Fic Question

[meret.livejournal.com]

I have a question about Colonial Day for a story I'm working on. Where does Valance's interrogation take place? It doesn't say in the episode. I had thought it was on board the Galactica because Lee earlier threatens the other guy with spending time in the Galactica brig. I know it doesn't look like the room they interrogated Leoben in, but the three times we've seen the cells on the Galactica (Kara, Baltar and Roslin), I remember them looking different each time. If it doesn't take place on the battlestar, then where does it happen?

Comments

[thefannishwaldo.livejournal.com]

My guess is a storage room or somesuch on Cloud 9. It's clearly not meant as an interrogation room or as a cell. I think it was what was handy.

[meret.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I appreciate it.

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

Well, I assumed it was on the Galactica, but if not, the prison ship perhaps?

[meret.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll look at it again.

[virus-x.livejournal.com]

I seriously doubt it would be the prison ship (Astral Queen), because that is an intensely hostile atmosphere, controlled by that damned terrorist. Taking him there would quite possibly be asking for a gunfight or murder attempt, and totally disruptive. Plus, if that was where they took him, they'd be giving him 'home field advantage', which you don't want to do in an interrogation. I agree it was a storage closet or cargo hold on Cloud 9.

[ohmyhead.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that that ship was retaken and under control. I must watch that episode again. I don't speak up here much, but when I do, I hate to be misinformed.

[virus-x.livejournal.com]

No, the "president", in one of her characteristically poor decisions, "liberated" Astral Queen, so now the lunatics are running the asylum. While the uprising was stopped, and the Colonial Marines (sounds stupid, considering the United States Colonial Marines are from "Alien") were on hand, it's now in their hands. The inmates now have their own ship, and it's the home of that terrorist that was running for VP. That's probably who has been dispatched to do repairs, when that fat bitch from Picon whined and played her violin about how the terrorist did her such a big favor. Then, there was the other guy that said he had repair personnel dispatched by the terrorist fix his crap, while the office of the president wasn't even taking his phone calls. All corrections personnel stationed on board that ship were evacuated to other ships. Galactica should've accidentally left a nuke on it, and said the Cylons did it.

[leadensky.livejournal.com]

I agree that I *strongly* got the impression that it was on Cloud 9 - not a proper holding area.

Also - have you seen bsg_canon? I think they might give you a faster response on data questions like this.

- hg

[meret.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Good idea! I'd forgotten all about that community.

[reginaspina.livejournal.com]

I think it's storage room on Cloud 9.

[meret.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I appreciate the information. :)

[teaphile.livejournal.com]

It's a room in the basement of the UBC Arts building.

Nah.

I just feel all warm and happy about that episode, because I have spent many hours studying in that rose garden.

[meret.livejournal.com]

LOL! If you see Lee or Kara around be sure to take pictures. :)

[teaphile.livejournal.com]

I wish. I'd give just about anything to be back in Vancouver right now.

But that's one thing I love about BSG: they are completely unashamed of showing the city. Few episodes go by where I can't name a location. Caprica City even has major Canadian bank logos in the skyline.

The X-Files went out of their way to make landmarks unrecognizable except in the last ep shot there, when they deliberately used the Science Centre as a shout-out. Stargate doesn't shoot outdoors all that often, and when they do they use such tight shots that you can't see anything. Same with Smallville, although the overhead shots of 'Metropolis' are rather obvious.