FIRE IN SPACE

Written by Jim Carlson & Terrence McDonnell

Transcribed by Clay Arden for ByYourCommand.net

 

 

(In the Galactica’s rejuvenation center, Boxey bests Athena at compartment billyarks.)

 

ATHENA

Uhh!  Well, Boxey, you did it to me again.

 

BOXEY

Yeah.  Isn’t this fun, Athena? 

 

BOOMER

That’s a pretty easy thing to say when you’re winnin’, Boxey.

 

ATHENA

Hey, Boomer!  What are you doing in the rejuvenation center?  I thought Blue Squadron was on alert.

 

BOOMER

Well, even Blue Squadron pilots get a furlon once in a while.  Now all I have to do for the next twenty-four centars is relax.

 

BOXEY

Wanna play compartment billyarks with me?  I’m pretty good.

 

BOOMER

Oh?

 

ATHENA

(shakes head in warning)

 

BOOMER

You’re on.  And if you beat me, I got a surprise for ya. 

 

(While Boomer says this, Muffit barks.)

 

BOXEY

It’s a mushie.

 

BOOMER

How’s a guy keep a secret around here?

 

BOXEY

You can’t with Muffey around.  I just trained him to sniff out mushies. 

 

BOOMER

(laughs)

 

(The alert klaxon sounds.)

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

TIGH

Commander, looks like a Cylon combat probe.  Probably from that base ship we eluded ten centares ago. 

 

ADAMA

Launch Blue Squadron to intercept.

(Vipers launch; Adama looks at scanner)

That’s not a combat probe. 

 

TIGH

They’re mounting a major attack. 

 

ADAMA

Launch all squadrons.

(more warriors report to launch bay)

Colonel Tigh, prepare the Galactica for heavy attack.  Secure all compartments. 

 

(In the rejuvenation center, doors begin closing.)

 

OFFSCREEN VOICES

Hey! 

Hey, what is this, some kinda…?

 

BOOMER

Must be an all-out attack!

(races to the door but fails to reach it before it shuts)

 

OFFSCREEN VOICE

What’s goin’ on?

 

BOOMER

Okay, everybody, just go back to what you were doin’.  Nobody’s goin’ anywhere until this thing is over. 

 

BOXEY

Why did they close the doors?

 

ATHENA

Well, so that if one part of the Galactica gets hit, it won’t affect the rest of the ship.

 

BOOMER
That prevents the oxygen from escaping if the hull is pierced, Boxey.

 

BOXEY

I’m not afraid.  My dad’ll protect us from those old Cylons. 

 

(Vipers in space with Cylon Raiders)

 

APOLLO

Blue Strike Leader to Galactica.  This is no probe. 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

ADAMA

Affirmative.  All squadrons have been launched to assist. 

 

(Vipers in space with Cylon Raiders)

 

SHEBA

There must be a hundred of them.

 

STARBUCK

Yeah, that’ll give us more to shoot at.  Let’s go!

 

CENTURION

Follow the programmed mission.  Ignore the Colonial Vipers.

 

STARBUCK

Huh, they’re not fighting back.  What are they up to?

 

APOLLO

I don’t know, but let’s take advantage of it. 

 

SHEBA

Where’s that help?

 

APOLLO

They’re right behind us. 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

TIGH

All squadrons engaged, sir, but something’s wrong.  We’re outnumbered but blowing them out of the skies.  They don’t seem to be fighting back. 

 

APOLLO (from his Viper)

Galactica, this is Apollo.  Two from the first wave have broken through. 

 

ADAMA

Our laser turrets will take care of them. 

 

APOLLO

Father, I think they intend to ram. 

 

ADAMA

Positive shield, now. 

 

(fighters in space)

 

CENTURION

One micron to impact coordinates. 

 

APOLLO

She’s going for the bridge! 

 

(inside the ship, near point of impact)

 

CREWMAN

Go on, clear away. 

 

(Cylon Raider rams, causing destruction to the bridge.)

 

APOLLO

Galactica bridge, this is Apollo.  Come in.  Come in! 

 

(Starbuck tracks the other Cylon fighter.)

