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00:00:42The stars, over the centuries everything else in the galaxy has changed, keeps changing, but somehow they manage to stay
00:00:50the same.
00:00:53Three hundred years ago, colonists from Earth first brought the advances of their own global republic to the rest of
00:00:58the galaxy.
00:01:00They established colonies and built cities on planets in every system and sector.
00:01:05There's no denying the achievements of the galactic republic in those early days.
00:01:09War, famine, crime, even most diseases became things of the past.
00:01:14But then came the fall.
00:01:16No conquering enemies swept in from outside the galaxy to end it all.
00:01:20No of the worst enemies of the republic turned out to be the citizens of the republic themselves.
00:01:26Ancient factional rivalries buried for centuries flared up hotter than ever.
00:01:30The rule of civilized law was stretched tight and finally broke.
00:01:35The galaxy's dark age had begun.
00:01:50I was born on this planet called Caliban 6 in the Sifian sector in 2391 and lived here with my
00:01:57kid's sister until I was 29.
00:02:00A long time before that, our parents had taken our other brothers and sisters and disappeared.
00:02:04Why? We never really knew.
00:02:07Most likely there were just too many mouths to feed.
00:02:10That's how things were back then.
00:02:13Survival was all that mattered.
00:02:18Look who we got here!
00:02:20Look who we got here!
00:02:25Starlight!
00:02:26Where are you?
00:02:27Come on, hurry up!
00:02:28Let's go!
00:02:29Come on!
00:02:32Get out of there, love you!
00:02:35Come on!
00:02:36Get in there, let's see what we've got here!
00:02:38Come on, hurry up!
00:02:41Tricycletree!
00:02:42Oh, yeah, baby!
00:02:42Oh, yeah!
00:02:46Get back!
00:02:49Get the hypos!
00:02:50We're gonna hypo up first, then we're gonna have some real fun!
00:02:58Oh, yeah!
00:03:00Don't spill it!
00:03:01Oh, be careful, be careful!
00:03:09Hey, get out of here!
00:03:10Give me something!
00:03:11Give me something!
00:03:12Get out of here!
00:03:13Give me something!
00:03:19Keep quiet if you want to get out of this alive.
00:03:27Who...
00:03:28Who are you?
00:03:30Nobody.
00:03:32What's in the vehicle?
00:03:33Drugs.
00:03:34We were taking them to Barton, the city square.
00:03:37They...
00:03:37They killed my husband.
00:03:39He never had a chance.
00:03:41Most people don't.
00:03:43Forget your cargo, they're gonna use it up by morning.
00:03:46Yeah, baby.
00:03:46You better get moving.
00:03:48There's a village.
00:03:49A day is traveling on the other side of these rocks.
00:03:51People are decent enough, they'll take you in.
00:03:53What about my husband?
00:03:55Do you want to join him?
00:03:57Move.
00:03:59Move.
00:04:03I have nothing on me to repay you with.
00:04:05Forget it.
00:04:06In the vehicle, there's a case of cordium.
00:04:08If they haven't smashed it.
00:04:11Move.
00:04:11Move me.
00:04:13The-
00:04:14I will-
00:04:15Haw.
00:04:17Haw.
00:04:20Haw.
00:04:24Haw.
00:04:25Haw.
00:04:25Haw.
00:04:27Haw.
00:04:29Haw.
00:04:32Haw.
00:04:32Haw.
00:04:34Haw.
00:04:41What's that?
00:04:42Heh!
00:04:43Give me it!
00:04:44I can't.
00:04:46Huh?
00:04:47Why?
00:04:49Because I'm not even here.
00:04:50You're hallucinating I'm a bad dream.
00:04:55What?
00:04:56Look, there goes another one.
00:05:16Okay.
00:05:17That's about all the pressure we can put on her without the hole breaching.
00:05:20Did you get enough information, Nova?
00:05:23Nova.
00:05:24Hey, Nova.
00:05:25Huh?
00:05:26You can breathe now.
00:05:27No, I can't.
00:05:29Is the top of my head still attached?
00:05:31Well, you wanted to approximate the g-force pressures in a different atmosphere, right?
00:05:35You've gotta teach me how to do that.
00:05:37Oh, slow down.
00:05:39You just started flying a few months ago.
00:05:40So?
00:05:41I can handle it.
00:05:43Come on, I practically built this thing.
00:05:45Building it and flying it are two totally different things, genius.
00:05:49Tell you what, if this last batch of modifications actually gets us off this planet, I'll teach you that move.
00:06:09Hello, Matrix.
00:06:11Hello.
00:06:12Subject.
00:06:13Nova.
00:06:13Thought.
00:06:14How are you?
00:06:15Don't get excited.
00:06:17Model.
00:06:17Social.
00:06:17Skills.
00:06:18That question is irrelevant.
00:06:21I'm fine, thanks.
00:06:22Hey.
00:06:23Hey.
00:06:26Are you trying to flatten me?
00:06:27No.
00:06:28No, just coming to say hi.
00:06:30What have you got?
00:06:31Something's gonna keep us fed through the whole winter, that's what.
00:06:34You've got enough food in this container to last 14 months?
00:06:37No genius.
00:06:39But what's in this case is gonna get us the food.
00:06:42I hope.
00:06:42That does say quartium, doesn't it?
00:06:44Justin, you know it does.
00:06:46Your eating's not that bad.
00:06:48It's not that good either.
00:06:50You just don't say words like that too often.
00:06:53Now, quartium.
00:06:54Where are you gonna take it?
00:06:56He knocks Sean and his bunch.
00:06:58Nobody else on his planet has an interstellar ship.
00:07:00He's gonna barter plenty for that.
00:07:02What makes you think he won't just, well, take it?
00:07:06Nah.
00:07:07Doesn't mean breaking the barter code.
00:07:09Sean will stick to the rules.
00:07:11He made them up after all.
00:07:22Hey, what's this about?
00:07:25Promise me you'll be okay.
00:07:27Listen, Nova.
00:07:28I'm not going anywhere, cause we're family.
00:07:30Our family used to be bigger.
00:07:33Yeah.
00:07:34I can't tell you why they left,
00:07:36but I'll tell you that I'm not going anywhere.
00:07:40Okay?
00:07:42Okay.
00:07:43Now, let's get off this, cause you're depressing me.
00:07:45How's your friend Matrix tonight?
00:07:47Not so good.
00:07:50I thought that maybe some of the work Maggie and me did on the transpod
00:07:54might help modify it for interplanetary flight,
00:07:56but the data boards in the Matrix are too outdated.
00:08:00Maybe Sean will let me take a new set out of the archives.
00:08:04That'd be good.
00:08:06You know, as long as you're going to Sean's anyway.
00:08:09Nova, no.
00:08:11Not the bio-crystal thing.
00:08:12Come on.
00:08:13But you said yourself.
00:08:14You barter a lot for the accordion.
00:08:17Yeah, we're gonna get three months more worth of food for the price of a bio-crystal.
00:08:24I just never had a pet, that's all.
00:08:28On the history disc, I saw that almost all the children had them before the Republic fell.
00:08:34People did a lot of things before the Republic fell.
00:08:45Priority's keeping us fed, maybe someday, down the line.
00:08:53Hey, I'm gonna get through another chapter of this.
00:08:55Give me a hand.
00:08:57Let's see.
00:09:03Where are we at?
00:09:07There.
00:09:09This was the please...
00:09:13Pleasantest.
00:09:14Pleasantest year of all the life I lead...
00:09:20Led.
00:09:20Led in this place.
00:09:22Friday, began to talk pretty well.
00:09:27And understand the names of almost everything.
00:09:41Of course.
00:09:42Stand up!
00:09:51Justin, where have you been?
00:09:53And what's that you're carrying?
00:09:55It looks valuable.
00:09:56It is, Gaeta.
00:09:57It wouldn't interest you, though.
00:09:59Anything of value interests me.
00:10:01Don't let that mountain dweller please you, Justin.
00:10:03I can give you everything you need for a whole lot less.
00:10:06When it's like trash, you people are all the same.
00:10:08Lower than the worm-infested land, you know.
00:10:40Hold still.
00:10:42Now you've almost got it.
00:10:46You want the soap?
00:10:47Hasn't been a ship and a soap through here in almost a year.
00:10:50Don't know why you'd want the soap anyway.
00:10:52Nobody on Cal Band 5 ever baits.
00:10:55Get off me!
00:11:01Fly strong relay.
00:11:03Here, hardly you.
00:11:06Alphrodisiac?
00:11:08Oh.
00:11:08Bio-organisms!
00:11:10Medi-kipopanus!
00:11:12Body parts!
00:11:14Bio-crystals!
00:11:16Bio-organisms!
00:11:18Tribute!
00:11:18This dog has nothing, Valois!
00:11:21No?
00:11:23I'll wager he has family.
00:11:26That he does.
00:11:28Then chain him in the square until they bring what he owes to the warlord!
00:11:32Come, dog!
00:11:34Damn!
00:11:36Valois!
00:11:37Getting your usual enjoyment out of life, I see.
