List of Battlestar Galactica (reimagining) locations
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The reimagined science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica presents various locations, spaceborne and planetary.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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[edit] Aerelon
- See also: Twelve Colonies
Aerelon is one of the Twelve Colonies, and was primarily an agricultural world. The planet was settled by the Aries tribe of Kobol, and became the breadbasket of the Colonies. It is the homeworld of Dr. Gaius Baltar, the most famous scientist in the Twelve Colonies at the time of the Cylon attack; however, Baltar had long since left Aerelon and moved to Caprica, the capital world of the Twelve Colonies. In the reimagined series Aerelon is depicted as being one of the poorer, more backward colonies.[1]
[edit] Algae Planet
The so-called Algae Planet is a ringed, terrestrial planet located on the far side of a young nebulous star cluster from Kobol and the Twelve Colonies. The planet has an abundance of primitive plant life in the form of water-born algae which the refugee fleet stop to harvest for food. There is also an immense desert region where the fleet sets up a temporary base camp.
The Temple of Five is discovered located beneath its surface by Chief Galen Tyrol, who finds himself mysteriously drawn to the location. It is later believed to have been a temporary colony of the Thirteenth Tribe of Kobol on their voyage to Earth, some 4,000 years ago. The Eye of Jupiter artifact is located within the Temple of Five which offers another clue to finding Earth. The planet, temple and artifact are featured in the sacred texts.
The fleet's stay at the planet is cut short when the world is destroyed after the blue giant star the planet is orbiting goes nova. After the nova explosion, the young nebula it creates looks similar to the more distant Ionian Nebula, located 13,000 light years away. Acting on a hunch that the Eye of Jupiter is a "road sign", Admiral William Adama sets course for the Ionian Nebula hoping it will lead to Earth.
- Filming location: Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada (outdoor sequences)[2]
[edit] Armistice Line
The Armistice Line demarcates the border between Colonial Space of the Twelve Colonies and Cylon Space. It was agreed to at the end of the First Cylon War. Crossing the line by either side is considered an act of war. Commander William Adama of the Battlestar Valkyrie, under orders from Admiral Corman, sends a fighter pilot nickamed "Bulldog" over the armistice line in a Stealthstar, one year before the Destruction of the Colonies. Bulldog's mission was to spy on the Cylons, but his fighter was detected and Adama chose to destroy Bulldog's fighter and kill his own pilot rather than have the Cylons discover the nature of Bulldog's mission. Adama later comes to see this incident as the starting point of the Second Cylon War, and suffers guilty feelings because of it.[3]
[edit] Armistice Station
The Armistice Station is a diplomatic space station that appears in the opening of the miniseries. The station was constructed by humans after the Cylon War so that humans and Cylons could meet once a year in a neutral location to continue their peace accords.
Over a period of 40 years the colonies annually sent a representative, while the Cylons never once showed up for the meeting. Their only time to make an appearance was to destroy the station, a prelude to invasion. The station is fired upon by a Basestar, which dwarfs the space station in size. It was the first attack of the Cylon invasion, which lead to the destruction of the Twelve Colonies.
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[edit] Breeders Canyon
Breeders Canyon on New Caprica is a river valley some distance from New Caprica City, chosen by the insurgents as the place to meet Galactica's Raptor team led by Sharon Agathon.[4]
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[edit] Camp Oil Slick
Camp Oil Slick is the codename given to the temporary refugee camp made aboard the Galactica in the unused museum hangar during the episode "The Passage". After the loss of two ships, the Carina and Adriatic, the survivors of those vessels make Camp Oil Slick their permanent home which has been renamed "Dogsville".
[edit] Caprica
Caprica is an Earth-like planet settled by the Capricorn tribe of Kobol. It also has the capital city of the Twelve Colonies, Caprica City. Caprica was the cultural, scientific, technological and governmental capital of the Colonies, and is regarded as the leading world of the colonies. As such, the people of Caprica were often resented by the poorer, less-developed colonies as being snobs and elitists.
[edit] Caprica City, Caprica
Caprica City is the capital of the planet Caprica and the capital of all Twelve Colonies. As depicted in both the original and reimagined television series it is a very large city with a population well into the millions. It is also extremely beautiful, with many graceful skyscrapers, and it is located on the shores of a large ocean or sea. The city was totally destroyed by the Cylons in the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies.