 

STARBUCK

Galactica bridge, he’s heading for the landing bay.  I can’t get him in time! 

 

CENTURION

Five microns to impact. 

 

STARBUCK

He’s gonna ram! 

 

(The Raider rams the landing bay, exploding into an inferno inside the ship.  Personnel in the rejuvenation center are tossed across the room by the impact.)

 

STARBUCK

Oh, my God!

 

(In the rejuvenation center, debris has fallen from overhead and Boomer has hit the deck with Athena and Boxey.)

 

BOOMER

Okay?

 

ATHENA

Yeah.

 

BOOMER

All right.

 

ATHENA

I thought we were too far inside to take a laser hit.

 

BOOMER

We are!  That was somethin’ else. 

 

(Apollo’s Viper)

 

APOLLO

Apollo calling Commander Adama.  Come in.  Come in!

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

TIGH

Commander!

 

BACKGROUND VOICE

Look at this!

 

TIGH

(goes to where Adama is lying prone on the upper deck)

Adama. 

(to Omega)

Get Dr. Salik fast.

 

(In the rejuvenation center, Boomer puts out a small fire while Athena attends to a groaning fallen warrior.)

 

ATHENA

Stay still.

 

BOOMER

(to another fallen man)

Okay, Konni? 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

TIGH

Adama. 

 

ADAMA

(unmoving, barely conscious)

Huh?  Casualty report?

 

TIGH

I don’t know yet, Commander. 

 

ADAMA

Damage?

 

TIGH

It’s bad.  Those Cylon fighters must have been packed with solenite.  But we’ll make it.  The boraton mist handled what fire there was. 

 

OMEGA

Colonel Tigh!  Deep scan has been knocked out.  Internal communications too.

 

TIGH

We’ve lost deep scan.

 

OMEGA

We’re setting up an emergency radio system right now. 

 

TIGH

See what can be done about internal communications.  And I want those scanners operational as soon as possible.

 

OMEGA

Colonel, the scanners have had it.  They’re completely destroyed.

 

ADAMA

Vipers will be our eyes. 

 

TIGH

Inform the pilots. 

 

OMEGA

Yes, sir.

 

(Dr. Salik arrives and scans Adama.)

 

SALIK

Fractures.  The man’s taken a lot of fragments.  Get the Commander to life center at once. 

 

(Elsewhere on the Galactica, fire crews fight the blaze.)

 

FIRE LEADER

Work that boraton in over there. 

 

FIREMAN (OS)

It’s spreading!

 

(In the rejuvenation center, Boomer tries the wall communicator in vain while Athena continues to attend to the injured warrior.)

 

BOOMER

(frustrated)

Come on. 

 

ATHENA

(to Boxey)

Hold that tight, tight, till the bleeding stops.  Okay.  I’ll go check on the others. 

 

(Vipers in space)

 

APOLLO

Galactica bridge, this is Captain Apollo.  Port landing bay has been destroyed.  Request instructions.

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

TIGH

Two squadrons will remain flying at all times on a rotating basis.  Blue and Red Squadrons cleared for starboard landing bay. 

 

OMEGA

Colonel, energizer number one destroyed.  Number two now operating at maximum capacity.  Boraton mist control center destroyed.  Fire out of control in Alpha deck, Beta and Gamma sections.  All personnel have been evacuated in fire areas except for those in the rejuvenation center.  It’s been cut off.

 

TIGH

How many in there?

 

OMEGA

About twenty.  Including Boomer, and the Commander’s daughter, and his grandson. 

 

(In the rejuvenation center, Boomer tries the communicator again, then makes his way over to where Athena and Boxey are helping the wounded warrior.)

 

ATHENA

(to the warrior)

Still.  Still, still.

 

BOXEY

Did you find out what happened?

 

BOOMER

No, Boxey, the telecom’s dead. 

 

ATHENA

First aid supplies have been destroyed too. 

 

(Muffit barks at smoke coming under the door.)

 

BOXEY

Look!

 

ATHENA

Boomer.

 

BOOMER

Break out the life masks. 

 

ATHENA

They were destroyed with the first aid supplies. 

