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Basestar (TOS)

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:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] basestar. For the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] version, see [[Basestar (RDM)]].''
{{Ship Data
| image= BasestarTOS.jpg
| title= Basestar
| race= [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]]
| type= Military
| crew= [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion troops]]
| co= [[Imperious Leader]], [[Baltar (TOS)|Lord Baltar]] or other commander, usually a [[Command Centurion]] or an [[IL-series]] Droid.
| role= Carrier / battleship hybrid
| weapons= Laser turrets, missiles, pulsar cannons, Raiders
}}
A '''basestar''' is a large capital warship of the [[Cylon Alliance]].

Basestars are immense vehicles that, like their Colonial counterparts, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestars]], serve as a combination of aircraft carrier and capital warship. They are capable of carrying and supporting over three hundred [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]]. Armed with missiles, over one hundred defensive laser turrets, and two long range mega pulsar weapons, the capital warship of the Cylon Alliance is more than a match for any unprepared or unaware battlestar ([[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]). Basestars are also designed for orbital bombardment of a planet, and, true to their name, also serve as a moving base of operations. Four complete squadrons of Raiders is the typical complement of a basestar ([[The Living Legend, Part II]]).

Basestars, and their fighters are the key in the Cylons' genocidal destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the battlestar fleet. To fool the Colonials, the Cylons split up their fleet into two destructive units: a massive Raider fleet is sent to the [[Cimtar Peace Accord]] rendezvous, while the basestars are deployed separately to attack the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] encounters a Cylon Tanker near a gas cloud, which had been used (in lieu of the elsewhere basestars) to give extended [[tylium|fuel reserves]] that enable the Raiders to reach [[Cimtar]]. Apollo finds the Raiders soon after discovering the tanker and unsuccessfully tries to warn the battlestar fleet in time.

Only the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' is initially known to survive the [[Battle of Cimtar|holocaust]] and gathers an odd assortment of civilian spacecraft with the remnants of Humanity, leaving the dead Colonies behind in search of the lost 13th Colony - [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].

Following the flight from [[Battle of Carillon|the death trap at Carillon]], the succeeding [[Imperious Leader]] sends a basestar under [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]'s command to seek out the Fleet. Baltar's basestar is able to follow the Fleet, yet stay outside ''Galactica's'' scanning range ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]), suggesting that basestar scanners have a longer range than their Colonial counterparts.

==Notes==
* This basestar class existed in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] continuity, if only in appearance, and likely with a different command and crew structure. A model of an Original Series basestar is displayed in ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s new [[Galactica Museum|museum]] in the [[Miniseries]], as well as appearing in flashbacks in [[Razor]]. However, because the new series does not use the same [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series|weapons]] as the Original Series, it is not really the same ship, as the the basestars in the Re-imagined Series rely on missiles for defensive and offensive engagements.
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979:''
: The basestar is modeled after the Colonial [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]], however they are not highly maneuverable and thus rely on their shields and [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s for defense. The shields themselves are incapable of withstanding repeated strikes from [[laser torpedoes]], which can be delivered by a squadron [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s, should they break through the Raider's defense.<ref name="p17">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=17}}</ref> Furthermore, the ship is armed with [[Weapons in the Original Series|turbo-laser]]s and [[nutron cased laser torpedoes]] for space warfare and wide-angle space-to-ground laser generators for planetary bombardment.<ref name="p19">{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=19}}</ref>

: The core of a baseship is said to be "specifically sealed and shielded"<ref name="p17"/>, as it is the location from which [[IL series|IL series]] Cylons, in addition to the [[Imperious Leader]], command from. The core can be jettisoned from the ship in case of severe hull damage and can travel up to ten light-[[yahren]].

: A third of the basestars are dedicated to the repair and maintenance of [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]]s, but are not constructed aboard ship unless circumstances require it. The section is also dedicated to recycling parts from Cylons who are irreparably damaged; such parts are melted down and forged into all new parts.

: In addition to the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s, basestars contain a "full complement of armored landing craft used for planetary subjugation".<ref name="p19"/>

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Numerology

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The [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] shares a humorous and sometimes mysterious affinity in placing numbers with popular-culture cross-references or inside jokes in episode content. Fans of the series can also exhibit a tremendous capacity to identify and place perhaps too great a significance upon certain numerological patterns.

== 3 ==

* The apartment number of [[Saul Tigh]]'s old apartment is 3 ([[Scattered]]).
* [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] lines up three soap dishes when he gets his inspiration to network ''Galactica'''s computers (Scattered).

