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We're getting ready to land, sweetie, so I'm going to sign off soon.

I just wanted you to know I love you, and I'm thinking about you.

I told Grandma she could make your bedtime an hour later than usual.

She says you've been having bad dreams.

Remember what Mommy told you.

Anytime you wake up from a bad dream, just turn on the light, look at Mommy's

picture, and know that I'm always with you.

Even though I'm too far away to hold you, I'm always with you.

I know all this talk of war is scary.

It scares me too.

But that's why we're here.

It's our job to meet with the dregs and try to find a way to stop the bad

feelings between us.

There's a lot of people who don't think this summit will make a difference.

But I think we're going to do just fine.

I love you, sweetheart.

I'll be home as soon as I can.

End transmission. Ministry of Defense Envoy Kate Woods.

We're here. We're the dregs. I'm sure they'll be here. The conditions of the

summer were crystal clear. Mr. Ambach. I refuse to allow these talks to get off

on the wrong foot, Colonel.

And climbing back into the shuttle and leaving before we even get started is

wrong foot.

Seeker, feed in our handshake signal.

What's the point? They're not here. They will be. Both parties were to enter

this facility at 1900 hours sharp. It is now 1910.

Our shuttle just left. Theirs isn't even on final approach.

I don't need to remind you the confidence of a terrorist attack is

We have every reason to leave. Colonel, we have a chance to gain some real

confessions here.

We're sitting ducks.

Ask your expert if you don't believe me.

Their culture is based on actions.

It's about the only thing you can count on with the drag.

If they're late, they may not be coming at all.

Well, their actions are speaking volumes to me.

Seagore, find out where they are.

There. They're on their way. This is just a little hiccup. With all due

if the diplomats of the world had done their jobs properly, none of us would be

here right now. Sir, I'm picking up a signal.

The reg ambassador's shuttle is experiencing a navigational problem.

I don't like this one damn bit. We had trouble with the ion storm. Why couldn't

they? This is going to be a hell of a negotiation if you take everything they

say at face value. You act like they have no history of murder or violence.

I know full well what the regs are capable of, Colonel.

Ambassador. The shuttle's declaring an emergency.

Take your shuttle. Repeat.

You're breaking up.

Hey.

Sabotage.

Sabotage? If they think we're responsible, they'll consider it an act

Your battleship just went on full alert. We're no human command. This is an

ambassador. Weapons systems are coming online. A buyer. This is not our doing.

We're here on a mission of peace.

Get our ship out.

Conquest. Withdraw. You are not to return parts.

cease fire cease fire

Ambassador? Dead.

Both of them.

They drank Homeworld.

They deployed their fleet.

So has Earth.

Oh, my God. We've got to call them back.

This was all a mistake.

There's no calling them back.

We're at war.

In three hours, we're going to totally annihilate each other.

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 deluge 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 hear.

You are about to experience a mystery

that reaches from the deepest inner mind to the outer limits.

Deep within the heart of every conflict lies a territory known as common ground.

But how do we summon the courage to seek out its borders?

Loss, walk the perimeter.

I want you to make sure that the integrity of the facility hasn't been

compromised. Morris, Woods, start securing food and water.

Rationing begins immediately.

C -Corp, bring communications back up. Colonel! What? You are not in charge

here. Kate is.

We're at war, Mr. Mars. That puts me in charge. The Ministry of Defense Envoy

supersedes the authority of any military leader in peacetime.

Now, until we hear otherwise, this is still peacetime. Both sides are racing

their launch thresholds. When they get there, we're going to fire on them, and

they're going to fire on us. The missiles will practically pass right

the way to their target.

And about three hours later, we'll have the distinction of being the last of a

dying breed.

Get me Coalition Command.

I guarantee you they've declared war.

It's dead.

The transmitter's blown.

What about the emergency transmitter?

Scrap metal.

Until we hear otherwise, we are not at war. They heard the transmission.

They think we're all dead.

Until we hear otherwise, you want me to turn command over to someone who was

clearly in over their head.

The only order Miss Woods has ever given is for dessert at a diplomatic

luncheon. No offense, but this isn't something you want.

You don't have to turn command over to me, Colonel.

It was never yours to turn over.

C -Corp, pull the comm panel. See how bad the damage is.

Miss Woods.

In a little over three hours, both sides will reach their launch thresholds and

begin firing.

Do you want to play commander -in -chief?

Be my guest.

How can you be civil to them after what they did to you?

It's a cheap shot.

Don't let it get to you.

Fair enough question.

I ask myself the same thing every day.

What happened?

Our core's down.

Must have been hit by debris. We're gonna have to go out and look at it.

The core's responsible for life support in the back of your shot.

Well, son, you got the rest of your life to get it back online.

The ventilators are only good for about 15 minutes, so let's get out and get in.

Stay close. Anyone who wanders off, we're not coming to get you.

Something grabbed me.

This is supposed to be a deserted planetary.

Nothing can live in that atmosphere.

If there's something that's not alive, it's making a hell of a lot of noise.

Decor, what the hell's going on? It's okay.

Those doors won't open without a handshake signal fed in from the Drake

Keep those doors shut.

