1 00:00:13,440 --> 00:00:14,400 battle stations. 2 00:00:14,435 --> 00:00:15,360 all hands on deck. 3 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:16,900 this is not a drill. 4 00:00:16,935 --> 00:00:18,040 andromeda,report. 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:19,565 the pyrians have placed 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:21,520 24 fusion-powered atmosphere generators 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:23,405 across the planet. 8 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:26,880 they're spewing co2, methane, and sulfur dioxide, 9 00:00:26,915 --> 00:00:28,400 and nothing the colonists have done 10 00:00:28,435 --> 00:00:29,960 have been able to stop them. 11 00:00:29,995 --> 00:00:31,120 in a month, 12 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,040 samsarra will no longer be able to support 13 00:00:33,075 --> 00:00:34,160 oxygen-breathing life. 14 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:36,880 perfect for pyrians, bad for colonists, 15 00:00:36,915 --> 00:00:38,417 all 56,312 of them. 16 00:00:38,452 --> 00:00:39,920 the colonists claim 17 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:41,840 the pyrian ships just dropped the generators 18 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:43,365 and left without saying a word. 19 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,920 all attempts to communicate have been rebuffed. 20 00:00:44,955 --> 00:00:45,680 yeah, well, 21 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:47,600 pyrians aren't great conversationalists, 22 00:00:47,635 --> 00:00:48,400 unless deep-frying your ship 23 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:50,680 is their version of "hey. how are you? 24 00:00:50,715 --> 00:00:52,205 let's do lunch. " 25 00:00:52,240 --> 00:00:53,725 target those generators 26 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:57,600 with a full barrage of ground attack missiles. 27 00:00:58,000 --> 00:00:59,120 we'll show them lunch. 28 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:02,200 fire. 29 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:19,480 the pyrian atmosphere generators 30 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:20,640 have been destroyed. 31 00:01:20,675 --> 00:01:21,400 the climatic effects 32 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,320 will begin to reverse themselves 33 00:01:23,355 --> 00:01:24,445 in a matter of days. 34 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:25,640 well, if that doesn't get them to talk, 35 00:01:25,675 --> 00:01:26,765 nothing will. 36 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,900 send a courier to high guard hq on mobius. 37 00:01:28,935 --> 00:01:31,000 tell them i need a fleet to blockade samsarra, 38 00:01:31,035 --> 00:01:32,160 and when the pyrians show up, 39 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:35,240 just what we've done to their generators. 40 00:01:40,240 --> 00:01:41,325 dylan... 41 00:01:41,360 --> 00:01:42,485 i thought you should know 42 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:44,080 i'm detecting multiple slipstream events 43 00:01:44,115 --> 00:01:45,565 across the outer solar system. 44 00:01:45,600 --> 00:01:47,120 our fleet is here, and they're early. 45 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:48,680 well, it's definitely a fleet, 46 00:01:48,715 --> 00:01:50,200 but it's not ours. 47 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:52,520 as near as i can tell, it's a full pyrian task force. 48 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:55,960 they're really early. 49 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,280 and they're headed this way. 50 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,925 so much for the blockade. 51 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:02,880 it looks like we'll be dealing with the pyrians 52 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:04,800 on our own. 53 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,080 the universe is a dangerous place, 54 00:02:17,115 --> 00:02:18,605 but in our future, 55 00:02:18,640 --> 00:02:21,680 my crew and i fight to make it safe. 56 00:02:21,715 --> 00:02:23,565 i am dylan hunt, 57 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,520 captain of theandromeda ascendant, 58 00:02:25,555 --> 00:02:27,840 and these are our adventures. 59 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:09,200 the pyrian fleet 60 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:10,940 has not yet responded to our hails. 61 00:03:10,975 --> 00:03:12,280 their position is 33 light-minutes, 62 00:03:12,315 --> 00:03:14,165 closing at 25 psl. 63 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:15,325 that gives us two hours 64 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,680 to convince them to come to the table. 65 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:19,200 we attacked their installation 66 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:20,720 at samsarra. 67 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:22,840 it was an unmanned installation, 68 00:03:22,875 --> 00:03:24,560 an illegal unmanned installation. 69 00:03:24,595 --> 00:03:26,117 attacking a populated world, 70 00:03:26,152 --> 00:03:27,640 refusing to speak with anyone? 71 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:28,800 they're trying to provoke us, 72 00:03:28,835 --> 00:03:30,157 see what we'll do. 73 00:03:30,192 --> 00:03:31,445 it's like a test. 74 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,800 maybe the pyrians want more from samsarra 75 00:03:33,835 --> 00:03:34,925 than just pyraforming it. 76 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:36,880 there are plenty of unpopulated planets 77 00:03:36,915 --> 00:03:38,765 that meet their needs. 78 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:41,280 may we just review for my benefit? 79 00:03:41,315 --> 00:03:43,117 they pyrians completely outmatch us. 80 00:03:43,152 --> 00:03:44,920 they have no incentive for discussion, 81 00:03:44,955 --> 00:03:46,080 and they're possibly protecting 82 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,520 yet we are to believe we can still convince them to talk. 83 00:03:49,555 --> 00:03:50,697 that's interesting. 84 00:03:50,732 --> 00:03:51,805 the pyrian fleet 85 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:52,965 is protecting two dropships, 86 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,080 which appear to be carrying fresh atmosphere generators. 87 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:00,680 to come with replacement generators. 88 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:03,760 that we've destroyed their equipment on the planet. 89 00:04:03,795 --> 00:04:06,040 very unlikely. 90 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:08,325 replacements or not, 91 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,640 they're going back to where they came from, 92 00:04:10,675 --> 00:04:12,165 and if we are very lucky, 93 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:13,720 we can convince the pyrians of that 94 00:04:13,755 --> 00:04:14,880 without firing a single shot. 95 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,960 and if we're not very lucky? 96 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,240 well, then, we will sharpen our olive branch 97 00:04:20,275 --> 00:04:22,160 into the point of a spear. 98 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,240 theandromeda is the last line of defense 99 00:04:30,640 --> 00:04:31,365 for this entire system, 100 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:32,560 and when it comes right down to it, 101 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:34,480 the slipfighters are the last line of defense 102 00:04:34,515 --> 00:04:36,400 for theandromeda. 103 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,645 am i making myself clear? 104 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:40,565 crystal clear, captain valentine. 105 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,080 do you always speak in stereo like that? 106 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:45,980 yes. no. 107 00:04:46,015 --> 00:04:47,520 sometimes. 108 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:50,565 look, guys, 109 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,880 we may be heading into battle with the pyrians. 110 00:04:52,915 --> 00:04:54,637 we can't afford screw-ups. 111 00:04:54,672 --> 00:04:56,325 screw-ups equal death, 112 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:57,120 so i need you to get your butts down to the hangar deck, 113 00:04:57,155 --> 00:04:59,800 do your jobs, and don't be late. 114 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,200 and for god's sake, don't salute me. 115 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:06,285 never salute. 116 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:07,845 boss, don't you think 117 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,160 you're being kind of hard on the eager beavers? 