Cylons is a robot fictional race in the original TV series Battlestar Galactica . They are the main antagonists of the series and are in war with the Twelve Colonies of humanity. Cylons also appeared in the spin-off series of 1980s short-lived Galactica 1980.
The latest version of the original Cylon also appears in the re-imagined series: briefly in a flashback combat sequence at Battlestar Galactica: Razor, in hand-to-hand combat with young William Adama after they have fired their respective fighter- each downward; and some in the final event "Daybreak", on board the old Cylon ships known as "The Colony".
Cylons are created by the reptile race, also called Cylons. However, reptile races died out centuries before, leaving only their robotic race.
Video Cylon (1978)
Type
Imperative Leader
The Imperious Leader is the leader of the Cylon Alliance and the most advanced Cylon model. According to IL-Series Cylon Lucifer , Imperious Leader is IL-Series Cylon, though it does not look like the IL-Series Cylon. All Imperius Leaders look alike.
The Imperius leader has a third brain and a shell that resembles a reptilian Cylons. The original novelization of the pilot episode states that the third brain of the Imperius Leaders is specifically designed to mimic the human mind (only for the purpose of anticipating human action). Since the novelization, however, also specifically describes the Cylons as organic living reptiles, not robots, it is unclear whether the Imperious Leader Robot has a third brain or not. The appearance of the Imperius Leader reptile shows the question of whether all the living Cylons have died.
One of the fearless leaders was killed in the Battle of Carillon (pilot episode). His successor may be destroyed during the Battle of Gamoray (episode: "The Living Legend, Part 2").
In the original 1978-79 series, the voices of the Imperius and Satan Counters were identical, provided by Patrick Macnee (who played the Devil Count in front of the camera). In the episode of Galactica 1980 "Space Croppers", the voice of the Imperative Leader is given by Dennis Haysbert.
IL-series
Although they look more civil than officers, the IL-series Cylons acts as commander for the military and governors for civilians from the Alliance. They have two brains, and most of the heads are transparent where the various lights can look pulsed. They also have a humanoid, metallic face with two eye scanners (compared to a single eye scanner from the Centurion model), and wear clothing (full glittering robe). Two IL-series Cylons have been shown on screen, both of which have a human-sounding sound, unlike the mechanical flat tones of Centurion. They:
- Lucifer - Ambar's ambitious second commander (voiced by Jonathan Harris).
- Specter - Commander on the planet Atilla in "The Young Lords", and rival Lucifer and equally ambitious (voiced by Murray Matheson).
Two additional IL-Series Cylons were displayed on-screen in the Cylon Gamoray capital during the visit of Imperius Leader, which occurred during the episode "The Living Legend, Part II". Lucifer refers to the second Imperative Leader as an upgrade of an IL-model like himself.
Command Centurion
Command Centurion is a Centurion with gold armor. This is a lower commander for individual military units, although they can be responsible for all Basestars and garrisons. The most famous Cylon of this model is Commander Vulpa (once identified in The Cylon Death Machine, Robert Thurston's novelization of "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero"). Their voices are slightly lower than regular Centurion.
In the novelization of the original series it is mentioned that there is an elite class of Centurion Command (referred to as First Officer), roughly equivalent to Feudal Count, who acts as an executive officer to the Imperius Leader and is not subject to IL-Series, and (like IL-series ) they are also said to have many brains. In the TV series this really looks on the screen, though very rarely, and is distinguished from other Command Centurions by black ribbons in their golden armor. Vulpa was originally from this class but has been lowered and placed on Arcta ice planet.
Centurion
Android androids with silver armor. The Basic Officers formed ground troops and military pilots of the Alliance. Although the Roman Officer on Earth ordered a unit of eighty people, the Cylon Centurions form the rank and file of Cylon forces.
Officers armed with powerful energy weapons, often referred to as blaster rifles. They also have bayonets and swords for close combat and the execution of prisoners.