- Filming location: Mostly at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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[edit] Delphi
Delphi was a major city on the planet of Caprica. It contains the Museum of the Colonies. This Museum contained the Arrow of Apollo, an ancient artifact which could supposedly point the way to the mythical planet of Earth, home of the lost thirteenth colony. Like Caprica City, Delphi's human population was totally exterminated by the Cylons in their attack on Caprica; however, the Museum building survived the attack, as does the Arrow of Apollo artifact.
- Filming location: Koerner Library, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Cylon base)[5]
[edit] Delphi Museum of the Colonies
The Museum of the Colonies is located in the city of Delphi on the planet Caprica. It contains various artifacts, including the Arrow of Apollo.
[edit] Dogsville
Dogsville is the makeshift "town" established aboard Galactica in the unused museum hangar. Formerly "Camp Oil Slick", Dogsville's residents are survivors of the ships Adriatic, and Carina which were lost in the episode "The Passage" as they traversed a dangerous star cluster. Most of Dogsville's residents are refugees from the Colonies of Picon and Sagittaron.
In the episode "The Woman King", a doctor named Michael Robert was discovered murdering the Sagittarons in Dogsville for whom he had a deep hatred.
In the episode "Maelstrom", Starbuck visits the oracle Yolanda Breen who lived in Dogsville.
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[edit] Earth
Earth, according to the sacred scripture of the Twelve Colonies, is the legendary planet where the "lost" Thirteenth Tribe of Kobol supposedly settled. Shown briefly in episode Crossroads.
[edit] Euclid River
A river possibly located on Aerelon. It was mentioned in "Home, part I" as a place where Gaius Baltar used to sit alone as a boy to watch fish swim upstream.
[edit] Eye of Jupiter
The Eye of Jupiter is an alcove inside the Temple of Five, where the mosaic Eye of Jupiter is located. A skylight in the ceiling allowed a natural shaft of light to fall on the mosaic. The design of the mosaic is based on the Eye of Jupiter supernova.
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[edit] Gates of Hera
The Gates of Hera is a mountain pass between two peaks on the planet Kobol. It leads the way to the Tomb of Athena. Within the show, it is said that Athena jumped to her death in despair over the exodus of the tribes here. It is also said that the leaders of the Twelve Tribes of Kobol passed the pass on their way off-planet.[6]
- Filming location: The Lions, twin mountain peaks overlooking Vancouver, British Columbia.[7]
[edit] Galleon Meadow
Location on Kobol where President Roslin begins her search for the Tomb of Athena in "Home, part I". Named after the departure spot of a great galleon ship which was prophesied in the scriptures as taking the founders of the 13 colonies to their destiny.
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[edit] Ionian Nebula
The Ionian Nebula is a supernova remnant recorded by the people of Kobol 4000 years ago. The nebula closely resembles the Eye of Jupiter supernova event in the episode "Rapture" that resulted when the star the Algae Planet orbited exploded. Felix Gaeta noted similarities in the remnant patterns and believes the Eye of Jupiter is a marker that points toward the Ionian Nebula; another clue to finding Earth.
A massive battle takes place inside the Nebula between the Battlestar Galactica and 4 Cylon Basestars. 1,700 civilians are killed the civilian ship Pyxis is destroyed, with Space Park and Astral Queen heavily damaged.
The Ionian Nebula is 13,000 light years from the Algae Planet.
NGC 2440 resembles the Ionian Nebula and is 4000 light-years from Earth.
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[edit] Joe's Bar
A makeshift tavern constructed in Galactica's hangar bay and run by a civilian bartender named Joe. Joe's Bar made its first appearance in the episode "Taking a Break from All Your Worries".
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[edit] Kimiko
Kimiko was the name given in passing dialog to an icy planet in the episode "Water", by Raptor ECO Lt. Crashdown. His pilot, Boomer discovers water here, however she had to fight her Cylon programming before she could divulge the find. Crashdown gets the name from a former girlfriend who was killed during the Cylon sneak attack, however Boomer disregards the name in her official report to Galactica.
[edit] Kobol
Kobol is the "mother planet" where all humans supposedly developed. At one time the planet was wealthy and advanced; it was ruled over by the Lords of Kobol, who were said to live with the Gods. At some point, however, the people of Kobol became corrupt, decadent, and brutal, even practicing human sacrifice rituals. As a result, the Gods of Kobol cast out the thirteen human tribes living with them. Twelve of the tribes settled on the Twelve Colonies, the thirteenth tribe went in another direction and settled on Earth.
