Commander Thrace?

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frolicndetour raised an interesting point in our discussion of Kara's promotions the other day. Apparently the writers planned to make her the Pegasus commander at one point. What avenues do you think that would have lead the show down? What would her time as Commander have been like? Would she be more in the vein of Adama or Cain or her own leader entirely? What would change about canon if the only switch was that she was head of Pegasus instead of Lee (with Dee as her XO? Heh.)

ETA: Tomorrow is Friday and because of that happy reason, we will be having a Kara Love meme here! Bring yo' gifs, Bring yo' toasts, get ready to raise a glass to the incomparable Kara "Starbuck" Thrace!

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It could have been a really interesting storyline, and who's to say the writers wouldn't have found a reason why Lee couldn't be the one to go over? Kara is the second seniormost of the pilots after all, it's not impossible though I don't think it's any more unbelievable than Lee's taking command of the Pegasus - if TCH storyline had had Kara going over without Lee and then having to deal with Garner and end up in charge when he goes off, I'd have bought it.

Though OMG, they're SO YOUNG. I know Katee was like 25 during S2 filming, and Lee and Kara are hardly any older than that - imagine a 27-year-old in charge of a Battlestar! Though that used to happen in actual wartime when senior officers got killed off a lot, too.