10 Battlestar Galactica Twists You Never Saw Coming
6. Suicide Bombing
Even though it's discussed beforehand, it's still shocking to see it happen. When the Cylons occupied the rough and ready colony of New Caprica, they brutally oppressed the human population while calling it 'peaceful coexistence'. During the web-series Resistance, we see Duck and Nora focus on starting a family, only for Nora to be killed by a Cylon raid.
Duck joins the New Caprica Police, a human organisation that's seen as collaborators by the majority of the colonists. As his group is graduating to become officers, they are assembled to be commended. The target was President Gaius Baltar, but he skipped the ceremony at the last moment and was saved from Duck's brutal bombing.
The aftermath of this event leaves a bitter taste in the mouth of former President Roslin, who cautions Colonel Tigh and Galen Tyrol from doing anything like that again. They argue that in this kind of war, they have no choice.