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Galactic Encyclopedia
Colonial Terminology
ACADEMY - [a-kad-e-my] a place for specialized training.
ADENA - [a-de-na] one of the fleets passenger ships.
AERIAN MERCHANT CODE - [air-e-n] an obsolete code developed by Aerian's yahrens ago for use by their transport ships.
AERINA - [air-e-na] a planet in the third quadrant.
AGRO - [a-gro] the production of consumables.
AGRONLONS - [ag-ron-lons] the measurement of the strength of a transmitting frequency.
AIR DOME - an area built for the landing and departing of aircraft and spacecraft.
AMBROSA - [am-bro-sa] a rare drink distilled and purified in low gravity for at least a yahren.
ANTI-BURN BAFFLES - [an-ti burn baf-les] a protective plating housing pulse generators on fighter craft.
AQUARIUS - [ah-kwar-ee-us] a ship and a planet.
ARCTA - [arc-ta] an asteroid in the seventh quadrant.
ARMISTICE - [ar-mi-stis] a pause in a war brought about by agreement between the warring sides.
ARMORMENT - [ar-mor-ment] a collection of arms and ammunition.
ASENCION TUBE - [a-sen-shun] a cage or platform in a building or a ship which can be raised or lowered for carrying persons or goods from one level to another.
ASTERAL WINDS - [as-ter-al] winds produced by gravities ineracting between close orbit planets.
ASTRALON - [as-tra-lon] a high velocity particle found in deep space ranging in size from microscopic diameters up to several metrons.
ASTEREX- asshole
ATTACK COMPUTER - [a-tak kom-put-er] a computer in a fighter directly linked to the crafts scanner. See Scanner.
ATTILLA - [a-til-la] a planet in the Omega system now in the hands of the Cylons.
AUTOMATIC DETONATOR - [or-to-mat-ik det-o-nat-or] a self-destruct device.
BALCON - [bal-kon] a star in an uncharted system known to be the closest Cylon penetration to earth.
BARATON - [bar-a-ton] a childs spinning toy.
BASESTAR - [bas-star] Cylon. A slow moving, not easily maneuverable deep spacecraft. They are believed to carry over 300 fighters, and have two long range mega-pulsars and over 100 laser turrets.
BATTLESTAR - a deep spacecraft assembled in planetary orbit with a maximum before fueling range of 500 light-yahrens. It is strictly an outer space vehicle.
BIO-PULSE LINES - a system for monitoring fighter pilots bodily functions during flight.
BIO-ROBOTICS - the study and application of creating robots to be like humans in every detail.
BLOOD TRAIL - a hunt to revenge the Borellian code, where they hunt down and kill a prey. See Borellians.
BOOK OF STRATEGY - fighter pilots manual.
BOOK OF THE WORD - the oldest and most sacred of the books of the Lords of Kobol. It contains lofty moral precepts still followed today, with its central theme being the constant struggle between good and evil.
BOOKS OF THE LORDS OF KOBOL - a semi-mystic chronicle containing the writings of the Lords of Kobol during the Age of the Philosophers during the second millenium.
BORALLUS - [bor-al-as] a rich agro world first settled by humans after the rediscovery of space travel. Now in the hands of the Cylons.
BORATON - [bor-a-ton] a fire fighting material.
BORAYS - [bor-as] intelligent, pre-technological natives of the planet Equellus. They live in herds on the planet Sectara under the leadership of one dominant Boray.
BORELLIANS - [bor-elle-ns] a fierce nomadic people called Nomen, who for thousands of yahrens inhabited a desert area of one of the colonial worlds, whose cruel tribal customs have survived into the interstellar age. They have no respect for society, its laws, or its principles.
BORILLO - [bor-ril-lo] a freighter.
BURITICIANS - [bur-it-i-shuns] the hereditary nobility of the twelve colonies, originally appointed by the Lords of Kobol, to rule over each colony. Over the millenia, many of the original families died out, and new buritician families were founded by great military and political leaders in each colony.
BUZZER - a slang term given to a variety of crude, homemade, intoxicating beverages.
CANARIUS - [ka-nar-ius] a commercial shuttle.
CARBON SYNTHETIC - [kar-bon sin-thet-ic] a material used in place of metal in lasers and other equipment.
CARILLON - [kar-i-lon] a small planet, very rich in tylium. First discovered by humans in 6392. Destroyed in 6550.
CARILLON EXPEDITION - a warrior expedition sent to Carillon in search of tylium. Baltar had put the word out that Carillon's tylium was minimal. However, the expedition found that Carillon was rich with tylium. Baltar had recruited the Ovions, the natives of the planet, to assist him in destroying what was left of the human race in return for plenty of people to eat. Note: The Ovions feed off humans. But because of Adama's intuition and Apollo's ingenuity, Baltar's plan failed. Carillon was destroyed and the fleet managed to secure some of the much needed fuel.
CELESTIAL CHAMBER - [se-les-chal cham-ber] a transparent dome on many spacecraft used for observation and navigation.
CELESTRA - [se-les-tra] an old battleship now used as the fleets electronics ship.
CENTAURIE - [sen-tor-e] 100 centons.
CENTON - [sen-ton] 100 microns.
CENTURIONS - [sen-tu-ri-uns] see Cylon.
CHANCERY - a place where all types of wagering games are played.
CHECK - [chek] oregg, coined or stamped, used by the Orions as a medium of exchange.
COLD CELL - a chamber used by the Cylons to slowly freeze humans to death.
COMMANDERS COURT - military court.
COMPUTAPES - [kom-pu-tapes] scanner recordings.
