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This article attempts to plot the events illustrated or mentioned in the history and prehistory of [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|the Twelve Colonies]] in the [[Re-imagined Series]].
 
==About the Colonial Calendar==
Essentially, the Colonial timeline, as portrayed in the series, is very inconsistent. While events are measured in the same units as on the real-world Earth, the dating system is not defined, complicating the plotting of events. Like the avoidance of [[technobabble]], the likely reason for this problem is the avoidance by the show's producers from narrowing their storylines by establishing fixed dates and times. The closest depiction of an actual calendar is shown in the dossier of William Adama's career in the episode, "[[Hero]]" (see [[Timeline (RDM)#Analysis of Colonial Dates|Adama's Dossier]]).
 
The Colonial calendar is fairly similar to the Gregorian calendar, using 24 hour days and approximately 365 day years. The best example of this is in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]," where Baltar says that each test takes 11 hours. As there are 47,905 tests, amounting to 526,955 hours worth of tests, this will take him 21,956 days, or 60.1534 years (as confirmed by Baltar's [[Number Six|Internal Six]]), the same as it would on Earth.
 
Writers have introduced some inconsistencies which have led to "retroactive continuity" problems. This article's purpose, however, is not to specifically detail these problems. Timeline items with continuity problems are marked in italics, and a reference note is added that briefly details the inconsistency. All continuity issues can be detailed in the article, [[Continuity errors (RDM)]].
 
All dates use the day of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] as the central time marker for all events in the series (as 0 A.C.E., or After the Christian Era, would be used to reference times and dates on the real-world Earth). Items that occur before the Fall are marked as "BCH," or "Before Cylon holocaust."


==Ancient History==
==Ancient History==
*'''-21,354 Years:''' The [[Wikipedia:Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] of the calendar system used in [[#Analysis of Colonial Dates|Adama's dossier]].
*'''4,000 years BCH:''' ''The [[Thirteenth Tribe]] leaves the planet [[Kobol]], later leaving a [[Lion's Head beacon|beacon]] in space and building the [[Temple of Five]]'' ([[The Eye of Jupiter]])<ref>[[Galen Tyrol]] cites 4,000 years as the approximate age of the Temple. This is the oldest date noted in the Re-imagined Series timeline, but also conflicts with the prior date of Pythia and her works as described by [[Elosha]] in the season 1 episode, "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]," where she notes that the exodus of '''all 13 tribes''' occurred 2,000 years prior.</ref>
*'''-3600 Years:''' [[Pythia]] records her prophecies.
*'''3,600 years BCH:''' [[Pythia]] records her prophecies
*'''-2000 Years:''' The thirteen tribes leave [[Kobol]]: twelve for the star system containing the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]], the other for [[Earth]].  The [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] are first settled.  As a result of their exodus, the refugee settlers enter into a new dark age during which much of their past knowledge of history and technology is lost. 
*'''2,000 years BCH:''' The remaining Twelve Tribes leave [[Kobol]]  
*'''~2000 Years to -52 Years:'''  Over the next few centuries the Twelve Colonies recover, then thrive, and eventually start competing with each other in various wars and shifting alliances, which had been going on since several hundred years before the Re-Imagined Series begins.
*'''2,000 years to 52 years BCH:'''  The Twelve Colonies grow and prosper. Each colony acts as a sovereign nation, complete with intra-colonial wars
*55 - 52 years BCH: Somewhere during this time, the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] are built to aid in hard labor and warfare ([[Caprica (series)]], [[Miniseries]])


==Recent Colonial History==
==Recent Colonial History==
*'''-64 Years:''' [[William Adama]] born in Qualai, Caprica.
*'''69 years BCH''': [[Saul Tigh]] born (defined by deleted scene in "[[Scattered]]" concerning the ''[[Brenik]]'')
*'''-55+ Years:''' Setting for the proposed series [[Caprica (series)|Caprica]], which is to be set more than 50 years prior to the events of "Battlestar Galactica" and focus on the lives of two families: the Adamas and the Graystones. The Twelve Colonies are at peace and on the verge of a technological breakthrough: the first Cylon.
*'''64 years BCH''': [[William Adama]] born in Qualai, Caprica ([[Hero]])
*'''-52 Years:''' Cylon revolt begins the [[Cylon War]]. [[Articles of Colonization]] signed ([[Colonial Day]], [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).
*'''52 years BCH''': Cylon revolt begins the first [[Cylon War]] ([[Colonial Day]])
*'''-51 Years''' Colonials suffer a major defeat when the Colonial ship ''[[Brenik]]'' is lost after a boarding action by Cylon Centurions, which resulted in some of the bloodiest, hand-to-hand fighting of the war.  A young Petty Officer [[Saul Tigh]] is one of a handful of survivors. 
*'''52 years BCH''': [[Articles of Colonization]] signed ([[Colonial Day]], [http://blog.scifi.com/battlestar/archives/2005/04/index.html#a000025 RDM, April 11, 2005]).
*'''-50 Years:'''
*'''51 years BCH''' Colonial ship ''[[Brenik]]'' is lost after a boarding action by [[Cylon Centurion Model 0005|Cylon Centurions]]
** [[Battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'' enters service under Commander [[Nash]].
*'''50 years BCH''': Battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'' enters service
*'''c. -41 years:''' [[William Adama]] begins his service in the Colonial Fleet as a Viper pilot, near the end of the Cylon War. 
*'''41 years BCH:''' [[William Adama]] begins his service in the Colonial Fleet as a Viper pilot, near the end of the Cylon War
*'''-40 Years:''' Armistice between the Colonials and the Cylons ends the [[Cylon War]].
*'''40 years BCH:''' Armistice ends the [[Cylon War]]; Cylons exile themselves from the Twelve Colonies ([[miniseries]])
*'''-34 Years:''' William Adama resigns from the Colonial Fleet after the Armistice is declared ([[Hero]]).
*'''34 years: BCH:''' William Adama furloughed from the Colonial Fleet ("[[Scattered]]," "[[Hero]]")
*'''-20 Years:'''
*'''20 years BCH:'''
**Last significant [[FTL|Jump]] recorded on battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'s'' logs.
**Last significant [[FTL|Jump]] recorded on battlestar ''[[Galactica]]'s'' logs.
**[[Tom Zarek]] imprisoned for blowing up a government building on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]] ([[Bastille Day]]).
**[[Tom Zarek]] imprisoned for blowing up a government building on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]] ([[Bastille Day]])
**[[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] first meet ([[Scattered]], podcast).
**[[William Adama]] and [[Saul Tigh]] first meet ([[Scattered]], podcast).
*'''-17 Years:''' William Adama reinlists in the Colonial Fleet at the rank of Major.
*'''17 years BCH:''' William Adama reinstated in the Colonial Fleet at the rank of Major ("[[Scattered]]," "[[Hero]]")
*'''-11 Years:''' Major William "Husker" Adama assigned to the Battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]''.  While serving aboard ''Atlantia'' he conducts his 1000th landing.
*'''11 years BCH:''' Major William "Husker" Adama assigned to battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]''
**[[Laura Roslin]] begins her career in politics ([[Litmus]]).   
**[[Laura Roslin]] begins her career in politics ([[Litmus]]).   
*'''-7 Years:''' [[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] marry. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/deleted1.html deleted scene])
*'''7 years BCH:'''
** William Adama promoted to Colonel and is assigned to the Battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' as XO.
**[[Saul Tigh|Saul]] and [[Ellen Tigh]] marry. ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]], [http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/episodes/season01/112/deleted1.html deleted scene])
*'''-5 Years:'''
** William Adama promoted to Colonel and assigned as [[XO]] to battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'' ([[Hero]])
**[[Laura Roslin]]'s last breast exam prior to her cancer diagnosis ([[Act of Contrition]]).
*'''5 years BCH:'''
**[[Galen Tyrol]] assigned to ''Columbia'' under Col. Adama ([[Litmus]]).
**[[Laura Roslin]]'s last breast exam prior to her cancer diagnosis ([[Act of Contrition]])
*'''-3 Years:''' [[Felix Gaeta]] assigned to ''Valkyrie''.
**[[Galen Tyrol]] assigned to ''Columbia'' under Col. Adama ([[Litmus]])
** William Adama is promoted to Commander and assigned to the Battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''.
*'''3 years BCH:'''
** Saul Tigh is promoted to Colonel and assigned to ''Valkyrie'' as Adama's XO.
**[[Felix Gaeta]] assigned to ''Valkyrie'' ([[Miniseries]])
** Galen Tyrol assigned to ''Valkyrie''.
** William Adama is promoted to Commander and assigned to battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' ([[Hero]])
*'''-2 Years:'''
** Saul Tigh is promoted to Colonel and assigned to ''Valkyrie'' ([[Hero]])
**[[Caprica Six]] begins residence on Caprica ([[Downloaded]]), first encounters Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Miniseries]]).
** Galen Tyrol assigned to ''Valkyrie'' ([[Miniseries]], [[Hero]])
**[[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|A copy of Sharon Valerii]] begins serving aboard ''Galactica'' ([[The Farm]]).
*'''2 years BCH:'''
**[[Zak Adama]] dies in a flight school accident. His funeral is Lee and William Adama's last meeting until the miniseries.
**[[Caprica Six]] begins residence on Caprica ([[Downloaded]]), first encounters Dr. [[Gaius Baltar]] ([[Miniseries]])
**Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] is re-assigned from Flight School to ''Galactica'' ([[Act of Contrition]]).
**[[Sharon Valerii]] begins service aboard ''Galactica'' ([[The Farm]])
*'''-1 Year:''' Last time [[William Adama]] and [[Caroline Adama]] speak.
**[[Zak Adama]] dies in a flight school accident ([[Miniseries]])
** William Adama leads the Battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]'' on a recon mission to slip a [[Stealthstar]] across the [[Armistice Line]]. The mission fails and the Stealth Star's pilot, [[Daniel Novacek]] is shot down and captured by the Cylons. ([[Hero]])
**Lt. [[Kara Thrace]] is re-assigned from Flight School to ''Galactica'' ([[Act of Contrition]])
** William Adama, Saul Tigh, Felix Gaeta (and possibly others) are re-assigned to the aging Battlestar ''Galactica'' as a result of the failed Stealth Star mission.
*'''1 Year BCH:''' Last time [[William Adama]] and [[Caroline Adama]] speak ([[Miniseries]])
*'''-Several months''' [[Caroline Adama]] gets engaged.
** William Adama leads aborted covert intelligence mission aboard ''[[Valkyrie]]''. [[Daniel Novacek]] is shot down and captured by the Cylons ([[Hero]])
*'''-3 Weeks:''' [[Anastasia Dualla]] last visits her home.
** William Adama, Saul Tigh, Felix Gaeta are re-assigned to battlestar ''Galactica'' ([[Hero]])
**[[Caroline Adama]] gets engaged ([[Miniseries]])
**[[Anastasia Dualla]] last visits her home ([[Final Cut]])


===Events of the [[Miniseries]]===
===Events of the [[Miniseries]]===
*'''Day 1:''' Begins with the Cylon attack on [[Armistice Station]] and culminates with ''Galactica's'' fleet leaving the star system of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]] during the [[Battle of Ragnar Anchorage]].
*'''Zero Hour:'''
**'''Zero Hour:''' Cylons [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|destroy]] the Twelve Colonies. The only (so-far-known) Human survivors are a rag-tag fugitive fleet escorted by ''Galactica''; ''Pegasus'', another [[Pegasus (RDM)|isolated battlestar]]; a fleet of 15 civilian FTL-capable ships; and the human [[Caprica Resistance|resistance]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].
**The [[Armistice Station]] is destroyed by Cylon forces
**Laura Roslin is diagnosed with inoperable breast cancer
**''Galactica'' is decommissioned
**The Twelve Colonies are heavily bombarded by nuclear bombs
**Picon [[Fleet Headquarters]] is destroyed
**A Colonial battle near Virgon ends with the total loss of the Colonial Fleet
**Battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' luckily escapes the destruction of the [[Scorpian Fleet Shipyards]] ([[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]])
**''Galactica'' engages Cylon Raiders and survives with moderate damage and 85 dead
**Last transmission from the Colonies received by Laura Roslin aboard ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'' from a [[Jack|fellow secretary]]
**[[Case Orange]] contingency mechanism assigns Roslin the office of the President of the Twelve Colonies
**Roslin gathers stranded civilian and military ships around the vicinity of Caprica
**Commander Adama assumes overall Fleet command and orders regroup at [[Ragnar Anchorage]]
**Roslin's caravan survives two Cylon attacks and meets at Ragnar
**''Galactica'' changes from battle stance to civilian protection, escorts civilian fleet from Ragnar, towards the [[Prolmar Sector]]


==Season 1==
==Season 1==
*'''Note:''' Timeline assumes that the days shown on [[Caprica]] with [[Helo]] corresponds to the timeline on ''Galactica''. A strong example of this is in the season 1 finale "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]", when [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] travels from Galactica to Caprica.''
'''''Note:''' The timeline assumes that the days shown on Caprica with [[Helo]] corresponds to the timeline on ''Galactica''. This is supported in the season 1 finale "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]," when [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] travels from ''Galactica'' to Caprica and discovers Helo.''
 
