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{{Episode Data|
Image = [[Image:Cylon_resurrection.jpg|300px]]
| Title= Downloaded
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]
| Episode= 18
| Guests= [[Lucy Lawless]] ([[D'anna Biers]])
| Writer= [[Bradley Thompson]] and [[David Weddle]]
| Story=
| Director=[[IMDB:nm0941276|Jeff Woolnough]]
| Production=
| Rating=
| US Airdate= 24 February 2006
| UK Airdate=
| DVD=
| Population=
| Prev= [[The Captain's Hand]]
| Next= [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]
}}

== Overview ==
: ''[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] society is revealed when a [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Cylon's consciousness]] is downloaded into a new body following her death. The conquerors of occupied [[Caprica]] hail two "heroes of the Cylon," who both resist their new celebrity status.''

== Summary ==

===On Caprica===
*Episode begins with a flashback to "Nine months ago - Caprica" showing Baltar's house being destroyed in the [[Miniseries]]. The copy of Number Six who had a relationship dies... and then we follow from her point of view as her consciousness is downloaded and reborn into another body in a Cylon rebirthing vat. She fell so deeply in love with Gaius Baltar that ''she'' starts having hallucinations of ''Baltar'', because the emotional impact of falling in love affected her so much. We then cut to "Ten weeks ago" on ''Galactica'' when [[Cally]] shoots [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Galactica-Sharon]]... and follow from her point of view as she is downloaded (no doubt aided by the [[Resurrection Ship]] at the time) and wakes up totally disoriented in a new body in another rebirthing vat. A copy of the same model of Cylon known to humans as [[D'anna Biers]] tells her she'll be fine, but upon seeing another Sharon-model, Galactica-Sharon starts screaming uncontrollably.
*On Caprica in the present day, the Cylons are rebuilding [[Delphi]] for their own use, even making gardens. A D'anna-copy sits down to talk with the Number Six copy that seduced Baltar. She has never told anyone that she fell truly in love with Baltar, and to this day hallucinates him as a result, because she thinks the others would destroy her for being defective. The D'anna-copy asks if she will go and see another Cylon who was recently downloaded into a new body, and is still having trouble adapting: ''Galactica''-Sharon, who is also something of a celebrity and war hero for her acts of sabotage and attempted assasintation on Adama. She points out that she even still calls herself "Sharon". She warns that if she cannot be fixed, there is talk of "[[boxing]]" her: putting her consciousness in cold storage and never loading it into a new body again.
*This copy of Number Six is considered a war-hero; she was personally responsible for gaining the information that allowed the near-total sabotage of the Colonial Fleet, and has actually become something of a celebrity to the Cylons. They even refer to her specifically as "'''Caprica-Six'''".
*In a short conversation while walking to ''Galactica''-Sharon's old appartment (which she moved back into), the D'anna-copy quickly lists off the Numbers of several Cylon models: "D'anna Biers" is '''Number Three''', "Aaron Doral" is '''Number Five''', and "Sharon Valerii" is '''Number Eight'''.
*Caprica-Six goes to ''Galactica''-Sharon's appartment, where she proclaims that she doesn't believe in the Cylon God or his "love" and that the only real love she had was with the ''Galactica'' crew. She expresses intense guilt at betraying them. Caprica-Six starts to manipulate her by trying to empathize with her, saying that she loved a man too — Gaius Baltar. Startled, ''Galactica''-Sharon says that Baltar is not dead, but is the new Vice President of the Colonies, on board ''Galactica''.
*Moving their conversation to a cafe on the ground floor of Sharon's appartment, Caprica-Six and Sharon wonder why Number Three never told Caprica-Six that Baltar was alive. Caprica-Six (through conversation with her hallucinated Baltar) realizes that Number Three manipulated her. Sending her to Sharon, and letting her find out that the man she loved was alive, might make her go crazy. Number Three could then use this as an excuse to have them ''both'' boxed.
*Meanwhile, [[Samuel Anders]] and two other members of the human [[Resistance (movement)|resistance]] are planning to plant a bomb in the garage underneath the cafe, and blow it up. They know the Cylons will all just download into other bodies, but Anders points out that from Caprica-Sharon, they know that Cylons remember dying, and it must be horrifically painful — they're going to show them that nowhere is safe, and they should leave Caprica if they want to stop painfully dying and being reborn over and over again.
*Number Three shows up at the cafe, and asks how things are doing. Having realized her plan, Caprica-Six lies and says emphatically that Galactica-Sharon will move out of her appartment and start adapting back to Cylon life. Galactica-Sharon takes the hint and goes along with the lie. Disappointed, Number Three offers to help her move out right now, and they leave the cafe and start going up the stairs to Sharon's appartment.
*The resistance members set up the bomb and all but Anders leave, but just before he can get out a Cylon Centurion starts snooping around, and he can't get back to the exit. It sees the bomb and Anders shoots it then ducks behind a car as the bomb goes off.
*All three Cylons survived the blast, because the stairwell protected them on the higher floor. Caprica-Six is buried under some rubble, and Number Three insists that she is dead and they should leave her (subtly trying to kill her so Three can have her boxed). However, Caprica-Six then moves and asks for help and they uncover her. Her knee is dislocated, and Three again suggests that it would be easier, if Six wants, to just kill her so she'll be reborn. Realizing Three is trying to have her boxed, she insists on not doing that.
*They see someone else moving around under some rubble, and Number Three clears it off only to find that it is Anders. She takes his gun away and prepares to kill him, but Galactica-Sharon protests. Caprica-Six agrees, but to avoid suspicion from Number Three, claims pragmatically that they shouldn't kill him to he can be interrogated. Sharon sees that he has Starbuck's dogtags, and Number Three explains that she was on the planet a few weeks ago. Sharon realizes he's someone important to her.
*Number Three cruelly toys with Anders, putting his gun on the ground and daring him to take it. Sharon tells her to stop, and Number Three retorts that Sharon is a broken machine that thinks she's human, but she's not. Sharon says that at least she has a conscience, and Number Three says she's a murderer. Caprica-Six realizes that's exactly what the Cylons have been doing: murder and the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|genocide of the human race]] cannot be the [[Cylon Religion|path of their loving God]].
*Caprica-Six realizes why Number Three wanted her and ''Galactica''-Sharon boxed: they are celebrities in a culture based on unity. Three realized that based on their love of two human beings, they have different perspective on the War, and due to their celebrity status as Cylon heros they could actually cause a change in the way many other Cylons think about their conflict with the humans, upsetting the ''status quo'' which Number Three upholds.
*Number Three says they've been corrupted by their experiences, and are a waste. Caprica-Six explains to Sharon that that is why Three wanted to get rid of them: because both of them now know the murder, vengeance, and genocide are sins in the eyes of God, and Sharon realizes that letting them tell the other Cylons this would make them all consider that the slaughter of mankind was a mistake.
*The rubble of the building shifts as Cylons outside are trying to clear their way to the survivors inside, and Anders makes a run for it and grabs his gun, shooting at Number Three before Galactica-Sharon knocks the gun out of his hands... which then lands near Number Three, who takes the gun. She stands up and just as Number Three is about to execute Anders, Caprica-Six hits her over the head with a large rock of stone from the rubble, then bashes it into her head again, killing her.
*Caprica-Six tells Anders to leave, and gives him back Starbuck's dogtags. Galactica-Sharon gives him back his gun as he leaves. Six realizes that with all of the Cylons dead in the cafe, it should be at least 36 hours before Number Three gets resurrected and tells the others what happened.
*Caprica-Six tells Galactica-Sharon that this is enough time to start changing things, start a new beginning for the Cylons: A way to live in God's love, without hate or lies. Together, these two Heroes of the Cylons can show them the way. Sharon says that she is with her, and they are dug out of the ruins of the building.

===On ''Galactica''===
*[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]] has gone into labor; she passed out and her placenta detatched, and Dr. [[Cottle]] delivers the baby by C-section. It is premature and its lungs aren't fully developed as a result, so it has to be put in an oxygen-incubator. As Caprica-Sharon predicted, it is a girl. Helo and Caprica-Sharon adore it together, and name her "[[Hera]]".
*Meanwhile, President [[Roslin]], [[Baltar]], [[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], and Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] debate what to do with it. Baltar points out that it is half-human. Adama realizes the Cylons want it, and that the Cylons still hiding in the Fleet will try to make a move for it if they know about it.
*President Roslin has decided to hide Hera to protect her, so she has Cottle convice Helo and Caprica-Sharon that their baby has died (using a fake). Caprica-Sharon goes into hysterics and nearly chokes Cottle before breaking down, sobbing.
*In fact, Roslin has given her to a woman named [[Maya]], who lost her baby in the Cylon attack. Maya adopts Hera, thinking she is a normal human child from a Pegasus officer.
*Helo, helped by Chief Tyrol, spreads the "ashes" of Hera (actually faked) out the back of a Raptor into open space.
*Number Six is devastated that Baltar "let" this happen and could not protect "their baby", though he says he did all he could. Number Six says that God's will was that Hera survive, that God's will was that "she would lead the next generation of God's children". In a rage, she says that Gaius has commited a sin, and his entire race will suffer God's vengeance.

