[newman]

I think they meant "dying leader" for galactica more in a symbolic sense, nobody is suggesting a living, sentient ship.
That would be stupid even for the worst of star trek episodes
Even in a symbolic sense, however, it's still a pretty stupid tangent to go on - doesn't fit RDM's pattern, either. So I don't think we need to worry..

[karajorma]

No it wouldn't. Galactica is undoubtedly the leader of the Rag Tag Fleet.

[newman]

Leave the CIC empty and the galactica is nothing but a floating hunk of metal. It's a vessel that carries the leader, not the leader itself. Tho this is semantics, really, it can be argued it's a lead vessel... However I don't see this as a powerful enough of an analogy for the ship itself to be the dying leader. Could be wrong, 'course.

[Cobra]

That would assume Galactica is sentient. Even that she is the 5th cylon. But if RDM comes up with THAT crap, I will delete the episodes from my HDD and forget that I ever watched them.

Uh. I thought the Fifth was Ellen.

[Deckard]

what seems to be is that the Fifth is definitely not Gaeta nor Zarek..

[wiley]

Uh. I thought the Fifth was Ellen.

You're right, She is!

[Meleardil]

You cant be sure...all we know, that Mr. XO remembered her from his Earth-life. So, she is most probably A cylon, but not necessarily the very-very final 5th cylon.

[Cobra]

You do remember Ellen telling Tigh that they would be reborn, right? And in the latest trailer for this Friday's episode

Spoiler:

it shows her being brought back.

Watch it. Trailers are still spoilers past this ep.

[Flipside]

MY own theory regarding the damage to Galactica is:

Spoiler:

The Bucket is going down, but she's taking Cavil with her

[TESLA]

One word: WOW

One problem: Launch tubes are for flushing people out of, not shooting people!!!!

  Dont break with tradition 

[IceFire]

One word: WOW

One problem: Launch tubes are for flushing people out of, not shooting people!!!!

  Dont break with tradition 

But you have to remember that the flushing people out an airlock thing was not done officially. 

Spoiler:

Zarek and Gaeta were shot officially.

So they are triple use

[Solatar]

I'm sure they flushed them out after they shot them.

Quick disposal.

[iamzack]

What I don't get is why they had a five person firing squad for 2 people at once. :\ The whole point of a firing squad is that nobody knows who has the bullet.

[karajorma]

Simple, give out four bullets and one blank. Same principle in reverse.

Although it would have been amusing if all five had shot Zarek

[Meleardil]

Although it would have been amusing if all five had shot Zarek

That's a brilliant idea...I am REALLY curious, how Adama would have solved that awkward situation.

[Grizzly]

No it wouldn't. Galactica is undoubtedly the leader of the Rag Tag Fleet.

Did it recieve visions about serpents ten and two?

Although it would have been amusing if all five had shot Zarek

That's a brilliant idea...I am REALLY curious, how Adama would have solved that awkward situation.

Solved? The shot ended the episode .

[karajorma]

No it wouldn't. Galactica is undoubtedly the leader of the Rag Tag Fleet.

Did it recieve visions about serpents ten and two?

That on the other hand is a bigger problem.

[carbine7]

Although it would have been amusing if all five had shot Zarek

That's a brilliant idea...I am REALLY curious, how Adama would have solved that awkward situation.

Probably would have pulled out a pistol and shot Geata himself. But really, they should've spaced 'em.

[karajorma]

I remember my first time on a transport, on the Moon-Mars run. I was just a kid, maybe seventeen. A buddy of mine was messing around, and zipping through the halls, and he hid in one of the airlocks. I don't know, I guess he was gonna try to scare us or something, I don't know...But just as I got close, he must have hit the wrong button because the air doors slammed shut, the space doors opened, and he just flew out into space. You know, the one thing they never tell you is that you don't die instantly in vacuum. Just hung there, against the black, like a puppet with his strings all tangled up. Or one of those old cartoons where you run off the edge of a cliff and your legs keep going.
 You could see that he was trying to breathe, but there was nothing. The one thing I remember, when they pulled in his body, his eyes were frozen. A lot of people make jokes about spacing somebody, about shoving somebody out an airlock. I don't think it's funny. Never will.

Can't really see Adama thinking that's a suitable punishment for Gaeta somehow.

[Axem]

Your sci-fi universes are crossing over there kara.