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Execut ive

Producer :

G l e n A . L a r s o n

P r o d u c e r : F r a n k

Lupo

C o P r o d u c e r : G a r y

B. i n t e r

B en ~ d h

PROD 5 5 1 1 4

M a r c h 19 ,

1 9 8 0 S p e c .

R

WHEEL OF F I R E

WRI l l EN

BY

L o u i s R . Kel ly

a n d

A l a n S . Young

STORr BY

A l a n S . Y o u n g

GLEN

LllRSON

PRODUC l IONS



GALACTIC

A 1 8

THE

WHEEL OF RE

lCT

ONE

FADE

IN

ON

SINGLE VIPER STOCK

as

it streaks

through space.

V P R

COCKPIT

ON XAVIAH

watching his controls and

scanners

careful ly

INSERT

SCANNER

The screen

shows the

position of h is ship

with

f ive objects

elosing

1n

from

behind.

VIPER SQU RON STOCK

Five

Colonial Vipers

1n

pursuit .

VIPE? COCKPIT

ON DILLON

looking at

his scanner.

DILLeN

l ive

got

b ~ m on

oy

scanner, Troy.

VIPER

COCKPIT ON TROY

as be looks down

at

his scanner.

T Y

I ve

got hi.m too.

to

squadron

Everyone

break

formation.

o

what

you have to

do to

keep

Xav1ar s ship

away from

Earth.

V P R

S ~ U R O N STOCK

as the

five

s h i ~ s sp l i t up and

head

o ff

in

dif ferent

directions.

VIPE?

COCKPIT

ON DILLON

looking out

into

space.

DILLON

into ~ ~ c r o p o n e

Give it up, Xa?iar.

ou

won t

~

·· t e



VIPER COCKPIT

ON XAVIAR

e laughs to

himself .

TROY S

VOICE •

over epeaker)

He s

right,

Xav1ar.

You ve

got

f ive

Vipers on your t a i l You won

make

i t to Earth.

Xaviar smiles and looks down

at h is

scanner.

INSERT

SCANNER

His

ship

and

the l i ve other sh ips

are

scat tered

on

the

screeD.

Several

new o b j ec t s

appear

a t O e edge o f

the

screen

and quickly QOTe toward the rest or the objects

O

the

screeD.

TIGHT

ON

XAVIAR

seeing

th e scanner and smil ing.

XAVIAR

into microphone)

think

you may

b .

wrong, Captain

Troy.

Take a look at your scanner.

Y ON

FIGHTERS STOCK)

Three f ighters

moving sw f t ly

through space and fa s t

approaching.

VIPER

COCKPIT

ON TROY

looking down

at

his

scanner.

e reacts .

TROY

Dil lon, Cylon ships

coming 1n

from---

VIPER

COCKPIT

ON DILLON

DILLOn

see

them.

INTERCUT TROY WITH DILLON

Troy

looks

down

at

bis

Bcanner.

TROY

Only

three ships .

DILLON

Must be a

patrol .

CONTINUED



0

CONTINUED

TR Y

Good. Di110D can you and the r e s t

the

squadron handle <bem?

DILLON

Why

TR Y

1

m

o ~ n

a t t e r

Xaviar.

DILLON

I m

going

with

you.

•

TR Y

No

You have

to

stay

with

the squadron.

DILLON

Troy, I th1.nk---

TR Y

That s an

o rd er, L ie ut en an t. Make

sure the

Cylons---

He 1s

cu t o t t by

a

tremendous explosion t h a t

rocks h is

sh ip .

DILLON

Troy

Tbey re 00

us .

TR Y

No kidding.

Look,

Dil lon, keep em

busy

un t i l I

get

back.

DILLON

But,

Troy---

An

explosion

rocks

Dil lon s

ship . He turns bis

cont rol

s t ick to one s ide

taking

his ship in to a wide turn .

SINGLE

VIPER

TROY S)

as tbe turbos kick 1n and

s t reaks

of in to space.

DILLON

looking out into space.

DILLOIl

Good luck, buddy.

SINGLE VIPER STOCK)

as

closes

on a

Cylon

s ~ p and

shoots

i t s l asers . The

Crlon ship

explodes

in to a m i ~ l ~ o n pieces .



VIPER COCKPIT

ON

DILLON

Bis ship 1s f a s t

approaching

a Cylen f i g h t e r t roo behind.

Dillon

t i r e s bie l a s e r s .

All

of

shots miss the

Cyl D

t i g h t e r .

DILLON

Frack.

Dillon puts his Viper i n t o

a

turn to pursue the

Cy1 n

f i g h t e r .

NOTHER YLON

FIGHTER (STOCK)

as approaches a Colonl al V iper . The Cylon t i r e s

and the

Viper explodes i n t o a

giant

f i r e b a l l .

VIPERS

IN

SPACE

(STOCK)

Two

Vipers closing on a Cy1 n

f i g h t e r .

=1sses .

The

other

Viper

t i r e s

and

the

VIPER COCKPIT _ ON

DILLON

One Viper

f i r e s

and

Cylon

f i g h t e r

explodes.

His

ship

1s

approaching

the l a s t Cylon f i g h t e r .

8e

t i r e s h is

l a s e r s and

misses

again. The

Cylon

f i g h t e r

turns

and 1s DOW

approaching

D i l l o n s

s h i p . The two s h i p s

exchange

f i r e . A

panel

on

Dillon's control board

explodes as

the

Cylon r l g ~ t e r

passes over Dillo n's s hip .

ON

YLON

FIGHTER (STOCK)

moving

away as

escapBs.

VIPER

COCKPIT

_

ON

DILLON

Sparks are f lying from his equipment.

Dillon

1s

waving

h i s

a r ~

to clear the smoke froo h i s tace

a

VIPER COCKPIT ON

D G N

looking out at Dillon 's ship .

D G N

Lieutenant Dillon, are you a l l r ight?

DILLON S VOICE

(over

'speaker)

I'm

f i n e but t h e r e s

no

response

trom my main t h r u s t e r s . Bow

baq

i s

it ?

INTERCUT

D G N

WITH DILLON

DAG: l

1

m s ur pr is ed you 'r e

s t i l l

in one

piece. That Cylon blew a hole in

your main fuel

tank.

You r losing

your fuel

t a s t

a

O N T i ~ E D



•

(5)

CONTINUED

O1110n

taps

his tue l gauge

which 1s

f lashing

red.

DILLON

Frack

My

reserves

G N

Shal l

we pursue the

are empty too .

Cylon, sir ?

More sparks f ly 1n Dil lon s cockpit as

another

cont ro l

panel

explodes .

DILLON

Negat1

va .

G N

But

it s beading

toward

Ear th ,

DILLOlI

Forget it

Troy s out

there and be l l

take

care of t .

Dillon waves o more smoke

tha t 1s

coming

from bis

equipment.

DILLON

I Deed assistance back to the

Galact1ca.

G N

Shal l we use the

t r ac to r

beam, sir ?

DILLON

or

course , unless

you

tbink

you can

t i t me into your cockpit .

Dagan says no th ing .

THREE VIPERS

IN

SP CE

Ooe

(Dillon

15 ) i s dead 1n

space.

The other

two V1;ers

are

O

ei ther side

as a

f ine

green t r ac to r beam

from

both

V p e ~ s

converge on the center Viper .

S l o w l ~

the

th ree Vipers

move

o f in to

space .

ON SINGLE

VIPER TROY S)

s treaking

through

space

with

fu l l

turbos.

V P S ~ COCKPIT

-

ON

TROY

looking

into

space with

determination

in h is

eyes.

TROY

This

i s your l a s t chacce, Xav1ar.

I f

you

don t

surrender now

I ll

open

f i re

on your sh ip .



6

VIPER

COCKPIT

ON XAVIAR

looking a t his

scanner .

He smi les .

XAVIAR

to b1mselt>

E ce l lent .

INSERT

SCANNER

•

Xav1ar

l

s

ship

1s

in

the

lead

with Troy's

sh ip c lo sin g

fas t .

Coming

up even

fas te r 1s a CylOD g ~ t e r be bind Troy's sh ip .

ON Y ON

FIGRTER

moving

c lose r . to pens t i r e .

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

TROY

There 1s an explosion

outside

h is sh ip . He looks down a t h is

scanner

and

reacts .

TROY

Flaming Felgercarb

Troy

tUrDS

h is control s t ick taking bis ship

into

a

wide

turn

to avoid the oncoming Cylon t ighter .

INT Y ON COCKPIT

The CyloDs at the controls watch Troy's Viper as t goes

into

1 t s

wide

t u rn .

CYLOn

1

Two Colonial Viper

Craft

in

range. One

has

in i t i a ted

evasive maneuvers

f

Shal l

we

pursue?

eYLON 2

Negative.

I

want the othe r Colonia l

Warrior. I want

to

know

why be i s

being pursued by

h is own

people.

CYLeN 1

By

your command

The

Cylon

t ighter goes in to a s l igh t

turD.

Oll Y ON FIGHTER

.

as t

turns and

heads

towards

Xaviar 's

Viper.

VIPER CCCK?IT

_

ON TReY

watching

his

scanner

with concern. He turns

bis

control

CON I I:m2D



7)

CONTINUED

s t i c k taking

h is Viper i n t o

a t i g h t

t u r n .

TROY

t o

h i m s e H )

I

c a n t

l e t

t h a t Cylon

O

SINGLE

VIPER

•

De a r

E s r t h .

8S

t urns 1n space an d the t urbos k i c k

1 n .

VIPER

COCKPIT

O XAVIAR

looking

down a t

h i s

scan n er .

He

r e a c t s .

INSERT SCANNER

The CylOD

t i g b t e r

1 s c lo s in g 1n

on

h is

s h i p ex t rem el y f a s t .

O

THE

SHIP

OF

LIGHTS

coving

sWi f t l y

throught

s p a c e .

O

VIPER

TROY S)

as s t r e a k s t h r ~ u h

s p a c e .

VIPER

COCKPIT

O TROY

He

1 s

w a t c h i n g h i s

c o n t r o l s

c a r e f u l l y .

TROY

t o

hirnse

f

Come

on.

rom

b e h i n d

T r o y s V i p e r , t h e S h ip o f

L i g h t s

a p p r o a c h e s .

There 1 s

a

h i g h - p i t c h e d w h i n i n g t h a t i n c r e a s e s 1 n v o l u ~ a s

the s h i p g e t s

c l o s e r

to

the Vi per. Troy n o t i c e s the sound

an d looks around.

TROY

What

t h e - - -

The

whining

sound

becomes

d eaf en in g .

Troy covers b i s e a r s

aod g r i m a c e s .

Th e

sound 1 s

h u r t i n g

h i s e a r s .

He

w r i t h e s

i n

h is s e a t

from

th e p a i n .

The

Ship o f Li ght s

i s

now

on top

o f

Troyls Vi pe r . F i n a l l y ,

Troy

slumps

down

in h is s e a t as

he

passes out

RTH

as

X a v i a r s

Viper

and the

Cylon f i g h t e r

a ppr oa c h.



•

8

VIPER

COCKPIT -

ON XAVIAR

He

1s quickly

throwing

swi tches and

pushing but tons .

11, he leans back and pushes

himself

against the back

his

s e a t .

INT.

Y ON

COCKPIT

They

are watching

as

they gain

on

the

Viper.

Y ON 1

Lock on

and

prepare to f i r e .

Another Cy10n reaches up

and pushes

a but ton •

YLQlI 2

Locked on.

VIPER

COCKPIT

-

ON

XAVIAR

F i n a l -

o

/

He

pushes

a

button

and

1s

t h r u s t

back

agains t

h is

s e a t .

ON VIPER

(XAVIAR S)

as

e n t e r s

the

time warp

f i e l d i n to another dimension. Th e

Cylon t i g h t e r

1s

so close t h a t

1s

pulled i n t o the time

warp

f i e l d by

Xaviar s

Viper.

Both ships disappear as does

the time

warp f i e l d .

ON

THE BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (STOCK)

leading the Rag Tag f l e e t

ships

through

space .

INT. DOCTOR ZEE S CHAMBERS

Adams e n t e r s .

