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: ''This article covers the Caprican city depicted in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For a similar reference in the [[Original Series]], see [[Delphian Empire]].''
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: ''For other items with the name '''Delphi''', see: [[Delphi (disambiguation)]].''
'''Delphi''' was a large city on the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], situated in the same general region as [[Caprica City]].


== General Information ==


[[Image:TelamontBuilding.jpg|thumb|The [[Telamont Building]].]]
[[Image:TelamontBuilding.jpg|thumb|A binocular view of Delphi, with the [[Telamont Building]] in center.]]
'''Delphi''' is a Colonial city on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] featuring a large spaceport and military base.
[[Image:HistoryMuseum.jpg|right|thumb|The heavily-damaged Delphi Museum, repository of an [[Arrow of Apollo|important artifact]].]]
Delphi was encircled by a rolling temperate rain forest and was located fairly close to a mountain range. Before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the city boasted a large spaceport and a military base.  One of the tallest structures in Delphi was the [[Telamont Building]]. Another major landmark was the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]]; among the items at the museum was the [[Arrow of Apollo]], an artifact that held clues to the general whereabouts of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], home of the legendary [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] ([[TRS]]:  "[[Colonial Day]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]").  


One of the tallest structures in the city is the [[Telamont Building]] - a towering monument that pierces the skyline by several stories. Delphi is near the same general region of the planet as [[Caprica City]]; Helo is able to trek on foot from the outskirts of Caprica City to Delphi in roughly two months.  
In the less urbanized outskirts of the city, the [[Delphi Convalescent Institute]] served patients suffering from mental illness for more than sixty years prior to the fall of the Colonies ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]"). The [[Delphi Union High School]] was also located in this more forested area ([[TRS]]:  "[[Resistance]]").


Delphi is believed to be the cultural and spiritual heart of the Twelve Colonies, home of a [[Forum]], [[Temple]], and [[Opera House]] which were built to mirror the originals on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]]. Helo curses the Cylons for using Delphi as a major hub ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).
Delphi was home to the Delphi Legion [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] team ([[CAP]]:  "[[Apotheosis (episode)|Apotheosis]]").


Following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], Delphi is used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] as their primary base of operations. [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon]] make their way across the planet in the hope of being able to find a vehicle they can use to escape off Caprica ("[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Colonial Day]]"). 
Prior to the attack, [[Kara Thrace]] owned a studio apartment in Delphi. Overlooking a parking lot, the apartment was in complete disarray, having inoperative air conditioning, faulty heating, and a broken toilet. The living room was littered with paintings of her own creation, including [[The Destiny|one particular painting on the wall]] (complete with a [[Starbuck's Poem|poem]]) and a tiny cache of [[Foliole|cigars]]. Thrace was not very enthusiastic about the apartment ([[TRS]]"[[Valley of Darkness]]").
[[Image:HistoryMuseum.jpg|left|thumb|The heavily-damaged Delphi Museum, respository of an [[Arrow of Apollo|important artifact]].]]
One of the city's major landmarks is the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]]. This massive archaelogical complex contains the [[Arrow of Apollo]], an artifact that may be the only clue to the whereabouts of Earth ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Part II]]). When [[Laura Roslin]] has visions following the discovery of Kobol, she overrides Commander [[William Adama]]'s plans and persuades [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] to take her [[You Can't Go Home Again|captured]] [[Cylon Raider]] to Caprica in order to recover the Arrow ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).


Successfully jumping to Caprica, Thrace lands next to the museum in which the Arrow is kept and manages to retrieve it ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
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[[Image:Valley of Darkness-Starbuck Helo.jpg|thumb|Thrace's old apartment, complete with a [[Eye of Jupiter|curious painting]] ([[Valley of Darkness]])]]
Before the attack, Kara Thrace owned a studio apartment in Delphi.  The place is a mess, it overlooks a parking lot, has a broken toilet and the basic services were constantly being cut off because she didn't pay the bills.


