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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>: ''For the version of this colony depicted in the [[List of Comics#Dynamite Comics|Dynamite Comics]], see: [[Aerilon (alternate)]].'' [[Image:ColonialColors7.png|100px|thumb|Colors and symbol of Aerilon]]<br />
: ''Note: some of the information below is taken from [http://www.nbcuniversalstore.com/beyond-caprica-a-vistors-pocket-guide-to-the-twelve-colonies/detail.php?p=268969 ''Beyond Caprica: A Visitor's Pocket Guide to the Twelve Colonies'']<br />
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'''Aerilon''' is primarily an agricultural world, known as the "food basket" of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. <br>Despite this, Aerilon is considered to be one of the poorest Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). Its capital city is Gaoth. <br />
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== Government ==<br />
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Aerilon's government provides little or no support for health care, education, or other social infrastructure services. However, Aerilonians accept police with broad powers to detain, imprison, and torture suspects.<br />
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== Economy ==<br />
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Although Aerilon's soil is not very fertile and requires intensive cultivation to achieve plentiful harvests, it is primarily an agricultural world. The capital, Gaoth, started as a prairie town on intersecting cattle trails. Aerilon also <br>has [[tylium]] mines, and Promethea, one of the larger cities on the planet, was founded as a mining town on the edge of a region known as the Badlands (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'', deleted scenes). <br />
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== History ==<br />
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Fifteen people died when President [[Richard Adar]], for reasons unexplained, sent the [[Colonial Marine Corps|Marines]] to Aerilon ([[TRS]]: "[[Water]]").<br />
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== Culture ==<br />
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While imprisoned on ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'', [[Gaius Baltar]] talks extensively about Aerilon, confirming that it, not [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], was his birth world. He imitates the speech mannerisms of a stereotypical native, a farmer who likes to work with his hands, and "go down to the pub for a pint"<ref>Baltar's use of the term "pub" and "pint" suggest that Aerilon's culture is reminiscent of that of the workers of Ireland, Scotland or England. Baltar's use of a unit of liquid measurement called a "[[jp]]" in the episode "[[Water]]" and "pint" suggests that the Colonials may have several units of liquid volume. The term "pint" is also a nickname for a glass of beer, which often is measured in Imperial pints.</ref> and have a fight at the end of the night. In doing this, Baltar puts on a strong [[Language in the Twelve Colonies#Aerilon Accent|raspy "Aerilon" accent]] <ref>Actor [[James Callis]], who normally speaks in his own native accent, adopted an accent similar to a Yorkshire accent for Baltar's "native Aerilon."</ref> ([[TRS]]: "[[Dirty Hands]]"). <br />
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Likewise, the musical and visual arts of Aerilon are informed by simple, harsh agrarian and working-class sensibilities.<br />
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Aerilon's prime educational institution, the University of Aerilon, is located in Gaoth. Promethea A&M is based in the mining boomtown of Promethea (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'', deleted scenes).<br />
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== Other ==<br />
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[[Image:lest_we_forget.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The only [[Lest We Forget|visual depiction]] of Aerilon.]]<br />
*The professional [[Pyramid (RDM)|Pyramid]] team from Aerilon played against the [[Caprica Buccaneers]] in one of the last games before the Cylon attack. They apparently won ([[TRS]]: "[[Resistance (episode)|Resistance]]").<br />
*A [[Lest We Forget|photo of a grief-stricken soldier]] staring out at the ruins of Aerilon's capital hangs behind President Roslin's desk and on the bulkhead of a [[pilot ready rooms|pilot ready room]] on ''Galactica''. The pilots touch the photo for luck and in a sign of respect as they leave the room. This photo of Aerilon gives viewers one of the few visual depictions of life on a colony other than Caprica.<br />
*Aerilon Crystal table salt is used by [[Racetrack]] in the [[Salt Line Ceremony]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Exodus, Part I]]").<br />
*Several of the Colonies' greatest artists, writers, and political leaders came from the planet, although their fame was almost always achieved after leaving Aerilon. <br />
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===Natives===<br />
*[[Gaius Baltar]]<br />
*[[Alisander Asiel]], Aerilon's representative to the [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum of Twelve]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Colonial Day]]").<br />
*[[Coker Fasjovik]], Colonial flight officer during the [[Cylon War]]. (''[[Blood and Chrome]]'')<br />
*[[Saul Tigh]] (alleged, actually a [[humanoid Cylon]])<br />
*[[Sekou Hamilton]], presumed; editor of the ''Aerilon Gazette'' ([[TRS]]: "Colonial Day").<br />
*[[Socinus]], presumed; the zodiac sign of Aries is [[:Image:SocinusTatoo KLGp1.JPG|tattooed]] on his arm ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]]", [[List of Deleted Scenes - Season 1 (RDM)#Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I|deleted scene]]).<br />
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===Publications===<br />
*''[[Aerilon Gazette]]''<br />
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===Locations===<br />
* [[Cuffle's Breath Wash]]<br />
* [[Euclid River]]<br />
* Promethea<br />
* Gaoth<br />
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== Notes==<br />
*The spelling of this colony is sometimes inconsistent in the Re-imagined Series' official cast and crew notes and episode content, in the same way that the [[Original Series]] had inconsistent spellings of "Centurion" and "Centurian". The colony is spelled "Aerilon" in the episodes "[[Home, Part I]]" and "[[The Son Also Rises]]" in official Colonial documentation, as well as placards from "[[Colonial Day]]" and various [[Season 4]] episodes. Further research into this has lead Battlestar Wiki to choose the more prevalent spelling that appears on various props in the series, as well as spellings from the scripts: "Aerilon".<br />
*[[Socrata Thrace]] and [[Galen Tyrol]] pronounce the name as "Air-lon", while Baltar pronounces it "Air-e-lon".<br />
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