Senior Staff of Galactica

Present Senior Staff

CIC

• Admiral Saul Tigh - Acting Commanding officer
• Unknown - Executive officer
• Captain Kara Thrace - Commander, Air Group
• Lieutenant Hoshi - Tactical officer, Senior Officer of the Watch
• Lieutenant Anastasia Dualla

Support

• Major Cottle - Chief Medical Officer
• Chief Petty Officer Peter Laird - Chief of the Deck

Marines

• Lieutenant Terry Burrell (seen only in "Sacrifice")
• Unnamed lieutenant (seen only in "Escape Velocity")

Chain of Command

Presently, the first in command aboard Galactica is Admiral Adama, and the second in command is Colonel Tigh. Captain Karl Agathon has risen to third-in-command and often assumes the post of executive officer instead of Tigh. Beyond that the hierarchy is unclear. Major Cottle is a staff officer and outside of the chain of command. Given Captain Aaron Kelly's detention in "The Son Also Rises" he is presumably no longer a candidate.

Position Histories

Commanding Officer

• Commander William Adama (Miniseries to "Scattered") - Injured after assassination attempt
• Colonel Saul Tigh, Acting ("Scattered" to "The Farm") - Relinquishes command after Commander Adama returns to duty
• Admiral William Adama ("The Farm" to "Sine Qua Non") - Promoted to admiral by President Roslin (Resurrection Ship, Part II). Resigned position (temporarily - perhaps permanently) to search for President Roslin following her disappearance ("Sine Qua Non")

Executive Officer

• Colonel Saul Tigh (Miniseries to "Scattered") - Assumes command when Commander Adama is injured during an assassination attempt
• Captain Aaron Kelly, Acting ("Scattered" to "The Farm") - Returns to regular duties when Commander Adama resumes command
• Colonel Saul Tigh ("The Farm" to "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") - Relocates to New Caprica
• Captain Karl Agathon ("Occupation" to "The Passage") - Colonel Tigh resumes post
• Colonel Saul Tigh ("The Passage" to present. Interrupted by a short leave of absence in "Crossroads, Part I & II")

Tactical officer

• Lieutenant Felix Gaeta (Miniseries to "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") - Relocates to New Caprica (working as aide to President Baltar)
• Lieutenant Karl Agathon ("Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") - Promoted to XO
• Captain Aaron Kelly ("Occupation" to "The Passage") - Gaeta resumes post
• Lieutenant Felix Gaeta ("The Passage" to "Six of One") - Joined crew of the Demetrius
• Lieutenant Hoshi ("The Ties That Bind" to present)

Communications Officer

• Petty Officer 2nd Class Anastasia Dualla (Miniseries to "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") - Promoted to XO of Pegasus
• Unknown ("Occupation" to "Exodus, Part II")
• Lieutenant Hoshi ("Collaborators" to "Six of One") - Reassigned to Tactical Officer
• Unknown ("The Ties That Bind" to present)

Commander, Air Group

• Major Jackson Spencer (Miniseries) - Killed in Action
• Captain Lee Adama (Miniseries to "The Captain's Hand") - Promoted to CO of Pegasus
• Captain George Birch ("Home, Part I" to "Home, Part II") - Temporary replacement for Captain Adama
• Captain Kara Thrace ("Downloaded" to "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") - Relocates to New Caprica
• Captain Louanne Katraine ("Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" to "Collaborators") - Demoted when Major Adama resumes post. Posthumous and symbolic promotion (The Passage)
• Major Lee Adama ("Torn" to "The Son Also Rises") - Re-assigned as head of security for Romo Lampkin
• Captain Karl Agathon ("The Son Also Rises" to "Six of One". Interrupted by a temporary stint as XO to replace Col. Tigh in "Crossroads, Part I & II") - Joins crew of the Demetrius
• Unknown ("The Ties That Bind" to "Faith") - Demetrius returns
• Captain Karl Agathon ("Guess What's Coming to Dinner?" to present)

Chief Medical Officer

• Major Cottle (Miniseries to present, with the exception of his relocation to New Caprica)
• Unknown ("Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" to "Exodus, Part II")

Chief of the Deck

• Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol (Miniseries to "Pegasus") - Replaced by Pegasus's deck chief
• Chief Petty Officer Peter Laird ("Pegasus" to "Resurrection Ship, Part II") - Laird reassigned to Pegasus
• Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol ("Epiphanies" to "Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II") - Relocates to New Caprica
• Unknown ("Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II" to "Exodus, Part II") - Tyrol resumes post
• Chief Petty Officer Galen Tyrol ("Collaborators" to "Escape Velocity") - Demoted by Admiral Adama
• Chief Petty Officer Peter Laird ("Escape Velocity" to present)

Master-at-Arms

• Sergeant Hadrian (Presumably Miniseries to present, but last mentioned in "Valley of Darkness")

Landing Signal Officer

• Captain Aaron Kelly ("Miniseries" to "Scattered") - Re-assigned as acting XO
• Unknown ("Scattered" to "The Farm") - Aaron Kelly resumes post
• Captain Aaron Kelly ("The Farm" to "Exodus, Part I") - Re-assigned as tactical officer
• Unknown ("Exodus, Part I" to "Exodus, Part II") - Aaron Kelly resumes post
• Captain Aaron Kelly ("Collaborators" to "The Son Also Rises") - Put in detention with charges pending
• Unknown ("The Son Also Rises" to present)

Re-imagined Series definition: nerve center or "bridge" of a battlestar, see: Combat Information Center

Re-imagined Series definition: Executive Officer, e.g. Saul Tigh

used to refer to military personnel who are confirmed deceased during a military engagement, see: KIA (TRS: "Sacrifice")

Re-imagined Series definition: Commanding Officer; e.g. William Adama

Re-imagined Series definition: officer responsible for flight operations of either a battlestar or battlestar group