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| Caprica is set more than 50 years before the events of Battlestar Galactica, when Admiral Adama was a young boy and his father Joseph Adama was an infamous civil liberties lawyer on the planet Caprica. This timeline details some of the events that occur between the two series, including the first Cylon War, the rise of the humanoid Cylons, and the military career of William Adama... Click EasyEdit to add more more detail to this timeline! |
| YEARS PRIOR TO THE EVENTS OF BATTLESTAR GALACTICA | TIMELINE OF EVENTS | |
| 70 | ||
| 69 | Joseph and Shannon Adams's second child, William, is born on Caprica. Joseph and Shannon had previously left Tauron and changed their name from Adama. | |
| 65 | ||
| 60 | ||
| 58 | Ben Stark and Zoe Graystone are killed, along with Shannon and Tamara Adams, when Stark blows up a commuter train on Caprica. The first Cylons in the Colonies are developed by Daniel Graystone. | |
| 55 | ||
| 52 | The Cylons revolt, starting the first Cylon War. In response, the Articles of Colonization are signed to unite the Twelve Colonies. | |
| 50 | The Battlestar Galactica is commissioned. | |
THECYLONWAR | ||
| 45 | ||
| 42 | William Adama enters the service as a Viper pilot (callsign "Husker"). The Cylon War ends, due in part to the intervention of the Final Five. | |
| 40 | ||
| 37 | The Cylons establish a new home with the Final Five, known as "The Colony." The Final Five create John Cavil, the first of the humanoid Cylon models. RISE OF THEHUMANOID CYLONS | |
| 35 | ||
| 30 | Cavil murders the Final Five, resurrects them with false implanted memories, and places them among the human population of the Colonies. | |
| 27 | William Adama meets Saul Tigh. | |
| 26 | Lee Adama is born. | |
| 25 | ||
| 24 | Zak Adama is born. | |
| 23 | Captain William Adama serves on the Battlestar Universal. | |
| 20 | Tom Zarek leads a terrorist insurgency on Sagittaron and is imprisoned. | |
| 17 | Major William Adama serves on the Battlestar Atlantia. | |
| 15 | ||
| 13 | Major William Adama serves as Executive Officer aboard the Battlestar Columbia. | |
| 10 | ||
| 9 | Commander William Adama is given command of the Battlestar Valkyrie. | |
| 6 | After a covert spy mission fails, Commander Adama and Colonel Tigh are reassigned from Valkyrie to the aging Battlestar Galactica. | |
| 5 | ||
| 4 | Kara Thrace enters the service as a pilot. | |
| 2 | Gaius Baltar meets Caprica Six. Zak Adama dies in a Viper accident. Kara Thrace is assigned to Galactica. | |
| 0 | On the eve of Galactica's decommissioning and Adama's retirement, the Cylons attack the Twelve Colonies, setting in motion the events of the series Battlestar Galactica.... | |