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chiron_survivor) wrote2017-08-14 05:10 pm
chiron_survivor) wrote2017-08-14 05:10 pm
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Previously, on Battlestar Galactica.
People are strange.
When humanity was at its lowest point on New Caprica, the twelve tribes were able to set aside their differences and escape the Cylon occupation. But now that the Fleet is closer than ever to finding Earth, that united front is cracking.
The shift in mood begins when Gaius Baltar is acquitted of treason. Many colonists were looking for someone to blame for the Cylon invasion and subsequent occupation. Denying them that perceived justice has them furious and searching for a new scapegoat.
And then, because Gaius “self-proclaimed genius” Baltar can’t simply lay low like a normal person, he has to go and start his own religion. It’s a monotheistic cult that preaches love and ascending one’s fate — heresy for many, but appealing enough for some that he gains a sizable following. It sparks political discord in the Quorum of Twelve. It nearly ignites a spiritual war.
There are fractures within the Cylon Fleet as well, ones that blossom into a civil war, but Adia does not learn about this until the Demetrius returns from a scouting mission with a Cylon basestar in tow. It contains Twos, Sixes, and Eights, but no Fives.
Adia had not even had time to get her hopes up, but it still stings, knowing that Caspar continues to be the enemy.
The rebel Cylons make an offer that is too good to refuse: destruction of their resurrection hub in exchange for help in finding five more Cylons with the Fleet. The Final Five, they call them, unique models that were kept a secret from everyone, even the other Cylons.
The revelation of the Final Five causes a fresh wave of paranoia within the Fleet. The rebel Cylons are met with similar suspicions. To end resurrection is to take away their advantage, but not everyone agrees that they can be trusted. That they deserve to be trusted, after everything that has happened.
It only divides the Fleet further.
The situation reaches its peak when a Three, formally held in stasis as punishment for her obsession with the Final Five, kidnaps President Roslin and holds her hostage until the remaining Cylons come out of hiding. Miraculously, the situation resolves itself without bloodshed: four of the Final Five reveal themselves, and President Roslin returns unharmed.
Whether coincidence or fate, Earth’s location is found only minutes later. Full of excitement, the Fleet forgets its differences. A ship containing both humans and rebel Cylons jumps to the discovered coordinates to seek the assistance of the thirteenth tribe.
But something is wrong. Adia knows it as soon as Commander Adama appears on the vid screen, his expression grim.
There is no thirteenth tribe. Not anymore. A nuclear war destroyed all life on Earth, making it uninhabitable. Worse yet, it was caused by Cylons — Centurion models that the Earthlings had built for themselves.
And it all happened over two thousand years ago.
When humanity was at its lowest point on New Caprica, the twelve tribes were able to set aside their differences and escape the Cylon occupation. But now that the Fleet is closer than ever to finding Earth, that united front is cracking.
The shift in mood begins when Gaius Baltar is acquitted of treason. Many colonists were looking for someone to blame for the Cylon invasion and subsequent occupation. Denying them that perceived justice has them furious and searching for a new scapegoat.
And then, because Gaius “self-proclaimed genius” Baltar can’t simply lay low like a normal person, he has to go and start his own religion. It’s a monotheistic cult that preaches love and ascending one’s fate — heresy for many, but appealing enough for some that he gains a sizable following. It sparks political discord in the Quorum of Twelve. It nearly ignites a spiritual war.
There are fractures within the Cylon Fleet as well, ones that blossom into a civil war, but Adia does not learn about this until the Demetrius returns from a scouting mission with a Cylon basestar in tow. It contains Twos, Sixes, and Eights, but no Fives.
Adia had not even had time to get her hopes up, but it still stings, knowing that Caspar continues to be the enemy.
The rebel Cylons make an offer that is too good to refuse: destruction of their resurrection hub in exchange for help in finding five more Cylons with the Fleet. The Final Five, they call them, unique models that were kept a secret from everyone, even the other Cylons.
The revelation of the Final Five causes a fresh wave of paranoia within the Fleet. The rebel Cylons are met with similar suspicions. To end resurrection is to take away their advantage, but not everyone agrees that they can be trusted. That they deserve to be trusted, after everything that has happened.
It only divides the Fleet further.
The situation reaches its peak when a Three, formally held in stasis as punishment for her obsession with the Final Five, kidnaps President Roslin and holds her hostage until the remaining Cylons come out of hiding. Miraculously, the situation resolves itself without bloodshed: four of the Final Five reveal themselves, and President Roslin returns unharmed.
Whether coincidence or fate, Earth’s location is found only minutes later. Full of excitement, the Fleet forgets its differences. A ship containing both humans and rebel Cylons jumps to the discovered coordinates to seek the assistance of the thirteenth tribe.
But something is wrong. Adia knows it as soon as Commander Adama appears on the vid screen, his expression grim.
There is no thirteenth tribe. Not anymore. A nuclear war destroyed all life on Earth, making it uninhabitable. Worse yet, it was caused by Cylons — Centurion models that the Earthlings had built for themselves.
And it all happened over two thousand years ago.