[peter noble]

From Susan Paxton's BG Concordance:

BORELLA: Baltar admitted that the Borellian desert layers he saved for the Nomen weren’t actually from Borella but were the closest thing available from the livestock ship (BE). Borella is evidently the home planet of the Nomen; whether it might possibly be the same planet as Borallus is impossible to say from the information given in the series.

BORELLA, FREIGHTER: The Nomen make their home aboard this ship in the fleet (MN).

BORELLIAN DESERT LAYER: Baltar saved some Borellian desert layers for Maga, Bora, and Taba when he was on mess duty aboard the prison barge (BE). Evidently a favored food of the Nomen, probably a bird of some kind; what Baltar gave the Nomen looked like chicken breasts.

BORELLIAN NOMEN: The Nomen are incredibly tough and merciless warriors, the only people who could survive on their planet, “the land of the mega sun and the endless sands.” The Nomen are sustained by their ironbound Code, which determines their conduct. The Nomen believe that only they will survive the exodus from the Colonies. Physically they appear to be human, but with bony ridges above their eye sockets. They have the ability to make their hearts appear to stop for short periods. Mature Nomen are bearded. They wear rough cloaks and carry the feared laser boles on cross belts (MN, BE).