Battlestar Galactica: The Audio Plays Episode Two: "The Survivors!" Story by Steven Today Script by Steven Today ROUGH DRAFT Circa 1979 FINAL DRAFT September 4, 1998 Battlestar Galactica characters, names, situations and the Battlestar Galactica universe are the property of Universal Studios. I nor this script are connected with Universal Studios in any way, shape or form. Story contents are Copyright 1979-1998 by Steven Today (krankor@megsinet.net) All rights reserved. This document must remain fully intact and may not be altered in anyway. It is strictly used for not-for-profit entertainment purposes and is not intended to infringe on any Copyrights. THE SURVIVORS! FADE IN COUNT IBIS (VOICE OVER): 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. That they may have been the architects of the great pyramids, or the lost civilizations Lemur or Atlantis. Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive far, far amongst the stars. [BATTLESTAR GALACTICA THEME] [STARRING THEME] [GALACTICA] [LAUNCH BAY] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Launch bay alpha. Standby to launch fighter probe. [COLONIAL VIPERS LAUNCH] [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Boomer, I advise you not to use your turbos or you'll melt that guy behind you. [VIPER FLYBY] BOOMER (BLUNT): Red three? RED THREE (UNEASY, OVER RADIO): Aaah. Yes sir. BOOMER (STERN): Come any closer and you'll melt your front end off. RED THREE (UNEASY, OVER RADIO): My instructor ordered us to keep tight. BOOMER (STERN): Your instructor is back at the base playing seven-eleven. You are on a deep space probe. It is not like failing a simulation. Overheat and you'll evaporate. RED THREE (UNEASY, OVER RADIO): Yes sir. [VIPER FLYBY] [GALACTICA] ADAMA (BLUNT): It was too easy. Too easy. TIGH (CONFUSED): What was too easy? ADAMA (BLUNT): Our victory. The defeat of the Cylon attack force, there sudden retreat was much too easy. TIGH (BLUNT): The Galactica was baring down on them. ADAMA (CONCERNED): Yes. So it appeared. Didn't it. ATHENA (CONFUSED): So what's the truth? ADAMA (CONCERNED): I just have the feeling that we're being. Carefully maneuvered. We're being. Herded into this safe passage ahead. [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): Blue Leader to base. Coming up to a small moon. Can you give us a quick scan? RIGEL (BLUNT): Base to Blue Leader. Scanner readout coming up. Commander! [SCANNING] ADAMA (CONCERNED): Yes? RIGEL (BLUNT): An object in sector sigma. ADAMA (CONCERNED): What's the structure? RIGEL (BLUNT): Crystalline elements. Table M-1. TIGH (INTERESTED): Surface? RIGEL (BLUNT): Frozen seas. RIGEL (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): Fields of ice. Blizzard conditions marked by diathene storms. Environment hostile. STARBUCK (SARCASTIC): Nice place. Want us to check it out? TIGH (STERN, OVER RADIO): Stay out of it's gravitational pull. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Will do. Cadets. Hold up here while Boomer and I get a closer scan. Cadet Bo you are in charge. [VIPER FLYBY] [CYLON CENTURIONS] CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): Long range scans indicate unknown craft approaching. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Alert the gun crews. [SIREN] VULPA (ROBOTIC): Launch all fighters and have them attack. CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): By your command. [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (PLEASED): Looks harmless. Only ice and snow according to scans. But better to take a closer look just in case. [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Scans reports Cylons! BOOMER (CONFUSED): Here? STARBUCK (SHOCKED): No. Over the moon! [GALACTICA] ATHENA (CONFUSED): Commander, I just lost the probe. I'm getting some kind of interference from the moon. ADAMA (URGENT): Battle stations! [SIRENS] ADAMA (URGENT): Flight officer! [SIRENS] ADAMA (URGENT): All ships full stop! APOLLO (BLUNT): Flight control reports all squadrons standing by. APOLLO (CONCERNED): Starbuck's probe run into something. [CYLON RAIDER FLYBY] [RAIDER LASERS] BO (SHOCKED): Cylons! SHIELDS (URGENT, OVER RADIO): There are so many! BO (BLUNT): Our only chance is to head into the cloud cover. [SCANNER] CREE (BLUNT): I'm locked onto target. SHIELDS (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): Right behind you. [VIPER FLYBY] CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): Three fighter craft. Colonial. Entering defense perimeter. VULPA (ROBOTIC): I want one of them alive. CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): By your command. [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (CONCERNED): Shields! Cree! Where are you? Boomer, I lost their fix! [SCANNER] BOOMER (BLUNT): I got them. Just inside critical gravitational pull. STARBUCK (URGENT): Cree! Shields! What are you doing? You can't go down there! [SCANNER] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Uh oh. Now I see it. On the scanner. Cylons! [RAIDER LASERS] [EXPLOSION] BOOMER (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): Too late, he's gone. I've lost Cree's signal too. STARBUCK (STERN): Come on Boomer. We're going down. BOOMER (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): The clouds. We'll never get a visual on them. STARBUCK (STERN): All right. We'll hold up here and see if we can't get a fix on them. [VIPER FLYBY] CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): Invader. Release control of your ship. [RAIDER LASERS] CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): Now. CREE (SCARED): Starbuck. They are forcing me down. STARBUCK (EXCITED): I got it Boomer! Hang on kid! We're coming! [VIPER FLYBY] [VIPER CRASH-LAND] CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): Two more craft entering. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Destroy them. CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): By your command. [VIPER FLYBY] BOOMER (URGENT): We don't stand a chance. We have to get back and warn the Galactica. Besides, we'll never spot them with all this jamming. Starbuck! STARBUCK (FRUSTRATED): Frac! [VIPER TURBOS] CENTURIAN (ROBOTIC): Fighter craft retreating. [VIPERS LANDING] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Commander. The probe ran into some Cylon fighters. But they came in so fast. No sign of any baseships on the scanners. It must have been a patrol. ATHENA (BLUNT): Commander. Scan reports that that moon is a Cylon base. ADAMA (CONCERNED): We now know why the Cylons has squeezed us into this course. STARBUCK (ANGRY): Tell that to cadet Cree. Sir! ADAMA (REASSURING): You did the only correct thing. You returned to the Galactica. APOLLO (CONCERNED): How long till the pursuit force catches up with us? ADAMA (REASSURING): Oh, we have too much fire power for them. They'll hang back. But you can wager it won't be long before they bring up their baseships. STARBUCK (FRUSTRATED): Commander. Blue Squadron could take- ADAMA (BLUNT): It would be mass suicide to send out a squadron of fighters. TIGH (HONEST): And we can not turn back. ADAMA (BLUNT): No we can not. TIGH (CONFUSED): What's left? OMEGA (BLUNT): Commander. Scans reports starboard and port are clear. ADAMA (PLEASED): There you have it. [BLIZZARD] [CENTURIONS] [VIPER COCKPIT OPEN] [LASER SHOT] [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Take him to the vehicle. [GALACTICA] [LAUNCH BAY] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Launch bay alpha. Standby to launch fighter probe. [VIPERS LAUNCH] [VIPER FLYBY] [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Long range scans indicate two probes have launched from the Galactica. One from their port and one from their starboard. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Launch fighters to give the impression of baseships. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [SIRENS] [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (STERN): Take it easy Boomer. Conserve your fuel. I'm in no hurry to run into another moon. [SCANNER] STARBUCK (BLUNT): This is Starbuck to base. Scan indicates nothing here. [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. Our fighters have accelerated to full power. VULPA (ROBOTIC): They must not enter the scan area of the Galactica to give the effect of baseships. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [VIPER FLYBY] [SCANNING] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Boomer! I've got something. It is an entire garrison of fighters! There must be baseships out there! [VIPER FLYBY] STARBUCK (URGENT): Starbuck to base! Returning to the Galactica. Fast! [TURBOS] OMEGA (BLUNT): Commander. Cylon garrisons reported in areas of probe one and two. Both probes are returning. ADAMA (URGENT): Battle stations! [SIRENS] ADAMA (URGENT): Flight officer! [SIRENS] OMEGA (BLUNT): Commander. Vipers have escaped. Cylons are retreating behind our scan range. It was as if they were showing off. ADAMA (CONFUSED): Yes. [CENTURIONS] CENTURIONS (ROBOTIC): Probes have retreated. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Recall all fighters. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [GALACTICA] TIGH (CONFUSED): What's left? ADAMA (BLUNT): Well. We could send out highly specialized task force down to the surface of them moon. Probe for some weakness in their defense. Colonel. Program a computer research for qualified personnel. Experienced in arctic survival. Expert in mountaineering. Highly specialized in heavy demolition. TIGH (BLUNT): Yes sir. ATHENA (BLUNT): Commander. The probe is returning. Should I break the news to them? ADAMA (BLUNT): Yes. [COMPUTER] STARBUCK (PLEASANT): What's your name? COMMO (NERVOUS): Corporeal Commo. STARBUCK (REASSURING): Relax corporeal. You tell me you really understand all the feldercarb? COMMO (BLUNT): From alpha input to omega readout. But you're a viper pilot, you must understand some of it. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Well a little beta switching. COMMO (CONFUSED): Is there something you want Lieutenant? STARBUCK (UNEASY): No no. Me and Captain Apollo were just reviewing this section with the female Viper pilots. COMMO (INTERESTED): Female Viper pilots. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Yes corporal. I got tired to looking at them and decided to come in here. COMMO (INTERESTED): Female Viper pilots. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Yes corporal. They are just down the corridor if you want to meet them. Go on, I'll keep an eye on things. COMMO (INTERESTED): Female Viper pilots. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Corporal. That's an order. COMMO (PLEASED): Oh. Since you put it that way. Right now it is doing an automatic search for the task force to go down to the planet. [HATCH] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Now to punch me into Alpha input. Hope Cree is still alive. [TYPING] RIGEL (BLUNT): Four specialist. Three support. TIGH (BLUNT): Lock it in. Commander. ADAMA (BLUNT): Starbuck. You and Boomer get them and take them to the briefing room. STARBUCK (BLUNT): All right commander. Holy Caprica! BOOMER (CONCERNED): What's the matter? Something serious? STARBUCK (SARCASTIC): Oh no. All we have to do is go down to the planet, get by some fighters, destroy a few Cylon garrisons, destroy all the fighters and destroy the base. That's all. BOOMER (SARCASTIC): As long as it isn't something serious. [GALACTICA] ADAMA (BLUNT): We are all living for the promise freedom, we are all threaten by a similar death. Three warriors will command you. The officer in full command will be Captain Apollo. Supported by two of our finest officers. Lieutenants Boomer and Starbuck. We've picked up Cylon battlestars approaching on the long range scans. They should reach our position in eight or nine hundred centons. This fleet will move in exactly seven hundred centons. Good luck. To all of us. [FOOTSTEPS] BOOMER (CONFUSED): I don't understand how the computer picked you for this mission? I pulled a tour on ice station Thula. It makes sense why I got chosen. But you. You get dizzy if your drink is too cold my friend. STARBUCK (BLUNT): I wish you would have told the Commander that. I don't want to go down there and. Brigs. What are you doing? BRIGS (BLUNT): Colonel's orders. He told me to pack up all of Cree's personal effects. STARBUCK (UPSET): You don't go packing away a man's life until he is dead. And he's not dead! BRIGS (TAKEN ABACK): Okay, okay. He's not dead. STARBUCK (UPSET): That's right! Er, I mean, that's right. Brigs, I'm sorry. I don't know why I did that. BRIGS (UNDERSTANDING): Just forget about it Starbuck. Here. BOOMER (BLUNT): Hey. Why don't you just tell the commander you're not qualified. STARBUCK (STERN): Either was Cree! Come on Boomer, let's get out of here. [FOOTSTEPS] APOLLO (PLEASANT): Come here. I have to talk to you. I'm going away for awhile. BOXY (CONCERNED): We don't want you to leave us. APOLLO (REASSURING): It won't be for long, I promise. BOXY (CONCERNED): Where are you going? APOLLO (REASSURING): I'm going down to an ice planet with Starbuck and Boomer. BOXY (EXCITED): An ice planet! Can Muffy and I come with you? We've never seen real snow. APOLLO (SMUG): Well not this time. This is a very important mission for the Galactica. BOXY (CONCERNED): But I'm a warrior. APOLLO (STERN): Yes you are. And as one of the best we need you right here to protect the ship. Now your orders are to do everything Commander Adama tells you. BOXY (CONCERNED): And say my prayers? APOLLO (PLEASED): And say your prayers. Listen, I have a very special mission for you. [SIREN] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Launch bay alpha. Standby to launch fighter patrol. TIGH (URGENT): Scanners have picked a Cylon fighter squadron. ADAMA (CONCERNED): How many? TIGH (URGENT): An attack phalanx. They are being to press. [LAUNCH BAY] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Launch when ready. [VIPERS PREPARING TO LAUNCH] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Personal in the task force should not launch and proceed to the shuttle. STARBUCK (ANNOYED): What kind of feldercarb is this? [VIPERS LAUNCH] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): One hundred microns and closing. ADAMA (COMMANDING): Protect the freighters. OMEGA (URGENT): Galactica to Blue Leader. Engage. [RAIDER/VIPER BATTLE] [CYLON BASESHIP] BALTAR (BLUNT): Have our fighters engaged the Galactica? LUCIFER (BLUNT): Yes. But they will not have enough fuel to return. BALTAR (BLUNT): Break off the attack. LUCIFER (CONFUSED): Baltar I believe my sound sensor mishears you. BALTAR (ANNOYED): I said break off the attack. It will force Adama to believe. That we are even closer than we are in actuality. LUCIFER (BLUNT): Very cleaver. A little hard on our troops, but very cleaver. By your command. [GALACTICA] ADAMA (CONFUSED): Why are they withdrawing? Secure quarters. They'll be back. APOLLO (STERN): We're on count down. [LAUNCH BAY] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Section twelve. Launch bay alpha. Stand by to launch probe. STARBUCK (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): Knowledge. Ready to launch. GALACTICA CONTROL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Core systems transferring control to probe craft. Launch when ready. [SHUTTLE LAUNCH] [VIPER/SHUTTLE FLYBY] [CENTURION] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Entry tracks. VULPA (ROBOTIC): How many? CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Two. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Order the patrol to intercept. [SIRENS] [VIPER/SHUTTLE FLYBY] APOLLO (BLUNT): Try to get a navigational fix before we enter the cloud cover. STARBUCK (UPSET): But Captain! We only have 570 centons! APOLLO (BLUNT): We don't know what to expect on the surface. It could be pitch black. Snow powder. Pack ice. [RAIDERS FLYBY] STARBUCK (EXCITED): Cylons! I'm heading into the cloud cover! Have our escort cover for us! [VIPER FLYBY] [SHUTTLE FLYBY] [SHUTTLE ACCELERATING] APOLLO (CONCERNED): Starbuck! This isn't a fighter you'll overload the turbines! STARBUCK (SARCASTIC): Should I stop and tell that to the Cylons? [SHUTTLE FLYBY] [VIPER FLYBY] [VIPER LASERS] [SCANNER] [VIPER LASERS] [EXPLOSION] [SHUTTLE FLYBY] [CENTURIONS] VULPA (ROBOTIC): Fire. [MISSILE LAUNCH] [VIPER FLYBY [EXPLOSION] STARBUCK (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): [SHUTTLE] STARBUCK (SMUG): One micron to cloud cover. Looks like we're going to make it. We're under cloud cover. We made it! [RAIDER FLYBY] [RAIDER LASERS] [SMALL EXPLOSION] [DECOMPRESSION] STARBUCK (EXCITED): We're going down! Visibility zero! Surface not coming up on the instruments! Wait! I see it! Snow! It might be ice but we have no choice! Countdown to impact! Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Zero! [CRASH LAND] [GALACTICA] TIGH (EXCITED): The ships! ADAMA (CONCERNED): No reception? None? TIGH (EXCITED): Not on the Viper channel! It's dead! No life readings! Telemetry indicates total destruct! ADAMA (CONCERNED): Who was it? TIGH (BLUNT): Killian. ADAMA (CONCERNED): And the shuttle? TIGH (BLUNT): The emergency channel kicked in. All reds. Telemetry indicates heavily structural damage... We could reach for them on high band. ADAMA (FRUSTRATED): No. Maintain silence. We can not reveal our position. [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): One ship destroyed. One probable. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Contact patrol leader. [RAIDER FLYBY] CENTURION (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): Garrison command to patrol leader. PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): Patrol leader. VULPA (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): This is Vulpa. Tracking reports one invader destroyed. One probable. PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): The probable dropped into cloud cover. Sector Hicla. VULPA (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): Search for wreckage. Leave no survivors. PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): No survivors. [BLIZZARD] STARBUCK (IN PAIN): Ah. Are you okay? APOLLO (BLUNT): Yeah. STARBUCK (IN PAIN): Ah. Hit the emergency lights. [CLICK] BOOMER (CONCERNED): Starbuck, your head. STARBUCK (STERN): I'm all right. Let's just get out of here. The whole shuttle could go up! BOOMER (BLUNT): Grab a light! APOLLO (CONCERNED): What's it look like? STARBUCK (UPBEAT): Surprisingly everybody looks all right. [BLIZZARD] BOOMER (CONCERNED): It doesn't look good. She'll never fly again! She can't sustain life. All her systems are purged. Looking on the brighter side, Captain. I think the snowram is operable. APOLLO (URGENT): Let's get it out fast! STARBUCK (EXCITED): Fire! [RAIDER FLYBY] APOLLO (STERN): He'll be back. Get everyone out of the shuttle. I'll get the snowram! [BLIZZARD] BOOMER (URGENT): Everyone out! Cylon patrol overhead! STARBUCK (EXCITED): The cabin is in flames! The shuttle could go up and micron! BOOMER (BLUNT): Here he comes! [RAIDER FLYBY] [RAIDER LASERS] APOLLO (URGENT): Starbuck! Get on top! [RAIDER FLYBY] [SNOWRAM/RAIDER LASERS] [EXPLOSION] STARBUCK (EXCITED): Yeeha! BOOMER (URGENT): Captain! Get everyone on board before the shuttle goes up! [BLIZZARD] BOOMER (EXCITED): All right! Everyone is aboard! Let's get out of here! [SNOWRAM DRIVE BY] [EXPLOSION] STARBUCK (PLEASED): Next stop, Cylon base. [CENTURION] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Patrol Leader was destroyed. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Send out foot patrols. Hunt the survivors down. [SNOWRAM DRIVE BY] STARBUCK (CONCERNED): Captain. You're heading directly for the base. If they send out more patrols we will run right into them. Here, turn at this next plateau. It will bring us around to the back side of the base. [SNOWRAM DRIVE BY] [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Galactica. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Yes. The shuttle is destroyed but there are no human remains. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): The tracks lead towards the plateau. [SNOWRAM DRIVE BY] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Captain. Sensors just kicked in. Something just ahead. Humanoid in form but with no life readings. It could be the storm or. Cylons. APOLLO (URGENT): Cut all primary systems. [SNOWRAM STOPPING] STARBUCK (CONCERNED, WHISPERS): Three maxims away. [CENTURIONS] FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): This is Foot Patrol Leader to Vulpa. I had a humanoid reading but lost it. VULPA (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): Could it have been the storm? FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): Yes. VULPA (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): Check it out and be sure. FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): By your command. [BLIZZARD] STARBUCK (CONCERNED, WHISPERS): One maxim. Let's just hope he is impatient. We don't dare make a sound or he'll have the whole garrison on us. He's almost here. Wait, he's stopped and is just standing their. [CENTURIONS] VULPA (ROBOTIC): Take the pilot to the cold cell. I will examine is cortex later. [BASESHIP] BALTAR (EAGER): The probe that landed on the plant's surface. It was destroyed? LUCIFER (BLUNT): Not exactly. BALTAR (ANGRY): Not exactly! LUCIFER (BLUNT): Control yourself, commander. You'll blow a circuit. Or what I believe you call a blood vessel. BALTAR (ANNOYED): I do not need a lesson in human anatomy. Where are our fighters? LUCIFER (BLUNT): Close to the point of no return. Still hectares from the Galactica. BALTAR (ANNOYED): Have them to attack the Galactica. LUCIFER (CONCERNED): But they will not have enough fuel to return. That's suicide! BALTAR (ANNOYED): They're machines! LUCIFER (BLUNT): We are all machines. Of a sort. BALTAR (ANNOYED): With the probe on the surface and possible survivors I must push the Galactica forward. Even if they were human pilots I would still give the order. LUCIFER (BLUNT): Yes. I believe you would. By your command. [GALACTICA] [SIREN] [LAUNCH BAY] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Launch bay alpha. Standby to launch fighter patrol. Launch when ready. [VIPERS LAUNCH] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): One hundred microns and closing. ADAMA (COMMANDING): Protect the freighters. OMEGA (URGENT): Galactica to Blue Leader. Engage. [RAIDER/VIPER BATTLE] [BLIZZARD] [CENTURIONS] FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): This is Foot Patrol Leader to Vulpa. The humanoid vehicle is in my sector. VULPA (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): Attack. I will call up the other patrols. FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): By your command. [CENTURIONS] STARBUCK (EXCITED): They've spotted us! And they are all coming! [EXCHANGE OF LASER FIRE] STARBUCK (EXCITED): Captain! Drive right through them! There is too many! [EXCHANGE OF LASER FIRE] [SNOWRAM] STARBUCK (SMUG): That will teach them to tangle with us! [SMALL EXPLOSION] [SNOWRAM STOPPING] APOLLO (CONCERNED): We've lost power. [BLIZZARD] APOLLO (CONCERNED): What happened? BOOMER (BLUNT): They got us in the power cells. STARBUCK (URGENT): Get everyone out of here! I'll stay here and hold them back. APOLLO (CONCERNED): Starbuck! STARBUCK (REASSURING): Don't worry, I'll be with you in a flash. [EXCHANGE OF LASERS] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Now to set this charge to the count of ten and get out of here. One. Two. [EXCHANGE OF LASERS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Commander. They have abandoned the vehicle. FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): Search it. It could be a trap. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Four. Five. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): It is empty. FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): Continue on after them. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Eight. Nine. [EXPLOSION] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Yeeha! FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): What happened? CENTURION (ROBOTIC): It was a trap. FOOT PATROL LEADER (ROBOTIC): Inform Vulpa. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [BASESHIP] BALTAR (BLUNT): Have our fighters engaged the Galactica? LUCIFER (BLUNT): Yes. BALTAR (BLUNT): Break off the attack. LUCIFER (BLUNT): By your command. [GALACTICA] ADAMA (BLUNT): Secure quarters. TIGH (CONCERNED): Any estimate on how soon the landing party will complete its mission? ADAMA (BLUNT): Irrelevant. We must move forward in exactly 420 centons regardless. ATHENA (URGENT): Commander! We just lost the snowram's beacon! ADAMA (CONCERNED): Please. No. [BASESHIP] LUCIFER (PLEASED): Good news. Some of our fighters may have enough fuel to rendezvous with us. BALTAR (BLUNT): Good. Have them break off and reengage the Galactica. LUCIFER (CONCERNED): But Baltar that's insane. BALTAR (SMUG): Ha, ha, ha. Yes, it will drive Adama crazy. LUCIFER (UNDER BREATH): He's not the only one. BALTAR (CONCERNED): What did you say? LUCIFER (BLUNT): By your command. [VIPERS LAUNCH] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Enemy closing. Ten microns. ADAMA (COMMANDING): General quarters! [SIRENS] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Closing in at five microns. Launch bay alpha, launch when ready. [VIPERS LAUNCH] [RAIDER/VIPER BATTLE] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Cylon fighters retreating. ADAMA (RELIEVED): Secure quarters. [BLIZZARD] STARBUCK (PLEASED): There she is, sir. Oh no! Cylons! [EXCHANGE LASER FIRE] [SMALL EXPLOSIONS] APOLLO (BLUNT): These ammunitions bunkers would make a nice diversion before we penetrate their headquarters. BOOMER (SMUG): It shouldn't take too much to blow them sky high. APOLLO (BLUNT): Go! STARBUCK (SHOCKED): No wonder our escort didn't have a chance. Look at the size of those anti-assault batteries! So that is why the commander sent us. [RUNNING AROUND] APOLLO (CONCERNED): Where is Boomer? STARBUCK (BLUNT): He's with me. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Halt. [EXCHANGE LASER FIRE] [SMALL EXPLOSION] STARBUCK (SMUG): Got him. Boomer, this is our chance to destroy the anti- assault batteries. BOOMER (CONCERNED): Can we do it just the two of us? STARBUCK (BLUNT): We're going to have to. Cree. Where are you? [CENTURIONS] VULPA (ROBOTIC): Bring the human prisoner to me. We have all the data we need. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [RUNNING AROUND] STARBUCK (CONCERNED): Boomer! Those bunkers are going to go up any centon! Let's get a move on. [RUNNING AROUND] [CENTURIONS] VULPA (ROBOTIC): Human. We have all the data on the Galactica we need. You serve no further use. Centurions, terminate it. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [EXPLOSION] BOOMER (BLUNT): There go the bunkers. [EXPLOSION] VULPA (ROBOTIC): What was that? CENTURION (ROBOTIC): I do not know. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Find out and leave the human to me. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [EXPLOSION] ATHENA (BLUNT): We're picking up sonic disturbances from the surface. TIGH (BLUNT): That must be the anti-assault weapons going up. ADAMA (BLUNT): We wait until we are sure. [RUNNING AROUND] STARBUCK (URGENT): Boomer. Everything leads into that building. That must be the control center. [RUNNING AROUND] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Vulpa. The humanoids have penetrated the base. VULPA (ROBOTIC): What about the baseships? CENTURION (ROBOTIC): They are almost in range. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Launch all fighters onto the port and starboard of the Galactica. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): What about the intrusion? VULPA (ROBOTIC): The Galactica is the intrusion now. Now launch. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Soon human, soon. [EXCHANGE LASER FIRE] [CLICK] [RUNNING AROUND] APOLLO (CONCERNED): Did you find the control room? BOOMER (URGENT): Yeah! APOLLO (CONCERNED): Where? BOOMER AND STARBUCK (URGENT): There! [LARGE EXPLOSION] TIGH (BLUNT): We are well within their scanner range. They will be coming after us with or without ground support. ADAMA (BLUNT): Launch. [VIPERS LAUNCH] STARBUCK (CONFUSED): Wow. What did I use on that thing. Look! Cylon fighters being readied! [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Vulpa. The control center was destroyed. VULPA (ROBOTIC): Without the anti-assault batteries we are defenseless. Hold back our fighters. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): What about the plan? VULPA (ROBOTIC): We will not launch until we get a signal from Baltar. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [GALACTICA] ATHENA (BLUNT): Commander, scans confirm it. The anti-assault center destroyed. ADAMA (PLEASED): Good. [CENTURIONS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Vulpa. Scans indicate many smaller craft entering the atmosphere. Should we intercept? VULPA (ROBOTIC): No. It could be fighters from our baseships or a trap to lead the fighters away from us. Start a search for the human probe. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [RUNNING AROUND] STARBUCK (EXCITED): Captain! Our fighters are going to attack this place any centon! We don't have enough time to flee! BOOMER (BLUNT): We could try hot wring one of those Cylon fighters over there. APOLLO (URGENT): Let's go. [RUNNING AROUND] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Vulpa. The fighter craft are Colonial. VULPA (ROBOTIC): I will communicate with Baltar. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [BEEP] VULPA (ROBOTIC): By your command. BALTAR (PLEASED, OVER RADIO): Our base ships have arrived and are closing in on the Galactica. What is your status? VULPA (ROBOTIC): The humanoid probe has destroyed the control center. The anti-assault batteries are inoperable. But we have fighters waiting to launch. BALTAR (BLUNT, OVER RADIO): It will have to do. VULPA (ROBOTIC): By your command. [BEEP] VULPA (ROBOTIC): Launch all fighters onto the Galactica. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. VULPA (ROBOTIC): I will take the human to my fighter. He may prove useful to Baltar. [SIRENS] STARBUCK (BLUNT): Try that Captain. [ENGINE TRIES TO TURN OVER] STARBUCK (FRUSTRATED): Aaah! I give up! You give it a try Boomer. [ENGINE TRIES TO TURN OVER] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Cree? Is that you? Captain! I'll be right back! APOLLO (EXCITED): Starbuck! [RUNNING AROUND] STARBUCK (EXCITED): Cree! You're alive! VULPA (ROBOTIC): Centurion. Terminate that human. [EXCHANGE LASER FIRE] [SMALL EXPLOSIONS] STARBUCK (PLEASED): There Cree, you're free. VULPA (ROBOTIC): You shall not escape! STARBUCK (EXCITED): No! [EXCHANGE LASER FIRE] [SMALL EXPLOSION] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): I got that golden Cylon but he got Cree, he is dead. I helped kill him! [VIPER FLYBY] [VIPER