John Colicos: Count Baltar
Quotes
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[under the personal command of Count Baltar, an enormous armada of Cylon raiders attacks the Colonial fleet]
Count Baltar : [from the command seat of a Cylon raider] This time, the Galactica hasn't a chance. Concentrate our fighters on the Galactica's landing bays! Her warriors won't be able to refuel, reload or land!
[Cylon raiders converge on the Galactica's Alpha flight bay and one breaks through the bay's force field and punches into the interior wall, exploding into a raging fire]
Flight Officer Omega : Fire in the bay.
Commander Adama : [expecting the worst] Damage report.
Flight Officer Omega : It's out of control. Alpha Bay is completely cut off.
[Cylon raiders blast away at the Galactica and the fleet's civilian ships as the Galactica's viper squadrons fight back]
Count Baltar : Continue leading her warriors away from the main fleet. They can't stay aloft using full battle thrusters for very long.
Cylon Centurion : A word of caution. We too are expending great amounts of fuel in a sustained attack.
[Baltar's raider joins a Cylon phalanx as it shoots down several vipers directly ahead]
Count Baltar : [smiling maliciously] Yes, but we have a place to land, they do not, or *will* not before long.
[the Galactica continues to take Cylon fire as the battlestar Pegasus, undetected by Cylon forces, is maneuvering into position]
Flight Officer Tolan : We are running parallel to the attacking Cylons on their rear flank, but the Galactica is reporting heavy damage to her landing bays.
[Commander Cain studies the main scanner]
Commander Cain : Bring her around sixty degrees. We're going in.
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Count Baltar : Burn, Galactica! You're finished, Adama!
Cylon Centurion : [looking out to port] Sir, if I may...
Count Baltar : I don't want to miss a moment of the last battlestar's destruction!
Cylon Centurion : I really think you should take a look at the other battlestar.
Count Baltar : What are you babbling about? It's impossible!
Cylon Centurion : No. It is a battlestar.
Count Baltar : Turn, you fool, turn! He's coming right for us! Sound the retreat, return to our baseships!
Cylon Centurion : But, we have not finished off the Galactica.
Count Baltar : We're half out of fuel and those Vipers are coming in fresh! Now do as I say before they blast us out of the stars!
Cylon Centurion : Retreat. Squadron, retreat.
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Count Baltar : I've decided that the city of Gamoray would my seat of power. From it, I will decide how and where I will extend my dominion throughout the star system.
Lucifer : Begging you pardon, Baltar, but don't you think we should first go though the formality of conquering the humans before ordering our victory celebration?
Count Baltar : That had the note of sarcasm, Lucifer. Watch yourself. You're not the only IL-series Cylon who dreams of standing beside the greatest conqueror in all the universe.
Lucifer : Forgive my impudence.
Count Baltar : Hmm...
Lucifer : About that launch order.
Count Baltar : Yes, yes, let's get on with it.
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Count Baltar : How long before our fighters can return to defend us?
Lucifer : I'm afraid the Pegasus will reach us first.
Count Baltar : Then drop back. Let the other two base ships intercept the Pegasus.
Lucifer : I'm not sure the other base commanders will appreciate that.
Count Baltar : It isn't a request, it's an order.
[Baltar's base ship drops back while the battlestar Pegasus approaches the other two base ships]
Flight Officer Tolan : Two basestars coming up on range, sir. The third has fallen back behind them.
Commander Cain : That will be Baltar's ship! Plot a course between those two forward ships!
Flight Officer Tolan : It's getting a little sticky in there, sir.
Commander Cain : Arm all air-to-head missiles and bring electronic defense shields to maximum power!
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Count Baltar : What is the latest intelligence?
Lucifer : It is the consensus of the commanders of the two supporting base ships that we should ask for help from the planet Gamoray at once.
Count Baltar : Somehow, I find the idea of some base commander on Gamoray taking credit for destroying the Galactica slightly annoying.
Lucifer : We did not do quite so well in battle this day.
Count Baltar : We were taken by surprise! Thanks to your so-called intelligence report! How many squadrons based on Gamoray?
Lucifer : Four complete squadrons - the equivalent of a base ship.
Count Baltar : In other words, we have the firepower of four base ships at our disposal?
Lucifer : That is correct.
Count Baltar : Prepare for a new attack.
