Boxey (TOS alternate)

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This article covers the various depictions of the Original Series' Boxey from the tie-in novelizations, comic books, and other media.

Berkley Novelizations

Background

In the Berkley novelizations, Boxey is a full-fledged orphan, his parents presumably killed during the final Cylon attack on the Colonies. His adoptive parents became Serina and Apollo respectively. Following Serina's death, Apollo becomes his sole guardian and father figure.

As Boxey grew older, he came to hate that name and his extended family searched for a new name, given that they never knew his birth name. As a result, they christen him "Troy".

Given the deaths of both sets of parents, biological and adoptive, Troy had "put up barriers that no one could get through" for fear of loving someone, then losing them again.

The Tombs of Kobol

Boxey is pleased at the fact that Serina and Apollo are to be married, however the marriage was short lived and he is forced to go through the death of his second mother.

Surrender the Galactica!

In Surrender the Galactica!, Boxey experiences recurring nightmares about Apollo's death in combat. These dreams feature him piloting his own Viper alongside Apollo, but being helpless to save his stepfather when Cylon raiders attack. In his nightmares, Apollo successfully destroys three enemy ships before falling victim to a fourth raider with special weaponry, leaving Boxey screaming helplessly as his father's ship dissolves.

Driven by his fear of losing Apollo and his inability to cope with waiting for his stepfather to return from dangerous missions, Boxey writes a farewell note and runs away from his quarters. The note reads: "Dear Dad, I'm glad you're still alive. I was real worried. I had bad dreams and you always died. I'm afraid. I don't want to wait here and think about you getting killed. I'm going away. Then you don't have to worry about me again. I hope you never get killed. I'm taking Muffy with me. Your son, Boxey."

Boxey's journey through Galactica leads him to the lower levels known as the Devil's Pit, where he encounters an elderly man who recognizes him as Apollo's son. The old man, a former resident of the ship's upper levels, befriends Boxey and provides him with food and shelter.

In the Devil's Pit, Boxey also meets Peri, a tough young girl who knows the hidden passages and secret areas of the ship. Together, they navigate the dangerous lower levels, avoiding conflicts between rival factions of displaced personnel who have formed makeshift communities in the abandoned areas. Despite their initial antagonism, Boxey and Peri develop a friendship as they help each other survive various encounters with hostile groups.

Eventually, Boxey becomes involved with a theater company operating in the ship's lower levels. He performs in their productions, using makeup and costumes that disguise his identity from anyone who might recognize him. During one performance, Apollo arrives in the audience, accompanied by the old man from the Devil's Pit who had helped in the search. Boxey spots his stepfather from behind the stage curtain, leading to an emotional confrontation.

The reunion between Apollo and Boxey is highly emotional. Apollo acknowledges that he cannot promise to stop going on dangerous missions, as duty requires him to continue serving as a Viper pilot. However, he expresses his need for Boxey to be there when he returns, telling the boy: "I can't stop your worries. When I go out on a mission, I always face danger. I've gotten out of more scrapes than I can count. When I'm out there, I think of you. Often. I count on getting back here—to you." Moved by his stepfather's words, Boxey chooses to return to his normal life aboard Galactica.

The Living Legend

After Adama's death sometime well into the future, Troy is given command of Galactica and access to Adama's personal journals that have not been read by anyone before him. (Apollo is not given command due to his death sometime before Adama's.) When presented with Adama's logs after a pre-recorded introduction made by Adama, he first searches the logs about Commander Cain, who Adama credits for saving the entire Fleet.

Comics

Dynamite Entertainment

Boxey and Muffit during the arduous transit through the mysterious black hole (^{(Comics: Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 3 #1)}).

There are at least four variations of Boxey from the Dynamite Entertainment comics, including:

• Boxey, the standard depiction;
• Boxey, Serina's son who had been murdered by the Cylons during the Battle of Cimtar in an alternate reality;
• Boxey, Athena's ward in ^{(Comics: Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880)};
• Troy Adama, from the ^{(Comics: Galactica 1980)} series.

Marvel comics

Boxey loses Muffey during the Cylon bombardment of Caprica's cities ^{(Comics: Annihilation!)}.

Boxey is the son of Serina who, along with his daggit Muffey, frolics around the Caprica city while his mother hosts a newscast to cover the anticipated armistice.

When the Cylons attack, Boxey and Muffey attempt to flee the rampant destruction. While Serina saves Boxey from falling debris of a nearby structure, Muffey does not share such fortune and, after a short search, Boxey and his mother flee the city ruins into the hillside, where they encounter Captain Apollo's Viper near the ruins of Commander Adama home ^{(Comics: Annihilation!)}.

He makes a few fleeting appearances in the Marvel comics that occur after A Death in the Family.

Look-In Magazine

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Boxey is the adopted son of Captain Apollo and the owner of the robotic daggit, Muffit.

He befriends Captain Heffren aboard Galactica and is the first to discover Heffren's sabotage attempt in the fuel room. After being nearly strangled by the Cylon-controlled captain, Boxey later assists in tracking him down with Muffit ^{(Comics: Look-In Magazine: Storyline 1)}.

Having previously had Parahelial Fever two yahrens prior, Boxey is immune and accompanies Apollo to the quarantined transport Orestes. There, he keeps the other children's spirits up with heroic tales. When Apollo is captured, Boxey organizes and leads a "suicide mission" of ten other children to rescue his father from a Cylon mothership ^{(Comics: Look-In Magazine: Storyline 3)}.

Boxey stows away with Muffit aboard Boomer's shuttle on a rescue mission to Zaroak. He and Boomer rescue a Zaroakian soldier from a swamp, who then guides them to the others ^{(Comics: Look-In Magazine: Storyline 4)}.

Maximum Press comics

Boxey in 7347.

Unlike his counterpart from other series, including the continuations, Boxey is not the nickname for Troy, but merely a version of his name, Box.

As the Maximum Press comics follow the Original Series's official canon very strongly, Boxey is referred to as the biological son of Serina and the step-son of Apollo. In 7344, Sheba and Apollo are sealed and he has a step-brother named Cain, who is born that same yahren (War of Eden 1).

By 7362, Box is a lieutenant and a Viper pilot. He is Captain Starbuck's wingman, and is one of three Warriors (the others being Starbuck and Colonel Boomer) who are part of the first Colonial landing party to Earth. During this mission, where Box almost loses his life by a dinosaur's maw, they discover the object later known as Adam's Ark (War of Eden 1-4).