I have liked the story line progression from the original Battlestar Galactica series (1978 version), I even read the books. Still, it would seem to me that the Colonies could have made a fight of it. After all they had been at war for 1000 years. One can learn a lot about an enemy in a 1000 years. Certainly not all the colonies were caught unprepared for an invasion of such magnitude as what was described. Enter the story line of: The planet Virgon and the Battlestar SPICA. No self respecting virgo would ever be caught so off guard by a bunch of toasters.