1 00:00:16,816 --> 00:00:18,418 All systems failing! 2 00:00:18,418 --> 00:00:20,020 Mayday, mayday! Life support critical! 3 00:00:20,020 --> 00:00:22,422 Firing tubes seven through nine... 4 00:00:24,824 --> 00:00:26,426 these are the last images 5 00:00:26,426 --> 00:00:27,627 i could transport, 6 00:00:28,028 --> 00:00:30,030 just before i went to 'stream. 7 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:38,838 Hull breach in scc! Core temp is critical! 8 00:00:38,838 --> 00:00:41,241 We're losing power! 9 00:00:41,641 --> 00:00:43,243 The ship under attack 10 00:00:43,243 --> 00:00:45,245 is commonwealth, thelancer's hope. 11 00:00:45,245 --> 00:00:48,448 The attacking nietzschean fleet is from the planet almagast. 12 00:00:48,448 --> 00:00:50,050 They died quickly. 13 00:00:50,050 --> 00:00:54,054 They shouldn't have died at all. 14 00:00:54,054 --> 00:00:54,854 There's been nietzschean activity 15 00:00:54,854 --> 00:00:56,456 in half a dozen systems. 16 00:00:56,456 --> 00:01:00,460 I mean, this was a standard distress call. 17 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:02,062 I was sent to answer. 18 00:01:03,263 --> 00:01:04,464 Next thing, 19 00:01:04,464 --> 00:01:05,665 there was a flotilla of battle cruisers. 20 00:01:06,066 --> 00:01:08,468 Your duty was to get to the closest commonwealth ship, 21 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:10,870 and you did that. 22 00:01:10,870 --> 00:01:12,472 Thank you, sir. 23 00:01:12,472 --> 00:01:13,273 We are five slipstream jumps 24 00:01:13,673 --> 00:01:14,474 from almagast. 25 00:01:14,474 --> 00:01:15,675 Thelancer's hopewas closer. 26 00:01:15,675 --> 00:01:16,476 Almagast. 27 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:18,878 Nietzscheans built the almagast shipyards 28 00:01:19,279 --> 00:01:20,880 into the best in the three galaxies. 29 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:24,884 Yes, by conquering the planet and using slave labor. 30 00:01:24,884 --> 00:01:27,287 Well, they have a powerful fleet, 31 00:01:27,287 --> 00:01:29,289 plus an unequaled ability and ingenuity 32 00:01:29,689 --> 00:01:30,890 in the construction of weapons and defense systems. 33 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:32,492 No wonder everyone sucks up to them, 34 00:01:32,492 --> 00:01:33,293 including the Commonwealth. 35 00:01:33,693 --> 00:01:36,896 Not today. Not us. 36 00:01:36,896 --> 00:01:39,699 Dylan... 37 00:01:41,301 --> 00:01:43,303 the cistaro system has five planets, 38 00:01:43,303 --> 00:01:44,504 three solid, two gas giants. 39 00:01:44,504 --> 00:01:46,906 Planet almagast, closest to the sun, 40 00:01:46,906 --> 00:01:48,108 orbits at the edge 41 00:01:48,108 --> 00:01:48,908 of habitable radiation parameters. 42 00:01:48,908 --> 00:01:51,711 Any closer, and it'd be alma toast. 43 00:01:51,711 --> 00:01:53,713 The planet's strong magnetic field 44 00:01:53,713 --> 00:01:56,916 sHunts aside the worst of the solar radiation, 45 00:01:56,916 --> 00:01:59,319 dense atmosphere blocks the remaining solar wind. 46 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:02,522 Suns nourish life, which thrives in safety. 47 00:02:02,522 --> 00:02:04,924 Much of the living and working on almagast 48 00:02:04,924 --> 00:02:06,126 is done below the planet's surface. 49 00:02:06,526 --> 00:02:07,727 If they're so good at business, 50 00:02:08,128 --> 00:02:08,928 why would the nietzscheans attack? 51 00:02:08,928 --> 00:02:10,130 That's not good slave management. 52 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:11,331 Rommie, time to tarazed? 53 00:02:11,731 --> 00:02:14,534 A courier would take approximately 45 hours 54 00:02:15,335 --> 00:02:16,536 and return with orders from the commonwealth. 55 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:19,339 I can do it, sir. 56 00:02:19,339 --> 00:02:20,140 No, we can't wait. 57 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,741 Lay in a course for almagast. 58 00:02:21,741 --> 00:02:22,942 Uh, Dylan, let's think about this. 59 00:02:22,942 --> 00:02:24,944 Nobody knows a thing about this place. 60 00:02:24,944 --> 00:02:27,347 Harper, see what you can dig up. 61 00:02:27,347 --> 00:02:29,349 I'll be in the core, where i always am. 62 00:02:29,349 --> 00:02:33,353 Beka, take us to slipstream, please. 63 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:49,369 We are now approaching almagast. 64 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:53,373 There's a great deal of solar activity. 65 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:56,176 My sensors are down to 37% efficiency. 66 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:57,377 Standard orbit. 67 00:02:57,377 --> 00:02:59,779 Dylan, i'm detecting no debris, 68 00:02:59,779 --> 00:03:01,781 no residual slip-core plasma, 69 00:03:01,781 --> 00:03:04,184 no evidence at all of a battle. 70 00:03:04,184 --> 00:03:05,785 Lieutenant sabo? 71 00:03:05,785 --> 00:03:08,588 Sir, i escaped a full-pitched fight. 72 00:03:08,588 --> 00:03:10,190 Perhaps the other side of the planet? 73 00:03:10,190 --> 00:03:11,791 These are the coordinates you gave us. 74 00:03:11,791 --> 00:03:13,393 There's no sign of thelancers' hope, 75 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:14,994 either debris or intact. 76 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:17,797 All right. There's an explanation. 77 00:03:17,797 --> 00:03:18,998 Let's find it. 78 00:03:18,998 --> 00:03:23,002 Dylan, we're being hailed from the surface... 79 00:03:23,002 --> 00:03:25,805 the office of visitors and tourism. 80 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:29,809 Visitors and tourism? 81 00:03:31,010 --> 00:03:33,012 Onscreen. 82 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:39,018 Welcome to our system, commonwealth visitor. 83 00:03:39,018 --> 00:03:41,020 I am shig, and... 84 00:03:41,421 --> 00:03:45,425 lipp-sett is my name. Think of our planet as your own. 85 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:47,827 Hard to believe they dressed themselves. 