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The '''''Galleon''''' is the name used to describe the "great ship" that carried the twelve tribes from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], starting the | The '''''Galleon''''' is the name used to describe the "great ship" that carried the twelve tribes from [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], starting the exodus that leads the tribes to discover twelve inhabitable worlds, on which they founded the [[Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies of Kobol]]. | ||
According to the [[Sacred Scrolls]], the ship left from [[Galleon Meadow]] on Kobol some | According to the [[Sacred Scrolls]], the ship left from [[Galleon Meadow]] on Kobol some two thousand years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]"). | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* In the real world, a [[w:Galleon|galleon]] was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the | * In the real world, a [[w:Galleon|galleon]] was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries. Despite common perceptions, a galleon was not a ponderous transport ship, but more a kind of warship. | ||
Revision as of 17:29, 24 July 2013
The Galleon is the name used to describe the "great ship" that carried the twelve tribes from Kobol, starting the exodus that leads the tribes to discover twelve inhabitable worlds, on which they founded the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.
According to the Sacred Scrolls, the ship left from Galleon Meadow on Kobol some two thousand years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies (TRS: "Home, Part I").
Notes
- In the real world, a galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by the nations of Europe from the sixteenth to early eighteenth centuries. Despite common perceptions, a galleon was not a ponderous transport ship, but more a kind of warship.