Donald Perry

"Chuckles" Perry (credit: Sky One / Sci-Fi Channel)

Overview

Call Sign: Chuckles

Full Name:  ? Perry

Rank: Cadet

Children: None

Status: Single

Position: Viper Pilot Cadet, Battlestar Galactica (KIA)

Age: Early 20s?

Played by Terry Chen

A young oriental-looking man with some flying experience as a boonie jumper, he is selected as a candidate pilot ("nugget") for Viper training under the command of Lieutenant Kara "Starbuck" Thrace.

Biography

Perry is a young man in his early 20s, who is selected from relative obscurity to become one of the Galactica's first intake of trainee pilots after 7 experienced pilots are killed in freak accident Act of Contrition.

Once on the Galactica he finds himself under the command of Kara Thrace for training, alongside nugget pilots Constanza and Katraine, with whom he forms a friendship.

Thrown in at the deep end - flying Vipers on their very first day of training, none of the nuggets performs particularly well. This leads to the entire intake initially being washed out by Thrace, prior to being reinstated on the orders of Commander William Adama.

Chuckle's training continues until he is selected to fly with Lee Adama during a raid to secure tylium desposits from the Cylons (The Hand of God). He is killed during the operation.

--Colonial Archivist 11:43, 11 Jan 2005 (EST)

used to refer to military personnel who are confirmed deceased during a military engagement, see: KIA (TRS: "Sacrifice")

Re-imagined Series definition: student pilot (TRS: "Act of Contrition", "Scar")