Line #49 Characters/Crusade


1	[[foldercontrol]]
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3	!!The ''Excalibur'' crew
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5	%%[[folder:In General]]
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8	[[folder:Matthew Gideon]]
9	!!Captain Matthew Gideon
10	!!!'''Species:''' Human
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12	->'''Played by:''' Creator/GaryCole
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14	The captain of the ''Excalibur''.
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16	* DeadpanSnarker: His rapier wit is on full display whenever he has to deal with an exasperating situation.
17	* ExactWords: On a particular mission, Gideon is under orders by a diplomat to not to stop for anything, even to rescue a pilot in distress (Lochley). His playing with these orders leads to [[ComingInHot having the ship "swallow" the distressed pilot's ship as it passes by]]. Technically, he never ''stopped...''
18	* GladToBeAliveSex: With Lochley after the Lorkans try to kill them.
19	%%* TheKirk
20	* PragmaticHero: He isn't afraid to do very morally questionable things such as extrajudicial extraditions, grave robbing (that is the whole point of them exploring dead worlds for a possible cure) and blackmail to accomplish his admittedly very noble goals.
21	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight:
22	** Part of why Sheridan chose him is because Gideon would not let diplomacy get in the way of completing his mission.
23	** In "Visitors from Down the Street", he sends messages to the alien world's populace about how their government has been controlling them through a conspiracy that blames Earth for their problems. At the end, Matheson comments that [[Franchise/StarTrek there'd probably be people]] who would see Gideon's decision as [[AlienNonInterferenceClause bad]], but [[EverybodyHasStandards he doesn't care.]]
24	** He manages to rescue a distressed pilot (who turns out to be Lochley) via ExactWords despite an ObstructiveBureaucrat ordering him not to ''stop'' for anything.
25	** Had the show not been {{cancelled}}, he and his crew would've discovered a conspiracy involving [=EarthForce=] experimenting with Shadow technology, and they would've attempted to expose it, only to go on the run.
26	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After [[NoJustNoReaction realizing]] that the Hyperspace creatures are attempting to mate with his ship, he immediately orders the ship back online (Galen having advised going offline) and to get them the hell out of there.
27	* SoleSurvivor: Of the crew of the EAS ''Cerberus''.
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30	[[folder:Galen]]
31	!!Galen
32	!!!'''Species:''' Human (Technomage)
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34	->'''Played by:''' Creator/PeterWoodward
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36	->''Who do you serve and who do you trust?''
37	->Galen's Questions
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40	* AbusiveParents: His parents, who were both techno-mages, fell spectacularly out of love, used him as a pawn in their constant arguments, and eventually killed each other. His father was also physically abusive at least once.
41	* {{Irony}}: He named himself Galen after the physician because he wanted to be a healer. It turned out to be the one area of techno-magic he had no talent for.
42	* LargeHam: Being played by Shakespearean actor Peter Woodward not taking his role too seriously naturally results in very grandiose line deliveries.
43	* MagicFromTechnology: This is the techno-mages' whole thing.
44	%%* MentorArchetype: To Matthew Gideon
45	* ManipulativeBastard: In "The Path of Sorrows" he purposefully pushes Dureena's TraumaButton in order to get a tear from her to open a doorway. Dureena calls him out on in afterwards.
46	[[/folder]]
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48	[[folder:John Matheson]]
49	!!Lieutenant John Matheson
50	!!!'''Species:''' Human (Telepath)
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52	->'''Played by:''' Creator/DanielDaeKim
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55	* TheLancer: To Gideon as his second in command and most trusted friend with the possible exception of Galen.
56	* PsychicPowers: As a telepath he's shown onscreen to be able to sense deception, read minds and create illusions but due to new rules for telepaths he's only allowed to do the last one and only in self defense.
57	[[/folder]]
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59	[[folder:Max Eilerson]]
60	!!Max Eilerson
61	!!!'''Species:''' Human
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63	->'''Played by:''' Creator/DavidAllenBrooks
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66	* {{Jerkass}}: A greedy, self-centered, egotistical and uncaring jerk that considers deals with a race that's been vivisecting other aliens to find a cure for a plague to be perfectly acceptable as longs as there are results at the end.
67	* PornStash: In one episode, he gives a report on a data crystal to Gideon and fails to realize until later that he wrote over a bunch of his human-alien PornStash videos or he gave the wrong data crystal. It becomes a RunningGag throughout the episode until the end when Gideon and Dureena use it to [[DistractedByTheSexy distract some guards]]. The AnatomicallyImpossibleSex is HeadTiltinglyKinky.
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70	[[folder:Sarah Chambers]]
71	!!Doctor Sarah Chambers
72	!!!'''Species:''' Human
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74	->'''Played by:''' Creator/MarjeanHolden
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77	* BadassBookworm: "The Rules of the Game" reveal that she has martial arts training which she uses to knock a loan shark on his ass while the latter has a gun.
78	* TheHeart: She is most likely to advocate for a moral solution to a problem and despite Gideon (initially) believing it to be a waste of time, believes that Human cultural achievements and works of art deserve to be preserved as much as they can be in case Humanity does not survive the plague.
79	* TheMedic: The Excalibur's medical officer, specializing in virology.
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82	%%[[folder:Dureena Nafeel]]
83	%%!!Dureena Nafeel
84	%%!!!'''Species:'''
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86	%%->'''Played by:''' Creator/CarrieDobro
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