00:11:40I don't hear the buzz of insects like you, Thorpe.
00:11:44No?
00:11:44Well, where's Sean?
00:11:45Because I got a little buzzing to do that might interest him.
00:11:48He left with the Omega system a week ago.
00:11:50We don't know just when he'll be back.
00:11:52So unless your business can wait, I'm afraid you're gonna have to deal with me.
00:11:58Couldn't use a case of Quardium for the Daedalus' hyperoptic drive, could you?
00:12:05Quardium?
00:12:07Interstellar grade?
00:12:08How would I be here if it wasn't?
00:12:14What's your price?
00:12:16Twenty months of rations, twelve ounces of refined platinum, eight Centauri sapphires, all cut, sixty ion bursts for the Republican
00:12:23Service automatic.
00:12:26Absurd.
00:12:28All right.
00:12:29I'll come back later and see if Sean agrees with you.
00:12:31No, wait.
00:12:36Get in the rations from inside.
00:12:40Hey, while you're in there, see if you can find the last edition of technical boards for an Alpha Matrix
00:12:4419.
00:12:45The what?
00:12:46The what?
00:12:47For the what?
00:12:48It's a synthetic intelligence system.
00:12:51Well, find it, fool.
00:12:52It's gotta be in there somewhere.
00:12:57Look!
00:12:58It's a Daedalus!
00:13:01You know Sean has returned!
00:13:05You got a while?
00:13:07I'll be back for the rest of my loot.
00:13:08Can't stand to stay around and watch you lick Sean's boots.
00:13:22There's gotta be a way around this.
00:13:26Matrix, try it.
00:13:32Body parts!
00:13:34Bio-organism!
00:13:36Hey, you!
00:13:37Sir!
00:13:38Do you have any bio-crystals?
00:13:39Not any, sir.
00:13:41The best.
00:13:42The most beautifully formed, harmonious little creatures.
00:13:55One of the maker's true miracles, sir.
00:13:57Living rock.
00:13:59To give you loving companionship and soothing warmth and all I ask is a little water in return.
00:14:05What could you ask of my fellow creature?
00:14:07Would you trade one for 12 ounces of platinum?
00:14:11Refined?
00:14:13Of course, sir.
00:14:17Nova!
00:14:20Nova!
00:14:24Nova, you here?
00:14:28You got something you're gonna wanna see?
00:14:30You got something you're gonna wanna see?
00:14:31Maybe?
00:14:31Maybe?
00:14:32Maybe.
00:14:34Maybe?
00:14:35Maybe?
00:14:53Maybe?
00:14:54exit the perimeter with subject maggie sorenson that information is classified clas who classified
00:15:02it that information is unavailable that's me through the subject maggie sorenson now
00:15:14well well if it isn't public nuisance number one where's nova what do you mean i dropped
00:15:21off at your place last night i haven't seen her since i can't find her well maybe she's out of
00:15:26range of your sensors your system is pretty limited scout around the room more see if you
00:15:31can find her justin where are you going to the only one who can help me justin
00:15:45is that our friend thorpe
00:15:49bring him here provided he's unarmed
00:15:59well citizen thorpe you've got the devil's own nerve coming back here after the way you
00:16:05gouged valois today the deal was fair actually i think valois just doesn't like you personally
00:16:13he thinks you're nothing more than a scavenger and a petty thief
00:16:19he's right of course what does that make you sean
00:16:24that makes me warlord of this planet thorpe be thankful your little schemes have never
00:16:30conflicted with mine or you would have discovered the true meaning of that title
00:16:36now then
00:16:40valois tells me you took some more research materials from the archives today
00:16:45i must say i do find all this intellectual ambition quite admirable
00:16:53would you care to have a drink discuss some philosophical puzzle lord knows i can't discuss
00:16:59any such matters with these boys he's a capable man but sometimes i wish he had a little bit more
00:17:11of your rustic charm justin not here to socialize sean no of course you're not
00:17:23no one ever is we live in a savage age citizen thorpe
00:17:30all right then
00:17:35what's your grievance
00:17:39my sister's missing justin you have a family oh i've suddenly just gone warm all over
00:17:48is she attractive never a bad idea to have a warlord in the family you know
00:17:54my matrix system's coming up blank i was wondering you were wondering if we would turn the daedalus
00:18:01sensors loose on the problem
00:18:06well of course we will we'll have that little cherub back in no time
00:18:12oh it will cost you those centauri sapphires though i wouldn't ask myself but whenever i offer
00:18:19services for nothing valois becomes positively morbid
00:18:32no negotiation you are worried aren't you
00:18:39here's a hologram over
00:18:43hey justin how are you i love you why are you making me do this
00:18:54make a copy send it out to all our posts contact the ship find out if anyone's left
00:18:59the planet in the last few hours and put the sensors to work
00:19:11i'm afraid i don't have good news one of my people spotted your sister boarding an interstellar
00:19:16ship with a group of off worlders ship had cloaking capability which is why we didn't register its
00:19:21presence off worlders who are they headed toward the corvus sector before they recloaked i'm going
00:19:27after sean you have to help me i'm sorry thorpe i just got word that some rabble on the other
00:19:31side
00:19:31of the planet have decided they no longer want to live under my guidance it's always the same
00:19:37i try to provide a little order and security and this is my thanks
00:19:42at any rate i have to take the daedalus and deal with them you want my advice
00:19:51forget your sister forget are you crazy i don't know am i you're living in another time justin
00:20:00your sister's alive and according to my informant she wasn't fighting her captors be happy with that
00:20:06much besides your little idea of a happy home and family isn't just foolish it's dangerous sean sean
00:20:15i'm going after her all right then throw your life away too it's a shame thorpe with a little bit
00:20:22of work
00:20:22you might have made a warlord yourself thou are you'll stay in charge here baraka come
00:20:42well did you find anything out looks bad
00:20:48she's been kidnapped looks like it well who are they do they want a ransom no their ship's cloaked
00:20:54they're headed for the corvus sector a little different sector
00:21:01justin we need help we well you're not keeping me out of this you can't handle it alone you know
00:21:08you
00:21:09can't yeah you think you can help well maybe not me exactly
00:21:24hello justin
00:21:30well you never would have agreed if i'd asked to bring him
00:21:34look general sorenson you're not really a general of anything anymore so what are you doing here
00:21:39your sister's in trouble isn't she i honestly want to help
00:21:45well you and your kind have been helping out so thanks meaning meaning that if all you heroes
00:21:50hadn't let the republic fall in the first place we wouldn't have to live like this i don't intend to
00:21:56argue history with a common outlaw oh an outlaw an outlaw how can i be an outlaw when you didn't
00:22:02leave us any law as i just said both of you just stop it now we're here to figure out
00:22:08what to do about
00:22:09nova justin granddad has something you should see yeah what what's this read it
00:22:25can you read
00:22:34it says vr osiris what's that osiris was a god of ancient egypt back on earth in the vr
00:22:47vessel of the republic
00:22:51you've got an interstellar ship
00:22:56what i have is beyond description
00:23:08you've never been up this far before have you justin
00:23:14so where's this ship what's so amazing about it that you can't
00:23:24what is that that's it that's the osiris republican ship of the lie
00:23:35that's your only hope
00:23:38and mine too
00:23:55so
00:24:05so
00:24:06so
00:24:06so
00:24:34Well?
00:24:38i should have known useless just like everything else about the republic this ship is completely
00:24:44intact except for the tachyon generators when this station was abandoned there was no one left to
00:24:51stop them from powering down what about regular matter antimatter engines doesn't have any of
00:24:58those well if it's slower speeds and auxiliary power of course but for the osiris to function
00:25:03as she was designed the tachyon generators must be online and that is going to take enormous power
00:25:22how is it enoch shah's never come after this thing didn't you see the blast marks around the hatches
00:25:27and the loading bays he has but access to this ship was genetically keyed to members of the crew
00:25:33who owned me oh just a little secret that i've never revealed to anyone and you were part of that
00:25:39crew yes of course
00:25:52i just don't know what good a dead ship's gonna do us dead ship 24 particle cannon port and starboard
00:26:00the same number of torpedo tubes and a computer and sensory system second to none
00:26:06even in her day there's scarcely a ship in the galaxy that could match the osiris
00:26:13that day was a long time ago general technology's been at a standstill since the republic fell
00:26:18yes that's where i was hoping you'd come in me there is one group in the galaxy with the technical
00:26:27knowledge and the tools to restart the osiris's tachyon generators you mean the engineers
00:26:33you've had dealings with them
00:26:35no a little out of my price range engineers will cost a fortune were you going to raise that kind
00:26:40of money that's my question to you oh i get it i may be an outlaw but outlaws have their
00:26:46uses huh
00:26:48look justin i'm an old man and death holds no terrors for me but the thought of any of us
00:26:56dying on
00:26:57that planet down there no
00:27:01and then i have to think about what will happen to maggie after i'm gone
00:27:08what are you saying i'm saying that throughout the galaxy there are others like me servants of the
00:27:16republic who have kept its spirit alive to pass on to future generations in the mark ab system for
00:27:22example there are friends of mine who have for years been protecting the last remaining member
00:27:29of the cabell family isn't junius cabell the last pro consul of the republic thought he was
00:27:35assassinated along with his whole family one grandson survived and he's being raised by trusted
00:27:41friends i can think of no better group of people to look after maggie
00:27:47she'll have the opportunity to learn all that the cabell name stood for oh i get it you need me
00:27:53to
00:27:53raise money for the engineer so you can take this trip and you do know how i'm likely to do
00:27:57that
00:27:58well it's not really necessary that i know is it no but you just don't want to know wouldn't fit
00:28:04in
00:28:04with your nice republican principles
00:28:09look justin if you don't wish to you know i wish to
00:28:15see how intense i have to get my sister back
00:28:32hey old man go on you know nobody's allowed around the archives after dark
00:28:44uh
00:28:50oh
00:28:51uh
00:29:15Now you'll see me get some enjoyment out of life, Thorpe.
