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| name= Thousand-Yahren War
| image=Raidercrew.jpg
| description=
| conflict=[[Thousand-Yahren War]]
| date=1000 between 0 yahren before  [[Battle of Cimtar|Destruction of The Twelve Colonies]]
| place= Known Places:
* [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|The Twelve Colonies]]<br/>
* Cosmora Archipelago<br/>
* [[Molecay]]<br/>
* [[Cimtar]]
| result=Decisive Cylon victory, destruction of the Twelve Colonies
| combatant1=[[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|The Twelve Colonies]]
| combatant2=[[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]
| co1=Known Commanders:
* [[Adar (TOS)|President Adar]]
* [[Adama (TOS)|Commander Adama]]<br/>
* [[Kronus|Commander Kronus]]
* [[Cain (TOS)|Commander Cain]]
| co2=Specific Commanders:
* [[Imperious Leader]]s
* [[Command Centurion]]s
| strength1=At least 8 [[Battlestar (TOS)|Battlestars]], <br/>Unknown number of [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]]
| strength2=Unknown number of [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raiders]], <br/>Unknown number of [[Basestar (TOS)|Basestars]]
| shiploss1=[[Pegasus (TOS)|Almost]] all battlestars and vessels except [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']].
| shiploss2=Unknown number of [[Raider (TOS)|Cylon Raiders]], <br/>Unknown number of [[Basestar (TOS)|Basestars]] (at least  [[Battle of Cosmora Archipelago|3]]).
| casualties1=Unknown, heavy
| casualties2=Unknown, heavy
| prev=[[Conflict Between the Cylons and the Hasari]]
| next=eventually [[Battle of Cosmora Archipelago]]
| series=TOS
}}
:''This article discusses the long war between the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] and [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|humanity]] in the [[Original Series]]. For information on the first war between the humanity and their robotic creations in the [[Re-imagined Series]], see [[Cylon War]].
[[Image:Atlantiagoesboom.jpg|thumb|right|The flagship of the Colonial Fleet is destroyed in the Cylon coup de grâce ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]
[[Image:Atlantiagoesboom.jpg|thumb|right|The flagship of the Colonial Fleet is destroyed in the Cylon coup de grâce ([[Saga of a Star World]]).]]
In the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]], the '''Thousand-[[Yahren]] War''' was the conflict between the [[Cylon Empire]] and an intergalactic federation including the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. It began when the Colonies aided the Hasari in taking back "their nation" from the Cylons.  The exact nature of the Hasari and their relationship to the Colonies remains unknown.  Five hundred yahren into the War, the Colonials developed the first [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestars]]; of these original five hundred battlestars{{citation needed}}, only seven battlestars (six at Cimtar, and [[Pegasus (TOS)|one other]], presumed destroyed in an earlier battle) would survive till the end of the conflict.


The earliest battle (mentioned in the series) was the [[Battle of Cosmora Archipelago]] ([[Take the Celestra (TOS)|Take the Celestra]]).
The '''Thousand-[[Yahren]] War''' is the primary conflict between the [[Cylon Empire]] and an intergalactic federation including the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]].  


The Thousand-Yahren War ended with the [[Battle of Cimtar]]; [[Count Baltar]], a Colonial double-agent for the Cylons, tricked President [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] into believing the Cylons wished to negotiate a truce; it was a ruse, and while a force of one thousand [[Raiders]] destroyed four of the last five battlestars (including Adar's ''[[Atlantia]]''), the [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] fleet destroyed the [[Twelve Colonies]].
[[Battle of Hasari|This conflict]] began when the Colonies aided the [[Hasari]] in taking back "their nation" from the Cylons.<ref>See [[#In the separate continuity|the separate continuity section]] of this article for differences between the novelization and the actual canon versions.</ref>  The exact nature of the Hasari and their relationship to the Colonies remains unknown ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]").


