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[[Image:BSG2004-AdmHelenaCain.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Admiral Helena Cain from -- episode of BSG 2004]]
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| Names        = Helena Cain
| Species = Human
| Occupation = Admiral
| Works        = [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]
| Image        = [[Image:BSG2004-AdmHelenaCain.jpg|140px]]
| Caption      = Admiral Helena Cain (as played by Michelle Forbes)
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'''Admiral Helena Cain''', played by Michelle Forbes, is a character who appeared over three episodes of the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.
'''Admiral Helena Cain''', played by Michelle Forbes, is a character who appeared over three episodes of the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]''.
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She commanded the Battlestar Pegasus, and outranked Commander Adama, who was, prior to the reappearance of the Pegasus, thought to be the highest-ranking surviving military officer of the Colonial Fleet.
She commanded the Battlestar Pegasus, and outranked Commander Adama, who was, prior to the reappearance of the Pegasus, thought to be the highest-ranking surviving military officer of the Colonial Fleet.


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== Profile ==
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The ''[[Battlestar Galactica: Razor]]'' television special confirmed that there had been a lesbian relationship between Cain and [[Gina Inviere]], the model Six Cylon infiltrator aboard the Pegasus.
 
Which is another example of the [[dead/evil lesbian cliché]]. After learning of Gina's identity as a Cylon, Cain ordered her to be imprisoned, then tortured and gang-raped by her male officers. And later, after being freed by Baltar, Gina shot Cain in the head, then eventually killed herself (causing massive human casualties in the process, since she used a nuclear bomb to do it).




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Latest revision as of 13:34, 25 November 2007

Helena Cain

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Admiral Helena Cain (as played by Michelle Forbes)
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Admiral Helena Cain, played by Michelle Forbes, is a character who appeared over three episodes of the new Battlestar Galactica.

She commanded the Battlestar Pegasus, and outranked Commander Adama, who was, prior to the reappearance of the Pegasus, thought to be the highest-ranking surviving military officer of the Colonial Fleet.


Profile



The Battlestar Galactica: Razor television special confirmed that there had been a lesbian relationship between Cain and Gina Inviere, the model Six Cylon infiltrator aboard the Pegasus.

Which is another example of the dead/evil lesbian cliché. After learning of Gina's identity as a Cylon, Cain ordered her to be imprisoned, then tortured and gang-raped by her male officers. And later, after being freed by Baltar, Gina shot Cain in the head, then eventually killed herself (causing massive human casualties in the process, since she used a nuclear bomb to do it).


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