Battlestar Galactica Season One, Episode "Thirty-three", Page 4
Dee searches her records and says, "They're ...They're not logged in, sir." She closes her eyes, knowing that she screwed up and says, "I think they may have been left behind." Commander Adama, then asks, "How many people aboard the ship?", to which Dee replies, "One thousand, three hundred forty-five souls, sir." Colonel Tigh, who can't believe this happened replies, "You're telling me, that we left over 1300 people to die at the hands of the Cylons?", to which Gaeta speaks up, "It may not have been our fault, sir. It may have simply been a navigation error and they jumped to the wrong coordinates ...or the Cylons may have destroyed the ship before they jumped.", to which the colonel replies, "Or 50 other things, may have happened ...The point is that we don't know what the hell, DID happen!" Colonel Tigh turns to the crew in the command center and with anger in his voice, yells, "Yes, we're tired ...Yes, there's no relief ...Yes, the Cylons keep coming after us, time after time after time and YES! We are sill expected to do our JOBS!!" The camera pans around the room, where we see everyone is upset that they lost a ship with so many people on board. Commander Adama, with a stern voice, says, "We make mistakes, people die." He pauses for a moment, then continues, "There aren't many of us left ..." After another short pause, he says, "Carry on."
New Scene:
Onboard the Colonial One, Billy is seen changing the number on the marker board, to 47,972. The president, in disbelief, says in a desperate voice "Ok ...Next crisis." Billy continues with the next item on the president's agenda, but the president interrupts, "Yes, but first ...Where's the doctor that is supposed to be on board?" Billy replies, "Dr. Amarack?", to which the president replies, "Yes ...Dr. Amarack." The camera pans over to Dr. Baltar who is listening with much interest, because Amarack may have incriminating evidence, against him. Billy who is having trouble staying awake, replies with, "Oh ...He was on the Olympic Carrier." The scene suddenly switches to Dr. Baltar's hallucination, where Number Six tells him, "God is watching out for you, Gaius." Dr. Baltar with an intelligent response, says, "The universe is a vast an complex system ...Coincidental, serendipitous events, are bound to occur, and indeed they are to be expected. It's part of the pattern, part of the plan.", to which Number Six replies, "Dr. Amarack, posed a threat to you ...Now he's gone, logic says there is a connection." Dr. Baltar replies, "A connection, maybe, but not God. There is no god! Or gods, singular or plural ...there are no large invisible men, or women, for that matter, in the sky, taking a personal interest in the fortunes of Gaius Baltar." Number Six, with anger, grabs his chin in her hand, and then says, "Be careful! That which god gives, he can also, take away."
New Scene:
Back on the Galactica, Gaeta is watching the clock and says, "15 seconds..." The camera pans around the room to see the crew, all watching intensely. Colonel Tigh whispers with hope, "Maybe, this time." When the countdown reaches zero, everyone expects a contact signal to show the Cylon Fleet arrival, but no signal is detected. Commander Adama, says, "Keep the clock running." Colonel Tigh whispers to the commander, "What do you think?", to which the commander replies, "I think we wait."
So far, the crew has been on alert status for 132.15 hours, without sleep, but the clock is still ticking after 45 minutes, and there has been no detection of the Cylon Fleet. Commander Adama finally orders, "Get me the president."
The scene switches over to the Colonial One, where the president is talking to Commander Adama, "Why this time? ...Was it something that you did?" Commander Adama replies over the radio, "I had a new plan, but we didn't have time to implement it, yet." The president offers, "Well, we lost that ship during the last cycle, the Olympic Carrier, did that have something to do with it?", to which the commander replies, "Possibly." There is a long pause, and the president, in a very tired voice asks, "Are you there?" The commander responds with, "Yeah, i'm here." The president, then asks, "What do we do now, commander? I've got people on the verge, over here.", to which the commander replies, "We're going to go to condition 2 ...we've got to take advantage of this time, let our people get some rest." The president, who can barely keep her eyes open, says, "Alright, but how long do we stay at condition 2?" The commander replies, "Until, i'm satisfied that they're not going to return ...it's a military decision." The president just shakes her head, thinking that the commander has misunderstood, then she replies, "It is ...I know that, you're right ...and I defer to your decision ...and commander? Let your men and women know, how grateful I am for the job that they are doing, ...Please? Thank them for me." The commander replies, "Thank you, Madam President. Thank you." and he hangs up the radio.
New Scene:
The scene switches back to Galactica and, as soon as, the commander is done talking to the president, he turns to order, "Contact Apollo ..." and then we hear Colonel Tigh on the loudspeaker say, "Attention: Set Condition 2, through the ship." and commander Adama continues, "tell him to set up combat patrol, around the fleet. Order his other pilots to land, immediately."
The camera switches to Apollo's cockpit and he radios the squadron, "Alright, people, you heard the order ....Boomer? Starbuck? Form up with me, we'll fly the first cop (aka combat patrol), I want everyone else, back on Galactica and in their racks ...Three hour rotation." We then hear Starbuck radio, "Hey, Apollo? Not that I'm not honored to sit in my cockpit for the next three hours, but uh..." to which Apollo interrupts, "But, why you? ...Take a guess." Starbuck replies, "Because, I'm on drugs?" Apollo chuckles, then says, "You got it! This patrol is one hundred percent stimulated." and Starbuck chuckles, too. The camera switches to Boomers Raptor and the C.O. asks, "Anyone else feel like they have Fracken ants crawling behind their eyeballs?"They all laugh, then Apollo asks, "How about you, Boomer? God tells me, you're holding up better than anyone in the squadron." Boomer replies, "I'm tired like everybody else.", to which Apollo replies, "I've never seen it.", then Starbuck, jokingly says, "Cuz she's a Cylon." Boomer jokingly replies, "You're just going to make me come over there and kick your ass, aren't you?" Apollo then tries to break it up by saying, "Ok, ok, let's set up a patrol here ...before somebody get's hurt. Follow me." Then we hear Starbuck say, "Copy that, Apollo."