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Starbuck

Barely competent and paranoid. There’s a hell of a combination.

— Battlestar Galactica ‧ 2003

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker sums up someone as barely capable yet suspicious of everyone, and calls that pairing a hell of a combination. It's a dry, sarcastic jab: lack of skill is bad enough, but adding paranoia makes things worse.

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