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William Adama

2010-11-24T18:06:24Z

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:''For information on William Adama's [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Original Series]] counterpart, see [[Adama (TOS)]].''
:''For other people named the shortened version of William, see: [[Bill (disambiguation)]].''
{{Character Data
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|caption=William Adama as the commander of the last battlestar, ''Galactica''.
|photo 2=Willie_Adama.jpg
|caption 2=William Adama at age 11 in ''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]''
|age=73 (at the time when he reached New Earth)
|colony= [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]], of [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] descent
|birthname= William Adama
|callsign= Husker
|nickname= Billy (during the First Cylon War)<br/>Bill / The Old Man (later in life)
|seen= Miniseries
|death= Presumably on Earth, c. 148,000 BCE
|parents= [[Joseph Adama]] † (father)<br/>[[Shannon Adama]] † (mother)
|siblings= [[Tamara Adama]] (half-sister) †
|children= [[Lee Adama|Leland J. Adama]]<br/>[[Zak Adama]] †
|marital status= Divorced ([[Carolanne Adama]] †);<br>Temporarily co-habitated with [[Laura Roslin]] aboard ''Galactica''
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|role=Commanding Officer, [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''<br/>Military leader of the [[The Fleet (RDM)|civilian Fleet]]
|rank=Admiral
|serial=204971<ref>This information is from his [[:Image:Bill Adama's dogtag serial.jpg|dogtags]].</ref>
|cylon=
|actor=[[Edward James Olmos]]<br/>[[Nico Cortez]] ([[Razor]])<br>[[Sina Najafi]] (''[[Caprica (series)|Caprica]]'')
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Admiral '''William Adama''', a veteran of the [[First Cylon War]], is the commanding officer of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', and the highest ranking officer left in the Colonial Fleet after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]].

== Background ==
*William Adama (named after his [[William Adama (grandfather)|deceased grandfather]]) was born in 69 BCH on Caprica, the son of [[Joseph Adama]] and [[Shannon Adama]] and raised in [[Qualai]], a small coastal community ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]; [[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). His father was a [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] immigrant and an attorney specializing in criminal defense and civil liberties with ties to the [[Ha'la'tha|criminal underworld]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Litmus]]", "Hero"; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). His mother was an accountant ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). Both his mother and his sister, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]], died in a suicide bombing on the [[Maglev 23]] when he was 11. He was still in school when the First [[Cylon War]] started ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1). During his childhood, he was considered small for his age and would often be beaten by his peers ([[TRS]]: [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)/Season 3#99|deleted scene]], "[[Exodus, Part II]]"). Because of anti-Tauron prejudice, Adama's father assumed the more Caprican-sounding surname Adams, but eventually the family reverted to the original Tauron name after 58 BCH ([[CAP]]: [[Pilot]]).
*After the death of both his mother and sister, Adama becomes estranged from his father, who is indirectly involved with the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after his uncle, [[Sam Adama]], violently secures the [[meta-cognitive processor]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], "[[Know Thy Enemy]]"). As a result of this estrangement, Sam assumes a parental role in Adama's life, much to his father's chagrin, and as a result becomes rebellious ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]"). His grandmother, [[Ruth]], encourages Adama's pursuit of his Tauron culture, even offering him uncharacteristically chilling advice in the process ([[CAP]]: [[Pilot]], "[[Gravedancing]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]").
*Adama served late in the [[Cylon War]] as both a [[Raptor]] and [[Viper (RDM)|Viper]] pilot, his first assignment being on ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]''. His first mission behind enemy lines was in a Raptor undergoing an unknown mission ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1; "[[Sine Qua Non]]"). He allegedly gained the call sign of "Husker"<ref>Adama's callsign is misspelled as "Husher" in the [[Battlestar Galactica (2005 Novel)|Miniseries novelization]], which is considered a [[BW:SEPCON|separate continuity]] source.</ref> on account of his baritone "graveled" voice. During his time on ''Galactica'', he had a romantic relationship with [[Jaycie McGavin]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]", Episode 1). He proved a gifted pilot, shooting down his first [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] on his very first combat mission, for which he received a commendation ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]", Episode 3; "[[Hero]]").
*In the last week in the war, Adama served on ''[[Galactica]]'' when the battlestar was boarded by Cylon forces. He recalled to his friend [[Saul Tigh]] a dangerous Cylon tactic that tried to turn the battlestar's power against itself ([[TRS]]: "[[Valley of Darkness]]", [[List_of_Deleted_Scenes_-_Season_2_(RDM)#Valley of Darkness|deleted scene]]).
*Furloughed by [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] after the war's end, Adama found work as a deck hand on a [[Sedulana|merchant fleet civilian freighter]], where he met [[Saul Tigh]], who became a long-time friend ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]", "[[Valley of Darkness]]").
*Adama married [[Carolanne Adama]], whose family had political influence with the defense subcommittee and pulled to get Adama reinstated to the Colonial Fleet. Adama (now a major) himself arranged for Tigh's reinstatement two years later.
*William and Carolanne Adama had two sons, [[Lee Adama|Lee]] and [[Zak Adama|Zak]], before the pressures of Adama's career and the time he spent away from home in active service began to place a strain on their marriage, and the two eventually divorced ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]], "[[A Day in the Life]]").
*While elder son Lee showed promise as a Viper pilot, younger Zak Adama did not. [[Kara Thrace]], Zak's flight instructor and lover, certified him for basic flight despite his poor flight skills. Later, Zak Adama was killed in an operational flight. Zak's death would cause a rift between Commander Adama and his older son for nearly [[Act of Contrition|three years]] until Thrace admits her error to both of them.
*Adama rose through the ranks of the peacetime fleet, becoming the executive officer of the battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]'', before becoming the commander of the battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''. About six years <ref name="hero">While dialogue from "[[Hero]]" places these events at 1 BCH, this contradicts previously established dates about the time Adama and others served on ''Galactica''. See [[Hero#Analysis]] for a detailed explanation why ''Battlestar Wiki'' chooses to treat this as a continuity error.</ref> prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], he was ordered by Admiral [[Peter Corman]] to escort a [[Stealthstar|stealth scout ship]] over the [[Armistice Line]]. The mission was a failure, and in an attempt to cover up, he ordered the ship and its pilot shot down. Ever since, he had felt guilt, both over shooting down his own pilot and over the possibility that his actions resulted in the holocaust. According to Tigh, this mission brought his star into descent, and he was given command of ''Galactica'' as a graceful way of easing into retirement.
*Adama has the rare combination of qualities that make up a good leader: insight, the ability to naturally command respect, a common touch that enables him to relate to the enlisted personnel under his command as well as his officers, intuition, intelligence, a strong belief in his own abilities, and the ability to take the advice of others. These qualities are reflected in the fact that personnel of all ranks aboard ''Galactica'' hold him in high regard, and know that he is approachable ([[TRS]]: [[Miniseries]]).
*Adama mistrusts politicians, and sometimes places too strongly a value of loyalty to those he regards as family and friends. From his uneasiness to [[Laura Roslin]]'s unexpected assumption of the Presidency, to the tolerance and patience of his friend, Saul Tigh, and [[You Can't Go Home Again|his stubbornness to save Kara Thrace]], Adama shows a dogged determination that few others care to confront.
*Adama does not share the majority of Colonial beliefs in the gods ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]"), although he has come to accept that his people's scripture may have relevance to the search for Earth ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]").
*Several notable assignments and reassignments during his 45-year career in the Colonial Fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"):
**D6/21311 - First commission: battlestar ''Galactica'' fighter squadron
**E4/21312 - Commendation for shooting down Cylon fighter in first combat mission
**D5/21314 - Mustered out of service post-armistice
**R6/21317 - Served as deckhand in merchant fleet and as common [...] aboard inter-colony tramp freighters
**D1/21331 - Recommissioned to Fleet
**D6/21337 - Major: battlestar ''[[Atlantia (RDM)|Atlantia]]''
**R8/21341 - Executive Officer: battlestar ''[[Columbia (RDM)|Columbia]]''
**C2/21345 - Commander: battlestar ''[[Valkyrie]]''
**C2/21348 - Commander: battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''