00:29:17The warlord will certainly allow me to kill you for this.
00:29:24I thought I told you to stay on the ship.
00:29:27Whoa.
00:29:29You weren't kidding.
00:29:31You could definitely do a lot of damage with one of these things.
00:29:35Is he dead?
00:29:37Nope. Stunned.
00:29:38Remind me to give you a lesson taking orders later.
00:29:41Hey, I'm not doing Nova any good sitting around waiting for you to get shot.
00:29:45Just keep your eyes peeled.
00:29:47Point that thing somewhere else.
00:29:50Come on, come on!
00:29:56I definitely gotta look at this whole war-lording thing.
00:29:58Pipe down, fill your pockets.
00:30:00We gotta get out of here before Sean gets back.
00:30:06Okay.
00:30:08That's enough. Let's go.
00:30:10There's still some left.
00:30:12It's just gonna weigh us down. Come on.
00:30:18Come on!
00:30:22So what happens now?
00:30:23You send out a signal and these engineer people just appear?
00:30:27Yeah.
00:30:28Welcome aboard, yes.
00:30:29In a day or so, one of their ships will pull alongside the Osiris, and a repair team will come
00:30:34aboard.
00:30:37Their equipment's top of the line.
00:30:38With the rates they charge, they can afford it.
00:30:42Nobody knows where they come from or how it is they still have the knowledge to do what they do.
00:30:46So don't bother asking, because they won't tell.
00:30:53So, how you doing, sir?
00:31:02Uh, ma'am?
00:31:03Uh, ma'am?
00:31:57Sorensen, Sorensen, where are you?
00:32:01I'm on the bridge. Where are you?
00:32:03They did it, Sorensen. They really did it.
00:32:07Yes, they did, didn't they?
00:32:09I take it you're in engineering.
00:32:12The dachyon generators are coming online.
00:32:15It's quite a sign, isn't it?
00:32:28The engineer's ship is signaling.
00:32:33They've disengaged, and they're clear of us.
00:32:41Okay.
00:32:43I'm ready.
00:32:45You're ready. Ready for what? Come on, get out of the chair.
00:32:48Well, we've prepared a long time for this, Maggie. Let's see how well you were paying attention.
00:32:52Whoa, whoa, wait. You're not gonna let her fly this thing.
00:32:56You may want to sit down, Justin.
00:32:58Maggie's flying skills are prodigious, but you know that.
00:33:01And she spent hundreds of hours learning to man the helm of the Osiris.
00:33:05A 15-year-old is not gonna pilot an interstellar ship.
00:33:09She's more qualified than I am at this point.
00:33:13Unless you want to try, do you?
00:33:16Let me ask you one thing.
00:33:17Are you ever gonna tell me all the details of your little plan?
00:33:22Okay, Maggie.
00:33:24Take her out.
00:33:38Clear the dock.
00:33:49Easy, Maggie.
00:33:52Raise your collecting sales.
00:33:56Get your tachyon generators fully charged.
00:34:15Warlord.
00:34:18Excuse the intrusion, but we picked up...
00:34:20I'm sorry, Valwa. There's no way around it.
00:34:23I'll have to kill Thorpe.
00:34:25I know you wanted to, but I'll have to be the one to set the example.
00:34:29Warlord, we picked up...
00:34:30I'd rather not.
00:34:31Truly, I would.
00:34:32I mean, I sympathized with the man.
00:34:34Gave him my counsel.
00:34:37Well, I even found it in me to like him.
00:34:39Yet, how does he repay me?
00:34:42No, Valwa, unfortunately.
00:34:45No one.
00:34:46No one kills Justin Thorpe but me.
00:34:49Warlord.
00:34:50Our censors have picked up something unusual.
00:34:53The old Republican ship, the Osiris.
00:34:55Yes?
00:34:57It's moving.
00:34:59Warlord!
00:35:01The Osiris is in open space.
00:35:06Thorpe.
00:35:09Have they engaged the tachyon engines yet?
00:35:12Not yet, Warlord.
00:35:14Then attack, attack while we still care.
00:35:17But is it Thorpe?
00:35:18Of course, it's Thorpe, you idiot.
00:35:21He used the money he stole from us to refit the Osiris and go after his sister.
00:35:29Damn, Thorpe.
00:35:30I want that ship.
00:35:33Prepare to attack.
00:35:35Rock up.
00:35:37Engine's at attack speed.
00:35:45All right, Maggie.
00:35:46The tachyon generators are almost at full capacity.
00:35:51What are you doing?
00:35:53Hey, it wasn't me.
00:35:54Hold it, both of you.
00:35:55That was an attack.
00:35:56Attack?
00:35:57Maggie, a base of action.
00:35:58Justin, you're with me at the operations.
00:36:01Okay, first things first.
00:36:02I'm raising the death net.
00:36:04What?
00:36:05Defensive network.
00:36:06The shields and damping fields.
00:36:07Maggie!
00:36:07This is going to bring your sails down.
00:36:09But we're not at full power yet.
00:36:11I know that.
00:36:12But we're defenseless while they're up.
00:36:28What is that?
00:36:29What's happening?
00:36:30The old girl's rigging for action.
00:36:32Well, why the damn drums?
00:36:34Meeting to quarters.
00:36:35Alerting the crew.
00:36:36Effective, isn't it?
00:36:39Now, let's see who our guests are on screen.
00:36:46It's shot.
00:36:47Steady, Maggie.
00:36:48No need to panic.
00:36:50We've got enough weapons on this ship to take on five like him.
00:36:54Justin, you go to the weapons station.
00:36:58All right.
00:36:59Enabling weapons.
00:37:00You should be receiving a schematic array on your tactical screen now.
00:37:05Now?
00:37:05Now.
00:37:06I got nothing now.
00:37:10Eric!
00:37:12Maggie.
00:37:14Maintain evasive tactics.
00:37:16It's got to be the computers.
00:37:18Matrix.
00:37:19Activate all weapon systems on the following voice print authorization.
00:37:23Sorenson Alexander A-1971.
00:37:27Weapons systems cannot be accessed.
00:37:29You mean the voice print is down?
00:37:31Voice print authorization is online.
00:37:33Weapons access has been repatterned.
00:37:35Repatterned?
00:37:36Well, what is that repatterned?
00:37:38It means we've got a problem.
00:37:53Well, with our sails down, we can't outrun them, that's for sure.
00:37:55We've got to think of something.
00:37:57I just don't know.
00:37:58Wait a minute.
00:37:58Matrix.
00:38:00Use your medium red sensors and get me the current status on Caliban 9.
00:38:03The planet Caliban 9 is currently experiencing a level 13 cometary fragment bombardment.
00:38:08Fine.
00:38:09Get me the height and the frequency of the thermonuclear impact room.
00:38:13Approximately 47.6 thousand miles every three and one half seconds.
00:38:17Perfect.
00:38:17Feed that information to the helm guidance system.
00:38:30Aggie, I'm afraid you're going to get your big test a little early.
00:38:34Now, the computer's going to give you a course, but it's going to be an approximate course.
00:38:37So you've actually got to get us through that by yourself.
00:38:42Wait a second.
00:38:43Hey, hey, no, no, no, no.
00:38:46Yes, Caliban 9 for the last week has been bombarded with the last pieces of an enormous comet.
00:38:53And I'm betting that Char doesn't have the equipment to predict the frequency of the impact explosions.
00:38:59So if we can lead him into that at just the right second.
00:39:02Sorensen, if we're a half second off.
00:39:04All right, Dad.
00:39:04The information's coming up on my screen now.
00:39:07Don't worry, Justin.
00:39:08If I'm off, we fry.
00:39:12Just one of those blasts could cripple us, Warlord.
00:39:16Do you think they're suicidal, Val, War?
00:39:18If thought goes in, we go in.
00:39:22Warlord.
00:39:26No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:39:45That's not true.
00:39:46Sorensen, we take time to see where we're going.
00:39:46We go.
00:39:46We go.
00:39:47We go.
00:39:48We go.
00:39:49We go.