==="[[33]]" through "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|Hand of God]]"===
==="[[33]]" through "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|Hand of God]]"===
*'''Day 6:''' ''Galactica'' pursued by the Cylons for six days. The ship ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' is discovered to be the source of the problem, it is destroyed when nuclear weapons are detected aboard ([[33]]).
*'''Day 6:''' ''Galactica'' pursued by the Cylons for six days. The ship ''[[Olympic Carrier]]'' is destroyed ([[33]])
*'''Day 7:''' First new child born on the ''[[Rising Star]]''. ''Pegasus'' encounters a fleet of 15 civilian ships, including ''[[Scylla]]''.
*'''Day 7:'''
*'''Day 10:''' President Roslin makes her first official visit to ''Galactica''. During an unrep procedure, ''Galactica''’s water tanks are destroyed by sabotage from Cylon agent Sharon Valerii and the majority of its water is vented into space.  ''Galactica'' commences an immediate search of the surrounding star systems for drinkable water and finds an ice moon ([[Water]]).
**First new child born on the ''[[Rising Star]]''
*'''Day 12:''' Representatives from the government led by Lee Adama visit the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' to enlist the aid of its prisoner population to help mine water from the ice moon. They find themselves embroiled in a plot by former terrorist [[Tom Zarek]] to capture the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' and demand a civil ransom from President Roslin.  The stand-off ends with one prisoner killed when Colonial Marines storm the ship.  Lee Adama brokers a deal with Zarek to turn the ship over to  him and to convince Roslin to hold an election in exchange for peace and co-operation with the government ([[Bastille Day]]).
**''Pegasus'' encounters a fleet of 15 civilian ships, including ''[[Scylla]]'' ([[Resurrection Ship, Part I]])
*'''Day 14:''' An accident on the hangar deck kills 13 pilots.  Starbuck is ordered by Adama to train [[nuggets|replacements]]. Starbuck goes missing after [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|a battle with a Cylon recon force]]. ([[Act of Contrition]]).
*'''Day 10:''' ''Galactica''’s water tanks damaged by sabotage ([[Water]])
*'''Day 15:''' Adama searches for Starbuck against the recommendation of Col. Tigh and President Roslin.  Starbuck survived on the red moon of the ice planet system for over 48 hours before locating the Raider she shot down.  She trains herself how to fly it then uses it to return to ''Galactica'' ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).  
*'''Day 12:''' Prisoner uprising, led by [[Tom Zarek]] on the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' ([[Bastille Day]])
*'''Day 17:''' A copy of [[Aaron Doral]] sneaks aboard the ''Galactica'', steals several blocks of [[G-4]] and G-4 detonators from a small arms locker then blows himself up near Baltar's lab.  An independent tribunal is set up to investigate and focuses its attention on Galen Tyrol and Sharon Valerii. Specialist [[Socinus]] is jailed for lying under oath to protect Tryol and Adama overturns the tribunal when he feels it has become a "witch hunt" ([[Litmus]]).
*'''Day 14:''' Starbuck goes missing after [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|a battle with Cylon forces]] ([[Act of Contrition]])
*'''Day 21:''' First recollection by any of the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' crewmembers of giving [[Ellen Tigh]] medical assistance ("about a week" before "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]").
*'''Day 15:''' Starbuck returns to the Fleet ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]).  
*'''Day 24:''' [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Caprica Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] first make love. A copy of Number Six appears aboard the ''Galactica'' introducing herself as "[[Shelly Godfrey]]" and presents doctored evidence to Commander Adama implicating Dr. Baltar in the attack on the Colonies.  When her story is debunked and evidence suggesting she may be a Cylon agent begins to mount she disappears as quickly and mysteriously as she appeared ([[Six Degrees of Separation]]).
*'''Day 17:''' A suicide bomber nearly kills Adama and Tigh; investigation centers on Galen Tyrol ([[Litmus]]).
*'''Day 25:''' A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] surfaces on the [[Gemenon Traveler]] claiming he has hidden a nuclear device somewhere in the fleet but will not say where.  Kara Thrace is brought in to interrogate him and she eventually makes him confess the bomb story was a lie.  He is then thrown out an airlock on President Roslin's personal order ([[Flesh and Bone]]).
*'''Day 21:''' First recollection by any of the ''[[Rising Star (RDM)|Rising Star]]'' crewmembers of giving [[Ellen Tigh]] medical assistance (before "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]")
*'''Day 26:''' Ellen Tigh resumes consciousness ("a couple of days" before [[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).
*'''Day 24:'''
*'''Day 28:''' William Adama travels to the ''Rising Star'' and brings [[Ellen Tigh]] aboard the ''Galactica'' to reunite with Saul.  Ellen later spends most of an uncomfortable dinner party with President Roslin grilling Adama on the subject of the then-fictitious Earth. When she is tested by Dr. Baltar's Cylon Detector, Baltar claims her results came back green but then later reveals to Number Six that everyone is going to be greenlit from now on reguardless of what the results say ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]).
**[[Sharon Agathon|"Caprica" Valerii]] and [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] first make love.  
*'''Day 36:''' With the Fleet running low on Tylium fuel, Adama begins scouting near-by systems for asteroids rich in Tylium ore.  One system is found but a heavily fortified Cylon mining outpost is discovered there.  ''Galactica'' engages the Cylons a [[battle for the Tylium Asteroid]] and destroys the mining base.  Caprica Valerii begins showing the first signs of pregnancy and suffers morning sickness ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]).
**"[[Shelly Godfrey]]" implicates Dr. Baltar in the attack on the Colonies; she later disappears ([[Six Degrees of Separation]])
*'''Day 25:''' A copy of [[Leoben Conoy]] found, interrogated and ejected from airlock ([[Flesh and Bone]])
*'''Day 26:''' Ellen Tigh regains consciousness ("a couple of days" before "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]")
*'''Day 28:''' William Adama retrieves [[Ellen Tigh]] ([[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]])
*'''Day 36:'''
**''Galactica'' [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid|engages a Cylon mining base]] and retrieves needed [[tylium]] fuel
**"Caprica-Valerii" begins showing the first signs of pregnancy ([[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]])


===[[Colonial Day]]===
===[[Colonial Day]]===


*'''Day 46:''' Delegates selected for the [[Quorum of Twelve]]. [[Tom Zarek]] selected to represent [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Sagittaron|Sagittaron]]. Roslin implores Adama to permit his participation. [[Valance]] prepares to smuggle a ceramic stealth gun into the ''[[Cloud Nine]]''. Zarek addresses the fleet from the prison ship [[Astral Queen]]. Gaius Baltar selected to represent [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]. Apollo and Starbuck inspect the [[Cloud Nine]].
*'''Day 46 - 49:'''
 
**Delegates selected for the [[Quorum of Twelve]], including [[Tom Zarek]]
*'''Day 47 - Morning:''' Colonial Day. Delegates arrive on Cloud Nine. Roslin addresses the Quorum. Baltar eyes [[Playa Palacios]]. Zarek moves to elect a vice president and is nominated by [[Marshall Bagott]]. Motion passes, chair to remain open 72 hours for nominations.
**Gaius Baltar selected to represent [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]
 
**''A victory party leads Baltar and Thrace to interact''<ref>Roslin states that the chair will remain open for nominations for 72 hours on the morning of Day 47, but the [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|next episode]] clearly takes place the day after the victory party, and is stated to take place on Day 50.</ref>
*'''Day 47 - Afternoon:''' Roslin asks [[Wallace Gray]] to run for the vice presidency. Zarek expounds on his reform agenda. Valance scuffles with Apollo and Starbuck and is remanded in custody. Helo and Caprica Valerii arrive at a spaceport in the vicinity of [[Delphi]].
**'Helo and Caprica-Valerii infiltrate the spaceport. Helo discovers Valerii is a Cylon and flees
 
*'''Day 47 - Evening:''' Starbuck and Apollo interrogate Valance to no effect.
 
*'''Day 48 - Morning:''' Grey addresses the Quorum. [[Safiya Sanne]] changes [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]]'s vote to Zarek, bringing his total to 5 of 12.
 
*'''Day 48 - Afternoon:''' Zarek serves [[Ellen Tigh]] a drink and inquires after the whereabouts of Valance. Baltar interviewed by [[James McManus]]. Valance found dead. Tigh, Apollo and Starbuck consult with Roslin on security.
 
*'''Day 48 - Evening:''' Roslin travels to ''Cloud Nine'' and asks Grey to drop out of the race and recruits Baltar to replace him, interrupting his "exclusive" with Palacios. Apollo and Starbuck flirt in the bunk on ''[[Galactica]]''.
 
*'''Day 49 - Morning:''' Baltar elected Vice President, with Roslin casting the tie-breaking vote.
 
*'''Day 49 - Evening:''' Victory party for Baltar. Roslin dances with Adama, Ellen with Saul Tigh, Billy with Dualla, Starbuck with Apollo and Baltar.
 
*'''Day 49 - Night:''' Helo and Caprica Valerii infiltrate the spaceport. Helo discovers Valerii is a Cylon and flees.
 
''Note: Roslin states that the chair will remain open for nominations for 72 hours on the morning of Day 47, but the [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|next episode]] clearly takes place the day after the victory party, and is stated to take place on Day 50.''


===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]===
===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]===
*'''Day 50 - Early Morning:''' Apollo and Adama spar. Baltar and Starbuck have sex. Caprica Valerii catches up with Helo at [[Delphi]], and he shoots her. ''Galactica'' Boomer contemplates suicide. [[Cottle]] examines Roslin and gives her "six months, at the outside".
*'''Day 50:'''
 
**Boomer and Crashdown stumble upon [[Kobol]]
*'''Day 50 - Morning:''' Starbuck and an (already) drunken Baltar exchange innuendos over the officer's card game.
**Roslin unsuccessfully petitions Commander Adama to send the Cylon Raider after the [[Arrow of Apollo]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].
 
**Scout party ambushed by a [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] at Kobol
*'''Day 50 - Afternoon:''' Roslin briefs Baltar on her economic agenda. [[Number Six|Six]] warns him that "it's not safe to remain on ''Galactica''". ''Galactica'' Boomer and Crashdown stumble upon [[Kobol]]. Helo holds Caprica Valerii at gunpoint. Apollo and Starbuck exchange blows.
 
*'''Day 50 - Evening:''' Roslin examines an orbital photograph of Kobol and has a vision of the [[City of the Gods]]. Adama decides to send an expedition, which Baltar demands to accompany. ''Galactica'' Boomer shoots herself on Baltar's advice. In private, Roslin unsuccessfully petitions Commander Adama to send the Cylon Raider after the [[Arrow of Apollo]] on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]].
 
*'''Day 50 - Night:''' [[Battle of Kobol (RDM)|Battle of Kobol]] begins. Scout party ambushed by a [[Cylon Basestar]] at Kobol. Starbuck devises a plan to deliver a nuclear weapon to the [[Basestar (RDM)|basestar]] using the captured [[Cylon Raider|Raider]] and [[Cylon transponder]]. Roslin convinces her to purloin the Raider and take it to Caprica instead.


===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]===
===[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]===
*'''Day 51 - Early Morning:''' Survivors of [[Raptor 1]] escape the wreck. Baltar passes out. Adama terminates Roslin's presidency. Apollo and Tigh plan an assault on ''[[Colonial One]]''. Adama dispatches the wounded Boomer to take out the basestar. Caprica Valerii leads Helo to [[Delphi Museum of the Colonies]].
*'''Day 51:'''
 
**Survivors of [[Raptor 1]] escape the wreck
*'''Day 51 - Morning:''' Starbuck arrives at Caprica, retrieves the [[Arrow of Apollo]], kills a copy of [[Number Six|Six]] and meets up with Helo. ''Galactica's'' [[Marines|marines]] board ''[[Colonial One]]''. Apollo mutinies, Roslin stands down. Baltar has a vision of the shape of things to come. ''Galactica'' Boomer confronts other Valerii copies on the basestar. She returns from her mission and shoots Commander Adama.
**Adama terminates Roslin's presidency and arrests her
**Starbuck absconds with the purloined Raider and arrives at Caprica, retrieving the [[Arrow of Apollo]] and meets up with Helo
**Boomer successfully destroys basestar over Kobol
**Boomer's Cylon programming activates; she shoots Commander Adama at point-blank range


==Season 2.0==
==Season 2==
''Note: Season 2 dates are rough guesses at best, and are complicated by the [[season two timeline discontinuity]]. Dates for the first half of the season are based on the last dates given at the end of season one.
''Note: Season 2 dates are rough guesses at best, and are complicated by the [[season two timeline discontinuity]]. Dates for the first half of the season are based on the last dates given at the end of season one.


