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You still haven't told me
when the commander's due back.
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- Soon.
- How soon is soon?
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Longer than a little while.
Faster than later.
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He took out a fighter to check
out a damaged transport.
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Isn't that sort of job usually
delegated to someone else?
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Commander's a hands-on
kind a guy.
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He'll grab any chance
to take out a ship.
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- He's like that.
- Well, I wouldn't know.
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I haven't seen him
since I came aboard.
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Have you ever tried
one of these?
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- What is it?
- I'm not sure.
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According to the translator
it's either
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an aphrodisiac
or a floor wax.
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Can't decide if it's
worth the risk or not.
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- Mr. Garibaldi--
- Please. Michael.
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Did I mention I really
enjoy your broadcasts?
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You know, if this interview
hadn't been set up weeks ago
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by Earthforce Public Relations
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I'd swear that
Commander Sinclair
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did not want
to be interviewed
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by Interstellar Network news.
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I can't imagine that.
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This is supposed to be an event.
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This is the second anniversary
of Babylon 5 going online.
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We took a poll when this station
first opened
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and 75 percent of ISN viewers
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said that this place
wouldn't even last five minutes.
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Lloyd's of London put the odds
of this station surviving
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even one year
at 500 to one...against.
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Is there a bathroom
around here?
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Third door to your left.
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That way.
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The one with the blue marker
is for methane breathers only.
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I'd steer clear if I were you.
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What the hell.
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If that thing leaves a waxy
yellow build-up on anything
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I'm coming back here.
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Julie, hand me
that separator over there
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I've just about got
the RNA strand where I want it.
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Get it yourself.
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Vance, what are you doing here?
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I was in the sector.
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I thought I'd stop by
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and visit my favorite student.
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I've come to offer you
an adventure, Stephen
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very possibly the biggest
adventure you've ever had.
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What kind of adventure?
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Well, you'll find out
soon enough.
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Savor the mystery, Stephen.
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We don't get nearly enough
of them.
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Tired?
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Yeah, long day.
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But your ship's the last one in,
so anything to declare, uh..
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...any plants, non-sentient
pets, organic matter..
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Nothing organic, just some
pottery and stone work.
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Hmm, funny thing.
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The bottom of this box
on the inside
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is four inches shorter
than the bottom
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of the box on the outside
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like there was
a hidden compartment in here.
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If I didn't know better,
I might think
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you were trying
to smuggle something in.
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Not a chance.
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No, it's just packing material
to protect the stuff.
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Here, let me show you.
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It was the dawn
of the third age of mankind
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ten years after
the Earth-Minbari War.
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The Babylon Project
was a dream, given form.
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It's goal,
to prevent another war
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by creating a place
where humans and aliens
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could work out
their differences peacefully.
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It's a port of call,
home away from home
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for diplomats, hustlers,
entrepreneurs, and wanderers.
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Human and aliens
wrapped in 2,500,000 tons
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of spinning metal
all alone in the night.
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It can be a dangerous place
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but it's our last best hope
for peace.
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This is the story of the last
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of the Babylon stations.
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The year is 2258.
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The name of the place
is "Babylon 5."
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How does it look?
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All the signs point to death
by natural causes
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heart attack
from the look of it.
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- That suddenly?
- I mean, it's possible.
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I'll know more
after we do an autopsy.
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Did you know him?
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No, he just started
the other day.
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Nothing in his personnel jacket
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'to suggest
a heart condition.'
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Yes, and exactly
which medical school
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did you attend, Mr. Garibaldi?
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Nothing personal, doc.
I just want to be sure.
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So do I.
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I'll assign my best people
to the autopsy.
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Fair enough? Good.
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Meanwhile, if I were you, I
would go on with work as usual
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and as soon
as I hear of anything definitive
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I'll let you know.
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Go ahead and remove
the body now.
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Sorry, we had a little problem
at one of the docking bays.
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Now, would you like to tell me
what this is all about?
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I need your help.
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Vance, you're an archeologist.
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Everything you touch has been
dead at least 100 years.
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My area of expertise is a little
more current and a lot warmer.
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All in good time.
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Firstly, I'd like to introduce
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you to my assistant.
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'Nelson,
meet Dr. Stephen Franklin'
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one of the best
students I ever had.
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Well, in the area of alien
history, anatomy, and culture.
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Pleasure.
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Dr. Hendricks
told me all about you
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on our way in
from our dig on Ikarra VII.
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Dig?
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You found something.
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Show him.
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That's funny.
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I just had an energy spike
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on my screen.
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Same here.
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What's the location?
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I thought it was around med lab.
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I'm not sure.
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It was just there for a second.
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Might have been
a malfunction in the screen.
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You'd better run
a diagnostics check to be sure.
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Will do.
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We were on a dig sponsored
by Interplanetary Expeditions
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'when we found these artifacts
sealed in a vault'
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buried nearly a mile beneath
the surface of Ikarra VII.
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Took us months to get them out.
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But Ikarra VII is a dead world.
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Yes, but don't you see, that
proves what I've been saying
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'for years
that Ikarra was once home'
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'to a highly advanced
space-fairing society.'
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Extraordinary.
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How old are they?
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Minimum of 1000 years.
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No chips, no sign
of wear or age.
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'It's as if they
were made yesterday.'
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What were they made to do?
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Well, that's where you come in.
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- Oh, Vance, I told--
- I know, I know.
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Humor me.
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Put it in your medical scanner.
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'Whoa.'
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'You've veins, capillaries,
traces of DNA.'
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Vance...this artifact
is composed of living tissue.
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This is organic technology.
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The one trick that Earth
hasn't yet been able to crack.
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The ability to create
living ships that thrive
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in the vacuum of space
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to create weapons
that produce their own power
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'through internal generation'
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like a firefly
lights up at night.
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The ultimate synthesis
of machine technology
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and living tissue.
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Magnificent.
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This had to be
a scanner of some kind.
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See the way the entire surface
tissue is photosensitive.
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Retinal cones and rods to detect
wide-band light frequencies.
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This is amazing!
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Why didn't you come and see me
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about this when you
first arrived?
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I did. We've only
been here a few hours.
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But organic material has to be
quarantined for 48 hours
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before it's allowed
in the station.
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Yeah, we put it all through
quarantine at the other end
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at the transfer station
off Proxima III.
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It's all approved
and authorized.
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Nelson has all the paperwork
if you're really interested.
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Don't you see what this means?
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This is a blueprint
for living machines.
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The Vorlons have them.
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Some people even say
the Minbari have them.
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We haven't seen
enough of them up close
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to get any idea of how they work
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but with your expertise
in xenobiology and genetics
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and my background
in archeology
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'we now have the chance.'
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Well, there are better equipped
facilities back on Earth.
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I need someone I can trust.