86 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:49,429 Dylan Hunt, 87 00:03:49,829 --> 00:03:51,831 captain of the Andromeda ascendant. 88 00:03:51,831 --> 00:03:54,634 We have reports of a battle involving your ships 89 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:56,236 and a Commonwealth cruiser. 90 00:03:56,636 --> 00:04:00,640 Battle? Not here. 91 00:04:00,640 --> 00:04:02,642 We haven't had a commonwealth ship 92 00:04:03,042 --> 00:04:03,843 in this system since... 93 00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:05,044 Rommie? 94 00:04:05,044 --> 00:04:06,646 The ionizing radiation makes it difficult 95 00:04:07,447 --> 00:04:09,849 feed their coordinates into my slipfighter. 96 00:04:09,849 --> 00:04:11,050 I'll take a squad down. 97 00:04:11,050 --> 00:04:13,052 Permission to accompany, sir. 98 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:15,855 I wouldn't have it any other way. 99 00:04:15,855 --> 00:04:18,258 Orbit approach vector alpha niner juliet. 100 00:04:18,658 --> 00:04:19,859 Alpha, copy. 101 00:04:19,859 --> 00:04:21,861 Vectoring approach formation seven, out. 102 00:04:21,861 --> 00:04:22,662 Launch formation sequence. 103 00:04:22,662 --> 00:04:25,465 Standing by. 104 00:04:25,865 --> 00:04:27,066 Dylan, i've locked on to the coordinates 105 00:04:27,066 --> 00:04:28,668 of the enTrance to their underground system. 106 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:30,270 Copy that. 107 00:04:30,270 --> 00:04:33,873 I'll locate these two clowns and get some answers. 108 00:04:33,873 --> 00:04:35,074 Understood. 109 00:04:35,074 --> 00:04:38,278 There's a solar flare building fast. 110 00:04:38,278 --> 00:04:41,481 I'm getting a rapid increase in solar wind pressure. 111 00:04:41,481 --> 00:04:44,684 Dylan, you have to penetrate the atmosphere quickly. 112 00:04:44,684 --> 00:04:46,686 A very large solar flare is approaching release. 113 00:04:46,686 --> 00:04:50,690 Uh, that's not a solar wind, it's a solar hurricane. 114 00:04:50,690 --> 00:04:52,292 Protect yourself, Rommie. 115 00:04:52,292 --> 00:04:53,893 It's going to be a close one. 116 00:04:53,893 --> 00:04:58,698 Switching to manual override. Red, blue teams, on me. 117 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:03,503 Copy that. Manual, bracing for impact. 118 00:05:10,310 --> 00:05:12,312 We're locking down for radiation safety. 119 00:05:12,312 --> 00:05:13,513 Rommie, give me ship-wide. 120 00:05:13,513 --> 00:05:15,114 Ship-wide. 121 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:17,517 This is acting captain Beka Valentine. 122 00:05:17,517 --> 00:05:19,519 We are locking down for toxic rad levels. 123 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:21,120 All crew are confined to shielded areas, 124 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,322 on the double. 125 00:05:22,322 --> 00:05:25,925 I repeat, emergency shielded areas. 126 00:05:33,533 --> 00:05:35,535 All crew are in shielded areas. 127 00:05:35,535 --> 00:05:38,738 Rommie, here comes one enormous electric eraser. 128 00:05:38,738 --> 00:05:39,939 I know, Harper, 129 00:05:39,939 --> 00:05:41,541 i'm strong, but mother nature, as you call her, 130 00:05:41,541 --> 00:05:42,742 is much stronger. 131 00:05:43,142 --> 00:05:45,144 Catch you on the flip side, guys. 132 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:51,951 Bracing for emp burst. 133 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:53,152 This'll take up a few minutes of my time. 134 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:58,358 Systems temporarily shutting down. 135 00:06:03,963 --> 00:06:06,366 Re-booting. Op sys enabled. 136 00:06:06,366 --> 00:06:08,768 Dylan... 137 00:06:10,370 --> 00:06:17,577 damn! Red team, blue team, come in! 138 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:19,178 Blue team, come in! 139 00:06:19,579 --> 00:06:25,184 Okay, boys, good luck to us all. 140 00:06:31,190 --> 00:06:33,993 The universe is a dangerous place, 141 00:06:33,993 --> 00:06:35,194 but in our future, 142 00:06:35,595 --> 00:06:38,798 my crew and i fight to make it safe. 143 00:06:38,798 --> 00:06:40,400 I am Dylan Hunt, 144 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:42,001 captain of theAndromeda ascendant, 145 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:45,605 and these are our adventures. 146 00:07:22,041 --> 00:07:25,244 What i wouldn't give for a kick-starter. 147 00:07:27,647 --> 00:07:29,248 Come on, catch! 148 00:07:35,254 --> 00:07:37,657 Bad news all around. 149 00:07:38,858 --> 00:07:41,260 It's been a good life! 150 00:07:48,868 --> 00:07:52,472 Control systems engaged. 151 00:07:52,872 --> 00:07:54,073 We are confined here 152 00:07:54,073 --> 00:07:55,675 until the radiation drops to safe levels. 153 00:07:56,075 --> 00:07:58,077 I have detected that Dylan has made a successful landing 154 00:07:58,077 --> 00:07:59,679 at the enTrance to the underground system. 155 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:02,081 That's a relief, and the others? 156 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:05,284 Of the eight, four have landed safely, 157 00:08:05,284 --> 00:08:06,886 but the ships are incapacitated. 158 00:08:06,886 --> 00:08:09,689 More death. 159 00:08:10,890 --> 00:08:12,091 There's something else. 160 00:08:12,091 --> 00:08:14,494 Something else? 161 00:08:17,697 --> 00:08:20,500 [Sighs] 162 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,101 Various psychotropic agents were retrofitted 163 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:23,703 into my auto-defense system. 164 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:25,304 It's far more effective than my previous system. 165 00:08:25,304 --> 00:08:29,709 Gas. Odorless, colorless, designed to disorient intruders. 