==="[[Scattered]]" through "[[The Farm]]"===
==="[[Scattered]]" through "[[The Farm]]"===
*'''[[Scattered]]'''
*'''Day 51 - Morning:''' A [[Cylon Basestar]] ambushes the fleet, which jumps to an [[Emergency Jump Coordinates| emergency rendezvous point]]. ''Galactica'' jumps to different coordinates and is forced to backtrack. [[Battle of Kobol (RDM)#Scattering of the Fleet|''Galactica'' holds off basestar]] and returns to bulk of the Fleet.
*'''[[Valley of Darkness]]'''
*'''Day 51 - Morning:''' ''Galactica'' is partially disabled by a Cylon [[Virus|virus]] while a [[Cylon Centurion]] boarding party attempts to [[Battle of Kobol (RDM)#Cylon Boarding|commandeer the ship]].
*'''[[Fragged]]'''
*'''Day 51 - Afternoon:''' [[Crashdown]] is shot by [[Gaius Baltar]] on Kobol after threatening to shoot [[Cally]].
*'''[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]'''
*'''Day 52:''' Tigh interrogates Tyrol and imprisons him with [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]).
*'''Day 53 - Morning:''' [[Cally]] blackmails Baltar into running his Cylon test on Tyrol. Baltar notes to Tigh that he should assume Roslin's duties; he invites Baltar to join her in the brig. ''[[Aturian]]'' stops refining Tylium in protest of Martial law. Apollo briefs pilots in the ready room. Dualla checks out his ass. On Caprica, Starbuck and Helo meet [[Samuel Anders]]'s [[Caprica Resistance|resistance movement]].
*'''Day 53 - Afternoon:''' Tigh deploys troops to vessels refusing to supply ''Galactica''. The [[Gideon]] Massacre takes place. Roslin is chagrined. Apollo initiates his escape plan.
*'''Day 53 - Evening:''' Saul and Ellen Tigh argue and have sex. Baltar poisons Tyrol and interrogates Boomer. Starbuck and Helo arrive at the Resistance HQ with Anders.
*'''Day 54 - Morning:''' Apollo delivers briefing, orchestrates Roslin's escape. The deck gang begin construction of a new brig cell for [[Cylon agent|Cylon agents]].
*'''Day 54 - Afternoon:''' Apollo & co. disembark at the [[Cloud Nine]] and link up with [[Tom Zarek]]. Starbuck and Anders flirt.
*'''Day 54 - Evening:''' Commander Adama wakes up. Cally kills ''Galactica''-Boomer.
*'''[[The Farm]]'''
*'''Day 61:''' Laura Roslin & co. take refuge on ''[[Kimba Huta]]''. William Adama resumes command of ''Galactica''.  Kara Thrace is captured by the Cylons and taken to a Cylon [[Farm]].
*'''Day 62:''' Kara is later rescued by [[Samuel Anders]]'s [[resistance]] and [[Sharon Agathon|Caprica Valerii]].  Thrace, Valerii and Karl Agathon depart Caprica in a Heavy Raider captured by Valerii earlier in the rescue attempt but promise to return to rescue Anders and his men.  [[Simon|The doctor]] who tended to Thrace at the Farm, is revealed to be a Cylon agent ([[The Farm]]).


===[[Home, Part I]]===
*'''Day 51:''
*'''Day 62 - Morning:''' Kara Thrace's captured [[Cylon Heavy Raider|Heavy Raider]] jumps into orbit around Kobol.  Tom Zarek attempts to have it shot down because it's not the same Raider that Thrace departed in.  Thrace lands her Heavy Raider aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]'' and is reunited with President Roslin and Lee Adama.  Lee learns that in addtion to Karl Agathon, Thrace brought back the Caprican copy of Sharon Valerii, whereupon Lee pulls a gun on Sharon.  After defusing the situation with words, Roslin orders Valerii thrown out the airlock, but relents and has her thrown into the brig instead, after hearing both Thrace and Agathon's protest.  Commander Adama promotes Captain [[George Birch]] to be the new ''Galactica'' CAG.
**The Fleet is temporarily scattered after ''Galactica'' misses the proper [[Emergency Jump Coordinates| emergency rendezvous point]] but later returns ([[Scattered]])
**Galactica'' is partially disabled by a Cylon virus while a [[Cylon Centurion]] boarding party unsuccessfully attempts to destroy the ship ([[Valley of Darkness]])
**[[Crashdown]] is shot by [[Gaius Baltar]] on Kobol after threatening to shoot [[Cally Henderson]] ([[Fragged]])
*'''Day 52:''' Tigh interrogates Tyrol and imprisons him with [[Sharon Valerii]] ([[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]])


*'''Day 62 - Afternoon:''' Commander Adama holds a press conference regarding the escape of President Roslin from his custody and the ensuing martial law.  Adama adjourns the press conference when the questions become increasingly pointed. 
*'''Day 53:'''
**Saul Tigh declares martial law after Roslin's arrest
**The [[Gideon]] Massacre takes place
**Tyrol poisoned by Baltar to gain information from Boomer, but is revived
**Starbuck and Helo meet the [[Caprica Resistance]] and [[Samuel Anders]]
**Cally Henderson kills Boomer ([[Resistance (episode)]])


*'''Day 63 - Morning:''' Cpt. Birch on his first mission as CAG is responsible for an accident that nearly kills [[Kat]].  Zarek and his trusted lieutenant [[Meier]] plot to overthrow Roslin and take command of the fleet.
*'''Day 54:'''
**Commander Adama awakens
**Roslin escapes from ''Galactica'' ([[Resistance (episode)]])


*'''Day 63 - Afternoon:''' Cpt. Birch oversees his second flight mishap as CAG when two ships he's supposed to be guiding collide with one another during a routine refueling operation.
*'''Day 61:'''
**Laura Roslin takes refuge on ''[[Kimba Huta]]''
**William Adama resumes command of ''Galactica''
**Kara Thrace is captured by the Cylons and taken to a Cylon [[Farm]].


*'''Day 64 - Morning:''' Roslin's party, made up of Thrace, Cpt. Adama, Elosha, Zarek, Meier, Agathon, Boomer, two Zarek red-shirts, two Roslin red-shirts and Roslin herself land on Kobol.  Using Valerii as their guide they set out in search of the [[Tomb of Athena]].
*'''Day 62:'''
**Kara Thrace is rescued
**Thrace, Helo, and Caprica-Valerii leave Caprica for Kobol
** [[Simon|The doctor]] who tended to Thrace at the Farm is revealed to be a Cylon agent ([[The Farm]])


*'''Day 64 - Afternoon:''' The party is ambushed by Cylon Centurions after Elosha accidentally trips a "bouncing betty" land mine and it blows up in her face, killing her.  The surviving party is saved when Valerii uses an RPG launcher to destroy the last remaining Centurion.
===[[Home, Part I]]===
*'''Day 62:'''
**Kara Thrace's captured [[Cylon Heavy Raider|Heavy Raider]] lands her Heavy Raider aboard the ''[[Astral Queen]]''
**Roslin orders Valerii thrown into the brig instead
**Commander Adama promotes Captain [[George Birch]] to be the new ''Galactica'' CAG


*'''Day 64 - Evening:''' Adama makes the decision to put the fleet back together after a long and heartfelt talk with [[Dee]].
*'''Day 64:'''
**Roslin's party begins search on Kobol for the [[Tomb of Athena]]
**[[Elosha]] dies
**Adama decides to reunite the Fleet and begins preparations for returning to Kobol


===[[Home, Part II]]===
===[[Home, Part II]]===
*'''Day 65:''' - [[Raptor 1]] lands on Kobol with [[William Adama]] and his contingent.  [[Tomb of Athena]] found.
*'''Day 65:'''
*'''Day 65:''' - Roslin reestablished as lawful President; martial law ends. Fleet reunification.
**Adama's party joins with Roslin's party
** [[Tomb of Athena]] found
**Roslin reestablished as lawful President, Fleet reunified


===[[Final Cut]]===
===[[Final Cut]]===
*'''Day 75:''' [[D'anna Biers]] produces a documentary aboard the Galactica about the "[[Gideon massacre]]."  It is a generally positive documentary broadcast to the fleet.  Unknown to the fleet, it is also disseminated to the Cylons, updating them with the status of the Colonial fleet.
*'''Day 75:''' [[D'anna Biers]] produces a documentary aboard the Galactica about the "[[Gideon massacre]]''


===[[Flight of the Phoenix]]===
===[[Flight of the Phoenix]]===
*'''Day 84''' - [[Cally]] is released from the brig; a welcome back party is thrown for her by the deck crew.
:''The events of this episode likely occur over several weeks with the construction of the [[Blackbird]], and was designed to have a vague timeline per the episode [[Podcast:Flight of the Phoenix|podcast]].''
*'''Day ??''' - Laura Roslin is given a few weeks, a month at the most to live.
*'''Day ??''' - [[Chief Tyrol]] begins construction of the [[Blackbird]] prototype stealth fighter.
*'''Day ??''' - [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|''Galactica'' routs hundreds of Cylon fighters]] without a casualty while dispatching a [[Logic bomb]] from their ship computers.
*'''Day ??''' - The [[Blackbird]] prototype stealth fighter is completed by [[Chief Tyrol]] and a team of Galactica crewmembers.  Lt. Thrace flies it on its first test flight, quickly proving its value as a stealth craft.


===[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]===
*[[Cally Henderson]] is released from the brig
*'''Day ??''' - ''Galactica'' encounters battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] assumes fleet command.
*Laura Roslin is given a few weeks, a month at the most to live.
*'''Day ??'''- [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] accidentally kills ''Pegasus'' Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne|Thorne]] and is arrested with [[Karl Agathon|Helo]].
*Traces of the Cylon virus ([[Valley of Darkness]]) reemerge as a logic bomb and begin to disable ''Galactica's'' systems
*'''Day ??''' - A standoff between the two battlestars begins over the treatment of the arrested ''Galactica'' crew.
*Tyrol begins construction of the [[Blackbird]]
*[[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|''Galactica'' routs hundreds of Cylon fighters]]
*Cylon logic bomb purged from ''Galactica''
*The ''Laura'', the completed Blackbird, is successfully tested


==Season two timeline discontinuity==
===Prior to the episode, "[[Sacrifice]]"===
:''Main article: [[Season two timeline discontinuity]]''
Based on various evidence, the end of "Resistance" can be very firmly dated to Day 54. This puts Cally's release at Day 84, and in turn means that as of "Flight of the Phoenix", Roslin was not expected to live past day 114. Corroborating this, Sharon Valerii does not appear visibly pregnant in "Pegasus".


However, in the following episode, Admiral Cain states offhandedly that it has been about six months since the fall of the colonies. This is further corroborated in "Epiphanies", which we learn takes place 189 days after the holocaust (a full 75 days longer than Roslin's most favorable prognosis). Additionally, Valerii now appears to be well into her second trimester, and elections have been put off by 75 days from their first-season projections.
*'''Day ~140''': [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]]s attack the freighter ''[[Greenleaf]]'';  [[Ray Abinell]] is killed in the attack ([[Sacrifice]])


There is apparently no way to reconcile this discrepancy. Even under the most liberal assumptions, the first half of the second season timeline cannot accommodate more than about three additional days.
===[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]===
 
:''The events in this episode create a [[Season two timeline discontinuity|timeline problem]] in season 2 events. As such, most events here are not timestamped.''
Consequently, there is a 75-day discontinuity between the fist and second halves of season two. The second half of the season is dated from the firm dates given in "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and "Epiphanies", but be aware that dates throughout the remainder of season 2 are likely to contradict those from earlier in the series.


==Season 2.5==
*Galactica'' encounters battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
 
*Admiral [[Helena Cain]] assumes fleet command
===Dates not specific to episodes===
*[[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] accidentally kills ''Pegasus'' Lieutenant [[Alistair Thorne|Thorne]] and is arrested with [[Karl Agathon|Helo]]
 
*A standoff between the two battlestars begins over the treatment of the arrested ''Galactica'' crew
*'''c. Day ~140''': [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]]s attack the freighter ''[[Greenleaf]]''.  [[Ray Abinell]] is killed in the attack ([[Sacrifice]]).


===[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]===
===[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]===
*'''Day ~175''' - The standoff between the two battlestars ends in an uneasy truce, and a tense summit aboard Colonial One, after Lt. Thrace returns from an unauthorized surveillance mission to the Cylon fleet, where she gains critical evidence on a Cylon ship.  Dr. Baltar is able to determine from [[Gina]] that this is the [[Resurrection Ship]] that cylons need to resurrect so far from the Cylon homeworld.
*'''Day ~175:'''<ref>The episodes "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and "Epiphanies" state that events in the episode "[[Pegasus (episode)|Pegasus]]" and the episodes immediately following it take place six months after the Cylon Attack.  Ron D. Moore states in his podcast that it took Tyrol "weeks" to construct the Blackbird and a large amount of time passes in this episode as a result. While this figure was assumed to be 2 to 4 weeks, the only plausible way that "Pegasus" and "Resurrection Ship, Part I" can take place six months after the attack is if "Flight of the Phoenix" actually lasted three months from beginning to end. Roslin was told in this episode that her cancer had accelerated, and she had only one month to live. As Cally Henderson's "welcome back" party happened earlier in the episode, when she was released from the brig around Day 86, a considerable period of time (several weeks at least) pass between these two scenes</ref>
**The standoff between the two battlestars ends
**Starbuck returns from an unauthorized surveillance mission to the Cylon fleet with data on the [[Resurrection Ship]]


===[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]===
===[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]===
*'''Day ~177''' - The Battlestars Galactica and Pegasus together engage the Cylon fleet in the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], where they achieve an overwhelming victory with relatively light casualties, destroying not only the Resurrection Ship, but at least one other Cylon base star.  The Blackbird is destroyed in the battle, although Lee Adama manages to eject successfully.  At least one Raptor is also lost in the battle.  Admiral Cain is killed by Gina, after Baltar helps her escape captivity.  He then proceeds to hide her in the fleet.
*'''Day ~177'''
**The [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]] occurs. The Resurrection Ship is destroyed
**The Blackbird is destroyed in the battle
**Admiral Cain is killed by [[Gina]]
**President Roslin promotes William Adama to Admiral


===[[Epiphanies]]===
===[[Epiphanies]]===
*'''Day 189''' - President Roslin near death; orders death of Cylon fetus.  A [[Demand Peace|Cylon peace movement]] begins to pose as a threat to [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]].  The Cylon fetus is eventually spared, when Dr. Baltar determines how to use Cylon fetal stem cells to treat Roslin's cancer.  Dr. Baltar smuggles the nuclear weapon that he was provided with for work on his Cylon detector to the Cylon peace movement aboard Cloud Nine.
*'''Day 189:'''
**''President Roslin near death''
**A [[Demand Peace|Cylon peace movement]] begins to pose as a threat to [[The Fleet (RDM)|the Fleet]]
**The Cylon fetus is eventually spared
**Cylon fetal stem cells used to cure President Roslin
**Baltar smuggles the nuclear weapon that he was provided with for work on his Cylon detector to the Cylon peace movement aboard ''[Cloud Nine]]''


===[[Black Market]]===
===[[Black Market]]===
*'''Day ???''' - Commander Fisk is murdered aboard the Battlestar Pegasus.  Lee Adama begins an investigation into the matter.
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''
*'''Day ???''' - Lee Adama kills [[Phelan]], leader of the [[Black market (organization)|Black Market]] crime syndicate.
 
