"Avalanche!" "I have no control over the use of my creations!" " No responsibility!" " Then who does?" "Hold on!" "They"re using the intakes!" "Fire." ""There are those who believe" ""that life here" ""began out there," ""far across the universe," ""with tribes of humans" ""who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians" ""or the Toltecs or the Mayans." ""Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man" ""who even now fight to survive" ""somewhere beyond the heavens."" "(Adama) "In part one of Gun On Ice Planet Zero..."" "I just have the feeling that we"re being carefully manoeuvred." "We"re being herded into this safe passage ahead." "(Centurion) Pump system to speed." "L"m picking up a flare." "A brilliant bead of light, like an eclipse." "L"m going to check it out." "Locked on target." "Fire." "(Starbuck) "We"re under attack."" "Battle stations!" "Flight officer!" "(Alarm)" "Starbuck, they"re forcing me down." " Is it something serious?" " No." "We"re just handing the fleet over to a bunch of criminals." "There"s not much difference between you and your fellow convicts and us." "We are all live for the promise of freedom and fear the same death." "Cylons." "We"re going down!" "Search for wreckage." "Leave no survivors." "They"re clones." "You came to destroy the Ravashol pulsar." " Ravashol?" " He is the Father Creator." " Cylon patrol." " Everybody down." "(Adama) "And now, the exciting conclusion of Gun On Ice Planet Zero."" "The way is clear now." "So you"re not turning us in to the Cylons." "No, we hate the Cylons." "We are Theta-class life forms, considered by the Cylons to be subhuman." "We were created for slave labour." "Most of our brothers and sisters are still slaves." "But you revolted." " Evidently we are not perfect." " No." "Just human." "Will you help us destroy the pulsar?" "First we must get into the village." "Come." "(Muffit barking)" "This is the entrance to our underground city." "(Distant chatter)" "This leads to the base of the research station." "We must get to the top of that mountain." " There is one who can help." " Who?" "Father Creator" " Ravashol." " He"s here?" "In the village?" " He lives at the base of Mount Hekla." " You"ll take me to him?" " To free my people?" "Yes." "But first I"ll take your people to safety." "The probe that landed on the planet"s surface - it was destroyed?" "Not exactly." " Not exactly?" " Control yourself, my friend." "You"ll blow a circuit, or I believe you call it a blood vessel." "Quite flimsy compared to..." "I do not need a lesson in anatomy." "Where are our fighters?" "Close to the point of no return." "Still hectares from the Galactica." "Have them attack the Galactica." "But they will not have enough fuel to return." "That"s suicide." " They"re machines!" " We are all machines." "Even you, of a sort." "With a probe on the surface and possible survivors," "I must push the Galactica forward." "Even if they were human pilots, I would give the same order." "Yes, I believe you would." "By your command." "(Screams)" " Cylons are searching the village." " Take the others and hide them." " But where?" " With the children." " Hear that, Muffit?" "There are children!" " (Barks)" " Children?" " We were thought to be sterile." "It was a Cylon mandate to maintain the purity of the Theta life form." " But we have been bearing children." " And hiding them?" "Yes." "Father Creator, please do not call for help." "You are not permitted here." "Only planners." "Father Creator, we are in need of your help." " You"re one of the 5 series." " Yes." "Series 5, Culture 9." "You are not one of mine." "You"re a human." "Flight Captain Apollo from the Battlestar Galactica." "The Galactica is a vessel of war." "I have no use for war or violence." "You have a strange way of showing it." "What"s that on the mountain, a weapon of peace?" "It is an energy lens system to transmit intelligence across the galaxy." "Your energy lens system has fried two of my fighters and is holding the Colonial fleet at bay until the Cylons can destroy it." "Impossible!" "My system is maintained by Series 5 Theta life forms." "With all reverence, they are whipped if they come near the pulsar." "You are wrong!" "I make adjustments, repairs, I transmit." "My helpers are Series 5!" "Right now your pulsar is manned by Cylons as a weapon of war." "A temporary misuse." "A temporary abuse." "So you know how it"s being used!" "I have no control over the use of my creations!" " No responsibility!" " Then who does?" "(Beep)" ""Dr Ravashol, permission to enter."" "Cylons!" "Behind the research stacks, in the equipment cases." "Hide him!" "Enter." "Why did you keep us waiting?" "Would you like me to ruin my work?" "These are delicate compounds." " Search." " What do you think you"re doing?" "The garrison commander will hear of this." " We have orders to search." " We"ll see about that." "This is Dr Ravashol." "I want to speak to the command Centurion." ""Dr Ravashol."" "Why is my work being disrupted?" "There is a patrol here." "We are searching for humans." "I know nothing about humans." "Please order your Centurions to go so I may continue my work." "Only planners are permitted to visit you." "He"s here because I need a strong back to move some equipment." "Leave Dr Ravashol to his research." "Punish the worker clone." "He"s here at my orders!" "(Woman) Cylons!" "Cylons!" "Help!" " This is our chance to go." " We"ve more chance on the mountain." "Why couldn"t you leave us alone?" "If you hadn"t come, all would be peaceful!" "We had no choice." "The Cylons forced us here." "They are out to exterminate every human in the universe." " Even you will go." " They let me live." "They understand my work." "You want to destroy everything I"ve created." "Before you came, everything was in its place." " Planners to think, workers to work." " L"ve got news for you." "Your workers are thinking and breeding." " Impossible." " Tell that to the children they"ve hidden." "Children?" "If you won"t help me to save the lives in the fleet, do it for the Thetas." "In a sense, they"re all your children." "We"ve picked up a Cylon fighter squadron." " How many?" " An attack phalanx." " They"re beginning to press." " Battle stations." " Order Blue Squadron to patrol the rear." " (Alarm)" "(Rigel) "Vector coordinates coded and transferred." ""Launch Bay Alpha, stand by to launch fighter patrol." ""Launch when ready." ""Enemy approaching." "100 microns and closing."" " Protect the freighters." " Blue Leader, engage." "Have our fighters engaged the Galactica?" "Yes." "But they will not have enough fuel to return." "Break off the attack." "Baltar, I believe my sound sensor mishears you." "I said break off the attack!" "It will force Adama to believe... that we are even closer than we are in actuality." "Very clever." "A little hard on our troops but very clever." "By your command." "Why are they withdrawing?" "Secure quarters." "They"ll be back in packs like wild animals." "How long until the landing party completes its mission?" "Irrelevant." "We must move forward in exactly... 420 centons, whether they"re successful or not." "There are two chambers, one housing the pulsar, the other a small garrison." "The only way to destroy it is to jam or reverse the main pump." "It"s not easy but it can be done." "Here, here and here." "Quick, we must hide these humans." "He won"t hurt you!" "He"s just a daggit!" "Where"s Thane?" "I don"t know, maybe he got separated." "He"s been looking for a chance to make a break." " We"d better go find him." " Wait." "Let us do it." "As you can see, strangers are easy to single out here." "Come." "What is your purpose here?" "Just visiting." "How many of you are there?" "I travel alone." "L"ve always been a little antisocial." " You are from the Galactica." " Never heard of it." "The Cylons have captured one of your party." " L"ll go." " You"re not going anywhere." "I need you to scale the mountain." "Take me to where they have Thane." " The Cylons will recognise you." " Not if I"m dressed like a Theta." " All this risk for one man?" " He might betray us." "Are you sure it"s Thane you want to save and not the other one?" "Who else are you looking for?" "Lt"s a pilot I lost." "Just a kid, really." "His name"s Cree." "If he survived, the Cylons will have him." "For his sake, I hope he didn"t." "Take him to a cold cell." "I will examine his cortex later." "No!" "No!" "No!" "How many combat ships in the fleet?" "Tough question." "There"s so many." "How many?" "Starbuck!" " Where"s Apollo?" " He is with Ravashol." " Is he safe?" " He is in hiding." "Can Ravashol be trusted?" "He saved Ser 5-9 from the Cylons." " Looks like they caught you." " Ravashol lied to save me." "I prefer being whipped to being killed." "In my inner pocket there"s a tape coder." "The information you want is recorded in it." "Just press that button." "We"d better get back." "That"s no way to greet a fellow warrior." "I left you in charge." "What happened?" "Thane"s dead." " But he didn"t betray us." " We got a problem." " Ravashol says..." " Father Creator helped you?" "Yes." "He says our only chance is a simultaneous attack." "One garrison is stationed outside the pulsar, the other on the gun." "You"re in charge of taking the garrison." " I won"t let you down." " L"m counting on it." " Let"s set our timepieces at 200 centons." " Got it." "We"ll reach the top and start our attack in exactly 200 centons." "The Galactica will be moving forward after that." " For all our sakes, don"t be late." " L"ll be there." "One of the clones told me the Cylon fighters are located at the top of the mountain, just behind the pulsar emplacement." "When we get there, we grab one!" "And go where?" "How long before Galactica hunts us down?" "The Galactica is the hunted." "Adama won"t waste a squadron hunting down three ex-convicts." "He knows that!" "Why are your sympathies with those who chained you?" "The Galactica and the entire fleet are finished." "They will be if we don"t knock out that pulsar." "Right." "They"ll all be destroyed and we"ll be free!" "We can find another planet." "Starlos isn"t far." "We can pick up food and water and fuel." "Are you with us, or are you going to turn your back on freedom again?" "I could not shoot down a Colonial warrior." "Oh, yes, I know - the code, the bloodline." "And for all your compassion, they chained you like an animal!" "Now is your chance!" "Our chance." "One last time, my husband." "Are you with us?" "L"m with you." "Good news." "Some of our fighters may have enough fuel to rendezvous with us." "Well, at least 30%." "Good." "Have them re-engage the Galactica." "But Baltar, they just disengaged." "Yes!" "It will drive Adama crazy." " He"s not the only one." " You said something?" "By your command." "(Rigel) Enemy closing. 10 microns." " (Adama) General quarters." " Closing in, five microns." "(Rigel) Blue Squadron up." "Launch when ready." "Activate the laser turrets." "(Radio chatter)" "Cylon attacking fighters have retreated but Cylon battlestars are entering the quadrant." "Our time is up, Colonel." "Flank speed ahead!" "We"re going right through." "By your command." ""Our base ships have arrived and are closing on the Galactica." ""What is the status of the pulsar?"" " Fully operative." " "Initiate random firing." ""Sweep the entire corridor." "Begin at once."" "By your command." "Notify summit station." "Random sweeps covering the corridor." "(Alarm blaring)" "Lens system aligned." "Pulsar ready to fire." "Commence firing." "(Adama) My God." "(Operator) Yes, I read you." "Fire." "Avalanche!" "(Groaning)" "That"s one I owe you." "(Pulsar firing)" "His leg - he"ll never make it to the top of the mountain." " Can you get him down?" " I think so." " Do it!" " What about the pulsar?" "We"ll take it from here." "Let"s go!" "We"ve only got 80 centons left!" "Fire." "(Omega) We"re getting within range." "The expedition must have failed." "They still have 70 centons." "Fire." "(Rigel) lt"s closing. 