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The Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit (also known as the MLMT, Lev, or maglev) train is a public transportation system in use in Caprica. The MLMT utilizes magnetic levitation to propel train cars to various destinations with platforms in cities including Caprica City.

The MLMT has stops all over Caprica City including one just outside Atlas Arena ^{(CAP: "Apotheosis")}.

Maglev 23

In 42YR (58 BCH), Athena Academy student and Soldiers of the One member Ben Stark carries out the suicide bombing of Maglev 23. Aboard the train are Stark's girlfriend Zoe Graystone as well as Shannon and Tamara Adama, all killed in the bombing ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}.

Caprican Global Defense Department Agents Jordan Durham and Youngblood are assigned to investigate the bombing, pursuing evidence that lead them to mistakenly believe Zoe Graystone was a conspirator in the attack ^{(CAP: "Pilot" and "Rebirth")}.

While the bombing wasn't condoned by the Soldiers of the One leadership or the Monotheist Church, Sister Clarice Willow refuses to condemn Ben Stark for his actions ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}. Nevertheless, Willow takes the act as an affront to her leadership from fellow cell leader Barnabus Greely who, along with Stark, Keon Gatwick and others, planned the bombing as a more aggressive tack in fighting Caprican decadence and moral corruption ^{(CAP: "Know Thy Enemy" and "End of Line")}.

Gallery

A busy street view rocketed by the bombing ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}.
Ben Stark detonates his bomb vest inside ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}.
Denizens caught in the initial explosion of Ben Stark's bomb vest ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}.

Notes

The name Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit comes from scene descriptions within the script of the pilot episode of Caprica. It is referred to in dialog only as the MLMT train or Lev, shorthand for magnetic levitation. ^[1]

The MLMT train station appearing in the Caprica pilot was in reality the Granville Station, an underground SkyTrain station in Vancouver, British Columbia. ^[2] ^[3] For the production, Vancouver signage was changed to represent Caprica City and the SkyTrain itself was replaced with a digital model, though an advertisement for H&M managed to sneak into the scene. ^[4]

The Atlas Arena MLMT train station seen in "Apotheosis" was filmed at the Coal Harbour Community Centre, where other scenes for the episode were also shot. ^[5]

A deleted scene from "The Imperfections of Memory" depicted Amanda Graystone riding the Lev to the memorial wall outside Apollo Park.

The interior of the Lev from the pilot episode of Caprica featured the distinctive wall panels seen aboard the battlestars Galactica and Pegasus in the Re-imagined Series. The set was later redressed and used for the interior of the STO jump ship in "Blowback."

References

[1] ttp://www.docstoc.com/docs/24797178/CAPRICA-10-6-06fdr-Title-Page

[2] ttp://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/04/granville-station-in-caprica/

