Timeline - Caprica (RDM)

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The following timeline includes the events of the series Caprica and how they relate to its parent-series Battlestar Galactica:

Caprica

26YR

• Daniel Graystone sells his new invention – the holoband – to MicroCap (CAP: "There is Another Sky").
• Zoe Graystone is born to Amanda and Daniel Graystone (CAP: "Caprica").

27YR

• Iuniores 4: Tad Thorean is born (CAP: "Know Thy Enemy").

31YR

• William Adama is born to Shannon and Joseph Adama (CAP: "Caprica").

32YR

• The Soldiers of the One become dormant (CAP: "Caprica").

41YR

• Aprilus 9: Ben Stark is caught out after curfew and interviewed by police regarding wires and detonates in his possession. The tape of the interview is mislabeled "Ben Starke."

42YR

• Ianuarius 23: Maglev No. 23 is bombed by Ben Stark, killing himself, Zoe Graystone, Tamara Adama, Shannon Adama, and dozens of others (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 6:
  • Daniel Graystone meets Joseph Adama outside City Hall;
  • Lacy Rand finds Zoe's avatar in the V-Club;
  • Daniel finds Lacy in Zoe's room (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 8:
  • Joseph represents a client in court before meeting his brother Sam Adama to accept payment from the Guatrau;
  • Daniel and Cyrus Xander conduct a test of the U-87, which fails miserably (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 9: Daniel hacks into Zoe's e-sheet and finds Zoe's avatar in the V-Club, but is thrown out of v-world when he follows her (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 10: Joseph takes William to school; Amanda is visited at work by Global Defense Department agent Jordan Duram, who suggests that Zoe may have been involved in the bombing of Maglev No. 23 (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 11:
  • Daniel persuades Lacy to take him to Zoe's avatar in the V-Club, the forcibly downloads the avatar onto his home computer;
  • the Guatrau instructs Joseph to deliver a message to Caprican Defense Minister Val Chambers CAP: ("Caprica").
• Februarius 12:
  • Agent Duram questions Lacy Rand and Clarice Willow regarding Zoe's involvement in the STO;
  • Daniel, Joseph, and Willie attend a C-Bucs pyramid game, after which Daniel mentions the possibility of Joseph seeing Tamara again (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 13:
  • Daniel scans Joseph into v-world and explains how Zoe and Tamara might be resurrected as avatars;
  • Joseph declares Daniel insane, but Daniel still asks Joseph to arrange for the theft of a meta-cognitive processor chip from Tomas Vergis (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 14:
  • Daniel delivers breakfast in bed to Amanda;
  • Joseph asks Sam to arrange the MCP theft;
  • Joseph informs Chambers that the Guatrau does not condone his political actions, which are detrimental to the Ha'la'tha, but Chambers insults Joseph before dismissing him;
  • Sam visits the Chambers residence at night and assassinates the Defense Minister (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 15:
  • Lacy confesses her involvement with the STO to Clarice, and learns that Clarice also belongs to the STO; Daniel uses Zoe's program to create an avatar of Tamara CAP: ("Caprica");
  • the MCP is stolen from the Vergis Corporation, and two Vergis employees are murdered in the process (CAP: "Know Thy Enemy").
• Februarius 16:
  • Joseph delivers the MCP to Daniel;
  • Joseph enters v-world to meet Tamara's avatar, but she panics when she cannot feel her heartbeat, and Joseph declares the entire project an abomination (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 17:
  • Daniel downloads Zoe's avatar into the MCP and installs it into the U-87;
  • the avatar briefly communicates with Daniel through the U-87 before the datastream breaks down, and Daniel discovers that Zoe's avatar is gone from v-world;
  • Joseph tells Willie that he was named after his grandfather William, who died in the Tauron Civil War (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 19:
  • Daniel stages an enormously successful demonstration of the U-87 for Caprican Defense Secretary Joan Leyte, and coins the term "Cylon";
  • Zoe's avatar latar contacts Lacy from within the U-87 (CAP: "Caprica").
• Februarius 21:
  • Cyrus and Daniel realize that the U-87 prototype and the MCP chip have bonded in a way that cannot be reproduced with any other robotic unit, and Daniel orders the U-87 prototype sent to his home lab for study;
  • Amanda watches home movies of Zoe;
  • Clarice invites Lacy to lunch at her home on Saturday;
  • Zoe's avatar tells Lacy not to tell Clarice about her existence (CAP: "Rebirth").
• Februarius 22:
  • Daniel and Amanda attend the Buccaneers/Stallions pyramid game;