== 12 ==

* There are 12 Colonies which match the 12 zodiac symbols.
* There are 12 models of [[humanoid Cylon]]s at the time of the series.
* According to President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] there are 12 snakes encircling her press podium when she has one of her first [[chamalla]]-induced visions. This vision was predicted by the prophet [[Pythia]], stating: "And the Lords anointed a leader to guide the caravan of the heavens to their new homeland. And unto the leader, they gave a vision of serpents, numbering two and ten, as a sign of things to come" ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).
* There are 12 Vipers that participate on the direct assault in the [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid]]. Pythia's prophecy also mentioned that the humans would be led by "serpents numbering two and ten."
* There were 12 [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] constructed on the onset of the [[Cylon War]] ([[Miniseries]]).
* There are 12 days between the first time Helo and Caprica-Valerii make love and when she becomes visibly pregnant.
* There are twelve thoracic vertebrae in the human spine, which glow during sexual intercourse on humanoid Cylons.
* [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] tells [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] that it would take 12 hours for ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> computer to generate the Fleet's jump coordinates from Kobol ([[Scattered]]).
* The number 12 is visible (albeit upside-down) on a fuzzy die in Starbuck's locker on ''Pegasus'' ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
* In the wake of civil disruptions by the [[Sons of Ares]] and the [[Cult of Baltar]], President Roslin issues an executive order limiting the number of people allowed to assemble in any given place to 12 or less. This order is later overturned ([[Escape Velocity]]).
* In "[[Faith]]", the Raptor departs the ''Demetrius'' with 14:40 left. 144 is the square of 12, the number of Cylon models and of the original colonies of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]].

== 13 ==

* There are 13 Colonies - the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], plus the thirteenth Colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].
* There are 13 episodes in the first season of the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica."
**This is the standard number of episodes in the first 'trial' season of many new shows; 52 weeks a year/4 = 13 weeks a "season" that they air episodes.
* 13 pilots are killed by the communication drone accident in "[[Act of Contrition]]".
* [[The Circle]] executes 13 people for being Cylon collaborators in the episode of the [[Collaborators|same name]].
* There were 13 Humanoid Cylon models before the death of Number Seven.

== 33 ==

* 33 is the number of minutes between Cylon attacks in the episode "[[33]]".
* 33 is the largest printed number on the [[Radio Magnetic Indicator]].
* [[Wallace Gray]] has an educational program on page 33 of his mission statement ([[Colonial Day]]).
* The [[Wikipedia:Homeric Hymns|Homeric Hymns]] are 33 verses to various characters from Greek mythology, a few of which are also [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]].
* 33 people are killed when [[Tucker Clellan|Duck]] suicide-bombs the New Caprica Police graduation ([[Occupation]]).

=== From RDM's blog: Why 33 minutes? ===

:"The truth is, there's no real answer. It's just a random number that felt right when I came up with the idea that our people were under continuous, relentless attack since the end of the pilot. I wanted it to be a short interval, just long enough for them to grab a bite to eat, jump in the shower and maybe try to catch a catnap before dragging themselves back to their duty stations and begin the whole tedious, terrifying ordeal all over again.

:"A deeper truth is, I was never interested in coming up with an explanation for Why? Never. I mean, I suppose I could've come up with a sufficiently important-sounding bit of technobabble that would've made sense (you see, the [[Cylon]] double-talk sensors tracking the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'''s nonsense drive signature needed 15 minutes to relay the made-up data wave through the pretend continuum, then the Cylon navigational hyper silly system needed another 10 minutes to recalculate the [[w:De Lorean time machine|flux capacitor]], etc.) but what would that have really added to the drama? How does explaining that 33 minute interval help our understanding of [[Laura Roslin|Laura]]'s terrible moment of decision, or bring us to any greater knowledge of [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]'s search for her missing family and friends, or yield insight into [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s morally shattered psyche?

:"It doesn't, of course. The answer, however artfully it may (or may not) have been crafted can only subtract from the experience we have in watching the episode. Not knowing the how's or why's of the Cylon attack puts us in the same seat as the characters we're watching. They're in the dark, and we're in the dark. The relentless attack is unfathomable in its origin and unstoppable in its execution. It's mortality coming at you on a loop. If you only had 33 minutes before the next time you could die, what would you do? And what about the time after that? And the time after that? At a certain point, you stop caring about why it's happening, all you know is that it is happening, and it's happening to you.

