Battlestar Wiki - User contributions [en]

Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)

2012-03-22T13:10:33Z

Zenoseiya: /* Related Imagery */

:''This article discusses the 2003 Playstation 2 and X-Box game. For the 2007 X-Box 360 and PC game, see [[Battlestar Galactica (2007 game)]].''
{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}
[[Image:Bsg_game_cover.jpg|right|200px]]

The '''''Battlestar Galactica'' roleplaying video game''' was released in November 2003, just before the [[Miniseries]].

In the game, the player takes the part of Ensign [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William "Husker" Adama]], and flies his Viper on missions against the Cylons, lead by [[Imperious Leader]] [[Lord Erebus]], during the opening days of the [[Cylon War]]. The only other character from the shows to make an appearance is a young [[Garris Cain]]; however, using cheat codes, the original characters of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] can appear as your wingmen (and are even voiced by Original Series actors [[Dirk Benedict]] and [[Richard Hatch]], respectively).

Both the ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Atlantia]]'' make an appearance; it is the former which the orphaned Adama lives on, having fallen in love with [[Iphigenia]], the daughter of its commander, [[Bryn Magus]].

'''Developer:''' Warthog Games (UK), on behalf of Vivendi Universal.<br/>
'''Platforms:''' X-Box and Playstation 2<br/>
'''[[Wikipedia:ESRB|ESRB Rating]]:''' Teen<br/>
'''[[Wikipedia:PEGI|PEGI Rating]]:''' 12+

==Notes==

* The 2003 video game draws elements from items found in what was to become the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|"Re-imagined" Series]] as well as elements familiar to the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. Because of this and new elements, the Video Game creates a continuity that is generally separate from the either series. The game was designed to complement both the Original Series and the "Re-imagined" series; an earlier incarnation of the game developed but never produced in 2001 was based on the [[Bryan Singer|Singer]] / [[Tom DeSanto|DeSanto]] [[Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|continuation project]].

*In the game, William Adama is romantically involved with a woman named [[Iphigenia]]. In the Original Series, his wife is named [[Ila]].
*In the game, Adama has a full name, "William Adama." The Original Series character had no such name, but the same name (and callsign) are used for the [[William Adama|character in the Re-imagined Series]].
*Using a special cheat, the Original Series characters of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] are available as wingmen to the player character, Adama. This wholly contradicts the characterizations of both Original Series and Re-imagined Series, where Starbuck and Apollo are subordinates to Adama. Further, Adama is Apollo's father in the Original Series, so for young Adama to fly with his son of the same age (game cheat notwithstanding) is a temporal contradiction. An additional bonus mission for the game was scripted but never implemented in the final build; this mission would have featured the Original Series characters of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] traveling back into the past to prevent the death of the young Adama. Details of that mission, including the script, are available [http://web.archive.org/web/20060722131225/hometown.aol.co.uk/redwingproject/battlestar4.htm here].

==Cast==
*[[Dirk Benedict]] as [[Starbuck (TOS)|Lt. Starbuck]] and [[Lukas]]
*[[Lucille Bliss]] as [[Shaden]]
*[[Robin Atkin Downes]] as [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|Ensign Adama]]
*[[Mack Greenlaw]] as [[Garris Cain]]
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Rylo]]
*[[James Horan]] as Older Adama
*[[Charity James]] as [[Persephone (2003 Video Game)|Persophone]], [[Atlantia Council]], and [[Nova]]
*[[Kristanna Loken]] as [[Iphigenia]] and [[Lethe]]
*[[Alyson Reed]] as [[Jen Kassia]]
*[[Dwight Schultz]] as [[Erebus|Lord Erebus]] and [[Deimos]]
*[[Kristoffer Tabori]] as [[Bryn Magus]]
*[[Wally Wingert]] as [[Paulus Magus]]

==Cheat Codes==
Cut through the [[Felgercarb (TOS)|felgercarb]] with these unlock codes - unless otherwise stated, all codes are the same for XBox and PlayStation 2 versions of the title.
* '''Unlock Apollo & Starbuck as wingmen'''
{{spoiltext|
DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN, UP, RIGHT, RIGHT}}

* '''Unlock ''Battlestar Galactica'' Miniseries images'''
{{spoiltext|
LEFT, UP, LEFT, LEFT, DOWN, LEFT, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP, UP, LEFT, LEFT, UP, UP, UP, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, RIGHT, DOWN, UP, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT}}

* '''Unlock additional images (XBOX only)'''
{{spoiltext|
Y, Y, Y, Y, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, X, X, Y, UP, UP, Y, X, Y, Y, X, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, X, Y, RIGHT, Y, RIGHT, X, Y, Y, X, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, X, X, RIGHT, RIGHT, Y, Y, DOWN, DOWN, Y, X, LEFT, UP}}

On the Main Menu, select Options, then select Extras.
If the code was accepted you will hear a Cylon Say,"By your Command!"

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
File:Battlestar-galactica-game.jpg|Screenshot
File:Battlestar-galactica-game2.jpg|Screenshot
File:12840-battlestar-galactica-6 640.jpg|The new Cylon design, based on [[Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|the cancelled revival]]
File:Command centurian.jpg|Marketing poster depicting a redesigned [[Command Centurion]], by John Slowksy
</gallery>

==See also ==

* [[Auriga]]
* [[Corvus]]
* [[Craft from the 2003 Video Game]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.battlestargalacticagame.com/ Official Game Website] (offline)
*[http://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/b/battlestargalactica/default.htm Game Profile on official XBox website]
*[http://battlestar.ugo.com/games/battlestar_galactica_game/ Unofficial Game Website] (offline)
*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/redwingproject/battlestar.htm J.Swallow's Battlestar Galactica Video Game info site] (offline)
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/B00008KTSW PS2 version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.com]
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/B00008KTMX XBox version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.com]
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009LW7I PS2 version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.co.uk]
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009LW6O XBox version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.co.uk]
*[http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=PS2&title=127612 PS2 version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Play.com]
*[http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=XBOX&title=127611 XBox version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Play.com]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

{{featured article candidate previous}}

Erebus

2012-03-22T13:00:57Z

Zenoseiya: added gallery

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}
Lord '''Erebus''' is an [[Imperious Leader]] for the [[Cylon Empire]].

Erebus leads the Cylon task force known as Cylon Fleet Gamma against the Twelve Colonies during the beginning of the Cylon War, and was especially interested in [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|Lt. William Adama]], whom it was believed would one day lead the Colonials (and thus, the Cylons) to the [[Earth (TOS)|lost tribe of Colonists]].

Little is known about the being that called itself Erebus beyond speculation and ill-remembered myths. A dark, devious and hate-filled individual, Erebus was driven by a desire to wipe out all humans, a species he saw as inferior. Not a native of the Cylon Alliance, he apparently only served the Cylons only because it furthered his own ends. Some observers believed that Erebus was an incredibly long-lived being, possibly one of the mythic [[Lords of Kobol]] who were the progenitors of the Colonial peoples. Ancient records from the Tombs of [[Kobol (TOS)|Kobol]] speak of Erebus being exiled from his race for terrible crimes, and of his metahuman abilities that allow him to predict future events and project telekinetic force with his mind. Although it cannot be confirmed, it was suspected that Erebus commanded the Cylon forces that attacked Sagitara early in the war; it was during this assault that William Adama’s father was killed and [[Bryn Magus]] was captured and imprisoned. Whatever the truth about this aberrant, corrupt being, Lord Erebus proved himself to be a clear and present danger to all humans. Erebus was served by modified Cylons as part of his [[Crimson Elite]] Guard. He was finally killed by Adama in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant planet [[Golem Five]] ([[2003 Video Game]]).

==Notes==
*This character is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.
*Unlike its Original Series counterparts, Erebus has an actual name as opposed to being called only by its title. Because of this and other significant differences found in the video game, the canonical value of Erebus as an Original Series character is very unlikely.
*Erebus was voiced by veteran actor [[Dwight Schultz]], who starred in ''[[w:The A-Team|The A-Team]]'' television series with [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] actor [[Dirk Benedict]].

==Related Imagery==
<gallery>
File:Erebus.jpg|Brief biography from the official website
File:C7zerebus101.jpg|Concept art by Justin Sweet
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Characters (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]

Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)

2012-03-22T12:51:01Z

Zenoseiya:

:''This article discusses the 2003 Playstation 2 and X-Box game. For the 2007 X-Box 360 and PC game, see [[Battlestar Galactica (2007 game)]].''
{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}
[[Image:Bsg_game_cover.jpg|right|200px]]

The '''''Battlestar Galactica'' roleplaying video game''' was released in November 2003, just before the [[Miniseries]].

In the game, the player takes the part of Ensign [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William "Husker" Adama]], and flies his Viper on missions against the Cylons, lead by [[Imperious Leader]] [[Lord Erebus]], during the opening days of the [[Cylon War]]. The only other character from the shows to make an appearance is a young [[Garris Cain]]; however, using cheat codes, the original characters of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] can appear as your wingmen (and are even voiced by Original Series actors [[Dirk Benedict]] and [[Richard Hatch]], respectively).

Both the ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' and ''[[Atlantia]]'' make an appearance; it is the former which the orphaned Adama lives on, having fallen in love with [[Iphigenia]], the daughter of its commander, [[Bryn Magus]].

'''Developer:''' Warthog Games (UK), on behalf of Vivendi Universal.<br/>
'''Platforms:''' X-Box and Playstation 2<br/>
'''[[Wikipedia:ESRB|ESRB Rating]]:''' Teen<br/>
'''[[Wikipedia:PEGI|PEGI Rating]]:''' 12+

==Notes==

* The 2003 video game draws elements from items found in what was to become the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|"Re-imagined" Series]] as well as elements familiar to the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. Because of this and new elements, the Video Game creates a continuity that is generally separate from the either series. The game was designed to complement both the Original Series and the "Re-imagined" series; an earlier incarnation of the game developed but never produced in 2001 was based on the [[Bryan Singer|Singer]] / [[Tom DeSanto|DeSanto]] [[Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|continuation project]].

*In the game, William Adama is romantically involved with a woman named [[Iphigenia]]. In the Original Series, his wife is named [[Ila]].
*In the game, Adama has a full name, "William Adama." The Original Series character had no such name, but the same name (and callsign) are used for the [[William Adama|character in the Re-imagined Series]].
*Using a special cheat, the Original Series characters of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] are available as wingmen to the player character, Adama. This wholly contradicts the characterizations of both Original Series and Re-imagined Series, where Starbuck and Apollo are subordinates to Adama. Further, Adama is Apollo's father in the Original Series, so for young Adama to fly with his son of the same age (game cheat notwithstanding) is a temporal contradiction. An additional bonus mission for the game was scripted but never implemented in the final build; this mission would have featured the Original Series characters of [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] traveling back into the past to prevent the death of the young Adama. Details of that mission, including the script, are available [http://web.archive.org/web/20060722131225/hometown.aol.co.uk/redwingproject/battlestar4.htm here].

==Cast==
*[[Dirk Benedict]] as [[Starbuck (TOS)|Lt. Starbuck]] and [[Lukas]]
*[[Lucille Bliss]] as [[Shaden]]
*[[Robin Atkin Downes]] as [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|Ensign Adama]]
*[[Mack Greenlaw]] as [[Garris Cain]]
*[[Richard Hatch]] as [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] and [[Rylo]]
*[[James Horan]] as Older Adama
*[[Charity James]] as [[Persephone (2003 Video Game)|Persophone]], [[Atlantia Council]], and [[Nova]]
*[[Kristanna Loken]] as [[Iphigenia]] and [[Lethe]]
*[[Alyson Reed]] as [[Jen Kassia]]
*[[Dwight Schultz]] as [[Erebus|Lord Erebus]] and [[Deimos]]
*[[Kristoffer Tabori]] as [[Bryn Magus]]
*[[Wally Wingert]] as [[Paulus Magus]]

==Cheat Codes==
Cut through the [[Felgercarb (TOS)|felgercarb]] with these unlock codes - unless otherwise stated, all codes are the same for XBox and PlayStation 2 versions of the title.
* '''Unlock Apollo & Starbuck as wingmen'''
{{spoiltext|
DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, DOWN, DOWN, UP, RIGHT, RIGHT}}

* '''Unlock ''Battlestar Galactica'' Miniseries images'''
{{spoiltext|
LEFT, UP, LEFT, LEFT, DOWN, LEFT, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, UP, UP, LEFT, LEFT, UP, UP, UP, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP, LEFT, UP, RIGHT, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, RIGHT, UP, RIGHT, DOWN, UP, UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT, LEFT}}

* '''Unlock additional images (XBOX only)'''
{{spoiltext|
Y, Y, Y, Y, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, X, X, Y, UP, UP, Y, X, Y, Y, X, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, X, Y, RIGHT, Y, RIGHT, X, Y, Y, X, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, X, X, RIGHT, RIGHT, Y, Y, DOWN, DOWN, Y, X, LEFT, UP}}

On the Main Menu, select Options, then select Extras.
If the code was accepted you will hear a Cylon Say,"By your Command!"

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Battlestar-galactica-game.jpg|Screenshot
Image:Battlestar-galactica-game2.jpg|Screenshot
File:12840-battlestar-galactica-6 640.jpg|The new Cylon design, based on [[Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|the cancelled revival]]
</gallery>

==See also ==

* [[Auriga]]
* [[Corvus]]
* [[Craft from the 2003 Video Game]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.battlestargalacticagame.com/ Official Game Website] (offline)
*[http://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/b/battlestargalactica/default.htm Game Profile on official XBox website]
*[http://battlestar.ugo.com/games/battlestar_galactica_game/ Unofficial Game Website] (offline)
*[http://hometown.aol.co.uk/redwingproject/battlestar.htm J.Swallow's Battlestar Galactica Video Game info site] (offline)
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/B00008KTSW PS2 version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.com]
*[http://astore.amazon.com/battlestarwik-20/detail/B00008KTMX XBox version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.com]
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009LW7I PS2 version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.co.uk]
*[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00009LW6O XBox version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Amazon.co.uk]
*[http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=PS2&title=127612 PS2 version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Play.com]
*[http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=XBOX&title=127611 XBox version of the Battlestar Galactica Video Game on Play.com]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

{{featured article candidate previous}}

Cylon reconnaissance drone

2011-09-01T16:59:24Z

Zenoseiya: fixed definition to reflect aerospace engineering

: ''For other types of electronic drones, see: [[Drone]].''

'''Reconnaissance drones''' (shortened in common parlance to ''recon drone''), deployed as part of the armament on [[Cylon Basestar|basestars]], are presumably "uncrewed aircraft guided by remote control, with photographic or electronic equipment for providing information about an enemy or potential enemy."<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/reconnaissance-drone</ref>

The exterior appearance of the craft probably has not changed greatly over time since the [[Cylon War]], as two detachments of them are easily identified by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] while reconnoitering the upper limits of the atmosphere of [[Ragnar]] while ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' re-arms herself at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]).

Similar vehicles are later seen by [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] as they attempt to approach and destroy a basestar in orbit over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:TRS]]

[[de:Zylonische Aufklärungsdrohne]]

Raider (RDM)

2011-09-01T16:46:14Z

Zenoseiya: /* Notes */

:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] Raider fighter craft. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''

The '''Raider''' is the primary aerospace attack craft used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] against the peoples of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Modern Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Modern Raider
| image= Raider profile..jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= None (biomechanical being)
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s, conventional/nuclear missiles.
| length= 29.3 feet (8.94 meters)
| height= 4.97 feet (1.52 meters)
| wingspan= 18.3 feet (5.59 meters)
}}
The modern Raider, called '''sparrow''' in Colonial military jargon ([[Maelstrom]]), radically redesigned but still resembling its past incarnation as a giant flying wing, is first encountered 40 years after the [[Cylon War]], when the Cylons launch their devastating [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. During this attack, Raiders transmit commands to Colonial vessels utilizing the Command Navigation Program ([[CNP]]). Compromised prior to the attack, the CNP was programmed with backdoors that permitted the Cylons to cut the power of any ship carrying the program ([[Miniseries]]).

This incarnation of the Raider is initially thought to be wholly mechanical in design, with a high-level AI controlling it. However, from inspection of a damaged Raider forced down in a firefight and recovered by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Act of Contrition]]), the craft is found to be bio-mechanical in nature ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), incorporating a number of large organs in its design, including a central brain. In effect, a modern Raider is a creature in itself.

Though Raiders are self-aware, their intelligence level is less than that of a [[humanoid Cylon]] and more like a trained animal ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Nonetheless, they are capable of independent thought and action, and can refuse to follow orders if they choose ([[Six of One]]). Much like the humanoids, the bio-mechanical Raider's consciousness [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrects]] in a new "body" if it is destroyed. While this allows the Raider to "learn" from its previous mistakes and become a more proficient killing machine, it can cause Raiders to develop what can be described as a desire for revenge after repeated deaths ([[Scar]]). ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Viper pilots are regularly outnumbered and survive, indicating that Cylon Raiders are generally not matches for skilled human pilots.

The Raider is equipped with an [[FTL]] drive system ([[Miniseries]]). Following tests on the Raider captured by ''Galactica'', this FTL system is found to be far more efficient in jump calculations than Colonial FTL systems. The drive shows its accuracy when Lt. Thrace takes the Raider from a point somewhere near the vicinity of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] back to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in a single jump ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

It is armed with conventional and nuclear missiles carried in internal wing bays and two pairs of [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s of different calibers mounted under the leading edge of the wings. Curiously, the only times the Raiders have been seen using their missiles are during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Battle of The Colony]]. This may indicate that Raiders are not normally armed with missiles.

Like its counterpart, the Colonial [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]], the Raider is capable of atmospheric operations, and retains an aerodynamic shape ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], a Raider identifies one of the [[Final Five]] after their activation, causing all of them to refuse to fight further and forces the Cylons to retreat ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). [[Cavil]] (a [[Number One]]) concludes that the Raiders exceeded their programming, and to regain control over them the humanoid Cylons must reconfigure the Raiders' neural architecture and shave down their heuristic responses, essentially lobotomizing them and "dumbing them down." This decision leads to a violent [[Cylon Civil War|split]] among the Cylons ("[[Six of One]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

They participate in the [[Battle of The Colony]] and battle ''Galactica's'' Vipers. For the first time since the Miniseries, they use missiles and one manages to destroy one of ''Galactica's'' gun batteries in the battle.

==Cylon War-era Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Cylon War-era Raider
| image= Old Raider II.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Up to 3 [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
| role= Space superiority fighter, dropship
| weapons= 2 guns
| length=
| height=
| wingspan=
}}
The original Cylon Raider as seen during the Cylon War resembled a great flying wing.<ref>This fighter design is an homage to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]].</ref>

Deployed en masse by the original-configuration [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], Raiders were used to great effect against [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and were nearly a match in maneuverability against their opponent, the [[Viper Mark II]]. They were also used as drop-ships for deploying ground forces (as exemplified by the [[Battle of Tauron]]), and were capable of landing in a vertical fashion, much like the Colonial [[Raptor]] ("[[Razor]]", extended version).

Raiders, in combination with basestar missile salvos, destroyed the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' during [[Operation Raptor Talon]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).

This Raider model had a crew comprised of three Centurions. From the rear cockpit a Command-variant Centurion gave orders to two Cylons positioned at the front to pilot, navigate, and handle weapons.

40 years later, some of these Raiders are still in active service. ([[Razor]], "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

== Notes ==
*In an homage to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series Raider]], the weapons fire of the Re-imagined Series Cylon Raiders is blue-white. Given the use of conventional weaponry only in the series, these are probably muzzle flashes and tracer rounds, and not energy weapons like in the Original Series.
*As of "Razor", a [[:Image:Raider retcon.jpg|new exterior design]] is being used for the modern Raider. This version displays a more reflective outer armor, and has a flatter face with a sharper jaw line. Overall, this affords the Raider a closer resemblance to the Centurion foot-soldier.<ref>http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=219</ref>

== Related Imagery ==
*The concept drawings represent the interior of the modern Raider and emphasize the bio-mechanical nature of the craft. They are very close to the fully realized versions seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. However, there were several changes made and these drawings should not be considered completely canon.

<gallery>
Image:Raider head..jpg|Raider, fore ([[Miniseries]]).
Image:Raider, aft.jpg|Raider, aft ([[Razor]]).
Image:Raider nukes.jpg|Raider missiles (Miniseries).
Image:Baseship - Raiders - Raptor.jpg|Raiders docked within a baseship ([[Torn]]).
Image:Retcon Raider The Plan.png|Redesigned Raider cockpit
Image:Closeup Redesigned Raider Cockpit The Plan.png|Closeup of the redesigned cockpit
Image:Redesigned Raider Eye The Plan.png|Transmiting CNP Virus in The Plan
Image:bsg-raider-A.jpg|Raider on Galactica's hangar deck ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
Image:Old Raider.jpg|Damaged Raider (Razor).
Image:Old Raider landing.jpg|Raider functioning as a drop-ship (Razor).
Image:Old Raider inferior..jpg|Raider fires (Razor).
Image:Brain1.jpg|Internal workings.
Image:Brain3.jpg|The Brain.
Image:Brain4.jpg|Brain - Anterior view.
Image:Brain 2.jpg|Starbuck in brain cavity.
Image:CylonRaiderConcept5.jpg|Unused Raider concept by [[Chris Bell]].
Image:3cylons.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept, aft.
Image:Cylonprobe.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept, fore.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[es:Raider Cylon]]
[[de:Zylonischer Jäger (RDM)]]
<categorytree></categorytree>

Raider (RDM)

2011-09-01T16:45:55Z

Zenoseiya: /* Notes */

:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] Raider fighter craft. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''

The '''Raider''' is the primary aerospace attack craft used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] against the peoples of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Modern Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Modern Raider
| image= Raider profile..jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= None (biomechanical being)
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s, conventional/nuclear missiles.
| length= 29.3 feet (8.94 meters)
| height= 4.97 feet (1.52 meters)
| wingspan= 18.3 feet (5.59 meters)
}}
The modern Raider, called '''sparrow''' in Colonial military jargon ([[Maelstrom]]), radically redesigned but still resembling its past incarnation as a giant flying wing, is first encountered 40 years after the [[Cylon War]], when the Cylons launch their devastating [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. During this attack, Raiders transmit commands to Colonial vessels utilizing the Command Navigation Program ([[CNP]]). Compromised prior to the attack, the CNP was programmed with backdoors that permitted the Cylons to cut the power of any ship carrying the program ([[Miniseries]]).

This incarnation of the Raider is initially thought to be wholly mechanical in design, with a high-level AI controlling it. However, from inspection of a damaged Raider forced down in a firefight and recovered by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Act of Contrition]]), the craft is found to be bio-mechanical in nature ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), incorporating a number of large organs in its design, including a central brain. In effect, a modern Raider is a creature in itself.

Though Raiders are self-aware, their intelligence level is less than that of a [[humanoid Cylon]] and more like a trained animal ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Nonetheless, they are capable of independent thought and action, and can refuse to follow orders if they choose ([[Six of One]]). Much like the humanoids, the bio-mechanical Raider's consciousness [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrects]] in a new "body" if it is destroyed. While this allows the Raider to "learn" from its previous mistakes and become a more proficient killing machine, it can cause Raiders to develop what can be described as a desire for revenge after repeated deaths ([[Scar]]). ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Viper pilots are regularly outnumbered and survive, indicating that Cylon Raiders are generally not matches for skilled human pilots.

The Raider is equipped with an [[FTL]] drive system ([[Miniseries]]). Following tests on the Raider captured by ''Galactica'', this FTL system is found to be far more efficient in jump calculations than Colonial FTL systems. The drive shows its accuracy when Lt. Thrace takes the Raider from a point somewhere near the vicinity of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] back to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in a single jump ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

It is armed with conventional and nuclear missiles carried in internal wing bays and two pairs of [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s of different calibers mounted under the leading edge of the wings. Curiously, the only times the Raiders have been seen using their missiles are during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Battle of The Colony]]. This may indicate that Raiders are not normally armed with missiles.

Like its counterpart, the Colonial [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]], the Raider is capable of atmospheric operations, and retains an aerodynamic shape ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], a Raider identifies one of the [[Final Five]] after their activation, causing all of them to refuse to fight further and forces the Cylons to retreat ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). [[Cavil]] (a [[Number One]]) concludes that the Raiders exceeded their programming, and to regain control over them the humanoid Cylons must reconfigure the Raiders' neural architecture and shave down their heuristic responses, essentially lobotomizing them and "dumbing them down." This decision leads to a violent [[Cylon Civil War|split]] among the Cylons ("[[Six of One]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

They participate in the [[Battle of The Colony]] and battle ''Galactica's'' Vipers. For the first time since the Miniseries, they use missiles and one manages to destroy one of ''Galactica's'' gun batteries in the battle.

==Cylon War-era Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Cylon War-era Raider
| image= Old Raider II.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Up to 3 [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
| role= Space superiority fighter, dropship
| weapons= 2 guns
| length=
| height=
| wingspan=
}}
The original Cylon Raider as seen during the Cylon War resembled a great flying wing.<ref>This fighter design is an homage to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]].</ref>

Deployed en masse by the original-configuration [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], Raiders were used to great effect against [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and were nearly a match in maneuverability against their opponent, the [[Viper Mark II]]. They were also used as drop-ships for deploying ground forces (as exemplified by the [[Battle of Tauron]]), and were capable of landing in a vertical fashion, much like the Colonial [[Raptor]] ("[[Razor]]", extended version).

