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Laura Roslin is an unmarried^[1] woman with some 20 years of political experience. She serves as Secretary of Education for the Colonial Government at the time of the Cylon attack.

Background

Roslin, a former teacher, worked with Richard Adar when he was a mayor. Over the years, she has rose in political rank herself to the office of Secretary of Education.
Adar, a married man, and Roslin are in a sexual affair^[2] during the events of a teachers strike that she is trying to mediate, to Adar's objection.
Roslin learns that she, as did her mother, has breast cancer. Unfortunately, the diagnosis is grim, as the cancer has already spread.
Roslin sat in the Government Plaza after her doctor's appointment, where she saw Gaius Baltar, the famous scientist, walking and kissing an attractive blonde, but pays it little attention.
Roslin successfully resolves the teachers strike crisis, but Adar vehemently disagrees with her method, and asks for her resignation. She asks him to defer the matter until she returns from the decommissioning ceremonies on battlestar Galactica.
Despite being thrust into the role of President in highly unusual and stressful circumstances, Laura Roslin initially proves herself both tough and capable within the role. Initially in awe of Commander Adama, and worrying that he didn't hold her in high regard (Water), she quickly overcomes her doubts and fears to be able to make the required decisions at the right time, and also stand up to Adama himself (You Can't Go Home Again). She is always prepared to put the safety and destiny of the Fleet first, no matter what the cost of her actions ("Flesh and Bone," "Home, Part I," "Home, Part II," "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") while remembering her limitations and fears.

Character History at a Glance

Roslin is aboard the Colonial government cruiser Colonial Heavy 798, having just attended the decommissioning ceremonies for the battlestar Galactica, when the information on the Cylon attack leaks through wireless.
Roslin attempts to serve as the government's representative to aid the ship's pilot in gaining more information. She manages to speak with one fellow official over wireless and hears the devastating news.
The Case Orange automated beacon response assigns Roslin the role of President after Adar and other high-level government officials are dead or incapacitated.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Roslin undertakes a rescue mission, using the now-renamed Colonial One to round-up all vessels that escape destruction and gathers as many survivors as possible together, hoping to save the remnants of humanity from total annihilation.
Roslin successfully persuades Galactica commander William Adama away from his original intention of mounting a counter-attack against the Cylons, and towards helping the new civilan fleet make its escape from occupied Colonial space.
Since the exodus, Roslin establishes a fledgling civilian government within the Fleet, agrees to abide by civil law regarding her interim term of office, and reestabishes a new Quorum of Twelve.
Roslin has an uneasy understanding with Commander Adama. Where she is responsible for all civil leadership issues among the surviving Colonials, Adama is responsible for all military decisions (Miniseries). However, the dividing line is not always clear between the two leaders.
Roslin chooses Chamalla extract as an alternative to diloxin, remembering her mother's malaise with that treatment.
Her illness remains a secret until she relates her Chamalla-induced visions of Kobol to priestess Elosha, who recognizes them as those prophesized by Pythia, where a dying leader will find the path to Earth. After research, she determines that she may be able to substantiate Commander Adama's fictitious knowledge of the location of Earth with a true bearing to the world using ancient Colonial history.
Roslin convinces Lt. Thrace to use the captured Cylon Raider to return to Caprica in search of the Arrow of Apollo.
Infuriated with Roslin's countermanding and with her refusal to resign as President, Commander Adama terminates her Presidency and stages a military coup. Despite the intervention of Lee Adama, Roslin is arrested and incarcerated aboard Galactica (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II). With Vice President Baltar missing on the surface of Kobol, this effectively leaves the Fleet without any form of civil leadership, a situation worsened by an assassination attempt on William Adama himself immediately following Roslin's arrest (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II).
From her cell, Roslin eventually tells the Quorum of Twelve, many of who are Gemenon, of her role in the Sacred Scrolls, and begins to gain significant underground civilian support for her cause.
Roslin escapes Galactica and, with the help of rival Tom Zarek, convinces over a third of the fleet to join her in the search for the Tomb. Roslin's ability to lead and command becomes stronger throughout this time, able to keep Zarek's ambitions at bay and deliver decisions faster than before.
With the recovered Arrow, Roslin heads an hazardous expedition on Kobol to find the Tomb, with the aid of a second copy of Sharon Valerii and priestess Elosha.
The recovered Commander Adama gains refreshed insight on the need for the Fleet to stay united, and leaves to find Roslin's expedition on the surface of Kobol (Home, Part II).
During the Kobol expedition, Elosha is killed. Roslin takes Elosha's blood-spattered copy of the Sacred Scrolls to guide her and to remember her friend.
Commander Adama greets Roslin warmly on his arrival at her camp on Kobol. The two leaders have a heart-to-heart talk about her rebellion, which Adama forgives. Roslin thanks Adama, calling him "Bill" casually, though she notes that she didn't require permission for what she had to do. Roslin worries that, with talk of the Caprica Resistance, that her insistence to Adama to leave the Colonial worlds behind was a mistake. Adama, also calling Roslin by her first name, firmly chastizes her, reminding Roslin that her decision was correct. If he had chosen to stay, Adama, his son, and all of humanity would be dead.
Adama and Roslin's party later find the Tomb. With some teamwork, they discover and activate the Tomb's virtual hologram mechanism. Roslin's gamble on faith pays off big for humanity, and the group gains a map and guide to the true location of Earth.
Back on Galactica, Commander Adama introduces Roslin as President during a speech on the ship, and leads the audience in a rousing ovation on her return, publicly burying the hatchet between them.
Adama and Roslin's respect for each other grew stronger and their leadership in managing fleet business became more cooperative, asking each other for advice and correcting each other as needed. They work together in getting reporter D'anna Biers corralled from her potentially disruptive tabloid expose' of the Gideon shootings by giving her almost-unlimited access to interview Galactica's crew. She creates a rousing documentary that meets her and Adama's approval (Final Cut).
The military crew honors Roslin by christening a new experimental stealth fighter by the name, Laura, a gesture that brings tears to the President.
Despite the pleasure of the arrival of battlestar Pegasus, Roslin becomes concerned about Cain's abrupt command style and refusal to supply the civilian fleet.
After a near-disasterous military confrontation between the two battlestar commanders, Roslin chastises them both and tells them to concentrate on more important matters. Privately, Roslin tells Adama that Cain, whose power can radically affect the remnant of humanity both Roslin and Adama have strived so hard to protect, must be killed if Adama and the Fleet are to survive.

