Cylonics

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For the canonical depiction of this race, see: Cylon (TOS).

Cylonics are mechanical, bi-pedaled robots created by Professor Baltar during the Ovion Wars (Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880 1).

Coordinated by the babbage computer Lu-c-fer, the Cylonic Knights were able to turn the tide in the Ovion Wars. Following the end of this conflict, Baltar used the Cylonics in his quest for personal power, thwarted by Archduke Adama and the Quorum.

Baltar, Lu-c-fer, and the Cylonics went into exile, settling on the planet Gamoray. From there, they established a presence and created larger armies to return and wage war on the Twelve Colonies.

Cylonic Knights[edit]

Cylonic Knights are the ground force and fodder, typically the size of a standard adult humanoid.

Mechanically, Cylonic Knights are clockwork machinery programmed via punchcard.

Knights are armored, featuring a single eye=slit with a "roving" red eye that moves to and fro. Knights are capable of basic speech consisting of various whrrrs interspersed in statements, e.g. "by 'whrrr command."

For weaponry, Knights have guns in their arms, the muzzles to which are located in the palm. Knights may also use hand-held guns (Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1880 1).

Cylonic Juggernauts[edit]

Cylonic Juggernauts are larger, sky-scraper tall versions of the Cylonic Knights, and are the newer creations of their self-titled "Imperious Leader," Baltar. They look and act like the Knights, with a few exceptions, namely that Knights can be deployed by palm-guns.

Juggernauts are heavily armored and able to resist aethership weapons fire. However, the Colonial Empire's forces were able to defeat some Juggernauts by "tripping" them using cables delivered by grapples.

Juggernauts are put to use during their ground assault on Caprica, and aid in Caprica's destruction by firing Knights at the aethership Atlantia, thus allowing the Knights to board the ship and turn it into a bomb that destroys the colony (Steampunk Battlestar Galactica 1).