COMPUTRON - [kom-put-ron] an advanced computer that reasons in an almost human manner.
COM-TELL - communication.
CONSUMABLES - [kon-sum-a-b'ls] nourishment taken into the body of a plant or animal for the purpose of maintaining life.
CORA - a very advanced guidance system used on long range probe missions. Short for Computer Oral Response Activated.
CORRIDORS - [kor-i-dors] the usual routes that would be taken by spacecraft approaching a planet.
CORTEX SCAN - [kor-teks] a form of interrogation developed by the Cylons in which the subjects mind is scanned and recorded. It is extremely painful, causes unconciousness, and sometimes death.
CORTILLA - [ko-til-la] a dance.
CRANIUM PROBE - a medical test for cranial damage.
CRAWLON - [krol-on] a wingless animal resembling a true insect except that it has eight legs instead of six, and its body is divided into two parts instead of three.
CRYOGEN TUBES - [kri-o-jen] cylinders used for cryogenic suspension.
CUBIT - [ku-bit] oregg, coined or stamped, and used by colonials as a medium of exchange.
CYLON - [si-lon] originally, a war-like technologically advanced reptilian race that created sophisticated robots, and totally intelligent androids. Ultimately, these machines destroyed their creators and formed an alliance among themselves with their only objective being to rid the universe of humans.
CYMKLEN - [si-m-ken] the second highest mountain on Caprica.
CYMTAR - [sim-tar] a moon of Caprica.
DAGGIT - [dag-it] a warm blooded quadruped related to the wild Equellan lupus.
DEATH STONE - a grave stone.
DEEP SCAN - a long range scan.
DELPHI - a freighter.
DELPHIAN EMPIRE - a proud and noble race whose home world, Gomoray, is now in the hands of the Cylons as of 6572.
DESTROYER - a large warship used by the Eastern Alliance.
DETONATOR - [det-o-nat-or] a device for detonation.
DI-ETHENE - a noxious gas created by the refining of tylium.
DUCAT - [duc-ats] olegg, coined or stamped, and used by the colonials as a medium of exchange.
DUCKIT - [duk-its] a written or printed card which serves as a permit to do something.
EARTH - [urth] the mythical thirteenth colony of man. The Book of Elders at one point refers to Earth as the third planet of nine, circling a yellow star at the edge of the Frodian Galaxy.
EDEN - [e-d'n] largest city and capital of Kobol.
ELITE CLASS - very exclusive and expensive section of luxury liners.
ENERGISER - [en-er-ji-zer] a power unit of great magnitude.
ENERGON TREATMENT - [ener-jon] the injection of powerful stimulant.
EQUINUS ASTREX- a horse's arse.
FINITE LASER EXTRACTOR - a device for taking images of cells in the body.
FINITE MICRO-LASER - a very minute laser scalpel.
FLANK SPEED - the maximum safe cruisng speed of a spacecraft, varying from ship to ship.
FLEET COMMLINE ALPHA - an automatic scrambled communicator between warships.
FLIGHT SLUMBER - a controlled slumber which slows down bodily functions for long space voyages. It has not often been used since the discovery of faster than light travel.
FORCE NITRON FILED - a pipeline that delivers nitrogen in a usable compound directly to the roots of growing plants, along with water and other essential minerals and nutrients.
FORCE SHIELD - an invisible field used for protecting planets.
FREIGHTER - [frat-er] a large ship designed to haul cargo. Now used as living quarters.
FUEL CELLS - metal or plastic enclosures containing fuel.
FUMARELLO - [fum-a-rell-o] a small roll of tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking.
FUMARELLO CASE - a small container that holds fumarellos.
FURLON - [fur-lon] a leave of absence, usually military.
GAMMA FREQUENCY - an obsolete radio frequency.
GEMON - a planet in the Hasaris system.
GENERATOR - [gen-er-a-ter] an apparatus that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy.
GOMORAY - the 4th planet in the Cyrannus galaxy. See Delphian Empire.
GORGAN - a planet in the Cyrannus galaxy.
GRID BARGE - a place for the confinement of criminals.
GROG - [grog] an unsweetened mixture of liquor and water.
GYRO-CAPACITOR - [ji-ro-ka-pas-i-tor] the electric energy transferrance system in most starfighters.
HAND MINE - an explosive device that can be thrown by hand, or set on a timer.
HARMONIC - [har-mon-ik] a recorded message that has travelled through space for a very long time.
HASARIS - [ha-sar-is] an amphibious race first contacted humans in 5225. In 5549, two years after the Cylon invasion, despite a valiant defense by the combined human forces, the Hasaris were enslaved, and then exterminated.
HECTAR - [hec-tar] 100 meters.
HEDGE HOPPER - a quadruped, native of Sectari.
HEKLA - [hec-la] the mountain on the asteroid Arcta where the Ravishol pulsar was placed. See Ravishol pulsar.
HEMO TYPE - the type of fluid that circulates in the veins, heart and arteries in humans and animals.
HERMAPHRODITE - [herm-a-fro-dit-e] having the traits and attributes of both sexes.
HETARI - [he-ta-ri] six sectons.
HIGH JACK - the act of illegally seizing a spacecraft for transportation.
HOVER MOBILE - a 2-4 person anti-gravity vehicle used for ground transportation.
HYDRAPONICS - [hi-dra-pon-iks] a method of farming used on agro ships.
HYDRONIC MUSHIES - [hi-dron-ik] high energy consumables.
ICE STATION THOLAN - a listening post on the asteroid Tholan. It was destroyed in 6566 in a battle between the colonials and the Cylons.
