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Miniseries, Night 1
2006-11-09T05:07:47Z
<p>Mq59: clarifying what Dualla heard; also, Dualla hears about "equipment malfunctions" BEFORE Galactica's fighters massacred.</p>
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<div>: ''After 40 years of peace with their creations, the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|humanity]] finds itself a victim of a genocidal attack.<br />
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{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Nukes in Miniseries.jpg<br />
| title= Miniseries, Night 1<br />
| special= Y<br />
| series=<br />
| season=<br />
| episode=<br />
| guests=''[[Miniseries, Night 2#Guest Stars|See Night 2 of the Series]]''<br />
| writer= [[Ronald D. Moore]]<br />[[Christopher Eric James]]<br />
| story= [[Glen A. Larson]]<br />
| goof= Y<br />
| director= [[Michael Rymer]]<br />
| production= Pilot<br />
| rating= 3.2 (Night One)<br />
| US airdate= 8 December 2003<br />
| UK airdate= 17 February 2004<br />
| dvd= {{Miniseries, Part I NTSC DVD release date}} '''US'''<br /> {{Miniseries, Part I PAL DVD release date}} '''UK'''<br />
| population=<br />
| prev=<br />
| next= [[Miniseries, Night 2]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Backstory == <br />
* The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] were created by the Colonials as a labor and military force. Approximately 52 years prior, the Cylons turned on their human creators and the [[Cylon War]] ensued. After an armistice was declared, the Cylons left the Colonies, apparently to form a homeworld of their own.<br />
*The Colonials maintain the [[Armistice Station]] as a place where Cylon and Colonials can maintain diplomatic relations. However, the Cylons have never sent a representative. No one has seen an Cylon since the end of the Cylon War.<br />
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==Summary==<br />
*At the Armistice Station, the [[Armistice Officer]], with pictures of his [[Boxey (RDM)|family]] on his desk, is dozing off when the unexpected happens: Two [[Cylon Centurion]]s enter the station and take guard at the station's Cylon entrance. These Cylons appear familar to the expected [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]], but are distinctively taller and more menacing.<br />
*The Colonial officer is further surprised with the entrance through the Cylon entrance of what [[Number Six|appears to be a strikingly beautiful human female]]. Instead of sitting at the negotiation table, the woman walks over to the officer in a seductive fashion, leads over to his face to examine him, and asks, "Are you alive?"<br />
*The woman kisses the Colonial officer when the station shakes from the impact of a Cylon missile, fired from a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], a massive fortress that dwarfs the tiny station.<br />
*The woman restrains the officer. "It has begun," she says as she forcefully kisses him as the Armistice Station and everyone inside are destroyed.<br />
*Some distance from the colony of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]], [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', one of the last relics from the [[Cylon War]], is preparing for its decommissioning ceremony. Instead of being scrapped, the ship is slated to be turned into a [[Galactica Museum|museum]].<br />
*[[Aaron Doral]], a P.R. representative for the government, provides a tour of the battlestar to the press as life goes on in the battlestar. [[Kara Thrace]] jogs through the corridors.<br />
*Commander [[William Adama]] prepares his speech for the ceremony. Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], the ship's Watch Officer, notifies him of various bits of Fleet housekeeping news, including a request asking any available battlestar to visit Armistice Station, as the officer there is overdue from his mission there. Adama notes that the decommissioning ceremonies that day would make ''Galactica'' a bit too busy to aid there.<br />
*The hangar deck crew, led by [[Galen Tyrol]], gives Adama a parting gift for the retiring battlestar and its commander. The crew has found and refurbished Adama's old [[Viper Mark II]] from the Cylon War, and has readied it for flight. Specialist [[Prosna]] also gives Adama a picture from the Colonial Fleet archives that shows a young Adama with his two sons, [[Lee Adama]] and [[Zak Adama]]. When Adama sees the picture, he appears shaken. Adama's youngest son was killed two years before, which has caused a rift in his relationship with his older son, a captain in the Colonial Fleet.<br />
*Famed scientist [[Gaius Baltar]] gives a remote television interview with reporter [[Kellan Brody]] at his home. While Baltar speaks in the interview, a woman enters his home with the familarity of someone who has entered the home many times. The woman looks exactly like the blonde woman seen on the Armistice Station.<br />
*Baltar and the young blonde woman have sexual intercourse. As she gyrates atop Baltar, the spine of the young woman glows a bright red color.<br />
*On Caprica, Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]] sits in a doctor's office. The doctor arrives with grim news. She has breast cancer and it has spread aggressively.<br />
*Roslin later boards the government-chartered civilian transport, ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' as the government representative that will attend ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremonies. She is joined by a government aide, [[Billy Keikeya]], who briefs her on the events. Roslin, however, is too distracted by the news of her illness to fully absorb Keikeya's notes.<br />
*Later, Baltar and his blonde girl friend discuss the success of his [[Command Navigation Program]]. He boasts that her involvement with the project should help her later in future work with the government, but the woman tells him cryptically that future government work wasn't the reason for her help. She leaves Baltar to meet another person, whose identity is not shown.<br />
*Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]], a Viper pilot, is locked in the [[brig]] after striking Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], who starts a fight during a card game.<br />
*Captain [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]] arrives in his [[Viper Mark VII]] as part of the decommissioning ceremonies. He appears ambivalent about his role, given the rift between he and Commander Adama, his father. He questions the use of [[Hands-on Approach|manual landings]] for ''Galactica'', which Chief Tyrol explains as standard procedure on the old battlestar.<br />
*''Colonial Heavy 798'' arrives. Secretary Roslin meets with Commander Adama, who denies her request to add a student computer network in the battlestar. Unlike her sister battlestars, ''Galactica'' has a tradition where its commanders have never allowed networked computers in the ship.<br />
*The next morning, Baltar's young blonde woman ejects another woman that Baltar is found in bed with, and tells the man the truth of her existence, and her mission. She explains, to Baltar's disbelief, that she is a [[Cylon agent]] that has used him to access critical Colonial Fleet facilities to, among other things, compromise his [[CNP]]. When Baltar becomes upset, denies involvement and reaches for his phone to call his lawyer, the blonde woman tells Baltar not to worry, since in a few hours, no one will be alive to accuse him of any crime. The flash of a distant nuclear explosion appears outside Baltar's scenic windows.<br />
*Commander Adama completes his address at the decommissioning ceremony. Just before, Captain Adama and the last Viper squadron flew overhead the port [[flight pod]], where the new museum is located and the ceremonies take place.<br />
*Baltar watches two news channels as Kellan Brody and a second reporter attempt to report on the attacks. A bomb strikes near Brody's studio, likely obliterating it, as the shockwave of the same bomb blows the second reporter off the air.<br />
*As ''Colonial Heavy 798'' flies back to Caprica, passengers and crew hear news that the Colonies are under attack. The chaos and intermittent [[wireless]] contact make confirmation of the news difficult. Captain Lee Adama flies escort with the starliner in his father's old Viper.<br />
*Commander Adama is notified of the attacks by Lt. Gaeta and calls the battlestar to [[Action Stations|action stations]]. Most of the crew are caught off guard; very few of them have ever assumed battlestations except in drills, especially on a battlestar that hasn't any usable weapons or even a Viper squadron remaining aboard.<br />
*Commander Adama tells his crew of the attack, and that Admiral [[Nagala]], on battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]'' is leading the attack after [[Picon Fleet Headquarters]] was destroyed.<br />
*On Caprica, the young blonde explains that she cannot die, and that her consciousness will [[Resurrection (RDM)|download]] into a [[Caprica-Six|new body]]. She also tells Baltar that there are twelve human Cylon models: She is "Number Six." The Cylon protects Baltar as a shockwave from a nuclear bomb rips through Baltar's home, destroying it.<br />
*Communications officer [[Anastasia Dualla]] receives word of "equipment malfunctions" throughout the Fleet, including the ominous news of a battlestar completely losing power before being destroyed by the Cylons.<br />
*''Galactica's'' last Viper squadron, led by [[Jackson Spencer]], enroute to Caprica for reassignment, receives the attack news and moves to intercept a Cylon fighter group. As their support [[Raptor]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], moves away, Spencer moves his group into attack range. The Vipers find only two [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|newly-designed Cylon Raiders]], but before the Vipers can attack, the Cylons access the [[backdoor]] programming of the Vipers' CNP and disable every Colonial fighter. The Cylons launch missiles and obliterate the squadron while Boomer's Raptor retreats, the Cylons in pursuit.<br />
*With no ordinance for the main guns, Commander Adama orders the deployment of the museum-based squadrons of Viper Mark IIs from the museum. Soon after, the Cylons find ''Galactica'' and engage. While the battlestar performs evasive maneuvers, the Vipers attack. Unlike the newer Mark VIIs, however, the older Mark II Vipers cannot be compromised by the Cylons.<br />
*Starbuck manages to down two of three nuclear-tipped missiles launched by a Raider, but a third strikes ''Galactica'' in her forward port [[flight pod]], causing severe fires and internal damage. The battlestar is safe from immediate Cylon attacks, but is now in a slow uncontrolled spin.<br />
*Chief Tyrol and Captain [[Aaron Kelly]] work from the [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|Damage Control console]] to control the damage, but it is too severe to manage. Colonel Tigh orders decompression of sections of the flight pod to prevent the battlestar's fuel lines from being caught in the flre, which would destroy the ship. The decompression works, but 85 crewmembers are killed in the process, including Prosna.<br />
*Boomer and [[Helo]], her [[ECO]], manage to shake off two Cylon missiles, but not without damage. They make an emergency landing on Caprica for repairs. The planet is surrounded by basestars and the wreckage of battlestars and fighters.<br />
*On ''Colonial Heavy 798'', Laura Roslin succeeds in confirming the news of Caprica's plight. After informing the starliner's passengers officially, she manages to contact [[Jack|a fellow official]] about the attack, including the whereabouts of President [[Richard Adar]]. Before she can get more news, a Cylon missile is detected approaching the ship. Captain Adama is able to decoy and destroy the missile, but his Viper is disabled and soon recovered in ''798'''s cargo bay.<br />
*Boomer and Helo are surrounded by Colonial citizens desperate to get off the planet. They create a lottery to save a few people, including a child named [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]]. Realizing that Gaius Baltar is in the crowd, Helo gives up his seat on the Raptor so that the scientist can join ''Galactica'', believing that Baltar was more important than a mere Raptor ECO.<br />
*The battle continues to go very badly for the Colonials. Adama tells the crew that many battlestars have been destroyed, including Admiral Nagala's. As the only senior officer remaining, Commander Adama assumes fleet command and issues orders to all Colonial Fleet to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] for counterattack preparations. The depot also may hold desperately needed munitions for the unarmed battlestar.<br />
*''Colonial Heavy 798'' discovers an [[Case Orange|automated government message]]. Laura Roslin instructs the pilot to respond to the message with her government identification. Soon, a response returns from the automated message: Roslin is the only government official alive, and is now assigned the duties of President of the Twelve Colonies by emergency succession. Roslin immediately begins rescue operations of civilian vessels that are stranded around Caprican space.<br />
*Later, as Roslin's transport, renamed ''Colonial One'', begins a rescue of several civilian ships, two Cylon Raiders launch nuclear missiles at the Colonial ships. Roslin refuses to leave the area, but Lee Adama activates ''Galactica's'' old electric pulse generators stored in ''Colonial One's'' cargo hold.<br />
*''Galactica'' [[Actual]] was in communication with ''Colonial One'' and is able to get a remote telemetry of the attack. Their telemetry picks up what appears to be a nuclear explosion as the signal disappears. Commander Adama mourns the less of another son, but orders that [[FTL|jump preparations]] to [[Ragnar]] continue.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
* What happened to the Cylons over the course of their 40 year exile?<br />
* What events transpired that made the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] hate their human masters? When did this occur?<br />
* Where is the [[Cylon homeworld]]? <br />
:{{spoiltext|Recently, in Now Playing Magazine, Moore is quoted, "another major thing that’s going to happen in the third season is we’re going to do an ongoing Cylon story where we’re going to be cutting over to the Cylon world for the first time and running a complete arc within the Cylon." [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/3300/2/] The exact meaning of this is unclear, as 'world' can actually mean the Cylon homeworld itself.}}<br />
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==Analysis==<br />
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:''See the series article, [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]], for analysis of the miniseries and the central differences between the Re-imagined miniseries and the [[Original Series]].''<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''Adama's Speech at Galactica's Decommissioning Ceremony:''<br />
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:The Cylon War is long over, yet we must not forget the reasons why so many sacrificed so much in the cause of freedom. The cost of wearing the uniform can be high, but --<br />
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:Sometimes it's too high. <br />
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:You know, when we fought the Cylons, we did it to save ourselves from extinction. But we never answered the question, why? Why are we as a people worth saving? We still commit murder because of greed, spite, jealousy. And we still visit all of our sins upon our children. We refuse to accept the responsibility for anything that we've done. <br />
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:Like we did with the Cylons. We decided to play God, create life. When that life turned against us, we comforted ourselves in the knowledge that it really wasn't our fault, not really. You cannot play God then wash your hands of the things that you've created. Sooner or later, the day comes when you can't hide from the things that you've done anymore.<br />
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== Related Topics==<br />
* [[Soundtrack (Miniseries)]]<br />
* [[Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown (Miniseries)]]<br />
* The Miniseries [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|novelization]]<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*[http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/mini/ Miniseries] at scifi.com<br />
*[[imdb:tt0314979|Battlestar Galactica Miniseries]] at [http://www.imdb.com IMDB.com]<br />
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Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34644
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T22:17:40Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
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|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
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Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
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Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
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With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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=== Marooned ===<br />
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After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
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Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
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*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
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However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
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During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
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The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
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Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
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=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
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Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
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Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
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After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
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After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
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=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
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Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
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Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[Scar (Raider)]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
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=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
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Helo was present when [[Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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=== Name ===<br />
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The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
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=== Character ===<br />
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Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34643
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T22:17:15Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
=== Marooned ===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[[Scar (Raider)]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
<br />
=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
<br />
Helo was present when [[Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34641
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T22:16:41Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
=== Marooned ===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[Scar|[[Scar (Raider)]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
<br />
=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
<br />
Helo was present when [[Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34640
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T22:15:23Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
=== Marooned ===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[Scar|Scar (Raider)]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
<br />
=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
<br />
Helo was present when [[Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34638
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T22:13:07Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
=== Marooned ===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[Scar|Scar(Raider)]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
<br />
=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
<br />
Helo was present when [[Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34566
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T19:44:24Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
=== Marooned ===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
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After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[Scar]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
<br />
=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
<br />
Helo was present when [[Hera]], the human-Cylon hybrid, was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
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=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
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{{Characters}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=34563
Karl Agathon
2006-02-25T19:42:29Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
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|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
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|siblings=<br />
|children= [[Hera]] (Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
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}}<br />
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Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
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Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from shrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
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With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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=== Marooned ===<br />
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After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
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Helo is "rescued" by [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|a copy of Sharon Valerii]], unaware that this Sharon is a copy and not the one who abandoned him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
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*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
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However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
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During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Helo and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
=== The Resistance and Escape from Caprica ===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii thrown out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
=== Home on ''Galactica'' ===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the ''Pegasus'', a pair of deck hands, irate about Thorne's death, assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the ''Pegasus'', put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the ''Pegasus''. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the ''Galactica'', where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
=== The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]] ===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslin ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a [[Raptor]] and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen, although since he was seen hanging around the gym with Starbuck after the destruction of [[Scar]], it is unlikely he was punished.<br />
<br />
=== The Hybrid Birth ===<br />
<br />
Helo was present when Hera, the human-Cylon hybrid was born. He and Sharon marvelled at the baby, and Helo said that it made one almost believe in the Cylon [[God]]. When Sharon attacked [[Cottle]] after he told her the baby had died, Helo tried to restrain her and ended up with Marines pointing guns at him while Sharon was taken back to her cell.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol&diff=32743
The Twelve Colonies of Kobol
2006-02-18T19:28:26Z
<p>Mq59: /* Gemenon */</p>
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<div>''This article discusses the Twelve Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. See [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]] for information on the Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].''<br />
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{{Twelve Colonies Series}}<br />
Approximately 2,000 years ago, twelve of the thirteen tribes of [[Kobol]] settled on nearby worlds ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). Their names and icons originally corresponded to the twelve signs of the western [[Wikipedia:Zodiac|Zodiac]], although these names drifted over time ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
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It is unclear whether all twelve Colonies are orbiting a single star or not, or what the name of this star might be. The semi-canonical 2003 [[Video Game]] names the home system for the Twelve Colonies as [[Cyrannus]]. This has yet to be confirmed in the new television series, however.<br />
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[[Ronald D. Moore]] has suggested that the Colonies probably maintained some minor observatories and listening posts in outlying star systems, but it is unlikely that ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' will encounter them in the course of the series. ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016|RDM, January 30, 2005])<br />
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''In an early script of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica [[Mini-Series]], the Twelve Colonies were originally located on a single world - [[Kobol]]. However, this was later revised to twelve separate worlds, in keeping with the original concept.''<br />
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==Aerelon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors7.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Aerelon]]<br />
"15 people were killed" when President [[Richard Adar]], for reasons unexplained, sent the [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to Aerelon ([[Water]]).<br />
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The mining colony of [[Troy]], destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion ([[Flesh and Bone]]) is located near Aerelon, and may have been operated by natives of that world. [[Troy]] was the alleged home of [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]).<br />
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The pro [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team from Aerelon played against the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] in one of the last games before the Cylon attack. They apparently won ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*[[Saul Tigh]]<br />
*[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] - ([[Humano-Cylon#Ron Moore elaborates on the twelve models|Falsified]]. Precise home given as the [[Troy]] mining colony)<br />
*[[Sekou Hamilton]] (Presumably - editor of the ''Aerelon Gazette'')<br />
*[[Socinus]]<br />
*The unnamed [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate from Aerelon voted for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[Colonial Day]])<br />
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===Publications===<br />
*''[[Aerelon Gazette]]''<br />
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==Aquaria==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors12.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Aquaria]]<br />
The unnamed [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate from Aquaria voted for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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==Canceron==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors9.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Canceron]]<br />
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*[[Robin Wenutu]] is the Canceron Representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve]].<br />
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==Caprica==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors3.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Caprica]]<br />
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Caprica is a large blue-green planet, similar to Earth. Its largest population center is [[Caprica City]], which serves as the seat of all three branches of the Colonial [[Government]]. Caprica City is surrounded by other small towns and hamlets, such as [[Oasis]]. Thus far, Caprica is the only planet of the Twelve Colonies that viewers have seen directly. The episode opening credits show Caprica City, as well as the nuclear bombing of Caprica itself.<br />
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Other major cities included [[Delphi]], famous for the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] and also home to a large spaceport. After the [[Cylon attack]], the [[Resistance (movement)|resistance]] cell led by [[Samuel Anders]] operates near Delphi.<br />
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Caprica is known for its fine Caprican cloth (which Dr. Gaius Baltar wears), [[fumarella leaf]], and art.<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]].<br />
*[[Caroline Adama]]<br />
*Captain [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]].<br />
*Lt. [[Zak Adama]]<br />
*Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]], Vice President<br />
*Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (Had an apartment in Delphi, but Sky One sources state that she was born on Picon).<br />
*[[James McManus]] (Presumably - editor of the ''[[Caprican Times]]'')<br />
*[[Aaron Doral]] (alleged home was in [[Oasis]])<br />
*President [[Richard Adar]] (Presumably - according to background information from SkyOne he started his political career as the mayor of [[Caprica City]])<br />
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===Publications===<br />
*''[[Caprican Times]]''<br />
*''[[Caprican Life]]''<br />
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==Gemenon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors5.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Gemenon]]<br />
Gemenon is home to the Kobol College School of Public Relations ([[Mini-Series]]). <br />
One of the last ever pro [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] games was held on Gemenon just prior to the [[Cylon Attack]] on the Colonies ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
Gemenon natives are known for their literal interpretations of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] ([[Fragged]]) and for, in general, being pro-life ([[The Captain's Hand]])<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Representative [[Sarah Porter]], [[Quorum of Twelve]]<br />
*Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
*[[Rya Kibby]]<br />
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==Leonis==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors8.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Leonis]]<br />
[[Safiya Sanne]] is identified as both Leonis's and [[#Picon|Picon]]'s representative on the [[Quorum of Twelve]]. See his article for details.<br />
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==Libra==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors11.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Libra]]<br />
''Practically no information has been given yet regarding the colony corresponding to Libra. Its colonial-era name also has yet to be confirmed.''<br />
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The ''[[Space Park]]'', a passenger liner in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]], is of Libran registry.<br />
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<br />
==Picon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors2.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Picon]]<br />
Picon was the location for the [[Picon Fleet Headquarters|Colonial Fleet Headquarters]] ([[Mini-Series]]), and as such came under heavy attack during the early stages of the [[Cylon Attack|Cylon attack]]. President [[Richard Adar]] offered a complete and unconditional surrender to the Cylons after Picon was nuked; this overture was ignored ([[Mini-Series]], [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]]).<br />
<br />
[[Ellen Tigh]] claimed to be at the airport on Picon, "on her way home" when the attack started, and that some unknown hero ensured she was put on the last ship to get off the planet ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).<br />
<br />
===Natives===<br />
*Representative [[Safiya Sanne]], [[Quorum of Twelve]] (Although see his article for some confusion on the matter)<br />
* [[Playa Palacios]], Veteran columnist from the ''Picon Star Tribune'' (presumed a resident)<br />
* [[Asha Janik]], Cylon sympathizer, member of the "[[Demand Peace]]" movement<br />
<br />
===Publications===<br />
*''[[Picon Star Tribune]]''<br />
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<br />
==Sagittaron==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors10.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Sagittaron]]<br />
Sagittaron endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies ([[Bastille Day]]), so much so that even after unified Colonial rule, [[Tom Zarek]] led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there. One of these acts include blowing up a government building ([[Bastille Day]]). Under Sagittarian penal law, convicted felons lose their citizenship, but have it automatically reinstated after they finish serving their sentences. This included the right to vote and to stand for election ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
<br />
As of "[[33]]", 5,251 natives of the planet were in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]].<br />
<br />
===Natives===<br />
*Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*Representative [[Tom Zarek]], [[Quorum of Twelve]]<br />
*[[Valance]] ([[Colonial Day]])<br />
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==Scorpia==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors6.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Scorpia]]<br />
Home to the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], where the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' was docked during the [[Cylon Attack]]. Scorpia native [[Eladio Puasha]] serves as its Quorum delegate.<br />
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==Tauron==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors4.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Tauron]]<br />
The unnamed [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate from Tauron votes for [[Gaius Baltar]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
<br />
===Natives===<br />
*Admiral [[Helena Cain]]<br />
<br />
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==Virgon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors1.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Virgon]]<br />
[[Marshall Bagot]] is the Virgon Representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve]]. In public ceremony, the Virgon delegate wears a light blue sash. Soon after the [[Cylon attack]] began, a large battle began "shaping up" over the planet and apparently ended with the destruction of the [[battlestar]] ''[[Atlantia]]'' and the death of [[Admiral Nagala]] hours later.<br />
<br />
<br />
==Sources==<br />
#"Encyclopedia Galactica." <u>Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine</u>. Feb./Mar. 2006: 50-55.<br />
#*Matches colonies with flags.<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]<br />
[[Category:Planets]]<br />
[[Category:Twelve Colonies]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Sesha_Abinell&diff=32343
Sesha Abinell
2006-02-17T14:55:52Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div>{{Character Data|<br />
|photo= [[Image:Sesha.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname=<br />
|callsign=<br />
|death= Shot by [[Marines|marines]] ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=<br />
|marital status= Widow of [[Ray Abinell]]<br />
|role= Colonial citizen, terrorist<br />
|rank=<br />
|cylon=<br />
|actor=[[IMDB:nm0001127|Dana Delany]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Sesha Abinell''' is a terrorist who, with the help of fellow conspirators, holds patrons hostage in a lounge aboard ''[[Cloud 9]].''<br />
<br />
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''.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
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.<br />
<br />
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]]).<br />
<br />
[[Category: A to Z|Abinell, Sesha]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Abinell, Sesha]]<br />
[[Category: RDM|Abinell, Sesha]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Sacrifice&diff=31571
Sacrifice
2006-02-13T04:59:51Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Episode Data|<br />
Image = [[Image:Sacrifice3.jpg|300px]]<br />
| Title= Sacrifice<br />
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]<br />
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]<br />
| Episode= 16<br />
| Guests= [[IMDB:nm0001127|Dana Delany]] as [[Sesha Abinell]]<br />
| Writer=[[IMDB: nm1093194|Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| Story= <br />
| Director=Rey Villalobos<br />
| Production=<br />
| Rating=<br />
| US Airdate=February 10 2006<br />
| UK Airdate=<br />
| DVD=<br />
| Population=49,590<br />
| Prev= [[Scar]]<br />
| Next= [[The Captain's Hand]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
<br />
: ''The'' [[Cloud 9]]'s ''lounge is under attack by terrorists who are convinced that [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] is playing the military. The leader of this quartet, [[Sesha Abinell]], demands that the invaluable Valerii be brought to her -- otherwise [[Ellen Tigh]], [[Anastasia Dualla]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Billy Keikeya]] and others will be executed.''<br />
<br />
== Summary == <br />
<br />
*[[Billy Keikeya]] proposes to [[Anastasia Dualla]], who flatly refuses. Later on, Dualla and [[Lee Adama]] discuss the incident while on leave aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]'', at one of the ship's drinking and dining establishments.<br />
<br />
*Billy, also aboard ''Cloud 9'', finds Dualla there, but an awkward moment arises when he discovers that she is with Lee. Lee leaves the two to talk, going to sit at the bar, where he encounters [[Ellen Tigh]]. Ellen begins to flirt with Lee.<br />
<br />
*Three men and a woman named [[Sesha Abinell]] lay siege to the establishment, taking the guests hostage, and sealing the area off from the rest of the ship. Sesha's husband was killed aboard the ''[[Greenleaf]]'' when the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked it ten weeks ago, and she decides to exact vengeance.<br />
<br />
*Before the terrorists lay siege, Lee asks Ellen to come with him into the restroom. Ellen follows, thinking that Lee has invited her for a sexual tryst, but Lee instead had predicted the situation. As a gambit to confuse the terrorists, Lee takes Ellen's drink, which has dry ice in it, and uses it to sabotage one of the oxygen sensors. In the meantime, Ellen leaves the restroom and loudly announces herself to the terrorists.<br />
[[Image:Sesha.jpg|thumb|Sesha Abinell.]]<br />
*Sesha demands that Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] turn over Cylon [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] to her, seeking Valerii's life in compensation for her husband's. She is infuriated that Adama and Roslin continue to allow one of their greatest enemies to live in their midst, even caged. She believes that Sharon is compromising the security of the fleet, and that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]] was due to similar Cylon infiltration of the military.<br />
<br />
*Sesha sends one of her men into the restroom to find anyone else they haven't rounded up. Lee gets the drop on him and takes his gun, taking him out, threatening to kill him if the hostages are not released. Sesha threatens to kill Dualla if Lee refuses to surrender. Lee drops the empty threat and surrenders.<br />
<br />
*Lee's small-scale sabotage works, and the terrorists demand repairs to be made to the ship's oxygen systems.<br />
<br />
*[[Kara Thrace]], along with a detachment of [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]], are also on leave aboard ''Cloud 9''. They quickly plan a recon mission &mdash; Kara disguises herself as the technician sent to repair the air system. Her job is to reconnoiter the situation and return with details.<br />
<br />
*Kara's cover is blown when Ellen recognizes her as one of ''Galactica's'' pilots. Kara draws two pistols and begins shooting at the terrorists, aided by the marines, who enter to assist. Two Marines are killed, along with one of the hostage-takers. In addition, Kara accidentally shoots Lee. Kara and the surviving marines retreat, and the situation is only exacerbated.<br />
<br />
*The situation prompts Adama to once again consider the value of Sharon Valerii to him. Speaking with Valerii, Adama is reminded that she saved the fleet five or six times. Adama asks if she would reveal the identities of other Cylon agents in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. She refuses.<br />
<br />
*Admiral Adama agrees to give the terrorists the dead body of Sharon Valerii in return for the hostages. However, he secretly delivers the dead copy of Valerii known as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]. When the terrorists realize the ploy, Sesha orders the terrorist [[Vinson]] to kill [[Anastasia Dualla]]. [[Billy Keikeya]] seizes one of the terrorists' guns and kills Vinson, but is mortally wounded by Vinson's return fire as Marines storm the lounge. Sesha is killed by Marines and her body slumps atop Boomer's in a distinctly ironic moment.<br />
<br />
*In the aftermath, Dualla stays with Lee Adama in the infirmary, promising to stay with him until he recovers. Laura Roslin grieves the death of Keikeya, who had become "the closest thing [she] had to family".<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
* Who leaked out the information that Valerii was on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''? <br />
**Given that Caprica-Sharon has been taken to the middle of CIC, to Adama's quarters, to Sickbay, and transfered through open hallways, it could have been just any random crewmen by this point.<br />
** Now that this information has been confirmed, thanks to the actions of Abinell and her conspirators, what kind of backlash should Roslin and Adama expect to face?<br />
** Was it D'Anna Biers, who filmed Caprica-Boomer in the infirmary during her story on Galactica?<br />
** Was Gina ever made aware that Galactica had its own Cylon prisoner?<br />
** Have Gina and Biers been collaborating?<br />
* Why would Adama repeatedly have Boomer brought to his quarters for interrogation/discussion, and risk her imprisonment becoming known throughout the fleet, instead of keeping her presence secret by going to her cell himself? <br />
* Who will become Roslin's new assistant? Was there a replacement groomed for the position at all previous to the events in this episode? <br />
**During early episodes of season 1, nameless aides with no dialog can be seen trailing Roslin and Billy. In the DVD commentary for these episodes, RDM and Eick explain how they gradually just stopped using an entourage of aides with Roslin, and mulled over the idea of eventually working them back into the show. Perhaps this could be used to compensate for Billy's removal.<br />
* What will happen to Billy's cadaver? Will he be buried in space or stored in the morgue? <br />