68 centons." "If we"re gonna go... it"s got to be now!" "(Pulsar firing)" "L"m with you." "There"s nowhere you can go, Wolfe!" "There"s a squadron of Cylon fighters the other side of the hill." "We"re getting off this piece of ice." "There isn"t time!" "The Galactica"s passing through the quadrant!" " We"ve got to silence that gun!" " I don"t care about the Galactica." "The Galactica is the only ship in the galaxy that can protect you." "Without us you"re finished!" "I don"t think you realise who is finished here." "The Cylons won"t rest until we"re all dead." "Don"t worry, Captain, we"re gonna make it." " To where?" " Well, now... that isn"t really going to matter... to you." "Wolfe!" "(Apollo) Don"t shoot!" "He"ll never make it." "He"s not getting away, he"s as good as dead." "We"ve got to go with him." "It"s our only chance." "We"re here on a mission - a mission to save the last remains of a once-civilised race." "And we"re going to do it!" "You understand that?" "This mission goes through." " (Pulsar fires)" " Let"s get moving." "Time is running out." "L"m putting you in charge." "Get us into that pulsar station." "We"ve only got 62 centons." "We"re approaching Cylon scanning range." "They"ll have a fix on us at any moment." "Commander..." "I suggest we let all the ships move at maximum speed." "We jeopardise the fleet if we maintain the speed of the slowest ship." "Execute." "Galactica to all ships." "Accelerate to maximum possible speed." "Increase interval spacing." "And good luck." "Where is the Galactica?" "60 centons and closing." "50 centons and closing." "Maintain random firing." "Fire." "Hard to starboard." "42 centons." "L"ll be with you as fast as I can." " Where you going?" " To settle a debt." " You"re going to what?" " Don"t wait more than 20 centons." "This is the intake for the cooling system." "Laser"s inside." "We don"t have enough solenite to blow it all up." "Ravashol said the key element is the energy exchange pump." "If we can wreck it, the gun will overload and blow itself up." "Let"s take a look." "We"ve only got 35 centons to go." "I hope Starbuck"s on schedule." "The emergency escape hatch." "The cold cells where the Cylons hold prisoners are directly below." " There"ll be guards." " It"ll take"em by surprise." "Nobody breaks into prison." " Starbuck!" " Can you walk?" " I can try." " Let"s go." " Where is the Galactica?" " 30 centons and closing." "Fire." " Hard to port." " Helm hard to port." " That was close." " Hard to starboard." "Commander, we have to turn back." "We"ll never make it." "(Rigel) 27 centons and closing." "Hold on!" "They"re using the intakes!" "(Wind rushing)" "Let"s go!" "Hurry up, we"ve only got 25 centons." "Come on." "In here." "Wait." "Listen..." " You risked your life to save his." " Seemed like a good trade then." "You are very courageous." "I don"t wish to betray my people but..." "But what?" " They will help you destroy the Cylons." " I know." "They will not allow you to destroy the pulsar." "How will they stop us?" "Apollo and the others are setting the charges." "I do not know how, only that they will - by whatever means." "Let"s talk to your people." "That"s the firing station in the middle." "It controls the energy pump." " Is that the target?" " Blow that and it overloads." "It"ll blow off the top of the mountain." "20 centons." "Fire." " Increase spacing between ships." " Yes, sir." "Cylon base stars, quadrant Epsilon." "Closing rapidly." "There"s your answer, Colonel." "We can"t turn back." "We must move forward." "We"ll get through." "We must get through." "We"ll help you destroy the garrison." "The pulsar weapon belongs to us." "Keep that gun and the Galactica is blown out of the sky." "When news of our revolt reaches a Cylon outpost or base ship, they will come here in their fighters to destroy us." "You will have gone." "We will be here alone and defenceless unless we have the pulsar to repel them." "Can"t you hear it?" "(Pulsar firing)" "The Galactica is the last Colonial battlestar." "The fate of an entire race depends on it!" " That is not our concern." " But it is mine." "(Gasps)" "I am a member of that race that is fleeing the Cylon tyranny." "Father Creator." "It is for our protection that I speak." "We will not be subjugated again by machines." " We are not perfect..." " But you are human." "More human than I had anticipated." "I shall review my notes to see where I went wrong." "Those are your brothers out there in space." "We have to help them." "Destroy the pulsar." "I will protect you." " (Apollo) Eight centons to go." " We go now or not at all." "All the way or not at all." " We are with you." " (All) Let"s go." "How will you protect them?" "I didn"t give the Cylons everything I"ve created." "Five centons." "You take the three at the firing station, I"ll take the two at the door." "For the glory of Caprica." "For once in your life don"t be late, Starbuck." "Four centons and closing." "Fire." "Heads up." "Three centons and closing." "(Rigel) Commander, we"ll be in range in one centon." "Ready?" "Now!" "Let"s go!" "We"re almost out of time!" "Croft!" "Fire." "That was too close." "Why haven"t they stopped it?" " The garrison?" " Wiped out." "You go ahead." "L"ll get Croft." "Croft, we"ve only got a few microns left." "Why would she do that?" "Why would she save my life?" "Let"s go." "Fire." "45 microns and closing." "40 microns, 39..." "What if the blast cuts the cable?" "We"ll find out." "33, 32, 31, 30 microns." "Time to leave, kids." "Let"s go!" " My father!" " L"m taking you to him, kid." "(Rigel) 14, 13... (Centurion) Ten... (Rigel) Nine..." "Eight, seven, six, five, four, three... (Rigel) Two..." "(Centurion) One." "Fire." "Commander, we"ve picked up an explosion on the surface!" "A big one!" "Can you read position?" "The mountain!" "They"ve done it." "They"ve done it!" "(Cheering)" " Secure quarters!" " Normal operations." "Send out a rescue unit with full fighter escort." "Aye aye, sir." "Baltar, I bring grave news." " It cannot be." " L"m afraid it can." "A handful of humans successfully destroyed the Ravashol pulsar." "Despite all of your garrisons and squadrons and the biggest weapon in the universe?" "But the strategy was yours, Baltar." "I recommend we come up with a solid front to explain this debacle to the imperious Leader." "Very well." "But I will yet have the last laugh on Adama, mark my words." "Don"t I always, Baltar?" "I haven"t seen emotion in a long time." "It"s good to see it again." " The Cylons will be back." " We"ll take care of them." "You may have trouble with your children, they"re getting more and more human." "L"m glad." "Peace be with you." "May you get to where you"re going." "Peace be with you, Father Creator." " Let"s go home!" " (Man) Goodbye!" "Good luck!" "Let"s go home!" "Let"s go, Starbuck." "Captain, wait." "This is the chance of a lifetime." "Three versions of the same beautiful woman." " Imagine the possibilities." " I can." " You can?" " Yeah." "Another time." "Captain..." "Bye." "Well, you win one, lose one." "I just lost all three." "(Adama) "Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny," ""the last battlestar, Galactica," ""leads a ragtag fugitive fleet" ""on a lonely quest " ""a shining planet" ""known as Earth."" "What do you want in return for the energiser?" "I want you." "What did you promise her in return for that energiser?" " Two agro ships are destroyed." " The third?" "(Tigh) She suffered heavy damage." "Lost her airlock." "(Apollo) Father." "(Adama) The Borays are coming." "You are in as much danger as we are." ""There are those who believe" ""that life here" ""began out there," ""far across the universe," ""with tribes of humans" ""who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians" ""or the Toltecs or the Mayans." ""Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man" ""who even now fight to survive" ""somewhere beyond the heavens."" "Prepare to attack Colonial warriors." " How many got by our intercept?" " (Boomer) "I counted six."" "Hopefully the Galactica will get them before they do much damage." "(Apollo) "This is Blue Leader, come in Galactica."" "This is Galactica, Blue Leader." "Put on your bracers and hang on." "A few of them got through." " Order red alert." " Yes, sir." "(Alarm)" "Notify all ships in the fleet to expect imminent attack from unknown number of Cylons." "Greenbean, form on me." "There"s a pair after the agro ships on the perimeter." "You would worry about that." "Hit those, you"ll have nothing to eat." "(Jolly) "That isn"t funny, Greenbean." "Hurry."" "Commander, Cylons withdrawing." " All but two destroyed." " All right." " Cancel red alert." " Yes, sir." " Damage report." " You aren"t going to like it." " Two agro ships are destroyed." " The third?" "She suffered heavy damage." "Lost her airlock." "That"s repairable." "It"s just like you see." "When we lost our airlock, we lost our crop." "We won"t be able to force-grow enough to feed our planters, let alone anyone else in the fleet." "OK, we"ve fixed the airlock." "Do you need more planters, more nutrients?" "Whatever you need, you"ve got it." " We need new seed." " New seed?" "New seed." "Yes, I know, Colonel, but it"s not a complete disaster." "That small planet our advance patrol discovered" " in that quadrant nearby..." " Yes?" "It appears there"s a small human agricultural settlement there." " That"s too good to be true." " L"ve asked Apollo to get an energiser from one of the older ships." " I don"t think I follow." " The point is, there isn"t an outpost in the star system that doesn"t need more power to sustain life." "I figure we get an old energiser to trade for new seeds." "That"s easy." "We have energisers all over this battlestar." "They run everything." "But they have Colonial markings." "What we need is an old energiser with no markings." "No one will know who we are and no one can sell us out to the Cylons." " (Door bleeping)" " Enter." "Apollo." "Did you find an energiser that might fit the bill?" " Er, yes." " Good." " It was made on Orion." " Excellent!" "Perfect." "No one would know it"s Colonial." " Er..." " What"s the matter?" "The woman who owns it doesn"t want to give it up." " The woman?" " Siress Belloby." "Well, we"ll just have to appropriate Siress Belloby"s energiser" " and get it to the planet." " She"s not willing to give it up." "Captain, to save every man, woman and child from starvation," " we"ll have to talk to her." " That"s exactly what she said." "Only she wants Commander Adama to talk to her." "What"s the problem?" "Just order her to give it up." "You don"t understand, Tigh." "No one orders Siress Belloby to do anything." "(Apollo) "Shuttle requesting permission to dock with Gemini freighter."" " This won"t work." " This isn"t something you can avoid." " Apollo, you go and you charm her." " Oh, no." "(Woman) Come in, Adama." "All right." "Let"s go in." "After you." "To think I would have the honour of having the great Commander Adama visit me in my humble little dwellings." "The pleasure is mine, Belloby." "Then please, sit down." " Thank you." " It"s been a long, long time." "Flowers?" "For me?" "Oh, I thought this was a business call." "A man can always take the time to recognise the... beauties of life." "Oh, you must need that energiser so badly." "Sit." "All right, then, let"s negotiate." "What do you want in return for the energiser?" "Oh, Adama..." "After all these years, I think that should be obvious." "I want