1 00:00:38,463 --> 00:00:39,963 [woman] The air wing has a tradition: 2 00:00:42,505 --> 00:00:44,713 rookie pilot gets the ship nobody else wants. 3 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:50,838 In my flight group, that ship was Lucky Thirteen. 4 00:00:53,588 --> 00:00:55,421 There was nothing wrong with her, technically, 5 00:00:55,505 --> 00:00:58,046 but before they gave her to me, she'd lost two crews. 6 00:01:03,005 --> 00:01:04,963 They recovered the ship and the dead... 7 00:01:06,380 --> 00:01:07,630 or what was left of them. 8 00:01:09,421 --> 00:01:12,796 A ship surviving when all her crew dies is unusual, but twice? 9 00:01:13,546 --> 00:01:15,380 I'd never heard of such a thing before... 10 00:01:16,296 --> 00:01:17,546 or since.  11 00:01:19,505 --> 00:01:22,005 Then there was the matter of her serial number: 12 00:01:22,088 --> 00:01:25,796 -[electronic throbbing] -13-02313. 13 00:01:26,671 --> 00:01:31,130 It not only started and ended in 13, the digits totaled 13. 14 00:01:32,296 --> 00:01:34,546 Pilots are a superstitious bunch. 15 00:01:35,005 --> 00:01:35,963 [snickers] 16 00:01:36,046 --> 00:01:37,088 Lucky me. 17 00:01:37,171 --> 00:01:38,171 Fuck. 18 00:01:39,213 --> 00:01:41,213 -She's all yours, Lieutenant. -[electronic throbbing] 19 00:01:41,921 --> 00:01:44,630 Rookie's get the leftovers, you know how that is. 20 00:01:46,088 --> 00:01:47,046 Aye-aye, sir. 21 00:01:50,213 --> 00:01:53,130 I took the liberty. Hope you don't mind, ma'am. 22 00:01:54,505 --> 00:01:57,255 Chief Warrant Officer Jack Lee, ma'am. Call sign "Jacko". 23 00:01:57,380 --> 00:02:00,213 Cutter, Colby. Good to meet you. 24 00:02:00,546 --> 00:02:02,546 Hope you're not letting the talk get to you, ma'am. 25 00:02:02,963 --> 00:02:04,921 I'm not the superstitious type, Jack. 26 00:02:05,421 --> 00:02:06,546 It's just a machine. 27 00:02:06,713 --> 00:02:08,671 Well, you're wrong there, ma'am. 28 00:02:09,505 --> 00:02:12,755 -[Colby laughs] -Ships have personalities. 29 00:02:13,713 --> 00:02:15,546 None of them are just machines. 30 00:02:15,630 --> 00:02:17,630 -Thirteen in particular. -[electronic throbbing] 31 00:02:30,296 --> 00:02:33,963 [Colby] Our first op, the enemy attacked one of our terraform stations, 32 00:02:34,046 --> 00:02:36,588 so I'm hauling grunts planet-side to check it out. 33 00:02:36,755 --> 00:02:38,755 [electronic throbbing] 34 00:02:39,255 --> 00:02:40,671 They put me in Thirteen in front. 35 00:02:41,463 --> 00:02:45,713 If shooting starts, nine times out of ten, it's the lead ship that doesn't come home. 36 00:02:46,338 --> 00:02:47,880 I tried not to dwell too much on that. 37 00:02:47,963 --> 00:02:51,546 [Colby] Hen House, this is Lima One Three, confirm LZ is clear. Over. 38 00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:53,338 [dispatch] Confirmed. Watch your sensors.  39 00:02:53,421 --> 00:02:56,380 AWACS tracking two T-28 stealth fighters in your AO, running dark. 40 00:03:02,963 --> 00:03:04,630 [man] LZ looks clear. 41 00:03:04,713 --> 00:03:06,130 [Colby] The terraformer looks bent. 42 00:03:06,213 --> 00:03:09,505 [man] Let's get this done. Those T-28s show up, we're fucked. 