Science of BSG: Why So Sweaty on Demetrius?
After Kara “Starbuck” Thrace made her miraculous return to Battlestar Galactica at the beginning of season four, she told anyone who would listen that she had intuitive knowledge of the way to Earth. Most of the others in the fleet are understandably skeptical of her claims — they’re frankly suspicious of her very existence (and let’s not even mention the condition of her Viper), since in their experience she clearly died, and only Cylons can return from the dead. In typical Starbuck fashion, she responds to their skepticism by beating up two marines, injuring other marines with a concussion grenade and taking the president hostage. In response to this criminal activity, Adm. William Adama (who has got to be the most lenient hard-ass since John Wayne in The Shootist) rewards his little girl with the keys to a ship of her own, and an indulgent daddy’s hope that she will follow her dream to wherever it leads. OK, seriously, he knows that Starbuck has a shot at finding Earth, and by now h
