1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:05,798 (THEME MUSIC) 2 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:44,152 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 3 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:46,872 - Could you get it on visual? - Not a chance. 4 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,794 Anyway, it's not an "it", but a "them", there's two of them. 5 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:51,951 - The readings are the same? - Same type of ship. 6 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,351 It's our orbit pattern that threw me. Our scanners see one at a time... 7 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:58,160 and we can't get either on visual because we're in the permanent dark side. 8 00:00:58,240 --> 00:00:59,469 Confirm that, Zen. 9 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,711 The pattern is mathematically possible... 10 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,634 but can't be confirmed without an independent point of scan. 11 00:01:04,720 --> 00:01:07,030 Okay, Zen, we've read the same manuals. 12 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:08,679 It's an old Federation manoeuvre. 13 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:12,197 Unimaginative, but so's a punch in the mouth. We don't need either. 14 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,636 At least it tells us who sent them. 15 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:16,314 Servalan. 16 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:18,398 Avon, Vila, respond please. 17 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:22,355 - Nothing. - Keep trying, we're running out of time. 18 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:26,400 Avon, Vila, respond please. I'm sure they can hear us. 19 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:31,280 Avon, there are two hostile spacecraft in close scan range. 20 00:01:31,360 --> 00:01:33,192 Request teleport now, please. 21 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:35,272 And number three is out there somewhere. 22 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,273 Dayna, you'd better run a check on energy banks and force wall. 23 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:40,511 - Prepare for combat! - We stay and fight? 24 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:42,751 With those two down there, what else can we do? 25 00:01:42,840 --> 00:01:44,035 Avon, this is priority. 26 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:46,835 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 27 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:51,234 What is Tarrant doing? He can run, or he can attack, but he does neither. 28 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,551 Madam President, if I might make a suggestion. 29 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:55,438 Assault Leader 1, status check. 30 00:01:55,520 --> 00:01:57,751 Maintaining contraxial orbit with Leader 2. 31 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:00,480 Report Liberator detector scans operative. 32 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,074 He knows they're there. 33 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,517 - If I might suggest... - Assault Leader 3, status check. 34 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,514 Holding eclipse pattern with Leader 1. We're sustaining high energy loss. 35 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:10,920 It's a dangerous manoeuvre. 36 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:12,957 - Request we attack immediately. - No, wait. 37 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:14,076 Madam President! 38 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,311 He's eclipsed, so Tarrant can't know he's there. 39 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:17,754 But he suspects, he's no fool. 40 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,196 Madam President, I must counsel that you attack now. 41 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:23,000 No, this time, we get it right. 42 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,710 But if only for the sake of your position, your esteem. 43 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:29,475 My what? 44 00:02:30,560 --> 00:02:32,517 They're talking below decks, Madam. 45 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,990 - I wouldn't repeat it, but... - You will repeat it. 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,198 - It's all foolishness, of course, but... - Go on. 47 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:42,790 They say you're afraid of Tarrant. 48 00:02:42,880 --> 00:02:44,394 Afraid to attack, that is. 49 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,551 But of course, nobody who knows you would ever... 50 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:49,838 - Who says so? - Chiefly, it's one man... 51 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:52,197 a worker from the construction grades. 52 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:53,760 An artisan? 53 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:58,398 He says any fool with three pursuit ships could take the Liberator. 54 00:02:58,560 --> 00:02:59,960 He does? 55 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:01,953 And what is the name of this... 56 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,112 construction worker whose tactical knowledge... 57 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,752 far surpasses that of my battle-tested veteran starship captains? 58 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:12,355 - They call him Jarvik. - Jarvik. 59 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:15,797 Interceptor Leader to Control. Request instructions! 60 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:19,999 Hold position Interceptor Leader and wait for instructions from Assault Leader 1. 61 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,517 We will attack when the Liberator breaks out of Alpha Sector. 62 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,273 Four should do it nicely. 63 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,839 Well, Dastor, I think it's time we had a little strategic counsel. 64 00:03:31,840 --> 00:03:34,116 Bring this Jarvik to me. 65 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,478 Zen, I know the third one's out there somewhere. Can't you find it? 66 00:03:37,560 --> 00:03:40,837 - Sensors report negative scan. - Then the sensors are wrong. 67 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:43,640 Run a maintenance check. No, hold that. 68 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:45,916 Give us a parallax scan on the alien craft. 69 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:50,358 Parallax scan shows another alien craft eclipsed at 500,000 spacials. 70 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:52,318 - Avon, Vila, respond. - You were right. 71 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:53,914 Don't sound so surprised. 72 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:55,878 We're getting something from the planet. 73 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,270 This is Avon. We're ready for teleport. 74 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,952 Zen, how do we get out of here? 75 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:06,671 Spiral orbit 0-0-1-4, exit, Alpha 3. 76 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:10,431 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 77 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:16,669 - Earth temperatures, you said. - Stop moaning, Vila. 78 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:19,559 It was freezing! If I'd have known, I'd have taken thermals. 79 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,314 Thirty minutes, you were told. If you'd come back then.... 80 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:25,313 Next time, someone else can carry his gear, 'cause I've had it! 81 00:04:25,400 --> 00:04:28,677 Parabolic orbit 1816, exit Alpha 4. 82 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,958 - It doesn't help when you're stumbling... - Battle computers confirm. 83 00:04:32,040 --> 00:04:34,032 No viable alternatives. 84 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:36,914 Did you get what you went down there for? 85 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:37,877 Yes. 86 00:04:37,960 --> 00:04:39,360 Where is it? 87 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,351 - A rock? - Something like that. 88 00:04:43,840 --> 00:04:45,752 - Zen. - Just a minute, Tarrant. 89 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:47,593 Sorry, Avon, we haven't got time. 90 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,479 No, but we do have a superior spacecraft. 91 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,838 Zen, identify that, if you can. 92 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,558 - The substance is Sopron. - Sopron? Is that all? 93 00:04:58,640 --> 00:05:01,519 - No further information is available. - Analyse it. 94 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,751 - Avon, please. - Just a minute. 95 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:09,110 Sopron is non-organic, silicon-based, and registers high electronic activity. 96 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:10,396 Its function? 