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'''Tylium''' is a fuel used in both the [[Original Series]] and [[Re-imagined Series]]. | |||
==Re-imagined Tylium== | |||
[[Image:HandofGod.jpg|right|thumb|[[Lee Adama|Apollo]] [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid|destroys a Cylon base]] to win supplies of tylium {{TRS|The Hand of God}}.]] | |||
'''Tylium''' (pronounced "TILL-lee-um") is a material used to fuel the propulsion systems of Colonial and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] spacecraft. At least three forms exist: tylium ore, refined tylium precursor, and refined tylium (the fuel itself). | '''Tylium''' (pronounced "TILL-lee-um") is a material used to fuel the propulsion systems of Colonial and [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] spacecraft. At least three forms exist: tylium ore, refined tylium precursor, and refined tylium (the fuel itself). | ||
Typically, tylium ore is mined from asteroids and is apparently not found on the [[The Twelve Colonies | Typically, tylium ore is mined from asteroids and is apparently not found on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] natively. Large tylium ore deposits can keep fleets fueled for years {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)|}}. In its raw form, tylium is a relatively fine, powdery substance that is liquefied and refined by [[refinery ship]]s. Care needs to be taken to not introduce impurities into the fuel, which can cause engine malfunctions {{TRS|Dirty Hands}}. | ||
According to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], tylium has the following characteristics: | According to Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]], tylium has the following characteristics: | ||
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* Refined tylium precursor is more unstable and much easier to ignite than the finished fuel itself; | * Refined tylium precursor is more unstable and much easier to ignite than the finished fuel itself; | ||
* Refined tylium has a tremendous enthalpy to the order of approximately half a million gigajoules per kilogram, or about 6 times greater than uranium-235 and 81% that of deuterium fusion; | * Refined tylium has a tremendous enthalpy to the order of approximately half a million gigajoules per kilogram, or about 6 times greater than uranium-235 and 81% that of deuterium fusion; | ||
* A tylium detonation results in no radioactive fallout {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)}} | * A tylium detonation results in no radioactive fallout {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)|}} | ||
Pure tylium can be easily detonated by a conventional warhead. Moreover, igniting fuel lines on spaceships usually quickly result in their loss {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. The fuel can also be used to construct improvised mines {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter}}. | Pure tylium can be easily detonated by a conventional warhead. Moreover, igniting fuel lines on spaceships usually quickly result in their loss {{TRS|Miniseries, Night 1}}. The fuel can also be used to construct improvised mines {{TRS|The Eye of Jupiter}}. | ||
==Original Tylium== | |||
'''Tylium''' (pronounced "TIE-lee-um") is an unstable mineral element used as fuel by both the [[Colonial]] and {{TOS|Cylon}} forces in the [[Seventh Millennium]]. The substance is often mined and it can explode when energy, such as discharges from [[laser pistol]]s, impact its natural form. | |||
Following the [[Battle of Cimtar]], {{TOS|the Fleet}} heads to the planet [[Carillon]], believing it to have tylium based on a report from an old mining expedition. Much to the surprise and shock of many, Carillon is discovered to have tylium in mass quantities, so much so that when the Colonials ignite the tylium with their energy weapons during a pitched battle with Cylon forces, the planet is [[Battle of Carillon|destroyed in a cataclysm]] {{OS|Saga of a Star World}}. | |||
The Colonials make use of a separate fuel source, [[solium]], for fueling various ships from {{TOS|Viper}}s to freighters, like ''{{TOS|Gemini}}'' {{OS|Saga of a Star World|Fire in Space}}. This implies that tylium may well be the raw mineral from which other grades of fuel are derived, in the same way that {{w|diesel fuel|diesel}} and {{w|gasoline}} are {{w|petroleum}} derivatives. | |||
=== In the separate continuity === | |||
{{separate continuity|cont=TOS|type=line}} | |||
'''Tylium''' is mentioned in the following [[BW:SEPCON|separate continuity]] tie-ins, notably: | |||
* {{comics|marvel|3}}, which adapts the third part of {{OS|Saga of a Star World|prose=y}}. | |||
* {{comics|annual2014}}, where {{alt|Baltar|TOS-DE}}'s backstory is relayed, in addition to his discovery of {{alt|Carillon}}. | |||
[[Category:A to Z]] [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Resources]] | [[Category:A to Z]] [[Category:Technology]] [[Category:Resources]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
*[[w:Enthalpy|Enthalpy]] describes the thermodynamic potential of a system (H), and its simplest definition is the sum of the system's internal energy (U), and the product of its pressure (p) and volume (V): ''H = U + pV''. | *[[w:Enthalpy|Enthalpy]] describes the thermodynamic potential of a system (H), and its simplest definition is the sum of the system's internal energy (U), and the product of its pressure (p) and volume (V): ''H = U + pV''. | ||
*The official series web page on the [http://www.scifi.com Sci-Fi Channel] web site incorrectly spells the substance as "'''tyllium'''" in the description of the [[mining ship]] on the ships page. As the Original Series DVD material, as well as labels seen in "[[Dirty Hands]], | *The official series web page on the [http://www.scifi.com Sci-Fi Channel] web site incorrectly spells the substance as "'''tyllium'''" in the description of the [[mining ship]] on the ships page. As the Original Series DVD material, as well as labels seen in "[[Dirty Hands]]", show the spelling as "tylium," ''Battlestar Wiki'' contributors should use "tylium" as the correct spelling. | ||
* The first usage of this term uses the "TIE-lee-um" pronunciation (q.v. {{OS|Saga of a Star World|prose=Y}}) as opposed to subsequent uses of "TILL-lee-um" (q.v. {{TRS|Miniseries|prose=Y}}). | * The first usage of this term uses the "TIE-lee-um" pronunciation (q.v. {{OS|Saga of a Star World|prose=Y}}) as opposed to subsequent uses of "TILL-lee-um" (q.v. {{TRS|Miniseries|prose=Y}}). | ||
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*[[Cylon Refinery]] | *[[Cylon Refinery]] | ||
*[[Refinery ship]] | *[[Refinery ship]] | ||
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