"those who were right there, got a new kind of fear"

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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Miniseries (2003)


Adama: Are they the lucky ones? That's what you're thinking, isn't it? We're a long way from home. We've jumped way beyond the red line, into unchartered space. Limited supplies, limited fuel. No allies, and now, no hope? Maybe it would have been better for us to have died quickly, back on the Colonies with our families, instead of dying out here slowly, in the emptiness of dark space. Where shall we go? What shall we do? Life here began out there. Those are the first words of the sacred scrolls, and they were told to us by the Lords of Kobol, many countless centuries ago. And they made it perfectly clear that we are not alone in this universe. Elosha, there's a thirteenth colony of humankind, is there not?

Elosha: Yes. The scrolls tell us a thirteenth tribe left Kobol in the early days. They travelled far and made their home upon a planet called Earth, which circled a distant and unknown star.

Adama: It's not unknown. I know where it is! Earth. The most guarded secret we have. The location was only known by the senior commanders of the fleet, and we dare not share it with the public. Not while there was a Cylon threat upon us. For now we have a refuge to go to. A refuge the Cylons know nothing about. It won't be an easy journey. It'll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become our new home. So say we all!

Crowd: So say we all!

Adama: So say we all!

Crowd: So say we all!

Adama: So say we all!

Crowd: So say we all!

Adama: So say we all.

Elosha: So say we all.

Adama: Dismissed.

(People clap and cheer, some of them look disbelieving.)

(Starbuck's quarters - Tigh walks in, Starbuck stands up)

Tigh: As you were.

Starbuck: Just trying to avoid another trip to the brig, sir.

Tigh: Lt. Thrace. Kara, what you did out there today with Lee Adama, it was a hell of a piece of flying. The Commander has always said that you were the best pilot he has ever seen. Well, today you proved it. Now, about yesterday, during the game, well, maybe I was out of line too. And I just- (Starbuck smirks) I wanted to say - sorry. Well, don't you have anything to say?

Starbuck: Permission to speak off the record, sir?

Tigh: Granted.

Starbuck: You're a bastard.

Tigh: You just don't know when to keep your mouth shut, do you? I am offering you a clean slate here.

Starbuck: I'm not interested in a clean slate with you. You're dangerous. You know why?

Tigh: This'll be good.

Starbuck: Because you're weak. Because you're a drunk.

Tigh: Are you done?

Starbuck: Yes, sir.



- posted by H.V.O.M - Kerry Wayne Burgess 5:46 PM Pacific Time Spokane Valley Washington USA Sunday 01 May 2016