 

BOOMER

(to himself, in frustration)

Shh.

 

(Elsewhere, the fire crews keep working.)

 

FIREMAN

Watch it!  It – it’s gonna flare! 

 

FIRE LEADER

Hold it as long as you can.

 

(In the rejuvenation center, Athena and Boomer check the door.)

 

ATHENA

Maybe the locking mechanism shorted.

 

BOOMER

No, no, it’s a fire, and it’s a bad one.  Everybody get over to the other side of the compartment!  Move!

 

ATHENA

(helping another injured warrior to cross the room)

All of those who aren’t injured, please help those who are.  Easy.  Right here. 

 

BOOMER

(checking door on opposite side)

Frak!  The impact must have twisted the bulkhead just enough to jam the door. 

 

ATHENA

What are the chances of that other door holding?

 

BOOMER

Oh, about as much as the Cylons throwing me a birthday party.  If I can get this one open, we can get into the storage compartment and close it behind us.  Life masks in there too.

 

ATHENA

How you gonna do it?

 

BOOMER

It doesn’t show in my file, Athena, but when I was a kid on Caprica I hotlinked more hovermobiles than there are doors on this ship. 

 

ATHENA

(slight laugh)

But if the fire can get through that door, it can get through this one too.

 

BOOMER

By that time we’ll all be through into the next compartment.

 

ATHENA

Aahhh, and the next one, and the next one.  How long before you think you can do it?

 

BOOMER

Well, if this were a hovermobile, I could tell you to the micron.  But this thing, I don’t know. 

 

(Apollo, Starbuck, and Sheba land in starboard bay.)

 

(In the life station, Cassiopeia attends to the semiconscious Adama.)

 

SALIK

Why don’t you take a rest period?  It’s all right.  I’ll watch him for a while. 

(chuckles)

 

CASSIOPEIA

Yes, sir. 

(walks past Komma, who is being treated by another med tech)

 

KOMMA

Please, tell the Commander we tried, we really tried, but we just couldn’t reach them.

 

CASSIOPEIA

Couldn’t reach who?

 

KOMMA

(sighs)

His daughter and grandson.  At the rejuvenation center.

 

CASSIOPEIA

Boxey and Athena? 

 

KOMMA

And Boomer too.  I saw them go in there right before the attack.  We tried, but the fire—

 

CASSIOPEIA

Oh, my God.

 

(Apollo enters.)

 

APOLLO

Where is he?

 

(Cassiopeia indicates Adama.)

 

SALIK

Yes.  Comfortable?

 

ADAMA

The Galactica. 

 

SALIK

We took some casualties, took some damage.  But nothing that can’t be repaired – including you.  Rest, Adama.  You need rest. 

(draws Apollo aside)

The life pod has him stabilized, but he’s very weak.  After all of this is over, I’m going to have to operate because there’s a fragment lodged near the wall of his heart, and it’s very bad. 

 

APOLLO

Well, then operate.  Right now.

 

SALIK

Now, you listen to me, son.  Unless I have no choice, there is no way that I’m going to open up his or anyone else’s chest under these conditions.  The fire has knocked out one energizer, and if the other one goes, as well it may, all of the equipment will go out.  I don’t think you want me poking around your father’s heart with a laser scalpel at a time like that. 

 

APOLLO

(shakes head)

 

SALIK

Now, be brief, please.

 

ADAMA

Apollo. 

 

APOLLO

We tried to get him sooner, but he was too far ahead of us. 

 

ADAMA

I know.  It wasn’t your fault. 

 

APOLLO

Can I do anything for you? 

 

ADAMA

You’re doing it, just by being here.  I want to see Athena and Boxey.

 

CASSIOPEIA

I’m sorry, but the doctor says no more visitors. 

 

ADAMA

I’ll be all right.  I’m fine. 

 

CASSIOPEIA

(to Apollo)

Come on.  It’s all right, Apollo.  I’ll stay with him. 

 

APOLLO

(sighs)

I’ll be on the bridge. 

 

(Fire teams continue to battle the blaze.)

