Nuclear attack
Can it be safe to assume that Cap City was attacked by a neutron bomb instead of conventional nukes? Granted, the "landlord bomb" (neutron bombs kill people but don't destroy buildings) is largely a myth, but there is enough of a truth to it if they are used tactically. I'm assuming that the Cylons would have the know-how to use such weapons in the optimal manner.--Mitsukai 01:11, 20 January 2006 (EST)
- It's likely, and maybe even worth speculating about in-text (although I'd prefer that to be on Fall of the Twelve Colonies than here), but not okay to state as a definitive fact. --Peter Farago 01:22, 20 January 2006 (EST)
- Nuclear weapons on the show appear to use ordinary Plutonium, and are not neutron bombs. And we see shock waves moving through the city briefly. What may confuse you is that we see Helo in cities that aren't destroyed: the Cylons destroyed most cities, such as Caprica City (the capital), but they intentionally spared a few cities like Delphi. Our educated guess is that they were spared so the Cylons could use them as military ground bases. But most of the cities on the planet have been destroyed. --Ricimer 13:25, 20 January 2006 (EST)
Geography of Caprica
Okay, let's break this down. Helo and G-Sharon first set down at most a few hours outside of Caprica, since Baltar was able to make it to their Raptor on foot. Helo spends runs for about six days before meeting C-Sharon. They can't have spent the 4 days between "33" and "Water" traveling far, since Sharon's purported raptor is still within binocular range. Two days later, in "Bastille Day", they arrive at the deserted city.
That puts Unnamed City #1 no more than about 8 walking days from Caprica City.
They stay there until "Litmus", and then hit the road again in "Six degrees of separation", passing a countryside bridge. This time they're running with substantially greater urgency. In "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down", they find themselves in the sewer system of a second unnamed city.
That puts Unnamed City #2 no more than about 11 running days from City #1.
8 Days later, they pass through another rural area in "The Hand of God" while they overnight in a barn. By now, Delphi is "eight or ten" days off.
In "Colonial Day", 11 days later, they make it to the outskirts of Delphi. Two days after that, they make it down to the spaceport. Within another day or two, they arrive at the museum.
Thus:
Caprica City <--8 days--> Unnamed City #1 <--11 days--> Unnamed City #2 <--8 days--> Unnamed rural area <--13 days--> Delphi Spaceport
Does anyone have any notion as to how much distance a fit man of Helo's build could cover in a single day? --Peter Farago 21:51, 19 February 2006 (EST)