In the remake, the character is Admiral Helena Cain, who is Commander Adama's superior officer, and is portrayed by the actress Michelle Forbes.
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Cain (as played by Lloyd Bridges) was featured in the second Battlestar Galactica movie Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack, which was a feature-length release edited from the series episodes "The Living Legend" (part I and II) and "Fire in Space".
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Cain appears in the original series two-part episode, "The Living Legend," where the Pegasus meets up with the Galactica, under the command of Commander Adama, and its refugee fleet.
Led by the legendary and sometimes arrogant Commander Cain, the fleet is torn in its loyalty between Adama and Cain, but they eventually join forces in a daring attack on the Cylons.
Commander | Lieutenant Commander | commander | Commander-in-Chief | Wing Commander | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World | Dean Cain | Cain | Wing Commander (rank) | Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic | lieutenant commander | Jonathan Cain | commander-in-chief | Norton Commander | Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces | Supreme Commander | Ronald Nall-Cain, 2nd Baron Brocket | Commander of the Canadian Army | Master and Commander | James David Cain | Commander Video | Commander's Palace | Commander-in-Chief, North America | Commander-in-chief | Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen | Cain and Abel | Aero Commander | Wing commander (rank) | Tim Cain | Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers |
Daughter of the legendary Commander Cain, Sheba first appeared as the leader of the Silver Spar Viper squadron from the Battlestar Pegasus in the two part episode "The Living Legend."