User:Sycamore/HowTo:Get hold of a Number 6 Cylon

None of this is going to work - but you'll try until you're like Captain Quint from Jaws.

“It has been the fate of most modern science fiction programming to include a gratuitously high amount of soft porn since 1999's Farscape.”

~ John Travolta on Number Six

There are many reasons why you would want a Number Six, most obviously the fact that she never gets tired will come in handy for housework and your hourly sponge bath. This guide will tell you how to cheat, scam, and deceive primarily yourself on how to get hold of a Number Six.

The key issue is attempting to separate fiction from reality, rather like the Two Part Menagerie episode of the original Star Trek TV series. In this particular case you may have to reconcile that should you make an attempt at the "real thing" she will no doubt fill you with a dull sense of disappointment. She is also likely to shoot you as soon as she can. Obviously the methods below contain techniques that could allow you to have the Cylon variant which is basically a sex toy.

Method one: Freeze yourself in carbonite

Han Solo was cool. This is you as Han. While you are adorable, Cylons don't have a weakness for such nonsense. Sixes go for scrappy rebels who play by their own rules, but are soft and sensitive when the situation requires.

You saw Han Solo do it in The Empire Strikes Back; however harking back to such an old science fiction solution may prove difficult. Plus Han Solo has the endearing traits of the noble rogue, that infuriating yet strangely endearing devil-may-care attitude, and delicate yet defiant windblown hair (like Robin Hood, but with a Wookiee sidekick instead of Friar Tuck) that makes the ladies swoon. You, on the other hand, get nosebleeds when you get excited, your hair is barely windblown much less defiant, and you lack the oh so critical Wookiee.

As a general rule Number Sixes go for men with hearts of gold and ships that can make point five past lightspeed. As such, you should probably delay freezing yourself in carbonite until you amass these characteristics. Of course, a scrappy rebel who plays by his own rules would ignore this suggestion, thus putting you on the horns of a dilemma (this being one of the two times that particular phrase is mentioned on this page).

A major problem with this method is the lack of "real technology" to achieve this, and also the variable of whether scientists in the future will make Cylons. This is of course pure conjecture and it would be best to consider the first method as a final, last ditch possibility, only to be attempted after exhausting the other methods which, for reasons too technical to recount here, follow this method rather than precede it.

Earlier variants of the Cylons leave a lot to be desired, it takes a considerable amount of work a model like this shiny. On the other hand, their catchphrase is "By your command".

Method two: Attempt to create a Cylon

Scotch tape and magic have their limits, and pulling this off is probably the most challenging and is likely to fail. It will be at least as big a failure as the PamAndersonBot™ that your creepy older brother made a decade ago. He is still seeing that court-ordered shrink, right?

The considerations you will need to take into account are whether you have enough latex or whether a more straightforward alternative such as the readily available blow up doll, less readily available corpse, not at all available Cylon, etc. If successful, this can be used in conjunction with methods four and five (see below) for effect.

You will of course you will have to get a good blond wig and sadly your efforts will resemble your previous attempts to have sex with a celebrity; a restraining order and running from the law with a blow up doll strapped to your back.

You might want to consider trying to build a robot, sadly the MIT evening course you attended (they called it an "open day") will probably “not cut it” – you might want to pursue some more education to get some kind of “half decent” result. However you are in all probability one of those talentless nerds and this will probably fail just like the others, it’s worth giving it a shot though.

Method three: Masquerade as a film talent agent and get to know the real Tricia Helfer

You did know that she's a real person, right? She used to model. Also, she's married, but since this method will fail at least as badly as the others on offer, you'll never get to the point where that will be a problem. If you do manage to get past the door (kudos to you if you do) her husband, Johnathan Marshall, is a little guy. Small enough that you could take him, if you were sneaky enough. Distract him by jingling your keys, run off to the bathroom and don your Spiderman outfit, then dash back and "web" him with Silly String. If the key jingling put him slightly off balance, the Silly String webbing will mess him up. After that, of course, you'll have to deal with his angry wife and, we can't emphasize this enough... She. Will. Kick. Your. Ass.

So, after pretending to be an agent dressed up as Spiderman who zaps a guy with silly string before trying to escape with Tricia Helfer, freeing her from marital bliss... you will have a funny story to tell the other people in your cell block. Then they'll rape you. This will give them a funny story about raping a guy who pretended to be an agent dressed up as Spiderman who zapped a guy with silly string before trying to escape with Tricia Helfer, freeing her from marital bliss, to tell the other people in their cell block.

