the current condition of Earth, it appears that it happened a considerable number of years, if not decades or hundreds of years, ago. Less than a week after the Cylon bombardment, the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] had turned yellowish-brown from dust blasted into the atmosphere, creating a [[w:nuclear winter|nuclear winter]] ([[33]]). Nine months later, someone on Caprica would have still seen yellow skies ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Although the soil of Earth at the landing site is radioactive, the skies are a natural foggy/cloudy gray, and the view from orbit is of a blue-white world.
* The area the landing party arrives at appears to be the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn|Brooklyn]] side of [[w:New York City|New York City]]. The landing party is next to a broad river and across that river to the left is a wide bay. The other shore appears to be the edge of Lower Manhattan with a destroyed skyline of buildings. The camera pans to the right over what is ostensibly the [[w:East River|East River]] until the last two seconds of the episode, where at the far right edge of the screen stands a wrecked structure with which appears to be a heavily abbreviated roadway. It appears to be the East Tower (Brooklyn side) of the [[w:Brooklyn Bridge|Brooklyn Bridge]]. However, it should be noted that the information on this is incomplete. For instance, many speculations as to the gas giant that [[Kara Thrace]] sees in her journey from Earth (as first explained in "[[He That Believeth In Me]]") claimed that the giant was [[w:Jupiter|Jupiter]], when this was [[Faith|later disproved]].
**In what may be a coincidence, not far from the Eastern approaches to the real-life Brooklyn Bridge in [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn, New York]] and close to the northern shore of the [[w:borough|borough]], there is a building owned by the [[Wikipedia:The Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witnesses]]. It is called "[http://www.kelebekler.com/cesnur/txt/sedewts.jpg The Watchtower]". The relevance is that the song that the Final Four heard is actually ''[[Wikipedia:All Along the Watchtower|All Along the Watchtower]]'' by Bob Dylan. Further, the building is [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&q=watchtower&near=Brooklyn,+NY&fb=1&t=h&ll=40.702879,-73.994551&spn=0.003221,0.00559&z=17 situated very near if not the exact place] the landing party stands at.
* The landing area actually appears to be the Temple of [[Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn|Aurora]], thus bookending the episode. When the episode begins, [[Lee Adama]] is looking up an illustration of the Temple in [[Pythia]]'s book. It shows a dome structure near a body of water. As the episode closes on Earth, the landing party appears to be at the ruins of a domed structure by a body of water, as described by the illustration.
* Throughout this episode, Earth when seen from orbit is largely obscured by cloud masses and shadows. Unlike the view of the North American continent presented at the end of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", none of the landmasses in view can be easily identified.

== Questions ==

* Which pilot did [[Number Three]] airlock?
* Is [[Number Three]] honest in her claim that there are only four of the Final Five in the [[Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]? If so, where is the fifth and last Cylon? If she's lying, is it because she still harbors distrust for her compatriots and the humans?
* What happened to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]?
* What condition is the rest of Earth in?
* Will the other Cylons find the Fleet and the rebels, as well as Earth? If so, will they finish [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|what they]] [[Cylon Civil War|started]]?
* Does the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] still exist? If so, where are they now?
* Is Pythia's book literally accurate history or metaphors for real historical events places and things or totally false?
* Will the Colonials and their Cylon allies settle on Earth, or will they move on in hopes of finding a more suitable planet?
* Will Tigh, Anders, and Tyrol continue their duties on ''Galactica'' despite having been exposed as Cylons?
* Now that his brief presidency has come to an end, will Lee Adama resume his duties on the Quorum? If not, what will his new role be?

== Official Statements ==

*''[[Jane Espenson]] about the writing and her reaction to it:''
:"Holy cow, I love this episode beyond the saying of it, and 'thank you' to the fans who have been going out of their way to tell all of us that, too. Adama's reaction to the reveal was stunning -- my gods -- and Starbuck-- her face said it all. A thunderclap. Simply beautiful. You wouldn't want more and you can't imagine less. I'm stating the obvious when I say that a more labored reaction would've attenuated the emotions, given the characters a chance to gather themselves before the big blow that was to come, which certainly would be a mistake. [...] I think the *real* reactions are yet to come, just like in life. The beauty of this episode is in its urgency, in the tumbling breathless slide that lands us on that grim gray unfamiliar beach"

:"And -- oh -- that haunting devastated city there, with the massive ruined temple and our people trying to find their footing in a strange dead city I did not recognize... that image just kills me. Every time I watch this episode, I well up with hope, and it lasts right up through that handful of soil, and then the radiation counter breaks my heart all over again."

