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This is a listing of acronyms, initialisms, jargon and terminology used in both the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and its prequel, ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''.  

''The formatting of this article allows for its use in conjunction with [[mw:Extension:Lingo|the Lingo extension]] used throughout Battlestar Wiki. This includes multiple spellings, each listed on its own line, preceding the definition of the definidendum.''

==Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms==

; AAA
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Anti-aircraft artillery (pronounced "Triple-A"), such as a battlestar's [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series# Point defense guns|point defense batteries]] {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}.
; AAU
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Anti-aircraft unit. Weapons emplacement used to destroy aerial targets {{TRS|Fragged}}.
; ACH
; After Cylon Holocaust
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>denotes any time following the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], e.g. 1 ACH (see: [[Timeline (RDM)]])
; ACM
:<includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Air combat maneuver. The positioning of a plane to acquire a firing solution on an adversary; a required skill taught to Viper pilots during flight training {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}.
; AI
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Artificial Intelligence, research into such technology was deemed illegal by the Colonies after the [[First Cylon War]] {{TRS|Miniseries}}
; ASAP
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>As soon as possible. Usually pronounced "a-sap."
; BCH
; Before Cylon Holocaust
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>denotes any time preceding the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], e.g. [[40 BCH]] (see: [[Timeline (RDM)]])
; BSG
; battlestar group
; Battlestar Group
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[Battlestar Group]] {{TRS|Water}}. It also doubles as an acronym for the television series itself.
; CAG
; Commander Air Group
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the senior pilot on a [[battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]]
; CAP
; Combat Air Patrol
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>standard deployment of craft on defense posture, an anachronistic colloquialism used to refer to patrols in space 
; CBDR
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range. Indicates object on a collision course {{TRS|Final Cut|Pegasus}}
; CF
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Fleet]] {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; CFR
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Colonial Fleet Reserve {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; CIC
; Combat Information Center
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar, see: [[Combat Information Center]]
; CMC
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[Colonial Marine Corps]] {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; CMCR
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Colonial Marine Corps Reserve {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; CMO
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Chief Medical Officer; e.g. Major [[Sherman Cottle]] is ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''{{'|s}}
; CNP
; Command Navigation Program
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>operating system on [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|military]] and civilian ships exploited by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}
; CO
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Commanding Officer; e.g. [[William Adama]]
; DC
; Damage Control
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>generally related to the [[CIC]] station and [[Aft Damage Control|related locations]]
; DCT
; Damage Control Team
: party of individuals handling damage containment aboard a ship, consisting of [[deckhand]]s and other NCOs {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}.
; DRADIS
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[DRADIS|"'''D'''irection, '''Ra'''nge, and '''Dis'''tance"]], Colonial equivalent of [[w:radar|radar]] or [[w:lidar|lidar]]
; ECO
; Electronic Countermeasures Officer
: crew member handling electronic countermeasures of a craft; ECOs are standard crew aboard [[Raptor]]s (see: [[ECO]])
; EMI
; electromagnetic interference
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>high-energy electromagnetic radiation from binary stars is known to interfere with [[DRADIS]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]")
; EMP
; electromagnetic pulse
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>A powerful electrically-disruptive surge that typically accompanies a nuclear detonation.
; FOB
; fresh off the boat
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>new crewmember who is reporting to their assignment; [[William Adama]] is referred to thusly by [[Armin Diaz]] after embarking on [[Galactica (TRS)|''Galactica'']] {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}
; FTL
; Faster Than Light
; faster-than-light
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>technology enabling travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit, see: [[FTL]]
; GDD
; Global Defense Department
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a civilian outfit on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in operation prior to the [[First Cylon War]] handling large-scale enforcement throughout the colony, akin to the [[w:FBI|FBI]], see: [[Global Defense Department]]
; IFF
; Identification Friend or Foe
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>transponder-based system to positively identify friendly spacecraft ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]")
; KIA
; Killed in Action
: used to refer to military personnel who are confirmed deceased during a military engagement, see: [[KIA]] {{TRS|Sacrifice}}
; LSO
; Landing Signal Officer
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>officer responsible for flight operations of either a battlestar or battlestar group
; MIRV
; Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a [[Missile tubes|missile conveyance system]]; [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] deployed these for orbital bombardment during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] {{TRS|The Plan}}
; MCP
; Meta-cognitive processor
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>hardware used by Dr. [[Daniel Graystone]] in the integration of the sentient AI that [[Zoe Graystone]] created into the [[U-87]], see: [[MCP]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica (pilot)|Pilot]]).
; NCP
; New Caprica Police
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>pseudo-civilian law enforcement agency overseen by the [[Cylon Occupation Authority]] on [[New Caprica]], see: [[New Caprica Police]] {{TRS|Occupation}}
; OD
; overdose
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>medical term for the use of medication to fatal, or near fatal, effect {{TRS|Faith}}
; OOD
; Officer of the Deck
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a watch officer aboard a ship, when the CO or XO are off-station {{TRS|Scattered}}
; PTF
; Playing the Field
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>an advice column on [[Sexuality in the Twelve Colonies (RDM)|dating in the Twelve Colonies]] (''[[The Caprican]]'': "[[Playing the Field: A Guide to Love in the Colonies]]," et al).
; RFN
; Right Frakking Now
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>directive to execute an order with alacrity, often used in a heated situation {{TRS|Scattered|Valley of Darkness}}
; SAM
; Surface-to-air missile
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>ordnance launched from a planetary surface or other stellar form; [[Silas Nash]] names this piece as something to be avoided when briefing [[Coker Fasjovik]] and [[William Adama]]  {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}
; SAR
; Search and Rescue
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the act of finding missing persons in the hopes of their rescue, see: [[SAR]] {{TRS|Fragged}}
; STO
; Soldiers of the One
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a monotheistic terrorist organization in existence for more than a decade prior to [[58 BCH]] ({{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}, et al).
; SU
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>distance measurement similar to "astronomical unit," speculated to stand for "solar unit" ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").
; XO
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[Executive officer|Executive Officer]], e.g. [[Saul Tigh]]

