Cassiopeia (alternate)

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Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia from Dynamite Entertainment's Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 3 #1.
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Cassiopeia is a Cylon
Cassiopeia is a Final Five Cylon
Cassiopeia is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
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Cassiopeia in the primary continuity
Cassiopeia from the Maximum Press comic book series.

Cassiopeia is a metech of Doctor Salik's aboard battlestar Galactica, having moved on from her life as a socialator following the Battle at Cimtar.

Berkley Novelizations

Cassiopeia is described as a brunette while Athena is described as a blonde in contrast to the actresses who portrayed them.

During the mass exodus from the surface of Caprica, Starbuck and Cassiopeia pilot a shuttle filled with highly volatile tylium. They barely evade the attacking Cylons and return to Galactica (Saga of a Star World novelization).

Dynamite Entertainment comics

Following entry into a mysterious black hole, Cassiopeia oversees the care of Adama while, unbeknownst to her and Salik, Iblis warps Adama's mind (Classic Battlestar Galactica Vol. 3 #1 & #4).

Marvel comics

In the Marvel Super Special comic that is based on an early script of the pilot episode, Cassiopeia does not survive the Ovion mines.

Maximum Press comics

Twenty yahrens after the events of the Original Series, it is eventually revealed that Cassiopeia died on a mission lead by Starbuck.

In issue #2 when Starbuck is believed to be lost in a battle with Eastern Alliance Destroyers, Cassiopeia visits Chameleon and expresses regret that she failed to tell Starbuck her true feelings (Starbuck #2).

Notes

• Although the character of Cassiopeia was supposed to be "eaten" by the carnivorous Ovions of Carillon in the premiere, producers decided to retain Laurette Spang for the series, partially to help Maren Jensen (Athena), who was struggling with her acting talent, providing Spang with a steady job (at least for a yahren) as a Galactica medtech.

• Cassiopeia became a medtech by express order of ABC (American Broadcasting Company), which didn't appreciate her initial role of "socialator". There is a brief mention in "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I", where Cassiopeia mentions that the Cylons had given people a second chance, insinuating that she seized the opportunity to extricate herself from her pre-holocaust profession.

• Cassiopeia means "fairy queen" in the Colonial language.

• Cassiopeia is also the name of a W-shaped constellation seen from Earth's northern hemisphere, located in the night sky near Polaris - the brightest star in Ursa Minor at the end of the handle of the "Little Dipper".

• Interestingly enough, "Cassie", the character's nickname, is the name of a tropical American thorny shrub/small tree with fragrant yellow flowers used in the production of perfumery.

• According to Encyclopedia Galactica (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):

Cassiopeia's home world is given as Scorpio, not Gemoni. As for her change in profession, it is mentioned that since her arrival aboard Galactica, she "trained as a medical corpsman and now pursues that profession exclusively". She was 51 at the time of the fall of the Colonies.

• In the Re-imagined Series, Cassiopeia has no direct analogue, more than likely due to the fact that the character of Starbuck is female. According to developer Ron D. Moore, the character of Shevon, a prostitute, is inspired by Cassiopeia's profession. Also, the closest medical practitioner analogue in the Re-imagined Series for Cassiopeia is Nurse Layne Ishay.

External Links

• Clean Slate Press fan fiction novels - now downloable as epub files for ereaders.

Gallery

• Cassiopeia Gallery
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