Aaron Kelly

BSG Character


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name = Aaron Kelly
race = Human
gender = Male
callsign =
rank = Captain
colony = Unknown
affiliation = Colonial Fleet
portrayed = Ty Olsson
first = Miniseries

Captain Aaron Kelly is a character in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica TV program. He is played by Ty Olsson. The character has been part of the show since the beginning (the 2003 Miniseries). Captain Kelly is the landing signal officer (LSO) aboard the Battlestar "Galactica".cite episode| episodelink=Final Cut (Battlestar Galactica)| title=Final Cut| series=Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)] At the beginning of the second season, Captain Kelly was third in line of command, after then-Commander Adama and then-Colonel Tigh.cite episode| episodelink=Scattered (Battlestar Galactica)| title=Scattered| series=Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)] The character of Aaron Kelly has no direct analog in the original Battlestar Galactica

Captain Kelly was first shown greeting then-Commander Adama in a corridor before the decommissioning ceremony for the "Galactica". Later in the Miniseries, Kelly is shown collecting the dogtags of the fatalities of the Cylons' earlier nuclear attack on the "Galactica".cite episode| title=Miniseries, Parts 1 and 2| series=Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries)]

Kelly became executive officer of "Galactica" after Adama was shot and fell comatose, as Tigh became commanding officer and commander of the fleet. In that capacity, Kelly strongly voiced his opposition to Felix Gaeta's plans to network "Galactica"'s computers together to find the rest of the fleet after the fleet jumped using out-of-date jump coordinates, resulting in "Galactica" ending up alone.

Kelly was shown performing his duties as LSO in the second-season episode "Final Cut". He is on duty when Louanne "Kat" Katraine panics and finds herself unable to safely land her Viper due to stimulant abuse. This episode was also the first to give the character's first name as Aaron.

Kelly was still serving aboard the "Galactica" when she jumped away from New Caprica to avoid the Cylon invasion fleet.cite episode| episodelink=Lay Down Your Burdens (Battlestar Galactica)| title=Lay Down Your Burdens| series=Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)] He served in the CIC during the Battle of New Caprica, in which "Galactica" fought a diversionary action to allow the civilian population to escape from the Cylons.cite episode| episodelink=Exodus (Battlestar Galactica)| title=Exodus| series=Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)] Two weeks before the trial of former President Gaius Baltar were set to start, Kelly assassinated his first public defender and attempted to kill his second lawyer twice. When then-Major Lee Adama uncovered the plot and confronted Kelly, disciplinary actions were taken against him that have yet to be revealed.

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