He

bas a

look

of

concern on

h is

face.

ADAliA

Doctor

Zee,

Xaviar

has once again e s -

escaped U6.

ZEE

Yes, Adama I

know.

d ~

begins

to pace around.

ADA 1A

I

cannot understand

bow

be

was

able

to

board

the

Galact ica and escape

without

anyone detect ing his presence ••• u n t i l

was

too l a t e .

ZEE

I t 1 s very s 1 o p l e Adaca. Xaviar has

a

l o g i c a l 8 S w e l l

as a

devious

mind.

He

e n t e r e d

the G a l a c t i c a s landing bay,

O N T I ~ t J E D



(9)

CONTINUED

ZEE c o n t d )

while

using

b i s 1nvi.s1b11i ty f i e l d ,

at the

same time

as

one;o

our

patrols

re turned. The sound of the

re turning

patrol

covered

the

sound

of X aviar s

ent ry . After the landing

bay

was shut

down

he

was

free to r e f u e l his s h i p .

dame appears

puzzled.

M

Surely

he

must have know our s cann ers

would detect him when he became v i s i b l e

a g a i n

• • • e s p e c i a l l y 6 0 soon

a f t e r l a u n c h -

i n g

from the G a l a c t i c a .

ZEE

Xaviar

was

conserving

his

ew

fuel

supply. He

could

Dot have made

back to

Earth i f

he

continued

to

use

th e i n v i s i b i l i t y

f i e l d .

M

Earth?

ZEE

Xaviar has l e f t t h i s

t 1 ~ e r a ~ e again .

dal la r eac t s .

ZEE

Let me

show

you.

Zee waves his arm toward a viewing screen. Adaca turns a ~ d

looks a t tbe screen as

becomes

a c t i v a t e d .

INSERT _

V I ~ H I N G SCREEN

The

screen

i s showing the Colonial Viper

squadron in pursu it

of

Xavlar

l

s Viper. The squadron i s gaining on Xaviar s ship

when the Cylon f i g h t e r s i n t e r c e p t .

Xaviar s

ship continues,

followed

by one of

the

Vipers

froo the

squadron

(Troy S) .

The

other Vipers

froQ the

squadron engage

the

Cylon ships in

combact. Two Cyion

ships and one Viper a r e

destroyed. The

third

Cylon

ship

escapes

and

fol lows

a f t e r

Xav1ar

and

r ~ y

ZEE

v .o .

s

you

can

see, one of the

CyIon

f i g h t e r s

managed

to escape our

Viper squadron.

COHT NUE D



1

CONTINUED

T r o y s

Viper i s closing

i n

f i r e s a t him. T r o y s s h i p

by th e

CyIeD.

on

Xav i ar

goes i n t o

•

when the Cylon f i g h t e r

a

turn an d

i s

followed

ZEE

v . o . )

I m s o r r y to t e l l yo u

t h i s ,

b u t we

l o s t Troyts

Vi pe r

on

our

sc a nne rs

a f t e r

th e

CyIOD

opened f i r e . We

must only assume . t h a t h i s s h i p has

been d e s t r o y e d .

011

M

watching the sc re e n with deep

b u r t

i n b is e y e s .

ON M

N

ZEE

ZEE

I know how you

o u s t

t e e l , but we must

now c onc e nt ra t e on the m a t t e r a t band.

dama l ooks away from the

scr eeD.

ZEE

I

am

a f r a i d

t h a t

th e

e n t i r e p r e s e n t

p o p u latio n on Ear th i s i n more

danger

now than t ha s

e ve r been

since o u r

a r r i v a l .

Ze e motions

back a t

s c r e e n . dama

t u r n s

back

and l o o k s

down

a t

t

On th e sc re e n

i s

X av i a r s s h ip

a s

t

approaches

E a r t h . The

Cylon t i g h t e r

i s

approachi ng th e V ip e r.

The

eylon f i g h t e r comes i n t o . f i r i n g r an g e. X a v i a r l s Viper e n t e r

the time

warp f i e l d

and d i s a p p e a r s . The ey lo n

f i g h t e r i s

p u lled i n t o th e f i e l d . I t , t o o d i s a p p e a r s . The s c r e e n

goes

d a r k .

dama

t u r n s

an d fa c e s Zee with a lo o k o f sbock

0 0

h is fa c e .

H

Doctor Zee

yo u

d o n t meao---

ZEE

Yes the Cylon t i g h t e r has been

taken i n to E ar th s

p a s t

by Xav iar .

Adama looks a t th e darkened

sc re e n

i n d i s b e l i e f .

ON THE

S IP

OF LIGHTS STOCK

moving S Wi ft ly th ro ug h

s p a c e .



( 11)

INT. WHITE CH M ER

PLEASE

NOTE ALL

COSTUMES IN SHIP

OF LIGHTS

S E ~ U E N C E S

ARE

BASED

ON COSTUMES

FROM THE PREVIOUS

BATTLESTAR G L ~ C ~ ~ C

EPISODE,

EXPERIMEN 1 IN TERRA .) •

The

chamber 16

l a r g e

and

e v e r y t h i n g

1s comple te ly

w h i t e .

There are no furnisbings, however, a t one end of the ctacber

1s

an a l t e r - l i k e p e d e s t a l .

Lying

OD

the

p ed es ta l, h is

w a r r i o r

u D i o r ~

completely

w h i t e , 1s Troy. He 1s unconscious

Slowly, he begins to

r e g a i n

h i s c o n s c i o u s n e s s . He g e t s

up,

h i s movements slow , alm ost

l a b o r e d .

A t t e r be b a l a n c e s

b l o

s e l f , be s t a r t s t o

loo k aroun d the

chamber i n c o n f u s i o n .

Be

looks.

a t

h i s

uniform

with

s u r p r i s e . At

one eod

o f

the

chambe

a

door

s l i d e s

open

and a s m a l l f i g u r e

e n t e r s .

The

f i g u r e

1s

c l a d

1n

a white

robe

and

has

a white mask over its f a c e .

The

figure approaches

Troy, whose f i r s t

i n s t i n c t i s to draw

his

b l a s t e r , which to h is s urp rise i s not in i t s h o l s t e r .

THOY

Where

am

I ?

FIGURE

s o f t , whispery)

Welcome, Cap ta in T roy.

TROY

You

know my name?

The

f igure

nods.

THOY

You

d i d n t aDswer my

quest ion .

Where

17

FIGURE

I am sorry, Captain, but I am not a t

l i b e r t y

to d iscuss

that with

you.

TROY

Then

t e l l me what t h i s

place l s .

FIGURE

I must report that you have

awakened.

There wil l

be

soeeone

here soon who

can answer a l l of your questions.

The

figure turns and

s t a r t s

to walk back toward the door.

Troy steps

forward

in an attempt

to

stop the

f igure

frae

leaving, but

before he

can do

anything;

t he door s l i d e s

shut and the figure

i s

gone.

Troy

stops

and s t a r e s a t the

closed

door.



( 12)

REVERSE NGLE

Troy, his

back

to the camera,

continues

to stare at the

c lo sed doo r. Bebind

him. a

t a l l f igure,

tha t

of

a man,

mater ial izes. Be

1s dressed in a white

ou t f i t

(Similar to

the

ou t f i t

worn John in Exper1:nent In Terra .

ST RBUCK

So,

you f1nally

cecaoe

a

Captain

•••

l ike

your

father .

Troy whirls around and

stares u ~ f o u n e l y

a t:

A FA. fILIAR FACE

Starbuck

1s

standing

before Troy.

ST RBUCK

I m

proud of ya, Saxey.

Troy

continues

to

s ta re

a t

Starbuck

in disbe l ie f .

Starbuck

simply smi l e s .

ON VIPERS

Two Tipers t ransport ing a third with t rac tor beams.

THE

BRIDGE

OF THE

G L CTIC

•

Colonel

Eoomer

1s seated a t his console in the communications

area. There are se ve ra l o th er technician s seated a t various

posit ions around

the

area. One of the technicians,

Marali ,

suddenly turns

towards Colonel Boomer.

M R LI

Colonel,

Blue Squadron i s t rans-

mitting an emergency s igna l .

Boomer leaves his s ta t ion and walks over to Maral1 s console.

BeOMER

Put

on audio.

Marall

punches

a button.

EOOMEH

Galactica to Blue Squadron. Report

s ta tus .

DILLON S

VOICE . ,

(over speaker)

We

were

attacked

by a Cylon pat ro l .

Boomer

looks

a t

the scanner.

CONTINUED



COI/TlNUED

OOMER

Casualty

r e p o r t L i e ut e na nt •

•

INTERCUT OOMER WITH DILLON

DILLON

I l o s t a p i lo t

Boomer

looks a t the scanner

a g a i n .

OOMER

Scanner

shows

only thr ee ships

DILLON

Troy went

a t te r

Xaviar an d my s h i p

1 s cr ipp led

I m

b ei ng b ro ug ht in

on t r ac tor b e a e s .

Boomer

t u r n s

to

H a r a l i .

OOMER

Rave an

e me rg en cy c re w

sta n din g b y.

in Alpha

l andi ng

b ay .

MARALI

Yes s i r

She t u r n s and

punches s e v e r a l

b u t t o n s on h er c o nso le . Sh e

waits

a moment then t urns back

to

Boomer.

MARALI

Emergency

crew

s t a n d i n g

by.

Boomer tur ns

back

to

th e

scanner .

BOOMER

Alpba

lan d in g

bay 1 s c lear P roceed.

DILLON

Tbank

q C ol onel .

Welre

b r i n g i n g

h er

in

INT. GALACTICA L l D I ~ G

Y

STOCK

The

emergency

crew

1s

pr epar ing.

ON

VIPERS

S

they

approach

the Bat t les ta r Ga l a c t 1c a .

NT. GALACTICA LA:DI:;G Y

The t hre e Vipers

e n t e r

th e

bay the c e n t e r s h i p s t i l l b eld

by t ~ c t o r

b e ~ s



1 4

DILLON

ae he

climbs

o u t

o f

h i s

Viper

c o c k p i t . Dagan

an d

th e o t h e r

Viper p i l o t qU ickly rus h over to D illon •

DILLON

Thanks

guys,

yo u

did

a g r e a t jo b .

A crew member approaches

Dillon

•

ClC. O Ml:. lBER

L i e u t e n a n t

D i l l o n o m ~ a n d e r Adaaa

wants

yo u

to

re p o r t to Doctor

Z e e s

chambers

i m m e di a t e l y.

D i l l o n s h r u g s

and

r u s h e s

t o w a r d s tb e

e l e T a t o r .

INT.

DOCTOR

ZEE S

CHAMBERS

a6

Di l l on

e n t e r s

an d

approaches

Adams aDd

Doctor

Zee.

Adaoa a p p r o a c h e s D i l l o n

r e l i e v e d

to s e e t h a t he i s

u n ~ n -

j u r e d .

ADAMA

Thank goodness

yo u a re

unharmed.

DILLON

Di d Troy cat ch up

with

Xaviar?

Adama r e a c t s to T ro y s q u e s t i o n . He qui ckl y t u r n s away

an d c om po se s h imself , then t u r n s back

towards D i l l o n .

Doctor Zee

s t e p s forward.

ZEE

Ou r

s i t u a t i o n

bas become

very s e r i o u s

sin ce

your

e nc ount e r

w i t h th e

Cyloo

p a t r o l .

Di l l on s e n s e s t h a t something

1 s

wrong.

DILLON

What i s i t ? What a r e n t yo u

t e l l i n g

me ?

Adama put s

h i s

hand on

D i l l o n s

s h o u l d e r .

ADAMA

Ou r

ecanners

show

t h a t

on e

o f

the

Cylon r i g h t e r s escaped your

squa dr on.

That

f i g h t e r

has

followed X a v i i r i n t o

anot her time

t ram e.

P ~ e s e n t

day

Eart h

i s

10

very grave d a n g e r a t - - -

DILLON

Did

Troy follow t h e ~

O N T I N U ~ D



•

1

5

ONTINUED

ZEE

los t

T r o y s ship on pur scanners

af te r the

escaped Cylon

f i g h t e r

opened t i r e .