And so the circle is complete. Plus, in two to six years, you can tell your funny story again, this time to the parole board, which will then have a funny story to tell the people in their clique about the time they denied parole to...etc, etc.

And so the circle becomes another circle, but bigger. You'll be famous. Not the "rich" or "well known" kind of famous, but famous none the less. You'll be like a lesser known Pauly Shore, but raped in prison and wearing a Spiderman costume.

Method four: Use hastily flung together pre-existing notions from other science fiction films and programs

Number Six would find you in character as Paul Atreides irresistible. All you have to do is lose sixty pounds and comb your hair. It helps if you look like Kyle MacLachlan. It helps more if you don't look like you. Maybe she'd be more impressed with you as Wicket W. Warrick...

A la Stalker, Dr. Who or Dune. You could try believing that parts of the storylines of other, non BSG sci-fi series parallel your own pathetic existence. Many episodes often occur in a self referential fashion due to budget and creative droughts, like the Mirror, Mirror episode of the original Star Trek series.

You yourself could be part of a storyline and become part of the fiction which drives your desires and your need of the Number Six. It is possible from this point to say that any reality would probably not work as well as indulging in methods which only feed fantasy and your own nerdy delusions.

For example, you could be Paul Atreides, fulfilling his destiny on the deserts of Arrakis. There is literally no doubt that the delectable Number Six would literally go wild for a man who literally uses his voice to control people, armed with a knife that's literally made from a big worm's tooth, and clothed in a suit that's literally covered in pouches that are literally filled with his own sweat and urine. Literally! Mix that scenario with the towel from HHGTTG and you're literally golden.

You could also try one of those annoying repeating timeloop plots from STTNG, or fly around the Sun and travel back in time, as in about half of the films. You could also try one of those annoying repeating timeloop plots from STTNG. Similarly, a Zone style element would work quite well. For example; you are on a journey and you come a place where your wildest fantasies can become reality.

A key flaw with this method (as well as the one following) is that you won't find "all is for the best", in this world. You will find that this flaw in reality will start to pervade your deepest fantasies even if they become reality, ergo, any forgery however real will ultimately call you back to the real world without a Number Six. This will ultimately lead only to further desires when the next erotic science fiction series takes your fancy. Time to take that bromide I guess.

If Han Solo or Paul Atreides didn't work out, perhaps you could try being Ming.

Method five: Go insane and convince yourself that you have a copy in your head (not recommended for amateurs)

"Why lose your sanity about keeping your sanity?" Ford Prefect asks, and this method stretches this to the limit. Of course it requires the utmost concentration as well as complete detachment from reality.

This can work well in conjunction with Method four if you integrate some "rationality" into the whole thing you might be able to trick your primitive cerebrum from waking up out of your self induced insanity. You might try and involve participants to reinforce the scenario as well. Since no free thinking person with their sanity would willingly take part, you have the perfect chance to get that all important "realism."

You may for example accuse your friend of being some kind of Alien agent from another planet. As they try to "lie" about it all you might continue on until the lovely Number Six comes in to help you out as you "rationally justify" harassing Police and the public to the agents "plans." This kind of reinforcement will work pretty well for most and will help make the act seem more real for participants and cause untold damage to communities as you calmly pour battery acid over neighbours whilst they sleep.

This method is not recommended for amateurs who have never been in mental institutions as adjusting can be difficult. You might also be sent to prison as your cool and calm voice will undoubtedly anger the Judge regardless of the nonsense you are spouting. Be sure that somehow you develop a coherent getaway plan beforehand and you are sane enough to carry it out.

Conclusions

You may need to watch less Sci-fi programs and go outside to meet more real women. It may also be advisable to see a therapist after trying the techniques, even if you are a pro. The long term damage from attempting to make out with things that don't actually exist is problematic at best.

Of course the methods described here could work, and you may even succeed with a "can do" attitude you might pull it off at the last minute and find the solution and ready yourself for next week’s adventure. As David Bowie says at the end of The Man Who Fell to Earth, "There’s always the possibility."

See also

• Science Fiction
• Battlestar Galactica
• Cylon
• Women