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Image:Young Adama.jpg|William Adama during the first Cylon War ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor]]").
Image:Youngadamafamily.jpg|A somewhat older William Adama and his two sons.
Image:Adama freighter.jpg|Adama aboard an inter-colony tramp freighter ([[TRS]]: "[[Scattered]]").
</gallery>

== Character History==

=== Childhood ===

* At age 11 (58 [[BCH]]), William "Willie" Adama held the family name of "Adams," as it was changed to hide the Adamas's [[Tauron]] ethnicity. It is after the death of his [[Shannon Adama|mother]] and [[Tamara Adama|sister]] at the bombing of [[Maglev 23]] that his [[Joseph Adama|father]] made aware of his Tauron heritage ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]. Following their deaths, he becomes estranged from his father, and his uncle, [[Sam Adama]], takes Adama under his wing and introduces him to life as a Tauron—and soldiers of the [[Ha'la'tha]]—ignoring his scholastic responsibilities. His grandmother, [[Ruth]], aids in his exposure to his Tauron heritage ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Gravedancing]]").
* He and his father later undergo a Tauron ritual that is meant to deal with the loss of loved ones, and this seems to aid in the reconciliation between them ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]"). At the time, he is unaware that his father had [[Daniel Graystone]] create an [[Tamara-A|avatar]] of his dead sister; he knew they were friends, but is oblivious to the circumstances that putrified this friendship ([[CAP]]: "[[Gravedancing]]").

=== The Fall of the Twelve Colonies ===

[[image:Mini_Adama_Tigh_DRADIS.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Commander Adama and Colonel [[Saul Tigh|Tigh]] plot a course to [[Ragnar Anchorage]] in the [[Miniseries]].]]

*At the time just prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]], William Adama serves out his final weeks as commander of the battlestar ''[[Galactica]]''. After some 50 years of service, the historic warship is in the process of being decommissioned, and it is one of Adama's final duties to formally hand her over to the [[Colonial Ministry of Education]], which would operate the ship as a living museum and educational center commemorating the [[First Cylon War|original Cylon War]].
*As a retirement gift, several members of [[Galen Tyrol]]'s deck crew find and restore Adama's old [[Viper Mark II]].
*On news of a renewed Cylon attack, Adama's first thoughts are, "Dead. We're all dead" ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part II]]"). Despite this, as well as the presumed loss of his [[Carolanne Adama|ex-wife]] in Caprica City, he unhesitatingly takes control of the [[Colonial Fleet (RDM)|Colonial Fleet]] after [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Picon|Picon]] Fleet Headquarters is destroyed and Admiral [[Nagala]] is killed.
*At Ragnar Anchorage, Adama deduces that [[Number Two|Leoben Conoy]]'s "allergies" are really the effect of Ragnar's cloud's electro-magnetic radiation upon the [[silica pathways]] composing a Cylon brain, despite the fact that the existence of [[Humanoid Cylon|biological Cylons]] is presumably unknown to humans at that time.<ref>See [[Miniseries, Analysis#Commander William Adama|Miniseries, Analysis]] for hypotheses concerning Adama's curious ability to quickly deduce Conoy's real nature.</ref>
*Once President Roslin convinces Adama the futility of fighting against overwhelming odds, and with what may be the last 50,000 humans who remain anywhere, he makes the switch to the more tactical thinking that keeps the Colonial Fleet at least one step ahead of their Cylon pursuers.
*From the outset, he is savvy enough to give every single survivor of the devastating attack on the Colonies a reason for hope for the future: the legend of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]]. This falsehood [[Tomb of Athena|comes back to haunt him]] as the weeks continue, as Roslin is aware of this lie to the crew and states this privately to Adama.

=== From the Colonies to Kobol ===

*Adama continues to face the problem of infiltration within the Fleet by [[humanoid Cylon]]s as well as [[Demand Peace|dissenting humans]] who protest or terrorize others in the Fleet. Adama continually redefines the boundaries of military and civil leadership. After some [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|serious missteps between he and President Roslin]], the two later become friends as well as influential leaders.
*[[Sharon Valerii]], a trusted [[Raptor]] pilot who served with Adama for two years, reveals herself unwittingly as a Cylon sleeper agent and shoots Adama at point blank range after a [[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II|critical mission near Kobol]]. Cottle [[Fragged|eventually repairs]] the damage to Adama's body, but Adama's psyche takes the larger hit while he repairs the [[Resistance|damage to the Fleet]] he and Col. Tigh have caused in arresting President Roslin, as well as the existence of a [[Sharon Agathon|second copy of Valerii]].
*While at first Adama takes a similar stance to Tigh in assuming a hard military posture, a conversation with [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] helps him realize that, despite the problems, the Fleet is his family, and the family must stay together. After finding the [[Tomb of Athena]] with Roslin and reuniting a [[Laura Roslin faction|factioning of the Fleet]], Adama firmly buries the hatchet between himself and Roslin publicly.
*In a desperate plan, Adama trusts the second Valerii to help [[Flight of the Phoenix|ward off]] a [[Great Cylon Turkey Shoot|massive Cylon fleet]]. Despite his "gut" feelings about the Cylon, he finds common ground often with her, even apologizing to her after a [[Resurrection Ship, Part I|distasteful incident]].

