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As a Commander, Garner does not inspire great confidence and treats his staff rather sternly, as if they are to be 100% consistent in their behavior. [[Kara Thrace|Kara Thrace]] considers Garner paranoid and barely competent ([[The Captain's Hand]]), an opinion shared by [[Kendra Shaw]] ([[Razor]]).  Garner holds a similar contempt for both women: he orders her eventual transfer back to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', despite her work with the missing Raptors [[Raptor 718|718]] and [[Raptor 314|314]] (The Captain's Hand), while he demotes Shaw to mess duty (Razor).
As a Commander, Garner does not inspire great confidence and treats his staff rather sternly, as if they are to be 100% consistent in their behavior. [[Kara Thrace|Kara Thrace]] considers Garner paranoid and barely competent ([[The Captain's Hand]]), an opinion shared by [[Kendra Shaw]] ([[Razor]]).  Garner holds a similar contempt for both women: he orders her eventual transfer back to ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', despite her work with the missing Raptors [[Raptor 718|718]] and [[Raptor 314|314]] (The Captain's Hand), while he demotes Shaw to mess duty (Razor).


Garner's rash judgment and lack of experience jeopardizes ''Pegasus'' when he disobeys [[Admiral Adama]]'s orders and takes ''Pegasus'' into the binary stellar cloud to recover the missing crews instead of advance recon scout Raptors.  
Garner's rash judgment and lack of experience jeopardizes ''Pegasus'' when he disobeys [[Admiral Adama]]'s orders and takes the battlestar into the binary stellar cloud to recover the missing crews instead of advance recon scout Raptors.  


As Adama suspects, three Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s ambush ''Pegasus'' and damage her [[FTL]]. Garner momentarily freezes under the pressure, then decides that he needs to lead the repair team personally, handing the [[CIC]] over to Major [[Lee Adama]]. Garner enters a compartment which is venting air into space, seals the hatch behind him and finds the coolant leak disabling the FTL drive. Meanwhile, Major Adama's tactics severely damage one of the basestars and throw the others into disarry, buying Garner time to fix the leak. Garner's repair brings ''Pegasus's'' FTL back into operation and the battlestar escapes the [[Battle of the Binary Star System|lop-sided battle]]. However, Garner succumbs to [[w:hypoxia|hypoxia]] in the compartment and dies.
As Adama suspects, three Cylon [[basestar (RDM)|basestar]]s ambush ''Pegasus'' and damage her [[FTL]]. Garner momentarily freezes under the pressure, then decides that he needs to lead the repair team personally, handing the [[CIC]] over to Major [[Lee Adama]]. Garner enters a compartment which is venting air into space, seals the hatch behind him and finds the coolant leak disabling the FTL drive. Meanwhile, Major Adama's tactics severely damage one of the basestars and throw the others into disarry, buying Garner time to fix the leak. Garner's repair brings ''Pegasus's'' FTL back into operation and the battlestar escapes the [[Battle of the Binary Star System|lop-sided battle]]. However, Garner succumbs to [[w:hypoxia|hypoxia]] in the compartment and dies.

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Barry Garner
Barry Garner

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Introduced The Captain's Hand
Death Vacuum exposure (The Captain's Hand)
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Role Chief Engineer, Commanding Officer; Pegasus
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Portrayed by John Heard
Barry Garner is a Cylon
Barry Garner is a Final Five Cylon
Barry Garner is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Barry Garner is an Original Series Cylon
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Barry Garner is the third commanding Colonial officer of Pegasus after the deaths of Admiral Helena Cain and Commander Jack Fisk. Before his promotion, he was the ship's chief engineer.

As a Commander, Garner does not inspire great confidence and treats his staff rather sternly, as if they are to be 100% consistent in their behavior. Kara Thrace considers Garner paranoid and barely competent (The Captain's Hand), an opinion shared by Kendra Shaw (Razor). Garner holds a similar contempt for both women: he orders her eventual transfer back to Galactica, despite her work with the missing Raptors 718 and 314 (The Captain's Hand), while he demotes Shaw to mess duty (Razor).

Garner's rash judgment and lack of experience jeopardizes Pegasus when he disobeys Admiral Adama's orders and takes the battlestar into the binary stellar cloud to recover the missing crews instead of advance recon scout Raptors.

As Adama suspects, three Cylon basestars ambush Pegasus and damage her FTL. Garner momentarily freezes under the pressure, then decides that he needs to lead the repair team personally, handing the CIC over to Major Lee Adama. Garner enters a compartment which is venting air into space, seals the hatch behind him and finds the coolant leak disabling the FTL drive. Meanwhile, Major Adama's tactics severely damage one of the basestars and throw the others into disarry, buying Garner time to fix the leak. Garner's repair brings Pegasus's FTL back into operation and the battlestar escapes the lop-sided battle. However, Garner succumbs to hypoxia in the compartment and dies.

After the battle, the events surrounding Garner's death are reviewed by both Adamas. Reports were also filed by both Major Adama and Thrace. Major Adama understands that Garner's failure was in treating people as he would a machine, whereas Thrace's assessment of him is considerably harsher (The Captain's Hand).

Notes[edit]

  • This character was originally named "Barry Trammel", but at the last minute it had to be changed for legal reasons when the production team found that there was a real person with that name.
  • Unlike William Adama, Helena Cain, Saul Tigh and Jack Fisk, Garner does not wear flight wings, indicating that a pilot background is not a necessary prerequisite for command of a battlestar. Although Garner's background appears to be primarily in engineering, the lack of high-ranking Pegasus officers might have persuaded Admiral Adama to waive this requirement.


Preceded by:
Jack Fisk
Comanding Officer, Pegasus Succeeded by:
Lee Adama
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