Cyrannus (TOS)

For other uses of "Cyrannus", see this article.

In "The Long Patrol", Starbuck refers to the Twelve Colonies as being in the "Cyranus Galaxy". This may be an error on the part of the series writers on the grounds that:

• The Colonials are seeking Earth, and so must be travelling within the Milky Way Galaxy
• The Original Series neither shows nor implies any inter-galactic travel.

Counterpoints:

• Earth in the Original Series does not have to be the Earth of the Milky Way Galaxy.
• The Original Series may use a different name for our galaxy, so inter-galatic travel is not necessarily implied.
• The Original Series may use a different definition for the word galaxy to mean solar system or sector. There are several examples in the series that appear to bear this out.
  • The lead Centurion in "The Hand of God" orders their Raiders on patrol deeper into the galaxy.
  • The episode "Saga of a Star World" makes clear that a Raider needed to refuel to reach the Colonies from the Cylon Empire.

Original Series definition: region of space or planet, see also Quadrant. Usually named after a Greek letter (space sectors), or a geographic formation on the surface of a planet (geographic sector, e.g. Sector Hekla on the planet Arcta")