:"[[David Weddle|David]] and [[Bradley Thompson|Bradley]] (David Weddle and Bradley Thompson, our writers) did an excellent job throughout this rocketsled of an episode - the writing had to be so delicate, precise and emotional... and they also did such a good job doing little things like dealing with the fallout from my episode the previous week. Baltar saying he loves living is such a gem of a moment among a cascade of gems -- thanks for that, David and Brad! And then, of course, the big stuff starts happening and never ever lets up." <ref name"espenson">{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/06/16/jane-espenson-on-battlestar-galacticas-mid-season-finale/|title=TVGuide: Jane Espenson on Battlestar Galactica's mid-season finale}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''[[William Adama]] has a nervous breakdown after learning that his best friend of 30 years, [[Saul Tigh]], is a Cylon, and having him arrested to be executed. [[Lee Adama|His son]] finds him and drags his father's sobbing form to a bulkhead where he cradles his father from behind.''
:'''William Adama:''' [Crying, sobbing, despair...]
:'''Lee Adama:''' [voice quavering]: Dad, listen... No one suspected, no one! Not with his record. Not what he did on New Caprica. His eye... What happened to his wife... Come on, let's get up.
:'''William:''' What have I done? [breathlessly] All of the people I've sent to die? For what? For what?!
:'''Lee:''' [quietly] For Earth...
:'''William:''' [angrily]: There is no Earth. [sobs] It is a frakkin' joke! There is no Earth! [sobs]
:'''Lee:''' Okay dad, listen to me... [firmer and takes his father face between his hands] Listen to me!! Pull it together!!
:'''William:''' I can't...
:'''Lee''' [frustrated]: Yes, you can! Come on!
:'''William:''' I can't...
:'''Lee:''' [frustrated] Yes, you ca...
:'''William:''' I can't... I can't kill him... I can't kill the bastard! I can't...
:'''Lee:''' Okay, okay, dad. [he cradles his father's face]
:'''William:''' I can't...
:'''Lee:''' It's... It's gonna be okay... It's gonna be okay... I'll... I'll take care of it. I'll take care of it [kisses his father's forehead].

*''[[Tory Foster]] to [[Laura Roslin]] after confessing that she is a Cylon:''
:'''Foster:''' You had no idea, did you?
:'''Roslin:''' No.
:'''Foster:''' Might be worth pondering what else you've been wrong about.

*''Upon confirmation of their position in orbit of Earth, [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]] makes an announcement to the Fleet:''
:"Crew of ''Galactica''. People of the fleet. This is Admiral Adama. Three years ago I promised to lead you to a new home. We've endured a difficult journey, we've all lost, we've all suffered, and the truth is I questioned whether this day would ever come. But today our journey is at an end. We have arrived, at Earth."

*''Laura Roslin observes the vacant ruins on Earth:''
:"Earth..."

== Guest Stars ==

* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]]
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
* [[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]]
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]]
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza]]
* [[Keegan Connor Tracy]] as [[Jeanne]]
* [[Lara Gilchrist]] as [[Paulla Schaffer]]
* [[Finn R. Devitt]] as [[Nicholas Tyrol]] (credited as "Baby Nicky")
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Hoshi]]
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]
* [[Heather Doerksen]] as Sergeant [[Brandy Harder]]
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)
* [[Vincent Gale]] as [[Peter Laird]]
* [[Don Thompson]] as Specialist [[Anthony Figurski]]
* [[Sonja Bennett]] as Specialist [[Marcie Brasko]]
* [[Barry Nerling]] as [[Unnamed Galactica and Pegasus crew (RDM)#Adama's Corporal|Adama's Corporal]]

== External Links ==
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=396]

== References ==

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Humanoid Cylon speculation

2008-06-23T00:14:21Z

OTW: /* William Adama */

{{plausible speculation}}
The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] evolution into twelve distinct [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid models]] introduced a serious problem for the remnants of humanity in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Early into the search for [[Earth]], it seemed that anyone could be a Cylon, raising doubt and suspicion within the human populace ("[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").

Fans of the show are rife with speculation about who could be a Cylon infiltrator in the Fleet. Viewers were introduced to the "[[Significant Seven]]" over the course of the miniseries and the first two season, but the nature of each of these characters was revealed shortly after that character's introduction.

In season three the speculation by both characters and fans turned to the [[Final Five]], enigmatic, almost-mystical figures who seem to have a [[The Temple of Five|link]] to ancient Colonial history. The nature of the five, according to [[Ron D. Moore|Moore]], is "fundamentally different" from the other seven models<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=ffdifferent|timestamp=19:05|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>.

At the conclusion of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" four recurring characters are revealed to be Cylons. The revelation that long standing characters such as Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] are Cylons blows the field wide open; if they could be "[[toaster]]s," then ''anyone'' could be the last Cylon. In particular, Tigh has a long and well-documented character history dating back to the first [[Cylon War]].

This article details [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad#Derived content|plausible speculation]] on which of the central and supporting characters in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' could be the final one.

==Clues from Official Sources==
During a Q&A session on the official Sci Fi channel Battlestar Galactica forum Ronald D. Moore notes that he already knows who the last Cylon is, and that he's already left clues as to who it is<ref>[http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2270103&st=0&p=3041263&#entry3041263 20 Answers - SCI FI FORUMS] Retrieved 03-27-2007</ref>.

