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Salt Line Ceremony

The Salt Line Ceremony is a Colonial military ceremony, typically taking place before the start of a major battle. A line of table salt is placed on the ground between two rows of personnel to be deployed in combat. A passage of scripture is read, and the two rows converge, spreading the salt line with their feet. 
Lieutenant Margaret Edmondson conducts this ceremony on Galactica hangar deck prior to the Battle of New Caprica.
The ceremony ends with an embrace by Galactica and crew members, who realize the extreme danger of their mission, knowing that some of them may never return .
== Notes ==
*It is a common superstition in many cultures that salt - in lines, circles or thrown over the shoulder - wards off evil spirits. On their website the Morton Salt Company gives an overview of salt's role in religious rituals of purification in real-world Earth history. 
*Racetrack uses Aerilon Crystal table salt for the ceremony.
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Sam Nilson

Sam Nilson is a character concept artist for Battlestar Galactica Deadlock.
Residing in Australia, Nilson acquired a Bachelor of Digital Media in Games Art and Design from Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.
In February 2017, utilizing Maya, ZBrush, and Adobe Photoshop, Nilson generated 3D character busts for Samanta Agathon, Helena Agathon, Lucinda Cain, Sherman Cottle, Marcus Thoon, and Sinon Quade from 2D versions created by Deadlock's art director, Anthony Carriero of Black Lab Games.
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Samanta Agathon

Samanta Agathon is an officer aboard Galactica during the First Cylon War, and is considered missing-in-action two weeks after Galactica disappearance.
Her sister, Helena Agathon, is assigned to Daidalos during Project Jupiter (Battlestar Galactica Deadlock).
Reunited with Helena, now-Praetor Agathon later leads the failed Anabasis expedition (Battlestar Galactica Deadlock: Anabasis).
== Concept Art ==
File:BSG Deadlock - Samanta Agathon - Front - Sam Nilson Concept.jpg|Unused character concept created by Sam Nilson.Per artist, the bust was modeled in Maya, with additional sculpting and texture work done in w:ZBrush. Models were lit and rendered in ZBrush, then touched up in Adobe Photoshop. Front view.
File:BSG Deadlock - Samanta Agathon - Three Quarter - Sam Nilson Concept.jpg|Unused character concept created by Sam Nilson. 3/4 view.
== Notes ==
* While not directly stated, Agathon has a descendant in the form of Karl "Helo" Agathon.
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Samantha Ferris

Samantha Ferris is the Canadian actress who portrayed Joanne Pollux in "Dirty Hands".
Prior to acting, Ferris was a reporter for KVOS TV 12 in Bellingham as well as a local radio personality. This experience lead to her breaking into the acting field by working in bit parts as a reporter, later gaining meatier roles in Vancouver-based series such as Stargate SG-1 and Da Vinci's Inquest, as well as voice over work in both anime and video games, such as Mobile Suit Gundam Wing and SSX on Tour, respectively.
Due to her voice and strength, Ferris received the recurring role of Nina Jarvis on The 4400 as well as the role of the demon hunter Ellen Harvelle in Supernatural. 
In addition to acting, she also works as a fill-in for Vancouver's QMFM radio station.
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Samantha Kaine

Samantha Kaine is a Canadian actor who portrayed an off-duty crew person in the Re-imagined series episode "Someone to Watch Over Me".
Born Samantha Banton on 25 January 1973 in Runaway, St-Annes, Jamaica, Kaine moved to Canada at the age of 5, growing up in Ottawa, Ontario and attending college in Toronto. Later, she would move to Los Angeles to study with world-acclaimed acting teacher, Howard Fine.
Her breakthrough role was in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and she has appeared in such shows as Smallville, Stargate SG-1, and Flash Gordon.
Sammy

Sammy is the young son of Mildred, a resident of Manhattan on Earth.
He is the owner of a small dog named Skippy, and runs in Arnie's burning apartment in an attempt to find the dog. This act prompts Troy to enter the apartment after Sammy, subsequently saving both Sammy and Skippy, much to Arnie and Mildred's relief .
== Notes ==
* Additionally, the costume Sammy wears is the same as the Terra jumpsuit worn by Michael and Sarah's children in "Greetings From Earth".
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Samuel

Please choose a specific reference for the name Samuel or its variant, Sam:
* Samuel Anders, one of the Final Five Cylons from the Re-imagined Series.
* Sam Adama, the brother of Joseph Adama from Caprica.
* Samuel Chu, the actor who portrayed Milo in "Dirty Hands".
* Samuel Witwer, the actor who portrayed Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo in the Re-imagined Series's first two seasons.
Samuel Anders (alternate)