- Filming location: Widgeon Slough, the largest freshwater marsh in the Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Port Coquitlam, British Columbia[5]
[edit] Kobol College
Kobol College is a college on Gemenon, and is the claimed educational background of Aaron Doral. [8]
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[edit] Lion's Head Nebula
A beacon was left by the thirteenth tribe here, near a pair of pulsars, one red, one blue. The beacon was accidentally contaminated by a virus, causing fatal illnesses in the Cylons.
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[edit] M8
Lagoon Nebula, astro-number M8, is seen in the skymap for the home of the thirteenth tribe, as depicted in the Tomb of Athena.[6]
[edit] Memorial Highway
Memorial Highway is the name given to the length of corridor aboard Galactica that is filled with thousands of photos of people lost during the Cylon sneak attack on the Twelve Colonies.
[edit] N
[edit] New Caprica
New Caprica is a barely habitable planet in the midst of a nebula. It was briefly settled by humans of the refugee fleet of the Twelve Colonies, and then briefly occupied by the Cylons. The capital of New Caprica is New Caprica City. The human settlers on New Caprica built their new homes in a dry river bed; the planet's wet, damp, and dreary climate caused the river bed to turn to mud. Additionally, the damp and chilly climate led some colonists to develop flu and pneumonia type illnesses.
[edit] New Caprica City, New Caprica
New Caprica City is the capital of the planet New Caprica.
- Filming location: Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
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[edit] Oasis
Oasis is a city outside Caprica City. It is Aaron Doral's claimed birthplace. [8]
[edit] Opera house
The opera house is an ancient ruin on the planet Kobol (See above). Although physically seen only once, in the expedition to the Tomb of Athena, it has since featured prominently in the dreams and visions of several characters. These visions of the opera house are closely tied to the fate of Hera Agathon, a child of great religious significance to the Cylons.
- Filming location: The Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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[edit] Pergamus Flats
Pergamus Flats on New Caprica is the site chosen by the Cylons for the mass execution of 200 suspected insurgents.[9]
[edit] Picon
- See also: Twelve Colonies
Picon is the planet where the Pisces tribe of Kobol settled, it is one of the Twelve Colonies.[6] Picon is considered to be one of the more advanced and wealthier colonies; it is also the location of the headquarters of the Colonial Fleet.[8] Like the other eleven colonies, Picon is destroyed by the Cylons in the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies.
[edit] Picon Fleet Headquarters
The Headquarters of the Colonial Fleet were located on the planet Picon and destroyed in the first wave of the Cylon attack on the Twelve Colonies.[8]
[edit] Promar Sector
The Promar Sector is far beyond the Red Line and outside the Home Star System. It is the first jump destination that the refugee fleet runs to.[8]
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[edit] Ragnar
Ragnar is a gas giant planet at the fringes of the Twelve Colonies's star system. During the "Miniseries", Commander Adama takes the Galactica there for supplies and weapons from the Ragnar Anchorage, which was in low orbit around the planet. Ragnar's natural radiation was discovered to be damaging to the Cylons, who avoided the planet and allowed the refugee fleet to hide here temporarily before fleeing the system.
[edit] Ragnar Anchorage
Ragnar Anchorage is a Colonial munitions dump suspended in the upper atmosphere of the gas giant Ragnar. The Colonial Fleet learned that the atmosphere of the planet Ragnar emitted a kind of radiation that adversely affected Cylon technology and cloaked ships residing within the storm. When the Cylons launch their attack on the Twelve Colonies, the Battlestar Galactica is caught without any munitions for her main and point-defence batteries, having dumped them as part of her decommissioning ceremonies prior to the battle. Colonel Saul Tigh determines that Ragnar Anchorage offers the best opportunity for re-arming the ship.
While at Ragnar Anchorage, Galactica obtains enough munitions to completely re-arm her guns, and she also collects a number of Class-D warheads. Her crew also encounter Leoben Conoy, posing as an arms trader, who eventually gives the Colonials their first discovery of humanoid Cylon infiltrators. Galactica is joined by a civilian convoy of survivors gathered by President Laura Roslin. When they arrive, Commander William Adama is persuaded to alter his original plan to send Galactica into a suicidal fight against the Cylons into one of exodus from the Colonies to save the last of humanity.
