List of terms (RDM)

Abbreviations

• BS: Battlestar
• BSG: Battlestar Group (Miniseries)
• CAG: Commander, Air Group, i.e. the senior pilot (Miniseries)
• CAP: Combat Air Patrol (33)
• CBDR: Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range, i.e. a collision course (Final Cut, Pegasus)
• CIC: Combat Information Center (Miniseries)
• CMC: Colonial Marine Corps (Final Cut)
• CF: Colonial Fleet (Final Cut)
• CO: Commanding Officer
• ECO: Electronic Countermeasures Officer
• FTL: Faster Than Light (Miniseries)
• LSO: Landing Signal Officer
• OOD: Officer of the Deck
• RFN: Right Frakking Now (Valley of Darkness)
• XO: Executive Officer

Military Jargon

• Actual: the commanding officer
• five paragraph operation order: a basic command tool taught to officer candidates (Fragged)
• knuckle dragger: mechanic
• nugget: a pilot in training
• Mark One Eyeball: using the unaided eye or doing something manually
• rook: short for "rookie" (Miniseries).
• sitrep: shorthand for "situation report".
• snipe: engineer

Other Colloquialisms

• frak: Colonial version of "fuck"
• skin job: derogatory term specifically for the humanoid Cylons. Homage to the movie Blade Runner
• toaster: derogatory term for the Cylons

Battlestar Galactica Specific Terms

• ambrosia: alcoholic beverage
• chamalla: hallucinogenic plant used in religious ceremonies and medical treatments
• cubit: unit of currency
• dradis: Colonial equivilant of radar
• fumarella leaf: tabacco or a specific kind of tobacco
• G-4: type of explosive similar to modern C-4
• krypter: Colonial version of "mayday"
• morpha: Colonial equivilant of morphine
• Triad: card game similar to Poker
• tylium: mineral that can be refined to a powerful fuel
• Pyramid: popular Colonial ball game
• wireless: Colonial term for radio

Re-imagined Series definition: Battlestar Group ^{(TRS: "Water")}. It also doubles as an acronym for the television series itself.

Re-imagined Series definition: standard deployment of craft on defense posture, an anachronistic colloquialism used to refer to patrols in space

Re-imagined Series definition: nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar, see: Combat Information Center

Re-imagined Series definition: Commanding Officer; e.g. William Adama

crew member handling electronic countermeasures of a craft; ECOs are standard crew aboard Raptors (see: ECO)

Re-imagined Series definition: technology enabling travel across distances faster than the speed of light would permit, see: FTL

Re-imagined Series definition: officer responsible for flight operations of either a battlestar or battlestar group

Re-imagined Series definition: a watch officer aboard a ship, when the CO or XO are off-station ^{(TRS: "Scattered")}

Re-imagined Series definition: directive to execute an order with alacrity, often used in a heated situation ^{(TRS: "Scattered", "Valley of Darkness")}

Re-imagined Series definition: initial skills training; can refer to basic military indoctrination, and arms and ground training ^{(TRS: "Fragged")}; and basic flight training ^{(TRS: "Miniseries")}

Re-imagined Series definition: "situation report"

Re-imagined Series definition: visual indicator used in a battlestar's Instrument Landing System during a hands-on approach ^{(TRS: "Miniseries", "Act of Contrition", "Final Cut", "Black Market")}