== Questions ==
*What will D'anna do when she is re-embodied?
*Who is Number One?
*Based on reports of Lucy Lawless being asked if she wanted to "be God" and her current command behavior, could Number Three be based on a Count Iblis type character?
**No. Number Three is a just a physical Cylon which will ''claim'' to be a God, Count Iblis was actually a God (God-like being).
**Ron D. Moore has also stated in [[Iblis#In the Re-Imagined Series|interviews]] that he does not intend to bring a Count Iblis character onto the Re-Imagined Series.
* What model numbers are "[[Simon]]" and "[[Leoben Conoy]]" ?
**Based on the assumption that model number corresponds with age, Leoben Conoy — whose age is close to that of D'anna Biers — is probably number 2 or number 4, while Simon is likely either number 4 or number 7.
* Based on information mentioned in the Analysis, could the Cylons be patterning a [[Wikipedia: gerontocracy|gerontocratic]] form of leadship structure?
*Given that Baltar's home was destroyed and Caprica-Six "died" in a nuclear explosion, how did Baltar survive?
**In the [[Miniseries]] novelization, this is expanded upon; his house wasn't entirely destroyed (that is, not reduced to pebbles) and when Caprica-Six blocked the blast with her body it shielded him enough; he was thrown through the house against a wall and slightly hurt but did not die. (Note that novelizations are not typically considered [[canon]]ical.)
* This episode raises new questions about the nature of Baltar-Six. Is she (merely) a projection from Baltar's subconscious mind or has she somehow been implanted into his psyche by the Cylons? It has already been established by the brainscan performed by Dr. Cottle that there is no cybernetic implant in Baltar's brain, at least none that is detectable by human technology. Also, in Ron Moore's podcast he seems to indicate that she is no more than a hallucination, produced by Baltar's subconsciousness. Her actions, however, do seem to be aimed at advancing a Cylon agenda.
**Is it possible that in shielding Baltar from that blast, parts of each other's consciousness got imprinted on one another? That would not show in a scan, and would help explain why she has an imaginary Baltar.
* Does death hold any meaning to the Cylon's? If they can just be reborn then perhaps they don't truely understand murder and genocide?

== Analysis ==
*Apparently the documentary broadcast from [[the Fleet]] in "[[Final Cut]]" was not made widely available, since if Caprica-Six had seen it, she would have already known about Baltar's survival.
*In the scene where ''Galactica''-Sharon is downloaded into her new body, when another Sharon smiles and says "we love you Sharon", this mirrors how another Sharon said the same thing to her on the basestar in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", at which point she also freaked out.
*There does not appear to be any pattern to the numbering scheme of the 12 Cylon models: Three (D'anna), Five (Doral), Six (Shelley Godfrey/Gina), Eight (Sharon), i.e. not all females are an even number, males an odd number.
**However, these models do seem to get progressively younger the higher (perhaps, "most recent") their Number is: Three is eldest and has the number closest to one, while Eight is youngest and has the highest number out of these four. The older models also tend to have more authority.
*Cylon society on Caprica appears to consist of mostly mimicking human behavior — clothing, apartments, cafe's, parks for relaxation, etc. In essence, the Cylons are merely trying to be what they have just exterminated — humans.
**They have established previously that they consider humans to be more "real" and closer to God than they are ("this form brings us closer to God..."); they think that humans are more "real" and that if they wish to be real, they should adopt ''some'' aspects of what humanity is, but this doesn't necessarily stop them from being quite different from humanity.
*Cylons appear to lead asexual lives — no Cylon "couples" were observed, or even any obvious signs of friendship between Cylons. While frequently talking about, and concerned with, love, Cylons are celibate except when interacting with humans.
*As Caprica-Six and ''Galactica''-Sharon pointed out, the Cylons' claim that they are superior to humans because humans still kill because of greed and jealousy, etc. is hypocritical. They point out the logical disconect of conducting genocide and murder in the name of an all-loving God. Further, Number Three's plan to "box" Caprica-Six and ''Galactica''-Sharon, which would ''in effect'' be murdering them, also makes her a murderer like the humans she claims to be better than.
*At various points in the series, Baltar's internal Number Six has been seen manipulating physical objects: a test-tube in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", a chair in "[[Home, Part II]]", etc., which has led to the question of whether this is a continuity error, or if she is more real than she claims to be. In this episode, we seem to get an answer to this: Caprica-Six's hallucinatory Baltar makes a drink while in ''Galactica''-Boomer's appartment and hands it to her...only for the camera to shift angles, the hallucination-Baltar to be gone, and to show that Caprica-Six is actually grasping at air. Thus it can be inferred that this is just a stylistic choice by the production team: whenever Number Six ''appears'' to be manipulating a physical object on ''Galactica'', Baltar is hallucinating that she is doing this, and the camera is showing things that aren't "really" happening, from Baltar's perspective.
*The Cylons did not expect their initial attack to be anywhere near as successful as it was. This would explain the apparently large number of Cylon military vessels showing up everywhere as the Cylons expected to fight a more protracted war against a larger surviving human military force.
**That the Cylons felt it so necessary to sabotage the Colonial Fleet through Caprica-Six implies that they felt attacking without that advantage would have at best cost them many ships, and at worst resulted in defeat. The placing of the backdoor in the [[CNP]] was high risk; if the Colonials had discovered it before the Cylons attacked, they would have been forewarned of the coming assault, and could even have surprised the Cylons by acting as if they were unaware of the problem while secretly disabling the backdoor on all military spacecraft.
*Hera's being hidden away soon after her birth in order to protect her fits her messiah-status, as other messiah figures have often also been hidden after their birth in similar fashion, such as [[Wikipedia:Jesus|Jesus]], [[Wikipedia:Moses|Moses]], [[Wikipedia:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]], [[Wikipedia:Superman|Superman]], [[Wikipedia:Aragorn|Aragorn]], [[Wikipedia:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]], etc.
**This is also a common theme with tragic characters such as [[Wikipedia:Oedipus|Oedipus Rex]].
*It's strange that Roslin included Colonel Saul Tigh in the conversation about Hera's fate, but not Commander Lee Adama, who now outranks him.
**It is likely that Commander Lee Adama was busy adjusting to his duties as the new CO of ''Pegasus'' and was briefed seperately.
*"At least forty" humano-Cylons were killed in the cafe bombing. When Three was killed by Caprica-Six, she said it would take "at least 36 hours" for Three's consciousness to be downloaded to a new body. This implies perhaps a sequential (as opposed to parallel) processing of the download process. Why can't they handle more at the same time? Is it a technical limitation, or perhaps a religious one (i.e. they always try to treat the process with reverence)? That seems kind of inefficient though. In any case, it appears to take a little less than an hour per download assuming sequential downloading.

== Notes ==
*Anders refers to humanoid Cylons as "Skin Jobs" in this episode, another referrence to [[Wikipedia:Blade_Runner|Blade Runner]] by the Re-Imagined Series. The Cylon Centurions are being referred to as "Bullet Heads".
*The vision of [[Number Six]] that Baltar sees all the time is ''not'' the same person as the woman he was sleeping with on Caprica who used him to lower Colonial defenses: [[Caprica-Six]]'s consciousness was downloaded into a new body. Chip-Six might be a duplicate, or something else.
*[[Lee Adama]] is visible in a photograph in [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)]]'s apartment in [[Delphi]]. However, Adama and Valerii had never served together prior to the events of the [[miniseries]]. This is probably a continuity error.
*Apollo and Starbuck do not appear in this episode. This is the first episode that Apollo has never appeared in, and the third episode of the season in which Starbuck has not appeared (after "[[Fragged]]" and "[[Black Market]]").
**As of this episode, the only characters that have appeared in every episode of the Re-Imagined Series are President [[Laura Roslin]], Admiral [[William Adama]], and Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]. Michael Hogan (Col. Tigh) is actually not one of the seven "regular" cast members, but he has still been in every episode to date.
*Ricky Worthy (Cylon "[[Simon]]") and Callum Keith Rennie (Cylon "[[Leoben Conoy]]") do not actually appear in this episode. In several brief shots, body doubles dressed as their characters are seen from behind or in the distance, but these actors did not return for the episode.
*We learn a lot of Cylon names in this episode: out of the 12 [[Cylon agent|humanoid models]] of Cylon, besides the already-known "[[Number Six]]", the one who posed as human reporter "[[D'anna Biers]]" is model '''Number Three''', the one who posed as PR representative "[[Aaron Doral]]" is model '''Number Five''', and the one who infiltrated ''Galactica'' posing as the pilot "Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii" is model '''Number Eight'''.
*A longstanding question has been answered: What do the Cylons call each other amongst themselves? They actually don't use the names of any human personas they might have infiltrated the Colonies with. "Number Six" is actually called "Number Six" in dialog for the first time in this episode (in the [[Miniseries]], we were left with the cryptic "There are twelve models, I am number six"). It is revealed that Cylons just call and think of themselves as "Number Three" or "Three", etc. It was speculated that individual copies might be distinguished by using a serial number or other ID, but apparently Cylon society is based so much on the idea of unity and lack of individuality that they simply ''do not have'' designations for individual units. When Number Three refers to ''Galactica''-Sharon, she just refers to her as "an Eight", etc. "Caprica-Six" is a makeshift nickname that was made up for the individual "celebrity" Number Six (probably because the Cylons had never developed a formal convention for naming individual units). Caprica-Six is sometimes called "Caprica" for short.
*This gets a little confusing, because even though all of the Number Six copies on Caprica look and dress identically, copies that Caprica-Six walks by still recognize who she is.
*"Caprica-Six" appears to be a take on the ''ad hoc'' naming convention developed by fans for telling the different Cylon copies appart: review sites and messageboards over time started distinguishing the copy of Boomer on ''Galactica'' and the copy of Boomer on Caprica as "''Galactica''-Sharon" and "Caprica-Sharon" for convenience. This loosley developed system then spread to other Cylons as they appeared ("[[Gina|''Pegasus''-Six]]", "Caprica-Doral", "Caprica-D'anna", etc.), though it isn't based on any official material (''BattlestarWiki'' eventually adopted these terms of convenience as well). When Number Three remarks to "Caprica-Six" that her nickname is a little funny, because she's only one of hundreds of copies of "Number Six" on Caprica, this might be a small joke by the writers at the expense of fans.
*Sharon showed difficulty in performing chin ups, but later showed no problem in moving pieces of concrete weighing at least 100 pounds.
**She could have just been angry, and not actually appearing strained because it was physically hard.
**One of the consistent features of both ''Galactica''-Sharon and Caprica-Sharon has been the conflict between her "natural" Cylon Number Eight personality and her human Sharon personality. While probably intended that the two personalities should remain separate, with the Number Eight personality primary, it never worked out that way. In "[[Water]]", for example, Sharon reasserts herself before Number Eight can finish planting the charges. At this point, both ''Galactica''-Sharon/Eight and Caprica-Sharon/Eight have their personalities all jumbled up, with the Sharon personality exerting the stronger influence but retaining knowledge of being a Cylon and being Number Eight. Anyway: the Sharon "code" would have to include imposed limitations on what she believes her own strength and physical abilities to be, or she'd be found out much, much more easily. Inconsistencies in her apparent physical abilities can therefore be explained along with inconsistencies of her mixed but not really integrated personalities.
*Number Three appears to have some command functions based on her actions and behavior. These apparently include determining final disposition of other Cylon personalities.
*Lucy Lawless once again uses her native New Zealand accent for [[D'anna Biers]], even though at the end of "[[Final Cut#notes|Final Cut]]" it was implied that her character normally doesn't.
*Galactica-Sharon's old apartment number on Caprica was "502"
*Much of the dialog in the episode recap is entirely new, and dubbed in to better summarize the segment.
*According to RDM's podcast, there was an entire subplot in this episode in which Lucy Lawless's character "D'anna Biers" would interview President Roslin about rumors that the pregnant Cylon prisoner's baby had been born. Then "''Galactica''-Three" would try to kidnap the baby off of ''Galactica'' in collusion with [[Gina]] (''Pegasus''-Six). The subplot was cut for time (they wanted to spend more time focusing on events on Caprica), and also because they felt it made the episode very confusing; cutting between many different Cylon copies both on Caprica and ''Galactica''. These scenes apparently ''were'' filmed, then cut, because promotional photos for this episode show pictures of D'anna Biers on Galactica (with her new hairstyle), so it will probably appear in deleted scenes released in the next DVD set.
*Sharon has a pair of hand carved, wood or stone, decorative elephants in her apartment. Caprica-Six asks her if they are from "[[Ithaca]]", which on Earth is an island off the coast of Greece and is the home of Odysseus in Homer's [[Wikipedia:Odyssey|Odyssey]]. She states that they were a gift from her mother for her graduation.
**''Galactica-Sharon said that her mother gave her the carved elephant statues when she left for fleet academy: this directly contradicts her statement in the [[Miniseries]] that her parents died (in the [[Troy]] mining colony accident) when she was little. Of course, either way none of it really happened.
***''The "mother" could be an adoptive parent who gave Sharon the gift.''
*[[Caprica-Six]] assumed residence on Caprica two years prior to the cylon attack, which matches both the beginning of her relationship with Baltar ([[Miniseries]]) and the date that [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)]] was assigned to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' ([[The Farm]]).
*There are three cars in the underground garage. One clearly visible is a Citroën DS. When the Cylon enters the garage, the car on the right appears to be a Rover P6. The car on the left with a central headlamp appears to be a 1950s Citroën prototype.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

