Richard Hatch's Battlestar Galactica Novelization Timeline

The Continuity of the Armageddon series

The timeline below chronicles the events depicted in the series Battlestar Galactica, and includes the events referred to and depicted in the novels written by Richard Hatch (such as Armageddon) and originally published by Pocket Books.

It does not include the sequel series Galactica 1980, which many fans, and Richard Hatch as well, do not recognize as part of "official" continuity. Nor does this timeline include any of the other novels, comics, unfilmed scripts, movie concepts or any fan fiction.

There are similarities between this Richard Hatch concept and the other Galactica concept he developed for the Second Coming Trailer.  Click here to go to the Battlestar Galactica: Second Coming timeline.

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 millennium 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)

7342

Troy (Boxey) is born to Serina and her husband. (Armageddon)

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")

c. 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 millennium 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."

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 accommodate 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.)

7351

Starbuck and Cassiopeia have a baby girl who they name Dalton. (Armageddon)

7362

The last Cylon attack for six yahren. (Armageddon)

7368

Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon    (hardcover published 1997)

After Adama dies, a succession fight brews for the title of Commander between Apollo and Athena. After a battle, Starbuck is captured by the Cylons on the planet Ochoa. Hearing of the capture, Baltar hurries to the area with two basestars to attack the fleet. Meanwhile, Borellian Nomen are causing troubles on the prison barge. Arriving to manipulate all these events is Count Iblis, but a mysterious figure from Apollo's past arrives to warn him of Iblis' return.

Battlestar Galactica: Warhawk    (hardcover published 1998)

Apollo leads the Galactica and the fleet into unexplored territory, and they are not alone. Soon they come into contact with the Chitain, a completely alien race more warlike and fearsome than any encountered. Then they discover Commander Cain, alive and kicking with the Battlestar Pegasus. Are the Chitain friend or foe? Apollo must decide who he can trust because the Cylons are not far behind.

Battlestar Galactica: Resurrection    (hardcover published in 2001)

The battlestar Galactica and the colonial fleet are in serious trouble. Their last encounter with the Cylons and the fierce alien race called the Chitain have left them crippled and exhausted and depleted of food and fuel. And they are still in Cylon space.

But Commander Apollo's next confrontation is with one of his own, as grizzled war veteran Commander Cain challenges him for leadership. Apollo wants to take the remnants of the fleet to a planet indicated on the mysterious holocube that was discovered on an abandoned Cylon outpost--a holocube that purportedly shows the path of expansion and exploration through the galaxy by the
vanished Thirteenth Tribe. Cain prefers to make his stand right here, but is overruled by the late Commander Adama's son.

Apollo may win this fight, but he may not win the battle. For the next planet indicated on the holocube is also known to the Cylons, and they are waiting for the Galacticans in full force. It's only through the intervention of their newly installed quantum-shift technology that the fleet manages to escape the trap, as they are warped halfway across the galaxy to find themselves once again at their starting point: the planet Kobol--the birthplace of the Kobollian race that was destroyed by the Cylons twenty yahren ago.

Why have they been brought back to Kobol, and who is responsible for it? Have the Lords of Light granted them a new beginning? Or is this another plot by the Lord of Evil, Count Iblis, to finally exact his revenge against Adama's family and the entire Galactican fleet?

Battlestar Galactica: Rebellion   (hardcover published in 2002)

The remnants of the ragtag fleet and the battle-scarred Galactica have escaped the clutches of the Cylons and warped into an unknown quadrant of the galaxy. It is a pocket of null-space in which their stardrives will not work. To make matters worse, the recent conflicts have left many wounded and medical supplies are critically low . . . as are the fleet's food resources and fuel supplies.

While scouts venture forth in search of a habitable planet, the civilian population of the fleet rebels.

Battlestar Galactica:  Paradis       (hardcover published in 2003)

Having escaped from the dead area of non-space called the Ur Cloud, the ragtag fleet of Colonials find themselves delivered to the planet Paradis. Commander Apollo is once again drawn into conflict with ego-driven civilians who manipulate the Council of Twelve toward their own ends. As tensions mount among the Colonials, a treacherous plan is hatched that threatens to destroy everything the commander has worked so hard for -as well as Apollo himself....

Battlestar Galactica: Destiny    (hardcover first published 2004)

Battlestar Galactica: Discovery    (proposed new title in the series, not yet published)

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Last Updated on Monday, April 18, 2005