Starbuck, still damaged by her incarceration and manipulation by
Leoben on New Caprica, encounters little Kacey Brynn in the
refugee shantytown called Dogsville in the starboard hangar of
Galactica. Feeling her mother is not taking
proper care of her, Starbuck kidnaps the child, intending to
raise her in the quarters she shares with Sam. She is
reluctantly forced
by everyone around her to recognize that she
is not in a position to be a mother and is needed as the best
pilot the fleet has against the Cylons. She angrily breaks off
all ties with the girl and her mother.
Apollo
Admiral Adama
Colonel Tigh (mentioned only)
Chief Tyrol
(mentioned only)
Cally
(mentioned only)
Didja Notice?
The "Prologue..." page at the beginning of the story tells of
Starbuck's ovaries being farmed by the Cylons when she returned
to Caprica and of her later incarceration in an apartment as the
forced companion of Leoben and his deception of introducing
Kacey as their daughter. These events occurred in
"The Farm" and
"Exodus" Parts 1 and 2.
On page 125, one of Starbuck's Viper pilots refers to her as
"lieutenant". But she has been a captain since
"Resurrection Ship" Part 1.
On page 128, one of Starbuck's Viper pilots reports that Cylon
fire has destroyed her FTLs. But, Vipers do not have FTL drives
in the first place.
Page 129 reveals that the starboard hangar of Galactica,
which had been largely unused due to having been converted into
a museum due to the battlestar's retirement shortly before
"Humanity's Children", has
now been converted to house refugees from the exodus from New
Caprica. On page 130, Admiral Adama relates there are 800 people
living there.
On page 134, a refugee asks Starbuck
for fumarello. This was a Colonial word for "cigar" in
BSG70,
used for the first time in BSG2000 here (though the
fumarella leaf, seemingly an analog to tobacco, is said to grow
on Caprica in "Water").
On page 135, one of the refugees tells Starbuck the hangar's
shantytown is largely known as Dogsville or Camp Oil Slick.
Page 142 implies that Julia Brynn has been forced to engage in
sex acts to get enough food for Kacey in
Dogsville.
On page 155, "Cally" is misspelled "Callie".
Several times in this story, Starbuck and Sam speak as if Sam is
in training to become a Viper pilot. But this does not occur
until after Starbuck's "death" in "Maelstrom" much later.
On page 162, a Cylon Raider targeted by Starbuck is seen to have
the "face" of the antebellum-style Centurions (as seen in the
first season and most of second season episodes) instead of the
"face" of the modern Centurions seen throughout BSG2000. If the
Cylons updated their Raider fleet relatively recently in the
timeline (as it seems they have) then it is logical to assume
that some of the older-style Raiders are still in service as
well.
On page 165, Apollo tells Starbuck that more than half the fleet
is living in shantytown conditions.
On page 166, Julia tells Starbuck that Kacey has named her doll
after her. It's not clear if that name is Kara or Starbuck.
On page 170, it is revealed that Kacey's father was aboard the
Olympic Carrier when it was destroyed. This occurred in
"33".