Some Officers in the series have been named:
- Serpentine Flight Leader from "Saga of a Star World", and Cyrus from "The Return of Starbuck" (Galactica 1980).
- In the episode "The Lost Warrior", there is a Cylon Centurion that remains active after the ship falls on the Equellus planet and is named "Red Eye" by the man who found it.
- In "The Night the Cylons Landed" (Galactica 1980), the Centurion that accompanies Android Andromus is introduced as Centuri to humans in costumes, but this may be an attempt to disguise the true nature of Centurion.
The Cylon Centurions - the type most often depicted in the native Battlestar Galactica - are very similar to Star Wars Stormtroopers (actually, both are designed by the same) concept artist, Ralph McQuarrie). The similarity is so strong that it becomes one of the factors driving the 20th Century Fox lawsuit for copyright infringement against Universal Studios, the copyright owner of Battlestar Galactica . However, the lawsuit did not work.
Both the Golden Centurion Commander and the silver officers have their voices voiced with the use of EMS Vocoder 2000.
Civil
There is also a unique Cylon with a shimmering robe, with a metallic humanoid face. They are seen in the Imperative Leaders delegation to Gamoray in "The Living Legend". This is definitely a kind of civil Cylon, because Gamoray is said to have a very large civil Cylons community, despite how Cylon civil society differs from its never-explored military. This is the only known type of civilian Cylons. But since they must have some kind of acceptance on Imperative Leaders, it can be assumed that they are not ordinary civilians Cylons; they may be members of a kind of aristocracy.
Humanoid
The Cylon humanoid is a relatively new model, probably first built long after the destruction of the Twelve Human Colonies.
Although fully mechanically under artificial skin, the humanoid model, in fact, an android, displays a shallow human appearance, as well as a condescending attitude towards non-humanoid Centurion.
Two Cylon humanoids are featured in the episode "The Night the Cylons Landed" from Galactica 1980 , one of them named Andromus.
Maps Cylon (1978)
Spacecraft
Cylons are described as a devout race that does not spend time in idle activity, and they use several models, but only the spacecraft is required, like this:
Cylon Fighters
- Cylon Raider: A heavy fighter with three crew, two pilots and a commander. They are armed with double ignition laser cannon.
- A-B Raider: The advanced variation of the Raider, manned by three Centurions and two Android Cylon. Seen in the episode of Galactica 1980 "The Night the Cylons Landed" Section 1.
- The new analogue analogue network is Cound Heavy Raider.
Cylon Capital Ships
- Basestar: A large warship with two built-in pulses and a lot of laser turrets, bringing 300 Raiders, but without a visible machine.
Civil Use or Dual Cylon Ships
- Cylon Freighter: A cargo ship referenced in the soundtrack Battlestar Galactica and ships responsible for electronic interference at the Battle of Cimtar at "Saga of a Star World".
- Cylon Tanker: A ship to transport "tylium" fuel. Cylons use at least one, if not two, to refuel their fighters at the Battle of Cimtar at "Saga of a Star World;" Apollo and Zac find that are solely identified as having been emptied. The other two are met at the Battle of Gamoray at "The Living Legend".
Civilization
In the 1978 movie and the Galactica series and the 1980s spin-off, the Cylons were created by an extinct reptilian race called the Cylons, as related to Apollo in the first episode. In the episode "War of the Gods", Count Baltar mentions that the reptilian Cylons are finally "overcome by their own technology" (especially after the Imperius Leader was created, despite having a "minor error" in his program), and recognizing the Devil's Voice as the voice of Cylon's leader, and Satan replied that if it were true, it must be "transcribed" more than a thousand yahren (years) ago.
At the beginning of the series, the Cylons specifically dedicated to the destruction of mankind. The war began when the Cylon Empire sought to expand into the Hasarist territory, and the Human Colonies intervened in the name of the conquered Hasarists. Because of that event, the Cylon Empire now sees all humanity as a target.