166 00:08:30,109 --> 00:08:31,711 You didn't. 167 00:08:31,711 --> 00:08:32,912 I did. And i breathed it. 168 00:08:33,312 --> 00:08:36,916 I'm moving us over to the lee side of the planet. 169 00:08:37,316 --> 00:08:38,918 We may find some protection 170 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:40,520 from the solar hurricanes there, 171 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:42,522 but i may still have some problems. 172 00:08:42,522 --> 00:08:46,125 At least Dylan is safe... i think. 173 00:08:46,125 --> 00:08:48,127 Rommie! 174 00:08:49,328 --> 00:08:52,131 Damn technology. 175 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:57,737 I'm captain Dylan Hunt, 176 00:08:57,737 --> 00:09:02,542 and you... must be the welcoming committee. 177 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:06,145 We are the welcoming committee, captain. 178 00:09:06,145 --> 00:09:09,749 They are the security detail. 179 00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:10,950 Again... 180 00:09:11,350 --> 00:09:12,151 lipp-sett. 181 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:14,153 And again, shig. 182 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:18,558 Of course, visitors and tourism. 183 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:22,161 Your reputation precedes you, captain. 184 00:09:22,161 --> 00:09:23,763 We were surprised to learn 185 00:09:23,763 --> 00:09:24,964 that theAndromeda 186 00:09:25,364 --> 00:09:26,966 survived the recent nietzschean conflict 187 00:09:26,966 --> 00:09:28,568 relatively unscathed. 188 00:09:28,568 --> 00:09:29,769 We were lucky. 189 00:09:29,769 --> 00:09:32,171 I'd wager luck had nothing to do with it. 190 00:09:32,171 --> 00:09:34,574 Am i right? 191 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,976 Well, i'm investigating 192 00:09:36,976 --> 00:09:38,578 a more recent nietzschean conflict. 193 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,980 We haven't had a hostility in this system 194 00:09:40,980 --> 00:09:42,982 for the last 19 months. 195 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:45,384 Huh. I have a commonwealth courier 196 00:09:45,384 --> 00:09:46,586 who says differently. 197 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:48,988 In my experience, they don't lie. 198 00:09:49,388 --> 00:09:51,791 I'm sure he believes what he saw. 199 00:09:52,191 --> 00:09:56,195 Well, high guard my heart. 200 00:09:56,596 --> 00:10:00,600 What a magnificent physical specimen you are, captain... 201 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:04,604 for a human. Am i right? 202 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,606 All those extraordinary tales 203 00:10:07,006 --> 00:10:07,807 of your physical prowess. 204 00:10:08,207 --> 00:10:09,408 I'm sure many will find your presence here 205 00:10:09,408 --> 00:10:10,209 inspiring. 206 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:13,412 Thank you, but right now, 207 00:10:13,412 --> 00:10:15,014 i only want to talk to your security chief. 208 00:10:15,014 --> 00:10:17,416 And why should we let you? 209 00:10:17,416 --> 00:10:19,018 Because you represent the commonwealth? 210 00:10:19,018 --> 00:10:21,020 Or perhaps because you command 211 00:10:21,020 --> 00:10:23,823 a high-guard battleship? 212 00:10:24,223 --> 00:10:27,827 No, because... i'm a tourist. 213 00:10:28,227 --> 00:10:30,229 [Giggles] 214 00:10:30,229 --> 00:10:35,034 Look, you won't ally with us, that's fine, 215 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:38,638 but you don't want to be an enemy. 216 00:10:39,038 --> 00:10:43,042 History has shown, captain, 217 00:10:43,042 --> 00:10:45,845 that alliance with your commonwealth 218 00:10:45,845 --> 00:10:47,847 leads to ruin. 219 00:10:47,847 --> 00:10:49,048 We don't cultivate enemies, 220 00:10:49,048 --> 00:10:50,249 captain Hunt. 221 00:10:50,249 --> 00:10:52,652 Well, there's no percentage in that, is there? 222 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:01,861 We are in stationary orbit. 223 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:03,462 We're safer in this sheltered area, 224 00:11:03,462 --> 00:11:05,464 but i'm still vulnerable to shut-downs. 225 00:11:08,267 --> 00:11:09,869 Rommie... 226 00:11:10,269 --> 00:11:12,271 when did you change the color of the walls down here? 227 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:13,472 Harper... 228 00:11:13,873 --> 00:11:16,275 oh. Harper, use a respirator. 229 00:11:16,275 --> 00:11:17,877 I've had a gas leak. 230 00:11:18,277 --> 00:11:19,879 Hallucinogens. 231 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:22,682 A-ha, i knew it, 232 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:26,686 because i've got seven fingers on my left hand. 233 00:11:26,686 --> 00:11:27,887 [Alarm sounds] 234 00:11:28,287 --> 00:11:29,088 We're bracing for another emp. 235 00:11:29,488 --> 00:11:31,490 Harper... 236 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:34,694 no one is to leave shielded areas. 237 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:37,096 Multl-spectrum sensors detect tracking lasers 238 00:11:37,496 --> 00:11:37,897 off the starboard beam. 239 00:11:38,297 --> 00:11:41,500 They're targeting us. 240 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:44,303 Us? 241 00:11:44,303 --> 00:11:45,905 They're targeting me. 242 00:11:47,106 --> 00:11:47,907 Another solar flare is building. 243 00:11:47,907 --> 00:11:50,710 I am surrounded by enemies. 244 00:11:51,110 --> 00:11:51,510 Beka... 245 00:11:51,911 --> 00:11:53,512 Rommie, defensive missiles, 246 00:11:53,512 --> 00:11:55,915 tubes one through 40. 247 00:11:55,915 --> 00:11:57,917 I would also like gluon-plasma missiles 248 00:11:57,917 --> 00:11:59,118 in aft tubes 48 through 60. 249 00:11:59,118 --> 00:12:01,921 Gp missiles are overkill at this point. 250 00:12:01,921 --> 00:12:03,923 That's exactly what i'm going for. 251 00:12:03,923 --> 00:12:05,524 Solar flare has lifted from the sun. 252 00:12:05,925 --> 00:12:07,126 Impact in five seconds. 