Kendra Shaw

For a full breakdown of Kendra Shaw with information from "Razor", see: Kendra Shaw/Razor.

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Kendra Shaw
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Colony	Caprica
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Introduced	Razor
Death	Destroying the Guardian basestar
Parents	Mother† (prior to the Fall of the Colonies)
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Family Tree	View
Role	Executive Officer of Pegasus
Rank	Major
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Portrayed by	Stephanie Jacobsen
Kendra Shaw is a Cylon
Kendra Shaw is a Final Five Cylon
Kendra Shaw is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Kendra Shaw is an Original Series Cylon
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Kendra Shaw is an officer from the Ministry of Defense who is assigned to Pegasus as Helena Cain's aide when the battlestar puts in for an overhaul at the Scorpion Fleet Shipyards. Never having served on a battlestar before, she quickly draws Admiral Cain's attention, initially becoming the victim of a twisted joke relating Shaw's inability to find her way around a battlestar. During the crisis, she becomes one of Cain's closest officers who finds her to be an exemplary officer who was able to become a "razor". As a result she is promoted to captain.

Together with Fisk, she leads a boarding party to the civilian ship Scylla in order to strip it off resources and suitable personnel. When the civilians are unwilling to cooperate, Shaw shoots one of them in order to coerce the others, which leads to the deaths of nine more.

After Cain's death, she is not particularly liked by her succeeding commanding officers, Jack Fisk and Barry Garner, because she does not give them her respect. Garner dislikes her so much that she is demoted and assigned to kitchen duty following his ascension to commanding officer.

Later, Commander Lee Adama chooses her to become his executive officer after taking command of the ship and promotes her to the rank of major, noting that she received glowing reports from Cain, but bad ones from Fisk and Garner. Adama appreciates her scathing honesty about him and his predecessors and choses Shaw because he needs someone close to him who upholds Cain's legacy to the crew, despite his aversion for that legacy.

Shaw proves to be a very hard but competent XO. Not unlike Kara Thrace, she is strong-willed and has some problems with authority, which leads the two to clash over various issues, particularly over her tactical decision that almost destroyed Thrace's and Marcia Case's Vipers during their first encounter with the Guardians. She is still haunted by her actions during Cain's command, particularly the shooting on the Scylla and tries to cope by taking drugs (Razor).

Notes

• Shaw's shoulder patch is unlike any other seen in the series. It is yellow on yellow and reads "Ministry of Defense" at the top and "Kobol HQ" at the bottom.
• Despite being a major, she wears a colonel's uniform with white/red trim. As shown on Doctor Cottle earlier, a major's uniform only has a white trim.
• In early interviews, Shaw's surname was Taggart.