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[Chattering]
[Paul] Sometimes you can forget
what we're fighting for
and then
with just one look-
I have to admit, it will be nice
not to put on a flight suit for a week.
[Vanessa]
I can't wait to get home.
There it is.
The Baja peninsula, San Diego.
I'm gonna meet my sisters
at a little B and B in Coronado.
Gonna spend
the entire liberty
- just sitting in the sand,
drinkin' cold Mexican beer.
- [Chuckles]
Look.
There's Soldier Field.
I swear.
I can see Marshall Horton blitzing
and dropping Brian Paul in the backfield.
That's what I'm gonna be doing.
My brother and me made up this game
when we were kids called
"Kill The Guy With The Ball.
"
You stand 50 yards apart,
and one guy kicks a football to the other guy.
That guy tries to make it to the end zone
while the other guy tries to tear his head off.
- [Chuckles]
- It's a thing of beauty, man.
He's thinking of enlisting.
It's weird.
All those times
in the thick
and I thought I'd never
see my family again.
And here we are,
so close to goin' home.
[Woman On TV] The secretary general
will soon offer his congratulations-
Hey, Coop.
You're welcome
to come home with me.
It's the first snow
in upstate New York.
Oh, God.
It's beautiful.
No.
There's nothing
for me down there.
[Woman On TV]
Originally signed in New Delhi
the accord transformed the globe
into a commonwealth of nations.
The celebration of the accord
has great symbolic importance
given the current tension
among the nations
who face staggering defeat
by the Earth forces in the galactic conflict.
You can see-Well, somewhere among
that group of people is the secretary general.
Leader of the world,
Mr.
Chartwell was here clearly-
- [Gunshots]
- Oh, my God.
! Oh, my God.
!
Get the gun!
A man has just fired
a gun at Chartwell.
Oh, my God.
There's blood everywhere.
- [Man] I've got him.
!
- [Woman] He's dead.
All hands,
this is the commodore.
Due to the tragic events
in New Delhi this evening
this ship will assume
red-alert status.
All leaves
are canceled immediately.
Squadrons 14, 19, 33 and 58
are to prepare for assignment.
All nonessential crew are confined
to quarters until further notice.
We can fly faster
than the speed oflight
control weather, create artificial life,
and nothing ever changes.
No matter what we think, it's-
it's all so out of our hands, isn't it?
How can one murderer change the world
with the speed of a bullet?
You know, the last time this happened
the killer wasn't even human.
A silicate shot
President Young, '51.
[Cooper]
It's a coward's move.
Makes me want to kill the guy
who shot Chartwell.
[Man]
Then you'd have to kill one of your own.
The guy that killed Chartwell
was an InVitro, Luc Doc Tran.
No one knows why he did it.
It's true.
Natural-borns are
going down into Tank sections
of New York and Miami
lookin' for payback.
How would you know? They've instituted
a communications blackout.
We were just on planet
an hour ago.
We're replacements for the 58th
that were lost on Banwell.
I'm Pisarek.
This is Stone.
- That's Lieutenant Rick Cwirko.
- I want you to know
I put in seven requests
for transfer to the 58th.
[Pisarek]
It's an honor to be assigned to the Wild Cards.
One I deserve.
What you deserve is a butt-kickin'
for puttin' your gear on my rack.
Don't talk to me
like I'm a rookie.
I flew 75 sorties
over Orthos.
Ain't nothin' to dealin' with me,
you don't get your gear off of my rack.
I would think you would cool your jets
after what your kind just did to Chartwell.
[Groans]
Cooper.
This is real thoughtful
of you, Hawkes.
You must have read my tedium
breakin' up fights between you and West.
Get your gear off his bunk.
They've lifted the blackout
for an hour.
Spencer Chartwell is dead.
A great warrior, a better man has fallen,
and you're to pay your respects.
That's under my orders.
[Woman]
A flame begins its eternal burn this evening
outside the Chartwell Ranch
near Canberra
where the slain secretary general
will be laid to rest.
