A new Battlestar Galactica prequel will delve into the early years of William Adama, the military leader of the ragtag human fleet in the sci-fi series. Thankfully, it sounds like Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome might take the franchise back to the desperate battle between humans and Cylons that made Battlestar Galactica so gripping.

“This is very much an action-adventure, war series,” Mark Stern, Syfy’s executive vice president of original programming and co-head of original content for Universal Cable Productions, told TV Squad, which published an exclusive story on the planned show.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome was first envisioned as a web series spanning the time between Caprica and the reimagined series, but Syfy execs were so blown away by Michael Taylor’s script that they decided to turn it into a two-hour pilot.

The show, which Stern said wouldn’t air before the end of 2011, said the show would employ virtual sets produced by digitally scanning the Battlestar Galactica sets before they were taken down.

Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome Will Tell Adama’s War Stories