you." "(Apollo) There"s no reason for you to go." "I have been cooped up on this ship for 16 quatrons." "L"m going on this mission and we are now in range." "You"re desperately needed here." "Apollo, if we don"t have seeds, we don"t have food." "If we don"t have food, we will all perish." "So please stop making objections and get the launch ready with provisions for five." " Yes, sir." " Yes, sir." "Wait a minute." "You, me, Starbuck, Boomer... that makes four of us." "Siress Belloby will be going with us." "Siress Belloby on a mission?" "Uh, Father... what did you have to promise her in return for that energiser?" "I made a promise to court her." "I did not specify when or where and I certainly will not embarrass you." "So let"s stop this talking, get on with it, get it over with, because we must have those seeds!" "(Tigh) The planet Sectar." "Stand by to launch mission." " (Muffit barks)" " You"re leaving me alone again?" "Er, Boxey, I"m a warrior." "Sometimes I must go on missions to places unsafe for a little boy." "Aren"t you just going for fresh seeds?" "Yeah, but there"s..." "You know something?" "You"re right." "It"s not dangerous." "If Siress Belloby can go, why not you?" " Right?" " And Muffy?" " (Barks)" " Of course, Muffy." " Yeah!" "Yeah!" " (Barks)" "Standing by to launch." "All functions transferred to shuttle." "Launch." "An adventure to a distant star." "Oh, isn"t it downright romantic?" "(Adama) "As important as our quest for seed," ""the planet our scouts located" ""supports a small band of human inhabitants " ""perhaps the remnants of pioneers" ""who set out yahrens ago from our own Colonies." ""Even more hopefully, they might be descendants of the 13th tribe," ""those elusive brothers of man who might lead us to the planet Earth."" "(Music and chatter)" "(Woman laughing raucously)" "Oh, God!" "The moon is up!" "The lights." "(Thunder of hooves)" "Farnes, I hate to tell you but... it"s time." "As if I didn"t know." "You can feel the whole herd coming at us." "A lot of good this"ll do." "Wouldn"t stop a hedge-hopper." "They"re herd creatures." "Your mere presence"ll stop them from pillaging." "It"s their way." "All you have to do is stand out there." " Make a show of force." " Is that what the last constable did?" "The one before him?" "The one before him?" "If there"s one thing this town despises more than the Borays, it"s cowardice." "Once a man accepts that badge..." "I know, I know." "He"s got it for life." "However long that is." "Well, let"s get this over with." "(Snorting)" "(Screeching)" "(Snorting)" "(Thunder of hooves fades)" "(Man) They got him." "(Woman) Did they get him?" "(Man) They got him." "(Woman) Oh, no." "Poor Constable Farnes." " He was one of the best we ever had." " Yeah." "I don"t suppose there are... any volunteers to take Farnes" place?" "(Woman) Don"t do it." "No, no." "You may as well save your breath." "Nobody in his right mind is gonna accept that badge." "L"m afraid you"re right, Dipper." "We"ll just have to hope and pray that another drifter passes through Serenity before the next high moon." "I sure wish I could go with you, Boomer." "I could use a little diversion." "I hear you guys spotted some lady types on the settlement..." "There were a few..." "Muffy wanted to know if they had any other daggits around." "We"re going to make that a priority probe as soon as Apollo and I get to the settlement." "The energiser seems well secured." "Let the younger men worry about the energiser." "This is a time for intoxicating scenery, unfiltered air and letting our emotions soar and..." " Ahem." "I hate to interrupt..." " No, no, that"s all right." "Boomer and I are ready to go." "No, I want you to stay here." "You"ve spent little enough time with Boxey and me." "Let them get on with their mission." "I guess you heard him!" "Get in the sled and get going." "I was hoping we might have had a chance to be alone." "Well, we must be very careful not to lose our way of getting off this planet." "If anything happened to our ship, that would be the end of everything." "You mean we"d have to..." "You mean we"d have to spend the rest of our lives on this quaint little planet?" " Oh!" "Just the two of us?" " Ah, well..." " (Engine starts)" " Back before you know it." " See that you are." " Good luck!" "(Muffit barks)" "Well, at least we have this time alone." "Belloby, please, not in front of the children." "Looks like the only place that"s open, Boomer." "(# Barrel organ music from within)" "It doesn"t sound like the sort of place one goes to trade an energiser for seed." "Well, we gotta start asking questions someplace." "Looks like another full moon tonight, Dipper." "Don"t look at me." "Unless we find a down-on-his-luck prospector or some poor unwitting strangers, we are just out of luck." "Boomer, we"re in luck." "This is my kind of town." "Well, well..." "What have we here?" "Er, excuse me." "They told us you"re the man to see." "That depends." " My name"s Bogan." " Starbuck." "This is my friend Boomer." "We"re looking for someone to talk to about an agron purchase." " You boys farmers?" " Er, yep." "Er, my father and I run a forced nitron field in the next quadrant and... we"ve suffered some reversals." " That right?" " Blight." "And we need some fresh seed grain." "And we couldn"t help noticing your bins are brimming full." "We were hoping for the possibility of a trade-off." "That"s an interesting idea." "A couple of strong young fellas like you would fit in with our needs." "No, we weren"t talking about us." "We"re talking about an energiser." " How much power?" " 5,000 kilons." " 5,000 kilons..." " I don"t think that"d fit into our plans." "But practically every outpost in this star system is always crying for more power." "Really?" "That gives you a lot of places to make deals in, huh?" "Well, that"s it?" "We can"t even talk about it, sir?" "Why not take a look at her?" "She"s got a clean, steady current." "L"m sorry, fellas." "L"d like to help you." "If you want to discuss staying on, doing a job in exchange for seed... I"m sorry, we haven"t got time." "Our crops are in trouble!" "Maybe some other time, then." "Right." "Thanks anyway." "You know we could use that power." "We need those two boys even more." " Now we don"t have either one." " Wrong." "Now we have both." "What will we tell Adama?" "What will we tell the people at the fleet when they hear we couldn"t get seed for food?" "Hey, what the..." "Frack!" "Larcenous, golmonging thieves!" " What is this?" " Lousy golmonging thieves!" "Frack!" "What the..." "Lousy golmonging thieves!" "You dirty, rotten crasoneys!" "Come back here and fight!" "Will you cut the felgercarb and give me a hand?" "Of all the stupid..." "No point talking about it." "We got a long walk ahead." " It"s not that far back to town." " Town?" "We"ve gotta go tell the Commander." "Do that." "L"m going to look for the energiser." "I have a pretty good idea who sent them." " Bogan." " Uh-huh." "Bogan." "Why buy the energiser when you can steal it?" " You got it!" " Take care." "Well, Dipper, nice work." "Here"s 25 quantums for you and for each of your friends." "Thank you, Sire." "I want you to know that we were very, very careful not to leave any tracks to lead them back here." " Good." " Excuse me." "Well, stranger." " Welcome back." " That"s real hospitable talk, Bogan, but somebody here isn"t so neighbourly." "You haven"t noticed anybody come in in the last couple of microns?" "People come and go around here." "What"s your trouble?" " Robbers." " Not in Serenity." "Close enough to make it a sure bet it was one of your nice local folk." "That"s a serious accusation, young man." "L"ll back it up, in time." "You"ll have to excuse me." "I have a game waiting." "Where"s your local law enforcement?" "The town constable has... moved on." " Who"s taking his place?" " The job hasn"t been filled yet." "I can tell from your expression what you"re thinking." "L"d be careful about taking the law in my own hands without suitable authority." "The people..." "The people around here stick together and they don"t like people who don"t have a stake in our problems." "If you were willing to stay on for just a while, work, fit in..." "I have crops to get back to, people to feed!" "But you said that your crops were blighted and that you needed seed." "Have you got the money to pay for the seed?" "I have some currency I got a yahren ago when we sold our last crop." "Ah." "Well..." "Orion checks," "Colonial cubits..." "You got a bit of everything." "Ah..." "Yeah, well..." "Seed goes for 12 quantums a lexon." " How much you need?" " At least a thousand lexons." "And 12 quantums is kinda high." "Well, it is a long way to the next agron outpost." "Maybe I can get this currency to grow a little." "After all, this is a chancery." " Shouldn"t they be back by now?" " I should"ve gone." "I scouted the mission." " It was important that you stay." " To protect the camp?" " Yes." " Against what?" " Robbers." " Oh, Boomer!" "Thank the Lords of Kobol you"re all right." " Where"s Starbuck?" " He"s fine." " Where"s the seed?" " No seed." " No seed?" " Where"s the powersled?" " It"s gone." " Gone?" " What about the energiser?" " We lost that, too." "You lost my energiser?" " We were jumped." " By whom?" "It happened so fast." "We think it was a bunch from town." "Of all the..." "Look, lady, I"d like to see you do any better unarmed with a net over you." "Boomer, I"m sure you both did whatever you could but now we must get to Starbuck." "There"s no telling what he"s up against." "Jolly, you stay here, guard the shuttle... take care of Boxey and let"s take our lasers with us." "A three-level pyramid." "Cry your hearts out." "I ain"t never seen a three-level pyramid." " That does it for me." " Now..." "I find it very odd that one person can be so lucky." "Another odd thing is how you each had the same amount of currency to lose." "You all work together someplace?" "All farmer workmen here earn uniform compensation." "25 quantums." "That"s good pay for farm work." "I told you you might like some employment here." "Oh." "Looks to me like you"re still a little short of buying that seed." "Bogan, maybe you"d care to play with me head to head, as you seem to be the man to beat?" "All right, Starbuck." "Sounds like a good challenge." "(Grunting)" "There it is, Bogan." "Put up or give up." "I seem to be a little shy here." "I..." "Tell you what, I"ll challenge." "If you agree to accept this as payment." " What"s this?" " A shield made of solid gold." "It belonged to a fella who"s gone now." "What"s this writing here say?" "I..." "Yes, the ancient tongue of the people who first colonised this planet." "They"ve moved on across the star system." "It feels right." "Excuse me." "A fella can"t be too careful away from home." "I wondered how he would get him to accept that badge." "You mean, he"s gonna let him win it?" "It doesn"t matter how it comes into your possession." "Once you accept it, you accept all that goes with it." "This is what you get when you send boys to do men"s work." "Belloby, please keep your voice down." "Those boys know exactly what they"re doing." "If you kiss me, I"ll tell you where the powersled is." " What?" " Well... do you want our people to starve?" "Belloby... if this is some kind of a joke, it"s a bad one." "You"re right, Adama." "Think of it as a small celebration for finding the energiser." "L"m sorry I had to force you to do it." "But you know something?" "It was worth it." "Oh, Belloby..." "Bargaining isn"t... begging." "L"m very glad we had this time, too." "But that time is running out." "Where is the energiser?" " You"re practically standing on it." " Hm?" "I found the streaks from the powersled and they led right