I can't.

Whatever it is, it's got to act.

Hey, let's film it.

Road head activated.

All personnel forward chamber.

Road head sealed.

Emergency venting.

They are human.

Your drink.

So these are the faces responsible for Armageddon.

Ambassador Proctor. You invite us here under the guise of peace.

Only to trigger a war that will kill billions of human beings.

Coalition and negotiation alike. It was your unprovoked attack that triggered

this action.

I would hardly call the sabotaging of our shuttle unprovoked. Ambassador, how

did you get here?

We crashed.

Just over a cliff from here.

We were only survivors. God only knows how we found our way through this storm.

Our ventilators were just about out when... When you ran into me.

I apologize.

It was a matter of survival. Here, you can have it back.

I'm holding you personally responsible for the deaths of the men and women

aboard the Conquest.

I would execute you myself if I had half a chance.

This is the end, Doc P.

Is it any wonder that after five generations of enduring their hatred and

oppression that we've risen up against you? We gave you life. That's enough.

I will speak for the delegation.

Life? Life under a sun so bright that we need yellow eyes to reflect its rays. A

third lung to tolerate the thin atmosphere. No, no.

You engineered us to serve your needs.

Now you must live with us and our demand for human rights. Ambassador, we've

extended your rights time and again.

And what rights would those be, my dear? The right to live out our lives in your

minds or the right to send try -on or...

Back to Earth to run your power plants. No, no.

With rights come freedom, and we have neither. You have more freedom than any

generation of dregs that's ever lived. And what did we get in return? The coup

'etat. The commandeering of coalition armed forces in its ships on Dragosia.

What, do you think we're stupid?

We know there's been talk of genocide, murder of Dragosians en masse, and start

over. Only this time, genetically weed out all the aggressive tendencies. What

are you talking about? That's enough.

Step away from the negotiating area

Ambassador

on behalf of the United Coalition I would like to express my deepest regret

this misunderstanding has led us to where we are I will do everything within

power to rectify the situation, but it's imperative that we remain focused on

the emergency that faces us all.

How wonderfully rehearsed. And which page of the negotiator's handbook did

come from?

Sir. Where's Ambassador Bachman?

He's dead.

I'm Kate Lloyd's acting ambassador.

Please, we have to contact our homeworlds and get them to stop this

destruction. We have the greatest respect for you and your people, and I'm

confident we can find a solution to this crisis.

I think I'd rather talk to the colonel. What? At least I know where I stand with

him. You, my dear, the insincerity reads loud and clear in your voice.

Ambassador, I assure you, you're mistaken.

You ever heard of the Halsey study?

The what?

The Halsey study.

It took place a year ago, just before the drags overran to Grosia. We

to Grosia.

It was designed to determine how it was possible that some dregs were exhibiting

leadership abilities.

I was one of the geneticists involved.

How appropriate.

I was one of the subjects.

It's been very disappointing for you to find that the very attributes you had

bred out of the dregs for so many generations have somehow found

into the gene pool.

Natural selection's a bitch.

What's your point?

The point is, my dear, you're not dealing with a mind laborer.

I can see through your insincere pleasantries, and it leaves me with a

How do I track you?

Our transmitter and our backup are shot, but our signal amplifier is still

working. If your emergency transmitter is still functioning, maybe we can find

way to connect the two systems and stop the attack.

Ambassador, is your transmitter still working?

There's no point in even trying to talk to him, Marsh.

I've dealt with his kind before.

Gagin Bay.

Prescott Cannon.

Prescott Canyon. You're the Thurman of Prescott Canyon?

That's right.

Maybe I won't talk to the colonel after all.

Really? My feelings are hurt. I was at Prescott Canyon six years ago. I was one

of the thousands of dregs you tried to starve.

What the hell are you talking about? You didn't feed us, colonel. The grain was

contaminated. That's a lie. It was tainted with Larsa virus.

You only tested the first shipments. The others were fine. They were tainted.

And there were some who wanted to feed it to you anyway.

I was the one who stepped in and stopped it.

You know, on our planet, you're nothing but a war criminal.

I will not spend my remaining hours talking to a criminal or an understudy.

Ambassador, this isn't something you can just walk away from.

Ambassador! Ambassador, you son of a bitch! That's a little bit better.

Did you try cross -wiring the beacon array?

Beacon array is dead. I'm trying to boost the emitter.

I'm more concerned with the air quality, though. The scrubbers are failing.

Two hours before the fleets get to their launch threshold and he's playing the

intimidation card.

Maybe Thurman's right.

All I've ever done is sit on committees and recommend policy.

What the hell am I doing here?

Bachman knew what he was doing, Kate.

You want to know what I think?

He saw in you an inspirational example of what he hoped we could all be.

He admired you.

For not letting the hate that you must have felt when Brian was killed to

consume you.

You pushed past it.

I didn't push past it. I buried it.

I thought I had it under control, but I don't.

I've messed my feelings and convictions so long, I don't know who I am anymore.

That's what diplomats do.

We all have to hide our true feelings for one reason or another.

Only let the appropriate ones show and keep all the others to ourselves.

We're afraid to let them out, but...

