Editing Proteus

[[File:Proteusprison.jpg|thumb|External view of the Proteus prison complex.]]
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'''Proteus''' is a prison planetoid established by the Colonies circa [[6648]], located outside the periphery of {{TOS|Cyrannus}}. A world forgotten by Colonials by [[7348]], criminals and their descendants serve their time making munitions and [[ambrosa]]. When the raw goods for the manufacturing of munitions became depleted, the prisoners continue to create ambrosa, believing that they were helping the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man|Colonies]] in the [[Thousand Yahren War|war effort against the Cylons]].  

Prisoners are named for their crime ([[Embezzler 10|Embezzler]], [[Forger 7|Forger]], [[Adulteress 58|Adulteress]], [[Assault 9|Assault]]) as well as a number for identification purposes. The prisoners originally sentenced to the prison were known as the [[Original Sinner]]s.  Their descendants inherit the crime of their parents as their name, but increment the number, which itself is placed on a colored armband.

The prison is overseen by a line of [[Proteus enforcers|enforcers]], descendants of the staff originally charged with overseeing the Original Sinners hundreds of [[yahren]]s past {{OS|The Long Patrol}}.

=== Tie-in Material Information ===
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):''
: This prison on the asteroid Proteus was established by the [[Aerian|Aerians]] in [[5220]]. In its heyday in the 5300s, it housed over one hundred thousand. Its brutality made it infamous throughout the Colonies. The harshness of which the Aerians were once so proud eventually became an embarrassment during the enlightened days of the [[Long Peace]]. And so, early in the [[Thousand-Yahren War|Cylon War]], the majority of the prisoners were released. The Proteus Prison was then gradually forgotten.

: Also forgotten were a [[Proteus prisoner|few hundred prisoners]] and their guards, the [[Proteus enforcers|Enforcers]]. Whether they chose to remain behind or whether they were simply overlooked by the evacuation teams is unknown. These men and women remained to form a strange society that lasted for generations. The children of Enforcers took their parent's place, the children of the prisoners took as names the crimes of their parents, the crimes of their ancestors.

: The prisoners on Proteus manufactured [[Ambrosa]], the finest in the Galaxy. After the asteroid was cut off from humanity by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], however, no further shipments could be made, and centuries of production piled up on the loading docks. The Enforcers, anxious to keep their power, kept up the pretense that the Ambrosa was going to the Colonies. When their lie was exposed by the arrival of ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', the Enforcers were quickly overthrown. <ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=47}}</ref>

== Notes ==
* {{1880|Proteus}} also appears in the {{comics|1880|template=Y|sup=no|prose=y}} series.

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