118 00:05:10,195 --> 00:05:11,685 no. 119 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:12,880 maybe you should take it easy 120 00:05:12,915 --> 00:05:13,640 on the spit and polish 121 00:05:13,675 --> 00:05:14,400 a little bit. 122 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:15,920 when we first got here, 123 00:05:15,955 --> 00:05:17,045 it's not exactly 124 00:05:17,080 --> 00:05:18,240 like we were standard military issue. 125 00:05:18,275 --> 00:05:19,000 i mean, let's get serious. 126 00:05:19,035 --> 00:05:19,977 we still aren't. 127 00:05:20,012 --> 00:05:20,885 spit and polish? 128 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:21,645 even back in the old day, 129 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:22,480 what do you think i would have done 130 00:05:22,515 --> 00:05:23,240 to your scrawny butt 131 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,400 if it wasn't where i needed it 132 00:05:24,435 --> 00:05:25,485 when i needed it? 133 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:27,080 you would have kicked it all over the local cluster. 134 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:27,840 exactly, 135 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:28,965 because my crew is my family. 136 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:30,160 i'll be damned if i lose even one of them 137 00:05:30,195 --> 00:05:30,885 to screw-ups. 138 00:05:30,920 --> 00:05:32,405 [ weapons firing ] 139 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,760 especially when people are trying to kill us. 140 00:05:34,795 --> 00:05:37,440 i get tired of that. 141 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,360 the pyrians are pelting us with a. g. mass packets. 142 00:05:50,880 --> 00:05:52,800 they're slowing us down. 143 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:55,445 all the better 144 00:05:55,480 --> 00:05:57,400 for their torchships to come in close 145 00:05:57,435 --> 00:05:59,320 and roast us with plasma. 146 00:05:59,355 --> 00:06:01,605 you know, 147 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:02,765 this is getting very annoying. 148 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:03,560 what happened to the good old days 149 00:06:03,595 --> 00:06:04,685 when ships just sat around 150 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:06,240 and fired broadsides at each other? 151 00:06:06,275 --> 00:06:08,160 the steam engine was invented? 152 00:06:08,195 --> 00:06:09,645 e. c.m. to maximum. 153 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:12,760 offensive missiles, tubes one through 40. 154 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:14,285 one shot per tube. 155 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:16,240 let's show the pyrians we're taking this personally. 156 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:22,325 evasive maneuvers? 157 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:23,885 oh, beka, you know me so well. 158 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:25,440 plot a course back to samsarra's largest moon. 159 00:06:25,475 --> 00:06:26,565 we'll use it for cover 160 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:28,880 while we harass the pyrian fleet. 161 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,165 captain, 162 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,120 we are receiving a message from the pyrians. 163 00:06:38,155 --> 00:06:40,400 on screen. 164 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:43,120 now, that is not a pyrian. 165 00:06:43,155 --> 00:06:44,205 whatever happened 166 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:45,800 to those bulbous, tentacled things 167 00:06:45,835 --> 00:06:46,777 floating in hot gas 168 00:06:46,812 --> 00:06:47,685 we were so fond of? 169 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:49,640 she may be a projection of some sort 170 00:06:49,675 --> 00:06:50,800 to make us more responsive. 171 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:52,685 maybe, 172 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:53,840 but we've dealt with pyrians before, 173 00:06:53,875 --> 00:06:55,365 so why start now? 174 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:57,645 attention,andromeda ascendant. 175 00:06:57,680 --> 00:06:59,240 the hostilities you have initiated 176 00:06:59,275 --> 00:07:00,365 against this fleet 177 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,320 can lead to nothing but your destruction. 178 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:04,600 we urge you to withdraw from samsarra 179 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:07,280 before that event becomes unavoidable. 180 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:09,565 we will not be deterred. 181 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:10,760 [ andromeda ]:i'm trying to keep the channel open, 182 00:07:10,795 --> 00:07:12,680 but the pyrians are not responding. 183 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:14,980 "we will not be deterred. " 184 00:07:15,015 --> 00:07:16,527 did you hear that voice? 185 00:07:16,562 --> 00:07:18,040 oh, did you see those lips? 186 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:19,600 i'm thinking we offer up the harper 187 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:21,520 and i'll make this whole ugly situation 188 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,620 go away singlehandedly... 189 00:07:23,655 --> 00:07:25,325 make that doublehandedly. 190 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:26,880 don't you have something to fix? 191 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:29,000 [ explosion ] 192 00:07:29,035 --> 00:07:30,720 i do now. 193 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:34,560 more a. g. packets. we're losing speed. 194 00:07:34,595 --> 00:07:35,685 divert power to compensate. 195 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,000 engineering, initialize backup reactors. 196 00:07:38,035 --> 00:07:39,560 dylan... 197 00:07:41,840 --> 00:07:43,380 i feel... wrong. 198 00:07:43,415 --> 00:07:45,507 i feel sick. 199 00:07:45,542 --> 00:07:47,600 dismissed. 200 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,660 shouldn't you be headed to med deck? 201 00:08:05,695 --> 00:08:07,987 everything i need is on themaru. 202 00:08:08,022 --> 00:08:10,280 would you tell me your symptoms? 203 00:08:10,315 --> 00:08:12,017 dizziness. 204 00:08:12,052 --> 00:08:13,266 confusion. 205 00:08:13,301 --> 00:08:14,470 nausea. 206 00:08:14,505 --> 00:08:15,605 nausea? 207 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,560 trance, you don't have a stomach. 208 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,560 in fact, i don't believe i've ever seen you consume 209 00:08:22,595 --> 00:08:24,080 more than an alcoholic beverage. 210 00:08:24,115 --> 00:08:25,605 i'm jittery. 211 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,560 i feel cold and prickly all over. 212 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,240 i can't think straight. 213 00:08:30,275 --> 00:08:32,525 is there anything else? 214 00:08:32,560 --> 00:08:34,045 you can't force me to tell you anything. 215 00:08:34,080 --> 00:08:36,400 i don't think it would be wise for you to try now. 216 00:08:36,435 --> 00:08:39,440 i'm quite sure you're right. 217 00:08:39,475 --> 00:08:41,000 however, 218 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,245 i will try, 219 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:47,120 should it ever come to that. 220 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:49,805 are we understood? 221 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:54,440 i'd like to go to my room now, be with my plants. 222 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:10,160 are the pyrians ignoring us? 223 00:09:10,195 --> 00:09:10,925 it appears 224 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:12,845 they don't consider us a threat. 225 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,400 the pyrian fleet will be in range of samsarra 226 00:09:14,435 --> 00:09:15,885 in less than 20 minutes. 227 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,480 once they establish position around the planet, 228 00:09:17,515 --> 00:09:18,240 they won't leave it undefended. 229 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:19,365 they'll be dug in. 230 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:21,320 then we can kiss samsarra goodbye. 231 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:23,600 yeah, well, that's not going to happen. 232 00:09:23,635 --> 00:09:24,760 scramble the slipfighters 233 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,440 to blockade the planet. 234 00:09:27,475 --> 00:09:28,240 let's see 235 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:30,160 if we can slow things down a little. 236 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:43,565 okay, people, 237 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,085 standard distribution, weapons free. 238 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:47,800 this is just like the drill, only with real explosions, 239 00:09:47,835 --> 00:09:48,925 and guys, 240 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:50,445 anyone who lets a pyrian 241 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:51,640 within one light-second of samsarra 242 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:53,180 buys the first round 243 00:09:53,215 --> 00:09:54,320 when this is all over. 244 00:09:54,720 --> 00:09:56,640 you can make mine asparky-cola. 245 00:09:57,040 --> 00:09:59,320 roger that, captain. 