"LOST PLANET OF THE GODS PART 2"
Should I come out to find you? Do you read me, Apollo?
Apollo!
It's an ocean of darkness.
Nothing as far as the eye can see.
Something potentially more dangerous than a Cylon outpost.
A magnetic sea as endless as anything I've ever encountered.
What do you mean, magnetic sea?
A void so far across we couldn't scan the other side.
This disease has swept through every fighter pilot
and half the bridge officers.
Everyone who's been in contact with anyone at that party.
I can't isolate it.
The Viper is the most advanced flying machine ever designed by man.
You don'tjust turn one over to a shuttle pilot.
I want you to get them combat ready as quickly as possible.
You're not serious.
I'm deadly serious.
Don't force it. Don't force it.
Remember you're flying a Viper.
Thinking what you want it to do is enough to make it happen.
We're about to be married.
What does that have to do with it?
Your own sister's a pilot and a warrior.
She's my sister, not my wife-to-be.
WOMAN OVER RADIO: Stand by to launch probe.
Core systems transferring control. Launch when ready.
Felgercarb!
Easy, Brie. I've got him.
Commander?
Blue squadron reports mission successful. No casualties.
Good.
As soon as the squadron haslanded,
order all ships in the fleet to close on the Galactica
and slow down to probe speed.
We're not going into the void.
At least the darkness of the void may give us some cover.
By your command.
Everything is still proceeding according to my plan.
Except, you have not captured one of their pilots, as I ordered.
To ensure such a capture, we would have to risk being discovered.
They send out patrols, do they not?
Capture one.
NARRATOR: There are those who believe
that life here began out there.
Far across the universe
with tribes of humans
who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians,
or the Toltecs or the Mayans.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man
who even now fight to survive
somewhere beyond the heavens.
Navigation reports.
Instruments fluctuating radically
from intense magnetic interference.
Commander?
Steady on course.
Distress signals from the Rising Star and the Adena.
Half the fleet is panicking, sir.
If they drift off, we'll never find them.
Order all captains to maintain visual contact on the Galactica.
All right, now, make it brief.
How do you feel?
I heard about what you did.
Thanks.
How do you feel?
Awful.
But it beats being dead.
CHUCKLES
For all we know, the void could be endless.
The Book ofthe Word
tells us that a great star
guided the Lords of Kobol away from the dying planet
across an endless black sea.
The void?
Adama,
there are probably as many voids
in the universe as there are ideas.
Old friend, this simple medallion
is the symbol of my power. But it is also the symbol of our faith,
handed down by the Lords of Kobol
through the millennia
to each member of the Council of Twelve.
With all our magnificent machinery,
can we turn our backs
on the inspiration which delivered our people once before?
This round's on me.
ALL CHEERING
Did you see that? Did you see what Deitra did?
I couldn't believe it, it was incredible.
What happened, Deitra? Fantastic.
Well. When I broke over their launch bay,
there were two rising on Apollo's tail.
Apollo, uh, what do you plan on doing
for living quarters after you're married?
Oh, I am so excited.
Ijust found this place in the Astrodon freighter.
With a little paint and some nice curtains, it's so cozy.
You always were good with color.
When I was in the shuttle, | only pulled about two Gs,
butwhen Iwas on my own...
WOMEN LAUGHING AND TALKING
So, Ijust fired and he disappeared.
Hmm. You'll never believe what I found.
Ijust found some valcron in the tip box.
Really?
The soft, translucent kind?
Absolutely stunning.
I mean, there were Vipers and Cylons all over the place.
And I was afraid to fire a laser,
in case I would hit one of you.
LAUGHING
Apollo, Starbuck.
You guys aren't feeling left out, are you?
Oh, no. What would make you think that?
MONITOR BEEPING TIGH: Commander, could you take a look at this?
What is it?
I don't know.
It was there behind us, and then, it was gone.
Field looks clear to me now.
And now, it does. But every once in a while...
MONITOR BEEPS There. Look.
Mmm.
Meteorite track?
It's always in the same quadrants, delta nine.
If it's a meteorite, it's following us.
Cylons?
There's only one way to find out.
Stay beyond data range.
Our objective is to capture one of their patrols.
Hey! Slow up, you guys. You've got longer legs.
I'm afraid this is confidential. It's a mission.
Well, you've got the wrong pilot.
Wrong pilot?
