This is the first of a two-part series entitled “Requiem for the Living.”

Synopsis: As Laura Roslin faces her death, Bill Adama reaches out to the delicate woman beneath the presidential armor, offering her a chance to reaffirm life through one of its singular joys.

Rating: NC-17

Author: Captain’s Quarters

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When I began writing Battlestar Galactica fan fiction featuring Laura Roslin and Bill Adama, I came to the conclusion that the layout of the admiral’s quarters were rather confusing. It has been shot from so many different angles and it’s so well furnished (okay, so it looks like a remarkably homey flea market booth for the literary inclined) that it’s hard to make out the exact floorplan. 

In order to get a clearer picture of the layout of Adama’s domicile, I did some investigating. I rewatched a number of episodes where Adama’s quarters were featured, scoured the Web for screenshots, and eventually got my bearings. Not everyone may need that sort of reference when it comes to writing their stories but I found it invaluable since I actually “see” (and “hear”) the story, like a movie playing across my mind’s eye. Without those bearings, my muse essentially had an incapacitating case of vertigo and I would get bogged down with questions such as “Where the hell did Adama go after that fight with Roslin?” in “Six of One” — he went into the head/lavatory and did not exit his quarters, which I thought was pivotal to crafting what might have followed.

At any rate, I’ve decided to share what I was able to map out thanks to a studious look at the episodes and screen caps. With a little help from an image someone posted at Battlestar Wiki (apparently a capture from David Eick’s video blog at SciFi.com – I used the image as a reference for the “outer shape” of Adama’s quarters, basically because my drawing skills are monumentally poor), I put together the floorplan linked above. It is by no means definitive or even complete, but it does highlight the main features and furnishings of the good admiral’s private sanctuary, with one caveat — I can’t say for certain if Adama’s lavatory has a shower or tub, but I do know there’s a shower curtain (see Adama’s meltdown scene in “Revelations”)! 

** The pictures used in this post (and on the floorplan page) are copyrighted images and are used here for informational and entertainment purposes only. No infringement is intended or implied. **

Synopsis: A somber Laura Roslin pays a late-evening visit to the grieving Bill Adama in the hours after Starbuck’s death.

Rating: PG-13

Author: Captain’s Quarters

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