1 00:00:19,652 --> 00:00:22,622 Well, I agree, trance, but this much I know... 2 00:00:22,722 --> 00:00:24,957 first contact missions are tricky, 3 00:00:25,058 --> 00:00:26,793 but they can be a lot of fun. 4 00:00:26,893 --> 00:00:28,628 Until they freak out when they see us. 5 00:00:28,728 --> 00:00:30,130 Nobody's freaking out. 6 00:00:30,230 --> 00:00:31,764 We'll do it by the book. 7 00:00:31,865 --> 00:00:34,967 Besides, based on their mayday that we intercepted, 8 00:00:35,068 --> 00:00:37,070 they've got bigger fears than seeing us. 9 00:00:37,170 --> 00:00:38,638 Have you decided what you're going to say 10 00:00:38,738 --> 00:00:39,839 to calm them down? 11 00:00:39,939 --> 00:00:42,209 Oh, you know me with my speeches... 12 00:00:42,309 --> 00:00:43,676 But I was thinking, 13 00:00:43,776 --> 00:00:46,879 "ladies and gentlemen of the planet savion, 14 00:00:46,979 --> 00:00:48,915 "I know that you're all terribly worried 15 00:00:49,015 --> 00:00:50,950 that a giant space creature..." 16 00:00:51,050 --> 00:00:52,919 the Cetus. 17 00:00:53,019 --> 00:00:54,187 "The Cetus, 18 00:00:54,288 --> 00:00:55,688 "will arrive and eat part of your planet, 19 00:00:55,788 --> 00:00:57,491 "but, hey, don't sweat it. 20 00:00:57,591 --> 00:00:59,559 You're all worked up over an age-old superstition." 21 00:00:59,659 --> 00:01:00,827 Not bad. 22 00:01:00,927 --> 00:01:02,762 I know. I'm not good at giving speeches. 23 00:01:02,862 --> 00:01:05,932 You know, their tech must be fairly young. 24 00:01:06,032 --> 00:01:07,667 Their mayday was sent by radio signal. 25 00:01:07,767 --> 00:01:10,404 Well, then, they may not even have space travel yet. 26 00:01:10,503 --> 00:01:12,505 That's a good point. 27 00:01:12,605 --> 00:01:14,308 Scan the planet 28 00:01:14,408 --> 00:01:16,609 for a detailed survey of its geophysical properties. 29 00:01:16,710 --> 00:01:18,178 Also, collect and analyze 30 00:01:18,278 --> 00:01:20,647 all radio transmissions they've sent 31 00:01:20,747 --> 00:01:21,814 over the last 50 years. 32 00:01:21,915 --> 00:01:23,282 How do we get people 33 00:01:23,383 --> 00:01:24,951 to stop believing in a myth 34 00:01:25,051 --> 00:01:26,453 they've believed in for centuries? 35 00:01:26,553 --> 00:01:27,720 By getting them to believe in that other myth. 36 00:01:27,820 --> 00:01:28,722 What's that? 37 00:01:28,822 --> 00:01:29,722 The one about the high guard captain 38 00:01:29,822 --> 00:01:31,491 flying around the universe, 39 00:01:31,591 --> 00:01:33,960 making allies, restoring the commonwealth. 40 00:01:34,060 --> 00:01:35,828 I don't think they'll ever believe in that one. 41 00:01:48,074 --> 00:01:49,509 [ Plays swing music ] 42 00:01:49,609 --> 00:01:51,310 O-pah! 43 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:57,584 Come on, beka. Dance with me. 44 00:01:57,684 --> 00:01:59,953 Friends don't let friends drive and polka. 45 00:02:00,053 --> 00:02:01,521 Polka? Polka! 46 00:02:01,621 --> 00:02:03,055 Watch it, or I'll polka you. 47 00:02:03,156 --> 00:02:05,492 That's called swing-a, baby. 48 00:02:05,592 --> 00:02:06,959 All the old hep cats on earth 49 00:02:07,059 --> 00:02:08,362 were doing it, 50 00:02:08,462 --> 00:02:09,328 and you know what? 51 00:02:09,429 --> 00:02:10,797 It's a lot like love. 52 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,433 It's, uh, much better with a partner. 53 00:02:13,533 --> 00:02:14,801 Great. 54 00:02:14,901 --> 00:02:17,737 You know what? Go over there. 55 00:02:17,837 --> 00:02:20,240 How about you, rommie? 56 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:22,108 Care to, uh, live a little? 57 00:02:22,209 --> 00:02:24,911 How about giving me the honor of this do-Si-do? 58 00:02:25,011 --> 00:02:26,846 Thank you, harper, 59 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:28,448 but my attentions are currently focused 60 00:02:28,548 --> 00:02:30,183 on carrying out dylan's order... 61 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:32,219 search this system's outer rim for the Cetus. 62 00:02:32,319 --> 00:02:34,754 And if we have to, kill it. 63 00:02:34,854 --> 00:02:36,289 Oh, sure, a fairy-tale space beast 64 00:02:36,390 --> 00:02:38,057 takes precedence over my invitation. 65 00:02:38,157 --> 00:02:39,526 As a warship, 66 00:02:39,626 --> 00:02:41,961 I'm not optimally programmed for aesthetic distinctions. 67 00:02:42,061 --> 00:02:43,896 However, I'd have to say 68 00:02:43,997 --> 00:02:45,599 this music is not my taste. 69 00:02:47,266 --> 00:02:49,569 All right, why is this music on? 70 00:02:49,669 --> 00:02:51,471 Because I can't play it when dylan's here, 71 00:02:51,571 --> 00:02:52,806 which is always. 72 00:02:52,906 --> 00:02:54,173 He hates it. 73 00:02:54,274 --> 00:02:55,808 Then I'm torn 74 00:02:55,908 --> 00:02:58,044 between clapping my hands to applaud dylan's good taste 75 00:02:58,144 --> 00:03:00,113 and clapping my hands 76 00:03:00,213 --> 00:03:02,048 over both of your ears 77 00:03:02,148 --> 00:03:03,583 to simulate the pain you cause me. 78 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:05,985 Hey, kids, it's just three days until Dylan gets back. 79 00:03:06,085 --> 00:03:09,623 And why is our hero responding 80 00:03:09,723 --> 00:03:12,158 to some minor planet's irrational panic 81 00:03:12,259 --> 00:03:13,926 over some mythical creature 82 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:14,761 when there are far more real threats 83 00:03:14,861 --> 00:03:15,962 in known space? 84 00:03:16,062 --> 00:03:17,230 I know. 85 00:03:17,330 --> 00:03:19,031 We may as well be hunting for bighand. 86 00:03:19,131 --> 00:03:19,799 Bigfoot. 87 00:03:19,899 --> 00:03:22,335 Whatever. 88 00:03:22,436 --> 00:03:25,404 Or the dreaded "snarkasaurus" of qualles four. 89 00:03:25,505 --> 00:03:28,442 After two years, you should know that this is what Dylan does. 90 00:03:28,542 --> 00:03:29,942 He helps worlds 91 00:03:30,043 --> 00:03:32,712 that can't necessarily return the favor. 92 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:36,215 Very well. Let him pursue their myths. 93 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:37,283 I'll consider this a much-needed respite 94 00:03:37,383 --> 00:03:38,017 from the real threats, 95 00:03:38,117 --> 00:03:39,686 like your music. 96 00:03:41,921 --> 00:03:43,723 [ Turns music off ] 97 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:45,157 Hey, what are you doing? I was listening to that. 98 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:47,393 And I'm listening to this. 99 00:03:47,494 --> 00:03:51,063 [ Echoes pulsating ] 100 00:03:52,466 --> 00:03:53,667 It's from an unidentified object 101 00:03:53,767 --> 00:03:55,535 approximately four light-minutes out. 102 00:03:55,635 --> 00:03:57,837 Then identify it. Launch sensor drones. 103 00:03:57,937 --> 00:03:59,872 Aye. 104 00:03:59,972 --> 00:04:02,108 According to this data, 105 00:04:02,208 --> 00:04:04,143 their society still uses digital clocks 106 00:04:04,243 --> 00:04:05,144 and combustion engines. 107 00:04:05,244 --> 00:04:07,246 Their technology's archaic. 108 00:04:07,346 --> 00:04:10,049 Huh. Savion's a clean slate. 109 00:04:10,149 --> 00:04:11,050 With a lot of potential. 110 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:12,452 They might even become 111 00:04:12,552 --> 00:04:13,920 an important part of the universe. 