*''Caprica-Sharon has gone into premature labor with her Hybrid baby:''
:'''Cottle:''' I find it absolutely amazing you people went to all the trouble to appear human, and didn't upgrade the plumbing.

*''"Caprica-Six" and a [[Number Three]]-copy walk past a crowd of other Cylons of various models, and they all keep turning their heads to look at Caprica-Six:''
:'''Caprica-Six:''' I still can't get used to this.
:'''Three:''' Well you're a Hero of the Cylons now. You're our first celebrity!
:'''Caprica-Six:''' Oh, I'm just another Six.
:'''Three:''' You're too modest. I'm just another Three... and they're Fives (''motions at a Doral-model'')... and Eights (''motions at a Sharon-model''). But you, everyone calls you "Caprica-Six"... like you're the only Six on the planet!

*''President Roslin, Baltar, Admiral Adama and Col. Tigh discuss what to do with the Hybrid baby:''
:'''Roslin:''' If [[Hera|the baby]] does survive, the question is — what do we do with it?
:'''Baltar:''' Do? What are you suggesting? That we throw it out of an airlock?
:'''Roslin:''' I don't make suggestions Mr. Baltar, if I want to toss a baby out of an airlock, I'd say so.

*''[[Number Three]] prepares to execute [[Samuel Anders]]:''
:'''Three:''' Humans don't respect life the way we do. ''[loads pistol]''

*''Anders' gun is knocked out of his hands, and it miraculously lands near Number Three, who picks it up, stands over Anders and gets ready to execute him:''
:'''Number Three''': God loves me. (''Caprica-Six pops up behind Number Three and bashes her over the head with a big rock of debris'')
:'''Caprica-Six''': See you again soon! (''Caprica-Six bashes her head with the rock a second time, killing her current body, while her consciousness will soon download into another'')

== Official Statements ==
*David Eick's video blog shows the crew preparation for filming a Cylon rebirthing scene, most likely for this episode.

== Statistics ==

=== Guest Stars ===
*[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[D'anna Biers]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0722413/ Donnelly Rhodes] as Dr. [[Cottle]]
*Kerry Norton as Paramedic [[Layne Ishay]]
*[[Matthew Bennett]] as [[Aaron Doral]]
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]
*Rekha Sharma as [[Tory Foster]]
*Alisen Down as Jean Barclay
*Erica Cerra as [[Maya]]
*Diego Diablo Del Mar as Hillard

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Sesha Abinell

2006-02-14T14:37:20Z

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'''Sesha Abinell''' is a terrorist who, with the help of fellow conspirators, holds patrons hostage in a lounge aboard ''[[Cloud 9]].''

Abinell had been widowed approximately 10 weeks earlier as a result of a [[Cylon]] attack on the ''[[Greenleaf]]''. In the time since the attack, she composes a manifesto consisting mainly of conspiracy theories regarding Cylon infiltration of the [[Colonial Fleet]], leading to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Twelve Colonies]]. The manifesto is released to [[Colonial Press|Fleet news]] after she and three men take control of a lounge aboard ''Cloud 9''.

Convinced that the Cylons are still manipulating the military, Abinell demands that Admiral [[William Adama]] hand over the copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] incarcerated aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]].'' Abinell threatens to start killing hostages if Adama does not comply.

To defuse the situation, Adama promises to give Abinell the body of Valerii in exchange for the safety of the hostages. Abinell reluctantly agrees to the terms. The corpse that Adama provides, however, is that of "[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]," the dead copy of Valerii shot by [[Cally]] months before.

When Adama's deception is discovered, Abinell and her gunmen open fire, fatally wounding [[Billy Keikeya]]. Abinell herself is slain by [[Marines|Colonial Marines]] ([[Sacrifice]]).

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Category:Cast

2005-01-26T14:10:45Z

WouterCoene: Some text for this one too.

The cast for the (21st century) Battlestar Galactica series. You may also find the [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407362/fullcredits IMDB credits page] interesting.

User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr./Archive

2005-01-26T14:04:49Z

WouterCoene:

Hi. I hear you're the guy running this Wiki. I wondered if it would be possible to have the Format broken links preference (misc. settings) default to unset? I keep running into broken links because of silly typo's (Carpica instead of Caprica for example) and with this preference off it becomes a lot easier to spot these. Oh, and thanks for setting all this up btw.

--[[User:WouterCoene|WouterCoene]] 09:04, 26 Jan 2005 (EST)

Arrow of Apollo

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WouterCoene: And another link fix.

[[Image:bsg-arrow-apollo.jpg|thumb|The Arrow of Apollo (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]

A great hunting arrow, and a symbol of [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol]].

Legend states that the Arrow is the one surviving clue to location of the planet [[Earth]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

This arrow itself, or an accurate facsimile thereof was on display in the Museum of the Colonial Arts in the City of [[Delphi]] on [[Caprica]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

While the city itself suffered extensive damage as a reuslt of bombing during the [[Cylon attack]], the Arrow itself survived undamaged and becomes the focal point of [[Roslin, Laura|Laura Roslin's]] attempts to discover the whereabouts of Earth following the apparently accident discovery of [[Kobol]] by the Colonial fleet ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]. These attempts lead to Lieutenant [[Thrace, Kara|Kara Thrace]] disobeying orders and taking a captured [[Cylon Raider]] to [[Caprica]], when it required in a plan to secure the rescue of personnel fromthe ''[[Galactica]]'' who have been shot down by Cylons over Kobol ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

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Earth

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WouterCoene: Added to A-to-Z category.

Earth is the alledged location of the mythical [[13th Colony]], home of the 13th tribe of [[Kobol]], and the intended destination of the survivors from the [[Twelve Colonies#Re-imagined Universe|12 colonies]].

[[Adama, William|Commander Adama]] claims to know the location, but it is revealed that he's only saying this to keep morale high ([[Mini-Series]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). [[Roslin, Laura|President Roslin]] knows this and hopes to uncover the real location of Earth in the [[Tomb of Athena]], accessible using the [[Arrow of Apollo]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] and [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|II]]).

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Tomb of Athena

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WouterCoene: Added to A-to-Z category.

The tomb of [[Athena]], on [[Kobol]], is believed to contain the location of [[Earth]]. It is accessible using the [[Arrow of Apollo]].

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2005-01-26T13:50:29Z

WouterCoene: Create, just to make the link a little less annoying.

Everything BSG.

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I

2005-01-26T13:45:52Z

WouterCoene: Various link fixes

[[Image:bsg-klg1-1.jpg|thumb|"Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 1" (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]
== Overview ==
''The Galactica discovers Kobol, and a chain of events are set in motion that threaten to change everything.''

