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The term "nugget" is Colonial military jargon for a pilot trainee.^[1] The definition of a nugget is a lump of raw precious metal, something ready to be molded. Alternatively, a small rounded piece of food ("Blood and Chrome" (deleted scene)).

Upon successful completion of flight and weapons training, nuggets join the Fleet squadrons as rooks.

Notes

When the first class of nuggets begins training aboard Galactica, they wear rank insignia of petty officer, 1st class. In "Scar" and "Dirty Hands", they wear those of lieutenants, junior grade, but are addressed as ensigns. So far no distinct ensign rank insignia has been shown. The lack of a distinct ensign's insignia is likely a costuming error or simple necessity, absent any clear decision by the executive production team.
Chief Tyrol notes that one has to be an officer to fly Vipers when he pins ensign's insignia on Seelix before she reports for flight training, suggesting either a change in policy or a retcon.
The Original Series analogue to this term is "first orbit cadet".

References

↑ Like many terms in the new Battlestar Galactica series, "nugget" is adapted from present-day American military slang (http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N), where it connotes status as "raw material" to be shaped by experience during the first tour.

[1] Like many terms in the new Battlestar Galactica series, "nugget" is adapted from present-day American military slang (http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N), where it connotes status as "raw material" to be shaped by experience during the first tour.

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-The term '''"nugget"''' is [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military]] slang for a pilot trainee.<ref>Like many terms in the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' series, "nugget" is adapted from present-day American military slang (http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N), where it connotes status as "raw material" to be shaped by experience during the first tour.</ref>
+The term '''"nugget"''' is [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial military]] jargon for a pilot trainee.<ref>Like many terms in the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' series, "nugget" is adapted from present-day American military slang (http://www.tailhook.org/AVSLANG.htm#N), where it connotes status as "raw material" to be shaped by experience during the first tour.</ref> The definition of a nugget is a lump of raw precious metal, something ready to be molded. Alternatively, a small rounded piece of food ("''[[Blood and Chrome]]''" (deleted scene)).
 Upon successful completion of flight and weapons training, nuggets join the Fleet squadrons as [[rook|rooks]].
-== Nuggets in the post-Exodus Fleet==
-[[Image:Nuggets AoC.JPG|thumb|The first class of nuggets moments into their first day of training ([[Act of Contrition]]).]]
-[[Kara Thrace]] is assigned the task of flight instructor to train a batch of potential [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilots after 13 (including [[Flat Top]]) are killed in a freak accident ([[Act of Contrition]]).
-This first group of eight nuggets includes [[Louanne Katraine|Louanne "Kat" Katraine"]], [[Brendan Costanza|Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza]], and [[Donald Perry|Donald "Chuckles" Perry]].
-As ''Galactica'' lacks [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series#Viper Flight Simulators|flight simulators]], Starbuck trains the first nugget group in actual [[Viper Mark II]]s.
-Attrition of this group begins when Chuckles dies while attacking a Cylon [[tylium]] refinery ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). Over a year later, Katraine dies from radiation poisoning ([[The Passage]]). Of this original nugget group, Costanza is among the few known survivors.
-When ''Pegasus'' joins the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], flight simulators are available to train nuggets without risking damage or loss of fighters. [[Brent Baxton]] and [[Joseph Clark]] are two nuggets that complete their training this way ([[Scar]]).
-Months after the flight from New Caprica, [[Racetrack]] jokingly remarks that she wants to have sex with a nugget, thus indicating that new pilots are still trained ([[The Woman King]]). The most recently inducted nuggets are newly-promoted Ensign [[Diana Seelix]] ([[Dirty Hands]]) and Fleet enlistee [[Samuel Anders]] ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).
 == Notes ==