William Adama

Key Data
William Adama
Rank:	Commander
Call Sign	"Husker"
Current Assignment	Officer Commanding Battlestar Galactica
Birth Planet:	Caprica
Age:	61
Spouse:	Caroline (divorced)
Offspring:	Lee Adama Zak Adama (Deceased)
Played By:	Edward James Olmos

Kobol and Earth

At the start of the exodus from the twelve colonies, Adama uses the legend of Earth as a means of binding the remnants of humanity together with a single hope. Unfortunately, this later causes the greatest rift in leadership within the Colonial fleet. Following the accidental discovery of Kobol, which President Roslin saw as pre-ordained in scripture, Adama finds himself confronted by what amounts to a court-martial situation. With members of his crew - and the Vice President Gaius Baltar - trapped on the surface of Kobol, Adama orders Kara Thrace to use a captured Cylon Raider help destroy a Cylon Basestar in orbit above Kobol. However, Roslin persuades Thrace to use the Raider to go to Caprica to retrieve the Arrow of Apollo (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part I]].

This action results in Adama terminating Roslin's presidency, mounting what amounts to a coup, only to find Colonel Tigh is forced to arrest Lee Adama when they travel to Colonial One to remove Roslin from office. At the same time, he dispatches Lieutenant Valerii to destroy the Cylon Basestar over Kobol. While the mission is successful, Valerii unexpectedly shoots Adama at point blank range as he thanks her for her work on her return to the Galactica (Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II).

--Colonial Archivist 19:52, 3 Feb 2005 (EST)