97 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:14,110 Its function is that of a capacity-charged brain. 98 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:16,714 Thank you, Zen. 99 00:05:18,440 --> 00:05:20,193 You can carry on now. 100 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:26,994 Zen, is the Alpha Sector the only safe way out of here? 101 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,993 - Affirmative. - As I thought. Stand by to break orbit. 102 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:34,871 (INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 103 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,712 Forward sensors report high energy displacement. 104 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,154 I think she's moving. 105 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,517 Yes, Liberator's breaking orbit. Repeat, Liberator is breaking orbit! 106 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,193 Assault Leader 1 to Leader 3. 107 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:51,591 Your eclipse pattern is broken. Leader 3, you are disclosed. 108 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,239 Hold position, Interceptor Leader. 109 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,597 Assault 3, are you sleeping? Acknowledge disclosure. 110 00:05:56,680 --> 00:05:59,752 - Leader 3. Disclosure confirmed. - Then get in there, fast. 111 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:02,878 Assault Leader 1. Leader 2 now disclosed and in support. 112 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,759 Alpha Sector is sealed. Repeat, Alpha Sector is sealed. 113 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:08,480 Then the Liberator is yours, Leader 1. 114 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,958 Audio silence operates. Command Headquarters out. 115 00:06:14,520 --> 00:06:17,433 - Who is this man? - Jarvik, Madam President. 116 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,598 - You requested... - Jarvik? 117 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:22,755 Of course. Jarvik. 118 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,395 Jarvik, the construction worker. 119 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:32,556 What was it now? Any fool could take the Liberator with three pursuit ships. 120 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:37,270 Well, the Liberator will soon be diffusing itself throughout the galaxy... 121 00:06:37,360 --> 00:06:42,992 as so many billion split particles. So, regrettably, we shall never know. 122 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:45,633 Thanks to the folly of your president... 123 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:48,599 who with her aides and her technical advisers... 124 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:51,350 her battle computers and her captains... 125 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:56,072 extravagantly disposed herself to use four pursuit ships. 126 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,118 And yet any fool could have done it with three. 127 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:05,435 Perhaps this particular fool will tell her how. 128 00:07:07,880 --> 00:07:11,999 Well? Have you nothing to say to Servalan? 129 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,878 Woman, you're beautiful. 130 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,118 Guards! Take this primitive to the punishment cells! Move! 131 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:32,870 Guards! 132 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:37,232 Take him! Will you obey me? 133 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,752 I didn't come here to brawl with the Security Grades. 134 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:52,275 Leader 2, you are deviating. Re-establish alignment. 135 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:55,717 Negative, Leader 1. Correct bearing on Liberator is being maintained. 136 00:07:55,800 --> 00:07:57,712 Assault Leaders, you are on open voice. 137 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,837 Madam President, this is Assault Leader 1... 138 00:07:59,920 --> 00:08:02,754 reporting the Liberator's approach course is for Delta Sector. 139 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:04,069 Repeat, Delta Sector. 140 00:08:04,160 --> 00:08:06,436 Don't be a fool. Liberator must exit through Alpha. 141 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:09,752 No other course is logical. The computer projections were unanimous. 142 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:10,830 Computer. 143 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,594 Re-check coordinates. Confirm Liberator is in Alpha. 144 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,672 Checks negative. Liberator is in Delta. 145 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:17,717 But he's an open target in Delta Sector. 146 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,440 We're in Alpha Sector, Madam President. 147 00:08:21,720 --> 00:08:26,840 Abort attack. Repeat, abort attack. 148 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:31,756 - You see, Tarrant has computers, too. - Of course he does. 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,192 And they would have told him the same thing. 150 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,000 The only defensible exit was through Alpha. 151 00:08:37,080 --> 00:08:39,993 So he knew exactly where the trap would be. 152 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:43,189 You don't know Tarrant, Madam. He's a man. 153 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,512 He thinks and acts like a man, not like a machine. 154 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:48,997 That's why he's still alive. 155 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:53,554 And you, being a similar man, no doubt, in thought and action... 156 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:56,515 will know exactly where he's heading now. 157 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,236 Yes. Right now he's heading for the Harvest of Kairos. 158 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,440 - Kairos? - A bit of piracy, we agreed. 159 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,079 Yeah, piracy, not lunacy. 160 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:07,072 - You said it was a harvest? - And so it is. 161 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:08,640 Zen, put up Kairos. 162 00:09:09,600 --> 00:09:14,470 Kairos. The fourth planet of the star Xymines in the constellation Lypterion. 163 00:09:14,560 --> 00:09:18,190 - Right in the heart of Federation space. - There isn't a Federation anymore. 164 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,398 Tell it to Servalan. They don't take kindly to scrumping on Kairos. 165 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:24,439 The planet has an orbital revolution of 15 Earth years. 166 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:29,037 The fertile zone is small, and noted for the sub-organic growth of Kairopan... 167 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:30,873 a highly-prized crystal, which is gathered... 168 00:09:30,960 --> 00:09:33,919 in the first week following the vernal equinox. 169 00:09:34,400 --> 00:09:36,710 This is known as the Harvest of Kairos. 170 00:09:36,920 --> 00:09:40,675 Just one pocket full. I suppose I could retire to the lakeside of Gardenos... 171 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:43,070 - and be waited on by those cute, little.... - Yes. 172 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:45,072 What you do with your booty is up to you. 173 00:09:45,160 --> 00:09:46,230 We've got to get it yet. 174 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,870 Zen, why does the harvest last only one week? 175 00:09:50,040 --> 00:09:53,192 - No information available. - Speculate. 176 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:57,151 With the exception of the seven days following the vernal equinox... 177 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:02,110 the environment is hostile to human life. Possible causes, number 802. 178 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:04,716 One, infractional radiation levels... 179 00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,110 Yes, thank you, Zen. We'll manage without the list. 180 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,238 - What do you think it is? - Your guess is as good as mine. 181 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:14,200 Fact is, nobody who ever stayed after the first week came back to talk about it. 182 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:16,556 - Sounds like fun. - I'd rather not take any chances. 183 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:18,472 - We won't take any chances. - But you just... 184 00:10:18,560 --> 00:10:20,517 We'll wait till the Kairopan's harvested... 185 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,035 and then we'll hijack the space transporters. 186 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,238 - Well, that sounds reasonable. - I think so. What do you say, Avon? 187 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,472 Now come along, Orac. First of all, you say that this is not alive... 