246 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:06,205 the fighters have taken position 247 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:08,160 and the pyrians are redeploying to compensate. 248 00:10:08,195 --> 00:10:10,045 launch combat drones. 249 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,000 disperse them around the fleet perimeter. 250 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,160 there was a time when people were impressed 251 00:10:18,195 --> 00:10:19,280 that i had enough firepower 252 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,000 to decimate a planet in under 10 minutes. 253 00:10:22,035 --> 00:10:23,520 i miss that. 254 00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:25,405 me too. 255 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:26,200 a detachment of torchships 256 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:27,360 is closing to engagement range 257 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,280 with the fighters. 258 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:36,580 [ dylan ]:beka, you've got company. 259 00:10:36,615 --> 00:10:38,120 okay, everybody stay in formation. 260 00:10:38,155 --> 00:10:39,640 we're on it, captain. 261 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:41,560 [ beka ]: so the pyrians like to play chicken. 262 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:44,240 too bad. i don't. 263 00:10:44,275 --> 00:10:46,125 ladies and gentlemen, 264 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:47,720 this is your wing commander speaking. 265 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:49,640 the pyrians don't seem to get the message. 266 00:10:49,675 --> 00:10:51,920 let's explain it to them. 267 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:54,240 here we go, folks. 268 00:10:56,920 --> 00:10:58,840 fighters have engaged the torchships, 269 00:10:58,875 --> 00:10:59,240 and our combat drones 270 00:10:59,275 --> 00:11:00,365 have encircled 271 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:01,520 the rest of the enemy armada. 272 00:11:01,920 --> 00:11:04,040 target their flank, randomized firing solutions. 273 00:11:04,075 --> 00:11:06,160 missile tubes one through 40. clear the magazines. 274 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:07,680 fire. 275 00:11:12,280 --> 00:11:13,805 sensor drones 276 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:15,360 report minimal combat effectiveness. 277 00:11:15,395 --> 00:11:16,880 the pyrians aren't slowing down. 278 00:11:16,915 --> 00:11:17,680 dylan, 279 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:19,200 the pyrians have just launched a barrage 280 00:11:19,235 --> 00:11:19,960 of neutron ground-attack missiles 281 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:21,485 at samsarra. 282 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,040 neutron warheads only attack living things. 283 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,360 like an infestation of colonists. 284 00:11:25,395 --> 00:11:26,845 shoot those warheads down. 285 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:28,800 raise the colonial government on comms. 286 00:11:28,835 --> 00:11:30,285 what do you want me to tell them? 287 00:11:30,320 --> 00:11:31,880 to pack their things and get the hell off the planet. 288 00:11:31,915 --> 00:11:33,005 we can't protect them 289 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,720 and fight the pyrians at the same time. 290 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:39,920 we have to evacuate samsarra. 291 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:56,940 the colonial government reports evacuation is 37% complete. 292 00:11:56,975 --> 00:12:00,400 of that, 4% of the transports have reached slipstream range. 293 00:12:00,435 --> 00:12:02,320 estimated time to mission completion? 294 00:12:02,355 --> 00:12:03,805 three hours. 295 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:04,600 we can't maintain this engagement 296 00:12:04,635 --> 00:12:05,760 for three more hours. 297 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:12,480 we don't have a choice. 298 00:12:12,515 --> 00:12:13,805 more a. g. mass packets. 299 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:16,120 dylan, i don't have enough power to compensate. 300 00:12:16,155 --> 00:12:19,565 we are returning fire. 301 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,120 i need some help. watch your stick. 302 00:12:21,155 --> 00:12:22,605 bogey, 6:00. nine... 303 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,165 these guys are everywhere. 304 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:26,480 receiving heavy fire, all directions. 305 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:28,800 i've got your back, gold two. 306 00:12:28,835 --> 00:12:30,720 i could use a little help here. 307 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,800 bowlus, break. 2:oo. 2:oo! 308 00:12:33,835 --> 00:12:35,537 bowlus, are you there? 309 00:12:35,572 --> 00:12:37,205 bowlus, do you read? 310 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:40,720 wing commander, this is gold two. 311 00:12:40,755 --> 00:12:41,877 my wingman is hit bad. 312 00:12:41,912 --> 00:12:42,965 his comms are out. 313 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:44,160 our position is overrun. 314 00:12:44,560 --> 00:12:45,645 requesting permission 315 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:46,840 to fall back to theandromeda,ma'am. 316 00:12:46,875 --> 00:12:49,125 keep it together, gold two. 317 00:12:49,160 --> 00:12:50,680 you need to stick with your wingman. 318 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:53,360 keep trying to get him on the horn, 319 00:12:53,395 --> 00:12:54,125 and listen, 320 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:56,045 that goes for all of you. 321 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:58,000 we fight together, we win together. 322 00:12:58,035 --> 00:12:59,920 when we go home, it'll be together... 323 00:12:59,955 --> 00:13:01,040 or not at all. 324 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:02,600 let's move in on the target. 325 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:04,500 get in and get out. 326 00:13:04,535 --> 00:13:06,040 roger that, captain. 327 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,245 good news, boss. 328 00:13:10,280 --> 00:13:11,765 my band of merry monkeys 329 00:13:11,800 --> 00:13:13,360 have scrubbed the hull clean. 330 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:15,605 no more a. g. mass packets. 331 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:17,940 plus, we shampooed the decks, buffed the mirrors, 332 00:13:17,975 --> 00:13:20,240 and threw in some air freshener at no extra charge. 333 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:22,525 a pair of torchships 334 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:23,720 have moved away from the main fleet 335 00:13:23,755 --> 00:13:25,240 and are moving to engage us. 336 00:13:30,240 --> 00:13:33,320 [ alarm beeping ] 337 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:36,365 well, even crippled, 338 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:37,520 i would much prefer to assume the offensive 339 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:39,460 than instruct the crew to make peace 340 00:13:39,495 --> 00:13:41,387 with their various and sundry deities. 341 00:13:41,422 --> 00:13:43,311 we are in no position to mount an attack. 342 00:13:43,346 --> 00:13:45,200 if we try, the probability of our destruction 343 00:13:45,235 --> 00:13:46,760 is 93%. 344 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:50,925 damn it! 345 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,880 recall those fighters. i need them back here. 346 00:13:52,915 --> 00:13:54,405 and the pyrians? 347 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,120 let those bastards come. 348 00:13:58,280 --> 00:13:59,800 [ beka ]: gold two, we're falling back. 349 00:13:59,835 --> 00:14:00,525 do you copy? 350 00:14:00,560 --> 00:14:02,085 gold two, look out! 351 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:04,040 gold two. gold two, do you hear me? 352 00:14:04,075 --> 00:14:06,357 on your tail, incoming! 353 00:14:06,392 --> 00:14:08,640 gold two. gold two, come in. 354 00:14:08,675 --> 00:14:09,400 talk to me. 355 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:11,520 wingman didn't get the message. 356 00:14:11,555 --> 00:14:13,240 i'm trying to- can't hold it! 357 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:20,160 they got gold two. 358 00:14:20,195 --> 00:14:22,045 frymire, no! 359 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:23,240 we need to fall back. 360 00:14:23,275 --> 00:14:23,965 focus, people. 361 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,920 maintain comms discipline. 