Computron

Galactica 1980

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An external access cover for a Viper's computron circuits, between the upper and port engine housing ^{(1980: "Spaceball")}.

A computron is a Colonial term for computer.

It is used in Galactica 1980 with the introduction of the navigational computron, the navigational computer within a Viper ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}. Xaviar later sabotages Galactica Probe 1's onboard computron, forcing Troy and Dillon to perform an EVA to bypass its circuits ^{(1980: "Spaceball")}.

The term is most often used in association with the wrist computron, a device worn on the wrist capable of translation and invisibility ^{(1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")}.

Notes

The term is re-used in the Realm Press comics, first appearing in "The Law of Volahd."

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