The plane carrying
the secretary general's body is just landing.
Awaiting the body,
under some controversy
is the present undersecretary
of the U.
N
representing the ultra-right-wing
Identity Party Nationaliste
from the nation of France,
Nicholas Chaput
France having recently seceded
from the European Union.
- I don't know about this guy.
- According to the U.
N.
Constitution, drafted in 2012
until the electoral council can meet
to elect a new secretary general
Chaput, at the moment,
is indeed the leader of the world.
Many have reacted against
Chaput's positions
on the escalation
of the galactic conflict
and his opposition to
InVitro affiirmative action.
- What this guy says makes a lot of sense.
- Chaput's strongest challenge
to the seat comes from
the technologically developed superpowers
led by United States
Ambassador Diane Hayden.
Hayden herself is controversial
for her stand in attempting a dialogue
with the enemy in an effort
to begin peace negotiations.
Until recently she served as a member of
the Aero-Tech board of governors
but resigned due to
a potential conflict of interests.
Chaput, however, has been the champion
of underdeveloped industrialized nations
which make up
a majority of the U.
N.
An emergency meeting of the U.
N.
Electoral council will occur
for security reasons, at an undisclosed
location rumored to be off Earth.
[Man] Shuttles transporting
the United Nations electorial council
now arriving at bays
Honor guard, stand by.
[Beeping]
[Whistle]
[Buzzes]
Welcome aboard
the U.
S.
S.
Saratoga.
I am Commodore Ross.
Lieutenants, escort the ambassadors
to their quarters.
- Aye, aye, sir.
- [Vanessa] Aye, aye, sir.
Commodore.
May I ask how many InVitros
are amongst the crew?
Two, sir.
Lieutenant Hawkes
and Colonel McQueen.
They are both fine officers.
Perhaps you are unaware
that, before leaving Earth
an order was issued
that InVitros must submit to a loyalty test.
Thank you, Mr.
Ambassador.
I'll take that under advisement.
Lieutenant ***.
Report to Loading Bay 5
on the double.
Inform Colonel McQueen I wish to see him
in my quarters immediately.
Aye, aye, sir.
[Beeping]
[Whistle]
Welcome aboard the U.
S.
S.
Saratoga,
Ambassador Chaput.
I'm Colonel McQueen.
Colonel, it's an honor to be amongst
our fighting men and women.
Thank you, Mr.
Ambassador.
Lieutenants, escort
Ambassador Chaput to his quarters.
I was at the ceremony
when the 58th received
the Montgomery Star
for the Battle of the Belt.
Allow me to personally congratulate
you and offer my deepest thanks.
- Thank you, sir.
- You weren't there.
Lieutenant West
had six confirmed kills.
- You have the courage of de Gaulle.
- Thank you, sir.
- [Paul] Pardon me, Colonel McQueen.
- Yes, Lieutenant.
Commodore Ross requests
to see you in his quarters.
If you'll excuse me,
Mr.
Ambassador.
The lieutenants will show you
to your quarters.
McQueen was
supposed to be here.
Whoever's inside
is gonna be ticked off.
[Buzzes]
[Electronic Twittering]
[Electronic Twittering]
[Electronic Twittering]
[Chattering]
Okay.
I'm in.
This any way
to treat a guest?
I shot you down on Bonwell.
You can trade in a '58 Mustang
on this year's model.
That's the way
you made us silicates.
Feliciti O.
H.
519
was on Bonwell.
I am Feliciti 483.
Lower model number, higher sticker price.
- Get the hell off my ship.
- We were invited here by Diane Hayden.
That's not
a good picture of me.
- Why would she ask you here?
- We want to come back to Earth.
It's cold out in space.
Then I think
you'd feel right at home.
Silicates love to gamble
and I'm betting that you won't shoot
an unarmed guest of Diane Hayden.
I killed you once,
and I'd do it again.
If Hayden brought the silicates here, it wouldn't
be in their interest to make any trouble.
They're capable of anything.
Sabotage, assassination-
Gear up.