*'''Day ???''' - Lee Adama is debriefed on the entire incident regarding the murder of Fisk and the Black Market.
*Commander Fisk is murdered
*Lee Adama kills [[Phelan]], leader of the [[Black market (organization)|Black Market]] crime syndicate


===[[Scar]]===
===[[Scar]]===
*'''Day ???''' - After 29 days in an asteroid field (putting us at Day 218 or later), the ''[[Majahual|Majahual's]]'' mining operation has produced enough raw materials for the construction of two new Viper squadrons using the fabrication facilities aboard the [[Pegasus (RDM)|Battlestar ''Pegasus'']].  Attacks on the operation continue by the ace Cylon raider known as [[Scar (Raider)|Scar]], making it the source of a heated competition between Lt. Katraine and Cpt. Thrace.
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''
 
*Mining operations continue for over 28 days in an asteroid field
*Starbuck and [[Kat]] destroy an ace Cylon Raider, nicknamed "[[Scar (Raider)|Scar]]''


===[[Sacrifice]]===
===[[Sacrifice]]===
*'''c. Day 220''' - [[Sesha Abinell]], her brother-in-law [[Vinson Abinell|Vinson]] and [[Page|two]] [[Chu|accomplicies]] lay siege to bar onboard [[Cloud 9]], taking the guests hostage, and sealing the area off from the rest of the ship.  Abinell's husband was killed aboard the ''[[Greenleaf]]'' when the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] attacked it ten weeks ago, and she decides to exact vengeance. Lee Adama is wounded as a result of a failed rescue attempt by [[Kara Thrace]].  Sesha, Vinson, Chu, Page, two marines and [[Billy Keikeya]] are killed.
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''


''Backdated from "The Captain's Hand" and "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I"''
*[[Sesha Abinell]] creates hostage situation on ''Cloud Nine''
*Lee Adama wounded as a result of a failed rescue attempt by [[Kara Thrace]]
*Abinell and hostage takers are killed
*[[Billy Keikeya]] dies


===[[The Captain's Hand]]===
===[[The Captain's Hand]]===
*'''c. Day 236''' - [[Kara Thrace]] assigned to ''Pegasus'' as flight instructor.
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''
*'''Day ??''' - Almost one month after the events of "Sacrifice", [[Lee Adama]] has been promoted to Major and temporarily assigned to ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''. [[Rya Kibby]] arrives on ''Galactica'' seeking a clandestine abortion from Dr. [[Cottle]] and requests asylum.
 
*'''c. Day 240''' - ''Pegasus'' Commander [[Barry Garner]] dies during the [[Battle of the Binary Star System]]. Adama is promoted to Commander and given command of ''Pegasus'', with Thrace replacing him as CAG of ''Galactica''. In response to heavy lobbying from Gemenon delegate [[Sarah Porter]] over the Kibby incident, Roslin places a moratorium on abortion. In protest, Vice President Gaius Baltar announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election.
*[[Kara Thrace]] assigned to ''Pegasus'' as flight instructor
''Backdated from "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I".''
* [[Lee Adama]] has been promoted to Major and temporarily assigned to ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]''
*[[Rya Kibby]] arrives on ''Galactica'' seeking a clandestine abortion from Dr. [[Cottle]] and requests asylum
*''Pegasus'' Commander [[Barry Garner]] dies during the [[Battle of the Binary Star System]].
*Major Adama is promoted to Commander and given command of ''Pegasus''
*Roslin places a moratorium on abortion
*Vice President Gaius Baltar announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election


===[[Downloaded]]===
===[[Downloaded]]===
*'''Day 270 (Zero Hour + 9 months)''' - [[Hera]] born, approximately one month premature. She survives, but the military and civilian leadership arrange for its death to be faked in order to throw off Cylon infiltrators such as [[Gina]] and [[D'anna Biers]]. [[Galen Tyrol]] accompanies [[Karl Agathon]] as he scatters what he believes to be his daughter's ashes from a Raptor. Hera is adopted by [[Maya]], who will later rename the child "Isis".
:''The originally aired episode contained an error which placed the events of the previous episode, "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]," ten weeks prior. This was corrected for the DVD release and subsequent airings.''
*[[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii (Galactica copy)|Boomer]], both reincarnated on [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] shortly after their respective deaths, are introduced by a copy of [[Number Three]]. The three, along with [[Samuel Anders]], are caught in an explosion set by members of the [[Caprica Resistance]]. Caprica-Six kills Three and releases Anders; Caprica-Six and Boomer resolve to persuade the Cylons to adopt a new approach in dealing with the Colonials.
 
''The originally aired version of this episode contained an error which placed the previous episode "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]" "10 weeks before" this one. This was corrected for the DVD release and subsequent airings.''
*'''Day 270:'''
**[[Hera Agathon]] born, approximately one month premature<ref>The date of Valerii and Agathon's child is speculated from the events in [[Season 1 (2004-05)|Season 1]] and during the events of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", assuming that the [[Cylon agent]]s share the same gestation period that humans do, and that the birth of their hybrid daughter is not premature. It is later confirmed that [[Hera]]'s birth occured on Day 270.</ref>
**President Roslin, in secret from Admiral Adama, has Hera's death faked and child hidden as an adoption by [[Maya]]
**[[Caprica-Six]] and [[Sharon Valerii|Boomer]] are [[Resurrection (RDM)|resurrected]]
**Caprica-Six and Boomer resolve to persuade the Cylons to adopt a new approach in dealing with the Colonials
 
===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]===
===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]===
*'''c. Day 256''' - [[Galen Tyrol]] begins a series of recurring suicidal nightmares.
:''Tom Zarek states that the fleet has been "cooped up in metal boxes for nine months" the morning after the in this episode. This date is roughly taken as Day 270, with an implied give-or-take of a couple weeks. The surrounding events noted above can, however, be placed relative to this point with a good degree of certainty based on episode dialogue.''
*'''c. Day 269''' - Presidential debates begin. [[Kara Thrace]], [[Felix Gaeta]] and [[Lee Adama]] brief pilots on Caprica SAR mission on ''Pegasus''. Tyrol attacks [[Cally]] after being woken from a nightmare.
 
*'''c. Day 270''' - Media reports on first debates. SAR team departs; [[Margaret Edmondson|Margaret "Racetrack" Edmondson]] and crew accidentally discover a habitable planet and return to [[the Fleet]]. Tyrol begins counseling with Brother [[Cavil]].
*'''c. Day 256''' - [[Galen Tyrol]] begins a series of recurring suicidal nightmares
*'''c. Day 280''' - Final presidential debate. SAR team arrives at Caprica and meets with [[Samuel Anders]]'s [[Caprica Resistance|Resistance]].
*'''c. Day 269''' - Presidential debates begin. [[Kara Thrace]], [[Felix Gaeta]] and [[Lee Adama]] brief pilots on Caprica SAR mission on ''Pegasus''. Tyrol attacks Cally Henderson after being woken from a nightmare
*'''c. Day 283''' - Polls open (projected).
*'''c. Day 270:'''
''Tom Zarek states that the fleet has been "cooped up in metal boxes for nine months" the morning after the debates. This date is roughly taken as Day 270, with an implied give-or-take of a couple weeks. The surrounding events noted above can, however, be placed relative to this point with a good degree of certainty based on episode dialogue.''
**[[Talk Wireless]] reports on first debates
**Caprica rescue mission departs<ref>While the time needed to get to Caprica may be considerable, the amount of fuel, rations and supplies would make it unlikely that the trip takes more than one-half day.</ref>
**[[Racetrack]] accidentally discovers a habitable planet
**SAR team arrives at Caprica and meets with [[Samuel Anders]]'s [[Caprica Resistance|Resistance]]
**Tyrol begins counseling with Brother [[Cavil]]
*'''c. Day 280:''' Final presidential debate
*'''c. Day 283:''' Polls open (projected)
 


===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]===
===[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]===
*'''Day 281''' - Thrace's SAR team and Anders' resistance are pinned down by a Cylon sneak attack.  They are under siege for 18 hours, the next morning they awake to find the Cylons have completely abandoned Caprica.
*'''Day 281:'''
*'''Day 282''' - The SAR mission returns to Galactica, Cavil is discovered to be a Cylon when a second copy steps off a Raptor.
**Thrace's SAR team and Anders' resistance are pinned down by a Cylon sneak attack and are under siege for 18 hours
*'''Day 283''' - The polls open, Baltar wins. Tory Foster conspires with Col. Tigh and Dualla to rig the vote results to keep Roslin in power.  Their plan is found out by Lt. Gaeta and Admiral Adama convinces Roslin to let the people's will prevail and let Baltar become president.
**The next morning, the rescue discover the Cylons have completely abandoned Caprica and encounter a [[Cavil]]
*'''Day 284''' - Baltar is inaugurated President. A distraught and emotionally bankrupt [[Gina]] detonates the nuclear warhead given to her by Baltar and destroys ''Cloud 9'' and several other near-by ships.
 
*'''c. Day 285''' - Adama visits President Baltar aboard ''Colonial One'' and questions him about the ''Cloud 9'' disaster.  A defiant Baltar rebukes all his questions and accusations.
*'''Day 282:'''
*'''Between c. Day 285 and c. Day 315'''
**The SAR mission returns to ''Galactica''
**''Galactica''’s and ''Pegasus''’s crews begin to resign and settle on New Caprica.
**Cavil is discovered to be a Cylon agent
**Anastasia Dualla is promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.) and requests to transfer to ''Pegasus'' as Lee Adama's XO.
 
**Galen Tyrol and Cally Henderson marry, and Cally becomes pregnant.
*'''Day 283:'''
**Felix Gaeta retires from military duty and becomes President Baltar's aide.
**The polls close and votes are tabulated; Baltar wins.
**[[Tory Foster]] conspires to rig the vote results to keep Roslin in power
**The plan is revealed to Admiral Adama, who convinces Roslin to step down to let Baltar become president
 
*'''Day 284:'''
**Baltar is inaugurated President.
**[[Gina]] detonates the nuclear warhead given to her by Baltar and destroys ''Cloud 9'' and several other nearby ships
 
*'''c. Day 285:'''
*Adama visits President Baltar aboard ''Colonial One'' and questions him about the ''Cloud 9'' disaster
*A defiant Baltar rebukes all his questions and accusations
 
*'''Between c. Day 285 and c. Day 315:'''
**Many of ''Galactica''’s and ''Pegasus''’s crew muster out of the Colonial Fleet to settle on New Caprica
**Anastasia Dualla is promoted to Lieutenant and requests to transfer to ''Pegasus'' as Lee Adama's XO.
**Galen Tyrol and Cally Henderson marry. Cally Tyrol soon becomes pregnant
**Felix Gaeta retires from military duty and becomes President Baltar's Chief of Staff
**The fleet begins the process of settling on New Caprica.
**The fleet begins the process of settling on New Caprica.
*'''c. Day 420''' Four months or 120 days after settlement begins - The flashback sequences from [[Unfinished Business]] concerning the ground breaking of the settlement of [[New Caprica]] are set at this time. They are noted on screen as having occurred 17 months prior to the events of that episode, or 8 months prior to New Caprica's occupation by the Cylons.
 
==Events from "[[Unfinished Business]]"==
*'''c. Day 420: Four months or 120 days after settlement begins
 
:''The flashback sequences from "[[Unfinished Business]]" occurred 17 months prior to the present-day events of the episode, or 8 months prior to New Caprica's occupation by the Cylons.''
 
