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MRTrauffer · Oct 30, 2006, 05:50 PM

The colonization by the cylons was an "experiment" that was brought on by Caprica 6 and Sharon, an attempt to live together.

brapper · Oct 30, 2006, 06:29 PM

Wait, how did the cylons find New Caprica at all?
They kinda just showed up, and then the season ended.....

MRTrauffer · Oct 30, 2006, 06:32 PM

They were about a light year away, when they detected a radiation signature from a nuclear explosion. The nuke that destroyed Cloud 9.

So they found New Caprica "by accident".

brapper · Oct 30, 2006, 09:20 PM

Originally Posted by MRTrauffer

They were about a light year away, when they detected a radiation signature from a nuclear explosion. The nuke that destroyed Cloud 9.

So they found New Caprica "by accident".

How freeeeeeaking convenient!

paul w · Oct 30, 2006, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by brapper

How freeeeeeaking convenient!

Baltar's fault for giving that 6 the nuke he had. Basically he's in some part responsible for 2 Cylon attacks/invasions. Despite his brilliance he's become quite the pawn of the Cylons. Tragic figure really.

I gather that the nuclear detonation's signature was fairly easy to detect for the Cylons. Not like it occurs very often in space, after all.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Oct 30, 2006, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by brapper

How freeeeeeaking convenient!

They way I understood it is that the radiation from the nuke travels at the speed of light so it took a year for it to expand to where they Cylons were and it isn't a large spike but a continues signal for a while.

So it wasn't like they just jumped 1 light year away at just the right time.

SirCastor · Oct 30, 2006, 11:12 PM

I don't know if anyone's mentioned it, (or if it will come up) but Gina, the 6 that set off the Bomb had to know somewhat that she wasn't going to be downloaded when it went off. It was a complete sacrifice for her own race (or maybe just bitterness against humanity...)

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Oct 30, 2006, 11:17 PM

Hey in the American trailer for next week did the show someone in a birthing pod and baltar walking around in a space suite plus Lawless saying "We've decided earth is going to be our new home".

Anywho, who was that in the birthing pod. It didn't look like 6.

SirCastor · Oct 31, 2006, 09:15 AM

Does it seem to anyone else like the cyclons really DON'T have a plan? Like they're really wandering around trying to get it all figured out? First it was destroy the human race, then it was co-exist.. now they want to live on earth? What is up with these people?

bstone · Oct 31, 2006, 09:21 AM

Anyone have a link for the trailers? For whatever reason I didn't get to see them.

Dark Helmet · Oct 31, 2006, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by SirCastor

Does it seem to anyone else like the cyclons really DON'T have a plan? Like they're really wandering around trying to get it all figured out? First it was destroy the human race, then it was co-exist.. now they want to live on earth? What is up with these people?

Yes, I am hoping that is on purpose and not just bad writing like the X-Files.

Chuckit · Oct 31, 2006, 09:51 AM

Originally Posted by SirCastor

Does it seem to anyone else like the cyclons really DON'T have a plan? Like they're really wandering around trying to get it all figured out? First it was destroy the human race, then it was co-exist.. now they want to live on earth? What is up with these people?

They had a plan, which was to take humanity's place. It very nearly succeeded. Then Boomer and Six were all like, "Hey, guys, let's do this other thing instead." That plan didn't work as well, so now I think they're trying to figure out how to come back from loss.

Dark Helmet · Nov 1, 2006, 10:36 AM

Familiar looking person in this movie:

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aristotles · Nov 1, 2006, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by reader50

Settle down. This is fiction, not the pol lounge, and has nothing to do with personal beliefs. We are speculating here, and trying to outguess the writers, which is an interesting exercise because these writers are pretty sharp.

Speculation is fine but it leads to nowhere if it goes into left field and completely ignores the dialogue between the Oracle and Lucy Lawless and the countless other conversations involving the imaginary/real Caprica six and everything that Cylon obsessed with Kara said.

To buy your speculation we would have to completely ignore virtually everything any of the cylons have said in the series. If it's not about your personal beliefs or the lack there of, why would you choose to ignore all the dialogue up to this point? Is it because of the brothers? There are agnostic/atheist characters on both sides but they are in the minority.

Give us some solid reason why we should jump into left field with you.

Dark Helmet · Nov 2, 2006, 12:02 AM

Ok so gaita is not a Cylons, Taigh commented he has known him for 4 years.

Now here is a blast form the past. In the season one finalie i have a couple questions after watching it again.

1) How did the cylons not pick up the radiation from the nuke boomer delivered into the landing bay?

2) What was going on with the helmet off in the cylon ship? Was there air or wasn't there? How could there be if there was no forcefield? If there wasn't and she didn't need to breath how did she talk?

aristotles · Nov 2, 2006, 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by ThinkInsane

Enough out of you, you Mormon sympathizer!

Who is the Mormon sympathizer. Me? ROFLMAO I'm not a Mormon. Am I religious? Yes. I would definitely identify with the monotheistic characteristics of the cylons however.

Millennium · Nov 2, 2006, 05:48 AM

Originally Posted by Dark Helmet

1) How did the cylons not pick up the radiation from the nuke boomer delivered into the landing bay?

They may have, but that basestar wasn't in orbit around New Caprica.

2) What was going on with the helmet off in the cylon ship? Was there air or wasn't there? How could there be if there was no forcefield? If there wasn't and she didn't need to breath how did she talk?

During the birth sequence, Doc Cottle remarks that the Cylons went to a lot of trouble to mimic humans, to the point where "they didn't upgrade the plumbing." He was talking about the reproductive system at the time, but it may be true for other systems as well. Boomer was a sleeper agent, programmed to think she was human; she probably would have started to question that if she didn't breathe.

This doesn't explain how exactly the Cylons keep air in their basestars when they don't seem to put doors on their launch bays. But it does mean there's air there.

Dark Helmet · Nov 2, 2006, 09:09 AM

Originally Posted by Millennium

They may have, but that basestar wasn't in orbit around New Caprica.

I don't get what you are saying.

In Resurrection ship they make a point that they can't just jump the stealth ship in and nuke the basestar because the Cylons will pick up the radiation signature and jump away before they can shoot.

In the episode I am talking about a human Raptor shows up with a nuke signature and they let it land happily?

analogika · Nov 2, 2006, 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by aristotles

Who is the Mormon sympathizer. Me? ROFLMAO I'm not a Mormon. Am I religious? Yes. I would definitely identify with the monotheistic characteristics of the cylons however.

Pull that broomstick out of your ass. It appears to have damaged the humor center of your brain.