LASERS] [EXPLOSIONS] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Oh no! Vipers are attacking! I hope the Captain has the fighter running! [RUNNING AROUND] APOLLO (STERN): Starbuck is aboard. Let's get out of here! [RAIDER LAUNCH] [BASESHIP] BALTAR (SMUG): Are our ships ready for the final assault on the Galactica? LUCIFER (BLUNT): There is a problem. BALTAR (ANNOYED): I don't want to hear about any of your problems. We have them where we want them. Now launch! LUCIFER (BLUNT): But they aren't where we want them. BALTAR (CONFUSED): What do you mean they aren't where we want them? LUCIFER (BLUNT): The Colonial fighters are currently over the base. BALTAR (SHOCKED): What! LUCIFER (BLUNT): Blowing the pogees out of it if reports coming in are actuate. BALTAR (PLEASED): The fact they are attacking the planet is perfect! It means that the Colonial fleet is completely unprotected. Launch every fighter at once. Destroy the fleet! Send everything we have and have not a single ship return until that is accomplished. LUCIFER (BLUNT): By your command. [GALACTICA] ATHENA (BLUNT): Cylon battlestars entering the quadrant. ADAMA (CONCERNED): Our time is up Colonel. Flank speed ahead! TIGH (BLUNT): Flank speed ahead! ADAMA (COMMANDING): We're going right through. [RAIDER FLYBY] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): I can't believe Cree is dead. BOOMER (EXCITED): Sir! Cylon baseships on scanner! And they are launching fighters against the Galactica! We could blend in with them. APOLLO (BLUNT): At least that is something. [RAIDERS FLYBY] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Enemy closing. Ten microns. ADAMA (COMMANDING): General quarters! [SIRENS] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER LOUDSPEAKERS): Closing in at five microns. ATHENA (URGENT): Commander! Scans indicate all Cylon fighters from the base are destroy but a few. ADAMA (BLUNT): Recall our fighters to protect us. [RAIDER FLYBY] BOOMER (BLUNT): Captain. We're moving towards the Galactica but it will do us no good. I advise us to move on towards the Cylon baseships. [BASESHIP] LUCIFER (BLUNT): At last, some good news. Our fighters have engaged the Colonial fleet. Without any resistance they are inflicting heavy damage. BALTAR (SMUG): Burn Galactica! You're finished Adama! CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Sir. BALTAR (EXCITED): Not now. I want to see the destruction of the final battlestar. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Make that the second to the last battlestar. BALTAR (CONFUSED): What do you mean? CENTURION (ROBOTIC): A new battlestar has entered the area and is barring down on us. BALTAR (SHOCKED): What! Retreat! Recall all fighters! LUCIFER (CONFUSED): But we have not finished off the Galactica. BALTAR (ANGRY): Do as I say before they blast us out of the stars! LUCIFER (CONFUSED): By your command. [GALACTICA] ATHENA (SHOCKED): Sir! The Pegasus has appeared out of no where. It is drawing away the fighters and the baseships are pulling back. TIGH (PLEASED): Good old commander Cain has done it again. [PEGASUS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Commander Cain. Two Cylon fighters are approaching. It could be a trap. CAIN (BLUNT): Launch interceptors. [VIPERS LAUNCH] BOOMER (BLUNT): Captain, I don't want to give you any bad news but there are Vipers coming from the Pegasus and we're is Cylon dress. Fifty microns and closing. APOLLO (SHOCKED): I'd contact them but where is the radio? BOOMER (BLUNT): Twenty microns. I hope those guys are lousy shots. Ten microns and closing. We can't out run them. Five. Four. Three. Two. One. Zero! [VIPERS FLYBY] KRUGER (URGENT, OVER RADIO): Pegasus fighters. Do not engage the Cylon Raiders. The Galactica needs you more. Proceed to the Galactica by commander's orders. [PEGASUS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Commander. Our fighters are going on and the two Cylon fighters are still approaching. CAIN (STERN): Bring us around 60 degrees. We're going in. Target the baseships. KRUGER (BLUNT): 170 centons moving down to eleven centons at full speed. CAN (BLUNT): Okay Kruger, let's get there. I made a very important appointment with a man named Baltar. [BASESHIPS] BALTAR (BLUNT): How long until our fighters can return to protect us? LUCIFER (BLUNT): I'm afraid the Pegasus will reach us first. [PEGASUS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Two basestars coming up in range, sir. CAIN (STERN): Plot a course between those two forward ships. KRUGER (CONCERNED): It is going to get a little sticky in there, sir. CAIN (STERN): Arm all air to air missiles and bring all electronic defense shields to maximum power. [RAIDER FLYBY] BOOMER (PLEASED): There she is, Captain. The Pegasus. STARBUCK (BLUNT): I thought I'd never see her again. APOLLO (BLUNT): Better stay out of laser turret range. [PEGASUS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Commander, the two Cylon fighters are running along side of us but outside out laser turret range. CAIN (STERN): What are they up to? Identify. KRUGER (BLUNT): Cell capacity indicates they came straight from the moon. TOLAN (URGENT): Pegasus closing to targets range. Two baseships