[[Bradley Thompson]] was asked when the writers knew the identity of the final five:
:"Four of the five were recent. If memory serves, the fifth (which may change) we've been kicking around since about the end of Season One."<ref>[[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive8#Identity of the Final Five|BW:OC#Identity of the Final Five]]</ref>

==General factors for consideration==
In terms of narrative, to prevent an anti-climax it seems likely that the final Cylon would probably need to be a more prominent character than those of the Four. This centers the spotlight in the central "human" characters ([[Roslin]], [[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]], [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]). However, there is still half a season for characters to develop and gain significance with viewers.

With the Final Five being "fundamentally different" from the Seven, extrapolating any characteristics we learned of Cylons from the Seven (including physiology, loyalty or self-awareness) is of questionable validity.

Colonel Tigh has a well documented history stretching back at least to the first Cylon War. Also considering the [[Temple of Five]] it seems Final Five Cylons somehow significantly pre-date the Seven.

It has been seen that Cylons can start families, however it is unclear how the Five came to exist. Having known natural parents would ''seem'' to preclude one being any more than half-Cylon.

Of the 11 so far there have been only four female models. The final Cylon being female would serve to equalize this gender bias.

The [[first Hybrid]] gives a monologue about his knowledge of the Final Five in the extended version of "[[Razor]]". It states that "...the fifth is still is in shadow, drawn toward the light, hungering for redemption, that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering."

With the exception of [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Cally Tyrol]], who are confirmed to have half-Cylon, half-human children<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>, any "human" character could be a Cylon.

In "[[Revelations]]", [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]], mentions that there are only four of them in the Fleet. If this is true, then this would narrow the field to those characters who were on the rebel basestar at the time, characters previously assumed dead or missing, or other [[#More Esoteric ideas|more esoteric suggestions]].

==Main Characters==

===[[Laura Roslin]]===
[[Image:Laura_Roslin_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
The colonies' president has been unquestionably a boon to humanity's search for earth, indeed the two times she has been removed from office have been the two greatest setbacks in the journey.

Roslin has also experienced prophetic dreams and visions (those induced by [[chamalla]], and a dream she shared with the Cylons [[Caprica Six]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]). She fits very well the profile of the [[Sacred Scrolls|scroll's]] dying leader, the scrolls also having links to other more mystical elements of the series, including the [[Temple of Five]]. Additionally, Roslin was among those on the rebel baseship when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in the fleet ([[Revelations]]).

However her dying nature, from an aggressive form of breast cancer is also the biggest cause to doubt Roslin being a Cylon. It is unknown whether the Final Five can succumb to cancer, but Cylons seem to be generally tougher than humans. Baltar's cure in "[[Epiphanies]]" was probably designed based on the assumption that Roslin's physiology is human.

===[[William Adama]]===
[[Image:William_Adama_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
If William Adama were revealed to be a Cylon, it would be one of the biggest shocks the series could produce. Overall Adama appears to epitomize a very human set of strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, he does experience hallucinations in the fifth [[Razor Flashback]], although he sees and hears people in his environment instead of seeing himself in a different one. The experience could also be explained by stress or other factors, however. Adama was among those on the rebel baseship when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in the fleet ([[Revelations]]).

The Adama family is well documented. His father, [[Joseph Adama]], was known to [[Romo Lampkin]]. The proposed spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', will feature the history of the Adama family, including a young William. This may be difficult to square with any revelation about William Adama being a Cylon.

{{spoiltext|A robotic duplicate of William Adama's sibling [[Tamara Adama]] is one of the first Cylons ([[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]). It is not implausible that William Adama could be a similar construct, although the forms of the Cylon prototypes are unknown and unlikely to be humanoid}}
William Adama experiences guilt for actions he believe may have triggered the war ([[Hero]]). This could be the "hungering for redemption" that the [[First Hybrid]] talks about (see above).

===[[Lee Adama]]===
[[Image:Lee_Adama_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
Could Lee's chronic angst be partly due to guilt at his Cylon nature? Was the [[Leoben]] who said "Adama's a Cylon" ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]) referring to Lee? (note: the writers hadn't decided on the identity of the final Cylon at that point). He might project in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", although this is more likely an oxygen deprivation induced hallucination.

In his defense, Lee is also a member of the well-documented Adama family. A "switched at birth" scenario could explain this.

Lee is characterised by near chronic angst for various reasons. Could he be the one "hungering for redemption"?

Lee is told that he is "a son trying to flee his father's shadow" by [[Romo Lampkin]]. This conceivably could link with the description of the final Cylon as "still in shadow, drawn toward the light."

Lee was in the fleet when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in it ([[Revelations]]).

===[[Gaius Baltar]]===
[[Image:Gaius_Baltar_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
{{mainarticle|Baltar as Cylon speculation}}
Baltar's vast intelligence, weak character and lack of loyalty to anyone but himself have made him ultimately humanity's (unwitting) betrayer. Baltar himself longs to be a Cylon as this would absolve himself, however comes to the conclusion that he is human after all. Baltar certainly has a lot to be guilty about, whether he has enough of a conscience to be truly "hungering for redemption" is questionable, however his confession to Roslin seems to indicate that this is the case ([[The Hub]]).

