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- Begriffe, die in separaten Continuity- und unproduzierten Skriptquellen verwendet werden, finden Sie unter: Liste aller Begriffe (TOS abwechseln).
Die Kolonialen und Zylonen wenden eine unterschiedliche Nomenklatur des militärischen Jargons, der Umgangssprache, der Redewendungen und der Fachbegriffe an, um eine Kultur zu schaffen, die dem Publikum eindeutig "fremd" ist. Dieser Artikel dient zum Organisieren und Zusammenfassen dieser Terminologie und führt zu verschiedenen Artikeln, wenn der Begriff weiter erweitert werden muss.
Akronyme
- CORA: Computer, Oral Response Activated (auf Englisch); eine künstliche Intelligenz, die in der Lage ist, eine Viper zu betreiben (TOS: "The Long Patrol")
Ehrungen
- Graf, Adelstitel (e.g. Graf Iblis)
- Herr, Adelstitel (e.g. Lord Baltar)
- Sire, Adelstitel, typischerweise einem Zivilisten des männlichen Geschlechts zugeschrieben (e.g. Sire Uri, Sire Solon)
- Siress, Adelstitel, typischerweise einer Zivilistin des weiblichen Geschlechts zugeschrieben (e.g. Siress Tinia, Siress Blassie)
Umgangssprachen
- astrum: Gesäß (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part I")
- felgercarb: expletiv, ähnlich wie „Mist“
- frack: expletiv, ähnlich wie „Scheisse“
- galmonging: eine explizite, möglicherweise ähnlich wie „Arschloch“ oder „Gott verdammt“
- Hades hole: Höllenloch, um den roten Planeten zu beschreiben (TOS: "War of the Gods, Part I")
- Lastkahn-Läuse: ein „Begriff der Zärtlichkeit“ für Gefangene auf dem Gefängnisschiff
- mong-harken: ein expletiver; nachdem auf der Galactica ihren Angriff zu vereiteln, kommentiert Cain, dass „dieser Mong-Rech Zylonen in einem Zustand des Schocks ist jetzt“ durch das Auftreten von Pegasus (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part II")
- Pflanzendämpfe: eine den Kolonialherren vertraute psychoaktive Droge; Boomer bemerkt, dass die blonde Stierfrau auf Carillon wahrscheinlich „rauchende Pflanzendämpfe“ war (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- pogees: expletiv, ähnlich wie „Scheisse“ (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part II")
- Sozialator: eine Sexarbeiterin, Escort, Prostituierte (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
Allgemeiner Jargon
- agro: landwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse (TOS: "The Magnificent Warriors")
- ambrosa: ein teures alkoholisches Rauschmittel
- Autosteuerung: autopilot; Brie wird von Starbuck angewiesen, dies zu aktivieren, nachdem bei ihrem ersten Start von der Galactica Probleme aufgetreten sind (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- Bio-Pulslinie: eine nicht spezifizierte Körperfunktion, möglicherweise ein emotionaler Zustand; Starbuck versucht, dies als Ausrede zu benutzen, um sich Apollo}s Mission zur Räumung des Vorlage:Zylonischen Minenfeldes nicht anzuschließen (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- boraton: Feuerlöschflüssigkeit (TOS: "Fire in Space")
- Verschnaufpause: eine Atemmaske oder ein lebenserhaltendes System, das Luft zuführt (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- Kosmetikerin: Bürokrat, Politiker (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- Karbid: ein wahrscheinlicher Begriff für Kohlendioxid oder Kohlenmonoxid (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- centura: möglicherweise ein prozentualer Ausdruck. "„Wenn wir ihn einfach in dieser Lebenskapsel liegen lassen, hat er in einem Centura keine Chance.“" (TOS: "Fire in Space").
- Chefgegner: ein Staatsanwalt in einem Prozess (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star").