 

FIRE LEADER

Don’t let it get behind you.  Look out!  Get back!  We’re losing it here.  We have to fall back. 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

APOLLO

Are you sure there’s nothing you can do?

 

TIGH

I’m sorry, Apollo, we couldn’t get to them.  Even if we had, all the doors in that section are jammed.

 

APOLLO

But there must be a way at least to find out if they’re alive.

 

TIGH

Internal communications have been restored on this side of the fire.  Everything on the other side is still out. 

 

APOLLO

Colonel, if they’re still alive, how long could they last?  The truth.

 

TIGH

I don’t know.  The fire is rapidly consuming oxygen in that area of the ship.  Once it’s gone, they’ll have to rely on their life masks. 

 

(rejuvenation center)

 

ATHENA

(to another person tending the injured warrior)

When the door opens, get him through as quickly as possible. 

 

BOOMER

All right, we’re set.  Now, when this door opens, if it opens, we get Boxey and the injured through first and then the rest of you.  Make it fast.  I don’t know how long I’ll be able to keep it open.

 

ATHENA

(looking at outer door)

Boomer, the fire.  The door. 

 

BOOMER

I wish this were a hovermobile. 

(tries unsuccessfully to open door)

 

FEMALE VOICE

Oh, no. 

 

BOOMER

Wait a micron, I think I got it figured out now.  Change the wavelon – this ought to do it.  Either that, or we burn out the motor so it’ll never open.  Here we go. 

 

ATHENA

Hurry, Boomer.  Hurry. 

 

(Door opens.)

 

BOOMER

Come on, hurry up!  Move it!  Move!  Move!  Let’s go!  Grab the wounded.  Let’s go, Athena!

 

ATHENA

Boomer, what about you?

 

BOOMER

Get goin’, get goin’!  Move! 

 

ATHENA

Come on, Boomer!  Come on! 

 

(Boomer dives through the inner door and it closes behind him just as the outer door explodes.)

 

BOOMER

Boxey, it looks like I, um, mashed your mushie.

(laughs as Boxey hugs him)

 

ATHENA

This telecom’s dead.

 

BOOMER

(sighs)

 

ATHENA

Boomer, there’s only five life masks.

 

BOOMER

Great.  Okay, we’ll save them until we need them, and we’ll all take turns.  Now, let’s check out this door.

(puts hand on door, then draws it back in pain)

Aiee!

 

BOXEY

Are you okay?

 

BOOMER

Uh, yeah, I’m okay.  This thing’s red hot. 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

FIRE LEADER

(indicating on schematic)

From the landing bay the fire separates, advancing here through Beta section, towards the energizer, and here through Gamma section. 

 

TIGH

Toward the solium storage tanks. 

 

FIRE LEADER

And if it reaches ’em, we go up like a supernova.

 

APOLLO

Colonel, take a look at this.  This duct system interconnects the rejuvenation center with some other areas of the ship, including right here, the bridge. 

 

FIRE LEADER

I’m sorry, Captain, these ducts are too small for a person to get through. 

 

TIGH

An adult, but what about a small boy?

 

APOLLO

(sighs)

No, Boomer would never take a chance like that with Boxey’s life.  He could send Muffey! 

 

TIGH

It wouldn’t do any good.

 

APOLLO

Why not? 

 

TIGH

I’ll show you.  That duct system leads in eight or nine different directions, terminating in thirty or more compartments, only one of which is here on the bridge.  The chance of a daggit coming out here is less than remote.

 

APOLLO

Then send men to the other compartments.  Have them wait until Muffey shows up.

 

TIGH

I can’t afford to send anyone in any compartment.  I barely have enough manpower right now to run the ship and fight the fire.  I’m sorry, Apollo.  Even if I thought there was a chance—

 

APOLLO

But they could still be alive!  You can’t just leave them there! 

 

TIGH

Apollo, if the fire reaches the energizer or the solium, either one, the Galactica is doomed.  All our resources must go to preventing that. 

 

FIRE LEADER

I’m sorry, Colonel.  We may delay it, but in the end we can’t prevent it.  The oxygen in each compartment draws the fire further and further into the ship, like a magnet.  The only way we can stop it is to drown it in boraton.

