Anybody else think the new base stars are really cool looking?
Does anyone know if Grace Park (Boomer) is any relation to Linda Park (Hoshi on Enterprise)?
They have the same last name, are both asian and are both really hot, so I was just wondering.
Part of that could be lack of absolute precision in FTL jumping. It seemed pretty clear to me that not hitting any large objects and arriving roughly near where you intended was considered pretty darn good. Another part could be the fact that nukes make big booms. You don’t necessarily want your ships going up in the same radioactive mess.
Personally I find the first explanation more plausible, since the Cylons have so far shown little remorse about using suicide bombs.
That was my assumption, too.
As some pirate said, “[Jumping] through hyperspace ain’t like dusting crops, kid.”
Sure, all attractive English women named “Smythe” are related.
Have any Cylons on the show specifically said that an agent is transmitting coordinates?
Is it possible that the Cylons have a network of detection buoys along possible escape routes? 33 minutes is how long it takes for them to transmit a detection alert and have ships jump to intercept. If this is the case the 33 minute attacks should end after a certain a distance.
Or maybe I didn’t pay enough attention?
Jumps, schmumps.
I miss the old series, where Lorne Green could simply order the Galactica to accelerate to the speed of light.
The Cylon attacks stopped after the destruction of Olympic Carrier. That wouldn’t have mattered if there were sensors everywhere. Plus, the Cylons could have planted mines as easily as they planted sensors.
Personally, I think they put in the whole business with the Olympic Carrier just so we could have discussions like this one where we all are talking about blowing up The OC and discussing whether or not it contains any actual, live people. 
I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It’s the only way to be sure.
Yes. In the mini-series, Boomer (IIRC) explained that the Raptor was built for use in the Cylon Wars, and it’s purpose was to jump ahead of the fleet, get recon info, and jump back and report.
Could someone tell me who left the note in Commander Adama’s quarters at the end of the miniseries that said “There are only 12 Cylon models?”
I don’t think we’re supposed to know. My guess it’s another manifestation of Boomer’s internal conflict.
–Cliffy
The only human who knows this (as far as we the Viewers are aware) is Baltar, so it was most likely him.
Ah, thanks Cliffy and Smapti. Those were the two theories I had myself. I was just worried that I had missed something.
I’m loving this show!
That’s what I thought. But they could ask how he knows that…
I think thing 12 models is a bit small. I’d really hate to think how awkward it would be for 2 of the same model to end up in the same room at the same time together.
France.
Did I mention that I come from France?
Twins are quite common in France.
Especially if they are wearing the same dress…
For some reason, I remember the note saying “there are 12 cylon models”–my memory ommitted the word “only.” I guess because I don’t understand why it would be in there. Adama didn’t know at the time that there were any cylon models–so why say “only” 12. I think he’d be shocked enough to realize there were any at all. Come to think of it, how did he get from that note that the “models” looked human to begin with? Unless he already had some intelligence (that may come up in later episodes) that some cylons looked human.
Does anyone have an idea why Boomer rigged a detonator in her ship and why she had her finger on it during the scanning for water scene? I was thinking maybe part of her programming was that she was prepared to blow up the ship in case her partner 1) found water himself or 2) looked over her shoulder and saw that she had found water thereby realizing that something is amiss with Boomer.
I’m interested to see how they deal with the food issue. I would think water would be easier to find than food. The quantities that Balter said they needed seem too large for them to have on hand. I’m sure Galactica had rations on board and probably some other ships did (like the prison ship the president discussed with her aid), but the transports probably don’t have a lot. I pity the folks on the budget carriers who only have a few foil bags of pretzels and a drink cart to sustain them!
Adama was the first human besides Baltar to find out about human looking Cylons. When they were on that Raganor space station looking for weapons (in the pilot ep), he ended up stuck in a separate compartment with one. He knew it was a Cylon because they had purposely placed that station in an area with radiation that was harmful to Cylons, and the Cylon he was with was showing symptoms of it.
I’m loving this show so far also. How long has it been since we had a science fiction show that took itself really seriously? And didn’t fuck it up?
Water should be really, really easy to come by. Heck, in our solar system, there’s vast quantites just floating around at the farthest edge, in the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud (theoretically, of course). According to our leading theories of system formation, more systems than not should have similar phenomena.
Actually, the food quantities Baltar was describing seemed sort of high to me, in general. Does anybody still have the episode like on TiVo or something? Can we get a rundown on exactly what he said they would need? I’d like to crunch the numbers a bit, but unfortunately I forgot that I wanted to nitpick this and deleted the show.
In general, though, the thing that really struck me about the show so far is how primal the conflicts are. Compare Star Trek, where they run into quantum fluctuations of some variety or other that cause them to de-evolve or fall into alternate dimensions or some other outlandish result. By contrast, on BG so far, the conflicts have centered on (a) not being allowed to sleep and (b) running out of water. Seriously, incredibly basic problems, almost to the point of having been deliberately chosen for that quality; you can imagine the writers huddled together, trying to break stories rooted in a few fundamental survival issues.
Only two episodes in, and already it’s can’t-miss television. Cool.