I agree. The fleet could not traverse the channel unless it had been cleared first.
7 seconds sound clip from the Battlestar Galactica (1978) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:57:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- I suggest we take the direct path, here, through the Nova of Madagon.
- Not patrolled and a savings of centons in reaching Carillon.
- They lay mines to make passage impossible.
- I agree. The fleet could not traverse the channel unless it had been cleared first.
- And how would you propose doing that?
- Out of the question! Out of the question!
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