==Military Jargon==

; Actual
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>callsign used in wireless communications to denote a ship's commanding officer
; Archer
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>air-to-air ordnance provisioned for [[Raptor]]s {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}
; ball
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>visual indicator used in a battlestar's Instrument Landing System during a [[hands-on approach]] {{TRS|Miniseries|Act of Contrition|Final Cut|Black Market}}
; bandit
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>confirmed hostile contact, typically either or both a fighter and shuttle sized craft {{TRS|Final Cut|Razor}}
; basic
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training {{TRS|Fragged}}; and basic flight training {{TRS|Miniseries}}
; bent bird
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>damaged fighter craft {{TRS|Occupation}}
; bingo fuel
; <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>minimum fuel level required to safely return to base {{TRS|You Can't Go Home Again|Scar}}
; bird farm
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Colonial pilot jargon for a [[battlestar]] {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; bug out
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>retreat, usually hastily and disordered {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}
; callsign
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a nickname used as a substitute for an aviator's given name in [[wireless]] communications and in conversation
; chatter
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>to fire on an enemy during a fighter engagement {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}; active wireless communications traffic
; code blue
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>request for assistance due to potential [[Cylon agent]] sighting ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]," [[Podcast:Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]])
; command authority
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the senior rank in a command, such as an [[William Adama|Admiral]] {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)|Precipice}}
; conn
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>navigation controls, but also used to refer to command in general ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]")
; dress and cover
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>military term for personnel to form an ordered rank-and-file formation during ceremonies, derived from "dress right" and "cover down" {{TRS|Pegasus (episode)}}
; ell-tee
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>informal phonetic abbreviation for Lieutenant (LT) {{TRS|Valley of Darkness|Fragged}}
; eyeball run
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>likely refers to targeting or aiming missiles manually, without the use of targeting computers {{TRS|Home, Part I}}
; fireteam
; fire team
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>basic fighting element used in small-unit ground tactics {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}
; five-'graph order
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>five paragraph operation order, the standard format taught in basic training {{TRS|Fragged}}
; genny
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>power generator; [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] asked [[Cally]] to "find the genny" to power up the lights on [[Ragnar Anchorage]] {{TRS|Miniseries}}
; hack
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the [[brig]]
; hard deck
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the threshold in a massive gas planet's dense atmosphere below which the atmospheric density and pressure becomes too great for a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] to be able to reach orbit again and maintain structural integrity {{TRS|Maelstrom}}; adapted from the original definition of minimum safe altitude
; intra-atmos entry
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a jump maneuver that places the ship within a planetary body's atmosphere, in either powered flight {{TRS|Home, Part II}} or free fall {{TRS|Exodus, Part II}}
; jock smock
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[flight suit]] {{TRS|He That Believeth in Me}}
; jump
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the process of using the [[FTL]] engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another
; klick
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>one kilometer
; knuckle dragger
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>inoffensive slang for a mechanic or [[deckhand]]
; nugget
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>student pilot {{TRS|Act of Contrition|Scar}}
; Mark One Eyeball
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>the unaided eye {{TRS|You Can't Go Home Again|Scar}}
; no joy
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>no success in establishing visual contact with the target. Opposite of "tally". Can also mean no success in general {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)||Maelstrom}}
; Old Man
: Commander [[William Adama]]'s nickname, used by officers aboard ''{{RDM|Galactica}}''  {{TRS|33}}
; press
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>in military parlance, directive to continue the attack; otherwise used to refer to journalists {{TRS|Maelstrom}}
; recovery line
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>imaginary boundary within which a fighter can return to a landing bay within a given time {{TRS|33}}
; rook
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>"rookie," typically refers to those on their first tour of duty after initial training {{TRS|Miniseries}}, q.v. nugget
; shooter
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>slang for launch officer, responsible for deployment of craft from a {{RDM|battlestar}} {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}
; Sierra Alpha
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>"suspicious activity" {{TRS|Scattered}}
; sitrep
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>"situation report"
; skids up
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>"take off" or "launch"; often used by the [[CAG]] to end a mission briefing
; skosh
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>radio code meaning "out of ammunition," analogous to modern-day NATO brevity code "winchester." Skosh is also a real-world NATO brevity term meaning "Aircraft is out of or unable to employ active radar missiles".{{TRS|The Captain's Hand}}
; slingshot
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>slang for a certain piece of Cylon equipment; [[Silas Nash]] names this piece as something to be avoided when briefing [[Coker Fasjovik]] and [[William Adama]]  {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}
; sparrow
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>slang for [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] {{TRS|Maelstrom}}
; spinner
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>engineering component of a battlestar's [[FTL]] drive {{TRS|The Captain's Hand}}
; swallow
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>decoy drone deployed by [[Raptor]]s {{TRS|Miniseries}}
; snipe
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>engineer {{TRS|The Captain's Hand}}
; spooch
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>contraction of "screwed the pooch," describing a serious pilot error {{TRS|Scar}}
; tally
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>abbreviation of [[w:Tally-ho|tally-ho]]; the sighting of an enemy target, such as a craft, landmark, or position {{TRS|The Hand of God|Scattered|Maelstrom}}
; trap
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>battlestar landing bay mechanism that arrests a landing Viper, Raptor or other small craft {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; Two Alpha
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>designation for an extremely risky and hence voluntary mission {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}
; turkey
: slang for a [[Heavy Raider|Cylon Heavy Raider]] {{TRS|Maelstrom}}
; unrep
; underway replenishment
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>refueling and replenishment between ships away from dock, usually during flight. Taken from the contemporary term for the resupply of military vessels at sea while en route {{TRS|Water|Maelstrom}}
; weapons free
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>weapon control order indicating weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly {{TRS|Resurrection Ship, Part I}}
; weapons hot
: weapons status indicating that safeties are off and weapons systems are armed {{TRS|Final Cut}}
; wilco 
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>"will comply," the typical terse acceptance to an order given

