Talk:Hybrid/Archive 1

Hybrid Genders

Maybe it's me, but I feel like the article implies that Hybrids come only in that form, while I think they could very easily come in various forms. We'll probably find out next time we see a Hybrid, but it may be worthy of noting that although CC is often a bad source, they do include "Female Hybrid" at the start of her speech. This aside, I do believe that while the one Hybrid we saw was female, they aren't all necessarily so. --Sauron18 19:08, 8 November 2006 (CST)

The article should be reworded to remove this implication, since we don't know either way. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 19:42, 8 November 2006 (CST)

While there might be male Hybrids too, "it" was refered to as "she" in the podcast --Serenity 19:52, 8 November 2006 (CST)

The Cylons are pretty consistent when it comes to making all members of a model identical. -- Noneofyourbusiness 19:56, 8 November 2006 (CST)

Regardless, we have no evidence (either way) that they've continued that trait in this model. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 20:07, 8 November 2006 (CST)

I think it's mostly that the article is written as though it's talking about the character itself instead of the model. Maybe if we can change that somehow....I'll see if I can rewrite it to talk about Hybrids in general instead of the specific Hybrid aboard Caprica's Basestar.--Sauron18 21:29, 8 November 2006 (CST)

Have at it. :-) -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 21:34, 8 November 2006 (CST)

How's this:

A Hybrid is the central computer inside a basestar (Torn).

The Hybrids resemble human beings inside an immersion tank similar to a Cylon rebirthing tank. However, they aren't Cylon agents, but another type of Cylon, similar to the autonomous biomechanical pilots within Raiders , specially constructed as living computers that manage the autonomic functions of the basestar, including navigation and FTL jumps, climate control, and the like. The Hybrids are so integrated into the basestar's functionality that they are, for all practical purposes, the basestar.

The Hybrids do not have a completely human body, but rather appear to be more like cyborgs, consisting of conduits and other connectors mated to, or in place of elements of their bodies.

It is unclear whether a Hybrid can take autonomous actions on its own, although they can articulate disagreement with orders. It appears that a unit of seven Cylon agents, located elsewhere in the basestar's command and control center, generate the collective command decisions that are accepted and executed by the Hybrids.

The Hybrids almost continually speak in phrases that makes little sense to the basestar's crew. The utterances appear to be a mixture of system status reports as well as observations of events in and around the basestar that may not be describable in words. The agents known to the Colonials as Leoben Conoy believe that the Hybrids can hear or understand the voice of God.

A Hybrids' connectivity to it's basestar provides it with a remarkable awareness of the space surrounding it. They appear to experience a form of ecstasy, perhaps at an orgasmic level, when accomplishing certain tasks such as jumping.

And I think we should leave out the last section altogether, it's too much speculation regarding exactly what the Cylons consider them and whether or not the Hybrid cares. --Sauron18 21:42, 8 November 2006 (CST)

Reads much better, in my view. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 21:47, 8 November 2006 (CST)

And there we go =). --Sauron18 23:03, 8 November 2006 (CST)

Capitalization rules?

Is "hybrid" considered a proper noun? Here it's written "Hybrid", but on the episode page generally "hybrid". Or is both ok? Personally, I'd tend to capitalize it like "Centurion" and "Raider" --Serenity 06:22, 9 November 2006 (CST)

I agree with the caps in this case, helping to distinguish between the use of the word as referring to this particular type of entity rather than some other type of hybrid. --Steelviper 10:13, 9 November 2006 (CST)

Concurring. This, for lack of anything else, is a proper noun and should not fall to the generic. --Spencerian 11:58, 9 November 2006 (CST)

Aha! I see your ruse. Concur here to garner support on your "Jump" cause... and darned if it's not working. --Steelviper 12:04, 9 November 2006 (CST)

Info box

In the info box when there is a link to the Basestar it seems that it should direct to Basestar (RDM) because that is the only basestar the Hybrid controls. Taking us to the redirect page seems counterintuitive. On the other had though, I don't know how to do this without it displaying as "Basestar (RDM)" which just looks odd. Thoughts? --Wldkt1 02:08, 14 November 2006 (CST) --Okay, i figured it outWldkt1 02:48, 14 November 2006 (CST)

To clarify for the future, [[ArticleName|Whatever you want it to say]] :) --Mercifull ^{(Talk/Contribs)} 03:19, 14 November 2006 (CST)

Jump vs Hybrid

Actually I've been using caps on Jump due to the discussion here and to distinguish it from other uses of the word (much like using caps on Hybrid). --Steelviper 07:51, 17 November 2006 (CST)

Although closed captioning can be unreliable for some things, they are quite consistent in capitalizing "Jump" as well, yes. Exactly my point. "FTL Jump," "Jump" and "Hybrid" seem appropriately capitalized for their context to me. --Spencerian 07:55, 17 November 2006 (CST)