Raiders, in combination with basestar missile salvos, destroyed the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' during [[Operation Raptor Talon]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).

This Raider model had a crew comprised of three Centurions. From the rear cockpit a Command-variant Centurion gave orders to two Cylons positioned at the front to pilot, navigate, and handle weapons.

40 years later, some of these Raiders are still in active service. ([[Razor]], "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

== Notes ==
*In an homage to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series Raider]], the weapons fire of the Re-imagined Series Cylon Raiders is blue-white. Given the use of conventional weaponry only in the series, these are probably muzzle flashes and tracer rounds, and not energy weapons like in the Original Series.
*As of "Razor", a [[:Image:Raider retcon.jpg|new exterior design]] is being used for the modern Raider. This version displays a more reflective outer armor, and has a flatter face with a sharper jaw line. Overall, this affords the Raider a closer resemblance to the Centurion foot-soldier. <ref>http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=219</ref>

== Related Imagery ==
*The concept drawings represent the interior of the modern Raider and emphasize the bio-mechanical nature of the craft. They are very close to the fully realized versions seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. However, there were several changes made and these drawings should not be considered completely canon.

<gallery>
Image:Raider head..jpg|Raider, fore ([[Miniseries]]).
Image:Raider, aft.jpg|Raider, aft ([[Razor]]).
Image:Raider nukes.jpg|Raider missiles (Miniseries).
Image:Baseship - Raiders - Raptor.jpg|Raiders docked within a baseship ([[Torn]]).
Image:Retcon Raider The Plan.png|Redesigned Raider cockpit
Image:Closeup Redesigned Raider Cockpit The Plan.png|Closeup of the redesigned cockpit
Image:Redesigned Raider Eye The Plan.png|Transmiting CNP Virus in The Plan
Image:bsg-raider-A.jpg|Raider on Galactica's hangar deck ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
Image:Old Raider.jpg|Damaged Raider (Razor).
Image:Old Raider landing.jpg|Raider functioning as a drop-ship (Razor).
Image:Old Raider inferior..jpg|Raider fires (Razor).
Image:Brain1.jpg|Internal workings.
Image:Brain3.jpg|The Brain.
Image:Brain4.jpg|Brain - Anterior view.
Image:Brain 2.jpg|Starbuck in brain cavity.
Image:CylonRaiderConcept5.jpg|Unused Raider concept by [[Chris Bell]].
Image:3cylons.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept, aft.
Image:Cylonprobe.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept, fore.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[es:Raider Cylon]]
[[de:Zylonischer Jäger (RDM)]]
<categorytree></categorytree>

Cylon reconnaissance drone

2011-09-01T16:42:50Z

Zenoseiya: Removed Image, it was a Heavy Raider

: ''For other types of electronic drones, see: [[Drone]].''

'''Reconnaissance drones''' (shortened in common parlance to ''recon drone'') are vehicles of potentially similar size and purpose to the Colonial [[Raptor]], but deployed by [[Cylon Basestar|basestars]].

The exterior appearance of the craft probably has not changed greatly over time since the [[Cylon War]], as a large number of them are easily identified by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]] while reconnoitering the upper limits of the atmosphere of [[Ragnar]] while ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' re-arms herself at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]).

Similar vehicles are later seen by [[Sharon Valerii|Sharon "Boomer" Valerii]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] as they attempt to approach and destroy a basestar in orbit over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").

The precise capabilities of the drone are unknown. It is most likely not a general-purpose fighter craft or a troop transport, as those roles are fulfilled by the [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] and [[Heavy Raider]] respectively.

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:TRS]]

[[de:Zylonische Aufklärungsdrohne]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2011-07-12T15:52:37Z

Zenoseiya: added link to news article

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower.
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor; combines the designs of the Original Series' Raider and the [[Raider (RDM)|Re-imagined Series' Raider]].
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening.

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

==External links==
*[http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/645/The-Ships-of-Battlestar-Galactica/p1/ ''The Ships of Battlestar Galactica''], a news article on TeamXbox.com

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

The Twelve Colonies of Kobol

2010-12-01T22:51:45Z

Zenoseiya: /* Notes */

:''This article discusses the Twelve Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. See [[The Twelve Colonies of Man]] for information on the Colonies of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].''

[[File:Colonialseal.png|thumb|[[Colonial Seal|Seal]] of the Twelve Colonies.]]
'''The Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' are twelve distinct worlds, located in a remote part of their home galaxy. For 2,000 years they were home to the human survivors of the Exodus of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]].<ref>Mentioned by [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/11953827897 Serge's twitter account], given that Serge's account corresponds to 58 years before [[The Fall]].</ref>

After the settlement, the colonies slowly began to prosper and eventually gave birth to a race of cybernetic lifeforms, known as [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. Soon after their creation the Cylons raged a devastating war on their creators' home planets which ultimately led to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

Wasted and in ruins, the once prosperous home worlds of humanity are finally left to themselves. What becomes of them is unknown to their inhabitants' descendants.
{{RDM twelve colonies series}}

==Star System==
The Twelve Colonies of Kobol are located in the star system Cyrannus.<ref>''Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine''; "Encyclopedia Galactica"; issue #3; page 51</ref>

During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] one [[Hybrid]] indicates that the Colonies orbit three stars ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). It is also known that at least some of the Colonies share their orbits ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], TV version).

While [[Elosha]] states that the Tribes settled onto "twelve worlds", the exact definition of "world" remains ambiguous. Although the Colonies are defined as independent, habitable celestial bodies, it is not known, whether they only include major planets or other astronomical objects such as moons, minor planets or even asteroids.

Prior to their destruction, the Twelve Colonies have approximately 50 billion inhabitants ([[TRS]]: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").

===Notes===
* The fact, that the Colonies are located within one system originates from a [http://web.archive.org/web/20080620084336/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/#a000016 blog entry] by Ronald D. Moore.
* Jane Espenson revealed on Twitter that the Colonies are within a star cluster and share some orbits. The latter fact was finally shown to be true in the TV version of the [[Caprica pilot#Differences between the DVD and TV Cut|series premiere]] of ''Caprica''.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/9489713649 Serge's Twitter Account], the Colonies orbit four stars in a star cluster, one of which is [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8704838501 described] as an "outlier". Also, some of the worlds (such as [[Aquaria]]) are barely inhabitable. Aquaria and Aerilon also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10897544075 share an orbit] with [[Ragnar]] and are located in the gas giant's Lagrangian points.
* Before the canonical figure, mentioned above, the original [[Miniseries]] script stated a pre-Fall population of about 12 billion. The webisodes "[[The Resistance]]" stated the death of 20 billion people caused by the Cylons.
*Serge's twitter [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/17543741200 mentions] that the exodus from Kobol is believed to be true by the inhabitants of the Twelve Colonies and it was from them that animals such as cats as well as dogs came to the Colonies. Furthermore, the [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/13899240134 twelve planets] are populated with a few other worlds in the star cluster but not many with the settled colonies [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/12891949300 already] possessing some animal as well as plant life. Furthermore, Serge [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/17543813025 states] that all the planets are not democracies but rather each has their own style of government.
<br style="clear:both;">

==History==
{{mainarticle|History of the Twelve Colonies}}
[[Image:Home pt1-Kobol.jpg|thumb|[[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the ancient homeworld of humanity.]]
About 2,000 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], the last twelve tribes of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] left their planet<ref>According to dialogue from "[[Torn]]", "[[A Measure of Salvation]]" and "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]] left Kobol some 2,000 years ''before'' the twelve tribes. The Scroll of [[Pythia]] is dated as written 3,600 years before the last exodus of Kobol, and chronicles the Thirteenth Tribe's exodus.</ref> over conflicts with their [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|gods]], as well as some sort of calamity ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]").

The tribes settled on twelve worlds some distance away ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]"). The tribes' namesakes and icons originally corresponded to the twelve signs of the ancient tribes, although these [[wikipedia:Zodiac|names]] drifted over time ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").<ref>Flag matches with Colonies from "Encyclopedia Galactica." ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine]]''. Feb./Mar. 2006: 50-55.</ref>

The early Colonies lived (and fought) more as sovereign nations. Some (particularly [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]) prospered, while others (such as [[Sagittaron]] and [[Aerilon]]) were often considered lessers. For peacetime labor forces as well as for wars between each other, humanity created the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. When these [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|early models]] rebelled, the Colonies unified their governments under the [[Articles of Colonization]] sometime before or during the [[Cylon War]] as a federal republic known as the '''Twelve Colonies of Kobol'''.

The official symbol of the Twelve Colonies was the [[Colonial seal]]. The nation also had a distinctive [[Colonial anthem|anthem]].

===Downfall===
{{mainarticle|Fall of the Twelve Colonies}}
[[Image:Bsyashuman.jpg|thumb|[[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], shortly before its downfall.]]
40 years after the end of the devastating war, the Cylons return and cause havoc among the twelve worlds of their creators ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]"). For some time the Colonies remain occupied by Cylon forces and a [[Caprica resistance|small group of human survivors]]. After nine months, humanity and the Cylons leave the twelve worlds for good ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

Of the original 50 billion inhabitants, only about 55,000 survive the first days of the holocaust. Most of them leave the Colonies behind in two small [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive fleets]]. The fleet of the [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' eventually encounters both [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], as well as the original Thirteenth Colony [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. Some time after that, and after the destruction of the [[The Colony|the Cylon home world]], they settle on a [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|beautiful, rich world]], leaving behind the baggage of their Colonial heritage. ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Razor]]", "[[Daybreak, Part II]]")

===Fate===
The ultimate fate of the Twelve Colonies 150,000 years after [[The Fall]] is unknown. Presumably, after several hundred years, their climates and surfaces would degrade until they resemble the original [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

It can be presumed that by the present-day radiation levels would have lowered past the point in which life would be allowed to flourish once again. However, little, if any traces would remain of the human civilizations that once thrived upon them, excluding remains in space, such as the remnants of [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]] or [[Ragnar Anchorage]].
<br style="clear:both;">

==Aerilon==
{{mainarticle|Aerilon}}
[[Image:ColonialColors7.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aerilon]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Aries (constellation)|Aries]]

Aerilon was primarily an agricultural world. It was considered to be the "food basket" of the Twelve Colonies and ranked among its poorest members ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). The planet shared an orbit with the gas giant [[Ragnar]], orbiting in one of its Lagrangian points.<ref name="ragnar">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10897544075 Serge's twitter account] stated that fact.</ref> Aerilon's capital was Gaoth.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

The mannerisms of Aerilon's natives were considered rough and rude, at least by [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprican]] standards. The people of this world also spoke with a distinctive accent that was quite hard to cover up ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]").

One of the very last [[Pyramid (RDM) | Pyramid]] games occurred on Aerilon, right before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance]]"). A [[Lest We Forget|photograph]], showcasing the destruction of Aerilon's capital, Gaoth, becomes one of the most memorable documents of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]", deleted scene).

=== Natives ===
* [[Gaius Baltar | Gaius]] and [[Julius Baltar]]
* [[Sherry Bennett]]
* [[Sekou Hamilton]]
* [[Socinus]]

=== Notes ===
* On some occasions this colony's name was also spelled '''Aerelon'''. Battlestar Wiki uses the more commonly found '''Aerilon'''. There is a similar discrepancy in the pronunciation of the colony's name.
<br style="clear:both;">

==Aquaria==
[[Image:ColonialColors12.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Aquaria]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Aquarius (constellation)|Aquarius]]

Aquaria was widely known for its vast oceans ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The planet had no official capital city and shared an orbit with [[Ragnar]] in one of its Lagrangian points.<ref name="capitals3">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] stated in[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 this tweet] that Aquaria and Libran "don't have official capitals".</ref><ref name="ragnar">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10897544075 Serge's twitter account] stated that fact.</ref>

The Aquarian government hold weekly community meetings that were open to all, citizen or non-citizen. Most issues addressed were voted on and passed by majority vote, even the election of the Prime Minister.<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref>

Its first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] delegate within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive Fleet]], [[Miksa Burian]], votes for [[Tom Zarek]] in the vice-presidential elections ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").

=== Notes ===
* On many occasions this colony's name was also spelled '''Aquarion'''. However, the name '''Aquaria''' was heard on screen during the Hybrid's monologue in "[[The Plan]]" and spoken by President Roslin when tallying the votes for vice- president ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").<ref>Serge's [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8704063822 Twitter account] states that both names are viable, with Aquarion being the official name and Aquaria a regional variation.</ref>
* In an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-the-music-of-the-master-bear-mccreary.html LA Times article], Aquaria is described as a frigid ocean world, with small volcanic land masses and small communities. It is also said to be regarded as nothing more than a scientific research outpost by the other Colonies.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 Serge's twitter account], Aquaria doesn't have a capital city.
<br style="clear:both;">

==Canceron==
[[Image:ColonialColors9.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Canceron]]
[[Image:Canceron.png|thumb|left|Canceron from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Cancer (constellation)|Cancer]]

The planet was well known for its beaches and had at least one large coastal metropolis ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). The capital was Hades.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

Prior to the [[First Cylon War]], Canceron was a very overpopulated and poor colony. Canceron's major cities such as Hades and Mangala were known to have large slums. Its large population earned Canceron the nickname "The Largest Democracy" within the colonies, though some believed the government was nothing more than a corrupt Oligarchy.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/sports/canceron-wants-a-fourth-pyramid-team.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Canceron Wants a Fourth Pyramid Team"].</ref> <ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/just-wondering-about-that-military-roadblock-thing.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Just Wondering About That Military Roadblock Thing"]</ref>

One of the [[Luxury liner | passenger liners]] within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the fleet]], ''[[Pyxis]]'', is one of the last ships that escapes this world when the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] began. Aboard is the [[Number Six]] copy [[Shelly Godfrey]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

[[Robin Wenutu]] is the Canceron delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after the Fall.
<br style="clear:both;">
===Pyramid Team===
* [[Canceron Hydras]]
* [[Hades Vice]]
* [[Mangala Krill]]

==Caprica==
{{mainarticle|Caprica (RDM)}}
[[Image:ColonialColors3.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Caprica]]
[[Image:Caprica from Orbit.jpg|left|thumb|[[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[w:Capricornus|Capricorn]]

Caprica was a lush blue-green planet, covered by large oceans and continents. It shared its orbit with another arid and desertic world ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], TV version - see notes). Metropolitan areas on the planet included the capital [[Caprica City]], as well as [[Delphi]].

Caprica was regarded as the center of Colonial civilization, even long before the [[First Cylon War]]. [[Graystone Industries]] was one of the Colonies most influential technology developers and had a hand in creating the very [[U-87|first Cylons]]. Some 60 years before [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]], Caprica was also plagued by [[Soldiers of the One | religious]] motivated terrorism ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

After the war, the planet was once again the seat of politics, culture, art, science, learning and even the Colonial government. It was also one of the wealthiest colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Dirty Hands]]").

During the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]] Caprica comes under heavy bombardment by Cylon forces. At least four [[Battlestar (RDM)|battlestars]] are destroyed in its orbit and Caprica City is annihilated in a nuclear explosion ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[The Plan]]").

After the Fall of Mankind, Caprica is occupied by [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces]]. Some of the few remaining [[Caprica resistance|human survivors]] within the Colonies fight on this world for several weeks. The occupation and resistance both end roughly nine months after the attack and the planet is left for good ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]", "[[Resistance]]", "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[The Plan]]").

6,250 people from Caprica join the [[Laura Roslin faction]] over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). The overall Caprican survivor population, possibly significantly greater, is unknown (see analysis [[The Fleet (RDM)#Demographics|here]]). An attempted settlement by the survivors of the holocaust is named [[New Caprica]] in honor of the original colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]").

The first [[Quorum of Twelve (TRS)|Quorum of Twelve]] delegate after the Fall is [[Gaius Baltar]]. Years later this spot is taken by [[Lee Adama]].

===Natives===
* [[William Adama | William]], [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]], [[Zak Adama|Zak]] and [[Lee Adama]]
* [[Richard Adar]], presumed as he was also the mayor of Caprica City at one point
* [[Daniel Graystone|Daniel]], [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]] and [[Zoe Graystone]]
* [[Lacy Rand]] and her family
* [[Laura Roslin | Laura]], [[Cheryl Roslin|Cheryl]] and [[Sandra Roslin]], as well as their parents
* [[Ben Stark]] and his mother, [[Natalie Stark|Natalie]]
* [[Kara Thrace|Kara]], [[Socrata Thrace|Socrata]] and (presumably) [[Dreilide Thrace]]

===Notes===
* Caprica was and continues to be the world most prominently depicted in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|re-imagined series' continuity]]. It wasn't until [[Razor]] that another of the Twelve Colonies was actually seen on screen.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8705440343 Sege's Twitter Account], Caprica shares its orbit with [[Gemenon]].
*Serge's twitter also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/11920922009 states] that Caprica had a number of unique lifeforms on its surface though animal transplantation by early Colonists allowed them to be seen on the other planets.
*The twitter account [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/11861670347 mentions] that Caprica spends the most on Colonial defense.
<br style="clear:both;">

==Gemenon==
[[Image:ColonialColors5.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Gemenon]]
[[Image:Gemenon.JPG|thumb|left|Gemenon from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Gemini (constellation)|Gemini]]

Gemenon was an arid and xeric red world that shared its orbit with [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], TV version - see notes). The capital of the planet was Oranu.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

It was one of the poorer colonies and its people, the Gemenese, were known for their religious fundamentalism ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]", "[[Dirty Hands]]").<ref> Despite this fundamentalist approach to the polytheistic Colonial religion, the Gemenese were known to be tolerant of all forms of worship, including monotheism. In fact, the monotheist movement is said to have begun on Gemenon.

The people of Gemenon are consistently referred to as "Gemenese" in both the [[Re-imagined Series]] and [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]].</ref>

Before the [[First Cylon War]], Gemenon was home to the [[Kobol Colleges]] and a monotheistic cult called "[[Soldiers of the One|The Soldiers of the One]]" ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 2]]; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). Gemenon's second-largest city, Illumini, was built around a large Pantheon complex, composed of buildings intended to worship and celebrate every deity in the [[Sacred Scrolls]].<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref>

The Gemenese were known for their literal interpretations of the [[Sacred Scrolls|Scrolls]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Fragged]]"). Most of the population of Gemenon was apparently very strongly opposed to the federal laws legalizing abortion ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

The planet also had either an old or disused language, known as [[Language in the Twelve Colonies|Old Gemenese]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

Three months after [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]], approximately 9,500 Gemenese join the [[Laura Roslin faction]] over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). The large and devoted Gemenese population continues to be an important political factor within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|fugitive fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Captain's Hand]]").

===Natives===
[[Image:GemenonCityscape.jpg|thumb|right|A city on Gemenon.]]
*[[Adrien Bauer]]
*[[Jurgen Belzen]] and his family
*[[Rya Kibby]]
*[[Romo Lampkin]]
*[[Sarah Porter]], former delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]
*Corporal [[Venner]]

===Pyramid Team===
* [[Gemenon Twins]]

===Notes===
* If the word "Inviere" (meaning "Resurrection") is any indication, Old Gemenese was probably similar to the Romanian language of [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|our Earth]].
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/8705440343 Serge's Twitter account], Gemenon is the planet that shares its orbit with [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]. This planet is seen at the beginning of the aired ''Caprica'' pilot, but not identified in said episode.
* As an Easter Egg in ''[[The Plan]]'', the building on the lower left of the screen is the same one where the [[memoryalpha:Romulan Senate|Romulan Senate]] assembles in ''[[memoryalpha:Star Trek Nemesis|Star Trek Nemesis]]''. A detailed picture of this building is available [[memoryalpha:File:Romulan senate building, 2379.jpg|here]].
<br style="clear:both;">

==Leonis==
[[Image:ColonialColors8.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Leonis]]
[[Image:Leonis.png|thumb|left|A Leonan thoroughfare under Cylon assault.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Leo (constellation)|Leo]]

Leonis was geographically known for its open plains ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). Its capital was Luminere.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

In the era prior to the [[First Cylon War]], Leonis produced and exported a popular energy drink named "Leonis Red".<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref> [[Leonis Estates Sparkling Wine]] was a type of alcohol produced on this colony ([[TRS]]: "[[Flight of the Phoenix]]").

[[Safiya Sanne]] is the Leonan representative on the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] after [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]].
<br style="clear:both;">

===Pyramid Team===
* [[Leonis Wildcats]]

==Libran==
[[Image:ColonialColors11.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Libran]]
[[Image:Libran.gif|thumb|left|The courthouses of Libran.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Libra (constellation)|Libra]]

Libran was known for its courthouses and lawyers ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"), and was the home of the [[Inter-Colonial Court]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]"). The planet had no official capital.<ref name="capitals3">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] stated in[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545438632 this tweet] that Aquaria and Libran "don't have official capitals".</ref>

A major city on Libran was called [[Themis]] which had a large, modern [[pyramid]] arena built sometime before the First Cylon War. Yet at this time Libran had no official pyramid team.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/sports/libran-needs-a-pyramid-team-statim.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Libran Needs a Pyramid Team Statim"].</ref>

After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], [[Oswin Eriku]] is chosen to be this colony's representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]].

''[[Zephyr]]'', a passenger liner in the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], is of Libran registry.<ref>This was stated in a Fleet overview on scifi.com. This section of the site has long been shut down.</ref>

===Notes===
* The Colony's actual name, '''Libran''', was not heard on screen until "[[The Plan]]" but could already be seen on a name plate in "[[The Ties That Bind]]" and "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]". Before that it was often called '''Libris''' in secondary publications.
* The city that is seen when Libran is mentioned in the "Caprica is burning" monologue in "[[The Plan]]", bears a striking resemblance to [[Tauron City]], as seen in "[[Know Thy Enemy]]".
*Serge's twitter account [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/15877355213 says] that the Libran court system served as a body through which trade disputes and legal matters were capable of being sorted amongst the colonies. He also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/15877298276 states] that it is a high earning colony but is not regarded as a desirable place to live.
<br style="clear:both;">

==Picon==
[[Image:ColonialColors2.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Picon]]
[[Image:Picon.png|thumb|left|Picon from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Pisces (constellation)|Pisces]]

Picon was a turquoise planet, mainly covered by water and famous for its harbors ([[TRS]]: [[The Plan]]). The capital city was Queenstown, a relatively small fishing village.<ref name="capricanpicon">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/p-is-for-paradise-p-is-for-picon.php ''The Caprican'' article: "'P' Is for 'Paradise, 'P' Is for Picon"].</ref><ref name="capitals2">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Caprica, Tauron and Picon [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 this tweet].</ref>

During the planet's off-season, most of the landscape became cold and rugged.<ref name="capricanpicon">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/p-is-for-paradise-p-is-for-picon.php ''The Caprican'' article: "'P' Is for 'Paradise, 'P' Is for Picon"].</ref> The planet was often used as a substitute for [[Caprica City]] in Caprican films and TV series.<ref name="capricanvacations">[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/lifestyle/top-5-off-beat-vacation-destinations.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations"].</ref>

After the Unification of the Twelve Colonies this world was the location of the [[Picon Fleet Headquarters|Colonial Fleet Headquarters]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]). Picon was also the home of [[Picon Laboratories]], located in Pailyn, Muritolan ([[TRS]]: "[[Faith]]").

The colony came under heavy attack during the early stages of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]]. One of the last ships to leave the planet was the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'', carrying many wounded people including an unconscious [[Ellen Tigh]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").

The destruction of Picon's Fleet Headquarters caused President [[Richard Adar]] to offer a complete and unconditional surrender to the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]]. This offer was ignored by the invading forces ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

===Natives===
* [[Asha Janik]]
* [[Billy Keikeya | Billy Keikeya's]] family
* [[Playa Palacios]]

===Publications===
*''[[Picon Star Tribune]]''

===Pyramid Team===
* [[Picon Panthers]]

=== Notes ===
*Picon's destination as a substitute for Caprica in films and series is likely a reference to Canada, and particularly Vancouver, where both the [[Re-Imagined Series]] and ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'' were filmed.
*[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/12144717655 According] to Serge's twitter account, Picon has the most efficient, cooperative and responsive democracy in the colonies.
*In one [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10988850734 post], its said that Picon offers tax incentives for production of TV programs on the planet though Caprica remains the leading producer of such shows.
<br style="clear:both;">

==Sagittaron==
{{mainarticle|Sagittaron}}
[[Image:ColonialColors10.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Sagittaron]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Sagittarius (constellation)|Sagittarius]]

Sagittaron was one of the poorest worlds of the Twelve Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]"). The capital of this planet was Tawa.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

The Sagittarons were traditionalists who practiced a different form of religion from the other Colonials. They distrusted modern medicine and were generally unsupportive of the military ([[TRS]]: "[[The Woman King]]").

The Planet endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies. Eventually, [[Tom Zarek]] led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there, many years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall of the Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Bastille Day]]").

A few days after the Cylon attack, 5,251 people from this world reside within [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]] ([[TRS]]: "[[33]]").