- chronometer: ein Zeitmessgerät, im Grunde eine Uhr (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- compuband: eine Videoaufzeichnung; Sire Solon schaute sich Compuband des Triadenspiels zwischen Ortega und Starbuck (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star")
- crawlon: Spinne (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- Kommleitung: ein Kommunikationskanal zwischen Schiffen
- Elle: eine Form der geprägten Währung
- daggit: ein domestizierter Hund
- Todesstein: Grabstein (TOS: "The Long Patrol")
- Drohne: ein Begriff für einen Roboter, wie Muffit II (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- ducket: eine Art Prepaid-Gutschein, der für das Shuttle Canaris verwendet wird und normalerweise am Ende der Shuttle-Fahrt gesammelt wird (TOS: "The Man with Nine Lives")
- Flugschlaf: unbeabsichtigt schlafen, während Sie ein Fahrzeug fliegen, wie ein Viper; Apollo versucht, John und seinen zweiten Besuch zum Schiff der Lichter als ein Traum von einem Flugschlaf abzuschreiben (TOS: "Experiment in Terra")
- fumarello: eine kleine Zigarre, die Starbuck gewöhnlich raucht
- furlon: ein Urlaub oder eine kurze Beurlaubung für Krieger im Kolonialmilitärdienst (TOS: "The Man with Nine Lives")
- geogram: a diagram; Ravashol shows Apollo a geogram of the pulsar with instructions on how to destroy it (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II")
- glaiders: coined currency on Equellus (TOS: "The Lost Warrior")
- grog: an intoxicating beverage, likely similar to beer
- Homemade Buzzer: a version of "moonshine" on Equellus (TOS: "The Lost Warrior")
- hovermobile: apparently a form of ground transportation that can be hot-wired (TOS: "Fire in Space")
- ion field: a stellar phenomenon, which can cause scanner echoes (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part I")
- ion vapors: likely term referring to the trail of a turbo engine (TOS: "The Long Patrol")
- isoldin: a type of intravenous fluid given to patients (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- leisuron: a vacation or leave of absence, similar to a furlon (TOS: deleted scene, "Saga of a Star World")
- lextrium III: a type of fuel used by the Eastern Alliance destroyer (TOS: "Experiment in Terra")
- life pod: a life support bed used in the life center aboard Galactica (TOS: "Fire in Space")
- lupus: a wolf-like animal
- mega star: a star; in a deleted scene, Omega reports of the "mega star" they detect as they leave the magnetic void (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II")
- mega sun: a star; the Nomen come from the "land of the mega sun" (TOS: "The Man with Nine Lives")
- med tech: a medical technician, such as a nurse or orderly
- meteor fire: meteor storm; Starbuck likens the readouts on his instrument panel "lighting up like a meteor fire" upon coming across the magnetic void (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- modocker: an unknown term, likely of endearment; Cain asks Apollo how Adama is by asking, "Well, how is he? How is that old modocker?" (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part I")
- mushies: a food
- nightflyer: an owl-like creature on Equellus that hoots (TOS: "The Lost Warrior")
- officiator: someone who oversees a triad game (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star")
- Orion hasher: something that is black and blue; Cassiopeia comments that Starbuck looks like one after his matches with Ortega (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star")
- oviner: a rancher (TOS: "The Lost Warrior")
- plant vapors: some sort of drug, likely a reference to marijuana (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- pluton: a radioactive material whose radiation breaks down food (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- pods: a Cylon outpost (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- primaries: basic food groups (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- Protector: a defense attorney in a Tribunal (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star")
- protein: another type of food
- protest: the equivalent of saying "objection" in a Colonial Tribunal (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star")
- proton energizers: a type of weapon on an Eastern Alliance destroyer (TOS: "Experiment in Terra")
- pulse scrambled code: secure method of communication used by the Colonial Fleet (TOS: "The Lost Warrior")
- pyramid: a card game, similar to poker
- quadrant: region of space, see also Sector. Usually named after a Greek letter, or (less frequently) a star system or planet.
