The other five models
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solarbirdSo, in the latest Battlestar Galactica we find out that the seven Cylon models we've seen - out of a total of twelve - don't like to talk about the other five, and that this is related to why we haven't seen them.
Frankly, I think that tells us all we need to know.
I now present unknown Cylon models 1-5. These are, of course, somewhat hypothetical, and are (as we know) not the final number designations. However, I think I've got a strong case for general accuracy based on the above comments, and at least ten minutes of Google search.
Cylon Model 1:
A.K.A. model B-9. Unstable, but not in the way they wanted; prone to wheeling about shouting, "DANGER! DANGER! MY ARMS ARE FLAILING UNCONTROLLABLY! DANGER!" Also showed an inexplicable fondness for the guitar.
Cylon Model 2:
Records show that the Review Committee said simply, "Oh, fuck no," and that all individuals involved were immediately boxed.
Cylon Model 3:
A.K.A. "Kryten," a.k.a. "Jazz FM," this model insisted that it wanted to help destroy humanity. However, it could be terminally distracted by atypically sexy washer/dryer machines. This model was not a complete failure, however; model 3(b), a more-refined variant, would later become the template for the models we now know:
However, as this model was - and we quote the records here - "an unremitting jackass who thinks he's all better than us," this iteration was abandoned.
Cylon Model 4:
Bite my SHINY CYLON ASS.
Not much else to say about that one, really.
Cylon Model 5:
As far as historians can determine, all blueprints, notes, model descriptions, and references were destroyed immediately following power-up. The only surviving recording - a badly-damaged fragment - appears to be from the first test of this unit:
No other records survive. We can only presume that this is for the best.
Frankly, I think that tells us all we need to know.
I now present unknown Cylon models 1-5. These are, of course, somewhat hypothetical, and are (as we know) not the final number designations. However, I think I've got a strong case for general accuracy based on the above comments, and at least ten minutes of Google search.
Cylon Model 1:
A.K.A. model B-9. Unstable, but not in the way they wanted; prone to wheeling about shouting, "DANGER! DANGER! MY ARMS ARE FLAILING UNCONTROLLABLY! DANGER!" Also showed an inexplicable fondness for the guitar.
Cylon Model 2:
Records show that the Review Committee said simply, "Oh, fuck no," and that all individuals involved were immediately boxed.
Cylon Model 3:
A.K.A. "Kryten," a.k.a. "Jazz FM," this model insisted that it wanted to help destroy humanity. However, it could be terminally distracted by atypically sexy washer/dryer machines. This model was not a complete failure, however; model 3(b), a more-refined variant, would later become the template for the models we now know:
However, as this model was - and we quote the records here - "an unremitting jackass who thinks he's all better than us," this iteration was abandoned.
Cylon Model 4:
Bite my SHINY CYLON ASS.
Not much else to say about that one, really.
Cylon Model 5:
As far as historians can determine, all blueprints, notes, model descriptions, and references were destroyed immediately following power-up. The only surviving recording - a badly-damaged fragment - appears to be from the first test of this unit:
Unknown Speaker: Be-de-be-de-be-de-be-de-By Your Command, Buck....which is followed immediately by the sound of explosions.
Centurion: THAT THING MUST DIE!
No other records survive. We can only presume that this is for the best.
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Date: 2006-11-17 05:02 am (UTC)Yes! Thanks, you just made my night complete :)
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Date: 2006-11-17 06:01 am (UTC)ROFL!
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Date: 2006-11-17 10:14 am (UTC)Bender *is* so a Cylon!!!!!! LOL!
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Date: 2006-11-17 05:38 pm (UTC)You will suffer for this, you know. :-)
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Date: 2006-11-17 10:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-19 02:31 pm (UTC)And that
I saw a DVD of the *old* BSG a short while ago -- recut from the first three episodes if I understood
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Date: 2006-11-19 04:39 pm (UTC)Also, the original Buck Rogers goes back 'way before that incarnation - it was a 1930s movie serial, and was even based originally on a book called, um.... Armageddon 2238 or something like that. Armageddon N, where 2100<N<2400. I actually have a copy. It's a piece of its era, but not bad given that.
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Date: 2006-11-19 06:07 pm (UTC)Here I was expecting a very serious discussion about Cylon society....
Thanks for cheering up my morning!
Mind if I link to this in my LJ?
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Date: 2006-11-19 06:19 pm (UTC)Humour is surprise in drag. ^_^
Mind if I link to this in my LJ?
Nah, go for it.