Cylons are a race of robotic beings that believe themselves to be the caretakers of the universe, making sure that it is kept in order. Their order. They are not necessarily evil, but they are extreme and thorough. If they come across a race or species that defies their ideals of order, then that race must be removed from the galaxy. And removed permanently. There is no malice or hatred involved. A full discussion of the Cylon race can be found here. Being robots, various things that will effect other races do not effect Cylons, and the following is a list of such things.

• Not effected by gaseous weapons
• Not effected by Fright Checks
• Not effected by weapons which only effect organic matter
• Not effected by being in a vacuum
• Not effected by endurance. They slow only when their batteries run down.
• Do not feel pain at all
• Cylons are automatically disabled (destroyed) at 0 hits.
• In combat, Shock or Stun effects do not effect Cylons.
• They are not effected by Psionic abilities that effect a living brain (no mind melds, telepathy, mental blasts etc). Only psionics that directly effect computers will effect Cylons.
• Cylons do not swim.
• Not effected by stun settings of weapons.
• Not effected by diseases, poisons or pollutants.
• Any dodge by a Cylon is at half value. Centurions do not usually bother.

However, Cylons can be fooled like humans. Their senses are generally like a humans, although they can sense emotions in living beings (mainly through interpretation of factors like heart beats, watering eyes, pulse levels and the like), and while they may be experts of logic and have solid computer brains, a human can still beat them in card games.

The skill Leadership has no meaning for Cylons. Cylons are programmed to obey, and it is only the IL Series or Citizens who will even think about not carrying about an order given to them. Cylons obey the chain of command.

• Silver Centurions will obey all other Cylons save Drones.
• Citizens will obey all but Drone and Silver Centurions, but in times of combat, they will obey Centurions.
• Gold Cylons command Centurions, Citizens and Drones.
• The IL Series of Cylon can command all other Cylons. Depending on their current duties though, they may or may not defer to Gold Centurions in combat situations.
• imperious Leader sits at the top of the food chain. He commands all other Cylons and they obey.

Naming:

Not all Cylons have names. Drones do not have names, just numbers. Centurions also do not have names, although if they have any rank it will be followed by their number/designation.

First Centurions, citizens and IL Cylons do have names. These can be as varied as Colonial names, but tend to be drawn from the darker side of mythology. Imperious Leader loses his name when he takes the title Imperious Leader.

Sample names from the series include:
Lucifer, Spectre, Vulpa