===Natives===
* [[Jacob Cantrell]]
* [[Anastasia Dualla]]
* [[Portia King | Portia]] and [[Willie King]]
* [[Clarice Willow]]
* [[Tom Zarek]]

===Pyramid Team===
* [[Sagittaron Archers]]

===Notes===
* The colony's name was originally spelled as "Sagittar'''i'''on" in the [[Miniseries]], but this changed to '''Sagittaron''' when the regular series began.
<br style="clear:both;">

==Scorpia==
[[Image:ScorpionFleetShipyards1.jpg|thumb|left|Scorpia and and its shipyards from orbit.]]
[[Image:ColonialColors6.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Scorpia]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Scorpius|Scorpio]]

Scorpia was known for its lush jungles and hot temperatures ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]"). Scorpia's capital was Celeste.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

Before the [[First Cylon War]] one of the major leisure spots of the world was Argentum Bay, despite the colony's trashy reputation.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/entertainment/argentum-bay-the-ultimate-vernal-break.php ''The Caprican'' article: "Argentum Bay: The Ultimate Vernal Break"].</ref>. The Planet was also apparently well-known for its [[Scorpia Paragliding|Paragliding]] ([[TRS]]: "Razor").

After the Unification, Scorpia was home to the [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|Scorpion Fleet Shipyards]]. This structure comes under heavy fire during the initial [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], destroying five ships and causing [[Pegasus (RDM)|another one]] to risk a blind jump in order to escape ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").

[[Eladio Puasha]] serves as the planet's delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] assembled after the Fall.
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

===Notes===
* In an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-paula-malcolmsons-moving-away-from-deadwoods-trixie.html LA Times article], Scorpia is described as having a "scorpion tail-like half-ring". This fits Tauron's twin world that was shortly seen in "Know Thy Enemy".
<br style="clear:both;">

==Tauron==
{{mainarticle|Tauron (RDM)}}
[[Image:ColonialColors4.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Tauron]]
[[Image:Tauron.png|thumb|left|[[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] from orbit.]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Taurus (constellation)|Taurus]]

Tauron was a barren, arid planet that lacked any kind of flowers. However, it was well-known for its agriculture ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). Its capital was [[Hypatia]]<ref name="capitals2">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Caprica, Tauron and Picon [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 this tweet].</ref>, another large city was [[Tauron City]]. The planet shared its orbit with another ringed world ([[CAP]]: "[[Know Thy Enemy]]" - see notes).

Taurons were known to be very traditional people, even speaking a very old and distinctive [[Language in the Twelve Colonies|language]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

Some 800 years before [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|the Fall]] Tauron was colonized by [[#Virgon|Virgon]] and [[#Leonis|Leonis]]. The people of Tauron liberated themselves and ever since this world has been known for its troubled and violent history.<ref>[http://showblogs.syfy.com/caprican/opinion/racism-an-unacceptable-aspect-of-caprican-life.php ''The Caprican'' article: "An Unacceptable Aspect of Caprican Life"].</ref>

Nearly a century before its Fall, Tauron was one of the poorer colonial worlds and the center of a [[Tauron Civil War|civil war]]. A few years before the [[First Cylon War]], the crime syndicate [[Ha'la'tha]] had enormous influence over the planet, which even extended to other colonies, such as [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]).

During the War, [[Hypatia]] was was the location of a [[Battle of Tauron|fierce and lossy battle]] against [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon forces]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]", extended Edition).

After the War, Tauron was known to be a somewhat troublesome colony within the [[Government of the Twelve Colonies|federal system]] of the Colonies, often disobeying directives decided by the colonies and pushing their luck with the admiralty ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). Yet this world was counted among the wealthier of the twelve worlds ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]").

===Natives===
* [[Joseph Adama | Joseph]] and [[Sam Adama]]
* [[Shannon Adama]] and her mother, [[Ruth]]
* [[Helena Cain]] and her murdered family
* [[Tomas Vergis]]

===Notes===
* The language of Tauron is remarkably similar to Ancient Greek that, thousands of years later, was spoken on [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth | a planet]] on the other side of the galaxy.
* According to [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10335013016 Serge's Twitter Account] Tauron only has a moon. However, the object's appearance in "Know Thy Enemy" is relatively large and resembles an [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2010/01/caprica-countdown-paula-malcolmsons-moving-away-from-deadwoods-trixie.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ShowTracker+%28L.A.+Times+-+Show+Tracker%29 ''LA Times'' decription] of [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Scorpia|Scorpia]].
* Serge's Twitter account also [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545200174 stated] Tauron's capital to be [[Hypatia]].
<br style="clear:both;">

==Virgon==
[[Image:ColonialColors1.png|thumb|100px|right|Colors and symbol of Virgon]]
'''Ancient Name''': [[wikipedia:Virgo (constellation)|Virgo]]

Virgon was well-known for its forests ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]") and considered to be one of the wealthier colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). The capital of Virgon was Boskirk.<ref name="capitals1">[http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/ Serge's twitter account] mentioned the capitals of Gemenon, Virgon, Leonis, Sagittaron, Scorpia, Canceron and Aerilon in [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10545377704 this tweet].</ref>

Virgon had a declining monarchy and a strong national parliament, at least 58 years before the Fall of the Colonies.<ref>Mentioned by [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/statuses/10937229785 Serge's twitter account].</ref>

[[Virgon Brew]] was a beer produced on the planet and exported to other Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Maelstrom]]").

Soon after the beginning of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Cylon attack]], the Colonials launche a counter-attack over Virgon. The battle ends with the destruction of the flagship battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM) | Atlantia]]'' and the resulting death of [[Nagala|Fleet Admiral Nagala]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).

[[Marshall Bagot]] is the Virgon delegate to the first [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]]. He nominates [[Tom Zarek]] for the vice-presidency ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]"). In public ceremonies, the Virgon delegate wears a light blue sash.

===Pyramid Team===
* [[Boskirk All Reds]]

===Notes===
*Serge's Twitter Account [http://twitter.com/SergeGraystone/status/10937229785 states] that Virgon has a declining monarchy with a strong parliament.

== See Also==
*[[Ithaca]]
*[[Ragnar]]
*[[Troy (RDM)|Troy]]

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{RDM Planets}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Twelve Colonies (RDM), The}}
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Organizations]]
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Planets| ]]
[[Category:Planets (RDM)]]
[[Category:Twelve Colonies| ]]
[[Category:RDM]]

{{quality article}}
{{featured article}}

[[de:Die Zwölf Kolonien (RDM)]]
[[es:Las Doce Colonias (RDM)]]
[[fr:Les Douze Colonies (RDM)]]
[[zh:拾贰殖民地 (RDM)]]

Gravity in the Re-imagined Series

2010-11-17T23:12:21Z

Zenoseiya:

{{RDM science series}}

:''Much of the information on this page was derived from the Wikipedia article on [[w:Artificial gravity|artificial gravity]].''

[[Image:Synthgravity1.jpg|right|thumb|Throwaway graphics in the upper right corner of this computer display shows terms relating to the artificial gravity in a [[Raptor]].]]
While the use of artificial gravity in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] is obvious, there are only two explicit references. One is from the few close-ups of [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|computer]] displays, where the terms "gravity control" and "synthetic gravity" are shown (upper right corner of the picture to the right). The second is [[Margaret Edmondson]] mentioning that the "grav field" is deactivated when she boards a drifting Raptor in the episode "[[Sine Qua Non]]."

Real-world scientific theories present several potential means of simulating or producing gravitational effects:

* ''Rotation of the spacecraft'' to generate centrifugal forces within a spacecraft.
:This motion would push objects and people in the ship outward, so the outside skin of the ship would act as the "floor." This was done in the movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (the crew compartment inside the ''Discovery'' spun) and the TV show ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'' (the cylindrical space station spun on its longitudinal axis). One of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s ships in fact sometimes uses this form of artificial gravity: the ''[[Space Park]]''. Viewers can get a good view of this ship in motion when the Fleet leaves [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in the Miniseries. It's specified that the ship's design dates from a period when centrifugal force was the main artificial-gravity solution in place, before whatever current technology is in use came into widespread use.

* ''Keeping the ship at constant acceleration'', with the crew standing in the opposite direction of acceleration.
:Same principle that every astronaut experiences as their rocket launches into space and accelerates. This of course means that the ship must get progressively faster for eternity; stabilizing speed would lead to weightlessness, and stopping the ship would send everyone crashing into the ceiling.

* ''Place something with a lot of mass'' within your ship.
:This isn't artificial gravity, but the real thing. But there is the matter of the energies required to move your ship, the large gravity well that wants to attract other objects into your ship's general direction, and the shape of your ship. Gravity just '''works''', pulling from every direction, so you would need a round ship to keep from strange changes in gravity aboard a ship. Worst of all, the amount of fuel needed to move a ship with a local mass concentration would be very high.

* ''Use tidal forces''.
:Stretch a tether with a small mass between a large gravity source and the ship you want. Cheap, fuel-free, and reliable. There's the matter of actually being able to travel somewhere besides planetary orbit without losing gravity, however. Several ships from the science-fiction role-playing game series ''[[w:Xenosaga|Xenosaga]],'' particularly the vessels ''Durandal'' and ''Dämmerung'', appear to use a concept similar to this with masses rotating around the ship in a controlled orbit maintained by forcefields.

* ''Use magnetism''.
:The term for this is [[w:Diamagnetism|diamagnetism]]. Based on the technologies we've seen in the Re-imagined Series (such as their use of magnetism for landing and launching Vipers)<ref name="vipers">In the [[Miniseries]], a preflight checkout and launch of the fighters can be seen. For launch, the [[Launch tubes (RDM)|launch tubes]] use a magnetic catapult ("magcat") to hurl the Vipers out. On landing, either magnetism or some blend of artificial gravity pulls Vipers to rest on the deck of the [[flight pod]]. This force appears to be just strong enough; note the bouncing that the fighters do as their landing skids hit the landing deck while they retreat to ''Galactica'' as it prepares to jump from Ragnar Anchorage at the conclusion of the Miniseries.</ref>, this principle has the most viability, but is also fraught with huge problems in application.
:''Everything'' has a magnetic attraction, but most objects (a human body included) have very little of it. Diamagnetism at the present time has mostly been used to ''repel'' two objects, i.e. to levitate one of them, instead of to attract them, as gravity would.<ref>Scientists on Earth have actually [http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/levitate.html levitated a frog at a force of 1''g'' ] (Earth's gravity), but it took a massive amount of cryogenically frozen hardware to do it, and that was using the magnet to push ''away'' from Earth's gravity, not push the object ''down''.</ref>. Also, high magnetic field concentrations are probably not very healthy in the long term.<ref>http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~jrs/safety/magnetic.html</ref>

However, these methods, although proven in practice or at least mathematically, are not likely to be the solution implemented in the series. Other possibilities do exist that could more completely match the solutions used in the show, but are based less in current scientific understanding and more on imaginary technology, including:

* Use ''gravitomagnetism''.
: Artificial gravity, or cancellation of gravity, is sometimes present in spacecraft that are neither rotating nor accelerating. At present, there is no confirmed technique that can produce gravity other than sheer mass. There have been many claims over the years of such a device. Eugene Podkletnov, a Russian engineer, has claimed since the early 1990s to have made such a device consisting of a spinning superconductor producing a powerful gravitomagnetic field, but there has been no verification or even negative results from third parties. In 2006, a research group funded by ESA claimed to have created a similar device that demonstrated positive results for the production of gravitomagnetism, although it produced only 100 millionths of a g[http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html].

* ''Simulate gravity with force fields.''
:The eponymous spaceship in the TV show ''[[w:Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' uses "gravity generators." The ''Star Trek'' universe has a [[MemoryAlpha:Artificial gravity|similar concept]]. This has no context in the realistic SF ethos and no basis in scientific plausibilty at present.

* ''Spacetime manipulation.''
:The ability to do [[FTL|Faster Than Light travel]] indicates the Colonials have the advanced technology to manipulate spacetime. The same principles that enable this technology could be used to create gravitational effects on Colonial ships. While such technology is currently as far-flung as the aforementioned force fields and FTL drives, the concept may be arguably the most plausible as the actual solution as its correlation to FTL in the series has roots in [[w:General Relativity|general relativity]].

So far the concept of artificial gravity in the show has yet to be explained; As much about gravity is still unknown, however, this would be in keeping with the show's [[Naturalistic science fiction|naturalistic sci-fi]] aesthetic.

===What about the flight pods on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''?===

Unlike ''Galactica'''s, each flight pod on the advanced battlestar ''Pegasus'' are divided along its length into two landing bays. In "[[The Captain's Hand]]", Vipers are flying inverted (relative to the battlestar) and land in the bays "upside down." Is artificial gravity to be credited with this?

The answer is more likely magnetism. Vipers are launched with a magnetic catapult, and (as seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]") can magnetically mate using their landing skids to a metal surface (in this case, the interior of a freighter). Like gravity, magnetism works in any direction, and takes little to maintain. Confirming this idea is a scene from the [[Miniseries]]. As ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' lands in ''Galactica'''s port flight pod to offload passengers for the decommissioning ceremony, two spacesuited figures are working on the deck. The two crewmembers are floating, suggesting that artificial gravity is ''not'' in use. Reinforcing this are the [[combat landing]]s done by Vipers. The fighters bounce very noticeably at high speeds but, unlike a rock skipping across a pond, the Viper bounces less ballistically, suggesting that a weaker force than normal gravity is at work. How the Vipers get from the upside-down flight deck to the right-side-up [[hangar deck]], however, is unknown.
* However, in the fourth season it was shown multiple times that at least part of the flight decks on both ships have artificial gravity that humans can walk on. Humans can be seen on the flight decks very explicitly in "[[Blood on the Scales]]'' and if you look closely, in "[[Razor]]" as well. Presumably gravity on the flight decks would make it easier to operate the various maintenance vehicles both ships have as well.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]

[[de:Gravitation in der neu-interpretierten Serie‎]]

Gravity in the Re-imagined Series

2010-11-17T23:11:41Z

Zenoseiya:

{{RDM science series}}

:''Much of the information on this page was derived from the Wikipedia article on [[w:Artificial gravity|artificial gravity]].''

[[Image:Synthgravity1.jpg|right|thumb|Throwaway graphics in the upper right corner of this computer display shows terms relating to the artificial gravity in a [[Raptor]].]]
While the use of artificial gravity in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] is obvious, there are only two explicit references. One is from the few close-ups of [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|computer]] displays, where the terms "gravity control" and "synthetic gravity" are shown (upper right corner of the picture to the right). The second is [[Margaret Edmondson]] mentioning that the "grav field" is deactivated when she boards a drifting Raptor in the episode "[[Sine Qua Non]]."

Real-world scientific theories present several potential means of simulating or producing gravitational effects:

* ''Rotation of the spacecraft'' to generate centrifugal forces within a spacecraft.
:This motion would push objects and people in the ship outward, so the outside skin of the ship would act as the "floor." This was done in the movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (the crew compartment inside the ''Discovery'' spun) and the TV show ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'' (the cylindrical space station spun on its longitudinal axis). One of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s ships in fact sometimes uses this form of artificial gravity: the ''[[Space Park]]''. Viewers can get a good view of this ship in motion when the Fleet leaves [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in the Miniseries. It's specified that the ship's design dates from a period when centrifugal force was the main artificial-gravity solution in place, before whatever current technology is in use came into widespread use.

* ''Keeping the ship at constant acceleration'', with the crew standing in the opposite direction of acceleration.
:Same principle that every astronaut experiences as their rocket launches into space and accelerates. This of course means that the ship must get progressively faster for eternity; stabilizing speed would lead to weightlessness, and stopping the ship would send everyone crashing into the ceiling.

* ''Place something with a lot of mass'' within your ship.
:This isn't artificial gravity, but the real thing. But there is the matter of the energies required to move your ship, the large gravity well that wants to attract other objects into your ship's general direction, and the shape of your ship. Gravity just '''works''', pulling from every direction, so you would need a round ship to keep from strange changes in gravity aboard a ship. Worst of all, the amount of fuel needed to move a ship with a local mass concentration would be very high.

* ''Use tidal forces''.
:Stretch a tether with a small mass between a large gravity source and the ship you want. Cheap, fuel-free, and reliable. There's the matter of actually being able to travel somewhere besides planetary orbit without losing gravity, however. Several ships from the science-fiction role-playing game series "[[w:Xenosaga|Xenosaga]]," particularly the vessels ''Durandal'' and ''Dämmerung'', appear to use a concept similar to this with masses rotating around the ship in a controlled orbit maintained by forcefields.

* ''Use magnetism''.
:The term for this is [[w:Diamagnetism|diamagnetism]]. Based on the technologies we've seen in the Re-imagined Series (such as their use of magnetism for landing and launching Vipers)<ref name="vipers">In the [[Miniseries]], a preflight checkout and launch of the fighters can be seen. For launch, the [[Launch tubes (RDM)|launch tubes]] use a magnetic catapult ("magcat") to hurl the Vipers out. On landing, either magnetism or some blend of artificial gravity pulls Vipers to rest on the deck of the [[flight pod]]. This force appears to be just strong enough; note the bouncing that the fighters do as their landing skids hit the landing deck while they retreat to ''Galactica'' as it prepares to jump from Ragnar Anchorage at the conclusion of the Miniseries.</ref>, this principle has the most viability, but is also fraught with huge problems in application.
:''Everything'' has a magnetic attraction, but most objects (a human body included) have very little of it. Diamagnetism at the present time has mostly been used to ''repel'' two objects, i.e. to levitate one of them, instead of to attract them, as gravity would.<ref>Scientists on Earth have actually [http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/levitate.html levitated a frog at a force of 1''g'' ] (Earth's gravity), but it took a massive amount of cryogenically frozen hardware to do it, and that was using the magnet to push ''away'' from Earth's gravity, not push the object ''down''.</ref>. Also, high magnetic field concentrations are probably not very healthy in the long term. [http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~jrs/safety/magnetic.html]

However, these methods, although proven in practice or at least mathematically, are not likely to be the solution implemented in the series. Other possibilities do exist that could more completely match the solutions used in the show, but are based less in current scientific understanding and more on imaginary technology, including:

* Use ''gravitomagnetism''.
: Artificial gravity, or cancellation of gravity, is sometimes present in spacecraft that are neither rotating nor accelerating. At present, there is no confirmed technique that can produce gravity other than sheer mass. There have been many claims over the years of such a device. Eugene Podkletnov, a Russian engineer, has claimed since the early 1990s to have made such a device consisting of a spinning superconductor producing a powerful gravitomagnetic field, but there has been no verification or even negative results from third parties. In 2006, a research group funded by ESA claimed to have created a similar device that demonstrated positive results for the production of gravitomagnetism, although it produced only 100 millionths of a g[http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html].

* ''Simulate gravity with force fields.''
:The eponymous spaceship in the TV show ''[[w:Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' uses "gravity generators." The ''Star Trek'' universe has a [[MemoryAlpha:Artificial gravity|similar concept]]. This has no context in the realistic SF ethos and no basis in scientific plausibilty at present.

* ''Spacetime manipulation.''
:The ability to do [[FTL|Faster Than Light travel]] indicates the Colonials have the advanced technology to manipulate spacetime. The same principles that enable this technology could be used to create gravitational effects on Colonial ships. While such technology is currently as far-flung as the aforementioned force fields and FTL drives, the concept may be arguably the most plausible as the actual solution as its correlation to FTL in the series has roots in [[w:General Relativity|general relativity]].

So far the concept of artificial gravity in the show has yet to be explained; As much about gravity is still unknown, however, this would be in keeping with the show's [[Naturalistic science fiction|naturalistic sci-fi]] aesthetic.

===What about the flight pods on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''?===

Unlike ''Galactica'''s, each flight pod on the advanced battlestar ''Pegasus'' are divided along its length into two landing bays. In "[[The Captain's Hand]]", Vipers are flying inverted (relative to the battlestar) and land in the bays "upside down." Is artificial gravity to be credited with this?

The answer is more likely magnetism. Vipers are launched with a magnetic catapult, and (as seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]") can magnetically mate using their landing skids to a metal surface (in this case, the interior of a freighter). Like gravity, magnetism works in any direction, and takes little to maintain. Confirming this idea is a scene from the [[Miniseries]]. As ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' lands in ''Galactica'''s port flight pod to offload passengers for the decommissioning ceremony, two spacesuited figures are working on the deck. The two crewmembers are floating, suggesting that artificial gravity is ''not'' in use. Reinforcing this are the [[combat landing]]s done by Vipers. The fighters bounce very noticeably at high speeds but, unlike a rock skipping across a pond, the Viper bounces less ballistically, suggesting that a weaker force than normal gravity is at work. How the Vipers get from the upside-down flight deck to the right-side-up [[hangar deck]], however, is unknown.
* However, in the fourth season it was shown multiple times that at least part of the flight decks on both ships have artificial gravity that humans can walk on. Humans can be seen on the flight decks very explicitly in "[[Blood on the Scales]]'' and if you look closely, in "[[Razor]]" as well. Presumably gravity on the flight decks would make it easier to operate the various maintenance vehicles both ships have as well.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]

[[de:Gravitation in der neu-interpretierten Serie‎]]

Gravity in the Re-imagined Series

2010-11-17T23:11:02Z

Zenoseiya:

{{RDM science series}}

:''Much of the information on this page was derived from the Wikipedia article on [[w:Artificial gravity|artificial gravity]].''

[[Image:Synthgravity1.jpg|right|thumb|Throwaway graphics in the upper right corner of this computer display shows terms relating to the artificial gravity in a [[Raptor]].]]
While the use of artificial gravity in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] is obvious, there are only two explicit references. One is from the few close-ups of [[Computers in the Re-imagined Series|computer]] displays, where the terms "gravity control" and "synthetic gravity" are shown (upper right corner of the picture to the right). The second is [[Margaret Edmondson]] mentioning that the "grav field" is deactivated when she boards a drifting Raptor in the episode "[[Sine Qua Non]]".

Real-world scientific theories present several potential means of simulating or producing gravitational effects:

* ''Rotation of the spacecraft'' to generate centrifugal forces within a spacecraft.
:This motion would push objects and people in the ship outward, so the outside skin of the ship would act as the "floor". This was done in the movie ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' (the crew compartment inside the ''Discovery'' spun) and the TV show ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'' (the cylindrical space station spun on its longitudinal axis). One of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]]'s ships in fact sometimes uses this form of artificial gravity: the ''[[Space Park]]''. Viewers can get a good view of this ship in motion when the Fleet leaves [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in the Miniseries. It's specified that the ship's design dates from a period when centrifugal force was the main artificial-gravity solution in place, before whatever current technology is in use came into widespread use.

* ''Keeping the ship at constant acceleration'', with the crew standing in the opposite direction of acceleration.
:Same principle that every astronaut experiences as their rocket launches into space and accelerates. This of course means that the ship must get progressively faster for eternity; stabilizing speed would lead to weightlessness, and stopping the ship would send everyone crashing into the ceiling.

* ''Place something with a lot of mass'' within your ship.
:This isn't artificial gravity, but the real thing. But there is the matter of the energies required to move your ship, the large gravity well that wants to attract other objects into your ship's general direction, and the shape of your ship. Gravity just '''works''', pulling from every direction, so you would need a round ship to keep from strange changes in gravity aboard a ship. Worst of all, the amount of fuel needed to move a ship with a local mass concentration would be very high.

* ''Use tidal forces''.
:Stretch a tether with a small mass between a large gravity source and the ship you want. Cheap, fuel-free, and reliable. There's the matter of actually being able to travel somewhere besides planetary orbit without losing gravity, however. Several ships from the science-fiction role-playing game series "[[w:Xenosaga|Xenosaga]]," particularly the vessels ''Durandal'' and ''Dämmerung'', appear to use a concept similar to this with masses rotating around the ship in a controlled orbit maintained by forcefields.

* ''Use magnetism''.
:The term for this is [[w:Diamagnetism|diamagnetism]]. Based on the technologies we've seen in the Re-imagined Series (such as their use of magnetism for landing and launching Vipers)<ref name="vipers">In the [[Miniseries]], a preflight checkout and launch of the fighters can be seen. For launch, the [[Launch tubes (RDM)|launch tubes]] use a magnetic catapult ("magcat") to hurl the Vipers out. On landing, either magnetism or some blend of artificial gravity pulls Vipers to rest on the deck of the [[flight pod]]. This force appears to be just strong enough; note the bouncing that the fighters do as their landing skids hit the landing deck while they retreat to ''Galactica'' as it prepares to jump from Ragnar Anchorage at the conclusion of the Miniseries.</ref>, this principle has the most viability, but is also fraught with huge problems in application.
:''Everything'' has a magnetic attraction, but most objects (a human body included) have very little of it. Diamagnetism at the present time has mostly been used to ''repel'' two objects, i.e. to levitate one of them, instead of to attract them, as gravity would.<ref>Scientists on Earth have actually [http://www.hfml.science.ru.nl/levitate.html levitated a frog at a force of 1''g'' ] (Earth's gravity), but it took a massive amount of cryogenically frozen hardware to do it, and that was using the magnet to push ''away'' from Earth's gravity, not push the object ''down''.</ref>. Also, high magnetic field concentrations are probably not very healthy in the long term. [http://star-www.st-and.ac.uk/~jrs/safety/magnetic.html]

However, these methods, although proven in practice or at least mathematically, are not likely to be the solution implemented in the series. Other possibilities do exist that could more completely match the solutions used in the show, but are based less in current scientific understanding and more on imaginary technology, including:

* Use ''gravitomagnetism''.
: Artificial gravity, or cancellation of gravity, is sometimes present in spacecraft that are neither rotating nor accelerating. At present, there is no confirmed technique that can produce gravity other than sheer mass. There have been many claims over the years of such a device. Eugene Podkletnov, a Russian engineer, has claimed since the early 1990s to have made such a device consisting of a spinning superconductor producing a powerful gravitomagnetic field, but there has been no verification or even negative results from third parties. In 2006, a research group funded by ESA claimed to have created a similar device that demonstrated positive results for the production of gravitomagnetism, although it produced only 100 millionths of a g[http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_0.html].

