Battlestar Galactica Glossary

A-C

Term	Definition
Actual	Often a wireless communication involves someone asking to speak to "Galactica actual." This means they want to speak to the Commanding Officer of the ship, as opposed to any subordinates.
CAG	Commander of the Air Group. The acronym used to identify a Battlestar's head pilot.

CAP	Combat Air Patrol. The term for the standard patrol flight on which teams of Vipers are deployed to defend the fleet at the first sign of trouble.
CBDR	Constant bearing, decreasing range. A way of describing the path of an oncoming vessel that is on a collision course with the ship.
CIC	Combat Information Center, also referred to as the bridge of a ship.

CO	Commanding Officer
Chamalla extract	A homeopathic cancer treatment that is more commonly used by Geminese priests and seers to induce visions.
Circle of Six	Essentially a jury in Colonial law.

D-G

Term	Definition
DRADIS	The radar equipment array used aboard Colonial vessels. The name is derived from the words Direction, RAnge, and DIStance, as those are the factors the radar outputs as data regarding objects that appear on the display.
ECO	Electronic Countermeasures Officer. The second officer making up a Raptor crew, the ECO is responsible for jamming wireless transmissions, running scans, monitoring DRADIS, and other various operations of the Raptor's tech.
FTL	Faster-than-Light. The term used to describe hyperspace travel.
Frak	The primary expletive in the BSG vernacular, it means to copulate but can be used for emphasis or insult in nearly any situation. A very versatile word.

H-L

Term	Definition
Hybrid	The techno-biological Cylon created to operate the Cylon Basestars. The Hybrid lives in an endless dreamscape, experiencing visions and speaking in metaphysical riddles.
Knuckle-Dragger	The slang term for any member of the Deck Crew, the non-commissioned officers responsible for servicing and repairing the ships in the Colonial Fleet.
Kobol	The original planet from which the Thirteen Colonies fled in the ancient stories.
Kobol, Lords of	The gods worshipped by most citizens of the Colonies, familiarly named: Zeus, Hera, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Ares, Artemis. Presumably other Olympian deities such as Hephaestus, Hestia, Demeter, and Hermes are part of the pantheon as well, but they have yet to be mentioned.

M-Q

Term	Definition
Morpha	A strong injectable pain medication.
Pyramid	Both a card game and a sport popular in the Twelve Colonies.

R-Z

Term	Definition
Raptor	Long-range reconnaissance vessel used by the humans of the Twelve Colonies. It is capable of FTL travel and can fly in both planetary atmospheres and in space. It has sufficient internal room to carry several passengers and is often used to transport crew between ships.

SAR	Search and Rescue mission.
Silica pathways	A technological component in the makeup of the Cylon brains.

Tylium	The fuel used by Colonial and Cylon vessels. It is a naturally occurring element in the galaxy, found in ore form and processed by refineries.
Viper	Combat vessel used by the humans of the Twelve Colonies. It is capable of sharp maneuvering and can fly in both planetary atmospheres and in space.
XO	Executive Officer, the CO's second-in-command, responsible for carrying out all actions as ordered by the CO and delegating actions as necessary throughout the rest of the crew.
YIBH	Fan terminology. It stands for Year In Baltar's Hair. This is how fans have chosen to shorthand the transition made in Lay Down Your Burdens Part II, when the camera zooms in on Baltar's hair, then zooms out, and we learn a year has passed.

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