00:18I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:34Let's go.
01:05I have never seen DNA like this before.
01:09Hundreds of different strands from hundreds of different sources.
01:15There are artificial genes here I can't even begin to identify.
01:25How did the Neo-Sapiens manage to join so many different strands of DNA successfully to create...
01:32What did you call that thing again?
01:39The Neo-Lord.
01:40Professor, is there any kind of weakness in the Neo-Lord's genetic makeup that we can use against it?
01:46Commander, I may be the most brilliant physicist in the entire solar system, but I'm no biologist.
01:52To break the Neo-Lord's genetic code and find some kind of weakness...
01:56We'll need the most brilliant geneticist in the solar system.
01:59Or at least the most brilliant Terran geneticist.
02:11Dr. Albrecht Ketzer.
02:16So where do we find him?
02:40I don't know.
02:49Marsala told me you'd be here.
02:51There was something I had to do.
02:53It'll be nice here someday.
02:55When the tree's tall, it'll give good shade.
02:59Trees grow quickly here.
03:03Nara.
03:06You didn't come here to listen to my troubles, J.T.
03:09What is it?
03:10Marsala and I are leaving on a mission.
03:12We need one more volunteer.
03:19I'll go.
03:22There's nothing left for me here.
03:24Open hangar doors.
03:26We need one more volunteer.
03:31We need one more volunteer.
03:45If we fly low and follow the river, they shouldn't spot us.
03:49What's a scientist like Ketzer doing way out here?
03:52He came out ten years before the war started to study the use of rare plants and gene therapy.
03:57His theories were far in advance of even Neo-sapient science.
04:05When the Neos attacked, Ketzer was cut off. There's been no contact with him since the takeover.
04:15Neos! Evasive action!
04:29Evasive action!
04:36I'm on him!
04:45That's it. Stay with me. I'm in your sights.
04:47Now, fire!
05:01Menu space for Recon 3. Respond, Recon 3.
05:06Why don't they respond?
05:07Our patrol reported three Terran E-Frames before losing contact. Perhaps they are no longer able to respond.
05:16Then order all E-Frames to converge on the Terran invaders and destroy them.
05:21We are unable to comply, Draconis. The Terrans have disappeared from our screens.
05:26Find them, Reducer! Begin a search from their last known location!
05:30Of course, Draconis. As you command.
05:43The Neo-sapiens know we are somewhere in the area.
05:46We'll have to stay low under their sensor scan. Keep away from their patrols.
05:55J.T., if we're grounded, how are we gonna find Ketzer?
05:58We'll follow the river. Ketzer's research station is a few miles up ahead. Stay sharp. Anything moves, sound off.
06:12What could possibly interest the Exo-fleet in this wee toot? Insect-ridden sinkhole!
06:19Ketzer. The Terran scientist has escaped your traps and made a fool of you.
06:24Ketzer is nothing but a charlatan. Our Neo-sapien geneticists have dismissed all his so-called theories.
06:31Yes. We often ridicule what we cannot understand. An expert in genetics would be a great asset to the Exo
06:39-fleet, and a danger to us.
06:42A danger? The Terran is no more than a nuisance!
06:46Phaeton would reward the Neo-sapien who captured a prize like Ketzer.
06:50A clone with my talent should not be punished for the crimes of another Draconis! I deserve better than exile
06:57in this stinking jungle!
06:59One might mistake you for the original Draconis.
07:07Ketzer's clinic was in a village up ahead. If he isn't there, it'll be a good place to start tracking
07:11him down.
07:12Adelaide!
07:14Adelaide!
07:19Look out!
07:29I can't see!
07:32Punch it! Let's get out of here!
07:36Right behind you, JT!
07:43I'm hit!
07:48Gah!
07:53Gah!
07:54Gah!
08:03Keep your hands off me, you...
08:07FULL!!
08:09ExoSquad will be back in a moment.
08:11Now back to ExoSquad.
08:18Nara! Cover me!
08:28She's gone! So is her E-frame!
08:35Over there, J.T.
08:37Come on. We can't let him get away.
08:39He's the only lead we've got to finding Nara.
08:55Marsala, get down!
09:09They're gone. We were led into this trap, away from Nara.
09:14Where could they have taken us?
09:15The more troubling question is, why?
09:42The more troubling question is, why?
10:09Oh, my arm!
10:13Do you know what life is?
10:16Life is a river, a dark river that flows inside us, changes us.
10:22Then, in the end, it drowns us, so new life will form.
10:29Dr. Ketzer?
10:31Once I was Ketzer. Now I am something more.
10:38I am Lieutenant Burns of the Exo-Fleet.
10:42We need your help if we're going to beat the Neo-Sapiens.
10:46You don't have the courage to defeat the Neo-Sapiens.
10:50Are you willing to destroy yourself?
10:54I... I'm a soldier every time I go on a mission.
10:58I'm not asking if you would give up your life.
11:01Would you sacrifice yourself, what you are, for what you could become?
11:06No. I... I don't understand.
11:10Ha, ha. You will.
11:18It's as if Nara had never even been here.
11:21Exo-Fleet-E-Frames, this is Ketzer.
11:24Dr. Ketzer, you're on Lieutenant Burns' frequency. Where is she?
11:28Everything will be explained in due time.
11:31I will leave my signal open so you can home in on it.
11:35Negative, Doctor. The Neos could home in on it, too.
11:38Very well.
11:40Come to the village on the escarpment, near the water.
11:44Let's move out.
11:52Draconis, one of our search teams has monitored a transmission near the headwaters of the Rio Negro.
11:58But the signal cut off before we could pinpoint its exact location.
12:02Order all patrols to the area.
