Laura Roslin faction

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The Laura Roslin faction is an ad-hoc conspiracy of Colonials who support and aid in breaking President Laura Roslin from Galactica's brig, who keep her in hiding, and may assist in reinstating Roslin as the effective leader of mankind. Most of the participants hide their participation in order to maintain their positions aboard Galactica, with only a few openly defying Colonel Saul Tigh's declaration of martial law.

Beginning of the faction

The impetus of this conspiracy occurs after the tragic death of unarmed civilians on the Gideon by a group of Marines, who are lead by an inexperienced Viper pilot, during an operation to procure needed supplies for the battlestar.

The faction members

The conspiracy to free Roslin, as of "Resistance", openly includes:

• Laura Roslin herself.
• Captain Lee Adama, who coordinates with other members of the conspiracy and pilots the Raptor. He was imprisoned in the brig along with Roslin but was often released on parole in order to carry out his duties as the CAG.
• Elosha, Roslin's priest, escapes with Roslin aboard the Raptor.
• Billy Keikeya, Roslin's aide, assists in breaking her out of prison but refuses to escape with her, ostensibly because he does not approve of Roslin's decision.
• Kara Thrace, who begins the fractioning by disobeying orders and leaving for Caprica in the captured Cylon Raider to retrieve the Arrow of Apollo.

Others

Conspirators whose involvement is kept secret include:

• Doctor Cottle, who signs an authorization to release a Raptor for flight ops. He later claims that he was forced to do so at gunpoint, but this may be to cover himself — all the viewer sees is that Roslin herself initially approaches him.
• Petty Officer Dualla, who has a number of covert meetings with Lee Adama and gets a series of orders signed in order to cover for Roslin's escape, including closing causeway B (the main escape route) as well as, presumably, authorization to launch the Raptor.
• Lt. Felix Gaeta, who Dualla seems to include on the plot, covers up the off-duty calls made throughout the course of the conspiracy when asked by Tigh.
• Corporal Venner, the marine assigned to guard Roslin, has been sneaking her chamalla during her incarceration and included himself in on the escape plot, asking another unnamed Marine to punch him in the face to create the appearance that he was knocked out in the jailbreak.
• Helo, who returned with Starbuck from his exile on Caprica and has accepted his part of the search for the Tomb of Athena. As he has not been on Galactica since the Cylon Attack began, he is only becoming fully aware of the significance of his participation. No others on Galactica know that he has returned and is still presumed dead.
• Racetrack, who falsely claims her Raptor is having technical problems as an excuse for Lee Adama to go to the hangar deck.

Non-members of the conspiracy who nonetheless assisted include:

• An unnamed Marine private who accosts Laura Roslin on Causeway B, but does not fire upon her or otherwise prevent her escape.

At the end of "Resistance", Roslin's getaway crew meets Tom Zarek aboard Cloud Nine, a meeting that Lee Adama arranged, figuring that Zarek's network would have the resources necessary to help Roslin. Roslin, naturally, has reservations, and for good reason — Zarek, a convicted terrorist, was arguably in on a plot to assassinate Roslin (Colonial Day). Nonetheless, she grudgingly concedes that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend", accepting Zarek's help.

Interestingly, Ellen Tigh, who in "Colonial Day" is implied to become a Zarek operative, is the one encouraging her husband to take extreme measures in asserting his authority. This might suggest the possibility that she is trying to set up Tigh in a blatantly bad position, in order for Zarek to come in and "save" the populace from him.

Dr. Gaius Baltar, the elected Vice-President of the Colonies, expresses the opinion to Colonel Tigh that given Roslin's imprisonment, he is the legitimately serving President. Despite this adherence to the Articles of Colonization, Baltar seems uninvolved in the Roslin faction, as he is busy with other things at the time.

In "Home, Part I" and "Home, Part II", Adama returns to Kobol in order to reunite the Fleet. It is Dualla who convinces Commander Adama to reunite the fleet, pointing out that deep down Adama is upset that he failed in his promise to bring everyone to Earth, and that "children are separated from their parents". After finding Roslin's landing party on Kobol, Adama chooses to again recognize her as the President, ending the break.

Ships of the faction

• Astral Queen: The lead ship of the faction
• An unnamed Gemini freighter
• Gemenon Traveller
• Monarch
• Colonial One
• An unnamed Flattop vessel
• Adriatic: The only armed vessels in the faction
• One luxury liner (Gemon Liners registery)
• Two Colonial Movers supply freighters
• Six Kimba Huta-type transports
• One Atmospheric shuttle

According to Dualla, 24 ships leave with Roslin. They are broken down as such:

• Twelve transports (Astral Queen, Colonial One, Kimba Huta transports, Gemenon Traveller and the luxury liner fall into this category)
• Seven freighters (The Gemini freighter and the Colonial Movers)
• Three construction platforms (The Flattop vessel more than likely falls into this category)
• One private cruiser (likely to be Adriatic)
• One mining ship (Obviously the Monarch)

Galactica 1980 definition: Dillon is called both a terrorist and a chauvinist by Jamie Hamilton during their phone call from the police station; he asks Troy "what's a terrorist chauvinist?" ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}

These are terms directly relating to Galactica 1980, some of which are based from the Original Series. For terms from that series, please refer to List of terms (TOS).