: For the canonical version of this character, see: Samuel Anders.
Samuel Anders is a former professional pyramid player, serving aboard the battlestar Galactica. He is also one of the Final Five.
Anders was one of the many denizens who settled on New Caprica after its discovery. He subsequently married Kara Thrace. As with other settlers, he was left behind by the remaining defense fleet when the Cylons arrived.
After Saul Tigh's capture, Anders and Galen Tyrol seek out Commander Flores and happen upon Twilight Command (Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command 1).
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Samuel Witwer

Samuel Witwer is an American television actor who portrayed Alex "Crashdown" Quartararo in the first two seasons of the Re-imagined Series.
Born October 20, 1977, Witwer was a big fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation as a child, and went on a tour of the set. The tour guide took him and his brother to meet Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), who was studying in his trailer. Witwer said Wheaton "talked to us for 30 minutes, while the rest of the tour group just sat by and patiently waited. That experience put it in my head that I wanted to be an actor". 
Pursuing an acting career, prior to his stint on Galactica, he also appeared on ER, and on Dark Angel as Marrow, which would have been a recurring role had the series not been canceled.
Witwer was willing to leave the show of his own accord because of other work possibilities in Los Angeles. Currently, he is producing, writing, and directing an independent film, and hopes that several other Battlestar Galactica cast members and fellow friends, like Nicki Clyne, might be able to make cameos.
Witwer remained a fan of Star Trek and appeared on Enterprise in the episode "The Shipment" as a Xindi-Sloth because he asked his agent to find a role for him on Star Trek, and as an unpleasant result Witwer said that "I’m affectionately referred to, by my other friends that work on Star Trek, as Sam the Sloth, which totally sucks."
Witwer's true passion is his band, the Crashtones, a one-man band with Witwer performing all of the instruments and vocals. To achieve the illusion of having multiple people as his band, Witwer dresses up in costume as various fictitious other members of the "band," who appear on the cover of "their" albums.
On 18 May 2007, Witwer was named as the voice actor for Darth Vader's Secret Apprentice (later Jedi) in the video game Star Wars: The Force Unleashed.
==External links==
*The Crashtones
*Sam Witwer Fan Site
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Sand cats

Sand cats are an extinct species of little predators that inhabited the Great Caprican Desert. 
Before they became extinct, they had recovered from their endangerment thanks to the efforts of wildlife conservationists. However, an unnamed lung parasite killed off the entire race, due to a genetic weakness that was inherent in the small genetic pool from whence the sand cats were recreated. 
Laura Roslin brings up the sand cats in order to convince William Adama that they may need the Returner's diverse genetic material in order to survive, provided that they are not Cylons (RDM) (Battlestar Galactica 2).
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Sandra Roslin

Sandra Roslin was the youngest sister of Laura Roslin.
Approximately two years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, she was killed in a car accident with her other sister, Cheryl, their father and her unborn child .
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Sandy Gimpel

Sandra Lee Gimpel is a stuntwoman and actress who portrayed Seetol in the Original Series episode "Saga of a Star World," a role for which she is uncredited on-screen.
Her stuntwork includes stunts for the movies Avalanche, Survival Run, Escape from New York, Honky Tonk Freeway, Meatballs Part II, and Night of the Comet. 
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Sandy Sunshine

Sandy Sunshine is a background performer who appears as a Galactica pilot with elite flight wings during the first meeting of Admiral Helena Cain's entourage from Pegasus' on the hangar deck in . Her appearance is formally uncredited, having been identified through computer-aided facial recognition.
Sunshine's other known appearances in Vancouver-filmed series include 2020 CE's Saved by the Bell, Tacoma FD, and Black Sash.
Sanitation ship

A sanitation ship is a vessel in the Fleet.
Judging by its name, it can be assumed that it handles the sanitation needs for the Fleet. 
After joins on the Rising Star, he asks the maitre d' for another private dining room, claiming that a sanitation ship could be seen popping in and out of view, which did not make for "appetizing scenery" .
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Sara Freeman

Doctor Sara Freeman is a well-known political scientist from Gemenon. 
Freeman is also the warden at an unnamed Tauron prison during Tom Zarek and Benedict Mason's imprisonment. 
After causing trouble on their first day at her prison, Freeman has Mason and Zarek thrown into solitary confinement, which plays into Zarek's hand, allowing Mason to be his right hand man free amongst the people, while spending most of his time in solitary writing his book. 
With the knowledge that Freeman is a woman with strong moral conviction, Zarek manipulates the less moral people around her thus giving him ultimate control of her facility. About 13 years before the Fall of the Colonies, the existence of his book is revealed by the Colonial media outlets, which angers Freeman. Publicly, she notes that prisoners have a restricted right to speech and, as such, the book should not be published. Privately, she rounds up him and his associates (Mason and Duby) and ships them off to the harsh Luna Three hard labor prison camp (Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3).
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Sarah Alchemer

