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{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}
{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|cont=Dynamite Comics}}


[[File:BSG 2014 Annual - Cygnus.png|thumb|The domed habitat of Cygnus.]]
[[File:BSG-FOTG - Iblis' Planet.png|thumb|{{alt|Viper|TOS}}s approach the unnamed planet for the first time ({{comics|vol3|1}}).]]


'''Cygnus''' is an asteroid rich in tylium, a provincial outpost of {{alt|Picon|TOS}}.
'''Iblis' planet'''<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref> is the world where {{alt|Iblis}} and his followers had been first exiled, following their being cast out by the [[Seraphs]] untold thousands of yahrens prior.


{{alt|Baltar|TOS}}'s father, [[Sela]], operates the {{TOS|tylium}} mine on this asteroid. When invaded by the {{alt|Cylons|TOS}} during the course of the [[Thousand-Yahren War]], the {{alt|Caprica|TOS}}ns influence the {{alt|Quorum of Twelve}} to abstain from defending the outpost for fear of further Cylon reprisals closer to the Colonies.
A [[black hole]] singularity of Iblis' creation bridges the Colonial's known universe and a separate universe where this planet resides, trapping many hapless denizens for an untold period of time. Surrounding the planet are derelict ships in a thickly-ringed graveyard, its survivors making landfall on the planet only to be hunted down by the [[Meclons]]&mdash;former {{alt|Cylons|TOS}} who were also inexorably drawn into the singularity ({{comics|vol3|1}} &mdash; {{comics|vol3|3|short=y}}).


Baltar betrays both his father and the Cygnus rebels' attempt to destroy the mine to the Cylon [[Commandant]], resulting in their execution and securing Baltar's release via a shuttle to Picon.
Sometime following {{alt|Baltar|TOS}}'s release by {{alt|Adama|TOS}} after the [[Battle at Galaxy's Edge]], Baltar finds himself whisked away from his exile and stranded upon this planet on the false promise of freedom ({{comics|vol3|2}}) and assumes a leadership role over the shipwrecked survivors, terming them his "congregation" ({{comics|vol3|5}}).


Following Cygnus' recovery by the Colonials yahrens later, Baltar returns to Cygnus to inherit the remains of the family business and, with the help of [[Abel]], reactivates the Cygnus operation. Cygnus becomes Baltar's home base from which Baltar rapidly expands his tylium operations throughout the quadrant.
[[File:BSG-FOTG - Impact Crater.png|thumb|{{alt|Sheba}} stands over a precipice, overlooking a massive large impact crater caused by a ship far larger than any known to both Cylons and humans ({{comics|vol3|1}}).]]


Both Cygnus and Picon are to be spared by the Cylons in return for Baltar's assistance with their false peace offer. The Cylons renege on this, occupying Cygnus and destroying Picon during the {{alt|Battle of Cimtar}} ({{comics|annual2014}}).
This congregation is fodder for [[Meclons]], who attack and abduct its members for "integration" into the Meclon Empire ({{comics|vol3|2}} & {{comics|vol3|3|short=y}}). However, the planet possesses a secret&mdash;another husk of a ship that bears the skeletons of Iblis' former pig-faced followers&mdash;in a cavern where even the Meclons do not enter, thus making it a sanctuary for the congregation ({{comics|vol3|2}}). 
 
Following a battle that destroys the {{alt|Ship of Lights}}&mdash;the act itself tearing a hole back into the primary universe&mdash;the [[Seraphs]] rescue the congregation and transport them to the Fleet. The planet left abandoned by the Fleet and {{alt|Lucifer}}'s Cylons who have made good their escape, Iblis returns to the planet to resurrect his original followers as Meclons, swearing vengeance against ''{{alt|Galactica|TOS}}'' and those who have shunned him ({{comics|vol3|5}}).


== Notes ==
== Notes ==


* The location and backstory used in {{comics|annual2014}} are derived from Cygnus' entry in ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'', with those details summarized [[Encyclopedia Galactica#Cygnus|here]].
* The planet shares many similarities with the [[red planet]] that [[War of the Gods|Iblis had been discovered upon]] previously, including wreckage of a large ship containing his long-dead followers.
* Given Iblis' powers, it is entirely possible that Iblis' planet and the red planet previously encountered are one-and-the-same, displaced both in space and time, but that link is never definitively confirmed in {{comics|folly||this comic book series}}.
 
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