The timeline below chronicles the events
depicted in the series Battlestar Galactica, and includes events
depicted in a series of comics published by Maximum Press in the late 1990s.The timeline below chronicles the events
depicted in the series Battlestar Galactica, and includes events
depicted in a series of comics published by Maximum Press in the late 1990s.
It does not include the sequel series Galactica 1980, which many fans, and Glen A. Larson himself, do not recognize as part of "official" continuity. Nor does this timeline include events depicted in any of the novels, or in any of the Marvel or Realm Press comics.
Although Richard Hatch did work with Maximum Press at one point, subsequent revisions to his concepts before publishing make it difficult to reconcile events in this timeline with ones depicted in either Richard Hatch's novels or from his Galactica trailer continuity.
The timeline is given in yahrens, from the timeline Maximum Press utilized. This timeline was published in the first issue of the Starbuck series, and many dates below are taken directly from it.
Note: It is unclear to me when exactly the Asylum stories "Rebirth of Cy" and "First Date" should necessarily be placed. However, "Adama's War" from Asylum issue #1-3 occur around 7240 according to the Maximum Press timeline.
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")
Year 1
The beginning of recorded history.
The Exodus (date 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.
During the journey, the Thirteenth tribe encounters an evil being they call Anubis (Count Iblis) who attempts to destroy them. Although the light beings, or Seraphs, protect them, the leadership of the Thirteenth tribe is nervous of Anubis' return. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
Arriving at Earth, the thirteenth tribe erects a temple and place inside it two humans: Adam and Eve. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
Then, to prevent Anubis (Count Iblis) from destroying the Earth, the thirteenth tribe scatters to different parts of the galaxy, vowing to return in the future. As of 7362, they had not, and Adam and Eve were revived by the Galacticans. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
c. 5300
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 6340
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)
6340
The Cylons attack the Hasaris, whose territory neighbours 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)
6837
Construction begins on the Battlestar Galactica (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
6842
The Galactica goes into active service (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1) Back then, the Celestial Temples on the Galactica were used to confirm navigational headings. (Hand of God)
7212
Adama is born on Caprica. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7240
Adama (age 28) is transferred to the Battlestar Cerebrus under the command of Comamnder Odysseus. As chronicled in Asylum # 1 - 3. These were also re-published in the first issue of Battlestar Galactica - Compendium. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1).
Baptism of Fire - Part One from Asylum # 1
Baptism of Fire - Part Two from Asylum # 2
Baptism of Fire - Part Three from Asylum # 3
7312
On the eve of his hundredth birthday, Adama is awarded command of the Battlestar Galactica and promoted from the rank of Colonel to the rank of Commander. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7322
After one of the first Cylon attacks on Caprica, the people of the farm village of Umbra are scattered. Many children are orphaned in the attack. 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 )
7340
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)
7342
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."
Under the protection of the Battlestar Galactica, a Colonial fleet evacuates survivors and begins the search for the planet Earth.
Episode "Lost Planet of the Gods."
Apollo gets sealed to Serina; she dies a short time later. Apollo adopts Boxey as his own son.
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."
Battlestar Pegasus returns after a two yahren absence and subsequently disappears again. Sheba joins the crew of the Galactica.
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."
First encounter with Count Iblis and the angelic Seraphs.
Episode "The Man with Nine Lives."
Episode "Murder on the Rising Star."
Episode "Greetings from Earth."
Contact with inhabitants of the Planet Terra and Eastern Alliance.
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.)
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck - Issue # 1 by Maximum Press Comics
Eastern Alliance Destroyers attack the Galactica. In the battle, Starbuck's ship is disabled and he ends up on the Lunar One Prison Colony. He is found by Justine and Colonel Charlie Watts of the Western Nationalists. Starbuck agrees to help on a mission to free a Nationalist, Joseph, who is being held prisoner on the moon, but in the attempt, Starbuck is captured by Eastern Alliance soldiers.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck - Issue # 2 by Maximum Press Comics
Starbuck and Joseph escape, and the Galactica wards off the attack by Commandant Lieter's Destroyers. Furious with his defeat, and news of the troubles on Lunar One, Lieter orders his Destroyers to blast the entire Lunar One Labor Camp out of existence.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck - Issue # 3 by Maximum Press Comics
Vipers pursue the Destroyers, and all but Leiter's are wiped out, ending the attack. Starbuck and the Western Nationalists free the prisoners, Starbuck kisses the girl, then heads back to the Galactica to be reunited with Chameleon and Cassiopeia.
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Sometime during this year, the three escaped Borellian Nomen are captured near the Lunar Moons of the Planet Terra. (Apollo's Journey #2)
7344
Apollo and Sheba are sealed. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7345
Sheba and Apollo have a son, who they name Cain, after Sheba's father. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7346
Adama, who is approximately 134 yahrens old, begins to exhibit early stages of Kaitai Syndrome.
7347
Adama contracts Kaitai Syndrome, a rare incurable disorder that effects the neuro-pathways of the human brain. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
Apollo is abducted by the angelic beings, called Seraphs, who offer him a new technology - the temporal drive - that will speed the Fleet's journey to Earth. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
Adama begins to pass away due to his having contracted Kaitai Syndrome. He is placed in suspended animation, in hope that a cure will one day be found. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
Colonel Tigh becomes acting Commander briefly, until the transfer of power to Apollo as Commander is complete.
Commander Apollo assumes leadership of the fleet. He is the youngest man in Colonial history to receive such a command. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7348 - 7361
Having outfitted the fleet with temporal drives, the Colonials use the technology to warp from system to system, gradually working their way to Earth.
Meanwhile, the Cylons expand ever outward, conquering new worlds, and adding the newly found technologies to their own. (Maximum)
7349
Tigh retires from military service and is elected to the Council of the Twelve as a Sire.
