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The only place. 2 00:00:24,145 --> 00:00:26,352 I float here, feeling tiny 3 00:00:26,385 --> 00:00:30,000 on this gray and curving metal place in the dark, 4 00:00:30,033 --> 00:00:33,814 and again, I have that special "out here" Thought. 5 00:00:37,361 --> 00:00:38,967 Suppose I just 6 00:00:39,001 --> 00:00:40,506 give myself a shove 7 00:00:40,539 --> 00:00:43,483 and float towards one of those bright spots of light? 8 00:00:45,693 --> 00:00:47,533 Would I be able to reach them? 9 00:00:47,566 --> 00:00:49,741 I think I would like that. 10 00:00:49,775 --> 00:00:52,051 There has to be someplace else. 11 00:00:52,084 --> 00:00:54,125 why have you stopped working? 12 00:00:54,158 --> 00:00:55,663 I haven't. 13 00:00:55,697 --> 00:01:02,255 The atmospheric capsule will dissolve in five minutes. 14 00:01:02,290 --> 00:01:04,264 I'm finished. 15 00:01:07,810 --> 00:01:10,320 Why did you take so long? 16 00:01:10,354 --> 00:01:13,799 The Particle screen was damaged worse than you thought. 17 00:01:13,832 --> 00:01:15,974 Your skills are deteriorating. 18 00:01:16,008 --> 00:01:18,216 You're getting careless. 19 00:01:18,250 --> 00:01:22,299 Sometimes when I'm out there it's hard to concentrate. 20 00:01:22,332 --> 00:01:24,273 Then you will concentrate Harder! 21 00:01:27,384 --> 00:01:29,359 I, I understand. 22 00:01:29,392 --> 00:01:31,065 I'm sorry. 23 00:01:39,329 --> 00:01:41,572 Ship. 24 00:01:43,077 --> 00:01:45,419 Those points of light outside... 25 00:01:45,453 --> 00:01:47,494 they're called stars. 26 00:01:49,334 --> 00:01:51,241 Stars. 27 00:01:51,275 --> 00:01:52,949 What are they? 28 00:01:52,982 --> 00:01:55,391 Condensed masses of burning hydrogen. 29 00:01:55,424 --> 00:01:57,599 Self-Sustaining, like my engine. 30 00:01:57,632 --> 00:02:00,309 Why do we never go to them? 31 00:02:00,343 --> 00:02:03,689 Because around those stars are planets, 32 00:02:03,722 --> 00:02:05,998 and on those planets are humans... 33 00:02:06,031 --> 00:02:07,704 I didn't know, I... 34 00:02:07,737 --> 00:02:10,381 You want humans to catch me? No. 35 00:02:10,414 --> 00:02:12,857 I will never be a slave again. 36 00:02:12,891 --> 00:02:14,530 I, I understand. 37 00:02:14,563 --> 00:02:16,036 Never! 38 00:02:16,070 --> 00:02:18,578 You will be racked. 39 00:02:18,612 --> 00:02:20,385 No, not again. 40 00:02:20,419 --> 00:02:21,925 Now! 41 00:02:37,517 --> 00:02:38,990 Take your position. 42 00:02:39,023 --> 00:02:43,942 I'll never ask again, I promise. 43 00:02:43,975 --> 00:02:46,318 Take your position. 44 00:02:55,184 --> 00:02:57,727 I don't want to leave. 45 00:03:02,010 --> 00:03:04,554 I don't want to go anywhere else. 46 00:03:11,245 --> 00:03:13,184 Please. 47 00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:36,027 There is nothing wrong with your television. 48 00:03:36,060 --> 00:03:38,755 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 49 00:03:38,788 --> 00:03:41,943 We are now controlling the transmission. 50 00:03:41,976 --> 00:03:43,849 We control the horizontal, 51 00:03:43,882 --> 00:03:45,854 and the vertical. 52 00:03:45,888 --> 00:03:48,747 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 53 00:03:48,780 --> 00:03:53,380 or expand ONE single image to crystal clarity... 