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Gunnery Sergeant '''Erin Mathias''' is one of the few [[Marine]] NCOs seen in the series.
'''Erin Mathias''' is a gunnery sergeant serving in the [[Colonial Marine Corps]].


{{spoiltext|Under [[Kendra Shaw]] and [[Kara Thrace]] she leads a team of Marines that boards a [[Guardian basestar|Cylon basestar]] in order to rescue a captured Raptor crew. When the arming mechanism of a nuclear device, that they brought along to destroy the basestar, fails and she can't repair it, she rigs a manual switch. Shaw then detonates the bomb manually ([[Razor]])}}
Under Colonel [[Kendra Shaw]] and Captain [[Kara Thrace]], she leads a team of Marines that boards a [[Guardian basestar|Cylon basestar]] in order to rescue a captured [[Raptor]] crew. When their nuclear weapon's arming mechanism fails, she prepares the manual switch that Shaw uses to detonate the bomb {{TRS|Razor}}.


Later she leads [[Sharon Agathon]]'s Marine escort on [[New Caprica]] as part of Admiral [[William Adama]]'s rescue operation ([[Exodus, Part I]]). She and her team repel a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] ambush on a prelimary meeting between Agathon and the New Caprica Resistance under [[Samuel Anders]]. She then accompanies the resistance group back to [[New Caprica City]] to discuss the rescue plan with all leaders, among them [[Saul Tigh]], [[Laura Roslin]] and [[Tom Zarek]] ([[Exodus, Part I]]). When Adama's plans are executed, Mathias is in charge of the Marines who participate in the attack on the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] ([[Exodus, Part II]]).
During the occupation of [[New Caprica]], Mathias leads [[Sharon Agathon]]'s Marine escort on the planet as part of Admiral [[William Adama]]'s rescue operation {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}. She and her team repel a [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] ambush of a preliminary meeting between Agathon and the New Caprica Resistance under [[Samuel Anders]]. She then accompanies the group back to [[New Caprica City]] to discuss the rescue plan with the resistance leaders {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}. When Adama's plans are executed, Mathias is placed in charge of the Marines participating n the attack on the [[New Caprica Detention Center]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}.


Mathias is later part of the party that boards the infected basestar discovered at the [[Lion's Head Nebula]]. She is assigned to execute the prisoners retrieved from this baseship in a failed plan to infect the entire Cylon race via the download process ([[A Measure of Salvation]]).
Following the evacuation of New Caprica, Mathias is involved in a number of key actions. She joins a boarding party that investigates an infected basestar discovered at the [[Lion's Head Nebula]]. She is assigned to execute prisoners retrieved from this baseship in a failed plan to infect the entire Cylon race via the download process {{TRS|A Measure of Salvation}}. She also leads the Marine force on the so-called [[algae planet]] and is ordered by Lee Adama to detain Samuel Anders when he attempts to rescue his wife, Thrace {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter}}. When Thrace later takes President [[Laura Roslin]] hostage, Mathias commands the Marine response team and escorts Thrace to ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}} hangar deck after she is released from the brig {{TRS|Six of One}}.


She also leads the Marine force on the [[algae planet]] and is ordered by Lee Adama to detain Samuel Anders when he wants to rescue his wife whose Raptor was shot down by the Cylons ([[The Eye of Jupiter]]).
Mathias is selected to join ''[[Demetrius]]'' on its mission to find {{RDM|Earth}} under the command of Thrace. Two months into the mission, she is killed by the detonation of a [[Heavy Raider]]'s reactor while in the process of an extravehicular inspection of that craft {{TRS|The Road Less Traveled}}.


==Notes==
==Notes==
*The character's first name was supplied by [[Bradley Thompson]].
*[[Ronald D. Moore]] named the character after Jim Mathias, the high school superintendent that preceded his father at Chowchilla Union High School.<ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Exodus, Part I|act=1|id=mathias-namesake|timestamp=|totalrunning=}}</ref><ref>{{cite companion|season=3|page=42}}</ref>
*Ron Moore named the character after the high school superintendent that preceded his father at Chowchilla Union High School <ref>{{cite_rdm_podcast|episode=Exodus, Part I|act=1|id=mathias-namesake|timestamp=|totalrunning=}}</ref>.


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Erin Mathias is a gunnery sergeant serving in the Colonial Marine Corps.

Under Colonel Kendra Shaw and Captain Kara Thrace, she leads a team of Marines that boards a Cylon basestar in order to rescue a captured Raptor crew. When their nuclear weapon's arming mechanism fails, she prepares the manual switch that Shaw uses to detonate the bomb (TRS: "Razor").

During the occupation of New Caprica, Mathias leads Sharon Agathon's Marine escort on the planet as part of Admiral William Adama's rescue operation (TRS: "Exodus, Part I"). She and her team repel a Cylon ambush of a preliminary meeting between Agathon and the New Caprica Resistance under Samuel Anders. She then accompanies the group back to New Caprica City to discuss the rescue plan with the resistance leaders (TRS: "Exodus, Part I"). When Adama's plans are executed, Mathias is placed in charge of the Marines participating n the attack on the New Caprica Detention Center (TRS: "Exodus, Part II").

Following the evacuation of New Caprica, Mathias is involved in a number of key actions. She joins a boarding party that investigates an infected basestar discovered at the Lion's Head Nebula. She is assigned to execute prisoners retrieved from this baseship in a failed plan to infect the entire Cylon race via the download process (TRS: "A Measure of Salvation"). She also leads the Marine force on the so-called algae planet and is ordered by Lee Adama to detain Samuel Anders when he attempts to rescue his wife, Thrace (TRS: "The Eye of Jupiter"). When Thrace later takes President Laura Roslin hostage, Mathias commands the Marine response team and escorts Thrace to Galactica's hangar deck after she is released from the brig (TRS: "Six of One").

Mathias is selected to join Demetrius on its mission to find Earth under the command of Thrace. Two months into the mission, she is killed by the detonation of a Heavy Raider's reactor while in the process of an extravehicular inspection of that craft (TRS: "The Road Less Traveled").

Notes[edit]

  • Ronald D. Moore named the character after Jim Mathias, the high school superintendent that preceded his father at Chowchilla Union High School.[1][2]

References[edit]

  1. Podcast: Exodus, Part I , Act 1.
  2. Bassom, David (2007). Cath Trechman Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion Season Three. Titan Books. ISBN 1-84576-478-1, p. 42.