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: ''This article covers the Caprican city depicted in the [[Re-imagined Series]]. For a similar reference in the [[Original Series]], see [[Delphian Empire]].'' | |||
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[[Image:TelamontBuilding.jpg|thumb|A binocular view of Delphi, with the [[Telamont Building]] in center.]] | |||
'''Delphi''' is a Colonial city on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] featuring a large spaceport and military base. | |||
It is situated in the same general region of the planet as [[Caprica City]], as Lieutenant [[Karl Agathon]] is able to trek on foot from the outskirts of [[Caprica City]] to Delphi in roughly two months. | |||
[[Image:S2-TheFarm-OccupiedHospital.jpg|left|thumb|A Cylon breeding [[Farms|farm]] near Delphi.]] | |||
Delphi and the general region around it are apparently fairly close to a series of mountains, as the athletes in the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team survive the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] because they were in the mountains for high-altitude training at the time. The area would later form the core of the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance group]] that operates out of the [[Delphi Union High School]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]). The [[Farm|Cylon Farm]] that Thrace is held in, was set up in an old mental institution, about 20 kilometers north of Delphi ([[The Farm]]). Delphi itself is bordered by hills on at least one side ([[Colonial Day]]). | |||
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== | == Landmarks and Buildings == | ||
One of the tallest structures in the city is the [[Telamont Building]], a towering skyscraper that pierces the skyline by several stories. When he reaches the city, Agathon recognizes it by this building ([[Colonial Day]]). | |||
The [[ | [[Image:HistoryMuseum.jpg|left|thumb|The heavily-damaged Delphi Museum, respository of an [[Arrow of Apollo|important artifact]].]] | ||
One of the city's major landmarks is the [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]]. This massive archaeological complex contains the [[Arrow of Apollo]], an artifact that may be the only clue to the whereabouts of Earth . When [[Laura Roslin]] has visions following the discovery of Kobol, she overrides Commander [[William Adama]]'s plans and persuades [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] to take her [[You Can't Go Home Again|captured]] [[Cylon Raider]] to Caprica in order to recover the Arrow. Successfully jumping to Caprica, Thrace lands next to the museum in which the Arrow is kept and manages to retrieve it ("[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]" and "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|Part II]]"). | |||
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[[Image:Valley of Darkness-Starbuck Helo.jpg|thumb|Thrace's old apartment, complete with a [[Eye of Jupiter|curious painting]] ([[Valley of Darkness]])]] | |||
Before the attack, Kara Thrace owned a studio apartment in Delphi. The place is a mess, it overlooks a parking lot, has a broken toilet and the basic services were constantly being cut off because she didn't pay the bills. | |||
The apartment is littered with paintings of her own creation, some on canvas, [[The Destiny|one particular painting on the wall]] (complete with a [[Starbuck's Poem|poem]]) and a tiny cache of her customary [[Foliole|cigars]]. Thrace isn't very enthusiastic about the place, even when she owned it, and the only reason she returns "home" is to collect an old jacket, a personal memento, and to retrieve the keys to her old military truck so she and Agathon won't have to walk anymore ([[Valley of Darkness]]). | |||
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Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, | == Cylon Use == | ||
Following the Cylon attack, Delphi is used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] as their primary base of operations. [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica-Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon]] make their way across the planet in the hope of being able to find a vehicle they can use to escape off Caprica. Upon reaching the city, they notice heavy Cylon activity in and around it ("[[Flesh and Bone]]", "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]", "[[Colonial Day]]"). | |||
[[Image:S2-Downloaded-DelphiRestoration.jpg|right|thumb|[[Cylon Centurion|Centurions]] serving as landscaping workers ([[Downloaded]])]] | |||
The Cylons eventually resettle Delphi, and [[humanoid Cylon]]s actually live there, appropriating apartments, restoring the landscaping and using a restaurant and other facilities. The [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]] [[Sharon Valerii]] returns to the apartment she had lived in prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall of the Colonies]] for a time. The city is already populated by multiple copies of different Cylon models. The [[Hero of the Cylon|heroes of the Cylon]] begin to change Cylon philosophy on their treatment of humanity after a bombing incident led by [[Samuel Anders]] here. | |||
Delphi, as with the rest of the Colonies, is allegedly abandoned as the Cylons leave to find the [[The Fleet (RDM)|last remnants]] of humanity in order to find a way to co-exist with them ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]) | |||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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*Initially, the Oracle was associated with [[w:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo. | *Initially, the Oracle was associated with [[w:Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]], who became the foundation of the Olympian Gods. However, with the founding of a temple to the god Apollo, Delphi became more closely associated with him. This relationship between Delphi and Apollo is reflected in Delphi on Caprica being the home of the Arrow of Apollo. | ||
*The University of British Columbia's | *The University of British Columbia's Koerner Library was used as the Delphi base on Caprica in the episode "[[Colonial Day]]" (Source: [[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion|The Official Companion]]). | ||
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