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The Visual Effects Society nominated this episode for a 2008 VES Award in the category of Outstanding Visual Effects in a Broadcast Series. Mike Gibson, Gary Hutzel, Michael J. Davidson and Kyle Toucher were cited as members of the visual effects team.
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The city of Delphi was used as the Cylon base of operations on Caprica. Helo discovered this in the Season One episode "
Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down."
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The model ship that Adama destroys was not a prop, but rather a very expensive model the production team was renting. The scene was not scripted. Adama's actions were improvised by Edward James Olmos, who was not aware of the value of the model. Fortunately, the model was covered by insurance, according to Ronald Moore's podcast.
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At the time of her death, Socrata Thrace (Kara's mother) was a former corporal, retired from the Caprican Colonial Forces.
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Christian Tessier (Tucker "Duck" Clellan), Emily Holmes (Nora), and Luciana Carro (Louanne "Kat" Katraine) are seen in photos, but the actors do not otherwise appear in the story.
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Despite appearing in the opening credits, James Callis and Tricia Helfer did not appear in this episode.
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As of the beginning of this episode, there are 41,400 survivors in the fleet, the same number as at the beginning of the previous episode.
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Katee Sackhoff read the "Previously on Battlestar Galactica" line at the beginning of this episode.
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In addition to the string orchestra, the musical instrumentation for this episode features a gamelan, an erhu, taiko drums, and other percussion.
"Gamelan" is a term for a variety of orchestras in Indonesia that feature gongs, chimes, metallophones, drums and other instruments. An "erhu" is a two-stringed bowed instrument often called the "Chinese violin" or the Chinese two-string fiddle. "Taiko" is the Japanese word for "drum" but outside Japan it usually refers to various types of Japanese drums.
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According to SoundtrackNet, this episode is the last one in Season Three to include a string orchestra for the soundtrack music. Series composer Bear McCreary conducted the Hollywood Studio Symphony string orchestra himself.
Though McCreary did not explain what instrumentation would be used for the remaining episodes of Season Three, he did reveal that there will be a musical surprise in the two-part finale, following directions in the script written by co-executive producer Ronald Moore.