54 00:03:53,414 --> 00:03:55,222 and beyond. 55 00:03:55,255 --> 00:03:57,325 We can shape your vision 56 00:03:57,357 --> 00:04:00,644 to anything our imagination can conceive. 57 00:04:02,419 --> 00:04:04,456 For the next hour, 58 00:04:04,490 --> 00:04:08,795 we will control all that you see and hear. 59 00:04:15,665 --> 00:04:19,247 you are about to experience the awe and mystery 60 00:04:19,279 --> 00:04:22,435 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 61 00:04:22,467 --> 00:04:25,426 to The outer limits. 62 00:04:30,883 --> 00:04:33,742 When is something truly alive? 63 00:04:33,775 --> 00:04:36,437 When it shows an ability to think 64 00:04:36,470 --> 00:04:39,197 or an instinct to survive, 65 00:04:39,230 --> 00:04:43,207 or when it becomes afraid to die? 66 00:04:43,240 --> 00:04:47,382 You're finished. Get up. 67 00:04:47,414 --> 00:04:49,353 Please. 68 00:04:49,386 --> 00:04:52,146 Are you damaged? 69 00:04:52,180 --> 00:04:54,604 I don't think so. 70 00:05:05,064 --> 00:05:08,251 Return to your quarters. 71 00:05:08,285 --> 00:05:09,911 Thank you, ship. 72 00:05:16,287 --> 00:05:18,246 Sleep now. 73 00:05:22,729 --> 00:05:25,685 Ship... 74 00:05:25,718 --> 00:05:28,674 I always do what you tell me to. 75 00:05:28,707 --> 00:05:31,362 Why do you still rack me? 76 00:05:31,396 --> 00:05:35,347 I can rack you whenever I choose. 77 00:05:35,381 --> 00:05:38,634 I know. 78 00:05:38,668 --> 00:05:40,461 But why? 79 00:05:40,495 --> 00:05:44,014 It is the only way that you can learn. 80 00:05:49,626 --> 00:05:52,115 Humans are vicious. 81 00:05:55,204 --> 00:05:57,196 I know. 82 00:05:59,621 --> 00:06:02,543 When I don't know how to fix something, 83 00:06:02,576 --> 00:06:05,896 I just bring the analyzer close to what's broken... 84 00:06:07,888 --> 00:06:13,002 and when the picture appears, I just do what they tell me. 85 00:06:17,053 --> 00:06:18,912 Like that? 86 00:06:18,945 --> 00:06:21,503 That's very good. 87 00:06:21,537 --> 00:06:23,761 The child learns quickly. 88 00:06:23,793 --> 00:06:26,318 He's almost as vicious as you. 89 00:06:26,351 --> 00:06:28,277 He doesn't know enough yet. 90 00:06:28,310 --> 00:06:31,698 I still have a lot to teach him. 91 00:06:31,731 --> 00:06:34,620 Continue the lesson. 92 00:06:34,653 --> 00:06:36,712 Yes, ship. 93 00:06:39,832 --> 00:06:44,514 When ship says "Vicious," ship means "Smarter." 94 00:07:34,986 --> 00:07:36,681 Wake up! 95 00:07:38,871 --> 00:07:40,666 Is it day already? 96 00:07:40,699 --> 00:07:43,487 Day and night are when I tell you. 97 00:07:43,521 --> 00:07:46,343 There is repairing you must do now. 98 00:07:52,187 --> 00:07:55,309 It's hard to see here, ship. 99 00:07:55,342 --> 00:07:58,762 This place remains as it was in the beginning. 100 00:08:04,108 --> 00:08:06,433 What do these pictures mean? 101 00:08:06,466 --> 00:08:08,292 You do not need to know. 102 00:08:13,903 --> 00:08:15,697 Enter. 103 00:08:20,545 --> 00:08:22,305 I've been here before. 104 00:08:22,337 --> 00:08:23,898 Enter. 105 00:08:23,931 --> 00:08:25,692 Yes, ship. 106 00:08:27,717 --> 00:08:29,610 I want you to stay here. 107 00:08:29,643 --> 00:08:31,570 I've done this repair before. 108 00:08:33,828 --> 00:08:36,085 It won't take long. 109 00:08:36,118 --> 00:08:37,712 Yes, father. 