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[woman] 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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-[electronic throbbing]
-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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[snickers]
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Lucky me.
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Fuck.
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-She's all yours, Lieutenant.
-[electronic throbbing]
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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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-[Colby laughs]
-Ships have personalities.
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None of them are just machines.
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-Thirteen in particular.
-[electronic throbbing]
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[Colby] 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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[electronic throbbing]
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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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[Colby] Hen House, this is Lima One Three,
confirm LZ is clear. Over.
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[dispatch] Confirmed. Watch your sensors.
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AWACS tracking two T-28 stealth fighters
in your AO, running dark.
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[man] LZ looks clear.
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[Colby] The terraformer looks bent.
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[man] Let's get this done.
Those T-28s show up, we're fucked.
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Marines, five minutes.
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[man] Condition one rifles.
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[soldiers] Condition one rifles!
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[man 1] You know what ship
we're riding, right?
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[man 2] It's not a ship,
it's a fucking coffin with wings.
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[Colby] Marines, one minute.
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[man] 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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-[soldiers] Oorah!
-[man] Let's go!
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You, rear security.
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[dispatch] 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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[rapid gunfire]
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[screams]
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[Colby] All hands, LZ is compromised.
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Return for immediate evac.
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-What are you doing, Seven Zero?
-[man] 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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[Lee] Two squads of enemy grunts
in the brush,
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and those type 28s
are coming around again.
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[Colby] Henhouse, this is
Lima One Three. We are a no-go.
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Requesting air support.
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[Lee] They're jamming us.
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Fifteen seconds to intercept.
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[Colby] Shit, we got one more.
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[Lee] Ten seconds to intercept.
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-Not yet.
-[man] Wait for me, God damn it!
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[Colby] I got you.
Come on.
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-[Lee] Oh, my God! Come on!
-[continuous tone]
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[Lee shouting] Spike!
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-He's in.
-[Colby] Launching flares.
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-[computer] Altitude! Pull up.
-Cutter, you got this?
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-[computer] Altitude! Pull up.
-[Lee] Cutter?
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[computer] Altitude! Pull up.
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-[exhales]
-[Lee] I am shittin' diamonds here.
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[Lee] Guns!
[rapid beeping]
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[Lee] Spike!
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[computer] Chaff. Flares.
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[Colby] Jacko, take 'em out.
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[Lee] Copy that.
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No joy, Cutter.
These columns are too dense.
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[computer] Proximity caution.
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Jacko, shoot the columns.
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-[Lee] Cutter, they got a lock on us.
-[computer] Proximity caution.
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Splash one, motherfucker.
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-[rapid beeping]
-[Lee] Straight ahead.
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Fuck, we're out of ammo.
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-[Lee] Cutter...
-I got it.
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Pucker factor ten.
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-[laughs]
-[electronic throbbing]
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[Lee] Come on, boys.
First round's on Dave.
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[laughter]
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[sighs in relief]
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I was wrong about you.
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-I was wrong about you.
-[electronic throbbing]
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[siren blaring]
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[Colby] Go!
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[Colby] 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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[Colby] 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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[Colby] 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.
-[electronic throbbing]
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[Colby] 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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[man] 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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[Colby] We're right here, Sergeant.
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[man] Thank God.
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[Colby] I'll keep up the suppressing fire.
Get your men aboard.
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[man] Copy that. Break off contact.
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Pierce, get him out of here.
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[man 2] 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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-[man 2] I'm in.
-[man 1] Cutter, move!
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[Colby] Roger that.
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[Colby] 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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[man] We're good to go, ma'am.
That was close.
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Fuck!
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Shit.
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[alarm beeping]
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Come on, girl. Just get us through this.
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No. Brace for impact.
-[electronic throbbing]
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-Come on!
-[computer] Altitude! ...up.
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[electronic throbbing]
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[exhales]
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[man] Cutter? Colby, you okay?
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Yeah, I'm okay. You?
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-[man 1] Rattled, but alive.
-[man 2] We're good.
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[Colby] 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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[Colby] 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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[man] 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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[gunfire continues]
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[electronic throbbing]
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God, I'm so fucking sorry.
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[beeping]
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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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[man] Enemy in sight. Fire at will!
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You fuckers, get off my ship!
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[continuous tone rising in pitch]
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Get down!
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[Colby] 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.
-[metal scraping]
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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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[man] Lima One Three,
we have a visual on you.