00:39:50We go.
00:40:12our escape window should be opening no now what i can feel it in handling there's another one
00:40:17coming now and put away put away
00:40:56we've just enough power to get clear of the planet world
00:41:01yes first we'll make repairs then we'll go after him
00:41:09well done citizen thor but you can't run forever
00:41:19all this firepower and no idea how to make it work
00:41:24you know i know a guy an old friend from the aquila system
00:41:27hey guys next problem what's wrong i'm not sure the matrix is saying there's a small ship docked at
00:41:35one of our shuttle base what do you mean it's not the remora nope somebody else three life forms
00:41:41aboard you let somebody slip in here without noticing hey i kind of had my mind on other
00:41:48things
00:41:49what's the sense deck say
00:41:51same thing only one intruder's left their ship
00:41:55wait
00:41:58he's in the officer's quarters and he's playing with the nutricent
00:42:01nutricent
00:42:03hey
00:42:04who breaks into a rig like this just to raid the kitchen
00:42:07what i want to know is how we broke you
00:42:09nobody's ever violated this vessel's security system
00:42:17come on
00:42:18come on i know you can make one search your memory banks it's got to be in there
00:42:23wally what do you think you're doing
00:42:26hey justin i had a feeling you were on this ship
00:42:31the stupid nutricent claims it can't make a gel in our supreme
00:42:38hmm
00:42:40that's more like it
00:42:45nice ship you got here pal
00:42:46justin
00:42:49who is that
00:42:51wally bryce the guy i was telling you about before
00:42:54glory general sorenson
00:42:55maggie
00:42:56oh what an amazingly fortunate coincidence
00:42:58wait a minute
00:43:01how did you know our names don't ask
00:43:03what's the feeling i got
00:43:04i get them
00:43:06and i've had one for the last day or so
00:43:08about you just
00:43:09i can't shake it
00:43:12how did you get through the security systems
00:43:14wasn't easy
00:43:15they're good
00:43:16but i had a feeling
00:43:17hey
00:43:18knock it off with that
00:43:19with what
00:43:20you know what i'm talking about those feelings of yours
00:43:22my friend here has a very accurate and annoying ability to sense things
00:43:27about people animals machines
00:43:29as long as you're here wally
00:43:31you're putting it to work for us
00:43:33come on
00:43:37wait
00:43:38you're saying you're telepathic
00:43:39please i'm not telepathic i'm not psychic i'm not empathic
00:43:42come on wally
00:43:43do you have any idea of the garbage you have to deal with if people even think you're telepathic
00:43:47little old ladies who want to talk to their dead pets
00:43:49warlords who want to find out what their enemies are up to
00:43:52all right
00:43:53i just get fairly reliable feelings
00:43:57let's just leave it at that okay
00:43:59okay
00:43:59okay
00:44:03so what happened to nova anyway
00:44:04i'm just gonna tell you wally
00:44:06okay fine sorry go ahead
00:44:07it's not like i do it on purpose you know
00:44:11there's no structural damage
00:44:13just the access reconfiguration
00:44:16figures the engineers didn't fix it
00:44:18they're pretty passive people
00:44:19don't like working with weapons systems
00:44:21but i ought to be able to
00:44:26ah
00:44:28there we go
00:44:34splendid
00:44:34very good work mr bryce
00:44:37don't mention it helps you find nova
00:44:39seems like there's a lot of systems on this ship that would help find her
00:44:42the old war hero here doesn't know how to handle them
00:44:44wait a minute i was a general not a bloody admiral
00:44:48now he's got a point though will he
00:44:49if you stayed aboard it would greatly improve our chances of getting nova back
00:44:52it's a big favor to ask wally
00:44:55we don't know who's got her or why
00:44:56there's bound to be trouble
00:44:57hey
00:44:58you seem to be forgetting who gave that kid her first lesson in quantum mechanics
00:45:02whatever it is justin i'm in you know that
00:45:04hey i guess i do
00:45:05what worries me is what you think you're going to do when you find her
00:45:09what do you mean
00:45:11well
00:45:12wherever she is
00:45:13you can't just go in there with all the cannon on a republican ship of the line blazing
00:45:18not if you expect to get her out of there alive
00:45:21you're gonna need an arbitrator
00:45:22i bet you just happen to have one tucked away on your ship
00:45:25and they call me psychic
00:45:28yeah
00:45:29i met her in the aquila system
00:45:31her name's ruler core
00:45:34uh look no
00:45:36um
00:45:37arbitrators can't be trusted
00:45:38i mean arbitrators are diplomatic mercenaries
00:45:40no
00:45:40no i don't know i've seen some good ones work out some pretty ugly scenes
00:45:43and believe me
00:45:44this lady's the best
00:45:46i gave her a lift once to graffius three
00:45:48and stuck around to watch her work
00:45:51amazing
00:45:52that planet as you know has had one of the worst tribal wars around
00:45:54she took the two leaders aside
00:45:56and basically maneuvered them into a settlement
00:45:58i'm telling you justin
00:45:59if you have to place nova's life in an arbitrator's hands
00:46:02and i don't see any way around it
00:46:03then rule is the one
00:46:10all right all right
00:46:12what's taking her so long
00:46:13she's probably nervous
00:46:15nervous
00:46:18about what
00:46:20did i say nervous
00:46:22you know justin what i meant
00:46:24what was wally what are you up to
00:46:38well wally is this the client you mentioned
00:46:40this is him
00:46:40justin thorpe
00:46:41ruler core
00:46:42and her assistant
00:46:45jana
00:46:49jana's a zen trick
00:46:50i wouldn't try shaking hands with her unless you can afford to lose one
00:46:55ruler thanks for signing on
00:46:57i want you to know mr thorpe that professional interests aside i'm going to be making a special effort in
00:47:02this case
00:47:02oh
00:47:04why is that
00:47:06i know what it's like to lose a child and never find her again
00:47:11do you
00:47:12do you ruler
00:47:14it seems to me there's an obvious difference
00:47:16between losing a child and abandoning one
00:47:19i didn't come here to reopen old arguments with you
00:47:23what is this
00:47:24where's maggie
00:47:25maggie doesn't wish to see you
00:47:27don't
00:47:28don't even try that again
00:47:30maggie's old enough to speak for herself now
00:47:32ruler
00:47:34ruler wait
00:47:40hey
00:47:40hey
00:47:41wally so help me i'm
00:47:43look justin she's got a case
00:47:44listen to her side of the story
00:47:45i don't want to hear any stories
00:47:47you're a dead man
00:47:48justin
00:47:49they haven't seen each other in years
00:47:50and you do need an arbitrator
00:48:13mother
00:48:19you know
00:48:22i wasn't much older than you are right now
00:48:24when we found out i was pregnant
00:48:32could you see yourself having children in a few years
00:48:38nobody was holding a gun to your head
00:48:41it was your choice
00:48:42but i made that choice thinking that your father would always be there
00:48:47he always took care of everything
00:48:53i suppose i should have known something might happen one day
00:48:56it was a soldier after all
00:48:58and a republican loyalist
00:49:00pretty dangerous combination
00:49:02and then he went off to the baton cados war
00:49:04and never came back
00:49:06nobody did from that war
00:49:08the whole system's a neutron wasteland
00:49:10and when he died
00:49:13i don't know
00:49:15i couldn't really handle having a little girl suddenly
00:49:19i suppose i felt too much like one myself
00:49:21i needed to go off and grow up
00:49:25you know just about everything you say starts with i
00:49:28have you ever noticed that
00:49:31some people have pointed out to me yes
00:49:34your father
00:49:35i don't want to talk about him
00:49:36he couldn't help what happened to him
00:49:38you could
00:49:41you never even visited
00:49:43your grandfather wouldn't allow it
00:49:46he wouldn't even tell me where you were
00:49:47don't try to blame this on granddad
00:49:49he has taken care of me
00:49:51of everything
00:49:51i'm not trying to
00:49:53well maybe i am
00:49:55he can be so manipulative maggie
00:49:57you don't know him the way i do
00:49:58you're so right
00:50:00i know him better
00:50:02he's always been honest with me
00:50:04no matter how hard things have been
00:50:07look maggie
00:50:09this is hard for me too you know
00:50:15isn't there anything i can do to make this easier
00:50:18you came here to help us find my best friend
00:50:21do that and then do what you do best
00:50:25disappear
00:50:33oh
00:50:35jana isn't it
00:50:38access forbidden to all outsiders is that right
00:50:42oh
00:50:43access forbidden to me
00:50:45huh
00:50:48centrics
00:50:49they're all sworn to silence aren't they
00:50:53known throughout the galaxy
00:50:55for your warlike prowess
00:50:57your fanatical loyalty
00:51:02i take it you wouldn't advise me to try and get past you
00:51:11justin has asked that you join us on the bridge
00:51:14you didn't have to come all the way down here to tell me that
00:51:17no
00:51:18but you wanted to make sure i didn't undermine your position with maggie didn't you
00:51:22well don't worry father you've done a first class job in brainwashing her
00:51:26she has no interest in talking to me
00:51:35try and make sure maggie's okay will you jana
00:51:37this has been pretty rough on her
00:51:51well at least you don't talk
00:51:55and if you don't talk
00:51:59then you can't lie
00:52:06you
00:52:30Justin, wake up.
