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This is a huge tangent from Japanese cars however I was reading a press release on Asimo the robot that Honda built and it got me thinking about Battlestar Galactica. The whole series is based on the number 12. Basically it is because the original series was based on the Mormon faith and the new Battlestar Galactica kept a lot of the original series intact. First let us look at the number twelve in the new series first. For one the human religion in the new series is based on the 12 Lords of Olympus; Zeus, Aphrodite, Apollo, Ares, Artemis, Asclepius, Athena, Aurora, Hera, Poseidon and two lords that have not been identified as of yet. Then there are the 12 colonies of Kobol which are based on the zodiac and have the names; Aerelon (Aries), Aquaria (Aquarius), Canceron (Cancer), Caprica (Capricorn), Gemenon (Gemini), Leonis (Leo), Libris (Libra), Picon (Pisces), Sagittaron (Sagittarius), Scorpia (Scorpio), Tauron (Taurus), Virgon (Virgo). The number twelve also comes up when it comes to the government because of the Quorum of Twelve which is based on the Mormon faith too. The number twelve is a curious number because it is riddled throughout “real” human religion on the “real” earth. The Mormons have the twelve prophets that followed Joseph Smith, the Mormons also have the Quorum of twelve just like I mentioned before. There are also the twelve tribes of Israel or was it 12 tribes of Egypt in the Bible; for some reason at this time I can’t remember. Jesus even had twelve disciples in the Christian faith which we will discuss in a minute. As mentioned before Greek religion has their twelve Gods of Olympus that coincide with the mythology of the Romans, Egyptians, and Norse people. Then there is also the “Chariots of the Gods“ written by Erich von Däniken which talks about there being twelve planets which are governed by twelve gods. Last but not least there are twelve Cylon models of which 11 we know about and one that is not known to at all.

The eleven Cylons that we do know about are; Cavil (Number One), Leoben Conoy (Number Two), D’Anna Biers (Number Three), Simon (Number Four), Aaron Doral (Number Five), Shelley Godfrey (Number Six, was also Gina Inviere, and Natalie), Sharon “Boomer” Valerii (Number Eight also known as Sharon “Athena” Agathon), Saul Tigh, Sam Anders, Galen Tyrol, and Tory Foster.

Now that we have the final eleven Cylons and we know there are twelve we need to ascertain who the last one is. People on the internet are guessing all over the place from Dr. Cottle, Tom Zarek, Gaius Baltar, Felix Gaeta, Cally Tyrol, William Adama, Lee Adama, Laura Roslin, Kara Thrace, Karl Agathon, Ellen Tigh, and Anastasia Dualla. Some people are even suggesting that it is some people that have been dead for a very long time like Zak Adam, or even Billy Keikeya. There is also rumblings on some of the forums that the lawyer Romo Lampkin or even Joseph Adama (Lee Adama’s grandfather). Personally I do not believe it will be any of the “minor characters. It is my belief that it will be one of the “major” characters. Now I am going to eliminate most of the “major” characters in this list by analyzing the Battlestar Galactica “Last Supper” photo. I just wanted to say that this photo has been analyzed to death all over the internet. Just do a search on Google for the Battlestar Galactica “Last Supper” and you will find a ton of analysis by other folks. Now let us look at the photo for my analysis and see how far down the rabbit hole I can take you (Matrix reference).

The first thing that will stand out is that this is a “remake” of Leonardo DiVinci’s “The Last Supper” (like duh). In Leonardo’s version there are twelve disciples of the Christian faith but if you look at the Battlestar Galactica version there are only eleven people in the disciple positions. Number Six is in the Jesus position because she is the one who is telling Baltar to spread the word of the one true God so it makes sense that she be the Jesus figure. Now we will look at the other characters in light of seating from the original “The Last Supper”. In other words let us compare the characters from the show with the seating arrangement from Leonardo’s version.