112 00:04:14,020 --> 00:04:15,454 You say that like you know. 113 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:17,557 I know when some things are worth saving. 114 00:04:21,294 --> 00:04:23,162 Dylan... 115 00:04:23,262 --> 00:04:25,932 The planet. 116 00:04:29,502 --> 00:04:32,004 What the hell did that? 117 00:04:32,105 --> 00:04:33,873 I don't recognize the rad signatures. 118 00:04:33,973 --> 00:04:35,775 'Cause the radiation's off the freakin' charts. 119 00:04:35,875 --> 00:04:37,677 It's lit up 120 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:39,245 like a casino drift on new year's eve. 121 00:04:39,345 --> 00:04:41,247 I'm getting a composite image from my sensor returns. 122 00:04:41,347 --> 00:04:45,952 Visuals. Let's meet our stranger. 123 00:04:50,890 --> 00:04:52,459 The Cetus... 124 00:04:52,559 --> 00:04:54,827 Was supposed to be a myth. 125 00:04:59,032 --> 00:05:02,669 I think it just came true. 126 00:05:05,104 --> 00:05:07,540 He is the last guardian of a fallen civilization, 127 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:09,676 a hero from another time. 128 00:05:09,776 --> 00:05:11,377 Faced with a universe in chaos, 129 00:05:11,477 --> 00:05:13,079 Dylan hunt recruits an unlikely crew 130 00:05:13,179 --> 00:05:15,982 and sets out to reunite the galaxies. 131 00:05:16,082 --> 00:05:19,318 On the starship Andromeda, hope lives again. 132 00:06:01,895 --> 00:06:04,997 Is it the Cetus? 133 00:06:05,098 --> 00:06:06,866 My databank contains 10,000 years 134 00:06:06,966 --> 00:06:08,367 of commonwealth history, 135 00:06:08,467 --> 00:06:10,369 and no one's ever seen anything like this. 136 00:06:10,469 --> 00:06:12,305 Or lived to tell about it. 137 00:06:12,405 --> 00:06:14,007 What do the sensors say? 138 00:06:14,106 --> 00:06:16,342 Well, I can't tell you its mass, nor what Powers it. 139 00:06:16,442 --> 00:06:17,877 Do your sensors tell you 140 00:06:17,977 --> 00:06:18,645 whether it's the planet eater? 141 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:19,712 No, 142 00:06:19,812 --> 00:06:21,413 but that would be my guess. 143 00:06:21,514 --> 00:06:22,882 Mine, too. 144 00:06:22,982 --> 00:06:24,851 Rommie, contact Dylan. Transmit our data. 145 00:06:24,951 --> 00:06:26,218 Transmitting, 146 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:27,921 but Dylan is 44 light-minutes out. 147 00:06:28,021 --> 00:06:31,423 We won't get a response for 90 minutes. 148 00:06:31,524 --> 00:06:33,292 I can imagine what he'd say in the meantime. 149 00:06:33,392 --> 00:06:35,161 Yeah. "Don't let the Cetus eat us." 150 00:06:35,261 --> 00:06:38,164 There's got to be a good explanation 151 00:06:38,264 --> 00:06:39,498 for those scars. 152 00:06:39,598 --> 00:06:40,900 How about the myth? 153 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:42,869 The Cetus returns every 6,270 years 154 00:06:42,969 --> 00:06:44,937 to take a bite, 155 00:06:45,037 --> 00:06:47,240 and I'd say the next one will eat the planet whole. 156 00:06:47,339 --> 00:06:48,808 I'm not ready to give up on science. 157 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,710 I want to analyze the geological history 158 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:52,545 of that planet. 159 00:06:52,645 --> 00:06:54,280 We'll find the answer. 160 00:06:54,380 --> 00:06:56,049 It didn't answer our hail. 161 00:06:56,148 --> 00:06:57,250 Then it's not a ship, 162 00:06:57,349 --> 00:06:58,451 or it doesn't speak our language. 163 00:06:58,551 --> 00:07:00,820 Well, let's stay out of its way, or attack it, 164 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,022 but let's not sit here making idle chitchat. 165 00:07:03,122 --> 00:07:05,324 Tyr, you know dylan's protocol. We talk first, kill later. 166 00:07:05,424 --> 00:07:06,292 Yeah, well, dylan's not here. 167 00:07:06,392 --> 00:07:07,459 I say we skip step one 168 00:07:07,560 --> 00:07:08,695 and proceed directly 169 00:07:08,795 --> 00:07:10,529 to step "save our freakin' butts." 170 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,699 I agree. We don't even know if it's sentient. 171 00:07:12,799 --> 00:07:14,533 We do know it's on a trajectory for the planet. 172 00:07:14,634 --> 00:07:16,035 Plot an intercept. 173 00:07:16,135 --> 00:07:17,103 What? 174 00:07:17,203 --> 00:07:18,638 Get in front of it. 175 00:07:18,738 --> 00:07:20,239 [ Dylan ]: The planet's scars don't correspond 176 00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:21,908 to the tectonic plate boundaries. 177 00:07:22,008 --> 00:07:23,242 This wasn't caused by earthquakes 178 00:07:23,342 --> 00:07:24,977 or volcanic activity. 179 00:07:25,077 --> 00:07:26,112 Or meteors. 180 00:07:26,212 --> 00:07:28,114 At least, not any meteors that I've seen. 181 00:07:28,214 --> 00:07:30,316 I guess we didn't find our answer. 182 00:07:30,416 --> 00:07:31,784 Oh, we found our answer. 183 00:07:31,884 --> 00:07:33,519 None of the above. 184 00:07:33,619 --> 00:07:37,156 What's the radiometric dating of those scars? 185 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:39,993 They're about 6,270 years apart. 186 00:07:40,093 --> 00:07:41,727 Just like the myth. 187 00:07:41,828 --> 00:07:43,095 How long ago was the most recent one? 188 00:07:43,196 --> 00:07:45,364 6,270 years ago, 189 00:07:45,464 --> 00:07:47,700 give or take. 190 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,302 Then whatever it is, we're due for another visit. 191 00:07:52,338 --> 00:07:55,608 So, are we finished playing "what would Dylan do?" 192 00:07:55,708 --> 00:07:57,343 Fire a warning shot. 193 00:08:01,747 --> 00:08:03,149 No reaction. 194 00:08:03,249 --> 00:08:04,383 It's still headed directly toward us. 195 00:08:05,684 --> 00:08:07,253 I guess Mr. Cetus doesn't speak "warning shot." 196 00:08:07,353 --> 00:08:10,189 Perhaps he parleys "full missile barrage." 197 00:08:10,289 --> 00:08:12,558 Parley away, tyr. This bogey is hostile. 198 00:08:12,659 --> 00:08:14,794 Target its vulnerable spots. 199 00:08:14,894 --> 00:08:16,328 It does have vulnerable spots, right? 200 00:08:16,429 --> 00:08:18,031 Beats me. 201 00:08:18,131 --> 00:08:19,098 Beats me? 202 00:08:19,198 --> 00:08:20,266 Two words 203 00:08:20,366 --> 00:08:22,068 I never expected to hear from a warship 204 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:23,336 with a brain your size. 205 00:08:23,435 --> 00:08:24,203 All right, then. 206 00:08:24,303 --> 00:08:25,571 Let's just throw what we've got 207 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:27,439 and see where it sticks. 208 00:08:32,011 --> 00:08:34,380 It consumed our missiles. 209 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,681 At least we know what it eats for breakfast. 210 00:08:35,781 --> 00:08:37,449 Rommie, did we damage it at all? 211 00:08:37,549 --> 00:08:38,718 I'm still too far away to tell. 212 00:08:38,818 --> 00:08:41,120 I can't even tell you if it's sentient. 213 00:08:41,220 --> 00:08:42,521 All right, go in closer. 214 00:08:42,621 --> 00:08:44,190 Hit it with an a.P. Burst and laser barrage. 215 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:52,331 What are you thinking? 216 00:08:52,431 --> 00:08:54,767 It looks like I'll need a new speech. 