== Summary ==
*Life on a battlestar, for better or worse: [[Adama, William|Adama]] and his son spar in a gym, frustrations emerging as they box; [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck]] in bed with a lover she wishes was Lee – but is in fact [[Baltar, Gaius|Baltar]]; [[Valerii, Sharon|Boomer]] facing the fact she cannot deal with what she might be and putting a gun to her mouth, only to find she cannot pull the trigger; [[Roslin, Laura|Laura Roslin]] learning she has perhaps six months to live, her cancer is so aggressive
*Stricken by Starbuck’s apparent rejection of him in their coupling, Baltar in turn comes close to rejecting Six and find it impossible to concentrate on anything – including his duties as Vice President
*When Boomer and [[Crashdown]] return with evidence they’ve stumbled upon [[Kobol]], Roslin has a vision of a city teeming with life Elosha confirms to be the [[City of the Gods]] on Kobol, and Roslin accepts the scriptures as fact
*Boomer, still confused, attempts to take her own life – “encouraged” by Baltar in defiance of Six
*When Adama reviews the evidence, he orders an extensive surface survey of the planet, seeing it as a opportunity for them to settle. Warned his should get off the ''Galactica'' by [[Number Six|Six]], Baltar assigns himself to the survey
*Roslin tries to convince Adama that Kobol will point the way to Earth, but they must use the captured Raider to return to [[Caprica]] and retrieve the [[Arrow of Apollo]]
*Three [[Raptor|Raptors]] depart the Galactica for Kobol, but on arrival they find themselves in the midst of a [[Cylon]] force of [[Cylon Raider|Raiders]] – and a basestar
*One Raptor is destroyed, and one - carrying Baltar – is forced down on Kobol
*Before a rescue mission can be launched, the basestar must be taken out – and Starbuck hatches a plan to do just this using the captured Raider
*Hearing this, Roslin meets with Starbuck and subverts her into going to Caprica, and not going to Kobol to destroy the basestar

=== On Caprica: ===
*[[Agathon, Karl C.|Helo]] is on the run – alone – when he encounters “his” [[Valerii, Sharon||Valerii]], and he shoots and wounds her. Unable to kill her outright, he takes her with him
*When Valerii tries to explain things to him, Helo informs her that all she is to him is a way off the planet.

== Review ==

=== Recap ===
*[[You Can’t Go Home Again]]: The [[Cylon Raider]] being manhandled in the hanger bay shortly after [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck]] used it to return to the Galactica, as she states in a voice over, “Like my new toy? It’s my very own Cylon Raider.” Cutting to Starbuck being lifted away from the Raider on a stretcher as [[Adama, Lee|Lee Adama]] says, “When you take a souvenir, you don’t screw around!”
*[[Flesh and Bone]]: [[Valerii, Sharon|Boomer]] walking around the Raider, stroking it with her hand and humming; [[Number Six|Six]] congratulating [[Baltar, Gaius|Baltar]] on uncovering his first Cylon with his new detector, cutting to a shot of Boomer as she does so
*[[Six Degrees of Separation]]: [[Agathon, Karl C.|Helo]] confessing to [[Valerii, Sharon|Valerii]] that he couldn’t stand to see something happen to her, and her admission she feels the same, cutting to the two of them coupling in the thunderstorm
*[[Colonial Day]]: Helo backing away from Valerii at Delphi as she calls out to him, with Boomer’s words to [[Tyrol, Galen|Tyrol]] aboard the ''[[Galactica]]'' forming a voice over, “I’m a Cylon,” ([[Flesh and Bone]]) before he starts to run
*[[Mini-Series]]: A shot of the [[Cylon]] device in [[CIC]] with [[Tigh, Saul|Tigh’s]] voice-over stating, “A new piece of equipment that just appeared in CIC…” cutting to the ''[[Geminon Traveller]]’s'' Captain showing Starbuck a similar device ([[Flesh and Bone]]); Baltar stating, “It’s a Cylon device” in reference to the device seen in the [[Mini-Series]]
*[[Colonial Day]]: [[Roslin, Laura|Roslin]] informing [[Keikeya, Billy|Billy]] she’ll continue to take the [[Kamala]] as it has other benefits, to which he replies, “The hallucinations.”
*[[Flesh and Bone]]: [[Conoy, Leoben|Leoben Conoy]] to Starbuck: “You’re going to find [[Kobol]]…The birthplace of us all…” cutting to Roslin confronting Starbuck on her interrogation tactics as Starbuck states, “He says we’re going to find Kobol and that it’s going to lead us to Earth.”

===Teaser ===
Adamas Junior and Senior are in a gym – boxing. Not a word is spoken as they circle one another, but a tension that goes beyond the need to concentrate on their sparring fills the room. The first few punches are mere tests, getting the measure of each other, and do little more than strike one another’s gloves. A half challenging / half mocking smile twists [[Adama, Lee|Lee Adama’s]] lips as he feints and then withdraws he right hand, lifting it to his cheek, leaving an opening. [[Adama, William|Adama]] moves in, Lee steps back, encouraging his father to in and swing wide, leaving himself opening to a swift and very hard jab to the ribs. He backs off, catching his breath and wincing. Lee continues circling, his guard up. “You all right?” he asks, the words close to a sneer rather than out of concern, an unspoken, “Old Man?” seeming to hang in the air behind them. Adama responds with a wry grin as his arms come up ready to resume the sparring…

...The camera cuts to two naked bodies on a bunk: [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck]] and Lee Adama appear to be making out together…

…Another cut, and on [[Caprica]], [[Agathon, Karl C.|Helo]] runs through daylight in a city, gun drawn and injured leg giving him a little trouble. He runs along the front of a building, gun held at the ready; and on the ''[[Galactica]]'', [[Valerii, Sharon|Boomer]] leans against the bunks in her bunkroom, an automatic pistol in her hand. She sit down slowly, staring at the gun in her hand, stroking the slide as if preparing to cock it…

...In the gym, Adama and Lee continue sparring, again apparently getting the measure of each other with hits to one another’s gloves – then Lee lands a punch on his father’s chin, rocking him back. He comes forward again with a series of punches, easily blocked before Lee hits him again, this time on the cheek, but Adama rolls with the punch and lands two tight, hard jabs into Lee’s midriff, forcing a break. “You all right?” Adama enquiries mildly, as Lee recovers as he continues to circle, anger in his eyes. His fists come up, and his father gets ready to defend himself, his eyes also alight…

…On Caprica, Helo continues around the building – and Valerii steps out from behind a pillar, gun drawn. Helo freezes on seeing her, lining his own gun on her as she holsters hers. He orders her to remain where she is, keeping his gun lined on her. Close to tears, she obeys….and Boomer on the Galactica cocks her pistol and turns it slowly towards herself….while on Caprica Helo continues to stare at Valerii over his gun. “Just do it,” she tells him, and they stare at each other, both frightened and hurting…as Boomer brings the pistol to her mouth…

…And in another cabin Starbuck and her lover reach a climax, and she calls out for Lee Adama – and her partner lifts his head: Gaius Baltar; his lust gone, his expression reflecting his confusion at the name she called…while in the gym, Lee takes a hit to the head that leaves him slack-jawed and glass-eyed before he topples to the floor, where he shakes himself back into awareness and then climbs back to his feet….

…While Boomer opens her mouth, inserting the muzzle of the pistol into it…and Valerii takes a step towards Helo, causing him to shoot her, and she knocked backwards, rolling and tumbling down a flight of steps. Lowering his gun, Helo catches his breath…and Boomer pulls the gun from her mouth, breaking down in tears…

…And Starbuck looks at the cabin ceiling, a flash of puzzlement passing across her face as Baltar stares at her, then moves slowly to extricate himself from her, rolling to one side of the bunk as she sits up. The ship’s intercom sounds, and Boomer hears she is being called to the ready room for a pre-flight briefing, as Starbuck, now wrapped in a towel, picks up her clothes from the floor and departs Baltar’s cabin, as he remains on the cot, staring at the ceiling, closing his eyes as the cabin door closes.

In the gym, Adama and his son catch their breath, pent-up frustrations given release. “You don’t lose control,” Adama informs Lee. “Thanks,” Lee replies, taking it as a compliment. Adama shakes his head, “No. You gotta lose control - let your instincts take over.” Lee gathers his things, “I thought we were just sparring,” he replies. “That’s why you don’t win,” Adama tells him, before heading for the locker room.

In his cabin, Baltar rises from his bed, wrapping a sheet around him. [[Number Six|Six]] is seated in an armchair, not looking at him, but instead staring at the wall, her rapid blinking the only indication of emotion. Crossing to the table in front of her, Baltar sits on it, but she still does not look at him. He pours himself a glass of [[Ambrosia]], frightened of meeting her eyes, but as he picks it up, he looks at her and realises she is ignoring him, something that gives him pause before he moves the glass to his lips.

On Caprica, Valerii raises herself using her right arm and slowly turns onto her back as Helo covers her with his gun. Her left shoulder is a bloody mess. He takes aim….but finds he can’t kill her. He lowers his gun as she stares first at the sky in shock, then at her bloody shoulder, then up at him.

=== Acts ===
Following the opening titles, [[Roslin, Laura|Laura Roslin]] is undergoing a full CAT scan on the ''[[Galactica]]'' as [[Doctor Cottle]] examines the results as they are displayed on-screen. [[Keikeya, Billy|Billy Keikeya]] also observes through the glass of a dividing wall.

Later, in [[Elosha]]’s cabin, Roslin reveals the results: she has less than six months to live; the cancer is aggressively attacking her lymphatic system. Elosha pauses before replying, “I want you to hear me on this. You made a true believer out of me – as strange as that sounds, considering. But I believe I know you’re the one to lead us to our salvation. You are going to guide us – to Earth.” Roslin considers this for a moment before replying, “Then we’d better find it soon.”

Elsewhere, a card game is taking place. As expected, [[Baltar, Gaius|Baltar]] is involved, as is [[Crashdown]] – but the remaining players are [[Gaeta]], [[Dualla]] and [[Adama, Lee|Lee Adama]]. Baltar is supporting his game with copious amounts of [[Ambrosia]], and is suitably drunk as a result. He pours himself a refill and then does the same for Gaeta, who refuses, citing he’ll be on duty later. Taking Gaeta’s glass, Baltar simply uses it to top-off his own drink as Lee Adama raises the ante in the pot. This gets Baltar’s attention, “You can’t compete with me,” he slurs – not entirely in reference to the card game – “I always win.”

From off to one side, [[Number Six|Six]] tells Baltar that she’s never seen him like this, and that it is somehow disappointing, common. He turns his head to look slowly in her direction, then back at his cards. “So sorry to disappoint you,” he retorts, then glances at the other card players as he realises he’s spoken aloud, “To disappoint you all,” he corrects. He meets Lee’s raise and then calls – and wins the hand; stunning Lee. As he collects his winnings, dropping some on the floor, [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck]] enters, “Like there’s a card game and no-one called me?” Crashdown teases her about being back on her feet, and Baltar sits up slowly after picking up his winnings and glares at her. “So how ya doing, Gaius?” she enquires, before turning to chat with Lee.

