In the early scenes of Saga of a Star World (1978), five Battlestars appear, although only two are clearly named: the Galactica and Atlantia. Faint background radio voices can be heard identifying the other three - Pacifica, Triton and Acropolis. In "Gun on Ice Planet Zero", Cree mentions the Columbia. In "The Living Legend", a sixth battlestar, Pegasus, is named. The other six remained unnamed.
Lloyd Bridges' character Commander Cain is wearing on his jacket collar US Navy Command Ashore insignias (a trident surrounded by a laurel wreath.
In the reboot series Battlestar Galactica (2004), Commander Cain is an Admiral portrayed by Michelle Forbes and outranks Commander Adama played by Edward James Olmos