362 00:14:25,955 --> 00:14:29,017 we're going home. 363 00:14:29,052 --> 00:14:32,080 gold two, i'm sorry. 364 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,440 the evacuation of samsarra is 83% complete. 365 00:14:47,475 --> 00:14:48,417 torchships are closing. 366 00:14:48,452 --> 00:14:49,360 all surviving fighters 367 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:51,280 have returned to base. 368 00:14:51,315 --> 00:14:53,217 all right. 369 00:14:53,252 --> 00:14:55,085 let's do this. 370 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:56,640 prep every single missile tube we've got, 371 00:14:56,675 --> 00:14:57,765 full salvo. 372 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:00,080 prepare to fire on my mark. 373 00:15:00,115 --> 00:15:01,240 three... two... 374 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:02,597 dylan. 375 00:15:02,632 --> 00:15:03,885 what? 376 00:15:03,920 --> 00:15:04,720 i'm detecting multiple slipstream events. 377 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,000 oh, don't tell me- more pyrians? 378 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:08,525 no, the cavalry- 379 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:09,680 a high guard battle group, 380 00:15:09,715 --> 00:15:10,805 along with warships 381 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,000 from the commonwealth member worlds. 382 00:15:12,035 --> 00:15:13,160 ah, what do you know? 383 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:14,680 some good news for a change. 384 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:28,485 all right, people. 385 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:29,860 let's finish this evacuation. 386 00:15:29,895 --> 00:15:31,200 i hate to spoil the moment, 387 00:15:31,235 --> 00:15:31,925 but i've got news 388 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:33,120 from the colonial governor. 389 00:15:33,155 --> 00:15:34,245 now what? 390 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:36,165 what did i miss? 391 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:37,325 one of the transports 392 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:39,245 has experienced launching disasters. 393 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:41,200 it can't leave, and passengers can't transfer. 394 00:15:41,235 --> 00:15:43,085 it's a medical ship. 395 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:44,240 the passengers are patients. 396 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,320 andromeda,tell the flight deck to prep themarufor launch. 397 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:48,880 beka, 398 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,000 not a good idea. 399 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,160 that transport can't leave on its own, 400 00:15:51,195 --> 00:15:52,517 and themaruis a salvage ship. 401 00:15:52,552 --> 00:15:53,840 the math's pretty simple. 402 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,400 no, no, no. 403 00:15:55,760 --> 00:15:56,885 here's the math. 404 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,840 you've been flying under battle conditions 405 00:15:58,875 --> 00:15:59,240 for the past four hours. 406 00:15:59,275 --> 00:16:01,160 you're tired, 407 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,320 and unless i miss my guess, 408 00:16:02,355 --> 00:16:03,045 we need you rested 409 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,160 for the next fighter sortie, yes? 410 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,565 so... what? 411 00:16:09,600 --> 00:16:11,120 i'll take themaruto samsarra. 412 00:16:19,600 --> 00:16:22,280 i'll be needing you in the cockpit. 413 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:23,800 right now. 414 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,720 order the fleet to engage the pyrians. 415 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,840 distance to the transport ship? 416 00:16:58,360 --> 00:16:59,920 distance- 417 00:16:59,955 --> 00:17:01,440 hey! 418 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,500 wake up and focus! 419 00:17:04,535 --> 00:17:06,040 do your job, or leave. 420 00:17:06,075 --> 00:17:08,685 sorry. 421 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,040 we're in bucky-cable range. 422 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:12,560 deploy bucky-cables. 423 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,640 bucky-cables deployed. 424 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,160 we've got them. the transport is secure. 425 00:17:22,195 --> 00:17:23,685 all right, tell that pilot 426 00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:25,640 to make sure his patients are strapped in, 427 00:17:25,675 --> 00:17:27,160 because we're leaving, 428 00:17:27,195 --> 00:17:30,240 very, very fast. 429 00:17:37,160 --> 00:17:41,000 a. g. mass packets slowing us down. 430 00:17:41,035 --> 00:17:44,840 cook the engines to 125% to compensate. 431 00:17:44,875 --> 00:17:46,000 if this keeps up, 432 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:49,040 we'll never make it back to theandromeda. 433 00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,280 is that transport slip-capable? 434 00:17:53,315 --> 00:17:54,405 yes. 435 00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,360 all right. they don't need us to slow them down. 436 00:17:56,395 --> 00:17:57,517 i'm going to point us in the direction 437 00:17:57,552 --> 00:17:58,640 of the nearest obvious slip-point. 438 00:17:58,675 --> 00:17:59,765 as soon as we're up to speed, 439 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:00,960 i want you to cut the bucky-cables. 440 00:18:00,995 --> 00:18:03,277 inertia will carry them on. 441 00:18:03,312 --> 00:18:05,560 inertia, right. good plan. 442 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:10,160 give me 150% on those engines. 443 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:11,685 150, aye, 444 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,240 but we can't burn any hotter than that. 445 00:18:13,275 --> 00:18:14,597 we'll fly apart. 446 00:18:14,632 --> 00:18:15,920 [ alarm sounding ] 447 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,240 cut the cables. 448 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,440 the transport is safely on its way. 449 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,340 good. 450 00:18:30,375 --> 00:18:32,080 trance... 451 00:18:33,600 --> 00:18:35,485 whatever your problem is, 452 00:18:35,520 --> 00:18:37,440 you've already succeeded in making it mine as well, 453 00:18:37,475 --> 00:18:39,760 and i don't appreciate it at all. 454 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:43,600 get a grip. 455 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:57,800 we have them on the run. 456 00:18:57,835 --> 00:18:59,320 better than that. 457 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:02,400 they can't get out of here unless they come through us. 458 00:19:02,435 --> 00:19:03,920 andromeda, 459 00:19:04,320 --> 00:19:05,045 send a message to the fleet. 460 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:06,240 tell them we've got one more job to do. 461 00:19:06,640 --> 00:19:10,480 we are going to drive the pyrians from samsarra 462 00:19:10,515 --> 00:19:12,000 forever. 463 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,285 welcome back, tyr. 464 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:31,480 what merits your sudden interest 465 00:19:31,515 --> 00:19:33,040 in my return? 466 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,080 our courier returned with a package for you. 467 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:41,080 i assume you scanned that? 468 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:41,805 it's not a bomb, 469 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:43,400 if that's what you're asking. 470 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:46,445 they're seeds, 471 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:49,160 specifically from the dragonia vine. 472 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,280 the dragonia vine... 473 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,100 drago musevini's first feat of genetic engineering... 474 00:20:00,135 --> 00:20:03,360 yes, lush, colorful flowers with an intoxicating scent, 475 00:20:03,395 --> 00:20:04,485 and anything 476 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:05,680 that came close enough to appreciate that 477 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:06,800 was strangled to death by the vine. 478 00:20:06,835 --> 00:20:08,177 charming. 479 00:20:08,212 --> 00:20:09,520 yes... 480 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,120 but, you see, the dragonia vine wasn't just a plant. 481 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:16,040 it was the physical representation 482 00:20:16,075 --> 00:20:17,165 of a philosophy- 483 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,880 that the universe is a beautiful place, 484 00:20:19,915 --> 00:20:22,560 full of wonders... 