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You once told me
back at the university
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that you wanted your name
to go down in history
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alongside Fleming, Salk,
Jenner..
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'...Takahashi.'
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Well, this is it, Stephen.
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This is the mother load.
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'I can't do it without you.
I need your help.'
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'So are you in or out?'
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Finish unpacking, Nelson.
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We have a lot of work
ahead of us.
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Oh.
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Oh, there you are, chief.
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Any word on the autopsy yet?
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Techs down at med lab 4 still
think it's natural causes.
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We'll know more tomorrow.
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'Other than that,
we've scheduled
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'a full security detail
to cover'
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the Narn-Centauri negotiations
next Tuesday. That's it.
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- I think we can call it a day.
- I agree.
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How about you,
lieutenant commander?
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Shouldn't the night shift
be on duty by now?
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We've been picking up
some unusual energy readings
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the last few hours.
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I thought I'd wait around
a little
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to see if it happens again.
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Anything serious?
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That's what
I'm trying to find out.
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Well, keep me informed,
and get some sleep.
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I will.
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00:12:04,593 --> 00:12:06,334
Oh, just a reminder.
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00:12:06,421 --> 00:12:08,684
Your interview's scheduled
for 1100 hours tomorrow.
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Swell.
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00:12:10,338 --> 00:12:11,861
Which reminds me,
she's waiting for me
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down in the Zovolo.
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It will be fun.
So, why are you ducking her?
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00:12:15,865 --> 00:12:17,258
The last time
I gave an interview
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00:12:17,345 --> 00:12:18,520
they told me to just relax
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'and say what I really felt.'
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Ten minutes after the broadcast,
I got transferred to an outpost
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so far off the star maps,
you couldn't have find it
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with a hunting dog
and a Ouija board.
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Don't sweat it.
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Just be that charming
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effervescent commander
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we've all come
to know and love.
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'What's the worst
that can happen?'
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They fire you,
ship you off to the rim
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and I get promoted to commander.
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I don't see a problem here.
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How sharper
than a serpent's tooth.
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All this technology,
you think there'd be a clock.
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00:12:48,028 --> 00:12:51,422
Stephen, it's been 15 hours.
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'We're gonna grow old
and die in here.'
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Stephen.
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00:12:57,689 --> 00:13:00,388
'Stephen, there's a Martian war
machine parked outside.'
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00:13:00,475 --> 00:13:04,174
They'd like a word with you
about the common cold.
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00:13:04,261 --> 00:13:05,959
Tell them to make
an appointment.
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00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:12,966
Ohh.
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00:13:15,403 --> 00:13:16,665
You know, something's been
bothering me
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ever since you've got here.
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Assuming that we can figure out
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how this organic technology
works
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what happens then?
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00:13:25,717 --> 00:13:27,371
We apply for a secondary patent
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based on alien technology
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sell it to an Earth corporation
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for a percentage
of the profits.
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00:13:32,202 --> 00:13:34,030
'Well, that's what
I'm talking about.'
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You're a brilliant man, Vance,
a solid researcher.
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You were an inspiration to me
back at university.
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You should be out making
your own discoveries
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instead of raiding dead worlds
for whatever you can scavenge
257
00:13:44,649 --> 00:13:46,651
and sell to the corporation.
258
00:13:46,738 --> 00:13:49,741
Right, struggling
through mountains of paper
259
00:13:49,829 --> 00:13:52,048
vanishing grants.
Who has time for that?
260
00:13:52,135 --> 00:13:54,224
Exactly. That's my point.
261
00:13:59,751 --> 00:14:01,579
Granted, this,
this may be important
262
00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:03,190
but you wouldn't
have created it.
263
00:14:03,277 --> 00:14:07,847
You just found it.
It's a, it's a shortcut.
264
00:14:07,934 --> 00:14:10,632
Frankly, I'm a little
uncomfortable about corporations
265
00:14:10,719 --> 00:14:12,547
financing expeditions
to alien worlds
266
00:14:12,634 --> 00:14:15,419
so they can steal whatever
technology they have.
267
00:14:15,506 --> 00:14:17,682
Feels a little like
grave robbing.
268
00:14:17,769 --> 00:14:21,121
Do you know what it costs to
mount an off-world expedition?
269
00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:25,473
More money than a university
professor makes in a lifetime.
270
00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:29,085
If the corporations
won't pay, who will?
271
00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:31,392
In the last five years
272
00:14:31,479 --> 00:14:35,570
I've seen things off-world
you can't even imagine.
273
00:14:35,657 --> 00:14:38,486
I've stood in the Abendi desert,
and watched all seven moons
274
00:14:38,573 --> 00:14:40,749
go into eclipse.
275
00:14:40,836 --> 00:14:42,707
I've walked in vaults
that have been sealed
276
00:14:42,794 --> 00:14:44,622
longer than has been
a human race
277
00:14:44,709 --> 00:14:46,973
breathing air that's
five million years old.
278
00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:51,368
'You call that a shortcut
if you will..'
279
00:14:52,717 --> 00:14:55,111
...but I've lived.
280
00:14:55,198 --> 00:14:59,594
By God, Stephen, Ihave lived.
281
00:14:59,681 --> 00:15:01,639
At least my hands are clean.
282
00:15:01,726 --> 00:15:03,511
How about yours?
283
00:15:03,598 --> 00:15:05,992
What's that supposed to mean?
284
00:15:06,079 --> 00:15:08,385
Who is
Interplanetary Expeditions?
285
00:15:08,472 --> 00:15:10,083
You said they were fronting
this expedition
286
00:15:10,170 --> 00:15:12,868
but I checked, I can't find
any information on them.
287
00:15:12,955 --> 00:15:15,305
Look, Stephen
288
00:15:15,392 --> 00:15:18,178
I didn't come halfway across
known space to argue with you.
289
00:15:18,265 --> 00:15:21,703
I came here because I wanted
your help and friendship.
290
00:15:21,790 --> 00:15:23,052
If that's too much of a burden--
291
00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:25,185
No, it is not.
292
00:15:25,272 --> 00:15:27,535
I just wish that you would stop
taking shortcuts.
293
00:15:27,622 --> 00:15:29,232
Look, we're both tired,
I suggest we get
294
00:15:29,319 --> 00:15:32,496
a good night's sleep and start
again tomorrow fresh.
295
00:15:32,583 --> 00:15:34,803
If you have any questions, then
I'll be glad to answer them.
296
00:15:34,890 --> 00:15:36,805
Fair enough?
297
00:15:36,892 --> 00:15:38,111
Yeah.
298
00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:45,509
'And after walking 50 miles,
we made it out of the desert.'
299
00:15:45,596 --> 00:15:47,468
Later when he was put
in charge of Babylon 5
300
00:15:47,555 --> 00:15:49,905
Commander Sinclair
asked if I come work security.