A

shocked look c rosse s D i l l o n s

f a c e .

He says

nothing

fo r

a

te w moments.

DlUON

d1sbeUev:l.ng

Maybe

h is

t r a n s m i t t e r s a re m81

tunc t ion ing . . . .

D ll

No

011100

• • •

1 m sorry .

The

look on Adama s

face t e l l s

D i l l o n

everyt hi ng

be needs

to

know.

A

sad

look

comes

to D il lo n s

face

as

he

t urns

away

trom

Adama an d Doctor

Zee.

D ill o n ta kes a few s t e p a

away an d 1 s vis ib ly u p s e t •

ZEE

must cove on an d make pl a ns

to elimin ate the Cylon f i g h t e r

from

Earth s p a s t and

recover

Xa vi a r .

Dillon

t u r n s

around with anger in h is ey es.

DlUON

Is tha t

1 t ? 1 Y o u r e j u s t g i v i n g

up

on

Troy?

Adana approaches D illo n a g ain and put s h is hand O ~ Dil lon s

shou lder .

D ll

There 1 s n othing we

can

do a b o u t

Troy. Th e

th rea t t o Earth s

p a s t

i s to o grea t .

Di l l on s ta r ts to protes t , but Adama c ut £ him o f .

D M

DilloD

I

sha r e

your

e e l n g ~

how-

e v e r

we must g e t

in c o n t a c t

wi t h

Jamie

an d

bri ng h er

aboard

the G a l a c t i c a .

Th e t ice frame Xaviar i s now

in

i s

one

we have V i r t u a l l y no d a t a on . She

i s

i s th e o n ly person who can :1elp us

I

and

Eart h now.

FADZ OUT

EnD T

ONE



T TWO

FADE IN

ON

THE

u N I T ~

BROADCASTING

COMPANY S MAIN STUDIOS

at

Universal main

gate)

Dillon

approaching tbe

gate .

ON

DILLON

as he comes

to

the entrance aod

stops .

The guard

opens

the

door

and

s t eps ou t .

GU RD

Hay

I help

you,

s ir?

DILLON

I

need

to

see

Jamie Hamilton.

The guard

turns and pointe

a t a smal l

~ o n l t o r ins ide

h is

booth.

GU RD

There

she 1s

kid . You

can look at

her a l l

you want .

ON

TV MONITOR

Jamie

6

w nding

up

a

broadcast .

JAMIE

• • • nd

the

al leged s ight1egs bave

proven

to be

fa l se .

he puts own her

news copy

and

looks up

the caoera .

JA IIE

This 1s Jamie

Hamilton,

and this

concludes

today s

news

program.

Thank

you,

and have a good evening .

The monitor screen goes blank.

ON DILLON

as he

s tar t s

to en ter

the s tud i o . The guard

quick ly

s t e ~

out

h is bootb to s top

Di l l on .

GU RD

Jus t wbere do you think you re going?

DILLOII

o

see

Jamie Hamilton.

GU RD

Not without a

pass you re

no t .

lILLON

p ss

CCNT N 'vED



17)

CONTINUED

GU R

Y e a h ~

a

pass . You don t get

past t h i s

gate

thout a pass .

DILLON

Look,

1

1

m

1n

a

hurry. I t s very important

that I

see Jamie Hamilton.

GU R

No ODe

goes

by me without a pass.

I f

you want

to see Miss

Hamilton, y o u l l

have t o

use

t h a t phone over there and

make an appointment.

The guard s t a r t s to go back inside b is booth. Dillon pul ls

out his b l a s t e r and

adjusts the

s e t t i n g knob on t He

aims

t a t

the

guard

and f i r e s

The guard

s tops , frozen

1n

his

pos i t ion. Dillon puts the gun back and

walks i n t o

the

s tudio .

After

Dillon

has

disappeared

within

the

s tudio , a

car pulls

up

to the guard

booth

and stops. The driver t r i e s

to

get the

a t t e n t i o n of

the

guard,

but

to no a v a i l

The

guard remains frozen. The

driver

the car

shrugs

and

drives

i n t o the s t u d i o

INT.

UNITED BROADCASTING COMPANY S

LOBBY

Dillon enters the

lobby as Jamie 1s g e t t i n g or the

e leva tor .

Jamie passes

the

guard

and waves.

JAMIE

Goodnight,

George.

The guard acknowledges with a

nod

o t

h is head. Jamie

walks

towards the door and s e e s D i l l o n

J ~ I E

(surpr ised

r

D11lon

She suddenly r e a l i z e s bow loud she

said

h i s name and r ~ e s

up to him.

JAJ f E

What are you doing h ere ?

DILLON

We

Deed

your belp.

J

A. -IE

What do you mean?

-

.

DILLON

You have to come back to the

Galactlca

.,,1 t b

lie

CONTINUED



19

ONTINUE

T Y

Tben yo u d i d n t die ?

You

used

to t e l l

w o u l d n t go

to

ST R UCK

Not

e x a c t l y .

I

s1mply

• • •

evolved

to

a nothe r place o f

e x i s t a n c e .

Troy

1 s

contused d o e s n t

u n ~ e r s t a d

T Y

Look e i t h e r

y o u r e

dead o r

y o u r e

n o t .

ST R UCK

I t s j u s t

t h a t

I no

lo n g er

have a

p h y s i cal body a s yo u know t

T Y

But I m

looking a t

you.

ST R UCK

A ll you re looking a t

1 s

a r e f l e c t i o n

my s p i r 1

t u a l

e s s e n c e

Troy 16 s t i l l

somewhat

co n t u s ed .

T Y

That s t i l l

d o e s n t

ex p lain

why I

am

be

re

•

ST R UCK

o

yo u remember

the

s t o r i e s

your

f a t h e r

an d I used to t e l l yo u

ab o u t

th e beings who gave th e G a l a c t i c a

th e co o rd i n at es to Ea r th?

Troy

t h i n k s

t

a moment

TROY

remelDber1ng

Yes r e ~ e m b e r DOW

me

the s t o r i e s when I

s l e e p p eri o d on t i ~ e

Troy digs deeper in to h is memory.

T Y

You

used to c a l l

them the

Guardians

t

th e U niv er se .

Starbuck. s::d.les.

ST R UCK

Righ t

CONTINUU>



•

1

CONTINUED

Jamie looks around.

JAllIE

But where s

Troy?

A

saddened

look crosses Dil lon s face.

DILLON

We

were

ambushed by

a

CylOD

p a t r o l

and

Troy s ship d i d n t make it

JAMIE

You mean

•

D ill o n n od s

Jamie

t u r n s away, taken aback by t h e

news.

Dillon

approaches

her

and puts

his hands

on

her shoulders,

t u rn in g h er around towards h i a

DILLON

Jamie, we

r e a l l y need

your

help

now

Jam ie nods

and

they

walk

away.

ON

SHIP

OF

LIGHTS STOCK)

moving swift ly through space.

INT

WHITE CH M ER

as

Troy and

Starbuck e n t e r The

chaober

1s much 6 ~ a l l e r then

t h e p r e v i o u s

chamber.

Troy

bas

a

look

o f

extreme

c o n f u s i o n

on

b i s

f a c e

TROY

Why am I here? I

have to get

back

and s t o p Xav1ar before

he goes i n t o

E a r t h s

past

again.

STARBUCK

You

still have t ime.

t h a t you catch up to

11

see

to it

Xav1ar.

Troy gives

Starbuck

a quest ioning g lance .

He

looks around

the white chamber and theo down at h is white u n i f o r ~

TROY

Are we 1n another

t1Qe fra :l le?

STARBUCK

We re 1n another

d1:llension. but

we re

s t i l l

10 your present frame of t ~ e

CON I IN:J=:D



20

CONTINUED

TROY

I

a l so

remember

my f a t h e r t e l l i n g me

about th e time

the

Guarfiians

c a ~ e to

him

f o r h e l p

Starbuck sm i l e s

an d

n o d s .

A

look o f

r e a l i z a t i o n c r o s s e s

Troy s f a c e as

he

looks a t

Star b u ck .

TROY

I s th a t why I m be re? To help?

Starbuck

simply

n o d s .

ON

THE

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STOCK

l e ad in g th e f l e e t th ro ug h d e ep s p a c e

INT

DOCTOR

ZEE S

CH M ERS

Dillon

and

Jamie

e n t e r and

a pp ro ac h D oc to r

Zee

and

Adama

Adama 18 d elig hte d to

see

Jamie a g a i n . He

e xt e nds h i s

h a ~ d

to h e r .

ADAlIA

Welcome

back Ja m i e .

Jamie accept s

h is

band. Sh e g ~ v e s

Adama a

sym pa t he t i c l o o k .

JAMIE

I m so s o r r ~ Adama

t i l l e n t ol d

me aboll t T r o y .

Adams smiles a t

Jamie.

A D J C ~ A

Thank yo u f e r

y o u r

c ~ n c e r n

however

time i s of

th e

e sse nc e

and we

must

work f a s t

ZEE

Yes Adama t ime

i s

o f th e e s s e n c e

Xaviar has p ro je ct ed h im s el f a p p r o x i -

mately

two

thousand s i x

hundred

Eart h

y e a r s i n t o

E a r t h s

p a s t

There

i s

a

long

moment

s i l e n c e

as they

a l l

r e a c t

d i f -

f e r e n t l y :

Adama

and Di l l on have somewhat bl a nk looks

on

t h e i r

faces an d ~ i e l ooks q u i t e a o a ~ e d

We

have

ab so lu tely no

i n f o r ~ a t i o n

CONTINUE;



21

ONTINUED

c o n t d )

t h a t r r back in to E artg s p a s t

That 1s

wby

we Deed your

a ssi st a nc e

agai n,

Jamie.

What

can you t e l l us

about

t h a t

time trame?

Jacle

d i g s

deep i o t o

h e r

t hought s .

JAMIE

T h a t s

a period

o f

time t h a t we bave

very tew f acts OD . Most what 1s

w r i t t e n

1n our h i s t o r y books 1 s

based

OD

myths

an d l egends .

What f a c t s

we

do

haTe have

been

t r a n s l a t e d from

a n c i e n t t e x t s t h a t were w r i t t e n i n

o t h e r

l an g u ag es .

D M

What

t h e i r technology?

JAMIE

There was none w ba ts oe ve r, w ith

th e

e xc e pt i on

a tew ba si c

p r imitiv e

t o o l s

u s e d f o r e v e r y d a y

e x i s t e n c e •

However, they had a ~ o r d e r o f

s o c i a l i z a t i o n

dama an d

Zae

exchange gl a nc e s.

D M

That

means

they bave

defense

a g a i n s t

t h e

C y l o n s .

Jamie looks

f i r s t

a t

D1110n

then dama with

a

puzzled

look

on

ber f ace.

JAMIE

T h a t s twice I v e

heard Cylons men-

t i o n e d .

What

are they?

ZEE

They were r esp o n sib le t r the

destr uction

o f our

home

co lo n ies

many

yahrens ago.

They have been

to llo win g u s,

determined

to d estr o y

a l l

human

l i t e torms

in

the

u n i v e r s e ,

sin ce ..e

t l e d

the

c o l o n i e s .

Jamie r e a c t s

with

a

look

o f

shock.

DILLON

to

Jamie)

When

Xav1ar

l e f t

t h i s time frame, he

O N T I ~ J E D



CONTINUED

DILLON (cont d)

inadvertent ly took

a Cylon f ighter

into Ear th s

past

with

~ m

A

look

of

rea l iza t ion

crosses

Jamies

faces.

Z

I t i s imperative that

the

Cylon

t ighter

be des tr oyed , l eaving

ab-

solntely no t races behind, b efo re

can do anything

to

disrupt

the

future

Earth.

Adams turns towards

Dillon n Jamie.

M

Your

ship i s bei ng p repa red

and wil l

be

ready

shor t ly

(to

Jamie)

Slnce you

are

going along, you

wil l

have to be outf i t ted

with

a u n f o ~

Jamie s expression changes to tha t of surpr ise as though

she

were

going

to say, 1

m

going along,

too?l1.

