Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Terry Carter: Colonel Tigh

Quotes 

• Colonel Tigh : Captain, we have to know how many base ships we're dealing with.

  Captain Apollo : No base ships.

  Colonel Tigh : You must be mistaken, Captain! Fighters couldn't function this far from Cylon without base ships; they don't carry enough fuel!

  Captain Apollo : I said no base ships! Just fighters, maybe a thousand.

  Commander Adama : How do you count for that, Apollo?

  Captain Apollo : I don't know. They...! We picked up an empty tanker on our scanner. It's my guess the Cylons used it to refuel for the attack after flying to that point from wherever their base ships are.

  Colonel Tigh : Well, why operate this far from Cylon without base ships when it isn't necessary? They would have been well out of our range at the old moon!

  Commander Adama : [realizing]  Unless it *was* necessary... for them to be somewhere else! Get me the President!

• [Apollo, Starbuck and Boomer are destroying a minefield] 

  Colonel Tigh : It's working, Commander. They're clearing a path 100 maxims wide.

  Lieutenant Athena : Now, *that* is precision flying.

• Lieutenant Athena : Commander, we're picking up some attack signals between Purple and Orange Squadrons. We don't *have* Purple and Orange Squadrons.

  Commander Adama : Purple and Orange?

  Colonel Tigh : Starbuck and Apollo?

  Commander Adama : Lord help them both!

• Colonel Tigh : [monitoring two Vipers under armed attack and the Galactica is not allowed to respond]  Still no word from our fighters, Sir. Their transmission is being deliberately jammed. If we don't launch...

  Commander Adama : We cannot launch. It's been expressly forbidden. However, this might be a very good time for battle-stations drill. Sound the alert, Colonel.

  Colonel Tigh : [enthusiastically]  Yes, Sir!