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: ''For other people with the same or similar first name, see: [[Joe (disambiguation)]].''
{{disline|For other people with the same or similar first name, see: [[Joe (disambiguation)]].}}
 
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|colony= Born on [[Tauron]], relocated to {{RDM|Caprica}}
|colony= Born on [[Tauron]], relocated to [[Caprica (RDM)|Caprica]]
|seen=  Caprica pilot  
|seen=  Caprica pilot  
|death= Within 20 years prior to the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies]], based on [[Romo Lampkin]]'s assumed age and apprenticeship
|death= Between {{BCH|20}} to {{BCH|10}}<ref>This is based on [[Romo Lampkin]]'s assumed age and apprenticeship from {{TRS|The Son Also Rises|prose=y}}.</ref>
|parents= [[William Adama Sr.]]†<br/>[[Isabelle Adama]]†
|parents= [[William Adama Sr.]]†<br/>[[Isabelle Adama]]†
|siblings= [[Sam Adama]]
|siblings= [[Sam Adama]]
|children= [[Tamara Adama]]† <br/> [[William "Willie" Adama]] <br/> [[William Adama]]
|children= [[Tamara Adama]]† (daughter) <br/> [[William "Willie" Adama]]† (son) <br/> [[William Adama|William "Bill" Adama]] (son)
|marital status= Widower of [[Shannon Adama]] <br/> Remarried to [[Evelyn]] Adama
|marital status= Widower of [[Shannon Adama]] <br/> Remarried to [[Evelyn 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]]''.
'''Joseph Adama''' (Caprican: '''Joseph Adams'''; Tauron: '''Yoseef Adama''') is a notorious civil liberties lawyer on {{RDM|Caprica}} who is affiliated with the [[Tauron]] criminal organization [[Ha'la'tha]] in the years prior to the [[First Cylon War]].  Joseph Adama is also the father of [[Tamara Adama]], [[William "Willie" Adama|Willie Adama]], and the last commander of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'', [[William Adama]].


==Early Life==
==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 adulthoodTo 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]]").
Joseph Adama was born on [[Tauron]] to [[Isabelle Adama|Isabelle]] and [[William Adama Sr.|William Adama]] in the years leading up to the [[First Cylon War|Cylon War]].  Joseph's father believed him to be an introverted child in contrast to his younger, more emotive brother, [[Sam Adama|Samuel]]Having learned the [[Sacred Scrolls]], Joseph received his "Mark of Manhood" - a [[tattoo]] representing the colony of Tauron - on his right wrist {{CAP|The Dirteaters}}.
 
[[Image:Adama Family, 1x15.jpg|thumb|left|The Adama Family on Tauron.]]
 
Coming of age during the [[Tauron Uprising]], Adama and his brother were taught the importance of loyalty by their parents, both [[Ha'la'tha]] sympathizers who had knowledge of the resistance.  Informing her sons of the risks and price of aiding the rebellion, Isabelle Adama told Joseph and Samuel that they had always been her "little Adama men," but that it was now time to be "men for Tauron" {{CAP|The Dirteaters}}.
 
Shortly after, a [[Heracleides]] soldier was killed in the alley outside the Adama home.  Witnessing the murder, Samuel Adama climbed out of his bedroom window and removed the soldier's wallet and pistol, hiding them under his mattress despite the warnings of Joseph.  Investigating the killing, three Herac officers later entered the Adama home to question the family.  From their hiding place in a closet, Joseph and Samuel witnessed the torture of their father and the murder of their mother.  Accepting that William Adama would not survive his injuries, Joseph shot and killed the Herac soldiers before turning the gun on his father {{CAP|The Dirteaters}}.
 
Escaping their home, Joseph and Samuel lived on the streets.  There, Joseph gave his brother his own Mark of Manhood, the rudimentary tattoo sealing their own bond through the years {{CAP|The Dirteaters}}.


===Tauron Civil War===
==Caprican in a Tauron Body==
{{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 informationAccepting that William would not survive, Joseph shot and killed him, then fled with SamuelThere on the streets of Tauron, Joseph gave his brother his first [[Tattoo#Tattoos|tattoo]] ([[CAP]]: "[[The Dirteaters]]").}}
[[Image:Joseph Adama's lighter.jpg|thumb|Joseph Adama's lucky cigarette lighter.]]
Orphaned, Joseph and Samuel were sent to a refugee camp on {{RDM|Caprica}}Arriving on the new world, Joseph was struck by the sight of flowers on the side of the road, something he had not seen on TauronIn the refugee camp, the Adama boys met the [[Guatrau]] who later recounted that, even as a child, Joseph possessed a calculating air.  Treating the Adamas as sons, the Guatrau took them under his wing, bringing Samuel into the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate and putting Joseph through law school ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica (pilot)]]," "[[The Dirteaters]]").


==Caprica==
===Early Years on 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 airThe 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]]").
While he was in law school, Adama met [[Evelyn Adama|Evelyn]], who went on to be his legal assistant and later his second wife.  Though he didn't smoke much until later in life, Adama used a chrome lighter engraved with his name in law school, later as a lawyer carrying it into court as a good luck charmWith Evelyn's assistance, Adama's practice grew from personal injury law ("ambulance chasing" as Evelyn described it) to criminal legal defense ([[CAP]]: "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]," "[[The Dirteaters]]," "[[False Labor]],"[[TRS]]: "[[The Hand of God]]").


[[Image:Joseph Adama in court, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Joseph Adama in court with his Ha'la'tha client.]]
[[Image:Joseph Adama in court, 1x01.jpg|thumb|left|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]]").
Adopting a less Tauron sounding name - "Adams" - Joseph took great efforts to assimilate into Caprican culture, prompting his brother to refer to him as a "Caprican in a Tauron body." Privately, however, Adama retained some traditions of the "old world."  Living in an apartment (615 Olympic Street #3) in [[Little Tauron]], Adama raised two children, Tamara and Willie, with his wife [[Shannon Adama|Shannon]] and mother-in-law [[Ruth]] ([[CAP]]: "[[Caprica (pilot)]]," "[[Gravedancing]]," "[[There is Another Sky]]").


