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<div>A [[Sci Fi Channel]] promotional site, known as [http://www.youwillknowthetruth.com YouWillKnowTheTruth.com] offers new clues at regular intervals regarding the final 10 episodes of [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4]] of the Re-imagined Series.<br />
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The site's goal is to drum up speculation as to the identity of the [[Final Five|last unrevealed]] [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] and, in turn, viewership for the final episodes of the series.<br />
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The site offers the following clues:<br />
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# A quote: "You have heard my voice countless times, yet you do not know my name."<br />
# The description of the final Cylon given by the [[First Hybrid]]: " [[Hybrid utterances|...and the fifth, still in shadow...]]" ([[Razor]])<br />
# An audio clip of [[Kara Thrace]] breathing heavily while moving through rustling grass, and being asked "Kara what is it, what does it mean?"<br />
# A clip of a press conference for [[Lee Adama]] where he answers a question about the fifth Cylon. His answer is edited out, and elicits an unamused reaction from [[Tom Zarek]].<br />
# An image of a floating fetus with a glowing red spine (This was a cinematic element from the [[Miniseries]]. The device has been since disused except for this image, used in Season 3 promotional ads.)<br />
# A clip of [[Virtual Six]] confronting [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] about taking on the old gods, and becoming godlike himself.<br />
# A version of the [[Last Supper]] photograph but with [[Laura Roslin]] removed.<br />
# Baltar speaks to [[Galen Tyrol]] about his move from being a scientist to a more religious viewpoint.<br />
# Adama walks through a hallway, angrily demanding a sidearm from a [[Colonial Marine Corps|marine]]. He continues to walk, opening a hatch and entering the room, then the clip goes black as Adama says, "Sit down, Cylon."<br />
# Gaeta smokes while talking to Baltar about his interest in architecture, and says that he hopes people eventually realize who he is. The video goes black, and Baltar's voice echoes "I know who you are.".<br />
# In an audio clip, a male voice says "every revolution begins with one small act of courage, but I hope you know how serious this will have consequences". A number of voices begin asking questions in a largely unintelligible babble. After the babble quiets down, a second voice is heard saying "serving in a corrupt administration" a third voice says "you know exactly what I'm talking about", a fourth voice says "our little secret", a fifth voice is heard saying "or anyone else" and a sixth voice says "so I guess a pity frak is out of the question". A bell deeps gongs twelve times, then the clip falls silent.<br />
# A voice on the PA announces a fire, ordering an evacuation. Starbuck greets Narcho, who declares that he is in charge and orders her to handle the evacuation. She grabs and questions him, and he responds by telling her to get her hands off him and says that no one knows what she is anymore.<br />
# A clip from the scene in "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]" in which William and Lee Adama, Laura Roslin and Saul Tigh discuss their secret plan to hold onto the final five until they find Earth.<br />
# William Adama walks into a washroom and drinks an alcoholic beverage from a bottle. He then washes his face and notices the reflection of a large rip in the wall. He turns around, examining the rip.<br />
# In this audio clip, [[Hoshi]] announces an incoming signal from ''Colonial One'', William Adama tells him to put the signal through and Gaeta asks Baltar what he wants. The signal is scrambled, Baltar says he "wants this to stop", saying "this is madness", Baltar tells Gaeta that he knows he's a good man mentions "our little secret", and offering to show him the way if he is hungry for redemption, Gaeta says goodbye and Baltar begs him to listen, the clip ends at this point.<br />
# In this audio clip, several distorted voices can be heard speaking. The phrases "Do you remember what we said on New Caprica?", "how we talked about trying to live for today", "maybe today is all we have left", "I've earned the right to live a little before I die", "...haven't I?", "We believe the fifth Cylon to be..." and "the fifth" can be made out. When the clip is played in reverse, Tigh can be heard saying "you're the fifth." <br />
# A clip from "[[The Road Less Traveled]]", just after [[Erin Mathias|Mathias]] is killed by the exploding [[Heavy Raider]], in which the crew on the ''Demetriu''s is discussing Starbuck and whether she is a Cylon.<br />
# A [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/youwillknowthetruth/index.php?pageid=180 picture] showing Hot Dog and Tyrol in the sickbay standing and pondering at an empty bed.<br />
# A [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/youwillknowthetruth/index.php?pageid=190 picture] of Saul Tigh amidst some ruins consisting of blocks of reinforced concrete.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* The name "You will know the truth" is a verse from the Bible (John 8:32<ref>[http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/john/john8.htm New American Bible reference.]</ref><ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/Bible.cfm?b=Jhn&c=8 King James Version reference.]</ref>).<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Cubit/Archive_1&diff=170371Talk:Cubit/Archive 12009-01-14T22:51:06Z<p>Serenity: /* Images */ Unsigned comment. It's broken for me as well. mhh</p>
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<div>==Images==<br />
Image 4 and 6 seem to be missing. {{unsigned|Furyofaseraph}}<br />
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==Coin version of cubit==<br />
Could somebody post a cap of Doc Cottle's cubit (from Black Market)? I'm doing the episode summary for Man with Nine Lives (TOS) and it appears that the old coins have a similar look (gold rectangles). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 19:32, 9 February 2006 (EST)<br />
:: [[Image:CottleCubit.jpg|thumb]] I hope this will help a little. -- [[User:Kahran|Kahran]] 19:40, 9 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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::: Thanks, Kahran! Looks similar, but the new ones have the "cut corners". I'm not sure if there are any better shots of TOS cubits. The only other instance I can recall are from [[The Long Patrol]] (also aboard the Rising Star), but I think they're likely further out shots than this. If we end up making a comparison I may go hunt it down. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 20:18, 9 February 2006 (EST) [[Image:Pyramidcubits.jpg|thumb|right]]<br />
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== Revision ==<br />
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The term is used in both TOS and RDM. I've adjusted the article accordingly. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 21:00, 26 July 2006 (CDT)</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Insignia_(RDM)&diff=170367Insignia (RDM)2009-01-14T22:36:58Z<p>Serenity: /* Dress uniform devices */</p>
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<div>:''For insignia of the [[Original Series]], see [[Insignia (TOS)]]''<br />
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This article covers the various insignia in the [[Re-imagined Series]], from arm patches to emblems.<br />
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== Patches and arm flashes == <br />
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=== Colonial Fleet patches ===<br />
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Every crewmember wears a ship patch on the left shoulder of his or her [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniform]]. It is a round patch depicting the [[Colonial seal]] in the middle, around which the ship's name together with its [[battlestar group]] are written. ''Galactica's'' crew patch is colored gold, with "Battlestar Galactica BSG 75" written around the seal in a very dark, almost black, blue. The ''Pegasus'' patch is blue with white lettering. ''[[Triton (RDM)|Triton]]'''s patch is colored the same as ''Galactica's''.<br />
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Both the [[Armistice Officer]] and [[Kendra Shaw]] wear the patch of the [[Ministry of Defense]], which is labeled "Kobol HQ". This is a holdover from the earlier drafts of the [[Miniseries]] script, when everyone came from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] instead of the Twelve Colonies.<br />
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Colonial ship and department patches are also present on duffel bags ("[[Scar]]", "[[Razor]]"), including another velcro patch with the last name and first initial of the officer to whom the bag belongs. <br />
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Flight suits also have a specialty patch on the right shoulder, which is either a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] or [[Raptor]] emblem. Additionally, some flight suits feature a specialty patch over the left breast (such as one for the [[Vigilantes]] squadron as worn by [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]]), although this is typically obscured by the flight suit vest and rarely seen. <br />
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Image:PatchGalactica.jpg|''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' patch.<br />
Image:Smaller Galactica patch.jpg|Smaller ''Galactica'' patch worn on the gray sweatpant.<br />
Image:Pegasus patch.jpg|''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' patch. <br />
Image:Triton patch.jpg|''[[Triton (RDM)|Triton]]'' patch.<ref>The patch reads "BST" instead of "BSG". The costuming department very likely assumed that "BSG" stands for "Battlestar Galactica" and changed the last letter accordingly. However, "[[Water]]" and the patches for ''[[Pegasus]]'' and ''[[Valkyrie]]'' establish that the acronym stands for [[battlestar group]]. </ref><br />
Image:Valkyrie.jpg|''[[Valkyrie]]'' patch.<br />
Image:Valkyrie patch.jpg|An alternate version of the ''Valkyrie'' patch with a golden, reflective back.<ref>A costuming gaffe with this patch is apparent: it is affixed to Admiral [[Peter Corman]]'s uniform in "[[Hero]]", although no closeups of this can be seen on screen, it is on the physical uniform for the character.</ref><br />
Image:MOD Patch.jpg|[[Ministry of Defense]] patch, worn by the [[Armistice Officer]] in the [[Miniseries]] and [[Kendra Shaw]] in "[[Razor]]".<br />
Image:Fighter Squadron 10 Raptors patch.jpg|[[Raptor]] patch.<br />
Image:PatchViper.jpg|[[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] patch.<br />
Image:Vigilantes patch.jpg|[[Vigilantes]] patch, worn on the left breast of the [[flight suit]] of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> pilots who are members of the squadron.<br />
Image:Valerii velcro patch.jpg|Velcro name patch of [[Sharon Valerii]] for her duffel bag.<br />
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=== Civilian patches ===<br />
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The first instance of a civilian ship patch is the [[Eversun]] patch worn by the ship's crew of ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
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Subsequent to this, other ship patches have appeared, including the [[Prison Transport Services]] patch on the crew and security officers on ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[Water]]), and the arm patch worn by [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] on ''[[Sedulana]]'' ([[Scattered]]). Later, the civilian ship's captains, acting as judges at [[Gaius Baltar]]'s trial, wear patches on their dress uniforms with their ship name and symbol. The patch on [[Doyle Franks]]'s uniform identifies her as the captain of ''[[Prometheus]]'', and [[Jules Tarney]] (to Franks's right) is from ''[[Pyxis]]'' ("[[Crossroads, Part I]]", "[[He That Believeth in Me]]"). It is unknown whether the symbols on the patches represent solely the ships or possibly the companies that owned them. Further, the symbol on the ''Prometheus'' patch is also present on the uniform buttons.<br />
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The only civilian patch ever seen with the [[Colonial seal]] is the [[Caprica City Police]] ([[Maelstrom]]).<br />
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Image:PatchPrometheus.jpg|''[[Prometheus]]'' patch worn by [[Doyle Franks]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).<br />
Image:Pyxis patch.jpg|''[[Pyxis]]'' patch worn by [[Jules Tarney]] in "[[Crossroads, Part I|Crossroads]]" Parts I & II.<br />
Image:Integral Systems Engineering patch.jpg|[[Integral Systems Engineering]] patch worn by [[Gina Inviere]] (Razor).<br />
Image:Freighter patch - watermarked.jpg|Patch for the freighter [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] served on after the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]] ([[Scattered]]).<br />
Image:Eversun Luxury Liners uniform patch.jpg|Patch worn on the jackets of the crew members and stewardesses of ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]''.<br />
Image:Prison Transport Services patch.jpg|Patch worn by the crew members on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[Bastille Day]]).<br />
Image:Caprica City Police patch.jpg|Patch of the [[Caprica City Police]].<br />
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== Rank insignia ==<br />
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:''For information on the rank insignia, see [[Military Ranks (RDM)#Insignia|Military Ranks (RDM)]]''<br />
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== Duty uniform devices ==<br />
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=== Pilot wings ===<br />
[[Image:NBSG-PilotWings2.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Pilot qualification wings]]<br />
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On [[Uniforms (RDM)#Regular uniform|regular uniforms]] and [[flight suit]]s, pilot qualification wings are normally worn over the left breast. There exist two degrees:<br />
* Junior Pilot — two chevrons on a golden diamond and small swept-back wings to the sides, and <br />
* Senior Pilot — larger outstretched wings and an additional silver border on the upper edges of the diamond.<br />
Senior pilot wings might be awarded for significant flight-hours or senior command qualification (e.g. capital ship).<br />
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== Dress uniform devices ==<br />
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Dress uniforms are worn on formal occasions and are thus worn with additional adornments and insignia.<br />
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An elaborate ship's insignia is worn on the uniform flap over the right breast. It is a metal version of the shoulder patch. All other insignia are worn on a leather sash that runs diagonally across the uniform.<br />
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One pin is a variation of a [[Insignia (TOS)|''Galactica'' insignia]] from the [[Original Series]], with an additional four-pointed star on top. These come in gold and silver. Like with the other devices, their function is unknown. They are likely medals awarded for distinguished service or valor.<br />
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An exception to this are admirals, like Adm. [[Peter Corman]], who can wear uniform devices on their normal blue duty uniforms ([[Hero]]). <br />
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Image:AdamaDressUniformWater.JPG|Commander Adama in dress uniform ([[Water]]).<br />
Image:TighDressUniformWater.JPG|Colonel Tigh in dress uniform (Water).<br />
Image:WilliamAdamaDressDevices.jpg|William Adama's dress uniform insignia.<br />
Image:TighDressDevices.jpg|Colonel Tigh's dress uniform insignia.<br />
Image:LeeAdamaDressDevices.jpg|Lee Adama's dress uniform insignia.<br />
Image:HonorGuardDressDevices.jpg|Dress uniform insignia of the honor guard in "[[Act of Contrition]]".<br />
Image:Season 3 - Promo - Hero - Admiral Corman.jpg|Admiral Peter Corman (high resolution)<br />
Image:NBSG-StarUniformDevice.jpg|Star-shaped insignia<br />
Image:Galactica_brooch.jpg|Dress uniform ''Galactica'' insignia<br />
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== Additional Images ==<br />
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Image:Greys Mini.JPG|The Adamas in dress uniform ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
Image:WilliamAdamaDressMiniseries.jpg|A closeup of William Adama's dress uniform (Miniseries).<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
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*[[Medal of Distinction]] and [[Medal of Valor]]; two medals awarded by the Colonial Fleet.<br />
*[[Uniforms (RDM)]] for information on the uniforms of the Re-imagined Series.<br />
*[[Military Ranks (RDM)]] for information on the rank insignia of the Re-imagined Series.<br />
*[[Squadrons of Galactica]] for information on squadron insignia used in the Re-imagined Series.<br />
*[[Insignia (TOS)]] for information on insignia used in the [[Original Series]].<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
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*[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'' rank insignia and uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. The source of some of this article's images.<br />
*[http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dressinsigniaev2.png A high resolution version] of the device chart shown on the site above.<br />
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[[de:Abzeichen (RDM)]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Cubit&diff=170366Cubit2009-01-14T22:27:40Z<p>Serenity: /* Notes */</p>
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<div>[[Image:Pyramidcubits.jpg|thumb|right|[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] wagers cubits at the Pyramid table ([[The Man with Nine Lives]]).]]<br />
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'''Cubits''' are a form of government-regulated currency used throughout the Twelve Colonies in both the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].<br />
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==In the Original Series==<br />
Cubits were normally seen in coin form. Frequently, viewers see cubits wagered in [[Pyramid (TOS)|pyramid]] games, usually while [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is playing ([[The Man with Nine Lives]]).<br />
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Cubits are much the same in terms of appearance from the Original Series. However, it is revealed that they were made out of [[auric]], the Colonial term for gold ([[The Super Scouts, Part I]]).<br />
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==In the Re-imagined Series==<br />
[[Image:Silvergolden500cubit-actofcontrition-14.52.jpg|right|thumb|Betting with gold and silver cubits during a game of [[Triad (RDM)|Triad]] ([[Act of Contrition]]).]]<br />
The cubit typically comes in both a coin and paper form ([[Miniseries]]). <br />
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The paper version is shown to come in denominations of 100, 500 ([[Act of Contrition]]) and 1000 ([[Colonial Day]]); there are very likely others. The paper version also includes the shorthand for cubit "cb", next to the number it denotes. Coin versions of cubits also exist and bear the icon of the colony of origin on at least one side. Coins can be gold or silver ([[Black Market]]).<br />
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Currency within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|refugee fleet]] led by ''Galactica'' became technically worthless as pointed out by [[Tom Zarek]]. However, President Roslin's administration strives to address this. Presidential aide [[Wallace Gray]] is instrumental in a move to return the Fleet to a currency-based economy to allow commerce in the Fleet to continue, so this form of currency is still utilized ([[Colonial Day]]).<br />
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It is assumed that cubits became the common currency after the [[Articles of Colonization]] were passed.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*The [[Wikipedia:Cubit|Cubit]] is an ancient unit of measurement used by various civilizations (varying in size between them). It is mentioned several times in the [[Wikipedia:Bible|Bible]], most prominently in the [[Wikipedia:Old Testament|Old Testament]] descriptions of [[Wikipedia:Noah's Ark|Noah's Ark]] and the [[Wikipedia:Solomon's Temple|Temple of Solomon]]. The ''natural cubit'' is based on the distance between thumb and another finger to the elbow on an average person, around {{Feet2Meters|1.5}}.<br />
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*As a system of currency, the Cubit is somewhat analogous to the [[w:Euro|Euro]], the international currency of much of the [[w:European Union|European Union]]. Cubits, like Euros, are universally accepted across all twelve Colonies and most likely became the common currency after the federal government was established with the signing of the Articles of Colonization. While EU members outside the Eurozone still use their own currency, no mention has been made of any pre-federal currency native to the individual Colonies as of yet.<br />
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*The artwork for the Colonial cubits used in the show includes the phrase "Seventh Millennium of Time". This is a nod to the [[Original Series]], as that [[Saga of a Star World|series's opening]] is set just before the [[timeline (TOS)|seventh millennium]] of time. The artwork also includes a previous concept of the Colonial "bird" seal drawn by [[Ken Rabehl]].<br />
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*All text and numbers on the Colonial cubits used in the show use the typeface '''Abduction''' [http://www.fontfinder.ws/6156/Abduction.html] .<br />
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[[de:Cubit]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Episode_list_(RDM_season_4)&diff=170361Template:Episode list (RDM season 4)2009-01-14T20:25:52Z<p>Serenity: moving Razor Flashbacks to webisodes. They were cut from the movie instead of produced on their own, but still released as webisodes first</p>
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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 />
I formed a hypothesis and added an interesting pair of links on the [[Viper 2276]] talk page. I'm interested in what you think. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 19:48, 25 February 2006 (EST)<br />
:Replied over there. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:57, 25 February 2006 (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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::::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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== 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)<br />
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:Thank you for reminding me of that. I suppose we don't have to make an explicit note of that dialog. In the future, please post clarifications such as this to the relevant article's talk page - it will be easier for future editors to locate there. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:04, 28 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Quality Articles Reminder ==<br />
I just wanted to remind you of [[Battlestar_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Community Portal Content|this]] conversation. I'm curious to hear your thoughts. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 00:56, 5 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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==Re:[[Continuity errors (RDM)]]==<br />
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Thank you for addressing your concerns. I have taken the use of [[fumarello]] to be valid based on the two previous pages:<br />
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*In the [[Miniseries#Starbuck & Tigh's Card Fight|miniseries]] article:<br />
:''The touch of classic Starbuck elements, i.e. the gambling and [[fumarello]] smoking, is a nice homage to the original that fits in nicely.''<br />
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*In the [[Kara Thrace#The Arrow of Apollo|Kara Thrace]] article:<br />
:''There she digs up a stash of [[fumarello]]s, dons an old military fatigue jacket she apparently wore around her home, and starts up a battery-powered music player.''<br />
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There are probably others that abound on the site as well. Lastly, the [[fumarello]] article iself states that the ep "[[Water]]" '''does''' use the term "fumarello", as well as explaining that it is made from the fumarella leaf.<br />
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If that is not the case, and cigars are really cigars in the "RDMiverse" (meaning that the "Water" reference is wrong), mea culpa. No offense is taken or intended; we're all here to make the best articles possible.--<font color="#4b0082">'''[[User:Mitsukai|み使い]]'''</font> <font color="#2f4f4f">'''''[[User_talk:Mitsukai|Mitsukai]]'''''</font> 14:50, 5 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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:Baltar does not explicitly refer to the cigar he gives Thrace as a "fumarello", he just calls the material it's made from "Fumarello leaf", and obviously on-screen evidence takes precedence over whatever RDM may call it on the commentary tracks. Since they have been explicitly referred to as cigars on a number of occasions, and never as "Fumarellos", I am going to revert your edit again. Please do not restore it unless you can provide an actual quote from an episode in favor of your position.<br />
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:Here is the dialogue from "Water":<br />
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::'''Gaius Baltar:''' Full colors, thank you. Thank you all for a most pleasant evening. A parting gift. Hand-rolled from some of the finest fumarello leaf on Caprica. It's also one of the last left in the universe.<br />
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:Note that he never actually names the object he's giving her. Meanwhile, we've heard them explicitly referred to as cigars and cigarettes on several occasions:<br />
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:"You Can't Go Home Again"<br />
::'''Kara Thrace:''' No cigar for you.<br />
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:"Litmus"<br />
::'''Gaius Baltar:''' I, um, I brought you a cigar. Recovery gift.<br />
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:"Final Cut"<br />
::'''Felix Gaeta:''' Gaeta: I hate cigarettes.<br />
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:"Black Market"<br />
::'''Jack Fisk:''' By the way, did you get the cigars I sent over?<br />
::'''Lee Adama:''' Enjoy the cigars. Escort the vice President to his ship.<br />
::'''Phelan:''' Everyone has needs. Some settle for cigars or liquor. <br />
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:"Scar"<br />
::'''Louanne Katraine:''' Scar's gonna smoke you like a fine cigar, my man.<br />
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:So "cigar" wins 6-0, by my count. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:02, 5 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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:::Agreed. "Fumarello" appears to be the ''tobacco'' analog, but cigars are still "cigars" ''even'' in "Water". --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 16:27, 5 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Star of Kobol ==<br />
You deserve a [[Star of Kobol]] for transcribing act II of Res ship part I. It was almost as if RDM was TRYING to make it hard to transcribe, shifting around like that. I had actually picked that one to try to transcribe, and that first paragraph got me to quit. We don't have barnstars around here, but I figured some kudos were due. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 23:41, 14 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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::Whoop, accidentally overwrote your added dialogue for "The Captain's Hand". Was editing some things and kept an older version which must have overwrote your add-ons. D'oheth!!! --[[User:Bane Grievver|Bane Grievver]] 19:38, 19 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Copyright Question ==<br />
I know that text from wikipedia is off limits due to incompatible licenses... but what about pics? There is a [[Wikipedia:Image:Bgpromo1.jpg|promo shot]] on there that would be great for the [[Season 1 (1978-79)]] article, and maybe even the character portal (in some sort of a collage with cast shots from the other shows). --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:58, 16 March 2006 (CST)<br />
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:Well, that picture certainly isn't copyright by anyone at wikipedia - they're using it under the principles of fair use, so there's no reason we couldn't do the same. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:14, 16 March 2006 (CST)<br />
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Also, I've got a cut of the podcast template up with the additional copyright stuff, but it is suffering from an extra space. If you could figure out how to reword it so that a space after RDM was natural (instead of leaving a dangling period), it'd look a lot slicker. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 11:58, 16 March 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Feedback? ==<br />
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Hey. I wanted your input on the whole [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Portals#Do we even like this.3F|Portals thing]]. --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|talk]])</sup> 23:25, 19 March 2006 (CST)<br />
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==3 images for deletion==<br />
[[:Image:Bsg-wiki-stub.png]] [[:Image:Bsg-wiki-babelfish.png]] [[:Image:Podcast_logo.png]] <br />
Thanks. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 11:48, 23 April 2006 (CDT)<br />
:I took care of two of those. The babelfish is still linked from a template, though, so I didn't want to kill it yet. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:52, 23 April 2006 (CDT)<br />
::Oops missed that one. Fixed template, images can be deleted now --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 11:55, 23 April 2006 (CDT).<br />
:::All done. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 11:55, 23 April 2006 (CDT)<br />
::::Brilliant, been making icons all afternoon and replaced a few old ones. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 11:57, 23 April 2006 (CDT)<br />
==Persimmons?==<br />
I would like to ask your permission to use your likeness (from the image for your user page) in a project I'm working on. It's just a little banner I'm putting together for the Galactica BS fan art forum (not going to be on the front page of anything, just in a post or two (if the original ends up being quoted). I'm actually done with yours (and Joe's) but posting it once is as good as publishing in these days of caching, so before I even posted a preview of it to photobucket I wanted to clear it with you. I just used your pic as is, with some minor changes in scaling, rotation, shadow, and the addition of some hair to account for the areas that were cropped in the original (I used samples of your hair from the original to construct it). I'm not 100% done with it, but it's looking pretty good. I'd rather not spoil the "surprise" of what exactly I'm doing until closer to unveiling, but I could promise a preview before it is "published" (aka posted into my fan art thread). Just drop a note here (or on my talk, or email, or whatever) letting me know. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 14:47, 16 May 2006 (CDT)<br />
:No problem; sounds like a fun project. Just let me know when that preview's ready. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 00:14, 17 May 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Thank you ==<br />
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Thank you for welcoming me. Oh and put this template on your userpage:<br />
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<nowiki>{{User Wikipedia account}}</nowiki><br />
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[[User:General Eisenhower|General Eisenhower]] ([[Wikipedia:User:General Eisenhower|Wikipedia]]) 12:22, 20 May 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Please prepare to respond to an [[BW:RFC]] ==<br />
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I have had it up to hear with you. You assume NO good faith and you assume everything should be done your way - your way only. You have not read anything that was posted. You assume everyone knows your requirments for the information to be posted. You want everything your way and not the community way. If you checked the history of [[Galactica (RDM)]] it was Merv who made it a featured candidate and not me. So you can't say I was playing favoritism in this action by making it the vote. For the people who gave their option over a 4 day period, people selected that page over yours. [[user:Steelviper]] had even objected to your inital comments of "perfect" and so did I, In which afterwards you said you listed your reasons, in which you did not. No more. I have had it with your abuse in power. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 22:55, 7 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
:I am prepared to defend my actions. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:05, 7 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== HDTV Template Thingy ==<br />
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Hey peter, I was just wondering - the copyright template that says 'this is an HDTV screen capture' etc etc - why is the resolution measured wrong? It's 1920x1080 - always has been - if it were 1080x1920 - it'd be portrait. Also, not all HDTV broadcasts are 1920x1080, some are 1280x720p - just thought i'd throw that in to confuse and umm...there was another reason why i mentioned it, but it escapes me at the moment... --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 14:17, 16 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:On the order issue, that was my bad. You should feel free to correct it. As for 720p vs. 1080i vs. 1080p, I had sort of been hoping that 1080p HD-DVD/Blu-Ray discs would be out soon enough that we wouldn't have to contend with that issue. Unfortunately, it hasn't turned out that way, and things have gotten a little more complicated. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:58, 16 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
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::Okay - i'll sort out the order, but how do I do that? --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 16:34, 16 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::Leave it to me. I'll try to attend to it soon. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:22, 17 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
::::Cool - upto my elbows in brake dust and grease! --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 07:45, 17 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Your Minor Edit ==<br />
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Thanks for the information! However, your contribuation to [[:Battlestar Wiki:Requests for adminship/Shane]] was more than just a ''minor'' edit as you indicated by clicking the "<small><tt>'''[&nbsp;] This is a minor edit'''</tt></small>" checkbox is unchecked for these types of edits. Please read up on the [[BW:MARK#Minor_edits|guidelines]] refering to minor edits.<br />
--[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 19:46, 24 June 2006 (CDT) <br />
:Good call, and apologies for the slip-up. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 19:48, 24 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Inadvertant Deletions and Quotes in Citation ==<br />
Sorry, the deletion from the Delphi Article was accidental. I guess I need to hit Show Preview, right before I save. Sorry about the quotes. There is several different policies about quotes and episodes and I got confused.--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:49, 25 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
:Actually, I would never deleted anything (unless it was something I was working on) without asking.--[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 14:49, 25 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
::Accidents happen. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:53, 25 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::Still wasnt as bad as when I totally [[Wikipedia:Fubar|fubared]] the ships of the fleet page lol --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] 03:35, 26 June 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== There ''must'' be a word for this... ==<br />
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So. You're reading Wikipedia and you see a word you don't know. It is, of course, cross-linked, so you click and read. Then you see a term that you basically understand, but figure you could use more information about, so you click. A ways down you see something you've never even heard of, so you click. Thirty minutes later you wonder why the heck you're reading about Julie Andrews or something else entirely unrelated to your original topic. This has got to be very, extremely common. There must be a term for this phenominon and Wikipedia must have an article on it. I demand you tell me what the term is! Now! *wink* --[[User:Day|Day]] <sup>([[User talk:Day|Talk]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Administrators' noticeboard|Admin]])</sup> 00:14, 4 July 2006 (CDT) <br />
:[[Wikipedia:Attention deficit disorder|ADD]]. Tabbed browsing is a particularly vicious enabler. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 04:30, 4 July 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Viper Tally == <br />
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On the Viper Tally page, you noted that the Galactica had two squadrons of Mark VIIs, but that shows contrary to what was actually on screen, one squadron of Mark VIIs getting trashed. Can you cite where you got this info from? --[[User:Volostheguardian|Volostheguardian]] 00:24, 24 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:It's informed speculation. Galactica had one full squadron of Mk. IIs in the starboard bay, which, when pooled with the surviving Mk. VIIs, made up a defense screen of 39 fighters seen during the Ragnar battle. Combining this wiht the 20 Mk. VIIs destroyed earlier suggests 2 squadrons of Mk. VIIs operating from the (active) port hangar, with one squadron of Mk. IIs on display in the (decomissioned) starboard hangar. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 03:43, 24 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== A long time... ==<br />
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In short.. I am sorry. --[[User:Shane|Shane]] <sup>([[User_Talk:Shane|T]] - [[Special:Contributions/Shane|C]] - [[Special:Editcount/Shane|E]])</sup> 08:31, 1 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Debate ==<br />
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Hey, Peter, I noticed what you did with the boomer sound clip from webisode 9, and I was wondering if you'd be able to do the same for one of Doc Cottle's lines from Home, Pt. II. The debate is [[Talk:Home%2C_Part_II#Doc_Cottle_has_a_pottymouth|here]]. --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 22:53, 3 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
:I'm sorry, but that debate isn't particularly interesting to me. Actors slip up all the time (note Michael Hogan's frequent use of "Jeeze") - plot-wise, nothing turns on it. If you want to investigate yourself, I suggest picking up a copy of "[http://www.amazon.com/Course-Phonetics-CD-ROM-Peter-Ladefoged/dp/1413006884/ A Course in Phonetics]" by the late [[Wikipedia:Peter Ladefoged|Peter Ladefoged]]. For spectral analysis, I use the program [http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/ Praat]. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 02:35, 4 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
::Nice work on the "Boomer told me." I had doubts, but I was wrong. --[[User:Gougef|FrankieG]] 17:42, 5 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::I promise this isn't random 'vandalism'. It's not "Boomer told me", it's "Laura told me", there is no "buh" as in boomer, definately "Luh" and there is certainly no "muh", that's a "ruh" although the longer phonemes present are similar there are clear differences in the shorter opening ones. (Any ENG. LANG grads forgive me for my inaccurate use of the word phoneme)--[[User:jxh487]]<br />
::::Bradley Thompson himself confirmed for us, over at [[BW:OC]], that the line is "Boomer told me". --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 18:39, 5 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::::Really, does nobody else think it sounds like LAURA...I could have sworn...Oh well, must have been the American accent that threw me or summit. --[[User:jxh487]] And also has anybody confirmed that that's the real Radley tHompson? And now for my new trick...signing[[User:Jxh487|Jxh487]] 18:56, 5 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
::::::Yep! Right [[Sources:Affidavit on the identity of User:Ngarenn|here]]! --[[User:BklynBruzer|BklynBruzer]] 19:01, 5 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
::::::No one else has thought it was Laura, but they've thought it was all sorts of other things, check the talk page. [[User:Noneofyourbusiness|Noneofyourbusiness]] 19:43, 5 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== My RFA ==<br />
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== Lend an ear ==<br />
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I just put up the transcription for the teaser of "Home, Part I" and there's a couple bits that have eluded me. If you could lend an ear, I'd appreciate it. The unitelligable bits are so marked, and there's timecodes in the transcript to help you (or anyone) find them. Thanks. --[[User:PrePressChris|PrePressChris]] 08:56, 18 October 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Happy Birthday! ==<br />
[[Image:Frak party.jpg|right|thumb|The ''Galactica'' crew celebrate Peter's birthday with a frak party including [[Cylon Curry|food]] and [[Cylon Shooter|drinks]].]]<br />
I noticed you changed your age on your user page. Was it your birthday (in that case, happy birthday), or did you just forget it? Anyway, for the really lazy bastards Shane worked up a template some time ago that automatically calculates your age. Simply enter<code>{{tlp|age|birthyear|birthmonth|birthday}}</code> and it'll automatically update. --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 05:38, 25 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
:Yeah, my birthday was on Monday. Thanks for the suggestion. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:47, 25 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
::Happy belated Birthday :D --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 02:56, 26 April 2007 (CDT)<br />
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== Audio analysis ==<br />
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Could you work your magic on [[Talk:Gina Inviere#Resurrection vs Insurrection|this issue]]? --[[User:Catrope|Catrope]]<sup>([[User talk:Catrope|Talk to me]] or [[Special:Emailuser/Catrope|e-mail me]])</sup> 10:30, 1 December 2007 (CST)<br />
:It sounds like you have this sorted out. Do you still need me on this one? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 03:12, 3 December 2007 (CST)<br />
::I don't think so. It's not 100% clear, but not inaudible either. And just from context, it's pretty clear that it's "resurrection" --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 03:19, 3 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Fragged ==<br />
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Sorry, I misremembered something there :( I remembered the line "spacecraft entering the upper atmosphere", but looking at some screenshots, they do indeed jump into orbit first :s A better example may be "[[Home, Part II]]" where Racetrack says "This is an intra-atmos entry. You guys buckled in?" and if I recall correctly, that's also what's shown. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 22:33, 28 April 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Welcome back! ==<br />
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Nice to see you up and about! :) [[User:Shane|Shane]] ([[User_Talk:Shane|talk]]) 02:04, 14 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''Baltar is rigorously questioned about his past and what the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] know about [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Meanwhile, both [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]] struggle with their feelings for one another and are forced to make a decision about their respective marriages.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
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*The episode begins as the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] moves past a small planetoid. Viewers hear a lullaby being sung as the shot moves past [[duty locker]]s as people sleep, to show [[Gaius Baltar]], in a [[brig]] on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', tearing strips of fabric.<br />
*To pressure him into revealing any secrets or tactical knowledge of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], Baltar has been forced to stay awake. In turn, the prisoner has gone on a hunger strike, and believes that the Fleet's leadership will eventually kill him outright, rather than give him a fair trial.<br />
*Baltar's virtual [[Number Six]] appears to question his actions, but only briefly. She soon begins to "aid" him in his task; he ties the fabric strips to form a hangman's noose.<br />
*Elsewhere, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] cannot sleep. He dresses and heads for the brig. A [[Marine]] on guard stops his advance.<br />
*The virtual Six "pushes" Baltar's cot, and the man begins to choke on his noose. Six tells him to take slow, deep breaths.<br />
*Baltar appears to awake in a [[Cylon rebirthing tank]], surrounded by three Six copies. He shouts in celebration, believing that, at least, he knows his true nature as a Cylon.<br />
*The Sixes' gentle touches suddenly become harsh scratches and lacerations. A Six tells Baltar that he is not, in fact, a Cylon, but a human about to die. All three push Baltar into the tank's gelatinous mixture. One Six enters the pool, lying above him and kisses him as he is held to drown.<br />
*Baltar's mind was likely suffering from oxygen deprivation, as his Marine guard cuts him down and successfully resuscitates him. Gaeta leaves to find Dr. [[Cottle]].<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
*[[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], [[Saul Tigh]], Dr. Cottle, and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] sit in Adama's quarters, discussing what to do to get information from Baltar. Acknowledging that his hunger strike and suicide attempt have soured his mood, Roslin suggests an alternative plan.<br />
*When Lieutenant Gaeta is asked why he was at Baltar's cell so early in the morning, he tells the president that he couldn't sleep and wanted to speak with the former president.<br />
*Elsewhere, [[Lee Adama]] treats his friend [[Galen Tyrol]] to a little surprise: A number of crew have created a bar, probably on the starboard [[hangar deck]], complete with a [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid arcade game]], an old [[Viper Mark II]] hanging above for atmosphere. "[[Joe's bar]]" is filled with many people who have managed to put aside the troubles of the day. Tyrol and Adama have a drink as they discuss their marital problems; Tyrol and his wife [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] have had an argument that has apparently left him "in the doghouse". Adama is reluctant to interact with his wife, [[Anastasia Dualla]], as his angst over his love of [[Kara Thrace]] continues to fight with him.<br />
*Major Adama returns to his quarters, quite drunk, to find Dualla still awake and doing some work, apparently drinking some liquor or type of wine. She tries to confirm if they are still going to have dinner later that day as Adama dozes off, leaving Dualla disappointed.<br />
*A similar conversation is occurring at Kara Thrace's bunk, as [[Samuel Anders]] resists an attempt by Thrace to get more intimate. Thrace darkly pokes fun at herself, calling herself a "two-timing bitch" of a spouse. Anders does not return Thrace's darkness, but asks if she is in love with Lee Adama.<br />
*When Thrace hesitates to answer, Anders tells her to explore what she feels, believing that Thrace's [[Flesh and Bone|alleged destiny]] and her feelings about Anders may still be significant. The former resistance fighter leaves Thrace to herself in her bunk.<br />
*President Roslin appears in Baltar's cell. Mirroring a similar event on [[New Caprica]] months before where Roslin is [[New Caprica Detention Center|incarcerated by the Cylons]] and Baltar arrives to speak with her, Roslin hands him his glasses. Baltar, recognizing the reference, takes his glasses and puts them on.<br />
*After lighting a cigar for him, she sits. Baltar complains of having been force-fed by Cottle's staff, to which Roslin is non-plussed. She asks him questions about his involvement with the Cylons. She questions him using [[Epiphanies|her personal knowledge]] of his interaction with a [[Caprica-Six|known Cylon model]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], asking if he allowed a Cylon access to the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br />
*Baltar equivocates at first, then stands his ground about his involvement, calling Roslin's accusations a "rehash" of the same "lies" she told prior to the [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|presidential election]].<br />
*Roslin shakes her head, and escalates her questioning. She shows Baltar a series of pictures of the dead on New Caprica who were killed by Cylons for supposed insurrection. Uncharacteristically, Roslin's voice rises to a shrill pitch, and she screams at Baltar as she flings each of the pictures at him. She then calls for Saul Tigh to have Baltar taken from his cell and carried to the [[airlock]].<br />
*Baltar shouts his innocence as the Marines move him through the [[memorial hallway]] and Roslin tries to haunt the former president with faces of the Colonies' dead. Baltar stops his "executioners" to show one photo of a [[Adrien Bauer|man]] he knew. Although Baltar insists that he would not do anything to harm his friend, his wife and his own godchild, the Marines cart the scientist away.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*The Fleet's leadership convene once more. Roslin's plan failed; Baltar called the bluff about being thrown in an airlock, and the Marines have returned him to his cell.<br />
*When Roslin suggests a different, less aggressive approach, Admiral Adama suggests the use of a special [[Interrogation drug|hallucinogenic drug]] used experimentally by the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military]]. Roslin's expression is a mixture of awe and surprise, but asks if ''Galactica'' has this drug on board.<br />
*Lee Adama and Dualla have an argument about Kara Thrace and the future of their marriage. Dualla says that she married Adama because she loved him, choosing to have him for as long as he or Kara Thrace would let him. She resigns herself to her marriage's failure and tells Adama that she will not stand in his way if he were to choose Thrace over her.<br />
*Kara Thrace and Lee Adama meet privately. When Thrace asks Adama if he loves her and would be with her if she were to leave Anders, Adama equivocates, remembering Thrace's fickleness [[Unfinished Business|after he declared his love a year before]]. Thrace leaves him to think about the situation, telling him as she goes that thinking is what he does best.<br />
*Major Adama returns to the bar and drinks more, toying with his wedding band. He asks Chief Tyrol if he ever thought about what his future with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] would have been like, or had any regrets. With a quick drink, Tyrol replies in the negative.<br />
*Major Adama stumbles back to his quarters, losing his wedding band somewhere in ''Galactica'''s corridors and apparently failing when he drunkenly attempts to find it.<br />
*Baltar is strapped down in [[sickbay]] as Roslin authorizes the administration of the interrogation drug to Baltar. Adama warns her, Dr. Cottle and medic [[Layne Ishay]] not to make any loud noises and orders additional restraints on the prisoner's head.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
*Baltar finds himself floating in a nondescript dark body of water, with only a dim light shining from above.<br />
*Adama and Roslin talk to Baltar in his hallucinogenic haze, asking him questions about the Cylons' knowledge of the whereabouts of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], and his mission at the [[Temple of Five]].<br />
*Baltar, genuinely believing that his life is in peril, tells them that he believed himself to be one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons and was seeking an answer.<br />
*The medic accidentally knocks over some equipment, creating a loud clang, which interrupts Baltar's interrogation momentarily.<br />
*Adama warns Baltar to cooperate so that he would be able to "get out", then turns off the flashlight he was using to create the lighting effect in Baltar's illusory world.<br />
*Baltar begins to talk about [[Caprica-Six]] and her involvement, as a vision of Six appears and disappears next to him in the water.<br />
*Baltar vision shifts and he once again sees himself in a Cylon [[Resurrection tank|rebirthing tank]], this time, however, he is surrounded by dark figures that are later revealed as the Colonial dead from the Colonies. As he tries to explain himself, the figures push him into the water, and a young girl hovers over him as he continues the dark descent.<br />
*As Baltar sinks in his vision, in the real world, Baltar's vital signs begin to drop as well. Dr. Cottle calls off further interrogation and proceeds to revive Baltar.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
*A final attempt to gain information from Baltar uses Lieutenant Gaeta to lure Baltar into a sense of comfort by aiding the Colonial officer in his calculations to Earth, hoping that he will leak any information on Cylon tactics or technology.<br />
*Initially, Baltar acquiesces and begins to correct Gaeta's work until he senses Gaeta's awareness of something else in the cell.<br />
*Baltar realizes that his cell has a surveillance camera, and becomes belligerent, which begins to anger Gaeta.<br />
*Realizing that Gaeta's anger could make things much worse, the Fleet leadership leaves their observation room to interdict Gaeta.<br />
*Meanwhile, Baltar whispers something to Gaeta (See [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#From the podcast|podcast information]]) who then uses the pen he brought into the room to stab Baltar in the neck. Baltar's whispered statement is not revealed until nearly two years later [real-world time], in [[The_Face_of_the_Enemy#Episode_9|''The Face of the Enemy'' webisode 10]]; he tells Gaeta, "I know what your Eight did."<br />
*Adama manages to subdue Gaeta, and Cottle looks over Baltar, whose injuries are not serious.<br />
*Meanwhile, Lee Adama and his wife meet in Joe's Bar.<br />
*Adama, having since found his lost wedding ring, confesses that he has loved Dualla and how dedicated she has been to him, never realizing how much he needed her affection.<br />
*As the two embrace, Adama tries to avoid looking across the bar at Kara Thrace and Anders. Thrace returns the glance before Adama breaks it off.<br />
*Laura Roslin and Admiral Adama rest in the admiral's quarters, with Roslin reclining on a bunk and Adama sitting at the foot of the bunk. They debate, with the failure of both measures of interrogation on Baltar, what to do with him.<br />
*When Adama suggests that there is still an opportunity to make Baltar "disappear," Roslin touches Adama's arm tenderly but briefly, reminding him of his humanity as she responds that they couldn't do that to him.<br />
*Roslin suggests that one option is still on the table: Give Baltar a trial.<br />
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===Bonus Scene===<br />
Part of a bonus scene was shown after the original airing of this episode on SciFi Channel and the full scene was made available on SciFi's website.<br />
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*Roslin talks with Caprica-Six after overseeing her transfer to a cell on ''Galactica'', saying that all the Colonials have surmised so far is that Baltar was not involved in the initial Cylon attack. <br />
*Roslin tries to gain information by promising Six that she won't be executed, but Six counters that Roslin made the same promise to [[Leoben]] and broke it ([[Flesh and Bone]]).<br />
*Roslin asks for Six's name and is given it ("Caprica"), and says that she recognizes the authenticity of Caprica-Six's feelings for Baltar.<br />
*Caprica-Six wonders if the Colonials' justice system has withered away along with their conscience and adamantly states that she will not reveal any information unless she is assured that Baltar will receive a fair trial. If he does, she will be willing to be the primary witness and share all the information that Roslin wants to know.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This is the second episode of the series to be directed by [[Edward James Olmos]]. The first was Season 1's "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]". <br />
*With 30 characters, this episode has the longest title of any Re-imagined Series episode to date.<br />
*The title is a partial quote from "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," the theme song to the television program ''[[Wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]'' written by [[Wikipedia:Gary Portnoy|Gary Portnoy]] & Judy Hart Angelo. &mdash; "Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got./''Taking a break from all your worries'', sure would help a lot."<br />
*The songs heard as background music in the bar are original compositions. One is titled "Lord Knows I Would", composed and performed by [http://www.rayayarbrough.com/ Raya Yarbrough] - who is the voice of most vocals on the ''BSG'' soundtrack - and available on one of her albums. "All That Remains" is also performed by her, but composed by [[Bear McCreary]] and is part of his [http://bearmccreary.com/html/blog/blog018.htm ''Rest Stop'' soundtrack].<br />
*The secret experiments with hallucinogenic drugs for purposes of interrogation parallels the [[w:Project MKULTRA|CIA's MK ULTRA]] program from the 1960s and 1970s. In that program, [[w:LSD|LSD]] was investigated as a possible "truth serum".<br />
*The episode was originally meant to be far lighter in tone and revolve mainly around Joe's bar, showing how people build it and fight to keep it. This explains the somewhat paradoxical episode title, given the dark tone it ultimately took. The change in tone came about because [[Jamie Bamber]] felt that the script didn't deal enough and too lightly with Lee Adama's deteriorating relationship to Dualla. Moreover, Baltar's storyline started as a B-plot and became the focus of the episode ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three]]).<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* At the beginning of the episode, Baltar "improvises" the line "If I should die before I wake."; a line from an 18th century [[w:Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep|children's prayer]]. In light of [[The Music|later developments]] concerning particular parallels between Colonial and contemporary popular culture, this may signify a deeper connection between the Colonials and [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<br />
* Baltar, despite extreme stress, various forms of torture, and attempted suicide, maintains a high degree of self-preservation. Even at moments when it appears he is about to confess all of his wrongs, knowing that his life might be in danger, he finds a way to circumvent the questions and redirect them to someone or something else that makes him look to be the victim - this is classic behavior of a sociopath.<br />
* Adama, during the interrogation session, seems to know more about the capabilities of the [[interrogation drug|hallucinogen]] than it initially appears when he mentions the drug to Roslin. He appears to have done this type of interrogation before.<br />
* The episode draws connections between Baltar and Roslin and their respective roles, especially in how both have now switched places. Roslin almost word for word quotes Baltar when it comes down to the best interrogation method: using a stick versus a carrot. The same type of analogy Baltar used with Admiral Cain in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]". Moreover there is a clear callback to Baltar visiting Roslin in her cell and handing her her glasses during the occupation of New Caprica.<br />
* This episode displays the darker side of Adama as throughout the episode he is consistently the one to display a bitter streak towards Baltar. He cites many different options and choices that one would consider to be contradictory to his own stances of how humans were to treat each other before. For example, he directly opposed President Zarek when it became known that people were "disappearing" without given a trial ([[Collaborators]]). Yet, with Baltar, Adama suggests to Roslin that it is not too late to make him disappear.<br />
* The hallucinogen appears to affect how an individual's brain interprets sound. Adama ordered that complete silence be kept as he and Roslin are the only ones allowed to speak to Baltar. However, once Layne Ishay is startled by Baltar's screams, she accidentally knocks over some equipment. The clanging and noise caused the hallucinated water to become turmoil and reach the brink of drowning Baltar.<br />
* A substantial amount of time seems to have passed between "[[Rapture]]" and this episode as Kara Thrace's hands have recovered from the burns she received on the algae planet. Baltar's appearance has also more facial hair than he had when he was captured inside the Temple of Five.<br />
*Roslin probably connects Caprica-Six's name to Baltar saying it during his interrogation, thus deepening her belief that he is guilty.<br />
* Judging by the reaction of the patrons, the liquor being served is most likely recently manufactured moonshine of dubious quality. Whatever passes for "the good stuff" in the bar is likely whatever hasn't been appropriated by high ranking personnel and may have been made on [[New Caprica]].<br />
*In "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", Lee Adama promises the pilots to build them a bar should a habitable planet be found. However, given the time that has passed, this is probably unrelated to Joe's bar.<br />
*Adama speaks of "drugs" in the plural. If the [[interrogation drug]] used is actually a mix of readily available drugs, this explains why ''Galactica'' has an apparently secret and experimental drug aboard.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* What is the nature of the Tyrols' marital problems? ([[A Day in the Life|Answer]])<br />
* What is going to happen to Caprica-Six aboard ''Galactica''? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])<br />
* What will the civilian reaction be once it is known that Baltar was captured? ([[Dirty Hands|Answer 1]], [[The Son Also Rises|Answer 2]])<br />
* Will Apollo and Starbuck keep their vows to their respective spouses from this point on, or will there be another intimate encounter between the two? ([[Maelstrom|Answer 1]], [[Six of One|Answer 2]])<br />
* Will Gaeta face any legal consequences for his attack on Baltar? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])<br />
* What does Baltar say that causes Gaeta to stab him in a fit of rage? ([[The Face of the Enemy|Answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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* Was something else at work behind Gaeta's interestingly-timed bout of insomnia?<br />
* Given shortages throughout the Fleet, where does the Fleet get its alcohol supplies?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses [[Edward James Olmos]]' direction of the episode:''<br />
: This was my first time working with Edward J. Olmos (“Eddy” to his buds) as a director, and I found it a really remarkable experience. Eddie (that’s right, I’m now a “bud,” or so I like to think) often works from a very instinctual basis. Sometimes the images he conjured in his mind seemed at odd with the script and frightened me a bit, but I would quickly see how he was just taking a scene into a deeper and murkier psychological territory.<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref> <br />
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=== From the [[Podcast:Taking a Break From All Your Worries|podcast]] ===<br />
*The bar was originally called the "Why not?" in early drafts of the script<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=1|id=whynot|timestamp=06:51|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>.<br />
*The extra in the first bar scene in a wheelchair was a visitor (and a huge fan) on the set who the cast and crew took a liking to and adopted into the show for the couple of days that he was there<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=1|id=wheelchairextra|timestamp=07:07|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>.<br />
*There was a larger subplot for [[Layne Ishay]] in which she can't stand Baltar being tortured anymore and leaks his presence and treatment to the Fleet<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=1|id=layneishay|timestamp=22:10|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>. A remnant of this is present in her knocking over the instrument tray.<br />
*There were discussions about a subplot that involved Baltar being guilty of an incident before the Cylon occupation in which many, already discriminated, Saggitarons were killed. Ron Moore relates that Baltar threatens to implicate Gaeta, who had nothing to do with the incident, in that (the scene where Baltar whispers something inaudible in Gaeta's ear) and that this is what makes Gaeta snap and stab Baltar.<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=4|id=Baltarstoryline|timestamp=38:23|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref> <ref>The webisode series ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'' later establishes a different explanation for Baltar's words and Gaeta's reaction to them.</ref><br />
*Moore also mentioned that Gaeta still has "issues" that relate to his time working with Baltar and how the Fleet at first views him as a collaborator because of that relation. Now that Baltar is back, Gaeta has a difficult time accepting that, which later turns into rage during the interrogation.<br />
*Moore mentions in [[Podcast:Taking a Break From All Your Worries|this episode's podcast]] that [[Joe's bar]] would be featured in future episodes<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=4|id=ReturntoJoesbar|timestamp=37:33|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>. Indeed that has come to pass as its last known appearance is in "[[Crossroads, Part I]]" where [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Samuel Anders]] hear [[The Music|a snippet from a peculiar musical melody]], as well as later being featured in "[[Escape Velocity]]".<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''[[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Lee Adama]] talking in Joe's Bar:''<br />
: '''Adama:''' You and [[Cally Henderson|Cally]] had a fight?<br />
: '''Tyrol:''' Didn't you hear us? We figured we could've sold tickets. (pause) To marriage. Why we build bars.<br />
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* ''Roslin interrogating Baltar:''<br />
: '''Roslin:''' Just wondered if you recognized even one of these faces? Did any image get through to you on the rare occasion when you ventured out from behind your sandbags and your razor wires to see what was happening to your people?! YOUR PEOPLE! I need to know. NOW!<br />
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* ''Starbuck responding to Anders:''<br />
: '''Starbuck:''' Kara Thrace and her special destiny? Sounds more like a bad cover band, Sam.<br />
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*''Under the influence of the drug, Baltar talks about [[Caprica-Six]]:''<br />
:"She... Caprica-Six... she chose me. Chose me over all men. Chosen to be seduced, taken by the hand. Guided between the light and the dark. But is she an angel, or is she a demon? Is she imaginary, or is she real? Is she my own voice, or the voice..."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Tom Bower]] as [[Joe]]<br />
*[[Steve Lawlor]] as Guard<br />
*[[Graeme Duffy]] as [[Adrien Bauer]]<br />
*[[Jason Bryden]] as Knucklehead Dragger #1<br />