43 00:03:09,963 --> 00:03:11,296 Marines, five minutes. 44 00:03:11,380 --> 00:03:12,630 [man] Condition one rifles. 45 00:03:12,713 --> 00:03:14,255 [soldiers] Condition one rifles! 46 00:03:15,296 --> 00:03:17,088 [man 1] You know what ship we're riding, right? 47 00:03:17,380 --> 00:03:19,755 [man 2] It's not a ship, it's a fucking coffin with wings. 48 00:03:20,213 --> 00:03:21,921 [Colby] Marines, one minute. 49 00:03:22,005 --> 00:03:25,505 [man] First team, you got the ten to two. Second team, you got the two to six. 50 00:03:25,588 --> 00:03:27,921 Third team, you got the six to ten. Good to go? 51 00:03:28,005 --> 00:03:30,713 -[soldiers] Oorah! -[man] Let's go! 52 00:03:31,713 --> 00:03:33,421 You, rear security. 53 00:03:36,963 --> 00:03:38,546 [dispatch] Lima Squadron, this is Henhouse. 54 00:03:38,630 --> 00:03:40,963 Detecting active radar emissions from two T-28s, 55 00:03:41,046 --> 00:03:42,505 bearing 180 on your position. 56 00:03:42,588 --> 00:03:44,296 Marines, fast movers incoming. To cover. 57 00:03:44,713 --> 00:03:45,588 [rapid gunfire] 58 00:03:48,421 --> 00:03:49,880 [screams] 59 00:03:50,380 --> 00:03:52,796 [Colby] All hands, LZ is compromised. 60 00:03:53,505 --> 00:03:55,046 Return for immediate evac. 61 00:03:56,296 --> 00:03:58,838 -What are you doing, Seven Zero? -[man] Getting the fuck out of here! 62 00:03:58,921 --> 00:04:00,963 You've still got men on the ground, Jockey. 63 00:04:01,796 --> 00:04:02,796 God. 64 00:04:07,088 --> 00:04:10,255 All remaining units into Thirteen, now! 65 00:04:10,338 --> 00:04:12,296 [Lee] Two squads of enemy grunts in the brush, 66 00:04:12,380 --> 00:04:14,130 and those type 28s are coming around again. 67 00:04:14,213 --> 00:04:16,838 [Colby] Henhouse, this is Lima One Three. We are a no-go. 68 00:04:16,921 --> 00:04:18,171 Requesting air support. 69 00:04:18,588 --> 00:04:19,630 [Lee] They're jamming us. 70 00:04:20,130 --> 00:04:21,380 Fifteen seconds to intercept. 71 00:04:23,755 --> 00:04:25,213 [Colby] Shit, we got one more. 72 00:04:26,005 --> 00:04:27,255 [Lee] Ten seconds to intercept. 73 00:04:27,338 --> 00:04:29,546 -Not yet. -[man] Wait for me, God damn it! 74 00:04:29,630 --> 00:04:30,463 [Colby] I got you. Come on. 75 00:04:32,671 --> 00:04:35,088 -[Lee] Oh, my God! Come on! -[continuous tone] 76 00:04:35,255 --> 00:04:36,546 [Lee shouting] Spike! 77 00:04:37,713 --> 00:04:39,296 -He's in. -[Colby] Launching flares. 78 00:04:45,796 --> 00:04:48,380 -[computer] Altitude! Pull up. -Cutter, you got this? 79 00:04:48,463 --> 00:04:50,463 -[computer] Altitude! Pull up. -[Lee] Cutter? 80 00:04:50,546 --> 00:04:52,796 [computer] Altitude! Pull up. 81 00:04:54,963 --> 00:04:56,838 -[exhales] -[Lee] I am shittin' diamonds here. 82 00:04:59,505 --> 00:05:00,630 [Lee] Guns! [rapid beeping] 83 00:05:03,213 --> 00:05:04,255 [Lee] Spike! 84 00:05:07,046 --> 00:05:08,463 [computer] Chaff. Flares. 85 00:05:11,213 --> 00:05:12,588 [Colby] Jacko, take 'em out. 86 00:05:12,796 --> 00:05:13,796 [Lee] Copy that. 87 00:05:16,755 --> 00:05:18,505 No joy, Cutter. These columns are too dense. 