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'''''Gideon''''' is a transport vessel within the [[Fleet]]. | '''''Gideon''''' is a transport vessel within the [[Fleet]]. | ||
During [[Laura Roslin]]'s removal from office and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]]'s enactment of [[martial law]], [[Colonial]] [[marines]] lead by Lieutenant [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]] | During [[Laura Roslin]]'s removal from office and [[Saul Tigh|Colonel Tigh]]'s enactment of [[martial law]], [[Colonial]] [[marines]] lead by Lieutenant [[Joe Palladino|Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino]] killed four unnarmed civilians during a riot on that ship. | ||
The civilians onboard were protesting Roslin's removal from the presidancy, martial law and the dissolving of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as hindering in an effort to resupply [[battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''. During the protest, where coffee and other objects were thrown at the ''Galactica'' party, the marines heard a shot. Believing that they were under attack, they fired into the crowd, until Palladino managed to weekly regain control of the situation after the damage had been inflicted. ([[Resistance]]) | The civilians onboard were protesting Roslin's removal from the presidancy, martial law and the dissolving of the [[Quorum of Twelve]], as well as hindering in an effort to resupply [[battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''. During the protest, where coffee and other objects were thrown at the ''Galactica'' party, the marines heard a shot. Believing that they were under attack, they fired into the crowd, until Palladino managed to weekly regain control of the situation after the damage had been inflicted. ([[Resistance]]) | ||
Revision as of 23:28, 8 August 2005
Gideon is a transport vessel within the Fleet.
During Laura Roslin's removal from office and Colonel Tigh's enactment of martial law, Colonial marines lead by Lieutenant Joe "Hammerhead" Palladino killed four unnarmed civilians during a riot on that ship.
The civilians onboard were protesting Roslin's removal from the presidancy, martial law and the dissolving of the Quorum of Twelve, as well as hindering in an effort to resupply battlestar Galactica. During the protest, where coffee and other objects were thrown at the Galactica party, the marines heard a shot. Believing that they were under attack, they fired into the crowd, until Palladino managed to weekly regain control of the situation after the damage had been inflicted. (Resistance)
Etymology
Gideon is the name of one of the biblical characters in the Book of Judges.