Ha'la'tha

Members of the Ha'la'tha on the streets of Caprica City.

The Ha'la'tha is a Tauron-based criminal organization also operating on Caprica. The organization's name is Tauron for "always faithful to the soil" (CAP: "False Labor"). Its leader is known as the Guatrau.

The Tauron Civil War of 93 BCH (7YR) resulted from the conflict between the Ha'la'tha and the Tauron government (The Caprican). After their defeat and the subsequent attempted genocide by Heracleides death squads circa 88 BCH (12YR), members of the Ha'la'tha fled off world, engaging in criminal activities to fund themselves and slowly becoming an organized crime syndicate instead of resistance fighters as before ^{(CAP: "Pilot" and "The Dirteaters")}.

Members

Members sport tattoos on their faces and across the length of their bodies, but one tattoo that all members must have is one that visually represents the oath a member swore upon entering the organization. Tattooing is a custom followed across Tauron society, but many on Caprica associate it exclusively with the Ha'la'tha ^{(CAP: "Gravedancing")}.

In addition to those who are members of the organization, the Ha'la'tha also maintains an extensive network of connections that reaches powerful levels of business and government. Tomas Vergis, CEO of the Vergis Corporation, is a close friend of the Guatrau. By assisting Daniel Graystone in reacquiring the leadership of Graystone Industries, the Ha'la'tha becomes a quiet partner in the company's business activities ^{(CAP: "Unvanquished" and "Things We Lock Away")}.

The syndicate paid for the legal education of Joseph Adama, brother of full member and enforcer Sam Adama, and employs him as a mob lawyer. For a time, Val Chambers had benefited from his relationship with the Ha'la'tha in his climb through the ranks of Caprican government, to the position of defense minister. After taking that office, Chambers had turned against the Ha'la'tha, and was murdered for that decision ^{(CAP: "Pilot")}.

On Caprica

The Ha'la'tha's Guatrau of 58 BCH (42YR) funnels much of his monies through the Caprica-based shell company, Obolus Inc. It is through this entity that he acquires and later bankrupts, or otherwise forces insolvency, formerly legitimate companies that find itself indebted to the Ha'la'tha: the last being Graystone Industries. In addition, a common pattern of deceased CEOs of those companies follows in the wake of their acquisitions ^{(CAP: "The Dirteaters")}.

When it comes to Tauron itself, the Guatrau maintains a policy of neutrality with regard to its political events, even though his organization had been founded as a resistance movement against the currently-ruling dictatorship. Even so, when the second Tauron Civil War breaks out, Sam and Joseph Adama, as well as various other Ha'la'tha, become disillusioned with this policy. The galvanizing force of Willie Adama's death leads to the overthrow of the Guatrau by his daughter, who proves more amenable to supplying rebel forces with Graystone Industries' U-87s ^{(CAP: "The Dirteaters", "Here Be Dragons" and "Apotheosis")}.

Known members

• The Guatrau
• Sam Adama
• Fidelia Fazekas
• Francis
• Paulie
• Atreus
• Demos
• Dave
• Jax
• Tommy

Crews

The Ha'la'tha is organized into various crews, each providing their own form of assistance to the syndicate.

• Oneris: The name of a crew operated by Dave ^{(CAP: "Apotheosis")}.

Notes

• The decision to make Joseph Adama a Ha'la'tha lawyer was a deliberate creative choice to give the character a more complex starting point. This diverged from his backstory in Battlestar Galactica, where he was established as a civil liberties attorney. The producers felt that starting him as a mob lawyer created a more interesting character arc, posing the question of how he would eventually become the civil liberties advocate his son, William Adama, would remember.
• The Ha'la'tha is comparable to the Cosa Nostra, Yakuza, and Bratva on Earth.