Galactica 1980

25.000

The ship you seek is just now entering the Earth's atmosphere.

It is the Cylon vessel.

The Cylons will walk the Earth.

She's going in, about 60 miles north of New York City.

Centurions, rise.

Our main concern is to get to the craft and its crew before anybody else.

Stop the car!

What happened?

That costume, it's incredible.

You just gave me a heart attack.

It's Halloween, right? Everybody has a blast tonight.

The great ship, Galactica.

Our home for these many years

we've endured the wilderness of space:

And now we near the end of our journey:

We have at last found Earth:

Captain, I'm still echoing that slow-moving target:

Put it up on the large scan:

Yes, sir:

Verification signals?

Mineral content, body deflection and absorption factors:

Everything suggests a Cylon machine:

It's a Cylon fighter: And look at the armament on that ship:

But larger than their pursuit craft:

And much faster, sir: It's approaching now at an incredible rate:

Raise the Galactica, Priority Red:

Visual sighting, sir!

She's coming right at us:

Prepare for evasive action:

Skipper, what happened?

We're not even close to range:

We've got to find out what's inside that new ship and notify the Galactica.

I don't believe the firepower:

We're going in: We have to get some close-range scans on that thing:

You keep trying to contact Galactica.

There's nothing, sir: They must have a jamming signal blocking the air waves:

We have to pull out:

Not till we get a close-up scan:

Feldercarb! Look at this: The outline is humanoid:

There is no way we can let that thing continue on its present course:

It'll discover Earth: We've got to stop it:

We're the only ones who know about it:

I only know one way to do it without using firepower:

Here goes nothing:

This is Recon Probe Delta to Galactica. Acknowledge: Priority Red:

I can't raise the Galactica.

Lieutenant, we damaged her,

but it looks like she's gonna float right into Earth's orbit:

Lieutenant?

Commander, our monitors have detected a ship floating un-powered toward Earth.

Dr. Zee, we've tried to reach Recon Probe Delta, but they do not respond.

We must assume there was complete power shutdown,

or they would have returned by now.

I think we can assume that what our monitors are picking up is Recon Probe Delta:

It must have drifted into Earth's gravitational pull.

It will undoubtedly be observed by Earth's defense system.

You must contact Captain Troy and Lieutenant Dillon at once.

They should be in position to rendezvous when the craft lands.

Troy and Dillon are still taking care of the children.

I'm sure they're helping them adjust to Earth life.

Troy, this is frightening. I wonder where they get pictures of things like that.

I haven't seen anything like that since the planet Gorkon.

Troy here.

This is the Galactica: Priority Red condition. Can you talk?

Not very well.

What's that noise?

It's called an Earth entertainment.

Captain, one of our patrols is lost.

And we believe it has wandered into Earth's gravitational pull:

I'll give you a complete briefing as soon as you're in a safe zone for transmission:

We'll be leaving here as soon as possible.

Children, we have to leave now.

We wanna stay. We wanna stay, this is funny.

Yeah, they look like the Gorkons.

Whatever it is, it's coming down.

Skylab all over again.

I'll have 50 reporters on my back if you let this leak out.

Sir, every observatory in the world knows what's happening here.

We can't keep it from the press.

You're sure it isn't one of our own satellites falling back to Earth?

Positive.

It could be Israeli or French.

But, the odds-on guess around here is that it's Russian.

Well, one thing for sure,

I'd much rather explain one of their mistakes than one of ours.

The worst is yet to come.

You mean it could get worse? Yes, sir.

According to our calculations, she's going down smack in the middle of New York.

Oh, my Lord.

How much time do I have?

Give or take a few hours, I think she's coming down sometime tomorrow night.

Thanks.

Welcome to the Griffith Park Observatory.

Displayed here in the foyer is a foucault pendulum.

Suspended 70 feet in the air, the large weighted gold ball swings back and forth

due to the rotation of the Earth, knocking over pins that equal the time of the day.

Children, follow those people.

