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Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol is a character on the television series Battlestar Galactica
. Tyrol is responsible for the maintenance of the Vipers and Raptors aboard Battlestar Galactica. He was also romantically involved with Lt. Sharon Valerii aboard the Galactica, who was, unbeknownst to either Tyrol or herself, a Cylon. Once Sharon's true nature was revealed when she attempted to assassinate Commander Adama, the Chief was accused of being a Cylon and thrown into the brig with Sharon. Though he claimed that he hated her and ordered her to keep her distance, when Sharon was murdered he mourned her and revealed his true affection for her, especially after she told him that she loved him. He was proven to not be a Cylon and has now resumed his job, though the existence of Caprica-Sharon - who is pregnant and in love with another man - confuses him, especially with the late Galactica-Sharon's death still haunting him.

Chief Tyrol is played by Aaron Douglas, who once described his character thus:

Tyrol is fiercely loyal. He is a very good leader who is very much in tune with his crew. He admires honesty, hard work, common sense, intelligence and integrity. Tyrol is tough but fair and is what someone who posses the aforementioned attributes would want in their leader. Tyrol very much believes in the rule of military law and tradition. He is probably the most prepared of the crew who has not seen real battle and that combined with his natural leadership abilities has caused his rise to Chief. The crew respects and likes him.

Do not, repeat, do not cross Tyrol. If he senses weakness or disrespect you get one chance and then that is it. Tyrol believes in making mistakes. As he puts it, "If you don't fall down you are not trying hard enough." Just don't make the same mistake twice. New people who are really trying get the positive attention and teaching that Tyrol believes will get them where he needs them to be. Those who are not making the requisite effort get a good kick in the ass, and sometimes more than one.

''I like Tyrol. He is the kind of person I would respect. The inner demons do not interfere with his day to day work. He deals with his own stuff when he is alone. Sometimes he takes on too much but you will never see it. He can wear his heart on his sleeve but he is very hard to read and get to know personally. Enigmatically simple if I can use those two together.

Galen's parents were a priest and an Oracle. He has served in the Colonial Military since he was 18 years old, working at various points on Battlestars Pegasus, Columbia, Atlantia, and Galactica. It is suggested that his experience extends beyond mechanical knowledge when he is stranded on the surface of Kobol - his actions there suggest a strong grasp of tactical and other military knowledge, as well as an extremely high level of competence overall. Commander Adama holds him in very high esteem as Colonel Tigh acknowledges when he says that "the old man has a soft spot" for him. Tyrol even modelled his own style of leadership on Adama's, and generally keeps a professional demeanor - although Tyrol tends to become overly protective, sometimes even irrational, when anyone under his command is injured or killed.

Tyrol and Helo encountered trouble when Lieutenant Thorne, an officer on the Pegasus, attempted to rape Caprica-Sharon while interrogating her. Rushing to her aid, Tyrol and Helo accidentally killed Thorne and were summarily sentenced to death by Admiral Helena Cain. Tyrol and Helo were eventually released from the brig by Cain's executive officer, Colonel Jack Fisk, and all charges were dropped.

In the second season finale, Tyrol is seen rallying a worker union on New Caprica with a pregnant Cally beside him.

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