The apartment is littered with paintings of her own creation, some on canvas, [[The Destiny|one particular painting on the wall]] (complete with a [[Starbuck's Poem|poem]]) and a tiny cache of her customary [[Foliole|cigars]]. Starbuck isn't very enthusiastic about the place, even when she owned it, and the only reason she returns "home" is to collect an old jacket, a personal memento, and to retrieve the keys to her old military truck so she and Helo won't have to walk anymore ([[Valley of Darkness]]).
== After the Fall ==
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[[Image:S2-TheFarm-OccupiedHospital.jpg|left|thumb|A Cylon breeding [[Farms|farm]] near Delphi.]]
[[Image:S2-Downloaded-DelphiRestoration.jpg|left|thumb|[[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] serving as landscaping workers ([[Downloaded]])]]
Delphi and the general region around it are apparently fairly close to a series of mountains, as the athletes in the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] team survive the Cylon attack because they are in the mountains for high-altitude training at the time. The area would later form the core of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] that operates out of the [[Delphi Union High School]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).  The [[Farm|Cylon Farm]] that Starbuck is held in was set up in an old mental institution, about 20 klicks north of Delphi ([[The Farm]]). Delphi itself is bordered by hills on at least one side ([[Colonial Day]]).
[[Image:S2-TheFarm-OccupiedHospital.jpg|right|thumb|A Cylon breeding [[Farms|farm]] in Delphi.]]
Following the Cylon attack, Delphi, which was not directly targeted by nuclear weapons and therefore remained mostly intact, was used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] as a base of operations. The Cylons gradually re-settled Delphi - the [[humanoid Cylon]]s appropriated apartments, restored the landscaping, and opened a restaurant and other facilities. The Delphi Convalescent Institute was temporarily converted into a [[farm]] for reproductive procedures with human women ([[TRS]]:  "[[The Farm]]"). After being [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]], [[Sharon Valerii]] returned for a time to the apartment she had lived in prior to the fall of the Colonies ([[TRS]]:  "[[Downloaded]]").
 
The [[Caprica Buccaneers]] pyramid team survived the Cylon attack while undertaking high-altitude training near Delphi. They relocated to the Delphi Union High School and operated a resistance to the Cylon occupation from that location ([[TRS]]:  "[[Resistance]]").
 
A [[Sharon Agathon|Cylon posing as Sharon Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon]] reached Delphi after two months of traveling the surrounding countryside, intending to steal a ship and leave Caprica ([[TRS]]:  "[[Flesh and Bone]]," "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]," "[[Colonial Day]]").
 
After seeing visions of a city on the planet Kobol, President [[Laura Roslin]] overrode Commander [[William Adama]]'s plans and persuaded Kara Thrace to take a [[You Can't Go Home Again|captured]] Cylon [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Raider]] to Delphi in order to recover the Arrow of Apollo. Successfully jumping to Caprica, Thrace landed near the Delphi Museum and managed to retrieve the artifact ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]," "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Part II]]").  [[Scattered|Temporarily stranded on Caprica]], Thrace returned to her old apartment with Agathon to collect an old jacket, a personal memento, and keys to her old military truck ([[TRS]]:  "[[Valley of Darkness]]").
 
Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, was allegedly abandoned as the Cylons left to find the [[The Fleet (RDM)|last remnants]] of humanity in order to find a way to co-exist with them ([[TRS]]:  "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").
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[[Image:S2-Downloaded-DelphiRestoration.jpg|right|thumb|[[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] serving as landscaping workers ([[Downloaded]])]]
The Cylons eventually resettle Delphi, and [[humanoid Cylon]]s actually live there, appropriating apartments, restoring the landscaping and using a restaurant and other facilities. The [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]] [[Sharon Valerii]] returns to the apartment she had lived in prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]] for a time. The city is already populated by multiple copies of different Cylon models. The [[Hero of the Cylon|heroes of the Cylon]] begin to change Cylon philosophy on their treatment of humanity after a bombing incident led by [[Samuel Anders]] here.
Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, has been abandoned as the Cylons left to find the [[The Fleet (RDM)|last remnants]] of humanity to play "caretaker" ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])


== Notes  ==
== Notes  ==
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*The location of Delphi is one of many of the series’ influences by ancient Greek mythology and history.  In antiquity, the Greek city of Delphi was home to the Delphic Oracle, a Sibyl who made predictions, delivered in song or verse, which may have been inspired or influenced by the breathing of vapors emitted from the ground. The Oracle was originally a Pythian priestess (named for the python, killed by Apollo). Over time, she became known as The Pythia.
*The location of Delphi is one of many of the series’ influences by ancient Greek mythology and history.  In antiquity, the Greek city of Delphi was home to the Delphic Oracle, a Sibyl who made predictions, delivered in song or verse, which may have been inspired or influenced by the breathing of vapors emitted from the ground. The Oracle was originally a Pythian priestess (named for the python, killed by Apollo). Over time, she became known as The Pythia.