After the battle, and Admiral Cain's death, Roslin, now more frail with her illness, promotes William Adama to Admiral. The new admiral gives the president a kiss.
Roslin is miraculously saved by the injection of stem cells^[3] from the Cylon hybrid fetus, which apparently eradicate her cancer (Epiphanies). In the hours prior to the cure, however, Roslin remembers her last days on Caprica, including the attractive blonde with Dr. Baltar, her vice-president. She now recognizes the woman as a copy of a Cylon agent.
Roslin confronts Baltar on his association and later confesses the memory to William Adama (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).
Roslin dives into work with a dispassionate manner not unlike her predecessor, Richard Adar, including an attempt to stop the black market , handling the terrible loss of Billy Keikeya, and the upcoming presidential election.
Roslin's new aide, Tory Foster, is an energetic young woman with a great deal of political drive.
Complicating what may have been an easy re-election include Roslin's decision to enforce a no-abortion law to aid in repopulation while allowing a Gemenese girl Rya Kibby to have an abortion, angering Gemenon representative Sarah Porter and losing most support from Roslin's religious base.
Expecting Tom Zarek to run for president, Roslin is shocked when her own vice president, Dr. Baltar, challenges Roslin for the presidency.
Convinced that that the only way to keep the newborn Cylon-hybrid, Hera, alive but out of the eye of Cylon agents, Roslin has the infant's death faked and hands the child over to a foster mother named Maya (Downloaded).
Roslin easily leads Baltar in the election polls, but with the discovery of a habitable planet dubbed "New Caprica", Baltar finds the perfect wedge issue to use against Roslin. Despite the extreme difficulties of colonization, the people of the Fleet vote their extreme hopes over their rational fears and Roslin's voice of reason.
Roslin gives Foster tacit approval to rig the election in order to save the Fleet from electing someone that she knows (in her heart) is a Cylon conspirator. But the fraud is discovered. Admiral Adama confers with Roslin and convinces her that rigging a democratic election was a line that they simply cannot cross. He indicates that the people have made the wrong decision to elect Baltar president, probably even a disastrous choice, but it was their choice.
Roslin agrees to back down, and Adama announces a mistake in the vote count. A perturbed Baltar doesn't press further, content with having won the election, and orders colonization of New Caprica immediately after his swearing-in.

Currently...

A year passes on New Caprica, and Baltar's administration becomes the unmitigated, incompetent disaster that Roslin had feared. Meanwhile, Roslin returns to her old love of teaching, running the new settlement's school. Assisted by Maya, who brings her infant daughter Isis (the secreted Cylon hybrid), Roslin is more comfortable watching over the pair personally.

