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Karl C. Agathon
Image:Karl Agathon.jpg
Tahmoh Penikett as Karl "Helo" Agathon
Race Human
Gender Male
Portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett
Callsign Helo
Rank Lieutenant (BSG Miniseries - Season 2)
Captain (Season 3 - Current)
Colony Caprica[1]
Affiliation Colonial Fleet

Karl C. Human beings, humans or man (Origin 1590–1600 L homō man OL hemō the earthly one (see Humus Male (♂ refers to the sex of an organism or part of an organism which produces small mobile Gametes called spermatozoa. Tahmoh Penikett (born May 20, 1975 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada) is a Canadian actor Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D The Colonial Forces are the military forces of the Twelve Colonies in the Battlestar Galactica fictional universe Agathon is a fictional character on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica TV series, portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett. Battlestar Galactica is an Emmy and Peabody Award -winning serial drama Television program created by Ronald D Tahmoh Penikett (born May 20, 1975 in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada) is a Canadian actor His call sign is "Helo. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise "

Contents

Appearances

Background

Agathon is an Electronic Countermeasures Officer, part of a two-person Colonial Raptor crew based on the Battlestar Galactica, and is paired with Sharon "Boomer" Valerii before the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies. Electronic Countermeasures ( ECM') are a subsection of Electronic warfare which includes any sort of electrical or electronic device designed to trick The Raptor is a multipurpose military spacecraft featured in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. The Battlestar Galactica is a Space battleship in the original and re-imagined Science fiction Television series Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii, Number Eight, and Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon 'Athena' Valerii Agathon refer to a collection of humanoid The Cylons are a Cybernetic Civilization at war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity in the Battlestar Galactica Science fiction The Destruction of the Twelve Colonies is a fictitious interstellar holocaust first depicted in the 1978 motion picture Battlestar Galactica, which set Unlike other major characters such as Kara "Starbuck" Thrace or Gaius Baltar, the series reveals little about Agathon's life before the events of the series. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, played by Katee Sackhoff, is a Fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica, a reimagining Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. It is confirmed that Helo is a Caprican, which is partly why he and Starbuck knew each other. [1]

The (unofficial) backstory Tahmoh Penikett and Katee Sackhoff came up with to explain a comment from Thrace in "Scattered" that she and Helo "go way back" is that the two were old friends for a long time who most likely attended the academy together as cadets and as "drinking buddies. Kathryn Ann "Katee" Sackhoff (born April 8, 1980) is an American actress known for playing Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace " Scattered " is an episode of the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series the first of Season two "[2][3][4][5][6]

Miniseries

During the Cylon attack, their Raptor is damaged and forced to land on Caprica. While making repairs, they are mobbed by a group of survivors desperate to get off the planet. A lottery is used to decide who will be allowed to escape due to the Raptor's limited space, but Agathon additionally sacrifices his own seat to allow Dr. Gaius Baltar, discovered in the crowd, to survive. Gaius Baltar is a fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica. [7]

Series

After the Raptor leaves, Agathon flees into the wilderness and tries to elude Cylon forces, surviving by using anti-radiation injections and the other contents of his survival kit. A survival kit is a package of basic tools and supplies prepared in advance as an aid to survival in an emergency Eventually, he is captured by a Number Six copy, but is rescued by Valerii (unknown to Agathon, his rescuer is another copy of Cylon model Number Eight). Number Six is a series of fictional Cylon characters played by Canadian actress Tricia Helfer in the television "re-imagining" of Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii, Number Eight, and Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon 'Athena' Valerii Agathon refer to a collection of humanoid Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii, Number Eight, and Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon 'Athena' Valerii Agathon refer to a collection of humanoid [8] Valerii's true motive in accompanying Agathon is the participation in a Cylon experiment designed to attempt to create a viable Cylon/human hybrid offspring. The Cylons track Agathon's progress toward a military base in Delphi, placing him in situations designed to result in affection and ultimately love towards Valerii. The experiment results in a successful pregnancy after Valerii has sex with Agathon,[9] though as an unintended side effect, she falls in love with him as well. [10] Agathon soon discovers the truth about her Cylon nature after spotting another Number Eight copy while trying to infiltrate the Delphi military base. Believing that he is being led into a trap, he runs from the base and Valerii. [11]

