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Colonial Day is an episode of the reimagined '' Battlestar Galactica '' televison series. PLOT Survivor Count: 47,898 Colonial Day (the annual celebration of the signing of the "Articles of Colonization") has come, and President Laura Roslin uses the opportunity aboard the recreation ship '' Cloud Nine '' to unveil a new "Quorum of Twelve" (a unicameral deliberative body consisting of one delegate from each of the Twelve Colonies ). During the gathering, the former radical Tom Zarek is nominated to represent Sagittaron. He then calls for elections to select a Vice President for Laura Roslin. To Roslin's dismay, Zarek is himself nominated for the post by disgruntled representatives of some of the Colonies. Determined to thwart Zarek's ambitions, Roslin appoints a personal aide, Wallace Grey, as her Vice Presidential candidate. However, when Zarek makes headway in the media, she finds an unlikely candidate to better oppose him: Dr. Baltar , who has helped push Roslin's leadership qualities and critisized Zarek's criminal history. When Zarek's image is further tarnished after an assassination attempt on Roslin's life is thwarted by Capt. Apollo , Baltar manages to win the Vice Presidency. Back on Caprica , Helo and Caprica-Boomer reach Delphi. There, Helo sees a duplicate of her walking around and realizes the horrifying truth about Boomer: she is a Cylon. He runs away, but an embarrassed Boomer gives chase. Helo shoots her in the shoulder when she finds him. He admits he'd rather kill her outright, but she tries to convince him she's really on his side. He then takes her captive hoping she will help him find a way off the planet. |
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