When I was a kid, Battlestar Galactica was scheduled to air on a Sunday Night, way back in 11980. I waited, until it was pre-empted by a real world signing of Peace Treaties and the beginning of the end of the Kremlin, several super powers were meeting at the UN in New York City, I was pissed off - then I caught the end. It was re-broadcasted the followwing week!
I found the whole concept where 12 planets each with billions of people, The Battlestar ATLANTIA was the first to be destroyed by a hidden cylon attack Armada, poor Rick Springfield - making a special appearance along with others. Lorne Greene's portrayal of Adama was brilliant. The 5th fleet which consisted of the Atlantia, the Galactica, the Columbia, the Solaria and the Triton (or Rikon), the PEGASUS belonged to another fleet! The GALACTICA picked up all the surviving vipers from a huge space battle!Lead by Starbuck (Dirk), Jolly, too many to get into it! It was the Trojan Horse Gambit, the 12 worlds/colonies were destroyed by cylon raiders & cylon basestars that arrived at strategic locations around the Colonial Star System!
I suppose I enjoyed the original'MOVIE', then 220 ships - all quickly exited stage left!
I didn't care for the TV series, where they reach Earth but decide not to land!