“Mister Vice President to you, if you don’t mind, Lieutenant Thrace,” comes the arched reply, “Some level of decorum must be maintained after all, or is it a pirate ship you’re running?” Starbuck isn’t impressed, and the rest of the table is rather surprised at the outburst. Baltar ignores it all, growing increasingly smug, “Would you like to play?” he asks her, again not entirely with reference to the card game, “Maybe you’d like to sit next to Captain Adama.” The room grows increasingly tense at the comment, and Lee offers room to Starbuck if she wants to pull up a chair. She thanks him, but states she has things to do, her eyes never leaving Baltar, before she walks out. Watching her go, Lee looks back at Baltar, two and two coming together in his head as Baltar tries to hide his feelings behind his hand as he wipes his lower face.

Later, in Roslin’s office aboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Baltar is trying to make notes as she brings him up to speed on the general situation in the fleet – mentioning in passing that while bartering will continue, they now have the means to take the fleet’s economy back to a currency-based system.

As Baltar listens, so Six watches him, her face a picture of concern, “Do you love her?” She asks, cutting through Roslin’s commentary and distracting Baltar. Confused, he looks at Roslin, then his notes, “Did you…?” he mumbles, thoroughly lost. Roslin isn’t impressed and tries to get Baltar to understand how important it is for him to comprehend the emerging political structures. As she asks him if he grasps this, Six simultaneously demands that he answer her question.

“Yes of course I understand,” Baltar replies, addressing Roslin, before he snapping at Six, “My answer is no.” Catching himself, he looks back at Roslin, “No, I don’t think that I can handle this right now, the, the intricacies of the bureaucracy. I can’t get my head around, ah…With all due respect, Madam President you have spent your entire political career learning to understand….More to the point,” and her turns to address Six, “How you could think my head could be turned so quickly by, by, a new thing,” he looks back towards Roslin, eyes on her desk, “It, ah, it, it, ah, astounds me. How did you….how did you seriously think I was going to be able to cope with this kind of responsibility?”

“I don’t believe you,” Six states, as Roslin simultaneously replies, “Because you’re a genius, are you not?”

Both responses lead Baltar on another tirade in which he addresses them both, answering what he sees as unfair criticisms of him, constantly crossing his comments between Six and Roslin only serving to add to the general confusion. Finally, when Six informs him she loves him, this draws an immediate response of, “Oh, give me a break!” Given the situation, Roslin decides to take this last comment literally, and agrees that he needs a break from the meeting, and he heads for the bathroom, a confused Roslin and Billy left sitting in his wake.

In the bathroom, he washes his face, trying to calm down. Six appears beside him, her face expressionless. They look at each other via the mirror above the hand basin. “I’d like to be alone if you don’t mind,” Baltar states calmly. Six responds by “grabbing” the back his head and propelling his forehead into the mirror with considerable force. She “holds” him there as she asks through clenched teeth, “How can you love her Gaius?” He claims he doesn’t, and she tells him not to lie to her. “I know everything you know,” she adds, releasing his head. As he peels himself from the mirror, he realises the impact has cut his forehead. “Oh, that’s lovely,” he says, voice dripping in sarcasm as he fingers the cut, “Oh thank you. Did you, ah,” he asks, looking at her reflection in the mirror, his voice breaking, “Did you want something in particular this time?”

She stares at him for a moment, all anger gone. “I thought you should know,” she replies calmly, “That it’s not safe for you to remain on '''[[Galactica]]''.” He demands to know what she is talking about, but she will not be drawn, stating only that whatever is going to happen is going to be a surprise. He continues to press her for more information, but when he turns to face her, she is gone, leaving him shouting in impotent anger.

In CIC the Galactica’s command crew receive word from Boomer that her Raptor is about to jump to a nearby sector in the search for supplies. After the call, Boomer gives Crashdown the OK to spin-up the Raptor’s jump drive and execute the jump Gaeta has calculated for them. He does so, and the Raptor emerges from the jump bearing down on the atmosphere of a planet, causing Boomer into some hasty flying before they end up in the atmosphere and burn up.

Boomer is less than impressed, calling Gaeta an idiot as the Raptor enters a safe orbit. Crashdown finds the whole thing highly amusing, “It was great, we’re fine, it’s cool!” They turn their attention to the planet below – one with rich brown continents, blues seas, blue skies and white cloud formations. “Are you seeing this?” Crashdown asks, moving to the front of the ship, his bravado replaced by awe. “Oceans, continents….Let me at this thing,” he moves back to his console and commences scans, confirming the atmosphere is an oxygen/nitrogen mix. “Enough for green leafy things,” he reports, “I’m starting to get excited here, Boomer. This could be it, this could be the big one; the little planet that solves all of our problems.” Still sitting forward, Boomer makes no response, lost in conflicting thoughts and emotions. “Boomer, do you think this could be Earth?” he asks.

She shakes her head slowly, “No, it’s not Earth. It’s more important than that.”

On CYLON-OCCUPIED CAPRICA, where Helo has now been for 50 days, it is once again night and it is again raining. Helo is sheltering as best he can from it, and trying to stay awake. As he begins to doze, the weight of his handgun pulls him back into wakefulness and he levels it at the figure of Valerii, her left arm in a sling, as she sits a few feet away, in the rain. “Doesn’t really work as well as before, huh?” she asks. Helo says nothing, the gun wavering between them as he continues to fight the fatigue. “You know I do get cold,” she adds, resentment in her tone.

When he still makes no reply, she tries another tack: “There are some things you should know, Helo.” He cuts her off with a curt, “Don’t call me that,” going on to state she is neither “Sharon” nor human, so she should stop acting like she knows him. When Valerii tries to explain that she is in fact Sharon Valerii, he ends the conversation by shooting a chunk of masonry out of the corner of the pillar a few feet from her head and telling her she is not Sharon, and all he want from her is a way off the planet.

On the Galactica Lee enters the hanger bay where Starbuck is loading ammunition into the Raider. Walking up to her as she crouches under the Raider, he asks in a tone that is anything but friendly, “Going hunting?” Starbuck replies that there is a test of the Raider’s jump drive scheduled for the following day, and she’s going to use it to see if “our boy” can fire Colonial munitions.

Lee challenges her on referring to the Raider as a “boy” when everyone else refers to it as a female (something Starbuck herself started). Capping the muzzles of the Raider’s guns to indicate they are armed, Starbuck is equally cutting in her reply, “That’s fascinating Lee, you should write a paper.”

“That’s not really my scene,” he responds. “I’m not as smart as, say, um - Doctor Baltar,” the comment earns him a look from Starbuck. “How is the Vice President by the way?” When she tells him she doesn’t know as she hasn’t seen him, Lee refuses to relent, “So I guess he’s a love ‘em and leave ‘em kind of guy.” She agrees. “Ships that pass in the night,” Lee adds. “Yep,” Starbuck replies, finishing with the guns and turning to fire a dangerous look at Lee as she walks past him.

He continues to ride her, asking her if she was bored and if bedding the Vice President just seemed like a great way to waste some time. Starbuck wants to know if he wants something from her, as she doesn’t owe him a thing – meaning he’s not going to get any apology out of her for her actions. “No, you don’t owe me anything,” he agrees before echoing her words from “33”, “Because I’m just a CAG and you’re just a pilot….a pilot who can’t keep her pants on.” This draws an initial response from Starbuck, as she momentarily stops what she is doing, then replies with a very flat, “Right.”

Lee goes on to remind her about the “old times”, and an incident with a major. Mid-way through, she turns any punches him on the jaw. Lee’s response is immediate: he hits her back, striking her nose and knocking her back into a work bench as deckhands and marines look on. They react to the respective blows, and then Starbuck turns and starts walking back to the Raider. Lee challenges her as to why she went to bed with Baltar. “Because I’m a screw-up, Lee. Why don’t you keep that in mind?”

On Colonial One Billy is in conference with Roslin and Elosha, confirming that Adama is sending another Raptor to survey the newly-found planet, which he states appears to have suffered some form of calamity but could still be inhabitable. Photographs taken during a previous Raptor flight show evidence of an old civilisation and Elosha asks the age of the ruins. Billy tells her that they won’t know for certain until the ground teams go in, but initial estimates put the ruins at around 2,000 years old.

Elosha looks at Roslin, “That’s around the time the thirteen tribes first left Kobol.” This causes Roslin to look at one of the photographs. “Ruins?” she asks, looking at an image of a large circular building sitting among trees, roads leading to it like the spokes of a wheel and lesser buildings surrounding it. “This is an inhabited city,” she looks at Billy and Elosha, “There’s a building,” and she passes the image back to them. “Buildings?” Billy asks, confused.

Taking the image back, Roslin freezes; all it shows are ruins surrounded by grass and what might have once been roads. “What did you see?” Elosha whispers as Roslin reacts to this, “Tell me, Laura.” Roslin describes the building she saw, remarking that it looked like a forum, “Like the forum on Caprica, actually.”

Elosha opens a book she has with her, and flicks through it to an illustration, and then hands the book to Roslin, “The forum and the opera house in the City of the Gods. On Kobol,” she explains. There, on the page is a drawing of the buildings Roslin “saw” in the photograph. “This planet,” she concludes, her whisper becoming even softer, “Is Kobol.” Roslin looks again at the illustration in the book and sees a flash of a ruin on the surface - the [[Tomb of Athena]] followed by an image of the [[Arrow of Apollo]] on Caprica - clues to what must be done.

“Kobol? Like….Kobol?” Billy asks, looking at Elosha. “The birthplace of mankind,” Elosha confirms, “Where the gods and man lived in paradise until the exodus of the thirteen tribes.” Roslin rises from hr deck and paces the office, Billy demanding to know what is going on. “It’s real,” she states, “The scriptures, the myths, the prophesies are all real.” For a moment Billy and Elosha look at her, before Elosha adds, “So say we all.”

