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  • 6/22/2025
A young man (John Corbett) teams with rebels to steal a spaceship and find his 12-year-old sister, kidnapped by engineers in 2419.
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00:00:30The stars, over the centuries, everything else in the galaxy has changed, keeps changing, but somehow they manage to stay the same.
00:00:53Three hundred years ago, colonists from Earth first brought the advances of their own global republic to the rest of the 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.
00:01:17No conquering enemies swept in from outside the galaxy to end it all.
00:01:21Nor 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.
00:01:38I was born on this planet called Caliban 6 in the Sifian sector in 2391 and lived here with my kid's sister until I was 29.
00:01:58A 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.
00:02:12Survival was all that mattered.
00:02:14Look who we got here!
00:02:17Look who we got here!
00:02:24Come on! Hurry up, baby! Let's go!
00:02:29Let's get a handle of girls!
00:02:31Get in there, lady!
00:02:36Come on! Get in there! Let's see what we got here!
00:02:38Come on! Hurry up!
00:02:40Tri-cyclo-tree!
00:02:50We're gonna hypo up first, then we're gonna have some real fun.
00:03:00Don't spill it. Oh, be careful, be careful.
00:03:10Baby, get out of here. Give me some more.
00:03:12Give me some more.
00:03:19Keep quiet if you want to get out of this alive.
00:03:28Who... who are you?
00:03:30Nobody.
00:03:32What's in the vehicle?
00:03:34Drugs. We were taking them to Bard in the city square.
00:03:37They killed my husband. He never had a chance.
00:03:41Most people don't.
00:03:43Forget your cargo. They're gonna use it up by morning.
00:03:46You better get moving.
00:03:48There's a village. A day is travel 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.
00:03:59I have nothing on me to repay you with.
00:04:05Forget it. In the vehicle.
00:04:07There's a case of cordium, if they haven't smashed it.
00:04:11Move. Me.
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00:04:40What's that?
00:04:42Heh.
00:04:43Gimme it!
00:04:44I can't!
00:04:46Huh?
00:04:47Why?
00:04:48Cause I'm not even here.
00:04:50You are hallucinating I'm a bad dream.
00:04:56What?
00:04:57Look, there goes another one.
00:05:16Okay.
00:05:17That's about all the pressure we can put on her without the hole breaching.
00:05:21Did you get enough information, Nova?
00:05:23Nova. Hey, 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 got to teach me how to do that.
00:05:37Oh, slow down.
00:05:39You just started flying a few months ago.
00:05:41So?
00:05:42I 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.
00:05:50If this last batch of modifications actually gets us off this planet,
00:05:53I'll teach you that move.
00:05:54Hello, Matrix.
00:06:10Hello.
00:06:12Subject Nova.
00:06:13Thought.
00:06:14How are you?
00:06:15Don't get excited.
00:06:17Model social skills.
00:06:18That question is irrelevant.
00:06:20I'm fine, thanks.
00:06:22Hey.
00:06:23Hey.
00:06:26Are you trying to flatten me?
00:06:28No, just coming to say hi.
00:06:30What have you got?
00:06:32Something's going to 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 going to get us the food.
00:06:42I hope.
00:06:43That 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.
00:06:53Oh, quartium.
00:06:54Where are you going to take it?
00:06:56He knocks Sean in his bunch.
00:06:58Nobody else on his planet has an interstellar ship.
00:07:00He's going to 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.
00:07:12Hey, what's this about?
00:07:25Promise me you'll be okay.
00:07:27Listen, Nova, I'm not going anywhere, because we're family.
00:07:31Our family used to be bigger.
00:07:33Yeah.
00:07:34I can't tell you why they left, but...
00:07:37I'll tell you that I'm not going anywhere.
00:07:41Okay?
00:07:41Okay.
00:07:43Now let's get off, just because you're depressing me.
00:07:45How's your friend Matrix tonight?
00:07:48Not 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.
00:08:00Well, maybe 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 borrowed her a lot for the fortium.
00:08:17Yeah, we're going to get three months more worth of food for the price of a bio-crystal.
00:08:20I 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.
00:08:36Priority's keeping us fed, maybe someday, down the line.
00:08:53Hey, I'm going to get through another chapter of this.
00:08:55Give me a hand.
00:08:57Let's see.
00:08:57Where are we at?
00:09:07There.
00:09:09This was the...
00:09:11Please...
00:09:13Pleasantest.
00:09:14Pleasantest year of all the life I lead and led in this place.
00:09:22Friday began to talk pretty well and understand the names of almost everything.
00:09:35Justin, where have you been?
00:09:54And what's that you're carrying?
00:09:55It looks valuable.
00:09:56Yeah, it is, Gita.
00:09:57Wouldn't interest you, though.
00:09:59Anything of value interests me.
00:10:01Don't let that mound dweller fleece you, Justin.
00:10:04I can give you everything you need for a whole lot less.
00:10:06It looks like trashy people are all the same.
00:10:08Lower than the worm-infested rains you, Jr.
00:10:10Oh, it's going to be a black pair of dishes.
00:10:11Can you ice it?
00:10:13It's going to ice it in my head.
00:10:20Ah, ha, ha.
00:10:24Ah, ha, ha.
00:10:25Ah, ha, ha, ha.
00:10:27Ah.
00:10:29Ah.
00:10:29Hold still
00:10:41Now you've almost got it
00:10:44Want the soap?
00:10:47Hasn't been a shipping of 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
00:10:59Plastrime relay
00:11:02Here, hardly you
00:11:04Alphrodisiac
00:11:07Bioorganisms
00:11:09Medi-kipedas
00:11:11Party parts
00:11:13Fire crystals
00:11:15Bioorganisms
00:11:17Tribute
00:11:18This dog has nothing, Valois
00:11:20No
00:11:22I'll wager he has family
00:11:25That he does
00:11:27Then chain him in the square
00:11:29Until they bring what he owes to the warlord
00:11:31Come, dog
00:11:32Damn
00:11:34Valois
00:11:37Getting your usual enjoyment out of life, I see
00:11:40I don't hear the buzz of insects like you, Thorpe
00:11:43No?
00:11:44Well, where's Sean?
00:11:45Because I got a little buzzing to do that might interest him
00:11:47He 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
00:11:54I'm afraid you're going to have to deal with me
00:11:56Couldn't use a case of Quartium for the Daedalus' hyperoptic drive, could you?
00:12:05Quartium?
00:12:07Interstellar grade?
00:12:08How would I be here if it wasn't?
00:12:10What's your price?
