Reporter: "You still haven't told me when the Commander is due back."
Garibaldi: "Soon."
Reporter: "How soon?"
Garibaldi: "Longer than a little while... Faster than later."
Sinclair [to Garibaldi]: "The last time I gave an interview they told me to relax and say what I really felt. Ten minutes after the broadcast I got transferred to an outpost so far off the star maps you couldn't find it with a hunting dog and a Ouigi board."
Garibaldi: "Don't sweat it. Just be that charming, effervescent Commander we've all come to know and love. What's the worse that can happen? They fire you, ship you off to the Rim and I get promoted to Commander. I don't see a problem here."
Sinclair: "How sharper than a serpent's tooth."
Reporter: "So, Commander, after all you've just gone through I have to ask you the same question a lot of people back home are asking about space these days. Is it worth it? Should we just pull back, forget the whole thing as a bad idea, and take care of our own problems at home?"
Sinclair: "No. We have to stay here. And there's a simple reason why. Ask ten different scientists about the environment, population control, genetics, and you'll get ten different answers. But there's one thing every scientist on the planet agrees on. Whether it happens in 100 years, or 1000 years, or a million years, eventually our Sun will grow cold and go out. When that happens, it won't just take us [slight giggle], it will take Marilyn Monroe, and Lao Tsu, and Einstein, and Moro Puto, and Buddy Holly, and Aristophonis. All of this... All of this was for nothing... Unless we go for the stars."
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