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{{disline|For information on a similarly-named (but differently spelled) alcoholic beverage in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[Ambrosia]].}} | {{disline|For information on a similarly-named (but differently spelled) alcoholic beverage in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]], see [[Ambrosia]].}} | ||
[[File:Ambrosa.jpg|thumb|right|{{TOS|Starbuck}} and [[Cassiopeia]] drink ambrosa aboard ''{{TOS|Rising Star|Rising Star}}'' {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.]] | [[File:Ambrosa.jpg|thumb|right|{{TOS|Starbuck}} and [[Cassiopeia]] drink ambrosa aboard ''{{TOS|Rising Star|Rising Star}}'' {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.]] | ||
'''Ambrosa''' is an expensive alcoholic intoxicant, either golden or red in color | '''Ambrosa''' is an expensive alcoholic intoxicant, either golden or red in color ([[TOS]]: "[[The Long Patrol]]," "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]"). | ||
The rarity of the beverage makes it valuable amongst the survivors of the {{TOS|The Twelve Colonies|Twelve Colonies}}; even [[Thousand Yahren War|during the war]], 500-[[yahren]]-old ambrosa was not believed to exist.<ref>Starbuck first estimates that the bottle found on [[Robber]]'s stolen shuttle was 50 yahrens old, giving an idea—as well as an upper limit—of the rarity of older vintages on the Colonies in the yahrens before the end of the war {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.</ref> | The rarity of the beverage makes it valuable amongst the survivors of the {{TOS|The Twelve Colonies|Twelve Colonies}}; even [[Thousand Yahren War|during the war]], 500-[[yahren]]-old ambrosa was not believed to exist.<ref>Starbuck first estimates that the bottle found on [[Robber]]'s stolen shuttle was 50 yahrens old, giving an idea—as well as an upper limit—of the rarity of older vintages on the Colonies in the yahrens before the end of the war {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.</ref> | ||
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: Ambrosa improves with age. At less than one [[List of terms (TOS-RH)|yahren]] it is almost undrinkable, but after one hundred it is sublime. It is best distilled and purified under low-gravity conditions, making the output of small heavily bodies, such as the [[Proteus]] Asteroid, especially valued. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=13}}</ref> | : Ambrosa improves with age. At less than one [[List of terms (TOS-RH)|yahren]] it is almost undrinkable, but after one hundred it is sublime. It is best distilled and purified under low-gravity conditions, making the output of small heavily bodies, such as the [[Proteus]] Asteroid, especially valued. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=13}}</ref> | ||
== Notes == | |||
* According to the [[non-canon]]ical ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', ambrosa is "best distilled and purified under low-gravity conditions," thus the reason why [[Proteus]] was chosen as a place to produce the beverage.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=13}}</ref> | |||
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