Aaron Kelly

Aaron Kelly
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Introduced	Miniseries
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Role	LSO, battlestar Galactica
Rank	Captain
Serial Number	326572
Portrayed by	Ty Olsson
Aaron Kelly is a Cylon
Aaron Kelly is a Final Five Cylon
Aaron Kelly is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Aaron Kelly is an Original Series Cylon
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Captain Aaron Kelly was at one point the third-highest ranking officer aboard Galactica, behind Admiral William Adama and Colonel Saul Tigh. As the LSO (Landing Signal Officer), he was responsible for flight operations - launching and landing spacecraft - on the ship.

Shortly after a Cylon nuclear weapon struck Galactica in the initial wave of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Kelly begam giving orders to aid crewmembers trapped or fighting damage in the port flight pod, where the detonation occurred, after Executive Officer Saul Tigh hesitates. Tigh soon countermanded Kelly and ordered the flight pod vented to stop the fires. He also assisted in the capture of Aaron Doral (Miniseries).

When Commander Adama is shot by the Cylon infiltrator Sharon Valerii, Lieutenant Felix Gaeta reminded him on his arrival to CIC that Kelly was now second-in-command (Scattered). As a strong believer in Commander Adama's philosophy on computer networks, he voiced his objections over networking Galactica's computer systems after the battlestar loses the Fleet due to incorrect jump coordinates, asserting that the Old Man would never even consider Gaeta's option to network the computers for a faster jump calculation. Soon after, when Galactica was boarded by Cylon Centurions, Kelly assisted Lieutenant Gaeta and Colonel Tigh in coordinating an effort to stop their advance (Valley of Darkness).

Captain Kelly apparently returned to his day to day duties as LSO, coordinating Viper landings from the port hangar bay, as Commander Adama returned to duty and the normal chain of command was restored. He was on duty when Louanne Katraine, disoriented from stims, crash landed her Viper onto the landing bay (Final Cut).

During the Battle of New Caprica, and presumably in the year and four months leading to it, he performed Gaeta's role as tactical officer on Galactica (Exodus, Part I and Part II).

When the trial of Gaius Baltar drew near, Kelly tried to disrupt the proceedings with a series of bombings. One of the attacks killed Baltar's lawyer. An attack on his next lawyer, Romo Lampkin, was thwarted only by chance. A third attack injures Lampkin. When questioned, Kelly said that he couldn't handle sending off pilots to their deaths anymore, and would continue to try if he was not locked up (The Son Also Rises). Based on dialog from "Blood on the Scales," Kelly was imprisoned in the brig soon thereafter.

After the discovery of a devastated Earth (and after being freed from the brig by the mutineers), he joined Felix Gaeta's mutiny and lead a squad of marines in pursuit of Admiral Adama and Colonel Tigh. (The Oath)

He later went to Colonial One, where he heard two marines gun down the Quorom of Twelve on Zarek's orders. He returned to Galactica, where he defended an arms locker. The locker is entered into by Tyrol, who came out of the air vents. At first, he contemplated killing Tyrol, but after a discussion, he lowered his rifle, before raising it again and telling Tyrol to leave. Tyrol escaped into an air vent again.

Later, Kelly is ordered to escort Adama to his execution with some marines. However, Kelly split off from the rest of the group. Knowing what is about to happen, he broke down in the memorial hallway, where he encountered Lee Adama and his group. Aaron decided to defect, telling the team where Adama was to be executed, and assisting them in rescuing him. Kelly took part in Adama's recapturing of Galactica as well. (Blood on the Scales)

It is unknown whether Kelly will be returned to active duty in light of his actions.

Notes

• When questioned about the bomb on Athena's Raptor, Kelly tells Apollo he would not have detonated it with the major on board. It goes unsaid, however, he would have likely sacrificed Athena (or any other pilot) to kill Lampkin.
• Kelly is wearing junior pilot qualification wings. Together with his regular duty as Landing Signal Officer, this indicates that Kelly is not only flight qualified, but an experienced pilot. This reflects real world practices on aircraft carriers, where LSOs are trained aviators.
• Kelly's first name is revealed in the closing episode credits of "Final Cut".
• It is unknown why Karl Agathon was chosen to become Galactica's XO prior to the Cylon occupation as Captain Kelly was the nominal third-in-command and should have assumed the post after Colonel Tigh and his wife settled on New Caprica.