Obviously the important seat in the Battlestar Galactica “Last Supper” is the empty seat which is synonymous with Judas “the betrayer”. The “empty seat” signifies where the last Cylon would sit and this person would not be one of the people already pictured as per Ronald D. Moore who said that the last Cylon is not in the picture. So you can count out the eleven known Cylons plus Laura Roslin, Lee Adama, Gaius Baltar, Kara Thrace, Karl Agathon, and William Adama from our list of likely suspects because they are all pictured in the Battlestar Galactica “Last Supper”. So this leaves us with Dr. Cottle, Tom Zarek, Felix Gaeta, Cally Tyrol, Ellen Tigh, and Anastasia Dualla as the most likely suspects from the original “major” characters.

Ok so where do we go from here on this little investigation? Let us start with Cally Tyrol since she is going to be the next easiest to eliminate. Since we know that Galen Tyrol is a Cylon and he is the father of Nicholas Tyrol. This means that Cally Tyrol cannot be a Cylon based on the fact that two Cylons cannot have children together. Besides the fact that she is dead by the hand of Tory Foster in the episode “The Ties That Bind”. I know what you are thinking “She can be resurrected!” Again I have to reiterate that if she is a Cylon there is no way Nicholas is alive because Galen is a Cylon. Another reason there is no way for her to be the last Cylon is because there is no resurrection ship nearby for her to be resurrected.

When it comes to Ellen Tigh, I read in some forum that she could be the older version of Number Six. Sorry to burst that theory right out of the water because if she was an older Number Six I think Saul Tigh would remember being married to a hotty like that. Ok so my reasoning for eliminating Ellen Tigh is pretty lame I just doubt very seriously that they would use a “minor – major character” as the final Cylon. If they did then we would have to look at people like “Racetrack”, “Jammer”, and maybe even “Hotdog”. Sorry it is not going to happen that way in my humble opinion. Now that we have eliminated Cally and Ellen (in my opinion) that leaves us with Felix Gaeta, Dr. Cottle, Tom Zarek, and Anastasia Dualla.

Since I honestly cannot eliminate Felix Gaeta, Dr. Cottle, and Tom Zarek with any “real” reasons I will have to explain in great detail why I “know” it is Anastasia Dualla. For me to do that I am going to have to invoke a) the Last Supper picture again, b) The new series “Caprica” and c) a ton of past episodes.

Anastasia Dualla Adama (The final Cylon?)

The “Caprica” Series Reason

First let us remember that the entire basis of the Battlestar Galactica series started with the Mormon religion. The Mormon religion was initially created Joseph Smith so isn’t it ironic that in the new “Caprica” television series that William Adam’s fathers name is Joseph Adama. Battlestar Galactica has religion intertwined all throughout the series whether it is “real” religion or mythology; religion plays a major role into everything that they do. Joseph Smith is the creator of the Mormon religion and Adama refers to Adam from the Old Testament “Adam and Eve” which started the human race.

Ok so that brings us to what the series “Caprica” will be about. It takes place 50 years before the Cylons wipe out humanity on the twelve colonies. Joseph Adama is a lawyer who is opposed to Daniel Graystone the original creator of the Cylons because of the slavery issue involved with using Cylons. Apparently this opposition is after the tragic accident of Joseph Adama’s daughter Tamara Adama and wife Evelyn Adama in a terrorist attack and also the creation of a Cylon in Tamara Adama’s image. Why do I say this, well because Joseph Adama and Daniel Graystone initially work together to bring their daughters back to “life” in the form of the first Cylons. Although they initially work together to bring their daughter back to “life” Joseph Adama is appalled at the Cylon that is created based on his daughter.