In Starbuck. I'm Apollo's wingman. Where Apollo goes, I go.
Serina, I don't think you understand.
It's Adama's orders. It's been posted.
That's posted?
I didn't look. I just assumed. I mean...
Hey, hey. That's fine.
Anyway, I'd rather spend the next few centons back at the bar
picking up pointers from those hot pilots.
Colonel, what's going on?
Apollo, you and Serina proceed to the launch bay.
Your coordinates have been programed to your ships.
Have a nice mission, you two.
Starbuck!
Ithink we hurt his feelings.
We don't have time for this.
Our scanners have picked up targets trailing our fleet.
Where's he going? Why?
He's going the wrong way if he's going to the officer's club.
Lieutenant Starbuck! This is Captain Apollo's ship.
STARBUCK: Yeah. We switched patrols.
Launch when ready.
Transferring control to Intercept One. Launch when ready.
Starbuck.
TIGH: He's violating orders.
APOLLO: Is he trying to protect Serina or me, or...
Hey, wait a minute. I'm your wingman.
I'm his wingman!
I know, I know.
Seﬂna!
Intercept Two, acknowledging coordinates.
Launch.
Launch when ready.
Commander, Intercepts One and Two are launched.
Only there's... ADAMA: Only what?
There are three ships in the air.
Don't be crazy, Starbuck,
ifyou get too far ahead of me you're gonna lose your fix.
Now, slow up and give me a chance to catch up.
Serina, you get your tail back aboard the Galactica.
Now, is that any way to talk to an officer?
I’ll have you up on charges.
Or, at the very least, locked out of my chambers.
Serina, you're a good pilot.
My head believes that, even if my stomach doesn't.
But this void can swallow up a good pilot, so go back.
Apollo. APOLLO: Yo.
Whatever the Galactica picked up on our scanners
is beyond our range.
I can't go any further without losing my fix on the Galactica.
Then, go back.
I’ve got a better idea.
I'll keep my fix on you. You keep your fix on the home base.
We can double our range.
I have a better idea.
Apollo can lock on me, I'll fix on the Galactica,
and we can triple our range.
Who was that?
Nobody. Just come back, Starbuck.
If anybody's going on deep probe, it will be me. I'm in command.
Sorry. Consider it a wedding present.
Starbuck. Starbuck!
Switching off you for a micro-centon to scan ahead. Stand by.
BEEPING
Galactica patrol entering orbit.
Stand by to intercept.
MONITOR BEEPING
Targets.
Practically on top of them.
I’m leaving the void. Uh-oh.
I am on top of them.
Apollo, I'm in trouble.
DISTORTED Repeat. Apollo, I’m in trouble.
Say again, Starbuck. You're breaking up.
Starbuck, I cannot read you.
Starbuck, do you read? Do you read?
Come in!
Frak!
I like the way you haven't gone overboard on furniture.
Thanks.
It will go better for you, Lieutenant,
ifyou would show a little respect.
You mean things could get worse?
Hmm.
Lieutenant Starbuck.
How nice of you to drop in.
Baltar.
I'd trade my life for one shot at you.
BALTAR: You'll feel differently when you come to understand
that I had nothing to do with the defeat of the Colonies.
I, too, was a victim.
Yeah. You look like one.
Fortunately, there have been some changes in the Cylon Empire.
Changes favorable to humans and their predicament.
Yeah, well, you'd know a lot about that.
Don't antagonize me.
I come to bring an offer of peace to all humans.
These people here are our friends.
Really? Well, then, you won't mind my leaving with the good news.
In time.
Remove him.
See that he's fed and made comfortable.
Ijust want you to know, torture won't do you any good.
I had a course in resisting.
Hey, hey, hey. Careful. | bruise easy.
LAUGHING
This is your plan?
To convince the humans that we come bearing the twig of peace?
Yes.
It is illogical to assume they would ever trust you again.
You underestimate the human need for hope.
Properly presented, and at a propitious moment,
they'll come willingly to my arms.
INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS
SIGHS
How long will you watch for him?
SIGHS
Ijust can't believe he's gone.
Apollo?
I loved him, too.
That's why I think he'd understand and approve.
Understand and approve what?
Apollo, marry me now.
Now?
In the middle of this. Of what?
A disaster? A void? An endless night?
I don't care.
| just don't want to wait for a moment which may never happen.
Do you love me?
Is that what it would take to prove it to you?
| just want every moment we have left.