IFB - short for Interfleet Broadcasting. A videoscan news and entertainment transmission.
IMPACT TORPEDO - a missile with a warhead full of explosive material that explodes on impact.
INFINITY - [in-fin-iti] a ship. As of 6549, set aside to store all human knowledge on compu-tapes and books.
INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD - a time set aside for the obtaining of knowledge.
INTER-COLONY BUS - the interplanetary transportation system.
IRIS CONE COUNT - an eye test.
JUDGMENT DAY - the mythical day, after death, when we meet our creator.
JETTISON-throw goods overboard, esp to lighten ship in distress.
KALPA - a mountain on Equellus that used to have a listening post on it until it was destroyed in 6547. Croft was commander.
K-BISCUIT - snack food.
KELL - a Cylon measurement.
KILLER RANGE - the distance between fighters where a hit will surely mean destruction.
KOBOL - [ko-ball] the home planet of humanity revisited in 6570. Now a dead world orbiting a pulsating star.
KRELL - [krel] an edible plant indigenous to most planets.
KRODEN - a small backword agro planet in the Cyrannus galaxy that depends on the colonies for revenue.
LASER GENERATORS - [la-ser] a device that generates lasers for weapons.
LASER SCALPEL - a tiny hand held laser used to make incisions.
LASERONIC URGON TEST - [la-ser-on-ik-er-gon] a test to see the amount of energy expended by a laser.
LAXAR - [lacks-r] a unit of weight.
LIFE CENTER - medical section.
LIMITER - a device on starfighters that limits the power thrust of the turbo chargers.
LIVERY SHIP - ship used for raising animals.
LORDS OF KOBOL - the ancient rulers of man.
LUNAR 7 - an outpost of Terran nationalists located on Terra's seventh moon that was captured and is now controlled by the Eastern Alliance.
LUPUS - [lu-pus] a fur bearing quadruped predator found on the plains of Sectar, preying small rodents and the carcasses of larger animals.
MAGNA - a virtually indestructable metal.
MAGNETIC SEA - a term used to describe a void in space.
MARKER BEACON - a radio signal used by a warship to identify fighters, or used by fighters to identify a home base.
MATZEN - a measure of distance a little shorter than a kilometer.
MEGA-PRESSURE PUMPS - pumps capable of building a tremendous amount of pressure.
METRON - [me-tron] a measure of distance.
METRON BOMB - explosive devices.
MICRON - [mi-cron] 1/100th of a centon.
MILLA CENTON - 1/1000th of a centon.
MOLECULAR BINDING PITON - a piton which molecularly attaches itself to rocks.
NEURO CELL - [nu-roh cell] brain cell.
NIGHT FLYER - a hawklike bird of prey with long sharp claws, preying on small rodents.
NOVA OF MADAGON - an extremely bright star field near the heart of the Cyrannus galaxy, densely packed with small bright stars.
NUMO - a primitive hand weapon that used compressed gas to propel a small, usually metallic projectile.
OFFICERS CLUB - ships lounge.
OPPOSER - [o-pos-er] a person who knows, studies, or practices law.
OREGG - [o-reg] a heavy, precious metal that bends easily, and is yellowish orange in color in its pure form.
ORION - [o-ri-on] a planet in the Quotara system.
OUTER MARKER - the last beacon between landing fighters and the mother ship.
OVINE - [o-vine] a quadruped grazing animal raised for food.
OVINER - one who raises ovines.
OVIONS - [o-vi-ons] an intelligent burrowing insect race that are natural miners.
PARADEEN - a planet whose population was destroyed by radiation bombs launched by the Eastern Alliance.
PENAL COLONY - small outpost prisons, usually placed on asteroids, used early in the war for prisoners the colonies could not support. Most of them were lost early in the war.
PEOPLES NATIONALIST FORCE - one of the resistance groups of Terra dedicated to total domination of the planet.
PETRO - [pe-tro] fuel refined from tylium.
PHALANX - an attack formation.
PINIUS - [pih-nee-us] a planet.
PISCES - [py-seez] a ship, and a planet.
PLUTON - [plu-ton] a poisonous substance created by neutron fallout. It causes the molecular breakdown of consumables.
POWER SLED - a tracked vehicle used for planetary transportation.
PRAESIDIUM - [prae-sid-e-um] central governing body of a planet, or group of planets.
PRECIPTUM LAYER - [pre-cip-tum] any mass of heavy element matter in deep space. It can be the result of natural processes such as the gravitational decay of an asteroid, or the waste product of certain types of primitive star drives.
PRIMARIES - [pri-mer-is] basic consumables.
PRIORITY - an order given that will override previous orders or a policy.
PROBE SPEED - a speed varying between ships best suited for reconaissance.
PROTECTOR - [pro-tek-tor] see Opposer.
PROTEUS - an asteroid which the Aerians established a prison on in 5220. Prior to the Great War, many of these prisons existed throughout the galaxy, but were forgotten during the war.
PSYCHO ELECTRON RECALL - a scan of a persons subconscious memory to locate information.
PULSE GENERATOR - generating mechanism that propels spacecraft.
PYRAMID - [pir-a-mid] a game of chance played with cards.
QUATRON - [ku-a-tron] a unit of currency.
QUORUM - [kwo-rum] a ruling body. The leaders of a planet or group of planets.
QUOTARA - [kwo-ta-ra] a star cluster in the Cyrannus galaxy containing seven red stars orbiting a blue star. Also a commercial starliner.
RADION - [ra-di-on] a form of radiation caused by the explosion of tylium.
