Lion's Head Nebula: Difference between revisions

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The Lion's Head Nebula, according to the Scroll of Pythia, was a navigational waypoint to Earth by the caravan of the Thirteenth Tribe. The scripture reads:

And the caravan of the heavens was watched over by a great lion with a mighty blinking eye.

The nebula's perceived "eye" is a system of red and blue eclipsing binary pulsars appearing to align to the scripture's description.

Following the Second Exodus, the Cylons investigate the nebula when Gaius Baltar tells them it might contain a clue to the location of Earth. A basestar sent to investigate finds a beacon possibly left by the Thirteenth Tribe. When the beacon is brought on board, a disease it carries kills most humanoid Cylons, and affects the biological components of the basestar and Hybrid, resulting in deterioration of the assets and systems it controls, including the Raiders and Centurions onboard.

Independently on Galactica, Lieutenant Felix Gaeta analyzes Baltar's research and briefs President Laura Roslin and Admiral William Adama on the nebula. A Raptor, manned by Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson and Athena, discovers the nebula and the graveyard of drifting Cylon spacecraft ^{(TRS: "Torn")}.

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-[[File:3x6-Lion's-Head-Nebula.jpg|thumb|right|The Lion's Head Nebula as seen by Athena and Racetrack]]
+[[File:3x6-Lion's-Head-Nebula.jpg|thumb|right|The Lion's Head Nebula as seen by {{Callsign|Athena}} and {{Callsign|Racetrack}} {{TRS|Torn}}.]]
-The '''Lion's Head Nebula''', according to the [[Sacred Scrolls|Scroll]] of [[Pythia]], was used as a navigational waypoint to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] by the caravan of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]]. The scripture reads: "And the caravan of the heavens was watched over by a great lion with a mighty blinking eye." The nebula's "eye" is actually a system of red and blue [[Wikipedia:Binary Star|eclipsing binary]] [[Wikipedia:Pulsar|pulsars]] that matches the scripture's description.
+The '''Lion's Head Nebula''', according to the [[Sacred Scrolls|Scroll]] of [[Pythia]], was a navigational waypoint to [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] by the caravan of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]]. The scripture reads:
-The [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] first discover the nebula when [[Gaius Baltar]] tells them it might contain a clue to the location of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. A [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] sent to investigate finds a [[Lion's Head beacon|beacon]] possibly left by the Thirteenth Tribe. But when the beacon is brought on board, a disease it carries kills most humanoid Cylons, [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]], and [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] aboard (the mechanical Centurions are shut down as they were linked to the [[Hybrid]]), as well as severely damaging the basestar itself.
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+| text = And the caravan of the heavens was watched over by a great lion with a mighty blinking eye.
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-On ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] analyzes Baltar's research and briefs President [[Laura Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama]] on the nebula. A [[Raptor]], manned by {{callsign|Racetrack}} and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]], discovers the nebula and the graveyard of drifting Cylon spacecraft {{TRS|Torn}}.
+The nebula's perceived "eye" is a system of red and blue [[Wikipedia:Binary Star|eclipsing binary]] [[Wikipedia:Pulsar|pulsars]] appearing to align to the scripture's description.
+Following the [[Second Exodus]], the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] investigate the nebula when [[Gaius Baltar]] tells them it might contain a clue to the location of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. A [[Infected basestar|basestar]] sent to investigate finds a [[Lion's Head beacon|beacon]] possibly left by the Thirteenth Tribe. When the beacon is brought on board, [[Lymphocytic encephalitis|a disease]] it carries kills most humanoid Cylons, and affects the biological components of the basestar and [[Hybrid]], resulting in deterioration of the assets and systems it controls, including the [[Raider (RDM)|Raiders]] and [[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] onboard.
+Independently on ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'', Lieutenant [[Felix Gaeta]] analyzes Baltar's research and briefs President [[Laura Roslin]] and Admiral [[William Adama]] on the nebula. A [[Raptor]], manned by {{callsign|Racetrack}} and [[Sharon Agathon|Athena]], discovers the nebula and the graveyard of drifting Cylon spacecraft {{TRS|Torn}}.
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