:"So the mystery of 33 will be permanent on this show. No explanation, not even the attempt. Let it just be a number that seemed like an eternity for five long days on the [[Galactica (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''."

== 42 ==

*There are 42 people in front of Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] in line of succession for the presidency of the Twelve Colonies. "42" is the infamous "Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything"...of course, no one knows what the ''Question'' is, so ''out of context'' as a result, "42" is meaningless. The "42" joke is from Douglas Adams's masterpiece, the five book ''[[Wikipedia:Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy]]'' Trilogy (yes, ''five'' book "Trilogy"). Another helpful axiom from the books is that when traveling around different planets through space, it's always best to "'''Know where your towel is"''' - which is considered a serious blunder to forget - a mistake which [[Lee Adama]] has nearly made on several occasions.
** However, it has also been mentioned that the then current [[Wikipedia:George W. Bush|American President]], having 42 previous presidents, was the reasoning for Roslin's number in succession.

*The license plate number of Starbuck's truck on Caprica is "FB '''42''' E3" ([[Valley of Darkness]]).

*The first season of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' begins in YR42.

== 47 ==

*This is the last lottery number held by a [[Lady with glasses|lucky refugee]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], who is rescued by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii]] during an emergency stop on the colony during the initial [[Cylon Attack]]. Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] appears to momentarily consider using the number for himself as the older woman could not read her number (her forgetfulness leads her to neglect her glasses on top of her head). But Baltar is frightened out of the idea when [[Karl Agathon]] recognizes him, and Baltar fears arrest for [[Colonial Defense Mainframe|treason]].

*Sharon Valerii, as her stint as Boomer, the [[Raptor]] pilot, flies 47 missions in her Raptor ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).

*The fighter tail number of [[Raymond Lai]]'s old Mark II [[Viper 8547|Viper]], later piloted by [[Kara Thrace]], is number 85'''47''' ([[Miniseries]]).

*[[Romo Lampkin]] and [[Lee Adama]] go through 47 names of candidates in their search for interim president before Lampkin identifies Adama as being the person best suited for the position ([[Sine Qua Non]]).

*In the brief cease-fire during the [[Battle of The Colony]], Lee Adama states that 4 [[Vipers]] have been destroyed, and Starbuck states that 7 [[Raptors]] have been lost ([[Daybreak]]).

The number 47 was a very common in-joke on ''Star Trek: The Next Generation''. Writer [[Wikipedia:Joe Menosky|Joe Menosky]], a Pomoma College alumni, originated this joke based on a humorous "47 Society" at the college. He and other writers placed the number as many times as possible throughout the series in [[technobabble]], props, and visual references. The TV spy drama ''[[Wikipedia:Alias (TV series)|Alias]]'' took the "47" joke to almost-epic proportions by placing very obvious references to the number in most of its episodes over its 5-year run.

The "47" joke has become the numerical counterpart to the audio clip known as the [[Wikipedia:Wilhelm scream|"Wilhelm Scream"]] that's added to many, many movies as an in-joke between directors and sound editors since the early 1950s. Recent movies that use the Scream include ''[[w:Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]'' and ''[[w:The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]''.

=== 893893 ===
[[Tom Zarek|Zarek's]] repetitive prisoner number, 893893, is a multiple of 47: 893893 = 893 * 1001 = 19 * '''47''' * 1001.

== 1701 ==
[[Image:Enterprise in fleet.jpg|right|thumb|Enterprise NCC-1701 in fleet.]]

This is part of the registry number of the famous ''USS Enterprise'' of the ''Star Trek'' TV and movie series. In the Miniseries, ''[[Colonial One]]'' rescues a passenger liner named "Gemenon Liner 1701." This is an inside nod to [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM]]'s work in the "[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]" TV series.

Humorously, a model of the starship ''Enterprise'' (from the original ''[[w:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' television series) appears at the conclusion of the Miniseries at the start of the [[service for the dead]]. As a result of stock footage, ''Enterprise'' appears in the opening credits of every [[Season 1 (2004-05)|season 1]] episode.

The number 1701 crops up again in the fourth season. One of the gathering places that the [[Final Five|Final Four]] pick to discuss their ever-changing situation is Weapons Locker 1701D, which bears the registrations number of the ''[[MemoryAlpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|USS Enterprise]]'' (NCC 1701-D) from ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Next Generation|Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' ([[The Ties That Bind]]).

The [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] resulted in the deaths of 1,701 Colonials (based on the [[survivor count]]). Again, this is an inside nod to Ron Moore's and other BSG casts' work in the ''Star Trek'' television franchise.

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[[Hybrid]]s, the central computer of a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]], appear to constantly '''utter incoherent phrases and thoughts''', punctuated by what seem to be computer or system observations, results, or instructions of the basestar's operation.<ref>The behavior of speaking with little pause in an incoherent fashion is a condition known as [[w:Logorrhoea|logorrhoea]], and is generally considered a type of illness in humans. This differs from [[w:glossolalia|glossolalia]]: constant nonsensical speech, and [[w:xenoglossy|xenoglossy]]: speaking in a language not ordinarily known by the speaker. Glossolalia is also known as "speaking in tongues." While the Hybrid speaks the same common language as the humanoid Cylons and Colonials, the content of her speech contacts religious and prophetic messages related to the series storylines as classic glossolalia is claimed to exhibit.</ref> Despite their seemly nonsensical nature, they sometimes seem to relate to the wider world around them, perhaps with a prophetic nature. [[Number Two]]s believe that the Hybrid's words have religious significance.

[[Gaius Baltar]] and [[humanoid Cylon]]s are present when one Hybrid is speaking:

* Two protons expelled at each coupling site creates the mode of force, the embryo becomes a fish that we don't enter until a plate, we're here to experience evolve the little toe, atrophy, don't ask me how I'll be dead in a thousand light years, thank you, thank you. Genesis turns to its source, reduction occurs stepwise though the essence is all one. End of line. FTL system check, diagnostic functions within parameters repeats the harlequin the agony exquisite, the colors run the path of ashes, neuronal network run fifty-two percent of heat exchanger cross-collateralized with hyper-dimensional matrix, upper senses, repair ordered relay to zero zero zero zero. ([[Torn]])
* Mists of dreams drip along the nascent echo and love no more. End of line.
* The five lights of the apocalypse rising struggling towards the light, the sins revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one. (Staring at Baltar:) The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one. The chosen one.([[The Eye of Jupiter]])
** (alternate version: The Final Five revealed only to those who enter the temple only to the chosen one.)([[Rapture]])
* One degree angle nominal. Seascape portrait of the woman child cavern of the soul. Under pressure-heat ratio ides of evolutions have buried their fears.
* Gestalt therapy and escape clauses.
* Throughout history the nexus between man and machine has spun some of the most dramatic, compelling and entertaining fiction.<ref>This "[[w:Fourth wall|fourth wall]]" dialogue references the drama of man/machine conflicts in science fiction as seen in the ''Battlestar'' series' themselves as well as movies and novels such ''[[w:The Terminator|The Terminator]]'', ''[[w:I, Robot|I, Robot]]'' and ''[[w:The Matrix|The Matrix]]''.</ref>
* (Grasping Baltar) Intelligence. A mind that burns like a fire.
* Find the hand that lies in the shadow of the light. In the eye of the husband of the eye of the cow. ([[The Passage]]) <ref>These two lines are quoted in the music for "[[Rapture]]" as [[Music of Battlestar Galactica (RDM)#Temple of Five theme|theme for the Temple of Five]] and sung in Latin.</ref>

At least one Hybrid has spoken utterances that suggest a knowledge of the 'activation' of the [[Final Five]]:
* The excited state decays by vibrational relaxation into the first excited singlet state. Yes, yes and merrily we go. Reduce atmospheric nitrogen by 0.03%. It is not much consolation that society will pick up the bits, leaving us at eight modern where punishment, rather than interdiction, is paramount. Please, cut the fuse. They will not harm their own. End of line. Limiting diffusions to two dimensions increases the number of evolutionary jumps within the species. Rise and measure [[Temple of Hopes|the temple of the five]]. Transformation is the goal. They will not harm their own. [[Data-font]] synchronization complete. ([[Six of One]])