There are good reasons to suspect Baltar. He exhibits vast intelligence that may be superhuman in nature. His [[Virtual Six]], her precognitive abilities, and the apparently projected environments they often co-experience are suspicious, as well as the fact that both Virtual Six and later the [[Hybrid]] tell him that he is "chosen". Additionally, Baltar was among those on the rebel baseship when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in the fleet ([[Revelations]]).

In [[Caprica Six]]'s final vision in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" she sees the hooded figures of the final five staring at her from the upper level. Baltar is standing next to her in the vision as well.

===[[Kara Thrace]]===
[[Image:Kara_Thrace.jpg|right|90px]]
{{seealso|The Destiny}}
Kara Thrace's path towards her destiny has involved many strange, perhaps supernatural events. Whether this destiny involves her being a Cylon is a matter of speculation (indeed members of the [[Significant Seven]], who do not know who the final five are, tell Starbuck she has this destiny), but it is certain Thrace is ''something'' special.

Certainly Thrace exhibits phenomenal natural skill as a pilot, and manages to learn to fly a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] exceptionally quickly ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). From childhood, Thrace has been drawing the mandala from the [[Temple of Five]]. However she was also physically abused as a child and still carries the scars; Cylons seem to be more robust than humans and possibly may not carry such long-term injuries. The same may be said of the knee injury which put a stop to Thrace's [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] playing ambitions.

Most strikingly, the ace pilot apparently dies in "[[Maelstrom]]" but returns ([[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]?) in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". Furthermore, not being on ''Galactica'' at the time, Thrace is the only major "human" character who has a reason for not reacting to the [[The Music|music]] which, to the "four", reverberates around the ship. However the final Cylon may, for some reason, not have heard it, or may have ignored it.

Thrace has engaged in combat with [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] on many occasions without any incident similar to the one which occured between Anders and the Raider during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], however it is possible that the Raider was only able to identify Anders because he had already been "activated".

[[Katee Sackhoff]] was apparently told she is not a Cylon<ref>[http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8547/redeye3copyci7.jpg See this magazine cutting.]</ref>.
{{spoilli|According to [http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html this source] as of "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", Kara Thrace believes herself to be a Cylon, whilst Katee Sackhoff believes otherwise.}}

===None of the above?===
[[Image:Battlestar Galactica Last Supper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Last Supper"]]
{{seealso|The Last Supper}}
The January 2008 edition of [[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] showcases a two-page photo of the cast for [[Season Four]] posed in a manner similar to Leonardo DaVinci's ''[[w:The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' with an explanation of each character's pose/position provided by Ron Moore. Near the far left of the table a space is left vacant and a cup sits on the table marking the absent character's intended place. Moore tells EW that "We have not yet revealed the final [unknown] Cylon." and when asked if there was a possibility that the final Cylon was indeed ''not'' seated at the table Moore notes "You ferreted that out pretty slyly. I didn't really want to give that away."<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/814818.html#cutid1|title=What does this picture mean? Try to crack the 'BSG' code.|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|page=40, 41|date=January 11, 2008|accessdate=English|language=}}</ref> William Adama, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar, and Kara Thrace are all present in the picture, as are [[Final Five]] Cylons Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, and Samuel Anders.

However, the importance of this photo is seriously put to question given [[Aaron Douglas]]' comments on the photo. According to the actor, he was unsure that Moore had anything to do with the photo, given that Moore was not present for the shoot. Additionally, the photo shoot had at least six different setups and the actors had changed places during the photo shoot, thus contending that there is no hidden meaning for the photo.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/55289.html|title=The Chief's Deck: BSG Last Supper Photo|date=8 January 2008|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Others==

===[[Tom Zarek]]===

[[Image:Zarek.jpg|right|90px]]
Based upon the mutterings of the Hybrid in "Razor", as well as Ron Moore's claim that he has already left clues to the final Cylon, one could assume Tom Zarek is the last Cylon to be found.

Tom Zarek likes to move from second-line positions, is not big on being in charge but always craving to be noticed and understood, is constantly trying to make people understand why he did the things he spent time in jail for, and has the "cleanest" past (no known relatives, etc.). His criminal background and political ambitions fit with someone "hungering for redemption."

===[[Virtual beings]]===

The virtual beings (possibly including the [[virtual Leoben]]) may actually be a single entity, the final Cylon being more spiritual than corporal. Virtual Six claims to be an angel from the Cylon God, which could be roughly correlated with the "the five priests devoted to the one whose name cannot be spoken" from [[Pythia]]. The overall actions of these beings seem to be neither pro-Cylon or pro-human, which fits with the Final five being a third party in the dynamic of the battle.

None of the other final five have shown similar characteristics to this, and there is no particular reason to suggest the final Cylon is greatly different from his or her four "siblings". When Number Three sees her vision of the final five in the [[Opera House]] (a vision repeated for other characters, thus not simply in her mind) they are five humanoid figures in white robes, at least one of which is known to her.

