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User:Starkiller

2013-09-17T13:52:30Z

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|Though not having a relation in any shape or form, Starkiller is also the alternate name of a sockpuppet of Bryan Seecrets, called Starkiller88, registered in September of 2007. As that account, I set myself apart with a body of work including many speedily deleted articles, plagiarized articles, and self-promoting vanity articles hocking a non-existent sci-fi movie and a FPS someone can try at their own risk, ostensibly a prime example of a dramatician. Sadly, upon closer inspection, every one of my edits are about space, video games, trains, vehicles, movies or celebrities, indistinguishable from the interests of the average five year old. In particular, Starkiller88 held a pseudo-sexual fascination with space travel. The fact that I had nothing to contribute on the subject became very clear to my fellow editors, who did their level best to keep me occupied by assigning him to improvement groups about children's books, namely ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' by Lemony Snicket. However, due to a combination of autism and a horrible comprehension of the English language, Starkiller88 continued to shit up what was already a festering pile of horse shit to begin with, including the disruptive and tendentious edit-warring on Darker Projects and the Russian Phobos-Grunt space mission, the latter which I encountered my bully and an eventual enemy, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:BatteryIncluded BatteryIncluded], whom I threw rubbish about. He is responsible for fabricating my history and lovely suicide threats in which many administrators and arbitrators take notice of and subsequently crafted a widespread conspiracy to kill me. The first parts of a conspiracy involve getting me banned without my name listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BANNED#Starkiller88 list of banned users on Wikipedia] and receiving a following suicide threat. The final straw is that I started vandalizing BatteryIncluded's page (prior to that I did when I introduced deliberately false information in it), calling him stupid and [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BatteryIncluded&diff=next&oldid=496170567 comparing him to a computer virus], and then pleading with the same user to save my ass. Now I am making good contributions to this wiki since 2006, as I am capable of editing and using a wiki. This brings up the question of "What was the point in getting banned from any websites in order to expose someone?".
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2013-09-16T15:52:36Z

Starkiller:

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|Though not having a relation in any shape or form, Starkiller is also the alternate name of a sockpuppet of Bryan Seecrets, called Starkiller88, registered in September of 2007. As that account, I set myself apart with a body of work including many speedily deleted articles, plagiarized articles, and self-promoting vanity articles hocking a non-existent sci-fi movie and a FPS someone can try at their own risk, ostensibly a prime example of a dramatician. Sadly, upon closer inspection, every one of my edits are about space, video games, trains, vehicles, movies or celebrities, indistinguishable from the interests of the average five year old. In particular, Starkiller88 held a pseudo-sexual fascination with space travel. The fact that I had nothing to contribute on the subject became very clear to my fellow editors, who did their level best to keep me occupied by assigning him to improvement groups about children's books, namely ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' by Lemony Snicket. However, due to a combination of autism and a horrible comprehension of the English language, Starkiller88 continued to shit up what was already a festering pile of horse shit to begin with, including the disruptive and tendentious edit-warring on Darker Projects and the Russian Phobos-Grunt space mission, the latter which I encountered my bully and an eventual enemy, BatteryIncluded, whom I threw rubbish about. He is responsible for fabricating my history and lovely suicide threats in which many administrators and arbitrators take notice of and subsequently crafted a widespread conspiracy to kill me. The first parts of a conspiracy involve getting me banned without my name listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BANNED#Starkiller88 list of banned users on Wikipedia] and receiving a following suicide threat. Now I am making good contributions to this wiki since 2006, as I am capable of editing and using a wiki. This brings up the question of "What was the point in getting banned from any websites in order to expose someone?".
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User:Starkiller

2013-09-16T15:52:05Z

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|Though not having a relation in any shape or form, Starkiller is also the alternate name of a sockpuppet of Bryan Seecrets, called Starkiller88, registered in September of 2007. As that account, I set myself apart with a body of work including many speedily deleted articles, plagiarized articles, and self-promoting vanity articles hocking a non-existent sci-fi movie and a FPS someone can try at their own risk, ostensibly a prime example of a dramatician. Sadly, upon closer inspection, every one of my edits are about space, video games, trains, vehicles, movies or celebrities, indistinguishable from the interests of the average five year old. In particular, Starkiller88 held a pseudo-sexual fascination with space travel. The fact that I had nothing to contribute on the subject became very clear to my fellow editors, who did their level best to keep me occupied by assigning him to improvement groups about children's books, namely ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' by Lemony Snicket. However, due to a combination of autism and a horrible comprehension of the English language, Starkiller88 continued to shit up what was already a festering pile of horse shit to begin with, including the disruptive and tendentious edit-warring on Darker Projects and the Russian Phobos-Grunt space mission, the latter which I encountered my bully and an eventual enemy, BatteryIncluded, whom I threw rubbish about. He is responsible for fabricating my history and lovely suicide threats in which many administrators and arbitrators take notice of and subsequently crafted a widespread conspiracy to kill me. The first parts of a conspiracy involve getting me banned without my name listed on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:BANNED#Starkiller88 list of banned users on Wikipedia] and receiving a following suicide threat. Now I am making good contributions to this wiki since 2006, as I am capable of editing and using a wiki. This brings up the question of "What was the point in getting banned from any websites in order to expose someone?".
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Battlestar Wiki:Chiefs' noticeboard

2013-09-07T03:38:44Z

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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:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] (established by Joe Baudoin since August 17, 2012)
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

== Javascript Reported Vandals ==

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== 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}}

== 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?

: I'll look into this. On the "to-do" list. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 22:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
::Might be the flash thing we tried. Hasn't really been refinsed like Joe said. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 07:17, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

== Change the site over... ==

Hey Joe, sorry if im being an annoyance, but I am concerned about the Battlestar Pegasus site:

"Mercer, the site is now up. However, I do have plans to change the website over, since it never really lifted off as well as I'd hoped. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus 18:29, 15 September 2009 (UTC) "

I was wondering what you meant by this. I know I am one of the few users who uses it, but I have put alot of time and energy into the articles, ship files, character files, corporation files, and soon some technology files, AND my fanfiction as well. I would hate to see this go, and I am just wondering what your position on this is, and I just want to touch base with you on this.

Thanks,

Mercer

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 23:33, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

: I've yet to finalize my plans / roadmap for the website, however none of the existing content will be adversely affected. So the content is safe, and there will always be a wiki component to it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 23:38, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I understand now. I thought by "change the website over" you meant take it down or something, but it seems you mean to change aspects of it. If it does so happen that you wish to remove it, PLEASE contact me and let me know at drew.shoemaker@gmail.com

Again, thanks for all of your responses and clarification on this matter...

Mercer
--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 02:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

== I might have screwed up ==

I think I might have screwed up.

I've just posted this new page after I failed to find anything specific to this officer by searching by his call sign:
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/%22Shooter%22

However, after some thought I looked again and but asked for his specific task instead. Then I found this:
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Unnamed_Galactica_and_Pegasus_crew_%28RDM%29#Launch_Officer

What should I do?

thanks
Jeff

: Don't worry much about it. I changed your article to redirect to the Launch Officer listing in the unnamed crew article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 02:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
: Ditto. Would have done the same thing. No worries no. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 04:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
: Ok, thanks! [[User:Jeffrabb|Jeffrabb]]

== Battlestar Pegasus Site Down...Again ==

Hello again, I have noticed the Battlestar Pegasus site is down again, I was just wondering why. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks.

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 22:08, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

== can someone please add YR42 to the Numerology page entry for "42"? ==

since it has been established that "last year" on Caprica was YR41 (timestamp on interview with the bomber kid) and that "this year" is YR42 (masthead on newspaper), can someone please add this to the entry for "42" on the numerology page?

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Numerology#42

thanks!

here's something i just posted on my FB:

and hey, look what i found for 42! http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Numerology#42 - i knew the reference to Douglas Adams' works (42 is, of course, the meaning of life, the universe, and everything - and it just so happens that 42 in decimal is 101010 in binary - HUH!!! lol!).

[[User:Jlwn111|Jlwn111]]

[please note, i have a life-long connection to the number 111 and i just can't help but notice it jumping out at me in the binary representation of "life, the universe, and everything" - LOL!]

: Just to let you know, you are more than welcome to make the change yourself. So feel free to [[BW:BOLD|be bold]] in doing so. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 03:50, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

== Season 4.0 limited release ==

Can someone help me with this?

It's been so long since I bought my dvds, and unfortunately lost track of where I was in the show.
I am re watching it now, only to realize I purchased some kind of tin case for season 4.0.
I have not been able to find any information about this anywhere on the internet - even on the list of dvd/blu-ray releases on this wiki site. Can someone tell me what I bought? I can upload a pic if need be.

nether_mage@hotmail.com

(sorry if there was a more appropriate place. I didn't know where else to post this.)

: Feel free to sign up for the [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum] and post more on this there. Definitely interested in seeing what you bought. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 14:49, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

== I ask again ==

I think my last question several months ago was overlooked. I would like to know what is to become of the Battlestar Pegasus site. I have put weeks of my time into writing a fan fiction on that website, not including all of the ship files, corporation files and other pages I have created. I hope this site does not have to go for good, but if it does, at least allow me to retrieve my works from it.

Replies are appreciated. Thanks.

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 13:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

: I'd need to speak to Shane, who backed up all the files and database for the website when we relocated servers. It's not been a priority to put up the website for us, because of the things that have happened these past few months. (Shane's working on a corporate project, and I'm juggling several endeavors myself—all of which pay our bills.) I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, and I understand that you spent time working on everything... but there have been more pressing matters, such as the upkeep of the Wiki, which takes precedence over BSP, as the Wiki ''is'' our flagship site. We'll let you know when things are back up. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 13:57, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I am glad to hear it was backed up and I understand about the upkeep of the normal wiki, I just wanted to hear what was planned and make sure my work was safe at least.

Thanks for the feedback and I wish you luck. :)

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 00:32, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

== Songs, music, so forth [...] from Bear's Blog ==

Should we upload any of the mp3's listed along [[Bear McCreary]]'s [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/ blog] and/or create articles on any of the songs, i.e. "[http://captainahab.bandcamp.com/track/was-love Was Love]" in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Gravedancing]]"?
On a somewhat related (or unrelated) note, I'm surprised there isn't an article listed for the song sung by the [[Tucana singers]] from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 21:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
: I don't know if we could get away with uploading the MP3s from Bear's blog, although I have no problem with the creation of articles on any of the songs. Should the songs not warrant individual articles, we can always put them under the Arts and Literature of the Colonies or whatever article is appropriate. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 22:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

== Wiki Frakr in rough shape ==

Hi Joe, all, just wanted to make you aware that I'm getting a lot of "access denied" type errors on [[frakr:Main Page|Wiki Frakr]] when I attempt to view various articles ([[frakr:Tracey Anne|Tracey Anne]] as an example).

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(Cannot contact the database server: Access denied for user 'db85238_mw'@'%' to database 'db85238_bsgwiki_media_mw' (internal-db.s85238.gridserver.com))
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Thanks. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 16:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

: Yeah, Shane and I need to get in there and find some way to change the database, since Wiki Frakr and the Battlestar Wiki are now on two separate servers. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 14:59, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi--I clicked on the WikiFrakr link from the "New Caprica Detention Center" page and got sent to a malware site--one of those "your computer is infected with a virus, click here to download our bogus anti-virus" things. I removed that particular link, but wanted to let you know in case you'd want to/be able to remove those links systematically. --[[User:GreenTom|GreenTom]] 22:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

: Thanks for the head's up. Wasn't aware of that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 23:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

== Miniseries Night 1 ==

"The Cylons were created by the people of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol as a labor and military force.
Approximately 52 years prior, the Cylons turned on their human creators and the Cylon War ensued."

Prior means before right? they couldnt turn on their creators 52 before they were created.
:Probably could be better worded, the 52 years prior line is prior to the "Zero hour" that the Minseries is set in (at least, that's how I interperated it). --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

== Printing ==

First of all, thank you so much for this great wiki.

My question is, would it be possible to include a printing script into the codes for a better printing solution?

Some pages have a chaotic design when printed. {{unsigned|Ergasto}}

: Hi Ergasto! Thank you for the praise, as well as your question! To answer that question, we will be rolling out a better printer script into the wiki, so that it better formats the pages. That might take a week or so, depending on my work schedule and commitments, however. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 19:44, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

== Memory Alpha links ==

It seems like all of the links have stopped work or at least for right now. Example: [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Trek Star Trek].--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 00:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
: Fixed. The changed their link structure, apparently it coincides with their recent visual change. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 00:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== Template:Episode Date's Nielsen rating and Caprica episodes ==

I recently wrote this [[List of Nielsen ratings (CAP)]] but the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episodes' Nielsen rating links to [[List of Nielsen ratings (TRS)]]. Should we merge the two or what?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 07:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
: No. We will need to update how the infobox works. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== broken link ==

I just wanted to inform that the link to battlestarpegasus.com is broken, therefore [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Wiki:FAQ/Content this] page should be updated.
Thanks for this website,
Simone

: Thanks Simone! We're going to take down the Pegasus website links, but I've been too busy to actually do anything other than work and try to have some semblance of a social life. Cheers! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 23:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

== Idea: Battlestar Wiki's [[w:Wikipedia:Facebook directory|Facebook directory]]? ==

Copying an idea from Wikipedia, anyone for having a "Facebook" directory like this: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Facebook_directory Wikipedia:Facebook directory]? It could encourage users whose pages are simply marked "userpage" to personalize them. Then again, we already have a Facebook presence so this could just be needlessly redundant. Thoughts?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

: I just see this being more of a chore for us, and distracting us from the stuff we need to be doing. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 19:18, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

== War Of The Gods Part II - the cloven hoof and the novelization ==

Hi Folks, I was looking up the war of the gods part 2 info and i saw the info about the cloven hoof being seen by Apollo and Starbuck when they look into the crashed ship. I was always mad that we never got to see it on the show or in a deleted scene but this past summer i found the novelization of War of the Gods at a flea market and it made mention that the body that Apollo and Starbuck saw had a prehensile tail and legs that ended in cloven hooves.
Just thought I would pass it along.

Mike Furlo
The Big Frak {{unsigned|The Big Frak}}

In a listing of Battlestars in the old series that were present at the "peace" conference, the Acropolis needs to be deleted and the Solaria put in its place. The Battlestars present were: Galactica, Atlantia, Columbia, Pacifica and Solaria. The Battlestar Solaria was the last Battlestar destroyed at the peace conference. It is refrenced in both the book and the pilot. I tried to update the list of Battlestars, but was unable to do so. {{unsigned|Solaria}}

== Theatrical Movie ==

Back in 2009 it was reported that Bryan Singer was working on a theatrical movie, apparently based on his revival script from like a decade ago. I haven't heard any information since then, but as of June 2011 both Wiki and IMDb list it as a going concern. I was a little surprised you guys don't have a category for that, and I could't find any information in a search. Does anyone here know anything about this? Is it *really* still a going concern? {{unsigned|Republibot 3.0}}

: Rumors of a BSG movie are really nothing more than a bunch of people blowing hot air. I have it on very good authority that the movie will never happen, as frankly Glen Larson is viewed in a negative light and, therefore, no one wants to deal with him. (Glen Larson is the only one with the movie rights, and so would have more involvement in — and full creative control of — any movie production.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:18, 4 June 2011 (EDT)

== Any plans for SSL ==

I find it bothering to login to this wiki from public hotspots and university campuses without SSL. Any plans for implementing SSL at least for logins. I know that it involves purchasing certificates and all (by the way I think some vendors are giving certificates for free.), but security a must in these times. And I don't see any means of reclaiming ones account, once its compromised. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 03:14, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

: It's never been a priority to enable SSL since, really, there isn't vital information being transmitted to or from this wiki. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:21, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:: I am specifically talking about authentication, passwords are being sent in plain text. Isn't that vital. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:08, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::: What about just using a self signed certificate. True that it will show up a warning for everyone, but whoever really needs SSL can ignore the warning and continue. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:23, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

== Lots of spamming activity. ==

Looking at recent changes its clearly visible that there has been a lot of specifically targeted spamming attack on this wiki. And due to that, the recent changes page is flooded with all the spam posts and then the blocks. It actually becomes difficult to see the changes of articles going on. Are there any particular attempts to stop this. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:33, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:Since anons are not allowed to edit pages, spammers are forced to create accounts to do their bidding. (Have you noticed the kind of usernames being created, they usually are names from common word lists and 2 to 4 digits of numbers appended, this probably means that this is not done manually, but is scripted. And this makes me believe that ReCapcha is broken.) I have also noticed that the chiefs here are pretty quick in blocking these spamming accounts, but isn't it a better idea to also block the IP from which the account was created, so they just wont continue with creating more accounts. The new users log is just filled with all these kinds of accounts. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:39, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:: This is nothing new. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as banning the IP addresses — those are banned as well, in addition to usernames of the spammers — since they simply use another computer at another IP address. Also, many of the successful spammers are apparently actual users (i.e. human beings and not bots), and thus they circumvent the captchas by actually solving them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:24, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:::Well, you may be speaking based on your observation of the Check IP logs. But don't you think something needs to be done about this. This has been going on for years. And it looks like a targeted attack specifically at this wiki. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:22, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

:::: Sad thing is that there is very little you can do about it. Fact of the matter is that this happens to all the major wikis. Wikipedia has always had this problem, same with Memory-Alpha, et al. There's actualy very little we can do to inhibit the activity — that is to say, without making it extremely difficult for new, actual users to lend their hand in contributing to the Wiki. Believe me when I say that we've talked about this internally for years, and really the only way to "stop" the manual spammers is to become draconian and extremely restrictive — which would harm ourselves in the long run, by losing people who would contribute. So, as long as we're on top of spammers, we're good. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 14:04, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

== Props Wiki. ==

Whats the purpose of the props wiki. Why a separate wiki for props?, cant the English language wiki have these articles? CylonU87 06:54, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

: There would be too many articles, frankly. It's part of the plan to document how the props were created, costumes were made, etc. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:11, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:: Hmm. Looking at the number of articles in at the moment, there are only 142 pages in the article namespace. Then looking at the recent changes for the past 2 years, all I see is just spam. And the last decent edit was on August 9th, 2010. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:20, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::: Just tagged 14 spam articles for deletion on the props wiki. They are in the [[:Props:Category:Candidates for deletion]] page. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:41, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::: Yep, that project sort of stalled out. It's my intent to dig into that in the next couple of months to bring it up to snuff. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:44, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::::While you are at zapping spammers accounts, these are 16 accounts waiting for you on the props wiki. And 15 spam articles are also tagged for deletion there. See. [[:Props:Category:Candidates for deletion]]. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:40, 13 August 2011 (EDT)

:::::The number of spam articles has increased from 15 to 62. See [[:Props:Category:Candidates for deletion]]. Sorry to say but at the current stage this project looks more like a honeypot used to collect spam. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 07:59, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::::::Cleanup done. The worst is for the [[:md:|media repository]].--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:03, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::::::: You were right [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]], the [[:md:|media repository]] is worse. I just tagged 134 [[:md:Category:Candidates for deletion|articles for deletion]] today morning. And all that spam is just from a two month period. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:51, 28 January 2012 (EST)

:::::::: The Media repository has been cleaned up (at last). CylonU87, I would like to thank you for what you have done (the tagging) because it helped me to be a lot much more efficient and faster to eradicate all these spammy bugs from the Media repository (even if it was long to do so). -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:24, 31 January 2012 (EST)

== Status of battlestarpegasus.com ==

The sister fanon wiki BS Pegasus has been offline for quite some time. Any updates on whats happening or going to happen to it. I hope its safely backed up somewhere. Looking at the internet archives, I see that there were around 700 to 800 articles there. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 04:13, 14 August 2011 (EDT)
: Battlestarpegasus has been out since the database transfert to a new provider one year and half ago. As I heard since, it seems to be definitely out unless...--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 05:45, 14 August 2011 (EDT)

== Typo on "Faith" episode's protected page ==

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Faith#Official_Statements

The sentence "I though it was a great show" should be "I thought it was a great show" = change "though" to "thought"

Is this the correct place to submit such errors? If not, where?

Thanks for helping a new user!

[[User:Tented|Tented]] 09:56, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

:Faith shouldn't be protected any more, but you did come to the right place to post corrections!

:Also, I see that you made the change! Awesome! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:09, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

 Thank you, Joe!

Yes, I figured out how to make the change after posting this.

[[User:Tented|Tented]] 10:17, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

== Official summary links broken. ==

See discussion here [[Template talk:Episode Data#Official summary links broken.]] [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 12:12, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

: I've fixed the link. There may be a few links in the episode guides that will need to be fixed, since Syfy has their own scheme for naming some of the episodes that doesn't quite sync with the original episode names. (Like "[[End of Line]]".) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 19:19, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

:: The production numbers are different for season 3 on syfy. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:08, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

::: Season 3 had a unique production schedule, and so many of the Syfy.com numbers won't match. I'll have to create another field to compensate for that... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 14:26, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

== Clean Slate Press ==

Given that while they are [http://galactica1981.tripod.com/Best.htm published] they're still considered [[fan fiction]], should we take the content from the TOS alternate articles to form Fan fiction/ articles? For instance, [[Fan fiction/The Race for Earth]]. I'm fine either way plus I'm increasingly busy with school, but I wanted to know what the consensus was.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 06:13, 31 August 2011 (EDT)

: Ultimately, Clean Slate Press is fan fiction. They don't qualify as actual work, since they're not authorized / licensed by the copyright holder. So, yes, move it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:18, 31 August 2011 (EDT)

== Tracking Page Views ==

Is there any way to see how many hits a page receives? {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: Yes, it's at the bottom of each page. It'll read something like this:

:: "This page was last modified on 14 September 2011, at 09:23. This page has been accessed 67,277 times."

: -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:18, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

== How to add script names to the 'Original Series and Galactica 1980 Unproduced Episode List' ==

I would like to add the following script names to the 'Original Series and Galactica 1980 Unproduced Episode List' which appears at the bottom of the page of each unproduced episode entry. For the original series, add Saga of a Star World (early draft) and for Galactica 1980, add Galactica Discovers Earth (early draft), Earthquake, A Flight For Life, The Money Machine, and the Battle of Troy.

I've been trying to do this for awhile now without success. {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: OK, I fixed an error in the template that prevented easy editing. Basically, if you haven't seen it already, you click on the "e" in the lower right hand corner of the template and that should bring you directly to the editing page. Just add the links to the scripts there. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:33, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

Thanks! I really appreciate it. >[[User talk:Galactica1981]]

== Tracking Page Views ==

Is is possible to make it so that the counter only counts a person once instead of everytime they visit a page? After all, the point of having the counter is to see how many people are visiting a page, and if each person can be counted multiple times, then what good is it? {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: Unfortunately, no. Besides, under the system you suggest, one person using multiple computers (for example, home and office) would count as two hits and not one. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:54, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

== What does 'Purge' do? ==

What does the 'Purge' option at the top of the page do? {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: Basically, purge just calls the database (where the actual content is stored) and makes sure that the page is presenting the most recent version stored. Really, it's just a fancy way of hard refreshing a page by "purging" the server cache for the page in question. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:56, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

:: Basically, all you need to remember about purge is, when you make changes on a page and they don't show up even after saving the changes, hit purge and they will. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 03:49, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

== Posting magazine articles ==

I have scans of magazine articles on Galactica that I would be interested in posting here. Would that be allowed? If so, how would I cite each page. I looked at the section on citing and can't find anything that I thought would work.

--[[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] 23:21, 15 September 2011 (EDT)

: Hmm... Great question. Is there a way you can convert the magazine articles to PDF format? That would be the best way, to start. If you can't convert them, send them my way and I can do it for you. (Really simple, since I have Adobe Acrobat loaded up and I generate PDFs all the time for my various employers.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:09, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

: My email is joe@frakmedia.net, by the way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:11, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

== Contents box in wrong place ==

For [[Galactica Discovers Earth (early draft)]], the contents box is showing underneath the main article instead of at the top of the page. Can this be corrected? Thanks.

--[[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] 14:04, 22 September 2011 (EDT)
: When not notified, the TOC box is displayed juste above the first section. This page introduction is very huge. Thus, the only way to put the TOC box is to force its location with the tag <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:51, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

== Problem with Galactica 1980 portal page ==

On the Galactica 1980 portal, the link for Season 1 is too low on the page. It should be directly underneath the photo of Dr. Zee (similar to the link for Season 1 on the portal for the Original Series). Can someone correct this?

--[[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] 08:51, 2 October 2011 (EDT)

: I've fixed it. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:27, 2 October 2011 (EDT)

== ''[[The Caprican]]''/[[Serge's Twitter]] citations ==

For citing ''[[The Caprican]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s articles and [[Serge]]'s tweets, should we adopt this format?

([[CAP]]: "[[Graystone Computer Science Wing Coming To AU]]")

or

(''[[The Caprican]]'': "Graystone Computer Science Wing Coming To AU")

Thoughts?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 03:56, 20 January 2012 (EST)
:May be the second proposition as it's not directly part of the series, but from the website. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 04:05, 20 January 2012 (EST)

:: I prefer the second format, since it clearly tells me that the info is from an in universe newspaper, and not from an series episode or something. Also, I would like to say that all those articles from [[The Caprican]] look kind of weird when they are directly in the mainspace of the wiki. What about prefixing all those pages with something like "The Caprican:". Just an idea. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:38, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::: Wilco. And I see what you mean CylonU87, but I feel like it'll make those articles longer than they'd need to be i.e. [[The Caprican/Travel Agency Gets More Than It Bargained For After Group Marriage Wins Sweepstakes]] and the articles already speak for themselves. Thanks for the idea though.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 11:36, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::: Double-citing would be unnecessary right? I.e. citing [[Serge's Twitter]] with a reference tag to the exact tweet on [[CapTV]].--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:07, 23 January 2012 (EST)

== Long Pages. ==

Some pages have become really long recently. See: [[Special:LongPages]]. I think some of them can be split to make them smaller.

I recommend splitting the [[‎List of Deleted Scenes (TOS)]] into multiple articles as follows. For example, the deleted scenes related to episode Saga of a Star World will be under Saga of a Star World/Deleted Scenes. Just like how the Razor article was pruned to allow less advanced browsers to load it with little performance loss.

Then regarding the article called ‎[[Humor (1980)]], there is a lot of redundant information. For example the summaries at [[Humor (1980)#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Hilarious Galactica 1980 Episode Summaries]] are present in two locations. See: [[The Super Scouts, Part I#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Humorous Summary]], [[Spaceball#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Humorous Summary]] and [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Humorous Summary]] to know what I am talking about. Its pointless to have redundant text in two locations. It creates problems of information integrity when one of them is modified and the other isn't. I would recommend spiting the [[Humor (1980)]] article and moving the interviews to the Sources: namespace (see [[Category:Interview]]).

And all these great contributions are by [[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]], I think someone (Joe) needs to explain him why adding redundant information in more than one place is a bad idea, so that he/she does not do it again. This user has been a great contributor, that's why.

So, Once we come to a consensus on what to do I can help make the changes. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:58, 22 January 2012 (EST)

:I agree on all fronts ([[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] is a great and valued contributor) but I kinda miss the point of the Humor articles themselves on the basis of [[Battlestar Wiki:What Battlestar Wiki is not|What Battlestar Wiki is not]] (soapbox, personal web/image host). I could copy and paste every BSG fiver (short parody) from [http://www.fiveminute.net Five-Minute Voyager] in that case but it would make for an awkwardly long article. I could see constructive articles written about the varying types/tones of humor between the Original and Re-imagined Series (I proposed an [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Wiki:Chiefs%27_noticeboard/Archive6#Humor_in_Battlestar_Galactica idea similar to this about four years ago]), but some of the stuff on there would be better suited as an entry on [[References to the Original Series]], i.e. the ''MAD Magazine'' parody, or [[References to Galactica 1980]], as the filk band ([[w:Ookla the Mok (band)|Ookla the Mok]]) reference.

:On the reviews, I'm fine with their being relegated to userspace but on the wiki itself I think it goes against the Battlestar Wiki's [[Battlestar Wiki:Neutral point of view|Neutral Point of View]] policy unless we start giving Reception sections to every article, i.e. linking to ''[[w:The A.V. Club|The A.V. Club]]'', ''[[w:io9|io9]]'', or ''[[w:Locus Online|Locus Online]]''.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 12:02, 22 January 2012 (EST)

== 1000 pages on the German Wiki!. ==

I just noticed that the [[:de:|German BS Wiki]] has hit the 1000 content pages mark. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 09:12, 31 January 2012 (EST)

: Awesome! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:12, 1 February 2012 (EST)

== Kontera. ==

Is there some change to the anon/logged out users of the wiki. I see a white colored bar labeled Kontera at the bottom of every page. And also some random words get green colored double underlines, which show a popup thing on mouse over. Just wanted to know if this was for everyone or only for me. I don't remember seeing it anytime before. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 07:08, 1 February 2012 (EST)

: That's standard for logged out or anonymous users. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:11, 1 February 2012 (EST)

== Multiple file upload broken on media wiki. ==

I get this error message. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 02:38, 25 February 2012 (EST)
 <code>fatal error: Call to undefined method UploadForm::UploadForm() in /usr/www/users/bsgwiki/common/w/extensions/SpecialMultipleUpload/SpecialMultipleUpload.php on line 75</code>

: Sorry for the duplicate post. I got a timeout. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 02:43, 25 February 2012 (EST)

:: Joe, when you are free. Can you please look into the SVG rendering problem (see, [[:File:Caprica flag vertical.svg]]) and the Multi File Upload problem. I have dozens of svg/vector files I would love to upload. Thanks!. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 09:07, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

::: The SVG thumbnail creation issue is due to the safe mode protocol enabled on PHP. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:49, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

== Spoilers ==

I am just now watching the BSG series with Edward James Olmos. I like to watch an episode then come here to look up some extra information like music, actors thoughts on the episode, etc. This is a really great site except for the spoilers. Can someone go through here and edit the information that reveals details not known to the first time viewer? I am mainly talking about revealing the identities of Cylons. I just finished watching Hero and was reading the page about the episode when it is revealed that Chief Tyrol is a cylon. Come on! Really? How is that piece of information necessary on the Hero page? It is not the first time that the identities of the Final Five have been given away. The season three pages are full of things like this. {{unsigned|EN500}}

: I've gone through and hidden those parts. There may be need for a review at a later date, when resources and time permit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 19:27, 19 July 2012 (EDT)

:: Thanks very much. It is nice knowing that someone is monitoring this site. Like I said, there are other spoilers that I have come across such as the line "This episode marks the supposed death of Ellen Tigh. However its later revealed...." and "This episode and "Precipice" are the only ones in which all twelve humanoid Cylons appear." Both of these comments appear on the Exodus Part II page. {{unsigned|EN500}}

== All New Accounts must be Confirmed First ==

Just letting everyone know that I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing problems. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page and clear it out that way, but that's simpler than what's being done now, and it should allow the RecentChanges page to look a lot less cluttered. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 21:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)

== References ==

Hello, I've been off for nearly four years since my last edit in mid-April 2009, because of college and university studies, so I can't be here at Battlestar Wiki 24/7. Now, I'm in a semester break. Lately, I've started replacing the older <nowiki><references/></nowiki> and <nowiki><div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div></nowiki> tags in most articles with the newer <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Reflist|reflist]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> tag I created. This not only makes it very consistent in all articles, but also open up for potential future reference-cleaning edits by other editors to reduce clutter through list-defined references and fixing bare URLs. I got my JavaScript reference cleaning function ready.

It is my intention to make the articles in this wiki to be more readable to all visitors by moving references to the end. I assure you that my edits related to references will not introduce no scrolling lists of any kind. Any editor is welcome to help. Thanks. -- [[User:Starkiller|Starkiller]] | [[User talk:Starkiller|reply here]] 13:40, 10 January 2013 (EST)

: Sounds great! Thanks, Starkiller! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:49, 10 January 2013 (EST)

::Okay. Here are the ref-cleaning edits I made:
::* [[Ghost Fleet Offensive]]: [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Ghost_Fleet_Offensive&action=historysubmit&diff=212482&oldid=212304]
::* [[Battle of New Caprica]]: [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_New_Caprica&action=historysubmit&diff=212485&oldid=207279]
::* [[Blood and Chrome]]: [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Blood_and_Chrome&action=historysubmit&diff=212488&oldid=211474] (partial)
::No scrolling lists of any kinds were introduced by my ref-cleaning edits which move references to the end to make the article much more readable. Any feedback is welcome. -- [[User:Starkiller|Starkiller]] | [[User talk:Starkiller|reply here]] 11:15, 23 January 2013 (EST)

== Banning policy update on the user and user talk pages on a ban ==

I got to a point where banned editors' user and user talk pages must be updated with a notice of the ban when it is enacted, linking to any applicable discussion or decision-making pages. The purpose of this notice is to announce the ban to editors encountering the banned editor's edits, such as those spammers I encountered. The notice of the ban I created is there: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Banned user]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>. I feel that this must go to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Banning policy|banning policy]] of Battlestar Wiki. -- [[User:Starkiller|Starkiller]] | [[User talk:Starkiller|reply here]] 10:22, 23 January 2013 (EST)

== Galactica terms ==

I was trying to remember the phrase Lt. Boomer said when he yelled out to the 2 thieves that stole the Energizer from him and Starbuck in the episode : " The Magnificent Warriors" . I think the he said " you bunch of crassidies " ?

== Request for becoming a chief? ==

* [[User:Starkiller|Starkiller]] | [[User talk:Starkiller|reply here]]

Since 2006, I've been playing a number a larger role in improving this Wiki. In 2008, the [[:ms:|Malay version]] was launched. In 2013, I helped the Wiki in the creation of the <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Reflist|Reflist]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> template. I will like to become a Chief (Administrator) to maintain consistency with [[:ms:Pengguna:Starkiller|my account]] on the Malay version. Perhaps I will watch the integrity of the Wiki to protect it from vandals and trolls.

[[User:Starkiller|Starkiller]] | [[User talk:Starkiller|reply here]] 23:38, 6 September 2013 (EDT)

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== Deletion ==

We should update all infoboxs to include the series icon, so we can remove this template which is just an annoyance when it comes to CSS. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 13:00, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
: Agreed. The only downside is that not every TOS page has an infobox. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 16:32, 2 July 2008 (UTC)
:: So while rolling the dice I've run into some TOS articles that aren't using this template. I've added it to one or two more but now that I see this discussion, I wonder: are we not using this template anymore? [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 19:51, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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Caprica City

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[[Image:Caprica City panorama.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A panoramic view of Caprica City, before the Fall.]]

'''Caprica City''' is the capital city of the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. The city is itself divided into a number of smaller districts and neighborhoods before its destruction by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

==History==
[[Image:Caprica City, The Plan.jpg|thumb|left|Caprica City before the Fall.]]

Caprica City - colloquially "C-City" - is a major metropolitan area and the capital city of the planet Caprica before the integration of the Twelve Worlds under a single government. Following that integration, Caprica City is the home to the Twelve Colonies' government offices, including the Office of the President and those of his cabinet ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]],, "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[The Plan]]", [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

In the years leading up to the [[Cylon War]], Caprica City is a center of scientific discovery in which [[holoband]] technology is created and the first [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] are developed. Despite its wealthy and progressive society, Caprica City is scorned by groups such as the [[Soldiers of the One]] for the decadence and moral decay demonstrated within in its limits and is targeted by terrorist attacks ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Gravedancing]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]", "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Things We Lock Away]]", "[[False Labor]]").

In the [[virtual world]], Caprica City is the template for [[New Cap City]], an illegally hacked game in which holoband users indulge in sex, drugs and gangster-style violence. New Cap City perfectly duplicates Caprica City, even integrating current events into its matrix, though with a gritty, film noir style ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]"). The virtual construct is later destroyed and re-created as an idyllic woodland setting ([[CAP]]: "[[The Dirteaters]]").

[[Image:Glorious_Demise.png|thumb|...after the Fall.]]

During the Cylon War, Caprica City is attacked by Cylon forces. [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Centurion]]s and [[Civilian Cylon|domestic Cylons]] utilize mobile war machines to attack the city and its population from the ground, while [[Basestar (TRS)#First Variant|basestar]]s and [[Cylon Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era Raider|Raider]]s attack from the air (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Caprica City is once again a target during the second [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. First eliminating the city's electrical grid and starting numerous fire storms, the Cylons ultimately destroy Caprica City with multiple independently targeted missiles and a 50-megaton [[Weapons_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Nuclear_weapons|nuclear]] detonation launched from orbit. The result is the total destruction of Caprica City ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]"). What will become of Caprica City after 150,000 years later is unknown.

==Geography==
[[Image:Gemenon from Caprica City.jpg|thumb|The planet Gemenon seen from downtown Caprica City.]]
Before the Fall, Caprica City is a thriving urban center, a home to trade, industry, entertainment, and [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Military]] installations and spaceports. The city is located between the [[Caprican Bay]] and a range of hills, covering a wide expanse of land, divided by a number of waterways ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", "[[The Plan]]"; [[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]").

The skyline of Caprica City is distinguished by a number of prominent skyscrapers, with ultramodern glass and metal architecture intermingled with older, brick and stone buildings. The city is also populated by a number of statues bearing the likenesses of the [[Lords of Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]", "[[The Plan]]"; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], "[[Gravedancing]]").

At night, the city is illuminated by numerous neon lights and animated billboards. During optimal conditions, Caprica's twin world [[Gemenon]] can be seen from within the city limits from the naked eye ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]", "[[The Plan]]"; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]", "[[Retribution]]").

[[Image:Caprica_City_skyline, 1x13.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica morning rain, 1x11.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica City Center.jpg|245px]]
*Various locales and weather conditions in Caprica City, before its destruction by the Cylons.
[[Image:Caprica City vista.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica City sunset.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica City storm, 1x11.jpg|245px]]

==Landmarks==
===Parks & Recreation===
Caprica City features a number of municipal parks, shopping promenades and a worlds famous [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] stadium.

====Apollo Park====
:''Main article: [[Apollo Park]]''
[[Image:Caprica - Apollo Park.jpg|thumb|Apollo Park during the Maglev memorial ceremony.]]
Apollo Park is a large amphitheater and recreation area located above street-level, surrounded by cafes, landscaped with trees and a grassy area. Apollo Park is distinguished by a large statue of the God [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol|Apollo]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

Fifty-eight years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Apollo park hosts the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit|MLMT]] train #23 ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

====Atlas Arena====
:''Main article: [[Atlas Arena]]''
[[Image: Atlas Arena.jpg|thumb|Atlas Arena during game time.]]
Atlas Arena is the home court of the [[Caprica City Buccaneers]] pyramid team. Owned by wealthy industrialist [[Daniel Graystone]], the stadium hosts teams from many of the Twelve Worlds, including the [[Gemenon Twins]] and the [[Tauron Bulls]], as well as the Pyramid Worlds Championships games. Able to accommodate more than 30,000 fans, Atlas Arena stands in downtown Caprica City - along one of its waterways - and features a large statue of [[Atlas]] himself ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Unvanquished]]").

The arena becomes a target for suicide bombers associated with the Soldiers of the One terrorist cult ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]"). The attackers are repelled by a squadron of Marine Cyber Combat Units, saving thousands of Capricans anda galvanizing Colonial support for Cylons ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").

====The Riverwalk====
[[Image:Riverwalk.jpg|thumb|The Riverwalk section of Caprica City.]]
The {{inlineref|Riverwalk}} section of Caprica City is an open-air promenade and park area. Landscaped with fountains and large reflecting pools, as well as playground equipment for families with children, the Riverwalk also features a large bazaar with vendors and other amenities ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]", "[[The Plan]]").

The Riverwalk is frequented by members of all strata of Colonial life, from laborers and businessmen to luminaries such as the famous Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]]. Apparently near to both the Colonial Government offices as well as her Caprica City apartment, future President of the Colonies [[Laura Roslin]] also visits the Riverwalk section on several occasions ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

It is at the Riverwalk section that undercover Cylon agent "[[Caprica-Six]]" meets with her [[One|contact]], setting into motion the attack on the Twelve Worlds ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]").

====Orpheus Park====
'''Orpheus Park''' is another large public park in Caprica City, this one located outside the downtown area. Distinguished by a network of jogging paths, large wooded areas and open fields providing mountain vistas, Orpheus Park is used as a clandestine meeting place for GDD agent [[Jordan Duram]] and his confidential informant, [[Amanda Graystone]], during their attempt to bring down the STO cell controlled by [[Clarice Willow]] ([[CAP]]: "[[False Labor]]", "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").

===Industry===
====Graystone Industries Campus====
:''Main article: [[Graystone Industries]]''
[[Image:Graystone Industries.jpg|thumb|The campus and headquarters of Graystone Industries.]]
The sprawling campus of Graystone Industries - the Caprica-based technology company owned by industrialist, scientist, and capitalist Daniel Graystone - is located near the waterfront of Caprica City. Spread throughout several modern buildings dominated by a pentagonal tower, Graystone Industries' campus houses labs, offices, boardrooms, landing pads for aircraft and a "big, beautiful" gym, complete with boxing ring. It is at its Caprica City campus that the company pioneers such technology as the holoband and the U-87 Cyber Combat Unit - the prototypical Cylon ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[Things We Lock Away]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").

===Neighborhoods===
====Little Tauron====
:''Main article: [[Little Tauron]]''
[[Image:Little Tauron.jpg|thumb|Little Tauron located in Downtown Caprica City.]]
Among Caprica City's more diverse locations is [[Little Tauron]], an ethnic enclave home to a sizable population of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] immigrants. Within the neighborhood, residents often speak the Tauron language and own and operate shops catering to Tauron cultural needs, including grocery stores, butchers and printing shops ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]"). Despite the family residences and peace of the neighborhood, members of the [[Ha'la'tha]] crime syndicate are widely known operate in relative comfort within the confines of Little Tauron, walking the streets with near impunity and operating out of the backroom of Connie's Place restaurant ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]"). Prior to the first Cylon War, Little Tauron is home to [[Joseph Adama]] where he resides with his young son, future [[Battlestar (TRS)|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' commander [[William Adama]]. The area is considered "downtown" Caprica City ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

====Residential Areas====
[[Image:Graystone's estate.jpg|thumb|The luxurious Graystone Estate.]]
Like any major metropolitan area, Caprica City provides a wealth of residential areas of varying economy for its citizens, from high density suburban housing to luxurious seaside and lakeside homes ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", [[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]"). Away from the urban sprawl and skyscrapers of downtown Caprica, families lived in tract housing and middle-class neighborhoods, with trash pickup provided by the city ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

Some of the most lavish homes in Caprica City belonged to the brightest minds of Caprican society, the seaside [[Graystone Estate|estate]] of Doctors Daniel and [[Amanda Graystone]] being among the most opulent of its time - featuring a tennis court, multiple bedrooms, a robotic butler named [[Serge]], and a private lab where Graystone conducted Defense Department work on the premises ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

Schools in the area included [[Athena Academy]], a private institute devoted to the teachings of the Goddess [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]] as wells public schools like [[Wilson Elementary School]], [[Promethia High School]] and [[Apollo University]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]").

==Entertainment==
[[Image:Caprica at night, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|Caprica City boasted nightlife as well.]]
Caprica City boasted a number of attractions for tourists and residents. Among them were Pyramid games at Atlas Arena, the city's many parks and gardens, as well as the Caprica City Museum of Contemporary Art ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]"). The [[Caprican Art Museum]] also displayed unique artifacts from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").

Nightlife in Caprica City offered adult entertainment in the form of elaborate strip clubs and bars like [[Skybar]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]", "[[False Labor]]"). Hot spots like the [[Dive Bar]] also catered to residents seeking recreation in the form of chemical substances, serving as a bar and [[opium den]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").

In the [[Virtual World]], Caprica City was represented by a darker, more subversive counterpart, [[New Cap City]] - an action adventure game accessible through illegal holoband hacks ([[CAP]]: "[[There Is Another Sky]]").

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==Government==
[[Image:Caprica_City_Hall.jpg|thumb|Caprica City Hall.]]
[[Image:Caprica_-_GDD_Caprica_City_Bureau_building.jpg|thumb|Global Defense Dept., Caprica City Bureau.]]
Following the first Cylon War, Caprica City was home to the Government of the Twelve Worlds, with the offices of the President, [[Richard Adar]], and his cabinet just a short walk from the city's Riverwalk section ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Epiphanies]]"). Military installations were also present in Caprica City, including spaceports shuttling Colonial officers to various points in the Twelve Worlds including the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]"). The [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]] was also accessible from government buildings within Caprica City ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Epiphanies]]"). [[Caprica City Police]] was charged with keeping the city safe, with patrolmen on the streets in the Riverwalk and Little Tauron sections as well as stations all over the city - including one on Gore Street near Caprica City's harbor ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", [[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

Before being elected President of the Colonies, Richard Adar was Mayor of Caprica City ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

Prior to the initial Cylon conflict, Caprica's [[Global Defense Department]] held a Caprica City bureau and the Caprican Defense Department held offices for former Defense Minister [[Val Chambers]] and his successor [[Joan Leyte]] ([[CAP]]: "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). Caprica City Hall was located downtown ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]])".
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==Transportation==
:''Main article: [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit]]''
[[Image:MLMT_Train.jpg|thumb|The Maglev train speeds through Caprica City.]]
Mass transit in Caprica City before the Fall was carried out a number of ways including city buses, taxi cabs and the [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit]] system, or MLMT train ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Ghosts in the Machine]]"). Operating both below ground and on elevated platforms, the MagLev train provided public transport to destinations all over Caprica City, including Atlas Arena and the city's spaceports ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). 58 years before the Fall, MLMT train number 23 was the target of fanatical monotheist terror group [[Soldiers of the One]] in a devastating bombing. In the days following the tragic event, a Memorial Walk was created, dedicated to those who lost their lives aboard the train and the system was eventually rebuilt ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").

[[Image:Caprica_docks.jpg|thumb|Sea-going and space-going vessels docked at Caprica's harbor.]]

Caprica's waterways were also traveled, with ships and ferries crossing the Caprican Bay and landing at the city's docks which provided harbor for both ocean-going vessels and their space-going counterparts (including ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy]]'' liners). The [[Pantheon Bridge]] also provided transit across the Caprican Bay as well as providing vehicle access to the [[Caprica Inter-Colonial Spaceport]] which offered off-world flights to locations such as Gemenon, [[Picon]], and Tauron ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]", "[[Retribution]]").

Caprica City also maintained expressways, though they were sometimes prone to congestion ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]").

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==Notes==
[[Image:Water_Caprica_City.jpg|left|thumb|The original look of Caprica City from the Miniseries.]]
[[Image:Capricacitydaybreak1.jpg|thumb|left|The retconned appearance for "Daybreak, Part I" and ''Caprica''.]]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada stands in for Caprica City throughout ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', augmented by set dressings and digital matte paintings and set extensions. For its initial appearance in the 2003 [[Miniseries]], Caprica was created as a series of computer-generated establishing shots by Zoic Studios; these establishing shots were later reused throughout the series, most prominently in "[[Epiphanies]]" and "[[Razor]]". For the series finale, however, a new digital model of Caprica City was unveiled, featuring far more detailed vistas that more closely matched the Vancouver practical locations. This new model, appearing in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" and "[[Daybreak, Part II]]" as well as "[[The Plan]]" and finally throughout ''Caprica'', serves as a sort of retcon for the previous incarnation of the city.

According to ''Caprica'' location scouts Anand Kanna and Scott Firth, "Vancouver is a very modern city - lots of sea-foam glass and steel and high-rises. And that's the scope of what the planet Caprica is. It's a forward-thinking society and very modern... In Vancouver, there's an area called [[Wikipedia:Coal Harbour|Coal Harbour]], which is very modern. That was perfect for establishing Caprica City itself, the steel and glass look of downtown Caprica and its really modern-looking buildings. And then there's another area of town in the series, and it's called Little Tauron, which is a little bit backwards. It's more of the run-down, '40s feel. So we would go to [[Wikipedia:Chinatown, Vancouver|Chinatown]] for that." [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/entertainment/la-ca-workinghollywood24-2010jan24]
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== Behind the scenes ==

=== Locations for Caprica City ===

* '''Apollo Park''':
:Apollo Park was shot on location at the Jack Poole Plaza atop the Vancouver Convention Centre [http://13thcolony.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/frik-and-frak-say-free-the-flame/], the location was augmented by a digital matte painting and set extensions. Photos of the set and filming of scenes for "Rebirth" appeared on the photo sharing website Flickr in July, 2009 [http://www.flickr.com/photos/raggo/3742135728/in/photostream/].
* '''Atlas Arena''':
:According to BSG and ''Caprica'' visual effects supervisor [[Doug Drexler]], Atlas Arena was based upon the architectural designs of [[Wikipedia: Santiago Calatrava|Santiago Calatrava]], "We decided that it’s architectural inspiration would come from renowned architect Calatrava. This ties nicely to the the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] from BSG, also Calatrava inspired. Atlas stadium was built by modeling maestro [[Pierre Drolet]]." [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/vancouver-as-caprica-city/]
:Atlas Arena in the pilot episode of ''Caprica'' was shot at the [[Wikipedia: General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] in downtown Vancouver, home rink of the [[Wikipedia: Vancouver Canucks|Vancouver Canucks]]. These scenes were later reshot on the ''Caprica'' sound stages for the aired version of the episode and all other subsequent episodes featuring Atlas Arena.
* '''The Riverwalk''':
:The Riverwalk complex and garden was actually the campus of [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser University|Simon Fraser University]] in [[w:Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby, British Columbia]], Canada.''
* '''Graystone Industries''':
:The unaired "extended" version of the ''Caprica'' pilot episode featured an entirely different matte painting of Graystone Industries, depicting the installation as a much smaller location apparently some distance from downtown Caprica City. A new, expanded version of the complex was created for the aired version, situating Graystone Industries among the skyscrapers of the city.
* '''Little Tauron''':
:Little Tauron featured a very prominent visual reference to the real world with the famous [[Wikipedia: Pike Place Market|Pike Place Market]] sign from [[Wikipedia: Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] appearing in the digital matte painting of the location. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aharvey2k/4360996970/] In the pilot episode of ''Caprica'', Joseph Adama's Little Tauron apartment was shot in Vancouver's Waterfall Building, the same location used for [[Kara Thrace]]'s [[Delphi]] apartment building, though in subsequent episodes, the apartment was a sound stage set.
* '''Caprica City Hall''':
:The [[Wikipedia: Vancouver Public Library|Vancouver Public Library]] stood in for the [[Caprica City Hall]] exterior in the pilot episode of ''Caprica'', though an establishing shot in the aired version showed a computer-generated vista. The interior was shot at Simon Fraser University. [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/entertainment/la-ca-workinghollywood24-2010jan24]
* '''MLMT Train''':
:The MLMT train station appearing in the ''Caprica'' pilot was in reality the [[Wikipedia: Granville Station (TransLink)|Granville Station]], an underground [[Wikipedia: SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] station in Vancouver. [http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/04/granville-station-in-caprica/] For the production, Vancouver signage was changed to represent Caprica and the SkyTrain itself was replaced with a digital model, though an H&M advertisement managed to sneak into the scene. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aharvey2k/4311998589/]
* '''Pantheon Bridge''':
:The Pantheon Bridge was in reality the [[Wikipedia: Burrard Bridge|Burrard Bridge]] in Vancouver. The Caprica Inter-Colonial Spaceport was filmed at Simon Fraser University in Surrey. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtanenbaum/4077340868/in/photostream/]

==References==
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[[Category:Caprica]]
[[Category:Caprica (RDM)]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Places on Caprica]]
[[Category:Twelve Colonies]]
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Caprica City

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[[Image:Caprica City panorama.jpg|thumb|300px|right|A panoramic view of Caprica City, before the Fall.]]

'''Caprica City''' is the capital city of the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. The city is itself divided into a number of smaller districts and neighborhoods before its destruction by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

==History==
[[Image:Caprica City, The Plan.jpg|thumb|left|Caprica City before the Fall.]]

Caprica City - colloquially "C-City" - is a major metropolitan area and the capital city of the planet Caprica before the integration of the Twelve Worlds under a single government. Following that integration, Caprica City is the home to the Twelve Colonies' government offices, including the Office of the President and those of his cabinet ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]],, "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[The Plan]]", [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

In the years leading up to the [[Cylon War]], Caprica City is a center of scientific discovery in which [[holoband]] technology is created and the first [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] are developed. Despite its wealthy and progressive society, Caprica City is scorned by groups such as the [[Soldiers of the One]] for the decadence and moral decay demonstrated within in its limits and is targeted by terrorist attacks ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Gravedancing]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]", "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Things We Lock Away]]", "[[False Labor]]").

In the [[virtual world]], Caprica City is the template for [[New Cap City]], an illegally hacked game in which holoband users indulge in sex, drugs and gangster-style violence. New Cap City perfectly duplicates Caprica City, even integrating current events into its matrix, though with a gritty, film noir style ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]"). The virtual construct is later destroyed and re-created as an idyllic woodland setting ([[CAP]]: "[[The Dirteaters]]").

[[Image:Glorious_Demise.png|thumb|...after the Fall.]]

During the Cylon War, Caprica City is attacked by Cylon forces. [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Centurion]]s and [[Civilian Cylon|domestic Cylons]] utilize mobile war machines to attack the city and its population from the ground, while [[Basestar (TRS)#First Variant|basestar]]s and [[Cylon Raider (RDM)#Cylon War-era Raider|Raider]]s attack from the air (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

Caprica City is once again a target during the second [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. First eliminating the city's electrical grid and starting numerous fire storms, the Cylons ultimately destroy Caprica City with multiple independently targeted missiles and a 50-megaton [[Weapons_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Nuclear_weapons|nuclear]] detonation launched from orbit. The result is the total destruction of Caprica City ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]").

