Previously on Battlestar Galactica... It's my very own Cylon Raider. Boy, when you take a souvenir, you don't screw around! Congratulations, Doctor. You just uncovered your very first Cylon. She probably doesn't know. If something happened to you, I couldn't deal with it. I feel the same way. I'm a Cylon. Helo, come with me. Helo? Helo, come with me! A new piece of equipment that disappeared from CIC. He was carrying this. They can look at it in the lab. It's a Cylon device. I'll continue to take the Kamala. It has other benefits. The hallucinations? You'll find Kobol in the birthplace of us all. He says we'll find Kobol and it's gonna lead us to Earth. You alright? (INDISTINCT VOICE ON TANNOY) You alright? Stop! Don't come any closer! Just do it. (PASSIONATE MOANS) Oh, Lee! 'Attention. Pass the word for Lt Valerri.' 'Lt Valerri, report to the red room for pre-flight briefing.' You don't lose control. Thanks. No. You gotta lose control. Let your instincts take over. Thought we were just sparring. That's why you don't win. The doctor said I have six months at the outside. He said the cancer's moved into my lymphatic system. Aggressively moved in. I want you to hear me on this. You made a true believer out of me. Strange as that sounds, considering. And I believe. I know you're the one to lead us to our salvation. You are going to guide us... to Earth. Then we'd better find it soon. I'm out. (ALL TALK AT ONCE) You know, a little bit of this, a little bit of that. Do you guys always play this slow? Come on. Don't distract me about the... Uncanny. Uncanny, I know. 20, I call, and I raise you another 30. You can't compete with me! I always win. Well, I'm sorry! I've never seen you like this, Gaius. It's disappointing somehow. Common. So sorry to disappoint you. Disappoint you all. 30... And I call it. What you got, boys? (OVERLAPPING) Ah! Every time. Sorry, I have to do it. So sorry to disappoint you. There's a card game, and no-one told me? She's back on her feet! Hey! How are you feeling? Good. Mr Vice President here, if you don't mind, Lieutenant. Some level of decorum has to be maintained, or is it a pirate ship you're running? No, just a battlestar, sir. Right, let's play! Would you like to play? Maybe you'd like to sit next to Capt Adama. Sure, Kara, pull up a pew. No, it's OK, Lee. I have things to do. Currency. While bartering will continue for the foreseeable future, we do have a system now to take the economy back to a currency-based standard. Do you love her? Did...? Dr Baltar? If something should happen to me, it is vital that you comprehend and are familiar with the political structures here. Do you understand? Answer me! Yes, of course I understand. My answer is no. No, I don't think I can handle this right now. The intricacies of the bureaucracy, I can't get my head around, which, with all due respect, you have spent your entire political career learning to understand. More to the point, how you could think that my head could be turned so quickly by... a new thing, is, er... it astounds me. How did you seriously think that I was going to cope with this responsibility? I don't believe you. You're a genius, are you not? Well, I don't care a flying frak if you believe me or not, because I've had it. I'm tired of being pushed and prodded around like I'm some kind of toy. I'm not your plaything. Plaything? Plaything? I don't work for you, and frankly I don't have to take this kind of abuse from either of you! You either! Either in here, either in there. Wherever it is, I don't need to take it. I love you. Do me a favour! I think perhaps... you need a break from this. You're right. We need a break. I'd like to be alone, if you don't mind. Aaaagh! How can you love her? I don't! You can't lie to me. I know everything you know. Oh, that's lovely. Oh, thank you. Did you, er... did you want something in particular, this time? I thought you should know that it's not safe to remain on Galactica. What are you talking about? It's a surprise. Tell me, what is? What is it? Is it a bomb? Another Cylon bomb, right? Is it an agent? Is a Cylon agent about to be activated? Tell me! This is Raptor 1 preparing to jump to sector 728. Let's hope we find some supplies out there. Roger that. Good hunting out there. Counter spinner. FTL drive spun up and ready. Jump five, four, three, two, one. Orbit! (RAPID BEEPING) The fraking idiot! You can't jump that close to a planet! What if we jumped into the damn thing? We made it. Are you seeing this? Yeah. Oceans. Continents. Let me at this thing. OK. Atmosphere reads as... nitrogen oxygen. Looks like enough CO2 for green, leafy things. I'm getting excited. Boomer, this is the little planet that solves all of our problems. Boomer? Do you think this is Earth? No, it's not Earth. It's more important than that. (RAIN AND RUMBLING THUNDER) Doesn't really work as well as before, huh? You know, I do get cold. There are some things you should know, Helo. Don't call me that. You're not even human, so don't start acting like you know me, cos you don't! I am Sharon, and you need to understand. Sharon was a friend of mine. Whatever twisted thing you are, you are not Sharon. You got that? All I want from you is a way off this fraked-up world. That's it. Going hunting? Planning a gunnery run tomorrow, see if our boy here can shoot anything with our ammo. So it's a boy now? Changed