Eftersom efter det första positiva testet av Boomer (vilket Baltar döljer för att rädda halsen), och Baltar senare upptäcker att varje prov tar 11 timmar att testa, fixar han cylindetektorn för att ge alla ett pass.
The functioning Cylon detector created by Baltar confirms that Sharon Valerii is indeed a Cylon, a fact that Baltar hides from Valerii, fearing what her Cylon persona would do were he to tell her (TRS: "Flesh and Bone"). After discovering that it would be easier for him to make all the results "green," Baltar alters the device to mimic this method of thinking (TRS: "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down"). However, after Sharon Valerii shoots Commander Adama, everyone believes the Cylon detector to be a failure, thinking that it did not pick up her Cylon nature (TRS: "Resistance", "He That Believeth In Me").