Editing Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)

''This article is about the Thirteenth Tribe in the [[Original Series]]. For its [[Re-imagined Series]] counterpart, see [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)]].''

The '''Thirteenth Tribe''' is the Thirteenth Colony, separated from their brethren who form what would be known as the [[The Twelve Colonies of Man|Twelve Colonies of Man]]. According to [[Iblis]], the Thirteenth Tribe "journeyed to Earth several millennia ago."<ref>Episode dialogue, "[[War of the Gods, Part I]]".</ref>

The tribe leaves {{TOS|Kobol}} after environmental disasters occur on the planet<ref>This exodus does differ from the Re-imagined Series continuity, where the Thirteenth Tribe leaves some 2,000 years ''before'' the remaining twelve tribes that later form the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. The Original Series does not clearly define if the Thirteenth Tribe leaves Kobol at the same time as its fellow tribes.</ref>, settling on [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]].

During their escape from the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]], Captain [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] discovers transmissions from Earth that appear to be an early spaceflight program<ref>The images they see consists of film footage of the [[w:Apollo 11|Apollo 11 United States moon landing mission]].</ref> {{OS|The Hand of God (TOS)}}.

==The Tribe as seen in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''==

In the [[spin-off]] series, ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', the battlestar and her fleet find Earth.

However, the Earthlings are unaware of the Cylon threat, have lost their knowledge of their spaceborne heritage and have rudimentary spaceflight ability.

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