 

TIGH

We have boraton.

 

FIRE LEADER

Yes, sir, but to make it work, we have to smother the whole fire at the same time.  With enough high pressure, we could do that in all of the other areas, but not the landing bay.  There’s no way to reach it.

 

APOLLO

Hold it, I have an idea.  We could replace the turbolasers in three of our Vipers with megapressure pumps from the damaged energizer, fill them with boraton, and connect them to the firing mechanism. 

 

TIGH

It would be like a strafing run.

 

APOLLO

Exactly!  With three of us making continuous runs, we could flood that bay with boraton!

 

FIRE LEADER
I never thought of the megapressure pumps.  I could use one of them to boost the pressure in our internal hose system. 

 

TIGH

Do it. 

 

FIRE LEADER

Yes, sir.

 

(launch bay)

 

STARBUCK

Apollo, they’re gonna be okay.

 

SHEBA

They’ll probably be waiting when we get back.

 

APOLLO

If this works.

(sighs)

Now, remember, this boraton is heavy, so we’re overloaded.  When you pull up after your run, watch it, or the increased gee factor will slam you right into the hull. 

 

OMEGA

(from bridge)

Boraton flight cleared to launch when ready. 

 

APOLLO

Acknowledged. 

 

(Vipers launch.)

 

(In the storage compartment, the five life masks are being shared while Boomer rolls up a note and attaches it to Muffit’s neck.)

 

BOOMER

This fumarillo case will protect the note.  Okay, Boxey.

 

BOXEY

Go get help, Muffey.  I know you could do it. 

 

(Muffit enters the duct.)

 

(Elsewhere, the fire crews continue their work.)

 

FIRE LEADER

Don’t let up.  If it gets to the solium cells, we’ve all had it.  Fall back!  Fall back!  Tie down the hose and fall back. 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

OMEGA

Colonel, the megapressure pump is ready. 

 

TIGH

Apollo, we’re ready.  Commence the boraton run. 

 

APOLLO

I’ll make the first pass, Starbuck, then you, then Sheba.  Let’s make it good.

 

STARBUCK

I’m right behind you, Apollo. 

 

SHEBA

Let’s go.

 

(inside the Galactica)

 

FIRE LEADER

(into transmitter)

Yes, sir, Colonel, right away. 

(to firemen)

The Vipers are into their first run.  Start the megapressure pump. 

 

(Vipers in space)

 

APOLLO

Here we go.  Easy, easy, easy – now! 

(fires boraton into bay)

Watch it, Starbuck, the gee factors are worse than I thought. 

 

STARBUCK

Yeah, thanks for the warning, but, uh, I still have to get in close to do any good. 

 

APOLLO

Starbuck, your angle’s too steep! 

 

STARBUCK

Eh, this is easier than shooting at Cylons.  

(fires boraton)

 

APOLLO

Pull up, Starbuck, pull up! 

(sighs)

I thought you weren’t gonna make it.

 

STARBUCK

Yeah, I – I knew exactly what I was doing.

 

APOLLO

This one has to do it, Sheba.  Make it good. 

 

SHEBA

I will. 

(fires boraton)

 

STARBUCK

(sees fire go out)

We got it!

 

APOLLO

We got the landing bay.  Now it’s up to the guys inside to put the rest of it out. 

 

(Inside the ship, a falling piece of debris knocks out the megapressure pump.)

 

FIRE LEADER
Colonel Tigh, we've lost it here.  The megapressure pump must have blown a seal.

 

TIGH

You did what you could.  Switch to the regular pumps and keep me advised. 

 

(From his Viper, Starbuck sees the fire glowing again in the landing bay.)

 

STARBUCK

(sighs)

We didn’t get it. 

 

(Firemen spray boraton around the remaining energizer, which is threatened by the fire.)

 

FIRE LEADER

Keep movin’ in. 

 

(The life station suffers a power loss.)

 

CASSIOPEIA

That’s the fourth power drop.  He gets worse with each one. 

 

SALIK

Prepare to operate.

