Benjamin Tanner

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Ben Tanner
Tanner during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
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Introduced	Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1
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Parents	Eliza Tanner (mother), John Tanner (father)
Siblings	Greg Tanner (brother), Tim Tanner (brother), Melissa Tanner (sister)
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Role	Officer, Colonial Fleet
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Ben Tanner is a Cylon
Ben Tanner is a Final Five Cylon
Ben Tanner is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Ben Tanner is an Original Series Cylon
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Ben Tanner is an Admiral in the Colonial Fleet, and involved in the militarization of the Cylons created by the Tanner Robogenics Production Facility during the conflict between Caprica and Sagittaron circa 40 BCH.

Pre-First Cylon War

Tanner was the youngest of four children (Melissa, Tim, and Greg), residing in the Tanner Estate on Oasis on Caprica that he had enjoyed as a result of the success of Tanner Robogenics.

During his youth, his guardian was an AK series robot named Isak, who also joined Tanner in military life (Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1).

The Caprica-Sagittaron Conflict

Following Sagittaron's violent actions against Caprican interests, escalations lead to a conflict between the two colonies. Following Tim's footsteps, Tanner enlisted in Colonial Fleet and first saw action at the Battle of Abraxus. As a result of his actions that day, then-Commander Tanner was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Given Sagittaron's 3-to-1 margin for sheer manpower, Admiral Jennings tasked Tanner the task of converting civilian robots into both a military workforce as well as a fighting force. Given hardwired robotic limitations on taking human life, this posed a challenge. Working from the Tanner Robogenics Processing Facility in Cameronis, Tanner and his team of scientists execute the initial round of conversions of the civilian robots, however they are attacked by unknown forces. Isak and Tanner are able to save the progress of the work, including the head unit of a Centurion (Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1), although continued work on this approach fails despite various exercises due to issues relating to "logic stalls" in Chipsector 4BXG.

It takes Isak being forced to kill to protect Tanner during fierce battle aboard Akins Transluminal Orbital Manufacturing Facility to cement this milestone in fighting robots. However, this action has unintended consequences that transpired unbeknownst to Tanner, leading to the First Cylon War (Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 2).

Fall of the Colonies

During the Fall of the Colonies, Tanner and Colonel Gerard lead an ad hoc militia during a ground battle with the Cylons on Caprica (Battlestar Galactica: Cylon War 1) against forces lead by Isak.

Re-imagined Series definition: a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in wireless communications and in conversation