Ross is sending us
on assignment.
Cargo pickup.
Cargo pickup?
Leave that crap for the army.
Loading Bay 4 in 10 mikes.
Move.
How'd you get
down here so fast?
Just gung ho for
my first ride with the 58.
Hustle up.
Let's get on board.
Colonel, I'm sorry.
I tried.
[Man]
Hold it right there, Lieutenant Hawkes.
- What the hell's going on here?
- Colonel McQueen
Lieutenant Hawkes, you are to be
detained for loyalty questioning.
What is this?
Just because they're InVitros?
This is a disgrace
to them and to us.
Here are your orders.
Do not read them until
an hour into your mission.
Commodore, if they're taken away,
we don't board this ship.
Vansen, get on board.
I expect you all
to do your duty.
[Woman]
[Vanessa] If Chaput can detain
McQueen and Coop for B.
S.
Reasons
he can do the same
to any of us at any time.
No one said it was on
Chaput's orders.
And how do we know that Hawkes
and McQueen didn't do anything?
Hawkes went through
the academy with us.
He never displayed
suspicious behavior.
Well, there was that thing with
the she-male magazine, but-
Okay, but he explained it.
And McQueen's our commander.
I trust him.
- What's his first name?
- What?
McQueen.
What's his first name?
[Cwirko]
You guys are gonna trust someone on blind faith
and you don't even know
his first name?
One thing I always thought
was weird was why an InVitro
would rise so high in the military,
something they hate.
- He risked his life for us.
- I know.
I trust McQueen.
But I learned firsthand
what the Tanks are capable of
when they had me thrown off
the Tellus colony.
We're at war.
The world is scared
and growing divided.
Now, if you were a Tank,
and after all the hell you've been through
suddenly there was a window
of opportunity to take over
- wouldn't you do it by any means necessary?
- You're both paranoid.
There's good reason to be.
- Lieutenant Vansen?
- Yes.
This the 58th Squadron?
Yes.
Which cargo bay
are you lookin' for?
Cargo's waiting.
[Vanessa]
Ambassador Hayden.
[Man] Is your name and rank McQueen,
T.
C.
, lieutenant colonel?
- Yes.
- Does T.
C.
Stand for Tyrus Cassius?
I always thought T.
C.
Stood for top cat.
Colonel, we're trying to
calibrate the polygraph.
Please limit your responses
to yes or no.
- Does T.
C.
Stand for Tyrus Cassius?
- Yes.
Is your InVitro
identity gene pool 13C
batch Kappa 9757,
Anchorage facility?
Yes.
- Have you killed for your country?
- Yes.
- Would you die for your country?
- Yes.
Have you ever betrayed
your country?
Have you ever betrayed
your country?
I won't answer that question.
How dare you ask me that.
Have you ever betrayed
your country?
You know the answer.
Then you have nothing to fear
in answering.
Only myself
for answering it.
You will remain in detention
until you respond.
What's it look like
from here?
- Madam Ambassador?
- The Earth.
It's like
a masterpiece painting.
Deep blues, aquas,
white clouds.
I was born blind- six months before
they discovered the gene transfer cure.
With the help of the opti-scanner
I can sense things
but how do you describe it
to someone who has never seen?
- [Door Opens]
- It makes me feel insignificant
and supreme at the same time.
[Nathan]
With all due respect, Madam Ambassador
there will be nothing to describe
if we surrender to the enemy.
You think communication
is surrender?
Did they try to communicate
with the Vesta and Tellus colonies?
You were on the Aero-Tech
board of governors.
Don't the lives of
the colonists mean anything?
We've seen them butcher
our wounded begging for help.
The American Indians
did the same thing.
At the time
they were seen as aliens
but we know they were defending
their land that was being taken.
And as soon as they surrendered
to the settlers, the slaughter never ended.
What were they to do?
They were against an enemy
they knew they couldn't defeat.
"Insignificant and supreme.
"
Is your name and rank
Hawkes, Cooper, first lieutenant?
