Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series)

Time of the Hawk (1981)

BarBara Luna: Koori

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Quotes 

• Koori : You're so far away from me.

  Hawk : I cannot help that. Had out people not chosen to love the simple life of our ancestors, they would have been so vulnerable to the guns of human assassins.

  Koori : When you began to strike against the humans, I felt as you did. Yes, they mist be forces to pay for what they did.

  Hawk : And now you think they have paid enough. Is that it?

  Koori : I did not say that. They have come against us with fury and death for as long as any of us remember. If there us any justice in creation, they should be forced to taste the agony they have visited upon us.

  Hawk : Then?

  Koori : I do not care about them now. I care about you. Each time you strike against them, something leaves your spirit. You no longer smile. You are changing, Hawk, and it frightens me.

• Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : My name is Captain Buck Rogers. I'm from the spaceship Searcher out of Earth. I'm looking for a man called Hawk.

  Koori : I have never heard of anyone called Hawk.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : That's strange, since I understand he's half-bird and half-human just as you are.

  Koori : Human? If he heard you call him that, he would tear to pieces. There is nothing human about him or me. Nothing!

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : I take it you don't care much for humans.

  Koori : Care for them? Destroyers. Assassins. All of them. That's what you are, isn't it? An assassin sent here to kill Hawk?

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : I'm not here to kill anybody. I was sent here to find Hawk and try and bring back with me.

• Hawk : I am Hawk, human.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : So I hear. This is Captain Buck Rogers from the Earth ship Searcher.

  Hawk : I know who you are, Earthman. Save your breath. And I know you have my mate aboard.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Then you know you can't attack me without risking her life. So land and surrender.

  Hawk : No.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Then I've got no choice to shoot you down.

  Hawk : You may find that more difficult than you think, Captain.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Look, I don't wanna kill you, Hawk. My orders are to stop your rampages one way or another.

  Hawk : Rampages? No, Earthman. Retributions. Retributions of genocidal crimes against my people by humans.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : I'm not here to judge you, Hawk. Just to bring you back to answer for what you've done.

  Hawk : You are here to die, Earthman.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : You don't seem to understand the situation, Hawk. If you shoot at my ship, you also shoot at your mate.

  Hawk : It will not be necessary to destroy your ship, Rogers. I shall drive you from the sky, force you to land, and you will release Koori to me on my terms.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Not on your life.

  Hawk : Let us see them which of us shall survive, Captain. You have your intricate technology. I have instincts honed by half a million year of evolution in flight.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : Don't be a fool, Hawk. The odds are all against you.

  Hawk : I do not think so, Earthman. You see, the one think you instruments cannot do... is anticipate.

  [fires his lasers] 

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : You're right, lady. That man can fly.

  Koori : He is not a man. He is Hawk. Soon you will know what that means.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : We'll see.

• Koori : You are a dead man.

  Capt. William 'Buck' Rogers : That's funny. I feel okay. Maybe there's hope for me yet.

  Koori : There is no hope for here is Hawk.