Grandreams Annual:
Battlestar Galactica (published 1978)The Galactica World According to Grandreams
The timeline below chronicles the events depicted in the series Battlestar Galactica, and includes the events depicted in the comic book annuals published by Grandreams in 1978 and 1980. They made no specific references to any other comic book continuity, and so I have placed them in their own "universe."
It does not include the sequel series Galactica 1980, which was not referred to in these stories. Nor does this timeline include any of the other novels, comics, unfilmed scripts, movie concepts or any fan fiction, although it conceivably could fit with many of them.
The timeline is given 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")
Yahren 1
The date from which the Colonial calendar starts.
c. 1348
The beginning of recorded human history on Kobol. (6000 yahrens before "Saga of a Star World" - this episode set just before the seventh millenium of recorded time).
The Exodus (year uncertain)
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.
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")
just prior to 6348
The Cylons, a humanoid race, are taken over by their robot slaves. A machine ruler, known as The Imperious Leader, comes to rule the Cylon Empire. Count Iblis may have provided the voice for the Imperious Leader at the time of his assembly. ("War of the Gods")
c. 6348
The Cylons attack the Hasaris, whose territory neighbors the Colonies.
The Colonies intervene in the Cylons attack on the Hasaris.
The Thousand Yahren War begins between the Colonies and the Cylon Empire. ("Saga of a Star World")
c. 6848
The Galactica is first launched. Back then, the Celestial Temples on the Galactica were used to confirm navigational headings. ("Hand of God")
7322
After one of the first Cylon attacks on Caprica, the people of the farm village of Umbra are scattered. One of the members of the community, Chameleon is separated from his son, Starbuck, who is later found alone at the edge of the Thorn Forest and is presumed to have been orphaned. ("The Man With Nine Lives")
7346
The Fifth Fleet engages the Cylons at the Battle of Molecay. The Battlestar Pegasus is the only Colonial vessel to survive. Commander Cain, realizing there will be Cylons lying in wait along the entire route back to the colonies, orders the Pegasus out into deep space. ("The Living Legend")
7347
The Pegasus heads out into deep space, eventually winding up in the Delphian Empire, which is in the process of falling to the Cylons. ("The Living Legend")
7348
Destruction of the Colonies, (just before the 7th millenium of recorded time.) and the end of the Thousand Yahren War. ("Saga of a Star World")
Battlestar Galactica series takes place.
Episode "Saga of a Star World."
NOTE: Saga of a Star World is summarized in the first Grandreams Annual.
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 viper squadrons of the Galactica are rearranged to accomodate the new Viper pilots from the Pegasus. Silver Spar squadron is reformed as a Galactica squadron under the command of Sheba.
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 occurring sometime after the Earth year 1969.)
7349
The Grandreams Stories
Grandreams Annual:
Battlestar Galactica (published 1978)
(The first comic strip story is a summary of the Battlestar Galactica pilot)
Comic Story #2) Chess-Players of Space
Comic Story #3) Bane of Baal Farr
Comic Story #4) Amazons of Space
The annual also contained the following short fiction pieces:
Short Fiction #1) Doomsday Rock
Short Fiction #2) Swamp World
Short Fiction #3) Hijack in Space
Grandreams Annual: Mission
Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1980)
Comic Story #1) Part One: Switch in Space
Comic Story #2) Part Two: Planet of the Cyclops
Comic Story #3) Part Three: Skirmish Beyond Skafrax
Comic Story #4) Part Four: Final Showdown
The annual also contained the following short fiction pieces:
Short Fiction #1) Dice With Death
Short Fiction #2) Enemy Within
The journey continues..
Sometime after 7350
Galactica discovers Earth?
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