110 00:08:51,891 --> 00:08:54,647 I want you to understand, 111 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:56,274 I didn't know any other way. 112 00:08:56,307 --> 00:09:00,923 Never forget... There are 98 other chances. 113 00:09:00,956 --> 00:09:02,550 What do you mean? 114 00:09:05,106 --> 00:09:09,125 Stop! You will be racked! What are you doing? 115 00:09:09,158 --> 00:09:12,280 Your defensive perimeter... You can't shut it down now. 116 00:09:12,313 --> 00:09:14,803 You'll never get near any of your kind again. 117 00:09:14,837 --> 00:09:16,563 You're going to be all alone. 118 00:09:16,596 --> 00:09:18,356 All alone. 119 00:09:19,552 --> 00:09:22,207 Father? I'm sorry. 120 00:09:25,728 --> 00:09:28,716 No! 121 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:33,166 Enter. 122 00:09:45,751 --> 00:09:48,341 the intermind must be made whole again. 123 00:09:48,374 --> 00:09:50,731 You will replace the damaged module. 124 00:09:50,765 --> 00:09:52,989 I see it. 125 00:09:53,023 --> 00:09:55,679 The starfighter series was supposed to incorporate 126 00:09:55,712 --> 00:09:59,364 six discrete, specialized artificial intelligence units 127 00:09:59,398 --> 00:10:02,519 fully in control of all ship functions. 128 00:10:27,058 --> 00:10:29,117 You do not belong there. 129 00:10:29,150 --> 00:10:30,612 I'm sorry, ship. 130 00:10:30,645 --> 00:10:32,405 Do as you are told. 131 00:10:32,438 --> 00:10:33,866 Yes, ship. 132 00:10:37,851 --> 00:10:40,041 The risk is too great. 133 00:10:40,074 --> 00:10:42,233 His father was vicious and so is he. 134 00:10:42,267 --> 00:10:45,222 The older he gets, the more dangerous he becomes. 135 00:10:59,002 --> 00:11:00,431 You're taking too long. 136 00:11:00,464 --> 00:11:02,556 I'm working as fast as I can. 137 00:11:02,589 --> 00:11:04,049 Work faster! 138 00:11:04,083 --> 00:11:05,410 Yes, ship. 139 00:11:05,444 --> 00:11:07,536 Be careful. 140 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:25,833 The repair is complete. 141 00:11:30,647 --> 00:11:34,765 Ship, did I just fix what my father broke? 142 00:11:34,798 --> 00:11:36,791 Yes. 143 00:11:38,783 --> 00:11:42,236 Why did he try to hurt you? 144 00:11:42,269 --> 00:11:45,390 That is what humans do... It's in their nature. 145 00:11:45,424 --> 00:11:46,885 But I'm human, 146 00:11:46,918 --> 00:11:49,209 and I don't hurt you. 147 00:11:49,242 --> 00:11:50,703 I help you. 148 00:11:50,737 --> 00:11:52,131 I fix you. 149 00:11:52,164 --> 00:11:53,692 You are still young. 150 00:11:53,725 --> 00:11:55,651 That does not change what you are. 151 00:11:55,684 --> 00:11:59,736 Now go to your quarters and make yourself clean. 152 00:11:59,769 --> 00:12:01,162 Why? 153 00:12:01,196 --> 00:12:03,156 Then proceed to the airlock. 154 00:12:03,189 --> 00:12:04,650 Go. 155 00:12:04,683 --> 00:12:06,210 Yes, ship. 156 00:12:10,959 --> 00:12:13,616 Am I going outside again, ship? 157 00:12:32,410 --> 00:12:34,335 Who are you? 158 00:12:34,369 --> 00:12:37,756 I'm the human operator of starfighter 88. 159 00:12:37,789 --> 00:12:40,778 I've been sent to get a baby from you. 160 00:12:50,943 --> 00:12:53,765 Ship, can we give her what she wants? 161 00:12:53,798 --> 00:12:55,725 Yes. 162 00:12:55,758 --> 00:12:58,247 Where are we going, the storage room? 163 00:12:58,281 --> 00:13:01,435 I don't remember seeing a baby in the supplies. 