Hera Agathon

For information on the Lord of Kobol of the same name, see Hera, Lord of Kobol.

Hera Agathon
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Age	Approximately two years old. Born 9 months after the Cylon Attack (Downloaded)
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Birth Name	Hera; briefly named Isis
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Introduced	Downloaded
Death
Parents	Sharon Agathon (biological mother) Karl "Helo" Agathon (biological father) Maya (adoptive mother)
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Role	"Lead the next generation of God's children"
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Portrayed by	Lily Duong-Walton, uncredited actress (older Hera)
Hera Agathon is a Cylon
Hera Agathon is a Final Five Cylon
Hera Agathon is a Human/Cylon Hybrid
Hera Agathon is an Original Series Cylon
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Hera Agathon is the first successful Human/Cylon Hybrid, the culmination of the Cylons' experiments to achieve viable procreation.

Her parents are the human Capt. Karl "Helo" Agathon and Lt. Sharon "Athena" Agathon of Galactica who initially takes part in the Cylon experiment to set up Helo into falling in love with and impregnating her.

This experiment is necessary because the forced cross-breeding experiments in the Cylon Farms met with complete failure. The Cylons theorized that the key element to procreation that was missing was love (an important element to Cylons, because they believe that "God is love").

As a result, Hera is currently the only successful progeny of a humanoid Cylon, and therefore literally considered a "miracle of God" by the Cylons.

Hera is conceived 24 days after the Cylon attack on Caprica, in a night of passion after Helo "rescues" Caprica-Valerii from what was really a Cylon deception to test his love. Caprica-Valerii is ordered to convince Helo to stay in "hiding" on Caprica, but instead Valerii falls in love with Helo herself. Valerii begins helping him to escape the Cylons, apparently switching her allegiance over to the Colonials.

Starbuck (who arrived earlier on Caprica to retrieve the Arrow of Apollo) leaves with Caprica-Valerii and Helo in a captured Heavy Raider. Caprica-Valerii is incarcerated in Galactica's brig for the next few months, as her pregnancy continued to advance.

Hera is born by emergency surgery one month premature. President Roslin arranges with Dr. Cottle to fake Hera's death, then secretly gives the child to a woman named Maya under the guise that the child is the daughter of a Pegasus officer, who must give her up for political and religious reasons. The subterfuge, Roslin presumes, is necessary to keep Hera safe from humanoid Cylons that may be hiding in the Fleet (Downloaded). Maya, unaware of the her new child's past, names the girl Isis (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).

Hera as an infant, in the care of Maya.

Gaius Baltar's virtual Number Six tells him he will someday raise this child. Baltar received this information in a vision he had while trapped on the planet Kobol. However, unaware of what President Roslin has done, Baltar, like the rest of the people who knew about her, believes Hera to be dead.

When the Fleet settles on New Caprica under the rule of newly-elected President Baltar, Roslin begins teaching at a settlement elementary school with Maya. Maya keeps Hera/Isis in a cradle identical to the one Baltar saw in his vision.

As the plan to escape Cylon-occupied New Caprica is about to be executed, Roslin hides Maya and Hera/Isis in the resistance's underground bunker for protection. The former president tasks resistance leader Samuel Anders and two bodyguards to protect Maya and Hera/Isis at all costs (Exodus, Part I). During their attempted escape, Maya is killed and Hera/Isis, is found next to the body of her adoptive mother by President Baltar, Caprica-Six, and D'Anna Biers (Exodus, Part II). Her mother Sharon "Athena" Agathon learned from Sharon Valerii that Hera is in fact alive on the same Baseship that Baltar was residing. Sharon Valerii had the role of Hera's caretaker (Eye of Jupiter). This was the second time that Athena was told that her daughter was alive. The first time was on New Caprica when she was confronted by a Three unit during her successful attempt to recover the launch keys of the various ships on New Caprica's surface. Hera's survival is later confirmed to Athena and Karl Agathon by Admiral Adama. Soon after her survival is confirmed, Athena devises a plan to free Hera. She has her husband shoot her, and when she downloads to the Baseship where Hera is living, she persuades Caprica Six to help her escape back to Galactica. Hera is reunited with her mother and Athena successfully returns to the Fleet.

Notes

• In a deleted subplot from "Downloaded", Gina and D'Anna Biers scheme to kidnap Hera at Gaius Baltar's request. Gina expresses disgust at Hera being named for a human god. When D'Anna asks Gina what they should call the baby, Gina suggests "Thirteen".
• The series' producers have noted, in a TV Guide interview, that this character will not "hyperage", that is, suddenly become much older than series elapsed time (see the Talk page of this article for more information).