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The Entire Battlestar Galactica Timeline Explained

In the fall of 2019, NBC announced its new Peacock streaming service would include a reboot of the science fiction franchise Battlestar Galactica. No cast was announced, but the news did name Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail as the bear witness'due south executive producer. After the announcement, fans wondered whether this new series was going to be a reboot or a sequel or something else, then Esmail took to Twitter to articulate up some of the defoliation. "BSG fans, this volition Not exist a remake of the astonishing series [Ronald D. Moore] launched considering... why mess with perfection? Instead, we'll explore a new story inside the mythology while staying true to the spirit of Battlestar. Then say we all!"

The world of Battlestar Galactica spans hundreds of thousands of years. The original Battlestar Galactica first premiered in 1978, with a sequel series called Galactica 1980 post-obit in 1980. A re-imagined Galactica premiered on Syfy in 2004 and ran for four seasons, offering upwardly some compelling postal service-9/11 commentary on war and humanity along the way. Information technology'll be interesting to run into which themes this new series volition address, only before information technology premieres, permit'southward revisit the BSG timeline, and see where the latestBattlestar Galactica might fit in.

Ancient history and the Final Five

On a planet named Kobol, tens of thousands of light-years from Globe, a race of humans evolved and became the dominant species on their planet. They developed many of the same scientific advancements that we have on World — and went several steps further, creating artificial intelligence in the form of robots they used as slave labor. Somewhen, the robots, named Cylons, rose up and rebelled confronting their human masters. Their war so devastated Kobol that humans and Cylons both abandoned it. The humans went on to colonize a dissever arrangement of twelve planets, while the Cylons settled on a planet they called "Earth."

On "Earth," the Cylons evolved until they became cybernetic humanoids ("skinjobs") and once over again enslaved a race of mechanical, robotic Cylons, not learning from their history. Once again, the robotic Cylons revolted confronting their masters, and an intense state of war was waged. During this time, a Cylon consciousness evolved to the point that it existed on a higher "software"-like plane, becoming an all-seeing type of Cylon God.

Afterward total nuclear devastation of "World," just 5 scientific researchers survived. They invented resurrection applied science, which "downloads" their consciousness into a new, identical clone body. Knowing that the humans had since become the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, these "Final Five" Cylons made it their mission to find them and warn them that the past could echo itself, and to treat their creations better.

Caprica, the Re-Invention of the Cylons, and the First Cylon War

While the Final Five were making their manner to the Twelve Colonies, the humans did indeed create their own version of artificial intelligence, robots that they enslaved and too called Cylons. The creation of these Cylon "Centurions" was detailed in Caprica, a prequel serial that aired after Battlestar Galactica ended. In the series, men named Daniel Graystone and Thomas Vergis invent the cybernetic technology used to create the Cylon Centurions. Daniel'south daughter, Zoe, is killed in a terrorist assault, but her consciousness is downloaded into a virtual globe, and then placed within ane of the Centurions, creating the first sentient Cylon. This suggests the beginning of when the Centurions started to evolve, as Zoe's consciousness spreads through their organization. Zoe's parents eventually brand her a biological clone body, a "skinjob," and download her consciousness into it, but her essence, religious leanings, and sentience linger within the Cylons and spread to others.

The original 1978 Battlestar Galactica serial too follows this Cylon rebellion on the Twelve Colonies — in essence, the third Cylon rebellion in history. That series isn't exactly a prequel to the 2004 series... but it isn't exactly not, either. Characters like Adama and Starbuck exist in the original and the reboot. Simply the original but takes place during a single Cylon State of war, whereas the reboot series references the Beginning Cylon War every bit being forty years prior to current events.

The Last Five Ceremonious State of war

When the Final Five finally arrived at the Twelve Colonies, the humans and Centurions had already been at state of war for 12 years. The Centurions were experimenting with the creation of flesh bodies, "skinjobs," and had created the "Hybrids," the combination biological and cybernetic entities that pilot their ships. The Final Five offered the Centurions a deal: They would aid the Centurions create their own flesh bodies if they abandoned their state of war with humans.