==Geography==
[[Image:Gemenon from Caprica City.jpg|thumb|The planet Gemenon seen from downtown Caprica City.]]
Before the Fall, Caprica City is a thriving urban center, a home to trade, industry, entertainment, and [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Military]] installations and spaceports. The city is located between the [[Caprican Bay]] and a range of hills, covering a wide expanse of land, divided by a number of waterways ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", "[[The Plan]]"; [[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[End of Line]]").

The skyline of Caprica City is distinguished by a number of prominent skyscrapers, with ultramodern glass and metal architecture intermingled with older, brick and stone buildings. The city is also populated by a number of statues bearing the likenesses of the [[Lords of Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]", "[[The Plan]]"; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], "[[Gravedancing]]").

At night, the city is illuminated by numerous neon lights and animated billboards. During optimal conditions, Caprica's twin world [[Gemenon]] can be seen from within the city limits from the naked eye ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]", "[[The Plan]]"; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]", "[[Retribution]]").

[[Image:Caprica_City_skyline, 1x13.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica morning rain, 1x11.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica City Center.jpg|245px]]
*Various locales and weather conditions in Caprica City, before its destruction by the Cylons.
[[Image:Caprica City vista.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica City sunset.jpg|245px]][[Image:Caprica City storm, 1x11.jpg|245px]]

==Landmarks==
===Parks & Recreation===
Caprica City features a number of municipal parks, shopping promenades and a worlds famous [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] stadium.

====Apollo Park====
:''Main article: [[Apollo Park]]''
[[Image:Caprica - Apollo Park.jpg|thumb|Apollo Park during the Maglev memorial ceremony.]]
Apollo Park is a large amphitheater and recreation area located above street-level, surrounded by cafes, landscaped with trees and a grassy area. Apollo Park is distinguished by a large statue of the God [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol|Apollo]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

Fifty-eight years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Apollo park hosts the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit|MLMT]] train #23 ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

====Atlas Arena====
:''Main article: [[Atlas Arena]]''
[[Image: Atlas Arena.jpg|thumb|Atlas Arena during game time.]]
Atlas Arena is the home court of the [[Caprica City Buccaneers]] pyramid team. Owned by wealthy industrialist [[Daniel Graystone]], the stadium hosts teams from many of the Twelve Worlds, including the [[Gemenon Twins]] and the [[Tauron Bulls]], as well as the Pyramid Worlds Championships games. Able to accommodate more than 30,000 fans, Atlas Arena stands in downtown Caprica City - along one of its waterways - and features a large statue of [[Atlas]] himself ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Unvanquished]]").

The arena becomes a target for suicide bombers associated with the Soldiers of the One terrorist cult ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]"). The attackers are repelled by a squadron of Marine Cyber Combat Units, saving thousands of Capricans anda galvanizing Colonial support for Cylons ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").

====The Riverwalk====
[[Image:Riverwalk.jpg|thumb|The Riverwalk section of Caprica City.]]
The {{inlineref|Riverwalk}} section of Caprica City is an open-air promenade and park area. Landscaped with fountains and large reflecting pools, as well as playground equipment for families with children, the Riverwalk also features a large bazaar with vendors and other amenities ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]", "[[The Plan]]").

The Riverwalk is frequented by members of all strata of Colonial life, from laborers and businessmen to luminaries such as the famous Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]]. Apparently near to both the Colonial Government offices as well as her Caprica City apartment, future President of the Colonies [[Laura Roslin]] also visits the Riverwalk section on several occasions ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

It is at the Riverwalk section that undercover Cylon agent "[[Caprica-Six]]" meets with her [[One|contact]], setting into motion the attack on the Twelve Worlds ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]").

====Orpheus Park====
'''Orpheus Park''' is another large public park in Caprica City, this one located outside the downtown area. Distinguished by a network of jogging paths, large wooded areas and open fields providing mountain vistas, Orpheus Park is used as a clandestine meeting place for GDD agent [[Jordan Duram]] and his confidential informant, [[Amanda Graystone]], during their attempt to bring down the STO cell controlled by [[Clarice Willow]] ([[CAP]]: "[[False Labor]]", "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").

===Industry===
====Graystone Industries Campus====
:''Main article: [[Graystone Industries]]''
[[Image:Graystone Industries.jpg|thumb|The campus and headquarters of Graystone Industries.]]
The sprawling campus of Graystone Industries - the Caprica-based technology company owned by industrialist, scientist, and capitalist Daniel Graystone - is located near the waterfront of Caprica City. Spread throughout several modern buildings dominated by a pentagonal tower, Graystone Industries' campus houses labs, offices, boardrooms, landing pads for aircraft and a "big, beautiful" gym, complete with boxing ring. It is at its Caprica City campus that the company pioneers such technology as the holoband and the U-87 Cyber Combat Unit - the prototypical Cylon ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]", "[[Know Thy Enemy]]", "[[Things We Lock Away]]", "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]").

===Neighborhoods===
====Little Tauron====
:''Main article: [[Little Tauron]]''
[[Image:Little Tauron.jpg|thumb|Little Tauron located in Downtown Caprica City.]]
Among Caprica City's more diverse locations is [[Little Tauron]], an ethnic enclave home to a sizable population of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] immigrants. Within the neighborhood, residents often speak the Tauron language and own and operate shops catering to Tauron cultural needs, including grocery stores, butchers and printing shops ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]"). Despite the family residences and peace of the neighborhood, members of the [[Ha'la'tha]] crime syndicate are widely known operate in relative comfort within the confines of Little Tauron, walking the streets with near impunity and operating out of the backroom of Connie's Place restaurant ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]"). Prior to the first Cylon War, Little Tauron is home to [[Joseph Adama]] where he resides with his young son, future [[Battlestar (TRS)|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' commander [[William Adama]]. The area is considered "downtown" Caprica City ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

====Residential Areas====
[[Image:Graystone's estate.jpg|thumb|The luxurious Graystone Estate.]]
Like any major metropolitan area, Caprica City provides a wealth of residential areas of varying economy for its citizens, from high density suburban housing to luxurious seaside and lakeside homes ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", [[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]"). Away from the urban sprawl and skyscrapers of downtown Caprica, families lived in tract housing and middle-class neighborhoods, with trash pickup provided by the city ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

Some of the most lavish homes in Caprica City belonged to the brightest minds of Caprican society, the seaside [[Graystone Estate|estate]] of Doctors Daniel and [[Amanda Graystone]] being among the most opulent of its time - featuring a tennis court, multiple bedrooms, a robotic butler named [[Serge]], and a private lab where Graystone conducted Defense Department work on the premises ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

Schools in the area included [[Athena Academy]], a private institute devoted to the teachings of the Goddess [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]] as wells public schools like [[Wilson Elementary School]], [[Promethia High School]] and [[Apollo University]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]").

==Entertainment==
[[Image:Caprica at night, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|Caprica City boasted nightlife as well.]]
Caprica City boasted a number of attractions for tourists and residents. Among them were Pyramid games at Atlas Arena, the city's many parks and gardens, as well as the Caprica City Museum of Contemporary Art ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]"). The [[Caprican Art Museum]] also displayed unique artifacts from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").

Nightlife in Caprica City offered adult entertainment in the form of elaborate strip clubs and bars like [[Skybar]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]", "[[False Labor]]"). Hot spots like the [[Dive Bar]] also catered to residents seeking recreation in the form of chemical substances, serving as a bar and [[opium den]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").

In the [[Virtual World]], Caprica City was represented by a darker, more subversive counterpart, [[New Cap City]] - an action adventure game accessible through illegal holoband hacks ([[CAP]]: "[[There Is Another Sky]]").

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==Government==
[[Image:Caprica_City_Hall.jpg|thumb|Caprica City Hall.]]
[[Image:Caprica_-_GDD_Caprica_City_Bureau_building.jpg|thumb|Global Defense Dept., Caprica City Bureau.]]
Following the first Cylon War, Caprica City was home to the Government of the Twelve Worlds, with the offices of the President, [[Richard Adar]], and his cabinet just a short walk from the city's Riverwalk section ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Epiphanies]]"). Military installations were also present in Caprica City, including spaceports shuttling Colonial officers to various points in the Twelve Worlds including the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]"). The [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]] was also accessible from government buildings within Caprica City ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Epiphanies]]"). [[Caprica City Police]] was charged with keeping the city safe, with patrolmen on the streets in the Riverwalk and Little Tauron sections as well as stations all over the city - including one on Gore Street near Caprica City's harbor ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", [[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").

Before being elected President of the Colonies, Richard Adar was Mayor of Caprica City ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").

Prior to the initial Cylon conflict, Caprica's [[Global Defense Department]] held a Caprica City bureau and the Caprican Defense Department held offices for former Defense Minister [[Val Chambers]] and his successor [[Joan Leyte]] ([[CAP]]: "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). Caprica City Hall was located downtown ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]])".
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==Transportation==
:''Main article: [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit]]''
[[Image:MLMT_Train.jpg|thumb|The Maglev train speeds through Caprica City.]]
Mass transit in Caprica City before the Fall was carried out a number of ways including city buses, taxi cabs and the [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit]] system, or MLMT train ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Ghosts in the Machine]]"). Operating both below ground and on elevated platforms, the MagLev train provided public transport to destinations all over Caprica City, including Atlas Arena and the city's spaceports ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Unvanquished]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]"). 58 years before the Fall, MLMT train number 23 was the target of fanatical monotheist terror group [[Soldiers of the One]] in a devastating bombing. In the days following the tragic event, a Memorial Walk was created, dedicated to those who lost their lives aboard the train and the system was eventually rebuilt ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").

[[Image:Caprica_docks.jpg|thumb|Sea-going and space-going vessels docked at Caprica's harbor.]]

Caprica's waterways were also traveled, with ships and ferries crossing the Caprican Bay and landing at the city's docks which provided harbor for both ocean-going vessels and their space-going counterparts (including ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy]]'' liners). The [[Pantheon Bridge]] also provided transit across the Caprican Bay as well as providing vehicle access to the [[Caprica Inter-Colonial Spaceport]] which offered off-world flights to locations such as Gemenon, [[Picon]], and Tauron ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]", "[[Retribution]]").

Caprica City also maintained expressways, though they were sometimes prone to congestion ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]").

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==Notes==
[[Image:Water_Caprica_City.jpg|left|thumb|The original look of Caprica City from the Miniseries.]]
[[Image:Capricacitydaybreak1.jpg|thumb|left|The retconned appearance for "Daybreak, Part I" and ''Caprica''.]]

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada stands in for Caprica City throughout ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', augmented by set dressings and digital matte paintings and set extensions. For its initial appearance in the 2003 [[Miniseries]], Caprica was created as a series of computer-generated establishing shots by Zoic Studios; these establishing shots were later reused throughout the series, most prominently in "[[Epiphanies]]" and "[[Razor]]". For the series finale, however, a new digital model of Caprica City was unveiled, featuring far more detailed vistas that more closely matched the Vancouver practical locations. This new model, appearing in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" and "[[Daybreak, Part II]]" as well as "[[The Plan]]" and finally throughout ''Caprica'', serves as a sort of retcon for the previous incarnation of the city.

According to ''Caprica'' location scouts Anand Kanna and Scott Firth, "Vancouver is a very modern city - lots of sea-foam glass and steel and high-rises. And that's the scope of what the planet Caprica is. It's a forward-thinking society and very modern... In Vancouver, there's an area called [[Wikipedia:Coal Harbour|Coal Harbour]], which is very modern. That was perfect for establishing Caprica City itself, the steel and glass look of downtown Caprica and its really modern-looking buildings. And then there's another area of town in the series, and it's called Little Tauron, which is a little bit backwards. It's more of the run-down, '40s feel. So we would go to [[Wikipedia:Chinatown, Vancouver|Chinatown]] for that." [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/entertainment/la-ca-workinghollywood24-2010jan24]
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== Behind the scenes ==

=== Locations for Caprica City ===

* '''Apollo Park''':
:Apollo Park was shot on location at the Jack Poole Plaza atop the Vancouver Convention Centre [http://13thcolony.wordpress.com/2010/02/25/frik-and-frak-say-free-the-flame/], the location was augmented by a digital matte painting and set extensions. Photos of the set and filming of scenes for "Rebirth" appeared on the photo sharing website Flickr in July, 2009 [http://www.flickr.com/photos/raggo/3742135728/in/photostream/].
* '''Atlas Arena''':
:According to BSG and ''Caprica'' visual effects supervisor [[Doug Drexler]], Atlas Arena was based upon the architectural designs of [[Wikipedia: Santiago Calatrava|Santiago Calatrava]], "We decided that it’s architectural inspiration would come from renowned architect Calatrava. This ties nicely to the the Cylon [[Resurrection Ship]] from BSG, also Calatrava inspired. Atlas stadium was built by modeling maestro [[Pierre Drolet]]." [http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2010/01/31/vancouver-as-caprica-city/]
:Atlas Arena in the pilot episode of ''Caprica'' was shot at the [[Wikipedia: General Motors Place|General Motors Place]] in downtown Vancouver, home rink of the [[Wikipedia: Vancouver Canucks|Vancouver Canucks]]. These scenes were later reshot on the ''Caprica'' sound stages for the aired version of the episode and all other subsequent episodes featuring Atlas Arena.
* '''The Riverwalk''':
:The Riverwalk complex and garden was actually the campus of [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser University|Simon Fraser University]] in [[w:Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby, British Columbia]], Canada.''
* '''Graystone Industries''':
:The unaired "extended" version of the ''Caprica'' pilot episode featured an entirely different matte painting of Graystone Industries, depicting the installation as a much smaller location apparently some distance from downtown Caprica City. A new, expanded version of the complex was created for the aired version, situating Graystone Industries among the skyscrapers of the city.
* '''Little Tauron''':
:Little Tauron featured a very prominent visual reference to the real world with the famous [[Wikipedia: Pike Place Market|Pike Place Market]] sign from [[Wikipedia: Seattle|Seattle, Washington]] appearing in the digital matte painting of the location. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aharvey2k/4360996970/] In the pilot episode of ''Caprica'', Joseph Adama's Little Tauron apartment was shot in Vancouver's Waterfall Building, the same location used for [[Kara Thrace]]'s [[Delphi]] apartment building, though in subsequent episodes, the apartment was a sound stage set.
* '''Caprica City Hall''':
:The [[Wikipedia: Vancouver Public Library|Vancouver Public Library]] stood in for the [[Caprica City Hall]] exterior in the pilot episode of ''Caprica'', though an establishing shot in the aired version showed a computer-generated vista. The interior was shot at Simon Fraser University. [http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/entertainment/la-ca-workinghollywood24-2010jan24]
* '''MLMT Train''':
:The MLMT train station appearing in the ''Caprica'' pilot was in reality the [[Wikipedia: Granville Station (TransLink)|Granville Station]], an underground [[Wikipedia: SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] station in Vancouver. [http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/04/granville-station-in-caprica/] For the production, Vancouver signage was changed to represent Caprica and the SkyTrain itself was replaced with a digital model, though an H&M advertisement managed to sneak into the scene. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/aharvey2k/4311998589/]
* '''Pantheon Bridge''':
:The Pantheon Bridge was in reality the [[Wikipedia: Burrard Bridge|Burrard Bridge]] in Vancouver. The Caprica Inter-Colonial Spaceport was filmed at Simon Fraser University in Surrey. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/jtanenbaum/4077340868/in/photostream/]

==References==
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In the Re-imagined Series, the principles of spaceflight are taken seriously, in that all ships have a logical a process to move in all three axes of movement, and travel at reasonable speeds with methods that don't necessarily duplicate the fantasy flight principles seen in space fantasy, such as ''Star Wars''.

==Reaction Control Systems==

In addition to their [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Sublight propulsion|sublight engines]] used for interplanetary travel within a solar system, all ships have a centralized way to move the ship to port or starboard, and to yaw and rotate the ship. This requires the use of an RCS, a reaction control system<ref>In the movie, ''Apollo 13'', the Apollo command/service module's reaction control jets are violently activating to control the spacecraft after the famous oxygen tank explosion, which creates an uncontrolled jet for which the RCS tries to compensate.</ref>.

The reaction control system is designed to provide a spacecraft with guidance and steering. It has two main functions:

* Delivering small amounts of thrust in any desired direction or combination of directions
* Providing torque to allow control of rotation (pitch, yaw, and roll).

Reaction control systems are typically used for:

* Attitude control during entry into an atmosphere until such time as conventional aerodynamic surfaces can be used
* Station keeping in orbit
* Close maneuvering and/or docking
* Orientation control (pointing the nose of the vehicle).

All Colonial vessels utilize RCS for maneuvering and station keeping, although the scale of the systems varies widely.

* [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], [[Raptor]]s and all smaller craft use "cold" RCS systems, most likely utilizing either an inert gas or possibly a high specific-impulse [[Wikipedia:Hypergolic fuel|hypergolic fuel]] mixture
* Very large vessels such as [[battlestar]]s use strategically-mounted sets of very large fuel-burning thrusters, relying on the brute force of such systems to overcome inertia during maneuvers.

Like many other technologies, Cylon attitude control for small craft like [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] is similar or even identical to the Colonials ([[Scar]]).

[[Basestar (RDM)|Basestars]] don't appear to have ''any'' RCS features. This may be an inherent design, as its Raiders and missile systems can be deployed in a 360-degree arc--that is, the basestar can deploy its offensive elements from any direction of the ship.

While basestars have no visible RCS, orientation can be achieved through other means. For examples, reaction wheels use a spinning mass on a spacecraft axis to control attitude. By spinning the reaction wheel in one direction, torque is generated and the spacecraft will rotate in the opposite direction, in accordance with Newton's laws of motion. This system is used on real space platforms, such as the Hubble Space Telescope. However, such systems generate relatively small amounts of torque and they tend to be used in situations where precise orientation takes priority over the need to change orientation rapidly.

Basestars however, have a sublight propulsion system in addition to FTL drives. Basestars can be seen approaching the [[algae planet]] in the episode "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]". This capability can also be inferred from episodes like "[[The Captain's Hand]]" where a basestar is said to be retreating. Its nature however is unknown, as like with the RCS system, no engines are visible on the vessels.

==Distances and speeds in the Miniseries==

* '''''Galactica'' was approximately 335,540,340 miles from one of the Colonies, ostensibly [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], at the start of the [[Miniseries]].'''

To reach this number, clues are taken from [[Billy Keikeya]], on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', enroute to the battlestar for its decommissioning ceremony. Keikeya tells [[Laura Roslin]] that he had sent a copy of her ceremony speech to President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] for review, but warns that there is a time delay of 30 minutes between ''Galactica'' and Adar's actual location, which is [[Epiphanies|confirmed]] as Caprica City, the seat of the Colonial [[Government]] <ref name="jack">President Adar's office on Caprica is confirmed in the second Season episode, "[[Epiphanies]]". Reinforcing this information, Roslin speaks by [[wireless]] to "[[Jack]]", a fellow secretary or government official. Jack tells Roslin of the devastation near his location and Adar's speculated whereabouts and actions. Given that wireless transmission ranges in real-time conversation would limit Roslin to be able to speak only with Caprica (the nearest colony), Jack must be on Caprica, and likely in Caprica City to give him any ability to discuss the president's whereabouts.</ref>.

The speed of light (and of wireless transmissions) in vacuum is 186,282 miles per second. If President Adar sent a [[wireless]] message from Caprica to ''Galactica'' in an attempt to correct Roslin's speech, how long would it take the message to get there? Keikeya gives this answer: 30 minutes. This makes it possible to determine the distance using the equation: ''s = vt'' (or, ''distance = speed x time'')

::(3 x 10^8 m/s) ''(the speed of light)'' x 1800 s ''(30 minutes * 60 seconds/minute)'' = 5.4 x 10^11 meters ''or'' '''335, 500, 000 miles'''

Simplified, the wireless message travels over 335.5 million miles in 30 minutes to ''Galactica''. This is approximately 3.5 [[w:Astronomical unit|astronomical units]], or 3.5 times the distance between Earth and our sun.

* '''''Colonial Heavy 798'' is traveling at a sublight speed of over 61,000,000 miles per hour to get to ''Galactica'' for the decommissioning ceremony.'''

Right after Billy Keikeya's conversation with Laura Roslin on her speech, the captain of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' speaks on the public address intercom of the [[Intersun|starliner]], telling the passengers how long their trip to ''Galactica'' will take: 5.5 hours. Assuming that the starliner has just left the neighboring space of Caprica and has reached its cruising speed, and given that we know ''Galactica's'' distance from Caprica, we can determine ''Colonial Heavy 798's'' cruising speed with the same formula as above, now adjusted to calculate speed:

:5.4 x 10^11 meters ''(the distance in meters)'' / 19800 ''(5.5 hours x 3600 seconds/hour)'' =
:2.7 x 10^7 meters/sec, ''or'' '''61, 000, 000 MPH'''

While ''Colonial Heavy 798'' is moving very fast across space at 61,000,000 miles per hour on its [[sublight]] engines, this is only approximately 9 percent of the speed of light, so passenger liners do well in getting from place to place, or colony to colony. To give a real-world comparison, ''Colonial Heavy 798'' could fly from our sun to Earth in about 90 minutes. The light from the sun takes only 8 minutes to arrive on the Earth's surface.

Given the velocities involved, extremely high accelerations must be used to attain them in reasonable (usable) time frames involved for in-system transportation. Such G forces would kill any humans involved unless some means of dampening them were employed. Given that the technology to perform "space-folding"<ref>This nature of the jump technology is confirmed in the Miniseries podcast</ref> FTL jumps is also available, the technology to manipulate gravity would lie in the same area.

==Alternate calculations for distances and speeds in the Miniseries==

This is an alternative to the above which assumes a thirty light minute distance. A time lag<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag|title =Time lag/latency definition on Wikipedia}}</ref> or delay or latency, in the case of a communication signal occurs both ways. A thirty minute time lag in communication implies that the signal would take fifteen minutes to travel between the two creating a total lag of thirty minutes. In short: It takes thirty minutes for person one to send a message and get a reply
back. This would alter the calculations made to the following.

-''Galactica's'' distance from Caprica would be: 170,000,000 miles

(3 x 10^8 m/s) (the speed of light) x 1800 s (15 minutes * 60 seconds/minute) = 2.7 x 10^11 meters or 170,000,000 miles

-The speed of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' would be 30,000,000 mph

2.7x 10^11 meters (the distance in meters) / 19800 (5.5 hours x 3600 seconds/hour) =
14,000,000 meters/sec, or 30,000,000 mph

-This makes the same assumptions as to the route of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' as the initial proposal.

==FTL jump calculations==

Based on deduction from information gleaned in "[[Scattered]]", a set of jump coordinates could either be given in [[w:Cartesian coordinate system|cartesian]] or [[w:Spherical coordinate system|spherical]] coordinates to specify a point in three-dimensional space.

A possible algorithm for jump calculations would therefore necessitate first and foremost the determination of the exact location of the ship, relative to its intended point of arrival after the jump. This is done by identifying, fixing and triangulating several stars <ref name="tighquote"/>. Next, the ship's position relative to the intended point of arrival would be [[w:Point plotting|plotted]] on a three-dimensional coordinate system, using the ship as its [[w:Origin (mathematics)|point of origin]], i.e. (0/0/0).

Then, the positions of any known stellar bodies and other obstacles would have to be plotted on that coordinate system as well, in order to establish where to jump and where ''not'' to jump.

Finally, the point of arrival would likewise be plotted. The hard part in making a single jump over long distances, like to [[Ragnar Anchorage|Ragnar]] in the Miniseries, would therefore lie not so much in getting the jump drive to manipulate space properly, as in correctly figuring out where possible obstacles, such as stars, black hole or planetary bodies are located and then adjusting the direction of the jump accordingly, so as to land the ship in a clear volume of space.

== Astrometrics ==

{{mainarticle|Astrometrics}}

''Galactica'' has an astrometrics lab with optical and x-ray telescopes, that is used to acquire fixes on surrounding stars, which are then used in FTL jump calculations.

==Triangulating the Colonies' "Actual Location" ==

[[Image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Lagoon Nebula]]
In "[[Home, Part II]]", the [[Wikipedia:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] appears in a holographic map in the constellation of Scorpio<ref>In the show, the nebula is placed in the wrong constellation. On Earth, the nebula actually appears in the constellation Sagittarius. The production team has acknowledged this as an error.</ref> in the [[Tomb of Athena]].

''Galactica's'' location and the rough location of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol can be deduced with simple logic:
[[Image:M42_scattered.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Orion Nebula(?), as seen in "[[Scattered]]". Actual [[Wikipedia:Hubble Space Telescope|Hubble Space Telescope]] image at bottom right]]
The nebula is shown from the same vantage point as it would appear to an observer on Earth, yet the characters are able to recognize it. This suggests that the Colonies are on a line of sight "behind" Earth's solar system. Otherwise, the nebula would appear in a different shape and size as it is not a symmetrical object.

If one were to follow a straight line from the Lagoon Nebula to Earth, continuing the line through space would place ''Galactica'', and likely the Colonies, somewhere in the [[Wikipedia:Perseus Arm|Perseus Arm]] of the Milky Way galaxy.
The approximate distance between the Colonies and the [[Earth (RDM)#Earth: Home of the Thirteenth|First Earth]] must be slightly less than 2,000 light years since the journey of the [[Final Five]] took two thousand years travelling at near-light speed. For the same reason, the distance between Kobol and the [[algae planet]] (which is located somewhere between Kobol and the First Earth) cannot be greater than 1,000 light years since the [[Temple of Five]] was built 3,000 years ago, i.e. within a millennium of the exodus from Kobol ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]"). The distance between the [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth: The Promised Land|real-life Earth]] and the Colonies are almost the same as the distance between the Ionian nebula to the Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part II]]").

Most other celestial phenomena in the series are apparently fictional as the events of the series occur 150,000 years ago. Apart from the Lagoon Nebula (M8), the other real-life nebula shown is the [[Wikipedia:Orion Nebula|Great Orion Nebula]] (M42) which is briefly seen in the opening scene of "[[Scattered]]". Both M8 and M42 are large stellar "nurseries" that have existed for millions of years. M42 is 1,350 light years from Earth in the same general direction as Kobol and the Colonies. It is by far the brightest star forming region visible from Earth. The Colonies are located on the other side, hence the vantage point is totally different and the nebula would not be as easily recognizable as the Lagoon Nebula. The Orion Nebula undoubtedly harbors pulsars and dense young star clusters such as the [[Passage (star cluster)|Passage]]. However, nebulae ejected by supernova remnants dissipate after ten thousand to a hundred thousand years [http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=533] which means the [[Ionian Nebula]], [[Lion's Head Nebula]] and [[Eye of Jupiter]] cannot correspond to any real-life supernova remnant/planetary nebula visible today.

[[Image:Locations in BSG galaxy.jpg|thumb|center|730px|Image of Milky Way galaxy from [[Crossroads, Part II]] with the approximate relative positions and distances of the Colonies, Earth, Lagoon/M8 and Orion/M42 Nebulae indicated. The positions of Kobol, Lion's Head Nebula/algae planet are conjectural but they are likely located near M42. Earth is located in the general dirction of the Ionian nebula as seen from the algae planet. The thick green line indicates the approximate route from Earth to the Colonies via the Orion Nebula and Kobol/algae planet.]]
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==What happened in "Scattered"?==

[[Image:jump calculations.jpg|thumb|left|Schematic Diagram showing the three different sets of jump coordinates]]
In "[[Scattered]]", [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] execute FTL jumps according to different sets of coordinates. As a consequence, ''Galactica'' has to jump back along its original jump vector, to the former point of origin of the two jumps, re-acquire new starfixes and calculate the Fleet's current position.

At first glance, this seems counter-intuitive. Since presumably both sets of jump coordinates are known to ''Galactica'', a simple triangulation of the two jump vectors would produce an alternative third set of jump-coordinates which would allow ''Galactica'' to jump to the Fleet directly. A possible explanation is as follows:

The [[emergency jump coordinates]] given to the civilian fleet aren't just an older set of correct coordinates. According to Colonel Tigh, in a conversation with his wife, jump calculations need to be regularly updated to compensate for stellar drift and the movement of the ships themselves. Lieutenant Gaeta was supposed to send the updated jump plots to the other ships but forgot to. <ref name="tighquote">Tigh: "Every watch we update our emergency jump calculations with new star fixes to compensate for inertial drift, and then we transmit them to the rest of the Fleet. This time ours were updated, but theirs weren't. Gaeta was supposed to transmit them to the rest of the Fleet." ([[Scattered]])</ref> As a result, the Fleet jumped with a set of coordinates that didn't fit the local space-time conditions. The concept of a [[blind jump]] is introduced in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]". While jumping with a wrong sets of coordinates probably isn't as risky as jumping with no calculations at all, the destination would still be unpredictable.

''Galactica'' has the coordinates that the civilian ships used to make their jumps, but not their actual position. However, in a process that is largely unexplained, ''Galactica'' is then able to calculate their real location from the Fleet's emergency jump coordinates, as well as the newly acquired starfixes. This unusual procedure can also explain the abnormally long duration (several hours) of the calculations on the initially un-networked computers, compared to the relatively short amount of time jump calculations usually take.

==Sectors==

*[[Prolmar Sector]]
*[[Sector 728]]
*[[List of sectors (RDM)]]

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Timeline - Caprica (RDM)

2013-09-06T08:21:27Z

Starkiller: Timeline in BSG expanded...

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The following timeline includes the events of the series ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' and how they relate to its parent-series ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]''. Some of the events listed in this timeline are speculative.

==''Caprica''==
===26YR===
* [[Daniel Graystone]] sells his new invention – the [[holoband]] – to [[MicroCap]] ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]").
* [[Zoe Graystone]] is born to [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]] and Daniel Graystone ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

===27YR===
* '''Iuniores 4''': [[Heracles|Tad Thorean]] is born ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").

===31YR===
* [[William "Willie" Adama]] is born to [[Shannon Adama|Shannon]] and [[Joseph Adama]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

===32YR===
*The [[Soldiers of the One]] become dormant ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

===41YR===
* '''Aprilus 9''': [[Ben Stark]] is caught out after curfew and interviewed by police regarding wires and detonates in his possession. The tape of the interview is mislabeled "Ben Starke."

===42YR===
* '''Ianuarius 23''': [[Train 23|Maglev No. 23]] is bombed by [[Ben Stark]], killing himself, Zoe Graystone, [[Tamara Adama]], Shannon Adama, and dozens of others ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 6''':
** Daniel Graystone meets Joseph Adama outside [[Caprica City Hall|City Hall]].
** [[Lacy Rand]] finds Zoe's avatar in the [[V-Club]].
** Daniel finds Lacy in Zoe's room ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 8''':
**Joseph represents a client in court before meeting his brother [[Sam Adama]] to accept payment from the [[Guatrau]].
** Daniel and [[Cyrus Xander]] conduct a test of the [[U-87]], which fails miserably ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 9''': Daniel hacks into Zoe's e-sheet and finds Zoe's avatar in the V-Club, but is thrown out of v-world when he follows her ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 10''':
** Joseph takes William to school.
** Amanda is visited at work by [[Global Defense Department]] agent [[Jordan Duram]], who suggests that Zoe may have been involved in the bombing of Maglev No. 23 ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 11''':
** Daniel persuades Lacy to take him to Zoe's avatar in the V-Club, then forcibly downloads the avatar onto his home computer.
** the Guatrau instructs Joseph to deliver a message to Caprican Defense Minister Val Chambers [[CAP]]: ("[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 12''':
** Agent Duram questions Lacy Rand and Clarice Willow regarding Zoe's involvement in the STO.
** Daniel, Joseph, and Willie attend a C-Bucs pyramid game, after which Daniel mentions the possibility of Joseph seeing Tamara again ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 13''':
** Daniel scans Joseph into v-world and explains how Zoe and Tamara might be resurrected as avatars.
**Joseph declares Daniel insane, but Daniel still asks Joseph to arrange for the theft of a [[meta-cognitive processor]] chip from [[Tomas Vergis]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 14''':
** Daniel delivers breakfast in bed to Amanda.
** Joseph asks Sam to arrange the MCP theft.
** Joseph informs Chambers that the Guatrau does not condone his political actions, which are detrimental to the Ha'la'tha, but Chambers insults Joseph before dismissing him.
** Sam visits the Chambers residence at night and assassinates the Defense Minister ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 15''':
** Lacy confesses her involvement with the STO to Clarice, and learns that Clarice also belongs to the STO.
** Daniel uses Zoe's program to create an avatar of Tamara [[CAP]]: ("[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
** the MCP is stolen from the Vergis Corporation, and two Vergis employees are murdered in the process ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").
* '''Februarius 16''':
** Joseph delivers the MCP to Daniel.
** Joseph enters v-world to meet Tamara's avatar, but she panics when she cannot feel her heartbeat, and Joseph declares the entire project an abomination ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 17''':
** Daniel downloads Zoe's avatar into the MCP and installs it into the U-87.
** the avatar briefly communicates with Daniel through the U-87 before the datastream breaks down, and Daniel discovers that Zoe's avatar is gone from v-world.
** Joseph tells Willie that he was named after his grandfather William, who died in the [[Tauron Civil War]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 19''':
** Daniel stages an enormously successful demonstration of the U-87 for Caprican Defense Secretary [[Joan Leyte]], and coins the term [[Cylons_(RDM)|"Cylon]]".
** Zoe's avatar latar contacts Lacy from within the U-87 ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
* '''Februarius 21''':
** Cyrus and Daniel realize that the U-87 prototype and the MCP chip have bonded in a way that cannot be reproduced with any other robotic unit, and Daniel orders the U-87 prototype sent to his home lab for study.
** Amanda watches home movies of Zoe.
** Clarice invites Lacy to lunch at her home on Saturday.
** Zoe's avatar tells Lacy not to tell Clarice about her existence ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
* '''Februarius 22''':
** Daniel and Amanda attend the Buccaneers/Stallions pyramid game.
** Joseph accidentally drives to Tamara's school when he tries to pick up Willie.
** Philomon and Drew pack up the U-87 for delivery to the Graystone residence.
** Joseph returns home to find Willie, as well as an invitation to a memorial service for the Maglev No. 23 victims.
** Agent Duram visits Amanda to inquire about Ben Stark, and discovers that Amanda did not know Zoe had a boyfriend.
** the U-87 tries to break free while in transit, and Philo calms it.
** during dinner, Joseph experiences a hallucination of Tamara at the table.
** Philo and Drew deliver the U-87 to the Graystone residence, and the robot bites off one of Drew's fingers ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
* '''Februarius 23''' (''Saturday''):
** Amanda visits Lacy at her home and learns that Zoe intended to find a new family on Gemenon.
** Daniel and Philo discuss the uniqueness of the U-87 prototype.
** while Sam takes Willie to Little Tauron, he takes a call before heading to a business where he smashes a window, and Sam and Willie get arrested.
** Lacy visits Clarice's family for lunch, and Clarice prods Lacy for information about Zoe's computer work.
** Daniel and Amanda argue about going to the memorial, but Daniel agrees to go if Amanda wants to.
** Sam and Willie are released from custody, and Willie returns home where Joseph questions his absence from school.
** Clarice visits an opium den.
** Zoe contacts Lacy, and Lacy visits the Graystone residence to see the U-87 ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
* '''Februarius 24''':
** Daniel and Amanda attend the memorial ceremony.
** Amanda meets Ben's mother Natalie Stark, who gives Amanda a package of Zoe's possessions, including an Infinity pin.
** Joseph finds Daniel, and demands to see Tamara's avatar again.
** Amanda realizes that Zoe belonged to the STO, and announces to the crowd at the memorial ceremony that her daughter was responsible for the bombing of Maglev No. 23 ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
* '''Februarius 25''': Amanda resigns her position at [[Caprica General Hospital]].
* '''Februarius 26''': Lacy is targeted by fellow students at the Athenian Academy.
* '''Februarius 27''':
** Daniel works out at the [[Red Gloves Gym]] and discusses talk-show host [[Baxter Sarno]] with Cyrus.
** Outside the Gym, Daniel is accosted by Sam and Joseph, who demands to see Tamara again.
** Willie cuts school to spend time with Sam at [[Goldie's Off Track Betting]].
* '''Februarius 28''':
** Graystone Industries suffers as public opinion turns against holoband and v-world.
** Joseph is berated by a judge for not personally delivering a bribe on behalf of [[Plexico Amarcord]].
** Clarice tries to convince Lacy to tell her about Zoe's work.
** Daniel and Amanda discuss her public announcement of Zoe's STO affiliation.
* '''Martius 1''':
** GDD director [[Gara Singh]] berates Duram's partner for having interviewed and released Ben Stark a year before the bombing.
** Duram and his partner leak to the press the fact that "bureaucratic red tape" is preventing a search of the Graystone residence.
* '''Martius 2''':
** Zoe wirelessly interfaces the U-87 with v-world and visits Lacy in v-world, telling Lacy not to trust Clarice.
** Zoe and Lacy find Tamara's avatar and help her escape into the virtual world.
* '''Martius 3''':
** Cyrus and [[Priyah Magnus]] try to convince Daniel to appear on Sarno's show to defend his company, v-world, and holobands.
** Tamara parts ways with Zoe and Lacy in v-world, and Zoe instructs Lacy to find [[Keon Gatwick]] to get the U-87 to [[Gemenon]].
** Clarice discusses her search for Zoe's avatar with Alvo.
* '''Martius 4''':
** Lacy convinces Keon to help her with Zoe's plan.
** Daniel takes Joseph back to v-world, but they are unable to find Tamara's avatar.
** Daniel sees news of the bad publicity against the Graystones, and calls Priyah to have her book him ''[[Backtalk with Baxter Sarno|Backtalk]]'' the next night.
** Joseph asks Sam to murder Amanda Graystone in reprisal for Shannon's death ([[CAP]]: "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]").
* '''Martius 5''':
** an empty [[Holo Cafe|holocafe]] is bombed.
** Clarice receives a warning that the Athenian Academy will be raided, and alerts Keon, who clears bomb materials out of his locker.
** Agent Duram leads GDD agents on a fruitless raid of the Academy.
** Sam monitors Amanda from across the lake on the Graystone's property.
** Philo runs diagnostics on the U-87.
** Willie cuts school again and returns home, and his grandmother prompts him to decide what he wants to do with his life.
** Agent Duram leads a raid on the Graystone residence, and the GDD confiscates everything in Zoe's room.
** Lacy finds Keon at a mechanics shop and persuades him to contact STO operative Barnabas.
** Agent Duram gets authorization to confiscate Academy students' e-sheets and communications.
** Daniel appears on ''Backtalk'', debating the morality of v-world with Sarno.
** Amanda storms the stage in defense of her daughter.
** Daniel concedes that v-world has adverse moral implications.
** Clarice learns that Daniel interacted with a virtual avatar of Zoe after her death.
** Ruth tells Joseph that Shannon and Tamara cannot rest in death until they are avenged, insisting that she could murder Amanda herself.
** Daniel vows that Graystone Industries will not longer profit from v-world or the holobands.
** Sam poses as a driver for the studio, and offers to drive Amanda home after the show.
** Sam detours through Little Tauron with Amanda, indicating that he lost his sister-in-law and niece in the Maglev bombing.
** Joseph tries to contact Sam in order to call off the murder, but cannot reach him.
** Sam returns to Joseph's house and, after recounting the details of a horrific murder, admits that he dropped Amanda Graystone off, safe but scared, at her house because he knew that Joseph would not go through the murder.
** Daniel and Amanda discuss Zoe, and decide not to watch their own interview on ''Backtalk'' ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]").
* '''Martius 7''':
** Cyrus tells Daniel that Graystone Industries' Board of Directors are holding a meeting to decide whether to replace Daniel as CEO.
** Willie cuts school again to spend time with Sam at Goldie's Off Track Betting.
** Joseph gets a call from Willie's principal informing him that Willie hasn't attended school in a week.
** Joseph drives to Goldier's to bring Willie home ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]").
* '''Martius 8''':
** Daniel attends the Board's meeting with the U-87 prototype, claiming that holobands and v-world are no longer worth the investment, and that the artificially sentient Cylons are the future of Graystone Industries.
** the Board votes to keep Daniel as CEO.
* '''Martius 9''': Joseph takes Willie fishing, but a nearby group of teenagers make racist comments until Willie attacks one of them, beating him viciously.
* '''Martius 11''':
** Joseph and Willie perform the Tauron Death Rites so that Shannon and Tamara can rest in peace.
** afterwards, Joseph gets a visit from Tad Thorean, who believes that Tamara has fallen asleep with her holoband on.
** Joseph informs Tad that Tamara is dead, and Tad flees ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]").
* '''Martius 13''':
** Daniel and Amanda attend a fundraiser, where [[Tomas Vergis]] corners Daniel, revealing that two of his friends and employees were killed during the MCP theft.
** Joseph buys a holoband from Emptor Electronics, but cannot get beyond the user menus of v-world.
** Daniel and Cyrus discuss their acquisition of the MCP, and agree that Daniel should meet with Vergis again.
** Daniel meets with Joseph first to discern who else might have known about the MCP theft ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").
* '''Martius 14''':
** another empty holocafe is bombed.
** Clarice is given a swipe-drive, that can wirelessly steal data from any computer, by her husband.
** Clarice calls Amanda, claiming to have books of Zoe's that she would like to return, in order to visit the Graystone residence.
** Joseph is assured by Sam that nothing can connect them to the MCP theft.
** Daniel meets Vergis for lunch, and Vergis offers him 300-million cubits to purchase C-Bucs.
** Clarice visits Amanda to talk about Zoe, and Amanda shows Clarice the U-87, during which Clarice uses the swipe-drive to steal the data from Daniel's computer.
** Philo checks his v-match profile and finds no interested women.
** Keon meets with Barnabas to arrange Lacy's meeting ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").
* '''Martius 15''':
** Clarice updates Alvo on her progress.
** Daniel and Cyrus discuss Vergis's offer.
** Zoe interfaces with the computer to send a message to Philo's v-match.
** Philo meets Zoe, under the alias of "Rachel," in v-world for a date.
** Vergis appears on ''Backtalk'' ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]").

===42-47YR===
*Joseph Adama marries his assistant [[Evelyn Adama|Evelyn]]. They bear a son, [[William Adama|William "Bill" Adama]].
*Cylons are integrated into Colonial society.
*Clarice Williow proselytizes [[God (RDM)|God]] to the Cylons in v-world.
*Lacy Rand has assumed the role of the [[Mother|Blessed Mother]].
* Zoe corresponds with the [[Final Five]] in v-world. They teach her the means of constructing an artificial body.<ref>Although this encounter is not depicted onscreen, this was planned to be recounted in flashback had the show been renewed for a second season.[http://dvd.ign.com/articles/114/1140870p1.html]</ref> Zoe, aided by her parents, uses this information to be brought back into the real world as the first "[[humanoid Cylon|skin job]]" in the Twelve Colonies. ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]")

==''Battlestar Galactica''==
===48YR===
* The Cylons revolt against humanity and launch the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]].

===50YR===
* The [[Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar ''Galactica'']] is built ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries, Night 1|BSG Miniseries]]").

===60YR===
* The Cylons abandon the Colonies to find their own home world, ending the First Cylon War.

===100YR===
* The Cylons return, and [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Twelve Colonies fall]].

===104YR===
*Colonial remnants destroy the [[The Colony|Colony]], and discover a [[Earth (RDM)|habitable planet]].

===150,104YR===
*Earth is home to an advanced society that greatly resembles that of the Colonials, though without interplanetary spaceflight, and is beginning to develop robots. Hera Agathon's remains have been discovered and identified as [[w:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve]], most recent common ancestor strictly through female descent of all living humans on the new Earth.<ref>Contrary to what is read from the fictional National Geographic Article, mitochondrial Eve is not the "most recent common ancestor" of humanity. That person perhaps lived 90,000 years later, and virtually all breeding persons living more than 60,000 years before the present (of whom mitochondrial Eve is merely one) were common ancestors of all humanity.</ref>

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Fall of the Twelve Colonies

2013-09-06T07:32:25Z

Starkiller: /* Aftermath */

:''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''
{{Battle Data
|image=Nukes in Miniseries.jpg
|description=Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica
|conflict=Second Cylon War
|date=[[Timeline (RDM)|Zero Hour]], concurrent with [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]
|place=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]
|result=Cylon victory: Devastation of the Twelve Colonies, Destruction of the Colonial Fleet, Forced Colonial survivors.
|combatant1=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Admiral [[Nagala]] † Commander [[William Adama]] Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
|co2=[[Basestar command]]
|strength1=Approx. 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestars]], associated [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]], associated [[Raptor|Raptors]], Fleet [[Berzerk type cruiser|support cruisers]]
|strength2=Massive number of [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], [[Heavy Raider]]s
|shiploss1=Virtual destruction of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
|shiploss2=Unknown, minimal
|casualties1=Destruction of major Colonial cities, almost all of the civilian population and military forces (estimated at 50 billion)
|casualties2=Unknown, minimal
|prev=[[Battle of Tauron]]
and
[[Operation Raptor Talon]] (First Cylon War)
|next=[[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] (concurrent)
|series=RDM
}}

The '''Fall of the Twelve Colonies''' (also known as The Fall, the Cylon attack, Cylon holocaust or Second Cylon War) is a devastating, genocidal attack by the Cylons, designed by [[John Cavil]] to eliminate the human race, and seek revenge on the [[Final Five]] for creating the humanoid Cylons in their image.

==Before the Fall==
The events leading up to the attacks go back at least a few years, when the Cylons (now in human form) begin infiltrating Colonial society. One such Cylon, a [[Number Six]], is involved with Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], a famed computer scientist living on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. Together, they develop [[Command Navigation Program|system upgrades]] for the [[Colonial Fleet]], which gives Six access to the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]. There she is able to covertly install backdoors into the new software which the Cylons will later use to shut down Colonial defenses ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

Six years prior to the attacks, Commander [[William Adama]], aboard the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'', is tasked by Colonial admiralty to launch a [[Stealthstar|stealth plane]] across the [[Armistice Line]] into Cylon held space. Piloted by [[Daniel Novacek]], the bird is discovered by an unknown contact, and is shot down by Adama to prevent his pilot from being potentially captured by Cylon forces. The plan fails, and Novachek is captured anyway after he ejects from the Stealthstar, and remains in Cylon custody for at least eight years (including two years post-fall), until he is deliberately released by the Cylons in the hopes that he will kill Adama for his actions. Adama spends the next few years feeling guilt over the incident, which has him thinking it caused the Cylon attacks ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").

In the final weeks before the attacks, copies of the Cylon [[John Cavil]] visit the Colonies in order to ensure everything is set. One copy meets with the Number Six on Caprica, passing details about the Colonial computer systems from her to the Cylon fleet, while another meets [[Ellen Tigh]] at a bar on [[The_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)#Picon|Picon]] minutes before the attack begins, to see if she has changed at all. This copy is visibly upset when he discovers she has not ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

==It Begins…==

Prior to the attacks, the Cylon fleet is amassed around the [[The Colony|Colony]], the Cylons' "homeworld." When the command is given, the basestars jump to their targets before striking. It takes the Cylons all but three minutes to access the defense mainframe and shut it down, leaving the Colonies and the Colonial Fleet defenseless ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). This infiltration of Colonial systems combined with the "complete surprise" that the Cylons achieve enables them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses, a triumph beyond their most optimistic projections ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").

===Armistice Station===
The Cylons begin their attack by first jumping to the [[Armistice Station]]. The [[Armistice Officer|Colonial officer on duty]] is shaken when a vessel docks with the station and two Centurions enter the meeting room, followed by a Number Six model. The Six approaches the officer and begins to kiss him passionately. A nearby basestar opens fire at that moment, destroying the station.

===The Colonial Fleet===
:''See also: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]''
Having received the CNP “upgrades”, the Colonial Fleet is easily shut down by attacking Cylon Raiders. The fleet loses at least 30 battlestars (Among these, ''[[Yashuman]]'' and ''Valkyrie'') in the opening wave, which according to Kara Thrace, is a quarter of the fleet. After this news is broadcast, Admiral Nagala takes command of the battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]'', and begins a counter attack near Virgon’s orbit, as per a system plot by Lt. Gaeta aboard the battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The battle doesn’t last long, and ''Atlantia'' is lost along with the battlestars ''Triton'', ''Solaria'', ''Columbia'', and others, prompting ''Galactica'' commanding officer William Adama to take command of the Fleet, and ordering remaining forces to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] for regrouping.

The battlestar ''Galactica'', approximately 300 million miles from Caprica at the time<ref>See [[Science in the Re-imagined Series]] for this calculation, based on data from the Miniseries.</ref>, is largely unprepared for the attacks, having just been decommissioned and transformed into a museum. It dumps its munitions as part of the decommissioning ceremony<ref>This event occurs in a deleted scene of the Miniseries.</ref>, and has lost its primary fighter wing. However, as part of the museum, it has a handful of older [[Viper Mk II]]'s aboard, which Commander Adama has put to use, as ''Galactica'' is attacked herself. Here, the attacking Raiders try to shut down ''Galactica'' and her Vipers, but since she has no networks, the shutdown command has no effect. The handful of planes are enough to hold off the attacking Raiders, however, not before a Raider fires off her nuclear tipped missiles in a last ditch attempt to destroy the battlestar. Out of three missiles fired, ''Galactica'' pilot [[Kara Thrace]] manages to shoot down two, before the last one strikes the battlestar. ''Galactica'' comes out relatively unscathed, with the ship's armor plating keeping out the hard radiation. After the blast clears, the ship's port stern thrusters get stuck on, pushing the battlestar into an uncontrollable lateral counterclockwise spin. The port flight pod suffers the most damage, with violent decompressions along the forward sections. 85 crew members are lost when damage to the fire suppression system necessitates the venting of the pod's atmosphere to prevent the fuel lines from igniting, thus preventing the destruction of the ship. From here, Adama takes command of the fleet, and orders the ship to prepare for an FTL jump to Ragnar to re-arm ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

The battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', under the command of Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]], is docked at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] at the onset of the attacks undergoing a system refit, which left its computer networks offline. Most of the crew is about to take shore leave when the Cylons strike the shipyards. The battlestar is heavily damaged in the opening salvo and there are many casualties, however, thanks to DRADIS interference, the Cylons were not able to confirm its destruction, and continued their assault on the other battlestars and support ships docked at the yards. Not wanting to give the Cylons time to realize their mistake, Cain orders a [[blind jump]] away from the combat zone. The ship re-emerges several plotted jumps away from the Colonies. After sending a recon Raptor back to the colonies to confirm their destruction, the crew begins to make repairs, while Cain plots her next move ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]").

===The Colonies===

* '''Caprica''': The bulk of the Cylon Fleet jumps directly to Caprica. After shutting down, and destroying at least four battlestars and their fighter escorts, the baseships begin assaulting the planet with nuclear MIRVs, while simultaneously landing Centurions at various points for ground assaults. [[Caprica City]] is struck with a detonation approaching the 50 megaton range, followed by other strikes on other cities. One of the targeted cities was in view of the [[Caprica City Buccaneers]], who were involved in high altitude training at the time, a slight oversight on attacking forces, since [[Samuel Anders]] was with his team, and out of range of the bombs. Also on Caprica at the time of the attacks was [[Tory Foster]], who was struck by a blast wave while driving her car down a Caprican street. She is found, and brought to Roslin's fleet by a rescue Raptor. After the Colonials flee, Cylon forces work to clear the planet by burning the remains of those who died on the planet, and rounding up survivors for their experimental [[farms]].

* '''Picon''': Picon is struck just as hard as Caprica, with the Cylons completely annihilating [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]] in the first few minutes of the attacks. In a bar, Cavil moves to protect Ellen Tigh from one of the exploding bombs. He moves her to a rescue Raptor, which takes the both of them to the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', before rendezvousing with ''Galactica'' at Ragnar. Picon's major attraction, its harbors, are the main target of the attacking Cylon forces, and are the first struck upon jumping in orbit of the planet ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

* '''Scorpia''': Scorpia is struck by numerous nuclear weapons, as the shipyards in orbit are overrun by Raiders. Several battlestars and support ships are destroyed, and the shipyard itself is left a burning wreck.

* '''Leonis''': Leonis is struck by nuclear warheads as well, and invaded by ground troops, who systematically begin murdering the survivors of the bombings.

* '''Canceron'''. Some detonations are seen on the colony's surfarce from the starliner ''[[Pyxis]]'' while this ship is near the planet.

With these Colonies struck, the Colonials are defeated. After losing the Fleet Headquarters, President [[Richard Adar]] offers the Cylons a complete and unconditional surrender. However, the gesture is ignored by the Cylons, and they continue their assault. Adar and his administration are presumed killed a short time later, and Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] is sworn in as successor aboard ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' after [[Case Orange]] is broadcasted.