00:12:1620 months of rations
00:12:1712 ounces of refined platinum
00:12:198 Centauri sapphires
00:12:20All cut
00:12:2160 ion bursts
00:12:22Republican service automatic
00:12:24Absurd
00:12:26All right
00:12:28I'll come back later and see if Sean agrees with you
00:12:31No, wait
00:12:32Get in the rations from inside
00:12:38Hey
00:12:40While you're in there
00:12:41See if you can find the last edition of technical boards for an Alpha Matrix 19
00:12:45The what?
00:12:47For the what?
00:12:48It's a synthetic intelligence system
00:12:50Well, find it, fool
00:12:52It's got to be in there somewhere
00:12:54Look
00:12:57It's a Daedalus
00:12:59I'll be back for the rest of my loot
00:13:08Can't stand to stay around and watch you lick Sean's boots
00:13:11There's got to be a way around this
00:13:24Matrix
00:13:27Try it
00:13:28Body parts
00:13:34Bio-organism
00:13:36Hey, you
00:13:36Sir
00:13:37Do you have any bio-crystals?
00:13:40Not any, sir
00:13:41The best
00:13:42The most beautifully formed harmonious little creatures
00:13:44One of the makers true miracles, sir
00:13:57Living rock
00:13:58To give you loving companionship
00:14:02And soothing warmth
00:14:02And all I ask is a little water in return
00:14:04What could you ask from a fellow creature?
00:14:08Would you trade one for 12 ounces of platinum?
00:14:11Refined?
00:14:11Of course, sir
00:14:15Nova
00:14:18Nova, you here?
00:14:28You got something you're gonna want to see
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00:15:11well well if it isn't public nuisance number one where's nova what do you mean i dropped her off
00:15:21at your place last night i haven't seen her since i can't find her well maybe she's out of range of
00:15:26your sensors your system is pretty limited scout around the remorse see if you can find her
00:15:32justin where are you going to the only one who can help me justin
00:15:35is that our friend thorpe
00:15:48bring him here provided he's unarmed
00:15:53well 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
00:16:12he thinks you're nothing more than a scavenger and a petty thief
00:16:16he's right of course what does that make you sean
00:16:22that makes me warlord of this planet thorpe
00:16:27be thankful your little schemes have never conflicted with mine or you would have discovered
00:16:32the true meaning of that title
00:16:33now then
00:16:36valois tells me you took some more research materials from the archives today
00:16:44i must say i do find all this intellectual ambition
00:16:48quite admirable
00:16:50would you care to have a drink
00:16:55discuss some philosophical puzzle
00:16:57lord knows i can't discuss any such matters with these boys
00:17:01hmm farewell
00:17:02he's a capable man
00:17:06but sometimes
00:17:08i wish he had a little bit more of your rustic charm
00:17:14justin
00:17:14not here to socialize sean
00:17:17no
00:17:19of course you're not
00:17:21no one ever is
00:17:24we live in a savage age citizen thorpe
00:17:28all right then
00:17:31what's your grievance
00:17:37my sister's missing
00:17:40justin
00:17:42you have a family
00:17:44oh i've suddenly just gone warm all over
00:17:47is she attractive
00:17:49never a bad idea to have a warlord in the family you know
00:17:53my matrix system's coming up blank
00:17:56i was wondering
00:17:59you were wondering if we would turn the daedalus sensors loose on the problem
00:18:03well of course we will
00:18:07we'll have that little cherub back in no time
00:18:10oh
00:18:12it will cost you those centauri sapphires though
00:18:16i wouldn't ask myself but whenever i offer services for nothing
00:18:20valois becomes positively morbid
00:18:23no negotiation
00:18:33you are worried aren't you
00:18:37here's a hologram over
00:18:40hi justin how are you
00:18:45i love you
00:18:46why are you making me do this
00:18:49make a copy send it out to all our posts
00:18:56contact the ship find out if anyone's left the planet in the last few hours and put the sensors to work
00:19:02paul
00:19:07i'm afraid i don't have good news
00:19:12one of my people spotted your sister boarding an interstellar ship
00:19:16group of off-worlders ship had cloaking capability which is why we didn't register its presence
00:19:22off-worlders who are they
00:19:23headed toward the corvus sector before they re-cloaked
00:19:26i'm going after sean you have to help me
00:19:28i'm sorry thorpe
00:19:29i just got word that some rabble on the other side of the planet have decided they no longer want to live under my guidance
00:19:34it'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
00:19:44i have to take the deadalus and deal with them
00:19:46you want my advice
00:19:50forget your sister
00:19:52forget
00:19:54are you crazy
00:19:54i don't know
00:19:56am i
00:19:58you're living in another time justin
00:20:00your sister's alive
00:20:02and according to my informant she wasn't fighting her captors
00:20:05be happy with that much
00:20:07besides
00:20:08your little idea of a happy home and family isn't just foolish it's dangerous
00:20:13sean
00:20:14sean
00:20:16i'm going after her
00:20:17all right then throw your life away too
00:20:19it's a shame thorpe
00:20:21with a little bit of work you might have made a warlord yourself
00:20:26thou art you'll stay in charge here baraka come
00:20:43well did you find anything out looks bad
00:20:48she's been kidnapped looks like it
00:20:50well who are they do they want a ransom
00:20:53no their ship's cloaked they're headed for the corvus sector
00:20:57a different sector
00:21:01justin we need help we
00:21:05well you're not keeping me out of this
00:21:07you can't handle it alone you know you can't
00:21:09yeah you think you can help
00:21:13well maybe not me exactly
00:21:18hello justin
00:21:25well 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
00:21:38so what are you doing here your sister's in trouble isn't she
00:21:41i honestly want to help
00:21:45well you and your kind have been helping out so thanks
00:21:48meaning meaning that if all you heroes hadn't let the republic fall in the first place we
00:21:53wouldn't have to live like this i don't intend to argue history with a common outlaw
00:21:59oh an outlaw an outlaw how can i be an outlaw when you didn't leave us any law as i just said
00:22:04both of you just stop it
00:22:06now we're here to figure out what to do about nova justin
00:22:13and that is something you should see yeah what what's this read it
00:22:26can you read
00:22:29it says vr osiris what's that osiris was a god of ancient egypt back on earth
00:22:41in the vr
00:22:47vessel of the republic
00:22:52you've got an interstellar ship
00:22:56what i have is beyond description
00:23:00you've never been up this far before have you justin
00:23:15so 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
00:23:30republican ship of the lie
00:23:35that's your only hope
00:23:39and mine too
00:24:00so
00:24:09so
00:24:11so
00:24:13so
00:24:15Well?
00:24:35I should have known.
00:24:40Useless, just like everything else about the Republic.