RAVISHOL PULSAR - the giant laser cannon on Arcta. It was invented by Ravishol; the noted genius from the physics department of the Tauron Center of Science and the Arts, as a powerful communication device powered by the direct fusion of tritium and deuterium. In 6570, the Cylons captured the asteroid and converted the pulsar into the most powerful weapon of all time. In 6571, Captain Apollo led a band of warriors up the mountain and destroyed it.
RECALL SIGNAL - a message ordering fighters to return to base.
RECON PROBE - a mission, usually exploratory in nature, conducted by small, fast, ships such as Vipers.
RESPIRATORY PROBE - [res-pa-tor-e] a scan of a humanoid's breathing system.
RIGUS - [ri-jus] a planet.
RISING STAR - a commercial starliner.
ROSTER OF THE NOMEN - the list of humanoids who live by the code of the Borellian Nomen. See Borellians.
SCANNER - a broad spectrum cybernetic antenna which receives all frequences of radiation from a 360 degree.
SCORCHED PLANET POLICY - a slang term meaning to leave a habitable planet uninhabitable.
SEALED - the state of joining in wedlock.
SECTAR - [sec-tar] a remote planet in the Hatari system.
SECTARA - a planet containing an outpost called Serenity. Home of the Borays. See Borays.
SECTARIE - [sec-tar-e] 2400 centons.
SECTON - [sec-ton] 12 sectaries.
SHUTTLE - a small spacecraft designed to take personnel and/or equipment and cargo to and from planets and starships.
SIMULATOR - a device used at the academy consisting of a fully functional Viper cockpit connected to computerized visual and scanner display creating conditions of battle and formation tactics to train future pilots.
SIRE - [sy-r] a male of respect.
SIRESS - [sy-rus] a female of respect.
SOCIALATOR - [so-shal-a-tor] a female who is dedicated to the entertainment of others. Skilled in the arts, dance, music, and sensual pleasures. She can speak easily and intelligently on nearly any subject. On their home world, Scorpio, they are looked upon with respect and admiration.
SOLENITE - [so-lon-ite] the most powerful explosive known to man. Refined from solium.
SOLEUS - [so-le-us] capital of Caprica.
SOLIUM - [so-le-um] a liquid fuel refined from tylium.
SPACE DROME - a platform, usually in space, for the landing and departing of space craft.
SPACE MINE - an orbiting bomb used in spacelanes and around planets.
SPERMAL GOAD - wide angle communication used when the receiving point is not to be used as the beaming point.
STAR KOBOL - the sight of the proposed peace treaty.
STAR QUADRANT EPSILON SEVEN MARK FOUR - a system of 5 planets.
STEPPES - grassy plains.
SUNSTORM - a display of atmospheric discharges that lights up the heavens day and night.
SUPPORT VAPORS - the oxygen supply artificially created in spacecraft.
SUPREME COMMANDANT - leader of the Eastern Alliance.
TELEKINESIS - [tele-kun-esus] the activity of influencing the motion of matter using the direct power of the mind.
TELEPATHY - [tele-path-y] the activity of reading another beings thoughts.
TELLECOM - intraship communication.
TERRA - the home world of the Nationalist Republic caught in a struggle with the Eastern Alliance.
THORN FOREST - heavily forested area of Caprica.
TRANSMITTER - a radio frequency sender.
TRAVELATOR - one who arranges travel.
TRIAD - [try-ad] a contact sport, native of the colonies, wherein two teams of two players play in a triangular court with a goal in each of two walls. The players lock arms in a circle, then try to force a sphere out of the circle. At which point they unlock arms and try to put the sphere in the opposing teams goal.
TRIBUNAL - a court hearing.
TRINIAN - [tri-ni-an] a ship.
TUCAN - [tou-can] a planet.
TUCANA - [tou-can-a] the sophisticated and intelligent natives of Tucan. They are hermaphrodites with two sets of eyes and two mouths, each controlled by a different part of the brain.
TULIRAN BUDS - [tul-ir-an] green, leafy, edible, vegetables.
TURBO - a turbine powered two wheeled ground transport vehicle.
TYLINUM - [ti-li-num] a transparent plastic like substance used in the construction of canopies and viewports in spacecraft.
TYLIUM - [ti-li-um] ore from which solium is processed.
ULTRASONIC SCRUB - a surgical preparation for cleansing the body.
UMBRA - [um-bra] a small agro community on the edge of the thorn forest on Caprica.
UNICOM - a radio frequency linking all in-flight Vipers with the Galactica and each other.
UNI-DIRECTIONAL - an all direction signal.
VALCRON - [val-kron] polyester material used to make clothing.
VAPOR POINT - the temperature at which an element vaporizes.
VERIFICATION SCAN - the result of a scan of an object, i.e., planet, ship, etc.
VICTUALS - [vit'ls] consumables.
VIDEO SCAN - the visual result of a verification scan.
VILIUM - [vi-li-um] a planet with 17 moons.
VIPER - [vi-p-er] snake, or starfighter.
VOLTONS - [volt-ons] a unit of measuring the force exerted to produce an electric current.
WARBOOK - section of a computer containing information on all enemy ships.
WARHEAD - a device located atop of a missile which is full of an explosive, usually solenite.
WARRIOR - [war-i-er] the finest and most able soldiers in the universe, whose training starts at age 7.
WORSHIP OF THE SUNSTORM - a Gemonese religious festival noted for physical contact between genders. This is the only time physical contact among the Otari sect is permitted. It occurs once every 7 yahrens.
YAHREN - [yah-ren] 100 sectaries.