485 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:25,640 and it wants to kill you. 486 00:20:25,675 --> 00:20:26,800 ironic, 487 00:20:27,160 --> 00:20:29,080 considering the dragonia vine is supposed to be extinct, 488 00:20:29,115 --> 00:20:30,240 wiped out when fountainhead was destroyed. 489 00:20:30,275 --> 00:20:33,285 ironic. yes. 490 00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:34,805 what i want to know, tyr, 491 00:20:34,840 --> 00:20:36,400 is who is sending you dragonia vines 492 00:20:36,435 --> 00:20:37,520 and why. 493 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,405 hey, trance. 494 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,000 just thought i'd check on you. 495 00:20:46,360 --> 00:20:47,900 trance? 496 00:20:47,935 --> 00:20:49,405 hi. 497 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:50,600 i'm sorry. 498 00:20:50,635 --> 00:20:51,760 i'm fine. 499 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:53,280 you don't seem fine. 500 00:20:53,315 --> 00:20:55,217 neither do you. 501 00:20:55,252 --> 00:20:56,946 you're right. 502 00:20:56,981 --> 00:20:58,605 i'm not fine. 503 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,800 it's that new crew? 504 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:01,720 the new situation? 505 00:21:01,755 --> 00:21:03,277 yeah, that. 506 00:21:03,312 --> 00:21:04,765 suddenly, 507 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,320 i find myself out there playing fighter jock 508 00:21:06,720 --> 00:21:07,445 while tyr flies my ship 509 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:09,765 on a death-defying rescue mission. 510 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:14,800 i mean, this is not how it's supposed to be, is it? 511 00:21:14,835 --> 00:21:16,320 this is not who i am. 512 00:21:16,355 --> 00:21:17,840 it is now. 513 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,525 maybe. 514 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:22,445 i understand 515 00:21:22,480 --> 00:21:24,760 that you don't really know who you are anymore, 516 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:26,320 or that you're even cut out to be the person you've become, 517 00:21:26,680 --> 00:21:30,160 but beka, believe me, you're not alone, 518 00:21:30,195 --> 00:21:32,405 and before you know it, 519 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,000 the universe is going to start to make sense again. 520 00:21:34,360 --> 00:21:35,920 i can promise you that much. 521 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:38,200 thanks, trance. 522 00:21:38,235 --> 00:21:40,520 for what? 523 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,880 this is captain dylan hunt, 524 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:52,800 commodore of the high guard fleet. 525 00:21:52,835 --> 00:21:53,525 you have 20 minutes 526 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:55,480 to completely withdraw from samsarra 527 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:57,400 or i will remove you myself. 528 00:21:57,435 --> 00:21:59,320 hunt out. 529 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:00,845 am i the only one who feels it's weird 530 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:03,360 that the pyrians left themselves with no way out? 531 00:22:03,395 --> 00:22:05,805 right now, the pyrians are up against the wall. 532 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:07,760 if we give them any more time, we lose our advantage. 533 00:22:07,795 --> 00:22:08,920 true, 534 00:22:09,320 --> 00:22:10,480 but they were playing their hand awfully well 535 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:11,600 up until the end there. 536 00:22:11,635 --> 00:22:12,725 yes, they were, 537 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,320 but the ultimatum has been offered. 538 00:22:14,355 --> 00:22:15,405 it's their move. 539 00:22:15,440 --> 00:22:18,920 and your plan if and when they don't respond? 540 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,000 this is our objective. 541 00:22:22,360 --> 00:22:24,280 two pyrian dropships carrying atmosphere generators- 542 00:22:24,680 --> 00:22:26,400 we destroy them, 543 00:22:26,435 --> 00:22:28,120 the pyrians go home. 544 00:22:28,155 --> 00:22:30,405 phase one, 545 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:31,600 the fighter wing will engage the torchships, 546 00:22:31,635 --> 00:22:32,685 drawing them off, 547 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:33,880 and keep them at least one light-minute 548 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:35,765 away from the main action. 549 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,120 the torchships are effectively knocked out of the battle. 550 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:39,280 sounds like fun. 551 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:41,560 phase two, 552 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:42,720 warships from the member worlds 553 00:22:43,120 --> 00:22:43,880 will engage the cruiser escorts, 554 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:45,365 forcing them 555 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:46,560 to reduce their coverage on the dropships. 556 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:48,080 leaving the dropships exposed. 557 00:22:48,115 --> 00:22:48,845 correct, 558 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:50,000 which brings us to phase three. 559 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:50,800 andromeda, 560 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:52,720 play back the simulation, please. 561 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:55,760 the main element of our fleet 562 00:22:56,160 --> 00:22:58,840 will launch a massive attack on the dropships. 563 00:22:58,875 --> 00:23:00,597 dropships gone. 564 00:23:00,632 --> 00:23:02,285 we switch fire 565 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:03,440 to the remaining cruiser escorts. 566 00:23:03,475 --> 00:23:05,000 our fighter wing falls back, 567 00:23:05,035 --> 00:23:06,357 leaving the torchships, 568 00:23:06,392 --> 00:23:07,645 which are now vulnerable 569 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:08,840 to a long-range missile attack. 570 00:23:08,875 --> 00:23:09,965 at which point, 571 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,920 we should be able to force a surrender. 572 00:23:11,955 --> 00:23:14,200 oh, at that point, we win. 573 00:23:14,235 --> 00:23:15,760 captain valentine... 574 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,925 scramble your fighters. 575 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:21,880 [ beka ]: okay, folks, here we go. 576 00:23:21,915 --> 00:23:23,405 one more time. 577 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:24,960 stay steady and ready for fun. 578 00:23:25,360 --> 00:23:26,480 it's about to get very hot and busy. 579 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:28,800 stay alert and hold formation. 580 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:33,400 fighters have drawn torchships to one light-minute. 581 00:23:33,435 --> 00:23:34,525 they're out. 582 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:35,720 the commander of the commonwealth detachment 583 00:23:35,755 --> 00:23:37,240 reports he has engaged the cruisers. 584 00:23:37,275 --> 00:23:38,400 the dropships are undefended. 585 00:23:38,435 --> 00:23:39,577 signal the battle group 586 00:23:39,612 --> 00:23:40,926 to initiate phase three. 587 00:23:40,961 --> 00:23:42,205 all ships report ready. 588 00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:44,560 set an intercept course for those dropships. 589 00:23:44,595 --> 00:23:45,680 all ahead, full. 590 00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:47,600 are you both listening for it? 591 00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:49,157 listening for what? 592 00:23:49,192 --> 00:23:50,645 the other shoe to drop. 593 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:54,520 offensive missiles, all tubes, simultaneous time on target. 594 00:23:54,555 --> 00:23:56,080 fire. 595 00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:04,880 five seconds to intercept. 596 00:24:04,915 --> 00:24:06,257 three seconds. 597 00:24:06,292 --> 00:24:07,600 ready salvo two. 598 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:17,960 targets destroyed. 599 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:19,480 prepare to shift fire to cruisers. 600 00:24:19,515 --> 00:24:20,640 several pyrian torchships 601 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,180 have engaged the commonwealth detachment. 602 00:24:22,215 --> 00:24:23,927 i thought the fighters drew them off. 603 00:24:23,962 --> 00:24:25,561 they did. these are new torchships. 604 00:24:25,596 --> 00:24:27,160 ping the fleet. i want a status report. 605 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,280 the detachment's command ship has been destroyed. 606 00:24:29,315 --> 00:24:31,000 other ships report that they are taking heavy fire. 607 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,560 damn it. 608 00:24:46,760 --> 00:24:49,405 keep firing. 609 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,360 tell the detachment to pull back and consolidate on us. 610 00:24:51,395 --> 00:24:52,485 i don't understand. 