88 00:05:22,838 --> 00:05:26,505 [computer] Proximity caution. 89 00:05:27,630 --> 00:05:29,588 Jacko, shoot the columns. 90 00:05:40,046 --> 00:05:44,296 -[Lee] Cutter, they got a lock on us. -[computer] Proximity caution. 91 00:05:44,546 --> 00:05:46,171 Splash one, motherfucker. 92 00:05:48,755 --> 00:05:51,630 -[rapid beeping] -[Lee] Straight ahead. 93 00:05:52,171 --> 00:05:53,296 Fuck, we're out of ammo. 94 00:05:58,713 --> 00:05:59,921 -[Lee] Cutter... -I got it. 95 00:06:15,296 --> 00:06:16,255 Pucker factor ten. 96 00:06:17,130 --> 00:06:19,880 -[laughs] -[electronic throbbing] 97 00:06:25,588 --> 00:06:27,505 [Lee] Come on, boys. First round's on Dave. 98 00:06:27,588 --> 00:06:28,755 [laughter] 99 00:06:28,838 --> 00:06:30,046 [sighs in relief] 100 00:06:32,713 --> 00:06:34,338 I was wrong about you. 101 00:06:36,796 --> 00:06:38,713 -I was wrong about you. -[electronic throbbing] 102 00:06:39,921 --> 00:06:43,421 [siren blaring] 103 00:06:44,838 --> 00:06:45,713 [Colby] Go! 104 00:06:46,088 --> 00:06:49,796 [Colby] I flew 19 more combat missions with Lucky Thirteen. 105 00:06:50,171 --> 00:06:52,755 In all that time, not one casualty. 106 00:06:52,838 --> 00:06:55,338 I have to admit, Lieutenant, you've done good for yourself, 107 00:06:55,421 --> 00:06:57,671 even in this antique. 108 00:06:58,130 --> 00:06:58,963 Thank you, sir. 109 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:02,755 [Colby] On three separate sorties, 110 00:07:03,005 --> 00:07:07,338 Lucky Thirteen was the only flight-ready ship left at the end of the mission. 111 00:07:07,421 --> 00:07:11,046 You know, there's a pair of new Whiskey Blackhawks on the way. 112 00:07:11,963 --> 00:07:14,463 Feel like trading in this bucket of bolts? 113 00:07:15,755 --> 00:07:18,338 [Colby] She brought us home safely every time. 114 00:07:18,713 --> 00:07:20,588 Even when ground fire was so thick, 115 00:07:20,671 --> 00:07:23,671 you could step from the cockpit to the ground on shrapnel shards. 116 00:07:23,755 --> 00:07:26,505 I do appreciate that, sir, but she's my "bucket of bolts." 117 00:07:26,963 --> 00:07:29,130 -And she always takes care of me. -[electronic throbbing] 118 00:07:31,421 --> 00:07:34,213 [Colby] After the tenth mission in a row without a scratch, 119 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,505 the other pilots started to mean it when they said "lucky thirteen." 120 00:07:53,588 --> 00:07:55,921 [man] Henhouse, this is Ninja One One Two. 121 00:07:56,130 --> 00:07:58,380 The enemy's right on top of us. Where's our ride? 122 00:07:58,921 --> 00:08:00,588 [Colby] We're right here, Sergeant. 123 00:08:01,338 --> 00:08:02,213 [man] Thank God. 124 00:08:02,296 --> 00:08:04,755 [Colby] I'll keep up the suppressing fire. Get your men aboard. 125 00:08:04,838 --> 00:08:07,130 [man] Copy that. Break off contact. 126 00:08:07,213 --> 00:08:08,963 Pierce, get him out of here. 127 00:08:10,630 --> 00:08:12,213 [man 2] Get in. Hurry. Covering. 