She eventually catches up to him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite shooting her in the shoulder, Agathon realizes he can't bring himself to kill her and instead, at her urging, takes her with him to the Delphi museum. It is there that he is reunited with fellow Galactica pilot Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, who is on a special mission from President Laura Roslin to recover the Arrow of Apollo. The Battlestar Galactica is a Space battleship in the original and re-imagined Science fiction Television series Kara "Starbuck" Thrace, played by Katee Sackhoff, is a Fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica, a reimagining Laura Roslin is a Fictional character in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series portrayed by Mary McDonnell. Arrow of Apollo is a Fictional object featured in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series [12] After nearly being killed by Thrace, Valerii steals the Cylon Raider and flies off. [13] Agathon and Thrace make their way first to Thrace's old apartment to retrieve a new mode of transportation (an old army truck she owned),[14] and then into the woods in search of another military base. While stopping to get their bearings, they run into a group of Pyramid players-turned resistance fighters. A resistance movement is a group or collection of individual groups dedicated to fighting an Invader in an occupied country or the government of a sovereign nation [15] After Thrace is wounded and captured by the Cylons, Agathon and the others track her down and attempt to rescue her from the hospital where she is being held. They are, surprisingly, aided by Valerii, who returns in a stolen Heavy Raider. With the Arrow of Apollo in hand, Agathon, Thrace and Valerii leave Caprica and make their way to Kobol to rejoin Roslin. Kobol is the name of a Planet in the fictional Battlestar Galactica universe [16]

Upon rejoining the Colonial survivors aboard the Astral Queen, Agathon pulls his gun on Lee Adama in order to stop him from shooting Valerii, whom Adama blames for the attempt another Valerii copy makes on his father's life. Leland Joseph "Lee" Adama (callsign "Apollo" is a fictional character in the television series Battlestar Galactica. Later, while searching for the Tomb of Athena on the surface of Kobol, Agathon admits to Valerii that he still loves and trusts her. [17]

After finding the Tomb of Athena, Agathon returns with the group to Galactica, almost three months after being MIA and presumed dead. The reimagined Science fiction Television series Battlestar Galactica presents various locations, spaceborne and planetary Missing in action is a status assigned to a member of the armed services who is reported missing following combat His homecoming is bittersweet; Helo's former friends turn their backs on him due to his love for a Cylon — let alone one whose doppelgänger attempted to murder the beloved Commader William Adama. Admiral William "Bill" Adama is a fictional character portrayed by Edward James Olmos in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica television series However, Helo finds support from Starbuck and Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol, who was in love with the original Galactica crew member version of Sharon before her ultimate betrayal of the fleet and death. [18] Helo eventually is accepted by the crew when he recommends that the Blackbird should be encased in carbon-composite skin to make it a stealth ship.

After the appearance of the Battlestar Pegasus, Agathon witnesses Sharon's torture and near-rape by Lieutenant Alastair Thorne, a Pegasus crew member and Cylon interrogator. Battlestar Pegasus is a fictional spacecraft that appears in the both the original and the re-imaged television series Battlestar Galactica. Along with Tyrol, Helo stops Thorne from raping Sharon but in the process, they accidentally kill him. Admiral Cain's summary trial and death sentence of Agathon and Tyrol bring Galactica to confrontation with Pegasus. Rear Admiral Helena Cain is a fictional character in the reimagined Science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by [19] Although the death sentence is not carried out, Agathon and Tyrol remain in the brig, where Tyrol ultimately gives Helo his blessing for a relationship with Sharon. The two are eventually released by Colonel Jack Fisk, with all charges being dropped. Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Jack Fisk is a fictional character from the 2004 TV series Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by Graham Beckel. [20]

