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| [[File:Quantum_Mechanix_The_Twelve_Colonies_of_Kobol.jpg|thumb|"Intergalactic travelers and stargazers need never be lost in the {{TOS|Cyrannus|Cyrannus}} star system if they have this in their back pocket: the first and only official map of the 12 Colonies of Kobol." | | [[Image:Quantum Mechanix The Twelve Colonies Of Kobol.Jpg|thumb]] |
| —[[Quantum Mechanix]]]]
| | '''Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies'''<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> is a [[Quantum Mechanix]] product depicting the [[The Twelve Colonies Of Kobol]] as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]] and its spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''. |
| '''Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies'''<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> is a [[Quantum Mechanix]] product depicting the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol]] as seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|Re-imagined Series]] and its spin-off ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''. According to Quantum Mechanix<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref>, the map's status is official. However, according to Jane Espenson, quoted in an interview with [[w:io9|io9]]<ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref>, the status of information on the map is "[[Battlestar_Wiki:Canon#Official|quasi-canon]]" (used only in production and subject to future revision). | |
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| == Production ==
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| The map was made over the course of one year with the help of writer [[Jane Espenson]] and scientific advisor [[Kevin Grazier]] while graphic designer [[Geoffrey Mandel]] "created the map from scratch".<ref name="Quantum Mechanix">{{cite_web|url=http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html|title=Battlestar Galactica Map of the 12 Colonies|date=|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=|first=|format=|language=English}}</ref> In an interview with [[w:io9|io9]], the map drew inspiration from [[Bob Harris]]{{'}} book ''[[Beyond Caprica: A Visitor's Pocket Guide to the Twelve Colonies]]''<ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref> as well as [[Kevin Grazier]]'s "[[Astronomy of the Twelve Colonies]]," which he wrote based on the "[[series bible]]" and the first two scripts of "[[33]]" and "[[Water]]".<ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref>
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| == Official statements ==
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| *''Kevin Grazier explained the necessity of making the map:''
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| :Later, when I was working on the chapter about planets for the book ''[[The Science of Battlestar Galactica|Science of Battlestar Galactica]]'', I revisited that document – expanding upon it for the book. While I was writing that chapter I had a conversation with Jane and we agreed that it might serve the dramatic needs of ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' if we laid out the Colonies explicitly before they got too deep into writing.<ref name="io9">{{cite_web|url=http://io9.com/5742034/a-detailed-map-of-battlestar-galacticas-twelve-colonies?skyline=true&s=i|title=Detailed Map Of Battlestar Galactica's Twelve Colonies|date=24 January 2010|accessdate=29 January 2011|last=Anders|first=Charlie Jane|format=|language=English}}</ref>
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| == Trivia ==
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| Early versions of the map included an error in Picon's description, inaccurately stating that Queenstown is Caprica's capital instead of Picon's. This was later corrected.
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| == External links == | | == External links == |
| | *[http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html Official site] |
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110127102539/http://store.qmxonline.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Map-of-the-12-Colonies_p_119.html Archive link of the official website]
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| [[Category:A to Z]] | | [[Category:A to Z]] |
| [[Category:Quantum Mechanix]] | | [[Category:Quantum Mechanix]] |
| [[Category:Merchandise]] | | [[Category:Merchandise]] |
| [[Category:RDM]] | | [[Category:RDM]] |
