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[[Image:Cylon data port.jpg|thumb|200px|The '''Cylon data port''' glows when activated.]] | [[Image:Cylon data port.jpg|thumb|200px|The '''Cylon data port''' glows when activated.]] | ||
The '''Cylon data port'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a device used by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to access information in their datastream, as well as control various other Cylon technologies. [[Humanoid Cylon]]s need only to place their palm on the port and they are able to instantly access the data stream ([[Exodus, Part I]]). | The '''Cylon data port'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a device used by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] to access information in their [[datastream]], as well as control various other Cylon technologies. [[Humanoid Cylon]]s need only to place their palm on the port and they are able to instantly access the data stream ([[Exodus, Part I]]). | ||
[[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] attempts a rough version of this technique with Colonial technology by inserting a fiber optic cable into her arm, thus allowing her connectivity to ''Galactica'''s computer mainframe ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). | [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] attempts a rough version of this technique with Colonial technology by inserting a fiber optic cable into her arm, thus allowing her connectivity to ''Galactica'''s computer mainframe ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]). | ||
Data ports are also used on [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] in the ship's command and control center for data access and other ship functions. These data ports have a layer of water over the interface, which may have an aesthetic or functional purpose. These data ports (and the database circuitry used throughout the ship) are apparently organic in design, as they are damaged after an [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|infection]] kills or shuts down almost every Cylon entity and device on the basestar ([[A Measure of Salvation]]). | Data ports are also used on [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] in the ship's command and control center for data access and other ship functions. These data ports have a layer of water over the interface, which may have an aesthetic or functional purpose. These data ports (and the database circuitry used throughout the ship) are apparently organic in design, as they are damaged after an [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|infection]] kills or shuts down almost every Cylon entity and device on the basestar ([[A Measure of Salvation]]). | ||
== Notes == | |||
*That can interface directly with a fibre-optical cable and light also plays a role in the physical interfaces, implies that some cells in humanoid Cylons' hands are photo-sensitive and bio-luminescent. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 02:08, 14 August 2007
The Cylon data port[1] is a device used by Cylons to access information in their datastream, as well as control various other Cylon technologies. Humanoid Cylons need only to place their palm on the port and they are able to instantly access the data stream (Exodus, Part I).
Caprica-Valerii attempts a rough version of this technique with Colonial technology by inserting a fiber optic cable into her arm, thus allowing her connectivity to Galactica's computer mainframe (Flight of the Phoenix).
Data ports are also used on basestars in the ship's command and control center for data access and other ship functions. These data ports have a layer of water over the interface, which may have an aesthetic or functional purpose. These data ports (and the database circuitry used throughout the ship) are apparently organic in design, as they are damaged after an infection kills or shuts down almost every Cylon entity and device on the basestar (A Measure of Salvation).
Notes
- That can interface directly with a fibre-optical cable and light also plays a role in the physical interfaces, implies that some cells in humanoid Cylons' hands are photo-sensitive and bio-luminescent.
References
- ↑ This is a Battlestar Wiki descriptive term.