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For information on the proposed Re-imagined Series spin-off, see Caprica (series).

Overview

Colors and symbol of Caprica


Caprica is a large blue-green planet, and the only colony directly seen by viewers thus far in the Re-imagined Series[1]. According to Gaius Baltar, Caprica was the Twelve Colonies' seat of politics, culture, art, science, and learning.

The planet was devastated by a massive nuclear attack and the sky has turned orange due to the onset of a nuclear winter. While a lot of people died from the radiation, some survived with the use of anti-radiation medication. However, the plant life is presumably dying, making long-term human survival on the planet doubtful. The few surviving larger cities were taken over the Cylons who used the planet as a base of operations for a time.

Cities

Caprica City, before the Cylon attack.

The planet's largest population center was Caprica City, which served as the seat of all three branches of the Colonial Government and the capital of the Twelve Colonies. The city is completely destroyed in the Cylon attack on the Colonies. Caprica City is surrounded by other small towns and hamlets, such as Oasis. Another major city is Delphi, famous for the Delphi Museum of the Colonies and also home to a large spaceport. The Cylons spared Delphi from nuclear bombardment in order to use it as a base of operations in their occupation of the planet (Downloaded).

An unnamed, destroyed city on Caprica (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II).

On their trek across Caprica, Karl Agathon and Sharon Valerii explore two undestroyed and unnamed cities.

Other

  • The human resistance cell, led by Samuel Anders, operated near Delphi, having survived the nuclear attack by being in the mountains (and thus above the radiation).
  • Caprica is known for its fine Caprican cloth (which Dr. Baltar wears), fumarella leaf, Caprican cigars and art.
  • A railway line can be seen below the balcony of Baltar's house on Caprica in "The Hand of God". What appear to be internal combustion engine powered vehicles, such as cars and trucks, appear extensively in shots of Caprica.

Natives and Residents

6,250 people from Caprica join the Laura Roslin faction (Home, Part I). The overall Caprican survivor population, possibly significantly greater, is unknown (see analysis here).

Publications and Media

Pyramid Team

Locations

See also

References

  1. The military base seen in Kara Thrace's flashbacks in "Act of Contrition" might have been located on another planet than Caprica, but cannot be placed with certainty.

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