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The Original Series Article Development Project is a long-winded title for a fairly large project to develop articles relating to the original Battlestar Galactica.

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Saga of a Star World

A transcript of the episode can be found here.

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Saga of a Star World Battle of Carillon Battle of Cimtar
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Articles that have been worked on, but need verification before crossing out as completed.

Arts and Entertainment of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - tucana singers, gambling
Blonde Taurus - seems pertinent enough for an article of her own...
- Added bit about "most practical form" as well as the "bigger, stronger, interchangable parts"
Evolution - the "actor" who portrayed Muffit II
- Back issue of TV guide with possible Evie info has been ordered.

Fashions of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - more screencaps and descriptions of carillon patrons, maybe add the council's dress (especially the more diverse opening council)
Gold Cluster - to be awarded to Apollo, Starbuck, and Boomer by Sire Uri, the military's highest honor
Government of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - government, Quorum of Twelve (TOS), concept of referendum on Carillon (disarmament issue)
Imperious Leader - one of the main eps for this character
Society of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - society, such as religion (Otori sect)
Technology of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - Languatron, etc.

Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I

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Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I
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ale - swiped for the party
Cylon listening post - needs a second verification
- Some confusion on the raider count.
Imperious Leader - at the beginning (should we note the peace offer discrepancy between the epilogue and this ep?)
Lucifer - first mission

Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II

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Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II
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~~Adama's Medallion: noted its use in the marriage ceremony~~
~~Intercept 1, Intercept 2, and Intercept 3~~
seal: a description of the ceremony
- Could Talk:Seal be used as a start?

Needs audio capture (according to talk page). --Steelviper 12:47, 16 January 2007 (CST)

The Lost Warrior

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The Lost Warrior
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The Long Patrol

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The Long Patrol
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Aerian merchant code - used by Robber, Cassie recognizes it
Alpha Six quadrant - mentioned by CORA?
asteroid dust
Crodan - where the "agro parts" were going to
Deathstone - terminology (instead of own page), tombstone
Frodo system - Where Frodo moved from after the Shire became a boring place for him... it is now filled with some "nasty buggers"
Laser generator - Viper part that makes the lasers go, removed from the Recon viper
- Could possibly be merged with Laser pump. See talk page.
Maitre d' - added pic and added a reference to his explaination of the "before the war" comments
Pulse generator - Viper part related to engines, extra one added to Recon viper
Quintara - the star cluster mentioned in a deleted scene
Sanitation ship - spoils the view (but not really)
short range marker beacon - used to track the Recon viper without breaking comms blackout
Starchaser - name painted on the side of the Recon viper

The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I

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The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I	t
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7-11: a game that Boomer mentions that Cree's instructor may be playing back on Galactica
- ~~Would be better as redirect to Arts and Entertainment of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) --Serenity 13:06, 16 January 2007 (CST)~~
  - ~~Agreed. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 17:03, 16 January 2007 (CST)~~
Arcta - spellcheck of aricle name against subtitles, concordance says Arkta
armament room
Barge Lice - reference points to Baltar's escape, but may be from Gun (I or II)
Grid Rats - see above
- See Talk:Grid Rats for my merge proposal of these terms. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 21:12, 12 January 2007 (CST)

Moved to Prison Barge inmates, with redirects.

computer room
Diethene - scary gas on Arcta
Deathpoint - temperature at which diethene-rich air turns liquid
- Simply redirected to di-ethene. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 22:03, 14 January 2007 (CST)
Kalpa snow garrison
Killian - viper pilot who gets iced by the big gun when he escorts the shuttle
- Needs a pic. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 22:03, 14 January 2007 (CST)
Komma
Cree
Hand mine - cats
Shields
Kalpa
Ice Station Thula - Boomer served here
Medical analyzer - device Leda asks for after crash to check wounded
Mount Hekla - where the big gun is
Sector Hekla - where the shuttle crashes on Arcta
Sector Sigma - space location of Arcta
Solonite - spellcheck against subtitles
- Done. Spelling A O.K. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 22:03, 14 January 2007 (CST)

The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II

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The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II
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~~energy exchange pump - widget destroyed to have the pulsar destroy itself~~

The Magnificent Warriors

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The Magnificent Warriors
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Constable
Forced nitron field
Lord of Bellarium
Orion
Orion checks
Quantum - unit of currency on Sectar
Zeta Quadrant - location of Sectar

