Colonial Galen Tyrol

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Galen Tyrol
**Type**: Chief Petty Officer
**Species**: Human\*
**Height**: meters
**Weight**:
**Gender**: Male

**Dexterity**: 2D

* Archaic Guns: 3D+1
* Artillery: 4D
* Brawling Parry: 4D
* Dodge: 3D+1
* Firearm: 3D+1
* Grenade: 4D
* Missile Weapon: 4D
* Running: 3D+1
* Vehicle Firearms: 4D

**Knowledge**: 3D+1

* Bureaucracy: 4D
* Business: 4D+2
* Cultures: 5D+1
* Intimidation: 4D+2
* Law Enforcement: 5D+1
* Scholar: 4D+1
* Scholar (S) Religion: 7D
* Streetwise: 3D+2
* Tactics: 4D+2
* Value: 4D+1

**Mechanical**: 2D+2

* Astrogation: 4D+2
* Capital Ship Gunnery: 4D+2
* Communications: 4D+2
* Starship Gunnery: 4D+2

**Perception**: 3D

* Bargain: 3D+2
* Command: 7D+2
* Gambling: 4D+1
* Investigation: 4D+2
* Persuasion: 3D+2
* Search: 3D+2

**Strength**: 2D+1

* Brawling: 4D+1
* Climbing/Jumping: 3D+2
* Lifting: 3D+2
* Stamina: 3D+2
* Swimming: 3D+2

**Technical**: 3D+1

* Armor Repair: 10D
* Firearms Repair: 7D+2
* Capital Ship Repair: 9D
* Capital Ship Weapon Repair: 9D
* (A) Capital Ship Engineering: 4D
* Computer Programming/Repair: 9D
* Demolitions: 8D
* Droid Programming: 7D+21
* Droid Repaid: 7D+2
* Ground Vehicle Repair: 9D
* Security: 4D+1
* Space Transports Repair: 9D
* (A) Space Transports Engineering: 4D
* Starfighter Repair: 9D
* Starship Weapon Repair: 9D
* (A) Starfighter Engineering: 4D

**Move**: 10
**Force Sensitive**: No
**Force Points**: 0-5
**Dark Side Points**: 0-1
**Character Points**: 5-15

**Gear**:

**Notes**:

* Anger Issues: While even-tempered most of the time, Tyrol can become angry and reckless, especially when people he feels responsible for are hurt or threatened. His occasional angry outbursts hint at deeper troubles.

* Friends in Strange Places: The highest-ranking non-commissioned officer left on Galactica, Tyrol is a popular figure and has friends all over the ship. His loyalty to his crew is reciprocated. Many are willing to help him out, cover for him, or support him in any way.

* Trusting: He fancies himself a cynic, but in reality Tyrol places a great deal of trust in the people he cares about—even to the point of ignoring evidence that might be right in front of him.

**Description**: Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol is the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer aboard Galactica since the Cylon attack. He is admired by people both over and under his command, and has a positive but forceful style of leadership. Tyrol is an amazing mechanic, able to coax unexpected performance out of the old Mark II Vipers. Despite his many positive attributes, Tyrol sometimes lets his feelings cloud his judgment.

To say that Galen Tyrol was born to religious parents would be an understatement. Born on Gemenon to an oracle mother and priest father, he ultimately rejected his upbringing and joined the Colonial Fleet as a teenager. He has served on battlestars for half of his life—including Columbia, Atlantia, Pegasus, and Valkyrie before Galactica. Tyrol’s admiration for Adama led him to follow the Commander from one ship to the other, and he has tried over the years to emulate the senior officer’s command style.

Shortly before the Cylon attack, Tyrol and his team refurbished a recently recovered Viper Mark II—the very plane flown by William Adama during the Cylon war. It was a gift for the Commander, so that the plane could be flown by Lee Adama during the decommissioning ceremony that would send both Galactica and her commanding officer into retirement.

hough experienced, Tyrol had never served during a time of war. The Cylon attack tested his mettle. The Chief was ready for action, though not quite prepared for losing so many under his command. Tyrol is still angry at Colonel Tigh for giving the order that resulted in the death of 85 of his crew. He is not willing to hear that the decision most likely saved Galactica and everyone on it.

Tyrol has been having an affair with pilot (and his superior officer) Sharon “Boomer” Valerii. It is against military protocol, but is an open secret that his own crew helps cover up. Since the attack Valerii has been strangely troubled. Tyrol doesn’t understand, but is more than ready to do anything to help her.

**Source**:

* Battlestar Galactica RPG (page 38)
* thedemonapostle