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*When the first batch of nuggets | *When the first batch of nuggets began training aboard ''Galactica'', they wore the [[Military Ranks (RDM)|rank insignia]] of "Petty Officer, 1st Class", but by the events during "[[Scar]]" and "[[Dirty Hands]]" had been apparently promoted to lieutenants junior grade. So far no dedicated ensign rank pins have been shown. This was possibly a costuming error or out of simple necessity, as it appears dedicated insignia for the rank of ensign has not been decided. | ||
* The [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] analogue to this term is "[[first orbit cadet]]". | * The [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] analogue to this term is "[[first orbit cadet]]". | ||
Revision as of 07:48, 21 July 2007
The term "nugget" is Colonial military slang for a Viper pilot trainee.[1]
Kara Thrace is assigned the task of flight instructor to train a batch of potential Viper pilots after 13 (including Flat Top) are killed in a freak accident (Act of Contrition).
This first group of eight nuggets includes Louanne "Kat" Katraine", Brendan "Hotdog" Costanza, and ""Chuckles" Perry".
As Galactica lacks flight simulators, Starbuck trains the first nugget group in actual Viper Mark IIs.
Attrition of this group begins when Chuckles dies while attacking a Cylon tylium refinery (The Hand of God). Over a year later, Katraine dies from radiation poisoning (The Passage). Of this original nugget group, Costanza is among the few known survivors.
When Pegasus joins the Fleet, flight simulators are available to train nuggets without risking damage or loss of fighters. Brent Baxton and Joseph Clark are two nuggets that complete their training this way (Scar).
Months after the flight from New Caprica, Racetrack jokingly remarks that she wants to have sex with a nugget, thus indicating that new pilots are still trained (The Woman King). The most recently inducted nuggets are newly-promoted Ensign Diana Seelix (Dirty Hands) and Fleet enlistee Samuel Anders (Crossroads, Part I).
A nugget that passes their flight training becomes a rook.
Notes[edit]
- When the first batch of nuggets began training aboard Galactica, they wore the rank insignia of "Petty Officer, 1st Class", but by the events during "Scar" and "Dirty Hands" had been apparently promoted to lieutenants junior grade. So far no dedicated ensign rank pins have been shown. This was possibly a costuming error or out of simple necessity, as it appears dedicated insignia for the rank of ensign has not been decided.
- The Original Series analogue to this term is "first orbit cadet".
References[edit]
- ↑ Like many terms in the new Battlestar Galactica series, "nugget" is carried over from present day American military slang.