Murder on the Rising Star

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"Murder on the Rising Star" An episode of the Re-imagined Series
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Overview

When Starbuck is implicated in a rival triad-player's murder, Apollo and Boomer come to his defense as Protectors. They eventually uncover a plot involving Karibdis, a traitor alongside Baltar in the destruction of the Twelve Colonies.

Summary

• Starbuck and Apollo are squaring off (triangling off?) in a Triad match against Flight Sergeants Barton and Ortega onboard the Rising Star. Ortega's rough play is starting to anger Starbuck.

• Boomer is providing commentary for the Inter-Fleet Broadcasting feed of the event, along with Zed. Boomer comments that Ortega's play can be on the dirty side.

• Cassiopeia and Sheba watch the match from the stands. Cassie is concerned with the escalating tempers in the match.

• Adama and Tigh watch the match from a private lounge aboard the Rising Star. Their bartender asks if the two of them need anything, as his shift is ending soon. Adama is more interested in observing the Triad-mania, Tigh is exhibiting. Tigh tries, but fails, to contain his excitement for the game.

• Ortega's continued fouls nets Starbuck a free shot, allowing the heroes to pull ahead. Apollo takes a second to ask Barton about the rough play of his partner. Barton explains that he has to fly with Ortega because they're assigned together, but he plays Triad with him because Ortega likes to win.

• It isn't long before Ortega unleashes another cheap shot, sending Starbuck over the top and escalating into an all-out brawl between the two. Both players are ejected from the game.

• Outside of the match Starbuck and Ortega continue to scuffle until Cassiopeia breaks it up. After a brief verbal exchange, Ortega leaves to hit the showers. Starbuck is informed that he has ten centons to get to the shuttle if he hopes to continue to see Cassie.

• Ortega finishes cleaning up, and straps on his laser pistol. The door to the locker room opens, and Ortega isn't surprised. "I always knew it would come to this," he quips cynically, before going for his pistol.

Questions

• Baltar warns Starbuck he has so many enemies on the prison barge waiting for his arrival he'll be dead before he gets to his cell. How is it Baltar, a willing accomplice in the holocaust, manages to stay alive?

Notes

• Very broadly based on an unshot script by Michael Sloan titled "Fire in Space." According to Jim Carlson and Terry McDonnell, they never saw the original but since Sloan had written a script with a murder, he received story credit.

Guest Stars

Frank Ashmore (Ortega)
Brock Peters (Solon)
W. K. Stratton (Barton)
Luman Ward (Pallon/Karibdis)