<gallery>
Image:Attack adama.jpg|Adama seconds after having been shot by [[Sharon Valerii]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]").
image:Home_pt1-Adama.jpg|Adama paints a model naval ship while talking to [[Anastasia Dualla|Dualla]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Home, Part I]]").
</gallery>

=== ''Pegasus'' ===

*Adama stoically accepts Admiral [[Helena Cain]]'s overall command. Wary of her behavior and her crew, Adama follows his own truism: stick to what you know, until you find something better.
*Matters with Cain's unusually totalitarian command style come to a head when Cain makes [[Pegasus (episode)|several highly questionable orders]] that lead him to face off with her battlestar and her command in a [[Standoff Between Galactica and Pegasus|military challenge]]. While the issue is [[Resurrection Ship, Part I|temporarily defused]], Adama is told by, of all people, President Roslin that Cain is a threat to the safety of the Fleet's citizens and must be eliminated.
*Adama avoids killing Cain after realizing that he would become the monster that the Cylons believed they were, unaware that she has plotted his demise as well.
*With Cain's fate sealed not by Adama but [[Gina Inviere]], a frail President Roslin promotes Adama to Admiral. He gives her a simple, affectionate kiss, which she returns, signifying another change in their turbulent association ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).

=== New Caprica ===

[[Image:Adama being carried Exodus-Pt-II.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Adama being carried by crew and civilians after the [[Battle of New Caprica]] (mid left).]]

*Adama's sense of justice with Roslin holds when he confronts her about [[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II|a conspiracy]] involving her re-election. Roslin admits the conspiracy but she is certain disaster will strike if [[Gaius Baltar]] becomes president. He agrees, but convinces Roslin that the correct course of action is to acknowledge a miscount and cover the conspiracy.
*When ''[[Cloud Nine]]'' and two other ships blow up as a result of [[Gina Inviere]]'s last effort of sabotage, Adama is privately infuriated at new President Baltar's refusal to investigate, and begins to wonder if he hadn't made a mistake.
*A year later, Adama commands ''Galactica'' manned by a skeleton crew as the flagship of a defense fleet, consisting of all ships unable or unwilling to make planetfall on [[New Caprica]]. He now sports a thick mustache, and has apparently taken up smoking. Adama feel lonely in command after he allowed many people close to him to settle on the planet despite his initial refusal. Eventually he grants [[Saul Tigh]] leave to take his wife [[Ellen Tigh|Ellen]] and go as well. His friendship to [[Laura Roslin]] appears to have deepened and the two share a carefree day during Founders' Day celebrations on the planet, marking the formal ground-breaking of New Caprica City ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]", "[[Unfinished Business]]").
*Shortly after the election, Adama and/or President Baltar commissions Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla a lieutenant (junior grade), skipping the initial commissioned rank of ensign. Aside from pilots, she is the only NCO shown to receive a commission. On the morning after the Founders' Day celebration, Adama approves her transfer to Battlestar ''Pegasus'' to join his son and her lover, Commander Lee Adama.
*During the year in orbit, he mends fences with [[Sharon Agathon|Sharon]]. Although he valued her advise earlier, he called her a "thing" or "it" and treated her such. While becoming estranged from the people around him, Adama grows much closer to Agathon, having personal conversations with her and he allowing her to decorate her cell with chairs, tables and other amenities and she has apparently become an advisor of sorts to him ([[TRS]]: "[[Precipice]]"). He permits [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] to marry her, and she adopts his surname, Agathon, thereby further separating herself from the identical Sharon Valerii who shot Adama.
*With Colonel Tigh released from active duty and beached on New Caprica, Adama promotes Lt. Karl Agathon (Helo) to captain and appoints him Executive Officer of ''Galactica,'' thereby demonstrating both the trust he has in Helo despite the latter's marriage to the Cylon prisoner, and his unwillingness to split families.
*Not long after Tigh leaves, a massive Cylon fleet bears down on New Caprica. After a brief discussion with [[Lee Adama|his son]] aboard ''Pegasus'' they order the understaffed Fleet to escape to pre-arranged Jump coordinates. The admiral issues the jump order with a reminder: "We're leaving... but we'll be back."
* Frustrations over the lack of a plan and problems during exercises lead to a conflict with his son whom he attacks over his weight gain and perceived softness. While Lee is pragmatic and doesn't believe that they can rescue the people on New Caprica in their state, his father drives everyone to their limit, thinking it is his misjudgments that brought them into the situation.
*He only forgives himself for leaving almost everyone behind after a conversation with Agathon, where she explains that, after being through so much herself, she discovered that she first had to forgive herself in order to get through it. In her opinion, the human race can't survive if Adama can't forgive himself.
*He commissions Agathon as a Colonial officer shortly after making contact with the [[New Caprica Resistance]], showing complete trust in her. She asks how he knows that she won't betray him and he replies he doesn't, stating "that's what trust is." Eventually a rescue plan takes shape, but Adama decides to go to New Caprica alone, ordering his son to take over as guardian of the Fleet should he not return. Despite their differences of opinion, the two have a heartfelt goodbye.
*Although sustaining losses, and with the last-minute assistance of Lee and ''Pegasus'', Adama is able to [[Battle of New Caprica|successfully pull off the rescue attempt]]. He is lauded by his crew and the civilians for this. He also shaves off his mustache, signifying a new beginning ([[TRS]]: "[[Occupation]]" through "[[Exodus, Part II]]").

