Battlestar Galactica’s Saddest Moment Inspired By True Tragedy

We must first recap this Battlestar Galactica Before we dive into the true story it’s based on, we first need to look at the tragedy. At the beginning of “Act of Contrition,” pilot Flat Top has made his thousandth landing and other pilots have come down to the hangar to help him celebrate. Everyone is too busy celebrating to notice a drone detach from its tethers and, once its engine is activated, it heads straight for Flat Top and the pilots around it, killing 13 people when it explodes.