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| title= Encyclopedia Galactica
| series= Original Series reference
| bookno= 1
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| author=  Bruce Kraus<ref>Due to the nature of Kraus' entry on page 7, it is unknown whether or not the name is a pseudonym.</ref>
| published= September 1979
| isbn= 0525610391
| prev= ''[[The Official Battlestar Galactica Scrapbook]]''
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'''''Encyclopedia Galactica: From the Fleet Library aboard the Battlestar Galactica''''' (Windmill Books and E.P. Dutton 1979, ISBN 0525610391), edited by Bruce Kraus, is an encyclopedia of the [[Original Series]].

''Encyclopedia Galactica'' is presently out of print, although copies of it, at times, are available either through Amazon.com or [http://www.ebay.com eBay].

Due to its various inaccuracies, misspellings, and contradictory information, it is '''not considered''' a fully canonical [[BW:CJ|source text]] for the Original Series. Battlestar Wiki does aim to note the difference between this text and aired information however, though makes no guarantees on its status in ''Battlestar'' canon.

== Errata ==

A listing of [[m-w:errata|errata]] in the book that deviates from already established canonical material.

* In general, the timeline given in the book does not correspond to the date [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] gives in "[[The Man with Nine Lives]]" (yahren [[7322]]).<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=59}}</ref>
* The book mentions that after serving with distinction in a dozen major engagements during the "[[Thousand-Yahren War|Great War]]", he "returned to '''[[Carillon]]''' a hero", instead of [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]].<ref>''Ibid.'' 11.</ref>
* The book mentions that [[Zac]] is short for "Zaccariah", although there is nothing to support this.<ref>''Ibid.'' 12, 57.</ref>
* The book mentions that Adar was born in 6368, but contradicts this date by saying he became a staff assistant to the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]] in ''5997'', almost 400 years ''before'' he was even born.<ref>''Ibid.'', 12.</ref>
* The picture of the alleged [[Agro Ship]] is actually a picture of the [[Mining Ship]] seen in both the [[Original Series|Original]] and [[Re-imagined Series]].<ref>''Ibid.'' 13.</ref>
* The picture of the [[launch bay]] is referred to as a "ready-room" in the caption for the picture.<ref name="p19">''Ibid.'' 19.</ref>
* The picture of the [[landram]] from [[Saga of a Star World]] is referred to as a shuttlecraft.<ref name="p19"/>
* The caption for a picture of a [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] repeats the error of there only being twelve battlestars before the [[Battle of Cimtar]].<ref name="p19"/>
* The [[Borellian Nomen]] are referred to as "Borallians".<ref>''Ibid.'' 22-23.</ref>
* The [[laser bola]] are referred to as the "Laser-Bolt".<ref>''Ibid.'' 23.</ref>
* The top picture of a [[Borays|Boray]] is, in fact, the appearance of Count [[Iblis]] without special effects.<ref name="p23">''Ibid.'', 23.</ref>
* The Borays are said to be inhabitants of '''[[Equellus]]'''; they are inhabitants of [[Sectar (planet)|Sectar]]. Equellus is the planet that [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] crash-lands on in "[[The Lost Warrior]]".<ref name="p23"/>
* According to Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]]'s entry, he had ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'' on "ready alert" which prevented his ship from being destroyed during the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. However, Cain was at [[Gamoray]] in an attempt to circumnavigate Cylon forces between Molecay and the Colonies at the time, and did not hear about the attack until well after it happened.<ref name="p25">''Ibid.'', 25.</ref>
* [[Carillon]] is said to have been discovered by human settlers nearly 200 yahren before the fall of the Colonies, but this is inaccurate as the planet was discovered by Baltar's agents; they later reported that the planet held nothing of value, and no humans went there to mine tylium (as claimed in the book).<ref name="p26">''Ibid.'', 26.</ref>
* The "dreadnought" depicted in the book is, in fact, a Cylon [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]] over [[Carillon]] when [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] ignite the [[tylium]] during the [[Battle of Carillon]].<ref name="p32">''Ibid.'' 34.</ref> 
* The term "drone" is defined as "compact, pilotless spacecraft" developed by humans. The term "[[List of terms (TOS)|drone]]" as defined in the series refers to robots, like [[Muffit II]]. Additionally, the small gallery of pictures depicting a drone are the [[Cylon Mine]]s in the [[Straits of Madagon]].<ref name="p32"/>
* Count [[Iblis]] is called "Ibley".<ref>''Ibid.'' 39.</ref>

== Other items ==

These are items that cannot fit in any other location, due to the lack of [[canon]]icy. 

