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{{separate continuity|universe=RDM|cont=Dynamite Comics}} | {{separate continuity|universe=RDM|cont=Dynamite Comics}} | ||
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 that was home to [[Gaius Baltar (alternate)|Gaius Baltar]] ( | Aerilon is an agricultural colony that was home to [[Gaius Baltar (alternate)|Gaius Baltar]] ([[Battlestar Galactica: Origins 1]]). | ||
== Aquaria == | == Aquaria == | ||
[[ | [[Image:Ghosts 1 - Aquaria.jpg|thumb|Aquaria and two of its moons (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]'').]] | ||
Aquaria is a colony with a large oceanic mass with at least two moons. | Aquaria is a colony with a large oceanic mass with at least two moons. | ||
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Its capital, Aquaria City, contains the Aquaria City Public Spaceport and [[Aquaria City Extended Care Medical Center]], the latter located in Aquaria City's city square. | Its capital, Aquaria City, contains the Aquaria City Public Spaceport and [[Aquaria City Extended Care Medical Center]], the latter located in Aquaria City's city square. | ||
Prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the [[Colonial Fleet ( | Prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] has a testing facility—controlled by Colonial Fleet's Aquarion Ground Control—for a nuclear weapon design codenamed "[[Medusa]]", a target for the [[#Tauron|Tauron]] terrorists calling themselves the [[Children of Erebus]] (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Ghosts 1]]''). | ||
Natives of Aquaria include: | Natives of Aquaria include: | ||
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* [[Arvin Tyler]] | * [[Arvin Tyler]] | ||
The adjective form of Aquaria is "Aquarion, | The adjective form of Aquaria is "Aquarion", as exemplified by the term [[Aquarion Ground Control]]. | ||
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== Caprica == | == Caprica == | ||
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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 (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek]]''). | 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]]''). | ||
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== 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]] (''[[Battlestar Galactica: Zarek 3]]''). | 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]]''). | ||