* Where did Abinell and her people get the weapons? Were they purchased from the [[Black market (organization)|Black Market]]? <br />
* Now that Lee Adama's been shot, will it only worsen his depression?<br />
* What was Ellen Tigh playing at? (She practically gives away Thrace's cover and announces that she is the wife of ''Galactica'''s XO.) What was the purpose? Was there one at all, or was Ellen Tigh just being an idiot again?<br />
** Based on her demeanor, it would be safe to say that she was looking out for her interests, knowing that her position (being the colonel's wife) would keep her relatively safe.<br />
* Is the relationship between Apollo and Dee against military protocol in the same way that Tyrol and Valerii's relationship was, or have the rules on colonial officers dating now been relaxed ?<br />
** All of the rules seem more loosely-enforced than before the attack—contrast Starbuck's imprisonment in the [[Miniseries]] with the complete lack of consequences when Starbuck and Apollo trade blows in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], or when Kat hits Starbuck in [[Scar]].<br />
***Just how far does the non-association protocol even extend anymore? In "[[Litmus]]", Tyrol was willing to lie under oath (and all of his deckhands were willing to lie under oath) rather than let Tyrol face the punishment associated with continuing his relationship. Apollo and Dualla are in the same position as Boomer and Tyrol; one is an officer having a relationship with an enlisted crewman. Sharon was a low ranking officer having a relationship with the highest-ranking enlisted crewman; Apollo and Dualla have an even greater gap between them, as Apollo is among the highest-ranking officers on ''Galactica'', and Dualla is a lower-ranking enlisted creman than Tyrol was.<br />
***What is the exact nature of the non-association protocol? Is it against officers having relatinoships with enlisted crewmen, or even enlisted crewmen having relationships with other enlisted crewmen? (i.e. preventing Tyrol and Cally from having a relationship).<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*[[Sesha Abinell]]'s husband [[Ray Abinell|Ray]] was killed during a Cylon attack ten weeks prior to this episode. The only change in the [[survivor count]] which remains unaccounted for was between "Home, Part I" and "Home, Part II", however, those episodes must have taken place well before Ray Abinell's death ten weeks prior to this episode. Other possibilities include Ray's death during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], although ''[[Greenleaf]]'' would have been far from the sight of combat; or his death being offset by a birth in between episodes.<br />
* The final scene recalls that of Resurrection Ship Part II, except that Starbuck and Dee's roles are reversed.<br />
<br />
== Notes == <br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
<br />
== Statistics ==<br />
<br />
=== Guest Stars ===<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*Unknown as [[Chu]]<br />
*Unknown as [[Vinson]]<br />
*Unknown as [[Page]]<br />
*Michael Ryan as [[Ray Abinell]]<br />
*Adrien Hughes as Lt. [[Terry Burrell]]<br />
*Erica Carroll as Civilian<br />
*James Upton as Environmental Specialist <br />
*Georgia Hacche as Petty Officer [[Sion]]<br />
<br />
{{Episode List}}<br />
<br />
[[Category: A to Z]]<br />
[[Category: RDM]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rey Villalobos]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Sacrifice&diff=31570
Sacrifice
2006-02-13T04:59:24Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{Episode Data|<br />
Image = [[Image:Sacrifice3.jpg|300px]]<br />
| Title= Sacrifice<br />
| Series= [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]]<br />
| Season= [[Season 2 (2005-06)|2]]<br />
| Episode= 16<br />
| Guests= [[IMDB:nm0001127|Dana Delany]] as [[Sesha Abinell]]<br />
| Writer=[[IMDB: nm1093194|Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
| Story= <br />
| Director=Rey Villalobos<br />
| Production=<br />
| Rating=<br />
| US Airdate=February 10 2006<br />
| UK Airdate=<br />
| DVD=<br />
| Population=49,590<br />
| Prev= [[Scar]]<br />
| Next= [[The Captain's Hand]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
<br />
: ''The'' [[Cloud 9]]'s ''lounge is under attack by terrorists who are convinced that [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] is playing the military. The leader of this quartet, [[Sesha Abinell]], demands that the invaluable Valerii be brought to her -- otherwise [[Ellen Tigh]], [[Anastasia Dualla]], [[Lee Adama]], [[Billy Keikeya]] and others will be executed.''<br />
<br />
== Summary == <br />
<br />
*[[Billy Keikeya]] proposes to [[Anastasia Dualla]], who flatly refuses. Later on, Dualla and [[Lee Adama]] discuss the incident while on leave aboard ''[[Cloud 9]]'', at one of the ship's drinking and dining establishments.<br />
<br />
*Billy, also aboard ''Cloud 9'', finds Dualla there, but an awkward moment arises when he discovers that she is with Lee. Lee leaves the two to talk, going to sit at the bar, where he encounters [[Ellen Tigh]]. Ellen begins to flirt with Lee.<br />
<br />
*Three men and a woman named [[Sesha Abinell]] lay siege to the establishment, taking the guests hostage, and sealing the area off from the rest of the ship. Sesha's husband was killed aboard the ''[[Greenleaf]]'' when the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked it ten weeks ago, and she decides to exact vengeance.<br />
<br />
*Before the terrorists lay siege, Lee asks Ellen to come with him into the restroom. Ellen follows, thinking that Lee has invited her for a sexual tryst, but Lee instead had predicted the situation. As a gambit to confuse the terrorists, Lee takes Ellen's drink, which has dry ice in it, and uses it to sabotage one of the oxygen sensors. In the meantime, Ellen leaves the restroom and loudly announces herself to the terrorists.<br />
[[Image:Sesha.jpg|thumb|Sesha Abinell.]]<br />
*Sesha demands that Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] turn over Cylon [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] to her, seeking Valerii's life in compensation for her husband's. She is infuriated that Adama and Roslin continue to allow one of their greatest enemies to live in their midst, even caged. She believes that Sharon is compromising the security of the fleet, and that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon holocaust]] was due to similar Cylon infiltration of the military.<br />
<br />
*Sesha sends one of her men into the restroom to find anyone else they haven't rounded up. Lee gets the drop on him and takes his gun, taking him out, threatening to kill him if the hostages are not released. Sesha threatens to kill Dualla if Lee refuses to surrender. Lee drops the empty threat and surrenders.<br />
<br />
*Lee's small-scale sabotage works, and the terrorists demand repairs to be made to the ship's oxygen systems.<br />
<br />
*[[Kara Thrace]], along with a detachment of [[Colonial Marine Corps|marines]], are also on leave aboard ''Cloud 9''. They quickly plan a recon mission &mdash; Kara disguises herself as the technician sent to repair the air system. Her job is to reconnoiter the situation and return with details.<br />
<br />
*Kara's cover is blown when Ellen recognizes her as one of ''Galactica's'' pilots. Kara draws two pistols and begins shooting at the terrorists, aided by the marines, who enter to assist. Two Marines are killed, along with one of the hostage-takers. In addition, Kara accidentally shoots Lee. Kara and the surviving marines retreat, and the situation is only exacerbated.<br />
<br />
*The situation prompts Adama to once again consider the value of Sharon Valerii to him. Speaking with Valerii, Adama is reminded that she saved the fleet five or six times. Adama asks if she would reveal the identities of other Cylon agents in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. She refuses.<br />
<br />
*Admiral Adama agrees to give the terrorists the dead body of Sharon Valerii in return for the hostages. However, he secretly delivers the dead copy of Valerii known as [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]]. When the terrorists realize the ploy, Sesha orders the terrorist [[Vinson]] to kill [[Anastasia Dualla]. [[Billy Keikeya]] seizes one of the terrorists' guns and kills Vinson, but is mortally wounded by Vinson's return fire as Marines storm the lounge. Sesha is killed by Marines and her body slumps atop Boomer's in a distinctly ironic moment.<br />
<br />
*In the aftermath, Dualla stays with Lee Adama in the infirmary, promising to stay with him until he recovers. Laura Roslin grieves the death of Keikeya, who had become "the closest thing [she] had to family".<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
<br />
* Who leaked out the information that Valerii was on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''? <br />
**Given that Caprica-Sharon has been taken to the middle of CIC, to Adama's quarters, to Sickbay, and transfered through open hallways, it could have been just any random crewmen by this point.<br />
** Now that this information has been confirmed, thanks to the actions of Abinell and her conspirators, what kind of backlash should Roslin and Adama expect to face?<br />
** Was it D'Anna Biers, who filmed Caprica-Boomer in the infirmary during her story on Galactica?<br />
** Was Gina ever made aware that Galactica had its own Cylon prisoner?<br />
** Have Gina and Biers been collaborating?<br />
* Why would Adama repeatedly have Boomer brought to his quarters for interrogation/discussion, and risk her imprisonment becoming known throughout the fleet, instead of keeping her presence secret by going to her cell himself? <br />
* Who will become Roslin's new assistant? Was there a replacement groomed for the position at all previous to the events in this episode? <br />
**During early episodes of season 1, nameless aides with no dialog can be seen trailing Roslin and Billy. In the DVD commentary for these episodes, RDM and Eick explain how they gradually just stopped using an entourage of aides with Roslin, and mulled over the idea of eventually working them back into the show. Perhaps this could be used to compensate for Billy's removal.<br />
* What will happen to Billy's cadaver? Will he be buried in space or stored in the morgue? <br />
* Where did Abinell and her people get the weapons? Were they purchased from the [[Black market (organization)|Black Market]]? <br />
* Now that Lee Adama's been shot, will it only worsen his depression?<br />
* What was Ellen Tigh playing at? (She practically gives away Thrace's cover and announces that she is the wife of ''Galactica'''s XO.) What was the purpose? Was there one at all, or was Ellen Tigh just being an idiot again?<br />
** Based on her demeanor, it would be safe to say that she was looking out for her interests, knowing that her position (being the colonel's wife) would keep her relatively safe.<br />
* Is the relationship between Apollo and Dee against military protocol in the same way that Tyrol and Valerii's relationship was, or have the rules on colonial officers dating now been relaxed ?<br />
** All of the rules seem more loosely-enforced than before the attack—contrast Starbuck's imprisonment in the [[Miniseries]] with the complete lack of consequences when Starbuck and Apollo trade blows in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], or when Kat hits Starbuck in [[Scar]].<br />
***Just how far does the non-association protocol even extend anymore? In "[[Litmus]]", Tyrol was willing to lie under oath (and all of his deckhands were willing to lie under oath) rather than let Tyrol face the punishment associated with continuing his relationship. Apollo and Dualla are in the same position as Boomer and Tyrol; one is an officer having a relationship with an enlisted crewman. Sharon was a low ranking officer having a relationship with the highest-ranking enlisted crewman; Apollo and Dualla have an even greater gap between them, as Apollo is among the highest-ranking officers on ''Galactica'', and Dualla is a lower-ranking enlisted creman than Tyrol was.<br />
***What is the exact nature of the non-association protocol? Is it against officers having relatinoships with enlisted crewmen, or even enlisted crewmen having relationships with other enlisted crewmen? (i.e. preventing Tyrol and Cally from having a relationship).<br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
*[[Sesha Abinell]]'s husband [[Ray Abinell|Ray]] was killed during a Cylon attack ten weeks prior to this episode. The only change in the [[survivor count]] which remains unaccounted for was between "Home, Part I" and "Home, Part II", however, those episodes must have taken place well before Ray Abinell's death ten weeks prior to this episode. Other possibilities include Ray's death during the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], although ''[[Greenleaf]]'' would have been far from the sight of combat; or his death being offset by a birth in between episodes.<br />
* The final scene recalls that of Resurrection Ship Part II, except that Starbuck and Dee's roles are reversed.<br />
<br />
== Notes == <br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
<br />
== Official Statements == <br />
<br />
== Statistics ==<br />
<br />
=== Guest Stars ===<br />
*[[Kate Vernon]] as [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
*Unknown as [[Chu]]<br />
*Unknown as [[Vinson]]<br />
*Unknown as [[Page]]<br />
*Michael Ryan as [[Ray Abinell]]<br />
*Adrien Hughes as Lt. [[Terry Burrell]]<br />
*Erica Carroll as Civilian<br />
*James Upton as Environmental Specialist <br />
*Georgia Hacche as Petty Officer [[Sion]]<br />
<br />
{{Episode List}}<br />
<br />
[[Category: A to Z]]<br />
[[Category: RDM]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Anne Cofell Saunders]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rey Villalobos]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_Keikeya&diff=31143
Billy Keikeya
2006-02-11T22:06:02Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Mini-Billy.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age= <br />
|colony= Presumably [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]<br />
|birthname= William Keikeya<br />
|callsign= <br />
|death= Shot by terrorist in [[Sacrifice]]<br />
|parents= Living on Picon at time of attack<br />
|siblings= Sisters and brother on the colony of Picon<br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= Dated Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
|role= Presidential Aide to [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
|rank= <br />
|actor= [[Paul Campbell]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Billy Keikeya''' was a young, fairly good-looking member of [[Laura Roslin]]'s staff. At school, he was a member of the debate team. Possibly an intern, given his relative youth, he was nevertheless gifted and capable - and much more insightful than people might otherwise assume. <br />
<br />
==Biography==<br />
As a result of his abilities, [[Laura Roslin]] selects Keikeya to accompany her to the decommissioning ceremonies for [[battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''. During this time, he recognises that not only is [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] ill, she is in fact suffering from cancer ([[Mini-Series]]). <br />
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His parents had moved to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] two months prior to the Cylon attack to be with Keikeya's sisters and their families. It is assumed they died there.<br />
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Billy mentions that he had a brother that also died on Picon. ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
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Following the loss of President [[Richard Adar|Richard Adar's]] cabinet, Roslin is sworn-in as President, and Keikeya finds himself promoted to the position senior aide to the President. One of his first tasks is to work with her to tally the number of survivors in the fleet ([[33]]) and establish records for the dead. Later, he engages in attempts to get the 1,500 prisoners aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' to help [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] obtain water supplies ([[Bastille Day]]), after ''[[Galactica]]'s'' water supplies are sabotaged ([[Water]]). Despite his dubious mathematical aptitude (as shown in "[[33]]"), Keikeya is an exceptionally organized individual, who also acts as the senior spokesperson for Roslin's administration ([[Litmus]]). <br />
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[[Image:Dee and bee.jpg|thumb|left|Billy Keikeya and Anastasia Dualla on a date in the forward observation lounge ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]])]]Off-duty, Keikeya strikes up a friendship with Petty Officer 2nd Class [[Anastasia Dualla]], a member of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' command crew, which blossoms into romance ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]), despite the fact that Dualla and Keikeya share irreconciliable viewpoints about [[Tom Zarek]]. Keikeya believes that Zarek was a prisoner of conscience who saw his fellow Sagittarians being mistreated by the other [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonies]] ([[33]]).<br />
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As Roslin continues the [[Chamalla|unconventional treatment]] of her cancer, Keikeya's concerns increase. When she passes out due to an overdose of Chamalla, he unknowingly makes a call for help on an open channel. The call is intercepted by the often irksome [[Colonial Press]]. <br />
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Later, he questions Roslin's hallucinations and her actions during her search for the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. He believes that her actions would irreparably damage the Colonial [[Government]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). Silly, Billy stands by her side as Roslin and her [[Presidential Security Service|personal security]] agents prepare to thwart [[William Adama|Commander Adama]]'s attempt to arrest her ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
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Roslin is arrested when she subverts the separation of military and civilian government by convincing [[Kara Thrace]] to purloin the captured [[Cylon Raider]] for a [[FTL|Jump]] back to Caprica. Other government aides and officers such as Keikeya, [[Gaius Baltar]] and the members of the [[Quorum of Twelve]] are still free to do as they wished within the Fleet. Keikeya rarely leaves Roslin's side during her internment in ''Galactica'''s brig and routinely keeps her briefed on the deteriorating situation within [[The Fleet (Rdm)|The Fleet]] in the wake of the attempt on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s life by a Cylon infiltrator. <br />
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When [[Lee Adama]] formulates a plan to break the President out of the brig and fly her to safety on ''[[Cloud 9]]'', Keikeya is supportive of the effort, but ultimately does not follow her down the path she was about to take. The two part company in ''Galactica'''s hangar bay with Billy staying behind and Roslin hiding on other ships in the Fleet before Col. Tigh and Commander Adama can recapture her ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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''In his Podcast for "[[Home, Part II]]", [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM]] indicated that Keikeya was an atheist, and that his reticence was motivated by a distaste for the cloak of prophecy Roslin had assumed.''<br />
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''Galactica'' prepares for a return to Kobol to find President Roslin, who go there with over a third of the Fleet in search of the [[Tomb of Athena]]. Commander Adama brings Keikeya along with him and his insertion team because he feels that, aside from himself and Lee Adama, Keikeya is the only other person that Roslin will listen to. When he humbly denies the assumption that Roslin placed any stock in his opinions, Adama stuns him by saying Roslin feels that he would become President himself some day. Adama tells him that Roslin said he reminded her of former President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] on his first campaign for public office. Keikeya had no idea how to respond to Adama's lofty comparison, but was quickly brought back to reality when Adama comments that Adar was a "moron".<br />
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On the surface of Kobol, Keikeya reunites with Roslin. She is overjoyed to see him once again. Keikeya is also one of the few people to enter the Tomb of Athena and see the map to Earth ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
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Keikeya later proposes to Dualla, giving her his high school debate ring. However, she rejects his proposal. Later, Billy witnesses Dualla on a date with [[Lee Adama]] on ''Cloud 9''. As Keikeya begins to criticize Dualla, the bar is taken hostage by a group of civilians demanding the transfer of [[Sharon Valerii]] into their custody. During a rescue attempt by "Galactica" marines, the terrorist [[Vinson]] attempts to shoot Dualla. Keikeya knocks one terrorist aside and shoots Dualla's would-be murderer in the chest. Unfortunately, Vinson gets off a burst as he falls, killing Billy. President Roslin tends to Keikeya's body in Galactica's morgue ([[Sacrifice]]).<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Keikeya, Billy]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Keikeya, Billy]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Keikeya, Billy]]</div>
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Kern_Vinson&diff=31140
Kern Vinson
2006-02-11T22:04:35Z
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<div>Vinson was part of the group led by [[Sesha Abinell]] which took hostages aboard [[Cloud 9]], hoping to get the Cylon prisoner Boomer in exchange.<br />
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He had at least one sibling, [[Page]], who was tragically killed during a [[marine]] assault led by Captain [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].<br />
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Vinson himself was later killed during a second rescue attempt, which resulted in the death of of the three remaining hostage-takers and at least one hostage. Vinson, himself was killed by [[Billy Keikeya]], but managed to shoot Billy as he fell. ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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During the episode, Vinson is referred to as 'Kern', but at this time, it is unknown if this is his first or last name.</div>
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Kern_Vinson&diff=31139
Kern Vinson
2006-02-11T22:04:23Z
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<div>Vinson was part of the group led by [[Sesha Abinell]] which took hostages aboard [[Cloud 9]], hoping to get the Cylon prisoner Boomer in exchange.<br />
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He had at least one sibling, [[Page]], who was tragically killed during a [[marine]] assault led by Captain [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]].<br />
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Vinson himself was later killed during a second rescue attempt, which resulted in the death of of the three remaining hostage-takers and at least one hostage. Vinson, himself was killed by[[Billy Keikeya]], but managed to shoot Billy as he fell. ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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During the episode, Vinson is referred to as 'Kern', but at this time, it is unknown if this is his first or last name.</div>
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Billy_Keikeya&diff=31134
Billy Keikeya
2006-02-11T22:01:29Z
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Mini-Billy.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age= <br />
|colony= Presumably [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]<br />
|birthname= William Keikeya<br />
|callsign= <br />
|death= Shot by terrorist in [[Sacrifice]]<br />
|parents= Living on Picon at time of attack<br />
|siblings= Sisters and brother on the colony of Picon<br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= Dated Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
|role= Presidential Aide to [[Laura Roslin]]<br />
|rank= <br />
|actor= [[Paul Campbell]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
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'''Billy Keikeya''' was a young, fairly good-looking member of [[Laura Roslin]]'s staff. At school, he was a member of the debate team. Possibly an intern, given his relative youth, he was nevertheless gifted and capable - and much more insightful than people might otherwise assume. <br />
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==Biography==<br />
As a result of his abilities, [[Laura Roslin]] selects Keikeya to accompany her to the decommissioning ceremonies for [[battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''. During this time, he recognises that not only is [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] ill, she is in fact suffering from cancer ([[Mini-Series]]). <br />
<br />
His parents had moved to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] two months prior to the Cylon attack to be with Keikeya's sisters and their families. It is assumed they died there.<br />
<br />
Billy mentions that he had a brother that also died on Picon. ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
<br />
Following the loss of President [[Richard Adar|Richard Adar's]] cabinet, Roslin is sworn-in as President, and Keikeya finds himself promoted to the position senior aide to the President. One of his first tasks is to work with her to tally the number of survivors in the fleet ([[33]]) and establish records for the dead. Later, he engages in attempts to get the 1,500 prisoners aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' to help [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] obtain water supplies ([[Bastille Day]]), after ''[[Galactica]]'s'' water supplies are sabotaged ([[Water]]). Despite his dubious mathematical aptitude (as shown in "[[33]]"), Keikeya is an exceptionally organized individual, who also acts as the senior spokesperson for Roslin's administration ([[Litmus]]). <br />
<br />
[[Image:Dee and bee.jpg|thumb|left|Billy Keikeya and Anastasia Dualla on a date in the forward observation lounge ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]])]]Off-duty, Keikeya strikes up a friendship with Petty Officer 2nd Class [[Anastasia Dualla]], a member of ''[[Galactica]]'s'' command crew, which blossoms into romance ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]), despite the fact that Dualla and Keikeya share irreconciliable viewpoints about [[Tom Zarek]]. Keikeya believes that Zarek was a prisoner of conscience who saw his fellow Sagittarians being mistreated by the other [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Colonies]] ([[33]]).<br />
<br />
As Roslin continues the [[Chamalla|unconventional treatment]] of her cancer, Keikeya's concerns increase. When she passes out due to an overdose of Chamalla, he unknowingly makes a call for help on an open channel. The call is intercepted by the often irksome [[Colonial Press]]. <br />
<br />
Later, he questions Roslin's hallucinations and her actions during her search for the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. He believes that her actions would irreparably damage the Colonial [[Government]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). Silly, Billy stands by her side as Roslin and her [[Presidential Security Service|personal security]] agents prepare to thwart [[William Adama|Commander Adama]]'s attempt to arrest her ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
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Roslin is arrested when she subverts the separation of military and civilian government by convincing [[Kara Thrace]] to purloin the captured [[Cylon Raider]] for a [[FTL|Jump]] back to Caprica. Other government aides and officers such as Keikeya, [[Gaius Baltar]] and the members of the [[Quorum of Twelve]] are still free to do as they wished within the Fleet. Keikeya rarely leaves Roslin's side during her internment in ''Galactica'''s brig and routinely keeps her briefed on the deteriorating situation within [[The Fleet (Rdm)|The Fleet]] in the wake of the attempt on Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]'s life by a Cylon infiltrator. <br />
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When [[Lee Adama]] formulates a plan to break the President out of the brig and fly her to safety on ''[[Cloud 9]]'', Keikeya is supportive of the effort, but ultimately does not follow her down the path she was about to take. The two part company in ''Galactica'''s hangar bay with Billy staying behind and Roslin hiding on other ships in the Fleet before Col. Tigh and Commander Adama can recapture her ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
''In his Podcast for "[[Home, Part II]]", [[Ronald D. Moore|RDM]] indicated that Keikeya was an atheist, and that his reticence was motivated by a distaste for the cloak of prophecy Roslin had assumed.''<br />
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''Galactica'' prepares for a return to Kobol to find President Roslin, who go there with over a third of the Fleet in search of the [[Tomb of Athena]]. Commander Adama brings Keikeya along with him and his insertion team because he feels that, aside from himself and Lee Adama, Keikeya is the only other person that Roslin will listen to. When he humbly denies the assumption that Roslin placed any stock in his opinions, Adama stuns him by saying Roslin feels that he would become President himself some day. Adama tells him that Roslin said he reminded her of former President [[Richard Adar|Adar]] on his first campaign for public office. Keikeya had no idea how to respond to Adama's lofty comparison, but was quickly brought back to reality when Adama comments that Adar was a "moron".<br />
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On the surface of Kobol, Keikeya reunites with Roslin. She is overjoyed to see him once again. Keikeya is also one of the few people to enter the Tomb of Athena and see the map to Earth ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
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Keikeya later proposes to Dualla, giving her his high school debate ring. However, she rejects his proposal. Later, Billy witnesses Dualla on a date with [[Lee Adama]] on ''Cloud 9''. As Keikeya begins to criticize Dualla, the bar is taken hostage by a group of civilians demanding the transfer of [[Sharon Valerii]] into their custody. During a rescue attempt by "Galactica" marines, one of the terrorists attempts to shoot Dualla. Keikeya knocks one terrorist aside and shoots Dualla's would-be murderer in the chest, but is killed by the burst the man gets off as he falls. President Roslin tends to Keikeya's body in Galactica's morgue ([[Sacrifice]]).<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Keikeya, Billy]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Keikeya, Billy]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Keikeya, Billy]]</div>
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Twelve_Colonies&diff=28744
Fall of the Twelve Colonies
2006-02-02T05:43:13Z
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<div>{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"<br />
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] <br> Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]<br />
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]<br />
|-<br />
|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]<br />
|-<br />
|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]<br />
|-<br />
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2|<br />
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants<br />
|-<br />
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol<br />
| width=50%|[[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Commanders<br />
|-<br />
|Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br />
|Unknown<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Strength<br />
|-<br />
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers<br />
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Casualties<br />
|-<br />
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population<br />
|Unknown, minimal<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
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''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''<br />
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After [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was sufficiently distributed throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment malfunctions," up to and including total power loss. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br />
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[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening minutes of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the Colonial Fleet aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all military ships by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.<br />
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Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because it's computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage. <br />
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Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever was left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.<br />
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The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies. With all civilian traffic suspended by the Colonial government before its collapse, Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Several ships without [[FTL|faster-than-light]] ability are left behind to their fate by the other FTL ships of the convoy when Cylons locate the convoy. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by Cylons while the remaining ships join ''Galactica'' at her new location.<br />
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Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrated and communications between other Colonial forces faded into static.<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Battles]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Computers_in_the_Re-imagined_Series&diff=28743
Computers in the Re-imagined Series
2006-02-02T05:42:14Z
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. When the Cylons began planning a second war against the Colonials, they chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to damage or disable any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]). It was located within the Ministry of Defense on Caprica ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), since [[Number Six]] produced credible-looking footage showing Baltar attaching a bomb to it.<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening wave of the attack, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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Computers in the Re-imagined Series
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. When the Cylons began planning a second war against the Colonials, they chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to damage or disable any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]). It was located within the Ministry of Defense on Caprica ([[Six Degress of Separation]]), since [[Number Six]] produced credible-looking footage showing Baltar attaching a bomb to it.<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening wave of the attack, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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Computers in the Re-imagined Series
2006-02-02T05:40:47Z
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. When the Cylons began planning a second war against the Colonials, they chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to damage or disable any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]). It was apparently a single unit in the Ministry of Defense on Caprica ([Six Degress of Separation]), since [[Number Six]] produced credible-looking footage showing Baltar attaching a bomb to it.<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening wave of the attack, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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Computers in the Re-imagined Series
2006-02-02T05:39:02Z
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. When the Cylons began planning a second war against the Colonials, they chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to damage or disable any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening wave of the attack, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. When the Cylons began planning a second war against the Colonials, they chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to shut down any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening wave of the attack, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. However, the Cylons had never stopped the war, and chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to shut down any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening wave of the attack, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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Computers in the Re-imagined Series
2006-02-02T05:34:38Z
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<div>Technologies such as '''computers''' have been mostly bane and less of a blessing to the Colonials of the [[Twelve Colonies]], despite the obvious conveniences that technology brings. It was computer technology that led to the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] for household to warfare use. These intelligent machines rebelled. To counter their creation's ability to hack into computers, the Colonial defenses, particularly the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|first battlestars]], used computers but did not network them to all but eliminate Cylon infiltration.<br />
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Over 40 years after that first [[Cylon War]] and with the Cylons apparently long gone, the Colonials slowly returned to technological conveniences. However, the Cylons had never stopped the war, and chose to infiltrate the Colonial military through yet another program installed throughout fighters and battlestars that was designed to add more convenience: the [[Command Navigation Program]]. This program, thanks to [[Humano-Cylon|Cylon agents disguised as humans]] who infiltrated Colonial life and sought out people who had [[Gaius Baltar|access to Colonial computer defense technologies]], contained a "[[backdoor]]" that allowed the Cylon forces to shut down any Colonial vessel with this program. Only non-networked ships or those with comparatively primitive computers were immune to the new Cylon menace.<br />
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==Colonial Fleet Computers==<br />
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'''[[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]'''<br />
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:Not much is known of this system other than its existence and the roles they played in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies. This central computer housed key Colonial Fleet logistical information, such as fleet deployment, and was the central system used by [[Gaius Baltar]] to create and distribute the [[Command Navigation Program]] to all advanced ships and fighters in the Colonial Fleet ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''[[War College|War College Simulator]]'''<br />
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:[[Lee Adama]] performed simulations of Cylon attacks in War College to test Colonial defense tactics. One such defense involves the use of [[EMP]] devices to fool Cylon forces into believing a nuclear device detonated where no explosion took place. Adama successfully used the electric pulse generators that were offloaded onto ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from ''Galactica'' to successfully fool two Cylon Raiders that their nuclear missile attack on ''Colonial Heavy 798'' was successful, while also disabling the warheads of the missiles aimed at the [[Intersun|starliner]]. Adama was amused that this trick actually worked in reality, for in the War College simulations the Cylons were not fooled and destroyed the Colonial targets anyway ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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'''Viper Flight Simulators'''<br />
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:Battlestar ''Galactica'' had lost many pilots to Cylon attack or accident since their exodus from the Colonies. Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] was ordered to become flight instructor to train [[nuggets]] as new pilots. Normally, pilots are trained on simulators, presumably on one of the Colonies or a more advanced battlestar, which used complex computers to immerse a trainee into the feel of Viper combat. Unfortunately, ''Galactica'' did not have simulators onboard, so Thrace taught the new pilots using actual Vipers ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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==Battlestar Computers==<br />
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An original battlestar such as ''[[Galactica]]'' has several computers dedicated to many critical ship functions. Several specific computers have been mentioned in the [[Mini-Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|regular series]]. This list is not inclusive; an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|original battlestar]] like ''Galactica'' is still a very complex spacecraft. Advanced battlestars such as ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', with its networked computers, may have more or fewer computers or distributed functionality. It is likely that ''Pegasus'' is not as strongly networked as before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] to create a similar defense against Cylon incursion.<br />
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Although the battlestar normally does not have a central computer network in place, ''Galactica'' does possess a [[Wikipedia:Gateway|gateway]], which, in ''Galactica's'' case, is likely managed within by Mainframe Computer and not a larger network topology, The Mainframe's normally-isolated gateway can be linked to the other computers (as Gaeta does in "[[Scattered]]").<br />
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===Navigation Computer===<br />
Also known as the "Nav" computer. Manages spatial coordinates of the battlestar, handles [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] travel and [[RCS]] translations. It is very likely that [[DRADIS]] sensor information is obtained and managed by the Navigation Computer and passed on to the [[Tactical Officer]] and the [[Command & Control Center]] in the [[CIC]].<br />
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===FTL Computer===<br />
The FTL computer manages the complex calculations necessary for a [[FTL]] Jump. Information for these Jumps on a more [[Mercury class battlestar|advanced battlestar]] such as ''Pegasus'' would be transmitted from the Navigation Computer by the battlestar's network. On ''Galactica'', however, the FTL computer receives the spatial coordinates manually from Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] or Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]]. The FTL Computer also generates a series of emergency Jump coordinates for the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. This information is relayed by the Tactical Officer to other ships regularly. It is likely that the [[flight pod]]s are also controlled through the FTL computer as they must be retracted prior to a Jump.{{ref|scattered1}}<br />
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===DC Computer===<br />
The Damage Control computer relays information to the CIC on malfunctioning or damaged areas of the battlestar, presumably from various sensors or devices throughout the ship. The DC computer also has access to radiation sensors in the event of nuclear attack to warn against dangerous radiation levels that could harm the crew.{{ref|mini2}}<br />
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===Fire Control Computer===<br />
