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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''Caprican Ministry of Defense''' (or '''Caprican Defense Department''') is a department of the [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] government relating to the defense of the colony from outside forces. <br />
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In the years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the Caprican Ministary of Defense is responsible for the initial development of [[robot]]ic soldiers for use by the Caprican Military, including the [[Caprican Marine Corps]]. Having issued a contract to Caprica's [[Graystone Industries]] for the engineering and testing of the [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|Cyber Combat Unit]], the Ministry of Defense becomes frustrated by that company's protracted R&D process and considers taking the contract off-world to one of Graystone's competitors, the [[Vergis Corporation]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").<br />
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Some fifty-eight years before the Fall, however, Graystone Industries gains traction when - unbeknownst to the Ministry of Defense - the integration of a stolen [[meta-cognitive processor]] from the Vergis Corporation and Graystone's U-87 prototype chassis proves successful in Defense demos ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]"). Placing an order for 100,000 "Cylon" soldiers, the Ministry of Defense continues to monitor Graystone's progress, which again stalls ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]").<br />
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Frustrated by Graystone Industries' CEO [[Daniel Graystone]], Ministry of Defense representative [[Colonel]] [[Sasha Patel]] personally persuades [[Tomas Vergis]] to gain control of his rival's company and complete the contract. Ten years and half a billion [[cubit]]s (or more) over budget, Graystone Industries under the leadership of Vergis finally begins delivery of Caprica's Cylon army ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").<br />
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[[Val Chambers]] is the Minister of Defense before his murder by [[Ha'la'tha]] enforcer [[Sam Adama]]. Chambers is succeeded by [[Joan Leyte]] who green-lights Graystone's Cylon project, but is later replaced by Sasha Patel during the second [[Tauron Uprising]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[The Dirteaters]]").<br />
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