From: derek.sherman@THRWHITE.remove-dii-this   
      
     To: alt.battlestar-galactica   
   Tim McGaughy  wrote:   
      
   >Andrew Venor wrote:   
   >> HamNCheese - wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Why did Pegasus survive the Cylon virus that disabled the rest of the   
   >>> fleet in the miniseries?  How was it their FTL was operational when   
   >>> all the other ships in the fleet just went dead?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> In the miniseries Boomer said that she was picking up wireless traffic   
   >> that said that Colonial unites were being shut down by the virus except   
   >> for those that were overdue for maintenance.   
   >>   
   >> At the time of the attack Pegasus was entering the shipyard for   
   >> maintenance, so she hadn't had the compromised navigation program update   
   >> the Cylons were using.   
   >   
   >That's like saying you have to pack up your PC and send it to Microsoft   
   >in order to update your os.   
      
   For a military vessel, you don't want to be under way if the Windows   
   2495 upgrade blue-screens all of your computer systems. Better to wait   
   until your next scheduled refit and let the techies work out whatever   
   bugs crop up without worrying about being left high and dry (so to   
   speak) in the middle of nowhere.   
      
      
   Derek   
      
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