The Fire Control computer manages a battlestar's primary offensive weapons, the central flak turret and smaller port and starboard turrets along the length of each side of the ship. It is presumed that the Fire Control computers report to crewmembers responsible for the upkeep of ammunition on the guns when to reload an particular turret. The Fire Control computer can target individual bogeys with the flak turret guns, which, in tandem with the smaller turrets, make even ''Galactica'', an [[Original battlestar (RDM)|old original battlestar]] from the first [[Cylon War]], a formidable foe to encounter.{{ref|mini3}}<br />
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===Mainframe Computer===<br />
This computer likely manages secondary functions of the ship, such as communications. The mainframe likely provides extra calculating power for other ship tasks when required, and may also serve as the ship's library for tactical information.{{ref|phoenix}} Of all the computers on ''Galactica'', this computer is likely very resistant by design to infiltration since it controls communication traffic (and thus is accessible to Cylon external intrusion by [[wireless]]). The mainframe likely possesses a basic gateway, but, per ''Galactica's'' no-networks edict, it is typically unused.<br />
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==Avionics==<br />
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:''The computer systems found on fighters and support aircraft of a capital ship are generally described by the term ''[[Wikipedia:Avionics|avionics]]'' (AVIation electrONICS). In the world of ''Battlestar Galactica'', aircraft terminology is intermixed with spacecraft terminology--note the use of "[[CAG]]" and Commander Adama's use of the word "planes" to Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] to describe the Viper space fighter ([[Litmus]]). Since the term "avionics" was used in the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", despite its aeronautical connotation, it will be used here.''<br />
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===Colonial Avionics===<br />
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The '''avionics''' found on [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s and [[Raptor]]s likely include these components, which vary in availability or degrees of complexity depending on the craft's age or purpose.<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk2Avionics.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. II cockpit avionics, resistant to Cylon infiltration. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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* A non-directional medium-range [[wireless]] communications for ship-to-ship and ship-to-planet contact<br />
* [[DRADIS]] hardware for enemy targeting, squadron formation flight manouvers, and the like<br />
* A Colonial transponder for [[IFF]] "friend of foe" identification<br />
* Stellar positioning system for proper [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] or [[FTL]] positioning<br />
* Instrument Landing Systems (ILS), an automatic ("hands-off") landing system guidance package<br />
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[[Image:ViperMk7Avionics.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Viper Mk. VII cockpit avionics, vulnerable if the [[CNP]] is installed. (Credit: Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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In the case of modern (pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]]) spacecraft, many of these systems were likely tied into (either as a software or firmware component) of the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]]. Evidence for this is strong as viewers watched [[Jackson Spencer]]'s Mark VII Viper lose power, communications, flight control, DRADIS, and apparently ejection control after Cylon fighters "rooted", or counter-commanded his Viper to shut down, thanks to the backdoors installed in these modern avionics packages ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Older Vipers, like the Mark II, used more primitive avionics with far less dependence on computer programming. Designed for the First Cylon War to engage an enemy that commonly used computer infiltration as an attack, older Colonial spacecraft likely did not possess conveniences that modern Vipers and their pilots took for granted, such as auto-landing systems.<br />
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Larger craft such as Raptors could manage [[FTL|Jumps]] and so came equipped with more advanced avionics to handle FTL travel.<br />
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''Galactica'' prohibits auto-landings, so all pilots perform [[Hands-on Approach|manual approach and landings]] in [[Combat Landing|non-combat modes]]. No information has been given in the series if Mark II Vipers are capable of auto-landings in the manner that Mark VII's demonstrated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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===Cylon Avionics===<br />
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Little has been revealed of the history or configuration of modern Cylon computers or avionics on their [[Heavy Raider]] or [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]], but a few scraps of information have been revealed about the Cylon Raider, the primary fighter-interceptor for the Cylon fleet.<br />
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[[Cylon Raiders]] contain some level of avionics that co-exist amidst the biological components that form the "pilot" within the fuselage of the fighter. Kara Thrace identified the mechanical linkage within the craft, and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s team had identified the fire control, navigation, and FTL drive components in addition to an actual avionics package ([[Flesh and Bone]]). ''Galactica'' flight crews later rigged a flight control console that mated with the avionics for human readability.<br />
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The reasoning why the Cylons moved to biomechanical pilots rather than using Centurions or other robotic pilot comes from their monothesistic philosophy on [[God]] and their belief in procreation (machines cannot procreate, but living organisms can), as well as tactical reasoning. Colonial forces may attempt electronic countermeasures that could affect the performance or operation of a fully-mechanical Cylon Raider or a craft piloted by autonomous [[Cylon Centurion]]s. As the Colonials moved to simplier technologies to combat Cylon ECM, so did the Cylons--like a Viper pilot, the modern Cylon Raider with its biologics cannot be disabled by ECM.<br />
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Cylon spacecraft avionics can be affected by computer infiltration. The cooperative Cylon infiltrator copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] used herself as a [[backdoor]] to send a version of a Cylon virus to shut down power to a massive Cylon fleet en route to attack ''Galactica'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). It was not shown whether the biologics of the Cylon Raiders were affected by this unexpected infiltration from Valerii.<br />
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==Computer History==<br />
Partially to tradition from the Cylon War, and partially to his own experience in the Cylon War, Commander [[William Adama]] has maintained the order that none of these or other computers on ''Galactica'' may be networked at any time. This order had surely saved ''Galactica'' and her crew when the [[Cylon Attack]] occurred. Although ''Galactica'' received the tainted [[Command Navigation Program]] along with every other Colonial unit from [[Fleet Headquarters]], ''Galactica'' could not use it as her computers were never networked; in fact, it was never loaded into a computer at all{{ref|mini4}}. While Cylon electronic attacks disabled entire Viper squadrons and damaged or crippled battlestars during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], ''Galactica'' remained up and running. However, since her munitions were destroyed as part of her expected decommissioning, the battlestar was initially defenseless in the opening salvo, calling on her Navigation computer to perform evasive manueuvers in the first attack ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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The evasive actions were not successful as ''Galactica'' suffered a kiloton nuclear missile strike on her forward port [[flight pod]]. The Damage Control computer determined the extent of fires and other damage, but luckily reported that very little radiation was seeping through, thanks to ''Galactica's'' thick outer hull{{ref|mini2}}. The Damage Control computer likely provided damage information to damage control crews in coordination or by instruction of [[CIC]] as many crewmember donned fire gear to battle the blazes. However, the blazes were too intense and threatened to ignite the ship's fuel lines. Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] activated the vents throughout the port flight pod from the CIC's damage control console, releasing its atmosphere into space to extinguish the fires. Sadly, this required action also caused the deaths of 85 crewmembers.<br />
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With no munitions, ''Galactica's'' Tactical Officer began to plot a Jump through the FTL computer to [[Ragnar Anchorage]], a Colonial munitions dump situated just inside the upper atmosphere of a large gas giant. Despite the ship not performing a Jump of any significance in 20 years{{ref|jumpage}}, the event was successful, and ''Galactica'' offloaded a large cache of ordinance from the station.<br />
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''Galactica'' was surrounded by at least two [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s and hundreds of [[Cylon Raider]]s at Ragnar. Fortunately, the electromagnetic storm covering the station, ''Galactica'', and a civilian fleet of 50,000 survivors from the Colonies prevented the basestars from making a direct attack. Now armed, ''Galactica'' led the fleet of ships out of the storm, using herself as a shield while the civilian ships made Jumps to escape the attack. The Fire Control computer and the remaining primary computers came into play at once to coordinate damage control, calculate best attack vectors, target bogeys, and plotting Jumps for all civilians and the battlestar itself.<br />
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Despite the no-networking order, ''Galactica'' found herself in a situation where the FTL, Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers{{ref|scattered2}} had to be networked to greatly accelerate the needed calculations to find the civilian fleet, which had Jumped to a different set of coordinates than the battlestar ([[Scattered]]). Without the network, ''Galactica'' would take 12 ''hours'' to calculate the proper coordinates--and it would certain that the basestar in orbit around [[Kobol]] would destroy them before the calculations were complete. With the inprovised network, only 10 minutes were needed for the calculations.<br />
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Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] created [[Wikipedia:Firewall|firewalls]] between the series of computers to resist an expected Cylon virus incursion. While the effort was successful, one of the computers did contract a Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]). Shortly after, the virus began to shutdown many systems throughout the ship, but was fortunately stopped and removed--or so the crew believed.<br />
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Weeks later, the Cylon virus reappeared in the form of a [[Logic bomb]] that had taken time to test and learn the ship's weaknesses ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). When the next Cylon attack occurred, the Logic bomb would take over all ship computers and could vent the battlestar's atmosphere to kill the crew, or direct and fire the battlestar's guns at the civilian fleet. Unfortunately, cleaning the computers would require a more direct approach in the form of erasing the hard drives of each of the computers, later restoring them with backups made prior to the war. This would take time and leave ''Galactica'' a sitting duck for several minutes--time enough for the Cylon force to destroy the Fleet.<br />
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Commander Adama decided to fight one computer system with another in the form of the cooperative Caprica copy of the Cylon infiltrator [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]. While Sharon appeared wholly human, her cells were apparently light-reactive; she cut her forearm and stuck a fiber-optic cable into it, allowing her Cylon-designed brain/computer to access the ship's communication channels and access the processing power (and the Cylon code inside of) ''Galactica's'' mainframe computer{{ref|phoenix}}. As ''Galactica'' erased her computer hard drives, Valerii modified the Cylon logic bomb/virus code within herself, releasing it in a broadcast to the hundreds of Cylon fighters ready to overwhelm ''Galactica''. The broadcast contained a version of the Cylon virus that disabled all the enemy's fighters, leaving ''Galactica's'' [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s to [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy them with ease]].<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*{{note|scattered1}} One of Gaeta's responsibilities is to monitor DRADIS contacts. To navigate, a battlestar must use some way to determine its location relative to other objects, so the Navigation and DRADIS connection must exist.<br />
*{{note|scattered2}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "...But we network the FTL computer with the Nav, DC, and Fire Control computers. Once they're linked, we'll only need ten minutes to complete the calculations." ([[Scattered]])<br />
*{{note|mini1}}While Colonel Tigh was on a handset ordering the retraction of the pods as the battlestar began its escape from Ragnar Anchorage, many events within the ship must be coordinated (bulkheads closing, motors for the pod movement activated, etc.) While there was likely a person in CIC or elsewhere that flips a switch or types in a computer command, there must still be a computer used to coordinate these events as they are too many to manage in a limited amount of time ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini2}}[[William Adama]]: "Radiation levels within norms -- the hull plating kept out most of the hard stuff." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
*{{note|mini3}}''Galactica's'' flak turret guns are seen directly targeting specific missiles during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|phoenix}}[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]]: "Mr. Gaeta, can you set me up with a fiber-optic com link? I need broadcast to all frequencies and direct link to the mainframe." ([[Flight of the Phoenix]])<br />
*{{note|jumpage}}[[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] tries to discourage Adama from a Jump, stating that ''Galactica'' had not made a Jump in over 20 years ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
*{{note|mini4}} [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]: "Well, you can see we do have [[Gaius Baltar|your]] [[CNP]] navigation program here on ''Galactica'', but it's never been loaded into primary memory or even test run." ([[Mini-Series]])<br />
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Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:April_Arcus&diff=27504
User talk:April Arcus
2006-01-28T06:39:41Z
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Thanks a lot for the advice. I'm still trying to figure out all of the intricacies of this wiki thing. Hopefully I don't look like too much of a newb, lol.<br />
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== Viper Ref. Numbers ==<br />
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are you going to do a list of the viper numbers since you have done one of the raptors and put them on offensive arment page?<br />
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:I'll be happy to, if you can tell me which episodes to look in. I can't remember hearing any Vipers being identified numerically in the series. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:19, 12 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:: Most of the Viper numbers are likely to come from the DRADIS closeups, if anything else. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:25, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::: you can find a lot of viper reference numbers in the mini series e.g. viper 450 etc<br />
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:::: To be perfectly honest, I'm not sure that keeping track of individual vipers is going to be a very interesting endeavor. The raptors are at least countable - there are probably no more than ten - so it makes some sense to keep track of them on an individual basis. As far as the vipers go, it would seem sufficient just to give a simple headcount (currently 35, assuming none were destroyed off-screen in "[[Scattered]]"). --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:33, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:::::I've started a few more articles on individual vipers, if the OP is still around/interested. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:40, 13 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== RTFF? ==<br />
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Hi Peter. Is RTFF an acronym for what I believe it is? If so, please refrain from using it in the edit summaries, if only out of civility. Thanks! :-)<br />
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:<b>R</b>ag-<b>T</b>ag <b>F</b>ugitive <b>F</b>leet. What did you think the second "F" stood for? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 12:56, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:: Interesting acronym. :-) I was being a bit paranoid there, given that's an acronym for [http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A//www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp%3Facronym%3DRTFF&ei=6bb-QuXIK4_04QHU2rg8 some other things as well]. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 23:15, 13 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Race and Ethnicity in the Twelve Colonies ==<br />
In your work you state that Gaius Baltar may have an interest only in white women. If you remember, Gaius was caught in bed with an East Asian woman in the miniseries by Number Six. -QuintusCinna<br />
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:Good Catch, thank you. Six also intimated that he had some interest in Boomer. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:26, 28 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==12 Colonies of Kobol Standards==<br />
I know, it sounds a little over eager. I took several zoom in snap shots of the 12 banners both in the mini-series and also in Colonial Day. These are definitely the icons and the colors. Icon was a name used and so far the planet relative to Libra has not been mentioned. This is the only colony I find debatable. Certain colonies may not go with certain standards such as Aquarius or Leonis. I made this with flash in between my summer graduate classes. If you would like to use it, I don't mind- just give me credit. [http://magellannarfe.com/bsgflags.jpg link]<br />
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:Wow, these are really excellent. I've been thinking about creating something like this myself, but I'm glad you've beaten me to the punch. What format are the originals in, some kind of vector package?<br />
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:I note that in the scene we're discussing, Wenutu and Sanne appear to be over different flags than usual. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:18, 28 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::QuintusCinna = Yes, these are vector based using Flash. I've been having fun building a flash battlestar galactica encyclopedia, but was glad to see you already had this even though my flash stuff was nearly finished. If you pay attention to the flags behind, they are all at random placements and that they are placed differently than that of the miniseries' memorial at the end. I played with the idea that the memorial's flags were in order of when they were nuked while the flags on Cloud Nine were placed in order of their signing the Articles of Colonization. It's purely guess though. Note that in Colonial Day, the Sagittaron flag is at the farthest right while Tom Zarek is somwhere in the middle. This clearly shows to me there is no relation between the flags' placements and the delegates sitting.<br />
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:::A few thoughts:<br />
:::If you want these images to be used to their fullest, it would be best to output them as high-resolution anti-aliased PNGs. The wiki software can scale them down for use in individual pages, and we could place them along the right-hand side of the relevant articles.<br />
:::Question 1: Is Libra's colony is really called "Icon"? Where did you see this? I can't remember if Libron or Libris or whatever has been mentioned out loud in the series yet. What's your take?<br />
:::Question 2: I could swear that the symbol on the side of Galactica was also on one of the flags, which I assumed to be Caprica because of the historical association. Was I just making it up?<br />
:::Question 3: In your opinion, do the icons on the colonial flags bear any resemblance to the constellations they replaced (according to [[Home, Part II]]? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:01, 28 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::::QuintusCinna:<br />
::::PNG? I never thought of that. I have them uploaded in gif for the time being. This can always change.<br />
::::Question 1: I have not seen any information telling me there is a colony called Libra as of yet though I have watched each show probably about 7 times (I'm addicted). I'm still waiting. The Tomb of Athena did mention Libra, though. I do know that in the mini-series, Commander Adama or Laura Roslin said something like: "And the following colonies have been destroyed... Picon, Arelon, Sagittaron, Icon..." This isn't an exact quote but the subtitles even showed the word "ICON" which caught me off guard. The statement left an emphatic relation that it was more likely 1 of the 12 colonies instead of a moon like Trevor.<br />
::::Question 2: The symbol on the side of Galactica is the flag for the 12 colonies unless I haven't been paying attention. It's like the US flag for the USA. In the center of the memorial flags at the end of the mini-series shows a black standard with the Phoenix icon in the middle and Battlestar Galactica BSG 75. This suggests to me that this is their symbol.<br />
::::Question 3: I looked at the copy I have twice for Home, Part II and my copy is just way too dark. I would need to see better pictures to help me out because I'm not sure. I assume there would be a connection, especially since I remember Roslin saying Leo's constellation represents the flag of that tribe (which we can assume to be Leonis). Your pictures turn out so clear. I need to figure out how I can do the same.<br />
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:::::Excellent work. I think they look great on the colony articles. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:38, 28 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::::::I don't know the shapes of all 12 Zodiac signs off the top of my head (and maybe we should get some pictures of them in order to display along with these flags for others who want to compare this kind of thing), but Picon (aka Pices) is a couple of fish, usually one over the other, head to tail. I could see that symbol being derived from it. Also, Gemenon would be Gemini, the twins, which are usually depicted by something kind of like this: L7. Additionally, Scorpion looks like the symbol might have a tail with a stinger... Tauron's symbol '''could''' be a bull. Anyway, I think this indicates that at whatever points the flags were revised, the constelation symbols were replaced by a kind of updating or stylization of the original symbol. --[[User:Day|Day]] 00:41, 30 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:You said that Commander Adama in the miniseries said this: "Preliminary reports indicate a thermonuclear device of the 50 megaton range was detonated over Caprica City 30 minutes ago. Nuclear detonations have been reported on the planets Aerelon, Picon, Sagittaron and Gemenon. No reports on casualties, but they will be high."<br />
-That's actually incorrect according to the subtitles. According to the subtitles, the Commander said this: "Preliminary reports indicate a thermonuclear device of the 50 megaton range was detonated over Caprica City 30 minutes ago. Nuclear detonations have been reported on the planets Aerelon, ICON, Sagittaron and Gemenon. No reports on casualties, but they will be high." This is where Icon was shown to be listed. It could be a misspelling on their part, but I think you would find it fascinating. It is in the miniseries at 48:45. --[[User:QuintusCinna|QuintusCinna]] 1:29, 15 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::I haven't got the Miniseries DVD, but I'm certain that what I ''hear'' is "Picon". --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:42, 16 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Character Data ==<br />
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Did you (or someone, I guess) edit the Character Data template such that more fields will be rendered invisible when left blank? If so, neat! However, if it was you, could you add to the documentation on the template's discussion page? If it wasn't you, then sorry and maybe you can help me track down who did? --[[User:Day|Day]] 23:43, 8 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:That was Joe. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:35, 9 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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*Test 123? Anything but that!<br />
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== Answer on Ellen Tigh Page ==<br />
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I've posted my thoughts on the use of naming on the Ellen Tigh page on the Standards and Conventions talk page as you requested. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:12, 14 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Doing a Great Job==<br />
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I just wanted you to know you've been doing excellent work. I'll try to be careful on anything I change, and if I do, I will explain. [[User:QuintusCinna|QuintusCinna]]<br />
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Hah! [http://battlestarwiki.org/index.php?title=Battlestar_Wiki:Standards_and_Conventions&curid=3447&diff=14318&oldid=14256 Nice edit]. I especially liked the addition of signing work. --[[User:Day|Day]] 15:35, 23 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Once again, [http://battlestarwiki.org/index.php?title=Colonial_wireless_alphabet&curid=3775&diff=19779&oldid=19761 nice edit]. I had considered whether to do as you did or maintain alphabetical order and, in the end, just made an arbitrary choice. I neglected to weigh concision into the equation. I'm not known for being concise, though, so... At least I'm consistent. --[[User:Day|Day]] 12:50, 16 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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==New Messsage problem==<br />
Hi, Peter. Do you still have that "new message" problem, with it not going away? It's still there for me, and I was wondering if you had any ideas for getting rid of it. Thanks. --[[User:Fang Aili|Fang Aili]] 14:26, 24 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Pictures==<br />
Hi, if you need any more pictures, let me know and I will try to find it. Btw, great job, keep up the good work. --[[User:Blacklight|Blacklight]]<br />
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:Thank you. That was a timely addition. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:36, 30 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== My condolences... ==<br />
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I've nominated you on the whatsit page. So... Go accept it or decline it. That is all. --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:08, 21 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Re: Welcome ==<br />
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Thank you greatly. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 02:56, 28 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Congrats! ==<br />
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Hi Peter! Just wanted to let you know that you are officially promoted to administrator! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them! Thank you and, again, congratulations! So say we all. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 21:20, 28 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:So say we all. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 21:37, 28 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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: So say we all! --[[User:Day|Day]] 22:15, 28 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::Thanks, guys. Wow, look at all the pretty new tabs... --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:33, 28 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:Sic transit gloria mundi :) --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 00:40, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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: So sez me too. Congratulations, Peter. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:03, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
::Congratulations. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 11:21, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:Congrats Peter --Zareck Rocks 00:48, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Policy Page ==<br />
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Hey Peter, I wanted to ask for your help and advice on fixing the [[Policies]] page. I have been accumulating as many BSG Wiki policies into Category:Battlestar Wiki policies. In order to make the page as complete as possible I wanted to leave no gray areas by defining the word Policy, and list punishments for infringements against the set procedures. Is there anyway you can help me with reverting [[Policies]] to [[Battlestar Wiki:Policy]] and develop a list of possible punishments as well as how you can attain those punishments, set guidelines like:<br />
:After leaving spoiler information out of spoiler tabs after being warned you get such and such punishment.<br />
I know such an infringement would be very minor but I just want to make the rules as black and white as possible. I would be happy to collaborate with you in the Battlestar Wiki:Policy talk page to develop a list of rules/punishments. Joe told me on his user talk page to ask you for assistance with this minor project because you would be highly capable of the task. Thanks and congrats again on your promotion.--Zareck Rocks 00:59, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
:Hrm. I don't necessarily think a set of rules/punishments is a terribly good idea. In my opinion, it's good to have our policies and guidelines set down in writing so that we can point new users to them, and have a general idea of pre-existing group consensus when disputes arise. It's important to keep in mind that our policies all reflect this consensus, and are not static - if a new user disagrees with a policy and argues pursuasively against it, it can (and should) be changed.<br />
:For minor violations, I don't really see the use in "punishing" someone, when their error can simply be corrected and the errant user pointed to the relevant policy.<br />
:In especially bad situations, it might be sensible to keep a log of a user's policy violations, which could be referred to in the event of a ban or RFA. For example, it certainly does not endear a user to me when they repeatedly post controversial or incorrect assertions without a source, but I see no need to revoke someone's privileges on account of such a thing. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:14, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Twelve Colonies Link on you User Page ==<br />
You have a link to "The Twelve Colonies" on your user page. This leads to the disambig page. If you'd change it to "The Twelve Colonies (RDM)", there won't be any more links directly to the disambig page anymore. Thanks. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:55, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:Fixed. Your zeal in this matter is admirable, albeit somewhat frightening. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:06, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::First the Twelve Colonies, and now the Cylons are next (followed shortly by the ''Pegasus''). Perhaps this is a result of all the time I've been spending over in the (TOS) regions (but was that the cause, or a warning sign...). Mostly I'd like to get caught up on all the special pages so that we can better identify when things need fixing. 600+ disambigs was overwhelming to wade through. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:17, 20 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Roger on that - Minor Edits ==<br />
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Just something I am so werid from Wikipedia. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] 23:22, 20 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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==Crud==<br />
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Sorry, thanks for catching my bonehead misspelling of Roslin. I knew I picked the wrong day to quit drinking. [[User:Joemc72|Joemc72]] 00:13, 21 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:No hard feelings. It's an increasingly common error that's been bothering me on a couple forums. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:17, 21 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::Hey, I'm supposed to assume good faith, right? No hard feelings. If I screwed it up, I'm glad you called me on it. :)[[User:Joemc72|Joemc72]] 00:20, 21 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== The/the Fleet ==<br />
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Re: [http://www.battlestarwiki.org/en/index.php?title=Timeline_%28RDM%29&curid=2044&diff=26042&oldid=26014 diff]. Cool. It just needed a "the" at all, whether the T is big or little. There are a bunch of links, though, with the big T... Just keep you eye out, I guess. I'm thinking that's a lower priority than seeking out all the <nowiki>[[Last, First]]</nowiki> character links, for instance. ;) --[[User:Day|Day]] 15:40, 22 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== IPA style ==<br />
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Peter,<BR><br />
First of all, I admire your eloquent and insightful contributions, and your cool head in heated discussions. Kudos on both.<BR><br />
Just in case you're not regularly checking the [[Template_talk:IPA|talk page for the IPA template]], I thought I'd post my query here as well, since you seem to have knowledge of said template:<BR><br />
[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Manual of Style (pronunciation)#IPA style|Wikipedia]] recomments placing a link before IPA text becuase the underscore makes reading the characters difficult. Is there a way to modify our template to comply? -- [[User:Mayosolo|Mayosolo]] 16:50, 23 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:Replied at [[Template talk:IPA]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:06, 23 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Name change ==<br />
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Peter, is it possible for you to change my username? --[[User:BMS|BMS]] 20:00, 27 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:No, only someone with Bureaucrat-level priveleges can do that. You'll need to ask Joe. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 21:59, 27 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Sources for Virgon ==<br />
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When Starbuck leaves the brig and comes to the CIC, Tigh comments about a big fight "shaping up" in Virgon's orbit. 30 battlestars have been destroyed already. When we next hear about the condition of the Fleet, it's after the nuke crisis is over and the Atlantia has beem destroyed. Afterwards, we don't hear anything about engagements between the Fleet and the Cylon invasion force. If there were no gaps (like between the nuclear flash and Starbuck examining the damage), the Virgon battle could have been over within an hour This seems to indicate that the Colonial Fleet at this point has been obliterated. --[[User:mq59|mq59]] 01:35, 28 January 2006 (EST)</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Fall_of_the_Twelve_Colonies&diff=27470
Fall of the Twelve Colonies
2006-01-28T04:06:25Z
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|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] <br> Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]<br />
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica<br />
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!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies<br />
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|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]<br />
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|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]<br />
|-<br />
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2|<br />
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants<br />
|-<br />
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol<br />
| width=50%|[[Cylon]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Commanders<br />
|-<br />
|Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br />
|Unknown<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Strength<br />
|-<br />
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers<br />
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Casualties<br />
|-<br />
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population<br />
|Unknown, minimal<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''<br />
<br />
<br />
After [[Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was sufficiently distributed throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment failures," up to and including total power loss. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br />
<br />
[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening minutes of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the Colonial Fleet aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all military ships by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because it's computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage. <br />
<br />
Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever was left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.<br />
<br />
The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies. With all civilian traffic suspended by the Colonial government before its collapse, Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Several ships without [[FTL|faster-than-light]] ability are left behind to their fate by the other FTL ships of the convoy when Cylons locate the convoy. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by Cylons while the remaining ships join ''Galactica'' at her new location.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrated and communications between other Colonial forces faded into static.<br />
<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Battles]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
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Fall of the Twelve Colonies
2006-01-28T04:00:53Z
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<hr />
<div>{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"<br />
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] <br> Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]<br />
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]<br />
|-<br />
|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]<br />
|-<br />
|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]<br />
|-<br />
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2|<br />
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants<br />
|-<br />
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol<br />
| width=50%|[[Cylon]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Commanders<br />
|-<br />
|Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br />
|Unknown<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Strength<br />
|-<br />
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers<br />
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Casualties<br />
|-<br />
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population<br />
|Unknown, minimal<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''<br />
<br />
<br />
After [[Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was sufficiently distributed throughout the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment failures," up to and including full-system shutdown. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br />
<br />
[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening minutes of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the Colonial Fleet aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all military ships by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because it's computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage. <br />
<br />
Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever was left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.<br />
<br />
The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies. With all civilian traffic suspended by the Colonial government before its collapse, Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Several ships without [[FTL|faster-than-light]] ability are left behind to their fate by the other FTL ships of the convoy when Cylons locate the convoy. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by Cylons while the remaining ships join ''Galactica'' at her new location.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrated and communications between other Colonial forces faded into static.<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Battles]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
Mq59
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Fall of the Twelve Colonies
2006-01-28T03:53:55Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div>{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"<br />
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] <br> Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]<br />
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]<br />
|-<br />
|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]<br />
|-<br />
|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]<br />
|-<br />
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2|<br />
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants<br />
|-<br />
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol<br />
| width=50%|[[Cylon]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Commanders<br />
|-<br />
|Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br />
|Unknown<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Strength<br />
|-<br />
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers<br />
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Casualties<br />
|-<br />
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population<br />
|Unknown, minimal<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''<br />
<br />
<br />
After [[Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was installed in most of the [[battlestars]] of the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment failures," up to and including full-system shutdown. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br />
<br />
[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening minutes of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the Colonial Fleet aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all military ships by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because it's computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage. <br />
<br />
Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever was left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.<br />
<br />