301
00:15:49,992 --> 00:15:51,907
I said yes.
It's been a great time--
302
00:15:51,994 --> 00:15:53,822
Yes, I'm sure it has.
303
00:15:53,909 --> 00:15:56,477
In doing some research,
I've come across several rumors
304
00:15:56,564 --> 00:15:59,349
surrounding your record
prior to Babylon 5.
305
00:15:59,436 --> 00:16:00,960
That you were fired five times
306
00:16:01,047 --> 00:16:02,613
for unspecified
personal problems
307
00:16:02,700 --> 00:16:06,052
and that this is your last
chance to make good.
308
00:16:06,139 --> 00:16:07,792
Do you care to comment
on any of that?
309
00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:11,405
I'd rather have my tonsils
taken out through my ears.
310
00:17:05,459 --> 00:17:07,026
Lights.
311
00:17:12,683 --> 00:17:14,076
Nelson.
312
00:17:17,210 --> 00:17:18,559
Vance.
313
00:17:21,997 --> 00:17:22,954
My God.
314
00:17:24,347 --> 00:17:26,610
- Nelson, what happened?
- Protect.
315
00:17:27,916 --> 00:17:29,178
Aah!
316
00:17:32,790 --> 00:17:35,097
- 'When did it happen?'
- 'Sometime during the night.'
317
00:17:35,184 --> 00:17:37,360
'They moved him to the infirmary
about an hour ago.'
318
00:17:37,447 --> 00:17:39,188
- What's his condition?
- Stunned, bumps and bruises.
319
00:17:39,275 --> 00:17:40,668
And one hell of a headache.
320
00:17:40,755 --> 00:17:42,757
Dr. Hernandez says it's okay
to ask a few questions
321
00:17:42,844 --> 00:17:45,151
as long as he gets his rest.
322
00:17:56,205 --> 00:17:58,120
'You shouldn't be
walking around yet.'
323
00:17:58,207 --> 00:18:00,862
I'm the doctor.
I know what I'm doing.
324
00:18:00,949 --> 00:18:02,429
Whoa.
325
00:18:03,473 --> 00:18:05,562
On second thought..
326
00:18:05,649 --> 00:18:07,825
Do you remember anything else
after you walked in the door?
327
00:18:07,912 --> 00:18:09,871
Not much.
328
00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:12,134
I turned around,
and there he was, like I said.
329
00:18:14,180 --> 00:18:15,659
The design
of that weapon reminds me
330
00:18:15,746 --> 00:18:18,140
of the organic artifacts
we were working on.
331
00:18:18,227 --> 00:18:20,795
Organic?
Were they checked at customs?
332
00:18:20,882 --> 00:18:22,884
I was told they were.
333
00:18:22,971 --> 00:18:24,451
Check into it.
334
00:18:24,538 --> 00:18:26,409
This Nelson,
who is he working for?
335
00:18:26,496 --> 00:18:27,976
Vance Hendricks.
336
00:18:28,063 --> 00:18:30,718
The same one
who brought in the artifacts?
337
00:18:30,805 --> 00:18:32,328
Interesting.
338
00:18:38,682 --> 00:18:40,467
I still haven't heard
a satisfactory answer
339
00:18:40,554 --> 00:18:42,512
Dr. Hendricks,
and frankly I'm getting tired
340
00:18:42,599 --> 00:18:44,210
of asking for one.
341
00:18:44,297 --> 00:18:46,864
Dr. Franklin was attacked
by your assistant
342
00:18:46,951 --> 00:18:48,388
covered in some kind of armor
343
00:18:48,475 --> 00:18:50,085
that's bears
a striking similarity
344
00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:52,131
to the artifacts
you brought on to this station.
345
00:18:52,218 --> 00:18:54,959
Artifacts that were not
cleared for access.
346
00:18:55,046 --> 00:18:57,614
Organic material
requires a 48-hour quarantine.
347
00:18:57,701 --> 00:18:59,442
There's no record
of their being quarantined
348
00:18:59,529 --> 00:19:02,053
or examined here
or at Proxima III.
349
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:04,578
I'm as much in the dark
as you are.
350
00:19:04,665 --> 00:19:07,581
Nelson told me that he checked
them. I believed him.
351
00:19:07,668 --> 00:19:09,539
Whether he was acting
under your orders or not
352
00:19:09,626 --> 00:19:11,628
a potentially
dangerous alien technology
353
00:19:11,715 --> 00:19:13,543
was smuggled
aboard this station.
354
00:19:13,630 --> 00:19:16,024
Now, until I hear otherwise,
I intend to hold you personally
355
00:19:16,111 --> 00:19:17,504
'responsible. Is that clear?'
356
00:19:17,591 --> 00:19:19,419
Yes, yes, yes, it is.
357
00:19:19,506 --> 00:19:21,769
Uh, is there any news
of Stephen's condition?
358
00:19:21,856 --> 00:19:23,640
They're checking him out over
at med lab 4.
359
00:19:23,727 --> 00:19:25,555
He took a pretty bad hit!
360
00:19:27,035 --> 00:19:28,602
But I'm told
he's going to be okay.
361
00:19:28,689 --> 00:19:30,995
He's up and around,
and trying to go back to work.
362
00:19:31,082 --> 00:19:32,649
Oh, thank God for that.
363
00:19:32,736 --> 00:19:35,565
Can you tell us anything else
about these artifacts?
364
00:19:35,652 --> 00:19:38,960
Well, they're a kind of organic
technology, limited energy.
365
00:19:39,047 --> 00:19:41,876
In order to achieve mobility,
they have to graft themselves
366
00:19:41,963 --> 00:19:43,834
on to another life form.
367
00:19:43,921 --> 00:19:46,576
It's possible that
if they were activated
368
00:19:46,663 --> 00:19:48,578
they tried to assimilate Nelson.
369
00:19:48,665 --> 00:19:52,060
My guess would be that
he's under their control.
370
00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:54,889
For what purpose?
371
00:19:54,976 --> 00:19:56,195
I mean, why would
the artifact choose
372
00:19:56,282 --> 00:19:58,371
to assimilate Nelson,
but not you?
373
00:19:58,458 --> 00:19:59,894
Unknown.
374
00:19:59,981 --> 00:20:02,026
As to what it wants,
that depends on its programming.
375
00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:03,637
Could be anything.
376
00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:06,074
According to Dr. Franklin,
just before it fired
377
00:20:06,161 --> 00:20:08,294
it said something about protect.
378
00:20:08,381 --> 00:20:09,643
Do you think
that might be the key
379
00:20:09,730 --> 00:20:11,862
'to whatever
it was programmed to do?'
380
00:20:11,949 --> 00:20:13,429
Maybe.
