space.
Where shall we go?
What shall we do?
Life here began out there.
Those are the first words of the sacred scrolls.
And they were told to us by the lords of kobol
many countless centuries ago.
And they made it perfectly clear
that we are not alone in this universe.
Elosha, there is a 13th colony of humankind, is there not?
Yes.
The scrolls tell us a 13th tribe
left kobol in the early days.
They traveled far and made their home
upon a planet called earth,
which circled a distant and unknown star.
It's not unknown.
I know where it is!
Earth.
The most guarded secret we have.
The location is only known by the senior
commanders of the fleet.
And we dared not share it with the public.
Not while there was a cylon threat upon us.
For now we have a refuge to go to.
A refuge that the cylons know nothing about.
It won't be an easy journey.
It will be long and arduous.
But I promise you one thing.
On the memory of those lying here before you,
we shall find it.
And earth will become our new home.
-So say we all.
-So say we all.
-So say we all.
-So say we all!
-So say we all!
-So say we all!
-So say we all.
-So say we all.
Dismissed.
As you were.
Just trying to avoid
another trip to the brig, sir.
Lieutenant Thrace...
Kara...
what you did out there today
with Lee adama,
it was, um...
a hell of a piece of flying.
The commander has always said that you
were the best pilot he has ever seen.
Well, today you proved it.
Now...about yesterday...
during the game...
well, maybe I was out of line too.
And I just...
I wanted to say, uh...
I'm sorry.
Well, don't you have anything to say?
-Permission to speak off the record, sir.
-Granted.
You're a bastard.
You just don't know when
to keep your mouth shut, do you?
-I am offering you a clean slate here.
-I'm not interested in a clean slate with you.
You're dangerous.
You know why?
This'll be good.
Because you're weak.
-Because you're a drunk.
-Are you done?
-Yes, sir.
-You're returned to flight status.
Let's see how long that lasts.
Come in.
Firstly, I suppose that I should thank you
-for deciding to bring us home.
-Listen, you were right.
I was wrong.
Let's just leave it at that.
All right.
There's no Earth.
You made it all up.
President Adar and I once talked
about the legends surrounding Earth.
He knew nothing about a secret
location regarding Earth.
And if the president knew nothing about it,
what are the chances that you do?
You're right.
There's no Earth.
-It's all a legend.
-Then, why?
Because it's not enough to just live.
You have to have something to live for.
Let it be earth.
They'll never forgive you.
Maybe.
But in the meantime,
I've given all of us a fighting chance to survive.
And isn't that what you said
was the most important thing?
The survival of the human race?
-Who else knows?
-Not a soul.
All right.
I'll keep your secret.
-But I want something in return.
-I'm listening.
If this civilization is going to function,
it's going to need a government.
A civilian government run by
the president of the colonies.
So you'll be in charge of the fleet.
Military decisions stay with me.
Yes.
Well, then, I'll think about it.
Madam president.
I guess I better start reprogramming.
Your escape is a temporary one at best.
We will find you.
Yeah, you can try.
It's a big universe.
-We haven't addressed the real problem, of course.
-Yes, yes.
There may be cylon
agents living among us
waiting to strike at any moment.
Some may not even know they're cylons at all.
They can be sleeper agents programmed
to perfectly impersonate human beings until activation.
If there are cylons aboard this ship,
-we'll find them.
-We?
You're not on their side, Gaius.
I am not on anybody's side.
And tomorrow, I'll begin a formal
combat patrol around the fleet.
Good.Have a good night.
-I just...
-Why don't we ...
save this for another time, son.
Actually, that's an assistant to the