00:52:32What?
00:52:34Something's wrong.
00:52:36Something's happening.
00:52:37Where?
00:52:38Where?
00:52:40I don't know, but I have this feeling.
00:52:43Oh, come on, Wally.
00:52:45I'm worried sick about Nova.
00:52:47I haven't slept in days.
00:52:48I finally...
00:52:51I don't know who's worse, you, that old lunatic Sorenson.
00:52:54Sorenson, trust me.
00:52:56What do you mean?
00:52:58He's a sly old fox, Justin.
00:53:00Real tough to read.
00:53:02Got his own agenda, that's for sure.
00:53:05We need to worry about him?
00:53:07I don't think so.
00:53:09His heart's in the right place, but he plays his cards.
00:53:15Holy...
00:53:20Am I seeing that?
00:53:22Tell me I'm seeing that.
00:53:28It's a planet.
00:53:30Sorenson, everybody to the bridge now.
00:53:34It's a planet.
00:53:36It must have been cloaked.
00:53:45Oh, my God.
00:53:47What is that?
00:53:48I don't know.
00:53:49Some kind of projection?
00:53:51No.
00:53:52It's up on all the sensors.
00:53:53It's a planet.
00:53:54A planet?
00:53:55With no star?
00:53:57Well, that's not possible.
00:53:58There's only one group in the galaxy capable of it.
00:54:01The engineers.
00:54:03The engineers?
00:54:04They're not kidnappers.
00:54:05They don't even carry weapons.
00:54:07Maybe not.
00:54:08But there's no other possible explanation, and that is not good news.
00:54:11Why?
00:54:12If the engineers have your sister, Justin, then they didn't take her for money.
00:54:16No ransom would be enough to mean anything to them.
00:54:21An astute reading of the situation.
00:54:24But your fears are ungrounded, Rulagor.
00:54:27I know who we are.
00:54:29It's even worse than I thought.
00:54:31I am the Shakla, leader of the elders of the Society of Engineers.
00:54:37And in their name, I invite you to the surface of our world.
00:54:41You will be our guests.
00:54:43That is an honor that we have never bestowed on anyone.
00:54:46So how come I don't feel so lucky?
00:54:48If you know who we are, then you know why we're here.
00:54:51Where's my sister?
00:54:52She is with us, Justin Thorpe.
00:54:54With us and well.
00:54:56And I may add, anxious for your visit.
00:54:59I believe your ship is equipped with a spatial transverse system?
00:55:04Yes, of course it is.
00:55:06If it's functional.
00:55:07Then we shall drop our defensive shields to allow its use.
00:55:11And provide coordinates to your ship's matrix.
00:55:14Please accept our sincerest hospitality.
00:55:29We just programmed the coordinates they gave us.
00:55:32So how's that thing work?
00:55:33What's it do to people?
00:55:34Nothing.
00:55:35To people.
00:55:35In early days, they used to scramble human molecules and send them across space to be reassembled
00:55:39at another terminal.
00:55:42But there were too many accidents.
00:55:44So they started bending and folding the space we travel through instead.
00:55:48Much more reliable.
00:55:51Yeah, I could do that myself.
00:55:52It's better if I do the injecting.
00:55:54I've had a lot of experience.
00:55:56I bet you have.
00:55:58Ow!
00:56:00I thought you said that wasn't going to hurt.
00:56:02I didn't say it wouldn't hurt.
00:56:03I said I'd done it a lot.
00:56:05I'm not crazy about having strange things in my head.
00:56:07You really think you'll notice one more?
00:56:10Besides, internal opticons aren't strange.
00:56:13They're just unusual.
00:56:15Sort of a secret weapon I developed for negotiations.
00:56:18Gives us an edge to be able to send agents into a situation and then see and hear exactly
00:56:22what they see in here.
00:56:24I still believe it's a big mistake to go down there unarmed, don't you?
00:56:27They didn't phrase it as a request, Father.
00:56:29If we go down there with weapons, all contact will be terminated.
00:56:32And that'll kill any chance of getting Nova out.
00:56:39All right.
00:56:40Let's see if the implants work.
00:56:41Maggie, can you read me?
00:56:43Got it.
00:56:45Are the others coming online?
00:56:48Yeah, they're coming up now.
00:56:50All right.
00:56:50Now, you and Jana keep the situation on closed watch.
00:56:53At the first sign of trouble, get the Osiris to a higher orbit.
00:56:56Maggie, all arbitrators monitor a specific Paraspace audiovisual frequency,
00:57:01and I've programmed our implants to feed into that frequency.
00:57:04So make sure to maintain the link.
00:57:06Got it.
00:57:09Do you want to be okay?
00:57:12Have been for the last 11 years.
00:57:17Remember, these implants are receivers as well as transmitters,
00:57:20so if you have any problem...
00:57:21I won't.
00:57:22All right.
00:57:24We should be ready to start down.
00:57:28Now?
00:57:36Well, stay close, Justin.
00:57:40If you move outside the transverse while it's active,
00:57:42it could be most unpleasant.
00:58:03Well, brave travelers.
00:58:08You are welcome, indeed.
00:58:12I must say, Chaklan, you're the most cordial kidnappers I've ever met.
00:58:16Kidnapping is an act of force.
00:58:19Novathorpe came with us of her own free will.
00:58:22Then where is she now?
00:58:24Within.
00:58:25And awaiting your arrival.
00:58:26I merely thought that before you see her,
00:58:29you might wish to learn something of our customs,
00:58:32our culture,
00:58:34and our designs for the future.
00:58:36It might help you to decide if we were right or wrong
00:58:40to bring Nova here.
00:58:44Come.
00:58:53Our society, though shielded from outsiders,
00:58:56is an ancient one.
00:58:58The city you are about to see
00:59:00is the result of generations...
00:59:02Jeez, Jonna.
00:59:04What's wrong?
00:59:05All the bad guys are down on the planet.
00:59:08Or at least I thought they were.
00:59:13Let me put this up on the main screen.
00:59:19Oh, great.
00:59:22You better power up the deaf net, Jonna.
00:59:41So, as you have seen,
00:59:43our society inspires in our citizens
00:59:46a respect for the rule of law.
00:59:49You see,
00:59:50in order for any system to work for one,
00:59:53it must work for all.
00:59:58But, your people,
01:00:02for all your talk of progress and community,
01:00:06there don't seem to be any emotional connection between them.
01:00:09In fact,
01:00:11there's no feeling of intimacy anywhere.
01:00:13Of course not.
01:00:16On our home world,
01:00:18we have eliminated all conflict.
01:00:21Can you imagine what that must be like?
01:00:24In order to achieve that goal,
01:00:25we had to eliminate the causes of conflict.
01:00:29Factionalism,
01:00:30tribalism,
01:00:30nationalism,
01:00:31globalism.
01:00:32Families.
01:00:34You started by eliminating families.
01:00:36Precisely,
01:00:37Mr. Thorpe.
01:00:39What has forever been known as the family system
01:00:41is,
01:00:42in fact,
01:00:42the basic unit of all conflict.
01:00:45Either from within,
01:00:47or when families form the building blocks
01:00:49of competing tribes,
01:00:50nations,
01:00:51worlds.
01:00:53Was it not just such factionalism
01:00:55that destroyed your beloved republic,
01:00:57General Sorensen?
01:00:58Well, how do you bring it?
01:01:00How do you perpetuate your race?
01:01:02We are a race,
01:01:04not of blood,
01:01:05but of ideas.
01:01:08Thus,
01:01:08all intimate physical contact
01:01:10between members of the engineer society
01:01:12is strictly forbidden.
01:01:15Our genetic experts
01:01:16are striving to perfect a method
01:01:18of single-sex reproduction,
01:01:20while advanced hormonal restructuring
01:01:23will eliminate any sense
01:01:25of gender identity.
01:01:27In this way,
01:01:29we shall eradicate
01:01:32even conflict
01:01:33between the sexes.
01:01:36You're crazy.
01:01:39No.
01:01:41No, it's not crazy, Justin.
01:01:43The shockland's right.
01:01:45Nova?
01:01:49Nova.
01:01:50Are you okay?
01:01:51Why wouldn't I be?
01:01:53Did you really come
01:01:54with these people willingly?
01:01:55Of course.
01:01:57It's an honor to be chosen
01:01:59for re-education.
01:02:00I was the only one
01:02:01in our whole sector.
01:02:03Re-education?
01:02:05We have not yet perfected
01:02:07our method
01:02:07of single-sex reproduction.
01:02:10Until we do,
01:02:11we perpetuate our race
01:02:13by taking in the most gifted children
01:02:16in the galaxy
01:02:16and allowing them
01:02:18to learn our ways.
01:02:21So,
01:02:22in the end,
01:02:23you are just
01:02:24simple kidnappers.
