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I'm rewatching the Battlestar Galactica miniseries and I spotted something odd:

Tigh: Munitions depot confirmed, but we have two problems. One, the Ragnar station is at least three days away at best speed. Two, the entire Cylon fleet is between here and there.

Adama: Specialist.

Specialist: Sir.

Adama: Bring me our position.

Specialist: Yes, sir.

Tigh: You don't want to do this.

Adama: I know I don't.

Tigh: Because any sane man wouldn't. It's been, what, twenty, twenty-two years?

Adama: We trained for this.

Tigh: Training is one thing, but - if we're off in our calculations by even a few degrees, we could end up in the middle of the sun.

Adama: No choice. Colonel Tigh, please plot a hyperlight jump from our position to the orbit of Ragnar.

Tigh: Yes, sir.

Dualla: (in tears) Priority message, sir.

Tigh: Engineering, spin up FTL drives one and two.

Man: Spinning up FTL drives one and two.

Tigh: Lieutenant Gaeta, break up the FTL tables and warm up the computers. We are making a jump.

This gives the impression that no one had done a FTP jump since the original cylon war? Is this right? Why not?

Liath
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    According to http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/89475/whats-the-big-deal-with-the-first-ftl-jump-in-the-battlestar-galactica-miniseri?rq=1, it's just the Galactica itself that hasn't used its FTL engines for over 20 years. So, making your first jump in 20+ years be a high-precision, no-room-for-error jump with untested engines and an untested crew is probably a bad idea. – Hellion Mar 24 '17 at 15:37
  • That makes sense - I'm going to close as a dupe – Liath Mar 24 '17 at 15:41
  • So, "retching" means "re-watching" now? – Joe L. Mar 24 '17 at 22:58
  • @JoeL. - ooo bad typo! – Liath Mar 27 '17 at 07:30

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