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RIP lest we forget... SG (2) and LaFayette -- Civ2 Succession Games Brothers-in-ArmsComment
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Adama.
Can't believe anyone voted for Picard.Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Yes, the sense here is that he is the captain of the ship, by being the commanding officer of the ship. In scifi stories the commanding officer of the ship usually is a captain in military rank also, in Galactica's case the rank happens to be "commander", but that doesn't mean Galactica's commanders can't be compared to what are captains in other series.I was just being technical (while technically forgetting about his son).Originally posted by Lord Avalon
Right. He'd be a Post Captain who holds the rank of commander.
By "Post Captain" do you mean the CO of a ship is called captain, even if that's not his rank? He's never called captain in the show. And technically in the Colonial Fleet this would be a demotion for him. I consider their rank of "commander" as equivalent to "commodore."
On Earth there is a tradition of calling the person in charge of a vessel a captain, even if their official military rank is not captain. For instance, some smaller naval vessels can be commanded by people who are actually lieutenant-commander in rank, but are captains of their ship. (I don't know if such people are addressed "Captain" or by their rank, though, it might depend on the navy in question.)
There's no such tradition in the Galactica universe, but that shouldn't stop us from grouping Adama together with Picard. Ron Moore's just trying to break the mould (perhaps a bit forcefully) by taking up "commander".Cake and grief counseling will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all!Comment
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Capt Steuben on Macross was good too.
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In the original Battlestar, Adama was the Supreme Commander.Comment
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Old Adama-Loreen Greenanti steam and proud of it
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Brannigan far and away"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburgerComment
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QFWOLGTCBNBGOriginally posted by Platypus Rex
Old Adama-Loreen Green
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Lorne Green.
Even if he made Battlestar Galactica seem like "Bonanza" in space.
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it wasnt bonanza in space?"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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Who was Hoss in BSG?Originally posted by MRT144
it wasnt bonanza in space?"And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man." -- JFK Inaugural, 1961
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the evil robots?"I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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All of them?
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