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Orphaned, Joseph and Samuel were sent to a refugee camp on [[Caprica (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 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|Pilot]]" "[[The Dirteaters]]"). | Orphaned, Joseph and Samuel were sent to a refugee camp on [[Caprica (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 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|Pilot]]," "[[The Dirteaters]]"). | ||
===Early Years on Caprica=== | ===Early Years on Caprica=== | ||
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- For other people with the same or similar first name, see: Joe (disambiguation).
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| Death | Within 20 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, based on Romo Lampkin's assumed age and apprenticeship | |
| Parents | William Adama Sr.† Isabelle Adama† | |
| Siblings | Sam Adama | |
| Children | Tamara Adama† (daughter) William "Willie" Adama† (son) William "Bill" Adama (son) | |
| Marital Status | Widower of Shannon Adama Remarried to Evelyn Adama | |
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| Role | Civil liberties attorney | |
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| Portrayed by | Esai Morales | |
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Joseph Adama (a.k.a. Joseph Adams) was a notorious civil liberties lawyer on 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 battlestar Galactica.
Early Life
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").
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 Heraclitus 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
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: "Pilot," "The Dirteaters").
Early Years on Caprica
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: "The Reins of a Waterfall," "The Dirteaters," "False Labor,"TRS: "The Hand of God").
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: "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
Fifty-eight years before the Fall, Adams faced the loss of both his wife, Shannon, and daughter, Tamara, when the Caprica City MLMT train was 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 was left to care for his son, William, alone (CAP: "Pilot").
Following the Global Defense Department briefing on the bombing, Adams met famed technologist Daniel Graystone outside Caprica City Hall, offering Graystone the use of his lighter. Having also lost a daughter - Zoe - Graystone commiserated with Adams at a downtown coffee shop, the two men spending hours simply smoking. As they went their separate ways, Graystone offered box seats at a Caprica Buccaneers game to Adams and his son (CAP: "Pilot").
Taking Graystone up on his offer, Joseph and Willie attended the game, viewing it from the owner's box and later visiting the locker room. Following the game, Graystone revealed to Adams that he was 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 proposed to implant a virtual avatar of Tamara inside a robot body, essentially creating a duplicate of Adams' daughter. The key however, was a piece of technology owned by Graystone's competitor, a Tauron company called the Vergis Corporation. Though dubious about the offer, Adams was nonetheless intrigued (CAP: "Pilot").
"Tamara-A"
Deciding to move forward with Graystone's plan, Adams approached 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 was hesitant to betray Tomas Vergis - a friend of the Gautrau - but agreed to help if Joseph agreed to return the favor. Accepting the exchange, Adams agreed 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 repaid Joseph by bringing him into the virtual world where a digital version of Tamara was being stored. At first embracing the avatar as his daughter, Adams' joy at seeing Tamara again quickly evaporated. The avatar was confused and panicked, screaming that she couldn't feel her heartbeat. Incensed, Adams called the entire endeavor an abomination and stormed out of the Graystone Estate, leaving the Tamara avatar behind in the virtual world (CAP: "Pilot").
Realizing that he could not escape the reality of his situation, Adams resolved to begin anew. Sharing with his son the story of his own father and life on Tauron, Joseph revealed that he had changed their family name to "Adams," but that they would now embrace the Adama name (CAP: "Pilot").
Fallout
In the weeks that followed the tragedy, Joseph Adama struggled to cope with life as a single parent. Upon receiving a vision of Tamara reaching out to him, Adama became obsessed with seeing the avatar version of his daughter again. With Daniel Graystone ignoring his calls, Adama confronted Graystone at the MagLev memorial service at Apollo Park. There, Graystone informed Adama that after their last meeting, the program containing the avatars of Tamara and Zoe crashed, resulting in their apparent deletion. Unable to accept this, Adama confronted Graystone again, this time bring Sam Adama with him. Savagely beating him in an alley, the Adama brothers persuaded Graystone to reconsider his position and the scientist agreed to search for the Tamara avatar (CAP: "Rebirth," "Reins of a Waterfall").
Though Graystone suspected Tamara was in fact still inside his private virtual space, the avatar disappeared when it was discovered by the living Zoe avatar and released into the expanse of the virtual world. Believing his daughter was truly gone, Adama sought 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 attempted to call the hit off, but was unable to reach Sam. Aware of Joseph's high moral code, Sam Adama took the opportunity to scare both his brother and Amanda Graystone, revealing later that he had no intention of killing her (CAP: "Gravedancing").
