Introduction

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome is a prequel to the 2003-2009 re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series.

A web-series that became a pilot for a possible series chronicling the early adventures of a young William Adama, but the series was not picked up.

It stars Luke Pasqualino, Ben Cotton, and Lili Bordán.

Michael Taylor wrote the teleplay from a story by Taylor, David Eick, Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, with Jonas Pate as director.

Distribution of Blood & Chrome began as a 10-episode online series in conjunction with Machinima.com on 09 November 2012, and also aired as a television film on 10 February 2013 on Syfy.

Outline (General)

Set in the tenth year of the First Cylon War, the story follows William Adama, a young pilot just graduated from the Academy, assigned to one of the battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica.

The series provides a very basic frame of reference to the events that ensued in the time between the prequel series Caprica, and the basis series Battlestar Galactica.

Outline Series 01, Episode 10

As Adama and Coker wait for a rescue to take them back to Galactica, Coker shows Adama a picture of his wife before passing out – apparently dying.

In the communications array, a quasi-humanoid Cylon (voiced by Tricia Helfer, who also played Number Six) asks Doctor Kelly if she is alive, and if she thinks that her enlightened view of Cylons diminishes their hatred of her, then snaps her neck.

Back on Galactica, Commander Nash explains that the seemingly failed mission actually went as planned.

Colonial command had anticipated Doctor Kelly’s betrayal, and by the time the Cylons followed the communication, the ghost fleet was long gone and was able to destroy multiple defenceless Cylon bases.

Nash tells Adama the casualties of the Osiris were worth the victory, and successes like these keep civilians supporting the war effort.

Disillusioned, Adama signs off on a sanitised account of the mission. He was then offered his own Viper.

A recovered Coker surprises Adama before he goes to his ship, which displays his newly chosen call sign: “Husker”, an apparent tribute to Coker.

Adama joins his fellow pilots, ready to continue the fight.

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Production & Filming Details

• Creators: Michael Taylor and David Eick.
• Producers: David Eick, Jonas Pate, Paul M. Leonard, and Michael Taylor.
• Music: Bear McCreary.
• Production: Universal Cable Productions.
• Distributor: NBC Universal Television Distribution.
• Original Network: Machinima.com
• Release Date: 07 December 2012.
• Running Time: 12 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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