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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|&#x02C8;ge&#x026A;.ɾ&#x0259;}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he has served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''. <br />
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Prior to the attack, he was studying biogenetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).<br />
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He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These tendencies and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.<br />
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As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta also manages the ship's [[FTL]] systems, including the calculation and initiation of jumps. Gaeta also manages the needs of the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.<br />
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==Remarkable Brilliance==<br />
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As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives aboard ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges leveled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by Godfrey looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.<br />
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Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], Gaeta forgets to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedures.<br />
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Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] does not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ad hoc network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the time required for the calculations. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Without him realizing it, the Cylons break through the last firewall before he can disconnect the network. As a result, many vital systems are disabled throughout the ship while [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] board the battlestar ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].<br />
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==Under Pressure==<br />
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Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'Anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatenes to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack is imminent.<br />
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[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]<br />
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After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:<br />
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:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/><br />
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Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.<br />
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Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.<br />
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Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==<br />
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During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew -- or indicates any knowledge of -- who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name -- the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.) <br />
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully voted as President-Elect, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].<br />
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A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).<br />
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Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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== Inside Man ==<br />
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).<br />
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Around the same time, Gaeta is seduced by a [[Number Eight]]. Believing that he can trust her, he gives her lists with names of human prisoners. The Eight promises to do what she can to save them, but only has a few token humans freed and the rest executed for being valuable to the humans. Gaeta only learns of her betrayal much later (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').<br />
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== End of the Baltar Administration ==<br />
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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== Return to Duty ==<br />
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie. <br />
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When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]). <br />
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After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.<br />
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== Animosity towards Baltar ==<br />
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Baltar is aware of Gaeta's relationship with the Eight on New Caprica. During an interrogation, he whispers to Gaeta, "I know what your Eight did".. Baltar's knowledge leads Gaeta to try to kill him by stabbing him in the neck. However, he is stopped and knocked out by Admiral Adama ("[[Taking a Break from All Your Worries]]", ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'') <ref>In "Taking a Break From All Your Worries", Baltar's words can't be heard. This was originally the remnant of a subplot that was cut from the storyline and later retconned in order to provide an explanation for Gaeta's reaction. See [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#From the podcast]] for the original idea.</ref>. <br />
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During Baltar's trial for which he faces the death penalty, Gaeta commits perjury, claiming that he was there when Baltar signed the death lists and that Baltar offered no resistance in approving them ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).<br />
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== Member of the ''Demetrius'' Crew and Beyond ==<br />
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Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon]] to jump to a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Agathon refuses the order believing it to be too risky. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[XO]] and gives him the same order. Like Agathon, Gaeta refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officers which leads Agathon to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]). During this standoff Anders shoots Gaeta in the leg before he can initiate a jump back to ''Galactica''. Having to wait 15 hours for a Raptor to return, Gaeta is worried that he will lose his leg because of the lack of proper medical treatement ([[Faith]]).<br />
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Returned to ''Galactica'', Gaeta does lose his leg. In recovery, he deals with the stress and phantom pain by singing a [[Gaeta's Lament|mournful ballad]] over and over ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). Shortly later, he returns to duty, still in pain from his ordeal, but refusing to be relieved ([[Revelations]]).<br />
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In the webisodes "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" it is revealed that Gaeta has been in a romantic relationship with [[communications officer]] Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]], though their relationship does not survive the webisode series.<ref>Writer's commentary to webisode 10; Gaeta ends the relationship in order to protect Hoshi from the fallout of what Gaeta is about to do.</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.<br />
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.<br />
*The name "Felix" means "happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous, or "favored by the gods". It first appeared in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy. This goes well with his Latin first name.<br />
*His counterpart in the Original Series is Sgt. [[Omega]], a native of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]].<br />
*In the Miniseries, Gaeta's name is usually pronounced "Guy-tah" {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}, while Colonel Tigh seems to vacillates between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}} - this may also be atributed to the varying severity of Michael Hogan's Canadian accent. However, in all subsequent episodes, everyone pronounces it as "Gay-tah" {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}.<br />
*In interview with out.com [[Jamie Bamber]] said Gaeta is "Almost definitely!" gay, referring to the fact that Gaeta has been single. When Bamber was asked about a possible gay storyline, he said "I've heard a specific rumor about a storyline, and it is on some level definitely gay. That would be exciting and probably overdue."<ref>[http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449 http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449]</ref> (Bamber was probably referring to the lesbian storyline in "[[Razor]]" concerning [[Helena Cain]] and [[Gina Inviere]]). Gaeta is later revealed to be bisexual in the webisode series ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''.<br />
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror real-world naval tradition, in which male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to and addressed as 'Mister.'<br />
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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|&#x02C8;ge&#x026A;.ɾ&#x0259;}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he has served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''. <br />
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Prior to the attack, he was studying biogenetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).<br />
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He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These tendencies and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.<br />
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As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta also manages the ship's [[FTL]] systems, including the calculation and initiation of jumps. Gaeta also manages the needs of the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.<br />
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==Remarkable Brilliance==<br />
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As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives aboard ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges leveled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by Godfrey looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.<br />
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Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], Gaeta forgets to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedures.<br />
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Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] does not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ad hoc network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the time required for the calculations. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Without him realizing it, the Cylons break through the last firewall before he can disconnect the network. As a result, many vital systems are disabled throughout the ship while [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] board the battlestar ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].<br />
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==Under Pressure==<br />
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Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'Anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatenes to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack is imminent.<br />
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[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]<br />
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After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:<br />
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:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/><br />
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Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.<br />
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Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.<br />
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Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==<br />
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During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew -- or indicates any knowledge of -- who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name -- the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.) <br />
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully voted as President-Elect, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].<br />
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A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).<br />
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Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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== Inside Man ==<br />
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).<br />
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Around the same time, Gaeta is seduced by a [[Number Eight]]. Believing that he can trust her, he gives her lists with names of human prisoners. The Eight promises to do what she can to save them, but only has a few token humans freed and the rest executed for being valuable to the humans. Gaeta only learns of her betrayal much later (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').<br />
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== End of the Baltar Administration ==<br />
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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== Return to Duty ==<br />
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie. <br />
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When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]). <br />
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After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.<br />
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== Animosity towards Baltar ==<br />
Baltar seems to know a secret about Gaeta from their time on New Caprica. During an interrogation, he whispers to Gaeta, "I know what your Eight did," in reference to Gaeta providing lists of names to an Eight, ostensibly to be saved (but in actuality killed by the Cylons). <ref>This was originally the remnant of a subplot that was cut from the storyline, and retconned in order to provide an explanation for the scene. See [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#From the podcast]] for the explanation</ref>. Baltar's knowledge leads Gaeta to try to kill him by stabbing him in the neck. However, he is stopped and knocked out by Admiral Adama ([[Taking a Break from All Your Worries]]). <br />
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During Baltar's trial for which he faces the death penalty, Gaeta commits perjury, claiming that he was there when Baltar signed the death lists and that Baltar offered no resistance in approving them ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).<br />
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== Member of the ''Demetrius'' Crew and Beyond ==<br />
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Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon]] to jump to a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Agathon refuses the order believing it to be too risky. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[XO]] and gives him the same order. Like Agathon, Gaeta refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officers which leads Agathon to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]). During this standoff Anders shoots Gaeta in the leg before he can initiate a jump back to ''Galactica''. Having to wait 15 hours for a Raptor to return, Gaeta is worried that he will lose his leg because of the lack of proper medical treatement ([[Faith]]).<br />
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Returned to ''Galactica'', Gaeta does lose his leg. In recovery, he deals with the stress and phantom pain by singing a [[Gaeta's Lament|mournful ballad]] over and over ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). Shortly later, he returns to duty, still in pain from his ordeal, but refusing to be relieved ([[Revelations]]).<br />
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In the webisodes "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" it is revealed that Gaeta has been in a romantic relationship with [[communications officer]] Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]], though their relationship does not survive the webisode series.<ref>Writer's commentary to webisode 10; Gaeta ends the relationship in order to protect Hoshi from the fallout of what Gaeta is about to do.</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.<br />
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.<br />
*The name "Felix" means "happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous, or "favored by the gods". It first appeared in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy. This goes well with his Latin first name.<br />
*His counterpart in the Original Series is Sgt. [[Omega]], a native of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]].<br />
*In the Miniseries, Gaeta's name is usually pronounced "Guy-tah" {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}, while Colonel Tigh seems to vacillates between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}} - this may also be atributed to the varying severity of Michael Hogan's Canadian accent. However, in all subsequent episodes, everyone pronounces it as "Gay-tah" {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}.<br />
*In interview with out.com [[Jamie Bamber]] said Gaeta is "Almost definitely!" gay, referring to the fact that Gaeta has been single. When Bamber was asked about a possible gay storyline, he said "I've heard a specific rumor about a storyline, and it is on some level definitely gay. That would be exciting and probably overdue."<ref>[http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449 http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449]</ref> (Bamber was probably referring to the lesbian storyline in "[[Razor]]" concerning [[Helena Cain]] and [[Gina Inviere]]). Gaeta is later revealed to be bisexual in the webisode series ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''.<br />
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror real-world naval tradition, in which male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to and addressed as 'Mister.'<br />
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The '''data-font''' is a device used by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to access information in their [[datastream]], as well as control various other Cylon technologies. [[Humanoid Cylon]]s need only to place their palm on the port and they are able to instantly access the data stream ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] performs a rough version of this technique with Colonial technology by inserting a fiber optic cable into an incision in her left arm, thus allowing her connectivity to ''Galactica'''s computer mainframe ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Another Eight interfaces with a Raptor's computer in the same manner (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').<br />
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Data-fonts are also used on [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] in the ship's command and control center for data access and other ship functions. These data ports have a layer of water over the interface, which may have an aesthetic or functional purpose. These data-fonts (and the database circuitry used throughout the ship) are apparently organic in design, as they are damaged after an [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|infection]] kills or shuts down almost every Cylon entity and device on the basestar ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).<br />
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Models can only access information to which they are privy to, e.g. [[Number Eight|Eights]] can not learn anything meant for the [[Number Six|Sixes]] only.<ref name="SCIFI.COM">{{cite_web|url=http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=2277157&view=findpost&p=4455731|title=Q&A with Ron D. Moore|date=5 Novemeber 2007|accessdate=11 April 2008|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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* The term "data-font" comes from [[Ron D. Moore]], who calls these devices as this in a forum post on SCIFI.com <ref name="SCIFI.COM"/>. It is also used by the [[Hybrid]] in the episode "[[Six of One]]".<br />
*That the humanoid Cylons can interface directly with a fiber-optical cable and light also plays a role in the physical interfaces, implies that some cells in their hands are photo-sensitive and bio-luminescent. It should be noted that their spines and eyes are similarly bio-luminescent.<br />
* The [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/font Mirriam-Webster] definition of ''font'' (aside from its modern usage as an element of a printed typeface) is a receptacle for baptismal water, such as those touched by members of the [[w:Roman Catholic|Roman Catholic]] church as they arrive and leave Mass.<br />
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"'''Number Eight'''" is one of the twelve [[humanoid Cylon]] models. She is the youngest in appearance of the eleven known models and generally associated with the name "Sharon" when interacting with humans. Eights are known for being more empathic and compassionate than the other Cylons. They also have been placed in the most pivotal missions involving Cylon-human interactions. Eights have been the Cylons with the most extensive human contact, resulting in at least three interspecies relationships (but see [[Galen Tyrol]]) and a Cylon-human hybrid child. Humans have particularly been exposed to two specific copies, [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], a "sleeper" agent who served on board ''Galactica'', and [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]], a Cylon defector now appointed as a Colonial Officer.<br />
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Two Eights (Sharon "Athena" Agathon, and an unnamed Eight referred to in script as "Sweet Eight") have demonstrated the ability to interface with Colonial computers by inserting a fiber-optic cable through an incision in her left hand into her arm ("[[Flight of the Phoenix]]", ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''). Whether other Cylon models share this capability is not yet known.<br />
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== Sharon "Boomer" Valerii ==<br />
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'''Sharon "Boomer" Valerii''' is a copy initially planted as a "sleeper" agent in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. Implanted with false memories, she is unaware of her Cylon nature and serves for two years as Lieutenant Valerii on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', where she is assigned as a [[Raptor]] pilot and also engaged in a secret relationship with Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], her underlying programming repeatedly emerges which leads her to unconscious acts of sabotage. Growing confusion about her true self results in a deep depression and a failed suicide attempt. After Valerii returns from a successful mission to destroy a Cylon [[basestar]], she shoots Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] in the chest, wounding him critically. She is incarcerated in the [[brig]] and soon afterwards killed by Specialist [[Cally]].<br />
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Her consciousness is downloaded and she is reborn in another body. Subsequently, she experiences severe problems integrating into Cylon society and long considers herself more human than Cylon. She eventually works together with [[Caprica-Six]] in an attempt to change Cylon popular opinion about humans and she emerges as one of the Cylon leaders jointly responsible for the end of the occupation of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] and later the Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]]. Following the failure on New Caprica, Valerii abandons her hopes for coexistence with humans and she denounces her past on ''Galactica''.<br />
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== Sharon "Athena" Agathon ==<br />
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'''Sharon "Athena" Agathon''' is a copy first encountered by [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]], when he is stranded on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. She is initially assigned to seduce him by impersonating Lieutenant Sharon Valerii (with whom she appears to share some, if not all pre-attack memories), as part of a Cylon cross-breeding experiment, but later turns against her people and helps him escape the planet; pregnant with his child during that time. Helo, first shocked by her true nature, ultimately accepts her as the mother of his child and declares his love for her.<br />
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Once on ''[[Galactica]]'', she is imprisoned and long seen as nothing but a "[[toaster]]". She frequently provides intelligence, but is severely mistreated by an interrogator from ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' who beats and sexually assaults her. Over time, she earns Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] trust by helping the Colonial Fleet escape peril several times, and she is eventually appointed as a Colonial Officer and marries Karl Agathon. Agathon gives birth on ''Galactica'', but her daughter, [[Hera Agathon|Hera]], is subsequently hidden from her, because President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] considers the baby a threat to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Agathon believes Hera to be dead for more than a year, but after learning the truth about her child during a confrontation with Valerii, she is able to regain her daughter from the Cylons with the help of [[Caprica-Six]].<br />
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==Other Copies==<br />
[[Image:Boomerraincoat Colonialday.JPG|thumb|left|170px|A Number Eight copy at the [[Delphi]] spaceport.]]<br />
*Shortly after the [[Cylon Attack]] ends, an Eight in a pale blue tunic is one of four 'rebirth nurses' who greet [[Caprica-Six]] following her rebirth (this takes place at the same time as the events of the middle or end of the [[Miniseries]], but is seen in the much later episode [[Downloaded]]).<br />
*At the end of the [[Miniseries]], an Eight wearing a Colonial [[flight suit]] appears to be leading a group of humanoid Cylons who recover the [[Number Five#PR Executive Copy|PR Executive Copy of Number Five]] from [[Ragnar Anchorage]].<br />
*An Eight is witnessed wearing a gray coat at the spaceport at [[Delphi]]. However, she is immediately shot by [[Sharon Agathon]] after noticing and attempting to shoot Helo ([[Colonial Day]]). <br />
*Multiple copies of the Eight model are present on the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. It is possible that they are dispatched to the Raptor in order to activate some latent portion of [[Sharon Valerii]]'s underlying Cylon programming ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
*An Eight is among a group of rebirth nurses, possibly the same one that midwifed Caprica-Six, who welcome the reborn [[Sharon Valerii]]. Valerii becomes hysterical after seeing and hearing this copy.<br />
*A copy of Number Eight is seen at the end of "[[Final Cut]]", also wearing a grey coat like other Eights on Caprica, remarking in surprise that [[Sharon Agathon]] is still alive (and saying, "I told you" to the Number Five copy sitting next to her).<br />
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*Numerous copies of Eight are seen on Cylon occupied Caprica throughout the episode "[[Downloaded]]".<br />
*Several Eights are part of a group of humanoid Cylons blown up on New Caprica by a bomb planted by [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] as they approach a group of Centurions exiting from a Heavy Raider which has just landed.<br />
*Another Eight sits next to Valerii on ''Colonial One'' during the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]]'s discussion of the suicide bombing of New Caprica City's power station and the subsequent proposal that harsher measures be adopted. She does not speak during the meeting.<br />
*An Eight, referred to in script as "Sweet Eight", seduces [[Felix Gaeta]] on New Caprica. She offers to check on and, when possible, rescue prisoners whom he cares about. Secretly aware that Gaeta is working with the human resistance, Sweet Eight saves a few token humans from Gaeta's lists and orders the remainder killed as being valuable to her human enemies. Much later, "Sweet Eight" kills everyone else aboard a Raptor save Gaeta in order to save oxygen, after Gaeta discovers this and she reveals her actions during the occupation of New Caprica (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').<br />
*An Eight can be seen practicing a Cylon version of [[Wikipedia:Tai Chi Chuan|Tai Chi]] in the episode "[[Torn]]" while nude.<br />
*Another Eight is among the infected Cylons captured by ''Galactica'' as part of the Colonials' plot to infect the Cylon race with the virus from the [[Lion's Head beacon]]. She and the others are executed by Karl Agathon before the plan can be put into action ([[A Measure of Salvation]]). Because no [[Resurrection Ship]] was in range, her death is final.<br />
*The Number Eights in the episode "[[Six of One]]", with the exception of Sharon Valerii, are supporters of the Number Six [[Natalie]]. They are excited at the prospect of discovering the [[Final Five]] and vote with the [[Number Two|Two]]s and [[Number Six|Six]]es against the lobotomization of the [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]].<br />
*The Eights in Natalie's group decide that they need to mutiny and turn to Athena to lead the rebellion. She refuses and tells them they need to pick a side and stick with it. One is mortally wounded by a Centurion (which is then killed by Starbuck) while attempting to disconnect the Hybrid. She apologizes to Athena asking for forgiveness admitting that Athena was right. Athena doesn't grant it, but [[Samuel Anders]] holds her hand and comforts her as she dies ([[Faith]]).<br />
*Another copy works with Karl Agathon during the attack on the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]]. When she gives him a massage like his wife does, he asks her about it and she say that she was curious about Sharon Agathon, so she downloaded her memories from the last time Agathon resurrected ([[Rapture]]). This makes her Sharon Agathon to some extent, complete with an emotional attachment to Karl Agathon. She is aware that it is an awkward situation for Karl, but is still annoyed when he rebuffs her. Shortly after, she helps him by giving a speech to the reluctant Viper pilots that motivate them to trust the Cylons. During the battle she and Karl take a Raptor to the Hub to retrieve the unboxed [[Number Three]]. Afterwards, she is furious when she learns that the humans double-crossed them and have no intention of handing over the Three ([[The Hub]]).<br />
*An Eight referred to as "pilot Eight" in the script, is aboard [[Raptor 718#Galactica Raptor|Raptor 718]] when it becomes separated from the Fleet. While attempting to repair a loose connection using [[Brooks (RDM)|Brooks]]'s pliers, she is fatally electrocuted, after which it is discovered that the insulation had been stripped from the pliers. "Sweet Eight" is later revealed to have stripped the insulation, intending to kill the deckhand in order to save oxygen (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').<br />
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*[[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] stated in an interview for ''TheFandom.com'', "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 />
*The two notable Eights, [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], met for the first time in the [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season Three]] midseason finale "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]". Before that, they were often in the same episode but never shared a scene.<br />
*[[w:Valerii|Valerii]] is the male plural form of the Roman name of the family Valeria. Valerius is the singular form.<br />
*Neither Eight with extended time with the Colonials refers to her lover by his first name on screen during the first two seasons. During that time, Sharon Valerii calls [[Chief Tyrol]] by "Chief" instead of "Galen", while Sharon Agathon uses [[Karl Agathon]]'s callsign, Helo. Ronald D. Moore explained in his blog that no one had ever really called Tyrol "Galen" before, and hearing Valerii say it during her death scene would have distracted from the emotional impact of her death. Moore compared it to the Seinfeld episode when Kramer's first name is revealed to be "Cosmo"; i.e. the viewers would be unused to Tyrol's previously unknown first name. As for Agathon, everybody usually just calls him "Helo". Sharon Valerii referred to Chief Tyrol by "Galen" for the first time while speaking to [[Cally]] in the Cylon Detention Center on [[New Caprica]], long after their romantic relationship had ended. Whereas Sharon Agathon calls Helo by his first name, Karl, in "[[The Woman King]]".<br />
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The '''data-font''' is a device used by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to access information in their [[datastream]], as well as control various other Cylon technologies. [[Humanoid Cylon]]s need only to place their palm on the port and they are able to instantly access the data stream ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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* The term "data-font" comes from [[Ron D. Moore]], who calls these devices as this in a forum post on SCIFI.com <ref name="SCIFI.COM"/>. It is also used by the [[Hybrid]] in the episode "[[Six of One]]".<br />
*That the humanoid Cylons can interface directly with a fiber-optical cable and light also plays a role in the physical interfaces, implies that some cells in their hands are photo-sensitive and bio-luminescent. It should be noted that their spines and eyes are similarly bio-luminescent.<br />
* The [http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/font Mirriam-Webster] definition of ''font'' (aside from its modern usage as an element of a printed typeface) is a receptacle for baptismal water, such as those touched by members of the [[w:Roman Catholic|Roman Catholic]] church as they arrive and leave Mass.<br />
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<div>==More Rank Confusion==<br />
Okay, so clearly Lee is once again a [[Major]]. Is this his second unexplained demotion? Was his rank always Major, and was he just referred to as [[Commander]] due to his position as the commanding officer on [[Pegasus]]? In the US Navy an officer of any rank is referred to as "Captain" when he is in command of a vessel. -- [[User:Doopokko|Doopokko]] 18:03, 1 January 2007 (CST)<br />
:The demotion appears to be similar to naval protocols where the rank of commander is given only to the captain of a ship. Since Lee hasn't a ship, he goes down to the highest non-ship command rank. This is speculation, but seems to be the only reason. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 19:07, 1 January 2007 (CST)<br />
:Yeah, there is really no need to explain it. He was a Commander and we saw that promotion (The Captain's Hand). But it doesn't make that much sense to keep as Commander when he's "just" the CAG. Rank isn't everything anyways --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 05:22, 2 January 2007 (CST)<br />
::It's all a bit odd. The best assumption is that Lee's promotion to Commander was a [[Wikipedia:Brevet (military)|brevet]], which ended with his command - this is not an uncommon practice during wartime, when faced with a shortage of officers. Although William Adama's resignation letter in "Hero" (and, according to the podcast, early drafts of the script) feature him leaving Lee in command after his departure, we should remember that Colonel Tigh was still on the outs at that point. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:27, 2 January 2007 (CST)<br />
:::We should remember that the Colonial military has less than 3000 people left. Promotions have always been shown as very fluid, and they don't necessarily use the same standards as before the Fall of the Colonies. People are promoted and demoted as needed to do their jobs and position counts for more than rank. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 18:37, 2 January 2007 (CST)<br />
Can someone clarify this for me? When William Adama gets promoted to admiral ("commander of more than one ship is called an admiral"), he gets to keep his position/rank after losing the other ship (which should, theoretically, mean that he's a mere commander again), while this is not true for Lee Adama. How come? This would all make sense if commander was, in fact, a position, not a rank, but it's listed as a rank on this wiki. [[User:Thorn|Thorn]] 02:25, 25 January 2007 (CST)<br />
:Adama is an experienced officer who was eligible to be promoted to Admiral for awhile but had been passed over. Since he was military commander of the fleet, the President promoted him to a suitable rank, which also helps them if they encounter any more meglomanical Admirals like Caine again. Conversely, Apollo is a young inexperienced officer (only promoted to Captain just before the miniseries.), so there is no reason not to demote him back down to Major after Pegasus was destroyed. He was probably only promoted to keep him above the officers already posted to her. This also keeps him from outranking Colonel Tigh as well. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 05:25, 25 January 2007 (CST)<br />
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== Role ==<br />
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Should Lee's role be changed? I get the feeling he'll very shortly be CAG of Galactica again, but "currently" he's a Raptor pilot on Pegasus. [[User:Rocky8311|Rocky8311]] 20:14, October 19, 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:It should be changed when it changes. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 23:35, 19 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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Can anybody think of any circumstances where Lee has interacted with a Cylon prisoner? I don't think he has interacted with any Cylon agent after they were known to be one. If it's true, it strikes me as strange. [[User:Rocky8311|Rocky8311]] 17:54, October 20, 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:With Caprica-Sharon in [[Home, Part I]]. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 19:32, 20 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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:Why? There have only been three Cylons identified within the fleet so far. One [[Litmus|blew himself up]], Starbuck was tasked with interrogating [[Flesh and Bone|another]], and Lee was in the brig during Gal-Boomer's last days. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 18:00, 20 October 2005 (EDT)<br />
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==Lee vs Adama==<br />
The article was just modified to change several instances of Adama to Lee. Changing "Lee" to "Adama" done as an effort to be consistent with the principle of using the last name on "home pages" of characters. [[Talk:Ellen Tigh|See Discussion Here]] I don't want to immediately revert that change (as I know exactly how long it takes to make those changes, having done the inverse), but I was wondering if we're going to stick with the last name policy or not. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 15:47, 13 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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:I've reverted it. Our policy is clear and well-discussed. Mq59 can take it up on [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Standards and Conventions]] if he has a new point to make. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:13, 13 December 2005 (EST)<br />
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== Source for "Floating in Water" Cylon Comparison? ==<br />
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Robojerk, I could not find a reference to the one you noted in a recent edit on Lee's comparison to being a Cylon. I'd like to keep that one in if you can tell the episode where you find that information. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:06, 17 January 2006 (EST)<br />
:I think he's referring to the "swim in the stream" business. --[[User:Redwall|Redwall]] 19:12, 17 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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When exactly did it happen? Last time I checked, removing someone from flight status isn't an automatic demotion. Can someone point out exactly when he got busted? [[User:Joemc72|Joemc72]] 17:35, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:My take on this: There is typically one Captain in any pilot group--that person's also the CAG. When Stinger was assigned CAG for all pilots, Adama might have been demoted by default, but I can't find any record of that happening directly (insignia checker take note). When Thrace was promoted to Captain, she became CAG as well. While pilots can be Captains when not assigned to a group (as Adama was before he arrived on ''Galactica''), being actively assigned to a battlestar may also change things. Another likely point was that Cain demoted him as punishment in addition to revoking his flight status until Thrace asked for him back. Educational guesses--maybe someone can read through the transcripts? --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 18:35, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::Bill Adama refers to him as Lieutenant in Resurrection Ship, Part II. No idea when the actual demotion took place, or if [[Cole Taylor]] and [[George Birch]] remained captains after losing their CAG position. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 20:17, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:::I made the edit about his Lieutenant status. I assumed that it was a result of Cain's punishment rather than being assigned to Pegasus, as Stinger still refers to him as Captain in the teaser of Res Ship II. Also, getting a demotion due to reassignment sounds really wierd (though possible, I guess). --[[User:Redwall|Redwall]] 20:35, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::::I think that Birch got a temporary promotion to captain, to be CAG, but that others like Taylor and Lee were captains through normal promotion through ranks (i.e. not dependent on being CAG or not) thus I think/hope that Apollo will be promoted right back to Captain by next week's episode, as I see NO reason why his father wouldn't just promote him back to Captain. --[[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]][[User:Ricimer|Ricimer]] 22:06, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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:::::At the risk of digressing, the kid did not exactly look... spaceworthy, at the end of last episode. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 22:39, 19 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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::::::I'll digress right with you. Lee's expression matched the stunned, open-mouthed expression of the character, Cameron, from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", after Cameron "kills" his dad's Porsche. Lee's worse off than Kat was when she was drugged out on stims. He's clinically depressed. --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 00:22, 20 January 2006 (EST)<br />
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== Promotion!? ==<br />
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Aw, hell. While we were all chewin' through what Major pips looked like, [[The Captain's Hand|recent events]] turn Lee Adama into a Commander!? I hope we all realize how really really confusing THIS is going to be from the disambigs for "Commander Adama" and first-season to mid-second season links. Curse you, Ron Moore! Curse you!!! --[[User:Spencerian|Spencerian]] 23:05, 17 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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I don't get it either! What's with the Admiral?! Why did he put Lee in command of the Pegasus? Because he knows some tactics? He knows very little about commanding. Even Garner knew more! Would Lee sacrifice his life to save Pegasus? I doubt it. From episode to episode I hate Apollo more and more. The old man has lost his mind or what?! A flyboy in command? Worser than an engineer if you ask me. And how the hell got flyboy Adama promoted two time in a couple of weeks?! And WHY?! Why wouldn't the Admiral put Tigh in command instead? He has the ability to command a BS with discipline and Pegasus could adapt very fast to it because Cain was like that too. A flyboy in command? Right. Now that's what I call out of the box thinking. Well, it's light years from the box in this case. What will come next? Apollo will candidate for the presidency? Oh, I know: In the next episode (Downloaded) he will be revealed as God and he will lead the fleet to salvation. I hope the Pegasus will be destroyed pretty soon when Lee "God" Adama will be on board.<br />
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--[[User:Nyiz|Nyiz]] 16:32, 18 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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:Aircraft carriers are usually commanded by aviators; the same is true of Battlestars. Both Admiral Adama and Colonel Tigh are former aviators, as were, as far as we can tell from the insignia, Cain and Fisk. Furthermore, Tigh doesn't want a command. [[User:Philwelch|Philwelch]] 19:52, 18 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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::Just to clarify, a friend of mine (ex-USN) has told me that a Carrier may ONLY be commanded by an aviator, and since Ron Moore has described Galactica as an aircraft carrier in space (and given all the other references to current-day military), it's safe to assume that this Command structure is the same in BSG-land. Also: Garner knew more about tactics than Lee did? No offence, but did you even watch [[The Captain's Hand]]? Had Garner any real knowledge of command tactics, it's doubtful that the [[Battle of the Binary Star System]] would have unfolded as it did. With regards to his promotion to Major- it seems to be the general concensus (although never explicitly stated on screen) that Lee was assigned to Pegasus as Garner's XO. If this is the case (which i don't believe- see bottom of page), the Old Man may have promoted him to Major in order to give him more clout over the other Pegasus officers --[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 07:43, 12 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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: Why [[Lee Adama]]? Believe it or not, given what we know of the surviving military personnel, Lee is now one of the senior officers of the fleet. [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] is utterly unsuitable for command, has no "cred" on ''Pegasus'', and would do nothing to improve their morale. Furthermore, there's no evidence that Tigh '''wants''' a command of his own, ever. Lee, for all his faults (and brother, does he have faults) has shown quick thinking, and an ability to make even questionable decisions work out in nondisasterous ways. He'll either grow up really, really fast, or he won't, in which case I expect that ''Pegasus's'' deckhands will be installing a revolving door on the commander's cabin.--[[User:UncleMikey|Uncle Mikey]] 14:25, 24 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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Wow, from Captain to Major to Commander in a matter of days. That's got to be a record somewhere. --[[User:Zeratul|Zeratul]] 17:41, 18 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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No, more like Captain to Lieutenant to Captain to Major to Commander in a matter of weeks. (haha) It's more maddening when you think of it that way. But without him, the Pegasus wouldn't have made it out of that trap; that had to be tricky. Granted, Garner's repair was vital too.<br />
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I need to go back and watch the episode, I totally had the impression that the Admiral was transfering to Pegasus and Lee was taking Galactica. I'm most curious however to find out who his XO is going to be. My only possible guess is Captain Kelly, Galactica LSO [[User:Rocky8311|Rocky8311]] 18:43, 18 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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: I also got that impression, Rocky. Also, everyone, it's mentioned that "The Captain's Hand" is a month after "Sacrifice", so his promotions might not be as rapid-fire as they seem. Not that it's a normal, slow progression, but neither is it Captain on Monday, Major on Thursday and Commander on Saturday. As for Lee's XO... I'd like to see some Marine or something promoted to command-level staff. Maybe Hadrian. Though I have no idea how realistic that is. What, exactly, does a Sergeant at Arms do? --[[User:Day|Day]] 20:48, 19 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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::Well, as a Noncommissioned officer (that is, a non-officer), it would be impossible to become the XO. Someone slap me down if I'm wrong, but a useful generalization is that people who graduate from college are elligible to become Officers and those who don't tend to "enlist" (gradually being promoted toward from Privates toward non-commissioned officer ranks like Sergeant). (See [[Military Ranks (RDM)]]) When an enlisted soldier reaches the top of the Noncommissioned officer hierarchy, they don't jump to an Officer Rank (in BSG's case: Ensign). Like I said; if I'm way off base, someone correct me.<br />
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::It's kind of strange, come to think about it, that for a show that works so hard to break stereotypes by casting Starbuck and Kat as the top aces, that most senior officers in the fleet are, and have been, old white men. (Tigh, Fisk, Garner, Kelly, Cottle, Lee...) The RDM feels less racially diverse than the TOS in some ways. Not that I'm complaining about anything; I think everything has been cast well and an "alien" civilization of humans doesn't need to fit our expectations anyway.... [[User:Rocky8311|Rocky8311]] 04:09, 24 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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:::You're correct on there not being an automatic jump from enlisted to officer ranks. Technically that butterbar lieutenant that rolls out of the service academy or ROTC program outranks even the highest ranking enlisted person (NCO or not) from day one. That being said, there are certain realities in the field that blur those lines. A company commander is going to be far more likely to listen to his First Sergeant than a 2LT when it comes to practical decisions, regardless of who technically would have to salute whom. There are programs that allow enlisted folks to move into officer ranks after getting a degree (green to gold, etc.), and I have worked with both a Major and a Lt. Col who were former enlisted. (A lot of enlisted guys I've talked to prefer the former-enlisted officers to ROTC and especially service academy officers, as they feel that the former enlisted officers better understand what goes on at the lowest levels.) So there's no probable way for a marine to end up being an XO in BSG-land right now, as the highest ranking marine we've seen is credited as being an LT (though he is called Gunny by Kara).<br />
:::As for the demographics of the senior officers... I wouldn't call Kelly or Lee old. ;) --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 09:06, 24 February 2006 (EST)<br />
::::Tigh was once an enlisted person during the Cylon War. A Petty Officer if I'm not mistaken. --[[User:Talos|Talos]] 10:04, 24 February 2006 (EST)<br />
:::::I believe that's correct. He was "dragooned" into officer training to fly a Viper. So it IS possible for an enlisted person to become XO. It just takes a long time... --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 10:07, 24 February 2006 (EST)<br />
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Sorry, I couldn't help myself, lol. :D--[[User:Kross|Kross]] 21:35, 13 March 2006 (CST)<br />
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== Fat Lee ==<br />
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Just like to point out that theres a behind the scenes thing for Season 3 up on scifi.com's video player, in which theres a scene involving fat lee during an episode, and also explains the chunkicity. HTH :) --[[User:Fordsierra4x4|Fordsierra4x4]] 20:22, 18 August 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Lee as Pegasus XO? ==<br />
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I move that this section of the article be revised or deleted entirely. It was never explicitly stated on screen that the reason for Lee's transfer to Pegasus was to become Garner's XO; all we are told was that he was to keep an eye on Starbuck, and that it was temporary- "I should be back again in a couple of weeks". Garner also sates, rather aggressively, that he is "not a member of this crew" to the CIC Sergeant of the Guard. Surely that is reason enough to conclude that he was in fact NOT Garner's XO? --[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 07:55, 12 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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:Anyone have a different view on this? Have I mised something? --[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 07:20, 20 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::In one of the [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/video/deleted/season2.html deleted scenes] (217.1 Dinner Conversation) Tigh asks "You still thinking about making Apollo his XO?". That could mean that Adm. Adama wanted to send over Apollo just to help Garner for now (as per your dialogue citations), but thought about making him the permanent XO --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 08:15, 20 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::Aren't we taking what is on screen as what is canon, though? --[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 11:12, 20 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
::::I can't tell you how much I hate the fraking C-word and its overuse! I've seen other articles argue with deleted scenes too, or adding information from them to character bios. Sometimes they are even necessary to fully understand some developments, like why Socinus went to Kobol. Personally, unless they are contradicted later, I don't see why they shouldn't be at least considered in speculation. When the writers wrote the episode they had ideas about why Lee went to the Pegasus and in what capacity. This scene is also an expression of that ideas even if it wasn't shown on TV. Besides, it's not like I'm contradicting you. It's supporting what you said above. He wasn 't the XO ''yet'' --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:29, 20 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
:::::Oh, I know you're not contradicting me. And I've just read the BW:OC in which the very kind [[User:Ngarenn|Ngarenn]] points out that the writing room operates as if "every scene shot happened". So, I suppose, I'll stand back. I had never seen that deleted scene before :( (undoubtadely cause I'm from the UK, and because I didn't even ''know'' there was a deleted scene) --[[User:Madbrood|Madbrood]] 12:50, 20 September 2006 (CDT)<br />
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== Article formatting. ==<br />
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The Lee Adama article is formatted differently than all the other character articles. Here we have actual paragraphs describing the character, whereas elsewhere we merely have note points. I'm sort of a stickler for consistency and was wondering if there are plans to reformat this page. This would be a massive undertaking and, frankly, I like the formatting of the Lee page much better. We may thus want to reformat the other pages (but that would be an even larger endeavor). I just wanted to see if anyone else was thinking about this, or what the general consensus to such a project may be...-- Helo87<br />
:The paragraph format is the standard, but some of the character articles grew so large under that format that they had to be condensed to remain at a reasonable size (without splitting it up into subarticles). If you look at the bulleted characters histories, you ought to be able to find the (gigantic) older formatting versions. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:38, 14 February 2008 (CST)<br />
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:If anything, the other articles should be changed to highlight pivotal character moments instead of just retelling all plot points. I think this is somewhat if a model for what character articles should be. Not so much because of bullet points vs paragraphs, but because it actually focuses on Lee Adama as a character and analyzes his motivations and habits a bit. As such, using paragraphs is really advantageous.<br />
:Overall a prefer paragraphs, but bullet points also have their uses. With paragraphs, it's hard to find good transitions, so when dealing with lots of varied information, bullet points have their uses. But as said, they can become too long and hard to read. There was actually a whole bio project about this, but while we agreed that a more character focused approach would be great, it didn't really take off. You'll notice that the large, bulleted articles are often a bit plot focused. An exception to this is the last section of [[William Adama]], which I rewrote a bit, because it overlaps so much with this one and is really suitable for a character focused approach. Rewriting entire articles of this length is also a lot of work though.<br />
:[[Battlestar Wiki talk:Think Tank/Character Bio Project|Here]] is the link to the bio project, which also contains a lengthier comment by me about this very article and why I rewrote it somewhat (content, not format). The proposal itself also notes the idea of a mixed format, but that wasn't so popular I think. We should probably tackle this again after the show's end, if it's not done by then, and not much new content is added. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:47, 14 February 2008 (CST)<br />
::Yeah Serenity, that sounds like a plan. I think that the eventual goal (once the series is over) would be to condense the character pages because they end up being a complete recap of the series from each individuals point of view. This is pretty stupid, and I think that it detracts from the overall purpose of the character pages; to provide information on who someone was and what the defining moments of their lives were. Then again, that is the general problem with creating a good Wiki (though I think that everyone's doing a great job here), in that there is a lot of information overlapping between articles. For example, when I redid the "Fall of the Twelve Colonies" page there was a section that described the nature of the humanoid Cylons, and frankly, that was unnecessary. In the end I just erased it all and made sure there were appropriate links to the page that was meant to explain that (i.e. the humanoid Cylon page). -- Helo87<br />
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== Family tree ==<br />
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Would "Gianne" and her unborn child fit into the family tree, despite the fact that Gianne and Lee's baby was never born? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 22:47, 28 May 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Boxes ==<br />
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I don't want to start a fight over anything, since I know we've been over what should/shouldn't be in the succession boxes before, but if we're going to include Lee and Zarek's stints as Acting President, then shouldn't we also include his post as Acting XO on ''Pegasus'', as well as Kat's stint as acting CAG (in the Pegasus trilogy) and Birch's as actual, designated CAG (in Home I & II)? Thus, either the minimalist version:<br />
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{{start box}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]]|title=[[Commander Air Group|Commander, Air Group]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Barry Garner]]|title=Commanding Officer, ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''|after=''(none, ship destroyed)''}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]|title=[[Commander Air Group|Commander, Air Group]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Cowen]]|title=Caprican delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]|after=''Incumbent''}}<br />
{{end box}}<br />
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or the completist version:<br />
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{{start box}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Jackson Spencer|Jackson "Ripper" Spencer]]|title=[[Commander Air Group|Commander, Air Group]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]]}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[George Birch|George "Catman" Birch]]|title=[[Commander Air Group|Commander, Air Group]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] (Acting)}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]] (Acting)|title=[[Commander Air Group|Commander, Air Group]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]}}<br />
{{succession box|before=''(unknown, eventually [[Jack Fisk]])|title=Executive Officer, ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' (Acting)|after=''(unknown, eventually [[Anastasia Dualla]])''}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Barry Garner]]|title=Commanding Officer, ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''|after=''(none, ship destroyed)''}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine]]|title=[[Commander Air Group|Commander, Air Group]], ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]]}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Cowen]]|title=Caprican delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]|after=''(unknown)''}}<br />
{{succession box|before=[[Tom Zarek]] (Acting)|title=President of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] (Acting)|after=''Incumbent''}}<br />
{{end box}}<br />
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--[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:37, 14 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
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:I think in general it's more important to note that he held very different positions than documenting the CAG switcheroos just because he went on some mission and needed to be replaced for one episode. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:25, 14 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Continuity_errors_(TRS)&diff=170313Continuity errors (TRS)2009-01-13T22:01:30Z<p>Serenity: /* VFX Gaffes */</p>
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<div>This is a listing of '''continuity errors''' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].<br />
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== Acknowledged Mistakes ==<br />
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*At the end of "[[Home, Part II]]", when everyone is looking at the map to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in the [[Tomb of Athena]], Lee Adama points out the [[w:Lagoon Nebula|Lagoon Nebula]] in one of the constellations shown in the sky. According to him, and supported by the visual effects, the nebula is located in [[w:Scorpius|Scorpio]], but in the real world it is actually in the constellation [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]].<br />
*At the beginning of "[[Downloaded]]" two captions are shown: one states that the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon Attack]] in the [[Miniseries, Night 1|Miniseries]] occurred nine months before the current episode (which is consistent with the other episodes in Season 2.5), while the second reads "10 weeks ago", and then shows [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] shooting [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]] in "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]". However, it is impossible for this to have happened "10 weeks before 9 months after the attack": 9 months = 270 days. There is another plaque in the episode "[[Epiphanies]]" which clearly states on screen that that episode took place on Day 189. There are 70 days in 10 weeks. 70 days before Day 270 would be around Day 200; well after "Epiphanies". To correct this, the title card of the DVD and international television releases has been changed to "10 weeks later", meaning 10 weeks after [[Number Six|Number Six's]] rebirth.<br />
*In "[[Scar]]" Starbuck and Kat fly [[Viper Mark VII]]s but the launch in the originally aired episode showed a [[Viper Mark II]]. This has been fixed in the DVD release which now includes a new, but somewhat shorter, launch sequence with the Mk VIIs. (Although, a few previous episodes like "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" only use the Mk II sequence, but both types of Vipers are deployed by ''Galactica''.)<br />
*"[[Exodus, Part I]]": At the end of "[[Precipice]]" Cally is clearly in the woods when the gunfire is going off. At the time [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and his group take aim at the [[Cylon Centurion]], Cally has not reached the wooded area by the time gunfire sounds. Further, when the gunfire begins in "Precipice", Tyrol is at the firing position, far from Cally, while in "Exodus, Part I" he is holding her to the ground when it begins.<br />
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== [[Retroactive continuity|Retcons]] ==<br />
*[[Season two timeline discontinuity]]: All episodes before Season 2.5 (starting with "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]") seem to indicate that Season 2.5 begins 3-4 months after the Cylon attack. However, "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and all subsequent Season 2.5 episodes indicate that "Resurrection Ship, Part I" began 6 months after the Cylon attack. See the main article for more detailed analysis. There are 3 main points of discontinuity:<br />
**[[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica-Valerii]] is not visibly pregnant in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]", but by "[[Epiphanies]]", roughly 2-3 weeks later, she appears to be in her second trimester.<br />
**The presidential elections in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" are said to take place 9 months after the attack, when throughout Season 1 it was consistently said to be 7 months after the Cylon attack.<br />
**If all of the dates mentioned in each episode are counted up, "Pegasus" only occurs roughly three months post-attack, not six. <br />
*[[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet numbers]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a total of 40 [[FTL]] ships (led by Roslin) rendezvous with ''Galactica'' at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]. This makes the count 41 ships, including ''Galactica''. However, this number was enlarged for the series. In "[[33]]," Dualla states: "Jump 237 underway... 53 ships have jumped, 10 still reporting trouble with their FTL drives, including ''Colonial One''." Thus making the total 64 ships, including ''Galactica'' herself. By the end of "33", the count drops to 63 as [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]] destroy the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. In "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]", Colonel Tigh mentions the Cylons searching for "a sixty-odd ships". The count offered in "[[The Farm]]" is similar &mdash; 24 ships leave to join [[Laura Roslin faction|Roslin's fleet]], which was "almost a third" of the Fleet, putting the number at about 75. About 65 ships have been named to date, mostly on the vote tally boards in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<br />
*The ''[[Astral Queen]]'': In the [[Miniseries]], [[Billy Keikeya]] states that the captain had 500 prisoners in his cargo hold, and that the ''Queen'' was a cargo vessel transporting prisoners to a prison. In "[[Bastille Day]]", [[Billy Keikeya]]'s lines were re-dubbed: '''1,500''' prisoners are aboard the ''Astral Queen'' and that the ship was a '''prison transport'''. Lee Adama would go on to later state that the ''Astral Queen'' was en route to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] for parole hearings.<br />