Letting Go
Sinking into a deep depression, Adama began neglecting his responsibilities, failing to go to work and to provide a stable home for his son. Lacking direction from his father, Willie spent time with his uncle Sam, who taught him about the Ha'la'tha. Discovering that Willie had skipped school to spend time with Sam, Joseph confronted his brother and took steps to reestablish his relationship with his son. Taking Willie on a fishing trip, Joseph attempted to bond with his son. The trip was cut short, though, when Willie entered a physical altercation with a teenage boy (CAP: "There is Another Sky").
Believing that he was quickly losing his son, Joseph decided to hold a traditional Tauron funeral to give his son - and himself - closure. Receiving a new tattoo on his chest, Joseph performed the funereal rights, giving the ferryman coins to ensure Tamara and Shannon safe passage to the afterlife. The following celebration, however, was interrupted by Tad Thorean - a New Cap City gamer - who arrived to deliver a message from Tamara - alive and lost in the virtual world (CAP: "There is Another Sky").
Search for Tamara
Now aware of the living Tamara avatar's existence in V-world, Joseph Adama sought out assistance from Tad Thorean. Locating Thorean at his workplace at a market in Little Tauron, Adama demanded to be taken into the hacked virtual space. Leading Adama into the game, Thorean introduced Joseph to the rules of New Cap City. Chief among the rules Thorean described was 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 explored the virtual environment, several aircraft began strafing the streets below. Fleeing to avoid being shot, Adama inadvertently shoved Thorean into the gun fire, derezzing him and banning him New Cap City (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory").
Mysteries
Without Thorean as a guide, Adama returned to New Cap City to search alone, encountering "Emmanuelle," a beautiful user who claimed to have been sent to help. Really Adama's assistant Evelyn in disguise, Emmanuelle helped protect and guide Adama through the gaming environment. Entering 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 resident. Being shot and nearly derezzed in the an ensuing melee, Emmanuelle insisted Adama leave V-world until he was prepared to do whatever it took to find his daughter (CAP: "The Imperfections of Memory").
In the real world, Adama was visited by his brother, concerned by the Joseph's recent decline. As the brothers spoke, Joseph asked Sam how - as a Ha'la'tha assassin - he was able to kill men. At first hesitant to share such personal information, Sam revealed that he simply pretended it wasn't real. With that, Adama reentered V-world, accompanying Emmanuelle to the New Cap City nightclub "Mysteries." Being called on stage by the host, Cerberus, Adama 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. Discovering Tamara's distinctive flower signature stamped on a wall outside the club, Adama used amp - a drug-like hack - to charge back into Mysteries. Opening fire on and derezzing much of the clientele, Adama held Cerberus at gunpoint. (CAP: "Ghosts in the Machine").
Though Cerberus proved little use, Adama spared him from being derezzed. As they left the club, Joseph and Emmanuelle discovered a wall covered with Tamara's signature - Emmanuelle telling Adama that perhaps his daughter had found a new home in the virtual world (CAP: "Ghosts in the Machine").
End of Line
Undeterred, Adama continued 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 realized the search for the Tamara avatar was destroying his life. Entering New Cap City's Little Tauron as Emmanuelle, Evelyn lured Tamara into her family's virtual apartment. Explaining the situation, Evelyn convinced Tamara her father was better off believing she was dead (CAP: "End of Line").
Later entering his virtual home, Adama was shocked and relieved to find Tamara, but the reunion was short. Tamara told her father to stop following her and to focus on Willie. Aiming a gun at her chest, she shot 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 collapsed into the arms of Evelyn in the real world (CAP: "End of Line").
Ha'la'tha
Having dealt with Graystone in the past, Joseph Adama was asked to advise in dealing with the Ha'la'tha take over of Graystone Industries after Daniel Graystone lost 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 represented the Guatrau's interests. (CAP: "Unvanquished").
Adama & Graystone
Visiting Graystone at his home, Joseph and Sam Adama staged a scenario in which Daniel was 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 waited for Graystone to break. When Daniel refused to press the detonator, Adama suggested Graystone consider his options, asking the scientist if he was truly ready to work with the Ha'la'tha (CAP: "Unvanquished").
Despite Graystone's failure to prove willingness to work with the Ha'la'tha at any cost, the alliance was forged and both Adama brothers became instrumental in helping reinstall Graystone as CEO of the company. To that end, Joseph and Samuel blackmailed members of the Graystone Industries board, buying their votes to reinstate Graystone. Though Graystone himself had difficulty exploiting people he had once considered friends, the scheme paid off and he was once again in control of his company - though with the Ha'la'tha in control of him. Working out of the Graystone Industries campus, Joseph and Evelyn operated 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 remained unchanged. Blaming Graystone for the deaths of his wife and daughter, Adama was cold, even hostile with Daniel. Still, when the Guatrau proposed killing the scientist whether he completed his resurrection program or not, Adama was opposed. Without betraying the Ha'la'tha by openly warning Graystone, Adama attempted 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 returned to normal - and his business relationship with Evelyn progressed into a romantic one - political strife once again ignited on Tauron. With Sam Adama obsessed with the new Tauron rebellion, Joseph Adama sensed his brother's feelings of remorse concerning their childhood on Tauron and the deaths of their parents. Still, Joseph kept secret from his brother the knowledge that the Guatrau had decided not to smuggle Cylons to Tauron as Sam had suggested, but was instead selling them to the STO (CAP: "The Dirteaters").
