12 Colonies Star Map

A portion of the information listed below is taken from the official quasi canon battlestar galactica map of the 12 colonies.

12 colonies star map. Battlestar galactica map of the 12 colonies was a map of the twelve colonies of kobol created based on notes by writer jane espenson for the caprica story bible. Due to its proximity to the galaxy s economic and political powerhouse the core worlds the colonies was a largely wealthy region consisting of booming industrial worlds trade centers and garden worlds. The colonies also known as the colonies regions was a region of the galaxy between the core worlds and the inner rim. Two millennia of inter.

The twelve colonies of kobol are twelve distinct worlds located in star system cyrannus. Moore and david eick in 2003. Others like sagittaron and aerilon did not. Some like caprica and virgon prospered.

I had always wondered if there were just 12 habitable planets clustered. Apollyon1184 evil porcine liberal. Its information is regarded as official but as story bible information it is canon unless contradicted on the series. And espenson and grazier.

I didn t realize there were four different stars in the cyrannus star system. The planets of the colonies were among the first areas outside the core to be colonized some before the establishment of the galactic republic and many worlds in the. Start date jan 25 2011. Having settled in cyrannus the early colonies lived and fought more or less as sovereign states.

The united colonies of kobol itself was formed around the year 1948 in the articles of. The united colonies is in certain ways a successor to the colonial government an interplanetary union that emerged following the demise of the virgon and leonese empires. About 2 000 years prior to the cylon holocaust the twelve tribes of kobol left their home planet after conflicts with their gods led to some sort of calamity only hinted at in religious texts. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps.

Here s your exclusive first look at a new star map of battlestar galactica s twelve colonies designed by writer jane espenson and science advisor kevin grazier. Map of the 12 colonies thread starter apollyon1184. That miniseries led to a weekly television. Battlestar galactica is an american science fiction media franchise created by glen a.

The united colonies of kobol also known as the twelve colonies of kobol was an interplanetary state which represented humanity during the cylon war and was dissolved upon the settling of the second earth nearly sixty years later. The twelve colonies are situated within the star system cyrannus located some 2 000 light years from kobol where humanity presumedly first evolved. Jan 25 2011 1 from io9. Battlestar galactica map of the 12 colonies is a quantum mechanix product depicting the the twelve colonies of kobol as seen in the re imagined series and its spin off caprica.

We asked espenson and grazier some questions about the map and they ended up telling us a lot more about the science and backstory of battlestar galactica.