=== Flight from New Caprica to "Maelstrom" ===
*Adama is awarded the [[Medal of Distinction]] for his 45 years of distinctive service in the Colonial Fleet. To him this is a penance for the harm that he caused in the past, and his belief that he might have been the cause of the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]").
*In an effort to alleviate tensions on ''Galactica'', Adama [[Unfinished Business|holds a boxing tournament]], disregarding rank, allowing people to work out built up frustrations. He himself joins the festivities by challenging Chief [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]]. Beaten, he declares that he let everyone too close to him, which ultimately led to the fracturing of their family on New Caprica, and vows to not make that mistake again.
*After the discovery of the [[Temple of Five]] on the [[algae planet]], four Cylon [[Basestar (RDM)|basestars]] jump into orbit. A meeting with the Cylons occurs on ''Galactica'', but Adama threatens to nuke the planet should the Cylons make a claim to it. A standoff occurs, and when the Cylons try to launch six Heavy Raiders, Adama orders the arming the ship's [[missile tubes]]. This frightens the Cylons, who recall five of the six and Adama orders a stand down ([[TRS]]: "[[The Eye of Jupiter]]", "[[Rapture]]").
*With the capture of [[Gaius Baltar]], Adama and President Roslin are faced with a dilemma of what to do with Baltar. They try various methods of interrogation, including food and sleep deprivation, threats, and even an [[interrogation drug]], to find out what the Cylons know about the location of Earth. Adama apparently has previous experience with the drug and, after suggesting its use, acts as the interrogator, showing his darker side ([[TRS]]: "[[Taking a Break From All Your Worries]]").
*On his wedding anniversary, Adama is plagued by memories of his [[Carolanne Adama|ex-wife]]. He wonders about the nature of his relationship to Roslin, not admitting that it could turn into a romantic one. He is also unsure how to treat his son, having a hard time telling him his personal feelings: "proud, stubborn and angry", but "coming into his own". While loving his son, he prefers to interact with him as an admiral to a subordinate officer, believing Lee knows how he feels. Upon Roslin's recommendations, he offers his son to organize Baltar's upcoming trial. Although not sure if Lee will have the time, he gives him [[Joseph Adama]]'s old [[Arts and Literature of the Twelve Colonies#Law books|law books]]. It is also revealed that Adama does memory exercises to enable him to know everyone on his crew by name ([[TRS]]: "[[A Day in the Life]]").

=== [[Kara Thrace]]'s death, resurrection and the final leg of the journey to Earth ===
* By chance, Adama is selected to be a judge at the trial. Two weeks after [[Kara Thrace]]'s [[Maelstrom|death]] he is still distraught, having considered her as a daughter—after her resurection/return/rebirth, he tells her, "You are my daughter" ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part I]]"). In anger, he breaks his model ship. Adama places [[Lee Adama|Lee]] in charge of security for [[Gaius Baltar|Baltar]]'s new lawyer, [[Romo Lampkin]], but Lee develops a desire to actively help defend Baltar much to Adama's outrage. The two also come to blows over their dealing with Thrace's loss ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]"). This results in a break between the father and son, with Lee resigning his commission and Adama questioning his son's integrity after Lee contributed to humiliating his friend [[Saul Tigh]] in court, not able to understand how he could do such things in order to defend a traitor, whom he believes is undeserving of a trial ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").
*Adama reconsiders his relationship with his son after Lee's [[Crossroads, Part II#Noteworthy Dialogue|impassioned speech]] about justice, itself swaying his vote in favor of an acquittal of Baltar. He is further pleased that his son participated in the [[Battle of the Ionian Nebula]], offering him his wings back, which Lee refuses as he believes that he can do better in his new role as the new [[Quorum of Twelve (RDM)|Quorum]] delegate from [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part II]]", "[[He That Believeth In Me]]").
* Adama comforts Laura Roslin throughout her [[Doloxan]] treatments on ''Galactica''. The two bond further and share some of their most intimate thoughts. During this, Roslin manages to convince Adama that they will truly find Earth despite his earlier skepticism. Roslin's remarks that Adama is afraid to lose people close to him hit a mark, and he gives Thrace command of the ''[[Demetrius]]'' on a mission to search for Earth. He wants to believe in her despite serious questions regarding her sudden resurrection, even after her attack on Roslin ([[TRS]]: "[[He That Believeth In Me]]", "[[Six of One]]").
*Adama and Roslin later discuss Lee's choices, including his decision to support the right of Baltar's [[Cult of Baltar|cult]] to assemble without stricture. Adama seems to appreciate his son's idealism to a certain extent, despite having been on its opposing side several times. He also attempts to comfort Galen Tyrol after Cally's [[The Ties That Bind|sudden death]], but Tyrol rejects the efforts and Adama demotes him to specialist before Tyrol can endanger any other pilots ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]").
* While Roslin continues her Doloxan treatments aboard ship, he continues to comfort her by reading various books, including ''[[Searider Falcon]]'', to her and generally being present to discuss matters of faith. He later admits to her that she is the reason why he has faith in their mission to find Earth ([[TRS]]: "[[Escape Velocity]]", "[[Faith]]").
[[Image:410 Adama sees the Fleet off.jpg|thumb|William Adama sees the Fleet off.]]
* After [[Guess What's Coming to Dinner?|Roslin's abrupt abduction]] by the rebel Cylon baseship, as well as [[Sharon Agathon]]'s murder of [[Natalie Faust]], he initiates a search for Roslin while ignoring the Fleet's safety and interests. His dismissal of both the Quorum and [[Tom Zarek]] raise tensions in the Fleet that force his son to search for—and become—the interim president in Roslin's place. Further, tensions between Adama and Tigh to boil, notably after Dr. [[Sherman Cottle]] reports that [[Caprica Six]] is impregnated by Tigh. The two come to blows over their decisions regarding the women currently in their lives. Adama admits that he can't live without Roslin and decides to stay behind in a Raptor to wait for Roslin's return. As a result, he hands command of the Fleet over to newly-promoted Admiral Tigh, acknowledging that Tigh has become more knowledgeable about himself and is not the same man who [[Scattered|commanded the Fleet disastrously]] over two years ago ([[TRS]]: "[[Sine Qua Non]]"). After reconnecting with the missing basestar and reuniting with President Roslin on the hangar deck of the basestar, she finally admits having feelings for him, to which he replies, "About time" ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hub]]").
*When [[Saul Tigh]] confesses that he is a Cylon, [[Revelations|Adama doesn't take it well]]. He can't believe that his decades-long friend is a Cylon and thinks that he was brainwashed on New Caprica. After ordering Marines to arrest Tigh, Adama breaks down in his quarters, hitting a mirror with his fist and sobbing on the floor. His son finds him in this state and tries to get him to pull himself together.

