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Colonial Viper pilot Jamie Bamber: Captain Lee "Apollo" Adama: Colonial Viper pilot James Callis: Dr. Gaius Baltar: Scientist and defense researcher Tricia Helfer: Number Six: Cylon: Callum Keith Rennie: Leoben Conoy: Cylon posing as a human arms dealer Grace Park: Lieutenant Junior Grade Sharon "Boomer" Valerii: Colonial Raptor pilot teamed ...
Tucker Clellan ("Duck "), played by Christian Tessier, is a Colonial Viper pilot aboard the Battlestar Galactica. Introduced in the season two "Flight of the Phoenix", he is also a central character in the web series The Resistance. After the killing of his wife, Nora, by Cylons, Duck joins the Resistance on New Caprica.
Of the Colonial battle fleet, only the Battlestar Galactica, a gigantic battleship and spacecraft carrier, appears to have survived the attack. Under the leadership of Commander Adama, the Galactica and the pilots of "Viper fighters" lead a fugitive fleet of survivors in search of the fabled thirteenth colony known as Earth.
Early in the series, Apollo marries reporter-turned-Viper pilot Serina, but she is killed by Cylons, and Apollo adopts her young son, Boxey. Lee Adama (call sign "Apollo"), portrayed by Jamie Bamber, is a reimagined version of Captain Apollo in the 2003 miniseries and 2004–2009 series. [8]
Edward James Olmos as (CDR/ADM) William Adama, commanding officer of Battlestar Galactica; his call sign was "Husker" when he was a young Viper pilot; Mary McDonnell as President Laura Roslin, sole survivor of the former Colonial Government; was Secretary of Education before the destruction of the Colonies
Lee Adama was born to William Adama, a veteran of the First Cylon War, and his wife, Carolanne Adama. [1]Lee had a younger brother, Zak Adama.Their father strongly encouraged both boys to join the Colonial Fleet and become Viper pilots.
The pilot, budgeted at $8 million (one of the most expensive at that time), was theatrically released in Sensurround. An edited version was released on July 8, 1978, in several regions including Canada, Japan, and select Western European countries. [5] On September 17, 1978, the full 148-minute pilot premiered on ABC to high Nielsen ratings.
After graduating from the Colonial Military Academy, William Adama's first posting was to Galactica as a Raptor pilot. Like many of her sister ships that survived the first Cylon War, Galactica underwent refits and upgrades (for example, at the end of her career, she was equipped with the latest Mark VII Viper space superiority fighter ...