===Mob Lawyer===
Working as a defense attorney for the Ha'la'tha, "Adams" used [[Cubits#In the Re-imagined Series|cubits]] to bribe judges, often preventing his clients from facing jury trials.  Despite the fact that the Guatrau had paid for his education, Adams was reluctant to fully embrace the Ha'la'tha and hoped to distance himself from the crime organization, saying that he was tired of doing their "dirty work" {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.
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===
===Tragedy===
Fifty-eight years before the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|Fall]], Adams faces the loss of both his wife, Shannon, and daughter, Tamara, when the Caprica City [[Metropolitan Levitation Mass Transit|MLMT]] train is bombed by the [[Soldiers of the One]] terror group.  Mourning in the traditional Tauron way - wearing black gloves to symbolize distance from the rest of the world - Adams is left to care for his son, William, alone {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.
[[Image:Joseph and Daniel commiserate, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Adama and Graystone commiserate over their loss.]]  
[[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]]").
Following a [[Global Defense Department]] briefing on the bombing, Adams meets famed technologist [[Daniel Graystone]] outside [[Caprica City Hall]], offering Graystone the use of his lighter.  Having also lost a daughter - [[Zoe Graystone|Zoe]] - Graystone commiserates with Adams at a downtown coffee shop and the two men spend hours together, simply smoking.  As they go their separate ways, Graystone offers box seats at a [[Caprica Buccaneers]] [[Pyramid (RDM)|game]] to Adams and his son {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.


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]]").
Taking Graystone up on his offer, Joseph and Willie attend the game, viewing it from the owner's box and later visiting the locker room.  Following the game, Graystone reveals to Adams that he is aware of his affiliation with the Ha'la'tha, asking Joseph for his help in a project that could bring both of their daughters back to life.  Graystone proposes to implant a [[avatar|virtual avatar]] of Tamara inside a [[robot]] body, essentially creating a duplicate of Adams' daughter.  The key however, is a piece of technology owned by Graystone's competitor, a Tauron company called the [[Vergis Corporation]].  Though dubious about the offer, Adams is nonetheless intrigued {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.


===="Tamara-A"====
===="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]]").
[[Image:Joseph and Tamara Adama, 1x01.jpg|thumb|left|Joseph reunites with Tamara in V-world.]]
Deciding to move forward with Graystone's plan, Adams approaches his brother Sam Adama for help in the theft of the [[meta-cognitive processor]] from the Vergis Corporation.  Working as an enforcer for the Ha'la'tha, Sam Adama is hesitant to betray [[Tomas Vergis]] - a friend of the Gautrau - but agreed to help if Joseph agrees to return the favor. Accepting the exchange, Adams agrees to deliver a threat to the Caprican Minister of Defense, [[Val Chambers]], further increasing his involvement with the Ha'la'tha {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.


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]]").
Upon receiving the stolen MCP, Graystone repays Joseph by bringing him into the [[virtual world]] where a digital version of Tamara is being stored. At first embracing the avatar as his daughter, Adams' joy at seeing Tamara again quickly evaporates.  The avatar is confused and panicked, screaming that she can't feel her heartbeat.  Incensed, Adams calls the entire endeavor an abomination and storms out of the [[Graystone Estate]], leaving the Tamara avatar behind in the virtual world {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.


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]]").
Realizing that he cannot not escape the reality of his situation, Adams resolves to begin anew.  Sharing with his son the story of his own father and life on Tauron, Joseph reveals that he had changed their family name to "Adams," but that they would now embrace the Adama name {{CAP|Pilot (Caprica)}}.


===Repercussions===
===Fallout===
[[Image:Joseph and Willie in Caprica, 1x01.jpg|thumb|Joseph and Willie Adama in Caprica City.]]
[[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]]").
In the weeks that follow the tragedy, Joseph Adama struggles to cope with life as a single parent.  Upon receiving a vision of Tamara reaching out to him, Adama becomes obsessed with seeing the avatar of his daughter again.  With Daniel Graystone ignoring his calls, Adama confronts Graystone at the MagLev memorial service at [[Apollo Park]].  There, Graystone tells Adama that the [[resurrection program|program]] is lost, the Tamara and Zoe avatars apparently gone.  Unable to accept this, Adama confronts Graystone again, this time bringing Sam Adama with him.  Savagely beating him in an alley, the Adama brothers persuade Graystone to reconsider his position and the scientist agrees to search for the Tamara avatar ([[CAP]]: "[[Rebirth]]," "[[Reins of a Waterfall]]"). 
 
Though Graystone suspects Tamara may still be in his private virtual space, the avatar disappears when it is discovered by the living [[Zoe-A|Zoe avatar]] and released into the expanse of the virtual world.  Believing his daughter to be truly gone, Adama seeks retribution, telling his brother to even the score by killing Graystone's wife, [[Amanda Graystone]] {{CAP|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]]").
Later having second thoughts about the murder, Joseph attempts to call the hit off, but is unable to reach Sam.  Aware of Joseph's high moral code, Sam Adama takes the opportunity to scare both his brother and Amanda Graystone, revealing later that he had no intention of killing her {{CAP|Gravedancing}}.


===Things Lost===
===Letting Go===
[[Image:TauronFuneral.jpg|thumb|Joseph receives a new tattoo at the funeral for Shannon and Tamara.]]
[[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]]").  
Sinking into a deep depression, Adama begins neglecting his responsibilities, failing to go to work and to provide a stable home for his son.   Lacking direction from his father, Willie spends time with his uncle Sam, who teaches him about the Ha'la'tha.  Discovering that Willie has skipped school to spend time with Sam, Joseph confronts his brother and takes steps to reestablish his relationship with his son.  Taking Willie on a fishing trip, Joseph attempts to bond with his son.  The trip is cut short, though, when Willie savagely beats a teenage boy who had taunted him {{CAP|There is Another Sky}}.
 
