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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] [QUOTE]What is up with the hybrids? Why are they there? What are they a hybrid of? Are they hybrid human/machine or hybrid Cylon/machine?[/QUOTE]Although it's not exactly clear the way they (re) shot the Hybrid, it's actually just a head, shoulders, arm, some chest & ribs, but from there on down it's all pipes, conduits and mechanical. At least that's basically what RDM says in the podcast. [QUOTE]So, was the virus just a coincidence (like the atmospheric conditions at Ragnarok) or intentional?[/QUOTE]IIRC the effect Ragnar had on Cylons was due to a susceptibility to certain types of radiation (a fact used as a basis for Baltar's Cylon detector) Assuming this is a contagion, I'm not sure how it's supposed to follow a Cylon back to the resurrection ship. Perhaps when a Cylon downloads perhaps it's more than just memories, maybe there's a certain amount of genetic information that's imprinted on the new body to preserve something of the individuality of a given Cylon (hence Raven Haired Six.) If that were the case then the contagion would have to be corrupting the Skin Jobs' DNA, which to a machine that seams to have taken cybernetics to the biochemical level, is analogous to corrupted code. [QUOTE]Where did the probe come from? How did the probe makers KNOW the virus would affect Cylons? These humanform Cylons are a new thing. I don't think they were around when all this "happened before."[/QUOTE]What if the 13th Tribe were Replicants? As for the Cylons behavior towards humanity, I'm sure they're mostly motivated by paranoia that SOME DAY a generation of humans will seek them out and kill them all. For machines, some day could be 10,000 years down the line would be as real a threat as one coming tomorrow or a decade from now, so I'm sure the initial attack on the colonies was seen as a preemptive strike. Everything since then has been the act of a young and confused child-culture, trying to decide what the hell they're supposed be doing and floundering in a sea of good intentions and misguided belief. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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