381
00:20:13,516 --> 00:20:16,389
But the question is,
protect who?
382
00:20:19,435 --> 00:20:20,828
- And from what?
- 'It..'
383
00:20:20,915 --> 00:20:23,091
Well, that information
maybe contained
384
00:20:23,178 --> 00:20:25,180
in the remaining artifacts.
385
00:20:25,267 --> 00:20:28,749
'If I could assist Dr. Franklin
in decoding them..'
386
00:20:28,836 --> 00:20:31,142
I mean, if I am responsible
for starting all this
387
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,841
the least I can do
is help finish it.
388
00:20:33,928 --> 00:20:35,756
Done.
389
00:20:39,934 --> 00:20:40,978
That's what I told her.
390
00:20:41,065 --> 00:20:42,284
A week on Columbus is simply
391
00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:43,546
not within my budget.
392
00:20:43,633 --> 00:20:44,895
'Of course, then she says..'
393
00:20:49,944 --> 00:20:51,598
Protect.
394
00:20:51,685 --> 00:20:52,903
Lieutenant commander
395
00:20:52,990 --> 00:20:54,644
I picked up
that energy flash again.
396
00:20:54,731 --> 00:20:57,038
Grey 13, level B.
397
00:20:57,125 --> 00:20:59,083
And there's something else.
398
00:20:59,170 --> 00:21:01,042
The energy pattern has changed.
399
00:21:01,129 --> 00:21:04,524
It's 20 percent more powerful
than the last time.
400
00:21:33,466 --> 00:21:35,642
'Commander,
I have security in the link.'
401
00:21:35,729 --> 00:21:37,905
Commander, we've got
two fatalities in Grey 13.
402
00:21:37,992 --> 00:21:39,863
It's definitely the same thing
that attacked the doc.
403
00:21:39,950 --> 00:21:41,865
'We're in pursuit now
on Grey 7.'
404
00:21:41,952 --> 00:21:44,215
Alright, I'm moving this
to a level two alert.
405
00:21:44,303 --> 00:21:46,000
Keep this channel open.
406
00:21:46,087 --> 00:21:49,308
Commander, I understand there's
a problem, some kind of attack?
407
00:21:49,395 --> 00:21:51,745
Ms. Cramer,
you are in a secure area.
408
00:21:51,832 --> 00:21:53,703
You will leave,
and you will leave now.
409
00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:57,359
This is news, and the people
have a right to know.
410
00:21:57,446 --> 00:21:59,230
And you have a right to spend
the next two days in the brig.
411
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,407
Lieutenant commander,
I want this weapon triangulated.
412
00:22:01,494 --> 00:22:03,191
Confirmed.
413
00:22:03,278 --> 00:22:04,627
'Relay the data to security.'
414
00:22:04,714 --> 00:22:06,890
I want this thing pinned
down to within ten feet.
415
00:22:06,977 --> 00:22:08,501
Coming up now.
416
00:22:08,588 --> 00:22:10,416
Commander..
417
00:22:11,895 --> 00:22:12,940
Don't.
418
00:22:13,027 --> 00:22:13,941
You're too young to experience
419
00:22:14,028 --> 00:22:15,421
that much pain.
420
00:22:55,025 --> 00:22:56,636
Commander, we've got him
cornered in Grey 5.
421
00:22:56,723 --> 00:22:58,115
I think we can take him, but
we'll need some lights in here.
422
00:22:58,202 --> 00:23:00,553
He's blacked out the place.
423
00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:02,511
'Coming on line now.'
424
00:23:05,993 --> 00:23:06,907
Take him down!
425
00:23:09,649 --> 00:23:11,302
Protect.
426
00:23:12,608 --> 00:23:16,960
Go!
427
00:23:19,267 --> 00:23:21,095
Move it!
428
00:23:25,882 --> 00:23:28,015
'Damn!'
429
00:23:28,102 --> 00:23:29,320
We've lost him, commander.
430
00:23:29,408 --> 00:23:30,800
He burned through
into a sub-level
431
00:23:30,887 --> 00:23:33,281
moving between bulkheads.
Could be anywhere.
432
00:23:33,368 --> 00:23:34,891
'The added shielding
in the bulkhead'
433
00:23:34,978 --> 00:23:37,372
is making it difficult
to pinpoint his location.
434
00:23:37,459 --> 00:23:39,113
We won't know where he is
again until he fires.
435
00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:41,594
Garibaldi, have your team
sweep through each sector
436
00:23:41,681 --> 00:23:44,945
moving inward, two on each team,
five-minute proximity checks.
437
00:23:45,032 --> 00:23:47,469
Confirmed. Security out.
438
00:23:49,210 --> 00:23:51,081
Vance, come here.
I think I've found something.
439
00:23:53,344 --> 00:23:54,781
There.
440
00:23:54,868 --> 00:23:56,173
The organic patterns
in this piece
441
00:23:56,260 --> 00:23:58,872
emulate the synaptic
relays in the brain.
442
00:23:58,959 --> 00:24:00,395
I'm even picking up
cross-genetic equivalents
443
00:24:00,482 --> 00:24:03,006
of serotonin used in the
transfer of information.
444
00:24:03,093 --> 00:24:05,052
- The data storage device?
- Yeah.
445
00:24:05,139 --> 00:24:06,662
If we could pull out
that information
446
00:24:06,749 --> 00:24:08,751
we might get a better idea of
who the Ikarrans were
447
00:24:08,838 --> 00:24:10,971
and more importantly
why they made these things.
448
00:24:11,058 --> 00:24:13,277
Exactly.
Fire up the biosensor.
449
00:24:13,364 --> 00:24:15,541
Let's see if we can tap into it.
450
00:24:29,511 --> 00:24:31,034
I've got teams moving
through every section
451
00:24:31,121 --> 00:24:33,384
trying to flush him out,
but he's gone underground.
452
00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:34,690
Could be holed up anywhere.
453
00:24:34,777 --> 00:24:35,996
If he wants to do
the most damage
454
00:24:36,083 --> 00:24:37,345
my guess is he'll head
for the area
455
00:24:37,432 --> 00:24:38,781
with the greatest population.
456
00:24:38,868 --> 00:24:40,914
That makes the central corridor
a prime target.
457
00:24:41,001 --> 00:24:42,393
I've studied
the record of his attacks
458
00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,047
and there's a definite
hit-and-run pattern.
459
00:24:44,134 --> 00:24:46,093
Seems like every time
he strikes, it chews up energy
460
00:24:46,180 --> 00:24:47,790
and he has to pull back
and recharge.
461
00:24:47,877 --> 00:24:49,531
There's just a couple
of problems.
462
00:24:49,618 --> 00:24:52,447
One, his periods of latency are
becoming increasingly shorter.