Thus giving us physical proof that the Earth is rotating on an axis.

Go on. We'll catch up with you later.

This is our solar system, consisting of nine known planets that revolve

around the sun, of which Earth is the third.

Scientists theorize that there may be a tenth planet as yet undiscovered.

But... Shh.

At this moment, man has only set foot on the moon.

But robot probes have explored Venus, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.

The phones haven't stopped ringing

since that object started falling to Earth.

I'm so glad you called. I was afraid you might be involved.

What have you been able to find out?

Every observatory in the world has spotted it.

Now, I checked with Caltech, and as best as they can determine,

it should come down in the next twelve hours.

How closely can they estimate its trajectory?

They project it will land somewhere in the Tri-State area.

Any word from Dr. Mortinson on the transmission?

None. He's been monitoring that special frequency as you asked.

But there's been nothing over the air waves.

That's strange, Troy. They should be using our distress channel.

We know the general vicinity where it's headed.

Once it touches down, we should be able to locate it.

You haven't even told me what it is.

There's speculation all over the media that it could be Russian.

No, it's not Russian, Jamie.

It's one of ours.

So we have regular reconnaissance patrols monitoring Earth's corridors.

Just in case a Cylon ship manages to slip by.

Heavens. They're that close?

We've learned to be cautious, Jamie.

What happened to your patrol?

The Viper broke radio contact and hasn't returned from its mission.

The only thing that we can assume is that it had a malfunction

and drifted into Earth's orbit.

Thank heavens.

Our main concern is to get to the craft and its crew before anybody else.

Wait,

you're going to New York? How?

We have a Viper.

No, you can't do that.

I had a visit this morning from the United States Air Force.

A Colonel Briggs.

Regarding us?

Yes, he's investigating you.

He suspects we're not of this world?

No, he didn't go that far.

One thing he's sure of is that he's going to find you.

Thank you for the warning, Jamie.

As big as it may seem, our solar system is tiny compared to our galaxy.

The vast Milky Way, where there are over 100 billion stars.

Actually, 114 billion.

Well, young man, that isn't what the scientists say,

but you do bring up an interesting point.

Each year, the number changes, as more and more are discovered.

You make notice some of the more familiar constellations

such as the Big Dipper.

That looks backwards.

That's when you're coming from the other side.

Oh.

Of these planets that surround these stars,

many could probably support carbon-based life.

Theories indicate these planets would most likely be life-supportive,

even though there is no positive evidence of extraterrestrial life.

Is she a frimp?

Shh.

Yeah, but my point is those machines of yours keep turning up on military radar.

You're gonna have to go to New York by conventional means.

What are you gonna do with the children?

We were hoping you'd ask that.

Well, I'm sure they can spend a couple of days at Billy's camp.

You call me if you need me.

Thank you, Jamie.

And I'll make the travel arrangements with the airlines.

A flight in one of your flying machines. That should be great amusement.

A: : Now arriving at Gate 29, Trans-Global Flight 91 from New York:

Passengers holding tickets may check their baggage: : :

If you've checked your bags at the curb, you can proceed directly to the boarding gate.

What flight are you on?

We're going to New York City. Nine M.

Nine M? We have a flight two.

Nine A.M. That is Flight Two. Are you ticketed?

We were told to mention pre-paid.

Pre-paid? I can take care of that for you. What are the names, please?

Jones and Smith.

Jones and Smith?

Those were the names that Jamie said to use.

Remember, there's a bulletin out for Troy and Dillon.

Good thinking. I just hope our images aren't appearing on all these computers.

Yes, that could be difficult.

Which one is Mr. Jones?

He is.

There you go.

You can proceed right down this way to Gate 43, through the scanner.

Scanner?

You must not fly much.

Scanner. You know, metal detector, to prevent hijacking.

Oh, sure. Hijacking.

Right, high-jacking.

Well, have a nice flight.

The act of seizing a vehicle for illegal purposes.

I wonder what someone would do with an aircraft once they'd seized it.