===More Esoteric ideas===

*The last Cylon is on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] or the entire population of Earth are copies of the final Cylon.
*The final Cylon is dead.
*The final Cylon is a deceased character known to the audience.
*[[God (RDM)|God]], or some other divine entity.
*A single, somehow distinct, copy of a known Cylon.
*The [[Hybrid]]s
*A character to be featured in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' such as [[Zoe Graystone]] or [[Tamara Adama]].

==References==
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[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Humanoid Cylon speculation

2008-06-23T00:12:13Z

OTW: /* None of the above? */ add pic

{{plausible speculation}}
The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] evolution into twelve distinct [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid models]] introduced a serious problem for the remnants of humanity in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Early into the search for [[Earth]], it seemed that anyone could be a Cylon, raising doubt and suspicion within the human populace ("[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").

Fans of the show are rife with speculation about who could be a Cylon infiltrator in the Fleet. Viewers were introduced to the "[[Significant Seven]]" over the course of the miniseries and the first two season, but the nature of each of these characters was revealed shortly after that character's introduction.

In season three the speculation by both characters and fans turned to the [[Final Five]], enigmatic, almost-mystical figures who seem to have a [[The Temple of Five|link]] to ancient Colonial history. The nature of the five, according to [[Ron D. Moore|Moore]], is "fundamentally different" from the other seven models<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=ffdifferent|timestamp=19:05|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>.

At the conclusion of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" four recurring characters are revealed to be Cylons. The revelation that long standing characters such as Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] are Cylons blows the field wide open; if they could be "[[toaster]]s," then ''anyone'' could be the last Cylon. In particular, Tigh has a long and well-documented character history dating back to the first [[Cylon War]].

This article details [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad#Derived content|plausible speculation]] on which of the central and supporting characters in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' could be the final one.

==Clues from Official Sources==
During a Q&A session on the official Sci Fi channel Battlestar Galactica forum Ronald D. Moore notes that he already knows who the last Cylon is, and that he's already left clues as to who it is<ref>[http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2270103&st=0&p=3041263&#entry3041263 20 Answers - SCI FI FORUMS] Retrieved 03-27-2007</ref>.

[[Bradley Thompson]] was asked when the writers knew the identity of the final five:
:"Four of the five were recent. If memory serves, the fifth (which may change) we've been kicking around since about the end of Season One."<ref>[[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive8#Identity of the Final Five|BW:OC#Identity of the Final Five]]</ref>

==General factors for consideration==
In terms of narrative, to prevent an anti-climax it seems likely that the final Cylon would probably need to be a more prominent character than those of the Four. This centers the spotlight in the central "human" characters ([[Roslin]], [[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]], [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]). However, there is still half a season for characters to develop and gain significance with viewers.

With the Final Five being "fundamentally different" from the Seven, extrapolating any characteristics we learned of Cylons from the Seven (including physiology, loyalty or self-awareness) is of questionable validity.

Colonel Tigh has a well documented history stretching back at least to the first Cylon War. Also considering the [[Temple of Five]] it seems Final Five Cylons somehow significantly pre-date the Seven.

It has been seen that Cylons can start families, however it is unclear how the Five came to exist. Having known natural parents would ''seem'' to preclude one being any more than half-Cylon.

Of the 11 so far there have been only four female models. The final Cylon being female would serve to equalize this gender bias.

The [[first Hybrid]] gives a monologue about his knowledge of the Final Five in the extended version of "[[Razor]]". It states that "...the fifth is still is in shadow, drawn toward the light, hungering for redemption, that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering."

With the exception of [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Cally Tyrol]], who are confirmed to have half-Cylon, half-human children<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>, any "human" character could be a Cylon.

In "[[Revelations]]", [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]], mentions that there are only four of them in the Fleet. If this is true, then this would narrow the field to those characters who were on the rebel basestar at the time, characters previously assumed dead or missing, or other [[#More Esoteric ideas|more esoteric suggestions]].

==Main Characters==

===[[Laura Roslin]]===
[[Image:Laura_Roslin_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
The colonies' president has been unquestionably a boon to humanity's search for earth, indeed the two times she has been removed from office have been the two greatest setbacks in the journey.

Roslin has also experienced prophetic dreams and visions (those induced by [[chamalla]], and a dream she shared with the Cylons [[Caprica Six]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]). She fits very well the profile of the [[Sacred Scrolls|scroll's]] dying leader, the scrolls also having links to other more mystical elements of the series, including the [[Temple of Five]]. Additionally, Roslin was among those on the rebel baseship when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in the fleet ([[Revelations]]).

However her dying nature, from an aggressive form of breast cancer is also the biggest cause to doubt Roslin being a Cylon. It is unknown whether the Final Five can succumb to cancer, but Cylons seem to be generally tougher than humans. Baltar's cure in "[[Epiphanies]]" was probably designed based on the assumption that Roslin's physiology is human.

===[[William Adama]]===
[[Image:William_Adama_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
If William Adama were revealed to be a Cylon, it would be one of the biggest shocks the series could produce. Overall Adama appears to epitomize a very human set of strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, he does experience hallucinations in the fifth [[Razor Flashback]], although he sees and hears people in his environment instead of seeing himself in a different one. The experience could also be explained by stress or other factors, however. Adama was among those on the rebel baseship when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in the fleet ([[Revelations]]).

