Post by Basestar on Jan 3, 2005 18:03:28 GMT -5
Pre-credits sequence of clips about Roslin’s cancer and Starbuck’s injuries.
We open with a press conference on Colonial One. There are tough questions about the fleet’s low state of supplies. “Is it true we only have enough tylium for two more jumps?” Roslin is asked “Yes she replies… and is distracted by a hallucination of snakes twisting around the microphones. Cut to Boomer and Crashdown in a Raptor, searching for tylium ore. They find an asteroid loaded with it – and loaded with Cylons too! They beat a retreat back to the Galactica.
Title sequence
On the command deck, the senior officers discuss the situation. Tigh and Lee discuss moving on to look elsewhere… but Adama declares they will take the ore from the Cylon refinery/base and catch them with their pants down. But if they fail...
Starbuck is briefing the flight crews as Adama enters. She has heard they are planning a mission...
Roslin discusses her use of the kamala root and the images it has been giving her with Elosha, the Priestess. The snakes are an omen from a Pithian Prophecy in the sacred scrolls… they tell of a Leader who finds the promised land, but who will die before reaching it...
Adama and the command crew discuss the plan of attack in a briefing room. Starbuck is sceptical and suggests a daring alternative - cut to later discussion of the new plan with Roslin. It involves sending in civilian vessels as decoy bait to draw the Cylon raiders out. Roslin agrees. Cut to a graphic of the base and a briefing with Baltar - where is the refinery most vulnerable and how can they attack without destroying the ore? Musing, he asks Six’s advice: how can they attack successfully – that is, if she wants the base destroyed? Or should that be does the Cylon God? “God doesn’t take sides she says. He only wants your love…” Desperate, he points to a spot in the base - there are the staging tanks full of refined ore. Well done” says Six…
Adama talks to Starbuck in the gym. She’ll have to sit this one out. Starbuck says she’s fit, but Adama tests her with the weights. She isn’t… Instead Starbuck briefs Lee – “You don’t think I’m up to this?” he asks. He tells her he is, though his doubts shine through.
Cut to Caprica: Helo and Boomer are hiding in a barn (caption: 37 days). “I wonder why we haven’t seen any other humans around?” asks Helo… “Hiding in shelters?” Boomer replies. A few moments later she is ill and throws up. Radiation sickness, or is she pregnant?
Adama and Lee are in the hangar the night before the attack. Adama gives Lee his grandfather’s lighter as a good luck charm. Father and son discuss their failed relationship and Lee confesses to his doubts about his ability to lead the mission. Adama tells him not to worry - he is his father's son. And he wants the lighter back.
Cut to Carprica: Helo and Boomer wake up – to the noise of Cylons! Helo looks and sees Six! “But….you killed her!” he says. “We’ve got to go, now!” says Boomer.
The command centre and the mission is underway… everyone waits apprehensively for the Cylon raiders to take the bait. They do, and the strike is underway. The Vipers launch and move on the Cylon base. Adama tells Starbuck of the pressures of command. The Cylons see the attack force and launch the rest of their raiders – and now the Vipers are outnumbered 10 to 1. Combat begins and Vipers and raiders engage. Too hot! “Abort!” orders Adama. The raiders pursuing the decoys hear the message and turn back onto the Vipers too. Things seems to be going wrong – and suddenly the plan opens out. Transmit the scrambler message “the back door is open” orders Starbuck - and from inside the now ignored freighters emerge Lee and a Viper force!
Lee’s Vipers swoop on the Cylon base, heading for the vulnerable point identified by Baltar. Incoming! The base fires on them. The Vipers fire missiles, but they are deflected. Chuckles is killed. Lee has an idea and flies low into the conveyor tunnel of the Cylon refinery… and emerges right in the middle of the Cylon base! He sights the target and drops his bomb. Boom! The entire base detonates as the refined tylium ignites! Baltar is amazed – he identified the right spot. Mission accomplished! The CIC erupts in cheers. Now they have access to tylium ore, enough for two years. The fighters return. Drinks and cigars all round (and a terrible Braveheart-style soundtrack.) Lee lights up with the heirloom lighter and throws it back to Adama.
Cut to Six and Baltar: has he read the Pithian Prophecies? Why? Because “All of this has happened before and all will happen again” she says. And the Prophecies go on to tell that it leads to a confrontation at the home of the Gods… “Are you telling me God guided my finger” he asks? Yes – and Baltar is convinced – “I am an instrument of the Gods!”