- scanner: term for a computer monitor and television set
- scorpius: likely term for a scorpion; Maga comments that Borellian Nomen have the patience of such a creature, he also comments that the name "Borellian Nomen" strike fear at the hearts of those who hear it like the scorpius (TOS: "The Man with Nine Lives")
- sector: region of space or planet, see also Quadrant. Usually named after a Greek letter (space sectors), or a geographic formation on the surface of a planet (geographic sector, e.g. Sector Hekla on the planet Arcta")
- sleep period: Colonial term for bedtime
- seal: marriage
- sickbed: term for bed rest when one is recovering from an illness (TOS: "The Young Lords")
- skybus: a type of starship (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- solium: a type of fuel
- solonite: an explosive used in demolitions (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II")
- spacedrome: a space port (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- star speed: a speed which is used by Eastern Alliance (TOS: "Greetings from Earth")
- tape coder: a voice recording device; Thane successfully passes off a hand mine as a device (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II")
- telecom: an internal communications phone aboard Galactica (TOS: "Fire in Space")
- tinhead: epithet used to describe Cylons (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part I")
- tribunal: a Colonial court hearing
- turboflush: a toilet (TOS: "Baltar's Escape")
- turboram thruster: a type of engine or thruster; in a deleted scene where Serina completes her first landing, Serina turns off this part of the Colonial shuttle as a part of her landing sequence (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- turboshower: a shower (TOS: "Murder on the Rising Star")
- travelator: a travel agent (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- triad: a contact sport, similar to football or basketball
- tylium: a fuel source, highly combustible (TOS: "Fire in Space")
- wardaggit: "war dog" (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part I")
Military Jargon
- "flash inspection": an inspection of military assets that is performed without prior notice by a superior officer (TOS: "Saga of a Star World")
- "four-point peel off": a maneuver performed with a group of four Vipers (TOS: "War of the Gods, Part I")
- "free flight jump": an infantry parachute landing, having jumped out of a shuttle (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part II")
- "life station relief": sick call (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II")
- "maximum G-climb": a maneuver done near a celestial body, which may cause the pilot to blackout; Starbuck orders C.O.R.A. to perform this maneuver, which causes the pursuing Raider to crash into the loading docks on Proteus (TOS: "The Lost Warrior")
- "stand alert": Colonial term for "attention" (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- "stripped and moduled": a consequence of severe infractions in military law, likely similar to being stripped of one's rank and thrown in hack; Greenbean expresses a fear of this happening as Giles asks where he got the alcohol from (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I")
- Warrior: an all-purpose term for Colonial soldier and Viper pilot
Sayings
- "By your command": a typical Cylons response to an order (TOS: "Saga of a Star World", et al.)
- "By your leave": a Colonial response to an order (TOS: "Saga of a Star World", et al.)
- "clear as the Nubian sun": a saying, similar to "as clear as day"; Cain uses this saying when referencing to the non-existent Raiders he allegedly pursued when he made his attack on the Cylon fuel tankers (TOS: "The Living Legend, Part I").
- "daggit drivel": a term used to describe someone's lies, similar to "garbage" or "bullshit"; Lucifer uses this term when asking if Baltar believes Specter's false reports (TOS: "The Young Lords").
- "For the glory of Caprica": saying used by the Colonials, particularly those from Caprica (TOS: "Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II").
- "Go rust yourself": Colonial equivalent to "go fuck yourself", typically used towards Cylons; Cadet Cree says this to Vulpa while the Cylons interrogate him (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I").
- "laser in their side": analogue to "thorn in their side", Starbuck uses this term to describe how the actions of Megan's surviving children have kept their father alive at Cylon hands (TOS: "The Young Lords").
- "like a daggit on a sunspot": fidgety; Apollo points out that Starbuck acts this way during his pre-flight meeting on destroying the mines in the Straits of Madagon (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
Units of Measure
Table notes
- ↑ Yahren may be only about 2/3 of a year; see note.
- ↑ In episodes such as "Saga of a Star World" and "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I", centon is used as the Colonial equivalent of a week before being retconned in later episodes.
- ↑ Microcenton is likely another term for "micron"; Starbuck uses this term when he says "switching off of you for a microcenton to scan ahead" (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II")
- ↑ A sectar is an unknown unit of measure, measuring either distance or time.
- ↑ "Metron" is used in a deleted scene as Serina approaches the starboard landing bay (TOS: "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II"); likely similar to a meter, which is known as a "metric" in other episodes.
See also
- Battlestar Galactica - Writers Guide, transcribed by Chris Pappas