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All right, Carter, that should do it. We've proved our point.

Carter, can you hear me?

Loud and clear, General.

What the hell are you doing?

Transformer needs a little tweaking, as long as I'm up here.

Yeah, it's mine.

Not his mind.

Thank you. That was a hell of an exhibition you put on out there, Cotter.

really had us going.

How do you feel? Like I could go out there and do it again. That won't be

necessary. You passed that test with flying colors and then some.

We're ready for the transfer.

Looks like we're all set.

See you on the other side.

Beginning transfer sequence, code alpha, 0019.

Somebody get me out of this contraption. I'm starving.

All clear.

There is nothing wrong with your television.

Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission.

We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can dilute you with a

channels or expand one single image to crystal clarity and beyond.

We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive.

For the next hour, we will control all that you see.

And here.

You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest

inner mind to the outer limits.

Since our earliest beginnings, we have always believed in some form of

transcendence. But when we finally discover how to transcend our own

bodies, what exactly will we gain?

And what will we leave behind?

Hey, Greg, how am I doing?

You're one magnificent creature.

Well, that goes without saying. What I meant was, how's my alter ego here

Remarkably well.

You know, considering what it's been through, our friend here managed to

50 kilowatts of electricity up on that tower today.

You know what that would do to a normal human body?

Yeah, toast it as a marshmallow.

Look at this.

Hardly a mark on him.

That's pretty amazing. We've shot it, we froze it, we cooked it, we tried to

electrocute it to death, and it takes a licking.

Keeps on ticking.

Imagine a whole army of these things.

We've done more than imagine us. With Next Generation Commando Group.

A platoon of these beauties? You get through the most hostile enemy

totally unscathed. Nuclear, biological, chemical, you name it.

I won't pretend I'm not pleased with our success. With your success, Cutter.

Yeah, that's right. It's not the machine. It's the driver.

I said, Doc, now that we're done patting each other on the back, can we talk

about our one little glitch?

I'm halfway up that tower in the servo valve in the left knee actuator. It now

functions again.

I thought you fixed that.

I did fix it.

Mm -hmm.

Does it look like an XT -433 subroutine to you? It sure does.

No, but it can't be.

The XT -433 was replaced by the XT -434.

Or at least it should have been.

Well, I'd hate to be out in the field up to my ass in alligators and come up

with a bum leg. I don't understand. I was sure I inputted the new subroutine

into the system.

I guess it must have slipped past me somehow.

That's what 36 hours without sleep does to a man.

Let's leave the good doctor alone with his guilt.

Thanks.

Cotter, dinner's ready.

Yeah, I'll be right there.

What's all this?

What does this look like?

Thought we could have dinner by candlelight. Well, romance never hurt

So what else do you have planned this evening? Why, Captain McCoy, I can

you that my intentions are strictly dishonorable.

Lucky for me.

So did you miss me?

Terribly.

Did you miss me?

I couldn't think of anything else.

Liar. What me? A liar?

That's okay. I love you anyway.

Not as much as I love you.

Good.

I am ravenous. Oh, sorry. Dinner first.

Fine.

You outdid yourself, as usual.

Something wrong, hon?

No, not really.

All right, don't give me that.

Spit it out.

Okay, what did you do today?

Sally? I know, I'm not supposed to ask.

So, how's your steak?

Thunder, do you like it?

Mmm.

Really tasty.

Sally, I know that the last couple of months have been hard on you.

Hard on me?

God, I don't know if I've married a man or a rumor.

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean that. I know how important this work is to you.

Not just to me.

I mean, what I'm doing is making the world a better place, a safer place.

Well, that sounds kind of corny, doesn't it?

No, it doesn't sound corny.

And I'm doing this for us, too.

All right, this is high profile. This is going to get me out of the trenches and

into the spotlight. I mean, you would not believe some of the brass involved

with this. I'm sure, sweetie. If I didn't love you so much, all of this

separation wouldn't be so awful.

All right, listen.

We're entering the final phase of testing. It's just going to be a couple

weeks at most.