253 00:12:07,126 --> 00:12:09,128 Trance, could you keep an eye... 254 00:12:09,128 --> 00:12:11,530 systems temporarily shutting down. 255 00:12:23,542 --> 00:12:26,746 We're under attack! 256 00:12:30,349 --> 00:12:31,150 It's your ship, captain. 257 00:12:31,150 --> 00:12:33,552 That's not possible. 258 00:12:36,355 --> 00:12:37,957 Beka, anything going on up there 259 00:12:37,957 --> 00:12:39,158 i should be aware of? 260 00:12:42,361 --> 00:12:44,363 Tell me you are not firing on this planet. 261 00:12:47,566 --> 00:12:51,971 Beka... Beka! Dammit. 262 00:12:51,971 --> 00:12:53,572 I know my crew, 263 00:12:53,572 --> 00:12:54,774 and they are not firing on your people. 264 00:12:54,774 --> 00:12:57,176 I'm getting reports of hundreds of hits 265 00:12:57,176 --> 00:12:57,977 all over our planet. 266 00:12:57,977 --> 00:12:58,778 Your ship is... 267 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:00,780 i don't believe that! 268 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:03,582 You don't believe your own eyes? 269 00:13:03,582 --> 00:13:06,786 Get me to my slipfighter. I'm returning to my ship. 270 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:09,989 I can't allow you to do that. 271 00:13:10,389 --> 00:13:10,790 What, you'd prefer Andromeda 272 00:13:11,190 --> 00:13:12,391 to destroy your whole planet. 273 00:13:14,794 --> 00:13:17,196 Take my ship, then. It's faster, i guarantee. 274 00:13:17,196 --> 00:13:17,997 I'll take my own ship. 275 00:13:17,997 --> 00:13:19,999 You'll never make it to your ship! 276 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:23,602 We have no time! 277 00:13:23,602 --> 00:13:25,204 Our fighters can be launched from underground. 278 00:13:25,604 --> 00:13:27,206 We are master shipbuilders, captain. 279 00:13:27,206 --> 00:13:29,608 Our slipfighters can make the ida-prime to milpas run 280 00:13:29,608 --> 00:13:31,210 in less than 17 hours. 281 00:13:33,212 --> 00:13:36,015 Right. Lead the way. 282 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:56,035 All right, let's see what you've got. 283 00:14:04,443 --> 00:14:05,644 Andromeda, i'm on my way. 284 00:14:06,045 --> 00:14:08,047 Copy that, Dylan. 285 00:14:08,047 --> 00:14:11,250 Communications still suffering interference. 286 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:13,252 Oh, great. I've got company. 287 00:14:13,252 --> 00:14:16,455 Four nietzschean fighters, heading one-seven-one. 288 00:14:16,455 --> 00:14:18,057 That is an intercept vector. 289 00:14:18,057 --> 00:14:19,658 Dylan, my systems aren't functioning 290 00:14:19,658 --> 00:14:20,860 in this emp environment. 291 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:23,662 Well, why should i be surprised? 292 00:14:23,662 --> 00:14:25,664 Okay, great, i'm on my own. 293 00:14:25,664 --> 00:14:26,866 Let's hope there's not another solar flare 294 00:14:26,866 --> 00:14:29,268 while i'm stuck out here. 295 00:14:31,270 --> 00:14:33,272 They're following me. 296 00:14:33,272 --> 00:14:37,676 Check that. They're mardupian, and they're firing on me. 297 00:14:37,676 --> 00:14:40,079 Okay, let's play. 298 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:54,093 All right, there's one more down, 299 00:14:54,093 --> 00:14:56,495 and three more to go. 300 00:15:06,505 --> 00:15:11,310 Rommie, do you read any debris from those explosions? 301 00:15:11,310 --> 00:15:14,113 Debris is scattered throughout the combat area. 302 00:15:14,113 --> 00:15:15,714 That's strange. 303 00:15:15,714 --> 00:15:17,716 I circled back, and i don't see anything. 304 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:22,922 Play the game! 305 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:29,328 Who would've bet 306 00:15:29,328 --> 00:15:31,330 the human could beat four to one odds? 307 00:15:31,330 --> 00:15:34,133 Rommie, i took some hits in the fuel lines. 308 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:35,334 I'm losing power. 309 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:36,535 Sounds like we have 310 00:15:36,936 --> 00:15:39,738 a crash landing situation. 311 00:15:40,139 --> 00:15:42,141 He survived the first. Can he again? 312 00:15:42,141 --> 00:15:43,342 I bet on that. 313 00:15:43,742 --> 00:15:46,946 I raise with my own asteroid, rich in titanium, 314 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:50,149 already in tow, smelting facilities available, 315 00:15:50,549 --> 00:15:52,551 fungible value of 3.6 units. 316 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:59,358 Decisions, bets, wagers? 317 00:15:59,358 --> 00:16:03,762 Before he enters the atmosphere, please. 318 00:16:03,762 --> 00:16:05,764 Get on with the game! 319 00:16:07,366 --> 00:16:10,569 I don't know if you copy, Rommie, 320 00:16:10,569 --> 00:16:12,571 but i've got nothing on control surfaces. 321 00:16:12,571 --> 00:16:15,374 There's no place to land. 322 00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:18,177 I'm ejecting. Track my beacon. 323 00:16:34,059 --> 00:16:36,462 I hate when that happens. 324 00:16:42,067 --> 00:16:44,470 No. 325 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,679 You're under arrest, captain Hunt. 326 00:16:54,880 --> 00:16:56,081 Many died, 327 00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,484 others were hurt in your attack. 328 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:04,890 Yeah, well, i'd like to see all these dead and wounded 329 00:17:04,890 --> 00:17:06,091 before i take responsibility. 330 00:17:06,091 --> 00:17:09,294 Do you think we're making this up? 331 00:17:09,294 --> 00:17:11,697 Well, i think you might be. Yes. 332 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:15,701 Then what do you think... of this? 333 00:17:26,512 --> 00:17:28,514 Take a good look, captain. 334 00:17:32,518 --> 00:17:37,322 Your crew, your ship, your missiles. 335 00:17:37,723 --> 00:17:40,526 A completely unwarranted genocidal attack 336 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:44,930 on our assembly. 