Three-hundred-eighty days after settling on the planet, the Cylons discover the colony, as Roslin had warned, and occupy the settlement (Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II).

Notes

The character of Laura Roslin is unique to the Re-imagined Series. It shares no counterpart to the Original Series, where its version of President Adar is killed, but a presidential replacement is never made.

Roslin's apparent cure in "Epiphanies" contradicts the "dying leader" clause of the Pythian Prophecy, despite the fulfillment of her role in the Tomb of Athena story arc. Indications from the creators of the show suggest that Roslin's health trials may not yet be over.

Actress Mary McDonnell is perhaps best known for her role in the epic film, Dances with Wolves, with Kevin Costner.

References

↑ According to the February issue of Sci Fi Magazine, actress Mary McDonnell indicates that, according to the series bible, Roslin has dated, but has never married. (Scans available on Ramblings of a dorkish nature)
↑ According to a December 2005 interview with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar, a married man, was having an affair with Roslin in the twilight of his term.
↑ In the commentary track for "Epiphanies," Ron Moore states that a longer explanation of Roslin's cure was filmed that explained that the blood's stem cells cure Roslin. However, the scene was cut because he was afraid it would be too complicated and thought of as technobabble. The character's updated biography on the official Scifi.com site does confirm that stem cells from the hybrid were the actual cure. As such, Battlestar Wiki treats this data canonically as with information found in most deleted scenes.

Preceded by:
Richard Adar

President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol

Succeeded by:
Gaius Baltar

[marital-1] According to the February issue of Sci Fi Magazine, actress Mary McDonnell indicates that, according to the series bible, Roslin has dated, but has never married. (Scans available on Ramblings of a dorkish nature)

[marital2-2] According to a December 2005 interview with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar, a married man, was having an affair with Roslin in the twilight of his term.

[3] In the commentary track for "Epiphanies," Ron Moore states that a longer explanation of Roslin's cure was filmed that explained that the blood's stem cells cure Roslin. However, the scene was cut because he was afraid it would be too complicated and thought of as technobabble. The character's updated biography on the official Scifi.com site does confirm that stem cells from the hybrid were the actual cure. As such, Battlestar Wiki treats this data canonically as with information found in most deleted scenes.