 

CASSIOPEIA

What about the power drops?

 

SALIK

Cassiopeia, they’re already killing him.  If we just let him lie in that life pod, he doesn’t have a chance in a centura.  I’ll notify Tigh.  I’ll be in ultrasonic scrub. 

 

(near the energizer)

 

FIRE LEADER

We’ve got to keep it away from the energizer.  Watch those supports.  They’ve been weakened.

 

(Tigh enters the life station.)

 

TIGH

Adama?  I understand they’re gonna fix you up.

 

ADAMA

How bad is it, Tigh?

 

TIGH

You’ll come through fine, just fine.

 

ADAMA

I know about the fire. 

 

TIGH

It’s bad, Adama.  We can’t put the fire out. 

 

ADAMA

Is a way, drastic way.  If there’s nothing else, let the vacuum of space smother it.  Put explosive charges on the hull.  Blow hole, deprive fire of its oxygen. 

 

TIGH

There may be people trapped in there.  Without oxygen, they’d never survive. 

 

ADAMA

You really believe Athena and Boxey are still alive? 

 

TIGH

How did you know? 

 

ADAMA

I overheard a great deal. 

 

CASSIOPEIA

I’m sorry, Colonel, it’s time. 

 

ADAMA

Tigh, put your best people on the job.  It may be our last chance. 

 

TIGH

Yes, sir. 

 

(Sheba launches in her Viper.)

 

TIGH (over communicator)

Apollo and Starbuck are in the airlock.  Are you ready, Sheba?

 

SHEBA

I am coming into position now.

 

TIGH

Can you see them yet?

 

SHEBA

Okay, I have them in view.  I won’t let ’em out of my sight. 

 

(Apollo and Starbuck emerge onto surface of Galactica.)

 

TIGH

Apollo, you and Starbuck can start now. 

 

APOLLO

We have twelve charges to set. 

 

STARBUCK

This weightlessness is really gonna slow us down. 

 

APOLLO

Let’s get moving.

 

STARBUCK

I’m right with ya.

 

APOLLO

The first one goes right over there.

 

STARBUCK

Yeah, according to Colonel Tigh we’re gonna have to work fast. 

 

APOLLO

That’s why I decided to forget our tether lines.  They’d just slow us down.

 

SHEBA

Just don’t get careless.  Lose your grip just once and you’ll be floating in space for ever.

 

STARBUCK

Yeah, thanks for reminding us, Sheba. 

 

APOLLO

Colonel, any sign of Muffey yet? 

 

TIGH

No.  I’m sorry, Apollo. 

 

APOLLO

Of course!  Mushies!

 

STARBUCK

Mushies?  Wha – what do mushies have to do with explosives?

 

APOLLO

Colonel Tigh!  Boxey trained Muffey to sniff out mushies.  Have them put them in the open duct. 

 

TIGH

Consider it done, Apollo.  Omega, order some, uh, mushies sent up here.

 

OMEGA

Yes, sir.

 

(In the storage compartment, the occupants continue sharing the life masks while Muffit keeps wandering through the air ducts.  Tigh places a tray of mushies in the open duct on the bridge, and Muffit appears to detect their presence.)

 

OMEGA

Colonel, the fire leader reports that the fire has now crossed his defensive line at compartment thirty-one, in both Beta and Gamma sections. 

 

TIGH

Then he has no choice but to fall back to his final lines in compartment forty-three in both sections.

 

OMEGA

Sir, the fire has spread laterally.  The defensive line now extends through Delta, Alpha, and Theta section also.

 

TIGH

Five full sections of flame and nowhere else to fall back to. 

(sighs)

 

(Outside the energizer, the blaze is still the target of a desperate assault.)

 

FIRE LEADER

More hose!  Give us more hose!

 

(In the life station, Salik operates on Adama.)

 

SALIK

The finite microlaser. 

 

(An explosion elsewhere in the ship shuts down power in the life station for a few seconds.)

 

CASSIOPEIA

If that happens when you’re near the heart wall…

 

SALIK

I know.  Amplify the laser to operating mode.

 

(Outside the energizer, a fireman has fallen in deep boraton on the deck.)