611 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:54,800 there were no slipstream events. the sensor sweep was all clear. 612 00:24:54,835 --> 00:24:56,325 yes, 613 00:24:56,360 --> 00:24:58,280 but i've traced the pyrian reinforcements trajectory 614 00:24:58,315 --> 00:24:59,440 back to their point of origin. 615 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:00,960 they came from the far side of the star. 616 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:04,365 damn. 617 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,120 i walked right into that one. 618 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,540 it doesn't make any sense. 619 00:25:15,575 --> 00:25:17,080 this can't be an ambush. 620 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:18,240 the pyrians would have had to know 621 00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,160 that we were going to come to samsarra, 622 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:21,680 destroy their atmosphere generators, 623 00:25:21,715 --> 00:25:23,565 evacuate the colony, 624 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:24,760 and then go after their dropships. 625 00:25:24,795 --> 00:25:25,885 no one is that good. 626 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,080 then that makes two large coincidences 627 00:25:27,115 --> 00:25:28,240 in one day. 628 00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:30,160 we're receiving another message from the pyrians. 629 00:25:30,195 --> 00:25:30,920 i can't get a fix on the source. 630 00:25:30,955 --> 00:25:33,037 on screen. 631 00:25:33,072 --> 00:25:35,085 captain hunt, 632 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,005 while we admire your audacity, 633 00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,360 tactical half-measures will not deny us our objective. 634 00:25:39,395 --> 00:25:41,645 we strongly encourage you 635 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:43,600 to rethink your approach to the current crisis. 636 00:25:43,635 --> 00:25:47,765 failure to do so will be catastrophic. 637 00:25:47,800 --> 00:25:50,480 well, that's the friendliest hostile communique 638 00:25:50,515 --> 00:25:51,640 i've ever received. 639 00:25:52,040 --> 00:25:53,960 but no less clear for its tone. 640 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:55,445 it is what it is. 641 00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:57,040 we'll withdraw to the outer solar system 642 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,320 and assess our situation, 643 00:25:59,355 --> 00:26:01,605 but for now, 644 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,920 the pyrians have taken samsarra. 645 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:18,920 we got our asses handed to us out there. 646 00:26:18,955 --> 00:26:20,080 the pyrian reinforcements 647 00:26:20,115 --> 00:26:20,840 must have arrived 648 00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:22,360 after we swept the system, 649 00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:23,920 before we could do anything. 650 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,325 i've got a ship, a fleet, a planet 651 00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:30,040 counting on me to be ready for curveballs like this. 652 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:32,325 right, 653 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:36,560 so you think you're expected to be omniscient 654 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,640 and above the laws of space and time? 655 00:26:39,675 --> 00:26:42,320 are you implying that i'm not? 656 00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,765 you know what bothers me? 657 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,720 how did the pyrians react so quickly? 658 00:26:47,755 --> 00:26:49,640 it's like they're three moves ahead of us 659 00:26:49,675 --> 00:26:51,160 at every turn. 660 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,840 it's like someone handed them our playbook 661 00:26:53,875 --> 00:26:56,560 before the game even got started. 662 00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,840 [ crackling ] 663 00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:01,885 there. do you hear it? 664 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:05,000 i hear a great many things. 665 00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:06,520 be specific. 666 00:27:06,555 --> 00:27:07,680 listen again, 667 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:09,200 in the ultrasonic range, above all the comm chatter. 668 00:27:09,600 --> 00:27:11,520 [ garbled voices ] 669 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,520 i don't recognize that comm protocol. 670 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:18,800 neither do i, which is strange enough, 671 00:27:18,835 --> 00:27:19,960 but what is stranger still 672 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:21,485 is that that signal 673 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:23,040 is being sent from inside theandromeda. 674 00:27:23,075 --> 00:27:25,360 where inside the andromeda? 675 00:27:25,395 --> 00:27:26,445 i don't know. 676 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:28,220 whoever sent it covered their tracks well, 677 00:27:28,255 --> 00:27:29,960 and it's being broadcast omnidirectionally, 678 00:27:29,995 --> 00:27:31,897 so it's impossible to determine 679 00:27:31,932 --> 00:27:33,765 who it's being sent to, or why. 680 00:27:33,800 --> 00:27:36,880 an unauthorized transmission under battle conditions? 681 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,160 the "why" is immaterial. 682 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,160 i have a few thoughts concerning the who. 683 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,965 dylan, 684 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,160 i'm detecting a high guard courier vessel 685 00:27:49,195 --> 00:27:50,137 entering the system. 686 00:27:50,172 --> 00:27:51,080 it's hailing us. 687 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,125 i'll take it here. 688 00:27:54,160 --> 00:27:57,600 it's admiral hamsa from the perseid plate. 689 00:27:58,000 --> 00:27:59,085 our long-range scouts 690 00:27:59,120 --> 00:28:00,280 have detected pyrian battle fleets 691 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,165 assembling across the three galaxies, 692 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,880 so it appears samsarra is merely the opening salvo 693 00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,565 with a full-fledged pyrian campaign 694 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:09,520 against thousands of oxygen-breathing worlds. 695 00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:10,640 most of the threatened planets 696 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,160 are non-aligned or hostile to us, 697 00:28:13,195 --> 00:28:15,280 but several are commonwealth members 698 00:28:15,315 --> 00:28:16,365 and allies. 699 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,320 we deployed the wrath of achilles 700 00:28:18,355 --> 00:28:19,845 and the twelve centuries 701 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,180 with task forces to defend enkindu 702 00:28:22,215 --> 00:28:24,480 and the jaguar homeworld venceremos. 703 00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,000 we also sent ambassadors 704 00:28:26,035 --> 00:28:27,125 to try to negotiate 705 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,640 with the than, the kalderans, even the drago-kazov, 706 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:33,320 but it doesn't look good. 707 00:28:33,355 --> 00:28:35,240 it looks like war. 708 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:39,405 a war we can't win. 709 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:44,440 they picked samsarra for a reason. 710 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,440 if we stop them here, maybe we stop them everywhere. 711 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:54,440 andromeda, 712 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:55,565 get in touch 713 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,120 with your ai counterparts 714 00:28:57,155 --> 00:28:58,245 in the fleet. 715 00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,360 we need to come up with a plan to hold off the pyrians. 716 00:29:01,395 --> 00:29:02,880 aye, captain. 717 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,720 feeling better? 718 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,285 actually, no. 719 00:29:16,320 --> 00:29:18,205 i'm feeling much worse. 720 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:19,400 is your ill health somehow connected 721 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:20,920 to the signals you've been sending 722 00:29:20,955 --> 00:29:22,805 to the pyrians? 723 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:24,580 i wasn't talking to the pyrians. 724 00:29:24,615 --> 00:29:26,320 who have you been talking to? 725 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:30,920 the signals you intercepted were messages home. 726 00:29:30,955 --> 00:29:33,200 i was trying to reach my family. 