[KJ]

While Living Legend DID give us a war hero "Cain" who loved to wage head to head frontline combat conflicts with Cylons. Than Commander Adama's more deserved defensive tactics, Cain and the crew of the Battlestar Pegasus could have gotten their own spin off series or mini arc within the Original Battlestar Galactica series. As Glen Larson himself pondered back in Sci-fi Universe Magazine (circa June 1995)

To go off and cover adventures with just him. would have been very interesting to do so. Pity the TOS show or the Marvel Comic books based on Galactica weren't around long enough, for such a thing to happen.

Every fan would love to see how Cain survived the encounter with two Cylon Baseships in live action. And what eactly happened afterwards. The thought of Cain trying along with his crew of the Pegasus to pin down the Cylon Empire all by themselves is foolish on Cain's part though. Gamoray maybe, one Cylon outpost sure! but the Cylon Empire itself?! Nah even Cain is smarter than that. Colonial Battlestars in a fleet at Cimtar were destroyed by hordes of Cylon Raiders. And Cain lost for whatever reasons at "Molocay" He no longer has a fleet. Hell to even challenge the might of the Cylon Empire in full he'd need at least an "Armada" which is a grand = Fleet of "fleets" of starships meant and prepared for an all out war, with the Cylons.

The series may have had it's faults with several Cylons Centurions getting taken out by one or two colonial guys with less fire power but rack up a huge centurion tin can count by episodes end? Should any future stories take up the continuing adventures of Commander Cain and the Pegasus, i'd like to see plenty of great tales around how Cain plans on keeping his crew and ship in one piece, while facing new obstacles and challenges within/ near the old boundries where the colonials faced the Cylon Empire, the Cyrannus galaxy.

Despite it's faults Richard Hatch's Warhawk, it had a great concept didn't it. Cain building new warships and having an entire planet's resources at his command. Plotting and planning, getting his own personal milita together, rather than just engaging in battles with Cylon forces without really crippling them at all. Just a minor 'bug' annoyance. While the Cylons still went about conquering?!

Perhaps Cain would have journeyed into the black void to where (thats if he too knew) Kobol was, and unearthed some 'ancient arcane' Kobollian technology that the crew of the Galactica missed out on while there and gathered up his own personal army from several dozen worlds, maybe former allies of the colonials during the 1.000 year war thats wants some payback on the Cylons. And after many adventures made their glorious counterstrike against the Empire.


Well in any case, another Battlestar with a different Commander would demand a new approach to telling the stories within the same universe wouldn't it? To touch on a broad spectum of tales but keeping it all original. Now there is a real challenge. Setting apart the two ships, doing different sets of adventures for them having Cain's crew like bunch of adventurers. Getting into all kinds of wild action missions, adventures and enjoying it. While the Galactica crew comes across more like a group of 'Nomads'. Trying to survive by any means while making a journey across unknown space. But making sure it all feels similar yet each ship with its characters are set in certain situations and adapting to them while progressing with an ongoing story arc leading to something later on in the future, but making the most of the "steps"* taken during the journey! (* i.e. the episodes per season!)

Had the series gone on, i'd like to have seen both ships get to Earth (either together or seperately) and continue the same feeling of allies working together, sharing technology, fighting side by side, playing catch up with family issues, friends and the like. The same or similar kind of epic "Wow" two Battlestars and whats gonna happen feeling from the two forces hooking up once more.


Who would you side with? What would happen if you were on Cain's ship lost for all those years. And what would you say to your fellow colonials once you caught up again? What could Cain and co offer once he caught up with the Galactica, or would he stay on his own ship feeling like a King and not take orders from Adama or the council, remember Cain does disobey orders if he feels things are done best under his comand and his way.

Ah the possibilities!

KJ