463
00:24:52,534 --> 00:24:54,841
Two, we've been monitoring the
energy level whenever he fires.
464
00:24:54,928 --> 00:24:57,713
Each time, the level
increases by 20 percent.
465
00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,541
The last burst was
completely off the scale.
466
00:24:59,628 --> 00:25:01,325
If he continues to build
power at that rate
467
00:25:01,412 --> 00:25:02,892
pretty soon he'll be
strong enough to destroy
468
00:25:02,979 --> 00:25:03,937
the entire station.
469
00:25:04,024 --> 00:25:05,547
So the next chance
470
00:25:05,634 --> 00:25:07,680
we get to stop him
471
00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,203
might be our last chance.
472
00:25:12,815 --> 00:25:15,035
Alright, listen up!
473
00:25:15,122 --> 00:25:17,603
I need this whole area cleared.
We'll need room to maneuver.
474
00:25:17,690 --> 00:25:19,256
I want guards on the doors
the second level
475
00:25:19,343 --> 00:25:20,823
and the catwalk.
Come on, come on, come on!
476
00:25:20,910 --> 00:25:22,738
Move it! Move it! Let's go!
477
00:25:22,825 --> 00:25:24,740
'Got it!
Energy readings off the scale.'
478
00:25:24,827 --> 00:25:26,046
- Tracking it.
- Commander!
479
00:25:26,133 --> 00:25:27,656
It's on the move again.
Brown 2, level C.
480
00:25:27,743 --> 00:25:29,615
It's heading for
the central corridor.
481
00:25:29,702 --> 00:25:31,834
Garibaldi, you heard?
It's heading your way.
482
00:25:31,921 --> 00:25:33,183
'Confirmed.
We'll be ready for it.'
483
00:25:34,445 --> 00:25:35,708
Win, lose or draw
484
00:25:35,795 --> 00:25:37,623
this thing is gonna know
it was in a fight.
485
00:25:37,710 --> 00:25:39,102
Drop the pressure doors
on all sides.
486
00:25:39,189 --> 00:25:40,321
Maybe that'll slow it down.
487
00:25:40,408 --> 00:25:42,236
Give Garibaldi time to get set.
488
00:25:42,323 --> 00:25:43,542
Affirmative.
489
00:25:52,768 --> 00:25:54,335
Commander,
we've managed to access
490
00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:55,902
the organic memory banks
of one of the artifacts.
491
00:25:55,989 --> 00:25:57,860
Make it short, doctor.
I don't have a lot of time.
492
00:25:57,947 --> 00:25:59,514
Let me know when it's
on the move again! Go.
493
00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:00,646
Over the course
of their history
494
00:26:00,733 --> 00:26:01,690
the Ikarrans were invaded
495
00:26:01,777 --> 00:26:03,170
half a dozen times
496
00:26:03,257 --> 00:26:04,737
'each assault more deadly
than the first.'
497
00:26:04,824 --> 00:26:06,869
'They needed to create
the perfect weapon'
498
00:26:06,956 --> 00:26:08,567
able to adapt to any situation
499
00:26:08,654 --> 00:26:11,221
an organic weapon capable
of independent thought.
500
00:26:11,308 --> 00:26:13,746
Temperature up 90 degrees
in Brown two, level C.
501
00:26:17,314 --> 00:26:19,708
Since it would take years to
create synthetic intelligence
502
00:26:19,795 --> 00:26:21,405
they incorporated
the brain wave patterns
503
00:26:21,492 --> 00:26:24,017
of one of their researchers
into the weapons.
504
00:26:26,933 --> 00:26:28,021
That's him.
505
00:26:28,108 --> 00:26:30,066
His name was Tular.
506
00:26:30,153 --> 00:26:31,720
But people can be fooled
507
00:26:31,807 --> 00:26:33,374
'so to prevent them
from being confused'
508
00:26:33,461 --> 00:26:35,681
by any misleading instructions
from the enemy
509
00:26:35,768 --> 00:26:37,813
they hardwired the machine,
half of the weapons
510
00:26:37,900 --> 00:26:41,469
not to respond to anyone
who wasn't pure Ikarran.
511
00:26:41,556 --> 00:26:42,905
Just one problem, commander.
512
00:26:42,992 --> 00:26:47,344
How do you define a pure Ikarran
or a pure human?
513
00:26:47,431 --> 00:26:50,173
No one is pure...no one.
514
00:26:53,002 --> 00:26:54,351
Temperature's up 500 degrees.
515
00:26:54,438 --> 00:26:56,049
It'll be through any time now.
516
00:26:56,136 --> 00:26:58,617
Doctor, I'm joining
Mr. Garibaldi on the line.
517
00:27:08,191 --> 00:27:09,540
'So, who set the parameters
of what it meant'
518
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,151
to be a pure Ikarran?
519
00:27:11,238 --> 00:27:12,587
Coalition of
religious fanatics
520
00:27:12,674 --> 00:27:15,285
and military extremists
that ran the government.
521
00:27:15,372 --> 00:27:17,070
They programmed the weapons
522
00:27:17,157 --> 00:27:19,638
with a level of standards
based on ideology, not science.
523
00:27:19,725 --> 00:27:21,335
Like the Nazi ideal
of a perfect Aryan
524
00:27:21,422 --> 00:27:22,771
during World War II.
525
00:27:22,858 --> 00:27:24,468
Exactly. The next invasion.
526
00:27:24,555 --> 00:27:26,775
Eleven of the machines
were released and they stopped
527
00:27:26,862 --> 00:27:29,778
the invaders by killing anything
that didn't match their profile
528
00:27:29,865 --> 00:27:31,780
'of the pure,
perfect Ikarran.'
529
00:27:31,867 --> 00:27:33,390
'When they were finished,
the machines turned'
530
00:27:33,477 --> 00:27:34,609
on their creators.
531
00:27:34,696 --> 00:27:36,480
They began a process
of extermination
532
00:27:36,567 --> 00:27:38,047
based on the slightest deviation
533
00:27:38,134 --> 00:27:40,093
of what they were programmed
to consider normal.
534
00:27:40,180 --> 00:27:42,878
They killed and kept killing
until the last Ikarran was dead.
535
00:27:42,965 --> 00:27:44,967
- What about the weapons?
- No one to tend to them.
536
00:27:45,054 --> 00:27:46,969
They were destroyed
by centuries of neglect.
537
00:27:47,056 --> 00:27:49,015
Except for number 12,
which is here now
538
00:27:49,102 --> 00:27:50,799
acting on a program
to protect a world
539
00:27:50,886 --> 00:27:53,236
that's been dead for 1000 years.
540
00:27:53,323 --> 00:27:55,021
You said they incorporated
the brain patterns
541
00:27:55,108 --> 00:27:56,979
of one of their researchers
into the weapons.
