Force One). She immediately clashes with Commander Adama, the ranking Colonial military officer. They make an uneasy truce — that Roslin will remain President of the Colonies but that any and all military decisions will rest with Adama. For the first few weeks, she acts as the sole voice of government, attending meetings and issuing orders alone. Soon after the conflict depicted in the episode "Bastille Day", Roslin bows to popular pressure and agrees to establish a new Quorum of Twelve. During the first meeting of the new Quorum, council member Tom Zarek moves to nominate a vice-president. The military and Roslin see this as a bid by Zarek (who is a convicted political terrorist) to gain the vice-presidency so that he can have Roslin assassinated and assume control over the government. In response, Roslin recruits an old political ally, Wallace Gray, to run for Vice-President, but he fares poorly against the well-connected Zarek. After he gives a stirring speech to the news media, it becomes clear that Dr. Gaius Baltar has become a popular individual in the fleet, and Roslin pressures Gray to drop out so that Baltar can enter the race. With Baltar in the race, the vote comes down to a 6–6 deadlock in the Quorum, and President Roslin breaks the tie in Baltar's favor. By the close of the first season, the soft-spoken Roslin has become a formidable and often ruthless leader who not only authorizes the use of torture against Cylon agents, but also orders their deaths by way of "airlocking" (flushing them out of an airlock into space). Prophecies and arrest {{Quote box | quote = "Roslin is...something you rarely see on television, a consummate politician who is nevertheless treated sympathetically. As played by Mary McDonnell...she is a woman whose composure almost never ruffles, whose strength lies in her ability to dissemble expertly and act expediently when necessary." | source =Salon.com'''s Laura Miller on Laura Roslin. | width = 25em | align = right }} During the first season, Roslin treats her breast cancer through the use of a herbal drug called chamalla. After beginning the treatment, she begins to experience visions, which coincide with the Pythian prophecies contained in the ancient scriptures of Kobol. She comes to believe, based on the Pythian prophecies, that she is the spiritual leader of the Colonials and will lead the fleet to Earth. These beliefs begin to