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During a celebration in honour of old war hero Commander Kronus (Paul
Fix), Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) spots an old flame of his, Aurora (Ana
Alicia) in the crowd. And even though he's more or less settled with
Cassiopeia (Laurette Spang) these days, he still has feelings for Aurora -
and thus decides to pay the Celestra, the ship Aurora's serving on under
Commander Kronus, a visit under a feeble pretense. And for some reason,
Apollo (Richard Hatch) decides to join him. Now in an odd chain of
coincidences, Aurora, her boyfriend Damon (Randy Stumpf) and a few others
have just launched a mutiny against Kronus and his right hand Charka (Nick
Holt), but Starbuck and Apollo are quick to round up and apprehend all the
mutineers, and are now task to bring them to the Galactica for trial in a
shuttle, a mission where they're also joined by Kronus. Starbuck questions
Aurora and the others and learns the mutineers were actually rebelling
against inhumane working conditions. When confronted with this, Kronus
confesses he has left command of the day-by-day operations to Charka, who
apparently had abused his position. Thing is, Charka goes farther than
just this, as while the shuttle with Kronus and the prisoners is on the
way to the Galactica, he turns of all signalling beacons, basically
leaving the shuttle marooned in space, to the effect that he can take over
the Celestra. However, Starbuck and Apollo are well enough navigators to
fly the shuttle rather blindly, and manage to track down the Celestra,
make a surprise landing, and take back the ship after a shoot-out where
Kronus is allowed to die a hero's death ... Now in writing,
this might seem like an exciting episode - however the many interesting
ideas here haven't translated in an equally interesting story, as much of
the goings-on are weighed down by soap operatic moments, an over-reliance
on dialogue, and apart from the finale a lack of actual action. So really,
it's more boring than the premise suggests this one to be ...
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