542
00:27:57,066 --> 00:27:58,241
Tular, yes.
543
00:27:58,328 --> 00:27:59,547
Is there anything there
we can talk to?
544
00:27:59,634 --> 00:28:00,591
Reason with?
545
00:28:00,679 --> 00:28:01,636
Well, there's a complete
546
00:28:01,723 --> 00:28:02,898
personality matrix, yes
547
00:28:02,985 --> 00:28:04,944
but it's totally
subsumed by its program.
548
00:28:05,031 --> 00:28:08,338
Then we'll have to find a way
around the logic of the program.
549
00:28:08,425 --> 00:28:09,818
Better head back
to the med lab, doctor.
550
00:28:09,905 --> 00:28:12,386
I suspect we're going
to need your services.
551
00:28:15,041 --> 00:28:15,998
Weapon!
552
00:28:40,109 --> 00:28:41,807
Not yet.
553
00:28:41,894 --> 00:28:43,330
I want it point blank.
554
00:28:46,420 --> 00:28:48,074
Fire.
555
00:29:02,915 --> 00:29:04,307
Cease fire.
556
00:29:10,618 --> 00:29:12,359
- Damn!
- It's in the next level.
557
00:29:12,446 --> 00:29:14,100
That's a straight line to where
the civilians are quarantined.
558
00:29:14,187 --> 00:29:15,710
How many men do you have
stationed down there?
559
00:29:15,797 --> 00:29:17,668
Not enough. Commander, we hit it
with everything we had.
560
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,192
We didn't even slow it down.
561
00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:20,628
The only weapons that might be
big enough to kill it
562
00:29:20,715 --> 00:29:22,021
would rupture the hull
and kill everybody anyway.
563
00:29:22,108 --> 00:29:23,500
And that's what
we'll have to do.
564
00:29:23,587 --> 00:29:25,546
- Blow out the hull.
- Where are you going?
565
00:29:25,633 --> 00:29:27,417
I'll try to lure it
into the docking area.
566
00:29:27,504 --> 00:29:29,768
We get it in place, seal the
area, and blow out the airlock.
567
00:29:29,855 --> 00:29:31,944
Armored or not,
nothing can live in a vacuum.
568
00:29:32,031 --> 00:29:33,902
Fine, except how're you gonna
get it there?
569
00:29:33,989 --> 00:29:36,078
By going straight
to its personality matrix.
570
00:29:36,165 --> 00:29:37,863
I'm gonna try and make it mad.
571
00:29:41,388 --> 00:29:43,346
Make it mad?
Are you nuts?
572
00:29:43,433 --> 00:29:44,783
Commander!
573
00:29:51,224 --> 00:29:52,181
Tular..
574
00:29:54,096 --> 00:29:56,838
Tular of Ikarra VII..
575
00:29:57,708 --> 00:30:04,280
My name.
576
00:30:04,367 --> 00:30:10,199
Who knows my name?
577
00:30:14,377 --> 00:30:19,165
Your name is dead, Tular.
578
00:30:20,557 --> 00:30:23,691
Your world is dead.
579
00:30:23,778 --> 00:30:25,998
Ikarra lives!
580
00:30:26,085 --> 00:30:27,738
Ikarra must be protected!
581
00:30:30,524 --> 00:30:32,874
You failed.
582
00:30:32,961 --> 00:30:35,834
You failed
in your mission.
583
00:30:35,921 --> 00:30:39,272
'Ikarra is dead..'
584
00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:42,144
...by your own hand.
585
00:30:42,231 --> 00:30:44,886
You, and others like you.
586
00:30:44,973 --> 00:30:49,021
That is a lie!
587
00:30:49,108 --> 00:30:51,197
Ikarra is dead.
588
00:31:14,394 --> 00:31:15,961
'Protect!'
589
00:31:24,404 --> 00:31:26,797
Standing by. Ready to initiate
emergency decompression.
590
00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:28,451
Wait! Wait!
591
00:31:33,630 --> 00:31:35,937
- Come on!
- Protect!
592
00:31:36,024 --> 00:31:38,157
Protect who?
From what?
593
00:31:38,244 --> 00:31:39,723
Impure!
594
00:31:40,942 --> 00:31:42,901
Yes. Impure.
595
00:31:42,988 --> 00:31:46,121
You must protect against all
who are not pure Ikarran.
596
00:31:46,208 --> 00:31:47,557
Yes!
597
00:31:47,644 --> 00:31:51,039
And your own people,
how pure were they?
598
00:31:51,126 --> 00:31:53,694
- Pure!
- How pure?
599
00:31:53,781 --> 00:31:55,609
They didn't feed you facts.
600
00:31:55,696 --> 00:31:57,654
They fed you propaganda.
601
00:31:57,741 --> 00:32:00,962
They programmed you with
standards of genetic purity
602
00:32:01,049 --> 00:32:02,746
no one could match!
603
00:32:02,833 --> 00:32:05,010
Not even your own people!
604
00:32:05,097 --> 00:32:06,794
Liar!
605
00:32:14,106 --> 00:32:17,022
Seal the area. Stand by to blow
airlock and depressurize.
606
00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:18,240
Commander,
if we depressurize the area now
607
00:32:18,327 --> 00:32:19,894
you'll be killed with it.
608
00:32:19,981 --> 00:32:21,852
Only one way past that thing.
I'm dead either way.
609
00:32:21,940 --> 00:32:23,854
Dog the hatch.
Seal it. Now!
610
00:32:27,554 --> 00:32:28,903
Stand by.
611
00:32:28,990 --> 00:32:30,687
Ikarra lives!
612
00:32:30,774 --> 00:32:32,820
Ikarra must be protected!
613
00:32:38,739 --> 00:32:42,221
There is no Ikarra,
not the way you remember it.
614
00:32:42,308 --> 00:32:45,876
The others, like you, they beat
the invaders, alright
615
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:47,966
'just like
they were programmed.'
616
00:32:48,053 --> 00:32:52,579
'They killed anything
that was different...alien'
617
00:32:52,666 --> 00:32:55,016
but we're all aliens
to one another
618
00:32:55,103 --> 00:32:58,324
'flawed, impure...different!'
619
00:32:58,411 --> 00:33:00,239
No!
620
00:33:00,326 --> 00:33:02,371
Too tall! Too short!
621
00:33:02,458 --> 00:33:04,547
Too dark! Too light!
622
00:33:04,634 --> 00:33:07,420
Imperfect. They were killed.
623
00:33:07,507 --> 00:33:09,509
And the killing
went on and on and on.
624
00:33:09,596 --> 00:33:11,163
No!
625
00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:16,081
The man you took over,
Nelson, he's seen Ikarra.