On the colonies, a few decades of peace followed. The Final Five helped to create the viii biological "skinjob" models of Cylon, but they still harbored resentment towards the human race. Model Number I, a.k.a. John Cavil, found it particularly difficult to let go of his acrimony, or of his jealousy for other models. He corrupted the Cylon model Number Vii, essentially making it extinct. He also turned on the Last V, stealing their memories and banishing them into diverse points in the Twelve Colonies timeline, substantially making the Final V humans who don't know their true identities. Cavil too took the memories of the other remaining six Cylon models and eventually convinced them to attack the humans again.

All the while, the godlike Cylon Entity observed, and created its own "messengers" to ship to both humans and Cylons.

Battlestar Galactica: The Miniseries

Xl years after the First Cylon State of war, the ship Galactica is about to be decommissioned, and its Commander, William Adama (Edward James Olmos), retired. The send's crew includes second in command Colonel Saul Tigh (Michael Hogan), pilots Kara "Starbuck" Thrace (Katee Sackhoff) and Sharon "Boomer" Valerii (Grace Park), tactical officers Felix Gaeta (Alessandro Juliani) and Anastasia Dualla (Kandyse McClure) plus hangar deck officer Galen Tyrol (Aaron Douglas). Secretary of Education Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and Adama'due south son Lee "Apollo" Adama (Jamie Bamber), another pilot, arrive on the ship for the ceremony. Meanwhile, on the planet Caprica, Gaius Baltar (James Callis), a famous scientist, is seduced past a Cylon in disguise (Tricia Helfer) and gives up security codes which allow the Cylons to attack, destroying the 12 colonies.

The attack leaves Galactica the final remaining human battleship, Roslin inherits the role of president, and a fleet of noncombatant ships survive under their sentinel. The whole fleet jumps away from their home system and heads out into space to search for the lost 13th Colony: Earth. Meanwhile, it's revealed that Boomer is actually a disguised Cylon, one of seven skinjob models who are able to re-upload themselves into new bodies if they're killed in action.

Flavor i: Laying the BSG foundation

The fleet continues its evasion of the Cylon ships, jumping throughout infinite on their search for World. Starbuck proves herself to be a skilled only hot-headed pilot, earning a reputation for unruly behavior.

Galactica's Boomer begins behaving strangely, unaware that she's a Cylon. Some other Boomer on Caprica seduces a pilot, Karl "Helo" Agathon, in an attempt to create a human-Cylon hybrid baby.

Back on the send, Adama tasks Baltar with edifice a Cylon detector so they can weed out hidden Cylons. Baltar hallucinates his Cylon seducer, Number Six, who convinces him to sabotage the project and filibuster the reveal of his interest. He uses the machine on Boomer, whose bizarre behavior and superhuman abilities take led others to suspect her of being a Cylon every bit well. But Baltar lies and says she passes the test. Boomer's ship and so discovers a planet that could be Kobol, and Baltar and Tyrol are marooned there when investigating.

Roslin, who was diagnosed with breast cancer before the Cylon attack, begins taking a new drug that makes her hallucinate and she becomes convinced that they need to call up the "Pointer of Apollo," an ancient artifact that volition assist them observe Earth, from a museum on Caprica. She sends Starbuck on a mission to find information technology and Starbuck reunites with Helo, who has discovered that his Boomer is a Cylon — and pregnant. The season ends with original Boomer, having learned that she's a Cylon, now activated, shooting Adama twice in the breast on the bridge.

Flavour 2: All hell breaks loose

Chaos reigns onboard Galactica. With Adama in sick bay, Boomer in the brig, and Roslin now believing herself to exist some kind of prophet, Tigh declares martial law and some ships in the armada pause off from the group. Baltar and Tyrol are rescued from Kobol, while Dualla helps Roslin escape from her own imprisonment. Just a disgruntled crew fellow member shoots and kills Boomer, which leads to her consciousness beingness uploaded to a new body on a Cylon battleship nearby. Thankfully, Adama regains consciousness and brings some stability back to the crumbling society.

On Caprica, Starbuck and Helo take refuge with a group of resistance fighters led by Sam Anders (Michael Trucco), and Sam and Starbuck begin a relationship. Starbuck is kidnapped and taken to a Cylon fertility farm where they are harvesting human ovaries, but they're rescued by meaning Boomer, at present the only Boomer they know, and the group heads back to Kobol to reunite with Roslin.

