Felix Gaeta
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Full Name: ? Gaeta
Rank: Lieutenant
Age: Mid-20s (?)
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Current position: Tactical Officer Battlestar Galactica, formerly part of the 75th Battlestar Group
(Played by: Alessandro Juliani)
Lieutenant Gaeta is a young, capable officer in the Colonial military. For the three years prior to the Cylon attack on the twelve colonies, he has served as William Adama's Tactical Officer aboard the Galactica.
He is a stickler for detail and highly efficient. This, and his overall ability have led William Adama to rely heavily on him as a member of Galactica's command crew, despite his relative youth and junior rank.
As well as performing the role of Tactical Officer, Gaeta is also responsible for the management of the ship's FTL systems. This includes both calculating FTL jumps, and initiating the jump itself.
Following the Cylon attack, and as a result of his having studied biogenetics, Lt. Gaeta was selected by Adama to assist Dr. Gaius Baltar in the development of the much-needed Cylon detector (Water). During his time working with Baltar, Gaeta has developed a certain respect and liking for the doctor - despite the latter's apparent eccentricities. So much so, that when a woman called "Shelly Godfrey" arrived on-board the Galactica, Gaeta worked hard to try and prove Baltar's innocence of the charges levelled against him (Six Degrees of Separation). Although he is ultimately successful, he fails to follow-up on the fact that the photographic evidence supplied by "Shelly Godfrey" looked as if the evidence itself had been faked in a way that ensured it was exposed as a forgery.
Note
- While Gaeta is described as the "Tactical Officer", his role is closer to that of the US Navy's CIC Watch Officer (CICWO), combining it with elements of the Tactical Watch Officer (TAO), a role also partially fulfilled by Colonel Tigh, both under the command of William Adama.
- His counterpart in the original "Battlestar Galactica" is Sgt. Omega. If the similarities between them continue, then Gaeta is a Sagittaron native.
- There is widespread speculation among fans that Gaeta is another Cylon infiltrator.