626
00:33:16,168 --> 00:33:19,780
'Ikarra after the others
finished protecting it'
627
00:33:19,867 --> 00:33:24,089
cleansing it of every slightest
variation in genetics.
628
00:33:24,176 --> 00:33:26,526
You can access his memories.
629
00:33:27,788 --> 00:33:29,529
'See for yourself.'
630
00:33:30,878 --> 00:33:32,619
'Look inside his mind.'
631
00:33:34,012 --> 00:33:36,318
'See what he's seen.'
632
00:33:39,495 --> 00:33:41,236
Go on.
633
00:33:41,323 --> 00:33:43,717
Look into his mind.
634
00:33:43,804 --> 00:33:46,372
He can't hide the truth.
He can't lie to you.
635
00:33:48,113 --> 00:33:50,071
'Look deep.'
636
00:33:50,158 --> 00:33:51,507
'Look at it.'
637
00:33:53,466 --> 00:33:54,423
A desert.
638
00:33:55,816 --> 00:33:57,426
'Yes.'
639
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:01,430
Dead.
640
00:34:02,823 --> 00:34:05,695
A thousand years...dead.
641
00:34:06,783 --> 00:34:08,959
There's your pure world..
642
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:10,831
...your perfect world.
643
00:34:14,965 --> 00:34:17,794
- We did this?
- 'Yes.'
644
00:34:17,881 --> 00:34:18,969
No!
645
00:34:19,057 --> 00:34:21,407
'Damn you. Look at it.'
646
00:34:22,408 --> 00:34:24,584
You and the rest..
647
00:34:24,671 --> 00:34:26,847
...you forgot the first rule
of the fanatic.
648
00:34:26,934 --> 00:34:28,631
When you become obsessed
with the enemy
649
00:34:28,718 --> 00:34:30,894
you become the enemy.
650
00:34:32,896 --> 00:34:36,596
Ikarra!
651
00:34:41,992 --> 00:34:45,344
Great Maker..
652
00:34:47,737 --> 00:34:50,479
...forgive us.
653
00:34:50,566 --> 00:34:53,265
This...madness!
654
00:34:57,573 --> 00:35:00,098
Forgive us.
655
00:35:39,789 --> 00:35:41,835
Stephen, how's Nelson?
656
00:35:41,922 --> 00:35:44,707
- Med lab 2, resting.
- Good.
657
00:35:44,794 --> 00:35:46,492
Vance!
658
00:35:46,579 --> 00:35:49,625
I found this
in Nelson's effects.
659
00:35:49,712 --> 00:35:52,019
It's meant for
cardial stimulation.
660
00:35:52,106 --> 00:35:53,412
If used
on a healthy person
661
00:35:53,499 --> 00:35:57,329
it could cause
cardiac infarction or death.
662
00:35:57,416 --> 00:36:01,289
The body of the customs guard
had two tiny marks on the back
663
00:36:01,376 --> 00:36:02,856
so small we missed them at first
664
00:36:02,943 --> 00:36:06,251
but they do match
the prongs there.
665
00:36:06,338 --> 00:36:08,644
'I spoke to Nelson.'
666
00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:12,213
He confirms things
I'd hoped I was wrong about.
667
00:36:12,300 --> 00:36:15,825
You knew he did not put those
artifacts through quarantine.
668
00:36:15,912 --> 00:36:18,872
He was acting on your orders
the whole time.
669
00:36:20,830 --> 00:36:23,659
For God's sake, Vance, why?
670
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,577
Interplanetary Expeditions
671
00:36:28,664 --> 00:36:31,014
the corporation that financed
the dig on Ikarra VII
672
00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:32,538
is a front..
673
00:36:32,625 --> 00:36:36,716
...a front for a
bio-weapons supplier.
674
00:36:36,803 --> 00:36:39,197
Oh, I could just have turned
over the artifacts
675
00:36:39,284 --> 00:36:41,199
taken the standard
commission
676
00:36:41,286 --> 00:36:44,289
but if they were
what I suspected..
677
00:36:44,376 --> 00:36:45,942
...organic weapons..
678
00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:47,248
...then I could take a chance
679
00:36:47,335 --> 00:36:48,728
hold back on delivery,
and they'd--
680
00:36:48,815 --> 00:36:50,208
Pay millions.
681
00:36:50,295 --> 00:36:52,166
Or more.
682
00:36:52,253 --> 00:36:54,516
More money
than you can conceive.
683
00:36:54,603 --> 00:36:56,736
But before you could take
that chance, you had to be sure
684
00:36:56,823 --> 00:36:58,303
and that's why
you brought them here.
685
00:36:58,390 --> 00:37:00,087
- Yeah.
- Hmm.
686
00:37:00,174 --> 00:37:01,567
You deliberately endangered
687
00:37:01,654 --> 00:37:03,395
a quarter-million
humans and aliens
688
00:37:03,482 --> 00:37:05,440
just to raise
your profit margin.
689
00:37:05,527 --> 00:37:06,920
Oh, I was sure
I could control it.
690
00:37:07,007 --> 00:37:09,357
I never expected anybody
to get hurt.
691
00:37:09,444 --> 00:37:11,359
What about
the murdered customs guard?
692
00:37:11,446 --> 00:37:13,622
Well, we had to get them
through customs.
693
00:37:13,709 --> 00:37:15,320
Nelson said he'd do it.
694
00:37:15,407 --> 00:37:17,365
I didn't know how.
I didn't ask.
695
00:37:17,452 --> 00:37:19,846
There was too much at stake.
696
00:37:19,933 --> 00:37:23,066
That's why the weapon bonded
to him, and not to one of us.
697
00:37:23,153 --> 00:37:25,330
The program needed
someone willing to kill.
698
00:37:25,417 --> 00:37:28,158
Look, Stephen,
we can work all this out.
699
00:37:28,246 --> 00:37:29,943
We can sell the rest
of the artifacts
700
00:37:30,030 --> 00:37:31,771
to Interplanetary Expeditions.
701
00:37:31,858 --> 00:37:34,426
They have enough muscle
to clean up this whole mess.
702
00:37:34,513 --> 00:37:37,559
All you have to do is, uh..
703
00:37:38,647 --> 00:37:41,476
...not turn me in.
704
00:37:41,563 --> 00:37:43,913
I mean, just think
what you could do
705
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,264
with all that money.
706
00:37:57,536 --> 00:37:59,625
It's too late.
707
00:38:07,633 --> 00:38:09,591
Stephen..
708
00:38:30,133 --> 00:38:32,222
Come.
709
00:38:37,227 --> 00:38:40,361
You've looked better.
710
00:38:40,448 --> 00:38:42,363
Listen, can I talk to you
for a second?
711
00:38:42,450 --> 00:38:44,104
Sure.
