Arts and Entertainment of the Twelve Colonies (TOS)

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Arts and Entertainment help the last known survivors of the Twelve Colonies to rest, relax, and try to forget the fact that their race was nearly wiped out and they are still being pursued by robots intent on their destruction.

Music and Dance[edit]

The Colonials appear to have an appreciation for singing. The Tucana singers on Carillon perform for the Colonial patrons, and Starbuck judges their talent to be exceptional (and potentially very lucrative). A sparsely clad dancer performs on Carillon, earning the appreciation and even the occasional cubit thrown her way (Saga of a Star World).


Sports and Games[edit]

Games of chance are popular. The most common amongst the pilots is Pyramid, a card game. At the chancery on Carillon there appear to be a variety of games, with the odds stacked heavily in favor of the patrons in order to get them to stay for dinner.

For those who do not wish to partake in games of chance, there are also other recreational games, such as those in Galactica's Rejuvenation center (Fire in Space) and the three-dimensional chess set in Adama's ready room (Saga of a Star World).

Triad is a popular spectator sport. The game is usually watched not only by a live audience, but Inter-Fleet Broadcasting also broadcasts the games to the rest of the Fleet.

7-11 is an unidentified game mentioned by Boomer. After Lieutenant Boomer chastises Cadet Cree for being too close in the formation after launching from Galactica, Cree replies that his instructor ordered him to always keep tight– to which Boomer replies that Cree's instructor is "back at the base playing 7-11" (The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I).