188 00:10:29,560 --> 00:10:31,756 and then you say it is more rational than you are. 189 00:10:31,840 --> 00:10:32,876 - Avon. - Wait! 190 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:35,475 I deny that Sopron is more rational. 191 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:40,198 Reason is absolute and rationality cannot be divided by comparatives. 192 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,711 Orac, you are splitting hairs. 193 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:44,871 - Tarrant, listen to this. - Avon, we're trying... 194 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,839 Just a moment. I am about to extract a momentous admission. 195 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:50,151 Orac, this rock, this Sopron... 196 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:53,790 does it have a greater capacity for reasoning than you do? 197 00:10:55,040 --> 00:10:57,794 The difference is barely measurable. 198 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:02,592 - But it is greater. - By a marginal degree, yes. 199 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:08,076 - There. Now isn't that something? - Yes, I'm sure it is. 200 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,959 We're trying to get a consensus. 201 00:11:10,040 --> 00:11:12,032 Just give us your attention for two minutes. 202 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,114 If it's tactical counsel you want, Tarrant, I suggest you consult Zen. 203 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:18,157 That is what computers are for. 204 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:20,199 Now then, Orac. 205 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:26,590 - Do we attack the space transporter? - Yes. 206 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:31,357 Tarrant won't attack the fields for the simple reason he can't. 207 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:34,672 Tarrant delights in doing things people think he can't. 208 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:37,633 But, no, he won't attack the fields. 209 00:11:39,200 --> 00:11:41,760 You speak with familiarity, as one who knows him. 210 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,756 Knew him. A few years ago. He served as lieutenant on the Kairopan escort shuttle. 211 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,873 - It was his first command. - How could you know that? 212 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:51,679 - I briefed him. - You? 213 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:56,233 - I was his captain. - And what crime did you commit? 214 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,277 - No crime. - Don't lie to me, Jarvik. 215 00:11:59,840 --> 00:12:02,514 One word and your life is on that screen. 216 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,471 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 217 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:14,270 Jarvik. 218 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,634 Formerly of Federation Space Academy, now in HQ construction grades. 219 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,798 - Why? - Because I'm a human being. 220 00:12:27,560 --> 00:12:30,359 - But is that a reason to... - And so are you. 221 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,629 When was the last time you felt the warmth... 222 00:12:33,720 --> 00:12:35,951 of the Earth's sun on your naked back? 223 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:40,116 Or lifted your face to the heavens... 224 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:43,639 and laughed with the joy of being alive? 225 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,759 How long since you wept the death of a friend? 226 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:56,038 Doesn't mean a thing to you, does it, Madam President? 227 00:12:56,200 --> 00:13:00,080 You've surrounded yourself with machines and weapons... 228 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,433 mindless men and heartless mutoids, and when they've done your work... 229 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:06,398 and the machines have done your thinking... 230 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:08,949 what is there left in you that feels? 231 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:15,315 - What is it? - The Liberator, Madam. 232 00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:18,199 Tele-sentry stations report an approach course for Lypterion. 233 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,000 - Tarrant is coming here. - I know that. When will he arrive? 234 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:23,879 Twenty-two hours if present speed and course remain constant. 235 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,556 Keep me informed. And get maintenance to replace that. 236 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:30,039 Right away, Madam. 237 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:40,593 The last shuttle is scheduled to leave Kairos at 0815 tomorrow... 238 00:13:40,680 --> 00:13:43,320 and link up with the transporter five minutes later. 239 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,076 The Liberator could be anywhere in the Xymines system by then. 240 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:50,870 - Are you asking me or telling me? - I'm not looking for impertinence. 241 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:56,478 You say any fool could take the Liberator with three pursuit ships. 242 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:00,753 - Could you? - I could take her with one. 243 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:05,711 But as a man, Tarrant is worthy of honour. 244 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:10,556 - Three would not insult him. - Then three you shall have. 245 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:15,317 Mark Tens, the newest, fastest, and most powerful in my fleet. 246 00:14:15,520 --> 00:14:17,352 Your rank shall be Acting Major. 247 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:19,909 And now I suggest you go and make ready. 248 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:25,160 But first, there is the question of that degrading... 249 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:29,839 and primitive act to which I was subjected in the control room. 250 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,349 I should like you to do it again. 251 00:14:38,440 --> 00:14:41,911 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 252 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:46,595 (DAYNA) Negative scan. 253 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,239 - Weapon systems? - Mobilised. 254 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:49,879 - Energy banks? - Fully charged. 255 00:14:49,960 --> 00:14:51,679 - Time? - 0745. 256 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:56,240 Right. Zen, direct vision of Kairos. Locater fix on the transporter. 257 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,880 2-2-1-4. Stationary orbit. 258 00:14:59,280 --> 00:15:02,990 Thirty-six degrees. 5-4, steady. 259 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:10,638 - Sorry. - And the interceptors, Zen? 260 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:14,954 Eight million spacials, stellar orbit, holding. 261 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:17,475 - Activity on Kairos? - Affirmative. 262 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,233 So they're still down there. 263 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:21,592 (SHUTTLE RUMBLING) 264 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,518 Get hold of Command. 265 00:15:45,520 --> 00:15:47,079 Command. Yes? 266 00:15:47,680 --> 00:15:50,195 It's the harvest, sir. It's been good. 267 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:51,840 - Very good. - And? 268 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,994 We're loaded and ready for liftoff, but.... 269 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,276 Hurry up, man, what is it you have to say? 270 00:15:57,360 --> 00:16:01,434 - The cargo exceeds our flight tolerance. - Well, what does that mean? 271 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:03,918 Thank you, Dastor. I'll deal with this. 272 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:06,390 How much excess Kairopan is there, Shad? 273 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,597 Weight, 84 units, Madam. 274 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,275 - And are all the labourers aboard? - No, Madam. 275 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,350 Do I have permission to abandon the excess cargo... 276 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:16,272 or shall I have it destroyed? 277 00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:19,876 Neither. You will abandon the surplus labourers. 278 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:21,430 Yes, Madam. 279 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:26,155 Instructions from the Captain. Wait for the next shuttle. 280 00:16:26,240 --> 00:16:28,391 - There isn't another. - One will be sent tomorrow. 281 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:30,790 Today's the last day. He knows that, you know that. 282 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:32,951 Orders are orders. You know that. 283 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:39,520 (GUN SHOT FIRING) 284 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,076 - But nobody lives after the last day! - Then you'll die, won't you? 285 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,392 Ignition. Contact. 