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Caprica City is the capital city of the The Twelve Colonies of Kobol, located on the planet Caprica. The city itself was divided into a number of smaller districts and neighborhoods that are given placeholder names for easier reference.^[1]

History

Caprica City is a major metropolitan area and capital of the planet Caprica and the Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Situated on the Caprican Bay (CAP: "End of Line"), Caprica City - or "C City" for short (TRS: "The Plan") - was home to the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the Colonial Government (TRS: "Epiphanies") as well as the worlds famous Caprica City Buccaneers (CAP: "Pilot"). Divided into many distinct neighborhoods and sections, Caprica City boasted gleaming skyscrapers and a rich population of some 7 million, including such luminaries of Colonial life as famed industrialist Doctor Daniel Graystone (CAP: "Pilot") and noted scientist Doctor Gaius Baltar (TRS: Miniseries) - all before its near total destruction following the ultimate Cylon attack and Fall of the Twelve Colonies (TRS: Miniseries, Night 1, "The Plan"). After the fall, the city was abandoned by its human inhabitants and replaced by a contingent of Cylon Centurions and humanoid models who worked to rebuild the city for their own habitation (TRS: "Downloaded").

Geography

Before the Fall, Caprica City was a bustling urban center; home to trade, industry, entertainment and Colonial Military installations and spaceports (TRS: "Six Degrees of Separation", "Razor"). Architecturally, Caprica City featured ultramodern skyscrapers integrated with older brownstone buildings and gothic architecture, and was distinguished by neon advertising (CAP: "Pilot", "Rebirth", "The Reins of a Waterfall"). During optimal conditions, Caprica's twin world, Gemenon, can be seen from within the city limits from the naked eye (CAP: "Pilot").

Apollo Park

A beautifully landscaped area within metropolitan Caprica was Apollo Park, a huge recreation area marked by a prominent statue of the God Apollo. 58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Apollo park hosted the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of Maglev 23 (CAP: "Rebirth").

Atlas Arena

Owned by Graystone Industries and located within Caprica City limits was Atlas Arena, home of the Caprica City Buccaneers and the location of the Worlds Pyramid Playoffs (CAP: "Pilot", "Unvanquished"). The grand arena was surrounded by enormous reflecting pools and stood in the shadow of an enormous statue of Atlas (CAP: "Rebirth").

Graystone Industries Campus

Located near the waterfront of Caprica City was the sprawling campus of Graystone Industries, the Caprica-based technology company owned by industrialist, scientist, and former owner of the Caprica Buccaneers, Daniel Graystone (CAP: "Pilot", "Unvanquished"). Graystone industries housed various labs, offices and testing facilities where the technologies of the company - including simple servant robots, complex Cyber Combat Units and the sophisticated Holoband technology - were pioneered (CAP: "Pilot"). The Graystone Industries complex was surrounded by a perimeter fence and security posts to prevent potential break-ins and boasted a high-tech internal security system. Unfortunately, these safety systems failed when a malfunctioning Cylon prototype managed to escape Graystone Industries by ramming one of the company's vans through a locked gate (CAP: "End of Line"). Some time after the security breach, the complex served as the fabrication site of Graystone Industries' (under new owner Tomas Vergis) 100,000 Cyber Combat Units (CAP: "Unvanquished").

Little Tauron

Among Caprica City's more diverse areas was Little Tauron, an ethnic enclave home to a sizable population of Tauron immigrants. Within the neighborhood, residents often spoke the Tauron language and owned and operated shops catering to Tauron cultural needs. Little Tauron was home to Joseph Adama where he resided with his young son, future Battlestar Galactica commander William Adama. Despite the homes and relative peace of the neighborhood, members of the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate were widely known operate in relative comfort within the confines of Little Tauron (CAP: "Rebirth"). Little Tauron was considered "downtown" Caprica City (CAP: "Pilot").

