List of terms (1980)
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- 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
- 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).
- wrist computron: wrist computer, a device with a multitude of different capabilities (Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I).