The timeline below outlines the events of the Battlestar Galactica series combined with proposed events of the movie project proposed by Glen A. Larson in 1999. As of November 2000, this project seems to have ceased development.
The timeline is given in primarily in yahrens.
Timeline
In the beginning.. on Kobol
The beings who later appear to the Galacticans aboard the "Ships of Light", intervene at the beginning of human development. Adama refers to these beings as the "Mother Race." ("War of the Gods")
pre-history, before the Exodus (roughly 2000 BCE)
The first Battlstar, Atlantis, is constructed on the surface of the Planet Kobol. (Battlestar Galactica - The Movie)
The Exodus
The original 13 tribes leave Kobol and head out into space. Twelve of the tribes settle near each other in the area known as the Twelve colonies.
The remaining Thirteenth tribe heads to Earth.
The original Battlestar, Atlantis, arrives at Earth. (Battlestar Galactica - The Movie)
c. 5348
The Colonies begin to re-establish their space travel capabilities. At this time, the Colonials were using sub light craft reminiscent of the early space vehicles launched from Earth in the 1960s and 70s. (Hand of God)
c. year 6348
The Colonies intervene in the Cylons attack of the neighboring Hasaris.
The Thousand Year War begins between the Colonies and the Cylon Empire.
c. 6848
The Galactica is first launched. Back then, the Celestial Temples on the Galactica were used to confirm navigational headings. (Hand of God)
7348
Destruction of the Colonies, (at the approach of the 7th millenium of recorded time.)
Battlestar Galactica series takes place.
Episode "Saga of a Star World"
Episode "Lost Planet of the Gods"
Episode "The Lost Warrior."
Episode "The Long Patrol."
Episode "Gun on Ice Planet Zero."
Episode "The Magnificent Warriors."
Episode "The Young Lords."
Episode "The Living Legend."
The Battlestar Pegasus survives, but is unable to re-establish contact with the Galactica.
Commander Cain determines to begin the search for Earth as well.
Episode "Fire in Space."
Episode "War of the Gods."
Episode "The Man with Nine Lives."
Episode "Murder on the Rising Star."
Episode "Greetings from Earth."
Episode "Baltar's Escape."
Episode "Experiment in Terra."
Episode "Take the Celestra."
Episode "The Hand of God."
(Somehow, a signal from Earth from the year 1969 reaches the Galactica during this episode, which would seem to indicate that these events are occuring sometime after the Earth year 1969.)
The Cylons have been routed for the time being.
7349
The journey continues, as the Galactica and the ragtag fleet continue their search for Earth.
Starbuck has a long dream where he imagines that his is stranded on a planet with a Cylon, and that in the meantime the Galactica journeys for thirty years until it finds Earth. His dream continues: the Galacticans discover that Earth's technology is very backward and they try various means to advance it, including time travel, contacting Earth's scientists and introducing some the Fleet's children to the Earth population as Super Scouts.
(The above segment is from a series of interviews in which Glen A. Larson has proposed that the entire run of Galactica 1980 could be explained as a dream that Starbuck had.)
Starbuck awakens, confused, trying to determine if his dream was an omen that the Galactica would soon find Earth.
circa 7370
(22 years after the original series)
Battlestar Galactica: The Movie
The Battlestar Pegasus discovers Earth.
Cain, convinced that the Battlestar Atlantis once visited Earth in the distant past, begins a search for evidence of the ancient spaceship.
(It seems likely that the Earth Cain encounters in this storyline is the contemporary one, that is,Earth in the year 2000.)
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Last Updated on Wednesday, April 20, 2005