Starbuck (TOS)

2006-01-03T20:19:18Z

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{{Character Data|
|photo= [[Image:Tos_starbuck.jpg|200px]]
|age= 30s
|colony=[[Umbra]], [[Caprica]]
|birthname= Starbuck
|callsign=
|death=
|parents= [[Chameleon]] (father)
|siblings= None
|children= None
|marital status= Single
|role= [[Viper]] pilot, <i>[[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestar]] [[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]
|rank= Lieutenant
|actor= [[Dirk Benedict]]
|cylon=
}}

For Starbuck's analog in the reimagined series, see [[Kara Thrace]].

== Biography ==

Lieutenant '''Starbuck''' is a handsome, [[fumarello]]-smoking, womanizing, smart-aleck of a human. He's also one of Battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'s'' finest pilots.

He is portayed by [[Dirk Benedict]].

Starbuck was born on Caprica in the agro colony of Umbra. He was orphaned when a Cylon raid destroyed the settlement.

Starbuck is close friends and frequent wingman of Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], the son of ''Galactica's'' commander, [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]. Apollo frequently has to save Starbuck from himself and his schemes as much as Starbuck has saved Apollo on their fights with the Cylon Empire.
Starbuck is pals with Boomer and Jolly, and is loyal to the other warriors, for example when he takes place of Cree in the mission to the Ravashol laser.

Starbuck is an amazing gambler and card player, a trait he shares with his father, [[Chameleon]].
He also enjoys playing Triad competitively.

Starbuck seems attracted to almost any women he comes across. On ''Galactica'', Apollo's sister and ''Galactica'' bridge officer [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]] finds herself attracted to the young pilot despite his reputation and her brother's warnings. Likewise, medical corpsman [[Cassiopeia (TOS)|Cassiopeia]] is also enamored with Starbuck. He is also linked romantically with Aurora, and at least two versions of Tenna during the course of the series. He even gives young Megan a kiss and makes a pass at Sheba. Siress Belloby also finds him interrestible.

As a Viper pilot himself, the older [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] once recounted a lengthy list of Starbuck's female admirers.

==Missions==
Helped destroy the Madagon minefield.
Participated on the assault on the Ravashol laser.
Rescued Megan on Atilla.
Parachuted into Gamoray.
Infiltrated a Cylon base star.

== Notes ==

* The original choice for Starbuck was [[IMDB-person:Don Johnson|Don Johnson]], [[Edward James Olmos]]'s ''[[IMDB:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]'' co-star. It was the intervention of [[Larson, Glen A.|Glen A. Larson]] that ultimately had Dirk Benedict cast; Johnson was too short for the role and didn't fit in to the cast as Larson envisioned.
* The ABC Network had warned the show producers that if Benedict had smoked any more of the "small cigars" a.k.a. [[fumarellos]] he would be fired. They rapidly reversed the order as <u>female</u> admirers sent in many cigars to the studio and Benedict.

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Colonial Defense Mainframe

2006-01-03T17:05:25Z

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The '''Colonial Defense Mainframe''' was the high-security central computer where it's presumed all Colonial fleet data, logistics, strategies, and software are managed, stored, tested, and disseminated. It is presumed that the Defense Mainframe resided in, or was accessible from [[Caprica City]].

Two years prior to the events in the [[Mini-Series]], scientist [[Gaius Baltar]] allowed a fellow programmer and love interest to rewrite many of the system's algorthms and other programming in coordination with his fleet software upgrade, the [[Command Navigation Program]], which was distributed and installed on almost all ships in the Colonial fleet.

Baltar discovered later that his love interest was a [[Humano-Cylon|humanoid Cylon spy]], model [[Number Six]], who used Baltar to gain access to the entire Colonial defense network through the mainframe. As a result, his Command Navigation Program was rife with programming backdoors that allowed the Cylon fleet to use [[Virus|viruses]] or system commands that shut down almost all Colonial ships, from fighters to [[battlestar]]s during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

Battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'s'' computer systems were never networked, nor was the CNP installed to any of its subsystems. Her last [[Viper]] Mark VII squadron did have the CNP loaded, which led to their immediate destruction by two [[Cylon Raider]]s in the early moments of the attack.

According to [[Shelly Godfrey]], the Defense Mainframe was destroyed by an explosive device, [[Gaius Baltar#Speculation: The Real Baltar?|ostensibly placed there by Gaius Baltar]], moments before the Cylon Attack ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).

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