217 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:56,368 Like what? 218 00:08:56,469 --> 00:08:58,004 Well, how about this... 219 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,039 "ladies and gentlemen of the planet savion, 220 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:02,742 "there might be something to your myth, 221 00:09:02,842 --> 00:09:04,177 "but don't worry. 222 00:09:04,276 --> 00:09:06,012 "The most powerful starship in the universe 223 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:09,048 is out there somewhere, protecting you." 224 00:09:09,148 --> 00:09:12,551 Oh, that's great. 225 00:09:12,651 --> 00:09:14,420 Now all you have to do is convince yourself. 226 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:15,854 Andromeda is strong, trance, 227 00:09:15,955 --> 00:09:18,091 but if the Cetus can do that to a planet... 228 00:09:18,191 --> 00:09:20,026 Incoming message from the Andromeda. 229 00:09:20,126 --> 00:09:21,660 The lag time is 44 minutes. 230 00:09:21,760 --> 00:09:23,429 Put it through. 231 00:09:23,529 --> 00:09:25,531 We've made active contact with the Cetus. 232 00:09:25,631 --> 00:09:27,033 The thing is no myth. 233 00:09:27,133 --> 00:09:28,735 It's real, and it's headed toward the planet. 234 00:09:28,835 --> 00:09:31,704 We'll try to hail it, and then see what happens. 235 00:09:31,804 --> 00:09:33,205 Andromeda, this is Dylan. 236 00:09:33,306 --> 00:09:34,774 Code black. 237 00:09:34,874 --> 00:09:37,876 Exercise extreme caution. Repeat, extreme caution. 238 00:09:37,977 --> 00:09:39,012 Stay outside combat radius. 239 00:09:39,111 --> 00:09:40,213 Dylan out. 240 00:09:40,312 --> 00:09:42,014 Because of the signal lag, 241 00:09:42,115 --> 00:09:42,982 they won't get that message for... 242 00:09:43,082 --> 00:09:45,617 I know, I know. Signal lag. 243 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:47,954 I hate physics. 244 00:09:48,054 --> 00:09:51,057 You know what? 245 00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:52,725 We're going back. 246 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:55,694 I just hope 44 minutes isn't too late. 247 00:10:04,938 --> 00:10:07,340 Did the sensor drones detect any reaction to our missiles? 248 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,075 Not yet. 249 00:10:09,175 --> 00:10:10,543 All right. 250 00:10:10,643 --> 00:10:13,746 Tell me when they're inside two light-seconds. 251 00:10:13,846 --> 00:10:16,149 We'll stay put at four light-seconds. 252 00:10:16,249 --> 00:10:18,918 When will your drones tell us whether it's alive? 253 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:20,920 If we had a really long stick, we could poke it in the eye. 254 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:22,655 If it blinks, it's alive. 255 00:10:22,755 --> 00:10:24,157 It has no eye, 256 00:10:24,257 --> 00:10:28,227 nor, so far as we can tell, any vulnerable areas. 257 00:10:28,327 --> 00:10:29,095 It's got to have something. 258 00:10:29,195 --> 00:10:31,330 Do the drones see anything yet? 259 00:10:31,430 --> 00:10:33,932 They're within two light... 260 00:10:34,033 --> 00:10:35,667 it ate my drones! 261 00:10:37,303 --> 00:10:38,171 Radiation's way up. 262 00:10:38,271 --> 00:10:40,006 Battle stations! 263 00:10:40,106 --> 00:10:41,640 Andromeda, get us the hell out of here. 264 00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:43,242 Hard 180. 265 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,295 [ Alarm beeping ] 266 00:11:26,552 --> 00:11:29,388 Auxiliary power. 267 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:32,558 Rommie, status. 268 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:34,593 Rommie? 269 00:11:34,693 --> 00:11:36,595 I don't know. 270 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:37,830 You don't know? 271 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:41,700 Give her a break, would you, tyr? 272 00:11:41,800 --> 00:11:43,836 Functions... Overloading. 273 00:11:48,274 --> 00:11:51,844 All her applications are under simultaneous assault. 274 00:11:51,944 --> 00:11:52,778 Can you at least contact Dylan? 275 00:11:52,879 --> 00:11:55,948 Maru... 276 00:11:56,048 --> 00:11:56,815 Mayday. 277 00:11:56,916 --> 00:11:59,552 Mayday. 278 00:11:59,651 --> 00:12:00,186 Mayday. 279 00:12:00,286 --> 00:12:02,321 I don't know. 280 00:12:06,092 --> 00:12:08,160 We engaged the bogey with 20 gigatons of warheads. 281 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:09,628 No reaction. 282 00:12:09,728 --> 00:12:12,398 We're going to go in closer and hit it with energy weapons. 283 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:13,799 Andromeda out. 284 00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,402 That was 38 minutes ago. 285 00:12:16,502 --> 00:12:18,404 Do you think they went in too far? 286 00:12:18,504 --> 00:12:20,139 No. 287 00:12:20,239 --> 00:12:22,408 Until their sensor drones identified target areas, 288 00:12:22,508 --> 00:12:24,743 they stayed outside the combat radius, 289 00:12:24,843 --> 00:12:27,379 probably four light-seconds. 290 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,615 How do you know that? 291 00:12:29,715 --> 00:12:32,285 Because that's what I would do. 292 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,621 One more second. 293 00:12:35,721 --> 00:12:37,456 Got it. 294 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:41,827 My power's back on-line. 295 00:12:41,927 --> 00:12:45,931 Great. All ahead full, maximum force. 296 00:12:47,399 --> 00:12:48,600 Oh! 297 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:52,338 It's not working. 298 00:12:52,438 --> 00:12:53,705 External pressure is increasing. 299 00:12:53,805 --> 00:12:55,441 Power down. 300 00:12:55,541 --> 00:12:56,842 The harder we push, 301 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,677 the tighter it seems to clamp down, 302 00:12:58,777 --> 00:12:59,945 like inertial restraints. 303 00:13:00,045 --> 00:13:01,413 I suggest we try copious explosives. 304 00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:05,351 Go for it. 305 00:13:06,885 --> 00:13:09,955 Full offensive salvo. 306 00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:11,457 Firing! 307 00:13:31,210 --> 00:13:33,745 We haven't picked up any more transmissions 308 00:13:33,845 --> 00:13:35,747 from Andromeda. 309 00:13:35,847 --> 00:13:37,183 Dylan? 310 00:13:39,252 --> 00:13:41,154 If we're supposed to be saving the planet, 311 00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:42,688 why did we turn around 312 00:13:42,788 --> 00:13:44,690 to save the Andromeda instead? 313 00:13:44,790 --> 00:13:47,693 Because Andromeda 314 00:13:47,793 --> 00:13:50,229 is that planet's first and last line of defense. 315 00:13:50,329 --> 00:13:52,264 If it falls, so will savion. 316 00:13:52,365 --> 00:13:56,268 But if the Cetus eats the Andromeda 317 00:13:56,369 --> 00:13:57,703 and gets filled, 318 00:13:57,803 --> 00:13:59,805 wouldn't that save the planet? 319 00:13:59,905 --> 00:14:04,643 That might save the planet, 320 00:14:04,743 --> 00:14:08,080 but we would lose the universe. 321 00:14:22,561 --> 00:14:23,862 Fabricating 322 00:14:23,962 --> 00:14:25,931 molecular crew plasma...Plasma leaks. 323 00:14:26,031 --> 00:14:28,634 Sequence monitoring waste reclamation bots...bots. 324 00:14:28,734 --> 00:14:30,569 Environmental systems failure...Failure. 325 00:14:30,669 --> 00:14:32,571 Initiating autochef...Autochef. 326 00:14:32,671 --> 00:14:33,805 Harper, 327 00:14:33,905 --> 00:14:35,774 what's her problem? 