286 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:55,790 No, wait! 287 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:04,151 Sensors report shuttlecraft launch from planet surface. 288 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,995 - And the transporter's position? - Unchanged. 289 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,549 So, we have five minutes before they link, 290 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:11,074 four while they transfer cargo... 291 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:15,154 - less than 12 before they break orbit. - Bit of a know-all, aren't you? 292 00:17:15,800 --> 00:17:17,473 Interceptor activity. 293 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:19,711 Forward sensors indicate standard defence... 294 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:21,712 formation flanking the transporter. 295 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:24,156 - Identification. - No information. 296 00:17:24,800 --> 00:17:28,999 Hull structure similar to ex-Federation Hunter-Killer class pursuit ship. 297 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,553 Modified fin suggests primitive Time Distort facility. 298 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:36,116 - The new Mark Tens. - You know about them? 299 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:38,999 Yes. Dayna, we'll be counterattacking through the force wall. 300 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,231 - Bring it into maximum deflection. - On interlock? 301 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:44,438 - Overlap. Ask Cally, she'll put you right. - Anything I should do? 302 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:47,160 Right now, I suggest you hold on to something very tight. 303 00:17:47,240 --> 00:17:49,152 Zen, bearing three, standard by eight. 304 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:58,872 Tarrant's made his move. Sooner than I'd have liked, but never mind. 305 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:01,839 - Who commands the transporter? - Well, nobody, sir. 306 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:03,593 It's unmanned and computer-controlled. 307 00:18:03,680 --> 00:18:05,717 They still don't trust anyone to bring it back. 308 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:08,872 - What about the shuttle? Who controls it? - Capt. Shad, sir. 309 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:10,792 - Brotius Shad? - Aye, sir. 310 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,719 Well, that's something. 311 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:14,872 Capt. Shad, I'm Acting Major Jarvik... 312 00:18:14,960 --> 00:18:18,032 under authority to Servalan and in command of the escort fleet. 313 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:19,395 Hello, sir. 314 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,039 Have you guards with you on the shuttle? 315 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:22,315 - Yes, sir. 316 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,996 Good. There's something I'd like you to do for me. 317 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,234 I shall expect both courage and enterprise. 318 00:18:36,320 --> 00:18:38,039 You will have both, sir. 319 00:18:38,360 --> 00:18:42,400 Such old-fashioned concepts, Jarvik. Are they really necessary? 320 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,915 With machines, no. With men, yes. 321 00:18:45,120 --> 00:18:47,840 So you won't want to hear the computer predictions. 322 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:49,912 Madam, in ancient times they read the future... 323 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,037 from the torn out guts of small animals. 324 00:18:52,120 --> 00:18:56,273 Two millennia later it was in the remnant leaves of a herb in a drinking cup. 325 00:18:56,640 --> 00:19:01,078 Ask me, and I'd say that civilisation has learnt a lot to little positive advantage. 326 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,629 Yes. Well, you'll hear them anyway. 327 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:08,798 Our computer predicts convincing victory with the loss of one pursuit ship. 328 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,874 - I'd rather not lose any. - In that case, sit down and shut up. 329 00:19:18,080 --> 00:19:20,549 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 330 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,678 (JARVIK) He's left his keel exposed. 331 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:26,796 Killer 3, you're in strike range. Fire now! 332 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:29,396 (INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 333 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,995 Hull sensors report damage to keel section. 334 00:19:33,080 --> 00:19:34,753 The keel section? That's impossible! 335 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:36,240 The force wall.... 336 00:19:36,520 --> 00:19:37,510 - Dayna. - Yes, I know. 337 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,637 Zen, retreat. Standard by six, bearing Xymines. 338 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,871 - I said, overlap. - I know, but I couldn't find... 339 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:43,713 - Didn't Cally show you? - She wasn't there! 340 00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,154 But she was.... 341 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:48,359 No, I don't believe it. 342 00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:49,960 - Vila, take over. - Who, me? 343 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:51,474 Stay with him. 344 00:19:54,080 --> 00:19:56,311 - Avon, I can't. - Concentrate. 345 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,597 It's my mother, my father. 346 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:06,280 I don't know. 347 00:20:07,360 --> 00:20:11,479 Cally, your mother and father are dead. It is an illusion. 348 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,638 - Tell yourself that this is a rock. - But it's not. It's alive. 349 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:17,189 - Orac, is the rock Sopron alive? - No. 350 00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:19,237 But it's sitting there, thinking. 351 00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:23,200 The electrical impulses are powered by a sophisticated technology... 352 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:27,433 and the programming does bear a similarity to the mental processes. 353 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,871 But this is not "thinking" in the accepted sense. 354 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:35,594 - It is, Avon. I don't like it. - Cally. 355 00:20:37,040 --> 00:20:39,271 Is this the time or the place? 356 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,511 That thing has warped your reason... 357 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:45,160 and your instinct for looking after number one. 358 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:47,471 We are in danger, can't you understand that? 359 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,871 I understand that this ship is the most powerful in the galaxy... 360 00:20:50,960 --> 00:20:54,795 and that you are the most astute space warfare commander. 361 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,591 Or so you tell us often enough. 362 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:10,111 - We got it! - Right on the nose! 363 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:11,955 How did that happen? 364 00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:13,679 They fired through their own force shield. 365 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:15,752 - Don't be absurd. - You asked, I told you. 366 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:17,673 - (VILA) We got it! - Yes, I know. 367 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,514 I was saving that trick for when they both attacked at once. 368 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,353 There's only two left now, no trouble. 369 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,320 Sensors report hostile craft bearing 0-2-0. 370 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:28,835 These Mark Tens can move. Visual tracking, Zen. 371 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:31,389 Cally, forcewall back, maximum deflection. 372 00:21:31,760 --> 00:21:32,876 Right. Zen. 373 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,954 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 374 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,475 He's rolling her. Hold back, Killer 3, hold back, he'll have you. 375 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,309 Wait. 376 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,512 Wait, on the turn. Easy now. 377 00:21:48,120 --> 00:21:49,634 Killer 1, it's you! 378 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:51,750 Fire! 379 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,119 (INTENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 380 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,510 All right, Killer 3, stabilise now. 381 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,951 - There're two ways of doing this. - Fool! 382 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,317 This is Command HQ. All pursuit units in Lypterion... 