01:02:26They're not.
01:02:27They're allowing me
01:02:28to learn and grow
01:02:29and be a part
01:02:29of a great society.
01:02:31But Nova,
01:02:31we're family.
01:02:32Family?
01:02:34Family?
01:02:34Like Mom and Dad
01:02:35who abandoned us?
01:02:38Families like that
01:02:38turn the galaxy
01:02:39into the place it is.
01:02:41What have you done to her?
01:02:43Must we have done something
01:02:44for a child
01:02:45as gifted as your sister
01:02:47to see the obvious truth?
01:02:48And your sister
01:02:49is gifted, Justin.
01:02:51More gifted
01:02:51than any new member
01:02:52of our society in years.
01:02:54Gifted enough
01:02:55in all probability
01:02:56to one day
01:02:57be incorporated
01:02:58into the sublime plenum.
01:03:00The what?
01:03:02Our highest authority.
01:03:07Yes,
01:03:08of course.
01:03:10It is decided
01:03:12so genuine
01:03:13as our desire
01:03:14to include you
01:03:15in our society
01:03:16that you shall be
01:03:17the first off-worlders
01:03:19to observe
01:03:19the miracle
01:03:20of the plenum.
01:03:22Justin,
01:03:23the plenum!
01:03:24It's such an honor!
01:03:25Nova?
01:03:26I'm sorry,
01:03:27Shoklyn.
01:03:29Shall I show them
01:03:30what I mean?
01:03:34Try to communicate
01:03:35with her, Justin.
01:03:36She's exhibiting
01:03:37all the signs
01:03:38of narcon-neural
01:03:38root patterning.
01:03:39Marinewashing?
01:03:41Worse.
01:03:41I'd say
01:03:42they'd actually
01:03:43been tampering
01:03:43with the characteristic
01:03:44structure for neural net.
01:04:01Hi.
01:04:15The sublime plenum.
01:04:18The sublime plenum.
01:04:26The sublime plenum.
01:04:28Well,
01:04:30he's hailing us.
01:04:37Well, now,
01:04:39I knew Thorpe was desperate,
01:04:40but I didn't know
01:04:41he'd hide behind children.
01:04:43You want to fight?
01:04:45You'll see
01:04:46how much of a child I am.
01:04:48After all my years
01:04:49of conquering
01:04:50and pillaging,
01:04:50I'm to meet my end
01:04:51by being strangled
01:04:52with a diaper.
01:04:54Horrors.
01:04:55Where's Thorpe?
01:04:57He's
01:04:59not on board.
01:05:00Ah,
01:05:01what a pity.
01:05:02Because in that case,
01:05:04young lady,
01:05:05you're going to die alone.
01:05:12John,
01:05:13I've heard
01:05:13auxiliary power
01:05:14to the deafness.
01:05:17I got to figure out
01:05:18what to do.
01:05:24Honored ancestors,
01:05:27we have reached
01:05:28a determination.
01:05:31Despite
01:05:31their advanced age,
01:05:33they shall be granted
01:05:35inclusion into society,
01:05:37provided that they agree
01:05:39to be re-educated.
01:05:42Justin,
01:05:43they're going to let you stay.
01:05:44Yeah,
01:05:45well,
01:05:45before we go
01:05:46joining up,
01:05:47why don't you tell us
01:05:47what that thing is?
01:05:49Each
01:05:50conscious being
01:05:51has a unique
01:05:52pattern
01:05:53of synaptic
01:05:54pathways
01:05:55which constitute
01:05:56his or her own
01:05:57life force,
01:05:58or what you might
01:05:59call a soul.
01:06:01We have found
01:06:02a way
01:06:02to transfer
01:06:03that pattern
01:06:04at the time
01:06:05of an individual's
01:06:06body death
01:06:06to other
01:06:07inert
01:06:08organic
01:06:09tissues.
01:06:11Thus,
01:06:12the minds
01:06:12and thoughts
01:06:13of our greatest
01:06:14citizens
01:06:14are preserved
01:06:15indefinitely
01:06:16to guide
01:06:17our actions.
01:06:19Spiritual
01:06:20immortality?
01:06:22He's lying.
01:06:24What?
01:06:25That inert
01:06:26mass of flesh
01:06:27he's talking about.
01:06:28It's alive.
01:06:28I can feel it.
01:06:30It's alive.
01:06:31It's a living
01:06:32host.
01:06:34And it's in pain.
01:06:37Do strangers
01:06:38agree
01:06:39to re-education?
01:06:42I'd like an answer
01:06:43to a question
01:06:44of my own
01:06:44before we
01:06:45answered yours.
01:06:47It is permitted.
01:06:49All this activity,
01:06:51the great energy
01:06:52of your society,
01:06:53it obviously has
01:06:53some ultimate purpose.
01:06:55Could you tell us
01:06:56what that purpose is?
01:06:57Our most productive
01:06:59society in galactic
01:07:01history.
01:07:02Its privacy
01:07:03must spread.
01:07:04We are at last
01:07:05able to let
01:07:06this process begin.
01:07:08I thought so.
01:07:10Galactic conquest.
01:07:12No,
01:07:12the core.
01:07:13Galactic liberation.
01:07:16An end
01:07:17to the strife
01:07:18that has plagued
01:07:19every civilization
01:07:20since the dawn
01:07:21of time.
01:07:23There'll be many
01:07:24worlds who won't
01:07:25join willingly.
01:07:25Those who resist
01:07:28will be compelled.
01:07:32Or enslaved
01:07:33like this creature
01:07:34that houses
01:07:35your eternal souls.
01:07:36Let's be clear.
01:07:38I take it
01:07:39you're offering us
01:07:40a choice between
01:07:41re-education
01:07:42and termination,
01:07:43correct?
01:07:44No further options
01:07:46exist
01:07:47given current
01:07:48factors.
01:07:49Then consider this.
01:07:51My three associates
01:07:52and I
01:07:53have been implanted
01:07:54with transmission
01:07:55devices
01:07:55that are linked
01:07:56to our ship.
01:07:57Even now
01:07:58we're transmitting
01:07:59your words
01:07:59and your image
01:08:00over para-space waves
01:08:02to anyone in the galaxy
01:08:03capable of receiving them.
01:08:05How is this possible?
01:08:07Shaglan!
01:08:08Revered ancestors,
01:08:10I...
01:08:11We...
01:08:13We did not
01:08:14think them
01:08:14so cunning.
01:08:16And we did not
01:08:17detect the devices.
01:08:18We also discovered
01:08:19that your repair team
01:08:20didn't reactivate
01:08:21our weapon systems
01:08:22and we've done
01:08:22so ourselves.
01:08:23We can punch a hole
01:08:25through your planetary
01:08:25shields
01:08:26and transverse out of here
01:08:27whenever we like.
01:08:29Impossible!
01:08:30You need a demonstration
01:08:31very well,
01:08:32General.
01:08:34All right, Maggie.
01:08:36Fire starboard gun
01:08:37number one.
01:08:39Aim just outside
01:08:40the city.
01:08:42When ready, Maggie?
01:08:46Maggie?
01:08:48Where are you?
01:08:52So, the famed
01:08:53arbitrators bluff.
01:08:55We are not quite so gullible.
01:08:58Take the strangers
01:09:00to the processing center,
01:09:03exercise their
01:09:04transmission devices,
01:09:06and disfall
01:09:07some of their
01:09:08primitive bodies.
01:09:11Justin, no!
01:09:13No more!
01:09:14No more!
01:09:15Forget her, Justinthorpe.
01:09:17We gave you
01:09:18a chance for survival
01:09:19because we thought
01:09:21you might be exceptional.
01:09:23But you are only
01:09:24lying barbarians.
01:09:26Remove them!
01:09:29No more!
01:09:31John, I think
01:09:32we've got a link.
01:09:33Try patching it through.
01:09:38Hello?
01:09:39On the surface,
01:09:39wherever you are,
01:09:40can you hear me?
01:09:41Yes, Maggie.
01:09:42We're here.
01:09:43Where have you been?
01:09:44We have a slight
01:09:45problem here.
01:09:46It's Sean.
01:09:47He's attacking,
01:09:47and he won't leave
01:09:48without Justin.
01:09:49We could probably
01:09:50destroy his ship,
01:09:51but...
01:09:52Well, I've never
01:09:52actually killed
01:09:53anybody before.
01:09:55You say Sean
01:09:56wants Justin,
01:09:57then you go
01:09:57right ahead.
01:09:58and you tell him
01:09:58exactly where Justin is.
01:10:00What?
01:10:01Why?
01:10:01Just do it.
01:10:11Do it.
01:10:15There must be
01:10:16a genetic defect.
01:10:17His body is
01:10:18rejecting the hormones.
01:10:26That concept is
01:10:27mistaken.
01:10:28That concept is
01:10:30mistaken.
01:10:31That concept is
01:10:32mistaken.
01:10:34This is
01:10:35re-education.
01:10:37If you're going to
01:10:38kill me,
01:10:38you can kill me
01:10:39right here and now.
