cleared for launch.
Run-up.
(man on radio)
Maglock secure,
initiate launch sequence.
Don't blow up on me,
you bastard.
Clear for launch.
(Dualla)
Blackbird is away.
Will you take it easy?
Start slow.
You're testing the ship.
It's not about the pilot
showing off.
(Starbuck)
Who's showing off?
(Apollo)
Gods damn it, what is this?
What are you trying to prove?
I'm not trying
to prove anything.
You've got to be kidding me.
(whooping)
Oh, lords.
Okay. Let's see
what this baby can do.
(panting)
(Starbuck whooping)
(Apollo)
Starbuck, where are you?
Starbuck, do you hear me?
Starbuck!
(man)
I'm not....
She's gone!
Galactica, Apollo.
I've lost her.
I've lost her.
(Dualla)
No dradis contact.
(Apollo)
Starbuck, where are you?
Starbuck, come in.
Starbuck, do you read?
Kara, are you okay?
Of course, you lost contact.
lt's a damn stealth ship,
remember?
Oh, you....
(Starbuck and Apollo laughing)
(all clapping)
(officer)
Commander on deck.
As you were.
Chief Tyrol?
This is the Blackbird?
Yes, ma'am.
Madam President,
this is an honor.
No, the honor's mine.
lt's remarkable.
Just a ship, ma'am.
(Laura)
You're much too modest.
After what
we've been through...
it would be very easy
to give up, to lose hope.
But not here. Not today.
This is
more than a ship, Chief.
This is an act of faith.
lt is proof that despite
all we've lost...
we keep trying.
And we will get through this,
all of us, together.
l promise.
Commander.
Ahem,
Madam President...
this was supposed to be
a surprise...
but, well.
Thank you.
lf you'll do us the honors,
Madam President.
Of Course.
Okay.
(gasping)
(people laughing)
Kidding.
Hell of an idea,
using carbon composites.
(man)
lt was a good job.
Nice work.
That was lovely.
They wanted to do that
for you.
Thank you.
None of this would have
been possible if you
hadn't trusted the Cylon.
l took your advice,
met on common ground.
What was that?
We both wanted to live.(narrator)
Previously on
Battlestar Galactica:
Gives me the creeps...
seeing him acting like that
with her....
How can one of us get that
roped in by one of them?
Look, Chief....
l know how she felt about you.
She loved you.
You know what, l should
probably be grateful to you...
because that freak in
her belly could've been mine.
Do you have
actual memories of...
being with the Chief
before the Cylon attack?
You're the father of my child.
You're the first in my heart.
And nothing is
ever going to change that.
All right, here's the deal.
We are going
to build a new fighter.
Blackbird test flight,
cleared for launch.
Galactica, Apollo.
I've lost her.
Of course, you lost contact.
lt's a damn stealth ship,
remember?
(siren sounding)
Action stations,
action stations. Set Condition
One throughout the ship.
This is not a drill.
Repeat. Action stations,
action stations.
(Adama)
Well, Madam President,
looks like...
you picked
a hell of a day for a visit.
This is the commander. Sitrep.
Bogey just jumped into
dradis range, CBDR.
From the size of it, it's
probably a Cylon base ship.
CAP's on its way
to intercept it.
Alert the fleet
to an emergency jump.
l'm on my way
with the President.
Galactica, Apollo,
l'm outbound on course
to the Base Star...
just tag alongside me.
I estimate
one minute till intercept.
(Dualla)
Roger that, Apollo.
Be advised, alert fighters
have launched...
and will take station
on your Six in three minutes.
Sitrep.
Alert fighters launched.
New dradis contact,
they're launching raiders.
How long till we jump?
Another two minutes.
Sir?
Sir, l'm getting
Colonial transponders.
Colonial?
Hell, now they're using
our own signals against us.
Maybe.
Weapons hold.
Hold the jump, too.
Something up your sleeve,
l take it?
All ships, Galactica,
hold jump.
Say again, hold jump.
Ship to ship,
Colonial priority one channel.
Send hostile challenge
and lD.
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