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The [[List of Comics#Dynamite Comics|comics]] based on the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] have taken the opportunity and the initiative to flesh out '''the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' in much more detail than the actual television series. As is the case, the television series is often at odds with the comic book depictions because both are being produced at the same time | The [[List of Comics#Dynamite Comics|comics]] based on the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] have taken the opportunity and the initiative to flesh out '''the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' in much more detail than the actual television series. As is the case, the television series is often at odds with the comic book depictions because both are being produced at the same time -- with little communication between the comic creative personnel and the television creative personnel -- it is necessary to have a separate article on said depictions. | ||
== Aerilon == | == Aerilon == | ||
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{{mainarticle|Aerilon (alternate)}} | {{mainarticle|Aerilon (alternate)}} | ||
Aerilon is an agricultural colony | Aerilon<ref>The spelling of the colony in the series is [[Aerelon]].</ref> is an agricultural colony ([[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]). | ||
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* [[Gaius Baltar (alternate)|Gaius Baltar]] | |||
== Caprica == | == Caprica == | ||
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: ''For the canonical version of this colony, see: [[Caprica (RDM)]].'' | : ''For the canonical version of this colony, see: [[Caprica (RDM)]].'' | ||
Caprica, along with its planetary capital of [[Caprica City]], is the center for the Twelve Colonies in terms of government. It is the base of the [[Ministry of | Caprica, along with its planetary capital of [[Caprica City]], is the center for the Twelve Colonies in terms of government. It is the base of the [[Ministry of Defesnse]] and the seat of the president. This being the case, it is the most prosperous of the Colonies and the hub of high education and high society. | ||
Two years prior to the [[Fall of the Colonies]], the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] began abducting people in order to install [[Gaius Baltar (alternate)|Gaius Baltar]] as the director of the vital [[Command Navigation Program]] project ([[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]). | |||
=== See also === | === See also === | ||
* [[Caprica University]] | * [[Caprica University]] | ||
== Gemenon == | == Gemenon == | ||
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: ''For the canonical version of this colony, see: [[Gemenon]].'' | : ''For the canonical version of this colony, see: [[Gemenon]].'' | ||
A [[Colonial Fleet Hub]] is in orbit of this colony. After the [[Hero|incident]] at the [[Armistice Line]] with ''[[Valkyrie]]'', ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' puts in here for upgrades to her [[Viper Mark VII]]s before proceeding on a mission to find ''[[Chronos]]'' ( | A [[Colonial Fleet Hub]] is in orbit of this colony. After the [[Hero|incident]] at the [[Armistice Line]] with ''[[Valkyrie]]'', ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' puts in here for upgrades to her [[Viper Mark VII]]s before proceeding on a mission to find the ''[[Chronos]]'' ([[Battlestar Galactica: Pegasus]]). | ||
=== Natives === | === Natives === | ||
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{{mainarticle|Sagittaron (alternate)}} | {{mainarticle|Sagittaron (alternate)}} | ||
Sagittaron is known for its [[nitrassium]] deposits, which are used throughout the Colonies, as well as being a good provider for its fellow Colonies | Sagittaron is known for its [[nitrassium]] deposits, which are used throughout the Colonies, as well as being a good provider for its fellow Colonies -- at the expense of its people, who, by the standards of some, are considered slaves. | ||
As a result of poor worker conditions, [[Karen Zarek]] begins the [[Citizens for Sagittaron Labor Reform]]. After she is assassinated, [[Tom Zarek (alternate)|Tom Zarek]] continues this fight, eventually turning the CSLR into an insurgent, armed freedom force known as the [[Sagittaron Freedom Movement]]. During the years of struggle, the SFM's efforts culminated in a terrorist bombing of the [[Labor Ministry]]'s building, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people in addition to the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Tom Zarek and his right hand man, [[Benedict Mason]] only two decades before the Fall ( | As a result of poor worker conditions, [[Karen Zarek]] begins the [[Citizens for Sagittaron Labor Reform]]. After she is assassinated, [[Tom Zarek (alternate)|Tom Zarek]] continues this fight, eventually turning the CSLR into an insurgent, armed freedom force known as the [[Sagittaron Freedom Movement]]. During the years of struggle, the SFM's efforts culminated in a terrorist bombing of the [[Labor Ministry]]'s building, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of people in addition to the arrest, trial and imprisonment of Tom Zarek and his right hand man, [[Benedict Mason]] only two decades before the Fall ([[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek]]). | ||
Even after Zarek's imprisonment, there are people who fight and commit terrorist acts in his name, which leads President [[Richard Adar]] to offer Zarek a full pardon in exchange of his condemnation of such actions ( | Even after Zarek's imprisonment, there are people who fight and commit terrorist acts in his name, which leads President [[Richard Adar]] to offer Zarek a full pardon in exchange of his condemnation of such actions ([[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]). | ||
== Tauron == | == Tauron == | ||
: ''For the canonical version of this colony, see: [[Tauron]].'' | : ''For the canonical version of this colony, see: [[Tauron (RDM)]].'' | ||
After destroying the [[Labor Ministry]] building on [[Sagittaron (alternate)|Sagittaron]], [[Tom Zarek (alternate)|Tom Zarek]] and [[Benedict Mason]] are imprisoned on an unnamed penal installation on Tauron, overseen by Doctor [[Sara Freeman]]. Zarek, Mason and [[Duby]] are incarcerated here; Mason and Zarek were incarcerated for the first 7 years of their 20 year sentence before being transferred, with Duby, to [[Luna Three]] ( | After destroying the [[Labor Ministry]] building on [[Sagittaron (alternate)|Sagittaron]], [[Tom Zarek (alternate)|Tom Zarek]] and [[Benedict Mason]] are imprisoned on an unnamed penal installation on Tauron, overseen by Doctor [[Sara Freeman]]. Zarek, Mason and [[Duby]] are incarcerated here; Mason and Zarek were incarcerated for the first 7 years of their 20 year sentence before being transferred, with Duby, to [[Luna Three]] ([[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]). | ||
=== Natives === | === Natives === | ||
* [[Darja Purat]] | * [[Darja Purat]] | ||