Residential Areas

Aside from apartments and townhouses within the main urban center, Caprica City offered residential areas of varying economy from high density suburban housing to luxuries seaside and lakeside homes (TRS: Miniseries, "Daybreak, Part I", CAP: "Pilot", "Rebirth", "The Reins of a Waterfall"). Some of the most lavish homes in Caprica City belonged to the brightest minds of Caprican society, the seaside home of Doctors Daniel and Amanda Graystone being among its most opulent - featuring tennis courts, docks, a robotic butler named Serge, and subterranean labs where Graystone sometimes worked (CAP: "Pilot"). Private schools, including Athena Academy were also located within these residential areas (CAP: "Pilot").

The Riverwalk

One of the most prominent sections of Caprica City before the Fall was the Riverwalk section - a beautiful open-air bazaar distinguished by a landscaped park with large reflecting pools and fountains. Many from within Caprican society converged on the Riverwalk section for its various vendors and amenities, from laborers to businessmen and even the rich and famous Doctor Gaius Baltar, who visited the area with then undercover Cylon agent "Caprica-Six" shortly before the Fall (TRS: "Miniseries", "Epiphanies"). Due to its proximity to Colonial Government offices and her own home, Secretary of Education (and future President of the Colonies) Laura Roslin also visited the area (TRS: "Epiphanies", "Daybreak, Part I"). It was here, however, that final plans were set into motion by "Caprica-Six" and her contact within the Cylon government, a One, that would eventually lead to the destruction of the Twelve Worlds (TRS: "The Plan").

The Riverwalk complex and garden is actually the campus of Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Transportation

Crisscrossing the greater Caprica City area was the Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit system (or MLMT train) providing public transport to destinations all over the city, including Atlas Arena and the Caprican Spaceport (CAP: "Pilot", "Unvanquished"). 58 years before the Fall, MLMT train number 23 was the target of fanatical monotheist terror group Soldiers of the One in a devastating bombing. In the days following the tragic event, a Memorial Walk was created dedicated to those who lost their lives aboard the train and the system was eventually rebuilt (CAP: "Rebirth", "The Imperfections of Memory").

The Pantheon Bridge provided transit across the Caprican Bay as well as crossing to the Caprican Spaceport which provided flights off-world to locations such as Tauron and Gemenon (CAP: "End of Line", "Retribution").

Notes

Caprica City is filmed entirely within Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Locations including Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia have stood in for the Riverwalk section, Athena Academy and the Caprican Spaceport. Most episodes of The Re-Imagined Series featured reused visual effects shots, created by Zoic Studios for the Miniseries, to represent establishing shots of Caprica City. Appearing in the series finale, "Daybreak, Parts I and II" and "The Plan", a more elaborate digital model of the city was created by the in-house visual effects department that would later be expanded for Caprica.

