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| width="99" | [[Yahren|yahren]] | | width="99" | [[Yahren|yahren]] | ||
| width="99" | [[Wikipedia:Year|year]] | | width="99" | [[Wikipedia:Year|year]]<ref>Yahren ''may'' be only about 2/3 of a year; see [[Yahren#Note|note]].</ref> | ||
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| minute | | minute<ref>In episodes such as "[[Saga of a Star World]]" and "[[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I]]", centon is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.</ref> | ||
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| second [[ | | second<ref>[[micron|Microcenton]] is likely another term for "micron"; [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] uses this term when he says "switching off [[Intercept 2|of you]] for a microcenton to scan ahead" ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]])</ref> | ||
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| colspan="2" align="center" class="infoboxheader" | Distance measurements | | colspan="2" align="center" class="infoboxheader" | Distance measurements | ||
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| [[sectar (unit)|sectar]] | | [[sectar (unit)|sectar]] | ||
| [[Wikipedia:Miles|9 Million Miles (?)]] | | [[Wikipedia:Miles|9 Million Miles (?)]]<ref>A [[Sectar (TOS)|sectar]] is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.</ref> | ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]] [[# | | [[Wikipedia:Metre|meter]]<ref>"Metron" is used in a [[List of Deleted Scenes (TOS)#Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I|deleted scene]] as [[Serina]] approaches the starboard landing bay ([[Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II]]); likely similar to a meter, which is known as a "metric" in other episodes.</ref> | ||
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====Table notes==== | ====Table notes==== | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 19:33, 21 December 2007
This is a listing of terms in the Original Series. For terms seen in the Original Series' spin-off, Galactica 1980, see List of terms (1980). For terms used in the Re-imagined Series, see List of terms (RDM).
Acronyms
- CORA: Computer, Oral Response Activated; an artificial intelligence capable of operating a Viper (The Long Patrol)
Military jargon
- "flash inspection": an inspection of military assets that is performed without prior notice by a superior officer (Saga of a Star World)
- "four-point peel off": a maneuver performed with a group of four Vipers (War of the Gods, Part I)
- "free flight jump": an infantry parachute landing, having jumped out of a shuttle (The Living Legend, Part II)
- "life station relief": sick call (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II)
- "maximum G-climb": a maneuver done near a celestial body, which may cause the pilot to blackout; Starbuck orders C.O.R.A. to perform this maeuver, which causes the pursuing Raider to crash into the loading docks on Proteus (The Lost Warrior)
- "stand alert": Colonial term for "attention" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- "stripped and moduled": a consequence of severe infractues in military law, likely similar to being stripped of one's rank and thrown in hack; Greenbean expresses a fear of this happening as Giles asks where he got the alcohol from (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- Warrior: an all purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot
Sayings
- "By your command": a typical Cylons response to an order (Saga of a Star World, et al.)
- "clear as the Nubian sun": a saying, similar to "as clear as day"; Cain uses this saying when referencing to the non-existent Raiders he allegedly pursued when he made his attack on the Cylon fuel tankers (The Living Legend, Part I).
- "daggit drivel": a term used to describe someone's lies, similar to "garbage" or "bullshit"; Lucifer uses this term when asking if Baltar believes Specter's false reports (The Young Lords).
- "For the glory of Caprica": saying used by the Colonials, particularly those from Caprica (Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II).
- "Go rust yourself": Colonial equivalent to "go fuck yourself", typically used towards Cylons; Cadet Cree says this to Vulpa while the Cylons interrogate him (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I).
- "laser in their side": analogue to "thorn in their side", Starbuck uses this term to describe how the actions of Megan's surviving children have kept their father alive at Cylon hands (The Young Lords).
- "like a daggit on a sunspot": fidgety; Apollo points out that Starbuck acts this way during his pre-flight meeting on destroying the mines in the Straits of Madagon (Saga of a Star World).
Other colloquialisms
- astrum: buttocks (The Living Legend, Part I)
- Barge Lice: a "term of endearment" for prisoners on the Prison Barge
- felgercarb: expletive, similar to "crap"
- frack: expletive, similar to "shit"
- galmonging: an expletive, possibly similiar to "asshole" or "God damned"
- Hades hole: hell hole, used to describe the Red planet (War of the Gods, Part I)
- mong-raking: an expletive; after thwarting their attack on Galactica, Cain comments that "those mong-raking Cylons are in a state of shock right now" due to the apperances of Pegasus (The Living Legend, Part II)
- plant vapors: a psychoactive drug familiar to the Colonials; Boomer comments that the Blonde Taurus woman on Carillon was probably "smoking plant vapors" (Saga of a Star World)
- pogees: expletive, similar to "shit" (The Living Legend, Part II)
- socialator: a sex worker, escort, prostitute (Saga of a Star World)
Battlestar Galactica specific terms
- agro: products related to agriculture (The Magnificent Warriors)
- ambrosa: an expensive alcoholic intoxicant
- bio-pulse line: an unspecified body function, possibly an emotional state; Starbuck attempts to use this as an excuse to not join Apollo's mission to clear the Cylon minefield (Saga of a Star World)
- boraton: a liquid that extinguishes fires (Fire in Space)
- breather: term for a breathing mask, or a life support system supplying air (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- bureautician: bureaucrat, politician (Saga of a Star World)
- carbide: a likely term for carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- centura: possibly an expression related to percentages. "If we just let him lie in that life pod he doesn't have a chance in a centura" (Fire in Space).
