BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Season 2A Part 10; NSCR/9.23.2005. Mid-Season Ending

[Ghostwind]

Just watched the episode this morning (finally). Very interesting on many levels to say the least.

Cain is clearly over the edge. All she has is the Pegasus and she will do anything to make sure it remains hers. Military authority is all she knows and is all she will recognize. When the Pegasus' story is unfolded in future epoisodes, I won't be the least bit suprised to hear that any civilian ship encountered by Cain was told, "You are now drafted in the Colonial Fleet. You will be taken aboard the Pegasus and assigned a duty based on your job skills." Those that refused were destroyed along with the civilian ship. Cain clearly rules through fear and the crew follows her because her leadership (not matter how tyrannical) has kept them alive.

Here's an interesting prediction:
Roslin orders Cain to stand down. Cain openly refuses acknowlegement of Roslin's authority and orders an attack on Colonial One. Other civilian ships in the fleet move to protect C-1 and at least one is destroyed by the Pegasus as a result. This action turns the fleet against the Pegasus and Cain. Cain's own command crew hesitates too long when Cain orders them to attack Galactica and C-1 and destroy any ships that get in the way. She draws her sidearm and shoots one or more officers. Her X-O shoots her literally shocking her system into recognizing what she has done. She recants her orders moments before killing herself.

In the aftermath, Adama is promoted to Admiral. Starbuck is now CAG of Pegasus. Pegasus-six is moved to Baltar's care aboard Galactica where she slowly begins to manipulate him into committing the final act of treason against the human race exposing himself in the process as a Cylon (how else would Six be communicating with him this whole time?).

Needless to say, I'll be watching the episodes as soon as I can after they've aired.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Just watched the episode this morning (finally). Very interesting on many levels to say the least.

Cain is clearly over the edge. All she has is the Pegasus and she will do anything to make sure it remains hers. Military authority is all she knows and is all she will recognize. When the Pegasus' story is unfolded in future epoisodes, I won't be the least bit suprised to hear that any civilian ship encountered by Cain was told, "You are now drafted in the Colonial Fleet. You will be taken aboard the Pegasus and assigned a duty based on your job skills." Those that refused were destroyed along with the civilian ship. Cain clearly rules through fear and the crew follows her because her leadership (not matter how tyrannical) has kept them alive.

Here's an interesting prediction:
Roslin orders Cain to stand down. Cain openly refuses acknowlegement of Roslin's authority and orders an attack on Colonial One. Other civilian ships in the fleet move to protect C-1 and at least one is destroyed by the Pegasus as a result. This action turns the fleet against the Pegasus and Cain. Cain's own command crew hesitates too long when Cain orders them to attack Galactica and C-1 and destroy any ships that get in the way. She draws her sidearm and shoots one or more officers. Her X-O shoots her literally shocking her system into recognizing what she has done. She recants her orders moments before killing herself.

In the aftermath, Adama is promoted to Admiral. Starbuck is now CAG of Pegasus. Pegasus-six is moved to Baltar's care aboard Galactica where she slowly begins to manipulate him into committing the final act of treason against the human race exposing himself in the process as a Cylon (how else would Six be communicating with him this whole time?).

Needless to say, I'll be watching the episodes as soon as I can after they've aired.

Have you read spoiler sites?

Spoiler

You hit the nail on the head with some of these things. Adama IS promoted to admiral and Starbuck IS promoted to Pegasus CAG!

 

[Ghostwind]

Just what is on this thread. Don't have time to go seeking everything out for spoilers.

 

[wingsandsword]

Just what is on this thread. Don't have time to go seeking everything out for spoilers.

If, big if, you want some, here is the general synopsis of Ressurection Ship (the two-parter conclusion, essentially making Pegasus a 3-parter):

[sblock]Right as Galactica and Pegasus are about to engage each other, Starbuck returns from her recon flight in the Blackbird. The mysterious Cylon supership is a "Ressurection Ship" (the meaning is a little unclear, but is implied to have something to do with how they download their minds into new bodies). Adama and Cain agree to a temporary truce to fight the Cylon fleet together, and the two battlestars go to engage the Cylon fleet in a huge battle.

We learn along the way that the Pegasus was finding surviving civilian ships, drafting those with military skills, stripping the ships for supplies and parts, then abandoning the hulks to die with the civilians Cain decided weren't worth saving. Roslin is understandably shocked, since this is also Cains ultimate plan for Galactica's civilian fleet.

Eventually, Pegasus-six manages to shoot and kill Cain, presumably as revenge for how she was treated. After the Colonial victory, the Pegasus stays with the fleet, and Jack Fisk (the current Pegasus XO), is promoted by Roslin to Commander, with Adama promoted to Admiral.

Also, you mentioned the idea of Roslin giving Cain the order to stand down, there was a cut subplot from Pegasus, mentioned in the podcast, that was only hinted at in the aired version: Cain doesn't recognize Roslin as the legitimate president, she sees the real civilian government as gone and thus herself as the de-facto leader, she doesn't recognize orders from Roslin. Note how she mentions that Cain won't return her calls. Roslin's ultimate legal authority to issue military orders was established in the miniseries, when Apollo recognizes Roslin's orders as superior to Adama's, and it's not until the end they come to a personal agreement to share power, so she decides not to exercise her legal powers over the military (admitting she was somewhat afraid of Adama staging a military coup if she didn't).[/sblock]