Capricans live a very cosmopolitian life with a prosperous economy and have access to the latest technological conveniences. They appear to be accepting of just about any lifestyle, and with few reservations, seem to live and let live.

"It started like it always did. With a body. This one was in the river, and I could tell she had once been beautiful, but this bullet and fast current had taken away from her. All we are, or that we think we are, all that we are certain about, is taken away from us. When you've worked the streets and seen what I've seen, you become more and more convinced of it every day. (New York City) has been my teacher, my mistress. From the moment I opened my eyes, she is in my blood, like cheap wine. Bitter and sweet, tinged with regret. I'll never be free of her, nor do I wanna be, for she is what I am. All that is, should always be." Great Line

Cavil: in all your travels have you ever seen a star supernova?

Ellen: No.

Cavil: No.  Well I have.  I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the universe.  Other stars, other planets and eventually other life.  A supernova.  Creation itself.  I was there I wanted to see it and be part of the moment.  And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe?  With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull.  With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum.  With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air.

Ellen: The 5 of us designed you to be as human as possible.

Cavil: I don’t want to be human!  I want to see gamma rays.  I want to hear x-rays and I, I wanna…I wanna smell dark matter.  Do you see the absurdity of what I am.  I can’t even express these things properly because I have to, I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limited spoken language.  But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws and feel the solar wind of a supernova FLOWING over me.  I’m a machine.  And I could know much more.  I could experience so much more but I’m trapped in this absurd body.  And Why!?  Because my 5 creators thought that GOD wanted it that way.