Believing that he is quickly losing his son, Joseph decides to hold a traditional Tauron funeral to give his son - and himself - closure.  Receiving a new tattoo on his chest, Joseph performs the funereal rights, giving the ferryman coins to ensure Tamara and Shannon safe passage to the afterlife.  The following celebration, however, is interrupted by [[Tad Thorean]] - a [[New Cap City]] gamer - who arrives to deliver a message from Tamara - alive and lost in the virtual world {{CAP|There is Another Sky}}.
 
==Search for Tamara==
[[Image:Joseph and Heracles, 1x07.jpg|thumb|Joseph Adama and Tad "Heracles" Thorean in New Cap City.]]
Now aware of the living Tamara avatar's existence in V-world, Joseph Adama seeks out assistance from Tad Thorean.  Locating Thorean at his workplace at a market in Little Tauron, Adama demands to be taken into the hacked virtual space.  Leading Adama into the game, Thorean introduces Joseph to the rules of New Cap City.  Chief among the rules Thorean described is virtual mortality - if a user is killed in the game, that user is permanently ejected from the game {{CAP|The Imperfections of Memory}}.


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 - closureAdding 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]]").  
As Adama and Thorean explore the virtual environment, several [[autogyro|aircraft]] begin strafing the streets belowFleeing to avoid being shot, Adama inadvertently shoves Thorean into the gun fire, derezzing him and banning him from New Cap City {{CAP|The Imperfections of Memory}}.


==The Search for Tamara==
===Mysteries===
[[Image:Joseph in New Cap City, 1x08.jpg|thumb|Joseph and "Emmanuelle" in New Cap City.]]
Without Thorean as a guide, Adama returns to New Cap City alone, encountering "[[Emmanuelle]]," a beautiful user who claims to have been sent to help.  Really Adama's assistant Evelyn in disguise, Emmanuelle helps protect and guide Adama through the gaming environment.  Entering New Cap City's version of Little Tauron, Joseph and Emmanuelle break into the virtual version of his own apartment where they demand information from the current resident.  Being shot and nearly derezzed in the an ensuing melee, Emmanuelle insists Adama leave V-world until he is prepared to do whatever it takes to find his daughter {{CAP|The Imperfections of Memory}}.


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]]").
[[Image:Joseph in New Cap City, 1x08.jpg|thumb|left|Joseph and "Emmanuelle" in New Cap City.]]


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 priceEntering 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 residentBeing 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]]").
In the real world, Adama is visited by his brother, concerned by the Joseph's recent decline.  As the brothers speak, Joseph asks Sam how - as a Ha'la'tha assassin - he is able to kill men.  At first hesitant to share such personal information, Sam reveals that he simply pretends it isn't real.  With that, Adama reenters V-world, accompanying Emmanuelle to the New Cap City nightclub "[[Mysteries]]." Being called on stage by the host, [[Cerberus]], Adama is given the opportunity to solve a riddle in return for information on his daughter's whereaboutsRefusing to answer, Adama is thrown out of the club and labeled a cowardDiscovering Tamara's distinctive flower signature stamped on a wall outside the club, Adama uses [[amp]] - a drug-like hack - to charge back into Mysteries.  Opening fire on and derezzing much of the clientele, Adama holds Cerberus at gunpoint. {{CAP|Ghosts in the Machine}}.  


===Mysteries===
Though Cerberus proves little use, Adama spares him from being derezzedAs they leave the club, Joseph and Emmanuelle discover a wall covered with Tamara's signature - Emmanuelle tells Adama that his daughter may have found a new home in the virtual world {{CAP|Ghosts in the Machine}}.
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 gunpointThe 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===
===End of Line===
[[Image:Joseph Adama derezzed, 1x09.jpg|thumb|Adama is shot and derezzed by Tamara.]]
[[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 CityDevastated by yet again losing his daughter, Joseph was comforted by Evelyn ([[CAP]]: "[[End of Line]]").
Undeterred, Adama continues to search New Cap City, using amp to heighten his abilities within the game {{CAP|End of Line}}.
 
Watching Adama's life deteriorate in the real world, Evelyn realizes the search for the Tamara avatar is destroying his life.  Entering New Cap City's Little Tauron as Emmanuelle, Evelyn lures Tamara into her family's virtual apartment.  Explaining the situation, Evelyn convinces Tamara her father is better off believing she is dead {{CAP|End of Line}}.
 
Later entering his virtual home, Adama is shocked and relieved to find Tamara, but the reunion is short.  Tamara tells her father to stop following her and to focus on Willie.  Aiming a gun at her chest, she shoots herself, appearing to be mortally wounded before turning the weapon on her father and derezzing him from the gameDevasted by losing his daughter once again, Joseph collapses into the arms of Evelyn in the real world {{CAP|End of Line}}.
 
==Ha'la'tha==
[[Image:Adama and the Ha'la'tha, 1x14.jpg|thumb|Joseph and Sam Adama with the Guatrau.]]
Having dealt with Graystone in the past, Joseph Adama is asked to advise in dealing with the Ha'la'tha take over of [[Graystone Industries]] after Daniel Graystone loses control of his company to Tomas Vergis.  A significant bump in the crime organization that he had previously sought to distance himself from, Adama personally represents the Guatrau's interests.  {{CAP|Unvanquished}}.
 
===Adama & Graystone===
Visiting Graystone at his home, Joseph and Sam Adama stage a scenario in which Daniel is forced to choose between killing his mother or backing out of the deal.  Handing Graystone a detonator supposedly linked to an explosive attached to his mother's car, Joseph Adama patiently waits for Graystone to break.  When Daniel refuses to press the detonator, Adama suggests Graystone consider his options, asking the scientist if he is truly ready to work with the Ha'la'tha {{CAP|Unvanquished}}.
 
[[Image:Adama and Graystone at Graystone Industries, 1x13.jpg|thumb|left|Adama and Graystone share a cigarette outside Graystone Industries.]]
 
