Adama initially wants to fight, but President Roslin convinces him that their primary mission is now survival—not war. They begin gathering every civilian ship they can find to form a ragtag fleet. The Twist: Humanity Reimagined
Number Six , a Cylon in human form, reveals herself to Gaius Baltar , a brilliant scientist whose unwitting cooperation allowed the Cylon virus to bypass colonial firewalls. The Gathering: A New President and an Old Ship
The peace is shattered by a coordinated nuclear strike across the Twelve Colonies. Using a backdoor in humanity's defense software, the Cylons disable the Colonial fleet's advanced systems, leaving them defenseless. Battlestar Galactica - T1 miniserie.zip
With the central government destroyed, , the Secretary of Education (and 43rd in the line of succession), is sworn in as the President of the Twelve Colonies aboard a civilian transport.
Battlestar Galactica Miniseries Part 1 - sciphilconf.berkeley.edu Adama initially wants to fight, but President Roslin
The story opens on a remote diplomatic station where, after 40 years of silence, the —man-made androids—return not as machines, but in human form. Simultaneously, the aging Battlestar Galactica , under the command of William Adama , is undergoing a decommissioning ceremony to become a museum. The Attack: The Fall of the Twelve Colonies
The planetary centers are decimated, and the human race is pushed to the brink of extinction. The Gathering: A New President and an Old
Because Adama refused to network his ship's computers, the Galactica remains the only capital ship unaffected by the Cylon virus.