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8 unusual facts about Caprica


Caprica

Capricornus, name of the constellation from which the term Caprica is derived

Luciana Carro

Luciana Carro is a Canadian actress best known for her appearances on the television series Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, and Falling Skies and in movies such as Two for the Money and Dr. Dolittle 3.

Twelve Colonies

Trade unions appear to play an important role in the lives of the working class in the refugee fleet and the settlers of New Caprica, and a strike was organized on the fleet's only tylium ship by the trade union.

The Twelve Colonies of Man, also called the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, are fictional locations that constitute the principal human civilization in the original Battlestar Galactica television series, the "reimagined" series of the same name in 2004, and in the prequel series Caprica and Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome.

Before the fall of the Twelve Colonies some worlds were highly industrialized, such as Caprica and Virgon, whereas others were more dependent on agriculture, most notably Aerilon which is also nicknamed "the foodbasket of the Colonies".

In the series Caprica, Taurons are heard speaking a separate language resembling Ancient Greek.

In the time of the TV series Caprica, set 58 years before the Cylon holocaust, the Twelve Colonies do not yet have a united government.

In Caprica, Joseph Adama states that Tauron has no flowers growing on it; also, it has suffered a civil war.


Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance

Meanwhile, Jammer, Duck, and his wife Nora discuss the Cylon-run and human-staffed New Caprica Police.

He is joined by new parents Chief Tyrol and Specialist Cally, former Galactica crewman Jammer, and Caprica resistance fighter Jean Barolay.

Gaius Baltar

Having unintentionally brought about the near-annihilation of the human species, Baltar flees Caprica when Karl Agathon gives up his place on a Raptor, feeling that his own life is less important to save than a famed scientist's.

Jeffrey Reiner

He began directing television during the 1990s, his credits include Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, The Sentinel, Haunted, Columbo, The Division, Surface, Friday Night Lights, Caprica and Trauma.

Kara Thrace

She experiences a conversation with an Avatar with the appearance of Leoben set in her apartment on Caprica.

Mark Donnelly

He made a cameo appearance in the TV show Psych, playing an opera singer in the season four premiere episode "Extradition: British Columbia", and then another cameo appearance as a singer in the final episode "Apotheosis" of the science fiction series Caprica.

Omar Madha

He has directed numerous episodes of British television such as Hollyoaks, Spooks and Law & Order: UK as well as American television such as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Big Love and Caprica.

Samuel T. Anders

During the episodes "Lay Down Your Burdens", Parts I and II, Thrace is finally given the go-ahead to lead a group of Raptors to Caprica and gather the survivors.


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