337 00:17:44,930 --> 00:17:51,737 Your arrogant commonwealth intruding into our world. 338 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:55,741 We were investigating the loss of one of our ships 339 00:17:55,741 --> 00:17:57,342 to your forces. 340 00:17:57,743 --> 00:17:59,745 Now, let me to speak with my crew. 341 00:17:59,745 --> 00:18:01,346 Too late. 342 00:18:01,747 --> 00:18:02,948 Your crew and theAndromeda 343 00:18:02,948 --> 00:18:04,149 are already bidding us farewell. 344 00:18:04,550 --> 00:18:05,751 Apparently the ion storm 345 00:18:06,151 --> 00:18:07,352 shut down your al long enough 346 00:18:07,352 --> 00:18:09,354 for us to get some good clear shots. 347 00:18:12,558 --> 00:18:14,159 You're making this up. 348 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,362 Captain Dylan Hunt, 349 00:18:17,362 --> 00:18:20,966 you are found guilty 350 00:18:21,366 --> 00:18:24,970 of provoking hostilities in our system. 351 00:18:24,970 --> 00:18:27,773 You are accused and convicted of mass murder, 352 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:29,775 and shall be executed forthwith. Take him away. 353 00:18:29,775 --> 00:18:36,181 Digestive enzymes, heated and enriched. 354 00:18:36,181 --> 00:18:40,586 We like to keep them lean and hungry. 355 00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:45,390 They don't actually feel hunger, but they love to eat. 356 00:18:45,390 --> 00:18:47,793 This is just a head game. 357 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:49,795 You are the game. 358 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:52,598 None of this is real. 359 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:56,201 What is real, what is not? Who can tell? 360 00:18:56,201 --> 00:18:58,604 You're not even giving me a fighting chance. 361 00:19:00,205 --> 00:19:01,406 Exactly. 362 00:19:08,614 --> 00:19:10,616 As you can see, captain, 363 00:19:10,616 --> 00:19:14,219 death takes its own sweet time here. 364 00:19:15,821 --> 00:19:21,026 Let the new phase of the games begin! 365 00:19:21,426 --> 00:19:23,428 What's the game? 366 00:19:23,428 --> 00:19:26,632 Gentlemen, place your bets. 367 00:19:31,270 --> 00:19:35,274 As you're aware, captain, sometimes one eats, 368 00:19:35,674 --> 00:19:37,676 sometimes one is eaten. 369 00:19:39,678 --> 00:19:44,883 I'll give you the fact... that this all seems... real. 370 00:19:44,883 --> 00:19:51,690 Perhaps you can... persuade us into letting you go, 371 00:19:51,690 --> 00:19:58,897 or maybe he could make a run for it. 372 00:19:59,298 --> 00:20:05,704 But maybe then, where you run to will be your death. 373 00:20:05,704 --> 00:20:06,905 Who can tell? 374 00:20:06,905 --> 00:20:10,909 Please, just... just give me a moment. 375 00:20:10,909 --> 00:20:14,112 I'd like to be able to collect my thoughts, please. 376 00:20:14,112 --> 00:20:18,917 You see? He is breaking, my friends! 377 00:20:19,318 --> 00:20:23,322 About to make his fatal mistake! 378 00:20:23,322 --> 00:20:28,126 What do you wager? Next will be prayer. 379 00:20:28,126 --> 00:20:30,929 Who bets he starts praying? 380 00:20:32,130 --> 00:20:34,533 To a god! 381 00:20:34,933 --> 00:20:39,338 One of his own imagination, no doubt. 382 00:20:45,344 --> 00:20:48,547 Go ahead, captain. Pray. 383 00:20:50,949 --> 00:20:53,352 Well, here i am, 384 00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:57,356 approaching my inevitable end as confused and vulnerable 385 00:20:57,356 --> 00:21:01,760 as when i came into this universe, 386 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,364 and now, as i'm about to leave 387 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:12,571 this beautiful, wonderful, and happy life... 388 00:21:15,774 --> 00:21:19,378 a life i've been most blessed in, 389 00:21:19,378 --> 00:21:22,981 i'm afraid... i am so, so afraid 390 00:21:22,981 --> 00:21:26,985 that i'm going to have to... do... 391 00:21:26,985 --> 00:21:28,987 this! 392 00:21:53,812 --> 00:21:55,814 Come here! 393 00:21:55,814 --> 00:21:57,816 Stand back or i'll have his head! 394 00:21:57,816 --> 00:22:00,218 You'll never make it back to your ship. 395 00:22:00,218 --> 00:22:02,220 That's a "tell," pal. 396 00:22:02,621 --> 00:22:05,824 You just told me my ship still exists. 397 00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:07,025 Activate. 398 00:22:07,025 --> 00:22:10,228 All right, you're going to take me to my... 399 00:22:10,228 --> 00:22:11,430 ship. 400 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:18,236 Uh... hi there. 401 00:22:18,236 --> 00:22:19,438 You know, i'm guessing this force lance 402 00:22:19,438 --> 00:22:20,639 isn't going to work here, 403 00:22:20,639 --> 00:22:25,043 so i'm unarmed, and, uh, he's... 404 00:22:25,444 --> 00:22:27,446 he's an idiot, 405 00:22:27,446 --> 00:22:30,649 so we can do you absolutely no harm. 406 00:22:30,649 --> 00:22:32,250 Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait, wait. 407 00:22:32,250 --> 00:22:34,653 See, your weapons will work. Don't... don't shoot. 408 00:22:37,456 --> 00:22:40,659 Him, though, him i really don't care that much about. 409 00:22:40,659 --> 00:22:45,464 All right. How you guys doing? Place looks... looks familiar. 410 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:48,667 Are you okay? Are you awake? 411 00:22:48,667 --> 00:22:52,270 Well, l... i certainly hope so, 412 00:22:52,270 --> 00:22:54,673 or this would be one sucky dream. 413 00:22:59,077 --> 00:22:59,878 Thank you. 414 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,880 Who are you? 415 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,482 Well, you know, i think that question 416 00:23:03,482 --> 00:23:06,685 is a little too complicated for this particular situation. 417 00:23:07,886 --> 00:23:08,687 Hey, how are you doing? 418 00:23:14,292 --> 00:23:15,494 Enough. 