Ooooh okay so the Five aren't original, really. Like, they weren't made by humans, they were born from Cylons that were, way back, made by humans. And this all explains why there are only single copies of these Five.

So. Humans made Centurions and then the Thirteenth humanoids? The Thirteenth went their own way while the humans took their centurions with them to the Colonies, but they Centurions wanted their humanoid buddies back and rebelled and such?

I don't know why the Five decided to make the humanoid Colonial-originating Cylon as multiples copies of a limited number of models. Perhaps resources? Perhaps stylistic request of the Centurions?

While the Five seem to be more human than the Eight, they are still robots deep down, so I could attribute that, as well as the specifics of the archetypes chosen for each model as their 'robotic' thinking. Plus they were working with the Centurions, who are definitely more 'robotic' (in spite of their religious aspect) to create these models.

L/L and politics: I'm glad to hear they aren't simply going to revert to what was, since that clearly wasn't working nor is it appropriate for the situation they are in. But they are still able to reflect the voice of the people, which is, of course necessary. I am content with this compromise. They may proceed.

The motivations for the war? Well, clearly the Centurions were watching Bubblegum Crisis.