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-'''Laura Roslin''' is an unmarried<ref name="marital">According to the February issue of ''Sci Fi Magazine'', actress Mary McDonnell indicates that, according to the [[series bible]], Roslin has dated, but has never married. (Scans available on [http://www.livejournal.com/users/reedfem/158883.html Ramblings of a dorkish nature])</ref> woman with some 20 years of political experience. She serves as Secretary of Education for the Colonial [[Government]] at the time of the [[Cylon attack]], during which most of humanity is killed. At that time, Roslin is 43rd in line of succession for the Presidency of the [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)|Twelve Colonies]]. She learns that all those in line before her are dead, and is shortly sworn in as President.
+'''Laura Roslin''' is an unmarried<ref name="marital">According to the February issue of ''Sci Fi Magazine'', actress Mary McDonnell indicates that, according to the [[series bible]], Roslin has dated, but has never married. (Scans available on [http://www.livejournal.com/users/reedfem/158883.html Ramblings of a dorkish nature])</ref> woman with some 20 years of political experience. She serves as Secretary of Education for the Colonial [[Government]] at the time of the Cylon attack.
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-== Rise to President ==
+== Background ==
+*Roslin, a former teacher, worked with [[Richard Adar]] when he was a mayor. Over the years, she has rose in political rank herself to the office of Secretary of Education.
+*Adar, a married man, and Roslin are in a sexual affair<ref name="marital2>According to a December 2005 [http://www.galacticastation.com/Galactica%20Station/Archives/dec05.html interview] with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar, a married man, was having an affair with Roslin in the twilight of his term.</ref> during the events of a teachers strike that she is trying to mediate, to Adar's objection.
+*Roslin learns that she, as did her mother, has breast cancer. Unfortunately, the diagnosis is grim, as the cancer has already spread.
+*Roslin sat in the Government Plaza after her doctor's appointment, where she saw [[Gaius Baltar]], the famous scientist, walking and kissing an attractive blonde, but pays it little attention.
+*Roslin successfully resolves the teachers strike crisis, but Adar vehemently disagrees with her method, and asks for her resignation. She asks him to defer the matter until she returns from the decommissioning ceremonies on battlestar ''[[Galactica (RDM)|Galactica]]''.
+*Despite being thrust into the role of President in highly unusual and stressful circumstances, Laura Roslin initially proves herself both tough and capable within the role. Initially in awe of Commander Adama, and worrying that he didn't hold her in high regard ([[Water]]), she quickly overcomes her doubts and fears to be able to make the required decisions at the right time, and also stand up to Adama himself ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). She is always prepared to put the safety and destiny of the Fleet first, no matter what the cost of her actions ("[[Flesh and Bone]]," "[[Home, Part I]]," "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") while remembering her limitations and fears.
-At the time of the Cylon attack, Roslin is aboard the Colonial government cruiser ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', having just attended the decommissioning ceremonies for the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] named ''[[Galactica]]''. The [[Case Orange]] automated beacon, a special mechanism seeking communication with any surviving Colonial government officials, informs her that, other than herself, all members of President [[Richard Adar]]'s government are apparently killed or are missing. The Case Orange response assigns Roslin the role of President.
+==Character History at a Glance==
-In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Roslin undertakes a rescue mission, using the now-renamed ''[[Colonial One]]'' to round-up all vessels that escape destruction and gathers as many survivors as possible together, hoping to save the remnants of humanity from total annihilation. She successfully persuades ''Galactica'' commander [[William Adama]] away from his original intention of mounting a counter-attack against the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], and towards helping the new civilan fleet make its escape from occupied Colonial space.
+*Roslin is aboard the Colonial government cruiser ''[[Colonial Heavy 798]]'', having just attended the decommissioning ceremonies for the [[Galactica type battlestar|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica]]'', when the [[Fall of the Twelve Colonies|information on the Cylon attack]] leaks through [[wireless]].
+*Roslin attempts to serve as the government's representative to aid the ship's pilot in gaining more information. She manages to speak with one fellow official over wireless and hears the devastating news.
-Since the exodus, Roslin establishes a fledgling civilian [[government]] within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], agrees to abide by civil law regarding her interim term of office, and reestabishes a new [[Quorum of Twelve]].
+*The [[Case Orange]] automated beacon response assigns Roslin the role of President after Adar and other high-level government officials are dead or incapacitated.
+*In the immediate aftermath of the attack, Roslin undertakes a rescue mission, using the now-renamed ''[[Colonial One]]'' to round-up all vessels that escape destruction and gathers as many survivors as possible together, hoping to save the remnants of humanity from total annihilation.
