DIED: 143 DAYS AFTER SETTLING ON NEW CAPRICA
Ellen Tigh, 35 (according to her previous statements), wife of Col. Saul
Tigh, executive officer of the Battlestar Galactica, died in her sleep
on the eve of the exodus from New Caprica. Though she engaged in the
occasional marital indiscretion (according to Cmdr. William Adama, she
had ''slept with half the fleet while Saul was in space''), her devotion
to her husband, and his career, was both unwavering and absolute. After
President Baltar took office and the colony of New Caprica was
established, Mrs. Tigh was instrumental in persuading her husband to
move from the orbiting Galactica to the surface (''They were so sweet
together,'' says Chief Petty Officer Gaelin Tyrol of the couple. ''He had
that special look in his eye...you know, the eye that wasn't ripped out
by the Cylons'') — and if she hadn't, the Insurgency would not have had
Colonel Tigh to lead them so unflinchingly out of bondage. (Rumors of
Mrs. Tigh's ''collaboration'' with members of the Cylon government have
never been confirmed.)
Ellen Tigh is survived by her husband — whose only comment was to ''get the frak out of my face before I blow you out the damned air lock'' — but her loss will be felt by hundreds of men throughout the fleet.
