Amy
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2 years ago
in Battlestar Galactica: A Measure of Salvation on Webomatica
They feared that the virus would mess up their brains-- and then the virally-damaged brains/thoughts/"souls" would get transmitted back, and eventually spread and crash the ships' drivers (which I guess would be the human/ship hybrids in pools of milky liquid we saw) as well as getting into the bodies of the others.
Note that it never actually happened, it was just a fear. It may have been paranoia, as opposed to a real problem. However, it does appear that the Colonial fleet now has a doomsday option to at least temporarily disable Cylon ships, and a President ready to let them use it. Roslin is a lot more of a hardass than her soft-spoken mein and education background let on...
I think they said the disease was some sort of meningitis (?). If so, the idea that they all access data by putting their hands in (or otherwise touching) liquid makes the fear of transmission a somewhat legit one.
Helo was ambivalent about the genocide because he loves his wife. Adama was ambivalent about it because he has some sympathy for Boomer/Athena/Sharon. They both probably wonder if there are others like her (that don't actively want to "destroy all humans"). I don't think this is unthinkable or irrational. It's a lot harder for a sane and decent person to kill someone they know (and beings that are at least superficially like her would account for 1/12 of their targets, right?) than to kill a faceless enemy, or turn off malfunctioning machines. I think Adama might have been relieved by the "out" that Helo provided.
Note that it never actually happened, it was just a fear. It may have been paranoia, as opposed to a real problem. However, it does appear that the Colonial fleet now has a doomsday option to at least temporarily disable Cylon ships, and a President ready to let them use it. Roslin is a lot more of a hardass than her soft-spoken mein and education background let on...
I think they said the disease was some sort of meningitis (?). If so, the idea that they all access data by putting their hands in (or otherwise touching) liquid makes the fear of transmission a somewhat legit one.
Helo was ambivalent about the genocide because he loves his wife. Adama was ambivalent about it because he has some sympathy for Boomer/Athena/Sharon. They both probably wonder if there are others like her (that don't actively want to "destroy all humans"). I don't think this is unthinkable or irrational. It's a lot harder for a sane and decent person to kill someone they know (and beings that are at least superficially like her would account for 1/12 of their targets, right?) than to kill a faceless enemy, or turn off malfunctioning machines. I think Adama might have been relieved by the "out" that Helo provided.