=== Discovery of Earth ===
*After Lee Adama defuses the following crisis with the [[Cylon Civil War|Cylon rebels]], Adama has sufficiently recovered to lead the Fleet on its final jump to Earth, holding a rousing speech [[Revelations|after the arrival]].
* Unfortunately, when the Colonials land on Earth, they discover that the whole planet is a burnt out wasteland ([[TRS]]: "[[Revelations]]"). Baltar confirms that the planet suffered a nuclear holocaust 2000 years ago. There is still enough radiation left to make the planet uninhabitable. Adama leaves the planet's surface in disgust.
* Back on ''Galactica'', Adama receives even more disturbing news. The Rebel Cylons have found evidence on Earth that the Thirteenth Tribe were not human. They were Cylons.
* Adama tries to get Roslin to address the Fleet, but Roslin has completely lost faith in the Scriptures and no longer has the will to lead the people.
* After Dualla commits suicide, Adama breaks down in tears over her body and believes he's failed everyone. He starts drinking excessively and eventually makes his way to Saul Tigh's quarters.
* Tigh tries to apologize for not telling him the truth, but Adama ignores him and instead starts drinking more and insulting Tigh. He questions whether Tigh was "programmed" to be his friend all these years. Adama then comments that Ellen must have realized the truth about her husband long before he did, which is why she slept around with half the Colonial Fleet. Tigh tells him to shut up, but Adama keeps goading him. Tigh finally can't take it anymore and points his pistol at Adama. Adama draws his own weapon which he points to his own head. He tells Tigh to kill him or he'll do it himself.
* Tigh suddenly realizes that Adama wants to die, but he doesn't have the guts to pull the trigger himself. Tigh calms down and sternly tells Adama that he still has a duty to this ship and that his death won't make things any better. Adama slowly comes to terms with everything that has happened.
* Later, Adama walks onto CIC and addresses a thoroughly demoralized crew. He acknowledges that they can't stay on Earth, but he promises they will find a new home. Adama then orders the CIC personnel to begin jump preparation and to plot a course for an area of space likely to contain a habitable planet. He reinstates Tigh to his rank and posting, despite the latter's Cylon nature.

=== Mutiny ===
* Adama approves an alliance between rebel Cylon faction without the consent of the Quorum of Twelve. These Cylons are given them full colonial citizenship an Quorum seat in exchange for Cylon technology and accepting the colonial command structure.
* Adama integrates the Cylon heavy raiders (piloted by humanoid Cylons who thus can communicate directly with the humans) into ''Galactica''’s combat air patrols (CAPs), their Six and Eight pilots assigned to Colonial squadrons.
* Adama orders the fleet to allow Cylons to install their more efficient technology aboard the various ships of the Fleet ([[TRS]]: "[[A Disquiet Follows My Soul]]").
* This unpopular decision ferments a [[Gaeta's Mutiny|mutiny attempt]] led militarily by [[Felix Gaeta]] and politically by [[Tom Zarek]].
* Adama is ''de facto'' removed from command, but before he is taken out of the CIC, Adama speaks of a reckoning of traitors.
* The admiral is able to escape the rebels temporary, and helps Laura Roslin and Baltar escape to the Cylon Basestar, but is recaptured in doing so ([[TRS]]: "[[The Oath]]", "[[Blood on the Scales]]").
* Against the advise of Tom Zarek, Gaeta attempts to have an informal trial of Adama charging him with treason.
* Adama is sentenced to death by Gaeta, but again evades death after a group of loyalists save him. His own executioners join him in his quest to retake the ship and he storms CIC with the group that rescued him, the marines who were supposed to execute him and many crew members who join up with him on the way.
* Gaeta attempts to jump away with the fleet, but is stopped by a large group of loyalists storming the CIC and reinstating Adama in command. Gaeta surrenders without a fight and Adama has him and Zarek executed by a firing squad that he personally commands ([[TRS]]: "[[Blood on the Scales]]").

=== Post-Mutiny and the second Earth ===
* With crew sizes stretched very thin, Adama is relying even more on the rebel Cylons, and further integrating the Fleet.
* ''Galactica'' begins to show small fractures through the ship. Tyrol recommends to Adama to use Cylon technology to fix these fractures. Adama initially disagrees, but eventually orders this to be done ([[TRS]]: "[[No Exit]]", "[[Deadlock]]").
*The increased presence of Cylons aboard ''Galactica'' leads to Adama and Roslin viewing them even more as the same as humans, when they realise that Cylons have taken to placing photographs of their own lost companions in the remembrance hall.
* Further damage to the ship caused by Boomer's FTL jump leads Adama to order ''Galactica'''s abandonment ([[TRS]]: "[[Someone to Watch Over Me]]", "[[Islanded in a Stream of Stars]]").
* Adama changes his mind, after discovering [[The Colony|the location]] of [[Hera Agathon]]. He plans to send the ship off in a blaze of glory in a volunteers-only apparent [[Battle of the Colony|suicide mission]] to rescue the child ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").
* Adama rejects two volunteers: Doctor (Major) [[Sherman Cottle]] is needed by the civilian populace. Adama brevets Lt. [[Louis Hoshi]] to rear admiral and appoints him to command of the rest of the Fleet from the Cylon Basestar under appointed Acting President Romo Lampkin.
* Adama and the volunteers successfully save Hera and destroy the Colony. With the Colony detonating around them, Adama orders [[Kara Thrace]] to [[blind jump]] the ship away, without giving time to draw in the ship's Flight Pods. The ship ends up at a habitable planet, with it's structual integrity totally compromised and it's ability to Jump gone forever.
* Finding the planet habitable and sparcely populated by inexplicedly genetically compatable humans, Adama suggests it be named Earth to take the place of the planet they had long sought.
* The Fleet reunites with ''Galactica''. Adama reluctantly agrees to Lee's proto-ludite settlement plans for the new planet, and orders that the ships of the Fleet be flown into the sun by [[Samuel Anders]] (less the Cylon Basestar which the humanoid Cylons give to the Centurions with which to make their own destiny).
* He flies off in a Raptor with Roslin to find a good place to build a cabin, never planning to return and finds the perfect spot... moments after Laura Roslin dies peacefully of her cancer, after which he places his wedding ring on her finger.
*He builds a cabin in a mountain range for himself, and buries Roslin nearby. Afterwards, he lives in solitude in the cabin, often visiting Laura's grave and speaking to her ([[TRS]]: "[[Daybreak, Part II]]").