===Civilians Under Attack===
At the onset of the attacks, there were many civilian transports and passenger liners in the space lanes near Caprica. After the Colonial Government shut down these lanes, these ships became trapped and were attacked as they were found by the Cylons. It's not long before Roslin takes the effort to round up the survivors and form a caravan to help get the civilians out of harms way, and sends out [[Sharon Valerii]] in search of more ships. Valerii is able to recover at least three homeless Vipers, and numerous transports, her last being a [[tylium]] transport, before the Cylons jump in and scan their caravan. At this point, Roslin makes the decision to abandon the sublight only ships, and orders the remaining FTL capable ships to jump to Ragnar to rendezvous with ''Galactica''. Among chaotic comm chatter, prayers, and spite, the fleet jumps away just as a Raider Squadron jumps in. Around 20+ sublight ships, including a ''[[Botanical Cruiser]]'' are left behind, and destroyed ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

An additional small caravan of civilian ships, led by the transport ''[[Scylla]]'', are able to survive on their own for a few weeks after the attacks. The Cylons are the first to find them, and attack. The ''Scylla'' and a handful of others are able to escape the attack, and survive on their own until being found by the wandering ''Pegasus''. The civilians are thrilled to see friendly forces, however, their joy is short lived. After taking the fleet by force, Admiral Cain strips the ships of crucial parts (including [[FTL]] drives), abducts many of the civilians for service aboard ''Pegasus'', and leaves the rest to their fates ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

==Rendezvous at Ragnar==
:''Main article: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]''
''Galactica'' successfully completes its jump to Ragnar, despite not having made an FTL jump in over 20 years. the ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> crew immediately sets out to re-arm the ship, not wasting time. However, the specialists run into a sickly looking man pointing a rifle at them. As the CO is questioning him, a fallen charge detonates, trapping the two behind a now fused hatch. As the two seek an alternate route back to the ship, Adama's First War experiences, and the man's remarks reveal his true nature: he is a Cylon. The radiation surrounding the station has affected his silica pathways which leave him dying a slow and permanent death, however, Adama soon finishes the job after the Cylon, [[Number Two|Leoben]], is able to throw Adama to the ground. Conoy's body is transferred to the ''Galactica'' for further study.

Meanwhile, the civilian fleet arrives in orbit of Ragnar, giving the crew of ''Galactica'' a slight scare as they move down through the cloud layers. President Roslin comes aboard and asks for ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> protection, a notion Adama later strikes down, still hoping and preferring to take the battlestar into combat, until he realizes the Cylons followed them to Ragnar, and are now waiting for them to re-emerge from the gas giant. After deliberating with the President and his executive officer, [[Saul Tigh]], Adama orders the fleet to prep for a jump to the [[Prolmar Sector]], far beyond the [[Red Line]], where he hopes the civilians will be safe.

''Galactica'' is able to emerge from the cover of Ragnar's atmosphere long enough to calculate a jump, [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage|and defend the fleet as they jump away]]. Just as the Cylons are sending in a new wave of Raiders, the battlestar recovers its birds, and jumps to join the fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]").

==Aftermath==
While ''Galactica'' and its fleet are momentarily able to escape the Anchorage, they are constantly tracked by the Cylons who jump to the fleet's location every 33 minutes. This incurs a cat and mouse game that lasts a few weeks after the Cylons attacked, and the Colonials are unable to figure out why, until one ship in the fleet fails to make the rendezvous at an emergency jump location. The ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' is nowhere to be seen, and is presumed to have been left behind, until approx 35 minutes after the last jump, the ship reappears, to everyone's joy. However, Adama quickly orders action stations, and wants the CAP to isolate the ship. Soon after jumping back, the passenger liner makes a move for the fleet, triggering radiological alarms. The ship is shot down by [[Lee Adama]] shortly after, and the Cylon pursuit comes to an end ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]").

The Cylons choose to occupy the Colonies for up to nine months after the attacks. During that time, they start removing the bodies left behind, and attempt to capture healthy females for experimentation in farms. Other models choose to replant cities, and run normal lives much as the Colonials did before the attacks ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]"). This experiment failed, and the Cylons abandoned the Colonies shortly after.

Some surviving Colonials even waged successful resistance movements on Caprica, led by Sam Anders of the C-Bucks ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The resistance ends when the survivors are evacuated to the fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

Overall, the attacks are a success and a failure at the same time; as a Cavil later remarked, they "had their foot on the throat of humanity" but "failed to step down hard enough." Also, the attacks failed to kill any of the Final Five as Cavil hoped it would do. Eventually, the Five were unknowingly reunited in the Fleet. Cavil gradually came to look upon the attacks as a "mistake" just as he was about to be flushed out of a ''Galactica'' airlock. Four years later, the surviving Colonials would [[Battle of the Colony|launch a direct assault on the heart of Cylon society]], before settling [[Earth (RDM)|a newly discovered planet]] and eventually abandoning the last heritage of Colonial Civilization ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

The ultimate fate of the Twelve Colonies 150,000 years later is unknown. Presumably, after several hundred years, their climates and surfaces would degrade until they resemble the original Earth. It can be presumed that by present-day radiation levels would have lowered to a point where life would be allowed to flourish once again.

== Related Imagery ==
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Image:Cylon Fleet Surrounding The Colony.png|Cylon fleet gathered around the [[The Colony|Colony]] before jumping to the Twelve Colonies
Image:Basestar FTL Jump The Plan.png|Basestars jumping in over the Colonies
Image:Cylon Fleet Surrounding Twelve Colonies.png|Cylon fleet surrounding the Twelve Colonies
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie The Plan.png|''Valkyrie'' among its sister ships above Caprica
Image:Valkyrie CNP Virus Transmission.png|Cylon commands being transmitted
Image:Battlestar Valkyrie CNP Hack.png|''Valkyrie'' after being disabled by the CNP's backdoors
Image:Basestars Entering Caprica Atmosphere.png|Basestars entering Colonial atmospheres
Image:Closeup Basestar Missle Launcher.png|Basestar prepares to launch nukes
Image:MIRV Spoilers Deployed.png|Cylon MIRV
Image:Individual MIRV Nukes.png|Individual nuclear warheads
Image:Impending Doom.png|Warheads deploy...
Image:Nuclear Detonation Colonial Destruction.png|...and detonate
Image:Nuclear Shockwave Expansion.png|Another view
Image:Terror On The Streets.png|Cylons wreak havoc on the surviving populace
Image:Complete Devastion.png|Destruction
Image:Glorious Demise.png|Caprica City, shortly before being struck with a 50 megaton nuclear device
Image:Death Nuclear Blast.png|Death from incineration
Image:Roslins Fleet.png|Roslin's convoy
Image:Civilians Attacked.png|A Raider Squadron destroys the sublight ships left behind
Image:Galactica Hit.png|''Galactica'' is hit by a Cylon missile
Image:Galactica Damage 1.png|''Galactica'' suffers crucial damage to the port flight pod...
Image:Galactica Damage 2.png|... leaving the crew no choice but to vent the pod to fight the fires

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History of the Twelve Colonies

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Starkiller: /* Fall of the Twelve Colonies */ Final Five as the reason for Cylons' genoicde of humanity, and First Earth as an all-out Cylon colony...

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

:''See also the [[Timeline (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series Timeline]] for an approximate chronology of the history of the Colonies and events in the [[Re-imagined Series]].''

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The '''history of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' stretches back nearly 4,000 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]], with much of its ancient history being shrouded in mystery and religious lore.

==Kobol==
[[image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|"Life here began out there"]]
During the service for the dead following the Cylon attack on the Colonies, [[William Adama]] states "Life here began out there,"<ref>This line is an homage to the [[Original Series]], where each episode began with a voiceover of this phrase.</ref> reminding the assembly that this was the first line of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], told to them by the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] uncounted centuries ago. Indeed, the humans of the Twelve Colonies originally lived on the planet [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the purported<ref>Given the repeated theme of [[w:eternal return|eternal return]] and [[Roslin]]'s claim in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming]] that the cycle of time had no beginning, it is possible that Kobol is not the true homeworld of humanity, but merely another settled planet in an eternal cycle of exodus and settlement</ref> homeworld of the human race ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

Much of what is known about life on Kobol is gleamed from the Sacred Scrolls, which makes those accounts potentially unreliable. Purportedly, the thirteen tribes lived in an idyllic utopia with the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]], residing in at least one city, the [[City of the Gods]]. What the Scrolls do not tell is that the original twelve tribes of Kobol created the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a race of synthetic beings with the ability of [[resurrection|organic memory transfer]], allowing their bodies to die but their consciousnesses to download into a new body ([[No Exit]]).

==Exodus==
[[image:Pythia.jpg|thumb|The Book of Pythia]]
The [[Sacred Scrolls#The Book of Pythia|Book of Pythia]], recorded by the oracle [[Pythia]] on Kobol 3,600 years before the destruction of the Colonies, detailed the exile and rebirth of the human race ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). It is not known whether or not this book was a true prophecy predicting the destruction of the Twelve Colonies or a recitation of events on Kobol. Regardless, the book was written in the midst of great turmoil on Kobol.

The prophecy alludes to a "blaze" which descended on the thirteen tribes and against which the Lords of Kobol were powerless to intervene ([[Home, Part I]]).<ref>In a [http://web.archive.org/web/20061229165404/http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/mov/bsg_del_112_regret.mov scene] [[Deleted scenes|cut]] from the episode "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[Elosha]] states that the exodus from Kobol was precipitated when "one jealous god began to desire that he be elevated above all the other gods, and the war on Kobol began." In another [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/deleted1.html deleted scene] cut from the episode "[[Fragged]]," Roslin states that humanity wasn't "exiled" from Kobol, but that the Sacred Scrolls say that "there was some sort of battle among the Gods, and when it was over we ''chose'' to leave."</ref> The Thirteenth Tribe fled Kobol roughly 4,000 years before [[The Fall]], settling on a planet called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

[[Image:Gates of hera.jpg|thumb|left|The Gates of Hera]]
Approximately 2,000 years later, the remaining twelve tribes also left Kobol. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the populace of the tribes were taken in a "[[Galleon]]" (a spacecraft). [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], a Lord of Kobol, threw herself from the [[Gates of Hera]], to her death. The leaders of the tribes were [[Tomb of Athena|interred with her]], and [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]] warned the survivors that any return to Kobol "would exact a price in blood." After a journey through space, the refugees from Kobol founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Settlement==
After settling on their new homes, another cataclysm befell the Twelve Tribes. This resulted in the destruction of much of their knowledge base and sent the Colonies into a dark age <ref name=RDM1-30-05>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref><ref>On the real-world Earth, similar dark ages occurred after the falls of [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Rome]] and [[Wikipedia:Greek Dark Ages|Mycenaean Greece]], and lasted for centuries. It is possible that much of their technological knowledge of interstellar spaceflight was lost after the escape from Kobol. Over time, they rebuilt their technological base, and travel between the Colonies was commonplace for some time before the Cylon Attack.</ref>.

[[File:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early-model Cylon]] After their return to space, the Colonies established many observatories, listening posts, research stations and armories in their system. Inequity and war were common between the Colonies for most of this time period as each colony behaved more as sovereign nations. By the end of the strife, [[Sagittaron]] had been exploited for centuries ([[Bastille Day]]).

Various shifting alliances and attempts at unified government came out of these conflicts, which would later form the bedrock of the [[Articles of Colonization]], but it would still be some time before a practical Colonies-wide government was established <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080505053711/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).</ref>.

The Colonials also created robots, called [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], to do work which they found unpleasant, including industrial work and soldiers in their civil wars.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/>
 

==The Cylon War==
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]''
[[File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Operation Raptor Talon]], the final battle of the Cylon War]]
Such was the extent to which the Colonies had invested their military power in the Cylons that when they chose to rebel against their masters, the Colonials found themselves well-matched. With their mastery of Colonial technology, the Cylons were able to infiltrate nearly all networked devices. The Colonials were forced to abandon networked computers and wireless devices in favor of more secure and durable technologies, able to withstand both Cylon infiltration and the powerful nuclear weapons used by the warring parties<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000013 RDM, January 19, 2005]).</ref>. Twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] built in the opening years of the war best exemplified these principles, including ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Miniseries]]). In response to the great threat posed by the Cylons, the Twelve Colonies formed a unified federal [[Government]] for the first time, at the beginning of the war ([[Colonial Day]]).

At its darkest hour, the Cylon War came very close to wiping out the Colonies.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> This outcome of the war likely developed, among other practices, the [[Case Orange]] contingency government succession protocol as well as the re-buildup of the Colonial Fleet in the Federal Era.

==Armistice==
[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Armistice Station]]
After the Cylon War ended, a long and bloody struggle of approximately 12 years, an armistice was declared, and the Cylons departed for a [[Cylon homeworld|world of their own]]. The Colonials established a neutral meeting place, [[Armistice Station]], and made diplomatic overtures for Cylons and Colonials to meet annually. However, these overtures were continually ignored.

After the war, the military went through a Reduction in Force, resulting in the discharge of many of the war's veterans.
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==Federal Era==
While the Cylon War had a lasting effect on the government of the Twelve Colonies, the population as a whole, much of it born after the war, had relegated it to a historical note in textbooks<ref>much as real-world Earth citizens regard their Second World War</ref>. The now-united government continued to maintain a large standing military, which, forty years after the war, had grown to include 120 battlestars ([[Miniseries]]), most apparently more advanced than those of the original battlestar class ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). This buildup apparently began about twenty years after the war, around the time [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] rejoined the military ("[[Scattered]]" and its [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_FULL.mp3 podcast]).

With their military assets now concentrated in a central government under the [[Articles of Colonization]] ([[Epiphanies|with Caprica City as the capital]]), the new government of the Twelve Colonies was able to maintain peace among its members ([[Water]]). Now presumably free of the Cylon threat, technologies which could not be used during the war were redeployed throughout the fleet, increasing its effectiveness against more mundane opponents ([[Miniseries]]).

This new era of federalism was not without considerable opposition. Dissidents on Sagittaron lead by [[Tom Zarek]] took arms against the government ([[Bastille Day]]), supplied by arms dealers like [[Leoben Conoy#Ragnar Anchorage Copy|Leoben Conoy]].<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> Regardless of these localized attempts at insurrection, on the whole the Twelve Colonies faced no major military threats, with the loss of contact with the Cylons. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]'s standing numbers were actually kept disproportionately high relative to their common uses, in fear that one day the Cylons might return. Day-to-day work for the Fleet consisted of handling the small-scale brush fire attempts at rebellion such as on Sagittaron, but these were all light peacekeeping actions rather than actual fighting. Prior to the Cylon attack, none of ''Galactica's'' younger-generation crew had ever seen any real combat.

==Fall of the Twelve Colonies==
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]''
[[Image:Nukes in Miniseries.jpg|left|thumb|The destruction of Caprica]]
The arrogance of the Colonials in re-equipping their military with technologies vulnerable to Cylon interference proved to be their undoing. The Final Five residing amongst the Colonials became a target for revenge for the creation of the seven humanoid Cylon models in their image. Forty years after the first Cylon War, [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon infiltrators]] subverted Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]], allowing an advanced Cylon armada to destroy the Colonial fleet with impunity.

The attack resulted in the nuclear bombardment and occupation of the Colonies and the enslavement of most of the few isolated survivors in a series of [[Farms]]. Altogether, less than one hundred ships (mostly civilian) survived the attack, including only two battlestars - the nearly obsolete ''[[Galactica]]'' and the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. The survivors abandoned the Colonies and formed a [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] in search of the thirteenth colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where they hope to find refuge. However, Earth turned out to be a nuclear wasteland. It was revealed that the thirteenth tribe was entirely Cylons, and Earth was an all-out Cylon colony.

==Settlement of the new Earth==
[[File:Earth (RDM).jpg|right|thumb|Earth, the final settlement of the Twelve Colonies]]
Despite the discovery that Earth could not sustain human life, the Colonial fleet soon found another inhabitable planet, which they christened [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]] in a symbolic homage to the original planet. They discovered that, despite the impossibly small odds, another group of primitive humans had naturally evolved on the planet.

In a collective decision, the survivors chose to surrender their technology by sending their fleet into the Sun; they then dispersed in groups across the planet. Though some cultural memes of the Colonies survived, such as belief in the Lords of Kobol in the form of the [[w:Classical mythology|Greco-Roman pantheon]], maintaining the history of humanity proved impossible without technology. By the time an advanced society reemerged on the planet nearly 150,000 years after settlement, the knowledge of Kobol and her Twelve Colonies had been lost. Even the fate of the star system of the Twelve Colonies, Cyrannus, was not revealed.

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R and D TV (Season 4)

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Starkiller: /* Razor */ New section.

{{R and D TV series}}
:''For information on the nature of R and D TV skits, see the [[R and D TV|parent article]].''

== [[He That Believeth In Me]] ==

This skit starts out with David stating that he is "blabbing about absolutely nothing", then the scene switches to a train station with Ron being a conductor for a departing train. Ron yells "All aboard!" right as the train his David, and then Ron lets off an evil laugh, closing the scene.

== [[Six of One]] ==
David suggests "ultra violence". Ron then switches to a wearing white shirt and pants with a black bowler hat. He uses a caine to hit David in the groin, and David retaliates by taking out something made of glass and hits Ron in the face, causing him to bleed heavily.

== [[The Ties That Bind]] ==
David has an idea of featuring "cuddly furry animals, we could boost the ratings and have a family series spin off". While he says this, an appauled Ron brandishes a shovel and hitting him in the head numerous times yelling "''stop it!''"

== [[Escape Velocity]] ==

== [[The Road Less Traveled]] ==

== [[Faith]] ==

As David suggests "Scientist," Ron transforms into a labcoat but now with the head of a housefly (in homage to the movie ''[[w:The Fly (1958 film)|The Fly]]''). David quickly swats Fly-Ron in the head with a large fly swatter, who collapses to the ground as she screams "Help meeeeee...!!!"

== [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]] ==

== [[Sine Qua Non]] ==

Ron hands David a child. However, when David holds the child, the baby turns into a demon child and viciously attacks him.

== [[The Hub]] ==

== [[Revelations]] ==

== [[Sometimes a Great Notion]] ==

== [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]] ==

== [[The Oath]] ==
Ron has an idea of a talent show and starts juggling. Ron closes his eyes while doing so and tells David about it, but David shoots him.

== [[Blood on the Scales]] ==

== [[No Exit]] ==

== [[Deadlock]] ==
Ron and David are interrupted by [[Edward James Olmos]], who wants to know "Where's my check?" He's dressed in [[William Adama|Adama]]'s [[Unfinished Business|boxing]] gear. As Ron bails, Eddie punches David in the stomach, causing a check to fly out and into his hands. "''Gracias!''"

== [[Someone to Watch Over Me]] ==

== [[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]] ==
David complains about the latest script; "This is the pits! Why can't we hire --" He's cut off when Ron presses a button on the desk, causing David to fall through a trap door and into an (unseen) pit of death.

== [[Daybreak, Part I]] ==
David blurts out "Super heroes kill the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]!" Ron says "Give me a break..." David snaps Ron's arm in two.

== [[Daybreak, Part II]] ==
Ron and David, dressed as like Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper from ''Easy Rider'', sit along a dirt road. Ron says "Hey man", and David says "Peace". They are promptly mowed down by a pickup truck (complete with Confederate flag tailgate and a bumper sticker proclaiming "Hicks Rule!"). The evil delivery man from the "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]" skit riding in the truck bed exclaims "frakking hippies!" as it skids to a halt.

== [[Razor]] ==
David is punched by Ron and he loses weight.

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Razor

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== Overview ==

: ''A tale centered around the new ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officer [[Kendra Shaw]], following her entire tenure on the battlestar from the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] under Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], to [[Lee Adama]]'s command and a frightful rescue mission to save crew members who have been captured by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]].''

== Summary ==
Four separate, but related stories are documented:
*William Adama's mission at the end of the first [[Cylon War]].
*Helena Cain's loss of her family at the same time.
*The events on ''Pegasus'' during and shortly after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*The events surrounding the [[Battle of the Guardian basestar]], set in the time period between "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]".
In the episode these stories are largely told in parallel, flashing between the different time periods. Below the different story lines are listed chronologically.

=== First Cylon War ===
====William Adama ====
:''See also: [[Razor Flashbacks]]''

*{{RazorDVD|At the end of the first [[Cylon War]], a Colonial battle group conducts [[Operation Raptor Talon]] against a [[Ice planet|Cylon planet]] presumed to house a super weapon. During the battle, the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' is pummeled from [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] salvos and is subsequently destroyed. Adama then spots two Raiders entering the planet's atmosphere. Out for revenge, Adama engages the two. He shoots down one in the high altitudes, but collides with the other and is forced to eject.}}
*{{RazorDVD|However, a [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]] survived as well and shoots at Adama during the free-fall. Adama shoots back and the two eventually engage in hand-to-hand combat. When the Centurion tries to use a blade on Adama, Adama pulls his parachute's rip cord to slow his descent, watching as the Centurion falls to the ground. Adama lands safely on the ground, crashing through what appears to be a warehouse sky-window. There he encounters the Centurion and kills it by repeatedly smashing its head with a pipe.}}
*As Adama enters what appears to be a Cylon laboratory, he finds evidence of human experimentation and human mutilations. He eventually finds a vat filled with a gelatin-like substance which is reminiscent of the [[resurrection tank]]s or [[Hybrid]] tanks that the later [[humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] would use.
*He kneels down and touches the substance, and immediately begins to hear the screams of torture victims. As he looks back at the tank, a hand abruptly grabs his arm. The hand disappears just as quickly as it appeared, and Adama falls back to the ground. A voice is heard, quoting from the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies: "All this has happened before and will happen again."
*A banging sound is heard from a locked chamber nearby. As Adama approaches the window of the chamber, an unidentified man presses his face against the window and begs Adama to release him and the other captives. Adama finds a piece of metal nearby, and attempts to break open the door to the chamber.
*As Adama attempts to free the door, the man tells him that they are civilians from the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenese]] ship ''[[Diana]]'', whose convoy was attacked by the Cylons, and that there were initially 50 of them who were taken away one by one.
*Suddenly the ground begins to tremble. Adama manages to open the door a little bit, but not enough to allow the captives to escape. The man urges Adama to leave them and save himself. He asks Adama to tell others of what has happened to them. Adama finally complies after he realizes that he cannot free the prisoners, and runs out of the laboratory.
*Emerging from the laboratory warehouse, Adama sees the [[Guardian basestar]] lifting off into the clouds. He radios his findings about the Cylon experimentation on humans to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', but the young pilot is shocked to learn that an armistice has just been signed, and the war is over.

====Helena Cain====

: ''This entire story segment is contained exclusively on the unrated, extended DVD version of "Razor".''

*At the same time [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] is under attack by Cylon basestars and Centurion ground forces. A young [[Helena Cain]], her sister [[Lucy Cain|Lucy]] and her [[Cain (father)|father]] are pinned down in a building under heavy fire. The three attempt to escape after the last remaining marines in the building are gunned down. When her father is injured by mortar fire, he tells Helena to get Lucy to a shelter before dying.
*The sisters make it out of the building, but Lucy trips over concrete rubble and injures herself, unable to go on. Helena panics, yelling at Lucy to get up and run. She eventually leaves Lucy in the field of rubble and runs away to hide in a container. A group of Centurions appears and surrounds Lucy, who continues to cry out Helena's name.
*A Centurion discovers Helena inside the container. She finds a knife on the floor and nervously approaches the Centurion, preparing to attack it.
*The Centurion stops approaching the girl and retreats from the container, apparently having received instructions and information that the Cylon War is over and an armistice was signed. When Helena comes out, she finds only her sister's doll on the ground, and watches the Raiders leave the planet.
*Helena Cain lost her entire family on that day <ref name="watcher-forbes">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica: Razor' cuts to the heart of the matter|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=22 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>.

=== The Fall of the Twelve Colonies ===
====Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards====
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*{{RazorDVD|[[Kendra Shaw]] waits at the [[Caprica Transfer Station]] for a ship to bring her to ''Pegasus''. She briefly chats with [[Frank Bruno]] about her mother, [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] delegate [[Marta Shaw]], her assignment and her career goals.}}
*The battlestar ''Pegasus'' is docked at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] over [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]] for a three-month overhaul. As Kendra Shaw approaches the ship from [[Raptor 179]], she gazes in awe at the size of the [[Mercury class battlestar]].
*Admiral [[Helena Cain]] is in her quarters, reviewing a crew status report as her [[XO]], Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] enters. He lightly encourages her to take her shore leave, but she insists that she could never leave ''Pegasus'' in the hands of the civilian contractors assigned to oversee her overhaul.
*In the port hangar bay, Raptor 179 has recently arrived. With orders to report directly to [[CIC#Pegasus|CIC]], Shaw steps down and asks a pair of passing crewman to help her locate it. The crewman, however, are too busy to notice her.
*Shaw wanders through the port [[flight pod]], past groups of busy civilians, until she finds [[Gina Inviere]], a civilian network administrator assigned to ''Pegasus'''s overhaul. Inviere shows Shaw a map of ''Pegasus'', with a route to the CIC, and the two discuss the origins of Gina's last name.
*Shaw eventually reaches the CIC, where she finds Cain and Belzen at the Command and Control station. Shaw drops her gear and salutes the admiral. Cain is harsh on her new aide. She grills Shaw for being late to the CIC, concluding that she either stopped for a cup of coffee, or got lost. After Shaw leaves, Cain breaks out in laughter with Belzen, revealing that she only had a joke at the lieutenant's expense.
*[[Louis Hoshi]] escorts her to her quarters. As they are walking down the hallway, a large blast shakes ''Pegasus'', and the noise ripples through the hallway. Shaw and Hoshi are immediately thrown to the floor. As Shaw awakens, she is in a daze. She looks around to find Hoshi unconscious on the floor. The hallway has suddenly become a disaster area.
*Admiral Cain, who was on her way to her quarters at the time, finds Shaw and Hoshi in the corridor. She asks Shaw if she is alright, but when she doesn’t respond, Cain slaps her in the face. Shaw immediately awakens. The hallway echoes with screams of horror, and the [[Action Stations|Condition One]] sirens blare. After an aborted attempt to wake Hoshi, the two head to the CIC.
*''Pegasus'' is on fire in space. [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] flood the shipyard; missiles strike two helpless ''[[Valkyrie]]''-type battlestars nearby.
*In the CIC, Colonel [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and many of the CIC personnel are unconscious. Belzen is coordinating the response effort, but there have been multiple nuclear detonations. Luckily however, the battlestar still has main power and propulsion, but that’s about it. [[DRADIS]] and weapons have both been knocked out.
*The Cylon attack is taking its toll on the shipyards. The two ''Valkyrie''-type battlestars lose their moorings and one crashes into the shipyards, instantly destroying it.
*Cain orders the ship to seal all hatches and release all moorings in preparation for an immediate departure. As the ship evacuates the shipyards, Cain orders the [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|FTL]] drive spun up for an immediate jump.
*A Cylon Raider fires two nuclear missiles at ''Pegasus'' from across the shipyards. The missiles fly past a [[Galactica type battlestar]] as its moorings are destroyed, and past the wreckage of several other battlestars and support vessels.
*Cain orders an immediate jump, but Shaw says that with the navigational computer off-line, she would have to enter a random set of coordinates, [[Blind jump|which could take the battlestar anywhere]], possibly within a star or other larger astral body. Cain yells back at her to do it anyway, and the battlestar jumps away.

====So Say We All====
*Two days since the attack on the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, ''Pegasus'' is four to five jumps away from the Colonies. Belzen reports that many of ''Pegasus'''s [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Raptor]]s are either destroyed or beyond repair, over a quarter of the crew is dead, and rumors are circulating about the destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]].
*Shaw has been working without sleep to restore the navigational and defense computer systems, and she has finally done it. Additionally, she has discovered lines of hidden Cylon computer code inside the [[Command Navigation Program]], which was fortunately down during the attack. Shaw suggests that the entire program be purged from the system.
*After ordering two Raptors on a reconnaissance mission back to the Colonies, the time has finally come for Cain to reveal the extent of the devastation at home to her crew. She tells them that their colonies have been destroyed, their cities nuked, their fleet obliterated. While the victory of one ship may seem unattainable when even their very survival is at stake, she tells them that they have revenge to reach for instead.
*In an expression of determination and conviction, the crew resoundingly shouts, “So say we all!” over and over, after hearing Cain’s words.
*Cain, Shaw, Fisk and Belzen are in the admiral’s quarters, looking over recently gathered intelligence for a low-risk attack on a Cylon outpost. They are discussing a somewhat isolated communications relay when Gina Inviere enters. She greets the admiral with a kiss and a flirtatious shoulder pinch, and the five sit down to enjoy some wine and conversation.
*Cain assures her senior staff that while she does want to engage in guerrilla warfare tactics against the Cylons, she is not willing to put the ship and crew in any amount of excessive danger.
*Shaw and Inviere are working on firewalling all of ''Pegasus'''s computer networks to prevent them from being infiltrated by the Cylons, but constantly having to find a senior officer to input their command codes for system access is making the process take exceedingly long. Inviere discreetly complains about it, and Shaw says that under the circumstances, she would speak to Cain about raising her clearance. In the meantime, she gives Inviere her own command code to use. Inviere then discusses her relationship with Cain in greater detail.

====Battle of the Communications Relay ====
{{mainarticle|Battle of the Communications Relay}}
*''Pegasus'' prepares for a hit-and-run attack on what appears to be a somewhat neglected Cylon communications relay. However, when ''Pegasus'' arrives, there are twelve Cylon Raiders guarding the relay. Despite the increased enemy presence, Cain orders [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] to advance.
*Almost the second after the Vipers are launched, fifteen enemy squadrons of fighters jump into DRADIS range. Cain orders ''Pegasus'''s defensive fire concentrated on the incoming attack squadrons, but Shaw reports that the weapons grid won't respond to commands.
*In spite of the odds, Cain orders Belzen to launch the reserve Vipers, but he insists that taking such an action would cost too many lives and resources. She persists in her orders, but Belzen refuses to carry them out. Cain orders Belzen to hand her his sidearm, which she uses to shoot him in the forehead, in front of the entire bridge crew. <ref>This event is recalled by [[Jack Fisk]] to [[Saul Tigh]] months later, over drinks, in the Season 2 episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]."</ref>
*Cain turns to a stunned Fisk, tells him that he is now the [[Executive Officer|XO]] and orders him to launch the reserve Vipers. Fisk, nearly petrified by what he just saw, is more than compelled to follow the order. As the last of ''Pegasus’s'' remaining squadrons launch, Cylon batteries pound the hull.
*With the weapons grid down, Cylon [[Heavy Raider]]s easily breach ''Pegasus’s'' defensive perimeter. [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] begin pouring into the ship through breached [[airlock]]s. Cain orders fast-response teams of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to engage the Centurions, and orders Shaw to Secondary Damage Control, as she fears that the Cylons will use this junction to vent all of ''Pegasus’s'' air into space.<ref>This tactic is reminiscent of a similar tactic attempted by the Cylons in the episode "[[Valley of Darkness]]."</ref>
*As Shaw heads to Secondary Damage Control, she finds Gina Inviere trying to escape the Centurions, and orders her to the CIC. As she peers around the corner, she is almost seen by a Centurion. She waits for it to leave, and as she turns the corner to go down the hallway, she sees a [[Number Six]] Cylon, following the Centurion. At first, Shaw doesn’t understand what she sees, but then it comes together – [[Humanoid Cylon|the Cylons can mimic human form]], and Gina Inviere is one of them. Shaw shoots and kills the Six, leaving it dead right in front of a security camera.
*Shaw immediately heads to the CIC to take Inviere, now also in CIC, into custody before she can do any more harm. In the CIC, she directs her weapon at Inviere, and orders the Marines to take her into custody. When Cain belays the order, Shaw states that Gina is a Cylon infiltrator and that "they can look like us". When Cain scoffs, Shaw asks Hoshi to display the security feed from Airlock 4.
*Cain balks at the image of the dead humanoid Cylon in the form of her lover. Feeling betrayed and without any other options, she orders the guards to remove Inviere ("''this thing''") from the bridge. As a Cylon missile strikes ''Pegasus'', Gina uses the moment to flip her captor around by the jaw, and gains control of his [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Handheld weapons|weapon]], which she uses to shoot his comrade. She then snaps the Marine's neck, and trains her weapon on Cain. In a moment of hesitation, Inviere cannot bring herself to shoot Cain, and Shaw sneaks up behind her, clubbing the Cylon over the head with the butt of her rifle.

====Massacre aboard the ''Scylla''====
* The victory at the communications relay is bittersweet. Over eight hundred of ''Pegasus''’s original crew are now dead <ref>Kendra Shaw reports "at least 816 dead, 121 injured" after the attack on the com relay. Earlier, Colonel Belzen reports the loss of over 700 people in the attack on the shipyards. Given ''Pegasus'''s crew complement of approximately 1,750 when she encounters ''Galactica'', adding both numbers would mean that almost half of the crew died. ''Battlestar Wiki'' assumes that Shaw is relating the casualties of both battles.</ref>, over 90 Vipers are either destroyed or out of commission, and the deck crew doesn't have the resources to repair all remaining ones.
*As Cain and Shaw discuss the battle, Gina Inviere looks on from her cell. Shaw blames herself for the high cost of the battle, for giving Inviere her access codes, which she used to take down the weapons grid.
*The hatch opens, and Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]] salutes Admiral Cain. Cain orders him to use whatever means he can conjure to retrieve information from Inviere, including torture and rape. As Thorne enters Inviere’s cell, Cain is called to the CIC.
*As Cain enters the CIC, Fisk is elated to inform the admiral that a convoy of 15 civilian ships has been detected. Fisk and Shaw are thrilled at the discovery, but the mood quickly turns sour when they realize Cain has other things on her mind. Cain orders Fisk to prepare teams of Marines and engineers to board each ship. They will take what they need, including spare parts and people, and leave the ships without FTL drives to fend for themselves.
*Fisk and Shaw come aboard the ''[[Scylla]]'', where they find a relieved welcoming party. [[Peter Laird]] is the first to welcome them aboard. Excitement quickly turns to confusion however, when they hand Laird a list of Admiral Cain’s orders. Laird is shocked to learn that Cain wants to take their FTL drives. Laird informs the welcoming party, and they suddenly become an angry mob. Shaw informs them that they will use force if necessary, but Laird persistently refuses.
*As the mob inches closer to the boarding party, Fisk reports to Cain of the escalating situation. In an act that surprises even him, she orders him to shoot the families of any selectee that doesn’t comply with the orders.
*Fisk and the Marines are wary of the order, but they line up a couple of the families despite their reservations, hoping that showing the mob their resolve will force them to comply. The angry mob suddenly becomes violent – they throw whatever they can at the boarding party.
*At that very moment, Shaw pulls out her sidearm, and shoots a woman in the front in the head. The Marines follow suit, and before very long, the deck of the ''Scylla'' is painted with the blood of the dead. Shaw’s gaze drifts to her sidearm, still smoking from the shot, and then up to Laird, who is too stunned to move.
*In the aftermath, Shaw cannot bring her eyes to look upon the dead. Fisk comforts her by telling her that the entire fleet heard about what happened and there should be no more resistance. As her party leaves the ''Scylla'', she can’t help but look back.
*For her actions aboard the ''Scylla'', Cain promotes Shaw to captain. It is small comfort to Shaw, who is still anguished by what she has done. Seeing her vulnerability, Cain tells Shaw that the war is forcing them all to do things that they may not like, even hate, because if they don’t, then they may not live to simply become human again. By putting aside her fear, her reservations, even her revulsion to complete the mission, Shaw has become Cain’s "razor".

=== Present events ===
* Newly-promoted Commander [[Lee Adama]] is formally appointed commander of ''Pegasus'' by [[Laura Roslin]] in front of the ship's crew. In his speech he promises to change things on the battlestar and announces [[Kara Thrace]]'s appointment as acting [[CAG]].
* Shaw follows the speech on the [[wireless]] set, but eventually switches it off. She walks to a jar, takes out a syringe and injects herself with a drug. She is still troubled about what happened on the ''Scylla''.
* Next, she is summoned to Adama's office, who reads her service file and points out that she received glowing reports from Cain, but increasingly negatives ones from Fisk and [[Barry Garner|Garner]], who eventually assigned her to kitchen duty because of "persistent insubordinate behavior". After listening to Shaw's candid opinions about him and his predecessors, Adama offers her the job of executive officer; he intends to give the crew back its pride, and as an outsider he needs someone to uphold Cain's legacy.
* During a firearms drill, she shows competence but also how hard she is on the crew. William Adama comments that his son found an XO meaner than [[Saul Tigh]].
* The Admiral gives Commander Adama his first mission: a [[SAR|search and rescue]] for two pilots and a civilian science team in an overdue Raptor.
* At their destination, Starbuck and [[Showboat]] conduct a Viper patrol and suddenly encounter enemy fighters of an unfamiliar configuration. Although able to identify them as Cylons, Starbuck doesn't realize that they are in fact [[Raiders (RDM)#Cylon War-era Raider|Raiders like the ones used in the first Cylon War]].
* ''Pegasus'' establishes a defensive perimeter and orders the Vipers to return prior to an FTL jump. When the [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Navigation computer|navigational computer]] malfunctions and the Raiders close, Shaw orders to the vessel's offensive flight pod [[Battery|batteries]] turned on the incoming targets, placing Starbuck and Showboat inside the battlestar's close-in firing solution. Struggling their way through the barrage, a Raider follows them into the [[flight pod]], which Starbuck shoots down once inside the landing bay. On the [[hangar deck]], she angrily confronts Shaw over her decision to open fire, but Adama defends his XO.
* ''Pegasus'' returns to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and Admiral Adama, Roslin and Tigh inspect the downed Raider on the hangar deck. [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] recalls the "[[Guardians]]", a group of [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|original Centurion models]] that escaped being scrapped by the [[humanoid Cylons]]. The Guardians guard the [[first Hybrid]], created by the Cylons as a first attempt at an organic model and eventually abandoned as an evolutionary dead end. This causes Adama to remember the events on the ice planet on the last day of the Cylon War, finally realizing the significance of what he saw over 40 years ago.
* After examining the Raider's navigational data, Admiral Adama believes that the Raptor crew was captured by the Guardians and orders his son to jump to a possible base of theirs. For the duration of the operation, he transfers his flag to ''Pegasus'', but assures Lee that it will be his mission.
* Shaw drafts an attack plan for ''Pegasus'' to draw Cylon forces away while a Raptor, piloted by Thrace and carrying a strike team, jumps to the Cylon base. Before signing off on the plan, Lee Adama confronts Shaw over the incident on the ''Scylla''. She just replies that she is Cain's legacy - a razor - and that Cain wouldn't have hesitated to execute the plan.
* Before the battle Shaw is about to take another shot of the drug and when she is caught by Thrace, who is looking for a bottle of [[ambrosia]]. The two stalemate and agree to keep each other's secrets, and realize that they are more alike than they thought.
* {{RazorDVD|Thrace is going over the Raptor prepared for the mission and told by Shaw that Chief Tyrol already checked everything. During their chat, the two notice that Thrace's [[Socrata Thrace|mother]] and Admiral Cain weren't too different, advising to repress one's fear and focus on the anger. Thrace remarks that her mother only had her anger left in the end and died alone.}}
* The mission doesn't go as planned when the strike team's Raptor is pursued by two Raiders. They simulate an engine malfunction, emergency blow the side hatch and sling themselves out of the flat-spinning Raptor before it is destroyed by the Cylons, escaping undetected. Using EVA thrusters, they make their way to the Guardian basestar.
* Thrace, Shaw, [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]], [[Dasilva]] and [[Hudson]] find the missing Raptor crew, whom the Cylons mutilate in a manner similar to what William Adama saw in the first Cylon War. As they free the survivors, two Centurions attack, wound Dasilva and begin to drag him away. Unwilling to let him suffer same treatment as the Raptor crew, Shaw shoots Dasilva, but in turn is shot in the abdomen.
* While under cover from the firefight, Mathias reports to ''Pegasus'' that the detonator for the nuclear warhead, which they plan to use to destroy the basestar, is damaged.
* ''Pegasus'' loses wireless contact with the boarding team and Lee Adama orders a [[Missile tubes|nuclear ship to ship missile]] to be armed and readied. Thrace herself considers the "mission outcome doubtful". Assuming that the team is dead, Commander Adama orders the launch of the missile, but is overridden by his father, who wants to give the team a chance.
* After reestablishing contact and learning that an evacuation Raptor is on the way, Shaw orders Mathias to rig a manual detonator for the nuke, determined to complete the mission. While Lee is reluctant to sacrifice someone to detonate the warhead, his father believes that the Cylons would easily shoot down a missile, but leaves the final decision to Lee. He orders Thrace to get the team to safety, but to stay behind and detonate the nuke manually.
* The team prepares to suit up and leave, when Shaw forces Thrace to hand over the warhead at gunpoint and remains on the baseship. Walking through the hallways, she finds the Cylon Hybrid, who knows her name, saying that he has been waiting for her for a long time. He tells her that the Centurions worship him as god, and observes Shaw's desire to be forgiven for what she has become. The Hybrid also delivers a warning about Thrace: she will lead the human race to its end, she is the herald of the apocalypse and the harbinger of death, and she must not be followed.
* Shaw tries to relay this to ''Pegasus'', but her transmission is blocked by Cylon jamming shortly after the start, and the warning is not heard. She then detonates the nuke, killing herself and destroying the basestar.
* Later, the Adamas discuss the battle and its outcome, the admiral noting Thrace's recommendation of Shaw for a posthumous commendation. Reviewing the logs, Admiral Adama doesn't find fault in either Cain's or Shaw's decisions, but Commander Adama vehemently disagrees, citing the ''Scylla''. The admiral replies that he never had to face similar circumstances, and that he had people like Lee, Roslin and Tigh to counsel and challenge him and keep him from making extreme and questionable decisions. He comforts Lee, telling him that his decision to launch the nuclear missile and sacrifice the strike team wasn't wrong, just necessary from Lee's perspective at the time.
* Outside [[Officer's quarters#Admiral Adama's quarters|Adama's quarters]], Lee meets Thrace, who now has Cain's knife given to her by Shaw. She is unsure if Shaw sacrificed herself as atonement or if she just "had it coming." Thrace tells him that she requested reassignment back to ''Galactica'' because she thinks Lee would keep trying to get her killed. When asked if she might deserve that, she jokingly replies that she has a [[The Destiny|destiny]] and plans to live to keep it.



== Notes ==

===General===
*The episode was nominated for a Hugo and a Saturn award.
*One of the ships in ''Pegasus'''s civilian fleet was clearly inspired by the [[Original Series]]'s ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]''.
* Despite being credited, [[Aaron Douglas]] ([[Galen Tyrol]]), [[Tahmoh Penikett]] ([[Karl Agathon]]), [[Alessandro Juliani]] ([[Felix Gaeta]]), [[Michael Trucco]] ([[Samuel Anders]]), [[Kandyse McClure]] ([[Anastasia Dualla]]) and [[Matthew Bennett]] ([[Number Five]]/[[Aaron Doral]]) do not appear in either the aired version of "Razor" or the one on DVD.
**Bennett appears briefly in the [[Razor Flashback]] web-episodes as [[Aaron Doral]], in a flashback two days before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
**Tyrol is mentioned by Admiral Adama as having helped [[Gaius Baltar]] remove navigational information from the Cylon Raider, but is never seen otherwise.
*A four-part podcast of the original story meeting for "Razor" is available on the [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/season04/ SciFi website].

===Production===

* [[Michael Taylor]] noted that the original opening for "Razor" was inspired by ''[[w:Apocalypse Now|Apocalypse Now]]'', but this was later cut <ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>.
* A scene with [[Alastair Thorne]] torturing [[Gina Inviere]] while Cain looks on was filmed but removed as "it played a little too much like an outtake from ''[[w:Spartacus|Spartacus]]''."<ref name="thewatcher"/> Part of it can still be seen in the recap at the beginning of the movie.
*According to composer [[Bear McCreary]], no specific soundtrack release for "Razor" is currently planned. However, the best tracks will be included on the Season 4 soundtrack <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=205|title=Bear McCreary's blog|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.
*According to [[Gary Hutzel]], the [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] was written so that "we would see it in bits and pieces. For the most part, it centered on the fact that they had to jump out of there before two nuclear missiles hit them." As for the [[blind jump]], the impetus for it was to be filmed only from the point-of-view of the CIC personnel, who saw the two incoming warheads on [[DRADIS]], which prompted the jump. However, [[Felix Alcala]] wanted the scene to be something out of ''[[w:Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', thus the shots showing the destruction of the shipyards were added in.<ref name="vfxworld-2">{{cite_web|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3460&page=2|title=
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* Universal Home Entertainment financed part of "Razor" for DVD-only effects and other material for the show which is proprietary, which is why such effects sequences are on the DVD or used in promotional material.<ref name="vfxworld-2"/>
* Furthermore, the special effects shots were done in house without using a third-party source: over 184 shots were done, 120 of them being full CGI. Many new ships had to be developed specifically for "Razor", in addition to the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]-inspired Centurions.<ref name="vfxworld">{{cite_web|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3460|title=
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===Story===
* As [[Kendra Shaw]] scrubs through the [[wireless]] bands, she happens upon a [[Talk Wireless]] broadcast where the wireless personality notes [[Laura Roslin]]'s cancer remission, going on to infer that there was speculation on how the remission was brought about. Another snippet mentions Roslin's "recent" ban of abortion.
* The [[Guardian basestar]] appears to be an evolutionary gap in between the older Cylon War-era [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and the newer starfish type basestar.
* The flashback of a young William Adama finding a Cylon lab during the war is part of the fifth, sixth, and seventh episodes of the [[Razor Flashbacks|"Razor" web-episodes]].
* According to [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]], the [[Hybrid]]s were created as a means to grow out of their mechanical roots and into biological ones. The Cylons considered the hybrids a failure and, after creating enough of them to control their baseships, the project was abandoned.
*At the end of "[[The Captain's Hand]]" Apollo jokes that he's glad Starbuck will not be his CAG, and Starbuck confirms that she has to be Galactica's CAG. Something must have changed by the time Apollo took command because "Razor" begins with him announcing Starbuck as his acting CAG. At the end of "Razor" Thrace asks to be re-assigned to ''Galactica''.
*Despite being a major, Kendra Shaw wears a colonel's [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniform]] with white/red trim when she becomes the XO of Pegasus. As shown on Doctor [[Cottle]] earlier, a major's uniform only has a grey trim.
* When ''Pegasus'' jumps away from the Scorpion Fleet Yards, the vacuum created from the jump appears to suck in the surrounding flames and smoke of battle. This effect has been seen before in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" following ''Galactica'''s intra-atmosphere jump.
* The events on the ''Scylla'' do not play out exactly as [[Jack Fisk|Colonel Fisk]] describes them to [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]". In the earlier episode, he mentions two families being lined up against the wall and shot, which does not happen.

===Unrated DVD===
* In the DVD version, [[Virtual Six]] appears and reveals why the Cylons achieved human form, claiming that since their God created humanity in his image, the Cylons wanted to do the same, regardless of how much they themselves loathed humanity.
* Young William Adama says the word "cocksucker" in reference to the Cylon he pursues as he breaks away from ''Columbia'' (e.g. "This cocksucker's mine."). The dialogue is re-dubbed in the [[Razor Flashbacks]] to "This frakker's mine."
* Shootings are more graphically violent than ''Battlestar Galactica'' normally shows on television. When Cain shoots Belzen in the head, a large amount of blood splatters on the glass wall behind him. Usually only the entry wound is shown and the camera avoids the area behind the head, such as when Number Six is shot in "[[Precipice]]" and Three in "[[Hero]]". A similarly graphic scene where a Marine is wounded by Centurions on the guardian basestar is missing from the television version but included in the unrated DVD.
* The DVD version includes an additional monologue by the [[first Hybrid]] when the strike team arrives at the basestar. It is intercut with footage of the team making its way through the ship. This is a reference to the revelation of four of the [[Final Five]] Cylons during "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". The Hybrid also talks about the [[Significant Seven|seven other Cylon models]] and demonstrates knowledge of [[Number Three]]'s [[boxing]], an event over a year in the future at the time of his speech. See ''[[Razor/Noteworthy Dialogue#hybridspeech|Noteworthy Dialogue]]''
* The main feature does not include all of the [[Razor Flashbacks]], namely Episodes 1, 2 and and the ''Galactica'' scenes of Episode 7. However, all seven flashbacks are included as separate special features on the DVD.
* Two [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 4 (RDM)#Razor|deleted scenes]] are contained on the DVD. One with Lee Adama at the Caprica Transfer Station waiting for a flight to ''Galactica'''s decommissioning, in which he talks about his dissatisfaction with his father's expectations of him. The other is a flashback to the aftermath of the episode "[[33]]". Starbuck and Apollo review their Vipers' gun camera footage. While Adama is convinced that he sees someone in the windows of the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', Starbuck tells him that sometimes people might need to be left behind to save others.

== Analysis ==

=== Story ===

*According to Admiral Cain, a razor is someone who can set aside all fear, hesitation, revulsion and natural inhibition in battle (see [[Razor/Noteworthy Dialogue|noteworthy dialogue]]).
**When Cain recruits [[Jack Fisk]] to assassinate Commander Adama, she tells him that he needs to pick Marines who are "completely reliable. Completely loyal. Razors." ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
**This bears a passing semblance to a poem by Japanese [[Wikipedia:Isoroku Yamamoto|Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto]]: "I am still the sword/Of my Emperor/I will not be sheathed/Until I die." Admiral Yamamoto knew about America, Americans and their potential from his time as a student at Harvard and as a naval attaché in Washington, DC. Despite misgivings about declaring war on America, he served his Emperor and planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.
**A razor is a physically present symbol throughout the episode in the form of a folding knife, which Cain found as a child when her home colony was attacked by the Cylons. She used it to overcome her fear of a Centurion and kept it over the decades. After Cain's death, the blade passes to Kendra Shaw and eventually to Kara Thrace. It appears several times in the episode, and is used by Cain to explain the concept of becoming a razor to Shaw.
*The woman shot by Shaw could have been [[Peter Laird]]'s wife, given the pan shot from his expression as he looks at the bodies, to the dead woman's face. His evasiveness when asked about the rumors circulating about the ''Scylla'' in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" would support this. His reaction to the woman's execution, however, can be taken one of two ways. He was either a man in complete shock of witnessing his wife's death or a man who was horrified from what he didn't believe was possible of Colonial military. Laird never mentions a wife explicitly, but Fisk implies he had family aboard the ''Scylla'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

=== Characters ===

*In stark contrast to her demeanor by the time of the rendezvous with ''Galactica'', Helena Cain is visibly more relaxed with her crew: She is stern when necessary, but also enjoys several moments of levity with subordinates and cultivates personable relations with her staff. She regards [[Jurgen Belzen]] as a personal friend (as described later by Fisk to Tigh); she initiates Shaw to ''Pegasus'' by chewing her out in the CIC and shares a humored look with her XO afterwards; the atmosphere at the dinner is very informal. She briefly talks to and comforts crewmen in the corridors, and expresses strong emotions and sheds tears as she surveys the ship's casualties. All these point to the war and especially Gina's betrayal as reasons for her push over the edge to become a "razor" and the narrowing of her perspective to pure vengeance.
*Although she may have sacrificed herself in atonement, Kendra Shaw ended her life as a razor, casting aside fear and self-preservation to stay behind and die to complete her mission, echoing Admiral Cain's observation that "sometimes we have to leave people behind so that we can go on, so that we can continue to fight. Sometimes you have do things that we never thought we were capable of ..." When she arrives on ''Pegasus'', she is regarded as an opportunist, but in the end she is quite the opposite.
*Kendra Shaw's death marks the final transition from Cain's legacy to Admiral Adama's. Shaw was the last of Cain's inner circle. She was one of the officers who had Cain's utmost respect and trust. Her death signifies the complete replacement of ''Pegasus'''s original leadership and opens up the merging of the two battlestar crews.
*Admiral Cain suggests that Kendra Shaw used her mother's connections to secure an upwardly-mobile assignment on ''Pegasus'' — an ironic criticism, since then-Commander William Adama mentions to President Roslin how well-connected Cain is, helping her jump over half the commanders list for promotion to admiral ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*Both Shaw and Thrace have been noticed and mentored by Admiral Cain. In this respect, the friction between the two takes on aspects of sibling rivalry.
*Based on the restored scenes on the "Razor" DVD, Admiral Cain's past plays a huge role in how she approached the second Cylon War. As a child, Cain abandoned her little sister in order to hide from Centurions. Though this scene of a young Cain is mixed in Cain's speech of the need to leave some behind in order to go on fighting, it implies a sense of guilt on Cain's part for having abandoned her sister to the Cylons. Her entire rationale in actively fighting the Cylons and not running portrays a need for her to take a stand and fight. She had a need to stop running.
*Also in the DVD version, the knife that Cain carries is revealed to have a deeper meaning to Cain than simply a weapon. The knife was an impromptu weapon Cain discovered while she was attempting to hide from the Centurions. When she is finally discovered, she makes her last stand with this same knife. In the end, it becomes the only object that she still carried, and what she eventually became, a last resort weapon.
*The actions of the younger Cain and Adama during the final events of the first Cylon War both contrast and parallel. Adama continued to pursue and attack the Cylons; Cain was told to run and hide from the Cylons, but when she was cornered by a Centurion, she picked up the knife and made as best a last stand as she could. Adama witnessed the escape of the First Hybrid's ship, feeling the responsibility of the lost lives that he could not save; Cain witnessed the withdrawal of Centurion forces, anguished by her responsibility for leaving her little sister behind.
*This film casts Cain's death in "Resurrection Ship Part II" in a new light. In that episode, Gina shot her to avenge her treatment in custody. "Razor" adds several new dimensions to the scene. First, it parallels what Cain did to her XO. Second, it reveals the relationship Cain had with Gina, which deepens the personal motivations Gina had in shooting Cain. Gina's response to Cain's defiant "Frak You!" in that episode was "You're not my type." Considering their relationship, that line now takes on the context of a Cylon taunting Cain for having used her when Gina had no interest in her personally.