directly ahead. [LASER TURRET EXCHANGE] CAIN (STERN): Shield! [RAIDER FLYBY] APOLLO (BLUNT): There they are! Looks like he intends to go between them. STARBUCK (BLUNT): Just like last time but this time it looks like Baltar is not going to get away. APOLLO (BLUNT): Let's see if we can't knock out their missile launchers. [BASESHIPS] LUCIFER (BLUNT): By your command. Two of our fighters from the moon are in the area. BALTAR (PLEASED): Excellent. Prepare my personal craft and crew. Those fighters will be my escorts out of here. LUCIFER (UNDER BREATH): He destroys us then flees. BALTAR (CONFUSED): What did you say? LUCIFER (BLUNT): By your command. [RAIDER FLYBY] CENTURION (ROBOTIC, OVER RADIO): Cylon fighters. You are ordered by Baltar to escort him to safety. APOLLO (SARCASTIC): Yeah right. [CYLON RAIDER] [LASER TURRETS] BOOMER (PLEASED): We're in. APOLLO (PLEASED): It's nice in here. They can't fire at us without hitting each other. STARBUCK (BLUNT): It's a shame we can't stay in here. BOOMER (BLUNT): Let's open fire and make it count! [RAIDER LASERS] [EXPLOSIONS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Scanners report heavy damage to baseships directly ahead. CAIN (CONFUSED): Cylon Raiders against baseships? KRUGER (BLUNT): They seem to be aiming for the flank side missile launchers on each ship. CAIN (STERN): They are clearing a path between the two ships. [RAIDER LASERS] [EXPLOSIONS] CAIN (STERN): Let's go right between them and finish them off. Stand by all missiles for point blank launch. Even their shields won't be able to help them. KRUGER (BLUNT): Closing on blank range. Ten. Nine. [RAIDER LASERS] [EXPLOSIONS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Six. five. [RAIDER LASERS] [EXPLOSIONS] KRUGER (BLUNT): Two. One. CAIN (STERN): Fire missiles! [MISSILES LAUNCH] APOLLO (URGENT): Let's get out of here! The Pegasus is launching her missiles! [MISSILES LAUNCH] [HUGE EXPLOSIONS] STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Did you see that? APOLLO (BLUNT): I can't see anything but spots. I've never seen a flash like that. BOOMER (EXCITED): Can you see the Pegasus? APOLLO (BLUNT): No, there is too much smoke a debris. STARBUCK (CONFUSED): What do we do? [SCANNER] APOLLO (BLUNT): There is nothing we can do. There is an entire attack force baring down on us. [CYLON RAIDERS] APOLLO (BLUNT): We go home. [CYLON RAIDERS] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Where are our baseships? CENTURION (ROBOTIC): They must be behind all that smoke a debris. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Those who have extra fuel will go after the fugitive fighters, the rest will locate the baseships for refueling. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. STARBUCK (EXCITED): Sir! Four Cylon fighters are baring down on us! What do we do? APOLLO (BLUNT): Don't ask so many questions. BOOMER (BLUNT): That is what I was afraid of. [RAIDER BATTLE] BOOMER (URGENT): We got them, but we're in pretty bad shape. APOLLO (BLUNT): We'll have to try and make it to the Galactica. STARBUCK (EXCITED): Look! Over there! The Pegasus! She survived! [RAIDERS FLYBY] CENTURION (ROBOTIC): Our baseships have all been destroyed. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): We could destroy the Pegasus. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): No. We are desperately low on fuel. We must try and make it back to the moon. CENTURION (ROBOTIC): By your command. [GALACTICA] ATHENA (PLEASED): Commander. All baseships destroyed and the Cylon fighters are headed back for the moon. But they won't have enough fuel to make it. But two do. Possible suicide run. TIGH (CONCERNED): Should we intercept? ADAMA (BLUNT): Yes. [RAIDER FLYBY] STARBUCK (EXCITED): Hurry Captain! Those Cylons are on our tail! BOOMER (BLUNT): That is the least of our problems. Look. STARBUCK (SHOCKED): Vipers! APOLLO (BLUNT): And they think we are Cylons. BOOMER (CONFUSED): What do we do? Attack our own fighters? STARBUCK (BLUNT): Either way we're dead. [RAIDERS/VIPERS FLYBY] PILOT (BLUNT): We're in range of all the Cylons, including the suicide ones. Let's get those two first, they are more of a threat. [SCANNER] RIGEL (URGENT, OVER RADIO): Base to Blue leader. Do not fire on the suicide squads. Scans indicate life forms, not Cylons. PILOT (BLUNT): You heard them, but it is open season on the rest. [VIPERS/RAIDERS BATTLE] [GALACTICA] ATHENA (BLUNT): Commander, Blue leader has reports all the Cylons destroyed. They are coming home. TIGH (BLUNT): Sir, those two Cylon Raiders have landed. They are the probe from the planet. Everyone is safe and sound, including your son. ADAMA (PLEASED): Thank the lords of Kobol. ATHENA (BLUNT): Commander Cain reports he is going to hang back and make sure our aft is clear, he will rendezvous with us shortly. ADAMA (PLEASED): Excellent. Everything turned out for the best. STARBUCK (CONFUSED): Why did Cree have to die? Why? [COLONIAL FLEET] ADAMA (VOICE OVER): Fleeing the Cylon Ternary. The last Battlestars, the Galactica and Pegasus, leads a ragtag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest. A shinning planet know as earth. [BATTLESTAR GALACTICA END THEME] THE END