Post by Tinman on Dec 23, 2011 22:07:16 GMT -6
THE IMPERIOUS LEADER
The IMPERIOUS LEADER is the highest authority of the Cylon Empire. Though Reptilian in appearance - the Imperious Leader is actually a cybernetic autonomous being similar to the rest of the Cylons. The "Reptilian" appearance is actually a "skin" worn to mimic the original Reptilian Cylons that the machine based life force annihilated and then assumed their identity.
Imperious Leaders are also programmed like every other Cylon, each one an improvement on the previous generation. The Imperious Leader has three brains, all capable of independent or collective, unified thought. In addition, the sitting Imperious Leader can seek telepathic advice from the preserved brains of its predecessors, maintained in the "Thought Archives." Presumably, Leaders who were killed in action and whose bodies could not be recovered were not represented in these archives.
There is only one Imperious Leader, although there are others to replace it should the Cylon succumb to destruction. Typically, when an Imperious Leader is replaced (which is after 75 yahrens or when the Leader gets killed in the line of duty), their potential replacements come from the IL-Series Cylons.
What happens to a "Replaced" Imperious Leader after their term of duty is unknown.
All Cylons obey the Imperious Leader without question.
*EREBUS, is the current Imperious Leader of the Cylon Empire. He is driven by an almost obsessive desire to wipe out all of mankind and erase any trace of them from the Stars. He holds sacred prophecies from the time of the original Cylons that he believes tell if the Human Race is not destroyed at once - that one day their survivors will leave this galaxy in search of a Lost Tribe of their own people and this will lead to their return in force and the subsequent destruction of the Cylon Empire.
The IMPERIOUS LEADER is the highest authority of the Cylon Empire. Though Reptilian in appearance - the Imperious Leader is actually a cybernetic autonomous being similar to the rest of the Cylons. The "Reptilian" appearance is actually a "skin" worn to mimic the original Reptilian Cylons that the machine based life force annihilated and then assumed their identity.
Imperious Leaders are also programmed like every other Cylon, each one an improvement on the previous generation. The Imperious Leader has three brains, all capable of independent or collective, unified thought. In addition, the sitting Imperious Leader can seek telepathic advice from the preserved brains of its predecessors, maintained in the "Thought Archives." Presumably, Leaders who were killed in action and whose bodies could not be recovered were not represented in these archives.
There is only one Imperious Leader, although there are others to replace it should the Cylon succumb to destruction. Typically, when an Imperious Leader is replaced (which is after 75 yahrens or when the Leader gets killed in the line of duty), their potential replacements come from the IL-Series Cylons.
What happens to a "Replaced" Imperious Leader after their term of duty is unknown.
All Cylons obey the Imperious Leader without question.
*EREBUS, is the current Imperious Leader of the Cylon Empire. He is driven by an almost obsessive desire to wipe out all of mankind and erase any trace of them from the Stars. He holds sacred prophecies from the time of the original Cylons that he believes tell if the Human Race is not destroyed at once - that one day their survivors will leave this galaxy in search of a Lost Tribe of their own people and this will lead to their return in force and the subsequent destruction of the Cylon Empire.