The Caprican

"And since things move at the speed of light in our city by the sea, blink and you'll miss something. That's where The Caprican comes in."

The Caprican was a daily periodical of Caprican origin in existence at least 58 years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. It ran news, entertainment, cultural, financial, and sports articles, as well as editorial columns and a section entitled "Playing the Field" (a reference to Pyramid), where readers could write in to the paper for advice on love, dating, and marriage.

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The Caprican is available as an online companion to the events of Caprica, releasing stories that pertain to the plot both before and after episodes air, as well as giving background on culture seen in the series. It is available for viewing on the web, as well as an App for Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. A five-month publishing hiatus ended on September 29, coinciding with Season 1.5, but the pause had been explained in-universe on July 27:

... the truth is that certain interests in the higher echelons of Caprica City society took some issue with a few of the things we'd published in the past few months. We won't go into the gory details, but we were unfortunately forced to cease and desist while the guys with the briefcases sorted things out ... We've received word that the red tape is beginning to clear, and so we'll be returning to action in the very near future ...

The blog's article titles, fictional dates and real-world dates of publication in 2010 are listed below. The fictional dates were calculated apparently by adding a variable number of days to the dates of publication. For example, the articles published between March 2 and April 30 use dates of YR42 which are three days later than the corresponding publication dates, so March 2 became Martius 5 and April 30 became Maius 3.

YR42

Ianuarius

12 (January 8)

Headline	Writer	URL
Graystone Computer Science Wing Coming to AU	Ann Royall	[1]
V-Clubs: A Reality, Virtual and Otherwise	Carl Kipp	[2]
Monotheists: A Passing Fad, Nothing More	Ralston Sinclair	[3]
Will the C-Bucs Stop Here?	Caleb Barlow	[4]
Caprica's Finest: The Graystones	Laurel Hill	[5]
Fares Rise and Commuter Morale Declines	Laurel Hill	[6]
Welcome to The Caprican	Caleb Barlow	[7]

15 (January 15)

Headline	Writer	URL
Medics Revive Holoband 'Sleeper'	Laurel Hill	[8]
Argentum Bay: The Ultimate Vernal Break	Carl Kipp	[9]

16 (January 16)

Headline	Writer	URL
Athena Academy Applications at an All-Time High	Ann Royall	[10]

17 (January 17)

Headline	Writer	URL
Teen Brawl Breaks Out at Little Tauron Eatery	Adam Swiderski	[11]

21 (January 21)

Headline	Writer	URL
Hot Spot: Holo Cafe	Laurel Hill	[12]
Libran Needs a Pyramid Team, Statim!	Carl Kipp	[13]

23 (January 22)

Headline	Writer	URL
BREAKING: MLMT Train Explosion; Casualties Estimated in the Hundreds	Caleb Barlow	[14]

Februarius

5 (January 26)

Headline	Writer	URL
Athena Academy in Mourning	Ann Royall	[15]
BREAKING: Mayor, Justice Department Confirm Bombing as Act of Terrorism	Caleb Barlow	[16]

6 (January 28)

Headline	Writer	URL
MAGLEV Memorial Ceremony to be held in Apollo Park ["this week", but it was Junius 7th onscreen]	Ann Royall	[17]
What Explosions? Five Things to Help You Forget Terrorism	Carl Kipp	[18]

7 (January 29)

Headline	Writer	URL
Graystone-Stark Memorial Scholarship Fund Established at Athena Academy	Ann Royall	[19]
Parents: Get Your Heads Out of the Sand	Ralston Sinclair	[20]
Monotheists Are Not Your Enemy	Adam Swiderski	[21]

8 (January 30)

Headline	Writer	URL
Amanda Graystone reveals family link to MAGLEV bombing [even though Graystone Stock Stumbles on Terror Confession is in the Aprilis 11 issue of Caprican Tribune]	Caleb Barlow	[22]

9 (February 2)

Headline	Writer	URL
Graystone-Stark Memorial Scholarship Fund Renamed	Ann Royall	[23]

11 (February 4)

Headline	Writer	URL
Storm of the Century Hits Caprica	Ann Royall	[24]
From Bad to Worse For Graystone Industries	Ann Royall	[25]
Are the Graystones Responsible for the MAGLEV Tragedy?	Caleb Barlow	[26]

12 (February 5)

