Sharon describes the Raiders much the same way Tyrol's Sharon imagined the captured Raider to be: a trained animal with basic consciousness and a survival instinct.
Sharon points out the logic of even having Raiders reborn: all their combat experiences are not lost and even their death is a learning experience.
Sharon also points out that the repeated deaths are still a painful and thus embittering experience, so it's possible that Cylons could build up a personal grudge with humans who had killed them.
Notes:
49,593 survivors
Neither Baltar nor Six (any model) appear in this episode.
Ships in the episode:
Galactica
Majahual - Colonial Mining Ship
Vipers
Cylon Raiders
Unanswered Questions:
What was Reilly's girlfriend's name? Was it Cassie as Kat thought?
Was Sharon being genuine when she was reminiscing with Kara, or was she trying to play on her sympathies?
If the humanoid Cylons and Raiders are reborn, what other elements of Cylon society are reborn? Heavy Raiders? Basestars? Are even the experiences/memories of the newer robotic Cylon models downloaded?
What was Lee thinking when he wanted to slow down and talk when Kara was "ready to go?"
Has Starbuck faced Scar before? Was Scar the Raider she dueled by the moon when she had been training the nuggets? How many times had the fleet faced Scar?
How is the encounter and then the fallout with Starbuck going to affect Lee, especially in light of the events of Black Market not long before this?
How was Starbuck, even in her drunken and self-absorbed state, able to accurately analyze Kat's attacks on her as cover for Kat own fear of dying and no one remembering her name? Does Starbuck have the same fear?
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