We open with a press conference on Colonial One. There are tough questions about the fleet’s low state of supplies. “Is it true we only have enough tylium for two more jumps?” Roslin is asked “Yes she replies… and is distracted by a hallucination of snakes twisting around the microphones. Cut to Boomer and Crashdown in a Raptor, searching for tylium ore. They find an asteroid loaded with it – and loaded with Cylons too! They beat a retreat back to the Galactica.
Title sequence
On the command deck, the senior officers discuss the situation. Tigh and Lee discuss moving on to look elsewhere… but Adama declares they will take the ore from the Cylon refinery/base and catch them with their pants down. But if they fail...
Starbuck is briefing the flight crews as Adama enters. She has heard they are planning a mission...
Roslin discusses her use of the kamala root and the images it has been giving her with Elosha, the Priestess. The snakes are an omen from a Pithian Prophecy in the sacred scrolls… they tell of a Leader who finds the promised land, but who will die before reaching it...
Adama and the command crew discuss the plan of attack in a briefing room. Starbuck is sceptical and suggests a daring alternative - cut to later discussion of the new plan with Roslin. It involves sending in civilian vessels as decoy bait to draw the Cylon raiders out. Roslin agrees. Cut to a graphic of the base and a briefing with Baltar - where is the refinery most vulnerable and how can they attack without destroying the ore? Musing, he asks Six’s advice: how can they attack successfully – that is, if she wants the base destroyed? Or should that be does the Cylon God? “God doesn’t take sides she says. He only wants your love…” Desperate, he points to a spot in the base - there are the staging tanks full of refined ore. Well done” says Six…
Adama talks to Starbuck in the gym. She’ll have to sit this one out. Starbuck says she’s fit, but Adama tests her with the weights. She isn’t… Instead Starbuck briefs Lee – “You don’t think I’m up to this?” he asks. He tells her he is, though his doubts shine through.
Cut to Caprica: Helo and Boomer are hiding in a barn (caption: 37 days). “I wonder why we haven’t seen any other humans around?” asks Helo… “Hiding in shelters?” Boomer replies. A few moments later she is ill and throws up. Radiation sickness, or is she pregnant?
Adama and Lee are in the hangar the night before the attack. Adama gives Lee his grandfather’s lighter as a good luck charm. Father and son discuss their failed relationship and Lee confesses to his doubts about his ability to lead the mission. Adama tells him not to worry - he is his father's son. And he wants the lighter back.
Cut to Carprica: Helo and Boomer wake up – to the noise of Cylons! Helo looks and sees Six! “But….you killed her!” he says. “We’ve got to go, now!” says Boomer.
The command centre and the mission is underway… everyone waits apprehensively for the Cylon raiders to take the bait. They do, and the strike is underway. The Vipers launch and move on the Cylon base. Adama tells Starbuck of the pressures of command. The Cylons see the attack force and launch the rest of their raiders – and now the Vipers are outnumbered 10 to 1. Combat begins and Vipers and raiders engage. Too hot! “Abort!” orders Adama. The raiders pursuing the decoys hear the message and turn back onto the Vipers too. Things seems to be going wrong – and suddenly the plan opens out. Transmit the scrambler message “the back door is open” orders Starbuck - and from inside the now ignored freighters emerge Lee and a Viper force!
Lee’s Vipers swoop on the Cylon base, heading for the vulnerable point identified by Baltar. Incoming! The base fires on them. The Vipers fire missiles, but they are deflected. Chuckles is killed. Lee has an idea and flies low into the conveyor tunnel of the Cylon refinery… and emerges right in the middle of the Cylon base! He sights the target and drops his bomb. Boom! The entire base detonates as the refined tylium ignites! Baltar is amazed – he identified the right spot. Mission accomplished! The CIC erupts in cheers. Now they have access to tylium ore, enough for two years. The fighters return. Drinks and cigars all round (and a terrible Braveheart-style soundtrack.) Lee lights up with the heirloom lighter and throws it back to Adama.
Cut to Six and Baltar: has he read the Pithian Prophecies? Why? Because “All of this has happened before and all will happen again” she says. And the Prophecies go on to tell that it leads to a confrontation at the home of the Gods… “Are you telling me God guided my finger” he asks? Yes – and Baltar is convinced – “I am an instrument of the Gods!”
??) are leading Man to Kobol, as prophecied by Leoben.