00:24:42This ship is completely intact except for the tachyon generators.
00:24:47When this station was abandoned, there was no one left to stop them from powering down.
00:24:54What about regular matter-antimatter engines?
00:24:57Doesn't it have any of those?
00:24:58Well, if it's slower speeds than auxiliary power, of course.
00:25:02But for the Osiris to function as she was designed, the tachyon generators must be online.
00:25:08And that is going to take enormous power.
00:25:12How is it Henoch Shah has never come after this thing?
00:25:25Didn't you see the blast marks around the hatches and the loading bays?
00:25:28He has.
00:25:29But access to this ship was genetically keyed to members of the crew only.
00:25:34Oh, just a little secret that I've never revealed to anyone.
00:25:37And you were a part of that crew?
00:25:41Yes, of course.
00:25:45I wonder if you people lost.
00:25:47I just don't know what good a dead ship's going to do us.
00:25:55Dead ship?
00:25:57Twenty-four particle cannon, port and starboard.
00:26:00The same number of torpedo tubes.
00:26:03And 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.
00:26:16Technology's been at a standstill since the Republic fell.
00:26:19Yes.
00:26:19That's where I was hoping you'd come in.
00:26:22Me?
00:26:24There is one group in the galaxy with the technical knowledge and the tools to restart the Osiris' tachyon generators.
00:26:31You mean the engineers?
00:26:33You've had dealings with them?
00:26:35No, a little out of my price range.
00:26:38Engineers will cost a fortune.
00:26:39Were you going to raise that kind of money?
00:26:40That's my question to you.
00:26:42Oh, I get it.
00:26:44I may be an outlaw, but outlaws have their uses, huh?
00:26:48Look, Justin.
00:26:50I'm an old man.
00:26:52And death holds no terrors for me.
00:26:55But the thought of any of us dying on that 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?
00:27:09I'm saying that throughout the galaxy, there are others like me.
00:27:16Servants of the Republic who have kept its spirit alive to pass on to future generations.
00:27:21In the Markab system, for example, there are friends of mine who have for years been protecting the last remaining member of the Cabell family.
00:27:31Isn't Junius Cabell the last proconsul of the Republic?
00:27:34Thought he was assassinated along with his whole family.
00:27:36One grandson survived, and he's being raised by trusted friends.
00:27:42I 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.
00:27:52Oh, I get it.
00:27:53You need me to raise money for the engineers so you can take this trip, and you do know how I'm likely to do that.
00:27:59Well, it's not really necessary that I know, is it?
00:28:01No, but you just don't want to know.
00:28:03Wouldn't fit in with your nice Republican principles.
00:28:08Look, Justin.
00:28:11If you don't wish to...
00:28:12You know I wish to!
00:28:15It's the only chance I have to get my sister back.
00:28:17Yes!
00:28:17Hey, old man!
00:28:34Go on!
00:28:36You know nobody's allowed around the archives after dark!
00:28:39Go on!
00:28:42Go on!
00:28:43Oh, shit.
00:28:44Ah!
00:29:13Now you'll see me get some enjoyment out of Lifethorpe.
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.
00:29:34Is he dead?
00:29:36Nope. 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!
00:29:55I 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.
00:30:10But there's still some what?
00:30:11It'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?
00:30:26Yeah.
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 aboard.
00:30:36Their equipment's top of the line.
00:30:38With the rates they charge, they can afford it.
00:30:41Nobody 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.
00:30:48They won't tell.
00:30:53So, how you doing, sir?
00:31:01Oh, ma'am?
00:31:02Oh, ma'am?
00:31:03Oh, ma'am?
00:31:04Ma'am?
00:31:05Oh, ma'am?
00:32:07They did, didn't they?
00:32:09I take it you're in engineering.
00:32:12The tachyon generators are coming online.
00:32:15It's quite a sign, isn't it?
00:32:17The engineer's ship is signaling.
00:32:33They've disengaged and they're clear of us.
00:32:35Okay, I'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.
00:33:08She's more qualified than I am at this point.
00:33:13Unless you want to try, do you?
00:33:15Let me ask you one thing.
00:33:17Are you ever gonna tell me all the details of your little plan?
00:33:20Okay, Maggie.
00:33:24Take her out.
00:33:38Clear the dock.
00:33:39Easy, Maggie.
00:33:52Raise your collecting sales.
00:33:56Get your tachyon generators fully charged.
00:33:59Warlord.
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.
00:34:35Gave 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.
00:34:51Our censors have picked up something unusual.
00:34:53The old Republican ship, the Osiris.
00:34:56Yes?
00:34:57It's moving.
00:34:59Warlord!
00:35:01The Osiris is in open space.
00:35:06Thorpe.
00:35:10Have they engaged the tachyon engines yet?
00:35:12Not yet, Warlord.
00:35:14Then attack!
00:35:15Attack while we still can!
00:35:17But is it Thorpe?
00:35:18Of course it's Thorpe, you idiot.
00:35:20He used the money he stole from us to refit the Osiris and go after his sister.
00:35:25I want that ship!
00:35:26I want that ship!
00:35:30I want that ship!
00:35:32Prepare to attack!
00:35:35Rock up!
00:35:37Engines at attack speed!
00:35:38All right, Maggie.
00:35:42The tachyon generators are almost at full capacity.
00:35:49What 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, evasive action.
00:35:58Justin, you're with me at the operations.
00:36:01Okay, first things first.
00:36:03I'm raising the death net.
00:36:04The what?
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.
00:36:12We'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?
00:36:34Beating to quarters.
00:36:35Alerting the crew.
00:36:36Effective, isn't it?
00:36:37Now, 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've 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 weapons systems on the following voiceprint authorization.
00:37:23Sorenson Alexander A-1971.
00:37:27Weapons systems cannot be accessed.
00:37:29You mean the voiceprint is down?
00:37:31Voiceprint authorization is online.
00:37:33Weapons access has been repatterned.
00:37:34Repatterned.
00:37:35Well, what is that, repatterned?
00:37:38It means we've got a problem.
00:37:40We've got a problem.
00:37:40Well, 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.
00:37:57Wait a minute.
00:37:58Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:37:59Matrix.
00:38:00Matrix.
00:38:00Use your medium-red sensors and get me the current status on Caliban 9.
00:38:04The planet Caliban 9 is currently experiencing a level 13 commentary fragment bombardment.
00:38:08Fine.
00:38:09Get me the height and the frequency of the thermonuclear impact plumes.
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.
00:38:19Aggie, I'm afraid you're going to get you a 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.
00:38:44Hey.
00:38:44No, no, no, no.