  • Joseph accidentally drives to Tamara's school when he tries to pick up Willie;
  • Philomon and Drew pack up the U-87 for delivery to the Graystone residence;
  • Joseph returns home to find Willie, as well as an invitation to a memorial service for the Maglev No. 23 victims;
  • Agent Duram visits Amanda to inquire about Ben Stark, and discovers that Amanda did not Zoe had a boyfriend;
  • the U-87 tries to break free while in transit, and Philo calms it;
  • during dinner, Joseph experiences a hallucination of Tamara at the table;
  • Philo and Drew deliver the U-87 to the Graystone residence, and the robot breaks off one of Drew's fingers (CAP: "Rebirth").
• Februarius 23 (Saturday):
  • Amanda visits Lacy at her home and learns that Zoe intended to find a new family on Gemenon;
  • Daniel and Philo discuss the uniqueness of the U-87 prototype;
  • while Sam takes Willie to Little Tauron, he takes a call before heading to a business where he smashes a window, and Sam and Willie get arrested;
  • Lacy visits Clarice's family for lunch, and Clarice prods Lacy for information about Zoe's computer work;
  • Daniel and Amanda argue about going to the memorial, but Daniel agrees to go if Amanda wants to;
  • Sam and Willie are released from custody, and Willie returns home where Joseph questions his absence from school;
  • Clarice visits an opium den;
  • Zoe contacts Lacy, and Lacy visits the Graystone residence to see the U-87 (CAP: "Rebirth").
• Februarius 24:
  • Daniel and Amanda attend the memorial ceremony;
  • Amanda meets Ben's mother Natalie Stark, who gives Amanda a package of Zoe's possessions, including an Infinity pin;
  • Joseph finds Daniel, and demands to see Tamara's avatar again;
  • Amanda realizes that Zoe belonged to the STO, and announces to the crowd at the memorial ceremony that her daughter was responsible for the bombing of Maglev No. 23 (CAP: "Rebirth").
• Februarius 25: Amanda resigns her position at Caprica General Hospital
• Februarius 26: Lacy is targeted by fellow students at the Athenian Academy
• Februarius 27:
  • Daniel works out at the Red Gloves Gym and discusses talk-show host Baxter Sarno with Cyrus;
  • outside the Gym, Daniel is accosted by Sam and Joseph, who demands to see Tamara again;
  • Willie cuts school to spend time with Sam at Goldie's Off Track Betting
• Februarius 28:
  • Graystone Industries suffers as public opinion turns against holoband and v-world;
  • Joseph is berated by a judge for not personally delivering a bribe on behalf of Plexico Amarcord;
  • Clarice tries to convince Lacy to tell her about Zoe's work;
  • Daniel and Amanda discuss her public announcement of Zoe's STO affiliation
• Martius 1:
  • GDD director Gara Singh berates Duram's partner for having interviewed and released Ben Stark a year before the bombing;
  • Duram and his partner leak to the press the fact that "bureaucratic red tape" is preventing a search of the Graystone residence.
• Martius 2:
  • Zoe wirelessly interfaces the U-87 with v-world and visits Lacy in v-world, telling Lacy not to trust Clarice;
  • Zoe and Lacy find Tamara's avatar and help her escape into the virtual world;
• Martius 3:
  • Cyrus and Priyah Magnus try to convince Daniel to appear on Sarno's show to defend his company, v-world, and holobands;
  • Tamara parts ways with Zoe and Lacy in v-world, and Zoe instructs Lacy to find Keon Gatwick to get the U-87 to Gemenon;
  • Clarice discusses her search for Zoe's avatar with Alvo
• Martius 4:
  • Lacy convinces Keon to help her with Zoe's plan;
  • Daniel takes Joseph back to v-world, but they are unable to find Tamara's avatar;
  • Daniel sees news of the bad publicity against the Graystones, and calls Priyah to have her book him Backtalk the next night;
  • Joseph asks Sam to murder Amanda Graystone in reprisal for Shannon's death (CAP: "Reins of a Waterfall").
• Martius 5:
  • an empty holocafe is bombed;
  • Clarice receives a warning that the Athenian Academy will be raided, and alerts Keon, who clears bomb materials out of his locker;
  • Agent Duram leads GDD agents on a fruitless raid of the Academy;
  • Sam monitors Amanda from across the lake on the Graystone's property;
  • Philo runs diagnostics on the U-87;
  • Willie cuts school again and returns home, and his grandmother prompts him to decide what he wants to do with his life;
  • Agent Duram leads a raid on the Graystone residence, and the GDD confiscates everything in Zoe's room;
  • Lacy finds Keon at a mechanics shop and persuades him to contact STO operative Barnabas;
  • Agent Duram gets authorization to confiscate Academy students' e-sheets and communications;
  • Daniel appears on Backtalk, debating the morality of v-world with Sarno;
  • Amanda storms the stage in defense of her daughter;
  • Daniel concedes that v-world has adverse moral implications;