In her cabin on the Galactica, Boomer – newly-returned from her survey flight – cocks her handgun and lifts it to her mouth, placing the muzzle between her lips. She is interrupted by Baltar, who enters the bunk room without knocking, causing her to lower the gun. Having seen what she was about to do, he approaches her slowly. “This is a bad time, huh?” She tries to cover her actions, claiming she was in fact cleaning her gun, then asks, voice picking up, “What’s going on?” Baltar replies that he was going to ask her the same question, then adds that he was actually looking for Starbuck as he sits on the bunk alongside Boomer. “Some times its, ah, good to talk these things over,” he adds.

And suddenly Six is there, her voice taunting as she points out that deep down, Boomer knows she is a Cylon, but her conscious mind won’t accept it. As if to confirm her words, Boomer states she has “dark thoughts,” and a three-way conversation ensues; Six mocking Baltar and dismissing Boomer, Boomer trying to confess her thoughts to Baltar, and Baltar trying to convince Boomer that perhaps suicide is the best way forward, thus working to defy Six’s claim that Boomer’s Cylon programming will ensure she carries out her mission. As he does so, Six falls silent and Boomer withdraws into herself until Baltar rises from the bunk and walks out, closing the bunk room door firmly as he leaves. In the corridor outside, Six walks beside him, a look of disbelief on her face. A dozen paces down the corridor Baltar hears the sound of a gunshot. Six looks around first, then looks at him as he turns, stares at the door, then continues on his way.

Later, in Adama’s cabin, a meeting is being held, with Adama studying the returned images of the new planet and agreeing it might be Kobol and that they should seriously consider settlement on it. Elosha points out that scriptures state Kobol points out the way to Earth. Adama doesn’t reply to her immediately, but orders Lee to organise a ground survey using three of the Galactica’s Raptors. As he does so, Six tells Baltar he should go as well, reminding him of her warning about staying clear of the Galactica, “You don’t want to be here when it happens.” He looks at her, “When what happens?” Realising he’s spoken aloud, he moves to correct himself, addressing the meeting as a whole, “What would happen if I go? Um, in fact I think I’m going to volunteer for the survey party.” Adama replies that his presence won’t be needed. This causes Baltar to cajole his way onto the team, using a mixture of his positions as Vice President and as the chief science advisor to bully his way onto the team. Giving her agreement on the subject, Roslin informs Adama that they need to talk.

Elsewhere, Tyrol walks into sickbay to visit Boomer, who is recovering from a bullet wound to the right side of her face. He stands uneasily at the foot of her bed, uncertain about what to say. He finally manages to ask if she is OK – not the brightest of questions, as her reaction indicates, as she shifts on the bed and rolls her eyes, “What do you think?” Tyrol states he can’t believe she forgot to check the chamber of her gun – the story about cleaning the handgun clearly having become the official reasons for her “accident”.

Boomer looks at him and tells him outright, “I didn’t forget.” This confirms his suspicions, and they discuss what is happening to her, Tyrol stating she needs help. “Not from you,” she tells him. “You made that clear. I’m on my own…Thanks for coming out, Chief. You’re dismissed.” Tyrol can’t reply to this, so salutes, turns, and walks out.

Alone in Adama’s cabin, Roslin is outlining a plan based on the scriptures – using the Arrow of Apollo to open the Tomb of Athena and then find their way to Earth. Adama is amazed at her reasoning – but not for the reasons she’d like. “I didn’t know you were that religious,” is his initial response. He goes on to state that there is no “Earth”; Roslin argues him on this citing that just because the two of them don’t know where Earth is doesn’t mean it is a myth. Adama asks her not to let myths and legends blind her to the reality of their situation. Roslin replies that their reality is that that Cylon Raider has been jump tested and that its technology is such that it could probably jump straight back to Caprica to collect the Arrow of Apollo. Adama will not be drawn, “The Raider is a military asset. I will not use it to go chasing some mythical arrow,” He apologises for his view, and it is clear that from his perspective the matter is closed.

As Adama and Roslin meet, three Raptors depart the Galactica’s flight pod, carrying the survey team to Kobol, with Crashdown in command. FTL drives are spun up – Crashdown advising Cally to hold on to her lunch – and then fired.

The Raptors emerge over Kobol – and into the path of a flight of Raiders heading for a basestar. There is little time to react as one of the Raiders flies into one of the Raptors, destroying it. Crashdown orders evasive manoeuvres and the remaining two Raptors start dodging and weaving, seeking free space in which to jump out as the Raiders wheel and open fire. Crashdown’s Raptor take a hit to a stern engine, setting it tumbling towards Kobol, and then several more hits, one of which punctures the hull and kills the pilot.

Crashdown takes the left-hand seat, ousting a near-hysterical Baltar and to bring the tumbling ship under control, Tyrol asking if he can jump them out – but the FTL systems have been hit. Tyrol orders Socinus to get on the radio and order the remaining Raptor back to the Galactica, while Baltar has a major panic attack at the back of the cabin.

In CIC, Adam and Tigh take a report from Gaeta on the disk-shaped objects of Cylon origin found firstly in CIC (mini-series) then in the possession of Leoben Conoy (Flesh and Bone). Gaeta explains that they are essentially an Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder used to communicate between Cylons. Adama states he wants one tested aboard the Raider. Before he can go any further, Dualla reports they have a contact – Raptor 275. Tigh wonders what they are doing back so early. Adama’s response is direct, “Something’s wrong.”

Over Kobol, Crashdown fights to control the crippled Raptor through entry into the atmosphere. No sooner has he done so than the damaged cockpit canopy finally fractures and breaks. Struggling to see through the in-rushing air, he and Tyrol have to contend with a panicking crew and a completely over-the-edge Baltar. Hills loom ahead, and Crashdown tries to steer between them as the Raptor continues down to the thickly-wooded ground.

Arriving at Adama’s cabin, Roslin is direct, “How many did we lose?” Lee Adama tells her ten were killed aboard Raptor Three, but Raptor One was reported to be under powered flight and heading for the surface of the planet when visual contact was lost. Adama then states that they’re going to have to take out the basestar in orbit over Kobol before any rescue can be attempted. Tigh replies that Starbuck is already working on a plan using the captured Raider. This news surprises both Adamas. Roslin is equally shocked, “The Raider?”

Lee wants to know when Starbuck started working on the plan, and Adama orders him to go and talk to her and report back. Lee departs for the hanger bay. Roslin and Billy also leave, Billy wanting to know if there is a problem, and Roslin wants to know why there should be. “That look on your face?” he states, referring to he reaction to the news about the Raider. “Not now,” is Roslin’s reply.

As Lee arrives in the hanger bay, Starbuck is directing a team of specialist who are installing an auto-pilot into the vehicle. Lee orders her to attention – an order she ignores, causing him to repeat it even louder. She turns to face him, barely coming to attention. He then berates her about taking her schemes to the Executive Officer over his head. He then demands to know what the plan is. She tells him the essentials: fly the Raider with a nuke to the vicinity of the basestar, activate the auto-pilot and get out – enabling a Raptor to pick her up – and let the Raider fly to the basestar automatically, the Cylon transponder installed in it keeping it safe, then detonate the warhead once the Raider has been recovered by the basestar.

Lee grudgingly agrees the plan might work – but that it might also get her killed. “Would you miss me, sir?” Starbuck asks, voice a sneer. “I need all the pilots I can get,” Lee replies, turning and walking away. Starbuck stops him, apologising for her actions. He looks at her and then continues out of the hanger bay.

In the Galactica’s, wardroom, meanwhile, Billy confronts Roslin about her scheme to use the Raider to get the Arrow of Apollo, telling her that if she goes ahead with it, she’ll be jeopardising everything – including the stability of her own government – and that she doesn’t have the right to do that for the sake of a drug-induced “vision of prophesy”. Roslin tells him she is aware of the consequences, and asks him to get her Lieutenant Thrace.

A short time later, Starbuck stands in front of Roslin in the wardroom, having listened to the president’s scheme. She is not impressed. ‘“All of this has happened before. All of this will happen again,’” Roslin quotes, “The Cylon you interrogated, he quoted that bit of scripture. He also said that we would find Kobol and that Kobol would show us the way, did he not?” This mollifies Starbuck somewhat, and she agrees. “Well, we have found Kobol,” Roslin continues, “Do you believe in the Gods, Lieutenant?” She then uses the idea of the circle of time central to Colonial religion, with events being repeated and people fulfilling roles. While Starbuck agrees that was what she was brought up to believe, it doesn’t mean it should become the reasons for her to go off to Caprica, disobeying orders at the same time. The discussion escalates with Roslin revealing her role in the scheme of things, and the fact that she is dying, reaches a point where Starbuck cites Adama’s knowledge of Earth as being their saving grace. Roslin informs her that Adama has no idea where Earth is and the he made it up. When Starbuck challenges her on this, her reply is simple, “Go ask him.”

Later still, on a gantry overlooking the hanger bay, Starbuck is meeting with Adama, telling him she needs one more test flight to test the Raider’s auto pilot. She then asks him how much longer it will be before they reach Earth. Adama’s answer is evasive, as are his answers to her subsequent questions. Realising she is leading to something – perhaps even beginning to put two and two together, he wishes her well on the next test and leaves her on the gantry.

The scene cuts to the final test flight of the Raider, Starbuck piloting it, Lee Adama flying escort in his Viper Mark 7. Stating she is ready to start the test, Starbuck then puts through a scrambled call to the Galactica, requesting to speak to Adama. As Adama takes the call, her words are direct, her tone accusatory, “I believed in you; I believed in Earth.” Adama’s asks what she is doing, his tone suggesting he has already guessed. Starbuck’s response is simple, “Bringing home the cat, sir.” Adama tries to dissuade her, telling her they can talk about it. When she refuses, he tells her, “I want you to remember one thing: I do not regret anything that I did. Be sure that whatever you’re going to do, you don’t regret it later.” His tone hardens as he concludes, “Do you understand me?” Starbuck cuts the channel by saying, “I’ll guess we’ll find out,” and at that moment Adama knows that he has lost her. As he puts the communications handset down, Gaeta reports she is spinning up the Raider’s jump drive and Tigh demands to know what the heel she is doing as he looks at Adama.