- chronometers: a time keeping device, basically a watch (Saga of a Star World)
- crawlon: a spider (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- comline: a communication channel between ships
- cubit: a form of coined currency
- daggit: a dog
- death stone: tombstone (The Long Patrol)
- drone: a term for a robot, such as Muffit II (Saga of a Star World)
- ducket: a type of prepaid voucher used on the shuttle Canaris, typically collected at the end of the shuttle trip (The Man with Nine Lives)
- flight slumber: unintentionally sleeping while flying a craft, like a Viper; Apollo attempts to write off John and his second visit to the Ship of Lights as being a dream from a flight slumber (Experiment in Terra)
- fumarello: a small cigar that Starbuck typically smokes
- furlon: a furlough, or short leave of absence for Warriors in the Colonial Military service (The Man with Nine Lives)
- geogram: a diagram; Ravashol shows Apollo a geogram of the pulsar with instructions on how to destroy it (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
- glaiders: coined currency on Equellus (The Lost Warrior)
- grog: an intoxicating beverage, likely similar to beer
- gyroball: a spherical toy larger than a marble (I Have Seen Earth)
- Homemade Buzzer: a version of "moonshine" on Equellus (The Lost Warrior)
- hovermobile: apparently a form of ground transportation, that can be hotwired (Fire in Space)
- ion field: a stellar phenomenon, which can cause scanner echoes (The Living Legend, Part I)
- ion vapors: likely term referring to the trail of a turbo engine (The Long Patrol)
- isoldin: a type of intravenous fluid given to patients (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- leisuron: a vacation or leave of absence, similar to a furlon (deleted scene, "Saga of a Star World")
- lextrium III: a type of fuel used by the Eastern Alliance destroyer (Experiment in Terra)
- life pod: a life support bed used in the life center aboard Galactica (Fire in Space)
- lupus: a wolf-like animal
- mega star: a star; in a deleted scene, Omega reports of the "mega star" they detect as they leave the magnetic void (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II)
- mega sun: a star; the Nomen come from the "land of the mega sun" (The Man with Nine Lives)
- med tech: a medical technician, such as a nurse or orderly
- modocker: an unknown term, likely of endearment; Cain asks Apollo how Adama is by asking, "Well, how is he? How is that old modocker?" (The Living Legend, Part I)
- mushies: a food
- nightflyer: an owl-like creature on Equellus that hoots (The Lost Warrior)
- officiator: someone who oversees a triad game
- oviner: a rancher (The Lost Warrior)
- plant vapors: some sort of drug, likely a reference to marijuana (Saga of a Star World)
- pluton: a radioactive material whose radiation breaks down food (Saga of a Star World)
- pods: a Cylon outpost (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- primaries: basic food groups (Saga of a Star World)
- protein: another type of food
- proton energizers: a type of weapon on an Eastern Alliance destroyer (Experiment in Terra)
- pyramid: a card game, similar to poker
- quadrant: a term for solar system
- scanner: term for a computer monitor and telelvison set
- scorpius: likely term for a scorpion; Maga comments that Borellian Nomen have the patience of such a creature, he also comments that the name "Borellian Nomen" strike fear at the hearts of those who hear it like the scorpius (The Man with Nine Lives)
- sleep period: Colonial term for bedtime
- seal: marriage
- sickbed: term for bed rest when one is recovering from an illness (The Young Lords)
- skybus: a type of starship (Saga of a Star World)
- solium: a type of fuel
- solonite: an explosive used in demolitions (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
- spacedrome: a space port (Saga of a Star World)
- tape coder: a voice recording device; Thane successfully passes off a hand mine as a device (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II)
- telecom: an internal communications phone aboard Galactica (Fire in Space)
- tinhead: epithet used to describe Cylons (The Living Legend, Part I)
- turboflush: a toilet (Baltar's Escape)
- turboram thruster: a type of engine or thruster; in a deleted scene where Serina completes her first landing, Serina turns off this part of the Colonial shuttle as a part of her landing sequence (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I)
- turboshower: a shower (Murder on the Rising Star)
- travelator: a travel agent (Saga of a Star World)
- triad: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball
- tylium: a fuel source, highly combustible (Fire in Space)
- wardaggit: "war dog" (The Living Legend, Part I)
Units of Measure
Table notes
- ↑ Yahren may be only about 2/3 of a year; see note.
- ↑ In episodes such as "Saga of a Star World" and "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I", centon is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
- ↑ Microcenton is likely another term for "micron"; Starbuck uses this term when he says "switching off of you for a microcenton to scan ahead" (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II)
- ↑ A sectar is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.
- ↑ "Metron" is used in a deleted scene as Serina approaches the starboard landing bay (Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II); likely similar to a meter, which is known as a "metric" in other episodes.
See also
- Battlestar Galactica - Writers Guide, transcribed by Chris Pappas