Colonial Terminology
ACADEMY - [a-kad-e-my] a place for specialized training.
ADENA - [a-de-na] one of the fleets passenger ships.
AERIAN MERCHANT CODE - [air-e-n] an obsolete code developed by Aerian's yahrens ago for use by their transport ships.
AERINA - [air-e-na] a planet in the third quadrant.
AGRO - [a-gro] the production of consumables.
AGRONLONS - [ag-ron-lons] the measurement of the strength of a transmitting frequency.
AIR DOME - an area built for the landing and departing of aircraft and spacecraft.
AMBROSA - [am-bro-sa] a rare drink distilled and purified in low gravity for at least a yahren.
ANTI-BURN BAFFLES - [an-ti burn baf-les] a protective plating housing pulse generators on fighter craft.
AQUARIUS - [ah-kwar-ee-us] a ship and a planet.
ARCTA - [arc-ta] an asteroid in the seventh quadrant.
ARMISTICE - [ar-mi-stis] a pause in a war brought about by agreement between the warring sides.
ARMORMENT - [ar-mor-ment] a collection of arms and ammunition.
ASENCION TUBE - [a-sen-shun] a cage or platform in a building or a ship which can be raised or lowered for carrying persons or goods from one level to another.
ASTERAL WINDS - [as-ter-al] winds produced by gravities ineracting between close orbit planets.
ASTRALON - [as-tra-lon] a high velocity particle found in deep space ranging in size from microscopic diameters up to several metrons.
ASTEREX- asshole
ATTACK COMPUTER - [a-tak kom-put-er] a computer in a fighter directly linked to the crafts scanner. See Scanner.
ATTILLA - [a-til-la] a planet in the Omega system now in the hands of the Cylons.
AUTOMATIC DETONATOR - [or-to-mat-ik det-o-nat-or] a self-destruct device.
BALCON - [bal-kon] a star in an uncharted system known to be the closest Cylon penetration to earth.
BARATON - [bar-a-ton] a childs spinning toy.
BASESTAR - [bas-star] Cylon. A slow moving, not easily maneuverable deep spacecraft. They are believed to carry over 300 fighters, and have two long range mega-pulsars and over 100 laser turrets.
BATTLESTAR - a deep spacecraft assembled in planetary orbit with a maximum before fueling range of 500 light-yahrens. It is strictly an outer space vehicle.
BIO-PULSE LINES - a system for monitoring fighter pilots bodily functions during flight.
BIO-ROBOTICS - the study and application of creating robots to be like humans in every detail.
BLOOD TRAIL - a hunt to revenge the Borellian code, where they hunt down and kill a prey. See Borellians.
BOOK OF STRATEGY - fighter pilots manual.
BOOK OF THE WORD - the oldest and most sacred of the books of the Lords of Kobol. It contains lofty moral precepts still followed today, with its central theme being the constant struggle between good and evil.
BOOKS OF THE LORDS OF KOBOL - a semi-mystic chronicle containing the writings of the Lords of Kobol during the Age of the Philosophers during the second millenium.
BORALLUS - [bor-al-as] a rich agro world first settled by humans after the rediscovery of space travel. Now in the hands of the Cylons.
BORATON - [bor-a-ton] a fire fighting material.
BORAYS - [bor-as] intelligent, pre-technological natives of the planet Equellus. They live in herds on the planet Sectara under the leadership of one dominant Boray.
BORELLIANS - [bor-elle-ns] a fierce nomadic people called Nomen, who for thousands of yahrens inhabited a desert area of one of the colonial worlds, whose cruel tribal customs have survived into the interstellar age. They have no respect for society, its laws, or its principles.
BORILLO - [bor-ril-lo] a freighter.
BURITICIANS - [bur-it-i-shuns] the hereditary nobility of the twelve colonies, originally appointed by the Lords of Kobol, to rule over each colony. Over the millenia, many of the original families died out, and new buritician families were founded by great military and political leaders in each colony.
BUZZER - a slang term given to a variety of crude, homemade, intoxicating beverages.
CANARIUS - [ka-nar-ius] a commercial shuttle.
CARBON SYNTHETIC - [kar-bon sin-thet-ic] a material used in place of metal in lasers and other equipment.
CARILLON - [kar-i-lon] a small planet, very rich in tylium. First discovered by humans in 6392. Destroyed in 6550.
CARILLON EXPEDITION - a warrior expedition sent to Carillon in search of tylium. Baltar had put the word out that Carillon's tylium was minimal. However, the expedition found that Carillon was rich with tylium. Baltar had recruited the Ovions, the natives of the planet, to assist him in destroying what was left of the human race in return for plenty of people to eat. Note: The Ovions feed off humans. But because of Adama's intuition and Apollo's ingenuity, Baltar's plan failed. Carillon was destroyed and the fleet managed to secure some of the much needed fuel.
CELESTIAL CHAMBER - [se-les-chal cham-ber] a transparent dome on many spacecraft used for observation and navigation.
CELESTRA - [se-les-tra] an old battleship now used as the fleets electronics ship.
CENTAURIE - [sen-tor-e] 100 centons.
CENTON - [sen-ton] 100 microns.
CENTURIONS - [sen-tu-ri-uns] see Cylon.
CHANCERY - a place where all types of wagering games are played.
CHECK - [chek] oregg, coined or stamped, used by the Orions as a medium of exchange.
COLD CELL - a chamber used by the Cylons to slowly freeze humans to death.
COMMANDERS COURT - military court.
COMPUTAPES - [kom-pu-tapes] scanner recordings.
