#vice president tom zarek

[maaruin]

Fanfic Idea: Purgatory Galactica

Set after the last episode of the series (but probably before the epilogue in that episode):

The souls of Cavil, Boomer, Cain, Gina, Tory, Gaeta, Cally, and possibly Zarek, Dualla and D'anna died before they were ready to come to God but also with some seeds for redemption in them. So now they are in the Inbetween, where they have to face their sins. They interact with each other and with angels and maybe even with Jesus (yeah, I would combine BSG with Catholic theology for this - question is how explicit I would get).

I think most of these characters show some amount of contrition before their death, though some more imperfect than others:

Cavil tries to make peace with the humans.

Boomer freed Hera.

Cain decided against going through with the assassination of Adama.

Gina was aware that suicide is a sin, but didn't seem to see another way.

Gaeta surrendered by not jumping the Galactica away after his mutiny had failed to gain the results he hoped for.

Cally let herself be convinced by Tory not to kill herself and her son, only to then be murdered.

Tory at least somewhat tried to come clean. (She is the most doubtful of this group.

For three persons we don't have enough information:

For Zarek, it is not clear if he showed any contrition. We don't really see his final moments and his internal state is somewhat enigmatic anyways.

Dualla and D'anna seem more in control of their themselves when they commit their suicides than Gina. I'm a bit uncertain on how I'd view them. Are they already ready to meet God, or does their decision completely preclude them from this.

Now, I believe in universal salvation, so I would probably write them into this story. But it will be more difficult to build the redemption of those three than for the others.

There are also two characters who I'd say are in need of redemption at the end of the story but are still alive. They could be tied into the story in some ways:

Tyrol's vice is that he abandons the people he loves during times of hardship. He can be haunted by Boomer and Cally.

Athena has twice killed people out of impulse in a situation where this wasn't justified - Natalie and Boomer. She has very strong black-and-white, ingroup-vs-outgroup thinking. It is stated that Hera died young (we can infer that she had at least two children), so it is plausible that Athena outlived her daughter. Her death would likely cause her to spiral down... enough so that she can have visions of Hera going to Boomer after her death, and that will give, after a time of crisis, an opportunity for reconciliation. Leading to Athena becoming ready for taking responsibility for her grandchildren and growing her ingroup outwards.

(Maybe also Leoben? Leoben is weird, gets spooked by Kara's undeath and then more or less disappears from the story. I guess there needs to be something to bring him to a satisfying end as well.)

Unfortunately I don't really plan on writing fanfiction, so this sketch of the story may be all I ever produce of it.

[admiralties-blog]

@queenspy

“Come in. It’s good to have you.”

If the commander looked old, what with the lines on his face and the flecks of white growing in where the gray was, then his room reflected it. There were rolled-up maps, Persian rugs unquestionably older than Kara Thrace, and books, some wrinkled and yellow, stacked on the floors for when there were not enough shelves. By his desk, Adama stood like a headstone. He’d just cut off the radio when the announcer said, ‘and he could very well be the next vice pre--’.

“...Tom Zarek represents a danger to this fleet. To the president.” He picked up his head, his mouth firm. “Just get the feeling we need some eyes and ears.”

[blue-mint-winter]

BSG 1x11 Colonial Day rewatch

Ep summary: politics and otps

delegates of 12 colonies which no longer even exist gather on Cloud 9, the luxury ship, to deliberate. Unfortunately for Roslin, Tom Zarek is a Sagittarion’s representative and he’s been gathering political allies when she was dealing with crisis after crisis. His game is revealed when he proposes to elect a vice-president.

I love how cutthroat the politics are. Roslin particularly shines. This is her battlefield.

Baltar is a Caprica representative and his natural talent for bullshit is wonderfully realized in a political role. He’s got it all - popularity, reputation, importance to the fleet as the science genius and he’s going to reap benefits from it.

Roslin’s candidate is going to lose against Zarek, so she picks Baltar because of his popularity and established name (the bathroom scene was genius). The vote is at stalemate so she gets to decide the winner.

Media have a bigger role in this ep. Only 3 surviving professional journalists, and one of them is sleeping with Baltar. Another ally on his side.

Ellen is also playing the game and she’s quite friendly with Zarek. She plainly states she wants herself and her husband to get ahead.

Kara and Lee are in charge of security and catch a sniper, Valance, who’s suspected to work for Zarek (if Zarek won the election and Roslin was killed, he’d be the president). Despite interrogation, the man reveals nothing and dies with slit wrists. Ellen must have revealed to Zarek where Valance was, but Zarek claims he didn’t kill him. The big question is who? Cylons? Maybe Ellen???

Kara kicking ass with that cane! XD

Dancing in the end of the episode is my favourite: Roslin and Adama, Kara and Lee, Kara and Baltar!, Billy and Dee, the Tighs...

Head Six: Love isn’t about sex. Truer words have never been spoken.

Helo finally puts togther that Cylons look like humans, unfortunately he sees another Eight, who gets shot by Sharon, but he still runs away from her. :(

Zarek presents a good point - in their situation they are clinging to old political system, which is worthless. However, no one has a good idea for the future, so they just stay with what they know. Zarek’s ideas smell of communism and taking away human rights (which are already on shaky grounds).

[fentoad]

Fleeing the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar, Galactica, leads a ragtag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest: a shining planet known as Earth.

[gulomean]

Richard Lawrence Hatch  May 21, 1945 – February 7, 2017

Richard Hatch played Captain Apollo in the original Battlestar Galactica and convicted terrorist and later vice president Tom Zarek in the 2003 remake.  

Richard Hatch was the only actor to star in both Battlestar Galactica (1978) and Battlestar Galactica (2004). Hatch directed, wrote and acted in his own Battlestar Galactica fan film "Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming" in which he reunited all the surviving original Battlestar Galactica cast members.

He also played the Klingon commander Kharn in the crowdfunded Star Trek short Prelude to Axanar.

Sources for the photo’s are under the link

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/richard-hatch-battlestar-galactica-star-dead-71-article-1.2966680

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/02/07/tv-shows/richard-hatch-dead/

https://www.comicbooksdallas.com/richard-hatch-actor/

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/459437599470667374/

https://moviepilot.com/posts/2428451

https://nl.pinterest.com/pin/148829962665020711/

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