Editing Adama (alternate)

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This article covers the various depictions of the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}' {{TOS|Adama}} from the tie-in novelizations, comic books, and other media.

== Berkley Novelizations ==

=== Background ===

Before assuming command of ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'', the {{TOS|Caprica|Caprican}} Adama attended the [[Academy]] with [[Baltar (TOS alternate)|Baltar]]. During his tenure at the Academy, Adama and Baltar often met during Academy Chorus practice, where Adama was reputed to have a vibrant bass-baritone. Adama's abilities brought him both praise and the attention of various females, which caused Baltar to be envious, up to the point where Baltar attempted to out-do Adama by modifying the Academy's testing computers. Baltar was summarily ejected from the Academy, despite Adama's attempts at intervention (itself only further fueling Baltar's hatred for Adama).<ref>{{cite_book|last=Thurston|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Thurston|authorlinkurl=|year=September 1979|title=[[The Tombs of Kobol|Battlestar Galactica 3: The Tombs of Kobol]]|publisher=Berkley Books|pages=8, 9|location=|id=}}</ref> 

Upon receiving command of ''Galactica'' from his father<ref>{{cite_book|last=Thurston|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Thurston|authorlinkurl=|year=September 1978|title=[[Saga of a Star World (Book)|Battlestar Galactica]]|publisher=Berkley Books|pages=157|location=|id=}}</ref> roughly two years after [[Apollo (alternate)|Apollo]]'s birth<ref>''Ibid.,'' p. 211</ref>, Adama kept a detailed computer journal chronicling his experiences aboard the ship that he showed no one, until it was seen by [[Boxey (TOS alternate)|Boxey]], who would command the last surviving {{TOS|battlestar|battlestar}} after Adama's death.<ref name="LL prologue">{{cite_book|last=Yermakov|first=Nicholas|authorlink=Robert Thurston|authorlinkurl=|year=April 1982|title=[[The Living Legend|Battlestar Galactica 6: The Living Legend]]|publisher=Berkley Books|pages=vi-viii|location=|id=}}</ref>

Adama would outlive both his sons, [[Zac]] and Apollo, a fact that pained Adama greatly.<ref name="LL prologue"/>

== Dynamite Entertainment comics ==

: ''Two different versions exist, one in the Original Series alternate timeline, and another in the ''1980'' alternate timeline.''

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Adama is a Colonial [[Warrior]] serving in the Colonial Fleet. A war veteran, he eventually rises through the ranks to become Commander of the last surviving battlestar, ''[[Galactica (TOS alternate)|Galactica]]'', leading a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest: a shining planet, known as [[Earth (TOS alternate)|Earth]].

{{mainarticle|Adama (1980 alternate)}}

Adama is military leader of the Colonial Fleet up until the disastrous first contact with [[Earth (1980 alternate)|Earth]], which results in his death (''[[Galactica 1980 1]]'').

== Marvel comics ==

After leaving {{TOS|Kobol}}, Commander Adama uses the [[memory inducer]] in an attempt to recall, with clarity, the inscriptions at the [[Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol|tomb]] in order to convince the Council to continue its journey to {{TOS|Earth|Earth}}. During this time, he is vulnerable to attack: [[Sire]] [[Uri (alternate)|Uri]] convinces the Council to give him the presidency, and later has an attempt made on Adama's life. However, in the attempt, the controls to the inducer are damaged beyond repair, thus effectively trapping Adama inside the machine until Adama himself can find away to extricate himself from not only his memories, but the machine itself (''[[The Memory Machine]]'', ''[[All Things Past and Present]]'').

While inside the machine, Adama relives memories of his duel with [[Baltar (alternate)|Baltar]] 25 [[yahren]] ago at the [[Colonial Fleet Academy]] on Caprica (''All Things Past and Present''). He also relives his mission to [[Scorpia]] to escort its ambassador, and the confrontation of his own prejudices against artificial intelligences (''[[Shuttle-Diplomacy!]]'') and, later, as ''Galactica''{{'|s}} commander, where he almost destroys the [[He-Who-Searches-Yet-Survives|living planet]], an incident that almost lead to his resignation from the Colonial Fleet (''[[This Planet Hungers]]'').

Eventually with [[Eurayle]]'s help, Adama is able to extricate himself from the machine and help defend both the Fleet and [[Scavenge World]] from a devastating Cylon attack lead by [[Lucifer (alternate)|Lucifer]] (''[[The Trap!]]'', ''[[Collision Course!]]'').

After the attack is over, Adama has Uri arrested for trial (''Collision Course!'').

== Maximum Press comics ==
[[Image:Adama - Maximum Press.jpg|thumb|right|Adama from the Maximum Press comic series]]

Five years after fleeing the Twelve Colonies, Adama succumbs to [[Kaitai syndrome]]. After {{alt|Apollo|TOS}} returns from the [[Ship of Lights]] with information on the [[temporal overdrive]] technology, Adama is placed in suspended animation until reaching [[Earth (TOS alternate)|Earth]], per his last order.

After arriving at Earth and their discovery of an odd-pyramid shaped object by a landing party, President [[Tigh (alternate)|Tigh]] and the {{TOS|Quorum of Twelve|Council}} retrieve Adama from suspension, despite Commander [[Apollo (alternate)|Apollo]]'s reservations. After retrieving artifacts that Adama himself saved from a museum on [[Caprica (TOS alternate)|Caprica]], he is able to open the object—which is revealed to be an [[ark]] that houses [[Adam]] and [[Eve]], two of Kobol's original humans left in hibernation. When Adama and his landing party receive word that the Cylons have managed to follow them to Earth—thanks to Count [[Iblis (alternate)|Iblis]]—Adama and Apollo bid farewell to one another, in the event that things turn badly. Staying behind on the ark, Adama continues to help Adam and Eve, as well as seeks to understand the technology aboard the ship. During the Cylon attack, he protects Adam from being slain by [[Baltar (alternate)|Baltar]], who is transported to Earth by [[Iblis (alternate)|Iblis]]{{'}} power, and dies as a result when Baltar shoots him (''[[War of Eden 1]]''—[[War of Eden 4|4]]'').

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