 

FIRE LEADER

Get him out of there!  Hurry!  Watch your footing; it’s slippery. 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

OMEGA

Colonel, the temperature in the energizer compartment has reached the critical level. 

 

TIGH

Solium storage is just as bad. 

 

OMEGA

I know.

 

TIGH

If we can just get those charges set and blow them in time.

(to communicator)

Apollo, we’re running out of time. 

 

(outside the Galactica)

 

APOLLO

Colonel, just another fifteen centons.

 

TIGH

I don’t know if we have it.

 

STARBUCK

How ’bout blowing the charges we have set now?

 

TIGH

Negative.  Unless we blow them in exactly the calculated pattern, our gyros will go wild. 

(Muffit arrives in the open duct)

We must do it in time.  Keep me posted. 

 

(Muffit knocks the tray of mushies onto the floor as he tries to exit the duct.)

 

OMEGA

Colonel, look! 

 

TIGH

I don’t believe it.  He made it.

 

(In the storage compartment, Boomer is coughing uncontrollably.)

 

BOXEY

Boomer.

(hands Boomer his life mask and Boomer takes a breath)

 

BOOMER

(to Athena, who is still monitoring the injured warrior)

How is he?

 

ATHENA

Not good.  Neither are the rest of us. 

 

(On the bridge, Omega ties a bag of life masks onto Muffit as Tigh attaches a new note.)

 

OMEGA

I wish there were a better way to get them these masks.  Without them, they’re not gonna have a chance.

 

TIGH

I just hope he can get back in time.  When the hull blows, they’ll lose whatever oxygen they have. 

 

OMEGA

(nods)

 

BACKGROUND VOICE

We’re doing everything I said right now.  Nothing we can do.  Nothing more I can do…

 

TIGH

Muffey, find Boxey.  Boxey. 

(Muffit returns into the duct system)

 

BACKGROUND VOICE

Will you please clear this channel?  We must have clearance on this channel.

 

TIGH

Apollo, Muffey’s on his way back with the life masks. 

 

APOLLO

Thank you, sir. 

 

(Outside the ship, Apollo and Starbuck continue placing charges on the hull.)

 

APOLLO

Five more centons, Colonel.

 

(A bridge indicator shows the solium storage temperature nearing the red zone.)

 

TIGH

If I had a choice, I’d say no. 

 

(As Starbuck reaches for a handhold, the decrepit pipe comes loose in his hand and he starts drifting off into space.)

 

STARBUCK

Apollo!

(with great strain by both of them, Apollo manages to pull him back)

Ah!  Ahh!  Uhh!  Ahh!  Ahh!  Eyah!  Somehow “thank you” doesn’t seem like enough. 

 

APOLLO

Forget it.  We have a lot of work to do. 

 

STARBUCK

(waves)

 

(life station)

 

SALIK

Just another few centons. 

 

(On the bridge, the solium temperature gauge has crossed into the red.)

 

TIGH

Hurry, Apollo.  An extra micron could make the difference.

 

(outside the Galactica)

 

APOLLO

We’re setting the last one now.  This charge has a magnetic base.  I’ll pull myself across with it.  There’s a handhold just up from the other side.  I’ll get back that way.  Don’t worry about me.  I’ll see ya inside. 

 

STARBUCK

(waves and makes for the airlock as Apollo pulls himself across the hull with two magnetic charges)

 

(storage compartment)

 

BOXEY

Muffey won’t let us down, Athena. 

 

(Inside the ducts, Muffit looks down through a grate and sees a fireman fall unconscious, then moves on.)

 

(storage compartment)

 

BOXEY

Muffey.  I hear Muffey.

(Muffit appears at the duct opening)

Muffey!

 

BOOMER

It’s the life masks. 

 

ATHENA

(relieved)

Uhh.  Boxey—

 

BOOMER

Here, pass ’em around. 

 

ATHENA

They’ll save us from the smoke, but the fire?

 

BOOMER

(reads note:  “Boomer, Get everyone under cover.  We’re setting charges and blowing the hull to kill the fire.  Good luck!  Tigh”)

Everybody to the other side of the compartment!  They’re gonna blow the hull.  Come on, move!  Over here!  Let’s go! 

