Caprica-Six

This page is about "Caprica-Six", the copy of Cylon Model Number Six who seduced Gaius Baltar on Caprica in order to sabotage Colonial defenses in the Cylon attack. For information on two other named Number Six copies seen in the Fleet, see Shelly Godfrey and Gina. For general information on the model, see Number Six.

Caprica-Six
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Prior to the attack, Caprica-Six was a copy of Six who played an important role in preparing the way for a Cylon invasion.

For two years, Caprica-Six lived on Caprica. Seducing the ambitious, self-obsessed, arrogant Gaius Baltar, she fools him into believing she was a corporate spy, seeking to gain advantage over her competitors in order to secure a lucrative defense contract. Over the course of two years, she used Baltar to gain access to his work -- even to the extent of re-writing many of his own algorithms -- in order to subvert his own Command Navigation Program so that it could be used in the forthcoming Cylon attack to cripple Colonial forces.

Near the end of the two years, she sees a baby in a pram in a market place. The baby's mother is also present but then becomes distracted with someone else talking to her. Caprica-Six takes a closer look at the baby and snaps its neck and walks away looking distressed, possibly to spare it from the coming nuclear holocaust.

When the Cylon attack starts, Caprica-Six tells Baltar how she is a Cylon, and what her real goal with the CNP was. When a shockwave from one of the nuclear bombs rips through Baltar's house, her body is destroyed as she tries to protect him from it (Miniseries).

She is reborn into a new body and is hailed as a "Hero of the Cylon". Just as Baltar has visions of her, Caprica-Six has persistent visions of him. When she asks the other Cylons, particularly Number Three, if Baltar was still alive, the copy of Number Three replies that he died along with nearly everyone else still on Caprica and the other colonies.

While living on Cylon-occupied Caprica, her vision of Baltar and her own developing feelings and intuition leads her to question some of the basic ideals that the Cylons hold dear. Unbeknownst to her, Number Three becomes distressed with her lingering attachment to Baltar and seeks to manipulate her feelings in order to make her unstable, thus giving the Cylons an excuse to "box" her. Three points Caprica-Six in the direction of a Number Eight who was having trouble adjusting to life as a Cylon and still clinging to her old false human identity; Lt. Sharon "Boomer" Valerii, formerly of the battlestar Galactica.

Caprica during the occupation

Through her counseling work with "Boomer"-Eight she learns that Three had deceived her; Baltar is not only alive but is also Vice President of the Colonies in the surviving human fleet. After uncovering the lie about Baltar's death, she and Boomer-Eight began to question themselves more about their brethren. If murder was a sin in the eyes of God when committed by humans, why is genocide condoned by God when committed by Cylons? Questions like these begin to take hold in Caprica-Six's mind and are compounded by feelings of guilt for her role in the attack on the Colonies. While trapped in a garage with Boomer-Eight, Three and Anders, Caprica-Six directly confronts the hypocrisy of the Cylons and ultimately rejects the false "truths" of her existence. She chooses instead to use her newfound celebrity to speak out against the Cylon's continuing war against humanity. Together with Boomer-Eight, she sets out to bring fundamental changes to Cylon society, their first action being to save the life of Anders (Downloaded).

Just over a year after the human colonization of New Caprica, Caprica-Six is one of the leaders (with Boomer-Eight and a copy of Number Five) of the Cylon forces that meets now-President Baltar. In just a few words, Caprica-Six reveals to Baltar that she remembers precisely who he is, and how she missed him (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).

Caprica and Baltar attempt to renew their relationship during the Cylon occupation of New Caprica, to the ridicule of some of the Cylons and the challenge of Number Three. The relationship is rocky, as Baltar's very survival rests on Caprica's feelings for him. Caprica is also the only Cylon who attempts to befriend Baltar's aides, such as Felix Gaeta. Her attempts are ultimately unsuccessful, as Baltar can't connect emotionally to her and even fails physically ("Occupation", "Precipice").

Caprica-Six on a Cylon baseship

During the withdrawal of the Cylons from New Caprica, Caprica and Baltar try to stop Three from detonating a nuclear bomb, and discover Hera in the process (Exodus, Part II).

Later, Caprica appears to regret her decisions, as Baltar's status with the Cylons rests on the vote of the Sixes (Collaborators). Eventually she votes to keep him alive, though she treats him poorly up until the time he is tortured by Number Three. From then on she is sleeping with both Baltar and the Number Three that tortured him (A Measure of Salvation).