== Family tree ==
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==Notes==
*[[Wikipedia:Adama|Adama]] (also known as Nazareth) is the name of a large city in Ethiopia. The name is also a variation on "[[Wikipedia:Adam and Eve|Adam]]," the first man to be created according to the Bible in the [[Wikipedia:Genesis|Book of Genesis]]. In Hebrew the word pronounced "Adama" means earth.
*The Tauron language is portrayed on the show using Ancient Greek. Thus, the most likely etymology for the family name "Adama" is from ''adamas'' (ἀδάμας), which means invincible and is the etymological root of the word ''diamond''. It seems a suitable choice as the surname of the various related characters in this series as it relates to their personality traits.
*Edward James Olmos has brown eyes, but he wears contacts when playing William Adama that make Adama's eyes blue. This is done so that Olmos and [[Jamie Bamber]], who is playing his son Apollo, will resemble each other more.
*Astute viewers may recall Edward James Olmos sharing the screen with realistic humanoid robots as [[w:List of minor characters in Blade Runner#Gaff|Gaff]] in the classic science fiction film ''[[w:Blade Runner|Blade Runner]]'', which also used the term "skin job" as a pejorative to denote the artificial humanoids.
*Olmos also shares with ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: The Original Series|Star Trek]]'' star [[MemoryAlpha:William Shatner|William Shatner]] the distinction of being one of only two actors to both command a television starship and portray a police officer in a popular 1980's cop show (''[[w:Miami Vice|Miami Vice]]'' for Olmos, ''[[w:T.J. Hooker|T.J. Hooker]]'' for Shatner), as a regularly credited actor on each show.
*Edward James Olmos is the father of actor [[Bodie Olmos]], who plays [[Brendan Costanza]].
*Roslin has [[Billy Keikeya]] seek out a jeweler to fashion new admiral pins for Adama after Cain's death at the end of "[[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]".

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William "Willie" Adama

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== Background ==
*William Adama (named after his [[William Adama (grandfather)|deceased grandfather]]) was born in 69 BCH on Caprica, the son of [[Joseph Adama]] and [[Shannon Adama]] and raised in [[Qualai]], a small coastal community ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]; [[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). His father was a [[Tauron (RDM)|Tauron]] immigrant and an attorney specializing in criminal defense and civil liberties with ties to the [[Ha'la'tha|criminal underworld]] ([[TRS]]: "[[Litmus]]", "Hero"; [[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]). His mother was an accountant ([[TRS]]: "[[Hero]]"). Both his mother and his sister, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]], died in a suicide bombing on the [[Maglev 23]] when he was 11. He was still in school when the First [[Cylon War]] started ([[TRS]]: "[[Razor Flashbacks]]," Episode 1). During his childhood, he was considered small for his age and would often be beaten by his peers ([[TRS]]: [[List of Deleted Scenes (RDM)/Season 3#99|deleted scene]], "[[Exodus, Part II]]"). Because of anti-Tauron prejudice, Adama's father assumed the more Caprican-sounding surname Adams, but eventually the family reverted to the original Tauron name after 58 BCH ([[CAP]]: [[Pilot]]).
*After the death of both his mother and sister, Adama becomes estranged from his father, who is indirectly involved with the creation of the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]] after his uncle, [[Sam Adama]], violently secures the [[meta-cognitive processor]] ([[CAP]]: [[Caprica pilot|Pilot]], "[[Know Thy Enemy]]"). As a result of this estrangement, Sam assumes a parental role in Adama's life, much to his father's chagrin, and as a result becomes rebellious ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[The Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]"). His grandmother, [[Ruth]], encourages Adama's pursuit of his Tauron culture, even offering him uncharacteristically chilling advice in the process ([[CAP]]: [[Pilot]], "[[Gravedancing]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]").

Joseph Adama

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'''Joseph Adama''' (a.k.a. '''Joseph Adams''') was a notorious civil liberties lawyer on [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]] who was affiliated with the [[Tauron]] criminal organization [[Ha'la'tha]] in the years prior to the [[First Cylon War]]. Joseph Adama was also the father of [[William Adama]], commander of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]''.

==Early Life==
Joseph Adama was born on Tauron to [[Isabelle Adama|Isabelle]] and [[William Adama Sr.]] in the years leading up to the [[Tauron Civil War]]. His father, William, believed Joseph a more introverted child, who required coaxing into adulthood. To that end, Joseph - pronounced Iusif or "yu-SEEF" (IPA: ju'sif) on Tauron - received his "mark of manhood" before his older brother, [[Sam Adama|Samuel]], having learned the ancient prayers and passages of the [[Sacred Scrolls]] ([[CAP]]: "[[The Dirteaters]]").

===Tauron Civil War===
{{spoiltext|When civil war broke out on Tauron, Herac soldiers accused William and Isabelle Adama, Ha'la'tha sympathizers, of the murder of one of their men. From their hiding place inside a closet, Joseph and Samuel were forced to watch as their mother was beaten and killed and their father tortured for information. Accepting that William would not survive, Joseph shot and killed him, then fled with Samuel. There on the streets of Tauron, Joseph gave his brother his first [[Tattoo#Tattoos|tattoo]] ([[CAP]]: "[[The Dirteaters]]").}}

==Caprica==
Orphaned, Joseph and Samuel were sent to a refugee camp on Caprica. Arriving on Caprica, Joseph was struck by the sight of flowers on the side of the road, something he had not seen on Tauron. In the refugee camp, the Adama boys met the [[Guatrau]] who later recounted that, even as a child, Joseph possessed a calculating air. The Guatrau took the Adamas under his wing, bringing Sam into the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate and putting Joseph through law school ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]" "[[The Dirteaters]]").

[[Image:Joseph Adama in court, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Joseph Adama in court with his Ha'la'tha client.]]

Adopting a more Caprican sounding name - "Adams" - Joseph took great efforts to assimilate into the new culture. Adama raised two children, [[Tamara Adama|Tamara]] and [[William Adama|William]] with his wife [[Shannon]] in the [[Little Tauron]] neighborhood of [[Caprica City]] at 615 Olympic Street, apartment number 3 ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]", "[[There is Another Sky]]").

===Mob Lawyer===
As a lawyer for the Ha'la'tha on Caprica, Joseph "Adams" used [[Cubits#In the Re-imagined Series|money]] provided by the Guatrau to pay off Judges and make bail for Ha'la'tha members put on trial by the state. Despite the fact that the Guatrau had paid for his education, Adams made an effort to distance himself from the Tauron crime organization, saying that he was tired of doing the Guatrau's dirty work. Adams was assisted in that "dirty" work by [[Evelyn]] who manged his business affairs, both legitimate and illegitimate. Evelyn believed that if she wasn't around, Adams would "still be chasing ambulances" ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]","[[Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[False Labor]]").

