In the episode "Hero", Laura Roslin reviews a dossier prepared for her by Billy on her first day aboard Galactica. It includes large photos of battlestar Galactica, a photograph of the CIC crew of Valkyrie, a (mostly illegible) certificate bearing Saul Tigh's name, and a cursory biography of William Adama, reproduced in full below:
- Commander William Adama
- Born H5/21290 and raised on the colony of Caprica, in Qualai, a small coastal community
- Mother, Evelyn Adama, an accountant.
- Father, Joseph Adama, a prominent attorney who specialized in criminal defese and civil liberties.
- Military Service
- D6/21311 First commission, Battlestar Galactica, fighter squadron
- E4/21312 Commendation for shooting down Cylon fighter in first combat mission.
- D5/21314 Mustered out of service post-armistice
- R6/21317 Served as Deck Hand in merchant fleet and as common […] aboard inter-colony tramp freighters
- D1/21331 Recomissioned to Fleet
- D6/21337 Major: Battlestar Atlantia
- R8/21341 Executive Officer: Battlestar Columbia
- C2/21345 Commander: Battlestar Valkyrie
- C2/21348 Commander: Battlestar Galactica