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{{Character Data
| photo=German Commander.jpg
| rank=Colonel
| seen=Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II
| role=Nazi officer, leader of the V-2 program
| actor=[[Louis Turenne]]
}}

Colonel '''Werner''' is a member of the Nazi party. In Germany's military, Werner oversees the V-2 rocket program. The Galactican, [[Xaviar]], manages to convince Werner that he is a defecting English scientist and makes may vast improvements into the V-2 rocket.

He is also commander of the local garrison in [[Peenemünde]], [[w:Germany|Germany]]. Werner is first introduced when he is quickly notified of the appearance of two air craft believed to be of American origin, and orders the Luftwaffe to dispatch them. Werner later comments that "soon we will have planes that don't even have propellers", and is wholly embarrassed when the V-2 rocket appears to fail, thanks to [[Dillon]]'s efforts ("Galactica Discovers Earth", [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II|Parts II]] & [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III|III]]).

== Novelization depiction ==

{{separate continuity|universe=1980|type=line}}

In the [[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|novelization]] by [[Michael Resnick]], this character is named '''Conrad Werner'''<ref>{{cite_book|last=Resnick|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Resnick|authorlinkurl=|year=1981|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]|publisher=Berkley Books|location=|id=|pages=127}}</ref>. After [[Xaviar]] manages to catch the eye of German military scientists a month earlier, Werner involves him in the V-2 program, although telling General [[Wilhelm Yodel]] that Xaviar's contributions were minor, and then subsequently reversing that position when it becomes apparent to him that he may be blamed for the project's failure himself.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 127-134</ref>

== Notes ==

* His rank is confirmed in an earlier version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth|the script]] for "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]", and is confirmed by the Luftwaffe's flight leader who engages Troy and Dillon's [[Viper (1980)|Viper]]s.
* The name "Werner" also comes from the script, and is also used in the [[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|novelization]].
* Werner's motivations in the script reveal that he does not believe that conventional weapons—U-boats, artillery, and other ground weapons—will win the war. He believes that [[w:Aldof Hitler|Aldof Hitler]] is mismanaging the war effort, but cannot convince him to support the V-2 development fully until a successful test can be demonstrated.<ref>"[[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth|Script for "Galactica Discovers Earth"]], p. 72</ref>

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