"The Long Patrol" is an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series.
Starbuck is picked to test a new prototype Viper, but before embarking on this mission, (and in keeping with his Don Juan-like persona), he finds himself in a predicament involving both Athena and Cassiopeia aboard the luxury ship Rising Star. He attempts to please both women on simultaneous dinner dates, each unbeknown to the other. After Starbuck is called t...
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"The Long Patrol" is an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series.
Starbuck is picked to test a new prototype Viper, but before embarking on this mission, (and in keeping with his Don Juan-like persona), he finds himself in a predicament involving both Athena and Cassiopeia aboard the luxury ship Rising Star. He attempts to please both women on simultaneous dinner dates, each unbeknown to the other. After Starbuck is called to duty the girls later run into each other and realized they have been tricked. Starbuck rushes to take off in the new fighter – which has superior speed and maneuverability, but at the lack of weaponry. The ship is also equipped with a flirtatious computer called CORA.
Running recon ahead of the fleet, Starbuck encounters an old starfighter chasing a small cargo shuttle. Starbuck intervenes by distracting the fighter so that the shuttle can escape. The fighter breaks off and Starbuck follows the shuttle to a nearby world where he discovers...
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