Pre-Blood & Chrome:
Battle of Caprica |
Fall of Djerba |
Operation Clean Sweep
Blood & Chrome: Battle of Sector 12 |
Battle of Djerba |
Ghost Fleet Offensive
Final Day:
Operation Raptor Talon |
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| date= Approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|4 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] | | date= Approximately [[Timeline (RDM)|4 years]] after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] | ||
| epi= [[The Oath]] <br/> [[Blood on the Scales]] | | epi= [[The Oath]] <br/> [[Blood on the Scales]] | ||
| place=[[Galactica ( | | place=[[Galactica (TRS)|Battlestar ''Galactica'']] <br /> ''[[Colonial One]]'' | ||
| result= Mutiny collapses<br />[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]] executed by firing squad | | result= Mutiny collapses<br />[[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] and [[Tom Zarek|Zarek]] executed by firing squad | ||
* Imprisonment of remaining mutineers | * Imprisonment of remaining mutineers | ||
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:* Baltar is comforted on the baseship by [[Lida]]. | :* Baltar is comforted on the baseship by [[Lida]]. | ||
* '''1337''' - [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], still free, manage to break into the brig and rescue the Cylons and Karl Agathon, and they join the two in the battle to retake the ship. Anders is seriously wounded and Kara stays behind to get him to Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]] for medical treatment while Caprica Six, Hera and the injured Helo go to Baltar's cult to hide out, reasoning that no one wants to go near there and they'll be safe. | * '''1337''' - [[Lee Adama]] and [[Kara Thrace]], still free, manage to break into the brig and rescue the Cylons and Karl Agathon, and they join the two in the battle to retake the ship. Anders is seriously wounded and Kara stays behind to get him to Doctor [[Sherman Cottle]] for medical treatment while Caprica-Six, Hera and the injured Helo go to Baltar's cult to hide out, reasoning that no one wants to go near there and they'll be safe. | ||
* '''1342''' - Adama's trial continues, Zarek is informed that the prisoners have escaped. He lies to Adama, telling him that Tigh was killed trying to escape. Adama refuses to answer any more questions, and he is sentenced to death by firing squad. | * '''1342''' - Adama's trial continues, Zarek is informed that the prisoners have escaped. He lies to Adama, telling him that Tigh was killed trying to escape. Adama refuses to answer any more questions, and he is sentenced to death by firing squad. | ||
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:* Adama, Lee, Tigh, Athena, Kelly, the Marine squad, and a gathering crowd of other loyalists make their way towards the CIC. | :* Adama, Lee, Tigh, Athena, Kelly, the Marine squad, and a gathering crowd of other loyalists make their way towards the CIC. | ||
:* Gaeta tries to jump, but Tyrol manages to manually disable the FTL drive. Zarek begins to panic. Specialist [[Gage]] turns ''Galactica' | :* Gaeta tries to jump, but Tyrol manages to manually disable the FTL drive. Zarek begins to panic. Specialist [[Gage]] turns ''Galactica''{{'|s}} weapons on the baseship. Realizing he's lost, Gaeta orders him to stand down. Seconds later, Adama and his men storm CIC and retake it without firing a shot, ending the mutiny. Adama contacts the baseship and gets Roslin and the Cylons to stand down now that he's back in command again. | ||
* '''1532''' - Galactica's CIC is secured by Admiral Adama and his loyalists. Gaeta and Zarek are led away. | * '''1532''' - Galactica's CIC is secured by Admiral Adama and his loyalists. Gaeta and Zarek are led away. | ||
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** [[Dahlia]] † | ** [[Dahlia]] † | ||
** [[Reza Chronides]] † | ** [[Reza Chronides]] † | ||
** Eight [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM)#Quorum of Twelve|unnamed delegates]] † | ** Eight [[Unnamed civilians in the Fleet (RDM) | ||
#Quorum of Twelve|unnamed delegates]] † | |||
* The [[Cult of Baltar]] | * The [[Cult of Baltar]] | ||
** Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] | ** Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] |
Gaeta's Mutiny | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary | |||||||||||||||||||||
Conflict: | Internal Battles | ||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | Approximately 4 years after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies | ||||||||||||||||||||
Related Episode(s): | The Oath Blood on the Scales | ||||||||||||||||||||
Place: | Battlestar Galactica Colonial One | ||||||||||||||||||||
Result: | Mutiny collapses Gaeta and Zarek executed by firing squad | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Gaeta's Mutiny is an attempted coup led by Junior Lieutenant Felix Gaeta and Vice President Tom Zarek to overthrow both President Laura Roslin and Admiral William Adama following their establishment of an alliance with the Cylon rebel faction.
Following the discovery of Earth, tensions within the Fleet begin to rise. Roslin's power as a religious icon diminishes, and she largely withdraws from her official duties. Recognizing the desperate situation of the Fleet, Adama proposes an alliance with the rebel Cylons, whereby the Cylons will upgrade the Fleet's FTL drives, thus tripling their jump range, in exchange for protection from Galactica and a seat on the Quorum of Twelve. Though the Quorum of Twelve, led by Zarek, votes against allowing the Cylons to board ships in the Fleet, Adama declares the matter a military decision, overruling the Quorum and permitting the Cylons to install the upgrades. When the workers on the Fleet's refinery ship Hitei Kan revolt, kill the Cylon work crew and Galactica Marines aboard and jump the ship, Adama has Zarek arrested. Having become more disturbed by Adama's actions, Gaeta begins to quietly build support among members of the crew and, following the events on Hitei Kan, meets with Zarek in the brig. There, the two men agree that Adama and Roslin must be removed from power in order to prevent the alliance and restore democracy (TRS: "A Disquiet Follows My Soul").
Gaeta and Zarek are executed by firing squad for their crimes at some later point (TRS: "Blood on the Scales"). The remaining mutineers are imprisoned on the Astral Queen, though they are later freed in exchange for participating in the Battle of The Colony (TRS: "Deadlock" podcast; "Daybreak, Part I").
Ironically, the mutiny ends up accomplishing the exact opposite of what it was intended to do. With a considerable number of Galactica's crew dead or imprisoned, the Colonials start flying joint CAPs with the rebel Cylons. In addition, there is a shortage of Marines on Galactica. Adama refuses to let Centurions on board the ship and instead decides to arm Baltar's cult to help control the civilian population in Dogsville (TRS: "Deadlock").
Furthermore, it is during the final stages of this mutiny that Tyrol discovers ominous signs of wear and tear on Galactica. Admiral Adama reluctantly agrees to allow Tyrol to use Cylon bio-technology and Cylon work crews from the baseship to fix the damage (TRS: "No Exit").
With the Quorum of Twelve decimated, it is replaced by the Quorum of Ships' Captains at Lee Adama's suggestion. The Quorum now comprises of captains representing the individual ships of the Fleet, rather than politicians representing the extinct Twelve Colonies. The Cylons are allowed to send their own representative to this new Quorum in the form of Sonja (TRS: "Someone to Watch Over Me").
All surviving mutineers were later pardoned by Admiral Adama and offered reinstatement if they agreed to join Galactica’s high risk assault on The Colony (TRS: "Daybreak, Part I").
On Galactica:
On the Baseship:
Re-imagined Series definition: nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar, see: Combat Information Center
Re-imagined Series definition: technology enabling travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit, see: FTL
Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another
Re-imagined Series definition: Executive Officer, e.g. Saul Tigh
Re-imagined Series definition: generally related to the CIC station and related locations