Before another centon passes,
another mission where I might lose you.
SOBBING
Will the protector of Serina
consent to relinquishing his responsibilities to Apollo,
the man to whom she has consented to be married?
Yes.
The words I'm about to speak
are the most powerful in all the universe.
They seal a union between this man and this woman.
Which is not only for now,
but for all the eternities.
Apollo.
Seﬂna.
Under the eyes of God,
bound by the symbol
of the fates of the Lord of Kobol,
I declare you sealed.
A star.
WOMAN 1: What is it?
WOMAN 2: It's a star.
WOMAN 3: What is it, Colonel Tigh?
WOMAN 4: Where are we? WOMAN 5: Is it the end of the void?
It's hard to believe.
Believe it. Believe it. It's the end of the void.
Tigh, initiate a search for a planet.
Elliptical orbit, one to three parsecs from the star.
A planet?
If I'm right,
the planet Kobol.
Kobol?
Yes. The mother world of all humans,
where life began.
Incredible.
Beautiful.
COMBAT TANK PASSING BY
At least we have a better chance
of being alone here than anywhere in the fleet.
Lieutenant. I think we'll set up camp here on the hill.
And post a guard, please.
Against what, Commander?
I thought this planet was supposed to be dead.
Yes.
Yes, it's supposed to be.
But post a guard.
A curious development, Your Eminence.
This one will, I am sure, take you by surprise.
Nothing takes me by surprise. What is it?
A star.
What star?
A star has appeared, as if out of nowhere,
and has guided the Galactica to a dead planet.
Truly, Adama knows I'm closing for the kill. Why would he...
A star, you said.
Of course.
The endless black void and the majestic star in the heavens.
LAUGHING
The trap is about to be sprung, my good friend.
And now, it will be all too easy.
Prepare my craft.
And an escort?
| go alone.
Of course.
Only I can bring the Galactica to your leader.
Of course.
SERINA: Iwonder what this city was called.
ADAMA: There were many cities here on Kobol.
Eden was the largest.
It was the first to fall.
This, this might be it.
I don't know.
APOLLO: I can't read any of it.
I know, it's difficult.
But I've been spending so much time with the old records.
There, for example, that refers to the ninth Lord of Kobol.
That's his seal.
He was the last ruler
before the Thirteen Tribes migrated to the stars.
Twelve to settle our colonies.
That's why you entered the void.
You think you can find the clue
to where the Thirteenth Tribe went.
Yes.
ADAMA: "Beyond this portal
"lies the Ninth Lord of Kobol
"in eternal peace.
"Enter upon pain of death."
Your medallion.
It's the same.
ADAMA: Yes.
The Seal of the Ancient Lords.
GASPS
HEAVY THUD
SERINA GASPS
Who were they?
Tomb robbers.
Must be.
RUMBLING
SERINA SCREAMS
The laser blast would bring the ceiling down upon us.
Commander.
We must be very near the sacred chambers.
APOLLO GASPS
I know exactly how you feel,
old friend.
Baltar.
BALTAR AND ADAMA STRUGGLING
Leave him to the Council.
You almost killed me. What is this madness?
You need to ask. Selling out your own flesh and blood.
Selling out?
What has he told you all?
What great truths has Adama spoken to my back?
You're saying you didn't arrange the destruction of our fleet?
Our cities? Of almost every living thing in the Colonies?
Are you completely mad?
What sane human being would do a thing like that?
Adama. Surely you have not supported such lies.
How could you think me so evil?
I, too, hold the Seal of the Lords.
I'm a member of the Council of Twelve.
I was as much a victim as any of you.
I lost everything.
My family, my people.
I was trapped between the President's battlestar and my own.
captured by the cylons, taken away like an animal to face trial.
Apparently, they found you innocent,
a friend of the Cylons.
I was spared to lure you into another trap.
Through a message of peace
from some new and more benevolent Cylon ruler.
Get him out.
Adama, wait.
You must hear me out.
I have been to the Cylon seat of power.
It is in chaos.
The Cylon forces are scattered throughout the star system,
searching for you.
The route back into the Cylon Empire is barely defended.
They're spread so thin one single battlestar
could take control of the Empire and bring it to its knees.
ADAMA: You have the tongue of an angel,
the soul of a serpent.
I can prove my good intentions.
That I have the power to lead you back into Cylon
supposedly as my prisoners.