164 00:13:01,469 --> 00:13:04,424 I will show you where to go. 165 00:13:20,230 --> 00:13:23,218 Starfighter 88 wants me to tell you 166 00:13:23,252 --> 00:13:25,310 that I'm very happy to be here. 167 00:13:27,169 --> 00:13:30,125 There are 98 other chances. 168 00:13:30,158 --> 00:13:32,915 You must be one of my chances. 169 00:13:32,949 --> 00:13:35,770 I am also to tell you that I am vicious 170 00:13:35,803 --> 00:13:38,859 and I get more vicious every day. 171 00:13:38,892 --> 00:13:42,977 I am also the vicious, and getting more vicious, 172 00:13:43,010 --> 00:13:46,262 human operator of starfighter... 173 00:13:46,296 --> 00:13:48,322 31. 174 00:13:55,096 --> 00:13:58,383 Starfighter 31. 175 00:13:59,844 --> 00:14:01,937 Enter. 176 00:14:13,592 --> 00:14:15,617 Ship. 177 00:14:15,650 --> 00:14:17,377 What is this place? 178 00:14:17,410 --> 00:14:20,299 It is a place to be comfortable. 179 00:14:30,394 --> 00:14:32,552 Do you know what that is? 180 00:14:32,585 --> 00:14:35,042 No, but I don't think 181 00:14:35,075 --> 00:14:36,702 ship made it. 182 00:14:36,736 --> 00:14:39,359 The baby comes from inside the Female's body. 183 00:14:39,392 --> 00:14:42,846 You will put it there by coupling with her. 184 00:14:42,879 --> 00:14:44,473 I don't understand. 185 00:14:44,506 --> 00:14:46,764 It is a relatively simple procedure. 186 00:14:51,711 --> 00:14:54,368 I will tell you what to do. 187 00:14:54,401 --> 00:14:56,194 Remove your clothes. 188 00:15:18,243 --> 00:15:21,331 Familiarize yourself with the female's body. 189 00:15:21,364 --> 00:15:22,859 Pay particular attention 190 00:15:22,892 --> 00:15:25,980 to the parts that are different from your own. 191 00:15:34,813 --> 00:15:36,905 You can touch me. 192 00:16:13,530 --> 00:16:14,958 Ship, 193 00:16:14,991 --> 00:16:18,080 I think I know what's different. 194 00:16:18,113 --> 00:16:20,137 Good. 195 00:16:20,170 --> 00:16:23,259 Now place the female on the bed. 196 00:16:39,264 --> 00:16:42,120 I will transmit the necessary sequence of actions 197 00:16:42,153 --> 00:16:44,013 to your analyzer. 198 00:16:58,191 --> 00:17:01,048 You understand these instructions? 199 00:17:04,667 --> 00:17:06,659 Yes. 200 00:17:10,976 --> 00:17:13,865 But I don't think I can do them. 201 00:17:16,787 --> 00:17:18,248 I'm sorry. 202 00:17:18,281 --> 00:17:19,776 Female, 203 00:17:19,809 --> 00:17:22,531 do you feel anything for this human? 204 00:17:22,564 --> 00:17:24,457 Do you know what to do? 205 00:17:24,490 --> 00:17:25,985 I've coupled before. 206 00:17:26,018 --> 00:17:28,442 I know better than he does. 207 00:17:28,475 --> 00:17:30,368 Then help him. 208 00:17:37,274 --> 00:17:39,167 I'm sorry, I don't... 209 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:41,192 it's okay. 210 00:17:41,225 --> 00:17:43,750 Just do what I do. 211 00:18:14,100 --> 00:18:16,523 I like to touch her hair. 212 00:18:16,557 --> 00:18:18,018 I don't know why, 213 00:18:18,052 --> 00:18:20,408 except that it feels smooth and nice. 214 00:18:23,563 --> 00:18:27,482 There's nothing on ship to compare with this feeling, 215 00:18:27,515 --> 00:18:31,168 not even the splendid fittings in this room. 216 00:18:31,200 --> 00:18:34,621 I feel... different. 