- Adama wants to use prisoners from the prison ship, the Astral Queen, to do the dangerous work of collecting and melting ice from the ice moon
- Apollo wants to allow the prisoners to earn their freedom by volunteering for the mission
- Tom Zarek, a controversial 'terrorist', leads the prisoners in taking the visiting group from the BSG as hostages
- He demands Roslin steps down and for legitimate elections to be held
- Apollo makes a deal with Zarek: Zarek's men will help with the water, there will be elections in 7 months as per the law, and the prisoners can have the Astral Queen
- A prisoner attempts to rape Cally; Cally bites his ear off
- Starbuck leads a team to quell the hostage situation
- Colonel Tigh tells Boomer to end her relationship with Tyrol
- With Number Six's help, Gaius comes up with a new idea for the Cylon detector which requires a nuclear warhead