-In leading the Fleet, Roslin has an uneasy understanding with Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]. Where she is responsible for all civil leadership issues among the surviving Colonials, Adama is responsible for all military decisions ([[Miniseries]]). However, the dividing line is not always clear between the two leaders.
+*Roslin successfully persuades ''Galactica'' commander [[William Adama]] away from his original intention of mounting a counter-attack against the [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylons]], and towards helping the new civilan fleet make its escape from occupied Colonial space.
+*Since the exodus, Roslin establishes a fledgling civilian [[government]] within the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]], agrees to abide by civil law regarding her interim term of office, and reestabishes a new [[Quorum of Twelve]].
-Despite being thrust into the role of President in highly unusual and stressful circumstances, Laura Roslin initially proves herself both tough and capable within the role. Initially in awe of Adama, and worrying that he didn't hold her in high regard ([[Water]]), she quickly overcomes her doubts and fears to be able to make the required decisions at the right time, and also stand up to Adama himself ([[You Can't Go Home Again]]). She is always prepared to put the safety and destiny of the Fleet first, no matter what the cost of her actions ("[[Flesh and Bone]]," "[[Home, Part I]]," "[[Home, Part II]]," "[[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]") while remembering her limitations and fears.
+*Roslin has an uneasy understanding with Commander [[William Adama|Adama]]. Where she is responsible for all civil leadership issues among the surviving Colonials, Adama is responsible for all military decisions ([[Miniseries]]). However, the dividing line is not always clear between the two leaders.
+*Roslin chooses [[Chamalla]] extract as an alternative to [[diloxin]], remembering her mother's malaise with that treatment.
-== Roslin's Illness ==
+* Her illness remains a secret until she relates her Chamalla-induced visions of [[Kobol]] to priestess [[Elosha]], who recognizes them as those prophesized by [[Pythia]], where a dying leader will find the path to [[Earth]]. After research, she determines that she may be able to substantiate Commander Adama's fictitious knowledge of the location of Earth with a true bearing to the world using ancient Colonial history.
+*Roslin convinces [[Kara Thrace|Lt. Thrace]] to use the captured Cylon Raider to return to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in search of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].
-Immediately prior to the Cylon attack on the Colonies, Roslin is diagnosed with terminal breast cancer ([[Miniseries]]). She chooses [[Chamalla]] extract as an alternative to [[diloxin]], remembering her mother's malaise with that treatment. Her illness remains a secret until her visions of [[Kobol]] are related by priestess [[Elosha]] as those prophesized by [[Pythia]], where a dying leader will find the path to [[Earth]]. Roslin eventually tells the Quorum of Twelve, many of who are [[Gemenon]], of her role in the [[Sacred Scrolls]], which plays a major role in finding the [[Tomb of Athena]].
+*Infuriated with Roslin's countermanding and with her refusal to resign as President, Commander Adama terminates her Presidency and stages a military coup. Despite the intervention of [[Lee Adama]], Roslin is arrested and incarcerated aboard ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). With Vice President Baltar missing on the surface of Kobol, this effectively leaves the Fleet without any form of civil leadership, a situation worsened by an assassination attempt on William Adama himself immediately following Roslin's arrest ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
+*From her cell, Roslin eventually tells the Quorum of Twelve, many of who are [[Gemenon]], of her role in the [[Sacred Scrolls]], and begins to gain significant underground civilian support for her cause.
-Months later, her illness in its last stages ([[Epiphanies]]), Roslin finds herself recalling the short time from where she received the terrible cancer diagnosis and before she left Caprica for ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremonies. She remembers her friendship and extramarital <ref name="marital2>According to a December 2005 [http://www.galacticastation.com/Galactica%20Station/Archives/dec05.html interview] with Mary McDonnell in TV Guide, President Adar, a married man, was having an affair with Roslin in the twilight of his term.</ref> romance with President [[Adar (RDM)|Richard Adar]] (whose official offices resided in Caprica City), a tense dispute with a teacher's union and Adar's overaggressive (at least in Roslin's view) attitude in arresting the teachers rather than hearing their views and complaints. Despite Adar's objection, Roslin meets with a representative of the teacher's union and successfully negotiates an agreement to cease their violence in order to gain an audience with Adar's administration. On reporting this success to Adar, the president demands Roslin's resignation as Education Secretary, claiming that her actions compromised his policies in criminal negotiation. Roslin tells the president that, after she returned from ''Galactica's'' decommissioning ceremony, she would entertain his offer. Of course, Roslin would never return to Caprica or see President Adar alive again.
+*Roslin escapes ''Galactica'' and, with the help of rival [[Tom Zarek]], convinces over a third of the fleet to [[Laura Roslin faction|join her in the search for the Tomb]]. Roslin's ability to lead and command becomes stronger throughout this time, able to keep Zarek's ambitions at bay and deliver decisions faster than before.
