Survivor count
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The number if surviving colonials in the fleet is provided at intervals throughout the first season on a whiteboard on Colonial One, and in one instance spoken aloud in dialogue. In the second season, this number appears in the opening credits of every episode (sometimes jokingly referred to as the "Countdown to Extinction"), and displays limited omniscience, updating itself to reflect the deaths on Kobol early in that season. This page collects the figures available thus far, cross-referenced with date information from Re-Imagined Series Timeline.
Day 6
- 50,298 - initial estimate.
- 49,998 - after revising count downward by 300.
- 47,972 - after destruction of the Olympic Carrier.
Day 25
- 47,954
Day 28
- 47,905 - given by Dr. Gaius Baltar, possibly excluding himself and Sharon Valerii. Unusually large reduction for a 3-day period.
Day 48
- 47,898 - immediately after Valence's death.
Day 50
- 47,897
Day 51
Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II
- 47,887
- 47,875 - Boomer was probably removed after her assasination attempt.
- 47,874 - Tarn
Day 54 (est)
- 47,861 - Crashdown
Day 61 (est)
- 47,857 - Four civillians onboard the Gideon.