The Adama family is well documented. His father, [[Joseph Adama]], was known to [[Romo Lampkin]]. The proposed spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', will feature the history of the Adama family, including a young William. This may be difficult to square with any revelation about William Adama being a Cylon.

{{spoiltext|A robotic duplicate of William Adama's sibling [[Tamara Adama]] is one of the first Cylons ([[Caprica|Caprica (series)]]). It is not implausible that William Adama could be a similar construct, although the forms of the Cylon prototypes are unknown and unlikely to be humanoid}}
William Adama experiences guilt for actions he believe may have triggered the war ([[Hero]]). This could be the "hungering for redemption" that the [[First Hybrid]] talks about (see above).

===[[Lee Adama]]===
[[Image:Lee_Adama_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
Could Lee's chronic angst be partly due to guilt at his Cylon nature? Was the [[Leoben]] who said "Adama's a Cylon" ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]) referring to Lee? (note: the writers hadn't decided on the identity of the final Cylon at that point). He might project in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", although this is more likely an oxygen deprivation induced hallucination.

In his defense, Lee is also a member of the well-documented Adama family. A "switched at birth" scenario could explain this.

Lee is characterised by near chronic angst for various reasons. Could he be the one "hungering for redemption"?

Lee is told that he is "a son trying to flee his father's shadow" by [[Romo Lampkin]]. This conceivably could link with the description of the final Cylon as "still in shadow, drawn toward the light."

Lee was in the fleet when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in it ([[Revelations]]).

===[[Gaius Baltar]]===
[[Image:Gaius_Baltar_promo.jpg|right|90px]]
{{mainarticle|Baltar as Cylon speculation}}
Baltar's vast intelligence, weak character and lack of loyalty to anyone but himself have made him ultimately humanity's (unwitting) betrayer. Baltar himself longs to be a Cylon as this would absolve himself, however comes to the conclusion that he is human after all. Baltar certainly has a lot to be guilty about, whether he has enough of a conscience to be truly "hungering for redemption" is questionable, however his confession to Roslin seems to indicate that this is the case ([[The Hub]]).

There are good reasons to suspect Baltar. He exhibits vast intelligence that may be superhuman in nature. His [[Virtual Six]], her precognitive abilities, and the apparently projected environments they often co-experience are suspicious, as well as the fact that both Virtual Six and later the [[Hybrid]] tell him that he is "chosen". Additionally, Baltar was among those on the rebel baseship when D'Anna stated that only four of the final five were in the fleet ([[Revelations]]).

In [[Caprica Six]]'s final vision in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" she sees the hooded figures of the final five staring at her from the upper level. Baltar is standing next to her in the vision as well.

===[[Kara Thrace]]===
[[Image:Kara_Thrace.jpg|right|90px]]
{{seealso|The Destiny}}
Kara Thrace's path towards her destiny has involved many strange, perhaps supernatural events. Whether this destiny involves her being a Cylon is a matter of speculation (indeed members of the [[Significant Seven]], who do not know who the final five are, tell Starbuck she has this destiny), but it is certain Thrace is ''something'' special.

Certainly Thrace exhibits phenomenal natural skill as a pilot, and manages to learn to fly a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] exceptionally quickly ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). From childhood, Thrace has been drawing the mandala from the [[Temple of Five]]. However she was also physically abused as a child and still carries the scars; Cylons seem to be more robust than humans and possibly may not carry such long-term injuries. The same may be said of the knee injury which put a stop to Thrace's [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] playing ambitions.

Most strikingly, the ace pilot apparently dies in "[[Maelstrom]]" but returns ([[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]?) in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". Furthermore, not being on ''Galactica'' at the time, Thrace is the only major "human" character who has a reason for not reacting to the [[The Music|music]] which, to the "four", reverberates around the ship. However the final Cylon may, for some reason, not have heard it, or may have ignored it.

Thrace has engaged in combat with [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] on many occasions without any incident similar to the one which occured between Anders and the Raider during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], however it is possible that the Raider was only able to identify Anders because he had already been "activated".

[[Katee Sackhoff]] was apparently told she is not a Cylon<ref>[http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8547/redeye3copyci7.jpg See this magazine cutting.]</ref>.
{{spoilli|According to [http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html this source] as of "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", Kara Thrace believes herself to be a Cylon, whilst Katee Sackhoff believes otherwise.}}

===None of the above?===
[[Image:Battlestar Galactica Last Supper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Last Supper"]]
{{seealso|The Last Supper}}
The January 2008 edition of [[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] showcases a two-page photo of the cast for [[Season Four]] posed in a manner similar to Leonardo DaVinci's ''[[w:The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' with an explanation of each character's pose/position provided by Ron Moore. Near the far left of the table a space is left vacant and a cup sits on the table marking the absent character's intended place. Moore tells EW that "We have not yet revealed the final [unknown] Cylon." and when asked if there was a possibility that the final Cylon was indeed ''not'' seated at the table Moore notes "You ferreted that out pretty slyly. I didn't really want to give that away."<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/814818.html#cutid1|title=What does this picture mean? Try to crack the 'BSG' code.|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|page=40, 41|date=January 11, 2008|accessdate=English|language=}}</ref> William Adama, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar, and Kara Thrace are all present in the picture, as are [[Final Five]] Cylons Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, and Samuel Anders.

