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[[Image:PSS KLGPII.JPG|thumb|Presidential security service preparing to defend the [[Laura Roslin|President]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])]] | [[Image:PSS KLGPII.JPG|thumb|Presidential security service preparing to defend the [[Laura Roslin|President]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]])]] | ||
The '''presidential security service'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is tasked with protecting the President of the [[Twelve Colonies]]. | The '''presidential security service'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is tasked with protecting the President of the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. | ||
Hand picked by Captain [[Lee Adama]] from civilians in the Fleet, the security service is responsible and answerable only to the President, with no allegiance to the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military authority]]. They consist of former police, security personnel, or people with some kind of firearms training. | |||
The PSS on ''[[Colonial One]]'' is a distinct entity from the military personnel aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. Lee Adama himself had intentionally designed their organization in this way as he thought they should have a separate command structure from the military organizations, so the lines of authority establishing who was under whose control would not be confused <ref name="podcast">{{cite rdm podcast| episode = Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II | act = 3 | id = security | timestamp = 00:06:05 | totalrunning = 00:08:54 }}</ref>. | The PSS on ''[[Colonial One]]'' is a distinct entity from the military personnel aboard ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. Lee Adama himself had intentionally designed their organization in this way as he thought they should have a separate command structure from the military organizations, so the lines of authority establishing who was under whose control would not be confused <ref name="podcast">{{cite rdm podcast| episode = Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II | act = 3 | id = security | timestamp = 00:06:05 | totalrunning = 00:08:54 }}</ref>. | ||
Revision as of 20:48, 14 May 2007
The presidential security service[1] is tasked with protecting the President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.
Hand picked by Captain Lee Adama from civilians in the Fleet, the security service is responsible and answerable only to the President, with no allegiance to the Colonial military authority. They consist of former police, security personnel, or people with some kind of firearms training.
The PSS on Colonial One is a distinct entity from the military personnel aboard Galactica and Pegasus. Lee Adama himself had intentionally designed their organization in this way as he thought they should have a separate command structure from the military organizations, so the lines of authority establishing who was under whose control would not be confused [2].
When Commander William Adama sent Marines led by Colonel Saul Tigh and Lee Adama to Colonial One to arrest President Roslin, they engage in a tense standoff with the security service. Eventually, Apollo pulls a gun on Tigh, then Roslin orders Adama and the security service to drop their weapons, preferring that she would leave peacefully. (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II)
Notes
- Ron D. Moore discusses the presidential security service in his podcast for "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II."
References
- ↑ This is a Battlestar Wiki descriptive term.
- ↑ Podcast: Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II , Act 3. Seek to: 00:06:05. Total running time: 00:08:54.