Battlestar Galactica Season One, Episode "Water", Page 4
The president's reasoning must be, that if the civilians are rationing water, they will consume other foodstuffs at a faster rate. Her logic is inconsequential; however, because not only will the fleet run out of water in a few days, they will run out of everything else, soon after. They should ration everything, not just water. Of course, rationing will not fix the problem, but it certainly won't make it worse, as she suggests. They need to stretch their supplies out, as far as they can. Period.
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We return to the Nuclear holocaust ridden planet, Caprica, where Helo has been trapped there for 10 straight days. Only now, he is being assisted by the other Boomer and they are attempting to reach her Raptor, so they can get off the planet. Helo, uses his binoculars to get a closer look and discovers the Cylons got there first and the ship is under heavy guard. Helo says, "Well, they found your raptor.", to which she replies, "A few? or A lot?" Helo hands her the binoculars and says, "That's what you get for coming back for me." She looks through the binoculars and exclaims, "Frack!", to which Helo replies, "Yep." Boomer tries to explain, "I was sure they didn't track me, coming in." They both lean back to discuss their situation, while being soaked in a continuous down pour. To try an ease the guilt of Boomers screw up, Helo replies with, "I know." She continues, "I set the jiggers to pulse.", to which Helo replies, "I'm sure you did." Boomer continues her explanation, "I did, I set out a detection grid, a trace sweep, appearance...." Helo, joking replies, "Never send a pilot to do an ECO's job." Boomer replies with, "I can do your job." Helo replies with, "Well, I guess that's why the toasters are crawling all over our ride, out here." He then asks, "I don't suppose we have a plan B?" Boomer replies with, "Plans B, C, D, and E are the same as Plan A, Get off the planet and get back to the ship. Come on...." as she starts to get to her feet. Helo then asks, "Where we going?", to which Boomer replies with a little less confidence, "Don't ask questions, just follow your pilot.", to which Helo enthusiastically replies, "Yes, sir!"
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Meanwhile, back on the Battlestar Galactica, Chief Tyrol is at the podium answering questions, with regard to his investigation. He starts of by saying, "Umm ...So, far we found five, discreet, detonation points in the tank and we believe there may be a sixth ...I've suspected, due to the residual size of the scoring and burn points, that we're dealing with a G4 type explosive. So, I requested a spot check of all inventory from the Master at Arms and she indicated to me, that there are six detonators missing from a Small Arms Locker in the Port Flight Pod. So, one detonator, may still be unaccounted for." After hearing this, Commander Adama orders, "Have the Master at Arms, post guards at all Small Arms Lockers, immediately." chief Tyrol reports, "It's already done, sir. She, also opened an investigation, as to who may have had access to that locker. However, due to umm ...spotty record keeping and lax internal security procedures, since the attack, she believes that we may never know, who took the detonators." After hearing this, Commander Adama whispers something to the president, then says, "Chief? Thank you, very much." to dismiss him from the podium.
The commander then stands up and says to the room, "Everyone except for Colonel Tigh, Captain Adama, and Dr. Baltar are now, released. Please, remember this briefing is, strictly, confidential." After the commander's words, everyone that was not mentioned, gets up and leaves the room, then he continues to say, "There is, at least, one Cylon aboard the Galactica." The camera pans around to a room full of worried expressions, then the president asks, "How many people know, that Cylons look human?", to which the colonel replies, "The rumor's been working overtime, half the ship is talking about it." The president replies, "There will always be rumors and for most people, that's all they'll ever be. I'm asking, how many people, actually know?" Colonel Tigh replies, "Five people in this room, plus three marines." The president replies, "Let's keep it that way. Once, this get's out, people will be accusing each other of being a Cylon, for no reason, at all."
Commander Adama replies, "I agree.", then turns to the doctor and says, "Dr. Baltar? How are we doing on the screenings?", to which the doctor replies with a nervous, "Screenings?" The president replies, "You're supposed to be screening the Galactica crew, for potential Cylon agents." Dr. Baltar just stares, while he starts hallucinating, again. In his hallucination,he and Number Six are back at the beautiful house on a hill, overlooking the lake. Number Six asks, "Do you remember the first time, you lied to a woman? Other than your mother, that is?" The doctor replies with, "Other than my mother, Sherry Bennett. Fourth grade, on the play ground, behind the band room. If you show me yours, I'll show you mine. She did ...I did, not. You know, I think I slept with her, actually. Many years later, of course." The two continue with small talk, while enjoying the hot-tub and a beautiful sunny day, but suddenly he hears Commander Adama's voice, "Doctor? Doctor?"
Doctor Baltar comes out of his hallucination and says, "Oh ...the screenings, ehhm ...to tell you the truth, there are significant problems with implementing my Cylon Detection method, that I used aboard the Galactica, previously ...and basically it's, because I've run out of natural resources, I need chemical compounds, for example, the uhh ...precursor test, I need large samples of ummm ...tetrahydra-cyclin, which I don't have to tell you, well, maybe I do have to tell you, but it's a highly volatile chemical compound ..." Commander Adama interrupts him with, "Let me stop you, right there. Your intellect, obviously, outstrips everyone in this room, but it's also obvious, by the way that you're talking, in order to make large scale screenings, you're going to need help ...staff, resources." The doctor nervously replies, "Yes, uhh ...that is exactly what I am saying ...exactly. Although, more staff ...", which is interrupted by another hallucination, where Number Six asks, "Someone snooping around? Watching your every move?" Then, Commander Adama says, "I'm going to assign Lieutenant Gaeta, to aide you and anything that you might need." The doctor replies, "A need for secrecy ...", to try to discourage assigning anyone as his staff, but the president replies with, "Clearly. This falls under the, absolutely necessary, category. Your screening technique, may be critical to our very survival." Number Six, then rubs it in to the doctor, "Humanity's very survival rests in your hands. Now, if you only had an, ACTUAL, Cylon Detector."