Editing Magnetic void

[[File:MagneticVoid.jpg|thumb|right|Apollo and Starbuck encounter the magnetic void {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I}}.]]

The '''magnetic void''' is a space phenomenon which obscures stars and causes sensor malfunctions on ships.  A ship can find itself easily lost within such a void due to these navigational hazards. 

A magnetic void was described in the [[Book of the Word]] during the exodus from {{TOS|Kobol}}.  {{TOS|Adama}} finds the story useful in finding the planet, where he hopes to learn more about the path of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]] {{OS|Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II}}.

== Tie-in Material Information ==

* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''

: Magnetic seas are an unusual interstellar phenomenon, highly dangerous to navigation. They are often ten parsecs in all dimensions and consist of widely spaced, highly charged particles. The attraction and repulsion of the particles themselves keeps the sea's structure stable. These same forces make scanner probing of the sea and beyond impossible. Light rays, too, are unable to penetrate it. The best-known magnetic sea protected the planet [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]] from rediscovery by humans for over [[2705|four millennia]]. <ref>{{cite book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|pages=42-43}}</ref>

== In the separate continuity ==

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After fleeing from {{alt|Carillon}}, {{alt|the Fleet|TOS}} heads into deep space coming across two locations, one of them being a magnetic void. Captain {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} and Lieutenant {{alt|Starbuck|TOS}} probe this void, which almost results in Apollo being lost were it not for the quick actions of Starbuck in extricating his flight leader from the void.

Buoyed by this discovery, Commander {{alt|Adama|TOS}} consults his texts and considers entering the void. After discovering a cure for a {{alt|Otarsis virus||strange virus}} and engaging the Cylons at an {{alt|Otarsis Quadrant||unnamed quadrant}}, the Fleet heads into the void ({{comics|marvel|4}}). Within this void, the planet from myth, {{alt|Kobol|TOS}}, and the coordinates to {{alt|Earth|TOS}} are discovered before {{alt|Lucifer}} attacks the Colonials on Kobol's surface ({{comics|marvel|5}}).

The Fleet remains within the dubious safety of the magnetic void, during which shipmaster [[Shadrack]] works to outfit sub-light ships with lightspeed drives ({{comics|marvel|6}}). The Fleet inevitably leaves the void when they make the jump towards Earth, whose coordinates are recovered after Adama uses the [[memory machine]] to remember what he saw within the tomb on Kobol ({{comics|marvel|23}}).

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