The remaining fleet of [[The Fleet (TOS)|220 civilian ships]] were escorted to safety by the battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''.
== Battles of the War ==


==For Comparison==
The following were known events during this conflict, in chronological order:


In the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] first fought their creations, the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], in the 12-year long [[Cylon War]]. After a 40-year armistice, the Cylons return, complete with a [[Cylon agent|new humanoid appearance]], to destroy the Colonies, aided unwittingly by a scientist named [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Miniseries]]).
* [[Battle of Cosmora Archipelago]]: This is the earliest known confict, with Commander [[Kronus]] and the [[Fourth Fleet]] victorious against the Cylons ([[TOS]]: "[[Take the Celestra]]")
* [[Battle of Caprica]]: This occurred during [[Leda]]'s lifetime ([[TOS]]: "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]")
* [[Attack on Umbra]]: A Cylon attack on Caprica, presumably on Caprican agricultural resources, which leaves [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and several hundred children orphaned ([[TOS]]: "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]")
* [[Battle of Molecay]]: This is the last known major battle with the Cylons. The [[Fifth Fleet]], lead by the "legendary Commander [[Cain]]", is destroyed here, save Cain's battlestar, ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' ([[TOS]]: "[[The Living Legend, Part I]]")
* [[Battle of Cimtar]]: The final coup de grâce, resulting in the fall of the Twelve Colonies ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]").
 
== Effects of the War ==
 
Given the war's duration, it appears that efforts normally occuring during peacetime were curtailed. [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] mentions to [[Zac]] that they would be able to resume deep space exploration should there be peace with the Cylons ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]"). The ''[[Rising Star (TOS)|Rising Star]]''&#39;s [[maitre d']] states that the festivities during the departure from their [[Cyrannus (TOS)|home galaxy]] remind him of a "time before the war" ([[TOS]]: "[[The Long Patrol]]"). This might suggest that there were lulls between major battles of reasonable length, or he might very well have been speaking of the time before the exodus from the Colonies.
 
In addition, the Colonials set up numerous colony worlds far outside their galaxy, which included the prison planet of [[Proteus]] ([[TOS]]: "[[The Long Patrol]]") and agricultural settlements such as [[Sectar (planet)|Sectar]] ([[TOS]]: "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]"). These planets became cut-off from the Twelve Colonies, resulting in a loss of technological advancement, even regression; Proteus, for instance, uses [[Sixth-millennium starfighter]]s that predates the mainstay seventh millennium Colonial [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] ([[TOS]]: "[[The Long Patrol]]"), heavily suggesting that the war took its toll on the supply and transportation lines between the main colonies and their smaller intergalactic interests to the point where whole worlds and outposts were forgotten about.
 
== Conclusion ==
 
The Thousand-Yahren War ends at the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. Lord [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]], a Colonial double-agent for the Cylons, tricks President [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] into believing the Cylons wished to negotiate a truce. The peace conference is a ruse, allowing a force of one thousand [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]] to destroy four of the five battlestars, including Adar's ''[[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]'', while a [[Basestar (TOS)|basestar]] fleet (and additional Raiders) destroy the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]] ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]").
 
With Baltar's agent, [[Karibdis]], neutralizing the Colonial defense systems on Caprica, the Cylons are able to attack the planet without planetary resistance ([[TOS]]: "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]"). Strafing runs and [[pluton poisoning|pluton bombs]] are used to devastating effect by the Cylon assault forces.
 
The final attack takes several centares. Reports transmitted from [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Sagitaria]] indicate that it was "in flames", which is likely the same situation echoed throughout the Colonies.
 
As an end result, countless<ref>On page 16 of ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', a [[non-canon]]ical publication issued in 1979, gives the number of 70 billion. No exact number is provided in the series.</ref> humans are killed and the Colonies are neutralized as a home for the Colonials.
 
From the ruins of the Colonies, surviving Colonials are gathered into a motley fleet of [[The Fleet (TOS)|220 civilian ships]] and are escorted to safety by the last surviving battlestar, ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' ([[TOS]]: "[[Saga of a Star World]]").
 
== In the separate continuity ==
 
In the Berkley novelizations, [[Adama (TOS alternate)|Adama]] states in his journal that the conflict began when the Cylons attacked Colonial merchant ships (destroying them by the thousands) and, later on, sent an attack fleet to the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies]]. This attack was repulsed by a prepared Colonial military, which began the thousand year<ref>The novelization does not use the term "[[yahren]]".</ref> war.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Thurston|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Thurston|authorlinkurl=|year=September 1978|title=[[Saga of a Star World (Book)|Battlestar Galactica]]|publisher=Berkley Books|pages=1-2|location=|id=}}</ref><ref>It should also be noted that there is a contradiction in this story that occurs later on in the book, as [[Saga of a Star World (Book)#Notes|noted on the book's guide page]].</ref>
 
== References ==
 
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Revision as of 20:16, 27 August 2019