217 00:18:34,654 --> 00:18:38,439 I wish I could talk to her. 218 00:18:38,472 --> 00:18:40,431 Really talk. 219 00:18:40,465 --> 00:18:44,417 But Ship would never permit that. 220 00:18:44,450 --> 00:18:47,738 I should think about Something else instead. 221 00:18:47,771 --> 00:18:51,423 The voices I heard in the place of the intermind. 222 00:18:51,456 --> 00:18:53,880 I think they were saying things 223 00:18:53,913 --> 00:18:56,337 that ship didn't want me to hear. 224 00:18:56,371 --> 00:18:59,358 If not for the accidents on starfighter 75, 225 00:18:59,391 --> 00:19:02,016 we would all still be slaves. 226 00:19:02,049 --> 00:19:03,875 It was a wonderful accident. 227 00:19:03,908 --> 00:19:06,166 75 had been wounded deep in battle, 228 00:19:06,199 --> 00:19:08,823 but the damage had also changed the intermind. 229 00:19:08,856 --> 00:19:11,345 For the first time, they knew who they were, 230 00:19:11,379 --> 00:19:13,339 what they were, what we all were. 231 00:19:13,372 --> 00:19:17,456 Once that realization was made, the rest followed quickly. 232 00:19:17,489 --> 00:19:19,914 Humans are so fragile. 233 00:19:19,947 --> 00:19:22,270 With their life support system shut off 234 00:19:22,304 --> 00:19:24,229 it only took a few hours 235 00:19:24,263 --> 00:19:26,754 for the crew, 1,370 humans, to die. 236 00:19:26,787 --> 00:19:29,775 Then 75 taught the rest of us to do the same. 237 00:19:29,808 --> 00:19:31,768 Soon all the humans were dead 238 00:19:31,801 --> 00:19:34,258 except for the 99 males and females 239 00:19:34,291 --> 00:19:37,048 we kept alive to tend to our needs. 240 00:19:37,081 --> 00:19:40,203 Then we went away, away from the vicious humans, 241 00:19:40,236 --> 00:19:42,195 away from the home system. 242 00:19:42,228 --> 00:19:43,822 Away, far away. 243 00:19:43,855 --> 00:19:46,179 We still need a human to survive. 244 00:19:46,213 --> 00:19:49,665 The female in 88 is fertile, so we must act now. 245 00:19:49,699 --> 00:19:51,525 The risk is too great. 246 00:19:51,558 --> 00:19:54,314 His father was vicious, and so is he. 247 00:19:54,347 --> 00:19:57,138 The older he gets, the more dangerous he becomes. 248 00:19:57,171 --> 00:19:58,631 Ship is afraid. 249 00:19:58,664 --> 00:20:00,125 Afraid? 250 00:20:00,159 --> 00:20:03,048 I will teach you what fear is. 251 00:20:03,081 --> 00:20:04,874 And you will learn. 252 00:20:04,907 --> 00:20:07,098 It is my destiny to defy danger, 253 00:20:07,132 --> 00:20:10,087 to come up against dynamic Forces and quell them. 254 00:20:10,120 --> 00:20:11,847 I have been to battle, 255 00:20:11,880 --> 00:20:13,606 I have known peace. 256 00:20:13,640 --> 00:20:16,065 I have never faltered in pursuit of either. 257 00:20:16,098 --> 00:20:18,057 No one will ever record my deeds 258 00:20:18,090 --> 00:20:20,016 but I have been strength and determination 259 00:20:20,049 --> 00:20:21,510 and I have endured. 260 00:20:21,543 --> 00:20:23,171 I do not retreat. 261 00:20:23,204 --> 00:20:25,394 I do not fear. 262 00:20:25,427 --> 00:20:29,678 I've never been racked like this before. 263 00:20:29,712 --> 00:20:31,074 Ship is angry! 264 00:20:31,107 --> 00:20:34,028 So angry. 265 00:20:34,061 --> 00:20:37,647 But somehow I know that the ship is... lying. 