Slim Pickens credited as playing...
B.O.B.
- V.I.N.CENT: We have to go!
- B.O.B.: Nope, I can't make it! My main circuits are gone, my anti-grav-systems blown, and both backup systems are failing.
- V.I.N.CENT: You *can* make it!
- B.O.B.: It's no use, V.I.N.CENT! My useful days are finished! But part of me goes with ya. You'll never be obsolete.
- [starts to shut down]
- B.O.B.: Carry on the tradition. We're the best...
- [shuts down and falls back]
- V.I.N.CENT: [V.I.N.CENT's eyes slowly look down at his comrade in arms, then turns towards the probe ship, turning his head backwards to look at B.O.B. once more as he leaves]
- [Outside the Palimino's docking area, B.O.B. and V.I.N.CENT brief Charlie, Captain Holland and Harry about the real story regarding the Cygnus]
- B.O.B.: The officer the men trusted most was Frank McCrae.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Kate's father.
- B.O.B.: They turned to him when Dr. Reinhardt ignored the orders to return home. He tried to take control of the Cygnus. Reinhardt called it mutiny and killed Mr. McCrae.
- Captain Dan Holland: What became of the crew?
- B.O.B.: They were captured by the sentry robots and are still on board.
- Harry Booth: What?
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Where?
- B.O.B.: In the command tower, and the power center.
- V.I.N.CENT: *Robots*, Mr. Pizer. *Humanoid* robots!
- B.O.B.: The most valuable thing in the universe, intelligent life, means nothing to Dr. Reinhardt. Without their wills, the crew became things he could command.
- Captain Dan Holland: That explains the funeral.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Right!
- Captain Dan Holland: [looks to Harry] And the limping robot you spotted.
- Harry Booth: [turns B.O.B. around to face him] Do you mean to tell me that there is actually a human *body* under that clothing?
- B.O.B.: Exactly, Mr. Booth.
- Captain Dan Holland: We can't just take off and leave these poor devils behind. Harry, looks like we're going to have to try your plan.
- Harry Booth: What? And end up just like the rest of the crew? Why, if they couldn't pull it off, what chance do *we* have?
- B.O.B.: Cap'n, the damage is irreversable. Death is their *only* release.
- Harry Booth: That's right! For God's sakes, Dan! We can't take on that mechanical army!
- V.I.N.CENT: Captain, I was forced to destroy two sentry robots. The others are searching *now*. If they're found...
- Captain Dan Holland: Gotcha, V.I.N.CENT. Charlie, start the countdown.
- Lieutenant Charles Pizer: Right!
- Captain Dan Holland: V.I.N.CENT, tell Kate I want her and Alex back here on the double!
- V.I.N.CENT: [the little robot turns to the camera. We see his eyballs glowing; he is communicating via ESP with Kate]
- [as Captain S.T.A.R moves toward B.O.B]
- B.O.B.: Oh, Lordy, he wants a rematch!
- V.I.N.CENT: As an old war hero once said, "Damn the torpedos! full speed ahead!"
- B.O.B.: He also said something about going in harm's way.
- V.I.N.CENT: [the little robot enters the Parts Storage warehouse on the Cygnus. Old B.O.B. floats in one of the corners and comes out upon V.I.N.CENT's entry]
- B.O.B.: My name's B.O.B., Bio-Sanitation Batallion. I couldn't talk freely before, but I have a whole lot to tell ya. If Maximilian knew you were here, it would be the end for the both of us.
- V.I.N.CENT: Can you permanently re-arm my lasers?
- B.O.B.: Yeah, I can. V.I.N.CENT, you and your friends are in grave danger. Reinhardt only turned the lights on to prevent any damage to the Cygnus. This is a death ship.
- V.I.N.CENT, B.O.B.: [the two robots float in the hospital, to observe drones being programmed. Two rotating turntables are seen, with cavity cut-outs in the shape of humanoid forms on each turntable, which rotate under a 5-point triangular beam and focus on the cranial area of each cutout]
- B.O.B.: These poor creatures are what's left of the crew. Kept alive by means I don't pretend to understand.
- V.I.N.CENT: Humans?
- B.O.B.: They're more robot than human. Let's get out of here before we're discovered.
- V.I.N.CENT: [the hospital door opens to reveal two armed sentry droids] Too late! Watch it!
- [a firefight ensues. V.I.N.CENT and B.O.B. manage to destroy both droids]
- V.I.N.CENT: Think there are any more?
- B.O.B.: All clear. Let's get rid of the evidence.
- V.I.N.CENT: [the two robots put the remains of the sentry droids behind the control console table] How long before they'll start searching for these two?
- B.O.B.: It depends on their duty schedule. It could be anytime.
- V.I.N.CENT: Then we'll have to move fast.
- B.O.B.: [after helping to defeat the sentry robots] First fighting I've done in thirty years! I just wish it'd been Reinhardt and Maximilian out there!
- V.I.N.CENT: Are there any more like us left on board?
- B.O.B.: I'm the last one. These upstarts think I'm some old freak!
- Captain Dan Holland: [begins to float upward as a result of a meteor damaging the ceiling of the arboretum] I gotcha, B.O.B.!
- B.O.B.: Let go, Cap'n! Save yourself!