up to that old shed over there." "Belloby!" "Well, I..." " I guess this is all mine." " Yes." " Congratulations, Constable." " The name"s Starbuck." "Congratulations, Constable Starbuck." "I don"t think I..." "Who"s in charge here, please?" "Sire Bogan." " Sire Bogan?" " That"s right." "L"m Squire Adama, Lord of Bellarium." "Who"s in charge of law and order?" "Ah, well." "There he is." "You"re looking at him." "There"s your man." "Constable Starbuck." "How do you get into these fixes?" "I was trying to find the guys that robbed us." "And you expected to find them at a card game." "Where else?" "My number one suspect was in a card game." "I thought I could catch him with his guard down." "And what did you get out of it?" "A badge you can"t afford to wear, a loss of time and the loss of perhaps innumerable people." "Ah." "I see you"ve moved in." "Excellent." "There"s little time." "The moon is almost full." "Sire Bogan." "You appear to be a reasonable man." " I like to think so." " Good." "Because we can ill afford to lose even one valuable man." " A mere boy." " I can sympathise with that." " We have the same problem." " Then you"ll let him resign." "Can"t do that." "It"s against the law." "No, Constable is a lifetime appointment." "(Adama) That"s absurd!" "I mean, you don"t even know this boy!" "And he was never appointed!" "He accepted the badge of office." "As for knowing him... you seem like nice people, you want him back so bad, he"s got to be all right." "If Constable is a lifetime commitment, how is it you"re without one?" " Didn"t you say the last one left town?" " I said he departed." "I didn"t say to where." "Fact is, he died in office." "After a lifetime of service to his people." "An eminently respectable position." "Half the people in town would cherish it." " Half the people in town have had it." " That"s impossible." "You"re contradicting yourself." "If you can"t resign and half the people have held the office..." " Not the half that"s still alive." " Beg your pardon?" "All right, look." "You might as well know." "We are an endangered species here." "Ever since the Borays saw it was easier to steal food than grow their own, we"ve been losing our lives." "Why don"t you get rid of the odorous vermin?" "(Scoffing) That"s easier said than done." "We"re not well armed here." "If the Borays weren"t herd creatures, who follow their leader Nogow no matter what, we"d all be dead." "They follow their leader no matter what?" "We leave our food bins unprotected, they head for them and they rob us, unmolested." "If any of them get the idea of riding into town for a drink or, shall we say, companionship, our constable stands at the head of the street and he heads them off with a few carefully placed shots." "So when the leader turns away, the others follow him." "Then one or two Borays ride past him and they grab a couple of our females but... mostly we just lose a little grain." "And, of course, the constable." "I..." "I don"t feel so well." "Don"t you worry now." "Don"t you worry." "We won"t allow you to jeopardise your life for them." "They know perfectly well that they..." "they tricked you into this job." "My dear sir," "I am afraid you don"t understand the situation." "You are in as much danger as we are as long as you"re here." "And there isn"t much time." " What do you mean by that?" " You know the Borays." "When the moon is full, it"s time to eat." "Father, come with me." "You, too, Constable, since you"re the law in this town." "(Clattering)" "Look, Belloby." "Get back in the jail." "Find a cell and hide in some dark corner." "I will not cower on the floor like some infant daggit." "Do as you"re told." "It"s an order!" "We"ll make our stand at the edge of town." "(Snorting and roaring)" "(Thunder of hooves)" "(Apollo) Here they come." "Holy frack, they could shake us to death." "Fire in front of them." "Now!" " (Apollo) They"re still coming!" " Now what?" "Take cover!" "(Screeches)" "L"m not gonna stand here and let Adama handle them all alone." "OK." "Aaaah!" "Sire Bogan!" "Sire Bogan!" "Sire Bogan!" " They"ve captured our woman." " Oh, Lord, no." "They got Belloby?" "You"re not ordinary farmers." "There"s only one legendary brigade in the whole universe that could"ve matched the courage I just witnessed." "L"m honoured to be in the presence of warriors from the great Colonies." "Look, I have to apologise for deceiving you into saving our town but we"re desperate people here." "Anyway... you"re not like us." "You know what you have to do and I salute you for it." "Any communication from the surface yet?" "No, sir." "No word as yet." "The Commander should have gotten that seed by now." "The path that we"ve indicated to you is the only one we know leading into the Boray Canyon." "Unfortunately, we can"t describe to you how to find their camp." "That"s right." "No one"s ever made it back to tell us." " You may need these." " We won"t have any trouble." "Come here, Muffy." "Come here." "Sorry to have to borrow you but we need your tracking sensors." "Our prayers go with you." "And to the woman you love." "(Clears throat) Much obliged." "They"ve seen their last days." "They"ll never be back." "Hope they make it, Dipper." "They"re brave men." "Bogan says the Borays do a lot of carrying on and chanting after a raiding party." "That"ll be a help." "Muffy, find Belloby." "Find Belloby." "(Barks)" "We"re being watched." "(Adama) Yes, I know." "We have been for some time now." "(Barks)" "Get the torches." "(Barks)" "Nogow, their leader, seems to be the key." "If we get him to listen to us, the rest might follow him." "Yes, he"s the one, all right." "If he weren"t so lazy, the Borays wouldn"t be stealing their food." "Commander." "They let us come this far." "Maybe they want to avoid a confrontation." "Father." "It looks like it"s all over but I"m not going down without a fight." "(Grunting)" "You remain here." " Father..." " It"s all right." "(Grunting)" "Talk?" "(Grunts)" "Adama?" "Oh, thank God!" "What courage." "What love you must have to come and deliver me." "Belloby..." "Look..." "You love your people." "I love my people." "(Snorting)" "What"s going on in there?" "No one"s a better diplomat than your father." "If anyone can make them understand, it"s..." "That is the most obstinate, self-centred, opportunistic, selfish, lazy creature I"ve ever met in my life." "He"s interested in one thing only - his own personal comforts." "You can"t bargain with such a creature." " Commander?" " What?" "Did you say lazy, self-serving, interested in his own pleasure?" " Exactly." " Could I speak to you, please?" " In private." " All right, make it quick." "(Snorting)" "We"ve got nothing to lose." "No, we don"t have anything to lose." "Starbuck, where..." " Father, what was that all about?" " He"s got a plan." "It"s a long shot but it"s the best plan we have." " Commander?" " They"re working up to a charge." "Apollo, fire a warning round." "(Grunting)" "Belloby..." "Let"s get away while the getting is good." "(Muffit barks)" "Well, this"ll... this"ll entitle you to all the fresh planting seed that your ship will hold." "We"ll help you load so you can be off." "Our people will be very grateful." "We have many to feed." "L"ll speak to the town committee about altering the charter." "That is, pertaining to the job of constable being a lifetime job." " Thank you." " We"ll just keep on hiding and dying." "Perhaps not." "Is Starbuck back yet?" "(Knocking) Yo!" "Bogan." "Commander." "Good news." "There will be no further raids on your food." "The Borays will go back to raising their own just like they used to." "Your young man has had too much celebration." "No, I... I"ve worked out a nice arrangement with my buddy Nogow." "My dear young, young man, it"s Nogow who"s the heart of our problem." "He"s the good-for-nothing leader that"s turned them into scavengers." "That"s right." "That"s him." "You see, what I proposed is a little trade-out." "You make sure he gets all the grain and libation he needs, without ever having to lift a finger or mount a steed, and in return he"s willing to... take over." "Take over?" "What?" "The town, of course!" "No..." "My job." " Nogow." " (Grunting)" "No, nothing to worry about." "L"d like you all to meet Serenity"s new constable," "Constable Nogow." "Somebody buy him a drink." "He doesn"t like to be kept waiting." "Right this way, Constable Nogow." "I knew someday your poor character would come in handy." "If only I were a few yahrens younger." "(Belloby) And you!" "If it were up to that diplomatic bilge you tried, I"d still be in his clutches, which might not have been a bad idea." "Listen, I"m sorry, but I"m afraid we"ve grown in different directions." "You"re too refined and dignified." "I need somebody at my stage of life..." "I need a real animal." "Come on, boys, I"m buying." "Thank the Lord." "I just couldn"t see myself calling her Mother." "(Adama) "Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny," ""the last battlestar, Galactica," ""leads a ragtag fugitive fleet" ""on a lonely quest " ""a shining planet" ""known as Earth."" "(Boomer) "Starbuck crash-landed." "A planet on the edge of Omega Sector."" " At least we don"t rust." " Silence." " Kyle?" " My brother." "He"s our leader." "He"s only a boy and the others were just children." "We trade Starbuck to the tin cans for Father." "And I just wanted to thank you." "We don"t have your father yet but... you"re welcome." ""There are those who believe" ""that life here" ""began out there," ""far across the universe," ""with tribes of humans" ""who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians" ""or the Toltecs or the Mayans." ""Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man" ""who even now fight to survive" ""somewhere beyond the heavens."" "Boomer, I just reached a big decision." " You should be the first to know." " Only the two of us out here." "See that red star 40 degrees to port?" "I gotcha." "What"s the big decision?" "I was just staring at it and the words of my old flight instructor came back to me." ""Starbuck, a viper pilot only flies three vipers " ""the one he trains in, the one he escapes from... (Sighs) "and the one he dies in."" "(Bleeping)" "Starbuck, the scanner." " (Boomer) "They"re on our tail!"" " Let"s show"em our nose." " They"re running." " "Yeah, not for long."" ""One in your blind spot!"" " Starbuck, you OK?" " L"ll tell you if you tell me how bad it is." "And give it to me straight." "No lies." "It"s all hanging out to dry." "I don"t know how you can transmit." "Everything back of your anti-burn baffles is gone." "Everything forward isn"t exactly tiptop." "L"m trying to find you a place to land." "All I can do is fly straight ahead." "And I"m not too sure about that." ""Afraid my instructor was right."" ""Get going before you run out of fuel."" "Sticking with me is a bad bet." "L"ve got it." "A Delta class planet." "It"s dead ahead." " "Get going."" " Not till I know you"re down." "If I don"t make it, you"ll be the first to know, I promise." "L"ll be back with a clean uniform before you know it." "L"ll be seeing you." "I hope." "When you"re finished, move the petro dump inside the moat, under the protection of our outer walls." "By your command." "Canus Patrol has intercepted two Colonial viper craft." "Colonial vipers." "Well, well." "One viper running." "The second is crippled and has penetrated the atmosphere." "We are tracking him." "Order our patrol to return." " "Canus flight leader, return to base."" " Returning." "What if the Colonial warrior evades our patrol?" "Lmpossible." "(Chuckling wickedly)" "Aah." "Attila garrison commander reporting." " Attila?" " An obscure outpost in the Omega Sector." "The commander"s name is Specter, I