COMPUTRON - [kom-put-ron] an advanced computer that reasons in an almost human manner.
COM-TELL - communication.
CONSUMABLES - [kon-sum-a-b'ls] nourishment taken into the body of a plant or animal for the purpose of maintaining life.
CORA - a very advanced guidance system used on long range probe missions. Short for Computer Oral Response Activated.
CORRIDORS - [kor-i-dors] the usual routes that would be taken by spacecraft approaching a planet.
CORTEX SCAN - [kor-teks] a form of interrogation developed by the Cylons in which the subjects mind is scanned and recorded. It is extremely painful, causes unconciousness, and sometimes death.
CORTILLA - [ko-til-la] a dance.
CRANIUM PROBE - a medical test for cranial damage.
CRAWLON - [krol-on] a wingless animal resembling a true insect except that it has eight legs instead of six, and its body is divided into two parts instead of three.
CRYOGEN TUBES - [kri-o-jen] cylinders used for cryogenic suspension.
CUBIT - [ku-bit] oregg, coined or stamped, and used by colonials as a medium of exchange.
CYLON - [si-lon] originally, a war-like technologically advanced reptilian race that created sophisticated robots, and totally intelligent androids. Ultimately, these machines destroyed their creators and formed an alliance among themselves with their only objective being to rid the universe of humans.
CYMKLEN - [si-m-ken] the second highest mountain on Caprica.
CYMTAR - [sim-tar] a moon of Caprica.
DAGGIT - [dag-it] a warm blooded quadruped related to the wild Equellan lupus.
DEATH STONE - a grave stone.
DEEP SCAN - a long range scan.
DELPHI - a freighter.
DELPHIAN EMPIRE - a proud and noble race whose home world, Gomoray, is now in the hands of the Cylons as of 6572.
DESTROYER - a large warship used by the Eastern Alliance.
DETONATOR - [det-o-nat-or] a device for detonation.
DI-ETHENE - a noxious gas created by the refining of tylium.
DUCAT - [duc-ats] olegg, coined or stamped, and used by the colonials as a medium of exchange.
DUCKIT - [duk-its] a written or printed card which serves as a permit to do something.
EARTH - [urth] the mythical thirteenth colony of man. The Book of Elders at one point refers to Earth as the third planet of nine, circling a yellow star at the edge of the Frodian Galaxy.
EDEN - [e-d'n] largest city and capital of Kobol.
ELITE CLASS - very exclusive and expensive section of luxury liners.
ENERGISER - [en-er-ji-zer] a power unit of great magnitude.
ENERGON TREATMENT - [ener-jon] the injection of powerful stimulant.
EQUINUS ASTREX- a horse's arse.
FINITE LASER EXTRACTOR - a device for taking images of cells in the body.
FINITE MICRO-LASER - a very minute laser scalpel.
FLANK SPEED - the maximum safe cruisng speed of a spacecraft, varying from ship to ship.
FLEET COMMLINE ALPHA - an automatic scrambled communicator between warships.
FLIGHT SLUMBER - a controlled slumber which slows down bodily functions for long space voyages. It has not often been used since the discovery of faster than light travel.
FORCE NITRON FILED - a pipeline that delivers nitrogen in a usable compound directly to the roots of growing plants, along with water and other essential minerals and nutrients.
FORCE SHIELD - an invisible field used for protecting planets.
FREIGHTER - [frat-er] a large ship designed to haul cargo. Now used as living quarters.
FUEL CELLS - metal or plastic enclosures containing fuel.
FUMARELLO - [fum-a-rell-o] a small roll of tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking.
FUMARELLO CASE - a small container that holds fumarellos.
FURLON - [fur-lon] a leave of absence, usually military.
GAMMA FREQUENCY - an obsolete radio frequency.
GEMON - a planet in the Hasaris system.
GENERATOR - [gen-er-a-ter] an apparatus that changes mechanical energy into electrical energy.
GOMORAY - the 4th planet in the Cyrannus galaxy. See Delphian Empire.
GORGAN - a planet in the Cyrannus galaxy.
GRID BARGE - a place for the confinement of criminals.
GROG - [grog] an unsweetened mixture of liquor and water.
GYRO-CAPACITOR - [ji-ro-ka-pas-i-tor] the electric energy transferrance system in most starfighters.
HAND MINE - an explosive device that can be thrown by hand, or set on a timer.
HARMONIC - [har-mon-ik] a recorded message that has travelled through space for a very long time.
HASARIS - [ha-sar-is] an amphibious race first contacted humans in 5225. In 5549, two years after the Cylon invasion, despite a valiant defense by the combined human forces, the Hasaris were enslaved, and then exterminated.
HECTAR - [hec-tar] 100 meters.
HEDGE HOPPER - a quadruped, native of Sectari.
HEKLA - [hec-la] the mountain on the asteroid Arcta where the Ravishol pulsar was placed. See Ravishol pulsar.
HEMO TYPE - the type of fluid that circulates in the veins, heart and arteries in humans and animals.
HERMAPHRODITE - [herm-a-fro-dit-e] having the traits and attributes of both sexes.
HETARI - [he-ta-ri] six sectons.
HIGH JACK - the act of illegally seizing a spacecraft for transportation.
HOVER MOBILE - a 2-4 person anti-gravity vehicle used for ground transportation.
HYDRAPONICS - [hi-dra-pon-iks] a method of farming used on agro ships.
HYDRONIC MUSHIES - [hi-dron-ik] high energy consumables.
ICE STATION THOLAN - a listening post on the asteroid Tholan. It was destroyed in 6566 in a battle between the colonials and the Cylons.
