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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Reverend: [QB] Maybe it was only his first combat as a Viper pilot, he could have been an enlisted man of some description before receiving a commission as a Viper pilot. Of course, were that the case it should have been on his [URL=http://media.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Image:Dossier.png]dossier[/URL], which as you can see it wasn't. Of course it's not unusual for there to be high ranking officers with little or no combat experience in peace time, I don't imagine Cain ever saw much action beyond criminals/smugglers and political terrorists, especially considering she was still a child in the first war. Anyway, back to Adama; it might be worth bearing in mind that he's not totally green (as he protests in the 1st webisode), as about a week before this they Cylons had boarded the Galactica and killed two thousand personnel, as I recall. Also, our perception of Adama as a "Great Leader" is coloured by the fact he's a main character and possible some of the legacy of Lorne Greene's character brings certain expectations. The fact is though, as an officer he's not that remarkable on paper. Only one combat flight in the 1st Cylon War, demobed after only 3 years as a commissioned officer, re-entered service through family connections when he was in his 40's (not something I imagine endeared him to his fellow officers, possibly partly why he dragged Saul with him) though he managed to work his way up from Major to Commander in only 8 years, his first command of a Battlestar ended in disaster and was quietly shuffled off to the Galactica to retire in obscurity. P.S. The Cylon god is a [URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-coMknSMHDw]Bentusi[/URL]! [/QB][/QUOTE]
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