===Tragedy===
[[Image:Joseph and Daniel commiserate, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Adama and Graystone commiserate over their loss.]]

Fifty-eight years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], Joseph Adams lost his wife, Shannon, and daughter, Tamara, in the suicide bombing of the Caprica City [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit|MLMT]] train by [[Ben Stark]], a member of the [[Soldiers of the One]] monotheist terror cell. Mourning in the traditional Tauron way - wearing black gloves to symbolize distance from the rest of the world - Joseph was devastated by the loss. Meeting famed industrialist [[Daniel Graystone]] outside the [[Global Defense Department]] briefing on the bombing, Adams and Graystone commiserated over their losses, Graystone having also lost his daughter, [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

Extending Joseph and his son Willie an invitation to watch a [[Caprica Buccaneers]] [[Pyramid (RDM)|pyramid]] game from the owner's box at [[Atlas Arena]], Graystone showed the Adams great generosity. Having learned of Adams' connection to the Ha'la'tha, Graystone used the opportunity to ask Joseph to do him a favor: help him steal a piece of equipment from the Tauron based company, the [[Vergis Corporation]]. In return, Graystone promised to bring Adams' wife and daughter back to life, using [[resurrection program|technology]] created by his deceased daughter. The Vergis equipment was, he said, the linchpin to the entire process ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

===="Tamara-A"====
Convinced that the resurrection of his wife and daughter was possible, Adams approached his brother, Sam Adama, now an enforcer for the Ha'la'tha to help him carry out the theft from Tauron. Though Adam's had hoped to reduce his involvement with the Ha'la'tha, Joseph agreed to deliver a threatening message to Caprican Minister of Defense [[Val Chambers]] in payment for Sam's assistance ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

Upon delivery of the equipment, called a [[meta-cognitive processor]], Adams was given a demonstration of its potential by Daniel Graystone. Scanning Adams into his computer and creating an [[avatar]] for the lawyer, Graystone introduced Joseph to his daughter, Tamara, reborn in the [[Virtual world]]. At first overjoyed to be reunited with his daughter, Adams quickly grew incensed as Tamara struggled with the new sensations of life as a digital image, screaming that she couldn't feel her heartbeat. Calling the entire endeavor an abomination, Adams stormed out of Graystone's [[Graystone Estate|home]] lab, turning his back on the notion of resurrecting his family ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

Realizing that he could not escape the reality of his situation, Adams resolved to begin anew, choosing to share with his son, William, the history of his family. Telling his son about life on Tauron and the honorable man that was his father, Joseph revealed to William that he had changed their name but from then on referred to his family name not as "Adams", but as Adama ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica pilot|Pilot]]").

===Repercussions===
[[Image:Joseph and Willie in Caprica, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Joseph and Willie Adama in Caprica City.]]
Despite accepting that his wife and daughter were not coming back, Joseph Adama struggled with the loss. Upon having a vision of Tamara reaching out to him, Adama became obsessed with the notion of the avatar version of his daughter trapped within the virtual world. With Daniel Graystone ignoring his calls, Adama confronted the scientist at the MagLev memorial service at [[Apollo Park]]. There Graystone informed Adama that the [[Zoe-A|Zoe avatar]] had been lost and that the Tamara avatar likely suffered the same fate. Adama, however, was unwilling to accept this, and confronted Graystone again, this time having Sam Adama beat him savagely ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]").

Graystone finally agreed to search for the Tamara avatar, but though he now believed she still existed in his private virtual space, Tamara had been discovered by the living Zoe avatar and been released into the expanse of the Virtual world ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]", "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]").

Believing his daughter to be truly gone, Adama sought retribution, telling Sam Adama to even things out by killing Graystone's wife, [[Amanda Graystone|Amanda]]. As the time came, however, to carry out Amanda Graystone's execution, Joseph Adama began having second thoughts. Unable to contact his brother to call off the hit, Joseph was overcome with guilt. Aware of his brother's low tolerance for violence, Sam Adama took the opportunity to scare both Amanda Graystone and Joseph Adama, before revealing that he had no intention of killing her ([[CAP]]: "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]", "[[Gravedancing]]").

===Things Lost===
[[Image:TauronFuneral.jpg|thumb|Joseph receives a new tattoo at the funeral for Shannon and Tamara.]]
Still reeling from the loss, Joseph Adama sank into deep depression, failing to show up for work and neglecting his son. With a lack of direction from his father, William spent time with his uncle, Samuel, learning the ways of the Ha'la'tha. Discovering that his son had been skipping school to spend time with Sam, Joseph confronted his brother and took steps to reestablish his relationship with Willie. Taking Willie fishing, Joseph attempted to bond with his son, however Willie turned violent, attacking children who had mocked them ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]").

Aware that he was quickly losing his son, Joseph decided to hold a traditional Tauron funeral at his home to give his son - and himself - closure. Adding a new tattoo to his chest, Joseph performed the funereal rights, giving the ferryman the coins that ensured Tamara and Shannon safe passage to the afterlife. In the celebration after the ceremony, Joseph was interrupted by a visit from [[Tad Thorean]], a [[New Cap City]] gamer who was sent by the Tamara avatar to inform her father that she was indeed alive, lost in the Virtual world ([[CAP]]: "[[There is Another Sky]]").

==The Search for Tamara==
[[Image:Joseph in New Cap City, 1x08.jpg|thumb|Joseph and "Emmanuelle" in New Cap City.]]

With knowledge of the Tamara avatar's continued existence in V-world, Joseph Adama tracked Tad Thorean down to the Little Tauron market where he worked, demanding that Thorean take him to New Cap City. Thorean reluctantly agreed, introducing Adama to the noir gaming environment in which gangster-type violence prevailed. As Thorean gave Adama a tour of New Cap City, Thorean was shot and derezzed, leaving Joseph to search for his daughter alone ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").

Taking to wandering the streets of New Cap City, Adama was confronted by "[[Emmanuelle]]", a beautiful user who claimed Tad Thorean had sent her to help him find Tamara - for a price. Entering New Cap City's version of Little Tauron, Joseph and Emmanuelle broke into the virtual version of his own apartment where they demanded information from the current resident. Being shot and nearly derezzed in the an ensuing melee, Emmanuelle insisted Adama leave V-world until he was prepared to shoot and kill ([[CAP]]: "[[The Imperfections of Memory]]").

