Centurion (TOS)

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:''For the original Centurions likeness in [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]], see [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]. For information on the advanced Centurions from the Re-imagined Series, see [[Cylon Centurion]].
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[[Image:PartyCrashers.jpg|thumb|right|Centurions as infantry.]]
The '''Centurion''' is the workhorse of the [[Cylon Empire]]. Acting as infantry, pilots, and even cavalry (as in "[[The Lost Warrior]]") the Centurion is as versatile as it is shiny. Used in any front-line [http://www.diamondlinks.net link building service] encounter, Centurions are the only type of Cylon a [[Colonial Warrior]] is likely to ever directly encounter ([[Saga of a Star World]]).

Centurions speak with a mechanical voice, typically responding to orders with the iconic phrase "[[By your command]]". Despite their name, they are the Cylons' lowest ranking soldiers, answerable to [[Command Centurion]]s and the [[IL-series]] models.

Centurions are constructed using highly advanced robotics, beyond the capabilities of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Colonials]] to understand easily. As part of a ruse Dr. [[Wilker]] attempts to reconstruct and reprogram a Centurion. The reprogrammed Centurion manages to move stiffly, but lacks the dexterity of a fully functional unit and destroys the controls of the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] when it is instructed to fly ([[Baltar's Escape]]).

Centurions are commonly armed with bayonet-equipped laser rifles, as well as swords for close combat and execution ([[Saga of a Star World]]).

The inhabitants of [[Attila]] refer to Centurions as "tin cans" ([[The Young Lords]]).

==Notable Centurions==
*'''[[Red-Eye]]''' brutally enforces [[Lacerta]]'s reign of terror on [[Equellus]] until he is destroyed by [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] ([[The Lost Warrior]]).
*'''[[Centuri]]''' along with his commander [[Andromus]] survive a crash and head into New York City ([[The Night the Cylons Landed]]).
*'''[[Cy]]''' is rebuilt by [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and (after some persuasion) befriends the Colonial pilot ([[The Return of Starbuck]]).

==''Galactica 1980'' Version==

Centurions are shown to be vulnerable to microwave radiation, and are slowly being outmoded by an android variant with human-like reflexes and agility ("[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]" & "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II|Part II]]").

Further, they are neither equipped with swords nor laser rifles, but with a [[laser pistol (1980)|laser pistol]] analogous to the Colonial's [[laser pistol (TOS)|laser pistol]] ("The Night the Cylons Landed", "[[The Return of Starbuck]]").

==Notes==

*The original Centurion does find its way into the [[Re-imagined Series]] canon, with similar features, known there as the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]. A shell of this Centurion counterpart appears in the [[Miniseries]] in the [[Galactica Museum]], along with other artifacts from the [[Cylon War]].
*In "[[Razor]]", an operational Centurion is seen (with noticeably mechanical legs to show, cinematically, that these Cylons were mechanical and not merely "guys in suits") in a [[Razor Flashbacks|flashback to the Cylon War]]. In the same episode [[Kara Thrace]] shoots down a Cylon Raider (also based on the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series]] design), where its Centurion version appears again in the wreckage.

== Related imagery ==

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Image:Centurion guts.jpg|The guts of a Centurion on a bed in Doctor [[Wilker]]'s lab.
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