The scene, which reveals that the Cylons have since gained the ability to mimic the human form, ends with the Cylons destroying the space station.
The Cylons return from their forty-year absence in an attempt to exterminate the human race, beginning with a sudden, unexpected and simultaneous nuclear bombardment of the Twelve Colonies. They then pursue the Battlestar Galactica as it arms itself against the new threat and escorts a fleet of civilian ships, including a government chartered ship later dubbed Colonial One, fleeing the Cylon invasion.
The nuclear attack is made possible by the Cylons' infiltration of the Colonies' defense mainframe, through a Cylon agent known as Number Six who mimics a human woman both physically and behaviourally. Number Six is able to seduce the human scientist working on colonial defence, Dr. Gaius Baltar. She helps him with his software algorithms and in doing so covertly creates backdoors in the navigation programs used by the Colonial warships. When the Cylons attack, they are able to penetrate Colonial firewalls, disabling entire fighter squadrons outright and sabotaging vital capital-ship systems (in one incident, a battlestar loses power prior to being destroyed by the Cylons).
The Battlestar Galactica however, thanks to its non-networked computer systems, is unaffected by the mainframe exploits. It is in the process of being decommissioned and converted into a museum to honor its role in the first Cylon war, when it receives news of the attack and learns that the fleet headquarters, and a significant proportion of the colonial fleet has been destroyed. Commander Adama, Galactica's commanding officer, assumes control of the fleet after hearing that Admiral Nagala has been killed.
To avoid Cylon forces, Galactica performs a 'Faster-than-light' (FTL) jump - an instantaneous teleportation - to Ragnar Anchorage where it can restock on ammunition. Meanwhile, Colonial Heavy 798, which was carrying Secretary of Education Laura Roslin back to Caprica following Galactica's decommissioning ceremony, learns that Caprica City has been nuked. When the 42 government officials ahead of her in the presidential line of succession fail to check in per emergency procedures, Roslin assumes the presidency and Colonial Heavy 798 becomes Colonial One. A fleet of civilian ships that were stranded in the Caprica system in the aftermath of the attack look to Roslin for leadership, while Dr. Baltar, who manages to escape Caprica on a ship, joins the fleet. In expectation of a Cylon attack after the fleet is spotted by a Cylon raider, Roslin orders those civilian ships with hyperjump capability to jump to Ragnar and rendezvous with Galactica. She makes the decision to leave behind those ships with only sublight engines, including the Geminon Botanical Cruiser. Thousands are left behind, and Roslin is revealed to have been correct — the Cylons promptly appear and destroy every human ship left behind. Battlestar Galactica原本是70年代末的一部老片,最近当选为TV-DVD Awards的70年代最佳,讲述的是人类和自己制造的机器人cylons之间的战争。2003上演的mini和今年上演的Season1是旧故事的延续。
“最初人们制造了它们只是为了让生活更方面。终于这一天,cylons决定要消灭它们的制造者。经过血与泪的战争,终于取得了和平。cylons去寻找它们自己空间生存。为了与cylons保持外交关系,人们建立了一个太空站。每年,人们都会派一位官员去那里,cylons从来没来过。人们已经四十年没见过 cylons了。” ——影片陈述,翻译的不好,别见笑。
故事猹始于一个外交官去空间站,他没想到这年cylons派了人来,不是他所熟悉的那种机器人,居然是个美女(间谍,复制人,有12个一模一样的)。和平被打破了,cylon悄悄地派出了美女谍进入人类殖民地,并摧毁了人类所有的电脑系统之后发动了攻击。赖以电脑网络生存的人类军队无力反抗,一天之内,cylon几乎消灭了12个殖民地,以及大部分的太空舰队。战舰Galactica由于拒绝接入电脑网络,并且有着优秀的主角们得以生存。人类再次挣扎着......