Troy: the mining world of Helios Beta
Troy was a small, metal-rich world of the star Helios Beta in the Cyrannus Star System, mined by Virgon and Leonis, whose settlement was wrecked when a protective dome collapsed. Sharon Valerii believed she grew up there.
Troy was a small planet in the Cyrannus Star System, the first planet of the star Helios Beta. It had an exceptionally rich metal composition, and from the founding of Virgon and Leonis it was extensively mined by both colonies. It was not one of the Twelve Colonies itself. (Battlestar Galactica: Map of the 12 Colonies)
Description and history#
The official map of the Twelve Colonies places Troy closest to Helios Beta, the sun it shares with Virgon and Leonis, and notes that both colonies had mined it heavily since their founding. (Battlestar Galactica: Map of the 12 Colonies)
Lieutenant Sharon Valerii believed she and her parents had lived on Troy, though as a Cylon sleeper agent her childhood memories were not her own. The settlement there suffered a disaster: a deleted scene from "Daybreak" explains that a protective dome over a city collapsed and set off a chain-reaction explosion, killing most of the people there. (Battlestar Galactica, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II"; Battlestar Galactica, "Flesh and Bone"; "Daybreak" deleted scene)
Frequently asked questions
- What was Troy?
- Troy was a small, metal-rich planet in the Cyrannus Star System, the first planet of the star Helios Beta. It was home to a Colonial settlement but was not one of the Twelve Colonies.
- Who mined Troy?
- According to the official map of the Twelve Colonies, Troy was mined extensively by Virgon and Leonis from the time those colonies were founded.
- What happened to Troy's settlement?
- A deleted scene from "Daybreak" says a protective dome over a city collapsed and set off a chain-reaction explosion, killing most of the people there.
- Who was born on Troy?
- Lieutenant Sharon "Boomer" Valerii believed she and her parents had lived on Troy. As a Cylon sleeper agent, though, her memories of that childhood were not her own.
Sources
- BookBattlestar Galactica: Map of the 12 Colonies, Official map, Quantum Mechanix, made with Jane Espenson and Kevin Grazier
- EpisodeKobol's Last Gleaming, Part II, Season 1, Episode 13 (2005)
- EpisodeFlesh and Bone, Season 1, Episode 8 (2005)
- Serial"Daybreak" deleted scene, Battlestar Galactica, Season 4 deleted scene (2009)
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