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:''This article discusses the Twelve Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. See [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)]] for information on the Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]].'' | |||
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The '''Twelve Colonies of Man'''<ref>In the Original Series, the formal name of the unified worlds is the "Twelve Colonies of ''Man'' | The '''Twelve Colonies of Man'''<ref>In the Original Series, the formal name of the unified worlds is the "Twelve Colonies of ''Man''. Its [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart is known as the "Twelve Colonies of ''Kobol''".</ref> are located in an unnamed multi-star system within the [[Cyrannus (TOS)|Cyranus Galaxy]]. | ||
The Twelve Colonies of Man included the colonies of: | |||
*[[#Aeries|Aeries]] | *[[#Aeries|Aeries]] | ||
*[[#Caprica|Caprica]] | *[[#Caprica|Caprica]] | ||
*[[#Gemoni|Gemoni]] | *[[#Gemoni|Gemoni]] | ||
* | *Picon | ||
* | *Sagitaria | ||
* | *Scorpion | ||
*[[#Taura|Taura]] | *[[#Taura|Taura]] | ||
* | *Virgon | ||
Four colonies, ostensibly similar to the astrological names of "Cancer," "Leo," "Libra" and "Aquarius," are never formally named in Original Series episodes. | Four colonies, ostensibly similar to the astrological names of "Cancer," "Leo," "Libra" and "Aquarius," are never formally named in Original Series episodes. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The government of the Twelve Colonies first encountered the Cylons after the Colonials intervened to protect an alien race known as the [[Hasari]] | The government of the Twelve Colonies first encountered the Cylons after the Colonials intervened to protect the Cylons against an alien race known as the [[Hasari]]. As a result, the Colonies have been [[Thousand Yahren War|at war]] with the alien [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] for 1,000 [[yahren]]. | ||
[[ | [[Image:Battlestarformation.jpg|right|thumb|Colonial battlestars.]] | ||
=== First Exodus === | === First Exodus === | ||
According to the [[Book of the Word]], a religious text of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Kobollian faith]], humanity began on a planet called | According to the [[Book of the Word]], a religious text of the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Kobollian faith]], humanity began on a planet called [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]]. | ||
After an ecological disaster purported to be created by technology, the tribes of humanity fled outward to the stars. Twelve tribes of Man eventually passed through a [[magnetic void]] and settled on a star system of 12 worlds, which would be later known as the Twelve Colonies of Man | After an ecological disaster purported to be created by technology, the tribes of humanity fled outward to the stars. Twelve tribes of Man eventually passed through a [[magnetic void]] and settled on a star system of 12 worlds, which would be later known as the Twelve Colonies of Man ([[Lost Planet of the Gods]]). | ||
A [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|thirteenth]] tribe made another exodus to a planet known as [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] | A [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|thirteenth]] tribe made another exodus to a planet known as [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]]. | ||
=== War === | === War === | ||
[[ | [[Image:Battleofcimtar.jpg|right|thumb|The destruction of the last Colonial fleet at the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. ''Galactica'' was already in alert posture, but her sister ships were not.]] | ||
[[ | [[Image:Capricaattack.jpg|thumb|left|Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]] begin their attack on Caprica. A reporter, [[Serina]], is seen in the foreground.]] | ||
Recent battles in the [[Thousand Yahren War]] included the [[Battle of Cosmora Archipelago]] (with Commander [[Kronus]], battlestar ''[[Rycon]]'' and the [[Fourth Fleet]]), the [[Battle of Caprica]], and the [[Battle of Molecay]] (with the [[Fifth Fleet]] and battlestar '' | Recent battles in the [[Thousand Yahren War]] included the [[Battle of Cosmora Archipelago]] (with Commander [[Kronus]], battlestar ''[[Rycon]]'' and the [[Fourth Fleet]]), the [[Battle of Caprica]], and the [[Battle of Molecay]] (with the [[Fifth Fleet]] and battlestar ''[[Pegasus (TOS)|Pegasus]]''). | ||
The Thousand Yahren War brutally ended with an elaborate Cylon sneak attack at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], which destroys the last battlestar fleet, led by [[Adar (TOS)|President Adar]] | The Thousand Yahren War brutally ended with an elaborate Cylon sneak attack at the [[Battle of Cimtar]], which destroys the last battlestar fleet, led by [[Adar (TOS)|President Adar]] ([[Saga of a Star World]]). | ||
One surviving battlestar, '' | One surviving battlestar, ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'', escapes destruction and is unable to ward off a simultaneous bombardment of the Twelve Colonies and its populace. Millions, perhaps billions of humans are killed. The survivors escape their worlds to follow ''Galactica'' in search of a safer haven. | ||
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=== Colonization === | === Colonization === | ||
[[ | [[Image:Paradeen.jpg|right|thumb|The planet of [[Paradeen]], one of many worlds that may have had contact with the Thirteenth Tribe.]] | ||
Several planets, moons and asteroid colonies throughout the portion of the galaxy familiar to the Colonials boasted small croppings of Colonials. Some who were well aware of the Colonies and the war with the Cylons | Several planets, moons and asteroid colonies throughout the portion of the galaxy familiar to the Colonials boasted small croppings of Colonials. Some who were well aware of the Colonies and the war with the Cylons, others knew nothing of them, such as [[Equellus]] and the tyrannical [[Eastern Alliance]]. | ||
== Culture == | == Culture == | ||
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=== Holidays === | === Holidays === | ||
* [[Armament Day]]: a day for celebrating the [[Colonial Warrior|Colonial Military]] | * [[Armament Day]]: a day for celebrating the [[Colonial Warrior|Colonial Military]] ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I (TOS)|Lost Planet of the Gods]]). | ||