However, the importance of this photo is seriously put to question given [[Aaron Douglas]]' comments on the photo. According to the actor, he was unsure that Moore had anything to do with the photo, given that Moore was not present for the shoot. Additionally, the photo shoot had at least six different setups and the actors had changed places during the photo shoot, thus contending that there is no hidden meaning for the photo.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/55289.html|title=The Chief's Deck: BSG Last Supper Photo|date=8 January 2008|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Others==

===[[Tom Zarek]]===

[[Image:Zarek.jpg|right|90px]]
Based upon the mutterings of the Hybrid in "Razor", as well as Ron Moore's claim that he has already left clues to the final Cylon, one could assume Tom Zarek is the last Cylon to be found.

Tom Zarek likes to move from second-line positions, is not big on being in charge but always craving to be noticed and understood, is constantly trying to make people understand why he did the things he spent time in jail for, and has the "cleanest" past (no known relatives, etc.). His criminal background and political ambitions fit with someone "hungering for redemption."

===[[Virtual beings]]===

The virtual beings (possibly including the [[virtual Leoben]]) may actually be a single entity, the final Cylon being more spiritual than corporal. Virtual Six claims to be an angel from the Cylon God, which could be roughly correlated with the "the five priests devoted to the one whose name cannot be spoken" from [[Pythia]]. The overall actions of these beings seem to be neither pro-Cylon or pro-human, which fits with the Final five being a third party in the dynamic of the battle.

None of the other final five have shown similar characteristics to this, and there is no particular reason to suggest the final Cylon is greatly different from his or her four "siblings". When Number Three sees her vision of the final five in the [[Opera House]] (a vision repeated for other characters, thus not simply in her mind) they are five humanoid figures in white robes, at least one of which is known to her.

===More Esoteric ideas===

*The last Cylon is on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] or the entire population of Earth are copies of the final Cylon.
*The final Cylon is dead.
*The final Cylon is a deceased character known to the audience.
*[[God (RDM)|God]], or some other divine entity.
*A single, somehow distinct, copy of a known Cylon.
*The [[Hybrid]]s
*A character to be featured in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' such as [[Zoe Graystone]] or [[Tamara Adama]].

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The Last Supper

2008-06-23T00:11:22Z

OTW:

[[Image:Battlestar Galactica Last Supper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Last Supper being depicted using [[Portal:Characters|characters]] from ''Battlestar Galactica''.]]

'''"The Last Supper"''' is the unofficial name of a promotional picture concocted by the [[SciFi Channel]] to promote the [[Re-imagined Series]]. It is one of the first promotional photos from the [[Season 4 (2008)|fourth season]] to be released to the general public, first making print in ''[[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]]'' with brief comments by series producer [[Ron Moore]]. It deliberately mirrors [[w:The Last Supper (Leonardo)|Leonardo's famous painting]].

== The "Clues" ==

Attached to the photo were comments from Moore, who provided descriptions of each character's pose and position in the picture, while claiming that each pose is significant and holds insights into upcoming events of Season 4. From left to right:

*President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] lights a fire: "She's burning something of importance that has to do with a plot turn midseason."

*[[Natalie]] stands in commanding pose: "She assumes a leadership position for a group of Cylons [that have] a separate agenda from the rest of them."

*[[Saul Tigh]], missing eye turned towards the camera: "You might literally take that composition in terms of Tigh turning a blind eye."

*The [[Final Five|empty space at the table]]: "We have not yet revealed the final [unknown] Cylon." Does that mean the people already at the table ''aren't'' the final Cylon? Moore laughs. "You ferreted that out pretty slyly. I didn't really want to give that away."

*[[Lee Adama]] in civilian clothes: "He does not return to flight status."

*[[Gaius Baltar]] looks up to his [[Virtual Six]], who stands in the center of the picture: "Baltar's Six has proclaimed that she is delivering the gospel of the [Cylons'] [[God|one true God]], so it seems natural to place her at the center of the photo.

*[[Kara Thrace]] and [[Samuel Anders]] in a sensual embrace: "[Note] that the only one embracing Starbuck is Anders."

*[[Galen Tyrol]], knife in hand, glares angrily: "The Chief does not have a pleasant time of it this season." His child with fellow grunt Cally would seem to be the second human-Cylon hybrid, and hints Moore, "one should consider the knife in his hand in that context."

*[[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]] and [[Karl Agathon]] cast a worried glance across the table: "The person they're looking at is definitely reacting."

*Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] sits on the end of the table, as far as possible from President Roslin: "They're also turned toward each other."