00:38:46Yes, Caliban 9 for the last week has been bombarded with the last pieces of an enormous
00:38:52comet, and I'm betting that Char doesn't have the equipment to predict the frequency of
00:38:58the impact explosion.
00:38:59So if we can lead him into that at just the right second.
00:39:02Sorenson, 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, Warlord?
00:39:18If thought goes in, we go in.
00:39:46Oh, man.
00:40:04Now, she's preaching.
00:40:06our escape window should be opening no now what i can feel it in handling there's another one
00:40:17coming now then pull away pull away
00:40:36we've just enough power to get clear of the planet word yes first we'll make repairs then we'll go
00:41:03after him well done citizen thor but you can't run forever
00:41:14all this firepower i have no idea how to make it work
00:41:22you know i know a guy an old friend from the aquila system hey guys next problem what's wrong
00:41:31i'm not sure the matrix is saying there's a small ship docked at one of our shuttle base
00:41:36what do you mean it's not the remora nope somebody else three life forms aboard
00:41:42you let somebody slip in here without noticing hey i kind of had my mind on other things
00:41:46what's the sense deck say same thing only one intruder's left their ship wait
00:41:55he's in the officer's quarters and he's playing with the nutricent nutricent
00:42:01hey who breaks into a rig like this just to raid the kitchen what i want to know is how it broke
00:42:09nobody's ever violated this vessel's security system
00:42:12come on come on i know you can make one search your memory banks it's got to be in there
00:42:22wally what do you think you're doing hey justin i had a feeling you were on this ship
00:42:29the stupid nutricent claims it can't make a gel in our supreme
00:42:34hmm that's more like it
00:42:41nice ship you got here pal justin
00:42:47who is that wally bryce the guy i was telling you about before
00:42:53how are you general sorenson maggie oh what an amazingly fortunate coincidence
00:42:58wait a minute how did you know our names don't ask
00:43:03what's the feeling i got i get them and i've had one for the last day or so
00:43:08about you just i can't shake it how did you get through the security systems
00:43:14wasn't easy they're good but i had a feeling hey
00:43:18knock it off with that with what you 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 as long as you're here wally
00:43:31you're putting it to work for us come on
00:43:33wait you're saying you're telepathic please i'm not telepathic i'm not psychic i'm not
00:43:42empathic come on wally do you have any idea of the garbage you have to deal with
00:43:45if people even think you're telepathic little old ladies who want to talk to their dead pets
00:43:49warlords who want to find out what their enemies are up to all right
00:43:53i just get fairly reliable feelings let's just leave it at that okay okay
00:43:59so what happened to nova anyway just gonna tell you wally okay fine sorry go ahead it's not
00:44:08like i do it on purpose you know there's no structural damage just the access reconfiguration
00:44:15figures the engineers didn't fix it they're pretty passive people don't like working with weapon
00:44:21systems but i ought to be able to ah there we go
00:44:29splendid very good work mr bryce don'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
00:44:47no he's got a point though like if you stayed aboard it would greatly improve our chances of
00:44:51getting nova back it's a big favor to ask wally we don't know who's got her or why there's bound
00:44:57to be trouble hey you 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 hey i guess i do what worries me is what you think
00:45:07you're going to do when you find her what do you mean well wherever she is you can't just go in
00:45:14there with all the cannon on a republican ship of the line blazing not if you expect to get her
00:45:19out of there alive you're going to need an arbitrator i bet you just happen to have one tucked away
00:45:24on your ship and they call me psychic yeah i met her in the aquila system her name's ruler core
00:45:33uh look no um arbitrators can't be trusted i mean arbitrators are diplomatic mercenaries
00:45:40now no i don't know i've seen some good ones work out some pretty ugly scenes and believe me
00:45:44this lady's the best i gave her a lift once to grapheus three and stick around to watch her work
00:45:50amazing that planet as you know has had one of the worst tribal wars around she took the two leaders
00:45:55aside and basically maneuvered them into a settlement i'm telling you justin if you have to place nova's
00:46:00life in an arbitrator's hands and i don't see any way around it then rule is the one
00:46:05all right all right what's taking her so long she's probably nervous nervous nervous
00:46:16about what did i say nervous you know justin what i meant what was wally what are you up to
00:46:26airlock secured
00:46:28well wally is this the client you mentioned this is him justin thorpe ruler core and her assistant
00:46:45johnna
00:46:46johnna's a zentrick i wouldn't try shaking hands with her unless you can afford to lose one
00:46:52ruler thanks for signing on i want you to know mr thorpe that professional interests aside
00:47:00i'm going to be making a special effort in this case oh why is that i know what it's like to lose
00:47:07a child and never find her again do you ruler it seems to me there's an obvious difference
00:47:16between losing a child and abandoning one i didn't come here to reopen old arguments with you
00:47:23what is this where's maggie maggie doesn't wish to see you don't don't even try that again
00:47:30maggie's old enough to speak for herself now ruler ruler wait
00:47:35hey hey wally so help me i'm look justin she's got a case listen to her side of the story i don't
00:47:45want to hear any stories you're a dead man justin they haven't seen each other in years and you do need
00:47:51you know
00:48:20I 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.
00:48:50I suppose I should have known something might happen one day.
00:48:57He was a soldier, after all, and a Republican loyalist.
00:49:00Pretty dangerous combination.
00:49:02And then he went off to the Baton-Catos War.
00:49:04And never came back.
00:49:07Nobody did from that war.
00:49:08The whole system's a neutron wasteland.
00:49:11And when he died, I don't know,
00:49:14I couldn't really handle having a little girl suddenly.
00:49:18I suppose I felt too much like one myself.
00:49:22I needed to go off and grow up.
00:49:24You know, just about everything you say starts with I.
00:49:28Have you ever noticed that?
00:49:31Some people have pointed it 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.
00:49:39You 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...
00:49:54Well, maybe I am.
00:49:55He can be so manipulative, Maggie.
00:49:57You don't know him the way I do.
00:49:59You'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.
00:50:14Isn'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.
00:50:25Disappear.
00:50:30Disappear.
00:50:33Oh.
00:50:34Chana, isn't it?
00:50:38Access forbidden to all outsiders.
00:50:40Is that right?
00:50:43Oh, access forbidden to me.
00:50:46Huh?
00:50:48Centrix.
00:50:50They're all sworn to silence, aren't they?
00:50:53Known throughout the galaxy.
00:50:56For your warlike prowess.
00:50:58Your fanatical loyalty.
00:51:00I 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?
00:51:23Well, don't worry, Father.
00:51:23You've done a first-class job in brainwashing her.