419 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:26,705 Look, what you... what you want to know, 420 00:23:26,705 --> 00:23:28,306 i can't tell you, 421 00:23:28,306 --> 00:23:32,310 and even if i could tell you, you wouldn't believe me anyway. 422 00:23:37,516 --> 00:23:41,119 Who sent you? Where are you from? 423 00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:43,522 Oh, come on, like that makes a difference. 424 00:23:43,522 --> 00:23:46,324 You from the planet mezzo-mana? 425 00:23:46,324 --> 00:23:49,528 Yes. Oh, man, do i look 426 00:23:49,528 --> 00:23:52,330 like i'm from the planet mezzo-mana, huh? 427 00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:57,536 Hey, i got you on that one, didn't i? 428 00:23:57,936 --> 00:23:58,737 Oh, no. 429 00:24:01,540 --> 00:24:03,942 Okay. Look... 430 00:24:03,942 --> 00:24:06,344 i'm trying to think of the best way to put this. 431 00:24:07,946 --> 00:24:10,348 I am from that door back right over there, 432 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:11,950 but then again, you know, it doesn't matter, 433 00:24:13,552 --> 00:24:18,356 see, you're just programmed to believe that you're real. 434 00:24:19,558 --> 00:24:20,759 I'm tired of this. 435 00:25:07,205 --> 00:25:09,207 Put the weapon down, old man. 436 00:25:17,215 --> 00:25:20,018 It's a game. It's only a game. 437 00:25:24,022 --> 00:25:28,426 Shig, lipp-sett, i've got to tell you, 438 00:25:28,426 --> 00:25:32,831 the attempt to confuse is really well done. 439 00:25:36,034 --> 00:25:38,036 Dylan? 440 00:25:52,851 --> 00:25:55,654 Mom? 441 00:26:10,468 --> 00:26:14,472 How lame is that? 442 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:20,078 How lame is that? You think you know me so well? 443 00:26:20,078 --> 00:26:21,680 Well, how about the guys in black 444 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:24,482 who appear out of nowhere, they steal anything you got, 445 00:26:24,883 --> 00:26:27,285 they knock you flat, and then they disappear again? 446 00:26:27,686 --> 00:26:32,090 Now, that, that would be a challenge! 447 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:33,291 You want to impress me? 448 00:26:33,291 --> 00:26:36,494 Well, then, impress me! 449 00:26:36,494 --> 00:26:39,698 You've cost us a fortune. 450 00:26:39,698 --> 00:26:41,700 Don't think i don't know 451 00:26:41,700 --> 00:26:44,102 that you secretly bet against the house. 452 00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:45,303 Well, you shouldn't have said 453 00:26:45,303 --> 00:26:46,504 that the house would double odds 454 00:26:46,905 --> 00:26:48,106 if he shot the old man. 455 00:26:48,106 --> 00:26:52,510 Enough! We have to recoup our losses. 456 00:26:52,510 --> 00:27:00,118 He can't escape indefinitely. He will die. 457 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:03,321 It's a pretty good recreation... 458 00:27:03,321 --> 00:27:06,124 with the sort of obvious mistakes 459 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:11,329 i've come to expect from nietzscheans. 460 00:27:14,132 --> 00:27:16,935 You want me to step outside. 461 00:27:17,335 --> 00:27:19,337 Otherwise something would have stopped me by now. 462 00:27:19,337 --> 00:27:23,341 You know, there are... there are others 463 00:27:23,341 --> 00:27:26,945 who are extremely interested 464 00:27:26,945 --> 00:27:28,947 in preserving things from the past... 465 00:27:31,349 --> 00:27:38,957 the collectors. The collectors and nietzscheans. 466 00:27:38,957 --> 00:27:42,560 Can you imagine? 467 00:27:44,162 --> 00:27:48,166 No. I'm not going to go that way. 468 00:27:52,971 --> 00:27:56,574 Maybe you are working together... 469 00:27:56,574 --> 00:28:00,979 on developing some kind of new... weapon. 470 00:28:11,790 --> 00:28:13,792 Well, maybe, then... 471 00:28:13,792 --> 00:28:18,997 the only way out of this situation 472 00:28:18,997 --> 00:28:25,403 is to... disarm the weapon. 473 00:28:29,007 --> 00:28:32,210 Yeah. Game over. 474 00:28:35,613 --> 00:28:36,815 Can you hear me? 475 00:28:39,217 --> 00:28:40,819 You know your name? 476 00:28:46,424 --> 00:28:47,625 Peaches. 477 00:28:49,227 --> 00:28:54,833 I'm Dylan Hunt. This is theAndromeda ascendant. 478 00:28:54,833 --> 00:28:56,434 Rommie... Trance... 479 00:28:56,835 --> 00:28:58,036 it's good to see you. 480 00:28:58,036 --> 00:28:59,637 Can you tell us what happened? 481 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:05,243 Well... 482 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:08,046 the solar flare went off, 483 00:29:08,046 --> 00:29:18,456 and, uh, i was battling to control my fighter. 484 00:29:18,456 --> 00:29:23,261 This whole thing... 485 00:29:23,261 --> 00:29:26,464 this whole thing is... 486 00:29:26,865 --> 00:29:30,468 nietzscheans and collectors. 487 00:29:30,869 --> 00:29:33,671 They're running a weapons test, most likely, 488 00:29:33,671 --> 00:29:35,273 using us. 489 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,277 They caused the solar storm? 490 00:29:41,679 --> 00:29:44,883 Directed bombardment of the sun, 491 00:29:45,283 --> 00:29:48,486 perhaps with highly charged protons. 492 00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:50,889 I detected no such event. 493 00:29:50,889 --> 00:29:53,691 No, see, the solar storm would have prevented that. 494 00:29:54,092 --> 00:29:55,293 You were shutting down to protect yourself, 495 00:29:55,693 --> 00:29:58,897 and they... they... they knew... they knew... 496 00:29:58,897 --> 00:30:01,699 that that would happen. 497 00:30:04,102 --> 00:30:06,905 You think that they're after you? 498 00:30:06,905 --> 00:30:10,909 Well, they're... they're after all of us. 499 00:30:17,315 --> 00:30:20,919 Dylan, i believe 500 00:30:20,919 --> 00:30:23,721 you have been on Andromeda this entire time. 501 00:30:23,721 --> 00:30:26,124 You never left. 502 00:30:26,124 --> 00:30:29,727 My assessment is you were exposed to the psychotropic, 503 00:30:30,128 --> 00:30:30,929 got in your slipfighter 504 00:30:31,329 --> 00:30:32,931 to protect yourself from the radiation, 505 00:30:32,931 --> 00:30:35,333 and experienced all of this in your mind. 506 00:30:35,733 --> 00:30:37,735 L... i see. 507 00:30:37,735 --> 00:30:40,538 The aft hangar deck never opened in time for you to leave. 