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'''Lieutenant "Karma" Baker''' a [[Raptor]] pilot on stationed aboard Battlestar ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''. According to [[Alex Quartararo|Crashdown]], he was considered bad luck.
'''Lieutenant "Karma" Baker''' is a [[Raptor]] pilot on stationed aboard [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' who, according to {{Callsign|Crashdown}}, is reputed to be unlucky.


Karma is assigned to fill in for [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]] after her gunshot injury and pilots [[Raptor 1]] as part of a survey expedition to {{RDM|Kobol}}. Karma's Raptor is shot down by Cylon forces that orbit the planet, he being killed while flying, forcing Crashdown to attempt a crash landing {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}.
Baker is assigned to fill in for {{Callsign|Boomer}} after her gunshot injury and pilots [[Raptor 1]] as part of a survey expedition to {{RDM|Kobol}}. Raptor 1 is shot down by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] forces that orbit the planet; a round hits Baker and mortally wounds him in the ensuing interception, forcing Quartararo attempt a crash landing {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I}}.
 
His body is burned in the fire from the resultant explosion {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II}}.


==Notes==
==Notes==
*Karma's "combover" hairstyle indicates that he might be either [[:md:File:Contritionextra5.jpg|Unidentified Uninjured Pilot #5]] or [[:md:File:Contritionextra7.jpg|Unidentified Uninjured Pilot #7]].
*In a deleted scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]," Quartararo expresses apprehension before embarking on the recon mission to Kobol, saying he hates flying with Baker because he's "bad luck".  As it turns out, Quartararo's fears were well-founded.
* In a deleted scene from "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]," Crashdown expresses apprehension before embarking on the recon mission to Kobol, saying he hates flying with Karma because he's "bad luck".  As it turns out, Crashdown's fears were well founded.
* His name and rank come from [[:md:File:Karma Raptor plate.jpg|the nameplate on the side of the crashed Raptor 1]]. The first name is obscured by crash damage.
* His name and rank come from [[:md:File:Karma Raptor plate.jpg|the nameplate on the side of the crashed Raptor 1]]. The first name Cohen is slightly obscured by superficial damage done by the crash.


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Baker
Baker

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Age
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Birth place {{{birthplace}}}
Birth Name Baker
Birth Date {{{birthdate}}}
Callsign Karma
Nickname {{{nickname}}}
Introduced Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I
Death Killed in cockpit over Kobol
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Role Raptor Pilot, battlestar Galactica
Rank Lieutenant
Serial Number {{{serial}}}
Portrayed by Jim Shield
Baker is a Cylon
Baker is a Final Five Cylon
Baker is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Baker is an Original Series Cylon
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Lieutenant "Karma" Baker is a Raptor pilot on stationed aboard battlestar Galactica who, according to Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo, is reputed to be unlucky.

Baker is assigned to fill in for Sharon "Boomer" Valerii after her gunshot injury and pilots Raptor 1 as part of a survey expedition to Kobol. Raptor 1 is shot down by Cylon forces that orbit the planet; a round hits Baker and mortally wounds him in the ensuing interception, forcing Quartararo attempt a crash landing (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I").

His body is burned in the fire from the resultant explosion (TRS: "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II").

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