Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
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Fork-wielding accidents fail to strike the right note of terror, I fear.
Spoken like someone who has never been gagged with a spoon.
They want their positions to be known, and instantly.
Well, but when Rafik al-Hariri was assassinated (via car bomb), who didn't know it was Syria what done it? And yet, it was done in such a way that the person doing the assassination didn't get caught (although his bosses suffered some unexpected and unwanted consequences).
Well, with killing Adama, it likely wouldn't resolve the issue. Tigh may well not fall in line as she'd like
I seriously doubt her plans include letting Tigh keep his job, whether he falls in line or not.
And yet, it was done in such a way that the person doing the assassination didn't get caught
But how does that apply here? The whole point is for the assassins to "get caught" -- Starbuck shooting Cain lets everyone know that (a) Cain is now dead and (b) Adama is in charge. It's simple and direct and to the point. Ditto Cain's marines on Galactica.
I seriously doubt her plans include letting Tigh keep his job, whether he falls in line or not.
Yeah, but there's that time in between when Adama died and someone else came over to take command
The whole point is for the assassins to "get caught"
That would kind of suck for the person getting caught, don't you think? In the "Whoops security wasn't that good and one impassioned person shot her dead. Oh, darn." sense.
Which BSG has employed before -- in fact, recently.
You're not interested in a fork-wielding accident??
Spork!
Yeah, but there's that time in between when Adama died and someone else came over to take command
Not really -- her own XO is already aboard, presumably he would take command. (As Starbuck would on Pegasus.)
That would kind of suck for the person getting caught, don't you think?
That's why Lee is there to watch her back.
I thought Cain's wording was intended to imply the Marines were to shoot everyone in CIC, which would take out Tigh. Easier to take over the Galactica if the rank and file is demoralized by losing all their top officers, and to put the fear of Cain into them.
I seriously doubt her plans include letting Tigh keep his job, whether he falls in line or not.
She did say tell her XO to terminate Adama's command, starting with Adama. That means Tigh gets a bullet, too, with all the other line officers.
Or what Theo said.
Right.
I meant with the fork-lift scenario.
I meant with the fork-lift scenario.Argh. Now I've got the MST3K Fugitive Alien song in my head.
Bombs were a part of the plot of the introductory miniseries, IIRC. Of course, because they were wielded by the bad guys, they failed in their objective.
I'm not totally sure what you're referring to. In "Litmus," Doral blew himself up real good, along with several other people. Given the terrorism anvils in that episode, it seemed like the objective there was to increase fear and paranoia. And that it worked pretty well.