References

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-[[Image:Water_Caprica_City.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Caprica City, before the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attack.]]
+[[Image:Capricacitydaybreak1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Caprica City, before the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attack.]]
 '''Caprica City''' is the capital city of the [[The Twelve Colonies of Kobol]], located on the planet [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]].  The city itself was divided into a number of smaller districts and neighborhoods that are given placeholder names for easier reference.<ref>{{bsgwiki term}}</ref>
-==Overview==
+==History==
-[[image:CapricaCityBeforeCylonAttack.jpg|thumb|left|Downtown Caprica City.]]
+[[Image:Glorious_Demise.png|thumb|left|Caprica City after the Fall.]]
-Caprica City is an ocean-front urban center, bisected by a river that flows to the sea from lakes located in hills beyond the city center.  The largest city on the colony of Caprica, Caprica City was home to the  [[Richard Adar|executive]], legislative and judicial branches of the Colonial [[Government]] as well as its own police force, the Caprica City Police ([[TRS]]: "[[Maelstrom]]", "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").  [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Military]] installations including spaceports ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]") and the [[Colonial Defense Mainframe]]  ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]") were also located within the city limits.
+Caprica City is a major metropolitan area and capital of the planet Caprica and the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.  Situated on the Caprican Bay ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]"), Caprica City - or "C City" for short ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]") - was home to the [[Richard Adar|executive]], legislative and judicial branches of the [[Government of the Twelve Colonies|Colonial Government]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]") as well as the worlds famous [[Caprica City Buccaneers]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").  Divided into many distinct neighborhoods and sections, Caprica City boasted gleaming skyscrapers and a rich population of some 7 million, including such luminaries of Colonial life as famed industrialist Doctor [[Daniel Graystone]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]") and noted scientist Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]) - all before its near total destruction following the ultimate [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] attack and [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries, Night 1]], "[[The Plan]]").  After the fall, the city was abandoned by its human inhabitants and replaced by a contingent of [[Cylon Centurion (RDM)|Cylon Centurion]]s and [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid model]]s who worked to rebuild the city for their own habitation ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").
-A large civilian airport/spaceport linked the city with other cities and the rest of the Twelve Colonies, while the hills behind the city provided secluded living space.  The city was  also surrounded by a number of smaller hamlets, such as [[Oasis]].  Luminaries of colonial life living in Caprica City included famed scientist Doctor [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).
+==Geography==
+[[Image:Gemenon from Caprica City.jpg|thumb|The planet Gemenon seen from downtown Caprica City.]]
+Before the Fall, Caprica City was a bustling urban center; home to trade, industry, entertainment and [[Colonial Fleet (TRS)|Colonial Military]] installations and spaceports ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]", "[[Razor]]").  Architecturally, Caprica City featured ultramodern skyscrapers integrated with older brownstone buildings and gothic architecture, and was distinguished by neon advertising ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]").  During optimal conditions, Caprica's twin world, [[Gemenon]], can be seen from within the city limits from the naked eye ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
-Prior to the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|attack]] on the colonies, Caprica City was home to some 7 million people; Caprica City is completely destroyed by a Cylon nuclear detonation (in the [[Wikipedia:Tsar bomb#The test|50 megaton range]]) during the Fall. After the Fall, the city abandoned by its human inhabitants and occupied by a force of [[Cylon Centurion (RDM)|Cylon centurion]]s and [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid model]]s who worked to rebuild the city ([[TRS]]: "[[Downloaded]]").
+===Apollo Park===
+A beautifully landscaped area within metropolitan Caprica was [[Apollo Park]], a huge recreation area marked by a prominent statue of the God [[Apollo, Lord of Kobol|Apollo]].  58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Apollo park hosted the memorial service for the victims of the bombing of [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit|Maglev 23]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
-[[Richard Adar]] once served as mayor of Caprica City before later going on to run for Governor of Caprica, then President of the Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]" & "[[Daybreak, Part II|II]]").
+===Atlas Arena===