383 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:06,914 urgent call to Xymines Sector. 384 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:09,071 Urgent call to Xymines Sector, now. 385 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:10,514 They'll never get here in time. 386 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,957 - Just as well, we've got too many as it is. - No, I'm the fool. 387 00:22:14,280 --> 00:22:16,351 Why do I do it? So stupid. 388 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,480 Gently now, Killer 3. Ease your way in. 389 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:23,915 Prepare to launch. 390 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:26,675 - Plasma bolt launched. - Visual tracking, Zen. 391 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,432 - Force wall down, Cally. - Down? 392 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:31,590 Yes, down. 393 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:34,914 Starboard roll, Zen. Maximum thrust now. 394 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:38,600 Fire, Dayna, fire! 395 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:40,160 (SHOTS FIRING) 396 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,316 Direct hit. 397 00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,997 Zen, locate the Kairopan transporter. Direct course. Standard by three. 398 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:51,953 There's nothing to stop them now. 399 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:55,829 The cream of my fleet, gone! Destroyed. All you can do is smile... 400 00:22:55,920 --> 00:22:57,877 - as though you'd achieved something. - I have. 401 00:22:57,960 --> 00:22:59,394 - What? - I made it look convincing. 402 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,075 It was convincing all right. It convinced me. 403 00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:05,199 Three Mark Tens and 15 years' supply of Kairopan. 404 00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,318 You wanted the Liberator? If you're patient, you shall have her. 405 00:23:08,400 --> 00:23:10,119 And what will you take her with? 406 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:13,159 A Kairopan shuttle? A transporter, perhaps? 407 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:15,550 Or will you use your bare hands? 408 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:17,393 What are you doing? 409 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:22,355 Lie there and keep quiet until I tell you otherwise. 410 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:28,191 Course I may settle down, you know, have kids. What do you think, Cally? 411 00:23:28,280 --> 00:23:30,636 - What do I think of what? - The lakeside of Gardenos. 412 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:32,234 We can swim by the light of three moons. 413 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:33,913 Who could? You and Cally? 414 00:23:34,000 --> 00:23:36,720 - No, me and the kids. - But you haven't got any children. 415 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,712 - Not yet, I haven't. - Vila, you're dreaming. 416 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:41,315 Two weeks of that, you'd be looking for something else. 417 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:44,916 - Transporter is in visual range. - Put her up then, Zen. 418 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:51,040 Feels like we're stealing a purse from a sleeping man. 419 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:53,710 (TENSE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 420 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:59,076 They're coming in to dock right under our noses and we're helpless. 421 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,277 Be quiet. Watch. 422 00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,955 - It's all right, there's nothing. - Nothing? 423 00:24:24,040 --> 00:24:28,000 Apart from a few million credits worth of Kairopan. I'll let you in. 424 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,751 - Is that it? - (TARRANT) What did you expect? 425 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,071 Doesn't exactly look like a fortune, does it? 426 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:47,152 You have to spend it wisely then, won't you? 427 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:49,755 - Just buy one planet at a time. - Yeah. 428 00:24:51,120 --> 00:24:52,918 Well, come on, then. 429 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:10,798 When you're ready. 430 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:13,795 Excuse me. 431 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,793 Stay exactly where you are, and don't get excited. 432 00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,110 Hold it. 433 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:22,915 Don't make any sudden movements and get over to that wall. 434 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,513 Come on, all of you! 435 00:25:28,760 --> 00:25:30,797 Right. Now turn around. 436 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,195 Down! 437 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:47,276 Thanks. 438 00:25:47,360 --> 00:25:50,194 They were an obvious possibility, Tarrant. 439 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:57,115 We'll get this one. Cally, Dayna, go and prepare to disengage. 440 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,794 You know, you really had me believing in you. 441 00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:24,873 Ready to move, Cally. Whenever you like. 442 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,838 Disengaging now. 443 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,713 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 444 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:47,199 It's clear. Come on! 445 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:59,070 (PROVOCATIVE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 446 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,153 Jarvik, I've given the matter consideration... 447 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,709 and decided against summary execution. 448 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,279 - Very gracious of you. - Yes. 449 00:27:11,880 --> 00:27:15,191 There's a certain, primitive element in my nature... 450 00:27:16,160 --> 00:27:19,756 that finds you...that wants to. 451 00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:23,635 However, you will stand trial. 452 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:26,631 Guards, take this man away. 453 00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,799 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 454 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:34,635 Capt. Shad. 455 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,633 As per your instructions, sir, the Liberator has been taken... 456 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,110 and now stands off to Command Headquarters. 457 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,874 - You're invited to inspect, sir. - Thank you, Shad. 458 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:45,953 But as another primitive warrior once said... 459 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:49,590 next to a battle lost, there's nothing half so melancholy as a battle won. 460 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,240 I never like gloating over a defeated enemy. 461 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,313 Perhaps Madam President? 462 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:05,593 Guards, dismiss. 463 00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:14,718 Carry on, Capt. Shad. 464 00:28:16,480 --> 00:28:20,156 Liberator, this is Capt. Shad. Two to come aboard. 465 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,916 Teleport now. 466 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,310 Not a disagreeable way to travel. 467 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,551 Cally. How lovely to see you again. 468 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:54,796 - Where are the prisoners? - Under guard, Madam. 469 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:56,360 Bring them here. 470 00:29:02,360 --> 00:29:05,159 - And you must be Zen. - Affirmative. 471 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,754 So tell me, Zen, how does one operate this craft? 472 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:12,880 One manipulates the controls, and the craft functions accordingly. 473 00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,231 Yes, and I've heard of your impudence. 474 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:18,711 Now perhaps you will tell me how to manipulate the controls. 475 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:22,635 Manual operation is not possible without full-pilot training. 476 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,400 Automatic navigation and control computers... 477 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:27,756 will respond to certain voice patterns. 