Erebus (disambiguation)

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The Children of Erebus are a terrorist group from Tauron at the time of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.

Before the Fall, Colonial Intelligence executed an operation that took down one of their cells after they had staged an attack on a Caprican Quorum house.

Due to concerns about the Children of Erebus's possible attempt to take Medusa, a nuclear weapons platform newly devised by the Colonial Fleet, Therion and the Ghost Squadron are ordered to Aquaria to provide security during the test on Day Zero of the Fall.

During this, Captain Arvin Tyler and Ronnie Dyson, civilians engaged in theft and other illegal operations, steal a truck full of highly valued medical supplies under the guise of being members of this organization. Due to this, they are flagged as being terrorists, and later intercepted by the Ghosts, who leave them to their own devices upon hearing word of the attacks.

Before the attack, two members of the Children of Erebus, Peter Gilmour and his brother, board Orion and leave Aquaria, holding Tyler at gunpoint upon hearing of the heist and after the Cylon attack begins (Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1).

This article has a separate continuity. This article is in the 2003 Video Game separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series and the Re-imagined Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.

Lord Erebus is an Imperious Leader for the Cylon Empire.

Erebus leads the Cylon task force known as Cylon Fleet Gamma against the Twelve Colonies during the beginning of the Cylon War, and was especially interested in Lt. William Adama, whom it was believed would one day lead the Colonials (and thus, the Cylons) to the lost tribe of Colonists.

Little is known about the being that called itself Erebus beyond speculation and ill-remembered myths. A dark, devious and hate-filled individual, Erebus was driven by a desire to wipe out all humans, a species he saw as inferior. Not a native of the Cylon Alliance, he apparently only served the Cylons only because it furthered his own ends. Some observers believed that Erebus was an incredibly long-lived being, possibly one of the mythic Lords of Kobol who were the progenitors of the Colonial peoples. Ancient records from the Tombs of Kobol speak of Erebus being exiled from his race for terrible crimes, and of his metahuman abilities that allow him to predict future events and project telekinetic force with his mind. Although it cannot be confirmed, it was suspected that Erebus commanded the Cylon forces that attacked Sagitara early in the war; it was during this assault that William Adama’s father was killed and Bryn Magus was captured and imprisoned. Whatever the truth about this aberrant, corrupt being, Lord Erebus proved himself to be a clear and present danger to all humans. Erebus was served by modified Cylons as part of his Crimson Elite Guard. He was finally killed by Adama in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant planet Golem Five (2003 Video Game).

Notes

• This character is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the Re-imagined Series and Original Series as well as unique material. It is not a canonical item in either series.
• Unlike its Original Series counterparts, Erebus has an actual name as opposed to being called only by its title. Because of this and other significant differences found in the video game, the canonical value of Erebus as an Original Series character is very unlikely.
• Erebus was voiced by veteran actor Dwight Schultz, who starred in The A-Team television series with Original Series actor Dirk Benedict.

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  Brief biography from the official website

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  Concept art by Justin Sweet

This article has a separate continuity. This article is in the 2003 Video Game separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series and the Re-imagined Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.

The Cylon Baseship from the 2003 Video Game

The upgraded basestar, commanded by the Imperious Leader Erebus, appears in the Battlestar Galactica video game and is a variant of the basestar capital ship seen in the Original Series.

Erebus's basestar is similar in most respects to the standard basestar vessel, with the addition of a satellite craft called the Cradle Unit. Built into the upper spindle of Erebus's command ship, the disc-shaped Cradle Unit could detach from the mother vessel and is equipped with powerful weapons and a virtually impregnable force shield.

Erebus's basestar was the only known variant of its kind as the ship is destroyed in orbit around the gas giant planet Golem Five. The Cradle Unit flees into the planet's atmosphere with Erebus on board, only to be shot down by the young Lt. William "Husker" Adama (2003 Video Game).

Notes

• This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the Re-imagined Series and Original Series as well as unique material. It is not a canonical item in either series.

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  Official render.

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  Closeup of the Cradle Unit.

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Galactica 1980 definition:  Dillon is called both a terrorist and a chauvinist by Jamie Hamilton during their phone call from the police station; he asks Troy "what's a terrorist chauvinist?" (1980: "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I")

These are terms directly relating to Galactica 1980, some of which are based from the Original Series. For terms from that series, please refer to List of terms (TOS).

Original Series definition: a title of nobility (e.g. Lord Baltar)