Character Biography form Character Name : Forbes Character Age : 46 Colonial Standard years Character Sex : Male Character Height : 5’9” Character Weight : 220 lbs Character Hair Color : Grey White Has a Goatee same color Character Eye Color : Blue Character Colony : Caprica City of Nethazon Character Occupation : Colonel , 2nd in command of the Pacifica Character History : Colonel Forbes has had a long and distinguished career. He has served with Commander Powell before on the Battlestar Rycon under the command of Commander Kronos, when both were pilots of the famed but now retired squadron Eclipse. Taking a different track to the command level, he chose to aspire for a colonel’s position rather than that of Commander. Being by the book, has made him an excellent executive officer, but he has been known to turn a blind eye to warriors that he sees as the same calibre as himself. Colonel Forbes is keeping an eye on Captain Gideon, to see just what type of a person he is, and whether or not he should be in command of a squadron. He was surprised to see the blemish on Gideon’s service record for the incident aboard the Battlestar Regent of the third fleet, and is out to ensure a similar incident doesn’t happen on his watch. The Colonel was born on Caprica in the city of Nethazon. His father was a merchant in the Cassus district of the city, and it was expected that Forbes would take over the family business when his father retired, but when he was old enough Forbes shocked his family by getting a commission to the military academy in Caprica city. Since that time he had been at odds with his family, until his father’s death earlier this yahren. Now he takes his furloughs at home with his mother and the rest of his family, trying to rebuild his family life. Colonel Forbes has been married for 23 years and has two boys whom he has forbid joining the academy. His wife works in the family business as a bookkeeper.