Cole "Stinger" Taylor

BSG Character


bgcolor = #fc0
fgcolor = #000
name = Cole Taylor
race = Human
gender = Male
callsign = Stinger
rank = Captain
colony =
affiliation = Colonial Fleet
portrayed = John Pyper-Ferguson
first = "Pegasus"
last =

Cole "Stinger" Taylor is a character from the re-imagined "Battlestar Galactica" series.

Background

Stinger was the CAG of the Battlestar "Pegasus" when it was first encountered in the episode "Pegasus". He accompanies Admiral Helena Cain to the Battlestar "Galactica" and pilots her Raptor.

Stinger is a humorless officer who believes that "Galactica" officers are inferior, like many other "Pegasus" crew members. He also believes that Lee "Apollo" Adama was given the position of CAG because of his father, Admiral Adama.

In the episode "Pegasus", Apollo is transferred to the "Pegasus", and Stinger assigns him to pilot a Raptor for the reconnaissance mission of the Cylon fleet. His plan involves taking pictures within a magneto-tail of a moon to hide the DRADIS signature of the Raptor. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace is taken off the mission when she says that Stinger's plan "sucks" and recommends using the "Blackbird" to get closer to the fleet. She then disobeys his order and goes does the mission herself. Later, when Admiral Cain sees the pictures from the "Blackbird", she promotes Starbuck to Captain and makes her the new "Pegasus" CAG. Cain said that she wants a CAG with "guts".

In the episode "The Captain's Hand", Stinger is put in the brig for mouthing off to Commander Garner.

External links

* [http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Cole_Taylor Cole "Stinger" Taylor's entry on Battlestar Wiki]