328 00:14:35,874 --> 00:14:37,843 Simulation... Deploying ramscoop... 329 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:40,679 Outer airlock rupture... 330 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,551 She can't disconnect from the core a.I. 331 00:14:45,651 --> 00:14:46,819 It's dumping 332 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:48,220 trillions of information bits into her. 333 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,688 Are we on-line? 334 00:14:49,788 --> 00:14:51,423 Look at her. 335 00:14:51,523 --> 00:14:53,925 What do you think? 336 00:14:54,026 --> 00:14:56,662 She wasn't built to be eaten by a giant space creature. 337 00:14:56,762 --> 00:14:58,764 Neither was I. 338 00:14:58,864 --> 00:15:00,566 Look, she's got god knows what poison 339 00:15:00,666 --> 00:15:02,401 eating away at her a.I. 340 00:15:02,501 --> 00:15:04,837 And burning through her entire outer body, 341 00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:06,338 all because you dumped a full payload of missiles 342 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:07,173 on top of her skin. 343 00:15:07,273 --> 00:15:08,441 Yes, well, 344 00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:10,342 it seemed like a good idea at the time. 345 00:15:10,443 --> 00:15:12,578 I think it's safe to say 346 00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:14,146 that unless we get power back on-line, 347 00:15:14,246 --> 00:15:17,783 we stand no chance of survival. 348 00:15:17,883 --> 00:15:19,418 Go get us manual control. 349 00:15:19,518 --> 00:15:21,153 Harper, 350 00:15:21,254 --> 00:15:22,421 you have to go to the slipstream core to get... 351 00:15:22,521 --> 00:15:23,889 she needs me. 352 00:15:23,989 --> 00:15:26,158 Tyr! 353 00:15:26,258 --> 00:15:27,459 Harper, look, 354 00:15:27,559 --> 00:15:29,295 the only way you're going to help her 355 00:15:29,395 --> 00:15:31,163 is to get manual control. 356 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:35,000 Go to the slipstream core. 357 00:15:35,101 --> 00:15:37,203 Go. 358 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:41,173 Cruiser at one point-Point-point... 359 00:15:41,274 --> 00:15:44,610 the nearest ship is... light-Minutes out. 360 00:15:56,822 --> 00:15:58,657 Digestive fluids? 361 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:06,465 Aah! Aah! 362 00:16:09,402 --> 00:16:11,170 I'm nobody's lunch. 363 00:16:14,306 --> 00:16:15,907 Plasma fires... 364 00:16:16,007 --> 00:16:19,778 Critical levels... 365 00:16:19,878 --> 00:16:22,247 Fire control failure... 366 00:16:22,348 --> 00:16:24,683 Did you hear that? 367 00:16:24,783 --> 00:16:26,952 She's a mess. 368 00:16:27,052 --> 00:16:28,621 She's saying 369 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,322 that the outer decks are on fire, 370 00:16:30,422 --> 00:16:32,625 and she can't put it out. 371 00:16:32,724 --> 00:16:34,025 Then we'll do it. 372 00:16:34,126 --> 00:16:35,661 Vent everything except deck 12. 373 00:16:35,761 --> 00:16:37,763 That's harper's route to slipstream core. 374 00:16:46,672 --> 00:16:49,742 Holy hull breach! 375 00:16:57,583 --> 00:17:00,185 Goodbye slipstream core, hello plan "b." 376 00:17:00,285 --> 00:17:02,421 [ Vent opening ] 377 00:17:02,521 --> 00:17:04,423 They're venting the atmosphere? 378 00:17:04,523 --> 00:17:06,892 People need to be told these things! 379 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,098 We've closed 380 00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,734 to real-time communications range. 381 00:17:15,834 --> 00:17:18,069 Andromeda, come in. 382 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:21,573 Andromeda... 383 00:17:21,673 --> 00:17:23,409 We're getting a message. 384 00:17:23,509 --> 00:17:24,776 Put it through. 385 00:17:27,480 --> 00:17:30,382 Andromeda, this is Dylan. Code black. 386 00:17:30,482 --> 00:17:32,818 Exercise extreme caution. Repeat, extreme caution. 387 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:34,653 Stay outside combat radius. 388 00:17:34,753 --> 00:17:36,154 Dylan out. 389 00:17:36,254 --> 00:17:37,490 Remind me 390 00:17:37,589 --> 00:17:39,124 to stop sending messages to myself. 391 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:40,993 It must have reflected off of something. 392 00:17:41,093 --> 00:17:44,062 Yeah, but what? 393 00:17:44,162 --> 00:17:46,798 Something nearby... 394 00:17:49,768 --> 00:17:51,237 What is that? 395 00:17:51,337 --> 00:17:53,406 Trance, enhance visual. 396 00:18:05,351 --> 00:18:07,553 Can we contact them? 397 00:18:07,653 --> 00:18:09,588 I'm using a laser with sonic vibrations. 398 00:18:09,688 --> 00:18:11,857 Maybe they'll hear it. 399 00:18:11,957 --> 00:18:15,894 Andromeda, do you read me? 400 00:18:15,994 --> 00:18:18,296 Andromeda, come in. 401 00:18:19,898 --> 00:18:22,200 Andromeda, do you read me? 402 00:18:30,743 --> 00:18:32,410 They can't get out. 403 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:34,212 So what do we do? 404 00:18:34,312 --> 00:18:37,283 We'll go in. 405 00:18:43,889 --> 00:18:46,658 We have point-defense lasers and a few missiles 406 00:18:46,758 --> 00:18:49,127 and proximity mines, 407 00:18:49,227 --> 00:18:50,696 and that's all we have. 408 00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,331 Beka already hit that thing 409 00:18:52,431 --> 00:18:54,366 with 20 gigatons of missiles. 410 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:56,802 We don't have payload like that, even with the combat pod. 411 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:00,639 Okay, it's time to think outside the box. 412 00:19:00,739 --> 00:19:03,408 Think outside what box? 413 00:19:03,509 --> 00:19:04,710 When you've run out of conventional options, 414 00:19:04,810 --> 00:19:05,944 you go to the unconventional. 415 00:19:06,044 --> 00:19:07,312 Like weapons? 416 00:19:07,412 --> 00:19:08,814 Exactly, like weapons, 417 00:19:08,914 --> 00:19:11,483 specifically, a.P. Fuel tanks. 418 00:19:11,583 --> 00:19:13,184 Outside the box... I like it. 419 00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:19,692 Decks 3 to 11, 100% vented. 420 00:19:19,792 --> 00:19:22,060 Plasma fires suppressed... 421 00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,129 Manually venting decks 24 through 43. 422 00:19:24,229 --> 00:19:26,899 Manually venting decks 44 through 63. 423 00:19:26,999 --> 00:19:28,667 Seven decks aren't responding. 424 00:19:28,767 --> 00:19:30,102 Respond, damn it. 425 00:19:30,202 --> 00:19:31,503 That's almost the entire ship, 426 00:19:31,603 --> 00:19:33,271 except for command and slipstream core. 427 00:19:33,371 --> 00:19:34,873 We don't even know 428 00:19:34,973 --> 00:19:36,342 if harper made it to slipstream core. 429 00:19:36,442 --> 00:19:38,210 And until we get comm or manual control, 430 00:19:38,310 --> 00:19:39,377 we won't know. 431 00:19:39,477 --> 00:19:41,714 Venting 85% completed. 432 00:19:41,814 --> 00:19:43,315 Existing life support rerouting 433 00:19:43,415 --> 00:19:46,818 to command, adjacent conduits, 434 00:19:46,919 --> 00:19:50,222 and slipstream core. 435 00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:52,791 Rommie? 436 00:19:52,891 --> 00:19:53,959 Are you okay? 437 00:19:54,059 --> 00:19:56,395 The ship has almost shut down, 438 00:19:56,495 --> 00:20:00,466 so my a.I. Isn't scrambled across the decks. 