is seduced and tricked by a human-looking Cylon into sabotaging the Colonial security systems, allowing them to attack the Colonies. He successfully covers up his role in the attacks, and using his reputation as a scientific genius, positions himself as part of the leadership of the survivors, serving as vice president, president, a puppet dictator under a Cylon occupation force, and a refugee aboard a Cylon ship following that administration's collapse. He is mentally unstable, a condition which is exacerbated by his interactions with a manifestation of his Cylon lover which only he perceives. See also Gaius Baltar References External links Baltar at Battlestar Wiki Battlestar Galactica (1978) characters Fictional counts and countesses Fictional double agents Fictional mass murderers Television characters introduced in 1978