Cylons led by Imperious Leader, an IL-Series Cylon was appointed to the highest leadership position over all Cylons. All Cylons, from the lower IL series, usually repeat the phrase "With Your Command" when responding to any order.
The Cylon Empire is also responsible for the tribute power under the auspices of the Cylon Alliance. The Ovions (a race of insecticides enslaved by the Cylons and transported to the planet Carillon for mining purposes) are the only known members of the Cylon Alliance shown on screen. Apart from Ovions and (defeated) Hasaris, the only known race conquered by the Cylons is the Delphians, who are said to have been destroyed in "The Living Legend."
The Cylon Society seems almost exclusively military. Until the invention of Gamoray, which had been targeted by the Colonial fleet for its rich fuel reserves, there was no Cylon outpost ever seen by anyone.
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Novel
- In the pilot series novelization, the Cylons are described as a militaristic reptile race that has conquered its course across the galaxy. This novelization was written by Glen Larson, the creator of the series, who originally intended the Cylons to be an alien species; and, in fact, the later edited dialogue of "Saga of a Star World" illustrates this point. However, network sensors worry about violence, so Cylon becomes a robot. At the moment, two novels have been written depicting the Cylons as multibrained aliens, so the Cylon Drone was created to justify all the dying robots on display. As a living thing, organic beings, the original Cylon forces can be promoted through implantation of a second brain surgery. When Cylon was appointed the Imperius Leader, he received a third brain.
- The original series novelization states that the elite class of Centurion Komando acts as an executive officer to the Imperius Leader and is not subject to IL-Series. In the TV series they are distinguished from other Command Centurions by black bands in their golden armor and very rarely seen. Vulpa was originally from this class but has been lowered and placed on Arcta ice planet.
- In the latest novelization of the original series mentioned that there is a lower class than the usual Centurion, the Cylon Drone. Though appearing identical to Centurion, Drones are robots, incapable of sophisticated independent thinking - beyond following simple instructions for performing rough tasks.
Multibrain status and built-in lie detector
Berkley's book series also explores two other aspects of Cylon design. The first is the development of multiple brain states. This allows the Cylons to think extra and deductive abilities. The second is an unexplained talent for knowing when a human is lying, suggested in the episode "The Lost Warrior".
Presented in the book The Gun on Ice Planet Zero , the second of two novels written before the network was forcing the Cylons into robots, their multibrain status is a surgical inclusion of additional brains, allowing for a higher rate. ability to think. The commanding commander and garrison commander on the Tairac planet, Vulpa, demonstrated this ability.
- Cylon centurions (chrome soldiers) have a single brain status.
- The commanding officer has three brain states.
- Leaders who enjoy three or four brain states.
- IL-series Cylons, such as Lucifer and Specter, have a second brain status.
Comic book
According to comics Maximum Press Battlestar Galactica , just before the start of the Thousand War of Yahren, the Supreme Leader of Cylons made an agreement with the mysterious Count Iblis and the devil (which means "Satan" in Arabic language) to betray his entire race in return the power that will enable him to "become like the Count of the Devil". Counting the Devil, however, has lied about the process of "empowerment," instead of changing the Imperius Leader into a cybernetic entity, more machines than organic creatures. Anger, the Imperative Leader cursed revenge and became more and more driven by conquests and wars.
In the Maximum Press comics, Cylon was originally led by a cruel, conqueror and expansionist emperor named Sobekkta, one of the original living Cylons, who is a smart humanoid reptile race.
In Battlestar Galactica # 16 Berserker !!, Apollo, during planetary search, unfortunately came across a single Mark III Cylon prototype, which proved more creative and adaptive like humans in its strategy, giving more abilities to defeat humans. The existing Cylons consider this advanced Cylon prototype more a threat to them, however, because of the unquenchable megalomania to power, and hence they make it stranded away from the Cylon empire until it is needed (if ever).
Video game
Cylons also appear in the official computer game adaptation, which is a prequel to the original series and the re-imagined.
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