my mind. You ever wonder why everyone calls it a she, but to you it's a he? It's fascinating. You should write a paper. It's not really my scene. I'm not as smart as, say... Dr Baltar. How is the Vice President, by the way? I don't know. Haven't seen him. So he's a love-'em-and-leave-'em kinda guy, I guess. I guess. Ships that just pass in the night. Yup. Didn't mean a thing. No. You were just bored, looking for something to do. Fraking the vice president seemed a great way to waste time! You want something from me? No. Cos I don't owe you a thing. Cos I'm just a CAG and you're just a pilot. Who can't keep her pants on. Right. Just like old times. Like when you got drunk and couldn't keep your hands off the major... Why'd you do it, Kara? Just tell me why. Cos I'm a scrub. Try and keep that in mind. So Commander Adama is sending out another Raptor to conduct an aerial survey of this planet. It seems to have suffered some sort of calamity, but could be habitable. The survey shows evidence of at least one city on the surface. Abandoned a long time ago. How old are the ruins? We won't know for sure until we send a ground team, but initial estimates have it in the order of approximately 2,000 years. Around the time the 13 tribes first left Kobol. Let me see. Ruins? What ruins? This is an inhabited city. Look at the buildings. Buildings? Look. What did you see? Tell me, Laura. A dome-like structure with six roads leading out of it like spokes. With something around it like columns, like the forum on Caprica. The forum and the opera house in the City of the Gods. On Kobol. This planet... is Kobol. Kobol like... Kobol? The birthplace of mankind. Where the gods and men lived in paradise until the exodus of the 13 tribes. Madam President, what's going on? It's real. The scriptures, myths, the prophesies. They're all real. So say we all. Hello, Lieutenant. Hey, Doc. This is a bad time, right? No. Um... I'm just cleaning my gun. What's going on? Well, I was going to ask you the same question. Actually, I was looking for Lt Thrace. Sometimes it's good to talk these things over. Deep down, she knows she's a Cylon. But her conscious mind won't accept it. Sometimes I have these dark thoughts. What kind of dark thoughts? She is weak. Always has been. But in the end she'll carry out her mission. I don't know. But I'm afraid I'm gonna hurt someone. Feel like I ought to be stopped. She can't be stopped. She's a Cylon. You can't help her, Gaius. But you could probably sleep with her. That's what you want, right? I'm not sure. Sometimes, er... we must embrace that which opens up for us. Embrace? Life can be a curse... as well as a blessing. You will believe me when I tell you... there are far worse things than death in this world. So you're saying that... No. Er... What I say... is meaningless. Listen to your heart. Embrace that which you know to be the right decision. (GUNSHOT) You might be right. This may be Kobol. I think we should seriously consider permanent settlement on this planet. The scriptures tell us that Kobol points the way to Earth. Organise a ground survey team. Three Raptors. Order a compete survey of the ruins immediately. Yes, sir. You should go. Remember what I said, Gaius. You don't wanna be here when it happens. What would happen if I go? Um, in fact, I'm going to volunteer for the survey party. Your presence won't be necessary, Doctor, thank you. I am vice president of the colony, and I feel that my presence WILL be necessary, Commander. I am expected to analyse samples the team brings back, and it would be far more efficient to gather the samples myself. Unless you have any objection, Madam President. No objections. Thank you. We need to talk. Sure. You OK? What do YOU think? I think it's hard to imagine you forgot to check the chamber. I didn't forget. Sharon... what's going on? I know things haven't been so great lately, but... I wake up in the morning, and I wonder who I am. I wake up and wonder if I'm gonna hurt someone. Sharon, you need help. Not from you. You made that clear. I'm on my own. No, you're not. Thanks for coming out, Chief. You're dismissed. 'So according to the scriptures,' if we had the arrow of Apollo, we could take it down to Kobol and we could use it to open the tomb of Athena and find our way to Earth. I didn't know you were that religious. Neither did I. Something wrong with that? No. It's just new. There is no Earth. You understand that? It would seem that we were wrong. Just because you and I don't know where it is doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Madam President... I'm not trying to mock your faith, so please understand me. These stories about Kobol... gods, the arrow of Apollo... they're just stories. Legends, myths. Don't let it blind you to the reality that we face. Reality is that the Cylon Raider has been successfully jump tested. Reality is that Cylon technology obviously outstrips our own, and there is a good chance the Raider can jump all the way back to Caprica and retrieve that arrow and find our way to Earth, the real Earth. The Raider is a military asset. I'm not using it to go chasing some mythical arrow. I'm sorry. I say we find Kobol and stay there. The sacred scrolls say this could guide us to Earth. OK, cut the chatter. Raptors 2 and 3 on me. FTLs spun up and ready. Cally, hold on to your lunch. Jump in 