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BSG 2x19 - "Lay Down Your Burdens Pt. 1"
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [QB] So whatever happened to Baltar's Cylon detector? I think people complaining about no missions to the other worlds are missing the point. You don't wait to launch a rescue mission until you can be sure you can rescue everyone at once. Hey, there's been a big coal mine cave-in, and we can dig out four or five guys now, or wait until we've determined where everyone is. I suppose the upside of that is that if the search takes long enough, you don't have to bother with the rescue at all. In the whole system the only survivors whose location they know for sure are Anders and his group. So where else are they supposed to go? No, my problem, such as it is, is that I think the mission planning deserved some screentime, because it is risky, and apparently requires the deployment of some major and irreplacable assets, like Boomer. On the other hand, if the Colonial Military is unwilling or unable to save the lives of Colonial citizens, what good are they? Now that would have made for an interesting campaign issue. Or, rather, would also have made for an interesting campaign issue. Because I think the settle/don't settle is also huge and debateworthy and dramatic. But the rescue mission seems to contain some of the same ideological issues at work in the campaign: bold proactive action vs. maintaining the status quo, fear of being left vulnerable vs. the hope, however statistically improbable, of seeing your friend/relative/loved one again. Not to mention the attraction of taking the fight to the Cylons again. I also don't see how luring the Colonial fleet away to leave the homeworlds undefended is in any way more believable than sabotaging it. I mean, ignoring the dubious wisdom of sending every defensive military unit you've got to the treaty signing, the Cylons still have to defend themselves from the fleet's massive counterattack. In the original, the presence of all those battlestars is "justified" because each one is apparently a Quorum member's personal taxi. And, while I am ranty, I'm not so sure Earth exists. Uh, in the show. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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