Sarah Alchemer is the captain of an Eversun passenger liner sometime prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. 
== Background ==
Alchemer is the captain of an unnamed Eversun passenger liner who has Sharon Valerii, a cadet at the Academy en route back to Caprica, awakened. She delivers news that the Troy colony suffers a dome failure, and that her parents are deceased .
Unbeknownst to Alchemer, the Cylon sleeper agent Valerii begins her "life" aboard this ship aided by Gina Inviere, having been placed there, along with Tory Foster, by Number One.
== Notes ==
* Alchemer's scenes were excised from "Daybreak," and survive only on home video releases as deleted scenes. An earlier deleted scene shows Number One bringing a "partied out" Tory Foster aboard, having also been "planted" into Colonial society for its eventual Fall. 
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Sarah Deakins

Sarah Deakins is an actress from the United States who portrayed Cheryl Roslin in the Re-imagined Series.
Born in Kenosha, Wisconsin, U.S.A., Deakins's other appearances in Canadian-filmed genre productions include Stargate Atlantis (with Tyler McClendon), Stargate SG-1 (with Bruce Dawson), Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda (with Michael Hogan), First Wave (with Sebastian Spence and Roger Cross), Seven Days (with Malcolm Stewart), and the second incarnation of The Outer Limits (with Roger Cross, Jeremy Guilbaut, and Ty Olsson).
Sarah Porter

Sarah Porter is a politician from Gemenon, who is selected to represent her colony in the Quorum of Twelve . During her tenure, Porter is an influential presence within the Quorum.
She initially supports the nomination of Tom Zarek as a candidate for the vice presidency. This is possibly a move to spite President Laura Roslin after she refuses a request from Porter for additional water supplies over and above the agreed quotas . Being from Gemenon, she is very familiar with the Sacred Scrolls and was able to confirm President Roslin's claim that she was the dying leader mentioned in the Pythian Prophecy who would lead the fleet to Earth. This seems to have softened her political grudge against Roslin to the point that she participates in the Laura Roslin faction aboard Astral Queen . 
Following the Fleet reunification, Porter clashes with Roslin when a Gemenon teenager, Rya Kibby, seeks to have an abortion .
As of the Second Exodus from New Caprica, Porter no longer represents Gemenon in the Quorum .
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Sarah Ryan

Sarah Ryan is a deckhand aboard Galactica following the Second Exodus.
Ryan is present when berates Chief Galen Tyrol after finding leaking hydraulic seals on Viper 8757's landing gear, and orders him to replace them―despite the fact that reserves on replacement parts are virtually non-existent .
== Notes ==
While credited in the episode, Ryan's scenes are relegated to deleted scenes, initially released by then-SciFi Channel as a "bonus scene." Its integration into canon is therefore considered dubious for the character is never seen thereafter.
Camille Atebe would later play Phoebe in .
Sarcoma

Sarcoma is a brand of cigarettes found on Prometheus. 
It is unknown whether or not they are still manufactured in the Fleet, or merely part of the supplies that survived the Cylon attack .
== Notes ==
* Sarcomas are soft-tissue cancerous tumors. The name of this product is probably a glib reference to the health risks of cigars and cigarettes.
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Sasha Patel

Sasha Patel is a colonel in the Caprican military, serving in the office of military procurement. As manager of the U-87 contract, she is aware that Daniel Graystone stole the MCP used to create a functional prototype from the Vergis Corporation. Following delays in Graystone Industries' ability to replicate the MCP for use in mass production, Patel drastically shortens Graystones' deadline for the delivery of 100,000 Cylons. She expects Graystone to fail to meet the deadline, and thus she negotiates a deal with Tomas Vergis, promising the contract and control of Graystone Industries in exchange for mass-production of working Cylons . 
Patel is elevated to the position of minister of defense following these events, replacing Joan Leyte. As defense minister, she publicly affirms the Caprican government's refusal to intervene militarily in the growing rebellion on Tauron .
==Notes==
*Patel is played by actress Jill Teed, who also portrayed Sergeant Hadrian in the Re-imagined Series episode "Litmus" and Commander Ozar in Blood and Chrome.
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Sasha Roiz

Sasha Roiz is the actor who portrays Sam Adama in the Caprica series.
Roiz has appeared in both television and film. His television credits include appearances on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, CSI: Miami, and Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. Roiz's appearances in film include Assault on Precinct 13, 16 Blocks, and Land of the Dead.
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Sashenka Wenutu

Sashenka Wenutu is a member of the Quorum of Twelve hailing from Canceron during the First Cylon War (Battlestar Galactica Deadlock).
== Note ==
* While not specified, this character may be related to Robin Wenutu, a survivor of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and Quorum delegate of Canceron. 
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Sashon

