Margaret Edmondson

Margaret Edmondson
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Callsign	Racetrack
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Role	Raptor ECO, assigned to Battlestar Galactica
Rank	Lieutenant (Junior Grade)
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Portrayed by	Leah Cairns
Margaret Edmondson is a Cylon
Margaret Edmondson is a Final Five Cylon
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Lt. Margaret "Racetrack" Edmonson is a female ECO aboard battlestar Galactica. She harbors a deep hatred of the Cylons, almost certainly because of the loss of loved ones during the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. In her job she is competent and trusted, although she is willing to put her personal beliefs above duty.

Biography

Racetrack accompanies LT (j.g.) Sharon "Boomer" Valerii on a mission to destroy a Cylon basestar. She witnesses Boomer's attempted assassination of William Adama in Galactica's CIC (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II). Immediately after, she informs the CIC staff that Boomer returned from placing the nuclear warhead inside the basestar orbiting Kobol without her helmet on, and that she probably gave away Galactica's position to the Cylons ("Scattered").

Racetrack pilots the Raptor carrying Lee Adama's SAR mission to Kobol, encountering fire from Cylon anti-aircraft missiles. Galen Tyrol fells the missiles' DRADIS dish on the surface, and they fail to lock on. Racetrack's Raptor then destroys the Centurians on the ground with a volley of missles, and recovers the trapped Galactica crewmen. ("Fragged")

Racetrack aids the escape of President Laura Roslin from the brig by falsely claiming that her Raptor was having technical problems, enabling the furloughed Lee Adama to report to the hangar bay instead of the brig per his arrest. She then helps prep the Raptor used as the escape craft for launch, but remains on Galactica (Resistance). On Boomer's death, Edmonson becomes the only person in the Fleet who has seen the inside of a basestar.

Racetrack serves as ECO on Raptor 1, plotting the best point of orbital entry when taking Commander Adama to Kobol to find and meet with President Roslin (Home, Part II). Since then, Margaret flies basic supply runs between Galactica and the fleet. She continues to light candles for fallen comrades in the Cylon attack. She is almost certain she will eventually die on a mission, and is more focused on taking out as many Cylons as she can before that happens (Final Cut).

Racetrack, along with many other pilots, intially snubs Helo upon his return because of his romantic relationship with the Caprica-originated copy of Sharon Valerii. After she insults Kara Thrace over the matter, Starbuck pushes Racetrack face-first into a card table ("Flight of the Phoenix"). Racetrack later congratulates Helo on his help with the Blackbird, whose DRADIS-absorbing carbon composites Helo suggested, which serves as a quiet apology for her earlier rudeness.

Edmonson on Raptor duty.

Racetrack is particularly overjoyed when Galactica encounters the advanced battlestar Pegasus. While she socializes with Pegasus pilots in the hangar bay, she fails to understand Starbuck's contempt for the "scorecards" on which they tally their kills ("Pegasus"). Racetrack's raptor rescues the unconscious Apollo during the Battle of the Resurrection Ship, and she revives him using defibrilator paddles in her emergency gear (Resurrection Ship, Part II). When Racetrack transports Apollo and a squad of Marines to check the Daru Mozu for signs of sabotage by Cylon sympathizers, her vessel narrowly escapes the ensuing explosion (Epiphanies).

Notes

• Racetrack was probably created as a replacement for Crashdown and his role as ECO of the Raptor a given episode focuses on (as Crashdown himself was created as a replacement for Helo after he was stranded). Racetrack was introduced in the first season finale and the seeds of Crashdown's demise - signs of his incompetence for command while stranded on Kobol - were already planted in that episode.
• Racetrack's name was revealed in the episode "Final Cut".
• Ron Moore noted in his podcast of Racetrack's debut episode "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II" that she was only meant to be a one-shot character, like Helo. But, just as with Tahmoh Penikett's performance in the Mini-Series, the production staff and the powers that be were so impressed with actress Leah Cairns' performance in the episode that they decided to keep her on as a new recurring character.

Re-imagined Series definition: nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar, see: Combat Information Center

crew member handling electronic countermeasures of a craft; ECOs are standard crew aboard Raptors (see: ECO)

Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training (TRS: "Fragged"); and basic flight training (TRS: "Miniseries")

Re-imagined Series definition: abbreviation of tally-ho; the sighting of an enemy target, such as a craft, landmark, or position (TRS: "The Hand of God", "Scattered", "Maelstrom")