Outraged when he learned of the deal with the STO, Sam Adama railed against his brother, asking Joseph how he could sell soldier robots to the people who had murdered his wife and daughter. Realizing that Sam was correct in his outrage, Joseph agreed to help smuggle Cylons to Tauron, an act of defiance against the Guatrau that would have serious consequences (CAP: "False Labor," "Blowback," "The Dirteaters").
Utilizing his position at Graystone Industries, Adama began 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 - detected the abnormality in the Graystone company's books. Confronting Joseph about the missing Cylons, Adama quickly covered, but Fazekas was unconvinced and investigated further. Finding solid evidence that the Adama brothers were exporting Cylons to Tauron, Fazekas went to her father and convinced him to have Joseph and Samuel killed (CAP: "The Heavens Will Rise," "Here Be Dragons").
The Assassination
Though the Guatrau was at first hesitant to put a hit out on men he considered sons, an assassin was soon dispatched to the Adama home. Entering the apartment under the pretense of taking Joseph to see the Guatrau, the hit man attacked Adama, attempting to strangle him. Stabbing the hit man in the back and killing him, Ruth intervened, grabbing a shotgun to help protect the family. Gathering Willie and Evelyn, Adama called Sam, leaving a message telling his brother to meet him 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 entered the establishment to find several Ha'la'tha men lying in wait. As a struggle ensued, Willie Adama ran inside only to be shot in the hand and stomach. As Sam Adama dispatched his attackers, Joseph and Evelyn came to the aid of Willie. However it was too late and Willie died in the arms of his father (CAP: "Here Be Dragons").
Ha'la'tha Fractured
Following the death of William "Willie" Adama, the Ha'la'tha fractured, with several Tauron families siding with the Adamas against the Guatrau. Coming to the Adama home to pay her respects, Fidelia Fazekas pleaded with Joseph not to allow a war between families. Making a deal with Fazekas that would prevent such a conflict, Adama arranged to meet with the Guatrau in the virtual world (CAP: "Apotheosis").
While he spoke with Joseph through the use of a holoband, Sam Adama suffocated the Guatrau with a plastic bag. Leaving the virtual world for the real world, Joseph Adama denied the Guatrau's pleas for a knife to end his suffering, instead forcing him to swallow suicide pills once belonging to Adama's parents. With the Guatrau dead, Joseph offered the title to Fazekas, installing her as the head of the Ha'la'tha and the new Guatrau (CAP: "Apotheosis").
Legacy
Following the death of his son, Joseph Adama continued to pursue his burgeoning romance with his assistant Evelyn. Ultimately the two married and Evelyn gave birth to a boy. Joseph and Evelyn Adama named their new son William, in honor of Willie and Joseph's father, William, before him. During the fifth anniversary of the death of Willie Adama, the family gathered to perform a ceremony of remembrance. There, Joseph spoke of his late son:
- "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
Moving on from his association with the Ha'la'tha, Adama became a noted civil liberties attorney and authored two books Law and Mind: The Psychology of Legal Practice and Trial Tactics and Strategies (TRS: "The Son Also Rises," "Crossroads, Part I").
Adama believed that law was a way of exorcising demons, a belief that lead him to defend "the worst of the worst." Adama sought to understand the motivations that caused people to cheat, reward their enemies, and go to war - he asked why people built machines to correct their flaws and shortcomings (TRS: "The Son Also Rises").
During his tenure, defense attorney Romo Lampkin was one of Joseph Adama's students. Though Lampkin claimed to have hated Adama because he was right about the law, Lampkin also admited to learning everything he knew 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
Years later, following Adama's death and the Fall of the Twelve Colonies, Joseph's son, Commander William Adama of the battlestar Galactica led the remnants of humanity to the safety of Earth in a ragtag fleet. During the fleet's journey, Adama passed his father's engraved silver lighter on to his own son, Leeland Joseph Adama, a pilot aboard Galactica (TRS: "The Hand of God").
Lee Adama recalled 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 pursued the Colonial fleet, Lee Adama would retire from the service to follow in his grandfather's footsteps. Using Joseph Adama's books and wisdom to win the trial of Gaius Baltar and eventually serve as the Quorum of Twelve delegate to Caprica and President of the Colonies (TRS: "Crossroads, Part I," ""Crossroads, Part II," "Revelations").
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