* {{inlineref|Age of the Philosophers}}: an era of the [[#Second Millennium|Second Millennium]], likely similar to the [[w:Renaissance|Renaissance]] period of Earth's history, when the [[#Books of the Lords of Kobol|Books of the Lords of Kobol]] were written.<ref name="p20">''Ibid.'', 20.</ref>
* {{inlineref|antiscientific period}}: the period where the Colonials rejected technology after the exodus from [[Kobol]].<ref name="p24">''Ibid.'', 24.</ref>
* {{inlineref|Astralon}}: high-velocity particles, similar to [[w:meteoroid|meteoroids]] and micro-meteoroids, that are grouped together like a cloud. Armored battle craft are shielded from astralons, but can cause damage to unshielded civilian vehicles, compromising the hull and ship's atmosphere. Smaller astralons are said to be undetectable by low-power [[scanner]]s.<ref>''Ibid.'', 14.</ref>
* {{inlineref|Books of the Lords of Kobol}}: semi-mystical books complimenting the [[Book of the Word]], chronicling the events of the exodus from [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]]. They were composed during the [[#Second Millennium|Second Milennium]]'s "[[#Age of the Philosophers|Age of the Philosophers]]". The written style is described as "uneven and various", with "beautiful poems telling the loss and separation of the final days [... interspersed] with stark lists of individuals and their possessions".  In comparison to the Book of the Word, the later Books contain "proverbs and parables" that have nebulous and varied meanings depending on the person reading the text. This so-called ambiguity "cannot be held to be a flaw", for it "reflects the greater uncertainty about the universe and the fate of humankind felt during the last days of Kobol".<br/>After the establishment of the Colonies, the books became influential in creating the many religious sects, mainly due to Kobol destruction due to science and technology. These sects created "elaborate mathematical interpretations of particular words, even particular sequences of symbols", believing that the fate of the entire universe was coded into the Books (e.g. ''[[w:The Da Vinci Code|The Da Vinci Code]]'') and that it was the "mission of humankind" to decipher them. A majority of these sects died out by the [[Seventh Millennium]].<ref>''Ibid.'', 20-21.</ref>
* {{inlineref|Borallians}}: the name given to the [[Borellian Nomen]].<ref name="p22">''Ibid.'', 22.</ref>
* {{inlineref|Buzzer|Buzzer (TOS)}}: name given to a variety of alcoholic beverages native to the "outer Colonial provinces". Essentially, a form of [[w:moonshine]] made of local plant life and "usually aged less than one yahren". Additionally, "excessive consumption" of this substance is a "serious medical and social problem in these lonely outposts, though no cure has been found".<ref name="p25"/> (Name is more than likely derived from [[Homemade Buzzer]]).
* {{inlineref|Caprica City}}: a city on [[Caprica (TOS)|Caprica]] where [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] was raised.<ref name="p22"/>
** See: [[Caprica City]] for the [[Re-imagined Series]]' city of the same name.
* {{inlineref|Cygnus}}: an asteroid containing an outpost of the [[Picon (TOS)|Picon]] colony, in addition to a [[tylium]] mine owned by [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]]'s family. It was captured by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] a century before the [[Battle of Cimtar]] and held for five [[yahren]] until the Colonials retook it. Baltar later turned Cygnus' tylium mine operation into the "largest intercolonial Tylium trading firm in the Galaxy".<ref name="p16">''Ibid.'', 16.</ref>
* {{inlineref|Eagle Squadron}}: a legendary [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] squadron assigned to battlestar ''[[#Prometheus|Prometheus]]''. Prior to assuming command of ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]'', Cain lead this squadron, gaining "intercolonial fame" by doing so.<ref name="p26">''Ibid.'', 26.</ref>
* {{inlineref|Intercolonial Strategic Council}}: the body governing the Colonial war effort against the Cylons during the Thousand-Yahren War. Commander [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] dominated this council for years before [[Battle of Molecay|his debacle]] at [[Molecay]].<ref name="p25"/>
* {{inlineref|Interstellar Age}}: presumably the age that humanity rediscovered interstellar travel.<ref name="p22"/>
* {{inlineref|nutron cased laser torpedo}}: a Cylon weapon included in the [[basestar (TOS)|basestar]]'s armament; upon detonating, it not only inflicts physical damage, but also emits rays that break down the cellular structure of both food and human tissue, likely similar to [[pluton poisoning]].<ref name="p19"/>
* {{inlineref|Pan-Colonial Unification Party}}: a social and political movement that sought to unify the Colonies under one government politically, economically, and militarily; it was prominent on the colonies on Picon and [[Virgon (TOS)|Virgon]]. [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]] worked to develop this party on Virgon, which ushered him into a role of president of this organization and later the presidency of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]].<ref>''Ibid.'', 12.</ref> Baltar also generously contributed to this party and was influencial in bringing the party to power on his own colony of Picon.<ref name="p16"/>
* ''{{inlineref|Prometheus}}'': [[battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] that [[Cain (TOS)|Cain]] served on as leader of [[#Eagle Squadron|Eagle Squadron]].<ref name="p26"/> 
* {{inlineref|Second Millennium}}: the second millennium of time, insinuated to be 2,000 years (or more) after the exodus from Kobol; a [[#Age of the Philosophers|period]] during this time saw the creation of the [[#Books of the Lords of Kobol|Books of the Lords of Kobol]].<ref name="p20"/> 
* {{inlineref|University of Picon}}: an educational institution on [[Picon (TOS)|Picon]] where [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] studied "political economy".<ref name="p16"/>

== External links ==

* [http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/publications/Encyclopedia_Galactica.pdf ''Encyclopedia Galactica''] in PDF format, original JPEGs scanned by jjrakman at [http://www.colonialfleets.com ColonialFleets.com].

==References==
: ''Please note that page numbers reflect the numbering in the PDF file that is linked above, and not in the actual encyclopedia itself, as the pages are not individually numbered in the actual book.''

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