00:51:26She has no interest in talking to me.
00:51:28Try and make sure Maggie's okay, will you, Jenna?
00:51:37This has been pretty rough on her.
00:51:39Well, at least you don't talk.
00:51:55And if you don't talk...
00:51:57Then you can't lie.
00:52:00What the fuck?
00:52:21justin wake up what
00:52:32something's wrong something's happening where where i don't know that i have this feeling
00:52:42oh come on wally i'm worried sick about nova i haven't slept in days i finally
00:52:49i don't know who's worse you that old lunatic sorenson sorenson trust me what do you mean
00:52:57he's a sly old fox justin real tough to read got his own agenda that's for sure
00:53:03we need to worry about him i don't think so his heart's in the right place but he plays his card
00:53:12holy am i seeing that tell me i'm seeing that
00:53:23it's a planet
00:53:29sorenson everybody to the bridge now it's a planet it must have been cloaked
00:53:37oh my god what is that i don't know some kind of projection no it's up on all the sensors
00:53:53it's a planet a planet with no star well that's not possible there's only one group in the galaxy
00:54:00capable of it the engineers the engineers they're not kidnappers they don't even carry weapons
00:54:06maybe not but there's no other possible explanation and that is not good news
00:54:11why if 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
00:54:19an astute reading of the situation but your fears are ungrounded rulacore
00:54:27i know who we are it's even worse than i thought
00:54:30i am the shakla leader of the elders of the society of engineers
00:54:36and in their name i invite you to the surface of our world
00:54:40you will be our guests that is an honor that we have never bestowed on anyone
00:54:46so how come i don't feel so lucky if you know who we are then you know why we're here where's my
00:54:51sister she is with us justin thorpe with us and well and i may add anxious for your visit
00:54:59i believe your ship is equipped with a spatial transverse system
00:55:03yes of course it is if it's functional then we shall drop our defensive shields to allow its use
00:55:11and provide coordinates to your ship's matrix please accept our sincerest hospitality
00:55:17we just programmed the coordinates they gave us
00:55:32so how's that thing work what's it do to people
00:55:34nothing to people on early days they used to scramble human molecules and send them across space
00:55:38to be reassembled at another terminal but uh there were too many accidents
00:55:43so they started bending and folding the space we travel through instead much more reliable
00:55:49yeah i could do that myself it's better if i do the injecting
00:55:54i've had a lot of experience i bet you have
00:55:57ow
00:55:59i thought you said that wasn't gonna hurt
00:56:02i didn't say it wouldn't hurt i said i'd done it a lot
00:56:04i'm not crazy about having strange things in my head
00:56:07you really think you'll notice one more
00:56:09besides internal opticons aren't strange they're just unusual
00:56:14sort of a secret weapon i developed for negotiations
00:56:17gives us an edge to be able to send agents into a situation
00:56:20and then see and hear exactly what they see in here
00:56:23i still believe it's a big mistake to go down there unarmed don't you
00:56:26they didn't phrase it as a request father if we go down there with weapons all contact will be terminated
00:56:32and that'll kill any chance of getting nova out
00:56:35all right let's see if the implants work maggie
00:56:41can you read me got it
00:56:44are the others coming online
00:56:46yeah they're coming up now
00:56:49all right now you and jana keep the situation on close watch
00:56:52at the first sign of trouble get the osiris to a higher orbit
00:56:56maggie
00:56:56all 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
00:57:07do you want to be okay
00:57:10have been for the last 11 years
00:57:14remember
00:57:17these implants are receivers as well as transmitters so if you have any problem
00:57:21i won't
00:57:21all right
00:57:23we should be ready to start down
00:57:26well stay close justin if you move outside the transverse while it's active
00:57:42it could be most unpleasant
00:57:44well brave travellers
00:58:07you are welcome indeed
00:58:10i must say shaklan you're the most cordial kidnappers i've ever met
00:58:16kidnapping is an act of force
00:58:18nova thorpe came with us of her own free will
00:58:22then where is she now
00:58:23within
00:58:24and awaiting your arrival
00:58:26i i merely thought that before you see her you might wish to learn something of our customs
00:58:32our culture
00:58:33and our designs for the future
00:58:36it might help you to decide if we were right or wrong to bring nova here
00:58:42come
00:58:45our 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
00:59:03what's wrong
00:59:04all the bad guys are down on the planet
00:59:06or at least i thought they were
00:59:10let me put this up on the main screen
00:59:14oh great
00:59:20you better power up the deaf net jonna
00:59:24so as you have seen
00:59:43our society inspires in our citizens
00:59:46a respect for the rule of law
00:59:48you see in order for any system to work for one
00:59:52it must work for all
00:59:55but
00:59:59your people
01:00:00for your talk of progress and community
01:00:05there don't seem to be any emotional connection between them
01:00:09in fact
01:00:10there's no feeling of intimacy anywhere
01:00:13of course not
01:00:14on our home world we have eliminated all conflict
01:00:20can you imagine what that must be like
01:00:23in order to achieve that goal we had to eliminate the causes of conflict
01:00:28factionalism
01:00:29tribalism
01:00:30nationalism
01:00:31globalism
01:00:32families
01:00:33you started by eliminating families
01:00:36precisely
01:00:37mr thorpe
01:00:38what has forever been known as the family system is in fact the basic unit of all conflict
01:00:45either from within or when families form the building blocks of competing tribes nations worlds
01:00:52was it not just such factionalism that destroyed your beloved republic general sorenson
01:00:58well how do you bring it
01:01:00how do you perpetuate your race
01:01:02we are a race not of blood
01:01:05but of ideas
01:01:07thus all intimate physical contact between members of the engineer society is strictly forbidden
01:01:14our genetic experts are striving to perfect a method of single sex reproduction
01:01:20while advanced hormonal restructuring will eliminate any sense of gender identity
01:01:27in this way
01:01:29we shall eradicate
01:01:31even conflict
01:01:33between
01:01:34the sexes
01:01:36you're crazy
01:01:38no
01:01:40no it's not crazy justin
01:01:42the shock one's right
01:01:44nova
01:01:46nova are you okay
01:01:51why wouldn't i be
01:01:52did you really come with these people willingly
01:01:55of course
01:01:57it's an honor to be chosen for re-education
01:02:00i was the only one in our whole sector
01:02:02re-education
01:02:04we have not yet perfected our method of single sex reproduction
01:02:09until we do
01:02:11we perpetuate our race
01:02:13by taking in the most gifted children in the galaxy
01:02:16and allowing them to learn our ways
01:02:20so
01:02:21in the end you are just simple kidnappers
01:02:25they're not
01:02:26they're allowing me to learn and grow and be a part of a great society
01:02:30but nova we're family
01:02:32family
01:02:33like mom and dad who abandoned us
01:02:36families like that turned the galaxy into the place it is
01:02:40what have you done to her
01:02:42must we have done something for a child as gifted as your sister to see the obvious truth
01:02:48and your sister is gifted justin
01:02:50more gifted than any new member of our society in years
01:02:54gifted enough in all probability
01:02:56to one day be incorporated into the sublime plenum
01:03:00the what
01:03:01our highest authority
01:03:04yes
01:03:08of course
01:03:09it is decided
01:03:11so genuine
01:03:13so genuine is our desire
01:03:14to include you in our society
01:03:16that you shall be the first off-worlders
01:03:19to observe the miracle
01:03:20of the plenum
01:03:21justin the plenum
01:03:23it's such an honor
01:03:25nova
01:03:25i'm sorry shoplin
01:03:28shall i show them what i mean
01:03:30try to communicate with her justin
01:03:36she's exhibiting all the signs of narcon neural root patterning
01:03:39marine washing
01:03:40worse
01:03:42i'd say they'd actually been tampering with the characteristic structure for neural net
01:03:47the sublime plenum
01:03:49can you come over here?
