Richard Adar

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For information on the Original Series counterpart to this character, see Adar (TOS).

Richard Adar
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Colony	Caprica
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Birth Name	Richard Adar
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Death	Killed in the Cylon attack
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Marital Status	Married Extramarital affair with Laura Roslin
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Role	President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol Mayor of Caprica City
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Portrayed by	Colm Feore
Richard Adar is a Cylon
Richard Adar is a Final Five Cylon
Richard Adar is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Richard Adar is an Original Series Cylon
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Richard Adar in the separate continuity
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Richard Adar was the President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol at the time of The Fall. He likely died on Caprica, along with the Quorum of Twelve and virtually all other government officials, during the Cylon attack.

Adar first ran for mayor of Caprica City, to which he was elected, and later went on to successfully run for president (Miniseries, Daybreak, Part I, Part II). At the time of the Cylon attack, he had nine months left in his second term (Bastille Day).

Adar appears to have been a somewhat controversial president; William Adama considered him to be a "moron" (Home, Part II). At some point in his presidency, he deployed Colonial Marines on Aerilon, an action which resulted in casualties and a public outcry. Though publicly he stood by his decision, he personally regretted his actions and wrote down the names of all the casualties, leaving it in his desk as a reminder of his fallibility. His successor emulated the same practice after the loss of the Olympic Carrier (Water).

Nevertheless, Adar continued to possess rather aggressive tendencies as president, as he was willing to use military action to resolve a drawn-out teacher strike when the teachers started to become violent. When his Secretary of Education, Laura Roslin, negotiated a diplomatic solution with the teachers' union, he was less than pleased at this outcome and asked for her resignation, which she refused to discuss until her return from the decommissioning ceremony aboard the Galactica (Epiphanies).

Adar once offered a full pardon to Tom Zarek in exchange for the latter's renunciation of violence, which Zarek turned down (Bastille Day). Despite being a married man,^[1] Adar was having an illicit romantic affair with Laura Roslin during the last days of his administration (Epiphanies). He was also an influential friend^[2] to Dr. Gaius Baltar (Miniseries). All three persons would go on to succeed him as president.

Following the nuclear attack on Picon by the Cylons, Adar offered a complete, unconditional surrender on behalf of the Twelve Colonies. The Cylons ignored the overture, and Adar likely died soon after, possibly following the detonation of a nuclear weapon over Caprica City. As a result of his death, the automated Case Orange government continuity mechanism was activated via wireless, which attempted to locate any surviving government officials. Only Roslin, the 43rd official in line of succession, responded, and she succeeded Adar as president after being sworn in aboard her government transport, a passenger liner designated Colonial Heavy 798 (Miniseries).

Notes

• Adar is the name of the 6th month in the ecclesiastical year and 12th month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar.
• The original script for "Home, Part II" called for Adama to refer to Adar as a "prick", but the line was edited to comply with broadcasting decency standards. Adama's original sentiments appear to mirror Feore's portrayal of Adar as a proud and disagreeable man.
• President Adar's only "actual" appearance are flashback scenes in the Season 2 episode "Epiphanies", though he has been mentioned in dialog several times since the Miniseries.

References

Preceded by: Unknown	Mayor of Caprica City	Succeeded by: Unknown
Preceded by: Unknown eventually Mueller	President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol	Succeeded by: Laura Roslin