+*With the recovered Arrow, Roslin heads an hazardous expedition on Kobol to find the Tomb, with the aid of a second copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] and priestess Elosha.
-While she can't prove her memory of Baltar's association with a copy of a Cylon agent, she confronts Baltar on the event (despite his successful effort to save her life using the blood of [[Hera|the hybrid Cylon fetus]]<ref>In the commentary track for "Epiphanies," Ron Moore states that a longer explanation of Roslin's cure was filmed that explained that the blood's stem cells cure Roslin. However, the scene was cut because he was afraid it would be too complicated and thought of as [[technobabble]]. The character's updated biography on the official Scifi.com site does confirm that stem cells from the hybrid were the actual cure. As such, Battlestar Wiki treats this data canonically as with information found in most deleted scenes.</ref>) and later confesses the memory to William Adama ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]). Her cancer is currently in full remission.
+*The recovered Commander Adama gains refreshed insight on the need for the Fleet to stay united, and leaves to find Roslin's expedition on the surface of Kobol ([[Home, Part II]]).
+*During the Kobol expedition, [[Elosha]] is killed. Roslin takes Elosha's blood-spattered copy of the Sacred Scrolls to guide her and to remember her friend.
-== Insurrection ==
+*Commander Adama greets Roslin warmly on his arrival at her camp on Kobol. The two leaders have a heart-to-heart talk about her rebellion, which Adama forgives. Roslin thanks Adama, calling him "Bill" casually, though she notes that she didn't require permission for what she had to do. Roslin worries that, with talk of the [[Caprica Resistance]], that her insistence to Adama to leave the Colonial worlds behind was a mistake. Adama, also calling Roslin by her first name, firmly chastizes her, reminding Roslin that her decision was correct. If he had chosen to stay, Adama, his son, and all of humanity would be dead.
+*Adama and Roslin's party later find the Tomb. With some teamwork, they discover and activate the Tomb's virtual hologram mechanism. Roslin's gamble on faith pays off big for humanity, and the group gains a map and guide to the true location of Earth.
-Reacting to her Chamalla-induced visions, Roslin operates behind William Adama's back to subvert a mission aimed at destroying a Cylon basestar guarding Kobol, and instead sending [[Kara Thrace|Lt. Thrace]] back to [[The Twelve Colonies (RDM)#Caprica|Caprica]] in search of the [[Arrow of Apollo]].  When she refuses to step down as President, Commander Adama terminates her Presidency and stages a military coup. Despite the intervention of [[Lee Adama]], Roslin is arrested and incarcerated aboard ''[[Galactica]]'' ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). With Vice President Baltar missing on the surface of Kobol, this effectively leaves the Fleet without any form of civil leadership, a situation worsened by an assassination attempt on William Adama himself immediately following Roslin's arrest ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).
+*Back on ''Galactica'', Commander Adama introduces Roslin as President during a speech on the ship, and leads the audience in a rousing ovation on her return, publicly burying the hatchet between them.
+*Adama and Roslin's respect for each other grew stronger and their leadership in managing fleet business became more cooperative, asking each other for advice and correcting each other as needed. They work together in getting reporter [[D'anna Biers]] corralled from her potentially disruptive tabloid expose' of the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings by giving her almost-unlimited access to interview ''Galactica's'' crew. She creates a rousing documentary that meets her and Adama's approval ([[Final Cut]]).
-After gaining underground support of her effort to find Earth,  Roslin escapes ''Galactica'' and, with the help of rival [[Tom Zarek]], convinces over a third of the fleet to leave with her ship, the ''[[Astral Queen]]'', to [[Kobol]] in search of the Tomb of Athena and the path to Earth. Roslin's ability to lead and command becomes stronger throughout this time, able to keep Zarek's ambitions at bay and deliver decisions faster than before. With the recovered Arrow, Roslin heads an hazardous expedition on Kobol to find the Tomb, with the aid of a second copy of [[Sharon Valerii (Caprica copy)|Sharon Valerii]] and priestess Elosha.
+*The military crew honors Roslin by christening a [[Blackbird|new experimental stealth fighter]] by the name, ''Laura'', a gesture that brings tears to the President.
+*Despite the pleasure of the arrival of battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'', Roslin becomes concerned about Cain's abrupt command style and refusal to supply the civilian fleet.
-Commander Adama is initially enraged by Roslin's actions, but gains refreshed insight on the need for family to stay united. Perhaps, he thought, that Roslin had generated hope for Earth as he had in his fabrication of the knowledge of Earth--only Roslin was intent on getting results. With these and other thoughts in mind, Adama researches his ship's survey data on Kobol and leaves to find Roslin's expedition on the surface of Kobol ([[Home, Part II]]).
+*After a near-disasterous military confrontation between the two battlestar commanders, Roslin chastises them both and tells them to concentrate on [[Resurrection Ship|more important matters]]. Privately, Roslin tells Adama that Cain, whose power can radically affect the remnant of humanity both Roslin and Adama have strived so hard to protect, must be killed if Adama and the Fleet are to survive.
