List of terms (1980)

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

• ascension tube: elevator; Dillon refers to the elevators at the WQSL radio station building as these (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II).
• automatic beacon: an electronic device that automatically transmits a distress signal (The Return of Starbuck).
• automatic detonator: a self destruct mechanism; such a mechanism is inside the A-B Raider and is activated by Andromus upon crash landing outside of New York City (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I).
• 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).
• computron: computer (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).
• force field: a safety device that restrains the Viper pilot in their seat (The Return of Starbuck).
• navigational computron: navigational computer; Adama says that coordinates to uninhabited landing zones on Earth are programmed in these (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).
• support vapors: air produced by a life support system (The Return of Starbuck).
• wrist computron: wrist computer, a device with a multitude of different capabilities (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).

Measurement

• agronloms or engronloms: unit of measurement in determining signal strength (The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II).
• metron: a unit equivalent to 1 hectometer