===Mysteries===
Taking advice from Sam Adama, who told him killing is pretending it's not reality, Joseph reentered V-world, accompanying Emmanuelle to the New Cap City club [[Mysteries]]. Being called on stage by the host, [[Cerberus]], Joseph was given the opportunity to solve a riddle in return for information on his daughter's whereabouts. Refusing to answer, Adama was thrown out of the club and labeled a coward. Noticing Tamara's distinctive flower signature stamped on a wall outside the club, Adama used the performance-enhancing hack [[amp]] and charged back into Mysteries, opening fire on and derezzing the clientele and holding Cerberus at gunpoint. The host provided little useful information, but, as they left the club, Joseph and Adama stumbled upon a wall on which Tamara had imprinted her signature over and over again. Emmanuelle telling him that, perhaps, Tamara had found a home in the Virtual world ([[CAP]]: "[[Ghosts in the Machine]]").

===End of Line===
[[Image:Joseph Adama derezzed, 1x09.jpg|thumb|Adama is shot and derezzed by Tamara.]]
Concerned by Joseph's frequent use of amp and continued presence in New Cap City, Emmanuelle - really Evelyn in disguise - came to believe that Adama's search for his daughter was destroying his life. Luring Tamara to Adama's virtual apartment, Emmanuelle convinced Tamara to fake her own demise in order to save her father. Finding Tammy some time later, Joseph embraced his daughter yet again in her virtual form. Tamara, however, told her father to stop following her and to focus on William who was alive and to forget her. Aiming a [[small arms|weapon]] at her chest, she shot herself, seemingly fatally wounded, before turning the gun on Joseph and permanently derezzing him from New Cap City. Devastated by yet again losing his daughter, Joseph was comforted by Evelyn ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]").

==The Ha'la'tha==
[[Image:Adama and Graystone at Graystone Industries, 1x13.jpg|thumb|Adama and Graystone share a cigarette outside Graystone Industries.]]
Finally moving past the loss of Tamara, Joseph Adama became fully immersed in the Ha'la'tha when Daniel Graystone came to the crime syndicate for help in retaking control of his company from a vengeful [[Tomas Vergis]]. Sam Adama recommended that Joseph represent the Guatrau's interests in dealing with Graystone, who Joseph described as having "no humility". As a way of testing Graystone's resolve, Joseph and Sam Adama staged a scenario in which Graystone was forced to choose between ending the deal with the Ha'la'tha and detonating a bomb planted in his own mother's car. Despite Graystone's failure to prove willingness at any cost, the alliance was forged ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]").

Working alongside his brother and Graystone, Joseph Adama began pulling the files of [[Graystone Industries]]' board members, searching for ways to secure their votes to put Graystone back in charge. Though Graystone had difficulty exploiting people he once called friends, the method worked and Vergis was voted out at Graystone Industries. With the Ha'la'tha now in control of the company, Joseph and Evelyn worked out of the Graystone campus in Caprica City, scouring the company's records for the best manner in which to exploit the company ([[CAP]]: "[[Retribution]]", "[[False Labor]]").

===Aid for Tauron===
{{spoiltext|As normality returned to the Adama Family, political strife flared up once again on Tauron. With Sam Adama obsessed with the new Tauron rebellion, Joseph Adama sensed his brother's feelings of remorse concerning their childhood. Still, Joseph kept from his brother the knowledge that the Guatrau had decided not to smuggle [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|U-87 battle robot]]s to Tauron as Sam had suggested, but was instead selling them to the Soldiers of the One on [[Gemenon]]. Outraged to finally learn of the deal with the STO, Sam Adama railed against his brother, asking Joseph how he could sell the robots to the people who had killed his wife and daughter. Realizing that Sam was correct in his outrage, Joseph Adama agreed to help him smuggle the U-87s to Tauron, an act of defiance against the Guatrau ([[CAP]]: "[[Blowback]]", "[[The Dirteaters]]").}}

== The Notorious Lawyer ==
[[Image:Joseph adama.jpg|thumb|right|Joseph Adama's silver lighter]]
Adama believed that law was a way of exorcising everyone's demons, a belief that lead him to defend "the worst of the worst." Lee Adama remembered reading about how Joseph let "murderers go free," though never understanding why Joseph put himself through the abuse. In a discussion with Lampkin, it is revealed to Lee that Adama sought to understand the motivations that cause people to cheat, why people reward their enemies, go to war, and why people [[Cylons (RDM)|build machines to correct their flaws and shortcomings]] ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]"). Lee apparently remains ignorant to Joseph Adama's connections to the Ha'la'tha, while it is uncertain whether Lampkin knew of the connection.

Adama always carried a silver lighter during his cases; he considered it good luck, and claimed he only lost a case when he left it at home. He later gave it to his son William, who, after the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|holocaust]], loaned it to his own son as a token of luck for a [[Battle for the Tylium Asteroid|crucial mission]], which was returned to him after the mission's success ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]").

Before going to trial, Adama would always break pencils before entering the courtroom as a reminder to "break preconceptions" and "work with what you had." He would then ask to borrow a pencil from the clerk. Adama's son recounted this ritual to [[Laura Roslin]] before her upcoming Presidential debate, leading her to try it herself ([[TRS]]: "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]").

==Legacies==
After the Fall, his son William Adama (commander of ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]'') remarked that he thought Adama was a better father than he ever was to his own children ([[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God (RDM)|The Hand of God]]"). Adama's grandson, [[Lee Adama]], would repeatedly visit the elder Adama during his youth, sneaking a peek at Joseph's various law books ([[TRS]]: "[[A Day in the Life]]"). Joseph would repeatedly wave Lee over, telling him "Lee, be a good boy. Just don't be too good." ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]")

During his tenure, defense attorney [[Romo Lampkin]] was one of Adama's students, likely meeting him while working in one of Caprica's civil litigation offices. Though Lampkin claims to have hated the man "because he was right" about the law, Lampkin also admits to learning everything he knows about the law from Adama, and even carries a worn copy of ''[[Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice]]'' with him. After first meeting Lee Adama, Lampkin claims that he looked like his grandfather ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]"). Another book written by Adama is ''[[Trial Tactics and Strategies]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").

== Family tree ==
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