Carom

Carom is a term used to describe the location of a Dradis Contact, typically in conjunction with a three digit number. "Carom" describes the contact's position on an incremented disc perpendicular to the ecliptic, similar to a degree of azimuth. For example:

"Dradis Contact! Cylon Basestar, bearing 187, carom 221!"

This would indicate a Cylon Basestar 187 incremements to starboard, then 221 increments up from the ecliptic. Note that, while this system is exactly the same system as used in other sci-fi shows such as "Star Trek ("carom" replaced with "mark"), the contacts in Battlestar Galactica have been located with numbers greater than 360, so it is assumed that some incrementation other than degrees is used.

Notes

In the Miniseries, the term "mark" was used, however it changed to Carom in Season 1.