Joe Palladino

Joe Palladino
[[Image:|200px|Joe Palladino]]
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Age	20s
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Birth Name	Joe Palladino
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Callsign	Hammerhead
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Role	Pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Rank	Lieutenant
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Portrayed by	Jeremy Guilbaut
Joe Palladino is a Cylon
Joe Palladino is a Final Five Cylon
Joe Palladino is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Joe Palladino is an Original Series Cylon
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[[Image:|200px|Joe Palladino]]

Lieutenant Joe Palladino, callsign "Hammerhead", was a Viper pilot aboard the Battlestar Galactica. He was assigned to lead a detachment of marines to the civilian cargo ship Gideon. Colonel Saul Tigh ordered him to retrieve desperately needed supplies from the Gideon, which was withholding them from Galactica in protest of Tigh's declaration of Martial Law.

Due to his inexperience at riot control, he was unable to maintain control of his forces and the irate civilian crowd during the food transfer. When the situation grew violent, one of his marines fired his weapon and other marines under his command began shooting at random into the panicked crowd. Despite repeatedly ordering his marines to cease fire, four civilians were killed during the incident and he was reprimanded by Colonel Tigh for his failure. ("Resistance")

The killings aboard the Gideon began to exact a mental toll on Palladino. He began to project the blame for the incident onto Tigh and developed a deep and brooding hatred of the Colonel. When reporter D'anna Biers began investigating the Gideon incident, Palladino was forced to relive the nightmare all over again. He eventually snapped and decided to be the one to punish Tigh for incident when no one else would. After a threat, and an attempt to sabotage the Colonel's Raptor, Palladino invaded Tigh's quarters, bound and gagged his wife Ellen then waited for the Colonel to return. When Tigh returned, Palladino confronted him with a gun and seemed ready to shoot him, however, he lost his nerve and Tigh was able to talk him down. Galactica's marines then escorted him away in handcuffs while D'anna and her camera crew looked on. Palladino is now in the Galactica brig, most likely serving a lengthy sentence as a result of his attempt on Colonel Tigh's life. ("Final Cut")