439 00:20:00,566 --> 00:20:03,001 Can you contact slipstream core? 440 00:20:03,101 --> 00:20:04,035 We have to find harper. 441 00:20:04,136 --> 00:20:05,971 Harper... 442 00:20:06,071 --> 00:20:07,773 You know, short, fast talker, 443 00:20:07,873 --> 00:20:08,874 too smart for his own good, 444 00:20:08,974 --> 00:20:10,376 hopelessly in love with you? 445 00:20:10,476 --> 00:20:12,811 I know harper. 446 00:20:17,716 --> 00:20:20,018 Harper's not in slipstream core. 447 00:20:29,260 --> 00:20:30,996 A conduit, a conduit. 448 00:20:31,096 --> 00:20:32,698 My kingdom for a conduit. 449 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:46,679 Oh, crap! 450 00:20:46,778 --> 00:20:48,780 Hot, hot! Oh... 451 00:20:52,083 --> 00:20:55,654 Do you think they're still alive? 452 00:20:55,754 --> 00:20:57,188 After two years 453 00:20:57,288 --> 00:20:59,557 and everything the universe has thrown at them, 454 00:20:59,658 --> 00:21:01,493 they've always found a way to survive. 455 00:21:08,900 --> 00:21:11,469 He's in conduit 1-4-7 456 00:21:11,569 --> 00:21:14,440 trying to get manual control. 457 00:21:19,978 --> 00:21:22,047 Harper... 458 00:21:22,147 --> 00:21:23,248 Andromeda? 459 00:21:23,348 --> 00:21:24,650 Better. It's rommie. 460 00:21:24,750 --> 00:21:26,284 I'm borrowing a hologram. 461 00:21:26,384 --> 00:21:27,419 You wear it so well. 462 00:21:27,519 --> 00:21:28,987 Oxygen-deprived, 463 00:21:29,087 --> 00:21:30,656 and still full of attitude. 464 00:21:30,756 --> 00:21:32,090 I'm not deprived. 465 00:21:32,190 --> 00:21:33,058 I'm depraved, 466 00:21:33,158 --> 00:21:34,493 and back at you, baby. 467 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:36,762 So have you found a way to fix me? 468 00:21:36,862 --> 00:21:38,163 No, 469 00:21:38,263 --> 00:21:40,165 but on the bright side, we aren't Cetus crap yet. 470 00:21:40,265 --> 00:21:42,167 Judging from the friendly stomach acid, 471 00:21:42,267 --> 00:21:44,302 that's only because it's still trying to eat through 472 00:21:44,402 --> 00:21:46,338 your fullerene mesh exterior. 473 00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:49,174 Well, you always said I have thick skin. 474 00:21:49,274 --> 00:21:50,509 It's only a matter of time 475 00:21:50,609 --> 00:21:51,509 before it cracks your crunchy shell 476 00:21:51,609 --> 00:21:53,045 and works its way 477 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:55,113 into the center of your chewy goodness. 478 00:21:55,213 --> 00:21:57,515 How much time, harper? 479 00:21:57,615 --> 00:21:59,617 My guess, 480 00:21:59,718 --> 00:22:00,986 about an hour, tops. 481 00:22:01,086 --> 00:22:03,021 Find a way to kill the Cetus. 482 00:22:03,121 --> 00:22:05,958 Don't worry, rommie. I won't let it hurt you. 483 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:10,796 She's an impressive ship. 484 00:22:10,896 --> 00:22:12,665 She's a survivor. 485 00:22:12,765 --> 00:22:16,001 Just like Dylan. 486 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:17,102 You just know 487 00:22:17,202 --> 00:22:18,504 he's out there trying to save us. 488 00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:25,376 Or maybe not... 489 00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:27,913 The stellar position monitor just stopped, 490 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:30,348 which means the Cetus just stopped. 491 00:22:30,448 --> 00:22:33,451 Oh, my god, it's trying to digest us. 492 00:22:33,551 --> 00:22:36,288 It's trying to digest us? 493 00:22:36,388 --> 00:22:37,489 Dylan wanted to save savion, 494 00:22:37,589 --> 00:22:38,990 right? 495 00:22:39,091 --> 00:22:40,659 I mean, it's the only reason 496 00:22:40,759 --> 00:22:43,795 we're in this armpit corner of the universe. 497 00:22:46,231 --> 00:22:48,900 If the Cetus ate Andromeda, 498 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,237 I mean, even though we're tiny compared to a planet, 499 00:22:52,337 --> 00:22:53,471 we'd have more than enough rich matter 500 00:22:53,571 --> 00:22:54,540 to satisfy its appetite, 501 00:22:54,640 --> 00:23:01,279 which means that Dylan could save savion 502 00:23:01,379 --> 00:23:05,283 by doing absolutely nothing. 503 00:23:05,383 --> 00:23:06,552 Dylan will make best efforts 504 00:23:06,652 --> 00:23:07,920 to save the planet and the Andromeda. 505 00:23:08,020 --> 00:23:10,589 Really? 506 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:11,623 And you're so sure 507 00:23:11,723 --> 00:23:13,959 because... 508 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:16,962 I trust Dylan to be Dylan. 509 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:19,631 So the bomb kills the Cetus 510 00:23:19,731 --> 00:23:21,266 and lets the Andromeda go free, 511 00:23:21,366 --> 00:23:23,368 and we save the planet and the Andromeda. 512 00:23:23,468 --> 00:23:24,970 That's right. 513 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,137 I call it my 514 00:23:26,237 --> 00:23:28,306 "eat your cake and have it, too" plan. 515 00:23:28,406 --> 00:23:30,576 Uh, isn't it "have your cake 516 00:23:30,676 --> 00:23:33,578 and eat it, too"? 517 00:23:33,678 --> 00:23:35,547 Trance, we're working on a bomb 518 00:23:35,647 --> 00:23:37,849 that could destroy a small planet, 519 00:23:37,950 --> 00:23:39,350 and you're quibbling over semantics? 520 00:23:39,450 --> 00:23:42,287 Anyone can have their cake 521 00:23:42,387 --> 00:23:44,723 and then eat it. 522 00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:46,825 The real trick is eating your cake 523 00:23:46,925 --> 00:23:48,526 and still having it. 524 00:23:48,627 --> 00:23:50,161 I see. 525 00:23:50,261 --> 00:23:52,163 It's a common mistake. 526 00:23:52,263 --> 00:23:54,265 You'll have to fly pretty close to the Cetus 527 00:23:54,366 --> 00:23:57,202 if you're going to launch those bombs into it. 528 00:23:57,302 --> 00:23:58,771 What if we end up killing ourselves? 529 00:23:58,871 --> 00:24:03,275 Well, then we'll be going out with a bang. 530 00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,460 On my mark, 531 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,797 drop the bombs. 532 00:24:24,897 --> 00:24:27,599 Ready...Mark! 533 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:29,267 Dropping. 534 00:25:08,506 --> 00:25:11,843 Are you all right? 535 00:25:11,943 --> 00:25:12,610 Insomuch as in the next little while 536 00:25:12,711 --> 00:25:14,880 we have got to install seat belts. 537 00:25:14,980 --> 00:25:15,046 I imagine this creature will convert us all to energy, 538 00:25:15,146 --> 00:25:17,249 ? 539 00:25:17,349 --> 00:25:17,916 I would expect you to take a greater interest 540 00:25:18,016 --> 00:25:19,084 of a valiant cavalry charge 541 00:25:19,184 --> 00:25:20,819 in restoring the ship's power. 542 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:20,953 I just never thought he could die. 543 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,092 I don't think he's dead. 544 00:25:27,192 --> 00:25:29,027 Really? 545 00:25:29,127 --> 00:25:29,427 Well, that's interesting, 546 00:25:29,527 --> 00:25:30,428 e-case scenario? 547 00:25:30,528 --> 00:25:31,596 Because the ship's sensors, 548 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:32,130 or at least what's left of them, 549 00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:33,098 Dylan, trance... 