-During the Kobol expedition, [[Elosha]], one of Roslin's most valuable advisors and friend, is killed. Roslin took Elosha's blood-spattered book of scripture to guide her.
-Roslin is pleasantly surprised to have Commander Adama greet her warmly on his arrival at her camp on Kobol. The two leaders have a heart-to-heart talk about her rebellion, which Adama forgives. Roslin thanks Adama, calling him "Bill" casually, though she notes that she didn't require permission for what she had to do. Roslin worries that, with talk of the [[Caprica Resistance]], that her insistence to Adama to leave the Colonial worlds behind was a mistake. Adama, also calling Roslin by her first name, firmly chastizes her, reminding Roslin that her decision was correct. If he had chosen to stay, Adama, his son, and all of humanity would be dead.
-Adama and Roslin's party later find the Tomb. With some teamwork, they discover and activate the Tomb's virtual hologram mechanism. Roslin's gamble on faith pays off big for humanity, and the group gains a map and guide to the true location of Earth.
-Back on ''Galactica'', Commander Adama introduces Roslin as President during a speech on the ship, and leads the audience in a rousing ovation, showing his firm support for her insight, leadership and her role in the destiny and safety of humanity.
-==Roslin and Adama, After Kobol==
-Adama and Roslin's respect for each other grew stronger and their leadership in managing fleet business became more cooperative. They worked together in getting reporter [[D'anna Biers]] corralled from her potentially disruptive tabloid expose' of the ''[[Gideon]]'' shootings by giving her almost-unlimited access to interview ''Galactica's'' crew. Her resulting documentary on the weary-but-determined battlestar crew was welcomed warmly by Roslin and Adama, "warts and all" ([[Final Cut]]).
-Roslin finds herself being solicited of advice more often from Commander Adama, who begins to fully trust and even confide in her on matters such as trusting their Cylon prisoner, the second Valerii copy.
-Roslin is honored to christen a new experimental stealth fighter dubbed the [[Blackbird]] in a small ceremony with its builders. The team christens the new fighter by the name, ''Laura'', a gesture that brings tears to the President. Roslin manages to get a few laughs by making a mock strike at the Blackbird with the christening bottle, knowing its skin was too fragile.
-Roslin is just as gleeful as the rest of the Fleet when the advanced battlestar ''[[Pegasus (RDM)|Pegasus]]'' arrives. Admiral [[Helena Cain]] recognizes her and reacts with surprise at Roslin's new office. Roslin becomes concerned about Cain's abrupt command style, and asks Adama how he is managing relinquishing fleet command to Cain. Adama replies, with a smile, that he had been taking orders for a long time, and this was no different. Roslin is unconvinced but is polite enough not to inquire further. Roslin is more concerned that Cain is more interested with supplying ''Galactica'' with military parts and staff, rather than aiding the needs of the civiilan Fleet, as well as ignoring Roslin's [[wireless]] calls to Cain.
-With Adama's rebellious attempt to return the hastily-convicted [[Karl Agathon|Helo]] and [[Galen Tyrol|Tyrol]] from Cain's ship, Roslin finds herself watching the two battlestar commanders launch Vipers at each other. Fortunately Cain and Adama reach a level of detente and come to her to mediate a truce. Berating both  commanders for being poor leaders, she tells them to cease their antagonism to concentrate on the destruction of the Cylon fleet following them, returning to her after the battle to settle the matter with Helo and Tyrol. After Cain leaves, Roslin tells Adama privately that Cain, whose power can radically affect the remnant of humanity both Roslin and Adama have strived so hard to protect, must be killed if Adama and the Fleet are to survive.
-Before the [[Battle of the Resurrection Ship]], Commander Adama visits Roslin, in bed and her "game face" off for the moment. The two joke; Adama asks if she needed anything, and Roslin asks for nice, blonde Cylon body replacement. Adama smiles and says he couldn't see her as a blonde, but Roslin tells him that he'd be surprised. Roslin takes Adama's hand to receive a squeeze of encouragement as he leaves. She reminds him, as he turns back to her while wiping a tear from his eye, not to let Cain get her chance at Adama.
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-With the Fleet's successful destruction of the [[Resurrection Ship]] and the Cylon fleet, as well as Admiral Cain's death, Roslin awards Commander Adama a pleasant surprise--the rank of Admiral, as he now is commander of ''two'' battlestars and is senior officer. Roslin notes that one should never give up hope, alluding to recent events and the stress that Cain caused throughout their fleet. Roslin decides to retire for the evening, and has trouble standing as Adama stands to aid in steadying her. After he does so, the new admiral takes Roslin's face gently in hand and kisses her, a pleasant gesture that she returns. Roslin does not see Adama's smile fade to sadness over her illness as she leaves her office area ([[Resurrection Ship, Part II]]).
+*After the battle, and Admiral [[Helena Cain|Cain's death]], Roslin, now more frail with her illness, promotes William Adama to Admiral. The new admiral gives the president a kiss.