7351
Athena promoted to rank of Colonel and becomes Apollo's executive officer. Tenth anniversary of the destruction of the Colonies honored in a solemn ceremony. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7354
Tigh is elected to the Presidency of the Council of the Twelve. (Maximum Timeline - Starbuck # 1)
7362
The Cylons attack the Colonial Fleet just prior to the final warp jump that will take the fleet to Earth. (Battlestar Galactica #1 - Maximum)
Events
of Battlestar
Galactica # 1 by
Maximum Press Comics
The Colonials arrive at the Earth, to find it inhabited only by dinosaurs. A landing party discovers an ancient temple. Meanwhile, Count Iblis reveals himself to Baltar, who is pursuing the Fleet.
Events of Battlestar Galactica # 2 by Maximum Press Comics
The Council of Twelve, lead by President Tigh, debates with Commander Apollo as to whether the Fleet should revert to civilian control and the Colonials settle on Earth, which is consistent with the last orders of Commander Adama. Unable to decide, the Council awakens Adama, who is in suspended animation.
Count Iblis meanwhile asserts control over the Cylon Fleet.
Events of Battlestar
Galactica # 3 by
Maximum Press Comics
Commander Adama, dying, asks to see the Earth temple, which the Colonials believe to be from Kobol. He discovers a hidden room where two humans lay in statis: Adam and Eve. Meanwhile, Count Iblis appears to Sheba and tells her that her father, Cain, is dead.
Events of Battlestar Galactica # 4 by Maximum Press Comics
Adam and Eve awaken and tell Adama and Apollo of how they came to Earth. (See earlier in the timeline under Exodus). Suddenly, Count Iblis, Baltar and three basestars arrived, powered by new technology that Iblis has given them. Arriving on the Galactica, Apollo is shot by Sheba, possessed by Iblis, but the seraphs intervene to save Apollo's life. Baltar lands on Earth, kills by Adama, but is chased off by Adam. In space, the battle looks grim until suddenly the odds are made even by the unexpected arrival of Commander Cain and the Pegasus, who have been sent by the Seraphs. Iblis and Baltar escape aboard their basestar.
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Events
of Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within # 1 by Maximum Press Comics
The Galactica and Pegasus discover an alien vesel with a being named Ares aboard, who claims to be a member of the Thirteenth Tribe. He beguiles Athena and the Council, but is in reality a robot agent dispatched by Baltar.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within # 2 by Maximum Press Comics
Ares gains the trust of the Fleet, and even saves a small Colonial child. But when Dr. Wilker comes close to revealing his identity, Ares kills him (Wilker, it should be noted, is an android in this continuity.)
Events of Battlestar Galactica: The Enemy Within # 3 by Maximum Press Comics
Reviewing Dr. Wilker's logs, Apollo realizes that Ares is a spy. His identity as a Cylon revealed, Ares arms a bomb to destroy the Galactica, and escapes aboard a pod containing Starbuck. Apollo disarms the bomb, but a search fails to recover Starbuck. Starbuck is believed slain by Ares.
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Events
of Battlestar Galactica: Apollo's Journey # 1 by Maximum Press Comics
Distraught by Starbuck's death, Apollo is possessed by Iblis. In this state, he alienates tha Coucil and confronts and shoots Cain - much to his wife, Sheba's dismay. Meanwhile, the Borellian Nomen, also influenced by Iblis, escape from prison and take over the bridge of the Galactica.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Apollo's Journey # 2 by Maximum Press Comics
Apollo goes to the surface of the Earth and encounters Iblis at the temple. Iblis tries to seduce Apollo into handing over Adama's amulet, but Apollo refuses. Meanwhile, the young Colonial warriors conceive a dangerous plan to liberate the Galactica from the Nomen.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Apollo's Journey # 3 by Maximum Press Comics
Using the amulet, Apollo defeats Iblis, and the Galactica is freed from the Nomen.
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Events
of Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End # 1 by Maximum Press Comics
In the midst of internal conflict between Apollo and Cain, the Seraphs arrive and whisk the Pegasus and Galactica off to an alternate future, where the Eastern Alliance rules the galaxy and the Cylons are their slaves.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End # 2 by Maximum Press Comics
The Galactica and Pegasus work to use an advanced Cylon to help defeat the Eastern Alliance.
Events of Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End # 3 by Maximum Press Comics
Having defeated the Eastern Alliance of the alternate future, the Galactica and Pegasus are then taken by the Seraphs to the site of the Peace Conference between the Colonials and the Cylon Empire - just prior to the attack that destroyed the Colonies.
Events
of Battlestar Galactica: Journey's End # 4 by Maximum Press Comics
After their encounter with the Galactica of the past at the Peace Conference, the present Galactica returns to 7362. Commander Apollo orders the settlement of Earth, and sends the Battlestar Galactica off to search for the lost members of the Thirteenth Tribe.
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What happens next?
The Maximum Press line of comics ceased without the central storyline being resolved. That is, the search that the now Earth-based Colonials are conducting for their ancient Thirteenth colony brothers, who left Earth to avoid leading Count Iblis there, continues.
However, the rest, in a sense, is history. Adam and Eve do become the progenitors of a new human society based on Earth. A series of great civilizations are founded on Earth including the Egyptians, the Toltecs and the Mayans, as well as the lost continents of Lemuria and Atlantis.
Baltar, the Cylons, and Iblis have been turned away.
Whether the lost members of the Thirteenth tribe do eventually return to Earth remains unresolved, but given the story arc, it is likely they do.
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c. 7363
Adam and Eve begin the establishment of an Earth based human settlement. (conjecture)
c. 8000
The great ancient civilizations of Earth are established. (conjecture)
c. 16000
Present day Earth. (conjecture)
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