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.
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
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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
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. The peace is shattered by a coordinated nuclear
The planetary centers are decimated, and the human race is pushed to the brink of extinction.
Because Adama refused to network his ship's computers, the Galactica remains the only capital ship unaffected by the Cylon virus. The Gathering: A New President and an Old
The draft ends with the shocking realization that the Cylons can look, act, and feel exactly like humans. This shifts the threat from an external enemy to an internal one, setting the dark, gritty tone for the series ahead.