Sometimes keeping them locked up inside is worse.

And what are you keeping locked up inside, Jonathan?

Jonathan, I'm sorry. I'm not... Oh, damn it!

We're wasting our time. The comm panel's dead. You have a better way to spend

our time?

Knott's got to look at their emergency transmitter while the doors are open.

He doesn't think it's damaged.

I say we find a way onto the drug side.

Get their transmitter.

Secor can hook it up to our signal lamp and we can contact Coalition Command.

Who's going to contact the Drake fleet?

They will.

With a little persuasion.

What?

Kate, you're not actually entertaining this thought. We have to stop the launch

somehow. Of course we do, but we can't force them into it. It'll only breed

mistrust. A peaceful solution is the only thing that's going to stop this. A

police accord was never going to happen, no matter how much you wanted it to.

There's too much water under the bridge, too many lives lost.

All right, what's your solution?

Forgive and forget?

No, don't forget.

Don't even call it forgiveness if you don't want to, Colonel.

But to move forward, someone has got to allow the slate to be wiped clean, to be

put aside.

Problem is, none of us wants to be the generation to have to make that

sacrifice, so we keep passing it on to the next one.

Kate, you know this is not the way. It is the way.

Jonathan's right.

We have to reestablish contact. There's still time.

What the hell's that?

Rats.

They're stealing our signal answer. I'll update you. I think they're feeding our

handshakes. They know.

Open the damn door. I want to talk to you.

What the hell are you doing?

Our transmitter is...

and connected to the signal amp, we will be able to contact the fleet. You

wanted to put off the negotiations and merely stop the advancing ships. Now,

where's the goodwill in that?

Are you out of your mind?

It's called leverage, young lady. Look it up in your handbook. How am I

to trust you now?

Speaking of trust, tell me, do you think the Coalition would ever have showed up

for this summit if we hadn't forced their hand?

Perhaps not.

Then what makes you believe that they would negotiate after the fleets have

turned back? We have no time.

We have to stop the missiles from launching. And we will, as long as an

agreement is reached. We are a people of deeds, not rhetoric.

Now you have to be willing to prove your sincerity, or I am willing to let it

all end right here, right now.

I'm sure we can come to an understanding so long as you keep in mind that all we

discuss must be approved of by the Coalition.

Your words are still hollow.

I hear your soft -spoken platitudes, but I see the hatred in your eyes.

Ambassador, we both have a job to do.

I know about your husband, Miss Woods.

It may have been three years ago, but it's as fresh in you today as it was the

day it happened, isn't it?

Tell me what happened.

Prove your sincerity to me so we can proceed.

Tell me what happened.

No.

Stop! Cora?

What's it gonna be?

Brian taught at Sumner University.

Foreign and diplomatic relations.

His views were very unpopular.

He believed we were all created equal, genetically engineered or not.

I got threatening calls.

Our son was harassed at school.

And you felt?

Anger. I didn't want our lives disrupted anymore.

What happened?

He wouldn't be pressured into changing his beliefs.

How did your husband die?

There was a bomb threat at school that day. I asked him not to go.

But he wouldn't listen?

I got mad at him for going.

He got to work, and... I called to tell him that I was sorry, but I couldn't get

through.

Why couldn't you get through?

Because he was already dead.

A bomb killed him.

He was already dead when I called.

Who planted the bomb?

Some right -wing faction of the Coalition that didn't believe in his

Oh, no, he wasn't the target.

He was just a casualty, wasn't he?

Who planted the bomb, Kate?

Come on, tell me.

You want it dead.

Who planted the bomb, Kate?

Who murdered your husband, Kate?

A dreg.

A dreg bastard like you. A dreg bastard like you killed him.

That's a little better.

Hatred is part of what it is to be human.

If you deny it, it's festival.

It's a poisonous system.

Letting it out is the only way to cleanse the heart.

Miss Watson, I had a wife and children once.

Neither side has cornered the market on atrocities.

If we can find the common ground for our sorrow, maybe we can find a common

ground to prevent any future suffering.

Thank you.

Oxygen. Oh, my God.

It doesn't work.

Decor, can you deactivate the force field?

Are you crazy? Drop the field, we'll pull them to our side and then

it. Short it out. I just don't know if I can get it back online right away.

You'll kill us all.

Do it.

Colonel, it's our only chance to stop those ships.

Okay, here we go.

Oxygen levels to 15 .2.

Go! Notch, give me a hand.

Get the transmitter!

It's not working

Now there's something you should know.

The Hatsfield was deliberately disengaged.

Command was entered from the Dreg side.

Is this a test?

If I have to trust you with the lives of my people,

then I had to trust you with our lives.

What if I hadn't reacted?

Then... We would be dead, and I would have been very wrong about you, my dear.

There is no price too high to ensure peace.

Then let's do that.

You know the most I can do is recommend that hearings be convened to explore the

possibility of Dragosian autonomy.

That is unacceptable.

We both know nothing will happen.

Ambassador, we're running out of time.

You are a people of deeds, not rhetoric. You said so yourself.

our lives when I thought that hat feel blue.

He looks just like his father.

Your husband's writing.