The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies. With all civilian traffic suspended by the Colonial government before its collapse, Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Several ships without [[FTL|faster-than-light]] ability are left behind to their fate by the other FTL ships of the convoy when Cylons locate the convoy. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by Cylons while the remaining ships join ''Galactica'' at her new location.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrated and communications between other Colonial forces faded into static.<br />
<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Battles]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
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Fall of the Twelve Colonies
2006-01-28T03:51:32Z
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<hr />
<div>{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"<br />
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] <br> Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]<br />
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]<br />
|-<br />
|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]<br />
|-<br />
|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]<br />
|-<br />
|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies<br />
|-<br />
|colspan=2|<br />
{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants<br />
|-<br />
| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol<br />
| width=50%|[[Cylon]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Commanders<br />
|-<br />
|Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br />
|Unknown<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Strength<br />
|-<br />
|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers<br />
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s<br />
|-<br />
!colspan=2|Casualties<br />
|-<br />
|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population<br />
|Unknown, minimal<br />
|}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''<br />
<br />
<br />
After [[Baltar]]'s [[CNP]] was installed in most of the [[battlestars]] of the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment failures," up to and including full-system shutdown. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br />
<br />
[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening events of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the Colonial Fleet aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all military ships by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because it's computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage. <br />
<br />
Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever was left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.<br />
<br />
The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies. With all civilian traffic suspended by the Colonial government before its collapse, Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Several ships without [[FTL|faster-than-light]] ability are left behind to their fate by the other FTL ships of the convoy when Cylons locate the convoy. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by Cylons while the remaining ships join ''Galactica'' at her new location.<br />
<br />
Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrated and communications between other Colonial forces faded into static.<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Battles]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
Mq59
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Fall of the Twelve Colonies
2006-01-28T03:51:08Z
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<div>{| border=1 width=300 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 align=right style="margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1em"<br />
|+ Battle before: First [[Cylon War]] <br> Concurrent Battle: [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] <br>Battle after: [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]<br />
|colspan=2|[[Image:Header05.jpg|center|300px|Caprica during the Cylon Attack]] Cylon nuclear bombs detonating on Caprica<br />
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!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Fall of the Twelve Colonies<br />
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|Conflict||[[Cylon Attack|Second Cylon war]]<br />
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|Date||[[Re-Imagined Series Timeline|Zero Hour]]<br />
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|Place||[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] of [[Kobol]]<br />
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|Result||Decisive Cylon victory, occupation of the Twelve Colonies<br />
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!colspan=2 bgcolor=#aaaaee|Combatants<br />
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| width=50%|Twelve Colonies of Kobol<br />
| width=50%|[[Cylon]]s<br />
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!colspan=2|Commanders<br />
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|Admiral [[Nagala]] †<br>Commander [[William Adama]]<br />
|Unknown<br />
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!colspan=2|Strength<br />
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|Approx 120 [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]s, [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]]s, [[Raptor]]s, associated support cruisers<br />
|Unknown number of [[Basestar (RDM)|Basestar]]s, [[Raider]]s, [[Heavy Raider]]s<br />
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!colspan=2|Casualties<br />
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|All but 2 Battlestars, near-total devastation of Colonial Fleet and civilian population<br />
|Unknown, minimal<br />
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''This article details the destruction of the Twelve Colonies in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. For information on the fall of the Twelve Colonies in the Original Series, see [[Battle of Cimtar]].''<br />
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After [[Baltar's]] [[CNP]] was installed in most of the [[battlestars]] of the [[Colonial Fleet]], the [[Cylons]] returned from their forty-year exile with a vengeance. The backdoors installed in the CNP enabled the Cylons to use various electronic attacks that improved Colonial electronic security had prevented in the past. Entire Viper squadrons lost power upon engaging the enemy, while the Cylons were able to virtually shut down the Colonial Defense network (presumably referring to either military communications or planetary defenses) "without firing a shot." The great battlestars suffered an abnormally-high number of "equipment failures," up to and including full-system shutdown. Cylon infiltration of Colonial systems, when combined with the "complete surprise" they had achieved, enabled them to sweep the Colonial Fleet aside with minimal losses and devastate the [[Twelve Colonies]].<br />
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[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed in the opening wave of the attack, as are 30 battlestars, noted to be "a quarter of the Fleet" according to [[Kara Thrace]]'s comment to Commander [[William Adama]] in the opening events of the attack. Admiral Nagala subsequently takes command of the Colonial Fleet aboard battlestar ''[[Atlantia]]''. The primary Colonial effort at mounting a stand against the Cylons centers around the orbit of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Virgon|Virgon]], according to a tactical plot of all military ships by Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] as ''Galactica'' prepared for possible incoming enemies.<br />
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Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' is the only Colonial ship unaffected by the Cylon's computer infiltration, because it's computer systems were never networked--an anti-infiltration tactic used in the First Cylon War that Adama adhered to on ''Galactica'', even in peacetime and despite the advances in Colonial technology. Although ''Galactica'' loses her last squadron of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark VII's in their first sortie against two Cylon [[Raider]]s because their networked computers were vulnerable to infiltration, the battlestar also held 40 Viper Mark II's board as part of its recent decommissioning ceremony. The Viper Mark II's were an old but robust design that were resistant to infiltration and were never equipped to use the [[Command Navigation Program]] that doomed other Colonial fighters. Unaffected by the Cylon computer infiltation and the backdoor commands or viruses they could spread, ''Galactica'' is able to re-arm and deploy its Mark II's, repelling several attacking squadrons of [[Cylon Raider]]s, even surviving a direct hit from a Cylon tactical nuclear warhead, but not without a loss of 85 of its ship's crew in the port [[flight pod]] and some internal damage. <br />
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Soon after, ''Galactica'' receives word that battlestar ''Atlantia'', as well as many more battlestars, are lost in the fighting. [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] assumes command of whatever was left of the Colonial military fleet, and sends a [[wireless]] transmission to any surviving Colonial forces to rendezvous at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] to prepare for a counterattack. Ragnar Station also held desperately needed munitions for the battlestar's gun batteries and her fighters. ''Galactica'' had destroyed its own munitions as part of its decommissioning earlier. ''Galactica'' successfully Jumps to Ragnar, skipping past the bulk of the Cylon fleet that stands in her way.<br />
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The Cylons bombard each of the Twelve Colonies' population and strategic centers with nuclear bombs, including [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. After Picon is nuked, the Colonial [[government]] broadcasts an unconditional surrender, which is completely ignored by the Cylons. President [[Richard Adar]] and all senior Colonial government officials, save for spacebound Secretary of Education [[Laura Roslin]], are presumed killed or missing. The [[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism activates to seek out any remaining government officials, a signal of which only Roslin apparently acknowledges. Sworn in on the government-chartered passenger liner ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', Roslin becomes the new President of the Twelve Colonies. With all civilian traffic suspended by the Colonial government before its collapse, Roslin immediately begins locating other stranded Colonial civilian and military vessels to form a convoy. Several ships without [[FTL|faster-than-light]] ability are left behind to their fate by the other FTL ships of the convoy when Cylons locate the convoy. The [[Sublight Propulsion|sublight]] ships and their passengers are destroyed by Cylons while the remaining ships join ''Galactica'' at her new location.<br />
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Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', commanded by Admiral [[Helena Cain]], also escapes certain destruction by the Cylons at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] by a making a [[Blind jump|blind jump]] into space. Most of the battlestar's networked computer systems were offline for an overhaul except for her navigation computer, which fortunately could execute a Jump. With the "fog of war" and the desperate manner of their escape, ''Pegasus'' is apparently unaware of ''Galactica's'' survival and proceeds to conduct attacks on Cylon forces it encounters as it, too, leaves the solar system of the Colonies. ''Galactica'' has no knowledge of this other battlestar as the Colonies disintegrated and communications between other Colonial forces faded into static.<br />
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol&diff=27454
The Twelve Colonies of Kobol
2006-01-28T03:44:40Z
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<div>[[Link title]]''This article discusses the Twelve Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. See [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]] for information on the Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].''<br />
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{{Twelve Colonies Series}}<br />
Approximately 2,000 years ago, twelve of the thirteen tribes of [[Kobol]] settled on nearby worlds ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). Their names and icons originally corresponded to the twelve signs of the western [[Wikipedia:Zodiac|Zodiac]], although these names drifted over time ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
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It is unclear whether all twelve Colonies are orbiting a single star or not, or what the name of this star might be. The semi-canonical 2003 [[Video Game]] names the home system for the Twelve Colonies as [[Cyrannus]]. This has yet to be confirmed in the new television series, however.<br />
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[[Ronald D. Moore]] has suggested that the Colonies probably maintained some minor observatories and listening posts in outlying star systems, but it is unlikely that ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' will encounter them in the course of the series. ([http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016|RDM, January 30, 2005])<br />
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''In an early script of the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica [[Mini-Series]], the Twelve Colonies were originally located on a single world - [[Kobol]]. However, this was later revised to twelve separate worlds, in keeping with the original concept.''<br />
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==Aerelon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors4.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Aerelon]]<br />
"15 people were killed" when President [[Richard Adar]], for reasons unexplained, sent the [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to Aerelon ([[Water]]).<br />
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The mining colony of [[Troy]], destroyed in a cataclysmic explosion ([[Flesh and Bone]]) is located near Aerelon, and may have been operated by natives of that world. [[Troy]] was the alleged home of [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] ([[Flesh and Bone]]).<br />
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The pro [[Pyramid]] team from Aerelon played against the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] in one of the last games before the Cylon attack. They apparently won ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] - ([[Humano-Cylon#Ron Moore elaborates on the twelve models|Falsified]]. Precise home given as the [[Troy]] mining colony)<br />
*[[Sekou Hamilton]] (Presumably - editor of the ''Aerelon Gazette'')<br />
*[[Socinus]]<br />
*The unnamed [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate from Aerelon voted for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[Colonial Day]])<br />
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===Publications===<br />
*''[[Aerelon Gazette]]''<br />
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==Aquaria==<br />
The unnamed [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate from Aquaria voted for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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==Canceron==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors9.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Canceron]]<br />
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*[[Robin Wenutu]] is the Canceron Representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve]].<br />
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==Caprica==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors3.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Caprica]]<br />
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Caprica is a large blue-green planet, similar to Earth. Its largest population center is [[Caprica City]], which serves as the seat of all three branches of the Colonial [[Government]]. Caprica City is surrounded by other small towns and hamlets, such as [[Oasis]]. Thus far, Caprica is the only planet of the Twelve Colonies that viewers have seen directly. The episode opening credits show Caprica City, as well as the nuclear bombing of Caprica itself.<br />
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Other major cities included [[Delphi]], famous for the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]] and also home to a large spaceport. After the [[Cylon attack]], the [[Resistance (movement)|resistance]] cell led by [[Samuel Anders]] operates near Delphi.<br />
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Caprica is known for its fine Caprican cloth (which Dr. Gaius Baltar wears), [[fumarella leaf]], and art.<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Admiral [[William Adama|William "Husker" Adama]].<br />
*[[Caroline Adama]]<br />
*Captain [[Lee Adama|Lee "Apollo" Adama]].<br />
*Lt. [[Zak Adama]]<br />
*Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]], Vice President<br />
*Captain [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (Had an apartment in Delphi, but Sky One sources state that she was born on Picon).<br />
*[[James McManus]] (Presumably - editor of the ''[[Caprican Times]]'')<br />
*[[Aaron Doral]] (alleged home was in [[Oasis]])<br />
*President [[Richard Adar]] (Presumably - according to background information from SkyOne he started his political career as the mayor of [[Caprica City]])<br />
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===Publications===<br />
*''[[Caprican Times]]''<br />
*''[[Caprican Life]]''<br />
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==Gemenon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors5.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Gemenon]]<br />
Gemenon is home to the Kobol College School of Public Relations ([[Mini-Series]]). <br />
One of the last ever pro [[Pyramid]] games was held on Gemenon just prior to the [[Cylon Attack]] on the Colonies ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
Gemenon natives are known for their literal interpretations of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] ([[Fragged]]).<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Representative [[Sarah Porter]], [[Quorum of Twelve]]<br />
*Corporal [[Venner]]<br />
*Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
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==Leonis==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors12.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Leonis (tentative)]]<br />
[[Safiya Sanne]] is identified as both Leonis's and [[#Picon|Picon]]'s representative on the [[Quorum of Twelve]]. See his article for details.<br />
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==Libra==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors7.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Libra (tentative)]]<br />
''Practically no information has been given yet regarding the colony corresponding to Libra. Its colonial-era name also has yet to be confirmed.''<br />
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The ''[[Space Park]]'', a passenger liner in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]], is of Libran registry.<br />
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==Picon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors2.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Picon (tentative)]]<br />
Picon was the location for the [[Picon Fleet Headquarters|Colonial Fleet Headquarters]] ([[Mini-Series]]), and as such came under heavy attack during the early stages of the [[Cylon Attack|Cylon attack]]. President [[Richard Adar]] offered a complete and unconditional surrender to the Cylons after Picon was nuked; this overture was ignored ([[Mini-Series]], [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]]).<br />
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[[Ellen Tigh]] claimed to be at the airport on Picon, "on her way home" when the attack started, and that some unknown hero ensured she was put on the last ship to get off the planet ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Representative [[Safiya Sanne]], [[Quorum of Twelve]] (Although see his article for some confusion on the matter)<br />
* [[Playa Palacios]], Veteran columnist from the ''Picon Star Tribune'' (presumed a resident)<br />
* [[Asha Janik]], Cylon sympathizer, member of the "[[Demand Peace]]" movement<br />
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*''[[Picon Star Tribune]]''<br />
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==Sagittaron==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors10.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Sagittaron]]<br />
Sagittaron endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies ([[Bastille Day]]), so much so that even after unified Colonial rule, [[Tom Zarek]] lead an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there. One of these acts include blowing up a government building ([[Bastille Day]]). Under Sagittarian penal law, convicted felons lose their citizenship, but have it automatically reinstated after they finish serving their sentences. This included the right to vote and to stand for election ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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As of "[[33]]", 5,251 natives of the planet were in [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]].<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Petty Officer [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
*Representative [[Tom Zarek]], [[Quorum of Twelve]]<br />
*[[Valance]] ([[Colonial Day]])<br />
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==Scorpia==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors6.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Scorpia]]<br />
Home to the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]], where the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' was docked during the [[Cylon Attack]]. Scorpia native [[Eladio Puasha]] serves as its Quorum delegate.<br />
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==Tauron==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors8.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Tauron (tentative)]]<br />
The unnamed [[Quorum of Twelve]] delegate from Tauron votes for [[Gaius Baltar]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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===Natives===<br />
*Admiral [[Helena Cain]]<br />
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==Virgon==<br />
[[Image:ColonialColors1.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and Symbol of Virgon]]<br />
[[Marshall Bagot]] is the Virgon Representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve]]. In public ceremony, the Virgon delegate wears a light blue sash. Soon after the [[Cylon attack]] began, a large battle began "shaping up" over the planet and apparently ended with the destruction of the [[battlestar]] [[Atlantia]] and the death of [[Admiral Nagala]] hours later.<br />
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https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Litmus&diff=26108
Litmus
2006-01-23T02:06:27Z
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Image =[[Image:Litmus3.jpg|300px]]<br />
| Title=Litmus<br />
| Series=[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|the Re-imagined Series]]<br />
| Season=[[Season 1 (2004-05)|1]]<br />
| Episode=6<br />
| Guests=[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Michael+Hogan Michael Hogan] (COL [[Saul Tigh]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Tahmoh+Penikett Tahmoh Penikett] ([[Karl Agathon|Helo]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Aaron+Dougl(Aaron Douglas] (CPO [[Galen Tyrol]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Jill+Teed Jill Teed] (SGT [[Hadrian]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Donnelly+Rhodes Donnelly Rhodes] ([[Dr. Cottle]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Dominic+Zamprogna Dominic Zamprogna] ([[Jammer]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Alonso+Oyarzun Alonso Oyarzun] (SPC [[Socinus]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Nicki+Clyne Nicki Clyne] (SPC [[Cally]])<br>[[Olmos, Bodie|Bodie Olmos]] ([[Brendan Constanza|Hot Dog]])<br>[[Bennett, Matthew|Matthew Bennett]] ([[Aaron Doral]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Nimet+Kanji Nimet Kanji] ([[Candace Myson]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Christina+Schild Christina Schild] ([[Playa Kohn]])<br>[[Gugushe, Biski|Biski Gugushe]] ([[Eick]])<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Raahul+Singh Raahul Singh] (Kimmit)<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Shaw+Madson Shaw Madson] (Marine Corporal)<br>[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Morris+Chapdelaine Morris Chapdelaine] (Reporter #2)<br />
| Writer=[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Jeff+Vlaming Jeff Vlaming]<br />
| Story=<br />
| Director=[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Rod+Hardy Rod Hardy]<br />
| Production=1.06<br />
| Rating=<br />
| US Airdate=February 11 2005<br />
| UK Airdate=November 22 2004<br />
| DVD=March 28 2005 (UK)<br>September 20 2005 (US)<br />
| Population=<br />
| Prev=[[You Can't Go Home Again]]<br />
| Next=[[Six Degrees of Separation]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
:''When Aaron [[Doral]] turns up on ''[[Galactica]]'' and detonates a device made from the ship's own munitions, [[William Adama|Adama]] orders a full investigation - and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] becomes the focus of the investigation.''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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* A group of civilians arrives aboard ''[[Galactica]]''. As they make their way through the ship, one of them slips away to make his way through the ship on his own<br />
* Elsewhere, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]] secretly meets with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] after their relationship had been forbidden by [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] ([[You Can’t Go Home Again]]) – they meet in the inspection space above the refurbished water tanks<br />
* The visitor to ''Galactica'' is seen and recognised by Tigh, who calls security. At the same time, he is seen and challenged by Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]<br />
* Turning to face them, the visitor turns to reveal himself as a copy of [[Aaron Doral]] – suspected Cylon ([[Mini-Series]]) – who has a bomb strapped to his chest, which he detonates – almost killing Adama and Tigh<br />
* With three people killed in the blast, Adama orders an investigation into how Doral got aboard and accessed ''Galactica’s'' own munitions store, and places his [[Master-at-Arms]], Sergeant [[Hadrian]], in charge of what becomes a public inquiry<br />
* Interviewing [[Hangar Deck]] personnel, including [[Cally]] and [[Socinus]], Sergeant [[Hadrian]] latches on to the fact that she is given three different locations for Tyrol’s whereabouts during the time when Doral came aboard the ship; the time coinciding to the time Tyrol was meeting Boomer<br />
* At the same time, [[Laura Roslin]] holds a press conference, revealing the truth about [[Humano-Cylon|humano-Cylons]] and releasing pictures of Doral and [[Leoben Conoy]]. The news is greeted with a stunned reaction throughout [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]<br />
* As a result of her investigations, Hadrian brings both Boomer and Tyrol before the board of inquiry for questioning<br />
* Boomer is questioned first – specifically about her relationship with Tyrol, which she claims has stopped on the orders of the [[XO]]<br />
* Hadrian then focuses on Tyrol and his whereabouts at the time of the bombing, and Boomer claims she has no idea <br />
* Putting Tyrol on the stand, Hadrian focuses her questions around a hatchway that was left open – a hatchway he should have ensured was closed, and which lead directly to the small arms locker where the explosives had been stolen, and to which he had the access code<br />
* In response, Tyrol points out that several people have the access code to the locker – including Hadrian herself, who is also responsible for internal security aboard the ship<br />
* Hadrian challenges Tyrol as to whether Boomer may have left the hatch open. Remembering their meeting, in which she stated she had used the hatchway to avoid being seen on her way to him, Tyrol lies and states he has no idea <br />
* He is then challenged to explain why his claim to have been in his bunk at the time of the bombing is disputed by three of his own crew, who put him in different places, doing different things at the time Doral was aboard<br />
* When Hadrian accuses him of being a Cylon collaborator, Tyrol refuses to answer, citing his right to not self-incriminate himself under the [[Articles_of_Colonization|23rd Article of Colonization]]<br />
* Specialist Socinus is next on the stand, and when he realizes his original statement has landed Tyrol in trouble, he changes his story: he actually left his post and went to the galley for food, using the companionway and hatch in question to get there<br />
* When challenged about the hatch, he admits he was the one who left it open, thus accidentally providing the Cylon with the means to get to the explosives<br />
* Hadrian still tries to involve Tyrol, demanding to know if he ordered Socinus to leave the hatch open. Socinus won’t be moved: he left the hatch open <br />
* In sickbay, [[Gaius Baltar]] visits [[Kara Thrace]], hoping to rekindle the attraction of their first card game (“[[Water]]”). She, however, is not in the mood. To get rid of him, she asks him about the bombing and whether he felt the Cylon was after his [[Cylon detector|super secret project]], which is located close to where the bomb went off<br />
* This scares Baltar to the point where he leaves Thrace alone, demanding to know from [[Number Six|Six]] as to why the Cylons are trying to kill him when he’s following her orders<br />
* Six points out the Cylon were probably after the detector – and that anyway, the Cylons don’t know about her and Baltar<br />
* With Socinus apparently the guilty party, Adama discusses the outcome of the inquiry with Roslin – when he is called before the board himself, where Hadrian comes close to building a picture of conspiracy rising all the way to Adama <br />
* Realizing things are out of hand, Adama calls a halt to things, confining Hadrian to her quarters and disbanding the board of inquiry<br />
* Roslin holds a second conference, issuing Socinus’ name and stating he has been removed from duty and placed in the brig for dereliction of duty<br />
* Hearing this, Tyrol goes to Adama to try and secure Socinus’ release. Instead, he is confronted by the truth: as a result of his unauthorized tryst with Boomer, he has created a poor example of leadership & can’t actually say where Socinus was or what he was doing. Socinus will remain in the brig<br />
* As a result, Tyrol meets with Boomer and ends their relationship. He then asks her if she left the suspect hatchway open the last time they met. She refuses to answer. <br />
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===On Caprica=== <br />
* [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] sets out to find his missing [[Sharon Valerii]].<br />
* As a result of his decision, [[Number Six|Six]] gives Valerii a vicious beating to feign a fight with Cylons once he “finds” her<br />
* Helo later discovers a lone [[Cylon Centurion]] dragging a bound and apparently unconscious Valerii, whom he rescues<br />
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== Summary from SciFi.com ==<br />
When a new copy of Doral, a Cylon who had been previously exposed while serving as the Galactica's public-relations officer, sneaks aboard and blows himself up, killing three people, Commander Adama and President Roslin must finally make public the terrifying secret known only to a select few: Cylons now look like humans.<br />
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Adama also appoints an independent tribunal to investigate the recent security breaches and names Sgt. Hadrian as lead investigator. When Hadrian discovers a hatch was left open, even after Chief Tyrol had reported that all were closed, she focuses the investigation on him and his relationship with Sharon.<br />
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Tyrol's crew covers for their chief, taking the blame for his failure. When Hadrian tries to expand the inquiry, haranguing Adama about his decision not to reveal the truth about Cylons, the commander shuts down the tribunal.<br />
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Meanwhile, on Caprica, a trio of Cylons observe Helo as he tries to save himself and find the woman he thinks is Sharon.<br />
--This section ©2005, [http://www.scifi.com SCI FI]. All rights reserved.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*Was Baltar's lab really Doral's intended target? The is no clear evidence of this - only a comment passed by Starbuck & seized upon by Six<br />
*If Baltar's lab wasn't the target, where was Doral heading? [[CIC]]?<br />
*Why did Hadrian fixate on the Tyrol / Boomer relationship? This line of questioning was distinct from her attempts to expose Tyrol as a "Cylon conspirator"<br />
*Will the "outing" of Doral and Conoy really make Cylon activities within the Fleet that much more difficult? What of Six? Will it mean we'll see other models swing into action? ([[Flesh and Bone|Things do become tougher for Cylon operatives]]<br />
*Why is the concept of love so important to the Cylons? <br />
**Cylons believe that "God is love".<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
This inspiring, character-driven story survives a potentially damaging television cliché: the over-zealous prosecuting investigator / officer / lawyer whose motives either go further than the need to get to the truth, or becomes so bound up with the letter of the law that he or she loses sight of the spirit of the law. As Hadrian pursued her investigation, it seemed "Litmus" was heading in the same direction. <br />
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However, While Sergeant Hadrian does turn out to be a somewhat clichéd prosecutor, it’s not down to melodramatics or poor writing. Rather, it is very evident that Ron Moore and David Eick opted to tread this path quite deliberately into order to avoid playing all of their cards at once, as the context of the investigation into Boomer and Tyrol could so easily have done. Instead they use the inquiry as window dressing, allowing the deeper truths to be revealed elsewhere and with greater effect, such as the confirmation that “love” is one of the driving forces being the Cylon actions on Caprica. <br />
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Like “[[Act of Contrition]]”, it is the rich layering and interweaving of individual storylines within this episode, coupled with the developing complexities of the dynamics between the various players, that lifts it from the realm of the potentially hum-drum to create some outstanding television drama.<br />
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Nowhere else is the interweaving better demonstrated than in the way the two major thrusts of the story – the investigation on ''Galactica'', and Helo’s situation on Caprica – are brought together as a seamless whole: a clever period of testing on so many levels. Hence the title of the episode: "Litmus", as in litmus tests:<br />
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*Tyrol's loyalty to Boomer as they come before Hadrian's tribunal<br />
*Helo's loyalty (possible love) of Valerii (will he go north or south?) on Caprica<br />
*The loyalties of Tyrol's crew - just how far are they prepared to go to cover for him (all the way to the brig, in Socinus' case)?<br />
*Tyrol's ability to face up to his responsibilities as a senior NCO.<br />
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In the fleet – to use Tigh’s words – the cat is most certainly out of the bag. The people now know Cylons can perfectly imitate humans – but will this help or hinder the Colonials in their struggle to survive? Will it really make moving among the humans that much harder for the Cylons? The manipulation of paranoia is a powerful tool, and while the admission by Roslin may help increase levels of caution and alertness throughout the fleet, it leaves open the door for further, more subtle manipulations on the part of the Cylons. If nothing else, with any remaining Doral and Conoy models now having to go into hiding, will it lead to other models being revealed?<br />
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And what of the Cylons themselves? Do they really consider Baltar’s detector a threat? Indeed, was Baltar’s lab really Doral’s intended target? There is absolutely no proof of this within the episode: only Starbuck’s comment. True, it is something Six manipulated – possibly to confuse Baltar further and make him more susceptible to her demands – and it certainly allowed her to reinforce the (possible) lie that she is “unknown” to other Cylons in the fleet. But these points together do not confirm that Batlar’s laboratory was indeed the target. Given her attitude towards Baltar in recent episodes, a viewer may wonder if Starbuck raised the idea simply out of mischief, knowing it would rattle the good doctor.<br />
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Had the Cylons really wished to destroy Baltar’s work, they already had a far more efficient agent aboard the ship, one who could obtain the required explosives and deliver them directly to the lab, prime them to go off remotely and get out again without raising any suspicions: Sharon Valerii. Why resort to Doral? Is Baltar’s lab under that heavy a guard? <br />
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Certianly, Doral knows the layout of the ship well enough to reach the lab – but by the same mark, he knows the ship well enough to reach a number of potential targets, including CIC, so his exact goal is never a given. <br />
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Turning to Cylon activities on Caprica, once again it seems to be a need to understand – or perhaps experience true love is one of the goals behind their manipulation of Helo. Could it be that, for all their talk of God’s love, etc., “love” as an emotion / motivating force is something the Cylons have never really experienced, and that without it, they feel unable to fully connect with their God? True, they have had at least two affairs with humans – Six with Baltar, and Valerii with Tyrol – but again, both of these appear to be driven by physical desire rather than “true” love. <br />
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"Litmus" certainly reveals how "human" Cylons have become in other respects: Six is clearly jealous of Valerii's role in the scheme of things, and she clearly takes great delight in administering Valerii's beating. But was the savageness of the beating purely due to Six's jealousy towards Valerii, or could it also be “payback” for what happened to her “sister” when Valerii “rescued” Helo? <br />
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Returning to ''Galactica'' herself, one of the joys of this episode is seeing [[Aaron Douglas]] flex his acting muscle. Throughout the episode, Douglas plays his character with the right mix of strength, stubbornness, confusion, concern, respect, parental care and deep affection. In many ways he demonstrates that, after Adama, Tyrol is perhaps the most respected member of ''Galactica’s'' crew. <br />
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While the scene with the bootleg still was clearly contrived to further establish Tyrol’s standing in the eyes of his crew, it is played so well it works. Indeed, coupled with his reaction after the fire in the hanger pod during the mini, the “still scene” very much reinforces what we already know about Tyrol, so much so that the flag (“this guy is cool, his people will back him when he’s in trouble”) is only quietly waved in the background.<br />
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During his interrogation, Douglas is even more subtle in his approach. Taking a leaf from Olmos’ book, he lets his facial expressions do his talking for him, conveying the depth of Tyrol’s concern, resentment, suspicion (of both Hadrian and Valerii as Hadrian’s questions raise issues in his mind), anger and confusion. <br />
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But where Douglas shines the most is in his epilogue scene with Edward James Olmos. Here we have a further reverberation of another of BSG’s motifs: you reap what you sow. Tyrol goes to Adama to plead the case for Socinus, convinced he can persuade Adama – a man with whom he has a long-standing bond – to release the young Specialist. Instead, he’s confronted with the brutal truth: while he may be liked and respected by his crew, Tyrol’s own example of constantly slipping off to rendezvous with Boomer has undermined discipline on his decks. His actions have encouraged those under his command to do very much as he does: slip away when the urge calls. So what if Socinus wasn’t off getting laid by a senior officer? His dereliction of duty resulted – as far as Adama is concerned - in the deaths of four men. <br />
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And this is where we see the other edge of the sword: Tyrol knows full well that Boomer used the same accessway as Socinus; she may have been just as responsible for leaving the hatch open as the Specialist. But to admit as much to Adama would do as much harm as good: it may secure Socinus’ release - but it would bring the full weight of Adama’s suspicion down on Valerii. And without further proof, it is evident this is not something Tyrol is willing to risk – for now. But the wheels are turning: as evidenced in his final question to Boomer. <br />
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[[Edward James Olmos]] also reinforces his stature as the central figure in this series. In closing down Hadrian’s inquisition, Adama again demonstrates his strength of character, that he can command words as effectively as he can the men and women under his authority. It is his physical presence, coupled with the quiet voice of authority that brings the investigation to a close without the need for any overt show of command or position on his part. Adama calls the Inquiry a "witch-hunt," referencing the notorious Salem witch trials of the early North American colonies of 17th Century Great Britain. This expression is strange in that the Twelve Colonies does not necessarily share the history of "Earth" as viewers know it. However, it is typical for democratic societies to know when justice is fair and when it is not. While the origin of the actual term in Colonial history is specious, its meaning is not. The concepts of democracy and citizen's rights are sufficiently evident in what we have learned of the [[Articles of Colonization]], suggesting that one or more of the Colonies has had a unjust inquisition of sorts in their past that required justice be restored.<br />
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The other player that deserves extra special mention in this episode is again [[James Callis]]. The viewer cannot help but further admire him in his portrayal of Gaius Baltar – and full marks to the director of this segment for some beautiful use of the camera. Baltar may only be on-screen for around 5 minutes – but what a five minutes! Starting with his obvious attempt at flirting with Starbuck, Callis’ performance as Baltar is stunning. From sexual cockiness through to concern, worry and then panic at the thought the Cylons were after him, Baltar runs his own gamut of emotions – and draws the audience along with him. <br />
Full marks too, for the way in which Baltar’s conversation with Six is shown as they progress down the corridor, swapping between the two of them walking hand-in-hand, to shots of Baltar on his own and holding a one-sided conversation with himself!<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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*Some 24 hours have passed since the events of "[[You Can’t Go Home Again]]"<br />
*There was at least one additional Doral in the Fleet<br />
*Underground activities are beginning to take place on ''Galactica'' – as shown by the creation of the still<br />