*[[Cylon detector]]: In the episode "[[Flesh and Bone]]", it takes only minutes to identify [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|"Boomer" Valerii]] as a Cylon. However, in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", he states that complete testing on one sample of blood takes 11 hours. However, this could be because a negative result takes 11 hours to confirm but a positive result potentially may be more instant.<br />
*The exodus from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]: In "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" Elosha, Billy and Roslin are discussing Kobol and the exodus of the tribes. Billy says that the ruins on Kobol are 2,000 years old. Elosha states this is when the ''Thirteen'' tribes left Kobol. Other mentions in the show (particularly [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] episodes concerning the [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|Cylon virus]] and the [[Temple of Five]]) mention that the 13th tribe left Kobol about 2,000 years before the other twelve did. Elosha's comment implies that all thirteen tribes left Kobol together, just in different directions.<br />
* In "[[Final Cut]]", [[Louanne Katraine]] says hello to her mother on camera in the [[duty locker]] and says hello to her buddies on ''[[Freighter 212]]'', yet in "[[The Passage]]", Katraine is noted as the alias for Sasha, a gun-runner who has been avoiding her past. These two pieces of information are not fully congruent.<br />
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== Danglers ==<br />
Danglers are plotlines that have been started, but haven't yet been continued as of "[[Revelations]]".<br />
*[[Caprica-Six]] meeting: In the [[Miniseries]], at the end of the scene where [[Number Six]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] walk through the park, Six says she has to meet someone. After Baltar walks away, she looks off-camera and says she had "been wondering when you'd get here." After this, there is a cut to ''Galatica''. Given that was the day of/before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack]], it appears likely that the meeting was related to the Cylon's plans. Regardless of who she was meeting, this has not been revisited. Moore [http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=1638823&st=1080 has commented] that revisitation is unlikely.<br />
*[[Tom Zarek|Zarek]]-[[Ellen Tigh|Tigh]] plotline: In the episode "[[Colonial Day]]", it is heavily implied that [[Ellen Tigh]] revealed the location of [[Valance]] to agents of [[Tom Zarek]], and that she intends for her husband, Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], to meet with Zarek's people in the near future. As of the latest aired episodes, this plotline has not been revisited and probably will never be in light of Ellen's death in "[[Exodus, Part II]]". <br />
*Zarek-[[Black market (organization)|black market]] plotline: Similarly, the end of "[[Black Market]]" implies that Zarek has assumed some measure of influence in that organization. This also has yet to be revisited.<br />
*[[Demand Peace]]: The pro-Cylon terrorist faction that sprung up in the fleet during "[[Epiphanies]]" has yet to resurface as well. The episode concluded without any firm resolution regarding the fate of the movement and its leader [[Royan Jahee]], however their base of operations, "[[Cloud 9]]", was destroyed by [[Gina]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". The plotline of "Epiphanies" implies that the group is gearing up for a full-scale campaign against the Fleet's leadership, but they are never seen again and the fates of the group's members are not discussed later on.<br />
* [[Colonial Workers Alliance]]: This union, lead by [[Galen Tyrol]], begins on [[New Caprica]] in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" and is touched upon in the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]". However, in light of Tyrol's discovery of being a member of the [[Final Five]], and his [[Escape Velocity|subsequent breakdown]] occurring after [[The Ties That Bind|the death]] of [[Cally Tyrol|his wife]], his association with the union has not been noted since, and its existence has not been mentioned post-"Dirty Hands".<br />
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== Recasting ==<br />
*[[Zak Adama]]: In the [[Miniseries]], a different actor (or stand-in) is pictured as Zak Adama. In "[[Act of Contrition]]", a new actor portrays Zak, and the picture was changed to reflect the casting choice.<br />
*[[Ellen Tigh]]: Same with Zak Adama. The picture of Saul Tigh's wife, which Tigh has burned a hole through, was originally a picture of [[David Eick]]'s wife, Jennifer Berchfeild. When [[Kate Vernon]] was cast as Ellen in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", the image was changed.<br />
*[[Richard Adar]]: In the Miniseries he is [[:md:Image:Bsg-baltar-adar.jpg|portrayed]] by [[David Eick]] in a photograph in Baltar's domicile on Caprica. When Adar appears in person in "[[Epiphanies]]" he is played by [[Colm Feore]].<br />
*[[Carolanne Adama]] is portrayed by an uncredited actress during a cameo in "[[Act of Contrition]]". She is portrayed by [[Lucinda Jenney]] in the episode "[[A Day in the Life]]".<br />
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== Logic errors ==<br />
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* "[[Scar]]": <br />
** In the last act of this episode, when [[Kara Thrace]] enters the [[rec room]], an intercut scene of the people in the room shows Kara Thrace (at ~38:50) sitting at a table drinking from the "Top Gun" stein. However, the stein is being used by [[Louanne Katraine]] at this point, and Thrace had just entered. <br />
* "[[He That Believeth in Me]]": <br />
** In the previous episode ([[Crossroads, Part II]]), it is established that [[Samuel Anders]] has a limp from a broken leg he received in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". The limp is visible in the revelation of the "[[frakr:Fantastic Four|Fantastic Four]]" in the last act. However, the limp disappears completely in "He That Believeth in Me" in events that are depicted to happen 10 (or fewer) minutes later. <br />
** In "Crossroads, Part II", it is inferred that Samuel Anders only began his training, as he is being shown avionics and other key systems in a Raptor by Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson]]. In this episode, he tells [[Kara Thrace]] that he concluded basic training and began [[ACM]], and is capable of flying the Viper.<br />
*The events of the episodes "[[Sine Qua Non]]" and "[[The Hub]]" occur concurrently, yet the population count drops by one in between the two episodes. Arguably there should have been no drop until the survivor count appears again in "[[Revelations]]". The appearance of [[Eammon Pike]], who dies during the events seen in "The Hub" but whose corpse is found in the preceding episode probably explains the error.<br />
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== VFX Gaffes ==<br />
[[Image:1104reverse Scattered.JPG|thumb|left|Mirrored shot of Viper 1104 ([[Scattered]]).]]<br />
*[[Miniseries]]: No less than three copies of [[Viper 1104]] are present at the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. Of these, one is crash landed by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Thrace]], one destroyed by Cylon fire, and one successfully landed on ''Galactica''.<br />
*[[Miniseries]] and "[[33]]": As ''Galactica'' prepares to jump to Ragnar Anchorage, the flight pods retract. As the ship jumps, the pods are not retracted. When ''Galactica'' has jumped to Ragnar Anchorage the pods are retracted again. This same footage is shown during the opening titles of "33".<br />
*"[[33]]": As the Cylon Centurion approaches Helo from behind, the rain is hitting it, but it does not drip off its body. In contrast, water is dripping from Helo's face in a fairly consistent and noticeable manner.<br />
*"[[You Can't Go Home Again]]": Before searching for Starbuck, [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] climbs into a Viper Mk VII, although he is shown piloting a Mk II in all other effects shots. However, his Mark VII is mentioned as being down for repairs at one point, implying that he flies it off screen.<br />
*"[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Amid Season 1]]": Half-way through Season 1, the ''[[Colonial One]]'' CG model was updated and the seal of the President of the Colonies was added to the hull. However, the reuse of stock footage from the Miniseries and earlier in the first season cause the seal to continually disappear and reappear in the same episode depending on what shot is used.<br />
*"[[Scattered]]": A shot of Viper 1104 is mirrored accidentally.<br />
*"[[Flight of the Phoenix]]"''':<br />
**Viper and [[List of pilots|pilot]] numbers: 42 Vipers are deployed at a time when no more than 34 could have been serviceable, and with no more than 25 pilots available.<br />
**[[Blackbird]]: As the [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot]] begins, the Blackbird (still incomplete, untested, and missing its composite skin by this point) can be seen swooping across the screen in a manner inconsistent with its flight characteristics; the ship was built for speed, not maneuverability. The ship also fires what appears to be autocannons, although Blackbird is unarmed except in its [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|final mission]].<br />
*"[[The Captain's Hand]]": As Starbuck leads ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus's]]'' [[Viper Mark VII|Viper Mk VIIs]] into combat, a cockpit shot of her mistakenly shows [[Viper Mark II|Viper Mk IIs]] around her ship.<br />
*"[[Crossroads, Part II]]":<br />
** Lee Adama's Viper Mark VII is identified as 2220NC, or [[Viper 2220 (Mark VII)|Viper 2220]]. However, [[Viper 2220]] has already been established as a Viper Mark II, not a Mark VII, which has seen multiple appearances as Adama's Viper throughout Season 1.<br />
** Further, Kara Thrace's pristine Viper does not have a nameplate. This is telling in closeups of her in her Viper's cockpit. However, this error is not present in the following episode, "[[He That Believeth in Me]]".<br />
*"[[Revelations]]": When [[Felix Gaeta]] stumbles in the [[CIC]], the shadow of his [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|amputated]] leg is visible.<br />
*"[[Razor]]":<br />
**When Starbuck orders Showboat to "open up with all you've got" as they find themselves in ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> firing solution, the gun shown firing is that of a [[Viper Mark II]]. However, Starbuck and Showboat are in [[Viper Mark VII]]s.<br />
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==Prop and Equipment Errors==<br />
[[Image:2276gaff Mini.JPG|thumb|Major Spencer in Viper 2276 ([[Miniseries]]).]]<br />
*[[Miniseries]]: <br />
**An [[wikipedia:F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16 Fighting Falcon]] is visible in a picture in Adama's quarters when he and Colonel Tigh discuss Starbuck striking Tigh. However, this could be a tribute, the F-16 is sometimes called "Viper" by its pilots.<br />
**The Viper Mk. VII flown by Major Spencer during the first sortie ([[Miniseries]]) is still marked as "Viper 2276NC" which is the Viper flown by Captain Lee Adama to ''Galactica''.<br />
**As [[Sharon Valerii|"Boomer" Valerii]] takes off from Caprica with the civilians in the [[Raptor]], just after [[Helo]] shoots the civilian who jumps on to the wing, the camera points to Boomer, where viewers can see in the window reflection the crane that is hoisting the Raptor mockup into the air.<br />
**As shown in a closeup of the pilot after giving [[Laura Roslin]] the [[Case Orange]] reply, the spaceline's name on the [[Colonial One captain]]'s uniform, "Eversun," is mismatched to the spaceline name used on ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' itself: [[Intersun]].<br />
**When Starbuck's Viper is hit during the second sortie ("I'm all right"), her helmet is unsealed and open. <br />
**Similarly, Lee Adama's collar is opened when he scolds her for being "beyond insane" as Thrace pushing Adama's Viper into ''Galactica's'' [[flight pod]] at the end of the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]]. <br />
*"[[33]]":<br />
**When [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] admits that she lost the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'', her headset changes sides during the conversation.<br />
**As Helo fires upon the Cylon Centurion that survives the detonation of an anti-personnel mine (similar to a [[Wikipedia:Claymore mine|Claymore mine]]), the first time Helo fires the pistol, it is heard to fire, but there is no accompanying visual spark from the barrel. In contrast, the second shot is accompanied by both a spark and the appropriate sound.<br />
**After the disappearance of the ''Olympic Carrier'' in jump 238, with the timer running towards the 33 minute mark, the viewer can see that the clock is at 10 seconds. When focusing on Adama and Tigh, the viewer hears ten seconds counting off, but when the camera quick-pans to the overhead console, it reads that 3 seconds have passed.<br />
**Before the clock reaches zero in the pre-title sequence, a wide shot of [[CIC]] is shown with Adama and Tigh standing at the central console. The timer on the screen above their heads is flashing 00:00:00.<br />
*"[[Six Degrees of Separation]]": The special-effects group for the Re-imagined Series appear dedicated to creating computer screens, equipment and interfaces that are familiar to viewers, but aren't full counterparts to real-world Earth materials. However, the logo for NEC computer manufacturers can be seen on the monitors while [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] is working on the photograph. A similar occurrence happens in "Sacrifice".<br />
*"[[Colonial Day]]": During the bar fight scene, [[Valance]]'s gun is shown with a silencer attached as it falls out of his briefcase, but the silencer is not present for the rest of the scene. The silencer is back when [[Valance]] is interrogated by Starbuck and Apollo.<br />
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": [[Kat]] finds a box of explosive rounds with only 6 shells. The shells in the container start out scattered within the box, but as the camera cuts back and forth in the scene the shells switch from organized to scattered many times.<br />
*"[[Black Market]]": At around 42:55 in the episode, the [[w:John Fowles|John Fowles]] historical fiction/romance novel ''[[w:The French Lieutenant's Woman|The French Lieutenant's Woman]]'' appears on a shelf behind the couch in [[William Adama]]'s room, to [[Lee Adama]]'s left.<br />
*"[[Scar]]": <br />
**The little model plane on top of the "Top Gun" mug sported by Starbuck and Kat is actually an [[wikipedia:F/A-18 Hornet|F/A-18 Hornet]].<br />
**When getting intimate with Apollo, the bandage on Starbuck's back moves from one side to the other. Usually, such bandages are used to cover a tattoo of a crucifix on her shoulder.<br />
*"[[Sacrifice]]":<br />
**When Starbuck is getting the handguns out of her case, she still has the environmental engineer's hat on. When she quickly turns around with the guns and starts firing, her hat has disappeared without explanation.<br />
**A computer mouse (a design created by [[Wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]]) is seen connected to [[Sesha Abinell]]'s laptop computer.<br />
*"[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]": When the rescue mission returns from Caprica, [[Cavil]] (as well as probably Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon) are carried by Raptor that is labeled with [[Racetrack]]'s name. However, Racetrack never made it to Caprica.<br />
*"[[Exodus, Part II]]": The [[DRADIS]] displays on ''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' are free of interference from the [[New Caprica]] nebula, even though it continued to be an obvious problem for both ships at the end of "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]".<br />
*"Exodus, Part II": In the scene where ''Galactica'' falls to New Caprica after an inter-atmosphere Jump, a closeup of the grease pencils that roll around on the navigation table makes the markings of where they are made visible, in this case: China. <br />
*"[[The Passage]]": [[Raymond Lai|Raymond "Raygun" Lai]]'s name appears on ''Galactica''’s flight roster. His name previously appeared on one of the 40 year-old Viper Mk. IIs in the ''Galactica'' museum during the [[Miniseries]].<br />
*"[[Razor]]":<br />
** Early in the scenes with the search and rescue party in the [[Guardian basestar]], Kara Thrace can be seen with the [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Tattoos|tattoo]] she gets after marrying [[Samuel Anders]], an event that won't happen for months from the story's perspective. It is absent in later scenes.<br />
**[[Kendra Shaw]] has a band-aid on the end of her right index finger throughout the episode, in both the present and in the flashback scenes. However, it seems highly unlikely that she would either still be wearing it over the course of ten months or would coincidently have to apply another one on the same part of the same finger.<br />
* In several episodes characters wear the wrong [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]]:<br />
** "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]": [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] wears "lieutenant j.g." (short chevron) insignia in several scenes.<br />
** "[[Fragged]]": [[Cally]] is wearing petty officer, 2nd class instead of crewman specialist insignia.<br />
** "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[Home, Part II]]": [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] wears major instead of captain insignia.<br />
** "[[Scar]]": <br />
*** In the first scene in the recreation room Starbuck wears lieutenant insignia despite having been promoted to captain. <br />
*** Some of the [[nuggets]] have lieutenant insignia despite being addressed as ensigns. Apparently, the prop department had not produced the ensign insignias at that time.<br />
** "[[The Captain's Hand]]": Apollo's insignia switch between captain and major at least once. Major is his correct rank at that time.<br />
**"[[Hero]]": In the flashback scenes in ''Valkyrie'''s CIC, Commander Adama is wearing admiral's insignia.<br />
**"[[Dirty Hands]]": Again, lt. j.g pins are used for the rank of ensign.<br />
**"[[Escape Velocity]]": Saul Tigh wears admiral's insignia during the episode's teaser.<br />
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==Dialogue Errors==<br />
*[[Miniseries]]:<br />
**The pronunciation of Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]]'s name frequently shifts between ''GAY-ta'' and ''GUY-ta'' during the Miniseries. Colonel Tigh regularly calls him GUY-ta while Adama vacillates between GAY-ta and GUY-ta. From "33" onward he is referred to by everyone as GAY-ta.<br />
**Tigh exclaims "Jesus!" when shown the photo of Adama, Zak and Lee. Ron Moore has stated that this was just an ad-lib by the actor, and was never in the script, and should have been removed during editing. In fact this was removed from the "theatrical version" shown on [[Universal HD]].<br />
** "Oh my God!" as opposed to "Gods". <br />
***When being informed by Six of her true nature and mission, [[Gaius Baltar]] exclaims "Oh, my God!" <br />
***Also when Caprica Six breaks the neck of the baby the mother, [[Chantara]], screeches "Oh, my God!" several times.<br />
***[[Jackson Spencer]] also makes this mistake after the Cylon Raiders launch missiles at his disabled squadron.<br />
***When Secretary of Education Laura Roslin informs the passengers of ''Colonial Heavy 798'' about the attack a woman reacts "Oh my God".<br />
* "[[33]]": <br />
** Helo states his rank as "lieutenant, junior grade" despite consistently wearing "lieutenant, senior grade" rank insignia.<br />
** Later in the episode, when President Roslin and Dr. Baltar are discussing cutting off communications with the ''Olympic Carrier'', Baltar uses the term "radio" instead of the in-universe term of "[[wireless]]" during the conversation.<br />
*"[[Valley of Darkness]]": When [[Lee Adama|Apollo]], [[Kat]] and others are searching the ship for weapons a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] turns the corner and Kat says "Jesus".<br />
*"[[Downloaded]]": In the Miniseries, [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] claims that her parents died while she was very young, regarding the accident at [[Troy (RDM)|Troy]], which is later supported by dialogue in "[[Flesh and Bone]]". In "Downloaded" she explains that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the Fleet academy.<br />
*"[[Hero]]": The episode places the flashback events one year prior to the [[Cylon attack]]. However, this conflicts with earlier information that Adama served on ''Galactica'' for several years, Tyrol under him for at least five years and Gaeta for three years. For more details, see [[Hero#Analysis]].<br />
*"[[Unfinished Business]]": When Adama is down in his corner and bleeding badly, Roslin says "coagulant for the swelling, ice for the bleeding". This should be the other way around.<br />
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*A member of the production crew, possibly a boom operator, is visible on screen in "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]". He can be seen behind the damaged wall behind the display of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].<br />
*In "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" another camera operator can be briefly seen after the fight between Tyrol and Helo, as Tyrol walks to the Raptor to sit on its wing.<br />
*At ~31:14 in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", a cameraman can be seen to the right of the frame as another camerman pushes in through the small crowd that celebrates [[Laura Roslin]]'s victory over [[Gaius Baltar]] and ultimately up to Roslin's reaction at her desk. <br />
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[[de:Kontinuitätsfehler (RDM)]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Hub&diff=170312The Hub2009-01-13T22:00:18Z<p>Serenity: /* Story */</p>
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<div>:''This article discusses the [[Re-imagined Series]] episode. For the eponymous resurrection facility, see: [[Resurrection Hub]].''<br />
{{Episode Data<br />
| image= 411 pilot meeting.jpg<br />
| title= The Hub<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode= 9<br />
| forumthread= 1262<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer= [[Jane Espenson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director= [[Paul Edwards]]<br />
| production= 411<br />
| rating= 1.3<br />
| US airdate= 06 June 2008<br />
| CAN airdate= 06 June 2008<br />
| UK airdate=10 June 2008<br />
| dvd=<br />
| oldpopulation= 39674<br />
| population= 39673<br />
| prev= [[Sine Qua Non]]<br />
| next= [[Revelations]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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: ''Pursuing the [[Resurrection Hub]] at the whim of the Hybrid, a team of Viper pilots and Cylon rebels become uneasy collaborators as they formulate a [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub|battle plan]] to unbox the [[Number Three|Three]]s and destroy Cylon resurrection forever. Meanwhile, Roslin and Baltar try desperately to communicate with the panicking [[Hybrid]] and Helo discovers a disturbing characteristic within one of the [[Number Eight|Eights]].''<br />
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== Summary == <br />
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:''The episode takes place concurrently with "[[Sine Qua Non]]"<br />
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=== Teaser ===<br />
* Starting off from the last events of "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", [[Laura Roslin]], [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Gaius Baltar]] are brought before the rebel Cylon basestar's Hybrid. After a [[Number Eight]] reconnects the [[Hybrid]], she unexpectedly jumps the ship.<br />
* During the jump, Roslin finds herself in empty corridors of ''[[Galactica]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki>. As she looks around, Elosha appears behind her. After they hug, the vision stops and Roslin finds herself back in the Hybrid's room. Roslin inquires after the Hybrid's abilities as the Eight tries to get information from the [[data-font]], however the Hybrid jumps the ship again, and Roslin finds herself back with Elosha in ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> empty corridors. Roslin makes this observation, to which Elosha replies that it makes the ship feel bigger; Roslin further points out that the experience is strange, to which Elosha replies "many things are strange."<br />
* The two end up in [[sickbay]], where the only occupied (and lit) bed is occupied by Roslin herself, who is dying.<br />
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=== Act 1 ===<br />
*An [[Number Eight|Eight]] determines that the Hybrid is panicking due to [[Natalie]]'s injury. [[Gaius Baltar]] attempts to calm her, initially appearing to be successful, but the Hybrid jumps again. Roslin's vision continues, and she sees [[Kara Thrace]], Dr. [[Cottle]] and the Adamas standing over her bed. Elosha speaks to the dying Roslin, chastising her for her lack of empathy.<br />
*The Eight tells [[Karl Agathon]] that the Hybrid is following the [[Resurrection Hub]] and discusses an attack strategy with him.<br />
*When the Eight massages Agathon's back, he comments that [[Sharon Agathon|his wife]] learned to do so only after meeting him, and the Eight reveals that she accessed Athena's memories from her [[Rapture|last download]].<br />
*Agathon speaks to Roslin in the Raptor. The president tells him that he is to bring [[Number Three]] directly to her and not to the Cylons.<br />
*On the Resurrection Hub, a D'Anna Biers is awakened by [[Number One|Cavil]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], who tell her about the [[Cylon Civil War]] that was caused by her actions. Three makes a disparaging remark about the Eights' fickleness.<br />
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=== Act 2 ===<br />
[[Image:411 Roslin and Baltar with Hybrid.jpg|thumb|Roslin and Baltar attempting to talk to the Hybrid about the [[Opera House]] vision.]]<br />
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*In the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] hangar, Agathon and an Eight give a mission briefing to a number of [[Number Six|Sixes]], Eights and Colonial pilots. Several pilots, notably [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]] and [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]], express concerns about their safety and the reliability of the Cylon pilots. A Six rebuts that the rebel pilots are just as well trained as the humans, and the Eight reminds them that they learned to trust Athena, so they can also trust their rebel allies.<br />
*Baltar and Roslin attempt to question the Hybrid with little success. They bicker and Baltar walks off, and then the Hybrid declares that a Three has been unboxed and jumps again.<br />
*Continuing the vision, Elosha and Roslin walk through the hallways of ''Galactica''. Roslin speculates that Elosha and the visions are a manifestation of her subconscious. Roslin and Elosha see [[William Adama]] reading ''[[Searider Falcon]]'' to the dying Roslin.<br />
*After the jump, Baltar begins talking to a [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] about hierarchy and religion, asserting that the Centurion is loved by [[God (RDM)|God]] as well. <br />
*Speaking to Roslin, Agathon is disappointed that she wants to betray the alliance between humans and Cylons, and thinks that they can trust the Eights. Roslin tells him that he shouldn't let the experiences with his wife cloud his judgment and orders him to carry out her request.<br />
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=== Act 3 ===<br />
*On the Resurrection Hub, Boomer comments with alarm on the arrival of the rebel basestar. Cavil tries to convince Number Three to talk to the rebels and defuse the conflict, but she replies curtly and threatens to shout out the names of the [[Final Five]]. Boomer reports that the rebel basestar has launched 25 [[Heavy Raider]]s.<br />
*Outside the Hub, the Heavy Raiders release the [[Viper (RDM)|Vipers]] they have been towing behind them. The Raiders attack defending basestars, while the Vipers head towards the Hub.<br />
*Cavil deduces that the rebels are attempting to destroy the Hub, and comments that doing so would be mass murder, and would make death permanent for Cylons. On hearing this Three breaks Cavil's neck and Boomer flees.<br />
*Missiles destroy a node at the top of the Hub, taking out its FTL drive. Subsequently, Agathon and the Eight head towards the Hub in a [[Raptor]]. On the Hub, they encounter the D'Anna Biers and the dead Cavil. Seeing explosions around them, Agathon tells Three to run and grabs her arm.<br />
*[[Eammon Pike]] panics as his Raptor is almost disabled and wants to jump back to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. [[Diana Seelix]] urges him not to, telling him that the Fleet is too far way. When Pike is initiating the jump, the Raptor his hit by fire from a Raider, hitting Pike in the chest, who manages to hit the jump button.<br />
*On the Hub, Agathon hesitates upon seeing a number of inert Number Eight bodies. The Eight tells him they should leave, and drags the objecting Three.<br />
*Baltar continues to evangelize to the Centurion, but as the basestar is hit by a missile salvo, the explosion destroys the Centurion and seriously injures Baltar.<br />
*Two Marines carry Baltar to a bed while Roslin carries in a [[medkit]]. Roslin orders them out, bandaging Baltar and injecting him with [[morpha]]. In his drug-addled state Baltar talks to Roslin about religion, telling her that he once harbored terrible guilt. Pressed on what that guilt is for he tells Roslin that he unwittingly gave the Cylons the [[CNP|access codes]] prior to the [[fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. He compares the fall to the flood [[Pythia]] spoke of, which wiped out most of humanity and rejuvenated them. Shocked by Baltar's confession, Roslin tries to kill Baltar by removing his bandages. As he loses blood he begs her to stop.<br />
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=== Act 4 ===<br />
*Agathon announces that he has D'Anna Biers and orders a nuclear strike on the Hub. The Vipers fire nuclear missiles into the Hub, destroying it and at least one of the two escort basestars.<br />
*Baltar continues to beg for his life.<br />
*There is another jump. In Roslin's vision, William Adama stands over a dying Roslin, while Roslin and Elosha watch them. Elosha convinces Roslin to show Baltar mercy, saying that humanity cannot be saved on a "case-by-case basis."<br />
*With a sudden change of heart Roslin desperately checks to see if Baltar is still alive, then begins re-bandaging him and gives him an IV.<br />
*Aboard the basestar with the Three, Agathon argues with the Eight, saying that his orders are to take Three to the president. The Eight is upset and Three comments cynically that such double-crossing is a very human trait.<br />
*Agathon brings Three to Roslin, who orders him out and tells him to not let anyone else in. Three immediately inspects the injured Baltar and speculates that he is likely to survive. When asked about the Final Five, she jokes Laura Roslin is one of them<ref>In the podcast, Ron Moore jokes that he hated the fact that D'Anna Biers's trick on Roslin being the fifth Cylon was used in the promo for the episode — "It drove me insane."</ref>, but refuses to provide any information until she feels she is safe; the information being the only thing she has now that she is the only Three left in the universe. She says she will tell Roslin who the Final Five are after she is taken back to the human Fleet.<br />
*Sometime later Roslin sits alone listening to the Hybrid. As the Hybrid jumps she has a final encounter with Elosha, whom she sees in the same room this time.<br />
*Waiting in space, William Adama sees the basestar jumping in. In the landing bay, he meets Laura Roslin. He tells her that he missed her and she admits her feelings too, saying that she loves him. The two embrace.<br />
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== Notes == <br />
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=== Story ===<br />
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* The [[survivor count]] at the beginning of this show may include the already-seen death of Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike]], whose body is discovered in the [[Raptor]] that managed to jump to the Fleet. However this episode occurs at the same time as "Sine Qua Non" and therefore Pike's death arguably should not be counted yet, as his death is discovered only part way through "Sine Qua Non", making the decrease a continuity error. The survivor count drops by eight by the start of the next episode, "[[Revelations]]", suggesting that it may be that decrease that truly indicates all the casualties of the [[Battle of the Resurrection Hub]]. Given that Pike's ECO should also be dead along with Pike, the survivor count arguably should have dropped by two by the beginning of this episode if death's witnessed on screen were being counted already.<br />
* The events of this episode, starting from the [[Hybrid]]'s [[FTL|jump]] of the rebel [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] in "[[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]", and [[William Adama]]'s mission to stay behind in a Raptor awaiting [[Laura Roslin]]'s return spans two days. Ergo, the events of "[[Sine Qua Non]]" occur over the course of two days.<br />
* Unlike previous episodes, this episode is part of the same overall story occurring concurrently with the episode before it (Sine Qua Non). The episode shows the events from the baseship's perspective, whereas "Sine Qua Non" shows the uncertainty and reactions to said uncertainty from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s perspective.<br />
* Roslin and Adama have finally admitted their feelings for each other.<br />
* Except for Roslin's visions and recap scenes from "Guess What's Coming to Dinner?", this is the first episode of the series in which nothing takes place on or near ''Galactica''.<br />
* Baltar attempts to reopen the rapport he had established with the Hybrid in "[[The Passage]]".<br />
* Although Boomer's fate in the episode is left uncertain, her survival is confirmed in the [http://media.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/411/bsg_ep411_FULL.mp3 episode's podcast].<br />
* The podcast also mentions Roslin's visions were originally to be of [[Billy Keikeya]], but due to scheduling conflicts it was changed to Elosha. This required almost no changes to the script.<br />
* When Adama looks out his Raptor window when the baseship arrives, the stars match the night sky as seen from Earth. In particular, the constellations Orion, Taurus, Canis Minor, Gemini, and Monoceros can clearly be seen. This indicates that they must be very close to Earth's location.<br />
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=== Cylons ===<br />
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* [[Number Two]]/[[Leoben Conoy]] is notably absent from the episode (appearing only in the recap at the beginning), and only Sixes and Eights are among the Cylons fighting in the battle.<br />
* There is only one [[Number Three]] in existence, and any possibility of [[Boxing|unboxing]] the others has been lost.<br />
* With the destruction of the Resurrection Hub, the Cylons have permanently lost the ability to download into new bodies.<br />
* As previously shown in "[[The Farm]]", [[Heavy Raider]]s are piloted by humanoid Cylons unlike the smaller autonomous [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]].<br />
* This episode contains the first mention of [[Natalie]]'s name in dialogue.<br />
* Cylon flight suits appear for the first time in this episode. However the Eight who flies with Helo wears a Colonial flight suit.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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=== Characters ===<br />
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* Over the course of the series, the [[Number Eight|Eights]] have been notorious for shifting their alliances. [[Number Three]]'s comment about the Eight model's tendency to be passionate allies until they see "something shiny" seems to be yet another example of the fickle nature of the Number Eight model. A somewhat more direct observation of this fact is shown in "[[Faith]]" when [[Sharon Agathon]] denounces a group of Eights after hearing their desire to rebel against [[Natalie]] and the other [[Number Six]] models.<br />
* Roslin's suspicions of Baltar, which she has had since "[[Epiphanies]]" (and had a vague inkling of in "[[Six of One]]") have finally been confirmed.<br />
* Roslin enters a hallucinatory trance state as the basestar jumps about wildly. Roslin has not previously experienced this sensation during the Fleet's jumps, although Kara Thrace underwent something similar in "[[He That Believeth in Me]]". Moreover, [[Callandra Tyrol|Cally Henderson]] exhibited symptoms of vertigo during ''Galactica'''s first jump in the [[Miniseries, Night 2|Miniseries]].<br />
* In Roslin's vision of her impending death, she is attended by Bill and Lee Adama, Cottle, and Kara Thrace. Considering Roslin and Thrace's last interaction in "[[Six of One]]", and the fact that prior to that, they had not worked together since "[[Home, Part II]]", it is surprising that Thrace is included in this scene at all. After Bill Adama, she is probably closer to Tory Foster, who is absent from the scene, than to either Thrace or Lee Adama.<br />
*Karl Agathon has clashed with Roslin before when extreme measures have been considered or taken against the Cylons, notably his sabotage of the biological attack in the episode "[[Torn]]". Here it is significant that Agathon carries out Roslin's orders to the letter despite voicing objections over the planned double cross. Notably Agathon's recent attempted mutiny against Kara Thrace ([[Faith]]) had near-fatal repercussions that may influence his decision here to obey the chain of command. Ronald D. Moore has admitted as much in the podcast for this episode.<br />
*Agathon is known for his compulsions to take a stand on a moral principle, hence his unwillingness to use biological weapons to wipe out the Cylons previously. Here however he seems to distinguish destroying the Cylons' ability to resurrect as a military operation rather than an act of outright genocide, although the Cavil model seems to think otherwise, referring to the attack on the Hub as "mass murder."<br />
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=== Cylons===<br />
* There are some questions regarding the sharing of memories that are re-introduced by this episode (having been introduced in "[[Downloaded]]"). In this episode, the Number Eight who downloaded [[Sharon Agathon]]'s memories notes that her memories are accessible by the others. This correlates with the fact that Agathon was killed and downloaded in "[[Rapture]]", thereby adding her memories to their repository. However, in some earlier episodes (e.g. "[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[Home, Part II]]", "[[Scar]]"), Agathon has access to [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]]'s memories, but was never killed or resurrected up to that point. It can be inferred that Cylons can share memories outside of the download and resurrection process; how Valerii was able to do this after leaving [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] is unknown.<br />
* Given that this episode confirms that downloaded Cylon memories can be shared (though the data must be accessed first, so it is not an involuntary process), it is left unexplained why it is necessary to entirely resurrect Number Three and attack the Hub when her memories could simply be accessed by another Cylon from a central database. This would be possible if the memory data was shared across basestars as standard operating procedure. One possible explanation is that no Cylon accessed her memories after she downloaded from the Temple of Five ([[Rapture]]), and boxing that Three's consciousness placed her memories into cold storage on the Resurrection Hub with no external access possible from that point onwards. It is also possible that only Cylons of the same model can access each other's memories.<br />
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=== The Battle ===<br />
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*The battle in this episode bears a striking resemblance to "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I|Resurrection Ship, Parts I]] and [[Resurrection Ship, Part II|II]]". In both episodes, a shaky alliance between ''Galactica'' and another force (''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'') [[Battle for the Resurrection Ship|takes on]] an ostensibly irreplaceable Cylon resurrection facility by first disabling its FTL capability and then engaging it directly with fighters. Furthermore, both sides plan to double-cross each other after the successful execution of the attack.<br />
*The towing plan works when the Cylons detect the approaching Heavy Raiders but do not realize the strike force is twice the size until it is too late.<br />
*Although the Vipers are tasked with taking out the Hub's FTL, a Raptor launches the finishing shot.<br />
*Karl Agathon's Raptor is escorted by several Vipers flying very close as it boards the Hub, perhaps in part to mask the Raptor's DRADIS signature.<br />
*The Hub is unarmed and appears devoid of any defensive measures, although it is possible the Eight accompanying Agathon disabled these. The absence of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]] escorts is notable<br />
* The success of the operation indicates Karl Agathon has now grown into the role of CAG, despite not being a Viper pilot and only initially occupying the role temporarily. Agathon not only destroys a key target in a risky operation, but maintains the morale and focus of his pilots whilst negotiating the perils of a fragile alliance with the Cylon rebels.<br />
*The rebel basestar's absence is long enough that ''Galactica'' and the Fleet have to move on; ''Galactica'' had reconnoitered the battle site, and the rebel basestar was assumed to be among the debris. This seems odd given the Cylons' superior FTL capability — Pike's Raptor would have required several jumps to make it to the Fleet (and only made it part of the way), while the basestar would have required fewer. Dramatic story considerations no doubt were the priority in sequencing these events.<br />
**It is mentioned that the basestar is healing slower than normal, and one of the characters comments that it is "limping back" to the Fleet. This illustrates the extent of the damage sustained during the initial ambush by the Cavil-led basestars and the attack against the Hub.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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=== About the Hub ===<br />
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*What role does the [[Resurrection Hub|Hub]] play in the proper functioning of other [[Resurrection Ship]]s? <br />
** Why are these apparently vital functions centralized?<br />
*Why do the Cylons have only one Resurrection Hub and the implied inability to build another? <br />
** If the Cylons are capable of building a new Hub, how long would it take them?<br />
*Why is the Hub so poorly defended by Cavil's faction?<br />
*Why didn't the Vipers simply magnetically grapple themselves to the underside of the Heavy Raiders, instead of relying on tow cables?<br />
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=== About the Cylons ===<br />
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*How will Cavil's condescending attitude toward Sharon Valerii ("Pet Eight") affect her?<br />
*How was Cavil aware that the rebel Cylons were working with humans before the attack on the Hub?<br />
*Where are the [[Number Two]]s during all these events?<br />
*Have other Eights have accessed Athena's memories as well?<br />
*How do other living Cylons (presumably of the same model) access and absorb the memories of downloaded Cylons?<br />
*Will Agathon inform his wife that other Eights have been accessing her memories? If so, will this affect their relationship?<br />
*What will happen to the rebel Cylons and their baseship? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
*How will the rebel Cylons respond to Roslin's deception regarding [[Number Three]]?<br />
*Will the Cylons&mdash;especially with Natalie dead&mdash;return to their earlier plan of taking hostages in order to gain access to Three? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
*How will Sharon Agathon and [[Caprica-Six]] react to learning of the Hub's destruction?<br />
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=== About the Humans ===<br />
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*Is Roslin's vision of [[Elosha]] related to other characters' [[Virtual beings|internal manifestations]], such as Baltar's [[virtual Six]] or simply a manifestation of Roslin's subconsciousness, as Roslin believes? Or is it the Hybrid speaking to her as Elosha between the jumps, or the spirit of the real Elosha?<br />
*What will happen to Baltar now that his guilt regarding the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack on the Colonies]] has been revealed?<br />
*Is Baltar's evangelizing of the [[Cylon Centurion|Centurion]] genuine or an attempt to obtain a useful ally? Does the Centurion fully understand Baltar's intentions?<br />
*Could Baltar's actions have any adverse effects on the thoughts of the other Centurions in some way?<br />
*Will [[Lee Adama]] relinquish the presidency back to Laura Roslin? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
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== Official Statements == <br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
* ''[[D'Anna Biers]] has just been unboxed and resurrected and is in the tank. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii and Cavil are present. After being told that the Eights are on the opposite side of the Ones (Cavils) in the Cylon Civil War, Three inquires as to why Boomer is there:'' <br />
:'''Biers''' [looks at Boomer directly]: Boomer's an Eight. Shouldn't she be on the other side? [Boomer looks sternly at Three]<br />
:'''Cavil''': Boomer is my "Pet Eight." She has seen the light of reason. An Eight can make a passionate ally.<br />
:'''Biers''' [contemptuously]: Only until she sees something shiny! [Boomer's expression is stern] <br />
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*''Helo's Raptor flies away from the Hub''<br />
:'''Karl Agathon''': We have D'Anna on board and are clear of the Hub. Commence nuclear strike. Repeat: nuclear strike is a go.<br />
:''The Vipers form up and launch nuclear missiles into the Hub, destroying it and a nearby basestar''<br />
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*''Laura Roslin and [[Karl Agathon]] are discussing the possibility that a Three has been unboxed. Agathon disagrees with her plan to keep Three from the Cylons and doesn't think that the Cylons would betray them like that.''<br />
:'''Karl Agathon''' [shaking his head]: No, no, I don't think so. Not the Sharons, the Eights.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin''' [patiently but firmly]: Captain, you are not married to the entire production line. I cannot afford to be sentimental right now. I cannot afford you to be sentimental either. If you can't do this job, find me someone who can.<br />
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* ''Aboard Karl Agathon's Raptor after the destruction of the Resurrection Hub:''<br />
:'''D'Anna Biers:''' And with a whimper, every Cylon in the universe begins to die.<br />
:'''Number Eight:''' Yes, that's right, and it's a good thing, D'Anna, because now there's no difference. We can all start trusting each other.<br />
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* ''In Roslin's vision, as Roslin and [[Elosha]] watch Adama stand over a dying Roslin:''<br />
:'''Elosha:''' I'm not saying Baltar's done more good than harm in the universe; he hasn't. The thing is, the harder it is to recognize someone's right to draw a breath, the more crucial it is. If humanity is going to prove itself worthy of surviving, it can't do it on a case by case basis. A bad man feels his death just as keenly as a good man.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' What do you want from me here?<br />
:[Adama appears at dying Roslin's bedside]<br />
:'''William Adama:''' Laura.<br />
:'''Elosha:''' Just love someone.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Love. Huh!<br />
:[Life monitor flatlines] <br />
:'''William Adama:''' You go. You go. You go to your rest now. [Sobs] I'm not gonna be selfish anymore. You go. Rest.<br />
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* ''Roslin and Adama tenderly greeting each other on the basestar's hangar deck:''<br />
:'''Adama''': Missed you.<br />
:'''Roslin''': Me too.<br />
:'''Roslin''' [Embracing Adama]: I love you.<br />
:'''Adama''' [Breaking the embrace; looks into her eyes]: About time.<br />
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* ''[[Gaius Baltar]]'' reveals to Roslin his guilt over the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|original attacks on the Colonies]]:<br />
: "[[Pythia]] talks about a flood that wiped out most of humanity. Nobody blames the flood. The flood is a force of nature. Through the flood, mankind is rejuvenated -- born again. I was not a flood, you see. I blamed myself... I blamed myself. But God had made the man who made that choice. God made us all perfect. And in that thought, all my guilt flies away -- flies away like a bird."<br />
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* ''Number Three answering Laura Roslin's question:''<br />
: '''D'Anna Biers''': Suppose you've got some questions for me.<br />
: '''Roslin''': Yes I do. I'd like to talk about the five Cylons in my fleet.<br />
: '''Biers''': So you know about the Final Five?<br />
: '''Roslin''': I know they're supposed to know the way to Earth.<br />
: '''Biers''': But you don't know that you're one of them.<br />
:[Roslin freezes shocked]<br />
: '''Biers''': [Bursting out laughing] Please your face! [Roslin looks relieved and smirks] Oh, it's ridiculous. No. Look, I'm not giving you any names. Not until I feel like I'm safe. 'Cause information is all I got, sweetie.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon]]<br />
*[[Lucy Lawless]] as [[Number Three]] / [[D'Anna Biers]]<br />
*[[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy]] (credited only)<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]] <br />
*[[Lorena Gale]] as [[Elosha]]<br />
*[[Dean Stockwell]] as [[Number One]] / [[Cavil]]<br />
*[[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]] <br />
*[[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]] <br />
*[[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Hotdog|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]] <br />
*[[Ryan McDonell]] as Lieutenant [[Eammon Pike|Eammon "Gonzo" Pike]]<br />
*[[Lee Jefferies]] as Lieutenant [[Paolo McKay|Paolo "Redwing" McKay]]<br />
*[[Leo Li Chiang]] as [[Tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] on the episode's score: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=380]<br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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{{Episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
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<div>:''For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]]''<br />
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== Rank table ==<br />
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This table is largely based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]], in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded a little to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and ones they may likely exist as well (e.g. senior chief petty officer).<br />
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The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.<br />
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The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks largely mirror real world ranks. <ref name="sfc"/><br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''EXAMPLE'''<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>||<br />
| [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]<br />
|-<br />
| Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':<br />
*The [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.", thus establishing this rank.<br />
*When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.<br />
*Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain commands only the ship, while a rear admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group.<br />
*While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by the lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies.<br />
</ref><br />
|<br />
| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) ||<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Commander ||<br />
| William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), [[Lee Adama]] (Season 2.5-Season 3.0)<br />
|-<br />
| Colonel ||<br />
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]]<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': <br />
*This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. <br />
*These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason.<br />
*Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have a distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank insignia - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one.</ref> ||<br />
| Jack Fisk ([[Razor]])<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Major ||<br />
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref>After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]", Shaw wears a colonel's uniform. This may have an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Captain ||<br />
| Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant ||<br />
| Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)<br />
|-<br />
| Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': <br />
*The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]", the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant", and is thus the preferred term in the Battlestar Wiki. <br />
*While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since the entry was written. </ref> ||<br />
| [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| Ensign ||<br />
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">Although to-date it is not referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of '''warrant officer''' is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras.</ref> ||<br />
| Various background extras (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Master Chief || Sergeant Major<br />
| [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired)<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Senior Chief || Gunnery Sergeant<br />
| [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]]<br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="sfc">'''Sergeant First Class''': <br />
*Unlike the other CMC enlisted ranks, this is not a US Marine Corps rank but the US Army equivalent to gunnery sergeant.<br />
*In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref><br />
| [[Hadrian]] (CMC) <br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant<br />
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal<br />
| Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman <ref name = "crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand". However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class<br />
| [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman Apprentice || Private <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref><br />
| [[Sykes]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Insignia==<br />
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{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/><br />
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/><br />
| '''Commander'''<br />
| '''Colonel'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg|-]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Major'''<br />
| '''Captain'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant'''<br />
| '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSGTPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Master Chief (CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Crew Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for crew master chief/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref><br />
| '''Crew Senior Chief (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="sfc"/><br />
| '''Petty Officer 2nd Class (CF)/<br/> Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Enlisted Personnel'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSpecPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanAppPin.jpg]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".<br />
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.<br />
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Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. While the only person ever officially designated as lieutenant colonel (Jack Fisk in "Razor") wore the same red over white piping as a full colonel, since the insignia has also been used by others wearing the simple junior officer white piping, no piping is shown in the illustration.<ref name="LtCol"/><br />
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==Production images==<br />
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<gallery><br />
Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral<br />
Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander<br />
Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major<br />
Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Ensign/Jr. Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Crew Master Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Crew Senior Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Specialist.jpg|Crew Specialist<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
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==Official Statements==<br />
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:<br />
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant [sic] with the Navy." <br><br />
'''<br />
The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:<br><br />
'''<br />
Officers:<br />
*Admiral<br />
*Commander<br />
*Colonel<br />
*Major<br />
*Captain<br />
*Lieutenant<br />
*Lieutenant Junior Grade<br />
*Ensign<br />
'''<br />
Enlisted:<br />
*Master Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)<br />
*Specialist<br />
*Deck Hand<br />
*Recruit<br />
'''<br />
Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors (sic), etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?</blockquote><br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br />
* [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. Also the source for this article's images.<br />
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==References==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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[[Category:A to Z]] <br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]<br />
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== Number ==<br />
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Shouldn't Commander be listed as O-7 and Rear Admiral as O-8? Not even getting into the debate over the officer/flag officer status of the Commander rank (although it could go either way (the Colonial forces could have seven officer ranks)), but why is it listed as N/A? It's clearly higher than Colonel, which is O-6. --[[User:Kevin W.|Kevin W.]] 21:05, 26 November 2006 (CST)<br />
:The numbers correspond with the US ranks, not the BSG ranks. [[User:Philwelch|Philwelch]] 01:13, 27 November 2006 (CST)<br />
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== PO3 ==<br />
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I understand the note about Venner, since PO3 and Cpl are equivalent, but the page itself does quote RDM who says that there is no PO3 grade. How can the page be modified to show this? --[[User:Kevin W.|<b><span style="font-variant:small-caps;color: #006400">Kevin W.</span></b>]]<sup>&bull;[[User talk:Kevin W.|<span style="color: #DC143C ">So say we all</span>]]</sup> 18:27, 17 December 2006 (CST)<br />
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:Mhh, you're right. Though I don't consider that one blog entry as the very last word on it. Ideas might have changed a bit by now. Who knows.<br />
:Anyways, the list incluces PO3 mainly for the sake of completion I guess. It does say that some aspects of the table are speculative and that was always ok. You could add a footnote, like done for all other annotations. Then the explination shows up under "references". --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 10:20, 18 December 2006 (CST)<br />
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== New information ==<br />
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There's an article that is a few months old on galactica.tv about the pins and symbols of the uniforms [http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html here]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 08:56, 15 June 2007 (CDT)<br />
:The new information is really the tiny details that are available from of the pins. Our insignia pictures are from that very same rank chart, so the information is already reflected, except for the narrower Lt.j.g. pin. I can update that later. We just have drawings instead of photographs which is somewhat cleaner however. Maybe the great photo of the Commander pin could be included somehow? (like "more images").<br />
:Maybe the information on the other uniform devices could be put on [[Uniforms (RDM)]] though. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 09:10, 15 June 2007 (CDT)<br />
:: Sounds good. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 09:30, 15 June 2007 (CDT)<br />
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== Recent round of edits ==<br />
<br />
I got caught up in this again. If I come off as harsh or all to superior, I'm really sorry, but I think this page is pretty good as it is. And all the rest is really pretty nitpicky.<br />
<br />
I think it comes down to to different approaches:<br />
#That the whole comparison to modern militaries (specifically the US Navy) is overdone.<br />
#Some people seem to be more interested having a close to perfect comparison. Nothing wrong with that. <br />
<br />
Personally, I'm clearly in camp 1. Sure there are many parallels. But it's not exactly the same. So this page shouldn't be forced to do something that just isn't there. And in the last major overhauls I tried to excise many of the unnecessary comparisons and make more BSG arguments for things. As it stands, we have reasonable good evidence (sometimes conjectural) that commander more closely resembles a modern captain. Like it doesn't seem to be considered a flag rank; and Roslin also seems to imply that she sees Adama as captain in "Resurrection Ship, Part II". The rest is just made fit as best as possible. Putting Lt. opposed to Lt. make most sense, and so that leaves one rank free. It's not all that clear, but it's there.<br />
<br />
So how do other people feel about this? Not so much about the details, but the whole approach of the article. Is the US Navy thing really that important? Should the article be more about BSG? Should we maybe just ditch the comparison if it's so troublesome and not perfect anyways? I think we can keep it, but it just needs to be clear that it's not supposed to be 1:1. I updated the introduction further to try to reflect that. Maybe I'm just too invested here, because I made a lot substantial edits to it, but I also don't like if people just change substantial things, when we had a sort-of consensus about it.<br />
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To the people who made those edits: I know you are new. I know that you haven't read everything. And I really don't want to seem overly harsh to you. That's why I'm trying to explain and discuss this here. :) --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 11:44, 22 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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== Why not just scrap the US Naval Rank column ==<br />
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Absent anything from Ron Moore or the writer's bible, it's all speculation and guesstimation. The only salient comparisons within the RDM Galactica universe would be Fleet vs. Marines. The "Official Statement" is self-explanatory. And like a lot of good fiction, sometimes it's best to leave some details to the individual's own imagination ... {{unsigned|Fredmdbud}}<br />
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:Yeah, I'm just about ready do that. We can also keep it, but people just have to realize that it won't fit perfectly. It's a rough guideline, but nothing more. I've inserted two paragraphs now that point that out, without actually hitting the reader of the head.<br />
:That whole part is really from the very first version of this article, that was actually more about finding arguments for that comparison table than documenting the BSG universe. Sure you can make a table that lines all up 1:1, but after some discussion most people felt that there are more points to compare the BSG rank of commander to a real world captain, and the rest is built around that. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 04:38, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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::My only concern with deleting it is that it's the type of thing that might get periodically re-added by passers-by. I'd advise some note on the article to head that off, but I have doubts as to whether that would be heeded. --[[User:Steelviper|Steelviper]] 12:55, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
:::True. And while it's not that important, there is some merit to the comparison. It shouldn't be taken ''too'' seriously (pot.kettle.black. ;)), but some people are probably interested to know where certain ranks fall. In retrospect I realize that while there were explanations for certain ranks, there was no explanation for the overall structure. That was an oversight that is hopefully corrected now. We can't expect people to read long arguments on the talk pages to understand how some things are decided, and parts of this article were just presented "as is" without clarification. --[[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 13:27, 23 August 2007 (CDT)<br />
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==Room for other ranks?==<br />
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It is hard to beleive that the ranks shown thus far are the only ones. There would logically be something like Midshipman for officer trainees and Lieutenant-Colonel. If so, the Midshipman grad would be easy to figure out (a white diamond), though Lt. Col would be a little more difficult, given the differences between the Colonel and Major insignia. Just a thought... [[User:Expatkiwi|Expatkiwi]] 16:58, 27 December 2007 (PST)<br />
: True. However, we go with ranks that we've either seen or heard on screen or via behind-the-scenes sources. We don't really speculate on any "missing" ranks, since that falls under "[[Battlestar Wiki:Fanwanking|fanwanking]]". -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [http://www.sanctuarywiki.org Sanctuary Wiki &mdash; ''New'']</sup> 19:05, 27 December 2007 (CST)<br />
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==Specialist classes==<br />
IMO the specialist class ranks from the [[Flight of the Phoenix]] and [[Revelations]] credits should be considered official unless they are refuted by a more recent official source. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 04:05, 19 June 2008 (UTC)<br />
:What specialist class ranks are you referring to?-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 04:55, 19 June 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::The credits list Figurski as "Specialist 3rd class". So, there appear to be at least 3 subdivisions here. But it's not that clear how they should be split up. We also only have a single rank insignia for specialist. I'll add a footnote for now, as it should be noted. It should probably be included into the table, but the question is how. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 06:59, 19 June 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== RDM's list ==<br />
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Seeing the edits on the page, I need to chime in here. RDM's list, which was published over three years ago, is not the definitive list and we should not be a slave to it. There have been introductions of new ranks since then, like Lt. Colonel and Rear Admiral, that are not included on his list. Conspicuously, he does not include "Warrant Officer" (which there is a pin for, and these are the guys in the BG with the beige BDUs), in addition to Private (like [[Stewart Jaffee]]). I'll try to post the definitive list in a few weeks, but the edits that Serenity did are the most accurate to date with the presently available information I have. Attempts to revert them will probably resort in the page being locked, just so you know, since I don't want a needless edit war to break out. Thanks! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:07, 28 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
