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*[[BSG]]: Battlestar Group ([[Miniseries]]) | *[[BSG]]: Battlestar Group ([[Miniseries]]) | ||
*[[CAG]]: Commander, Air Group, i.e. the senior pilot ([[Miniseries]]) | *[[CAG]]: Commander, Air Group, i.e. the senior pilot ([[Miniseries]]) |
Revision as of 19:17, 12 September 2006
Abbreviations
- 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-'graph order: a basic command tool taught to officer candidates (Fragged)
- Knuckle dragger: mechanic
- Nugget: a pilot in training (Act of Contrition)
- Mark One Eyeball: the unaided eye
- Rook': "rookie" (Miniseries)
- Sitrep: "situation report"
- Snipe: engineer
Other Colloquialisms
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