== Dismissal ==

In light of massive fan speculation, [[Aaron Douglas]] (Tyrol) publicly dismissed the importance of the photo via his LiveJournal.

According to Douglas, Ron Moore was not present at the photo shoot, which was part of SciFi Channel's promotional material production phase. The actors were given general directions by the photographer and SciFi Channel staff, but interpreted their characters as they saw fit. This indicates that the photograph was created for marketing purposes, as multiple different versions of the shot were produced. It was likely meant to fuel speculation, and thus there is probably no deep meaning behind its composition. Douglas added that neither he nor any of the cast believe there is any significance to the photo. He further notes that none of the fan speculation based on the photo matches the story lines or events in the 13 hours<ref>This number includes the two-hour "[[Razor]]" television movie.</ref> that were filmed.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/56259.html|title=The Chief's Deck: Last Supper and the Truth|date=10 January 2008|accessdate=25 January 2008|last=Douglas|first=Aaron|format=|language=}}</ref>

Further, attempts to analyze the photo have been met with incredulity from [[Katee Sackhoff]], who said: "It's interesting that everyone thinks there is something hidden in that Last Supper photo, like if you look hard enough, you can find a hidden message in it. To be honest, I think we [the cast] would have had to be in on it to create a hidden message, and we were all just there having a photo shoot."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/critics/blog/2008/03/a_da_vinci_code_for_battlestar.html|title=BaltimoreSun.com - Critical Mass - A Da Vinci Code for 'Battlestar Galactica'?|date=28 March 2008|accessdate=2 April 2008|last=Swift|first=Tim|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Defense ==

In light of the aforementioned comments, Ron Moore and Co-Executive Producer [[David Weddle]] came to the photo's defense.

From an 2 April 2008 interview that Maureen Ryan had with Moore:

: '''Maureen Ryan''': You have to know that the EW “Last Supper” photo of the Season 4 cast has been analyzed to death.

: '''RDM:''' I know. As soon as they said that’s what they wanted to do, I said, “Oh, that’s genius.” I was on the phone, “Let’s put him here, her here,” I spun out all these things. It was a lot of fun.

: '''MR:''' That was one question I had – you were the maestro orchestrating where people were and what they were doing, right? Everything in the photo is intentional, right?

: '''RDM:''' Mostly. I wasn’t on the set. They pitched me the idea on the phone, and asked if I had any ideas of what to do. I said, OK, yeah, let’s do this. I spun out the basic format and I think they embroidered a little on that when they were on the set.

: '''MR:''' Are there significant new characters this season?

: '''RDM:''' Nothing that comes to mind. [Mo here: Hmmm. But according to the EW “Last Supper” photo, there’s a new No. 6 model called Natalie. She assumes a leadership role for a group of Cylons with “a separate agenda,” Moore told the magazine.]

: '''MR:''' Just so I understand what I think you told EW for the story that went with the photo, none of the people in that photo is the final Cylon, right?

: '''RDM:''' Yeah. I said that. I probably shouldn’t have said that [laughs] but I have said that. So, yeah [that is the case, the final Cylon is not any of the people in the photo].<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/04/ron-moore-on-ba.html|title='Battlestar Galactica's' fourth season, the strike, and directing in space: The scoop from Ron Moore|date=2 April 2008|accessdate=2 April 2008|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>

A further exchange with Maureen Ryan had her confirm that the text in brackets above was written by her, to summarize her view of what Moore was saying. However, she wrote Moore to confirm it, and he OKed her release of the following statement: ""Ron Moore confirmed to me that the final Cylon is not any of the people in the Last Supper photo."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://ideas.4brad.com/battlestar/ron-moore-confirms-final-cylon-not-last-supper-photo|title='Ron Moore confirms final Cylon not in Last Supper photo'|date=21 June 2008}}</ref>

Additionally, a recent interview, Weddle added that: "You already know the answer to these questions [on who the "Last Cylon" is, the nature of Kara Thrace, etc.]. It's all right there [in the show]. Just examine every episode closely and the truth will emerge. Or break out a magnifying glass and go over that Last Supper photo one more time. Ron Moore laid it all out for you."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.syfyportal.com/pagetogether.php?id=4887&page=4|title=SyFy Portal: 'Battlestar Galactica' Plan Subject To Change|date=2 April 2008|accessdate=2 April 2008|last=Hinman|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Updates to Image ==

After the initial posting, minor changes have begun to appear.
*The glass of water in front of [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] was half full. It switched at least by early May to a full glass.
*The flaming chalice in front of [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] disappeared in early May. Roslin, though, still holds the lit match.<ref>SciFi Forums. http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2307515&st=0. 10 May 2008 (accessed 30 May 2008).</ref>
*[[Virtual Six]]'s position has moved to the right slightly. There is no longer an overlap between Virtual Six and [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]].<ref>"Crazy Battlestar Galactica movie, webisode, and Last Supper photo news." http://www.popcritics.com/2008/05/crazy-battlestar-galactica-movie-webisode-and-last-supper-photo-news/. 20 May 2008 (accessed 30 May 2008).</ref>

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