:Yeah, just what I was thinking. I don't get why this should be ''the'' definite list. It's a fine basis, but it's old and things have been added since then. And this page has always been speculative. In the past far more so than now. It's not like the speculative ranks aren't marked. I've included an (s) for those two ranks now, in addition to the footnotes. I wouldn't just add all kinds of speculation just because it sounds nice, but it's marked clearly enough. If people would rather have something more "official" they are free to skip those lines. It just doesn't make much sense to skip vice admiral for no reason, when rear admiral and admiral have been established, given that the ranks more or less follow real-world examples otherwise. And it's been on the list for one or two years without anyone really objecting.<br />
:In general my reverts here, have also been about style. Mainly odd capitalization. Things like "commissioned officer" just aren't capitalized (unless in the headers of the table and such). But neither are ranks. It's "Johnson is a lieutenant", but "Tell Lieutenant Johnson". That's also [[w:Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(capital_letters)#Military_terms|what Wikipedia uses]], though they are a bit inconsistent with it. Other sources like [http://www.hjf.org/style_guide/style.html#Titles this], [http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/111201.htm this] or [http://stylemanual.ngs.org/Intranet/styleman.nsf/2050e60b02a59c46852566510067477d/2fa90f9b71e105f6852566880054c234?OpenDocument this] also make this clear. I've also noted that people try to capitalize "president" and "vice president" on every occasion. The same rules usually apply there unless it's the full title of the office like "President of the Twelve Colonies"-- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:22, 28 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
:: All true. By the way, I'd like to get rid of the "Junior Grade"/"Senior Grade" stuff and simply go with "Junior Lieutenant" and "Senior Lieutenant", since this is what they identify these ranks by behind the scenes. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:34, 28 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::On screen both are used though (though in props mostly junior lieutenant). They seem to exist side by side. There is a footnote about it, actually (#7). Maybe that could be changed to make it clearer, or switched around. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:40, 28 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::The only real mentions of "Lieutenant Junior Grade" are in the Miniseries, and that was quickly dropped, along with a few other things that didn't quite work from the miniseries. (Such as the "Blade Runner" guns from the Miniseries, which weren't built to last anyway and were just poorly designed.) But I see your point. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:45, 28 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Initial new information ==<br />
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This is by no means the complete list of ranks, but it's based off the pin-ordering sheet I have in front of me. (No, I can't scan it. Sorry.)<br />
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From highest to lowest (these are the "green fill" verisons):<br />
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* Crew Master Chief<br />
* Crew Senior Chief (this is what Tyrol wears before his demotion for being an ass)<br />
* Sergeant 1st Class (basically the Junior Lieutenant, except the fill is green, not gold).<br />
* Crew Sergeant (like crew specialist, but has another border—with no breaks—between the outside border and the diamond)<br />
* Crew Specialist <br />
* Crewman (which is the same pin as the "Private" that Jaffee wears)<br />
* Crewman Apprentice <br />
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The gold versions:<br />
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* Commander<br />
* Colonel<br />
* Warrant Officer (worn by those in the beige BDUs, it's similar to the Crew Master Chief, itself a cross between the Lt. Col and Crew Senior Chief pips)<br />
* Lt. Colonel (these are the pins that Dualla was wearing in "LDYB" Pt. II<br />
* Major<br />
* Captain<br />
* Senior Lieutenant<br />
* Junior Lieutenant<br />
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As we've already determined earlier, the "ensign" rank pin does not exist.<br />
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I'm working on finding about the Admiral pins. <br />
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Also, an interesting story about the flight wings that the pilots wear... the symbols in the middle resemble the Captain's rank pins. There's a reason for this. The pins were also supposed to echo the rank of the wearer, but this idea was abandoned during the production. I don't know why, but I'll lay my money on the fact that it had to do with cost. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 01:01, 31 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
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:That actually fits pretty well with the current structure (aside from the names), but some of the enlisted ranks as they are now have been established in dialogue. For example, Dualla is called petty officer second class by Billy, and I think Tyrol is identified as chief petty officer as well. The term "petty officer" in general is also mentioned (for example by Adama when he demotes Tyrol). So that would screw things up a bit.<br />
:As for warrant officer. Not everyone in beige BDUs can be a WO. Some of the Marines who have been identified with other ranks wear them as well, most notably Hadrian. It would probably be more accurate to say that in practice all WOs wear beige. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 12:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
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::The warrant-officers-in-khaki thing has always left me scratching my head ... why single out warrant officers with a different style uniform, but have the officers and enlisted wear the same color fatigues? For comparison's sake, in the US Navy, ranks of chief petty officer and above wear khaki service uniforms like officers (hence the term "khaki leadership"), making it easy to make the "chiefs-vs-indians" distinction in a crowd. Maybe it was easier (and cheaper) to "ret-con" the khakis as warrant officer uniforms and kind of sneak by on the collar insignia (which had little chance with a crowd like this :-)), rather than go through the cost and time of developing new insignia.-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 01:43, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::There's that too, but it's fiction, so why not? But the other other points that speak against being all khakis = WOs. For example that the uniform is used a lot (there shouldn't be that many WOs from what I understand), is also used by Marine Sergeants (and others) and also worn by a lot of young crewmen. Warrant officers should generally be a bit older I think. It might have been thought of that way, but I don't think the wardrobe department really adheres to it closely. Not that I blame them. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 16:00, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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I don't know, this list is a little confusing, it seems like it's a combination of marine and fleet ranks. When you get a chance Joe, I'd like to say a side by side break down of rank equivalents, I have some other questions regarding this list but I'll hold them because I think a side-by-side might answer them. Particularly because some of Joe's comments seem to contradict what we have known up to know.<br />
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I'm sure you guys have all seen the graphical rank guide put out by somebody (I can't remember the name of the top of my head but I'd be interested both to see the next update and how the new information jibes with the current version. Does anybody know how to contact this guy?-- [[User:Grandmaester314|Grandmaester314]] 15:50, 31 August 2008 (UTC)<br />
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::You might be referring to Jim Stevenson's article on galactica.tv: http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/the-history-of-the-rank-insignia-chart-for-battlestar-galactica-2003.html<br />
::IMO, I think his observations and analysis are about as speculative as the discussion in this wiki.-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 01:51, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::Fred, RDM and co. are following their own conventions; they don't have to mirror real-world conventions, at all, despite the wishes of some. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 04:28, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
::::I'm just saying ... have there been any references, on-screen or in production notes, of "sr-lieutenant"? Lieutenant and jr-lieutenant have been used in scripts and on props to-date, as far as I know ...-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 06:55, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
:::::Yes, numerous times. Where, pray tell, do you think I got the above list? -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 15:13, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
::::So any idea about the enlisted ranks that are missing but have been mentioned in ''dialogue'' (most notably "petty officer second class"). "Specialist" has been mentioned numerous times and is on the list, but PO2 is not on it. If that can't be resolved, it's not really much better than what we have now. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 16:00, 1 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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I realize that Stevenson's model is just as much speculation as ours but I thought it might be helpful to coordinate with him so we can get a consistent image for the new rank insignia's we know know as well as give proposals for ranks that are now known to exist but for which ranks haven't been developed. Right now the Lt. Col. image sticks out because it doesn't show the fringes colors like all the officers I have a version from his sheet that shows it only with white fringe, (at the time it had only been seen worn by Dualla). Also I think now that we know the the insignia for Apprentice/Private First Class, its easy to conclude that their is indeed an insignia for recruit/private because without one, the trend from Apprentice/PFC to Specialist/Corporal to PO2/Sergeant doesn't make sense.<br />
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While I'm at it I'd like to propose a new tentative ranks structure based on what new information we now have. Of course this is subject to change when Joe gets more info but I want to run what I've got by all of you and see if I'm missing something or have something confused.<br />
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*Flag Officer<br />
**Admiral<br />
**Rear Admiral<br />
*Senior Commissioned Officer<br />
**Commander<br />
**Colonel<br />
**Lieutenant Colonel<br />
*Junior Commissioned Officer<br />
**Major<br />
**Captain<br />
**Senior Lieutenant<br />
**Junior Lieutenant<br />
**Ensign<br />
*Senior Enlisted (Non-Commissioned Officer)<br />
**Master Chief Petty Officer/Sergeant-Major<br />
**Senior Chief Petty Officer/Master Sergeant<br />
**Chief Petty Officer/Gunnery Sergeant<br />
**Petty Officer First Class/Sergeant First Class<br />
**Petty Officer Second Class/Sergeant<br />
*Junior Enlisted<br />
**Specialist/Corporal<br />
**Apprentice/Private First Class<br />
**Recruit/Private<br />
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Also, I want to clarify two things with Joe: First, it appears from something you wrote above that you believe Tyrol was a Senior Chief Petty Officer instead of just plain Chief. Is that true? Second, are there supposed to be separate rank insignia for warrant officers or are they supposed to be simply identified by their uniform color.<br />
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Finally I'm kinda wondering if there are multiple grades of warrant officer like their are in the U.S. military.<br />
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[[User:Grandmaester314|Grandmaester314]] 16:47, 2 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: I need to make something a bit clear here. Firstly, the costuming / props department has not made a new rank for every single specialist (whether that be SP1, SP2, SP3). Figurski wears the same pins that Cally does, for instance. Also, with regard to the Lt. Col. pins, one of the judges (the African one) from "Crossroads" wears these pins on his own uniform, though is not part of the Col. Military. So... when it comes to the accouterments of b.g. officers, they're not really anal about it. And speaking of the Lt. Col pins, there's at least one or two offers in the blue BDUs that wear them, simply because they're not enough pins to go around. (Or not enough on the truck, or whatever.) <br />
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: As for Tyrol, since there are other petty officers aboard (i.e. [[Basim]] and [[Peter Laird]]), it would make the most sense. In any event, he wears the pins.<br />
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: For the ranking system itself... it wasn't meant to be overly analyzed like what we're doing. As RDM indicated, it is derived from TOS—which I personally believe to be a serious mistake—so it was already FUBARed from the start. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 17:15, 2 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: Just a nitpick and tidbit to chew on, take it for what it's worth ... there is no such thing as Sergeant First Class in the Marine Corps. If you're aiming to align with PO1, that would be Staff Sergeant (SSG). The only sergeant ranks I can recall from dialogue in the episodes (not including credits, to which I never really paid attention) are the generic "sergeant" and "gunny", so conceivable room to justify SFC rather than SSG (which is an army equivalent of gunny & CPO). Such are the hazards of trying to maintain something resembling "canon" with a combination of speculation, extrapolation, and a writing staff that introduces contradictions and revisions, not to mentioning costuming (lol for effect) ...-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 21:48, 16 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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:: Ugh, my use of the word "canon" gave me spine shivers, I hope things don't devolve into something "Richard Arnold"-esque (a ''Star Trek'' fandom spectactle/controversy/train-wreck, for those not familiar with the name ...)!-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 22:10, 16 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== References ==<br />
The references currently aren't showing up. I've checked the page in K-Meleon and IE6. -- [[User:Gordon Ecker|Gordon Ecker]] 07:09, 10 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
:I tried it in IE7 and it doesn't work when I'm logged out. Logging in will display the references. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 14:14, 10 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
: Frak. I'll try to fix that tonight. I think we may just need to update the extension... -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:32, 10 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Recent Updates ==<br />
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As the freeze period has expired I decided to make some updates which I thought seemed appropriate. In the interest of avoiding another edit war I'd like to elaborate a little on those changes which I think are most likely to be controversial.<br />
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*I have once again removed the rank of Vice Admiral, I know this has been a sore point between me and some others but with lieutenant colonel, their are now ten confirmed officer ranks which already is starting to make the rank structure pretty top heavy especially given that in the U.S. Military there are usually ten officer ranks and nine enlisted ranks. Currently we have ten confirmed officer ranks and only seven confirmed enlisted ranks (eight if you include senior chief petty officer which hasn't been proven). I think it highly unlikely that there would be such a discrepency in the number of ranks between the two corps (officers v. enlisted). I have left senior chief petty officer because I think it is at least possible that such a rank may exist, although I am by no means sold on it..<br />
*As for the Marine Ranks: The ranks of private, private first class, and sergeant major have already been established both as ranks and as to their position in the rank structure. In addition, the ranks of Corporal, Sergeant and Gunnery Sergeant have been established as existing but their place in the structure hasn't been definitively established. To fill out the gap between sergeant and gunnery sergeant (as well as to confirm the places of the other ranks that are as of yet unconfirmed as to position, I have relied on Joe's post indicating a partial rank listing. In that posting he mentions both sergeant and sergeant first class as distinct ranks and also notes that sergeant first class shares the same insignia as petty officer first class. If we assume that this information is correct we then have enough information to definitively name and place all the marine enlisted ranks. That is how I have derived the current structure.<br />
*I also have removed marine "lieutenant" Terry Burrell from the officer example list since, as was already indicated on the page in a footnote, his place in the rank structure is not definitively known.<br />
*As noted in the footnotes, the reason for my changing the rank of deckhand also is derived from Joe's post. It's also partly inspired by my own personal belief that deckhand doesn't really sound like a rank. However as their is generally hostility to changes based only on personal inclinations (and perhaps rightly so), I have only changed it now based on the new information provided by Joe.<br />
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I also have a couple questions:<br />
*How is that some you are able to include brief comments in your history logs?<br />
*How does one upload pictures? I have a better version (though still not consistent with the others for the crewman/private first class insignia but I don't know how to post it.<br />
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[[User:Grandmaester314|Grandmaester314]] 17:48, 13 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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: I think the serious mistake here is the mistake we made in earlier versions of this article. That mistake was to try to mirror or associate Colonial Military ranks to US (and other real-world) military ranks; obviously, since the Original Series rank structure was FUBARed to begin with, there could be no clear real-life association to be made. So, yes, it may be top heavy... but we're here to report, not to make up facts or fanwank to explain things, which is what I'm starting to see here a bit, particularly with the brevet ranking notes.<br />
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: Regarding your questions, the "summary" line in the editing form is where we note the brief comments in the history logs. To upload files, you need to go to the [[md:|Media Repository]] to upload your files. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 00:57, 14 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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:Yeah, the deckhand thing makes sense. That always seemed a weird choice for a rank, as it also refers to mechanics and the like in general. As for Dualla's rank in LDYB. The simplest thing is to leave it at lieutenant and consider it a costuming mishap. It's the first time she appeared in an officer's uniform, which may explain it. The explanation about a brevet promotion may appear logical, but from what I can tell, the writers don't put that much thought into such trivial details. Every comment about Lee Adama, for example, makes it sound like they consider it to be a normal promotion. And his demotion to major is actually referred to explicitly in a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd-KJ2Jscko deleted scene] in "Collaborators", even if it's a bit jokingly. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 14:26, 14 September 2008 (UTC)<br />
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== Updated Rank Chart based off of format established by Jim Stevenson ==<br />
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I'm sure all of you by now has seen the rank guide created by Jim Stevenson, in fact I'm pretty sure that's where almost all of the rank device images on the page come from. Anyway it's been a year and a half since he last updated it and there have been several major updates, so I went ahead and updated it might self. Would there be a problem with me posting it, and if so would people have a problem with me posting it in lieu of the current chart?<br />
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[[User:Grandmaester314|Grandmaester314]] 21:52, 24 October 2008 (UTC)<br />
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:You should definitely ask him if he's ok with you updating and reworking it. He hasn't worked on it for some time, but it's still his design. This page credits him, but I also asked if I could cut the chart up like this. And actually creating a new version is another thing entirely. He might be fine with it, but you should ask.<br />
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:As for the change I made to your recent edits. That wasn't about the content, so much as the style. We already have an entire page of footnotes and such extensive notes aren't good to read IMO. Yeah, I've seen legal documents with one page for ''one'' footnote, but that doesn't mean it's such a good idea. Most of it is necessary here, but the stuff you added was very self-argumentative and could be shortened a lot. Basically it says that it's unclear why the decision was made, that there may be one or two in-universe reasons, but that there are also real-world reasons like an error or production realities. That's perfectly fine, but it's possible to say that in one or two sentences without adding five footnotes, that were frankly hard to read the way they were worded and structured. It took me a while to get what the actual argument was, and then I realized that a lot of it didn't really add to the point made, but just hid it behind verbosity. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 17:47, 27 October 2008 (UTC)<br />
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::With the upcoming auction of BSG props, wouldn't now be an opportune time to replace the rank illustrations with images of actual production insignia? It would also be interesting to see the insignia used on the tan warrant officer uniforms - even if there is an inconsistency, it's something footnotable and worthy of interest.-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 08:24, 4 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
:::If they're ''high quality'' pictures sure. I decided to use those illustrations in the absence of any detailed references and screencaps. The recently added real pictures are still of pretty low quality. They are a nice complement, but can't really replace the drawings IMO. But if we can get nice photos of all pins, sure. -- [[User:Serenity|Serenity]] 21:51, 13 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
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== Additional footnote for Lieutenant Colonel insignia ==<br />
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Would it make sense to add an additional bullet to the footnote mentioning that this insignia has been used on warrant officer uniforms? It appears to be the case from pictures in the BSG auction catalog.-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 10:55, 4 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
: You mean the Warrant Officer's pin, right? Since that was the one mainly used on the tan BDU (with the exception of Sgt. [[Hadrian]]). -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 16:05, 4 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: Is there a distinct warrant officer's pin? The ones on the tan BDU's looked like the Lt Col Fisk/Dualla insignia.-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 18:20, 5 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
:: Yes, it's basically the same pin as the Lt. Colonel, but with the smaller diamond plates on the sides... very much like the collar dogs that Chief wears, except gold and silver. There's a picture of it in the catalog in the pin collection... the lot # escapes me right now, but a quick search of the PDF (or of the catalog on Auction Network) will pull that up in a jiffy. ;-) -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]] - [[bsp:|Battlestar Pegasus]]</sup> 18:31, 5 January 2009 (UTC)<br />
::: Yeah, the side lozenges are closer-in than the Chief's pin, easy to go unnoticed without a dialogue closeup shot (or in auction catalog full-length tan costume illustration) :-)-- [[User:Fredmdbud|Fredmdbud]] 03:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Language_in_the_Twelve_Colonies&diff=170309Language in the Twelve Colonies2009-01-13T21:47:14Z<p>Serenity: /* Other Languages */</p>
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English, or some language that is universally translated into it (à la [[Wikipedia:Westron|Tolkien]]) is standard. Loanwords from foreign languages ("élan", "fascist", "karma", "esprit de corps" etc.) occur with normal frequency, as do chronologically enigmatic borrowings such as the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]''. Most religious terms are explicitly shared with ancient Greek beliefs (either antecedent to or descendant from them).<br />
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===Anachronisms===<br />
''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' uses many terms from modern day naval aviation, which appear somewhat anachronistic but also lend the show a flavor of realistic jargon. These include:<br />
*[[Combat Air Patrol]]<br />
*[[Commander Air Group]]<br />
*Planes<br />
:'''Adama:''' "You keep my planes flying. I need my planes to fly." ([[Litmus]])<br />
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===Ersatz===<br />
In contrast to its [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|predecessor]], the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' employs relatively little in the way of ersatz vocabulary. It does employ a few terms outside of a normal American English vocabulary, mostly military jargon. These are mixed in haphazardly with the real-life naval aviation terms above.<br />
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*[[Dradis]] - [[Wikipedia:RADAR|Radar]]<br />
*[[Fumarella leaf]] - [[Wikipedia:Tobacco|Tobacco]]<br />
*[[Frak]] - A bowdlerized version of "Fuck" (c.f. "[[Wikipedia:Frell|Frell]]" (Farscape), "[[Wikipedia:Frag|Frag]]" (Babylon 5), "[[Wikipedia:Smeg|Smeg]]" (Red Dwarf))<br />
*[[G-4]] - [[Wikipedia: C-4 (explosive)|C-4]]<br />
*[[Krypter]] - [[Wikipedia:Mayday|Mayday]]<br />
*[[Morpha]] - [[Wikipedia:Morphine|Morphine]]<br />
*[[Serisone]] - [[Wikipedia:prednisone|Prednisone]]<br />
*[[Wireless]] - [[Wikipedia:Radio|Radio]]<ref name="wireless">This usage is not entirely unknown in Earth-bound English. As a synonym for radio or radiotelegraphy, it's more common in British usage, according to [http://www.m-w.com/ Merriam-Webster]. Prior to the popularisation of television in the 1950s, it was the preferred term for radio equipment and radio broadcasts amongst the bulk of the British population. It's also the source of the prefix 'Wi' in 'WiFi' and other similar wireless data standards now common.</ref><br />
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===Invented Terminology===<br />
As all science fiction shows must, Battlestar Galactica has a set of vocabulary referring to technologies and other items not shared with the real world.<br />
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*[[Ambrosia]] - a bright green alcoholic beverage<br />
*[[Carom]] - the angle above or below the XY plane of a vessel, perpendicular to [[Wikipedia:Bearing (navigation)|bearing]] (c.f. "Mark" (Star Trek))<br />
*[[Chamalla]] - an [[Wikipedia:Entheogen|entheogen]] used by priests<br />
*[[Red Line]]<br />
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*'''For a more complete list of acronyms and expressions see:''' [[List of terms (RDM)]]<br />
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===Turn of phrase===<br />
The dialect used by the Colonials employs some distinct turn of phrase at times:<br />
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*"As of this moment" is used particularly often for seemingly "official" announcements. After the original Cylon attack, then-Commander William Adama announces to his crew, "As of this moment, we are at war." The phrase is used later by Colonel Tigh in his announcement of martial law <ref>"As of this moment, I have declared martial law." — "[[Fragged]]"</ref>, and Gaius Baltar in announcing his candidacy for the presidency<ref>"…I am, as of this moment, a candidate for the Presidency." — "[[The Captain's Hand]]"</ref>.<br />
*"With every fiber of my being" is often used to conclude oaths, particularly the oath of presidency, as taken by Roslin and Baltar at various points.<br />
*"[[So say we all]]" is used to conclude prayers and similar remarks. It is analogous to, and roughly synonymous with, "amen".<br />
*When used as an intensifier or in other instances of profanity, "God" is usually replaced with "Gods", befitting the Colonials' polytheistic faith—"Gods damn it", "Oh my Gods!", etc.<br />
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===Enigmas===<br />
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Language in ''Battlestar Galactica'' have terms whose origins are a curiosity due to chronology or uniqueness to the real-world Earth that likely wouldn't have a parallel of the same name in the Twelve Colonies. See [[Sacred Scrolls#Earth as the true origin of the human species|an interpretation of the origin of humanity on Kobol]] that could support the derivation of these terms.<br />
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* ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'': This battlestar name comes from Christopher Columbus, thus making it an unusual name for the Twelve Colonies. However, it also stems from the Latin word "columba" meaning "dove" together with the suffix "ia" which means "land" (geographical expression) in all languages derived from Indo-European roots (ergo, "Land of the Dove")<br />
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* ''[[Cloud Nine]]'': This American expression of bliss comes from a 1890's Earth weather reference on the highest-altitude cloud formation. The expression became popularized in 1950s radio broadcasts.<br />
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* ''[[Adriatic]]'': The name of this vessel under the influence of [[Tom Zarek]], much like ''Columbia'' appears to have originated on Earth. On Earth the Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between Italy and the Balkans.<br />
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* ''[[w:Lagoon Nebula|M8]]'': Commander Adama refers to the Lagoon Nebula, which he sees in the display of the [[Tomb of Athena]] as M8. This is curious as it is not a name, but a catalog number from the [[w:Messier Catalog|Messier Catalog]], created by the 18th century astronomer.<br />
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===Honorifics===<br />
Although civilians use the honorific "Madam" or its shortened form "ma'am", in the Colonial military all superior officers are referred to as "Sir", regardless of gender.<ref>According to RDM's [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/blogs blog] on January 20th, 2006, the series follows the system established in ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'', where the term "sir" has become gender-neutral in military usage. Thus, [[Laura Roslin]] is referred to as "Madam President" or "ma'am" in a civilian context, but in her capacity as Commander-in-Chief, she is always addressed as "sir".</ref><br />
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===Names===<br />
Many characters have names that include one or more components that appear to be a Biblical or Classical reference. It remains an enigma whether, and to what degree, these should be thought of as translations for the audience's benefit.<br />
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Some of these apparent allusions may have no intended meaning beyond sounding good. Others are known to have been chosen for a reason, and that's noted where verifiable.<br />
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* [[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]]: "Adama" is Hebrew for "earth" in its literal meaning&mdash;ground, dirt&mdash;from which "Adam", the Biblical First Man, derives his name. It is also the name of a large city in Ethiopia. Lee's call-sign "Apollo" is of course a reference to the Greek (and apparently, Kobolan) god. Both "Adama" and "Apollo" are carry-overs from the original series, where they were chosen for their mythological significance. <br />
* [[Richard Adar]]: "[[w:Adar|Adar]]" is a month in the Jewish lunar calendar still in use today. It coincides roughly with the Gregorian month of March. It is a carry over from the original series.<br />
* [[Karl Agathon]]: "[[w:Agathon|Agathon]]" was an Athenian poet, a friend of Euripides and Plato. <br />
* [[Gaius Baltar]]: "Gaius" was the ''[[w:Praenomen|praenomen]]'' of the man we commonly call [[w:Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and the noted Roman historian Tactius, among others. "Baltar" was made up by [[Glen A. Larson]] for the original series.<br />
* [[Helena Cain]]: "[[w:Helena|Helena]]" is a common enough name, but is also a possible reference to Helen of Troy. "[[w:Cain|Cain]]" in the Old Testament is the first murderer, and is a carry-over from the original series.<br />
* [[Aaron Doral]]: "[[w:Aaron|Aaron]]" is a Biblical Hebrew name, the older brother of [[w:Moses|Moses]].<br />
* [[Anastasia Dualla]]: The Greek word ''[[w:anastasia|anastasia]]'' translates to "resurrection", and was a deliberate choice by [[Ronald D. Moore|Ron Moore]]. It's also a common Greek and Russian name. Dualla is the name of a region and people in sub-saharan Africa.<br />
* [[Hera Agathon|Hera]]/Isis: "[[w:Hera|Hera]]" was a Greek goddess, the wife of Zeus. "[[w:Isis|Isis]]" an Egyptian goddess, the wife of Horus in early mythology; the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus later. This is one of the few Egyptian references in the new series.<br />
* [[Gina Inviere]]: "Inviere" is Romanian for "resurrection". The word is described in the series as from "Old [[Gemenon (RDM)|Gemenese]]" and is one in a handful of instances where the Re-imagined Series suggests that the standard language viewers hear spoken is not the sole language of all colonies.<br />
* [[Billy Keikeya]]: "Keikeya" is one of the three queens of [[w:Ayodhya|Ayodhya]] in the Hindu epic, ''[[w:Ramayana|Ramayana]]''.<br />
* [[Kara Thrace]]: "[[w:Thrace|Thrace]]" is a region in southeast Europe spanning Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Turkey, and Serbia. It was also the ancient name for the same area. The famous gladiator Spartacus was a Thracian.<br />
* [[Saul Tigh]]: "[[w:Saul|Saul]]" is a Hebrew name (pronounced "Shaul" in Hebrew), which means "borrowed". Biblical references include both the first king of Judah and Israel, and the birth-name of Paul of Tarsus. Originally the character was named "Paul Tigh", but when it was discovered that this could not be used for legal reasons, it was shifted to "''S''aul Tigh", a reverse of the name switch that Saul of Tarsus/St. Paul made. "Tigh" appears to be a reference to the historical figure [[w:Colonel Tye|Colonel Tye]], an African-American military leader who fought for the British in the [[w:American Revolutionary War|American Revolutionary War]] (the original series version of Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]] was of African ethnicity).<br />
* [[Galen Tyrol]]: "[[w:Galen|Galen]]" was a famous Greek-born healer, the source of much Roman and Medieval medical knowledge, and was the first to argue that the mind was in the brain and not the heart; this could be construed as ironic, given that Tyrol followed his heart and maintained a relationship with Boomer even when he shouldn't have. "[[w:Tyrol|Tyrol]]" is a region that spans the border of Austria and Italy.<br />
* [[Sharon Valerii]]: "Sharon" is a name of a geographic area in the center of Israel, although it's also a common English woman's name. The [[w:Valerius|gens Valeria]] is one of the longest-running families in the history of the [[w:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]]. "Valerii" is the masculine genitive plural form, which is used to refer to members of a family collectively.<br />
* [[Tom Zarek]]: "[[w:Thomas|Thomas]]" is a deliberate biblical reference. Originally he was supposed to be called "Peter", but that didn't clear with the legal departement. It's also a common English name. Zarek is a Polish name derived from the Babylonian name Balshazzar meaning "Baal protects the king." According to the writers, they just made up the name "Zarek" because they thought it sounded "strong and futuristic". ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion]], p.52)<br />
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Uncertain references:<br />
* [[Leoben Conoy]]: "[[w:Leoben|Leoben]]" is an Austrian town where a preliminary peace in the Napoleonic wars was signed. "[[w:Conoy|Conoy]]" is a Native American tribe, also known as the Piscataway. Both are pretty obscure.<br />
* [[Laura Roslin]]: "[[w:Roslin Institute|Roslin Institute]]" is where Dolly the Sheep was cloned. A more likely source of the name would be the Scottish village of [[wikipedia:Roslin, Midlothian|Roslin, Midlothian]], where (unsurprisingly perhaps) the Roslin Institute is located.<br />
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===Other Languages===<br />
Real-world languages other than English have made brief appearances in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
[[Image:Chinese characters.png|thumb|right|180px|The Chinese Characters behind Tyrol in Webisode 7]]<br />
*The bookshelf concealing a fallout shelter in "[[Act of Contrition]]" contains a book titled ''Oberst'', the German word for colonel.<br />
*[[Virtual beings#Baltar's Virtual Six|Number Six]] tells [[Gaius Baltar]] that he speaks with ''élan'' in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]". ''Élan'' is the French word for ''flair''.<br />
*The opera heard in [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar's]] lab in [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]] is in Italian. It is titled ''Battlestar Operatica'' and was composed by Battlestar Galactica composer [[Bear McCreary]].<br />
[[Image:LDYBSchool.jpg|thumb|left|150px|French visible in blue left of [[Maya]]'s head.]]<br />
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*In ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]'' there are three Chinese characters on a crate behind Tyrol. They are "盐", "油" and "姜", meaning "salt", "oil" and "ginger"<br />
*In "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" is french visible on the blackboard of Roslin's school are the French verbs aller, avoir, and être.<br />
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==Accents==<br />
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Most characters (or the actors that portray them) speak with a [[Wikipedia:General American|Standard American]] accent, with some exceptions.<br />
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===English Accent===<br />
Three characters speak with the [[Wikipedia:Received Pronunciation|Received Pronunciation]], Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] from [[Aerilon]] (although he consciously suppresses his native [[#Aerilon Accent|Aerilon accent]]), ''Galactica'' medic [[Layne Ishay]] and ''[[Pyxis]]<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' Captain [[Jules Tarney]].<br />
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===Canadian Accent===<br />
The actor playing Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], especially when shouting or barking orders, exhibits a definite Canadian accent. [[Michael Hogan]] is a noted Canadian actor, and on the show his speech is generally indistinguishable from General American English, but observant listeners can detect the accent in certain situations.<br />
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More subtly, [[Leoben Conoy]], portrayed by veteran Canadian actor [[Callum Keith Rennie]], exhibits Canadian patterns discernible to native speakers.<br />
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[[Sergeant Hadrian]], played by Canadian actress [[Jill Teed]] also shows Canadian cadences.<br />
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Since the series is shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, many of the actors are Canadian character players, for the most part speaking with West/Central Canadian accents.<br />
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===Puerto Rican Accent===<br />
[[Giana]], a woman rescued from [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] by [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Sharon Valerii]], speaks with a Puerto Rican accent, and inquires after the whereabouts of her husband, who she states is "stationed on Gemenon". Her place of origin is unclear, but no other characters from either Caprica, [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]], or anywhere else have shared this accent. The actress, Lymari Nadal, is from Puerto Rico ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
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===Kiwi Accent===<br />
The reporter [[D'Anna Biers]] speaks with a Kiwi/New Zealand accent (this is actually the accent that actress [[Lucy Lawless]] speaks with when off screen, because she is from New Zealand). However, the same episode revealed that D'Anna is actually a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon]] (Number Three), and another copy of her model on Cylon-occupied Caprica does ''not'' speak with this accent, but a Standard American one, perhaps to differentiate the two characters. Subsequent appearances by Number Threes in "[[Downloaded]]" and [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]] have featured the Kiwi accent exclusively.<br />
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===Australian Accent===<br />
[[Kendra Shaw]] speaks with an Australian accent. She is portrayed by [[Stephanie Jacobsen]], who was born in Hong Kong but spent most of her life and education in Sydney, Australia. Given that her [[Marta Shaw|mother]] was Caprica's delegate to the Quorum of Twelve, she is likely from Caprica as well. From an in-universe point of view, this probably means that there is not just one accent from one colony, but also regional variations ([[Razor]]).<br />
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===Aerilon Accent===<br />
In "[[Flesh and Bone]]", Baltar notes that Sharon Valerii speaks with a trace of an [[Aerilon]] accent. In the episode "[[Dirty Hands]]", Baltar displays his native Aerilon accent. It sounds somewhat raspy, and resembles the English regional accents from Yorkshire and Lancashire. Baltar being from Aerilon explains how he could pick up a faint trace of it in Valerii. However, in her case, the accent appears to be entirely fictional - Canadian actress Grace Park speaks Standard American English without a 'foreign' accent.<br />
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In "[[The Son Also Rises]]", [[Romo Lampkin]] speaks with an accent somewhat similar to Baltar's native Aerilon accent. The actor, [[Mark Sheppard]], is Irish.<br />
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(Note: The accent of the corresponding '[[Aeries]]' people in the Original Series sounds Irish, as heard in "[[The Long Patrol]]")<br />
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==Liturgy==<br />
During the funeral service at the end of the [[Miniseries, Night 2|Miniseries]], Priest [[Elosha]] chants a prayer in a foreign language. It is recognizable as a common Sanskrit prayer, found in Part I, Chapter III, Verse 28 of the [http://sanatan.intnet.mu/upanishads/brihadaranyaka.htm Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad].<br />
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:{| <br />
| '''Devanāgarī''' || '''Transliteration''' || '''Translation'''<br />
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| अस्तो मा सद् गमय || asato mā sad gamaya || Lead us from Falsehood to Truth<br />
|- <br />
| तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय || tamaso mā jyotir gamaya || Lead us from Darkness to Light <br />
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| मृत्योर् मा अमृतं गमय || mṛtyor mā amṛtaṃ gamaya || Lead us from Death to Immortality<br />
|}<br />
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Although the lyrics are identifiable, it should be noted that the actress's performance is closer to the chanting of biblical Hebrew, and does not resemble the traditional melody.<ref>Viewers can compare Elosha's chant to the same chant found in the soundtrack of the movie ''[[Wikipedia:The Matrix Revolutions|The Matrix Revolutions]]'', by composers Don Davis and the group Juno Reactor. The final track, "Navras," (which plays during the closing credits of the motion picture) begins with this same verse; the track "Neodämmerung" also consists entirely of Sanskrit lyrics taken from the Upaniṣads, including this verse.</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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<div>:''For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]]''<br />
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== Rank table ==<br />
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This table is largely based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]], in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded a little to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and ones they may likely exist as well (e.g. senior chief petty officer).<br />
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The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.<br />
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The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks largely mirror real world ranks. <ref name="sfc"/><br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''EXAMPLE'''<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>||<br />
| [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]<br />
|-<br />
| Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':<br />
*The [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.", thus establishing this rank.<br />
*When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.<br />
*Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain commands only the ship, while a rear admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group.<br />
*While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by the lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies.<br />
</ref><br />
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| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) ||<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Commander ||<br />
| William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), [[Lee Adama]] (Season 2.5-Season 3.0)<br />
|-<br />
| Colonel ||<br />
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]]<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': <br />
*This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. <br />
*These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason.<br />
*Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have a distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank insignia - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one.</ref> ||<br />
| Jack Fisk ([[Razor]])<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Major ||<br />
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref>After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]", Shaw wears a colonel's uniform. This may have an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 3+)<br />
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| Captain ||<br />
| Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant ||<br />
| Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)<br />
|-<br />
| Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': <br />
*The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]", the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant", and is thus the preferred term in the Battlestar Wiki. <br />
*While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since the entry was written. </ref> ||<br />
| [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| Ensign ||<br />
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">Although to-date it is not referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of '''warrant officer''' is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras.</ref> ||<br />
| Various background extras (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Master Chief || Sergeant Major<br />
| [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired)<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Senior Chief || Gunnery Sergeant<br />
| [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]]<br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="sfc">'''Sergeant First Class''': <br />
*Unlike the other ranks, this is not a US Marine Corps rank but the US Army equivalent to gunnery sergeant.<br />
*In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref><br />
| [[Hadrian]] (CMC) <br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant<br />
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal<br />
| Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman <ref name = "crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand". However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class<br />
| [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman Apprentice || Private <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref><br />
| [[Sykes]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Insignia==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/><br />
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/><br />
| '''Commander'''<br />
| '''Colonel'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg|-]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Major'''<br />
| '''Captain'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant'''<br />
| '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSGTPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Master Chief (CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Crew Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for crew master chief/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref><br />
| '''Crew Senior Chief (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="hadrian"/><br />
| '''Petty Officer 2nd Class (CF)/<br/> Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Enlisted Personnel'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSpecPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanAppPin.jpg]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".<br />
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.<br />
<br />
Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. While the only person ever officially designated as lieutenant colonel (Jack Fisk in "Razor") wore the same red over white piping as a full colonel, since the insignia has also been used by others wearing the simple junior officer white piping, no piping is shown in the illustration.<ref name="LtCol"/><br />
<br />
==Production images==<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral<br />
Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander<br />
Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major<br />
Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Ensign/Jr. Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Crew Master Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Crew Senior Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Specialist.jpg|Crew Specialist<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Official Statements==<br />
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:<br />
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant [sic] with the Navy." <br><br />
'''<br />
The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:<br><br />
'''<br />
Officers:<br />
*Admiral<br />
*Commander<br />
*Colonel<br />
*Major<br />
*Captain<br />
*Lieutenant<br />
*Lieutenant Junior Grade<br />
*Ensign<br />
'''<br />
Enlisted:<br />
*Master Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)<br />
*Specialist<br />
*Deck Hand<br />
*Recruit<br />
'''<br />
Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors (sic), etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?</blockquote><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br />
* [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. Also the source for this article's images.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]] <br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]<br />
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[[de:Militärische Ränge (RDM)]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Military_Ranks_(RDM)&diff=170307Military Ranks (RDM)2009-01-13T21:42:23Z<p>Serenity: /* Rank table */ Tweaking SFC footnote and combing it</p>
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<div>:''For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]]''<br />
__TOC__<br />
== Rank table ==<br />
<br />
This table is largely based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]], in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded a little to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and ones they may likely exist as well (e.g. senior chief petty officer).<br />
<br />
The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.<br />
<br />
The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks largely mirror real world ranks. <ref name="sfc"/><br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''EXAMPLE'''<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>||<br />
| [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]<br />
|-<br />
| Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':<br />
*The [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.", thus establishing this rank.<br />
*When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.<br />
*Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain commands only the ship, while a rear admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group.<br />
*While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by the lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies.<br />
</ref><br />
|<br />
| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) ||<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Commander ||<br />
| William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), [[Lee Adama]] (Season 2.5-Season 3.0)<br />
|-<br />
| Colonel ||<br />
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]]<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': <br />
*This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. <br />
*These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason.<br />
*Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have a distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank insignia - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one.</ref> ||<br />
| Jack Fisk ([[Razor]])<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Major ||<br />
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref>After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]", Shaw wears a colonel's uniform. This may have an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Captain ||<br />
| Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant ||<br />
| Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)<br />
|-<br />
| Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': <br />
*The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]", the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant", and is thus the preferred term in the Battlestar Wiki. <br />
*While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since the entry was written. </ref> ||<br />
| [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| Ensign ||<br />
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">Although to-date it is not referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of '''warrant officer''' is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras.</ref> ||<br />
| Various background extras (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Master Chief || Sergeant Major<br />
| [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired)<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Senior Chief || Gunnery Sergeant<br />
| [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]]<br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="sfc">'''Sergeant First Class''': * Unlike the other ranks, this is not a US Marine Corps rank but the US Army equivalent to gunnery sergeant.<br />
*In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref><br />
| [[Hadrian]] (CMC) <br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant<br />
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal<br />
| Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman <ref name = "crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand". However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class<br />
| [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman Apprentice || Private <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref><br />
| [[Sykes]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Insignia==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/><br />
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/><br />
| '''Commander'''<br />
| '''Colonel'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg|-]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Major'''<br />
| '''Captain'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant'''<br />
| '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSGTPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Master Chief (CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Crew Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for crew master chief/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref><br />
| '''Crew Senior Chief (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="hadrian"/><br />
| '''Petty Officer 2nd Class (CF)/<br/> Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Enlisted Personnel'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSpecPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanAppPin.jpg]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".<br />
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.<br />
<br />
Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. While the only person ever officially designated as lieutenant colonel (Jack Fisk in "Razor") wore the same red over white piping as a full colonel, since the insignia has also been used by others wearing the simple junior officer white piping, no piping is shown in the illustration.<ref name="LtCol"/><br />
<br />
==Production images==<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral<br />
Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander<br />
Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major<br />
Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Ensign/Jr. Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Crew Master Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Crew Senior Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Specialist.jpg|Crew Specialist<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Official Statements==<br />
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:<br />
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant [sic] with the Navy." <br><br />
'''<br />
The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:<br><br />
'''<br />
Officers:<br />
*Admiral<br />
*Commander<br />
*Colonel<br />
*Major<br />
*Captain<br />
*Lieutenant<br />
*Lieutenant Junior Grade<br />
*Ensign<br />
'''<br />
Enlisted:<br />
*Master Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)<br />
*Specialist<br />
*Deck Hand<br />
*Recruit<br />
'''<br />
Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors (sic), etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?</blockquote><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br />
* [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
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[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. Also the source for this article's images.<br />
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<div>:''For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]]''<br />
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== Rank table ==<br />
<br />
This table is largely based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]], in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded a little to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and ones they may likely exist as well (e.g. senior chief petty officer).<br />
<br />
The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.<br />
<br />
The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks seen so far mirror real world ranks.<ref name="exception">'''Sergent First Class''' is one instance of a rank that does not correspond to an actual Naval or Corps rank.</ref><br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''EXAMPLE'''<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>||<br />
| [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]<br />
|-<br />
| Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':<br />
*The [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.", thus establishing this rank.<br />
*When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.<br />
*Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain commands only the ship, while a rear admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group.<br />
*While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by the lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies.<br />
</ref><br />
|<br />
| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) ||<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Commander ||<br />
| William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), [[Lee Adama]] (Season 2.5-Season 3.0)<br />
|-<br />
| Colonel ||<br />
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]]<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': <br />
*This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. <br />
*These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason.<br />
*Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have a distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank insignia - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one.</ref> ||<br />
| Jack Fisk ([[Razor]])<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Major ||<br />
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref>After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]", Shaw wears a colonel's uniform. This may have an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Captain ||<br />
| Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant ||<br />
| Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)<br />
|-<br />
| Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': <br />
*The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]", the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant", and is thus the preferred term in the Battlestar Wiki. <br />
*While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since the entry was written. </ref> ||<br />
| [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| Ensign ||<br />
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">Although to-date it is not referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of '''warrant officer''' is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras.</ref> ||<br />
| Various background extras (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Master Chief || Sergeant Major<br />
| [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired)<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Senior Chief || Gunnery Sergeant<br />
| [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]]<br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="exception"/><ref name="hadrian"> '''Sergeant First Class''': In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. While she is a [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]], it is possible that some or all rank insignia are used in both services to denote equivalent ranks. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref><br />
| [[Hadrian]] (CMC) <br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant<br />
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal<br />
| Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman <ref name = "crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand". However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class<br />
| [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman Apprentice || Private <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref><br />
| [[Sykes]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Insignia==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/><br />
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/><br />
| '''Commander'''<br />
| '''Colonel'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg|-]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Major'''<br />
| '''Captain'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant'''<br />
| '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSGTPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Master Chief (CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Crew Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for crew master chief/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref><br />
| '''Crew Senior Chief (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="hadrian"/><br />
| '''Petty Officer 2nd Class (CF)/<br/> Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Enlisted Personnel'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSpecPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanAppPin.jpg]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".<br />
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.<br />
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Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. While the only person ever officially designated as lieutenant colonel (Jack Fisk in "Razor") wore the same red over white piping as a full colonel, since the insignia has also been used by others wearing the simple junior officer white piping, no piping is shown in the illustration.<ref name="LtCol"/><br />
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==Production images==<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral<br />
Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander<br />
Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major<br />
Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Ensign/Jr. Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Crew Master Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Crew Senior Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Specialist.jpg|Crew Specialist<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Official Statements==<br />
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:<br />
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant [sic] with the Navy." <br><br />
'''<br />
The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:<br><br />
'''<br />
Officers:<br />
*Admiral<br />
*Commander<br />
*Colonel<br />
*Major<br />
*Captain<br />
*Lieutenant<br />
*Lieutenant Junior Grade<br />
*Ensign<br />
'''<br />
Enlisted:<br />
*Master Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)<br />
*Specialist<br />
*Deck Hand<br />
*Recruit<br />
'''<br />
Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors (sic), etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?</blockquote><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br />
* [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].<br />
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==External Links==<br />
<br />
[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. Also the source for this article's images.<br />
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==References==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