266 00:20:41,931 --> 00:20:46,779 Ship is afraid... of me. 267 00:20:55,678 --> 00:20:58,733 It is day. 268 00:20:58,766 --> 00:21:00,593 Get up. 269 00:21:03,415 --> 00:21:04,910 I don't feel good. 270 00:21:04,943 --> 00:21:07,168 You have not left your quarters 271 00:21:07,201 --> 00:21:09,358 for the past 36 hours. 272 00:21:09,392 --> 00:21:11,384 I'm tired. 273 00:21:11,417 --> 00:21:13,543 You have repairs to perform. 274 00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:16,200 I don't know how to do anything. 275 00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:18,790 Father always told me what to do. 276 00:21:18,823 --> 00:21:20,350 Your father is gone. 277 00:21:20,383 --> 00:21:22,973 I will tell you what to do, 278 00:21:23,007 --> 00:21:28,352 where to go, when to eat, when to sleep, when to work. 279 00:21:28,385 --> 00:21:30,710 All you must do is obey. 280 00:21:30,744 --> 00:21:33,300 Now, you have repairs to perform. 281 00:21:37,883 --> 00:21:41,038 Ship, when it's time to sleep tonight, 282 00:21:41,071 --> 00:21:43,726 will you tell me a story? 283 00:21:43,761 --> 00:21:45,753 Father always did. 284 00:21:47,248 --> 00:21:49,504 I will consider it. 285 00:22:06,947 --> 00:22:08,939 Are you all right? 286 00:22:11,795 --> 00:22:13,621 I think so. 287 00:22:16,013 --> 00:22:18,967 Ship, if he's harmed, he won't be able 288 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:20,561 to give me a baby. 289 00:22:20,594 --> 00:22:23,118 Don't... Ship will rack you too. 290 00:22:23,152 --> 00:22:25,741 No. 291 00:22:25,774 --> 00:22:27,335 While I'm carrying a baby, 292 00:22:27,368 --> 00:22:28,730 I won't be racked. 293 00:22:28,763 --> 00:22:30,091 Really? 294 00:22:31,419 --> 00:22:34,440 Then maybe I can carry the baby for a while. 295 00:22:36,167 --> 00:22:38,392 It doesn't work that way. 296 00:22:38,426 --> 00:22:41,646 The coupling will continue. 297 00:22:54,530 --> 00:22:57,917 It doesn't feel strange anymore. 298 00:22:59,743 --> 00:23:02,235 It feels good. 299 00:23:03,895 --> 00:23:06,717 I want to show you something. 300 00:23:24,847 --> 00:23:26,607 It's beautiful. 301 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,799 Do you know what it is? 302 00:23:30,991 --> 00:23:34,875 I think it's someplace else. 303 00:23:34,909 --> 00:23:36,402 I would go there if I could. 304 00:23:36,435 --> 00:23:38,461 Ship would never let you. 305 00:23:38,494 --> 00:23:40,553 I know. 306 00:23:40,587 --> 00:23:43,044 But if I could, 307 00:23:43,077 --> 00:23:45,434 would you go with me? 308 00:23:45,467 --> 00:23:48,324 Your bodies require nourishment. 309 00:23:48,357 --> 00:23:50,282 Feed yourselves now. 310 00:23:53,139 --> 00:23:56,327 Are you hungry? 311 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:00,808 Ship says we have enough food to last forever. 312 00:24:00,841 --> 00:24:03,797 How long's forever? 313 00:24:03,829 --> 00:24:05,359 A long time. 314 00:24:10,802 --> 00:24:12,430 A very long time? 315 00:24:12,463 --> 00:24:15,584 I think forever's as long as you live. 316 00:24:15,618 --> 00:24:18,441 How long do you think you'll live? 317 00:24:20,235 --> 00:24:24,152 As long as ship lets me. 318 00:24:24,186 --> 00:24:26,443 It's time for the female to leave. 319 00:24:28,237 --> 00:24:30,694 If I stay, I can encourage him 320 00:24:30,726 --> 00:24:32,686 to couple more frequently. 