Despite Graystone's failure to prove willingness to work with the Ha'la'tha at any cost, the alliance is forged and both Adama brothers become instrumental in helping reinstall Graystone as CEO of the company.  To that end, Joseph and Samuel blackmail members of the Graystone Industries board, buying their votes to reinstate Graystone.  Though Graystone himself has difficulty exploiting people he once considered friends, the scheme pays off and he is once again in control of his company - though with the Ha'la'tha behind him.  Working out of the Graystone Industries campus, Joseph and Evelyn operate to ensure the Guatrau's bottom line, secretly securing a deal with the Soldiers of the One terror group to ship [[U-87 Cyber Combat Unit|Cylon]]s to [[Gemenon]]  ([[CAP]]: "[[Unvanquished]]," "[[Retribution]]," "[[False Labor]]," "[[Blowback]]," "[[The Dirteaters]]").
 
Working closely with Daniel Graystone, Adama's feelings about Graystone remain unchanged.  Blaming Graystone for the deaths of his wife and daughter, Adama is cold, even hostile with Daniel.  Still, when the Guatrau proposes killing the scientist whether he completes his [[resurrection program]] or not, Adama is opposed.  Without betraying the Ha'la'tha by openly warning Graystone, Adama attempts to alert Daniel, telling him to out think his opponent during a boxing match ([[CAP]]: "[[False Labor]]," "[[Blowback]]").
 
===Against the Guatrau===
As Adama's personal life slowly returns to normal - and his business relationship with Evelyn progresses into a romantic one -  political strife once again ignites on Tauron.  With Sam Adama obsessed with the new Tauron rebellion, Joseph Adama senses his brother's feelings of remorse concerning their childhood on Tauron and the deaths of their parents.  Still, Joseph keeps secret from his brother the knowledge that the Guatrau has decided not to smuggle Cylons to Tauron as Sam had suggested, but is instead selling them to the STO {{CAP|The Dirteaters}}.
 
[[Image:Adama brothers shake hands, 1x15.jpg|thumb|Joseph and Sam Adama vow to go up against the Guatrau together.]]
 
Outraged when he learns of the deal with the STO, Sam Adama rails against his brother, asking Joseph how he can sell robots to the people who murdered his wife and daughter.  Realizing that Sam is correct in his outrage, Joseph agrees to help smuggle Cylons to Tauron, an act of defiance against the Guatrau that will have serious consequences ([[CAP]]: "[[False Labor]]," "[[Blowback]]," "[[The Dirteaters]]").
 
Utilizing his position at Graystone Industries, Adama begins skimming Cylons from the company's regular shipments to the Caprican Government and those being smuggled by the Ha'la'tha to Gemenon.  Recently released from prison, [[Fidelia Fazekas]] - the daughter of the Guatrau and a former romantic interest of Joseph's - detects the abnormality in the Graystone company's books.  Confronting Joseph about the missing Cylons, Adama covers, but Fazekas is unconvinced and investigates further.  Finding solid evidence that the Adama brothers are exporting Cylons to Tauron, Fazekas goes to her father and convinces him to have Joseph and Samuel killed ([[CAP]]: "[[The Heavens Will Rise]]," "[[Here Be Dragons]]").
 
===The Assassination===
[[Image:Willie Adama dies, 1x17.jpg|thumb|William "Willie" Adama dies in his father's arms.]]
 
Though the Guatrau is at first hesitant to put a hit out on men he considers sons, an assassin is soon dispatched to the Adama home.  Entering the apartment under the pretense of taking Joseph to see the Guatrau, the hit man attacks Adama, attempting to strangle him.  Stabbing the hit man in the back and killing him, Ruth intervens, loading a shotgun to protect the family.  Gathering Willie and Evelyn, Adama calls Sam, leaving a message telling his brother to meet them at the betting parlor where they had stashed passports and money in case of an emergency {{CAP|Here Be Dragons}}.
 
Meeting Sam outside the betting parlor, Adama and his brother enter the establishment to find several Ha'la'tha men lying in wait. In the ensuing struggle, Willie Adama runs inside and is shot in the hand and stomach. As Sam Adama dispatches his attackers, Joseph and Evelyn come to the aid of Willie, but it is too late and Willie dies in the arms of his father {{CAP|Here Be Dragons}}.
 
===Ha'la'tha Fractured===
[[Image:Adama Family, 1x18.jpg|thumb|The Adama Family honors Willie Adama and his namesake.]]
 
Following the death of William "Willie" Adama, the Ha'la'tha fractures, with several Tauron families siding with the Adamas against the Guatrau. Coming to the Adama home to pay her respects, Fidelia Fazekas pleads with Joseph not to allow a war between families. Making a deal with Fazekas that will prevent such a conflict, Adama arranges to meet with the Guatrau in the virtual world {{CAP|Apotheosis (episode)}}.
 
As Joseph speaks with the Guatrau through the use of a [[holoband]], Sam Adama suffocates the Ha'la'tha's kingpin with a plastic bag.  Leaving the virtual world for the real world, Joseph Adama denies the Guatrau's pleas for a knife to end his suffering, instead forcing him to swallow suicide pills that once belonged to Adama's parents. With the Guatrau dead, Joseph offers the title to Fazekas, installing her as the head of the Ha'la'tha and the new Guatrau {{CAP|Apotheosis (episode)}}.
 
==Legacy==
Following the death of his son, Joseph Adama continues to pursue his burgeoning romance with his assistant Evelyn. Ultimately, the two marry and Evelyn gives birth to a boy. Joseph and Evelyn Adama name their new son [[William Adama|William]], in honor of Willie and Joseph's father, William Sr., before him. During the fifth anniversary of the death of Willie Adama, the family gathers to perform a ceremony of remembrance and Joseph speaks of his sons:
 
:"Oh [[Jupiter]]. To you I pray on the anniversary of my son William's death. For he was not yet a man, he chose a man's death. William was a proud Tauron and a good boy. Our [[William Adama Sr.|father]]'s name lives on in [[William Adama|another way now]] {{CAP|Apotheosis (episode)}}.
 
===The Notorious Lawyer===
[[Image:Joseph Adama mourns, 1x18.jpg|thumb|Joseph Adama some years later {{CAP|Apotheosis}}.]]


