Battlestar Galactica 2004, Caprica and Blood & Chrome
Hera Agathon was the first human-Cylon hybrid to exist, born around 2000 or 2001. Hera held great religious significance, being part of God's ultimate plan for both races, and was known before her birth as the "Shape of Things to Come".
Biography[]
Hera was born to Colonial officer Lieutenant Karl Agathon and his future wife Sharon Valerii, then a Number Eight prisoner on board Galactica. Conceived in the first month after the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Hera was the end-result of a Human-Humanoid Cylon hybridisation project using surviving humans in the colonies as breeding stock.[1] Hera's existence was deemed to pose an internal threat to Colonial society by President Laura Roslin, and while dying of breast cancer she ordered the immediate termination of the pregnancy. This was stopped when it was discovered Hera's foetal blood was unique in making her a universal blood donor and having strong immune responses. Roslin was saved following the injection of this blood into her body.
Early life[]
Upon her birth, however, Roslin ordered her surrender to the state and had her replaced with a stillborn baby to cover-up the switch. This plan was a success, and took place just before an attempted abduction by a Number Three. Hera was given to Maya on the condition of absolute secrecy, given a false story this was to protect a Pegasus officer's pregnancy to prevent a religious scandal. Over the next sixteen months, Hera lived on New Caprica with her adoptive mother, who had a job at a school under Roslin after losing her re-election bid. A year after settlement, a Cylon fleet discovered the colony and placed the planet under a harsh martial law.
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