Example of proposed edit for the RDM Timeline page for s2.5
Resurrection Ship, Part I
- c. Day 175 - The standoff between the two battlestars ends in an uneasy truce, and a tense summit aboard Colonial One, after Lt. Thrace returns from an unauthorized surveillance mission to the Cylon fleet, where she gains critical evidence on a Cylon ship. Dr. Baltar is able to determine from Gina that this is the Resurrection Ship that cylons need to resurrect so far from the Cylon homeworld.
Resurrection Ship, Part II
- c. Day 177 - The Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus together engage the Cylon fleet in the Battle of the Resurrection Ship, where they achieve an overwhelming victory with relatively light casualties, destroying not only the Resurrection Ship, but at least one other Cylon base star. The Blackbird is destroyed in the battle, although Lee Adama manages to eject successfully. At least one Raptor is also lost in the battle. Admiral Cain is killed by Gina, after Baltar helps her escape captivity. He then proceeds to hide her in the fleet.
Epiphanies
- Day 189 - President Roslin near death; orders death of Cylon fetus. A Cylon peace movement begins to pose as a threat to the Fleet. The Cylon fetus is eventually spared, when Dr. Baltar determines how to use Cylon fetal stem cells to treat Roslin's cancer. Dr. Baltar smuggles the nuclear weapon that he was provided with for work on his Cylon detector to the Cylon peace movement aboard Cloud Nine.
Black Market
- c. Day 191 - Commander Fisk is murdered aboard the Battlestar Pegasus. Lee Adama begins an investigation into the matter.
- c. Day 192 - Lee Adama kills Phelan, leader of the Black Market crime syndicate.
- c. Day 192 - Lee Adama is debriefed on the entire incident regarding the murder of Fisk and the Black Market.
At least two days passed in "Epiphanies" so the earliest start date for "Black Market" is Day 191.
Scar
- c. Day 221 - After 29 days in an asteroid field (putting us at Day 221 or later), the Majahual's mining operation has produced enough raw materials for the construction of two new Viper squadrons using the fabrication facilities aboard the Battlestar Pegasus. Attacks on the operation continue by the ace Cylon raider known as Scar, making it the source of a heated competition between Lt. Katraine and Cpt. Thrace.
Sacrifice
- c. Day 221 - Three men and a woman named Sesha Abinell lay siege to bar onboard Cloud 9, taking the guests hostage, and sealing the area off from the rest of the ship. Abinell's husband was killed aboard the Greenleaf when the Cylons attacked it ten weeks ago, and she decides to exact vengeance. Lee Adama is wounded as a result of a failed rescue attempt by Kara Thrace
The earliest date that "Sacrifice" could happen is Day 221, when Galactica returns from guarding the mining ops in "Scar".
The Captain's Hand
- c. Day 242 - Kara Thrace assigned to Pegasus as flight instructor.
- Day ?? - Almost one month after the events of "Sacrifice", Lee Adama has been promoted to Major and temporarily assigned to Pegasus. Rya Kibby arrives on Galactica seeking a clandestine abortion from Dr. Cottle and requests asylum.
- c. Day 246 - Pegasus Commander Barry Garner dies during the Battle of the Binary Star System. Adama is promoted to Commander and given command of Pegasus, with Thrace replacing him as CAG of Galactica. In response to heavy lobbying from Gemenon delegate Sarah Porter over the Kibby incident, Roslin places a moratorium on abortion. In protest, Vice President Gaius Baltar announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election.
Lee Adama's recovery from the shooting takes "almost a month." If we assume this is longer than three weeks and less than a month, around 25 days, then the starting date for "The Captain's Hand" would be around Day 246. This is consistent with "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I".
Downloaded
- Day 270 (Zero Hour + 9 months) - Hera born. This episode claims that the previous episode "Resistance" took place "10 weeks before" Day 270. However, 10x7 = 70 and 270 - 70 = 200, this would put Cally's shooting of Galactica-Boomer after "Epiphanies" which was stated to take place on Day 189. Even a very liberal estimate could not possibly place "Resistance" more than a week or two after "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II", when it was stated on screen that it was Day 51. This reference to "10 weeks" is a mistake, which will be corrected in the DVD and international releases of "Downloaded".
Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I
- c. Day 262 - Galen Tyrol begins a series of recurring suicidal nightmares.
- c. Day 275 - Presidential debates begin. Kara Thrace, Felix Gaeta and Lee Adama brief pilots on Caprica SAR mission on Pegasus. Tyrol attacks Cally after being woken from a nightmare.
- c. Day 276 - Media reports on first debates. SAR team departs; Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson and crew accidentally discover a habitable planet and return to the Fleet. Tyrol begins counseling with Brother Cavil.
- c. Day 286 - Final presidential debate. SAR team arrives at Caprica and meets with Samuel Anders's Resistance.
- c. Day 289 - Polls open (projected).
Tom Zarek states that the fleet has been "cooped up in metal boxes for nine months" the morning after the debates. This date is roughly taken as Day 270, with an implied give-or-take of a couple weeks. Using the fact taht Baltar's announcement of candidacy in "The Captain's Hand" took place a month ago, we can more reasonably put the date of the first debate around Day 276. The surrounding events noted above can, however, be placed relative to this point with a good degree of certainty based on episode dialogue.