== Religious terminology ==

; Apotheosis
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a belief held by members of the [[STO]], including [[Clarice Willow]], with various view points {{CAP|Reins of a Waterfall}}. Willow believes that the STO can prevail if they use [[Zoe Graystone]]'s program to offer real eternal life to their members in the form of [[holographic avatar]]s. One of the [[Hybrid]]s also uses this term during the [[Fall of the Colonies]], stating "[[Hybrid utterances|Apotheosis was the beginning before the beginning]]" {{TRS|The Plan}}. (See: [[resurrection program]])
; temple group
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a religious group akin to a "church group"; [[Lacy Rand]] tries telling a [[Unnamed characters (CAP)#Security Guard|security guard]] that her temple group missed their flight to [[Picon (RDM)|Picon]] {{CAP|Retribution}}
; trinity
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a being in three different states; [[Zoe-R]] considers herself to be a trinity, as she is "[[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]], and the [[avatar]], and the [[U-87|robot]]" {{CAP|Rebirth}}

==Other Colloquialisms==

; The Beast
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>nickname for ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' given by ''Galactica''{{'|s}} crew ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]")
; Big G
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>nickname for ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]''
; The Bucket
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>nickname for ''Galactica'' given by ''Pegasus''{{'}} crew ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]")
; bullet-head
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>slang for a Cylon Centurion {{TRS|Downloaded}}
; clanker
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>slang for a Cylon Centurion
; chrome job
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>slang for a Cylon Centurion ([[TRS]]: "[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance|The Resistance]]")
; companionway
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a set of steps leading from a ship's deck down to a cabin or lower deck {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}
; derez
; de-rez
; de-resolve
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>occurrence of a holographic [[avatar]]'s loss of either cohesion or deletion from the [[Virtual World]], see: [[derez]] {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)|There is Another Sky|The Imperfections of Memory|End of Line|Unvanquished|False Labor}}
; cube
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>equivalent of "square," a socially awkward person {{CAP|The Imperfections of Memory}}
; Download City
: nickname<noinclude><ref>Whether the Cylons have a download facility on the planet or in orbit, Seelix uses "Download City" as a figure of speech, which is confirmed by [[Bradley Thompson]] on the [[BW:OC|Official Communiques page]].</ref></noinclude> used by [[Diana Seelix]] to describe the unknown or figurative place where humanoid Cylons are [[resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]] on [[New Caprica]] {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}
; frak
; frakked
; frakker
; frakking
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>all-purpose vulgarism; Colonial version of "fuck" (see: [[frak]])
; freight monkey
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>crewmen on Colonial freighters ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]], [[List of Deleted Scenes|deleted scene]]")
; hard six
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>taking large risks; literally, rolling 2 threes with a pair of dice
; Heavy
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>used to signify a civilian transport vessel over a certain gross weight/mass, i.e. ''[[Colonial One|Colonial Heavy 798]]''
; husker
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>[[Aerilon|Aerlionian]] slang for hayseed; [[William Adama]] is called this by [[Coker Fasjovik]], thus the source of Adama's callsign {{TRS|Blood and Chrome|deleted=yes}}
; skin job
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>derogatory term for humanoid Cylons; homage to the movie ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'' {{TRS|Downloaded}}
; stump
: <includeonly>{{term|TR S}}</includeonly>derogatory term for a prisoner in a labor camp {{TRS|Bastille Day}}
