Tamara-A: the avatar of a lost daughter
Tamara-A was a sentient artificial intelligence created in the years before the Cylon War through the Avatar Program. Based on Tamara Adams, a girl killed in the Caprica City Maglev bombing, she was conceived as part of a bargain between Daniel Graystone and the Adama family and was abandoned soon after her creation.
Tamara-A was an advanced, sentient artificial intelligence created in the years leading up to the Cylon War. She was based on Tamara Adams (born Adama, the family having anglicised its name), a Tauron-Caprican girl killed in the Caprica City Maglev bombing, and was brought into being through the same Avatar Program that had produced Zoe-A. (Caprica, "Pilot")
Creation#
Tamara-A was generated through the Avatar Program, a sophisticated data-gathering technology developed by Zoe Graystone. The same program had already been used to create Zoe-A before her creator's death in the Maglev bombing. Tamara-A's conception was part of a criminal agreement between Dr. Daniel Graystone and the Ha'la'tha lawyer Joseph Adama, under which Adama would help steal a computer chip in return for Graystone bringing back Tamara, and possibly her mother Shannon too, as avatars. Only Tamara-A was ever made. (Caprica, "Pilot")
Abandonment#
When she first woke in Graystone's private virtual space, Tamara-A panicked, saying she could not feel her own heartbeat, and Adama tore off his holoband and called her an abomination. Graystone, consumed by his own daughter's avatar, left her where she was and assumed she had been lost, and was surprised later to find her still intact. Shannon-A, the second avatar floated in the bargain, was never created. (Caprica, "Pilot"; "Rebirth"; "Reins of a Waterfall")
Frequently asked questions
- Who was Tamara-A?
- Tamara-A was an advanced, sentient artificial intelligence created in the years leading up to the Cylon War. She was based on Tamara Adams, a Tauron-Caprican girl killed in the Caprica City Maglev bombing.
- How was Tamara-A created?
- She was generated through the Avatar Program, a data-gathering technology developed by Zoe Graystone that had already been used to create Zoe-A. Tamara-A was produced by Daniel Graystone as part of a criminal agreement with the Ha'la'tha lawyer Joseph Adama, in which a stolen computer chip was exchanged for the avatars Tamara-A and Shannon-A.
- What happened to Tamara-A?
- When she was first uploaded to V-World, Tamara-A suffered a panic attack. Graystone and Adama abandoned her, assuming her program had degraded and crashed. Shannon-A, the other avatar promised in the bargain, was never created.
Sources
- EpisodeCaprica, "Pilot", Caprica, Season 1 (2010)
- EpisodeCaprica, "Rebirth", Caprica, Season 1 (2010)
- EpisodeCaprica, "Reins of a Waterfall", Caprica, Season 1 (2010)
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