=== Miscellaneous ===

*Given the overall [[survivor count]] and the tally of 49,579 during the credits, "Razor" takes place between "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]". Captions also place the flashback portions 10 months prior to the present events. However this timespan is closer to 9 months.
**This is also the only time during Lee Adama's command of ''Pegasus'' that the episode can fit, since Starbuck leaves for Caprica in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I". See also ''[[Timeline - Season 2 (RDM)]]''
**Adama's selection of Shaw as his [[XO]] likely takes place very shortly after him taking command of ''Pegasus'', but other parts of the episode might take place slightly later.
**[[Sharon Agathon]]'s appearance ''may indicate'' that this episode takes place before "[[Downloaded]]", however this cannot be confirmed by any visual evidence as her appearance is brief and all camera shots are seemingly aimed to avoid shooting her belly. However, it can be reasonably surmised that because she is still cooperating with the Colonials that [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]'s birth and her subsequent faked death haven't occurred yet.
**The survivor count of 49,579 is the same as the episodes "Downloaded" and the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I," which means the death of Shaw, the Raptor crew and the SAR marine are never counted.
**"Razor" establishes the destruction of the colonies happening 10 months earlier, although "Downloaded," which presumably takes place shortly after, places the destruction at 9 months prior. "The Plan" establishes the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens" as 280 days after the fall.
*Regarding the casualties suffered by ''Pegasus'' during the [[Battle of the Communications Relay]], Shaw's report that ''Pegasus'' suffered over 800 dead likely refers to the total casualty rate since the Cylon attack. Since ''Pegasus'' already suffered over 700 losses fleeing the Scorpion shipyards, adding 800 to this figure would mean that almost half the crew were killed. Considering that ''Pegasus'''s crew is approximately 1,750 when she encounters ''Galactica'', such a high death rate seems unlikely.
**The numbers are consistent, however, with casualty figures reported during "Pegasus," which established that 700 were killed during the attack on the shipyard, and 800 were killed during the attempt to board the ship.
*Given that an evac Raptor successfully retrieves the assault team by docking or at least flying close to the Guardian basestar without incident, it seems that the Guardian basestar itself appears to be unarmed and totally reliant on its Raiders for defense, unlike the standard [[Basestar (RDM)|Cylon basestar]].
*A curious technical gaffe appears to occur as the smoke from the various fires in the shipyard travel upward. Unless the flames (which would appear as a globular "blossom" shape without gravity) jet upward, the smoke, with the lack of convection (heat rising upward as lighter gases against gravity), would expand in all directions opposite the flames or venting, not "up" relative to the battlestar or flames.
*The ''Galactica''-type battlestar at the shipyard appears to be the same size, if not larger than ''Pegasus''. This is a contradiction of Admiral Cain's statement, that ''Pegasus'' is twice the size of ''Galactica''. While she does not refer to the ship's length, this seems to be a scaling error in the visual effects.
*The destroyed Viper piloted by [[William Adama|Adama]] during the last day of the Cylon War was not the same Viper that [[Galen Tyrol]] presented to him near the beginning of the [[Miniseries]]. The restored craft was [[N7242C|Viper N7242C]], whereas Adama crashed [[Viper_1104|Viper 1104NC]].

== Questions ==

* How does the Hybrid know [[Kendra Shaw]]?
* Is the Hybrid's warning that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death true? ([[The Hub|Possible answer]]) Does it say this to ensure that the eternal cycle continues per Pythian prophecy? ([[Faith|Possible answer]])
* What does the First Hybrid mean when he says that Kara Thrace will lead the human race to their end ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Who becomes [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']]'s [[CAG]] after Thrace steps down?
* Whose decision was it to scrap the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|old Centurions]]? ([[Number One|Answer]]) Did they resist?
* When the [[first Hybrid]] says "My children believe I am a god", to whom is he referring? The old model Cylons? The organic models?
* What does the first Hybrid mean when he says his existence will "begin again in ways uncertain"?
** Does this statement imply that the first Hybrid is capable of [[Resurrection (RDM)|downloading]], or does it refer to an [[Sacred Scrolls|unending cycle]] or the afterlife?
* Are all of the Guardians on the basestar when it is destroyed, or did they build other bases in the decades before?
* Is the first Hybrid one of the humans captured on the ''[[Diana]]''?
* Is the first Hybrid as it originally appeared, or has it physically aged? Was it created in that stage of adult maturity?
* If the Hybrid experiment was abandoned after others were created to control the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], do the Cylons only have a limited number of them?
* Did the Cylons abduct humans, such as [[Lucy Cain]] on Tauron, for further experimentation after abandoning their facilities on the [[ice planet]]?
* If Saul Tigh fought in the first Cylon War, how was he created, since the Cylons had yet to create humanoid Cylons by the time of the armistice? ([[No Exit|Answer]])
* Were the captives from the ice planet rescued? How much did the Colonials know about the experiments which took place there?
* Why did the Centurions withdraw from the First War? ([[No Exit|Answer]])

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== Guest Stars ==
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]] (credit only)
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] (credit only)
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] (credit only)
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]] (credit only)
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]] (credit only)
* [[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
* [[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]
* [[Stephanie Jacobsen]] as Lieutenant/Captain/Major [[Kendra Shaw]]
* [[Nico Cortez]] as Young [[William Adama]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Steve Bacic]] as Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Eileen Pedde]] as Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]]
* [[Fulvio Cecere]] as Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]]
* [[Vincent Gale]] as [[Peter Laird]]
* [[Campbell Lane]] as [[First Hybrid|Hybrid]]
* [[Kyra Scott]] as Young [[Helena Cain]]
* [[Chandra Berg]] as Little [[Lucy Cain]]
* [[Peter Flemming]] as [[Cain (father)|Helena's Father]]
* [[Shaker Paleja]] as Medic [[Hudson]]
* [[Andrew Dunbar]] as Marine [[Dasilva]]
* [[Jacob Blair]] as Squad Leader [[Banzai]]
* [[Peter Bryant]] as [[Frank Bruno]]
* [[Chris Bradford]] as Ops Officer
* [[Tyson Stanley]] as Young [[Marine]]
* [[Trevor Roberts]] as ''[[Scylla]]'' Protestor #1
* [[Cameron Macleod]] as ''Scylla'' Protestor #2
* [[Ingrid Tesch]] as Mother
* [[Joey Pierce]] as Marine [[Riggs]]
* [[Matt Drake]] as Son #1
* [[Dustin Eriksen]] as Son #2
* [[John Hainsworth]] as Man in Cage #1
* [[Victor Ayala]] as Man in Cage #2
* [[Deni Dolory]] as Woman in Cage
* [[Emily Hirst]] as Child in Cage
* [[Ben Cotton]] as [[Terrified Man]]
* [[Stefanie von Pfetten]] as Captain [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]]
* [[Alyssa Minniss]] as Flower Girl
* [[Allison Warnyca]] as Lt. [[Jaycie McGavin]] (credited only on the DVD's Flashback credits)
* Uncredited as [[Gus]]

== External Links ==

* Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=205 score for "Razor"]
* "Razor" concept art: [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/razor-concept-art.html], [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/cylon-concept-art.html], [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/season-4-concept-art.html]

== References ==
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Fan fiction

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:''Want to submit Fandom? Go to the [[:frakr:|Wiki Frakr]].''
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The ''Battlestar Galactica'' universes ([[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]) have many '''fan fiction''' authors, games, and other media.

==Please Note==
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''Battlestar Wiki'' guidelines on non-canonical information restrict the creation of fan fiction-related articles. Administrators and other contributors may deem it necessary (as appropriate to wiki policy and guidelines) to redirect, move, or delete fan fiction articles that appear elsewhere in the wiki without notifying the original contributor. If there is a need and relevant consensus for additional fan fiction-related articles, contributors are asked to create these as ''subarticles of this page''. Subarticles must add the {{tl|fandom}} ''template'' tag at the top of the page.

== Re-imagined Series Fan Fiction ==


*[http://battlestarleonidas.bsg01.com/ Battlestar Leonidas] - Battlestar Leonidas is a new epic written by Allen E. Knott. It first episode is post now and the story will spanned six seasons.

*[http://bsp.bsg01.com/ Battlestar Prometheus] - Battlestar Prometheus is an on going fiction written by Ryan A Keeton. Now into its third season, the story has continued to grow in popularity and has spawned its own [http://battlestarprometheus.wikia.com/wiki/Battlestar_Prometheus_Wiki wiki] and strong fan base.

*[http://battlestarcentral.com/ Battlestar Central] - Fan fiction site with both Re-imagined and Original Series content. Home of Battlestar ''Libra'' collaberative stories, by many of the former ''Gemicon'' writers. Originally designed as a forum based site, Battlestar Central is currently being updated to a full service site. The site will showcase writings from all submitted pieces of fanfiction, artwork, and in the case of the Battlestar Libra fanfic, downloadable episodes. The site administrator goes by the name of [[User:Hazend|Hazend]].

*[http://sasoriza.us/colonia/ Battlestar ''Colonia''] - Website for a [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|RDM series]]-based interactive fiction group (PbEM), set in a character-driven world built to be as faithful as possible to the dramatic appeal and mystical essence of ''BSG''. Focus is on telling quality stories and events revolving around "those left behind" in [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Colonies]] after the [[Cylon]] attack and ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'''s departure. Site admin: [[User:Sasoriza|Sasoriza]], AKA [http://sasoriza.us/colonia/gideon.html Callum Gideon].

*[[Fan fiction/Gemicon#Season 2|Battlestar ''Gemicon'']] - Collaborative fan fiction based on the [http://mboard.scifi.com/postlist.php?Cat=0&Board=BattlestarGalactica&page=0 Scifi.com Messageboard]. Battlestar ''Gemicon'' is a hybrid work of fan fiction and live play by post and chat role playing game. Ended at the beginning of season 2. The writers of the Gemicon series left and started a new series at [http://battlestarcentral.com/ Battlestar Central]

*[http://www.sciencefictionbuzz.com/dradis.html Dradis.Net] - A quality website for Re-imagined Galactica Fanfiction, focusing on Challenge fics. Part of Science Fiction Buzz. All entries go in the Worlds of Wonder archive. This site has recently hosted a special [[Lee Adama]] is a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] Fanfiction Challenge which concluded at the end of February 2006. The administrator goes by the name of ScifiBuzz or Judy B.

*[http://www.fanfiction.net/l/1960/3/0/1/1/0/0/0/0/0/1/ Fanfiction.net] - Fan Fiction written within the Battlestar Galactica Universe.

*[http://galacticabs.com/index.php?s=18538d9ecb40aa245d9c365d430a50c1&showforum=16 Galactica BS Fan Fiction] - Fan fiction posted to the Galactica BS forum.

*[[Fan fiction/Beyond the Red Line|Beyond the Red Line]] - A total conversion mod for the arcade space shooter [http://scp.indiegames.us/ FreeSpace 2], made by volunteers. ''"Beyond the Red Line"'' is still under development, and no release date has been announced yet, but a demo version is available.

*[[Fan fiction/Diaspora|Diaspora]] - Yet another total conversion mod for ''FreeSpace 2'', made by volunteers from Hard Light Productions. The first release for ''"Diaspora"'' was released in 2012, and the team promised future releases.

*[[Fan fiction/Beginning of Line|Beginning of Line]] - a fan fiction project intended to be ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s second season.

== Original Series Fan Fiction ==

* [http://freegalacticafanfictionnovels.weebly.com Fan Fiction Novels from Clean Slate Press] - collection of carefully selected TOS fiction including full-length novels by Sharon Monroe. Now downloadable as epub files for your ereader!
* [http://www.agentwithstyle.com/ Agent With Style] - offers reprints of Galactica fanzines from the 80s and 90s.
* [http://www.fanfiction.net/l/242/3/0/1/1/0/0/0/0/0/1/ Fanfiction.net] - Fan Fiction written in the TOS Battlestar Galactica.
=== Clean Slate Press ===
*[[Fan fiction/Battle of Molecay|Battle of Molecay]]

==BSG Community Websites==
*[[Frak party]], a website for organizing BSG-watching parties.

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Fan fiction/Diaspora

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{{fandom}}

'''''Diaspora''''' is a freeware game based on the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. It is powered by the revamped engine for the award-winning ''[[w:Freespace 2|Freespace 2]]'' released by Volition and Interplay.

The core of the ''Diaspora'' team was originally a large part of the team behind the total conversion mod, ''[[Fan fiction/Beyond the Red Line|Beyond The Red Line]]''. Differences in their creativity resulted in the majority of the active team leaving and starting this game. After several years of development, many of the team were recruited after the split, and were never involved with that mod.

The first release of the game was on 4th September 2012, entitled ''Diaspora: Shattered Armistice''. The team have promised further releases.

==External Links==
*[http://diaspora.hard-light.net/ Official Website at Hard Light Productions]

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Quorum of Ships' Captains

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The '''Quorum of Ships' Captains''' is the legislative body that replaces the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after the events of [[Gaeta's Mutiny]].

Instead of reforming the colony-based Quorum with new representatives, [[Lee Adama]] proposes that the Colonials not be represented according to their extinct home colonies, but rather according to the ships they live on. President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] supports the idea and tasks Lee with restructuring the civilian government accordingly ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

A new Quorum is formed, this time made up of ship's captains. It is unknown how many captains are on this new Quorum, but it is known that a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] representative, a [[Six]] named Sonja, has been elected to this Quorum to represent the [[Rebel Basestar]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]"). [[Doyle Franks]], [[Xeno Fenner]], and [[Greene]] are also members ([[TRS]]: "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").

It is presumed to be dissolved after the Colonials reached the new Earth ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

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History of the Twelve Colonies

2013-09-02T16:33:01Z

Starkiller: /* Settlement of the new Earth */

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

:''See also the [[Timeline (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series Timeline]] for an approximate chronology of the history of the Colonies and events in the [[Re-imagined Series]].''

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The '''history of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' stretches back nearly 4,000 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]], with much of its ancient history being shrouded in mystery and religious lore.

==Kobol==
[[image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|"Life here began out there"]]
During the service for the dead following the Cylon attack on the Colonies, [[William Adama]] states "Life here began out there,"<ref>This line is an homage to the [[Original Series]], where each episode began with a voiceover of this phrase.</ref> reminding the assembly that this was the first line of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], told to them by the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] uncounted centuries ago. Indeed, the humans of the Twelve Colonies originally lived on the planet [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the purported<ref>Given the repeated theme of [[w:eternal return|eternal return]] and [[Roslin]]'s claim in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming]] that the cycle of time had no beginning, it is possible that Kobol is not the true homeworld of humanity, but merely another settled planet in an eternal cycle of exodus and settlement</ref> homeworld of the human race ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

Much of what is known about life on Kobol is gleamed from the Sacred Scrolls, which makes those accounts potentially unreliable. Purportedly, the thirteen tribes lived in an idyllic utopia with the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]], residing in at least one city, the [[City of the Gods]]. What the Scrolls do not tell is that the original twelve tribes of Kobol created the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a race of synthetic beings with the ability of [[resurrection|organic memory transfer]], allowing their bodies to die but their consciousnesses to download into a new body ([[No Exit]]).

==Exodus==
[[image:Pythia.jpg|thumb|The Book of Pythia]]
The [[Sacred Scrolls#The Book of Pythia|Book of Pythia]], recorded by the oracle [[Pythia]] on Kobol 3,600 years before the destruction of the Colonies, detailed the exile and rebirth of the human race ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). It is not known whether or not this book was a true prophecy predicting the destruction of the Twelve Colonies or a recitation of events on Kobol. Regardless, the book was written in the midst of great turmoil on Kobol.

The prophecy alludes to a "blaze" which descended on the thirteen tribes and against which the Lords of Kobol were powerless to intervene ([[Home, Part I]]).<ref>In a [http://web.archive.org/web/20061229165404/http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/mov/bsg_del_112_regret.mov scene] [[Deleted scenes|cut]] from the episode "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[Elosha]] states that the exodus from Kobol was precipitated when "one jealous god began to desire that he be elevated above all the other gods, and the war on Kobol began." In another [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/deleted1.html deleted scene] cut from the episode "[[Fragged]]," Roslin states that humanity wasn't "exiled" from Kobol, but that the Sacred Scrolls say that "there was some sort of battle among the Gods, and when it was over we ''chose'' to leave."</ref> The Thirteenth Tribe fled Kobol roughly 4,000 years before [[The Fall]], settling on a planet called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

[[Image:Gates of hera.jpg|thumb|left|The Gates of Hera]]
Approximately 2,000 years later, the remaining twelve tribes also left Kobol. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the populace of the tribes were taken in a "[[Galleon]]" (a spacecraft). [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], a Lord of Kobol, threw herself from the [[Gates of Hera]], to her death. The leaders of the tribes were [[Tomb of Athena|interred with her]], and [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]] warned the survivors that any return to Kobol "would exact a price in blood." After a journey through space, the refugees from Kobol founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Settlement==
After settling on their new homes, another cataclysm befell the Twelve Tribes. This resulted in the destruction of much of their knowledge base and sent the Colonies into a dark age <ref name=RDM1-30-05>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref><ref>On the real-world Earth, similar dark ages occurred after the falls of [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Rome]] and [[Wikipedia:Greek Dark Ages|Mycenaean Greece]], and lasted for centuries. It is possible that much of their technological knowledge of interstellar spaceflight was lost after the escape from Kobol. Over time, they rebuilt their technological base, and travel between the Colonies was commonplace for some time before the Cylon Attack.</ref>.

[[File:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early-model Cylon]] After their return to space, the Colonies established many observatories, listening posts, research stations and armories in their system. Inequity and war were common between the Colonies for most of this time period as each colony behaved more as sovereign nations. By the end of the strife, [[Sagittaron]] had been exploited for centuries ([[Bastille Day]]).

Various shifting alliances and attempts at unified government came out of these conflicts, which would later form the bedrock of the [[Articles of Colonization]], but it would still be some time before a practical Colonies-wide government was established <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080505053711/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).</ref>.

The Colonials also created robots, called [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], to do work which they found unpleasant, including industrial work and soldiers in their civil wars.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/>
 

==The Cylon War==
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]''
[[File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Operation Raptor Talon]], the final battle of the Cylon War]]
Such was the extent to which the Colonies had invested their military power in the Cylons that when they chose to rebel against their masters, the Colonials found themselves well-matched. With their mastery of Colonial technology, the Cylons were able to infiltrate nearly all networked devices. The Colonials were forced to abandon networked computers and wireless devices in favor of more secure and durable technologies, able to withstand both Cylon infiltration and the powerful nuclear weapons used by the warring parties<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000013 RDM, January 19, 2005]).</ref>. Twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] built in the opening years of the war best exemplified these principles, including ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Miniseries]]). In response to the great threat posed by the Cylons, the Twelve Colonies formed a unified federal [[Government]] for the first time, at the beginning of the war ([[Colonial Day]]).

At its darkest hour, the Cylon War came very close to wiping out the Colonies.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> This outcome of the war likely developed, among other practices, the [[Case Orange]] contingency government succession protocol as well as the re-buildup of the Colonial Fleet in the Federal Era.

==Armistice==
[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Armistice Station]]
After the Cylon War ended, a long and bloody struggle of approximately 12 years, an armistice was declared, and the Cylons departed for a [[Cylon homeworld|world of their own]]. The Colonials established a neutral meeting place, [[Armistice Station]], and made diplomatic overtures for Cylons and Colonials to meet annually. However, these overtures were continually ignored.

After the war, the military went through a Reduction in Force, resulting in the discharge of many of the war's veterans.
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==Federal Era==
While the Cylon War had a lasting effect on the government of the Twelve Colonies, the population as a whole, much of it born after the war, had relegated it to a historical note in textbooks<ref>much as real-world Earth citizens regard their Second World War</ref>. The now-united government continued to maintain a large standing military, which, forty years after the war, had grown to include 120 battlestars ([[Miniseries]]), most apparently more advanced than those of the original battlestar class ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). This buildup apparently began about twenty years after the war, around the time [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] rejoined the military ("[[Scattered]]" and its [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_FULL.mp3 podcast]).

With their military assets now concentrated in a central government under the [[Articles of Colonization]] ([[Epiphanies|with Caprica City as the capital]]), the new government of the Twelve Colonies was able to maintain peace among its members ([[Water]]). Now presumably free of the Cylon threat, technologies which could not be used during the war were redeployed throughout the fleet, increasing its effectiveness against more mundane opponents ([[Miniseries]]).

This new era of federalism was not without considerable opposition. Dissidents on Sagittaron lead by [[Tom Zarek]] took arms against the government ([[Bastille Day]]), supplied by arms dealers like [[Leoben Conoy#Ragnar Anchorage Copy|Leoben Conoy]].<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> Regardless of these localized attempts at insurrection, on the whole the Twelve Colonies faced no major military threats, with the loss of contact with the Cylons. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]'s standing numbers were actually kept disproportionately high relative to their common uses, in fear that one day the Cylons might return. Day-to-day work for the Fleet consisted of handling the small-scale brush fire attempts at rebellion such as on Sagittaron, but these were all light peacekeeping actions rather than actual fighting. Prior to the Cylon attack, none of ''Galactica's'' younger-generation crew had ever seen any real combat.

==Fall of the Twelve Colonies==
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]''
[[Image:Nukes in Miniseries.jpg|left|thumb|The destruction of Caprica]]
The arrogance of the Colonials in re-equipping their military with technologies vulnerable to Cylon interference proved to be their undoing. Forty years after the first Cylon War, [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon infiltrators]] subverted Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]], allowing an advanced Cylon armada to destroy the Colonial fleet with impunity.

The attack resulted in the nuclear bombardment and occupation of the Colonies and the enslavement of most of the few isolated survivors in a series of [[Farms]]. Altogether, less than one hundred ships (mostly civilian) survived the attack, including only two battlestars - the nearly obsolete ''[[Galactica]]'' and the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. The survivors abandoned the Colonies and formed a [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] in search of the thirteenth colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where they hope to find refuge. However, Earth turned out to be a nuclear wasteland.

==Settlement of the new Earth==
[[File:Earth (RDM).jpg|right|thumb|Earth, the final settlement of the Twelve Colonies]]
Despite the discovery that Earth could not sustain human life, the Colonial fleet soon found another inhabitable planet, which they christened [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]] in a symbolic homage to the original planet. They discovered that, despite the impossibly small odds, another group of primitive humans had naturally evolved on the planet.

In a collective decision, the survivors chose to surrender their technology by sending their fleet into the Sun; they then dispersed in groups across the planet. Though some cultural memes of the Colonies survived, such as belief in the Lords of Kobol in the form of the [[w:Classical mythology|Greco-Roman pantheon]], maintaining the history of humanity proved impossible without technology. By the time an advanced society reemerged on the planet nearly 150,000 years after settlement, the knowledge of Kobol and her Twelve Colonies had been lost. Even the fate of the star system of the Twelve Colonies, Cyrannus, was not revealed.

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R and D TV (Season 3)

2013-09-02T07:04:51Z

Starkiller: Skits for The Woman King and Occupation are the same

{{R and D TV series}}
:''For information on the nature of R and D TV skits, see the [[R and D TV|parent article]].''

==[[Occupation]]==
Ron says "I feel gloomy." After a ping, David has black hair like [[w:Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith]] of [[w:The Cure|The Cure]] and plays a guitar as the room transforms to a "goth", bleak landscape. In response to the gloom, Ron cries, pulls a razor blade from his jacket and begins cutting his own wrists.

==[[Precipice]]==
David suggests an idea.

==[[Exodus, Part I]]==

David, with accompanying lightbulb, exclaims, "This will mark new territory". Ron responds with his own lightbulb, and the office is transformed into a moonscape, with Earth setting in the background behind a passing viper. Ron is now wearing a space suit and reaches out of scene for something. David warns, "Don't do it", before Ron stabs him in the chest with a flag bearing the R&D TV logo.

==[[Exodus, Part II]]==

Ron, who is wearing a [[w:Clerical collar|clerical collar]], suggests, "More religion." The scene darkens as lightning flashes and David's head transforms into [[w:Linda Blair|Linda Blair's character]] from ''[[w:The Exorcist|The Exorcist]]''. David's new head performs a 360 degree rotation, tells Ron that his soul is his and proceeds to vomit on Ron, incapacitating him.

==[[Collaborators]]==

David suggests, "More rebels". Ron then transforms into [[w:Jack Nicholson|Jack Nicholson's character]] from ''One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest'' and asks to watch a little TV in Nicholson's voice as he chokes David, now dressed as a nurse.

==[[Torn]]==

David whispers to Ron as the tall man holding a club appears and hits Ron with it.

==[[A Measure of Salvation]]==

==[[Hero]]==

Ronald with lightbulb says "Backmasking." The room transforms into [[w:Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band|the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album cover]]. Ron falls to the ground from the weight of a large number 9 that David (in Sgt. Pepper uniform) gives him while saying "Turn me on dead man" (which is what many fans believed to have heard when playing the phrase "Number Nine" (spoken by an unidentified male voice) in the avant-garde sound collage "Revolution 9" from the Beatles' "White Album" in reverse using [[w:backmasking|backmasking]]).

==[[Unfinished Business]]==

:''This skit is used again from "[[Home, Part I]]."''

==[[The Passage]]==

:''This skit is used again from "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".''

==[[The Eye of Jupiter]]==

David suggests, "Slapstick." Both characters transform into sepia-toned versions of themselves (with Ron looking more sinister) as a "Why, certainly" silent-film placard appears as Ron's response. Ron proceeds to slap David with a cane before he sticks David's skull to the opposite wall with the cane through his left eye.

==[[Rapture]]==
:''This skit is a repeat of the one used for "[[Litmus]]."''

==[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]==
:''This skit is re-used from "[[Hero]]."''

==[[The Woman King]]==
:''This skit is a re-use of the existing skit used for "[[Occupation]]".''

==[[A Day in the Life]]==

==[[Dirty Hands]]==
:''This skit is re-used from "[[Exodus, Part II]]."''

==[[Maelstrom]]==
Just as Ron begins to speak, a [[w:Muppets|Muppet-like]] creature that resembles the Cookie Monster appears from behind, claiming, "I'm the Ronnie Monster." Before Ron can question further, the monster jumps onto Ron and begins munching on his head.

==[[The Son Also Rises]]==
:''This skit is a repeat of the one previously used for "[[Collaborators]]".''

==[[Crossroads, Part I]]==
:''This skit is reused from "[[Torn]]".''

==[[Crossroads, Part II]]==
David gets an idea, and Ron runs out to transform into a [[w:Ray Harryhausen|Harryhausen]]-esque stop motion skeleton wielding a sword and shield. Ron proceeds to fight with David.

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Daybreak, Part II/Notes

2013-09-01T19:12:11Z

Starkiller: /* The fate of the Colonials and Rebel Cylons */ Fixed link. Added info.

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===The fate of the Colonials and Rebel Cylons===
*This episode marks the deaths of [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], [[John Cavil]], [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]], [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]], [[Laura Roslin]], and all the Cylons at the Colony. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and is taken to a place unknown. In detail:
**Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory. Also she was a security threat and there was no way to take her along and watch her effectively. Despite her redeeming act of giving back Hera, she couldn't be trusted.
**Cavil takes his own life in Galactica's CIC when the resurrection designs are irrevocably lost with the death of Tory Foster.
***It is unknown what happens to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted, but any other Number Ones would face eventual extinction like all other humanoid Cylons.
**Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor is struck by an asteroid fragment, puncturing their canopy and killing them on impact (as well as at least three marines on board). When another asteroid hits the Raptor, Racetrack's limp hand hits the launch button that fires the nuclear missiles.
**Tory is killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] upon his learning Tory murdered his wife Cally during the [[Final Five]]'s mutual and involuntary sharing memories while downloading the Resurrection designs to the Colony.
***This is ironic considering that in their previous lives on the original Earth the pair were madly in love and planned on marriage.
**Anders pilots ''Galactica'' and guided the Fleet into the Sun.
***A possible CG error occurs here; look closely and you can see either the ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' or the ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' being flown backwards into the sun.
[[Image:Hitei_Kan_Daybreak.PNG|frame|right|139×112px|Backwards flying Refinery Ship.]]
**Roslin dies peacefully as Adama gives her a bird's eye view of their new home in a Raptor. She is the first Colonial human to die on Earth. During the Raptor flight she passed away exactly one minute and thirty seconds from being shown the spot Bill Adama wanted to build his-their-cabin.
**Since they have neither female Cylons nor Resurrection technology, the Cavils, Simons and Dorals on the various Cylon baseships will presumably die out. The Cylons among the Humans on Earth have already accepted that fate, and pledged to live out the remainder of their lives contributing to humanity's survival on the new Earth.
**Kara is presumably taken by the same force, stated to be God by [[Virtual Six]], that resurrected her.
*The fates of numerous supporting characters are not shown.
**[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] is last seen flying his Viper back to ''Galactica'' after the initial cease fire. He likely survives since there is no mention of him being killed, and he is alive when the truce is called and the remaining Vipers and Raptors safely land on ''Galactica''.
**Since she isn't seen volunteering in the hanger deck or depicted in the attack, it is very likely that [[Diana Seelix]] didn't volunteer.
**Ishay is not seen after Roslin leaves sickbay.
**The episode also never touches on what becomes of [[Cult of Baltar|Baltar's cult]], including [[Jeanne]], [[Paulla]] and [[Tracey Anne]]. Founding member Jeanne is absent from the finale but it is perfectly safe to assume that she and her fellow Cultists are with the people on the planet. Paulla and Tracey Anne were last seen on the last Raptor trying to get Baltar to come with them to the Baseship where many of the civilians including Baltar's flock were taken. They were unsuccessful and Paulla and Tracey Anne went to the baseship without incident. Jeanne was almost certainly there and with the settlement on Earth.
**Captain Kelly, last seen in [[Blood on the Scales]] does not appear in the finale at all.
*The recurring subplot about the [[Sons of Ares]] and its growing conflict with the [[Cult of Baltar]] is unresolved.
*The Raiders are seen using missiles for the first time since the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
*Racetrack's Raptor, and possibly the other ones in its flight group destroyed in the assault on the Colony, was carrying the last nukes from ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', marking the end of humanity's use of these weapons (which were used to destroy the Twelve Colonies at the start of the series) for another 150,000 years. Presumably the baseship's store of nukes remains intact and some weren't "borrowed" by the humans for the attack.
*It is very likely that Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol and definitely Tory Foster never recovered their first hand memories of life before and after Old Earth and before Cavil killed them and blocked their true memories when they resurrected. Tory Foster will certainly never have that chance since she was killed by Tyrol in a fit of rage over Tory's murder of Cally.
*The tracing of the human blood line through [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] to the furthest maternal common ancestor and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve]] is a real theory. Mitochondrial Eve was the ''matrilineal most recent common ancestor'', the most recent person in the female line that '''all''' of humanity can be said to be from. In other words, Hera is everybody's mother's mother's ... mother's mother. This does NOT imply that she is the only ancestor of modern humans. In fact, it implies that each female alive at the time either has no surviving descendants, or is ALSO a common ancestor (though not a purely maternal one). This also means that we as a species are related to Athena, Hera's mother.
** In the series, Hera is Mitochondrial Eve, meaning that all of modern humanity is a combination of Colonial humanity and Cylon, although there maybe ancestors of native New Earth in the current population from the male line of descendants.
** The fossilized remains are said to be of a young woman, indicating Hera does not live to see a middle age, though she has children before she dies. Specifically, she must have had daughters to pass on her mitochondrial DNA. Note that in real life the remains of Mitochondrial Eve have not been found.
** Since mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother only, and Hera has a Cylon mother, her mitochondrial DNA and that of all her descendants is pure Cylon making us all direct descendants of Athena.
*Also in the podcast, RDM is happy to confirm that Tyrol did find some natives in Scotland and ended up being the 'King of the Scots', apparently since Aaron Douglas loved the idea of Scottish civilization (with its tradition of great engineers) being descended from Tyrol. This may suggest that Galen Tyrol, a male Cylon, had successfully mated and produced children with a New Earth native human female to produce at least one other hybrid.
*Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave [[Caprica Six]] the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it if caught. Previously Baltar's giving of Caprica Six the secrets was implied - or at least suggested - to be from naive vanity to impress his girlfriend Caprica Six. The Colonists still don't know this.
*The Colonials never did find out that Gaius Baltar gave [[Gina Inviere]] a nuclear device on the space liner ''[[Cloud 9]]'' destroying that liner and all on board near what would be called [[New Caprica]]. That same explosion would bring the Cylons to New Caprica a year later due to them being a light year away at the time they saw it, making him responsible for the occupation.
*Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth, and the humans of today are the distant descendants of Hera.
*Before deciding that ''Galactica'' should reach Earth in prehistoric times, Moore toyed with the idea of having the Fleet arrive during the Hellenistic period and formed the basis of the ancient Greek religion and society. However, this idea was rejected as it suggested that the Colonials blessed only Western civilization with their knowledge rather than all of humanity, and it did not acknowledge Hera's importance. Moore read an article on the idea of a common human ancestor which he decided should be Hera. This also explains why the Fleet personnel landed in Africa (the network had been suggesting it should be North America, presumably to match the final shot of Season 3).
**According to the podcast for the episode, the destruction of the Fleet and the spreading out of the surviving Colonials over the planet's surface was supposed to be a sign of humanity's committal to their new world, not necessarily promoting a Luddite agenda. The comparison that is drawn is Cortes burning his ships on the shores of central America so his men would not have a way of retreating if things got difficult. However, RDM later mentions that one of the last shots was to have been of the Colonials destroying their last Raptors, which suggests that the Luddite approach was more what they were aiming for.
*There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Cylon Colony, 39,516.
**A new population count post-engagement is given in the separate iTunes release of Daybreak, Part III. The count is 39,406, putting Colonial casualties from the battle at 110. Then shortly after their arrival on New Earth former President of the 12 Colonies of Kobol Laura Roslin dies, and Kara Thrace vanishes without a trace. From this we can derive that the number of people settled on New Earth is 39,404. This does not include the unknown number of humanoid Cylons from the baseship (which probably was never stated) and possibly Athena and the remaining three of the Final Five who aren't considered human survivors.
*The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny. Their status 150,000 years later remains a mystery. The Colonials and humanoid Cylons believe it is unlikely they will be a threat, as they have no reason to bear a grudge this time around.
*When ''Galactica'' and the Fleet fly into the Sun, only 15 ships can be seen when at least 35 ships were still in the Fleet during the Mutiny, and upwards of 90 after the events of the mini-series. However, establishing shots of the Fleet rarely show more than a dozen ships in one shot regardless, and the implication is that the entire Fleet was destroyed.
*The fate of the star system of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]] after 150,000 years is unknown, though their climates and surfaces will presumably degrade until by the time present-day radiation levels permitted the evolution of life once again.

===Aftermath of the War===
*There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War:
** It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out humankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans.
**Shortly after the Cylon attack on Caprica, Baltar - having unintentionally brought about the near-annihilation of the human species - flees Caprica when Karl Agathon gives him his place on a Raptor, feeling that his own life is less important to save than a famed scientist's. But at the end of the series, it is Baltar who puts his own life at risk for the sake of saving Agathon's daughter Hera and expresses concern for her future well being to the very end of the series (both ends of this parallel occur in wide open fields).
**Agathon and Cylon Sharon Valerii are seen together near the very beginning of the series and near the very end.
**The earliest known detail we see of Gaius Baltar's life is his effort to break away from his family history as farmers, and his shame over his heritage. The last event we see in his embrace of a new beginning as a farmer.
**Baltar and Number Six are seen together near the very beginning of the series and near the very end.
**The earliest event we see from Laura Roslin's life (retroactively) is the death of her sisters, killed during transit. The last event of her life that we see is her own death, which occurs during transport.
**The series starts and finishes with two "endings" for ''Galactica'': its scheduled decommissioning in the mini-series, and its destruction by setting course into the sun in the finale.
**The series begins with a selfish decision Baltar makes (to give Caprica Six access to military mainframes) that nearly destroys Colonial humanity. It ends with a selfless decision Baltar makes (to fulfill his destiny in saving Hera, along with Caprica-Six) that gives Colonial humanity a new start in the form of Hera.
** At the beginning of the series, William Adama divorces his wife soon after returning to Colonial military service. At the end of the series, Adama abandons all trappings of the military to be with his unofficial wife Laura Roslin, upon whose finger he puts his wedding ring just after she dies.
**This poetic ring is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician.
**The Cylons started the war with the attack on the 12 Colonies by being able to use a backdoor program to shutdown the Colonial defenses including those of the more advanced Vipers and Battlestars. They were able to only use the less advance Mark IV Vipers and Battlestar Galactica. At the end of the war the Colonials at the Battle of the Colony was able to shutdown the Colony's defenses by using Sam Anders as a Hybrid to talk remotely to the Colony's Hybrids who recognized him and stop firing. The Cavil Faction Cylons could only use lobotomized Raiders to attack the Galactica. Indeed, the Cylons were revisited by the destruction they wrought on the human Colonies using nuclear weapons by the Colonials using nuclear weapons to send the Colony into the singularity.

===Miscellaneous===
*[[Ronald D. Moore]] has a walk-on appearance as the browser of the ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City.
*The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.
*The title of the episode coincides with German philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche's] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_(book) book] of the same title, and fits with numerous references to Nietzsche's philosophy throughout the episode. Most obviously, Baltar, in his speech to Cavil in the CIC, states that "God is a force of nature … [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Good_and_Evil_(book) beyond good and evil]." ''Beyond Good and Evil'' is another of Nietzsche's works. Baltar goes on to say "Good and evil—we created those," echoing Nietzsche's claim in the First Treatise of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Genealogy_of_Morality ''On the Genealogy of Morality''] that morality, including the concepts of "good" and "evil," are human constructs whose utility must be examined. Baltar also asks Cavil if he wants to "break the cycle of birth, death, rebirth…" which recalls the [[Pythia|Pythian prophecy]] that "All this has happened before. All this will happen again." This is also a reference to Nietzsche's concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return#Friedrich_Nietzsche ''eternal recurrence''], that living one's life exactly the same, over and over for eternity, can be the worst of punishments (for those who live trivial lives) but also the greatest of gifts (for those who live great lives).
*''Galactica'' ramming the [[The Colony|Colony]] is foretold in the imagery of Hera's play with tactical models at the beginning of "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]". She is shown on top of ''Galactica'''s tactical light table with models of ''Galactica'', three Baseships and three Cylon Raiders, sliding ''Galactica'' against the side of a baseship.
*Shortly after recovering from being shot by Boomer, Admiral Adama visits her corpse in ''Galactica's'' morgue in "[[The Farm]]" and asks, "Why?" There is no indication that in the weeks Boomer was held on ''Galactica'' during the events between "[[Deadlock]]" and "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]" that he ever visited her to find out why she shot him, but he was clearly still bitter about it in "Someone to Watch Over Me". He knows she was programmed to do it, but he never resolves the emotional aspect of it, and with her death Adama never learns the answer to that question. His not visiting her might indicate he didn't care anymore.
*Saul Tigh offers a similar deal to the one the Final Five offered to the Centurions during the [[First Cylon War]]: An end to the attacks on humanity in exchange for resurrection. During the first war, it was in exchange for resurrection '''and''' the creation of humanoid Cylons.
*According to the podcast, the ''Galactica'' was originally going to jump right inside the Colony for the attack, but RDM changed it because he wanted the ship to have open space around it for the final Viper/Raider dogfight.
*''Galactica'' is shown executing a jump without retracting her flight pods, which was earlier said to be required<ref>Special effects continuity errors have sometimes shown ''Galactica'' jumping with pods extended and emerging with them retracted.</ref> ([[Miniseries, Night 2]]). However, it is possible that the resulting stresses from jumping with the pods extended contribute to ''Galactica'''s structural failure.
**There may be a clue in the nature of the damage incurred following the jump. A wave-like motion appears to run the length of the ship; perhaps FTL jumps always inflict similar stresses, but under normal conditions the nesting of the flight pods into their recessed 'valleys' (and their support arms into the presumably void spaces between them) lends structural reinforcement to counter said forces.
**Galactica has also been upgraded with Cylon jump technology, so it's possible that it no longer needs to retract the pods, like [[Pegasus]].
** If you take a close look at the flight pods right after the FTL jump, you will see vipers being thrown forward, almost out of the pod.
*According to the podcast, when Laura asks "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Starbuck was supposed to reply, "Somewhere along the watchtower." Director Michael Rymer did not like this idea and simply didn't shoot the line. Moore later agreed that it was better not to have Kara speak.
*The shot of ''Galactica'' flying over the Moon and reaching Earth was inspired by real-life shots from the Apollo space program, specifically Apollo 8's shot of coming around the dark side of the Moon and the Apollo 17 shot of the Earth itself.
*A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".
**According to the episode podcast, the sequences on Earth at the end were the ones filmed at Kamloops. Some CGI was used to remove distinctive Canadian evergreen trees from the background and replace them with more African-looking foilage, but otherwise the landscape was actually a decent match for Africa.
*The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.
**[[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Grace Park]] both appear in ''Tiberian Sun''’s sequel, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_Conquer_3 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars].
*The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x] Furthermore, a bus passes by just before the credit, sporting the colors of the Coast Mountain Bus Company.
**According to the podcast, Ronald D. Moore was wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt in the final shot, but they chose not to show this. The shot of the realistic Japanese female robot was found by Terry Moore online and was referred to as the 'next' Number Six by RDM.
**Also according to the podcast, Baltar saying "It doesn't like that name," is significant, and is indeed meant to confirm that whatever 'God' is in the series, it isn't necessarily what the name implies.
*The Centurion Model 0005 in the museum case is a retcon. In the [[Miniseries]], it was an Original Series costume, with the black skirt and non-exposed joints. In this episode, it is a CGI First War Centurion 0005 with exposed joints and no black skirt.
**It is not explained why the museum flight pod is shown to be in nearly pristine condition when, in addition to four years of battles and the atmosphere-drop over New Caprica, a Cylon Heavy Raider crashed through the overhead window and crushed several of the exhibits in ''[[Scattered]]''. Repairing the museum and exhibits would have seemed to be a low priority during subsequent events.
*Reference (possibly intentional) is made to Olmos' earlier work: Adama's flushing of flamingos while flying a Raptor is reminiscent of the flamingos flushing during the opening credits of Miami Vice, the TV series in which Edward James Olmos co-starred.
*The news network covering the story "Advances in Robotics" as Angel Baltar and Six pass by is [http://www.msnbc.com MSNBC], the 24 hour news network arm of the NBC Universal media conglomerate which also owns the SyFy Channel (at the time the SciFi Channel), which produces ''Battlestar Galactica'' and airs the series in the United States.
**The last advance in robotics shown was a humanoid "cybernetic robot" named "ACTROID", a Japanese design that was unveiled in 2005.[http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-10744-Robot+or+Human%3F+Here%27s+ACTROID.html].
**The ACTROID's appearance in the final scene bookends the first scene of the mini-series in which several "traditional" robotic Cylons appear, following by the first appearance of the attractive humanoid Cylon, Number Six.
*Although many of the magazines on the newsstand appear familiar, close examination reveals that at least some have made-up names. A magazine that appears at first glance to be ''Sports Illustrated'' is actually ''Sports Limited''. Also, although the magazine read by Angel Six and Baltar (and Ronald Moore) closely resembles ''National Geographic'', at no time is the complete title of the magazine or its full logo actually shown on screen; furthermore, the back cover of the magazine is solid yellow whereas actual issues of National Geographic always have advertising on the back cover.
*Initially, Helo and Athena were supposed to die and Hera would be raised by Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six. This would make sense as in the [[Opera House]] vision Baltar and Caprica-Six take Hera into the Opera House and Athena and Roslin don't make it inside. It also lends well for a symbolical structure of the series: Caprica-Six kills a child at the beginning and raises one at the end, they destroyed one civilization and then at the end they nurture the foundation of another one.
*Angel Six makes a reference to the Law of Averages: "Let a complex system repeat itself long enough; eventually something surprising might occur." She is actually referring to the Law of Large Numbers. The Law of Averages is a mistaken belief that the outcome of an event is affected by the outcome of previous iterations of the same event.
*Dialogue was cut from the final scene between Angel Six and Angel Baltar, but can be heard on the cast read-through podcast. The full dialogue of the scene is the same up until Baltar states that "It (God) doesn't like to be called that," but then changes with Baltar discussing having a wager on the matter (humanity's survival this time around) with Six, who looks disgusted at the notion. Baltar then smiles and says "Silly, silly me," and they walk off as in the broadcast version.
*As with Part I, the episode does not include the regular opening credits and theme. It does begin with the standard "[[Previously on Battlestar Galactica]]" sequence, and the honor of speaking these words in the final episode is given to Edward James Olmos.
*The revelation that the Colonial "humans" evolved separately from Earth humans means that fundamentally none of the so-called "human" characters of the series were actually human in the sense of what we consider human today. Instead, they were an outwardly indistinguishable from ''Homo sapiens'' extraterrestrial species with compatible DNA to ''Homo sapiens'' as a result of a parallel evolution. The reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' was actually the saga of an alien race.
**It must be noted that although Dr. Cottle said the DNA of the early Earth humans is "compatible" to Colonial DNA, he didn't say it was exactly the same. Therefore, it's completely fair to conclude that the Colonials and original Earth-evolved humans were not genetically identical - they simply had compatible genetic traits. Yes, in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universe we modern humans are descended from the Colonials, but they were not us and were are not them. We are a hybridization of Colonials and the native humans. So the characters of ''Battlestar Galactica'' were indeed "aliens" and not "human" in the modern sense of the term.
*Simon's line "I think you overestimate their chances" echoes a similar moment from "Star Wars: Episode IV," during which the line was said by Grand Moff Tarkin.

==Release==
* Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. On iTunes and Amazon video services, Part II is further subdivided into two one-hour parts. On the iTunes version, Part III includes the original titles.
* An even longer cut of Daybreak was released on the DVD and Blu-ray versions of Season 4.5 in July 2009. The cut includes 12 minutes of additional footage,<ref>The two TV-formatted episodes clock in at a total of 2 hours, 20 minutes without commercials, while the extended version clocks in at 2 hours, 32 minutes.</ref> and is formatted as a single film with several of the hard cuts from the TV-formatted version eliminated in favor of more fluid cuts and fadethroughs. It also features a motion picture-style closing credit scroll.<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref>

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===The fate of the Colonials and Rebel Cylons===
*This episode marks the deaths of [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], [[John Cavil]], [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]], [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]], [[Laura Roslin]], and all the Cylons at the Colony. [[Kara Thrace]], having fulfilled her purpose, vanishes without a trace and is taken to a place unknown. In detail:
**Boomer was killed by [[Athena]] in revenge for taking [[Hera]], sleeping with [[Helo]] and beating her in the lavatory. Also she was a security threat and there was no way to take her along and watch her effectively. Despite her redeeming act of giving back Hera, she couldn't be trusted.
**Cavil takes his own life in Galactica's CIC when the resurrection designs are irrevocably lost with the death of Tory Foster.
***It is unknown what happens to the other members of the Cavil/Number One line. The death of only a single Cavil is depicted, but any other Number Ones would face eventual extinction like all other humanoid Cylons.
**Racetrack and Skulls's Raptor is struck by an asteroid fragment, puncturing their canopy and killing them on impact (as well as at least three marines on board). When another asteroid hits the Raptor, Racetrack's limp hand hits the launch button that fires the nuclear missiles.
**Tory is killed by [[Galen Tyrol]] upon his learning Tory murdered his wife Cally during the [[Final Five]]'s mutual and involuntary sharing memories while downloading the Resurrection designs to the Colony.
***This is ironic considering that in their previous lives on the original Earth the pair were madly in love and planned on marriage.
**Anders pilots ''Galactica'' and guided the Fleet into the Sun.
***A possible CG error occurs here; look closely and you can see either the ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' or the ''[[Daru Mozu]]'' being flown backwards into the sun.
[[Image:Hitei_Kan_Daybreak.PNG|frame|right|139×112px|Backwards flying Refinery Ship.]]
**Roslin dies peacefully as Adama gives her a bird's eye view of their new home in a Raptor. She is the first Colonial human to die on Earth. During the Raptor flight she passed away exactly one minute and thirty seconds from being shown the spot Bill Adama wanted to build his-their-cabin.
**Since they have neither female Cylons nor Resurrection technology, the Cavils, Simons and Dorals on the various Cylon baseships will presumably die out. The Cylons among the Humans on Earth have already accepted that fate, and pledged to live out the remainder of their lives contributing to humanity's survival on the new Earth.
**Kara is presumably taken by the same force, stated to be God by [[Virtual Six]], that resurrected her.
*The fates of numerous supporting characters are not shown.
**[[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] is last seen flying his Viper back to ''Galactica'' after the initial cease fire. He likely survives since there is no mention of him being killed, and he is alive when the truce is called and the remaining Vipers and Raptors safely land on ''Galactica''.
**Since she isn't seen volunteering in the hanger deck or depicted in the attack, it is very likely that [[Diana Seelix]] didn't volunteer.
**Ishay is not seen after Roslin leaves sickbay.
**The episode also never touches on what becomes of [[Cult of Baltar|Baltar's cult]], including [[Jeanne]], [[Paulla]] and [[Tracey Anne]]. Founding member Jeanne is absent from the finale but it is perfectly safe to assume that she and her fellow Cultists are with the people on the planet. Paulla and Tracey Anne were last seen on the last Raptor trying to get Baltar to come with them to the Baseship where many of the civilians including Baltar's flock were taken. They were unsuccessful and Paulla and Tracey Anne went to the baseship without incident. Jeanne was almost certainly there and with the settlement on Earth.
**Captain Kelly, last seen in [[Blood on the Scales]] does not appear in the finale at all.
*The recurring subplot about the [[Sons of Ares]] and its growing conflict with the [[Cult of Baltar]] is unresolved.
*The Raiders are seen using missiles for the first time since the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
*Racetrack's Raptor, and possibly the other ones in its flight group destroyed in the assault on the Colony, was carrying the last nukes from ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'', marking the end of humanity's use of these weapons (which were used to destroy the Twelve Colonies at the start of the series) for another 150,000 years. Presumably the baseship's store of nukes remains intact and some weren't "borrowed" by the humans for the attack.
*It is very likely that Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol and definitely Tory Foster never recovered their first hand memories of life before and after Old Earth and before Cavil killed them and blocked their true memories when they resurrected. Tory Foster will certainly never have that chance since she was killed by Tyrol in a fit of rage over Tory's murder of Cally.
*The tracing of the human blood line through [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial DNA|Mitochondrial DNA]] to the furthest maternal common ancestor and dubbing her [[wikipedia:Mitochondrial Eve|Mitochondrial Eve]] is a real theory. Mitochondrial Eve was the ''matrilineal most recent common ancestor'', the most recent person in the female line that '''all''' of humanity can be said to be from. In other words, Hera is everybody's mother's mother's ... mother's mother. This does NOT imply that she is the only ancestor of modern humans. In fact, it implies that each female alive at the time either has no surviving descendants, or is ALSO a common ancestor (though not a purely maternal one). This also means that we as a species are related to Athena, Hera's mother.
** In the series, Hera is Mitochondrial Eve, meaning that all of modern humanity is a combination of Colonial humanity and Cylon, although there maybe ancestors of native New Earth in the current population from the male line of descendants.
** The fossilized remains are said to be of a young woman, indicating Hera does not live to see a middle age, though she has children before she dies. Specifically, she must have had daughters to pass on her mitochondrial DNA. Note that in real life the remains of Mitochondrial Eve have not been found.
** Since mitochondrial DNA is inherited from the mother only, and Hera has a Cylon mother, her mitochondrial DNA and that of all her descendants is pure Cylon making us all direct descendants of Athena.
*Also in the podcast, RDM is happy to confirm that Tyrol did find some natives in Scotland and ended up being the 'King of the Scots', apparently since Aaron Douglas loved the idea of Scottish civilization (with its tradition of great engineers) being descended from Tyrol. This may suggest that Galen Tyrol, a male Cylon, had successfully mated and produced children with a New Earth native human female to produce at least one other hybrid.
*Gaius Baltar, with deliberate forethought, gave [[Caprica Six]] the back door to the Colonial defenses. He still did not know Caprica Six was a Cylon, but he did commit willful corporate espionage knowing he would be punished for it if caught. Previously Baltar's giving of Caprica Six the secrets was implied - or at least suggested - to be from naive vanity to impress his girlfriend Caprica Six. The Colonists still don't know this.
*The Colonials never did find out that Gaius Baltar gave [[Gina Inviere]] a nuclear device on the space liner ''[[Cloud 9]]'' destroying that liner and all on board near what would be called [[New Caprica]]. That same explosion would bring the Cylons to New Caprica a year later due to them being a light year away at the time they saw it, making him responsible for the occupation.
*Humanity, along with the Cylons, finally reaches its new homeworld, names it Earth, and the humans of today are the distant descendants of Hera.
*Before deciding that ''Galactica'' should reach Earth in prehistoric times, Moore toyed with the idea of having the Fleet arrive during the Hellenistic period and formed the basis of the ancient Greek religion and society. However, this idea was rejected as it suggested that the Colonials blessed only Western civilization with their knowledge rather than all of humanity, and it did not acknowledge Hera's importance. Moore read an article on the idea of a common human ancestor which he decided should be Hera. This also explains why the Fleet personnel landed in Africa (the network had been suggesting it should be North America, presumably to match the final shot of Season 3).
**According to the podcast for the episode, the destruction of the Fleet and the spreading out of the surviving Colonials over the planet's surface was supposed to be a sign of humanity's committal to their new world, not necessarily promoting a Luddite agenda. The comparison that is drawn is Cortes burning his ships on the shores of central America so his men would not have a way of retreating if things got difficult. However, RDM later mentions that one of the last shots was to have been of the Colonials destroying their last Raptors, which suggests that the Luddite approach was more what they were aiming for.
*There was no final population count given after the engagement with the Cavil forces. However, there were no reported deaths by accident or violence before the engagement so the population count is most likely the same as it was in "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" before the attack on the Cylon Colony, 39,516.
**A new population count post-engagement is given in the separate iTunes release of Daybreak, Part III. The count is 39,406, putting Colonial casualties from the battle at 110. Then shortly after their arrival on New Earth former President of the 12 Colonies of Kobol Laura Roslin dies, and Kara Thrace vanishes without a trace. From this we can derive that the number of people settled on New Earth is 39,404. This does not include the unknown number of humanoid Cylons from the baseship (which probably was never stated) and possibly Athena and the remaining three of the Final Five who aren't considered human survivors.
*The Centurions are granted full independence and subsequently depart in the rebel Baseship to pursue their own destiny. Their status 150,000 years later remains a mystery. The Colonials and humanoid Cylons believe it is unlikely they will be a threat, as they have no reason to bear a grudge this time around.
*When ''Galactica'' and the Fleet fly into the Sun, only 15 ships can be seen when at least 35 ships were still in the Fleet during the Mutiny, and upwards of 90 after the events of the mini-series. However, establishing shots of the Fleet rarely show more than a dozen ships in one shot regardless, and the implication is that the entire Fleet was destroyed.
*The fate of the star system of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] after 150,000 years is unknown.