478 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:33,230 - But not yours, Servalan. - Not mine yet, Tarrant. But very shortly. 479 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,839 Guard, that woman there. Yes, that one. 480 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,280 Take her away somewhere, and kill her. 481 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:46,636 He can try. Or he can kill me here. Nobody takes me anywhere. 482 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,474 Very well. Guard, kill her where she stands. 483 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:54,316 - No, wait. We'll talk about this. - There's nothing to talk about, Tarrant. 484 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,270 I shall kill your crew one by one... 485 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,319 until you instruct Zen to recognise my voice pattern. 486 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:03,357 And after that, you'll kill the rest of us. 487 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:07,992 Perhaps. Perhaps not. I may consider a plea for mercy when the time comes. 488 00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:12,795 - So, there's nothing to gain? - Not a great deal, I must confess. 489 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:15,236 Unless, of course, you want to accept my word. 490 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,279 I'd rather accept the business end of a poisonous snake. 491 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:19,874 As I thought. 492 00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,840 Well, I just shall have to watch you break. 493 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,070 Carry on, guard. 494 00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:25,800 All right, Servalan. 495 00:30:27,520 --> 00:30:30,718 - If he won't, I will. - No, Avon. 496 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,079 How wise, Avon. 497 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:34,839 You might have been next. 498 00:30:34,920 --> 00:30:37,833 Though with your qualities, I'd probably have saved you. 499 00:30:38,360 --> 00:30:41,831 Let's get on with it, shall we? Introduce yourself to Zen. 500 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,637 I am Servalan, President and Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation. 501 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:50,311 Record her voice pattern, Zen. 502 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:54,673 From now on you will respond to her commands, on this one condition. 503 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,150 - No conditions. - Sorry, too late. 504 00:30:57,240 --> 00:31:00,119 That instruction has to be completed by me. 505 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,840 Unless, of course, you care to dismantle Zen and reorganise the program. 506 00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:07,560 I warn you, I'm the only person in the galaxy... 507 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:09,757 who can put it back together again. 508 00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:12,396 - Please complete the instruction. - Wait. 509 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,911 - I'll make the condition. - You won't cut much ice with Zen. 510 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:17,999 You seem to be neglecting the fact... 511 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,595 that I have the power of life and death over your friends. 512 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:25,277 Then exercise it if you must. But kill me, and you will never control the Liberator. 513 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,996 Your skin always did come first, didn't it? 514 00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:29,753 Would you reproach me for that? 515 00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,071 Please state the condition. 516 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:36,476 Zen, you will obey Servalan's instructions... 517 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,836 provided that her first commands... 518 00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:42,709 are that you proceed to a planet with suitable Earth-like conditions... 519 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,596 and that the present crew is safely teleported to its surface. 520 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,032 Condition acknowledged. 521 00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:50,994 Thank you, Avon. 522 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:56,432 Zen, you will proceed to a planet with suitable Earth-like conditions. 523 00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,357 - Which planet? - The nearest, I think. 524 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:03,274 The nearest planet of that description is Kairos. 525 00:32:05,080 --> 00:32:07,959 Yes, Zen. I know. 526 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,032 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 527 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,520 The harvest week ended 12 hours ago. 528 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,115 Whatever goes on down here is about to start. 529 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:32,680 If it hasn't started already. 530 00:32:32,760 --> 00:32:34,797 I think we should split up into two groups. 531 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,520 I agree. You come with me. I'll go with Avon and Dayna. 532 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,479 Wrong. I'll work out my own salvation. 533 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,718 However, if while you were working in the port hull... 534 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,156 you'd chanced to look out, one of the deadlights... 535 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,278 you would have seen, waiting for you. 536 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,119 She's yours to command, Jarvik. Under my control, of course. 537 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:04,800 Your reward for taking her. 538 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:14,070 Servalan, if I wanted a command, I would have stayed with the Federation fleet. 539 00:33:15,440 --> 00:33:17,432 And as for taking orders. 540 00:33:20,800 --> 00:33:23,269 You really are a primitive, aren't you? 541 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:25,870 Come. 542 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,599 - What's the matter? - There's something in my boot. 543 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,111 Look at that! It's Kairopan. 544 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,277 I've just done my foot in on half a million credits worth of Kairopan. 545 00:33:41,360 --> 00:33:44,990 Couldn't have been when I was out of luck and looking for the price of a drink? 546 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,231 Only if you were down on your luck in this place. 547 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:48,674 You mean I'm not? 548 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,635 There's another one here. Identical. 549 00:33:55,880 --> 00:33:59,317 - Do you think you should touch him? - I don't think he'll mind. 550 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,119 That's not what I meant. 551 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,278 Whatever did that's got a bit more poke than a viral infection. 552 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:06,033 It's also got a penchant for pockets... 553 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:08,396 do you notice that? The same on the last one. 554 00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:10,551 Perhaps they carried some kind of weapon there. 555 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:12,120 Labourers? No. 556 00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:16,952 - Let's get out of here. - Tarrant. Vila. 557 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:18,156 Listen. 558 00:34:18,760 --> 00:34:20,240 Tarrant. Vila. 559 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,200 It was still a costly exercise, Jarvik. 560 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:27,636 Those Killer-Hunters are irreplaceable. 561 00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:30,189 The Liberator's worth 100 pursuit ships. 562 00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:34,797 Not to mention the pilots. Good pilots. Not easy to train. 563 00:34:35,280 --> 00:34:37,590 - You lost three. - They were mutoids. 564 00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:38,750 Mutoids? 565 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,480 I wasn't prepared to see men die on my account. 566 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:45,156 I have this primitive respect for life. 567 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:49,118 - But if they're trained fighters in a war. - They weren't. 568 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:50,635 They were bait in a trap. 569 00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:54,191 That wasn't a battle, it was a bluff. It was to give Tarrant confidence. 570 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:55,953 Anything less, he'd have been suspicious. 