*Baltar’s Six claims not to be in contact with other Cylons in the fleet, but it is far from clear as to whether she is speaking the truth<br />
*Adama’s father was a civil liberties lawyer on Caprica<br />
*Adama has a hobby: constructing large models of sailing vessels<br />
*Baltar is now actively working on his [[Cylon detector]]<br />
*Civilians routinely pass through ''Galactica''<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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<i>Adama, to Sergeant Hadrian and her Board of Inquiry:</i><br />
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<b>Adama:</b> You’ve lost your way, Sergeant. You’ve lost sight of the purpose of the law: to protect its citizens, not persecute them. Whatever we are, whatever’s left of us – we’re better than that. Now these proceedings are closed. You’ll be transported back to your ships and we appreciate your help.<br><br />
<b>Board Chair:</b> This is an independent board. You have no power to close our inquiries.<br><br />
<b>Adama:</b> This is a witch-hunt. I will not have it aboard my ship.<br />
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<i>Adama to Tyrol, after Socinus has been incarcerated:</i><br />
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<b>Adama:</b> What I can’t do is I can’t let someone who wears this uniform get up on the witness stand and lie under oath. And that’s what your man did. He either lied the first time or he lied the second time. And it doesn’t matter. He’s guilty, and he’ll pay the price. You? You’ll pay a different price. You’ll have to walk out on that hanger every day knowing that one of your men is in the brig because you couldn’t keep your fly zipped. You are the most experienced non-commissioned officer we have left. You keep my planes flying. I need my planes to fly.<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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* ''"Major question: it looks like discipline hasn't really improved on the ship in the first few episodes. In some ways, it's getting worse. Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] didn't help matters at all in "Litmus" when he essentially declared himself to be above the law. "''<br />
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:Security and discipline are definitely problems on ''[[Galactica]]'' and they're not going away. The ship was far from the best of the best at the time of its retirement and the people on board weren't either. The discipline was lax and many procedures had been allowed to fall by the wayside. Now, this ship and its crew are forced to operate far above what they considered to be the norm and it's not an easy transition for any of them.<br />
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:This was a deliberate creative choice. It's one thing for the finest ship, with the finest crew to deal with the end of the world and a long flight from a relentless enemy, it's quite another when you were just a bunch of people trying to get by. I find it a more challenging and interesting environment to tell stories in and I find these people more heroic in their actions just by the nature of the obstacles they have to overcome in their day to day existence.<br />
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User talk:The Merovingian
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<div>== Regarding "Spoilers" ==<br />
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Welcome to the Wiki! Just wanted to drop a note by and state that this site doesn't censor spoilers. Therefore, I've reverted your changes. See the [[Battlestar Wiki:Spoiler Policy|Spoiler Policy]]. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 11:06, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Well yes, but I think we should just keep stuff that's current, or chronological i.e. put the first entry under "Pegasus" saying that Tyrol served there, THEN mentioned the rest...I don't know. P.S. What's with that IP address that keeps sending junk links on this wiki? Is it a person or a bot?<br />
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: I think its a bot of some type. I'll probably end up blocking the IP ranges. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:52, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Cylon Wars==<br />
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Just wanted to compliment you for your recent adjustments to the Cylon War articles. Nice job. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:43, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Ditto. I like the Battle pages you've created. It has a great functionality to show in a nutshell any changes in equipment and manpower. If that isn't already there, can we have a count of lost Colonial ships, pilots, or other humans? [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:09, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:As I understand it, there is a "list of pilots" page, and I believe that it and the article for ''Galactica'' cover Viper numbers (though Raptor numbers are anyone's guesss so far; the official site+on screen dialog has only said the number of Vipers). I also appreciate it that RDM, unlike the morons on Star Trek: Voyager (HOW MANY shuttles did they lose?) will devote an ENTIRE EPISODE's "A" plot ("Flight of the Phoenix") to saying that the Galactica has reached the point where they have to start building more Vipers ''from scratch''. --->Actually, all I did was copy/paste the wiki battlebox from Wikipedia's Battle of Pelennor Fields page....of course, I WROTE most of the entry for Pelennor Fields including the battlebox, as well as the box for Helm's Deep, Black Gate, Bywater, Dale, etc. If you check "history" on Wikipedia I (Ricimer) actually have written ''most'' of the LOTR material, and I regulary update the Battlestar Galactica pages. Weird thing is, on Wikipedia if you type in "Cylon" you get this 6th century B.C. Athenian statesman named "Cylon" with a link to "the fictional robots". I think maybe 5 people would be looking for the ancient Athenian: anyone known how to bump Galactica's Cylons ahead of them? Anyway, the hard part was actually figuring out how to get a color that was visible on a black backround; it was originally ''pink'' and looked horrible (I don't know how to change colors) and had to toy around a dozen or so times before I got a nice bluish color. ---Ricimer 8:00, 18 Aug, 2005 EDT<br />
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==12 Colonies==<br />
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Thanks on the Colony stuff, I'm still new at this.<br />
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==Nuggets==<br />
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You said:<br />
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:According to the SciFi.com official website, after the events of "The Hand of God", there are 5 surviving nuggets.<br />
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Can you tell me where to find this? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:45, 27 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:Go to Scifi.com's Battlestar Galactica page. Click on "Ships Gallery" go to the Viper page. Click on "CAG roster". It gives a list of ships. During the first season it was updated every episode that Vipers were lost or damaged, up until episode #10 "The Hand of God" (I actually don't think any Vipers were lost since then). Anyway, it says that there are "5 trainee pilots" right there. So I went to the "nugget" page and updated it to say that there are 5 now (Hot Dog, Kat, and three others apparently). ---Ricimer, 27 Aug, 2005 4:00 pm EDT<br />
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==Your fight with [[User:Philwelch|Philwelch]]==<br />
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Gentlemen: rather than reverting each other's edits on [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and submitting ban requests, please attempt a civilized discussion on the article's [[Talk:Cylons|talk page]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:03, 31 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Agreed. I will revert the Cylon page to whatever it was in the last edit before this started, then continue on the discussion page. ---Ricimer, 1 Sept, 2005<br />
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==Redirects==<br />
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Use <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Gideon]]</nowiki>, for example. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:08, 10 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Humano-Cylons ==<br />
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I was looking into your reason for removing my "Starbuck's a Cylon" bit and wanted to point out that the line that Boomer says concerning Starbuck having a child does not say that she would breed with a Cylon. Boomer states, "No, if you agreed to bear children, it’d be voluntary, maybe even set you up with someone you like." Now, if Starbuck were to be set up with a Cylon to create a hybrid and the "twelve models" bit meant twelve different Humano-Cylon models, that would be extremely limiting (after all, we've already seen the chemistry between her and Leoben. Heh.). If the Cylons were trying to set her up with Simon, for example, it seems odd how he kept pushing her buttons (the child abuse thing, the "do you see any Vipers around here" bit, etc.). If one wanted to look at Boomer's comment as a general one relating to humans, then it still seems like Starbuck would not really work in that situation, either. I think that Boomer's comment could mean that the Cylons would set her up with Anders or Lee Adama, both of whom she has feelings for (note that Boomer says "someone you like," not "someone you would like."). While a case could be made that Anders is a Cylon, his presige and career in professional Pyramid makes it likely that he would have been in the public eye for more than two years prior to the Cylon holocaust, which, as I stated, seems to be the point of origin of Cylon infiltration. However, the information on Anders is quite weak and would make such a case on either side very difficult. D'anna Biers may have been in the public eye as a reporter, though the case has been made by others that she was probably a low profile reporter prior to the attack, and therefore would not have had the exposure that Anders enjoyed. Also, if one were to make the case that Baltar was a Cylon and that he could be used, the brainscan performed on him in Home, Part II, seems like it would have shown silica pathways in his brain, as that appears to still be part of Cylon technology (according to the mini-series), so it seems unlikely that he's a Cylon, too. Well, that turned into quite the long and roundabout case. Anyhow, as Boomer, nor anyone else in the episode, seems to have stated directly that Starbuck would be made to breed with a Cylon, there is enough wiggle-room to justify that this may not have been the case. -- [[User:Linaf|Linaf]]<br />
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== Final Cut == <br />
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Thanks for the clean-up on my addendum... was kinda klunky.... <br />
[[User:Lone Odessan|Lone Odessan]] 18:17, 11 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== The Great Cylon Turkey Shoot ==<br />
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You, sir, are a genius with the new battle page title. I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read your title change. The content of this page should be equally amusing. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 01:46, 17 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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*No sir, I was actually quite serious. RDM was in the NROTC, and he says he has stacks of Word War II naval history books which much of the new "realistic" Battlestar Galactica is based on. My new title is a referrence to an infamous World War II battle: The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, properly referred to as the Battle of the Philippine Sea. It was the battle that struck a death knell to the Japanese Imperial Navy: the Japanese Naval Carrier threat was elminated in this battle and they never challenged US air dominance again. While suffering relatively light losses, for every one American plane shot down, *''four''* Japanese plains were shot down, and their carriers were annihilated. The battle was incredbily lopsided. Because of this lopsidedness, I felt it appropriate to use it here, because BSG is based on a lot of WWII carrier stuff. I'll leave a note there saying it's a name we made up. By the way, we need to link these battles into the episode articles so people know to look at them (casual fans coming onto the site). Problem I have though, is that we don't know if there were Turkeys on the 12 Colonies! (see Life Forms section of "Twelve Colonies"). ---Ricimer, 17 Sept, 2005<br />
: Still a genius move in both humor as well as military history research. I'm faintly familiar with that WWII battle: I think your name is quite appropriate. At least we know the Colonies have blackbirds. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:00, 17 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Don't Bite the Newbies==<br />
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While [[User:Destinymaker]] familiarizes himself with [[Battlestar Wiki:Welcome, newcomers]], please give [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers]] a read. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:15, 18 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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I appoligie, though I am a strong believer in the survival of the fittest. --Ricimer, 18 Sept, 2005<br />
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:Hey, Ricimer. You may also want to cut Sprocketeer a little slack, although in principle I agreed with some of what you said. See my edits on the Phoenix page as well. I struck your last edits only because they were too argumentative (as in fistfight) to reedit and add in the time I had. Please add them again as appropriate to the existing page information, which also has my last edits, too. (we were on the page at the same time). [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 19:12, 19 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::No, they were actually quite civil. I made a point by point rebuttal. I'll go back and see if I can iron them out a little though. Still, he should realize that that should have been put in talk. ---Ricimer, 19 Sept, 2005<br />
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==Definite Articles==<br />
There's a [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Standards and Conventions|place]] to throw your two cents in. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:49, 19 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Kudos==<br />
Ricimer, I just wanted to say that although I know we don't always see eye to eye on everything, I think the work you've done on the battle pages is fantastic, and I've greatly appreciated your contributions here. Thank you, and keep it up. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:40, 24 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Moving Pages==<br />
Each page should have a "move" tab right after history. If you use this instead of pasting the content into a new article, it will preserve the edit history. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:12, 30 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Jzanjani==<br />
Ricimer, please. He's ''allowed'' to do whatever he wants with his talk page. At the very worst blanking it is in bad taste. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page|Wikipedia:Talk page]], specifically the section "Can I do whatever I want to my own user talk page?" --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:24, 6 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:Dear friend Ricimer,<br />
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:Since I have joined the community of Wikipedians here on battlestarwiki, it has been my misfortune to have alienated so prolific and knowledgeable a contributor as yourself. Spencerian, Farago, and Watcher have all played third parties to our heated disputes, which have occasionally - it shames me to admit it - come close to blows. Our disputes have rendered vulgar the level of discourse on this website and have proven a distraction to the practical minds which everyday toil to clarify the mysteries of Battlestar Galactica. Because we have been unable to resolve our differences, our bickering has consumed a significant portion of the efforts of our peers, and thus may delay key contributions in the future.<br />
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:Therefore, this situation can not continue. Whatever form our differences take, it is unacceptable that we continue to divert the efforts of our eloquent colleagues. Let us put the past behind us, and let us go forward hand-in-hand as we unravel the complexities of this, the greatest television series in the history of the Twelve Colonies. Ricimer, please accept my most sincere, genuine, and heartfelt [http://webspace.utexas.edu/joz59/funny_pics/fuck_soccer.jpg apology.]<br />
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::Respectfully,<br />
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:::''[[User:Jzanjani|Jzanjani]]''<br />
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::::You come here under the banner of peace, and yet you post me an "apology" link at the end connecting to a pic of a kid giving me The Finger? For this the only Verdict is Vengeance. <br />
::::: Further posting into this is not worth my or anyone else's time. I am going to resume my normal 'rounds about the wiki without futher commentary or complaint regarding this. But you have just made an enemy for life. ---Ricimer, October 7, 2005<br />
::::::I, for one, appreciate you standing down from this, Ricimer. The Wiki would diminish without your contributions, though I'm not taking sides. Just remember Peter's words and don't bite the newbies too hard, OK? :) I've already put my 2 cents on Jzanjani's page on '''his''' behavior, and we'll let that alone unless Joe has any further wisdom to part to either of you. I'm glad you, like many of us here, are now officially [http://www.branchbrothers.net/asshole.htm a recovering member] :) . Take my advice on not flaming, leave the vengeance thing to the writers of other fiction (life's too short to be angry) and keep up the good contribs. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:31, 7 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
::::I think the above link is a tad off-color, otherwise fine---Ricimer<br />
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== Regarding Jzanjani ==<br />
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Ricimer,<br />
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If you haven't been made aware of it already, I have banned Jzanjani for one week starting today. <br />
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I'm letting you know that I don't blame you for any actions you took against Jzanjani -- which consisted of, mainly, following good manners in reverting Jzanjani's wipes of his own talk page while an issue was still being discussed. Were I in your position, I would've done the same myself. <br />
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While I don't say this often -- perhaps because I feel I don't ''have'' to, but maybe I should just to make it clear -- I appreciate your contributions to this Wiki. You are a valued contributor here and I appreciate your restraint in this situation. You backed down and I'm sorry that Jzanjani didn't have the same sense to follow your example. Now both of you don't have to like each other, again I don't have the right to dictate how people should behave. Not my place. However, if it invovles this Wiki, then behavior becomes my concern and I'll make sure it stops at the front door, as it were. (Or the windows, or whatever entry point one chooses to use to enter this website.)<br />
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Believe me when I say that this could have spiraled so far out of control that it might have damaged this community we've built here.<br />
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If Jzanjani turns out to be a troll -- I hope to hell he isn't, but I've been disappointed before by human nature -- then I'll ban him permanently. I've made this clear to him on his talk page, so none of this should be constitued as "talking behind Jzanjani's back". <br />
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Anyway, again, I appreciate your contributions and, if you feel you need to take a break from the Wiki yourself, feel free. Take a breather. You've earned it the honest way, as it were.<br />
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Thank you. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 21:37, 8 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Language/Aerelon/Grace Park ==<br />
Hello Ricimer,<br />
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I hope I'm communicating with you the right away. I'm about as nugget as nugget gets on any Wiki system, including this one!<br />
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There were a couple of changes to the entry on Grace Park and Aerelon language that I wanted to explain. First, it is true that Grace Park is a fluent speaker of Korean, but her English--either as Sharon Valerii or as herself in interviews--doesn't have any trace of a Korean accent whatsoever. I'm married to a native Korean speaker, have friends and colleagues who speak Korean either as their first or second language, and have been studying the language for a few years myself, so I'm absolutely certain that Korean has no bearing on what might or might not be considered an Aerelon accent.<br />
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On a somewhat smaller matter, there's no accepted version of English called "General English," with a capital G. I am willing to accept a lower case g, "general English," to indicate "common sense" notions about that accent/group of accents.<br />
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:Actually, I am not the one that keeps putting the Korean references on that page, and I thought it was irrelevant but people kept putting them back. The thing I had was that I don't think that Grace Park (on or off camera) really speaks with a "Canadian accent" at all; you came here after this, but I had this whole edit that said that it was just an accent that we the audience could not possibly detect but a Colonial could, but this was removed. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 17:44, 19 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Picture Updates to Battle Pages ==<br />
Very nice work there, Ricimer. Adds greatly to the pages majesty and atmosphere. Trying to work these pages up to quality articles, perhaps? :) [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:32, 20 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Pronunciation ==<br />
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How ''do'' you pronounce "Ricimer"? Is it RIH.kih.mer, or RIH.sih.mer? Or is the stress elsehwere? I'm just curious. --[[User:Day|Day]] 18:13, 22 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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*[[Wikipedia:Ricimer|Ricimer]] was the "shadow ruler" of the Roman Empire in it's twilight years. He ruled through a series of puppet emperors, and while himself not 'officially' controlling the state, he was the puppeteer pulling all the strings from off stage. It was not only ''possible'' for me to take this name, it was ''essential''. It's pronounced "Rih-sih-mer" (mer as in drum''mer''). --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 19:53, 22 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Hrm. If that's Latin, then I doubt it had a soft C at the time. However, neither did Caesar, so I assume you're giving the modernized/bastardized pronunciation. Interesting name story. Huh. :) --[[User:Day|Day]] 06:02, 23 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
:::Well, Ricimer belong to a german tribe, so his name probably wasn't Latin, I would assume. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:39, 24 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Image Use from GalacticaStation.com-A No-No ==<br />
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Ricimer, I strongly believe that using images from Galacticastation is some violation of derivative or extended use of another person's web site without permission, since the site appears private. The web site does not have a Creative Commons License, which is the only fair-use sharealike license we're supposed to acknowledge or derive content from. (Technically, we can't share items from Wikipedia for this reason--Peter had to chastise me on this when I was updating the [[Basestar (TOS)]] page. Yes, the images and likenesses that GS gets are Universal's, but it's ''where'' you get them that matters here.<br />
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For images, you can get many excellent caps from [http://tviv.org/wiki/Main_Page TVIV], a TV episode Wiki that does have a CCL, so we can copy items from there (with appropriate credit) without issue. They have a number of BSG ep pages that are really atrocious in textual content but generally great caps... --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:25, 7 November 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I don't think it matters. Screengrabs we use on this site are copyright Universal Studios anyway, and used under the aegis of fair use, not the CCL. Galacticastation has no copyright over the screen grabs they post, and certainly can't relicense them to us under the CCL (or any license, for that matter). If we're infringing anyone's copyright by using the images, it's Universal's, not Galacticastation's. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:17, 7 November 2005 (EST)<br />
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::I've got one "yea" and one "nay" on this: can Joe please give me final word on whether or not we can use GalacticaStation screencaps? Because TVIV doesn't really have many useable ones. I've tried making one or two for Seelix and Jammer, which were removed. I'm a total spaz at this; how are screencaps ''originally'' made, anyway (what do you need to do it)? --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:39, 24 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::: I've made [http://battlestarwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&offset=0&limit=50&target=Day&namespace=6 a few] image contributions, myself, and all of them are screens I grabbed by my lonesome. As I've gone, I've kind of hammered out a system: For DVDs (I own the British version of Season 1 and the first half of Season 2 on DVD, a friend of mine will be giving me the Mini, eventually), I view them in [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC], which has a "snapshot" feature which doesn't seem to care about copy protection (or whatever it is that makes the "Print Screen" button not work). This saves them as .png. I then fire up good ol' [http://www.gimp.org/ the GIMP] and do any cropping or resizing I feel like and save 'em as a .jpg. So... That's how '''I''' do it, anyway. --[[User:Day|Day]] 02:07, 27 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Sacrifice ==<br />
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Dude. Re: Your edit to the Season 2 episode listing. If you put the source in there, it would carry a lot more weight. Also... You have sacrifice as 2.14... Is that a mistake, or is there some weird numbering thing I'm missing or was there a typo in the note, or... What's up with that? Lastly, you should seriously consider trimming/archiving your talk page. --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:08, 21 November 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Don't Bite the Newbies (or the Vets), Part Deux ==<br />
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Hey,Ricimer. You're an excellent contributor, but lately you've had the cordial conversational replies of Doc [[Cottle]] on crystal meth--your replies are becoming flamebait. When you're replying and correcting an edit, particularly done by a new contributor (and we've had lots of them lately), PLEASE try to respond politely, or at least in a neutral voice (Peter Farago does this well, even though I can almost hear the wafts of flame from his comments to me after he concises or edits away some of my fanciful stuff). We need more contributors, and scaring them off with a bad tone is Not Good, even if you're right. Also, keep in mind that not everyone has the gift of good English writing style (or even a good grasp of ''English'', period), so look around the bad grammar and spelling and try to see their point or meaning in their contributions, concising and editing to help perfect their addition. Don't take all of this too seriously. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:05, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:Spence, this itself is kind of flamey. Ricimer has been reasonably good lately. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:10, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::Helps to have conservative ballast around--[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 15:26, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I stand properly chastized if my language seems gruff--but hopefully you understand my meaning. Ricimer's recent summary comments on the Recent Changes and edit histories are the things I've reacted adversely to. We're not here in person, and whether people come or go is determined by the words and phrasing they see here. If they're misinterpreted, then there's a problem. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:22, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Quote 09/30 ==<br />
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Wish you'd posted into the talk page, rather than re-reverting, man. --[[User:Day|Day]] 03:56, 13 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Regarding "Coffea" ==<br />
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I have referred to a source on the talk page which disagrees with your assertion regarding "coffea." It could also be noted it doesn't pass Aspell's en_US dictionary by default. I just wanted to ensure you saw it, as I didn't want to change it back without discussing it. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 02:04, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:Actually, as you can see on the talk page for that article, Peter Farago and others are the ones promoting that line of thinking. I myself am ambivalent. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 02:06, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Unwanted Template Lines ==<br />
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How'd ya do it? By switching Templates? --[[User:Watcher|Watcher]] 17:32, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
:Stared at it until I saw meaning; you have to include "|Children=" and "|Cylon=", but you don't write "yes" or "no" after it; leave it blank. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 17:43, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
::Check that out. It was hiding in plain site. Danke! --[[User:Watcher|Watcher]] 18:20, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::: Isn't that all outlined on the tamplate's talk page? --[[User:Day|Day]] 19:21, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:::: (shrug) I dunno. I cheated. I was being lazy and stole it from somewhere. --[[User:Watcher|Watcher]] 19:32, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Regarding your RfA ==<br />
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Hi Ricimer, while your RfA did not pass, I firmly and wholeheartedly believe that you are fully capable of passing the RfA, should it come up again within, say, six months. If you have any concerns, feel free to address them with Peter, myself, or any of the other major contributors. Have a happy New Year! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:31, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I have yet to play my trump card. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 12:32, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:: Should I be afraid? *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] 20:21, 31 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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=="Six Months" Business==<br />
The episode hasn't aired in my time zone yet, but thanks for jumping on that. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:14, 7 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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==troll==<br />
Ok, I gotta ask: what does "troll" mean? -- [[User:Centuri|Centuri]] 21:58, 9 January 2006 (EST) [[User_talk:Centuri|talk]]<br />
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:Pleae refer to [[Wikipedia:Internet troll]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:00, 9 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::I'm sorry if I jumped the gun on this one Centuri, but there is an INFAMOUS "troll" who abuses messageboads, and lately he's been going full blast with anti-Cain stuff. That is not to say that someone cannot RESPECTFULLY dislike her, as you have done. But at the time I just really thought it was another attack waiting to happen. Sorry about that. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 00:13, 10 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Battle Template ==<br />
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You're the guy who came up with this, right? Do you think that a) the thing could be made into an actual template (like the Character Data one with dissappearing/reappearing fields, etc) and b) it could be re-designed to look like the Character Data one (in terms of looking like the rest of the theme (the red/black is the default theme, isn't it?)? I don't know how these two things would be accomplished, but I thought I'd put this out there and see what you thought as far as feasability and also as far as ''should'' we do it. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:00, 18 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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==Simon, Ovaries, and Executions==<br />
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IIRC Simon was talking with Six and mentioned the subject (Starbuck) being "disposed" or something to that effect. I was under the impression they were going to remove her ovaries and then kill her. --[[User:mq59|mq59]] 21:00, 22 January 2006 (EST)</div>
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<div>== Regarding "Spoilers" ==<br />
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Welcome to the Wiki! Just wanted to drop a note by and state that this site doesn't censor spoilers. Therefore, I've reverted your changes. See the [[Battlestar Wiki:Spoiler Policy|Spoiler Policy]]. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 11:06, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Well yes, but I think we should just keep stuff that's current, or chronological i.e. put the first entry under "Pegasus" saying that Tyrol served there, THEN mentioned the rest...I don't know. P.S. What's with that IP address that keeps sending junk links on this wiki? Is it a person or a bot?<br />
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: I think its a bot of some type. I'll probably end up blocking the IP ranges. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:52, 17 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Cylon Wars==<br />
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Just wanted to compliment you for your recent adjustments to the Cylon War articles. Nice job. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 05:43, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Ditto. I like the Battle pages you've created. It has a great functionality to show in a nutshell any changes in equipment and manpower. If that isn't already there, can we have a count of lost Colonial ships, pilots, or other humans? [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:09, 18 Aug 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:As I understand it, there is a "list of pilots" page, and I believe that it and the article for ''Galactica'' cover Viper numbers (though Raptor numbers are anyone's guesss so far; the official site+on screen dialog has only said the number of Vipers). I also appreciate it that RDM, unlike the morons on Star Trek: Voyager (HOW MANY shuttles did they lose?) will devote an ENTIRE EPISODE's "A" plot ("Flight of the Phoenix") to saying that the Galactica has reached the point where they have to start building more Vipers ''from scratch''. --->Actually, all I did was copy/paste the wiki battlebox from Wikipedia's Battle of Pelennor Fields page....of course, I WROTE most of the entry for Pelennor Fields including the battlebox, as well as the box for Helm's Deep, Black Gate, Bywater, Dale, etc. If you check "history" on Wikipedia I (Ricimer) actually have written ''most'' of the LOTR material, and I regulary update the Battlestar Galactica pages. Weird thing is, on Wikipedia if you type in "Cylon" you get this 6th century B.C. Athenian statesman named "Cylon" with a link to "the fictional robots". I think maybe 5 people would be looking for the ancient Athenian: anyone known how to bump Galactica's Cylons ahead of them? Anyway, the hard part was actually figuring out how to get a color that was visible on a black backround; it was originally ''pink'' and looked horrible (I don't know how to change colors) and had to toy around a dozen or so times before I got a nice bluish color. ---Ricimer 8:00, 18 Aug, 2005 EDT<br />
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==12 Colonies==<br />
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Thanks on the Colony stuff, I'm still new at this.<br />
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==Nuggets==<br />
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:According to the SciFi.com official website, after the events of "The Hand of God", there are 5 surviving nuggets.<br />
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Can you tell me where to find this? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:45, 27 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:Go to Scifi.com's Battlestar Galactica page. Click on "Ships Gallery" go to the Viper page. Click on "CAG roster". It gives a list of ships. During the first season it was updated every episode that Vipers were lost or damaged, up until episode #10 "The Hand of God" (I actually don't think any Vipers were lost since then). Anyway, it says that there are "5 trainee pilots" right there. So I went to the "nugget" page and updated it to say that there are 5 now (Hot Dog, Kat, and three others apparently). ---Ricimer, 27 Aug, 2005 4:00 pm EDT<br />
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==Your fight with [[User:Philwelch|Philwelch]]==<br />
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Gentlemen: rather than reverting each other's edits on [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and submitting ban requests, please attempt a civilized discussion on the article's [[Talk:Cylons|talk page]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:03, 31 August 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Agreed. I will revert the Cylon page to whatever it was in the last edit before this started, then continue on the discussion page. ---Ricimer, 1 Sept, 2005<br />
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==Redirects==<br />
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Use <nowiki>#REDIRECT [[Gideon]]</nowiki>, for example. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:08, 10 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Humano-Cylons ==<br />
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I was looking into your reason for removing my "Starbuck's a Cylon" bit and wanted to point out that the line that Boomer says concerning Starbuck having a child does not say that she would breed with a Cylon. Boomer states, "No, if you agreed to bear children, it’d be voluntary, maybe even set you up with someone you like." Now, if Starbuck were to be set up with a Cylon to create a hybrid and the "twelve models" bit meant twelve different Humano-Cylon models, that would be extremely limiting (after all, we've already seen the chemistry between her and Leoben. Heh.). If the Cylons were trying to set her up with Simon, for example, it seems odd how he kept pushing her buttons (the child abuse thing, the "do you see any Vipers around here" bit, etc.). If one wanted to look at Boomer's comment as a general one relating to humans, then it still seems like Starbuck would not really work in that situation, either. I think that Boomer's comment could mean that the Cylons would set her up with Anders or Lee Adama, both of whom she has feelings for (note that Boomer says "someone you like," not "someone you would like."). While a case could be made that Anders is a Cylon, his presige and career in professional Pyramid makes it likely that he would have been in the public eye for more than two years prior to the Cylon holocaust, which, as I stated, seems to be the point of origin of Cylon infiltration. However, the information on Anders is quite weak and would make such a case on either side very difficult. D'anna Biers may have been in the public eye as a reporter, though the case has been made by others that she was probably a low profile reporter prior to the attack, and therefore would not have had the exposure that Anders enjoyed. Also, if one were to make the case that Baltar was a Cylon and that he could be used, the brainscan performed on him in Home, Part II, seems like it would have shown silica pathways in his brain, as that appears to still be part of Cylon technology (according to the mini-series), so it seems unlikely that he's a Cylon, too. Well, that turned into quite the long and roundabout case. Anyhow, as Boomer, nor anyone else in the episode, seems to have stated directly that Starbuck would be made to breed with a Cylon, there is enough wiggle-room to justify that this may not have been the case. -- [[User:Linaf|Linaf]]<br />
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== Final Cut == <br />
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Thanks for the clean-up on my addendum... was kinda klunky.... <br />
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== The Great Cylon Turkey Shoot ==<br />
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You, sir, are a genius with the new battle page title. I'm glad I wasn't drinking anything when I read your title change. The content of this page should be equally amusing. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 01:46, 17 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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*No sir, I was actually quite serious. RDM was in the NROTC, and he says he has stacks of Word War II naval history books which much of the new "realistic" Battlestar Galactica is based on. My new title is a referrence to an infamous World War II battle: The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, properly referred to as the Battle of the Philippine Sea. It was the battle that struck a death knell to the Japanese Imperial Navy: the Japanese Naval Carrier threat was elminated in this battle and they never challenged US air dominance again. While suffering relatively light losses, for every one American plane shot down, *''four''* Japanese plains were shot down, and their carriers were annihilated. The battle was incredbily lopsided. Because of this lopsidedness, I felt it appropriate to use it here, because BSG is based on a lot of WWII carrier stuff. I'll leave a note there saying it's a name we made up. By the way, we need to link these battles into the episode articles so people know to look at them (casual fans coming onto the site). Problem I have though, is that we don't know if there were Turkeys on the 12 Colonies! (see Life Forms section of "Twelve Colonies"). ---Ricimer, 17 Sept, 2005<br />
: Still a genius move in both humor as well as military history research. I'm faintly familiar with that WWII battle: I think your name is quite appropriate. At least we know the Colonies have blackbirds. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 02:00, 17 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Don't Bite the Newbies==<br />
