Name: Thomas Albert Burk
Callsign: Hit Man
Rank: Rear Admiral, CF
Position: Commanding Officer AVALON - Battlestar Group 93

Age: 50
Male
Ht: 6‘1"
Body type: Athletic
Hair: Brown (shaved)
Eyes: Dark Green

Place of Birth: Tricondia, Tauron
Home Colony: Tauron
Education: BS Aeronautical Engineering, TMSA; MA Strategic Management, Picon War College.

Family History:
He comes from a family with a rich military background that reaches as far back to the founding of the old Taurus Empire. He can trace his ancestry to Field General Albert Burk a historic figure from eight hundred years ago. In modern times every male family member has served in the Military. He has a younger brother who is a Colonial Marine Battalion Commander on Picon.

Marital Status: Married to Alice, two sons, one daughter. *He has a history of affairs outside his marriage.


Military History and Career:
Tauron Military Science Academy, Gladius Cross, Tauron. TMSA is one of the most prestigious and most traditional military academies in all the Colonies. As a University, Gladius Cross can trace its history back over a thousand years to the golden age of the Great Tauron Empire, before Colonial Unification. Thomas Burk was Cadet Corps Commander. A member of the Primus Cohort, the school‘s oldest military unit. A member of the secret society of the Praetorian Order.

Flight Career. Fighter Pilot, Viper Mark V. He was CAG on the Argos. Served in the experimental squadron, VX-01 Gamblers as Commander, and as a test pilot. Current Combat Flight Status In-Active. Holds status for Raptors.

Other Prior Assignments of note: Served in several staff positions within Colonial Feet Command Headquarters, and Tauron Fleet Training Command. Lead Training Officer, TMAS, Gladius Cross. XO on the Battlestar Triton. Base Commander, Felix Station, Sagittaron.

Other Personal History:
Plays the harmonica. Likes to play golf.

Current Relationships With Other Characters:
Captain Jill Adel Simmons: Known her since TMAS, and has been a mentor to her since.