Barnabas Greeley
the Soldiers of the One cell commander
Barnabas Greeley was a Caprican Monotheist and a cell commander of the Soldiers of the One. He defied the organisation's Caprican leadership with a campaign of unsanctioned violence, and was eventually executed by his own organisation for it.
Barnabas Greeley was a Caprican Monotheist and a cell commander of the Soldiers of the One. He led a radical cell on Caprica that pushed for violent action without the organisation's blessing, and he was ultimately executed by the Soldiers of the One's Caprican leadership for it. (Caprica, "Gravedancing"; "End of Line"; "Retribution")
Break with the Soldiers of the One#
The Caprican cells of the Soldiers of the One were under the overall influence of Sister Clarice Willow, who wanted to lie low and pursue her vision of Apotheosis. Greeley mocked the idea as a plan to make him a bouncer in some homemade heaven. He believed pain led to clearer thinking, practised self-flagellation, and set about gathering weapons and building his own power base on Caprica, undermining Willow's efforts to keep the cells quiet. (Caprica, "Know Thy Enemy"; "End of Line")
The bombing campaign#
Greeley worked out of a dockside warehouse in Caprica City, where his cell planned attacks and held prayer meetings. Among its members were Ben Stark and Keon Gatwick, students at Athena Academy who had been taught by Willow. Stark carried out the suicide bombing of the Maglev 23 train wearing a vest Gatwick had built. The cell also counted Pann and Hippolyta, and later Lacy Rand, who came to Greeley through Gatwick for help smuggling Zoe Graystone's "package" to Gemenon. (Caprica, "Pilot"; "Gravedancing"; "Know Thy Enemy")
Willow intercepted a shipment of weapons meant for Greeley and ordered him at gunpoint to fall into line. He did the opposite. (Caprica, "End of Line")
Downfall and execution#
In return for his help with the package, Greeley had Rand plant a device on Willow that was really the trigger for a car bomb, but Willow wasn't in the car when it exploded. His cell then tried to bomb the Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport to stop her trip to Gemenon, and the attempt was botched when Rand was spotted by security. Willow returned from Gemenon with the backing of the Monotheist leadership and began killing the members of the cell, sparing only Rand. Greeley hid in an office building under construction, where Gatwick was shot as he tried to leave. Willow and her husband Olaf found Greeley there, handcuffed him to a bomb and detonated it remotely. (Caprica, "End of Line"; "Retribution")
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Barnabas Greeley?
- Barnabas Greeley was a Caprican Monotheist and a cell commander of the Soldiers of the One. His cell included Ben Stark, the Maglev 23 bomber, and he waged an unsanctioned campaign of violence on Caprica.
- Why did Barnabas Greeley break with the Soldiers of the One?
- Sister Clarice Willow wanted the Caprican cells to lie low and pursue her vision of Apotheosis. Greeley mocked the idea and preferred violent action, so he gathered weapons, built his own power base and defied her order to fall into line.
- What did Barnabas Greeley's bombing campaign involve?
- His cell drew in Athena Academy students including Ben Stark and Keon Gatwick. Stark blew up the Maglev 23 train in a suicide vest Gatwick had built. Later the cell tried to kill Willow with a car bomb and attempted to bomb the Caprica Interplanetary Spaceport.
- Who was in Barnabas Greeley's cell?
- Members included Ben Stark, Keon Gatwick, Pann and Hippolyta, and later Lacy Rand, who came to Greeley for help getting Zoe Graystone's package to Gemenon.
- How did Barnabas Greeley die?
- After his attempt to kill Sister Willow with a car bomb failed and an attack on the spaceport was botched, Willow returned from Gemenon and began killing the members of his cell, sparing only Lacy Rand. She and her husband Olaf found Greeley in an unfinished office building, handcuffed him to a bomb and detonated it remotely.
Sources
- EpisodeGravedancing (Caprica), Caprica, Episode 4 (2010)
- EpisodeEnd of Line (Caprica), Caprica, Episode 9 (2010)
- EpisodeRetribution (Caprica), Caprica, Episode 11 (2010)
- EpisodeKnow Thy Enemy (Caprica), Caprica, Episode 6 (2010)
- EpisodePilot (Caprica), Caprica, Episode 1 (2010)
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Keon Gatwick
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Lacy Rand
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Olaf Willow
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