01:10:40But as long
01:10:41as I'm alive,
01:10:42you won't subject
01:10:42my sister to
01:10:43any more of that.
01:10:44you'll do
01:10:45as you're told,
01:10:46Thorne.
01:10:47Nova,
01:10:47I know it's hard.
01:10:49I know what
01:10:49they've done.
01:10:50But try to remember,
01:10:51we were family.
01:10:53Maybe not with
01:10:54a mother and father,
01:10:55but you and me,
01:10:56we've always come
01:10:56through for each other.
01:10:58Always.
01:10:59See?
01:11:05A bio-crystal.
01:11:07I got it for you
01:11:07that day at the
01:11:08archives, remember?
01:11:10But now we won't
01:11:11have enough food
01:11:12for the winter.
01:11:12We will.
01:11:13We will.
01:11:14Enough of this,
01:11:15Thorpe.
01:11:18What was that?
01:11:25I'm very sorry,
01:11:26but if you have
01:11:27a score to settle
01:11:28with my friend,
01:11:29Thorpe,
01:11:31you'll have to
01:11:31wait your turn.
01:11:54Maggie,
01:11:55fire on the section
01:11:57of the defense shield
01:11:58above the city.
01:11:59Try to maintain
01:12:00an opening long enough
01:12:01to transverse us
01:12:02out of here.
01:12:05Justin!
01:12:07Come on.
01:12:08Maggie's got an opening.
01:12:09We can move.
01:12:11Order our defensive
01:12:13forces to assemble
01:12:14and launch.
01:12:15You okay?
01:12:16Yes, thanks.
01:12:16I told you we'd have
01:12:17to worry about
01:12:17the old man.
01:12:20No!
01:12:21You will not take her!
01:12:23No!
01:12:48We have got to break off
01:12:50and head to open space.
01:12:51We'd be a match for the squadron,
01:12:52but not a whole fleet!
01:12:54We're not leaving without her.
01:12:55I don't care what
01:12:55they send against us.
01:12:57We're going back, Thorpe!
01:13:10Welcome.
01:13:11Good to have you back
01:13:12amongst us.
01:13:15I was afraid I'd given you
01:13:16a little too much.
01:13:21You shot me.
01:13:22Nothing else to do.
01:13:23You wouldn't let us leave.
01:13:25Even Sean had the sense
01:13:26to head for arm
01:13:27when the engineer fleet appeared.
01:13:29Still no reply, General.
01:13:31I don't understand.
01:13:32You know,
01:13:32we're well within
01:13:33power of space range.
01:13:34Nothing.
01:13:34Or range.
01:13:35Or reply.
01:13:37Remember the Republican loyalists
01:13:39I told you about
01:13:39on Markham IV?
01:13:40You're not going to
01:13:41abandon my sister.
01:13:42We're not going to
01:13:42abandon your sister.
01:13:43We're going back for her.
01:13:44But I will not have
01:13:45this be a suicide mission.
01:13:48There's no one group
01:13:49can stand alone
01:13:50against the engineers.
01:13:51This has got to be
01:13:52a united galactic effort.
01:13:55Talking about
01:13:55reviving the Republic?
01:13:56Justin,
01:13:57give yourself a minute
01:13:58to think about this.
01:13:59People already understand
01:14:00the Republic.
01:14:01It's an idea you won't
01:14:02have to waste
01:14:02a lot of time explaining.
01:14:03Except to me.
01:14:05I probably fell apart,
01:14:06Wally.
01:14:07What makes you think
01:14:08it's not going to happen again?
01:14:09Yes.
01:14:11I've spent a lot of time
01:14:12thinking about that.
01:14:13Oh, really?
01:14:14Yes, really.
01:14:15There's a lot of truth
01:14:16in what you say.
01:14:18Towards the end,
01:14:19the leaders of the Republic
01:14:20may have become
01:14:20too remote.
01:14:22We should have had
01:14:23new blood.
01:14:23We failed to get it.
01:14:25Blood like yours.
01:14:27I must still be unconscious.
01:14:30And you two.
01:14:32You're on board with this.
01:14:35Maggie?
01:14:37You're actually asking
01:14:38for my opinion?
01:14:40You saved my butt
01:14:41twice in one week.
01:14:42I figure I can manage that.
01:14:44I think we can't go back
01:14:45for Nova without help.
01:14:52So what do we do now?
01:14:54We need a rallying point
01:14:55of some kind.
01:14:56Someone associated
01:14:58with the Republic
01:14:58that people want to follow.
01:15:00A name they can trust.
01:15:02And there's only one
01:15:03logical choice.
01:15:05The boy I told you about.
01:15:08The grandson
01:15:09of Junius Cabell.
01:15:12Finally,
01:15:13Markab 4.
01:15:15Granddad,
01:15:16it's Moshua.
01:15:17Put her on the screen.
01:15:19I repeat.
01:15:20Alexander,
01:15:21if it is you
01:15:22hailing us,
01:15:24stay away.
01:15:25Stay away.
01:15:26Moshua,
01:15:27what's happening?
01:15:28The entire planet
01:15:29strives attack.
01:15:31We don't know who.
01:15:33Can you give us a visual?
01:15:35No.
01:15:36They are cloaked.
01:15:37Don't,
01:15:38don't approach.
01:15:39There are too many.
01:15:41But we've come
01:15:42for the boy,
01:15:43Cabell.
01:15:44You've been Trajan.
01:15:46He hasn't been
01:15:46on this planet
01:15:47for years.
01:15:48I thought you knew.
01:15:49The plan
01:15:50for the Republic.
01:15:52Trajan rejected
01:15:53everything about
01:15:54the Republic
01:15:55since he grew up.
01:15:56He called all of us
01:15:58sentimental fools.
01:16:00He stole a ship.
01:16:03He changed his name.
01:16:05And he went off.
01:16:07Where?
01:16:08I don't know.
01:16:09But he calls himself
01:16:11Sean now.
01:16:13Alexander?
01:16:14He's not Sean.
01:16:15Moshua!
01:16:16Fire
01:16:17intensifying.
01:16:19We lost our ship.
01:16:22Moshua!
01:16:24Moshua!
01:16:25Wally,
01:16:26reestablish contact
01:16:26with Marcap 4.
01:16:28There's
01:16:31no sign of life
01:16:32on Marcap 4.
01:16:35They got here first.
01:16:37The engineers?
01:16:39Who else can build
01:16:40ships that can fire
01:16:42even while cloaked?
01:16:45All right, Maggie,
01:16:46get us out of here
01:16:47before they realize
01:16:47we're in the area.
01:16:48Now!
01:16:49But what course?
01:16:50Caliban 6.
01:16:52Justin.
01:16:54What?
01:16:54So what if this
01:16:55Cabell descendant
01:16:56is Heenach
01:16:57Sean,
01:16:57he's still
01:16:57the only hope
01:16:58you've got?
01:16:59He knows
01:16:59what the engineers
01:17:00are up to.
01:17:01We'll just meet
01:17:02with him
01:17:02and make him
01:17:02see reason.
01:17:04Make Heenach
01:17:04Sean see reason?
01:17:08Does that
01:17:09mean you agree?
01:17:11You agree
01:17:12to go along
01:17:13with the plan?
01:17:14I'm not so stupid
01:17:15I don't get your point,
01:17:16Sorensen.
01:17:16I'll get you Heenach,
01:17:17Heenach will get you
01:17:18the loyalists
01:17:18and their ships
01:17:19and we go back
01:17:19for my sister.
01:17:21But what makes you think
01:17:22he'll meet with us?
01:17:23He won't meet with us.
01:17:24He'll meet with me
01:17:25and it won't be to talk.
01:17:27I just hope I can
01:17:28get my point across
01:17:28before he kills me.
01:17:32Well, well, well.
01:17:34Citizen Thor.
01:17:36You got here quickly.
01:17:39The Osiris
01:17:39is certainly
01:17:40a remarkable ship.
01:17:41I must say,
01:17:42I'm going to make
01:17:43good use of her.
01:17:45After I've killed you,
01:17:47I mean.
01:17:49Are you going
01:17:50to kill me, Sean?
01:17:51Or should I call you
01:17:53Trajan Cabell?
01:17:57Been doing a little
01:17:59detective work
01:18:01now, have we?
01:18:03That knowledge
01:18:04will die with you.
01:18:05I trust you've abided
01:18:06by our agreement
01:18:07to come unarmed.
01:18:08Yes.
01:18:09Good.
01:18:10Because I haven't.
01:18:16I should have known.
01:18:17I'm surprised you didn't.
01:18:19What's happening to you?
01:18:21You know what the engineers
01:18:22are up to.
01:18:23And when they come
01:18:24to Caliban 6,
01:18:25I'll fight them!
01:18:29You're loose.
01:18:30Well, what other
01:18:31choice is there?
01:18:32Not the Republic.
01:18:34You could be
01:18:35the new pro-castle.
01:18:36Tempting,
01:18:37but I'm afraid not.
