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| photo=BR25 - Elias Huer.jpg
| photo=BR25 - Efram Asimov.png
| role=Head of the [[Earth Defense Directorate]]
| role=Commanding Officer, ''[[Searcher]]''
| rank=Admiral
| born=
| born=
| seen=Awakening
| seen=Time of the Hawk
| actor=[[Tim O'Connor]]
| actor=[[Jay Garner]]
| sortkey=Huer, Elias
}}
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|Admiral Efram Asimov | ''[impatiently]''  You listen to me, kettle belly: this is Admiral Asimov. You get up here to the bridge now!
|Crichton | Oh, very well, Admiral. By robotic law conceived by some distant and overweening ancestor of yours, also named Asimov, I am obliged to obey your commands. However, this is an appalling inconvenience.
|attribution=Adm. Asimov and [[Crichton]] aboard ''Searcher'', {{BR25|Time of the Hawk|prose=Y}}
}}


Dr. '''Elias Huer''' is the leader of the [[Earth Defense Directorate]] in [[2491]] CE.
Admiral '''Efram Asimov''' is the commanding officer of the [[Earth Defense Directorate]] starship ''[[Searcher]]'' in [[2492]] CE.


In his role, Huer participates pivotal events of a political nature, fostering bonds between [[Earth]] and other societies.
Asimov's lineage is traceable to that of [[Issac Asimov]], a science fiction author known for inventing the [[Three Laws of Robotics]] {{BR25|Time of the Hawk}}
 
{{Quote
|Dr. Elias Huer|How do you do, Captain Rogers? My name's Dr. Huer. I'm very pleased to meet you.
|Capt. William "Buck" Rogers|Just what's going on? Where am I and what are you doing to me?
|Dr. Elias Huer|Well, we're studying you. It's all electronic and painless. But so far we're as boggled as you are by what's happened. But your testing is producing the most phenomenal data.
|Capt. William "Buck" Rogers| Terrific. Well, what is happening? If I'm dead, I obviously didn't make it to heaven. So, just what planet is this?
|Dr. Elias Huer| What planet? Oh, it's [[Earth]], of course. You returned as your mission required to almost the precise landing area originally programed into your ship.
|Capt. William "Buck" Rogers| Uh-huh. Uh, look, Doc. Now, I've been through a lot. But there is no way you can tell me that that city out there is anything like [[Chicago]].
|Dr. Elias Huer| No, it isn't. [[World War III|There's nothing like Chicago left on Earth.]]
|attribution=Dr. Huer and {{Buck}}, {{BR25|Awakening|prose=Y}}
}}


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Efram Asimov in the separate continuity
Efram Asimov in the primary continuity
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[impatiently] You listen to me, kettle belly: this is Admiral Asimov. You get up here to the bridge now!
Oh, very well, Admiral. By robotic law conceived by some distant and overweening ancestor of yours, also named Asimov, I am obliged to obey your commands. However, this is an appalling inconvenience.

 — Adm. Asimov and Crichton aboard Searcher, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century's "Time of the Hawk"

Admiral Efram Asimov is the commanding officer of the Earth Defense Directorate starship Searcher in 2492 CE.

Asimov's lineage is traceable to that of Issac Asimov, a science fiction author known for inventing the Three Laws of Robotics (BR25: "Time of the Hawk").