# Caprica Timeline (open BSG and Caprica spoilers)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-timeline-open-bsg-and-caprica-spoilers/535425>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 8, 2010, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-timeline-open-bsg-and-caprica-spoilers/535425 "2010-04-08T16:40:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-timeline-open-bsg-and-caprica-spoilers/535425/41 "2010-04-14T01:34:36Z")

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> [@alphaboi867](#):
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> … I wonder if battlestars pre-Cylon War were like aircraft carriers pre-WWII; they exist, but most navies are still focused more on battleships.

We’ve seen that they have early-model Vipers. Vipers are not jump-capable, so they’re short-range combat assets. If the colonies have them, they need some means to deploy them – battlestars, of some kind.

They’re probably also used for orbital defense, but it’s easier and cheaper to deploy emplaced defenses, maybe orbital weapons platforms, or ground-based missile silos.

(This, from experience earned playing Traveler’s Trillion Credit Squadron. 🙂 )

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-timeline-open-bsg-and-caprica-spoilers/535425/42 "2010-04-14T01:46:10Z")

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> [@jackdavinci](#):
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> As far as every Tauron being in the mafia, I don’t think we have seen that. What we have seen is that Taurons have very close families, and are probably used to a slightly corrupt government and large black market that is typical of a post civil war period.

The Taurons kind of reminded me of post-Soviet Russians. I once lived in a neighborhood with a large Russian population, and looking back on it, many of my neighbors reminded me of Taurons as depicted on Caprica. A few were in and out of trouble with the law, or involved in questionable activities; at the very least many had “connections”.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caprica-timeline-open-bsg-and-caprica-spoilers/535425/43 "2010-04-14T02:42:01Z")

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> [@Lightray](#):
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> We’ve seen that they have early-model Vipers. Vipers are not jump-capable, so they’re short-range combat assets. If the colonies have them, they need some means to deploy them – battlestars, of some kind…

True, but we don’t know if those can fly in space. Maybe instead of using manned fighters the various militaries use unmanned remote control fighters (which is where we seem to be headed). It would fight in with the whole idea of humanity having to downgrade it’s tech (& “unautomate” stuff)to survive.

[QUOTE=Munch]  
A lot of the questions you’ve raised have been touched on at Serge’s Twitter account. Geminon is known as “the most religious tolerant” colony - which is why the STO has found refuge there…  
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I’m not much of a Twitter fan so I haven’t been paying that much attention to Serge, but that is strange given how the Gemonese were portrayed on BSG. Geminon must undergo some pretty massive social shifts because of the war. It’s like the opposite of what happened in Quebec or Spain.

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