All right, when we're finished, we'll go grab that R &R I've been promising. You

know, a bungalow on the beach, just the two of us.

I'm not worried about vacation, sweetie.

I'm worried about you.

I have never been more happy in my entire life.

That's exactly what scares me, Cotter. I know you.

You're never happier than when you're living on the edge. So whatever it is

you're doing, I'm sure risk is involved. Honey, there is risk involved in

getting out of bed in the morning. Come on.

I'm okay, really.

Sally.

Hi, Pete.

You startled me. I have that effect on women.

That bum of a husband of yours around? No, he just finished breakfast. He'll be

right out.

Sorry to keep running off with him like this.

Don't say it if you don't mean it, Pete.

You think I enjoy separating your lovebirds.

Take care of him for me, will you?

Take care of yourself, too. I'd hate to lose either one of you. Sally's is

nothing but a series of training exercises. Nothing more, nothing less.

don't you say that like no soldier's ever been hurt in a training exercise?

Don't worry. He'll be fine.

Hey, take your hands off my wife.

I don't know if I'd seen her first. Well, you didn't.

I, uh... I'll be in the car.

Bye, Sally.

Bye, Pete.

It's okay.

I knew what I was getting into when I married you.

Did you?

No.

But you're damn handsome in that uniform.

Okay. Okay. Take care of yourself.

I will. You too.

I'll see you in a couple of days.

You're always in such a hurry to get me out of cotter number two and back into

my own body. I mean, what is the margin?

We don't like to keep you in there any longer than we have.

But how long can your mind safely reside in the android's brain?

Let's just say it's not a limit I'm anxious to test.

Any particular reason?

You are full of questions today. You expect me to have my higher brain

deleted on a regular basis about knowing everything you do?

Look, we're getting these glitches straightened out, I promise.

General? Well, Connor, you ready for this last round of tests?

Yeah, zap me over there and turn me loose.

I flew down to Washington last night. I've got to tell you, the president is

positively ecstatic over the progress we've been making here.

He sends his regards, and he wants me to tell you that you are in line for one

hell of a promotion.

Don't expect me to start saluting and calling you sir.

We're ready, gentlemen. Let's rock and roll.

You all set, Cotter?

Yeah, all set.

Last chance to abort.

What, are you kidding? I'm starting to get used to this.

Let her rip.

Beginning transfer sequence.

Code alpha zero zero one nine.

What's happening?

The circuits are overloading.

Well, do something.

What's happening?

I don't know.

Indications of major thermal trauma.

Several full thickness or third degree burns of the epidermal layer.

Each of these burns appears to have a central charred zone and a peripheral

-white zone of necrosis.

Stand back, sir. That's me they're working on in there.

You better get in there and try and calm him down.

That's my body in there, Pete. I have a right to see what's going on. You're not

a doctor.

Whatever's happening in there, there's nothing you can do.

How could this happen, Pete? How? I don't know, Cotter. Hollander said all

systems were going. It must have been a freak malfunction of some sort.

It's over, isn't it?

Leave us, gentlemen.

Cotter, your body suffered extensive tissue degeneration.

You won't know the full extent of the damage till after the autopsy.

It can't be happening.

It can't be.

Do something.

You have to bring me back. Do you hear me? Bring me back.

You can't, Cotter. No one can.

I'm sorry.

I'd like to think this was an accident.

Either that or... Or what?

Well, as much as we've tried to keep the screws tightened down during this

project, it is possible that someone may have slipped in and committed an act of

sabotage. We know of at least two other military android programs under

development in, shall we say, less than friendly countries.

The first coalition to put android soldiers onto the battlefield will have

decided advantage over their opponents.

Are you suggesting that someone did this deliberately?

No, I'm not suggesting anything.

I'm just pointing out some options we should consider during the course of our

investigation. I insist on being a part of that investigation, sir.

Don't even think about cutting me out of this one if somebody did kill me I want

to be there when we find out who

It's what I was afraid of

the electric current passed into the brain itself there are Lesions and burnt

tissue all the way down through the corpus callosum into the cerebellum Even

I could have gotten your heart started again It wouldn't have done any good

am I going to tell Sally?

