Happening Before and Again...

[sircastor]

I just wanted to post a quick thought on this.

It seems to me that this cycle isn’t something that’s been happening hundreds and hundreds of times. I think it’s just a reference to a few cycles, and why the Final five were so desperate to stop the colonials from repeating it.

Cycle: 1
On Kobol, Humans create the 13th Tribe, the Cylons
The Cylons go to Earth, the Humans go to the 12 colonies

Cycle: 2
The Cylons on Earth Create artificial life of their own, those cylons rebel, and there’s a war.

The FF head to Earth to warn the 12 colonies (12c).

Cycle: 3
Humans on 12c create artificial life, those cylons rebel.

I don’t know if Pythia was a Cylon herself, or a Lord of Kobol, but I think it’s possible that Pithia traveled to the 12c from Earth and delivered her writings to the colonials. This is backed up by the evidence we’ve seen of structures on Earth illustrated in Pythian prophecy.

Just a theory of course. Any thoughts? Anything completely obvious I’m missing?

[Jarathen]

That would make more sense than the idea that this is an endless cycle played out for all time, except we have to fit Starbuck in, because if I recall correctly, way back in Season 1 I think it was, Leoben made sure to tell her she had to play her part, and not for the first time. So much depends on what happens now and in March on the show.

[Mr_Lister_Sir]

That would make more sense than the idea that this is an endless cycle played out for all time, except we have to fit Starbuck in, because if I recall correctly, way back in Season 1 I think it was, Leoben made sure to tell her she had to play her part, and not for the first time. So much depends on what happens now and in March on the show.

It might make sense if she is Daniels daughter.

[Steve]

Leoben is a crack head. It is becoming pretty obvious.

[Jarathen]

It might make sense if she is Daniels daughter.

I think it’s a pretty big leap to make if we’re assuming that Cylon rez-tech also applies to hybrid offspring. What then keeps humans out?

[sircastor]

Okay, this theory is at least partially invalid. According to The Battlestar Wiki, the scrolls of Pythia were written ~3600 years ago.

[Steve]

I think it’s a pretty big leap to make if we’re assuming that Cylon rez-tech also applies to hybrid offspring. What then keeps humans out?

My brother theorizes that since Caprica shows that the main character creates a “cylon” for his recently deceased daughter to download into, he is wondering if that is maybe where the personalities and logic for the rest of the cylons that the colonials created came from, other dead humans.

So, centurions are just resurrected regular people. Kinda like those robot guys from Dr. Who (name escapes me right now).

[WashIsMyHero]

That would make more sense than the idea that this is an endless cycle played out for all time, except we have to fit Starbuck in, because if I recall correctly, way back in Season 1 I think it was, Leoben made sure to tell her she had to play her part, and not for the first time. So much depends on what happens now and in March on the show.

I got the sense that reincarnation was involved in that case. Though with Leoben being his tautly cryptic self, that could mean just about anything. Also Ellen didn’t say anything about getting the personalities of the eight Cylons from “pre-existing material”, so I’m not inclined to think his statement is much of a problem.