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There are many duty lockers throughout a battlestar such as Galactica. The duty locker is a crew quarters room with walls that have rows of recessed bunks (racks) for sleeping and several lockers between each set for personal effects and mirrors. Lockers appear to house up to 10 individuals.

In the middle of the locker is an open space occupied by either one large table or several small tables. Pilots and other crewmembers are seen both sleeping, playing cards, and socializing there during their time off. In several cases, personnel lock the entrance hatch and engage in activities of a more private nature, leaving a pair of boots hung up on the hatch as a signal to the other pilots to stay out (The Captain's Hand).

Command officers typically have private officer's quarters.

Notes

The pilots' quarters on Galactica exemplify several of the founding principles of Naturalistic science fiction on the series that grounds the show close to reality. Instead of the large, hotel-like individual crew quarters as seen in past "Star Trek" TV series, most of Galactica's crew apparently share a group living space with only a cramped bunk to call their own, as crewmen do today on a present-day Earth aircraft carrier. Only the CO and XO of Galactica are seen with personal quarters. Even comparatively high-ranking pilots such as the CAG on Galactica live, sleep, and play in cramped, unisex conditions with little privacy.

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 In the middle of the locker is an open space occupied by either one large table or several small tables. Pilots and other crewmembers are seen both sleeping, [[Triad (RDM)|playing cards]], and socializing there during their time off. In several cases, personnel lock the entrance hatch and engage in activities of a more private nature, leaving a pair of boots hung up on the hatch as a signal to the other pilots to stay out ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
-Command officers, such as [[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] typically have private [[officer's quarters]].
+Command officers typically have private [[officer's quarters]].
-Married couples, such as [[Karl Agathon|Karl]] and [[Sharon Agathon]], are afforded private quarters as well ([[The Woman King]]).
 ==Notes==
 *The pilots' quarters on ''Galactica'' exemplify several of the founding principles of [[Naturalistic science fiction]] on the series that grounds the show close to reality.  Instead of the large, hotel-like individual crew quarters as seen in past "Star Trek" TV series, most of ''Galactica's'' crew apparently share a group living space with only a cramped bunk to call their own, as crewmen do today on a present-day Earth aircraft carrier.  Only the [[William Adama|CO]] and [[Saul Tigh|XO]] of ''Galactica''  are seen with personal quarters. Even comparatively [[Kara Thrace|high-ranking pilots]] such as the [[CAG]] on ''Galactica'' live, sleep, and play in cramped, unisex conditions with little privacy.
-*In [[The Woman King]], the Agathons have their own quarters. This is likely because they are a married couple and are afforded special consideration despite their relatively low ranks (Captain and Lieutenant). If this is true, it is likely other married couples such as [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Samuel Anders]] as well as [[Lee Adama|Apollo]] and [[Anastasia Dualla]] have their own private quarters as well.
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