==The Ha'la'tha==
Moving on from his association with the Ha'la'tha, Adama becomes a defense attorney. Enlisting in the [[Colonial Fleet]], Adama's son William writes his father letters detailing his service in the [[Cylon War]] {{TRS|Blood and Chrome}}.  Adama later works as a noted civil liberties attorney and authors two books - ''[[Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice]]'' and ''[[Trial Tactics and Strategies]]'' ([[TRS]]: "[[The Son Also Rises]]," "[[Crossroads, Part I]]").
[[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 chargeThough 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]]").
Believing that law is a way of exorcising demons leads Adama to defend "the worst of the worst." Adama seeks to understand the motivations that causes people to cheat, reward their enemies, and go to war - asking why people built [[Cylons (RDM)|machines]] to correct their flaws and shortcomings {{TRS|The Son Also Rises}}.


===Aid for Tauron===
During his tenure, defense attorney [[Romo Lampkin]] is one of Joseph Adama's studentsThough Lampkin claims to have hated Adama because he was right about the law, Lampkin also admits to learning everything he knows from him, even carrying a worn copy of ''Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice'' {{TRS|The Son Also Rises}}.
{{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 ==
Before going to trial, Adama would break pencils before entering the courtroom, then ask to borrow a pencil from the clerk. This was a reminder to Adama to break preconceptions and "work with what you had" {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I}}.
[[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]]"). 
===A Good Lighter===
[[Image:Joseph adama.jpg|thumb|right|Adama's lighter following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies {{TRS|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]]").
Years later, following Adama's death and the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Joseph's son, Commander William Adama of the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''{{RDM|Galactica}}'' leads the remnants of humanity to the safety of [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in a ragtag [[The Fleet|fleet]].  During the fleet's journey, Adama passes his father's engraved silver lighter on to his own son, [[Leeland Joseph Adama|Leland Joseph Adama]], a Viper pilot aboard ''Galactica'' {{TRS|The Hand of God (RDM)}}.


==Legacies==
Lee Adama later recalls visiting the elder Adama during his youth, sneaking a peek at Joseph's various law books. Joseph in turn would wave Lee over, telling him "Lee, be a good boy, just don't be too good" ([[TRS]]: "[[A Day in the Life]]," "[[The Son Also Rises]]").
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]]").
Following years of battles with the Cylons as they pursue the Colonial fleet, Lee Adama retires from the service to follow in his grandfather's footstep, using Joseph Adama's books and wisdom to win the trial of [[Gaius Baltar]] and eventually serve as the Caprican delegate to the [[Quorum of Twelve (TRS)|Quorum of Twelve]], and as the penultimate President of the Twelve Colonies ([[TRS]]: "[[Crossroads, Part I]]," ""[[Crossroads, Part II]]," "[[Revelations]]").


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Joseph Adama (Caprican: Joseph Adams; Tauron: Yoseef Adama) is a notorious civil liberties lawyer on Caprica who is affiliated with the Tauron criminal organization Ha'la'tha in the years prior to the First Cylon War. Joseph Adama is also the father of Tamara Adama, Willie Adama, and the last commander of the battlestar Galactica, William Adama.

Early Life[edit]

Joseph Adama was born on Tauron to Isabelle and William Adama in the years leading up to the Cylon War. Joseph's father believed him to be an introverted child in contrast to his younger, more emotive brother, Samuel. Having learned the Sacred Scrolls, Joseph received his "Mark of Manhood" - a tattoo representing the colony of Tauron - on his right wrist (CAP: "The Dirteaters").

The Adama Family on Tauron.

Coming of age during the Tauron Uprising, Adama and his brother were taught the importance of loyalty by their parents, both Ha'la'tha sympathizers who had knowledge of the resistance. Informing her sons of the risks and price of aiding the rebellion, Isabelle Adama told Joseph and Samuel that they had always been her "little Adama men," but that it was now time to be "men for Tauron" (CAP: "The Dirteaters").

Shortly after, a Heracleides soldier was killed in the alley outside the Adama home. Witnessing the murder, Samuel Adama climbed out of his bedroom window and removed the soldier's wallet and pistol, hiding them under his mattress despite the warnings of Joseph. Investigating the killing, three Herac officers later entered the Adama home to question the family. From their hiding place in a closet, Joseph and Samuel witnessed the torture of their father and the murder of their mother. Accepting that William Adama would not survive his injuries, Joseph shot and killed the Herac soldiers before turning the gun on his father (CAP: "The Dirteaters").

Escaping their home, Joseph and Samuel lived on the streets. There, Joseph gave his brother his own Mark of Manhood, the rudimentary tattoo sealing their own bond through the years (CAP: "The Dirteaters").

Caprican in a Tauron Body[edit]

Joseph Adama's lucky cigarette lighter.

Orphaned, Joseph and Samuel were sent to a refugee camp on Caprica. Arriving on the new world, 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. Treating the Adamas as sons, the Guatrau took them under his wing, bringing Samuel into the Ha'la'tha crime syndicate and putting Joseph through law school (CAP: "Caprica (pilot)," "The Dirteaters").

Early Years on Caprica[edit]

While he was in law school, Adama met Evelyn, who went on to be his legal assistant and later his second wife. Though he didn't smoke much until later in life, Adama used a chrome lighter engraved with his name in law school, later as a lawyer carrying it into court as a good luck charm. With Evelyn's assistance, Adama's practice grew from personal injury law ("ambulance chasing" as Evelyn described it) to criminal legal defense (CAP: "Reins of a Waterfall," "The Dirteaters," "False Labor,"TRS: "The Hand of God").

Joseph Adama in court with his Ha'la'tha client.

Adopting a less Tauron sounding name - "Adams" - Joseph took great efforts to assimilate into Caprican culture, prompting his brother to refer to him as a "Caprican in a Tauron body." Privately, however, Adama retained some traditions of the "old world." Living in an apartment (615 Olympic Street #3) in Little Tauron, Adama raised two children, Tamara and Willie, with his wife Shannon and mother-in-law Ruth (CAP: "Caprica (pilot)," "Gravedancing," "There is Another Sky").

