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[[File:Earth Cylon.png|thumb|The remains of an ancient Cylon discovered on Earth.]]
[[Image:Earth Cylon.png|thumb|The remains of an ancient Cylon discovered on Earth.]]


'''Earth Cylon Centurions''' are a model of mechanical [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] built by members of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] living on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] some [[Timeline_(RDM)#Ancient_History|two thousand years]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
'''Earth Cylon Centurions''' are a model of mechanical [[Cylon (RDM)|Cylon]] built by members of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] living on [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] some [[Timeline_(RDM)#Ancient_History|two thousand years]] before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].
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Comparable in design and function to the [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Centurions]] created by Colonials prior to the [[Cylon War]], these [[robot]]s eventually rebel against their humanoid masters, instigating a nuclear war that brings the planet to ruin and annihilates both themselves and the Thirteenth Tribe.
Comparable in design and function to the [[Cylon War-era Centurion|Centurions]] created by Colonials prior to the [[Cylon War]], these [[robot]]s eventually rebel against their humanoid masters, instigating a nuclear war that brings the planet to ruin and annihilates both themselves and the Thirteenth Tribe.


Centuries later, crew members from the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' and the [[Rebel basestar|rebel Cylon basestar]] discover the remains of a number of Earth Centurions among the bones of their creators, buried in the still irradiated soil of Earth.  Before the discovery, Colonials and rebel Cylons did not know that mechanical Cylons had existed so far back in [[Cylon History|history]] {{TRS|Sometimes a Great Notion}}.
Centuries later, crew members from the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' and the [[Rebel basestar|rebel Cylon basestar]] discover the remains of a number of Earth Centurions among the bones of their creators, buried in the still irradiated soil of Earth.  Before the discovery, Colonials and rebel Cylons did not know that mechanical Cylons had existed so far back in [[Cylon History|history]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Sometimes a Great Notion]]").


==Notes==
==Notes==
[[File:Ancient Centurion.jpg|thumb|right|CG study model of the Earth Cylon Centurion.]]
[[Image:Ancient Centurion.jpg|thumb|right|CG study model of the Earth Cylon Centurion.]]
The design of Earth's Centurions was inspired by the helmet of [[Wikipedia: Samurai|samurai]] and the Centurions appearing in the [[Re-imagined Series|Re-imagined]] and [[Original Series]].  In an unusual move, the ''Battlestar Galactica'' VFX department - namely [[Gary Hutzel]] and [[Pierre Drolet]] - designed and created a CG model of the Earth Centurion helmet which was then built practically by the prop department.  Early designs of the Centurion were deemed too similar to [[Wikipedia: Darth Vader|Darth Vader]], resulting in the shortening of the helmet before its construction.<ref>Anatomy of an Ancient Cylon: [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/bsg-vfx-anatomy-ancient-cylon/]</ref>
The design of Earth's Centurions was inspired by the helmet of [[Wikipedia: Samurai|samurai]] and the Centurions appearing in the [[Re-imagined Series|Re-imagined]] and [[Original Series]].  In an unusual move, the ''Battlestar Galactica'' VFX department - namely [[Gary Hutzel]] and [[Pierre Drolet]] - designed and created a CG model of the Earth Centurion helmet which was then built practically by the prop department.  Early designs of the Centurion were deemed too similar to [[Wikipedia: Darth Vader|Darth Vader]], resulting in the shortening of the helmet before its construction.<ref>Anatomy of an Ancient Cylon: [http://darthmojo.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/bsg-vfx-anatomy-ancient-cylon/]</ref>


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== References ==
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