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S1E1 · 33

The crew of Galactica is exhausted after 237 consecutive jumps in intervals of 33 minutes and 132.25 hour without sleep to escape from the Cylons. When Galactica is contacted by the Olympic Carrier, a vessel with more than 1,300 persons, Commander William Adama and are advised that there is a traitor on board. However, Dr. Gaius Baltar convinces both leaders that the Olympic Carrier is a menace to the refugee fleet led by Galactica.

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Following the exodus from the Twelve Colonies, the human fleet has to make an FTL jump every 33 minutes to escape their Cylon pursuers, while the survivors cope with their losses and lack of sleep. After 238 jumps (five and a half days of pursuit), the civilian ship Olympic Carrier is mistakenly left behind with 1,345 on board; after 33 minutes, no Cylons appear, suggesting that they were tracking the Carrier. After the Carrier reappears followed by Cylons, Lee "Apollo" Adama and Kara "Starbuck" Thrace reluctantly destroy the civilian ship, believing it to be a threat to the rest of the fleet; the fleet finally escapes the Cylon pursuit. A copy of Number Six residing in Gaius Baltar 's mind ("Inner Six") tries to convince him that God is watching over him, as one of the Carrier ' s passengers had previously planned to meet with President Laura Roslin, presumably revealing Baltar's role in the Cylon attack on the Colonies. On a Cylon-occupied human planet of Caprica, Karl "Helo" Agathon is pursued by the Cylons, but is rescued by a copy of Sharon "Boomer" Valerii.

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