From: eric@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this   
      
     To: alt.battlestar-galactica   
      
   Chazbot wrote:   
   > Fellow fans,   
   >   
   > 1) Wow, Wankery 101 must have been part of the Pegasus crew's basic   
   > training. What a load of arrogant, dismissive, cynical, brutish, imperious   
   > (hee hee) motherf*ckers.   
   >   
   > Adm. Cain: "Welcome back to the fleet."   
   > [Cmdr. Adama, in his head: "Welcome *back* to the *fleet*? You ain't got but   
   > ONE SHIP, b*tch!"]   
      
      
   Zing!  That was exactly what went through my mind.  When 221 ships join   
   1 ship it is the 221 that are coming back.   
      
      
   > Col. Whatshisname: "They shoulda kicked your a** up one side and down the   
   > other."   
   > [Col. Tigh, in his gin-soaked head: "Hell, *I* wouldn't've said that to an   
   > officer I met five minutes ago, and *I'm* a drunken mother$#!%er."]   
   >   
   > And we have an interrogator using *semi-public rape* for intel-gathering.   
   > Even if you're in the "you can't rape a toaster" crowd, well, that's still   
   > conduct unbecoming an officer. (Maybe that's why the guy was a 53-year-old   
   > lieutenant.)   
      
      
   Did you get the feeling that he had recently been promoted?   
      
      
   > The list goes on. However, having said that ...   
   >   
   > 2) Yes, the Pegasus CAG is a total c*ckmonger, but Apollo, why in God's   
   > (gods'?) name would you call attention to the fact that your DADDY is your   
   > effing CO?   
      
      
   Apollo has always lacked certain people skills.  Does history have any   
   examples of effective combat leaders who had personality problems?   
      
      
   > And why *don't* the Galactica flyers keep track of kills? Can't see the harm   
   > in that.   
   >   
   > 3) Yes, the Pegasus CAG blows goats on his off-hours, and Callie has the   
   > photos to prove it,   
      
      
   That was *way* too much information!   8-O   
      
      
   > but ... he was absolutely right to kick Starbuck off the   
   > mission.   
   >   
   > She threw a temper tantrum, by military standards, in the middle of a combat   
   > briefing. The only reason she's gotten away with that sh*t (and worse) --   
   > the only reason the Chief got away with "fraternizing," the only reason   
   > Callie got away with shooting a prisoner (who might at least have offered   
   > valuable intel) -- is because THERE WERE NO REINFORCEMENTS.   
      
      
   Actually, even with the number of pilots tripled overnight they still   
   can't afford to get rid of any.  Starbuck can train new pilots and she   
   kills lots of Cylons so they kind of need her.   
      
      
   > You'd think an *officer* would be smart enough to realize when she needs to   
   > keep her great big sexy mouth shut and keep her breathtaking hips in her   
   > chair.   
   >   
   > :-]   
   >   
   > (Of course, if she *hadn't* gotten kicked off the mission, she wouldn't be   
   > free to fly stealth recon.)   
      
      
   Ah the synergy of the rouge ace.  Being the bad girl has some   
   advantages.   
      
      
   > 4) The Chief and Helo charged with *murder* and *treason* (and "found   
   > guilty" in about 12 seconds) for stopping what they viewed as unlawful abuse   
   > of a prisoner, leading to an accidental death? Assaulting an officer (maybe   
   > manslaughter) and obstruction of justice (or Colonial military equivalent),   
   > yes, but not murder and treason. Not (quite) a capital case.   
   >   
   > Hey, admiral, you've got lots of extra personnel for the fleet now, but not   
   > near enough to keep consulting The Darth Vader Guide to Management.   
      
      
   ROFL!!   I *knew* I've seen that method of operation before!   
      
      
   > 5) Is the Pegasus a Cylon Trojan horse? Hell, flip a coin, I'd say. Viz:   
   >   
   >     a) Number 6 is *surprised* that one of her *copies* is held prisoner on   
   > the Pegasus? Bullsh*t: she hasn't been surprised by *anything* for two   
   > years. And she was *unaware* of THAT? Don't buy it.   
   >   
   > Of course, if she really is just a figment of No-More-Mr.-Nice Gaius'   
   > hyperintelligent imagination, well ... the *Doc* is perfectly capable of   
   > being surprised. So who knows?   
   >   
   >     b) The Cylons *lost track* of a Supersized battlestar? Sorta doubt that.   
   >   
   > 6) So whose side is Sharon on? Again, flip a coin.   
   >   
   >     a) Maybe the Cylons, in attempting to make a unit that could interbreed   
   > with humans, really couldn't do it without a model capable of feeling love.   
   > And maybe by doing so, they basically made something -- someone -- who is,   
   > in effect, a human. ("A mistake," Sharon claims.)   
   >   
   > A biped that bleeds, speaks, gets pregnant, and (apparently) thinks and   
   > loves. How is that NOT a person, a human being?   
   >   
   > (Still, humanity is no guarantee of loyalty to the Colonials.)   
   >   
   >     b) Or maybe she's just faking. Assuming the Sharon 9000 (tm) has   
   > superhuman strength, why didn't she just put Thorne's head through a wall   
   > when he attacked her? It'd be fairly easy to hide super-strength; just don't   
   > rip any doorknobs off.   
      
      
   If that is the case then I guess the Cylons including Sharon are   
   willing to sacrifice the baby for the sake of their plan.  Yet when the   
   Cylons were talking among themselves they said the baby must be   
   protected at all costs.  Does not compute.   
      
      
   >     c) When faced with the Chief's imminent death, one of the Sharons   
   > claimed she didn't know of any other Cylons in the fleet. But then she   
   > blurted out "eight." So the Chief lives.   
   >   
   > If she's a "good guy," why did she risk the Chief's life (and brain cells)   
   > by waiting so long to give an answer (unless she's programmed to simulate   
   > panic at appropriate times)?   
   >   
   > If she's a "bad guy," why did she give a number at all (unless it was the   
   > wrong number, meant to misdirect)? Why did she save the Chief (unless   
   > there's some ineffable, overarching Cylon plan that requires him to live a   
   > little longer)?   
   >   
   > There's simply no way to know whose side she's on.   
   >   
   >   
   > 7) Speaking of maybe keeping the Chief alive for who-knows-why ... my   
   > prevailing theory is that the Cylons *allowed* about 50,000 humans to escape   
   > (and a few hundred to survive on the Colonies), not only to follow them to   
   > Earth, not only for future breeding stock, but also to *study* them.   
      
      
   If the pregnant Sharon is part of Plan Nine From Cylon Space then I   
   don't see an alternative explanation that fits everything we have seen.   
      
      
   > Because a huddled 50,000 or so, even while on the move, is probably a much   
   > more manageable sample group. Have *you* ever tried to keep track of 15   
   > billion primates scattered across 12 planets?  :-]   
   >   
   > (And speaking of "50,000 or so" ... I believe Ron Moore & Co. changed the   
   > intro sequence in this episode from "47,xxx Survivors" to " *49,*xxx   
   > Survivors," presumably to account for the Pegasus crew ... assuming those   
   > are even *humans* ... oh, but it merely says 49k "survivors," not "humans,"   
   > meaning the Pegasus crew might *not* be human after all ... aw, geez.)   
   >   
   > 8) And just as an aside ... I was never in the service (medical issue kept   
   > me out), but I've got plenty of friends and relatives who have served,   
      
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