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While [[User:Destinymaker]] familiarizes himself with [[Battlestar Wiki:Welcome, newcomers]], please give [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers]] a read. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:15, 18 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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I appoligie, though I am a strong believer in the survival of the fittest. --Ricimer, 18 Sept, 2005<br />
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:Hey, Ricimer. You may also want to cut Sprocketeer a little slack, although in principle I agreed with some of what you said. See my edits on the Phoenix page as well. I struck your last edits only because they were too argumentative (as in fistfight) to reedit and add in the time I had. Please add them again as appropriate to the existing page information, which also has my last edits, too. (we were on the page at the same time). [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 19:12, 19 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::No, they were actually quite civil. I made a point by point rebuttal. I'll go back and see if I can iron them out a little though. Still, he should realize that that should have been put in talk. ---Ricimer, 19 Sept, 2005<br />
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==Definite Articles==<br />
There's a [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Standards and Conventions|place]] to throw your two cents in. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:49, 19 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Kudos==<br />
Ricimer, I just wanted to say that although I know we don't always see eye to eye on everything, I think the work you've done on the battle pages is fantastic, and I've greatly appreciated your contributions here. Thank you, and keep it up. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:40, 24 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Moving Pages==<br />
Each page should have a "move" tab right after history. If you use this instead of pasting the content into a new article, it will preserve the edit history. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:12, 30 September 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Jzanjani==<br />
Ricimer, please. He's ''allowed'' to do whatever he wants with his talk page. At the very worst blanking it is in bad taste. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page|Wikipedia:Talk page]], specifically the section "Can I do whatever I want to my own user talk page?" --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:24, 6 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:Dear friend Ricimer,<br />
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:Since I have joined the community of Wikipedians here on battlestarwiki, it has been my misfortune to have alienated so prolific and knowledgeable a contributor as yourself. Spencerian, Farago, and Watcher have all played third parties to our heated disputes, which have occasionally - it shames me to admit it - come close to blows. Our disputes have rendered vulgar the level of discourse on this website and have proven a distraction to the practical minds which everyday toil to clarify the mysteries of Battlestar Galactica. Because we have been unable to resolve our differences, our bickering has consumed a significant portion of the efforts of our peers, and thus may delay key contributions in the future.<br />
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:Therefore, this situation can not continue. Whatever form our differences take, it is unacceptable that we continue to divert the efforts of our eloquent colleagues. Let us put the past behind us, and let us go forward hand-in-hand as we unravel the complexities of this, the greatest television series in the history of the Twelve Colonies. Ricimer, please accept my most sincere, genuine, and heartfelt [http://webspace.utexas.edu/joz59/funny_pics/fuck_soccer.jpg apology.]<br />
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::Respectfully,<br />
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:::''[[User:Jzanjani|Jzanjani]]''<br />
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::::You come here under the banner of peace, and yet you post me an "apology" link at the end connecting to a pic of a kid giving me The Finger? For this the only Verdict is Vengeance. <br />
::::: Further posting into this is not worth my or anyone else's time. I am going to resume my normal 'rounds about the wiki without futher commentary or complaint regarding this. But you have just made an enemy for life. ---Ricimer, October 7, 2005<br />
::::::I, for one, appreciate you standing down from this, Ricimer. The Wiki would diminish without your contributions, though I'm not taking sides. Just remember Peter's words and don't bite the newbies too hard, OK? :) I've already put my 2 cents on Jzanjani's page on '''his''' behavior, and we'll let that alone unless Joe has any further wisdom to part to either of you. I'm glad you, like many of us here, are now officially [http://www.branchbrothers.net/asshole.htm a recovering member] :) . Take my advice on not flaming, leave the vengeance thing to the writers of other fiction (life's too short to be angry) and keep up the good contribs. [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:31, 7 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
::::I think the above link is a tad off-color, otherwise fine---Ricimer<br />
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== Regarding Jzanjani ==<br />
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Ricimer,<br />
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If you haven't been made aware of it already, I have banned Jzanjani for one week starting today. <br />
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I'm letting you know that I don't blame you for any actions you took against Jzanjani -- which consisted of, mainly, following good manners in reverting Jzanjani's wipes of his own talk page while an issue was still being discussed. Were I in your position, I would've done the same myself. <br />
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While I don't say this often -- perhaps because I feel I don't ''have'' to, but maybe I should just to make it clear -- I appreciate your contributions to this Wiki. You are a valued contributor here and I appreciate your restraint in this situation. You backed down and I'm sorry that Jzanjani didn't have the same sense to follow your example. Now both of you don't have to like each other, again I don't have the right to dictate how people should behave. Not my place. However, if it invovles this Wiki, then behavior becomes my concern and I'll make sure it stops at the front door, as it were. (Or the windows, or whatever entry point one chooses to use to enter this website.)<br />
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Believe me when I say that this could have spiraled so far out of control that it might have damaged this community we've built here.<br />
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If Jzanjani turns out to be a troll -- I hope to hell he isn't, but I've been disappointed before by human nature -- then I'll ban him permanently. I've made this clear to him on his talk page, so none of this should be constitued as "talking behind Jzanjani's back". <br />
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Anyway, again, I appreciate your contributions and, if you feel you need to take a break from the Wiki yourself, feel free. Take a breather. You've earned it the honest way, as it were.<br />
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Thank you. -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 21:37, 8 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Language/Aerelon/Grace Park ==<br />
Hello Ricimer,<br />
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I hope I'm communicating with you the right away. I'm about as nugget as nugget gets on any Wiki system, including this one!<br />
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There were a couple of changes to the entry on Grace Park and Aerelon language that I wanted to explain. First, it is true that Grace Park is a fluent speaker of Korean, but her English--either as Sharon Valerii or as herself in interviews--doesn't have any trace of a Korean accent whatsoever. I'm married to a native Korean speaker, have friends and colleagues who speak Korean either as their first or second language, and have been studying the language for a few years myself, so I'm absolutely certain that Korean has no bearing on what might or might not be considered an Aerelon accent.<br />
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On a somewhat smaller matter, there's no accepted version of English called "General English," with a capital G. I am willing to accept a lower case g, "general English," to indicate "common sense" notions about that accent/group of accents.<br />
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:Actually, I am not the one that keeps putting the Korean references on that page, and I thought it was irrelevant but people kept putting them back. The thing I had was that I don't think that Grace Park (on or off camera) really speaks with a "Canadian accent" at all; you came here after this, but I had this whole edit that said that it was just an accent that we the audience could not possibly detect but a Colonial could, but this was removed. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 17:44, 19 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Picture Updates to Battle Pages ==<br />
Very nice work there, Ricimer. Adds greatly to the pages majesty and atmosphere. Trying to work these pages up to quality articles, perhaps? :) [[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 10:32, 20 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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== Pronunciation ==<br />
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How ''do'' you pronounce "Ricimer"? Is it RIH.kih.mer, or RIH.sih.mer? Or is the stress elsehwere? I'm just curious. --[[User:Day|Day]] 18:13, 22 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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*[[Wikipedia:Ricimer|Ricimer]] was the "shadow ruler" of the Roman Empire in it's twilight years. He ruled through a series of puppet emperors, and while himself not 'officially' controlling the state, he was the puppeteer pulling all the strings from off stage. It was not only ''possible'' for me to take this name, it was ''essential''. It's pronounced "Rih-sih-mer" (mer as in drum''mer''). --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 19:53, 22 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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::Hrm. If that's Latin, then I doubt it had a soft C at the time. However, neither did Caesar, so I assume you're giving the modernized/bastardized pronunciation. Interesting name story. Huh. :) --[[User:Day|Day]] 06:02, 23 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
:::Well, Ricimer belong to a german tribe, so his name probably wasn't Latin, I would assume. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:39, 24 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Image Use from GalacticaStation.com-A No-No ==<br />
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Ricimer, I strongly believe that using images from Galacticastation is some violation of derivative or extended use of another person's web site without permission, since the site appears private. The web site does not have a Creative Commons License, which is the only fair-use sharealike license we're supposed to acknowledge or derive content from. (Technically, we can't share items from Wikipedia for this reason--Peter had to chastise me on this when I was updating the [[Basestar (TOS)]] page. Yes, the images and likenesses that GS gets are Universal's, but it's ''where'' you get them that matters here.<br />
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For images, you can get many excellent caps from [http://tviv.org/wiki/Main_Page TVIV], a TV episode Wiki that does have a CCL, so we can copy items from there (with appropriate credit) without issue. They have a number of BSG ep pages that are really atrocious in textual content but generally great caps... --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 09:25, 7 November 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I don't think it matters. Screengrabs we use on this site are copyright Universal Studios anyway, and used under the aegis of fair use, not the CCL. Galacticastation has no copyright over the screen grabs they post, and certainly can't relicense them to us under the CCL (or any license, for that matter). If we're infringing anyone's copyright by using the images, it's Universal's, not Galacticastation's. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:17, 7 November 2005 (EST)<br />
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::I've got one "yea" and one "nay" on this: can Joe please give me final word on whether or not we can use GalacticaStation screencaps? Because TVIV doesn't really have many useable ones. I've tried making one or two for Seelix and Jammer, which were removed. I'm a total spaz at this; how are screencaps ''originally'' made, anyway (what do you need to do it)? --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:39, 24 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::: I've made [http://battlestarwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&offset=0&limit=50&target=Day&namespace=6 a few] image contributions, myself, and all of them are screens I grabbed by my lonesome. As I've gone, I've kind of hammered out a system: For DVDs (I own the British version of Season 1 and the first half of Season 2 on DVD, a friend of mine will be giving me the Mini, eventually), I view them in [http://www.videolan.org/ VLC], which has a "snapshot" feature which doesn't seem to care about copy protection (or whatever it is that makes the "Print Screen" button not work). This saves them as .png. I then fire up good ol' [http://www.gimp.org/ the GIMP] and do any cropping or resizing I feel like and save 'em as a .jpg. So... That's how '''I''' do it, anyway. --[[User:Day|Day]] 02:07, 27 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Sacrifice ==<br />
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Dude. Re: Your edit to the Season 2 episode listing. If you put the source in there, it would carry a lot more weight. Also... You have sacrifice as 2.14... Is that a mistake, or is there some weird numbering thing I'm missing or was there a typo in the note, or... What's up with that? Lastly, you should seriously consider trimming/archiving your talk page. --[[User:Day|Day]] 01:08, 21 November 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Don't Bite the Newbies (or the Vets), Part Deux ==<br />
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Hey,Ricimer. You're an excellent contributor, but lately you've had the cordial conversational replies of Doc [[Cottle]] on crystal meth--your replies are becoming flamebait. When you're replying and correcting an edit, particularly done by a new contributor (and we've had lots of them lately), PLEASE try to respond politely, or at least in a neutral voice (Peter Farago does this well, even though I can almost hear the wafts of flame from his comments to me after he concises or edits away some of my fanciful stuff). We need more contributors, and scaring them off with a bad tone is Not Good, even if you're right. Also, keep in mind that not everyone has the gift of good English writing style (or even a good grasp of ''English'', period), so look around the bad grammar and spelling and try to see their point or meaning in their contributions, concising and editing to help perfect their addition. Don't take all of this too seriously. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 11:05, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:Spence, this itself is kind of flamey. Ricimer has been reasonably good lately. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 15:10, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::Helps to have conservative ballast around--[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 15:26, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I stand properly chastized if my language seems gruff--but hopefully you understand my meaning. Ricimer's recent summary comments on the Recent Changes and edit histories are the things I've reacted adversely to. We're not here in person, and whether people come or go is determined by the words and phrasing they see here. If they're misinterpreted, then there's a problem. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 16:22, 9 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Quote 09/30 ==<br />
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Wish you'd posted into the talk page, rather than re-reverting, man. --[[User:Day|Day]] 03:56, 13 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Regarding "Coffea" ==<br />
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I have referred to a source on the talk page which disagrees with your assertion regarding "coffea." It could also be noted it doesn't pass Aspell's en_US dictionary by default. I just wanted to ensure you saw it, as I didn't want to change it back without discussing it. --[[User:CalculatinAvatar|CalculatinAvatar]] 02:04, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:Actually, as you can see on the talk page for that article, Peter Farago and others are the ones promoting that line of thinking. I myself am ambivalent. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 02:06, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Unwanted Template Lines ==<br />
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How'd ya do it? By switching Templates? --[[User:Watcher|Watcher]] 17:32, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
:Stared at it until I saw meaning; you have to include "|Children=" and "|Cylon=", but you don't write "yes" or "no" after it; leave it blank. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 17:43, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
::Check that out. It was hiding in plain site. Danke! --[[User:Watcher|Watcher]] 18:20, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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::: Isn't that all outlined on the tamplate's talk page? --[[User:Day|Day]] 19:21, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:::: (shrug) I dunno. I cheated. I was being lazy and stole it from somewhere. --[[User:Watcher|Watcher]] 19:32, 29 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Regarding your RfA ==<br />
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Hi Ricimer, while your RfA did not pass, I firmly and wholeheartedly believe that you are fully capable of passing the RfA, should it come up again within, say, six months. If you have any concerns, feel free to address them with Peter, myself, or any of the other major contributors. Have a happy New Year! -- [[User:Joe.Beaudoin|Joe Beaudoin]] 12:31, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I have yet to play my trump card. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 12:32, 30 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:: Should I be afraid? *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] 20:21, 31 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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=="Six Months" Business==<br />
The episode hasn't aired in my time zone yet, but thanks for jumping on that. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:14, 7 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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==troll==<br />
Ok, I gotta ask: what does "troll" mean? -- [[User:Centuri|Centuri]] 21:58, 9 January 2006 (EST) [[User_talk:Centuri|talk]]<br />
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:Pleae refer to [[Wikipedia:Internet troll]]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:00, 9 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::I'm sorry if I jumped the gun on this one Centuri, but there is an INFAMOUS "troll" who abuses messageboads, and lately he's been going full blast with anti-Cain stuff. That is not to say that someone cannot RESPECTFULLY dislike her, as you have done. But at the time I just really thought it was another attack waiting to happen. Sorry about that. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 00:13, 10 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Battle Template ==<br />
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You're the guy who came up with this, right? Do you think that a) the thing could be made into an actual template (like the Character Data one with dissappearing/reappearing fields, etc) and b) it could be re-designed to look like the Character Data one (in terms of looking like the rest of the theme (the red/black is the default theme, isn't it?)? I don't know how these two things would be accomplished, but I thought I'd put this out there and see what you thought as far as feasability and also as far as ''should'' we do it. --[[User:Day|Day]] 17:00, 18 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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==Simon, Ovaries, and Executions==<br />
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IIRC Simon was talking with Six and mentioned the subject (Starbuck) being "disposed" or something to that effect. I was under the impression they were going to remove her ovaries and then kill her.</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Laird&diff=26085
Peter Laird
2006-01-22T23:52:34Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Bscap181.jpg|200px|]]<br />
|age= early 40s<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Peter Laird<br />
|callsign=<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings= Unknown<br />
|children= Unknown (implied)<br />
|marital status= Widower (probable)<br />
|role= Deck Chief, Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<br />
|rank= Chief Petty Officer, Drafted<br />
|actor= Vincent Gale<br />
|cylon=<br />
}}<br />
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'''Peter Laird''' is a civilian aeronautical engineer. When the [[Cylon Attack]] began, he was aboard the ''[[Scylla]]'', a civilian ship, when its passengers were "picked up" by the [[battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. He became the ship's Flight-Deck Chief despite not being part of the Colonial military. When he came aboard ''[[Galactica]]'', he met his counterpart, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]]. Upon looking on the [[Blackbird]], Tyrol's new stealth fighter, he was both appalled and impressed, especially because he designed the old [[DDG-62]] engines used in the Blackbird ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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Laird was assigned to ''Galactica'' in Admiral Cain's fleet integration and was later made deck chief after Tyrol was charged with the murder of [[Alistair Thorne|Lt. Thorne]]. While drinking with Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], ''Pegasus'' XO [[Jack Fisk]] revealed that the ''Scylla'' was part of a civilian fleet that ''Pegasus'' encountered a few weeks after escaping the Cylon attack. Admiral Cain, with military priority on the mind, ordered that the fleet be scavanged for anything that would be of aid to ''Pegasus'' militarily. Supplies, weapons and even people of certain backgrounds were taken. Laird, whose background in aeronautics served Cain's plan well, was selected by Cain to be drafted into her crew along with 14 other people on board. However, all 15 of them were traveling with their families, and resisted Cain's attempt to draft them. In response, Cain had two of the families executed to cow the civilians, and Laird was taken aboard Pegasus. It is unclear if Laird's family was one of the two that Cain had executed, but even if they were not, she still marooned them onboard the ''Scylla'' without an FTL drive (which left them at the mercy of the Cylons), making her ultimately responsible for their likely deaths. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Ron D. Moore said in his podcast that he was tempted to give Laird a Scottish accent as a tribute to [[Wikipedia:James Doohan|James Doohan]], who played Montgomery Scott on ''Star Trek,'' as Doohan died around the time that the episode "Pegasus" was filming. Ultimately, he reluctantly decided not to.<br />
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[[Category: A to Z|Laird, Peter]] <br />
[[Category:Characters|Laird, Peter]]<br />
[[Category: RDM|Laird, Peter]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Number_Four&diff=26084
Number Four
2006-01-22T23:47:21Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[image:The_Farm-Simon.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age= Unknown<br />
|colony= First witnessed on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]<br />
|birthname= Simon<br />
|callsign=<br />
|death= Copies destroyed on "[[The Farm]]"<br />
|parents= <br />
|siblings= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status=<br />
|role= Surgeon, ?<br />
|rank=<br />
|actor= [[Rick Worthy]]<br />
|cylon= y<br />
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'''Simon''' is a [[Humano-Cylon]] agent who poses as a doctor caring for [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] after her capture in "[[The Farm]]."<br />
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Simon tries to casually persuade her into bearing children but is unsuccessful. When his diplomatic efforts fail, he surgically explores her ovaries without Thrace's permission, either partially removing an ovary or its eggs. On orders from a copy of [[Number Six]], Simon arranges a time to surgically remove Thrace's ovaries.<br />
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Before Simon could sedate her again and remove her ovaries, Thrace realizes he is a Cylon when in conversation he uses her call sign--she had never mentioned it in conversation. Thrace kills him and escapes from the [[Farms|Farm]]. <br />
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Another copy of Simon is seen just as Thrace exits the building, a more well-kempt copy in a dark business suit who greets Thrace just as she reaches the outside of the compound. Before he can speak further, members of the [[Resistance (movement)|Resistance]] immediately kill him as they storm the Farm to liberate Thrace.<br />
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''Simon was the first new Humano-Cylon model revealed since the [[Mini-Series]], and brought the total number of known agents to 5. The later revelation of [[D'anna Biers]]' Cylon nature in the episode "[[Final Cut]]" brought the total to 6.''<br />
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==Note==<br />
Whether Simon has completely or partially removed one or both ovaries or just their eggs from Kara Thrace is unclear. The sentence that Kara overhears Simon saying to Number Six is, ''"Pending lab test results on the sample ovaries, complete removal will proceed tomorrow. If lab tests are positive, then subject will be moved to processing facility for final disposition."'' However, humans only have two ovaries, so it seems implausible that he would take a "sample" one, so perhaps the line truly meant "ova" (egg cells). It is clear that he didn't completely remove all of Starbuck's reproductive cells, as Starbuck escaped before "complete removal" took place. <br />
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It is possible that this particular model, like the Valerii model, is prone to sympathizing with humans. He expresses regret, which another Six model notices, when discussing killing Thrace after removing her ovaries.<br />
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Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Number_Two&diff=26080
Number Two
2006-01-22T23:38:07Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Leoben_conoy_001.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age= Mid-40s in appearance<br />
|colony=Not applicable<br />
|birthname=Not applicable<br />
|callsign= <br />
|death= 1st Copy Terminated at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Mini-Series]]), 2nd Copy Terminated on ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]'' ([[Flesh and Bone]])<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= <br />
|marital status=<br />
|role= Prophet / Mis-informant<br />
|rank= <br />
|actor= [[Callum Keith Rennie]]<br />
|cylon= y<br />
}}<br />
'''Leoben Conoy''' is a [[Humano-Cylon]] first encountered at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. He fancies himself as a prophet with predilections for enlightened monotheistic religious dogma, whereas he is more likely to sow the seeds of doubt or mis-information, weaving lies in the fabric of truth and faith.<br />
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== Ragnar Anchorage Copy ==<br />
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Conoy has the appearance of a man in his mid-forties. He is first encountered at the [[Ragnar Anchorage]], where he poses as an arms dealer. Already sick from the radiation around Ragnar, he becomes trapped aboard the station with [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] after a warhead is accidentally detonated ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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As they try to find another way out of the station, Leoben reveals his true nature to Adama through conversation, initially by claiming to be something of a philosopher. Identifying Conoy as a Cylon on the point of death, Adama challenges him and learns of the Cylon's ability to transfer their consciousness to another body when dying. Only Leoben can't -- the radiation of [[Ragnar]] is interfering with his ability. A fight ensues, during which Leoben exhibits unnatural strength and speed. Adama manages to kill Conoy by forcing his head over an outventing steam pipe then bludgeoning him to death with a [[flashlight]]. He then brings Leoben's body back to ''[[Galactica]]'' for examination. Samples from this body, when burned, revealed synthetic materials -- which permitted Adama, [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] and Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] to deduce that Cylons could mimic humans in appearance. ([[Mini-Series]]) The body is then stored in the ship's morgue ([[Flesh and Bone]]).<br />
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== Gemenon Traveller Copy ==<br />
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Conoy is again encountered when a copy is found apparently stowing away aboard the ''[[Gemenon Traveller]]''. Knowing the model's ability to weave fact, fiction and outright lies into a confusing fabric of truth, half-truths and deceit, Adama wants the copy destroyed. However, he is overruled by [[Laura Roslin|President Roslin]], who demands the model be interrogated. <br />
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[[Kara Thrace|Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] is assigned to interrogate Conoy aboard the ''Gemenon Traveller''. Over the course of eight hours, Conoy demonstrates his ability to confuse and mix truth with lies: he claims to have planted a nuclear device somewhere in the fleet, but will not reveal where. He also mixes what appears to be religious mumbo-jumbo with penetrating insights into Colonial philosophy and Starbuck's own past ([[Flesh and Bone]]).<br />
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While she resorts to ever-more drastic measures to obtain details on the alleged bomb's location, Starbuck finds herself being drawn into Leoben's vision of life. So much so that when Roslin orders his execution, Starbuck very much empathises with him. <br />
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Prior to his death, Conoy reveals there is no bomb, and uses a reason suggested by Starbuck in the initial stages of his interrogation: that since he is so far from other Cylon centers of influence, he cannot transmit his "soul" back to home should his body die. However, the real purpose of his mission is revealed when President Roslin arrives aboard the ''Traveller'' and he manages to whisper to her that Adama is in fact a Cylon -- thus planting a potentially dangerous seed of doubt between her and Adama. <br />
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Convinced now of the danger in keeping Conoy alive, Roslin orders him ejected from the ''Traveller's'' airlock. <br />
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Interestingly, Roslin had a premonition of Conoy's surfacing in the fleet when she had a dream about him at the time he was captured. Later, in her cabin on ''[[Colonial One]]'', she had a vision of him talking to her which prompted her decision to visit him in person - thus allowing him to complete his mission. <br />
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At the time of the dream and the vision, Roslin assumed both were the result of her using [[Chamalla]] to treat her cancer. However, both may have been the result of some form of psychic ability on the part of Conoy.<br />
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== Other Copies ==<br />
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Apparently the [[Resistance (movement)|resistance]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] captured and interrogated their own copy of Conoy, as [[Samuel Anders]] sarcastically quotes his philosophy at [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Conoy_Township%2C_PA|Conoy]] is the name of a township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Conoy, Leoben]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Conoy, Leoben]]<br />
[[Category:Cylons|Conoy, Leoben]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Conoy, Leoben]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylon_Models&diff=26079
Cylon Models
2006-01-22T23:36:31Z
<p>Mq59: /* Modern Centurion */</p>
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<div>{{Cylons Series}}<br />
==Centurion Model 0005==<br />
[[Image:Centurion_armor_old.jpg|thumb|Cylon Centurion (Armor) on display. ([[Miniseries]])]]<br />
Model Name: Cylon Centurion<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]''<br />
The Centurion Model 0005, glimpsed briefly in two scenes of the [[Miniseries]] was apparently the latest Cylon model to have been extensively documented by Colonial authorities after the [[Cylon War]]. It is a primitive model, resembling a short, clumsy humanoid with a single red eye - or as some of the Colonials contemptuously referred to them, "chrome [[toaster]]s". According to [[Saul Tigh]] in a deleted [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/202/deleted1.html scene] from the episode "[[Resistance]]", they had a distinctive "stink" of machine oil.<br />
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These models were apparently the instigators of the Cylon Rebellion, or their immediate descendants. They fought in all the major engagements of the Cylon War, including the boardings of ''[[Brenik]]'' and ''[[Galactica]]''. A painting by [[Monclair]] depicts a massive melee between early-model Cylons and joint Aerelon-Caprican ground forces.<br />
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They were apparently far from emotionless — in the above-mentioned scene, Tigh recollects their vicious tactics in hand-to-hand combat: "The first one was Duncan Raverty. I found him in the corridor. His guts were strewn around on the floor. Y'know, at first I couldn't figure out why the Cylons would bother doing something like that [...] You had to look into their red eye-slit. They hated us. They hated us so much it wasn't enough just to kill us."<br />
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:''This model was included in the miniseries primarily as an homage to the [[TOS|original series]]. Within the context of the re-imagined series, it is a 40-year old model and likely obsolete. Although remarks by [[Number Six]] in the miniseries state that "those [walking chrome toaster] models are still around. They have their purpose," it is most likely that she is referring to the later-model Centurions, which seem to have replaced them entirely.''<br />
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==Modern Centurion==<br />
[[Image:Cylon Centurion New 002.jpg|thumb|right|The deadly Cylon Centurion, upgraded from its predacessors.]]<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Centurion]]''<br />
The current mainstay of Cylon ground forces, the modern Centurion is a taller, swifter and more agile unit than the Model 0005. Its "fingers" serve as edged weapons in close-quarters combat, and can retract to make way for projectile weapons built into its forearms.<br />
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There are apparently two armor configurations - the Centurions encountered by Lt. [[Karl Agathon]] on occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] were susceptible to normal small-arms fire, while the boarding party dispatched to ''[[Galactica]]'' in the episode "[[Valley of Darkness]]" could only be impeded by explosive rounds.<br />
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Although the earlier centurion models presumably took a leadership role in their war against the colonials, modern centurions are completely mute and subservient to the human models. According to an interview with Ron Moore, they are not sentient and unlike the [[humano-Cylons]], their minds are not transferred to new bodies upon death.<br />
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==Cylon Spacecraft==<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Spacecraft]]''<br />
The current model Cylon Raider is an unpiloted, autonomous craft ([[Miniseries]]), apparently capable of operating at fair distance from any command vessel ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]], [[Final Cut]]). Capt. [[Jackson Spencer]], encountering the newer model Cylon Raider for the first time, expresses shock that "nobody's flying these things". Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] later discovers that the Raider she had [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|shot down over the Red Moon]] was, after a fashion, "alive". She removes most of its organic parts before returning with it to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. There, [[Sharon Valerii]], a Cylon sleeper agent, guesses that the Raider is a Cylon in its own right, although "More of an animal, maybe, than the human models... like a pet" ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).<br />
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The current model [[Cylon Basestar]] also makes extensive use of organic parts ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]), although it is unclear whether or not is can function autonomously.<br />
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:''In both these cases, the distinction between a "Cylon" and their own semi-sentient technology becomes increasingly blurred — interestingly, the same problem that lead to the [[Cylon War]] in the first place.''<br />
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== Human Models ==<br />
:''Main article: [[Humano-Cylon]]''<br />
At some point at least two years prior to the [[miniseries]], Cylon forces in exile on their homeworld were able to perfect the creation of organic models, almost completely indistinguishable from human beings. These were used to quietly and effectively infiltrate the colonial defense forces, with civillian agents such as [[Number Six#Natasi|Natasi]] gaining access to secret military technology, and sleeper agents such as [[Sharon Valerii#Galactica Copy|Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy)]] being planted within the [[Colonial Fleet]] itself.<br />
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Cylon infiltrators can be programmed to believe they are human, and several have been planted within colonial society with false memories and forged backgrounds. Unplanned discovery of their true nature can be extremely disturbing for these units, and their behavior is not always predictable.<br />
<br />
Human-model cylons cannot be visually distinguished from biological humans while alive, although biopsy and cremation can reveal distinctive chemical traces. They apparently differ from biological humans in three principal ways:<br />
<br />
===Reproductive Difficulties=== [[Image:Sharonspine.jpg|thumb|right|Sharon Valerii conceives a child with [[Karl Agathon]] ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).]]<br />
With a single exception, no human-model Cylon has been able to conceive a child ([[The Farm]]). It is impossible for two Cylons to reproduce with each other, and as result the Cylons began cross-breeding experiments with humans (who can reproduce easily), which so far has only resulted in the pregnancy of the Caprica-copy of [[Sharon Valerii]]. Cylon beliefs attribute this to the apparent inability of Cylons to feel love, which they believe to be a crucial element of the process. <br />
<br />
===Bioluminescence===<br />
[[Image:6spine-ms.jpg|thumb|left|[[Number Six]]'s spine glows during intercourse]]On two occasions, the vertebrae of human-model Cylons have been seen to emit a red glow visible through the skin during sexual intercourse ([[Miniseries]], [[Six Degrees of Separation]]). This is probably related to the ability of Cylons to interface with computer systems via fiber-optic connections ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
===Silica Pathways===<br />
Cylon brains are imbued with somewhat enigmatic [[Silica Pathways]]. These allow the thoughts, memories and consciousness of an individual cylon to be downloaded and transferred into a new body. They are, however, susceptible to certain forms of radiation, as found in the upper atmosphere of the planet [[Ragnar]] and the [[Wikipedia:Plutonium|Plutonium]] used as an element of Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Cylon Detector]]. It normally takes several hours of prolonged exposure for this radiation to have a visible effect. ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]]).<br />
<br />
===Known Models===<br />
<br />
In the miniseries, somewhat ambiguous comments by [[Number Six]] and a note left for [[William Adama]] (presumably by [[Gaius Baltar]]) indicated that there were only twelve humanoid models at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. These were clarified by [[Ronald D. Moore]] in an [http://www.thefandom.com/Article50.phtml interview] on "The Chase Show", hosted on the SF webcast news site [http://www.thefandom.com/TheFandom.com]. Of the twelve human models, six have been revealed as of the episode "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
<br />
{| align="center"<br />
| align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Number_Six_promo.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Sharon_Valerii_promo.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Mini_Doral.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Leoben_conoy_001.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:The_Farm-Simon.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Xena.jpg|70px]]<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | [[Number Six]] || align="center" | [[Sharon Valerii]] || align="center" | [[Aaron Doral]] || align="center" | [[Leoben Conoy]] || align="center" | [[Simon]] || align="center" | [[D'anna Biers]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Cylons]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylon_Models&diff=26078
Cylon Models
2006-01-22T23:36:12Z
<p>Mq59: /* Modern Centurion */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Cylons Series}}<br />
==Centurion Model 0005==<br />
[[Image:Centurion_armor_old.jpg|thumb|Cylon Centurion (Armor) on display. ([[Miniseries]])]]<br />
Model Name: Cylon Centurion<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]''<br />
The Centurion Model 0005, glimpsed briefly in two scenes of the [[Miniseries]] was apparently the latest Cylon model to have been extensively documented by Colonial authorities after the [[Cylon War]]. It is a primitive model, resembling a short, clumsy humanoid with a single red eye - or as some of the Colonials contemptuously referred to them, "chrome [[toaster]]s". According to [[Saul Tigh]] in a deleted [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/202/deleted1.html scene] from the episode "[[Resistance]]", they had a distinctive "stink" of machine oil.<br />
<br />
These models were apparently the instigators of the Cylon Rebellion, or their immediate descendants. They fought in all the major engagements of the Cylon War, including the boardings of ''[[Brenik]]'' and ''[[Galactica]]''. A painting by [[Monclair]] depicts a massive melee between early-model Cylons and joint Aerelon-Caprican ground forces.<br />
<br />
