Over many years, the story of struggle of human
beings against their own creation: Cylons, as told in the Starship series, has
evolved into much more than a battle between species. Galactica’s radiological
sensors detect nuclear weapons abroad Olympic Carrier and even after the
repeated orders not to approach the fleet it refuses to comply, leaving no
other option for President Roslin but to destroy it.

Over many years, the story of struggle of human beings against their own creation: Cylons, as told in the Starship series, has evolved into much more than a battle between species. Rather than describing apocalyptical war between man and machine, it deliberates over emotional landscape of those perpetually living under the shadow of death which, I am afraid, not many sci-fi do. Beside the ongoing fight to save humanity from its nemesis, Galactica fearlessly addresses the most fundamental issues like gender equity, religion, and what it means to be a human being or not to be one.

The series kick start with the annihilation of the earth with only 12 space colonies left. The Cylons which were made by man to serve mankind evolve into intelligent beings refusing to serve them anymore. It results in a fierce battle followed by a detente of 39 years. Cylons withdraw to a distant area of space only to return on 40th anniversary. They have evolved beyond the wildest imagination of man. Androids, as they are now called, look like human beings but cannot be killed. Rather they regenerate. They ruthlessly kill millions of people who are caught unaware. Less than 40,000 manage to flee in the spaceships with Androids in pursuit, looking for the legendary 13th colony called Earth.

At this point, the series could have degenerated into a violent video game with computer generated images and innumerable fight scenes of senseless killing. But instead, it rose to touch even those who are not at all attracted to sci-fi by its sensitive narration of stories of human interest. The Starship was called a sci-fi allegory of war on terror, complete with religious fundamentalists, sleeper cells, civil liberties crackdowns and even a prisoner torture scandal by Time Magazine. There are suicide bombers, Androids who want to destroy starship just as we have fanatic Al Qaeda suicide bombers who don’t think twice before blowing themselves to pieces in order to kill those, who they consider their enemies. The larger question is that whether such people who relegate their rights of making choices and decisions to others by following them blindly are in any way better than robots.

The issues of trust and betrayal, love and deception overlap in most episodes of the series. At one point Olympic Carrier a commercial passenger vessel goes missing with 1345 people abroad and , don’t you think its time to pause and give the meaning of religion and humanity a serious thought?

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