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[[Image:Otarsis asteroid surface.jpg|thumb|Boomer and Jolly on the asteroid surface.]]

The '''[[Otarsis Quadrant]] asteroid'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is a planetoid with an atmosphere suitable to humans.

A patrol from ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', consisting of Lieutenant [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] and Flight Sergeant [[Jolly (TOS)|Jolly]], discover strange readings on this asteroid and investigate.

Upon landing, they discover that there is a [[Cylon listening post]] on the planet and are also infected with an unknown virus, which they bring back to ''Galactica'' and infect half the bridge officers and all but two Viper pilots.

Unable to find a cure for this virus, Doctor [[Salik]] and a medical team land on the asteroid, themselves accompanied by a Viper squadron consisting of newly trained female warriors. Prior to landing, this Viper party manages to dispatch [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]]s launched from the post while Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] [[Battle of Otarsis Quadrant|destroys the post]] ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]).

== [[Battlestar Wiki:Separate continuity|Separate Continuity]] ==

In the Berkley novelization, ''[[The Tombs of Kobol]]'', the asteroid is bluish in color. Its surface is described as a "rock-strewn craggy surface" with a substance on the rocks that appears viscous and oily. It is later determined that this substance is the "virus" that Boomer and Jolly contract during the patrol, bringing back to ''Galactica'' to spread amongst the pilots, despite going through the standard decontamination procedure.

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