Alex Boxman
refugee child aboard the Galactica
Alex "Boxey" Boxman was a child who survived the Fall of the Twelve Colonies after being evacuated from Caprica by Raptor. Living alone among the Galactica's crew, he unknowingly carried explosive residue across the ship before the sabotage of its water tanks.
Alex "Boxey" Boxman was a child refugee of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. The son of a Colonial Fleet officer who died immediately before the attacks, he was evacuated from Caprica and taken aboard the Galactica, where he lived among the crew in the first weeks after the Fall.
Escape from Caprica#
Boxman was near Delphi when the Cylon nuclear bombardment of Caprica began. Along with his mother and many others, he fled into the fields outside the city. When the refugee convoy spotted a Raptor landing nearby, the survivors flocked to it and negotiated for rescue. Only the children and a handful of adults were chosen to be evacuated, and Boxman was among them. His father, an officer in the Colonial Fleet, had died immediately before the attacks.
Life aboard the Galactica#
For the next several weeks, Boxman lived alone aboard the Galactica, where he quickly made friends among the crew. He deduced that Lieutenant Sharon "Boomer" Valerii was in a relationship with Chief Galen Tyrol, and was willing to keep others away while the two were together.
On one occasion he took a towel from Valerii's duffel bag, unaware that it was covered in powder residue from G-4 explosives. He carried the towel across the ship to fetch a bottle of ambrosia from engineering to share with the pilots. The crew overlooked the incident at the time, and Boxman, a child, was in no position to connect the residue to the subsequent sabotage of the Galactica's reserve water tanks.
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Alex Boxman?
- Alex "Boxey" Boxman was a child refugee of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and the son of a Colonial Fleet officer who died immediately before the attacks. He was evacuated from Caprica and taken aboard the Galactica, where he lived among the crew in the first weeks after the Fall.
- How did Boxey escape Caprica?
- Boxman was near Delphi when the Cylon nuclear bombardment began and fled into the fields with his mother and many others. When the refugee convoy spotted a Raptor landing nearby, only the children and a handful of adults were chosen for evacuation, and Boxman was among them.
- What secret did Boxey know about the Galactica's crew?
- Boxman deduced that Lieutenant Sharon "Boomer" Valerii was in a relationship with Chief Galen Tyrol, and he was willing to keep others away while the two were together.
- How was Boxey connected to the sabotage of the Galactica's water tanks?
- He took a towel from Valerii's duffel bag, unaware it was covered in powder residue from G-4 explosives, and carried it across the ship to fetch ambrosia from engineering. As a child he was in no position to connect the residue to the later sabotage of the Galactica's reserve water tanks, and the crew overlooked the incident at the time.
Sources
- WikiAlex Boxman — Battlestar Wiki entry
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