01:18:38People like you and me
01:18:39have no place
01:18:39in a world like that,
01:18:40Thorpe.
01:18:41We're fighters.
01:18:42Survivors!
01:18:48But you're family!
01:18:50You don't imagine
01:18:50I ever knew my family,
01:18:52do you?
01:18:52The people who raised you,
01:18:54Sean.
01:18:54What about them?
01:18:56They're dead,
01:18:56murdered by the engineers.
01:18:58A desperate
01:18:59and pathetic boy,
01:19:00Thorpe.
01:19:01You don't even know
01:19:01who those people are.
01:19:03Don't I?
01:19:03The old woman,
01:19:04Moshua.
01:19:06I'm warning you,
01:19:07Thorpe.
01:19:07Don't go on with this.
01:19:16We saw the engineers
01:19:17kill them.
01:19:20Does that mean
01:19:21anything to you?
01:19:24Yes.
01:19:29Doesn't matter
01:19:29of fact, it does.
01:19:34She never asked
01:19:35for the job
01:19:35of bringing me up
01:19:36any more than
01:19:36I asked to have her.
01:19:39But she never objected,
01:19:41never complained.
01:19:44Always felt a little bad
01:19:45about not saying goodbye.
01:19:50You say they destroyed
01:19:51the entire surface
01:19:52of the planet.
01:19:53Totally.
01:19:54Some advanced form
01:19:55of antimatter radiation.
01:20:00You have a strategy,
01:20:01I suppose, Sorensen.
01:20:04Yes.
01:20:05They'll hit the planets
01:20:06that were Republican
01:20:07centers first.
01:20:08We'll beat them
01:20:09to the punch.
01:20:10Then we'll organize
01:20:11those worlds
01:20:11and get them
01:20:12on our side.
01:20:14Oh, this wonderful
01:20:16Republican technology.
01:20:19And that's our strategy.
01:20:22Beat them
01:20:23to the punch.
01:20:27Well, not a bad one
01:20:28at that.
01:20:29Oh, sir,
01:20:30I take it
01:20:30you do agree.
01:20:33What about you, Thorpe?
01:20:36What's your role
01:20:37to be?
01:20:38My job's done.
01:20:40I'm going back
01:20:40for my sister.
01:20:42With what weapons,
01:20:44if I may ask?
01:20:46According to the general here,
01:20:47once word spreads
01:20:48that you've signed on,
01:20:49there's going to be
01:20:49a whole fleet
01:20:49of Republican ships.
01:20:51Not the squadron
01:20:53Benadour
01:20:54put together.
01:20:57So, Sorensen,
01:21:00you've tricked
01:21:01our friend Thorpe.
01:21:02What do you mean
01:21:03tricked?
01:21:03What's he talking about?
01:21:05Well, I do think
01:21:06you might be honest
01:21:07with the man, Sorensen.
01:21:08Justin,
01:21:10the ships I wanted
01:21:11were part of an
01:21:12organized Republican
01:21:13squadron.
01:21:14It took years
01:21:15to assemble.
01:21:17But they were
01:21:17on Marcav 4.
01:21:19They were obliterated.
01:21:21What?
01:21:23You knew that
01:21:24before I went
01:21:24down there.
01:21:32You lied to me.
01:21:33It had to be
01:21:34that way.
01:21:35If I'd given you
01:21:35a choice,
01:21:36you would have
01:21:36turned me down.
01:21:38You used me.
01:21:40Justin?
01:21:41Justin,
01:21:42we need you.
01:21:43We even need Sean.
01:21:44If I may,
01:21:46Sorensen.
01:21:47What?
01:21:48Thorpe and I
01:21:49understand each other.
01:21:51In a way.
01:21:55Oh, Justin,
01:21:56how are you?
01:21:57I love you.
01:22:00Why are you
01:22:00making me jealous?
01:22:03Can I get a
01:22:04biocrystal?
01:22:07What else
01:22:08should I say?
01:22:09Coming back up.
01:22:11No,
01:22:12what do I do?
01:22:13The bridge
01:22:14is awfully empty
01:22:15without a leader,
01:22:15Thorpe.
01:22:18Well,
01:22:19I always told you
01:22:19you had potential.
01:22:21I just didn't think
01:22:22it would fulfill itself
01:22:23in circumstances
01:22:23like these.
01:22:26Is there already
01:22:27one general
01:22:27too many on board?
01:22:30Who?
01:22:33Sorensen?
01:22:35His day's past
01:22:36and he knows it.
01:22:39What about you?
01:22:42On this ship,
01:22:43I don't think so.
01:22:47It'll be hard enough
01:22:48being pro-consul
01:22:49without having to
01:22:49act like one.
01:22:51No,
01:22:52I'll stay aboard
01:22:53the Daedalus.
01:22:57Oh.
01:23:00Your sister
01:23:01got the looks
01:23:01as well as the brains.
01:23:04Genetics can be
01:23:05so unfair.
01:23:07You know as well
01:23:08as I do
01:23:09the old man's right.
01:23:10I love you.
01:23:12If you ever hope
01:23:13to see your sister again,
01:23:14you'll have to let go
01:23:15of her for now.
01:23:16Face the bigger
01:23:16problem first.
01:23:18If you try
01:23:19and go back,
01:23:20they'll kill you.
01:23:22Assemble a new force.
01:23:25She has a prayer.
01:23:28And you?
01:23:30Me?
01:23:30Me?
01:23:32Well,
01:23:33I will say this.
01:23:35We all may survive
01:23:36if the engineers
01:23:37have their way.
01:23:38But there won't be
01:23:39much point in living.
01:23:41I know.
01:23:44And I know you know.
01:23:49Now,
01:23:53get back
01:23:53to that bridge.
01:24:10Warlord,
01:24:12you're not serious
01:24:13about all of this.
01:24:14It's for a public
01:24:15business,
01:24:16are you?
01:24:17I'm not sure.
01:24:20The situation
01:24:21does have
01:24:22possibilities.
01:24:24But what will
01:24:25the rest of us do?
01:24:28Do?
01:24:31You will follow
01:24:32my orders
01:24:33as always.
01:24:35Now get back
01:24:36to the ship!
01:24:46There are ghosts
01:24:48aboard this
01:24:48great vessel.
01:25:01It's all right.
01:25:05I'm sorry.
01:25:09Just for
01:25:10future reference,
01:25:11you won't be
01:25:12needing tricks
01:25:13anymore.
01:25:15Deal.
01:25:21There's a chair
01:25:22on this bridge
01:25:23that nobody
01:25:24sat in
01:25:25for many years.
01:25:27I think
01:25:28you should see
01:25:28how it feels.
01:25:31you're going
01:25:32to be spending
01:25:32a lot of time
01:25:33in it.
01:25:45What was
01:25:45the closest
01:25:47Republican
01:25:48senator
01:25:48Mark
01:25:48had for
01:25:49in the old
01:25:49days?
01:25:50Gamma
01:25:51Valorum.
01:25:53Maggie?
01:25:57Leanna
01:25:57Corse.
01:25:59You got it.
01:26:01But if you
01:26:02think you're
01:26:03getting a yes
01:26:03sir out of me.
01:26:15As Sorenton
01:26:15had said,
01:26:16the job before
01:26:17us was almost
01:26:17overwhelming.
01:26:19The engineers
01:26:20had spent years
01:26:20getting ready
01:26:21and we were
01:26:21scrambling for
01:26:22counter moves,
01:26:23making them up
01:26:24as we went along.
01:26:26We'd have to
01:26:27plan a campaign.
01:26:29Rebuild our
01:26:30technological
01:26:30systems.
01:26:33Negotiate
01:26:33allies.
01:26:35And train
01:26:36a new generation
01:26:37to fight
01:26:37for a set
01:26:38of ideals
01:26:38that most
01:26:39people believed
01:26:39were dead.
01:26:41Ideals that
01:26:42had brought
01:26:42one of the
01:26:43galaxy's
01:26:43most dangerous
01:26:44warlords
01:26:44face to face
01:26:45with his past
01:26:46and with his
01:26:47destiny.
01:26:49And the image
01:26:50of the one
01:26:50we'd been forced
01:26:51to leave behind
01:26:52would never
01:26:52leave our thoughts
01:26:53for very long.
01:26:55In some ways
01:26:56success seemed
01:26:57impossible.
01:26:58But we had
01:26:59something the
01:26:59engineers could
01:27:00never have.
01:27:02The trust of
01:27:03friends who had
01:27:04already risked
01:27:04everything for
01:27:05each other.
01:27:06Who were bound
01:27:07by just the
01:27:07kind of ties
01:27:08that the
01:27:08engineers were
01:27:09trying to
01:27:09destroy.
01:27:14As for whether
01:27:15or not we
01:27:15made it,
01:27:16in the end,
01:27:18that's the story
01:27:19of these
01:27:19chronicles
01:27:20will tell.
01:27:49Lori
01:27:50verses
01:27:52Bye
01:27:52Bye
01:27:53Bye
01:27:54Bye
01:27:54Bye
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