Battlestar Galactica (TV Series)

Take the Celestra (1979)

Dirk Benedict: Lieutenant Starbuck

Quotes 

• Lieutenant Starbuck : Then assuming they're moving at top speed...

  Commander Kronus : Factor four.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Assuming they're moving at factor four, their computers should tell us where they to find them.

  Aurora : But it won't... or rather, it can't. This is a civilian shuttle. The computer has no tracking capabilites.

• Lieutenant Boomer : I thought Tigh was about to blast out of his boots.

  Captain Apollo : Breaking formation isn't exactly part of the military code.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Er, well, if you two hadn't stopped me, I could've caught her.

• Cassiopeia : Starbuck, I got them! the last two seats to tonight's Spheroid concert!

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Uh, great, er, Cassiopeia, this is Aurora. She's an old... friend.

  Cassiopeia : Hi. Er, I'm sorry if I interrupted anything but I just got so excited abtout these tickets. You must know how hard these are to get.

  Aurora : I'm afraid we don't have concerts on the Celestra, or elegant military receptions, for that matter.

• Captain Apollo : Starbuck, will you stop worrying about that and try to look your best?

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Look my best? Even at my worst, Aurora always thought I looked pretty good.

  Captain Apollo : She's obviously blind. I'm talking about Commander Kronus. Would you fasten up your jacket?

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Ah.

• Aurora : It's been a long time.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Yeah, you see... I thought you were dead. Where have you been all this time?

  Aurora : Learning to fly. I've just been made shuttle pilot.

• Lieutenant Starbuck : [trying to speak to his prisoner girlfriend]  Aurora, you gotta listen to me. You're the only reason I came over here.

  Aurora : I couldn't care less.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : I think you do. You could have killed me and you didn't.

  Aurora : Only because I was foolish enough to care about you once.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : And I cared about you. The night the Cylons raided Caprica, I tried to find you, but your house had taken a direct hit, there... there was nothing left of it. I was positive you were dead, that's why I never looked for you. You gotta believe me.

  Aurora : [regards him intensely]  I do. But it wouldn't have changed anything.

  [she walks past him, hands shackled behind her back] 

• Aurora : The Starbuck I used to know was an optimist.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Yeah, only when the odds were in my favor.

• Aurora : [handcuffed prisoner]  Leave me alone. You've already caused me enough trouble.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Aurora, I'm sorry for the mess you're in, but you can't blame me for that. You got yourself into it.

  Aurora : I had no choice.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : Everybody has a choice.

  Aurora : Not the common people. Not on this fleet. You know what kind of life we have.

  Lieutenant Starbuck : It's not like back on Caprica, but it's rough on everybody.