Maybe they figure that speed is more important the stealth at this point? If it gets them to the spaceport and off the planet quickly, I say go to for it.
Did they ever say what the maximum range of the Raptor is? After all, the cylon raider made it all the way to caprica. I wonder if it’s more a matter of making short jumps before because they were in unknown space. If you’re going back through known space, presumably you could jump back with as few stops as possible.
No, I’m more worried about the fact that Starbuck no longer knows where the Fleet is, considering they’ve had to jump. She can get to Kobol, but if that Base star is still there…
So unless she’s the best navigator in the fleet or an expert at taking down basetars in a raptor, she’s going to have problems.
You know, I think you’re right. As I replay that scene in my head, this makes sense.
Somehow I missed the whole “where are all the bodies” explanation. Anyone care to let me in on this one?
Uhh … maybe the Force is with her?
Yea, the “Starbuck is best at everything” angle is wearing on me too. And while the Force is obviously not an issue here, maybe she’s blessed by the Lords of Kobol or something along those lines.
I’m paraphrasing, but I believe Starbuck asked about it, and I know that Helo responded saying basically that Cylon Boomer told him that the robotish Cylons had been busy clearing the streets and dragging the bodies to mass incinerators.
How much time has passed since Caprica was blown up? It’s very possible that the bomb fallout has decayed away to short-term survivable levels by now. Not everything you put in a bomb has to have a half-life of 10,000 years.
So Starbuck’s father is David Gray? Guess it’s better than something composed on a theremin.
Screw where all the bodies went. Why are the BUILDINGS still standing? I thought they nuked everything?
Anyhow, when did this “Starbuck is good at everything” thing start? I don’t see that she’s particularly good at ANYTHING!
-She’s a competant pilot but is often high strung in the cockpit
-She busted her plane
-She’s a terrible flight instructor on many levels
-Her interrogation of the cylon was a joke (it’s a freakin machine! It can’t be intimidated, physically beaten or coerced! Not to mention not asking the most obvious question - “so…what’s YOUR problem with humans?”)
-Not to mention she’s kind of a bitch
The impression I get is that she does all this crap that no one else does simply because she’s tough, has a busted up knee and everyone else is busy doing stuff. Not because she’s the best for the job.
Neutron bombs with high radiation like NATO would use in Europe against tanks. They would leave structures standing and have low resisidual ratiation.
Maybe the areas we see weren’t bombed. Maybe there was a Sunbeam toaster factory in that city and they didn’t want to kill their own kind, sent in troops to kill the locals and rescue their enslaved pals.
Well, to be fair, the paintings really weren’t all that great.
And I like levdrakon’s take on the password moment. It makes a lot of sense that Tyrol would be putting pressure on the lieutenant to get his shit together but would stop short of being openly insubordinate.
Re the radiation-meds observation, I had the impression during the first season that it wasn’t that Boomer’s meds were any better, but that Helo was curious about how they they seemed to work better for her. Obviously we know it’s because she’s a Cylon and more resistant (compare a related moment in “33” where someone noticed she wasn’t as fatigued as the rest of them), but Helo didn’t at that point.
Oh, and did anybody else read that the season two premiere episode was one of the highest-rated shows of the night in its time slot for people with cable? How cool is that?
On a semi-related note: I just picked up the Season 1 DVD set at BestBuy. $49, and you get a bonus DVD for Serenity, too! Get them while they’re hot, boys and girls. BB has them featured with a big display.
It’s called The Universe of Serenity. Clips from the film, background explaination by Joss, some bloopers, comments by the cast, “Making of…”-type stuff behind the scenes, then a section on Comic-Con 2004 (wherein yours truly may be seen, if you freeze-frame it and look very closely!) and the preview screenings, with fan comments, scenes from the screenings, and some final words from Joss. A nice bonus, that just may get some BG fans interested in seeing what the fuss is all about.
I considered that, but since I already have the miniseries, I decided that the commentaries weren’t that important to me. Plus, I have gotten my wife hooked on the show, and since she missed most of the first season, I’d like to get her caught up before we get too deep into** this** season. YMMV.
My Wild-A***d Theory (which I concede could be completely wrong): Galactica Boomer is human after all!
As an infant, when the Cylons destroyed the outpost she was born at, they took DNA samples from her AND implanted Cylon synthetic molecules into her brain. Their purpose is to enable the Cylon-Sharons to download her emotions and memories along whatever link allows Cylons to upload themselves when their bodies are destroyed. This is so Cylon-Sharons can be the most humanlike model of Cylon. The occasional fits of Cylonlike behavior the original Sharon suffers from come when she spends too much time in the vicinity of of those mysterious devices, allowing some “backflow” of Cylon thought into her brain.
Oh, and a theory about “33”. Most of the Cylon agents in the colonies knew when D-Day would be, and arranged to be on transports when the attack came. Everytime the fleet jumped, one of the Cylons on board that ship would commit suicide so their position could be sent back. The complete download and reprocessing time takes 33 minutes.
That’s, well, that’s pretty good.
Who the hell are you, and what have you done with Limpy?
Are you one of those space aliens?
Can I drive your tripod?
Can I shoot the heat ray?
I was thinking the same thing! Grabbing some paint and scribbling all over your walls might make you a genius artist, but then again, it might just make you a crazy person in an insane asylum.
I base my opinion on the end of season one, after Helo had found out about Boomer, he had shot her and they were sitting in that alleyway, while it was raining. Helo was looking sick and injecting himself with anti-radiation meds and Boomer said “doesn’t work like it used to, does it?”
I got the impression now that they’re on the run from the Cylons and don’t have access to the “good stuff” Helo was starting to show the effects of radiation poisoning.
Sean Factotum has a point though. It could be the radiation is dropping to less harmful levels. We can assume the Cylons did want to permanently occupy Caprica, so they wouldn’t have used nukes with a half-life of more than a few months. From what I remember without going back & checking, season one took about 45 days?