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[[Category:A to Z]] <br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]<br />
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<div>:''For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]]''<br />
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== Rank table ==<br />
<br />
This table is largely based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]], in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded a little to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and ones they may likely exist as well (e.g. senior chief petty officer).<br />
<br />
The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.<br />
<br />
The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks seen so far mirror real world ranks.<ref name="exception">'''Sergent First Class''' is one instance of a rank that does not correspond to an actual Naval or Corps rank.</ref><br />
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{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''EXAMPLE'''<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>||<br />
| [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]<br />
|-<br />
| Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':<br />
*The [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.", thus establishing this rank.<br />
*When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.<br />
*Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain commands only the ship, while a rear admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group.<br />
*While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by the lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies.<br />
</ref><br />
|<br />
| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) ||<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Commander ||<br />
| William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), [[Lee Adama]] (Season 2.5-Season 3.0)<br />
|-<br />
| Colonel ||<br />
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]]<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': <br />
*This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. <br />
*These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason.<br />
*Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have a distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank insignia - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one.</ref> ||<br />
| Jack Fisk ([[Razor]])<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Major ||<br />
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref>After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]", Shaw wears a colonel's uniform. This may have an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Captain ||<br />
| Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant ||<br />
| Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)<br />
|-<br />
| Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': <br />
*The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]", the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant", and is thus the preferred term in the Battlestar Wiki. <br />
*While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since the entry was written. </ref> ||<br />
| [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| Ensign ||<br />
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">Although to-date it is not referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of '''warrant officer''' is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras.</ref> ||<br />
| Various background extras (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Master Chief || Sergeant Major<br />
| [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired)<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Senior Chief || Gunnery Sergeant<br />
| [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]]<br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="exception"/><ref name="hadrian"> '''Sergeant First Class''': In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. While she is a [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]], it is possible that some or all rank insignia are used in both services to denote equivalent ranks. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref><br />
| [[Hadrian]] (CMC) <br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant<br />
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal<br />
| Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman <ref name = "crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand". However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class<br />
| [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman Apprentice || Private <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref><br />
| [[Sykes]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Insignia==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/><br />
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/><br />
| '''Commander'''<br />
| '''Colonel'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg|-]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Major'''<br />
| '''Captain'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant'''<br />
| '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSGTPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Master Chief (CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Crew Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for crew master chief/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref><br />
| '''Crew Senior Chief (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="hadrian"/><br />
| '''Petty Officer 2nd Class (CF)/<br/> Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Enlisted Personnel'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSpecPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanAppPin.jpg]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".<br />
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.<br />
<br />
Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. While the only person ever officially designated as lieutenant colonel (Jack Fisk in Razor) wore the same red over white piping as a full colonel, since the insignia has also been used by others wearing the simple junior officer grey piping, no piping is shown in the illustration.<ref name="LtCol"/><br />
<br />
==Production images==<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral<br />
Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander<br />
Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major<br />
Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Ensign/Jr. Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Crew Master Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Crew Senior Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Specialist.jpg|Crew Specialist<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Official Statements==<br />
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:<br />
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant [sic] with the Navy." <br><br />
'''<br />
The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:<br><br />
'''<br />
Officers:<br />
*Admiral<br />
*Commander<br />
*Colonel<br />
*Major<br />
*Captain<br />
*Lieutenant<br />
*Lieutenant Junior Grade<br />
*Ensign<br />
'''<br />
Enlisted:<br />
*Master Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)<br />
*Specialist<br />
*Deck Hand<br />
*Recruit<br />
'''<br />
Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors (sic), etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?</blockquote><br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br />
* [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
<br />
[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. Also the source for this article's images.<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]] <br />
[[Category:Colonial]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Military (RDM)]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]<br />
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<div>:''For the rank structure of the [[Original Series]], see [[Military Ranks (TOS)]]''<br />
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== Rank table ==<br />
<br />
This table is largely based on an older blog entry by [[Ronald D. Moore]], in which he replies to a question about the show's rank structure (see ''[[#Official Statements|Official Statements]]'' below). It has been expanded a little to include additional ranks that have been established since then (lieutenant colonel, rear admiral) and ones they may likely exist as well (e.g. senior chief petty officer).<br />
<br />
The ranks are a mix of naval and marine ranks inherited from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], but mirror naval practices in execution and are elaborated during the series both on-screen and in production notes. It is possible to create a rough equivalence to real world armed forces. However, while the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has many parallels with modern armed forces it is a fictional organization and diverges from reality in certain places, for example in the duties of commanders and admirals, or the place of the [[CAG]] within the ship's hierarchy.<br />
<br />
The officer ranks of the [[Colonial Marine Corps]] (CMC) have yet to be established on screen (with the exception of lieutenant) or by official sources and thus are not listed here. The Marine Corps's enlisted ranks seen so far mirror real world ranks.<ref name="exception">'''Sergent First Class''' is one instance of a rank that does not correspond to an actual Naval or Corps rank.</ref><br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
|- class="infoboxheader"<br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL FLEET RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''COLONIAL MARINE RANK''' <br />
! style="font-size:100%;" align="left" valign="middle" | '''EXAMPLE'''<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''FLAG OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Admiral <ref name="adm">'''Admiral''': [[Peter Corman]] wears the same admiral insignia as Adama and Cain, but with thick gold piping on his duty uniform. This raises the question of how a rear admiral can be distinguished from a full admiral in dress uniform, given that dress uniforms have no colored piping. It can be speculated that, as has been the case with the ranks of ensign and junior lieutenant, the production crew uses the same insignia for both admiral ranks, as only one type of admiral pin has been made for the show. It would normally be expected that different admiral grades would be distinguished by the number of gold bars (for example one set for a rear admiral, etc).</ref>||<br />
| [[Nagala]], [[Peter Corman]]<br />
|-<br />
| Rear Admiral <ref name="ra">'''Rear Admiral''':<br />
*The [[Pegasus (Extended Version)|extended version]] of the episode "Pegasus", Adama states "Fleet promoted her to rear admiral over half of the commanders on the list.", thus establishing this rank.<br />
*When Adama is promoted to admiral in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]" his new rank insignia are identical to Cain's.<br />
*Cain seems to command both her battlestar and its [[Battlestar Group]]. In modern practice, a captain commands only the ship, while a rear admiral is in charge of the Carrier Strike Group.<br />
*While Cain wears a regular rear admiral's duty uniform with gold-over-silver piping, Adama continues to wear his commander's duty uniform with red-over-gold piping after his promotion to admiral. From a production point of view, this was most likely done so that the crew didn't have to create a new set of uniforms for the actor, but can be explained in-universe by the lack of male admiral uniforms in the Fleet's stores following the attack on the Twelve Colonies.<br />
</ref><br />
|<br />
| [[Helena Cain]], [[William Adama]] (Season 2.5+) ||<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Commander ||<br />
| William Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Barry Garner]] (Season 2.5), [[Jack Fisk]] (Season 2.5), [[Lee Adama]] (Season 2.5-Season 3.0)<br />
|-<br />
| Colonel ||<br />
| [[Saul Tigh]], [[Jurgen Belzen]]<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant Colonel <ref name="LtCol">'''Lieutenant Colonel''': <br />
*This information [[Sources:Jack Fisk|comes from production materials]], which note [[Jack Fisk]]'s rank as lieutenant colonel in the portions of "[[Razor]]" before [[Jurgen Belzen]] is executed. Fisk wears different rank insignia from the normal colonel insignia, as seen [[:Image:Fisk LtCol insignia 1.jpg|here]] and [[:Image:Fisk LtCol pin 2.jpg|here]]. <br />
*These devices have been previously used for [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", but she is identified as a lieutenant in dialog. Insiders have indicated that Dualla's use of the lieutenant colonel insignia was a costuming error/necessity, that was necessitated during her first appearances after becoming an officer because there weren't enough junior lieutenant devices to go around. It has also been noticed that other characters including Chief Tyrol have used them from time to time for the same reason.<br />
*Fisk's uniform piping as a lieutenant colonel is the same red-over-white as on a full colonel's uniform. Given that he is the only person ever even referred to as holding that rank, it is likely safe to assume that lieutenant colonel and colonel share the same colors. This is unusual in that all other senior officers' uniforms have a distinctive piping, but can be explained by their potentially similar duties. However, this may - like the use of some rank insignia - be a production necessity: It was far easier to use the actor's existing uniform than create a new one.</ref> ||<br />
| Jack Fisk ([[Razor]])<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Major ||<br />
| [[Jackson Spencer]], [[Cottle|Doctor Cottle]], [[Kendra Shaw]] <ref>After her promotion to major in "[[Razor]]", Shaw wears a colonel's uniform. This may have an intentional decision to denote her position as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, or just a costuming error.</ref>, Lee Adama (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Captain ||<br />
| Lee Adama (Miniseries-Season 2.5), [[Kara Thrace]] (Season 2.5+), [[Aaron Kelly]], [[Karl Agathon]] (Season 3+)<br />
|-<br />
| Lieutenant ||<br />
| Kara Thrace (Miniseries-Season 2.5), Karl Agathon (Miniseries-Season 2)<ref name="helo">Agathon states his rank as "lieutenant junior grade" in "[[33]]", but he consistently wears the rank insignia of a full lieutenant.</ref>, [[Louanne Katraine]] (Season 1-2)<br />
|-<br />
| Junior Lieutenant <ref>'''Junior Lieutenant''': <br />
*The term "junior lieutenant" (or JRLT in short) is used in props and behind the scenes documentation. For example on Boomer's [[:Image:Boomer Raptor.JPG|Raptor nameplate]] in the [[Miniseries]] and Kara Thrace's disciplinary records in "[[The Son Also Rises]]". Although "lieutenant, junior grade" has also been used in dialogue a few times, for example by Karl Agathon in "[[33]]", the vast majority of on-screen references and behind-the-scenes documentation use the term "junior lieutenant", and is thus the preferred term in the Battlestar Wiki. <br />
*While Ron Moore's blog entry from a couple seasons ago (see "Official Statements" below) uses the term "lieutenant junior grade," it should also be pointed out that other differences between the blog entry and the actual terminology and structure have been definitively proven since the entry was written. </ref> ||<br />
| [[Sharon Valerii]], [[Sharon Agathon]], [[Felix Gaeta]], [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| Ensign ||<br />
| [[Davis]], [[Diana Seelix]] (Season 3+), [[Samuel Anders]] (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''WARRANT OFFICER'''<br />
|-<br />
| Warrant Officer <ref name="warrant">Although to-date it is not referenced in spoken dialogue, the rank of '''warrant officer''' is included in costuming notes, and is worn on-screen by background extras.</ref> ||<br />
| Various background extras (Season 2+)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''SENIOR ENLISTED (NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER)'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Master Chief || Sergeant Major<br />
| [[Socrata Thrace]] (CMC, retired)<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Senior Chief || Gunnery Sergeant<br />
| [[Galen Tyrol]] (Miniseries-Season 4), [[Erin Mathias]] (CMC), [[Peter Laird]]<br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 1st Class || Sergeant First Class <ref name="exception"/><ref name="hadrian"> '''Sergeant First Class''': In "[[Litmus]]" Sergeant [[Hadrian]] wears insignia listed here as petty officer 1st class. While she is a [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marine]], it is possible that some or all rank insignia are used in both services to denote equivalent ranks. The term sergeant first class is never used on screen. However, behind the scenes documents list the Marine rank associated with the single chevron on green background worn by Hadrian (and shared with the rank of petty officer first class) as sergeant first class.</ref><br />
| [[Hadrian]] (CMC) <br />
|-<br />
| Petty Officer 2nd Class || Sergeant<br />
| [[Anastasia Dualla]] (Miniseries-Season 2), [[Cally Henderson]] (Season 3-4)<br />
|-<br />
| class="infoboxheader" colspan="3" align=center style="font-size:95%;" | '''JUNIOR ENLISTED'''<br />
|-<br />
| Crew Specialist <ref>'''Specialist''': The end credits for "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]" and "[[Revelations]]" list [[Anthony Figurski]] as specialist, 3rd class. Furthermore the rank of specialist, 2nd class was mentioned by writer [[Bradley Thompson]] in the [[Battlestar_Wiki:Official_Communiques/Archive7#Chief_Tyrol_.26_his_.27Knuckledragger_Crew.27.2C_Will_we_see_more.3F|Official Communiques]]. This indicates that there are three subdivisions for this rank which are used in the scripts. However, these ranks have not been used in dialogue yet and only a single rank insignia for specialists has been established so far.</ref> || Corporal<br />
| Cally Henderson (Miniseries-Season 3), [[Socinus]], [[Prosna]], [[Venner]] (CMC), Galen Tyrol (Season 4)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman <ref name = "crewman">'''Crewman''': Many sources, including Ron Moore's blog, refer to this rank as "deckhand". However, more recent internal documents reveal the rank to be "crewman."</ref> || Private First Class<br />
| [[Scott Kelso]] (CMC), [[Stewart Jaffee]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
| Crewman Apprentice || Private <ref>'''Crewman Apprentice/Private''': These insignia have not yet been shown on-screen, but are found in production materials.</ref><br />
| [[Sykes]] (CMC)<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Insignia==<br />
<br />
{| class="messagebox" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="4"<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin1.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-AdmiralPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CommanderPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-ColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LtColonelPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Admiral''' <ref name="adm"/><br />
| '''Rear Admiral''' <ref name="ra"/><br />
| '''Commander'''<br />
| '''Colonel'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant Colonel''' <ref name="LtCol"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MajorPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CaptainPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTsgPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-LTjgPin.jpg|-]]<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Major'''<br />
| '''Captain'''<br />
| '''Lieutenant'''<br />
| '''Junior Lieutenant/<br/>Ensign'''<ref>'''Junior Lieutenant/Ensign Rank Device''': The use of junior lieutenant insignia for the rank of ensign in episodes like "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" is a costuming necessity, as the production never created a separate pin for the ensign rank.</ref><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Warrant Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-WOPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Warrant Officer''' <ref name="warrant"/><br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Senior Enlisted/Non-Commissioned Officers'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-MCPOPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CPOPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-PO1Pin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSGTPin.jpg]]<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Master Chief (CF)/<br/>Sergeant Major (CMC)'''<ref>'''Crew Master Chief/Sergeant Major Rank Device''': The rank device for crew master chief/sergeant major has never been worn on-screen as such, but the design is part of the civilian flight wings worn by the pilot of Colonial One.</ref><br />
| '''Crew Senior Chief (CF)/<br/>Gunnery Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Petty Officer 1st Class (CF)/<br/>Sergeant First Class (CMC)''' <ref name="hadrian"/><br />
| '''Petty Officer 2nd Class (CF)/<br/> Sergeant (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="5" class="infoboxheader" | '''Junior Enlisted Personnel'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewSpecPin.jpg]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanPin.JPG]]<br />
| [[Image:NBSG-CrewmanAppPin.jpg]]<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| '''Crew Specialist (CF)/<br/>Corporal (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman (CF)/<br/>Private First Class (CMC)'''<br />
| '''Crewman Apprentice (CF)/<br/>Private (CMC)'''<br />
|<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
<br />
These pictures were created by Jim Stevenson a.k.a. "137th Gebirg".<br />
Insignia for the other ranks have yet to be shown on screen and thus aren't listed here.<br />
<br />
Senior officers' ranks can also be identified by the color of the piping on their [[Uniforms (RDM)|uniforms]]. While the only person ever officially designated as lieutenant colonel (Jack Fisk in Razor) wore the same red over white piping as a full colonel, since the insignia has also been used by others wearing the simple junior officer grey piping, no piping is shown in the illustration.<ref name="LtCol"/><br />
<br />
==Production images==<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
Image:Insignia_Admiral.jpg|Admiral<br />
Image:Insignia_Commander.jpg|Commander<br />
Image:Insignia_Colonel.jpg|Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant_Colonel.jpg|Lieutenant Colonel<br />
Image:Insignia_Major.jpg|Major<br />
Image:Insignia_Captain.jpg|Captain<br />
Image:Insignia_Lieutenant.jpg|Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Ensign.jpg|Ensigh/Jr. Lieutenant<br />
Image:Insignia_Warrant_officer.jpg|Warrant Officer<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Master_Chief.jpg|Crew Master Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Senior_Chief.jpg|Crew Senior Chief<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant_First_Class.jpg|Sergeant First Class<br />
Image:Insignia_Sergeant.jpg|Crew Sergeant<br />
Image:Insignia_Crew_Specialist.jpg|Crew Specialist<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman.jpg|Crewman<br />
Image:Insignia_Crewman_Apprentice.jpg|Crewman Apprentice<br />
<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
==Official Statements==<br />
*In a [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/02/index.html#a000020 blog entry] on February 19, 2005 Ronald Moore gave a little insight into the rank structure of Battlestar Galactica:<br />
<blockquote>"What is the rank structure? It doesn't seem consistant [sic] with the Navy." <br><br />
'''<br />
The rank structure is derived from the original series. I didn't want to change Commander Adama to Captain Adama or Colonel Tigh to Commander Tigh, so I elected to simply embrace the co-mingled nature of the original rank structure. For our internal purposes, we've decided that the ranks are indeed a mixture of naval and army nomenclature and are basically as follows:<br><br />
'''<br />
Officers:<br />
*Admiral<br />
*Commander<br />
*Colonel<br />
*Major<br />
*Captain<br />
*Lieutenant<br />
*Lieutenant Junior Grade<br />
*Ensign<br />
'''<br />
Enlisted:<br />
*Master Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Chief Petty Officer<br />
*Petty Officer (1st, 2nd Class)<br />
*Specialist<br />
*Deck Hand<br />
*Recruit<br />
'''<br />
Just to complicate matters further, there are also Marines aboard ''Galactica'' which conform more closely to the traditional enlisted Marine ranks, with Sergeants, Sergeant-Majors (sic), etc. Unresolved is the question of whether the Marine officers would also adhere to the mixed rank structure (which sounds odd) or if they are strictly army equivalents (which makes no sense given that the "Navy" ranks seem oblivious to there being any such distinction). Aren't you glad you asked?</blockquote><br />
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==See Also==<br />
* [[Uniforms (RDM)]] - Uniforms of the [[Re-imagined Series]].<br />
* [[Insignia (RDM)]] - Additional insignia and patches for uniforms in the Re-Imagined Series.<br />
* [[Military Ranks (TOS)]] - Ranks of the [[Original Series]].<br />
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==External Links==<br />
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[http://www.galactica.tv/battlestar-galactica-2003---news/rank-insignia-and-symbolism-analysis-for-battlestar-galactica-2003-update.html A detailed analysis] of ''Battlestar Galactica'''s uniform devices by Jim Stevenson. Also the source for this article's images.<br />
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"'''Number Eight'''" is one of the twelve [[humanoid Cylon]] models. She is the youngest in appearance of the eleven known models and generally associated with the name "Sharon" when interacting with humans. Eights are known for being more empathic and compassionate than the other Cylons. They also have been placed in the most pivotal missions involving Cylon-human interactions. Eights have been the Cylons with the most extensive human contact, resulting in at least three interspecies relationships (but see [[Galen Tyrol]]) and a Cylon-human hybrid child. Humans have particularly been exposed to two specific copies, [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]], a "sleeper" agent who served on board ''Galactica'', and [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon "Athena" Agathon]], a Cylon defector now appointed as a Colonial Officer.<br />
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== Sharon "Boomer" Valerii ==<br />
{{mainarticle|Sharon Valerii}}<br />
'''Sharon "Boomer" Valerii''' is a copy initially planted as a "sleeper" agent in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]. Implanted with false memories, she is unaware of her Cylon nature and serves for two years as Lieutenant Valerii on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', where she is assigned as a [[Raptor]] pilot and also engaged in a secret relationship with Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], her underlying programming repeatedly emerges which leads her to unconscious acts of sabotage. Growing confusion about her true self results in a deep depression and a failed suicide attempt. After Valerii returns from a successful mission to destroy a Cylon [[basestar]], she shoots Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] in the chest, wounding him critically. She is incarcerated in the [[brig]] and soon afterwards killed by Specialist [[Cally]].<br />
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[[Image:bsg-valerii-1.jpg|224px|right|Athena (left), Boomer (right). |thumb]]<br />
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Her consciousness is downloaded and she is reborn in another body. Subsequently, she experiences severe problems integrating into Cylon society and long considers herself more human than Cylon. She eventually works together with [[Caprica-Six]] in an attempt to change Cylon popular opinion about humans and she emerges as one of the Cylon leaders jointly responsible for the end of the occupation of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] and later the Cylon occupation on [[New Caprica]]. Following the failure on New Caprica, Valerii abandons her hopes for coexistence with humans and she denounces her past on ''Galactica''.<br />
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== Sharon "Athena" Agathon ==<br />
{{mainarticle|Sharon Agathon}}<br />
'''Sharon "Athena" Agathon''' is a copy first encountered by [[Karl Agathon|Karl "Helo" Agathon]], when he is stranded on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. She is initially assigned to seduce him by impersonating Lieutenant Sharon Valerii (with whom she appears to share some, if not all pre-attack memories), as part of a Cylon cross-breeding experiment, but later turns against her people and helps him escape the planet; pregnant with his child during that time. Helo, first shocked by her true nature, ultimately accepts her as the mother of his child and declares his love for her.<br />
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Once on ''[[Galactica]]'', she is imprisoned and long seen as nothing but a "[[toaster]]". She frequently provides intelligence, but is severely mistreated by an interrogator from ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' who beats and sexually assaults her. Over time, she earns Admiral [[William Adama|Adama's]] trust by helping the Colonial Fleet escape peril several times, and she is eventually appointed as a Colonial Officer and marries Karl Agathon. Agathon gives birth on ''Galactica'', but her daughter, [[Hera Agathon|Hera]], is subsequently hidden from her, because President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] considers the baby a threat to the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Agathon believes Hera to be dead for more than a year, but after learning the truth about her child during a confrontation with Valerii, she is able to regain her daughter from the Cylons with the help of [[Caprica-Six]].<br />
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==Other Copies==<br />
[[Image:Boomerraincoat Colonialday.JPG|thumb|left|170px|A Number Eight copy at the [[Delphi]] spaceport.]]<br />
*Shortly after the [[Cylon Attack]] ends, an Eight in a pale blue tunic is one of four 'rebirth nurses' who greet [[Caprica-Six]] following her rebirth (this takes place at the same time as the events of the middle or end of the [[Miniseries]], but is seen in the much later episode [[Downloaded]]).<br />
*At the end of the [[Miniseries]], an Eight wearing a Colonial [[flight suit]] appears to be leading a group of humanoid Cylons who recover the [[Number Five#PR Executive Copy|PR Executive Copy of Number Five]] from [[Ragnar Anchorage]].<br />
*An Eight is witnessed wearing a gray coat at the spaceport at [[Delphi]]. However, she is immediately shot by [[Sharon Agathon]] after noticing and attempting to shoot Helo ([[Colonial Day]]). <br />
*Multiple copies of the Eight model are present on the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. It is possible that they are dispatched to the Raptor in order to activate some latent portion of [[Sharon Valerii]]'s underlying Cylon programming ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).<br />
*An Eight is among a group of rebirth nurses, possibly the same one that midwifed Caprica-Six, who welcome the reborn [[Sharon Valerii]]. Valerii becomes hysterical after seeing and hearing this copy.<br />
*A copy of Number Eight is seen at the end of "[[Final Cut]]", also wearing a grey coat like other Eights on Caprica, remarking in surprise that [[Sharon Agathon]] is still alive (and saying, "I told you" to the Number Five copy sitting next to her).<br />
[[Image:Eights.jpg|right|224px|Eights onboard a Cylon [[basestar]].|thumb]]<br />
*Numerous copies of Eight are seen on Cylon occupied Caprica throughout the episode "[[Downloaded]]".<br />
*Several Eights are part of a group of humanoid Cylons blown up on New Caprica by a bomb planted by [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] as they approach a group of Centurions exiting from a Heavy Raider which has just landed.<br />
*Another Eight sits next to Valerii on ''Colonial One'' during the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]]'s discussion of the suicide bombing of New Caprica City's power station and the subsequent proposal that harsher measures be adopted. She does not speak during the meeting.<br />
*An Eight, later referred to in script (not dialogue) as "Sweet Eight", seduces presidential aide [[Felix Gaeta]] on New Caprica. She offers to check on and, when possible, rescue those prisoners whom he cares about. Secretly aware that Gaeta is working with the human resistance, Sweet Eight saves a few token humans from Gaeta's lists and orders the remainder killed as being valuable to her human enemies.<ref>Depicted in flashbacks in [[The Face of the Enemy]] webisodes.</ref> Much later, on [[Raptor 718]], "Sweet Eight" kills everyone else on the raptor other than Gaeta in order to save oxygen, when Gaeta discovers this and she reveals her actions during the Cyclon occupation of New Caprica, he recalled the time when Baltar threatened to reveal "what his Eight did" and fatally stabs her. ([[The Face of the Enemy]])<br />
*An Eight can be seen practicing a Cylon version of [[Wikipedia:Tai Chi Chuan|Tai Chi]] in the episode "[[Torn]]" while nude.<br />
*Another Eight is among the infected Cylons captured by ''Galactica'' as part of the Colonials' plot to infect the Cylon race with the virus from the [[Lion's Head beacon]]. She and the others are executed by Karl Agathon before the plan can be put into action ([[A Measure of Salvation]]). Because no [[Resurrection Ship]] was in range, her death is final.<br />
*The Number Eights in the episode "[[Six of One]]", with the exception of Sharon Valerii, are supporters of the Number Six [[Natalie]]. They are excited at the prospect of discovering the [[Final Five]] and vote with the [[Number Two|Two]]s and [[Number Six|Six]]es against the lobotomization of the [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raiders]].<br />
*The Eights in Natalie's group decide that they need to mutiny and turn to Athena to lead the rebellion. She refuses and tells them they need to pick a side and stick with it. One is mortally wounded by a Centurion (which is then killed by Starbuck) while attempting to disconnect the Hybrid. She apologizes to Athena asking for forgiveness admitting that Athena was right. Athena doesn't grant it, but [[Samuel Anders]] holds her hand and comforts her as she dies ([[Faith]]).<br />
*Another copy works with Karl Agathon during the attack on the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]]. When she gives him a massage like his wife does, he asks her about it and she say that she was curious about Sharon Agathon, so she downloaded her memories from the last time Agathon resurrected ([[Rapture]]). This makes her Sharon Agathon to some extent, complete with an emotional attachment to Karl Agathon. She is aware that it is an awkward situation for Karl, but is still annoyed when he rebuffs her. Shortly after, she helps him by giving a speech to the reluctant Viper pilots that motivate them to trust the Cylons. During the battle she and Karl take a Raptor to the Hub to retrieve the unboxed [[Number Three]]. Afterwards, she is furious when she learns that the humans double-crossed them and have no intention of handing over the Three ([[The Hub]]).<br />
*An Eight referred to as "pilot Eight" in the script, is aboard [[Raptor 718#Galactica Raptor|Raptor 718]] when it becomes separated from the Fleet. While attempting to repair a loose connection using [[Brooks (RDM)|Brooks]]'s pliers, she is fatally electrocuted, after which it is discovered that the insulation had been stripped from the pliers. "Sweet Eight" is later revealed to have stripped the insulation, intending to kill the deckhand in order to save oxygen (''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'').<br />
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==Notes==<br />
*[[Ronald D. Moore|Ron D. Moore]] stated in an interview for ''TheFandom.com'', "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 />
*The two notable Eights, [[Sharon Valerii]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], met for the first time in the [[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season Three]] midseason finale "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]". Before that, they were often in the same episode but never shared a scene.<br />
*[[w:Valerii|Valerii]] is the male plural form of the Roman name of the family Valeria. Valerius is the singular form.<br />
*Neither Eight with extended time with the Colonials refers to her lover by his first name on screen during the first two seasons. During that time, Sharon Valerii calls [[Chief Tyrol]] by "Chief" instead of "Galen", while Sharon Agathon uses [[Karl Agathon]]'s callsign, Helo. Ronald D. Moore explained in his blog that no one had ever really called Tyrol "Galen" before, and hearing Valerii say it during her death scene would have distracted from the emotional impact of her death. Moore compared it to the Seinfeld episode when Kramer's first name is revealed to be "Cosmo"; i.e. the viewers would be unused to Tyrol's previously unknown first name. As for Agathon, everybody usually just calls him "Helo". Sharon Valerii referred to Chief Tyrol by "Galen" for the first time while speaking to [[Cally]] in the Cylon Detention Center on [[New Caprica]], long after their romantic relationship had ended. Whereas Sharon Agathon calls Helo by his first name, Karl, in "[[The Woman King]]".<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
: ''Baltar is rigorously questioned about his past and what the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] know about [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Meanwhile, both [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]] struggle with their feelings for one another and are forced to make a decision about their respective marriages.''<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Teaser===<br />
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*The episode begins as the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] moves past a small planetoid. Viewers hear a lullaby being sung as the shot moves past [[duty locker]]s as people sleep, to show [[Gaius Baltar]], in a [[brig]] on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', tearing strips of fabric.<br />
*To pressure him into revealing any secrets or tactical knowledge of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], Baltar has been forced to stay awake. In turn, the prisoner has gone on a hunger strike, and believes that the Fleet's leadership will eventually kill him outright, rather than give him a fair trial.<br />
*Baltar's virtual [[Number Six]] appears to question his actions, but only briefly. She soon begins to "aid" him in his task; he ties the fabric strips to form a hangman's noose.<br />
*Elsewhere, Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] cannot sleep. He dresses and heads for the brig. A [[Marine]] on guard stops his advance.<br />
*The virtual Six "pushes" Baltar's cot, and the man begins to choke on his noose. Six tells him to take slow, deep breaths.<br />
*Baltar appears to awake in a [[Cylon rebirthing tank]], surrounded by three Six copies. He shouts in celebration, believing that, at least, he knows his true nature as a Cylon.<br />
*The Sixes' gentle touches suddenly become harsh scratches and lacerations. A Six tells Baltar that he is not, in fact, a Cylon, but a human about to die. All three push Baltar into the tank's gelatinous mixture. One Six enters the pool, lying above him and kisses him as he is held to drown.<br />
*Baltar's mind was likely suffering from oxygen deprivation, as his Marine guard cuts him down and successfully resuscitates him. Gaeta leaves to find Dr. [[Cottle]].<br />
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===Act 1===<br />
*[[William Adama|Admiral Adama]], [[Saul Tigh]], Dr. Cottle, and President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] sit in Adama's quarters, discussing what to do to get information from Baltar. Acknowledging that his hunger strike and suicide attempt have soured his mood, Roslin suggests an alternative plan.<br />
*When Lieutenant Gaeta is asked why he was at Baltar's cell so early in the morning, he tells the president that he couldn't sleep and wanted to speak with the former president.<br />
*Elsewhere, [[Lee Adama]] treats his friend [[Galen Tyrol]] to a little surprise: A number of crew have created a bar, probably on the starboard [[hangar deck]], complete with a [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid arcade game]], an old [[Viper Mark II]] hanging above for atmosphere. "[[Joe's bar]]" is filled with many people who have managed to put aside the troubles of the day. Tyrol and Adama have a drink as they discuss their marital problems; Tyrol and his wife [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] have had an argument that has apparently left him "in the doghouse". Adama is reluctant to interact with his wife, [[Anastasia Dualla]], as his angst over his love of [[Kara Thrace]] continues to fight with him.<br />
*Major Adama returns to his quarters, quite drunk, to find Dualla still awake and doing some work, apparently drinking some liquor or type of wine. She tries to confirm if they are still going to have dinner later that day as Adama dozes off, leaving Dualla disappointed.<br />
*A similar conversation is occurring at Kara Thrace's bunk, as [[Samuel Anders]] resists an attempt by Thrace to get more intimate. Thrace darkly pokes fun at herself, calling herself a "two-timing bitch" of a spouse. Anders does not return Thrace's darkness, but asks if she is in love with Lee Adama.<br />
*When Thrace hesitates to answer, Anders tells her to explore what she feels, believing that Thrace's [[Flesh and Bone|alleged destiny]] and her feelings about Anders may still be significant. The former resistance fighter leaves Thrace to herself in her bunk.<br />
*President Roslin appears in Baltar's cell. Mirroring a similar event on [[New Caprica]] months before where Roslin is [[New Caprica Detention Center|incarcerated by the Cylons]] and Baltar arrives to speak with her, Roslin hands him his glasses. Baltar, recognizing the reference, takes his glasses and puts them on.<br />
*After lighting a cigar for him, she sits. Baltar complains of having been force-fed by Cottle's staff, to which Roslin is non-plussed. She asks him questions about his involvement with the Cylons. She questions him using [[Epiphanies|her personal knowledge]] of his interaction with a [[Caprica-Six|known Cylon model]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], asking if he allowed a Cylon access to the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]].<br />
*Baltar equivocates at first, then stands his ground about his involvement, calling Roslin's accusations a "rehash" of the same "lies" she told prior to the [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|presidential election]].<br />
*Roslin shakes her head, and escalates her questioning. She shows Baltar a series of pictures of the dead on New Caprica who were killed by Cylons for supposed insurrection. Uncharacteristically, Roslin's voice rises to a shrill pitch, and she screams at Baltar as she flings each of the pictures at him. She then calls for Saul Tigh to have Baltar taken from his cell and carried to the [[airlock]].<br />
*Baltar shouts his innocence as the Marines move him through the [[memorial hallway]] and Roslin tries to haunt the former president with faces of the Colonies' dead. Baltar stops his "executioners" to show one photo of a [[Adrien Bauer|man]] he knew. Although Baltar insists that he would not do anything to harm his friend, his wife and his own godchild, the Marines cart the scientist away.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*The Fleet's leadership convene once more. Roslin's plan failed; Baltar called the bluff about being thrown in an airlock, and the Marines have returned him to his cell.<br />
*When Roslin suggests a different, less aggressive approach, Admiral Adama suggests the use of a special [[Interrogation drug|hallucinogenic drug]] used experimentally by the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military]]. Roslin's expression is a mixture of awe and surprise, but asks if ''Galactica'' has this drug on board.<br />
*Lee Adama and Dualla have an argument about Kara Thrace and the future of their marriage. Dualla says that she married Adama because she loved him, choosing to have him for as long as he or Kara Thrace would let him. She resigns herself to her marriage's failure and tells Adama that she will not stand in his way if he were to choose Thrace over her.<br />
*Kara Thrace and Lee Adama meet privately. When Thrace asks Adama if he loves her and would be with her if she were to leave Anders, Adama equivocates, remembering Thrace's fickleness [[Unfinished Business|after he declared his love a year before]]. Thrace leaves him to think about the situation, telling him as she goes that thinking is what he does best.<br />
*Major Adama returns to the bar and drinks more, toying with his wedding band. He asks Chief Tyrol if he ever thought about what his future with [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] would have been like, or had any regrets. With a quick drink, Tyrol replies in the negative.<br />
*Major Adama stumbles back to his quarters, losing his wedding band somewhere in ''Galactica'''s corridors and apparently failing when he drunkenly attempts to find it.<br />
*Baltar is strapped down in [[sickbay]] as Roslin authorizes the administration of the interrogation drug to Baltar. Adama warns her, Dr. Cottle and medic [[Layne Ishay]] not to make any loud noises and orders additional restraints on the prisoner's head.<br />
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===Act 3===<br />
*Baltar finds himself floating in a nondescript dark body of water, with only a dim light shining from above.<br />
*Adama and Roslin talk to Baltar in his hallucinogenic haze, asking him questions about the Cylons' knowledge of the whereabouts of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], and his mission at the [[Temple of Five]].<br />
*Baltar, genuinely believing that his life is in peril, tells them that he believed himself to be one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons and was seeking an answer.<br />
*The medic accidentally knocks over some equipment, creating a loud clang, which interrupts Baltar's interrogation momentarily.<br />
*Adama warns Baltar to cooperate so that he would be able to "get out", then turns off the flashlight he was using to create the lighting effect in Baltar's illusory world.<br />
*Baltar begins to talk about [[Caprica-Six]] and her involvement, as a vision of Six appears and disappears next to him in the water.<br />
*Baltar vision shifts and he once again sees himself in a Cylon [[Resurrection tank|rebirthing tank]], this time, however, he is surrounded by dark figures that are later revealed as the Colonial dead from the Colonies. As he tries to explain himself, the figures push him into the water, and a young girl hovers over him as he continues the dark descent.<br />
*As Baltar sinks in his vision, in the real world, Baltar's vital signs begin to drop as well. Dr. Cottle calls off further interrogation and proceeds to revive Baltar.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
*A final attempt to gain information from Baltar uses Lieutenant Gaeta to lure Baltar into a sense of comfort by aiding the Colonial officer in his calculations to Earth, hoping that he will leak any information on Cylon tactics or technology.<br />
*Initially, Baltar acquiesces and begins to correct Gaeta's work until he senses Gaeta's awareness of something else in the cell.<br />
*Baltar realizes that his cell has a surveillance camera, and becomes belligerent, which begins to anger Gaeta.<br />
*Realizing that Gaeta's anger could make things much worse, the Fleet leadership leaves their observation room to interdict Gaeta.<br />
*Meanwhile, Baltar whispers something to Gaeta (See [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#From the podcast|podcast information]]) who then uses the pen he brought into the room to stab Baltar in the neck. Baltar's whispered statement is not revealed until nearly two years later [real-world time], in [[The_Face_of_the_Enemy#Episode_9|''The Face of the Enemy'' webisode 10]]; he tells Gaeta, "I know what your Eight did."<br />
*Adama manages to subdue Gaeta, and Cottle looks over Baltar, whose injuries are not serious.<br />
*Meanwhile, Lee Adama and his wife meet in Joe's Bar.<br />
*Adama, having since found his lost wedding ring, confesses that he has loved Dualla and how dedicated she has been to him, never realizing how much he needed her affection.<br />
*As the two embrace, Adama tries to avoid looking across the bar at Kara Thrace and Anders. Thrace returns the glance before Adama breaks it off.<br />
*Laura Roslin and Admiral Adama rest in the admiral's quarters, with Roslin reclining on a bunk and Adama sitting at the foot of the bunk. They debate, with the failure of both measures of interrogation on Baltar, what to do with him.<br />
*When Adama suggests that there is still an opportunity to make Baltar "disappear," Roslin touches Adama's arm tenderly but briefly, reminding him of his humanity as she responds that they couldn't do that to him.<br />
*Roslin suggests that one option is still on the table: Give Baltar a trial.<br />
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===Bonus Scene===<br />
Part of a bonus scene was shown after the original airing of this episode on SciFi Channel and the full scene was made available on SciFi's website.<br />
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*Roslin talks with Caprica-Six after overseeing her transfer to a cell on ''Galactica'', saying that all the Colonials have surmised so far is that Baltar was not involved in the initial Cylon attack. <br />
*Roslin tries to gain information by promising Six that she won't be executed, but Six counters that Roslin made the same promise to [[Leoben]] and broke it ([[Flesh and Bone]]).<br />
*Roslin asks for Six's name and is given it ("Caprica"), and says that she recognizes the authenticity of Caprica-Six's feelings for Baltar.<br />
*Caprica-Six wonders if the Colonials' justice system has withered away along with their conscience and adamantly states that she will not reveal any information unless she is assured that Baltar will receive a fair trial. If he does, she will be willing to be the primary witness and share all the information that Roslin wants to know.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*This is the second episode of the series to be directed by [[Edward James Olmos]]. The first was Season 1's "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]". <br />
*With 30 characters, this episode has the longest title of any Re-imagined Series episode to date.<br />
*The title is a partial quote from "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," the theme song to the television program ''[[Wikipedia:Cheers|Cheers]]'' written by [[Wikipedia:Gary Portnoy|Gary Portnoy]] & Judy Hart Angelo. &mdash; "Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got./''Taking a break from all your worries'', sure would help a lot."<br />
*The songs heard as background music in the bar are original compositions. One is titled "Lord Knows I Would", composed and performed by [http://www.rayayarbrough.com/ Raya Yarbrough] - who is the voice of most vocals on the ''BSG'' soundtrack - and available on one of her albums. "All That Remains" is also performed by her, but composed by [[Bear McCreary]] and is part of his [http://bearmccreary.com/html/blog/blog018.htm ''Rest Stop'' soundtrack].<br />
*The secret experiments with hallucinogenic drugs for purposes of interrogation parallels the [[w:Project MKULTRA|CIA's MK ULTRA]] program from the 1960s and 1970s. In that program, [[w:LSD|LSD]] was investigated as a possible "truth serum".<br />
*The episode was originally meant to be far lighter in tone and revolve mainly around Joe's bar, showing how people build it and fight to keep it. This explains the somewhat paradoxical episode title, given the dark tone it ultimately took. The change in tone came about because [[Jamie Bamber]] felt that the script didn't deal enough and too lightly with Lee Adama's deteriorating relationship to Dualla. Moreover, Baltar's storyline started as a B-plot and became the focus of the episode ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three]]).<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* At the beginning of the episode, Baltar "improvises" the line "If I should die before I wake."; a line from an 18th century [[w:Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep|children's prayer]]. In light of [[The Music|later developments]] concerning particular parallels between Colonial and contemporary popular culture, this may signify a deeper connection between the Colonials and [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].<br />
* Baltar, despite extreme stress, various forms of torture, and attempted suicide, maintains a high degree of self-preservation. Even at moments when it appears he is about to confess all of his wrongs, knowing that his life might be in danger, he finds a way to circumvent the questions and redirect them to someone or something else that makes him look to be the victim - this is classic behavior of a sociopath.<br />
* Adama, during the interrogation session, seems to know more about the capabilities of the [[interrogation drug|hallucinogen]] than it initially appears when he mentions the drug to Roslin. He appears to have done this type of interrogation before.<br />
* The episode draws connections between Baltar and Roslin and their respective roles, especially in how both have now switched places. Roslin almost word for word quotes Baltar when it comes down to the best interrogation method: using a stick versus a carrot. The same type of analogy Baltar used with Admiral Cain in "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]". Moreover there is a clear callback to Baltar visiting Roslin in her cell and handing her her glasses during the occupation of New Caprica.<br />
* This episode displays the darker side of Adama as throughout the episode he is consistently the one to display a bitter streak towards Baltar. He cites many different options and choices that one would consider to be contradictory to his own stances of how humans were to treat each other before. For example, he directly opposed President Zarek when it became known that people were "disappearing" without given a trial ([[Collaborators]]). Yet, with Baltar, Adama suggests to Roslin that it is not too late to make him disappear.<br />
* The hallucinogen appears to affect how an individual's brain interprets sound. Adama ordered that complete silence be kept as he and Roslin are the only ones allowed to speak to Baltar. However, once Layne Ishay is startled by Baltar's screams, she accidentally knocks over some equipment. The clanging and noise caused the hallucinated water to become turmoil and reach the brink of drowning Baltar.<br />
* A substantial amount of time seems to have passed between "[[Rapture]]" and this episode as Kara Thrace's hands have recovered from the burns she received on the algae planet. Baltar's appearance has also more facial hair than he had when he was captured inside the Temple of Five.<br />
*Roslin probably connects Caprica-Six's name to Baltar saying it during his interrogation, thus deepening her belief that he is guilty.<br />
* Judging by the reaction of the patrons, the liquor being served is most likely recently manufactured moonshine of dubious quality. Whatever passes for "the good stuff" in the bar is likely whatever hasn't been appropriated by high ranking personnel and may have been made on [[New Caprica]].<br />
*In "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]", Lee Adama promises the pilots to build them a bar should a habitable planet be found. However, given the time that has passed, this is probably unrelated to Joe's bar.<br />
*Adama speaks of "drugs" in the plural. If the [[interrogation drug]] used is actually a mix of readily available drugs, this explains why ''Galactica'' has an apparently secret and experimental drug aboard.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* What is the nature of the Tyrols' marital problems? ([[A Day in the Life|Answer]])<br />
* What is going to happen to Caprica-Six aboard ''Galactica''? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])<br />
* What will the civilian reaction be once it is known that Baltar was captured? ([[Dirty Hands|Answer 1]], [[The Son Also Rises|Answer 2]])<br />
* Will Apollo and Starbuck keep their vows to their respective spouses from this point on, or will there be another intimate encounter between the two? ([[Maelstrom|Answer 1]], [[Six of One|Answer 2]])<br />
* Will Gaeta face any legal consequences for his attack on Baltar? ([[The Woman King|Answer]])<br />
* What does Baltar say that causes Gaeta to stab him in a fit of rage? ([[The Face of the Enemy|Answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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* Was something else at work behind Gaeta's interestingly-timed bout of insomnia?<br />
* Given shortages throughout the Fleet, where does the Fleet get its alcohol supplies?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
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* ''[[Michael Taylor]] discusses [[Edward James Olmos]]' direction of the episode:''<br />
: This was my first time working with Edward J. Olmos (“Eddy” to his buds) as a director, and I found it a really remarkable experience. Eddie (that’s right, I’m now a “bud,” or so I like to think) often works from a very instinctual basis. Sometimes the images he conjured in his mind seemed at odd with the script and frightened me a bit, but I would quickly see how he was just taking a scene into a deeper and murkier psychological territory.<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref> <br />
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=== From the [[Podcast:Taking a Break From All Your Worries|podcast]] ===<br />
*The bar was originally called the "Why not?" in early drafts of the script<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=1|id=whynot|timestamp=06:51|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>.<br />
*The extra in the first bar scene in a wheelchair was a visitor (and a huge fan) on the set who the cast and crew took a liking to and adopted into the show for the couple of days that he was there<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=1|id=wheelchairextra|timestamp=07:07|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>.<br />
*There was a larger subplot for [[Layne Ishay]] in which she can't stand Baltar being tortured anymore and leaks his presence and treatment to the Fleet<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=1|id=layneishay|timestamp=22:10|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>. A remnant of this is present in her knocking over the instrument tray.<br />
*There were discussions about a subplot that involved Baltar being guilty of an incident before the Cylon occupation in which many, already discriminated, Saggitarons were killed. Ron Moore relates that Baltar threatens to implicate Gaeta, who had nothing to do with the incident, in that (the scene where Baltar whispers something inaudible in Gaeta's ear) and that this is what makes Gaeta snap and stab Baltar<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=4|id=Baltarstoryline|timestamp=38:23|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>.<br />
*Moore also mentioned that Gaeta still has "issues" that relate to his time working with Baltar and how the Fleet at first views him as a collaborator because of that relation. Now that Baltar is back, Gaeta has a difficult time accepting that, which later turns into rage during the interrogation.<br />
*Moore mentions in [[Podcast:Taking a Break From All Your Worries|this episode's podcast]] that [[Joe's bar]] would be featured in future episodes<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Taking a Break From All Your Worries|act=4|id=ReturntoJoesbar|timestamp=37:33|totalrunning=45:28}}</ref>. Indeed that has come to pass as its last known appearance is in "[[Crossroads, Part I]]" where [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Samuel Anders]] hear [[The Music|a snippet from a peculiar musical melody]], as well as later being featured in "[[Escape Velocity]]".<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''[[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] and [[Lee Adama]] talking in Joe's Bar:''<br />
: '''Adama:''' You and [[Cally Henderson|Cally]] had a fight?<br />
: '''Tyrol:''' Didn't you hear us? We figured we could've sold tickets. (pause) To marriage. Why we build bars.<br />
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* ''Roslin interrogating Baltar:''<br />
: '''Roslin:''' Just wondered if you recognized even one of these faces? Did any image get through to you on the rare occasion when you ventured out from behind your sandbags and your razor wires to see what was happening to your people?! YOUR PEOPLE! I need to know. NOW!<br />
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* ''Starbuck responding to Anders:''<br />
: '''Starbuck:''' Kara Thrace and her special destiny? Sounds more like a bad cover band, Sam.<br />
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*''Under the influence of the drug, Baltar talks about [[Caprica-Six]]:''<br />
:"She... Caprica-Six... she chose me. Chose me over all men. Chosen to be seduced, taken by the hand. Guided between the light and the dark. But is she an angel, or is she a demon? Is she imaginary, or is she real? Is she my own voice, or the voice..."<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Michael Trucco]] as [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]<br />
*[[Kerry Norton]] as [[Layne Ishay]]<br />
*[[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
*[[Tom Bower]] as [[Joe]]<br />
*[[Steve Lawlor]] as Guard<br />
*[[Graeme Duffy]] as [[Adrien Bauer]]<br />
*[[Jason Bryden]] as Knucklehead Dragger #1<br />
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<div>: ''For sexuality depicted in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see: [[Sexuality in Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]].''<br />
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'''Sexuality in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]''' mirrors sexuality in the real world, in terms of the presence of hetero-, homo- and bi-sexual relationships.<br />
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According to comments from [[Michael Taylor]], the Colonials do not make an emphasis "of the distinction between hetero- and homosexual preferences. I tend to think that in this respect, at least, they’re a bit more enlightened than we are."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Heterosexuality ==<br />
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[[Image:Billy and Jaycie.jpg|thumb|[[William Adama]] and [[Jaycie McGavin]] in coitus ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).]]<br />
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Relationships depicted in the series tend to be overwhelmingly heterosexual in nature. Amongst these relationships are:<br />
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* Relationships resulting in marriage<br />
** [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
** [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
** [[William Adama]] and [[Carolanne Adama]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[A Day in the Life]]")<br />
** [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Tyrol ''neé'' Henderson]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] <br />
** [[Anastasia Dualla]] and [[Lee Adama]]<br />
** [[Romo Lampkin]] and [[Faye Lampkin]] ("[[The Son Also Rises]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]")<br />
** [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]<br />
** [[Sesha Abinell]] and [[Ray Abinell]] ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
** [[Jurgen Belzen]] and [[Rika Belzen]] ([[Razor]])<br />
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* Relationships between consensual, unmarried persons<br />
** [[Sharon Valerii]] and Galen Tyrol<br />
** Lee Adama and [[Kara Thrace]] ("[[Scar]]", "[[Unfinished Business]]")<br />
** William Adama and [[Laura Roslin]] (implied, "[[A Day in the Life]], "[[Unfinished Business]]")<br />
** William Adama and [[Jaycie McGavin]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]])<br />
** Laura Roslin and [[Richard Adar]] ([[Epiphanies]])<br />
** [[Tory Foster]] and Samuel Anders ([[Crossroads, Part II]])<br />
** [[Billy Keikeya]] and Anastasia Dualla<br />
** [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Enzo]] ([[The Passage]])<br />
** Saul Tigh and [[Caprica-Six]]<br />
** Sharon Valerii and [[Cavil]]<br />
** [[Felix Gaeta]] and [[Number Eight]]<br />
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* Sexual relationship between consensual adults while engaged in other sexual relationships<br />
** [[Gaius Baltar]] and various female conquests such as [[Sherry Bennett]], [[Caprica Six]], [[Gina Inviere]], [[Number Three]], [[Kara Thrace]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Playa Palacios]], and an [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Unnamed Lover|unidentified woman]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Baltar's ongoing relations with [[Virtual Six]] are difficult to define, but certainly involve a sexual aspect.<br />
** Ellen Tigh and various men during her marriage to Saul Tigh ([[Miniseries]], "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", "[[Occupation]]", "[[Precipice]]")<br />
** Lee Adama and Kara Thrace cheat on their respective spouses after getting married ([[The Eye of Jupiter]])<br />
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== Homosexuality ==<br />
[[Image:Cain and gina.jpg|thumb|right|[[Helena Cain]] dining with [[Gina Inviere]].]]<br />
Homosexuality in the series was formally introduced in "[[Razor]]", with the revelation that [[Helena Cain]] and [[Gina Inviere]] were engaged in a lesbian relationship. <br />
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The revelation of the Cain-Inviere relationship does not seem to surprise ''Pegasus'' personnel. [[Kendra Shaw]] is slightly shocked, but more due to the surprise that Cain is dependent on anyone. [[Jurgen Belzen]] and [[Jack Fisk]] do not seem to be at all fazed or uncomfortable with this relationship during the formal dinner after the [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] (Razor). Therefore, this is in keeping with writer Michael Taylor's comments that "the point about Cain’s and Gina’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal".<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
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== Bisexuality ==<br />
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[[Image:Threesome.jpg|thumb|right|Caprica-Six, Three and Baltar sleeping ([[Hero]]).]]<br />
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Bisexuality has not been seen until "[[Hero]]", with the culmination of a [[w:ménage à trois|ménage à trois]] between [[Caprica Six]], [[Number Three]], and [[Gaius Baltar]]. It is uncertain how this is viewed in Colonial society, but since it is apparent that the Cylons model their behavior after their human creators, it is more than likely that sexual acts involving multiple partners is derived from Colonials.<br />
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Also, Gina Inviere can be considered bisexual due to her involvement with both Helena Cain and Gaius Baltar (at different times), though her relationship with Baltar is marred by the psychological effects of Inviere having been gang-raped on ''Pegasus''.<br />
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In the webisode series ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]'' [[Felix Gaeta]] is revealed to be in a relationship with [[Louis Hoshi]]. Flashbacks to [[New Caprica]] also show him being involved with a Number Eight. Gaeta's sexuality had been teased early on behind the scenes, notably with the [[Season 3 gag reel]] where [[Alessandro Juliani]] attempts to hit on a [[marine]] protecting [[James Callis]]'s [[Gaius Baltar]].<br />
