Martinus Shaw
Lieutenant Colonel Marty (Martinus) Shaw is a Colonial Fleet (CF) Officer who served as the Executive Officer of the Battlestar Columbia. He is a native of Caprica and a member of the Shaw clan, an elite family considered part of the rich from that Colony. His parents are planetary politicians, his mother having recently made an unsuccessful bid to be Caprica's representative to the Quorum, and he has a younger sister who only just graduated High School.
Martinus Shaw, who would refer to himself as 'Marty', attended Apollo University where he studied Computer Systems, Classics, and Economics. He was a member of the College Pyramid squad, studied abroad at the Virgon Universities, and wrote for the student newspaper Gown and Mortarboard.
At the beginning of the Cylon uprising Shaw joined the Colonial Fleet, training with the Caprican Marine, was commissioned an Ensign, then attended Flight School to qualify as a Marine Aviator. He completed a tour with a Marine Corps Air Support unit before transferring to Picon and attending the War College. Shaw was promoted to Captain after studying on Picon and assigned to Escort ships where he filled CIC roles, he was also assigned as a Tactical Officer to the Battlestar Acheron for a time before travelling to the Scorpion Fleet Yards where he helped prepare the Columbia for her commissioning, then joined as Executive Officer.
Marty Shaw's recollections were published after the War as An Officer and, sometimes, a Gentleman which became a bestseller that was later adapted into a Television series.