Daniel Graystone is a brilliant computer engineer who creates the first Cylons after the death of his daughter Zoe Graystone in the same terrorist attack that kills Tamara and Evelyn Adama. It is also worth noting that Zoe’s boyfriend Ben Stark is the terrorist that kills the Graystone and Joseph Adama daughters’ in the name of monotheism. After Zoe’s death Daniel Graystone learns that his daughter Zoe has uploaded her memories and DNA into a hologram. It is also worth noting that Zoe means “life” in Greek which is no accident by the writers of the series in my opinion. Now here is the kicker, Daniel Graystone figures out a way to create the first Cylon with Zoe’s DNA and memories. Daniel Graystone also creates Cylons based on Tamara Adama and Ben Stark and again Joseph Adama is not happy with what Daniel Graystone does to Tamara’s version. Zoe was able to upload Ben Starks DNA and memories into a hologram too; however it is not known whether the memories of Tamara were uploaded as well. We do know that Tamara’s DNA was used as one of the first Cylons. When Zoe was still alive she was also a closet “monotheist” along with Lacy (no last name given) and Ben Stark. Considering that Zoe’s memories and DNA are a part of being the “first” Cylon it is reasonable to assume that this is the reason that the Cylons believe in one true God. Zoe, Lacy, and Ben Stark were guided in monotheism by High Priestess Clarice Willow. The interesting thing is that the High Priestess Clarice Willow is the only person who is able to see the Ben Stark hologram, which is kind of like Gaius and (head) Number Six’s situation. It may also be the reason the Cylons are able to project whatever scene they want to see in their minds. This projection ability may also be the way that Anastasia Dualla is able to project the likeness of Number Six into Gaius Baltar’s head

What we do not know is whether the first Cylons were humanoid in appearance or did they look like toasters? Due to the fact that Daniel Graystone’s wife Amanda Graystone is a surgeon it is definitely possible that the original Cylons were humanoid in form and were changed to a more robotic form due to legal reason brought on by Joseph Adama. How does this relate to me explaining that Anastasia Dualla is the final Cylon? Well since we know that Daniel Graystone is a computer engineer, it is most likely that people in the United States would assume that Daniel Graystone is a “white” person. However he may very well be a “black” man who created Anastasia Dualla as the first Cylon in the likeness of his daughter Zoe. Of all the people that I have not eliminated Anastasia Dualla is the only female left so to me it is logical to me to have her as the final Cylon based on the series “Caprica”. This theory is kind of weak too; however keep reading because all will be revealed

Along with all that has been said so far in this article it has been said in one of the episodes (which I can’t remember which episode) that the final Cylon has the power to control all the rest of the Cylons. So the last Cylon to be discovered has to be (in my opinion) the first Cylon that is created because all other models computer code was more than likely based on the original Cylon model which is Zoe Graystone and there may be a “back door” in the Cylon code that Zoe or Anastasia Dualla can enter into easily.

*This section of this article is based on TV Squads post on the new series “Caprica”

The “Last Supper” Picture Reason

Now that we have looked at the “Caprica” series reason let us look at the “Last Supper” picture one more time. Since Battlestar Galactica is using religion as a theme to tell us who the last Cylon is. It is reasonable to assume that the cup in front of the empty chair is supposed to represent the “Holy Grail” cup that holds the blood of Christ. Since Christ is the father of the Christian religion we are to assume that the blood of Christ is in that cup. Now since the painting is a “knock-off” of the “Last Supper” by Leonardo DiVinci we can also infer that cup could also represent Dan Brown’s book “The DaVinci Code”. In that book Mary Magdalene is supposed to be carrying the “Blood of Christ” by carrying Jesus Christ’s child, which according to Dan Brown’s book is a daughter. Having said all that, I say that the Jesus Christ figure is supposed to be Daniel Graystone the creator of the Cylons, and his daughter Zoe would be the blood of Christ who is quite possibly Anastasia Dualla. Of course this is all predicated on you buying into the idea that the “Caprica” series is playing a part in which person on Galactica the last Cylon is.

The Episode Reason

In this section we need to go all the way back to the episode “Flesh and Blood”. In this episode Leoben Conoy (Number Two) is being tortured and questioned by Starbuck. He goes on and on about how this has all happened before. He has a good understanding of the “scrolls” and he fancies himself a prophet. So when he whispers in Laura Roslins ear that Adama is a Cylon it sent a chill down my spine. The reason is because this implies that William, Lee, Zak, or another Adama that has died is a Cylon. Then you go back to watch the same episode in light of what we know now you have to immediately remember that he is a prophet. Anastasia Dualla which is the name given to her character on the show is not her proper name anymore since Lee Adama and Anastasia are married. So Anastasia’s proper name is Anastasia Adama and since Number Two is a prophet he may have been predicting that Anastasia will one day be an Adama. In the newest episodes it is not clear if Anastasia and Lee ever divorced. I know they have “officially” separated but that does not mean they have divorced. My whole point with the “Flesh and Blood” episode is that Leoben Conoy may have been predicting that Anastasia (Dualla) Adama is a Cylon.

