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.
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 - T1 miniserie.zip
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. The draft ends with the shocking realization that
The planetary centers are decimated, and the human race is pushed to the brink of extinction. The peace is shattered by a coordinated nuclear
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
Because Adama refused to network his ship's computers, the Galactica remains the only capital ship unaffected by the Cylon virus.