How am I going to break it to her that her husband, the man that she loves, is

dead, but that his mind is still alive inside a machine?

Carter, your hand.

The interface between your mind and your android body is starting to break down.

Your android brain operates on the same principles as the human brain.

The synapse is in a small section of what is essentially your motor cortex,

either misfiring or not firing at all. What's causing it? We don't know.

Makes you so sure it's a total breakdown.

How do you know it's not an isolated incident?

He's right.

Look at my hand. It's fine now.

You knew this was going to happen, didn't you?

During our initial phase of testing with other primate subjects, the same

degradation occurred. Meaning your android apes had the same problem?

We think the stress you suffered since the accident this morning has speeded up

the degradation.

How much time do I have?

Twelve hours at the outside.

Twelve hours?

And then when my whole damn body starts twitching?

The pattern of decay varies, but the end is always the same.

You'll gradually, maybe not so gradually, lose control over your

Ultimately, you'll be unable to speak or move or perform any other function.

Damn you, Craig.

You knew about this all along and you didn't tell me. You knew there were

when you volunteered for the project. Things were going so well, I didn't

about the risks anymore.

Sally knew, Pete.

She didn't know the details, but she knew it was dangerous. I have to see

have to tell her what's happened. I'm not sure that's a good idea, Captain.

How would you break it to her, Cotter? What would she think, seeing you like

this? There are tests we can run, Cotter. Working together, we might be

slow the degradation. If you don't know how to stop it by now, Greg, you won't

figure it out in the next 12 hours, General.

I request permission to go home and see my wife.

I'm sorry, Captain.

Let me get this straight.

Are you saying I'm a prisoner?

Cotter.

Follow my instructions and no one will get hurt. Cotter, put the damn gun down.

You don't know what you're doing. Never argue with a man who has nothing to

lose, Pete.

We can't have a $2 billion weapon system running around on a loose doing

whatever it wants.

As soon as we're out of here, I have to return to Washington and brief the

President and the NSC.

That leaves Colonel Butler in charge.

Colonel, you have express orders to either recapture Captain McCoy or

him by any means necessary.

With all due respect, General, as long as that android is alive, so are

chances, I believe I can get him to listen to reason. Right now, he's an

missile. If you won't take the necessary action, I'll find someone who will.

Somebody there?

Sally.

Who is it?

Where are you?

It's me, Sally.

It's Connor.

Connor, what are you doing?

Turn off the porch light.

Why?

Just do it, please.

You're scaring me.

I'm sorry. I don't mean to.

Why are you hiding from me?

Is everything all right?

For the moment.

Well, this is silly. Come inside, honey.

I can't stay.

I just had to see you.

Well, come on to the porch at least. No, stay there.

Are you all right? I can call a doctor.

I don't know.

Damn it.

I know it sounds incredible.

I'm the first human prototype.

The first human to be downloaded into the prototype to be more precise.

Why?

It was an experiment to fuse the electrical field that made up my mind,

even my soul, into a synthetic body.

me, Sally.

I'm trapped inside this damn machine.

I didn't want you to see me like this.

There was an accident at the lab.

It's all that's left of me.

I have to get out of here.

Why? I'm going with you. No, it's too dangerous.

Look, don't argue with me. Not now.

YouTube go!

This is Dr. Olander.

Nice place you have here, Greg.

Connor, is that you?

I just met your father.

I didn't know he was in town. You never tell me these things.

What are you doing in my house?

What do you want?

I want you here.

Isn't there something that we can do?

Maybe we'll just figure something out.

Well, that's fair enough.

What have you done with my phone?

You wanted to lie down.

Sleep. He's old.

Even so, he's going to live a hell of a lot longer than I'm going to.

Talk to me, Grant.

Tell me what went wrong. You must have some idea, some theory, some possible

scenario. I don't. There hasn't been enough time.

I'm losing motor control.

The compulsions are more frequent now.

I'm going to get it one way or the other. There's nothing I can do for you,

Cotter. I'm sorry.

Cotter, don't.

Stay out of this, Sally.

