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=== Caprica ===
Ancient Name: Capricorn
Caprica is a large blue-green planet. Caprica was the Twelve Colonies' seat of politics, culture, art, science, and learning.
The planet was devastated by a massive nuclear attack and the sky has turned orange due to the onset of a nuclear winter. While a lot of people died from the radiation, some survived with the use of anti-radiation medication. However, the plant life is presumably dying, making long-term human survival on the planet doubtful. The few surviving larger cities were taken over the Cylons who used the planet as a base of operations for a time. 
The planet's largest population center was Caprica City, which served as the seat of all three branches of the Colonial Government and the capital of the Twelve Colonies. The city is completely destroyed in the Cylon attack on the Colonies. Caprica City is surrounded by other small towns and hamlets, such as Oasis. Another major city is Delphi, famous for the Delphi Museum of the Colonies and also home to a large spaceport. The Cylons spared Delphi from nuclear bombardment in order to use it as a base of operations in their occupation of the planet.[Read more...]
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==Sagittaron==
Ancient Name: Sagittarius
Sagittaron endured centuries of exploitation at the hands of the other Colonies, leading to the colony becoming one of the poorest.
This continued even during unified Colonial rule, so that eventually Tom Zarek of the S.F.M. led an organized series of terrorist acts against the established government there, many years before the fall of the Colonies. One of these acts include blowing up a government building. Under Sagittaron penal law, convicted felons lose their citizenship, but have it automatically reinstated after they finish serving their sentences. This included the right to vote and to stand for election.
The Sagittarons practice a form of the Colonial religion that can trace its roots for at least 1,000 years. Like the Gemenese, they developed a staunch religious stance but with possibly a greater emphasis on traditional folk practice than scripture. They view medicine as "an abomination, a sin against the gods."[Read more...]
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