Sashon is a nurse serving in Galactica's sickbay, under doctor Sherman Cottle.
Sashon is one of the nurses tending to Emily Kowalski during her final stage of life .
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Satan

Satan is a black horse owned by John Steadman and kept at Steadman Acres. The horse is mentally disturbed and resists any attempt for a rider to stay on him for long. As this is the case, Steadman offers a bet of $1,000 U.S. dollars for anyone who can ride the horse without being thrown off.
Maze has had an opportunity to take this offer, despite his concerns about medical bills for injuries that may result. He is thrown clear of the horse, landing neatly into a water trough.
Dillon is able to correct Satan's alpha waves using signals from their wrist computron, thus being able to ride the horse. In doing so, the bet is won and Satan is gifted to Gloria Alonzo for use at the Alonzo Farm in lieu of the money prize, much to Steadman's chagrin .
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Saul Tigh (alternate)

Saul Tigh is the executive officer aboard battlestar Galactica, as well as a member of the Final Five.
== The "Cylon" Tigh ==
=== New Caprica ===
After the Cylons occupation of New Caprica, Saul Tigh began leading a resistance inside of New Caprica City with Galen Tyrol and Samuel Anders.
Following the 102nd day of this occupation, Tigh is pursued by the Cylon Occupation Authority. Before his capture, he orders Tyrol to seek out Commander Flores in order to keep the rebellion alive (Battlestar Galactica: Twilight Command 1).
== Another "Saul Tigh" ==
=== First Cylon War ===
Saul Tigh served under Benjamin Tanner during the Battle of the Sagittaron Bellarias, () and later aboard during the final engagement of the ().It should be noted that the individual comic book series tend to contradict one another, particularly in comparison to aired content. In other words, while the writer intended for this character to be the Saul Tigh, canonically speaking Tigh didn't actually fight in the Cylon War. 
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Saundra Cain

Saundra Cain is the mother of Helena and Lucy Cain. She is the first of her family to die during the First Cylon War on Tauron, with her husband and her youngest daughter, Lucy, to follow suit .
== Notes ==
* The name "Saundra" is cried out by Cain's father while in the apartment, and the spelling is confirmed by both the script and the subtitles for the DVD. 
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Scanner

The scanner is a multipurpose computer device on fighters and in battlestar Core command centers which performs or displays varying information on flight, navigation, or tactical status.
== Vipers ==
Scanners are included on s, who use them 
* to display enemy position, 
* in targeting an enemy craft, 
* or in reviewing known friendly and enemy ship configurations from the Warbook .
== Battlestars ==
Several scanners are present in Core command, where they provide sensor readouts as well as other information to the bridge crew. 
== Cylon version ==
A Cylon analogue to the scanner is also in use. However, the displays do not print out text, but rather rectangular shapes that zip across the screen .
== Notes ==
Scanners are operated manually, requiring manual input from its operator. While voice activated computers exist, such as CORA and the database computer in "Murder on the Rising Star," the simplicity and reliability of scanners make them preferable by most Colonial Warriors and support staff. Corporal Komma comments that he prefers the "old fashioned" keyboard and scanner to voice interactive computer systems .
== Related Imagery ==
Image:PersonnelStatus.jpg|A personnel status for Blue Squadron displayed on a scanner in Core command 
Image:cylon scanner.jpg|A Centurion at a Cylon version of a scanner at the Ravashol pulsar .
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Scar (Raider)

Scar is the nickname for a particularly vicious and cunning Cylon Raider, feared and revered by Galactica pilots. The nickname is derived from battle damage and grime on the Raider's forward cowling that resembles a scar.
Scar is responsible for many ruthless, successful attacks against mining vessels deployed from the Fleet into a treacherous asteroid field. It is known for its taste for nuggets and favors separating them from their wingmates for an easy kill. The need to eliminate Scar's threat increases a pilot rivalry between Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace and Lieutenant Louanne "Kat" Katraine.
Caprica-Valerii believes that the cause of Scar's unusual aggressiveness was pent-up rage after repeated painful deaths and resurrections. 
On the 29th day of mining operations, Starbuck engages Scar but breaks off a suicidal run against it in favor of luring it into the sights of her wingmate, Kat, who scores a crippling blow on Scar. Scar is sent careening into an asteroid, and is destroyed in an explosion of shrapnel and gore. 
It was unlikely that Scar was able to resurrect, due to the recent loss of the nearest Resurrection Ship .
== Notes ==
* This storyline of destroying an enemy fighter ace may be derived from the Royal Air Force's hunt for the Red Baron during World War I.
* Scar may be a reincarnation of the Raider that Starbuck kills and guts in "You Can't Go Home Again," as hinted by .
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