 

(Muffit returns into the ductwork.)

 

BOXEY

Muffey, come back! 

(dives in after him)

 

BOOMER

Boxey!  Boxey! 

(pulls Boxey back out as all hunker down at the interior end of the storage compartment)

 

(outside the ship)

 

APOLLO

The last one’s set. 

(launches himself toward a handhold but misses it, spinning off into space)

 

STARBUCK

Apollo! 

 

APOLLO

Starbuck, get inside!  Those explosives are gonna go off any centon!  Get inside! 

 

(Galactica bridge)

 

OMEGA

Colonel, I think our time has run out.

(indicating solium storage temperature)

 

(An explosion blows the door off the energizer.)

 

(outside the Galactica)

 

APOLLO

Starbuck, get inside!  There’s nothing you can do!

 

(Starbuck pushes off toward Apollo just before the charges explode.)

 

(Inside the storage compartment, the hull breach causes massive winds.)

 

BOOMER

Stay down, everyone!  Stay down! 

 

(On the bridge, the solium temperature gauge drops.)

 

TIGH

It worked, Apollo.  The fire is out. 

(Omega and other bridge personnel cheer)

Apollo?  Starbuck.

(the two are seen floating in space)

Something’s wrong.  Sheba!

 

SHEBA

I ca – I can’t see them anywhere, Colonel. 

 

TIGH
Good Lord.  The explosion must have gotten them.

 

SHEBA

I refuse to believe that.  I won’t give up.  I’m going to keep looking for them.

(spots the two floating together)

Colonel Tigh, I – I see them.  I see them! 

 

TIGH

Apollo!  Starbuck?  Hang on.  We’re sending a shuttle.

 

APOLLO

Colonel, my family?

 

TIGH

They’re all safe.  Including your father. 

 

APOLLO

(exhales in relief)

So am I, thanks to Starbuck. 

 

STARBUCK

I, uh, guess I just can’t stand you going anywhere without me.

 

APOLLO

(grins and sighs)

 

(In the life station, Adama is sitting up and clearly on the mend.)

 

ADAMA

I know just how you feel, Boxey.  But Dr. Wilker built Muffey in the first place, and I’m sure he can build another one just like him. 

 

BOXEY

But it won’t really be Muffey.

 

ATHENA

Aw, yes, he will.  He’ll look just like him.  He’ll be identical.

 

BOXEY

That’s not what I mean. 

 

(Apollo enters and hugs Boxey.)

 

APOLLO

Oh, Boxey. 

 

ADAMA

(chuckles) 

 

APOLLO

(hugs Athena)

Athena.

(laughs, then takes Adama’s hand and whispers)

Father.

 

ADAMA

I told you I’d make it through, didn’t I? 

(Apollo laughs)

At least I think I did. 

(both laugh)

I hope you’ll recommend Boomer for decoration.  He pulled them all through.

 

APOLLO

(to Boomer)

Thank you. 

 

BOOMER

(shrugs and laughs)

We did have, uh, one casualty, I’m afraid. 

 

BOXEY

Muffey’s never coming back, Dad.

 

STARBUCK

Wanna bet?

(gestures toward the doorway, where a badly burned but operational Muffit is being wheeled in)

 

BOXEY

Muffey!

 

(Apollo laughs.)

 

STARBUCK

You can be real proud of him, kid.  He saved that firefighter’s life. 

(Apollo laughs)

Dragged him out of a burning compartment just in time.

 

BOOMER

So that’s why he ran back into the duct. 

 

BOXEY

I’m glad he saved somebody, but he got burned awful badly.

 

APOLLO

Don’t worry, Dr. Wilker will fix him up just as good as he was before.

 

BOXEY

Are you sure?

 

APOLLO

(laughs)

Positive. 

 

(Muffit whines and Apollo laughs again.)

 

 

-END TRANSCRIPT-

 

 

NOTE

 

In some fire-fighting scenes, it is not entirely clear whether particular lines are spoken by the fire leader.