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His ship was being retired, not on any real mission. He was basicalling commander for a day. Its a development of a plot. It was on its last flight in a historical sense. Its arms and fighters were old tech about to be moth balled or put in a museum. It was not even on the Cylons radar as a real threat. That's how they survived, luck not skill. Not even worthy of notice. The plot was this old ship and a remanant slipped off with their tales between their legs to run or fight another day, looking for salvation and safety. If you don't like someone or thing fine but have a real reason. I enjoyed this now back to the financial crisis.lol

It was not even on the Cylons radar as a real threat.

I believe that you're wrong about that. There were at least two Cylon "embeds" with Galactica when the war started: Boomer (who was a sleeper) and PR-Guy (who was an infiltrator). Galactica was definitely seen as a threat, especially since Adama's orders *not* to allow *any* networked computers made her a real wildcard.

Then, as it turns out, (here we go with potential spoilers for those who haven't seen the last couple/few eps) ...

there were two other Cylons who were embedded (by John/Cavil) as sleepers - Tigh and Tyrol. By extension Helen Tigh as well.

I think when all is said and done, we're going to learn that Galactica was part of the Cylon's "plan", as it was assumed she would be the only Battlestar that would survive the takedown of the fleet (Cain saved Pegasus by doing something near-suicidal with her blind FTL jump).