Battlestar Galactica: Episode Twelve

Murder on the Rising Star

Airdate: February 18, 1979

Writer: Donald P. Bellisario, James Carlson and Terrence McDonnell

From a story by Michael Sloan

Director: Rod Holcomb

Guest Cast:

Frank Ashmore (Ortega)

Luman Ward (Pallon)

Brock Peters (Solon)

Patricia Stitch (Zara)

W.K. Stratton (Barton)

Plot Summary:

Starbuck's life is on trial as his arch rival, Ortega, is found slain after a heated game of Triad which erupted

into a brawl between Starbuck and the unsportsmanlike Ortega.

Apollo believes that despite the overwhelming evidence, his longtime mate is not guilty and he sets out to

discover who really killed Ortega.

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