Colonial battles chronology (1980)

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This is a chronological list of battles in Galactica 1980. Exact dates are noted in Earth time and are based off the Fleet's arrival in the year 1980 CE.

This timeline follows the implication given in 1980 that Colonial time units and Earth time units are exact, interchangeable analogues; e.g., 1980 CE is the year 7378 on the Colonial calendar. See Timeline (1980) for additional details.


Battle Time Episode(s)
Pre-Thousand-Yahren War (c. 5397 BC—ca. 950 AC / 1—ca. 6348)[1]
Conflict Between the Cylons and the Hasari ca.950 CE / ca. 6348 "Saga of a Star World"
Thousand-Yahren War (ca. 950—1950 CE / ca. 6348—7348)[1]
Battle of Cosmora Archipelago Unknown "Take the Celestra"
Battle of Caprica 1910 CE / 7308 "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I"
Attack on Umbra 1924 CE / 7322 "The Man with Nine Lives"
Battle of Molecay 1948 CE / 7346[2] "The Living Legend, Part I"
Battle of Cimtar 1950 CE / 7348 "Saga of a Star World"
Escape from the Cylons (1950—80 CE / 7348—7378)
Clean Operation at the Path to Carillon 1950 CE / 7348 "Saga of a Star World"
Battle of Carillon 1950 CE / 7348 "Saga of a Star World"
Battle of Otarsis Quadrant 1950 CE / 7348 "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I"
Battle of Kobol 1950 CE / 7348 "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II"
Battle at Hatari Sector 1950 CE / 7348 "The Lost Warrior"
Battle at Proteus's Orbit 1950 CE / 7348 "The Long Patrol"
Mission to Destroy the Cylon Pulsar 1950 CE / 7348 "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I" and "II"
Battle at Sector Sigma 1950 CE / 7348 "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II"
Battle for the Agricultural Ships 1950 CE / 7348 "The Magnificent Warriors"
Battle at Omega Sector 1950 CE / 7348 "The Young Lords"
Interception of Cylon Tankers 1950 CE / 7348 "The Living Legend, Part I"
Battle of Gamoray 1950 CE / 7348 "The Living Legend, Part II"
Cylon Destructive Suicide Missions 1950 CE / 7348 "Fire In Space"
Battle at Galaxy's Edge After July 20, 1969—1970 CE / Between Mid-Month 7 of 7367—7368[3][4] "The Hand of God"
Battle near Planet Starbuck ~1970 CE / ~ 7368 "The Return of Starbuck"
The Discovery and Defense of Earth (1980 CE / 7378)
Interception of Galactican Vipers 1980 CE / 7378 "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I"
Battle for the Delphi 1980 CE / 7378 "The Super Scouts, Part I"
Interception of the A-B Raider October 30, 1980 CE / Month 10 of 7378[4] "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I"
Stopping the Landed Cylons October 31, 1980 CE / Month 11 of 7378[4] "The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II"
Battle for the Agricultural Ships November 1980 CE or later / Month 11 of 7378 or later "Space Croppers"
Internal Battles (ca. 1950—80 CE / 7348—7378)
Harassment Fires to Vipers by Vipers 1950 CE / 7348 "The Living Legend, Part I"
Escape from the Prison Barge 1950 CE / 7348 "Baltar's Escape"
The Mutiny in Celestra 1950 CE / 7348 "Take the Celestra"
Taking the Celestra 1950 CE / 7348 "Take the Celestra"
Interception of Xavier 1980 CE / 7378 "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III," "Spaceball"
Battles out of The Galactican Fleet (sometime—1980 CE / sometime—7378)
Destruction of Reptillian Cylons before ca. 950 CE / ca. 6348 "Saga of a Star World," "Experiment in Terra (TV movie)"
American Revolutionary War 1775-1783 CE / 7173-7381 "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III"
World War I 1914-1918 CE / 7312-7316 "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II"
World War II 1939-1945 CE / 7337-7343 "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II & III"
Duel between Apollo and Red-Eye 1950 CE / 7348 "The Lost Warrior"
Battle at Attila 1950 CE / 7348 "The Young Lords"
Destruction of Delphian Empire Unknown "The Living Legend, Part I"
Destruction of Paradeen's Population Unknown "Greetings From Earth"
Destruction of Lunar One Unknown "Experiment in Terra"
Nuclear War in Terra 1950 CE / 7348 "Experiment in Terra"
Skirmish on Planet Starbuck ~1970 CE / 7368 "The Return of Starbuck"

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 It is unknown in what order the battles of the Thousand-Yahren War took place, only that the Battle of Cimtar was last, as it represented the end of the war and the final defeat of the Twelve Colonies.
  2. This battle occurs roughly two yahrens prior to the Battle of Cimtar.
  3. In order to account for the interception of the Apollo 11 transmission, which is first sent on July 20, 1969, this battle would have to occur 19 years into Galactican Fleet's voyage. This assumption is absurd, however, as this would mean that the character moments in "The Hand of God" would have to be discounted. Ergo, this is a massive continuity error—and, to rectify this, the character drama between Starbuck and Cassiopeia, and Apollo and Sheba, would have to be ignored. Also, given that Starbuck is later abandoned on Planet Starbuck in "The Return of Starbuck," which transpires roughly 10 years before reaching Earth, it would have had to occur between late 1969 to 1970 CE. As radio waves travel at the speed of light in space, Galactica would have to be very close to Earth—well under or around one-light year away. Also, some form of amplification of the radio signal may have occurred in order for the transmission to be intercepted by Galactica during that time.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Colonials have no known names for denoting unique months or days of the week, hence its absence here.