One of the Twelve Colonies in the Battlestar Galactica science fiction franchise
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.
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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.
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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".
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The people who live on these twelve planets share their origins with a common location, that being Kobol.
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In the series Caprica, Taurons are heard speaking a separate language resembling Ancient Greek.
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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.
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In Caprica, Joseph Adama states that Tauron has no flowers growing on it; also, it has suffered a civil war.
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This force of Battlestars and Vipers has held the Cylons at bay and can easily outwit superior Cylon numbers with human ingenuity; Fleet personnel are renowned for their bravery and prowess in warfare in the Colonies and beyond.
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The Twelve Colonies were established by tribes who left their homeworld, Kobol, the alleged birthplace of humanity.
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The Quorum of Twelve is a fictional governing body of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol on the two Battlestar Galactica television series.