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Description

Dossier;

Identity Particulars

Full Name: Kara Thrace
Former Names: None
Aliases: Starbuck
Date of Birth: Rain's Hand, 8th, 9th Age, 80th Yahren
Place of Birth: Delphi, Caprica Prefecture, Langara

Sex: Female
Race: Human, Aschen
Ethnicity: Caprican
Complexion: Fair
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 137lbs
Build: Athletic
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Blonde

Scars, Marks, Piercings, and Tattoos: Tattoos: One, on the back of her neck, is the Taiyou character for choice. On her left shoulder is a ziggurat. The third is on her right forearm and reads bona fiscalia, meaning public property in Anquietas.

Contact Information

Current Permanent Address: 2-11-42 River Court Road, #65, Delphi, Caprica Prefecture
Seasonal or Other Addresses: None
Work Address: None, Stationed aboard Battlestar
Former Permanent Addresses: 39 Outer Square Avenue, Delphi, Caprica Prefecture

Home Phone: None
Mobile Phone: 454-3546-45887-12
Work Phone: None
Email: None

Personal Profile:

Degrees Earned: Pilot Certification
Educational Institutions Attended: Delphi United Children's School, Delphi Union High School, Caprica Fleet Flight Academy
Occupation: Commander of Air Group (CAG), Battlestar Pegasus (BSG-62); Aschen High Space Command
Former Occupations: Pilot Trainee, Battlestar Valkyrie; Pilot (Lieutenant), Battlestar Acropolis; Pilot (Captain), Battlestar Pegasus

Religion: Kobollian (Caprican Traditionalist)
Political affiliation: Anarchist.
Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual
Languages spoken: Common, Anquietas
Citizenship: Aschen Confederation
Smoking Habits: Yes
Alcohol Usage: Yes
Illegal Drug Usage: None
History of Significant Health Problems: None
History of Mental Health Problems: None

Criminal History:

Arrests: Two
Criminal Complaints: None
Indictments: None
Detainers: Caprica City Police, Aschen High Space Command
Traffic Offenses: None

Relationships:

Family
Father: Dreilide Thrace
Mother: Socrata Thrace
Siblings: None
Spouse: Samuel Anders
Children: None

Associates:
Helena Cain, Chairman of the AHSC
Admiral Raphael McGregor, Pious Inquisitor
Lee Adama, CAG; Battlestar Galactica
Samuel T. Anders, Team Captain, Caprica Buccaneers

Personality

* Thrace's mother Socrata was a former Confederation Marine Corps sergeant major. She beat her daughter so frequently that Thrace came to accept pain as a way of life.

* Her father Dreilide was a pianist and composer. Kara seems to have been closer to him than with her mother until he left them.


* Thrace left home to join the military. During her training, she was disciplined for insubordinate conduct towards superior officers.


* She was a talented pyramid player, and was up for the pros, but an injured knee took her out of contention. However, she discovered a passion and skill for being a fighter pilot.

* One of her early posts was aboard the Battlestar Triton. While there, she offended Commander Myron Ruth, who initiated court-martial proceedings against her, but the charges were later dropped.

* Thrace eventually returned to flight school as an instructor, where she fell in love with one of her students, Zak Adama. Despite his poor performance, she allowed him to pass his final check flight although he failed three of the required maneuvers.

* Thrace lost Zak Adama when he was killed during a routine mission shortly after graduating. Lee Adama "Apollo", Zak's elder brother, blamed their father for Zak's death, and Thrace, feeling guilty, kept quiet. She met William Adama shortly after the accident, and the two formed a strong rapport and stood together at the funeral.
* Thrace resigned as an instructor and returned to the Fleet as an operational pilot on the Battlestar Galactica under the command of William Adama, where she served for some two years prior to the Ori attack on Langara. Before the Ori attack, she was second-in-command to the CAG, Jackson Spencer.

* She has a rarely-used run-down apartment in Delphi that overlooked a parking lot, and a Humvee which she and Helo use to escape the city and get to the country where she meets her Samuel Anders. She was also an avid painter, and her apartment is cluttered with her paintings and a poem written on a wall. The apartment was neater when Thrace was with Zak Adama, although her mandala wall painting pre-dates that relationship.

* Thrace hides the fact that she is deeply spiritual. She frequently prays to the Lords of Kobol, particularly Aphrodite and Artemis in dire situations.

History

Kara had intended to be a professional Pyramid ball player until her knee gave out. She eventually joined the military, where she found more acceptance than she had felt at home as an abused child. Although Kara's mother, Socrata Thrace, had served as a Marine Sergeant Major in the First Great War of Magellan, Kara was the first person in the family to become a commissioned officer. Socrata was not content with her daughter's military record, however, claiming she was not disciplined enough, and she was wasting her natural talent for flying. Kara's father, Dreilide Thrace, was a piano player. He left the family when she was a child.

As a Flight Instructor at the Confederation Flight School, she met and became romantically involved with one of her students, Zak Adama. Although Zak told her he did not want any special treatment from her, Kara passed him even though he failed Basic Flight, as she could not bring herself to crush his dreams.

Her leniency cost Zak his life when he was killed on his first Viper mission. After his death, Starbuck met his father, William Adama. He realized Starbuck and Zak had been engaged and brought her under his command as a Lieutenant. Zak's death, however, created a wedge between Adama and his other son, Lee "Apollo" Adama, who blamed his father for Zak's death. After the funeral, Lee broke off all contact with his father and Starbuck.

Starbuck has a natural talent for flying and is considered Galactica's best pilot, although she is also known for being an avid card player and drinker. Adama loves Kara despite her flaws and considers her something of a surrogate daughter. However, Starbuck and Colonel Tigh share a mutual sense of loathing, despite their similarities.

Kara Thrace's Story