This article is about the young boy in the Original Battlestar Galactica.
For more information on the young character in the reimagined series, see Boxey (RDM).
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| Colony | Caprica | |
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| Birth Name | Troy | |
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| Callsign | Boxey | |
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| Introduced | [[{{{seen}}}]] | |
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| Parents | Serina (KIA), Apollo (adoptive) | |
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| Family Tree | View | |
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| Portrayed by | Noah Hathaway | |
| Boxey (TOS) is a Cylon | ||
| Boxey (TOS) is a Final Five Cylon | ||
| Boxey (TOS) is a Human/Cylon Hybrid | ||
| Boxey (TOS) is an Original Series Cylon | ||
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Biography[edit]
Background[edit]
Boxey is the nickname for Troy given by Serina, his biological mother. Originally from Caprica, he is a survivor of the holocaust.
Flight from Caprica[edit]
He was quite fond of a daggit known as Muffit, killed by falling debris when the daggit headed toward them. Along with his mother, he went to the Rising Star and, while there, mourned for Muffit and refused to rest. To appease the boy's anguish, Flight Commander Apollo of the Battlestar Galactica had talked to Doctor Wilker, an electronics expert, into giving the boy a prototype of an automaton-generated daggit, the Muffit II. Previously, Apollo attempted to give him one of his ranking pins as Boxey seemed to respond to the him as a fatherly, Warrior-like figure (Saga of a Star World).
Boxey was tasked with the effort of training the "Muffit II" to act as a real daggit would; made easier as Wilker scanned his image into the daggit's memory. Although Boxey was initially confused, he began to recover from the devastating loss (Saga of a Star World). But the worst was yet to come, as his mother was soon to die at the hand of a Cylon (Lost Planet of the Gods).
Boxey was involved with the planetary expedition to Carillon, a planetoid practically brimming with tylium. During this expedition, he was the first to be "captured" by the planetary inhabitants, the humanoid-insect race known as the Ovions. Serina, Apollo, and Flight Sergeant Jolly were also surrounded and brought to the boy thanks to the Ovion's queen, Lotay.
The endeavoring boy managed to get himself into entanglements due to the automated daggit, making his way to the lower levels of the mine underneath the chancery where everyone is made obese and senses made dull. Apollo and Starbuck, who stumbled upon the Cylons that were within the mine, freed Cassiopeia and rescued the boy from the carnivorous Ovions (Saga of a Star World).
Boxey, with his newfound pet, bore witness to the Sealing of Serina and Apollo. He also bore witness to his mother's entrance in the Fleet's Viper corps, although her tour of duty was short lived. Along with his father, Boxey mourned the death of his mother, which they managed to work through eventually (Lost Planet of the Gods).
After Serina's Death[edit]
When Boxey's father, Apollo, went missing and presumed unreachable, no one had the heart to tell him about his father. Starbuck and Boomer took to babysitting the tyke, who managed to get away with the spoils of pyramid from Greenbean, Jolly and other pilots. Unfortunately, he was unable to fully enjoy the mushies as he was suddenly torn away from the game and care of the warriors from a fretful Cassiopeia, despite defending their unique approach at babysitting (The Lost Warrior).
Boxey seemed to visit Core Command without chastisement a variety of times, including the time where the Galactica lead the Fleet from the Cyranus Galaxy through asteroid dust (The Long Patrol).
When the Cylon-manned Ravishol Pulsar threatened the Fleet, Apollo handed him a medallion his father gave him after graduating from the Colonial Military Academy before going off on the mission. He seemed to be quite curious, explaining to his father that he'd never seen snow before, although he forbade it. When the shuttle sent by the Galactica was crashed into Sector Hekla of ice planet Arcta, Boxey was discovered along with his daggit in the snowram. Boxey was later secreted in the Thetas' underground city after they were saved by Thetas lead by Ser 5-9 (Gun on Ice Planet Zero).
Boxey also partook in the mission to obtain agron seeds from the long-forgotten agron colony of Sectar, although he stayed behind on the shuttle with Flight Sergeant Jolly (The Magnificent Warriors).
Along with Lieutenant Boomer, Ensign Athena, and other Galactica personnel he and Muffit were trapped in the rejuvenation center while the ship was ablaze, thanks to kamikaze Cylon raiders packed with solonite. His pet, fortunately, managed to save not only them but also a downed firefighter (Fire in Space).
Other peers in the Galactica's instructional programs influenced Boxey's decisions and behaviors, especially during Iblis' visitation to the Fleet. He took to heart that his father was a coward who wouldn't face Boomer and his Blue Team since they were said to defeat Apollo and Starbuck's Red Team, should there be a game. Saddened by this, he managed to persuade Boxey that this was not so -- Apollo subsequently played Triad with the Blue Team. Unbeknownst to anyone, Boomer was possessed by Count Iblis, and thus won the game due to Iblis' feats of "magic" (War of the Gods).
Boxey was later a part of the instructional period that discussed about why the "Earthlings" (Michael, Sarah, and their children) weren't coming out of their vessel that his father and Starbuck picked up on their patrol (Greetings from Earth). Evidently, his intuition and drive would lead him to the future, and may very well be a part of the Fleet's future as a whole…
Notes[edit]
- The name Troy came from Galactica 1980; it has been one of the few things that came from the series that has been adapted to the canon.