The Young Lords

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The Young Lords
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Adama's quarters - needs a pic
Ariadne
Attila - spellcheck, I've seen Attila, Antilla, etc.
- Attila is the correct spelling, per the DVD subtitles. This is also reinforced by the book relating to it, apparently. -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 23:08, 25 January 2007 (CST)
Canus patrol - the patrol that attacks Starbuck and Boomer
- Should we even bother to note the Cylon, identified as "Canus patrol leader", who survives the dogfight with Starbuck and Boomer? -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 23:08, 25 January 2007 (CST)
Command chamber
Delta-class planet - Description of the planet
IL-series
Kyle
Megan
Metron bomb - Lucifer says Specter's getting an awful lot
Miri
Nilz
Omega sector - location of the planet
Petro - another suspicious horde item, possibly petroleum reference?
Robus
Scorched planet policy - variation on "scorched Earth" developed by Specter
Specter
Tin cans - terminology, euphemism for Centurions/Cylons (is a redirect to Centurions (TOS))
- This is also listed on both List of terms (TOS) and Cylons (TOS) pages.
Worship bell - rung by the Cylons to indicate agreement with the exchange of prisoners

The Living Legend, Part I

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The Living Legend, Part I
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Apollo (TOS)
Baltar (TOS)
Battle of Caprica - Adama calls the "Battle of Cimtar" the "Battle of Caprica".
Battle of Molecay
Bojay
Cain
Cassiopeia
Elders of Kobol - apparently had very young wives, says Apollo to Starbuck
Fifth Fleet
Molecay
Starbuck (TOS)
tinhead - Bojay uses the term to derisively describe Cylons
Uniforms (TOS) - just to see if anything cosmetic was missed

The Living Legend, Part II

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The Living Legend, Part II
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Fire in Space

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Fire in Space
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	Uniforms (TOS) - Need to add the fire clothing, space suits, and surgical scrubs depicted in this ep. Galactica (TOS) - We can use some of the info in this episode to expand a bit on the layout.

Verification

Boraton mist control center - maybe a redirect to "battlestar", and mention its existence in there.
Centura - list of terms, "Adama doesn't have a chance in a centuron if..."
Compartment bulyarks
Finite microlaser - surgical tool used by Salik when working on Adama
Fireleader - head firefighter
Fumarello case - a case for holding fumarellos, maybe equivalent to a humidor?
Gyro - redirect to battlestar, mention that gyros are part of the navigational/stability control
Hovermobile
Laser scalpel - yet more doctor gear, another entry for the life sciences page as well
Life mask - see breather
megapressure pump
scanners - sensors, Galactica has hers knocked out by the exploding Raider
telecom - term for internal comms, redirect to list of terms
ultrasonic scrub - preop sterilizing procedure, maybe put a see-also to trek's "sonic showers"?
Wavelon - used in this ep

War of the Gods

Iblis' ship - Picture and article done. Verification needed.

General

We should probably do a series of articles similar to the RDM "Twelve Colonies" series that Peter started. Here's an idea:

Fashions of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - Covers the clothing and other "bling bling", since it's pretty unique.
Arts and Entertainment of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - Good place for triad, pyramid, and minor games we see in the series (in particular this would be a great place for those games we see in "Fire in Space")
Technology of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - tech and all that
Government of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - government, Quorum of Twelve (TOS), and all that jazz
Society of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - society, such as religion
Life Sciences of the Twelve Colonies (TOS) - Covers the medical and psychological aspects of the Colonies, in progress

Additionally...

List of Warriors - analog to List of pilots (created 1/16/07, but sorely needing an update)
Unnamed Battlestar Galactica personnel (TOS) - analog to Unnamed Battlestar Galactica personnel

I'll start this one as named... do we want to port it over to unnamed characters like the RDM version is now? --Steelviper 08:14, 17 January 2007 (CST)

Pictures needed for...

Blue Squadron

Maybe the big blue squadron/galactica logo that's up in the officer's club? --Steelviper 08:14, 17 January 2007 (CST)

Military Ranks (TOS) - could use some color
- What exactly do we have in mind? -- Joe Beaudoin ^{So say we all - Donate} 18:06, 17 January 2007 (CST)