Dick Solomon

Biography
Full Name	Dick Solomon
Age	45 (estimated)
Species	Alien/Extraterrestrial (Human on Earth)
Status	Alive
Gender	Male

“	Kinetic energy generates the velocity with which the bullet exits the barrel, while the ballistic coefficient and sectional density determines the damage to its targets. Guns don't kill people, physics kills people!	”
–Dick Solomon

Dick Solomon is the High commander and Head of the mission. Although his earthly body is the oldest, and the "father figure", he is actually the youngest, and not like a father figure at all. He is annoying, rude, selfish, rash, impatient and narcisistic, often looking in the mirror screaming "OH MY GOD! I'M GORGEOUS!" After a while, the other members of the mission lose respect for him, disobeying orders, but never direct orders, though they may rebel and yell at him.

His job is a Physics proffesor at Pentleton University, where he met his girlfriend, Mary Albright of to whom he has "undying love" for. He is madly in love with Mary, and does care about her, even though he is sort of confused about common curtesy and will sometimes by mistake offend or annoy her.

On earth, Dick is considered brilliant, but in actuality his "son", Tommy the Information Officer, knows much more. On earth he is considered smart, because Dick knowing so much about earth is sort of like an earthling knowing about a city or town. They have come 3 million galaxies from their home planet, so earth is very small to them. He demonstrates his knowledge of many languages, and has laughed at Stephen Hawking's description of vertical particles. He has called himself smarter than Einstein.

Dick poses as the brother of Harry Solomon and Sally Solomon, and the father of Tommy. Though it has earlier been said that Sally was Dick's daughter they remain Brother and sister. Which, since Dick was 45 and Sally was in her 30's, would make sense.

It is later revealed that Dick is the son of The Big Giant Head, who is the crew's boss. Sally implies that that is the reason he became High Commander and not her, although she is older and has more credentials.

Early Life

Not much is known about the early life of Dick Solomon. He is the son of the Big Giant Head and an alien from the Cepheus-Draco border. He is also the High Commander of a military unit consisting of; a security officer, Sally Solomon, an information officer, Tommy Solomon, and a transmitter, Harry Solomon. Sally is also his second in command.

Coming To Earth

Dick came to Earth and got a job as a physics professor at Pendleton State University, a 3rd rate college. He rented a 3rd rate apartment, and bought a Rambler American, which he quickly developed an emotional connection with. He also fell madly in love with his coworker Mary Albright, professor of anthropology, who in time fell in love with him as well.

Studying Humans

After a while, Dick slowly became more familiar with humans, and was able to blend in a little better. His assistant Nina Campbell, for instance, believed he was human, albeit a very immature one, but it was not just Nina, everyone else believed it as well. He learned many things in his time on earth, he learned about love and sensitivity, and even anger and happiness. Dick even had a near death experience which opened his eyes to the world for a short time.thumb|208px|right|Dick Solomon learning about humans from two renowned authors.

The Big Giant Head Visits

In 1999 the Big Giant Head came to Earth to see how the mission was faring. He went with the alias of Stone Philips, and succeeded in making everyone he met despise him. The exception was Vicki Dubcek, daughter of Mrs. Mamie Dubcek, with whom he conceived a child. This cause Dick to worry about being exposed as an alien. The Big Giant Head also reassigned Sally to be the High Commander and Dick to be Harry's assistant. Dick, however, soon changed this by tricking Sally into saying she would rather be the security officer.

Relationships

Dick had relationships with several people. His chief relationship was with Mary Albright. He also posed as the husband of Janet Solomon, the niece of the Big Giant Head. Another short relationship was with Jennifer Ravelli, another professor at the university.

Behind the Scenes

Dick Solomon was portrayed by actor John Lithgow.