Battle Scar, Galactica - 
by J-Unit
Will somebody please tell me where the writers of Battlestar Galactica have gone? I am told that the same people writing the episodes airing this year were writing the episodes last year, but I find that hard to believe. It's like the writers fell in love with the success of their show and have forgotten what makes it good. Instead of a coherent story, we are taken through a bunch of character vignettes. This sort of break from the action is often necessary when you have a season that is more than twenty episodes long, but we got our break in the action when they delayed the airing of the second half of this season for three months in order to soak up some more DVD sales and whatnot. Oh, and for the love of god, enough with this stupid flashback trick that you use every week; I think most of us realize that we'll see what happens by the end of the hour.
So, my introduction is a little angry, and I am sorry if you liked this episode and were expecting something else, but there is only so much one guy can take. After we had an episode dealing with Apollo's demons, it was time to deal with what Starbuck was thinking. Like Apollo, Starbuck is dealing with the loss of somebody she left behind. When she returned to Caprica to get the Arrow of Apollo for Roslin, she and Helo found a bunch of humans who have formed a resistance to the Cylons. She had strong feelings for one of them, and promised him she would come back. Unfortunately, both the President and now Admiral Adama don't think that is such a good idea. Admiral Cain liked the idea, but she's not in the position to be making any demands at this point, being dead and all.
One of the most difficult things about being on the run without a planet to call home is the lack of resources, both human and natural. Although there are ships that can grow food and whatnot, there are certain things that they need to go out and get from time to time, including water. One of the biggest areas where the lack of human and natural resources is evident is the colonial fleet. There have been many battles with the Cylons, and there have been many Vipers lost. They have been able to get more ships working by piecing together the parts of older ships, but they are so low on spare parts, they barely had enough to get the Blackbird together at first. Luckily, Pegasus is capable of building new Vipers, as long as they have the metal ore to do it.
The fleet happened upon an asteroid belt with a large amount of minerals, but it's difficult and dangerous work. The Pegasus was left with the main fleet to protect it while the Galactica stayed behind to protect the mining operations. The sensors aren't able to determine the difference between a rock and a Cylon raider, so the Air Group has had to do manual patrols, and they have lost a lot of pilots. As difficult as it is to get new minerals, it is just as difficult to find new pilots. And even if they forced all the women to start having babies, it would be another eighteen years before they got any more help.
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