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Interesting additions to the novelization include:
Interesting additions to the novelization include:


* '''Natasi''': The name given to the second copy of [[Number Six]] that viewers see, later known as [[Caprica-Six]]. Natasi is the lover of [[Gaius Baltar]] and Cylon agent who riddles the [[Command Navigation Program]] with vulnerabilities that leave the [[Colonial Fleet]], which uses the software throughout [[Galactica (RDM)|almost]] all ships, in mortal peril.
* '''[[Armistice Officer|Colonel Wakefield]]''': The name given to the first human, the Armistice Officer, that viewers see in the Miniseries (pg. 16). He meets a unexpected arrival of a Cylon "diplomatic group"--and his death--on the [[Armistice Station]]. This also suggests that his son, [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]], shares his father's last name.
* '''[[Armistice Officer|Colonel Wakefield]]''': The name given to the first human, the Armistice Officer, that viewers see in the Miniseries. He meets a unexpected arrival of a Cylon "diplomatic group"--and his death--on the [[Armistice Station]]. This also suggests that his son, [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]], shares his father's last name.


Errors in the novelizations include:
* '''Triad''': The name given to the card game [[Full Colors]] (pg. 30).
 
* '''Natasi''': The name given to the second copy of [[Number Six]] that viewers see, later known as [[Caprica-Six]](pg. 47). Natasi is the lover of [[Gaius Baltar]] and Cylon agent who riddles the [[Command Navigation Program]] with vulnerabilities that leave the [[Colonial Fleet]], which uses the software throughout [[Galactica (RDM)|almost]] all ships, in mortal peril.
 
Error(s) in the novelizations include:


* Commander [[William Adama]]'s callsign is stenciled on his old [[Viper_Mark_II | Viper Mark II]] as "HUSHER" (pg. 30).
* Commander [[William Adama]]'s callsign is stenciled on his old [[Viper_Mark_II | Viper Mark II]] as "HUSHER" (pg. 30).

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A novelization of the Re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" Miniseries was published by Tor Books on December 27, 2005. Content and page numbers are from the trade paperback edition (ISBN=0765315416 ), First Edition: January 2006.

The book, written by science fiction author Jeffrey A. Carver, includes a few background elements not shown in the aired Miniseries, and incorporates some deleted scenes.

Interesting additions to the novelization include:

  • Colonel Wakefield: The name given to the first human, the Armistice Officer, that viewers see in the Miniseries (pg. 16). He meets a unexpected arrival of a Cylon "diplomatic group"--and his death--on the Armistice Station. This also suggests that his son, Boxey, shares his father's last name.
  • Triad: The name given to the card game Full Colors (pg. 30).

Error(s) in the novelizations include: