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 planetary centers are decimated, and the human race is pushed to the brink of extinction.
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.
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 planetary centers are decimated, and the human race is pushed to the brink of extinction.
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.