Survivor count
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The number if surviving colonials in the fleet is provided at intervals throughout the first season on a whiteboard on Colonial One, and in one instance spoken aloud in dialogue. In the second season, this number appears in the opening credits of every episode (sometimes jokingly referred to as the "Countdown to Extinction"), and displays limited omniscience, updating itself to reflect the deaths on Kobol early in that season. This page collects the figures available thus far, cross-referenced with date information from Re-Imagined Series Timeline.
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Data
Day 6
- 33
- 50,298 - initial estimate.
- 49,998 - after revising count downward by 300.
- 47,972 - after destruction of the Olympic Carrier.
- 47,973 - one birth on the Rising Star.
Day 10
- Water
- 47,958
Day 15
- You Can't Go Home Again
- 47,958 - has not been updated to reflect the deaths of 13 pilots in "Act of Contrition"
Day 25
- Flesh and Bone
- 47,954 - after deaths of three crew and one copy of Aaron Doral in "Litmus", discovery of Ellen Tigh one week prior to "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down, and the disappearance of Shelly Godfrey in "Six Degrees of Separation". The events of "Act of Contrition" have (still) not been accounted for.
Day 28
- Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down
- 47,905 - given by Dr. Gaius Baltar, possibly excluding himself and Sharon Valerii. Unusually large reduction for a 3-day period.
Day 48
- Colonial Day
- 47,898 - immediately after Valence's death. Includes four viper pilots killed in "The Hand of God".
Day 50
Day 51
- Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II
- Scattered
- 47,875 - Boomer was probably removed after her assasination attempt.
- Valley of Darkness
- 47,874 - Tarn
- Fragged
Day 54 (est)
- Resistance
- 47,861 - Crashdown
Day 61 (est)