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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MaxKaladin" data-source="post: 2143881" data-attributes="member: 1196">Yeah, Boxey was in the miniseries and one episode of the regular series.  I read that Ron Moore had plans for the character but didn't really follow through on them because the kid playing Boxey grew about a foot between the miniseries and the regular series.  Who knows, maybe he'll revise his plans and do more with the character in the 2nd season.  I'd say Starbuck gets picked a lot because Adama thinks she's the most trustworthy officer he has.  Note Adama's line in "KLG" where he said "If she {Roslin} can get to Starbuck, she can get to anyone"  or something to that effect.  His son seems to have held a similar degree of trust until he made a deal with Zarek.  That's when he started turning to Starbuck more.  I doubt Apollo and Starbuck will be punished too harshly for their actions.  The fleet is too short of both experienced pilots and experienced officers to get rid of either.  What happens depends a lot, I suspect, on what happens to Adama.  Tigh doesn't like Starbuck and he can't be very happy with Lee either but he doesn't have a CAG and unless they introduce another character for him to appoint he will have to pick one or the other.  I'd say he will pick Lee over Starbuck as he's had a hate on for her for a long time.  If Adama is making the decisions, I'd say he makes excuses for Starbuck and makes her CAG while privately warning her in that chilling way of his.  Apollo gets demoted and assigned to the president's staff.  The only things making this possible in either scenario are the desperate straits of the fleet and the legal ambiguities involved in both cases.</blockquote>

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