Colonial wireless alphabet

The Colonial wireless alphabet is a means of communicating letters via words, thus permitting clarity when communicating spellings over wireless. This is similar to the NATO phonetic alphabet used for radio communications.

The following is a list of words used in the CWA. At present, only nine have been canonically identified.

Letter	Word	Pronunciation
A	Alpha	[ˈæl.fə]
B	Bravo	[ˈbɹɑ.voʊ]
C	Constellation	[ˌcɑn.stə.ˈleɪ.ʃən]
D	Delta	[ˈdɛl.tə]
E	Echo	[ˈɛ.koʊ]
N	Nebula	[ˈnɛb.ju.lə]
S	Sierra	[si.ˈɛɹˌɹə]
T	Tango	[tăng'gō]
X	X-ray	[ɛks.'ɹeɪ]

Notes

• In the NATO phonetic alphabet, "Alpha" is spelled "Alfa", in consideration of Spanish orthography. Depending on how literally one interprets certain scenes, Spanish (or a language represented by Spanish) may be spoken in the twelve colonies. Our use of the traditional English spelling here is somewhat arbitrary.
• "Wilco" is not a CWA letter code. It means "will comply", matching its real usage.
• While the Colonial wireless alphabet borrows from the NATO phonetic alphabet, there are exceptions because they have Earth-specific references and are unlikely to be known to the Colonials. Examples: India and Quebec (Earth locations), Romeo and Juliet (Shakespearean characters), and Yankee and Zulu (regional and ethnic groups of Earth).
• The Battlestar Galactica Role Playing Game includes a complete listing of the wireless alphabet, though the full list has not been verified as canon. The additions supplied by the game are as follows (direct analogues to the NATO phonetic alphabet marked with an asterisk):

Letter	Word
F	Foxtrot*
G	Gamma
H	Hotel*
I	Icon
J	Juno
K	Kilo*
L	Logo
M	Meteor
O	Oscar*
P	Papa*
Q	Quasar
R	Rho
U	Uniform*
V	Victor*
W	Whiskey*
Y	Yellow
Z	Zephyr

Re-imagined Series definition: Colonial equivalent of radio

Re-imagined Series definition: "suspicious activity" ^{(TRS: "Scattered")}

Re-imagined Series definition: the process of using the FTL engines to make an near-instantaneous apparent faster-than-light transport of a ship from one point in space to another

Re-imagined Series definition: "will comply," the typical terse acceptance to an order given