My bad, even-numbered Klemperer rosettes are, indeed stable. According to one article, 12-to-24-membered rosettes are especially stable.
However, they don’t arise naturally. If the twelve colonies were in a rosette, did the Gods of Kobol make it for them? As I stated before, I don’t think the Colonies had planet-moving technology.
Yah, this is the reality of it. I can live with that.
RDM & co have managed to create a rousing tale. I’m sure we’ll end up with inconsistencies and unanswered questions. But what a wonderful ride it has been.
Very good point, THX. That’s excellent evidence for the Colonies needing and employing FTL in the pre-attack days. And I still think they’d use FTL technology within their own solar system for purposes of military expediency and luxury (read: those who can afford it) travel.
In BS:G TOS, they kept finding lost colonies, like the prison planet and the western-like frontier planet with the Cylon gun slinger. Where are they in RDM’s universe?
RDM didn’t want to take it in that direction (and I am sort of glad of that), also notice that in old BSG TOS there were also aliens too. We haven’t seen any of them. I always wondered about that watching it as a child, wondering why the Cylons did destroy all those lost colonies they kept finding as soon as the Galactica left it behind. Because non of them has the same tech of the Galactica.
I also got the impression that the 12 Colonies were all in the same system in the new BSG, and I just sort of accepted and not thought much more about it. In the old BSG I didn’t get that impression, but in the old show they weren’t too keen on the laws of physics. They travel LIGHT YEARS and are moving at a crawl. That bothered me more than where were the 12 Colonies.
I can live with 12 habitable planets in the same solar system.
Hey, I can live with Cylons making Cylons, and head characters, and hybrids jacked into spaceships, and people coming back from the dead. That’s ok.
I figure it’s not called Science FICTION for nothing.
So, maybe there’s not much science there, that’s ok. I can live with that.
They’re all quite small.
I dont think they are all in one system - mabye just in very close by systems (which is still s MAJOR scientific stretch)
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Gaius Sr.
Hey guys, I was just lurking around and thought I might be able to help contribute. I have a copy of the BSG Pen and Paper RPG that I dug out of my closet with some info on this.
First off, “The twelve colony worlds spun around a single star on elliptical orbits.” The first planet from the sun is Canceron. Afterwards are Aquaria, Caprica, and Virgon in the same Orbital path. Leonis, Picon, and Scorpia are the moons of a gas giant called Zeus which shares its orbit with Aerelon. Gemenon and Libris are the moons of the gas giant Hera which shares its orbit with Sagittaron. The book describes both Aerlon and Sagittaron orbiting exactly opposites of the gas giants that they shared their orbits with. The furthest colony from the sun in the outer most ring is Tauron, with the gas giant of Ragnar just beyond it.
I don’t know how coherent the story from the RPG is with the series, but check it out http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_Role_Playing_Game
Interesting, Norman. And welcome aboard!
Thank you for that Norman.
Welcome to the forums.
To expand on this
"The Twelve Colony worlds spun around a single star on elliptical orbits. Closest to the sun was sweltering, volcanic Canceron, the greatest source of tylium in the system. Next came a Trojan orbit of planets–three worlds following the same orbital path, separated by roughly the same distance (one-sixth the orbit’s diameter). In order these planets were Aquaria, Caprica, and Virgon. They were the centers of art, culture, and system-wide trade.
Two gas giants followed, each in it’s own elliptical path and each itself orbited by a number of moons. The first of these behemoths was Zeus, named after the king of the gods, and it’s moons were Leonis, Picon, and Scorpia. Another large planet named Aerelon shared Zeus’ orbit, positioned exactly opposite the giant. The second gas giant was Hera and her charges were Gemenon and Libris, with Sagittaron likewise spinning opposite. These two giants and their moons were the heart of the system. This real estate was the most heavily contested during the colonies’ many civil wars.
At the outermost edge of the system dwelled Tauron, followed by a third gas giant named Ragnar. Tauron was the first world settled after the fall of Kobol. It was the springboard for all expansion in the system. It’s people were also responsible for the Cylons’ spark of life. Not something to be proud of these days."
from http://forum.galacticwatercooler.com/showpost.php?p=155580&postcount=129
Hey, no prob and thanks for having me. One thing I forgot to mention that I thought was interesting was that according to the back story in this rulebook was that the gas giants and their moons were constantly fought over during wars between colonies. “Hera” is the name of one of those gas giants as you probably remember from my last post.
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Thanks for bringing in the full quote Default Prophet, It was just too much for me to do while sick.