Prologue:

The Twelve Colonies of Kobol had enjoyed forty years of peace. Before these forty years there was a bloody and brutal war that lasted a decade. The Twelve Colonies of humankind fought against their creation- the robotic Cylons. The humans had initially created the Cylons to carry out tasks that they would rather not do. But they were eventually used as instruments of war as the Twelve Colonies fought each other.

When the Cylons became self-aware they stopped fighting each other and turned on their creators. The human colonies were forced to fight alongside one another to ensure the survival of their race. The Cylons were gradually beaten down by the alliance of the Twelve Colonies and decided to flee the solar system that housed the twelve planets.

After the war the Colonies settled their differences and. The whole structure of their livelihood was radically changed. Gone were the times when each colony fended for itself. Gone were the times of hatred, jealousy and bitterness between the planets. A new civilian government was set up where all of the twelve tribes were represented. A President was elected to control the government. The armed forces of the different tribes united under one banner to form the Colonial Fleet. The capital ships of the fleet were called Battlestars, and it was their job to patrol the solar system in case the Cylons ever decided to return...