mae@aplvax.UUCP (Mary Anne Espenshade) (06/21/85)
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