* ''Simulate gravity with force fields.''
:The eponymous spaceship in the TV show ''[[w:Andromeda (TV series)|Andromeda]]'' uses "gravity generators". The ''Star Trek'' universe has a [[MemoryAlpha:Artificial gravity|similar concept]]. This has no context in the realistic SF ethos and no basis in scientific plausibilty at present.

* ''Spacetime manipulation.''
:The ability to do [[FTL|Faster Than Light travel]] indicates the Colonials have the advanced technology to manipulate spacetime. The same principles that enable this technology could be used to create gravitational effects on Colonial ships. While such technology is currently as far-flung as the aforementioned force fields and FTL drives, the concept may be arguably the most plausible as the actual solution as its correlation to FTL in the series has roots in [[w:General Relativity|general relativity]].

So far the concept of artificial gravity in the show has yet to be explained; As much about gravity is still unknown, however, this would be in keeping with the show's [[Naturalistic science fiction|naturalistic sci-fi]] aesthetic.

===What about the flight pods on ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''?===

Unlike ''Galactica'''s, each flight pod on the advanced battlestar ''Pegasus'' are divided along its length into two landing bays. In "[[The Captain's Hand]]", Vipers are flying inverted (relative to the battlestar) and land in the bays "upside down." Is artificial gravity to be credited with this?

The answer is more likely magnetism. Vipers are launched with a magnetic catapult, and (as seen in "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]") can magnetically mate using their landing skids to a metal surface (in this case, the interior of a freighter). Like gravity, magnetism works in any direction, and takes little to maintain. Confirming this idea is a scene from the [[Miniseries]]. As ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' lands in ''Galactica'''s port flight pod to offload passengers for the decommissioning ceremony, two spacesuited figures are working on the deck. The two crewmembers are floating, suggesting that artificial gravity is ''not'' in use. Reinforcing this are the [[combat landing]]s done by Vipers. The fighters bounce very noticeably at high speeds but, unlike a rock skipping across a pond, the Viper bounces less ballistically, suggesting that a weaker force than normal gravity is at work. How the Vipers get from the upside-down flight deck to the right-side-up [[hangar deck]], however, is unknown.
* However, in the fourth season it was shown multiple times that at least part of the flight decks on both ships have artificial gravity that humans can walk on. Humans can be seen on the flight decks very explicitly in "[[Blood on the Scales]]'' and if you look closely, in "[[Razor]]" as well. Presumably gravity on the flight decks would make it easier to operate the various maintenance vehicles both ships have as well.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:RDM]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Terminology (RDM)]]

[[de:Gravitation in der neu-interpretierten Serie‎]]

New Caprica (SDS)

2010-11-14T04:28:43Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

:''For information on the [[2003 Video Game]]'s "New Caprica", see [[New Caprica (2003 Video Game)]]. For information on the [[Re-imagined Series]] colony, see [[New Caprica]].''

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}

In the [[SDS|continuation]] series project concept, produced by [[Tom DeSanto]] and [[Bryan Singer]], members of the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] grow tired of their space exodus.

The Fleet discovers an asteroid field rich in resources, and (after some civil strife), settle and prosper. The colony is named '''New Caprica'''.

From the resources of the asteroid field, the Colonials build new ships, residences, and other facilities. Battlestar ''[[Galactica (SDS)|Galactica]]'', outmoded and difficult to maintain, is scheduled for decommissioning.

==Similarities==

Tired of running from the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], the Colonials of the [[Re-imagined Series]] also choose to settle on a planet hidden within a nebula. The citizens also name the planet as New Caprica.

The [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 game)|video game]] also chooses New Caprica as the name of a colony.

==External Links==
* [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/newfilms.htm DeSanto/Singer page on BattlestarGalactica.com]
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/bsg-desanto-01.html Detailed production art and information on Cylon.org]
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/DeSanto-int01.html Interview with Tom DeSanto]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category: Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Saul Tigh

2010-11-11T04:12:48Z

Zenoseiya: /* Notes */

{{Character Data
|photo= Saul Tigh.jpg
|age= Allegedly 71<ref>Tigh was supposedly born in 69 BCH, ("[[Valley of Darkness]]" deleted scene), and Season 3 takes place in 2 AHC.</ref>, actually 2,000+
|colony= [[Earth_(RDM)#Arrival_and_Ruins|Original Earth]]; he has a fabricated background of being from [[Aerilon]]
|birthname=
|callsign=
|seen= Miniseries
|death= 1. Nuclear destruction of Original Earth, c. 2000 BCH (resurrected in orbit)<br>2. suffocated by [[Number One]], c. 32 BCH (resurrected with false memories)<br>3. Eventually died after 4 ACH settlement on New Earth
|parents=
|siblings=
|children= Non-biologically: Considered a "father" of the eight humanoid Cylon models;<br>Biologically: [[Liam Tigh]]† (miscarried at four months) with Caprica-Six
|marital status=Married to [[Ellen Tigh]] in all three lives;<br>briefly cohabitated with [[Caprica-Six]]
|role= Executive Officer, [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'';<br>Commander of [[New Caprica Resistance]];<br>Civilian deckhand;<br>Engineer or scientist
|rank= Colonel
|actor= [[Michael Hogan]]
|serial=219804<ref>Serial number from [[:Image:Tigh's dogtag serial.jpg|his dogtags]] and confirmed by the studios for the QMX replica.</ref>
|5cylon= y
|name= Saul Tigh
}}
'''Saul Tigh''' is the [[Executive Officer]] (XO) of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', and repeatedly serves as acting commander in the absence of [[William Adama]]. Before his service on ''Galactica'', he served as Adama's XO on the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''. During the Cylon occupation of [[New Caprica]], Tigh commanded the [[New Caprica Resistance]].

A tough but troubled man with a long history of alcoholism, Tigh has false memories of having served in the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] since his teenage years, seeing action in the [[First Cylon War]]. He is married to [[Ellen Tigh]] whose death was incorrectly (though logically) presumed to have been permanent. Believing himself to be a widower, he entered a sexual relationship with [[Caprica-Six]] with whom he sired a miscarried child named [[Liam|Liam Tigh]].

Upon reaching the [[Ionian nebula]], he and [[Final Five|three others]] [[Crossroads, Part II|became aware]] of their nature as [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylons]]. Since then, he has sporadically regained memories and knowledge of his prior life.

==Biography ==

===Cylon past===

Saul Tigh lived on [[Earth (RDM)#Arrival_and_Ruins|original Earth]] two millennia ago. Like all humanoids on that planet, he was a Cylon: a member of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]]. There, he was one of five scientists researching "organic memory transfer", a technology which had originated on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], but fell out of use on original Earth once the Thirteenth Tribe Cylons started to procreate sexually. His wife was the most gifted of the five scientists. When nuclear armageddon came, Saul found himself in the lobby of his apartment building. Hearing a voice crying out, "Saul!" from the floor in front of the tenants' post boxes, he finds his wife trapped under debris he cannot move. He pulls the lighter debris from around her as more bombs detonate. Moments before they die, she tells him, "Saul, it's okay. Everything's in place. We'll be reborn... again. Together." ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]], [[No Exit]])

The organic memory transfer they were researching was the [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrection technology]], the same their ancestors brought from Kobol. When killed by the explosions, Saul and the other four downloaded into new bodies aboard a ship they had placed in orbit. Knowing that humanity would continue to create artificial life, they made their way the Twelve Colonies to warn them about the the need to treat their creations with kindness to prevent a rebellion and inter-species war. Lacking [[Propulsion in the Re-imagined Series|faster-than-light]] capability, the five travelled at relativistic speeds. From the planetary perspective, their journey took approximately two thousand years.

Saul and the other four found their fears were justified. Upon their arrival, the first [[Cylon War]] was already in progress between humans and [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurions]]. Saul and the others made a deal with the Centurions: end the war against the humans and the five would help them build humanoid Cylons. They made eight models and their technology was stored in [[The Colony]]. The favouritism which [[Number One]] perceived Saul's wife, Ellen, displayed toward [[Number Seven]] drove Number One into a jealous rage. In addition to permanently destroying the Number Seven line, he suffocated Saul and the other four Cylons from original Earth (collectively, the "[[Final Five]]"). Blocking their real memories, Number One implanted false ones in their minds and deposited them among the human population in an attempt to show them the evils of humanity.

=== False Backstory ===
Saul Tigh was supposedly born on the colony of [[Aerilon]]<ref name="aerelon">"Cylon Intelligence Report: Personnel File: Saul Tigh." <u>Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine</u>. Feb./Mar. 2006: 62. - He has [[Crossroads, Part II|recently been revealed]] as a Cylon presumably making this point moot.</ref>.

Tigh began his military career as a deckhand<ref name="deckhand">''Ibid''. "Saul Tigh entered the fleet as a deckhand but rose through the ranks and was a CPO (Chief Petty Officer) by the time the First Cylon War broke out."</ref>. By the second year of the first [[Cylon War]], he was serving as a gunner's mate onboard the ''[[Brenik]]''. His ship was boarded by the Cylons where he and others fought in hand to hand combat, during the bloodiest time of that war. It was during this battle that he saw his first dead man, [[Duncan Rafferty]], who was violently vivisected by Centurions ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Noteworthy Dialogue|deleted scene]]). His ship was subsequently destroyed and he survived. He was transferred to another unnamed ship, which succumbed to a similar fate as his original ship. Having borne witness to many a bloody combat, he became emotionally scarred, which had, among other impetuses, led him to alcoholism.
[[Image:Tighadama.jpg|Tigh and Adama's first meeting.|left|thumb]]

Tigh eventually achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer. When Viper pilot numbers began running low in the war, Tigh was selected for Colonial [[officer candidate school]] and was reassigned as a Viper pilot.<ref>{{cite rdm podcast|episode=Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down}}</ref> As a pilot, he demonstrated considerable skill, earning several medals while posted aboard [[Athena (Battlestar)|Battlestar ''Athena'']].<ref name="athena">''Ibid''. "Tigh joined the Colonial officer candidate school and was reassigned as a Viper pilot, something he excelled in, earning a string of medals in his post aboard the battlestar Athena."</ref> After the cessation of hostilities, he was dismissed from service.

=== Inter-War Years ===

Tigh eked out an existence as a deckhand aboard a commercial freighter. He clearly experienced signs of post-traumatic stress disorder; he commented that every time he smelled grease or machine oil he would nearly vomit, as this smell reminded him of the "stink" of Centurions ("[[Valley of Darkness]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Noteworthy Dialogue|deleted scene]]). While on board, he drowned himself in alcohol and, after a time, about 20 years after the war, encountered [[William Adama]], who had not seen as much combat experience as Tigh himself. They became fast friends, and remained in touch after Adama was recommissioned into the service. Two years later, Tigh found himself reinstated into the Colonial Fleet at the rank of captain, thanks to his old friend, and now major, Adama.<ref name="adama">''Ibid''. "Adama reenlisted with the service and Tigh spent two years drinking before Adama pulled strings to get him back into service. Tigh was straightening his life out when he met his wife Ellen, whom he courted and married within two months, about 7 years before the [[Miniseries]]. Unfortunately, Ellen did not take well to military life and her repeated infidelities drove Tigh back into the bottle. The two separated shortly before the Cylon attack.</ref> His alcoholism has led many in the crew to view him with contempt ([[Miniseries]], "[[33]]").

=== Second Cylon War ===

Following the Cylon attack, Tigh recovered some of his old verve and attempted to give up alcohol. However, this, combined with the initial stress of flight from the Cylons caused him to over-compensate as a martinet, frequently driving the personnel overly-hard, and berating where encouragement would prove the better option ([[33]]). He excused this by his view that the XO is supposed to be the "hard face" of command.
[[image:33-Tigh_Adama.jpg|thumb|right|"If the crew doesn't hate the XO, then he's not doing his job."]]
With his drinking problem relatively under control, Tigh settled back into his role as the ''Galactica'''s Executive Officer, though he still treats personnel inhumanely. Apart from Adama, he seems unable to utter a sentence without cursing or to leave any differing opinion unsneered at.

During Cylon attacks, Tigh has proved himself to be an good battle manager and tactician. His quick actions sometimes saved the ship and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] from damage or destruction ("[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", "[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]").

Tigh is uneasy around President [[Laura Roslin]] ([[Water]]), and resents what he sees as her interfering with Adama's command ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]) - something born out of his deep respect for Adama which even the most heated of disagreements between them ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]) cannot disrupt and his general inability to accept differing viewpoints.

Tigh personally loathes [[Kara Thrace]], one of ''Galactica'''s pilots. While grudgingly conceding she is a fine pilot, does consider her an an egotistical, insubordinate youngster and even tries to end her active service. TIgh criticizes Adama for havin a soft spot for Thrace, ignoring that his whole existence in the fleet is based on a similar soft spot ([[Miniseries]]).

Outside of Adama, Tigh has few others he regards as confidants aboard ship; and since the initial Cylon attack, he has withdrawn from interacting with the crew during off-duty hours, making him perhaps more isolated than even Adama - who is at least held in awe and respect by the crew.

=== Wife's Return ===
[[image:Tigh_Me_Up_Tigh_Me_Down-Saul_Ellen.jpg|thumb|left|'''Tigh''' and his newly returned wife, [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]], making a toast: "To starting over" ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).]]
Some three weeks after the Cylon attack on the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], Tigh is stunned to discover his wife, [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]], has not been killed as he had thought, but was rescued from [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]], and carried aboard the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' as an unconscious "Jane Doe" by an unknown person. Later its revealed that the person who did that was a Cavil Cylon.

Despite the emotional implications from the destruction of the Colonies and life aboard the ship, Tigh is reluctantly thrust further into politics as his wife plays her schemes. Much to his disdain, his wife attempts to procure photo opportunities with the likes of [[Tom Zarek]] - a person Tigh views with the utmost contempt ([[Colonial Day]]). Additionally, Ellen seems to re-establish Tigh's alcoholism with gratuitous drinking.

Despite this, Adama sends Tigh with a squadron of [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to arrest [[Laura Roslin]] after Adama discovers that she convinced [[Kara Thrace]] to [[FTL|Jump]] back to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] to retrieve a historical artifact called the [[Arrow of Apollo]] from the Delphi Museum. This action deprives the Fleet of a military asset - a captured [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]], intended to have been used to plant a nuclear warhead aboard a basestar in orbit around the planet believed to be [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] - and convinces Adama that Roslin is abusing her authority.

Onboard ''[[Colonial One]]'', Tigh's men and Roslin's [[Presidential Security Service|personal security agents]] are at a standoff when [[Lee Adama]] aims a weapon at Tigh's head and attempts to thwart the coup. Attempting to defuse the situation, Roslin agrees to be arrested and Lee Adama is arrested on charges of treason ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

=== Tigh in Command ===
[[Image:Scattered-Tigh.jpg|thumb|right|Tigh realizing he's in a bit over his head ([[Scattered]]).]]
Tigh is present in [[CIC]] during the attempted assassination of Adama by [[Sharon Valerii]]. As guards restrain Valerii, Tigh attempts to stop the bleeding from the torso gunshot wounds Adama sustained in the attempt ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). He keeps Lee Adama from tending to his father and throws him into the brig. However, the need for reliable officers, forces Tigh to grant Lee a parole from his arrest. After his daily duties as [[CAG]] are done, Lee promises to return to the brig when off-shift.

With Adama incapacitated and with Roslin arrested, Tigh tries to maintain order. However, his irrational and gruff command style displeases many crew members. Morale and ship efficiency began to suffer. Ellen Tigh becomes a private adviser to her husband, frequently questioning his power to command while also suggesting ways of usurping more power and quashing his opponents. Ellen Tigh's advice only exacerbates an already-deteriorating situation.

Tigh's interrogation of suspected Cylon collaborators or infiltrators is brutal. After beating, then nearly shooting the ''Galactica'' copy of Valerii, other issues in the Fleet divert him from further interrogation. He orders a special cage made for her for later interrogation. Tigh also savagely interrogates Valerii's former lover, Chief [[Galen Tyrol]] as a possible [[humanoid Cylon]] himself. Tigh would have left him with Valerii in the newly built Cylon cage if [[Gaius Baltar]] did not intervene to prove medically that Tyrol is not a Cylon himself.

With Roslin in prison, uprisings begin as civilian ships refuse to supply ''Galactica'' until Roslin is released. Worse, the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] demand to see Roslin. Knowing of Roslin's hallucinations in the brig, he intentionally invites the Quorum to see Roslin in her poor state in hopes of disillusioning the Quorum. However, Roslin recovers sufficiently from her [[Chamalla]] withdrawal after getting a supply smuggled to her by Corporal [[Venner]], her guard. Tigh believes that the accounts within the [[Sacred Scrolls]] weren't to be believed, and teases Roslin in front of the Quorum on her visions. Roslin not only is able to speak to the Quorum, but decisively reinforces her decisions as well as her role in the search for the location of Earth as told in the Pythian prophesies. This act greatly impresses the Quorum, and infuriates Tigh; fearing a larger civilian government uprising led by the Quorum. Tigh institutes [[Wikipedia:martial law|martial law]] throughout the Fleet - a move he earlier had disclaimmed - in an attempt to maintain order in a rapidly chaotic shuffle of power between the civilian and military governments ([[Fragged]]).

The supply situation leads Tigh to deploying Marines in forcibly retrieving supplies. On [[Gideon|one ship]], a riot leads to four deaths and many injuries due to the pilot's inexperience in managing such a situation. Unlike Adama (who likely would have taken direct responsibility for the "Gideon Massacre"), Tigh places blame solely on the pilot, absolving himself from the incident.

=== Fleet Factioning and Adama's Return ===

The shootings, Tigh's decision for martial law, and his unwillingness to discuss anything with anyone except Ellen Tigh (and the unconscious Adama) becomes the dividing point of those wanting to press on to finding Earth, and those wanting to settle on Kobol ([[Season 2 (2005-06)|Season 2]]). Tigh's drinking spirals further out of control, leading to more erratic behavior and causing great concern regarding his ability to effectively command, particularly among the [[CIC]] staff. The situation comes to a head when Roslin, tacitly aided by other officers and crew on ''Galactica'', escapes the brig in an attempt to hide amongst the many ships in the Fleet with the aid of [[Tom Zarek]]. Tigh chases down the escaping Raptor using the [[Combat Air Patrol|CAP]], having the Viper fire across the bow of the fleeing Raptor to persuade it to return. The Raptor brazenly continues onward, leading to a crucial decision for the Colonel. Tigh allows the Raptor to escape rather than shooting it down, which would have killed Adama's son and the President and could have destabilized the fleet.
[[image:Flight_of_the_Phoenix-Tigh_Adama.jpg|thumb|left|Tigh and Adama share a knowing smirk at the commissioning of the [[Blackbird]], ''Laura'' ([[Flight of the Phoenix]]).]]

Fortunately for the fleet and Colonel Tigh, Commander Adama regains consciousness shortly after the escape and asks what had happened during his absence. Tigh confesses that he has "frakked things up good", but Adama reassures his friend, saying, "I never had much use for people that second-guessed my decisions, especially if they've never held a command. They don't understand the pressure to make a call that affects the lives of thousands, and you have no one to turn to for backup." Despite all the serious problems that Tigh created, Adama doesn't blame him, telling Tigh that whatever bad calls were made, they would pick up the pieces together ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).

Both Adama and Tigh underestimate the number of ships that secede from the main fleet to join the [[Laura Roslin faction|faction]] that sought the [[Tomb of Athena]] with President Roslin ([[The Farm]]). Tigh backs up Adama while he maintains a similar official position on Roslin and the separated ships as Tigh has. However, after Adama realizes that survival of the entire Fleet would only come if everyone held together, Adama begins to prepare a journey to Kobol to retrieve the remainder of the Fleet and reach out to Roslin ([[Home, Part I]]). At first Tigh seems to believe that Adama is retrieving the faction by more military means, and scoffs at Roslin's religious views on the quest until he realizes that Adama is beginning to follow Roslin's information, taking her reports and visions seriously. Tigh is left in command while Adama successfully reunites the Fleet and reconciles with Roslin ([[Home, Part II]]).

After [[William Adama|Adama's]] return to command and Roslin to the presidency, for a moment the ''Gideon'' incident is almost forgotten. Before she is invited to ''Galactica'', reporter [[D'Anna Biers]] prepares a story about the incident, which could destroy the public's view towards Tigh, and eventually ''Galactica''. However she drops the subject in favor of a ''Galactica'' documentary. Lt. [[Joe Palladino]], the pilot in charge of the boarding operation to ''Gideon'', blames Tigh for the discredit to his reputation. He begins to terrorize Tigh and his wife, but Tigh later manages to subdue Palladino ([[Final Cut]]).

=== ''Pegasus'' Discovered ===

Things once again turn on their head when ''Galactica'' has a chance encounter with the battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', a modern type of battlestar and the flagship of Admiral [[Helena Cain]]. Cain, being the superior officer, assumes complete command of the Fleet. The naturally suspicious Tigh is wary about this mixed blessing, but takes it in stride like everything else up until now. When he begins to regularly speak with ''Pegasus''’s own XO [[Jack Fisk]], his suspicions slowly prove to be well founded.

Fisk's conscience-clearing sessions with Tigh reveal that Admiral Cain was responsible for a set of atrocities, the most damning being the pillaging and stranding of a small civilian fleet in open space. When Tigh relays this information to Commander Adama, Adama reminisces about their own questionable activities, particularly their actions regarding the ''[[Olympic Carrier]]''. However, Adama keeps Tigh's warnings in mind and they help him in his decision to stand up to Cain later on ("[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" through "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]").

=== The Election and New Caprica ===
When the presidential election arrives, Colonel Tigh is charged with overseeing the vote tallies on ''Galactica''. When it appears that [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] would win the vote, [[Tory Foster]], President Roslin's aide, approaches Tigh and [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] to conspire to steal the election for Roslin, foreseeing certain disaster in a Baltar presidency. Tigh, never a fan of Baltar's to begin with, organises the counting of fraudulent ballots in order to keep Baltar out of office. The plot is overturned when Lt. [[Felix Gaeta|Gaeta]] reports irregularities to Tigh, who all too obviously tries to sweep the affair under the carpet. Gaeta then informs Admiral Adama, who lets Tigh and Dualla off the hook and the official vote tallies are "revised" without the public learning of the Roslin campaign's attempt to steal the election.

One year later, after the fleet settles on [[New Caprica]] on the orders of President Baltar, most of the military staff have all but retired from active service. Col. Tigh is one of the few officers still serving aboard ''Galactica'', but the day eventually comes when Admiral Adama discharges his friend and XO from his duties to let him return to civilian life with his wife. On the surface of New Caprica, the couple run into [[Kara Thrace]] at [[Galen Tyrol|Galen]] and [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] Tyrol's union rally. The former colonel and captain share an unusually warm embrace, having put their differences behind them at some point in the preceding year. However, their reunion does not last as a large Cylon fleet appears in orbit over the planet and the Cylons occupy New Caprica without firing a shot. Tigh and his wife are last seen watching in utter shock as [[Cylon Centurion]]s march through the streets of New Caprica City ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).

=== Occupation and Resistance ===
Two months into the occupation of New Caprica by the Cylons, Tigh is organizing and recruiting for [[New Caprica Resistance|the resistance on New Caprica]] along with Galen Tyrol and [[Jammer]]. When the Cylons begin to find the weapons hidden by the Resistance, Tigh orders them to be stored in the Temple, believing it to be the safest place as the Cylon respect the sanctity of the Temple and will not search it, disregarding any moral concerns. When the Cylons discover the weapons, [[Nora Farmer|Nora]] is shot and Cally Tyrol and her [[Nicholas Tyrol|baby]] barely escape. This leads several members of the [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance movement]] to question whether Tigh is going too far. After Tigh plans an attack that could endanger patients at a hospital, Jammer reports him to the Cylon authorities ([[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]). The Cylons imprison Tigh and tear his right eye out. Ellen's sexual efforts with [[Cavil]] lead to Tigh's eventual release ([[Occupation]]) though this is later revealed to be a Cylon ruse to blackmail Ellen into collaboration with the Cylons as well as find the location of a high level meeting of the Insurgency.

===Escape from New Caprica and Ellen's death===
[[Image:Saulellen.jpg|Tigh handing Ellen her poisoned drink.|thumb]]Tigh actively participates in the exodus from New Caprica, leading an attack on the shipyard with Galen Tyrol, during which they are aided by Vipers launched from ''Galactica''.
[[Image:TighAdamaReunion.jpg|thumb|left|Adama welcomes Tigh back on ''Galactica'' ([[Exodus, Part II]]).]]
Following the escape, he initially resumes his post as the executive officer of ''Galactica'', but is unable to conceal his contempt for those who colluded with the Cylons, such as [[Felix Gaeta]]. In a face-off with Admiral Adama, in which the senior officer orders Tigh to "sleep it off", it is clear that the events on New Caprica - most notably, his wife's death - are still adversely affecting Tigh. Following that he spends a lot of time in his quarters trying to cope with what happened to him on New Caprica and is temporarily replaced by [[Karl Agathon]].

He eventually becomes the apparent ringleader of the [[The Circle|Circle]], a group of six people authorized by then-President [[Tom Zarek]], charged with bringing collaborators to justice. Tigh is among the less scrupulous members but nonetheless opposes [[Charlie Connor]]'s suggestion of summary executions. Thirteen people fall victim to the Circle's mandate, including [[Jammer]] ([[Collaborators]]).