**Dualla's transfer to ''Pegasus'' is approved.
**Dualla's transfer to ''Pegasus'' is approved.
**Galen and Cally Tyrol retire from ''Galactica'' and settle on New Caprica.
**Galen and Cally Tyrol retire from ''Galactica'' and settle on New Caprica
**Gaius Baltar and his administration celebrate the groundbreaking of the settlement on New Caprica.  An all-night dance and celebration is held.
**Gaius Baltar and his administration celebrate the groundbreaking of the settlement on New Caprica.  An all-night dance and celebration is held
*'''c. Day 421''' - Kara Thrace and Lee Adama have sex for the first time and declare they love each other.  When Adama awakens the next morning he discover Kara has run off and married Samuel Anders. Because of this Kara and Lee stop speaking to one another.  Lee proposes to Dualla.  ([[Unfinished Business]])
 
*'''c. Day 421'''
**Kara Thrace and Lee Adama have sex for the first time
**Kara Thrace marries Samuel Anders, and Commander Adama and Captain Thrace avoid speaking to each other
**Commander Adama proposes to Dualla
 
*'''Between c. Day 421 and c. Day 660'''
*'''Between c. Day 421 and c. Day 660'''
** Lee Adama and Anastasia Dualla marry and remain on''Pegasus''.
** Lee Adama and Anastasia Dualla marry and remain on ''Pegasus''
**Caprica-Sharon and Karl Agathon marry and remain on ''Galactica''.
**[[Sharon Agathon]] and Karl Agathon marry and remain on ''Galactica''
** Lee takes to over-eating to deal with his emotional trouble over Kara's betrayal.  He gains significant weight between now and when the Cylons arrive.
** Lee Adama takes to over-eating and gains significant weight between then and when the Cylons arrive
**Kara Thrace and Saul Tigh appear to have mend fences.
**After settling on New Caprica, Tyrol becomes a union leader
**After settling on New Caprica, Tyrol becomes a union head.
**James "[[Jammer]]" Lyman and Tucker "[[Duck]]" Clellan retire and settle on New Caprica.
**James "Jammer" Lyman and Tucker "Duck" Clellan retire and settle on New Caprica.
**Former President Laura Roslin becomes a school teacher on New Caprica, with Maya as her teacher's assistant
**Former President Laura Roslin becomes a school teacher on New Caprica. Maya, Hera's adoptive mother, is her teacher's assistant.
**Samuel Anders contracts pneumonia
**Samuel Anders contracts pneumonia.
 
*'''c. Day 660 (360th day since settlement; assuming settlement day was day 300)'''
*'''c. Day 660 (360th day since settlement; assuming settlement day was day 300):'''
**Admiral Adama discharges Saul Tigh from his duties aboard ''Galactica''. He and Ellen settle on New Caprica.
**Admiral Adama discharges Saul Tigh from his duties aboard ''Galactica''. He and Ellen Tigh settle on New Caprica
**Galen and Cally Tyrol organize a general labor strike in protest of Baltar's poor leadership as President.
**Galen and Cally Tyrol organize a general labor strike in protest of Baltar's poor leadership as President
**Kara attempts to persuade Lee Adama to relinquish medical supplies for her husband.
**Cylon forces invade and occupy New Caprica
**Cylon forces occupy New Caprica.
**''Galactica'' and ''Pegasus'' escape with the remains of the Fleet to parts unknown with the Cylon advance




==''[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]''==
=="[[Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance]]"==
*'''Between Day 660 and c. 727'''
*'''Between Day 660 and c. 727:'''
**[[Nicholas Tyrol]] is born to [[Cally]] and [[Galen Tyrol]].
**[[Nicholas Tyrol]] is born to Cally and Galen Tyrol.
**[[Kara Thrace]] is forced into a marriage-type arrangement with [[Leoben Conoy]], whom she kills regularly.
**[[Kara Thrace]] is kidnapped and forced into a marriage-type arrangement with [[Leoben Conoy]], whom she kills at any opportunity
:''Note: It is unclear when Kara was taken, but finding her was clearly Conoy's first order of business.''
**A resistance movement is led by  [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and later [[Samuel Anders]]
**A resistance movement is established. Its leaders are [[Saul Tigh]], [[Galen Tyrol]] and [[Samuel Anders]]. Other members include [[Jean Barolay]] and [[James Lyman|James "Jammer" Lyman]].
:''Note: Samuel Anders is clearly a resistance leader by the episode "Occupation", but he is not seen during "Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance". His character background suggests that he would have been a founder or early member of the resistance, but we must also presume it took him at least some time to recover from his illness.''


*'''c. Day 727 (427th day since settlement, 67th day of occupation) - Evening:''' Tyrol and Tigh have been organizing a budding resistance movement, but they find recruiting new soldiers is becoming dangerous and difficult. New Capricans are shot on the spot if weapons are found in their tents. The Cylons are also setting up a human police force to take over for the [[Cylon Centurion]]s, who are doing most of the police work.
*'''c. Day 727 (427th day since settlement, 67th day of occupation)
** Tyrol and Tigh have been organizing a budding resistance movement, but they find recruiting new soldiers is becoming dangerous and difficult.
**New Capricans are shot on the spot if weapons are found in their tents
**The Cylons form the [[New Caprica Police]]


*'''Day 728?:''' - Due to personal reasons Duck has refused to work with the resistance, much to the ire of Tyrol. A ritual for protection of the crops from blight is said in the temple. As the priestess leaves, Jean Barolay abruptly shifts the conversation to the movement of the weapons stash into the temple; Jammer strongly objects, but he is overruled by Tigh. Later in the day, Duck tells Nora his decision about joining the resistance. She is pleased that he refused Tyrol. During the night, Tigh, Tyrol, Jammer, and Barolay move the weapons into the temple disguising them.
*Duck refuses to work with the resistance, choosing to spend more time with [[Nora]]
*After some debate, the resistance leaders choose to hide weapons in the [[Temple|Temple of Artemis]]
*During the night, Tigh, Tyrol, Jammer, and Barolay disguise the weapons in the temple's altar


*'''Day 729?:''' - Nora wakes Duck saying he will be late to work. She tries to convince him to go to temple after work with her. He refuses, saying he talks to the gods in his own way. Later in the day, Cally and Nora are visiting the temple. A Number Five announces that he will enter the temple with several Cylon Centurions. Several men try to block them, but the Cylons force their way in and gunfire can be seen and heard. While trying to run away Cally falls to the ground protecting her baby, but Nora is shot and killed when she tries to retrieve her bag. Afterwards Tyrol, Cally and Jammer return Nora's bag to Duck, and inform him about the death of Nora. Duck is physically sickened by the news. He becomes angry and demands to know if there were weapons in the temple. Tyrol tries to avoid the question, but Duck doesn't relent until Tyrol admits the truth. At that point, Duck orders them out of his tent.
*'''Day 729?:'''
*Cally Tyrol and Nora are at the temple
*The Cylons attack the temple, killing Nora
*Duck is physically sickened by the news of Dora's death


*'''Day 730?:''' - Tigh, Barolay, and Jammer discuss the effects of the attack, which has brought about positive effects for the resistance. The general population has started to side with the resistance and 1,000 people protested outside Colonial One over the attack on the temple. Since the attack, recruitment has become easier with 150 Colonials signing up. Tigh thinks that this was a good deal because the loss of a few weapons was worth the propaganda victory. However, Jammer is upset that the loss of 10 lives was not worth it. Tigh comes down hard on Jammer, stating that people die in war, nice people, and the resistance has no room for crybabies.
*'''Day 730?:'''  
*Tigh, Barolay, and Jammer discuss the effects of the attack, which has brought about positive effects for the resistance
*The general population has started to side with the resistance and 1,000 people protested outside ''[[Colonial One]]'' over the attack on the temple
*Since the attack, recruitment has become easier with 150 Colonials signing up


*'''Day 73X?:''' - Tyrol and Tigh discuss the arrest of Jammer by the Cylons. Tyrol insists that Jammer won't reveal the work of the resistance. Jammer is imprisoned in a Cylon detention center and is visited by a Number Five. Number Five proposes to Jammer that the massacre at the temple may have been planned by the Resistance. Number Five offers Jammer the chance to stop further bloodshed by informing him of potentially life-threatening actions by the Resistance. Jammer balks at becoming a traitor to the Resistance, but accepts a key card which will let him enter the [[New Caprica Detention Center|detention center]] to report any secret plans of the Resistance.
*Tyrol and Tigh discuss the arrest of Jammer by the Cylons
*Jammer is imprisoned in a Cylon detention center and is visited by a [[Number Five]], who offers Jammer a key card and an implied invitation into the NCP.


==Season 3==


==Season 3.0==
*'''Prior to the Season 3 premiere:'''
===[[Occupation]]===
*'''Between Day 73X and 794'''
**[[Saul Tigh]] is captured by the Cylons and detained. One of his eyes is literally ripped out by the Cylons.
**[[Saul Tigh]] is captured by the Cylons and detained. One of his eyes is literally ripped out by the Cylons.
**Jammer and Duck enlist with the [[New Caprica Police]].
**Jammer and Duck enlist with the [[New Caprica Police]].


*'''c. Day 794 (494th day since settlement, 134th day of occupation)''': Kara Thrace kills the fifth incarnation of the [[Leoben Conoy|Leoben]] who abducted her and Colonel Tigh is released from the detention centre.
===[[Occupation]]===
*'''c. Day 795 - morning''': [[Duck]] commits to the suicide mission, Gaeta secretly provides the jamming frequencies, communication is established with [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]]'s Raptor, and Duck executes the suicide bombing.
 
*'''c. Day 794 (494th day since settlement, 134th day of occupation):''' Colonel Tigh is released from the detention center
 
*'''c. Day 795:'''
**[[Duck]] suicide-bombs a NCP ceremony
**Felix Gaeta secretly provides the jamming frequencies
**The resistance establishes communication with [[Margaret Edmondson|Racetrack]]'s Raptor
 
*'''Sometime before the episode, "Precipice:" Laura Roslin is arrested by the Cylons.


===[[Precipice]]===
===[[Precipice]]===
*'''c. Day 795 - evening''': Arguably, the introductory scene with Roslin in a cell takes place during the evening on the same day that the bombing occurred. An announcment that a curfew is in effect suggests that the time is between 19:00 and 22:00, since that is customarily when militaries impose cufews.  The [[New Caprica Police|NCP]] raid the tents of and capture numerous suspected [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] members.
*'''c. Day 795:''' The [[New Caprica Police|NCP]] raid the tents of and capture numerous suspected [[New Caprica Resistance|resistance]] members, including [[Cally Tyrol]]
*'''c. Day 796 - morning & midday''': Chief Tyrol talks to Gaeta about Cally, Leoben introduces Kasey, the suicide woman damages the power substation, the Cylon conference forces Baltar to sign the execution order, Ellen Tigh steals the map, Roslin and others are detained, the trucks are driven to the [[Pergamus Flats]], and Sharon Agathon's contingent lands.
*'''c. Day 796:'''
**Leoben Conoy introduces [[Kacey]] to Kara Thrace
**Another suicide bomber damages the power substation
**The Cylon conference forces Baltar to sign an execution order
**Ellen Tigh steals a map marking the location for a secret rendezvous with ''Galactica's'' rescue coordination party, led by Sharon Agathon
**Roslin and others on the execution order are arrested and later driven to the [[Pergamus Flats]]
**Sharon Agathon's group lands, makes contact with Anders' party, and are soon attacked by Cylon forces
**Shots ring out at the group execution site, where Jammer frees Cally Tyrol before the shooting begins


===[[Exodus, Part I]]===
===[[Exodus, Part I]]===
*'''c. Day 796 - midday & evening''': Tyrol's group ambush the firing squad, the marines save Agathon and the resistance group, a [[Number Three]] dreams of [[Hera]], and Caprica Six talks to Baltar about her feelings.
*'''c. Day 796:'''
*'''c. Day 797''': Starbuck apologizes to Kasey and the Number Three visits the [[Dodona Selloi|Oracle]].  The resistance's final planning and coordination is not shown but must take the entire day--similarly, what are the Cylons doing?  Certainly they must be doing ''something'' the day after their execution fails and all the resistance members are free?--the next scene on New Caprica after the Oracle's scene is the Number Three talking to [[Dr. Cottle]] in the evening.
**Tyrol's group ambush the firing squad and save Laura Roslin, Tom Zarek and many others
*'''c. Day 797 - morning & midday''': The Cavil killed by Tyrol's ambush returns to ''[[Colonial One]],'' introducing the question of whether it takes two days to [[Resurrection (RDM)|download]].  Anders talks with Roslin about Hera's protection, Agathon infiltrates into the facility and obtains the launch keys.  Ellen Tigh is exposed.  Admiral Adama gives "the speech."
**Sharon Agathon's marines save Agathon and the resistance group
 
*'''c. Day 797:'''
**Number Three visits an [[Dodona Selloi|oracle]]  
**The Cavil killed by Tyrol's ambush returns to ''[[Colonial One]]''
**Sharon Agathon infiltrates into the facility and obtains the Colonial ships' [[launch key]]s
**Ellen Tigh is exposed as a traitor
**Admiral Adama initiates the New Caprica rescue


===[[Exodus, Part II]]===
===[[Exodus, Part II]]===
*'''c. Day 798 - afternoon''': Ellen Tigh voices her final oratory, and the resistance's bombs initiate the [[Battle of New Caprica]], soon joined by the battlestars.  ''Galactica'' afterward conducts a link-up with other ships, involving many emotional reunions, and Admiral Adama finally shaves.
*'''c. Day 798:'''
**Ellen Tigh is poisoned for her traitorous acts by her husband
**The [[Battle of New Caprica]] begins; the Fleet is reunited and New Caprica is abandoned
**Battlestar ''Pegasus'' is sacrificed in the battle
**[[Hera Agathon]] is found by the Cylons, who also abandon New Caprica


===[[Collaborators]]===
===[[Collaborators]]===
*'''c. Day 800 (Day 3 of the Second Exodus)''' - James "Jammer" Lyman, and 12 others before him are executed by [[The Circle]] for being Cylon collaborators. 
*'''c. Day 800 (Day 3 of the Second Exodus)'''
**Gaius Baltar awakens aboard a Cylon basestar for the first time after fleeing New Caprica. 
**James "Jammer" Lyman, and 12 others before him are executed by [[The Circle]] for being Cylon collaborators  
**President Tom Zarek meets with Laura Roslin aboard ''Colonial One'', Zarek promises to name Roslin as his Vice President then resign. 
**Gaius Baltar awakens aboard a Cylon basestar for the first time after fleeing New Caprica
**Samuel Anders resigns from The Circle citing personal issues, his wife Kara Thrace replaces him. 
**New President Tom Zarek names Roslin as his Vice President, and will resign to return Roslin to power
**Felix Gaeta is tried and convicted by The Circle, he is abducted and taken to ''Galactica''’s flight pod for execution but is spared by Col. Tigh and Chief Tyrol. 
**Felix Gaeta is tried and convicted by The Circle but is spared by Col. Tigh and Chief Tyrol
**President Roslin abolishes The Circle and immediately pardons all those suspected of collaboration.
**President Roslin abolishes The Circle and immediately pardons all those suspected of collaboration


*Between [[Collaborators]] and [[Torn]] -   
*Between "[[Collaborators]]" and "[[Torn]]"
** Lee is demoted back to Major, and is once again the Galactica CAG.  
 
