Cole Taylor

Cole Taylor
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Callsign	Stinger
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Role	Former CAG, battlestar Pegasus
Rank	Captain
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Portrayed by	John Pyper-Ferguson
Cole Taylor is a Cylon
Cole Taylor is a Final Five Cylon
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Captain Cole "Stinger" Taylor is the former CAG of the battlestar Pegasus.

Like many Pegasus officers under Admiral Helena Cain's thrall, Taylor is a humorless officer that seems to regard Galactica's officers as tainted in some way. He feels that Commander Adama's son, Lee, has been given his responsibilities as CAG through his father's influence.

Encounter with Galactica

After Pegasus jumps into range of the Fleet, Admiral Cain is brought to Galactica on Taylor's Raptor, 861, along with Lieutenant Noel Allison and Colonel Jack Fisk. Upon a tour of Galactica, and overhearing comments about Allison's Viper, he admonishes Adama for the lack of discipline under his stead.

When Captain Adama is transferred to Pegasus on Admiral Cain's orders, Taylor busts Lee Adama's role to a mere Raptor pilot to accompany him on a recon mission to an unknown Cylon ship ^{(TRS: "Pegasus")}. While on the mission, tensions break out between Galactica and Pegasus relating to the death of Alastair Thorne. Under Cain's orders, Taylor relieves Adama at gunpoint. Adama is allowed to go to the back of the Raptor where he secretly contacts Kara Thrace aboard the Blackbird, who has just returned from her own secret reconnaissance effort of the Cylon vessel.

Once tensions between the two battlestar crews abate, Cain receives a download of Thrace's recon photos. Impressed not only by Thrace's work, but in her brazenness, she promotes Thrace to Captain and to the duties of Pegasus CAG, replacing Taylor, who had failed to notice Thrace and Adama's scheming behind his back ^{(TRS: "Resurrection Ship, Part I")}.

Later, Taylor is placed in the brig after mouthing off to Pegasus's commanding officer, Commander Garner. Whether or not he is released following Garner's death is not known ^{(TRS: "The Captain's Hand")}, and his fate thereafter remains unstated.

Notes

• Although he wears a Viper pilot's patch on his right sleeve, Pegasus Raptor 861 is marked with his name when Admiral Cain is first flown to Galactica.
• Ron D. Moore notes in his podcast for "Resurrection Ship, Part I" that it was difficult to get actor John Pyper-Ferguson back on set due to scheduling. This is why, after briefly appearing in the teaser segment at the beginning of the episode, he was not featured in future episodes. Ferguson would later appear in the prequels Caprica as Tomas Vergis and Blood and Chrome as Xander Toth.
• In the one-shot comic Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus from Dynamite Entertainment, Cole Taylor is mistakenly named "Robert Taylor".

Preceded by: (unknown)

Commander, Air Group of the battlestar Pegasus

Succeeded by: Kara "Starbuck" Thrace

Re-imagined Series definition: a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in wireless communications and in conversation

Re-imagined Series definition: the senior pilot on a battlestar