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In an interview, [[Ronald D. Moore]] stated "We sort of always talked about the Cylons being basically bisexual in all formats. They didn’t really have gender roles within the twelve models kind of thing, but we never really played that idea out so I don’t know if we ever really established that as part of the mythos, but that was something we sort of talked about. We pretty much established that some of the Sixes, there was the Six that was in a relationship with Admiral Cain so we know that that’s part of some of the Sixes, whether that means that applies to all the Six models, we just never got into that depth, that kind of detailed stories of them." <ref name="cylons">{{cite_web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/ronald-moore-kevin-reilly-virtuality-star-trek|title=Scoop on "Virtuality", the first U.S. science fiction series to include gay characters|date=7 October 2008|accessdate=7 October 2008|last=Jensen|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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Moore also said that "We’re in the process now of starting to think about what ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' the series will be and what the storylines are and it is something that we’re talking about in our sort of nascent writers’ room where we have some people together and we’re just talking about what it could be and we are talking about it as an active thing, like okay, how can we work in gay, lesbian and bisexual storylines into this and that – it’s just not there yet, but it is part of the discussion."<ref name="cylons">{{cite_web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/ronald-moore-kevin-reilly-virtuality-star-trek|title=Scoop on "Virtuality", the first U.S. science fiction series to include gay characters|date=7 October 2008|accessdate=7 October 2008|last=Jensen|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Other notes ==<br />
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* The religious controversy surrounding [[Rya Kibby]]'s abortion suggest that the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|Colonial faith]] (or the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenese]] interpretation thereof) contains doctrine pertaining to sexuality, possibly in a similar fashion to many real world religions ([[The Captain's Hand]]).<br />
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* The presence of [[w:child prostitution|child prostitution]] under [[Phelan]]'s [[black market (organization)|black market]] indicates the presence of pedophilia within Colonial society. The practice of child prostitution is viewed with loathing disdain by Colonials such as Lee Adama, who ultimately kills Phelan after discovering this practice aboard ''[[Prometheus]]'' ([[Black Market]]).<br />
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* Prostitution is legal in Colonial society, with consenting adult women such as [[Shevon]] offering their services to adult men such as Lee Adama (Black Market).<br />
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* In addition, the Colonials have pornographic material like ''[[Nymph]]'' ([[Scar]]), although it is uncertain whether or not pornography is viewed in the same controversial light as it is in [[w:United States|America]] and some other cultures.<br />
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{{featured article candidate previous}}</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Jay_Finnegan&diff=170300Jay Finnegan2009-01-13T21:01:03Z<p>Serenity: </p>
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<div>{{Character Data<br />
|photo= Finn.jpg<br />
|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= J. Finnegan<br />
|callsign= Shark<br />
|death= Killed by a copy of [[Number Eight]] ([[The Face of the Enemy]])<br />
|seen= The Face of the Enemy<br />
|parents= <br />
|siblings= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= <br />
|role= [[Raptor]] pilot, ''[[Galactica]]''<br />
|rank= Lieutenant<br />
|actor= [[William C. Vaughn]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
|name= <br />
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Lieutenant '''J. "Shark" Finnegan''' is a [[Raptor]] pilot assigned to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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He serves with [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]], who is his co-pilot aboard [[Raptor 718]]. While making a routine run to ''[[Zephyr]]'' for R&R along with Lt. [[Gaeta]], Specialist [[Brooks (RDM)|Brooks]], and two [[Number Eight]]s aboard, a false alarm causes the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to make an emergency [[FTL|jump]]. Raptor 718 accidentally jumps beyond the [[red line]] with no way to return to their original coordinates, effectively stranding it in space with only 20 1/2 hours of oxygen left. He is killed by one of the Eights, who cuts his throat in order to conserve oxygen for herself and Gaeta ([[The Face of the Enemy]]).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* Both the script and the credits for this webisode refer to this character as "Finn." However, both this character's name and callsign are from the nameplate stenciled on the side of Raptor 718.<br />
* According to [[William C. Vaughn]]'s blog, the actor originally suggested the [[callsign]] "Bootstrap" for his character.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://yhz2yvr.blogspot.com/2008/10/bootstrap.html|title=Bootstrap|date=4 October 2008|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=Vaughn|first=William C.|format=|language=English}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Esrin&diff=170299Esrin2009-01-13T20:59:45Z<p>Serenity: </p>
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|age=<br />
|colony=<br />
|birthname= Esrin<br />
|callsign= Easy<br />
|death= Killed by a copy of [[Number Eight]] ([[The Face of the Enemy]])<br />
|seen= The Face of the Enemy<br />
|parents= <br />
|siblings= <br />
|children= <br />
|marital status= <br />
|role= [[Raptor]] co-pilot, ''[[Galactica]]''<br />
|rank= Ensign<br />
|actor= [[Jessica Harmon]]<br />
|cylon= <br />
|name= <br />
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Ensign '''"Easy" Esrin''' is a [[Raptor]] co-pilot assigned to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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She serves with [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] as his co-pilot aboard [[Raptor 718]]. While making a routine run to ''[[Zephyr]]'' for R&R—along with Lt. [[Gaeta]], Specialist [[Brooks (RDM)|Brooks]], and two [[Number Eight]] Cylons aboard—a false alarm causes the fleet to make an emergency jump. The Raptor accidentally jumps beyond the [[red line]] with no way to return to their original coordinates. The Raptor is stranded in space with only 20 1/2 hours of oxygen left. She is killed by one of the Eights, who cuts her throat in order to conserve oxygen for herself and Gaeta ([[The Face of the Enemy]]).<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Unnamed_Colonial_vessels&diff=170298Unnamed Colonial vessels2009-01-13T20:55:43Z<p>Serenity: /* Escort battlestar */</p>
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<div>:''This article lists seen, but unnamed [[battlestar]]s in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Reimagined Series]].''<br />
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== Galactica type battlestars ==<br />
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During the first [[Cylon War]], ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and one other unnamed battlestar of [[Galactica type battlestar|their class]] conducted [[Operation Raptor Talon]] against the Cylons ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).<br />
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This battlestar class was still in service over 40 years later. One such battlestar is destroyed near [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in the renewed [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. It is broken in two parts in the middle and seen by [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon Valerii]] when their Raptor cruises towards Caprica ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
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At the same time at least one is docked at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] and [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|destroyed]] by Cylon missiles ([[Razor]]) <ref>Only one can be seen in the establishing shot of the shipyard, being enclosed by the superstructure on two sides. However, during the battle, a ''Galactica''-type battlestar is shown in a different place. This could mean that the visual effects of the establishing shot and the battle don't fit together. It is unknown if the two are meant to be the same battlestar.</ref>.<br />
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<gallery><br />
Image:Destroyed Battlestar Mini.JPG|A destroyed ''Galactica'' type battlestar near Caprica ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
Image:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|''Columbia'', ''Galactica'' and one unnamed battlestar over an [[ice planet]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).<br />
Image:ScorpionFleetShipyards1.jpg|Docked at the shipyards over Scorpia (upper right) ([[Razor]]).<br />
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== Valkyrie type battlestars ==<br />
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[[Image:Valkyrie-type battlestar.jpg|thumb|left|''Valkyrie'' type battlestar destroyed in its berth (Razor).]]<br />
Two battlestars of ''[[Valkyrie]]'''s design are also docked at the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards and destroyed by the Cylons ([[Razor]]). Although, it is theoretically possible that one of these battlestars is ''Valkyrie'' herself.<br />
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== Escort battlestar ==<br />
[[Image:Pegasus, Scorpion Shipyards.jpg|thumb|right|A type of escort (top) docked next to ''Pegasus'' (bottom) at the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]].]]<br />
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Another ship class, believed to be a type of escort vessel<ref>Based on an original design by [[Eric Chu]], the version seen in "Razor" was created by Charles Oines of [http://www.irrationaldesigns.com/index.html Irrational Designs]. While not [[canon]]ical, Oines's artwork designates the vessel as a "Berzerk-class". His web site has full renderings of the ship.</ref>, is docked next to ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' during the [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] ([[Razor]]). However, it is unknown if this class is designated as a battlestar by the Colonial Fleet.<br />
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The '''Scorpion Fleet Shipyard(s)'''<ref>Both "shipyards" and "shipyard" are used in dialogue.</ref> were a [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] dockyard located in orbit around [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]].<br />
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At the time of the [[Cylon attack]], ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', at least three more [[battlestar]]s, and three other Colonial Fleet ships are docked there. A Cylon nuclear attack destroys the yards and all ships but ''Pegasus'', which escapes via a [[blind jump]] ([[Razor]]).<br />
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*At least one battlestar of [[Galactica type battlestar|''Galactica's'' type]] <ref>Only one can be seen in the establishing shot of the shipyard, being enclosed by the superstructure on two sides. However, during the battle, a ''Galactica''-type battlestar is shown in a different place. This could mean that the visual effects of the establishing shot and the battle don't fit together. It is unknown if the two are meant to be the same battlestar.</ref>. Two others are of the same or a similar design as ''[[Valkyrie]]''.<br />
*The lower left arm of the superstructure seems to berth another vessel, but it can't be seen clearly.<br />
*A [[Unnamed battlestars#Escort battlestar|peculiar ship]] is docked near ''Pegasus''. The ship may be an escort vessel for [[battlestar group]]s, almost certainly one of the other ships mentioned by Admiral Cain as destroyed in the shipyard attack ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*Although the planet is called Scorpia ("[[Colonial Day]]", "[[Razor]]"), the location subtitles in "Razor" identify the shipyard's name as "Scorpion Fleet Shipyards". It is possible that the installation is named with an adjectival form of the colony's ancient name, "Scorpio".<br />
*This image of the shipyards and of the planet Scorpia in the background is the first time that viewers have seen any other Colonial planet aside from [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[Miniseries]]). [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] is later shown in the extended DVD cut of "Razor".<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]<br />
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[[de:Scorpio Flottenwerft]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=170296The Face of the Enemy2009-01-13T20:51:18Z<p>Serenity: </p>
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaeta sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the Fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
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Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
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Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she will send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~3:06<br />
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Raptor 1029 completes its third jump, and, again, Racetrack and Hoshi see no sign of Raptor 718. Racetrack offers to plot another jump, and Hoshi agrees, but then asks Racetrack if she thinks it's crazy to continue the search. Racetrack reluctantly says she does, and adds that if Gaeta was in their position, he would also call off the search for Hoshi once it became clear that further searches were futile. After an uncomfortable silence, Racetrack finally asks if Hoshi wants to call off the search and return to ''Galactica''. After a few seconds of pained consideration, Hoshi says yes.<br />
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Back on Raptor 718, Gaeta begins to piece everything together, realizing to his horror that Sweet Eight was responsible for every single death, an accusation Eight responds with sedate confirmation, claiming that she did it to give the two of them more air. She then says to an increasingly frantic Gaeta that she killed them all to protect him from his own desire to kill them all. Gaeta angrily denies Eight's words, tearing the data cable out of her palm. She then affirms that Gaeta is a killer at heart, that he was when she gave her the list of names.<br />
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Another flashback to the tent on New Caprica shows a sleeping Gaeta oblivious to Sweet Eight handing the list to another Eight, instructing her to kill everyone on it. <br />
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The flashback ends, as the realization draws over Gaeta's face.<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 7, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~3:41<br />
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Gaeta listens in horror as Sweet Eight reveals that she had most of the people on the lists he gave her killed, leaving only enough of them alive to make him think she had saved them all, fooling him into thinking he was doing some good by collaborating with her. She states flatly that in a war, a basic tactical maneuver is to kill the people your enemy values. She also forces him to acknowledge that Baltar knew what Gaeta and "his Eight" were doing all along. In a flashback to the Season 3 episode "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]" where Gaeta interrogates Baltar before his trial, the words Baltar whispered to him which triggered Gaeta's attack are revealed: "I know what your Eight did." In a rage, Gaeta in the present mimics the Gaeta in the flashback -- he picks up the nearest thing that can be used as a weapon (in this case, a scalpel) and stabs Sweet Eight in the neck just as he stabbed Baltar.<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~5:36<br />
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As the last survivor aboard the ship, Gaeta tries to kill himself with an overdose of morpha but fails to inject the second dose. He starts to sing when suddenly the cabin is illuminated from outside. He is hailed by Raptor 1029.<br />
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Back on ''Galactica'', Tigh tells a recovered Gaeta that the incident will not be investigated, as Admiral Adama does not wish to jeopardize the alliance with the Cylons. Gaeta bluntly asserts that the alliance should not exist at all, and requests to speak with Admiral Adama directly, on the grounds that the Colonel is a Cylon. Tigh agrees reluctantly. Gaeta leaves the CIC and meets Hoshi in the corridor. Gaeta insinuates gloomily that he has a plan and that something important will happen soon. According to [[Jane Espenson]]'s writer's commentary, their relationship ends at that point.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the Fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights (besides [[Sharon Agathon]]) aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
*In Tigh's last line in Episode 10, he refers to ideas that "''Mr.'' Tyrol" is to present at a meeting. Is this a writing error, or has Specialist (formerly CPO) Tyrol been commissioned, warranted, or discharged?<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=170295The Face of the Enemy2009-01-13T20:48:40Z<p>Serenity: /* Episode 9 */</p>
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaeta sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:06 <br />
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Raptor 1029 jumps into empty space on the first leg of Hoshi and Racetrack's search for the missing Raptor. They are disappointed to find nothing within DRADIS range, and make a second FTL jump to continue the search.<br />
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Back on the stranded Raptor 718, Easy and Shark are apparently asleep in the cockpit with the chronometer between them indicating the occupants’ available air supply counting down from nine hours and twenty-five minutes. A sleeping Gaeta dreams of Hoshi, then of his recent experiences aboard the Raptor. He awakes to find that Sweet Eight has freed herself from her bonds. When she asks if he’s going to restrain her again, he says his intention was to free her. After Eight cautions him against waking Shark and Easy, Gaeta hands her a scalpel and agrees to her earlier plan to physically interface with the Raptor’s systems. Eight slices open her palm and Gaeta helps her plug a data cable into the wound. Once Eight is connected, she says that the low oxygen levels in the compartment are making it difficult to project. When Gaeta asks what she is projecting, she replies, “You know where I am.” A flashback shows Gaeta and the Eight back on New Caprica, where the Eight gently kisses Gaeta. Back in the present, Eight attempts to do the same, but Gaeta interrupts her by saying he’s involved with someone. Though Eight tells him that she’s pleased and that he deserves his current happiness, the two kiss passionately until the Eight abruptly gasps, saying that she has found the Fleet. She then tells Gaeta to prepare for a jump, as she is about to take the Raptor home.<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:06<br />
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Aboard Raptor 1029, Racetrack mentions to Hoshi that she had hoped he and Gaeta would get together and was glad they finally did. Hoshi mentions Gaeta’s drive to do the right thing, which Racetrack inadvertently makes an offhand remark in response about the rarity and mortality attached to such a well-developed moral core and quickly admonishes herself for it. Hoshi absolves her of her slip of the tongue and encourages her to continue the search.<br />
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Raptor 718 completes its jump. The countdown on the occupants’ air supply reads eight hours and eleven minutes. Gaeta checks the rear console and finds to his chagrin that not only did the jump drain nearly all of the Raptor’s power reserves, but that neither the Fleet nor any other vessels are in DRADIS range. Gaeta surmises that the Fleet may still be nearby, but out of the Raptor’s DRADIS radius. Eight says she will send a pulse that will alert the Fleet to their position and estimates a ten-hour window for rescue. Gaeta heads to the cockpit to wake Shark and Easy, but is horrified to find them both dead, their throats slashed open. His hands are covered with their blood from his attempts to wake them. Gaeta then looks accusingly at Eight, whose only response is to silently meet his gaze.<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~3:06<br />
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Raptor 1029 completes its third jump, and, again, Racetrack and Hoshi see no sign of Raptor 718. Racetrack offers to plot another jump, and Hoshi agrees, but then asks Racetrack if she thinks it's crazy to continue the search. Racetrack reluctantly says she does, and adds that if Gaeta was in their position, he would also call off the search for Hoshi once it became clear that further searches were futile. After an uncomfortable silence, Racetrack finally asks if Hoshi wants to call off the search and return to ''Galactica''. After a few seconds of pained consideration, Hoshi says yes.<br />
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Back on Raptor 718, Gaeta begins to piece everything together, realizing to his horror that Sweet Eight was responsible for every single death, an accusation Eight responds with sedate confirmation, claiming that she did it to give the two of them more air. She then says to an increasingly frantic Gaeta that she killed them all to protect him from his own desire to kill them all. Gaeta angrily denies Eight's words, tearing the data cable out of her palm. She then affirms that Gaeta is a killer at heart, that he was when she gave her the list of names.<br />
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Another flashback to the tent on New Caprica shows a sleeping Gaeta oblivious to Sweet Eight handing the list to another Eight, instructing her to kill everyone on it. <br />
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The flashback ends, as the realization draws over Gaeta's face.<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 7, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~3:41<br />
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Gaeta listens in horror as Sweet Eight reveals that she had most of the people on the lists he gave her killed, leaving only enough of them alive to make him think she had saved them all, fooling him into thinking he was doing some good by collaborating with her. She states flatly that in a war, a basic tactical maneuver is to kill the people your enemy values. She also forces him to acknowledge that Baltar knew what Gaeta and "his Eight" were doing all along. In a flashback to the Season 3 episode "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]" where Gaeta interrogates Baltar before his trial, the words Baltar whispered to him which triggered Gaeta's attack are revealed: "I know what your Eight did." In a rage, Gaeta in the present mimics the Gaeta in the flashback -- he picks up the nearest thing that can be used as a weapon (in this case, a scalpel) and stabs Sweet Eight in the neck just as he stabbed Baltar.<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ~5:36<br />
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As the last survivor aboard the ship, Gaeta tries to kill himself with an overdose of morphia but fails to inject the second dose. He starts to sing when suddenly the cabin is illuminated. He is hailed by Raptor 1029.<br />
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Back on Galactica, Tigh tells a recovered Gaeta that the incident will not be investigated, as Admiral Adama does not wish to jeopardize the alliance with the Cylons. Gaeta bluntly asserts that the alliance should not exist at all, and requests to speak with Admiral Adama directly, on the grounds that the Colonel is a Cylon. Tigh agrees reluctantly. Gaeta leaves CIC and meets Hoshi in the corridor. Gaeta insinuates gloomily that he has a plan and that something important will happen soon. According to Jane Espenson's writer's commentary, their relationship ends at that point.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights (besides [[Sharon Agathon]]) aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be riding aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
In Col. Tigh's last line in Episode 10, he refers to ideas that "''Mr.'' Tyrol" is to present at a meeting. Was this a writing error, or has Spec. (formerly CPO) Tyrol been commissioned, warranted, or discharged? Or is there an additional character with the same surname?<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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Lieutenant '''Felix Gaeta''' ({{IPA|&#x02C8;ge&#x026A;.ɾ&#x0259;}} or "gay-tah") is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the [[Cylon attack]] on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], he has served as [[William Adama]]'s Senior Officer of the Watch aboard ''[[Galactica]]''. <br />
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Prior to the attack, he was studying biogenetics and planned to get a degree through the military extension program ([[Water]]).<br />
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He exhibits a strong attention to detail and is highly efficient. These tendencies and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of ''Galactica's'' command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.<br />
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As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta also manages the ship's [[FTL]] systems, including the calculation and initiation of jumps. Gaeta also manages the needs of the various primary [[Computers|computer systems]] used on the battlestar.<br />
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==Remarkable Brilliance==<br />
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As a result of his studies in biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta is selected by Adama to assist Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] in the development of the much-needed [[Cylon detector]] following the Cylon attack ([[Water]]). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta develops a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. When a woman called "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" arrives aboard ''Galactica'', Gaeta works hard to prove Baltar's innocence of the charges leveled against him ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Although he is ultimately successful, Gaeta fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by Godfrey looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.<br />
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Gaeta shows his remarkable brilliance after ''Galactica'' mistakenly jumps to a different set of coordinates than the rest of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to escape a Cylon attack ([[Scattered]]). The [[FTL]] computers compensate for spatial changes, but due to the chaos after Commander [[William Adama|Adama]] is shot by [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]], Gaeta forgets to synchronize the spatial positioning with the rest of the Fleet, whose FTL computers had collectively different information. Complicating the issue, if ''Galactica'' returns to their original position, the Cylons would destroy the ship before it could recalculate the correct Fleet coordinates using standard procedures.<br />
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Gaeta blames himself (although [[Saul Tigh]] does not), but later realizes that by networking four computers of the ship (something Commander Adama may never have approved), he could reduce the coordinate calculation time from hours to minutes. Knowing the Cylons would try to crack his ad hoc network, Gaeta sets up five [[Wikipedia:Firewall (networking)|firewalls]] in the network to slow their progress while the ship's guns and Vipers buy the time required for the calculations. Unfortunately for Gaeta, the firewalls are not completely effective. Without him realizing it, the Cylons break through the last firewall before he can disconnect the network. As a result, many vital systems are disabled throughout the ship while [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] board the battlestar ([[Valley of Darkness]]). At the end, he manages to purge the systems of any remaining traces of the [[Cylon computer virus|virus]].<br />
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==Under Pressure==<br />
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Gaeta's calm exterior shows signs of wear when his interview with [[D'Anna Biers]] shows him somewhat drunk, smoking, and brandishing a rather garish [[tattoo]] of a tiger. Viewers learn from the footage that Gaeta's first name is Felix ([[Final Cut]]).<br />
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The Cylon virus rears its ugly head once more a few weeks later when shipboard malfunctions increase to a point where consoles begin to sputter and short out. Gaeta confirms that the same virus they thought they had removed from the formerly-networked computers had metamorphized into a heuristic program--a [[logic bomb]]--that studied and probed flaws in the battlestar's computers and the hardware that each system manages. The logic bomb threatenes to disable the ship's human control on a Cylon fighter's command--and a Cylon attack is imminent.<br />
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[[Image:Gaeta tiger tatoo.jpg|thumb|right|Gaeta's tiger tattoo]]<br />
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After Colonel Tigh's command to perform the daunting task of inspecting many lines of computer code for a Cylon virus, the young lieutenant completely loses his cool:<br />
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:'''Gaeta''': A power surge energized the board. System's been twitchy ever since the Cylons infiltrated our network.<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': Commander's right. I don't care if you have to go through this program line by line; fix it.<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': Excuse me?<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': You heard me.<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': Sir, I'm running every diagnostic we've got. Checking each line of code could take days.<br/><br />
:'''Tigh''': I am not interested in excuses. Fix it!<br/><br />
:'''Gaeta''': It's not an excuse, sir. It's a [[frak|frakking]] fact!<br/><br />
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Everyone on the bridge, especially Commander Adama, is shocked by Gaeta's highly uncharacteristic outburst, but Adama is not particularly surprised, knowing that everyone on ''Galactica'' has low morale after working for months with no relief or change to their routine.<br />
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Gaeta has a solution for the logic bomb: Wipe all computer hard drives and restore them from backups made before the Cylon attack. The problem in doing this is that ''Galactica'' will be completely vulnerable to attack, save for her Viper fighters, for several minutes as her computers are rebuilt.<br />
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Against his instincts and on [[Laura Roslin]]'s advice, Adama opts to use the unique abilities of the cooperative [[Sharon Valerii|Caprica copy of Sharon Valerii]] to aid them. Gaeta gives the humanoid Cylon a fiber-optic data link with access to the battlestar mainframe computer and the ship's communications. After a few tense moments, Valerii asks Gaeta to perform the computer hard drive wipe after taking into her computer/brain a copy of the Cylon virus. She manipulates it and transmits to the massive incoming Cylon fleet, disabling the entire Cylon fleet in the same way that the Colonials suffered in the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. The Colonial forces [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|destroy the entire Cylon force]] without a single Colonial casualty ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).<br />
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Gaeta is among the tense officers and crew in CIC that witness a standoff between their battlestar and the heavily-advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', whose commander, Admiral [[Helena Cain]], has opted to execute two ''Galactica'' crew members after she tried them herself and against Adama's requests for the rights of his crew to have a fair, open trial ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]).<br />
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== The Presidential Election and New Caprica ==<br />
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During the presidential election, Gaeta is assigned to aid and oversee the ballot counting process on ''Galactica''. He also aids in thwarting Roslin's plans to steal the election (though he apparently never knew -- or indicates any knowledge of -- who exactly is behind it, other than Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]) by discovering the illegitimate ballots from the ''[[Zephyr]]''. The only reason he realizes that the ''Zephyr'''s ballots were tampered with is due to the fact that the ''Zephyr''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s original, valid ballots had misspelled Gaius Baltar's name -- the fixed ballots did not share this error. (Gaeta had authorized the go-ahead to use the misspelled ballots due to the lack of time to print new ones prior to the opening of the polls.) <br />
Due to this happenstance discovery, Baltar, who had been rightfully voted as President-Elect, was sworn in as president and ordered the Fleet to colonize [[New Caprica]].<br />
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A year later on [[New Caprica]], Gaeta seems to be an adviser to President [[Gaius Baltar]]. His previous post on ''Galactica'' is assumed by [[Karl Agathon]]. While Gaeta is pleased that there had been no Cylon attacks during Baltar's presidency, he disapproves of Baltar's womanizing and is secretly infuriated at Baltar's devil-may-care attitude towards the New Caprica City Worker's Union and the Quorum of Twelve. Gaeta later brings news of the Cylon invasion to the president and is present when Baltar surrenders New Caprica to [[Caprica-Six]] and [[Number Five]] ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).<br />
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Gaeta is also the [[New Caprica Resistance]] inside source into the inner workings of the Cylons. He seems to favor an assassination of President Baltar as he provides the group with information that he is going to attend the [[New Caprica Police]] force graduation, which is disrupted by [[Duck]]'s suicide bombing. However, upon learning that Baltar would not attend, he rushes to contact the group to warn them Baltar that is not going to be there ([[Occupation]]).<br />
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== Inside Man ==<br />
Being the "inside man" allows him to help the [[New Caprica Resistance]] understand the inner Cylon related activities and security procedures on [[New Caprica]]. For him to contact the group, he flips [[Jake (New Caprica)|Jake]]'s yellow bowl upside down and leaves a note or information packet in a nearby tool bin for the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] to find. [[Galen Tyrol]] does not know that he is the "inside man" and when they talk, Tyrol accuses him of being a collaborator ([[Precipice]]).<br />
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== End of the Baltar Administration ==<br />
As the Cylons are preparing to evacuate during the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Gaeta pulls a gun on a distraught President Baltar, clearly intending to kill him. [[Caprica-Six]] attempts to dissuade Gaeta from this course of action. In contrast to his companion's feelings, Baltar seems fully willing to die; but he tells Gaeta that he is the only one who could stop a [[Number Three]]-model Cylon from detonating a nuclear weapon hidden somewhere in the city of New Caprica. This convinces the reluctant Gaeta to let Baltar go, giving the disgraced leader a chance to redeem himself. Gaeta emerges from the same ship behind Colonel Tigh when Tigh asks Admiral Adama for permission to come aboard ''Galactica'' during the post-battle celebration ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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== Return to Duty ==<br />
Gaeta is initially isolated from ''Galactica'''s crew and those who were on New Caprica. Because of his high position in the collaborationist government, they believe he carried out the will of the Cylons. When he arrives in CIC to help with repairs on the communication systems damaged during the recent battle, former resistance leader Colonel Tigh is openly hostile towards him. Gaeta attempts to defend his actions in a tense conversation with [[Kara Thrace]] by revealing himself as Tyrol's mysterious informant. Starbuck doesn't know about the informant, since she was a captive of [[Leoben Conoy]] during the four-month Cylon occupation. She mocks her crewmate and dismisses his revelation as a poorly fabricated lie. <br />
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When Gaeta's name comes up for review in the the [[Circle]], he is convicted of collaborating with the enemy and sentenced to death, despite the lack of evidence against him. The six-person tribunal takes him to a Viper [[launch tubes (RDM)|launch tube]] to face his sentence. When asked to defend himself, Gaeta says that he already had and refuses to beg for his life. This infuriates [[Kara Thrace]], who lashes out at him in a physical attack and resumes the mocking she started in the mess hall. Upon hearing Thrace repeat information about the [[Jake (New Caprica)|dog bowl]], Galen Tyrol realizes that Gaeta was indeed the informant from inside the Baltar administration. Gaeta is released and allowed to go. He resumes his duties as a lieutenant, still shunned by most of his crewmates except Tyrol ([[Collaborators]]). <br />
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After his recommissioning, he takes over Baltar's scientific duties, concentrating on deciphering his notes and determining the course to Earth. Gaeta appears to have a grudge against Tigh for his part in the Circle that nearly ended in Gaeta's death, as he wears a scowl while everyone else celebrates Tigh's return from his self-exile.<br />
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== Animosity towards Baltar ==<br />
Baltar seems to know a secret about Gaeta from their time on New Caprica. During an interrogation, he whispers to Gaeta, "I know what your Eight did," in reference to Gaeta providing lists of names to an Eight, ostensibly to be saved (but in actuality killed by the Cylons). <ref>This was originally the remnant of a subplot that was cut from the storyline, and retconned in order to provide an explanation for the scene. See [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries#From the podcast]] for the explanation</ref>. Baltar's knowledge leads Gaeta to try to kill him by stabbing him in the neck. However, he is stopped and knocked out by Admiral Adama ([[Taking a Break from All Your Worries]]). <br />
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During Baltar's trial for which he faces the death penalty, Gaeta commits perjury, claiming that he was there when Baltar signed the death lists and that Baltar offered no resistance in approving them ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).<br />
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== Member of the ''Demetrius'' Crew and Beyond ==<br />
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Later, Gaeta becomes part of the ''[[Demetrius]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s crew on its mission to find Earth ([[The Ties That Bind]]). After [[Kara Thrace]] orders [[Karl Agathon]] to jump to a Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] to retrieve information regarding Earth, Agathon refuses the order believing it to be too risky. When he is relieved by Thrace, she appoints Gaeta as her new [[XO]] and gives him the same order. Like Agathon, Gaeta refuses to comply with the order, creating a standoff between the ship's officers which leads Agathon to relieve Thrace of command ([[The Road Less Traveled]]). During this standoff Anders shoots Gaeta in the leg before he can initiate a jump back to ''Galactica''. Having to wait 15 hours for a Raptor to return, Gaeta is worried that he will lose his leg because of the lack of proper medical treatement ([[Faith]]).<br />
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Returned to ''Galactica'', Gaeta does lose his leg. In recovery, he deals with the stress and phantom pain by singing a [[Gaeta's Lament|mournful ballad]] over and over ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]). Shortly later, he returns to duty, still in pain from his ordeal, but refusing to be relieved ([[Revelations]]).<br />
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In the webisodes "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" it is revealed that Gaeta has been in a romantic relationship with [[communications officer]] Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi]], though their relationship does not survive the webisode series.<ref>Writer's commentary to webisode 10; Gaeta ends the relationship in order to protect Hoshi from the fallout of what Gaeta is about to do.</ref><br />
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==Notes==<br />
*Gaeta does not wear any junior pilot wings on his duty uniform during the [[Miniseries]], but has flight wings in nearly every appearance since the Miniseries.<br />
*While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]], both under the command of [[William Adama]]. According to the official SciFi.com character data file, Gaeta's title is "Senior Officer of the Watch", although the title of Tactical Officer may have a better "ring" to the ears of most viewers.<br />
*The name "Felix" means "happy" in Latin; the connotations of the Latin word imply being fortunate, lucky, prosperous, or "favored by the gods". It first appeared in the episode "[[Final Cut]]".<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Gaeta|Gaeta]] is the name of a small seaport and resort in southern Italy. This goes well with his Latin first name.<br />
*His counterpart in the Original Series is Sgt. [[Omega]], a native of [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]].<br />
*In the Miniseries, Gaeta's name is usually pronounced "Guy-tah" {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}}, while Colonel Tigh seems to vacillates between {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}} and {{IPA|ˈgaɪ.ɾə}} - this may also be atributed to the varying severity of Michael Hogan's Canadian accent. However, in all subsequent episodes, everyone pronounces it as "Gay-tah" {{IPA|ˈgeɪ.ɾə}}.<br />
*In interview with out.com [[Jamie Bamber]] said Gaeta is "Almost definitely!" gay, referring to the fact that Gaeta has been single. When Bamber was asked about a possible gay storyline, he said "I've heard a specific rumor about a storyline, and it is on some level definitely gay. That would be exciting and probably overdue."<ref>[http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449 http://www.out.com/detail.asp?id=22449]</ref> (Bamber was probably referring to the lesbian storyline in "[[Razor]]" concerning [[Helena Cain]] and [[Gina Inviere]]). Gaeta is later revealed to be bisexual in the webisode series ''[[The Face of the Enemy]]''.<br />
*Unlike most of the series' officers, Gaeta is usually addressed as "Mr. Gaeta", rather than by his rank. This appears to mirror real-world naval tradition, in which male officers with the rank of lieutenant or below are referred to and addressed as 'Mister.'<br />
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The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] evolution into twelve distinct [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid models]] introduced a serious problem for the remnants of humanity in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Early into the search for [[Earth]], it seemed that anyone could be a Cylon, raising doubt and suspicion within the human populace ("[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").<br />
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Fans of the show are rife with speculation about who could be a Cylon infiltrator in the Fleet. Viewers were introduced to the "[[Significant Seven]]" over the course of the miniseries and the first two season, but the nature of each of these characters was revealed shortly after that character's introduction.<br />
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In season three the speculation by both characters and fans turned to the [[Final Five]], enigmatic, almost-mystical figures who seem to have a [[The Temple of Five|link]] to ancient Colonial history. The nature of the five, according to [[Ron D. Moore|Moore]], is "fundamentally different" from the other seven models<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=ffdifferent|timestamp=19:05|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>. <br />
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At the conclusion of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" four recurring characters are revealed to be Cylons. The revelation that long standing characters such as Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] are Cylons blows the field wide open; if they could be "[[toaster]]s," then ''anyone'' could be the last Cylon. In particular, Tigh has a long and well-documented character history dating back to the first [[Cylon War]].<br />
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This article details [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad#Derived content|plausible speculation]] on which of the central and supporting characters in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' could be the final one.<br />
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==Clues from Official Sources==<br />
During a Q&A session on the official Sci Fi channel Battlestar Galactica forum Ronald D. Moore notes that he already knows who the last Cylon is, and that he's already left clues as to who it is<ref>[http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2270103&st=0&p=3041263&#entry3041263 20 Answers - SCI FI FORUMS] Retrieved 03-27-2007</ref>.<br />
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[[Bradley Thompson]] was asked when the writers knew the identity of the final five:<br />
:"Four of the five were recent. If memory serves, the fifth (which may change) we've been kicking around since about the end of Season One."<ref>[[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive8#Identity of the Final Five|BW:OC#Identity of the Final Five]]</ref><br />
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==General factors for consideration==<br />
In terms of narrative, to prevent an anti-climax it seems likely that the final Cylon would probably need to be a more prominent character than those of the Four. This centers the spotlight in the central "human" characters ([[Roslin]], [[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]], [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]). However, there is still half a season for characters to develop and gain significance with viewers.<br />
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With the Final Five being "fundamentally different" from the Seven, extrapolating any characteristics we learned of Cylons from the Seven (including physiology, loyalty or self-awareness) is of questionable validity. <br />
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Colonel Tigh has a well documented history stretching back at least to the first Cylon War. Also considering the [[Temple of Five]] it seems Final Five Cylons somehow significantly pre-date the Seven.<br />
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It has been seen that Cylons can start families, however it is unclear how the Five came to exist. Having known natural parents would ''seem'' to preclude one being any more than half-Cylon.<br />
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Of the 11 so far there have been only four female models. The final Cylon being female would serve to equalize this gender bias.<br />
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The [[first Hybrid]] gives a monologue about his knowledge of the Final Five in the extended version of "[[Razor]]". It states that the fifth Cylon, which is still in shadow, will come toward the light, hungering for redemption which will only come in the howl of terrible suffering.<br />
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With the exception of [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Cally Tyrol]], who are confirmed to have half-Cylon, half-human children<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>, any "human" character could be a Cylon.<br />
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In "[[Revelations]]", [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]], mentions that there are only four of them ''in the Fleet''. If this is true, then this would narrow the field to those characters who are on the rebel basestar at the time, characters previously assumed dead or missing, or other [[#More Esoteric ideas|more esoteric suggestions]]. However, it is uncertain if the statement can be taken so literally. The characters who are on ''Galactica'' or other ships of the Fleet include Lee Adama and Kara Thrace, while Laura Roslin, William Adama and Gaius Baltar are on the Cylon baseship at that time ([[Revelations]]). An alternative interpretation of "in the Fleet" could refer to loyalty and/or self-identity rather than physical presence; Number Three could have been telepathically aware that one (i.e., [[Tory Foster]]) had embraced her Cylon identity, thus leaving four others still loyal to humanity.<br />
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==Main Characters==<br />
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===[[Laura Roslin]]===<br />
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The colonies' president has been unquestionably a boon to humanity's search for earth, indeed the two times she has been removed from office have been the two greatest setbacks in the journey. <br />
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Roslin has also experienced prophetic dreams and visions (those induced by [[chamalla]], and a dream she shared with the Cylons [[Caprica Six]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]). She fits very well the profile of the [[Sacred Scrolls|scroll's]] dying leader, the scrolls also having links to other more mystical elements of the series, including the [[Temple of Five]].<br />
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However her dying nature, from an aggressive form of breast cancer is also the biggest cause to doubt Roslin being a Cylon. It is unknown whether the Final Five can succumb to cancer, but Cylons seem to be generally tougher than humans. Baltar's cure in "[[Epiphanies]]" was probably designed based on the assumption that Roslin's physiology is human.<br />
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===[[William Adama]]===<br />
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If William Adama were revealed to be a Cylon, it would be one of the biggest shocks the series could produce. Overall Adama appears to epitomize a very human set of strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, he does experience hallucinations in the fifth [[Razor Flashback]], although he sees and hears people in his environment instead of seeing himself in a different one. The experience could also be explained by stress or other factors, however.<br />
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The Adama family is well documented. His father, [[Joseph Adama]], was known to [[Romo Lampkin]]. The proposed spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', will feature the history of the Adama family, including a young William. This may be difficult to square with any revelation about William Adama being a Cylon. <br />
{{spoiltext|A robotic duplicate of William Adama's sibling [[Tamara Adama]] is one of the first Cylons (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''). It is not entirely implausible that William Adama could be a similar construct, although these forms of Cylon prototypes are unknown and unlikely to be humanoid.}}<br />
William Adama experiences guilt for actions he believe may have triggered the war ([[Hero]]). This could be the "hungering for redemption" that the [[First Hybrid]] talks about (see above).<br />
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===[[Lee Adama]]===<br />
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Could Lee's chronic angst be partly due to guilt at his Cylon nature? Was the [[Leoben]] who said "Adama's a Cylon" ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]) referring to Lee? (Note: The writers hadn't decided on the identity of the final Cylon at that point. Moreover, if Adama were a member of the Final Five, Leoben would not know this.) He might project in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", although this is more likely an oxygen deprivation induced hallucination.<br />
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The posting of his then-wife [[Anastasia Dualla]] as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s executive officer, despite her lack of seasoning and non-qualification as an aviator, while presumably mitigating the concerns about a junior having undue influence with the commander, also mirrors the placement of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XOs: Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], a Cylon is romantically involved with a Six, and Captain [[Karl Agathon]] is married to an Eight.<br />
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Lee Adama is told that he is "a son trying to flee his father's shadow" by [[Romo Lampkin]]. This conceivably could link with the description of the final Cylon as "still in shadow, drawn toward the light."<br />
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In his defense, Lee is also a member of the well-documented Adama family. A "switched at birth" scenario could explain this, as could the "fundamental differences" between the Final Five and the Significant Seven.<br />
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===[[Gaius Baltar]]===<br />
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Baltar's vast intelligence, weak character and lack of loyalty to anyone but himself have made him ultimately humanity's (unwitting) betrayer. Baltar himself longs to be a Cylon as this would absolve himself, however comes to the conclusion that he is human after all. Baltar certainly has a lot to be guilty about, whether he has enough of a conscience to be truly "hungering for redemption" is questionable, however his confession to Roslin seems to indicate that this is the case ([[The Hub]]).<br />
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There are good reasons to suspect Baltar. He exhibits vast intelligence that may be superhuman in nature. His [[Virtual Six]], her precognitive abilities, and the apparently projected environments they often co-experience are suspicious, as well as the fact that both Virtual Six and later the [[Hybrid]] tell him that he is "chosen".<br />
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In [[Caprica Six]]'s final vision in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" she sees the hooded figures of the final five staring at her from the upper level. Baltar is standing next to her in the vision as well.<br />
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===[[Kara Thrace]]===<br />
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Kara Thrace's path towards her destiny has involved many strange, perhaps supernatural events. Whether this destiny involves her being a Cylon is a matter of speculation (indeed members of the [[Significant Seven]], who do not know who the Final Five are, tell her that she has this destiny), but it is certain there is ''something'' special about Thrace herself.<br />
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Certainly Thrace exhibits phenomenal natural skill as a pilot, and manages to learn to fly a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] exceptionally quickly ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). From childhood, Thrace has been drawing the mandala from the [[Temple of Five]]. However she was also physically abused as a child and still carries the scars; Cylons seem to be more robust than humans and possibly may not carry such long-term injuries. The same may be said of the knee injury which put a stop to Thrace's [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] playing ambitions.<br />
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Most strikingly, the ace pilot apparently dies in "[[Maelstrom]]" but returns ([[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]?) in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". Furthermore, not being on ''Galactica'' at the time, Thrace is the only major "human" character who has a reason for not reacting to the [[The Music|music]] which, to the "four", reverberates around the ship. However the final Cylon may, for some reason, not have heard it, or may have ignored it.<br />
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Thrace has engaged in combat with [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] on many occasions without any incident similar to the one which occurs between Anders and the Raider during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], however it is possible that the Raider was only able to identify Anders because he had already been "activated".<br />
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[[Katee Sackhoff]] was apparently told she is not a Cylon<ref>[http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8547/redeye3copyci7.jpg See this magazine cutting.]</ref>.<br />
{{spoilli|According to [http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html this source] as of "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", Kara Thrace believes herself to be a Cylon, whilst Katee Sackhoff believes otherwise.}}<br />
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===None of the above?===<br />
[[Image:Battlestar Galactica Last Supper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Last Supper"]]<br />
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The January 2008 edition of [[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] showcases a two-page photo of the cast for [[Season Four]] posed in a manner similar to Leonardo DaVinci's ''[[w:The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' with an explanation of each character's pose/position provided by Ron Moore. Near the far left of the table a space is left vacant and a cup sits on the table marking the absent character's intended place. Moore tells EW that "We have not yet revealed the final [unknown] Cylon." and when asked if there was a possibility that the final Cylon was indeed ''not'' seated at the table Moore notes "You ferreted that out pretty slyly. I didn't really want to give that away."<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/814818.html#cutid1|title=What does this picture mean? Try to crack the 'BSG' code.|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|page=40, 41|date=January 11, 2008|accessdate=English|language=}}</ref> William Adama, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar, and Kara Thrace are all present in the picture, as are [[Final Five]] Cylons Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, and Samuel Anders.<br />
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However, the importance of this photo is seriously put to question given [[Aaron Douglas]]' comments on the photo. According to the actor, he was unsure that Moore had anything to do with the photo, given that Moore was not present for the shoot. Additionally, the photo shoot had at least six different setups and the actors had changed places during the photo shoot, thus contending that there is no hidden meaning for the photo.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/55289.html|title=The Chief's Deck: BSG Last Supper Photo|date=8 January 2008|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> Moore, however, later explicitly confirmed that the final Cylon is not in the picture.<br />
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==Others==<br />
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===[[Tom Zarek]]===<br />
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Based upon the mutterings of the Hybrid in "Razor", as well as Ron Moore's claim that he has already left clues to the final Cylon, one could assume Tom Zarek is the last Cylon to be found. <br />
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Tom Zarek likes to move from second-line positions, is not big on being in charge but always craving to be noticed and understood, is constantly trying to make people understand why he did the things he spent time in jail for, and has the "cleanest" past (no known relatives, etc.). His criminal background and political ambitions fit with someone "hungering for redemption."<br />
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===[[Anastasia Dualla]]===<br />
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Her first name "Anastasia" is the feminine form of "Anastasius", ancient Greek for "resurrection".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/anastasia Behindthename.com "Anastasia" ]</ref><ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/anastasius Behindthename.com "Anastasius"]</ref> Her surname "Dualla" may be derived from Latin word ''Dualis'', from which originates the English words "dual" and "duality", such as a Cylon living as a human - or a Sagittaron serving as a soldier ([[The Woman King]]).<br />
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The rejection of her people's pacifism and her failure to reconcile with her father over their final heated argument ([[Final Cut]]) allude to the redemption angle.<br />
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At the time of the initial Cylon attack, she immediately threw herself at the [[Billy Keikeya|special assistant to the president]] and promptly developed a romantic relationship with him. Despite having never undertaken the years of formal military education of a colonial officer, she managed to maneuver herself to receive a commission and a vital posting as the [[executive officer]] of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and to become become related by marriage to both the military and (later) civilian leadership of the Fleet. Her posting as ''Pegasus''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XO, despite her lack of seasoning and non-qualification as an aviator <ref>To the extent that BSG incorporates real-world naval concepts and traditions, an aircraft carrier's (i.e. a battlestar's) CO and XO would customarily be qualified aviators.</ref> while presumably mitigating the concerns about a junior having undue influence with the commander (her husband), also mirrors the placement of ''Galactica''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s XOs: Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] is a Final Five Cylon and romantically involved with a Six, and Captain [[Karl Agathon]] is married to an Eight.<br />
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She is the by far the most prominent "human" remaining who is not of substantially (real-world Earth) European ethnicity. Edward James Olmos wears blue contact lenses to portray Admiral Adama as non-Hispanic, and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] (portrayed by Olmos's son, [[Bodie Olmos]]) and [[Felix Gaeta]] (portrayed by Italian [[Alessandro Juliani]]) are very ''blanco'' Hispanics if not European. All other prominent non-European characters are either dead or Cylons: East Indian [[Rekha Sharma]] as Cylon [[Tory Foster]], African [[Rick Worthy]] as Cylon [[Number Four]] / [[Simon]], Korean [[Grace Park]] as Cylon [[Number Eight|Number Eight / Sharons]], African [[Lorena Gale]] as the late [[Elosha]], and Eurasian [[Lily Duong-Walton]] & [[Alexandra Thomas]] as the half-Cylon [[Hera Agathon]]. In this day and age, it seems unlikely that the writers would make ''all'' of the prominent "ethnics" who are allowed to live be Cylons.<br />
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===[[Felix Gaeta]]===<br />
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After [[Anastasia Dualla]], Gaeta is the most prominent character not depicted in the Last Supper photograph. His double-agent (or, implied by Baltar and Sweet Eight, ''triple''-agent) cross-collaboration on New Caprica, his perjury at Baltar's trial, and his morphine addiction all leave him seeking redemption.<br />
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A counterargument against Gaeta, however, is analogous to that against Dualla. Whereas Dualla is the most prominent member of a racial or ethnic minority still depicted as alive and presumably human, Gaeta is the most prominent sexual minority so depicted. His former<ref>''See'' writer commentary to "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" webisode 10, which states that Gaeta ends his relationship with Hoshi at the webisode's conclusion.</ref> lover, [[Louis Hoshi]], is a very minor character, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] is dead, and all other known gays/bisexuals are or were Cylons ([[Gina Inviere]], [[Caprica Six]] and[[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Downloaded Three]]).<br />
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=== [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] ===<br />
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Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a unique case, given that she has broken away from her model line by voting for the lobotomization of the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], for the first time in Cylon history. Further, she has grown to disdain humanity as a result of what transpired on [[New Caprica]], and, while given the duty to take care of [[Hera Agathon]], she later attempts to kill Hera as she views the child as a mistake. <br />
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Valerii has since made it a point to go against the grain of Cylon society, inciting a [[Cylon Civil War|civil war]] and accompanies [[Cavil]] to the [[Resurrection Hub]] to resurrect [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Number Three]] in the attempt to stop it. Further, she satisfies many of the pre-existing conditions, including:<br />
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# Having been around since Season 1<ref>It should be noted that her "Cylon" nature was a last minute decision in the Miniseries. Further, she is continually at odds with her programming and her defective nature has yet been seen in other Cylon models.</ref>.<br />
# She is not present in the Last Supper photo.<br />
# Valerii is a major character.<br />
# Three is the first to see Valerii and is aware of her existence. Three's quip at Eights always going to something "shiny" may be an attempt to test her. Also, Three does not kill Valerii after snapping Cavil's neck, suggesting that Three either did not desire her to come to harm or was unconcerned about her fate. Further, Valerii does escape the Hub prior to its destruction per the [[Podcast:The Hub|podcast]] for "[[The Hub]]".<br />
# If the [[First Hybrid]] is correct, the Last Cylon is clawing for redemption. Valerii has much that she may be redeemed for, including her various murder attempts (namely [[William Adama]] and Hera Agathon), and her failure to bring about peaceful coexistence with the humans and the Cylon race.<br />
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Like the four known members of the Final Five, Valerii was ignorant of her Cylon nature.<br />
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The only downside to this theory is that Valerii is part of the [[Number Eight]] model line. However, given that the Final Five are "fundamentally different", this yet to be explained fundamental difference may be able to explain this. Further, none of the Final Five have model numbers, and are thus outside the Significant Seven's mainstream; the Five may have infiltrated Cylon society as well in some way, just the same way Tigh and the others were able to infiltrate human society dating back to at least 30 years pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br />
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===[[Virtual beings]]===<br />
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The virtual beings (possibly including the [[virtual Leoben]]) may actually be a single entity, the final Cylon being more spiritual than corporal. Virtual Six claims to be an angel from the Cylon God, which could be roughly correlated with the "the five priests devoted to the one whose name cannot be spoken" from [[Pythia]]. The overall actions of these beings seem to be neither pro-Cylon or pro-human, which fits with the Final five being a third party in the dynamic of the battle.<br />
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None of the other final five have shown similar characteristics to this, and there is no particular reason to suggest the final Cylon is greatly different from his or her four "siblings". When Number Three sees her vision of the final five in the [[Opera House]] (a vision repeated for other characters, thus not simply in her mind) they are five humanoid figures in white robes, at least one of which is known to her.<br />