  • Clarice learns that Daniel interacted with a virtual avatar of Zoe after her death;
  • Ruth tells Joseph that Shannon and Tamara cannot rest in death until they are avenged, insisting that she could murder Amanda herself;
  • Daniel vows that Graystone Industries will not longer profit from v-world or the holobands;
  • Sam poses as a driver for the studio, and offers to drive Amanda home after the show;
  • Sam detours through Little Tauron with Amanda, indicating that he lost his sister-in-law and niece in the Maglev bombing;
  • Joseph tries to contact Sam in order to call off the murder, but cannot reach him;
  • Sam returns to Joseph's house and, after recounting the details of a horrific murder, admits that he dropped Amanda Graystone off, safe but scared, at her house because he knew that Joseph would not go through the murder;
  • Daniel and Amanda discuss Zoe, and decide not to watch their own interview on Backtalk (CAP: "Gravedancing").
• Martius 7:
  • Cyrus tells Daniel that Graystone Industries' Board of Directors are holding a meeting to decide whether to replace Daniel as CEO;
  • Willie cuts school again to spend time with Sam at Goldie's Off Track Betting;
  • Joseph gets a call from Willie's principal informing him that Willie hasn't attended school in a week;
  • Joseph drives to Goldier's to bring Willie home (CAP: "There is Another Sky").
• Martius 8:
  • Daniel attends the Board's meeting with the U-87 prototype, claiming that holobands and v-world are no longer worth the investment, and that the artificially sentient Cylons are the future of Graystone Industries;
  • the Board votes to keep Daniel as CEO
• Martius 9: Joseph takes Willie fishing, but a nearby group of teenagers make racist comments until Willie attacks one of them, beating him viciously
• Martius 11:
  • Joseph and Willie perform the Tauron Death Rites so that Shannon and Tamara can rest in death;
  • afterwards, Joseph gets a visit from Tad Thorean, who believes that Tamara has fallen asleep with her holoband on;
  • Joseph informs Tad that Tamara is dead, and Tad flees (CAP: "There is Another Sky").
• Martius 13:
  • Daniel and Amanda attend a fundraiser, where Tomas Vergis corners Daniel, revealing that two of his friends and employees were killed during the MCP theft;
  • Joseph buys a holoband from Emptor Electronics, but cannot get beyond the user menus of v-world;
  • Daniel and Cyrus discuss their acquisition of the MCP, and agree that Daniel should meet with Vergis again;
  • Daniel meets with Joseph first to discern who else might have known about the MCP theft (CAP: "Know Thy Enemy").
• Martius 14:
  • another empty holocafe is bombed;
  • Clarice is given a swipe-drive, that can wirelessly steal data from any computer, by her husband;
  • Clarice calls Amanda, claiming to have books of Zoe's that she would like to return, in order to visit the Graystone residence;
  • Joseph is assured by Sam that nothing can connect them to the MCP theft;
  • Daniel meets Vergis for lunch, and Vergis offers him 300-million qubits to purchase C-Bucs;
  • Clarice visits Amanda to talk about Zoe, and Amanda shows Clarice the U-87, during which Clarice uses the swipe-drive to steal the data from Daniel's computer;
  • Philo checks his v-match profile and finds no interested women;
  • Keon meets with Barnabas to arrange Lacy's meeting (CAP: "Know Thy Enemy").
• Martius 15:
  • Clarice updates Alvo on her progress;
  • Daniel and Cyrus discuss Vergis's offer;
  • Zoe interfaces with the computer to send a message to Philo's v-match;
  • Philo meets Zoe, under the alias of "Rachel," in v-world for a date;
  • Vergis appears on Backtalk (CAP: "Know Thy Enemy").

Battlestar Galactica

48YR

• The Cylons revolt against humanity and launch the First Cylon War.

50YR

• The Battlestar Galactica is built (TRS: BSG Miniseries).

60YR

• The Cylons abandon the Colonies to find their own home world, ending the First Cylon War.

100YR

• The Cylons return, and Twelve Colonies fall

Caprica definition: a monotheistic terrorist organization in existence for more than a decade prior to 58 BCH ((CAP: "Pilot"), et al).

Re-imagined Series definition: popular Colonial ball game, see: pyramid

Original Series definition: a card game, similar to poker (see: pyramid)

Caprica definition: hardware used by Dr. Daniel Graystone in the integration of the sentient AI that Zoe Graystone created into the U-87, see: MCP (CAP: Pilot).

Caprica definition: a civilian outfit on Caprica in operation prior to the First Cylon War handling large-scale enforcement throughout the colony, akin to the FBI, see: Global Defense Department

Re-imagined Series definition: in military parlance, directive to continue the attack; otherwise used to refer to journalists (TRS: "Maelstrom")