Earth (TOS)

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For information on the Earth of the Re-imagined Series, see Earth (RDM).

Earth is the home of the lost Thirteenth Tribe in both Battlestar Galactica sagas.

In the Original Series

Boomer analysing a Gamma frequency transmission (credit:Universal Studios/ABC)

The lost Thirteenth Tribe settles on the planet Earth, its settlers having departed long ago from Kobol after the same environmental cataclysm which caused the Exodus of the Twelve Tribes and made Kobol uninhabitable. As stated in the Book of the Word, the Thirteenth Tribe left opposite the other Twelve Tribes, the information of their destination residing in the tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol (Lost Planet of the Gods).

Transmissions from Earth -- i.e. the Apollo Moon Landing -- were picked up by Captain Apollo in the Celestial chamber on an obsolete Gamma frequency, though the copy of the transmission was destroyed in the attack on the Cylon basestar (The Hand of God).

Due to the discovery of several planets inhabited by Humans of the Thirteenth Tribe, especially Terra, and the Eastern Alliance, it must be assumed that Earth is very advanced in terms of technology, and may be more than a match for the Cylons.

However, due to budgetry constraints in the sequel to Battlestar Galactica (1978), Earth in the Original Series had to undergo a drastic change.

In Galactica 1980

In Galactica 1980, Earth was discovered, but, much to the dismay of Adama and the survivors, the humans on Earth were underdeveloped and would not be able to defend themselves from the Cylons. The short-lived series primarily depicts the central character's adventures on Earth's surface, including its past through a means of time-travel.