Adama (TOS)

This article is about the Original Series character. For his Galactica 1980 counterpart, see Adama (1980). For his Reimagined Series counterpart, see William Adama. For other uses, see Adama (disambiguation).

Adama
A character from the Original Series
Biographical information
Birth planet	Caprica
Gender
Species	Human
Status	Alive
Information about family
Marriage	Widow, previously sealed to Ila (deceased)
Children	Apollo Athena Zak (deceased)
Grand-child	Boxey (adopted grand-son)
Socio-political information
Occupations	Commander of battlestar Galactica President of the Quorum of Twelve
Rank	Commander
Affiliation	Battlestar Galactica
Out of BSG universe information
Portrayed by	Lorne Greene
First appearance	"Saga of a Star World"

Adama is the commander of the great battlestar Galactica, commander of the refugee fleet, and military commander of the evacuees of the Twelve Colonies. He is also the spiritual leader of the surviving Colonists, leading the quest for Earth.

Biography

Adama was born on Caprica which is where he graduated from military academy. Early in his career Adama was involved in a parapsychological research project at the Colonial Military Institute (TOS: "War of the Gods", Part II). He flew with his executive officer Colonel Tigh in their younger days, and later served as an aide to Commander Kronus aboard Battlestar Rycon (TOS: "Take the Celestra").

He has been sealed to Ila and had three children; Apollo, Athena and Zac.