But in actuality,
to launch a devastating counter-attack against those demons.
What proof?
The immediate release of one of your officers,
Lieutenant Starbuck.
He's alive.
Let me show you.
At what price?
Remove him, Apollo.
Father, what if he can prove what he's saying?
If they have sent him, then it is a trap.
Then, why haven't they attacked?
I cannot tell you.
But our safety
is not behind us,
with you or the Cylons.
It lies somewhere out there,
along the path taken by the Thirteenth Tribe.
The tribe that colonized the planet Earth.
Eanh?
You can't be serious. That's nothing but a fable.
I believe it is as real as the existence of the Thirteenth Tribe.
And the key to that tribe
is here,
in this place.
Locked away somewhere.
I am certain of it.
Just getting the feel of it, Centurion.
What have you to report of our Commander?
Two Centurions have escorted the prisoner to the surface.
But there is no word from Baltar.
A pity.
I am afraid Baltar's plan has failed,
whatever that plan truly was.
A pity.
His instructions were quite specific,
to stand by to escort the Galactica back to Cylon.
Yes.
The thought that intrigued me
was just who was to be whose prisoner.
The orders were quite specific.
They were to be our prisoners.
Oh, you Centurions are so limited in your appreciation of the human mind.
I am afraid even our imperious leader underestimates Baltar.
The leader and I are of the same series,
you know, the LL. group.
Why he was chosen over me, I'll never understand.
But it's just possible
that a major military victory under my command...
What is your command?
Hmm.
Just thinking out loud.
WOMEN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
Mmm.
The old writings, they have him beguiled.
He sits up there in the temple,
waiting for I don't know what.
Apollo, those scriptures sent us here.
No, a burned out sun led us. Nothing more.
All right, dear practical.
But isn't it comforting to know
that there's more to life than a burned out star and ruins?
GASPS
Hi. How are you?
Starbuck! LAUGHING
Starbuck! Starbuck!
Ah, missed me, did you, mmm?
Yeah, I guess you did.
Hey, everybody, it's Starbuck. He's back!
LAUGHING
Hey, hey, hey. It's against regulations to hug a junior officer,
unless you mean it.
We thought you were dead.
Yeah, well,
what's a little base star to an old warjock like me?
Base star?
There's a base star coming?
No, not coming, waiting for orders.
Didn't Baltar show? He's the one that got me free.
WOMAN 1: A base star. Cylons here?
WOMAN 2: Where did it come from?
He's come to offer peace. Do you believe it?
I believe we'd better get off this planet
before Baltar's forces get here.
Starbuck, you start breaking camp.
Sergeant Greenbean, let's get all this stuff moved into the Iandram.
All right, Baltar, I want some answers
and I want the truth this time!
You're coming with me.
Ah, Starbuck has arrived. Good.
I thought I told you to have him removed to the Galactica.
I was afraid to send him to the Galactica.
You should have seen the effect he has on our new warriors.
We don't dare expose him to the Council.
I can handle the Council.
Can you handle the Cylon base ship?
There's one just beyond our scanner range.
We must leave while the star is dormant
and the magnetic field can hide our escape.
We cannot leave.
Adama, listen to reason.
You could drift forever in search of what?
A planet that may be the myth of half-drunken star voyagers
who came back to die here? We could all die here.
Unless I give the appearance that I've delivered you.
We must attack and seize power.
It will take them completely by surprise.
I trusted you once.
I cannot stay here too long before my machine friends
will become nervous and do something rash.
Is it my imagination or is the room getting light?
APOLLO: It's the star!
It's pulsing again.
It's as if that window were placed precisely in that position for a reason.
The medallion.
Keyed by the star.
Baltar! Wait!
Baltar, don't touch that!
Baltar!
The Ninth Lord of Kobol! Don't touch it!
How dare you defy the holy crypt?
Do you think I believe in all that primitive superstition?
RUMBLING
I didn't mean it!
It's blocked!
Out!
I want out! Stand aside!
It was a mistake! I meant no harm!
Adama, the lords are with you,
use your power. Get us out of here.
Icannot
Apollo?
I'd say they're using at least 50 megon loads.
WOMEN SCREAMING
WOMAN 1: Cylons! Take cover!
WOMAN 2: Get down! Get to your Vipers!
Get to cover.
Where's Apollo and Serina?
They're up in the temple with Baltar.