; symp
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>derogatory shorthand for sympathizer, vis-à-vis [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]; [[Strohmeyer]] refers to [[Jenna McGavin]] and [[Nina Leothe]] thusly during a heated discussion about his war porn {{TRS|Blood and Chrome|deleted=yes}}
; toaster
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>derogatory term for Cylons in general
; toaster shopping
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>searching and destroying Cylons {{TRS|Valley of Darkness}}
; Go Panthers!
; C-Bucs Rule!
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>passphrase between {{callsign|Athena}} and [[Samuel Anders]], referring to two [[pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] teams, the [[Picon Panthers]] and the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] (C-Bucs), the later being Anders' former team {{TRS|Exodus, Part I}}

==''Battlestar Galactica'' Specific Terms==

; ambrosia
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a type of alcoholic beverage, see: [[ambrosia]]
; carom
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>term used in conjunction with a [[DRADIS]] contact read; analogous to the term "mark"
; chamalla
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments, see: [[chamalla]]
; cubit
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>unit of currency, see: [[cubit]]
; fumarella leaf
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>tobacco or a type of tobacco {{TRS|Water}}
; G-4
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>plastic explosive similar to modern [[w:C-4|C-4]], see: [[G-4]] {{TRS|Water}}
; JP
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a unit of measure for liquid, approximately 1 pint {{TRS|Water}}
; krypter
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Colonial version of "mayday"; in practice, the term is usually repeated three times, see: [[krypter]] {{TRS|Miniseries|Hero}}
; morpha
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Colonial equivalent of morphine, see: [[morpha]] {{TRS|Valley of Darkness|Epiphanies}}
; pyramid
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>popular Colonial ball game, see: {{RDM|pyramid}}
; Red Line
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a point in space behind which an accumulative error creeps into [[FTL]] jump calculations {{TRS|Miniseries|Pegasus (Extended Version)}}
; stims
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>stimulants or a type of stimulant {{TRS|33|Final Cut}}
; triad
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>card game similar to [[w:Poker|Poker]], see: {{RDM|triad}}
; tylium
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel, see: {{RDM|tylium}}
; vernal
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>alternate term for the spring season (''[[The Caprican]]'': "[[Argentum Bay: The Ultimate Vernal Break]]")
; Vernal Break
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a period of time when students from educational institutions are released to celebrate vacation, c.f. [[w:spring break|spring break]] (''[[The Caprican]]'': "[[Argentum Bay: The Ultimate Vernal Break]]")

== Technology ==

; auto-umpire
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>a program in advanced sports courts, including the private tennis court on the [[Graystone Estate]] {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}} 
; line sensors
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>sensors in the grid of a tennis court that can track a ball in play {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}
; magcelerators
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>a magnetic acceleration feature in a {{RDM|battlestar}}'s {{RDM|launch tube}}, thus allowing the Vipers to launch at high rates of speed for rapid deployment in combat situations {{TRS|Daybreak, Part I}}
; movie tile
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>storage media on which movies are stored; [[Amanda Graystone]] instructs [[Serge]] to find old home movie tiles of [[Zoe Graystone]] {{CAP|Rebirth}}
; wireless mobile pack
: <includeonly>{{term|CAP}}</includeonly>equipment used by [[Zoe-R]] for her work into reconnecting with the [[V-World]] {{CAP|Reins of a Waterfall|del1=y}}
; wireless
: <includeonly>{{term|TRS}}</includeonly>Colonial equivalent of radio

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