
Zac's Viper is destroyed by the Cylons just before he reaches the fleet.īaltar manipulates President Adar into prohibiting the launch of fighters as the Cylons close in on the fleet. This forces Apollo to leave him behind, so that the fleet can be warned. Cylon fighters pursue the two Vipers, and Zac's fighter is hit. The patrol discovers a vast Cylon armada waiting in ambush behind a moon named Cimtar, but the Cylons jam their communications. Adama's younger son, Zac, convinces Starbuck to let him go in his place. Only Commander Adama, of the battlestar Galactica, suspects that the Cylons are planning a trap, and orders a recon patrol, consisting of his two best pilots: his eldest son, Apollo, and Lieutenant Starbuck. But it is all a deception – Baltar has betrayed humanity for personal gain, and the Cylons have no intention of making peace. The powerful " Battlestars" are assembled for armistice talks with Humanity's age-old robotic enemy. The human leaders, called the Council of the Twelve (with one representative from each colony), and the commanders of their military fleet are all too pleased by the Cylon offer of peace, which ends so many years of warfare. The Cylons have unexpectedly sued for peace, through the diplomatic agency of a human, Count Baltar.

Twelve colonies of humans, living on different worlds, have been fighting a 1,000 year war against the robotic race of Cylons, who seek to exterminate all of humanity. We wanted to make it more accessible.The following is taken from Wikipedia, and can be found here. We thought that made sense for Battlestar Galactica because the fanbase for the show is quite broad and spans a number of different demographics.

We’re a little bit different because, while those are more of a traditional MMO with a box product and an on-going subscription, we are coming into the browser-based space. Details about what characters and stories from the show will be featured in the game will be forthcoming.īut can the game succeed in a market that feature both the recently launched Star Trek MMO and the coming Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO? Kisper said, “It’s a crowded and competitive space. It’s not just some starships flying around in orbit and we call it a Battlestar game,” said Heiko Hubertz, CEO of Bigpoint. The developers are working closely with the production company at Universal that is behind the show, sharing sound and computer assets, and possibly more, “There will really be a link between the show and the game itself, with the characters and storyline. Players will be able to play as either humans or Cylons, in both ship combat sequences and away missions on planets.