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===More Esoteric ideas===<br />
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The final Cylon is<br />
*on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] or the entire population of Earth are copies of the last Cylon.<br />
*dead.<br />
*a deceased character known to the audience.<br />
*[[God (RDM)|God]] or some other divine entity. Note that [[God_%28RDM%29#Official_statements|an early draft of the Season 1 cliffhanger]] was to depict [[Virtual Six]] taking Baltar to see, not the hybrid infant as was ultimately filmed, but [[Dirk Benedict]] as [[God_%28RDM%29#Official_statements|God]].<br />
*a single, somehow distinct, copy of a known Cylon - such as Boomer, analyzed above.<br />
*one of the [[Hybrid]]s.<br />
*a character to be featured in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' such as [[Zoe Graystone]] or [[Tamara Adama]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Humanoid_Cylon_speculation&diff=170292Humanoid Cylon speculation2009-01-13T20:43:59Z<p>Serenity: Removing some of the more silly things. Some of this is really grasping at straws. Spelling corrections</p>
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<div>{{plausible speculation}}<br />
The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] evolution into twelve distinct [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid models]] introduced a serious problem for the remnants of humanity in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]. Early into the search for [[Earth]], it seemed that anyone could be a Cylon, raising doubt and suspicion within the human populace ("[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").<br />
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Fans of the show are rife with speculation about who could be a Cylon infiltrator in the Fleet. Viewers were introduced to the "[[Significant Seven]]" over the course of the miniseries and the first two season, but the nature of each of these characters was revealed shortly after that character's introduction.<br />
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In season three the speculation by both characters and fans turned to the [[Final Five]], enigmatic, almost-mystical figures who seem to have a [[The Temple of Five|link]] to ancient Colonial history. The nature of the five, according to [[Ron D. Moore|Moore]], is "fundamentally different" from the other seven models<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=ffdifferent|timestamp=19:05|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>. <br />
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At the conclusion of "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" four recurring characters are revealed to be Cylons. The revelation that long standing characters such as Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] and Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] are Cylons blows the field wide open; if they could be "[[toaster]]s," then ''anyone'' could be the last Cylon. In particular, Tigh has a long and well-documented character history dating back to the first [[Cylon War]].<br />
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This article details [[Battlestar Wiki:Citation Jihad#Derived content|plausible speculation]] on which of the central and supporting characters in ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' could be the final one.<br />
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==Clues from Official Sources==<br />
During a Q&A session on the official Sci Fi channel Battlestar Galactica forum Ronald D. Moore notes that he already knows who the last Cylon is, and that he's already left clues as to who it is<ref>[http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2270103&st=0&p=3041263&#entry3041263 20 Answers - SCI FI FORUMS] Retrieved 03-27-2007</ref>.<br />
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[[Bradley Thompson]] was asked when the writers knew the identity of the final five:<br />
:"Four of the five were recent. If memory serves, the fifth (which may change) we've been kicking around since about the end of Season One."<ref>[[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive8#Identity of the Final Five|BW:OC#Identity of the Final Five]]</ref><br />
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==General factors for consideration==<br />
In terms of narrative, to prevent an anti-climax it seems likely that the final Cylon would probably need to be a more prominent character than those of the Four. This centers the spotlight in the central "human" characters ([[Roslin]], [[William Adama|William]] and [[Lee Adama]], [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] and [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]]). However, there is still half a season for characters to develop and gain significance with viewers.<br />
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With the Final Five being "fundamentally different" from the Seven, extrapolating any characteristics we learned of Cylons from the Seven (including physiology, loyalty or self-awareness) is of questionable validity. <br />
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Colonel Tigh has a well documented history stretching back at least to the first Cylon War. Also considering the [[Temple of Five]] it seems Final Five Cylons somehow significantly pre-date the Seven.<br />
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It has been seen that Cylons can start families, however it is unclear how the Five came to exist. Having known natural parents would ''seem'' to preclude one being any more than half-Cylon.<br />
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Of the 11 so far there have been only four female models. The final Cylon being female would serve to equalize this gender bias.<br />
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The [[first Hybrid]] gives a monologue about his knowledge of the Final Five in the extended version of "[[Razor]]". It states that the fifth Cylon, which is still in shadow, will come toward the light, hungering for redemption which will only come in the howl of terrible suffering.<br />
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With the exception of [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Cally Tyrol]], who are confirmed to have half-Cylon, half-human children<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Frak Party Q and A|act=|id=hybridnick|timestamp=22:41|totalrunning=78:27}}</ref>, any "human" character could be a Cylon.<br />
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In "[[Revelations]]", [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|D'Anna Biers]], mentions that there are only four of them ''in the Fleet''. If this is true, then this would narrow the field to those characters who are on the rebel basestar at the time, characters previously assumed dead or missing, or other [[#More Esoteric ideas|more esoteric suggestions]]. However, it is uncertain if the statement can be taken so literally. The characters who are on ''Galactica'' or other ships of the Fleet include Lee Adama and Kara Thrace, while Laura Roslin, William Adama and Gaius Baltar are on the Cylon baseship at that time ([[Revelations]]). An alternative interpretation of "in the Fleet" could refer to loyalty and/or self-identity rather than physical presence; Number Three could have been telepathically aware that one (i.e., [[Tory Foster]]) had embraced her Cylon identity, thus leaving four others still loyal to humanity.<br />
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==Main Characters==<br />
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===[[Laura Roslin]]===<br />
[[Image:Laura_Roslin_promo.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
The colonies' president has been unquestionably a boon to humanity's search for earth, indeed the two times she has been removed from office have been the two greatest setbacks in the journey. <br />
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Roslin has also experienced prophetic dreams and visions (those induced by [[chamalla]], and a dream she shared with the Cylons [[Caprica Six]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]). She fits very well the profile of the [[Sacred Scrolls|scroll's]] dying leader, the scrolls also having links to other more mystical elements of the series, including the [[Temple of Five]].<br />
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However her dying nature, from an aggressive form of breast cancer is also the biggest cause to doubt Roslin being a Cylon. It is unknown whether the Final Five can succumb to cancer, but Cylons seem to be generally tougher than humans. Baltar's cure in "[[Epiphanies]]" was probably designed based on the assumption that Roslin's physiology is human.<br />
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===[[William Adama]]===<br />
[[Image:William_Adama_promo.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
If William Adama were revealed to be a Cylon, it would be one of the biggest shocks the series could produce. Overall Adama appears to epitomize a very human set of strengths and weaknesses. Nevertheless, he does experience hallucinations in the fifth [[Razor Flashback]], although he sees and hears people in his environment instead of seeing himself in a different one. The experience could also be explained by stress or other factors, however.<br />
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The Adama family is well documented. His father, [[Joseph Adama]], was known to [[Romo Lampkin]]. The proposed spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'', will feature the history of the Adama family, including a young William. This may be difficult to square with any revelation about William Adama being a Cylon. <br />
{{spoiltext|A robotic duplicate of William Adama's sibling [[Tamara Adama]] is one of the first Cylons (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''). It is not entirely implausible that William Adama could be a similar construct, although these forms of Cylon prototypes are unknown and unlikely to be humanoid.}}<br />
William Adama experiences guilt for actions he believe may have triggered the war ([[Hero]]). This could be the "hungering for redemption" that the [[First Hybrid]] talks about (see above).<br />
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===[[Lee Adama]]===<br />
[[Image:Lee_Adama_promo.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
Could Lee's chronic angst be partly due to guilt at his Cylon nature? Was the [[Leoben]] who said "Adama's a Cylon" ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]) referring to Lee? (Note: The writers hadn't decided on the identity of the final Cylon at that point. Moreover, if Adama were a member of the Final Five, Leoben would not know this.) He might project in "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]", although this is more likely an oxygen deprivation induced hallucination.<br />
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The posting of his then-wife [[Anastasia Dualla]] as ''Pegasus'''s executive officer, despite her lack of seasoning and non-qualification as an aviator, while presumably mitigating the concerns about a junior having undue influence with the commander, also mirrors the placement of ''Galactica'''s XOs: Colonel [[Saul Tigh]], a Cylon is romantically involved with a Six, and Captain [[Karl Agathon]] is married to an Eight.<br />
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Lee Adama is told that he is "a son trying to flee his father's shadow" by [[Romo Lampkin]]. This conceivably could link with the description of the final Cylon as "still in shadow, drawn toward the light."<br />
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In his defense, Lee is also a member of the well-documented Adama family. A "switched at birth" scenario could explain this, as could the "fundamental differences" between the Final Five and the Significant Seven.<br />
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===[[Gaius Baltar]]===<br />
[[Image:Gaius_Baltar_promo.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
{{mainarticle|Baltar as Cylon speculation}}<br />
Baltar's vast intelligence, weak character and lack of loyalty to anyone but himself have made him ultimately humanity's (unwitting) betrayer. Baltar himself longs to be a Cylon as this would absolve himself, however comes to the conclusion that he is human after all. Baltar certainly has a lot to be guilty about, whether he has enough of a conscience to be truly "hungering for redemption" is questionable, however his confession to Roslin seems to indicate that this is the case ([[The Hub]]).<br />
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There are good reasons to suspect Baltar. He exhibits vast intelligence that may be superhuman in nature. His [[Virtual Six]], her precognitive abilities, and the apparently projected environments they often co-experience are suspicious, as well as the fact that both Virtual Six and later the [[Hybrid]] tell him that he is "chosen".<br />
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In [[Caprica Six]]'s final vision in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]" she sees the hooded figures of the final five staring at her from the upper level. Baltar is standing next to her in the vision as well.<br />
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===[[Kara Thrace]]===<br />
[[Image:Kara_Thrace.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
{{seealso|The Destiny}}<br />
Kara Thrace's path towards her destiny has involved many strange, perhaps supernatural events. Whether this destiny involves her being a Cylon is a matter of speculation (indeed members of the [[Significant Seven]], who do not know who the Final Five are, tell her that she has this destiny), but it is certain there is ''something'' special about Thrace herself.<br />
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Certainly Thrace exhibits phenomenal natural skill as a pilot, and manages to learn to fly a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] exceptionally quickly ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). From childhood, Thrace has been drawing the mandala from the [[Temple of Five]]. However she was also physically abused as a child and still carries the scars; Cylons seem to be more robust than humans and possibly may not carry such long-term injuries. The same may be said of the knee injury which put a stop to Thrace's [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] playing ambitions.<br />
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Most strikingly, the ace pilot apparently dies in "[[Maelstrom]]" but returns ([[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]?) in "[[Crossroads, Part II]]". Furthermore, not being on ''Galactica'' at the time, Thrace is the only major "human" character who has a reason for not reacting to the [[The Music|music]] which, to the "four", reverberates around the ship. However the final Cylon may, for some reason, not have heard it, or may have ignored it.<br />
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Thrace has engaged in combat with [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] on many occasions without any incident similar to the one which occurs between Anders and the Raider during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], however it is possible that the Raider was only able to identify Anders because he had already been "activated".<br />
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[[Katee Sackhoff]] was apparently told she is not a Cylon<ref>[http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8547/redeye3copyci7.jpg See this magazine cutting.]</ref>.<br />
{{spoilli|According to [http://roadrunnerdm.livejournal.com/84288.html this source] as of "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]", Kara Thrace believes herself to be a Cylon, whilst Katee Sackhoff believes otherwise.}}<br />
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===None of the above?===<br />
[[Image:Battlestar Galactica Last Supper.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"The Last Supper"]]<br />
{{seealso|The Last Supper}}<br />
The January 2008 edition of [[w:Entertainment Weekly|Entertainment Weekly]] showcases a two-page photo of the cast for [[Season Four]] posed in a manner similar to Leonardo DaVinci's ''[[w:The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' with an explanation of each character's pose/position provided by Ron Moore. Near the far left of the table a space is left vacant and a cup sits on the table marking the absent character's intended place. Moore tells EW that "We have not yet revealed the final [unknown] Cylon." and when asked if there was a possibility that the final Cylon was indeed ''not'' seated at the table Moore notes "You ferreted that out pretty slyly. I didn't really want to give that away."<ref>{{cite_news|first=|last=|url=http://community.livejournal.com/battlestar_blog/814818.html#cutid1|title=What does this picture mean? Try to crack the 'BSG' code.|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|page=40, 41|date=January 11, 2008|accessdate=English|language=}}</ref> William Adama, Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar, and Kara Thrace are all present in the picture, as are [[Final Five]] Cylons Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, and Samuel Anders.<br />
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However, the importance of this photo is seriously put to question given [[Aaron Douglas]]' comments on the photo. According to the actor, he was unsure that Moore had anything to do with the photo, given that Moore was not present for the shoot. Additionally, the photo shoot had at least six different setups and the actors had changed places during the photo shoot, thus contending that there is no hidden meaning for the photo.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/55289.html|title=The Chief's Deck: BSG Last Supper Photo|date=8 January 2008|accessdate=9 January 2009|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> Moore, however, later explicitly confirmed that the final Cylon is not in the picture.<br />
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==Others==<br />
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===[[Tom Zarek]]===<br />
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[[Image:Zarek.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
Based upon the mutterings of the Hybrid in "Razor", as well as Ron Moore's claim that he has already left clues to the final Cylon, one could assume Tom Zarek is the last Cylon to be found. <br />
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Tom Zarek likes to move from second-line positions, is not big on being in charge but always craving to be noticed and understood, is constantly trying to make people understand why he did the things he spent time in jail for, and has the "cleanest" past (no known relatives, etc.). His criminal background and political ambitions fit with someone "hungering for redemption."<br />
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===[[Anastasia Dualla]]===<br />
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[[Image:Anastasia_Dualla.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
Her first name "Anastasia" is the feminine form of "Anastasius", ancient Greek for "resurrection".<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/anastasia Behindthename.com "Anastasia" ]</ref><ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/anastasius Behindthename.com "Anastasius"]</ref> Her surname "Dualla" may be derived from Latin word ''Dualis'', from which originates the English words "dual" and "duality", such as a Cylon living as a human - or a Sagittaron serving as a soldier ([[The Woman King]]).<br />
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The rejection of her people's pacifism and her failure to reconcile with her father over their final heated argument ([[Final Cut]]) allude to the redemption angle.<br />
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At the time of the initial Cylon attack, she immediately threw herself at the [[Billy Keikeya|special assistant to the president]] and promptly developed a romantic relationship with him. Despite having never undertaken the years of formal military education of a colonial officer, she managed to maneuver herself to receive a commission and a vital posting as the [[executive officer]] of ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', and to become become related by marriage to both the military and (later) civilian leadership of the Fleet. Her posting as ''PegasU'''s XO, despite her lack of seasoning and non-qualification as an aviator <ref>To the extent that BSG incorporates real-world naval concepts and traditions, an aircraft carrier's (i.e. a battlestar's) CO and XO would customarily be qualified aviators.</ref> while presumably mitigating the concerns about a junior having undue influence with the commander (her husband), also mirrors the placement of ''Galactica'''s XOs: Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] is a Final Five Cylon and romantically involved with a Six, and Captain [[Karl Agathon]] is married to an Eight.<br />
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She is the by far the most prominent "human" remaining who is not of substantially (real-world Earth) European ethnicity. Edward James Olmos wears blue contact lenses to portray Admiral Adama as non-Hispanic, and [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] (portrayed by Olmos's son, [[Bodie Olmos]]) and [[Felix Gaeta]] (portrayed by Italian [[Alessandro Juliani]]) are very ''blanco'' Hispanics if not European. All other prominent non-European characters are either dead or Cylons: East Indian [[Rekha Sharma]] as Cylon [[Tory Foster]], African [[Rick Worthy]] as Cylon [[Number Four]] / [[Simon]], Korean [[Grace Park]] as Cylon [[Number Eight|Number Eight / Sharons]], African [[Lorena Gale]] as the late [[Elosha]], and Eurasian [[Lily Duong-Walton]] & [[Alexandra Thomas]] as the half-Cylon [[Hera Agathon]]. In this day and age, it seems unlikely that the writers would make ''all'' of the prominent "ethnics" who are allowed to live be Cylons.<br />
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===[[Felix Gaeta]]===<br />
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[[Image:Felix_Gaeta.jpg|right|90px]]<br />
After [[Anastasia Dualla]], Gaeta is the most prominent character not depicted in the Last Supper photograph. His double-agent (or, implied by Baltar and Sweet Eight, ''triple''-agent) cross-collaboration on New Caprica, his perjury at Baltar's trial, and his morphine addiction all leave him seeking redemption.<br />
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A counterargument against Gaeta, however, is analogous to that against Dualla. Whereas Dualla is the most prominent member of a racial or ethnic minority still depicted as alive and presumably human, Gaeta is the most prominent sexual minority so depicted. His former<ref>''See'' writer commentary to "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" webisode 10, which states that Gaeta ends his relationship with Hoshi at the webisode's conclusion.</ref> lover, [[Louis Hoshi]], is a very minor character, Admiral [[Helena Cain]] is dead, and all other known gays/bisexuals are or were Cylons ([[Gina Inviere]], [[Caprica Six]] and[[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Downloaded Three]]).<br />
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=== [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] ===<br />
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[[Image:Sharon.PNG|right|90px]]<br />
Sharon "Boomer" Valerii is a unique case, given that she has broken away from her model line by voting for the lobotomization of the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]], for the first time in Cylon history. Further, she has grown to disdain humanity as a result of what transpired on [[New Caprica]], and, while given the duty to take care of [[Hera Agathon]], she later attempts to kill Hera as she views the child as a mistake. <br />
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Valerii has since made it a point to go against the grain of Cylon society, inciting a [[Cylon Civil War|civil war]] and accompanies [[Cavil]] to the [[Resurrection Hub]] to resurrect [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Number Three]] in the attempt to stop it. Further, she satisfies many of the pre-existing conditions, including:<br />
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# Having been around since Season 1<ref>It should be noted that her "Cylon" nature was a last minute decision in the Miniseries. Further, she is continually at odds with her programming and her defective nature has yet been seen in other Cylon models.</ref>.<br />
# She is not present in the Last Supper photo.<br />
# Valerii is a major character.<br />
# Three is the first to see Valerii and is aware of her existence. Three's quip at Eights always going to something "shiny" may be an attempt to test her. Also, Three does not kill Valerii after snapping Cavil's neck, suggesting that Three either did not desire her to come to harm or was unconcerned about her fate. Further, Valerii does escape the Hub prior to its destruction per the [[Podcast:The Hub|podcast]] for "[[The Hub]]".<br />
# If the [[First Hybrid]] is correct, the Last Cylon is clawing for redemption. Valerii has much that she may be redeemed for, including her various murder attempts (namely [[William Adama]] and Hera Agathon), and her failure to bring about peaceful coexistence with the humans and the Cylon race.<br />
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Like the four known members of the Final Five, Valerii was ignorant of her Cylon nature.<br />
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The only downside to this theory is that Valerii is part of the [[Number Eight]] model line. However, given that the Final Five are "fundamentally different", this yet to be explained fundamental difference may be able to explain this. Further, none of the Final Five have model numbers, and are thus outside the Significant Seven's mainstream; the Five may have infiltrated Cylon society as well in some way, just the same way Tigh and the others were able to infiltrate human society dating back to at least 30 years pre-[[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]].<br />
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===[[Virtual beings]]===<br />
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The virtual beings (possibly including the [[virtual Leoben]]) may actually be a single entity, the final Cylon being more spiritual than corporal. Virtual Six claims to be an angel from the Cylon God, which could be roughly correlated with the "the five priests devoted to the one whose name cannot be spoken" from [[Pythia]]. The overall actions of these beings seem to be neither pro-Cylon or pro-human, which fits with the Final five being a third party in the dynamic of the battle.<br />
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None of the other final five have shown similar characteristics to this, and there is no particular reason to suggest the final Cylon is greatly different from his or her four "siblings". When Number Three sees her vision of the final five in the [[Opera House]] (a vision repeated for other characters, thus not simply in her mind) they are five humanoid figures in white robes, at least one of which is known to her.<br />
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===More Esoteric ideas===<br />
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The final Cylon is<br />
*on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] or the entire population of Earth are copies of the last Cylon.<br />
*dead.<br />
*a deceased character known to the audience.<br />
*[[God (RDM)|God]] or some other divine entity. Note that [[God_%28RDM%29#Official_statements|an early draft of the Season 1 cliffhanger]] was to depict [[Virtual Six]] taking Baltar to see, not the hybrid infant as was ultimately filmed, but [[Dirk Benedict]] as [[God_%28RDM%29#Official_statements|God]].<br />
*a single, somehow distinct, copy of a known Cylon - such as Boomer, analyzed above.<br />
*one of the [[Hybrid]]s.<br />
*a character to be featured in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' such as [[Zoe Graystone]] or [[Tamara Adama]].<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Galen_Tyrol&diff=170291Galen Tyrol2009-01-13T20:36:04Z<p>Serenity: </p>
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|photo= Galen Tyrol.jpg<br />
|age=Believed to be 30<ref>Tyrol stated that he has "served on battlestars since I was 18" ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]), and had "ten years experience" at the time of the Cylon attack ([[Miniseries]]) which would make him 28 at the time. The events of the third season take place two years later. With the revelation of his Cylon nature, his evidently planted memories raise uncertainy about his true age.</ref><br />
|colony= [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenon]]<br />
|birthname= <br />
|callsign= <br />
|seen= Miniseries<br />
|death=<br />
|parents= Allegedly an unnamed [[oracle]] (mother) and [[priest]] (father).<br />
|siblings=<br />
|children=[[Nicholas Tyrol]]<br />
|marital status= Widowed, formerly married to [[Cally Tyrol]] †<br />
|role= Former Senior NCO of the hangar deck crew, [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''<br />
|rank= Specialist <ref>In [[The Face of the Enemy#Episode 10|''The Face of the Enemy'' webisode 10]], Colonel Tigh makesa reference to an upcoming meeting to discuss "''Mister'' Tyrol's" ideas. It has not yet been revealed whether this is a writer's error, or if Tyrol has been either commissioned, warranted, or discharged.</ref><br />
|serial= <br/> 312365<ref name="serial">The original dog tags showed a different name and serial number: "C. Tyrol ser 312365" ([http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=16040&view=findpost&p=1890295 "Questions for Aaron Douglas"] messageboard Q&A with actor Aaron Douglas).</ref> <br/>409185<ref name="serial 2">Recent tag photos from the actor show the correct name but with a new serial number ([http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/45310.html The Chief's Deck fan blog]), which is also the number supplied to QMX for the dogtag replicas.</ref><br />
|actor= [[Aaron Douglas]]<br />
|5cylon= y<br />
|name= Galen Tyrol<br />
}}<br />
== Biography ==<br />
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=== Background ===<br />
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'''Galen Tyrol''', often referred to as "Chief", was the highest ranking NCO remaining aboard ''[[Galactica]]'' before being demoted. He served aboard battlestars from the age of eighteen, including ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]'', and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). He has served under [[William Adama]] on ''Galactica'' for five years ([[Litmus]]), and has considerable respect for the Commander - a feeling that is reciprocated. Indeed, he admires Adama to such a degree that he has modeled 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 />
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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 Commander Adama for the vent and loss of 85 of his people ([[Miniseries]]), and saving a mortally-wounded crewmate while leaving himself and [[Cally Henderson]] 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 />
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Originally leading [[Deck Crew 5]], a team of 15 [[deckhand]]s and specialists, since the Cylon attack he has become the most senior and experienced NCO on ''Galactica''.<br />
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=== Cylon Attack ===<br />
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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]] [[Viper Mark II|Mark II]] [[Viper 7242|N7242C]] - the Viper originally flown by William Adama at the time of the [[Cylon War]] ([[Miniseries]]).<br />
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Following the attack, with ''Galactica'' undermanned, Tyrol also performs the function of senior Damage Control officer ([[Miniseries]] / [[Water]]), a role that brings him into conflict with [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]] after the ''Galactica'' is struck by a Cylon nuclear warhead.<br />
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=== Relationship with Sharon Valerii ===<br />
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[[Image:Sharontyrol.jpg|thumb|right|[[Sharon Valerii]] and Galen Tyrol.]]<br />
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For several months prior to the Cylon attack, and in its aftermath, Tyrol has been engaged in an affair with Lieutenant [[Sharon Valerii]], one of ''Galactica'''s [[Raptor]] pilots. 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 />
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When the water supplies on ''Galactica'' are sabotaged, Tyrol is placed in an awkward position: by her own admission, 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 ''Galactica'' received from a nuclear warhead in the Cylon attack ([[Water]] / [[Miniseries]]).<br />
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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 humanoid Cylon (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 (RDM)|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 (RDM)|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|Part II]]) <br />
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While Tyrol is the more experienced leader, his non-commissioned status leaves Lieutenant [[Alex Quartararo|Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo]] in charge of the survivors. When Crashdown blames [[Tarn]] for leaving a needed med kit behind -- Socinus is injured during the crash and [[serisone]] is needed to help him breathe -- Tyrol steps in, recommending that he and [[Cally Henderson]] accompany Tarn. After successfully retrieving the kit from the Raptor crash site and heading back to the party, the trio is ambushed by Cylons and Tarn is killed ([[Scattered]]). Eventually, he and Henderson make it back to the party, only to find out that it is too late. Upon [[Seelix]]'s urging, Tyrol euthanizes Socinus with an overdose of [[morpha]] from both medkits to spare him a more painful death ([[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 Henderson, 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 becomes clear that there were five Cylons at the battery, Henderson refuses to conduct a divionary attack. Tyrol attempts to diffuse the situation by trying to state that the DRADIS dish is undefended; all that needs to be done is to destroy it, and the turret could not automatically target the incoming [[SAR]] operation. Crashdown has a breakdown and irrationally threatens to kill Henderson, prompting Baltar to [[w: Frag (military)|frag]] Crashdown. <br />
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As the command officer, per se, Tyrol later destroys the DRADIS dish as the Cylons pursue them towards it. Tyrol then makes a stand against the Cylons, screaming and firing his pistol at them. The Cylons are all killed; a surprised Tyrol turns around and sees that a [[Raptor]], preserved by Tyrol's destruction of the dish, has destroyed the Centurions with a missile ([[Fragged]]).<br />
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=== After Kobol ===<br />
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Tyrol is arrested and interrogated by Colonel Tigh, due to his relationship with Commander Adama's would-be assassin. Tigh accuses him of being part of the plot to kill Adama, throwing him in the same cell as Valerii. Baltar later visits the cell on the pretense of drawing Tyrol's blood to analyze via the [[Cylon detector]]. In fact, Tyrol is used as a means to extract information from Valerii; Baltar injects a drug that induces a systemic shutdown of Tyrol's organs, telling Valerii that the chief only has moments to live and that providing him with information on the numbers of humanoid Cylons within the fleet is the only thing that could save Tyrol. After extracting the alleged number of Cylons in the Fleet from Valerii, Tyrol is injected with an antidote and is eventually declared human by Baltar (who does not run the test). <br />
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Tyrol is present when his own deckhand, Cally Henderson, kills Valerii, as Tyrol accompanies the security escort to Valerii's testing cell ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). This act causes Tyrol to withdraw more from interaction with his own staff, many of which are 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 begins 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 becomes too much to manage. Under pressure from [[CAG]] [[Lee Adama]] to keep his Vipers flying, and mostly because he has little else to do, he scribbles out a design for a new fighter and begins to assemble it from basic metals and parts ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Initially, his deck crews are skeptical that the Chief's project is anything but a pipe dream. But word soon spreads as the fuselage forms and Tyrol's dream becomes reality. While Colonel Tigh is visibly against the project at first, Commander Adama notices that the project, for whatever outcome it might yield, gives the crew something to strive for, something to hope for, and tacitly allows off-duty crew to work on it. Many, including [[Anastasia Dualla]] from [[CIC]], and [[Kara Thrace]], lend a hand.<br />
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Tyrol's group is stuck when trying to place a skin on the new fighter since the necessary parts are reserved for the Vipers. But [[Karl Agathon]] suggests carbon composite materials as an alternative to cover the ship. This solves the covering but adds a significant new ability: stealth. The carbon composites would make the new fighter nearly invisible to [[DRADIS]] detection.<br />
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After the ship's [[logic bomb]] crisis, the new fighter, named the [[Blackbird]], is given a trial flight by Kara Thrace, with very good results. In a ceremony, President Roslin christenes the vessel and Tyrol reveals the nickname of the Blackbird 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, 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 are upset over the fact that the two Cylon copies were real people that whom they loved, despite the reality of what they are ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). Their realization of this fact leads them to what amounted to an uneasy truce.<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 Lieutenant [[Alastair 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 knows it began, and she sentences both to be executed for murder and treason. This prompts 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 humanoid Cylon [[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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=== Depression and Suicidal Yearnings ===<br />
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Tyrol also begins to experience a recurring nightmare in which he jumps from the upper portion of the flight deck to his death. [[Cally Henderson]] finds him asleep but twitching on the ''Galactica'' deck, but when she attempts to wake him, he attacks her in a frenzied rage, beating her savagely. <br />
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Deeply distressed by what he had done, Tyrol requests counselling with a priest, and is assigned [[Cavil|Brother Cavil]]. After some time with Tyrol, Cavil identifies the source of Tyrol's anxiety as arising from fear that he is a [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon sleeper agent]], much like [[Sharon Valerii]] was. Tyrol points out that Sharon was totally convinced by her programming that she was human; Tyrol is haunted by the fear that it was impossible to truly know if you were a Cylon or not. Cavil assures him that he was not, quipping that he knew "because I'm a Cylon and I've never seen you at any of the meetings.".<br />
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[[Cavil]] tells him to get back to work, which is where his real family is, and argues that they, [[Deck Crew 5|the deck crew]], love him, "even Cally, ''especially'' Cally" ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]). Tyrol is subsequently responsible for exposing [[Cavil]] as a humanoid Cylon when he recognizes him as one of the returnees from the rescue mission to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. Upon realizing this, Tyrol tackles Cavil, calls for security, and states 'Code Blue.'<br />
[[Image:Tyrol LDYBII.JPG|thumb|Tyrol as Union President ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])]]<br />
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===On New Caprica===<br />
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A year later, Tyrol lives in [[New Caprica City]] and is the president of the Worker's Union, a vocal opponent of President Baltar's administration. By this point, he has married Henderson, who is pregnant 380 days after settling on the planet. Tyrol and Henderson witness the arrival of the Cylons on the planet, and go to [[Kara Thrace]] for guidance. She tells him to "fight them until we can't" ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).<br />
Shortly thereafter, their son [[Nicholas Tyrol|Nicholas]] is born and later [[dedication ceremony|dedicated]] to the god of war Ares ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance, Episode 10]]).<br />
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By Day 67 of the Cylon Occupation, he begins working with [[Saul Tigh]] about forming an armed resistance movement against the Cylon forces ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 1|The Resistance, Episode 1]]). They begin to cache weapons, hiding them in various places, including a temple ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance#Episode 3|The Resistance, Episode 3]]). Through his efforts, the Resistance begins to pick up membership in combating the Cylon Opressors.<br />
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By Day 134, the Resistance is in full swing, working with [[Samuel Anders]] to hit high profile targets, including a Heavy Raider ([[Occupation]]). He becomes at odds with Tigh over the use of suicide bombing to strike at President Baltar during the [[NCP]] Graduation Ceremony, but manages to get a signal to an orbiting Raptor from the Fleet ([[Occupation]]). As a result, he works with Tigh to disrupt the Cylons enough until ''Galactica'' and the Fleet can return.<br />
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After learning that his wife is among the detainees taken by the [[NCP]], Tyrol begins a plan to rescue them using the information provided [[Felix Gaeta|from a source]] within Baltar's government, which is ultimately successful ([[Exodus, Part I]]).<br />
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===After The Second Exodus===<br />
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Following the successful escape from New Caprica with the colonists, Tyrol re-enlists in ''Galactica'''s crew. Meanwhile, he becomes a member of the [[Circle]], a secret tribunal authorized by President Tom Zarek to judge and convict Cylon collaborators. When [[Felix Gaeta]] is tried and sentenced to death, Tyrol realises that Gaeta actually worked for the Resistance -- he was the "inside source" in Baltar's administration and without his help the Colonials probably would never escape from New Caprica. That revelation saves Gaeta's life and soon after the Circle disbands ([[Collaborators]]).<br />
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===Seeing the Eye===<br />
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[[Image:3x11 Temple of Five discovery.jpg|thumb|left|Tyrol discovers the Temple of Five ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).]]<br />
Tyrol, his wife, and a small group of people are camped on the [[algae planet]] as they continue their harvest of badly-needed algae to be used as food for the Fleet ([[The Passage]]). Tyrol, however, senses something on the planet, and soon goes to investigate alone. He finds, within a mountain, a constructed entrance, which leads to an immense chamber, with five pentagonal obelisks, a central circular spire and writings of Colonial origin. Tyrol has discovered something that his parents, one a [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)#The Clergy|priest]] and another an [[oracle]], would have longed to see: [[The Temple of Five]]. Tyrol has apparently and inadvertently discovered an family heritage to sense spiritual forces, or at least, ancient Colonial structures.<br />
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After the Cylons arrive in force at the algae planet and threaten to destroy ''Galactica'' if they attempt to leave with the Eye (with the Colonials threatening to nuke the planet if the Cylons attempt to do the same), Tyrol is ordered to wire the Temple with [[G-4]] to prevent a Cylon incursion. He begins to touch the central symbol on the center spire as, unknown to him, Cylons begin their move on the Temple ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).<br />
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During an outbreak of [[Mellorak infection|Mellorak sickness]], Tyrol displays a shared and apparently wide spread prejudice against [[Sagittaron]]s, including worrying that if they abandoned their religious belief against using scientific medicine the rest of the Fleet would have to share the scarce [[bittamucin]] drug that cures the disease ([[The Woman King]]). <br />
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The Tyrols are put in danger after Galen and Cally are trapped in a depressurizing airlock during routine maintenance. With no other options before air runs out, the two are ejected into open space and into a Raptor, despite the lack of pressure suits. Suffering [[w:Decompression sickness|decompression sickness]], Tyrol recovers in bed in sickbay while his wife recovers in a hyperbaric chamber. Tyrol finds himself with more time to care for his son, [[Nicholas Tyrol|Nicholas]], as his wife desired ([[A Day In The Life]]).<br />
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Tyrol and Admiral Adama lock horns in a labor dispute. Tyrol takes the side of workers aboard the [[refinery ship]] ''[[Hitei Kan]]'' who go on strike due their bad working and living conditions. Tyrol backs down when Adama threatens to have his wife executed. Later Tyrol and President Roslin come to a mutual agreement, and a [[Colonial Worker's Alliance|workers union]] is reformed from Tyrol's New Caprica days ([[Dirty Hands]]).<br />
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===Revelations===<br />
When the Fleet heads towards the Ionian nebula, Tyrol is driven to unrest by a strange [[The Music|music]] he hears. Arriving at the nebula, the effect intensifies, and Tyrol is drawn together with [[Tory Foster]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Saul Tigh]]. Initially shocked at the discovery that he is one of the [[final five]] Cylons, Tyrol chooses, along with the other three, to return to his post and his duties in defending the Fleet from an incoming Cylon fleet ([[Crossroads, Part II]]). However, over the next months the four hold clandestine meetings in various locations, discussing their nature and their actions.<br />
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Tyrol has difficulty coping with this new revelation, beginning to cut himself. Although trying to act normally, Tyrol's changed behavior eventually has an effect on his marriage. He alienates his wife, who begins to take anti-depressants to cope. After she witnesses one of their secret meetings, she is killed by Foster, who makes it appear like a suicide ([[The Ties That Bind]]). Tyrol's personal problems are magnified by his wife's death and having to care alone for his son. An uncharacteristic "[[frak]]-up" on the hanger deck nearly results in catastrophe and a drunken tirade against Admiral Adama in [[Joe's bar]] earns him demotion and re-assignment ([[Escape Velocity]]). His shaving of his head reflects a continuing troubled state of mind. Blaming himself for Cally's death, he nearly commits suicide, but is unable to bring himself to pull the trigger. During this, he also clashes with [[Gaius Baltar]] over the memory of his wife and Baltar's new cult. However, when Baltar apologizes in private and explains the reasons for becoming a religious figure, Tyrol seems to forgive him ([[The Road Less Traveled]]).<br />
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When the [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon rebels]] take hostages and demand that the Cylons on ''Galactica'' are turned over to them, Saul Tigh comes clean and reveals the four. Tigh is about to be executed when [[Kara Thrace]] runs into the [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]] control room announcing that she found another clue towards Earth. In an unexpected move, President [[Lee Adama]] grants the Cylons a full amnesty. When the Fleet makes its final jump to Earth, Tyrol sits in his quarters with his son ([[Revelations]]).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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*On the [http://community.livejournal.com/aarondouglas/56725.html?thread=253077#t253077 Aaron Douglas Live Journal Community], Aaron Douglas told fans that he is "Number 12", which he got to choose. This comment seems to be made invalid by [[Ron D. Moore]]'s statement that the Final Five do not have model numbers like the other seven humanoid Cylons.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/rant.aspx?id=20080611|title=Rants & Reviews - Live at the "Battlestar Galactica" Midseason Finale Premiere|date=11 June 2008|accessdate=13 June 2008|last=Sullivan|first=Brian Ford|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
*[[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 blog during Season 1, but it is not mentioned on screen until the Season 2 episode "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]".<br />
*[[Wikipedia:Tyrol|Tyrol]] (or Tirol) is the name of a region divided between western Austria and northern Italy.<br />
*Ron Moore explains in the DVD commentary for the [[Miniseries]] that Chief Tyrol was originally supposed to be a fairly small role, and in the first script of the Miniseries he only had about 15 lines. However, Aaron Douglas was so good at ad libbing new lines for scenes as production moved forward that Moore kept writing him into a bigger character. Going into Season 1, Tyrol would originally have been defined by his relationship to Boomer, with suspicion that she might be a Cylon only coming out towards the end of the season. However, instead of this, Boomer and Tyrol's relationship becomes strained and ends early in Season 1, with Tyrol being expanded to a character that is not defined solely by Boomer.<br />
*In [[The_Face_of_the_Enemy#Episode_10|''The Face of the Enemy'' webisode 10]], Colonel Tigh makes reference to an upcoming meeting to discuss "''Mister'' Tyrol's" ideas. It has not yet been revealed whether this was a writer's error, or if Tyrol has been either commissioned, warranted, or discharged.<br />
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The following are the listings of all episodes of ''Battlestar Galactica''. Click on one to see (and possibly edit) the guide for that episode.<br />
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== [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|The Original Series]] ==<br />
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*1.01 [[Saga of a Star World]] (3 hours)<br />
*1.02 [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I (TOS)|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]<br />
*1.03 [[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II (TOS)|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]<br />
*1.04 [[The Lost Warrior (TOS)|The Lost Warrior]]<br />
*1.05 [[The Long Patrol (TOS)|The Long Patrol]]<br />
*1.06 [[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I (TOS)|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]<br />
*1.07 [[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II (TOS)|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II]]<br />
*1.08 [[The Magnificent Warriors (TOS)|The Magnificent Warriors]]<br />
*1.09 [[The Young Lords (TOS)|The Young Lords]]<br />
*1.10 [[The Living Legend, Part I (TOS)|The Living Legend, Part I]]<br />
*1.11 [[The Living Legend, Part II (TOS)|The Living Legend, Part II]]<br />
*1.12 [[Fire in Space (TOS)|Fire in Space]]<br />
*1.13 [[War of the Gods, Part I (TOS)|War of the Gods, Part I]]<br />
*1.14 [[War of the Gods, Part II (TOS)|War of the Gods, Part II]]<br />
*1.15 [[The Man with Nine Lives (TOS)|The Man with Nine Lives]]<br />
*1.16 [[Murder on the Rising Star (TOS)|Murder on the Rising Star]]<br />
*1.17 [[Greetings from Earth (TOS)|Greetings from Earth]] (2 hours)<br />
*1.18 [[Baltar's Escape (TOS)|Baltar's Escape]]<br />
*1.19 [[Experiment in Terra (TOS)|Experiment in Terra]]<br />
*1.20 [[Take the Celestra (TOS)|Take the Celestra]]<br />
*1.21 [[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]<br />
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== [[Galactica 1980]] ==<br />
*1.01 [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]<br />
*1.02 [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]<br />
*1.03 [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]<br />
*1.04 [[The Super Scouts, Part I]]<br />
*1.05 [[The Super Scouts, Part II]]<br />
*1.06 [[Spaceball]]<br />
*1.07 [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]<br />
*1.08 [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]<br />
*1.09 [[Space Croppers]]<br />
*1.10 [[The Return of Starbuck]]<br />
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== [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|The Re-imagined Series]] ==<br />
:''A complete listing along with summaries can be found on the [[Portal:Battlestar Galactica (RDM)/Episode Guide - Season 1 Guide|Battlestar Galactica Episode Guide]] Portal.''<br />
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===[[Miniseries]]===<br />
*[[Miniseries, Night 1|Night 1]]<br />
*[[Miniseries, Night 2|Night 2]]<br />
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===[[Season 1 (2004-05)|Season 1]]===<br />
*1.01 [[33]]<br />
*1.02 [[Water]]<br />
*1.03 [[Bastille Day]]<br />
*1.04 [[Act of Contrition]]<br />
*1.05 [[You Can't Go Home Again]]<br />
*1.06 [[Litmus]]<br />
*1.07 [[Six Degrees of Separation]]<br />
*1.08 [[Flesh and Bone]]<br />
*1.09 [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]<br />
*1.10 [[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]<br />
*1.11 [[Colonial Day]]<br />
*1.12 [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]<br />
*1.13 [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]<br />
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===[[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]]===<br />
*2.01 [[Scattered]]<br />
*2.02 [[Valley of Darkness]]<br />
*2.03 [[Fragged]]<br />
*2.04 [[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]<br />
*2.05 [[The Farm]]<br />
*2.06 [[Home, Part I]]<br />
*2.07 [[Home, Part II]]<br />
*2.08 [[Final Cut]]<br />
*2.09 [[Flight of the Phoenix]]<br />
*2.10 [[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]<br />
*2.11 [[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]<br />
*2.12 [[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]<br />
*2.13 [[Epiphanies]] <br />
*2.14 [[Black Market]]<br />
*2.15 [[Scar]]<br />
*2.16 [[Sacrifice]]<br />
*2.17 [[The Captain's Hand]]<br />
*2.18 [[Downloaded]]<br />
*2.19 [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]<br />
*2.20 [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]<br />
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===[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance]]===<br />
<br />
A web-based series bridging seasons 2 and 3.<br />
<br />
===[[Season 3 (2006-07)|Season 3]]===<br />
*3.01 [[Occupation]]<br />
*3.02 [[Precipice]]<br />
*3.03 [[Exodus, Part I]]<br />
*3.04 [[Exodus, Part II]] <br />
*3.05 [[Collaborators]]<br />
*3.06 [[Torn]]<br />
*3.07 [[A Measure of Salvation]]<br />
*3.08 [[Hero]]<br />
*3.09 [[Unfinished Business]] <br />
*3.10 [[The Passage]] <br />
*3.11 [[The Eye of Jupiter]]<br />
*3.12 [[Rapture]]<br />
*3.13 [[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]<br />
*3.14 [[The Woman King]]<br />
*3.15 [[A Day in the Life]]<br />
*3.16 [[Dirty Hands]]<br />
*3.17 [[Maelstrom]]<br />
*3.18 [[The Son Also Rises]]<br />
*3.19 [[Crossroads, Part I]]<br />
*3.20 [[Crossroads, Part II]]<br />
<br />
=== [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4.0]] ===<br />
*4.00 [[Razor]] (special episode, two hours)<br />
** Included: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]", which were released in weekly installments both online and on television during airings of ''[[w:Flash Gordon (2007 TV series)|Flash Gordon]]'' before "Razor"<br />
*4.01 [[He That Believeth In Me]]<br />
*4.02 [[Six of One]]<br />
*4.03 [[The Ties That Bind]]<br />
*4.04 [[Escape Velocity]]<br />
*4.05 [[The Road Less Traveled]]<br />
*4.06 [[Faith]]<br />
*4.07 [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]<br />
*4.08 [[Sine Qua Non]]<br />
*4.09 [[The Hub]]<br />
*4.10 [[Revelations]]<br />
<br />
===[[The Face of the Enemy]]===<br />
<br />
A series of webisodes to bridge the gap between the two halves of Season 4, focusing on [[Felix Gaeta]] and an [[Number Eight|Eight]].<br />
<br />
=== [[Season 4 (2008-09)|Season 4.5]] ===<br />
*4.11 [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
*4.12 [[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]<br />
*4.13 [[The Oath]]<br />
*4.14 [[Blood on the Scales]]<br />
*4.15 [[No Exit]]<br />
*4.16 [[Deadlock]]<br />
*4.17 [[Someone to Watch Over Me]]<br />
*4.18 [[Islanded In a Stream of Stars]]<br />
*4.19 [[Daybreak, Part I]] (first part of the three hour finale, which may be divided into three parts rather than two)<br />
*4.20 [[Daybreak, Part II]] (second part of the three hour finale, which may be divided into three parts rather than two)<br />
<br />
:'''Note:''' Counting "Razor" as one episode and the 3 hour finale<ref>http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/06/battlestars-fin.html</ref> as two, the season will be 22 episodes in length. Please note that the production numbers differ slightly from our numbering system, i.e. 4.00/"Razor" are production numbers 401 and 402, 4.01 "He That Believeth In Me" is production number 403, etc.<br />
<br />
===[[The Plan]]===<br />
<br />
A movie set during the events of the [[Miniseries]] and Season 1 that focuses on the actions of the Cylons on Caprica.<br />
<br />
=== Extended episodes ===<br />
* [[Pegasus (Extended Version)]]<br />
* [[Unfinished Business (Extended Version)]]<br />
<br />
== TV Documentaries / Specials ==<br />
<br />
*[[Sciography|Sciography: Battlestar Galactica]]<br />
*[[Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown (Miniseries)]]<br />
*[[Battlestar Galactica: The Lowdown (Season 1)]]<br />
*[[Sci Fi Inside: Battlestar Galactica]] (Season 2.5)<br />
*[[Battlestar Galactica: The Story So Far]]<br />
*[[Battlestar Galactica: Revealed]]<br />
*[[Battlestar Galactica: The Phenomenon]]<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
*[[List of unproduced scripts]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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<div style="font-size: 85%;"><references /></div><br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (TOS)|*]]<br />
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[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Lists]]<br />
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[[de:Liste aller Episoden]]<br />
[[ms:Senarai semua episod]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169831The Face of the Enemy2008-12-27T20:10:41Z<p>Serenity: /* Episode 5 */</p>
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| title=The Face of the Enemy<br />
| series=<br />
| special= Y<br />
| season=<br />
| episode=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]] <br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 12 December 2008 through 12 January 2009<br />
| UK airdate= <br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[Revelations]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn't recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
<br />
Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
<br />
===Episode 3===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
<br />
Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
<br />
===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
<br />
In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparently in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery and begins crying. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and slowly leans in to kiss her.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on the rescue mission to Caprica ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]), in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. However, she is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, who doesn't move. The two notice that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Easy aims her pistol at Eight, who is shackled. Gaeta protests, but Eight tells them that she understands.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be ride aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
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[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169829The Face of the Enemy2008-12-27T20:02:26Z<p>Serenity: /* Episode 4 */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
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| title=The Face of the Enemy<br />
| series=<br />
| special= Y<br />
| season=<br />
| episode=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]] <br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 12 December 2008 through 12 January 2009<br />
| UK airdate= <br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[Revelations]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
}}<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn'z recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
<br />
Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
<br />
===Episode 3===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
<br />
Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
<br />
===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Gaeta quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight wants to jettison her, noting that she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, that she will tell him when the others are asleep, and asks her him to trust her.<br />
<br />
In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparetntly in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and the two kiss.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on ''Galactica'', in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. She is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, and then notices that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Gaeta protests, but she is shackled.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be ride aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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! class="infoboxheader" | '''Character'''<br />
! class="infoboxheader" colspan="7" | '''Episode(s)'''<br />
|-<br />
| [[Edward James Olmos]] <br />
| [[William Adama]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| 4<br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
| <br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Campbell Lane]] <br />
| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Chris Bradford]] <br />
| Ops Officer <ref>This character is not identified on screen, however he is the officer who informs [[William Adama]] that the [[Cylon War]] has ended.</ref><br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ben Cotton]] <br />
| [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Terrified Man|Terrified Man]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
| [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|<br />
|<br />
| 7<br />
|}--><br />
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== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Face_of_the_Enemy&diff=169828The Face of the Enemy2008-12-27T19:57:06Z<p>Serenity: /* Episode 3 */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=<br />
| title=The Face of the Enemy<br />
| series=<br />
| special= Y<br />
| season=<br />
| episode=<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Jane Espenson]]<br/>[[Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]] <br />
| production=<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 12 December 2008 through 12 January 2009<br />
| UK airdate= <br />
| dvd=<br />
| population=<br />
| prev= [[Revelations]]<br />
| next= [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]<br />
}}<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
<br />
== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
<br />
Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
<br />
With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
<br />
===Episode 2===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn'z recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
<br />
Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
<br />
Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
<br />
===Episode 3===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Gaeta recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Gaeta looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Gaeta looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
<br />
Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Gaeta finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
<br />
===Episode 4===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Felix quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight says jettison her, she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, she will tell him when the others are asleep, and to trust her.<br />
<br />
In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
<br />
Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
<br />
===Episode 5===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
<br />
[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparetntly in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and the two kiss.<br />
<br />
In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on ''Galactica'', in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. She is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, and then notices that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Gaeta protests, but she is shackled.<br />
<br />
===Episode 6===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 7===<br />
<br />
* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 8===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 9===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
===Episode 10===<br />
<br />
* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
<br />
== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be ride aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
<br />
== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
<br />
== Cast ==<br />
<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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! class="infoboxheader" | '''Character'''<br />
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|-<br />
| [[Edward James Olmos]] <br />
| [[William Adama]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Nico Cortez]] <br />
| Young [[William Adama]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| 4<br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Allison Warnyca]] <br />
| [[Jaycie McGavin]]<br />
| 1<br />
| 2<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Jacob Blair]] <br />
| Squad Leader [[Banzai]] <br />
| <br />
| 2<br />
| 3<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Campbell Lane]] <br />
| [[First Hybrid]] <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| <br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Chris Bradford]] <br />
| Ops Officer <ref>This character is not identified on screen, however he is the officer who informs [[William Adama]] that the [[Cylon War]] has ended.</ref><br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 7<br />
|-<br />
| [[Ben Cotton]] <br />
| [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Terrified Man|Terrified Man]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| 5<br />
| 6<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [[Matthew Bennett]] <br />
| [[Aaron Doral]]<br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
| <br />
|<br />
|<br />
| 7<br />
|}--><br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div><br />
<br />
{{episode list (RDM season 4)}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:A to Z]]<br />
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide]]<br />
[[Category:Episode Guide (RDM)|*]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Jane Espenson]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes written by Seamus Kevin Fahey]]<br />