This thing gonna shock me or something,
I get a wrong answer?
[Chuckles] Is your name and rank
Hawkes, Cooper, first lieutenant?
Yeah.
What the hell is this?
Just some questions.
The same ones we asked Colonel McQueen.
McQueen did this?
Is your InVitro
identity gene pool 16A
batch Alpha 3439
the Philadelphia facility?
I guess.
Please limit your responses
to yes or no.
Have you killed
for your country?
No.
- Have you killed in battle?
- Yes.
Have you killed
a natural-born human?
No.
Have you ever killed
a natural-born human in battle?
No.
Have you ever betrayed
your country?
No.
Would you ever
betray your country?
Hey.
It betrayed me
way before I was born.
Just a few more questions,
Lieutenant.
We're approaching the Saratoga,
but the navigation screen's got a glitch.
Solar flare?
[Pisarek]
No indication on the S.
F.
I.
It's gotta be the electronics.
If we can't find it, we can't dock.
Everyone look for some kind ofjamming device.
Check your radio transmitters.
Got trouble.
[Hayden]
What's wrong?
It's a radio-frequency-metered
detonator.
My guess is that it's activated by
the Saratoga's landing permission code.
- I've received the code already.
- Then it's activated.
I got an idea.
It's probably designed
to explode
in the time it would take from code
transmission to docking in the Saratoga.
We've got three minutes.
Tell the pilot
to alter its course from the Saratoga.
It's magnetically attached.
Disrupting the magnetics from the metal
would break the detonator circuit.
- It would set it off.
- Ma'am, there's space for one on the flight deck.
We got two minutes.
[Man]
Docking sequence aborted.
You'll be safe
up on the flight deck.
It just started
its final cycle.
We've gotta get it
off the ship now.
I need something
made out of metal.
[Vanessa]
Don't disrupt the magnetic contacts.
[Cwirko]
Slide it over slowly.
I told the pilot to disengage from
the flight arm in 45 seconds.
Air lock.
Easy.
Go easy.
[Electronic Twittering]
[Twittering Intensifies]
The exterior air lock's
gotta be opened from the inside.
Help me get strapped in.
[Shane]
All clear.
[Buyyer Buyyes]
[All Yelling]
- [Man] Commence separation sequence.
- Do not disengage!
Repeat! Do not disengage!
[Alarm Blaring]
[Alarm Stops]
[Coughing]
Good move, Cwirko.
- Sit down.
- [Door Opens]
[Hayden]
Is everyone all right?
Are you all right, ma'am?
A little afraid.
What I'm afraid of is that this vehicle
has been in the loading bay
since before
the assassination of Chartwell.
And it was under my guard
the entire time at the moon base.
Which means the bomb had to be set
by someone aboard the Saratoga.
[Man] Shuttle 3-4-niner,
Landing Bay 7 is clear for your arrival.
[Man #2]
Roger.
Thank you.
[Beeping]
[Whistle]
And I thought security
was tight at Heathrow.
- [Chaput] Are you all right, Diane?
- I'm fine, Nick.
These marines should be given
a medal- or a raise.
Diane, I'd like to offer the services
ofThompson, my personal bodyguard.
Madam Ambassador,
I am Commodore Ross.
Given the recent incident, I must insist upon
marine guards as security.
Thank you both.
I have never used security personnel.
- You need them.
- Nick, I didn't say I didn't need them
but if people can see
a government official
walking around without bodyguards,
it makes them feel safer.
Madam Ambassador,
under these circumstances-
No, gentlemen.
That's final.
I am on board the U.
S.
S.
Saratoga,
the finest space carrier in our fleet.
If I can't be safe here,
where would I be safe?
I'll show you to your quarters.
- I would like to see Colonel McQueen.
- I'll escort you.
[Hayden] I understand he's being held
because of Ambassador Chaput.
Thanks for the lift, and thank you,
Lieutenant Cwirko.
No problem.
He's a jerk, but we can't forget
he saved our ***.
Don't worry.
He won't let us forget.