believe." "One of the earlier IL series." "Before my time." "Rather limited in ability." "Report, Specter." ""We have apprehended a Colonial warrior."" "Excellent." "Have you interrogated the pilot?" ""The scouting party that captured him has not yet returned to our garrison."" "I think you know what I desire." ""The exact position of the Galactica."" "I shall await your next communication." "You have a wonderful opportunity here, Specter." " Use it well." " By your command." "This Specter seems to have done rather well..." " for an early model." " Hmm..." "(Starbuck) Aaah!" "Hey!" "Aaah." "Take it easy, would you?" "These humanoids are not well constructed." "They damage easily." " At least we don"t rust." " Silence." "(Horn sounds)" "Aaah." "Welcome to Attila, Lieutenant." " You can"t come in here." " It"s important." "Stop whispering." "L"m not asleep." "Now you"ve done it." "Good to see you looking better, sir." "I don"t look better." "I look awful." " But I feel better." " But you won"t for long if you don"t get some sleep." "With that doorway guarded like the gateway to Kobol," "I presume something important has happened." "The recon patrol?" "As you felt, the Cylons have penetrated more deeply than we expected." "Our patrol was ambushed." " And?" " Starbuck had to crash-land." " But he did land?" " Yes." " Where?" " Attila." "It"s a planet on the far edge of Omega Sector." "Bad news all around." "Recommendation?" "Sending a squadron would draw too much attention." " What, then?" "A shuttle?" " In and out fast." "It better be fast." "If it"s not back within 24 centares it"ll never catch up with us." " You and Boomer?" " Yes, sir." "(Grunting with pain)" "Please, please, try... try not to move." "You have been hurt." " There were others." " My brothers and sister." " And Cylons." " Don"t worry." "We can handle them." "Kyle is very, very smart." " Kyle?" " My brother." "He"s our leader." "Leader?" "But he"s only a boy and the others were just children." "We are not children." "We are warriors." "Miri, prepare some food." " The others will soon return from patrol." " Patrol?" "Those boys and that little girl out there with Cylons?" " Do you realise what can happen?" " They saw their mother killed, watched the tin cans pillage and invade our castle, slaughter our people." "What can happen to them?" "They could be killed or captured." "We are too swift, our attacks too precise, too well timed, too well planned." " You attack them?" " They are the enemy." "They took all we ever had." "So now we hurt them." "We attack their ammunition depots, fuel dumps and patrols." "Yeah." "Thanks for that." "We fight a common foe." "You"re from the Galactica, correct?" "You know of the Galactica?" "We learned of the Galactica from the Cylons." "How far away is she?" " Too far." "It"ll be a while before a rescue party can get here for me." "L"m afraid you"re stuck with me for a bit." "Tin cans are following the tracks I laid!" "Corporal, is this the way you report?" "A buncha tin cans, sir, following the tracks I... you ordered me to make in Naga Forest." "Very good." "At ease." "Now, get some nourishment." "We"re a little short on discipline at times but you won"t find better warriors." "Who taught you?" "Your father?" " Father was our leader until..." " Until the Cylons killed him!" "Miri, feed the lieutenant." "And be quick." "We have a mission." "Robus, Nilz, Ariadne, go get your tablets." "Oh, Miri." "We want to talk to the warrior." "After you eat and study." "That smells good." "I didn"t realise I was so hungry." " You"re also their teacher?" " Their education is very important." "I always wanted to meet a woman as long on brains as beauty." "You think I"m pretty?" "Oh, Miri..." "Eat!" "Miri, when you get back to the Galactica, you"ll have every viper pilot battling over you." " You"ll drive them crazy." " Back to the Galactica?" "Yes." "You can"t stay here." "When the rescue team from the fleet comes for me you"ll come with us." "All of us?" "Of course, all of you." "We have a mission." "Boxey." "Oh, it"s good to see you." "How did you get past the guard?" " I snuck right by her." " You snuck right by her?" "You"re the first." "You"d better get under the blankets just in case she decides to sneak in, too." "L"ve got somebody to talk to." "Shall I tell you a story, like you do when I"m in sickbed?" "Oh, that would be nice." "There once was a shiny planet..." "Called Earth." "No, called Mushieland." "Mushieland?" "And it was full of daggits - orange daggits, blue daggits, daggits with horns, daggits with curly tails." "The best daggit of them all was Sire Muffy." "(Chuckling) Sire Muffy..." "By your command." "The first patrol was eradicated." "No." "And the Colonial warrior?" "Gone." "We found signs of humanoid renegades." "Our patrol is tracking them." "My commander sent me to report." "I hope your commander is more efficient than his predecessor." "(Explosion)" "Oh, no." "(Explosions)" "They will never learn." "Did you drop my message for the tin cans to find?" " What"s wrong?" " (Thunder)" " Kyle, we can"t do this." " It"s the only way to get Father back." " But Kyle..." " You want Father back, don"t you?" " Of course I do." " Then there"s nothing to discuss." "We trade Starbuck to the tin cans for Father... tonight." "(Thunder)" "(Sighs)" "Why do you bother, Specter?" "L"ll die long before you get anything out of me." "L"ve come to tell you that you will be freed, tonight." "Freed?" "Oh, Lord, no." "What does he think he"s doing?" "The only intelligent thing he can do." "Do you think me a fool, Specter?" "Don"t you think I know you"ll never go through with this trade?" "What you believe is irrelevant." "However, I will go through with it." " Provided you cooperate." " And if I don"t?" "(Thunder)" "I vow to slaughter your entire family at the exchange site." " Kyle is much too clever for that." " Is he?" "He"s the one who proposed the trade." "Your son is getting desperate." "Why do you tell me all this?" "If you"re gonna do it, just do it." "I want your word that once reunited with your family," " you will stop these senseless attacks." " You"d take my word?" "I have come to learn that the word of some humanoids can be more binding than Cylon chain." "You are such a man." " And the Colonial warrior?" " Not your concern." "Do I have your word?" " Excellent." "Make the signal." " By your command." "I will see that you have clean garments." "I would not wish your children distressed by your appearance." "(Thunder)" "Well, you"re looking fit, Lieutenant." "Whatever Miri put on my leg, it"s working." "Thanks, Miri." "(Horses snorting)" "Feel up to riding?" "Er, yeah, if needed." "I heard explosions." "Are they tracking you?" "Not quite." "The Cylons only track us when we want them to." " We are moving to a new camp." " (Bell)" "What was that?" "The worship bell in our castle." "Kyle, please!" " (Horn sounds)" " Are you telling them where we are?" "Just answering a challenge." "We shall be moving anyway." " What if there are Cylon patrols nearby?" " Do not tell me how to command." "Well, someone better!" "This is no time for heroics." "You think because you wear a uniform and fly in a fighter, you should be in charge." "Is that it?" "Are you afraid I"m trying to take over?" " I fear no such thing." " Kyle?" "Kyle, is what he says true?" "Ah, so... he smiles and you choose him." " Him over Father." " Father?" "Your father"s dead." "Ah." "No, he"s captured." "Kyle, it won"t work." "The Cylons will never make a trade." " You are very bright, Lieutenant." " Hm." "I regret doing this but it"s the only chance our father has." "He is as good as dead and so are you if you meet with the Cylons!" " Bind him." " Kyle, I don"t think..." "That"s an order!" "Bind him." "Starbuck... I"m sorry." "(Thunder)" "Still no word from Attila?" "Specter will contact us if he has anything to report." "Perhaps he feels his report will not be received satisfactorily, Baltar." "What are you implying, Lucifer?" "I have discovered that Specter has ordered more laser pumps and petro than any other garrison." "So he"s stockpiling." "What commander doesn"t?" "He has also ordered an extraordinary supply of laser rifles and metron bombs, certainly unnecessary requisitions for a planet whose entire population has supposedly been terminated." "Lucifer, do you wish me to believe that Specter would submit false reports?" "Speaking from experience, I would not say it is beyond his programming." "(Cackling wickedly) Lucifer, I do believe you"re jealous!" "Such a reaction is not programmed into IL series circuitry." "Commander, Specter reporting." "Ah, Specter." "You have the coordinates of the Galactica?" ""Uh..." " "no."" " Hmm." ""The Colonial warrior was injured in the crash." ""We are attempting to repair his body" ""in order to extract the information you need."" "I see." "How long do you estimate this to take?" ""Oh..." ""Within five or six centares, he should have sufficiently recovered to torture."" "L"m counting on you, Specter." ""I know." ""And may I say it is a distinct honour to serve the illustrious Baltar?" " "You are a legend to us..."" " Oh, feldercarb." "Well... thank you." ""By your command."" "You see?" "A logical explanation." "Yes..." "You work on this while we move it." "L"ll work on this." "You need not worry about an infection." "It looks much better." "Terrific, I can walk to my execution." "Oh, please don"t, Starbuck." " Perhaps they won"t..." " Kill me?" "Miri, you saw what the Cylons did here." "They haven"t executed Father." "They"re probably trying to find your location through him." "Or wait for just what happened - a trade." "We will continue to attack them." "Perhaps we can get you back, too." "How?" "Trade another human for me?" "Huh?" "No thanks, Miri." "I couldn"t live with that." "The raft is ready." "It"ll soon be time." "Do you really expect the Cylons to make this trade?" "I certainly do." "I planned it rather well." "The tin cans will put Father on a boat and launch him towards us." "We will simultaneously launch you towards them." "You see, neither side can take advantage of the other." " Wanna bet?" " Kyle, perhaps we are making a mistake." "It is a necessary tactical move." "We are talking about a human being, of trading him." "For our father!" "Look, Miri, I know what I"m doing." "Have I not led well since Father"s capture?" "Yes, but we are not an army." "We are a family." "Look at them." "Go on, look, Kyle." " They"re just children." " Yes, children who need their father." "Kyle, I agree with you but this isn"t the way." "Megan." "You keep your end of the bargain." "Kyle." " Miri!" " (Miri) lt"s Father." " Children!" " (Children) Father!" "Kyle, it"s Father!" "Kyle, please, just listen to me for a centon, will you?" "L"m sorry, Lieutenant, but I have no choice." "(Horn sounds)" "That"s the signal." "Make the exchange." " Miri, it"s Father!" " Where?" " Over there." " I can"t see him but he"s near." " Which way is he coming?" " Do you see him?" "(Bleeping)" "We"ve kept our bargain." "Where is the Colonial warrior?" "(Horn sounds)" "Launch the raft." " It"s Father." " Father!" "Father, look at us." "Oh, Kyle..." "Starbuck was right." "Those little sclime." "They deceived me!" "Well done, my children!" "Well done!" "Annihilate them!" "Stay down." " What will happen to Father?" " They"ll kill him, won"t they?" "No." "They kept him alive to stop the raids." "This won"t change a thing." " Are you sure, Starbuck?" " Of course I"m sure." " Miri, take the kids." " OK." "Go." "Starbuck, I almost made a grave tactical error." "L"m relinquishing my command, to you." " I accept, on one condition." " Name it." "That you continue as my lieutenant." "With pleasure." "What are your