Wierd is all I gotta say. Looks like something H. R. Giger would come up with.
B.J.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Looks very spindly.
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
That conjures forth images of old gothic cathedrals with their tracery around the windows. Perhaps this is their "Holy Celestial Temple".
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Huh. Doesn't look like much actual ship, though. I wouldn't really call it Gigeresque, either, on account of not looking at all organic. I mean, you know, it doesn't look like the ribs of a living thing, so much as, like Mr. WizArtist II said, the ribs of a building. (And yet, being a Cylon ship ((or is it?)), it probably is partially organic.) Also it isn't a giant phallus, or a skeleton baby plugged into a breast machine.
Whatever other supply problems the fleet has, they don't have a problem producing detailed ship models at short notice.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
What if it's not a cylon ship, what if it's something they've salvaged/captured? Didn't the original show have a funky, spikey, glowy, light-ship?
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Looks like some sort a rack where cylon ships can quickly be deployed from like a mobile shipyard. But then again TPTB may pull something from left field and present us with something we never imagined. What I find amazing is that a model for it was made so quickly by the humans. I can understand the models of vipers, cylon fighters, and battlestars being on the display, but if this is a NEW ship, how could they have made a model so quickly especially with limited resources?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
In fact, all of the Cylon ships were unknown prior to the attack.
But, I mean, so they've got a rapid prototyping3D printer down in the machine shop. No big deal.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Heheh I was thinking the same thing - before I read the rest of this thread. I'd say they have some sort of 3D renderer thing.
ANYWAY - my theory - thought up in about 0.0005 seconds... Maybe it's some sort of communications relay that is maintaining the link between the humanoid cylons and the rest of the cylons.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
Of course! A ship-based array that receives uploads from Cylons about to be killed, in effect resurrecting them - an, if you will, "Resurrection Ship."
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
A fine extrapolation, but if that's the case is it really that big a deal, plotwise? Because presumably it's just there to catch any dying Cylons in the fleet, and not back on the Colonies. (Since if it had the range to reach from the Colonies to the fleet, why not leave it there, or at least keep it at some equidistant point to minimize the risk of discovery?) But then, I don't have any guesses about what's going to happen next, so I guess I can't say what is and isn't important to hypothetical future stories.
I suppose I assumed that the title refered to the Pegasus herself, being, from the Galactica's point of view, a literally resurrected ship, but then that's a slightly but importantly different title, isn't it? Hmm.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
That would make sense if the first ep in which the Pegasus appears (or reappears, if you wish) was called "Resurrection Ship," but it wasn't. "Ship Full of Whackjob Rapists Commanded By a Loony" maybe, but not a "Resurrection Ship."
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Ah, but perhaps part two ultimately focuses on the fate of the Pegasus in a way part one did not? Or something. And then it is reborn!
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
I sure hope it's not foldable or something Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
So my complete guess just based on it's "antenna/array" look and even though I've only seen up to the end of season 1 is a possible correct assumption!?! WOAH! Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
I like the idea of it being an antenna that relays a human Cylon's experiences back to new hosts.
It could be called the Toast Rack.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
So, does "Toast Rack" actually mean something to a Brit to actually make that funny or something? Because it does nothing for me.
Again, must be a Brit thing, because I see that as completely useless. Yes, I do eat toast, but I never toast more than two slices of bread at a time, and it usually goes straight from the toaster to my hand. Why not just stack the toast on a small plate? The toast would stay warm longer.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I agree, they are pointless. The toast goes cold and dry. Only time our one gets used is when we have people to visit, and then the toast just gets used to mop up egg, beans, whatever. But stacking on a plate? You get a steam/condensation/water vapourey buildup that makes the toast soggy, and that's even worse.
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Not if you wolf it down in the 30 seconds following the smearing of said toast with peanut butter, jam, or some other form of deliciousness.
Mmmm... peanut butter toast...
Posted by Johnny (Member # 878) on :
Further evidence, if it were needed, that Cylons don't like their consciousnesses to get soggy.
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
So, does "Toast Rack" actually mean something to a Brit to actually make that funny or something?
Cylons are toasters. Toasted Cylons are on (and off) the rack. Duh.
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Bite me. As if it wasn't obvious above, I'd never heard of a "toast rack" before.
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: Not if you wolf it down in the 30 seconds following the smearing of said toast with peanut butter, jam, or some other form of deliciousness.
Mmmm... peanut butter toast...
It's PeanutButter Jelly Time! Google it- go insane for Christmas.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
quote:Originally posted by Aban Rune: Not if you wolf it down in the 30 seconds following the smearing of said toast with peanut butter, jam, or some other form of deliciousness.
Mmmm... peanut butter toast...
Vegemite?
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
I can only think of flamethrowers and enormous female cleavage. Merry Christmas!
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