- Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit dem Dreizehnten Stamm aus der neuen Serie. Für Informationen zum Dreizehnten Stamm der Originalserie siehe Dreizehnter Stamm (TOS).
Der Dreizehnte Stamm verließ Kobol und seine Schwesterstämme in etwa 4000 Jahre vor dem Ausbruch des zweiten Zylonenkrieges. Die verbliebenen zwölf Stämme lebten noch ca 2000 Jahre auf Kobol doch auch sie verließen den Planeten und gründeten die Zwölf Kolonien (Das Auge des Jupiter).[1]
- "...Die Heiligen Schriften tell that the 13th tribe left Kobol in the early days. They traveled far and made their home upon a planet called Erde...which circled a distant and unknown star." (Miniserie)
During some period, travel appears to have taken place from Earth to Kobol, as the Heiligen Schriften give an account of the journey to Earth. The effect of Earth on the 12 other tribes is significant, as Laura Roslin states that the star patterns from the Earth Zodiac shown in the 3D projection in the Grab der Athena were used for the original flags of the Twelve Colonies, and the colonies' original names match the Earth names of the constellations (Heimat, Teil II).
Zumindest ein paar der Götter von Kobol verblieben, um den Exodus der Zwölf Stämme zu beobachten. Einer von ihnen war Athena, die aufgrund ihrer Verzweiflung über den Exodus in den Tod gesprungen ist.
Commander William Adama gibt fälschlicher Weise an, den Weg zu Erde zu kennen, um den verzweifelten Überlebenden einen Grund und eine Hoffnung zum Weiterleben nach ihrer Flucht aus den zerstörten Kolonien zu geben (Miniserie). Später finden Adama und andere, durch die Bemühungen von Präsident Roslin ein Grab auf Kobol, das eine Karte und genügend Hinweise offenbart, welche die Flotte zu den wahren Koordinaten der legendären dreizehnten Kolonie führt (Heimat, Teil II).
Über ein Jahr später finden die Zylonen eine antike Sonde im Löwenkopf-Nebel, vermutlich ist dies der erste greifbare Beweis für die Existenz des Dreizehnten Stammes. Die Sonde enthält jedoch einen Virus, der sich als besonders tödlich für die Zylonenon und das Basisschiff herausstellt. Die Zylonen fürchten den Virus so sehr, dass sie das Basisschiff aufgeben und ihr Auferstehungsschiff weit von dem Basisschiff entfernen, um zu verhindern, dass sich sterbende infizierte Zylonen downloaden und die bioelektrische Komponente des Erregers zu der übrigen Zylonen Bevölkerung übertragen. Die Sonde wird letztendlich zerstört, da das Basisschiff eine Selbstzerstörung einleitet ("Torn", "A Measure of Salvation").
The Thirteenth Tribe apparently has used one planet as a waystation in their journey. They settled on a planet and built a temple to five priests that worshiped what was apparently a controversial deity. Over 4,000 years later, the Temple of Five is discovered by the Fleet. The refugee Colonials believe that an artifact called the Eye of Jupiter resides there, which is another marker on the path to Erde (The Eye of Jupiter).
No such artifact actually exists, however. The Eye of Jupiter is, in fact, the image created by the planet's dying sun. A strange and highly improbable sequence of events occurs when both Cylon and Colonial forces meet at this unremarkable "algae planet" to find the legendary lost temple near the moment of the star's imminent nova. After they leave the system, the Colonials discover that the nova resembles another older nova that occurred in the time of the Thirteenth Tribe's exodus, located in the Ionian system, and believe that they have found a new marker to Earth.
The Temple was apparently designed for a human to witness a vision of some kind as the star begins to nova.[2] Instead of a human using the mechanism, however, a Number Three Cylon uses the device, believing that it would reveal the identities of the final five Cylon models intentionally or accidentally lost to the Cylon history. Only Gaius Baltar witnesses this mechanism in use, but is reluctant to use it himself until it is too late, when the mechanism shuts down as the nova's light is replaced by the shadow of its shockwave (Rapture).
As the Fleet approaches the Ionian nebula, four Colonials experience what they initially believe is a hallucination of fragments of music. Laura Roslin, who has resumed the use of chamalla as part of her renewed fight against her cancer, begins to experience visions of the Opera House where she, an image of Sharon Agathon and Caprica Six fight to retrieve an image of Hera Agathon running in the halls. Roslin and Agathon meet with the incarcerated Caprica Six and realize that all three are experiencing the dream.
When the Fleet arrives at the nebula, Roslin nearly faints. The four crewmembers who experience the musical hallucination are drawn to each other and now hear not only a coherent melody but lyrics as well. The four realize that they may be Cylons, but choose to continue their work as Colonials. The entire Fleet loses electrical power for a time, for reasons unknown.
After a Cylon fleet also arrives at the nebula, Vipers are scrambled to meet them. One pilot, Lee "Apollo" Adama, detects and intercepts a mysterious target on DRADIS. Adding to the mystery of the Ionian nebula, Kara Thrace, a pilot believed dead, flies her Viper Mark II alongside Apollo and tells him that she has been to and can show the Fleet of the path to rde (Crossroads, Part II).[3]
Referenzen
- ↑ In "Das Auge des Jupiter" sagt Tyrol, dass "Our initial radiocarbon dating suggests that the temple's at least 4,000 years old, which lines up with the exodus of the Thirteenth Tribe." This is the oldest date noted in the series's timeline, but also conflicts with the prior date of Pythia and her works as described by Elosha in "Kobol, Teil I", where she states that the exodus of all 13 tribes occurred approximately 2,000 years ago. Another contradiction occurs in "A Measure of Salvation", when Adama says that "According to Cottle, the virus was an exact match to one reported over 3000 years ago, right around the time that the 13th colony left Kobol." See also, Zeitlinie (RDM)#Frühgeschichte.
- ↑ The ancient tribes were apparently very good at creating holographic and vision mechanisms. The Tomb of Athena used an apparent 3-D projection to all to show the initial path to Earth. The vision in the Temple, however, is not seen by Baltar which implies a different technology.
- ↑ According to the podcast for this episode, Lee Adama is not hallucinating himself when he sees Kara Thrace.