orders?" "Well, the first... the first thing is to get out of here." " And the second?" " To free your father." "Let"s go." "Anything?" "Scanner"s clean." "We"ve been lucky so far." "How long until we orbit Attila?" "Two centares, give or take a centon." "We"ll make a low-level approach from the backside." "Then I"ll turn it over to you." "You know where Starbuck went down." "It"s a big planet, Apollo." "Boomer..." "I know where he went down." "(Sighs) Looks impenetrable." "Our fortress held out the longest when the tin cans invaded." "But there were too many." "Father and I fought a rearguard action while my brothers and sisters escaped." "How"d you get out?" "Through the secret passage." "Uh..." "Secret passage?" "I know what you"re thinking but it won"t work." "I tried sneaking in that way once, but they"d made the main hall into a command post." "There are always two or three score in there." "We"d stand no chance." "What"s that between the castle wall and the moat?" "That"s the petro dump." "They moved it closer because of our raids." "Lieutenant, I got an idea." "Come on." "My old flight instructor told me the easiest way to remember a sequence is to sing it." "So, one more time." "(All chant) Through the tunnel, under the land" "Starbuck and Miri creep hand in hand" "We swim the moat to the petro dump and blow it up with a great big whump" "At the bridge the youngest daughter drops tin cans into the water" "And around the castle the son first-born" "Rides at a gallop and blows his horn... (Horn sounds)" ""The first to go is Starbuck and Miri carrying torches to keep things cheery"" ""Then the brothers swim through the water" ""To set their bombs for a Cylon slaughter"" ""Ariadne is ready to throw captured grenades at the bridge below"" ""We go up the steps to the castle floor" ""And sneak a peek through the secret door"" ""Although the dump is double-guarded" ""We"ll sneak across while the guards are parted" ""Robus sets one bomb and then the other" ""Leaving the rest to his older brother"" ""When all is ready across the moat Kyle will sound the signal note"" "I apologise for the delay." "The captured warrior is still unconscious." " He may even terminate." " Die?" ""Unfortunately, we are programmed to destroy humans, not save them." ""Our knowledge of their anatomy is so limited." ""Still, I do not offer excuses" ""despite my securing this planet for the Empire in record time." ""If this warrior terminates," ""I can only view my mission here as a failure." ""I will have failed one of the great leaders of our millennium - you, Baltar."" "Oh, feldercarb." "Now, now, don"t be too hard on yourself, Specter." ""My reports tell me you"ve done a brilliant job on Attila."" " Well, we have had our problems." " Problems?" "This planet is so wet, half our garrison is down with rust." ""But I will spare no effort in saving the human" ""and extracting the information you need." ""By your command."" "You actually believe that daggit drivel?" "Lucifer, this jealousy is simply not like you." "Specter is doing a wonderful job." "(Horn sounds)" "Ah, no, not again." " Petro dump is exploding." " I know the petro dump is exploding!" " Dispatch a phalanx of centurions." " By your command." "First phalanx, follow me." "(Chanting) "At the bridge the youngest daughter drops tin cans into the water."" "(Horn sounds)" "The phalanx on the bridge." "I see, I see!" "Centurions!" "Stop those..." "those despicable renegades." "I sure hope this works." "I think what you"re doing is wonderful." "And I just wanted to thank you." "Well, we don"t have your father yet but... you"re welcome." "(Chanting) "Through all the confusion, noise and bother" ""Starbuck and Miri rescue Father."" "(Explosion)" "(Horn sounds)" " Which tower?" " That one." "Yes, my children!" "My warriors, well done!" "Well done!" "Megan!" "Get down!" "Father." "Oh, Father!" "I hate to break up a family reunion but let"s go." "Looks like an entire sector is under attack." "Cylons must be taking over." "Set her down close." "Maybe we can help survivors." "I just hope Starbuck"s not in that inferno." "The renegades are within the walls." " Inside the garrison?" " Unfortunately." "What else can go wrong?" ""Any progress?"" "Er..." "I regret to report the Colonial warrior has... terminated." " (Explosions) - "What was that?"" "Er..." "We are destroying the last humanoid habitats to assure that no one will ever find refuge on this miserable planet again." ""Excellent idea." "Scorched planet policy." " "You"re a wonder, Specter."" " Thank you." "I have many such ideas and since this environment is so detrimental to our circuits, perhaps you would find use for me and my Centurions elsewhere." ""If it"s that destructive to your circuits then, naturally, abandon it." ""Report with your unit when you have destroyed the human abodes."" "By your command." "Yes, I think we are through here." "Order all Centurions to the launch field." " Father!" " My warriors." "Nilz." "They"re gone!" "Running, all of them!" "(Gasping for breath)" "Lieutenant Kyle reporting that tin cans are fleeing to their transport ship." " The area is secure, sir." " Well done, Lieutenant." "Father." "You"ve done so well." "L"m very proud of you." " Thank you, sir." " You"re a good leader." "What hit this place?" "An army?" " Apollo." " Boomer!" " Starbuck!" " It"s about time you guys showed up." " Got the clean uniform?" " What?" "Clean?" "What happened here?" "Oh, er, not much." "My warriors just wiped out a Cylon garrison." "They"re children." "No, no." "They"re warriors." " Just make it fast, OK?" " OK." "Well done, warriors." "Couple more yahren and you"ll be giving your big sister competition." "You can still come with us." "We"ve fought long and hard for this day." "Our ancestors originally migrated here from the Colonies but this is our home now." "If the Cylons return, we"ll be ready." "I don"t doubt it for a centon." "You earned this, Lieutenant." " Congratulations." " Thank you, sir." "It"s been a pleasure serving you." "Ah, yes." "Miri." "You could"ve broken half the hearts on the Galactica." "Including mine." "I..." "I don"t know how he does it." "Neither do I. Starbuck..." "We have to go." "(Apollo) Starbuck..." "(Adama) "Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny," ""the last battlestar, Galactica," ""leads a ragtag fugitive fleet" ""on a lonely quest " ""a shining planet" ""known as Earth."" "Maintain silence until we land aboard the Battlestar Pegasus." "The Pegasus?" "But that"s just not possible." " You"re talking about Starbuck?" " I wasn"t comparing you." "But you"ll have to give me time to think." "Think of the impression on Gamoray when they learn that I personally led the final assault on the humans." " L"m not getting anything on my scanner." " You won"t." " Then how are we..." " I can feel them, Captain." "We must take that base." "We must take Gamoray!" "That is one opinion, Commander." "It does not happen to be mine." " Starbuck?" " I don"t have a thing." " There"s nothing in front of us." " They"re behind us." "Behind us?" "Oh, swell." "How close?" "That close?" "Apollo?" " It doesn"t look good." "L"m going right." " L"ll take left." "Good luck, buddy." "Dispatching automatic distress to the fleet." "Be seeing ya." " L"ll pick him up on the right." " He"s dead on the left." "Be back in half a flash." "(Starbuck) I can"t lose him, Apollo." "I can"t shake him." "Cease fire." " Cease fire." "That"s an order!" " Are you crazy?" "Cain"ll have us for dinner if they get away." " They"re human." " What?" "I said they"re human." "Impossible." "We"re the only ones left alive in the entire star system." "L"m switching to unicom." "Attention." "Attention." "This is Silver Spar Group Leader, commanding viper pilots to surrender." "We are locked on kill." "Apollo..." "It has to be a trick." "This is Apollo, Strike Commander of the Battlestar Galactica." "Who are you?" " Bojay?" " I heard him." "It"s a trick." "They"re all dead." "Bojay?" "Did he say Bojay?" " (Starbuck) Bojay, is that you?" " Starbuck?" "Apollo, it is." "It"s Bojay!" "You remember, he was in our squadron until..." "That"s right, until he was transferred to... the Fifth Fleet." "(Starbuck) Died in the Battle of Molecay." "(Apollo) Two yahrens ago." "Apollo..." " either they"re not dead or..." " We are." "Bojay, if that"s really you, tell us what happened." "How did you survive?" "Maintain silence until we land aboard the Battlestar Pegasus." "Pegasus?" "But that"s just not possible." "Apollo, do you know whose ship that was?" "Cain, the greatest military commander ever." "He was my idol." "Your idol will order you blasted away if you don"t shut off your transmitters." "In case you clowns don"t know, we are in a quadrant controlled by Cylons." "Oh, my Lord." "It isn"t a dream." "And we"re certainly not dead." "It is the Pegasus." "They won"t shut up." "They act as if they"ve seen an apparition." "L"m still not sure I haven"t." "Alert Commander Cain." ""We"re down to the last of it, Commander." "L"ve checked every ship." ""They"re down to life support now, unless we stop."" "Thank you for your report, Jolly." "(Controller) Frequency intercept scrambled." "Running a check on both ID systems... 186 control on a speed deductor..." "Well, that"s just fine." "Just fine." "We come all this way and simply run out of fuel." " There"s worse." " What does that mean?" " We"re picking up Cylon transmissions." " Good Lord, a Cylon base star?" "Lt"s not military." "What we"re hearing is civilian." "Civilian?" "(Adama) I just don"t understand it." " We"re a star system away from any..." " I can"t explain it." "But somewhere out there, not far away, is a city - a Cylon city." "That could be why our recon patrol is overdue." "Apollo, Starbuck?" "How long before they exhaust their fuel supply?" "If they"ve been using their thrusters, they"d be powered down right now." "Sir, if we launch a shuttle probe..." "We must conserve every drop of fuel to support our life systems." " Bring the fleet to a dead stop, please." " Yes, Commander." " It"s unbelievable, seeing you guys." " How do you think we feel?" "We sailed over two yahrens ago to save Molecay." " We haven"t seen a human since." " The rest of the Fifth Fleet?" "Destroyed." "If Cain hadn"t pulled a brilliant decoy, we"d be gone, too." "You must have headed away from the Colonies to be this far out." "That was another of Cain"s touches." "He knew that they"d be waiting for us from Molecay to the Colonies, so he put us into deep space and we kept going." " We"ve been fighting ever since." " Running." "Our skipper doesn"t know the meaning of the word run." " We strike round the clock." " With what?" " Where do you get your fuel and arms?" " From the Cylons, of course." "If you officers will excuse our guests," "Commander Cain would like to see them in his quarters." "Get them a drink, Tolen." "They look pale." "It"s a very great honour, sir." "A very great honour." "Yes, I should imagine it is." "That"s just a little attempt at humour." "L"d quite resigned myself that I would never see another human, other than my own people on the Pegasus," " yet there you are." " The Galactica, sir." "Under the flag of Commander Adama, my father." " Adama?" " Yes, sir." "Yes, yes." "Yes, I see it." "Well, how is he?" "How is that old modocker?" "Considering the load he"s carried since the destruction of our nation..." "Yes, I should imagine." "And the rest of the fleet?" "Only the Galactica survived, sir, along with some 220 ships carrying what"s left of our people." "My God." "And I thought we had it bad." " Only 220 ships from all the Colonies?" " Yes, sir." "Well, my friends, our troubles are over." " How do you mean, sir?" " Tomorrow we go on the