Resurrection Ship
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- This article is about the Battlestar Galactica episode. For the eponymous Cylon ship, see Cylon resurrection ship.
| Battlestar Galactica episode | |
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| “Resurrection Ship” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 11 & 12 |
| Writer(s) | Michael Rymer Ronald D. Moore |
| Director | Michael Rymer |
| Production no. | 211 & 212 |
| Original airdate | January 6, 2006 January 13, 2006 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "Pegasus" | "Epiphanies" |
"Resurrection Ship", Part I and II are episodes of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series.
[edit] Plot
[edit] Part 1
Survivor Count: 49,604
The two Battlestars' Vipers engage, but without immediate fire orders they simply fly around each other in an uneasy stance. The melee is halted when Lt. Starbuck suddenly reappears from her unauthorized recon mission in the Blackbird. She announces that she is carrying close-up photos of the mysterious Cylon vessel.
Commander Adama and Admiral Helena Cain call off their attacks and meet on Colonial One and President Laura Roslin mediates an uneasy truce; the resolution of Helo and Tyrol's fate will be delayed until after the attack on the Cylons.
Impressed by Starbuck's audacity, Cain promotes her to Captain and appoints her as Pegasus CAG.
Elsewhere, Dr. Baltar learns from Pegasus's Cylon prisoner, Gina, the purpose of the mysterious vessel: it is called a "resurrection ship". It is a place where humanoid Cylons are downloaded into new bodies if they are killed too far from the Cylon homeworld.
Adama and Cain believe that if they destroy this ship, the Cylons may be more reluctant to pursue them. Cain tasks Starbuck with planning an attack on the Cylon ship, and Starbuck, in turn, requests help from Capt. Apollo.
Laura, realizing Cain's true nature, predicts that Cain will assassinate Adama and then destroy or abandon the civilian fleet. She urges Adama to strike against Cain first. Col. Tigh learns from Col. Fisk that Pegasus did in fact, have a small civilian fleet of its own, and that Cain stripped the ships for spare parts, press-ganged its useful civilian personnel into the military, and then abandoned the rest. Any civilians who were "selected" and refused to go had their families shot.
Realizing that Roslin is right about Cain, Adama asks Starbuck to assassinate her when the Cylon attack is concluded. Simultaneously, Cain directs Fisk to take a contingent of loyal marines and likewise "terminate" Adama's command once the Cylon strike is over.
[edit] Part 2
Capt. Starbuck and Capt. Apollo struggle with the assassination decision. Meanwhile, two Pegasus crew begin beating Helo and Tyrol before being stopped by Col. Fisk. On the Galactica, Commander Adama asks Boomer why the cylons hate humanity. She replies that it is because humanity still kill one another because of greed, spite and jealousy.
The battle begins as the Galactica and Pegasus attack the Cylon resurrection ship and the two Basestars that defend it. During the battle, Apollo takes the Blackbird and knocks out the FTL drive of the main target, but afterward he collides with a Colonial Raptor and is forced to eject into space.
He quickly discovers that there's a pin-hole leak in his flightsuit and that he's almost out of oxygen. Realizing he will be unable to get back in time to help Starbuck's assassination attempt on Admiral Cain, Apollo "gives up" and wishes to die. Dualla attempts to contact Apollo, but he simply mutters "I'm sorry, Kara."
Aboard Pegasus, Gina asks Baltar to kill her, but instead, he arranges to help her escape.
Meanwhile, aboard Galactica, Col. Fisk anxiously awaits the call for the order to commence his marine raid on the bridge and terminate Adama's command. Simultaneously, in the Pegasus CIC, Starbuck awaits Adama's coded order to kill Cain. The calls are made, and congratulations are given, but neither Adama nor Cain can bring themselves to order the other's assassination.
Apollo is rescued and revived, but he returns to the Galactica with a changed state of mind and confides to Starbuck that he really wanted to die.
As Admiral Cain retires to her quarters, she finds Gina waiting for her and is killed with a shot to the head. Gina then disappears into hiding.
Afterward, everyone assembles for Cain's funeral. Helo and Tyrol are moved to Galactica's brig where they reunite with Boomer. Col. Fisk succeeds Cain as commander of the Pegasus, reporting to Adama as overall military leader. Recognising Adama's increased responsibilities in commanding both Battlestars, President Roslin promotes Adama to the rank of Admiral.
