Serina

Serina
[[Image:|200px|Serina]]
Name	{{{name}}}
Age	mid-20s
Colony	Caprica
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Birth Name	Serena
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Introduced	[[{{{seen}}}]]
Death	In Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I (TOS)
Parents
Siblings
Children	1; Boxey
Marital Status	Was sealed to Apollo
Family Tree	View
Role	Shuttle and Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
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Portrayed by	Jane Seymour
Serina is a Cylon
Serina is a Final Five Cylon
Serina is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Serina is an Original Series Cylon
Related Media
		@ BW Media
Additional Information
[[Image:|200px|Serina]]

Originally a Colonial reporter based on Caprica, Serena was present at the main hub of celebration for the pseudo-peace treaty between the Cylons and the Colonials, Serena is a survivor of the Cylon holocaust upon the Twelve Colonies. With her son Boxey, she became one of the mere thousands who were saved by the rescue efforts of Commander Adama and his battlestar, Galactica. She and her son were sent to the Rising Star, where she furthered her relationship with Apollo. She was thankful for Apollo's efforts into making her son, who refused to eat, recover from the death of his daggit, Muffit.

With Boxey and Muffit II, a robotic daggit, she accompanied Commander Apollo and Flight Sergeant Jolly to the planet Carillon where eventually they were found and sent to the front of the Ovion's operation. Once the operation was found to be a Cylon snare, Serena and her other fellow members of the Fleet made it back to their respective ships. (Saga of a Star World)

Leaving behind the debris of Carillon and the old Imperious Leader behind, Serena began training as a Shuttle pilot after Apollo announced his engagement. Although he wasn't too pleased initially, he understood and was pleased at the idea after a heated "discussion".

Circumstances lead way to her eventual departure from the realm of the living as the Viper corps was all incapacitated and near death due to an unidentifiable sickness that was spread by Boomer and Jolly. She and all the shuttle pilots were suddenly being trained to fly Vipers, against the objections of Starbuck and Apollo (the two remaining active pilots). After their training, Serena and the other shuttle-turned-Viper pilots flew a novice escort of Salik's medical shuttle, and managed to ward of a Cylon fighter squadron.

After the mission and upon entering the magnetic void previously detected by Apollo and Starbuck, Commander Adama Sealed Serena and Apollo. Unfortunately, the pilots were absent from the ceremony due to their sickness, and the Cylons had captured Starbuck. (Although Apollo was initially hesitant about going through with it because he felt so deeply for his friend Starbuck, but his mind had been changed when Serena consoled him.)

During this ceremony, another special event occurred -- the detection of a lone star that would guide them forth from the magnetic sea phenomenon. They had come across the planet known as Kobol, the original place where Humanity once sprung from. Adama immediately set out to find any trace of the thirteenth colony, with Apollo and Serena at his side. Serena, along with Apollo, would have preferred to be alone on the planet, however destiny guided them toward the temple of the last leader of Kobol.

Serena bore witness to the discovery, eventually stumbling upon the tomb of the Ninth Lord, as well as the trecharous Lord Baltar. As Adama worked on deciphering the language in the hidden second chamber, the Cylons attacked and the trio fled, leaving Baltar to the falling temple. As Serena rejoined Starbuck and Deitra on the surface, two recluse Centurions mortally wounded her. While these Cylons were dealt with, it had not helped Serena as she slowly died.

She was rushed back to the Galactica's life-sciences center, where she parted ways with the living, leaving behind friends and family, who had to suffer once more by the Cylons. (Lost Planet of the Gods)

Portrayed by Jane Seymour.

Notes

• Serena was originally killed off -- and filmed as being killed -- by pluton poisoning at the hands of the Cylons in the pilot. However, these scenes were omitted (and, consequently, John Fink's scenes as Doctor Paye); the test audiences saw her death as "too depressing". Ironically, she returned only to die being shot in the back by the Cylons.

• In previous versions of the pilot script Serena was named Lyra, and Boxey wasn't her son, but a child she adopted. Lyra was also a Quorum member.

• The popular spelling of the character's name appears to be "Serena." However, some online sites note this as "Serina."