Krypter
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The colonial equivalent of the "mayday" distress call.
In the mini-series, after destroying a Cylon missile inbound for Colonial Heavy 798, Lee Adama loses power to his Viper, and puts out a mayday call to Colonial Heavy 798 prefixed by, "Krypter, krypter, krypter..."