Tigh is reunited with an old comrade, [[Daniel Novacek]] and tells him the truth of his last mission. Tigh later stops him when Novacek tries to kill Adama in revenge for being the cause of him spending years as a Cylon captive ([[Hero]]). Tigh also referees the boxing fights organized to boost morale ([[Unfinished Business]]). He returns to duty during operations to resupply the Fleet's food stores ([[The Passage]]). When [[Dr. Robert]], a civilian physician, is implicated in the deaths of [[Sagittaron]] refugees, Tigh initially defends his friend, saying that he worked with the resistance on New Caprica. He clashes with [[Karl Agathon]] over this, who insists on investigating Robert. However, when it turns out that Robert was killing the Sagittarons out of prejudice, Tigh orders his arrest ([[The Woman King]]).

When [[Kara Thrace]] dies he is visibly heartbroken ([[Maelstrom]]), showing that he did truly care about her despite their differences, which he had begun to show in "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]". As the Fleet nears the [[Ionian nebula]] and Gaius Baltar's trial begins, Tigh is one of a few people who hear mysterious music on several occasions. When called to testify in court, he shows up drunk. [[Romo Lampkin|Baltar's lawyer]] exploits this vulnerability and forces Tigh to publicly admit that he killed his wife on New Caprica ([[Crossroads, Part I]]).

<div style="clear:both;"></div>

===The Damning Revelation===

[[Image:403 - Tigh and his gun.jpg|thumb|Tigh in his waking "nightmare" state ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).]]

Saul Tigh, [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Samuel Anders]] and [[Tory Foster]] begin to hear a [[The Music|song]] only they can hear over and over again, driving them to distraction. They instinctively come to the realization that they are four of the [[final five]] Cylons. They decide to remain loyal to the Colonials ([[Crossroads, Part II]]).

With a Cylon fleet bearing down on them, Tigh resumes his position as executive officer again. However, almost immediately, this decision is tested by both Tigh's waking nightmares during the onset of the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula|battle]]—where he believes he will kill his friend and commander, Adama, much the same way [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] tried to—and the return of [[Kara Thrace]], who may be a Cylon. Even amidst this, he is the ''de facto'' leader of the "Final Four" and continues to assure them that they are different than Boomer and the other Cylons. Further, he has them pledge to kill themselves should they feel any inkling of betraying the Fleet ([[He That Believeth In Me]]).

In an attempt to learn more about what it means to be a Cylon and how they deal with pain, Tigh visits [[Caprica-Six]] in the [[brig]] and asks her how it feels to have the blood of billions of beings on her hands. Six replies that she is just as human as he is and can't switch off her feelings, but that she has found another way to deal with her pain. During their conversation, Tigh has a [[Virtual Ellen|hallucination]] of his dead wife, whose body he sees the place of Six. She tries to help him cope with his feelings and share some of her perceived clarity. In act of tenderness, she removes his eye patch, but Tigh rebukes her advances. Six then punches Tigh and kisses him when he lies on the floor ([[Escape Velocity]]).

When [[Natalie]] offers the Colonials access to the Cylon [[Resurrection Hub]] and wants to unbox the [[Number Three|Threes]] in order to learn what she knows about the Final Five, Tigh reacts shocked and fears that he will be uncovered and killed. Instead of cooperation with the Cylon rebels, he urges President Roslin to just destroy the hub ([[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?]]).

When Doctor [[Cottle]] discovers that Caprica-Six is pregnant, Admiral Adama is angry at Tigh for "giving in to his weaknesses" and being disloyal. Tigh initially counters that Adama is risking a lot for [[Laura Roslin|woman he cares about]] as well. When Adama asks what Ellen would say about his actions, Tigh becomes furious and physically attacks Adama. The two exchange blows and Adama eventually shoves Tigh to the floor, who breaks Adama's model ship during the fall. Having vented their frustrations, both calm down. Later, Adama decides to stay back in a Raptor to wait for Roslin's return. He temporarily promotes Tigh to admiral and gives him command of the Fleet. Tigh is reluctant, recalling his previous [[Scattered|disastrous experience in command]], but takes the position ([[Sine Qua Non]]).

Tigh's anxiousness about being revealed as a Cylon is magnified when Adama returns with [[D'Anna Biers]]. However, instead of exposing him, she forces his hand by holding the Colonials on the Cylon baseship hostage, demanding that the Cylons on ''Galactica'' are turned over to them. To prevent Adama from carrying out an extremely risky and bloody rescue plan, Tigh decides to come clean himself. He confesses to William Adama, saying that he should have done so earlier. Adama can't believe his friend, but orders him arrested and brought to a [[Launch tube (RDM)|launch tube]]. There, Tigh also exposes Tyrol and Anders. Tigh is about to be spaced, when Kara Thrace runs into the control room and tells everyone that she has found another clue towards [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. In an unexpected move, President [[Lee Adama]] grants the Cylons a full amnesty. Before the final jump to Earth, Tigh sits in his quarters drinking, unsure what to do ([[Revelations]]).

===Earth and further revelations===

Tigh and Caprica-Six accompany the survey team to Earth's surface, where the latter reaches out for and touches the former. Following their amnesty, Tigh, Anders and Tyrol wear fatigues with no rank insignia ([[Revelations]], [[Sometimes a Great Notion]]), and none is shown having any authority. Tigh's sidearm has not, however, been confiscated from his wall locker.

Back aboard ''Galactica'', a drunken Admiral Adama storms into Tigh's quarters, armed with a marine's pistol. Grabbing Tigh's pistol from its storage shelf, charging it, and dropping it on the table, Adama orders Tigh, "Sit down, Cylon!" Tigh successfully resists Adama's attemps to encourage Tigh into drinking and to be used for Adama's "assisted suicide". Tigh tries to apologize about his revelation of being a Cylon, but Adama is beyond angry. "Is that how it worked? They program you to be my friend? Emulate all the qualities I respect. Tell me jokes...and I laugh at them." Tigh counters that he wanted, chose to be his friend. Adama throws insult after insult about [[Ellen Tigh]], in an attempt to anger Tigh into picking up either sidearm to shoot his friend. "Do it! Or I'll do it myself!" Adama says, pointing the marine's pistol to his own temple. "I'm sorry, Bill, but this is the one time I can't help you," Tigh tells him ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).

In a reversal of roles, Tigh is the sober one of the two, and gives Adama a much-needed dressing-down. After listening to Adama's story of foxes that would either fight, try to cross the river, or simply give up and float out to sea, Tigh admonishes him not be like foxes choosing to drown. He reminds Adama that he is still the commander and that Tigh is still the XO of the ship; killing himself would not help himself nor their people. Thereafter, Colonel Tigh is restored to his to his rank and position on ''Galactica'' ([[Sometimes a Great Notion]]).

Once again in his service uniform and wearing his rank, Tigh leads the round-up of the survey crews on the Earth surface in preparation for their journey toward a new home. At the water's edge, [[Number Three (Downloaded copy)|Downloaded Three]] informs him of her decision to give up and die alone on Earth. Their talk reminds Tigh of Adama's fox story, and he begins to walk into the sea. When chest-deep, he is compelled to reach down. In doing so, he discovers a mangled post box hatch from his apartment building lobby two millenia earlier. Like Tyrol, he has a vision of Earth's nuclear distruction. He is wearing a civilian business suit. He hears Ellen, finds her trapped under debris he cannot move. He splashes through the water as he remembers himself digging though the rubble to reach Ellen and remembers her prophesy. Ellen tells him, as more bombs go off, flashing bright, "Saul, it's okay. Everything's in place. We'll be reborn...again. Together." The vision fades as Tigh realizes the truth. "Ellen...Ellen! You're the [[Final Five|fifth!]]"

===The search for a home continues===

Col. Tigh relieves an exhausted Lt. [[Felix Gaeta]] from duty and orders him to take an ill-fated week's leave aboard ''[[Zephyr]]'' to rest and recover. After Gaeta's shuttle raptor is lost in an emergency FTL jump while en-route to ''Zephyr'', Tigh acquiesses to Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]]'s plea for a raptor and pilot with whom to search for his lover. Gaeta is the only survivor of the seven (five Colonials and two [[Number Eight]] Cylons) aboard the raptor, and explains that one of the Eights killed everyone else before being herself killed by Gaeta. After consulting off-camera with the rebel Cylons, Tigh tells him that the incident will not be investigated. Nevertheless, the incident leaves Gaeta aprehensive about their alliance with the rebel Cylons and asks to speak with Admiral Adama because, with all due respect, Tigh is a Cylon. Tigh reluctantly approves his request ([[The Face of the Enemy]]).

Days into the Fleet's search for a new home, Caprica-Six and Saul Tigh are in sickbay where Dr. Cottle is using a sonagram to show them their unborn child. Tigh can't see the image, when Cottle quips, "Try looking with your eyes...eye." In a moment of amazement while Assistant Layne Ishay points out the elements of the sonagram, an overwhelmed Tigh albeit happy, asks for a drink. Cottle offers a cigarette instead to Tigh as he lights one for himself, to Ishay's dismay.

In Admiral Adama's quarters, Lee Adama, Saul Tigh, Galen Tyrol, Felix Gaeta and Karl Agathon meet to discuss the implementation of Cylon FTL upgrades to the civilian ships. Tyrol argues that the Cylons become valid citizens of the Fleet, with their own representative on the Quorum and Adama's oath of protection if they are to get the Cylon technology. Tigh comments after Tyrol fubbles with his proper pronouns for the situation that he might need a chart to help him keep it right.

<div style="clear:both;"></div>

===Mutiny and the Return of Ellen===
Felix Gaeta leads a mutiny alongside a coup lead by Tom Zarek in order to gain control of the Fleet. Adama and Tigh are captured, but manage to escape and meet up with Lee and Kara. They make their way to a forgotten airlock where Baltar and Roslin escape in a Cylon Raptor to the [[Rebel Basestar]] while Adama stays behind to try to retake ''Galactica''. Tigh insists on staying with him despite being a likely target due to being a Cylon and Adama tells him that "its been an honor to serve with you my friend." ([[The Oath]]) The two are knocked out by a stun grenade and captured by marines led by Captain Aaron Kelly who Tigh insults. He's taken to the brig where Caprica Six, Helo, Athena and Anders already are, but they are rescued by Kara and Lee. However, Anders is seriously hurt and Kara stays behind to get him to Doctor Cottle. The freed prisoners find Kelly who defects and shows them where Admiral Adama is about to be executed and they arrive just in time to save his life. Tigh holds a gun on Narcho who's in charge of the firing squad and forces him not to tell Gaeta the truth. After Narcho refuses to help retake the ship, Tigh goes to shoot him, but is stopped by Adama who has him tied up instead. Tigh is part of Adama's march to retake CIC and helps recapture it without firing a shot, ending the mutiny. ([[Blood on the Scales]])

Tigh later learns some of his history from Anders who has regained his Cylon memories after being shot in the head during the mutiny. ([[No Exit]]) He is also shocked when a missing Raptor shows up carrying Boomer and his wife Ellen who had downloaded into a new body on a [[Resurrection Ship]] after he had killed her and had been a prisoner of [[Cavil]] until Boomer helped her escape. The Rebel Cylons are excited to have all of the Final Five with them and want to leave the Fleet and leave it up to a majority vote of the Five. Tigh, remembering that Anders told him to stay with the Fleet, votes to stay and given what Anders said, they take it as a vote to stay as well, Tyrol and Tory vote to go, but Ellen is shocked and undecided after learning that he got Caprica Six pregnant. He later asks for a private meeting with Ellen, but she summons Tyrol, Tory and Caprica Six to tell them that they're going to leave the Fleet, doing it just to spite him as she knows how much he loves the Fleet. Tigh refuses to go saying that they can go without him and if Caprica Six really wants to go, she can go too, but he's not going. Ellen uses this to say he loves the Fleet and Bill Adama more than he loves either of them, but Caprica Six suddenly goes into distress and starts to miscarry the baby. A horrified Ellen apologizes saying she only wanted to hurt him, not Caprica Six or the baby. She tells them that they can stay and should and that she'll move to the [[Rebel Basestar]] and leave him alone. He at first pushes her away, but eventually allows her to comfort him. She tries to get him to tell Caprica Six how much he loves her, but he can't seem to do it. Caprica Six miscarries and their baby dies in the womb. Later Tigh goes to Admiral Adama and cries about his lost son. ([[Deadlock]]) The death of their baby is also apparently the end of the relationship between Tigh and Caprica Six.

Tigh is with Ellen, Tyrol and Tory in Joe's Bar when Kara starts playing the music, surprising them all. ([[Someone to Watch Over Me]]) Afterwards he's shocked when Admiral Adama decides to order ''Galactica's'' repairs to stop and the ship to be scrapped for parts. The two share a toast to the ship. ([[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]])

When Adama calls for volunteers for a rescue mission for Hera Agathon, Tigh volunteers immediately alongside Ellen. ([[Daybreak, Part I]]) During the [[Battle of The Colony]], Tigh coordinates the battle with Admiral Adama in CIC. When a fire breaks out near Anders, he goes up with Tyrol to put it out and stays on the balcony afterwards. During the attempt to get Cavil to stop all of this and release Hera who he has taken hostage in CIC, Tigh offers him resurrection if he agrees to let Hera go and stop chasing humanity. After he agrees the Five combine together to send the plans for resurrection to The Colony and Tigh calms a nervous Tory by saying they forgive her sins when she gets worried about everyone seeing everyone else's memories. Tigh is shocked to discover that Tory murdered Cally and can only watch as Tyrol kills Tory in revenge. After ''Galactica'' jumps away, Tigh resumes his duties as XO and reports that ''Galactica'' suffered critical structural failures and "broke her back" and can't jump anymore. After landing on their new home planet that they name Earth, Tigh and Ellen say goodbye to Tyrol who plans to go off and live as a hermit and Tigh forgives him for killing Tory, saying he'd have done the same thing if someone had done that to Ellen. Tigh and Ellen rekindle their relationship and go off to spend the rest of their lives together. ([[Daybreak, Part II]])

== Attitudes toward humans ==
Col. Tigh is unabashedly pro-human and has stayed fiercely loyal to [[William Adama]] and the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] despite almost being killed by his son [[Lee Adama]] in a rage over his - from Lee's point of view - his lifelong deception of his father and the Fleet. He has faced such deadly hostility, but has persevered perhaps in part, if not in whole, because he shares such prejudice himself. This is including serving in the [[New Caprica Resistance|Resistance]] on [[New Caprica]] and having no compunction in blowing up Cylons and alleged collaborators alike. He was often the first to call for the execution of any Cylons found among them. He even killed his own wife [[Ellen Tigh]] for betraying the Resistance essentially under [[Samuel Anders]]' orders.

When he finds out he is a "[[skinjob]]" he is, of course, stunned. He has a waken nightmare of himself repeating the act of [[Sharon Valerii]] shooting Admiral Adama under programming. He pledges with the other three [[Final Five]] Cylons aboard ''Galactica'' to remain loyal and at their post, but if any of them including himself showed signs of working against the interest of the Fleet via hidden program, they should be killed or turned in. Since his discovery his loyalty has not wavered. Indeed he was disappointed in [[Tory Foster]]'s defection to the Cylons and [[Galen Tyrol]]'s wavering of who he should belong to. Sam Anders has a similar attitude as Tigh for being loyal to humanity but not as strong - or at least not stated as strongly.

Tigh has fully accepted his Cylon nature to the point he cohabitates with [[Caprica-Six]] who is carrying the couple's child. During the mutiny he is willing to die by the side of his best friend and commanding officer William Adama despite Adama's drunken attempts to bait Tigh into killing him only days earlier. He has said that mankind has a lot to answer for regarding the treatment of the Cylons before the [[Second Cylon War]] began, but he actually argues to Tyrol and particularly Tory Foster that it is by no means entirely the fault of humankind for their own destruction:<center><blockquote>''NO! Maybe we share the guilt with the humans but we don't get to just shove it off onto them".</blockquote></center>

Like Tyrol and Foster, he has no independent recollection of his life before Cavil killed him and implanted false memories, but he was, as related by Samuel Anders, one of the Five to stop the [[Cylon War|First Cylon War]] the [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Colonial Centurion Cylons]] were raging some 40 years before so his attitude may moderate, but probably won't change his pro-human outlook.

==Notes==
* Tigh is supposedly a third-generation Colonial soldier. His father was a decorated fighter pilot killed in combat and his grandfather served under President [[Mueller (president)|Mueller]]. Also, Tigh was a published military historian until personal problems became apparent ([[Miniseries]], [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)|deleted scene]]). However, given Tigh's recently-revealed Cylon nature, his family history may be a fabrication. Tigh's interest in military history has not been mentioned on screen after the Miniseries, although he mentions various Cylon tactics in use from the Cylon War that came to save ''Galactica'' after being boarded by [[Centurion (RDM)|Centurion]]s ([[Valley of Darkness]]).
* Tigh's first name has been given as "Paul" on a number of websites. This is initially based on an early [http://www.twiztv.com/scripts/battlestar/season1/galactica-ms1.pdf version of the script] '''(PDF file)''', which has Adama speaking to "Paul" in their discussion of his fight with Kara Thrace. In the [[podcast]] [[Podcast:Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down|commentary]] on the episode "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", [[Ronald D. Moore]] has indicated that the character's name initially was Paul Tigh. The name had to be changed due to legal issues that Moore was unable to recall in that podcast.
* Tigh is based on the character of Paul Eddington in the movie ''[[w:In Harm's Way|In Harm's Way]]'' portrayed by [[w:Kirk Douglas|Kirk Douglas]] (with [[w:John Wayne|John Wayne]]).
* Tigh's (albeit false) age is one of the only ones which can be accurately deduced. According to a [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 2 (RDM)#Valley of Darkness|deleted scene]] from "[[Valley of Darkness]]", he served on the ''[[Brenik]]'' when it was boarded during the second year of the Cylon War. Tigh says that he was "just a kid. Virgin. Teenager." It is known that [[Colonial Day (holiday)|Colonial Day]] is the anniversary of both the unification of the Colonies, and (roughly) the outbreak of the Cylon War<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080505053711/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]</ref>, and was 52 years ago ([[Colonial Day]]). Thus, Tigh is between 63 and 69 years old at the beginning of Season 2.
* In the DVD commentary of "[[Act of Contrition]]", Ron Moore notes that actor [[Michael Hogan]] won the role of Tigh over [[Donnelly Rhodes]], who was one of two other actors vying for the part. Rhodes went on to play the role of [[Cottle|Dr. Cottle]], ''Galactica'''s CMO.
* According to ''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Official Magazine]]'', Tigh's home colony is [[Aerilon]]. However, in "[[Dirty Hands]]", [[Cally Tyrol|Cally]] claims that virtually no officers in the Colonial Fleet are from poorer colonies. While this could be an exaggeration, her [[Galen Tyrol|husband]] brings up [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] as counter-example, but not Tigh.
*Tigh's Cylon identity may be alluded to as early as "[[Occupation]]": not only does he have only one eye at this point, but the Cylon "scanning eye" sound effect can be faintly heard as he looks toward the open door of his cell when Cavil enters to tell him that he has been released.
*In several interviews included on the Season 4.0 DVD, actor Michael Hogan cites fan polls that indicated Tigh was considered one of the least likely characters to be a Cylon. This would also seem to extend to the production crew, as a highlight of the 2006 Gag Reel shown at the San Diego Comic Con was a comedic segment suggesting that Tigh was the "13th Cylon".
*Despite being a Cylon and unlike the other members of the Final Five, Tigh doesn't really display Cylon abilities. This is likely from him not embracing his Cylon side like the others do to various extents: Tory shows Cylon strength and joins the Cylons on the baseship as well as connecting to the datastream in the final episode, Tyrol shows Cylon resilance, strength, the ability to tell Cylons apart, [[projection]] and is able to connect to the datastream, Anders is physicaly connected to the datastream and acts as a Hybrid as well as displaying a Cylon IFF signal when scanned by a Raider, while Ellen resurrects and acts like a Cylon in her new body, but the only time Tigh displays his Cylon abilities is when he connects to the datastream to transmit the Resurrection data.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{start box}}
{{succession box|before=''Unknown''|title=Executive Officer of the [[Valkyrie|battlestar]] ''[[Valkyrie]]''|after=''Unknown''}}
{{succession box|before=''Unknown''|title=Executive Officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=[[Karl Agathon]]}}
{{succession box|before=[[William Adama]]|title=Commanding Officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' (acting)|after=[[William Adama]]}}
{{succession box|before=[[Karl Agathon]]|title=Executive Officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''|after=''None<br><small>Ship destroyed</small>''}}
{{succession box|before=[[William Adama]]|title=Commanding Officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' (acting)|after=[[William Adama]]}}
{{end box}}

{{Characters}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tigh, Saul}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Characters (RDM)]]
[[Category:Main Characters (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

{{featured article candidate previous}}

[[de:Saul Tigh]]
[[fr:Saul Tigh]]
[[ms:Saul Tigh]]

History of the Twelve Colonies

2010-11-11T04:02:58Z

Zenoseiya: /* Exodus */

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

:''See also the [[Timeline (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series Timeline]] for an approximate chronology of the history of the Colonies and events in the [[Re-imagined Series]].''

{{RDM twelve colonies series}}
The '''history of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' stretches back nearly 4,000 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]], with much of its ancient history being shrouded in mystery and religious lore.

==Kobol==
[[image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|"Life here began out there"]]
During the service for the dead at the conclusion of the [[Miniseries]], [[William Adama]] states "Life here began out there,"<ref>This line is an homage to the [[Original Series]], where each episode began with a voiceover of this phrase.</ref> reminding the assembly that this was the first line of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], told to them by the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] uncounted centuries ago. Indeed, the humans of the Twelve Colonies originally lived on the planet [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the purported<ref>Given the repeated theme of [[w:eternal return|eternal return]] and [[Roslin]]'s claim in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming]] that the cycle of time had no beginning, it is possible that Kobol is not the true homeworld of humanity, but merely another settled planet in an eternal cycle of exodus and settlement</ref> homeworld of the human race.

Much of what is known about life on Kobol is gleamed from the Sacred Scrolls, which makes those accounts potentially unreliable. Purportedly, the thirteen tribes lived in an idyllic utopia with the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]], residing in at least one city, the [[City of the Gods]]. What the Scrolls do not tell is that the original twelve tribes of Kobol created the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a race of synthetic beings with the ability of [[resurrection|organic memory transfer]], allowing their bodies to die but their consciousnesses to download into a new body ([[No Exit]]).

==Exodus==
[[image:Pythia.jpg|thumb|The Book of Pythia]]
The [[Sacred Scrolls#The Book of Pythia|Book of Pythia]], recorded by the oracle [[Pythia]] on Kobol 3,600 years before the destruction of the Colonies, detailed the exile and rebirth of the human race ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). It is not known whether or not this book was a true prophecy predicting the destruction of the Twelve Colonies or a recitation of events on Kobol. Regardless, the book was written in the midst of great turmoil on Kobol.

The prophecy alludes to a "blaze" which descended on the thirteen tribes and against which the Lords of Kobol were powerless to intervene ([[Home, Part I]]).<ref>In a [http://web.archive.org/web/20061229165404/http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/mov/bsg_del_112_regret.mov scene] [[Deleted scenes|cut]] from the episode "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[Elosha]] states that the exodus from Kobol was precipitated when "one jealous god began to desire that he be elevated above all the other gods, and the war on Kobol began." In another [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/deleted1.html deleted scene] cut from the episode "[[Fragged]]," Roslin states that humanity wasn't "exiled" from Kobol, but that the Sacred Scrolls say that "there was some sort of battle among the Gods, and when it was over we ''chose'' to leave."</ref> The Thirteenth Tribe fled Kobol roughly 4,000 years before [[The Fall]], settling on a planet called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

[[Image:Gates of hera.jpg|thumb|left|The Gates of Hera]]
Approximately 2,000 years later, the remaining twelve tribes also left Kobol. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the populace of the tribes were taken in a "[[Galleon]]" (a spacecraft). [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], a Lord of Kobol, threw herself from the [[Gates of Hera]], to her death. The leaders of the tribes were [[Tomb of Athena|interred with her]], and [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]] warned the survivors that any return to Kobol "would exact a price in blood." After a journey through space, the refugees from Kobol founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Settlement==
After settling on their new homes, another cataclysm befell the Twelve Tribes. This resulted in the destruction of much of their knowledge base and sent the Colonies into a dark age <ref name=RDM1-30-05>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref><ref>On the real-world Earth, similar dark ages occurred after the falls of [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Rome]] and [[Wikipedia:Greek Dark Ages|Mycenaean Greece]], and lasted for centuries. It is possible that much of their technological knowledge of interstellar spaceflight was lost after the escape from Kobol. Over time, they rebuilt their technological base, and travel between the Colonies was commonplace for some time before the Cylon Attack.</ref>.

[[File:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early-model Cylon]] After their return to space, the Colonies established many observatories, listening posts, research stations and armories in their system. Inequity and war were common between the Colonies for most of this time period as each colony behaved more as sovereign nations. By the end of the strife, [[Sagittaron]] had been exploited for centuries ([[Bastille Day]]).

Various shifting alliances and attempts at unified government came out of these conflicts, which would later form the bedrock of the [[Articles of Colonization]], but it would still be some time before a practical Colonies-wide government was established <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080505053711/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).</ref>.