This is between me and the monster who turned me into this.

I'm on your side, Cotter.

Don't you see that?

My heart and soul are in this project. Why would I do anything to sabotage it?

Somebody did sabotage it.

I don't know. I don't. Cotter, please.

Please, Cotter.

Cotter. Cotter, stop it.

All right. All right.

I'll tell you what I know.

The

accident

was caused by a missing feedback suppressor.

Somebody removed it just before the last transfer.

I don't know.

But you have an idea.

I discovered an anomalous pattern in the software logs.

It appears that someone removed the disk with the operating code and replaced it

with an earlier generation of the program.

One of your technicians?

No, not possible. They're not allowed into the transfer room when we're not

working. Plus, their work's compartmentalized. They don't have

entire operating system.

Only four people.

have unlimited access to the program on disk. You, me, General Chase, and Pete.

But... No, it can't be Pete, Cotter.

Why not?

He's been feeling passed over ever since we started with me for the first

download. He even pushed for a parallel program and volunteered to be next in

line. Maybe he couldn't wait.

Why would he do it?

I thought of trying to find a suitable donor.

Donor? You can put my mind into another man's body. Can you do that?

Theoretically. But where would we ever find such a donor? One that would pass

all the compatibility requirements?

There just isn't time.

Then think of something else.

What the... There is one other option, but it's really a long shot. I don't

many options, Quentin. I don't know if this would work, and even if it does

work, it'll only be a temporary solution.

What? What is it?

It may be possible to slow down the degradation process by using the MEG.

MEG? What is that? The Magneto Electroencephalograph.

To incrementally realign the spin axes of the neural array.

That might give us the time we need.

There's one problem. We can only try this back at the lab.

And the whole research center is crawling with commandos. General Chase

given out orders that you are to be terminated on site.

There's got to be another way in.

Here you go.

Unauthorized visitors are not permitted to enter.

This is Carter McCoy's wife.

I was taken against my will, but I was able to get away, and I called Dr.

Olander here.

Listen, my husband is no longer my husband.

He's crazy, out of control, and he's got to be stopped.

She may be our best chance of finding him.

I'm sorry, but I had my orders.

Look. You idiot.

I am the lead scientist for a top -classified project, and this is an

Now, if you want to explain to General Chase why you were playing tin soldier

while a $2 billion piece of technology got destroyed, be my guest, and good

with your new career as a dishwasher!

I'll start preparing the scanner beep.

Tell me the truth, Greg.

Do you really think this is going to work?

I don't know. I've never tried it before.

That's okay. We're ready. Let's get you into the chamber.

Don't worry.

I'll find a way to get you back. And when he does, I'll be here waiting.

He's gone through the transfer.

What do you think of the new look, Cotter?

Be honest.

Is it really me?

You recognize your old buddy, Pete?

Guess you didn't know that Greg and his minions built a second prototype.

A backup.

In case you failed.

Let him go.

There'll be plenty of time to deal with you later.

I take care of my friend here.

What do you want me to do?

That's why you arranged to kill me. You were in the way.

We were friends, Pete.

We've been through everything together.

With you always in the lead. Whenever we were up for the same assignment, same

promotions, they always went to you.

You learned how to play the game better.

As long as you were around, I'd be second best.

You're the one who's been stealing the operating codes. I knew someone would

start sniffing it out.

How is that?

This was not about friendship.

This was about all those years of being ignored.

Well, they can't ignore me anymore, can they, good buddy?

Give it up, Cotter.

Your mind -body links nearing termination.

Your convulsions are getting worse.

Thank you, Murray.

Your husband was a true hero, Mrs. McCoy. The Army owes him a great debt.

Thank you, General.

I'm terribly sorry about Cotter, Mrs. McCoy.

Thank you, Doctor.

If anyone understands, it would be you.

How are you holding up?

I'm getting by, I guess.

Pete here has been a great comfort to me.

Yes, I imagine he has been at that.

A great philosopher once said, the endeavor to persist in its own being is

essence of the individual thing.

But when the day comes that the mind and body can be separated, what will happen

to the soul?