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*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ("[[Miniseries]]" to "[[Lay Down Your Burdens|Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 2)]]") | |||
*Colonel [[Saul Tigh]] ("[[The Passage]]" to | *Captain [[Karl Agathon]] ("[[Occupation]]" to "[[The Passage]]") | ||
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*A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Black Market|deleted scene]] from "[[Black Market]]" shows Captain [[Renner]] as Fisk's XO. However, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable. | *A [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)#Black Market|deleted scene]] from "[[Black Market]]" shows Captain [[Renner]] as Fisk's XO. However, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable. | ||
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*Major [[Kendra Shaw]] (an indeterminate amount of time | *Major [[Kendra Shaw]] (an indeterminate amount of time during "[[Razor]]") | ||
*Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]] ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to "[[Exodus, Part II]]") | *Lieutenant [[Anastasia Dualla]] ("[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]" to "[[Exodus, Part II]]") | ||
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- "If the crew doesn't hate the XO, then he's not doing his job." --Saul Tigh
The executive officer (more commonly known as the XO) is the second in command aboard a Colonial Fleet vessel and is responsible for administrative duties and the detailed management of affairs, giving the commanding officer time to deal with broader issues.
The rank normally held by the executive officer of a battlestar is major or colonel, though an officer of any rank can fill this billet.
Executive Officer, battlestar Galactica[edit]
- For a complete history of Galactica's XOs see: Senior Staff of Galactica
- Colonel Saul Tigh ("Miniseries" to "Lay Down Your Burdens (Part 2)")
- Captain Karl Agathon ("Occupation" to "The Passage")
- Colonel Saul Tigh ("The Passage" to "Daybreak")
Executive Officer, battlestar Pegasus[edit]
- Colonel Jurgen Belzen (shot by Admiral Cain for disobeying an order in "Razor")
- Colonel Jack Fisk ("Razor" to "Resurrection Ship, Part II")
- Commander Barry Garner's and Commander Fisk's XOs are unknown [1]
- Major Kendra Shaw (an indeterminate amount of time during "Razor")
- Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla ("Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" to "Exodus, Part II")
Notes[edit]
- Executive Officer, in the military context, is used in several branches of armed forces worldwide (army, naval, marine, air force). Certain forces, such as the British Army use the formal title "Second-in-Command" (2i/c) rather than XO.
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑
- While Lee Adama is assigned to Pegasus in "The Captain's Hand", it is doubtful that he was the official XO at that time. According to dialogue he is only sent over to keep an eye on Garner and assess the situation but Garner doesn't even consider him part of the crew. Moreover, according to a deleted scene, his father sends him there over concerns about Garner and the performance of the crew, while being undecided on whether to make him the ship's XO or not.
- A deleted scene from "Black Market" shows Captain Renner as Fisk's XO. However, he doesn't appear in the aired episode and is never mentioned again in the series. This makes his canonical status questionable.