Baltar's visions of Six not only have the Cylon appearing with him on Galactica , but the two also envision themselves in Baltar's now-destroyed home, on the beach, and other locales. The virtual Six projection seems to be able to force Baltar to see additional items in his environment, such as the human skulls on Kobol as well as visions of the interior of the ancient Opera House and an image of what virtual Six believes to be a Cylon-human hybrid child.
When an actual child does appear in the Fleet, the virtual Six claims it is her vision fulfilled. Baltar is convinced by this that she cannot be a hallucination, but Cottle's scan appears to have ruled out the possibility that she is an implant. Over time, Baltar is seen by some characters speaking to himself, which is often the case when he is speaking to Virtual Six. In several instances, the virtual Six appears to Baltar to be a physical entity, grabbing him by his clothes or body, or assisting him with objects " Six Degrees of Separation ", " Taking A Break From All Your Worries ".
She has even demonstrated an ability to physically interact with Baltar. On one occasion, she pushed him into a bulkhead and grabbed him by the throat. In another example, she lifted him into a standing position after he was beaten by a Galactica marine Escape Velocity.
In both cases, this provoked reactions from other people. The virtual Six has been present when Caprica Six is near only twice. The virtual Six seems to, for the most part, vanish during the period when Caprica Six and Baltar renew their relationship on New Caprica. When Baltar is aboard a Cylon basestar, Caprica Six explains the projection process to him while the virtual Six hints that this process is very similar to how she and Baltar communicate and that Baltar may himself be a Cylon Torn.
Virtual Six has a musical theme , a simple 9-note motif with a staccato xylophone and some violins, which plays behind almost all her appearances.
From the end of Season 2 on, the virtual Six claims more often to be an angel from God. Ultimately, Virtual Six is revealed to be a very real being -- not a projection of something inside Baltar's mind -- sent by another being that may be God. Both her and Virtual Baltar appear to both Caprica Six and Baltar; each is shocked that the other can see them.
On Earth, Virtual Six, along with Virtual Baltar, reveals to Caprica and Baltar that their destiny had always been to protect Hera, who was the future of both races.
They leave, saying that while God's plan is never finished, their lives will be much less "exciting" from now on. One-hundred fifty thousand years later, Virtual Six is with Virtual Baltar in New York City, looking over the shoulder of a man reading a National Geographic magazine article about the remains of Mitochondrial Eve -- the current population's earliest common evolutionary ancestor, Hera Agathon.
The two discuss how all of this has happened before, and whether all of this will happen again. Virtual Six believes things will go differently this time.
Virtual Baltar chides her when she refers to God, saying, "You know it doesn't like that name. When a virtual Gaius Baltar appears to Caprica Six in "Downloaded", the notion that the actual Gaius Baltar was part of a Cylon plan to manipulate him via the virtual Six is revealed to be highly unlikely, as other Cylons are unaware of him and do not mention the plan or its effects to Caprica Six.
The virtual Baltar's appearance and demeanor is just as much an extreme opposite of the actual Baltar as the virtual Six's behavior is to Caprica Six. At her resurrection, the virtual Baltar immediately tells Caprica Six that only she can see and hear him, and not to reveal what she sees to the other Cylons present.
The virtual Baltar is never asked by Caprica Six about his origins. The virtual Baltar confronts Caprica Six with her guilt in the slaughter of billions of human beings, and with the logical error behind the Cylons' actions. Under the influence of the virtual Baltar, Caprica Six speaks out against the war alongside another resurrected " hero of the Cylon ", Sharon Valerii. The two forge a new quasi-benevolent path , albeit temporarily , for the Cylon race.
The revelation in " Torn " about the Cylons' projecting abilities suggests that the virtual Baltar is generated by Caprica Six's own projection ability. Since the actual Baltar is not confirmed as a Cylon, the origins of his virtual Six are questioned by Dr.