727 00:29:33,235 --> 00:29:35,120 and you failed? 728 00:29:35,155 --> 00:29:36,097 no. 729 00:29:36,132 --> 00:29:37,005 worse. 730 00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:39,725 i succeeded. 731 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:42,040 what they told me was not good. 732 00:29:42,075 --> 00:29:43,600 it's not good at all. 733 00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:50,120 rommie... 734 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:51,245 dylan, 735 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:52,800 i've just been in contact with vice-admiral kosugi, 736 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:53,925 the commander 737 00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:55,300 of the sabra-jaguar detachment. 738 00:29:55,335 --> 00:29:56,605 he got the same report we did 739 00:29:56,640 --> 00:29:58,160 about the pyrian movements throughout the known worlds, 740 00:29:58,560 --> 00:29:59,320 but he's withdrawing his ships 741 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:01,240 to defend venceremos. 742 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,080 and what exactly is he defending against? 743 00:30:05,115 --> 00:30:06,605 oh, nietzscheans. 744 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,160 you know, surprise, surprise. 745 00:30:08,195 --> 00:30:09,645 running away. 746 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,840 all right, get this admiral kosugi 747 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:13,520 i already told him that you wouldn't approve. 748 00:30:13,555 --> 00:30:14,680 then he quoted me 749 00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:17,000 some obscure paragraph of the mutual defense pact. 750 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,280 all right, you know, just get him anyway, 751 00:30:19,315 --> 00:30:21,600 and i'll tell him where he can put 752 00:30:21,635 --> 00:30:23,920 his mutual defense pact. 753 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:33,680 report. 754 00:30:33,715 --> 00:30:34,605 the pyrians 755 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:35,440 are firing low-velocity standoff weapons 756 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:36,925 at us and the fleet, 757 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,120 not enough to really hurt us. 758 00:30:38,155 --> 00:30:39,280 they're probing our defenses, 759 00:30:39,315 --> 00:30:40,765 looking for weak spots. 760 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:42,320 the ais have been running simulations nonstop, 761 00:30:42,355 --> 00:30:43,845 and none of them are good. 762 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:45,365 all scenarios in which we defeat the pyrians 763 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,080 cost us the entire battle group, including theandromeda, 764 00:30:48,115 --> 00:30:48,880 and even still, 765 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:49,965 that's no guarantee 766 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:51,920 that samsarra will stay out of pyrian control. 767 00:30:51,955 --> 00:30:53,045 dylan, if we roll over here, 768 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:54,240 the pyrians will see the commonwealth 769 00:30:55,400 --> 00:30:57,320 yeah, i hear you, beka, but you heard rommie. 770 00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:00,760 we stay, we kiss this ship and this fleet goodbye. 771 00:31:00,795 --> 00:31:02,285 without these ships, 772 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:03,840 we'll be unable to turn back the larger pyrian offensive. 773 00:31:03,875 --> 00:31:05,725 rommie, signal the fleet. 774 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:07,280 tell them to proceed to the nearest slip-point. 775 00:31:07,315 --> 00:31:09,200 we'll regroup in sinti orbit 776 00:31:09,235 --> 00:31:11,085 and plan from there. 777 00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:13,040 you might want to reconsider that order. 778 00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:17,280 something you want to tell me, tyr? 779 00:31:17,315 --> 00:31:19,960 no. she does. 780 00:31:29,080 --> 00:31:31,760 all right, trance, what is it this time? 781 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:33,680 you have to stop the pyrians here. 782 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,240 i do not know how you're going to do it, 783 00:31:35,275 --> 00:31:36,597 but you do not have a choice. 784 00:31:36,632 --> 00:31:37,920 even if it means the death 785 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:39,440 of every crew member in this battle fleet? 786 00:31:39,840 --> 00:31:40,565 they want samsarra. 787 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:42,160 dylan, you cannot let them have it. 788 00:31:42,195 --> 00:31:43,280 that's not good enough, trance. 789 00:31:43,680 --> 00:31:45,200 you know who's backing the pyrians. 790 00:31:45,235 --> 00:31:46,760 you've been talking to them. 791 00:31:46,795 --> 00:31:47,885 no. 792 00:31:47,920 --> 00:31:50,200 one of my people is in this system, 793 00:31:50,235 --> 00:31:51,757 watching us, 794 00:31:51,792 --> 00:31:53,296 helping them. 795 00:31:53,331 --> 00:31:54,765 that woman. 796 00:31:54,800 --> 00:31:56,720 she's been keeping the pyrians ahead of the game. 797 00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:59,765 yes. 798 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:01,325 dylan, there is a war coming, 799 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:02,480 one that is going to make this battle 800 00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:03,640 look like child's play. 801 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,285 the magog worldship. 802 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:07,845 my people have come to the conclusion 803 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:10,960 that the commonwealth cannot stop the magog, 804 00:32:10,995 --> 00:32:12,080 but they feel that the pyrians can. 805 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,560 you've got to be kidding me. 806 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:17,045 damn it, trance, 807 00:32:17,080 --> 00:32:18,205 we aren't just pieces 808 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,725 in your private game ofgo. 809 00:32:19,760 --> 00:32:23,240 now, you level with me or quit wasting my time. 810 00:32:23,600 --> 00:32:24,725 dylan, 811 00:32:24,760 --> 00:32:26,645 my people live in a universe 812 00:32:26,680 --> 00:32:29,760 where there are no easy roads to the perfect possible future, 813 00:32:29,795 --> 00:32:31,245 a future 814 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:32,840 that is getting harder to see 815 00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:34,000 all the time. 816 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,680 we all live in the same universe, trance. 817 00:32:36,715 --> 00:32:37,805 it's just that your people 818 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,520 are cold, calculating sons of bitches. 819 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,040 okay, people, listen up. 820 00:32:47,075 --> 00:32:48,165 new plan. 821 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:50,120 we will not abandon this system to the pyrians. 822 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,040 tell them to hold their position, 823 00:32:52,075 --> 00:32:53,960 await my instructions. 824 00:32:54,320 --> 00:32:55,880 so... 825 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:58,925 we fight the pyrians to the death 826 00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:00,880 and add another glorious defeat to the high guard honor roll? 827 00:33:00,915 --> 00:33:02,000 tyr, sometimes, 828 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:03,525 winning just means 829 00:33:03,560 --> 00:33:07,000 preventing the other guy from achieving his objective. 830 00:33:07,035 --> 00:33:08,920 beka, prep your fighter wing for launch. 831 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,620 if we're going to have any kind of shot at this, 832 00:33:11,655 --> 00:33:13,920 i need you to punch a gap in the pyrian line. 833 00:33:13,955 --> 00:33:17,000 you're assigning me a hopeless action 834 00:33:17,035 --> 00:33:17,760 against overwhelming odds? 835 00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,280 yes, i am. 836 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,000 i'm all over it. 837 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:30,405 all right, people, 838 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:31,565 i need you to be sharp out there. 839 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,520 last time around, we lost a good pilot 840 00:33:33,555 --> 00:33:35,405 and a good friend. 841 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:37,720 now, it's time to make the bastards pay. 842 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:39,640 this one's for frymire. 843 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:48,880 the fighters have created a gap in the pyrian lines. 