Battlestar Galactica, Season 1

Battlestar Galactica (2003-2009) is a "re-imagining" of the 1970s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica.

[Commander Adama and President Roslin argue about Starbuck's unauthorized mission to Caprica.]

Adama:
[to Tigh] Bear witness, put on your headset. [to Roslin on the phone] Madam President, moments ago, Lt. Thrace took the Cylon Raider on an unscheduled and unauthorized jump.

Roslin:
Yes.

Adama:
Do you have any knowledge of this incident?

Roslin:
Let's save some time here, Commander the question you really want to ask me is whether or not I asked Lt. Thrace to take the Raider to Caprica. And the answer to your question is yes.

Adama:
You and I talked about this.

Roslin:
Yes, we had.

Adama:
We both decided it was a military decision.

Roslin:
My responsibility as President is, first and foremost, to protect and preserve this fleet and its future. In the end, that outweighs any other consideration. It has to.

Adama:
By taking the Raider, you've placed our people on the surface of Kobol in direct danger.

Roslin:
I'm very aware of the danger our men and women are in on Kobol. I am also deeply aware of the danger this civilization will be in if I ignore the pursuit of this arrow.

Adama:
I'm going to have to ask you for your resignation, Madam President.

Roslin:
No.

Adama:
Then I'm terminating your presidency, as of this moment.

Roslin:
Commander Adama, I will exercise the authority of this office until I am unable to do so, so if you want to stage a coup you're gonna have to come over here and arrest me.

Adama:
I don't want any blood shed.

Roslin:
Of course you don't, neither do I. Neither does the press. They're here, by the way.

Adama:
[mutters to Tigh] The press...

Roslin:
They're recording every minute.

[At the funeral services on Galactica, Commander Adama is angry that the assembled crew weakly respond when he says "So say we all".]

Adama:
Are they the lucky ones? That's what you're thinking, isn't it? We're a long way from home. We've jumped way beyond the Red Line, into uncharted space. Limited supplies, limited fuel. No allies, and now, no hope? Maybe it would have been better for us to have died quickly, back on the Colonies with our families, instead of dying out here slowly, in the emptiness of dark space. Where shall we go? What shall we do? Life here began out there. Those are the first words of the sacred scrolls, and they were told to us by the Lords of Kobol, many countless centuries ago. And they made it perfectly clear that we are not alone in this universe. Elosha, there's a 13th colony of humankind, is there not?

Elosha:
Yes. The scrolls tell us a 13th tribe left Kobol in the Early Days. They travelled far and made their home upon a planet called Earth, which circled a distant and unknown star.

Adama:
[retorts to Elosha] It's not unknown. [to audience] I know where it is! Earth. The most guarded secret we have. The location was only known by the senior commanders of the fleet, and we dare not share it with the public. Not while there was a Cylon threat upon us. For now we have a refuge to go to. A refuge the Cylons know nothing about. It won't be an easy journey. It'll be long, and arduous. But I promise you one thing: on the memory of those lying here before you, we shall find it, and Earth shall become our new home. So say we all!


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