Baltar himself during the revelation of the principles of projection. The virtual Baltar appears irregularly in seasons 2 and 3. While Baltar's virtual Six claims to be an angel sent from God, Six's virtual Baltar seems to be contemptuous of the Cylons' concept of God Downloaded. He is also described by Ron Moore as more of a "devil" figure in Six's consciousness [3]. While the virtual Baltar acts mostly as a conversational foil for Six, in " Crossroads, Part I " he informs her that Saul Tigh has suffered the loss of a woman close to him, to assist Six in dealing with the interrogation by Tigh.
It is uncertain how he or she obtained this information. Virtual Baltar appears one last time in the series finale. He and Virtual Six appear together, and both Caprica Six and Baltar can see them, and are each shocked that the other can. He and Virtual Six are representatives of the being that some call God, who Baltar describes to Cavil as a force of nature that is neither good nor evil.
Virtual Baltar and Virtual Six make one last visit to Caprica Six and Baltar to tell them that their role had always been to protect Hera, and now that that was done, the two Virtual Beings leave them alone. Virtual Six explains that God's plan is never over, but Virtual Baltar tells the two that their lives will be much less exciting, indicating that their role is over now. The two Virtual Beings disappear, and are seen , years later in New York City discussing humanity finding its most recent common ancestor Hera.
The two discuss the cycle of life, and Virtual Baltar chides Virtual Six for calling the being they work for "God," as it apparently does not like being called that. Virtual Baltar has the series' last line, which is a response to Virtual Six's stern look: "silly me After his ascension to cult leader, Gaius Baltar encounters a well-dressed virtual version of himself after he meets Tory Foster. Baltar is initially shocked by his sudden appearance but eventually becomes amused by the idea of having himself as a conversational foil for once instead of Six.
This virtual Baltar encourages him to engage in a relationship with Foster, claiming that she is "special," and guides him, after a fashion, through her covert interrogation attempt. Since they can appear to only one person in a room or multiple people, if they wish , that's what I assumed was happening. How could you believe they were from the future or the past? There is only one logical conclusion and that is that they are Angels of God there to guide two civilizations to a new beginning and the start of a new cycle.
They were also meant to teach people the belief in God and that while we do have free will it make come with a little push or nudge in the right direction. An angel appears to Kara in the form of her father to guide her to the song and the President sees an Angel in the form of her priestess when the hybrid goes jump crazy chasing the resurrection hub.
Always in the form of those closest to you to help guid you on the path and shape your free will. Furthermore, it is apparent in the final episodes Daybreak II and III that certain people were guided along a path to survival and leadership, e.
You seem to have leapt to some conclusions without actually watching the entire series. I see there are other answers that contain spoilers already. I will try to keep spoilers to a minimum, but some are inevitable given the nature of the question. They are not "illusions. Their full level of knowledge or power is never specified, but we know that they can intervene physically when they choose - we witness this when Head Six physically lifts Baltar to receive a beating from a guard to reinforce his image among his followers.
A probably similar being guides Starbuck through the events of Maelstrom, apparently including the ability to travel at will through space and time. Remember the saying, "all of this has happened before, and will happen again"? My pet belief is that the "angels" are people from past cycles who, through some amount of suffering or learning, attained a higher state of being; I think there is some form of reincarnation in the show; I think we witness Starbuck attain this state during the cycle the show focuses on.
However, there's no evidence for that, it's just an idea I like. Many areas were deliberately left unspecified even the main writers of the show would probably disagree with each other in some cases , because spelling everything out would reduce the wonder and the role of the viewer's imagination.
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This also falls in place with Starbuck and her simple "vanishment" when talking with Lee on the hill at the end. Though she apparently was not wholly aware or cognizant of her status as one of these beings. Yes and no. She kinda had a whole different outlook and attitude toward the universe than Head [Baltar Six], and I think would've been sort of out of place with the two of them.
It has nothing to do with their teachings. Glen Larson's theories were his own. Other than that, great answer! And a rather disappointing finale. BBlake: which finale are referring to? That those were angels? The goal of the 'Angels' seems to be to insure that humanity and Cylons both survive each cycle of: Humans make Cylons Cylons rebel They try to kill each other.
I'd still like to know how they intervened? Any clues? Hope that answers it. Sounds like they were doing this all from a distance. Maybe another planet, with the advance technology they needed to stay out of the fight but help keep civilization going.
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