OT: BSG Discussion

[Wolfman77]

I don't think he needs an excuse, he just forgets to take his medication every now and then.

[ZeroAdunn]

I hope they don't run into other human occupied worlds. It just doesn't seem right.

As for beating the cylons: I don't think that'll happen. What I think would be ideal would be if they found earth, and in the final episodes they manage to make a truce with the cylons. They have been dealing a lot lately with the fact that it isn't enough to survive, the humans have to be worthy of surviving, I would hope this would tie into the final stages of the series, maybe even being the reason the cylons are finally willing to stop hunting the humans.

[Hunpecked]

ZeroAdunn: "I hope they don't run into other human occupied worlds. It just doesn't seem right."

Not necessarily. Colonial tradition is that they originated somewhere else (and of course we know their ancestors migrated from the Sol system). Presumably the migration would have left colonies on habitable worlds along the migration route. If the Colonial fleet is traveling in the general direction of Sol (allowing for stellar movement), it's not unreasonable for them to find some of these old colonies, which may in fact have thrived and surpassed the Colonials in technology and population.

[geoschmo]

I also don't have a problem with there being small colonies scattered around that were offshoots of the Twelve Colonies. People complain about that from the orginal series, but it never was a problem for me. Even planets that the twelve colonies weren't aware of. Certain types of people have always tended towards living far away from population centers, and they might not want everyone knowing where they are.

[Suicide Junkie]

Exactly.

The only sensible numbers are:
Zero, One, Infinity.

If they've already got *twelve* colonies, more is not at all far-fetched.

[ZeroAdunn]

I meant right form the perspective of the series. It has already been stated that earth type planets are rare. Hence the plot of "Water". I am not apposed to other human colonies, I am apposed to large space faring civilizations in the show. It removes the feel of the last humans out there searching for a way to survive. Even with the promise of earth, we have no way of knowing what they will find when they get there, wheras the discovery of other human colonies (especially advanced or well populated ones) kinda cheapens the deal. I don't mind finding a small colony of humans or something, but the consequences for galactica discovering them would have to be explorered, as I don't think the cylons are going to take kindly to more humans.

[geoschmo]

Yeah, "Earth type" planets in the BSG universe are exceedingly rare. Except for the twelve in close proximity to each other that became The Colonies.

My sarcasm isn't directed at you Z, just at the inconsistency of that particular plot device. Maybe the reason they are so rare in the rest of the galaxy is that they are all concentrated in one little area. Law of averages and all.

[Azselendor]

Earth-Planets aren't rare in BSG, they occur every season finale!

As doe the 12 colonies, I surmise they were spread across a few planets and several habitable moons. A star system with 12 planets is just hard to believe.

[Randallw]

What I want to know is why we only ever see Caprica. What's happening on the other 11 planets?.

[Black_Knyght]

A quick thought, from a " Devil's Advocate " point of view -

Who said anything about there being twelve readilly habitable planets in the Colonial system ? What are the chances that " X " number of them were terraformed to suit the needs of the colonists? That all of them were even conventionally sized planets, instead of large, convertable planetoids or moons ?


Just thinking out loud.......