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<b>Caprica</b> can refer to the following planets:


==[[RDM Battlestar Galactica|Re-imagined Series]]==
*[[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Caprica]] from the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|original series]]
*[[The Twelve Colonies#Caprica|Caprica]] from the [[re-imagined series]]


Caprica is a large blue-green planet, similar to Earth.
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Its largest centre of population is [[Caprica City]], which serves as the seat of all three branches of the [[Colonial Government]] (Executive, Legislative and Judicial).  Caprica is the only planet of the [[Twelve Colonies]] that viewers directly witness in the [[Mini-Series]] and Season 1 of the regular series. The episode opening credits show Caprica City, as well as the nuclear bombing of the planet.
 
Other major centres of population included [[Delphi]], famous for its museum and spaceport.
 
Prior to the [[Cylon Attack|Cylon attack]], the population was widely spread between cities such as Caprica City and Delphi, and smaller hamlets such as [[Oasis]].
 
In the new [[Quorum of Twelve]], Caprica is represented by Doctor [[Baltar, Gaius|Gaius Baltar]].
 
After the [[Cylon Holocaust|Holocaust]], a [[resistance movement]] was organized on Caprica by survivors working to actively oppose the [[Cylon]] occupation.
 
Caprica was originally known as Capricorn ([[Home, Part II]]).
 
The constellation Capricorn appeared on the original flag of Caprica ([[Home, Part II]]).
 
In the [[video game]], Caprica was presumably the "parent" settlement of [[New Caprica]].
 
=== Notable Natives ===
*Commander [[Adama, William|William "Husker" Adama]].
*[[Caroline Adama]]
*Captain [[Adama, Lee|Lee "Apollo" Adama]].
*Lt. [[Zak Adama]]
*Doctor [[Baltar, Gaius|Gaius Baltar]]
*[[Aaron Doral]] (claimed)
*Lieutenant [[Thrace, Kara|Kara "Starbuck" Thrace]]
 
===Economics===
Caprica is known for its fine Caprican cloth (from which Dr. Gaius Baltar wears), fumarella leaf (used for cigar smoking), and art.
 
==[[TOS Battlestar Galactica|The Original Series]]==
In the [[TOS Battlestar Galactica|original series]], Caprica was said to be the world that led the technological renaissance among the [[Twelve Colonies of Man (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]], rediscovering space flight along the way.
 
 
 
 
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Revision as of 18:54, 15 September 2005

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