Doesn't make sense unless the crew that could plot FTL jumps were in short supply. Particularly doesn't explain why passengers on the Astral Queen had to stay awake.
Why did people in the BSG fleet have to go without sleep in "33"?
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Because people may have had to move quickly (evacuation, damage control, attend the injured).
Because Freddy would come and ... wait, what?
Yeah, even if your shift was over and you got to go back to your quarters, I doubt you'd be able to sleep knowing that 33 minutes later you could be killed.
It's been years since I've seen this episode, but I seem to recall that the point was exactly what Irvy is saying. Jumping must feel like strong airplane turbulence or something, so when the ship jumps you just can't sleep through it.
At the start of the series the ship was a museum. It wasn't staffed to be combat ready, and if one jump failed it would turn into an all hands on deck combat situation.
On the civilian ships only the crew had to stay awake but the passengers would be in a constant high stress situation.
On the civilian ships only the crew had to stay awake but the passengers would be in a constant high stress situation.
Great episode though, if anyone never saw it last year there was a good article on Entertainment Weekly about the 10th anniversary of the episode
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/14/battlestar-galactica-anniversary-decade-33-pilot
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/14/battlestar-galactica-anniversary-decade-33-pilot
Yeah, remember Callie's reaction to jumping in the pilot mini. They downplayed the weirdness of jumping after that, but it's reasonable to assume that it's an experience that would jar somebody awake.
and it's possible that many of those in the RTF had never experienced an FTL jump prior to the attack on the colonies.
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