They were apparently far from emotionless — in the above-mentioned scene, Tigh recollects their vicious tactics in hand-to-hand combat: "The first one was Duncan Raverty. I found him in the corridor. His guts were strewn around on the floor. Y'know, at first I couldn't figure out why the Cylons would bother doing something like that [...] You had to look into their red eye-slit. They hated us. They hated us so much it wasn't enough just to kill us."<br />
<br />
:''This model was included in the miniseries primarily as an homage to the [[TOS|original series]]. Within the context of the re-imagined series, it is a 40-year old model and likely obsolete. Although remarks by [[Number Six]] in the miniseries state that "those [walking chrome toaster] models are still around. They have their purpose," it is most likely that she is referring to the later-model Centurions, which seem to have replaced them entirely.''<br />
<br />
==Modern Centurion==<br />
[[Image:Cylon Centurion New 002.jpg|thumb|right|The deadly Cylon Centurion, upgraded from its predacessors.]]<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Centurion]]''<br />
The current mainstay of Cylon ground forces, the modern Centurion is a taller, swifter and more agile unit than the Model 0005. Its "fingers" serve as edged weapons in close-quarters combat, and can retract to make way for projectile weapons built into its forearms.<br />
<br />
There are apparently two armor configurations - the Centurions encountered by Lt. [[Karl Agathon]] on occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] were susceptible to normal small-arms fire, while the boarding party dispatched to ''[[Galactica]]'' in the episode "[[Valley of Darkness]]" could only be impeded by explosive rounds.<br />
<br />
Although the earlier centurion models presumably took a leadership role in their war against the colonials, modern centurions are completely mute and subservient to the human models. According to an interview with Ron Moore, they are not sentient and unlike the [[bio-Cylons]], their minds are not transferred to new bodies upon death.<br />
<br />
==Cylon Spacecraft==<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Spacecraft]]''<br />
The current model Cylon Raider is an unpiloted, autonomous craft ([[Miniseries]]), apparently capable of operating at fair distance from any command vessel ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]], [[Final Cut]]). Capt. [[Jackson Spencer]], encountering the newer model Cylon Raider for the first time, expresses shock that "nobody's flying these things". Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] later discovers that the Raider she had [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|shot down over the Red Moon]] was, after a fashion, "alive". She removes most of its organic parts before returning with it to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. There, [[Sharon Valerii]], a Cylon sleeper agent, guesses that the Raider is a Cylon in its own right, although "More of an animal, maybe, than the human models... like a pet" ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).<br />
<br />
The current model [[Cylon Basestar]] also makes extensive use of organic parts ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]), although it is unclear whether or not is can function autonomously.<br />
<br />
:''In both these cases, the distinction between a "Cylon" and their own semi-sentient technology becomes increasingly blurred — interestingly, the same problem that lead to the [[Cylon War]] in the first place.''<br />
<br />
== Human Models ==<br />
:''Main article: [[Humano-Cylon]]''<br />
At some point at least two years prior to the [[miniseries]], Cylon forces in exile on their homeworld were able to perfect the creation of organic models, almost completely indistinguishable from human beings. These were used to quietly and effectively infiltrate the colonial defense forces, with civillian agents such as [[Number Six#Natasi|Natasi]] gaining access to secret military technology, and sleeper agents such as [[Sharon Valerii#Galactica Copy|Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy)]] being planted within the [[Colonial Fleet]] itself.<br />
<br />
Cylon infiltrators can be programmed to believe they are human, and several have been planted within colonial society with false memories and forged backgrounds. Unplanned discovery of their true nature can be extremely disturbing for these units, and their behavior is not always predictable.<br />
<br />
Human-model cylons cannot be visually distinguished from biological humans while alive, although biopsy and cremation can reveal distinctive chemical traces. They apparently differ from biological humans in three principal ways:<br />
<br />
===Reproductive Difficulties=== [[Image:Sharonspine.jpg|thumb|right|Sharon Valerii conceives a child with [[Karl Agathon]] ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).]]<br />
With a single exception, no human-model Cylon has been able to conceive a child ([[The Farm]]). It is impossible for two Cylons to reproduce with each other, and as result the Cylons began cross-breeding experiments with humans (who can reproduce easily), which so far has only resulted in the pregnancy of the Caprica-copy of [[Sharon Valerii]]. Cylon beliefs attribute this to the apparent inability of Cylons to feel love, which they believe to be a crucial element of the process. <br />
<br />
===Bioluminescence===<br />
[[Image:6spine-ms.jpg|thumb|left|[[Number Six]]'s spine glows during intercourse]]On two occasions, the vertebrae of human-model Cylons have been seen to emit a red glow visible through the skin during sexual intercourse ([[Miniseries]], [[Six Degrees of Separation]]). This is probably related to the ability of Cylons to interface with computer systems via fiber-optic connections ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
===Silica Pathways===<br />
Cylon brains are imbued with somewhat enigmatic [[Silica Pathways]]. These allow the thoughts, memories and consciousness of an individual cylon to be downloaded and transferred into a new body. They are, however, susceptible to certain forms of radiation, as found in the upper atmosphere of the planet [[Ragnar]] and the [[Wikipedia:Plutonium|Plutonium]] used as an element of Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Cylon Detector]]. It normally takes several hours of prolonged exposure for this radiation to have a visible effect. ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]]).<br />
<br />
===Known Models===<br />
<br />
In the miniseries, somewhat ambiguous comments by [[Number Six]] and a note left for [[William Adama]] (presumably by [[Gaius Baltar]]) indicated that there were only twelve humanoid models at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. These were clarified by [[Ronald D. Moore]] in an [http://www.thefandom.com/Article50.phtml interview] on "The Chase Show", hosted on the SF webcast news site [http://www.thefandom.com/TheFandom.com]. Of the twelve human models, six have been revealed as of the episode "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
<br />
{| align="center"<br />
| align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Number_Six_promo.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Sharon_Valerii_promo.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Mini_Doral.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Leoben_conoy_001.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:The_Farm-Simon.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Xena.jpg|70px]]<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | [[Number Six]] || align="center" | [[Sharon Valerii]] || align="center" | [[Aaron Doral]] || align="center" | [[Leoben Conoy]] || align="center" | [[Simon]] || align="center" | [[D'anna Biers]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Cylons]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylon_Models&diff=26077
Cylon Models
2006-01-22T23:35:50Z
<p>Mq59: /* Modern Centurion */</p>
<hr />
<div>{{Cylons Series}}<br />
==Centurion Model 0005==<br />
[[Image:Centurion_armor_old.jpg|thumb|Cylon Centurion (Armor) on display. ([[Miniseries]])]]<br />
Model Name: Cylon Centurion<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005]]''<br />
The Centurion Model 0005, glimpsed briefly in two scenes of the [[Miniseries]] was apparently the latest Cylon model to have been extensively documented by Colonial authorities after the [[Cylon War]]. It is a primitive model, resembling a short, clumsy humanoid with a single red eye - or as some of the Colonials contemptuously referred to them, "chrome [[toaster]]s". According to [[Saul Tigh]] in a deleted [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/202/deleted1.html scene] from the episode "[[Resistance]]", they had a distinctive "stink" of machine oil.<br />
<br />
These models were apparently the instigators of the Cylon Rebellion, or their immediate descendants. They fought in all the major engagements of the Cylon War, including the boardings of ''[[Brenik]]'' and ''[[Galactica]]''. A painting by [[Monclair]] depicts a massive melee between early-model Cylons and joint Aerelon-Caprican ground forces.<br />
<br />
They were apparently far from emotionless — in the above-mentioned scene, Tigh recollects their vicious tactics in hand-to-hand combat: "The first one was Duncan Raverty. I found him in the corridor. His guts were strewn around on the floor. Y'know, at first I couldn't figure out why the Cylons would bother doing something like that [...] You had to look into their red eye-slit. They hated us. They hated us so much it wasn't enough just to kill us."<br />
<br />
:''This model was included in the miniseries primarily as an homage to the [[TOS|original series]]. Within the context of the re-imagined series, it is a 40-year old model and likely obsolete. Although remarks by [[Number Six]] in the miniseries state that "those [walking chrome toaster] models are still around. They have their purpose," it is most likely that she is referring to the later-model Centurions, which seem to have replaced them entirely.''<br />
<br />
==Modern Centurion==<br />
[[Image:Cylon Centurion New 002.jpg|thumb|right|The deadly Cylon Centurion, upgraded from its predacessors.]]<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Centurion]]''<br />
The current mainstay of Cylon ground forces, the modern Centurion is a taller, swifter and more agile unit than the Model 0005. Its "fingers" serve as edged weapons in close-quarters combat, and can retract to make way for projectile weapons built into its forearms.<br />
<br />
There are apparently two armor configurations - the Centurions encountered by Lt. [[Karl Agathon]] on occupied [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] were susceptible to normal small-arms fire, while the boarding party dispatched to ''[[Galactica]]'' in the episode "[[Valley of Darkness]]" could only be impeded by explosive rounds.<br />
<br />
Although the earlier centurion models presumably took a leadership role in their war against the colonials, modern centurions are completely mute and subservient to the human models. According to an interview with Ron Moore, they are not sentient and unlike the [[humanoid Cylons]], their minds are not transferred to new bodies upon death.<br />
<br />
==Cylon Spacecraft==<br />
:''Main article: [[Cylon Spacecraft]]''<br />
The current model Cylon Raider is an unpiloted, autonomous craft ([[Miniseries]]), apparently capable of operating at fair distance from any command vessel ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]], [[Final Cut]]). Capt. [[Jackson Spencer]], encountering the newer model Cylon Raider for the first time, expresses shock that "nobody's flying these things". Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] later discovers that the Raider she had [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|shot down over the Red Moon]] was, after a fashion, "alive". She removes most of its organic parts before returning with it to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. There, [[Sharon Valerii]], a Cylon sleeper agent, guesses that the Raider is a Cylon in its own right, although "More of an animal, maybe, than the human models... like a pet" ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).<br />
<br />
The current model [[Cylon Basestar]] also makes extensive use of organic parts ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]), although it is unclear whether or not is can function autonomously.<br />
<br />
:''In both these cases, the distinction between a "Cylon" and their own semi-sentient technology becomes increasingly blurred — interestingly, the same problem that lead to the [[Cylon War]] in the first place.''<br />
<br />
== Human Models ==<br />
:''Main article: [[Humano-Cylon]]''<br />
At some point at least two years prior to the [[miniseries]], Cylon forces in exile on their homeworld were able to perfect the creation of organic models, almost completely indistinguishable from human beings. These were used to quietly and effectively infiltrate the colonial defense forces, with civillian agents such as [[Number Six#Natasi|Natasi]] gaining access to secret military technology, and sleeper agents such as [[Sharon Valerii#Galactica Copy|Sharon Valerii (Galactica Copy)]] being planted within the [[Colonial Fleet]] itself.<br />
<br />
Cylon infiltrators can be programmed to believe they are human, and several have been planted within colonial society with false memories and forged backgrounds. Unplanned discovery of their true nature can be extremely disturbing for these units, and their behavior is not always predictable.<br />
<br />
Human-model cylons cannot be visually distinguished from biological humans while alive, although biopsy and cremation can reveal distinctive chemical traces. They apparently differ from biological humans in three principal ways:<br />
<br />
===Reproductive Difficulties=== [[Image:Sharonspine.jpg|thumb|right|Sharon Valerii conceives a child with [[Karl Agathon]] ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).]]<br />
With a single exception, no human-model Cylon has been able to conceive a child ([[The Farm]]). It is impossible for two Cylons to reproduce with each other, and as result the Cylons began cross-breeding experiments with humans (who can reproduce easily), which so far has only resulted in the pregnancy of the Caprica-copy of [[Sharon Valerii]]. Cylon beliefs attribute this to the apparent inability of Cylons to feel love, which they believe to be a crucial element of the process. <br />
<br />
===Bioluminescence===<br />
[[Image:6spine-ms.jpg|thumb|left|[[Number Six]]'s spine glows during intercourse]]On two occasions, the vertebrae of human-model Cylons have been seen to emit a red glow visible through the skin during sexual intercourse ([[Miniseries]], [[Six Degrees of Separation]]). This is probably related to the ability of Cylons to interface with computer systems via fiber-optic connections ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
===Silica Pathways===<br />
Cylon brains are imbued with somewhat enigmatic [[Silica Pathways]]. These allow the thoughts, memories and consciousness of an individual cylon to be downloaded and transferred into a new body. They are, however, susceptible to certain forms of radiation, as found in the upper atmosphere of the planet [[Ragnar]] and the [[Wikipedia:Plutonium|Plutonium]] used as an element of Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Cylon Detector]]. It normally takes several hours of prolonged exposure for this radiation to have a visible effect. ([[Miniseries]], [[Bastille Day]]).<br />
<br />
===Known Models===<br />
<br />
In the miniseries, somewhat ambiguous comments by [[Number Six]] and a note left for [[William Adama]] (presumably by [[Gaius Baltar]]) indicated that there were only twelve humanoid models at the time of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. These were clarified by [[Ronald D. Moore]] in an [http://www.thefandom.com/Article50.phtml interview] on "The Chase Show", hosted on the SF webcast news site [http://www.thefandom.com/TheFandom.com]. Of the twelve human models, six have been revealed as of the episode "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
<br />
{| align="center"<br />
| align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Number_Six_promo.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Sharon_Valerii_promo.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Mini_Doral.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Leoben_conoy_001.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:The_Farm-Simon.jpg|70px]] || align="center" style="padding-left:2em; padding-right:2em;" | [[Image:Xena.jpg|70px]]<br />
|-<br />
| align="center" | [[Number Six]] || align="center" | [[Sharon Valerii]] || align="center" | [[Aaron Doral]] || align="center" | [[Leoben Conoy]] || align="center" | [[Simon]] || align="center" | [[D'anna Biers]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Cylons]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cylons_(RDM)&diff=26076
Cylons (RDM)
2006-01-22T23:33:32Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div>{{cleanup}}<br />
<br />
''This article discusses the Cylons of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined series]]. For the Cylons of the Original Series, see [[Cylons (TOS)]].''<br><br><br />
<br />
{{Cylons Series}}<br />
<br />
:''The Cylons were created by Man. ''<br />
:''They were created to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies. ''<br />
:''And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. ''<br />
:''After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared. ''<br />
:''The Cylons left for another world to call their own. ''<br />
:''A remote space station was built... ''<br />
:''Where Cylon and human could meet and maintain diplomatic relations. ''<br />
:''Every year, the Colonials send an officer... ''<br />
:''The Cylons send no one. ''<br />
:''No-one has seen or heard from the Cylons in over forty years... ''<br />
<br />
::::---Opening scrawl of the Re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" pilot [[Mini-series]]<br />
<br />
<br />
In the Re-imagined Series, '''Cylons''' are a creation of man, used primarily for dangerous work and possibly for wars between the Twelve Colonies.<br />
<br />
The Cylons [[Cylon War|revolted]] against their masters, resulting in a costly and protracted war between the machines and humans. Eventually, the two sides declared an armistice and the Cylons left the Colonies to establish their own planet, the [[Cylon homeworld]].<br />
<br />
But the Cylons continued to work towards the destruction of the human race during their absence, devising an elaborate plan to wipe out the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] through nuclear bombardment, computer sabotage, and vast numbers of fighting craft. The Cylons return forty years later, routing the [[Colonial Fleet]] and destroying billions of people and their cities, [[Cylon Attack|killing]] all but approximately 50,000 humans.<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Cylons]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Galen_Tyrol&diff=26032
Galen Tyrol
2006-01-22T19:40:04Z
<p>Mq59: /* Helo's Return */</p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Galen Tyrol promo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]]<br />
|birthname= Galen Tyrol<br />
|callsign= "Chief" (nickname)<br />
|death=<br />
|parents= An unnamed Oracle (mother) and a Priest (father).<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=<br />
|marital status= Single<br />
|role= Senior NCO, Deck Crew 5, [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''<br />
|rank= Chief Petty Officer<br />
|actor= [[Aaron Douglas]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
=== Background ===<br />
<br />
'''Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol''' is a much-admired NCO aboard the ''[[Galactica]]''. He served aboard battlestars from the age of eighteen, including the battlestars ''[[Columbia]]'', ''[[Atlantia]]'', and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' ([[Resistance]]). He has served under [[William Adama]] for a number of years, and has considerable respect for the Commander - a feeling that is reciprocated. Indeed, he admires Adama to such a degree that he has modelled his own style of leadership on that of Adama: firm, fair, and willing to go to the fullest degree in support of his crew.<br />
<br />
However, when people under his responsibility are injured, threatened or killed, Tyrol becomes rather irrational, angry, and reckless in his actions, to the point of further endangering his people or his reputation with senior officers. Prime examples of his lack of emotional control includes the scenes before the ship venting after the nuke hit and cursing [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] in front of [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] for the vent and loss of 85 of his people ([[Mini-Series]]), and saving a mortally-wounded crewmate while leaving himself and [[Cally]] highly vulnerable in "[[Scattered]]". Tyrol's tryst with [[Sharon Valerii]] and a subsequent cover-up attempt in "[[Litmus]]" resulted in the jailing of Specialist [[Socinus]], who was trying to protect Tyrol.<br />
<br />
Originally leading [[Deck Crew 5]], a team of 15 deckhands and specialists, since the Cylon Attack he has become the most senior and experienced NCO on the ''Galactica''.<br />
<br />
=== Cylon Attack ===<br />
<br />
At the time of the Cylon Attack, as well as leading his deck crew, Tyrol is overseeing the refurbishment and restoration of [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] Mark II N7242C - the Viper originally flown by William Adama at the time of the [[Cylon War]] ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
<br />
Following the attack, with the ''Galactica'' undermanned, Tyrol also performs the function of senior Damage Control officer ([[Mini-Series]] / [[Water]]), a role that brings him into conflict with [[Colonel Tigh]] after the ''Galactica'' is struck by a Cylon nuclear warhead.<br />
<br />
=== Relationship with Sharon Valerii ===<br />
<br />
For several months prior to the Cylon attack, and in its aftermath, Tyrol has been engaged in an affair with Lieutenant (JG) [[Sharon Valerii]], a [[Raptor]] pilot aboard the ''Galactica''. Despite the fact the relationship breaks military protocol, senior officers on the ship turn a blind eye to it, while Tyrol's own crew treat it with fond amusement. <br />
<br />
When the water supplies on the ''Galactica'' are sabotaged, Tyrol is placed in an awkward position: by her own admmission, Valerii knows explosives were missing from a small-arms locker - potentially making her a suspect - and he is the principal DC investigator into the cause of the explosions which wreck the water tanks. Torn between love and duty, the situation prompts him to hide evidence and allow a theory that the walls of the tanks simply collapsed from fatigue resulting from damage the ''Galactica'' received from a nuclear warhead in the Cylon attack ([[Water]] / [[Mini-Series]]).<br />
<br />
Following the sabotage attempt, Valerii is ordered to end her relationship with Tyrol ([[Bastille Day]]) as a part of a general tightening-up of security and discipline on ship, only to have Tyrol's deck crew help the two of them to continue to meet in greater secret ([[Litmus]]). <br />
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Tyrol's world is thrown further into turmoil when both he and Valerii become the prime suspects in an investigation into how a Cylon agent (a copy of [[Aaron Doral]]) managed to get aboard the ''Galactica'', kill a guard, steal explosives and them blow himself up in a ship's corridor, almost killing Adama and Tigh ([[Litmus]]). When [[Socinus|one of his own Specialists]] is thrown in the brig for dereliction of duty which may have enabled the Cylon to access a weapons locker and steal the explosives, Tyrol is shocked into re-thinking his relationship with Valerii, and ends it himself. <br />
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While they continue to encounter one another professionallly - their work means they can hardly avoid one another - Tyrol and Valerii now have an uneasy distance between each other, and Valerii's actions around a captured Cylon [[Raider]] have begun to disturb Tyrol.<br />
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=== Kobol ===<br />
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When [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] discovers the planet believed to be [[Kobol]], Tyrol arranges for Socinus' release and later berates the specialist for lying to cover for him. Thereafter, Tyrol is part of the team assembled on the ill-fated recon Kobol on the [[Raptor 1]], which then crashlands near the ruins of the [[Tomb of Athena]]. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) <br />
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While Tyrol was the more experienced leader, his non-commissioned status left Lt. [[Crashdown]] in charge of the survivors. When Crashdown blamed [[Tarn]] for leaving a needed med kit behind -- Socinus was injured during the crash and a drug called [[serisone]] was needed to help him breathe -- Tyrol stepped in, recommending that he and Cally accompany Tarn. After successfully retrieving the kit from the Raptor crash site and heading back to the party, the trio was ambushed and Tarn was the only one killed. ([[Scattered]]) Eventually, he and Cally make it back to the party, only to find out that it is too late. With not other alternative, Tyrol euthanized Socinus with an overdose of [[morpha]] from both medkits. ([[Valley of Darkness]])<br />
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Upon discovering that the Cylons are setting up an anti-aircraft missle battery, Crashdown plans a strike to take the unit (and its accompanying [[DRADIS]] dish) out of operation. While the others of his party, notably Baltar and Cally, attempt to voice their indignation of such a plan, Tyrol firmly reminds them that Crashdown is in charge. Despite Tyrol's own misgivings of how the plan is to be executed, they follow through to the point right before the attack. <br />
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When it became clear that there were five Cylons at the battery, Cally refused to act as a distraction. Tyrol attempted to diffuse the situation by trying to state that the DRADIS dish was undefended; all that needed to be done was to destroy that, and the turret could not automatically target any incoming [[SAR]] operation. Crashdown has a breakdown and irrationally threatens to kill Cally, prompting Baltar to kill Crashdown. <br />
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As the command officer, per se, Tyrol later destroyed the DRADIS dish as the Cylons pursued them towards it. Tyrol then made a stand against the Cylons, screaming and firing his pistol at them. The Cylons were all killed; a surprised Tyrol turned around and saw that a [[Raptor]], preserved by Tyrol's destruction of the dish, had destroyed the Centurions. ([[Fragged]]).<br />
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=== After Kobol ===<br />
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Tyrol was arrested and interrogated by Colonel Tigh, due to his relationship with Commander Adama's would-be assassin. Tigh accused him of being part of the plot to kill Adama, throwing him in the same cell as Valerii. In order to extract information from Valerii, Baltar injected a drug that induced a systemic shutdown of Tyrol's organs. (This was during an alleged attempt to draw blood from Tyrol for Baltar's Cylon detector.) After extracting the number of Cylons in the Fleet from Valerii's subconscious, Tyrol was spared a painful death -- and was eventually proven to be a bona-fide human. <br />
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Tyrol was present when his own deckhand, Cally, killed Valerii, as Tyrol accompanied the security escort to Valerii's testing cell ([[Resistance]]). This act caused Tyrol to withdraw more from interaction with his own staff, many of which were already treating him coldly from his interaction with the now-confirmed Cylon copy of Valerii.<br />
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As with many on ''Galactica'', the stress of working without relief in sight or with little hope began to take its toll on Tyrol. For him, the challenge of keeping the old Vipers running with very few spare parts and sometimes extensive damage became too much to manage. Under pressure from [[CAG]] [[Lee Adama]] to keep his Vipers flying, and mostly because he had little else to do, he scribbled out a design for a new fighter and began to assemble it from basic metals and parts ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Initially, his flight crews were skeptical that the Chief's project was anything but a pipe dream. But word soon spread as the fuselage formed and Tyrol's dream became reality. While Colonel Tigh was visibly against the project at first, Commander Adama noticed that the project, for whatever outcome it might yield, gave the crew something to strive for, something to hope for, and tacitly allowed off-duty crew to work on the project. Many, including [[Dualla]] from the [[CIC]], and [[Kara Thrace]], lent a hand.<br />
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Tyrol's group was stuck when trying to place a skin on the new fighter, since spare parts were reserved for the Vipers. But Helo suggested carbon composite materials as an alternative to cover the ship. This solved the covering but added a significant new ability: Stealth. The carbon composites would make the new fighter practically invisible to [[DRADIS]] detection.<br />
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After the ship's [[Logic bomb]] crisis, the new fighter, named the [[Blackbird]], was given a trial flight by Kara Thrace, with very good results. In a ceremony, President Roslin christened the fighter, and Tyrol revealed the nickname of the fighter in honor of the President: ''Laura''.<br />
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=== Helo's Return ===<br />
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After the return of [[Karl Agathon]] and another version of Sharon Valerii, who happens to be pregnant with Agathon's child, the two attempt to reconcile their feelings for the biological creation. Helo and Tyrol eventually have a fistfight with lots of namecalling over what the Sharons were, but in reality, both were upset over the fact that the two Cylon copies were real people that they loved despite the reality of what they were ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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Later on, after the appearance of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and the advanced [[Mercury-class]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', he and Agathon stop Lt. [[Thorne]] from raping Sharon and Tyrol accidentally kills Thorne in the process. Tyrol and Agathon are summarily arrested and transfered to ''Pegasus'' for court martial, against Commander Adama's objections. However, Admiral Cain's "court martial" is over before Adama even knew it began, and she sentenced both to be executed for murder and treason. This prompted Adama to launch Vipers and a Raptor loaded with a marine strike team to recover them both ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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Helo and Tyrol receive a stay of execution through the efforts of [[Laura Roslin]] while the two battlestar commanders prepare to destroy the [[Resurrection Ship]] and its Cylon attack fleet that has followed ''Galactica''. Tyrol admits to his difficulty with dealing with the existence of the second Sharon, and tells Helo that he's got to "let it go", an idea that Helo supports, both understanding each other's take on the situation.<br />
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The two prisoners are seen receiving two sets of visitors, one welcome, one not. First, Lieutenant Adama visits them to tell them how close ''Galactica'' came to a shooting war with ''Pegasus'' ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]), asking the two, "Just how many kinds of stupid ''are'' you?" A day or so later, Specialists [[Vireem]] and [[Gage]] bind and beat the two prisoners in retaliation for the death of Lieutenant Thorne. [[Executive officer]] [[Jack Fisk]] comes to break up the beating, but refuses the prisoners' thanks as he was fond of Thorne himself.<br />
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After the escaped Cylon agent [[Number Six#Gina|Gina]] escapes and shoots Admiral Cain, killing her, Tyrol and Helo are released and return to ''Galactica.'' Both Tyrol and Helo visit Sharon Valerii at her specialized cell. She happily greets Helo, but completely ignores Tyrol. He gets the hint and soon leaves the room, still unable to recover from the memory of the Sharon he knew as "Boomer."<br />
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== Note ==<br />
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*[[Wikipedia:Galen|Galen]] is the name of a famed Greek doctor, who was first to argue that the mind was in the brain not the heart. This may be construed as irony, given Tyrol's part in the ongoing story.<br />
*Tyrol's first name, Galen, was first revealed in Ron D. Moore's Podcast during Season 1, but it was not mentioned on screen until the Season 2 episode "[[Resistance]]".<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Tyrol|Tyrol]] (or Tirol) is the name of a region in northern Italy.<br />
*Ron D. Moore stated in an [http://www.nowplayingmag.com/content/view/2212/2/| interview with Now Playing Magazine] on 16 Sept, 2005 that Chief Tyrol is a Gemenon. This is in keeping with previously established facts about him: Gemenons are very religious, and Tyrol's father was a priest and his mother was an oracle.<br />
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{{Characters}}<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Tyrol, Galen]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Tyrol, Galen]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Tyrol, Galen]]<br />
[[Category:People from Gemenon|Tyrol, Galen]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=26021
Karl Agathon
2006-01-22T18:10:33Z
<p>Mq59: /* Aboard the ''Pegasus'' */</p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
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|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= 1 (unborn Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
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Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
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== Biography ==<br />
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At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
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Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from scrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
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With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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===Marooned===<br />
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After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
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He is "rescued" by a copy of Sharon Valerii, unaware that the Sharon Valeriis are a form of Cylon and that this is a copy and not the one who abandons him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
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*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
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However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
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During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
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The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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===The Resistance and Escape from Caprica===<br />
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Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
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===Home on ''Galactica''===<br />
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Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
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Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Number Six#Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
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After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the Pegasus, Pegasus deck crew irate about Thorne's death assaulted them. [[Jack Fisk]], the XO of the Pegasus, put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
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After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the Pegasus. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the Galactica, where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
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===The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]===<br />
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Things got ugly when the dying President Roslyn ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a Raptor and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
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Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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=== Name ===<br />
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The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
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=== Character ===<br />
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Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
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[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=26020
Karl Agathon
2006-01-22T18:10:10Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= 1 (unborn Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
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Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from scrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
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With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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===Marooned===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
He is "rescued" by a copy of Sharon Valerii, unaware that the Sharon Valeriis are a form of Cylon and that this is a copy and not the one who abandons him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
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===The Resistance and Escape from Caprica===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
===Home on ''Galactica''===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Number Six#Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and Cain agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the Pegasus, Pegasus deck crew irate about Thorne's death assaulted them. Jack Fisk, the XO of the Pegasus, put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Like the deck crew, Fisk had been saved from death by Thorne, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the Pegasus. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the Galactica, where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
===The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslyn ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a Raptor and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=26019
Karl Agathon
2006-01-22T18:08:48Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
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<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= 1 (unborn Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from scrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
===Marooned===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
He is "rescued" by a copy of Sharon Valerii, unaware that the Sharon Valeriis are a form of Cylon and that this is a copy and not the one who abandons him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
===The Resistance and Escape from Caprica===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
===Home on ''Galactica''===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Number Six#Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and [[Cain]|Admiral Helena Cain]] agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the Pegasus, Pegasus deck crew irate about Thorne's death assaulted them. Jack Fisk, the XO of the Pegasus, put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Thorne had saved his life as well, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the Pegasus. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the Galactica, where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
===The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslyn ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a Raptor and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=26018
Karl Agathon
2006-01-22T18:03:23Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= 1 (unborn Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from scrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
===Marooned===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
He is "rescued" by a copy of Sharon Valerii, unaware that the Sharon Valeriis are a form of Cylon and that this is a copy and not the one who abandons him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
===The Resistance and Escape from Caprica===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
===Home on ''Galactica''===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Number Six#Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and [[Cain]|Admiral Helena Cain]] agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the Pegasus, Pegasus deck crew irate about Thorne's death assaulted them. Jack Fisk, the XO of the Pegasus, put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Thorne had saved his life as well, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]|Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the Pegasus. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the Galactica, where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
===The Events of [[Epiphanies|Epiphanies]]===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslyn ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a Raptor and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=26017
Karl Agathon
2006-01-22T18:02:23Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= 1 (unborn Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from scrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
===Marooned===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
He is "rescued" by a copy of Sharon Valerii, unaware that the Sharon Valeriis are a form of Cylon and that this is a copy and not the one who abandons him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
===The Resistance and Escape from Caprica===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
===Home on ''Galactica''===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Number Six#Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and [[Cain]|Admiral Helena Cain]] agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the Pegasus, Pegasus deck crew irate about Thorne's death assaulted them. Jack Fisk, the XO of the Pegasus, put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Thorne had saved his life as well, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]|Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the Pegasus. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the Galactica, where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
===The Events of [[''Epiphanies'']]===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslyn ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a Raptor and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Karl_Agathon&diff=26016
Karl Agathon
2006-01-22T18:01:25Z
<p>Mq59: /* Home on ''Galactica'' */</p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Helo promo photo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Karl C. Agathon<br />
|callsign= Helo<br />
|servicen= PK-789934<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children= 1 (unborn Human-Cylon hybrid)<br />
|marital status= Single (in a relationship with [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica-Sharon]])<br />
|role= [[Raptor]] [[ECO]], Raptor 478, assigned to [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' (previously)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (Junior Grade)<br />
|actor= [[Tahmoh Penikett]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
}}<br />
<br />
