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There are several Pilot Duty Lockers throughout a battlestar such as Galactica. The duty locker is a crew quarters room with walls have rows of recessed bunks (racks) for sleeping and several lockers between each set for personal effects and mirrors.

In the middle of the locker are either one large table or several small tables. Pilots and others 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.

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 the recent "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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-The '''Pilots Duty Locker''' is a crew quarters room.  The walls have rows of recessed bunks (racks) for sleeping, with several lockers between each set for personal affects and mirrors. In the middle are either one large table or several small tables. Pilots and others 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.
+There are several '''Pilot Duty Lockers''' throughout a battlestar such as ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''. The duty locker is a crew quarters room with walls have rows of recessed bunks (racks) for sleeping and several lockers between each set for personal effects and mirrors.
+In the middle of the locker are either one large table or several small tables. Pilots and others 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.
 ===Notes===
-*The pilots' quarters on ''Galactica'' exemplify several of the founding principles of [[Naturalistic science fiction]] on the series, to ground the show in reality.  Instead of the large, hotel-like individual crew quarters on ''Star Trek'' series, most of the ''Galactica'' crew have a shared group living space with only a cramped bunk to call their own, just like on a present-day Earth aircraft carrier.  Only the CO and XO of ''Galactica'' have been seen to have personal quarters; even the comparatively high-ranking pilot officers and even the CAG on ''Galactica'' live, sleep, and play in cramped, run-down conditions.
+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 the recent "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.
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