===Rebel Hybrid===
[[Kara Thrace]] travels to the rebel basestar to hear their Hybrid, whom [[Leoben]] believes will guide her on her quest for earth. She finds little sense in its ramblings:
*Then shall the maidens rejoice at the dance.
*They'll start going ripe on us pretty soon.
*Centrifugal force reacts to the rotating frame of reference.
*The obstinate toy soldier becomes pliant.
*The city devours the land, the people devour the city...
*Intruders swarm like flame, like the whirlwind; Hopes soaring to slaughter all their best against our hulls.
*All these things at once and many more, not because it wishes harm, because it likes violent vibrations to change constantly.
*But you are a spark of God's fire.
*The children of the one reborn shall find their own country.
*Compartmentalize integrity conflicts with the obligation to provide access.
*No ceremonies are necessary.
*Contact is inevitable, leading to information bleed.
*Assume the relaxation length of photons in the sample atmosphere is constant.
Just as the Hybrid is being disconnected from its basestar she delivers one final, and unusually coherent, message to Thrace:
*Thus will it come to pass. A dying leader will know the truth of the [[Opera House]]. The missing [[Number Three|Three]] will give you the [[Final Five|Five]] who come from the home of the [[Earth (RDM)|Thirteenth]]. You are the harbinger of death, Kara Thrace. You will lead them all to their end. End of Line. ([[Faith]])
When President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] is informed of this message she goes to speak with the Hybrid ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). She has little success talking to the Hybrid and does not get the answers she was expecting:
*Filters, Filters, the sublime elevation of the lifter and the filters
*The wing beat of the dove drown out the heartbeat of those who follow the [[Number Six|Six]] is back in the stream.
*The [[Natalie|Six]] who went among the makers is no longer.
*Back in the stream that feeds the ocean that feeds the stream.
*Such a format will close the door.
*[[D'anna Biers|The three]] is online.
*Protect the [[Hera Agathon|child]].
*To remove the pump with the attached hose and wiring, simultaneously release the three tangs while pulling the pump out of the retainer along with the line and wiring. ([[The Hub]])

== First Hybrid ==

The [[first Hybrid]] also says several prophetic phrases, although this Hybrid's behavior displays far more coherence, grammatically. The First Hybrid also shows self-awareness, speaking in complete sentences when addressing [[Kendra Shaw]] ([[Razor]]).

*At last, they’ve come for me. I feel their lives, their destinies spilling out before me. The denial of the one true path, played out on a [[New Caprica|world not their own]], will end soon enough. Soon there will be [[Final Five|four, glorious in awakening]], struggling with the knowledge of their true selves, the pain of revelation bringing new clarity, and in the midst of confusion, [[Crossroads, Part II#Act_4|he will find her]]. Enemies brought together by impossible longing, enemies now [[Cylon Civil War#Proposed_Alliance_with_the_Humans|joined as one]]. The way forward at once unthinkable, yet inevitable. And the [[Ellen Tigh|fifth]], still in shadow, will claw toward the light, hungering for redemption that will only come in the howl of terrible suffering. I can see them all. The [[Significant Seven|seven, now six]]<ref>At the time of this utterance, [[Number Three]] has not yet been [[Boxing|boxed]]</ref>, self-described machines who believe themselves without sin, but in time, it is sin that will consume them. They will know enmity, bitterness, the wrenching agony of the [[Cylon Civil War|one splintering into the many]], and then they will join [[Earth_(RDM)#A_New_Earth|the promised land]], gathered on the wings of an [[Kara Thrace|angel]]. Not an end, but a beginning.
*Come in [[Kendra Shaw|Major]]. I've been waiting for you for a long time.
*What am I, a man? Or am I a machine? My [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005#Guardians|children]] believe that I am a God.
*I have seen[/can see] things. Your life, Kendra Shaw, the things you have done. The things [[Scylla|you felt you had to do]], all leading to this moment. You wish to be forgiven, my child. Do you wish to be forgiven? Then come closer, there's something I have to tell you. Come.
*[[Kara Thrace]] will lead the human race to its end. She is the herald of the apocalypse, the harbinger of death. They must not follow her.
*As my own/lone existence comes to a close, only to begin anew, in ways uncertain.
*All [of] this has happened before, and [it] will happen again...again...again...again...again...again...again...

==Samuel Anders==

[[Samuel Anders]] is left in a comatose state after a successful operation to remove a bullet from his brain, but his brain begins to show very unusual readings. Other humanoid Cylons hook him up to a Hybrid tank on ''Galactica'' in the hopes of helping him reboot, and he essentially becomes ''Galactica'''s Hybrid:
*The neuroanatomy of fear and faith share common afferent pathways. Flip a coin. Increased vascular pressure marks the threat response. Free will scuttles in the swamp of fear, do not fear the word. You are the harbinger of death Kara Thrace, you will lead them all to their end. End of line. New command. Resume function. Resume function. Resume function...
*A closed system lacks the ability to renew itself knowledge alone is a poor primer...
*End of line. Begin reintegration of command subroutines ... there's a hole in the bucket, dear Liza, dear Liza, there's a hole in the bucket. The long view returns patterns and repetitions... all has happened before and will happen again...
*Spins and turns, angles and curves. The shape of dreams, half remembered. Slip the surly bonds of earth and touch the face of perfection - a perfect face, perfect lace. Find the perfect world for the end of Kara Thrace. End of line.