In space, Lee Adama asks the same question directly of Starbuck. His reply is to have the Raider break formation and jump away from the fleet.

In CIC Tigh approaches Adama, “She wasn’t scheduled for a jump test. Where the hell did she go?” Adama stares at the plot table, “Home.”

--[[User:Ernestborg9|Colonial Archivist]] 13:07, 19 Jan 2005 (EST)

== Questions ==
* Why did the people leave [[Kobol]]?
* What happened to the gods who lived on Kobol “with man?”?
* Did the gods remain on Kobol after humanity left?
* Given the similarities with the [[Greek Gods|Greek Pantheon]], did the gods decide to follow the 13th tribe to Earth, thus establishing the myths of the Olympian gods?
* Do the Cylons consider Kobol as their spiritual home as well (“The birthplace of us all” – [[Conoy, Leoben|Leoben Conoy]], [[Flesh and Bone]])?
* Did Boomer's Cylon personality interfere in her attmept at suicide, resulting in her wounding herself, or did her human personality lack the conviction of the act, resulting in the wound?
* If the disk devices investigated by Gaeta is indeed an [[IFF]] transponder, why did the Cylons make such an attempt to destory the ''Galactica'' during their first attack - up to and including deploying nuclear weapons against her? Was the device inactive - if so, why was it in [[CIC]] in the first place ([[Mini-Series]])?

===Blooper Moment===
When Sharon shoots herself, she is holding an automatic pistol, but the sound was that of the larger sidearms carried by pilots when flying off-ship missions (only slightly suppresed), rather than the report of a "normal" pistol being fired.

== Analysis ==

The finest episode of Battlestar Galactica to air so far; so finely tuned the it barely misses a beat. This is also the first episode where music is used to its most evocative effect, further lifting the story into the realm of outstanding drama.

From the outset the audience knows it is in for something special; the re-cap of previous episodes so tightly defined, it for once deals with a single strand of the story to date: the Cylons, only opening at the end to reveal the motivating thrust to this episode: the finding of Kobol.

This leads into one of the most beautifully-constructed teasers witnessed in television drama. Evocative, moving – and entirely minimalist in terms of dialogue -, it really is proof that frequently, less really is more. Why waste time with words, when actions and expressions speak so much louder, and music can imbue the underlying emotions.

Battlestar Galactica has not always fared well where music is concerned. The opening theme is one that is either liked or disliked, with little middle ground; incidental music in previous episodes has been sporadic in its ability to act – as music should – as the aural scenery that helps bring the drama to life. Sometimes it has worked, in others – notably the otherwise brilliant The Hand of God – it has been so out of keeping with the atmosphere of the show, it has detracted from the overall enjoyment of the episode.

Here, however, the music is perfect – and it is interesting to see that in immersing the audience into the subtleties of the teaser, the episode uses a “classical” approach through the use of an orchestral sound, rather than the more tribal beats common to Battlestar Galactica.

And the result is remarkable. Utilising the string section in the foreground – violins and cellos slowly building a theme to which is added further instruments as new revelations are made concerning the moods and responses of the various characters; providing an aural tapestry through which everything is linked; the bringing together and the falling apart of relationships; the expression of needs, and emotions.

The music perfectly underpins one of the main thrusts of the teaser: a demonstration of how alive the humans are; how driven by passion and instinct. It was in “Flesh and Bone” that Doral stated his envy of a human’s ability to experience such extremes. Now we’re cleverly shown everything the Cylon’s aspire to experience themselves: passions unbounded by the need for constraint, given form in both the boxing and in Starbuck’s fantasy view of her coupling with Baltar (“Lee”).

Turning to the boxing, it is evident more is going on here than a simple father-and-son sparring match. Aggression and frustration are being dealt with here – as witnessed by the clear satisfaction Lee gets from striking and hurting his father. When he lands his first big punch, he asks, “Are you OK?” not out of concern, but out of satisfaction; it could have so easily been followed by, “Because there’s plenty more where that came from.” Even so, his frustrations are released guardedly, whereas his father’s response is not. He allows himself to enjoy striking his son, giving his instincts the freedom of expression they need.

Another fascinating element of the teaser is the manner in which Boomer’s situation is offset with Valerii on Caprica. As Boomer takes her handgun and prepares to shoot herself, Valerii finds Helo, and tells him to shoot her. Both of them have reached the same point in their existence, both of them because of their entirely human responses – in Boomer’s case fear and in Valerii’s the anguish of lost love. Fear and love – perhaps the strongest of emotions we can experience; and both have driven these instances of Valerii to despair. In doing so, these emotions reveal both the “flaw” within the Valerii model that makes it “weak” in Six’s eyes while also demonstrating the Cylon experiment has succeeded – perhaps in a way the Cylons could not have conceived.

The rest of the episode is no less rich. Roslin’s acceptance of her roll and the reality of the scriptures, though sudden, is entirely in keeping with all that has been shown in recent episodes. The issues arising from this are both immediate and long-term. She has already subverted the strike against the Cylon basestar – putting the entire fleet at risk, as well as the lives of some 8-10 members of the Galactica’s crew stranded on Kobol. Whether Adama be willing to let this go if / when Starbuck returns with the Arrow of Apollo remains to be seen. However, as Billy points out, if she continues to act upon what he sees (and no doubt others will believe) as “drug-induced hallucinations”, then the stability of the entire government within the fleet will be put at risk – possibly well before the scheduled elections.

In a similar way, the flare-up of jealousy and anger between Lee and Starbuck is entirely in keeping with recent events: their potential attraction has been seen in brief flashes throughout, while their frustrations with one another have been witnessed through the likes of “Act of Contrition” and most recently, “The Hand of God”. Beyond that, they have a history together that bonds them from their time at flight school, where Zak Adama initially brought them together as friends through to Lee’s arrival aboard the Galactica. Thus, Lee’s very evident attraction to her during the Colonial Day party, is fully in keeping with what we have seen: but she ends up bedding Baltar.

While this latter point is somewhat surprising given the degree of open contempt she has shown him of late (“Bastille Day”, “Litmus”, “Secrets and Lies”), given the availability of drinks aboard the “Cloud Nine” their coupling could be put down to the effects of alcohol. Certainly, Baltar has never hidden his lust for Starbuck, and it is hard to see him missing the opportunity to take advantage of his new-found position as Vice President and the fact that Six has given her permission to sleep with whoever he likes.

Why did she do it? Probably because, despite his attraction to her, and her to him (hence her orgasm-induced cry) Starbuck sees Lee as unobtainable – possibly because of that same history they share. So in her inebriation, she opts for the closest available target – Baltar. Whatever the reason, her actions are more than enough to both become the perfect catalyst for Baltar’s conflicts with Six and his apparent desire to confound her (as evidenced through his conversation with Boomer), and to act as a catalyst to bring Lee’s jealousy to the surface.

Baltar’s time with Boomer is interesting. Taking heed of Six’s warning concerning the danger the Galactica while face and acting in defiance of her mocking comments in the bunkroom itself, he acts in defiance of her, gently bringing Boomer to the point where she can carry out the attempt on her own life. Through it all, Six is obviously confused by his actions. That Boomer’s Cylon persona more than likely stopped her killing herself, the fact that Baltar was willing to act as he does has a major impact on Six – hence her more gentle reminder to him when the survey of Kobol is being planned.

The episode also can’t be faulted for the standard of performance turned in. Across the board all of the ensemble cast put in sterling performances that serve to ratchet-up “Kobol’s Last Gleaming Part 1” so it stands head and shoulders above what has already been a remarkable first season run. Thus, to single any individual member of the cast out at the expense of the others would be somewhat unfair; everyone appearing on-screen – be it for 40 minutes or 4 – makes their character utterly engrossing to watch.

The final elements that round-out this episode are the writing and direction. With this story, Eick and Moore demonstrate they have a clear vision for where the series will hopefully go (allowing for future renewals), the territories it may cover and the ways in which the various threads can be intertwined and then neatly separated again to build a complex picture of humanity and circumstance. Furthermore, in ramping-up the Roslin arc, they are simultaneously bringing some of the threads that have formed the fabric of this first season to an end, while opening new potential avenues for exploration in future seasons.

Having veteran BSG director Rymer (mini-series, “33”) helm this episode is also a smart move. In both the mini and “33”, Rymer firmly established the look and feel of the finished Galactica product, and here he demonstrates his finesse with the docu-drama style the production has striven for; using the technique to draw the audience into the drama almost as if they are themselves participants.

--[[User:Ernestborg9|Colonial Archivist]] 13:06, 19 Jan 2005 (EST)

== Notes ==
*It is 3 days since the events of [[Colonial Day]]
*There are now 47,897 survivors in the fleet
*The fleet is beginning to run short of supplies
*Humans departed Kobol some 2,000 years prior to the setting of the series
*Kobol is a place where the “gods and man lived together in paradise”
*Some of the "gods" appear to be buried on Kobol (Athena's tomb)
*Socinus has been released from the brig and returned to duty.

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==
''In the bunk room, as Baltar interrupts Boomer’s second attempt on her life.''
*Boomer (as she pretends to be cleaning her hand gun): What’s going on?
*Baltar (cautiously): Well, I was going to ask you the same question….Actually, I was looking for Lieutenant Thrace but, ah…(sitting alongside her on the bunk)…sometimes it’s good to, ah, talk these things over.
*Six (feigning pity): Deep down she knows she’s a Cylon, but her conscious mind just won’t accept it.
*Boomer: Sometimes I have these dark thoughts…
*Baltar: What kind of dark thoughts?
*Six: Her model is weak (she allows herself a knowing smile), always has been. But in the end she’ll carry out her mission.
*Boomer: I don’t know, but I’m afraid I’m going to hurt someone. I feel like I ought to be stopped.
*Six (moving to the other side of Boomer): She can’t be stopped. She’s a Cylon. (Pity entering her voice again) You can’t help her, Gaius…(tone turning to a sneer) but you could probably sleep with her.
(Baltar reacts with a look of disgust at Six.)
*Six: That’s what you want, right?
*Baltar (to Boomer): I’m not sure why….sometimes…we must embrace that which opens up for us.
*Boomer: Embrace?
*Baltar: Life can be a curse as well as a blessing.
(Six reacts in confusion; this is not what she expected to hear from Baltar.)
*Baltar (becoming more intense): You will believe me when I tell you: there are far worse things than death in this world…
*Boomer: So you’re saying…?
*Baltar: No. No, no, no. Ah…What I say…is meaningless. Listen to your heart. Embrace that which you know to be the right decision.
(They look at each other as Six regards Baltar with a look of complete incomprehension, then Baltar stands and kisses Boomer on the forehead before walking out of the bunkroom. Seconds later there is the sound of a single gunshot from inside.)

