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Triad is a team sport first shown in the Battlestar Galactica
(1978) two-part episode War of the Gods. A variation, with a different name (Pyramid), is shown in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2003) series.

Original series

It is played by two teams of two players each. The court is an three-sided, walled enclosure perhaps 30 feet (10 meters) on a side. The "baskets" are circular holes about 14 inches in diameter in the center of each of the three walls about 8 feet above the floor. A few feet above the holes are transparent windows so that spectators may observe the game first-hand. The games are also televised throughout the fleet.

The length of a game is unknown, but there is a timer that counts down to the end of the game. At the beginning of the game and after each basket, the players form a circle holding hands while circling in the center of the court. The ball, about the size of a volleyball and painted silver, is launched in to the court from one of the baskets. The players attempt to gain possession of the ball by breaking away from the circle. Passes may be made to your teammate by bouncing the ball off of one or more walls.

The players are dressed in shorts and a halter top, both with conspicuous padding. Triad is a rough, contact sport. No fouls were called during the episode, so it is unknown if there are any.

A point is scored for the team who manages to put the ball in one of the baskets. The three baskets are painted from floor to the top of the wall dark yellow (gold), dark blue and dark green (almost black), respectively. A truncated triangle is painted on the floor between the bottoms of each of the baskets.

In the episode War of the Gods, the gold team is seen scoring in the gold basket, and the blue team is seen scoring in the blue and green baskets. Since the rules aren't given, it is unknown if a team may score in only its own color plus the third color, or if a team may score in any baskets.

New series

The game has also been featured on several episodes of the new Battlestar Galactica (2003-2005), in which it bears more resemblance to Basketball, and seems to be more thought out as a sport than it was in the original show. The "Caprica Buccaneers," a professional Triad (Pyramid) team, show up in several episodes. Admiral Adama also refers to the "Picon Panthers" Pyramid team as his favorite; this line may infer that each colony would have a team (rather than particular cities as both teams thus far are named for entire colonies).

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