Soolin quotes from Blake's 7

Soolin

[Discussing Vila] He doesn't have much time for Tarrant does he?

Ah, well. Tarrant is brave, young, handsome. There are three good reasons for anyone not to like him.

Soolin

[Discussing Orac] I thought he was keeping unusually silent.

Probably sulking. One of the almost human things about Orac is that it does not like to work.

Vila

Well, that's it. With those ships out there we can't wait.

Soolin

They might not be looking for us.

Vila

Are you crazy? You said yourself that was a search formation.

Soolin

They haven't picked up Tarrant, so why'd they assume a ship's out here?

Just a minute. Orac: that message from Space Centre - how was it relayed here?

Through Terminal Four-Zero-Six.

The terminal on Helotrix.

Of course, Avon. That is the nearest terminal to our position.

That's it. They must have intercepted the transmission.

Soolin

Computer logic, the nearest terminal.

Vila

So Orac's thick - we all know that. Let's move!

Soolin

[after Avon and Tarrant have left to put Vila's "force wall atmosphere" plan into action] Out of the mouths of drunks ...

Vila

[standing up, instantly sober] Drunk? Who's drunk?

Dayna

You are.

Vila

Show me how to get drunk on plain water and I won't waste time.

Dayna

Well then, why pretend?

Vila

Because, my lovely Dayna and Soolin, no one ever tells someone who's drunk to volunteer.

Vila

I don't like to work in main drive chambers! Especially main drive chambers that are separated from space by one of Slave's force walls.

Vila

It's a Space Rat!

Soolin

Friends of yours?

Vila

Friends? Space Rats? There's no such thing as a friend of a Space Rat - they even hate each other!

What else do you know about them?

Vila

They're maniacs, psychopaths! All they live for is sex and violence, booze and speed. And the fellas are just as bad.

Vila

Plasma bolt fired.

Soolin

Thirty seconds to impact.

[over communicator] One more connection to--

[shocked] What are you doing?

Programming in the main circuit drive.

Dayna

You can't do that! That main drive will fire as soon as she makes the final connection!

Soolin

Fifteen seconds.

We can outrun that bolt. She's dead either way.

Vila

Why do I get all the dirty jobs?

Soolin

Typecasting?

Join us, Soolin. We can fulfil your every desire. (Soolin deactivates Orac)

Soolin

You wouldn't know where to start.

By the way, what's become of our little friend?

Soolin

She's found Cancer's cabin and made herself cozy for the duration.

Ah.

Soolin

Why? Do you fancy a little chat about the good old days on the chain gang?

Oh, it's terrible to think of a poor little thing like that being a slave, don't you think?

Soolin

No more terrible than to think of you as one.

Oh no, no, I'm an old man. She's merely a helpless little child.

Soolin

Well, I expect a little suffering will have helped to make her a better artist. [smiles]

Belkov trusts no one, which is a strength, because that means that no one can betray him. But it is also a weakness, because it means that he is the only one who can defend what is his.

Soolin

So, he makes everything self-protecting, the booby traps, the force fields.

Exactly, everything automatic and therefore predictable, and therefore vulnerable.

[after ordering Slave to plot a new orbit that blocks Belkov's detectors] If we leave our present orbit, as far as he is concerned, we're pulling out - we're cutting our losses and we're running for it. He'll turn his attention to more important matters and leave his automatics to track us. Once we have that moon between us and the scanner, we can start back down again. Since his automatics won't be able to track us, they will merely inform him of what he thinks he already knows - we have gone.

Soolin

What happens to Tarrant and the others in the meantime?

Well, during the manoeuvre they are entirely on their own, but once we are back in our new orbit, the teleport system should function quite normally. Oh, it's a calculated risk. But at least you and I can be certain that we can get away when we want to.

Control system feedback is through the weapon. The game adjusts to meet and, on the last shot, exceed the proficiency of the players.

Stupid game.

Soolin

Not really. Finally, a game worth playing.

What?! (Shot of Orbiter moving away, disclosing Scorpio) Orac, what the hell is going on? Guidance system control is not functioning.

The orbiter is preprogrammed. Flight power depends on the distance and intensity of each star the feldon panels are locked into. The successful completion of a game continues the sequence. To regain control, you must complete the coded sequence of star sources.

Vila

What about the feldon crystals?

Gambit?

This game will reveal the entrance.

Soolin

All we have to do is lock on to the right star.

It is possible that we've just received the right answer to the wrong question.

I calculate that the next star in the sequence is Cygnus XL. That's a black hole.

That is correct.

Not exactly the entrance we were looking for. (Into bracelet, having deduced that Belkov has outmanoeuvered them) Dayna, we're ready for teleport.

Vila

What about the crystals?

There aren't any damned crystals. There never were any damned crystals. They're like everything else on this ship: a game. That's why the last one has to be impassable. We have got to get out of here!

Orac, teleport.

Teleport? I am not programmed. Three squared to the principal.

Dayna

Oh, no.

I love you.

Vila

Orac!

My emotions are deeper than the seas of space. One times one is only possible in the ultra-dimensional.

Turn Orac off.

I love you.

Off!

We will be lovers for a little while, or maybe for a long while, who knows?

Soolin

I do. [Pulls key]

Presumably the sand up here has compared Vila's wits and stamina with mine and concluded that I am the dominant male. On the herd principle therefore, it decided that Vila was superfluous and it could kill him. You two, of course, would have been allowed to live.

Soolin

Don't say it, Avon.

I wasn't going to say anything.