Cylon Superiority
I think that even with the Cylon's superiority they still felt the need to resort to trickery. As has been shown in many episodes, one Viper "could" take out alot of Raiders before it went down.
This, overused, advantage of unpredictability is what allowed the Colonies to repeatedly keep the Cylon's numbers from winning.
Story-wise the Cylons needed a "surprise" attack to keep the Battlestars, and unmentioned colonial surface bases, from launching their Vipers.
Baltar's "false peace" gave the Cylons the opportunity to get in close before the potent Vipers could interfere. Despite the Galactica launching its Vipers the weight of numbers was simply to much in the Cylons favor.
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