128 00:08:12,296 --> 00:08:13,380 Go! 129 00:08:16,046 --> 00:08:17,963 Enemy's regrouped and they're coming in fast. 130 00:08:18,046 --> 00:08:19,588 -[man 2] I'm in. -[man 1] Cutter, move! 131 00:08:19,671 --> 00:08:20,630 [Colby] Roger that. 132 00:08:21,630 --> 00:08:25,588 [Colby] Henhouse, this is Lima One Three. Ninja One One Two secured. 133 00:08:26,171 --> 00:08:27,213 We're RTB. 134 00:08:31,546 --> 00:08:33,630 Sergeant, how're your men doing back there? 135 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,880 [man] We're good to go, ma'am. That was close. 136 00:08:40,796 --> 00:08:42,088 Fuck! 137 00:08:42,630 --> 00:08:43,463 Shit. 138 00:08:43,546 --> 00:08:44,671 [alarm beeping] 139 00:08:44,755 --> 00:08:46,838 Come on, girl. Just get us through this. 140 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:53,838 No. Brace for impact. -[electronic throbbing] 141 00:08:53,921 --> 00:08:58,005 -Come on! -[computer] Altitude! ...up. 142 00:09:07,588 --> 00:09:10,630 [electronic throbbing] 143 00:09:12,463 --> 00:09:13,421 [exhales] 144 00:09:18,630 --> 00:09:20,921 [man] Cutter? Colby, you okay? 145 00:09:22,671 --> 00:09:24,296 Yeah, I'm okay. You? 146 00:09:25,380 --> 00:09:27,713 -[man 1] Rattled, but alive. -[man 2] We're good. 147 00:09:28,713 --> 00:09:31,213 [Colby] Contact, two o'clock, 150 meters. 148 00:09:31,296 --> 00:09:34,921 Get those grunts out of here. Get some cover and wait for evac. 149 00:09:35,463 --> 00:09:36,796 I'll warm up the cannon. 150 00:09:40,255 --> 00:09:43,338 [Colby] I'll cover you until ammo's out, then I'll scuttle. 151 00:09:44,130 --> 00:09:45,921 I'm not gonna let them take you. 152 00:09:46,421 --> 00:09:48,505 [man] All right, boys, on me. Move. 153 00:09:49,630 --> 00:09:52,130 Don't clump together. Keep going! 154 00:09:53,046 --> 00:09:55,213 Lee, move your ass! 155 00:09:59,255 --> 00:10:00,380 Come on, you fuckers! 156 00:10:07,046 --> 00:10:08,088 Fuck! 157 00:10:33,421 --> 00:10:34,255 Fuck... 158 00:10:38,755 --> 00:10:40,296 [gunfire continues] 159 00:10:42,255 --> 00:10:44,921 [electronic throbbing] 160 00:10:45,671 --> 00:10:47,505 God, I'm so fucking sorry. 161 00:10:59,296 --> 00:11:00,713 [beeping] 162 00:11:09,463 --> 00:11:13,088 Five, four, three, 163 00:11:13,463 --> 00:11:14,463 two... 164 00:11:23,630 --> 00:11:25,046 She doesn't want to go. 165 00:11:28,671 --> 00:11:30,921 [man] Enemy in sight. Fire at will! 166 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:40,213 You fuckers, get off my ship! 167 00:11:41,755 --> 00:11:44,296 [continuous tone rising in pitch] 168 00:11:47,921 --> 00:11:48,921 Get down! 169 00:12:20,755 --> 00:12:22,505 [Colby] They patched us all up, 170 00:12:23,880 --> 00:12:28,046 gave me the Distinguished Flying Cross for conspicuous bravery under fire. 171 00:12:32,463 --> 00:12:35,088 They gave me one of those new Whiskey Blackhawks. 172 00:12:36,380 --> 00:12:38,463 -It's a fine ship, top of the line. -[metal scraping] 173 00:12:50,838 --> 00:12:54,296 Still, I'd trade it in a split second 174 00:12:54,380 --> 00:12:58,463 to fly one more mission in Lucky Thirteen. 175 00:13:06,796 --> 00:13:09,380 [man] Lima One Three, we have a visual on you.