Maya (Battlestar Galactica)

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Maya
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Portrayed by	Erica Cerra
First appearance	"Downloaded"
Last appearance	"Exodus, Part 2"
Callsign	N/A
Rank	N/A
Colony	unknown
Affiliation	Colonial civilian

Maya is a character from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica series.

Maya first appears in the episode "Downloaded". She is a young woman who lost a child during a Cylon attack on the fleet. President Laura Roslin and Admiral Adama give Maya custody of Hera, the half-human/half-Cylon infant given birth to by the Cylon prisoner Sharon "Boomer" Valerii (a.k.a. Athena), and fathered by Karl "Helo" Agathon, although Athena, Helo and the rest of the fleet are told that the Cylon child died due to breathing complications. The child's death was faked by Dr. Cottle. Maya is only told that the child was an officer's baby; she has no knowledge of the baby's true origin.

One year after settling New Caprica, Maya is working with Roslin, who lost her Presidency to Gaius Baltar and has returned to education. Maya has renamed the baby Isis.

During the evacuation of New Caprica, Gaius Baltar finds Hera/Isis in the arms of the now-dead Maya. Afterward, Tory Foster tells Roslin that Maya did not appear in a headcount prior to liftoff. The circumstances of her death are unknown, as she is last seen being escorted by two bodyguards.