Equally it turns out, Galactica wasn't the only Battlestar to survive the Cylon assault. The Pegasus, captained by Admiral Helena Cain (Michelle Forbes), finds their comrades, having been raiding Cylon ships ever since the devastation of the 12 Colonies. As an Admiral, Cain outranks Adama, and takes over the fleet, though not without some suspicion and mistrust from much of the Galactica crew.

Season 2: The Pegasus

On the Pegasus, a captured Cylon model number six named Gina is being interrogated, raped, and tortured by Pegasus crew members. Cain has Baltar interrogate her as well, and she reveals the existence of "Resurrection Ships," which allow Cylons to re-upload their consciousness into a new trunk.

The Pegasus, however, turns out to exist a crew full of jerks. Helo and Tyrol forestall a Pegasus crew member from raping Boomer, accidentally killing another coiffure fellow member in the procedure. Cain sentences them to death, just Adama refuses to hand out the punishment. Cain and Adama plot against ane another, while Baltar cures Roslin'south cancer with amniotic fluid from Boomer'due south fetus. Gina shoots Cain in the head, killing her, and sets off a nuclear flop, destroying half the armada.

The surviving members, including Galactica and Pegasus, now captained by Lee Adama, discover a new planet they name New Caprica. Baltar runs to supersede Roslin, campaigning on colonizing a new world, and wins the presidency. Boomer gives birth to her infant, Hera, but is told that the baby has died, with Roslin planning on hiding the baby from the Cylons, lest they find out she exists and worship her.

The flavor ends jumping forrad one year, with Baltar'south presidency somewhat a failure, the Adamas running an orbiting armada, Starbuck and Anders married, and Roslin gone back to pedagogy. Simply the Cylons finally observe their new planet, and the fleet jumps away to rubber, leaving the planet solitary for Cylon takeover.

Season 3: New Caprica

Flavor 3 begins months into the Cylon takeover of New Caprica with the humans surviving as best they can. Colonel Tigh loses an heart in Cylon prison, then learns his wife was helping the Cylons, so he poisons her. Baltar tries to act every bit a liaison betwixt humans and Cylons, merely he's really only a puppet. Starbuck is being held prisoner by Leoben, Cylon model Number Two, in an apartment-similar prison. He tries to win her affection, claiming that he's created a child using her harvested eggs, only Starbuck kills him repeatedly, only to take him resurrect in a new body.

Tyrol and Anders contact Galactica and Pegasus, who have been plotting a rescue mission on their own. Apollo, commanding the Pegasus, has gained a lot of weight and married Dualla. (Adama grew a mustache. Hey, everyone dealt with information technology in their ain way.)

The rescue mission is successful, simply the Pegasus is lost to incredible impairment. Boomer, having turned on the Cylons, is renamed Athena, and she and Helo learn that their infant Hera is live and captured by the Cylons along with Baltar. Helo kills Athena then she resurrects on the Cylon basestar, rescues Hera, and escapes with Baltar'south Number Six (Caprica Six) back to Galactica.

Meanwhile, Cylon model Number 3, D'Anna, begins repeatedly killing herself and resurrecting because every time she dies she has visions of something called "The Final Five" — 5 other Cylon models that no one knew existed.

Flavor three: The Terminal Five

When the humans land on an algae planet to gather food supplies, Tyrol discovers the Temple of the V, also known as the Temple of Hopes, which holds the "Middle of Jupiter," which will help them notice Earth. The Cylons, having learned nigh the Final Five and the Temple through D'Anna's visions, find the humans and offer a truce if they surrender the Eye, only Adama refuses.

The concluding few episodes of flavour 3 become a trivial chaotic, with Adama putting Baltar on trial, Apollo coming to his defense, and the humans jumping away to safety only seemingly giving upwards on finding Earth. Roslin's cancer returns. Starbuck, who's been acting strangely, flies off in a daze post-obit an invisible Cylon raider, but her ship gets caught in atmospheric pressure and crushed. Starbuck is presumed dead... for a while, that is.

In a major finale twist, four of the Final Five are revealed. Tyrol, Anders, Tigh, and Roslin's aid, Tory Foster, all begin hearing music in their heads. They hum along to a plinky plunky version of "All Along the Watchtower" and meet each other secretly in a hangar deck, fully realizing who they are. Cylons!

In the season's concluding moments, the fleet is attacked once once again by Cylon forces. When Apollo and the other viper pilots seem like they're about to be blown to bits, Starbuck's airplane suddenly appears. She tells Apollo over the com that she's been to World and knows how to get there.

