Talk:William Adama/Archive 1

update
Page needs to be updated to cover the events from seasons one and two.--KrossTalk 07:56, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Military Service
Details added from Hi-Def screenshots of the episode. We don't know if they're supposed to be true or not, but there is no evidence to the contrary that they're fake or inaccurate. Leave them up or reformat them until we can confirm otherwise. - 59.167.6.38 05:12, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Valkyrie service
There was a clear error in the episode Hero. It has been stated in numerous episodes that Adama has been in command of the Galactica for up to 5 years prior to the Fall of the Twelve Colonies (miniseries, Litmus, Acts of Contrition, etc). Now the writers make a error by listing Adama in command of the Valkyrie one year prior to the attacks, and that Adama's appointment to the Galactica was as a retirement punishment. I am curious as to how we should address this in the main article? Kerusso 21:22, 17 January 2007 (UTC)


 * It is entirely possible for a command officer to be moved between boats/ships in the US Navy over the course of years due to retirements/reassignments/perceived demotions. His posting to the Valkyrie could have been a short stint, after which he was "demoted" back to the Galactica. Pure supposition on my part, but it can preclude the 'error'. Pejorative.majeure (talk) 01:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

This is an important point that has apparently been left unresolved. Adama has been in command of the Galactica for several years prior to the Cylon attack. This has been stated in numerous episodes and mentioned repeatedly. His command of the Valkyrie, in fact much of the episode Hero, contradicts established facts. Additionally, he is apparently a veteran of the First Cylon War yet it is implied that the first mission he flew during the war was the same one in which he discovered the Cylon experimintation facilities and learned about the Armistice, during the last week of the war. That would have limited his experience in combat to less than a week, but it is implied he has extensive combat experience.137.165.208.48 (talk) 23:18, 2 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Soldiers who undergo basic training and see action in the last week or days of a war are still considered veterans of the war. It could also be that thru understatement it is left to the viewer's imagination how much combat experience Adama actually had. I don't recall any specific statement from Adama himself regarding 'extensive' experience during the first war in any episode. Pejorative.majeure (talk) 01:37, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Callsign
As the callsign has gotten changed to "Husher" again, I'm posting this for reference. I uploaded some screenshot crops from the miniseries that clearly show that the proper spelling is "Husker" (Image:BSG-Husker-Viper1.jpg and Image:BSGMini-00_10_37-part.jpg). --Fru1tbat 18:44, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

Husker
Why does 'husker' redirect here? God, if there's any better proof of the fact that Wikipedia is run by nerds, I cannot find it. 204.69.40.13 21:30, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

Razor
The service record needs to be updated. Adama was downed at the end of the First Cylon War, while serving aboard the Galactica. It said it was 41 years before present, whatever that is. 70.55.85.95 (talk) 04:52, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

William Adams
Is it purely a coincidence that his name looks so much like that of William Adams (sailor), and that they are both naval officers? Very well could be, but just to be sure... Anyone know anything from any interviews with the creators or anything? LordAmeth (talk) 06:22, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Name Origin
"The last name Adama comes from the ancient Greek adamas (αδάμας; “invincible”)."

This is a bit of a stretch. The original Glen Larson show that became "Battlestar Galactica" was to be named "Adam's Ark" and was directly a play upon the Biblical figure of Adam. Afer retooling "Adam" became "Adama." The Greek consideration of the name is interesting but likely irrelevant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.168.127.10 (talk) 17:00, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Atheism in popular culture
What justifies Adama being place in this category? I did a search and nothing showed up. If anyone from Galatica falls in this category it's Baltar during a first few seasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.40.4.36 (talk) 21:01, 21 March 2009 (UTC)


 * You're right, it's original research. I removed it. To anyone who wants to restore it; please provide a citation establishing his religious beliefs. -- Explodicle (T/C) 13:47, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

First/last appearance?
Is his "first appearance" his first chronological appearance (as a boy in Caprica) or his first aired appearance (the Miniseries)? Same with his final appearance - Daybreak: Part 2 or whatever will be the final episode of Caprica? -- Explodicle (T/C) 13:51, 29 April 2010 (UTC)
 * i thgink the last appearance shoiuld be whatever is the final episode in caprica in which he appears. Gman 124 talk 18:06, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

His appearance in Caprica renders the phrase "late middle age" incorrect. Caprica places him in his 70's does it not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.59.72.22 (talk) 10:16, 19 December 2011 (UTC)

No, because the William Adama in the Caprica was his older Brother who died towards the end of that series. The actual William Adama we see in BSG was in fact born after the events told in the bulk of the Caprica series. We only see him as a young child in the flash forward to what would happen in season 2 (they list it as 5 years later, so we have to assume he is somewhere around 4-5 years old.) Memsom (talk) 14:06, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * To be fair to the above commenters, they were commenting before the episode revealing this had aired. Kidburla (talk) 16:26, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

Will the real William Adama please stand up?
I'm not going to spoil anything, but anyone who's seen "Here Be Dragons" should begin some revisionism on the William Adama who will become the Admiral and the character from Caprica. Bacteria (talk) 04:52, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Mother and son
The childhood section states categorically that Evelyn is William's mother. I don't think we know this for definite? We can speculate that Evelyn is William's mother, as she appears at the ritual shown during the epilogue of Caprica and she was also known to be in a relationship with his father Joseph. But this does not definitively establish that she is his mother, especially as we know that Joseph has had an affair before (albeit during his first marriage). Also, the same section says that William was the only child of Joseph and Evelyn - how do we know that they didn't have other children? Kidburla (talk) 16:41, 14 July 2017 (UTC)