is a character from the reimagined ''
Battlestar Galactica '' series.
Kat is a rookie
Viper pilot or "nugget" aboard the
Battlestar ''Galactica'' under the command of
Kara Thrace (Starbuck) . Although Kat is considered a rookie, she is very sharp and talented, and quickly becomes a hot-shot pilot who constantly competes with Starbuck. She also has an addiction to "stims" that keep her senses keen under fatigue and stress. Kat was treated for a stim overdose during the episode
"Final Cut" .
In the episode
"Scar" , Kat was finally able to take "Top Gun" from Starbuck during a mission to destroy a particularly crafty Cylon Raider nicknamed
"Scar" . During the mission to hunt Scar down, Starbuck fought with her emotional feelings for a man named
Samuel Anders , the leader of a group of survivors on
Caprica who she fell deeply in love with. Unable to kill Scar on her own, Starbuck let the Cylon chase her into Kat's line of fire, thus winning Kat the title of Top Gun.