+Owned by [[Graystone Industries]] and located within Caprica City limits was [[Atlas Arena]], home of the Caprica City Buccaneers and the location of the Worlds [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] Playoffs ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Unvanquished]]").  The grand arena was surrounded by enormous reflecting pools and stood in the shadow of an enormous statue of [[Atlas]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
-===The Riverwalk===
+===Graystone Industries Campus===
-The {{inlineref|Riverwalk}} section of Caprica City is located on a river that bisects the Colonial capital. This neighborhood's main attraction was the Riverwalk Market, an open-air bazaar full of vendor stands selling fresh fruit, construction materials and other goods.  Various types of citizens congregated in this zone, from businessmen to shoppers and construction workers.
+[[Image:Graystone Industries.jpg|thumb|The campus and headquarters of Graystone Industries.]]
+Located near the waterfront of Caprica City was the sprawling campus of Graystone Industries, the Caprica-based technology company owned by industrialist, scientist, and former owner of the Caprica Buccaneers, Daniel Graystone ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Unvanquished]]").  Graystone industries housed various labs, offices and testing facilities where the technologies of the company  - including simple servant [[robot]]s, complex [[Cylon Prototype|Cyber Combat Unit]]s and the sophisticated [[Holoband]] technology - were pioneered ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").  The Graystone Industries complex was surrounded by a perimeter fence and security posts to prevent potential break-ins and boasted a high-tech internal security system.  Unfortunately, these safety systems failed when a malfunctioning [[Zoe-A|Cylon prototype]] managed to escape Graystone Industries by ramming one of the company's vans through a locked gate ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]").  Some time after the security breach, the complex served as the fabrication site of Graystone Industries' (under new owner [[Tomas Vergis]]) 100,000 Cyber Combat Units ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").
-It is in a smaller area of Riverwalk, the Government Center Plaza that [[Dr. Gaius Baltar|Baltar]] first strolls with [[Number Six|Six]] after meeting her ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]"). The market was also the site where [[Number Six|Six]] murders [[Chantara]]'s baby in a form of mercy-killing. Surrounding the market stalls was a snaking complex of glass and steel supported by columns.  Various landscaped gardens and reflecting pools occupied the unused land between the market and complex. Behind the market complex, a few of Caprica City's trademark silver office towers could be seen (TRS: Miniseries).
-===City center===
-This is the area reached by Baltar and Six after they passed the Riverwalk. The city center contained the highest density of skyscrapers, occupation parks and hi-tech industries.  Since all city traffic was airborne, the city center had no paved roads.  Instead, the spaces between the buildings were occupied by a system of walkways, steps, plazas, gardens and water features.  This provided the perfect municipal commons area where citizens could jog, take infants out for walks, play with friends, buy a balloon or simply take a pleasant afternoon stroll.  In the Miniseries, Baltar and Six walk through one of the central city's landscaped gardens. While Baltar talks about himself, Six is stealing curious glances at various citizens as they pass by.
-===Government center plaza===
-This complex contained the Colonial legislative, executive and judicial branches of government ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]"), as well as the [[Ministry of Defense]]'s mainframe ([[TRS]]: "[[Six Degrees of Separation]]").  It was located in the Riverwalk section of Caprica City, presumably in the complex over the district's marketplace.  Through its gardens and walkways, much human traffic could be seen.  President Adar's office was here ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]"). During the Cylon attack, a reporter for [[Channel 7 News]] is reporting from there on the population's reaction to the nuclear bombardment before he and a background cafe table are blown away by the shockwave of a bomb that detonates over Caprica City (TRS: Miniseries).
 ===Little Tauron===
-One ethnic enclave within the city was home to a sizable [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] population.  Residents of the neighborhood could speak the Tauron language openly despite prejudice against Taurons in Caprican society, and shops selling Tauron foods and other goods were known to display signs written in Tauron script.  Members of the [[Ha'la'tha]] were able to operate in relative comfort in Little Tauron ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").
+[[Image:Little Tauron.jpg|thumb|Little Tauron located in Downtown Caprica City.]]
+Among Caprica City's more diverse areas was [[Little Tauron]], an ethnic enclave home to a sizable population of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] immigrants.  Within the neighborhood, residents often spoke the Tauron language and owned and operated shops catering to Tauron cultural needs.  Little Tauron was home to [[Joseph Adama]]  where he resided with his young son, future [[Battlestar (TRS)|Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TRS)|Galactica]]'' commander [[William Adama]].  Despite the homes and relative peace of the neighborhood, members of the [[Ha'la'tha]] crime syndicate were widely known operate in relative comfort within the confines of Little Tauron ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]").  Little Tauron was considered "downtown" Caprica City ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