The Colonials also created robots, called [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], to do work which they found unpleasant, including industrial work and soldiers in their civil wars.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/>
<br clear="both" />

==The Cylon War==
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]''
[[File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Operation Raptor Talon]], the final battle of the Cylon War]]
Such was the extent to which the Colonies had invested their military power in the Cylons that when they chose to rebel against their masters, the Colonials found themselves well-matched. With their mastery of Colonial technology, the Cylons were able to infiltrate nearly all networked devices. The Colonials were forced to abandon networked computers and wireless devices in favor of more secure and durable technologies, able to withstand both Cylon infiltration and the powerful nuclear weapons used by the warring parties<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000013 RDM, January 19, 2005]).</ref>. Twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] built in the opening years of the war best exemplified these principles, including ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Miniseries]]). In response to the great threat posed by the Cylons, the Twelve Colonies formed a unified federal [[Government]] for the first time, at the beginning of the war ([[Colonial Day]]).

At its darkest hour, the Cylon War came very close to wiping out the Colonies.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> This outcome of the war likely developed, among other practices, the [[Case Orange]] contingency government succession protocol as well as the re-buildup of the Colonial Fleet in the Federal Era.

==Armistice==
[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Armistice Station]]
After the Cylon War ended, a long and bloody struggle of approximately 12 years, an armistice was declared, and the Cylons departed for a [[Cylon homeworld|world of their own]]. The Colonials established a neutral meeting place, [[Armistice Station]], and made diplomatic overtures for Cylons and Colonials to meet annually. However, these overtures were continually ignored.

After the war, the military went through a Reduction in Force, resulting in the discharge of many of the war's veterans.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

==Federal Era==
While the Cylon War had a lasting effect on the government of the Twelve Colonies, the population as a whole, much of it born after the war, had relegated it to a historical note in textbooks (much as real-world Earth citizens regard their Second World War). The now-united government continued to maintain a large standing military, which, forty years after the war, had grown to include 120 battlestars ([[Miniseries]]), most apparently more advanced than those of the original battlestar class ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). This buildup apparently began about twenty years after the war, around the time [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] rejoined the military ("[[Scattered]]" and its [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_FULL.mp3 podcast]).

With their military assets now concentrated in a central government under the [[Articles of Colonization]] ([[Epiphanies|with Caprica City as the capital]]), the new government of the Twelve Colonies was able to maintain peace among its members ([[Water]]). Now presumably free of the Cylon threat, technologies which could not be used during the war were redeployed throughout the fleet, increasing its effectiveness against more mundane opponents ([[Miniseries]]).

This new era of federalism was not without considerable opposition. Dissidents on Sagittaron lead by [[Tom Zarek]] took arms against the government ([[Bastille Day]]), supplied by arms dealers like [[Leoben Conoy#Ragnar Anchorage Copy|Leoben Conoy]].<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> Regardless of these localized attempts at insurrection, on the whole the Twelve Colonies faced no major military threats, with the loss of contact with the Cylons. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]'s standing numbers were actually kept disproportionately high relative to their common uses, in fear that one day the Cylons might return. Day-to-day work for the Fleet consisted of handling the small-scale brush fire attempts at rebellion such as on Sagittaron, but these were all light peacekeeping actions rather than actual fighting. Prior to the Cylon attack, none of ''Galactica's'' younger-generation crew had ever seen any real combat.

==Fall of the Twelve Colonies==
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]''
[[Image:Nukes in Miniseries.jpg|left|thumb|The destruction of Caprica]]
The arrogance of the Colonials in re-equipping their military with technologies vulnerable to Cylon interference proved to be their undoing. Forty years after the first Cylon War, [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon infiltrators]] subverted Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]], allowing an advanced Cylon armada to destroy the Colonial fleet with impunity.

The attack resulted in the nuclear bombardment and occupation of the Colonies and the enslavement of most of the few isolated survivors in a series of [[Farms]]. Altogether, less than one hundred ships (mostly civilian) survived the attack, including only two battlestars - the nearly obsolete ''[[Galactica]]'' and the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. The survivors abandoned the Colonies and formed a [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] in search of the thirteenth colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where they hope to find refuge. However, Earth turned out to be a nuclear wasteland.

==Settlement of the new Earth==
[[File:Earth (RDM).jpg|right|thumb|Earth, the final settlement of the Twelve Colonies]]
Despite the discovery that Earth could not sustain human life, the Colonial fleet soon found another inhabitable planet, which they christened [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]] in a symbolic homage to the original planet. They discovered that, despite the impossibly small odds, another group of primitive humans had naturally evolved on the planet.

In a collective decision, the survivors chose to surrender their technology by sending their fleet into the Sun; they then dispersed in groups across the planet. Though some cultural memes of the Colonies survived, such as belief in the Lords of Kobol in the form of the [[w:Classical mythology|Greco-Roman pantheon]], maintaining the history of humanity proved impossible without technology. By the time an advanced society reemerged on the planet nearly 150,000 years after settlement, the knowledge of Kobol and her Twelve Colonies had been lost.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial History]]
[[Category:Colonial History (RDM)]]
[[Category:Colonial Society]]
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

{{featured article}}

[[zh:拾贰殖民地的历史]]
[[de:Geschichte der Zwölf Kolonien]]

History of the Twelve Colonies

2010-11-11T03:53:38Z

Zenoseiya: /* The Cylon War */

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

:''See also the [[Timeline (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series Timeline]] for an approximate chronology of the history of the Colonies and events in the [[Re-imagined Series]].''

{{RDM twelve colonies series}}
The '''history of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' stretches back nearly 4,000 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]], with much of its ancient history being shrouded in mystery and religious lore.

==Kobol==
[[image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|"Life here began out there"]]
During the service for the dead at the conclusion of the [[Miniseries]], [[William Adama]] states "Life here began out there,"<ref>This line is an homage to the [[Original Series]], where each episode began with a voiceover of this phrase.</ref> reminding the assembly that this was the first line of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], told to them by the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] uncounted centuries ago. Indeed, the humans of the Twelve Colonies originally lived on the planet [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the purported<ref>Given the repeated theme of [[w:eternal return|eternal return]] and [[Roslin]]'s claim in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming]] that the cycle of time had no beginning, it is possible that Kobol is not the true homeworld of humanity, but merely another settled planet in an eternal cycle of exodus and settlement</ref> homeworld of the human race.

Much of what is known about life on Kobol is gleamed from the Sacred Scrolls, which makes those accounts potentially unreliable. Purportedly, the thirteen tribes lived in an idyllic utopia with the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]], residing in at least one city, the [[City of the Gods]]. What the Scrolls do not tell is that the original twelve tribes of Kobol created the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a race of synthetic beings with the ability of [[resurrection|organic memory transfer]], allowing their bodies to die but their consciousnesses to download into a new body ([[No Exit]]).

==Exodus==
[[image:Pythia.jpg|thumb|The Book of Pythia]]
The [[Sacred Scrolls#The Book of Pythia|Book of Pythia]], recorded by the oracle [[Pythia]] on Kobol 3,600 years before the destruction of the Colonies, detailed the exile and rebirth of the human race ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). It is not known whether or not this book was a true prophecy predicting the destruction of the Twelve Colonies or a recitation of events on Kobol. Regardless, the book was written in the midst of great turmoil on Kobol.

The prophecy alludes to a "blaze" which descended on the thirteen tribes and against which the Lords of Kobol were powerless to intervene ([[Home, Part I]]).<ref>In a [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/mov/bsg_del_112_regret.mov scene] [[Deleted scenes|cut]] from the episode "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[Elosha]] states that the exodus from Kobol was precipitated when "one jealous god began to desire that he be elevated above all the other gods, and the war on Kobol began." In another [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/deleted1.html deleted scene] cut from the episode "[[Fragged]]," Roslin states that humanity wasn't "exiled" from Kobol, but that the Sacred Scrolls say that "there was some sort of battle among the Gods, and when it was over we ''chose'' to leave."</ref> The Thirteenth Tribe fled Kobol roughly 4,000 years before [[The Fall]], settling on a planet called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

[[Image:Gates of hera.jpg|thumb|left|The Gates of Hera]]
Approximately 2,000 years later, the remaining twelve tribes also left Kobol. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the populace of the tribes were taken in a "[[Galleon]]" (a spacecraft). [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], a Lord of Kobol, threw herself from the [[Gates of Hera]], to her death. The leaders of the tribes were [[Tomb of Athena|interred with her]], and [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]] warned the survivors that any return to Kobol "would exact a price in blood." After a journey through space, the refugees from Kobol founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Settlement==
After settling on their new homes, another cataclysm befell the Twelve Tribes. This resulted in the destruction of much of their knowledge base and sent the Colonies into a dark age <ref name=RDM1-30-05>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref><ref>On the real-world Earth, similar dark ages occurred after the falls of [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Rome]] and [[Wikipedia:Greek Dark Ages|Mycenaean Greece]], and lasted for centuries. It is possible that much of their technological knowledge of interstellar spaceflight was lost after the escape from Kobol. Over time, they rebuilt their technological base, and travel between the Colonies was commonplace for some time before the Cylon Attack.</ref>.

[[File:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early-model Cylon]] After their return to space, the Colonies established many observatories, listening posts, research stations and armories in their system. Inequity and war were common between the Colonies for most of this time period as each colony behaved more as sovereign nations. By the end of the strife, [[Sagittaron]] had been exploited for centuries ([[Bastille Day]]).

Various shifting alliances and attempts at unified government came out of these conflicts, which would later form the bedrock of the [[Articles of Colonization]], but it would still be some time before a practical Colonies-wide government was established <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080505053711/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).</ref>.

The Colonials also created robots, called [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], to do work which they found unpleasant, including industrial work and soldiers in their civil wars.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/>
<br clear="both" />

==The Cylon War==
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]''
[[File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Operation Raptor Talon]], the final battle of the Cylon War]]
Such was the extent to which the Colonies had invested their military power in the Cylons that when they chose to rebel against their masters, the Colonials found themselves well-matched. With their mastery of Colonial technology, the Cylons were able to infiltrate nearly all networked devices. The Colonials were forced to abandon networked computers and wireless devices in favor of more secure and durable technologies, able to withstand both Cylon infiltration and the powerful nuclear weapons used by the warring parties<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000013 RDM, January 19, 2005]).</ref>. Twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] built in the opening years of the war best exemplified these principles, including ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Miniseries]]). In response to the great threat posed by the Cylons, the Twelve Colonies formed a unified federal [[Government]] for the first time, at the beginning of the war ([[Colonial Day]]).

At its darkest hour, the Cylon War came very close to wiping out the Colonies.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> This outcome of the war likely developed, among other practices, the [[Case Orange]] contingency government succession protocol as well as the re-buildup of the Colonial Fleet in the Federal Era.

==Armistice==
[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Armistice Station]]
After the Cylon War ended, a long and bloody struggle of approximately 12 years, an armistice was declared, and the Cylons departed for a [[Cylon homeworld|world of their own]]. The Colonials established a neutral meeting place, [[Armistice Station]], and made diplomatic overtures for Cylons and Colonials to meet annually. However, these overtures were continually ignored.

After the war, the military went through a Reduction in Force, resulting in the discharge of many of the war's veterans.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

==Federal Era==
While the Cylon War had a lasting effect on the government of the Twelve Colonies, the population as a whole, much of it born after the war, had relegated it to a historical note in textbooks (much as real-world Earth citizens regard their Second World War). The now-united government continued to maintain a large standing military, which, forty years after the war, had grown to include 120 battlestars ([[Miniseries]]), most apparently more advanced than those of the original battlestar class ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). This buildup apparently began about twenty years after the war, around the time [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] rejoined the military ("[[Scattered]]" and its [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_FULL.mp3 podcast]).

With their military assets now concentrated in a central government under the [[Articles of Colonization]] ([[Epiphanies|with Caprica City as the capital]]), the new government of the Twelve Colonies was able to maintain peace among its members ([[Water]]). Now presumably free of the Cylon threat, technologies which could not be used during the war were redeployed throughout the fleet, increasing its effectiveness against more mundane opponents ([[Miniseries]]).

This new era of federalism was not without considerable opposition. Dissidents on Sagittaron lead by [[Tom Zarek]] took arms against the government ([[Bastille Day]]), supplied by arms dealers like [[Leoben Conoy#Ragnar Anchorage Copy|Leoben Conoy]].<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> Regardless of these localized attempts at insurrection, on the whole the Twelve Colonies faced no major military threats, with the loss of contact with the Cylons. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]'s standing numbers were actually kept disproportionately high relative to their common uses, in fear that one day the Cylons might return. Day-to-day work for the Fleet consisted of handling the small-scale brush fire attempts at rebellion such as on Sagittaron, but these were all light peacekeeping actions rather than actual fighting. Prior to the Cylon attack, none of ''Galactica's'' younger-generation crew had ever seen any real combat.

==Fall of the Twelve Colonies==
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]''
[[Image:Nukes in Miniseries.jpg|left|thumb|The destruction of Caprica]]
The arrogance of the Colonials in re-equipping their military with technologies vulnerable to Cylon interference proved to be their undoing. Forty years after the first Cylon War, [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon infiltrators]] subverted Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]], allowing an advanced Cylon armada to destroy the Colonial fleet with impunity.

The attack resulted in the nuclear bombardment and occupation of the Colonies and the enslavement of most of the few isolated survivors in a series of [[Farms]]. Altogether, less than one hundred ships (mostly civilian) survived the attack, including only two battlestars - the nearly obsolete ''[[Galactica]]'' and the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. The survivors abandoned the Colonies and formed a [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] in search of the thirteenth colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where they hope to find refuge. However, Earth turned out to be a nuclear wasteland.

==Settlement of the new Earth==
[[File:Earth (RDM).jpg|right|thumb|Earth, the final settlement of the Twelve Colonies]]
Despite the discovery that Earth could not sustain human life, the Colonial fleet soon found another inhabitable planet, which they christened [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]] in a symbolic homage to the original planet. They discovered that, despite the impossibly small odds, another group of primitive humans had naturally evolved on the planet.

In a collective decision, the survivors chose to surrender their technology by sending their fleet into the Sun; they then dispersed in groups across the planet. Though some cultural memes of the Colonies survived, such as belief in the Lords of Kobol in the form of the [[w:Classical mythology|Greco-Roman pantheon]], maintaining the history of humanity proved impossible without technology. By the time an advanced society reemerged on the planet nearly 150,000 years after settlement, the knowledge of Kobol and her Twelve Colonies had been lost.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial History]]
[[Category:Colonial History (RDM)]]
[[Category:Colonial Society]]
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

{{featured article}}

[[zh:拾贰殖民地的历史]]
[[de:Geschichte der Zwölf Kolonien]]

History of the Twelve Colonies

2010-11-11T03:53:06Z

Zenoseiya: /* Settlement */

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

:''See also the [[Timeline (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series Timeline]] for an approximate chronology of the history of the Colonies and events in the [[Re-imagined Series]].''

{{RDM twelve colonies series}}
The '''history of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' stretches back nearly 4,000 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]], with much of its ancient history being shrouded in mystery and religious lore.

==Kobol==
[[image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|"Life here began out there"]]
During the service for the dead at the conclusion of the [[Miniseries]], [[William Adama]] states "Life here began out there,"<ref>This line is an homage to the [[Original Series]], where each episode began with a voiceover of this phrase.</ref> reminding the assembly that this was the first line of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], told to them by the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] uncounted centuries ago. Indeed, the humans of the Twelve Colonies originally lived on the planet [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the purported<ref>Given the repeated theme of [[w:eternal return|eternal return]] and [[Roslin]]'s claim in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming]] that the cycle of time had no beginning, it is possible that Kobol is not the true homeworld of humanity, but merely another settled planet in an eternal cycle of exodus and settlement</ref> homeworld of the human race.

Much of what is known about life on Kobol is gleamed from the Sacred Scrolls, which makes those accounts potentially unreliable. Purportedly, the thirteen tribes lived in an idyllic utopia with the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]], residing in at least one city, the [[City of the Gods]]. What the Scrolls do not tell is that the original twelve tribes of Kobol created the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a race of synthetic beings with the ability of [[resurrection|organic memory transfer]], allowing their bodies to die but their consciousnesses to download into a new body ([[No Exit]]).

==Exodus==
[[image:Pythia.jpg|thumb|The Book of Pythia]]
The [[Sacred Scrolls#The Book of Pythia|Book of Pythia]], recorded by the oracle [[Pythia]] on Kobol 3,600 years before the destruction of the Colonies, detailed the exile and rebirth of the human race ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). It is not known whether or not this book was a true prophecy predicting the destruction of the Twelve Colonies or a recitation of events on Kobol. Regardless, the book was written in the midst of great turmoil on Kobol.

The prophecy alludes to a "blaze" which descended on the thirteen tribes and against which the Lords of Kobol were powerless to intervene ([[Home, Part I]]).<ref>In a [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/mov/bsg_del_112_regret.mov scene] [[Deleted scenes|cut]] from the episode "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[Elosha]] states that the exodus from Kobol was precipitated when "one jealous god began to desire that he be elevated above all the other gods, and the war on Kobol began." In another [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/deleted1.html deleted scene] cut from the episode "[[Fragged]]," Roslin states that humanity wasn't "exiled" from Kobol, but that the Sacred Scrolls say that "there was some sort of battle among the Gods, and when it was over we ''chose'' to leave."</ref> The Thirteenth Tribe fled Kobol roughly 4,000 years before [[The Fall]], settling on a planet called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

[[Image:Gates of hera.jpg|thumb|left|The Gates of Hera]]
Approximately 2,000 years later, the remaining twelve tribes also left Kobol. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the populace of the tribes were taken in a "[[Galleon]]" (a spacecraft). [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], a Lord of Kobol, threw herself from the [[Gates of Hera]], to her death. The leaders of the tribes were [[Tomb of Athena|interred with her]], and [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]] warned the survivors that any return to Kobol "would exact a price in blood." After a journey through space, the refugees from Kobol founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Settlement==
After settling on their new homes, another cataclysm befell the Twelve Tribes. This resulted in the destruction of much of their knowledge base and sent the Colonies into a dark age <ref name=RDM1-30-05>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref><ref>On the real-world Earth, similar dark ages occurred after the falls of [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Rome]] and [[Wikipedia:Greek Dark Ages|Mycenaean Greece]], and lasted for centuries. It is possible that much of their technological knowledge of interstellar spaceflight was lost after the escape from Kobol. Over time, they rebuilt their technological base, and travel between the Colonies was commonplace for some time before the Cylon Attack.</ref>.

[[File:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early-model Cylon]] After their return to space, the Colonies established many observatories, listening posts, research stations and armories in their system. Inequity and war were common between the Colonies for most of this time period as each colony behaved more as sovereign nations. By the end of the strife, [[Sagittaron]] had been exploited for centuries ([[Bastille Day]]).

Various shifting alliances and attempts at unified government came out of these conflicts, which would later form the bedrock of the [[Articles of Colonization]], but it would still be some time before a practical Colonies-wide government was established <ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080505053711/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).</ref>.

The Colonials also created robots, called [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], to do work which they found unpleasant, including industrial work and soldiers in their civil wars.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/>
<br clear="both" />

==The Cylon War==
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]''
[[File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Operation Raptor Talon]], the final battle of the Cylon War]]
Such was the extent to which the Colonies had invested their military power in the Cylons that when they chose to rebel against their masters, the Colonials found themselves well-matched. With their mastery of Colonial technology, the Cylons were able to infiltrate nearly all networked devices. The Colonials were forced to abandon networked computers and wireless devices in favor of more secure and durable technologies, able to withstand both Cylon infiltration and the powerful nuclear weapons used by the warring parties<ref>[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000013 RDM, January 19, 2005]).</ref>. Twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] built in the opening years of the war best exemplified these principles, including ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Miniseries]]). In response to the great threat posed by the Cylons, the Twelve Colonies formed a unified federal [[Government]] for the first time, at the beginning of the war ([[Colonial Day]]).

At its darkest hour, the Cylon War came very close to wiping out the Colonies.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> This outcome of the war likely developed, among other practices, the [[Case Orange]] contingency government succession protocol as well as the re-buildup of the Colonial Fleet in the Federal Era.

==Armistice==
[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Armistice Station]]
After the Cylon War ended, a long and bloody struggle of approximately 12 years, an armistice was declared, and the Cylons departed for a [[Cylon homeworld|world of their own]]. The Colonials established a neutral meeting place, [[Armistice Station]], and made diplomatic overtures for Cylons and Colonials to meet annually. However, these overtures were continually ignored.

After the war, the military went through a Reduction in Force, resulting in the discharge of many of the war's veterans.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

==Federal Era==
While the Cylon War had a lasting effect on the government of the Twelve Colonies, the population as a whole, much of it born after the war, had relegated it to a historical note in textbooks (much as real-world Earth citizens regard their Second World War). The now-united government continued to maintain a large standing military, which, forty years after the war, had grown to include 120 battlestars ([[Miniseries]]), most apparently more advanced than those of the original battlestar class ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). This buildup apparently began about twenty years after the war, around the time [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] rejoined the military ("[[Scattered]]" and its [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_FULL.mp3 podcast]).

With their military assets now concentrated in a central government under the [[Articles of Colonization]] ([[Epiphanies|with Caprica City as the capital]]), the new government of the Twelve Colonies was able to maintain peace among its members ([[Water]]). Now presumably free of the Cylon threat, technologies which could not be used during the war were redeployed throughout the fleet, increasing its effectiveness against more mundane opponents ([[Miniseries]]).

This new era of federalism was not without considerable opposition. Dissidents on Sagittaron lead by [[Tom Zarek]] took arms against the government ([[Bastille Day]]), supplied by arms dealers like [[Leoben Conoy#Ragnar Anchorage Copy|Leoben Conoy]].<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> Regardless of these localized attempts at insurrection, on the whole the Twelve Colonies faced no major military threats, with the loss of contact with the Cylons. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]'s standing numbers were actually kept disproportionately high relative to their common uses, in fear that one day the Cylons might return. Day-to-day work for the Fleet consisted of handling the small-scale brush fire attempts at rebellion such as on Sagittaron, but these were all light peacekeeping actions rather than actual fighting. Prior to the Cylon attack, none of ''Galactica's'' younger-generation crew had ever seen any real combat.

==Fall of the Twelve Colonies==
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]''
[[Image:Nukes in Miniseries.jpg|left|thumb|The destruction of Caprica]]
The arrogance of the Colonials in re-equipping their military with technologies vulnerable to Cylon interference proved to be their undoing. Forty years after the first Cylon War, [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon infiltrators]] subverted Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]], allowing an advanced Cylon armada to destroy the Colonial fleet with impunity.

The attack resulted in the nuclear bombardment and occupation of the Colonies and the enslavement of most of the few isolated survivors in a series of [[Farms]]. Altogether, less than one hundred ships (mostly civilian) survived the attack, including only two battlestars - the nearly obsolete ''[[Galactica]]'' and the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. The survivors abandoned the Colonies and formed a [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] in search of the thirteenth colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where they hope to find refuge. However, Earth turned out to be a nuclear wasteland.

==Settlement of the new Earth==
[[File:Earth (RDM).jpg|right|thumb|Earth, the final settlement of the Twelve Colonies]]
Despite the discovery that Earth could not sustain human life, the Colonial fleet soon found another inhabitable planet, which they christened [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]] in a symbolic homage to the original planet. They discovered that, despite the impossibly small odds, another group of primitive humans had naturally evolved on the planet.

In a collective decision, the survivors chose to surrender their technology by sending their fleet into the Sun; they then dispersed in groups across the planet. Though some cultural memes of the Colonies survived, such as belief in the Lords of Kobol in the form of the [[w:Classical mythology|Greco-Roman pantheon]], maintaining the history of humanity proved impossible without technology. By the time an advanced society reemerged on the planet nearly 150,000 years after settlement, the knowledge of Kobol and her Twelve Colonies had been lost.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial History]]
[[Category:Colonial History (RDM)]]
[[Category:Colonial Society]]
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

{{featured article}}

[[zh:拾贰殖民地的历史]]
[[de:Geschichte der Zwölf Kolonien]]

History of the Twelve Colonies

2010-11-11T03:51:26Z

Zenoseiya: /* Settlement */

:''This article discusses an aspect of the [[Re-imagined Series]] version of the Twelve Colonies. For information on the [[Original Series]] version, see [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)]].''

:''See also the [[Timeline (RDM)|Re-Imagined Series Timeline]] for an approximate chronology of the history of the Colonies and events in the [[Re-imagined Series]].''

{{RDM twelve colonies series}}
The '''history of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol''' stretches back nearly 4,000 years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destruction of the Colonies]], with much of its ancient history being shrouded in mystery and religious lore.

==Kobol==
[[image:Lagoonnebula.jpg|thumb|right|"Life here began out there"]]
During the service for the dead at the conclusion of the [[Miniseries]], [[William Adama]] states "Life here began out there,"<ref>This line is an homage to the [[Original Series]], where each episode began with a voiceover of this phrase.</ref> reminding the assembly that this was the first line of the [[Sacred Scrolls]], told to them by the [[Religion in the Twelve Colonies#The Lords of Kobol|Lords of Kobol]] uncounted centuries ago. Indeed, the humans of the Twelve Colonies originally lived on the planet [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], the purported<ref>Given the repeated theme of [[w:eternal return|eternal return]] and [[Roslin]]'s claim in [[Kobol's Last Gleaming]] that the cycle of time had no beginning, it is possible that Kobol is not the true homeworld of humanity, but merely another settled planet in an eternal cycle of exodus and settlement</ref> homeworld of the human race.

