A thought that occurs to me here - Both the Cylons and the Colonials seem to have the technology to detect and identify life on a planet, at least to a limited degree.
You start droppin' off folks to colonize new worlds, a few here and some there, and sooner or later along comes the Cylons and start pickin' 'em off in small groups. The Cylons
are following, however distant or discreetly. They would more than likely take notice of efforts to "
seed " humanity.
Now, given that's the last thing
they want, even if they only discovered one or two groups they'd more than likely keep hunting down the main fleet but send reserve units out to mop up and clean out any humans they find, and maybe even search likely worlds for more.
Just a thought.......