ON THE SHIP OF LIGHTS STOCK

INT

~ B I T E

CH M EH

as

Troy and

Starbuck

continue

the i r

conversat ion.

TROY

s Guardians of th e Unive rse ,

_hy

do you Deed my belp?

STARBUCK

Granted, we are Guardians,

however,

there are certain th ings we

cannot

in terfere With. those certain

instances,

we

can only of fe r advice

and

guidance. This

i s one or those

times.

TROY

You haven t

told

me what

the

si tuat ion

i s therefore,

how

cao I be o ~ any

assistance l

STARBUCK

Just take easy, Boxey. We ll take

t h i s one

step

a t

a

t ime

TROY

I

s t i l l

have to get

back

and

take

CONTINUED



23

CONTINUE D

T Y c o n t d )

care

o f

Xav i ar.

•

ST RBUCK

Whoa.

I

s a i d

_ e l l

t a k e

t h i s

a

s t e p

a t a t i m e . F i r s t o f a l l X a v i a r

1 6 0

t

the

main

problem DOW Th e Cylon

f i g h t e r i s

the problem.

Troy

g iv es S ta rb uc k a

puzzled

lo o k .

T Y

How c a n th e

Cylon

be th e problem?

ST RBUCK

Welve

g o t t a r un aw ay C yl on

t i g h t e r

f l y i n g

around in

E a r t h l s

p a s t .

T Y

But the Cylons bave n o t y et

developed

a system t o r

time t r a v e l .

ST RBUCK

The Cylon t i g h t e r

t h a t

t i r e d

a t your

Viper

locked

onto Xaviar s Viper j u s t

as be en ter ed the time warp f i e l d .

Because the CylOD f i g h t e r

was

so

c lose

to X a v i a r s

s h i p

the

f or c e o f

th e

time

warp p u lled tbe t i g h te r i n to th e f i e l d

b e h i n d X a r l a r .

T Y

Then

how

do

we

b r l o s the

Cylon

f i g h t e r

b a c k ?

ST RBUCK

We d o n t .

Troy

looks a t S ta r buc k

q u e s t i o n i n g l y .

ST RBUCK

The

Cylon

t i g h t e r

1 s f a r enougb back

in E a r t h s p as t t ~ t anythinG

does

could c onc e iva bly

d estr o y th e e n t i r e

p r esen t day population

o f E a r t h .

look

r e a l i z a t i o n

c r o s s e s T ro y s f a c e .

ST RBUCK

The Galactica

d o e s n t

have th e

c a p a b i l i t i e s o f g e t t i n g

a

s t i p back

th er e 1n t i c e to

s t o p

th e Cylon

r i g ~ t r

b efo re

can

do any

damage.

CONTIlmED



24 )

CONTINUED

STARBUCK cont d)

So, Boxey, tha t 16

why

we a re

going

to put you

1n

a

p o s t i o ~ t h a t

w11l

b ri n g yo u in to the p a s t jus t microDs

bebind

the

o t h e r

ships .

TliE

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA STOCK

1n s p a c e .

INT

OBSERVATION DECK

I t 1s a sm a ll room with a

very

l a r g e viewing por t .

Dillo n

1 s

l ean i n g a g a i n s t the edge o r th e viewing p o r t s ta r ing

of in to

deep space . Be seems

t o be

d e e p 1 n t h o u g h t

wi t h

a

dis tant look i n

his

e y e s . The door be bind hi m

s l ides

open

an d

Jamie e n t e r s 1n tu l l

w a r r i o r

dress .

DilloD

does

n o t

r e a c t to her

ent ry . He c ontinue s

to s ta re in to deep s p a c e .

Ja mie

s t a n d s

a t

the

d o o r

t

seve ra l moments

w a t c h i n g

hi m.

F i n a l l y ,

she

walks

o v er

to him

and

p l aces b e r

band

OD bis

shoulde r t a moment. He does

n o t

look a t b e r , however, be

puts

h is arm

around h er s ho uld er s an d

draws

h e r c loser

to

him. Jamie

looks up

a t D i l l o n ,

but he s t i l l

does not look a t

h e r .

She then looks away

an d

o ut

in to deep s p ace.

DILLON

I

remember j us t

af te r I

me t Troy,

a t

the Academy wben we got in to a

heap o f t r o u b l e . We

s ~ u g g l e a case

o f

Ambrosia

from

the

Of t i c e r s Hess

for Colonel Boomer s

promotion

c e l e b r a t i o n .

The c o r n e r s

o f

h i s

mouth cur l up, jus t s l igh t ly , a s he

rem i n i s ces .

DILLON

Troy

was a

good

w a r r i o r , the

bes t ,

ju s t l ike

h i s

fa ther . He worked 60

hard to become tbe w a r r i o r Captain

Apollo was.

Jamie res ts h er head a g a i n s t Dil lon s s h o u l d e r .

DILLON

l o w e

my

l1 f e

to

Troy,

more

than

onc e .

D illo n s ea rc he s deep er in to

h i s

memory

DILLON

We

were s co u t i n g a p l a n e t a r y system

CONTINUED



•

J a m i e , j u s t

by

•

25)

CONTINlJE;

DILLON coot d)

wben o u r ~ u a r d o n was

ambushed

by a

f l e e t

l o ca l a li e n t i g b t e r s y

s hip

was

b i t an d

I

went

down on

O e

t

the

inha bite d

p l a n e t s

Troy

r i s k e d

h is l i t e to c o ~ e down an d rescue me .

I t was

c l o s e , but he g o t

us

both

o u t

o f th e r e s a t e l y

DilloD looka a t Jamie aDd sh e lo o k s up a t

h i o

DILLON

I f i n d t d i f f i c u l t to

b e l i e v e

h e s

g o n e ,

J a m i e . I t i s n t f a i r

JAMIE

I

know,

D i l l o n .

You

and

Troy have

b e-

come

a s p e c ia l p ar t

o f my l i f e

1n

j u s t

the

s h o r t

time

s ince

I v e

known

you.

r

only

wish I knew bow

to

comfort

you.

DILLON

You a lr e a dy have,

b eing bere

now

D illo n

smiles a t

Jamie.

He l e a n s forward a d k i s s e s h er

l i g h t l y aD tbe l i p s •

DILLON

I t s time

to

go. We

bave

a

mission

to a c c o m p l i s h .

They turn an d walk

towards

the do orj

D i l l o n s

arm

1s

st

around

J am ie s s ho uld er s. The door

s l i d e s

open an d they

l e a v e .

The

door c l o s e s behind t h e e .

INT

GALACTICA LANDING Y STOCK

The

bay i s t u l l

t

a c t i v i t y a s

s e v e r a l

g roun d c re ws a r e

busy

working.

ON

TBE ELEVATOR

as t coces down i n t o the b ay .

On

t a re D illo D , J a o i e , an d

A d a ~ a They

s t e p

o f

the

e l e v a t o r a s t s t o p s They walk

over

to

a

two

p as se ng er V ip er .

There

are

s e v e r a l

erewmecbers

working

on

th e V iper.

Some

a r e loa ding

~ ~ e Viper w ith bo xes,

o t h e r s

are

unhooking c a ble s and

h o s e s .

D M

Your Viper has

been

modified

s l i g h t l y

DILLON

How

s07

CONTINUED



CONTINUED

6

•

ADAMA

You

bave a ~

larger

fuel capaci ty

This

1s a

safety precaution due

to

the

g r e a t

d i s t a n c e s i n v o l v e d .

Dillon looks over at the Viper and

sees

the r e w m e m e ~ s

loading boxes i n t o cargo bold

DILLON

What are a l l the boxes

tor?

ADAMA

The boxes

contain

explosive

charges

When

you

have

d e s t r o y e d t h e

CyIOD

f i g h t e r c i r c l e the area and make

sure

t h a t

has been completely

destroyed I f anything should remain

use

th e e xp lo siv e charges

to

make

sure t h a t everything bas

been

completely el iminated There

can

be

absolutely no

traces

the

CyloDs

ever

h ~ n

been t h e r e .

Jamie

looks nervously

at

dama

JAMIE

nd what

the CyIoDs

should find

us f i r s t ?

dams looks

a t ber

somewhat h e l p l e s s l y .

DILLON

Those

are the chances we have to

take sometimes

Jamie

crewmember

approaches

the three o f them

CRE NMEMBER

S i r everything i s ready

ADA 1A

I t 1s

t ime

dama

then

hugs

Jamie

and shakes D i l l o n s hand

He

s teps

back

as Dillon and Jamie

put on

t h e i r

helmets and

approach

the Viper

.

ADAMA

Good luck and may the Lords of Kobol

be with you a t a l l t1mes

Dillon

and Jamie climb i n t o

the

Viper and

the canopy

lowers

over them



27

ON

TIlE

BRIDGE OF

TIlE

GALACTICA

Colonel

area.

Boo=er

1s seated at his station in

the

c o m m u n c t o ~ s

BOOHER

Viper

one

cleared

for launch.

Launch

wben ready.

ON

L DN H

TOBE

STOCK

as the

Viper launches.

ON

SINGLE

VIPER

STOCK

as t

launches

trom the Galactica.

VIPER

COCKPIT ON DILLON ND JAMIE

O111 n

1s

adjusting

his

controls .

Jamie

i s

looking

out

into

the vast void or space

with

a look

or we

upon ber

face.

DILLON

Get ready

Jamie we re

coming

up

on Earth fast

Jamie

looks

at the back of Dil lon s bead

with

a

soc8what

DerTallS

look

on

her race.

JAMIE

b Lord

I d

hope I

would never

have to go through th i s

again.

DILLON

Don t worry Jamie

we l l

be back to

the Galactica before you know t

ON SINGLE VIPER

STOCK

as

i t approaches Earth.

ON

THE

SHIP

OF LIGETS STOCK

INT CORRIDOR

Starbuck and Troy are ~ l k n g down the corridor.

T Y

This a l l seems so

unreal

l ike

a

dream.

They

stop

and

face each

other.

ST RB JCK

Believe me

i t s

very real

ONT NUED



28)

CONTINUED

TROY

Can yo u t e l l me

f a t h e r ?

wbat happened

t o

my

•

STARBUCK

T h e r e s n ot enough t i n e l e f t

to go

in to t now.

They exchange

a mutual

look comradeship.

STARBUCK

Well, Boxey, tb is 1 s t You re on

your own DOW You

know what

t o do.

TROY

But, S t a r b u c k - - -

S t a r b u c k throws Troy a q u i c k s m i l e a nd dema te r i a l i z e s . T ro y

stan d s th er e

to r

a moment

with

an

UDsure

look

on

h is

f a c e ,

t he n p ro ceed s

down

the cor r idor .

ON THE

SHIP OF

LIGHTS STOCK

a6 t quickly moves away in to

d e e p

space .

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

TROY

as h is

eyes

snap

open. He looks around with an ex p r essio n

o f

contusion on

h is

t a c e , as though he

bas j u s t awakened

trom a deep s l e e p an d

d o e s n t

know where he i s .

He

f inal ly

s h a k e s h is

b e a d .

TROY

to himsel f

I

must have fal len a s l e e p .

He looks down a t

b is

u n if o r o an d

n o t i c e s

tha t t 1 s st ll

w h i t e . A

puzzled

ex p r essio n

c ro sse s h is f a c e .

TROY

I t w a s n t a dream.

Troy

looks up

an d

out in to space ahead

o r b is

Vi p er.

TR Y S

PaV

Eartb i s

sh in in g

br ight ly

in

t r o n t

o t

h is

Vip er .

VIPER COCKPIT

_ ON

TROY

He looks down a t h is cont ro l s .

INSERT

H r l O N O M T ~ R

I t has a row o f

n u ~ r s

on t



29 )

VIPER

COCKPIT ON TReY

Be l ooks up

trom h is

c o n t r o l s

an d s m i l es •

•

TReY

Starbuck

was

r i g h t .

Troy. r e a c h e s

down

and throws two slr1 t c h e s . Be 1 s t r u s t back

i n t o h i s

s e a t .

ON

SINGLE VIPER

STOCK)

8 it

e n t e r s th e

time warp

fi e l d

an d d i s a p p e a r s .