As their relationship continues and time passes, Caprica begins to become isolated from Baltar and Three, who are occupied investigating the mystery of the final five Cylons. Eventually she confronts them on the fact; as Baltar tries telling her that's not the case, Three interrupts him and tells Caprica that Caprica's relationship with them is over, and that their destiny is separate from hers (though stating that "We love you too. But this is something you cannot share with us."). As Three and Baltar depart to the Algae planet, Caprica is left heartbroken (The Eye of Jupiter).

When Sharon Agathon is killed by Helo and downloads to the Resurrection Ship, Caprica-Six is the one to greet her, and takes her to her child. When Boomer threatens to kill Hera, Caprica snaps Boomer's neck and helps Sharon smuggle the baby off the baseship to Galactica. Upon her arrival on Galactica, she is thrown in the brig by Colonel Tigh. (Rapture)

Following the failed interrogations of Baltar, Caprica is visited by President Roslin. Roslin assures Caprica that she will not be thrown out of an airlock, to which she responds with doubt, as Leoben was executed after being promised he would not be harmed. Caprica makes a deal with Roslin: give Baltar a trial, and Caprica will tell the Fleet everything she knows. Roslin likely now suspects that Caprica may be the "blond-haired" woman she saw with Baltar before the attacks due to Baltar mentioning the name "Caprica" during the interrogation, and Six telling Roslin that she is known as "Caprica" (Taking a Break From All Your Worries, bonus scene).

During Baltar's trial, Caprica begins experiencing shared hallucinations with Laura Roslin, Sharon Agathon, and Hera. The hallucinations all take place in the Kobol opera house. Roslin, Sharon, and Caprica are searching the lobby of the opera house for Hera. Caprica finds her, grabs her, and disappears into the main chamber of the opera house with Baltar. The door closes behind them and ends the initial dream. The hallucination later continues with her and Baltar walking onto the stage of the opera house with Hera. The two of them turn around and the final five are standing on the balcony. They are displayed as indistinguishable white figures. It has not yet been revealed if Baltar was also sharing in this hallucination. ("Crossroads, Part I", "Crossroads, Part II")

Notes

• According to the novelization of the Miniseries by SF novelist Jeffrey A. Carver, the name that Baltar called Six before she revealed she was a Cylon during the attack was "Natasi."
  • [nə.ˈtɑ.si] This name appears to be Polish in origin. Since this name has never been mentioned in the events of the screenplay or regular episodes, and as other names in the book, such as Cally, do not match existing aired or official information, this name should be treated as part of a separate continuity.
  • According to the author, the fact that it's spelt "I Satan" backwards is a coincidence.
• In an interview, David Eick stated that there was never a canonical name which Baltar called Number Six while she was on Caprica, and "We always liked the idea that Baltar was a man of many tastes and that there's every likelihood that he never knew her name".
• Ron Moore echoed this in The Battlestar Roundtable podcast when asked about Number Six's name by James Callis and Jamie Bamber. Moore stated that Baltar "just didn't care enough" to learn her name.
• Also mentioned in the Roundtable podcast, Michael Rymer said his take on Six's name was that, in the spirit of a Seinfeld episode, Baltar just missed Number Six's name when they met and he spent the next two years of their relationship just trying to see how far he could get with her without ever mentioning her name.
• Caprica-Six's outfit after her resurrection is considerably less elaborate than what she wore when working with Baltar, and she wears far less make-up, indicating that she only dressed so seductively for her mission.
• Caprica-Six's personality in "Downloaded" implies she might have shown humanity more compassion by, say, hailing them first, or landing outside the city, implying that her conversion of Cylon society isn't as complete as the Cavils claimed or once was but has regressed in the interim year.
• Caprica-Six seems to have developed protective feelings for Hera that could almost be described as motherly. She was happy to help Sharon rescue her in "Rapture," and even went to Galactica with them. Caprica's hallucinations in "Crossroads" and these feelings about Hera may give more insight to the connection between her and Baltar through their inner versions of each other as well as their connection to Hera that inner Six has been hinting about since "Kobol's Last Gleaming." The hallucinations are very similar to Baltar's hallucination on Kobol. There may also be a connection between this "family" that has been prophesized since the first season and the final five as they were also present in the opera house with them.