How many mutiny happened throughout the series

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#1

I guess first of all we need to define what a mutiny is… for example, does Adama ordring the arrest of Roslin count as mutiny? Does Lee pointing his gun at Tigh count as mutiny…? Does non-military disobedience count as mutiny…

Assuming they are…

On the colonial side:

  1. Adama v.s. Roslin: Adama ordering the arrest of Roslin
  2. Lee v.s. Tigh 1: Lee pointing gun on Tigh
  3. Boomer v.s. Adama: Boomer puts two rounds in Adama
  4. Baltar v.s. Crashdown: Baltar ends Crashdown’s plan to assault the Cylons.
  5. Lee v.s. Tigh 2: Lee helping Roslin to escape
  6. Adama v.s. Cain: Face off over Tyrol and Helo
  7. Helo v.s. Adama: Helo stops bio warfare on Cylons
  8. Starbuck v.s. Roslin: Starbuck shoots at Roslin to find earth
  9. Everyone v.s. Starbuck: Poo-barge mutiny, ended with Gaeta losing a leg
  10. Gaeta, Zerek v.s. Adama, Roslin: Gaeta’s mutiny
  11. Chief v.s. Adama: Chief planned Boomer’s escape, allowing Boomer to kidnap Hera

On the Civilian side:

  1. Zerek v.s. Roslin: Zerek secretly plans to remove everyone on Kobol
  2. Roslin v.s. Baltar: Roslin cheats in election to stop Baltar from settling on New Caprica
  3. Lee v.s. Zerek: Lee prevents Zerek from assuming presidency after Roslin was taken hostage by rebel cylons.
  4. Tory v.s. Roslin: Tory after finding out she is a Cylon, refused to take orders from Roslin
  5. Zerek v.s. The Quorum: Failing to gain support, he orders to shoot all of them

On the Cylon side:

  1. Cavil v.s. Final 5: The beginning of the plan
  2. Athena v.s. Cylons: Athena falls in love with Helo and abandons the plan
  3. Boomer Cap 6 v.s. Three: Calls for end of violence towards human race
  4. Three v.s. Cavil: Three searched for the final 5 in between deaths, resulting the boxing of her line
  5. 2,6,8 v.s. 1,4,5: Cylon civil war
  6. Boomer v.s. Eights: Boomer joins Cavil
  7. Boomer v.s. Cavil: Boomer brings Hera back to the Colonials

I must have missed something…

#2

According to wikipedia, a mutiny is

Mutiny is a conspiracy among members of a group of similarly-situated individuals (typically members of the military; or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) to openly oppose, change or overthrow an existing authority. The term is commonly used for a rebellion among members of the military against their superior officer(s).

I’d say a mutiny involves a rebellion against a superior officer, either a commanding officer or a ship’s captain.

Most of those you list in the civilian section are rebellions or coups. 2 was stealing an election/election fraud. 3 was just politics. Tory v.s. Roslin is a tough call, but I suspect she swore an oath at some point after becoming Roslin’s flunky.

Boomer shooting Adama’s a special case in that she’s an enemy agent. She was a spy/assassin.

Athena’s case was treason.

And with their radical democracy, most of the Cylon cases are civil war/political violence.

In any case, that’s a pretty exhaustive list.

#3

Also, Starbuck v. Adama when she goes back for the Arrow of Apollo against orders; Roslin was suborning mutiny when she told Starbuck to get the Arrow, and it was Starbuck who actually did the mutinying. Roslin’s true mutiny/rebellion came when she and Lee escaped prison and joined forces with Zarek.

As intense as the scene was, I did find it funny that Adama clarified that there would be “no forgiveness” for the mutiny when the marines took him from CIC. I mean, usually that wouldn’t be the sort of thing that needs to even be said, it’s just assumed–but with Adama, he’s forgiven so many mutinies throughout the series that it really did need clarification that the standards were changing.

#4

Not sure it counts, but Athena killed Natalie for what turned out to be no reason at all.

#5

Weird thing is, he did end up forgiving plenty of people. It did, however, make it clear that he’d kill anyone he had to to suppress the mutiny.

#6

That might qualify as temporary insanity. But it’d be murder nonetheless.

#7

The operative term here is conspiracy: there must be multiple people involved for it to be mutiny. Lee putting a gun to Tigh’s head was insubordination and threatening a superior officer, not mutiny. Not that we aren’t listing actions that aren’t even that.

#8

You missed Zarek vs. Adama in Bastille Day when the prisoners take over the ship.

#9

Oh, good one. That’s a combination mutiny/prison takeover.

#10

WashIsMyHero has a good point, if the goal isn’t to overthrow authority, it’s just treason and not mutiny.

That would apply to several items on my list, and your Starbuck v. Adama for Arrow of Apollo. I’ll have to revise the list.

As for Boomer shooting Adama, even though she was an enemy agent, she was not aware of it… it’s a tough one.

#11

I would say that this is a mutiny.

Not a mutiny, insubordination.

Sleeper Agent activation, not mutiny.

More of a Fragging incident.

Lee was already under arrest for insubordination, so escaping from Tigh is part of Adama’s mutiny in item 1, not a new event.

An almost mutiny, that went to the edge and backed off.

Insubordination, he didn’t try to remove Adama.

More of a threat, no treally trying to remove Roslin from power.

A Mutiny.

A Mutiny.

Insubordination.

More rebellion or coup, not mutiny.

Coup.

Adama igored Zarek which created a a political opportunity for Lee. Adama might be considered to mutineer here.

Tory quit. Not a mutiny.

A Mutiny.

#12

The only ones I count as mutinies are the ones on Deep S**t Nine and Gaeta’s mutiny on Galactica.

If the Vipers had actually started shooting each other, the Cain/Adama one would count too.

#13

I agree. It’s surprising there weren’t more mutiny attempts.