offensive." "We"ll show those golmonging Cylons how to fight now!" "Yes, by the Lords of Kobol, the Cylon Empire is about to fall!" "We"re picking up something very odd." " What is it?" " It"s some sort of visual echo." "I mean, the Galactica"s image must be bouncing off some ion field." "Feed it up to the bridge." "(Tigh) Omega, have this scan turret checked immediately." "Yes, Colonel." "Switch to high band." "There"s something wrong." "It"s a visual echo." "It"s the cleanest transmission l"ve ever seen." "Nevertheless..." " There"s a signal on fleet comline Alpha." " That"s impossible." "Fleet comline is a scramble communicator between warships and since we"re the only battlestar, there"s no possibility of a signal like that existing." ""Greetings, Adama, you old wardaggit." ""Might"ve known I"d find you and your fleet sitting on your astrums."" "Cain?" "!" "Of all that"s holy." ""There"s nothing holy about me, Adama." ""Except maybe what I"m doing to those golmonging Cylons."" "Lt"s a miracle, Cain." "A blessed miracle." ""I make my own miracles." ""But have it your way." "L"ll be aboard in a few centons."" "L"ll have some vintage Ambrosa for you." ""I should think so."" "(Cheering)" "Commander..." "It"s impossible." "Cain perished along with the Fifth Fleet two yahrens ago." "Yes, Colonel, but that"s the fabric of miracles - the impossible." ""Commander Cain requesting permission to board the Galactica."" "The Lords of Kobol bless you." "You have no idea how I feel at this moment." "Me too, Adama, me too." "I have a present for you." "Where are those space loiterers we picked up?" "Front and centre!" "(Applause)" "Son." "I thought I"d seen the last of you." "You would have, if my daughter hadn"t cut them off." " They were heading into Gamoray." " The Delphian Empire?" "It was." "Before the Cylons turned it into their outer capital." "It"s now a model of machine efficiency." " That was a society of 50 million beings." " Not any more." "When it was clear that the Fifth Fleet was destroyed," "I took every survivor I could aboard the Pegasus." "I headed straight for Gamoray, their most remote supply base." "We"ve been living off them ever since." "It"s incredible." "If they control Gamoray, they control half the universe." "The only thing I"ve been able to do is keep knocking that base down so they can"t get a full strike at me." "What I"ve never understood is why they didn"t send out base ships to finish us off." " It"s clear now why they didn"t." " Yes, the Galactica." "They were having trouble with a rebel fleet but I couldn"t break the code." "I had no idea that there were any other survivors." "Oh, nor did we." "You"ve given a tremendous lift to all our people." "And a death blow to the Cylons." "We"re going to take them now, Adama." "This is the turning point." "No, my old friend, the most we can hope to get from the Cylons is some fuel." " A military victory"s out of the question." " What are you talking about?" "L"ve had them on their knees in this quadrant - with just one battlestar." "With two - ha!" " L"ll finish them!" " At least on Gamoray." " And then what?" "Well, then we"ll have all the fuel we need and a base from which to attack." "We can"t secure that planet." "And those base ships not bothering you were after me, en masse." "No, our only hope is to just keep moving." " You mean run?" " I mean escape." "But why?" "We can outfly them, we can outfight them, we..." "In case you haven"t noticed, I"m protecting 220 civilian ships which crawl along in space at a pace which is perfect for target practice." " There must be some way." " I wish there were." "But your knowledge of the Cylon supply lines will be invaluable." " If we could intercept Cylon tankers..." " Why bother with tankers?" "Go straight for that fuel base at Gamoray." "I can"t leave those ships unprotected while we go off to take some planet." "Hades" hole, Adama!" "Give me a couple of your best squadrons and I"ll take that fuel base myself." "You"ll have enough fuel to go anyplace in the stars." "L"ll be satisfied with enough to get us out of this quadrant." "Prepare battle plans for capturing those tankers and I"ll approve them." "Meanwhile, enjoy a few centons of well-deserved hospitality on the Galactica." "Well, if that"s the way you want it." "(Cain) There"s a certain young lady that I"m most anxious to find." "It"s quite unlikely that out of all those people from the Colonies she"d be one of the few survivors, but she always knew how to take care of herself." "Well... what was her name?" "Her name is Cassiopeia." ""L"ll never forget you, you old wardaggit." ""Hurry back."" "I can see she has the same effect on you she"s always had on me." "And apparently you"ve never seen her before." "Speaking of lovely ladies, you met my daughter." ""Happy birthday, Father." "I love you."" "If I"d met that young lady, I"d know it." "You met her." "She almost flew you right out of your britches." "Like father, like daughter." " What are you going to do?" " Find a way to let him down easy." "You don"t just jump on a hero." "You"re assuming Cassiopeia won"t be as excited as everybody else he"s back." "Apollo..." "Oh, I forgot." "Once they experience the aura of Starbuck..." "I never said that." "It"s true, but I never said it." "Let"s face it, he is an older man." "You"re on your own." "(Sighs) Cassiopeia?" "Come in." " Hi." " Hi." "Hiya, Starbuck." "Is my father back?" "Er, yeah, yeah, kid." "He is." "What"s the matter?" "He"s not hurt?" "Oh, no." "It"s nothing like that." "Come on, Muffy." "We"re gonna find my dad." "Starbuck..." "What is it?" "Something is wrong, isn"t there?" "L"ve..." "I"ve got some news for you." "It"s... about an old friend of yours." "Someone you may have been involved with or just..." "liked." "I don"t know which but... he"s been found - alive." " Who?" " Look, I know it"s over between you but he"s a legend, we"ll have to let him down easy." "If you wanna do it, fine." "But I"ll be glad to handle it for you if it"s going to be too awkward." " Starbuck, who are we talking about?" " Er, Commander Cain." "Cassiopeia!" "(Door bleeping)" "Enter." "Cassie." "L"d almost given up hope." "Oh, I missed you so." "But I had to stop thinking about you too much." "I wouldn"t expect you to, especially with all those young warriors around." "They"re all in love with you, I"m sure." "No." "Only one." " Starbuck." " Starbuck?" "He"s a great warrior." "Oh, he is, huh?" "I wasn"t comparing you." "But you"ll have to give me time to think." "We may not have much time." "I know." "Well, how"d she take the news?" "Worse than I thought." "She..." "She wanted to be alone, so..." "Starbuck, are you in a little pain?" "No." "What are you talking about?" "Hey, it"s me, Apollo, remember?" "We talk about things." "Yeah, well, I, er..." "I guess I never did like to admit that I form..." " attachments." " You don"t even admit it to yourself." "L"ve never understood that about you." "You were always part of a very big family." "I never had that." "So I just grew up keeping the number of people around me as large as I could." "So you couldn"t be hurt by any particular one?" "Look, I don"t care if Cassiopeia feels something for this Cain." "I just don"t understand the combination." "I mean he"s, er... he"s..." " Too old?" " Yeah." "Read up on your Book Of The Word." "Some of the Elders of Kobol were married to some very young wives." "Wives?" "Aren"t we getting a little ahead of ourselves here?" "She wouldn"t marry him." "Anyway... who cares?" "Not me!" "Poor Starbuck." "Oh, well." "He still has Athena and Miriam and Noday and..." "Would you stop?" "And who told you to listen, anyway?" "What about Sheba?" "She"s developed into one of our best warriors." "She"ll be very unhappy that I"ve returned." "Children don"t understand a man"s needs at different times in his life." "You came into my life right after her mother died." "It may have been difficult for Sheba but if it weren"t for you, I..." "Did you ever think maybe Sheba wanted to fill that role?" "She"s my daughter." "I could be your daughter as well." "You could be... but you aren"t." "Our basic strategy has just been to keep knocking down their base on Gamoray." "Every time they send one of their leaders in to rededicate that base, we go in and turn it into scrap metal." "Oh." "Hey, what about you guys?" "You"ve got to be raising feldercarb with those tinheads." "We do our best." "We just shot down a Cylon patrol ship." " Mind if I join you?" " No, by all means." "Apollo, Strike Captain Apollo." "I believe you"ve spent a lot of time on my tail?" "You are Sheba?" "Yes, to both questions." "You can"t be serious." "You shot down one Cylon patrol ship in a secton?" "Very serious." "When you"re responsible for the lives of civilians crammed onto slow barges, you have to keep a low profile." "Sounds like we"re incompatible." "We all have to learn to adjust." "Even the legendary Commander Cain may have to alter his combat techniques." "And who"s going to tell him that?" "As a student of your father"s tactics, I think he"ll realise on his own." "(Apollo) If not..." "(Officer) Ten-hup!" "Sit, sit." "Relax everybody, relax." "We"re off prime!" "This is good." "Good, what you"re doing - getting acquainted." "Since we"re all going to be fighting together, side by side," " l"m buying the first round." " (Cheering)" "Ambrosa for everyone." "For all my warriors!" "Come, my sweet Cassiopeia." "If you"ll excuse me, I think I"ve had enough combat for now." " Nothing changes." " Everything changes." "Not people." "Sheba?" "Can we talk?" "Not now." "L"m really not up to it." "We"re gonna have to work together if we want to survive." "Working with you won"t be the problem." "This is the route where the Cylons run their fuel ships." "Their convoy has already left Gamoray." "But if we use turbos all the way, we can catch them before they leave this quadrant." "Turbos all the way." "We"ve barely enough fuel to get there and back." " We wouldn"t need any more than that." " Surely the tankers have a fighter escort." "In a prolonged battle you"d run out of reserves." "I don"t fight prolonged battles with Cylons." "They"re not that good." "(Adama) We"ll send one squadron from each battlestar." "No offence but... I"d prefer to use just my own wings on this manoeuvre." "I think for the purpose of morale, it might be best if we started to integrate our squadrons, give them a sense of teamwork." "Whatever you say." "My warriors will pass on their experience." "Let"s get to it." "Is there anything he doesn"t do better than the rest?" "Lt"s his way of talking." "He"s one of the best." "L"ve never seen anyone so treated like a... a god in my life." "We must remember that he"s kept his people alive in this Cylon territory for two yahrens." "His men would do anything for him." "Rightfully so." "I hope you know that this adulation, this awe everybody feels for him," " doesn"t alter our feelings about you." " Oh, Apollo." "We"re not in a popularity contest, we"re in a struggle for survival." "We need heroes that our people can look up to, gather strength from." "We need him." " They feel that way about you." " I hope I never disappoint them." "Get going." "I don"t want the Blue Squadron reaching those tankers after Cain has flown the Colonial flag." "There"s a matter of pride involved here." " Yes, sir." " Son... good luck." "Father?" "They told me you"re going on the mission." "It"s just a routine strike." "We can"t afford risking you." "We can"t afford not to." "L"ll explain later." "Transferring control to Silver Spar Squadron." "Launch when ready." "Strike wing standing by." "Blue Squadron ready to rendezvous with Silver Spar Squadron." " Four centons to target." " Doesn"t that sound