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*'''55 - 52 years BCH''': Somewhere during this time, the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are built to aid in hard labor and warfare ([[Miniseries]])
*'''55 - 52 years BCH''': Somewhere during this time, the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are built to aid in hard labor and warfare ([[Miniseries]])
*'''52 years BCH''': Cylon revolt starts the first [[Cylon War]] ([[Colonial Day]])
*'''52 years BCH''': Cylon revolt starts the first [[Cylon War]] ([[Colonial Day]])
*'''52 years BCH''': [[Articles of Colonization]] signed ([[Colonial Day]], [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).
*'''52 years BCH''': [[Articles of Colonization]] signed ([[Colonial Day]], [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005])
*'''51 years BCH''' Colonial ship ''[[Brenik]]'' is lost after a boarding action by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurions]]
*'''51 years BCH''' Colonial ship ''[[Brenik]]'' is lost after a boarding action by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurions]]
*'''50 years BCH''': Battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' enters service
*'''50 years BCH''': Battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' enters service
*'''41 years BCH:''' [[William Adama]] begins his service in the Colonial Fleet as a Viper pilot, near the end of the Cylon War
*'''42 years BCH:''' [[William Adama]] begins his service in the Colonial Fleet as a Viper pilot, near the end of the Cylon War ("[[Hero]]", [[Razor Flashbacks]])
*'''40 years BCH:''' Armistice ends the [[Cylon War]]; Cylons exile themselves from the Twelve Colonies ([[Miniseries]])
*'''40 years BCH:'''  
*'''34 years: BCH:''' William Adama furloughed from the Colonial Fleet ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Hero]]")
**Armistice ends the [[Cylon War]]. Cylons exile themselves from the Twelve Colonies ([[Miniseries]])
**William Adama mustered out of the Colonial Fleet ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Hero]]")
*'''37 BCH:''' William Adama enlists as merchant marine and served about inter-colony freighters ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Hero]]")
*'''20 years BCH:'''
*'''20 years BCH:'''
**Last significant [[FTL]] jump recorded in ''[[Galactica]]'s'' logs.
**Last significant [[FTL]] jump recorded in ''[[Galactica]]'s'' logs
**[[Tom Zarek]] imprisoned for blowing up a government building on [[Sagittaron]] ([[Bastille Day]])
**[[Tom Zarek]] imprisoned for blowing up a government building on [[Sagittaron]] ([[Bastille Day]])
**[[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] first meet ([[Scattered]], podcast) <ref>This is contradicted in "[[Torn]]" where Adama claims to have known Tigh for 30 years. Writer, [[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques#Adama/Tigh Meeting|stated]] that Adama is exaggerating, thus indicating that 20 years (22-23 years by the time Adama makes the statement) is correct.</ref>
**[[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] first meet ([[Scattered]], podcast) <ref>This is contradicted in "[[Torn]]" where Adama claims to have known Tigh for 30 years. Writer, [[Bradley Thompson]] [[Battlestar Wiki:Official Communiques/Archive8#Adama.2FTigh Meeting|stated]] that Adama is exaggerating, thus indicating that 20 years (22-23 years by the time Adama makes the statement) is correct.</ref>
*'''17 years BCH:''' William Adama reinstated in the Colonial Fleet at the rank of Major ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Hero]]")
*'''17 years BCH:''' William Adama reinstated in the Colonial Fleet ("[[Scattered]]", "[[Hero]]") <!--Dossier places this at 23 BCH-->
*'''15 years BCH:''' Saul Tigh reinstated in the Colonial Fleet by Major William Adama at the rank of Captain ([[Scattered]])
*'''15 years BCH:''' Saul Tigh reinstated in the Colonial Fleet by Major William Adama at the rank of captain ([[Scattered]])
*'''11 years BCH:'''  
*'''11 years BCH:'''  
**Major William Adama assigned to the battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]''
**William Adama assigned to the battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]'' ([[Hero]]) <!--Dossier places this at 17 BCH-->
**[[Laura Roslin]] begins her career in politics ([[Litmus]]). 
**[[Laura Roslin]] begins her career in politics ([[Litmus]])
*'''13 years BCH:'''
**William Adama assigned as executive officer to the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' ([[Hero]])
*'''10 years BCH:'''
*'''10 years BCH:'''
**[[Galen Tyrol]] enlists in the Colonial Fleet as a non-commissioned officer ([[Miniseries]]).
**[[Galen Tyrol]] enlists in the Colonial Fleet as a non-commissioned officer ([[Miniseries]])
*'''9 years BCH:'''
**William Adama promoted to commander and assigned as commander of the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' ([[Hero]])
*'''7 years BCH:'''
*'''7 years BCH:'''
**[[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] marry ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/deleted1.html deleted scene])
**[[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] marry ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/deleted1.html deleted scene])
** William Adama promoted to Colonel and assigned as [[XO]] to the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' ([[Hero]])
*'''6 years BCH:'''
** William Adama leads aborted covert intelligence mission aboard ''Valkyrie''. [[Daniel Novacek]] is shot down and captured by the Cylons. Adama and Tigh are subsequently assigned to ''Galactica'' ([[Hero]]). <ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref>
*'''5 years BCH:'''
*'''5 years BCH:'''
**[[Laura Roslin]]'s last breast exam prior to her cancer diagnosis ([[Act of Contrition]])
**[[Laura Roslin]]'s last breast exam prior to her cancer diagnosis ([[Act of Contrition]])
**[[Galen Tyrol]] assigned to ''Columbia'' under Col. Adama ([[Litmus]])
**[[Galen Tyrol]] assigned to ''Galactica'' ([[Litmus]]) <ref>Since Adama states that Tyrol has been under his commander for "over five years", this might also be earlier.</ref>
*'''4 years BCH:'''  
*'''4 years BCH:'''  
**[[Kara Thrace]] graduates from the Colonial Fleet Academy ([[Maelstrom]]).
**[[Kara Thrace]] graduates from the Colonial Fleet Academy ([[Maelstrom]]).
**[[Socrata Thrace]] dies of stomach cancer ([[Maelstrom]]).
**[[Socrata Thrace]] dies of stomach cancer ([[Maelstrom]])
*'''3 years BCH:'''
*'''3 years BCH:'''
**[[Felix Gaeta]] assigned to ''Valkyrie'' ([[Miniseries]])
**[[Felix Gaeta]] assigned to ''Galactica'' ([[Miniseries]])
** William Adama is promoted to Commander and assigned to the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' ([[Hero]])
** Saul Tigh is promoted to Colonel and assigned to ''Valkyrie'' ([[Hero]])
** Galen Tyrol assigned to ''Valkyrie'' ([[Miniseries]], [[Hero]])
*'''2 years BCH:'''
*'''2 years BCH:'''
**[[Caprica Six]] begins residence on Caprica ([[Downloaded]]), first encounters Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Miniseries]])
**[[Caprica Six]] begins residence on Caprica ([[Downloaded]]), first encounters Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Miniseries]])
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**Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] is re-assigned from flight school to ''Galactica'' ([[Act of Contrition]])
**Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] is re-assigned from flight school to ''Galactica'' ([[Act of Contrition]])
*'''1 Year BCH:'''  
*'''1 Year BCH:'''  
**Last time [[William Adama]] and [[Carolanne Adama]] speak ([[Miniseries]])
**Last time William and [[Carolanne Adama]] speak ([[Miniseries]])
** William Adama leads aborted covert intelligence mission aboard ''[[Valkyrie]]''. [[Daniel Novacek]] is shot down and captured by the Cylons ([[Hero]])
** William Adama, Saul Tigh, Felix Gaeta, and Galen Tyrol are re-assigned to the battlestar ''Galactica'' ([[Hero]])
**[[Carolanne Adama]] gets engaged ([[Miniseries]])
**[[Carolanne Adama]] gets engaged ([[Miniseries]])
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] last visits her home ([[Final Cut]])
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] last visits her home ([[Final Cut]])