*Initially, the Oracle was associated with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_%28mythology%29 Gaia], who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo.
*Initially, the Oracle was associated with [[w:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo.


*The University of British Columbia's Koerner Library was used as the Delphi base on Caprica in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]" (Source: [[The Official Companion]]).
*The University of British Columbia's Koerner Library was used as the Delphi base on Caprica in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]" (Source: [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion|The Official Companion]]).


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For other items with the name Delphi, see: Delphi (disambiguation).

Delphi was a large city on the planet Caprica, situated in the same general region as Caprica City.

General Information[edit]

A binocular view of Delphi, with the Telamont Building in center.
The heavily-damaged Delphi Museum, repository of an important artifact.

Delphi was encircled by a rolling temperate rain forest and was located fairly close to a mountain range. Before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, the city boasted a large spaceport and a military base. One of the tallest structures in Delphi was the Telamont Building. Another major landmark was the Delphi Museum of the Colonies; among the items at the museum was the Arrow of Apollo, an artifact that held clues to the general whereabouts of Earth, home of the legendary Thirteenth Tribe (TRS: "Colonial Day," "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I").

In the less urbanized outskirts of the city, the Delphi Convalescent Institute served patients suffering from mental illness for more than sixty years prior to the fall of the Colonies (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory"). The Delphi Union High School was also located in this more forested area (TRS: "Resistance").

Delphi was home to the Delphi Legion pyramid team (CAP: "Apotheosis").

Prior to the attack, Kara Thrace owned a studio apartment in Delphi. Overlooking a parking lot, the apartment was in complete disarray, having inoperative air conditioning, faulty heating, and a broken toilet. The living room was littered with paintings of her own creation, including one particular painting on the wall (complete with a poem) and a tiny cache of cigars. Thrace was not very enthusiastic about the apartment (TRS: "Valley of Darkness").


After the Fall[edit]

Centurions serving as landscaping workers (Downloaded)
A Cylon breeding farm in Delphi.

Following the Cylon attack, Delphi, which was not directly targeted by nuclear weapons and therefore remained mostly intact, was used by the Cylons as a base of operations. The Cylons gradually re-settled Delphi - the humanoid Cylons appropriated apartments, restored the landscaping, and opened a restaurant and other facilities. The Delphi Convalescent Institute was temporarily converted into a farm for reproductive procedures with human women (TRS: "The Farm"). After being resurrected, Sharon Valerii returned for a time to the apartment she had lived in prior to the fall of the Colonies (TRS: "Downloaded").

The Caprica Buccaneers pyramid team survived the Cylon attack while undertaking high-altitude training near Delphi. They relocated to the Delphi Union High School and operated a resistance to the Cylon occupation from that location (TRS: "Resistance").

A Cylon posing as Sharon Valerii and Karl Agathon reached Delphi after two months of traveling the surrounding countryside, intending to steal a ship and leave Caprica (TRS: "Flesh and Bone," "The Hand of God," "Colonial Day").

After seeing visions of a city on the planet Kobol, President Laura Roslin overrode Commander William Adama's plans and persuaded Kara Thrace to take a captured Cylon Raider to Delphi in order to recover the Arrow of Apollo. Successfully jumping to Caprica, Thrace landed near the Delphi Museum and managed to retrieve the artifact ("Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I," "Part II"). Temporarily stranded on Caprica, Thrace returned to her old apartment with Agathon to collect an old jacket, a personal memento, and keys to her old military truck (TRS: "Valley of Darkness").

Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, was allegedly abandoned as the Cylons left to find the last remnants of humanity in order to find a way to co-exist with them (TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II").

Notes[edit]

  • The location of Delphi is one of many of the series’ influences by ancient Greek mythology and history. In antiquity, the Greek city of Delphi was home to the Delphic Oracle, a Sibyl who made predictions, delivered in song or verse, which may have been inspired or influenced by the breathing of vapors emitted from the ground. The Oracle was originally a Pythian priestess (named for the python, killed by Apollo). Over time, she became known as The Pythia.
  • Initially, the Oracle was associated with Gaia, who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo.

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