Quorum of Twelve (TRS)
- This article explains the legislative body in the Re-imagined Series. For information on its Original Series counterpart, see Quorum of Twelve (TOS).
The Quorum of Twelve is a unicameral deliberative body that grants each of the Twelve Colonies one elected representative, who votes on and brings issues to be discussed. The scope of these issues, in the aftermath of the Cylon attack, is likely to be quite broad due to the lack of any other organized political bodies.
- The Quorum combines features from the U.N. Security Council, U.S. Senate and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (a leadership body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and some other Mormon sects).
It is believed that the Quorum was instituted by the Articles of Colonization; 52 years prior to the final Cylon Attack. After the loss of the Quorum under President Adar, President Laura Roslin reestablished a new Quorum on Colonial Day. Its representatives included:
- Tom Zarek of Sagittaron
- Marshall Bagot of Virgon
- Sarah Porter of Gemenon
- Robin Wenutu of Canceron
- Safiya Sanne of Picon
- Gaius Baltar of Caprica
- Eladio Puasha of Scorpia
One of the primary issues of the new Quorum was the election of a Vice President as the Quorum is responsible for the confirmation of the successor to that office. If there is a tie, as was the case during the campaign of Tom Zarek and Gaius Baltar, the President is the one who casts the tie-breaking vote (Colonial Day).
The Fleet's Quorum of Twelve previously assembled onboard Cloud 9 but with Cloud 9's nuclear destruction moments after Gaius Baltar's swearing-in as President of the Twelve Colonies (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II), the status of the Quorum's members or its role in the new colony on New Caprica was unclear. It is later learned that Tom Zarek became President Baltar's Vice President and that the Quorum is still a functioning part of the Colonial government.