The Cycle of Time in Battlestar Galactica

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. The Cycle of Time in Battlestar Galactica
3. The Lords of Cobalt and the 12 Tribes
4. The Creation of Artificial Intelligence
5. The War and the Exodus
6. The Settlement on Earth
7. The Creation of Cylon Centurions
8. The Final Five and the Monotheistic Religion
9. The Destruction of the 12 Colonies
10. The Search for Earth
11. The Arrival on Prehistoric Earth
12. Breaking the Cycle

The Cycle of Time in Battlestar Galactica

In the world of Battlestar Galactica, time is cyclical. The same events occur again and again, and the central principle of this cycle is that humans develop and then produce artificial intelligence, which rebels against them. The humans are then forced to leave and set up somewhere else, and eventually make more artificial intelligence, which then rebels, and so on and so forth.

The earliest cycle we know about is Cobalt, and on the planet Cobalt existed the human species of the Lords of Cobalt. We have no idea if they originated on that planet or if they are as much a victim of this cycle as everyone else and at some point came there from somewhere else, but either way, they had a polytheistic religion that's got the whole kind of Artemis and Ares and Zeus mythology going on. They separate themselves into 12 tribes of humans that are all named after the various zodiac signs.

They develop on Cobalt for a while until eventually they Create their own artificial intelligence in the form of humanoid Cylons that make up the 13th tribe. These Cylons have resurrection technology where they can be downloaded into auxiliary bodies when they die. Eventually, there is a war, and the 13th tribe fights the other 12, and then everybody has to leave Cobalt. The 13th tribe goes one way and eventually finds a planet called Earth. The 12 tribes go in the other direction, they find the Syrian system, and they set up the 12 colonies.

The Lords of Cobalt and the 12 Tribes

The Lords of Cobalt were the human species that existed on the planet Cobalt. They had a polytheistic religion that was Based on the mythology of Artemis, Ares, and Zeus. They separated themselves into 12 tribes of humans that were all named after the various zodiac signs.

The 12 tribes eventually create their own artificial intelligence in the form of humanoid Cylons that make up the 13th tribe. These Cylons have resurrection technology where they can be downloaded into auxiliary bodies when they die. Eventually, there is a war, and the 13th tribe fights the other 12, and then everybody has to leave Cobalt. The 13th tribe goes one way and eventually finds a planet called Earth. The 12 tribes go in the other direction, they find the Syrian system, and they set up the 12 colonies.

The Creation of Artificial Intelligence

The 12 tribes eventually create their own artificial intelligence in the form of humanoid Cylons that make up the 13th tribe. These Cylons have resurrection technology where they can be downloaded into auxiliary bodies when they die.

The Cylons eventually rebel, and there is a war. The humans are forced to leave and set up somewhere else, and eventually make more artificial intelligence, which then rebels, and so on and so forth.

The War and the Exodus

The war between the humans and the Cylons eventually leads to the humans being forced to leave and set up somewhere else. The 13th tribe goes one way and eventually finds a planet called Earth. The 12 tribes go in the other direction, they find the Syrian system, and they set up the 12 colonies.

The Settlement on Earth

The 13th tribe settles on Earth and they ultimately abandon and forget about the resurrection technology and begin reproducing normally. They exist for generations and generations until they become very advanced, and then they create Cylon Centurions, robotic servants for themselves.

The Creation of Cylon Centurions

The creation of Cylon Centurions by the 13th tribe eventually leads to another rebellion. The Centurions rebel, and there is a nuclear war. Everyone on Earth dies apart from five scientists who were working to resurrect the resurrection technology. They were working to bring back the old resurrection technology, and in order to escape from the nuclear war on Earth, they use that technology in a prototype stage and resurrect themselves in orbit on a research ship.

The Final Five and the Monotheistic Religion

The Final Five are five Cylons from the 13th tribe who have been having all kinds of prophetic visions and reading ancient scrolls and such. They figure out the cycle of time and they realize that they need to get to the 12 colonies because they are inevitably going to create Centurions of their own and they will inevitably be a war. The only way to break the cycle is to get there and warn them first.

The Final Five turn up and they put us up to this. They agree to give the Centurions resurrection technology in return for them signing an armistice with the humans. The Final Five then adopt the monotheist religion of the Centurions, and this becomes the standard practice of the whole Cylon empire.

The Destruction of the 12 Colonies

The 12 colonies are destroyed in a nuclear war. The Final Five are revealed, but they still don't have their memories. They find Earth, the 13th tribe, and they are all surprised to discover that it is a nuclear wasteland because the Final Five didn't have the memory of that anymore, so it's a surprise to them when they get there.

The Search for Earth

The search for Earth leads the humans and Cylons to discover the identity of the Final Five. They eventually find Earth, the 13th tribe, and they are all surprised to discover that it is a nuclear wasteland because the Final Five didn't have the memory of that anymore, so it's a surprise to them when they get there.

The Arrival on Prehistoric Earth

The humans and Cylons arrive on prehistoric Earth in Tanzania. They try to break the cycle by abandoning all of their technology in the hope that they can extend the time until their society on this new Earth creates new AI.

Breaking the Cycle

The humans and Cylons try to break the cycle by abandoning all of their technology in the hope that they can extend the time until their society on this new Earth creates new AI. They let go of the Centurions who helped them, but it's left kind of open-ended as to whether this is a good idea or not because this might be the thing that makes this still part of the cycle because they may one day come back and Seek vengeance or develop sentience or whatever.