01:03:49spin you the Probably
01:03:50best.
01:03:52A sublime plenum.
01:04:22Well, he's hailing us.
01:04:37Well, now, I knew Thorpe was desperate, but I didn't know he'd hide behind children.
01:04:43You want to fight? You'll see how much of a child I am.
01:04:47After all my years of conquering and pillaging, I'm to meet my end by being strangled with a diaper.
01:04:54Horrors. Where's Thorpe?
01:04:57He's not on board.
01:05:00Ah, what a pity. Because in that case, young lady, you're going to die alone.
01:05:06John, I divert auxiliary power to the deafness.
01:05:17I gotta figure out what to do.
01:05:25Honored ancestors.
01:05:26We have reached a determination. Despite their advanced age, they shall be granted inclusion into society.
01:05:37But they agree to be re-educated.
01:05:42Justin, they're going to let you stay.
01:05:45Yeah, well, before we go joining up, why don't you tell us what that thing is?
01:05:48Each conscious being has a unique pattern of synaptic pathways, which constitute his or her own life force, or what you might call a soul.
01:06:00We have found a way to transfer that pattern at the time of an individual's body death to other inert, organic tissues.
01:06:10Thus, the minds and thoughts of our greatest citizens are preserved indefinitely, to guide our actions.
01:06:19Spiritual immortality?
01:06:22He's lying.
01:06:24What?
01:06:25That inert mass of flesh he's talking about. It's alive. I can feel it.
01:06:30It's alive.
01:06:31It's a living host.
01:06:34And it's in pain.
01:06:35Do strangers agree to re-education?
01:06:42I'd like an answer to a question of my own, before we answer yours.
01:06:47It is permitted.
01:06:50All this activity, the great energy of your society, it obviously has some ultimate purpose.
01:06:55Could you tell us what that purpose is?
01:06:57Our most productive society in galactic history, its privacy must spread.
01:07:04We are at last able to let this process begin.
01:07:08I thought so. Galactic conquest.
01:07:12No, the core. Galactic liberation.
01:07:16An end to the strife that has plagued every civilization since the dawn of time.
01:07:23There'll be many worlds who won't join willingly.
01:07:25Those who resist will be compelled.
01:07:31Or enslaved, like this creature that houses your eternal souls.
01:07:36Let's be clear.
01:07:38I take it you're offering us a choice between re-education and termination, correct?
01:07:44No further options exist, given current factors.
01:07:49Then consider this.
01:07:51My three associates and I have been implanted with transmission devices that are linked to our ship.
01:07:57Even now, we're transmitting your words and your image over para-space waves to anyone in the galaxy capable of receiving them.
01:08:05How is this possible?
01:08:06Shut up.
01:08:08Revered ancestors, I...
01:08:11We...
01:08:12We did not think them so cunning.
01:08:16And we did not detect the devices.
01:08:18We also discovered that your repair team didn't reactivate our weapon systems.
01:08:22And we've done so ourselves.
01:08:24We can punch a hole through your planetary shields and transverse out of here whenever we like.
01:08:28Impossible!
01:08:29You need a demonstration very well, General.
01:08:34All right, Maggie.
01:08:36Fire starboard gun number one.
01:08:39Aim just outside the city.
01:08:42When ready, Maggie.
01:08:46Maggie?
01:08:48Where are you?
01:08:52So, the famed arbitrator's bluff.
01:08:55We are not quite so gullible.
01:08:58Take the strangers to the processing center.
01:09:03It ignores their transmission devices.
01:09:06And dispose of their primitive bodies.
01:09:11Justin, no!
01:09:13No more!
01:09:14No more!
01:09:15Forget her, Justinthorpe.
01:09:17We gave you a chance for survival.
01:09:20Because we thought you might be exceptional.
01:09:23But you are only lying barbarians.
01:09:26Remove them!
01:09:27John, I think we've got a link.
01:09:33Try patching it through.
01:09:38Hello?
01:09:38On the surface, wherever you are, can you hear me?
01:09:41Yes.
01:09:42Maggie, we're here.
01:09:43Where have you been?
01:09:44We have a slight problem here.
01:09:46It's Sean.
01:09:47He's attacking.
01:09:47And he won't leave without Justin.
01:09:49We could probably destroy his ship, but...
01:09:51Well, I've never actually killed anybody before.
01:09:55You say Sean wants Justin.
01:09:56Then you go right ahead, and you tell him exactly where Justin is.
01:10:00What?
01:10:01Nice.
01:10:01Just do it.
01:10:02There must be a genetic defect.
01:10:17His body is rejecting the hormones.
01:10:19That concept is mistaken.
01:10:28That concept is mistaken.
01:10:31That concept is mistaken.
01:10:33This is re-education.
01:10:37If you're going to kill me, you can kill me right here and now.
01:10:40But as long as I'm alive, you won't subject my sister to any more of that.
01:10:44You'll do as you're told, Thorne.
01:10:47Nova, I know it's hard.
01:10:49I know what they've done.
01:10:50But try to remember.
01:10:51We were family.
01:10:53Maybe not with the mother and father.
01:10:55But you and me, we've always come through for each other.
01:10:58Always.
01:10:59See?
01:11:05A bio-crystal.
01:11:07I got it for you that day at the archives, remember?
01:11:10But now we won't have enough food for the winter.
01:11:12We will.
01:11:13We will.
