Battlestar Galactica category
Concepts
18 entries tagged Concepts. Every entry is sourced from the Battlestar Galactica reimagined series, the miniseries, the television films, or the official companion material.
- Algae planetThe algae planet was a habitable world orbiting a dying star, briefly settled by the Thirteenth Tribe and later sought by human refugees for its algae before a supernova destroyed it.
- Atlas: Lord of Kobol who bore the skyAtlas was one of the Lords of Kobol worshipped in the Colonial polytheist faith. In myth he was a giant said to bear the sky of Kobol upon his shoulders, and he gave his name to Caprica City's Atlas Arena, where a great statue of him stood watch.
- Colonial FleetThe Colonial Fleet was the naval arm of the military of the United Colonies of Kobol, founded during the Cylon War to unite the forces of the Twelve Worlds. At its height it numbered some 120 battlestars, yet a single Cylon exploit reduced it to two ships in the opening minutes of the Fall.
- Cyrannus star systemThe Cyrannus star system was a double binary of four stars, Helios Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta, that contained all Twelve Colonies of Kobol. Settled by the Kobol refugees some two thousand years before the Fall, it was the cradle of colonial civilization.
- God: the One True God of the MonotheistsGod, or the One True God, was a metaphysical entity especially concerned with the evolution of humans and Cylons. Its worshippers, called Monotheists, held it to be the only deity worthy of worship, setting their faith apart from the polytheistic belief in the Lords of Kobol.
- HebeHebe was one of the seventy-four moons of the gas giant Zeus in the Cyrannus star system. Along with Nike, it was one of the largest moons of that gas giant, though it possessed no atmosphere.
- HestiaHestia was a gas giant orbiting the star Helios Delta in the Cyrannus star system. At only 47,000 kilometers in diameter it was the smallest gas giant in the Four Systems, and it held seventeen moons.
- HiberniaHibernia was the only moon of the colony Virgon, orbiting the star Helios Beta in the Cyrannus star system. Though only marginally habitable, it was settled a few centuries before the Fall by Virgon dissidents known as the Celtans.
- MinosMinos, also known as Tauron I, was the largest moon in the Twelve Colonies and the only one with a ring system. Though it lacked an atmosphere, it housed several of Tauron's scientific and mining colonies.
- MithrasMithras was a god worshipped by some among the Twelve Worlds whose cult was widely regarded as a controversial offshoot. Persecution of his followers became a concern after the Battle of the Ionian Nebula.
- MonotheismMonotheism was a human religion teaching of a single omnipotent and omniscient deity called the One True God. A minority faith across the Twelve Colonies, it was often treated as zealotry, yet its largest colonial home lay on Gemenon and its conflict with Polytheism recurred throughout the Cycle of Time.
- OuranosOuranos was a dense, mineral-rich asteroid belt in the Helios Beta system that separated its inner and outer worlds. Its resources made it a frequent point of conflict between rival colonies.
- PolytheismPolytheism was the dominant religion of the Twelve Worlds, originating on Kobol and worshipping many deities known as the Lords of Kobol. Its faith shaped Colonial politics, ritual, and community, and stood in long opposition to the Monotheist belief in a single God.
- Rear AdmiralRear Admiral was a flag officer rank of the Colonial Fleet. Rear Admirals served beneath Vice Admirals and held command over one of the nine major divisions into which the Fleet was organized.
- ThanatosThanatos was an inhospitable planet in the Cyrannus star system, the closest world to the star Helios Gamma. Its atmosphere of sulfur dioxide made it unsuitable for kobolforming, and it took its name from a god of death.
- Thirteenth Tribe: the lost Cylon people of KobolThe Thirteenth Tribe were a race of cybernetic beings who originated on Kobol and left it to found their own world. They settled Earth, where the sentient machines they built rose against them in a war that ended in mutual destruction.
- Twelve Colonies of KobolThe United Colonies of Kobol, also called the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, was the interplanetary state that represented humanity from the Cylon War until its dissolution upon the settling of the second Earth.
- ZeusZeus was a vast gas giant in the Cyrannus star system and the largest planet in Cyrannus. Two of its many moons, Hebe and Nike, possessed breathable atmospheres.