IFB - short for Interfleet Broadcasting. A videoscan news and entertainment transmission.
IMPACT TORPEDO - a missile with a warhead full of explosive material that explodes on impact.
INFINITY - [in-fin-iti] a ship. As of 6549, set aside to store all human knowledge on compu-tapes and books.
INSTRUCTIONAL PERIOD - a time set aside for the obtaining of knowledge.
INTER-COLONY BUS - the interplanetary transportation system.
IRIS CONE COUNT - an eye test.
JUDGMENT DAY - the mythical day, after death, when we meet our creator.
JETTISON-throw goods overboard, esp to lighten ship in distress.
KALPA - a mountain on Equellus that used to have a listening post on it until it was destroyed in 6547. Croft was commander.
K-BISCUIT - snack food.
KELL - a Cylon measurement.
KILLER RANGE - the distance between fighters where a hit will surely mean destruction.
KOBOL - [ko-ball] the home planet of humanity revisited in 6570. Now a dead world orbiting a pulsating star.
KRELL - [krel] an edible plant indigenous to most planets.
KRODEN - a small backword agro planet in the Cyrannus galaxy that depends on the colonies for revenue.
LASER GENERATORS - [la-ser] a device that generates lasers for weapons.
LASER SCALPEL - a tiny hand held laser used to make incisions.
LASERONIC URGON TEST - [la-ser-on-ik-er-gon] a test to see the amount of energy expended by a laser.
LAXAR - [lacks-r] a unit of weight.
LIFE CENTER - medical section.
LIMITER - a device on starfighters that limits the power thrust of the turbo chargers.
LIVERY SHIP - ship used for raising animals.
LORDS OF KOBOL - the ancient rulers of man.
LUNAR 7 - an outpost of Terran nationalists located on Terra's seventh moon that was captured and is now controlled by the Eastern Alliance.
LUPUS - [lu-pus] a fur bearing quadruped predator found on the plains of Sectar, preying small rodents and the carcasses of larger animals.
MAGNA - a virtually indestructable metal.
MAGNETIC SEA - a term used to describe a void in space.
MARKER BEACON - a radio signal used by a warship to identify fighters, or used by fighters to identify a home base.
MATZEN - a measure of distance a little shorter than a kilometer.
MEGA-PRESSURE PUMPS - pumps capable of building a tremendous amount of pressure.
METRON - [me-tron] a measure of distance.
METRON BOMB - explosive devices.
MICRON - [mi-cron] 1/100th of a centon.
MILLA CENTON - 1/1000th of a centon.
MOLECULAR BINDING PITON - a piton which molecularly attaches itself to rocks.
NEURO CELL - [nu-roh cell] brain cell.
NIGHT FLYER - a hawklike bird of prey with long sharp claws, preying on small rodents.
NOVA OF MADAGON - an extremely bright star field near the heart of the Cyrannus galaxy, densely packed with small bright stars.
NUMO - a primitive hand weapon that used compressed gas to propel a small, usually metallic projectile.
OFFICERS CLUB - ships lounge.
OPPOSER - [o-pos-er] a person who knows, studies, or practices law.
OREGG - [o-reg] a heavy, precious metal that bends easily, and is yellowish orange in color in its pure form.
ORION - [o-ri-on] a planet in the Quotara system.
OUTER MARKER - the last beacon between landing fighters and the mother ship.
OVINE - [o-vine] a quadruped grazing animal raised for food.
OVINER - one who raises ovines.
OVIONS - [o-vi-ons] an intelligent burrowing insect race that are natural miners.
PARADEEN - a planet whose population was destroyed by radiation bombs launched by the Eastern Alliance.
PENAL COLONY - small outpost prisons, usually placed on asteroids, used early in the war for prisoners the colonies could not support. Most of them were lost early in the war.
PEOPLES NATIONALIST FORCE - one of the resistance groups of Terra dedicated to total domination of the planet.
PETRO - [pe-tro] fuel refined from tylium.
PHALANX - an attack formation.
PINIUS - [pih-nee-us] a planet.
PISCES - [py-seez] a ship, and a planet.
PLUTON - [plu-ton] a poisonous substance created by neutron fallout. It causes the molecular breakdown of consumables.
POWER SLED - a tracked vehicle used for planetary transportation.
PRAESIDIUM - [prae-sid-e-um] central governing body of a planet, or group of planets.
PRECIPTUM LAYER - [pre-cip-tum] any mass of heavy element matter in deep space. It can be the result of natural processes such as the gravitational decay of an asteroid, or the waste product of certain types of primitive star drives.
PRIMARIES - [pri-mer-is] basic consumables.
PRIORITY - an order given that will override previous orders or a policy.
PROBE SPEED - a speed varying between ships best suited for reconaissance.
PROTECTOR - [pro-tek-tor] see Opposer.
PROTEUS - an asteroid which the Aerians established a prison on in 5220. Prior to the Great War, many of these prisons existed throughout the galaxy, but were forgotten during the war.
PSYCHO ELECTRON RECALL - a scan of a persons subconscious memory to locate information.
PULSE GENERATOR - generating mechanism that propels spacecraft.
PYRAMID - [pir-a-mid] a game of chance played with cards.
QUATRON - [ku-a-tron] a unit of currency.
QUORUM - [kwo-rum] a ruling body. The leaders of a planet or group of planets.
QUOTARA - [kwo-ta-ra] a star cluster in the Cyrannus galaxy containing seven red stars orbiting a blue star. Also a commercial starliner.
RADION - [ra-di-on] a form of radiation caused by the explosion of tylium.
