# [[President Adar]] of the [[RDM]] [[Battlestar Galactica]].
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Lord Baltar deceives him into embracing the façade of a forthcoming peace with the Cylon Empire. Adar holds back his guard despite repeated warnings from Commander Adama on Galactica, who warns of possible Cylon treachery. As a result, only Galactica is prepared sufficiently to fight off a massive Cylon Raider force that attacks the unprepared Colonial fleet. Adar laments, too late, on the horrific discovery that the peace effort was all a front for the Cylon's final strike against humanity.
Adar perishes when CylonRaiders attack the unprepared Atlantia at Cimtar, destroying all other battlestars at the conference, save Galactica(TOS: "Saga of a Star World").
Unlike Adar's Re-imagined Seriescounterpart, Adar's role as President of the Colonies is not refilled upon his death by any character in the Original Series, at least technically. The vacuum left by Adar's death, however, has been filled by Adama, who leads the Fleet under martial law.
According to Encyclopedia Galactica, a non-canonical piece of merchandise published in 1979:
Adar was born to a peasant family from Virgon, he is described as a "brilliant child" who "took First Honors from the Institute of Diplomacy". After graduating, Adar initially sought to organize the colonies into a more effective political body, and so became a staff assistant to the Quorum of Twelve. He became disillusioned by the "internal bickering that characterized the Council at the time," prompting his return to Virgon to enter politics there, becoming the leader of the Pan-Colonial Unification Movement after several yahren of involvement with this party. The Unification Movement sought to create a central government for the Colonies and a negotiated settlement of the Thousand-Yahren War. It succeeded in doing so, resulting in Colonial victories over the Cylons, which itself lead way to the Colonials believing more in the efficacy of a peace accord with their enemies.
During his life, he is described as a "selfless, ascetic, driven man" living "only for his work," and as such never married and "indifferent to all recreational pleasures," including Ambrosa.
At the time of his death at the Battle of Cimtar, he was 202 yahrens-old.[1]
Adar first runs for mayor of Caprica City, to which he is elected, and later goes on to successfully run for president (TRS: Miniseries; "Daybreak, Part II"). At the time of the Cylon attack, he has nine months left in his second term (TRS: "Bastille Day").
Adar appears to be a somewhat controversial president; William Adama considers him to be a "moron" (TRS: "Home, Part II"). At some point in his presidency, he deploys Colonial Marines on Aerilon, an action which results in casualties and a public outcry. Though publicly he stands by his decision, he personally regrets his actions and writes down the names of all the casualties, leaving it in his desk as a reminder of his fallibility. His successor emulates the same practice after the loss of Olympic Carrier(TRS: "Water").
Nevertheless, Adar continues to possess rather aggressive tendencies as president, as he is willing to use military action to resolve a drawn-out teacher strike when the teachers start to become violent. When his Secretary of Education, Laura Roslin, negotiates a diplomatic solution with the teachers' union, he is less than pleased at this outcome and asks for her resignation, which she refuses to discuss until her return from the decommissioning ceremony aboard Galactica(TRS: "Epiphanies").
While in office, Adar offers a full pardon to Tom Zarek in exchange for the latter's renunciation of violence, which Zarek turns down (TRS: "Bastille Day"). Despite being a married man,[1] Adar engages in an illicit romantic affair with Laura Roslin during the last days of his administration (TRS: "Epiphanies"). He is also an influential friend[2] to Dr. Gaius Baltar(TRS: "Miniseries"). All three persons go on to succeed him as president.
Following the nuclear attack on Picon by the Cylons, Adar offers a complete, unconditional surrender on behalf of the Twelve Colonies. The Cylons ignore the overture, and Adar likely dies soon after, possibly following the detonation of a nuclear weapon over Caprica City. As a result of his death, the automated Case Orange government continuity mechanism activates via wireless and attempts to locate any surviving government officials. Only Roslin, the forty-third official in line of succession, responds, and she succeeds Adar as president after being sworn in aboard her government transport, a passenger liner designated Colonial Heavy 798(TRS: "Miniseries").
Notes
Adar is the name of the 6th month in the ecclesiastical year and 12th month of the civil year in the Hebrew calendar.
The original script for "Home, Part II" called for Adama to refer to Adar as a "prick," but the line was edited to comply with broadcasting decency standards. Adama's original sentiments appear to mirror Feore's portrayal of Adar as a proud and disagreeable man.
President Adar's only "actual" appearance are flashback scenes in the Season 2 episode "Epiphanies," though he has been mentioned in dialog several times since the Miniseries.
References
↑According to a December 2005 interview with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar was married when she was having her romance with him.
↑In the Miniseries, Adar is shown in a photo in Gaius Baltar's home, portrayed by series co-executive producer David Eick in age-enhancing make-up.
This article has a separate continuity. This article is in the Dynamite Comics separate continuity, which is related to the Original Series. Be sure that your contributions to this article reflect the characters and events specific to this continuity only.
For the canonical character from whom this depiction is based, see: Adar (TOS).
This article covers the various depictions of the Original Series' Adar from the tie-in novelizations, comic books, and other media.
Berkley novelizations
Adar, a Sagitarian, began his career in politics some two or three decades[1] before the Battle of Cimtar with his run for a minor political office.
Upon entering politics, he aimed to end the Cylon war and wrestle control of it away from the corrupt politicians, and were great friends of both Adama and Ila. He shared many of the same literary and cultural interests as Ila, but even those similarities were not enough to maintain their friendship as he became bogged down in the realities of politics and lost his optimism, to the point where he was merely using his friendship with Adama to strategise on how to deal with the military (Battlestar Galactica TOS pilot novelization).
When Starbuck presents McKintosh's incriminating information on Osiris's activities the night that Umbra fell, Osiris briefly takes Adar hostage and demands a shuttle. Starbuck saves Adar's life by mortally wounding Osiris, which leads to a prescient self-realization that "I really do seem to have a terrible judge of character."
Following this, Adar celebrates by promoting Starbuck and Apollo to Lieutenant and Captain respectively, reinstating Commander Adama's position in the Quorum, and installing Baltar in Osiris's vacant spot (Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck 4).
Marvel Comics
Adar celebrating the belief of forthcoming peace with the Cylons (Annihilation!).
Adar is the last president of the Twelve Colonies of Man who is misled by Baltar into a false peace proposal, despite the cautionary protests of Commander Adama.
↑The book states that Apollo was merely 2 years old at the time Adar runs for the minor political office on Sagitara. Further, Zac's age at the time of the Battle of Cimtar, according to the book, is 23.
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