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The air wing has a tradition:
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rookie pilot gets the ship
nobody else wants.
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In my flight group,
that ship was Lucky Thirteen.
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There was nothing wrong with her,
technically,
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but before they gave her to me,
she'd lost two crews.
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They recovered the ship and the dead...
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or what was left of them.
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A ship surviving when all her crew dies
is unusual, but twice?
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I'd never heard of such a thing before...
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or since.
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Then there was the matter of
her serial number:
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-13-02313.
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It not only started and ended in 13,
the digits totaled 13.
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Pilots are a superstitious bunch.
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Lucky me.
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Fuck.
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-She's all yours, Lieutenant.
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Rookie's get the leftovers,
you know how that is.
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Aye-aye, sir.
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I took the liberty.
Hope you don't mind, ma'am.
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Chief Warrant Officer Jack Lee, ma'am.
Call sign "Jacko".
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Cutter, Colby. Good to meet you.
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Hope you're not letting the talk
get to you, ma'am.
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I'm not the superstitious type, Jack.
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It's just a machine.
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Well, you're wrong there, ma'am.
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-Ships have personalities.
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None of them are just machines.
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-Thirteen in particular.
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Our first op, the enemy attacked
one of our terraform stations,
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so I'm hauling grunts planet-side
to check it out.
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They put me in Thirteen in front.
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If shooting starts, nine times out of ten,
it's the lead ship that doesn't come home.
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I tried not to dwell too much on that.
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Hen House, this is Lima One Three,
confirm LZ is clear. Over.
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Confirmed. Watch your sensors.
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AWACS tracking two T-28 stealth fighters
in your AO, running dark.
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LZ looks clear.
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The terraformer looks bent.
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Let's get this done.
Those T-28s show up, we're fucked.
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Marines, five minutes.
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Condition one rifles.
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Condition one rifles!
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You know what ship
we're riding, right?
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It's not a ship,
it's a fucking coffin with wings.
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Marines, one minute.
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First team, you got the ten to two.
Second team, you got the two to six.
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Third team, you got the six to ten.
Good to go?
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- Oorah!
- Let's go!
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You, rear security.
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Lima Squadron,
this is Henhouse.
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Detecting active radar emissions
from two T-28s,
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bearing 180 on your position.
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Marines, fast movers incoming. To cover.
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All hands, LZ is compromised.
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Return for immediate evac.
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-What are you doing, Seven Zero?
- Getting the fuck out of here!
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You've still got men on the ground,
Jockey.
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God.
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All remaining units into Thirteen, now!
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Two squads of enemy grunts
in the brush,
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and those type 28s
are coming around again.
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Henhouse, this is
Lima One Three. We are a no-go.
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Requesting air support.
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They're jamming us.
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Fifteen seconds to intercept.
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Shit, we got one more.
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Ten seconds to intercept.
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-Not yet.
- Wait for me, God damn it!
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I got you.
Come on.
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- Oh, my God! Come on!
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Spike!
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-He's in.
- Launching flares.
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- Altitude! Pull up.
-Cutter, you got this?
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- Altitude! Pull up.
- Cutter?
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Altitude! Pull up.
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- I am shittin' diamonds here.
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Guns!
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Spike!
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Chaff. Flares.
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Jacko, take 'em out.
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Copy that.
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No joy, Cutter.
These columns are too dense.
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Proximity caution.
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Jacko, shoot the columns.
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- Cutter, they got a lock on us.
- Proximity caution.
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Splash one, motherfucker.
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- Straight ahead.
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Fuck, we're out of ammo.
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- Cutter...
-I got it.
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Pucker factor ten.
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Come on, boys.
First round's on Dave.
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I was wrong about you.
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-I was wrong about you.
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Go!
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I flew 19 more combat missions
with Lucky Thirteen.
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In all that time, not one casualty.
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I have to admit, Lieutenant,
you've done good for yourself,
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even in this antique.
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Thank you, sir.
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On three separate sorties,
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Lucky Thirteen was the only flight-ready
ship left at the end of the mission.
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You know, there's a pair of new
Whiskey Blackhawks on the way.
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Feel like trading in this bucket of bolts?
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She brought us home safely
every time.
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Even when ground fire was so thick,
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you could step from the cockpit
to the ground on shrapnel shards.
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I do appreciate that, sir,
but she's my "bucket of bolts."
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-And she always takes care of me.
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After the tenth mission in a row
without a scratch,
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the other pilots started to mean it
when they said "lucky thirteen."
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Henhouse,
this is Ninja One One Two.
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The enemy's right on top of us.
Where's our ride?
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We're right here, Sergeant.
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Thank God.
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I'll keep up the suppressing fire.
Get your men aboard.
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Copy that. Break off contact.
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Pierce, get him out of here.
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Get in. Hurry. Covering.
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Go!
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Enemy's regrouped
and they're coming in fast.
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- I'm in.
- Cutter, move!
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Roger that.
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Henhouse, this is Lima One Three.
Ninja One One Two secured.
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We're RTB.
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Sergeant, how're your men
doing back there?
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We're good to go, ma'am.
That was close.
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Fuck!
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Shit.
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Come on, girl. Just get us through this.
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No. Brace for impact.
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-Come on!
- Altitude! ...up.
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Cutter? Colby, you okay?
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Yeah, I'm okay. You?
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- Rattled, but alive.
- We're good.
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Contact, two o'clock, 150 meters.
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Get those grunts out of here.
Get some cover and wait for evac.
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I'll warm up the cannon.
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I'll cover you until ammo's out,
then I'll scuttle.
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I'm not gonna let them take you.
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All right, boys, on me. Move.
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Don't clump together. Keep going!
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Lee, move your ass!
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Come on, you fuckers!
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Fuck!
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Fuck...
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God, I'm so fucking sorry.
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Five, four, three,
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two...
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She doesn't want to go.
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Enemy in sight. Fire at will!
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You fuckers, get off my ship!
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Get down!
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They patched us all up,
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gave me the Distinguished Flying Cross
for conspicuous bravery under fire.
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They gave me one of those
new Whiskey Blackhawks.
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-It's a fine ship, top of the line.
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Still, I'd trade it in a split second
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to fly one more mission in Lucky Thirteen.
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Lima One Three,
we have a visual on you.