The “Flesh and Blood” episode is not my only reason for assuming Anastasia Dualla is the final Cylon. Let us look at the episode “Valley of Darkness” for a moment. Anastasia Dualla is within arm’s length of the Cylons and not a hair on her head is scratched except for the minor concussion. This is sort of the same thing that happens to Sam Anders when he is out in a Viper in the episode “He That Believeth In Me”. Sam is face to face with a Cylon raider when the raider realizes that Sam is a Cylon. So the raider runs tail the other way and the whole Cylon fleet leaves even though they could have wiped out the entire human race right then and there. The Cylons are programmed to avoid the final five at all costs and also not to harm them. This to me sounds so similar to what happens to Anastasia Dualla in the “Valley of Darkness” episode.

I have another episode that makes me think that Anastasia Dualla is the last Cylon. In the “Eye of Jupiter” D’Anna Biers enters the “Temple of Five” and a light comes from above. D’Anna steps into the light, sees the final five Cylons and then makes a comment to one of them that she recognizes very well “”You… forgive me… I had no idea.” Now knowing that the final Cylon is on the Galactica we can assume that D’Anna sees Anastasia because Anastasia Dualla is the only person on Galactica that she has any “real” contact with in the episode “Final Cut”. During the whole episode it is Anastasia Dualla who is escorting D’Anna Biers (Number Three) through the ship. While at the same time D’Anna Biers was doing her best to get away from Anastasia Dualla because she needed to get footage as a reporter. This is all before D’Anna Biers is known as Cylon. So when D’Anna Biers makes her comment to the Cylon in the “Temple of Five it is clear to me that she is apologizing for being so rude to Anastasia Dualla and not knowing that Anastasia is a Cylon. The most ironic thing is since D’Anna Biers knows who the final five Cylons are however she has been “boxed” by the other Cylons so there is no way for her to tell any of the other Cylons who the final five are.

In one of previous episodes that I can’t remember right now Starbuck gets the “Arrow of Apollo” from Caprica. Later in the episode “Home part II” Laura Roslin, Starbuck, and many others try to use the “Arrow of Apollo” to open the “Tomb of Athena”. When this does not work they open the door to the temple by hand. Once inside they find that there are twelve statues to represent all the twelve colonies and the twelve zodiac signs. The statue of Sagittaron is missing its arrow so the “Arrow of Apollo” is placed on the statue and a hologram opens up showing constellations. Starbuck realizes that these constellations are as they would be seen from earth. Lee Adama recognizes one of the Nebulas as the Lagoon Nebula and it is in the constellation Sagittarius. Again all of this things transpired in the episode “Home part II”. Later in the episode “He That Believeth In Me” Starbuck says that when she visits earth she sees a gas giant with rings, a comet and three stars. To me this means the planet Saturn or Jupiter and the “Hale-Bopp” comet. More than likely it is the planet Jupiter because Sagittarius is ruled by the planet Jupiter plus in our “real” history the Hale-Bopp comet is associated with the planet Jupiter. Not to mention that it not common knowledge but Jupiter does have rings around. The rings around Jupiter are just not as pronounced as Saturn’s. Most people would assume that the three stars Starbuck talks about mean the three stars on Orion’s belt. However there is another “three” star configuration in our galaxy called the “Sagittarius triplet”. The “Sagittarius triplet” is located in the Sagittarius constellation and consists of the Lagoon Nebula, Trifid Nebula, and NGC 6559, which is a star. Combined they look like three stars, because they are far away from earth and they are relatively close together. So going back to the episode “Home part II” it looks like Starbuck is may actually be going the right way versus what Galactica is doing right now. How does this pertain to the last Cylon? Well it seems to me in the world of Battlestar Galactica the astrological sign Sagittarius seems to be extremely important. So when I went back and looked at all the people left after eliminating the people in the “Last Supper” picture I realized that there are only two people from the colony Sagittaron and associated with the zodiac sign Sagittarius. One of them being Tom Zarek and the other being Anastasia Dualla. Realizing this and going with the theme that the last Cylon is a female. I can only conclude that birth place of the last Cylon is important and since Anastasia Dualla is from Sagittaron I can only conclude that Anastasia Dualla is the last and final Cylon.