** Kat is demoted from CAG to leader of Blue Squadron.
** Lee Adama is demoted back to Major<ref>This establishes that the rank of Major is the highest rank a Colonial soldier may have when not in command of a ship.</ref>  and resumes [[CAG]] responsibilies of ''Galactica''
** Helo keeps the XO slot aboard Galactica.
** Helo serves as [[XO]] aboard ''Galactica''
** Gaeta appears to become the scientific advisor.
** Cally Tyrol is back on the flight deck alongside her husband.


===[[Torn]]===
===[[Torn]]===
*'''c. Day 850'''
*'''c. Day 850:'''
** ''Galactica''’s air group runs exercises with the Viper pilots.
** Felix Gaeta reveals Baltar's research on the road to [[Earth]]  to President Roslin and Admiral Adama
** Lee Adama has lost all of the weight he put on in the year between the colonization of [[New Caprica]] and the Second Exodus.
** Caprica-Six and Three begin inquiring about the location of Earth and debating Baltar's usefulness.
** Felix Gaeta meets with President Roslin and Admiral Adama to discuss Baltar's research on the road to [[Earth]]. Gaeta's research shows they are coming close to a way point described in the Book of Pythia, the [[Lion's Head Nebula]].
** Baltar, aboard the Cylon basestar, has hallucinations.  Caprica-Six and Three begin inquiring about the location of Earth and debating Baltar's usefulness.
** Hot Dog christens Lieutenant Sharon Agathon with the callsign "Athena".
** Hot Dog christens Lieutenant Sharon Agathon with the callsign "Athena".
** They Cylons discover the basestar they sent to investigate the Lion's Head Nebula has been infected by a virus from an [[Lion's Head beacon|ancient probe]] they brought on board.  Baltar, looking to prove his worth to the Cylons, offers to board an infected basestar and collect scientific information.
** A Cylon basestar sent to investigate the [[Lion's Head Nebula]] is infected by a virus from an [[Lion's Head beacon|ancient probe]]
** Kara Thrace and Saul Tigh sow dissent between the survivors of New Caprica and the crew that stayed behind on ''Galactica''.  When word reaches Admiral Adama about their conduct he confronts them and puts a stop to it.
** Kara Thrace and Saul Tigh sow dissent between the survivors of New Caprica and the crew that stayed behind on ''Galactica''; Admiral Adama puts a stop to it
** Athena and Racetrack jump into range of the Lion's Head Nebula, and quickly realize they have jumped right next to the dying basestar.
** Athena and Racetrack find the Lion's Head Nebula and the dying basestar
** Baltar returns to the basestar and discusses what he saw with Caprica-Six and Three.  He leaves out the part about the 13th Colony probe, but his omission is uncovered when Caprica sorts through the images he brought back and spots the probe.
** Baltar returns to the basestar after his reconnaissance of the dying basestar, leaving out information on the probe, but his omission is uncovered


===[[A Measure of Salvation]]===
===[[A Measure of Salvation]]===
*'''c. Day 851'''
*'''c. Day 851:'''
** A boarding party comprising of Raptors and Vipers investigate the derelict basestar, and find that all but a few Cylons aboard have died.
** A Colonial boarding party investigate the derelict basestar, and find that all but a few Cylons aboard have died
** The boarding party and some Cylon prisoners are en route back to Galactica when the basestar self-destructs.
**The boarding party and some Cylon prisoners are en route back to ''Galactica'' when the basestar self-destructs
** Galactica quarantines the boarding party and prisoners while Dr. Cottle finds out if the virus affects humans. His investigation identifies a virus that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons.    Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a Resurrection Ship.
**The medical investigation identifies a virus that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons  
** Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a Resurrection Ship
 
*'''c. Day 852'''
*'''c. Day 852'''
**Galactica jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet. In the midst of this, Helo initiates thwarts the mission, unplugging an environmental control box.
**Galactica jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet
** Aboard the basestar, Baltar is interrogated by Three and Caprica-Six.
**Helo sabotages the mission in secret
**This storyline picks up immediately after prior episode.
** Aboard the basestar, Baltar is interrogated and tortured by Three and Caprica-Six


===[[Hero]]===
===[[Hero]]===
*'''c. Day 935'''
*'''c. Day 935:'''
**President Roslin and Tory Foster draw up plans to honor Admiral Adama for his 45 years of service to the Colonial Fleet.
**President Roslin and Tory Foster draw up plans to honor Admiral Adama for his 45 years of service to the Colonial Fleet
**Number Three begins experiencing strange visions.  When she awakens she is in bed with both Caprica-Six and Gaius Baltar.
**Number Three begins experiencing strange visions
**''Galactica'' detects three Raiders inbound, one of them is damaged and the other two are giving chase and firing upon it. The two chasing it are quickly destroyed, and Adama orders Kat and Starbuck to escort the third to ''Galactica'' after hearing a familiar human voice and callsign: Bulldog.  In the hangar bay, Adama and a security detail meet the man who stumbles out of the Raider: [[Daniel Novacek]].
**''Galactica'' rescues [[Daniel Novacek]] a prisoner-of-war of the Cylons for over two years
**Novacek is examined by [[Doctor Cottle|Dr. Cottle]] and cleared of being a Cylon.  President Roslin meets with Admiral Adama and Lt. Novacek and learns that Novacek was one of Adama's pilots who was captured by the Cylons after being shot down on a mission into Cylon territory that went bad.
** Adama confesses to his son that he was responsible for shooting Novacek down and was possibly responsible for attack on the Colonies because of the mission
** Adama confesses to Roslin that he was responsible for shooting Novacek down and was possibly responsible for attack on the Colonies because of the mission.
 
*'''c. Day 936'''
*'''c. Day 936:'''
** Novacek runs into Saul Tigh who lets it slip that Adama was responsible for shooting down Novacek.  Enraged, Novacek confronts Adama and tries to kill him but Tigh steps in saves Adama's life.
**Saul Tigh tells Novachek that Adama was responsible for shooting him down
**Novacek confronts Adama and tries to kill him but Tigh intercedes
 
*'''c. Day 937'''
*'''c. Day 937'''
**Number Three programs a Centurion to execute her in order to experience another vision.  Before downloading she experiences a vision of the Opera House on Kobol and sees five figures in white robes on the stage.
**Number Three programs a Centurion to execute her in order to experience another vision.  Before downloading she experiences a vision of the [[Opera House]] on Kobol and sees [[Final five|five figures in white robes]]
**Adama submits his resignation to Roslin, she refuses to accept it and insists he attend the ceremony to honor him with a medal.
**Adama submits his resignation to Roslin but she refuses to accept it and insists he attend the his ceremony
 
*'''c. Day 938'''
*'''c. Day 938'''
** After sending Novacek off to a berthing on another ship with a uniform, Tigh and Adama sit down for a drink in the admiral's quarters and discuss what happened to [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] on [[New Caprica]].
**Novacek is sent off to a berthing and counselling on another ship
**Tigh and Adama begin to reconcile


===[[Unfinished Business]]===
*'''c. Day 950'''  
*'''c. Day 950''' - The ''Galactica'' crew work out their aggressions in the boxing tournament on the hanger deck nicknamed the "dace".  Admiral Adama resolves to begin treating his crew less like family and more like soldiers after he fights and loses to Chief Tyrol (although it is probable that he threw the fight). Kara Thrace and Lee Adama finally work out the problems in their relationship by fighting each other in the ring.  They finish the match in an embrace and their spouses, Samuel Anders and Anastasia Dualla, leave the deck in disgust.
:''This section details the "current day" events aboard ''Galactica'' in the episode "[[Unfinished Business]]." Prior events recalled in the episode are documented in the timeline at Day 420.''
 
**The ''Galactica'' crew work out their aggressions in the boxing tournament
**Admiral Adama resolves to begin treating his crew less like family and more like soldiers
**Kara Thrace and Lee Adama fight each other in the ring and reconcile


===[[The Passage]]===
===[[The Passage]]===
(There are no clear markers for the amount of time between the previous episode and this one. Given that Doc Cottle estimates that the Fleet has enough food for seven to ten days, and that they have already tried generating emergency rations, which also were contaminated, it has probably been at least a week since the events of "Unfinished Business."  The dates here use two weeks, on very little basis.)
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''
*'''c. Day 964''' - Sharon Agathon conducts her recon mission, the Fleet flies through the star cluster, and Kat dies of radiation sickness.
 
*The Fleet's food supply is contaminated
*Saul Tigh returns as Executive Officer on ''Galactica''
* Sharon Agathon returns from a recon mission through a dangerous star cluster with data on a [[algae planet|planet loaded with edible algae]]
*''Galactica's'' Raptors successfully escort the Fleet in packs through the disorienting, radiation-laden star cluster, with some ship losses and casualties
*[[Kat]] dies


===[[The Eye of Jupiter]]===
===[[The Eye of Jupiter]]===
*'''c. Day 978''' (Resupply mission day 14) - Cylons arrive on the same day that Tyrol finds the Temple of Five.
:''No timeline markers are available for this episode.''
 
*'''Resupply mission day 14-15:'''
*The Colonials are preparing to leave the algae planet
**Tyrol finds the [[Temple of Five]]
**A Cylon fleet arrives and attempts to negotiate for the [[Eye of Jupiter]], but both sides are deadlocked; Adama threatens destruction of the Eye if the Cylons attempt to land
**President Roslin's role in hiding [[Hera Agathon]] is revealed to Admiral Adama and Hera's parents
**A secret Cylon Centurion landing party begins offensive operations
**Starbuck is shot down by the Cylon's missile battery on the planet
**A Heavy Raider group heads to the planet
**Admiral Adama, in response to the Cylon incursion, prepares to destroy the planet's continent


==Future Events==
==Future Events==
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Given this, it is extremely likely that little thought was given to the Colonial calendar dating scheme to date.
Given this, it is extremely likely that little thought was given to the Colonial calendar dating scheme to date.


== Notes ==
== References ==
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*The above day listings use a simplistic calendar system with 30 day months and no leap years. The colonial calendar may be more sophisticated.
*The date of Valerii and Agathon's child is speculated from the events in [[Season 1 (2004-05)|Season 1]] and during the events of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part I]]", assuming that the [[Cylon agent]]s share the same gestation period that humans do, and that the birth of their hybrid daughter is not premature. It is later confirmed that [[Hera]]'s birth occured on Day 270.
*Later episodes in "Season 2.5" such as "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and "Epiphanies" state clearly that "Pegasus" and the episodes immediately following it take place six months after the Cylon Attack.  Ron D. Moore did state that it took Tyrol "weeks" to construct the Blackbird and a large amount of time passes in this episode as a result. ''BattlestarWiki'' originally assumed this meant at most 2-4 weeks.  However, the only plausible way that Pegasus and Resurrection Ship, Part I can take place six months after the attack is if "Flight of the Phoenix" actually lasted''' three months '''from beginning to end. Roslin was told in this episode that her cancer had accelerated, and she had only one month to live. As Cally's "welcome back" party happened earlier in the episode, when she was released from the brig around Day 86, a considerable period of time (several weeks at least) pass between these two scenes.
*The Colonial calendar is fairly similar to the Gregorian calendar, using 24 hour days and approximatly 365 day years. The best example of this is in "[[Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down]]", where Baltar says that each test takes 11 hours. As there are 47,905 tests, amounting to 526,955 hours worth of tests, this will take him 21,956 days -- 60.1534 years (as confirmed by Baltar's [[Number Six|Internal Six]]), the same as it would on Earth.