ON SINGLE

VIPER

STOCK)

as it s t r e a k s

through

space

with

f u l l t u r b o s .

ON

EARTll

STOCK)

s b i n i n g

b r i g h t l y 1n

t h e

d i s t a n c e .

VIPER COCKPIT ON DILLON ~ ~ D J A M I ~

D illo n 1 s l o o k i n g down a t h i s s c a n n e r . He seems p u z z l e d a s

he t aps

th e

sc a nne r

l i g h t l y with

h1s f i n g e r .

DILLON

T h a t s o d d .

J a m e

l o o k s

u p n e r v o u s l y .

JAMIE

Wha

t

8

•

rong ?

DILLON

I m

n o t s u r e . I j u s t

bad

a

b l i p

O Il

my s c a n n e r ,

but

i t di sa ppe a r e d b e f o r e

I

could

g et a

fi x

on

it

This

obviously

means

very l i t t l e t o J a o i e .

DILLON

Probably

j u s t one E a r t h s

s a te 11 t e s

•

ON

SINGLE

VIPER

STOCK)

as it quickly approacbes E a r t h .

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

DILLON N J

DILLON

Okay,

Jamie,

t h i s i s it

D il lo n re a ch e s

down

and throw tw o s w i ~ c h e G

Ee

and J a ~ e

CONTIliUCD



30

CONTINUED

re

thrust ck into their

se ts

ON

SINGLE

VIPER

STOCK

s

i t

enters

the time w rp

f i e ld

nd

dis ppe rs

F E

OUT

N

ACT TWO



CT THREE

FADE

IN

ON THE

BATTLESTAR

GALACTIC

A STOCK)

moTing through space.

INT ADAMA S QUARTERS

Adama 1s s i t t ing at

his desk

s tuding a monitor in

front of

him.

INSERT MONITOR

On

the

screen

i s a

print out tha t reads:

LIBRABY COMPUTER

LINK

FILE: EARTH HISTORY

TIME PERIOD:

APPRQX.

-600 YEARS (1)

NO INFORMATION

AVAILABLE.

ON D M

l ooking g rimly

a t

the screen.

Fina l ly ,

he pushes a button and

the

screen

goes dark. Adama leans back in

b is

cha i r On the

desk, facing him, 1s a ser ies of photographs: a por t ra i t or

his

w1fe, I11a, a por t ra i t of Athena,

Apollo

with Serina and

Baxey, and a p ortra it a t Troy tu l ly grown. He

looks

a t the

photos w ith a

dis tant

look or loss in h1s eyes. The s i lence

1n

b is q uarters

1s

in te r rupted y the communications bai l ing

s igna l Adama

reaches up

and

pushes

8

but ton

On the wal l to

Adama s

side

Boomer

appears

on the scanner.

OOMER

I

thought

you

would want

to

know

tha t

our scanners picked up a momentary

s igna l

on the same beading as Xaviar s

ship . We los t the s ignal before we

could get a c lear

f ix

OD

t

D M

Thank

you, Colonel Boomer.

Boomer remains on

the screen

fo r

several

mocents.

OOMER

You re

welcome, s i r

The

screen

goes

dark.

Adama

reaches

forward

and

p ~

u

the

photograph

of

Troy.

He looks

a t i t

fl>r

a

long IllO:lent

t i l l holding the photograph,

he

gets up

and

walks over to

the

viewing port

and

sta res o ff into deep space.

EXT. CHALDEA _ DESERT _ M O V ~ G

D Y

Slowly, we

are moving

through the

vast

desert

was:eland.

f t e ~ a few moments signs

of

vegatation

begin

to appear.

Of

in the distance, see

a

large area of

green

vegatat10n.

As we approach, see tha t t

15 a

desert

oas1s located

near

a r iver



32

~ rtIVER

CHEBAR

There i s a

great

deal

of

to l iage on e i t h e r side of the r i v e r .

Beyond

that the

toliage becomes th inner

and

eventually d i s -

sipates into desert wasteland.

om

behind a sand

dune

in

the

distance

there appears

a

large group of people

a l l dresse

1n

old

B i bl ic al c lo th in g .

As they

a ~ p r o a c h

the

o a s i s

we

see that

they

appear to

bet1red

and

worn 8S though they

bad

been

walking a g re at d ista nc e in the d e s e r t . They enter the

oasis

and

rush

to

the r i v e r s edge

to

s a t i s f y

t h e i r

t h i r s t .

Several

of

the people especial ly the

woeen t ind

places to

51 t and r e s t .

THE

RIVER

CHEBAR LATER)

The desert people have rested from t h e i r long

journey.

The

men

of

the group have been s e t t i n g up camp

and

are

almost

f inished.

The women

of the group

have s t a r t e d to prepare

the evening meal. There are c hild re n playing

around

the

camp area wbile others are wading in the r i v e r . As tbe men

bave

finished

s e t t i n g

up

camp

the

women

c a l l

to

them

to

cooe and e a t . Everyone begins

to gather

in

a group again as

begin

to

slowly pull

away

•••

up

•••

up

•••

up

•••

u n t i l

t i n a l l y

are

looking down

a t:

EARTH

as a 61ngle V ipe r

aypears

and comes out of the time warp

f i e l d .

•

VIPER

COCKPIT

XA

VI

AR

looking

down a t his c o n t r o l s .

A puzzled

look

crosses

h i s

tace.

INSERT

CHRONOMETER

I t reads:

-592

EARTH

a6

the

CyloD

f ighter appears and

comes

out of the

t ~ ~ e

w a ~ p

f i e l d .

INT. CYLON COCKPIT

cnol f

Analysis.

Another Cylon looks a t the c o n t r o l s .

•

CTLON

2

We have j u s t passed

through

a

highly

magnetic f i e l d . Data i s incomplete.

CONTINUED



3

CONTINUED

Tbe CyloD

looks

down

at

a different

se t of

controls

CYLON 2

Our fue l s low

CYLON 1

Expla in

•

CYLON

I t was consumed by the

grea t

force

of

the

magnetic f ie ld

CYLQN

1

Scan for the

Colonial

Viper

CYLQN

By

your command

The Cylon reaches

down and

ad jus t s the scanner

Cn..oN

Colonial

Viper s t i l l

on same co-

o rd ina t e s

CYLON

1

How

long

befor e Colon ia l

Viper

1s

in range?

CYLOll

Colonia l

Viper s in

range

CYLQN 1

Lock OD and prepare

to

f i re

The Cylon pushes a

but ton

CYLON

2

Locked on

CYLON

Fi re

The CrloD pushes another but ton

ON A Y ON FIGETER

1n

space

I t f i r e s

V P COCKPIT 11 }[AVIAR

There

1s a

tremendous

explosion

outside tha t

rocks

his

6 ~ ~

He

looks

down

a t his

scanner

and reacts

CONTIJlilJ=:D



34

CONTINUED

XAVIAR

Frack Where

did he

come from

Xav1ar

quickly

turns

h is

control s t i ck

taking h is

ship

into

a

wide

turn.

A CYLON

FIGHTER STOCK

•

as

i t

turns

and continues to t i r e

A

SINGLE V1PER STOCK

as there

are several exp lo sions in space near t

VIPER COCKPIT

XAVIAR

rocking

with

another explosion.

turns h is control

st ick

and

takes

b is

ship

in to

a

t igh t

turn

A

SINGLE VIPER STOCK

going in to

a

t i gh t

turn with

the

turbos kick ing

in

rwr. CYtoN COCKPIT

CYLON

2

The

Colonial Viper

has in i t i a ted

evasive

maneuvers.

CYLON

Pursue.

CYLON

2

By your command

The Cylon

pushes

a

button.

A CYLON F1GHTER

STOCK

as t

goes

in to

a t i gh t turn

THE RIVErt CHEBArt

The

evening meal 15 in progress.

and

conversing

among one

another.

EARTH STOCK

Everyone

1s

eating heart i ly

as

a

s ingle Viper

(Troy s ) as

t appears and

comes

out o f ~

time warp

f i e ld

VIPER

COCKPIT

TROY

as he looks down and

quickly checks h is c on tr ols

CONTINUED



5

CONTINUED

a ct iv at es h is scanner

and looks at

t

INSEl1T

SCANNER

•

There

are

two

objects

on

the

screen

both

barely within

range .

One

objec t the

eylon

t i gh t er 1s pursuin g the

other

object Xav la r s V iper .

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

TROY

88 he

smi les

•

TROY

ood

Xaviarls keeping

him busy.

Troy adjus t s h is controls and turns h is contro l s t i ck taking

h is ship into

a turn.

ON

A

SINGLE VIPER

STOCK)

as i t turns

in space

and the turbos kick

In

ON THE

RIVER

CHEBAR

The evening

meal 1s f in ished Everyone 1s engaged

in l i ght

conversat ion as

they

re lax af t er

the i r

meal .

ON A

SINGLE

VIPER

STOCK)

as i t

quickly

approaches

a

Cylon r ~ h t r

trom

behind.

VIPER COCKPIT

_

ON

TROY

watching h is scanner care fu l ly

INSEl1T

_

SCANNER

as

the

Cylon

t ighter comes

into target range.

VIPER COCKPIT

_

ON

TROY

as be

opens f i r e

ON

A

SINGLE

VIPER

STOCK)

t i r ing at a Cylon

t ighter The

shots miss

and

the

Cylon

tighter

continues

on.

INT YLON COCKPIT

as

there

are several

explosions

outside

that

rock

the ship.

h Cylons look out

at

the explosions as they occur.

YLON

1

~ p o r t

•

CONTINO E



6

CONTINUED

Y ON

2

There 1s another Colonial

Viper

approaching

trom

bebind:

Y ON

1

Continue pursuit .

ON A Y ON

FIGHTER

STOCK)

as i t

t i res

VI

PER COCKPIT

ON

XAVIAR

•

as be reacts to more exp losions outs ide

of

his

ship.

DILLON S

VOICE

(over

speaker)

Xav1ar.

Surprised, Xaviar looks down at h is scanner.

INSERT

- SCANNER

There

1s

now a third object

quickly

approaching from behind.

INTERCUT

XAVIAR

WITH TROY

X VI R

Troy, I

thought

the Cylon got you.

TROY

Obviously, Xaviar, he did not.

XAVIAR

How in

Sagan s sake did

that

CyloD

get bere?

TROY

You pulled in

with

you when you

l e t t

our

time

frame.

XAVIAR

Ob

Holy Felgercarb

TROY

Xav1ar,

we

have

to

get rid

of

that

yIOD

t ighter

before

i t can do any

damage

to

Earth p s t

.

Another explosion

rocks Xaviarls ship.

X V ~

I couldn t agree w ith you more,

Captain.

Please

burry.

Troy begins

to rire h is

l s ers



•

7)

ON

A SINGLE VlPER STOCK)

s

it

t i r e s

i t a l a s e r s a t a Cylon t i g h t e r . There are

s e v e r a l

expl os i ons

in s pace, however, the Cylon t i g h t e r

c o n t i n u e s O D e

•

VIPER COCKPIT

ON TROY

as he r e a c t s

to

the s t i l l escaping Cylon t i g h t e r .

TROY

into

microphone)

X a v 1 a r ,

it s n o t w o r k i n g .

We

h a v e

a b e t t e r c h a n c e

it

w e r e b o t h

be

b i n d

the Cylon

t i g h t e r .

H it your r ev er se

t h r u s t e r s

an d maximum breaki ng f l a p s .

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

XAVlAR

XAVIAR

E x c e l l e n t

i d e a .

Xav1ar

reaches

down an d f l i p s a s w i t c h .

ON

A SINGLE VIPER STOCK)

be i ng pursued

by

a Cylon t i g h t e r . Suddenly, th e Viper goes

i n t o r ev er se and

SWiftly pas s es

under the Cylon

t i g h t e r .

ON

A SINGLE VIPER STOCK)

aa it

approaches

a second

Viper an d

comes

a l o n g s i d e .

ON

THE BATTLESTAR

GALACTICA STOCK)

as

it co n tin u es

to

lead the f l e e t

through s p a c e .

INT. OFFICER S

LOUNGE

Colonel

Boomer 18 s i t t i n g a t on e o f the t a b l e s by h i m s e l f ,

with a mug

Ambrosia.

