Armistice Station
the border meeting place
Armistice Station was a Colonial space station built on the Colonial-Cylon border after the Cylon War to host yearly diplomatic meetings. For forty years the Cylons sent no ambassador, and on the fortieth anniversary the station was destroyed as the opening move of the attack on the Colonies.
Armistice Station was a Colonial space station used for diplomatic matters between humans and Cylons. Constructed after the Cylon War on the Colonial-Cylon border, it stood as the agreed meeting place where the two sides were to come together once a year on the anniversary of the armistice.
Purpose and construction#
The station was built after the Cylon War, on the border between Colonial and Cylon space. It was agreed upon by both sides as a means for humans and Cylons to meet once each year, on the anniversary of the armistice that ended the war.
The years of silence and destruction#
Although the Colonies sent a human ambassador to the station every year, the Cylons consistently failed to send an ambassador of their own. This pattern held for four decades. On the fortieth anniversary, the long silence finally broke: rather than send a representative to talk, the Cylons destroyed the Armistice Station, an act that came ahead of their all-out attack on the Colonies known as the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Frequently asked questions
- What was Armistice Station?
- Armistice Station was a Colonial space station used for diplomatic matters between humans and Cylons. It was constructed after the Cylon War on the Colonial-Cylon border as the agreed meeting place where the two sides were to come together once a year on the anniversary of the armistice.
- Why was Armistice Station built?
- It was built after the Cylon War, on the border between Colonial and Cylon space, agreed upon by both sides as a means for humans and Cylons to meet once each year on the anniversary of the armistice that ended the war.
- Did the Cylons ever attend the meetings at Armistice Station?
- Although the Colonies sent a human ambassador to the station every year, the Cylons consistently failed to send an ambassador of their own. This pattern held for four decades.
- What happened to Armistice Station?
- On the fortieth anniversary the Cylons, rather than sending a representative to talk, destroyed the Armistice Station. The act came ahead of their all-out attack on the Colonies known as the Fall of the Twelve Colonies.
Sources
- WikiArmistice Station — Battlestar Wiki entry
- WikiCylon War — Battlestar Wiki entry
- WikiFall of the Twelve Colonies — Battlestar Wiki entry
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