Charka

During the first year of the flight from the Cylons, Charka was the executive officer of the electronics ship Celestra. Charka knew how to play all the sides, and was knowledgeable in being a manipulative artist as he vied for command of the ship. He presumed he would be able to command the Celestra, with Commander Kronus commanding three other ships as well, however Kronus thought otherwise and still retained command of the ship.

After a thwarted mutiny lead by Damon, Charka began plotting a way to easily remove Kronus from command and sent the shuttle, along with Apollo, Starbuck, and the mutineers, away from the Fleet.

Of course, he provoked the mutiny by working the crew on 16 centare shifts, little relax time, and restricting the crew's ability to travel throughout the Fleet. He sent faulty coordinates for the Fleet to the shuttle, and waited until the ship was out of range, hoping that Kronus' death would allow his ascension to commander of the Celestra.

However, thanks to the efforts of the Warriors and mutineers, Charka was in for a surprise. The ship was taken from him, and he was arrested for attempts to mutiny against his commander and for murdering him. (Take the Celestra)

He, presumably, spends his remaining yahren in a nice, "cozy" cell on the Prison Barge.

Portrayed by Nick Holt

Notes

Warriors Starbuck and Apollo noted that the penalty for mutiny was, at least, 30 yahren. However, we can presume that he also was convicted of killing his commanding officer, and thus sentenced to life imprisonment. (As stated in the episode "Murder on the Rising Star".)

Original Series definition: unit of time akin to a "year" (see: Yahren)