Working as a defense attorney for the Ha'la'tha, "Adams" used cubits to bribe judges, often preventing his clients from facing jury trials. Despite the fact that the Guatrau had paid for his education, Adams was reluctant to fully embrace the Ha'la'tha and hoped to distance himself from the crime organization, saying that he was tired of doing their "dirty work" (CAP: "Pilot").

Tragedy[edit]

Fifty-eight years before the Fall, Adams faces the loss of both his wife, Shannon, and daughter, Tamara, when the Caprica City MLMT train is bombed by the Soldiers of the One terror group. Mourning in the traditional Tauron way - wearing black gloves to symbolize distance from the rest of the world - Adams is left to care for his son, William, alone (CAP: "Pilot").

Adama and Graystone commiserate over their loss.

Following a Global Defense Department briefing on the bombing, Adams meets famed technologist Daniel Graystone outside Caprica City Hall, offering Graystone the use of his lighter. Having also lost a daughter - Zoe - Graystone commiserates with Adams at a downtown coffee shop and the two men spend hours together, simply smoking. As they go their separate ways, Graystone offers box seats at a Caprica Buccaneers game to Adams and his son (CAP: "Pilot").

Taking Graystone up on his offer, Joseph and Willie attend the game, viewing it from the owner's box and later visiting the locker room. Following the game, Graystone reveals to Adams that he is aware of his affiliation with the Ha'la'tha, asking Joseph for his help in a project that could bring both of their daughters back to life. Graystone proposes to implant a virtual avatar of Tamara inside a robot body, essentially creating a duplicate of Adams' daughter. The key however, is a piece of technology owned by Graystone's competitor, a Tauron company called the Vergis Corporation. Though dubious about the offer, Adams is nonetheless intrigued (CAP: "Pilot").

"Tamara-A"[edit]

Joseph reunites with Tamara in V-world.

Deciding to move forward with Graystone's plan, Adams approaches his brother Sam Adama for help in the theft of the meta-cognitive processor from the Vergis Corporation. Working as an enforcer for the Ha'la'tha, Sam Adama is hesitant to betray Tomas Vergis - a friend of the Gautrau - but agreed to help if Joseph agrees to return the favor. Accepting the exchange, Adams agrees to deliver a threat to the Caprican Minister of Defense, Val Chambers, further increasing his involvement with the Ha'la'tha (CAP: "Pilot").

Upon receiving the stolen MCP, Graystone repays Joseph by bringing him into the virtual world where a digital version of Tamara is being stored. At first embracing the avatar as his daughter, Adams' joy at seeing Tamara again quickly evaporates. The avatar is confused and panicked, screaming that she can't feel her heartbeat. Incensed, Adams calls the entire endeavor an abomination and storms out of the Graystone Estate, leaving the Tamara avatar behind in the virtual world (CAP: "Pilot").

Realizing that he cannot not escape the reality of his situation, Adams resolves to begin anew. Sharing with his son the story of his own father and life on Tauron, Joseph reveals that he had changed their family name to "Adams," but that they would now embrace the Adama name (CAP: "Pilot").

Fallout[edit]

Joseph and Willie Adama in Caprica City.

In the weeks that follow the tragedy, Joseph Adama struggles to cope with life as a single parent. Upon receiving a vision of Tamara reaching out to him, Adama becomes obsessed with seeing the avatar of his daughter again. With Daniel Graystone ignoring his calls, Adama confronts Graystone at the MagLev memorial service at Apollo Park. There, Graystone tells Adama that the program is lost, the Tamara and Zoe avatars apparently gone. Unable to accept this, Adama confronts Graystone again, this time bringing Sam Adama with him. Savagely beating him in an alley, the Adama brothers persuade Graystone to reconsider his position and the scientist agrees to search for the Tamara avatar (CAP: "Rebirth," "Reins of a Waterfall").

Though Graystone suspects Tamara may still be in his private virtual space, the avatar disappears when it is discovered by the living Zoe avatar and released into the expanse of the virtual world. Believing his daughter to be truly gone, Adama seeks retribution, telling his brother to even the score by killing Graystone's wife, Amanda Graystone (CAP: "Reins of a Waterfall").

Later having second thoughts about the murder, Joseph attempts to call the hit off, but is unable to reach Sam. Aware of Joseph's high moral code, Sam Adama takes the opportunity to scare both his brother and Amanda Graystone, revealing later that he had no intention of killing her (CAP: "Gravedancing").

Letting Go[edit]

Joseph receives a new tattoo at the funeral for Shannon and Tamara.

Sinking into a deep depression, Adama begins neglecting his responsibilities, failing to go to work and to provide a stable home for his son. Lacking direction from his father, Willie spends time with his uncle Sam, who teaches him about the Ha'la'tha. Discovering that Willie has skipped school to spend time with Sam, Joseph confronts his brother and takes steps to reestablish his relationship with his son. Taking Willie on a fishing trip, Joseph attempts to bond with his son. The trip is cut short, though, when Willie savagely beats a teenage boy who had taunted him (CAP: "There is Another Sky").

Believing that he is quickly losing his son, Joseph decides to hold a traditional Tauron funeral to give his son - and himself - closure. Receiving a new tattoo on his chest, Joseph performs the funereal rights, giving the ferryman coins to ensure Tamara and Shannon safe passage to the afterlife. The following celebration, however, is interrupted by Tad Thorean - a New Cap City gamer - who arrives to deliver a message from Tamara - alive and lost in the virtual world (CAP: "There is Another Sky").

Search for Tamara[edit]

Joseph Adama and Tad "Heracles" Thorean in New Cap City.

Now aware of the living Tamara avatar's existence in V-world, Joseph Adama seeks out assistance from Tad Thorean. Locating Thorean at his workplace at a market in Little Tauron, Adama demands to be taken into the hacked virtual space. Leading Adama into the game, Thorean introduces Joseph to the rules of New Cap City. Chief among the rules Thorean described is virtual mortality - if a user is killed in the game, that user is permanently ejected from the game (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory").

As Adama and Thorean explore the virtual environment, several aircraft begin strafing the streets below. Fleeing to avoid being shot, Adama inadvertently shoves Thorean into the gun fire, derezzing him and banning him from New Cap City (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory").

Mysteries[edit]

Without Thorean as a guide, Adama returns to New Cap City alone, encountering "Emmanuelle," a beautiful user who claims to have been sent to help. Really Adama's assistant Evelyn in disguise, Emmanuelle helps protect and guide Adama through the gaming environment. Entering New Cap City's version of Little Tauron, Joseph and Emmanuelle break into the virtual version of his own apartment where they demand information from the current resident. Being shot and nearly derezzed in the an ensuing melee, Emmanuelle insists Adama leave V-world until he is prepared to do whatever it takes to find his daughter (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory").

Joseph and "Emmanuelle" in New Cap City.

In the real world, Adama is visited by his brother, concerned by the Joseph's recent decline. As the brothers speak, Joseph asks Sam how - as a Ha'la'tha assassin - he is able to kill men. At first hesitant to share such personal information, Sam reveals that he simply pretends it isn't real. With that, Adama reenters V-world, accompanying Emmanuelle to the New Cap City nightclub "Mysteries." Being called on stage by the host, Cerberus, Adama is given the opportunity to solve a riddle in return for information on his daughter's whereabouts. Refusing to answer, Adama is thrown out of the club and labeled a coward. Discovering Tamara's distinctive flower signature stamped on a wall outside the club, Adama uses amp - a drug-like hack - to charge back into Mysteries. Opening fire on and derezzing much of the clientele, Adama holds Cerberus at gunpoint. (CAP: "Ghosts in the Machine").

Though Cerberus proves little use, Adama spares him from being derezzed. As they leave the club, Joseph and Emmanuelle discover a wall covered with Tamara's signature - Emmanuelle tells Adama that his daughter may have found a new home in the virtual world (CAP: "Ghosts in the Machine").

End of Line[edit]

Adama is shot and derezzed by Tamara.

Undeterred, Adama continues to search New Cap City, using amp to heighten his abilities within the game (CAP: "End of Line").

Watching Adama's life deteriorate in the real world, Evelyn realizes the search for the Tamara avatar is destroying his life. Entering New Cap City's Little Tauron as Emmanuelle, Evelyn lures Tamara into her family's virtual apartment. Explaining the situation, Evelyn convinces Tamara her father is better off believing she is dead (CAP: "End of Line").

Later entering his virtual home, Adama is shocked and relieved to find Tamara, but the reunion is short. Tamara tells her father to stop following her and to focus on Willie. Aiming a gun at her chest, she shoots herself, appearing to be mortally wounded before turning the weapon on her father and derezzing him from the game. Devasted by losing his daughter once again, Joseph collapses into the arms of Evelyn in the real world (CAP: "End of Line").

Ha'la'tha[edit]

Joseph and Sam Adama with the Guatrau.

Having dealt with Graystone in the past, Joseph Adama is asked to advise in dealing with the Ha'la'tha take over of Graystone Industries after Daniel Graystone loses control of his company to Tomas Vergis. A significant bump in the crime organization that he had previously sought to distance himself from, Adama personally represents the Guatrau's interests. (CAP: "Unvanquished").

Adama & Graystone[edit]

Visiting Graystone at his home, Joseph and Sam Adama stage a scenario in which Daniel is forced to choose between killing his mother or backing out of the deal. Handing Graystone a detonator supposedly linked to an explosive attached to his mother's car, Joseph Adama patiently waits for Graystone to break. When Daniel refuses to press the detonator, Adama suggests Graystone consider his options, asking the scientist if he is truly ready to work with the Ha'la'tha (CAP: "Unvanquished").

Adama and Graystone share a cigarette outside Graystone Industries.

Despite Graystone's failure to prove willingness to work with the Ha'la'tha at any cost, the alliance is forged and both Adama brothers become instrumental in helping reinstall Graystone as CEO of the company. To that end, Joseph and Samuel blackmail members of the Graystone Industries board, buying their votes to reinstate Graystone. Though Graystone himself has difficulty exploiting people he once considered friends, the scheme pays off and he is once again in control of his company - though with the Ha'la'tha behind him. Working out of the Graystone Industries campus, Joseph and Evelyn operate to ensure the Guatrau's bottom line, secretly securing a deal with the Soldiers of the One terror group to ship Cylons to Gemenon (CAP: "Unvanquished," "Retribution," "False Labor," "Blowback," "The Dirteaters").

Working closely with Daniel Graystone, Adama's feelings about Graystone remain unchanged. Blaming Graystone for the deaths of his wife and daughter, Adama is cold, even hostile with Daniel. Still, when the Guatrau proposes killing the scientist whether he completes his resurrection program or not, Adama is opposed. Without betraying the Ha'la'tha by openly warning Graystone, Adama attempts to alert Daniel, telling him to out think his opponent during a boxing match (CAP: "False Labor," "Blowback").

Against the Guatrau[edit]

As Adama's personal life slowly returns to normal - and his business relationship with Evelyn progresses into a romantic one - political strife once again ignites on Tauron. With Sam Adama obsessed with the new Tauron rebellion, Joseph Adama senses his brother's feelings of remorse concerning their childhood on Tauron and the deaths of their parents. Still, Joseph keeps secret from his brother the knowledge that the Guatrau has decided not to smuggle Cylons to Tauron as Sam had suggested, but is instead selling them to the STO (CAP: "The Dirteaters").

Joseph and Sam Adama vow to go up against the Guatrau together.

Outraged when he learns of the deal with the STO, Sam Adama rails against his brother, asking Joseph how he can sell robots to the people who murdered his wife and daughter. Realizing that Sam is correct in his outrage, Joseph agrees to help smuggle Cylons to Tauron, an act of defiance against the Guatrau that will have serious consequences (CAP: "False Labor," "Blowback," "The Dirteaters").

Utilizing his position at Graystone Industries, Adama begins skimming Cylons from the company's regular shipments to the Caprican Government and those being smuggled by the Ha'la'tha to Gemenon. Recently released from prison, Fidelia Fazekas - the daughter of the Guatrau and a former romantic interest of Joseph's - detects the abnormality in the Graystone company's books. Confronting Joseph about the missing Cylons, Adama covers, but Fazekas is unconvinced and investigates further. Finding solid evidence that the Adama brothers are exporting Cylons to Tauron, Fazekas goes to her father and convinces him to have Joseph and Samuel killed (CAP: "The Heavens Will Rise," "Here Be Dragons").

The Assassination[edit]

William "Willie" Adama dies in his father's arms.

Though the Guatrau is at first hesitant to put a hit out on men he considers sons, an assassin is soon dispatched to the Adama home. Entering the apartment under the pretense of taking Joseph to see the Guatrau, the hit man attacks Adama, attempting to strangle him. Stabbing the hit man in the back and killing him, Ruth intervens, loading a shotgun to protect the family. Gathering Willie and Evelyn, Adama calls Sam, leaving a message telling his brother to meet them at the betting parlor where they had stashed passports and money in case of an emergency (CAP: "Here Be Dragons").

Meeting Sam outside the betting parlor, Adama and his brother enter the establishment to find several Ha'la'tha men lying in wait. In the ensuing struggle, Willie Adama runs inside and is shot in the hand and stomach. As Sam Adama dispatches his attackers, Joseph and Evelyn come to the aid of Willie, but it is too late and Willie dies in the arms of his father (CAP: "Here Be Dragons").

Ha'la'tha Fractured[edit]

The Adama Family honors Willie Adama and his namesake.

Following the death of William "Willie" Adama, the Ha'la'tha fractures, with several Tauron families siding with the Adamas against the Guatrau. Coming to the Adama home to pay her respects, Fidelia Fazekas pleads with Joseph not to allow a war between families. Making a deal with Fazekas that will prevent such a conflict, Adama arranges to meet with the Guatrau in the virtual world (CAP: "Apotheosis").

As Joseph speaks with the Guatrau through the use of a holoband, Sam Adama suffocates the Ha'la'tha's kingpin with a plastic bag. Leaving the virtual world for the real world, Joseph Adama denies the Guatrau's pleas for a knife to end his suffering, instead forcing him to swallow suicide pills that once belonged to Adama's parents. With the Guatrau dead, Joseph offers the title to Fazekas, installing her as the head of the Ha'la'tha and the new Guatrau (CAP: "Apotheosis").

Legacy[edit]

Following the death of his son, Joseph Adama continues to pursue his burgeoning romance with his assistant Evelyn. Ultimately, the two marry and Evelyn gives birth to a boy. Joseph and Evelyn Adama name their new son William, in honor of Willie and Joseph's father, William Sr., before him. During the fifth anniversary of the death of Willie Adama, the family gathers to perform a ceremony of remembrance and Joseph speaks of his sons:

"Oh Jupiter. To you I pray on the anniversary of my son William's death. For he was not yet a man, he chose a man's death. William was a proud Tauron and a good boy. Our father's name lives on in another way now (CAP: "Apotheosis").

The Notorious Lawyer[edit]

Joseph Adama some years later (CAP: "Apotheosis").

Moving on from his association with the Ha'la'tha, Adama becomes a defense attorney. Enlisting in the Colonial Fleet, Adama's son William writes his father letters detailing his service in the Cylon War (TRS: "Blood and Chrome"). Adama later works as a noted civil liberties attorney and authors two books - Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice and Trial Tactics and Strategies (TRS: "The Son Also Rises," "Crossroads, Part I").

Believing that law is a way of exorcising demons leads Adama to defend "the worst of the worst." Adama seeks to understand the motivations that causes people to cheat, reward their enemies, and go to war - asking why people built machines to correct their flaws and shortcomings (TRS: "The Son Also Rises").

During his tenure, defense attorney Romo Lampkin is one of Joseph Adama's students. Though Lampkin claims to have hated Adama because he was right about the law, Lampkin also admits to learning everything he knows from him, even carrying a worn copy of Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice (TRS: "The Son Also Rises").

Before going to trial, Adama would break pencils before entering the courtroom, then ask to borrow a pencil from the clerk. This was a reminder to Adama to break preconceptions and "work with what you had" (TRS: "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I").

A Good Lighter[edit]

Adama's lighter following the Fall of the Twelve Colonies (TRS: "The Hand of God").

Years later, following Adama's death and the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Joseph's son, Commander William Adama of the battlestar Galactica leads the remnants of humanity to the safety of Earth in a ragtag fleet. During the fleet's journey, Adama passes his father's engraved silver lighter on to his own son, Leland Joseph Adama, a Viper pilot aboard Galactica (TRS: "The Hand of God").

Lee Adama later recalls visiting the elder Adama during his youth, sneaking a peek at Joseph's various law books. Joseph in turn would wave Lee over, telling him "Lee, be a good boy, just don't be too good" (TRS: "A Day in the Life," "The Son Also Rises").

Following years of battles with the Cylons as they pursue the Colonial fleet, Lee Adama retires from the service to follow in his grandfather's footstep, using Joseph Adama's books and wisdom to win the trial of Gaius Baltar and eventually serve as the Caprican delegate to the Quorum of Twelve, and as the penultimate President of the Twelve Colonies (TRS: "Crossroads, Part I," ""Crossroads, Part II," "Revelations").

Family tree[edit]

 
 
 
William Adama Sr.
 
 
 
Isabelle Adama
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Larry
 
Sam Adama
 
 
 
Evelyn Adama
 
 
 
Joseph Adama
 
 
 
Shannon Adama
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Carolanne Adama
 
 
 
 
 
 
William "Bill" Adama
 
 
 
 
Tamara Adama
 
 
William "Willie" Adama
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Zak Adama
 
 
 
Lee Adama
 
Anastasia Dualla
 


  1. This is based on Romo Lampkin's assumed age and apprenticeship from Re-imagined Series' "The Son Also Rises".