Headline	Writer	URL
Who Are the Soldiers of the One?	Harold Sims	[27]

16 (February 9)

Headline	Writer	URL
Mad Mothers Take Action Against Terrorism	Laurel Hill	[28]
Pyramid Trade Requests Are High Treason!	Ralston Sinclair	[29]

18 (February 12)

Headline	Writer	URL
Playing the Field: A Guide to Love in the Colonies	Sharon Edmonson	[30]
The Bottom Five Backtalk Guests	Carl Kipp	[31]

23 (February 17)

Headline	Writer	URL
Capricans to Govt: Stop Being Soft on Terrorism	Sharon Edmonson	[32]
Travel Agency Gets More Than It Bargained For After Group Marriage Wins Sweepstakes	Caleb Barlow	[33]
REVIEW: The Best New Virtual Dating Sites	Laurel Hill	[34]
Playing the Field: Lonely Girl from B.C. needs our help & more! (published on February 23)	Sharon Edmonson	[35]

24 (February 18)

Headline	Writer	URL
C-Bucs Fever: Catch It on Video!	Caleb Barlow	[36]
Violence in the Virtual World	Sharon Edmonson	[37]
The Top Five Overheard Eros Day Arguments	Carl Kipp	[38]

27 (February 22)

Headline	Writer	URL
Pipe Bursts on Olympic Street	Ann Royall	[39]
BREAKING: Holo Cafe Bombed	Ann Royall	[40]
EXCLUSIVE: A Few Words With the Queen of New Cap City	Carl Kipp	[41]

Martius

2 (February 25)

Headline	Writer	URL
Get to Know the Colonies' Greatest City	Caleb Barlow	[42]
Daniel Graystone on Backtalk - A Near-Disaster Rescued by 'Terror Mom'	Matthew Riley	[43]
Graystone Industries Out of the Holoband Business	Harold Sims	[44]

5 (March 2)

Headline	Writer	URL
'P' Is For Paradise, 'P' Is For Picon	Sharon Edmonson	[45]
GDD Raids Athena Academy	Ann Royall	[46]
EXCLUSIVE: Hot New 'New Cap City' Cheats and Clues	Matthew Riley	[47]

6 (March 3)

Headline	Writer	URL
'Graystone Foundation' Established	Sharon Edmonson	[48]
What Is Daniel Graystone Hiding?	Ralston Sinclair	[49]

7 (March 4)

Headline	Writer	URL
Citizens Use Marshmallows to Protest Caprica Government	Ann Royall	[50]
Who Will Buy the C-Bucs?	Caleb Barlow	[51]

8 (March 5)

Headline	Writer	URL
Catch the Art Treasures of Kobol Exhibit	Ann Royall	[52]
The Passion of the Three Moons	Harold Sims	[53]
Vergis to Appear on Backtalk	Sharon Edmonson	[54]
Assistant Defense Minister: "Caprica City May Be Caught in the Crossfire of an STO Civil War"	Harold Sims	[55]

9 (March 6)

Headline	Writer	URL
BREAKING NEWS: Another Holo Cafe Bombed	Ann Royall	[56]

13 (March 10)

Headline	Writer	URL
Racism: An Unacceptable Aspect of Caprican Life	Toccara Castleman	[57]
Tomas Vergis Makes Big Splash on Backtalk	Laurel Hill	[58]

14 (March 11)

Headline	Writer	URL
Playing the Field: Scorpian Man in Waiting, and More!	Sharon Edmonson	[59]
Teen Fun Excitement! Get Your Butts to the Dance!	Caleb Barlow	[60]
The MAGLEV Memorial: It's Time to Move On	Ralston Sinclair	[61]
Delphi Institute Loses Major Funding	Matthew Riley	[62]

15 (March 12)

Headline	Writer	URL
EXCLUSIVE: Interview with the C-Bucs' Kevin Kovat	Harold Sims	[63]
The Dive: A Place to Hide	Laurel Hill	[64]
Top 5 Best V-Match Dates!	Sharon Edmonson	[65]

21 (March 18)

Headline	Writer	URL
Students Compete For Robot Crown	Sharon Edmonson	[66]
Capricans and Their Pets: Stop the Madness	Sharon Edmonson	[67]
Pantheon Bridge Getting New Safety Measures	Harold Sims	[68]
Vergis and Graystone: The Plot Thickens	Matthew Riley	[69]