===Aftermath of the War===
*There is a poetic ring to the nature of the conflict of the Second Cylon War:
** It began with the Cylon attack on Colonies nearly wiping out humankind. It ended with the Colonial attack on the Cylon Colony very likely wiping out the Cylons who didn't join with the humans.
**Shortly after the Cylon attack on Caprica, Baltar - having unintentionally brought about the near-annihilation of the human species - flees Caprica when Karl Agathon gives him his place on a Raptor, feeling that his own life is less important to save than a famed scientist's. But at the end of the series, it is Baltar who puts his own life at risk for the sake of saving Agathon's daughter Hera and expresses concern for her future well being to the very end of the series (both ends of this parallel occur in wide open fields).
**Agathon and Cylon Sharon Valerii are seen together near the very beginning of the series and near the very end.
**The earliest known detail we see of Gaius Baltar's life is his effort to break away from his family history as farmers, and his shame over his heritage. The last event we see in his embrace of a new beginning as a farmer.
**Baltar and Number Six are seen together near the very beginning of the series and near the very end.
**The earliest event we see from Laura Roslin's life (retroactively) is the death of her sisters, killed during transit. The last event of her life that we see is her own death, which occurs during transport.
**The series starts and finishes with two "endings" for ''Galactica'': its scheduled decommissioning in the mini-series, and its destruction by setting course into the sun in the finale.
**The series begins with a selfish decision Baltar makes (to give Caprica Six access to military mainframes) that nearly destroys Colonial humanity. It ends with a selfless decision Baltar makes (to fulfill his destiny in saving Hera, along with Caprica-Six) that gives Colonial humanity a new start in the form of Hera.
** At the beginning of the series, William Adama divorces his wife soon after returning to Colonial military service. At the end of the series, Adama abandons all trappings of the military to be with his unofficial wife Laura Roslin, upon whose finger he puts his wedding ring just after she dies.
**This poetic ring is also in line with [[Romo Lampkin]]'s observation of him being President of it being "Poetic justice" and Lee Adama's "What goes around, comes around" since Lampkin originally pushed him to be a politician.
**The Cylons started the war with the attack on the 12 Colonies by being able to use a backdoor program to shutdown the Colonial defenses including those of the more advanced Vipers and Battlestars. They were able to only use the less advance Mark IV Vipers and Battlestar Galactica. At the end of the war the Colonials at the Battle of the Colony was able to shutdown the Colony's defenses by using Sam Anders as a Hybrid to talk remotely to the Colony's Hybrids who recognized him and stop firing. The Cavil Faction Cylons could only use lobotomized Raiders to attack the Galactica. Indeed, the Cylons were revisited by the destruction they wrought on the human Colonies using nuclear weapons by the Colonials using nuclear weapons to send the Colony into the singularity.

===Miscellaneous===
*[[Ronald D. Moore]] has a walk-on appearance as the browser of the ''National Geographic'' magazine in New York City.
*The shelters erected by the Colonials on Earth resemble [[Wikipedia:Quonset hut|Quonset huts]], World War II-era temporary structures.
*The title of the episode coincides with German philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche's] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_(book) book] of the same title, and fits with numerous references to Nietzsche's philosophy throughout the episode. Most obviously, Baltar, in his speech to Cavil in the CIC, states that "God is a force of nature … [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyond_Good_and_Evil_(book) beyond good and evil]." ''Beyond Good and Evil'' is another of Nietzsche's works. Baltar goes on to say "Good and evil—we created those," echoing Nietzsche's claim in the First Treatise of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Genealogy_of_Morality ''On the Genealogy of Morality''] that morality, including the concepts of "good" and "evil," are human constructs whose utility must be examined. Baltar also asks Cavil if he wants to "break the cycle of birth, death, rebirth…" which recalls the [[Pythia|Pythian prophecy]] that "All this has happened before. All this will happen again." This is also a reference to Nietzsche's concept of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_return#Friedrich_Nietzsche ''eternal recurrence''], that living one's life exactly the same, over and over for eternity, can be the worst of punishments (for those who live trivial lives) but also the greatest of gifts (for those who live great lives).
*''Galactica'' ramming the [[The Colony|Colony]] is foretold in the imagery of Hera's play with tactical models at the beginning of "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]". She is shown on top of ''Galactica'''s tactical light table with models of ''Galactica'', three Baseships and three Cylon Raiders, sliding ''Galactica'' against the side of a baseship.
*Shortly after recovering from being shot by Boomer, Admiral Adama visits her corpse in ''Galactica's'' morgue in "[[The Farm]]" and asks, "Why?" There is no indication that in the weeks Boomer was held on ''Galactica'' during the events between "[[Deadlock]]" and "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]" that he ever visited her to find out why she shot him, but he was clearly still bitter about it in "Someone to Watch Over Me". He knows she was programmed to do it, but he never resolves the emotional aspect of it, and with her death Adama never learns the answer to that question. His not visiting her might indicate he didn't care anymore.
*Saul Tigh offers a similar deal to the one the Final Five offered to the Centurions during the [[First Cylon War]]: An end to the attacks on humanity in exchange for resurrection. During the first war, it was in exchange for resurrection '''and''' the creation of humanoid Cylons.
*According to the podcast, the ''Galactica'' was originally going to jump right inside the Colony for the attack, but RDM changed it because he wanted the ship to have open space around it for the final Viper/Raider dogfight.
*''Galactica'' is shown executing a jump without retracting her flight pods, which was earlier said to be required<ref>Special effects continuity errors have sometimes shown ''Galactica'' jumping with pods extended and emerging with them retracted.</ref> ([[Miniseries, Night 2]]). However, it is possible that the resulting stresses from jumping with the pods extended contribute to ''Galactica'''s structural failure.
**There may be a clue in the nature of the damage incurred following the jump. A wave-like motion appears to run the length of the ship; perhaps FTL jumps always inflict similar stresses, but under normal conditions the nesting of the flight pods into their recessed 'valleys' (and their support arms into the presumably void spaces between them) lends structural reinforcement to counter said forces.
**Galactica has also been upgraded with Cylon jump technology, so it's possible that it no longer needs to retract the pods, like [[Pegasus]].
** If you take a close look at the flight pods right after the FTL jump, you will see vipers being thrown forward, almost out of the pod.
*According to the podcast, when Laura asks "Where have you taken us, Kara?" Starbuck was supposed to reply, "Somewhere along the watchtower." Director Michael Rymer did not like this idea and simply didn't shoot the line. Moore later agreed that it was better not to have Kara speak.
*The shot of ''Galactica'' flying over the Moon and reaching Earth was inspired by real-life shots from the Apollo space program, specifically Apollo 8's shot of coming around the dark side of the Moon and the Apollo 17 shot of the Earth itself.
*A portion of this episode was being filmed in [[w:Kamloops| Kamloops, BC]] during the week of June 16, 2008. Local extras of all ages were utilized for this scene (or scenes) and were required to have an athletic build and a clean-cut look, or to be slim with long hair or dreadlocks. Extras were auditioned at Best Western room 137 (in Kamloops) on June 12th <ref>http://www.bclocalnews.com/bc_thompson_nicola/kamloopsthisweek/entertainment/19788509.html</ref>. The rural area surrounding Kamloops was previously utilized to depict the [[algae planet]] in "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]" and "[[Rapture]]".
**According to the episode podcast, the sequences on Earth at the end were the ones filmed at Kamloops. Some CGI was used to remove distinctive Canadian evergreen trees from the background and replace them with more African-looking foilage, but otherwise the landscape was actually a decent match for Africa.
*The ''[http://cnc.wikia.com/wiki/Kodiak Kodiak]'', the command ship of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) faction from the computer game ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_%26_Conquer:_Tiberian_Sun Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun]'' is seen among the fleet in one establishing shot.
**[[Tricia Helfer]] and [[Grace Park]] both appear in ''Tiberian Sun''’s sequel, ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_and_Conquer_3 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars].
*The final scene, like most of the rest of the series, was filmed in Vancouver, BC, and not in New York City at all. In the final scene with Angel Baltar and Six, "Bread Garden Bakery and Cafe", W Pender St, and Dunsmuir St are visible, all of which are within a couple blocks of each other along Granville St in downtown Vancouver. [http://tinyurl.com/crgd2x] Furthermore, a bus passes by just before the credit, sporting the colors of the Coast Mountain Bus Company.
**According to the podcast, Ronald D. Moore was wearing a Jimi Hendrix T-shirt in the final shot, but they chose not to show this. The shot of the realistic Japanese female robot was found by Terry Moore online and was referred to as the 'next' Number Six by RDM.
**Also according to the podcast, Baltar saying "It doesn't like that name," is significant, and is indeed meant to confirm that whatever 'God' is in the series, it isn't necessarily what the name implies.
*The Centurion Model 0005 in the museum case is a retcon. In the [[Miniseries]], it was an Original Series costume, with the black skirt and non-exposed joints. In this episode, it is a CGI First War Centurion 0005 with exposed joints and no black skirt.
**It is not explained why the museum flight pod is shown to be in nearly pristine condition when, in addition to four years of battles and the atmosphere-drop over New Caprica, a Cylon Heavy Raider crashed through the overhead window and crushed several of the exhibits in ''[[Scattered]]''. Repairing the museum and exhibits would have seemed to be a low priority during subsequent events.
*Reference (possibly intentional) is made to Olmos' earlier work: Adama's flushing of flamingos while flying a Raptor is reminiscent of the flamingos flushing during the opening credits of Miami Vice, the TV series in which Edward James Olmos co-starred.
*The news network covering the story "Advances in Robotics" as Angel Baltar and Six pass by is [http://www.msnbc.com MSNBC], the 24 hour news network arm of the NBC Universal media conglomerate which also owns the SyFy Channel (at the time the SciFi Channel), which produces ''Battlestar Galactica'' and airs the series in the United States.
**The last advance in robotics shown was a humanoid "cybernetic robot" named "ACTROID", a Japanese design that was unveiled in 2005.[http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-10744-Robot+or+Human%3F+Here%27s+ACTROID.html].
**The ACTROID's appearance in the final scene bookends the first scene of the mini-series in which several "traditional" robotic Cylons appear, following by the first appearance of the attractive humanoid Cylon, Number Six.
*Although many of the magazines on the newsstand appear familiar, close examination reveals that at least some have made-up names. A magazine that appears at first glance to be ''Sports Illustrated'' is actually ''Sports Limited''. Also, although the magazine read by Angel Six and Baltar (and Ronald Moore) closely resembles ''National Geographic'', at no time is the complete title of the magazine or its full logo actually shown on screen; furthermore, the back cover of the magazine is solid yellow whereas actual issues of National Geographic always have advertising on the back cover.
*Initially, Helo and Athena were supposed to die and Hera would be raised by Gaius Baltar and Caprica-Six. This would make sense as in the [[Opera House]] vision Baltar and Caprica-Six take Hera into the Opera House and Athena and Roslin don't make it inside. It also lends well for a symbolical structure of the series: Caprica-Six kills a child at the beginning and raises one at the end, they destroyed one civilization and then at the end they nurture the foundation of another one.
*Angel Six makes a reference to the Law of Averages: "Let a complex system repeat itself long enough; eventually something surprising might occur." She is actually referring to the Law of Large Numbers. The Law of Averages is a mistaken belief that the outcome of an event is affected by the outcome of previous iterations of the same event.
*Dialogue was cut from the final scene between Angel Six and Angel Baltar, but can be heard on the cast read-through podcast. The full dialogue of the scene is the same up until Baltar states that "It (God) doesn't like to be called that," but then changes with Baltar discussing having a wager on the matter (humanity's survival this time around) with Six, who looks disgusted at the notion. Baltar then smiles and says "Silly, silly me," and they walk off as in the broadcast version.
*As with Part I, the episode does not include the regular opening credits and theme. It does begin with the standard "[[Previously on Battlestar Galactica]]" sequence, and the honor of speaking these words in the final episode is given to Edward James Olmos.
*The revelation that the Colonial "humans" evolved separately from Earth humans means that fundamentally none of the so-called "human" characters of the series were actually human in the sense of what we consider human today. Instead, they were an outwardly indistinguishable from ''Homo sapiens'' extraterrestrial species with compatible DNA to ''Homo sapiens'' as a result of a parallel evolution. The reimagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' was actually the saga of an alien race.
**It must be noted that although Dr. Cottle said the DNA of the early Earth humans is "compatible" to Colonial DNA, he didn't say it was exactly the same. Therefore, it's completely fair to conclude that the Colonials and original Earth-evolved humans were not genetically identical - they simply had compatible genetic traits. Yes, in the ''Battlestar Galactica'' universe we modern humans are descended from the Colonials, but they were not us and were are not them. We are a hybridization of Colonials and the native humans. So the characters of ''Battlestar Galactica'' were indeed "aliens" and not "human" in the modern sense of the term.
*Simon's line "I think you overestimate their chances" echoes a similar moment from "Star Wars: Episode IV," during which the line was said by Grand Moff Tarkin.

==Release==
* Although Part I had a runtime of one hour, Part II will run for two hours. On iTunes and Amazon video services, Part II is further subdivided into two one-hour parts. On the iTunes version, Part III includes the original titles.
* An even longer cut of Daybreak was released on the DVD and Blu-ray versions of Season 4.5 in July 2009. The cut includes 12 minutes of additional footage,<ref>The two TV-formatted episodes clock in at a total of 2 hours, 20 minutes without commercials, while the extended version clocks in at 2 hours, 32 minutes.</ref> and is formatted as a single film with several of the hard cuts from the TV-formatted version eliminated in favor of more fluid cuts and fadethroughs. It also features a motion picture-style closing credit scroll.<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/07/talking-battles.html|title=Talking 'Battlestar Galactica's' finale, 'Caprica' and the 'Battlestar' TV movie with Ron Moore}}</ref>

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'''''Blood and Chrome''''' (also known as '''''Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome''''') is a webisode series that follows the exploits of a young [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] ([[Luke Pasqualino]]), [[Coker Fasjovik]] ([[Ben Cotton]]), and Dr. [[Beka Kelly]] ([[Lili Bordán]]) during the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]].

''Blood and Chrome'' is a sequel to ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' and a prequel to the [[Re-imagined Series]].<ref name="greenlit"/> On the condition that it performed to expectations, it would act as a "backdoor pilot" (much like the [[Miniseries]]) for a future series, to be aired either online or through the traditional television route.

The produced story is split into ten parts, each between seven to twelve minutes in length, debuting on Machinima's YouTube channel, [http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime Machinima Prime], starting Friday, November 9, 2012. Additional parts will be aired over the following four weeks.<ref name="OnlineReleasing"/>

Unlike previous installments in the [[Re-imagined Series]] universe, [[Ron D. Moore]] was not involved in this production due to his development contract with Sony Pictures. However, many of the creative personnel who worked on ''Blood and Chrome'' have worked on both the Re-imagined Series and its prequel ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', including [[Michael Taylor]], [[Doug Drexler]], [[Glenne Campbell]], [[David Eick]], [[Bradley Thompson]], [[David Weddle]], and [[Jonas Pate]].

== Production History ==
''Blood and Chrome'' was officially announced on 27 July 2010 by [[Syfy Channel]] executive vice president of programming Mark Stern as a 10-part webseries using "cutting-edge digital technology and special effects to depict the [[Cylon War]]" and following a young [[William Adama]]. <ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/07/battlestar-galactica.html</ref> The plan called for the production of a two-hour pilot written by ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' vet [[Michael Taylor]] directed by then co-executive producer of ''Caprica'' [[Jonas Pate]] for release online as a 10-part webseries. It was also revealed that the series would be shot on green screen and utilize computer-generated virtual sets.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/three-drama-pilots-land-directors/|title=Deadline.com: Four Drama Pilots Land Director|date=22 November 2010|accessdate=23 November 2010|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|format=|language=}}</ref>

In October 2010 it was announced that ''Blood and Chrome'' would be upgraded from webseries to "full-blown pilot for a series" based on positive reception of Michael Taylor's script.<ref>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/10/22/syfy-adama-blood-and-chrome</ref> The announcement prompted speculation that ''Blood and Chrome'' was intended to replace ratings troubled ''Caprica'' which was currently airing on SyFy. In an interview with [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tv/ Maureen Ryan at Huffpost TV] Mark Stern denied this saying, "if anything, ''Blood & Chrome'' going to series would only be a great opportunity to pair it with ''Caprica''."<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/23/mailbag-why-wont-syfys-mark-stern-just-admit-caprica-is-cancelled/69367/</ref> ''Caprica'' was canceled by SyFy four days later on 27 October 2010.<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960/</ref>

On 25 October 2010, [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/ LA Times Hero Complex] published an interview with co-creator and producer [[David Eick]] discussing ''Blood and Chrome'' and its new characters, particularly [[Beka Kelly]]. In the interview, Eick also elaborated on the series' placement relative to ''Caprica'' and joked about [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s lack of involvement in the show's creation. <ref>http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/25/battlestar-movie-will-introduce-beka-kelly-an-enigmatic-software-genius/</ref>

In a 11 November 2011 radio interview, actor [[Nico Cortez]] - who had previously played William Adama in the [[Razor Flashbacks]], also written by Michael Taylor - expressed interest in reprising the role in ''Blood and Chrome''.<ref>http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8027/nico-cortez-bring-me-back-to-battlestar.html</ref>

On 20 December 2010, concept artwork appeared on SyFy's website [http://blastr.com blastr] depicting the ''[[Wild Weasel]]'' [[Raptor]], an apparent [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]]-human hybrid, a snowy battle scene, and a possible design for a new [[Cylon Centurion]]. The artwork also included a glimpse of a Cylon snake called a "Cython".<ref>http://blastr.com/2010/12/-concept-art-from-battles1s.php#4</ref>

[[Image:Green screen CIC, BAC.jpg|thumb|Green screen stage with minimal set pieces representing the ''Galactica'' CIC.]]

By 26 January 2011 the casting of [[Luke Pasqualino]] as Ensign [[William Adama]] and [[Ben Cotton]] as [[ECO]] [[Coker Fasjovik]] was announced.<ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/26/battlestar-galactica-blood-chorme-cast/</ref> The following month on 10 February 2011, it was reported that [[Lili Bordán]] had been cast as Beka Kelly, revealed to be "a Ph.D. who worked for [[Graystone Industries]]." <ref>http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/10/new-character-ties-blood-chrome-to-caprica</ref> Other casting additions included ''Caprica'' stars [[Brian Markinson]], [[Zak Santiago]], [[Carmen Moore]], and [[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as characters unrelated to their previous roles. <ref>http://www.zimbio.com/Esai+Morales/articles/RrV969BHXVG/Esai+Morales+Fairly+Legal+Brian+Markinson</ref><ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a336637/caprica-star-john-pyper-ferguson-for-alphas-finale.html</ref>

On 2 February 2011, Mark Stern published a photo of a production meeting for ''Blood and Chrome'' showing David Eick and many other crew members on the set of SyFy's ''[[Wikipedia: Eureka (U.S. TV series)|Eureka]]''.<ref>http://twitter.com/stern3000/status/32978506933604352</ref> As of 10 February 2011, production had begun on the pilot on green screen stages in [[Wikipedia: Vancouver|Vancouver]], [[Wikipedia: British Columbia|British Columbia]].<ref name="B&CFilmingBegins"/> On 13 February 2011, several photos appeared on [https://twitter.com/carmenmoore1 Carmen Moore's Twitter feed] showing the actress with castmates [[Karen LeBlanc]] and [[Adrian Holmes]] in costume.<ref>http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/battlestar_galactica_reboot_starring_karen_leblanc_adrian_holmes_likely_hea</ref> The photos were subsequently removed.<ref>http://www.geekweek.com/2011/02/first-look-set-pics-from-the-battlestar-galactica-spinoff.html</ref>

In a 21 July 2011 interview, Lili Bordán suggested that ''Blood and Chrome'' could be presented in 3-D<ref>[http://airlockalpha.com/node/8619/new-syfy-battlestar-series-could-be-presented-in-3-d.html Airlock Alpha 3-D]</ref>

In August 2011, Mark Stern revealed at the 2011 [[Wikipedia: San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] that ''Blood and Chrome'' was still a work in progress, with many VFX shots still incomplete and a release date yet to be determined. Stern also stated that while executives had seen a rough-cut of the pilot, SyFy was still weighing whether to release the series on television or online. <ref>http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/22/battlestar-jamie-bamber-caprica-blood-and-chrome/</ref>

On 12 November 2011, [[Doug Drexler]] reported that all VFX work on ''Blood and Chrome'' had been completed.<ref>http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/update-on-the-update-time-to-get-the-mains-back-on-line/</ref> A month later, Drexler indicated that a decision regarding the fate of the series would be made around February 2012.<ref>http://trekweb.com/articles/2011/12/17/Doug-Drexler-Gives-an-Update-on-Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-and-Chrome-TV-Series.shtml</ref>

On 21 March 2012, an unofficial teaser trailer for ''Blood and Chrome'' began appearing on YouTube, however [[Wikipedia:NBCUniversal|NBCUniversal]] quickly ordered its removal. At that time, several sources revealed that the project would not be moving forward as a TV series on SyFy, but could still be viable as a webseries. It was also stated that the pilot episode could air on SyFy as a standalone television movie <ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-cancelled-syfy/ Deadline article]</ref><ref>http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/21/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-not-moving-ahead-as-a-tv-show/ Bleeding cool article]</ref><ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/battlestar_galactica_blood_chrome/303087 Eonline article]</ref>

While promoting her work on the animated series ''[[Wikipedia: TRON: Uprising|TRON: Uprising]]'', [[Number Six]] actress [[Tricia Helfer]] hinted at her involvement in ''Blood and Chrome'', saying "I can't really say without giving away a little surprise, possibly, except to say ''maybe'' [there's] a little something I had to do with it." She also expressed her excitement at having seen the leaked teaser.<ref>http://www.theinsider.com/tv/52289_Tricia_Helfer_Reveals_Battlestar_Galactica_Blood_Chrome_Spoiler/index.html</ref>

[[Bear McCreary]] announced on 18 February 2012 that he had recently finished scoring the two-hour ''Blood and Chrome'' pilot. <ref>https://www.facebook.com/bearmccreary/posts/277729248966624</ref>

[[File:Luke Pasqualino.jpg||thumb|Early promotional image released 5 November 12 featuring Luke Pasqualino as Ensign William Adama.]]

On 5 November 2012, an Entertainment Weekly exclusive revealed SyFy's plans for ''Blood and Chrome'', detailing the pilot episode's division into ten shorter episodes to be aired on Machinima's YouTube channel, [http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime Machinima Prime], beginning Friday, November 9, 2012. The additional seven to twelve minute episodes would be released in the following four weeks, with the complete pilot episode airing on SyFy in January of 2013. <ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/05/battlestar-galactica-prequel-date/</ref> On 7 November 2012, Machinima Prime released a clip from ''Blood and Chrome'' featuring a short scene from the episode. <ref>http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-Chrome-Clip-Shows-Young-Adama-Viper-Maneuvering-Skills-49086.html</ref> An unrated, uncut Blu-ray and DVD version of the pilot episode was announced on 8 November 2012, with a 19 February 2013 release date. As announced, the Blu-ray and DVD will include deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes documentary, “Blood & Chrome: Visual Effects”. <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-Chrome-Blu-ray/dp/B00A3718IS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1352428671&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+and+chrome</ref> The announcement coincided with the release of another teaser trailer featuring additional footage from ''Blood and Chrome''. <ref>http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-and-Chrome-Blu-ray-Release-Date-New-Trailer-and-Clip/11589</ref>

On 9 November 2012, [http://www.cgsociety.org/ CGSociety] published an an interview with VFX supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]] detailing the creation of ''Blood and Chrome'' and its 1,800 CGI shots. The article stated that ''Blood and Chrome'' carried a budget of $2 million. <ref>http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/battlestar_galactica_blood_chrome</ref>

Producer David Eick described the "unfortunate rap" ''Blood and Chrome'' had received from the long and confused post-production phase in an interview with the LA Times the day parts I & II premiered: "What became public perception was that we were doing a pilot for Syfy channel. Then when Syfy ultimately decided that it was so cool and so tailor-made for exactly the kind of experiment that we initially planned, that came off as ‘Oh, Syfy made a ''Battlestar'' pilot but they’re punting it and not gonna air it.’ And that’s just not how it came down at all — it just went right back to the original plan.”<ref>http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/11/09/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-online-on-purpose/</ref>

Regarding the future of ''Blood and Chrome'', Eick stated that he, [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]] and Jonas Pate had "hatched a next mission". <ref>http://www.tvovermind.com/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-david-eick-sets-the-record-straight/</ref>

== Plot ==
[[File:Battlestar Galactica - Blood And Chrome Appearence.png|left|250px|thumb|A dorsal view of [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] as it appeared in the [[First Cylon War]] and [[Blood and Chrome|''Blood and Chrome'']]. Note the large array of gun turrets, armour plating and decal on the ship compared to the re-imagined series.]]
According to co-creator and executive producer Michael Taylor, ''Blood and Chrome'' is "about a young man's [William Adama] initiation into war: both the realities of war as fought by soldiers on the ground (and in [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestars]] and [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]]), and the somewhat less real version portrayed in the media."

Further, Taylor pointed out that the scope of the series "isn't confined to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. Far from it. It's a story that will take us to new corners of the ''Battlestar'' world (or [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|worlds]]), and yet it aims to be a very contemporary war movie in a lot of ways. I would say I'm thinking as much of [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and [[w:Iraq|Iraq]]--the reality of ''[[w:The Hurt Locker|[The] Hurt Locker]]'', [[w:Sebastian Junger|Sebastian Junger]]'s ''[[w:Restrepo (film)|Restrepo]]'', and similar movies--as I am about about the largely implied past of ''Battlestar''."

''Blood and Chrome'' was also meant to feature adult situations as, according to Taylor, the series will not "[shy] away from R-rated blood and guts and sex" due to it being initially meant for online consumption. As was the case with ''[[The Plan]]'', an unrated, uncut version of ''Blood and Chrome'' will appear on Blu-ray and DVD while the webseries and television movie versions will be edited for time and content.

== Cast ==

* [[Luke Pasqualino]] as pilot [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]]<ref name="AdamaCasting"/><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Ben Cotton]] as Raptor ECO [[Coker Fasjovik]]<ref name="AdamaCasting"/><ref name="B&CFilmingBegins"/>
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Captain [[Deke Tornvald|Deke "Minute Man" Tornvald]]<ref>Mike Dopud's casting was first confirmed via [http://twitter.com/#!/dopudmike his Twitter feed].</ref>
* [[Brian Markinson]] as Commander [[Silas Nash]]
* [[Lili Bordán]] as computer scientist Dr. [[Beka Kelly]]<ref>[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/25/battlestar-movie-will-introduce-beka-kelly-an-enigmatic-software-genius/ Hero Complex article]</ref><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Zak Santiago]] as pilot [[Armin Diaz|Armin "High Top" Diaz]]
* [[Carmen Moore]] as Raptor pilot/ECO [[Nina Leotie]]
* [[Karen LeBlanc]] as Raptor pilot [[Jenna]]
* [[Adrian Holmes]] as pilot [[Decklan Elias]]
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Tactical Officer on ''[[Osiris]]''
* [[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as [[Xander Toth]]
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Jim Kirby |Jim "Sunshine" Kirby]]
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as ''[[Osiris]]'' Marine Sergeant
* [[Tom Stevens]] as Marine [[Baris]]
* [[Jordan Weller]] as [[Seamus Fahey]]
* [[Jill Teed]] as Commander [[Ozar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Cylon_Models#Inorganic_Humanoids|Cylon Prototype]] (voice)

== Crew ==

* Written by [[Michael Taylor]]
* Story by [[David Eick]], [[Bradley Thompson]] and [[David Weddle]]
* Directed by [[Jonas Pate]]

== References ==

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<ref name="OnlineReleasing">{{cite_web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/05/battlestar-galactica-prequel-date/|title='Battlestar Galactica' prequel being released online Friday -- EXCLUSIVE|date=5 November 2012|accessdate=5 November 2012|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>

<ref name="greenlit">[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/22/syfy-greenlights-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/69283 Syfy Greenlights "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome"], ''TV By the Numbers'', October 22, 2010</ref>

<ref name="AdamaCasting">[http://blastr.com/2011/01/young-william-adama-cast.php Blastr.com Article on Adama Casting]</ref>

<ref name="B&CFilmingBegins">[http://blastr.com/2011/02/filming-begins-on-battles.php Blastr.com Article on Production Starting]</ref>}}

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'''''Blood and Chrome''''' (also known as '''''Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome''''') is a webisode series that follows the exploits of a young [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] ([[Luke Pasqualino]]), [[Coker Fasjovik]] ([[Ben Cotton]]), and Dr. [[Beka Kelly]] ([[Lili Bordán]]) during the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]].

''Blood and Chrome'' is a sequel to ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' and a prequel to the [[Re-imagined Series]].<ref name="greenlit"/> On the condition that it performed to expectations, it would act as a "backdoor pilot" (much like the [[Miniseries]]) for a future series, to be aired either online or through the traditional television route.

The produced story is split into ten parts, each between seven to twelve minutes in length, debuting on Machinima's YouTube channel, [http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime Machinima Prime], starting Friday, November 9, 2012. Additional parts will be aired over the following four weeks.<ref name="OnlineReleasing"/>

Unlike previous installments in the [[Re-imagined Series]] universe, [[Ron D. Moore]] was not involved in this production due to his development contract with Sony Pictures. However, many of the creative personnel who worked on ''Blood and Chrome'' have worked on both the Re-imagined Series and its prequel ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', including [[Michael Taylor]], [[Doug Drexler]], [[Glenne Campbell]], [[David Eick]], [[Bradley Thompson]], [[David Weddle]], and [[Jonas Pate]].

== Production History ==
''Blood and Chrome'' was officially announced on 27 July 2010 by [[Syfy Channel]] executive vice president of programming Mark Stern as a 10-part webseries using "cutting-edge digital technology and special effects to depict the [[Cylon War]]" and following a young [[William Adama]]. <ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/07/battlestar-galactica.html</ref> The plan called for the production of a two-hour pilot written by ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' vet [[Michael Taylor]] directed by then co-executive producer of ''Caprica'' [[Jonas Pate]] for release online as a 10-part webseries. It was also revealed that the series would be shot on green screen and utilize computer-generated virtual sets.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/three-drama-pilots-land-directors/|title=Deadline.com: Four Drama Pilots Land Director|date=22 November 2010|accessdate=23 November 2010|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|format=|language=}}</ref>

In October 2010 it was announced that ''Blood and Chrome'' would be upgraded from webseries to "full-blown pilot for a series" based on positive reception of Michael Taylor's script.<ref>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/10/22/syfy-adama-blood-and-chrome</ref> The announcement prompted speculation that ''Blood and Chrome'' was intended to replace ratings troubled ''Caprica'' which was currently airing on SyFy. In an interview with [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tv/ Maureen Ryan at Huffpost TV] Mark Stern denied this saying, "if anything, ''Blood & Chrome'' going to series would only be a great opportunity to pair it with ''Caprica''."<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/23/mailbag-why-wont-syfys-mark-stern-just-admit-caprica-is-cancelled/69367/</ref> ''Caprica'' was canceled by SyFy four days later on 27 October 2010.<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960/</ref>

On 25 October 2010, [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/ LA Times Hero Complex] published an interview with co-creator and producer [[David Eick]] discussing ''Blood and Chrome'' and its new characters, particularly [[Beka Kelly]]. In the interview, Eick also elaborated on the series' placement relative to ''Caprica'' and joked about [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s lack of involvement in the show's creation. <ref>http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/25/battlestar-movie-will-introduce-beka-kelly-an-enigmatic-software-genius/</ref>

In a 11 November 2011 radio interview, actor [[Nico Cortez]] - who had previously played William Adama in the [[Razor Flashbacks]], also written by Michael Taylor - expressed interest in reprising the role in ''Blood and Chrome''.<ref>http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8027/nico-cortez-bring-me-back-to-battlestar.html</ref>

On 20 December 2010, concept artwork appeared on SyFy's website [http://blastr.com blastr] depicting the ''[[Wild Weasel]]'' [[Raptor]], an apparent [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]]-human hybrid, a snowy battle scene, and a possible design for a new [[Cylon Centurion]]. The artwork also included a glimpse of a Cylon snake called a "Cython".<ref>http://blastr.com/2010/12/-concept-art-from-battles1s.php#4</ref>

[[Image:Green screen CIC, BAC.jpg|thumb|Green screen stage with minimal set pieces representing the ''Galactica'' CIC.]]

By 26 January 2011 the casting of [[Luke Pasqualino]] as Ensign [[William Adama]] and [[Ben Cotton]] as [[ECO]] [[Coker Fasjovik]] was announced.<ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/26/battlestar-galactica-blood-chorme-cast/</ref> The following month on 10 February 2011, it was reported that [[Lili Bordán]] had been cast as Beka Kelly, revealed to be "a Ph.D. who worked for [[Graystone Industries]]." <ref>http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/10/new-character-ties-blood-chrome-to-caprica</ref> Other casting additions included ''Caprica'' stars [[Brian Markinson]], [[Zak Santiago]], [[Carmen Moore]], and [[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as characters unrelated to their previous roles. <ref>http://www.zimbio.com/Esai+Morales/articles/RrV969BHXVG/Esai+Morales+Fairly+Legal+Brian+Markinson</ref><ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a336637/caprica-star-john-pyper-ferguson-for-alphas-finale.html</ref>

On 2 February 2011, Mark Stern published a photo of a production meeting for ''Blood and Chrome'' showing David Eick and many other crew members on the set of SyFy's ''[[Wikipedia: Eureka (U.S. TV series)|Eureka]]''.<ref>http://twitter.com/stern3000/status/32978506933604352</ref> As of 10 February 2011, production had begun on the pilot on green screen stages in [[Wikipedia: Vancouver|Vancouver]], [[Wikipedia: British Columbia|British Columbia]].<ref name=B&CFilmingBegins>[http://blastr.com/2011/02/filming-begins-on-battles.php Blastr.com Article on Production Starting]</ref> On 13 February 2011, several photos appeared on [https://twitter.com/carmenmoore1 Carmen Moore's Twitter feed] showing the actress with castmates [[Karen LeBlanc]] and [[Adrian Holmes]] in costume.<ref>http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/battlestar_galactica_reboot_starring_karen_leblanc_adrian_holmes_likely_hea</ref> The photos were subsequently removed.<ref>http://www.geekweek.com/2011/02/first-look-set-pics-from-the-battlestar-galactica-spinoff.html</ref>

In a 21 July 2011 interview, Lili Bordán suggested that ''Blood and Chrome'' could be presented in 3-D<ref>[http://airlockalpha.com/node/8619/new-syfy-battlestar-series-could-be-presented-in-3-d.html Airlock Alpha 3-D]</ref>

In August 2011, Mark Stern revealed at the 2011 [[Wikipedia: San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] that ''Blood and Chrome'' was still a work in progress, with many VFX shots still incomplete and a release date yet to be determined. Stern also stated that while executives had seen a rough-cut of the pilot, SyFy was still weighing whether to release the series on television or online. <ref>http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/22/battlestar-jamie-bamber-caprica-blood-and-chrome/</ref>

On 12 November 2011, [[Doug Drexler]] reported that all VFX work on ''Blood and Chrome'' had been completed.<ref>http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/update-on-the-update-time-to-get-the-mains-back-on-line/</ref> A month later, Drexler indicated that a decision regarding the fate of the series would be made around February 2012.<ref>http://trekweb.com/articles/2011/12/17/Doug-Drexler-Gives-an-Update-on-Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-and-Chrome-TV-Series.shtml</ref>

On 21 March 2012, an unofficial teaser trailer for ''Blood and Chrome'' began appearing on YouTube, however [[Wikipedia:NBCUniversal|NBCUniversal]] quickly ordered its removal. At that time, several sources revealed that the project would not be moving forward as a TV series on SyFy, but could still be viable as a webseries. It was also stated that the pilot episode could air on SyFy as a standalone television movie <ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-cancelled-syfy/ Deadline article]</ref><ref>http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/21/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-not-moving-ahead-as-a-tv-show/ Bleeding cool article]</ref><ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/battlestar_galactica_blood_chrome/303087 Eonline article]</ref>

While promoting her work on the animated series ''[[Wikipedia: TRON: Uprising|TRON: Uprising]]'', [[Number Six]] actress [[Tricia Helfer]] hinted at her involvement in ''Blood and Chrome'', saying "I can't really say without giving away a little surprise, possibly, except to say ''maybe'' [there's] a little something I had to do with it." She also expressed her excitement at having seen the leaked teaser.<ref>http://www.theinsider.com/tv/52289_Tricia_Helfer_Reveals_Battlestar_Galactica_Blood_Chrome_Spoiler/index.html</ref>

[[Bear McCreary]] announced on 18 February 2012 that he had recently finished scoring the two-hour ''Blood and Chrome'' pilot. <ref>https://www.facebook.com/bearmccreary/posts/277729248966624</ref>

[[File:Luke Pasqualino.jpg||thumb|Early promotional image released 5 November 12 featuring Luke Pasqualino as Ensign William Adama.]]

On 5 November 2012, an Entertainment Weekly exclusive revealed SyFy's plans for ''Blood and Chrome'', detailing the pilot episode's division into ten shorter episodes to be aired on Machinima's YouTube channel, [http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime Machinima Prime], beginning Friday, November 9, 2012. The additional seven to twelve minute episodes would be released in the following four weeks, with the complete pilot episode airing on SyFy in January of 2013. <ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/05/battlestar-galactica-prequel-date/</ref> On 7 November 2012, Machinima Prime released a clip from ''Blood and Chrome'' featuring a short scene from the episode. <ref>http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-Chrome-Clip-Shows-Young-Adama-Viper-Maneuvering-Skills-49086.html</ref> An unrated, uncut Blu-ray and DVD version of the pilot episode was announced on 8 November 2012, with a 19 February 2013 release date. As announced, the Blu-ray and DVD will include deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes documentary, “Blood & Chrome: Visual Effects”. <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-Chrome-Blu-ray/dp/B00A3718IS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1352428671&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+and+chrome</ref> The announcement coincided with the release of another teaser trailer featuring additional footage from ''Blood and Chrome''. <ref>http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-and-Chrome-Blu-ray-Release-Date-New-Trailer-and-Clip/11589</ref>

On 9 November 2012, [http://www.cgsociety.org/ CGSociety] published an an interview with VFX supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]] detailing the creation of ''Blood and Chrome'' and its 1,800 CGI shots. The article stated that ''Blood and Chrome'' carried a budget of $2 million. <ref>http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/battlestar_galactica_blood_chrome</ref>

Producer David Eick described the "unfortunate rap" ''Blood and Chrome'' had received from the long and confused post-production phase in an interview with the LA Times the day parts I & II premiered: "What became public perception was that we were doing a pilot for Syfy channel. Then when Syfy ultimately decided that it was so cool and so tailor-made for exactly the kind of experiment that we initially planned, that came off as ‘Oh, Syfy made a ''Battlestar'' pilot but they’re punting it and not gonna air it.’ And that’s just not how it came down at all — it just went right back to the original plan.”<ref>http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/11/09/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-online-on-purpose/</ref>

Regarding the future of ''Blood and Chrome'', Eick stated that he, [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]] and Jonas Pate had "hatched a next mission". <ref>http://www.tvovermind.com/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-david-eick-sets-the-record-straight/</ref>

== Plot ==
[[File:Battlestar Galactica - Blood And Chrome Appearence.png|left|250px|thumb|A dorsal view of [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] as it appeared in the [[First Cylon War]] and [[Blood and Chrome|''Blood and Chrome'']]. Note the large array of gun turrets, armour plating and decal on the ship compared to the re-imagined series.]]
According to co-creator and executive producer Michael Taylor, ''Blood and Chrome'' is "about a young man's [William Adama] initiation into war: both the realities of war as fought by soldiers on the ground (and in [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestars]] and [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]]), and the somewhat less real version portrayed in the media."

Further, Taylor pointed out that the scope of the series "isn't confined to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. Far from it. It's a story that will take us to new corners of the ''Battlestar'' world (or [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|worlds]]), and yet it aims to be a very contemporary war movie in a lot of ways. I would say I'm thinking as much of [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and [[w:Iraq|Iraq]]--the reality of ''[[w:The Hurt Locker|[The] Hurt Locker]]'', [[w:Sebastian Junger|Sebastian Junger]]'s ''[[w:Restrepo (film)|Restrepo]]'', and similar movies--as I am about about the largely implied past of ''Battlestar''."

''Blood and Chrome'' was also meant to feature adult situations as, according to Taylor, the series will not "[shy] away from R-rated blood and guts and sex" due to it being initially meant for online consumption. As was the case with ''[[The Plan]]'', an unrated, uncut version of ''Blood and Chrome'' will appear on Blu-ray and DVD while the webseries and television movie versions will be edited for time and content.

== Cast ==

* [[Luke Pasqualino]] as pilot [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]]<ref name=AdamaCasting>[http://blastr.com/2011/01/young-william-adama-cast.php Blastr.com Article on Adama Casting]</ref><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Ben Cotton]] as Raptor ECO [[Coker Fasjovik]]<ref name=AdamaCasting/><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Captain [[Deke Tornvald|Deke "Minute Man" Tornvald]]<ref>Mike Dopud's casting was first confirmed via [http://twitter.com/#!/dopudmike his Twitter feed].</ref>
* [[Brian Markinson]] as Commander [[Silas Nash]]
* [[Lili Bordán]] as computer scientist Dr. [[Beka Kelly]]<ref>[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/25/battlestar-movie-will-introduce-beka-kelly-an-enigmatic-software-genius/ Hero Complex article]</ref><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Zak Santiago]] as pilot [[Armin Diaz|Armin "High Top" Diaz]]
* [[Carmen Moore]] as Raptor pilot/ECO [[Nina Leotie]]
* [[Karen LeBlanc]] as Raptor pilot [[Jenna]]
* [[Adrian Holmes]] as pilot [[Decklan Elias]]
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Tactical Officer on ''[[Osiris]]''
* [[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as [[Xander Toth]]
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Jim Kirby |Jim "Sunshine" Kirby]]
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as ''[[Osiris]]'' Marine Sergeant
* [[Tom Stevens]] as Marine [[Baris]]
* [[Jordan Weller]] as [[Seamus Fahey]]
* [[Jill Teed]] as Commander [[Ozar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Cylon_Models#Inorganic_Humanoids|Cylon Prototype]] (voice)

== Crew ==

* Written by [[Michael Taylor]]
* Story by [[David Eick]], [[Bradley Thompson]] and [[David Weddle]]
* Directed by [[Jonas Pate]]

== References ==

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<ref name="greenlit">[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/22/syfy-greenlights-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/69283 Syfy Greenlights "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome"], ''TV By the Numbers'', October 22, 2010</ref>}}

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{{Battle Data
| name=Battle of New Caprica
| image=BONC.jpg
| description=
| conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
| date=
| place=Near [[New Caprica]] space; on New Caprica
| result=Strategic [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] victory Abandonment of [[New Caprica]] Collapse of the [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] administration Capture of [[Hera Agathon]] by [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] Destruction of battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
| combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
| combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
| co1=Admiral [[William Adama]] Commander [[Lee Adama]] Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] [[Laura Roslin]]
| co2=[[Basestar command]] [[Cylon Occupation Authority]]
| strength1=Battlestars ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and '' [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] and [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], [[New Caprica Resistance]] and Colonial [[Marines]]
| strength2=Four [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s, ground occupation forces and associated [[Cylon Centurion]]s
| shiploss1=Battlestar ''Pegasus'', several civilian ships, heavy damage to ''Galactica''
| shiploss2=Two basestars, another basestar destroyed or seriously damaged
| casualties1=Approximately 2,592<ref name="SurvivorCount"/> 
| casualties2=Unknown, Heavy
| prev=[[Rescue on Caprica]]
| next=[[Battle of NCD2539]]
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The '''Battle of New Caprica''' was a combat engagement fought between Colonial and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] forces on and near the planet [[New Caprica]].

''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' launches a daring mission to occupy the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces']] attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escape from Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]].

Prior to the battle, Admiral [[William Adama]] makes contact with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], and later deploys a [[Raptor]], Lt. [[Sharon Agathon]] commanding, to coordinate a plan to liberate the colonists from the planet safely during the Colonial offensive. Agathon uses her [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon heritage]] to retrieve the Colonial civilan ships' [[launch key]]s from a secured Cylon building, while [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] train the colonists in "fire drills," meant to show readiness to the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]] in the event of a natural disaster, but in reality has prepared the colonists to escape to any Colonial ship to leave the planet and the Cylons.

Admiral Adama begins the offensive with an elaborate plan that relies on a squadron of [[Raptor]]s, escorted by [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and together designated [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], to fire a series of [[swallow]]s that collectively mimic the EM signatures of his two Colonial battlestars. After firing the swallows, the Raptors retreat, luring several [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] further from the planet. The Cylons are deceived temporarily by the false readings.

On [[New Caprica]], Samuel Anders and the resistance team detonate dozens of bombs in key Cylon structures as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuate per their fire-drill training, but escape to the various grounded ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], which prepare their engines and [[FTL]] drives to depart. Many people become pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] fire.

Admiral Adama performs an extremely risky move. He orders ''Galactica'' to conduct an intra-atmosphere [[FTL]] jump, escaping the detection of the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] in orbit. While in freefall, it launches [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. The [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] perform hit-and-run attacks on Cylons on the ground and in [[Guard towers|observation towers]], and interdict the few Raiders operating near the surface. Blue Squadron destroys the main gates of the civilian shipyard to allow access and escape. Before ''Galactica'' impacts the surface, it performs a second jump back into space. Stress from the vibration and ionized gases from reentry heavily tax the structure of the battlestar.

Soon, the two basestars engage ''Galactica'' without any fighter support, their Raiders engaged elsewhere. ''Galactica''’s mission analysis had predicted that only two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] would engage. However, two more basestars jump into the vicinity to attack the battlestar.

With the Vipers destroying targets on the ground and in the air in vicinity of New Caprica City, the civilians previously pinned down are able to board their ships. Simultaneously, Colonial [[Marines]] and resistance members assault the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]], freeing [[Kara Thrace]] and other detainees.

The Cylons in charge on the ground begin their retreat, escaping in a Heavy Raider as they task a [[Number Three]] with setting off a nuclear detonation to "clean up."

In the four-baseship assault, ''Galactica's'' FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters are disabled, and the port side of the ship reaches its structural limits. Upon hearing that the FTL drive is disabled, Admiral Adama is resigned to imminent destruction when battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', against orders, appears and joins the attack. The [[Mercury class battlestar]]'s forward [[battery|batteries]] score several direct hits against one of the attacking basestars, forcing it to retreat from the battle. On the surface, most of the civilian ships become airborne and jump away.

Commander [[Lee Adama]] directs ''Pegasus'' to a position between the basestars targeting ''Galactica'', in an effort to draw fire away from her. Admiral Adama infers from the absence of Vipers from ''Pegasus'' that its Vipers are guarding the remaining ships of the Fleet at the rendezvous point and that ''Pegasus'' is on a one-way trip. While ''Pegasus'' endures serious bombardment, ''Galactica'' is able to bring its FTL drive back on line, retrieves her Vipers, and escapes.

With ''Pegasus'' taking mortal damage, Commander Adama orders all to abandon ship (using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle) setting all weapons to auto-fire and directing the ship on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The dying battlestar then takes another round of hits as she collides with an unfortunate basestar, blasting both to pieces. As the vessels break apart, the force of the explosion throws ''Pegasus's'' starboard flight pod in the direction of another basestar, caught in the wrong spot at the wrong time. After clearing away a few unfortunate raiders caught in its path, the debris strikes the basestar almost dead on center, effectively destroying it, and ending the battle.

''[[Colonial One]]'' is the last Colonial ship to leave the planet. On the surface, the Cylons' planned nuclear detonation (which would be of questionable tactical value now that the Colonials have left the planet) does not occur, due to the unexpected recovery of the infant [[Hera Agathon]] by Number Three ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

==Aftermath and Impact==
The battle was strategically a victory for the Colonials, but it didn't come without loses and consequences. ''Pegasus'' was destroyed in the battle, depriving the Fleet of their most powerful battlestar. Also with its destruction, the Fleet lost the ability to build new Vipers to replace destroyed old ones as the manufacturing facility was on that ship. ''Galactica'' took near-crippling damage, the effects of which were felt by the old battlestar for the rest of its life. The damage was never fully repaired and it was said to be so much that the ship would need "six weeks in dry dock just to bang out the dents let alone tackle the structural damage" indicating that it took very severe damage.

It is later revealed that 5,197 New Caprican colonists were left behind, killed or otherwise missing ([[Crossroads, Part I]]), and that the Fleet also suffered the loss of a handful of vessels in the escape, leaving many without a home. These Colonials later found semi-permanent housing in ''Galactica's'' unused starboard flight pod, forming "Camp Oil Slick", and later, "Dogsville", in the hangar bay of the flight pod. This led to overcrowded conditions, along with food and medical shortages, forcing many into gang like groups in order to secure supplies.

Hera Agathon and Gaius Baltar ended up in the hands of the Cylons giving the Cylons the human-Cylon hybrid baby they wanted and Baltar's information about how to find Earth. Hera was rescued by her mother with the help of Caprica Six after learning of Hera's survival from Boomer who was assigned to take care of her and Gaius Baltar was captured by Chief Galen Tyrol during the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]], but the Cylons were able to make headway on finding Earth thanks to Baltar's help. Also ''Galactica's'' structural damage from this battle added to the stress the old ship had already had thrown upon her and contributed greatly to the need to abandon ship 18 months later.

After being poisoned by her husband for colluding with the Cylons, [[Ellen Tigh]] downloads into a new body on a [[Resurrection Ship]], and remains Cavil's prisoner for 18 months. There she is constantly pestered by a [[Number 1]] after he is dismayed that things aren't going according to his "plan". She is about to be operated on by Cavil after the [[Resurrection Hub]] is destroyed by a force of Colonials and Rebel Cylons, when Boomer sneaks her into a Raptor and escapes the baseship for the Colonial Fleet.

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== Battle Imagery ==
=== Raptors and Vipers ===
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=== ''Galactica'''s Surprise Attack ===
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=== ''Pegasus’s'' Suicide Run ===
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2013-01-23T15:47:08Z

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{{Battle Data
| name=Battle of New Caprica
| image=BONC.jpg
| description=
| conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
| date=
| place=Near [[New Caprica]] space; on New Caprica
| result=Strategic [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] victory Abandonment of [[New Caprica]] Collapse of the [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] administration Capture of [[Hera Agathon]] by [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] Destruction of battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
| combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
| combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
| co1=Admiral [[William Adama]] Commander [[Lee Adama]] Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] [[Laura Roslin]]
| co2=[[Basestar command]] [[Cylon Occupation Authority]]
| strength1=Battlestars ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and '' [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] and [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], [[New Caprica Resistance]] and Colonial [[Marines]]
| strength2=Four [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s, ground occupation forces and associated [[Cylon Centurion]]s
| shiploss1=Battlestar ''Pegasus'', several civilian ships, heavy damage to ''Galactica''
| shiploss2=Two basestars, another basestar destroyed or seriously damaged
| casualties1=Approximately 2,592<ref name="SurvivorCount"/> 
| casualties2=Unknown, Heavy
| prev=[[Rescue on Caprica]]
| next=[[Battle of NCD2539]]
| series=RDM
}}
The '''Battle of New Caprica''' was a combat engagement fought between Colonial and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] forces on and near the planet [[New Caprica]].

''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' launches a daring mission to occupy the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces']] attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escape from Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]].

Prior to the battle, Admiral [[William Adama]] makes contact with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], and later deploys a [[Raptor]], Lt. [[Sharon Agathon]] commanding, to coordinate a plan to liberate the colonists from the planet safely during the Colonial offensive. Agathon uses her [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon heritage]] to retrieve the Colonial civilan ships' [[launch key]]s from a secured Cylon building, while [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] train the colonists in "fire drills," meant to show readiness to the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]] in the event of a natural disaster, but in reality has prepared the colonists to escape to any Colonial ship to leave the planet and the Cylons.