12:04They must find the source of the transmission and destroy it.
12:08Shouldn't the commander of this post be leading the mission?
12:14Ensure our success. Reap his reward.
12:18Yes. Phaeton would have to give me what I deserve.
12:23Order my E-Frame prepared.
12:24I will destroy the Exo-Fleet intruders and bring back Ketzer in chains.
12:33Yes, Draconis. You will get what you deserve.
12:43Yes, Medusa. What is it?
12:46It is as you suspected, Livia.
12:48Draconis serves Phaeton only to advance himself.
12:52Hmm. Then he should be relieved of duty and another more worthy commander put in his place.
12:59Draconis will not give up even this small power easily.
13:03A squad of Neolords should convince him it's time for early retirement.
13:24There's Nara's E-Frame.
13:30Where's Dr. Ketzer?
13:33I am Ketzer.
13:39Is that creature really Ketzer?
13:43I believe he has altered himself at a genetic level.
13:46The process is similar to gene splicing.
13:50DNA from plants and animals attached to a retrovirus and injected into the body.
13:56The virus penetrates the cells.
13:58As the cells renew themselves, the body grows in a new pattern.
14:03Gene therapy was developed to cure disease, not remold humankind.
14:07Marcel is right, Doctor.
14:09What you're doing is against the laws of nature.
14:13I am the law here.
14:14Man and his civilization mean nothing in the forest.
14:18Even the indigenous people are outsiders.
14:21But now they belong.
14:23The forest flows in their veins, lives in their cells.
14:27Where's Nara, Doctor?
14:29What have you done with her?
14:33Nara needs a doctor, a real one.
14:39And we have orders to take you back to the exocleet.
14:42I belong here.
14:44Help me destroy the city of Manus with your E-Frames.
14:48There's still Terrans in Manus.
14:49An attack would bring reprisals from the Neos.
14:52So, you refuse me.
14:55Very well.
14:56Nara, my child, was your arm sore when you woke up this morning?
15:02Yes.
15:03It hurt.
15:04I injected her with the same DNA formula I use on myself.
15:09You're insane!
15:10No, JT.
15:11We need him now, more than ever.
15:14There is a compound that would kill the virus before her DNA is permanently altered.
15:19But only I know what it is.
15:22You will help me destroy the city.
15:25Or watch your lieutenant Byrne slowly become what I am.
15:32ExoSquad will be back in a moment.
15:35Now, back to ExoSquad.
15:44Dr. Ketzer, you came to the Amazon to help the people who live here.
15:47It's they who want me to destroy Manus.
15:51For 400 years, the city has been like a knife in the heart of the forest.
15:56As out of place as the ocean-going ships that duck there.
16:03Only their weakness kept them from destroying it.
16:07I have made them strong.
16:10You've turned them into freaks.
16:12Robbed them of their humanity.
16:13I've helped them to adapt.
16:15To improve.
16:16You find us ugly because we don't look like you.
16:20We'll see how your opinion changes when you're one of us.
16:24All right, Ketzer, you win.
16:27We'll help you close down Manus.
16:29Drive out the Neos and relocate the humans, but under one condition.
16:33Give Nara the vaccine now.
16:36Destroy the virus before the mutation begins.
16:39Agreed.
16:39The compound is in my hut.
16:52Draconis!
16:53Masala, go!
17:06Fight them!
17:07They don't belong here!
17:09The forest belongs to us!
17:30Everybody into the forest!
17:34There's too many of them, Masala.
17:36Grab Ketzer and let's get out of here!
17:38Understood, J.T.
17:42Keep firing!
17:53Sorry, Doctor.
17:58Let's punch it!
17:59Don't let them get away!
18:05What about Ketzer's people?
18:07We can't just leave them to the Neosapiens!
18:09Without Ketzer to lead them, they'll retreat into the forest.
18:13Even the Neosapiens won't be able to find them.
18:19We gotta lose them!
18:30Masala, go to stealth mode!
18:32Nara, you're with me!
18:48I'm on them!
19:01No!
19:02We can't be beaten by a handful of Terran E-frames!
19:05After them, I'll bring back enough firepower to level this forest!
19:10We can't just let him get away!
19:12Ketzer's too important to risk.
19:13And who knows what kind of backup Draconis has above those trees.
19:18Your timing is excellent!
19:21Join me now, and we'll finish those Terran's!
19:25What?
19:25You want for my unit?
19:30Neo-lords!
19:31Your services are no longer required, Comis.
19:36You are relieved of your command.
19:39No!
19:46What happened?
19:47I'd better check.
19:55I don't think there's gonna be anyone following us now.
20:08You don't have to worry about the Neos anymore.
20:10Now!
20:11How do we get the antidote for the injection you gave Nara?
20:14I lied.
20:16There is no antidote.
20:17Once the injection is given, mutation is inevitable.
20:22No.
20:23Oh, please, no!
20:25What's gonna happen to me?
20:27What is inside a person determines true beauty.
20:30Outside appearances do not matter.
20:33They matter to me?
20:35Yes.
20:36Of course they do.
20:37How could it be otherwise?
20:39All right, Ketzer.
20:40Get in Marsala's frame.
20:42If you can splice genes, you can unsplice them.
20:45I am part of the rainforest.
20:48I'll never leave it alive.
20:50And neither will you if you try to force me.
20:58Call him off, Ketzer.
21:01Ketzer?
21:06Ketzer!
21:10Marsala was one of the last rebels captured at the end of the First Neosapien War.
21:18This time, he's on our side.
21:22Marsala and Phaeton were created together in the same brood.
21:35If they were Terrans, we'd call them brothers.
21:39Exosquad will be back in a moment.
21:42Now, back to Exosquad.
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