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I reviewed literature on feminist television criticism and media studies to frame my research question: "What are Starbuck's feminist qualities within the series Battlestar Galactica? The themes are: 1 How is equality represented and third-wave feminism in relation to motherhood and 2 Issues with Starbuck's body such as sex, sexualization, violence, parental abuse and emotional expression. By evaluating Starbuck's characteristics, I was able to identify her as a woman character that has feminist qualities by our societies standards.

The ship itself was undergoing a two-year preparation for decommission and, already limited to interplanetary service, the chance for any kind of action was slim to none.

Adama nonetheless accepted her on the ship for her skills against the advice of his own XO, Col. Saul Tigh. In the hours leading up to Galactica 's decommissioning ceremony, the two became drunk and fought over a game of Triad.

While assaulting the XO should have been grounds for a court martial, her sentence was reduced to being held in the brig and losing her spot on the ceremony's flight roster, as Col. Tigh was not only also drunk but threw the first punch. The decommissioning ceremony took place on the same day as a massive Cylon attack on the Cyrannus star system , dubbed the " Fall of the Twelve Colonies ". With Galactica 's own weapons already destroyed and Major Spencer's squadron massacred, Lt.

Thrace was made acting-CAG and taken out of the brig early. Adama took control over all remaining forces and ordered a rendezvous at the gas giant, Ragnar where it was to claim ammunition from the Ragnar Anchorage surplus depot.

Leland Adama took over as CAG. Thrace was ordered onto a recon mission to assess the size of any Cylon forces that may have followed, and confirmed several Basestars to be waiting for them. Galactica launched its Vipers as it led the civilian fleet out of Ragnar's atmosphere, and all remaining pilots engaged with the Raiders.

During the fighting, Cpt. Apollo's Viper was damaged, and she pinned it with her own to bring it back to the flight deck. Several days after their escape from Ragnar, several pilots are killed in a freak accident.

Given the duty of training new recruits, the quality of recruits she is sent is subpar but still she begins their training, ordering them to call her "God". Starbuck, blinded by guilt, washes all the pilots out for relatively minor flaws. She then admits her secret to Adama who is furious and heartbroken; he orders her to reinstate the trainees. On the next training mission, Starbuck and the trainees are ambushed by a small group of Cylon Raiders.

Starbuck engages the Raiders on her own to cover the trainees' escape. With her Viper heavily damaged, she plummets toward the surface of a nearby desert moon, and is forced to eject and take her chances on the surface. Starbuck is declared " missing in action ", and Adama orders a search and rescue operation which strains the Galactica 's crew and combat resources. On the surface, Starbuck struggles with a broken knee and near asphyxiation as her oxygen runs out.

Luckily, she discovers the Cylon Raider she downed. Using her exceptional skill in flying, she figures out the Cylon technology and is able to pilot it back to the fleet. Depressed by her injuries, she initially needs incentive to work on rehabilitation and is soon rubbing people the wrong way again. Even after she is able to move around without a cane, the injury sidelines her from flight for many episodes; when given tactical charge of a mission in one episode, she cannot fly the critical role because her knee still can't handle the G-force.

During her recovery, a Number Two named Leoben is discovered aboard the Gemenon Traveller and is arrested. Adama assigns Starbuck to interrogate Leoben, believing she will be resistant to his mind games.

Starbuck brutally interrogates Leoben, and he claims to have hidden a nuclear bomb on a timer somewhere in the fleet, threatening its detonation. Despite her often crude exterior, Starbuck is revealed to have a deep-seated faith in the gods, and engages in a debate about the existence of the Colonial gods vs. Leoben demonstrates that he is capable of breaking free and killing Starbuck at any time, but chooses not to, believing it is not God's will.

During this period, Starbuck develops a respect for Leoben, and he falls in love with her. She is genuinely saddened when President Laura Roslin orders him executed by airlock, after he admits there is no bomb. She experiences a brief moment of emotional connection with Leoben when they touch palms through the glass of the airlock before he is executed.

Afterwards, she privately prays to the Lords of Kobol, acknowledging that Leoben might not have had a soul, but if he did, asking that they take care of it. Starbuck's religious beliefs later come into play when President Roslin asks her to carry out a dangerous mission: return to Caprica and retrieve the Arrow of Apollo , a religious artifact supposedly pointing the way to Earth.

Starbuck is at first reluctant, believing that Adama already knows the way to Earth, and is leading them there.

Roslin is forced to reveal that Adama lied about knowing Earth's whereabouts to give the fleet hope. This deeply shakes Starbuck's trust in Adama, and she eventually is convinced to help Roslin. She takes the Cylon Raider she had captured, leading Adama to declare Roslin had suborned mutiny; he sends a detachment of Marines to terminate her presidency.

During her time on Caprica, Starbuck encounters a Number Six who beats her soundly , but manages to kill the Cylon out of sheer luck. She then meets up with Karl "Helo" Agathon a close friend she believed dead after he stayed on Caprica and the Sharon Valerii copy pregnant with his child.

Immediately realizing that Sharon is a Cylon, she attempts to kill her, while Helo stops her. This causes Sharon to flee in the stolen Raider, abandoning Starbuck and Helo. While attempting to find an alternative route off Caprica, they meet a resistance group that had been waging guerrilla war against the Cylons, led by fellow pyramid player Samuel Anders.

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