Battlestar Galactica: Origins 2

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Summary

After accepting the position as head of the Command Navigation Program project, Gaius Baltar receives warnings about the Cylons from Odin Maxwell, his former professor.

Summary

• Gaius Baltar is walking towards the Ministry of Defense building. On his way, he catches the eye of a young woman who recognizes him, as if he were a celebrity.
• Before entering the building, an old man warns him not to take the job, and rambles on about how "they" are among them and are using him like a pawn. The old man is taken away by two security guards.
• After Baltar enters the building, another guard tells him that there's no need for a security badge, since they can "all recognize you at this point". The guard apologizes to Baltar for the disturbance, telling him that "we have all sort of crack-pots and protesters" that come from time to time to cause problems. Baltar replies that he knows the man, who was his former university professor and mentor, Doctor Odin Maxwell.

• In a flashback ten years prior, Maxwell is discussing Baltar's scholastic career at Caprica University. Maxwell notes that while Baltar's grades are perfect and he is well on his way to completing his doctorate in a year or two, he adds that many of Baltar's professors view him as an arrogant trouble maker.
• Maxwell further says that while Baltar's arrogance can be ignored through if there's substance behind it, his various "social activities" the likes of underage drinking, gambling on campus, and dalliances with various students, faculty members, and faculty wives make it impossible for him to continue his studies at Caprica University. Maxwell asks Baltar why he deserves to stay on at the university.
• Baltar replies that he'll transfer to Delphi University, a claim that Maxwell scoffs. Maxwell adds that even Tauron University wouldn't take him with Baltar's "common jackass" behavior. He then adds that his alternative is to go back to Aerelon and work there as a farmer.
• Maxwell offers Baltar a way out: work for him and his think tank of top minds at the campus. Maxwell adds that the chief project of his think tank involves computer programming for robotechnology, otherwise known as artificial intelligence. Baltar replies that such research is illegal, but agrees to help, as his other alternative is "shoveling shit on a farming colony".

• Baltar and Caprica-Six are walking through Riverwalk Park discussing the Cylons, why they rebelled, and why the Colonials ban studies into artificial intelligence. They end up in front of the Ellison Hotel, where Baltar propositions her for sex, showing her a red dress he's carrying in his briefcase.
• She rejects the offer, saying that he should dedicate his energy on the CNP project. Nearby, Maxwell recognizes Six and barges in their conversation, saying that she's "one of them" until he is dragged away by the police.
• The bellhop from the Ellison Hotel apologizes for the disturbance and notes his thankfulness of the presence of a security detachment that's always in the area.
• As Odin is being dragged away, he continues to tell Baltar that Six can't be trusted.

• At Caprica University of the past, Baltar is making a speech about the absurdity of the laws against artificial intelligence. He is facing resistance from the faculty that he's speaking to, particularly being heckled about his origin from Aerelon and those claiming that he's suggesting something that's nothing short of treason.
• Baltar puts the audience in its place by asking them whether any of them faced the horrors of the Cylons themselves, or had family members that had. The room is silenced, where he adds that he had a grandfather who died in the Cylon War, but "we must learn from the past, from our mistakes", and drives his point home.
• After the speech, Maxwell congratulates Baltar for his work and tells him that he's nominating him for a Magnate Prize. Baltar is pleased, noting that he wouldn't be where he was without Maxwell's help.

Notes

• Six's assumed name is never given, continuing the trend for the previous issue in this series.
• Odin is the name of the chief god in Norse mythology. Amongst his many attributes, two of them are wisdom and prophecy, both which directly relate to Odin Maxwell and his role in the story.

Questions

• Does Six die? If so, how will this be explained to Gaius Baltar?