Editing Ovions (alternate)

{{disambiguation|Ovions (disambiguation)|on depictions relating to this race across multiple [[BW:SEPCON|separate continuities]]}}

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS}}

[[File:Marvel - Ovions Surround Boxey.png|thumb|Ovions surround {{alt|Boxey|TOS}} upon the darkened surface of {{alt|Carillon}} ({{comics|marvel|3}}).]]

'''Ovions''' are insectoid creatures who work the {{TOS|tylium}} mines of the planet {{alt|Carillon}}.

== Marvel Comics ==

The '''Ovions''', also referred to as the {{inlineref|Lords of Ovion}} by the {{alt|Cylons|TOS}}, are occupants of Carillon. A communal order order from birth, all Ovions work and share, believing that such a system is peaceful and ordered: there is no competition, no jealousy. Eschewing happiness as "the goal of an immature order," the Ovion is content with such a communal system, as it has been so for millennia. As such, they align with the Cylons as a member of the {{alt|Alliance}}, unbeknownst to the Colonials.

[[File:Marvel - Ovion Young Feasting.png|thumb|left|{{alt|Ovions||Ovion young}} feast on humans in the subterranean catacombs of {{alt|Carillon}} ({{comics|marvel|3}}).]]

The Ovions set up a lure for their human food supply in the form of a resort and chancery on Carillon, attracting humans from across the star system; they and their young feed on the unsuspecting humans, as humans would feast on cows. Captain {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} and Lieutenant {{alt|Starbuck|TOS}} uncover this, leading to the mass exodus from and {{alt|Battle of Carillon||destruction of Carillon}} ({{comics|marvel|3}}).

== Dynamite Entertainment comics ==

[[File:BSG 2014 Annual - Ovions.png|thumb|Ovions lead by Queen {{alt|Lotay}} as depicted in [[Dynamite Entertainment]]'s {{comics|annual2014}}.]]

The Ovions originate from a place other than {{alt|Carillon}}, and thus are something of nomads.

{{alt|Baltar|TOS}} and their queen {{alt|Lotay}} agree for the Ovions to work the rich {{TOS|tylium}} deposits of Carillon, for Baltar did not trust his own people to safeguard the secret of Carillon's wealth from either the {{alt|Cylons|TOS}} or the {{alt|Colonials|TOS}}.

For the Ovions, Baltar had them build a [[chancery|gambler's paradise]] on the planet, in which the den of sin allows none of its victims to lose&mdash;except their lives as a food source for the Ovions, for they were on the verge of collapse as a species ({{comics|annual2014}}).

== Notes ==
* The Ovions are a typical ingredient in a majority of [[BW:SEPCON|separate continuity]] works, particularly for their involvement in the general lore of the [[Original Series]].
* In [[Marvel]]'s {{comics|marvel|3}}, the Ovions are shown to have pincer feet. 

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