508 00:30:40,538 --> 00:30:42,941 I'm very sorry, Dylan, 509 00:30:42,941 --> 00:30:44,542 but i'm compelled to isolate you in quarters 510 00:30:44,943 --> 00:30:46,544 until i can determine your ability to command. 511 00:30:46,544 --> 00:30:48,146 Come on, Rommie... 512 00:30:48,146 --> 00:30:49,347 [alarm sounding] 513 00:30:49,747 --> 00:30:51,349 Intruders detected ship-wide. 514 00:30:51,749 --> 00:30:52,951 Rommie, is that my force lance? 515 00:30:53,351 --> 00:30:54,152 Yes. 516 00:30:54,152 --> 00:30:55,353 May i have it, please? 517 00:30:55,353 --> 00:30:56,955 No. 518 00:30:56,955 --> 00:31:01,359 Rommie, give me my force lance, and that is an order. 519 00:31:04,562 --> 00:31:06,965 Thank you. 520 00:31:06,965 --> 00:31:09,767 Andromeda, intruder location. 521 00:31:09,767 --> 00:31:12,170 Decks nine, 41, and 59. 522 00:31:12,570 --> 00:31:16,574 All right, let's bring it. 523 00:31:16,574 --> 00:31:18,576 Good to have you back, captain. 524 00:31:18,576 --> 00:31:20,178 Agreed. 525 00:31:20,178 --> 00:31:24,182 According to you, i never left. 526 00:31:30,188 --> 00:31:32,991 Harper, what have you got? 527 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:34,993 Hey, boss, nice timing. 528 00:31:34,993 --> 00:31:36,194 I was just getting reacquainted 529 00:31:36,194 --> 00:31:37,395 with a charming blast 530 00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:38,997 from our magog past. 531 00:31:38,997 --> 00:31:40,999 You remember my... my worst nightmare! 532 00:31:40,999 --> 00:31:43,401 [Screaming] 533 00:31:44,602 --> 00:31:46,204 Blood mist? 534 00:31:48,206 --> 00:31:51,809 Dylan? 535 00:32:01,419 --> 00:32:03,821 Harper? 536 00:32:05,823 --> 00:32:07,425 He didn't bite me. 537 00:32:07,425 --> 00:32:11,029 At least i don't have to worry about any larvae. 538 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:23,841 Hold on, Harper. Hold on. 539 00:32:23,841 --> 00:32:24,642 I don't know. 540 00:32:25,043 --> 00:32:29,447 Forecast ain't looking too good, boss. 541 00:32:29,447 --> 00:32:30,648 I've got to tell you something, 542 00:32:30,648 --> 00:32:32,650 in... 543 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:36,654 in my quarters... 544 00:32:56,674 --> 00:32:59,077 it's my fault. 545 00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:00,278 This is all, beginning to end, 546 00:33:00,678 --> 00:33:02,680 my doing. 547 00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,083 Getting Harper in. Keeping him in. 548 00:33:05,483 --> 00:33:07,485 Beka, are you all right? 549 00:33:08,686 --> 00:33:12,290 Are you all right? I don't think so. 550 00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:14,692 Take a look around you. Things don't look so good. 551 00:33:14,692 --> 00:33:16,294 You're spewing steam in every corridor. 552 00:33:16,294 --> 00:33:17,495 Your systems are haywire... 553 00:33:17,495 --> 00:33:19,897 okay, Beka, point made. 554 00:33:19,897 --> 00:33:22,300 I think Beka may still be suffering 555 00:33:22,300 --> 00:33:24,702 the effects of the, uh... 556 00:33:24,702 --> 00:33:27,505 you're not taking Harper away from me! 557 00:33:29,107 --> 00:33:31,109 Beka, i think you need to calm down. 558 00:33:31,109 --> 00:33:38,716 No. You need to calm down. I need Harper. 559 00:33:38,716 --> 00:33:39,917 Beka, come on. You... 560 00:33:41,519 --> 00:33:43,121 Harper and i stay together. 561 00:33:49,527 --> 00:33:50,328 We're under attack! 562 00:33:50,728 --> 00:33:52,330 Take my ship. 563 00:33:52,330 --> 00:33:53,531 It's faster, i guarantee. 564 00:33:53,531 --> 00:33:57,535 All right, let's see what you've got. 565 00:34:01,539 --> 00:34:03,941 Do you read any debris from those explosions? 566 00:34:03,941 --> 00:34:06,344 Do you think we're making this up? 567 00:34:09,547 --> 00:34:12,350 It doesn't matter, because you're not real. 568 00:34:15,553 --> 00:34:17,555 Rommie... 569 00:34:17,555 --> 00:34:19,957 are you still operating under emergency protocol? 570 00:34:20,358 --> 00:34:21,159 Correct. 571 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:23,161 Well, i think this situation 572 00:34:23,161 --> 00:34:26,364 proves that things are out of control. 573 00:34:26,764 --> 00:34:28,766 You need to reestablish it under the protocol. 574 00:34:28,766 --> 00:34:30,768 Correct. 575 00:34:30,768 --> 00:34:35,173 Beka... i'm taking my force lance out, 576 00:34:35,573 --> 00:34:38,376 and i'm setting it down here 577 00:34:38,376 --> 00:34:40,378 on the table. 578 00:34:40,378 --> 00:34:44,382 Rommie will confine me to my quarters. 579 00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:49,187 Rommie, i have no objection 580 00:34:49,187 --> 00:34:51,189 to Beka staying here with Harper, 581 00:34:51,589 --> 00:34:54,392 just as long as she surrenders her weapon. 582 00:34:55,593 --> 00:34:56,394 Hey! 583 00:35:09,607 --> 00:35:14,011 Very good, captain. You made it back. 584 00:35:32,396 --> 00:35:34,799 Hunt... 585 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,801 the board has set odds based your skill... 586 00:35:36,801 --> 00:35:42,406 300-to-one you'll lose this final round. 587 00:35:42,406 --> 00:35:46,010 Shows what respect gets you these days. 588 00:35:46,410 --> 00:35:48,813 You two... 589 00:35:49,213 --> 00:35:55,620 you're so smart, got the universe on a string. 590 00:35:56,020 --> 00:35:57,622 Really, though, 591 00:35:57,622 --> 00:36:01,225 everything that you've risked so far 592 00:36:01,225 --> 00:36:05,229 has amounted to nothing more than a sucker's bet. 593 00:36:05,229 --> 00:36:08,032 I disagree. 