Thousand-Yahren War
Summary
Conflict: Thousand-Yahren War
Date: 1000 between 0 yahren before Destruction of The Twelve Colonies
Related Episode(s):
Place: Known Places:
Result: Decisive Cylon victory, destruction of the Twelve Colonies
Combatants
The Twelve Colonies Cylons
Commanders
Known Commanders: Specific Commanders:
Strength
At least 8 Battlestars,
Unknown number of Vipers
Unknown number of Cylon Raiders,
Unknown number of Basestars
Materiel Losses
Almost all battlestars and vessels except Galactica. Unknown number of Cylon Raiders,
Unknown number of Basestars (at least 3).
Casualties
Unknown, heavy Unknown, heavy
Battle Chronology
Previous Next
Conflict Between the Cylons and the Hasari Thousand-Yahren War eventually Battle of Cosmora Archipelago


This article discusses the long war between the Cylons and humanity in the Original Series. For information on the first war between the humanity and their robotic creations in the Re-imagined Series, see Cylon War.
The flagship of the Colonial Fleet is destroyed in the Cylon coup de grâce (Saga of a Star World).

The Thousand-Yahren War is the primary conflict between the Cylon Empire and an intergalactic federation including the Twelve Colonies of Man.

This conflict began when the Colonies aided the Hasari in taking back "their nation" from the Cylons.[1] The exact nature of the Hasari and their relationship to the Colonies remains unknown (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").

Battles of the War[edit]

The following were known events during this conflict, in chronological order:

Effects of the War[edit]

Given the war's duration, it appears that efforts normally occuring during peacetime were curtailed. Apollo mentions to Zac that they would be able to resume deep space exploration should there be peace with the Cylons (TOS: "Saga of a Star World"). The Rising Star's maitre d' states that the festivities during the departure from their home galaxy remind him of a "time before the war" (TOS: "The Long Patrol"). This might suggest that there were lulls between major battles of reasonable length, or he might very well have been speaking of the time before the exodus from the Colonies.

In addition, the Colonials set up numerous colony worlds far outside their galaxy, which included the prison planet of Proteus (TOS: "The Long Patrol") and agricultural settlements such as Sectar (TOS: "The Magnificent Warriors"). These planets became cut-off from the Twelve Colonies, resulting in a loss of technological advancement, even regression; Proteus, for instance, uses Sixth-millennium starfighters that predates the mainstay seventh millennium Colonial Viper (TOS: "The Long Patrol"), heavily suggesting that the war took its toll on the supply and transportation lines between the main colonies and their smaller intergalactic interests to the point where whole worlds and outposts were forgotten about.

Conclusion[edit]

The Thousand-Yahren War ends at the Battle of Cimtar. Lord Baltar, a Colonial double-agent for the Cylons, tricks President Adar into believing the Cylons wished to negotiate a truce. The peace conference is a ruse, allowing a force of one thousand Raiders to destroy four of the five battlestars, including Adar's Atlantia, while a basestar fleet (and additional Raiders) destroy the Twelve Colonies (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").

With Baltar's agent, Karibdis, neutralizing the Colonial defense systems on Caprica, the Cylons are able to attack the planet without planetary resistance (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star"). Strafing runs and pluton bombs are used to devastating effect by the Cylon assault forces.

The final attack takes several centares. Reports transmitted from Sagitaria indicate that it was "in flames", which is likely the same situation echoed throughout the Colonies.

As an end result, countless[2] humans are killed and the Colonies are neutralized as a home for the Colonials.

From the ruins of the Colonies, surviving Colonials are gathered into a motley fleet of 220 civilian ships and are escorted to safety by the last surviving battlestar, Galactica (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").

In the separate continuity[edit]

In the Berkley novelizations, Adama states in his journal that the conflict began when the Cylons attacked Colonial merchant ships (destroying them by the thousands) and, later on, sent an attack fleet to the Twelve Colonies. This attack was repulsed by a prepared Colonial military, which began the thousand year[3] war.[4][5]

References[edit]

  1. See the separate continuity section of this article for differences between the novelization and the actual canon versions.
  2. On page 16 of Encyclopedia Galactica, a non-canonical publication issued in 1979, gives the number of 70 billion. No exact number is provided in the series.
  3. The novelization does not use the term "yahren".
  4. Thurston, Robert (September 1978). Battlestar Galactica. Berkley Books, p. 1-2.
  5. It should also be noted that there is a contradiction in this story that occurs later on in the book, as noted on the book's guide page.