Much of what is known about life on Kobol is gleamed from the Sacred Scrolls, which makes those accounts potentially unreliable. Purportedly, the thirteen tribes lived in an idyllic utopia with the [[Lords of Kobol (RDM)|Lords of Kobol]], residing in at least one city, the [[City of the Gods]]. What the Scrolls do not tell is that the original twelve tribes of Kobol created the [[Thirteenth Tribe (RDM)|Thirteenth Tribe]], a race of synthetic beings with the ability of [[resurrection|organic memory transfer]], allowing their bodies to die but their consciousnesses to download into a new body ([[No Exit]]).

==Exodus==
[[image:Pythia.jpg|thumb|The Book of Pythia]]
The [[Sacred Scrolls#The Book of Pythia|Book of Pythia]], recorded by the oracle [[Pythia]] on Kobol 3,600 years before the destruction of the Colonies, detailed the exile and rebirth of the human race ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]). It is not known whether or not this book was a true prophecy predicting the destruction of the Twelve Colonies or a recitation of events on Kobol. Regardless, the book was written in the midst of great turmoil on Kobol.

The prophecy alludes to a "blaze" which descended on the thirteen tribes and against which the Lords of Kobol were powerless to intervene ([[Home, Part I]]).<ref>In a [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/mov/bsg_del_112_regret.mov scene] [[Deleted scenes|cut]] from the episode "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[Elosha]] states that the exodus from Kobol was precipitated when "one jealous god began to desire that he be elevated above all the other gods, and the war on Kobol began." In another [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season02/203/deleted1.html deleted scene] cut from the episode "[[Fragged]]," Roslin states that humanity wasn't "exiled" from Kobol, but that the Sacred Scrolls say that "there was some sort of battle among the Gods, and when it was over we ''chose'' to leave."</ref> The Thirteenth Tribe fled Kobol roughly 4,000 years before [[The Fall]], settling on a planet called [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]].

[[Image:Gates of hera.jpg|thumb|left|The Gates of Hera]]
Approximately 2,000 years later, the remaining twelve tribes also left Kobol. According to the Sacred Scrolls, the populace of the tribes were taken in a "[[Galleon]]" (a spacecraft). [[Athena, Lord of Kobol|Athena]], a Lord of Kobol, threw herself from the [[Gates of Hera]], to her death. The leaders of the tribes were [[Tomb of Athena|interred with her]], and [[Zeus, Lord of Kobol|Zeus]] warned the survivors that any return to Kobol "would exact a price in blood." After a journey through space, the refugees from Kobol founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Settlement==
After settling on their new homes, another cataclysm befell the Twelve Tribes. This resulted in the destruction of much of their knowledge base and sent the Colonies into a dark age <ref name=RDM1-30-05>[http://web.archive.org/web/20080612011929/http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000016 RDM, January 30, 2005]).</ref><ref>On the real-world Earth, similar dark ages occurred after the falls of [[Wikipedia:Dark Ages|Rome]] and [[Wikipedia:Greek Dark Ages|Mycenaean Greece]], and lasted for centuries. It is possible that much of their technological knowledge of interstellar spaceflight was lost after the escape from Kobol. Over time, they rebuilt their technological base, and travel between the Colonies was commonplace for some time before the Cylon Attack.</ref>.

[[File:Cent 005.jpg|thumb|left|150px|An early-model Cylon]] After their return to space, the Colonies established many observatories, listening posts, research stations and armories in their system. Inequity and war were common between the Colonies for most of this time period as each colony behaved more as sovereign nations. By the end of the strife, [[Sagittaron]] had been exploited for centuries ([[Bastille Day]]).

Various shifting alliances and attempts at unified government came out of these conflicts, which would later form the bedrock of the [[Articles of Colonization]], but it would still be some time before a practical Colonies-wide government was established <ref>[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).</ref>.

The Colonials also created robots, called [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], to do work which they found unpleasant, including industrial work and soldiers in their civil wars.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/>
<br clear="both" />

==The Cylon War==
:''Main article: [[Cylon War]]''
[[File:Operation Raptor Talon.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Operation Raptor Talon]], the final battle of the Cylon War]]
Such was the extent to which the Colonies had invested their military power in the Cylons that when they chose to rebel against their masters, the Colonials found themselves well-matched. With their mastery of Colonial technology, the Cylons were able to infiltrate nearly all networked devices. The Colonials were forced to abandon networked computers and wireless devices in favor of more secure and durable technologies, able to withstand both Cylon infiltration and the powerful nuclear weapons used by the warring parties<ref>[http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/01/index.html#a000013 RDM, January 19, 2005]).</ref>. Twelve [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] built in the opening years of the war best exemplified these principles, including ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Miniseries]]). In response to the great threat posed by the Cylons, the Twelve Colonies formed a unified federal [[Government]] for the first time, at the beginning of the war ([[Colonial Day]]).

At its darkest hour, the Cylon War came very close to wiping out the Colonies.<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> This outcome of the war likely developed, among other practices, the [[Case Orange]] contingency government succession protocol as well as the re-buildup of the Colonial Fleet in the Federal Era.

==Armistice==
[[Image:Armistice Station.jpg|thumb|left|Armistice Station]]
After the Cylon War ended, a long and bloody struggle of approximately 12 years, an armistice was declared, and the Cylons departed for a [[Cylon homeworld|world of their own]]. The Colonials established a neutral meeting place, [[Armistice Station]], and made diplomatic overtures for Cylons and Colonials to meet annually. However, these overtures were continually ignored.

After the war, the military went through a Reduction in Force, resulting in the discharge of many of the war's veterans.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

==Federal Era==
While the Cylon War had a lasting effect on the government of the Twelve Colonies, the population as a whole, much of it born after the war, had relegated it to a historical note in textbooks (much as real-world Earth citizens regard their Second World War). The now-united government continued to maintain a large standing military, which, forty years after the war, had grown to include 120 battlestars ([[Miniseries]]), most apparently more advanced than those of the original battlestar class ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]). This buildup apparently began about twenty years after the war, around the time [[Saul Tigh]] and [[William Adama]] rejoined the military ("[[Scattered]]" and its [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/mp3/201/bsg_ep201_FULL.mp3 podcast]).

With their military assets now concentrated in a central government under the [[Articles of Colonization]] ([[Epiphanies|with Caprica City as the capital]]), the new government of the Twelve Colonies was able to maintain peace among its members ([[Water]]). Now presumably free of the Cylon threat, technologies which could not be used during the war were redeployed throughout the fleet, increasing its effectiveness against more mundane opponents ([[Miniseries]]).

This new era of federalism was not without considerable opposition. Dissidents on Sagittaron lead by [[Tom Zarek]] took arms against the government ([[Bastille Day]]), supplied by arms dealers like [[Leoben Conoy#Ragnar Anchorage Copy|Leoben Conoy]].<ref name=RDM1-30-05/> Regardless of these localized attempts at insurrection, on the whole the Twelve Colonies faced no major military threats, with the loss of contact with the Cylons. The [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]]'s standing numbers were actually kept disproportionately high relative to their common uses, in fear that one day the Cylons might return. Day-to-day work for the Fleet consisted of handling the small-scale brush fire attempts at rebellion such as on Sagittaron, but these were all light peacekeeping actions rather than actual fighting. Prior to the Cylon attack, none of ''Galactica's'' younger-generation crew had ever seen any real combat.

==Fall of the Twelve Colonies==
:''Main article: [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]''
[[Image:Nukes in Miniseries.jpg|left|thumb|The destruction of Caprica]]
The arrogance of the Colonials in re-equipping their military with technologies vulnerable to Cylon interference proved to be their undoing. Forty years after the first Cylon War, [[Humanoid Cylon|Cylon infiltrators]] subverted Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]]'s [[Command Navigation Program]], allowing an advanced Cylon armada to destroy the Colonial fleet with impunity.

The attack resulted in the nuclear bombardment and occupation of the Colonies and the enslavement of most of the few isolated survivors in a series of [[Farms]]. Altogether, less than one hundred ships (mostly civilian) survived the attack, including only two battlestars - the nearly obsolete ''[[Galactica]]'' and the [[Mercury class battlestar]] ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. The survivors abandoned the Colonies and formed a [[The Fleet (RDM)|fleet]] in search of the thirteenth colony, [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]], where they hope to find refuge. However, Earth turned out to be a nuclear wasteland.

==Settlement of the new Earth==
[[File:Earth (RDM).jpg|right|thumb|Earth, the final settlement of the Twelve Colonies]]
Despite the discovery that Earth could not sustain human life, the Colonial fleet soon found another inhabitable planet, which they christened [[Earth (RDM)#A New Earth|Earth]] in a symbolic homage to the original planet. They discovered that, despite the impossibly small odds, another group of primitive humans had naturally evolved on the planet.

In a collective decision, the survivors chose to surrender their technology by sending their fleet into the Sun; they then dispersed in groups across the planet. Though some cultural memes of the Colonies survived, such as belief in the Lords of Kobol in the form of the [[w:Classical mythology|Greco-Roman pantheon]], maintaining the history of humanity proved impossible without technology. By the time an advanced society reemerged on the planet nearly 150,000 years after settlement, the knowledge of Kobol and her Twelve Colonies had been lost.

==References==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Colonial]]
[[Category:Colonial History]]
[[Category:Colonial History (RDM)]]
[[Category:Colonial Society]]
[[Category:Colonial Society (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

{{featured article}}

[[zh:拾贰殖民地的历史]]
[[de:Geschichte der Zwölf Kolonien]]

Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game

2010-11-07T04:27:02Z

Zenoseiya: added link to errata

{{Book Data
| image = BSG RPG Cover.jpg
| title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
| series= Role Playing Guide
| bookno= 1
| episode=
| author=Jamie Chambers
| published=Margaret Weis Productions
| isbn=1931567557
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide]]
| next= ''None''
| itunes=
| amazon=1931567557
| amazon-uk=1931567557
}}

The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''[[w:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]''.

A [[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide|Quickstart Guide]] of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1|title=DriveThruRPG.com's product listing|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> , with the core product later the same month premiering at [[w:Gen Con|Gen Con]] 2007 in [[w:Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]]. The core book was made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com|title=Margaret Weis Productions' website|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

==Notes==
*SciFi.com's [[Wikipedia:Sci Fi Weekly|Sci Fi Weekly]] gave the game a rating of "A-" stating:

::"Ultimately, ''Galactica'' succeeds at doing what it set out to do: providing players with the tools to re-create the desperate flight of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] from their [[Cylons (RDM)|robotic enemies]]. The game isn't for everyone, but those who love role-playing and don't get hung up on the lethality of combat should love it."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070915061913/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw16936.html|title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game|date=11 September 2007|accessdate=1 October 2007|last=Newquist|first=Ken|format=|language=English}}</ref>


== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Twelve Colonies Map by hardbodies.jpg|The Twelve Colonies as described in the game.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div>

==External links==
*[http://cortexsystemrpg.org/index.php?topic=126.0 Battlestar Galactica - Official ERRATA Thread]
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game

2010-11-07T04:24:29Z

Zenoseiya: /* Notes */

{{Book Data
| image = BSG RPG Cover.jpg
| title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
| series= Role Playing Guide
| bookno= 1
| episode=
| author=Jamie Chambers
| published=Margaret Weis Productions
| isbn=1931567557
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide]]
| next= ''None''
| itunes=
| amazon=1931567557
| amazon-uk=1931567557
}}

The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''[[w:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]''.

A [[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide|Quickstart Guide]] of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1|title=DriveThruRPG.com's product listing|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> , with the core product later the same month premiering at [[w:Gen Con|Gen Con]] 2007 in [[w:Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]]. The core book was made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com|title=Margaret Weis Productions' website|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

==Notes==
*SciFi.com's [[Wikipedia:Sci Fi Weekly|Sci Fi Weekly]] gave the game a rating of "A-" stating:

::"Ultimately, ''Galactica'' succeeds at doing what it set out to do: providing players with the tools to re-create the desperate flight of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] from their [[Cylons (RDM)|robotic enemies]]. The game isn't for everyone, but those who love role-playing and don't get hung up on the lethality of combat should love it."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070915061913/http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw16936.html|title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game|date=11 September 2007|accessdate=1 October 2007|last=Newquist|first=Ken|format=|language=English}}</ref>


== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Twelve Colonies Map by hardbodies.jpg|The Twelve Colonies as described in the game.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div>
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game

2010-11-07T04:20:36Z

Zenoseiya: /* Notes */

{{Book Data
| image = BSG RPG Cover.jpg
| title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
| series= Role Playing Guide
| bookno= 1
| episode=
| author=Jamie Chambers
| published=Margaret Weis Productions
| isbn=1931567557
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide]]
| next= ''None''
| itunes=
| amazon=1931567557
| amazon-uk=1931567557
}}

The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''[[w:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]''.

A [[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide|Quickstart Guide]] of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1|title=DriveThruRPG.com's product listing|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> , with the core product later the same month premiering at [[w:Gen Con|Gen Con]] 2007 in [[w:Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]]. The core book was made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com|title=Margaret Weis Productions' website|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

==Notes==
*SciFi.com's [[Wikipedia:Sci Fi Weekly|Sci Fi Weekly]] gave the game a rating of "A-" stating:

::"Ultimately, ''Galactica'' succeeds at doing what it set out to do: providing players with the tools to re-create the desperate flight of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] from their [[Cylons (RDM)|robotic enemies]]. The game isn't for everyone, but those who love role-playing and don't get hung up on the lethality of combat should love it."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw16936.html|title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game|date=11 September 2007|accessdate=1 October 2007|last=Newquist|first=Ken|format=|language=English}}</ref>


== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Twelve Colonies Map by hardbodies.jpg|The Twelve Colonies as described in the game.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div>
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game

2010-11-07T04:19:07Z

Zenoseiya: removed dead link

{{Book Data
| image = BSG RPG Cover.jpg
| title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game
| series= Role Playing Guide
| bookno= 1
| episode=
| author=Jamie Chambers
| published=Margaret Weis Productions
| isbn=1931567557
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide]]
| next= ''None''
| itunes=
| amazon=1931567557
| amazon-uk=1931567557
}}

The '''Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game''' is a tabletop role-playing game based on the [[Re-imagined Series]] and published by [http://www.margaretweis.com/ Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd.]. The game is designed using the Cortex System, the rules engine created by MWP for their RPG based on [[w:Joss Whedon|Joss Whedon]]'s ''[[w:Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]'' TV series and its motion picture [[continuation]], ''[[w:Serenity (film)|Serenity]]''.

A [[Battlestar Galactica Quickstart Guide|Quickstart Guide]] of the game was released as a paid downloadable PDF in August 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=29552&it=1|title=DriveThruRPG.com's product listing|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> , with the core product later the same month premiering at [[w:Gen Con|Gen Con]] 2007 in [[w:Indianapolis, Indiana|Indianapolis]]. The core book was made available for wide release in September 2007<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.margaretweis.com|title=Margaret Weis Productions' website|date=2007-08-23|accessdate=2007-08-23|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

==Notes==
*SciFi.com's [[Wikipedia:Sci Fi Weekly|Sci Fi Weekly]] gave the game a rating of "A-" stating:

:"Ultimately, ''Galactica'' succeeds at doing what it set out to do: providing players with the tools to re-create the desperate flight of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] from their [[Cylons (RDM)|robotic enemies]]. The game isn't for everyone, but those who love role-playing and don't get hung up on the lethality of combat should love it."<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.scifi.com/sfw/games/sfw16936.html|title= Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game|date=11 September 2007|accessdate=1 October 2007|last=Newquist|first=Ken|format=|language=English}}</ref>


== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Twelve Colonies Map by hardbodies.jpg|The Twelve Colonies as described in the game.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size: 85%"><references/></div>
[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Merchandise]]
[[Category:RDM]]

Raider (2003 Video Game)

2010-05-13T16:06:41Z

Zenoseiya: /* Related Imagery */

:''This article is about the Cylon Raider as seen in the [[2003 Video Game]]. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}

{{Ship Data
| image= Raider video game.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| crew= 3 Cylons
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 laser weapons, conventional missiles
| status= Active
}}
The standard '''Raider''' is the primary fighter craft of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]. It is similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series Raider]].

Piloted by a single Cylon, it is armed with two forward-firing energy weapons. Several other Raider variants also exist in the video game continuity.

==Notes==

*This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Scy3.jpg|Concept art.
Image:Raider1.jpg|Composite render of the standard Raider.
Image:Battlestar_eliteraider.jpg|Composite render of the ''Raider Leader''.
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-22T15:22:02Z

Zenoseiya: /* Other craft */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower.
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor; combines the designs of the Original Series' Raider and the [[Raider (RDM)|Re-imagined Series' Raider]].
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening.

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-13T04:01:41Z

Zenoseiya: /* Raiders and variants */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower.
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor; combines the designs of the Original Series' Raider and the [[Raider (RDM)|Re-imagined Series' Raider]].
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening.

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Raider (RDM)

2010-03-13T02:45:54Z

Zenoseiya: /* Related Imagery */

:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] Raider fighter craft. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''

The '''Raider''' is the primary aerospace attack craft used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] against the peoples of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Modern Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Modern Raider
| image= Raider profile..jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= None (biomechanical being)
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s, conventional/nuclear missiles.
| length= 29.3 feet (8.94 meters)
| height= 4.97 feet (1.52 meters)
| wingspan= 18.3 feet (5.59 meters)
}}
The modern Raider, called '''sparrow''' in Colonial military jargon ([[Maelstrom]]), radically redesigned but still resembling its past incarnation as a giant flying wing, is first encountered 40 years after the [[Cylon War]], when the Cylons launch their devastating [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. During this attack, Raiders transmit commands to Colonial vessels utilizing the Command Navigation Program ([[CNP]]). Compromised prior to the attack, the CNP was programmed with backdoors that permitted the Cylons to cut the power of any ship carrying the program ([[Miniseries]]).

This incarnation of the Raider is initially thought to be wholly mechanical in design, with a high-level AI controlling it. However, from inspection of a damaged Raider forced down in a firefight and recovered by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Act of Contrition]]), the craft is found to be bio-mechanical in nature ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), incorporating a number of large organs in its design, including a central brain. In effect, a modern Raider is a creature in itself.

Though Raiders are self-aware, their intelligence level is less than that of a [[humanoid Cylon]] and more like a trained animal ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Nonetheless, they are capable of independent thought and action, and can refuse to follow orders if they choose ([[Six of One]]). Much like the humanoids, the bio-mechanical Raider's consciousness [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrects]] in a new "body" if it is destroyed. While this allows the Raider to "learn" from its previous mistakes and become a more proficient killing machine, it can cause Raiders to develop what can be described as a desire for revenge after repeated deaths ([[Scar]]). ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Viper pilots are regularly outnumbered and survive, indicating that Cylon Raiders are generally not matches for skilled human pilots.

The Raider is equipped with an [[FTL]] drive system ([[Miniseries]]). Following tests on the Raider captured by ''Galactica'', this FTL system is found to be far more efficient in jump calculations than Colonial FTL systems. The drive shows its accuracy when Lt. Thrace takes the Raider from a point somewhere near the vicinity of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] back to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in a single jump ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

It is armed with conventional and nuclear missiles carried in internal wing bays and two pairs of [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s of different calibers mounted under the leading edge of the wings. Curiously, the only times the Raiders have been seen using their missiles are during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Battle of The Colony]]. This may indicate that Raiders are not normally armed with missiles.

Like its counterpart, the Colonial [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]], the Raider is capable of atmospheric operations, and retains an aerodynamic shape ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], a Raider identifies one of the [[Final Five]] after their activation, causing all of them to refuse to fight further and forces the Cylons to retreat ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). [[Cavil]] (a [[Number One]]) concludes that the Raiders exceeded their programming, and to regain control over them the humanoid Cylons must reconfigure the Raiders' neural architecture and shave down their heuristic responses, essentially lobotomizing them and "dumbing them down." This decision leads to a violent [[Cylon Civil War|split]] among the Cylons ("[[Six of One]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

They participate in the [[Battle of The Colony]] and battle ''Galactica's'' Vipers. For the first time since the Miniseries, they use missiles and one manages to destroy one of ''Galactica's'' gun batteries in the battle.

==Cylon War-era Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Cylon War-era Raider
| image= Old Raider II.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Up to 3 [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
| role= Space superiority fighter, dropship
| weapons= 2 guns
| length=
| height=
| wingspan=
}}
The original Cylon Raider as seen during the Cylon War resembled a great flying wing.<ref>This fighter design is an homage to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]].</ref>

Deployed en masse by the original-configuration [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], Raiders were used to great effect against [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and were nearly a match in maneuverability against their opponent, the [[Viper Mark II]]. They were also used as drop-ships for deploying ground forces (as exemplified by the [[Battle of Tauron]]), and were capable of landing in a vertical fashion, much like the Colonial [[Raptor]] ("[[Razor]]", extended version).

Raiders, in combination with basestar missile salvos, destroyed the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' during [[Operation Raptor Talon]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).

This Raider model had a crew comprised of three Centurions. From the rear cockpit a Command-variant Centurion gave orders to two Cylons positioned at the front to pilot, navigate, and handle weapons.

40 years later, some of these Raiders are still in active service. ([[Razor]], "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

== Notes ==
*In an homage to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series Raider]], the weapons fire of the Re-imagined Series Cylon Raiders is blue-white. Given the use of conventional weaponry only in the series, these are probably muzzle flashes and tracer rounds, and not energy weapons like in the Original Series.
*As of "Razor", a [[:Image:Raider retcon.jpg|new exterior design]] is being used for the modern Raider. This version displays a more reflective outer armor, and has a flatter face with a sharper jaw line. Overall, this affords the Raider a closer resemblance to the Centurion foot-soldier. [http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=219]

== Related Imagery ==
*The concept drawings represent the interior of the modern Raider and emphasize the bio-mechanical nature of the craft. They are very close to the fully realized versions seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. However, there were several changes made and these drawings should not be considered completely canon.

<gallery>
Image:Raider head..jpg|Raider, fore ([[Miniseries]]).
Image:Raider, aft.jpg|Raider, aft ([[Razor]]).
Image:Raider nukes.jpg|Raider missiles (Miniseries).
Image:Baseship - Raiders - Raptor.jpg|Raiders docked within a baseship ([[Torn]]).
Image:bsg-raider-A.jpg|Raider on Galactica's hangar deck ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
Image:Old Raider.jpg|Damaged Raider (Razor).
Image:Old Raider landing.jpg|Raider functioning as a drop-ship (Razor).
Image:Old Raider inferior..jpg|Raider fires (Razor).
Image:Brain1.jpg|Internal workings.
Image:Brain3.jpg|The Brain.
Image:Brain4.jpg|Brain - Anterior view.
Image:Brain 2.jpg|Starbuck in brain cavity.
Image:CylonRaiderConcept5.jpg|Unused Raider concept by [[Chris Bell]].
Image:3cylons.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept, aft.
Image:Cylonprobe.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept, fore.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[es:Raider Cylon]]
[[de:Zylonischer Jäger (RDM)]]
<categorytree></categorytree>

Raider (RDM)

2010-03-13T02:44:36Z

Zenoseiya: /* Related Imagery */ added unused conceptual imagery

:''This article is about the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] Raider fighter craft. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''

The '''Raider''' is the primary aerospace attack craft used by the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] against the peoples of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]].

==Modern Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Modern Raider
| image= Raider profile..jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= None (biomechanical being)
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s, conventional/nuclear missiles.
| length= 29.3 feet (8.94 meters)
| height= 4.97 feet (1.52 meters)
| wingspan= 18.3 feet (5.59 meters)
}}
The modern Raider, called '''sparrow''' in Colonial military jargon ([[Maelstrom]]), radically redesigned but still resembling its past incarnation as a giant flying wing, is first encountered 40 years after the [[Cylon War]], when the Cylons launch their devastating [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|surprise attack]] on the [[Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. During this attack, Raiders transmit commands to Colonial vessels utilizing the Command Navigation Program ([[CNP]]). Compromised prior to the attack, the CNP was programmed with backdoors that permitted the Cylons to cut the power of any ship carrying the program ([[Miniseries]]).

This incarnation of the Raider is initially thought to be wholly mechanical in design, with a high-level AI controlling it. However, from inspection of a damaged Raider forced down in a firefight and recovered by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] ([[Act of Contrition]]), the craft is found to be bio-mechanical in nature ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]), incorporating a number of large organs in its design, including a central brain. In effect, a modern Raider is a creature in itself.

Though Raiders are self-aware, their intelligence level is less than that of a [[humanoid Cylon]] and more like a trained animal ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]). Nonetheless, they are capable of independent thought and action, and can refuse to follow orders if they choose ([[Six of One]]). Much like the humanoids, the bio-mechanical Raider's consciousness [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrects]] in a new "body" if it is destroyed. While this allows the Raider to "learn" from its previous mistakes and become a more proficient killing machine, it can cause Raiders to develop what can be described as a desire for revenge after repeated deaths ([[Scar]]). ''Galactica''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Viper pilots are regularly outnumbered and survive, indicating that Cylon Raiders are generally not matches for skilled human pilots.

The Raider is equipped with an [[FTL]] drive system ([[Miniseries]]). Following tests on the Raider captured by ''Galactica'', this FTL system is found to be far more efficient in jump calculations than Colonial FTL systems. The drive shows its accuracy when Lt. Thrace takes the Raider from a point somewhere near the vicinity of [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] back to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] in a single jump ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]).

