Samuel Adama

2010-02-07T02:17:05Z

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: ''For other characters with the same name, see: [[Samuel]].''

{{Character Data
|series=Caprica
|photo= Sam Adama.jpg
|age=
|colony= [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] (emigrated to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]])
|callsign=
|seen= Caprica pilot
|pseen=''Caprica''
|death=
|parents= [[William Adama (grandfather)|William Adama]]† ''(father)''<br>Mother deceased
|siblings= [[Joseph Adama]]
|children=
|marital status= Married to Larry (last name unknown)
|role= [[Ha'la'tha]] assassin
|rank=
|actor= [[Sasha Roiz]]
|sortkey=Adama, Sam
}}

'''Sam Adama''' is the brother of [[Joseph Adama]] and an enforcer in the [[Ha'la'tha]], a [[Tauron]]-based criminal organization.

Both Adama and his brother, Joseph, came to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] as orphans from Tauron after their parents were killed in the [[Tauron Civil War]]. Their father was named [[William Adama (grandfather)|William Adama]], eponym of Sam's nephew. Joseph Adams, who changed his family name from Adama after he came to Caprica in part to escape the virulent anti Tauron racism, became a mob lawyer after the [[Guatrau]] of the Ha'la'tha paid for his law school education. In return Joseph became the lawyer for soldiers of the organization and also bribes public officials including judges to grease the wheels of justice in the Ha'la'tha's favor. Sam became an enforcer assassin for the organization. The two brothers have a very close relationship. Sam is very angry at the loss of his niece [[Tamara Adama|Tamara Adams]] and his sister-in-law, vowing to wreak vengeance on those who murdered them in the suicide bombing on the [[Lev]].

Joseph Adams is given an assignment delivering a message to the Caprican Minister of Defense [[Val Chambers]] when he shows independence from the Ha'la'tha, who aided Chambers in his political career. Joseph requests time to think about it and is granted that time by the boss. After a request from Dr. [[Daniel Graystone]] to use his mob connections to steal a critical piece of technology from the [[Vergis Corporation]] in which they could make perfect replicas of their daughters, Joseph takes up the assignment and goes to deliver the Ha'la'tha's message to the Minister. Chambers refuses to be intimidated and hurls racist slurs at Joseph, threatens an investigation of the Ha'la'tha and their lawyers. In response to this, the organization orders Sam Adama to assassinate Chambers and he murders him in his own bed by slitting his throat and stabbing him several times in the midsection ([[Caprica pilot]]).

As Joseph's grief causes him to become more distant from his son, Sam takes a greater role in the boy's development. He advises William that he shouldn't take up smoking when he gets older because the authorities can get DNA from a cigarette butt, that when arrested for a minor crime he can avoid jail time by just paying the fine upfront, and that when someone tries to make him feel guilty he should find out what person feels guilty about and turn it against them ([[Rebirth]]).

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