She goes on to sacrifice herself in a nuclear explosion to save the crew and civilians from the original human/cylon experiment.
While this series does showcase how horrific humans can be (Gauis) it also shows the heroic and honorable (Lee Adama's defense, Adm. Adama in general). Honestly man, and not just as a sci fi nut, this is an incredible drama. Vivec wrote: > I don't think so. > It looks like a lesser of two evils scenario. > > [SPOILERS] > > Soon afterward, the Pegasus encountered 15 ships full of civilian > human refugees men, women and children. Unmoved by this happy > discovery, Cain ordered her officers to board the ships, conscript > skilled personnel, strip useful equipment including FTL engines > and then abandon the remaining passengers to die in their barren, > powerless ships. > > The civilians aboard the Scylla, the first ship that Kendra and a team > of Marines boarded, resisted. As they grew violent, Cain ordered her > officers to shoot the family of any conscript who refused to obey. > Ultimately, Kendra fired the first shot. She killed a defenseless > woman and ignited a massacre that left ten civilians dead. All > resistance died, too. The ships were stripped and abandoned. > > Cain gave Kendra a promotion for her actions. The Admiral praised > Kendra for following tough orders like a true soldier and declared > that humane behavior was a luxury when survival itself was at stake. > Kendra accepted the promotion and, with it, Cain's bleak worldview, > which had kept her alive so far. But the murders she committed have > haunted her ever since. > > I mean...wtf? That's a really depressing story line. > THe people are supposed to be so much better than the Cylons, or is it > that the show is just from the Human perspective, you know? > > On 07/04/2008, Bill Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> its awesome gel you're missing out :). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258127 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
