It has been 18 months since The Cylons found and occupied New Caprica. Just as The Cylons arrived, a terrible virus swept through the settlement, killing more than 500 people-including Kara's husband, Sam Anders. Galactica and Pegasus have been kept at bay, light years away, by constant Cylon attacks. On New Caprica, Kara Thrace had been missing for months, and after being imprisoned for months themselves, Saul Tigh, Laura Roslin, and the other insurgent leaders, try to keep hope alive.

Lieutenant Kara Thrace, Call Sign Starbuck, isn't too sure about this new Colonial President, plucked from far down the succession list. But on Lee's advice, Kara gives Laura Roslin a chance.

In Part 2 of my series "Battlestar Galactica: Dawn", Earth faces a war with The Cylons. Can Galactica and the brand-new Pegasus save the planet?

It is the year 2042 on Earth, fifteen years after the cataclysmic war against the Cylons. Humanity is building a great fleet and Battlestars and other ships of space. In two years' time, the largest Battlestars every constructed will lead a fleet on a mission back to the Twelve Colonies. But as mankind is poised for a future that seems boundless, a natural disaster and old hatreds in the small nation of New Caprica rise up and test the courage of many.