22 (March 19)

Headline	Writer	URL
New Cap City: Get Thee to Mysteries	Caleb Barlow	[70]
Local Artist Makes Beautiful Bags From Billboards	Sharon Edmonson	[71]
Top 5 Off-Beat Vacation Destinations	Sharon Edmonson	[72]
Corporate Espionage: Is It Going Too Far?	Ralston Sinclair	[73]

23 (March 20)

Headline	Writer	URL
Whither the C-Bucs?	Matthew Riley	[74]

27 (March 24)

Headline	Writer	URL
Who Is Barnabas? The Ghost of the STO	Harold Sims	[75]
Sagittaron: Up and Down the Acheron	Caleb Barlow	[76]
GDD Raises Terror Level Alert...Again	Toccara Castleman	[77]

28 (March 25)

Headline	Writer	URL
Suspicious Activity on Graystone Property	Sharon Edmonson	[78]
Qualai University Defends Robot Title	Ann Royall	[79]

29 (March 26)

Headline	Writer	URL
Road Work on Colonial 5 Nears Completion	Ann Royall	[80]
The Telewindow: One For Every Home	Laurel Hill	[81]
STO Training Camps: What Goes on There?	Ralston Sinclair	[82]
The Military Machine: The Other Side of Graystone Industries	Matthew Riley	[83]
The Top 5 Entertainment Options in New Cap City	Sharon Edmonson	[84]

30 (March 27)

Headline	Writer	URL
BREAKING: Dr. Amanda Graystone Apparently Jumps from Pantheon Bridge	Sharon Edmonson	[85]

Aprilis

5 (April 2)

Headline	Writer	URL
Sister Clarice Willow, Target of Bomb Plot	Sharon Edmonson	[86]
RUMORS & WHISPERINGS: Is Tomas Vergis Buying the C-Bucs?	Matthew Riley	[87]
SPOTLIGHT: The Caprica Bay Waterfront	Sharon Edmonson	[88]
The Capricanization of Tomas Vergis	Matthew Riley	[89]

19 (April 16)

Headline	Writer	URL
Canceron Wants a Fourth Pyramid Team	Matthew Riley	[90]

20 (April 17)

Headline	Writer	URL
Graystone Computers Recycling Program	Sharon Edmonson	[91]
Vergis Corporation Proposes New Energy Standards	Caleb Barlow	[92]

24 (April 21)

Headline	Writer	URL
Gemenon: The (Evil) Twin of Caprica	Ralston Sinclair	[93]
Stop the Sagittaron Stereotypes	Harold Sims	[94]

Maius

3 (April 30)

Headline	Writer	URL
Two (Out of Seven) MAGLEV Stations Re-open	Ralston Sinclair	[95]
Caprica Prepares for Upcoming Census	Sharon Edmonson	[96]

Sextilis

4 (July 27)

Headline	Writer	URL
The Caprican Will Return!	Caleb Barlow	[97]

October

29 (September 29)

Headline	Writer	URL
O Daniel, Where Art Thou?	Ralston Sinclair	[98]

November

1 (October 1)

Headline	Writer	URL
Where Will the STO Strike Next?	Harold Sims	[99]

3 (October 4)

Headline	Writer	URL
Chatting with Holly Legrand on the Set of 'One'	Ann Royall	[100]
Vergis Running Graystone Industries - Now What?	Harold Sims	[101]

14 (October 15)

Headline	Writer	URL
Daniel Graystone: Back From the Dead (Sort Of)	Harold Sims	[102]
Clarice Willow: STO Target?	Harold Sims	[103]

15 (October 16)

Headline	Writer	URL
The Vergis Agenda - Or At Least Part of It	Harold Sims	[104]

16 (October 17)

Headline	Writer	URL
Just Wondering About That Military Roadblock Thing	Ralston Sinclair	[105]

Links

• The Caprican @ Syfy.com
• Caprica's Notes

Caprica definition: an advice column on dating in the Twelve Colonies (The Caprican: "Playing the Field: A Guide to Love in the Colonies," et al).

Caprica definition: a civilian outfit on Caprica in operation prior to the First Cylon War handling large-scale enforcement throughout the colony, akin to the FBI, see: Global Defense Department

Caprica definition: a monotheistic terrorist organization in existence for more than a decade prior to 58 BCH (^{(CAP: "Pilot")}, et al).