The Alliance is a Colonial term used to describe those under the subjugation of the Cylon Empire (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
The Cylons, as to be expected, govern the Alliance. Members of the Alliance often relinquish freedoms and rights to the Cylons in return for their continued existence. They also work for the Cylons in some capacity.
For instance, the Ovions are members of the Alliance and operate a facade chancery on Carillon. The Ovions also mine tylium from the planetoid for the Cylons to use in their crafts. An Ovion reports to a Centurion when all the warriors appear to be gathered at Sire Uri's awards ceremony, prompting the Cylon Attack (TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
The Thetas are also members of the Alliance. Created by Dr. Ravashol, they help Dr. Ravishol develop his inventions and perform necessary labor on Arcta. They rebel against the Cylons, however, and help the Colonials destroy the Ravashol pulsar when Dr. Ravashol asks them to do so (TOS: "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II").
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The Alliance is mentioned during Baltar's celebration toast to President Adar aboard Atlantia prior to the disastrous events at Cimtar, noting that no one before Adar had assembled the human race to speak as one voice before this organization (Annihilation!).
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The Eastern Alliance is a fascist party committed to the complete rule of Terra and her colonies. It is comprised of humans who may not have been descendants from Colonials. The connotation is that they are somehow related, most likely indirectly, to the Thirteenth Tribe.
The Eastern Alliance not only believes that it is the strongest force in the galaxy, but also that it has a manifest destiny to rule all life in the universe, a task they were "created" for. It also believes that life falls under two classifications, the strong and the weak, and that this is an immutable fact (TOS: "Baltar's Escape").
In pursuit of this so-called destiny, the Alliance is responsible for committing war crimes on a large magnitude and was embroiled in a bitter war with the democratic Nationalists, whom they view as weak. Furthermore, they planned a massive assault against the Nationalists while negotiating with President Arends on a peace treaty in much the same way that the Cylons and Baltar convinced the Colonials that they were on the cusp of peace. In preparation for their attack, the Eastern Alliance moved its high ranking military personnel down in underground bunkers, leaving the world above unaware of their plan, so as to solve their overpopulation problem.
Like their enemy, their technology is below Colonial standard and are not likely able to utilize extensive star travel as the Twelve Colonies had prior to their destruction ("Baltar's Escape," "Experiment in Terra").
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After encountering the sleeper ship with Sarah Fowler and Michael, the Fleet (notably the crew of the Galactica) hears of the brutality of the Alliance. After allowing the sleeper ship to leave, Starbuck and Apollo (who provide escort to the unarmed ship) encounter enforcers from the Alliance on the planet Paradeen—a planet whose inhabitants were destroyed by a biological attack unleashed by the Alliance. This encounter allows the Warriors to understand the limited technology the Eastern Alliance utilize; Commandant Leiter, commander of said craft, is astonished by the size and magnitude of the last surviving Colonial battlestar (TOS: "Greetings From Earth").
Later on, Sire Domra and the Quorum of Twelve attempt to broker a peace with the Eastern Alliance, believing that the Alliance patriots have been mistreated by the Warriors. This fig of peace is later broken, as eleven of the Quorum members walk into a trap, instead of a peace conference. Only then is the council willing to reinstate Commander Adama's full authority over the Fleet, as well as his own ship. While Leiter's destroyer escapes (TOS: "Baltar's Escape"), the ship is tracked to one of Terra's lunar colonies.
Galactica and her fleet discover Terra. Instead of establishing contact, a Viper patrol is sent on reconnaissance. However, a Being of Light intervenes during this mission and gives Apollo the ability to appear as the lost Nationalist Colonel Charlie Watts. Due to Apollo's odd lines of questioning and behaviors, he is almost unsuccessful in thwarting the Eastern Alliance's plan to commit genocide upon the Nationalists in an all-out thermonuclear attack. After Galactica destroys the inbound warheads, the Alliance reconsiders its fight with the Terran Nationalists (TOS: "Experiment in Terra").
The Eastern Alliance destroyer is a spacecraft used by the Eastern Alliance of Terra. An Eastern Alliance destroyer tracks the Lunar Avion from Lunar Seven to Paradeen where it eventually encounters the Galactica. Commandant Leiter commands the destroyer that is captured by the Colonials. Lanceman and Donner are crewmen aboard the destroyer (TOS: "Greetings From Earth"). The destroyer manages to escape from Galactica, and returns to Terra with the Colonials on its trail (TOS: "Baltar's Escape").
The Eastern Alliance destroyer was repeatedly noted to be far smaller that a battlestar and non-threatening as a contender. In fact, a captured destroyer was briefly impounded aboard Galactica and appeared to be comparable in size to a Colonial shuttle. However, Commandant Leiter confidently boasts to Commander Adama that many of these destroyers could take on Galactica like a wolf pack takes on its prey (TOS: "Baltar's Escape"), though this has never been proved nor disproved.
After Leiter's destroyer escapes, a Viper squadron is dispatched to pursue the destroyer. However, the conclusion of the war between the Eastern Alliance and the Terran Nationalists presumably rendered both the Viper squadron's mission, and the mission of the destroyer itself, unnecessary (TOS: "Experiment in Terra").
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The forward-facing view from an Eastern Alliance destroyer's interior cockpit (TOS: "Baltar's Escape").
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An older man with a mustache who advises the Supreme Commandant to sue for peace with the Nationalists. (Russ Marin) -
A younger, dark haired man who reports that there have been no missile strikes from either side. (Milt Jamin)