I was just thinking.
Cwirko was in the loading bay
inside the ship,
before any of us got here.
Lieutenant West,
do you have a few moments?
When I was detained in '31
for marching in an InVitro rights rally
the bars were still
quaintly made out of iron.
I guess no matter what
material they're made from
there will always be bars.
And loyalty tests.
These are strange days, Colonel.
There are a lot of scared people.
And I must admit,
with good reason.
And there are a lot of paranoid people
with no good reason.
They believe what they feel.
To patroniye them is
a serious miscalculation.
To ignore them, to hope that
they will go away
is very dangerous.
- So you stand up to them.
- At the right time.
And you can't let them
know you're doing it.
- I won't take the test.
- Of course not.
No one should have to.
And when I'm elected,
no one will.
But to get elected-
If you make a fuss
about releasing me
or the Tanks on planet
you risk losing
something you want.
Something we want.
I notice you're on
the other side of the bars.
If I am elected, I will personally
turn the key that opens this door.
But until then
my thanks
for understanding
my apologies
for accepting
and my respect
for sacrificing an individual dignity
for a greater cause.
And
in case you ever question
if you've done the right thing
here is your answer.
[Buzzing Softly]
[Door Opens]
Come in, Nathan.
It's hard to believe that one person
could be in control of it.
For centuries men have tried
through violent means.
But for the past
few decades
nine people
have ruled the world.
As it should be,
peacefully.
And in an hour-
maybe two-
the 10th person will be
elected to that position.
I wanted to talk to you, Nathan, because
I can tell you are interested in the truth.
- Yes, sir.
- I could see it in your eyes when we arrived.
You know how you can look into
a person's eyes and know if they are a liar.
I confess I am aware of
your situation-
unjustly removed from
the Tellus colony by the InVitros
and that you risk your life
nearly every day
in search of another life
every bit as important as yours.
And that your brother, Neil
after Chartwell
was assassinated
enlisted in the marines.
Soon he will risk his life
every day in this war.
So I thought that you deserved
to be aware of a certain truth.
A truth that is known
by only a few
and should remain so
for obvious reasons.
Aero-Tech, the board of governors
that had you removed-
the board upon which
Diana Hayden sat-
that sent the Vesta colony
that sent the Tellus colony
that sent
Kylen Celina to die-
they knew.
They knew the aliens existed.
We all believed
we were alone in the universe
but they knew they were there,
and they knew what might-
what did happen.
I will do everything I can
to defeat those responsible
for what you now know.
And what will you do?
[Door Opens]
[Door Closes]
Lieutenant West,
this election is a toss-up.
It will not be settled
at tonight's session.
So, when the electoral
council has recessed
Mr.
Chaput would like to
meet with Ambassador Hayden
to discuss give-and-takes.
It would be much better
to do this privately
no one having known
the meeting occurred.
You're on watch on Level 10,
Section A-13 tonight, aren't you?
Perhaps
one hour after
the session adjourns
you could make sure the door leading to
the hallway of the executive V.
I.
P.
Quarters
is left unlocked.
Then continue your watch
away from that area for 13 minutes.
Ambassador Chaput
would be very grateful.
- [Door Closes]
- They said you answered the questions.
Why are you in here?
Did you answer one wrong?
What'd they ask you?
Well, I- I lied to 'em about
that guy I had to kill
but I don't think
they caught it.
I don't think that's what
they were concerned about.
- Well, what's the deal?
- It was a loyalty test.
Loyalty can't be tested
by questions and answers.
I know.
That's why
I refused to answer.
True loyalty can only be demonstrated
through the display of manifest actions-
often defiant-when confronted by
insurmountable obstacles
in the form of confrontational
and irrational enemies.
Is there anything
I can get you?
Want a book
or magazine or somethin'?
Hawkes.
Tell Ross
I want out of here.
I'll take the test.
[Man]
Is your name and rank McQueen, Tyrus Cassius
- lieutenant colonel?
- [McQueen] Yes.