like Cain?" " Commander Cain." "Boomer, isn"t it?" " Yes, but..." "I know everyone in my command." "Three centons to target." "L"m not getting anything on my scanner." " If we"re only..." " They won"t be on your scanner." " Then how..." " I can feel them, Captain." "Just ahead is an ionised cloud level." "Our target will be hiding there." "Split up." "I thought we were a single strike force." "A dozen escort fighters are ready to jump us." "We do this my way." "Blue Squadron, head in." "Silver Spar, follow me." "He"s flying evasive tactics and I don"t see..." "I think he knows what he"s doing." "We"ll know in a micron." "Stand by to penetrate cloud layer." "There she is, a Cylon tanker." "Two Cylon tankers." "I don"t see any sign of..." "OK, Blue Squadron, go to work." "Don"t hit any of those tankers." "There"s an awful lot of them." "Jolly, you got one on your tail!" "Roll, Jolly." "He"s on you!" "I can"t seem to lose him!" "Let"s go get"em." " Thank you, whoever that was." " My pleasure." "(Cain) Captain, on your left wing." "L"ve got him, Apollo." " Two of "em running." " Blue Squadron." "Pursue." "That"s all of them." "Let"s escort those tankers in." " (Apollo) Commander?" " Yes, what is it, Captain?" "Were you aiming at a fighter?" "I didn"t see him." "You didn"t?" "He was as clear as the Nubian sun to me." " Where are the two tankers?" " (Cain) I don"t know." "We"ve come up empty." "Let"s regroup and head for home." "L"m sorry, Adama, but with all those ships in the air fighting for their lives in and around those tankers," "I guess maybe we should"ve sent just my squadrons." "We do have a little more experience in hit-and-run tactics." "Yes, I suppose it was a mistake mixing forces that never fought together." "Commander, with respect," "Blue Squadron was nowhere near when the tankers blew up!" "Nothing personal, Apollo." "You and your squadron handled yourselves as well as I"ve ever seen." "It was an honour to have you along and I wouldn"t dream of attacking that Cylon base without you." "We"re going against the whole base?" "I don"t think we have any choice now." "Do we?" "Events seem to have left us very few alternatives." "L"ll give you my decision in the morning." "We can"t wait until morning." "We have to work on my battle plan right now." "In the morning." " Adama, with all due..." " Dismissed." "L"ll be in the Officers" Club when you make up your mind." "Sheba." "Father, he..." "Nothing." "Sheba!" "L"d like to talk to you." " I was about to join my father..." " That"s OK." "Cassiopeia and I will save you a place." "Look, I really don"t feel well." " What happened to those tankers?" " They were hit by incidental fire." "You"re telling me that someone as good as you are blew the whole purpose of this mission by accident?" " Yes, that"s what I"m saying." " Then we have found witnesses." "A toast to our victory over the Cylons!" "(All) Hail!" "Hail!" "Hail!" "The data from the scanners aboard the Pegasus make it clear that an attack would result in the forfeiture of countless lives." "Those are losses unacceptable to me, even if we could board fuel from the Cylon depot." "Adama, we have no choice." "Your fleet is standing dead in the sky." "It"s only a matter of time before their base ships attack." "There is a choice." "According to my data, the Pegasus is carrying a maximum fuel load." "I intend to divide part of that load amongst the fleet." " What?" " Only a sufficient amount to get our people out of this quadrant without loss of life." "With any luck, our scanners will be able to locate a secondary fuel source before we run out of it again." "Commander, with all due respect, we cannot risk the lives of our people on luck." "All the fuel we need is right there at that base" " Gamoray." "And we have two full battlestars to hit them with." "What would happen if we left our fleet of civilian ships unguarded" " while we conquered a planet?" " We"d be in and out before they know." "We have been dogged by Cylon ships since we left our star system." "They strike without warning." "They could be massing now." "Anything is possible." "But I prefer to deal with the probable." "The probabilities are with our combined strength we can achieve our first clean victory since we lost the war." "L"m not interested in victories." "L"m interested in saving lives, what few of them are left." "L"m sorry." "Colonel, carry out the task of distributing the Pegasus fuel throughout the fleet." "Commander." "I will not allow that." "You have no choice." "I think I do." "I think two yahrens of surviving the Cylons in this quadrant without any help from you or the Colonies has earned my people, my crew, the right to decide their own destiny." "In the same way you decided the destiny of two Cylon tankers?" "I did what I thought I had to do to assure the survival of our people." "How long do you suppose the fuel from those two tankers would last?" "We need enough fuel to sustain this fleet indefinitely." "We must take that base." "We must take Gamoray!" "That is one opinion, Commander." "It does not happen to be mine." "So I"m going to relieve you of any further responsibility of making decisions contrary to orders." "You are relieved of your command." "Colonel Tigh, you will assume the bridge of the Pegasus." "Father?" "I want you to know that we will follow you in whatever you decide to do." "Thank you, but you heard the man, I don"t decide anything any more." " Sir, what we meant..." " I know what you meant." "But what I did this morning was tactical misjudgement." "What you"re thinking of is mutiny." "Oh, I may be the most stubborn, egocentric warrior ever in the Colonies but I"m also the best and I won"t be remembered as the one who pulled out and left defenceless civilians at the mercy of those... tinheaded golmonging Cylons." "By your command." " Speak." " We"ve found the Colonial trailing ships." "They turned back before discovery, I presume." "By your order." "Very well done." "This is the final moment." "At long last I"ve overtaken Adama with sufficient strength to blow him out of the sky." " It should be quite a good battle." " It will be no battle at all." "A single battlestar is no match for three base ships." "Oh, no, what we have here, my dear Lucifer, is what is known as a rout, a humiliation, a massacre." "Then you do not wish support fighters from Gamoray, our outer capital?" "The only thing I want from Gamoray is a welcoming parade, a victory celebration, a tribute from the people of Gamoray for the greatest military leader Cylon has ever known." "L"ve decided that the city of Gamoray will be my seat of power." "From it, I will decide how and where I will extend my dominion throughout the star system." "Begging your pardon, Baltar, but shouldn"t we first go through the formality of conquering the humans before ordering our victory celebration?" "That had the note of sarcasm, Lucifer." "Watch yourself." "You"re not the only IL-series Cylon who dreams of standing beside the greatest conqueror in the universe." " Forgive my impudence." " Hm." " About that launch order..." " Yes, yes, let"s get on with it." "Wait." "Wait, I have an even better idea." "I will accompany the strike force." " You, go into..." " Yes, yes." "Think of the impression on Gamoray when they learn that I personally led the final assault on the humans." "Prepare a ship with two of your best pilots." "By your command." ""Captain Apollo requesting permission to board the Pegasus."" "Colonel, fuelling shuttles are starting to come aboard." "Proceed with fuel distribution to all ships in the fleet." "Yes." "There"s bad feeling festering aboard this ship." "Shouldn"t we delay this order until things settle down?" "Commander Adama wants the fleet able to get underway quickly." "We can"t do that without fuel." "Now, carry out the order." " Can we be of some help?" " Only in the transfer of fuel." " What transfer is that?" " We have a job to do." "Stand aside." " What are you doing?" " Fighting for our commander." " And our lives." " He accepted the order." "Why don"t you show the same good sense?" "Look, Captain, maybe you don"t understand the situation." "Adama humiliated the greatest man that ever lived, who can think and fight circles around your father." "She"s right, Apollo." "He saved us from certain death." "Now it"s our turn to help him." "No one wants to see Cain hurt or disgraced." " Isn"t it a bit late to say that?" " Commander Adama had no choice." "There can only be one leader." "And we"ve got the wrong one." "That"s why you"re not taking our fuel." "L"m only going to say this one more time." "Adama is the fleet commander, he"s determined that we don"t send our defences off to a Cylon capital while our fleet sits here helpless!" "I support that thinking, so stand aside!" "Well, now, what"s it gonna be?" " (Alarm)" " Just what Adama was afraid of." "We"re under attack." "Back to the ship." "Large Cylon task force coming in." " (Woman) 50 microns and closing." " Get me the Galactica." "Sir, 45 microns and closing." "That"s the largest force I"ve seen since the destruction of Caprica." " What is it?" "What have they got?" " We"re not certain." "But from the number of bombers, they have three base ships moving in." "You were right, I was wrong." "The fleet would"ve been defenceless if we had attacked." "Right now I need you and your tactical wizardry." "They used only three ships to wipe out our fleet at Caprica." "Surprise was on their side then." "This time, it might be on our side." "Pull out the Pegasus." "Exactly." "It"s on the far side of our fleet." "I doubt if it"s on their scanners yet." "L"ll bring it around and squeeze them in-between us." "Don"t take too long to be in position." "If it"s OK to burn up half my fuel, I"ll bring it up to light speed." " Do I have a choice?" " No." " Be there when we need you." " L"ll be there." "Commander, 25 microns and closing." "Arm weapons." "Stand by to attack." "This is going to be a classic defeat, spoken of throughout the star system for 1,000 yahrens." "Launch fighters." "Incoming communication from Commander Cain, sir." "Put it on the line." "L"m resuming command of the Pegasus." "So I"ve been informed by Commander Adama." "Good." "Get that ship out of there." "Swing on a 180 and follow course 1-1-0." "L"ll rendezvous with you." " What about the attack force?" " Let me worry about that." "Have pilots launch-ready." "L"ll be aboard soon." "(Cheering)" "Lt"s nothing personal, sir." "It"s just that..." "I quite understand." "Who can fight a living legend?" "(Baltar) Goodbye, Galactica." "Goodbye, Adama." "You"re finished." "Positive shield, now." "(Adama) Commence fire." "(Pilot) Let"s go get"em." "This time, the Galactica hasn"t a chance." "(Baltar) Concentrate our fighters on the landing bays." "Her warriors won"t be able to refuel, reload or land." " Fire in the bay." " Damage report." "It"s out of control." "Alpha Bay is completely cut off." "Keep leading her warriors away from the main fleet." "They can"t stay aloft using full battle thrusters for long." "(Cylon) A word of caution." "We too, are expending great amounts of fuel in a sustained attack." "Yes, but we have a place to land." "They do not." "Or will not before long." "We are running parallel to the Cylons on their rear flank." "The Galactica is reporting heavy damage to her landing bays." "Bring her around 60 degrees." "We"re going in." "Burn, Galactica." "(Baltar) You"re finished, Adama!" "(Cylon) Sir, if I may..." "I don"t want to miss a moment of the last battlestar"s destruction." "(Cylon) I really think you should look at the other battlestar." "What are you babbling about?" " It"s impossible." " No, it is a battlestar." "Turn, you fool!" "Turn!" "He"s coming right for us!"