One question that I have if Anastasia Dualla is a Cylon then how did she contract Mellorak sickness in episode “The Woman King”? Was she faking it because all Sagittarons got the sickness? Or do all Cylons have the ability to contract this illness? I know the Cylons can get sick from some type of virus like they did in the episode “A Measure of Salvation”. Or maybe Zoe Graystone from the series “Caprica” is from Sagittaron. If Zoe Graystone is from Sagittaron and is the first Cylon then all Cylons would be susceptible to the Mellorak disease or at least a derivative of it. Why is this, well because Zoe’s DNA was used to create the first Cylon and also used to create all the other Cylons that followed. Plus this would make my argument stronger that Anastasia Dualla is the first Cylon and also the last to be discovered because Anastasia Dualla is from Sagittaron.

The “Razor” Reason

This is a really short reason and it goes back to the “Razor” movie. Remember that Gina Inviere’s (Number Six) last name in the movie “Razor” is Gemenon for resurrection. Now having said that we now must remember that the first name “Anastasia” is the feminine form of “Anastasias”, which means “resurrection” in ancient Greek and we know how the writers like to use Greek words in their writing. Also her last name Dualla is a derivative of the word “Dualis” which Latin for duo or two. Of course this may mean that the final Cylon has the DNA of Zoe Graystone and Tamara Adama. It also might explain the really beautiful green or blue (I can’t tell) eyes that Anastasia Dualla has.

Zodiac Reason

I know this post is long but do you remember in the beginning of this post that I talked about the number twelve and how it relates to the whole Battlestar Galactica series. Well here is something interesting about the series that from what I can tell most people are not talking about. By the Cylons being numbered it is generally assumed that the Cylons are numbered by the order that they were created. Personally I do not believe that this is the case at all. I personally believe the Cylons numbers correspond with the signs of the zodiac. See the chart below for what I believe is the way that the Cylons are ordered. The information in this chart was taken from the website http://www.cafeastrology.com .

As you see if you use my chart you can see that the numbers correspond to the order of the Zodiac. Having said that, you will see that again the missing Cylon falls on Sagittarius. So with that in mind the final Cylon could only be Tom Zarek and Anastasia because they were both born on the planet Sagittaron. Now since throughout my whole article I believe that Anastasia Dualla is the last Cylon you can bet which one I am putting my money on.

Conclusion

My conclusion to the whole series is just this; everything is based on the number twelve and the Zodiac sign Sagittarius. In light of that I personally believe that Anastasia Dualla is the last Cylon to be discovered. I also believe that she may also be the first Cylon to be created based on what we know about the new television series “Caprica”. Hope you enjoyed reading my reasons for who is the last Cylon and feel free to show me where I am wrong in my analysis. I also know that my arguments are not the strongest in the world for why I believe Anastasia Dualla is the final Cylon, however in my analysis it can be no one else. By the way, I am also putting together a short post on how William Adama’s Viper Mark II may also be a Cylon. Give me some time to put that together and I think you will be surprised on how I came up with that one. Also I would like to apologize to my regular readers because I know that a lot of you may not appreciate the fact that I put a post based on Battlestar Galactica as an article on this blog. You can be assured that 99% of the posts on this blog will be about Japanese cars however every now and then I may go off on tangents such as this. Plus I may talk about my personal life from time to time however those posts will definitely be much shorter in length.

The eleven Cylons that are known: