Michael

Michael originally hailed from Terra. He was subject of experimentation by one of Terra's political divisions for life on the Lunar colonies. With Sarah, who was evidently an aquaintance, her children, as well as Melanie, they fled the Lunar colonies successfully via the Lunar Seven shuttle (Lunar Avion he liberated for this purpose. However, thanks to Lieutenant Starbuck and Captain Apollo, the ship was automatically intercepted and brought aboard the Galactica. The tampering of Doctor Wilker, despite his best efforts, accidentally revived Michael. He exited the craft through the decompression chamber, and stunned Reese after he didn't heed Michael's warning. Michael subsequently succumbed due to the high-pressure of Galactica's life support systems.

When Apollo, Starbuck, Doctor Salik, and Cassiopeia returned Michael to his ship, he demanded to know what was going on and the reason his ship was pulled off course. After being informed of the reasons, he arrived at the eventual conclusion that there were similarities to his and the Fleet's plights. He entered the cryogenic chamber, as did his companion, Sarah.

With the ship on its course, it eventually reached its destination, Paradeen. Upon landing on the planet, they discovered that Sarah's father had died, and that the droids managed to finish building the house. Much to the surprise of the Colonials, Michael wasn't actually Sarah's husband. His faith in technology and Terra put him at odds with her. An instance of this came when Hector and Vector wanted to perform a dance from the Royal Theater on Terra.

Upon discovering Hector's inability to deactivate and destroy the tracking beacon, he feared that it would herald the end of them all.

Michael later chastised Sarah for damaging the controls of both Vipers after discovering that she wanted Apollo to stay on the planet for reasons of courtship. Subsequently, Michael accompanied the party that went after Starbuck in the catacombs of the nearby major city.

Michael was also responsible for dealing with Leiter and his men. Interestingly enough, however, after Leiter and his men were taken care of she and Michael grew closer and she became less and less inclined for fighting him. (Greetings from Earth)

Portrayed by Randolph Mantooth

Notes

Randolph Mantooth's brother also was in "Greetings from Earth" as a medtech from the Rising Star (after Salik refused to extract the "Earthlings" from the sleeper-ship).

Mantooth is probably best known for his role on the series, Emergency!