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** 3) The Battlestar ''Galactica'' itself; from the water filtration system that according to Commander Adama doesn't waste so much as a drop of water while cleaning a ship's supply of water to the ship's DRADIS that allows early warning of Cylon attacks or its squadrons of Vipers and its powerful weapon systems or the simple fact that none of the surviving civilian leaders are smart enough to keep the fleet together without Adama. This is proven early in Season 2 when the fleet is divided and the civilian fleet that left ''Galactica'' is prone to suicidal plans as dictated by their civilian leaders.
* ''[[Star Trek]]'' has a fondness for this trope in its various series.
** ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode [[Star Trek: The Original Series/Recap/S3/E01 Spock's Brain|"Spock's Brain"]]. An underground civilization is coordinated by a [[Brain In a Jar|humanoid brain]] called the Controller. When it fails, the inhabitants go looking for a replacement and acquire the title object.
** ''TOS'' adored this trope, especially combined with a [[Master Computer]]. Cue the James T. Kirk patented [[Logic Bomb]]!
** ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' had a society dependent on cloning run into [[Clone Degeneration]]. They were forced to do it the old fashioned way with a neighboring society of Luddites.
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