INDISTINCT SHOUTING
We can't leave them up there! They're going to blow that place to pieces!
Look, the only way I know how to get them down
is to knock them out of the sky.
What are you, crazy? You girls barely know how to fly!
Look! You do what you want to do! I'm gone!
Wait! Wait!
Lord help us.
SCREAMING
Captain Deitra, watch out! Take cover!
If I ever get my hands on you, Lucifer.
Adama, do something!
ADAMA: Give me the torch. Quickly!
STARBUCK OVER RADIO: All right, fly in pairs.
Wingmen, stick to your leaders, protect them.
We may have a chance.
Starbuck, we'll ionize them.
The angle deflection on incoming Cylon fighters
indicates an attack on the surface of Kobol.
And all of our warriors are down there.
BOOMER: Not all of them.
Colonel, Blue Squadron reporting for duty, sir.
Lieutenant?
Obviously, you can't even stand.
A Viper is flown from the seated position, sir.
STARBUCK: They’ve seen us.
ATHENA: 80, 90, 100.
Athena, quit counting. You're not on the bridge.
Let's go get them.
ATHENA: Jamie got hit! Watch out!
Brie, there's one on your tail.
Breaking!
It's hopeless, Starbuck!
Deitra, roll! Roll!
We're trapped.
Well, let's go out fighting.
Launch Vipers.
Transferring launch control. Launch when ready.
Launching.
Jolly?
On your wake.
Let's go.
Serina. Apollo?
This is what we came for.
This is a record of the exodus.
The final departure of the first 12 tribes.
The ones which eventually became the colonies we knew.
And here,
the last days, the final days of Kobol.
It tells of the Thirteenth Tribe.
Can you tell where they went?
ADAMA SCREAMS SERINA COUGHING
GROANING
APOLLO COUGHING
APOLLO: The door!
It's been blasted open!
The writings! BALTAR: Forget the writings!
They disintegrated! They're gone! BALTAR: Help me!
APOLLO: We'll be gone, too, ifwe don't hurry and find them.
Please. Somebody, help me!
GROANING
Here.
There they are.
Blue Squadron, let's go join the party.
STARB U C K: /'m in trouble.
ATHENA: Hang on, Starbuck, I’m coming.
You better hurry.
Jolly, this one's mine.
Yeah!
I've got two lined up.
SERINA GROANING
The pillar is just too great!
Father, we must get out of here
before it all comes down on us.
No. You can't leave me here.
Baltar,
we're left with no choice.
Your friends have sealed your fate and ours.
Lucifer!
|'|| tear you apart, limb from limb,
circuit by circuit, so help me.
You have not heard the last of Baltar!
Colonel, combat report coming in.
"Surprise total. Cylons running. Shall we pursue? Boomer."
Negative. Bring them home.
Any word from the Commander or Apollo?
No, sir.
ADAMA COUGHING
The tents and camp have been obliterated.
Well, it doesn't mean they didn't get away.
SERINA: Starbuck!
What happened? STARBUCK: We lost some good pilots up there.
Athena?
She's back with the rest of the squadron.
Commander, Colonel Tigh wants to get underway as soon as possible.
The Cylons will undoubtedly be sending reinforcements.
Yes. Yes.
We must get off the surface as quickly as possible. Come on.
Look out!
SERINA SCREAMS
APOLLO: Serina.
SERINA GROANING
Seﬂna.
GASPING
Mama.
You won the whole war.
I had a little help.
You're going away. Aren't you?
Yes, Boxey, I am.
But your father will be there to love you
and take care of you.
And PM love you always.
You won't forget that, will you?
BOXEY SNIFFLING
Now, is that any way for a junior warrior to act?
That's better.
Much better.
It really isn't fair to you.
To me?
If I could trade places...
How?
Ijust want you to know
that I feel very, very lucky.
Even if all we had was
a brief time,
it was worth an eternity.
We'll have an eternity, too.
Do you believe that?
You've convinced me.
A spirit like yours just can't end.
I love you.
I don't want her to go!
I know.
But it's her body that's gone, Boxey, not her spirit,
or her love for us.
We'll have that always,
forever.
I guess I won't make a very good warrior.
Oh, you'll make a fine warrior.
Come on, son. Let's go.
NARRATOR: Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny,
the last Battlestar Galactica,
leads a ragtag fugitive fleet
on a lonely quest.
A shining planet
known as Earth.