Battlestar Galactica Season Three, Episode "Dirty Hands", Page 1
The episode starts out, onboard the Battlestar Galactica, where Chief Tyrol is overseeing the refueling procedure of one of the Raptors, down in the hangar bay. Chief Tyrol orders, "Fagurskey, Pollucks, Sanchez? You're going to be rehabbing mule engines tonight, so don't make dinner plans." As Fagurskey hooks up the fuel hose, he says, "Seven out, mule maintenance to the civies in Dogsville." Chief Tyrol replies, "Yeah, I don't have enough mechanics down there." Fagurskey, pulls the switch and the Raptor refueling begins and one of the crewman yells, "Flow rate, steady at 2-9-0 ....Hey? when are we going to get some Rec around here, chief? I've been standing double watch for the last two weeks. Plus, I still got ringing in my ears.", to which the chief replies, "I know, I know." and one of the other crewman teases her, "I'm sorry, I can't hear you, I got the ringing ...what's that!?", which causes the crew to break out in laughter.
One of the crewman is monitoring the refueling progress and tells the chief, "Ok, fuse indicators are out.", to which the chief replies with the order, "Set the V-Tanks burst of fuel", then turns to Fagurskey and yells, "Power off! Alright, Tank off! That's it, kill the fueling station!", as we see Fagurskey pull the switch. Then, the chief yells, "Pull the hose! ...L-T? You're tanked up, you're ready to roll." The lieutenant replies, "Roger that, chief. Ready to roll.", as she fires up her Raptor.
Seelix enters the Galactica hangar bay and yell's, "Laundry call! Fagurskey!? Pollucks!? Redbird!? Grab your crap, before I chuck it in the cylcler!", as she throws the bags of laundry on the floor, with resentment. Fagurskey walks over to get his stuff and yells, "I hope my undies are the way I like em!", to which Seelix replies, "Frack off!" Fagurskey teases her with the reply, "Oh ...Nice mouth! You think they let officers talk like that? You're going to have to change your ways, when you get them wings." Seelix replies with a disappointed, "I'm not getting wings. They rejected my application for flight training." One of the other crewman replies, "You aced the written exam! Interview went well?", to which Seelix replies, "Yeah well, it turns out that I am in a critical position and my leaving would cause severe mission degradation." The camera pans over to show Cally offer her condolences, "That sucks." The earlier crewman replies, "Critical position, my ass! They just don't want knuckle draggers stinking up the pilot ready room." Just then, Chief Tyrol yells, "Alright, that's enough! Walk it off, that's enough!" He walks over to Seelix and tries to make her feel better, "Look, the CAG told me that you got bounced from Flight Training. I'm sorry about that. It sucks! The truth is, we need you down here. You're the best avionics specialist we got." Fagurskey can't resist to tease her with, "And she knows how to fold a man's undies." With those words, Seelix has had enough and she attacks him. Chief Tyrol yells, "Hey, hey! Woah, Woah, Woah! Hey, hey! Enough! Get off, get off!", as he tries to break up the fight. Fagurskey yells, "Are you crazy!? I'll take you apart!" The chief yells, "Hey! Shut up Fagurskey! I'll pop you in the mouth, myself! Now, get back to work!" The chief turns to Seelix and tries to calm her down with, "Hey? Come here ...Hey? Listen to me. Look, you do important work down here. Just as important as sitting in a cockpit." Seelix doesn't feel any better, so she sarcastically replies, "Thanks chief. I'm gonna ...deliver some more important laundry."
New scene:
We see the Raptor take off from the Galactica hangar bay and the camera zooms in on the cockpit, to show the pilot radioing, "Raptor away." She then tells her co-pilot, "Readings Nominal. Everything looks good ...setting course, heading two-niner-six-five ...", but suddenly, there is a great deal of turbulence and the Raptor starts to shake, while the alarms are going off. Then, her co-pilot yells, "What the Frack!" She replies, "Thrusters are jammed. Restart!", as the camera zooms in on the computer screen, to show the engines are failing. The pilot tries to restart the engines, to no avail, then says, "No go." Her co-pilot radios to the Battlestar Galactica's Command Information Center, "Galactica? Skull. Engine-Two thrusters are stuck in full position ...Engine-One, won't start!" The camera zooms out to show the ship is out of control, then back to the cockpit, where the pilot yells, "There's a fire in Engine Two. It's gonna blow, get your ass up here!"
The camera briefly switches to the president's office, where she is going over some paper work, then pans over to look out the window, to show the Raptor is on a collision course with the Colonial One. The camera, quickly, switches back to the Raptor's cockpit, and we hear the pilot yell, "Eject! Eject!" Then, we see the two pilots being launched into space as the Raptor continues on it's present course, directly into the president's ship.
New Scene:
Onboard the Colonial One, Admiral Adama is talking to the president in her quarters, as they are moving some boxes from the damaged room, "You got off lucky ...a dozen injuries, no fatalities."
As they are talking, the president mentions, "You know, I am so busy, I hardly ever make it down to this end of the ship and I am going to be living here for god knows how long, before they repair the bulk head of the ship." Admiral Adama replies, "If your quarters become cramped, you are always welcome in one of my beds." The president stares at him with a smile and the admiral returns the sentiment, then he says, "In a manner of speaking."
The president decides to change the subject and asks, "Do you have any idea what happened to your Raptor?" The admiral replies with, "We're still investigating the situation, but it seems that the Tylium was seriously contaminated with impurities. Most likely, it's a problem with the refining process." The president has suspicion with her reply, "What the hell is going on down there? The refinery, used to be the most reliable ship in the fleet, now every day, I start with a stack of messages from their chief. What is his name?" The admiral replies, "Zenno Fennor." and the president continues, "Fennor ...complaining about working conditions ...and deliveries ...and uh ...spare parts and compensation ...if you can believe that. We're on the run for our lives and the guy want's to talk about overtime bonuses ..." The admiral replies with, "We've been more than patient with Fennor and his production problems. Two weeks of sitting here, waiting for him to get his act together. I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get back on the road to finding earth." The president smiles and whispers, "Is that a hint of hope, I hear? Has the skeptic, finally decided that we are on the road to earth, after all?" The admiral smiles back and whispers, "Have I ever doubted it?"