I believe, I believe there's a reason
There's a breach in the hull
Started going under, loot and plunder
Cut 'em down, cut 'em Down at the knees, yeah
Cut 'em down to the bone
Just a lesser evil, born unequal
You show them where they belong
Tear right through them, tear right through them all
We pretend in the darkness
We pretend the night won't steal our youth
Singing me the sweet songs of seduction
Let me be the fool, fool, fool
Who will live and die for you
We pretend in the darkness
We pretend the night won't steal our youth
Singing me the sweet songs of seduction
Let me be the fool, fool, fool
Who will live and die for you
- [mechanical snarling] - [gasps]
[exclaims]
[screams]
[screaming]
[gasps]
You're not gonna get me like that again.
[snoring]
Hey. [speaks Russian]
Sleepyhead.
[in Japanese]
[playing electric guitar loudly]
[Cammie] Leave me alone.
[guitar playing]
[Yaz] You missed breakfast.
Up now, or you'll miss training.
[sighs] Cannae say I'd really miss it.
What is it with everyone pulling all-nighters all of a sudden?
Have you ever seen me sleep?
All right, well, maybe you could tell me why the Vanguard still doesn't have
any new info on our mystery mech.
We've been out a few times.
Union's never thrown anything at us like that.
And then this one went straight
for the brain housing like it knew what it wanted.
- [Weller] Yes, I noticed. - But no follow-up?
Nothing?
And is jumping right back into training a good idea?
[Weller] Remember how hard we had to push you?
She's been underperforming, but she'll get there.
She has an incredibly flexible mind.
Her mind is still in her body.
Her body with ears that can hear.
I'd like to point out the irony of hauling my arse out of bed
to make sure I'm on time to have a lie down.
[grunting]
[gun firing]
[Cammie groans]
[groans]
[breathing heavily]
[grunts]
[sighs]
You're not gonna get me again.
You're not gonna get me. [yelps]
[gun firing in distance]
[grunting]
[alarm beeping]
[Cammie] Oi.
Let's go. Another round.
[Cammie yelling]
[continues yelling]
Not gonna get me again!
[grunting]
[Cammie yelling]
Grr!
[Julian] What?
[grunting]
Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hey! Match over.
[yelling]
Doctor.
Pull her.
Kazu, are you all right?
[laughs]
[in Japanese]
[Weller] Healing is a process, Cammie, not a slider setting.
[Cammie] I was just making some improvements.
Your improvements,
combined with your current state of mind,
created a near-psychotic feedback loop.
[sighs] Potatoes, potahtoes.
[stomach grumbles]
Speaking of tatties, anyone else starving?
[Kazu in Japanese]
Rewriting yourself, shameful.
You shouldn't have to hack your code to feel better.
The rest of us have fought before.
We can help if you let us.
[sighs]
We're really going to do this?
Look, dealing with that thing,
it was a wee bit intense, aye.
But isn't that the whole point of going out in a Holon,
that you can take damage like that and not have it matter?
Just 'cause you don't take physical damage
doesn't mean you're not affected.
Dr. Weller stuck his neck out so you could keep training
when the Vanguard wanted to ground you,
but you hide in the games all night
and you're nearly useless during the day.
Who says I'm gaming?
Okay, fine.
When I can sleep, there's this dream now.
Like, I cannae shake it.
- It's so weird. - Is your human body
- big as a Holon and naked? - Aye.
How'd you...
Wait, no. I'm not naked.
You're naked?
I wasn't naked in mine either.
What's up with that?
- Wait, you have 'em too? - Yeah.
But, uh, tell us more about yours, Yaz.
Calm yourself.
Yes, I was a dozen meters tall, and yes, unclothed,
but I didn't have any...
[Valentina] Hmm.
Interesting.
Valentina, you have any wild dreams yet?
You will have to be more specific.
I dreamt about having a robot body long before I came here,
but those had all the right, um, accessories.
- Why would a robot need... - Because it's fun.
[Able on PA] Baker Squad, Charlie Squad,
and gen: LOCK One report to North Ready Room.
And on that note...
If you like, later, I can tell you more about my...
No, that's all right.
I don't know how I feel about this.
It may be too soon to go out again.
Either your team is functional or they're not.
Which is it?
If they're not, let me know so I can transfer Chase back.
Hey, whoa now.
That's uncalled for.
Then let's get started.
I see how it is.
[computer chiming]
What was that about?
[Marin] Vanguard, you should be proud.
You've run no less than eighteen sorties this month alone,
rescued over four hundred...
You ever thought about it?
- What? - Returning to the Vanguard.
But we're going to shake things up a little with this next mission.
We're going on the offensive.
Intelligence has identified another window
of significant satellite baffling over this sector,
just at the edge of no-man's-land,
about four hundred miles to our east.
The Union really doesn't want us to see what's there,
so we are absolutely going in.