+*Roslin is miraculously saved by the injection of stem cells<ref>In the commentary track for "Epiphanies," Ron Moore states that a longer explanation of Roslin's cure was filmed that explained that the blood's stem cells cure Roslin. However, the scene was cut because he was afraid it would be too complicated and thought of as [[technobabble]]. The character's updated biography on the official Scifi.com site does confirm that stem cells from the hybrid were the actual cure. As such, Battlestar Wiki treats this data canonically as with information found in most deleted scenes.</ref> from the Cylon [[Hera|hybrid fetus]], which apparently eradicate her cancer ([[Epiphanies]]). In the hours prior to the cure, however, Roslin remembers her last days on Caprica, including the attractive blonde with Dr. Baltar, her vice-president. She now recognizes the woman as a copy of a [[Number Six|Cylon agent]].
-==Administration Strains==
+*Roslin confronts Baltar on his association and later confesses the memory to William Adama ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II]]).
+*Roslin dives into work with a dispassionate manner not unlike her predecessor, Richard Adar, including an attempt to stop the [[Black market (organization)|black market]] , handling the terrible loss of [[Billy Keikeya]], and the upcoming presidential election.
-Roslin's miraculous recovery gives her a harsh perspective on Fleet business, apparently placing aside any romantic interests with Admiral Adama (although their mutual respect and delagation of duties remained intact). She dives into work with a dispassionate manner not unlike her predecessor, Richard Adar, including an attempt to stop the [[Black market (organization)|black market]] problems that hamper effective supply routing in the Fleet ([[Black Market]]), dealing with realization that Gaius Baltar had ''something'' to do with the destruction of the Twelve Colonies, handling the terrible loss of [[Billy Keikeya]], who dies in a hostage situation on ''[[Cloud 9]]'' ([[Sacrifice]]), and the upcoming presidential election. Roslin's new aide, [[Tory Foster]], is an energetic young woman with a great deal of political drive.
+*Roslin's new aide, [[Tory Foster]], is an energetic young woman with a great deal of political drive.
+*Complicating what may have been an easy re-election include Roslin's decision to enforce a no-abortion law to aid in repopulation while allowing a Gemenese girl [[Rya Kibby]] to have an abortion, angering Gemenon representative [[Sarah Porter]] and losing most support from Roslin's religious base.
-Complicating what may have been an easy re-election include Roslin's decision to enforce a no-abortion law to aid in repopulation while allowing a Gemenese girl [[Rya Kibby]] to have an abortion, angering Gemenon representative [[Sarah Porter]] and losing most support from Roslin's religious base. Expecting [[Tom Zarek]] to run for president, Roslin is shocked when her own vice president, Dr. Baltar, challenges Roslin for the presidency.
+*Expecting [[Tom Zarek]] to run for president, Roslin is shocked when her own vice president, Dr. Baltar, challenges Roslin for the presidency.
+*Convinced that that the only way to keep the newborn Cylon-hybrid, [[Hera]], alive but out of the eye of Cylon agents, Roslin has the infant's death faked and hands the child over to a foster mother named [[Maya]] ([[Downloaded]]).
-Convinced that that the only way to keep the newborn Cylon-hybrid, [[Hera]], alive but out of the eye of Cylon agents, Roslin has the infant's death faked and hands the child over to a foster mother named [[Maya]] ([[Downloaded]]).
+*Roslin easily leads Baltar in the election polls, but with the discovery of a habitable planet dubbed "[[New Caprica]]", Baltar finds the perfect wedge issue to use against Roslin.  Despite the extreme difficulties of colonization, the people of the Fleet vote their extreme hopes over their rational fears and Roslin's voice of reason.
+*Roslin gives Foster tacit approval to rig the election in order to save the Fleet from electing someone that she knows (in her heart) is a Cylon conspirator. But the fraud is discovered. Admiral Adama confers with Roslin and convinces her that rigging a democratic election was a line that they simply cannot cross. He indicates that the people have made the wrong decision to elect Baltar president, probably even a disastrous choice, but it was their choice.
-At first, Roslin is head and shoulders above Baltar in the election polls, but with the discovery of a habitable planet dubbed "[[New Caprica]]", Baltar finds the perfect wedge issue to use against Roslin.  Although settlement on the planet would be extremely difficult and with no guarantee that the Cylons wouldn't find them, the people of the Fleet vote their extreme hopes over their rational fears and Roslin's voice of reason. Baltar begins to lead in all the polls ([[Lay Down Your Burdens, Part I]]).
+*Roslin agrees to back down, and Adama announces a mistake in the vote count. A perturbed Baltar doesn't press further, content with having won the election, and orders colonization of New Caprica immediately after his swearing-in.
-Roslin gives Tory tacit approval to rig the election in order to save the Fleet from electing someone that she knows (in her heart) is a Cylon conspirator.  However, Lt. Gaeta discovers the conspiracy and notifies Admiral Adama, who confers with Roslin and convinces her that rigging a democratic election was a line that they simply cannot cross; it was against everything they stood for.  He indicates that the people have made the wrong decision to elect Baltar president, probably even a disastrous choice, but it was their choice.  Roslin agrees to back down, and Adama announces a mistake in the vote count. A perturbed Baltar doesn't press further, content with having won the election, and orders colonization of New Caprica.
+==Currently...==
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Laura Roslin

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