Admiral Adama begins the offensive with an elaborate plan that relies on a squadron of [[Raptor]]s, escorted by [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and together designated [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], to fire a series of [[swallow]]s that collectively mimic the EM signatures of his two Colonial battlestars. After firing the swallows, the Raptors retreat, luring several [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] further from the planet. The Cylons are deceived temporarily by the false readings.

On [[New Caprica]], Samuel Anders and the resistance team detonate dozens of bombs in key Cylon structures as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuate per their fire-drill training, but escape to the various grounded ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], which prepare their engines and [[FTL]] drives to depart. Many people become pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] fire.

Admiral Adama performs an extremely risky move. He orders ''Galactica'' to conduct an intra-atmosphere [[FTL]] jump, escaping the detection of the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] in orbit. While in freefall, it launches [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. The [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] perform hit-and-run attacks on Cylons on the ground and in [[Guard towers|observation towers]], and interdict the few Raiders operating near the surface. Blue Squadron destroys the main gates of the civilian shipyard to allow access and escape. Before ''Galactica'' impacts the surface, it performs a second jump back into space. Stress from the vibration and ionized gases from reentry heavily tax the structure of the battlestar.

Soon, the two basestars engage ''Galactica'' without any fighter support, their Raiders engaged elsewhere. ''Galactica''’s mission analysis had predicted that only two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] would engage. However, two more basestars jump into the vicinity to attack the battlestar.

With the Vipers destroying targets on the ground and in the air in vicinity of New Caprica City, the civilians previously pinned down are able to board their ships. Simultaneously, Colonial [[Marines]] and resistance members assault the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]], freeing [[Kara Thrace]] and other detainees.

The Cylons in charge on the ground begin their retreat, escaping in a Heavy Raider as they task a [[Number Three]] with setting off a nuclear detonation to "clean up."

In the four-baseship assault, ''Galactica's'' FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters are disabled, and the port side of the ship reaches its structural limits. Upon hearing that the FTL drive is disabled, Admiral Adama is resigned to imminent destruction when battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', against orders, appears and joins the attack. The [[Mercury class battlestar]]'s forward [[battery|batteries]] score several direct hits against one of the attacking basestars, forcing it to retreat from the battle. On the surface, most of the civilian ships become airborne and jump away.

Commander [[Lee Adama]] directs ''Pegasus'' to a position between the basestars targeting ''Galactica'', in an effort to draw fire away from her. Admiral Adama infers from the absence of Vipers from ''Pegasus'' that its Vipers are guarding the remaining ships of the Fleet at the rendezvous point and that ''Pegasus'' is on a one-way trip. While ''Pegasus'' endures serious bombardment, ''Galactica'' is able to bring its FTL drive back on line, retrieves her Vipers, and escapes.

With ''Pegasus'' taking mortal damage, Commander Adama orders all to abandon ship (using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle) setting all weapons to auto-fire and directing the ship on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The dying battlestar then takes another round of hits as she collides with an unfortunate basestar, blasting both to pieces. As the vessels break apart, the force of the explosion throws ''Pegasus's'' starboard flight pod in the direction of another basestar, caught in the wrong spot at the wrong time. After clearing away a few unfortunate raiders caught in its path, the debris strikes the basestar almost dead on center, effectively destroying it, and ending the battle.

''[[Colonial One]]'' is the last Colonial ship to leave the planet. On the surface, the Cylons' planned nuclear detonation (which would be of questionable tactical value now that the Colonials have left the planet) does not occur, due to the unexpected recovery of the infant [[Hera Agathon]] by Number Three ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

==Aftermath and Impact==
The battle was strategically a victory for the Colonials, but it didn't come without loses and consequences. ''Pegasus'' was destroyed in the battle, depriving the Fleet of their most powerful battlestar. Also with its destruction, the Fleet lost the ability to build new Vipers to replace destroyed old ones as the manufacturing facility was on that ship. ''Galactica'' took near-crippling damage, the effects of which were felt by the old battlestar for the rest of its life. The damage was never fully repaired and it was said to be so much that the ship would need "six weeks in dry dock just to bang out the dents let alone tackle the structural damage" indicating that it took very severe damage.

It is later revealed that 5,197 New Caprican colonists were left behind, killed or otherwise missing ([[Crossroads, Part I]]), and that the Fleet also suffered the loss of a handful of vessels in the escape, leaving many without a home. These Colonials later found semi-permanent housing in ''Galactica's'' unused starboard flight pod, forming "Camp Oil Slick", and later, "Dogsville", in the hangar bay of the flight pod. This led to overcrowded conditions, along with food and medical shortages, forcing many into gang like groups in order to secure supplies.

Hera Agathon and Gaius Baltar ended up in the hands of the Cylons giving the Cylons the human-Cylon hybrid baby they wanted and Baltar's information about how to find Earth. Hera was rescued by her mother with the help of Caprica Six after learning of Hera's survival from Boomer who was assigned to take care of her and Gaius Baltar was captured by Chief Galen Tyrol during the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]], but the Cylons were able to make headway on finding Earth thanks to Baltar's help. Also ''Galactica's'' structural damage from this battle added to the stress the old ship had already had thrown upon her and contributed greatly to the need to abandon ship 18 months later.

After being poisoned by her husband for colluding with the Cylons, [[Ellen Tigh]] downloads into a new body on a [[Resurrection Ship]], and remains Cavil's prisoner for 18 months. There she is constantly pestered by a [[Number 1]] after he is dismayed that things aren't going according to his "plan". She is about to be operated on by Cavil after the [[Resurrection Hub]] is destroyed by a force of Colonials and Rebel Cylons, when Boomer sneaks her into a Raptor and escapes the baseship for the Colonial Fleet.

__NOTOC__

== Battle Imagery ==
=== Raptors and Vipers ===
<gallery>
Image:Vipers_and_Raptors_placing_decoys.jpg|
Image:Raptor_Decoys_Away.jpg|
Image:Raptor_Decoys_Away_(2).jpg|
Image:Raptor_Decoys_Away_(3).jpg|
</gallery>
=== ''Galactica'''s Surprise Attack ===
<gallery>
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere.jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_(2).jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_(3).jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_FTLing.jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_FTLing_(2).jpg|
</gallery>
=== ''Pegasus’s'' Suicide Run ===
<gallery>
Image:Pegaus firing forward batteries.jpg
Image:Pegaus Raptors Leaving.jpg
Image:Pegaus taking a beating.jpg
Image:Pegaus_Ram.jpg|
Image:Pegaus_Ram_(2).jpg|
Image:Pegaus_Ram_(3).jpg|
Image:Pegasusflightpod.jpg|
Image:Pegasusbaseshipsremains.jpg|
</gallery>

{{WikiFrakr|article=Battle of Nu Craprica}}

==References==
{{reflist|<ref name="SurvivorCount"/>This number is calculated from all available population data. See [[Survivor count]] for the details.</ref>}}

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[[Category:Colonial Battles]]
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[[de:Schlacht von Neu Caprica]]
[[zh:新卡布里卡之战]]

Battle of New Caprica

2013-01-23T15:43:23Z

Starkiller: /* References */

{{Battle Data
| name=Battle of New Caprica
| image=BONC.jpg
| description=
| conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
| date=
| place=Near [[New Caprica]] space; on New Caprica
| result=Strategic [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonial]] victory Abandonment of [[New Caprica]] Collapse of the [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] administration Capture of [[Hera Agathon]] by [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] Destruction of battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
| combatant1=Remnants of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
| combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
| co1=Admiral [[William Adama]] Commander [[Lee Adama]] Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] [[Laura Roslin]]
| co2=[[Basestar command]] [[Cylon Occupation Authority]]
| strength1=Battlestars ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and '' [[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] and [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], [[New Caprica Resistance]] and Colonial [[Marines]]
| strength2=Four [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], associated [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Heavy Raider]]s, ground occupation forces and associated [[Cylon Centurion]]s
| shiploss1=Battlestar ''Pegasus'', several civilian ships, heavy damage to ''Galactica''
| shiploss2=Two basestars, another basestar destroyed or seriously damaged
| casualties1=Approximately 2,592<ref>This number is calculated from all available population data. See [[Survivor count]] for the details.</ref> 
| casualties2=Unknown, Heavy
| prev=[[Rescue on Caprica]]
| next=[[Battle of NCD2539]]
| series=RDM
}}
The '''Battle of New Caprica''' was a combat engagement fought between Colonial and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] forces on and near the planet [[New Caprica]].

''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' launches a daring mission to occupy the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces']] attention as the majority of the Colonial citizens escape from Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]].

Prior to the battle, Admiral [[William Adama]] makes contact with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], and later deploys a [[Raptor]], Lt. [[Sharon Agathon]] commanding, to coordinate a plan to liberate the colonists from the planet safely during the Colonial offensive. Agathon uses her [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon heritage]] to retrieve the Colonial civilan ships' [[launch key]]s from a secured Cylon building, while [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] train the colonists in "fire drills," meant to show readiness to the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]] in the event of a natural disaster, but in reality has prepared the colonists to escape to any Colonial ship to leave the planet and the Cylons.

Admiral Adama begins the offensive with an elaborate plan that relies on a squadron of [[Raptor]]s, escorted by [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] and together designated [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], to fire a series of [[swallow]]s that collectively mimic the EM signatures of his two Colonial battlestars. After firing the swallows, the Raptors retreat, luring several [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] further from the planet. The Cylons are deceived temporarily by the false readings.

On [[New Caprica]], Samuel Anders and the resistance team detonate dozens of bombs in key Cylon structures as a feigned attack by Colonial forces. The people evacuate per their fire-drill training, but escape to the various grounded ships of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], which prepare their engines and [[FTL]] drives to depart. Many people become pinned down by [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] fire.

Admiral Adama performs an extremely risky move. He orders ''Galactica'' to conduct an intra-atmosphere [[FTL]] jump, escaping the detection of the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] in orbit. While in freefall, it launches [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]]. The [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] perform hit-and-run attacks on Cylons on the ground and in [[Guard towers|observation towers]], and interdict the few Raiders operating near the surface. Blue Squadron destroys the main gates of the civilian shipyard to allow access and escape. Before ''Galactica'' impacts the surface, it performs a second jump back into space. Stress from the vibration and ionized gases from reentry heavily tax the structure of the battlestar.

Soon, the two basestars engage ''Galactica'' without any fighter support, their Raiders engaged elsewhere. ''Galactica''’s mission analysis had predicted that only two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] would engage. However, two more basestars jump into the vicinity to attack the battlestar.

With the Vipers destroying targets on the ground and in the air in vicinity of New Caprica City, the civilians previously pinned down are able to board their ships. Simultaneously, Colonial [[Marines]] and resistance members assault the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]], freeing [[Kara Thrace]] and other detainees.

The Cylons in charge on the ground begin their retreat, escaping in a Heavy Raider as they task a [[Number Three]] with setting off a nuclear detonation to "clean up."

In the four-baseship assault, ''Galactica's'' FTL drives and maneuvering thrusters are disabled, and the port side of the ship reaches its structural limits. Upon hearing that the FTL drive is disabled, Admiral Adama is resigned to imminent destruction when battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', against orders, appears and joins the attack. The [[Mercury class battlestar]]'s forward [[battery|batteries]] score several direct hits against one of the attacking basestars, forcing it to retreat from the battle. On the surface, most of the civilian ships become airborne and jump away.

Commander [[Lee Adama]] directs ''Pegasus'' to a position between the basestars targeting ''Galactica'', in an effort to draw fire away from her. Admiral Adama infers from the absence of Vipers from ''Pegasus'' that its Vipers are guarding the remaining ships of the Fleet at the rendezvous point and that ''Pegasus'' is on a one-way trip. While ''Pegasus'' endures serious bombardment, ''Galactica'' is able to bring its FTL drive back on line, retrieves her Vipers, and escapes.

With ''Pegasus'' taking mortal damage, Commander Adama orders all to abandon ship (using standby Raptors to jump away from the battle) setting all weapons to auto-fire and directing the ship on a collision course with one of the basestars before departing. The dying battlestar then takes another round of hits as she collides with an unfortunate basestar, blasting both to pieces. As the vessels break apart, the force of the explosion throws ''Pegasus's'' starboard flight pod in the direction of another basestar, caught in the wrong spot at the wrong time. After clearing away a few unfortunate raiders caught in its path, the debris strikes the basestar almost dead on center, effectively destroying it, and ending the battle.

''[[Colonial One]]'' is the last Colonial ship to leave the planet. On the surface, the Cylons' planned nuclear detonation (which would be of questionable tactical value now that the Colonials have left the planet) does not occur, due to the unexpected recovery of the infant [[Hera Agathon]] by Number Three ([[Exodus, Part II]]).

==Aftermath and Impact==
The battle was strategically a victory for the Colonials, but it didn't come without loses and consequences. ''Pegasus'' was destroyed in the battle, depriving the Fleet of their most powerful battlestar. Also with its destruction, the Fleet lost the ability to build new Vipers to replace destroyed old ones as the manufacturing facility was on that ship. ''Galactica'' took near-crippling damage, the effects of which were felt by the old battlestar for the rest of its life. The damage was never fully repaired and it was said to be so much that the ship would need "six weeks in dry dock just to bang out the dents let alone tackle the structural damage" indicating that it took very severe damage.

It is later revealed that 5,197 New Caprican colonists were left behind, killed or otherwise missing ([[Crossroads, Part I]]), and that the Fleet also suffered the loss of a handful of vessels in the escape, leaving many without a home. These Colonials later found semi-permanent housing in ''Galactica's'' unused starboard flight pod, forming "Camp Oil Slick", and later, "Dogsville", in the hangar bay of the flight pod. This led to overcrowded conditions, along with food and medical shortages, forcing many into gang like groups in order to secure supplies.

Hera Agathon and Gaius Baltar ended up in the hands of the Cylons giving the Cylons the human-Cylon hybrid baby they wanted and Baltar's information about how to find Earth. Hera was rescued by her mother with the help of Caprica Six after learning of Hera's survival from Boomer who was assigned to take care of her and Gaius Baltar was captured by Chief Galen Tyrol during the [[Battle of the Algae Planet]], but the Cylons were able to make headway on finding Earth thanks to Baltar's help. Also ''Galactica's'' structural damage from this battle added to the stress the old ship had already had thrown upon her and contributed greatly to the need to abandon ship 18 months later.

After being poisoned by her husband for colluding with the Cylons, [[Ellen Tigh]] downloads into a new body on a [[Resurrection Ship]], and remains Cavil's prisoner for 18 months. There she is constantly pestered by a [[Number 1]] after he is dismayed that things aren't going according to his "plan". She is about to be operated on by Cavil after the [[Resurrection Hub]] is destroyed by a force of Colonials and Rebel Cylons, when Boomer sneaks her into a Raptor and escapes the baseship for the Colonial Fleet.

__NOTOC__

== Battle Imagery ==
=== Raptors and Vipers ===
<gallery>
Image:Vipers_and_Raptors_placing_decoys.jpg|
Image:Raptor_Decoys_Away.jpg|
Image:Raptor_Decoys_Away_(2).jpg|
Image:Raptor_Decoys_Away_(3).jpg|
</gallery>
=== ''Galactica'''s Surprise Attack ===
<gallery>
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere.jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_(2).jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_(3).jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_FTLing.jpg|
Image:Galactica_in_Atmosphere_FTLing_(2).jpg|
</gallery>
=== ''Pegasus’s'' Suicide Run ===
<gallery>
Image:Pegaus firing forward batteries.jpg
Image:Pegaus Raptors Leaving.jpg
Image:Pegaus taking a beating.jpg
Image:Pegaus_Ram.jpg|
Image:Pegaus_Ram_(2).jpg|
Image:Pegaus_Ram_(3).jpg|
Image:Pegasusflightpod.jpg|
Image:Pegasusbaseshipsremains.jpg|
</gallery>

{{WikiFrakr|article=Battle of Nu Craprica}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

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[[de:Schlacht von Neu Caprica]]
[[zh:新卡布里卡之战]]

Ghost Fleet Offensive

2013-01-23T15:38:59Z

Starkiller:

{{Battle Data
|description=
|image=Wedge 2.png
|conflict=[[Cylon War|First Cylon War]]
|date=[[Timeline (RDM)|10th Year]] of the [[Cylon War]]. Approximately 42 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
|place=Cylon/Colonial borders
|result= Colonial victory, Cylons put on defensive
|combatant1=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Unspecified
|co2=Unspecified
|strength1= Multiple battlestars, including ''[[Valkyrie]]''; at least 3 heavy crusiers including ''[[Loki]]'', at least 1 ''Galactica'' type battlestar, battlestar ''Osiris'', ; multiple support ships; Multiple Vipers; Multiple Raptors
|strength2= Unknown
|shiploss1= Unknown, minimal
|shiploss2= Unknown, heavy
|casualties1= Unknown, minimal
|casualties2= Unknown, heavy
|prev=[[Battle of Djerba]]
|next=Eventually [[Operation Raptor Talon]]
|series=RDM
}}

The '''Ghost Fleet Offensive'''<ref name="BattlestarWiki"/> was an initiative by the Colonial Fleet to put the Cylons on the defensive using ships thought to be destroyed, but actually hidden away. The plan is successful, and the ghost fleet is able to strike "every toaster base in five sectors", and inflicted major damage (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

The plan involved broadcasting the Ghost Fleet's position to the Cylons, who then scrambled most of their forces defending their bases. However, once the Cylon fleet arrived at the Ghost Fleet's position, they were long gone. With the Cylon bases now undefended, the Colonials were in a position to strike. And strike they did, inflicting major damage on multiple Cylon bases. This put the Cylons on the defensive, and provided a much needed morale boost for the beleaguered Colonials.

== References ==
{{reflist|<ref name="BattlestarWiki">{{bsgwiki term}}</ref>}}
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[[Category:Colonial]]
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[[de:Operation Raptor Talon]]

Ghost Fleet Offensive

2013-01-23T15:35:13Z

Starkiller: /* References */

{{Battle Data
|description=
|image=Wedge 2.png
|conflict=[[Cylon War|First Cylon War]]
|date=[[Timeline (RDM)|10th Year]] of the [[Cylon War]]. Approximately 42 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
|place=Cylon/Colonial borders
|result= Colonial victory, Cylons put on defensive
|combatant1=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Unspecified
|co2=Unspecified
|strength1= Multiple battlestars, including ''[[Valkyrie]]''; at least 3 heavy crusiers including ''[[Loki]]'', at least 1 ''Galactica'' type battlestar, battlestar ''Osiris'', ; multiple support ships; Multiple Vipers; Multiple Raptors
|strength2= Unknown
|shiploss1= Unknown, minimal
|shiploss2= Unknown, heavy
|casualties1= Unknown, minimal
|casualties2= Unknown, heavy
|prev=[[Battle of Djerba]]
|next=Eventually [[Operation Raptor Talon]]
|series=RDM
}}

The '''Ghost Fleet Offensive'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> was an initiative by the Colonial Fleet to put the Cylons on the defensive using ships thought to be destroyed, but actually hidden away. The plan is successful, and the ghost fleet is able to strike "every toaster base in five sectors", and inflicted major damage (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'').

The plan involved broadcasting the Ghost Fleet's position to the Cylons, who then scrambled most of their forces defending their bases. However, once the Cylon fleet arrived at the Ghost Fleet's position, they were long gone. With the Cylon bases now undefended, the Colonials were in a position to strike. And strike they did, inflicting major damage on multiple Cylon bases. This put the Cylons on the defensive, and provided a much needed morale boost for the beleaguered Colonials.

== References ==
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[[Category:Colonial]]
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[[de:Operation Raptor Talon]]

Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards

2013-01-23T15:33:02Z

Starkiller: /* References */

{{Battle Data
|image=Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards.jpg
|description=Fall of the Scorpian Ship Yards
|conflict=[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon War]]
|date=[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]], concurrent with [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
|place=[[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]
|result=Decisive Cylon victory
|combatant1=[[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]
|combatant2=[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]
|co1=Rear Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
|co2=[[Basestar command]]
|strength1= Battlestar Group 62
At least 3 Valkyrie Type [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestars]] , 2 ''Berzerk'' support ships, 1 ''Galactica'' Type Battlestar <ref name="numbers1"> In "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", Cain says "Five ships, two of them battlestars, they were destroyed right there." In "[[Razor]]" two battlestars can be clearly seen in the establishing shot of the shipyard, and 3 ships of ''[[Valkyrie]]'s'' design are destroyed later. Together with [[Unnamed battlestars#Unknown-class battlestars|the unknown vessel]] above ''Pegasus'', this makes at least four initial losses, which makes it likely that Cain's comment is an estimate.</ref><ref name="numbers2">It is unknown whether [[Unnamed battlestars#Unknown-class battlestars|the large vessel]] above ''Pegasus'' is a designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.</ref> also Pegasus's approx 200 Vipers and 50 Raptors air wing.
|strength2=Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and associated [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]]
|shiploss1=
Shipyards, as well as:
*At least 3 battlestars and 3 other military vessels.
*12 Vipers and 2 Raptors from ''Pegasus's'' air wing. 12 further craft beyond repair. That brings Pegasus's air wing down to approx 180 Vipers
|shiploss2=Unknown, minimal
|casualties1=At least 723 crewmen lost on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', plus those lost on other ships. 
|casualties2=Unknown, minimal
|prev=[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]
|next=[[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]
|series=RDM
}}
The '''Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards''' is an attack launched by the [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylons]] as part of their of their overall [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Twelve Colonies]]. With numerous [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] squadrons armed with nuclear missiles, the Cylons destroy the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] as well as at least three battlestars and several support vessels ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

The Cylons achieve complete surprise upon jumping to the shipyards, and the Colonials have little time to put up any defense. At least one battlestar is immediately destroyed after being struck by a missile, and rows of the shipyard's [[Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s are destroyed before taking off. In conjunction with the attack, the Cylons initiate a nuclear strike on the surface of [[Scorpia]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

The battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], is docked at the shipyards in order to undergo a three-month systems overhaul when the attack occurs. In preparation for the refit, all computer networks are shut down, leaving the battlestar largely unaffected by Cylon-infiltrated [[Command Navigation Program]]. During the attack, Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen|Belzen]] reports that all computers are down and that the crew must perform all functions manually.

Tethered to its dock, ''Pegasus'' is swarmed by Raiders and struck by several missiles. Fuel and ordnance ignite on the battlestar's hangar decks, causing explosions that cause over 700 casualties. Cain orders a hasty departure from the dock, and the ship fires its reverse thrusters and tears itself free from the burning shipyard's umbilicals.

With ''Pegasus'''s defenses still down, and two nuclear missile inbound, Cain orders the [[CIC]] crew to spin up the [[FTL]] drive and to perform a [[blind jump]] on her command, despite the risk of reemerging inside a celestial body. The nuclear detonations throughout the shipyard create bursts of [[EMP|electromagnetic radiation]] that mask the jump and fool the Cylons into believing that the ship is destroyed ([[TRS]]: "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]"; "[[Razor]]").

== See also ==
*[[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards#Docked vessels|Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], for information on the ships present at the shipyard.

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== Overview ==

: ''A tale centered around the new ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' officer [[Kendra Shaw]], following her entire tenure on the battlestar from the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] under Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain]], to [[Lee Adama]]'s command and a frightful rescue mission to save crew members who have been captured by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]].''

== Summary ==
Four separate, but related stories are documented:
*William Adama's mission at the end of the first [[Cylon War]].
*Helena Cain's loss of her family at the same time.
*The events on ''Pegasus'' during and shortly after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
*The events surrounding the [[Battle of the Guardian basestar]], set in the time period between "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]".
In the episode these stories are largely told in parallel, flashing between the different time periods. Below the different story lines are listed chronologically.

=== First Cylon War ===
====William Adama ====
:''See also: [[Razor Flashbacks]]''

*{{RazorDVD|At the end of the first [[Cylon War]], a Colonial battle group conducts [[Operation Raptor Talon]] against a [[Ice planet|Cylon planet]] presumed to house a super weapon. During the battle, the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' is pummeled from [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] salvos and is subsequently destroyed. Adama then spots two Raiders entering the planet's atmosphere. Out for revenge, Adama engages the two. He shoots down one in the high altitudes, but collides with the other and is forced to eject.}}
*{{RazorDVD|However, a [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]] survived as well and shoots at Adama during the free-fall. Adama shoots back and the two eventually engage in hand-to-hand combat. When the Centurion tries to use a blade on Adama, Adama pulls his parachute's rip cord to slow his descent, watching as the Centurion falls to the ground. Adama lands safely on the ground, crashing through what appears to be a warehouse sky-window. There he encounters the Centurion and kills it by repeatedly smashing its head with a pipe.}}
*As Adama enters what appears to be a Cylon laboratory, he finds evidence of human experimentation and human mutilations. He eventually finds a vat filled with a gelatin-like substance which is reminiscent of the [[resurrection tank]]s or [[Hybrid]] tanks that the later [[humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] would use.
*He kneels down and touches the substance, and immediately begins to hear the screams of torture victims. As he looks back at the tank, a hand abruptly grabs his arm. The hand disappears just as quickly as it appeared, and Adama falls back to the ground. A voice is heard, quoting from the [[Pythia|Pythian]] prophecies: "All this has happened before and will happen again."
*A banging sound is heard from a locked chamber nearby. As Adama approaches the window of the chamber, an unidentified man presses his face against the window and begs Adama to release him and the other captives. Adama finds a piece of metal nearby, and attempts to break open the door to the chamber.
*As Adama attempts to free the door, the man tells him that they are civilians from the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenese]] ship ''[[Diana]]'', whose convoy was attacked by the Cylons, and that there were initially 50 of them who were taken away one by one.
*Suddenly the ground begins to tremble. Adama manages to open the door a little bit, but not enough to allow the captives to escape. The man urges Adama to leave them and save himself. He asks Adama to tell others of what has happened to them. Adama finally complies after he realizes that he cannot free the prisoners, and runs out of the laboratory.
*Emerging from the laboratory warehouse, Adama sees the [[Guardian basestar]] lifting off into the clouds. He radios his findings about the Cylon experimentation on humans to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', but the young pilot is shocked to learn that an armistice has just been signed, and the war is over.

====Helena Cain====

: ''This entire story segment is contained exclusively on the unrated, extended DVD version of "Razor".''

*At the same time [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] is under attack by Cylon basestars and Centurion ground forces. A young [[Helena Cain]], her sister [[Lucy Cain|Lucy]] and her [[Cain (father)|father]] are pinned down in a building under heavy fire. The three attempt to escape after the last remaining marines in the building are gunned down. When her father is injured by mortar fire, he tells Helena to get Lucy to a shelter before dying.
*The sisters make it out of the building, but Lucy trips over concrete rubble and injures herself, unable to go on. Helena panics, yelling at Lucy to get up and run. She eventually leaves Lucy in the field of rubble and runs away to hide in a container. A group of Centurions appears and surrounds Lucy, who continues to cry out Helena's name.
*A Centurion discovers Helena inside the container. She finds a knife on the floor and nervously approaches the Centurion, preparing to attack it.
*The Centurion stops approaching the girl and retreats from the container, apparently having received instructions and information that the Cylon War is over and an armistice was signed. When Helena comes out, she finds only her sister's doll on the ground, and watches the Raiders leave the planet.
*Helena Cain lost her entire family on that day <ref name="watcher-forbes">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/battlestar-ga-1.html|title='Battlestar Galactica: Razor' cuts to the heart of the matter|date=20 November 2007|accessdate=22 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>.

=== The Fall of the Twelve Colonies ===
====Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards====
{{mainarticle|Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards}}
*{{RazorDVD|[[Kendra Shaw]] waits at the [[Caprica Transfer Station]] for a ship to bring her to ''Pegasus''. She briefly chats with [[Frank Bruno]] about her mother, [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] delegate [[Marta Shaw]], her assignment and her career goals.}}
*The battlestar ''Pegasus'' is docked at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] over [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]] for a three-month overhaul. As Kendra Shaw approaches the ship from [[Raptor 179]], she gazes in awe at the size of the [[Mercury class battlestar]].
*Admiral [[Helena Cain]] is in her quarters, reviewing a crew status report as her [[XO]], Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]] enters. He lightly encourages her to take her shore leave, but she insists that she could never leave ''Pegasus'' in the hands of the civilian contractors assigned to oversee her overhaul.
*In the port hangar bay, Raptor 179 has recently arrived. With orders to report directly to [[CIC#Pegasus|CIC]], Shaw steps down and asks a pair of passing crewman to help her locate it. The crewman, however, are too busy to notice her.
*Shaw wanders through the port [[flight pod]], past groups of busy civilians, until she finds [[Gina Inviere]], a civilian network administrator assigned to ''Pegasus'''s overhaul. Inviere shows Shaw a map of ''Pegasus'', with a route to the CIC, and the two discuss the origins of Gina's last name.
*Shaw eventually reaches the CIC, where she finds Cain and Belzen at the Command and Control station. Shaw drops her gear and salutes the admiral. Cain is harsh on her new aide. She grills Shaw for being late to the CIC, concluding that she either stopped for a cup of coffee, or got lost. After Shaw leaves, Cain breaks out in laughter with Belzen, revealing that she only had a joke at the lieutenant's expense.
*[[Louis Hoshi]] escorts her to her quarters. As they are walking down the hallway, a large blast shakes ''Pegasus'', and the noise ripples through the hallway. Shaw and Hoshi are immediately thrown to the floor. As Shaw awakens, she is in a daze. She looks around to find Hoshi unconscious on the floor. The hallway has suddenly become a disaster area.
*Admiral Cain, who was on her way to her quarters at the time, finds Shaw and Hoshi in the corridor. She asks Shaw if she is alright, but when she doesn’t respond, Cain slaps her in the face. Shaw immediately awakens. The hallway echoes with screams of horror, and the [[Action Stations|Condition One]] sirens blare. After an aborted attempt to wake Hoshi, the two head to the CIC.
*''Pegasus'' is on fire in space. [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]] flood the shipyard; missiles strike two helpless ''[[Valkyrie]]''-type battlestars nearby.
*In the CIC, Colonel [[Jack Fisk|Fisk]] and many of the CIC personnel are unconscious. Belzen is coordinating the response effort, but there have been multiple nuclear detonations. Luckily however, the battlestar still has main power and propulsion, but that’s about it. [[DRADIS]] and weapons have both been knocked out.
*The Cylon attack is taking its toll on the shipyards. The two ''Valkyrie''-type battlestars lose their moorings and one crashes into the shipyards, instantly destroying it.
*Cain orders the ship to seal all hatches and release all moorings in preparation for an immediate departure. As the ship evacuates the shipyards, Cain orders the [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|FTL]] drive spun up for an immediate jump.
*A Cylon Raider fires two nuclear missiles at ''Pegasus'' from across the shipyards. The missiles fly past a [[Galactica type battlestar]] as its moorings are destroyed, and past the wreckage of several other battlestars and support vessels.
*Cain orders an immediate jump, but Shaw says that with the navigational computer off-line, she would have to enter a random set of coordinates, [[Blind jump|which could take the battlestar anywhere]], possibly within a star or other larger astral body. Cain yells back at her to do it anyway, and the battlestar jumps away.

====So Say We All====
*Two days since the attack on the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards, ''Pegasus'' is four to five jumps away from the Colonies. Belzen reports that many of ''Pegasus'''s [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] and [[Raptor]]s are either destroyed or beyond repair, over a quarter of the crew is dead, and rumors are circulating about the destruction of the Twelve Colonies and the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]].
*Shaw has been working without sleep to restore the navigational and defense computer systems, and she has finally done it. Additionally, she has discovered lines of hidden Cylon computer code inside the [[Command Navigation Program]], which was fortunately down during the attack. Shaw suggests that the entire program be purged from the system.
*After ordering two Raptors on a reconnaissance mission back to the Colonies, the time has finally come for Cain to reveal the extent of the devastation at home to her crew. She tells them that their colonies have been destroyed, their cities nuked, their fleet obliterated. While the victory of one ship may seem unattainable when even their very survival is at stake, she tells them that they have revenge to reach for instead.
*In an expression of determination and conviction, the crew resoundingly shouts, “So say we all!” over and over, after hearing Cain’s words.
*Cain, Shaw, Fisk and Belzen are in the admiral’s quarters, looking over recently gathered intelligence for a low-risk attack on a Cylon outpost. They are discussing a somewhat isolated communications relay when Gina Inviere enters. She greets the admiral with a kiss and a flirtatious shoulder pinch, and the five sit down to enjoy some wine and conversation.
*Cain assures her senior staff that while she does want to engage in guerrilla warfare tactics against the Cylons, she is not willing to put the ship and crew in any amount of excessive danger.
*Shaw and Inviere are working on firewalling all of ''Pegasus'''s computer networks to prevent them from being infiltrated by the Cylons, but constantly having to find a senior officer to input their command codes for system access is making the process take exceedingly long. Inviere discreetly complains about it, and Shaw says that under the circumstances, she would speak to Cain about raising her clearance. In the meantime, she gives Inviere her own command code to use. Inviere then discusses her relationship with Cain in greater detail.

====Battle of the Communications Relay ====
{{mainarticle|Battle of the Communications Relay}}
*''Pegasus'' prepares for a hit-and-run attack on what appears to be a somewhat neglected Cylon communications relay. However, when ''Pegasus'' arrives, there are twelve Cylon Raiders guarding the relay. Despite the increased enemy presence, Cain orders [[Blue Squadron (RDM)|Blue Squadron]] to advance.
*Almost the second after the Vipers are launched, fifteen enemy squadrons of fighters jump into DRADIS range. Cain orders ''Pegasus'''s defensive fire concentrated on the incoming attack squadrons, but Shaw reports that the weapons grid won't respond to commands.
*In spite of the odds, Cain orders Belzen to launch the reserve Vipers, but he insists that taking such an action would cost too many lives and resources. She persists in her orders, but Belzen refuses to carry them out. Cain orders Belzen to hand her his sidearm, which she uses to shoot him in the forehead, in front of the entire bridge crew. <ref>This event is recalled by [[Jack Fisk]] to [[Saul Tigh]] months later, over drinks, in the Season 2 episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]."</ref>
*Cain turns to a stunned Fisk, tells him that he is now the [[Executive Officer|XO]] and orders him to launch the reserve Vipers. Fisk, nearly petrified by what he just saw, is more than compelled to follow the order. As the last of ''Pegasus’s'' remaining squadrons launch, Cylon batteries pound the hull.
*With the weapons grid down, Cylon [[Heavy Raider]]s easily breach ''Pegasus’s'' defensive perimeter. [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] begin pouring into the ship through breached [[airlock]]s. Cain orders fast-response teams of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to engage the Centurions, and orders Shaw to Secondary Damage Control, as she fears that the Cylons will use this junction to vent all of ''Pegasus’s'' air into space.<ref>This tactic is reminiscent of a similar tactic attempted by the Cylons in the episode "[[Valley of Darkness]]."</ref>
*As Shaw heads to Secondary Damage Control, she finds Gina Inviere trying to escape the Centurions, and orders her to the CIC. As she peers around the corner, she is almost seen by a Centurion. She waits for it to leave, and as she turns the corner to go down the hallway, she sees a [[Number Six]] Cylon, following the Centurion. At first, Shaw doesn’t understand what she sees, but then it comes together – [[Humanoid Cylon|the Cylons can mimic human form]], and Gina Inviere is one of them. Shaw shoots and kills the Six, leaving it dead right in front of a security camera.
*Shaw immediately heads to the CIC to take Inviere, now also in CIC, into custody before she can do any more harm. In the CIC, she directs her weapon at Inviere, and orders the Marines to take her into custody. When Cain belays the order, Shaw states that Gina is a Cylon infiltrator and that "they can look like us". When Cain scoffs, Shaw asks Hoshi to display the security feed from Airlock 4.
*Cain balks at the image of the dead humanoid Cylon in the form of her lover. Feeling betrayed and without any other options, she orders the guards to remove Inviere ("''this thing''") from the bridge. As a Cylon missile strikes ''Pegasus'', Gina uses the moment to flip her captor around by the jaw, and gains control of his [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Handheld weapons|weapon]], which she uses to shoot his comrade. She then snaps the Marine's neck, and trains her weapon on Cain. In a moment of hesitation, Inviere cannot bring herself to shoot Cain, and Shaw sneaks up behind her, clubbing the Cylon over the head with the butt of her rifle.

====Massacre aboard the ''Scylla''====
* The victory at the communications relay is bittersweet. Over eight hundred of ''Pegasus''’s original crew are now dead <ref>Kendra Shaw reports "at least 816 dead, 121 injured" after the attack on the com relay. Earlier, Colonel Belzen reports the loss of over 700 people in the attack on the shipyards. Given ''Pegasus'''s crew complement of approximately 1,750 when she encounters ''Galactica'', adding both numbers would mean that almost half of the crew died. ''Battlestar Wiki'' assumes that Shaw is relating the casualties of both battles.</ref>, over 90 Vipers are either destroyed or out of commission, and the deck crew doesn't have the resources to repair all remaining ones.
*As Cain and Shaw discuss the battle, Gina Inviere looks on from her cell. Shaw blames herself for the high cost of the battle, for giving Inviere her access codes, which she used to take down the weapons grid.
*The hatch opens, and Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]] salutes Admiral Cain. Cain orders him to use whatever means he can conjure to retrieve information from Inviere, including torture and rape. As Thorne enters Inviere’s cell, Cain is called to the CIC.
*As Cain enters the CIC, Fisk is elated to inform the admiral that a convoy of 15 civilian ships has been detected. Fisk and Shaw are thrilled at the discovery, but the mood quickly turns sour when they realize Cain has other things on her mind. Cain orders Fisk to prepare teams of Marines and engineers to board each ship. They will take what they need, including spare parts and people, and leave the ships without FTL drives to fend for themselves.
*Fisk and Shaw come aboard the ''[[Scylla]]'', where they find a relieved welcoming party. [[Peter Laird]] is the first to welcome them aboard. Excitement quickly turns to confusion however, when they hand Laird a list of Admiral Cain’s orders. Laird is shocked to learn that Cain wants to take their FTL drives. Laird informs the welcoming party, and they suddenly become an angry mob. Shaw informs them that they will use force if necessary, but Laird persistently refuses.
*As the mob inches closer to the boarding party, Fisk reports to Cain of the escalating situation. In an act that surprises even him, she orders him to shoot the families of any selectee that doesn’t comply with the orders.
*Fisk and the Marines are wary of the order, but they line up a couple of the families despite their reservations, hoping that showing the mob their resolve will force them to comply. The angry mob suddenly becomes violent – they throw whatever they can at the boarding party.
*At that very moment, Shaw pulls out her sidearm, and shoots a woman in the front in the head. The Marines follow suit, and before very long, the deck of the ''Scylla'' is painted with the blood of the dead. Shaw’s gaze drifts to her sidearm, still smoking from the shot, and then up to Laird, who is too stunned to move.
*In the aftermath, Shaw cannot bring her eyes to look upon the dead. Fisk comforts her by telling her that the entire fleet heard about what happened and there should be no more resistance. As her party leaves the ''Scylla'', she can’t help but look back.
*For her actions aboard the ''Scylla'', Cain promotes Shaw to captain. It is small comfort to Shaw, who is still anguished by what she has done. Seeing her vulnerability, Cain tells Shaw that the war is forcing them all to do things that they may not like, even hate, because if they don’t, then they may not live to simply become human again. By putting aside her fear, her reservations, even her revulsion to complete the mission, Shaw has become Cain’s "razor".

=== Present events ===
* Newly-promoted Commander [[Lee Adama]] is formally appointed commander of ''Pegasus'' by [[Laura Roslin]] in front of the ship's crew. In his speech he promises to change things on the battlestar and announces [[Kara Thrace]]'s appointment as acting [[CAG]].
* Shaw follows the speech on the [[wireless]] set, but eventually switches it off. She walks to a jar, takes out a syringe and injects herself with a drug. She is still troubled about what happened on the ''Scylla''.
* Next, she is summoned to Adama's office, who reads her service file and points out that she received glowing reports from Cain, but increasingly negatives ones from Fisk and [[Barry Garner|Garner]], who eventually assigned her to kitchen duty because of "persistent insubordinate behavior". After listening to Shaw's candid opinions about him and his predecessors, Adama offers her the job of executive officer; he intends to give the crew back its pride, and as an outsider he needs someone to uphold Cain's legacy.
* During a firearms drill, she shows competence but also how hard she is on the crew. William Adama comments that his son found an XO meaner than [[Saul Tigh]].
* The Admiral gives Commander Adama his first mission: a [[SAR|search and rescue]] for two pilots and a civilian science team in an overdue Raptor.
* At their destination, Starbuck and [[Showboat]] conduct a Viper patrol and suddenly encounter enemy fighters of an unfamiliar configuration. Although able to identify them as Cylons, Starbuck doesn't realize that they are in fact [[Raiders (RDM)#Cylon War-era Raider|Raiders like the ones used in the first Cylon War]].
* ''Pegasus'' establishes a defensive perimeter and orders the Vipers to return prior to an FTL jump. When the [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Navigation computer|navigational computer]] malfunctions and the Raiders close, Shaw orders to the vessel's offensive flight pod [[Battery|batteries]] turned on the incoming targets, placing Starbuck and Showboat inside the battlestar's close-in firing solution. Struggling their way through the barrage, a Raider follows them into the [[flight pod]], which Starbuck shoots down once inside the landing bay. On the [[hangar deck]], she angrily confronts Shaw over her decision to open fire, but Adama defends his XO.
* ''Pegasus'' returns to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], and Admiral Adama, Roslin and Tigh inspect the downed Raider on the hangar deck. [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] recalls the "[[Guardians]]", a group of [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|original Centurion models]] that escaped being scrapped by the [[humanoid Cylons]]. The Guardians guard the [[first Hybrid]], created by the Cylons as a first attempt at an organic model and eventually abandoned as an evolutionary dead end. This causes Adama to remember the events on the ice planet on the last day of the Cylon War, finally realizing the significance of what he saw over 40 years ago.
* After examining the Raider's navigational data, Admiral Adama believes that the Raptor crew was captured by the Guardians and orders his son to jump to a possible base of theirs. For the duration of the operation, he transfers his flag to ''Pegasus'', but assures Lee that it will be his mission.
* Shaw drafts an attack plan for ''Pegasus'' to draw Cylon forces away while a Raptor, piloted by Thrace and carrying a strike team, jumps to the Cylon base. Before signing off on the plan, Lee Adama confronts Shaw over the incident on the ''Scylla''. She just replies that she is Cain's legacy - a razor - and that Cain wouldn't have hesitated to execute the plan.
* Before the battle Shaw is about to take another shot of the drug and when she is caught by Thrace, who is looking for a bottle of [[ambrosia]]. The two stalemate and agree to keep each other's secrets, and realize that they are more alike than they thought.
* {{RazorDVD|Thrace is going over the Raptor prepared for the mission and told by Shaw that Chief Tyrol already checked everything. During their chat, the two notice that Thrace's [[Socrata Thrace|mother]] and Admiral Cain weren't too different, advising to repress one's fear and focus on the anger. Thrace remarks that her mother only had her anger left in the end and died alone.}}
* The mission doesn't go as planned when the strike team's Raptor is pursued by two Raiders. They simulate an engine malfunction, emergency blow the side hatch and sling themselves out of the flat-spinning Raptor before it is destroyed by the Cylons, escaping undetected. Using EVA thrusters, they make their way to the Guardian basestar.
* Thrace, Shaw, [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]], [[Dasilva]] and [[Hudson]] find the missing Raptor crew, whom the Cylons mutilate in a manner similar to what William Adama saw in the first Cylon War. As they free the survivors, two Centurions attack, wound Dasilva and begin to drag him away. Unwilling to let him suffer same treatment as the Raptor crew, Shaw shoots Dasilva, but in turn is shot in the abdomen.
* While under cover from the firefight, Mathias reports to ''Pegasus'' that the detonator for the nuclear warhead, which they plan to use to destroy the basestar, is damaged.
* ''Pegasus'' loses wireless contact with the boarding team and Lee Adama orders a [[Missile tubes|nuclear ship to ship missile]] to be armed and readied. Thrace herself considers the "mission outcome doubtful". Assuming that the team is dead, Commander Adama orders the launch of the missile, but is overridden by his father, who wants to give the team a chance.
* After reestablishing contact and learning that an evacuation Raptor is on the way, Shaw orders Mathias to rig a manual detonator for the nuke, determined to complete the mission. While Lee is reluctant to sacrifice someone to detonate the warhead, his father believes that the Cylons would easily shoot down a missile, but leaves the final decision to Lee. He orders Thrace to get the team to safety, but to stay behind and detonate the nuke manually.
* The team prepares to suit up and leave, when Shaw forces Thrace to hand over the warhead at gunpoint and remains on the baseship. Walking through the hallways, she finds the Cylon Hybrid, who knows her name, saying that he has been waiting for her for a long time. He tells her that the Centurions worship him as god, and observes Shaw's desire to be forgiven for what she has become. The Hybrid also delivers a warning about Thrace: she will lead the human race to its end, she is the herald of the apocalypse and the harbinger of death, and she must not be followed.
* Shaw tries to relay this to ''Pegasus'', but her transmission is blocked by Cylon jamming shortly after the start, and the warning is not heard. She then detonates the nuke, killing herself and destroying the basestar.
* Later, the Adamas discuss the battle and its outcome, the admiral noting Thrace's recommendation of Shaw for a posthumous commendation. Reviewing the logs, Admiral Adama doesn't find fault in either Cain's or Shaw's decisions, but Commander Adama vehemently disagrees, citing the ''Scylla''. The admiral replies that he never had to face similar circumstances, and that he had people like Lee, Roslin and Tigh to counsel and challenge him and keep him from making extreme and questionable decisions. He comforts Lee, telling him that his decision to launch the nuclear missile and sacrifice the strike team wasn't wrong, just necessary from Lee's perspective at the time.
* Outside [[Officer's quarters#Admiral Adama's quarters|Adama's quarters]], Lee meets Thrace, who now has Cain's knife given to her by Shaw. She is unsure if Shaw sacrificed herself as atonement or if she just "had it coming." Thrace tells him that she requested reassignment back to ''Galactica'' because she thinks Lee would keep trying to get her killed. When asked if she might deserve that, she jokingly replies that she has a [[The Destiny|destiny]] and plans to live to keep it.



== Notes ==

===General===
*The episode was nominated for a Hugo and a Saturn award.
*One of the ships in ''Pegasus'''s civilian fleet was clearly inspired by the [[Original Series]]'s ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]''.
* Despite being credited, [[Aaron Douglas]] ([[Galen Tyrol]]), [[Tahmoh Penikett]] ([[Karl Agathon]]), [[Alessandro Juliani]] ([[Felix Gaeta]]), [[Michael Trucco]] ([[Samuel Anders]]), [[Kandyse McClure]] ([[Anastasia Dualla]]) and [[Matthew Bennett]] ([[Number Five]]/[[Aaron Doral]]) do not appear in either the aired version of "Razor" or the one on DVD.
**Bennett appears briefly in the [[Razor Flashback]] web-episodes as [[Aaron Doral]], in a flashback two days before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
**Tyrol is mentioned by Admiral Adama as having helped [[Gaius Baltar]] remove navigational information from the Cylon Raider, but is never seen otherwise.
*A four-part podcast of the original story meeting for "Razor" is available on the [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/season04/ SciFi website].

===Production===

* [[Michael Taylor]] noted that the original opening for "Razor" was inspired by ''[[w:Apocalypse Now|Apocalypse Now]]'', but this was later cut <ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref>.
* A scene with [[Alastair Thorne]] torturing [[Gina Inviere]] while Cain looks on was filmed but removed as "it played a little too much like an outtake from ''[[w:Spartacus|Spartacus]]''."<ref name="thewatcher"/> Part of it can still be seen in the recap at the beginning of the movie.
*According to composer [[Bear McCreary]], no specific soundtrack release for "Razor" is currently planned. However, the best tracks will be included on the Season 4 soundtrack <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=205|title=Bear McCreary's blog|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.
*According to [[Gary Hutzel]], the [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] was written so that "we would see it in bits and pieces. For the most part, it centered on the fact that they had to jump out of there before two nuclear missiles hit them." As for the [[blind jump]], the impetus for it was to be filmed only from the point-of-view of the CIC personnel, who saw the two incoming warheads on [[DRADIS]], which prompted the jump. However, [[Felix Alcala]] wanted the scene to be something out of ''[[w:Pearl Harbor (film)|Pearl Harbor]]'', thus the shots showing the destruction of the shipyards were added in.<ref name="vfxworld-2">{{cite_web|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3460&page=2|title=
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* Universal Home Entertainment financed part of "Razor" for DVD-only effects and other material for the show which is proprietary, which is why such effects sequences are on the DVD or used in promotional material.<ref name="vfxworld-2"/>
* Furthermore, the special effects shots were done in house without using a third-party source: over 184 shots were done, 120 of them being full CGI. Many new ships had to be developed specifically for "Razor", in addition to the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]-inspired Centurions.<ref name="vfxworld">{{cite_web|url=http://vfxworld.com/?atype=articles&id=3460|title=
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===Story===
* As [[Kendra Shaw]] scrubs through the [[wireless]] bands, she happens upon a [[Talk Wireless]] broadcast where the wireless personality notes [[Laura Roslin]]'s cancer remission, going on to infer that there was speculation on how the remission was brought about. Another snippet mentions Roslin's "recent" ban of abortion.
* The [[Guardian basestar]] appears to be an evolutionary gap in between the older Cylon War-era [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] and the newer starfish type basestar.
* The flashback of a young William Adama finding a Cylon lab during the war is part of the fifth, sixth, and seventh episodes of the [[Razor Flashbacks|"Razor" web-episodes]].
* According to [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]], the [[Hybrid]]s were created as a means to grow out of their mechanical roots and into biological ones. The Cylons considered the hybrids a failure and, after creating enough of them to control their baseships, the project was abandoned.
*At the end of "[[The Captain's Hand]]" Apollo jokes that he's glad Starbuck will not be his CAG, and Starbuck confirms that she has to be Galactica's CAG. Something must have changed by the time Apollo took command because "Razor" begins with him announcing Starbuck as his acting CAG. At the end of "Razor" Thrace asks to be re-assigned to ''Galactica''.
*Despite being a major, Kendra Shaw wears a colonel's [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniform]] with white/red trim when she becomes the XO of Pegasus. As shown on Doctor [[Cottle]] earlier, a major's uniform only has a grey trim.
* When ''Pegasus'' jumps away from the Scorpion Fleet Yards, the vacuum created from the jump appears to suck in the surrounding flames and smoke of battle. This effect has been seen before in "[[Exodus, Part II]]" following ''Galactica'''s intra-atmosphere jump.
* The events on the ''Scylla'' do not play out exactly as [[Jack Fisk|Colonel Fisk]] describes them to [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]". In the earlier episode, he mentions two families being lined up against the wall and shot, which does not happen.

===Unrated DVD===
* In the DVD version, [[Virtual Six]] appears and reveals why the Cylons achieved human form, claiming that since their God created humanity in his image, the Cylons wanted to do the same, regardless of how much they themselves loathed humanity.
* Young William Adama says the word "cocksucker" in reference to the Cylon he pursues as he breaks away from ''Columbia'' (e.g. "This cocksucker's mine."). The dialogue is re-dubbed in the [[Razor Flashbacks]] to "This frakker's mine."
* Shootings are more graphically violent than ''Battlestar Galactica'' normally shows on television. When Cain shoots Belzen in the head, a large amount of blood splatters on the glass wall behind him. Usually only the entry wound is shown and the camera avoids the area behind the head, such as when Number Six is shot in "[[Precipice]]" and Three in "[[Hero]]". A similarly graphic scene where a Marine is wounded by Centurions on the guardian basestar is missing from the television version but included in the unrated DVD.
* The DVD version includes an additional monologue by the [[first Hybrid]] when the strike team arrives at the basestar. It is intercut with footage of the team making its way through the ship. This is a reference to the revelation of four of the [[Final Five]] Cylons during "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". The Hybrid also talks about the [[Significant Seven|seven other Cylon models]] and demonstrates knowledge of [[Number Three]]'s [[boxing]], an event over a year in the future at the time of his speech. See ''[[Razor/Noteworthy Dialogue#hybridspeech|Noteworthy Dialogue]]''
* The main feature does not include all of the [[Razor Flashbacks]], namely Episodes 1, 2 and and the ''Galactica'' scenes of Episode 7. However, all seven flashbacks are included as separate special features on the DVD.
* Two [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 4 (RDM)#Razor|deleted scenes]] are contained on the DVD. One with Lee Adama at the Caprica Transfer Station waiting for a flight to ''Galactica'''s decommissioning, in which he talks about his dissatisfaction with his father's expectations of him. The other is a flashback to the aftermath of the episode "[[33]]". Starbuck and Apollo review their Vipers' gun camera footage. While Adama is convinced that he sees someone in the windows of the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', Starbuck tells him that sometimes people might need to be left behind to save others.