* [[Otori Sect|High Worship of the Sunstorm]]: a period where the Gemini are permitted to have contact with members of the opposite sex, which occurs every seven years as decreed by the Gemini's High Priests | * [[Otori Sect|High Worship of the Sunstorm]]: a period where the Gemini are permitted to have contact with members of the opposite sex, which occurs every seven years as decreed by the Gemini's High Priests ([[Saga of a Star World]]). | ||
== The Colonies == | == The Colonies == | ||
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=== Aeries === | === Aeries === | ||
[[Robber]] and his family are from Aeries, and there is some suggestion other prisoners on [[Proteus]] may be Aerian as well, given their raspy Irish sounding accents which mirror that of Robbers'. [[Cassiopeia]] is familiar with the [[Aerian merchant code]] as her father was a trader fluent in such things, and may perhaps have been an Aeries himself | In "[[The Long Patrol]]", [[Robber]] and his family are from Aeries, and there is some suggestion other prisoners on [[Proteus]] may be Aerian as well, given their raspy Irish sounding accents which mirror that of Robbers'. [[Cassiopeia]] is familiar with the [[Aerian merchant code]] as her father was a trader fluent in such things, and may perhaps have been an Aeries himself.<ref>This would be revisited in the [[Re-imagined Series]], where natives of [[Aerelon]] are depicted as speaking with a raspy north English Yorkshire accent.</ref> | ||
The [[non-canon]]ical ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' describes Aeries as a small, crowded world. Due to the population surpassing the ability of the planet herself, the Aerians created orbital space stations that were capable of handling the food needs for the colony. From this, they were able to develop special crops adapted to growth in weightless space. A subsquent technology was in the form of the [[Agro Ship]]s, which were used to provide food for deep-space missions, prior to the invention of the [[lightspeed]] drives.<ref>{{ | The [[non-canon]]ical ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' describes Aeries as a small, crowded world. Due to the population surpassing the ability of the planet herself, the Aerians created orbital space stations that were capable of handling the food needs for the colony. From this, they were able to develop special crops adapted to growth in weightless space. A subsquent technology was in the form of the [[Agro Ship]]s, which were used to provide food for deep-space missions, prior to the invention of the [[lightspeed]] drives.<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=11}}</ref> | ||
=== Caprica === | === Caprica === | ||
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=== Gemoni === | === Gemoni === | ||
Many of the passengers about the freighter [[Gemini (TOS)|''Gemini'']] are from Gemoni<ref>This is the correct Original Series spelling. The [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart is spelled "[[Gemenon]]".</ref>. The language of Gemoni is Gemonese (which | Many of the passengers about the freighter [[Gemini (TOS)|''Gemini'']] are from Gemoni<ref>This is the correct Original Series spelling. The [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart is spelled "[[Gemenon]]".</ref>. The language of Gemoni is Gemonese (which [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] can translate and [[Cassiopeia]] is able to speak fluently). Gemoni is home to the [[Otori Sect]] ([[Saga of a Star World]]). | ||
=== Taura === | === Taura === | ||
[[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and | [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] run across a [[blonde Taurus]] woman.<ref>Judging by Starbuck's reaction to the Taurus' question on how he knew she was a Taurus, and from his taste in women, it can be inferred (despite the claim of recognizing "the dialect") that Taura women may be known for their beauty.</ref> ([[Saga of a Star World]]). | ||
=== | == Notes == | ||
* ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):'' | * ''According to ''[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]'' (a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979):'' | ||
: After the exodus, the settlers settled on twelve worlds, using their technology to prepare the land and provide "the basic necessities of life". However, once this was done, the settlers shunned their technology as it was blamed for the destruction of [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]]. This leads to the [[Era of Darkness]], where technology was forgotten and the Colonials regressed to a non-high technological period, where religion lead and influenced the lives of the Colonials. | |||
: Being separated for two millennia, the Colonies developed their own cultural identities. | |||
:* The Aerians are said to have "quickly separated into a number of hostile groups", tearing the colony apart by "petty wars among them for hundreds of [[yahren]]. | |||
:* The Capricans were "practical" people, retaining much of the science predating the exodus than the other colonies, thus leading the rest of the Colonials to a scientific renaissance in the [[Fifth Millennium]]. | |||
:* The Gemonese, who settled the "cold" planet, they condemned pleasure as a "temptation to evil", with the [[Otori sect]] carrying this "ethic to extremes, permitting contact between the sexes" only once during the [[High Worship of the Sunstorm]]. | |||
:* The Sagittarians "became a contemplative people", producing philosophers throughout the modern era. | |||
:* The Scorpios were "blessed with a fertile planet and a gentile climate" devoting "their lives to pursuit of art, music and pleasure".<ref>{{cite_book|last=Kraus|first=Bruce|authorlink=|authorlinkurl=|coauthors=|year=1979|title=[[Encyclopedia Galactica]]|publisher=|location=|id=|pages=27}}</ref> | |||
: After the rediscovery of interstellar travel, each of the colonies joined together and conjoined their efforts to the development of interstellar spacecrafts, bringing 500 yahren of "unparalleled prosperity", establishing settlements on other planets and asteroids, as well as making peaceful contact with intelligent species of other worlds. | |||
: It is said that by the time of first contact with the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], the Colonials technology "had advanced beyond that of their ancestors of Kobol".<ref>''Ibid.'', 28.</ref> | |||
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