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This article attempts to plot the events illustrated or mentioned in the history and prehistory of the Twelve Colonies in the Re-imagined Series.

About the Colonial Calendar

Essentially, the Colonial timeline, as portrayed in the series, is very inconsistent. While events are measured in the same units as on the real-world Earth, the dating system is not defined, complicating the plotting of events. Like the avoidance of technobabble, the likely reason for this problem is the avoidance by the show's producers from narrowing their storylines by establishing fixed dates and times. The closest depiction of an actual calendar is shown in the dossier of William Adama's career in the episode, "Hero" (see Adama's Dossier).

The Colonial calendar is fairly similar to the Gregorian calendar, using 24 hour days and approximately 365 day years. The best example of this is in "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down," where Baltar says that each test takes 11 hours. As there are 47,905 tests, amounting to 526,955 hours worth of tests, this will take him 21,956 days, or 60.1534 years (as confirmed by Baltar's Internal Six), the same as it would on Earth.

Writers have introduced some inconsistencies which have led to "retroactive continuity" problems. This article's purpose, however, is not to specifically detail these problems. Timeline items with continuity problems are marked in italics, and a reference note is added that briefly details the inconsistency. All continuity issues can be detailed in the article, Continuity errors (RDM).

All dates use the day of the Fall of the Twelve Colonies as the central time marker for all events in the series (as 0 A.C.E., or After the Christian Era, would be used to reference times and dates on the real-world Earth). Items that occur before the Fall are marked as "BCH," or "Before Cylon holocaust."

Ancient History

  • 4,000 years BCH: The Thirteenth Tribe leaves the planet Kobol, later leaving a beacon in space and building the Temple of Five (The Eye of Jupiter)[1]
  • 3,600 years BCH: Pythia records her prophecies
  • 2,000 years BCH: The remaining Twelve Tribes leave Kobol
  • 2,000 years to 52 years BCH: The Twelve Colonies grow and prosper. Each colony acts as a sovereign nation, complete with intra-colonial wars
  • 55 - 52 years BCH: Somewhere during this time, the Cylons are built to aid in hard labor and warfare (Caprica (series), Miniseries)

Recent Colonial History

Events of the Miniseries

  • Zero Hour:
    • The Armistice Station is destroyed by Cylon forces
    • Laura Roslin is diagnosed with inoperable breast cancer
    • Galactica is decommissioned
    • The Twelve Colonies are heavily bombarded by nuclear bombs
    • Picon Fleet Headquarters is destroyed
    • A Colonial battle near Virgon ends with the total loss of the Colonial Fleet
    • Battlestar Pegasus luckily escapes the destruction of the Scorpian Fleet Shipyards (Pegasus)
    • Galactica engages Cylon Raiders and survives with moderate damage and 85 dead
    • Last transmission from the Colonies received by Laura Roslin aboard Colonial Heavy 798 from a fellow secretary
    • Case Orange contingency mechanism assigns Roslin the office of the President of the Twelve Colonies
    • Roslin gathers stranded civilian and military ships around the vicinity of Caprica
    • Commander Adama assumes overall Fleet command and orders regroup at Ragnar Anchorage
    • Roslin's caravan survives two Cylon attacks and meets at Ragnar
    • Galactica changes from battle stance to civilian protection, escorts civilian fleet from Ragnar, towards the Prolmar Sector

Season 1

Note: The timeline assumes that the days shown on Caprica with Helo corresponds to the timeline on Galactica. This is supported in the season 1 finale "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II," when Starbuck travels from Galactica to Caprica and discovers Helo.

"33" through "Hand of God"

Colonial Day

  • Day 46 - 49:
    • Delegates selected for the Quorum of Twelve, including Tom Zarek
    • Gaius Baltar selected to represent Caprica
    • A victory party leads Baltar and Thrace to interact[2]
    • 'Helo and Caprica-Valerii infiltrate the spaceport. Helo discovers Valerii is a Cylon and flees

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I

  • Day 50:
    • Boomer and Crashdown stumble upon Kobol
    • Roslin unsuccessfully petitions Commander Adama to send the Cylon Raider after the Arrow of Apollo on Caprica.
    • Scout party ambushed by a basestar at Kobol

Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II

  • Day 51:
    • Survivors of Raptor 1 escape the wreck
    • Adama terminates Roslin's presidency and arrests her
    • Starbuck absconds with the purloined Raider and arrives at Caprica, retrieving the Arrow of Apollo and meets up with Helo
    • Boomer successfully destroys basestar over Kobol
    • Boomer's Cylon programming activates; she shoots Commander Adama at point-blank range

Season 2

Note: Season 2 dates are rough guesses at best, and are complicated by the season two timeline discontinuity. Dates for the first half of the season are based on the last dates given at the end of season one.

"Scattered" through "The Farm"

  • Day 61:
    • Laura Roslin takes refuge on Kimba Huta
    • William Adama resumes command of Galactica
    • Kara Thrace is captured by the Cylons and taken to a Cylon Farm.
  • Day 62:
    • Kara Thrace is rescued
    • Thrace, Helo, and Caprica-Valerii leave Caprica for Kobol
    • The doctor who tended to Thrace at the Farm is revealed to be a Cylon agent (The Farm)

Home, Part I

  • Day 62:
    • Kara Thrace's captured Heavy Raider lands her Heavy Raider aboard the Astral Queen
    • Roslin orders Valerii thrown into the brig instead
    • Commander Adama promotes Captain George Birch to be the new Galactica CAG
  • Day 64:
    • Roslin's party begins search on Kobol for the Tomb of Athena
    • Elosha dies
    • Adama decides to reunite the Fleet and begins preparations for returning to Kobol

Home, Part II

  • Day 65:
    • Adama's party joins with Roslin's party
    • Tomb of Athena found
    • Roslin reestablished as lawful President, Fleet reunified

Final Cut

Flight of the Phoenix

The events of this episode likely occur over several weeks with the construction of the Blackbird, and was designed to have a vague timeline per the episode podcast.

Prior to the episode, "Sacrifice"

Pegasus

The events in this episode create a timeline problem in season 2 events. As such, most events here are not timestamped.
  • Galactica encounters battlestar Pegasus
  • Admiral Helena Cain assumes fleet command
  • Tyrol accidentally kills Pegasus Lieutenant Thorne and is arrested with Helo
  • A standoff between the two battlestars begins over the treatment of the arrested Galactica crew

Resurrection Ship, Part I

  • Day ~175:[3]
    • The standoff between the two battlestars ends
    • Starbuck returns from an unauthorized surveillance mission to the Cylon fleet with data on the Resurrection Ship

Resurrection Ship, Part II

  • Day ~177
    • The Battle of the Resurrection Ship occurs. The Resurrection Ship is destroyed
    • The Blackbird is destroyed in the battle
    • Admiral Cain is killed by Gina
    • President Roslin promotes William Adama to Admiral

Epiphanies

  • Day 189:
    • President Roslin near death
    • A Cylon peace movement begins to pose as a threat to the Fleet
    • The Cylon fetus is eventually spared
    • Cylon fetal stem cells used to cure President Roslin
    • Baltar smuggles the nuclear weapon that he was provided with for work on his Cylon detector to the Cylon peace movement aboard [Cloud Nine]]

Black Market

No timeline markers are available for this episode.
  • Commander Fisk is murdered
  • Lee Adama kills Phelan, leader of the Black Market crime syndicate

Scar

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  • Mining operations continue for over 28 days in an asteroid field
  • Starbuck and Kat destroy an ace Cylon Raider, nicknamed "Scar

Sacrifice

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The Captain's Hand

No timeline markers are available for this episode.
  • Kara Thrace assigned to Pegasus as flight instructor
  • Lee Adama has been promoted to Major and temporarily assigned to Pegasus
  • Rya Kibby arrives on Galactica seeking a clandestine abortion from Dr. Cottle and requests asylum
  • Pegasus Commander Barry Garner dies during the Battle of the Binary Star System.
  • Major Adama is promoted to Commander and given command of Pegasus
  • Roslin places a moratorium on abortion
  • Vice President Gaius Baltar announces his candidacy for president in the upcoming election

Downloaded

The originally aired episode contained an error which placed the events of the previous episode, "Resistance," ten weeks prior. This was corrected for the DVD release and subsequent airings.
  • Day 270:
    • Hera Agathon born, approximately one month premature[4]
    • President Roslin, in secret from Admiral Adama, has Hera's death faked and child hidden as an adoption by Maya
    • Caprica-Six and Boomer are resurrected
    • Caprica-Six and Boomer resolve to persuade the Cylons to adopt a new approach in dealing with the Colonials

Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I

Tom Zarek states that the fleet has been "cooped up in metal boxes for nine months" the morning after the in this episode. This date is roughly taken as Day 270, with an implied give-or-take of a couple weeks. The surrounding events noted above can, however, be placed relative to this point with a good degree of certainty based on episode dialogue.
  • c. Day 256 - Galen Tyrol begins a series of recurring suicidal nightmares
  • c. Day 269 - Presidential debates begin. Kara Thrace, Felix Gaeta and Lee Adama brief pilots on Caprica SAR mission on Pegasus. Tyrol attacks Cally Henderson after being woken from a nightmare
  • c. Day 270:
  • c. Day 280: Final presidential debate
  • c. Day 283: Polls open (projected)


Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II

  • Day 281:
    • Thrace's SAR team and Anders' resistance are pinned down by a Cylon sneak attack and are under siege for 18 hours
    • The next morning, the rescue discover the Cylons have completely abandoned Caprica and encounter a Cavil
  • Day 282:
    • The SAR mission returns to Galactica
    • Cavil is discovered to be a Cylon agent
  • Day 283:
    • The polls close and votes are tabulated; Baltar wins.
    • Tory Foster conspires to rig the vote results to keep Roslin in power
    • The plan is revealed to Admiral Adama, who convinces Roslin to step down to let Baltar become president
  • Day 284:
    • Baltar is inaugurated President.
    • Gina detonates the nuclear warhead given to her by Baltar and destroys Cloud 9 and several other nearby ships
  • c. Day 285:
  • Adama visits President Baltar aboard Colonial One and questions him about the Cloud 9 disaster
  • A defiant Baltar rebukes all his questions and accusations
  • Between c. Day 285 and c. Day 315:
    • Many of Galactica’s and Pegasus’s crew muster out of the Colonial Fleet to settle on New Caprica
    • Anastasia Dualla is promoted to Lieutenant and requests to transfer to Pegasus as Lee Adama's XO.
    • Galen Tyrol and Cally Henderson marry. Cally Tyrol soon becomes pregnant
    • Felix Gaeta retires from military duty and becomes President Baltar's Chief of Staff
    • The fleet begins the process of settling on New Caprica.

Events from "Unfinished Business"

  • c. Day 420: Four months or 120 days after settlement begins
The flashback sequences from "Unfinished Business" occurred 17 months prior to the present-day events of the episode, or 8 months prior to New Caprica's occupation by the Cylons.
    • Dualla's transfer to Pegasus is approved.
    • Galen and Cally Tyrol retire from Galactica and settle on New Caprica
    • Gaius Baltar and his administration celebrate the groundbreaking of the settlement on New Caprica. An all-night dance and celebration is held
  • c. Day 421
    • Kara Thrace and Lee Adama have sex for the first time
    • Kara Thrace marries Samuel Anders, and Commander Adama and Captain Thrace avoid speaking to each other
    • Commander Adama proposes to Dualla
  • Between c. Day 421 and c. Day 660
    • Lee Adama and Anastasia Dualla marry and remain on Pegasus
    • Sharon Agathon and Karl Agathon marry and remain on Galactica
    • Lee Adama takes to over-eating and gains significant weight between then and when the Cylons arrive
    • After settling on New Caprica, Tyrol becomes a union leader
    • James "Jammer" Lyman and Tucker "Duck" Clellan retire and settle on New Caprica.
    • Former President Laura Roslin becomes a school teacher on New Caprica, with Maya as her teacher's assistant
    • Samuel Anders contracts pneumonia
  • c. Day 660 (360th day since settlement; assuming settlement day was day 300):
    • Admiral Adama discharges Saul Tigh from his duties aboard Galactica. He and Ellen Tigh settle on New Caprica
    • Galen and Cally Tyrol organize a general labor strike in protest of Baltar's poor leadership as President
    • Cylon forces invade and occupy New Caprica
    • Galactica and Pegasus escape with the remains of the Fleet to parts unknown with the Cylon advance


"Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance"

  • c. Day 727 (427th day since settlement, 67th day of occupation)
    • Tyrol and Tigh have been organizing a budding resistance movement, but they find recruiting new soldiers is becoming dangerous and difficult.
    • New Capricans are shot on the spot if weapons are found in their tents
    • The Cylons form the New Caprica Police
  • Duck refuses to work with the resistance, choosing to spend more time with Nora
  • After some debate, the resistance leaders choose to hide weapons in the Temple of Artemis
  • During the night, Tigh, Tyrol, Jammer, and Barolay disguise the weapons in the temple's altar
  • Day 729?:
  • Cally Tyrol and Nora are at the temple
  • The Cylons attack the temple, killing Nora
  • Duck is physically sickened by the news of Dora's death
  • Day 730?:
  • Tigh, Barolay, and Jammer discuss the effects of the attack, which has brought about positive effects for the resistance
  • The general population has started to side with the resistance and 1,000 people protested outside Colonial One over the attack on the temple
  • Since the attack, recruitment has become easier with 150 Colonials signing up
  • Tyrol and Tigh discuss the arrest of Jammer by the Cylons
  • Jammer is imprisoned in a Cylon detention center and is visited by a Number Five, who offers Jammer a key card and an implied invitation into the NCP.

