Article-I.D.: aplvax.117
Posted: Fri Jun 21 16:57:27 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Jun-85 02:29:32 EDT
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From Jay Parks (parks@noao.UUCP) on suggestions to improve Galactica:
> c: Make the cylons aliens, for gosh sakes.  If they are robots, then say
> that they were constructed by the GALACTICANS!  That could lead to all
> sorts of interesting intrigue, the invention that went wrong.

You may have missed the reference, Jay, but the Cylons *were* described
as built by an alien race that had died out during the long war, leaving
only their robots to continue the fight.  The original Cylons were
reptilian, but not humanoid reptiles like the silly ones in V.
They found the human form more efficient and so built their robots
in that shape (didn't succeed on efficiency though, since it takes
three to fly one fighter).  The Cylon command robots, not often
seen after the show began concentrating on Baltar's base ship, are
shaped like the original Cylons, and look vaguely like frogs to me.

			Mary Anne Espenshade
			...!{allegra, seismo}!umcp-cs!aplvax!mae