[[Category:Episodes directed by Wayne Rose]]<br />
[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Guess_What%27s_Coming_to_Dinner%3F&diff=169827Guess What's Coming to Dinner?2008-12-27T19:54:16Z<p>Serenity: /* Unanswered Questions */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image=4x07-GuessWhatsComingForDinner-Promo1.jpg<br />
| title= Guess What's Coming to Dinner?<br />
| season= 4<br />
| episode= 7<br />
| forumthread= 1092<br />
| guests=<br />
| writer=[[Michael Angeli]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Wayne Rose]]<br />
| production=409<br />
| rating=1.2<br />
| US airdate=16 May 2008<br />
| CAN airdate=16 May 2008<br />
| UK airdate=20 May 2008<br />
| dvd=<br />
| oldpopulation=39675<br />
| population=39673<br />
| prev= [[Faith]]<br />
| next= [[Sine Qua Non]] <br />
| hulu= Y<br />
| unbox=B0019OFZYW<br />
}}<br />
<br />
== Overview ==<br />
:''Returning with the help of the ''[[Demetrius]]'', the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylon faction]] requests an alliance with the Colonials in order to plan a joint-attack mission against the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]’ vital [[Resurrection Hub]]. Meanwhile on ''[[Colonial One]]'', [[Lee Adama]] and the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] express their mistrust of President [[Laura Roslin|Roslin]] and her secrecy regarding the new Cylon alliance. Aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] struggles with the prospect of un-boxing the [[Number Three|Threes]] in order to reveal the identities of the [[Final Five]], and [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] copes with the amputation of his leg.''<br />
<br />
== Summary == <br />
<br />
===Teaser===<br />
* President [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum delegate]] [[Lee Adama]] listen to a taped broadcast from [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] leader [[Gaius Baltar]], claming Roslin is sharing of her [[chamalla|hallucinogenic visions]] with [[Sharon Agathon]] (currently on the secret and overdue ''[[Demetrius]]'' mission) and a [[Caprica-Six|captured Cylon]] in a [[brig]] on ''[[Galactica]]''. Adama brought the recording at the behest of the Quorum, who demand an explanation, as the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] has heard the broadcast as well.<br />
*When Adama presses Roslin for an answer, she asks him first how he thinks the Fleet would react to such information. Undaunted, he asks again. Roslin confirms Baltar's statement.<br />
*On the [[Basestar (RDM)|baseship]] [[Kara Thrace]] and the ''Demetrius'' crew lead a rebel group of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] back to the Fleet rendezvous as Sharon Agathon make last minute [[jump]] preparations.<br />
*Thrace warns [[Natalie]] and [[Leoben Conoy]] that the Cylons of their ship are on a path of no-return when they reach the Fleet, and that there aren't any guarantees when they approach the Fleet. She assumes Natalie will be the spokesperson in trying to avoid any hostilities.<br />
*[[Karl Agathon]] looks at the unconscious and injured [[Felix Gaeta]] before his preps the final calculations for the jump.<br />
*When Natalie brings up [[Hera Agathon]] in conversation as being beautiful, Agathon is shocked to find out that Natalie and other Cylons know the child's name.<br />
*''Demetrius'' misses the Fleet in its jump and must take a few moments before it can jump again, but the baseship ''does'' reach the Fleet, leaping right into its heart, where some of the Colonial ships have to scramble out of harm's way. Predictably, Admiral [[William Adama|Adama]] and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] bring ''Galactica'' up to [[action stations]], scrambling the alert Vipers.<br />
* Agathon tries to contact ''Galactica'' but the jump damaged their [[wireless]], leaving them without communication, and possibly vulnerable to attack.<br />
* Saul Tigh carefully watches [[DRADIS]] as eight Vipers approach the baseship. Tigh orders a weapons hold, stunning Admiral Adama but stopping any attack. Seconds later, ''Demetrius'' appears and verifies with ''Galactica'' that the baseship is disarmed and under Colonial command.<br />
<br />
===Act 1===<br />
* Several [[Raptor]]s filled with [[Marine]]s launch from ''Galactica'' and enter the baseship. Colonel Tigh is part of the team. Thrace tells him, "They're with me." "Which one of them shot Gaeta?" he asks.<br />
*Gaeta is rushed to [[sickbay]] in grave condition as Dr. [[Cottle]] yells out orders to his staff to bring a cut-down tray, suggesting an immediate amputation of Gaeta's leg.<br />
*In the [[wardroom]], Natalie explains that the [[Number Two]], [[Number Eight]] and [[Number Six]] models believe that seeking out the [[Final Five]] is important, while the [[Number One]], [[Number Four]] and [[Number Five]] models violently disagreed.<br />
* When Adama asks Natalie of the seventh model, she explains that the [[Number Three]]s were [[boxing|boxed]], and explains the process and why the D'Annas were boxed: they [[Rapture|saw]] the then-forbidden faces of the Five. She tells that unboxing the Threes could give them information that could lead them all to Earth, since the Final Five are believed to have come from there. Kara Thrace, in uniform and standing with Sharon Agathon, confirms Natalie's comment.<br />
* Natalie notes that the baseship can heal itself of its damage, but most of their [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] were destroyed [[The Ties That Bind|in the ambush]] by the dissenting models.<br />
* Roslin pointedly asks why the Fleet should trust these Cylons. Natalie tells that the boxing facility resides within the [[Resurrection Hub]], a facility that controls all [[Resurrection Ship]]s in existence. Natalie gives Roslin a reason to trust her and her renegade Cylons: Vengeance. The Cylon tells her that destroying the elusive Hub will destroy ''all'' Cylons ability to [[download]], making them all effectively mortal. When asked why they would do such a thing, Natalie simply says that she and her comrades are rebels and cannot go back in any case.<br />
*Adama presses for the coordinates of the Hub, but Natalie says she will only take them to the Hub, not give the coordinates. As Adama orders the marines to escort her away, Natalie changes her mind, promising to give the coordinates if Adama gives his word that D'Anna will be unboxed and the Cylons will be allowed to leave with the Five once the Threes identify them. Adama grudgingly gives his word.<br />
*Leaving the meeting, Adama asks Tigh how he knew to order a weapons hold at the moment of their attack on Natalie's baseship. Tigh hesitates but says he didn't know why. "What can I say, we got lucky." Adama orders a Raptor to the coordinates of the Hub to investigate.<br />
*[[Racetrack]] and [[Skulls]] arrive in an asteroid-filled area, and find the massive Hub, which appears to be twice the relative size of a guarding baseship. "It's beautiful," Skulls comments. They take pictures and return quickly to the Fleet.<br />
*In sickbay, a gory scene begins as Cottle preps to remove Gaeta's leg. Gaeta wakes and strongly urges to be numbed and not anesthetized, not wanting to wake up to find his leg gone. Cottle accepts. Moments later, a saw's blade is heard tearing through Gaeta's leg as his face registers shock. [[Samuel Anders]], who shot Gaeta to stop him from jumping ''Demetrius'' hours before, looks on with regret from a distance.<br />
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===Act 2===<br />
*The civilian Fleet returns to join ''Galactica''. Adama, Tigh, Roslin and Karl Agathon discuss an attack strategy. With no Raiders and too few resources for ''Galactica'' to fight alone, Agathon suggests to use the baseship as a "trojan horse", entering the Hub's vicinity with half of ''Galactica's'' Vipers to blow the FTL drive on the Hub. Roslin ponders the idea that the Cylons will become mortal enemies.<br />
*Tigh suggests destroying the Hub outright without resurrecting the Threes, reneging on Adama's word. Adama believes the Five could lead the Fleet to Earth but Roslin thinks the Five will be uncooperative after the Hub's destruction. Adama believes that the Five are like the rebel Cylons, but Roslin disagrees. Tigh is [[Final Five|visibly agitated about the discussion]], and again suggests destruction, putting trust in Roslin's way to Earth. <br />
*Roslin suggests a compromise plan: Unbox the D'Annas, destroy the Hub, but hold on to the Five until they all get to Earth, then turn them over to the rebels, believing the rebels will be compelled to wait a bit longer.<br />
*[[Deckhand]]s and [[List of Pilots|pilots]] prepare their fighters ''inside'' the baseship hangar with Cylons and humans working together.<br />
*[[Tom Zarek]] reads a statement to the Quorum: "In 36 hours the Colonies will unite forces with insurgent rebel Cylons and their leaders in an unprecedented joint military operation". Zarek asks Lee Adama why the Quorum weren't consulted, but Adama doesn't know, no longer being in the military chain of command.<br />
*Tigh, [[Tory Foster]], Samuel Anders and [[Galen Tyrol]] talk about the unboxing of the Threes. Tyrol considers that they at least discover the last member of the Five, but Tigh darkly explains that such an action will only "crowd the [[airlock]] a little more." Tigh doesn't at all believe that the Colonials will see the Five in a good light.<br />
*Anders does not respond to the others. He is distraught over the loss of Gaeta's leg, talking of how Gaeta sings all the time to cope with his pain.<br />
*Foster meets with Roslin in an office refurbished for her to conduct presidential business while on ''Galactica'' while recovering from another [[Doloxan]] treatment and keeping close to sickbay. Roslin first pleasantly comments about Foster's positive change in mood any time she is aboard ''Galactica''. Roslin asks Foster to find out who was sharing the rumors of the president's shared visions to Baltar, then sticks the dagger in, telling Foster she is very aware that she is sleeping with Gaius Baltar.<br />
*Before Foster can say a word, Roslin tells her that there are enough reports of her visitations to "make her a charter member of his [[Cult of Baltar|nymph squad]]." Foster confesses to believing in Baltar's spiritual message, but Roslin is feeling quite betrayed and turns her back on her to do other work, ordering her away.<br />
*On the baseship, Natalie believes that the Colonials won't give the Five to them as promised. She suggests a backup plan of her own: Take hostages after the attack to ensure they get what they want.<br />
*In sickbay, Gaeta continues to sing a [[Gaeta's Lament|sad love ballad]] as Lee Adama visits Roslin there. He tells her that the Quorum is considering a vote of no-confidence against her. Roslin refuses to cater to the representative's desire to feel involved. Adama describes that the representatives' faces appeared empty, resigned to just consider the no-confidence vote just to cope with the uncertainty. He suggests that Roslin compromise and tell them what she can about the attack to allay the Quorum's fears.<br />
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* In bed but not engaged in sex, Baltar complains. Foster admits being tired of lying to Roslin, of how the rumors have affected the president and Foster's relationship with her, about the rumors of Roslin's collusion with the Cylons.<br />
* Baltar explains the source of the rumors: [[Caprica Six]], who told Baltar (through [[Romo Lampkin|his attorney]]) of the news during [[Crossroads, Part II|his trial]]. Baltar believes that Roslin is keeping everyone in the dark, believing that Roslin's concealing of information is worse than revealing it.<br />
*Roslin meets with the Quorum with Admiral Adama. Roslin brings in Natalie to help emphasize how she trusts the mission's success. Natalie speaks: She tells of her own civil war and how things had began to change. Without a Resurrection Ship, time became a commodity, a realization that mortality is crucial to making humans whole. As the Cylon continues to speak, Thrace has flashbacks of what the [[Hybrid]] told her of her [[The Destiny|destiny]] and the belief that she is the "harbinger of death".<br />
*As Gaeta keeps singing in sickbay, Baltar observes quietly in the background.<br />
*Roslin experiences another vision of the [[Opera House]], searching for Hera Agathon. Caprica Six and Sharon Agathon also share the same vision. When Agathon wakes up, little Hera is there at her bedside and says a darkly prophetic "Bye-bye," suggesting the child knows she will be taken in some way.<br />
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===Act 4===<br />
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*A wide shot of the Fleet shows the baseship has nearly healed itself of its damage. On ''Galactica'', Kara Thrace sees Roslin in sickbay, who compliments Thrace on her plan to unite the rebels and the Fleet.<br />
*When Thrace asks if Roslin is having visions, the president is quiet. Thrace repeats what the rebel baseship's [[Hybrid]] told her some time before: "This shall it come to pass: the dying leader shall know the truth of the Opera House."<br />
*Shocked at Thrace's knowledge of the dream's specific content, Roslin asks how the Hybrid would know about her dreams, but Thrace does not know. Roslin pleads with Thrace to help her determine the meaning of the dreams. Thrace accepts without hesitation and Roslin asks her to find Karl Agathon.<br />
*Aboard the baseship, the Cylons are becoming agitated, unsure about the attack. Natalie tells of the feelings she had from the Quorum, their distrust. Natalie believes that the united Five may judge the Cylons for their duplicity with the Colonials, fearing that the Five will refuse to come with them.<br />
*When Natalie suggests to completely abandon the project, to tell the Cylon Centurions to stand down, an Eight in attendance warns that the Colonials will never trust them again. Leoben warns her that the action may be at a point of no return. He tells Natalie to meet with Adama and stall for time while he deals with the Centurions.<br />
*Roslin meets privately with Baltar, confirming the visions. When he asks why he was told now, she replies that he is part of the vision itself.<br />
*In Sharon Agathon's quarters, Hera is drawing. Sharon picks up the drawings to see that Hera has drawn numerous number 6s and blond women on pages and pages. One drawing depicts a basestar. The final drawing is of Hera smiling and standing by one of the blond women. Distressed, Agathon turns to find Hera gone from her quarters and goes out to chase her.<br />
*On the baseship, Roslin, Karl Agathon, Baltar, a Leoben and an Eight head under guard into the baseship and the Hybrid, as Cylon Centurions walk by an uneasy group of pilots.<br />
*Natalie arrives on a Raptor on ''Galactica'', obviously uneasy.<br />
*Sharon Agathon chases Hera through the battlestar, but the child is elusive. When she stops to tell Tyrol, working within a corridor, he gives her a unsympathetic stare, but eventually follows her.<br />
*Hera finds herself at a stop in front of Natalie, being escorted by Tigh and a squad of Marines. But Agathon is there immediately and draws her sidearm, warning Natalie away. Tigh keeps the Marines at bay, standing them down.<br />
*At the deactivated Hybrid's pool, Roslin orders the Hybrid reactivated. When Baltar says, "Let God's will be done," Roslin tells him to "Shut up. It's time to get some answers."<br />
*Agathon asks Tyrol to take Hera away, which he does. However, Agathon's visions of the Opera House and a Six's kidnapping of Hera are too strong in her mind. "You are never going to take my child," she says as she shoots Natalie.<br />
*At the moment that the Hybrid awakes, she cries out "Jump!" The baseship disappears from the Fleet with the president and her entourage all aboard.<br />
*Gaeta continues to sing in his bed.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
*The episode title is probably a reference to the 1967 film ''[[w:Guess Who's Coming to Dinner|Guess Who's Coming to Dinner]]'', which dealt with race relations between Caucasian and African Americans in America.<br />
*The [[survivor count]] at the beginning credits (39,673) accounts for the deaths of [[Emily Kowalski]] and [[Jean Barolay]] in the previous episode, "[[Faith]]".<br />
*[[Felix Gaeta]]'s loss of his leg is reminiscent of a similar event in ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''. In an episode of that show's seventh and final season, [[MemoryAlpha:Nog|Nog]] loses his leg and, in a later episode, mentally recovers from it by surrounding himself with a holodeck program of [[MemoryAlpha:Vic Fontaine|Vic Fontaine]], a [[w:Frank Sinatra|Frank Sinatra]]-type casino singer.<br />
*Although it is a common Hollywood convention, a gunshot does not cause a person to fly backwards a large distance as shown with [[Natalie]]. The effect is achieved by pulling back the actors with a cable.<br />
*The song Gaeta sings throughout the episode is called "[[Gaeta's Lament]]". The lyrics were written by the episode's writer [[Michael Angeli]] and the music is by the series's composer [[Bear McCreary]]. Actor [[Alessandro Juliani]], who studied opera and performed the song live on set, also greatly influenced it. McCreary discusses the song in his [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=349 blog].<br />
*The book Roslin carries when she meets with Baltar in the Raptor is ''[[Searider Falcon]]'', the same book Adama reads to her in "[[Escape Velocity]]".<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* [[Samuel Anders]] is distraught over his actions on the ''Demetrius'', notably those concerning Gaeta and having shot him in the leg that is later amputated. However, there is no indication yet that Anders will suffer any disciplinary procedures for the shooting, nor are any indicated for the alleged mutiny on the ''Demetrius''. A cover-up by the ''Demetrius'' crew with the Cylons' cooperation could be a possibility. A possible cover story for Anders shooting Gaeta is blaming it on the Six that killed [[Jean Barolay]]. Both the crew of the ''Demetrius'' and the Cylons have a vested interest in keeping the affair secret: the ''Demetrius'' crew wants to avoid various legal sanctions and the Cylons want smooth unhindered negotiations to cement an alliance with the Colonials. Felix Gaeta's silence would be critical here, but there are no specific reasons for him ''not'' to tell the truth, outside of loyalty and/or fear of possible mutiny charges. <br />
*There is no overt on-screen reaction to the death of [[Cally Tyrol]] by the ''Demetrius'' crew nor any reaction to Galen Tyrol's demotion. However, they have certainly been told off-screen about both. <br />
* [[Gaius Baltar]] is also drawn to see Gaeta, but the two do not interact; he is out of Gaeta's view and listening to him singing, suggesting that Baltar may have forgiven Gaeta for perjuring himself at Baltar's trial and for the earlier murder attempt. <br />
* The Hybrid's prophecy that Kara Thrace is the "harbinger of death" takes on a new significance during Natalie's speech to the Quorum. Thrace herself begins to realize it may have a positive connotation, referring to the potential loss of immortality among the Cylons.<br />
* During the Fleet's emergency jump sequence after the basestar suddenly appears, it can be seen that ''Galactica's'' bow gun batteries are still intact, though they have not been seen clearly in operation for some time. The scorching of the lower hull caused by the jump into [[New Caprica]]'s atmosphere is also very clear.<br />
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== Questions == <br />
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=== Answered Questions ===<br />
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* Where does the rebel baseship jump to? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* How many pilots are stationed on the baseship ([[Sine Qua Non|Partial answer]])<br />
* How will the Quorum and [[Tom Zarek]] react to the loss of Laura Roslin? What about Admiral Adama? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* Does Natalie survive her gun-shot wounds? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* What will Adama do about Agathon? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* Will Colonel Tigh face any consequences for failing to protect Natalie? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* What will Adama and Tigh think happened to the baseship? Will they assume that the rebels intentionally abducted Roslin and the other humans aboard? ([[Sine Qua Non|Answer]])<br />
* Does the [[Hybrid]] jump the baseship as an automatic reaction upon reactivation, or with intent? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* What will the re-activated Hybrid tell Laura Roslin, if anything at all? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* How will the now-sentient [[Centurion]]s on the rebel baseship react to the large number of humans on board? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
* Is [[Samuel Anders]] among the pilots on the baseship? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
* What will [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] do after he recovers from his amputation? ([[Revelations|Answer]])<br />
* How will the rebel Cylons react when they discover [[Natalie]] has been shot? ([[The Hub|Answer]])<br />
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=== Unanswered Questions ===<br />
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* Why does Sharon Agathon handle the communications from the basestar to the Fleet in the beginning? Another Eight could pretend to be her.<br />
* Might the dying leader be the now-mortal Natalie? <br />
* Will Sharon Agathon's shooting of Natalie further strain her relationship with the Cylons?<br />
* What is the meaning of Hera's drawings?<br />
* Do William Adama or Saul Tigh know of the complete story surrounding the mutiny on the ''Demetrius''?<br />
* Why does Roslin ask Thrace to find Karl Agathon, specifically?<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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*''[[Natalie]] negotiating with the Colonials:''<br />
:'''Natalie:''' You asked for a reason to help us? Vengeance. You destroy the [[Resurrection Hub|hub]], the Cylons lose their ability to download. All of us.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' Why would you want to lose your ability to resurrect?<br />
:'''Natalie:''' We're rebels. We can't go back.<br />
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*''[[Lee Adama]] talks to [[Laura Roslin]] about the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]:''<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' I was with them. On the emergency jump. And I saw something in the faces of the delegates. Wasn't the anxiety of the waiting. It went beyond that. I was anxious; it was my first time. But they, they...they were empty. The Quorum had given up. And then it struck me, that after going through the same routine so many times, it was the only way that they could cope with the uncertainty; to presume the worst.<br />
:'''Laura Roslin:''' You felt their suffering. Now try holding their lives in balance every day.<br />
:'''Lee Adama:''' Talk to them. You don't have to tell them everything. I know how it works. Just talk to the Quorum. Let them put a face to this joint mission. Let them hear from the Cylon leader. Anything. Anything to put their fears to rest.<br />
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*''Natalie speaks to the Quorum:''<br />
:"In our [[Cylon Civil War|civil war]], we've seen death. We watched our people die. Gone forever. As terrible as it was, beyond the reach of the Resurrection Ships, something began to change. We could feel a sense of time. As if each moment held its own significance. We began to realize that for our existence to hold any value it must end. To live meaningful lives we must die, and not return. The one human flaw, that you spend your lifetimes distressing over - mortality - is the one thing...well, it's the one thing that makes you whole."<br />
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* ''Laura Roslin to [[Tory Foster]] about getting information from [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]:''<br />
:"I don't really care if you have to spend the night on your knees praying, or just on your knees. I want a name."<br />
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* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Aaron Douglas]] as Specialist [[Galen Tyrol]]<br />
* [[Tahmoh Penikett]] as Captain [[Karl Agathon]]<br />
* [[Michael Trucco]] as Ensign [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
* [[Kandyse McClure]] as [[Anastasia Dualla]]<br />
* [[Richard Hatch]] as [[Tom Zarek]]<br />
* [[Callum Keith Rennie]] as [[Number Two]] / [[Leoben Conoy (New Caprica copy)|Leoben Conoy]]<br />
* [[Donnelly Rhodes]] as Doctor [[Cottle]]<br />
* [[Rekha Sharma]] as [[Tory Foster]]<br />
* [[Bodie Olmos]] as Lieutenant [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]]<br />
* [[Tiffany Lyndall-Knight]] as [[Hybrid]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Lieutenant [[Louis Hoshi|Hoshi]]<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Lieutenant [[Margaret Edmondson |Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]]<br />
* [[Colin Lawrence]] as Lieutenant [[Hamish McCall|Hamish "Skulls" McCall]]<br />
* [[Jennifer Halley]] as Ensign [[Diana Seelix|Diana "Hardball" Seelix]]<br />
* [[Colin Corrigan]] as Marine [[Allan Nowart]]<br />
* [[Alexandra Thomas]] as [[Hera Agathon]]<br />
* [[Donna Soares]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Gemenon Delegate|Gemenon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Andrew McIlroy]] as [[Jacob Cantrell]]<br />
* [[Judith Maxie]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Picon Delegate|Picon Delegate]]<br />
* [[Iris Paluly]] as [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Speaking Delegate #2|Speaking Delegate #2]]<br />
* [[Marilyn Norry]] as [[Reza Chronides]]<br />
* [[Leo Li Chiang]] as the [[tattooed pilot]] (uncredited)<br />
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== External Links ==<br />
*Composer [[Bear McCreary]] discusses the episode's score and specifically the song Gaeta sings: [http://www.bearmccreary.com/blog/?p=349]<br />
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During the search for [[Laura Roslin]] and the [[Cylon Civil War|rebel Cylon]] [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]] after its [[FTL|jump]] from the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], [[William Adama]] notes that Phantom and Sunshine's Raptor is still out there, however [[Kara Thrace]] notes that the ship is a day overdue. Adama then orders here to dispatch ships to start from Phantom's last known position and work from there ([[Sine Qua Non]]).<br />
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* The callsign "Sunshine" comes from [[Sources: Sine Qua Non|dialogue in the script]] for "[[Sine Qua Non]]" that was likely removed during post-production for the episode. While its [[canon]]icity remains nebulous, its presence is noted here as nothing in the way of aired content contradicts this piece of information. <br />
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Specialist '''Brooks''' is a deckhand aboard ''Galactica''.<br />
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He boards a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] bound for the ''[[Zephyr]]'' in order to perform some maintenance duties. He is accompanied by Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]], two [[Number Eight|Eights]], Lt. [[List of pilots#J. "Shark" Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[List of pilots#"Easy" Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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Several hours later, Brooks is found to have died from a [[morpha]] overdose. One empty vial is found in his hand, and another next to his body. The morpha presumably came from the supply brought aboard by Gaeta ([[The Face of the Enemy]]).<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" is a webisode series featuring [[Felix Gaeta]] and two [[Number Eight]]s who, along with a handful humans, are stranded on a [[Raptor 718|Raptor]] and mysteriously begin to die one by one. These events take place six to nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE1.jpg|thumb|Tigh tells Gaeta to take a vacation.]]<br />
A blood-covered Felix Gaeta is in a Raptor adrift in deep space, nine days after the events of "Revelations". Flashbacks of a list of names being written on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her palm, a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle inside the Raptor segue to three days before (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Over his protests, an exhausted Gaeta is ordered by Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] to take a week's leave aboard the ''[[Zephyr]]'' to recover. On his way to the hangar bay, Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] catches up with him in the hallway, gives him [[morpha]] for his pain, then kisses him goodbye, evincing a romantic relationship. Joining Gaeta on the flight are [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], two Number Eights, and the Raptor shuttle flight crew, Lt. [[J. Finnegan|J. "Shark" Finnegan]] and [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]].<br />
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With the Raptor 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'', [[DRADIS]] picks up hostile [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] contacts and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is forced to make an emergency [[Propulsion_in_the_Re-imagined_Series#Faster-Than-Light travel|jump]]. The Raptor completes its jump, but discovers that the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] is nowhere to be seen.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE2.JPG|thumb|The occupants of the stranded Raptor.]]<br />
Shark broadcasts on [[wireless]] to any ships that might be nearby, Easy says she entered the right coordinates, and Gaeta's stump starts to act up. A worried Brooks suggests jumping back, thinking the Fleet might have left a Raptor behind for a little while, but the Eights don't think so, since that could give away their position to Cavil's ships. Gaeta is sure that the Fleet knows that they are missing and sent someone back to look, but that they can't find out because the jump drive isn't responding. Brooks begins to pray to [[Poseidon]], puzzling the Eights since they are a long way from water, but Brooks replies they are in a ship after all. Shark discovers that the drive isn't responding because they have jumped over the [[red line]] and are thus unable to jump back to their starting point. The Eight in a Cylon [[flight suit]] ("Hard Eight") says she suspects as much, since she doesn'z recognize the star patterns. Gaetea sits at the aft workstation and determines that the FTL computer's calculations were corrupted. Shark reasons that getting back to the Fleet is not impossible, just harder, and as Hard Eight and the others continue their discussion, the other Eight ("Sweet Eight") asks Gaeta if he recognizes her.<br />
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Back on ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', Hoshi is clearly worried for Gaeta. The DRADIS contact was a false alarm, the Fleet has jumped back to their original coordinates, and there has been no sign of the missing Raptor for two days. He asks Tigh for a Raptor and a pilot to search for the missing Raptor, explaining that just as something in the universe led them to Earth, he knows he can find them. He stops short of revealing just how close he is to Gaeta and instead asserts that there has been too much loss already. Tigh agrees to Hoshi's request, but will have to run it by Admiral [[Adama (RDM)|Adama]].<br />
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Back aboard the Raptor, Shark determines how long they can last out there. The limiting factor is the air supply; since the Raptor was on shuttle detail, the CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers were not fully functional. They have only 20 ½ hours with the air thinned out to 68% of ship-normal O<sub>2</sub>, so everyone must limit their exertion and sleep as much as they can to stretch out the supply. Easy points out that at that oxygen level people experience memory loss, irrational behavior, depression and dizziness.<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~2:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE3.jpg|thumb|Gaeta meets with an Eight on New Caprica.]]<br />
Brooks offers to take a look at the Raptor's CO<sub>2</sub> scrubbers and opens a side panel. Meanwhile, Felix recognizes Sweet Eight. A flashback to 15 months earlier on Cylon-occupied [[New Caprica]] shows the two meeting in a tent, with Felix looking over a list of names and handing it to the Eight. Felix looks concerned as Sweet Eight leaves the tent.<br />
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Brooks finds a loose connection, but has trouble reaching it. Hard Eight offers to take over, and Brooks hands her his pliers. She reaches it, then stiffens as she is electrocuted. Esrin kicks her free, and Gaeta checks for a pulse before declaring her dead. Brooks is stunned, exclaiming, "My gods, I was just doing that! I was just doing that same thing!" Sweet Eight calls attention to the pliers. Felix finds that the insulating grip has been stripped off and asks, "Who did this?"<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~3:12<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE4.jpg|thumb|Gaeta asks what to do with the dead Eight's body.]]<br />
Shark examines the pliers and observes they are old and that the grips wore off, but Sweet Eight suggests that it wasn't an accident, that "someone didn't like the idea of a machine breathing their air." Brooks points that the pliers were his and he was the one who was supposed to have been killed, but Sweet Eight replies not unless he was the one who stripped the grips and questions how he could not have noticed the bare metal. Felix quashes the growing argument, saying it was an accident, and asks what to do with the corpse. Sweet Eight says jettison her, she will otherwise begin to decay and corrupt the air, and that the oxygen in the cabin can be sucked back into the tanks with only a little loss. As flight suits are broken out and put on, Sweet Eight whispers to Gaeta that she has an idea how to get them home, she will tell him when the others are asleep, and to trust her.<br />
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In a flashback to New Caprica, Gaeta writes down a list of names and what look like serial numbers for Sweet Eight. He tells her he hasn't seen some of these people in a long time, and they may already be dead. Sweet Eight reassures Gaeta that the [[Number One]]s keep good records, and if some of them are locked up, she can find them and get them out, and reassures him that they can do this.<br />
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Back in the Fleet, Lt. [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and Hoshi launch from ''Galactica'' in [[Raptor 1029]].<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:42<br />
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[[Image:TFOTE5.jpg|thumb|The dead body is jettisoned.]]<br />
The crew jettison Hard Eight's body. Afterwards, they settle down to sleep. Gaeta, apparetntly in pain, touches his stump and injects himself with a dose of morpha. Sweet Eight sees this but pretends to be asleep. Gaeta falls asleep as well and flashes back to New Caprica again, remembering Sweet Eight telling him she managed to get some of the people on his list out of detention. Others, she says, were already dead. She is particularly upset about a child whose fate is still a mystery. Gaeta reassures her that they've done good and the two kiss.<br />
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In the present, Sweet Eight wakes Gaeta while the other three still sleep and proposes her plan. She will hook into the Raptor's systems much as [[Sharon Agathon]] once did on ''Galactica'', in order to determine the corrupted memory address that made them jump to the wrong location. She is afraid that the others will think she is sabotaging the ship, so she asks Gaeta to cover for her while she works. Gaeta accidentally jars Brooks, and then notices that Brooks has died of an overdose of Gaeta's morpha. Shark and Easy wake up and accuse Sweet Eight of having killed Brooks. Gaeta protests, but she is shackled.<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal [[w:prosthesis|prosthetic]] leg.<br />
* The two Number Eights are nicknamed "Sweet Eight" and "Pilot Eight" in the commentary by Jane Espenson, the latter being the one in a Cylon flight suit. However, the script for this webisode lists "Pilot Eight" as "Hard Eight."<ref>See: [[Sources: The Face of the Enemy]].</ref><br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The rebel Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] is still with the fleet.<br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty, despite being outed as one of the [[Final Five]] Cylons.<br />
* It now does not appear unusual to have Number Eights aboard ''Galactica'', or for them to be ride aboard Colonial shuttles.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as "Sweet Eight" and "Hard Eight"<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel Saul Tigh<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as Junior Lieutenant Louis Hoshi<br />
* [[Leah Cairns]] as Junior Lieutenant Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson<br />
* [[Michael Rogers]] as Brooks<br />
* [[Jessica Harmon]] as "Easy" Esrin<br />
* [[William C. Vaughn]] as Lieutenant J. "Shark" Finnegan (credited as "Finn")<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cylons%27_Secret&diff=169823The Cylons' Secret2008-12-27T19:37:32Z<p>Serenity: /* Other */</p>
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'''''The Cylons' Secret''''' by [[Craig Shaw Gardner]] (published by [http://www.tor.com/ Tor Books]), is an original [[w:Prequel|prequel]] novel based on the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].<br />
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==Overview==<br />
Book Description from [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/product-description/0765315793/ref=dp_proddesc_0/002-0689449-0979210?%5Fencoding=UTF8&n=283155&s=books Amazon.com]:<br />
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:Sometimes no news is bad news. <br />
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:It’s been twenty years since the end of the Cylon war. The twelve human colony worlds are rebuilding, and the Cylons . . . the Cylons have been just too quiet. They are nowhere to be found. The robotic race that tried to obliterate their creators has gone to parts unknown in deep space.<br />
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:The aftermath of the war has created a new, illegal profession: scavenger. Tom Zarek is one, scouring the outer settlements for valuable Cylon technologies and artifacts and usually returning empty-handed. But now, he and the crew of the Cruiser Lightning have found the Omega Station, a scientific station shrouded in secrecy beyond the edge of charted space. This is it, the big score, except something is wrong…the base is still occupied, not by humans alone; by Cylons too!<br />
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:The battlestar Galactica, one of the oldest warships in the fleet, receives the Lightning's distress call, a cryptic one-word message: "Cylons." William Adama, newly promoted to second-in-command, is worried. Most of his crew are green, new recruits, not prepared for anything but the most routine missions. And, as Adama soon discovers, this mission is anything but routine. Omega is indeed full of Cylons, but also something much more disturbing . . .<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
*One day before the [[First Cylon War]], Cylons all over the Colonies received urgent recall orders from an unknown source, killing any humans in their way. The Cylons declare their independence, causing the war to start, initially to prevent the Cylons from leaving. Later the war became focused on extermination of the Cylons for their crimes, with the Cylons having an upper hand until the Colonies regress in computer technology. Both sides nearly collapse by the end of the war, leading to the armistice.<br />
*Twenty years later, Captain [[Saul Tigh]] on is ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', recalling the events that lead to his friendship with [[William Adama|Bill Adama]] and his current assignment on ''Galactica'' during its mission on the edge of explored space. Adama, currently a colonel and the ship's XO, is notified of strange readings on [[DRADIS]], emanating from a booby-trapped B-class freighter left by scavengers. Admiral Sing, ''Galactica'''s commanding officer, suggests sweeping the area in order to catch the scavengers and sending Vipers to deal with the freighter.<br />
*On the ''Lightning'', [[Tom Zarek]] witnesses a fight between two of the ship's Viper pilots, Scag and Eddie. Suddenly, the crew is called to attention by Griff, the XO and communications officer. All nineteen crew members arrive on the main deck and are briefed by Captain Nadu.<br />
*The ''Lightning'' receives an automated signal from a Colonial Science Protectorate outpost, despite the organization's dissolution around the time of the Cylon rebellion, mentioning a quarantine. Nadu sends Scag and Eddie in their [[Viper (TOS)|Viper Mk I]]'s ("Vipes") to check out the outpost.<br />
*Near the sabotaged freighter, three Vipers flown by Lieutenant Tara "Athena" Tanada, Nik "Skeeter" Mino, and Junior Stith examine the damage inflicted by the scavengers. Skeeter privately believes that the Cylons were responsible for the freighter, partially because of his upbringing by his grandmother, who used stories of the Cylons to bring him into line. The Vipers are recalled to ''Galactica'' while Athena gets orders to destroy the freighter.<br />
*On the ''Lightning'', the message is replaced by a live feed from Research Station Omega. The person on Omega's end informs ''Lightning'' that they have been out of contact with the Colonies for thirty years. Nadu takes advantage of the situation and gets permission for the Vipers to land, although the person on Omega's end urges Nadu to tell his pilots to wait after they land.<br />
*On Omega, Doctor Villem Fuest considers the ramifications of the impending visit of ''Lightning'''s Viper pilots eventually calling on his dead wife Betti for guidance. He calls a meeting of the senior staff, consisting of himself, Laea, Jon, and Vin, the only other remaining humans on the base, and three "companions", Gamma, Beta, and Epsilon. The companions are in fact Cylons, although they did not rebel with the others.<br />
*Laea and Vin witness the ''Lightning'''s Vipers land. The pilots exit the Vipers, brandishing their guns, causing the companions in the hangar bay to neutralize the pilots.<br />
*On the ''Lightning'', Nadu recalls the events leading up to his command of the ''Lightning'', particularly the incident that lead to his disfigurement while monitoring the Vipers' descent. As soon as Scag and Eddie are captured, Omega Station begins broadcasting the automated message again.<br />
*Fuest, Jon, Epsilon, Beta, and Gamma discuss the events in the hangar before resuming communications with the ''Lightning''. While Griff at first demands to speak to the pilots, he agrees to Fuest's request for a meeting with someone more diplomatic. Nadu agrees, but only after warning Fest that two Vipers would escort Zarek's shuttle.<br />
*Nadu calls for another crew meeting, where he rallies the crew and assigns the crew for the second landing: Zarek, Boone, the Creep, and the two Viper pilots, Slam and Ajay. Nadu orders the shuttle crew to take weapons to intimidate the station's inhabitants.<br />
*In the launch bay, Boone, Zarek, and the Creep load the shuttle with guns, grenades, and survival gear before leaving the ''Lightning''. They depart with their Viper escort and spend several minutes talking amongst themselves before landing.<br />
*Upon landing, Zarek orders that none of his team open fire without provocation. Shortly after, Dr. Fuest, Gamma, and Beta enter the hangar, causing some concern among the shuttle crew. Zarek, Boone, and the Creep exit the shuttle, meeting the three senior staff members. <br />
*While things appear to be going well, Ajay panics and opens fire with a rifle, casing Centurions to enter the area. A firefight begins, during which Zarek uses Fuest as a shield to get to the shuttle. He manages to get to the shuttle, but Boone is killed by Centurions before they could board the shuttle. <br />
*The Creep disappears, forcing Zarek to pilot the shuttle. Slam also survived and pilots his Viper out of the hangar, with Zarek following in the shuttle. However, a ship appears in orbit and destroys Slam's Viper. Zarek shuts down the engines, causing the shuttle to fall. He sends a message to Nadu about what happened to the other members of the team and the fact that Cylons inhabit the station before firing thrusters, which fail to bring the shuttle under control before hitting the ground.<br />
*On the ''Lightning'', Nadu decides to withdraw from the massive Cylon warship in order to jump to a meeting spot. However, the ship leaves without firing on the ''Lightning'', infuriating Nadu.<br />
*On the planet, Zarek examines the damaged shuttle finding most of the supplies on board unharmed. After examining his situation, he decides to leave the shuttle and examine the surrounding area.<br />
*Inside the station, Fuest questions the reasoning for the companions action. He is informed that through access to ''Lightning'''s pre-war computers (which were designed to interface with Cylon technology), the companions realized that they were a threat to the safety of the station and its personnel. They decided to neutralize the landing party before they could cause harm.<br />
*On the roof of the station, Laea witnesses the fighting in the hangar and the events immediately after, including the destruction of Slam's Viper and the shuttle crashing into the forest.<br />
*On ''Galactica'', Admiral Sing is given a copy of Zarek's distress call. The officer of the watch informs him that the duty staff overheard the message and its mention of Cylons, forcing Sing to call a meeting of all the senior officers in the CIC, in an attempt to quash any rumors.<br />
*In the CIC, the senior officers discuss the message, particularly its origin and authenticity. Sing decides to send in recon Vipers once ''Galactica'' is closer to planet and have all the officers inform their subordinates that they are investigating a message of unknown origin and downplay the possibility of encountering Cylons. <br />
*On the planet, Zarek scouts the area around the crashed shuttle, discovering that he landed in a valley with fruit, a small stream, and some wildlife. While using a water testing packet from a survival kit, he spends some time thinking about the ''Lightning'' and his situation.<br />
*On ''Galactica'', Tigh briefs the mostly green Viper pilots about the mission, stating he will go personally on the first flight, along with Athena and Skeeter. After the briefing, Skeeter voices his anxiety about encountering Cylons, but Tigh reassures him before heading off to the mess for a drink.<br />
*Meanwhile, Adama is called to the CIC as ''Galactica'' enters the vicinity of Omega Station and receives the automated message the ''Lightning'' previously received. Sing orders that a message be sent to the station, while at the same time, a message from the fleet on Omega Station.<br />
*Not along after sending the message to Omega Station, they communicate with Fuest, who asks for any party from ''Galactica'' to come unarmed, after the experience with the raiders. Soon after, Tigh updates his pilots on the changes to the mission plan, which consists of the Vipers following the shuttle sent to the station, but not landing with the shuttle.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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===New Locations===<br />
*Research Station Omega – a Picon Colony Science Station, it was an attempt to study the interactions of human settlers and modified, semi-sentient Cylons (courtesy of independent neural pathways) about five years before the [[Cylon War]]. It was later forgotten and abandoned by Picon following the outbreak of war with the Cylons. The free cruiser ''Lightning'' and ''Galactica'' come across Omega 25 years after the war. Only one of the original researchers and three adult survivors (children when the station was abandoned) remain, along with 97 Cylon 'Companions'. Following an encounter with the dreadnought ''Invincible'', the station is abandoned by the companions for parts unknown and the human survivors returned to the Colonies.<br />
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===New Ships===<br />
*B-class freighter – an old model ship, it was used to haul cargo from the Colonies to new settlements many years ago.<br />
*“Recovery Ship” – this is a polite name for a scavenger ship, which is sometimes armed with outdated Viper Mark Ones<br />
*free cruiser ''Lightning'' - this recovery ship attempts to scavenge Research Station Omega, but over a third of its crew is captured or killed by the occupants. Afterwards the ship returns with other recovery ships in order to destroy the station, but is presumably wiped out in conflict with the dreadnought ''Invincible''.<br />
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=== Other ===<br />
* Adama as ''Galactica's'' XO and Tigh as captain on the ship contradicts later information from the episode "[[Hero]]", that has both serving on the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' before being assigned to ''Galactica''. A [[Sources:Adama's Dossier|document]] shown reveals further details about Adama's career in the Colonial Fleet.<br />
* The description of weapons in the novel is mostly consistent with their portrayal in the re-imagined series, although several occasions later in the novel seem to be describing laser weaponry similar to that used in the original series. Also, the ''Invincible'' is described as having lasers in its arsenal.<br />
* The ''Invincible'' never deploys [[Cylon Raider (RDM)#Cylon-War Era Raiders|Raiders]], implying that the Raider design was a later development since the dreadnoughts were among the first military units to rebel. However, the dreadnought deploys large numbers of Vipers specifically designed for Cylon use.<br />
*''Galactica'' only has roughly two dozen pilots aboard, which is about the size of one squadron. However, it is stated that ''Galactica'' is training pilots in unexplored space, which is possibly why there are so few pilots aboard.<br />
*There are no [[Raptor|Raptors]] aboard ''Galactica'', despite their use in the First Cylon War. While it is possible that they were not placed aboard for what was supposed to be a simple mission, it is more likely that the author did not know Raptors existed at the time (a fact that was only recently revealed in "[[Razor]]" and the [[Razor Flashbacks]]).<br />
*The majority of the novel apparently takes place 20 years after the outbreak of the First Cylon War, which was four years before Tigh and Adama first met according to the [[Timeline (RDM)|series' official timeline]].<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/0765315793 Purchase ''The Cylons' Secret'' from Amazon.com]<br />
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Lieutenant '''J. "Shark" Finnegan''' is a [[Raptor]] pilot assigned to ''[[Galactica]]''.<br />
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He serves with [[Esrin|"Easy" Esrin]], who is his co-pilot aboard [[Raptor 718]]. While making a routine run to ''[[Zephyr]]'' for R&R along with Lt. [[Gaeta]], Specialist [[Brooks (RDM)|Brooks]], and two [[Number Eight]]s aboard, a false alarm causes the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] to make an emergency [[FTL|jump]]. Raptor 718 accidentally jumps beyond the [[red line]] with no way to return to their original coordinates, effectively stranding it in space with only 20 1/2 hours of oxygen left ([[The Face of the Enemy]]).<br />
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* Both the script and the credits for this webisode refer to this character as "Finn." However, both this character's name and callsign are from the nameplate stenciled on the side of Raptor 718.<br />
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[[Category:RDM]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Blue_Squadron_(RDM)&diff=169358Blue Squadron (RDM)2008-12-13T17:59:45Z<p>Serenity: Reverted edits by Galactica freak (Talk) to last version by Serenity</p>
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<div>:''For the Original Series Blue Squadron see: [[Blue Squadron (TOS)]]''<br />
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[[Image:Blue squadron.jpg|thumb|right|Blue Squadron on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'''s [[DRADIS]] ([[Razor]]).]]<br />
'''Blue Squadron''' is the [[wireless]] callsign of several fighter squadrons.<br />
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It is the designation of the initial Viper squadron sortied from ''Pegasus'' during its [[Battle of the Communications Relay|attack on a Cylon communications relay]] under Admiral Cain ([[Razor]]).<br />
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During the [[Battle of the Binary Star System]], Blue Squadron is shown on the DRADIS screen participating in the battle. It is presumably led by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]).<br />
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During the [[Battle of New Caprica]], Blue Squadron departs ''[[Galactica]]'' during planetfall. They lead hit and run attacks on surface installations during the battle. It is possibly led by [[Brendan Costanza|Hot Dog]] ([[Exodus, Part II]]).<br />
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Later, the name is used for a [[Raptor]] picket led by [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] ([[The Son Also Rises]]). Blue Squadron appears on ''Galactica'''s DRADIS during the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]] ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).<br />
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== Similar terms ==<br />
* A group of Vipers is called "Blue Team" during a training exercise. Led by [[Louanne Katraine|Kat]], it measures its skills against [[Red Team]] ([[Torn]])<br />
* In a "[[A Day in the Life]]", Lee Adama orders his pilots to do flying and landing exercises, dividing them into red, blue, yellow and green "sections".<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* Originally it seemed that Blue Squadron could be a standing squadron on ''[[Pegasus]]'' (similar to the naming scheme of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]). However, later the term is used for widely different units, which are led by different people. This suggests that it is merely a callsign to identify the squadrons on the wireless and [[DRADIS]].<br />
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== See Also ==<br />
* [[Red Squadron (RDM)|Red Squadron]], [[Yellow Squadron]] and [[Green Squadron]]<br />
* [[Squadrons of Galactica]]<br />
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[[de:Blaue Staffel (RDM)]]</div>Serenityhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Sexuality_in_the_Twelve_Colonies_(RDM)&diff=169357Sexuality in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)2008-12-13T17:59:23Z<p>Serenity: /* Homosexuality */</p>
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<div>: ''For sexuality depicted in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], see: [[Sexuality in Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]].''<br />
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'''Sexuality in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]''' mirrors sexuality in the real world, in terms of the presence of hetero-, homo- and bi-sexual relationships.<br />
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According to comments from [[Michael Taylor]], the Colonials do not make an emphasis "of the distinction between hetero- and homosexual preferences. I tend to think that in this respect, at least, they’re a bit more enlightened than we are."<ref name="thewatcher">{{cite_web|url=http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2007/11/answers-to-your.html|title=Answers to your 'Razor' questions and clues about 'Battlestar Galactica's' final season|date=16 November 2007|accessdate=16 November 2007|last=Ryan|first=Maureen|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Heterosexuality ==<br />
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[[Image:Billy and Jaycie.jpg|thumb|[[William Adama]] and [[Jaycie McGavin]] in coitus ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).]]<br />
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Relationships depicted in the series tend to be overwhelmingly heterosexual in nature. Amongst these relationships are:<br />
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* Relationships resulting in marriage<br />
** [[Saul Tigh]] and [[Ellen Tigh]]<br />
** [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Samuel Anders]]<br />
** [[William Adama]] and [[Carolanne Adama]] ([[Miniseries]], "[[A Day in the Life]]")<br />
** [[Cally Tyrol|Cally Tyrol ''neé'' Henderson]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] <br />
** [[Anastasia Dualla]] and [[Lee Adama]]<br />
** [[Romo Lampkin]] and [[Faye Lampkin]] ("[[The Son Also Rises]]", "[[Sine Qua Non]]")<br />
** [[Karl Agathon]] and [[Sharon Agathon]]<br />
** [[Sesha Abinell]] and [[Ray Abinell]] ([[Sacrifice]])<br />
** [[Jurgen Belzen]] and [[Rika Belzen]] ([[Razor]])<br />
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* Relationships between consensual, unmarried persons<br />
** [[Sharon Valerii]] and Galen Tyrol<br />
** Lee Adama and [[Kara Thrace]] ("[[Scar]]", "[[Unfinished Business]]")<br />
** William Adama and [[Laura Roslin]] (implied, "[[A Day in the Life]], "[[Unfinished Business]]")<br />
** William Adama and [[Jaycie McGavin]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]])<br />
** Laura Roslin and [[Richard Adar]] ([[Epiphanies]])<br />
** [[Tory Foster]] and Samuel Anders ([[Crossroads, Part II]])<br />
** [[Billy Keikeya]] and Anastasia Dualla<br />
** [[Louanne Katraine]] and [[Enzo]] ([[The Passage]])<br />
** Saul Tigh and [[Caprica-Six]]<br />
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* Sexual relationship between consensual adults while engaged in other sexual relationships<br />
** [[Gaius Baltar]] and various female conquests such as [[Sherry Bennett]], [[Caprica Six]], [[Gina Inviere]], [[Number Three]], [[Kara Thrace]], [[Tory Foster]], [[Playa Palacios]], and an [[Unnamed characters (RDM)#Unnamed Lover|unidentified woman]] in the [[Miniseries]]. Baltar's ongoing relations with [[Virtual Six]] are difficult to define, but certainly involve a sexual aspect.<br />
** Ellen Tigh and various men during her marriage to Saul Tigh ([[Miniseries]], "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", "[[Occupation]]", "[[Precipice]]")<br />
** Lee Adama and Kara Thrace cheat on their respective spouses after getting married ([[The Eye of Jupiter]])<br />
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== Homosexuality ==<br />
[[Image:Cain and gina.jpg|thumb|right|[[Helena Cain]] dining with [[Gina Inviere]].]]<br />
In the webisode "[[The Face of the Enemy]]" [[Felix Gaeta]] is revealed to be in a homosexual relationship with [[Hoshi]]. Him being homosexual was something that several fans had speculated on — notably with the [[Season 3 gag reel]] where [[Alessandro Juliani]] attempts to "hit" on a [[marine]] protecting [[James Callis]]'s [[Gaius Baltar]]<br />
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Homosexuality in the series was formally introduced in "[[Razor]]", with the revelation that [[Helena Cain]] and [[Gina Inviere]] were engaged in a lesbian relationship. <br />
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The revelation of the Cain-Inviere relationship does not seem to surprise ''Pegasus'' personnel. [[Kendra Shaw]] is slightly shocked, but more due to the surprise that Cain is dependent on anyone. [[Jurgen Belzen]] and [[Jack Fisk]] do not seem to be at all fazed or uncomfortable with this relationship during the formal dinner after the [[Fall of the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] (Razor). Therefore, this is in keeping with writer Michael Taylor's comments that "the point about Cain’s and Gina’s relationship is that the fact that they had a same-sex relationship was no big deal".<ref name="thewatcher"/><br />
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== Bisexuality ==<br />
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[[Image:Threesome.jpg|thumb|right|Caprica-Six, Three and Baltar sleeping ([[Hero]]).]]<br />
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Bisexuality has not been seen until "[[Hero]]", with the culmination of a [[w:ménage à trois|ménage à trois]] between [[Caprica Six]], [[Number Three]], and [[Gaius Baltar]]. It is uncertain how this is viewed in Colonial society, but since it is apparent that the Cylons model their behavior after their human creators, it is more than likely that sexual acts involving multiple partners is derived from Colonials.<br />
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Also, Gina Inviere can be considered bisexual due to her involvement with both Helena Cain and Gaius Baltar (at different times), though her relationship with Baltar is marred by the psychological effects of Inviere having been gang-raped on ''Pegasus''.<br />
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In an interview, [[Ronald D. Moore]] stated "We sort of always talked about the Cylons being basically bisexual in all formats. They didn’t really have gender roles within the twelve models kind of thing, but we never really played that idea out so I don’t know if we ever really established that as part of the mythos, but that was something we sort of talked about. We pretty much established that some of the Sixes, there was the Six that was in a relationship with Admiral Cain so we know that that’s part of some of the Sixes, whether that means that applies to all the Six models, we just never got into that depth, that kind of detailed stories of them." <ref name="cylons">{{cite_web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/ronald-moore-kevin-reilly-virtuality-star-trek|title=Scoop on "Virtuality", the first U.S. science fiction series to include gay characters|date=7 October 2008|accessdate=7 October 2008|last=Jensen|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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Moore also said that "We’re in the process now of starting to think about what ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' the series will be and what the storylines are and it is something that we’re talking about in our sort of nascent writers’ room where we have some people together and we’re just talking about what it could be and we are talking about it as an active thing, like okay, how can we work in gay, lesbian and bisexual storylines into this and that – it’s just not there yet, but it is part of the discussion."<ref name="cylons">{{cite_web|url=http://www.afterelton.com/blog/michaeljensen/ronald-moore-kevin-reilly-virtuality-star-trek|title=Scoop on "Virtuality", the first U.S. science fiction series to include gay characters|date=7 October 2008|accessdate=7 October 2008|last=Jensen|first=Michael|format=|language=}}</ref><br />
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== Other notes ==<br />
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* The religious controversy surrounding [[Rya Kibby]]'s abortion suggest that the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies|Colonial faith]] (or the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Gemenon|Gemenese]] interpretation thereof) contains doctrine pertaining to sexuality, possibly in a similar fashion to many real world religions ([[The Captain's Hand]]).<br />
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* The presence of [[w:child prostitution|child prostitution]] under [[Phelan]]'s [[black market (organization)|black market]] indicates the presence of pedophilia within Colonial society. The practice of child prostitution is viewed with loathing disdain by Colonials such as Lee Adama, who ultimately kills Phelan after discovering this practice aboard ''[[Prometheus]]'' ([[Black Market]]).<br />
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* Prostitution is legal in Colonial society, with consenting adult women such as [[Shevon]] offering their services to adult men such as Lee Adama (Black Market).<br />
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* In addition, the Colonials have pornographic material like ''[[Nymph]]'' ([[Scar]]), although it is uncertain whether or not pornography is viewed in the same controversial light as it is in [[w:United States|America]] and some other cultures.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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"'''The Face of the Enemy'''" webisode series focuses on [[Felix Gaeta]], who is accompanied by a handful of humans and two [[Number 8|Number Eights]] on a [[Raptor]], during which they mysteriously begin to die, one by one. The events of this story take place between six and nine days after "[[Revelations]]".<br />
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== Summary ==<br />
===Episode 1===<br />
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* Release date: December 12, 2008<br />
* Running time: ~4:11<br />
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The webisode begins with [[Felix Gaeta]] covered in blood in a [[Raptor]] while drifting in space, nine days after the end of "[[Revelations]]". Images flash of him frantically writing down a list of names on a pad, a Number Eight cutting into her hand, someone holding a pair of needle-nose pliers, and a struggle amongst the occupants. It then flashes back to three days before this scenario (six days after "Revelations").<br />
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Gaeta is ordered to take a vacation by [[Saul Tigh]], despite his protests. He is told to take a shuttle to the ''[[Zephyr]]'' for some R&R. He runs into [[L. Hoshi|Hoshi]] in the hallway, who gives him [[morpha]] for his pain. They kiss goodbye, showing that they are in a romantic relationship. Gaeta is accompanied by two Number Eights, [[deckhand]] [[Brooks_(RDM)|Brooks]], Lt. [[List of pilots|J. "Shark" Finnegan]], and an unnamed co-pilot. They are less than 15 minutes away from the ''Zephyr'' when hostile Cylon contacts are detected on [[DRADIS]], forcing the Fleet to make an emergency jump. However, when the Raptor jumps, they find themselves separated from the rest of the Fleet.<br />
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===Episode 2===<br />
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* Release date: December 15, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 3===<br />
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* Release date: December 17, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 4===<br />
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* Release date: December 22, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 5===<br />
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* Release date: December 24, 008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 6===<br />
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* Release date: December 29, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 7===<br />
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* Release date: December 31, 2008<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 8===<br />
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* Release date: January 5, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 9===<br />
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* Release date: January 9, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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===Episode 10===<br />
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* Release date: January 12, 2009<br />
* Running time: ''Not yet available.''<br />
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''Plot breakdown not yet available.''<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
* The fleet has left the devastated planet Earth they found in "[[Revelations]]" and is again on the run from the hostile faction of Cylons. <br />
* Saul Tigh has returned to duty.<br />
* It does not appear to be an unusual occurrence for there to be Number Eights on-board the ''Galactica'', or for them to be taking a Raptor ride to the ''Zephyr''.<br />
* Felix Gaeta has a metal leg replacement.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Official Statements ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
''Not yet available.''<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Alessandro Juliani]] as Junior Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]]<br />
* [[Grace Park]] as [[Number Eight]]<br />
* [[Michael Hogan]] as Colonel [[Saul Tigh]]<br />
* [[Brad Dryborough]] as [[L. Hoshi]]<br />
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