571 00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,191 He might even have checked the crates. 572 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,115 - Clever. But it doesn't prove a thing. - Like what? 573 00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,436 That you're a better man than Tarrant. 574 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,876 - Why should I want to prove that? - Because I want you to. 575 00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:17,397 It's one thing to sit in a control room a million spacials away from the action. 576 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:23,278 But if you're to be man enough for me, to be co-ruler with Servalan... 577 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,994 you must meet Tarrant face to face, man to man. 578 00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,871 - A tournament? - Yes, if you like. 579 00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:35,637 A primitive tournament, and you will be my champion. 580 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,672 If it amuses you. What must I do? 581 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:41,670 You must go to Kairos... 582 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,559 and get the teleport bracelets from Tarrant and his crew. 583 00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:46,950 You don't think they have enough problems as it is? 584 00:35:47,040 --> 00:35:48,679 I'm sure they have. 585 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,595 You may take a small party with you to make the numbers equal. 586 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,397 If it's a champion you want, you'll have a worthy one. 587 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,793 I'll put down on Kairos...alone. 588 00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:11,074 What kept you? 589 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,154 Tarrant, tell me, what the hell is that? 590 00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:17,995 That is a proto-space-age landing module. 591 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,154 Should be in a museum. 592 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,518 (DRAMATIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 593 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,554 It's not a spacecraft as such. 594 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,394 It wasn't designed to go any further than the parent ship... 595 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,676 or the command module, as they called it. 596 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,639 - Now that might have been of some use. - What happened to it? 597 00:36:47,720 --> 00:36:50,280 The command module? Probably got tired of waiting. 598 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,273 - You mean when the crew of this one... - Failed to make contact. 599 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,591 But you could get this into orbit? 600 00:36:55,720 --> 00:36:57,393 There wouldn't be any point, and anyway... 601 00:36:57,480 --> 00:36:58,755 Yes or no? 602 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,309 - Presumably, nothing seems... - That's all right, then. 603 00:38:02,640 --> 00:38:06,190 - Where the hell's Avon? - He's back. I saw him go inside. 604 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:10,798 I won't be a moment. 605 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,069 You're back. 606 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:16,795 - We were worried about you. - No need. 607 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,395 - I've been looking all over for you. - Now you found me. 608 00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,632 - Didn't you hear me calling? - I imagine the whole planet heard you. 609 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:25,393 So where were you? 610 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:29,077 While you were asleep, I picked up a faint echo on this... 611 00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:30,560 it's very basic equipment... 612 00:38:31,000 --> 00:38:34,471 - little more than primitive radar. - And what did this echo tell you? 613 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:35,755 We have company. 614 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:39,959 Up there, a large unidentifiable spacecraft. 615 00:38:40,920 --> 00:38:41,990 The command module? 616 00:38:42,080 --> 00:38:43,912 That's something I needed to think about. 617 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,469 - It's not easy to think with Vila snoring. - I don't snore. 618 00:38:46,560 --> 00:38:48,836 - You can't tell it's the module? - Not without looking. 619 00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,550 So I suggest you start thinking about this antique heap of nuts and bolts... 620 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,040 and how you'll get it into orbit. 621 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:55,873 But the ship up there might be hostile. 622 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:58,350 Quite. That's something else I needed to think about. 623 00:38:58,440 --> 00:38:59,794 And? 624 00:39:00,200 --> 00:39:03,876 We have no armament. Nothing to bargain with. 625 00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:06,830 Except.... 626 00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:09,153 I don't believe it. 627 00:39:09,240 --> 00:39:12,153 All the trouble, the danger, and you're still wasting time with that. 628 00:39:12,240 --> 00:39:15,790 This happens to be the most sophisticated life form... 629 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:19,032 that it has ever been my good fortune to come across. 630 00:39:19,120 --> 00:39:21,794 Present company not excepted. 631 00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:25,113 - Life? But it looks like... - A rock. Yes. 632 00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:28,632 Well, when you live on the permanent dark side of a planet... 633 00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:30,951 nobody cares too much what you look like. 634 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:33,191 - But you said it wasn't alive. - Orac said that. 635 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,114 - And Orac was wrong? - Orac is a computer, like Zen. 636 00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,635 They react to information, that is all. 637 00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:41,670 Tarrant! Avon! 638 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,870 - Do something! - I think she means you. 639 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:06,913 Tarrant, keep still. 640 00:40:09,120 --> 00:40:10,474 Don't provoke it. 641 00:40:12,160 --> 00:40:14,834 You, woman. Give it the Kairopan. 642 00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:18,234 - What Kairopan? I haven't got... - You must have touched some. 643 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:19,959 It can smell it on you. 644 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:21,838 Don't tell me you threw it away. 645 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:24,560 From my boot, Dayna. You put it in your pocket. 646 00:40:41,320 --> 00:40:44,631 Human greed. That's the only problem with Kairos. 647 00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:47,949 Everyone who comes tries to pocket a crystal or two... 648 00:40:48,040 --> 00:40:51,716 and even if they lose their nerve and try and dump the stuff, it's too late. 649 00:40:51,800 --> 00:40:53,757 The smell of it clings. 650 00:40:54,280 --> 00:40:57,478 If you've touched Kairopan, those brutes will come after you. 651 00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,150 They need it once they hatch out. 652 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:04,997 They use the stuff to make silk for their little cobwebs. 653 00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:09,194 - It will be back, then. - Afraid so. 654 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:13,437 But, Jarvik, I haven't seen you in years. How did you get here? 655 00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:20,629 Sorry, Tarrant. 656 00:41:21,240 --> 00:41:23,550 Not the sort of reunion I'd have asked for. 657 00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,792 - What do you want? - The teleport bracelets. That's all. 658 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:30,590 And you'd hide behind a woman to get them? Time changes people. 659 00:41:33,680 --> 00:41:34,750 Tarrant? 660 00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:37,315 Man to man? 661 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,879 (SUSPENSEFUL INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 662 00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:59,717 You can have the advantage. 663 00:42:01,320 --> 00:42:03,118 Wait. Don't move. 664 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,075 The bracelet. 665 00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:53,557 I still want your bracelets. 666 00:42:54,840 --> 00:42:58,754 Come on, be fair. They're of no use to you. 667 00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,480 Is Tarrant? 