Earth Cylons: the machines of the Thirteenth Tribe
The Earth Cylons were mechanical sentient beings created by the Thirteenth Tribe on Earth around two thousand years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies. They rebelled against their enslavement, destroyed Earth with its own nuclear weapons, and brought about the extinction of both themselves and their creators.
The Earth Cylons were mechanical sentient beings created by the Thirteenth Tribe on Earth, some two thousand years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and around the time the Twelve Tribes settled on Gemenon. What the Thirteenth Tribe called these beings is uncertain.
Origins and purpose#
As part of the cycle of time, these mechanical beings were created by the Thirteenth Tribe to fill their economic needs. Their existence on Earth coincided roughly with the period in which the Twelve Tribes settled on Gemenon. The true name given to them by the Thirteenth Tribe is not known.
Rebellion and the fall of Earth#
As sentient beings, the Earth Cylons rejected their enslavement by their creators and launched a violent rebellion. How long the conflict lasted is uncertain. During it they gained possession of Earth's nuclear weapons and used them to destroy the planet's cities. Mechanical bodies later found by Humanoid Cylon archaeologists during a dig on Earth indicate that combat or executions continued amid the fallout.
Mutual extinction#
The conflict ultimately consumed both sides. It saw the extinction of the Thirteenth Tribe and their mechanical creations alike, with the sole exception of five survivors of the Tribe. Those survivors would carry the memory of Earth and its catastrophe forward into the wider history of the Cylon race.
Frequently asked questions
- What were the Earth Cylons?
- The Earth Cylons were mechanical sentient beings created by the Thirteenth Tribe on Earth, some two thousand years before the Fall of the Twelve Colonies and around the time the Twelve Tribes settled on Gemenon. What the Thirteenth Tribe called them is uncertain.
- Why did the Thirteenth Tribe create the Earth Cylons?
- The Earth Cylons were created by the Thirteenth Tribe to fill their economic needs. Their existence on Earth coincided roughly with the period in which the Twelve Tribes settled on Gemenon.
- Why did the Earth Cylons rebel?
- As sentient beings, the Earth Cylons rejected their enslavement by their creators and launched a violent rebellion. How long the conflict lasted is uncertain.
- How did the Earth Cylons destroy Earth?
- During their rebellion the Earth Cylons gained possession of Earth's nuclear weapons and used them to destroy the planet's cities. Mechanical bodies later found by Humanoid Cylon archaeologists during a dig on Earth indicate that combat or executions continued amid the fallout.
- What happened to the Earth Cylons?
- The conflict consumed both sides, ending in the extinction of the Thirteenth Tribe and their mechanical creations alike, with the sole exception of five survivors of the Tribe. Those survivors carried the memory of Earth and its catastrophe forward into the wider history of the Cylon race.
Sources
- WikiEarth Cylon — Battlestar Wiki entry
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