594 00:36:08,032 --> 00:36:12,837 This is what we do, and we are the best. 595 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:17,642 We have created the greatest weapons and defenses 596 00:36:17,642 --> 00:36:21,646 that this universe has ever seen. 597 00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:24,048 What else is there to do? 598 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:26,851 You recreate. 599 00:36:26,851 --> 00:36:28,052 Enjoy yourself. 600 00:36:28,452 --> 00:36:30,054 Prima donnas. 601 00:36:30,054 --> 00:36:32,456 What did you say? 602 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:37,662 I said, prima donnas. 603 00:36:38,062 --> 00:36:39,263 You're betting on what you can afford to lose, 604 00:36:39,664 --> 00:36:43,267 nothing on what you're afraid to lose. 605 00:36:46,470 --> 00:36:49,674 Make a real bet. 606 00:36:49,674 --> 00:36:52,476 Put your livelihood on the table. 607 00:36:52,877 --> 00:36:56,480 I've put my life on the line each time, 608 00:36:56,881 --> 00:37:00,885 so why don't we raise the stakes? 609 00:37:00,885 --> 00:37:04,488 Your weapons inventory and the freedom of your slaves 610 00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,490 against my life. 611 00:37:09,694 --> 00:37:12,897 If you are as great as you claim, 612 00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:14,899 you'd be willing to risk everything 613 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:16,500 to prove it, wouldn't you? 614 00:37:16,901 --> 00:37:19,303 Well, wouldn't you? 615 00:37:19,303 --> 00:37:25,710 Come on, me against you. 616 00:37:28,112 --> 00:37:33,718 Very well, captain, we'll take your bet. 617 00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:38,122 You're free to go. 618 00:37:38,122 --> 00:37:39,323 Your slipfighter is right outside the door. 619 00:37:39,724 --> 00:37:43,327 Andromedaawaits. 620 00:37:43,728 --> 00:37:44,929 Understand this, captain. 621 00:37:44,929 --> 00:37:48,933 It's not us against you anymore. 622 00:37:49,333 --> 00:37:53,337 It's you... against you. 623 00:37:53,337 --> 00:37:57,341 [Laughing] 624 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:04,148 And then what happened is that l... 625 00:38:04,148 --> 00:38:05,750 i threw Beka through the wall, 626 00:38:05,750 --> 00:38:07,351 which, you know, 627 00:38:07,351 --> 00:38:09,754 really wasn't a wall, of course, 628 00:38:09,754 --> 00:38:13,357 and then i was in the betting area 629 00:38:13,758 --> 00:38:18,162 with the nietzscheans again. 630 00:38:18,162 --> 00:38:24,168 And after that, well, i was... here with you. 631 00:38:26,971 --> 00:38:28,973 I think i understand. 632 00:38:30,174 --> 00:38:33,778 I'm glad to hear that. 633 00:38:33,778 --> 00:38:36,981 Rommie... 634 00:38:36,981 --> 00:38:38,182 i missed you. 635 00:38:38,182 --> 00:38:39,383 You did? 636 00:38:39,383 --> 00:38:43,788 Yeah. Really, really missed you. 637 00:38:43,788 --> 00:38:45,389 Dylan? 638 00:38:45,389 --> 00:38:46,590 Shh, shh, shh, shh, shh... 639 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:50,194 captain's orders. 640 00:38:50,194 --> 00:38:51,395 Let her go. 641 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:57,001 She's way out of your league, pal. 642 00:38:57,001 --> 00:39:00,204 He's right on time. 643 00:39:27,832 --> 00:39:29,433 Well, we always were too hard on ourselves. 644 00:39:29,433 --> 00:39:32,636 Yeah, that's what mom always said. 645 00:39:47,051 --> 00:39:49,053 Rommie... 646 00:39:53,057 --> 00:39:56,660 Rommie. Come on. 647 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:10,674 Rommie... what have you done? 648 00:40:28,292 --> 00:40:29,493 Thanks, Rommie. 649 00:40:29,894 --> 00:40:31,896 You're welcome. 650 00:40:31,896 --> 00:40:36,700 Yeah, uh... 651 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:41,906 you know, when we were in my quarters, 652 00:40:41,906 --> 00:40:45,910 i, uh, i did what i did 653 00:40:45,910 --> 00:40:49,113 because, well, i wanted you to know 654 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,314 that it was me. 655 00:40:50,714 --> 00:40:52,716 Of course. 656 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:54,718 I recognized your biorhythms 657 00:40:54,718 --> 00:40:58,722 and your increased heart rate. 658 00:40:58,722 --> 00:41:00,724 Ten seconds to all systems full. 659 00:41:00,724 --> 00:41:02,726 Ap systems are ready, Harper? 660 00:41:02,726 --> 00:41:05,129 Well, i can't wait till you get back on-line. 661 00:41:05,129 --> 00:41:07,131 So you can open the damn doors to this room. 662 00:41:07,531 --> 00:41:08,732 Oh, i'm sorry, Harper, 663 00:41:08,732 --> 00:41:11,135 but that system is still off-line. 664 00:41:11,135 --> 00:41:13,137 Well, at least the missiles are up. 665 00:41:13,137 --> 00:41:15,139 Boss, fire a big one at the nietzscheans, 666 00:41:15,139 --> 00:41:16,740 a parting gift, one for the road, 667 00:41:17,141 --> 00:41:18,342 something for me to enjoy down here, huh? 668 00:41:18,742 --> 00:41:20,744 That's a negative, mr. Harper. 669 00:41:21,145 --> 00:41:23,147 They still owe the commonwealth 600 more slipfighters 670 00:41:23,147 --> 00:41:24,348 than we've already got in tow. 671 00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:27,151 Full systems engaging in two and counting, 672 00:41:27,151 --> 00:41:28,752 and... mark. 673 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:37,561 Winning so many slipfighters 674 00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:38,362 for the cause of good, 675 00:41:38,762 --> 00:41:39,563 that's another mark for you 676 00:41:39,563 --> 00:41:40,764 in commonwealth history. 677 00:41:40,764 --> 00:41:43,567 Trance, i'm just trying to do what's right. 678 00:41:43,567 --> 00:41:46,770 Like winning freedom for the workers of Almagast? 679 00:41:46,770 --> 00:41:48,772 That's better than the slipfighters. 680 00:41:48,772 --> 00:41:50,774 You've just spread a Commonwealth value, 681 00:41:50,774 --> 00:41:51,575 and on a bet. 682 00:41:51,575 --> 00:41:54,778 Well, it just goes to show... 683 00:41:54,778 --> 00:41:59,183 anything is possible when you keep it... real.