Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Under the leadership of military leader Commander Adama , the Battlestar Galactica and its crew lead and protect the fleet of survivors into space in search of a fabled Thirteenth Colony and its home planet , Earth .
Simplified: Under the leadership of Commander Adama , the Galactica and the pilots of `` Viper '' fighters lead a fugitive fleet of survivors in search of the fabled thirteenth colony known as Earth .