During the [[Battle of the Colony]], Anders is seen responding to commands by Senior Chief [[Galen Tyrol]], another of the [[Final Five]]:
*There are secrets within lies, answers within riddles. Lay off the ACS, you betcha Galen. Open your mind and hear what your heart wants to deny. End of line.

After the Fleet's discovery of [[Earth (RDM)|the second Earth]], Anders navigates [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] into the planet's sun. When Anders' wife [[Kara Thrace]] says goodbye, he simply responds, "[[Maelstrom|See you on the other side]]."

==The Colony Hybrid==

Once [[Samuel Anders]] begins to communicate with The Colony's (Chief?) Hybrid, she utters one line before deactivating the defenses:

* Look through the eye to know thyself.

This could be interpretted as she was herself looking within and shutting down the defneses, after realizing the truth of one of the Final Five's return.

==Rebel Hybrid's Message deciphered==
Some of what the rebel hybrid has said has come to pass and has been revealed. What it said about the Dying Leader and the Opera House referes to Roslin and her visions but that has not been resolved yet. The truth behind what it said about Kara being the Harbinger of Death may refer to her part in the destruction of the Resurrection Hub but this too is unclear. However, the part about the Three leading them to the Five that come from the home of the Thirteenth is now clear and makes sense: D'Anna Biers saw the faces of the Final Five in the Temple of Five. She is ultimatly unboxed and is able to lead them to four of the five with the identity of the fifth being discovered at Earth. It is learned that the Final Five in fact ''come'' from Earth as they were born there and the Thirteenth Tribe are Cylons who were apparently created on Kobol. They came to the Colonies to help us after they had their own nuclear holocaust and had their real memories blocked by Cavil and were placed among humans with no knowledge of their true identites. Many of the Rebel Hybrid's messages may also reference the Book of Jeremiah from the Old Testament. The book of Jeremiah deals with themes of Judaism vs Paganism, Prophets and prophecy, destruction of home, and a main character overwhelmed by his task - concurrent with many of the themes in the show. Roslin later ''did'' come to know the truth of the [[Opera House Prophecy]]: it was a vision that came true in the final episode with Athena, Roslin, Baltar and Caprica Six protecting Hera during the [[Battle of The Colony]], but their actions exactly mirrored that of the vision except they were on ''Galactica'' and not in the Opera House although they did flash to that vision several times. The room with the Final Five in it turned out to be ''Galactica's'' CIC and the Final Five were in similar positions on the balcony to the ones they were in in the vision.

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Brenik

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| status= Destroyed in [[Cylon War]]
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According to [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Valley of Darkness|a scene cut]] from the episode "[[Valley of Darkness]]", the '''''Brenik''''' was a [[Colonial]] ship which was boarded by [[Cylon]] forces during the second year of the [[Cylon War]]. The ''Brenik'' was apparently a small vessel, with a crew of approximately 75, only 20 of whom survived the attack. Among the survivors was Petty Officer [[Saul Tigh]], who at that time was a teenager serving as gunner's mate.

Tigh later recounted that the Cylon boarding party engaged his crew in hand-to-hand combat in a battle over the ship's ammunition magazines. By the end of the war, they would abandon this tactic in favor of venting a ship's atmosphere and turning its guns against its allies.

The loss of ''Brenik'' was apparently an infamous Colonial defeat, as years later when Tigh told [[William Adama]] he served on the ship Adama instantly knew its fate.

== Notes ==
* According to [[Podcast:Valley of Darkness|RDM's podcast]], the scene was supposed to be similar to the scene in [[w:Jaws (film)|''Jaws'']] where [[w:Quint (Jaws character)|Quint]] recounts the infamous fate of the [[Wikipedia: USS Indianapolis (CA-35)|USS ''Indianapolis'']].
* Saul Tigh's [[Final Five|true nature]] as revealed at the conclusion of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" did not necessarily conflict with the ''Brenik'' story or Tigh's service there since, unlike other [[humanoid Cylon]]s, one origin of the Five [[Revelations|appears]] to be [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] itself. However, it has since been revealed that Tigh's story was [[No Exit|implanted memories]] until a short period after the First Cylon War; therefore, while the events happened, he was no there.

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