He

appears to

have a l re a dy ha d a

tew.

He a l so has

a

look

o f extreme f r u s t r a t i o n

on

h is f a c e .

He f i n i s h e s t

t h i s mug o f Am bros ia and

slams it down on

the t a b l e . He s i g n a l s t o r

an o th er

8 5 Adama e n t e r s . Adama

sees

the s t a t e i n which Boomer i s in n approaches B o o ~ e r

t a b l e .

ilAMA

D o n t yo u t h i n k yo u have had

enough,

Colonel?

Adama s i t s down a t

Boomer s

t a b l e .

OOM R

No

s i r

I

d o n t t hi nk

s o .

CONTINUED



8

CONTINUED

The b a r t e n d e r a r r i v e s

with

Boomer a f r esh

mug o f Ambrosia.

e

pi c ks up the empty mug an d

s t a r t s

to

take

it

y ~

ADAMA

I

w11l

have

on e

o f

th o se t o o .

Tbe b a r t e n d e r looks down a t dama in amazement an d s t a n d s

t he re t a moment.

RTENDER

I e s .

Commander Adama.

The b a r t e n d e r walks away_ Boomer sl owl y t u r n s h is head

t o w a r d s

Adama

w i t h

a

l o o k on b i s

face a s

t o s a y liMy

God

f

I

d o n t

b e l i e v e 1 t l Nothing 1 s s a i d b e t w e e n th e tw o f o r

seTer al moments. The b ar ten d er

r e t u r n s

with

Adams s d r i n k .

He s e t s

it

on the

t a b l e

in

t r o n t

o f Adama

an d

walks away.

dama picks up tbe

mug an d

t akes a

dri nk from it.

Boomer

co n tin u es

to

s t a r e

a t

hi m i n d i s b e l i e f .

ADAMA

What 1 s the ma t t e r Colonel?

OOKER

I t s j u s t

t h a t

I v e Dever seen you

l i k e t h i s b e f o r e s i r .

Adams

ta ke s a no th er

d r in k trom the mug

ADAMA

Even the Commander i s

e n t i t l e d to

a

d r i n k

on o ceasio n .

They

both take a d r in k from

t h e i r

mugs

an d

s e t

them

on the

t a bl e in fro n t o f

them.

ADA 1A

Do

d e t e c t a f e e l i n g o f an g er .

Colonel?

OOKER

d o n t

know why

e v e r

accept ed

t h i s

promotion when

yo u o f t e r e d

to m e

Adama gi ves Boomer a

look

o f empathy.

ADAHA

You

ss

your

Viper

d o n l t y o ~

Boomer?

Boomer ta ke s a no th er

dri nk

froe

h i s

mug

OOM R

Yes

s i r do.

CONTINUED



9 )

CONTINUED

Boomer a brupt l y s e t s the mug back on the t a b l e .

M •

I f e l t the same way when I became

a

C o l o n e l .

I t

1 s

p a r t

o f

th e

p r i c e

we a l l have to pa y in o rd e r to keep

o u r s e l v e s

OD e

s t e p ahead

o f the C yl ons.

I t o s with the

t e r r i t o r y .

BOOMER

Why

d i d n t

yo u send me a f t e r

Xavier?

I have more combat experi ence than

any

o ur

wa rri ors 1n the t l e e t .

M

We bad O way

o f

knowing t h a t

o ur

squadron

would

be ambushed.

BOOHER

Bu t we ve

l o s t

6 0

many

o f our young

w a r r i o r s because the only

b a t t l e

experi ence t h e y v e ba d i s s i m u l a t i o n s .

S i m ul at i ons

j u s t

a r e n t enough

wben

come

comes to

a c t u a l combat

with the C ylons.

£ ll M

I know bow you

r e e l , Boomer.

Adama tak es

a n o t h e r

drink

from h is mug

£ ll M

However

in

our

p r e s e n t

s i t u a t i o n ,

the t r a i n i n g f a c i l i t i e s we

have

w i l l

bave to s u f f i c e . Doctor Zee i s doing

b is

b e s t

to

b e t t e r

our t r a i n i n g

t a e i l 1 t i e s .

Boomer

s t i l l

t r u s t r a t e d ,

s la p s h is

band on the t a b l e .

BOOMER

I

s t i l l

shoul da been out

t h e r e .

O TWO

V ~ R S

STOCK)

s they

pursue

a CyloD

f i g h t e r .

VIPER

COCKPIT _

O TROY

watching

b is scan n er

c a r e f u l l y .

TROY

We c a n t

leave

an y t r a c e s o f the

Cylons

behi nd Xavi ar.



40 )

I N ~ E R U T

XAVIAR

WITH TROY

XAVIAR

And a f t e r th e

C yloo

15

~ e s t r o y e d

TROY

I

can

only c a r r y

through

with my

o r d e r s .

•

XAVAIR

To c a p t u r e me and make me a p r i s o n e r

OD the

pr ison

b arg e, w h i l e t h a t

a ss1a ine Doctor Zee le a ds the f l e e t

i n to o b I1 v io n l

TR Y

My or de r s

are

simply to c a p tu re

y o u . You a r e a t h r e a t to th e

p o p u l a t i o n

E a r t h . E v e r y t 1 m e you

go i n t o

the

p a s t ,

t h e r e

1 s th e

t h r e a t

o f s o m e t h i n g g o i n g wrong

t h a t

w o u l d

ad v ers el y

a f f e c t t h e i r

f ut ur e • ••

and

o u r

t u r e t o o .

XAVIAR

I b e l i e v e in what I am

d o in g

and I

be lie ve t 1 s

s t i l l

th e

o n ly

way

to

save o u r f l e e t from th e

e y l o n s .

Troy looks

down

a t h is

sc a nne r .

T Y

There i s n t

tim e, X av iar.

The

Cylon

t i g h t e r 1 s a l m o s t 1 n

r a n g e

a g a i n .

Okay, tur bos forward t h r u s t

and w e I l l

have

t

TW

VIPERS

STOCK)

as

t h e i r tur bos k i ck in

an d

they s t r e a k away.

INT. CYLON O ~ P I T

CYLON 2

Two Co l o n i al Vipers

trom behind.

CYLON 1

Prepare

t o r evasive

approaching

maneuvers.

The

Cylon

pushes

s e v e r a l

b u t t o n s .

V ~ ~ COCK?IT ON T30Y \

T Y

I t s

in

range. On oy

eomcand,

we

f i r e .

CONTINUED



CONTINUED

XAVIAR S

VOICE

over

speaker

Anything

you say

•••

Capt41n

Troy.

Troy

checks

bis

scanner.

INSERT

SC NNER

The CyIcD

f igbter i s clearly

in f ir ing

range.

VIPEa CCCKPIT - ON TROY

as he

looks

out with

determination in his

eyes.

TROY

Fi re

ON TWO

VIPERS (STOCK)

as they both open t i re

on a CylCD f igh ter

There are severa l explosions outside, tha t

rock

tbe s h p ~

CYLON 1

In i t i a te evasive =aneuver s.

CYLON

2

y

your

command.

The Cylon

pushes

a

but ton.

ON

EARTH

(STOCK)

as

the eylan t igh te r dives toward the planet

O

THE

RIVER CRE R

I t 1s

st

ear ly in the evening.

The t r ibe

1s st

re l · : i ng

One of the members of

the

t r ibe obviously a man of

h g r e ~

author i ty

because of h1s a t t i r e suddenly get s

up

and · aLt s

away from the r e s t of the

group. A ll

l i g h t conversa t ion

comes to a stop as everyone turns to watch him walk out ~ o t o

the

deser t t t r a shor t dis tance ,

he disappears ovel

a

small

sandy

knol l The cODversation among

tbe t r ibe

members

resumes short ly thereaf t e r

EXT. DESERT - ON SANDY K OLL

.

The man

appears

trom behind tbe knol l He

walks severa :

feet

away tr the knol l and StOPS4 He drops down to

b is knees

and clasps his hands together in what

would

be a p r a y e r ~ i k e

posit ioD4 He looks

up,

gazing in to the heavens, as though he

were

waiting

tor something.



42

ON

Y ON

FIGHTER STOCK

as t enters

a

dense c loud forMation

VIPER

COCKPIT _ ON

XAVIAR

watching

his

scanner

•

XAVIAR

I t s 1n the

cloud

cover Weill v ~

get a c l ear shot at t

VIPER COCKPIT ON

TROY

TROY

Cse your scanner Weill bave

to

t ire

bl indly

ON TWO VIPERS STOCK

as

they enter the

cloud cover

VIPER

COCKPIT

ON TROY

watching bis

scanner

INSERT SCANNER

The CyloD

t ighter

1s

in

the center 1n t ir ing range

VIPER

COCKPIT

ON TROY

as be t i res

ON SINGLE VIPER

in the clouds It f ires

i t s

lasers

ON

Y ON

FIGHTER

n the clouds There are several

explosions

very close

to

the

cra f t

VIPER

COCKPIT

ON XAVIAR

looking down at

his

scanner

XAVIAR

I think l ive

got

t

SINGL

V P a

n the clouds It t ires i t s

lasers



43

ON A Y ON FIGHTER

in

the

clouds.

The craft

1s

b it by

one of

the

laser

sbots .

There

i s a bright tlash tr one the

engines,

hut

the

craft

1s

not

destroyed. I t goes

out o contro l and plummets down-

ward

towards

Eartb.

ON

A

Y ON

FIGHTER

as t comes

out

o f the

cloud

cover . One engine 1s 1n f lames

and beavy

black

smoke

1s

bi l l owing forth

as

the sh ip sp in s

downward towards

Earth .

VIPER COCKPIT

ON TROY

looking down

at

his scar-ner

with

an

alarmed look

on

hie

face .

TROY

I t s

been b i t but

not

des troyed .

We ll have to go

down

after t

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

XAVIAR

e smiles

with

a

devious

g l in t in h is eyes .

XAVIAR

hat wi l l be up

to you Captain.

TROY S VOICE

(o ve r speaker )

hat

are you ta lk ing about ,

Xaviar?

Xaviarls

smile

Widens.

XAVIAR

This 1s where

leave

you, Captain

Troy.

Xav1ar

pushes

a but ton .

ON

V

P RS

n the clouds. One suddenly goes into reverse and pulls

away from the

other.

VIPER COCKPIT ON TROY

looking

at his scanner.

TROY

can t do

this Xaviar.

VIPER COCKPIT

ON X V I ~

with

a vi l la inous look in h is eyes.

CONTINUi D



44)

CONTINUED

X V R

Goodbye, Cap ta in T roy.

Xav1ar pushes a outtOD.

ON A SINGLE

VIPER

XAVIAR S)

•

r

in

th e c lo uds

I t t i r e s

i t s l a s e r s

ON

A

SINGLE VIPER

TROY S)

in the clouds t i s h i t

by l a s e r t i r e There

i s

a

f lash as

the

engines

10s8 a l l power and the Viper dives down towards

Earth.

EXT.

DESERT - ON SANDY KliOLL

The man

i s

s t i l l in

bis

prayer-l ike posi t ion ,

however,

now he

has

h is

head

bowed

downward,

looking

a t

the

ground.

There

i s a thunderous roar The man quickly looks towards

the

sound

into the

sky.

THE MAN S

PQV

The eylon t ighter 1s plummeting downward from

the

sky, semi

out

o control ,

with smoke t r a i l ing out of i t s

damaged engine.

Because of

i t

being semi out

control

t

gives the appear

ance of a giant

wheel

spinning in the sky.

THE

as

be

stands

up,

s t i l l

looking

in

the

sky

with

a

shocked

look

on his

race. His gaze fol19.S

the

Cylon

f igh te r

as

t

quickly fa l l s to

earth

EXTREME LONG SHOT

-

EXT. DESERT

The man

continues

to stand near the

sandy

knol l

His

look

of

sbock becomes even greater as

the

Cylon f igh te r crashes in to

the desert

wasteland

severa l

hundred

yards away

from

b ~ ~

The ~ p a c t of

the

CyloD f ighter along

with the

large acount

of

smoke coming from the damaged engine,

combine to create

a

giant dense cloud tha t

s urrounds t he downed

c ra f t

ON EARTIl

STOCK)

as

a

Viper

SWiftly

leaves

tbe

planet

VIPER COCKPIT -

X V R

as

be

pushes

a

button and

1s

th rus t back in to bis

sea t

ON A SINGLE

V I P E ~ STOCK)

as

t

enters

the

time

warp

f ie ld

and

disappears .