Galactica protects the civilian fleet as they make a FTL jump from Ragnar towards the Promar Sector, well beyond the "Red Line" of charted space, never to return to the solar system of the Colonies in an effort to escape the Cylons. Soon after the battle, the Cylons dock at the station to retrieve the Cylon agent Aaron Doral.
[edit] Red Line
The Red Line is the safety limit of FTL travel for the Twelve Colonies. A ship jumping beyond this line risks running into unknown navigational hazards or going off course due to compound errors in its jump calculation.[8]
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[edit] Scorpion Fleet Shipyards
The Scorpion Fleet Shipyards is one of the Colonial Fleet's shipyards, where ships are overhauled. The shipyard is destroyed in the attack on the 12 Colonies. It is here that the Battlestar Pegasus was berthed for refit and overhaul. Five other ships also berthed at the shipyard were destroyed as well, including two Battlestars.
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[edit] Temple of Five
The Temple of Five is a place mentioned in the sacred texts. It contains the Eye of Jupiter, and is located on an algae covered planet (Algae Planet) in orbit around a blue giant star on the far side of a young nebulous star cluster from Kobol and the Twelve Colonies. The temple is destroyed by a supernova explosion, revealing that the "eye" is actually the star itself as it goes nova. The machinery inside the temple is actually to create a holographic interface with "the chosen one" as the star novas.
The temple was constructed 4000 years prior to the supernova by the five priests of "He whose name must not be spoken", a "heretical" sect of the colonial religion.
[edit] Tomb of Athena
Athena is a deity among the Lords of Kobol whose tomb is located on the mythical planet Kobol, which is the world where the ancient scriptures say mankind originated. According to legend within the series, Athena threw herself off a mountain due to sorrow about mankind's departure from Kobol aboard the galleon.
Once the refugee fleet discovers a planet containing ancient ruins, President Roslin declares they have found Kobol. She leads an expedition to find the legendary tomb along with the Arrow of Apollo artifact, which according to scriptures, will "point" the way to Earth, the "lost" 13th colony of mankind.
The tomb is eventually found in the side of a mountain where numerous artifacts are discovered. Inside, the group finds the statue of Sagittarius and places the arrow in his bow. This sets off a chain of events that seals the tomb's door, and seemingly "transports" the expedition to a grassy hill surrounded by megaliths engraved with zodiac symbols representing each world of the Twelve Colonies. The group realizes the room is a starmap which gives the positions of celestial objects from the viewpoint of someone actually standing on Earth itself.
Upon recognizing the distant nebula cloud, M8, Commander Adama gets his bearings and believes by navigating toward the cloud, the fleet should eventually find Earth.
The original series analogue of the Tomb of Athena is the Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol.
[edit] Troy
Troy is an Aerelon mining colony whose exact nature and location are unknown. According to dialog in "Flesh and Bone", before learning she is a Cylon spy, Sharon "Boomer" Valerii claims that she was from Troy, as opposed to being from Aerelon (indicating it was another planet), and that her family was lost in an unspecified disaster that happened there. Gaius Baltar says in the same episode that Valerii has a slight trace of an Aerelon accent, and he was familiar with the "disaster" which destroyed the colony. Boomer repeats in denial that she is human and was born "on" Troy when she goes to the Cylon Basestar in "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part 2" and finds the Cylon copies of herself.
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[edit] Virgon
- See also: Twelve Colonies
Virgon is the planet where the Virgo tribe of Kobol settled.[6] It is considered to be one of the wealthiest and most advanced colonies. It is also where a major battle occurred during the Destruction of the Twelve Colonies.[8] The human forces above the planet lost the battle; and the colony was destroyed by the Cylons.
[edit] References
- ^ "Dirty Hands". Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series).
- ^ Sci Fi
- ^ "Hero". Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series).
- ^ "Exodus, Part I". Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series).
- ^ a b David Bassom, Battlestar Galactica: The Official Companion. Titan Books, August 2005, ISBN 1845760972
- ^ a b c d "Home". Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series).
- ^ Vancouver Hiking - The Lions
- ^ a b c d e f g "Miniseries, Parts 1 and 2". Battlestar Galactica (TV miniseries).
- ^ "Precipice". Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series).