[3] ttp://www.visitcaprica.com/2011/01/episode-1-pilot.html

[4] ttp://www.flickr.com/photos/aharvey2k/4311998589/

[5] ttp://www.visitcaprica.com/2011/01/episode-18-apotheosis.html

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-[[Image:Caprica - Lev.jpg|thumb|The Lev train leaving the Caprica City station before [[Ben Stark]]'s suicide bombing ([[Caprica pilot]]).]]
+[[Image:Caprica - Lev.jpg|thumb|The MLMT train arriving at a Caprica City station.]]
-The '''Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit''' (also known as the '''MLMT''', '''Lev''', or '''maglev''') train was a public transportation system in use on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. The MLMT utilized magnetic levitation to propel train cars to various destinations with platforms in cities including [[Caprica City]] ([[CAP]]: ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]).
+The '''Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit''' (also known as the '''MLMT''', '''Lev''', or '''maglev''') train is a public transportation system in use in {{RDM|Caprica}}. The MLMT utilizes magnetic levitation to propel train cars to various destinations with platforms in cities including [[Caprica City]].
-==Bombing==
+The MLMT has stops all over Caprica City including one just outside [[Atlas Arena]] {{CAP|Apotheosis (episode)}}.
-In [[Colonial calendar#The Calendar from Caprica|YR42]], some 58 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], [[Athena Academy]] student and member of the [[Soldiers of the One]] terrorist group, [[Ben Stark]] plotted and carried out the suicide bombing of Maglev 23, a train departing Caprica City. Aboard the Lev train were Stark's girlfriend [[Zoe Graystone]] and [[Shannon Adama|Shannon]] and [[Tamara Adama]], all killed in the bombing. While not "authorized" by the Soldiers of the One, the attack was nevertheless condoned by fellow monotheist, Sister [[Clarice Willow]] as fighting "evil".
-Caprican Global Defense Department Agent [[Jordan Durham]] was assigned to investigate the bombing, pursuing evidence that lead him to mistakenly believe Zoe Graystone was a conspirator in the attack ([[CAP]]: ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' [[Caprica pilot|pilot]]).
+== Maglev 23 ==
+In [[42YR]] ([[58 BCH]]), [[Athena Academy]] student and [[Soldiers of the One]] member [[Ben Stark]] carries out the suicide bombing of '''Maglev 23'''. Aboard the train are Stark's girlfriend [[Zoe Graystone]] as well as [[Shannon Adama|Shannon]] and [[Tamara Adama]], all killed in the bombing {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.
+Caprican [[Global Defense Department]] Agents [[Jordan Durham]] and [[Youngblood]] are assigned to investigate the bombing, pursuing evidence that lead them to mistakenly believe Zoe Graystone was a conspirator in the attack {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)|Rebirth}}.
+While the bombing wasn't condoned by the Soldiers of the One leadership or the [[Monotheist Church]], Sister [[Clarice Willow]] refuses to condemn Ben Stark for his actions {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.  Nevertheless, Willow takes the act as an affront to her leadership from fellow cell leader [[Barnabus Greely]] who, along with Stark, [[Keon Gatwick]] and others, planned the bombing as a more aggressive tack in fighting Caprican decadence and moral corruption {{CAP|Know Thy Enemy|End of Line}}.
+=== Gallery ===
+<gallery mode="slideshow">
+File:Caprica - Pilot - Street View of Bombing.png|A busy street view rocketed by the bombing {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.
+File:Caprica - Pilot - Ben Stark Detonates his Bomb Vest.png|[[Ben Stark]] detonates his bomb vest inside {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.
+File:Caprica - Pilot - Bomb Vest Explodes.png|Denizens caught in the initial explosion of Ben Stark's bomb vest {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.
+</gallery>
 ==Notes==
-* The name Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit comes from scene descriptions within the script of the pilot episode of ''Caprica''. It is referred to in dialog only as the MLMT train or Lev.
+* The name Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit comes from scene descriptions within the script of the pilot episode of ''Caprica''. It is referred to in dialog only as the MLMT train or Lev, shorthand for [[w:magnetic levitation|magnetic levitation]]. <ref>http://www.docstoc.com/docs/24797178/CAPRICA-10-6-06fdr-Title-Page</ref>
-* "Lev" is short-hand for [[w:magnetic levitation|magnetic levitation]].
-* It is unclear if the Lev remained after the first [[Cylon War]] as it never appeared in episodes of ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.
-* It is also unclear exactly what the range of the Lev train was, whether is was merely municipal transit or intercity, as we saw only one station stop labeled simply "Caprica City".
-* The Caprica City Lev station is a redressed version of a [[w:Skytrain|Skytrain]] station in [[w:Vancouver|Vancouver]], where the pilot for ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' was shot.
-== Related imagery ==
+*The MLMT train station appearing in the ''Caprica'' pilot was in reality the [[Wikipedia: Granville Station (TransLink)|Granville Station]], an underground [[Wikipedia: SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] station in [[Wikipedia:Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]]. <ref>http://buzzer.translink.ca/index.php/2009/04/granville-station-in-caprica/</ref> <ref>http://www.visitcaprica.com/2011/01/episode-1-pilot.html</ref>  For the production, Vancouver signage was changed to represent Caprica City and the SkyTrain itself was replaced with a digital model, though an advertisement for [[Wikipedia:H&M|H&M]] managed to sneak into the scene. <ref>http://www.flickr.com/photos/aharvey2k/4311998589/</ref>
-<gallery>
+*The Atlas Arena MLMT train station seen in "Apotheosis" was filmed at the Coal Harbour Community Centre, where other scenes for the episode were also shot. <ref>http://www.visitcaprica.com/2011/01/episode-18-apotheosis.html</ref>
-Image:Caprica - Caprica City Lev Station.jpg|The Caprica City Lev Station at 58 BCH.
-Image:MLMT Train.jpg|The MLMT train speeds through Caprica City.
+*A deleted scene from "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]" depicted [[Amanda Graystone]] riding the Lev to the memorial wall outside [[Apollo Park]].
-</gallery>
+*The interior of the Lev from the pilot episode of ''Caprica'' featured the distinctive wall panels seen aboard the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]]s ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]].  The set was later redressed and used for the interior of the STO [[jump ship]] in "[[Blowback]]."
+==References==
+{{reflist}}
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