Caprica Buccaneers

The Caprica Buccaneers are a pyramid team from Caprica, captained by Samuel T. Anders.

According to the Buccaneers, they were training in the mountains at the time of the Cylon nuclear bombardment of the colony. Shielded from the shockwaves and a bulk of the nuclear fallout, they managed to round up hitchhikers and other survivors camping in the mountains into a sizable resistance force. From there, they sieged supply depos, hospitals (for anti-radiation meds) and destroyed Cylon convoys. (Resistance)

The Buccaneers' team roster consisted of Anders, "Jo-man", "Rally", "Ten Point", Sue-Shaun, "Gripkey" and Morris Fink.

With her comments, Kara Thrace - who mentioned in Resistance that a "bum knee" robbed her of a professional pyramid career - either wasn't a fan of the team, or was a sharp critic. While questioning Anders's legitimacy, at gunpoint, she demands that he tell her how many "foul breaks" the Buccaneers had in the playoff against Aerelon. American viewers would recognize some veiled references to the National Football League, starting with the team's nickname - a namesake of the 2003 Super Bowl champion, Tampa bay Buccaneers. Anders also tells Thrace that one foul break was called back, after instant replay, suggesting another NFL parallel - officials reviewing replays before making final rulings. (The first American sports league to employ instant replay was actually the United States Fotball League, a long-defunct league that existed from 1983-1985). Helo confirms the validity of Anders's answers to Thrace, saying he lost money on the game, again paralleling the current state of affairs in Earth sporting events - the influence and importance of wagering. Finally, Latin American history and French scholars will note that "Buccaneer" was a French name given to Caribbean pirates who roasted meat on a crude, makeshift grill called a "boucan," hence the name "Buccaneer" becoming synonymous with "Pirate" in the English lexicon.