Helena Cain
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| Age | 40s (?) | |
| Colony | Tauron | |
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| Birth Name | Nelena Cain | |
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| Role | Commanding Officer, Battlestar Pegasus | |
| Rank | Admiral | |
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| Portrayed by | Michelle Forbes | |
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Admiral Nelena Cain, hailing from the colony Tauron, was the commander of the Mercury-class Battlestar Pegasus. At the time of the Cylon attack, her Battlestar was stationed at the Scorpion Ship Yards for repair and shore leave. As the Cylons attacked, Cain ordered a blind FTL jump, gambling that the result of such an impromptu (and inadvisable) act would be better than the alternative.
The events of the battle led Cain to develop post-traumatic stress disorder; a manifestation of her affliction was odd hand movements and gestures. After the attack, Cain constantly carried a sidearm holstered on her belt, never taking it off.
Somehow, she rescued survivors from the ship yards, including a Humano-Cylon named Gina. Gina summarily caused the death of 800 persons under her command when she informed the Cylons of their survival. Thwarting that, Cain led them away from the Twelve Colonies, following a fleet that had been trailing the Galactica.
Cain not only enjoyed the sensation of power, but also the acquisition of more of it. Upon meeting up with Commander William Adama's fleet, she assumed command and transferred personnel from Galactica to the Pegasus, including Lee Adama and Kara Thrace, indicating that Adama has let military discipline become too lax. Cain was more interested in fighting the Cylons, seemingly obvivious to the point that she and the ships around her were all that was left of the human race, whose survival was more paramount than offensive assaults. While Adama initially welcomed such an attack against a mysterious Cylon force that followed the fleet, his attitude began to cool about Cain's very strict and unmerciful leadership.
After the suspect terminal assault of one of her crew members, Lieutenant Thorne, Cain arrested Tyrol and Helo and summarily court martialed them herself. Commander Adama was far from pleased, and ordered an assault crew to head for Pegasus to bring his men back. Cain responded by deploying her squadrons of advanced Mark VII Vipers against Adama's museum collection of Mark II Vipers in a tense standoff (Pegasus).
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| Cain is later killed by Gina (Resurrection Ship). |
Notes
Nelena Cain is inspired by the character of Commander Cain from the original Battlestar Galactica, portrayed by the late Lloyd Bridges.
Actress Michelle Forbes is a Star Trek: The Next Generation veteran cast member.
Cain's habit of expediting meetings by conducting then without chairs is borrowed from UN Ambassador John R. Bolton. (Source: "Pegasus" podcast)