-{{clear}}
+===Residential Areas===
+[[Image:Graystone's estate.jpg|thumb|The luxurious Graystone Estate.]]
+Aside from apartments and townhouses within the main urban center, Caprica City offered residential areas of varying economy from high density suburban housing to luxuries seaside and lakeside homes ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[Daybreak, Part I]]", [[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]").  Some of the most lavish homes in Caprica City belonged to the brightest minds of Caprican society, the seaside [[Graystone Estate|home]] of Doctors Daniel and [[Amanda Graystone]] being among its most opulent - featuring tennis courts, docks, a robotic butler named [[Serge]], and subterranean labs where Graystone sometimes worked ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").  Private schools, including [[Athena Academy]]  were also located within these residential areas ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").
-== Related Imagery  ==
+===The Riverwalk===
+One of the most prominent sections of Caprica City before the Fall was the {{inlineref|Riverwalk}} section - a beautiful open-air bazaar distinguished by a landscaped park with large reflecting pools and fountains.  Many from within Caprican society converged on the Riverwalk section for its various vendors and amenities, from laborers to businessmen and even the rich and famous Doctor Gaius Baltar, who visited the area with then undercover Cylon agent "[[Caprica-Six]]" shortly before the Fall ([[TRS]]: "[[Miniseries]]", "[[Epiphanies]]").  Due to its proximity to Colonial Government offices and her own home, Secretary of Education (and future President of the Colonies) [[Laura Roslin]] also visited the area ([[TRS]]: "[[Epiphanies]]", "[[Daybreak, Part I]]").  It was here, however, that final plans were set into motion by "Caprica-Six" and her contact within the Cylon government, a [[Number One|One]], that would eventually lead to the destruction of the Twelve Worlds ([[TRS]]: "[[The Plan]]").
-<gallery>
+: ''The Riverwalk complex and garden is actually the campus of [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser University|Simon Fraser University]] in [[w:Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby, British Columbia]], Canada.''
-Image:Capricacitydaybreak1.jpg|A view of Caprica City from the shore.
-image:CapricaRazor2.jpg|An aerial view of Caprica City.
-Image:Caprica at night, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|Caprica City at night ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").
-Image:001.jpg|[[:en: Zoic|Zoic Studios]]'s computer generated render of Caprica City from the [[Miniseries]].
-Image:002.jpg|Another Zoic computer generated render of Caprican Plaza from the Miniseries.
-</gallery>
+===Transportation===
+[[Image:MLMT_Train.jpg|thumb|The Maglev train speeds through Caprica City.]]
+Crisscrossing the greater Caprica City area was the [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit]] system (or MLMT train) providing public transport to destinations all over the city, including Atlas Arena and the Caprican Spaceport ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[Unvanquished]]").  58 years before the Fall, MLMT train number 23 was the target of fanatical monotheist terror group [[Soldiers of the One]] in a devastating bombing.  In the days following the tragic event, a Memorial Walk was created dedicated to those who lost their lives aboard the train and the system was eventually rebuilt ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").
-== Notes ==
+The Pantheon Bridge provided transit across the Caprican Bay as well as crossing to the Caprican Spaceport which provided flights off-world to locations such as Tauron and Gemenon ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]", "[[Retribution]]").
-* The Riverwalk complex and garden is actually the campus of [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser University|Simon Fraser University]] in [[w:Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby, British Columbia]], Canada.
+==Notes==
-* Caprica City contained several pyramid-shaped buildings. This is a reference to the [[:Image:Capricaattack.jpg|Caprica]] of the [[Original Series]], which was influenced by Egyptian mythology and symbolism.
+[[Image:Water_Caprica_City.jpg|left|thumb|The original look of Caprica City from the Miniseries.]]
+[[Image:Caprica at night, "Daybreak, Part II".jpg|thumb|left|The retconned appearance for "Daybreak, Part II" and ''Caprica''.]]
+Caprica City is filmed entirely within Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Locations including [[Wikipedia:Simon Fraser University|Simon Fraser University]] in [[w:Burnaby, British Columbia|Burnaby, British Columbia]] have stood in for the Riverwalk section, Athena Academy and the Caprican Spaceport.  Most episodes of [[Battlestar Galactica (TRS)|The Re-Imagined Series]] featured reused visual effects shots, created by Zoic Studios for the [[Miniseries]], to represent establishing shots of Caprica City.  Appearing in the series finale, "[[Daybreak, Part I|Daybreak, Parts I]] and [[Daybreak, Part II|II]]" and "[[The Plan]]", a more elaborate digital model of the city was created by the in-house visual effects department that would later be expanded for ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''.
 == References ==