View source for Silas Nash

{{Character Data
|photo=Nash.png
|seen=Blood and Chrome
|pseen=''Blood and Chrome''
|role=Commanding Officer, Battlestar ''Galactica''
|rank=Commander
|colony=Unknown
|actor=[[Brian Markinson]]
}}

:''For information on Lieutenant Nash, a character who appeared in the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' episode ''"[[Spaceball]]"'', see [[Nash (1980)]].''

Commander '''Silas Nash''' is the first commanding officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' during the [[Cylon War]].

He is one of the first people Ensign [[William Adama|Adama]] meets upon setting foot on ''Galactica'',  and quickly puts him and his [[ECO]] [[Coker Fasjovik]] to work, assigning them a "milk run" to the [[Scorpia]] [[Scorpion Fleet Shipyards|Shipyards]]. 

Upon Adama and Fasjovik's return to ''Galactica,'' Nash informally debriefs Adama in the ship's infirmary, explaining the [[Ghost Fleet Offensive|true purpose behind his mission]]. He then invites Adama to volunteer for a new special-ops task force as a [[Viper Mark III|Viper]] pilot. {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}

[[Aaron Doral]] mentions Nash during the press briefing he held during a tour on ''Galactica'' prior to ''Galactica''{{'|s}} scheduled decommissioning {{TRS|Miniseries}}.

== Notes ==

* While Nash's uniform is the same as the Colonel uniforms used post-Armistice, he is noted as Commander. [[:image:Nash.png|In his first scene in the CIC,]] Nash is also wearing the rank device that would later denote a Colonel, though in his [[:image:Nash_Infirmary.png|later appearance in the infirmary,]] he wears the rank device that corresponds to Commander in the reimagined series. It is unclear which appearance, if either, is in error.
** According to ANOVOS, the developer of the Blood and Chrome uniforms, this discontinuity is due to the fact that the Colonials have yet to standardize their armed services uniforms, even 10 years after signing the [[Articles of Colonization]]. 

{{clear}}

{{start box}}
{{succession box|before=First Commander|title=Commanding Officer of the battlestar ''[[Galactica|Galactica]]''|after=Unknown<br><small>eventually [[William Adama]]</small>}}

{{end box}}

[[Category: A to Z]]
[[Category: Characters]]
[[Category: Characters (BAC)]]
[[Category: Characters (RDM)]]
[[Category: BAC]]
[[Category: RDM]]

[[de:Silas Nash]]