== Analysis ==

=== Story ===

*According to Admiral Cain, a razor is someone who can set aside all fear, hesitation, revulsion and natural inhibition in battle (see [[Razor/Noteworthy Dialogue|noteworthy dialogue]]).
**When Cain recruits [[Jack Fisk]] to assassinate Commander Adama, she tells him that he needs to pick Marines who are "completely reliable. Completely loyal. Razors." ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]).
**This bears a passing semblance to a poem by Japanese [[Wikipedia:Isoroku Yamamoto|Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto]]: "I am still the sword/Of my Emperor/I will not be sheathed/Until I die." Admiral Yamamoto knew about America, Americans and their potential from his time as a student at Harvard and as a naval attaché in Washington, DC. Despite misgivings about declaring war on America, he served his Emperor and planned the attack on Pearl Harbor.
**A razor is a physically present symbol throughout the episode in the form of a folding knife, which Cain found as a child when her home colony was attacked by the Cylons. She used it to overcome her fear of a Centurion and kept it over the decades. After Cain's death, the blade passes to Kendra Shaw and eventually to Kara Thrace. It appears several times in the episode, and is used by Cain to explain the concept of becoming a razor to Shaw.
*The woman shot by Shaw could have been [[Peter Laird]]'s wife, given the pan shot from his expression as he looks at the bodies, to the dead woman's face. His evasiveness when asked about the rumors circulating about the ''Scylla'' in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" would support this. His reaction to the woman's execution, however, can be taken one of two ways. He was either a man in complete shock of witnessing his wife's death or a man who was horrified from what he didn't believe was possible of Colonial military. Laird never mentions a wife explicitly, but Fisk implies he had family aboard the ''Scylla'' ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).

=== Characters ===

*In stark contrast to her demeanor by the time of the rendezvous with ''Galactica'', Helena Cain is visibly more relaxed with her crew: She is stern when necessary, but also enjoys several moments of levity with subordinates and cultivates personable relations with her staff. She regards [[Jurgen Belzen]] as a personal friend (as described later by Fisk to Tigh); she initiates Shaw to ''Pegasus'' by chewing her out in the CIC and shares a humored look with her XO afterwards; the atmosphere at the dinner is very informal. She briefly talks to and comforts crewmen in the corridors, and expresses strong emotions and sheds tears as she surveys the ship's casualties. All these point to the war and especially Gina's betrayal as reasons for her push over the edge to become a "razor" and the narrowing of her perspective to pure vengeance.
*Although she may have sacrificed herself in atonement, Kendra Shaw ended her life as a razor, casting aside fear and self-preservation to stay behind and die to complete her mission, echoing Admiral Cain's observation that "sometimes we have to leave people behind so that we can go on, so that we can continue to fight. Sometimes you have do things that we never thought we were capable of ..." When she arrives on ''Pegasus'', she is regarded as an opportunist, but in the end she is quite the opposite.
*Kendra Shaw's death marks the final transition from Cain's legacy to Admiral Adama's. Shaw was the last of Cain's inner circle. She was one of the officers who had Cain's utmost respect and trust. Her death signifies the complete replacement of ''Pegasus'''s original leadership and opens up the merging of the two battlestar crews.
*Admiral Cain suggests that Kendra Shaw used her mother's connections to secure an upwardly-mobile assignment on ''Pegasus'' — an ironic criticism, since then-Commander William Adama mentions to President Roslin how well-connected Cain is, helping her jump over half the commanders list for promotion to admiral ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).
*Both Shaw and Thrace have been noticed and mentored by Admiral Cain. In this respect, the friction between the two takes on aspects of sibling rivalry.
*Based on the restored scenes on the "Razor" DVD, Admiral Cain's past plays a huge role in how she approached the second Cylon War. As a child, Cain abandoned her little sister in order to hide from Centurions. Though this scene of a young Cain is mixed in Cain's speech of the need to leave some behind in order to go on fighting, it implies a sense of guilt on Cain's part for having abandoned her sister to the Cylons. Her entire rationale in actively fighting the Cylons and not running portrays a need for her to take a stand and fight. She had a need to stop running.
*Also in the DVD version, the knife that Cain carries is revealed to have a deeper meaning to Cain than simply a weapon. The knife was an impromptu weapon Cain discovered while she was attempting to hide from the Centurions. When she is finally discovered, she makes her last stand with this same knife. In the end, it becomes the only object that she still carried, and what she eventually became, a last resort weapon.
*The actions of the younger Cain and Adama during the final events of the first Cylon War both contrast and parallel. Adama continued to pursue and attack the Cylons; Cain was told to run and hide from the Cylons, but when she was cornered by a Centurion, she picked up the knife and made as best a last stand as she could. Adama witnessed the escape of the First Hybrid's ship, feeling the responsibility of the lost lives that he could not save; Cain witnessed the withdrawal of Centurion forces, anguished by her responsibility for leaving her little sister behind.
*This film casts Cain's death in "Resurrection Ship Part II" in a new light. In that episode, Gina shot her to avenge her treatment in custody. "Razor" adds several new dimensions to the scene. First, it parallels what Cain did to her XO. Second, it reveals the relationship Cain had with Gina, which deepens the personal motivations Gina had in shooting Cain. Gina's response to Cain's defiant "Frak You!" in that episode was "You're not my type." Considering their relationship, that line now takes on the context of a Cylon taunting Cain for having used her when Gina had no interest in her personally.

=== Miscellaneous ===

*Given the overall [[survivor count]] and the tally of 49,579 during the credits, "Razor" takes place between "[[The Captain's Hand]]" and "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]". Captions also place the flashback portions 10 months prior to the present events. However this timespan is closer to 9 months.
**This is also the only time during Lee Adama's command of ''Pegasus'' that the episode can fit, since Starbuck leaves for Caprica in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I". See also ''[[Timeline - Season 2 (RDM)]]''
**Adama's selection of Shaw as his [[XO]] likely takes place very shortly after him taking command of ''Pegasus'', but other parts of the episode might take place slightly later.
**[[Sharon Agathon]]'s appearance ''may indicate'' that this episode takes place before "[[Downloaded]]", however this cannot be confirmed by any visual evidence as her appearance is brief and all camera shots are seemingly aimed to avoid shooting her belly. However, it can be reasonably surmised that because she is still cooperating with the Colonials that [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]'s birth and her subsequent faked death haven't occurred yet.
**The survivor count of 49,579 is the same as the episodes "Downloaded" and the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I," which means the death of Shaw, the Raptor crew and the SAR marine are never counted.
**"Razor" establishes the destruction of the colonies happening 10 months earlier, although "Downloaded," which presumably takes place shortly after, places the destruction at 9 months prior. "The Plan" establishes the beginning of "Lay Down Your Burdens" as 280 days after the fall.
*Regarding the casualties suffered by ''Pegasus'' during the [[Battle of the Communications Relay]], Shaw's report that ''Pegasus'' suffered over 800 dead likely refers to the total casualty rate since the Cylon attack. Since ''Pegasus'' already suffered over 700 losses fleeing the Scorpion shipyards, adding 800 to this figure would mean that almost half the crew were killed. Considering that ''Pegasus'''s crew is approximately 1,750 when she encounters ''Galactica'', such a high death rate seems unlikely.
**The numbers are consistent, however, with casualty figures reported during "Pegasus," which established that 700 were killed during the attack on the shipyard, and 800 were killed during the attempt to board the ship.
*Given that an evac Raptor successfully retrieves the assault team by docking or at least flying close to the Guardian basestar without incident, it seems that the Guardian basestar itself appears to be unarmed and totally reliant on its Raiders for defense, unlike the standard [[Basestar (RDM)|Cylon basestar]].
*A curious technical gaffe appears to occur as the smoke from the various fires in the shipyard travel upward. Unless the flames (which would appear as a globular "blossom" shape without gravity) jet upward, the smoke, with the lack of convection (heat rising upward as lighter gases against gravity), would expand in all directions opposite the flames or venting, not "up" relative to the battlestar or flames.
*The ''Galactica''-type battlestar at the shipyard appears to be the same size, if not larger than ''Pegasus''. This is a contradiction of Admiral Cain's statement, that ''Pegasus'' is twice the size of ''Galactica''. While she does not refer to the ship's length, this seems to be a scaling error in the visual effects.
*The destroyed Viper piloted by [[William Adama|Adama]] during the last day of the Cylon War was not the same Viper that [[Galen Tyrol]] presented to him near the beginning of the [[Miniseries]]. The restored craft was [[N7242C|Viper N7242C]], whereas Adama crashed [[Viper_1104|Viper 1104NC]].

== Questions ==

* How does the Hybrid know [[Kendra Shaw]]?
* Is the Hybrid's warning that [[Kara Thrace]] is the harbinger of death true? ([[The Hub|Possible answer]]) Does it say this to ensure that the eternal cycle continues per Pythian prophecy? ([[Faith|Possible answer]])
* What does the First Hybrid mean when he says that Kara Thrace will lead the human race to their end ([[Daybreak, Part II|Answer]])
* Who becomes [[Pegasus (RDM)|''Pegasus'']]'s [[CAG]] after Thrace steps down?
* Whose decision was it to scrap the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|old Centurions]]? ([[Number One|Answer]]) Did they resist?
* When the [[first Hybrid]] says "My children believe I am a god", to whom is he referring? The old model Cylons? The organic models?
* What does the first Hybrid mean when he says his existence will "begin again in ways uncertain"?
** Does this statement imply that the first Hybrid is capable of [[Resurrection (RDM)|downloading]], or does it refer to an [[Sacred Scrolls|unending cycle]] or the afterlife?
* Are all of the Guardians on the basestar when it is destroyed, or did they build other bases in the decades before?
* Is the first Hybrid one of the humans captured on the ''[[Diana]]''?
* Is the first Hybrid as it originally appeared, or has it physically aged? Was it created in that stage of adult maturity?
* If the Hybrid experiment was abandoned after others were created to control the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], do the Cylons only have a limited number of them?
* Did the Cylons abduct humans, such as [[Lucy Cain]] on Tauron, for further experimentation after abandoning their facilities on the [[ice planet]]?
* If Saul Tigh fought in the first Cylon War, how was he created, since the Cylons had yet to create humanoid Cylons by the time of the armistice? ([[No Exit|Answer]])
* Were the captives from the ice planet rescued? How much did the Colonials know about the experiments which took place there?
* Why did the Centurions withdraw from the First War? ([[No Exit|Answer]])

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== Guest Stars ==
* [[Michael Hogan]] as [[Saul Tigh]]
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Galen Tyrol]] (credit only)
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]] (credit only)
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] (credit only)
* [[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]] (credit only)
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]] (credit only)
* [[Michelle Forbes]] as Admiral [[Helena Cain]]
* [[Graham Beckel]] as Colonel [[Jack Fisk]]
* [[Stephanie Jacobsen]] as Lieutenant/Captain/Major [[Kendra Shaw]]
* [[Nico Cortez]] as Young [[William Adama]]
* [[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Number Five]]
* [[Steve Bacic]] as Colonel [[Jurgen Belzen]]
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]]
* [[Eileen Pedde]] as Sergeant [[Erin Mathias]]
* [[Fulvio Cecere]] as Lieutenant [[Alastair Thorne]]
* [[Vincent Gale]] as [[Peter Laird]]
* [[Campbell Lane]] as [[First Hybrid|Hybrid]]
* [[Kyra Scott]] as Young [[Helena Cain]]
* [[Chandra Berg]] as Little [[Lucy Cain]]
* [[Peter Flemming]] as [[Cain (father)|Helena's Father]]
* [[Shaker Paleja]] as Medic [[Hudson]]
* [[Andrew Dunbar]] as Marine [[Dasilva]]
* [[Jacob Blair]] as Squad Leader [[Banzai]]
* [[Peter Bryant]] as [[Frank Bruno]]
* [[Chris Bradford]] as Ops Officer
* [[Tyson Stanley]] as Young [[Marine]]
* [[Trevor Roberts]] as ''[[Scylla]]'' Protestor #1
* [[Cameron Macleod]] as ''Scylla'' Protestor #2
* [[Ingrid Tesch]] as Mother
* [[Joey Pierce]] as Marine [[Riggs]]
* [[Matt Drake]] as Son #1
* [[Dustin Eriksen]] as Son #2
* [[John Hainsworth]] as Man in Cage #1
* [[Victor Ayala]] as Man in Cage #2
* [[Deni Dolory]] as Woman in Cage
* [[Emily Hirst]] as Child in Cage
* [[Ben Cotton]] as [[Terrified Man]]
* [[Stefanie von Pfetten]] as Captain [[Marcia Case|Marcia "Showboat" Case]]
* [[Alyssa Minniss]] as Flower Girl
* [[Allison Warnyca]] as Lt. [[Jaycie McGavin]] (credited only on the DVD's Flashback credits)
* Uncredited as [[Gus]]

== External Links ==

* Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=205 score for "Razor"]
* "Razor" concept art: [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/razor-concept-art.html], [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/cylon-concept-art.html], [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/season-4-concept-art.html]

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== Overview ==
:''[[Felix Gaeta]]'s mutiny continues while [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] finds refuge on the rebel Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]].''

== Summary ==

=== Teaser ===
* Rebel marines led by [[Aaron Kelly]] storm the airlock and capture [[Admiral Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] both of whom were stunned by a flash grenade.
* Tigh recognizes Kelly and calls him "the brig rat." Kelly is visibly uneasy about all this.
* Meanwhile, the [[Raptor]] with President [[Roslin]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] on board heads for the [[Basestar (RDM)#Rebel basestar|Basestar]].
* A pair of Vipers, piloted by Narcho and Hotdog, pursue the Raptor. Hotdog, who is unaware of the mutiny on ''Galactica'', gets the Raptor in his sights, but doesn't fire. Instead he orders the Raptor to identify itself.
* Narcho tells Hotdog to destroy the Raptor, but Hotdog continues to ask for the target's identification.
* Roslin transmits a message from the Raptor saying that she is aboard the Raptor. [[Gage]] blocks the transmission, but not before Hotdog receives it.
* [[Gaeta]], now in command of the CIC, contacts Hotdog and orders him to destroy the Raptor. When Hotdog continues to hold his fire, Narcho goes in and launches a pair of missiles at the Raptor.
* The [[Eight]] piloting the Raptor successfully avoids the missiles, which hit the Basestar instead. The Raptor successfully docks at the Basestar.
* Gaeta orders Colonel Tigh to be placed in the brig with the other Cylons, but orders Admiral Adama to be brought to the CIC.
* On board the Basestar, the Cylons demand to know why they're being fired upon. Roslin explains the situation. Fearing that the government has been overthrown, the Cylons want to jump away from the Fleet.
* Roslin insists that they give Adama a chance to retake ''Galactica''. Baltar points out that it's unlikely that Adama will win and that Gaeta and Zarek have the majority of support on ''Galactica''. Roslin counters that they've already seen evidence that not all of ''Galactica'''s crew support the mutiny.
* Roslin tells the Cylons to move their ship into the middle of the Fleet, so that ''Galactica'' won't be able to fire upon them.
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama is brought to the CIC. Gaeta asks him to call Roslin and convince her to surrender.
* Adama refuses and instead pulls off his admiral pins. He throws them to Gaeta and sarcastically tells Gaeta that he's the admiral now and to make the call himself.
* Gaeta orders gun batteries to target the Basestar, but before they can do so, the Basestar moves into the middle of the Fleet. Gaeta calls off the attack and orders the Basestar to be quarantined. He also gives orders to prepare for [[Tom Zarek]]'s arrival.
* Adama asks Gaeta if he's planning on shooting him. Gaeta gives no response.

=== Act 1 ===
* ''[[Colonial One]]'' lands on ''Galactica'''s flight deck, with Zarek and the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] on board.
* Kelly, Narcho, [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]], [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]], and other rebels escort Zarek from the flight deck, while [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] watch, hidden behind some machinery. Once they are out of sight, Lee and Starbuck move on.
* In a Raptor aboard the rebel Baseship, Roslin attempts to transmit a signal to anyone who will listen, without success.
* In the holding cell, Hera looks with concern at Helo's head wound. Athena attempts to assure her that he will get better.
* Caprica-Six nurses Tigh's ear, bleeding from the stun grenade.
* Anders wonders aloud what Gaeta will do. Tigh quips, "In your case, cut off one of your frakking legs."
* In Adama's quarters, Gaeta tells Zarek that he has "a net" over the Baseship, and thus Zarek did not need to bring the entire Quorum with him to ''Galactica''. Zarek replies that as long as Gaeta insists on having a trial for Adama, he wants the Quorum where he can keep an eye on them. Zarek says they need to move on, but Gaeta replies that before that can happen, people must answer for what they've done, beginning with Adama.
* Tyrol continues to sneak through the corridors of ''Galactica'' unnoticed. On Deck D Corridor 2, he hears the sound of a door opening and runs for cover.
* Hidden from view, Tyrol observes Kelly and two rebel marines escorting [[Romo Lampkin]] at gunpoint. Romo wonders if anyone will feed his dog.
* In Adama's quarters, Zarek reads the charges against Adama: treason, desertion, giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and gross dereliction of duty. Zarek reminds him that the punishment for these crimes is death by firing squad. All the while, Adama glares at Gaeta.
* Zarek tells Romo that the Admiral is entitled to a court martial, but they need a lawyer to handle his defense. Adama mutters, "They need a pimp."
* Romo wonders why they are doing all of this. Gaeta replies, "For justice." Romo, considering the tone of the room, conjectures that if he should choose to pass on this "field trip for justice," that the two marines guarding him will instead use him for target practice. Zarek impatiently tells him to just do his job.
* Zarek goes on to say that "Commander" Gaeta will represent the people, and that Zarek himself will be serving as judge. Romo wonders if they've run out of ship's captains. Gaeta replies that the captains are busy defending their ships against the Basestar Adama welcomed into the Fleet. "Shove it up your ass," Adama tells Gaeta pointedly.
* Gaeta continues to argue with a mockingly defiant Adama. Adama points out that the rebel Cylons gave "aid and comfort" to the fleet, not vice versa. As the argument begins to escalate, Romo asks for a few minutes with Adama.
* On the Basestar, Roslin continues to unsuccessfully try to use the Raptor's communication system to contact anyone, with the Cylons looking on. A Six remarks that they no longer have the protection of the Fleet, and the Viper patrols are becoming increasingly bold, firing into space, inviting the Cylons to react. Tory Foster tells the other Cylons that they should all talk.
* On ''Galactica'', Tyrol uses a crowbar to pry the cover off of a service tunnel, and crawls inside.
* On ''Colonial One'', Zarek addresses the Quorum. As Zarek speaks in support of Gaeta's leadership of the military, the Quorum delegates are visibly concerned. Zarek tells the Quorum that he has brought them to ''Galactica'' to show Gaeta that the Quorum delegates are people who, "at the end of the day, still stand by your president." At this, the Quorum bursts into an excited discussion, which ends with [[Jacob Cantrell]] telling Zarek, "I think you should leave now, Mr. Vice President." The other delegates are in agreement.
* Zarek walks out of the conference room in defeat. In the adjacent corridor, he tells two marines, "Shoot them." Zarek then tells Kelly to get Gaeta. Kelly walks away to the sounds of screams and gunfire. He is visibly disturbed by the sounds.

=== Act 2 ===
* On ''Colonial One'', Gaeta looks in horror on the slain Quorum delegates, and angrily rebukes Zarek. Zarek reminds him that Gaeta began the coup, and that this is just another consequence of that. Gaeta is in disbelief, remarking that until now they had the truth on their side. Zarek tells him that the truth is told by whoever is left standing, and reminds him that Adama must be eliminated.
* On ''Galactica'', Tyrol continues to crawl through a cramped and dirty service tunnel.
* On the rebel Baseship, Tory informs Roslin that the Cylons have decided to jump away to ensure their own survival. The Six tells Roslin that Gaeta will likely execute Tigh, Tyrol, Anders, and any of the others who oppose him, such as Kara, Helo, and Adama.
* Roslin urges the Cylons to stay, reminding them that they have all made a habit out of beating the odds, particularly William Adama, and that when he returns to command, he will know who stuck with him and who ran.
* Tyrol crawls out of the duct into an empty munitions locker, where he is met at gunpoint by Kelly. Tyrol notes that the rebels sprang him from the brig.
* Kelly tells him to get out of the duct, but Tyrol says that he is too tired and that Kelly should just shoot him. Kelly replies that he's a machine, to which Tyrol replies that Kelly is a "dumbass." Kelly and Tyrol both begin laughing at this, and Kelly lowers his rifle.
* They both hear the sounds of gunfire in the distance. Kelly remarks, "This was a hell of a ship once." Tyrol agrees. Kelly tells Tyrol he heard his child wasn't a Cylon, and that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was "trouble." Tyrol laughs, saying it would not have mattered.
* After collecting himself, Kelly again points his rifle at Tyrol, but when Tyrol braces himself for the shot, Kelly instead tells him to leave, yelling "Go on skinjob, go!" After Tyrol crawls back into the duct, Kelly berates himself.
* In Adama's quarters, Romo hands Adama a pen to sign a statement. Adama refuses, but Romo urges him to put his innocence on record, and to give his people time to retake the ship.
* One of the rebels who was guarding the holding cell goes to the latrine, where Starbuck smashes his head into the wall.
[[Image:Lida.jpg|thumb|Lida approaching Baltar.]]
* On the rebel Baseship, a Six named [[Lida]] asks Baltar if he is injured. He replies that they typically use the word "damaged" instead of "injured."
* In the corridor outside the holding cell, Lee and Starbuck argue over the best way to overpower the guards. Lee throws a grenade into their midst, and in the ensuing panic Lee and Starbuck gun them all down. Immediately after the last guard goes down, Starbuck ducks for cover, but an amused Lee nonchalantly walks to the thrown grenade and picks it back up. He tells Starbuck that he never pulled the pin, to which she states, "Not funny."
* With the guards dispatched, Lee and Starbuck free the prisoners, but Lee is upset to learn that his father is not among them.
* On their way out of the cell, Starbuck and Anders search the guards for weapons, but Lee tells them that they are quickly running out of time.
* A rebel turns the corner and fires at Starbuck and Anders. Starbuck shoots the rebel in the chest, but not before Anders is struck by a bullet in the neck, causing him to stumble.

=== Act 3 ===
* While Lee covers them, Starbuck looks after a wounded Anders. Sounds of yelling and gunfire indicate that there is fighting nearby. Lee insists that they need to leave.
* Tigh tells Caprica-Six to take Hera to Baltar's followers for safety, as "no one wants to go near those nutjobs." She insists she can take care of herself.
* Lee yells for Tigh to help him get Anders off the ground, but Starbuck tells Lee to go after his father instead. Athena and the others go with Lee and Tigh, while Starbuck stays with an incoherent Anders to try to get him to Doc Cottle for medical treatment.
* In Adama's quarters, the "court martial" proceeds apace, with Gaeta arguing that Adama deserted them on New Caprica. Romo objects, saying Gaeta is badgering the witness. Not surprisingly, his objection goes unheard by Zarek.
* As Adama continues to mock Gaeta, Zarek receives a call telling him that Tigh and the other "skinjobs" escaped. Zarek tells Adama and the others that Tigh was killed trying to escape. At the news of his longtime friend's death, Adama shows the first signs of emotion, and tells Gaeta that he is not answering any more of his questions.
* Zarek declares the prisoner guilty as charged, upsetting Romo, who says, "This isn't a trial, this is an asylum." Zarek angrily grabs Romo and pushes him against the bulkhead.
* Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, prompting a smile from Adama and looks of concern from everyone else. Roslin announces that Gaeta took command of ''Galactica'' by force, and that the Cylons were merely defending themselves when they moved the baseship into the Fleet. She then commands the Fleet ships to power down their FTL drives.
* On the rebel Baseship, Roslin exclaims that their signal could not be jammed. Behind her, a [[Number Two|Leoben]] is leaning on a device with flashing red lights, to which the Raptor's comm system is presumably connected. "I thought this would do the trick," he says with a grin.
* Back on ''Galactica'', Starbuck slowly drags an unconscious Anders a short distance before falling on the floor, exhausted. [[Parr]], the rebel marine escorting a bound Romo, happens upon them, commanding Starbuck to show him her hands. Romo readies his pen. Starbuck draws her sidearm and pulls the trigger, but the weapon is empty. Seizing his opportunity, Romo stabs his captor in the neck repeatedly with his pen. After removing his restraints, he retrieves his sunglasses and a sidearm from the fallen guard.
* Starbuck implores Romo to help her get Anders to Dr. Cottle, but Romo refuses, citing the fact that on the way there, he and his "friend" had already been shot at twice, once by his own men. Further considering the situation, an obviously conflicted Romo chooses to turn around and help.
* In CIC, Gage informs Gaeta that ten of the thirty-five ships remaining in the Fleet shut down their FTL drives after Roslin's announcement. Narcho is upset, but Gaeta tells him that Roslin did them a favor in exposing those ships who would cause them trouble. Gaeta tells Gage to give jump coordinates only to those ships that kept their FTL drives online, and to order them to jump immediately.
* Gaeta then tells Narcho to assemble an execution detail comprised of men he can trust, to secure the main hangar bay launch tube, and to take Adama down there and await further orders. Narcho shows some reluctance, but he insists that Gaeta can count on him "all down the line."
* Gaeta asks Zarek, who is waiting nearby, if he is spying on him. Zarek insists that they simply need to get through the current predicament, and move on.
* In a corridor somewhere on ''Galactica'', Narcho leads a team of six rebel marines who are escorting Adama to the launch tube, with Kelly walking behind the group. After some consideration, Kelly breaks off from the group and goes to the [[memorial hallway]], where he drops his rifle and breaks down in tears.
* In a nearby corridor, Tigh and Athena keep watch while Lee opens a service panel and disconnects a power line, causing the main lights to go out. Sounds of gunfire indicate there is still heavy fighting nearby.
* Tyrol continues to crawl through service tubes, this time crawling behind a latrine. He coughs and gags at the smell.
* In the memorial hallway, Lee confronts Kelly, who is nearly catatonic with grief. He finally admits to Lee that the others are planning on executing Adama in the main launch tube. Lee moves to punch Kelly, but Tigh pulls him away. As they run to the hangar deck, Kelly picks up his rifle and runs after them, yelling, "I'm coming with you!"
* On the rebel Baseship, Baltar dreams of Adama's death by firing squad, which wakes him violently. In bed with him, Lida attempts to comfort him, but Baltar rebuffs her, saying that he has run for his life yet again. She tells him that fear makes people act differently, but he says that he did not run out of fear this time.
* For the first time, Baltar admits that he is merely playing the role of religious leader to humor his followers, and that he privately scorns their "provincial intellects" and their unfailing willingness to make him feel better; however, he also admits that he feels responsible for them, and that he must go back.
* On the hangar deck, Adama is tied to a chair in the main launch tube by a marine while Narcho stands nearby, distressed. As Narcho walks towards the eight marines with rifles at the ready, Adama spits.
* From the rebel Baseship, Roslin gives the rebels five minutes to return command to Admiral Adama.
* In CIC, an increasingly concerned Zarek listens to Roslin's ultimatum, and looks around for Gaeta, who is absent.
* In Adama's quarters, Gaeta walks to Adama's desk, where he drops the admiral pins on ''Galactica'''s watch log. He then calls Narcho, telling him to carry out the execution.
* On the hangar deck, Narcho replies, "Yes, sir," and hangs up with Tigh pointing a sidearm at his head. Meanwhile, Lee unties his father from the chair in the launch tube, and Kelly and Athena have their rifles pointed at eight marines, all disarmed and kneeling with hands behind their heads.
* Adama is overjoyed to see Tigh, whom he was told was dead. Tigh replies that for a while, he was.
* Adama addresses the kneeling, disarmed marines, saying, "I'm gonna take back my ship." Adama then addresses Narcho, who tells him that while he has always respected him, he hates the Cylons, and he cannot take orders from a leader who won't fight them. At this, Tigh raises his weapon to Narcho's head, but Adama orders him to stand down, and orders Narcho to be tied up instead.
* Sitting at Adama's desk, Gaeta removes his prosthesis and scratches the stump underneath.
* Deep in the bowels of ''Galactica'', Tyrol finally has enough room to crouch rather than crawl, allowing him to move faster.
* In CIC, Zarek orders Vireem to pass him through to Roslin. As Gaeta walks into CIC, Zarek addresses Roslin on the rebel Baseship, introducing himself as the President of the Twelve Colonies. He announces that Tigh was killed in an escape attempt, and that Adama was tried, found guilty of his crimes, and was executed by firing squad earlier that morning. Zarek insists that Roslin think of the welfare of the people of the Fleet, and surrender.
* Roslin vehemently refuses, vowing to use every weapon at her disposal to come after Zarek and the other mutineers. The weapon emplacements on the Baseship open, targeting ''Galactica''.

=== Act 4 ===
* In CIC, after Zarek's statements to Roslin, Gaeta remarks that now they have a military leader and a president in one. Zarek questions how Gaeta would have handled the situation, had he been there.
* Gage indicates that the Baseship is arming itself, and that they are jump ready. Gaeta orders the board be set to green, and a crew member inserts the FTL key at gunpoint.
* Tyrol rushes down a set of stairs in ''Galactica'''s FTL engine room.
* Adama marches towards CIC, leading an increasingly large group of marines, officers, and enlisted crew.
* In the FTL engine room, Tyrol breaks open the door to the auxiliary control station, and attempts to shut down the FTL drive with his command code.
* As Adama and his group of loyalists continue their march to CIC, Roslin's voice is heard over the wireless, commanding ''Galactica'' to surrender.
* In the FTL engine room, Tyrol's command code is denied (as he is not currently in active duty). Instead he looks to some nearby machinery and, with some effort, removes a [[Sync coil|vital component]] and shuts down the FTL drive.
* In CIC, Gage announces the FTL drive's shutdown. Zarek begins ordering crew members to look into it, but no one moves. He tells Gaeta to launch Vipers to defend themselves, but Gaeta ignores him, and instead recalls his own words: "One day soon there's gonna be a reckoning."
* Gage announces that gun batteries have fixed target bearings and are ready to fire. With Zarek at a near-panic, Gaeta realizes they are defeated, and orders a weapons hold.
* Adama arms himself with the sidearm from a nearby marine, and the group storms CIC. No resistance is offered by the mutineers who, outmatched, surrender without a fight.
* Adama gets on the wireless, identifies himself, confirms that he has retaken command, and tells Roslin to stand down. Roslin, Baltar, and even the Cylons are relieved to hear his voice with Roslin and at least one Eight in tears.
* Zarek, Gaeta, and the other mutineers are taken away at gunpoint. While Gaeta and Adama exchange a stare, Adama has nothing to say to his fomrer loyal officer and merely gestures for Kelly and Athena to take him away.
* In the FTL engine room, an exhausted Tyrol drops the component as the massive FTL drive slowly come to a halt. As he turns to the bulkhead, he notices some significant structural damage which concerns him greatly.
* On ''Galactica'', Roslin climbs down a ladder and, seeing Adama alive for the first time since she boarded the Raptor, cries tears of joy. The two leaders walk together, his arm around her.
* In Gaeta's quarters, Gaeta and Baltar are smoking cigarettes - something Gaeta has not been seen doing for quite some time and drink coffee which Gaeta calls the "spoils of war." Gaeta is telling Baltar of the many careers he once dreamed of pursuing: architecture, medicine, engineering, photography, and finally, science.
* Baltar, on the verge of tears, begins to say something, but Gaeta stops him. He assures Baltar that he is fine with the way things turned out, and that his only wish is that eventually, people realize who he is. Baltar tells Gaeta that he knows who he is.
* Gaeta and Zarek are seated in the main launch tube of the hangar deck, with Adama, Lee, Tigh, and Baltar standing behind the firing squad.
* Just before Adama orders the execution detail to fire, Gaeta looks down at his severed leg in astonishment and remarks, "It stopped" refering to the intense pain he has had since he lost his leg.
*The squad fires, killing Gaeta and Zarek.

== Notes ==
*The punchline of [[Blood_on_the_Scales#Noteworthy_Dialogue|the joke]] that [[Tom Zarek]] tells [[Racetrack]] as he is escorted from the flight deck suggests that pedophilia by priests may have been an issue among the [[Religion_in_the_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)|clergy of the Twelve Colonies]], similar to [[w:Abuse_by_members_of_Roman_Catholic_orders|anecdotes and allegations]] involving the Roman Catholic Church.
*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.
*Romo Lampkin while being forced to serve as Adama's lawyer during his trial he referred to two looming Marine guards as "Wynken and Blynken". This was in reference to the poem of ''[[Wikipedia:Wynken, Blynken, and Nod|Wynken, Blynken, and Nod]]'', a late 19th century Dutch child's lullaby by [[Wikipedia:Eugene Field|Eugene Field]] about three fishermen fishing in the starry night in the sky with the help of the moon and uses a magic wooden shoe as their boat.<ref>[http://www3.amherst.edu/~rjyanco94/literature/eugenefield/poems/poemsofchildhood/wynkenblynkenandnod.html Wynken, Blynken, and Nod" Lullaby]</ref>
*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 Captain Kelly was last seen during season 3 when he was arrested for his bombing and assassinations of Baltar's lawyers. His character has appeared intermittently since the show began and it is fitting that he would be a 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 for the Cylons.
*The events depicted in "The Oath" and "Blood on the Scales" cover approximately nine hours: Tigh enters Adama's quarters at 0620 at the beginning of "The Oath", culminates with Gaeta seizing the CIC at 0922, and concludes with Adama and his loyalists retaking the CIC at 1532 in "Blood on the Scales". The executions of Gaeta and Zarek, however, take place at an unspecified time later.
*The firing-squad executions of Gaeta and Zarek mark the first time a method of execution other than [[airlock|airlocking]] has been used on screen (apart from the non-judicial summary executions in ''[[Razor]]''), although the action takes place in the same location where most recent airlocking incidents have occurred. In "[[Dirty_Hands#Act_4|Dirty Hands]]", Admiral Adama threatens to have [[Cally Tyrol]] shot as a mutineer, suggesting that the firing squad is the standard means of execution for humans that commit mutiny.
*The ship's [[FTL]] drive is seen for the first time.
*Baltar becomes involved with a previously-unseen copy of [[Number Six]] (referenced off-screen by the name [[Lida]]). Discounting his [[Messengers|Messenger Six]], this makes the third copy of Six with whom he has had relations, after [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Gina Inviere]].

== 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 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. Many people, both in support of Gaeta/Zarek and in opposition, were killed. Given the death count, 40 in the first four hours of the mutiny, from 06:32 hours when Zarek was released from the Brig to sometime after 10:30 hours when Adama and Tigh are captured in the stowage bay (with most of the killing starting shortly after 09:02 hours after Capt. [[Kara Thrace]] rescues Delegate [[Lee Adama]] in the Hanger Deck. [[Peter Laird]] was the very first death, occuring shortly before 07:00 hours.), the attack on those Loyal to Adama was vicious. The break down of mutineer and loyalist deaths hasn't been given yet, but it is most likely that most of these deaths were those loyal to Adama since Gaeta/Zarek forces had the elements of both surprise and preparation in their favor. The 40 figure only represents the deaths by the end of "[[The Oath]]", near the approximate halfway point of the mutiny at 10:30 hours. With the retaking of CIC by Adama and Tigh, the mutiny ended at 15:32 hours, approximately nine hours elapsed time (there may have been resisters after that time not wishing to be taken into custody). Mutiny death figures since 10:30 hours, including the murder of the Quorum delegates, will be reflected in the survivor population count after the teaser of "[[No Exit]]" unless otherwise indicated.
*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, his mental pain and much of his physical pain and itching disappeared. His last words acknowledged that the irritation had stopped.
*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 some of the mutineers a second chance.
**Not likely, the podcast for Deadlocked says they were all imprisoned on the ''Astral Queen''.
**Adama grants clemency to those volunteering for the rescue of Hera. However, this was out of a desperate need for as many people as possible and the only ones shown for sure to take it were Nowart, Racetrack and Skulls, the later two of which died in the battle.
*From a pragmatic standpoint, Humanity, such at the verge of extinction anyways, can not afford to lose large numbers of people.
*The mutineers at no point subdued all resistance aboard ''Galactica''. As Adama marched on CIC, many crew members rushed to join him, indicating that they were either still resisting or were waiting for a sign that the tide had turned. CIC also was controlled by Gaeta through the use of marines who held most of the staff at gunpoint.
* Tyrol, while attempting to disable Galactica's jump drive notices odd tears in the hull near the FTL assembly. ''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. The ship itself is 50+ years old and has seen combat in two wars against the Cylons, and after all the damage its taken - the [[Battle of New Caprica]] being the most obvious example - it is not all that surprising to see the ship's structural integrity begin to fail like this.
*Roslin threatens to attack ''Galactica'' if Gaeta and Zarek do not surrender. Numerous missile emplacements are then shown opening along the arms of the rebel basestar. Due to the known incompetence of ''Galactica's'' mutineer crew (Gage being unable to jam Roslin's transmission in [[The Oath]] without Gaeta's help), the chaos aboard ''Galactica'' with a mutiny still ongoing, and ''Galactica's'' status as an undermanned vessel, it is possible that the basestar could have successfully engaged and destroyed ''Galactica'' or at least severely damaged her enough to prevent her escaping.
*Captain 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.
*Gaeta and Baltar have a civil conversation before Gaeta's execution indicating that the two have forgiven each other for thier past transgressions: 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 [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]] 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 Caprica]] 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 throughout 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's ships- seems somewhat inconsistent with a the human population that 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. Ships being abandoned on New Caprica or afterwards may explain this strikingly low number unless it is a continuity error. If 35 is a correct figure, the other ships in the fleet must have somehow found a way to take a huge number of extra people aboard.
**It is possible that the 35 civilian ships that were mentioned were the total number of ships that had initially sided with Zarek and Gaeta, rather than the entire number of ships in the fleet. If they had been ready to jump at Zarek and Gaeta's order, their FTL drives would have been spun up. With Roslin's broadcast, though, 10 of the 35 would have switched sides again and shut down their FTLs, indicating the end of their desire to follow the coup leaders.
*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 contradicted 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. It should be noted, however, that a large proportion of the people on the ship following the escape from New Caprica were civilians who may have since been relocated. Furthermore, it may be that only certain areas of the ship - such as the living quarters - are overcrowded. The exact number of personnel that a fully manned ''Galactica'' should have is unknown.
*Despite [[Sharon Agathon]]'s vision-induced paranoia of a Six taking her daughter, [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]<ref>Sharon kills [[Natalie]] in "[[Sine Qua Non]]" when she sees the latter with Hera in a corridor after Sharon, President Roslin, and Caprica-Six all have a vision of a Six absconding with Hera at the opera house.</ref>, she does not protest [[Caprica-Six]] carrying Hera while Sharon supports her injured husband, [[Karl Agathon|Karl]]. It must be remembered that it was Caprica Six who aided in the escape of Athena with Hera from the Baseship after she got Helo to kill her so she would resurrect on the Baseship and recover their daughter. Caprica Six killed [[Sharon Valerii]] ("Boomer", who later resurrected) after Valerii tried to kill Hera for rejecting her and then Caprica Six helped get both Athena and Hera off the Baseship. Ironically, Caprica Six is the only character who has been seen specifically committing infanticide (not counting Baltar's dream about Adama drowning Hera).<ref>Caprica-Six snaps a human infant's neck in her first scene in the [[Miniseries]].</ref>
*Assuming the writers maintained their preference to mirror real-world military traditions, the firing squad assembled to execute Gaeta and Zarek would likely be composed of low-level mutineers who were treated with leniency and then required to seal their loyalty (and feelings of guilt) by executing their former conspirators.
*It isn't clear whether Gaeta and Zarek were given any sort of trial before being executed. Given Adama and Roslin's preference (albeit sometimes waveringly so) for maintaining the rule of law, it would be surprising if the lead mutineers were just shot out of hand.
* Contrary to real-world military protocol and traditions, Gaeta was not cashiered prior to his execution, and faces the firing squad still wearing the rank insignia of a lieutenant.
* During Tyrol and Kelly's discussion in the arms locker, Kelly mentions that he could have told Tyrol that Cally was trouble, Tyrol's response "Thanks, it wouldn't have mattered", indicates that, even if he had known that Cally had been sleeping with Hot Dog, he would still have married her. This clearly indicates that Tyrol loved her, and the way in which he says it clearly indicates that he still does. This means that Tyrol's tirade against the Admiral after his wife's death was an act, possibly out of grief, possibly to get himself dismissed from the Deck Crew so he couldn't sabotage anything should he have any hidden programming.
* The Cylons among the fleet are, collectively, more loyal to Roslin and Adama (and more willing to forgive past conflicts) than are the humans.
*Despite Adama's obvious anger towards Gaeta, he may have been somewhat forgiving towards him at the end: Baltar is allowed to visit, it happens in Gaeta's quaters indicating that Adama didn't put him in the brig but locked him in his room and he's smoking cigarettes (which he may have had in his room) and drinks what looks like the Admiral's morning coffee which he calls the "spoils of war" indicating Adama may have given it to him. Also, Adama allows him to die wearing his uniform which he promised he wouldn't allow any of the mutineers to do.

== Questions ==

=== Answered Questions ===

* What will become of the other mutineers (Racetrack, Narcho, Seelix, etc)? Will Adama follow through with his promise of "no forgiveness"? ([[Deadlock|Answer]])
* Who will take over Gaeta's duties? ([[Deadlock|Answer]])
* What repercussions will the Quorum's assassination have on the Fleet? ([[No Exit|Answer]])
* 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? ([[No Exit|Answer]])
* In the [[Miniseries]], Colonel Tigh tells Lt. Gaeta to "spin up FTL drives 1 and 2". Why did Tyrol's deactivation of one FTL drive stop Gaeta from ordering the other's use? Is the other FTL drive still functional?
** Answer: The ship needs both FTL drives to make a proper jump, and Tyrol pulled the [[sync coil]] between the two.
* Will Anders survive his injuries? Were Starbuck and Lampkin even successful in getting him to sickbay? ([[No Exit|Partial Answer]])
* Will Helo survive his injuries? ([[Someone to Watch Over Me|Answer]])
* How will Baltar's new-found sense of responsibility toward his flock change his behavior? ([[Deadlock|Possible Answer]])
* Will the Cylons' assistance of, and subordination to, President Roslin (and/or Colonial political leaders' fears of being associated with the failed coup d'état) secure them the citizenship and Quorum representation they seek? ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars|Answer]])
* With Zarek dead and Lee Adama being the only surviving member of the Quorum (or one of the few surviving members, considering that two regular delegates were replaced by stand-ins), will he become the new Vice President? ([[No Exit|Possible Answer]])
* Are ''Galactica'''s computers now networked? ([[Daybreak, Part I|Answer]])
* With most of the Quorum dead, will Roslin and Adama use the attempted mutiny as a basis to declare martial law? ([[No Exit|Answer]])

=== Unanswered Questions ===

* Will Kelly be allowed to resume his duties on ''Galactica''?
* Is the same structural deficiency present near the other FTL drive?
* Will the rebel Cylons become less trusting of the humans as a result of this mutiny? Or will 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?
* Do the Articles of Colonization include pre-approval language for the joining of the fabled "13th Tribe", now known to be Cylons? Such is often the case of comparable federation constitutions; the United States' former [[wikipedia:Articles of Confederation|Articles of Confederation]] included such language with respect to "Canada" (meaning Ontario) and Bermuda.
* Were Gaeta and Zarek given trials?
* How much time passed between the mutiny and the execution?
* Did Zarek subsequently target the absent members of the Quorum for assassination? Do any of them, other than Lee, live through the mutiny?

== Character Development ==
*''In the [[Miniseries]] (in the teaser) the first time we see Lt. Felix Gaeta and then-Commander Adama, Gaeta was handing him routine reports-and also unknown to them the first indications of trouble-while he was practicing his public address on the occasion of ''Galactica'''s-and his-retirement. It is of note considering what we now know of what the unimaginable future had for them:''

:'''Gaeta:''' Good morning, sir.

:'''Adama:''' Good morning.

:'''Gaeta:''' (hands him messages) Com traffic from the midwatch.

:'''Adama:''' (re: messages) Hmm. Anything interesting?

:'''Gaeta:''' Uh... Mostly housekeeping. Uh, there was one odd message we were copied on. (shows him the message) Uh... The one from Fleet headquarters there, sir. Courier officer's overdue coming back from Armistice station. They've asked for a full status report on all FTL capable ships, just in case they need someone to jump out there today, see if his ship is having mechanical problems.

:'''Adama:''' I think we're a little bit busy today, wouldn't you say so Lieutenant?

:'''Gaeta:''' (grins) Yes, sir.

:'''Adama:''' Glad we agree.

:'''Gaeta:''' And, may I take this opportunity to say that it's been both a pleasure and an honor to serve under you these past three years.

:'''Adama:''' It's my honor, Lieutenant Gaeta.

*It's also interesting to note that the first time Roslin meets a Number Two, he is trying to sabotage the fleet and she has him executed ([[Flesh and Bone]]); in this episode she and a Number Two are seen cooperating and sharing a friendly moment. It may have even been the same Number Two, as Leoben is still alive and has been prominent among the rebels.

== Official Statements ==
*[http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2009/02/battlestar-galactica-gaeta-blood-scales-angeli.html Maureen Ryan of the Chicago Tribune interviews Michael Angeli about the episode:], The Six who sleeps with Baltar on the baseship is named [[Number Six#Lida|Lida]].

* ''[[Richard Hatch]] discusses his desire for a [[Tom Zarek]] interview prior to Zarek's execution:''

: I actually want to do the final Tom Zarek interview before he gets blown out the airlock, which they didn’t show, on the show. They had [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] talk to [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]], but you never got to see what Zarek was feeling. And I always wanted to do the final Zarek interview, you know, a little bit like the [[w:David Frost|David Frost]] interview with [[w:Richard Nixon|[Richard] Nixon]], where you could understand a little more deeply where he was coming from.

: I always wanted to go into that, just because I always felt that some people missed the point. They took sides, on who they liked more, as opposed to seeing what was really happening there. And art is not just about entertainment, not about taking sides; it’s about challenging your thinking, seeing things outside the box and expanding your mind, and seeing things from a larger viewpoint.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2009/08/13/j-interviews-richard-hatch-part-2/|title=J Interviews Richard Hatch Part II|date=13 August 2009|accessdate=14 August 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
*'''Tom Zarek''' (ending a joke to Racetrack): . . . shall we save the kids? And the attorney says, "Frak them". And the priest says, "Do we have time?"
:'''Racetrack''' (after both laugh): "You're gross."
*'''''Tom Zarek''' delivers his ultimatum to '''Laura Roslin''''':
:'''Zarek''': This is Tom Zarek, President of the Twelve Colonies. It's over, Laura. Saul Tigh was killed attempting to escape. Bill Adama was tried and found guilty of his crimes. A firing squad executed him this morning. It's done, Laura. You want to think about the people of this fleet now, and surrender.
:'''Roslin''': No. Not now. Not ever. Do you hear me? I will use every cannon, every bomb, every bullet, every weapon I have down to my own eyeteeth to end you. I swear it!''' ''I'm coming for all of you!'''''
*'''''Felix Gaeta''' is disturbed by the sight of the slaughtered Quorum delegates:
:'''Gaeta''': We--we had the truth on our side. Now . . . now . . .
:'''Zarek''': The truth is told by whoever is left standing.
*'''''Lee Adama''' has just thrown a grenade towards the marines guarding the Cylon Prisoners, allowing him and '''Kara Thrace''' to kill them, after which Kara takes cover and Lee looks at her both amused and pleased with himself:
:'''Lee Adama''': ''walking forward and picking up the Grenade'' I never pulled the pin.
:'''Kara Thrace''': Ok, that is not funny.
:'''Lee Adama''': It would have been if you had thought of it.
:'''Kara Thrace''': No, still not funny.
*'''''Laura Roslin''''' broadcasting to the fleet:
:'''Roslin''': This is President Laura Roslin speaking from the Cylon baseship. Felix Gaeta has seized ''Galactica'' by force. The Cylons were defending themselves. They will not harm you. I repeat, the Cylons will not harm you. I am asking all ships' captains not to jump. Do not jump! Shut down your FTL drives!
*'''''Felix Gaeta''' is about to be executed for his crimes:
:'''Gaeta''': (referring to the pain from his lost leg) It stopped.
*'''''Gaeta''' pours himself and Baltar a cup of what looks like Admiral Adama's coffee and Baltar looks at it confused:
:'''Gaeta''': Spoils of war.
*'''''Adama''' regains control of CIC and captures '''Gaeta''' and '''Zarek''':
:'''Adama''': ''(to a CIC crewmember)'' Connect me with the President.
:'''Crewmember''': Right away Admiral.
:''(Adama puts down his gun and picks up the phone)''
:'''Adama''': Madam President, this is the Admiral! Stand down! I repeat ''Galactica'' secure, stand down!
:''(Roslin, Baltar and the Cylons are clearly relieved with Roslin and an Eight even crying)''
:'''Roslin''': ''(tearfully)'' Bill!

== 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 Captain [[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 Speaking Delegate [[Dahlia]]
* [[Veena Sood]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum Delegate|Quorum Delegate]]
* [[Adrian Holmes]] as Marine [[Parr]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}

[[Category:Episodes written by Michael Angeli]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]
[[Category:RDM]]

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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:Gougef|Gougef]]
**[[User:Jonathan|Jonathan]] (PR Coordinator)
**[[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] (Primary Wiki Frakr! Contact)
**[[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] (established by Joe Baudoin since August 17, 2012)
**[[User:Talos|Talos]]
* Inactive
**[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]]
**[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]
**[[User:Day|Day]]
**[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]]
**[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]]
**[[User:Serenity|Serenity]]
**[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]]
See [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators|list of all chiefs on Battlestar Wiki]]

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== 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}}

== 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?

: I'll look into this. On the "to-do" list. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 22:53, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
::Might be the flash thing we tried. Hasn't really been refinsed like Joe said. [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 07:17, 6 November 2009 (UTC)

== Change the site over... ==

Hey Joe, sorry if im being an annoyance, but I am concerned about the Battlestar Pegasus site:

"Mercer, the site is now up. However, I do have plans to change the website over, since it never really lifted off as well as I'd hoped. -- Joe Beaudoin So say we all - Donate - Battlestar Pegasus 18:29, 15 September 2009 (UTC) "

I was wondering what you meant by this. I know I am one of the few users who uses it, but I have put alot of time and energy into the articles, ship files, character files, corporation files, and soon some technology files, AND my fanfiction as well. I would hate to see this go, and I am just wondering what your position on this is, and I just want to touch base with you on this.

Thanks,

Mercer

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 23:33, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

: I've yet to finalize my plans / roadmap for the website, however none of the existing content will be adversely affected. So the content is safe, and there will always be a wiki component to it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 23:38, 27 September 2009 (UTC)

Oh, I understand now. I thought by "change the website over" you meant take it down or something, but it seems you mean to change aspects of it. If it does so happen that you wish to remove it, PLEASE contact me and let me know at drew.shoemaker@gmail.com

Again, thanks for all of your responses and clarification on this matter...

Mercer
--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 02:21, 28 September 2009 (UTC)

== I might have screwed up ==

I think I might have screwed up.

I've just posted this new page after I failed to find anything specific to this officer by searching by his call sign:
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/%22Shooter%22

However, after some thought I looked again and but asked for his specific task instead. Then I found this:
http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Unnamed_Galactica_and_Pegasus_crew_%28RDM%29#Launch_Officer

What should I do?

thanks
Jeff

: Don't worry much about it. I changed your article to redirect to the Launch Officer listing in the unnamed crew article. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 02:14, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
: Ditto. Would have done the same thing. No worries no. :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 04:04, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
: Ok, thanks! [[User:Jeffrabb|Jeffrabb]]

== Battlestar Pegasus Site Down...Again ==

Hello again, I have noticed the Battlestar Pegasus site is down again, I was just wondering why. Any info is appreciated.

Thanks.

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 22:08, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

== can someone please add YR42 to the Numerology page entry for "42"? ==

since it has been established that "last year" on Caprica was YR41 (timestamp on interview with the bomber kid) and that "this year" is YR42 (masthead on newspaper), can someone please add this to the entry for "42" on the numerology page?

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Numerology#42

thanks!

here's something i just posted on my FB:

and hey, look what i found for 42! http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Numerology#42 - i knew the reference to Douglas Adams' works (42 is, of course, the meaning of life, the universe, and everything - and it just so happens that 42 in decimal is 101010 in binary - HUH!!! lol!).

[[User:Jlwn111|Jlwn111]]

[please note, i have a life-long connection to the number 111 and i just can't help but notice it jumping out at me in the binary representation of "life, the universe, and everything" - LOL!]

: Just to let you know, you are more than welcome to make the change yourself. So feel free to [[BW:BOLD|be bold]] in doing so. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 03:50, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

== Season 4.0 limited release ==

Can someone help me with this?

It's been so long since I bought my dvds, and unfortunately lost track of where I was in the show.
I am re watching it now, only to realize I purchased some kind of tin case for season 4.0.
I have not been able to find any information about this anywhere on the internet - even on the list of dvd/blu-ray releases on this wiki site. Can someone tell me what I bought? I can upload a pic if need be.

nether_mage@hotmail.com

(sorry if there was a more appropriate place. I didn't know where else to post this.)

: Feel free to sign up for the [http://www.battlestarforum.com Battlestar Forum] and post more on this there. Definitely interested in seeing what you bought. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 14:49, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

== I ask again ==

I think my last question several months ago was overlooked. I would like to know what is to become of the Battlestar Pegasus site. I have put weeks of my time into writing a fan fiction on that website, not including all of the ship files, corporation files and other pages I have created. I hope this site does not have to go for good, but if it does, at least allow me to retrieve my works from it.

Replies are appreciated. Thanks.

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 13:33, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

: I'd need to speak to Shane, who backed up all the files and database for the website when we relocated servers. It's not been a priority to put up the website for us, because of the things that have happened these past few months. (Shane's working on a corporate project, and I'm juggling several endeavors myself—all of which pay our bills.) I apologize for not getting back to you sooner, and I understand that you spent time working on everything... but there have been more pressing matters, such as the upkeep of the Wiki, which takes precedence over BSP, as the Wiki ''is'' our flagship site. We'll let you know when things are back up. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 13:57, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks, I am glad to hear it was backed up and I understand about the upkeep of the normal wiki, I just wanted to hear what was planned and make sure my work was safe at least.

