List of terms (1980): Difference between revisions

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For terms in the Re-imagined Series, see: List of terms (RDM).

This is a list of terms in Galactica 1980. Some of these terms are specific to the Galactica 1980 television series, and not to the Original Series from which it was spun-off, although there may be overlap from the Original Series into this listing.

Military

Priority Red: High priority; Captain Kanon tells Britton to contact the Galactica with a Priority Red message regarding the A-B Raider (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I)

Galactica 1980 specific terms

breaking skip: a maneuver done in an atmosphere; three of these are used by the Cylon A-B Raider to reduce speed to ensure a non-fatal landing (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).
chronic or cronic: a unit of temperature; 2000 degrees chronic would be the skin temperature of the A-B Raider at maximum upon entering Earth's atmosphere (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).
wrist computron: wrist computer, a device with a multitude of different capabilities (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).

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 == ''Galactica 1980'' specific terms ==
+* '''breaking skip:''' a maneuver done in an atmosphere; three of these are used by the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] [[Raider (TOS)#Advanced A-B Raider|A-B Raider]] to reduce speed to ensure a non-fatal landing ([[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]).
+* '''chronic''' or '''cronic:'''  a unit of temperature; 2000 degrees chronic would be the skin temperature of the [[A-B Raider]] at maximum upon entering [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]'s atmosphere ([[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]).
 * '''[[wrist computron]]:''' wrist computer, a device with a multitude of different capabilities ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]).