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| {{disambiguation|Cyrannus}} | | :''For other uses, see [[Cyrannus]].'' |
| | In "[[The Long Patrol]]", {{TOS|Starbuck}} refers to the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]] as being in the "Cyrannus Galaxy". |
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| The '''Cyrannus galaxy''' is the location of the [[Twelve Colonies of Man]].
| | Opinion is divided whether the Colonies lie in the same galaxy as [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]], which—given numerous references (particularly in "[[Greetings from Earth]]") that the Earth sought after by the Colonials is our Earth—would have to be identical to our "Milky Way galaxy". |
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| {{TOS|The Fleet}} passes through a swath of [[asteroid dust]] during its exodus from the Colonies in [[7348]], separating the outer periphery of the Cyrannus galaxy from other regions disconnected from the Colonies during the [[Thousand-Yahren War]] {{OS|The Long Patrol}}. | | Opponents of such an identity can point to Commander {{TOS|Adama}}'s clear statement in "[[Saga of a Star World]]", that Earth is located "In a galaxy similar to our own". |
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| Prior to about [[6848]], the Colonials had formerly established extra-galactic settlements, including the penal planetoid of [[Proteus]] {{OS|The Long Patrol}} that had been abandoned and forgotten about during the last yahrens of the Thousand-Yahren War. Additionally, Colonials had knowledge of other locales, including [[Gamoray]] that, in 7348, became the "outer capital" of the [[Cylon Empire]] after the fall of the [[Delphian Empire]] to the Cylons {{OS|The Living Legend, Part I}}.
| | Proponents of the identity of the two galaxies argue that it is less improbable that the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] could traverse a large span of several thousand light-years within the Milky Way galaxy (which is approximately 170,000 – 200,000 light-years in diameter) than to make a journey from one galaxy to another (which implies a journey of two million light-years or more). |
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| == Planets and Locales ==
| | Note, however, that both explanations automatically assume that the "galaxy" term means the same thing to the Colonials as it does to us, i.e. a massive system of millions or billions of individual star systems orbiting a common center of mass. This is not necessarily the case (see e.g. [[micron]] and [[parsec]]). Statements such as "[Earth's] proximity to the sun provides the only climate in the galaxy comfortably able to support life as we know it" {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}} suggests a colonial "galaxy" may in fact be the same thing as a star/solar system. Thus the Cyrannus "galaxy" may in fact consist only of a handful of stars and planets orbiting each other, broadly similar to our own solar system. |
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| The following planets and locales within the Cyrannus galaxy are organized in order of their being encountered by the Fleet on its outward flight:
| | In the [[spin-off]] series ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', the Fleet reaches 30 years after the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. The {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} does not define the [[Propulsion (TOS)|nature of propulsion]] nor does it provide sufficient information to determine if intergalactic travel is in use. |
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| * [[Nova of Madagon]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}
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| * [[Carillon]]† {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}
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| * [[Arcta]] {{OS|The Gun on Ice Planet Zero}}
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| * [[Otarsis]] {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}
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| * [[Magnetic void]], an astral phenomenon {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II}}
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| * {{TOS|Kobol}}, home of the human race {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II}}
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| * [[Equellus]], an outer outpost of the Colonies {{OS|The Lost Warrior}}
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| Nearest to the Colonies were:
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| * [[Cimtar]], location of the [[Battle of Cimtar]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}
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| * [[Borallus]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}
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| * [[Borella]], home of [[Borellian Nomen]] {{OS|The Man with Nine Lives}}
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| == Tie-in Material Information ==
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| * ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
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| : The galaxy of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man|twelve Human Colonies]] destroyed by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] in the [[Final Destruction]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|pages=33}}</ref>
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| : The Nova of Madagon is described as a space corridor near the heart of the Cyranus Galaxy densely packed with small, bright stars. <ref>{{cite book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|pages=43-44}}</ref>
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| == Notes ==
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| === Astral Semantics vis-à-vis "Galaxy" ===
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| Opinion is divided whether the Colonies lie in the same galaxy as {{TOS|Earth}}, which—given numerous references (particularly in "[[Greetings From Earth]]") that the Earth sought after by the Colonials is our Earth—would have to be identical to our "Milky Way galaxy."
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| Opponents of such an identity can point to Commander {{TOS|Adama}}'s clear statement in "[[Saga of a Star World]]," that Earth is located "in a galaxy similar to our own."
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| Proponents of the identity of the two galaxies argue that it is less improbable that {{TOS|the Fleet}} could traverse a large span of several thousand light-years within the Milky Way galaxy (approx. 170,000 – 200,000 light-years in diameter) than to make a journey from one galaxy to another, as it implies a journey of two million light-years or more.
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| Note that both explanations automatically assume that the "galaxy" term means the same thing to the Colonials as it does to us, i.e. a massive system of millions or billions of individual star systems orbiting a common center of mass. This is not necessarily the case (see e.g. [[micron]] and [[parsec]]).
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| === The ''Galactica 1980'' Postulate ===
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| If viewing both the [[Original Series]] and its spinoff ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' in a holistic way, statements such as "[Earth's] proximity to the sun provides the only climate in the galaxy comfortably able to support life as we know it" {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}} suggests a Colonial's "galaxy" may in fact be the same thing as a star system. Thus the Cyrannus "galaxy" may in fact consist only of a handful of stars and planets orbiting each other, broadly similar to our own solar system.
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| This is supported in that the phrase "Star System" is used in place of "galaxy" throughout "[[Saga of a Star World]]." It seems the two terms are reversed.
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| In the [[spin-off]] series ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', the Fleet reaches 30 years after the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. The {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} neither defines the [[Propulsion (TOS)|nature of propulsion]], outside of vague terms like "[[lightspeed]]" in "[[The Living Legend, Part II]]," nor does it provide sufficient information to determine if intergalactic travel is in use. | |
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| == References ==
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