668 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,511 If you want mine, you'll have to take it. 669 00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,073 There always has to be one. 670 00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:19,514 Don't bother, Dayna. It's not worth the trouble. 671 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:21,159 I think it is. 672 00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:27,030 Tarrant, you've got about two minutes to get that module launched. 673 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:28,998 - What are you talking about? - I mean it. 674 00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:30,992 - Vila, get the roof open. - How? 675 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,390 You're the expert. Cally, get Dayna. 676 00:43:50,280 --> 00:43:53,318 Once Jarvik teleports that's the last we'll see of the Liberator. 677 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,359 A couple of plasma bolts will be the last we'll see of anything. 678 00:43:56,440 --> 00:44:00,320 - But there's nothing I can do with this. - You can get it off the ground! 679 00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:15,154 You fight well, but you're still a woman. 680 00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,313 If not quite a lady. 681 00:44:29,120 --> 00:44:31,919 This is Jarvik. Teleport now! 682 00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:41,880 Bring her. 683 00:44:59,720 --> 00:45:03,600 Zen, is the Liberator equipped for planetary assault? 684 00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:05,632 - Affirmative. - Good. 685 00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:10,154 The zone immediately below us, in a square of 50 surface spacials. 686 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,432 Clarify your instructions. 687 00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:16,680 I want it destroyed, Zen. Completely. 688 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:20,389 Where's Dayna? 689 00:45:20,480 --> 00:45:23,279 There was one of those creatures, they teleported. 690 00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:26,676 That's it, then. Tarrant, you have seconds. 691 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:28,274 Strap yourself in. 692 00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:36,833 Surface bolts have been launched. Impact in 13 seconds. 693 00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:42,277 Countdown. 12, 1 1, 10... 694 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,834 9, 8, 7, 6... 695 00:45:51,360 --> 00:45:54,478 ...2, 1,0. 696 00:45:55,440 --> 00:46:00,071 - Surface area obliterated. - Thank you, Zen. 697 00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,631 Now, Jarvik, the bracelets. I assume you did bring them all? 698 00:46:04,720 --> 00:46:05,836 Of course. 699 00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,355 There seems to be a body in one of them. 700 00:46:08,440 --> 00:46:10,511 Sensors report alien craft... 701 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,911 approximate bearing 4-9-0-3, approaching. 702 00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,710 - Zen will have picked us up by now. - So? 703 00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:21,078 So what do we do before they blow us out of the galaxy? 704 00:46:21,200 --> 00:46:22,350 We attack. 705 00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,635 Attack? We have nothing to attack with. 706 00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:28,030 Then bluff it. Tell them to surrender. 707 00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:31,310 But they'll know, the sensors. 708 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,472 Try and raise the Liberator, Cally. Open beam frequency. 709 00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:41,474 Liberator, are you receiving me? 710 00:46:41,560 --> 00:46:44,837 - Is that a weapon? - That? No, that's purely a defensive. 711 00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:49,073 An analogue of something that evolves on the permanent dark side of a planet. 712 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:50,992 A highly simplified copy, of course. 713 00:46:51,080 --> 00:46:52,753 Permanent dark? Are you saying you've... 714 00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:57,790 I've built an artificial Sopron. Yes, that's what I'm saying. 715 00:46:58,160 --> 00:46:59,753 What is that? 716 00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:03,675 Detector scan reveal it to be a high-technology space cruiser. 717 00:47:04,200 --> 00:47:08,592 Hardened self-healing Herculaneum hull and superstructure... 718 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:14,712 advanced Time Distort facility, speed range to standard by 12.203. 719 00:47:16,080 --> 00:47:20,154 Computer assessment of weapons reveals the craft to have an assault capacity... 720 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:22,596 marginally greater than that of the Liberator. 721 00:47:22,680 --> 00:47:24,000 Greater? 722 00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:29,076 Self-defence. Some animals bristle out their fur to frighten their enemies. 723 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,197 But that doesn't count for much in the dark. 724 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:34,432 - So what does Sopron do? - Sopron is a mirror. A distorting mirror. 725 00:47:34,520 --> 00:47:38,560 It reflects a greater image of whatever it is that happens to be scanning it. 726 00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:41,712 Zen saw a capacity-charged brain because that is what Zen is. 727 00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:46,158 Orac saw a highly sophisticated computer because that is what Orac is. 728 00:47:46,240 --> 00:47:50,200 Cally thought that she saw her parents, but what she actually saw was herself. 729 00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,636 - And will that work? - Yes. 730 00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:58,639 The question is, what will Servalan see, and will she be fooled by it? 731 00:47:59,480 --> 00:48:02,996 We have audiovisual contact with the alien craft. 732 00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:04,434 Put them up, Zen. 733 00:48:04,600 --> 00:48:06,637 - Tarrant. - Afraid so, Servalan. 734 00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:10,350 And you know what we want. You have one minute to hand over the Liberator. 735 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,239 Failing that, we shall blast her into nether space. 736 00:48:13,320 --> 00:48:15,516 We have one of your friends aboard. 737 00:48:15,720 --> 00:48:17,871 Yes. I'm sorry, Dayna. 738 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:20,830 Servalan, you can't take this seriously. 739 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:23,674 - One minute? - And we're already counting. 740 00:48:25,080 --> 00:48:28,790 Servalan, it's a bluff. You can see what it is. 741 00:48:30,040 --> 00:48:32,191 Zen, visual of the alien craft. 742 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:35,840 Explain the conflict. 743 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:39,960 The visual image is at variance with 72 scanning devices. 744 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:43,438 Possible explanation is a holographic projection... 745 00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:46,240 designed to disguise the craft's true appearance. 746 00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:50,792 Servalan, forget your computers. Please! 747 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:54,831 Believe your eyes. Just for once. 748 00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:59,833 Zen, are there any Federation spacecraft in teleport range? 749 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:01,435 Affirmative. 750 00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:04,719 The Kairopan transporter, bearing 1-1... 751 00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:07,713 - All right. Prepare to evacuate. - This is madness! 752 00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:09,439 Capt. Shad, kill her. 753 00:49:09,720 --> 00:49:11,552 No, wait. There's no need to. 754 00:49:13,440 --> 00:49:14,635 Jarvik! 755 00:49:16,440 --> 00:49:18,875 Kill me and who operates the teleport? 756 00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:24,393 - Orac. - Avon has the key. 757 00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:36,237 - Are you sure you can dock this thing? - I hadn't really considered it. 758 00:49:36,320 --> 00:49:38,277 - What? - I thought we'd be dead by now. 759 00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:47,829 (MELANCHOLIC INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) 760 00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,040 They've all gone. Except Jarvik. 761 00:49:51,440 --> 00:49:53,830 And he's not going anywhere anymore. 762 00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,834 A waste. He was a special sort of man. 763 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,560 Spare us the eulogy. He was a Federation thug. 764 00:50:00,640 --> 00:50:02,950 No, that isn't what he was. 765 00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:06,431 Zen, Servalan's voice pattern, erase it. 766 00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:07,836 Confirmed. 767 00:50:08,120 --> 00:50:10,999 Get us out of here. I've had enough of this place. 768 00:50:14,840 --> 00:50:17,753 (THEME MUSIC)