Samuel Anders

Samuel Anders
[[Image:File:Anders.PNG|200px|Samuel Anders]]
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Colony	Caprica
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Birth Name	Samuel T. Anders
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Marital Status	Single
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Role	Resistance leader and Professional Pyramid player.
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Portrayed by	Michael Trucco
Samuel Anders is a Cylon
Samuel Anders is a Final Five Cylon
Samuel Anders is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Samuel Anders is an Original Series Cylon
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[[Image:|200px|Samuel Anders]]

Biography

Leader of the resistance group on Caprica, Samuel T. Anders was also the captain of the professional Pyramid team known as the Caprica Buccaneers. He was leading his team in high-altitude training in the mountains outside of Delphi when the Cylon Attack occurred and the planet was bombarded with nuclear weapons.

Being in a high-altitude rural area shielded Anders and his team from the blasts and most of the radioactive fallout that followed. He and the Buccaneers became ad hoc resistance fighters from that point forward, raiding armories and collecting caches of weapons, anti-radiation medication, ammo and supplies in the hopes of staying alive and defending themselves against the Cylons.

Anders and Kara Thrace play Pyramid at the Resistance's HQ on Caprica in "Resistance".

Anders was able to rally upwards of over 100 people, mostly hikers and survivalists, to his resistance against the Cylons and from the former Delphi Union High School he was able to strike back at the Cylons for about 50 days. Unlike Helo, the Caprica-based (and pregnant) Sharon Valerii, and Starbuck, Anders seems to be focused more on surviving on Caprica than he is with leaving the planet (Resistance).

Anders' current focus is keeping himself and his resistance movement alive long enough for Starbuck to return to Caprica once again with reinforcements from Galactica and evacuate them. Starbuck gives him her fleet ID tags as a promise that she would come back for him. Aside from surviving and waiting for rescue, Anders plans to locate and destroy as many Cylon hybrid-producing "farms" as possible before Starbuck returns (The Farm).

Anders' physical features vaguely resemble Apollo, which perhaps explains Starbuck's immediate attraction to him. However, Anders appears much more self-assured than Apollo.

Notes

• "Ander" is derived from a Greek term meaning "Man" (a well known example would be that "Anderson" means "Son of Man", etc). Fitting, given that Anders is leading the last free humans alive on Caprica in a resistance against the Cylons: it's literally a fight of "Man" versus Machines.

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*In the answers to fan questions posted on Scfi.com on December 6th, David Eick said that "Yes, Michael Trucco will be returning to the show for a special three-episode arc in the second half of season two".