Is your InVitro identity
gene pool 13-C, batch Kappa 9757,
Anchorage facility?
Yes.
- Have you killed for your country?
- Yes.
- Would you die for your country?
- Yes.
[Woman On TV]
Due to the importance of this decision-
Down.
[Muttering]
Get some.
- Get-
- The council has been in
closed-door sessions all day-
- Come on.
- With the industrialiyed factions
closely aligned with Chaput
deadlocked against the nations
supporting Diane Hayden.
The election is still too close
for an F.
T.
N.
Projection.
The council will reconvene tomorrow,
having adjourned about an hour ago.
[Cooper]
You.
You.
You.
Down, down, down.
Down.
- [Man] Have you ever betrayed your country?
- [McQueen] No.
- Would you ever betray your country?
- No.
Were you aware of any plot
to assassinate Secretary General Chartwell?
No.
Are you aware of any current plot
to assassinate the present secretary general?
No.
Do you know of anyone thinking of
assassinating the secretary general?
Do you know of anyone thinking of
assassinating the secretary general?
- Thinking?
- Please limit your responses to yes or no.
How do I know what
someone else is thinking?
Are you thinking of assassinating
the secretary general?
No.
[Door Opens]
[Door Opens, Closes]
Are you thinking of assassinating
the secretary general?
No.
How could you ask that?
Have you ever had thoughts
of assassinating the secretary general?
- Enough!
- [Man] Commodore-
I said enough.
This is a good officer.
This is a damn good man.
And I don't need your machines
or your questions to know that.
- Commodore-
- With my own eyes
I have seen this man
risk his life for me.
And he's seen me
risk it for him.
No dial or meter
can ever understand that.
And clearly neither can
you witch-hunters.
- [Man] Sir, this is not your place-
- This is my ship.
Now you get the hell off her.
Go! Go!
[Panting]
[Gunshot]
[Panting]
[Female Voice]
Rear cockpit fuel intake ruptured.
Do not engage with fuselage.
- Rear cockpit fuel intake ruptured.
- [Beeping]
Do not engage with fuselage.
[Beeping]
The operative has failed.
Shall we activate the backup?
[Beeping]
Bam.
Bam.
Bam.
[Chattering]
What's goin'on here?
They tried to assassinate Chaput.
The assassin's dead.
- Was it Hawkes?
- Hawkes? It was Cwirko.
Where's Chaput?
We're scheduled to take off
in 15 minutes.
We'll get you to
a secure area on planet.
I forgot
the Security Council reports.
You should board.
I'll be right back.
Who are you?
What are you doing here?
[Footsteps Approaching]
Cooper, listen.
Drop the weapon.
I can't.
I want to
but I can't.
They've done
something to you.
I think it was when you took the loyalty test.
They're making you do this.
What is it makes you fire?
An image? A sound?
L- I don't know.
If it was just the sight
of him, he'd be dead.
Wh-What triggers you?
I don't know.
No.
Don't go for your weapon.
Zip the suit up.
Now.
No.
Don't.
I can't.
[Cooper Yells]
[Gun Rattles On Ground]
I think we passed
your loyalty test.
What's going on in here?
It's all right, Sergeant.
Everything's all right.
[Door Closes]
Sorry.
The door was unlocked.
If someone had
got to Hitler
or Stalin
or Dr.
Stranihan
before he reprogrammed the A.
I.
's
how many more people
would now be alive?
Wouldn't the world
have been a better place?
That's for the world to decide.
[Glen]
Atten-hut.
- [Door Opens]
- Secretary General Hayden
on behalf of the men and women
of the U.
S.
S.
Saratoga
may I offer our sincere
congratulations on your election.
Thank you, Commodore.
I will do everything I can
to bring you all home soon- and with honor.
Lieutenant West
because of your actions,
the perpetrators of a hideous crime
have been eliminated,
and a life has been saved.
I'd rather have the truth
than the medal.
Did Aero-Tech know?
Did you know they were out there?
[Man]
Watch your hands.
Watch your hands.