Zak Adama

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:''The article discusses the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] character with the name Zak Adama. For information on his [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Zac]].''

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|colony=[[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]]
|birthname=Zak Adama
|callsign=
|seen=Miniseries
|death=In a flight school accident roughly two years prior to the [[Cylon Attack]].
|parents=[[William Adama|William]] and [[Caroline Adama]].
|siblings=[[Lee Adama]]
|children=
|marital status=Was engaged to [[Kara Thrace]]
|role=Viper Pilot
|rank= Lieutenant j.g.
|actor=[http://us.imdb.com/M/person-exact?+Tobias+Mehler Tobias Mehler]
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'''Zak Adama''' was the youngest son of [[William Adama|William]] and [[Caroline Adama|Caroline]] Adama and brother of [[Lee Adama]].

Adama endeavored to prove himself to his father by becoming a [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot. ([[Miniseries]]) During his training, Adama became romantically involved with his flight instructor, [[Kara Thrace]].

[[Image:Primusphoto.jpg|left|thumb|A young William Adama with his sons Zak and Lee, from the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Fleet archives]] ([[Miniseries]])]]
While Zak Adama questioned how he passed basic flight, he accepted it without further question when Thrace stated that she wouldn't have passed him if he didn't deserve it. He did not want any help from his father, and certainly not from Thrace.

In reality, Adama failed three critical manuevers during the last part of the basic flight training and (according to Thrace) had "no feel for flying a Viper" ([[Miniseries]]). Thrace cared for Zak Adama deeply, however, that she felt that she shouldn't be the one to crush his dreams, and passed him despite of his lack of skill.

Thrace and Adama were engaged to be married, but Adama was killed two years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]]. His death became a wedge between his brother and father until Thrace confessed her responsibility in the matter prior to a mission of her own [[Skirmish over the Red Moon|which lead the Adamas to risk much]] in finding the missing Thrace ("[[Act of Contrition]]," "[[You Can't Go Home Again]]").
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[[Image:Mini_series_zak-kara-and-lee_photo.jpg|thumb|left|Kara Thrace's photo with Zak (left), Lee (right) and herself (Middle) in the Miniseries.]]

== Notes ==
*Zak Adama was first seen in a photograph in the [[Miniseries]], where he was played by [http://www.galactica2003.net/articles/hudson112603.shtml Clarke Hudson]. His role was recast for the series.

*Unlike his Original Series counterpart, [[Zac]], Zak Adama is deceased before the events of the [[Miniseries]], while Zac survives into the first third of the Original Series pilot, "[[Saga of a Star World]]."

*Notably missing from the parallel existance of the Adama brothers in the Re-imagined Series and brothers [[Apollo (TOS)|Captain Apollo]] and Zac in the Original Series is the character of [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]], sibling of Apollo and Zac. The series creators determined that there wasn't a clear reason to recreate a parallel of Athena for the Re-imagined Series. Most recently (as of Season 3) Athena has been taken on as the new Call Sign for Galactica [[Number Eight]] (Caprica Boomer).

*Zak is a common nickname for Zachary or Zachariah, an [[Wikipedia:Old Testament|Old Testament]] name that reinforces other real-world Earth cultural references made in both [[Original Series]] and [[Re-imagined Series]].

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