The Twelve Colonies of Man

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The Twelve Colonies were introduced in the original Battlestar Galactica. They were located in an unnamed multi-star system within the Cyranus Galaxy, and had been at war with the alien Cylons for 1,000 yahrens (years).

The original Twelve colonies included:

  • Aeries
  • Caprica
In the original series, Caprica was said to be the world that led the technological renaissance among the Twelve Colonies of Man, rediscovering space flight along the way.
  • Gemoni
  • Picon
  • Sagitaria
  • Scorpion
  • Tauron
  • Virgon