550 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:34,700 Say he is dead. 551 00:25:34,800 --> 00:25:37,302 That explosion equaled the size of the maru's fuel capacity. 552 00:25:39,837 --> 00:25:42,674 Oh. Machine logic. 553 00:25:42,774 --> 00:25:45,043 I don't believe he's dead. 554 00:25:45,143 --> 00:25:47,746 When did you find the faith? 555 00:25:50,882 --> 00:25:54,652 I have faith in nothing but this... 556 00:25:54,752 --> 00:25:57,055 when the universe collapses and dies, 557 00:25:57,155 --> 00:25:59,057 there will be three survivors, 558 00:25:59,157 --> 00:26:00,692 tyr anasazi, 559 00:26:00,792 --> 00:26:03,495 the cockroaches, 560 00:26:03,595 --> 00:26:08,366 and Dylan hunt trying to save the cockroaches. 561 00:26:10,201 --> 00:26:11,603 Please, 562 00:26:11,703 --> 00:26:13,906 make yourself useful. 563 00:26:20,845 --> 00:26:22,880 That was close, trance. 564 00:26:22,981 --> 00:26:25,583 That was, uh... That was way too close. 565 00:26:25,683 --> 00:26:28,820 Status on the Andromeda? 566 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,389 They're still trapped. 567 00:26:31,489 --> 00:26:34,926 What? 568 00:26:35,026 --> 00:26:36,761 We have faced the Magog, 569 00:26:36,861 --> 00:26:38,330 kalderans, pyrians... 570 00:26:38,430 --> 00:26:40,131 I will be damned 571 00:26:40,231 --> 00:26:42,434 if I lose my crew inside that thing. 572 00:26:42,533 --> 00:26:43,434 We're getting a visual 573 00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:45,637 on the Cetus. 574 00:26:47,973 --> 00:26:50,508 At least our a.P. Bombs did some damage. 575 00:26:50,608 --> 00:26:53,378 Give me a closer look. 576 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:58,183 Right there. 577 00:26:58,283 --> 00:27:00,952 You see how all these roads lead to that one knot? 578 00:27:01,052 --> 00:27:03,855 Do you think that's the Cetus' brain? 579 00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,223 Whatever it is, it's our next target. 580 00:27:05,323 --> 00:27:06,291 Harper and I just... 581 00:27:06,391 --> 00:27:08,060 ...Have to find the way to kill it. 582 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:09,561 Call me Ishmael, 583 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,229 but the rad patterns from dylan's bomb 584 00:27:11,329 --> 00:27:13,932 created a juicy target and... 585 00:27:16,068 --> 00:27:18,036 He didn't die, rommie. 586 00:27:18,136 --> 00:27:20,005 My sensors say... 587 00:27:20,105 --> 00:27:21,639 right now, your sensors say a lot of things, 588 00:27:21,739 --> 00:27:23,708 but they're blinded and confused, 589 00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:24,909 like a lot of my dates. 590 00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:26,844 It's a perfect example 591 00:27:26,944 --> 00:27:28,646 of why a powerful ship like you 592 00:27:28,746 --> 00:27:30,915 still needs a human engineer, rommie. 593 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:32,617 He's okay. 594 00:27:32,717 --> 00:27:34,352 The maru is out there, 595 00:27:34,452 --> 00:27:36,754 even if it is just a shell with a... 596 00:27:36,854 --> 00:27:38,956 ...Slipstream drive. 597 00:27:39,057 --> 00:27:40,325 There's got to be something on board 598 00:27:40,425 --> 00:27:42,327 that we can use to hit the target. 599 00:27:42,427 --> 00:27:44,262 Are we still thinking outside of the box? 600 00:27:44,362 --> 00:27:45,396 Oh, trance, 601 00:27:45,496 --> 00:27:47,132 right now, we are so far outside the box 602 00:27:47,232 --> 00:27:48,866 we can't even see the box. 603 00:27:48,966 --> 00:27:49,835 Well, then, let's consider 604 00:27:49,935 --> 00:27:51,603 that the Cetus is kind of like us 605 00:27:51,703 --> 00:27:52,437 in the sense 606 00:27:52,537 --> 00:27:54,272 that it eats to grow bigger. 607 00:27:54,372 --> 00:27:55,941 The only difference is we don't consume matter. 608 00:27:56,041 --> 00:27:58,043 We consume food, 609 00:27:58,143 --> 00:27:59,177 but if somebody wanted to kill us... 610 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:00,178 They'd give us poison. 611 00:28:00,278 --> 00:28:02,847 That's how we'll kill the Cetus. 612 00:28:02,947 --> 00:28:04,016 We'll give it exactly the opposite 613 00:28:04,116 --> 00:28:05,483 of what it eats, 614 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:07,152 which is... 615 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:09,054 ...Anti-matter. Hello. 616 00:28:09,154 --> 00:28:10,721 Once I get manual control, 617 00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:12,390 I can reroute the anti-matter 618 00:28:12,490 --> 00:28:14,459 from the slipstream generators to the main thrusters, 619 00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,729 then, on three, two, one, o-Pah! Voila! 620 00:28:17,829 --> 00:28:19,564 The Cetus gets one hell of a Heimlich 621 00:28:19,664 --> 00:28:21,066 and spews us out 622 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:22,700 like your autochef's three-Day-old chopped liver, 623 00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:25,070 faster than you can say "uncle," on in this case, "anti." 624 00:28:25,170 --> 00:28:26,404 Will it kill the Cetus? 625 00:28:26,504 --> 00:28:27,705 Who cares? 626 00:28:27,805 --> 00:28:30,241 We'll survive. You will survive. 627 00:28:30,341 --> 00:28:31,877 I'll fail. 628 00:28:31,977 --> 00:28:33,811 Dylan ordered me to kill the Cetus 629 00:28:33,912 --> 00:28:34,812 and save that planet, 630 00:28:34,912 --> 00:28:36,114 so I need to know. 631 00:28:36,214 --> 00:28:38,249 How I can kill the Cetus, guaranteed? 632 00:28:38,349 --> 00:28:39,751 Nothing is guaranteed. 633 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:42,320 Best chance, if we manually eject the slipstream drive 634 00:28:42,420 --> 00:28:43,588 into its belly, 635 00:28:43,688 --> 00:28:45,090 then maybe we can ride the explosion out, 636 00:28:45,190 --> 00:28:46,824 but the hell I'm doing that. 637 00:28:46,924 --> 00:28:49,160 Our orders are to save that planet. 638 00:28:49,261 --> 00:28:51,296 Yeah, well, my job is to save you. 639 00:28:51,396 --> 00:28:54,032 I have to carry out dylan's orders, 640 00:28:54,132 --> 00:28:56,267 even if it puts us at risk. 641 00:28:56,367 --> 00:28:58,103 Sorry. You're going to live, honey. 642 00:28:58,203 --> 00:28:59,771 Those are my orders. 643 00:28:59,871 --> 00:29:01,606 [ Dylan ]: There. That should do the trick. 644 00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:03,108 We'll set the maru's slipstream core 645 00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:04,142 to overload. 646 00:29:04,242 --> 00:29:05,543 Once it hits the target, 647 00:29:05,643 --> 00:29:07,712 it'll rip the Cetus into a thousand pieces. 648 00:29:07,812 --> 00:29:09,514 And let the Andromeda escape. 649 00:29:09,614 --> 00:29:10,748 That's the plan. 650 00:29:10,848 --> 00:29:13,017 What if the plan doesn't work? 651 00:29:13,118 --> 00:29:14,685 Will they be be ripped apart, too? 652 00:29:14,785 --> 00:29:16,454 That happens if we don't do anything. 653 00:29:16,554 --> 00:29:18,156 All we can do is try. 654 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:20,758 So how are we going to get our slipstream drive 655 00:29:20,858 --> 00:29:22,527 into the Cetus? 656 00:29:22,627 --> 00:29:25,763 We strap it to a bullet. 657 00:29:25,863 --> 00:29:28,233 What kind of a bullet? 