Lieutenant '''Karl C. Agathon''' was the [[ECO]] aboard [[Raptor 478]], piloted by Lt. [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]. He is young, loyal, capable, resourceful and attracted to Valerii. Those aboard ''Galactica'' seem to find his real name cumbersome or unwieldy. He's almost always addressed by his callsign, "Helo."<br />
<br />
== Biography ==<br />
<br />
At the time of the [[Cylon Attack]] Lt. Karl Agathon, serial number PK-789-934, is on patrol in Valerii's Raptor flying with [[battlestar]] ''Galactica's'' last fully-operational [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] squadron, and witnesses the destruction of the squadron by [[Cylon]] [[Raider]]s, after the latter exploits the [[Command Navigation Program]] to disable the Vipers.<br />
<br />
Following the attack, Agathon and Valerii attempt to return to ''Galactica'', avoiding Cylon patrols, but are unsuccessful: their Raptor is damaged in a Cylon missile strike, and Helo receives a wound in his leg from scrapnel that pierces their ship. As a result of the damage received, the Raptor is forced down on Caprica, where Valerii makes emergency repairs. Moments after Valerii's repairs, their ship is mobbed by civilians desperate to get off the planet. <br />
<br />
With limited space for survivors aboard the Raptor, Agathon volunteers his seat to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] and remains on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in the hope that Baltar would be of benefit to the Colonials in their renewed fight against the Cylons. Both Helo and Boomer felt that there was no chance that he would survive the Cylon nuclear attack on Caprica, but he selflessly chooses to stay behind anyway, giving up his own life so Baltar could get to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
<br />
===Marooned===<br />
<br />
After Boomer's departure, Helo apparently separates from the surviving refugees and flees from Cylon ground forces. After six days on Caprica, surviving on anti-radiation medications from his survival pack, he is captured after noticing a version of the Cylon known (secretly only to Gaius Baltar) as [[Number Six]].<br />
<br />
He is "rescued" by a copy of Sharon Valerii, unaware that the Sharon Valeriis are a form of Cylon and that this is a copy and not the one who abandons him on Caprica. She guides him across Caprica as part of an elaborate (if potentially hastily-conceived) plan / experiment designed to make this second Valerii the object of Agathon's affections. Several situations are engineered to make this happen:<br />
<br />
*A "honey trap" offering reasonably-secure accommodations (a "fall-out shelter") together with sufficient supplies for two people beneath a restaurant ([[Act of Contrition]])<br />
*Engineering Valerii's capture to test Helo's loyalty towards her ([[You Can't Go Home Again]] / [[Litmus]])<br />
*Establishing a further (long-term) "honey trap" for Helo and Valerii in the wilderness of Caprica.<br />
<br />
However, the Cylon plan goes awry when Valerii appears to fall in love with Agathon. She forces them both on the run once more, this time genuinely seeking to escape from Caprica via the military base at [[Delphi]], now under Cylon control.<br />
<br />
During their attempts to reach Delphi, Agathon witnesses a troop of Cylon [[Centurion]]s being lead by Number Six - the woman he thought he had killed when Valerii rescued him. This draws him to the conclusion that the Cylons are using human clones they have created ([[Colonial Day]]). Once at Delphi, Agathon receives another shock: not only are further versions of Six on-hand - he comes face-to-face with another Valerii copy, revealing the full truth about the woman known as "Boomer" to him. Believing he was lured into a trap, Agathon goes on the run, leaving Valerii at the base.<br />
<br />
The Valerii copy that Helo has paired with later catches up with him, and while he shoots her in the arm, he does not kill her as she might be of use to him in escaping the planet. Caprica-Valerii then informs Helo that she is pregnant with his child, and that they should go to the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies|Delphi Museum]]. There, Agathon is reunited with [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] (who just arrived from ''[[Galactica]]'' using a stolen [[Cylon Raider]]) immediately after she kills a copy of Number Six and retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]]. Thrace, realizing immediately that Valerii is a Cylon (knowing much earlier than Helo that Cylons can mimic human form) tries to kill Valerii, but Agathon stops her because she is pregnant ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", "[[Scattered]]").<br />
[[image:Valley_of_Darkness-Starbuck_Helo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] in her apartment in [[Delphi]], [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in [[Valley of Darkness]]. ((c) Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
Valerii runs away out of fear of Thrace, taking her Cylon Raider. Fearing that [[Number Six]] would finish transferring her consciousness to a new body and warn the Cylons about the humans' presence in Delphi, Agathon and Thrace make their way to Thrace's old apartment ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]"). Later, Thrace and Agathon join up with the [[resistance (movement)|human resistance]] on Caprica ([[Resistance]]).<br />
<br />
===The Resistance and Escape from Caprica===<br />
<br />
Agathon, [[Samuel Anders|Anders]] and others later rescue Thrace from the Cylons' "hospital". Valerii returns to aid Helo in locating the missing Thrace, and later saves the day by gunning down several Centurions in a stolen [[Heavy Raider]]. Helo, Thrace, and Valerii leave Caprica en route to [[The Fleet (RDM)| the Fleet]] ([[The Farm]]). The group lands on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', which has broken off from the rest of the Fleet ([[Home, Part I]]). When [[Lee Adama]] grabs the new copy of Valerii and threatens to shoot her, Helo raises his gun at Lee's head in response. They are calmed by Roslin, who then orders Valerii out of an airlock. Valerii convinces Roslin of her usefulness before this happens, and later accompanies Helo and others to Kobol to find the Tomb of Athena ([[Home, Part I]]). On the way to the Tomb of Athena, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] remarks to Starbuck that he is disquieted that Helo and this Valerii copy love each other, and Helo admits to Valerii that he now loves and trusts her. When they finally reach the tomb, Commander Adama orders Helo to stay outside with Valerii and Tom Zarek while Chief Tyrol guards all of them. With the successful gathering of information on the whereabouts of Earth, Helo and the group return to ''Galactica'' and the reunified Fleet.<br />
<br />
===Home on ''Galactica''===<br />
<br />
Helo's welcome-home to ''Galactica'', months after being declared KIA on Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]), isn't a generally warm one. Many in the crew find his romance with the Caprica Valerii disquieting or disgusting. A few crew warm up to Helo after his suggestion of using carbon composites on the new fighter, the [[Blackbird]], which turns [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]'s pet project into a significant stealth technology ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
<br />
Chief Tyrol is still nursing the loss of Boomer (the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii that left Helo on Caprica and later shoots Commander Adama), and now deals the return of another Valerii, her "memories" of him, and the fact that Helo is romantically involved with her. The friction between Helo and Tyrol becomes too much and a fight ensues before both realize that doing so would gain them little. The two tacitly appear to accept the awkward situation for what it was.<br />
<br />
Helo and Tyrol learn of the gang-rape of the captured [[Number Six#Gina|Cylon]] on battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and are shocked to learn that the "Cylon interrogator", Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne]], would be "interrogating" the incarcerated Valerii that day. Helo is prepared to fight the drunken ''Pegasus'' crewmembers for essentially being disrespectful, but Tyrol convinces him to head to the brig to aid Valerii instead. While successful in stopping the assault, the two are arrested and taken to ''Pegasus'' when Thorne is accidentally killed. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] conducts summary courts-martial on the two ''Galactica'' crewmembers, finding them guilty and slating them for execution. When Commander Adama hears of this abrupt treatment, he launches a Raptor with [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] units as well as his Viper squadrons to get Helo and Tyrol back. A standoff ensues, with not only Helo's life in the balance, but thousands of others in the Fleet ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
<br />
===Aboard the ''Pegasus''===<br />
<br />
After Starbuck returned with images of the Resurrection Ship, Adama and [[Cain]|Admiral Helena Cain]] agreed to a truce. Helo and Tyrol were given a stay of execution, but not a pardon. While they were imprisoned aboard the Pegasus, Pegasus deck crew irate about Thorne's death assaulted them. Jack Fisk, the XO of the Pegasus, put a stop to this by citing regulations, but rebuffed Helo's thanks. Thorne had saved his life as well, and he was not sympathetic to Valerii, whom he viewed as a machine.<br />
<br />
After the destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]|Resurrection Ship]] and the death of Admiral Cain, Fisk became Commander of the Pegasus. He returned Helo and Tyrol to the Galactica, where the former was joyfully received by Boomer.<br />
<br />
===The Events of [[''Epiphanies''|Epiphanies]]===<br />
<br />
Things got ugly when the dying President Roslyn ordered the hybrid baby aborted. Helo attempted to dissuade Adama from carrying out the order in private conversation in the Admiral's office, but failed. When Boomer was being brought to the medical bay for the abortion, Helo blocked the door with his hand on his pistol. He offered to take Boomer aboard a Raptor and leave the Fleet, but was rebuffed by Adama, who told him, "You're a soldier." Helo retorted that he was a father, like Adama.<br />
<br />
Fortunately, Baltar defused a potentially violent incident by arriving with his report on the medically-useful nature of the hybrid fetus. The consequences from this action remain to be seen.<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
<br />
=== Name ===<br />
<br />
The new [[reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]] plays heavily on [[Greek mythology]] / history (the [[Wikipedia:Twelve Olympians|Olympian Gods]], use of names such as [[Delphi]], etc.). Therefore it might be interesting to note that "Agathon" may be derived from ''[[Wikipedia:Agathodaemon|Agathos Daemon]]'' - meaning good spirit, one of the group of spirits (daemons) that lie between the gods and mortals. Also, the name Helo bears some similarity to Helios/Helius, the greek god of the sun. Helo is also slang for helicopter, and the Raptor craft Helo and Boomer fly is fashioned after a US Army helicopter.<br />
<br />
=== Character ===<br />
<br />
Helo's full name (or even his fate) wasn't revealed until "[[33]]". He was initially intended as an expendable character; originally he was supposed to have actually died when the Raptor had to leave him behind on Caprica. Penikett's performance in the [[Mini-Series|mini-series]] convinced [[TPTB]] otherwise. Curiously, Helo's [[Crashdown|second]] replacement on "Boomer" Valerii's Raptor, [[Margaret Edmonson|Racetrack]], was also intended as a one-shot character, but was retained by TPTB for similar reasons as Penikett's character and his performance.<br />
<br />
{{Characters}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:Characters|Agathon]]<br />
[[Category:RDM|Agathon]]</div>
Mq59
https://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Peter_Laird&diff=23199
Peter Laird
2006-01-09T16:19:08Z
<p>Mq59: </p>
<hr />
<div> {{Character Data| <br />
|photo= [[Image:Bscap181.jpg|200px|]]<br />
|age= early 40s<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Peter Laird<br />
|callsign=<br />
|death=<br />
|parents=<br />
|siblings= Unknown<br />
|children= Unknown (implied)<br />
|marital status= Widower (probable)<br />
|role= Deck Chief, Battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<br />
|rank= Chief Petty Officer, Drafted<br />
|actor= Vincent Gale<br />
|cylon=<br />
}}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''Peter Laird''' is a civilian aeronautical engineer. When the [[Cylon Attack]] began, he was aboard the ''[[Scylla]]'', a civilian ship, when its passengers were "picked up" by the [[battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. He became the ship's Flight-Deck Chief despite not being part of the Colonial military. When he came aboard ''[[Galactica]]'', he met his counterpart, [[Galen Tyrol|Chief Tyrol]]. Upon looking on the [[Blackbird]] he was both appalled and impressed by Tyrol's new stealth fighter, especially because he designed the old [[DDG-62]] engines used in the Blackbird ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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Laird was assigned to ''Galactica'' in Admiral Cain's fleet integration and was later made deck chief after Tryol was charged with the murder of [[Alistair Thorne|Lt. Thorne]]. While drinking with Col. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], ''Pegasus'' XO [[Jack Fisk]] revealed that the ''Scylla'' was part of a civilian fleet that ''Pegasus'' encountered a few weeks after escaping the Cylon attack. Admiral Cain, with military priority on the mind, ordered that the fleet be scavanged for anything that would be of aid to ''Pegasus'' militarily. Supplies, weapons and even people of certain backgrounds were taken. Laird, whose background in aeronautics served Cain's plan well, was selected by Cain to be drafted into her crew along with 14 other people on board. However, all 15 of them were traveling with their families, and resisted Cain's attempt to draft them. In response, Cain had two of the families executed to cow the civilians, and Laird was taken aboard Pegasus. It is unclear if Laird's family was one of the two that Cain had executed, but if they were not then they were still left marooned on the ''Scylla'' without FTL engines or weapons, completely at the mercy of the Cylons, and Cain would still be indirectly responsible for their death. ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Ron D. Moore said in his podcast that he was tempted to give Laird a Scottish accent as a tribute to [[Wikipedia:James Doohan|James Doohan]], who played Montgomery Scott on ''Star Trek,'' as Doohan died around the time that the episode "Pegasus" was filming. Ultimately, he reluctantly decided not to.<br />
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Number Eight
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|photo=[[Image:Sharon Valerii promo.jpg|200px]]<br />
|age= 20s<br />
|colony= Claimed to be from [[The Twelve Colonies#Aerelon|Aerelon]] (by way of [[Troy]])<br />
|birthname= <br />
|servicen= T-990429<br />
|callsign= Boomer<br />
|death= [[Resistance]] (''Galactica'' Valerii), another copy killed on Caprica ([[Colonial Day]])<br />
|parents= alleged: [[Abraham Valerii]] (deceased, father), [[Catherine Valerii]] (deceased, mother)<br />
|siblings= None<br />
|children= 1 ("Caprica" Valerii's unborn daughter)<br />
|marital status= Single (''Galactica'' Valerii); In a relationship with Lt. [[Karl Agathon]] (''Caprica'' Valerii).<br />
|role= Cylon Infiltrator, Saboteur; [[Raptor]] Pilot (''Galactica'' Valerii)<br />
|rank= Lieutenant (''Galactica'' Valerii)<br />
|actor= [[Grace Park]]<br />
|cylon= y<br />
}}<br />
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'''Sharon Valerii''' appears to be a woman in her mid-twenties. She is initially encountered aboard the [[Original battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', where she is integrated into [[Colonial]] military life, serving as a [[Raptor]] pilot with the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade). Other variants of the Valerii model have been seen active on Cylon-occupied [[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]] and are also aboard the Cylon [[basestar]] orbiting [[Kobol]] before its destruction. There are presumably other copies stationed throughout the Cylon space fleet and forces occupying the other Colonies.<br />
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Sharon Valerii, of all the [[Humano-Cylon]] models witnessed thus far, appears to behave with the strongest or genuine human qualities. This may be the cause of this model's tendency to have conflicts between its latent Cylon or active human personalities, or turn against its own kind.<br />
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== ''Galactica'' Copy ==<br />
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Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, serial number T-990429, appears to be a young pilot recently-assigned to shipboard operations. Assigned to flying the Raptor reconnaissance vehicle. Her inexperience is demonstrated through repeated heavy landings aboard ''Galactica'' ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
[[Image:bsg-valerii-1.jpg|thumb|left|The Many Sides of "Sharon Valerii" (credit: Sky One / Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
As a pilot, she is assigned alongside [[ECO]] [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]], with whom she has developed a close friendship. She has also formed friendships with other pilot officers aboard the battlestar, sharing off-duty activities, such as regular card games ([[Mini-Series]], [[Act of Contrition]]), all of which have helped her integrate into shipboard life and be accepted as a member of the crew. She had been serving on board ''Galactica'' for two years prior to the Cylon attack ("[[The Farm]]").<br />
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=== Agent in Disguise ===<br />
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Initially, "Boomer" Valerii is a "sleeper" agent, unaware of her Cylon status. As far as she is aware, she was born on the mining colony of Troy, the daughter of a family from Aerelon ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Troy itself was destroyed in an unexplained cataclysm, allowing Boomer's background to be established as that of an orphan.<br />
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Following her arrival on-board ''Galactica'', she enters into a relationship with the ship's Chief Petty Officer [[Galen Tyrol]], which is against military protocols concerning fraternization between officers and non-officers. Whether this is unintentional, or a subconcious reaction to her Cylon personality program is unclear.<br />
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At the time of the [[Cylon Attack|Cylon attack]], Boomer was flying her Raptor to [[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]] with ''[[Galactica]]'s'' last remaining operational [[Viper]] squadron to [[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]] when they are notified of the attacks and attempt to engage two Cylon [[Raider]]s. However, the Viper squadron is destroyed (their ships powered down by their tainted [[CNP]]), and the Raptor is damaged while trying to escape, forcing Boomer and Helo to make an emergency landing on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. <br />
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With the Raptor repaired, they undertake an unexpected rescue operation, lifting a number of children and adults from the planet. However, this is at the expense of Helo, who gives up his place aboard the Raptor so that Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] can be rescued ([[Mini-Series]]).<br />
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Following this, Boomer works hard within the fleet, initially assisting [[Laura Roslin]]'s attempts to gather together as many surviving civilian ships within the Colonies as possible, finding a number of ships critical to the fledgling fleet's survival (such as a fuel tanker) ([[Mini-Series]]); she has also been engaged in other critical acts that have aided the continued survival of the fleet, such as the discovery of a [[tylium]]-rich asteroid, replete with an active Cylon mine ([[The Hand of God]]). It is her Raptor which also locates a source of water to replenish the fleet ([[Water]]).<br />
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=== The Sleeper Awakens ===<br />
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However, at the same time she is apparently supporting the fleet, Boomer's underlying Cylon programming periodically emerges. Her Cylon programming sabotages ''Galactica's'' water tanks, which results in the initial water shortage ([[Water]]). Later, she may have assisted a copy of [[Aaron Doral]] in access to a munitions store aboard ''Galactica'' to construct a bomb which very nearly kills [[William Adama|Commander Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]]. <br />
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Having "awoken" shortly after the bombs used to destroy ''Galactica's'' water tanks were planted to find herself soaking wet ([[Water]]), Boomer's human personality becomes increasingly concerned that she is not all she appears. Her worry increases when she experiences a certain "attraction" to a captured [[Cylon Raider]], and is able to give insight into how it can be properly assessed and understood ([[Six Degrees of Separation]], [[Flesh and Bone]]). Her concerns are further elevated when, following the bombing by Doral, ''Galactica's'' [[Master-at-Arms]], Sergeant [[Hadrian]] suspects her and Tyrol of Cylon complicity ([[Litmus]]).<br />
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Isolated from Tyrol following this event, when he ends their relationship following the arrest of Specialist [[Socinus]] ([[Litmus]]) and facing Tyrol's own suspicions concerning her activities immediately before the bombing, Boomer finds herself emotionally isolated and stressed. She takes the Cylon detector test created by Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]. Baltar hides the true results to cover himself from recrimination from other Cylon agents and lies to Boomer, telling her she is not a Cylon ([[Flesh and Bone]]). Boomer finds short solace in his test results and now deals with accusations from others when she finds the word "CYLON" written on the mirror of her locker ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).<br />
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Confused and isolated, Boomer withdraws into herself, and attempts suicide, but finds herself initially unable to do so. During her second attempt, she is interrupted by Doctor Baltar who, rather than discouraging her, essentially gives her his blessing on her attempt. Following his departure from the bunkroom, Boomer does shoot herself. However, her Cylon personality apparently interrupts the attempt, and Boomer can only severely wound herself in the face ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).<br />
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=== Boomer's Dark Discovery and Demise === <br />
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After [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] absconds with the captured Raider intended for an attack on a basestar orbiting [[Kobol]], Commander Adama orders Boomer and ECO [[Racetrack]] to use an [[Cylon Transponder]] in their Raptor to infiltrate the basestar place a nuclear warhead within to destroy it. The mission is a success. However, when the weapon would not auto-release from the Raptor after landing, Boomer exits the ship and into the expanse of the basestar's interior, where she encounters a dozen copies of herself, confirming her worse fear. Boomer escapes in the Raptor while her copies caress the weapon just before it detonates and destroys the basestar. Back on ''Galactica'', her encounter with her copies on the basestar presumably forces Boomer's Cylon personality to emerge once more. She visits [[CIC]] to accept thanks from Commander Adama, then shoots and seriously wounds him ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
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She is summarily restrained by guards and is jailed in the [[brig]]. During her emprisonment, Tigh attempts to forcibly extract information from her. Sharon's human and Cylon personalities appear to stonewall him ([[Scattered]]). Chief [[Tyrol]] is later thrown in the same brig cell by Col. Tigh because he is wrongly suspected of being a Cylon. While imprisoned together, Boomer tries to convince Tyrol that her feelings for him were real and important, but he rejects her utterly and said he would kill her if she touched him. Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] later enters the cell, austensibly to collect a blood sample from Tyrol to prove his innocence using the [[Cylon detector]], but instead Baltar injects Tyrol with a potent toxin that would kill him in a matter of seconds if Baltar doesn't give him an antidote. Baltar did this to interogate Boomer, because he knew she loved Tyrol and wouldn't want him to die. Baltar interrogates Sharon, demanding to know how many other Cylons were in the Fleet. Boomer, near hysterics, protested that she didn't know. Baltar insists that somewhere in her subconscious mind, underneath all of her programming and false memories, she truly ''did'' know and with a stressful enough stimulus such as placing Tyrol's life in danger it would come forward. At the last second, she cried out that there were eight other Cylons in the Fleet. Baltar revives Tyrol. Subsequently, Baltar intended to perform numerous mental and physical tests on her, like a "lab rat".<br />
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Soon after, while being transferred to a new reinforced cell in the [[brig]] built to hold Cylons, as a large crowd of crewmembers jeers at her and calls her a traitor, an enraged [[Cally]] breaks through the crowd holding a gun and shoots Boomer at point blank range. Dying in Tyrol's arms, her last words were "I love you, Chief" ("[[Resistance]]").<br />
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Boomer's body was then moved to the morgue, and autopsied. The now recovered [[Commander Adama]] visited her corpse, asked "Why?" aloud, and wept over her body. Commander Adama gave Cally a slap on the wrist by sentencing her to only 30 days in the brig for discharging a weapon without authorization, and she was never tried for murder since Boomer was merely yet another enemy Cylon destroyed ("[[The Farm]]").<br />
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{{spoiltext|According to an [http://www.thefandom.com/Article50.phtml interview] with Ron D. Moore, Galactica-Boomer is not dead. When Cally shot her ''Galactica'' was close enough to one of the Cylon ships near Kobol that her consciousnes was downloaded into another body and she woke up. [[Downloaded|The episode]] pretaining to this storyline is rumored to either have been moved to the end of Season 2 as a special episode, moved back to Season 3 or terminated altogether. Time will tell whether anything actually comes of this plotline.}}<br />
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== Caprica Copy ==<br />
[[Image:bsg-valerii-3.jpg|thumb|"Caprica Valerii" (credit: Sky One / Sci-Fi Channel)]]<br />
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When [[Karl C. Agathon|Helo]] is left on [[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]], the [[Cylons]] use him in an elaborate experiment. Key to this experiment is another variant of Valerii, with copies of [[Aaron Doral]] and [[Number Six|Six]] acting as overseers for the experiment. She is initially encountered "rescuing" Helo from capture by [[Number Six|Six]]. Unaware of Valerii's true nature, Helo genuinely believes this Valerii copy to be the "Boomer" he knew from ''Galactica''. Following his rescue, Valerii leads Helo to "her" [[Raptor]], now in the hands of Cylons, thus convincing him that they have no direct way off of the planet ([[Water]]).<br />
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Following this, and having received a "Colonial signal" on the radio receiver they are carrying, she leads Helo to a city where they find a fully-equipped "fallout shelter" in which two people can live in reasonable security, hidden from above-ground Cylon operations, and with sufficient supplies to last a considerable period of time ([[Act of Contrition]]).<br />
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=== The Experiment === <br />
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The purpose in establishing this "nest" appears to be to elicit an emotional response in Helo towards Valerii. When this fails, and he continues to express a desire to get off the planet, the Cylons arrange for Valerii to be "captured", determining that if Helo does not seek to rescue her, the experiment has failed, and he must be killed ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). <br />
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Following Helo's "rescue" of Valerii, genuine concern and mutual need result in them making love ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]), which she reports to Doral and Six. A new hideout, a cabin in the woods, is being constructed for Helo and Valerii, and she is instructed to lead him there and have him stay with her there - or kill him if he attempts to leave ([[Flesh and Bone]]). <br />
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Faced with this, and the realization that she has herself fallen in love with Helo, Valerii disobeys her instructions and attempts to lead Helo to [[Delphi]], where they hope to steal a vehicle and get off the planet ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]). On route to the spaceport, Valerii shows signs of being pregnant: she is sick ([[The Hand of God]]) and develops a ravenous appetite ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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=== Helo's Discovery ===<br />
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On reaching Delphi, she and Helo attempt to break into the Cylon facilities and reach the spaceport, but when Helo encounters another copy of Valerii, he draws the initial conclusion that she is a human clone created by the Cylons, and goes on the run alone ([[Colonial Day]]). When Valerii catches up with him, her emotional condition is so confused that she challenges him to shoot her ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]). However, Helo is only able to wound her. He takes her with him in the hope she can help him get off of Caprica. While Helo keeps her at gunpoint, she leads him to the [[Delphi Museum]]. While in a nearby ruined building for a storm to pass, Sharon tells Helo that her love for him is real and that she is pregnant with his child.<br />
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When she and Helo come across Starbuck, who has landed at [[Delphi]] to extract the [[Arrow of Apollo]], Thrace discovers that Valerii is a Cylon and attempts to shoot her. It is Helo, unable to bring himself to kill the Cylon, who stops Thrace and reveals to her that Valerii is pregnant. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]) Starbuck is convinced that Caprica-Sharon must be a Cylon copy of the "real" Sharon on ''Galactica''. Caprica-Sharon tries to convince her that they are both Cylons and both of them is just as "real" as the other, by remembering the first time they met, to no avail.<br />
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=== Valerii and The Resistance ===<br />
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After Thrace attempted to kill Valerii, she escapes in Thrace's Cylon Raider, likely attempting to save the life of her unborn child ([[Scattered]]). After tracking them for several days, she returns to Helo and the [[Resistance (movement)|Caprica resistance]] to aid them in finding the missing Kara ([[The Farm]]). Valerii steals a Cylon [[Heavy Raider]] and arrives at the rescue scene to destroy several Centurions and rescue the entire resistance group. Convinced that this Sharon copy can be sufficiently trusted, or at least give useful information on Cylon activity, they allow Caprica Boomer to join them as they take the Heavy Raider back to the [[Fleet]].<br />
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When Valerii walks aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', [[Lee Adama]] spots her, grabs Valerii and places his gun to her head, obviously angry that another Sharon copy (like the one that shot his father) exists. Helo immediately places his gun against Adama's head. Roslin manages to calm both enough to drop their weapons, and orders Valerii to be ejected out of the airlock. Valerii pleads for her life and tells Roslin she knows the precise location of the [[Laura Roslin faction|faction's]] objective: The [[Tomb of Athena]]. Roslin reconsiders and places Valerii in the brig. A later discussion by Roslin with Valerii confirms for Roslin that the Cylon is actually working on their side because Valerii wants her child and Helo to remain safe; Roslin believes what constitutes as a mothering instinct and love for Helo in Valerii is currently driving her motivations sufficiently to trust her.<br />
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Valerii accompanies Roslin's party to [[Kobol]]. Valerii knows the specific passages of the Tomb in the scriptures of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] by memory and, based on the passages, plots the group's path along a ridge nearby. As [[Elosha]] examines a gravestone marker along the ancient trail, the handcuffed Valerii senses danger. She is too late to warn anyone; two "Bouncing Betty"-style antipersonnel mines detonate, killing Elosha. At the same instant, a group of Centurions open fire. As others hide or return fire, Valerii vaults away, with Lee Adama in pursuit, believing she is trying to escape. Valerii scoops up a grenade launcher lying ahead, and Lee Adama thinks she is about to fire on him when she aims for the last Centurion and destroys it ("[[Home, Part I]]"). At camp, Adama and Thrace are perplexed that Helo now still loves Valerii, although he knows she's a machine.<br />
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While walking she tells Helo she knows that her child is a girl. Commander Adama's search party arrives at Roslin's camp. The warm reunion of the two leaders and family was intterrupted when Adama sees this second copy of Sharon Valerii. Commander Adama immediately tries to choke her to death. He releases her after experiencing terrible chest pains (probably the result of his recent surgery, or from anxiety), as she says "And you asked 'why'?" (mysteriously referencing what Commander Adama said over the body of the dead ''Galactica'' Boomer copy).<br />
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[[Tom Zarek]]'s follower, [[Meier]], tries to convince her to help him kill both Adamas. Valerii believed her ''Galactica'' counterpart was being held in the [[brig]], but Meier informs her that she was killed. She expresses her outrage to Helo that the crew just let Cally kill Boomer, with Cally receiving only 30 days in the brig as punishment. Valerii tells Helo that Commander Adama and the others don't think Cylons are people; they think she's a thing and not a person -- a thing they may kill once they no longer need her. Valerii pretends to take up Meier's proposal to kill Commander Adama and Lee Adama, but after they all draw their weapons she shoots Meier instead, saving the lives of both Adamas. She announces to Commander Adama that she is not the same Sharon that shot him, and that she is not a sleeper agent with hidden protocols waiting to activate; she makes her own choices. She surrenders the weapon to Commander Adama, to everyone's surprise.<br />
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=== The Cooperative Cylon ===<br />
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Subsequently, Valerii was brought aboard battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' and imprisoned in a new reinforced cell designed to incarcerate [[Humano-Cylon]]s, built originally to hold the copy known as Boomer. [[Number Six]] tells Dr. Baltar that Sharon's baby will be born in that cell. Number Six considers Sharon and Helo's biological child to be hers; she says that she will be its "mother" and Baltar will be it's "father" ([[Home, Part II]]).<br />
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While in her cell Sharon nearly has a miscarriage, and has to be rushed to [[Sickbay]] where Dr. [[Cottle]] succeeds in saving her baby's life. The humanoid Cylon known as [[D'anna Biers]], posing as a reporter for the Fleet News Service, stumbles upon Valerii while filming her documentary in Sickbay. D'anna threatened to expose that Adama harbors a Cylon aboard ''Galactica'' which may turn the Fleet against him, but he confiscated what he believed was Biers' tape of Valerii. In reality, D'anna secretly switched tapes and kept the real one. This critical information was not broadcast in the final cut of her documentary distributed to the Fleet, but it was broadcast back to the Cylons on Caprica (by way of two Raiders that attacked ''Galactica'' in order to get within transmission range). The humanoid Cylons watching in on Caprica (including a copy of D'anna and yet another Valerii copy) were surprised yet overjoyed that Helo's Valerii copy was still alive (they were apparently unaware that she had survived). They were incredibly concerned that her hybrid child would survive, saying that it must be protected at all costs ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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When ''Galactica'' experiences mysterious computer failures and system malfunctions from yet another Cylon virus, Commander Adama orders Helo to show the incarcerated Valerii the strange Cylon code. Valerii identifies it as a very virulent [[Logic bomb]] that will take control of the ship and kill off the crew if she does not help. Reluctantly, on advice from President Roslin, Commander Adama brings Valerii to [[CIC]], where Valerii cuts her arm open and connects her body to a fiber optic line to communicate with ''Galactica's'' mainframe [[Computers|computer]] and communication channels. The process is painful both to Valerii and to the crew watching the spectacle. With Valerii now with access, she takes into her a portion of the logic bomb code, then instructs Lieutenant [[Gaeta]] to wipe the hard drives of the system computers to erase all Cylon virus traces for good. ''Galactica'' is a sitting duck to a massive Cylon fighter force on the outskirts of [[DRADIS]] range while Valerii makes adjustments to the code. She resends the code out on the communication channels to the Cylon fleet. In a reversal of the events suffered by the Colonials in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], every Cylon fighter loses power and weapons. Adama's Vipers have a [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|free-for-all shooting]], destroying every Cylon fighter without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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=== The Cylon "Interrogator" ===<br />
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After ''Galactica'' reunites with battlestar ''Pegasus'', Admiral [[Helena Cain]] sends Lieutenant [[Thorne]] to inspect the incarcerated Valerii. He beats her and attempts to sexually assault her while his guards watch. Fortunately for Valerii, both Agathon and Tyrol find out about Thorne and what was done to his previous [[Number Six#Gina|prisoner]] and arrive in time to stop him. Tyrol accidentally kills Thorne in the process, and both Agathon and Tyrol are arrested by the ''Pegasus'' guards and taken to Cain's battlestar, where an apparently mock trial leaves Agathon and Tyrol pending execution by Admiral Cain. Commander Adama sends a [[Marines|Marine]] force and his Viper squadrons out and tells to Cain over [[wireless]] that he is getting his men. Valerii and all of the fleet await news on the survival of her "past" and current love as a standoff between the battlestars begins ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). The attempted rape of Caprica-Sharon resulted in her receiving a hairline fracture in one of her ribs, and extensive bruising notably on her wrists when marines were holding her down. She was in a state of shock long after it ended. Commander Adama personally appologized to her that it happened aboard his ship. (([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])<br />
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{{spoiltext|According to an [http://www.thefandom.com/Article50.phtml interview] with RDM, Caprica-Sharon's pregnancy storyline will come to a 'conclusion' by the end of season 2. Also, during the early episodes of the second half of season 2, the ''Galactica'' crew will debate whether or not they should force her to have an abortion rather than allow the Cylon's experiment to conclude and possibly pose a threat to them.}}<br />
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==Other Copies==<br />
*At the end of the [[Mini-Series]], a copy of Valerii wearing the Colonial Raptor Pilot Uniform appears to be leading the group of Humano-Cylons who recover the [[Aaron Doral#PR Executive Copy|PR Executive Copy of Aaron Doral]] from [[Ragnar Anchorage]].<br />
**It is possible that the this is the same individual as the Caprica copy. While, at the time the [[Mini-Series]] had been filmed, there were no plans to have [[Tahmoh Penikett]] reprise the role of [[Helo]], the ending of the [[Mini-Series]] forms a link to "[[33]]", establishing that the Cylons have developed a plan for Helo's presence on Caprica.<br />
*A copy of Valerii is witnessed wearing a grey coat at the spaceport at [[Delphi]]. However, she is immediately killed by Helo's Valerii copy ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
*Multiple copies of the Valerii model were encountered on the [[basestar]] over [[Kobol]]. It is likely that they were dispatched to the Raptor in order to activate some latent portion of the ''Galactica'' copy's Cylon personality ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
*A copy of Valerii is seen at the end of "[[Final Cut]]", also wearing a grey coat like other Sharons on Caprica, remarking in surprise that Caprica-Valerii is still alive.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*[[Number Six]] rhetorically asks Baltar in "[[Flesh and Bone]]" why he thinks that Valerii got her callsign, "Boomer." As shown twice in "[[Water]]" and with her destruction of the basestar in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", the ''Galactica'' Valerii appeared to have a penchant for blowing things up. This is not coincident with her [[Boomer (TOS)|namesake]] from the Original Series, who did not show this tendency.<br />
**Number Six could probably have been using sexual innuendo when she rhetorically asked why the ''Galactica'' Valerii's callsign was "Boomer"; for example, as demonstrated in "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]" (Actress Grace Park said in interviews that she was so determined to make an enthusiastic lovemaking scene, i.e. copious amounts of moaning, etc., that when the scene director finished they flat out said their footage would have to be ''heavily'' edited).<br />
** Alternately, this may be an in-joke to the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Bubblegum Crisis|Bubblegum Crisis]]'' (and its spin-offs). ''Bubblegum Crisis'' generally focuses on a futuristic police force in conflict with rogue androids with a human appearance, or "synthetic humanoids", referred to as ''[[Wikipedia:boomer (anime term)|boomer]]s''. Some of these (such as Cynthia in BGC1 '''Tinsel City''') are completely unaware of their nature as synthetically created beings. (Of course, [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original ''Battlestar Galactica'']] predates this usage.)<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Valerii|Valerii]] is the male plural form of the Roman name of the family Valeria. Valerius is the singular form.<br />
*In an interview for thefandom.com Ron D. Moore stated that "'''There is no original human Sharon.''' The idea is not that there was likely an original human model that they were copied from. The idea was that these models of Cylon were sort of developed out of their own study of us. The Cylons on some level looked at humanity and said “You know what? There’s really only 12 of you”. If these are the 12, and sort of if you look at them they each represent different archetypes of what humanity is".<br />
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