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Old September 27th, 2005, 01:04 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by Eric Paddon

#1-The opening patrol scene where Sheba and Bojay end up opening fire on Apollo and Starbuck. First question to ask is, why didn't Our Heroes (an old term for Apollo and Starbuck that I remember fondly from old discussion days years ago) realize these were vipers right away? Some new dialogue to show that they were both caught so flat-footed and found themselves trying to escape quickly, they had no reaction time to do a rear scan check for ID which would have shown the attacking ships to be vipers like theirs.
Since the Pegasus was operating in a Cylon-controlled sector, stealth would be of great importance. Deactivating each Viper's transponder ID would make sense, since it would deprive the Cylons of something to home in on. Hence, when Sheba and Bojay intercept S&A, they are "rigged for silent running" as it were. If Our Heroes were transmitting anything, the attacking Vipers wouldn't pick it up, since they wouldn't expect the scanner blips to be anything but Cylons, and wouldn't have their receivers on. Only upon getting closer does Sheba notice something amiss.
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