Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 2

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Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck #2 An issue of the Dynamite series.
Issue No.	2
Writer(s)	Tony Lee
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Inker(s)	Eman Casallos
Colorist(s)	Davi Correia (pages); Adriano Lucas (cover)
Letterer(s)	Joshua Cozine
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Cover Artist(s)	Sean Chen
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Published	December 2013
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ISBN	725130209306
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Summary

The origin of Lt. Starbuck continues, told by #1 New York Times best-selling author Tony Lee! Two years before the attack on Cimtar, Starbuck has hit rock bottom—but when a clue to the Cylon spy behind the attack on Umbra appears, Starbuck finally has a chance to gain justice for his parents. Can Starbuck and Apollo find the spy before the Cylons stop them?

Plot

This issue is set entirely two yahrens before the attack at Cimtar.

Galactica

• Lieutenant Apollo begins his landing approach to Galactica as his patrol has ended, and is furious over Ensign Starbuck ditching him as his assigned wingman.
• Upon landing he continues his tirade to Flight Sergeant Jolly, who attempts to calm Apollo who rightly notes that if it comes out that Starbuck missed another patrol, the Colonial Military will pull his wings.
• While attempting to convince Apollo that Starbuck likely had a good reason, Jolly is interrupted by another crew member. She reports that Starbuck was last reported taking the Erin Dream back to Caprica.
• Apollo is further incensed at knowing that Starbuck is on a casino barge and orders Jolly to have Cadet Zac report to him at the commuter hub, with the designs to pursue Starbuck.
• Jolly pleads with Apollo to talk to Colonel Adama first, as there is something Apollo has yet to be told.
• After meeting up with Adama, Tigh and Zac, Apollo is told that Starbuck's Starbuck's foster parents were killed in a Cylon raid the week prior. Starbuck did not find out until today, and Apollo angrily extols that Starbuck should have told him.
• Tigh brings up the fact that Starbuck hasn't been "this bad" since Wyler died, and Apollo recalls a story regarding Starbuck's attempts to grieve: by being inebriated and buck-naked in a Piscerian sweatlodge, claiming he was the "King of Sagiteria".
• Apollo recruits Zac to come with him, in the hopes of getting to Starbuck before there's another incident.

Astral Utopia, Caprica

• Starbuck is intoxicated, asking for another drink from the bartender. However, Kandi, a waitress runs into Starbuck and begins an altercation relating to another woman that Starbuck was dating behind Kandi's back: Desire.
• Security at the Astral Utopia go boot Starbuck from the premises for drunken disorderly and harassment of staff. Starbuck fights back and is knocked senseless, but Apollo arrives with his laser pistol drawn to stop the beating.
• Zac and Apollo carry Starbuck out of the establishment, and return him to Galactica.

Galactica

• Starbuck is thrown in a shower to sober up. After getting to a decent point, Apollo and Starbuck discuss what transpired. Starbuck emotes that he is now once again an orphan without a family, which Apollo takes considerable exception to as Apollo and his entire family have been there for Starbuck.
• During the fight, Apollo relents that if it weren't for his family, Starbuck would have been drummed out of the service by this point. The conversation ends when Starbuck informs Apollo that his family's intervention is no longer required.
• While mourning his poor choice of words at his personal locker, he comes across the old data chip given to him yahrens ago by McKintosh. Mourning for his foster parents, he is reminded of McKintosh's claims regarding the fact that Umbra's defense net was taken offline to allow the Cylon to attack.
• Starbuck takes the data chip to Boomer in Galactica's server room. Boomer chastises Starbuck for being pulled from flight rotation, while Starbuck is gun-ho on getting information from the chip.
• Boomer plans to run the chip's contents through the Aerian datanet in the hopes of pulling something of value, but it will take some time. He tells Starbuck to come back at the end of the day, and encourages him to take the time to apologize to Apollo and others.

Aerian Administration Hub

• Diana, daughter and aide of Council Member Osiris, extricates Osiris from an agro agreement meeting aboard the Aerian Administration Hub. She informs him that someone has pinged the Aerian datanet in an attempt to decrypt a video file relating to Umbra.
• Osiris orders Diana to deal with the new Umbra leak with "zero tolerance, zero compassion. End it once and for all."

Galactica

• Boomer continues his work on the contents of the data chip. Boomer manages to open up the video file, but is interrupted by an unknown person. Initially believing it to be either Starbuck or Jolly, he comes across a time-bomb and attempts to leave the server room before it explodes.
• Boomer is knocked unconscious by the concussion of the explosive, as he is thrown across the room trying warn others of the bomb.
• In the medical bay, Colonel Adama speaks to the doctor about Boomer's condition. Boomer has been placed into a medical coma to aid the healing process, and only suffered bruises, burns and a concussion. He is fortunate to be alive as, had the bomb been aboard any other ship, the hull would have ruptured.
• Adama places Lieutenant Apollo in charge of the investigation. Ensign Starbuck blames himself, and informs Apollo about the data chip and how the server room just happens to explode as Boomer worked on decrypting it.
• They go to the damaged server room, and recover the detonator. Apollo continues to question Starbuck on what happened, and Starbuck surmises that someone from Aeries was responsible for the attack on Umbra, and the bombing attempt to cover up what Boomer may have had uncovered.
• Apollo and Starbuck are fired upon by an unknown assailant, much to their surprise as they are on board a battlestar. They pursue the assailant to discover that it is a lone woman, who eludes them as she escapes into a busy crowd at the transport hub.

Aerian Administration Hub

• Diana reports to Osiris, who is thoroughly displeased at the act of terrorism upon a Colonial battlestar and the fact that she tried to kill two Warriors in the process. He believes the consequences will lead not only to a belief that the Cylon (TOS alternates have a spy aboard Galactica, but they'll also interrupt his trade deals.
• Diana reveals her discovery that Starbuck was in possession of the data chip, and is aware of McKintosh's pendant. Assuming that he has the remaining pendant, she believes he will not stop as what happened on Umbra is personal.
• Diana has taken the liberty of contacting the Cylons, who will attack Starbuck during his next patrol with terminal force. Osiris claims that if Starbuck still survives, he wants to meet Starbuck personally.

Notes

Errata

• As with other entries in the Dynamite Entertainment comics, a mix of Re-Imagined Series and Original Series terminologies occurs:
  • The backgrounds of the Viper bay on battlestar Galactica are those of the hangar deck from the Re-imagined Series.
  • The Warrior uniforms feature shoulder patches on both shoulders, but it should only appear on the right shoulder on Warrior uniforms.
  • The Vipers depicted are visually more in line with the Re-imagined Series Mark II Viper than the Original Series counterpart.
  • Civilians wear contemporary clothing (modern suits with ties, vests, tank tops, red dresses, t-shirts) as opposed to the distinct Egyptian-esque clothing designed by Jean-Pierre Dorleac.

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External links

• Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck #2 at Dynamite Entertainment