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Both Colonials and Cylonics employ a distinct nomenclature of military jargon, colloquialisms, sayings, and technical terms to create a culture distinctly "alien" to the audience, but transposing a "steampunk" flavor and sensibility.
This article serves to organize and summarize this terminology, leading to different articles if the term needs to be further expanded upon.
Honorifics and Ranks[edit]
- Honorifics and titles are organized based on rank position, and not alphabetically. Some ranks and honorifics may be equal under certain conditions.
- Colonial Empire
- Archduke: A title of nobility, just a step or two beneath the top-most level of leadership nobility. Example: Adama.
- Crown Prince/Prince: A title of nobility, ascribed typically to the son of an archduke. Example: Apollo.
- Fleet Admiral: A military title of someone who leads a fleet. Example: Tigh.
- Lady: A title of nobility, subordinate to an archduke. Example: Athena.
- Admiral: A military rank. The commanding officer aboard the aethership Atlantia held this rank.
- Lord: A title of nobility. Example: Lord Cain of Pegasus.
- Count: A title of nobility. Example: Count Iblis.
- Flight-Lieutenant: A military rank. Example: Starbuck.
- Cylonic Empire
- Imperious Leader: The supreme rank given by Baltar to himself following his exile.
Colloquialisms[edit]
- felgercarb: Expletive, similar to "crap."
- frack: Expletive, similar to "shit."
- galmonging: Expletive, possibly similar to "asshole" or "God damned."
General Jargon[edit]
- aether: Outer space.
- aethership: A vessel operating in the aether.
- babbage: A computer. One such computer is Lu-c-fer.[1]
- bubbleship: A vessel that operates in the aether. Lady Athena has such a ship.
- clockwork: Used to describe the mechanical operation of Cylonic Knights, as dictated by the use of springs, gear trains, like that of a clock. (See: Clockwork.)
- plexi-crystal: A transparent material used in the creation of Viper canopies.
- punchcard: A means to program instructions into machinery.
- quorum: Leadership body of the Twelve Colonies.
- tylium: A fuel used by the "hearts" of the Cylonic Knights.
- Viper: A one-man fighter ship of the Colonial Empire.
Sayings[edit]
- "By whrrr command": A Cylonic response to accepting an order.
See also[edit]
- ↑ "Babbage" is named after Charles Babbage, whose designs for the Analytical Engine were the first instance of a computer, even though it was not built until much later.