在電視影集中,殖民地各自有各自的語言。例如在舊影集中,傑蒙尼語(Gemonese)出現在許多場景裡。(在 Terra arc 中,據說泰拉(Terra)在傑蒙尼語裡指的是地球)
在舊系列的試播和小說中,艾達瑪曾說過薩吉塔拉星(Sagitara)有「殖民地裡最好的防禦系統」("the best defence systems in the Colonies")。
在小說版中有幾個殖民地被提及:維貢(Virgon)、薩吉塔拉(Sagitara)、凱布卡(Caprica)、史苟皮亞(Scorpia)、塔拉(Taura)、派希拉(Piscera)和傑蒙尼(Gemoni)。此外提及了一個叫做亞里亞納(Aeriana)的行星,但在影集的「The Long Patrol」中,它被念作亞里斯(Aeries)
在「Experiment in Terra」一集裡刪除的一幕場景中,阿波羅提到薩吉塔里亞(Sagitaria),雖然它應該(而且在其他集中也是)叫做薩吉塔拉(Sagitara)。
在凱布卡電視影集中,約瑟夫‧艾達瑪(Joseph Adama)說塔隆上在也沒有花生長了,同時這個殖民地面臨了內戰。它也是哈拉薩(Ha'la'tha)犯罪組織的家。塔隆人崇拜瑪爾斯神(Mars)。在賽隆戰爭前,凱布卡人以一種種族主義的角度看待塔隆人,曾有一個凱布卡政府部門私下說過「欺騙活在他們的DNA裡。」("Deceit is in their DNA.")
在星際大爭霸;計劃中曾提到:里昂尼斯有平原,史苟皮亞有叢林,維貢森林環繞,利布蘭奉獻給殖民地司法機構,塔隆有牧場,派空和阿奎利亞有大海,而坎瑟隆以海灘著稱(Leonis has plains, Scorpia has jungles, Virgon is forested, Libran is dedicated to the Colonial judiciary, Tauron has pastures, both Picon and Aquaria are largely covered in water, and Canceron is known for its beaches.)。該影集並沒有提到薩吉塔隆,而星際大爭霸2005中提到傑門農的神殿,助長了該星上強大的宗教力量。
在舊系列的小說版中,十二殖民地被稱為「三星的十二殖民地」("The Twelve Colonies of the Three Suns")。
舊影集
「法定的十二人」(Quorum of the Twelve),或叫做「十二殖民地議會」(Council of the Twelve),是統治十二殖民地的最高政府組織。議會由十二人組成,每個人代表一個殖民地。議會有一個總統(President)作為發言和代表的角色。同時也有一名軍隊總司令(Commander in Chief)統率軍隊。除非殖民地進入戒嚴,殖民地將由總統和平民組成的政府領導。在艾達總統(President Adar)和全體議會議員被賽隆人殺死後,殖民地剩餘的居民在艾達瑪指揮官(Commander Adama)的戰星銀河號的保護下繼續求生,艾達瑪也是殖民地議會僅存的最後一人,並宣布了戒嚴。巴塔伯爵(Count Baltar)也曾是議會的一員,他因為背叛議會的行為而逃過賽隆人的攻擊,也因此被剩餘的人剝奪了職權。殖民地議會有權宣布解除戒嚴,但是自從在「rag-tag fleet」上以失敗收場的公民政府重建運動後,這件事就沒人想嘗試了。
在星際大爭霸2005中,殖民地政府和以前的那個有所不同。它正式的名稱是「寇伯殖民地合眾國」〈United Colonies of Kobol〉,政府依據「殖民地憲法」(Articles of Colonization)建立,最高政府設有總統和內閣〈包含國防部長和教育部長〉,每一個部門都有一名部長。這個內閣政府和現實世界相較之下更為龐大,其中教育部長在總統無法視事時的繼承順位是第43,而在真實世界中的美國政府,最低順位僅到第18。這個政府的法律裡有死刑,叛國罪的刑罰包括直接把犯人發射到太空裡。一名死刑犯在劇中就被蘿拉‧洛斯林總統以此方法處決,在湯姆‧柴瑞克短暫的任期上,他也做過這種事。軍方處決犯人的方式則是槍決。地方的殖民地政府包含了一個行星市長的職位,艾達總統在選上總統前就曾擔任市長。由一些神職人員的存在(例如第一季和第二季的艾拉夏牧師(Elosha))可以推知殖民地政府可能有某種宗教信仰。在羅納德‧摩爾的星際大爭霸部落格中,他指出殖民地政府有一個更大的、尚未命名的代表體(可能類似「Lay Down Your Burdens」之三裡面提到的人民議會(People's Council)),還有一個獨立的司法體系,和一個有諮詢功能的宗教體系。[5]
"The mythology of the new Galactica is heavily influenced by that established in the original. I've always approached this project with an eye toward taking the original material and making it work in a new context. I still try to do this whenever possible. Does it make sense that there would be a star system with 12 inhabitable planets? Not really, but that was in the original and at some point I decided to run with that as another nod to the old show. The mythology of the old show centered around Kobol and the thirteen 'tribes of man,' so I've kept it as the centerpiece of ours. Not every single element is the same and not every element is even intact, but the roots are there. The point was to make another version of Battlestar Galactica, not just use the name." (Ron Moore Blog, January 30, 2005 (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館).)
"In Episode 11, Colonial Day we'll see the reinstatement of the Quorum of Twelve, a political body established in the original series, which seems to be a cross between a US style Senate and the UN Security Council, where each Colony has a single vote. Presumably there was also a larger representative legislative body and some kind of separate judiciary. There is also a religious body, (unnamed thus far) that acts in some advisory capacity to the government, along the lines of the British House of Lords. Although we haven't dealt with it yet, Elosha was probably a member of this body." (Ron Moore Blog, January 30, 2005 (頁面存檔備份,存於網際網路檔案館).)
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