Editing Aerilon

{{disline|For information on Aerilon in the [[Dynamite Comics]], see: [[Aerilon (alternate)]].<br/><br/>
Some of the information below is derived from ''[[Beyond Caprica: A Visitor's Pocket Guide to the Twelve Colonies]]''.}}

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Aerilon is primarily an agricultural world, known as the "food basket" of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol|Twelve Colonies]]. Despite this, Aerilon is considered to be one of the poorest Colonies {{TRS|Dirty Hands}}. Its capital city is Gaoth.

==Government==
Aerilon's government provides little or no support for health care, education, or other social infrastructure services. However, Aerilonians accept police with broad powers to detain, imprison, and torture suspects.

==Economy==
Although Aerilon's soil is not very fertile and requires intensive cultivation to achieve plentiful harvests, it is primarily an agricultural world. The capital, Gaoth, started as a prairie town on intersecting cattle trails. Aerilon also has [[tylium (RDM)|tylium]] mines, and Promethea, one of the larger cities on the planet, was founded as a mining town on the edge of a region known as the Badlands {{TRS|Blood and Chrome|del1=y}}.

== Script Version Details ==
The pre-production script for ''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' provides additional information about Aerilon's character and its residents. The script describes Promethea (spelled in the scrip as "Promethia") as a "mining boomtown" that represents a different side of Aerilon from the agricultural stereotype.<ref>''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' [{{fullurl:File:B&C Pre-Production Draft - 11-30-10 - Version 01.FDX.pdf|page=30}} pre-production script dated 30 November 2010], pg. 29</ref> The script reveals that not all Aerilonians are farmhands, as [[Coker Fasjovik]] notes when correcting assumptions about his background. Promethea is portrayed as a place where major tylium companies operated, providing employment for mining engineers and supporting the University of Aerilon as well as its rival educational institution, Promethea A&M.

The script also suggests that despite Aerilon's reputation for rural simplicity, it produces individuals with diverse backgrounds and aspirations. Coker's father worked as a mining engineer for "a couple of the big [[Tylium (RDM)|Tylium]] companies" before becoming a professor at Promethea A&M, while Coker himself left Aerilon to pursue artistic studies at the University of Aerilon, initially hoping to become a playwright and musician.<ref>''[[Blood and Chrome]]'' [{{fullurl:File:B&C Pre-Production Draft - 11-30-10 - Version 01.FDX.pdf|page=30}} pre-production script dated 30 November 2010], pg. 29</ref> This portrayal bucks the common perception of Aerilon as simply a backward agricultural world.

==History==
Fifteen people died when President [[Richard Adar]], for reasons unexplained, sent the [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to Aerilon in the years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|Water}}.

==Culture==
While imprisoned on [[Galactica (RDM)|''Galactica'']], [[Gaius Baltar]] talks extensively about Aerilon, confirming that it, not [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], was his birth world. He imitates the speech mannerisms of a stereotypical native, a farmer who likes to work with his hands, and "go down to the pub for a pint"<ref>Baltar's use of the term "pub" and "pint" suggest that Aerilon's culture is reminiscent of that of the workers of Ireland, Scotland or England. Baltar's use of a unit of liquid measurement called a "[[jp]]" in the episode "[[Water]]" and "pint" suggests that the Colonials may have several units of liquid volume. The term "pint" is also a nickname for a glass of beer, which often is measured in Imperial pints.</ref> and have a fight at the end of the night. In doing this, Baltar puts on a strong [[Language in the Twelve Colonies#Aerilon Accent|raspy "Aerilon" accent]]<ref>Actor [[James Callis]], who normally speaks in his own native accent, adopted an accent similar to a Yorkshire accent for Baltar's "native Aerilon."</ref> {{TRS|Dirty Hands}}.

Likewise, the musical and visual arts of Aerilon are informed by simple, harsh agrarian and working-class sensibilities.

==Education==
Aerilon's prime educational institution, the University of Aerilon, is located in Gaoth. It is known for producing artisans, such as writer [[Mark Bailey]] whose works became well-known circa {{YR|42}} (''[[The Caprican]]'': "[[The Bottom Five Backtalk Guests]]").

Its rival, the Promethea Agricultural and Mechanical (A&M), is based in the mining boomtown of Promethea {{TRS|Blood and Chrome|del1=y}}.

==Other==
[[File:Lest we forget.jpg|thumb|150px|The only [[Lest We Forget|visual depiction]] of Aerilon {{TRS|33}}.]]
* The professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team from Aerilon played against the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] in one of the last games before the Cylon attack. They apparently won {{TRS|Resistance (episode)}}.
* A [[Lest We Forget|photo of a grief-stricken soldier]] staring out at the ruins of Aerilon's capital hangs behind President Roslin's desk and on the bulkhead of a [[Pilot ready rooms|pilot ready room]] on ''Galactica''. The pilots touch the photo for luck and in a sign of respect as they leave the room. This photo of Aerilon gives viewers one of the few visual depictions of life on a colony other than Caprica, at least until ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' came along {{TRS|33}}.
* [[Aerilon Crystal]] table salt is used by [[Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] in the [[Salt Line Ceremony]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}.
* Several of the Colonies' greatest artists, writers, and political leaders came from the planet, although their fame was almost always achieved after leaving Aerilon.

==Natives==
===Pre-[[First Cylon War]]===
* [[Julius Baltar]]
* [[Coker Fasjovik]], Colonial flight officer during the [[Cylon War]] {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}.
* [[Mark Bailey]]
* [[Saul Tigh]]<ref>[[Final Five|This is alleged.]]</ref>

===Post-First Cylon War===
* [[Gaius Baltar]], moved to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] and changed his accent to hide his true origins {{TRS|Dirty Hands}}.
* [[Alisander Asiel]], Aerilon's representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.
* [[Sekou Hamilton]], presumed; editor of the Aerilon Gazette {{TRS|Colonial Day}}.
* [[Socinus]], presumed; the zodiac sign of Aries is [[:File:SocinusTatoo KLGp1.JPG|tattooed]] on his arm {{TRS|Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|prose=y}}, [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 1 (RDM)#Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|deleted scene]].

==Publications==
* [[Aerilon Gazette]]

==Locations==
* [[Cuffle's Breath Wash]]
* [[Euclid River]]
* Promethea
* Gaoth

==Notes==
* The spelling of this colony is sometimes inconsistent in the Re-imagined Series' official cast and crew notes and episode content, in the same way that the [[Original Series]] had inconsistent spellings of "Centurion" and "Centurian". The colony is spelled "Aerilon" in the episodes "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[The Son Also Rises]]" in official Colonial documentation, as well as placards from "[[Colonial Day]]" and various [[Season 4]] episodes. Further research into this has lead Battlestar Wiki to choose the more prevalent spelling that appears on various props in the series, as well as spellings from the scripts: "Aerilon".
* [[Socrata Thrace]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] pronounce the name as "Air-lon," while Baltar pronounces it "Air-e-lon".

==References==
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