RAVISHOL PULSAR - the giant laser cannon on Arcta. It was invented by Ravishol; the noted genius from the physics department of the Tauron Center of Science and the Arts, as a powerful communication device powered by the direct fusion of tritium and deuterium. In 6570, the Cylons captured the asteroid and converted the pulsar into the most powerful weapon of all time. In 6571, Captain Apollo led a band of warriors up the mountain and destroyed it.
RECALL SIGNAL - a message ordering fighters to return to base.
RECON PROBE - a mission, usually exploratory in nature, conducted by small, fast, ships such as Vipers.
RESPIRATORY PROBE - [res-pa-tor-e] a scan of a humanoid's breathing system.
RIGUS - [ri-jus] a planet.
RISING STAR - a commercial starliner.
ROSTER OF THE NOMEN - the list of humanoids who live by the code of the Borellian Nomen. See Borellians.
SCANNER - a broad spectrum cybernetic antenna which receives all frequences of radiation from a 360 degree.
SCORCHED PLANET POLICY - a slang term meaning to leave a habitable planet uninhabitable.
SEALED - the state of joining in wedlock.
SECTAR - [sec-tar] a remote planet in the Hatari system.
SECTARA - a planet containing an outpost called Serenity. Home of the Borays. See Borays.
SECTARIE - [sec-tar-e] 2400 centons.
SECTON - [sec-ton] 12 sectaries.
SHUTTLE - a small spacecraft designed to take personnel and/or equipment and cargo to and from planets and starships.
SIMULATOR - a device used at the academy consisting of a fully functional Viper cockpit connected to computerized visual and scanner display creating conditions of battle and formation tactics to train future pilots.
SIRE - [sy-r] a male of respect.
SIRESS - [sy-rus] a female of respect.
SOCIALATOR - [so-shal-a-tor] a female who is dedicated to the entertainment of others. Skilled in the arts, dance, music, and sensual pleasures. She can speak easily and intelligently on nearly any subject. On their home world, Scorpio, they are looked upon with respect and admiration.
SOLENITE - [so-lon-ite] the most powerful explosive known to man. Refined from solium.
SOLEUS - [so-le-us] capital of Caprica.
SOLIUM - [so-le-um] a liquid fuel refined from tylium.
SPACE DROME - a platform, usually in space, for the landing and departing of space craft.
SPACE MINE - an orbiting bomb used in spacelanes and around planets.
SPERMAL GOAD - wide angle communication used when the receiving point is not to be used as the beaming point.
STAR KOBOL - the sight of the proposed peace treaty.
STAR QUADRANT EPSILON SEVEN MARK FOUR - a system of 5 planets.
STEPPES - grassy plains.
SUNSTORM - a display of atmospheric discharges that lights up the heavens day and night.
SUPPORT VAPORS - the oxygen supply artificially created in spacecraft.
SUPREME COMMANDANT - leader of the Eastern Alliance.
TELEKINESIS - [tele-kun-esus] the activity of influencing the motion of matter using the direct power of the mind.
TELEPATHY - [tele-path-y] the activity of reading another beings thoughts.
TELLECOM - intraship communication.
TERRA - the home world of the Nationalist Republic caught in a struggle with the Eastern Alliance.
THORN FOREST - heavily forested area of Caprica.
TRANSMITTER - a radio frequency sender.
TRAVELATOR - one who arranges travel.
TRIAD - [try-ad] a contact sport, native of the colonies, wherein two teams of two players play in a triangular court with a goal in each of two walls. The players lock arms in a circle, then try to force a sphere out of the circle. At which point they unlock arms and try to put the sphere in the opposing teams goal.
TRIBUNAL - a court hearing.
TRINIAN - [tri-ni-an] a ship.
TUCAN - [tou-can] a planet.
TUCANA - [tou-can-a] the sophisticated and intelligent natives of Tucan. They are hermaphrodites with two sets of eyes and two mouths, each controlled by a different part of the brain.
TULIRAN BUDS - [tul-ir-an] green, leafy, edible, vegetables.
TURBO - a turbine powered two wheeled ground transport vehicle.
TYLINUM - [ti-li-num] a transparent plastic like substance used in the construction of canopies and viewports in spacecraft.
TYLIUM - [ti-li-um] ore from which solium is processed.
ULTRASONIC SCRUB - a surgical preparation for cleansing the body.
UMBRA - [um-bra] a small agro community on the edge of the thorn forest on Caprica.
UNICOM - a radio frequency linking all in-flight Vipers with the Galactica and each other.
UNI-DIRECTIONAL - an all direction signal.
VALCRON - [val-kron] polyester material used to make clothing.
VAPOR POINT - the temperature at which an element vaporizes.
VERIFICATION SCAN - the result of a scan of an object, i.e., planet, ship, etc.
VICTUALS - [vit'ls] consumables.
VIDEO SCAN - the visual result of a verification scan.
VILIUM - [vi-li-um] a planet with 17 moons.
VIPER - [vi-p-er] snake, or starfighter.
VOLTONS - [volt-ons] a unit of measuring the force exerted to produce an electric current.
WARBOOK - section of a computer containing information on all enemy ships.
WARHEAD - a device located atop of a missile which is full of an explosive, usually solenite.
WARRIOR - [war-i-er] the finest and most able soldiers in the universe, whose training starts at age 7.
WORSHIP OF THE SUNSTORM - a Gemonese religious festival noted for physical contact between genders. This is the only time physical contact among the Otari sect is permitted. It occurs once every 7 yahrens.
YAHREN - [yah-ren] 100 sectaries.