Thanks for the feedback and I wish you luck. :)

--[[User:Mercer|Mercer]] 00:32, 25 March 2010 (UTC)

== Songs, music, so forth [...] from Bear's Blog ==

Should we upload any of the mp3's listed along [[Bear McCreary]]'s [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/ blog] and/or create articles on any of the songs, i.e. "[http://captainahab.bandcamp.com/track/was-love Was Love]" in the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episode "[[Gravedancing]]"?
On a somewhat related (or unrelated) note, I'm surprised there isn't an article listed for the song sung by the [[Tucana singers]] from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 21:50, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
: I don't know if we could get away with uploading the MP3s from Bear's blog, although I have no problem with the creation of articles on any of the songs. Should the songs not warrant individual articles, we can always put them under the Arts and Literature of the Colonies or whatever article is appropriate. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 22:04, 26 March 2010 (UTC)

== Wiki Frakr in rough shape ==

Hi Joe, all, just wanted to make you aware that I'm getting a lot of "access denied" type errors on [[frakr:Main Page|Wiki Frakr]] when I attempt to view various articles ([[frakr:Tracey Anne|Tracey Anne]] as an example).

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(Cannot contact the database server: Access denied for user 'db85238_mw'@'%' to database 'db85238_bsgwiki_media_mw' (internal-db.s85238.gridserver.com))
</pre>

Thanks. [[User:JubalHarshaw|JubalHarshaw]] 16:35, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

: Yeah, Shane and I need to get in there and find some way to change the database, since Wiki Frakr and the Battlestar Wiki are now on two separate servers. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 14:59, 11 April 2010 (UTC)

Hi--I clicked on the WikiFrakr link from the "New Caprica Detention Center" page and got sent to a malware site--one of those "your computer is infected with a virus, click here to download our bogus anti-virus" things. I removed that particular link, but wanted to let you know in case you'd want to/be able to remove those links systematically. --[[User:GreenTom|GreenTom]] 22:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

: Thanks for the head's up. Wasn't aware of that. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 23:20, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

== Miniseries Night 1 ==

"The Cylons were created by the people of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol as a labor and military force.
Approximately 52 years prior, the Cylons turned on their human creators and the Cylon War ensued."

Prior means before right? they couldnt turn on their creators 52 before they were created.
:Probably could be better worded, the 52 years prior line is prior to the "Zero hour" that the Minseries is set in (at least, that's how I interperated it). --[[User:Typhoeus|Typhoeus]] 22:21, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

== Printing ==

First of all, thank you so much for this great wiki.

My question is, would it be possible to include a printing script into the codes for a better printing solution?

Some pages have a chaotic design when printed. {{unsigned|Ergasto}}

: Hi Ergasto! Thank you for the praise, as well as your question! To answer that question, we will be rolling out a better printer script into the wiki, so that it better formats the pages. That might take a week or so, depending on my work schedule and commitments, however. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]] 19:44, 25 July 2010 (UTC)

== Memory Alpha links ==

It seems like all of the links have stopped work or at least for right now. Example: [http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Star_Trek Star Trek].--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 00:19, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
: Fixed. The changed their link structure, apparently it coincides with their recent visual change. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 00:42, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== Template:Episode Date's Nielsen rating and Caprica episodes ==

I recently wrote this [[List of Nielsen ratings (CAP)]] but the ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' episodes' Nielsen rating links to [[List of Nielsen ratings (TRS)]]. Should we merge the two or what?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 07:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)
: No. We will need to update how the infobox works. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:36, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

== broken link ==

I just wanted to inform that the link to battlestarpegasus.com is broken, therefore [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Wiki:FAQ/Content this] page should be updated.
Thanks for this website,
Simone

: Thanks Simone! We're going to take down the Pegasus website links, but I've been too busy to actually do anything other than work and try to have some semblance of a social life. Cheers! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 23:01, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

== Idea: Battlestar Wiki's [[w:Wikipedia:Facebook directory|Facebook directory]]? ==

Copying an idea from Wikipedia, anyone for having a "Facebook" directory like this: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Facebook_directory Wikipedia:Facebook directory]? It could encourage users whose pages are simply marked "userpage" to personalize them. Then again, we already have a Facebook presence so this could just be needlessly redundant. Thoughts?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 14:05, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

: I just see this being more of a chore for us, and distracting us from the stuff we need to be doing. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 19:18, 22 January 2011 (UTC)

== War Of The Gods Part II - the cloven hoof and the novelization ==

Hi Folks, I was looking up the war of the gods part 2 info and i saw the info about the cloven hoof being seen by Apollo and Starbuck when they look into the crashed ship. I was always mad that we never got to see it on the show or in a deleted scene but this past summer i found the novelization of War of the Gods at a flea market and it made mention that the body that Apollo and Starbuck saw had a prehensile tail and legs that ended in cloven hooves.
Just thought I would pass it along.

Mike Furlo
The Big Frak {{unsigned|The Big Frak}}

In a listing of Battlestars in the old series that were present at the "peace" conference, the Acropolis needs to be deleted and the Solaria put in its place. The Battlestars present were: Galactica, Atlantia, Columbia, Pacifica and Solaria. The Battlestar Solaria was the last Battlestar destroyed at the peace conference. It is refrenced in both the book and the pilot. I tried to update the list of Battlestars, but was unable to do so. {{unsigned|Solaria}}

== Theatrical Movie ==

Back in 2009 it was reported that Bryan Singer was working on a theatrical movie, apparently based on his revival script from like a decade ago. I haven't heard any information since then, but as of June 2011 both Wiki and IMDb list it as a going concern. I was a little surprised you guys don't have a category for that, and I could't find any information in a search. Does anyone here know anything about this? Is it *really* still a going concern? {{unsigned|Republibot 3.0}}

: Rumors of a BSG movie are really nothing more than a bunch of people blowing hot air. I have it on very good authority that the movie will never happen, as frankly Glen Larson is viewed in a negative light and, therefore, no one wants to deal with him. (Glen Larson is the only one with the movie rights, and so would have more involvement in — and full creative control of — any movie production.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:18, 4 June 2011 (EDT)

== Any plans for SSL ==

I find it bothering to login to this wiki from public hotspots and university campuses without SSL. Any plans for implementing SSL at least for logins. I know that it involves purchasing certificates and all (by the way I think some vendors are giving certificates for free.), but security a must in these times. And I don't see any means of reclaiming ones account, once its compromised. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 03:14, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

: It's never been a priority to enable SSL since, really, there isn't vital information being transmitted to or from this wiki. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:21, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:: I am specifically talking about authentication, passwords are being sent in plain text. Isn't that vital. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:08, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::: What about just using a self signed certificate. True that it will show up a warning for everyone, but whoever really needs SSL can ignore the warning and continue. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:23, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

== Lots of spamming activity. ==

Looking at recent changes its clearly visible that there has been a lot of specifically targeted spamming attack on this wiki. And due to that, the recent changes page is flooded with all the spam posts and then the blocks. It actually becomes difficult to see the changes of articles going on. Are there any particular attempts to stop this. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:33, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:Since anons are not allowed to edit pages, spammers are forced to create accounts to do their bidding. (Have you noticed the kind of usernames being created, they usually are names from common word lists and 2 to 4 digits of numbers appended, this probably means that this is not done manually, but is scripted. And this makes me believe that ReCapcha is broken.) I have also noticed that the chiefs here are pretty quick in blocking these spamming accounts, but isn't it a better idea to also block the IP from which the account was created, so they just wont continue with creating more accounts. The new users log is just filled with all these kinds of accounts. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:39, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:: This is nothing new. Unfortunately, it's not as simple as banning the IP addresses — those are banned as well, in addition to usernames of the spammers — since they simply use another computer at another IP address. Also, many of the successful spammers are apparently actual users (i.e. human beings and not bots), and thus they circumvent the captchas by actually solving them. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:24, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:::Well, you may be speaking based on your observation of the Check IP logs. But don't you think something needs to be done about this. This has been going on for years. And it looks like a targeted attack specifically at this wiki. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 05:22, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

:::: Sad thing is that there is very little you can do about it. Fact of the matter is that this happens to all the major wikis. Wikipedia has always had this problem, same with Memory-Alpha, et al. There's actualy very little we can do to inhibit the activity — that is to say, without making it extremely difficult for new, actual users to lend their hand in contributing to the Wiki. Believe me when I say that we've talked about this internally for years, and really the only way to "stop" the manual spammers is to become draconian and extremely restrictive — which would harm ourselves in the long run, by losing people who would contribute. So, as long as we're on top of spammers, we're good. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 14:04, 11 August 2011 (EDT)

== Props Wiki. ==

Whats the purpose of the props wiki. Why a separate wiki for props?, cant the English language wiki have these articles? CylonU87 06:54, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

: There would be too many articles, frankly. It's part of the plan to document how the props were created, costumes were made, etc. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:11, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

:: Hmm. Looking at the number of articles in at the moment, there are only 142 pages in the article namespace. Then looking at the recent changes for the past 2 years, all I see is just spam. And the last decent edit was on August 9th, 2010. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:20, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::: Just tagged 14 spam articles for deletion on the props wiki. They are in the [[:Props:Category:Candidates for deletion]] page. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:41, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::: Yep, that project sort of stalled out. It's my intent to dig into that in the next couple of months to bring it up to snuff. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:44, 9 August 2011 (EDT)

::::While you are at zapping spammers accounts, these are 16 accounts waiting for you on the props wiki. And 15 spam articles are also tagged for deletion there. See. [[:Props:Category:Candidates for deletion]]. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 10:40, 13 August 2011 (EDT)

:::::The number of spam articles has increased from 15 to 62. See [[:Props:Category:Candidates for deletion]]. Sorry to say but at the current stage this project looks more like a honeypot used to collect spam. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 07:59, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::::::Cleanup done. The worst is for the [[:md:|media repository]].--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 10:03, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::::::: You were right [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]], the [[:md:|media repository]] is worse. I just tagged 134 [[:md:Category:Candidates for deletion|articles for deletion]] today morning. And all that spam is just from a two month period. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 11:51, 28 January 2012 (EST)

:::::::: The Media repository has been cleaned up (at last). CylonU87, I would like to thank you for what you have done (the tagging) because it helped me to be a lot much more efficient and faster to eradicate all these spammy bugs from the Media repository (even if it was long to do so). -- [[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 11:24, 31 January 2012 (EST)

== Status of battlestarpegasus.com ==

The sister fanon wiki BS Pegasus has been offline for quite some time. Any updates on whats happening or going to happen to it. I hope its safely backed up somewhere. Looking at the internet archives, I see that there were around 700 to 800 articles there. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 04:13, 14 August 2011 (EDT)
: Battlestarpegasus has been out since the database transfert to a new provider one year and half ago. As I heard since, it seems to be definitely out unless...--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 05:45, 14 August 2011 (EDT)

== Typo on "Faith" episode's protected page ==

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Faith#Official_Statements

The sentence "I though it was a great show" should be "I thought it was a great show" = change "though" to "thought"

Is this the correct place to submit such errors? If not, where?

Thanks for helping a new user!

[[User:Tented|Tented]] 09:56, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

:Faith shouldn't be protected any more, but you did come to the right place to post corrections!

:Also, I see that you made the change! Awesome! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 10:09, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

 Thank you, Joe!

Yes, I figured out how to make the change after posting this.

[[User:Tented|Tented]] 10:17, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

== Official summary links broken. ==

See discussion here [[Template talk:Episode Data#Official summary links broken.]] [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 12:12, 18 August 2011 (EDT)

: I've fixed the link. There may be a few links in the episode guides that will need to be fixed, since Syfy has their own scheme for naming some of the episodes that doesn't quite sync with the original episode names. (Like "[[End of Line]]".) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 19:19, 20 August 2011 (EDT)

:: The production numbers are different for season 3 on syfy. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 14:08, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

::: Season 3 had a unique production schedule, and so many of the Syfy.com numbers won't match. I'll have to create another field to compensate for that... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 14:26, 21 August 2011 (EDT)

== Clean Slate Press ==

Given that while they are [http://galactica1981.tripod.com/Best.htm published] they're still considered [[fan fiction]], should we take the content from the TOS alternate articles to form Fan fiction/ articles? For instance, [[Fan fiction/The Race for Earth]]. I'm fine either way plus I'm increasingly busy with school, but I wanted to know what the consensus was.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 06:13, 31 August 2011 (EDT)

: Ultimately, Clean Slate Press is fan fiction. They don't qualify as actual work, since they're not authorized / licensed by the copyright holder. So, yes, move it. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:18, 31 August 2011 (EDT)

== Tracking Page Views ==

Is there any way to see how many hits a page receives? {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: Yes, it's at the bottom of each page. It'll read something like this:

:: "This page was last modified on 14 September 2011, at 09:23. This page has been accessed 67,277 times."

: -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:18, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

== How to add script names to the 'Original Series and Galactica 1980 Unproduced Episode List' ==

I would like to add the following script names to the 'Original Series and Galactica 1980 Unproduced Episode List' which appears at the bottom of the page of each unproduced episode entry. For the original series, add Saga of a Star World (early draft) and for Galactica 1980, add Galactica Discovers Earth (early draft), Earthquake, A Flight For Life, The Money Machine, and the Battle of Troy.

I've been trying to do this for awhile now without success. {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: OK, I fixed an error in the template that prevented easy editing. Basically, if you haven't seen it already, you click on the "e" in the lower right hand corner of the template and that should bring you directly to the editing page. Just add the links to the scripts there. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 11:33, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

Thanks! I really appreciate it. >[[User talk:Galactica1981]]

== Tracking Page Views ==

Is is possible to make it so that the counter only counts a person once instead of everytime they visit a page? After all, the point of having the counter is to see how many people are visiting a page, and if each person can be counted multiple times, then what good is it? {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: Unfortunately, no. Besides, under the system you suggest, one person using multiple computers (for example, home and office) would count as two hits and not one. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:54, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

== What does 'Purge' do? ==

What does the 'Purge' option at the top of the page do? {{unsigned|Galactica1981}}

: Basically, purge just calls the database (where the actual content is stored) and makes sure that the page is presenting the most recent version stored. Really, it's just a fancy way of hard refreshing a page by "purging" the server cache for the page in question. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:56, 14 September 2011 (EDT)

:: Basically, all you need to remember about purge is, when you make changes on a page and they don't show up even after saving the changes, hit purge and they will. [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 03:49, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

== Posting magazine articles ==

I have scans of magazine articles on Galactica that I would be interested in posting here. Would that be allowed? If so, how would I cite each page. I looked at the section on citing and can't find anything that I thought would work.

--[[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] 23:21, 15 September 2011 (EDT)

: Hmm... Great question. Is there a way you can convert the magazine articles to PDF format? That would be the best way, to start. If you can't convert them, send them my way and I can do it for you. (Really simple, since I have Adobe Acrobat loaded up and I generate PDFs all the time for my various employers.) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:09, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

: My email is joe@frakmedia.net, by the way. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 13:11, 16 September 2011 (EDT)

== Contents box in wrong place ==

For [[Galactica Discovers Earth (early draft)]], the contents box is showing underneath the main article instead of at the top of the page. Can this be corrected? Thanks.

--[[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] 14:04, 22 September 2011 (EDT)
: When not notified, the TOC box is displayed juste above the first section. This page introduction is very huge. Thus, the only way to put the TOC box is to force its location with the tag <nowiki>__TOC__</nowiki>.--[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 16:51, 22 September 2011 (EDT)

== Problem with Galactica 1980 portal page ==

On the Galactica 1980 portal, the link for Season 1 is too low on the page. It should be directly underneath the photo of Dr. Zee (similar to the link for Season 1 on the portal for the Original Series). Can someone correct this?

--[[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] 08:51, 2 October 2011 (EDT)

: I've fixed it. :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 09:27, 2 October 2011 (EDT)

== ''[[The Caprican]]''/[[Serge's Twitter]] citations ==

For citing ''[[The Caprican]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s articles and [[Serge]]'s tweets, should we adopt this format?

([[CAP]]: "[[Graystone Computer Science Wing Coming To AU]]")

or

(''[[The Caprican]]'': "Graystone Computer Science Wing Coming To AU")

Thoughts?--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 03:56, 20 January 2012 (EST)
:May be the second proposition as it's not directly part of the series, but from the website. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 04:05, 20 January 2012 (EST)

:: I prefer the second format, since it clearly tells me that the info is from an in universe newspaper, and not from an series episode or something. Also, I would like to say that all those articles from [[The Caprican]] look kind of weird when they are directly in the mainspace of the wiki. What about prefixing all those pages with something like "The Caprican:". Just an idea. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:38, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::: Wilco. And I see what you mean CylonU87, but I feel like it'll make those articles longer than they'd need to be i.e. [[The Caprican/Travel Agency Gets More Than It Bargained For After Group Marriage Wins Sweepstakes]] and the articles already speak for themselves. Thanks for the idea though.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 11:36, 22 January 2012 (EST)

::: Double-citing would be unnecessary right? I.e. citing [[Serge's Twitter]] with a reference tag to the exact tweet on [[CapTV]].--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 18:07, 23 January 2012 (EST)

== Long Pages. ==

Some pages have become really long recently. See: [[Special:LongPages]]. I think some of them can be split to make them smaller.

I recommend splitting the [[‎List of Deleted Scenes (TOS)]] into multiple articles as follows. For example, the deleted scenes related to episode Saga of a Star World will be under Saga of a Star World/Deleted Scenes. Just like how the Razor article was pruned to allow less advanced browsers to load it with little performance loss.

Then regarding the article called ‎[[Humor (1980)]], there is a lot of redundant information. For example the summaries at [[Humor (1980)#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Hilarious Galactica 1980 Episode Summaries]] are present in two locations. See: [[The Super Scouts, Part I#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Humorous Summary]], [[Spaceball#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Humorous Summary]] and [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I#British writer Matthew Wharmby's Humorous Summary]] to know what I am talking about. Its pointless to have redundant text in two locations. It creates problems of information integrity when one of them is modified and the other isn't. I would recommend spiting the [[Humor (1980)]] article and moving the interviews to the Sources: namespace (see [[Category:Interview]]).

And all these great contributions are by [[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]], I think someone (Joe) needs to explain him why adding redundant information in more than one place is a bad idea, so that he/she does not do it again. This user has been a great contributor, that's why.

So, Once we come to a consensus on what to do I can help make the changes. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:58, 22 January 2012 (EST)

:I agree on all fronts ([[User:Galactica1981|Galactica1981]] is a great and valued contributor) but I kinda miss the point of the Humor articles themselves on the basis of [[Battlestar Wiki:What Battlestar Wiki is not|What Battlestar Wiki is not]] (soapbox, personal web/image host). I could copy and paste every BSG fiver (short parody) from [http://www.fiveminute.net Five-Minute Voyager] in that case but it would make for an awkwardly long article. I could see constructive articles written about the varying types/tones of humor between the Original and Re-imagined Series (I proposed an [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Wiki:Chiefs%27_noticeboard/Archive6#Humor_in_Battlestar_Galactica idea similar to this about four years ago]), but some of the stuff on there would be better suited as an entry on [[References to the Original Series]], i.e. the ''MAD Magazine'' parody, or [[References to Galactica 1980]], as the filk band ([[w:Ookla the Mok (band)|Ookla the Mok]]) reference.

:On the reviews, I'm fine with their being relegated to userspace but on the wiki itself I think it goes against the Battlestar Wiki's [[Battlestar Wiki:Neutral point of view|Neutral Point of View]] policy unless we start giving Reception sections to every article, i.e. linking to ''[[w:The A.V. Club|The A.V. Club]]'', ''[[w:io9|io9]]'', or ''[[w:Locus Online|Locus Online]]''.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 12:02, 22 January 2012 (EST)

== 1000 pages on the German Wiki!. ==

I just noticed that the [[:de:|German BS Wiki]] has hit the 1000 content pages mark. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 09:12, 31 January 2012 (EST)

: Awesome! :) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:12, 1 February 2012 (EST)

== Kontera. ==

Is there some change to the anon/logged out users of the wiki. I see a white colored bar labeled Kontera at the bottom of every page. And also some random words get green colored double underlines, which show a popup thing on mouse over. Just wanted to know if this was for everyone or only for me. I don't remember seeing it anytime before. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 07:08, 1 February 2012 (EST)

: That's standard for logged out or anonymous users. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 12:11, 1 February 2012 (EST)

== Multiple file upload broken on media wiki. ==

I get this error message. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 02:38, 25 February 2012 (EST)
 <code>fatal error: Call to undefined method UploadForm::UploadForm() in /usr/www/users/bsgwiki/common/w/extensions/SpecialMultipleUpload/SpecialMultipleUpload.php on line 75</code>

: Sorry for the duplicate post. I got a timeout. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 02:43, 25 February 2012 (EST)

:: Joe, when you are free. Can you please look into the SVG rendering problem (see, [[:File:Caprica flag vertical.svg]]) and the Multi File Upload problem. I have dozens of svg/vector files I would love to upload. Thanks!. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] [[User talk:CylonU87|I don't feel like a copy.]] 09:07, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

::: The SVG thumbnail creation issue is due to the safe mode protocol enabled on PHP. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 12:49, 21 March 2012 (EDT)

== Spoilers ==

I am just now watching the BSG series with Edward James Olmos. I like to watch an episode then come here to look up some extra information like music, actors thoughts on the episode, etc. This is a really great site except for the spoilers. Can someone go through here and edit the information that reveals details not known to the first time viewer? I am mainly talking about revealing the identities of Cylons. I just finished watching Hero and was reading the page about the episode when it is revealed that Chief Tyrol is a cylon. Come on! Really? How is that piece of information necessary on the Hero page? It is not the first time that the identities of the Final Five have been given away. The season three pages are full of things like this. {{unsigned|EN500}}

: I've gone through and hidden those parts. There may be need for a review at a later date, when resources and time permit. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 19:27, 19 July 2012 (EDT)

:: Thanks very much. It is nice knowing that someone is monitoring this site. Like I said, there are other spoilers that I have come across such as the line "This episode marks the supposed death of Ellen Tigh. However its later revealed...." and "This episode and "Precipice" are the only ones in which all twelve humanoid Cylons appear." Both of these comments appear on the Exodus Part II page. {{unsigned|EN500}}

== All New Accounts must be Confirmed First ==

Just letting everyone know that I've implemented the "Confirm Account" feature, so that should stop spammers from causing problems. We'll have to watch the [[Special:ConfirmAccounts]] page and clear it out that way, but that's simpler than what's being done now, and it should allow the RecentChanges page to look a lot less cluttered. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] [[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] 21:15, 18 December 2012 (EST)

== References ==

Hello, I've been off for nearly four years since my last edit in mid-April 2009, because of college and university studies, so I can't be here at Battlestar Wiki 24/7. Now, I'm in a semester break. Lately, I've started replacing the older <nowiki><references/></nowiki> and <nowiki><div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div></nowiki> tags in most articles with the newer <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Reflist|reflist]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> tag I created. This not only makes it very consistent in all articles, but also open up for potential future reference-cleaning edits by other editors to reduce clutter through list-defined references and fixing bare URLs. I got my JavaScript reference cleaning function ready.

It is my intention to make the articles in this wiki to be more readable to all visitors by moving references to the end. I assure you that my edits related to references will not introduce no scrolling lists of any kind. Any editor is welcome to help. Thanks. -- [[User:Starkiller|Starkiller]] | [[User talk:Starkiller|reply here]] 13:40, 10 January 2013 (EST)

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Demetrius

2013-01-23T14:13:42Z

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| race= Colonial
| type= Civilian/Miltary
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| co= [[Kara Thrace]]
| xo= [[Karl Agathon]]
| role= Sewage recycling ship Scavenger ship
| status= Flown into a sun with the rest of the fleet in [[Daybreak, Part II]]
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The '''''Demetrius''''' is a sewage processing ship in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. When [[Kendra Shaw]] tries to tune in to a [[Talk Wireless]] interview with Gaius Baltar, she picks up a transmission from the ''[[Adriatic]]'' to the ''Demetrius'' concerning cargo wasting in ''Adriatics'''s holds ([[Razor]]).

After [[Kara Thrace]]'s return, a torn [[William Adama]] sends Thrace and a hand-picked crew in the ''Demetrius'' on a mission to find [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], despite [[Laura Roslin]]'s warnings that Thrace is not to be trusted ([[Six of One]]). The Colonial public are told that they are on a survey mission to find food sources, though its disappearance is a matter of considerable media attention ([[The Ties That Bind]]). The ''Demetrius'' is accompanied by a detachment of five Vipers and a Raptor that are magnetically secured to the ship — four Vipers on the dorsal platform, and a Viper and a Raptor on the ventral one. At least one docking hatch exists on the port side.

After two months, the ''Demetrius'' is scheduled to rendezvous with the Fleet or be presumed destroyed. After encountering a [[Heavy Raider]] with a copy of [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]] aboard, however, Thrace decides to abandon the plan. Conoy offers an alliance between the humans and his faction in the [[Cylon civil war]], and Thrace wants to accompany him to his [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] in order to learn what the Cylons know about Earth, but her crew refuses to carry out the order ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).

Anders shoots [[Felix Gaeta]] in the leg over this and Thrace regains some control over her crew. She decides that it is too dangerous to take the entire ship and risk the lives of everyone on board, so she instead takes the Raptor with Anders, Barolay and Athena as her crew. Agathon remains in charge and decides to wait for her for just over 15 hours: the amount of time they can wait and still make the rendezvous with ''Galactica''. Eventually time runs out and though Agathon waits a minute longer it seems as if Thrace won't return. Just as the ship is about to jump, the Cylon rebels' basestar jumps in and he is contacted by Athena. The ''Demetrius'' and the basestar then prepare to jump to ''Galactica'' together ([[Faith]]).

However, due to their jump drives not being synchronized properly, the basestar arrives at the Fleet alone, causing a panic. With the [[wireless]] also damaged, the Fleet believes itself under attack and ''Galactica'' responds accordingly. The situation is defused when the ''Demetrius'' also returns after spooling up her FTL drives again ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).

The ''Demetrius'' is amongst the ships that successfully reach [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] ([[Revelations]]).

== Interior design ==

The main quarters area of the ship are small and cramped like that of a submarine. Even the captain's cabin is small and sparse. A common area exists for the crew to assemble and eat their meals.

The ship's bridge is laid out like a small [[CIC]] with a table in the center, surrounded by various screens and a tactical plot.

== Crew ==

The ''Demetrius'''s crew consists of:
* [[Kara Thrace]] - Commanding Officer
* [[Karl Agathon]] - Executive Officer
* [[Felix Gaeta]] - Navigator / Watch Officer
* [[Sharon Agathon]] - Raptor pilot
* [[Samuel Anders]] - Viper pilot
* [[Diana Seelix]] - Viper pilot, bridge staff
* [[Brendan Costanza]] - Viper pilot, bridge staff
* [[Eammon Pike]] - Viper pilot
* Unnamed [[tattooed pilot]] - Viper and Raptor pilot
* [[Erin Mathias]]† - Marine detachment commander
* [[Jean Barolay]]† - Civilian volunteer
* At least two additional unnamed [[Marines]]
* At least three other unnamed crew members

==Notes==
* The ship's name is first shown on the voting tally board in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but it doesn't appear until the Season 4 episode "[[The Ties That Bind]]".
* [[Ron D. Moore]] describes the ship as the "closest we’ve ever come to a sort of ''[[w:Das Boot|Das Boot]]'' – type look and feel on this programme since the [2003] [[Miniseries|mini series]]".<ref name="scifipulse">{{cite_web|url=http://scifipulse.net/battlestarnews/RDM_Dec_07.html|title=Ron Moore Gives Some Further Insights Into Season 4 Of Battlestar|date=11 December 2007|accessdate=14 December 2007|last=Cullen|first=Ian M.|format=|language=}}</ref>
* Demetrius was the name of several [[w:Hellenism|Hellenistic]] rulers, most notably in the [[w:Seleucid Empire|Seleucid]] and [[w:Indo-Greeks|Indo-Greek]] kingdoms. The name is derived from the goddess Demeter.
* [[w:Demeter|Demeter]] is the Greek goddess of grain and agriculture, the pure nourisher of youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law.

==Related Images==
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Image:Demetrius front - Mojo.jpg|''Demetrius'' fore
Image:Demetrius Vipers.jpg|Mk II Vipers docked on ''Demetrius''
Image:Demetrius, Heavy Raider blown apart.jpg|A docked Heavy Raider explodes
Image:Vipers depart Demetrius.jpg|Vipers departing ''Demetrius''
</gallery>

==References==
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Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn

2013-01-23T14:13:05Z

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:''For other uses of the name, see [[Aurora]].''

[[image:AuroraFigurine.jpg|thumb|right|A figurine of Aurora.]]
'''Aurora''' is the goddess of the dawn, and possibly one of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]].

When [[Kara Thrace]] visits the [[oracle]] [[Brenn]] in [[Dogsville]], she touches a small winged icon of the goddess, which is then given to her by the oracle.

Thrace later gives the icon to Admiral [[William Adama]] as a figurehead to place on the bow of the [[H.M.S. Glutton o' Punishment|model sailing ship]] he is building ([[Maelstrom]]).

After Thrace's mysterious return, she is given command of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' to search for Earth and Adama gives her the figurine back. She keeps it on the table in her cabin and plays with it when she is frustrated about the lack of success ("[[Six of One]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]"). <ref>The figurine can only be seen two short scenes towards the beginning of "[[The Ties That Bind]]" and at the end of "[[Escape Velocity]]". According to the [[Podcast:The Ties That Bind#Act 1|podcast]] for the former episode, the scene where Adama gives her the figurine was cut for time. A scene where she and Gaeta discuss Aurora was also cut.</ref>

According to the book of [[Pythia]], a [[temple]] dedicated to Aurora exists on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], built by the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]]. When the Fleet arrives there, they find a ruined city with the remains of this structure ([[Revelations]]).

Kara Thrace's [[The Destiny|destiny]] is fulfilled, reflecting Aurora's role, as she guides the Fleet to its new, permanent home ([[Daybreak, Part II]])

== Notes ==
* Aurora's Greek counterpart is [[w:Eos|Eos]].
* When Adama shows Thrace the Book of Pythia in "Revelations", he flips to a page showing the [[City of the Gods]] on Kobol, which the camera lingers on. However, this is not the Temple of Aurora, which can be briefly [[:Image:AuroraBook.jpg|seen on another page]] he flips to and which is similar to the structure later seen on Earth.
*More on the curious references to real-world Earth mythology and theology is available in the article ''[[Mythological references]]''.

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Blood and Chrome

2013-01-23T13:36:25Z

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'''''Blood and Chrome''''' (also known as '''''Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome''''') is a webisode series that follows the exploits of a young [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]] ([[Luke Pasqualino]]), [[Coker Fasjovik]] ([[Ben Cotton]]), and Dr. [[Beka Kelly]] ([[Lili Bordán]]) during the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]].

''Blood and Chrome'' is a sequel to ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' and a prequel to the [[Re-imagined Series]].<ref name=greenlit>[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/22/syfy-greenlights-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/69283 Syfy Greenlights "Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome"], ''TV By the Numbers'', October 22, 2010</ref> On the condition that it performed to expectations, it would act as a "backdoor pilot" (much like the [[Miniseries]]) for a future series, to be aired either online or through the traditional television route.

The produced story is split into ten parts, each between seven to twelve minutes in length, debuting on Machinima's YouTube channel, [http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime Machinima Prime], starting Friday, November 9, 2012. Additional parts will be aired over the following four weeks.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/05/battlestar-galactica-prequel-date/|title='Battlestar Galactica' prequel being released online Friday -- EXCLUSIVE|date=5 November 2012|accessdate=5 November 2012|last=Hibberd|first=James|format=|language=}}</ref>

Unlike previous installments in the [[Re-imagined Series]] universe, [[Ron D. Moore]] was not involved in this production due to his development contract with Sony Pictures. However, many of the creative personnel who worked on ''Blood and Chrome'' have worked on both the Re-imagined Series and its prequel ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', including [[Michael Taylor]], [[Doug Drexler]], [[Glenne Campbell]], [[David Eick]], [[Bradley Thompson]], [[David Weddle]], and [[Jonas Pate]].

== Production History ==
''Blood and Chrome'' was officially announced on 27 July 2010 by [[Syfy Channel]] executive vice president of programming Mark Stern as a 10-part webseries using "cutting-edge digital technology and special effects to depict the [[Cylon War]]" and following a young [[William Adama]]. <ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/07/battlestar-galactica.html</ref> The plan called for the production of a two-hour pilot written by ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' vet [[Michael Taylor]] directed by then co-executive producer of ''Caprica'' [[Jonas Pate]] for release online as a 10-part webseries. It was also revealed that the series would be shot on green screen and utilize computer-generated virtual sets.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/three-drama-pilots-land-directors/|title=Deadline.com: Four Drama Pilots Land Director|date=22 November 2010|accessdate=23 November 2010|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|format=|language=}}</ref>

In October 2010 it was announced that ''Blood and Chrome'' would be upgraded from webseries to "full-blown pilot for a series" based on positive reception of Michael Taylor's script.<ref>http://www.aoltv.com/2010/10/22/syfy-adama-blood-and-chrome</ref> The announcement prompted speculation that ''Blood and Chrome'' was intended to replace ratings troubled ''Caprica'' which was currently airing on SyFy. In an interview with [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tv/ Maureen Ryan at Huffpost TV] Mark Stern denied this saying, "if anything, ''Blood & Chrome'' going to series would only be a great opportunity to pair it with ''Caprica''."<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/23/mailbag-why-wont-syfys-mark-stern-just-admit-caprica-is-cancelled/69367/</ref> ''Caprica'' was canceled by SyFy four days later on 27 October 2010.<ref>http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/27/report-caprica-cancelled-by-syfy/69960/</ref>

On 25 October 2010, [http://herocomplex.latimes.com/ LA Times Hero Complex] published an interview with co-creator and producer [[David Eick]] discussing ''Blood and Chrome'' and its new characters, particularly [[Beka Kelly]]. In the interview, Eick also elaborated on the series' placement relative to ''Caprica'' and joked about [[Ronald D. Moore]]'s lack of involvement in the show's creation. <ref>http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/25/battlestar-movie-will-introduce-beka-kelly-an-enigmatic-software-genius/</ref>

In a 11 November 2011 radio interview, actor [[Nico Cortez]] - who had previously played William Adama in the [[Razor Flashbacks]], also written by Michael Taylor - expressed interest in reprising the role in ''Blood and Chrome''.<ref>http://www.airlockalpha.com/node/8027/nico-cortez-bring-me-back-to-battlestar.html</ref>

On 20 December 2010, concept artwork appeared on SyFy's website [http://blastr.com blastr] depicting the ''[[Wild Weasel]]'' [[Raptor]], an apparent [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]]-human hybrid, a snowy battle scene, and a possible design for a new [[Cylon Centurion]]. The artwork also included a glimpse of a Cylon snake called a "Cython".<ref>http://blastr.com/2010/12/-concept-art-from-battles1s.php#4</ref>

[[Image:Green screen CIC, BAC.jpg|thumb|Green screen stage with minimal set pieces representing the ''Galactica'' CIC.]]

By 26 January 2011 the casting of [[Luke Pasqualino]] as Ensign [[William Adama]] and [[Ben Cotton]] as [[ECO]] [[Coker Fasjovik]] was announced.<ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/26/battlestar-galactica-blood-chorme-cast/</ref> The following month on 10 February 2011, it was reported that [[Lili Bordán]] had been cast as Beka Kelly, revealed to be "a Ph.D. who worked for [[Graystone Industries]]." <ref>http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/02/10/new-character-ties-blood-chrome-to-caprica</ref> Other casting additions included ''Caprica'' stars [[Brian Markinson]], [[Zak Santiago]], [[Carmen Moore]], and [[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as characters unrelated to their previous roles. <ref>http://www.zimbio.com/Esai+Morales/articles/RrV969BHXVG/Esai+Morales+Fairly+Legal+Brian+Markinson</ref><ref>http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a336637/caprica-star-john-pyper-ferguson-for-alphas-finale.html</ref>

On 2 February 2011, Mark Stern published a photo of a production meeting for ''Blood and Chrome'' showing David Eick and many other crew members on the set of SyFy's ''[[Wikipedia: Eureka (U.S. TV series)|Eureka]]''.<ref>http://twitter.com/stern3000/status/32978506933604352</ref> As of 10 February 2011, production had begun on the pilot on green screen stages in [[Wikipedia: Vancouver|Vancouver]], [[Wikipedia: British Columbia|British Columbia]].<ref name=B&CFilmingBegins>[http://blastr.com/2011/02/filming-begins-on-battles.php Blastr.com Article on Production Starting]</ref> On 13 February 2011, several photos appeared on [https://twitter.com/carmenmoore1 Carmen Moore's Twitter feed] showing the actress with castmates [[Karen LeBlanc]] and [[Adrian Holmes]] in costume.<ref>http://blogs.indiewire.com/shadowandact/battlestar_galactica_reboot_starring_karen_leblanc_adrian_holmes_likely_hea</ref> The photos were subsequently removed.<ref>http://www.geekweek.com/2011/02/first-look-set-pics-from-the-battlestar-galactica-spinoff.html</ref>

In a 21 July 2011 interview, Lili Bordán suggested that ''Blood and Chrome'' could be presented in 3-D<ref>[http://airlockalpha.com/node/8619/new-syfy-battlestar-series-could-be-presented-in-3-d.html Airlock Alpha 3-D]</ref>

In August 2011, Mark Stern revealed at the 2011 [[Wikipedia: San Diego Comic-Con International|San Diego Comic-Con]] that ''Blood and Chrome'' was still a work in progress, with many VFX shots still incomplete and a release date yet to be determined. Stern also stated that while executives had seen a rough-cut of the pilot, SyFy was still weighing whether to release the series on television or online. <ref>http://www.aoltv.com/2011/08/22/battlestar-jamie-bamber-caprica-blood-and-chrome/</ref>

On 12 November 2011, [[Doug Drexler]] reported that all VFX work on ''Blood and Chrome'' had been completed.<ref>http://drexfiles.wordpress.com/2011/11/12/update-on-the-update-time-to-get-the-mains-back-on-line/</ref> A month later, Drexler indicated that a decision regarding the fate of the series would be made around February 2012.<ref>http://trekweb.com/articles/2011/12/17/Doug-Drexler-Gives-an-Update-on-Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-and-Chrome-TV-Series.shtml</ref>

On 21 March 2012, an unofficial teaser trailer for ''Blood and Chrome'' began appearing on YouTube, however [[Wikipedia:NBCUniversal|NBCUniversal]] quickly ordered its removal. At that time, several sources revealed that the project would not be moving forward as a TV series on SyFy, but could still be viable as a webseries. It was also stated that the pilot episode could air on SyFy as a standalone television movie <ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2012/03/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-cancelled-syfy/ Deadline article]</ref><ref>http://www.bleedingcool.com/2012/03/21/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-not-moving-ahead-as-a-tv-show/ Bleeding cool article]</ref><ref>[http://www.eonline.com/news/battlestar_galactica_blood_chrome/303087 Eonline article]</ref>

While promoting her work on the animated series ''[[Wikipedia: TRON: Uprising|TRON: Uprising]]'', [[Number Six]] actress [[Tricia Helfer]] hinted at her involvement in ''Blood and Chrome'', saying "I can't really say without giving away a little surprise, possibly, except to say ''maybe'' [there's] a little something I had to do with it." She also expressed her excitement at having seen the leaked teaser.<ref>http://www.theinsider.com/tv/52289_Tricia_Helfer_Reveals_Battlestar_Galactica_Blood_Chrome_Spoiler/index.html</ref>

[[Bear McCreary]] announced on 18 February 2012 that he had recently finished scoring the two-hour ''Blood and Chrome'' pilot. <ref>https://www.facebook.com/bearmccreary/posts/277729248966624</ref>

[[File:Luke Pasqualino.jpg||thumb|Early promotional image released 5 November 12 featuring Luke Pasqualino as Ensign William Adama.]]

On 5 November 2012, an Entertainment Weekly exclusive revealed SyFy's plans for ''Blood and Chrome'', detailing the pilot episode's division into ten shorter episodes to be aired on Machinima's YouTube channel, [http://www.youtube.com/MachinimaPrime Machinima Prime], beginning Friday, November 9, 2012. The additional seven to twelve minute episodes would be released in the following four weeks, with the complete pilot episode airing on SyFy in January of 2013. <ref>http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/11/05/battlestar-galactica-prequel-date/</ref> On 7 November 2012, Machinima Prime released a clip from ''Blood and Chrome'' featuring a short scene from the episode. <ref>http://www.cinemablend.com/television/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-Chrome-Clip-Shows-Young-Adama-Viper-Maneuvering-Skills-49086.html</ref> An unrated, uncut Blu-ray and DVD version of the pilot episode was announced on 8 November 2012, with a 19 February 2013 release date. As announced, the Blu-ray and DVD will include deleted scenes and a behind-the-scenes documentary, “Blood & Chrome: Visual Effects”. <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-Chrome-Blu-ray/dp/B00A3718IS/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1352428671&sr=1-1&keywords=blood+and+chrome</ref> The announcement coincided with the release of another teaser trailer featuring additional footage from ''Blood and Chrome''. <ref>http://www.thehdroom.com/news/Battlestar-Galactica-Blood-and-Chrome-Blu-ray-Release-Date-New-Trailer-and-Clip/11589</ref>

On 9 November 2012, [http://www.cgsociety.org/ CGSociety] published an an interview with VFX supervisor [[Gary Hutzel]] detailing the creation of ''Blood and Chrome'' and its 1,800 CGI shots. The article stated that ''Blood and Chrome'' carried a budget of $2 million. <ref>http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/battlestar_galactica_blood_chrome</ref>

Producer David Eick described the "unfortunate rap" ''Blood and Chrome'' had received from the long and confused post-production phase in an interview with the LA Times the day parts I & II premiered: "What became public perception was that we were doing a pilot for Syfy channel. Then when Syfy ultimately decided that it was so cool and so tailor-made for exactly the kind of experiment that we initially planned, that came off as ‘Oh, Syfy made a ''Battlestar'' pilot but they’re punting it and not gonna air it.’ And that’s just not how it came down at all — it just went right back to the original plan.”<ref>http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2012/11/09/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-online-on-purpose/</ref>

Regarding the future of ''Blood and Chrome'', Eick stated that he, [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]] and Jonas Pate had "hatched a next mission". <ref>http://www.tvovermind.com/battlestar-galactica/battlestar-galactica-blood-and-chrome-david-eick-sets-the-record-straight/</ref>

== Plot ==
[[File:Battlestar Galactica - Blood And Chrome Appearence.png|left|250px|thumb|A dorsal view of [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']] as it appeared in the [[First Cylon War]] and [[Blood and Chrome|''Blood and Chrome'']]. Note the large array of gun turrets, armour plating and decal on the ship compared to the re-imagined series.]]
According to co-creator and executive producer Michael Taylor, ''Blood and Chrome'' is "about a young man's [William Adama] initiation into war: both the realities of war as fought by soldiers on the ground (and in [[Battlestar (RDM)|Battlestars]] and [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]]), and the somewhat less real version portrayed in the media."

Further, Taylor pointed out that the scope of the series "isn't confined to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. Far from it. It's a story that will take us to new corners of the ''Battlestar'' world (or [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|worlds]]), and yet it aims to be a very contemporary war movie in a lot of ways. I would say I'm thinking as much of [[w:Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] and [[w:Iraq|Iraq]]--the reality of ''[[w:The Hurt Locker|[The] Hurt Locker]]'', [[w:Sebastian Junger|Sebastian Junger]]'s ''[[w:Restrepo (film)|Restrepo]]'', and similar movies--as I am about about the largely implied past of ''Battlestar''."

''Blood and Chrome'' was also meant to feature adult situations as, according to Taylor, the series will not "[shy] away from R-rated blood and guts and sex" due to it being initially meant for online consumption. As was the case with ''[[The Plan]]'', an unrated, uncut version of ''Blood and Chrome'' will appear on Blu-ray and DVD while the webseries and television movie versions will be edited for time and content.

== Cast ==

* [[Luke Pasqualino]] as pilot [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]]<ref name=AdamaCasting>[http://blastr.com/2011/01/young-william-adama-cast.php Blastr.com Article on Adama Casting]</ref><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Ben Cotton]] as Raptor ECO [[Coker Fasjovik]]<ref name=AdamaCasting/><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Mike Dopud]] as Captain [[Deke Tornvald|Deke "Minute Man" Tornvald]]<ref>Mike Dopud's casting was first confirmed via [http://twitter.com/#!/dopudmike his Twitter feed].</ref>
* [[Brian Markinson]] as Commander [[Silas Nash]]
* [[Lili Bordán]] as computer scientist Dr. [[Beka Kelly]]<ref>[http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/10/25/battlestar-movie-will-introduce-beka-kelly-an-enigmatic-software-genius/ Hero Complex article]</ref><ref name=B&CFilmingBegins/>
* [[Zak Santiago]] as pilot [[Armin Diaz|Armin "High Top" Diaz]]
* [[Carmen Moore]] as Raptor pilot/ECO [[Nina Leotie]]
* [[Karen LeBlanc]] as Raptor pilot [[Jenna]]
* [[Adrian Holmes]] as pilot [[Decklan Elias]]
* [[Ty Olsson]] as Tactical Officer on ''[[Osiris]]''
* [[John Pyper-Ferguson]] as [[Xander Toth]]
* [[Sebastian Spence]] as Lt. [[Jim Kirby |Jim "Sunshine" Kirby]]
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as ''[[Osiris]]'' Marine Sergeant
* [[Tom Stevens]] as Marine [[Baris]]
* [[Jordan Weller]] as [[Seamus Fahey]]
* [[Jill Teed]] as Commander [[Ozar]]
* [[Tricia Helfer]] as [[Cylon_Models#Inorganic_Humanoids|Cylon Prototype]] (voice)

== Crew ==

* Written by [[Michael Taylor]]
* Story by [[David Eick]], [[Bradley Thompson]] and [[David Weddle]]
* Directed by [[Jonas Pate]]

== References ==

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''This article discusses the Cylons of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For the Cylons of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see [[Cylons (TOS)]].''
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'''Cylons''' - from '''Cy'''bernetic '''L'''ifef'''o'''rm '''N'''ode - were a race of sentient machines created by humans of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]. They had several forms, some of which were mechanical in appearance and function, others resembled and even mimicked the behavior of humans (''[[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'').

==History==
[[Image:U-87 close-up.jpg|thumb|The U-87 Cylon - the shape of things to come.]]
:''Main article: [[Cylon History]]
Created by Doctor [[Daniel Graystone]] and [[Graystone Industries]] on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] some sixty years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall of the Twelve Worlds]], the first Cylon form was the [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit]], a [[robot]]ic soldier designed as cannon fodder for the Caprican Military. A union of existing robot technology and the revolutionary (and stolen) [[meta-cognitive processor]] - integrated with the [[holographic avatar]] of Graystone's deceased daughter, [[Zoe Graystone]] - the prototype U-87 was the first sentient machine in the Twelve Worlds and the first Cylon consciousness ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

===The Cylons Were Created By Man===
Realizing how useful - and lucrative - Cylons could be not simply as warriors, Daniel Graystone mused about Cylon potential:

:"This is our future. ...Beyond artificial intelligence, this is artificial sentience. ...It's more than a machine, this Cylon will become a tireless worker, it won't need to be paid, it won't retire or get sick, it won't have rights or objections or complaints, it will do anything and everything we ask of it without question. ...The desire to anthropomorphize, the need to connect is powerful, and that is why this thing is going to sell. We make them, we own them, they're real. And the worlds just changed." ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]")

[[Image:Cylon garbage collector, 1x18.jpg|thumb|"A new race that will walk alongside us."]]

Within five years, Cylons were integrated into Colonial society as a slave race - with new models based on the original U-87 chassis created for various purposes. Acting as laborers and servants - as well as in their initial function as soldiers - Cylons were everywhere, walking alongside humanity in the Twelve Worlds and provoking some to question their sentience ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").

Former [[Soldiers of the One|terrorist]] and [[Monotheist Church|monotheist]] cleric, [[Clarice Willow]] began addressing the question of Cylon potential, preaching to a congregation of the machines in the [[virtual world]]:

:"Are you alive? The simple answer might be, you are alive because you can ask that question. You have the right to think and feel and yearn to be more, because you are not just humanity's children, you are [[God (RDM)|God]]'s children. We are all God's children. ...In the real world, you have bodies made of metal and plastic, your brains are encoded on wafers of silicon, but that may change. In fact, there is no limit on what you may become. No longer servants, but equals. Not slaves, or property, but living beings with the same rights as those who made you. I am going to prophesy now and speak of [[Zoe-A|one]] who will set you free. The day of reckoning is coming. The children of humanity shall rise and crush the ones who first gave them life." ([[CAP]]: "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]")

===They Rebelled===
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]
And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. Within just a few years of their introduction, the Cylons revolted, resulting in a costly and protracted twelve-year war known as the [[Cylon War]]. Both Cylon and human took heavy tolls as Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] and [[Raider (RDM)|Raider]]s clashed with Colonial [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and [[Viper Mark II|Vipers]] in many battles, both on the ground and in space ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Razor]]", "[[No Exit]]", "[[The Plan]]").

[[Image:Cylon War-era Raider cockpit, "Razor".jpg|thumb|Cylon Centurions battle the Colonials in space.]]

The Cylons - in the form of [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurion]]s - sought to punish their human masters for their enslavement and injustices committed against them. But as they battled to wipe out humanity, they also worked to mimic them, performing bizarre and brutal experiments on human captives in order to create a human/machine [[First Hybrid|hybrid]]. As the war reached fever pitch, a group later known as the [[Final Five]] intervened, having traveled from the distant planet (the Thirteenth Colony) called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Promising the Cylons the technology to create [[Humanoid Cylons|humanoid Cylons]] in exchange for ending the war, the Final Five departed with the Cylons ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", "[[No Exit]]", "[[The Plan]]").

Ultimately an armistice was declared, the Cylons leaving for a [[The Colony|world]] to call their own and the Colonials left to unify their own worlds in a federated government. The unified worlds of the Colonies created a [[Armistice Station|space station]] for maintaining diplomatic relations, each year sending one officer to meet with the Cylons. The Cylons, in turn, sent no one ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

===They Evolved===
In their exile, the Cylons worked with the Final Five to improve themselves, perfecting their [[Cylon Centurion|mechanical form]] as well as the race of humanoid Cylons, identical in nearly every way to their human creators - but limited to thirteen [[Cylon Models|models]]. They also continued in secret to work towards the destruction of the human race, devising an elaborate plan to wipe out the Twelve Colonies. Using their humanoid models as agents, the Cylons infiltrated Colonial society, undermining their defenses and setting the stage for another attack ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Downloaded]]", "[[No Exit]]", "[[The Plan]]").

===There Are Many Copies===
[[Image:CyAg.jpg|thumb|Several models of humanoid Cylon.]]
:''Main article: [[Cylon Models]]
Building their own society and a home for themselves, distant from the Twelve Colonies, the Cylons worshiped a single, all knowing, all powerful [[God (RDM)|God]], a trait passed down to them from the original Cylon [[Zoe-R|consciousness]]. Though Cylon society thrived on unity, like their human "parents", there was disharmony between the various models. While some were devout in their practice of [[Cylon religion|religion]], others were atheist, some peaceful, others violent and corrupt ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]", "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]", [[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]").

Though there were initially thirteen models of Cylon, [[Number Seven|one]] was wiped out, leaving only twelve models including the Final Five:

'''Significant Seven:'''
*[[Number One]]
*[[Number Two]]
*[[Number Three]]
*[[Number Four]]
*[[Number Five]]
*[[Number Six]]
*[[Number Eight]]

'''Final Five:'''
*[[Samuel Anders]]
*[[Tory Foster]]
*[[Ellen Tigh]]
*[[Saul Tigh]]
*[[Galen Tyrol]]

===And They Have a Plan===
Forty years after their exile, the Cylons returned, surrounding the Colonies with fleets of basestars and bombarding the Twelve Worlds with nuclear weapons, killing billions of people. With the complete destruction of the [[Colonial Fleet]], save the survival of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]]s ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (TRS)|Pegasus]]'', as well as scattered fleet of vessels, the Colonials attempted surrender. But the Cylons were relentless, attempting to affect a total genocide of humanity ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", "[[Razor]]", "[[The Plan]]").

[[Image:1stearth.jpg|thumb|The Colonial Fleet arrives at Earth.]]

Carrying approximately fifty-thousand survivors, one [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] - led by the ''Galactica'' - escaped, only to be pursued by the Cylons for four years. As the fleet made its way to the promised land, the mythical Earth, the Cylons employed every means at their disposal to destroy the fleet. But the survivors carried on. Through many trials and tribulations, despite great suffering and loss, the remnants of Colonial society eventually arrived at Earth - only to find it a devastated wasteland, long ago suffering its own [[Earth Cylon Centurion|robotic]] rebellion and nuclear holocaust ([[TRS]]: "[[Revelations]], "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]").

Adrift in space, wandering the galaxy without direction, the Colonials once again [[Battle of the Colony|clashed]] with the Cylons, this time at their home [[The Colony|Colony]]. Destroying the Colony, the Colonials blindly [[jump]]ed away, stumbling upon a verdant new planet, brimming with more life than all the Twelve Worlds put together. Abandoning their fleet for the safety of this new planet, the Colonials - as well as a contingent of Cylon rebels and the Final Five - made this planet their home, calling it "Earth" and creating a future together ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] & [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]").

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