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Jump complete, gentlemen. We should see the planet directly ahead. What the hell's that? Oh, my god! They're everywhere! Get us outta here! Steady to go! Pilot down! Pilot down! Everybody hang on! Hang on! Hang on! Can you jump us out? No. I've just been hit. Tell Raptor 2 to jump back to Galactica. Right now! Get us outta here! (CONFUSED YELLING) You are ordered to jump back to Galactica! You are ordered to jump back to Galactica! When they are within a certain proximity of each other they send off a short IFF burst. They're Cylon transponders programmed to identify themselves to other Cylon transponders. Damn nice work, Lieutenant. Very good. Now that we know what they are, I want to test one in the Raider. Raider's contact, Raptor 275, sir. Back early. Something's wrong. What the hell are you doing?! (INDISTINCT YELLING) Oh, God, God...! Hit the deck! (SCREAMING) I can't see! Put it out! Put it out! Watch the hill! How many people did we lose? 10 souls aboard Raptor 3. Raptor 1, last visual contact was seen heading towards the surface. We need a way to take out the base ship before we can attempt a rescue. Starbuck's working on a plan using the captured Raider to get a nuke into the base ship. The Raider? When did this happen? Ten minutes ago. She's working on the details and will have a report at 14.00. Go talk to Starbuck. My pleasure. And report back to me. Yes, sir. Is there something I should be worried about? Why do you ask? That look on your face. Not now. Take that out. The Chief said we need it, but - Lieutenant, attention! Lt Thrace, I gave you a command. You will obey it. Attention! You do not take your harebrained ideas to the XO without going through me first. Understand? Yes, sir. At ease. So what's the plan? I'm putting an autopilot in the Raider. Jump into the base ship. Engage the autopilot, punch out, get picked up by a Raptor. The Raider heads to the base ship. Picks up the transponder, allows the Raider to approach. Nuke goes off. Bingo, sir. Might work. Might get you killed. Would you miss me, sir? I need every pilot I have. Even the screw-ups. Captain! I'm really sorry. If you do this, it could threaten everything we've accomplished. It will probably bring down the government, and you don't have the right to risk that for a... Go on. For a drug-induced vision of prophesy. I am well aware of that. But it would seem the gods have a different plan. Would you please get me Lt Thrace? Can I get you some more water? Yes. Thanks. You can't be serious. "All of this has has happened before and all of this will happen again." The Cylon you interrogated quoted that bit of scripture. He also said we would find Kobol, and Kobol would show us the way. Did he not? Yes, he did. Well, we have found Kobol. Do you believe in the gods, Lieutenant? Not that it's any of your business, but yes, I believe. Lieutenant, I'm not trying to put you on the defensive, I just... I would like you to think this through with me. If you believe in the gods, then you believe in the cycle of time, that we are all playing our parts in a story that is told again and again and again throughout eternity. That's the way I was raised. But that doesn't mean I go off on a crazy-assed mission against orders. May I tell you the part of the story that it would seem I am playing? I am dying. What? I have terminal breast cancer. I have six months at most to live, and I've only told three people, so please keep it to yourself. Of course. Are you saying you're...? Scriptures tell us a dying leader led humanity to the promised land. If you go back to Caprica, and bring me the arrow, it will show us the way. This is crazy. You could be abusing that word. It is crazy, perhaps. That doesn't mean it isn't true. And it may be our only chance. Our only chance... to find Earth. The old man is our chance to find Earth. He knows where it is. He said so. You were there. The location is a secret, but he is going to take us there. Commander Adama has no idea where Earth is. He never did. He made it up, in order to give people hope. You're lying. Go ask him. I will. I'm gonna need one more inflight test for the autopilot and MAF systems before I jump for Kobol. Right. Can I ask you a question, boss? Shoot. How much longer till we reach Earth? It's hard to say. You got a guess? You know I don't like to guess. Are we getting closer? I'm sure we are. Good luck on the next test. Apollo, Starbuck. I'm ready over here. OK, Starbuck, the board is green. Copy that. Powering up for the autopilot test. This is Starbuck. Request permission to speak with Galactica Actual. Starbuck wants to speak to you, sir. She's on a scramble channel. Go ahead. I believed you. Believed in Earth. What are you doing, Starbuck? Bringing home the cat, sir. We can talk about this. No, I don't think so. I want you to remember one thing - I do not regret anything that I did. Be sure that whatever you're going to do, you don't regret it later. Do you understand me? I guess we'll find out. She's spinning up the Raider's FDL drive. What?! It's an autopilot test. What is she doing? What're you doing, Kara? Galactica, they've just jumped away. Repeat - Starbuck and the Raider just jumped away. She wasn't scheduled for a jump test. Where the hell did she go? Home. IMS Subtitles Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air.