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Lieutenant '''Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek''' is a pilot who served under [[Admiral Adama]] aboard the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].  
Lieutenant '''Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek''' is a pilot who served under then-Commander [[William Adama]] aboard the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'', approximately 1 year before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].  


He was part of a disclosed mission led by Adama from ''Valkyrie'', where he was to pilot a special craft, known as [[Stealthstar]], over the [[Armistice Line]]. Upon crossing, he was soon interdicted by an unknown contact and left in the crippled vessel, spinning out of control.  With two more craft bearing down on him, Adama ordered Novacek destroyed so as to eliminate any evidence of their incursion into Cylon space. Instead of dying inside the doomed stealth ship, Novacek managed to eject a split second before the incoming missile detonated.
Novacek was part of a covert mission from the admiralty of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] as pilot of a special fighter known as a [[Stealthstar]]. The mission was to fly over the [[Armistice Line]] for reconnaissance of Cylon activity.


He was then taken prisoner by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] and spent three years in their captivity. Some time after the occupation  of [[New Caprica]], ''[[Galactica]]'' detects three Raiders. Two Raiders are pursuing a third Raider, damaged by Cylon gunfire. Starbuck and Kat are dispatched. After destroying the pursuing Raiders, they go after the third. In CIC, Admiral Adama orders Kat and Starbuck to escort the Raider to Galactica, after hearing, from the Raider, a familiar human voice and callsign — Bulldog.
Upon crossing the Line, Bulldog was soon interdicted by an unknown contact. Under fire, his fighter is severely damaged and was spinning out of control.
In the hangar bay, Adama and the party are surprised that a human has exited the Raider. A visibly weak Daniel Novacek salutes Adama; Adama returns the salute.  


Over a meal (noodles eaten with chopsticks) Adama asks Novacek how he escaped. He relates a story of plague on the basestar and escaping after killing a Number Three with a blow to the nose delivered through the cell bars.  
With two more unknown craft bearing down on him, Commander Adama ordered Novacek's fighter destroyed so as to eliminate any evidence of their incursion into Cylon space. Instead of being killed, however, Novacek ejected a split second before the incoming missile detonated.


Bulldog is debriefed by the President with Adama present, where they tell a (decidedly shaky) story of a mining facility too close to the Armistice Line to cover the true events.
Novacek was taken prisoner by the Cylons, where he spent three years in captivity.


Novacek later visits Saul Tigh in his quarters shortly after Adama talks with him. Tigh informs Novacek about Adama's past actions and in the process greatly angers him. Novacek later proceeds to "question" Adama.
==The Escape==


Meanwhile, [[Kara Thrace]] reviews the gun camera film from their fight with the Cylon Raiders and realizes that the Cylons were deliberately missing their quarry, letting Bulldog get away. She goes to Saul Tigh with this information, who deduces that Bulldog was allowed there by the Cylons to bring harm to the admiral.  
Novacek was allowed to escape his imprisonment in a elaborate ruse by the Cylons. Two Raiders in pursuit of Novacek's escape Raider were apparently unable to shoot Bulldog down. As [[Kara Thrace]] later discovered, the Cylons deliberately missed.


Tigh finds Novacek in the process of killing Adama and stops him, harshly berating him about how he had nearly given the Cylons what they wanted. A deeply ashamed Novacek then slumps against a wall in grief.
Thrace deduces that Bulldog was allowed to escape by the Cylons to bring a measure of terror to the admiral.  


Later, Novacek is boarding a Raptor presumably to start a new life on a civilian ship. Before he departs, Admiral Adama (having forgiven him) presents a [[Uniforms (RDM)|Colonial uniform]] and in the process assures him he will always have a place as an officer on ''Galactica'' ([[Hero]]).
Shortly after telling Novacek of Adama's actions that nearly killed Bulldog, [[Saul Tigh]] finds Novacek in the process of killing Adama. After stopping him, Tigh harshly berates Novacek for almost giving the Cylons the assassination they wanted.
 
Later, Novacek is boarding a [[Raptor]], presumably to start a new life on a civilian ship. Before he departs, Admiral Adama presents him a [[Uniforms (RDM)|Colonial uniform]] and assures him he will always have a place as an officer on ''Galactica'' ([[Hero]]).


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Lieutenant Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek is a pilot who served under then-Commander William Adama aboard the battlestar Valkyrie, approximately 1 year before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

Novacek was part of a covert mission from the admiralty of the Colonial Fleet as pilot of a special fighter known as a Stealthstar. The mission was to fly over the Armistice Line for reconnaissance of Cylon activity.

Upon crossing the Line, Bulldog was soon interdicted by an unknown contact. Under fire, his fighter is severely damaged and was spinning out of control.

With two more unknown craft bearing down on him, Commander Adama ordered Novacek's fighter destroyed so as to eliminate any evidence of their incursion into Cylon space. Instead of being killed, however, Novacek ejected a split second before the incoming missile detonated.

Novacek was taken prisoner by the Cylons, where he spent three years in captivity.

The Escape

Novacek was allowed to escape his imprisonment in a elaborate ruse by the Cylons. Two Raiders in pursuit of Novacek's escape Raider were apparently unable to shoot Bulldog down. As Kara Thrace later discovered, the Cylons deliberately missed.

Thrace deduces that Bulldog was allowed to escape by the Cylons to bring a measure of terror to the admiral.

Shortly after telling Novacek of Adama's actions that nearly killed Bulldog, Saul Tigh finds Novacek in the process of killing Adama. After stopping him, Tigh harshly berates Novacek for almost giving the Cylons the assassination they wanted.

Later, Novacek is boarding a Raptor, presumably to start a new life on a civilian ship. Before he departs, Admiral Adama presents him a Colonial uniform and assures him he will always have a place as an officer on Galactica (Hero).

Notes

  • David Eick's Video Blog entitled "Introducing Bulldog"[1] revealed that after agreeing to the role, Carl Lumbly stated that he wanted to keep his dreadlocks, much to the bemusement of director Michael Rymer.
  • In early drafts Novacek's first name was Seamus. [2]

References

  1. Introducing Bulldog (backup available on Archive.org) (in ). (VID) (2006-10-11).
  2. Podcast: Hero , Act 3. Seek to: 00:32:06. Total running time: 00:47:05. .