Season 4: Part ane

With Starbuck back from the dead, all hell breaks loose. Humans turn against humans and Cylons confronting Cylons. Baltar becomes the eye of a monotheistic religion and recruits followers. Apollo joins the Quorum of Twelve. Civil war breaks out among the Cylons, with the Number Ones, Fours, and Fives turning against rebel Number Sixes, Twos, and Eights. The rebels want to wake up Number 3 (D'Anna) who had been boxed afterwards her repeated suicides.

The rebels team up with the humans. In exchange for helping the Cylons fix one of their ships, rebooting D'Anna, and finding the Last Five, the humans tin destroy the Resurrection Hub, the ship controlling all Cylon resurrections, thus making them mortal. When Roslin visits the stranded ship to talk with its Hybrid, the Hybrid reboots and jumps away, taking Roslin, Baltar, and a number of humans.

The team successfully destroys the Resurrection Hub and wakes up D'Anna, reuniting dorsum with the fleet. There's an intense standoff among the humans and Cylons, with D'Anna demanding to know the whereabouts of the Concluding Five (she's seen them in her visions) which leads to Tyrol, Tigh, Tory, and Anders revealing themselves equally Cylons. In the ensuing chaos, Starbuck's viper emits a bespeak, finally leading them to Earth. The humans and Cylons concur to investigate, simply to find the planet completely destroyed — a nuclear wasteland irradiated long ago.

Flavour iv: The terminal fight

The homo and Cylon alliance is devastated. With "Globe" a nuclear wasteland, they have no potential dwelling and no further answers to their questions. As they explore "Earth," Starbuck makes an alarming discovery: her own ship, crash-landed on the planet with the charred remains of a body that looks exactly like her. She died in the crash, manifestly, but was brought back to life, leading her and others to wonder if she is the 5th and final Cylon.

As the fleet tries to find a new homeworld, Ellen Tigh is revealed as the last Cylon, only she's kept prisoner by Cavil and the vengeful Number Ones. Cavil also kidnaps Hera, the human-Cylon hybrid. The fleet plans a rescue, only Galactica is damaged beyond repair. The Final V eventually remember everything almost their past: "All this has happened and will happen again." A semi-comatose Sam Anders is hooked up to Galactica as its own Hybrid, and an epic Battle of the Colony ensues, with Cavil and the "bad" Cylons finally defeated.

Adama orders Starbuck to make a "blind jump" to anywhere in space, and she uses coordinates that line upwardly with a drawing of Hera's and the musical notes from "All Forth the Watchtower." They land on Globe — real Earth — and decide to stay and live simple lives, without their advanced technology. Sam steers Galactica and the residual of the fleet into the dominicus. Starbuck disappears, having been one of the Cylon Entity'due south "Messengers," and Roslin dies in Adama'south arms. The surviving humans and Cylon, including Helo, Athena, and Hera, begin their new lives on Earth.

Epilogue

In an epilogue, the story jumps 150,000 years into the hereafter — a future that looks exactly similar our nowadays. Battlestar Galactica didn't take identify in the futurity at all, it was set in Earth's past. Humanity'south past. Our past. The scene is New York City, and the photographic camera pans up from the planes of Africa to Central Park. The Cylon Entity Messengers that resemble Baltar and Caprica Six stroll through the oversupply, unseen by others, and talking to each other about World's new discovery, every bit detailed in a National Geographic magazine. Apparently, new fossils have been found supporting the theory that all human life on the planet can be traced back to 1 most recent antecedent, a single "Mitochondrial Eve, or a first woman, who lived in Tanzania. "Along with her Cylon mother and human begetter," Baltar finishes, suggesting that Hera is the Mitochondrial Eve that tin be considered Earth'south mother.

Equally they walk, Vi and Baltar discuss how Globe has repeated the history of Kobol, Earth One, and Caprica before it. Consumerism, mass use of technology. "All this has happened before and will happen once more," Vi says. But they wonder, does it take to happen again? 6 bets not, saying that a repeated bicycle has to change at some point, and it'south all a part of God's program. "You know information technology doesn't like to be called that," Baltar says. The two grin and walk away.

As the series ends, Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" plays every bit we see footage of artificial intelligence, robots, and humans interacting with robots, suggesting perchance it will happen again after all.

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