45

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

TROY

8S

he

t ight s to keep control of

h is sh > •

•

ON

SINGLE VIPER

as

t drops

out

of

the

cloud cover The engines

are losing

power

as i t drops There seems to be l i t t l e aD] m g ~

to

the Viper i t s e l f . I t 1s r ea sonably

1n

contro l .

X ~ LONG SEOT EXT

DESERT

As the Viper comes

to

a jolted

landing

one hundred

yards

or

so . trom the

i ant cloud of

dust

and

smoke that

has

e n g ~ l f e

the CyIeD

t ighter.

TIGET

ON

N

as

he

stands

frozen

with a

look

shock on h is face .

F DE OUT

END T TEREE



T

FOUR

F DE IN

ON E RTH STOCK

as a s i n g l e Viper appears an d c o m ~ out o f the time warp

f i e l d .

VIPER COCKPIT -

ON

DILLON

k ~

JM1IE

Di l l on

checks

h is c on tr ols .

Jamie

l e t s ou t a

deep

s1gh o f

r e l i e f . J a mie ~ o u t and s e e s

E a r t h

b e f o r e h e r .

J ~ I E

Thank goodness

t h a t s o v e r .

DILLON

That was only th e jump

backwards

i n

t i m e . s t i l l have

t o g e t

back

to

p r e s e n t d a y .

A

disgr untled

look

cr oss es Jam ie s

f ace.

JAMIE

Thanks

a

l o t

D i l l o n . I r e a l l y

needed to he a r

t h a t .

Di l l on

l o o k s

down

a t

the

ch ro n o m et er.

A p uz zle d lo ok c r o s s e s

h i s f a c e .

DILLON

I on t understand.

JAMIE

What

s

now

•

DILLON

The chronometer reads t h a t we

a re

i n the y e ar n eg ative fiv e hundred

n i n e t y - t w o .

JAMIE

Negative ?

Jamie thin ks fo r a moment, then dawDs on h e r .

JAMIE

Ob

B. C.

DILLOrr

What s

B.C.?

JAMIE

I t means

bet ore C h r i s t .

DILLON

C h r i s t ?

W h a t s t h a t ?

CONTIYIJElJ



47

CONTINUED

JAMIE

C h r i s t

was a

very m p o r ~ n t

rellgouB

f igure At

th e

t ime

o f

bia b i r th s

wben th e people Ea r t h

began

number-

in g

the

y e a r s

with

zero being the

exact

p o i n t a t

which

he was

born.

Therefore

anything

before

h i s bi r th

we

re fe r

to

as

before C h r i s t

o r

s i m p l y B . C . .

Di l l on

contemplates

th is for a moment.

DILLON

Be must have been a very i m port ant

man fo r a l l mankind to use h is bir th

as a cent ra l re fe re nc e p oin t

in t i m e.

Jamie nods

in

agreement.

JAMIE

Db be was i m p o r t a n t .

Dillon looks down a t h is

scan n er .

INSERT SCANNER

On

th e

s c r e e n s a diagram o f Ear th Within

th e

d i a g r a m

t h e re 1s a

f lash in g bl ip

VIPER COCKPIT

ON

DILLON

N

JAMIE

DILLON

Xavlar must be in t r o u b l e .

JAMIE

Bow

can yo u

t e l l?

DILLON

1

1

m pi c ki ng up bis s h o r t range

emergency

beacon

from th e su r f ace o f

E a r t h .

JA lIE

Did th e

Cylon

do i t ?

Dillon

looks

down

a t

the

scan n er .

w i th

alarlD •

Suddenly

Dillon

r e a c t s

DILLON

Uh oh I t hi nk we have a

problem.

Jamie

becomes alarmed

a t D illo n s s t a t e m e n t .

CONTINUED



48)

CONTINUED

J ~

What DOW

DILLON

I d o n t

have th e

a t

a l l .

•

Cylon

on

my

sc a nne r

Suddenly,

a

lo o k o f hope comes to

J a m i e s

f a c e .

JAMIE

Does t h a t mean t h e Cy10n

1

s

g o n e ?

DILLON

I

d o n t

know,

J a m i e .

We

ca n

only bope

X a v 2 a r d is c ov er e d t h e

Cy10n

t i g r . t e r 1n

t1ae and had a chance

to

des troy t

b e f o r e t had a c h a n c e t o s h o o t him

down.

JAMIE

What a re

you going

to do

DOW?

DILLON

Welre going

down to

g e t X a v ia r and

fi n d o u t

w hat h a p p e n e d .

EXT DESERT _

ON

CRASH SITE

T b e r e 1 s st ll a g r e a t d e a l o f

smoke n ~

d u s t i n t h e

around th e Cylon t i g h t e r .

INT. CYLON COCKPIT

~ ~

The

i n s i d e

1 5

f u l l e d

w i t h

s o c k e

a s v ar i o u s p ie ce s

o f

e q U i p m e n

a re e xp lo din g. Two o f t h e Cy10n6 a r e i n

s e v e r a l p i e c e s d u e

t o t h e f o r c e o f t h e

i m p a c t .

The

t h i r d

st ll i n t a c t 1 s

s t r u g g l i n g

t o c l i m b

o u t o f t h e c o c k p i t .

T h e r e

a r e s e v e r a l

very large

d en t s i n i t s body and p a r t

o f

on e

o f

i t s r ~ s 1 s

missing. Tbe

Cylon

manages to ge t th e h atch opeD aDd c l i ~ b s

o u t .

EXT

YLON

FIGRTER

The

Cylon clim b s o ut o f th e c r a f t a mid st th e

smoke

and d u s t .

I t t ak es a few s t e p s

away

from tb e s b i p and

s t o p s .

TIGHT

ON

CYLON

The red scan n er i n t ~ e C y l o n s bead begiD

goes c o ~ p l e t e l y

d a r k . A ooment

passes

an d

back

OD

The

Cylon

s t a r t s to walk

a s a i n .

widens to :

EXT.

CRASH SITS

u S U R R C v ~ D I ~ G R ~ n

to fade

o u t .

t

th e s c ~ ~ e r comes

Camera angle

The d u s t i s s e t t : i n g s o ~ e w ~ a t

as

th e e ylan slowly

s t e p s

c u t

in to c le a r v i e ~ The man

s e v e r a l

huncred

f e e t away, r e c ~ s

CONTIlroED



(49)

CCNTINUED

with sbock an d

approach him.

a g a i n .

TIGHT Oli

CYl ON

collapses, unconscious, as

The Cylon

only

takes a lew

the Cylon

steps and

begins t o

s t o p s

As the red

scanner goes

completely

dark.

VIPER

COCKPIT _

ON

TROY

Troy 1s 1n a

dazed

s t a t e somewhat groggy, but

becoQing

aore

.ware of what

1s

happening

around

him. He

pushes a button on

the

control

panel and the canopy r i s e s : There i s a souad of

a Viper la nd ing nea r by.

Troy begins

to climb

out

of

his

o kp t .

VIPER

COCKPIT _

ON

DILLON N JAMIE

as

the

canopy

r i s e s

over

t h e i r

heads.

They

look out

a t

the

crasb 6

t e .

DILLON

I t looks l i k e

Xav1ar

did a

pret ty

good job. We ll j u s t bave to

f inish

a t

Jamie looks

a t

something

e l s e .

JAMIE

Dillon,

look, there be 1 s .

Dillon turns

and looks

the

same

d i r e c t i o n .

DILLON

L e t s go.

They

begin to

climb

out

of

the cockpi t .

EXT CRASH SITE

DilloD

and Jamie

approach

Troy as he

climbs

out

or bis Viper.

Troy has

his

back to them. Dillon draws his b l a s t e r

and

s t o p s

Jamie steps bebind him as be

r a i s e s

the b l a s t e r a t Troy.

DILLOll

Dontt move,

Xaviar,

or 11

shoot .

Troy

stops,

hal out of b i s Viper.

TROY

Dillon, what

are you

doing?

Dillon and Jamie exchange

surprised

looks.

CONTIN JED



50

ONTINUED

Troy ?

DILLON

•

Troy slowly

tUrDS

his head and looks hack a t D1110n and

Jamie.

DILLON

t

1s you

TROY

or

course

it s me.

May I get

down

now?

Dillon

lowers

h is b las te r and

Troy

c limbs complet ely

out of

the Viper.

D1110n and Jamie rush

over

to ~ r o y with

very

happy

and

rel ieved

expressions

OD the i r

faces.

J MIE

We t h o u g ~ t you were dead.

DILLON

We thought the GyIoDs got you. Vmat

happened 2

TROY

ll explain it to you l a t e r

TIGHT

ON Y ON

as

the red

scanner comes back on

again.

The Cylon begins

to

turn and

move away.

ON

TilE YLON

as it turns and draws a b la s t e r from

i t s

ho l s t e r t

b e g i ~

to. shoot randomly

in

a l l

d i r ec t i on s

on DILLON, JAMIE, ND TROY

as severa l l aser sbots streak

over

the i r

heads.

Dil lon gracs

a ~ l e

and they

take

cover

behind

oce

the Vipers

J MIE

What 1s that?

TROY

t s a CyIOD.

More

l aser shots

streak over

the i r

heads. Dillon and Troy

draw th ei r b la ste rs and return

f i re

ON

TEE Y ON

as

it moves slowly back towards i t s

ship . t

continues

ONTINUED



ONTINUED

f ir ing i t s blas te r .

ON

DILLON JAMIE

ND TROY

•

D i l l o n

and

Troy

are

r etu rn in g s ho ts

w i t h

th e C y lo n . Ja Q ie

ducks

f a r t h e r behind the

t a i l

o f the Viper o r more c o v e r .

DILLON

Look

a t

th e s h a p e it s in .

t m u s t

be malfunct ioning.

TROY

That would e x p la in the er ra t ic

shoot ing .

DILLON

I t

looks

l ike it s the only s u r -

v ivo r .

Le t s

b l a s t it

before

it

g e t s

behind

the

s h i p .

Dillon an d Troy

aim

the i r

blas te rs

and f i r e .

ON

THE YLON

a s be 1s

h i t

by a l a s e r b l a s t . The CylOD f a l l s to t b e

g r o u n d .

ON DILLON t JAMIE ND TROY

Di l l on an d Troy

lower tbe i r

b l s s t e r s .

DILLON

Now we

can

se t th e c h a r g e s ~ ~ c lean

up t s ss

TROY

Ch a rg e s ?

DILLON

Ou r

orders were

to

make

s ure tha t

th er e wa s

not hi ng

l e f t o f

th e Cylon

t i gh t e r and th e C ylo n s .

D illon looks

a t

Troy an d s m i l e s .

DILLON

At

l eas t

now

I

d o n t

bave

to

do

it

a l o n e

EXT R SH

SITE

as the th re e o f them

approach Dil lon s V ip e r. D illon

opens

the cargo hold an d

reach es

in . Ee p u l l s out a

box anc

~ ~ s

i t to

Troy. They

f i n i s h unloading

the boxes from

the cargo

hold an d begin to c a r ry towards the

Cylon

t igh te r .



52)

ON THE

YLON

8 S

it r o l l s over on the

ground.

ON

DILLON JAMIE ND

TROY •

•

as

they

approach

the

Cylon t i g h t e r

an d

e n t e r

INT

YLON

COCKPIT

as D illon, Jamie,

an d

Troy e n t e r . D illon

an d

Troy begin

to

s e t the charges

a t

s ev er al l oc at io ns w ithin th e co ck p it .

Jamie sta nds back

and

looks around

the Cylon

c oc kpit

1n

won-

derment.

111 n and Troy fin ish s e t t i n g th e l a s t

o f

th e

charges and

they begin to le a v e .

ON THE YLON

as

it s i t s up and

picks up i t s b l a s t e r

TIGHT ON T YLON

i t s red scann er 1s flas hing e r r a t i c a l l y

ON THE CRASH SITE

as

D i l l o n ,

Jamie, and Troy emerge trom

the

Cylon f i g h t e r

The Cylon t i r e s 1n t h e i r

d i r e c t i o n .

The

explosion

oc c ur s

very

clos e

to them. D illo n 1s

thrown

to the ground.

Troy.

draws h is

b l a s t e r

and

looks

fo r a place to tak e c ove r .

He

g r a b s

J a m i e s

arm .

TROY

We can take cover over

b e r e .

He s t a r t s to

p u l l

Jamie

away, but she

w o n t leave D i l l o n s

s i d e .

JAMIE

What

about

Dillon?

TWY

Jamie, g e t over there now. ll

take

care

D illo n .

Jamie g ets an d rushes behind on e o t

pieces

of the Cylon

f i g h t e r . Troy ~ r b D i l l o n s arms an d atte m pts to drag him

toward

Jamie.

Several

s h o t s

from the

Cylon h i t the ground

near

t b e m ~

Troy

release

Dillon

an d

s t a r t s

retu rn in g

f i r e

Several

abots are exchanged wben T r oy s·gun

suddenly s t o p s

f i r i n g Troy sta nds up completely, b i t t i n g and

playing

w i t h

b is gun in an

attempt

to make

i t

work.

TIGHT ON

THE

YLON

Tbe

red scanner stops

flas bing

e r r a t i c a l l y I t

becooes

CONTINUED



53

CONTINUE

tully red.

ON

THE CYLeN

I

takes

care

fu l

aim.

EXT. CRASH SITE

•

Troy 1s st try ing to

unjam

h is gun aa the CylOD turos and

aims

d i r e c t l y at him.

TIGHT

ON

JAMIE

as she sees

the

Cylon.

look

of horror

crosses her

face.

JAMIE

o

She

rushes

out

trom

ber

hiding

place.

EXT.

CRASH

SITE

as

Jamie runs

up

to

Dillon

and

pulls his

blaster

trom i t s

hols ter

TIGHT ON J lHE

as she f ires the

bl s ter

ON TEE CYLON

as i t

explodes 1n a shower

of

sparks .

ON

DILLON, J MIE

AND

TROY

Jamie

continues

to

stand there holding the blaster in ber

hand.

look of

urgency crosses

Troy s face

as

be

bends

down

and

grabs

Dilloo

again.

e

starts

to drag

him

away.

TROY

Jamie help me

don t

have

mu h

t ime

Jamie

snaps

out of

her trance-like

state and

rushes

to help

Troy.

JAMIE

Will

he be

alright?

TROY

Yes be s

just

unconscious.

CONTINUED



54 )

CONTINUED

They drag DilloD back to

the

V i p ers . As they reach the

V i p ers ,

D illo n i s coming around. Jamie k n eel s down

beside

D i l l o n . Troy goes

to h is

V iper to examine it

JAMIE

Dil lon

a r e

you

a l r igh t?

01110n

s i t s up , still somewhat groggy,

but

quickly

coming

around.

DILLON

i we

g e t

t?

Troy

l o o k s

b a c k a t them trom

h is V i p e r .

THOY

Yeah, we g o t

h l ~

buddy. We a lso

have to

g et

out

o r

harp t a s t e

Dillon

looks

up

and

n o t i c e s

t h a t Troy has a p a n e l open on

th e

side

bis V i p e r .

He gets up and w a l k s

o v e r to s e e what

Troy 1 s doing.

Jamie follows hie

THOY

Oue o f my r u e l

11nes

blew lo c e e

an d

I d o n t t h i n k tha t I have

enought r u e l

to

g et

me b a c k .

Jamie

looks

a t

D i l l o n .

JAHIE

What about o ur e x t r a r u e l

supply?

DILLON

N ei t h er

on e

or

u s may

make it back

to

th e

f l ee t

t h e n .

THOY

Bow

much

e x t r a f u e l

o you

have Z

DILLON

5

above

normal

c a p a c i t y .

THOY

have

no o t h e r cbo1ce. It ll jus t

have

to

do.

Dillon walks over to h is Viper

an d

removes a

s id e p a n e l.

He

prepares to t r a n s f e r

the

fuel

EXT.

DESERT

_ ON SANDY KNOLL

The man

slowly g ~ n s

to re gain h is

consciousness.



55

ON

THE TWO VIPERS

ae

Dillon

an d

Troy

t inish

returning th e p an els to

the i r

proper p la c e s on tbe

V i p ers .

Dillon

looks

down

t

h is

w r i s t a n a l y z e r .

DILLON

have to move

q u i c k l y .

only

bave a few centons

l e f t

b efo re th o se

charges

go

o t

They move

q u i ck l y

to

the i r Vipers

an d climb

in

EXT. DESERT _

ON S NDY

KNOLL

He

15 s i t t ing up

now,

n ot tu l ly aware

him

o r what

has b ap pen ed a ro un d

him.

loud r o a r

Viper engines •. He lo o k s

tioD o f th e

sound.

EXT.

CRASH

SITE

o f

w b a t

h a p p e n e d to

Suddenly, t h ere 1s a

off towards

the

d 1 rec-

as

the

CyIOD

f ighter goes

up in

a tremendous

e x p l o s i o n .

ON

THE M N

as he s h i e l d s h is eyes trom th e

b r i g h t n e s s o t

th e

e x p l o s i o n .

A t t er

th e flas h

d i e s

~ o w be

sta n d s th e re fo r

a long p e r io d

time st r in g in

shock. F i n a l l y , he t u r n s and runs

back

over

the

sandy k n o l l , towards th e

o s i s

ON E HTH STOCK)

two

Vipers

s W i ft l y

le av e th e

p l a n e t .

ON

TWO

VIPERS

STOCK)

i n

s p ace.

They

e n t e r th e time

warp

f ie ld

and

d i s a p p e a r .

ON THE BRIDGE

OF TilE

GALACTICA

Colonel Boomer

1 s

in th e

commun1cat:oos

a r e a . One

o f th e

te c hnic ia ns

t u r n s

towards

him.

TECHNICIAN

Colonel Boomer, I have two r e t u r n i n g

Vipers On

my s c a n n e r .

BOOMER

T r a nsf e r to my c o n s o l e .

T E C H N I C I L ~

Yes, s i r

The t ech n i ci an pushes a b u t t e n . A

s creen

on

Boomer s

CONTIN CED

- -



56)

CONTINUED

console 15

a c t i v a t e d Boomer

l o o k s

dOWD a t t

INSERt _

SCANNER

•

I t

shows two

o b jects

moving

toward

the

G a la c t1c a .

ON B O O M E ~

as he t u rn s t o w a ~ d s

a n o t h e r

c r e . c e ~ b e r .

OOMER

Get

me

C o ~ m a D d e r Adaea •

The erewmember pushes a b u t t o n 00 h i s c o n s o l e .

INT

ADAMA S

QUARTEIlS

Adams 1 s s e a t e d

a t

h is d e sk . Boomer s

face

a p p e a rs on one

o r

the sc r e e n s on the w a l l to Adama s

s i d e

BOOMER

Commander

our scanners

show two

r e t u r n i n g

V ip e r s.

D M

Good.

The

mission

was a s u c c e s s .

BOOMER

I t s

seems D illo n managed to

c a p tu r e Xaviar, t o o .

D M

At l a s t I want a s e c u r i t y te a c

a i t i n g

.he n

he l a n d s Have hi m

brought to my q u a r t e r s

i m m e d i a t e l y .

BOOHER

Yes, Commander.

Tbe screen goes d ark .

ON

T

VIPERS STOCK)

as

they

approach

the

G a la c t1 c a .

DILLON S VOICE

over communicator)

Viper

one

r e que sting permission fo r

two

Vipers

to

l a n d .

T E C P ~ I C I A N S

V O I C ~

o v er c o ~ u n i c a t o r

Permission

granted, Viper

one.



56-A

NT

L ~ ~ I N Y

LPH

STOCK

as Viper enters n lands nother Viper follows

close

behind

•



57)

ON

VIPERS

STOCK

1n

the

landing

bay.

The ground

crews

approacb aDd

s t a r t

tending to th e V ip ers .

ON

VIPER

as the canopy opens and

D1llon

and Jamie

climb

out

VIPER

as a helmeted Troy cl imbs

ou t He

s

approached by

s eve r a l

securi ty off icers with the i r weapons drawn.

SECURITY

OFFICER

Hold

r igh t there , Xaviar.

Troy

turns

r o u ~ d and removes his h e l ~ e t Ee has an

annoyed look on

h is face

T Y

ot again

Dil lon and Jamie

approach and laugh

a t

the s igh t o f

Troy

being held by gun po in t

FREEZE

FR HE

FADE

OUT

EN AC j FOUR



T U

FADE IN

INT. ADAMA S

QUARTERS

Adama

has h is

back

to the door

whe ll 1 t

opens and

011101:.

Jamie, and

Troy enter .

ADI J1A

Do you have

anything

to say,

Xaviar, before

I bave you

taken to the

prison

barge7

D11loD,

Jamie, and Troy exchange s ~ l e

TROY

You d

actual ly send your own grand-

son to the prison barge1

Adams

turns

around w1th a

to ta l ly surprised look

on

He

stands tbere for

a moment

then approaches Troy.

both sm ile and

hug

each other

M

Bu t what happened to Xaviar?

TROY

I donlt know. Arter

we

destroyed

tbe CylCD f ighter we could not

locate him on our scanners.

Dil lon

s teps

forward.

DILLON

He probably escaped

in to

another

time frame.

h is f ace

They

Adama nods

agree1ngly.

He then tu rns

t o ~ a r d s Jamie and

extends h is band to be r She accep ts t

M

I want

to thank

you

for the

grea t

help

yo u bave

been

to

us

once again.

Jamie looks

at him

with

a re luctant smile .

JAMIE

I t was

my ••• pleasure.

Dillon, Jamie, and Troy

turn

and

l eave .

INT. CORRIDOR

as

Dillon,

Jamie, and Troy are

walking

d o ~ n

t

•. Troy

s tops .

Dillon

an j

J a ~ i e continue on for a s tep o r two, then s tO?S,

real izing

that

Troy

bas

stopped.

CONTINUED



59)

ONTINUE

T Y

t Jamie

When t comee

to

thank , o u s , I

think I t o rg o t one.

JAMIE

What do

yo u

mean

T Y

I t s a

good t h i n g

t h a t

yo u

a re good

with a

b l a s t e r .

Jamie

looks

a t him somewhat puzzled.

JAMIE

I s t i l l d o n t know what yo u mean

When you

b l a s t e r .

you.

T Y

sh o t th e

Cylon

with

You

saved my l i f e .

D i l l o n

I

Thank

Dillon looks a t Jamie with a

s u r p r i s e d

look on h is fa c e .

DILLON

You sh ot the Cylon?

JAMIE

Why a re yo u 8 0

s u r p r i s e d 7 Men

a r e n t

th e only ones who a re good with

b l a s t e r s .

They s t a r t to walk down

the

c o r r i d o r a g a i n .

TROY

I j u s t hope t h a t

O

one saw us while

were

t h e r e .

DILLON

Yeah, t s

Do t ever yday t h a t some-

on e se e s a Cyton t i g h t e r s t r e a k i n g

th ru th e sky

o u t

o f c o n t r o l ,

l i k e

a

w h e e l on f i r e • • •

t o Jam ie)

•• •

1n

the

y e a r

five hundred n 1 n e ty -

two • ••

pause

• • • B.C.

Jamie

suddenly

s t o p s .

T I G E ~ ON JAMIE

as a s t a r t l e d look c r o s ~ e s h e r f a c e .

O N T I N U i ~



60

ONTINUED

J liIE

to herself , somewhat

in d1sbel1.e

wheel

tire?

pause

Five ninety- two

• •

pause)

• •

B.C.?

She

shakes her head.

JAliIE

No couldn t

have been.

quick look ot doubt crosses her face then she shakes

ber

head again and walks away.

F DE

OUT

THE END

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