It is armed with conventional and nuclear missiles carried in internal wing bays and two pairs of [[Weapons in the Re-imagined Series#Viper and Cylon Raider|kinetic energy weapon]]s of different calibers mounted under the leading edge of the wings. Curiously, the only times the Raiders have been seen using their missiles are during the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] and the [[Battle of The Colony]]. This may indicate that Raiders are not normally armed with missiles.

Like its counterpart, the Colonial [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]], the Raider is capable of atmospheric operations, and retains an aerodynamic shape ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).

During the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], a Raider identifies one of the [[Final Five]] after their activation, causing all of them to refuse to fight further and forces the Cylons to retreat ([[He That Believeth In Me]]). [[Cavil]] (a [[Number One]]) concludes that the Raiders exceeded their programming, and to regain control over them the humanoid Cylons must reconfigure the Raiders' neural architecture and shave down their heuristic responses, essentially lobotomizing them and "dumbing them down." This decision leads to a violent [[Cylon Civil War|split]] among the Cylons ("[[Six of One]]", "[[The Ties That Bind]]").

They participate in the [[Battle of The Colony]] and battle ''Galactica's'' Vipers. For the first time since the Miniseries, they use missiles and one manages to destroy one of ''Galactica's'' gun batteries in the battle.

==Cylon War-era Raider==
{{Ship Data
| title= Cylon War-era Raider
| image= Old Raider II.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Up to 3 [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Centurions]]
| role= Space superiority fighter, dropship
| weapons= 2 guns
| length=
| height=
| wingspan=
}}
The original Cylon Raider as seen during the Cylon War resembled a great flying wing.<ref>This fighter design is an homage to the [[Original Series]] version of the [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]].</ref>

Deployed en masse by the original-configuration [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]], Raiders were used to great effect against [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestars]] and were nearly a match in maneuverability against their opponent, the [[Viper Mark II]]. They were also used as drop-ships for deploying ground forces (as exemplified by the [[Battle of Tauron]]), and were capable of landing in a vertical fashion, much like the Colonial [[Raptor]] ("[[Razor]]", extended version).

Raiders, in combination with basestar missile salvos, destroyed the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' during [[Operation Raptor Talon]] ([[Razor Flashbacks]]).

This Raider model had a crew comprised of three Centurions. From the rear cockpit a Command-variant Centurion gave orders to two Cylons positioned at the front to pilot, navigate, and handle weapons.

40 years later, some of these Raiders are still in active service. ([[Razor]], "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

== Notes ==
*In an homage to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series Raider]], the weapons fire of the Re-imagined Series Cylon Raiders is blue-white. Given the use of conventional weaponry only in the series, these are probably muzzle flashes and tracer rounds, and not energy weapons like in the Original Series.
*As of "Razor", a [[:Image:Raider retcon.jpg|new exterior design]] is being used for the modern Raider. This version displays a more reflective outer armor, and has a flatter face with a sharper jaw line. Overall, this affords the Raider a closer resemblance to the Centurion foot-soldier. [http://www.modelermagic.com/?p=219]

== Related Imagery ==
*The concept drawings represent the interior of the modern Raider and emphasize the bio-mechanical nature of the craft. They are very close to the fully realized versions seen in the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]]. However, there were several changes made and these drawings should not be considered completely canon.

<gallery>
Image:Raider head..jpg|Raider, fore ([[Miniseries]]).
Image:Raider, aft.jpg|Raider, aft ([[Razor]]).
Image:Raider nukes.jpg|Raider missiles (Miniseries).
Image:Baseship - Raiders - Raptor.jpg|Raiders docked within a baseship ([[Torn]]).
Image:bsg-raider-A.jpg|Raider on Galactica's hangar deck ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).
Image:Old Raider.jpg|Damaged Raider (Razor).
Image:Old Raider landing.jpg|Raider functioning as a drop-ship (Razor).
Image:Old Raider inferior..jpg|Raider fires (Razor).
Image:Brain1.jpg|Internal workings.
Image:Brain3.jpg|The Brain.
Image:Brain4.jpg|Brain - Anterior view.
Image:Brain 2.jpg|Starbuck in brain cavity.
Image:CylonRaiderConcept5.jpg|Unused Raider concept by [[Chris Bell]].
Image:3cylons.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept.
Image:Cylonprobe.jpg|Render based on Chris Bell's concept.
</gallery>

== References ==
<div style="font-size:85%"><references/></div>

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[es:Raider Cylon]]
[[de:Zylonischer Jäger (RDM)]]
<categorytree></categorytree>

Cylon reconnaissance drone

2010-03-13T02:22:16Z

Zenoseiya:

: ''For other types of electronic drones, see: [[Drone]].''

[[Image:Bsg-cylon-recce.jpg|thumb|A possible Cylon Reconnaissance Drone and a Raider.]]
'''Reconnaissance drones''' (shortened in common parlance to ''recon drone'') are vehicles of potentially similar size and purpose to the Colonial [[Raptor]], but deployed by [[Cylon Basestar|basestars]].

The exterior appearance of the craft probably has not changed greatly over time since the [[Cylon War]], as a large number of them are easily identified by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] while reconnoitering the upper limits of the atmosphere of [[Ragnar]] while ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' re-arms herself at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]).

Similar vehicles are later seen by [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] as they attempt to approach and destroy a basestar in orbit over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

The precise capabilities of the drone are unknown. It is most likely not a general-purpose fighter craft or a troop transport, as those roles are fulfilled by the [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] and [[Heavy Raider]] respectively.

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[de:Zylonische Aufklärungsdrohne]]

Cylon reconnaissance drone

2010-03-13T02:21:21Z

Zenoseiya:

: ''For other types of electronic drones, see: [[Drone]].''

'''Reconnaissance drones''' (shortened in common parlance to ''recon drone'') are vehicles of potentially similar size and purpose to the Colonial [[Raptor]], but deployed by [[Cylon Basestar|basestars]].

The exterior appearance of the craft probably has not changed greatly over time since the [[Cylon War]], as a large number of them are easily identified by Lieutenant [[Kara Thrace]] while reconnoitering the upper limits of the atmosphere of [[Ragnar]] while ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'' re-arms herself at [[Ragnar Anchorage]] ([[Miniseries]]).

Similar vehicles are later seen by [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] and [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]] as they attempt to approach and destroy a basestar in orbit over [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).

The precise capabilities of the drone are unknown. It is most likely not a general-purpose fighter craft or a troop transport, as those roles are fulfilled by the [[Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] and [[Heavy Raider]] respectively.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Bsg-cylon-recce.jpg|A possible Cylon Reconnaissance Drone and a Raider.
</gallery>

{{Ships}}

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (RDM)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Cylon Military (RDM)]]
[[Category:Technology]]
[[Category:Technology (RDM)]]
[[Category:RDM]]

[[de:Zylonische Aufklärungsdrohne]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-13T00:59:02Z

Zenoseiya: /* Other craft */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower.
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor; combines the designs of the Original Series' Raider and the [[Raider (RDM)|Re-imagined Series' Raider]].
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Raider (2003 Video Game)

2010-03-13T00:46:03Z

Zenoseiya: /* Related Imagery */

:''This article is about the Cylon Raider as seen in the [[2003 Video Game]]. For other versions, see [[Cylon Raider]].''

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}

{{Ship Data
| image= Raider video game.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= No
| crew= 3 Cylons
| role= Space superiority fighter
| weapons= 2 laser weapons, conventional missiles
| status= Active
}}
The standard '''Raider''' is the primary fighter craft of the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]]. It is similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series Raider]].

Piloted by a single Cylon, it is armed with two forward-firing energy weapons. Several other Raider variants also exist in the video game continuity.

==Notes==

*This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:Scy3.jpg|Concept art.
Image:Raider1.jpg|Composite render of the standard Raider.
Image:Kevhayes-raideradv.gif|Composite render of the ''Raider Leader''.
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]

Galactica (SDS)

2010-03-12T22:08:54Z

Zenoseiya:

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}
[[Image:SDS Galactica bridge.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Galactica Bridge concept design by [[Guy Dyas]]]]
If the [[SDS|continuation]] project to revive the [[Original Series]] in 2001 had continued, the [[battlestar]] known as '''''Galactica''''' would have had looked much like its [[Galactica (TOS)|original design]], but with notably different interiors.

The proposed ''Galactica'' interiors never reached past the conceptual art stage for almost all of its parts. The flight pods of the battlestar would have reminded some science fiction fans of the busy, bustling hangars from the Death Star in ''Star Wars'', complete with many docked fighters, a pressurized deck where Warriors could stand, and weapon turrets to protect the interior from [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylon]] fighter attacks inside the structure.

The [[Core Command|bridge]], officer quarters, and corridors would have had an extensive redesign.

No exterior pictures or conceptual designs of this ''Galactica'' appear to exist, the closest we come to the Singer/DeSanto Galactica would be [[Galactica (2003 Video Game)|the design used in the 2003 Video Game]]

The corridors and many other mockups built for the proposed series were eventually destroyed.

==External Links==
*[http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/gallery/desanto_singer_2001/index.html Production artwork] obtained by the fan site "battlestar pegasus.com."
*[http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/DS-battlestar-01.html Singer/DeSanto Galactica page on Cylon.org]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category: Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Galactica (SDS)

2010-03-12T22:08:33Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}
[[Image:SDS Galactica bridge.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Galactica Bridge concept design by [[Guy Dyas]]]]
If the [[SDS|continuation]] project to revive the [[Original Series]] in 2001 had continued, the [[battlestar]] known as '''''Galactica''''' would have had looked much like its [[Galactica (TOS)|original design]], but with notably different interiors.

The proposed ''Galactica'' interiors never reached past the conceptual art stage for almost all of its parts. The flight pods of the battlestar would have reminded some science fiction fans of the busy, bustling hangars from the Death Star in ''Star Wars'', complete with many docked fighters, a pressurized deck where Warriors could stand, and weapon turrets to protect the interior from [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylon]] fighter attacks inside the structure.

The [[Core Command|bridge]], officer quarters, and corridors would have had an extensive redesign.

No exterior pictures or conceptual designs of this ''Galactica'' appear to exist, the closest we come to the Singer/DeSanto Galactica would be [[Battlestar Galactica (2003 Video Game)|the design used in the 2003 Video Game]]

The corridors and many other mockups built for the proposed series were eventually destroyed.

==External Links==
*[http://www.battlestarpegasus.com/gallery/desanto_singer_2001/index.html Production artwork] obtained by the fan site "battlestar pegasus.com."
*[http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/DS-battlestar-01.html Singer/DeSanto Galactica page on Cylon.org]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category: Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Mara

2010-03-12T22:08:10Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}

In the [[SDS|continuation]] series project concept, produced by [[Tom DeSanto]] and [[Bryan Singer]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]], tired of their space exodus, settle in an asteroid field. The new colony, [[New Caprica (SDS)|New Caprica]], is headed by a Council of Twelve lead by '''Mara''', the Colonial president.

The Council directs the outmoded battlestar ''[[Galactica (SDS)|Galactica]]'' to be decommissioned. President Mara attends the decommissioning ceremonies aboard the battlestar. Just as ''Galactica'' is powered down, a heavily advanced version of the [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylons]] return to attack the colony.

===Similarities===

In the [[Original Series]], the Colonial president, [[Adar (TOS)|Adar]], dies when his flagship battlestar, ''[[Atlantia (TOS)|Atlantia]]'' is destroyed during the [[Battle of Cimtar]]. The office of the president is never filled during the course of the series.

In the [[Re-imagined Series]], the Colonial Secretary of Education, [[Laura Roslin]], attends the decommissioning ceremonies for the outdated battlestar, ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', which is scheduled to be transformed into a [[Galactica Museum|museum]] of the [[Cylon War]]. After the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], Roslin [[Case orange|becomes the new interim President]] of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]].

===External Links===
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/desanto-revival01.html Proposed storyline]
* [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/newfilms.htm DeSanto/Singer page on BattlestarGalactica.com]
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/bsg-desanto-01.html Detailed production art and information on Cylon.org]
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/DeSanto-int01.html Interview with Tom DeSanto]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category: Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Orin

2010-03-12T22:07:37Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}

In the [[SDS|continuation]] series project concept, produced by [[Tom DeSanto]] and [[Bryan Singer]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]], tired of their space exodus, settle in an asteroid field. Commander [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]] has passed on. Eventually succeeding Adama as the commander of the battlestar is the man once known as [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] in childhood. As commander of ''[[Galactica (SDS)|Galactica]]'', he is known as Commander '''Orin'''.

The Council directs the outmoded battlestar ''[[Galactica (SDS)|Galactica]]'' to be decommissioned. President [[Mara]] attends the decommissioning ceremonies aboard the battlestar. Just as ''Galactica'' is powered down, a heavily advanced version of the [[Cylons (SDS)|Cylons]] return to attack the colony.

''Galactica'' is heavily damaged by the Cylon attack, but Orin later introduces a new Viper model to fight off the Cylon horde, and reactivates the battlestar.

===Similarities===

In the [[Original Series]], the character of [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] later appears as a [[Colonial Warrior]] with the name of [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] in the spinoff series, ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.

In the [[Re-imagined Series]], an orphaned child named [[Boxey (RDM)|Boxey]] appears, but has very limited screen time.

===External Links===
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/desanto-revival01.html Proposed storyline]
* [http://www.battlestargalactica.com/newfilms.htm DeSanto/Singer page on BattlestarGalactica.com]
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/bsg-desanto-01.html Detailed production art and information on Cylon.org]
* [http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/DeSanto-int01.html Interview with Tom DeSanto]

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category: Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Cylons (SDS)

2010-03-12T22:07:03Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}
[[Image:DeSanto Centurion.jpg|right|thumb|Conceptual drawing of a Centurion.]]

The failed 2001 [[SDS|continuation]] project to revive ''Battlestar Galactica'' sported a robotic Cylon design that was remarkably larger and more complex than the chrome costumes used for the [[Centurion (TOS)|Original Series Centurion]] from the [[Original Series]].

Conceptual drawings, created by [[Guy Dyas]], showed two Cylon models, one a soldier, the other designed as a [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] pilot. Suit mock-ups were also created by Global Effects, Inc.

The artwork reached a mock-up stage before production was halted on the project in late 2001.

==External Links==
*[http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/desanto-cylons-01.html Information, artwork and photos] of the Cylon concepts from Cylon.org

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Raider (SDS)

2010-03-12T22:06:50Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}

[[Image:SDS Raider concept.jpg|right|thumb|The conceptual drawing of the new Raiders from the SDS project.]]

During the failed 2001 [[SDS|continuation]] project to revive ''Battlestar Galactica'' conceptual artwork was once again drawn up by [[Guy Dyas]] of both the exterior and interior of a new Advanced Raider.

On the outside the basic shape and size remained the same but the new design had slightly extended wings and a more meanacing front.

[[Image:SDS Raider interior.jpg|left|thumb|Interior conceptual drawing of the new Raiders from the SDS project.]]The interior, however, was much more detailed than [[Raider (TOS)|the original]] which was very sparce of instruments. The new interior design gives a more more realisic view of a space fighter.

The new shooting script also called for a dedicated "Pilot Cylon" which looked slightly different to the regular ones. It is unknown if all three seats were occupied by Pilot Cylons or just the main front seat would.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

==External Links==
*[http://www.tombsofkobol.com/bsg/desanto-raider-01.html Information, artwork and photos] of the Cylon Raider concepts from Cylon.org

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Cylons (SDS)

2010-03-12T22:05:33Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}
[[Image:DeSanto Centurion.jpg|right|thumb|Conceptual drawing of a Centurion.]]

The failed 2001 [[SDS|continuation]] project to revive ''Battlestar Galactica'' sported a robotic Cylon design that was remarkably larger and more complex than the chrome costumes used for the [[Centurion (TOS)|Original Series Centurion]] from the [[Original Series]].

Conceptual drawings, created by [[Guy Dyas]], showed two Cylon models, one a soldier, the other designed as a [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] pilot. Suit mock-ups were also created by Global Effects, Inc.

The artwork reached a mock-up stage before production was halted on the project in late 2001.

==External Links==
*[http://tombsofkobol.com/bsg/desanto-cylons-01.html Information, artwork and photos] of the Cylon concepts from Cylon.org

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Raider (SDS)

2010-03-12T22:05:27Z

Zenoseiya: /* External Links */

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|lcont=Battlestar Galactica (SDS)|cont=Singer-DeSanto continuation}}

[[Image:SDS Raider concept.jpg|right|thumb|The conceptual drawing of the new Raiders from the SDS project.]]

During the failed 2001 [[SDS|continuation]] project to revive ''Battlestar Galactica'' conceptual artwork was once again drawn up by [[Guy Dyas]] of both the exterior and interior of a new Advanced Raider.

On the outside the basic shape and size remained the same but the new design had slightly extended wings and a more meanacing front.

[[Image:SDS Raider interior.jpg|left|thumb|Interior conceptual drawing of the new Raiders from the SDS project.]]The interior, however, was much more detailed than [[Raider (TOS)|the original]] which was very sparce of instruments. The new interior design gives a more more realisic view of a space fighter.

The new shooting script also called for a dedicated "Pilot Cylon" which looked slightly different to the regular ones. It is unknown if all three seats were occupied by Pilot Cylons or just the main front seat would.
<div style="clear: both;"></div>

==External Links==
*[http://tombsofkobol.com/bsg/desanto-raider-01.html Information, artwork and photos] of the Cylon Raider concepts from Cylon.org

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Behind the Scenes]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Revival Efforts]]
[[Category:SDS]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T22:02:00Z

Zenoseiya: /* Raiders and variants */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower.
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor; combines the designs of the Original Series' Raider and the [[Raider (RDM)|Re-imagined Series' Raider]].
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T22:01:21Z

Zenoseiya: /* Raiders and variants */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower.
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor; combines the design of Original Series' Raider with that of the [[Raider (RDM)|Re-imagined Series']].
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T21:58:56Z

Zenoseiya: /* Other craft */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower, similar in appearance to the [[Raider (RDM)|Reimagined Series' version]].
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor.
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T21:58:36Z

Zenoseiya: /* Other craft */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower, similar in appearance to the [[Raider (RDM)|Reimagined Series' version]].
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor.
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons, similar in design to the [[Cylon freighter]].
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T21:56:44Z

Zenoseiya: /* Raiders and variants */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower, similar in appearance to the [[Raider (RDM)|Reimagined Series' version]].
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons and armor.
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T21:56:23Z

Zenoseiya: /* Raiders and variants */

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
: Raider variant with markedly improved armor and firepower, similar in appearance to the [[Raider (RDM)|Reimagined Series' version]].
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
: Advanced Raider variant with additional weapons.
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
: Elite Raider variant with access to cloaking capabilities.
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]
: Raider variant stripped of most weapons and armor, used for recon and screening; roughly analogous to the [[Cylon reconnaissance drone]].

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Light Tanker

2010-03-12T21:45:47Z

Zenoseiya:

:''This article is about the Cylon Freighter as seen in the [[2003 Video Game]]. For other versions, see [[Cylon freighter]].''

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}

{{Ship Data
| image= kevhayes-cytanker_original.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Centurion troops
| role= Fuel tanker / freighter
| weapons= None
| status= Active
}}
The '''Cylon light tanker''' (or ''[[Cylon freighter]]'') is an unarmed ship used throughout the Cylon sphere of influence to transport fuel and other goods. The tanker transports 8 cargo pods of [[Tylium]] deposits which are then taken to fuel refineries at spots throughout space. Each fuel pod can be ejected independently as an offensive measure. The light tanker is not very heavily armored as they are always escorted wherever they go ([[2003 Video Game]]).

==Notes==
*This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:|Caravan of three [[Cylon freighter]]s.
Image:L T 3quart 4 copy.jpg|Closeup on tanker with [[Advanced Raider]] escort.
Image:L_Tanker_Scene1.jpg|Tanker under attack by a [[Viper]].
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]

Light Tanker

2010-03-12T21:44:01Z

Zenoseiya:

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}

{{Ship Data
| image= kevhayes-cytanker_original.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Centurion troops
| role= Fuel tanker / freighter
| weapons= None
| status= Active
}}
The '''Cylon light tanker''' (or ''[[Cylon freighter]]'') is an unarmed ship used throughout the Cylon sphere of influence to transport fuel and other goods. The tanker transports 8 cargo pods of [[Tylium]] deposits which are then taken to fuel refineries at spots throughout space. Each fuel pod can be ejected independently as an offensive measure. The light tanker is not very heavily armored as they are always escorted wherever they go ([[2003 Video Game]]).

==Notes==
*This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:|Caravan of three [[Cylon freighter]]s.
Image:L T 3quart 4 copy.jpg|Closeup on tanker with [[Advanced Raider]] escort.
Image:L_Tanker_Scene1.jpg|Tanker under attack by a [[Viper]].
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]

Light Tanker

2010-03-12T21:43:33Z

Zenoseiya: start page

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}

{{Ship Data
| image= kevhayes-cytanker_original.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Centurion troops
| role= Fuel tanker / freighter
| weapons= None
| status= Active
}}

The '''Cylon light tanker''' (or ''[[Cylon freighter]]'') is an unarmed ship used throughout the Cylon sphere of influence to transport fuel and other goods. The tanker transports 8 cargo pods of [[Tylium]] deposits which are then taken to fuel refineries at spots throughout space. Each fuel pod can be ejected independently as an offensive measure. The light tanker is not very heavily armored as they are always escorted wherever they go ([[2003 Video Game]]).

==Notes==
*This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:|Caravan of three [[Cylon freighter]]s.
Image:L T 3quart 4 copy.jpg|Closeup on tanker with [[Advanced Raider]] escort.
Image:L_Tanker_Scene1.jpg|Tanker under attack by a [[Viper]].
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]

Craft from the 2003 Video Game

2010-03-12T21:38:41Z

Zenoseiya: /* Other craft */ added light tanker

This is a listing of '''craft from the [[2003 Video Game]]''', a majority of which are non-playable, unless otherwise noted.

== Colonial ==

=== Attack craft ===

Both craft are playable in the game, by default a majority of the missions are flown via the Viper.

* [[Cobra]]
: Colonial bomber.
* [[Viper (2003 Video Game)|Viper]]
: The main space superiority fighter for the Colonials.

=== Battlestars and battleships ===

* ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''
: Baseship for [[William Adama (2003 Video Game)|William Adama]], the only playable character in the game. In the game, the player can control ''Galactica's'' turrets during one mission.
* ''[[Orion (ship)|Orion]]''
: Colonial battleship.
* ''[[Perseus]]''
: Colonial battleship that liberated [[Bryn Magus]] from a Cylon prison facility.

== Cylon ==

=== Raiders and variants ===

These craft are space superiority fighter craft used by the Cylon Empire in the game.

*[[Raider (2003 Video Game)]]
: The mainstay Raider, similar in design to the [[Raider (TOS)|Original Series' version]]. In one mission, William Adama pilots this craft inside a Cylon held asteroid field.
*[[Advanced Raider]]
*[[Crimson Elite Raider]]
*[[Imperium Class Raider]]
*[[Marauder]]
: Raider variant used as a bomber, analogue to the [[Cobra]] bomber.
*[[Scatter Raider]]

=== Other craft ===

* [[Erebus's basestar]]
: Special craft used exclusively by [[Erebus]], the [[Cylons (2003 Video Game)|Cylons]]'s [[Imperious Leader]].
* [[Light Tanker]]
: A lightly armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Heavy Tanker]]
: A heavily armored fuel tanker used by the Cylons.
* [[Overhauler]]
: Used as a deployment craft for Scatter Raiders.
* [[Troopship]]
: Such ships are used in boarding actions to board Colonial craft, like ''[[Galactica (Video Game)|Galactica]]''.

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Ships|*]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)|*]]
[[Category:Video Game|*]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game|*]]

Heavy Tanker

2010-03-12T21:35:40Z

Zenoseiya: removed images of light tanker for incorrectness

{{separate continuity|universe=TOS|universe2=RDM|cont=2003 Video Game}}

{{Ship Data
| image= HeavyTanker.jpg
| race= Cylon
| type= Military
| ftl= Yes
| crew= Centurion troops
| role= Fuel tanker / freighter
| weapons= None
| status= Active
}}
The '''Cylon Heavy Tanker''' is a larger variant of the [[Cylon freighter]] with greater armor and a larger cargo capacity. Heavy Tankers carry volatile [[tylium]] for use in the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] war effort and is typically encountered in convoys with a fighter screen of [[Cylon Raider]]s ([[2003 Video Game]]).

==Notes==
*This vessel is part of a separate continuity that mixes elements from the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] and [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] as well as unique material. It is not a [[canon]]ical item in either series.

== Related Imagery ==
<gallery>
Image:HeavyTanker2.jpg|Heavy Tanker front angled view, closeup of [[Crimson Elite Raider]] escort.
Image:Tankerattack.jpg|Heavy Tanker under attack by a [[Cobra]].
Image:Tankerattack2.jpg|Heavy Tanker under attack by Cobra, continued.
</gallery>

[[Category:A to Z]]
[[Category:Cylons]]
[[Category:Cylons (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylons (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Cylon Craft]]
[[Category:Cylon Military]]
[[Category:Ships]]
[[Category:Ships (Video Game)]]
[[Category:Ships (2003 Video Game)]]
[[Category:Video Game]]
[[Category:2003 Video Game]]