01:11:13Enough of this, Thorpe.
01:11:18What was that?
01:11:21I'm very sorry.
01:11:26But if you have a score to settle with, my friend Thorpe,
01:11:31you'll have to wait your turn.
01:11:32Maggie, fire on the section of the defense shield above the city.
01:11:58Try to maintain an opening long enough to transverse us out of here.
01:12:02Just in.
01:12:07Come on.
01:12:08Maggie's got an opening.
01:12:09We can move.
01:12:11Order our defensive forces to assemble and launch.
01:12:15You okay?
01:12:16Yes, thanks.
01:12:16Told you we don't have to worry about the old man.
01:12:20No!
01:12:21You will not take her!
01:12:23Just in!
01:12:27Just in!
01:12:28No!
01:12:38No!
01:12:39No!
01:12:40We said I'm going back down for her now.
01:12:42They have their shields are back up.
01:12:43Their ships are in the air and firing.
01:12:45I can't maintain the opening.
01:12:46They just keep clucking.
01:12:47I can't even see most of them.
01:12:49We have got to break off an hedgerope in space.
01:12:51We'd be a match for the squadron, but not a whole fleet.
01:12:54We're not leaving without her.
01:12:55I don't care what they send against us.
01:12:56We're going back, Thornton.
01:13:10Welcome.
01:13:11Good to have you back amongst us.
01:13:15I was afraid I'd given you a little too much.
01:13:19You shot me.
01:13:22Nothing else to do. You wouldn't let us leave.
01:13:25Even Sean had the sense to head for home when the engineer fleet appeared.
01:13:29Still no reply, General.
01:13:31I don't understand. You know, we're well within power space range.
01:13:33Nothing.
01:13:34Or range, or reply.
01:13:37Remember the Republican loyalists I told you about on Markham IV?
01:13:40You're not going to abandon my sister.
01:13:42We're not going to abandon your sister. We're going back for her.
01:13:44But I will not have this be a suicide mission.
01:13:46There's no one group can stand alone against the engineers.
01:13:51This has got to be a united galactic effort.
01:13:55Talking about reviving the Republic?
01:13:56Justin, give yourself a minute to think about this.
01:13:59People already understand the Republic.
01:14:01It's an idea you won't have to waste a lot of time explaining.
01:14:03Except to me.
01:14:04It probably fell apart, Wally.
01:14:07What makes you think it's not going to happen again?
01:14:09Yes.
01:14:11I've spent a lot of time thinking about that.
01:14:13Oh, really?
01:14:13Yes, really.
01:14:15There's a lot of truth in what you say.
01:14:18Towards the end, the leaders of the Republic may have become too remote.
01:14:22We should have had new blood.
01:14:23We failed to get it.
01:14:24Blood like yours.
01:14:25I must still be unconscious.
01:14:30And you two.
01:14:31You're on board with this.
01:14:35Maggie?
01:14:37You're actually asking for my opinion?
01:14:40You saved my butt twice in one week.
01:14:42I figure I can manage that.
01:14:43I think we can't go back for Nova without help.
01:14:52So what do we do now?
01:14:54We need a rallying point of some kind.
01:14:57Someone associated with the Republic that people want to follow.
01:15:01A name they can trust.
01:15:03And there's only one logical choice.
01:15:05The boy I told you about.
01:15:08The grandson of Junius Cabell.
01:15:13Finally, Markab 4.
01:15:15Granddad, it's Mashua.
01:15:17Put her on the screen.
01:15:19I repeat.
01:15:21Alexander, if it is you hailing us, stay away.
01:15:25Stay away.
01:15:26Mashua, what's happening?
01:15:28The entire planet.
01:15:30Surprise 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 approach.
01:15:39There are too many.
01:15:41We've come for the boy.
01:15:43Cabell.
01:15:44You've been Trajan.
01:15:46He hasn't been on this planet for years.
01:15:48I thought you knew.
01:15:49The plan for the Republic.
01:15:52Trajan rejected everything about the Republic since he grew up.
01:15:56He called all of us sentimental fools.
01:16:00He stole a ship.
01:16:03He changed his name.
01:16:05And he went off.
01:16:07Where?
01:16:07I don't know.
01:16:09But he calls himself Sean now.
01:16:13Alexander?
01:16:14Enoch, Sean.
01:16:15Mashua!
01:16:16Fire intensifying.
01:16:19We lost our ship.
01:16:22Mashua!
01:16:24Mashua!
01:16:25Wally, reestablish contact with Markab 4.
01:16:27There's no sign of life on Markab 4.
01:16:35They got here first.
01:16:37The engineers?
01:16:39Who else can build ships that can fire even while cloaked?
01:16:43All right, Maggie.
01:16:46Get us out of here before they realize we're in the area.
01:16:48Now!
01:16:49But what course?
01:16:50Caliban 6.
01:16:52Justin.
01:16:54What?
01:16:55So what if this Cabell descendant is Enoch Sean?
01:16:57He's still the only hope you got.
01:16:59He knows what the engineers are up to.
01:17:01We'll just meet with him and make him see reason.
01:17:04Make Enoch Sean see reason?
01:17:05Does that mean you agree?
01:17:11You agree to go along with the plan?
01:17:14I'm not so stupid I don't get your point, Sorensen.
01:17:16I'll get you Enoch.
01:17:17Enoch will get you the loyalists and their ships, and we go back for my sister.
01:17:21Well, what makes you think he'll meet with us?
01:17:23He won't meet with us.
01:17:24He'll meet with me, and it won't be to talk.
01:17:27I just hope I can get my point across before he kills me.
01:17:32Well, well, well.
01:17:34Citizen Thor.
01:17:34You got here quickly.
01:17:39The Osiris is certainly a remarkable ship.
01:17:41I must say, I'm going to make good use of her.
01:17:45After I've killed you, I mean.
01:17:49Are you going to kill me, Sean?
01:17:51Or should I call you Trajan Cabell?
01:17:56Ooh.
01:17:58Been doing a little detective work now, have we?
01:18:03That knowledge will die with you.
01:18:04I trust you've abided by our agreement to come unarmed?
01:18:08Yes.
01:18:09Good.
01:18:10Because I haven't.
01:18:14I 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 are up to.
01:18:23And when they come to Caliban 6, I'll fight them!
01:18:29You're loose.
01:18:30Well, what other choice is there?
01:18:32Not the Republic.
01:18:34You could be the new pro-castle.
01:18:36Tempting, but I'm afraid not.
01:18:38People like you and me have no place in a world like that, Thorpe.
01:18:41We're fighters.
01:18:42Survivors!
01:18:43But you're family!
