[Z-man]

First off - man, I didn't see that coming, even though the writing was on the wall throughout that whole episode, and in previous episodes.

Second - my theories:
1. Starbuck isn't a cylon.

2. There was a real raider out there. Her ship was definately hit something that time.

3. Starbuck may have ejected out of the Viper just before it exploded. You see her clutching the release mechanism as she's talking with Apollo moments before.

4. The raider may have swooped in and snatched Starbuck out of the sky.

5. That oracle may be a cylon. How else could she have known word for word what Leoben told Starbuck? Unless, of course, the gods intervened...

Throughout the series, it has been stated again and again that Starbuck has a destiny. I don't think her comitting suicide is how her destiny is fullfilled.

-Zoltan.