I looked around (rules and forum) and do not see this asked.

While the President is elected the Admiral is by rank. So the questions is: If a HUMAN player is executed and they pic a new character who is higher up in the Line of Sucession what happens to the titles?

Since President is elected I assume no change (the president stays with the current player). Feel free to show in the rules where this would be wrong.

The one I am not so sure on is: If the new charater has higher rank does the Admiral title change to the new player?

We played 'yes' since it would align with the series (Helena become higher than Adama in the show when she arrived).

For example if Will Adama is current Admiral. the 'Boomer' charater is executed in a turn, she shows she was human (moral goes down, etc), she picks Helena as her new character. The Admiral title now goes from the Will Adama character to the new Helena. Is this right?

This turned out to be important as it is a way to quickly have a known human Admiral in the second half of the game (assuming you are willing to take the Moral hit).

Thanks!

The title passes after the new character is chosen. So, if William Adama is admiral, and executed, and the player chooses Helena Cain, the admiral title will go to Helena Cain's player. Presidency operates the same way (this stuff is on page 12 of the rulebook in the execution section, before the rules for specific characters after execution).

You misunderstood the scenario.

A person NOT PLAYING the Admiral is killed/executed (but their are Human). They pick a new character who has a higher rank than the current Admiral. Would they then become Admiral?

As stated we played they would become Admiral (even if this meant a 'known human' Admiral). That said, we also said this same case would NOT occur for the President (meaning just because someone has the higher likelihood to be President, it is still an elected position).

So to clarify the situation:

Current Admiral is William Adama

Current Human Executed (say they were playing Kat and were human) and they pick Helna as their NEW character (So Adama is still Alive).

Helena becomes the new Admiral?

{and also verify this would NOT happen for the Presidency {say current President is Gauis and the former Kat person {meaning Kat was just killed} picks Laura as their NEW character (so President Gauis is still Alive), Guis keeps the Presidency}

Thanks

No, the title would not spontaneously pass to Cain in that situation.

However, if something later caused Adama to lose the title (thrown in the brig for instance) she would then gain the title because she's highest in succession.

Incidentally, the same is the case with the president title; it doesn't change hands unless an action or card causes it to.

Whoops! Sorry.

Rowanalpha has the right of it; titles only pass under particular conditions, and the scenario you're describing is not one of them.

Indeed. If the non-admiral character is executed then picking a new higher-in-rank chacater won't make a diffrence. If for example Adama gets into the Brig then you look at the rank order and it might be that the title will be given to the newly choosen character.