01:18:50You don't imagine I ever knew my family, do you?
01:18:52The people who raised you, Sean.
01:18:54What about them?
01:18:56They're dead, murdered by the engineers.
01:18:57A desperate and pathetic boy, Thorpe!
01:19:00You don't even know who those people are!
01:19:03Don't I?
01:19:03The old woman, Moshua?
01:19:06I'm warning you, Thorpe.
01:19:07Don't go on with this.
01:19:09We saw the engineers kill them.
01:19:20Does that mean anything to you?
01:19:24Yes.
01:19:29Doesn't matter of fact, it does.
01:19:34She never asked for the job of bringing me up any more than I asked to have her.
01:19:39But she never objected, never complained.
01:19:44I always felt a little bad about not saying goodbye.
01:19:50You say they destroyed the entire surface of the planet.
01:19:52Totally.
01:19:54Some advanced form of antimatter radiation.
01:19:59You have a strategy, I suppose, Sorensen.
01:20:04Yes.
01:20:05They'll hit the planets that were Republican centers first.
01:20:08We'll beat them to the punch.
01:20:10Then we'll organize those worlds and get them on our side.
01:20:14Oh, this wonderful Republican technology.
01:20:19And that's our strategy.
01:20:22Beat them to the punch.
01:20:24Well, not a bad one at that.
01:20:29Oh, sir, I take it you do agree.
01:20:33What about you, Thorpe?
01:20:36What's your role to be?
01:20:38My job's done.
01:20:40I'm going back for my sister.
01:20:42With what weapons, if I may ask?
01:20:45According to the general here, once word spreads that you've signed on, there's going to be a whole fleet of Republican ships.
01:20:51Not the squadron Benador put together.
01:20:57So, Sorensen, you've tricked our friend Thorpe.
01:21:02What do you mean tricked?
01:21:03What's he talking about?
01:21:05Well, I do think you might be honest with the man, Sorensen.
01:21:08Justin, the ships I wanted were part of an organized Republican squadron.
01:21:14It took years to assemble.
01:21:17But they were on Mar Cab 4.
01:21:19They were obliterated.
01:21:20What?
01:21:23You knew that before I went down there.
01:21:25You lied to me.
01:21:33It had to be that way.
01:21:35If I'd given you a choice, you would have turned me down.
01:21:38You used me.
01:21:40Justin?
01:21:41Justin, we need you.
01:21:43We even need Sean.
01:21:45If I may, Sorensen.
01:21:47What?
01:21:48Thorpe and I understand each other.
01:21:51In a way.
01:21:55Oh, Justin, how are you?
01:21:57I love you.
01:21:59Why are you making me jealous?
01:22:03Can I get a biocrystal?
01:22:07What else did I say?
01:22:09Coming back up.
01:22:11No, what do I do?
01:22:13The bridge is awfully empty without a leader, Thorpe.
01:22:18Well, I always told you you had potential.
01:22:21I just didn't think it would fulfill itself in circumstances like these.
01:22:26Was there already when, General, too many on board?
01:22:30Who?
01:22:33Sorensen?
01:22:35His day's passed, and 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 being pro-consul without having to act like one.
01:22:50No, I'll stay aboard the Daedalus.
01:22:57Oh.
01:23:00Your sister got the looks as well as the brains.
01:23:04Genetics can be so unfair.
01:23:07You know as well as I do, the old man's right.
01:23:10I love you.
01:23:11If you ever hope to see your sister again, you'll have to let go of her for now.
01:23:16Face the bigger problem first.
01:23:18If you try and go back, they'll kill you.
01:23:22Assemble a new force.
01:23:23She has a prayer.
01:23:28And you?
01:23:30Me.
01:23:32Well, I will say this.
01:23:35We all may survive if the engineers have their way.
01:23:38But there won't be much point in living.
01:23:41I know.
01:23:42And I know you know.
01:23:49Now.
01:23:53Get back to that bridge.
01:24:10Warlord.
01:24:12You're not serious about all this.
01:24:14This Republic business, are you?
01:24:18I'm not sure.
01:24:20The situation does have possibilities.
01:24:24But what will the rest of us do?
01:24:28Do?
01:24:31You will follow my orders as always.
01:24:35Now get back to the ship.
01:24:42There are ghosts aboard this great vessel.
01:25:01It's all right.
01:25:02I'm sorry.
01:25:03I'm sorry.
01:25:09Just for future reference, you won't be needing tricks anymore.
01:25:16Deal.
01:25:16Deal.
01:25:16There's a chair on this bridge that nobody sat in for many years.
01:25:27I think you should see how it feels.
01:25:31You're going to be spending a lot of time in it.
01:25:33What was the closest Republican senator to Marquette for in the old days?
01:25:50Gamma Valorum.
01:25:51Maggie?
01:25:53Maggie?
01:25:57Leanna Korf.
01:25:58You got it.
01:25:59But if you think you're getting a yes, sir, out of me.
01:26:04As Sorensen had said, the job before us was almost overwhelming.
01:26:19The engineers had spent years getting ready, and we were scrambling for countermoves,
01:26:23making them up as we went along.
01:26:25We'd have to plan a campaign, rebuild our technological systems, negotiate allies,
01:26:35and train a new generation to fight for a set of ideals that most people believed were dead.
01:26:41Ideals that had brought one of the galaxy's most dangerous warlords face to face with his past,
01:26:46and with his destiny.
01:26:49And the image of the one we'd been forced to leave behind would never leave our thoughts for very long.
01:26:55In some ways, success seemed impossible.
01:26:58But we had something the engineers could never have.
01:27:02The trust of friends who had already risked everything for each other,
01:27:06who were bound by just the kind of ties that the engineers were trying to destroy.
01:27:14As for whether or not we made it,
01:27:16in the end, that's the story these chronicles will tell.
01:27:25It's been a really long date.
01:27:27I know that that's the work that's in turn.
01:27:28I saw the crap that we did do today now.
01:27:29You're going to play back in all different segments where you manage to answer the question.
01:27:30The answer is, is that it's a mystery or maybe not to act.
01:27:32So that's the right of your mission for the ability to help you to not reduce your DNA grow.
01:27:34That's why you end up with a shift in the magic könnte.
01:27:38That's why IAcaddi turned around the best way to the operation of the NPCs,
01:27:39and that's why I трone itself raises it some harder.
01:27:43I think about some time of my souls were to ask,
01:27:44it's to really contain a human endurance prim ziehen analogy.
01:27:48So I think it's really hard to do with making the shadows and what look at my soi
01:27:48Phot Direauto.
01:27:49There's to be so healthy that decisively.

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