658 00:29:28,333 --> 00:29:31,169 You're riding in it. 659 00:29:31,269 --> 00:29:33,204 If Dylan still is alive, 660 00:29:33,305 --> 00:29:35,072 you know he's doing everything he can 661 00:29:35,173 --> 00:29:36,741 to save us and that planet. 662 00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:38,243 Your point? 663 00:29:38,343 --> 00:29:39,744 My point is 664 00:29:39,844 --> 00:29:41,746 we should do everything we can to kill the Cetus, 665 00:29:41,846 --> 00:29:43,381 not just save our butts. 666 00:29:43,481 --> 00:29:45,817 Dylan expects us to save our butts. 667 00:29:45,917 --> 00:29:47,385 And sacrifice savion? 668 00:29:47,485 --> 00:29:50,255 If it means surviving to save many savions, yes. 669 00:29:50,355 --> 00:29:51,889 We're no good to the universe dead. 670 00:29:51,990 --> 00:29:53,725 And we're no good to the universe 671 00:29:53,825 --> 00:29:55,260 if we're too afraid to risk our lives 672 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,094 to do the right thing, 673 00:29:57,195 --> 00:29:58,729 to help worlds that need help. 674 00:29:58,829 --> 00:30:00,898 When the Magog attacked this ship, 675 00:30:00,998 --> 00:30:02,267 I promised Dylan 676 00:30:02,367 --> 00:30:05,437 that even if he died, I would continue his mission. 677 00:30:05,536 --> 00:30:07,439 Then by all means, continue it... 678 00:30:09,540 --> 00:30:11,509 But I will not die 679 00:30:11,609 --> 00:30:13,845 because of your misguided sentiment 680 00:30:13,945 --> 00:30:16,381 to memorialize a man who is not dead. 681 00:30:22,353 --> 00:30:24,222 At the ship's maximum speed, 682 00:30:24,322 --> 00:30:25,290 I can penetrate its skin 683 00:30:25,390 --> 00:30:26,424 and eject the slipstream drive 684 00:30:26,524 --> 00:30:28,126 right on top of the target. 685 00:30:28,226 --> 00:30:30,962 But the Cetus' shape is constantly changing. 686 00:30:31,062 --> 00:30:33,097 How can we be sure we'll hit its brain? 687 00:30:33,198 --> 00:30:34,299 I can't be sure, 688 00:30:34,399 --> 00:30:35,767 but I can give it one hell of a headache. 689 00:30:35,867 --> 00:30:37,302 It sounds dangerous. 690 00:30:37,402 --> 00:30:39,371 It is. That's why you're going to wear this. 691 00:30:39,471 --> 00:30:40,172 This is not going to protect me 692 00:30:40,272 --> 00:30:41,539 in the event of an explosion. 693 00:30:41,639 --> 00:30:43,074 Trance, you are not coming with me. 694 00:30:43,174 --> 00:30:43,775 Yes, I am. 695 00:30:43,875 --> 00:30:44,742 No, you're not. 696 00:30:44,842 --> 00:30:46,811 Now, put it on. That's an order. 697 00:30:46,911 --> 00:30:47,845 When the andromeda's free, 698 00:30:47,945 --> 00:30:50,648 use the comm light to hail her. 699 00:30:50,748 --> 00:30:52,017 Dylan... 700 00:30:52,117 --> 00:30:54,119 Trance, you're not coming with me. 701 00:30:54,219 --> 00:30:56,721 Respectfully requesting to come with you, sir. 702 00:30:56,821 --> 00:30:58,323 Please. 703 00:30:58,423 --> 00:31:00,391 Besides, this won't help me anyway. 704 00:31:01,959 --> 00:31:06,031 Trance Gemini, welcome aboard. 705 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,236 I'm asking you not to do this. 706 00:31:11,336 --> 00:31:12,270 And I'm answering you. No. 707 00:31:12,370 --> 00:31:13,438 You can thank me later. 708 00:31:13,538 --> 00:31:14,706 For what? 709 00:31:14,805 --> 00:31:16,441 If I don't follow dylan's orders 710 00:31:16,541 --> 00:31:18,276 to kill the Cetus and save the planet, 711 00:31:18,376 --> 00:31:19,777 I might as well be dead, 712 00:31:19,877 --> 00:31:21,312 because I failed in my mission. 713 00:31:21,413 --> 00:31:24,282 You're under the influence of stomach acid. 714 00:31:24,382 --> 00:31:25,783 You're not thinking straight. 715 00:31:25,883 --> 00:31:27,419 This isn't about following orders 716 00:31:27,519 --> 00:31:28,620 or completing the mission. 717 00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:30,322 It's about Dylan, 718 00:31:30,421 --> 00:31:32,423 because you think he's dead, 719 00:31:32,523 --> 00:31:34,359 and you don't think you can live without him, right? 720 00:31:34,459 --> 00:31:37,562 I'm programmed to carry out orders. 721 00:31:37,662 --> 00:31:39,130 That's where we're different. 722 00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:40,632 I have a choice. 723 00:31:40,732 --> 00:31:43,301 I choose not to allow some stupid broken-hearted suicide, 724 00:31:43,401 --> 00:31:45,036 especially when you're taking me with you. 725 00:31:45,136 --> 00:31:47,238 You're wrong, harper. 726 00:31:47,338 --> 00:31:49,140 I do have a choice. 727 00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:51,376 And that is where you're wrong, 728 00:31:51,476 --> 00:31:53,644 because I just got manual control. 729 00:31:53,744 --> 00:31:55,813 Ladies and gentlemen... uh, nietzschean, 730 00:31:55,913 --> 00:31:57,315 thank you for flying Andromeda. 731 00:31:57,415 --> 00:31:58,883 That sound of flowing air you now hear, 732 00:31:58,983 --> 00:32:00,252 and crackling conversation, 733 00:32:00,352 --> 00:32:03,688 is my genius and your survival once again. 734 00:32:03,788 --> 00:32:04,955 Now, for those of you 735 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:06,191 who haven't heard harper's plan, 736 00:32:06,291 --> 00:32:08,159 here's the nutshell. 737 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:09,961 Rerouting anti-matter to the main thrusters, 738 00:32:10,061 --> 00:32:11,496 which will, when you power them up, 739 00:32:11,596 --> 00:32:13,498 send the Cetus to heartburn hell 740 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:14,965 and us into chunky-hurl heaven. 741 00:32:15,066 --> 00:32:17,335 It may get a little messy, but at least we'll all live. 742 00:32:17,435 --> 00:32:19,537 I'll save us and raise you one. 743 00:32:19,637 --> 00:32:21,539 If we eject the slipstream drive, 744 00:32:21,639 --> 00:32:22,540 we'll kill the Cetus, right? 745 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:24,776 What is with the death wish? 746 00:32:24,875 --> 00:32:25,776 Yeah, sure, 747 00:32:25,877 --> 00:32:27,111 if you want to die 748 00:32:27,211 --> 00:32:28,846 surfing an exploding vomit wave. 749 00:32:28,946 --> 00:32:30,382 Hey, I've surfed the reaction 750 00:32:30,481 --> 00:32:32,016 of an exploding star before. 751 00:32:32,117 --> 00:32:34,319 I think can ride out a little Cetus vomit. 752 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,363 I will not allow you to risk our lives 753 00:32:45,463 --> 00:32:46,997 by ejecting that slipstream drive. 754 00:32:47,098 --> 00:32:49,534 So instead, you'll just take over the ship 755 00:32:49,634 --> 00:32:51,702 after we've saved our asses. 756 00:32:51,802 --> 00:32:53,304 You don't really believe 757 00:32:53,404 --> 00:32:55,139 that dylan's still alive, do you? 758 00:32:55,239 --> 00:32:56,308 You just said that 759 00:32:56,408 --> 00:32:57,808 so I'd think we'd still be safe 760 00:32:57,909 --> 00:32:59,310 after we got free. 761 00:32:59,410 --> 00:33:00,312 Beka... 762 00:33:00,412 --> 00:33:03,080 I once told Dylan 763 00:33:03,180 --> 00:33:04,882 that this mission 764 00:33:04,982 --> 00:33:06,083 was nothing but an excuse 765 00:33:06,184 --> 00:33:08,253 to reshape the universe according to his will. 766 00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:12,424 It is. 767 00:33:12,523 --> 00:33:14,259 In these two years, 768 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:17,862 and for reasons I'm not even sure I understand, 769 00:33:17,962 --> 00:33:24,969 some significant part of me has grown to prefer that shape. 