"We're the children of humanity. That makes them our parents in a sense."
"True, but parents have to die. It's the only way children can come into their own." ---
It is the year unknown, galaxy: the Milky Way.
Once upon a time, Mankind was created by the Lords of Kobol, Gods representing most Greek Gods. For many years, they lived in peace with the Lords of Kobol on Kobol, until they sinned, and fell from grace. They were exiled, and settled the 12 Colonies of Man. One tribe seperated, and went into the unknown to settle on Earth.
The Cylons were created by Man. They were created to make life easier on the Twelve Colonies. And then the day came when the Cylons decided to kill their masters. After a long and bloody struggle, an armistice was declared. The Cylons left for another world to call their own. A remote space station was built... where Cylon and Human could meet and maintain diplomatic relations. Every year, the Colonials send an officer. The Cylons send no one. No one has seen or heard from the Cylons in over forty years.
Thus began the miniseries called Battlestar Galactica. The Cylons appear, showing themselves to have mimicked human form, both biologically and psychologically. After a "deadly" kiss, the space station is destroyed. Battlestar Galactica is an aging ship, a relic from the First (at that time, the only) Cylon War. Electronics aboard are limited, another relic of the past war with the Cylons, when heavy electronics use could be interfered or jammed or infiltrated by the superior Cylon technology. After a brief decommissioning ceremony, the crew of BSG learns of a Cylon attack against the Colonies is underway. With Caprica and Saggitaron nuked, BSG (Battlestar Galactica) hyperjumps away to the safety of Ragnar Anchorage, where many weapons depots can be located for fleet usage.
Aboard Ragnar Anchorage, we meet one of the most interesting guest characters on BSG, a Cylon who looks human, named Leoben Conoy, my favorite character on BSG.
With the fact revealed that the Cylons have infiltrated the Colonies, what is left of the Colonies escapes to the safety of Ragnar Anchorage, also revealed to possess radiation harmful to the Cylons, making it a base for the moment.
Secretary Roslin of the Colonies, mere education secretary, assumes the presidency, and gathers civilian ships to Galactica.
After convincing Commander Adama, the only known commander known to be alive, to retreat, and abandon the destroyed and ruined Colonies, a great battle ensues, in which the Fleet escapes, jumping off to safety, with the Cylons hot on their tail.
With the end of the miniseries revealing a key character is a Cylon sleeper agent, the Cylons investigate abandoned Ragnar Anchorage, deciding to exterminate the humans, though it may take centuries to find them.
---
The show goes on, but I won't really talk about much because I'd rather keep a lot of it a surprise. I will however, once I feel like it, explain some of the psychology behind the show, some of the best acting I've ever seen, and the religious undertones of the show, including the differences between the Cylon and Colonial philosophies.