List of terms (TOS-RH)

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This is a listing of terms that appear in the glossary in "Armageddon", from page 310—312, in addition to terms not defined in that glossary, but appear in the Richard Hatch novels. Terms appearing in List of terms (TOS) do not appear here, unless to note a discrepancy.

Military jargon

• "divide and conquer": a maneuver involving two Vipers, wherein both head in opposite directions, but later head towards each other in a near collision course after their enemy splits its forces to follow both craft; the enemy craft are later disposed of as they blindly pursue their opposite number, with the partner Viper attacking the other's pursuers

Terms

• altered: intoxicated or under the influence of drugs
• anchor spikes: nails
• apex pulsar: the top, center engine on a Viper
• ascensior: an elevator
• avion: a bird
• berth: bed
• beschkurd: green, leafy vegetable common to most Colonies
• bova: a large livestock animal kept in herds
• brain crystals: outlawed chemical weapon causing portions of the brain to wither and harden, as if frozen
• buritician: a member of the hereditary nobility of the Colonies
• cogitator: a Cylon diplomat, like Lucifer
• commander's court: military court
• coneth stew: a spicy vegetable dish made with bova meat
• cycle: work details and duties are divided into two eight-hour periods and one nine-hour period, or cycle, per ship's day; three consecutive cycles comprise a full day
• fallaga: a plant found on Qorax
• fiberline: a thin, strong rope
• flanchette: a stinging insect
• flatscreen: computer screen
• flexi-weave: a type of fabric
• frizzort: a mishap, error, or malfunction
• fundamental code: a language of sounds, gestures and images believed to be significant to most sentient lifeforms
• gyro-capacitor: the energy transference system used in starships
• helm: the helmet worn by Viper pilots
• heffa berries: fruit native to Caprica that is grown on the Agro Ships
• imager: a high-tech mirror
• info-scroll: a heads-up display projected against the energy shield of a helm
• info-sphere: data storage capsule
• instruction period: term for time dedicated to education
• kirasolis: a sticky, caramel-like candy
• kyluminum: a lightewight, plasteen/saligium alloy
• launch aperture: energy-shielded opening in a starship bay through which smaller ships take off and land
• magnalift: hi-tech crane
• mealprep: a kitchen
• micronoscope: powerful electronic microscope
• mucoid: slimy, sticky; likely an adjective
• mugjape: maggot-like creatures; the larval stage of skreeters
• musiclink: radio; primarily for music and entertainment
• navi-hilt: the pilot's stick in a Viper
• novayahren: birthday
• ogliv: a fruit described as prickly skinned and sweet; perhaps similar to pineapple
• oregg: a precious metal, equivalent to gold
• plasteen: an indestructible plastic
• saligium: heavy metal alloy used in construction
• S-cube: simulcast sight-and-sound unit; a video camera
• sensorline: physical connection between two technology systems
• servitor: waiter
• skreeter: described in the book as a "bothersome but essentially harmless insect"; perhaps similar to flies or, at worst, mosquitoes
• skyeye: a multiple-lensed, spherical camera capable of hovering
• slagger: slothful person
• support vapors: life support aboard ships
• sylvanus: metal used in jewelry, similar to brass
• techno center: technology center, the Cylons base on Ochoa was broadcasting the jamming signals from this point
• temblor: a ground tremor or seismic planetary phenomenon
• "trank it": calm down
• TransVid: television
• tulipian buds: exotic appetizer or side dish made from vegetables
• turbolaser: the laser guns on a Viper

Measurements

• centimetron: 1/100th of a metron; about 1/2 inch
• metron: term similar to meter, comprising of 100 centimetrons; about 50 inches (4 feet 2 inches)

Contradictions

• grog
  • In "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I", Greenbean is seen taking grog from the Officer's Mess and bottled like beer.
  • In "Armaggedon", grog is an alcoholic beverage as well, but is similar to rum.
• pogees
  • In "The Living Legend, Part II", Lucifer uses the term similar to how "shit" would be utilized; e.g. "They're blowing the pogees out of it."
  • In "Armageddon", pogees is a term for testicles.
• pulsar
  • In "Gun on Ice Planet Zero", the term pulsar is used to identify the Ravashol pulsar, a device that is used as a weapon by the Cylons.
  • In "The Hand of God", the term "mega pulsar" is used to identify the major offensive weapons on a basestar.
  • In the novel, this is a term for an engine aboard a starship.

Differences

• centari: equivalent to nearly one minute; one hundred microns
• centon: equivalent to nearly one hour; one hundred centari
• cubit: the cubit is said to be made from oregg, although this is never mentioned in the series
• micron: equivalent to a fraction of a second; 1/100th of a centari
• week: defined as "ten days"; which would make 25 weeks in a yahren
• yahren: while still equivalent to a year, a yahren is 250 days

Notes

• With the numbers given, there is a noted disconnect between Earth time and Colonial time. For instance, someone living 100 yahren (2,500 weeks) in Colonial time would be only be 48 Earth years old. This explains why the Colonials appear to have a longer lifespan, as Adama noted that the Colonial lifespan was 200 yahren (96 Earth years).