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'''Barry Garner''' was a Colonial officer on [[Battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' prior to the deaths of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and Colonel [[Jack Fisk]].  Before his promotion, he had been the ship's chief engineer.
'''Barry Garner''' is the third commanding Colonial officer on [[battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' after the deaths of Admiral [[Helena Cain]] and Colonel [[Jack Fisk]].  Before his promotion, he was the ship's chief engineer ([[The Captain's Hand]]).


Barry Garner is the third officer to assume command of [[Battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' after the ship was integrated in Admiral [[William Adama]]'s [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]].  He assumed command after the suspect death of Commander [[Jack Fisk]] ([[The Captain's Hand]]).
As a Commander, Garner does not inspire great confidence and treats his staff rather sternly, as if they are to be 100% consistent in their behavior. [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] considers Garner paranoid and barely competent.  Garner holds a similar contempt for Thrace, leading him to order her eventual transfer back to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', despite her work with the missing Raptors [[Raptor 718|718]] and [[Raptor 314|314]].


Despite Garner's lack of command insight when jumping to recover Raptors [[Raptor 718|718]] and [[Raptor 314|314]], he died a rather heroic death by sealing the coolant leak causing a pressure drop in ''Pegasus's'' FTL Drive system, entering a compartment that was venting out to space and sealing the hatch behind him. The emergency repair allowed the ''Pegasus'' engineering crew to repair the ships [[FTL]] drive, thus escaping a [[Battle of the Binary Star System|hopeless battle]].
Garner's lack of command insight jeapardizes ''Pegasus'' when he takes his battlestar (against [[Admiral Adama]]'s orders) into the binary stellar cloud to recover the missing crews instead of deploying an armed squadron of Raptors.  


As a Commander, Garner did not inspire great confidence in his abilities. He was considered paranoid and barely competent by [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]], and the events surrounding his death showed that he was needed more below-deck where his abilities and leadership in Engineering were apparently sorely missed. It is unclear how his absence will affect the engineering crew's proficiency during future crises.
Realizing his own deadly mistakes when (as Admiral Adama suspected) three Cylon basestars ambush ''Pegasus'', Garner decides to hastily return to aid his old Engineering team to restore the damaged [[FTL]] drive (the ship's only means of escape or success), leaving Major [[Lee Adama]], the acting [[Executive officer|XO]], in command. Garner enters a compartment which is venting to space, sealing the hatch behind him and sealing the coolant leak damaged by the attack. Major Adama's actions severely damage one of the basestars, buying Garner time to fix the leak. Garner's repair allows ''Pegasus''' "[[snipe]]s" to return the FTL drives to operation and the battlestar to escape a [[Battle of the Binary Star System|hopeless battle]]. However, Garner asphyxiates in the compartment.
 
The events surrounding Garner's death are reviewed by Lee and William Adama. Major Adama understands that Garner's failure was in treating people as he would a machine.


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Barry Garner is the third commanding Colonial officer on battlestar Pegasus after the deaths of Admiral Helena Cain and Colonel Jack Fisk. Before his promotion, he was the ship's chief engineer (The Captain's Hand).

As a Commander, Garner does not inspire great confidence and treats his staff rather sternly, as if they are to be 100% consistent in their behavior. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace considers Garner paranoid and barely competent. Garner holds a similar contempt for Thrace, leading him to order her eventual transfer back to Galactica, despite her work with the missing Raptors 718 and 314.

Garner's lack of command insight jeapardizes Pegasus when he takes his battlestar (against Admiral Adama's orders) into the binary stellar cloud to recover the missing crews instead of deploying an armed squadron of Raptors.

Realizing his own deadly mistakes when (as Admiral Adama suspected) three Cylon basestars ambush Pegasus, Garner decides to hastily return to aid his old Engineering team to restore the damaged FTL drive (the ship's only means of escape or success), leaving Major Lee Adama, the acting XO, in command. Garner enters a compartment which is venting to space, sealing the hatch behind him and sealing the coolant leak damaged by the attack. Major Adama's actions severely damage one of the basestars, buying Garner time to fix the leak. Garner's repair allows Pegasus' "snipes" to return the FTL drives to operation and the battlestar to escape a hopeless battle. However, Garner asphyxiates in the compartment.

The events surrounding Garner's death are reviewed by Lee and William Adama. Major Adama understands that Garner's failure was in treating people as he would a machine.

Preceded by: Jack Fisk Commander of the Battlestar Pegasus Succeeded by:
Lee Adama