712
00:38:44,191 --> 00:38:45,888
The whole station's talking
about how you were willing
713
00:38:45,975 --> 00:38:47,542
to risk your life
to stop that thing.
714
00:38:47,629 --> 00:38:49,588
- I didn't risk--
- 'Let me finish.'
715
00:38:49,675 --> 00:38:51,198
This is the third time
in the last year
716
00:38:51,285 --> 00:38:53,722
you've put yourself
on the line like this.
717
00:38:53,809 --> 00:38:56,290
I didn't know
anyone was counting.
718
00:38:56,377 --> 00:38:57,770
'Jeff..'
719
00:38:58,727 --> 00:39:00,773
...you're my friend.
720
00:39:02,470 --> 00:39:03,689
You've been my friend
a lot longer
721
00:39:03,776 --> 00:39:05,212
than you've been
my commanding officer
722
00:39:05,299 --> 00:39:08,694
so I think
I'm entitled to say this.
723
00:39:08,781 --> 00:39:11,392
We were both in Earthforce
during the war.
724
00:39:11,479 --> 00:39:13,873
I wasn't on the line, but..
725
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,050
...I did my share.
726
00:39:17,137 --> 00:39:20,793
I know a lot of guys who came
out of the war changed.
727
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:23,926
Some came out better.
Some came out worse.
728
00:39:26,102 --> 00:39:28,322
A lot of them
have this problem.
729
00:39:28,409 --> 00:39:32,195
The war gave them definition,
direction, purpose.
730
00:39:32,282 --> 00:39:34,067
Without it, they don't know
how to fit in anymore
731
00:39:34,154 --> 00:39:36,939
so they keep looking for ways
to go out in a blaze of glory.
732
00:39:37,026 --> 00:39:40,029
Some people call that
being a hero, maybe so.
733
00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:43,337
I don't know.
I've never been one.
734
00:39:45,644 --> 00:39:49,648
Me...I think they're looking
for something worth dying for
735
00:39:49,735 --> 00:39:52,999
because it's easier than finding
something worth living for.
736
00:39:56,785 --> 00:39:57,786
Finished?
737
00:40:00,528 --> 00:40:01,573
Yeah.
738
00:40:03,183 --> 00:40:04,358
I guess that covers it.
739
00:40:08,406 --> 00:40:10,190
'Michael..'
740
00:40:12,714 --> 00:40:14,977
...I don't have
an answer for you..
741
00:40:16,718 --> 00:40:18,328
..and..
742
00:40:20,156 --> 00:40:22,245
...I think maybe I should.
743
00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:25,945
Thanks.
744
00:40:41,308 --> 00:40:42,875
There you go, sir.
745
00:40:45,921 --> 00:40:48,054
You seem troubled, doctor.
746
00:40:48,141 --> 00:40:49,838
No. I'm just thinking.
747
00:40:51,797 --> 00:40:53,668
You know, the Ikarran
fought against invaders
748
00:40:53,755 --> 00:40:56,279
just like we fought
against the Minbari.
749
00:40:56,366 --> 00:40:59,108
They became obsessed with it.
750
00:40:59,195 --> 00:41:02,372
Back home, there is a growing
pro-Earth movement
751
00:41:02,460 --> 00:41:05,550
rumors of hate groups
targeting aliens.
752
00:41:05,637 --> 00:41:08,727
And on all sides,
the fanatics
753
00:41:08,814 --> 00:41:10,903
who think that society
has to be protected
754
00:41:10,990 --> 00:41:12,426
against anyone
who's different.
755
00:41:14,210 --> 00:41:16,474
I'm starting to wonder
if what we just saw
756
00:41:16,561 --> 00:41:18,998
is a preview of things to come.
757
00:41:19,085 --> 00:41:22,567
No. I can't believe
we'd be that foolish.
758
00:41:22,654 --> 00:41:25,265
Santayana, "Those who do not
remember the past
759
00:41:25,352 --> 00:41:27,310
are condemned to repeat it."
760
00:41:28,834 --> 00:41:30,531
- Yes?
- Dr. Franklin.
761
00:41:30,618 --> 00:41:31,967
I have orders
to confiscate the artifacts
762
00:41:32,054 --> 00:41:33,273
and transfer them
to Earth Central.
763
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:34,796
On whose authority?
764
00:41:34,883 --> 00:41:36,972
Earth Force Defense,
bio-weapons division.
765
00:41:37,059 --> 00:41:39,540
Something about studying them
for planetary security reasons.
766
00:41:41,281 --> 00:41:43,979
It would seem no one
reads Santayana anymore.
767
00:41:44,066 --> 00:41:45,981
You'll excuse me, if you need
me, I'll be over there
768
00:41:46,068 --> 00:41:48,201
getting drunk
with the rest of the aliens.
769
00:41:56,165 --> 00:42:00,213
'So, commander, after all
you've just gone through'
770
00:42:00,300 --> 00:42:01,693
I have to ask you
the same question
771
00:42:01,780 --> 00:42:03,303
a lot of people
back home are asking
772
00:42:03,390 --> 00:42:05,740
about space these days.
773
00:42:05,827 --> 00:42:07,612
Is it worth it?
774
00:42:07,699 --> 00:42:09,570
Should we just pull back
775
00:42:09,657 --> 00:42:12,051
forget the whole thing
as a bad idea
776
00:42:12,138 --> 00:42:14,488
and take care of our
own problems at home?
777
00:42:14,575 --> 00:42:18,318
No. We have to stay here.
778
00:42:18,405 --> 00:42:20,407
And there's a simple reason why.
779
00:42:20,494 --> 00:42:23,323
Ask ten different scientists
about the environment
780
00:42:23,410 --> 00:42:25,978
population control, genetics
781
00:42:26,065 --> 00:42:27,980
and you'll get
ten different answers
782
00:42:28,067 --> 00:42:30,243
but there's one thing every
scientist on the planet
783
00:42:30,330 --> 00:42:32,288
agrees on.
784
00:42:32,375 --> 00:42:35,378
Whether it happens in a hundred
years or a thousand years
785
00:42:35,465 --> 00:42:39,078
or a million years, eventually
our sun will grow cold
786
00:42:39,165 --> 00:42:40,993
and go out.
787
00:42:41,080 --> 00:42:44,039
When that happens,
it won't just take us.
788
00:42:45,911 --> 00:42:48,217
It'll take
Marilyn Monroe..
789
00:42:48,304 --> 00:42:53,266
...and Lao-Tzu, and Einstein,
and Morabuto, and..
790
00:42:53,353 --> 00:42:56,835
Buddy Holly,
and Aristophanes, and..
791
00:42:56,922 --> 00:42:59,141
All of this..
792
00:42:59,228 --> 00:43:03,755
All of this...was for nothing..
793
00:43:03,842 --> 00:43:05,626
'...unless we go to the stars.'