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BSG 2x19 - "Lay Down Your Burdens Pt. 1"
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by HerbShrump: [QB] Random neuron firings... What are the odds of Starbuck's resuce team finding Anders and his resistance group? I guess since she and Helo knew the location of their base camp, the odds would be great. Still, they found them quite easily. How did Anders group know to go out hunting? Funny how the Cylons knew right where everyone was. Wonder how many Cylons are on Caprica. The Raptors may have jumped in under orbital DRADIS detection, but what about other detecors, air-traffic control, or even eyes? A squadron of Raptors jumping into your world like that doesn't appear to be too stealthy. Speaking of the rescue.... Why? Why are they sending this team back? Granted, I understand Starbuck's personal feelings on the matter, but bear with me here... They send this strike force of Raptors back to Caprica to rescue resistance fighters. Did they plan on only rescuing one small group? How many resistance fighters/survivors are there? Would they all fit in the Raptors, in addition to the crew? And what about people on the rest of the planet? Surely there are other guerrilla groups scattered all over the planet. Are their lives any less important than Anders group? If Caprica is the same size as Earth (for argument's sake, let's say it is), wouldn't this rescue mission be like someone setting down around NYC or upstate NY and getting a group of survivors out and ignoring the solid possibility of other survivors down in Maryland? Seems myopic. Maybe more of a political move than a genuine attempt to rescue those left behind. It's really myopic when you consider there are 11 other colonies to consider. Why not check and see if there are any survivors on those worlds? What makes Caprica so special? This is the same failing the original series suffered from. We're told humans come from 12 colonies of man, and occasionally others are mentioned, but the important people and all the action and all the reflection centers around Caprica. Even Boomer, who can translate Geminese (according to the pilot) later reflects on his misspent youth hotwiring hovormobiles on the mean streets of Caprica. Not Geminon, but Caprica. Speaking of the 12 colonies (and getting sidetracked), just where were these other planets in relation to Caprica? How much sense does this make that they have 12 colonies across the galaxy, yet they get wiped out in one attack? Would have made more sense to put the 12 colonies as regions on the same planet. Or 12 planets within the same star system (making Kobol the star's name) or making Kobol a gas giant and the 12 colonies be moons of the giant. Oh, rant over. Where was I? Boomer with her wetware attachment... The more "different" these Cylons get, the easier it should be to start detecting them with just a few simple scans. Colonial ships have limited jump range distance due to their computer systems. Cylon computers are more advanced and can extend the jump range. Was it here or another board where someone suggested that there may have been a Cylon agent in Racetrack's Raptor group. This could account for the "misjump." Maybe the Cylons were planning on luering the humans to this planet after all. Why didn't Roslin mention that their may be Cylon agents among the RTF and that settling on this planet might not prevent the Cylons from tracking them? Shouldn't the survivor number go up? Nobody died last week and a baby was born. Or does that baby count? What about the baby whose body they disposed of? Since that baby was born, wouldn't it be likely other babies are being born in the fleet? Or what about deaths due to malnutrition or crime/violence? Are they keeping track of those? If the bad guys can easily abduct women and children for prostitution rings, maybe the fleet isn't doing a good job at taking a census. No charges were pressed against Tyrol? He's not on any kind of medical leave? He fracking beat Cali nearly to a pulp. Something more should be going on than him seeking a priest out. Seemed like we were dropped into the middle of a story. I was expecting the "X hours earlier) line to appear. Glad it didn't.' Don't get me wrong. I liked the episode. Just some questions that have popped to the surface. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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