== Official Statements ==

== Statistics ==



=== Guest Stars ===



*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Lorena+Gale Lorena Gale] as [[Elosha]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Donnelly+Rhodes Donnelly Rhodes] as [[Doctor Cottle]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Alonso+Oyarzun Alonso Oyarzun] as [[Socinus]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Nicki+Clyne Nicki Clyne] as [[Cally]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Bodie+Olmos Bodie Olmos] as [[Constanza|Constanza / Hot Dog]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Stephen+Spender Stephen Spender] as Pilot
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+James+Bell James Bell] as ECO



=== Writing & Direction ===

*Story by [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+David+Eick David Eick]
*Teleplay by [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Ronald+D.+Moore Ronald D. Moore]
*Directed by [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Michael+Rymer) Michael Rymer]




=== Production Notes ===

*Series: 1 (2004 / 2005)
*Production Number: 1.12
*Airdate Order: 12 (of 13)

=== First Run Air Dates & Releases ===

*UK Airdate: 17 January 2005 (Sky One)
*US Airdate: (Sci-Fi Channel)
*DVD Release: N/A

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Tomb of Athena

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The tomb of [[Athena]], on [[Kobol]], is believed to contain the location of [[Earth]]. It is accessible using the [[Arrow of Apollo]].

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Earth

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Earth

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Earth is the alledged destination of the mythical 13th tribe of Kobol, and the intended destination of the survivors from the 12 Colonies.

[[Adama, William|Commander Adama]] claims to know the location, but it is revealed that he's only saying this to keep morale high ([[Mini-Series]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). [[Roslin, Laura|President Roslin]] knows this and hopes to uncover the real location of Earth in the [[Tomb of Athena]], accessible using the [[Arrow of Apollo]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]] and [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|II]]).

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II

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[[Image:bsg-klg2-1.jpg|thumb|"Kobol's Last Gleaming Part 2" (credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]
== Overview ==
''Starbuck has gone to Caprica. Adama insists Roslin must stand down as President. When she refuses, he is forced to deal with that situation while simultaneously adapting the plan to rid themselves of the Cylon baseship over Kobol''

== Summary ==
*[[Raptor]] 1 is down on [[Kobol]] and is on fire, as the crew struggle to get out and remove the boides of the dead and injured, [[Baltar, Gaius|Baltar]] becomes trapped by fire in the back of the vehicle
* [[Crashdown]] tries to help him, but Baltar is too terrified to move. [[Number Six|Six]] appears and gives Baltar the strength to escape by giving the impression ''she'' is helping him out of the ship
* As they get clear, the ship explodes, and Baltar wanders into the long grass before collapsing, as the rest of the crew start checking on their injured
* [[Adama, William|Adama]] challenges [[Roslin, Laura|Roslin]] over [[Thrace, Kara|Starbuck's]] actions with the [[Cylon Raider]] and she admits her role
* Adama requests her resignation as President. Roslin refuses. He states he is terminating her presidency. When she reveals the press are recording the conversation, he hangs up
* He isolates ''[[Colonial One]]' using the [[CAP]] to physically isolate it, and by jamming all communications from it. He then orders [[Tigh, Saul|Colonel Tigh]] and [[Adama, Lee|Lee Adama]] to set-up a strike force to take ''Colonial One''
* Visiting [[Valerii, Sharon|Boomer]] in sickbay, Adama asks her to fly a dangerous mission: take a Raptor fitted with a Cylon [[IFF]] transponder, jump to the Cylon [[Baseship|baseship]] and drop a nuclear bomb into its landing bay before jumping clear
* The strike team flies to an isolated ''Colonial One'' aboard two Raptors, lead by Tigh and Lee Adama, and they start cutting their way into the ship
* Boomer's Raptor makes it through the Cylon perimeter around the baseship, but the bombe release mechanism fails, forcing them to land inside the basestar and attempt a manual removal of the bomb
* While there, Boomer encounters a number of her "sisters". While she tries to claim she is human, they inform her she cannot escape destiny
* After she leaves on the Raptor, her "sisters" make no attempt to disarm or remove the bomb
* On Kobol, Baltar recognises Six "saved" him, and she takes him to see exactly why he has been chosen by God, ans she walks him towards the ruined Tomb of Athena
* Entering it, he is shown the "face of things to come", apparently a baby in a crib, the "first of the new generation of God's children" - and he is to be their protector
* Roslin refuses Adama's final request to yield and her security team ready themselves for an assault and the strike team access the ship
* A confrontation ensues between Colonial forces and Roslin's security. It is broken only when Lee Adama sides with his conscience, and turns on Tigh. Afraid of a bloodbth, Roslin surrenders and Lee Adama is arrested
* Roslin is returned to the ''Galactica'' and placed in the brig, while Lee Adama is in irons in CIC
* Boomer and Racetrack arrive in CIC following the success of the attack on the baseship, and as he thanks them, Boomer shoots Adama twice at close range, seriously wounding him

=== On Caprica: ===
* [[Valerii, Sharon|Valerii]] has taken [[Agathon, Karl C.|Helo]] to hide near the [[Delphi]] Museum of The Colonial (something)
* She is aware of the importance of the [[Arrow of Apollo]]
* They have discussed the fact that she is a Cylon (rather than a Cylon-created human clone as Helo suggested ([[Colonial Day]]))
* She reveals the her relationship with him is important as it brings the Cylons closer to God. She also reveals she is pregnant
* Starbuck completes her long-range jump and arrives over [[Caprica]]. Passing through Cylon lines, she sets down in Delphi and heads for the museum
* [[Locating the Arrow of Apollo]] she is confronted by [[Number Six|Six]] and a fight ensues in which Starbuck is initially badly beaten, before a last-minute rush sends them both over a landing, killing Six
* Helo comes to Starbuck's aid, and she panics when she sees Valerii, but Helo stops Starbuck from shooting her, citing that she's pregnant

--[[User:Ernestborg9|Colonial Archivist]] 19:36, 24 Jan 2005 (EST)

== Questions ==
* Are Adama's wounds fatal?
* What will be public reaction when the news of [[Roslin, Laura|Roslin's]] arrest finally breaks through the communication's embargo?
* Who will take over as the civil leader with Roslin in the brig and [[Baltar, Gaius|Baltar]] "lost" somewhere on the surface of [[Kobol]]?
* How will [[Tigh, Saul|Tigh]] rise to the demands of command?
* What is the baby in the crib?
** The offspring from Valerii and [[Agathon, Karl C.|Helo]]?
** The future offspring of Baltar and a corporeal [[Number Six|Six]]?
* If the Cylons understand the significance of the Arrow of Apollo (and by extension, the Tomb of Athena), why don't they use them themselves find [[Earth]]?
** Are the Cylons genuinely interested in Earth, or has it simply been a means to bring them to Kobol?
* If they want the humans to find Earth, why try and prevent Starbuck from taking the Arrow in the first place?
* Why didn't the sound of Starbuck's Raider landing attract Helo's attention sooner? He's across the road from the museum, and so could hardly fail to see it touch down, or see Starbuck climb the steps to the museum itself.
* How did Six know Starbuck's name so readily? Is this a pointer to her being in communication with her "sister" in Baltar's head? Or having been in communication with Conoy ([[Flesh and Bone]])?
* Did Boomer sabotage the bomb release mechanism, thus forcing herself into landing on the baseship?
* Why didn't [[Racetrack]] raise concerns about [[Valerii, Sharon|Boomer's]] ability to survive in a vacuum on their return to the ''[[Galactica]]''?
* Did the IFF transponders genuinely work, or did the Cylons simply allow Starbuck's Raider to pass and the Raptor to reach the baseship in order for Starbuck and Boomer to continue along their "paths"?
* How many operational [[Raptor|Raptors]] does the ''Galactica'' have? [[Water]] give the impression she had five. A total of six are used in Part I and Part II of "Kobol's Last Gleaming".

== Analysis ==
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--[[User:Ernestborg9|Colonial Archivist]] 19:36, 24 Jan 2005 (EST)

== Notes ==
* This episode takes place directly after those of [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]
* Cylon vessels are indeed capable of very long-range jumps
* [[Delphi]] was once a cultural centre on Caprica, and apparently held a lot of historical / religious artefacts
* Cylon basestars appear bio-mechanical, like like Raiders

== Noteworthy Dialogue ==

== Official Statements ==

== Statistics ==



=== Guest Stars ===



*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Lorena+Gale Lorena Gale] as [[Elosha]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Alonso+Oyarzun Alonso Oyarzun] as [[Socinus]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Nicki+Clyne Nicki Clyne] as [[Cally]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Jim+Shield Jim Shield] as [[Karna]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Leah+Cairns Leah Cairns] as [[Racetrack]]
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Warren+Christie Warren Christie] as Gound Crew #1
*[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Jen+Halley Jen Halley] as Ground Crew #2



=== Writing & Direction ===

*Story by [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+David+Eick David Eick]
*Teleplay by [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Ronald+D.+Moore Ronald D. Moore]
*Directed by [http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Michael+Rymer) Michael Rymer]




=== Production Notes ===

*Series: 1 (2004 / 2005)
*Production Number: 1.13
*Airdate Order: 13 (of 13)

=== First Run Air Dates & Releases ===

*UK Airdate: 24 January 2005 (Sky One)
*US Airdate: (Sci-Fi Channel)
*DVD Release: N/A

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{{Category: A to Z}}