Before they were compromised,
scout drones relayed images of an industrial complex.
Layout and support facilities suggest manufacturing,
perhaps even production of nanotech.
Lieutenant?
Like the Colonel said, we're going preemptive on this one.
We'll slip in, wreck shop, and get out.
Baker Squad and gen: LOCK Team will take out the air defense grid.
Charlie Squad will move in for a quick look-see,
confirm our intelligence.
Then we take down the AA
and paint the joint for an aerial strike.
And get the hell out of Dodge fast as we can.
That's an affirmative.
After having held the line for so long,
we are going to cross it, deal some damage back.
You leave at 0430.
Good luck, Vanguard.
You can do this.
Got a sec?
[door closes]
[Julian] Ah! Man.
This brings back memories.
[Miranda] Yeah.
What if you could return to the Vanguard?
Would you?
I don't know.
Didn't occur to me.
Coming back to us didn't occur to you?
It's not like that.
I can't fight if I'm not in a Holon.
What if it wasn't about fighting?
- You could go Command. - Command?
Who's gonna take orders from a ghost?
There are other ways.
You've done your part on the battlefield.
You've got another shot at life.
You call this a life?
I don't know if they'll ever figure out how to fix my body.
Maybe in a few years, maybe never.
But the war's happening now, right now.
The Union, everything they did, everything they took from me, from us.
They gotta go away.
This mission tomorrow morning,
that's one more morning I wasn't supposed to have.
And that's how you want to spend it?
[computer beeping]
My apologies for having been so unavailable of late,
but you can finally reap the benefits.
My crew's been working around the clock
prepping Doc's new toys for you.
- "Toys"? - Enhancements.
In light of recent events,
we have to up your game as quickly as possible.
I have modified a variety of hardware experiments
for their very first field application.
So I can't guarantee perfect performance.
Story of the ESU.
But they'll give you an edge.
Yaz, I've already briefed you.
Cammie, Kazu, Valentina, yours are pretty self-explanatory.
You can learn in the field.
- Really? Nothing? - Nothing from me.
Migas already had it covered.
You just haven't been the same, man.
You were meant to fly.
I mean, I...
[sighs]
You're gonna make me wish I could still cry.
[Valentina] Allow me.
I have eyes on the facility.
Small industrial complex, and I see the defense grid.
Good, let's get this party started.
Anvil Control, tell Airstrike to stand by.
We'll give the all clear as soon as they...
Wait. New guests joining the party.
- Who the hell is that? - Civilians?
Human shields?
Anvil Control, are you getting this?
Already on it.
- Colonel. - I know.
- Wait, who? - Polity scientists.
Thought dead since Canaveral was lost.
Who knows what they're doing here.
[Yaz] Or what they're working on.
Which means what? Clock's ticking.
Are we not gonna bomb the joint?
Ah, we're still gonna blow the hell out of it.
[Miranda] Hmm.
[chuckles]
Oh no. No, no, no.
Whenever you guys get like this,
we wind up doing something stupid.
[Henry] I always wanted a lab with a view,
some peace and quiet, focus on my work.
Never occurred to me to use barbed wire and armed guards.
Nice touch.
Henry, would you shut up before they kill us all?
You think they kept us alive all this time,
dragged us out here,
- if they were just gonna... - [explosion]
Okay, I take it back.
[Kazu screaming]
[Henry] Wait, what?
Hey, what are those?
No, really, what are those?
What are the odds you'd actually go let me get a better look at those?
Here you go, pal. Look all you want.
[grunts]
- [Cammie] Like what you see? - I think I'm in love.
With your Mecha.
Who are you guys?
How come you can't shoot like that normally?
I think the Doc has got the drone aiming for me now.
Tempest is away.
GL, let's wrap it up.
[Julian] Ours is down.
[Kazu yelling]
[in Japanese]
Anvil Control, Drifter. Angels are clear to target.
Light it up.
Everybody out.
Dragonfly One, move in for Charlie pickup.
[Cammie exclaims]
Hmm.
Huh?
- [Kazu] Whoa! - [Julian] Yes!
[Cammie exclaims]
[Cammie] Whoa! Did you get heat vision?
[Yaz] No, they're in my wrists.
[Cammie] It'd be cooler if they gave you heat vision.
[gasps]
[brakes squealing]
[Nemesis] Miranda.
[Cammie] What do I do?
Cammie, calm down.
[Yaz grunting]
- [Cammie] Somebody, help! - [Valentina] Can't get a shot.
- [stammering] He's gonna take her! - Cammie, I can't see him.
[Yaz grunting]
[Cammie] Hey!
You shouldn't have messed with us again.
[speaks Russian] mu'dak bl'yaad!
[Yaz] Russian?
[Nemesis, distorted] You think too loud.
You haven't shut up since your birthday.
[grunting]
Let the good times roll.
[distorted] Copy. Kill. Copy.