Following his captivity on Pegasus, Helo is reunited with his version of Sharon as her pregnancy continues. When President Laura Roslin proclaims her intention to force Sharon to undergo an abortion in order to eliminate the perceived threat that Helo and Sharon's child represents to the fleet, Helo begs Admiral Adama to overrule Roslin and allow himself and the pregnant Sharon to leave the fleet and find a world where they could live in peace without being persecuted. Hera Agathon or Isis is a fictional character from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series Adama refuses and Roslin rescinds her demand for a forced abortion when Gaius Baltar extracts blood from the unborn child for use as a cure for Roslin's terminal cancer. [21] This leads to Roslin betraying Helo again by ordering Helo and Sharon's newborn daughter to be taken from the hospital after she is born. The infant's death is faked and Helo is given what are ostensibly her ashes, which he and Tyrol release into space. [22]

Following the discovery and settlement of New Caprica, Agathon remains on Galactica as part of her skeleton crew. He is promoted to Captain and serves as Galactica's executive officer (XO), replacing Colonel Saul Tigh. While executive officer literally refers to a person responsible for the performance of duties involved in running an Organization, the exact meaning of the role is variable Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Colonel Saul Tigh is a fictional character on Battlestar Galactica played by Michael Hogan. Karl Agathon marries his version of Sharon Valerii, who is commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Colonial Fleet[23][24] and takes the call sign "Athena". ATHENA was an Antimatter research project that took place at the AD Ring at CERN. [25]

During an attempt by Galactica to spread a virus in order to wipe out the Cylon race, Agathon disobeys orders and sabotages a key part of the plan in order to prevent the elimination of the Cylon race because he considers such an action to be genocidal, and therefore profoundly immoral. [26]

When Colonel Tigh finally returns to the position of Galactica's XO after a long depression brought on by his experiences on New Caprica (in particular his execution of his wife, Ellen, for collaboration), Agathon returns to the flight line. Ellen Tigh is a fictional character from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series He pilots one of the Raptors used to guide the fleet through a nearly un-navigable and highly radioactive stellar cluster. He becomes one of the second highest pilots left after the deaths of Kara "Starbuck" Thrace and Louanne "Kat" Katraine. He is next in line with Ricky "Two Times" Richardson and Marcia "Showboat" Case, respectively. [27]

Two weeks after the death of Kara, Helo takes over as C. A. G from the still visibly shaken Lee Adama, who is subsequently removed by Admiral Adama. Mere days later, he once again temporarily replaces Col. Tigh as XO, when it becomes apparent the latter has returned to the bottle.

Concept and creation

Character arc

Helo was originally conceived as a "red-shirt" character. A redshirt is a Stock character, used frequently in Science fiction but also in other Genres whose primary purpose is to die soon after being introduced After stranding him on the post-nuclear attack Caprica, the writers had no further plans for the character and intended his fate to be that he died (off-screen) in the radiation that followed the nuking of the planet. However, many fans took a liking to the character and wanted to know what happened to him after he was left on Caprica. This factor caused the producers, who were also impressed by Penikett's performance when watching the premiere of the miniseries on the big screen, to revise their original plans for the series to include the character and his activities on Caprica after the mini-series. [28][29]

Name

Like many of the characters on the series, his name has its origins in ancient Greece, Agathon being the name of an Athenian tragic poet. The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca Agathon (Ἀγάθων (ca 448&ndash400 BC was an Athenian tragic poet and friend of Euripides and Plato. The Greek proverbial phrase kalon k'agathon ("the beautiful and the good") — also written as kalos k'agathos — was used to describe the ideal man, the epitome of both aesthetics and ethics. Kalos kagathos (καλὸς κἀγαθός kalos kaːgatʰos sometimes written kalokagathos or kalos kai agathos, is an idiomatic phrase used in Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called Ethics is a major branch of Philosophy, encompassing right conduct and good life Helo's full name, Karl C. Agathon, wasn't revealed until the release of "33" — after the writers revised their original plans and expanded the character's storyline. " 33 " is the first episode of the reimagined 2004 ''Battlestar Galactica'' television series immediately following the events of the miniseries. His call sign Helo could possibly originate from the Greek titan, Helios. In Greek mythology the Sun was personified as Helios (ˈhiliˌɑs ( Ἥλιος Latinized as Helius)

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