Troy (RDM)

For others with the same name, see: Troy.

Troy was a Colonial mining settlement that suffered a cataclysm, killing a majority of the people who were there at the time. It was not one of the Twelve Colonies themselves, but a minor settlement said to be within their sphere of influence. The colony was either located in the vicinity of Aerelon or possibly settled by it (Flesh and Bone).

The Cylon copy Number Eight known as Sharon "Boomer" Valerii believed that she and her parents, Abraham and Katherine Valerii, had lived on Troy ("Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II", "Flesh and Bone"). In reality, as a Cylon construct, Valerii had no parents.

Notes

• In Greek mythology, in Homer's Iliad, Troy was a city and the site of the Trojan War.
• If one looks at the backstory and the story of the Trojan horse with a certain amount of abstractness, they can see a general parallel. Sharon Varelii could be seen as the Trojan horse sent by the Cylons, who would be considered the other Greek factions aligned against the Trojans. The Cylons send Valerii into the Colonies through Troy to destroy them. Valerii is accepted and ultimately betrays the colonies much to their shock and surprise.
• According to the fictional backstory, her mother was still alive when Boomer left for the Colonial Fleet academy and that the accident happened en route. In the Miniseries, she tells Boxey that her parents died when she was little. Later, in "Downloaded", she says that she received a gift from her mother when she left for the academy. This jibes with the first point, but conflicts with what she tells Boxey, therefore becoming a continuity error unless training exists for very young cadets.