844 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,560 we should be able to reach our objective 845 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:53,480 before the pyrians can move back into position 846 00:33:53,840 --> 00:33:54,640 and stop us. 847 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:56,160 signal the fleet. 848 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:58,840 let's bring it. 849 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:10,000 we're through. 850 00:34:10,360 --> 00:34:11,920 the fleet has taken minimal damage. 851 00:34:11,955 --> 00:34:13,005 position to samsarra, 852 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,165 one light-minute and closing. 853 00:34:14,200 --> 00:34:16,520 all ships report full weapons load-outs, 854 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:17,680 missile tubes and a. p. guns ready. 855 00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:19,960 we are locked on target. 856 00:34:19,995 --> 00:34:21,317 outstanding. 857 00:34:21,352 --> 00:34:22,640 open a channel. 858 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:25,340 attention, pyrian fleet. 859 00:34:25,375 --> 00:34:26,845 this is your last chance 860 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,800 to resolve this matter peacefully. 861 00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,685 you started this conflict, 862 00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:33,400 but rest assured, we will end it. 863 00:34:33,435 --> 00:34:36,117 we expect an immediate response. 864 00:34:36,152 --> 00:34:38,236 they're not going to answer. 865 00:34:38,271 --> 00:34:40,320 they still don't believe you. 866 00:34:40,355 --> 00:34:42,640 yeah, i know. 867 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:44,885 all right, 868 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,240 let's give them something to believe in. 869 00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:50,320 they want this planet? 870 00:34:50,355 --> 00:34:51,840 they can have it. 871 00:34:51,875 --> 00:34:53,725 tyr, 872 00:34:53,760 --> 00:34:57,200 send a message to the fleet- 873 00:34:57,600 --> 00:34:59,120 "fight. " 874 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,120 "they make a desert, and they call it peace. " 875 00:35:47,155 --> 00:35:48,877 status on the pyrians? 876 00:35:48,912 --> 00:35:50,565 holding their position. 877 00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:52,520 it's as if they're waiting for something 878 00:35:52,555 --> 00:35:53,680 or someone. 879 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:56,360 we're receiving a coded message from the pyrians. 880 00:35:56,395 --> 00:35:58,097 on screen. 881 00:35:58,132 --> 00:35:59,800 captain hunt, 882 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:00,960 as per the terms of the treaty 883 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,400 with the first systems commonwealth, 884 00:36:04,435 --> 00:36:06,285 we wish to open negotiations 885 00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:07,880 over the status of all disputed worlds. 886 00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,560 we await your reply. 887 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:16,720 who'd have thought that blowing up one planet 888 00:36:16,755 --> 00:36:18,240 would bring the big, bad pyrians 889 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,160 to the bargaining table? 890 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:23,205 we sent them a message- 891 00:36:23,240 --> 00:36:24,780 we'd rather die on our feet 892 00:36:24,815 --> 00:36:26,320 than live on our knees. 893 00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:28,600 now the pyrians know 894 00:36:29,000 --> 00:36:29,760 that we are not going to back down 895 00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:31,645 from anybody, 896 00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,360 and i do mean anybody. 897 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,005 ah. there you are. 898 00:36:47,040 --> 00:36:48,960 i wanted to talk to you. 899 00:36:48,995 --> 00:36:51,280 new guy. 900 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,940 oh, uh... 901 00:36:53,975 --> 00:36:55,445 at ease. 902 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:57,800 this isn't a parade. 903 00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:03,560 you, um, you did an outstanding job today. 904 00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:05,480 i just wanted to let you know that i put the entire wing in 905 00:37:05,515 --> 00:37:06,640 for the order of the commonwealth. 906 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:08,160 thank you, ma'am. 907 00:37:08,195 --> 00:37:09,320 please. 908 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:10,840 it's beka. 909 00:37:10,875 --> 00:37:12,000 beka's fine. 910 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,320 thank you, captain valentine. 911 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:17,360 good enough. 912 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,280 is there anything else the first officer needs to know? 913 00:37:24,315 --> 00:37:26,600 yeah. 914 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:28,520 what's your name? 915 00:37:28,555 --> 00:37:29,680 bowlus. 916 00:37:30,040 --> 00:37:31,600 lieutenant, junior grade. 917 00:37:32,720 --> 00:37:34,605 well... 918 00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,120 carry on, then, lieutenant bowlus. 919 00:37:38,155 --> 00:37:40,400 keep up the good work. 920 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:43,100 ma'am? 921 00:37:43,135 --> 00:37:44,605 mm? 922 00:37:44,640 --> 00:37:47,720 does it ever get any easier? 923 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,240 losing people, i mean. 924 00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,160 friends. 925 00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:55,400 god, bowlus. 926 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,680 i hope not. 927 00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,320 i don't recognize that one. 928 00:38:30,720 --> 00:38:32,240 that's a climbing fern from samsarra, 929 00:38:32,640 --> 00:38:35,720 possibly the last one left. 930 00:38:35,755 --> 00:38:37,240 samsarra... 931 00:38:38,800 --> 00:38:41,680 we sacrificed an entire world today, 932 00:38:41,715 --> 00:38:43,897 but we saved thousands in the process. 933 00:38:43,932 --> 00:38:46,080 you're going to be doing a lot of that 934 00:38:46,115 --> 00:38:46,840 in the future. 935 00:38:47,240 --> 00:38:48,000 you know, 936 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,680 you're really not as cryptic as you think you are. 937 00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:53,760 i'll take that as a compliment. 938 00:38:53,795 --> 00:38:55,245 what we're doing here, 939 00:38:55,280 --> 00:38:58,360 it's bigger than rebuilding the commonwealth. 940 00:38:58,395 --> 00:38:59,537 it's bigger than the pyrians. 941 00:38:59,572 --> 00:39:01,666 it's bigger than the magog. 942 00:39:01,701 --> 00:39:03,760 it's about us against the abyss. 943 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,165 yes. 944 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,085 dylan, i believe in you. 945 00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:11,440 i believe that you can help us win, 946 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,120 against the pyrians and in the war to come. 947 00:39:14,155 --> 00:39:14,880 tell me 948 00:39:15,280 --> 00:39:16,400 that in that fight, you won't run away, 949 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:19,480 hiding behind your riddles and evasions. 950 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,320 if you're with me, you fight with me. 951 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,560 dylan, we're on the same team. 952 00:39:27,595 --> 00:39:29,045 we always have been. 953 00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,160 i need you more than you need me. 954 00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:33,285 i trust you. 955 00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:35,240 it's the other way around, trance. 956 00:39:35,275 --> 00:39:37,125 i need to know i can trust you. 957 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,600 well, if you don't trust me, then you can send me away. 958 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:44,440 send you away. 959 00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:51,360 it's all about the fight, 960 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:53,280 the light against the dark, 961 00:39:53,315 --> 00:39:54,800 good against evil. 962 00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,640 some people hide from it. 963 00:39:58,675 --> 00:40:00,525 some run away. 964 00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:02,120 some live with it in fear. 965 00:40:02,155 --> 00:40:04,005 some find solace 966 00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,480 in knowing they've done everything they can. 967 00:40:11,720 --> 00:40:13,640 some stay and fight. 968 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,240 i fight to win.