770 00:33:30,375 --> 00:33:32,510 I do believe dylan's alive. 771 00:33:32,610 --> 00:33:34,245 Convince me. 772 00:33:34,346 --> 00:33:35,647 If you really think 773 00:33:35,746 --> 00:33:38,249 that Dylan is still out there trying to save us, 774 00:33:38,350 --> 00:33:40,918 eject the slipstream drive. 775 00:33:41,018 --> 00:33:42,787 Kill that thing, 776 00:33:42,887 --> 00:33:45,256 before Dylan dies trying to kill it for us. 777 00:33:45,356 --> 00:33:47,191 Do you want to reshape the universe 778 00:33:47,291 --> 00:33:48,626 or not? 779 00:33:50,161 --> 00:33:52,029 You're awfully calm 780 00:33:52,129 --> 00:33:53,431 considering we're about to die. 781 00:33:56,301 --> 00:33:59,236 That's not necessarily true, now, is it? 782 00:33:59,336 --> 00:34:01,205 Not necessarily. 783 00:34:01,305 --> 00:34:02,573 That's right, 784 00:34:02,673 --> 00:34:06,378 because once we get Andromeda free, 785 00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:09,880 they'll continue my mission, 786 00:34:09,981 --> 00:34:12,750 and that is my life. 787 00:34:23,861 --> 00:34:25,396 All ahead full. 788 00:35:20,918 --> 00:35:25,357 You said you came from a bad future. 789 00:35:25,457 --> 00:35:27,359 What exactly went bad? 790 00:35:27,459 --> 00:35:32,196 In that future, I made some mistakes, 791 00:35:32,296 --> 00:35:35,066 and only beka and I survived. 792 00:35:36,568 --> 00:35:39,771 That does sound bad. 793 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:42,407 Looks like I've put you in a different kind of future, 794 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:45,610 one you won't survive. 795 00:35:45,710 --> 00:35:47,111 On the other hand, 796 00:35:47,212 --> 00:35:51,082 we'll make a better one for everyone else... 797 00:35:54,752 --> 00:35:56,153 I hope. 798 00:35:56,253 --> 00:35:57,722 [ Harper ]: Uh, guys? 799 00:35:57,822 --> 00:35:59,290 Maybe it's me. 800 00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:00,825 Maybe I didn't explain the rules of the game well, 801 00:36:00,925 --> 00:36:02,326 but if you don't get us out of here 802 00:36:02,427 --> 00:36:03,495 in less than two minutes, 803 00:36:03,594 --> 00:36:04,895 we're going to be 804 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:06,731 turned into tasty chewy people bits. 805 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,365 Harper, please. 806 00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:12,970 Is this really what you want? 807 00:36:13,070 --> 00:36:17,108 No, but it's what we have to do. 808 00:36:19,244 --> 00:36:21,078 All right. 809 00:36:21,178 --> 00:36:23,248 For you. 810 00:36:23,348 --> 00:36:25,983 Let's see if I can't eject this damn slipstream drive. 811 00:36:56,347 --> 00:36:57,648 Dylan, the Andromeda is launching from the Cetus! 812 00:36:57,748 --> 00:36:59,951 They made it? 813 00:37:03,955 --> 00:37:05,423 They've made it! 814 00:37:05,523 --> 00:37:06,658 Reverse thrusters! 815 00:37:34,351 --> 00:37:36,854 We did it. 816 00:37:36,954 --> 00:37:39,457 You're right, harper. 817 00:37:39,557 --> 00:37:41,426 We killed the Cetus. 818 00:37:43,194 --> 00:37:44,895 And saved the planet. 819 00:37:50,868 --> 00:37:52,269 Dylan... 820 00:37:52,369 --> 00:37:54,471 They must have ejected their slipstream drive. 821 00:37:54,572 --> 00:37:56,273 The Cetus is dying. 822 00:37:56,373 --> 00:37:57,475 If we don't clear this area, 823 00:37:57,575 --> 00:37:59,210 it won't be the only thing dying. 824 00:38:07,685 --> 00:38:09,153 Yes! 825 00:38:09,253 --> 00:38:12,857 We did it! 826 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:14,358 We did. 827 00:38:14,458 --> 00:38:16,060 You could even say 828 00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:17,094 we had our cake outside of the box 829 00:38:17,194 --> 00:38:18,062 and ate it, too. 830 00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:20,732 You could say that, yes. 831 00:38:20,832 --> 00:38:23,300 Incoming message. 832 00:38:23,401 --> 00:38:26,136 It's from the Andromeda, and it's in real time. 833 00:38:26,236 --> 00:38:29,206 I love real time. 834 00:38:44,055 --> 00:38:46,724 What, beka? 835 00:38:46,824 --> 00:38:49,126 I'm just glad we're on the same team. 836 00:38:49,226 --> 00:38:51,028 That's all. 837 00:39:02,039 --> 00:39:03,975 Somebody say something. 838 00:39:04,075 --> 00:39:05,843 I just want to hear your voices. 839 00:39:05,943 --> 00:39:08,379 Welcome backdylan, trance, hello. Welcome back. 840 00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:17,855 You know, for something that's supposed to be a myth, 841 00:39:17,955 --> 00:39:19,290 the Cetus did a hell of a lot of damage. 842 00:39:19,390 --> 00:39:21,726 Yeah, well, you should see the other guy. 843 00:39:23,494 --> 00:39:25,129 Yeah, well, you know, about that, 844 00:39:25,229 --> 00:39:27,097 ejecting the slipstream drive, 845 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,233 that was risky... 846 00:39:29,333 --> 00:39:31,235 [ Crackling ] 847 00:39:31,335 --> 00:39:33,671 And it's exactly what I would have done. 848 00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:36,941 We know. 849 00:39:37,041 --> 00:39:38,810 Your willingness to defy the universal odds 850 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:40,210 is a disease 851 00:39:40,310 --> 00:39:42,680 that apparently we have all contracted. 852 00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:46,984 Well, I have to think that's a good thing, 853 00:39:47,084 --> 00:39:50,487 because somehow we keep winning. 854 00:39:56,193 --> 00:39:57,428 Where's harper? 855 00:40:02,266 --> 00:40:04,268 Almost there, rommie. 856 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:08,039 He's almost here. 857 00:40:08,139 --> 00:40:10,041 Ah. 858 00:40:10,141 --> 00:40:14,545 Well, I'll just say this and get it out of the way. 859 00:40:16,213 --> 00:40:18,215 I'm proud of you. 860 00:40:18,315 --> 00:40:20,117 Two years ago, 861 00:40:20,217 --> 00:40:22,119 you'd be thinking of your own survival 862 00:40:22,219 --> 00:40:23,354 and not that planet's. 863 00:40:24,889 --> 00:40:26,691 I know you had another way out, 864 00:40:26,791 --> 00:40:28,960 but you did the right thing. 865 00:40:29,059 --> 00:40:30,527 Now I know I can count on you 866 00:40:30,627 --> 00:40:33,163 to continue my mission 867 00:40:33,264 --> 00:40:36,834 even if I'm not here. 868 00:40:36,934 --> 00:40:41,238 One day, the universe will count on it, too. 869 00:40:41,338 --> 00:40:42,707 Believe me, that day will come. 870 00:40:42,807 --> 00:40:45,476 Sooner than you think. 871 00:40:51,649 --> 00:40:54,185 A freakin' sock-foot kilometer in one minute, 872 00:40:54,284 --> 00:40:55,853 and I still missed the inspiring speech. 873 00:40:55,953 --> 00:40:59,123 [ Swing music playing ] 874 00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:04,328 Hey, but I didn't miss the dancing. 875 00:41:15,372 --> 00:41:17,274 Shall we? 876 00:41:17,374 --> 00:41:19,209 We shall. 877 00:41:27,719 --> 00:41:29,453 Oh! 878 00:41:29,554 --> 00:41:34,458 Hey, 879 00:41:34,558 --> 00:41:35,793 stoic one. 880 00:41:35,893 --> 00:41:37,494 We're alive. 881 00:41:37,595 --> 00:41:39,864 Dance with me.