Revision as of 10:32, 25 October 2007

For information on the specific dating system in the Re-imagined Series, see Colonial calendar.


This article attempts to plot the events illustrated or mentioned in the history and prehistory of the Twelve Colonies in the Re-imagined Series.

All dates use the day of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as the central time marker for all events in the series. Items that occur before the Fall are marked as "BCH", or "Before Cylon holocaust".

Ancient History[edit]

  • Over 17,000 years BCH: A supernova creates the Ionian nebula.
  • 4,000 years BCH: The Thirteenth Tribe reportedly leaves the planet Kobol, later leaving a beacon in space and building the Temple of Five (The Eye of Jupiter)[1]. At some undated point, something travels from Earth to Kobol, passing on information about Earth, including a map of its night sky.
  • 3,600 years BCH: Pythia records her prophecies
  • 2,000 years BCH: The remaining Twelve Tribes leave Kobol
  • 2,000 years to 52 years BCH: The Twelve Colonies grow and prosper. Each colony acts as a sovereign nation, complete with inter-colonial wars

Recent Colonial History[edit]

Events of the Miniseries[edit]

  • Zero Hour:
    • The Armistice Station is destroyed by Cylon forces
    • Laura Roslin is diagnosed with inoperable breast cancer
    • Galactica is decommissioned
    • The Twelve Colonies are heavily bombarded by nuclear bombs
    • Picon Fleet Headquarters is destroyed
    • Galactica's last Viper Mark VII squadron is destroyed
    • A battle near Virgon ends with the total loss of the remaining Colonial Fleet
    • The battlestar Pegasus luckily escapes the destruction of the Scorpian Fleet Shipyards (Pegasus)
    • Galactica engages Cylon Raiders and survives with moderate damage and 85 dead
    • Last transmission from the Colonies received by Laura Roslin aboard Colonial Heavy 798 from a fellow secretary
    • Case Orange contingency mechanism assigns Roslin the office of the President of the Twelve Colonies
    • Roslin gathers stranded civilian and military ships around the vicinity of Caprica
    • Commander Adama assumes overall Fleet command and orders regroup at Ragnar Anchorage
    • Roslin's fleet survives two Cylon attacks and meets at Ragnar
    • Galactica changes from battle stance to civilian protection, and escorts the civilian fleet from Ragnar towards the Prolmar Sector

Season 1[edit]

See Timeline - Season 1 (RDM)

Season 2[edit]

See Timeline - Season 2 (RDM)

Season 3[edit]

See Timeline - Season 3 (RDM)

Season 4[edit]

See Timeline - Season 4 (RDM)

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Galen Tyrol cites 4,000 years as the approximate age of the temple. This is the oldest date noted in the Re-imagined Series timeline, but also conflicts with the prior date of Pythia and her works as described by Elosha in the season 1 episode "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I," where she notes that the exodus of all 13 tribes occurred 2,000 years prior.
  2. ↑ This is contradicted in "Torn" where Adama claims to have known Tigh for 30 years. Writer, Bradley Thompson stated that Adama is exaggerating, thus indicating that 20 years (22-23 years by the time Adama makes the statement) is correct.
  3. ↑ While dialogue from "Hero" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on Galactica. See Hero#Analysis for a detailed explanation why Battlestar Wiki chooses to treat this as a continuity error.
  4. ↑ Since Adama states that Tyrol has been under his commander for "over five years", this might also be earlier.

Re-imagined Series definition: denotes any time preceding the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, e.g. 40 BCH (see: Timeline (RDM))

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another

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