Season 3

  • Prior to the Season 3 premiere:
    • Saul Tigh is captured by the Cylons and detained. One of his eyes is literally ripped out by the Cylons.
    • Jammer and Duck enlist with the New Caprica Police.

Occupation

  • c. Day 794 (494th day since settlement, 134th day of occupation): Colonel Tigh is released from the detention center
  • c. Day 795:
    • Duck suicide-bombs a NCP ceremony
    • Felix Gaeta secretly provides the jamming frequencies
    • The resistance establishes communication with Racetrack's Raptor
  • Sometime before the episode, "Precipice:" Laura Roslin is arrested by the Cylons.

Precipice

  • c. Day 795: The NCP raid the tents of and capture numerous suspected resistance members, including Cally Tyrol
  • c. Day 796:
    • Leoben Conoy introduces Kacey to Kara Thrace
    • Another suicide bomber damages the power substation
    • The Cylon conference forces Baltar to sign an execution order
    • Ellen Tigh steals a map marking the location for a secret rendezvous with Galactica's rescue coordination party, led by Sharon Agathon
    • Roslin and others on the execution order are arrested and later driven to the Pergamus Flats
    • Sharon Agathon's group lands, makes contact with Anders' party, and are soon attacked by Cylon forces
    • Shots ring out at the group execution site, where Jammer frees Cally Tyrol before the shooting begins

Exodus, Part I

  • c. Day 796:
    • Tyrol's group ambush the firing squad and save Laura Roslin, Tom Zarek and many others
    • Sharon Agathon's marines save Agathon and the resistance group
  • c. Day 797:
    • Number Three visits an oracle
    • The Cavil killed by Tyrol's ambush returns to Colonial One
    • Sharon Agathon infiltrates into the facility and obtains the Colonial ships' launch keys
    • Ellen Tigh is exposed as a traitor
    • Admiral Adama initiates the New Caprica rescue

Exodus, Part II

  • c. Day 798:
    • Ellen Tigh is poisoned for her traitorous acts by her husband
    • The Battle of New Caprica begins; the Fleet is reunited and New Caprica is abandoned
    • Battlestar Pegasus is sacrificed in the battle
    • Hera Agathon is found by the Cylons, who also abandon New Caprica

Collaborators

  • c. Day 800 (Day 3 of the Second Exodus)
    • James "Jammer" Lyman, and 12 others before him are executed by The Circle for being Cylon collaborators
    • Gaius Baltar awakens aboard a Cylon basestar for the first time after fleeing New Caprica
    • New President Tom Zarek names Roslin as his Vice President, and will resign to return Roslin to power
    • Felix Gaeta is tried and convicted by The Circle but is spared by Col. Tigh and Chief Tyrol
    • President Roslin abolishes The Circle and immediately pardons all those suspected of collaboration
    • Lee Adama is demoted back to Major[6] and resumes CAG responsibilies of Galactica
    • Helo serves as XO aboard Galactica

Torn

  • c. Day 850:
    • Felix Gaeta reveals Baltar's research on the road to Earth to President Roslin and Admiral Adama
    • Caprica-Six and Three begin inquiring about the location of Earth and debating Baltar's usefulness.
    • Hot Dog christens Lieutenant Sharon Agathon with the callsign "Athena".
    • A Cylon basestar sent to investigate the Lion's Head Nebula is infected by a virus from an ancient probe
    • Kara Thrace and Saul Tigh sow dissent between the survivors of New Caprica and the crew that stayed behind on Galactica; Admiral Adama puts a stop to it
    • Athena and Racetrack find the Lion's Head Nebula and the dying basestar
    • Baltar returns to the basestar after his reconnaissance of the dying basestar, leaving out information on the probe, but his omission is uncovered

A Measure of Salvation

  • c. Day 851:
    • A Colonial boarding party investigate the derelict basestar, and find that all but a few Cylons aboard have died
    • The boarding party and some Cylon prisoners are en route back to Galactica when the basestar self-destructs
    • The medical investigation identifies a virus that can be treated, but not cured for Cylons
    • Lee Adama suggests a plan to eliminate the entire Cylon race by executing their prisoners in range of a Resurrection Ship
  • c. Day 852
    • Galactica jumps to a Cylon supply line, and launches Vipers and Raptors to attract the Cylon fleet
    • Helo sabotages the mission in secret
    • Aboard the basestar, Baltar is interrogated and tortured by Three and Caprica-Six

Hero

  • c. Day 935:
    • President Roslin and Tory Foster draw up plans to honor Admiral Adama for his 45 years of service to the Colonial Fleet
    • Number Three begins experiencing strange visions
    • Galactica rescues Daniel Novacek a prisoner-of-war of the Cylons for over two years
    • Adama confesses to his son that he was responsible for shooting Novacek down and was possibly responsible for attack on the Colonies because of the mission
  • c. Day 936:
    • Saul Tigh tells Novachek that Adama was responsible for shooting him down
    • Novacek confronts Adama and tries to kill him but Tigh intercedes
  • c. Day 937
    • Number Three programs a Centurion to execute her in order to experience another vision. Before downloading she experiences a vision of the Opera House on Kobol and sees five figures in white robes
    • Adama submits his resignation to Roslin but she refuses to accept it and insists he attend the his ceremony
  • c. Day 938
    • Novacek is sent off to a berthing and counselling on another ship
    • Tigh and Adama begin to reconcile
  • c. Day 950
This section details the "current day" events aboard Galactica in the episode "Unfinished Business." Prior events recalled in the episode are documented in the timeline at Day 420.
    • The Galactica crew work out their aggressions in the boxing tournament
    • Admiral Adama resolves to begin treating his crew less like family and more like soldiers
    • Kara Thrace and Lee Adama fight each other in the ring and reconcile

The Passage

No timeline markers are available for this episode.
  • The Fleet's food supply is contaminated
  • Saul Tigh returns as Executive Officer on Galactica
  • Sharon Agathon returns from a recon mission through a dangerous star cluster with data on a planet loaded with edible algae
  • Galactica's Raptors successfully escort the Fleet in packs through the disorienting, radiation-laden star cluster, with some ship losses and casualties
  • Kat dies

The Eye of Jupiter

No timeline markers are available for this episode.
  • Resupply mission day 14-15:
  • The Colonials are preparing to leave the algae planet
    • Tyrol finds the Temple of Five
    • A Cylon fleet arrives and attempts to negotiate for the Eye of Jupiter, but both sides are deadlocked; Adama threatens destruction of the Eye if the Cylons attempt to land
    • President Roslin's role in hiding Hera Agathon is revealed to Admiral Adama and Hera's parents
    • A secret Cylon Centurion landing party begins offensive operations
    • Starbuck is shot down by the Cylon's missile battery on the planet
    • A Heavy Raider group heads to the planet
    • Admiral Adama, in response to the Cylon incursion, prepares to destroy the planet's continent

Future Events

No current future events at this time.

Past Predictions

The following is a list of predictions that were made based off information from past episodes during the first run of the series. These predictions have since become obsolete or the events have been addressed in light of events from episodes aired after said predictions were made. They are kept here as a reference.

Analysis of Colonial Dates

In "Hero", William Adama's dossier can be clearly seen. While this document is fairly accurate in terms of Adama's personal history, the dating scheme used in the document seems to be flawed, particularly in lieu of previously established methods of timekeeping demonstrated in the series.

Here are a list of dates from Adama's past that the dossier contains:

H5/21290 Birth of William Adama
D6/21311 First commission, Battlestar Galactica, fighter squadron
E4/21312 Commendation for shooting down Cylon fighter in first combat mission.
D5/21314 Mustered out of service post-armistice
R6/21317 Served as Deck Hand in merchant fleet and as common […] aboard inter-colony tramp freighters
D1/21331 Recomissioned to Fleet
D6/21337 Major: Battlestar Atlantia
R8/21341 Executive Officer: Battlestar Columbia
C2/21345 Commander: Battlestar Valkyrie
C2/21348 Commander: Battlestar Galactica

This provides some interesting information. The fields in the format X#/##### appear to be dates, with the five-digit string following the solidus apparently corresponding to the year.

The following can be deduced from this document:

  • This episode marks the 45th anniversary of Adama's commissioning, which puts it in the year 21356, and makes Adama 66 years old.
  • Adama spent three years in between being mustered out and finding a job on a tramp freighter. We may speculate that it was during this time that his relationship with first wife Caroline deteriorated.
  • Adama spent a total of 14 years serving in the merchant fleet.
  • Adama met Tigh roughly 30 years ago (Torn). That would be 21326, which correctly puts it in the middle of Adama's merchant fleet service.
  • Adama was a major by the time he arranged for Tigh to be reinstated in the fleet (Scattered), which means that at least six years passed in between Adama's recomissioning and Tigh's.
  • Ronald Moore stated in his podcast for "Scattered" that the flashback scenes in that episode took place 20 years before that episode, or in 21334. In fact, they appear to span at least an eleven-year period between 21326 (Adama and Tigh's first meeting) to 21337 (Adama's promotion to Major).
  • The first Colonial Day, marking the unification of the Colonies, was probably in 21302. The one celebrated in "Colonial Day" was the 52nd, and it is now two years later.
  • Galactica herself is at least 45 years old. Other battlestar's minimum ages prior to the Fall: Atlantia at least 13, Columbia at least 11, and Valkyrie at least 8.

Additionally, an error occurs in "Hero". Dialogue from this episode claims that Adama served on Valkyrie one year prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, putting the date of Lt. Daniel "Bulldog" Novacek's capture at 21352-53. However, Adama's command of Valkryie ended in 21348, which means that Adama commanded Galactica for eight years. It has already been established in dialogue from the Miniseries, "Act of Contrition", and "The Farm".

Inference about dating structure

If the five-digit string following the solidus is in fact the year, as seems inescapable based on the above, the letter-digit sequence before it must indicate the position in the year. There are 260 unique letter-digit sequences of that format, which may indicate a shorter year in the Colonial calendar, essentially a year of twenty-six ten-day weeks. However, what has been revealed about Colonial timekeeping is too incomplete to draw any conclusions.

However, if the above is to be inferred, a striking inaccuracy occurs because of this service record. Prior episodes have firmly established that the Colonial year is analogous to one Earth year of 365 days. In "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", the Cylon detector takes 11 hours to thoroughly test each blood sample. As there are 47,905 tests (526,955 hours) this will take him 21,956 days, which Six then computes will take approximately 60 years, the same as it would here. The dating further established in "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II", "Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance", and "Occupation" also support this comparison.

It is astonishing to learn that the Colonials have -- or believe they have -- over 21,000 years of recorded history. By comparison, Pythia was said to have recorded her prophecies 3,600 years ago (The Hand of God) and the Great Exodus from Kobol took place just 2,000 years ago. On Earth, Human civilization is only about 6,000 years old.

Further contradictions

Adama's resignation letter at the end of the episode appears to be dated in an entirely different format. It's difficult to read clearly, but it appears to be dated "27/89/9923".

In addition, the execution order written by the Cylon Occupation Authority and signed by then-President Gaius Baltar is dated "this second day of 3454-91" (Occupation).

Given this, it is extremely likely that little thought was given to the Colonial calendar dating scheme to date.

References

  1. ↑ Galen Tyrol cites 4,000 years as the approximate age of the Temple. This is the oldest date noted in the Re-imagined Series timeline, but also conflicts with the prior date of Pythia and her works as described by Elosha in the season 1 episode, "Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I," where she notes that the exodus of all 13 tribes occurred 2,000 years prior.
  2. ↑ Roslin states that the chair will remain open for nominations for 72 hours on the morning of Day 47, but the next episode clearly takes place the day after the victory party, and is stated to take place on Day 50.
  3. ↑ The episodes "Resurrection Ship, Part I" and "Epiphanies" state that events in the episode "Pegasus" and the episodes immediately following it take place six months after the Cylon Attack. Ron D. Moore states in his podcast that it took Tyrol "weeks" to construct the Blackbird and a large amount of time passes in this episode as a result. While this figure was assumed to be 2 to 4 weeks, the only plausible way that "Pegasus" and "Resurrection Ship, Part I" can take place six months after the attack is if "Flight of the Phoenix" actually lasted three months from beginning to end. Roslin was told in this episode that her cancer had accelerated, and she had only one month to live. As Cally Henderson's "welcome back" party happened earlier in the episode, when she was released from the brig around Day 86, a considerable period of time (several weeks at least) pass between these two scenes
  4. ↑ The date of Valerii and Agathon's child is speculated from the events in Season 1 and during the events of "Resurrection Ship, Part I", assuming that the Cylon agents share the same gestation period that humans do, and that the birth of their hybrid daughter is not premature. It is later confirmed that Hera's birth occured on Day 270.
  5. ↑ While the time needed to get to Caprica may be considerable, the amount of fuel, rations and supplies would make it unlikely that the trip takes more than one-half day.
  6. ↑ This establishes that the rank of Major is the highest rank a Colonial soldier may have when not in command of a ship.
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