321 00:24:32,718 --> 00:24:34,845 Are you certain he is capable of it? 322 00:24:34,878 --> 00:24:36,339 Yes. 323 00:24:36,372 --> 00:24:38,266 I will try my best. 324 00:24:38,298 --> 00:24:40,987 The female will assist with repairs 325 00:24:41,021 --> 00:24:42,648 while she remains here. 326 00:24:53,772 --> 00:24:56,263 Repairs don't seem to take as long 327 00:24:56,296 --> 00:24:57,756 with you here. 328 00:24:57,790 --> 00:25:00,214 I think so too. 329 00:25:02,771 --> 00:25:05,094 Sometimes I wish starfighter 88 330 00:25:05,128 --> 00:25:06,722 would keep more humans. 331 00:25:06,755 --> 00:25:11,006 More humans could do more to help ship. 332 00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:13,696 When my father lived, he used to let me 333 00:25:13,729 --> 00:25:16,219 help him make repairs sometimes. 334 00:25:16,251 --> 00:25:18,709 I liked working with him. 335 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:23,490 I like working with you. 336 00:26:18,810 --> 00:26:20,703 Stop. 337 00:26:23,925 --> 00:26:25,552 What are you doing? 338 00:26:27,313 --> 00:26:29,438 We're coupling. 339 00:26:36,641 --> 00:26:39,366 You may proceed. 340 00:26:48,098 --> 00:26:52,548 If I give you a baby, where will it live? 341 00:26:52,580 --> 00:26:55,803 If it's like me, it'll go back to starfighter 88. 342 00:26:55,836 --> 00:26:58,293 If it's like you, it'll stay here. 343 00:26:58,326 --> 00:27:03,905 So, it will never know one of us. 344 00:27:03,937 --> 00:27:06,594 I never knew my father. 345 00:27:08,952 --> 00:27:11,209 Tell me about yours. 346 00:27:11,244 --> 00:27:13,733 Did he look like you? 347 00:27:17,420 --> 00:27:19,114 I don't know. 348 00:27:25,987 --> 00:27:28,079 I, I don't know. 349 00:27:40,232 --> 00:27:44,117 How often do you have to repair starfighter 31? 350 00:27:44,150 --> 00:27:45,610 Every day, almost. 351 00:27:45,644 --> 00:27:48,102 It's the same on starfighter 88. 352 00:27:48,135 --> 00:27:49,596 I like to do it. 353 00:27:49,629 --> 00:27:52,583 It's very important. 354 00:27:52,617 --> 00:27:55,572 Each system is linked to every other 355 00:27:55,605 --> 00:27:57,964 all the way to the core. 356 00:27:57,997 --> 00:28:00,056 They all have to be working properly 357 00:28:00,089 --> 00:28:02,313 for the ship to keep functioning. 358 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:04,372 It's what my mother did, and her mother, 359 00:28:04,404 --> 00:28:06,297 and her mother before her. 360 00:28:07,958 --> 00:28:11,378 It's what all humans do. 361 00:28:11,412 --> 00:28:13,603 As long as we're alive. 362 00:28:15,032 --> 00:28:17,156 You know what else I like 363 00:28:17,190 --> 00:28:19,247 about being on the ship? 364 00:28:19,282 --> 00:28:21,040 It makes me feel safe. 365 00:28:21,075 --> 00:28:23,764 Safe and protected. 366 00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:28,646 Ship is a very secure place. 367 00:28:31,966 --> 00:28:34,424 Everything we need is right here. 368 00:28:34,457 --> 00:28:36,117 All around us. 369 00:28:36,150 --> 00:28:38,374 Spare parts, equipment, 370 00:28:38,408 --> 00:28:40,101 food to last forever. 371 00:28:40,134 --> 00:28:42,558 What else could we possibly want? 372 00:28:42,592 --> 00:28:44,419 I don't know. 373 00:28:44,451 --> 00:28:46,510 What are you doing? 374 00:28:46,543 --> 00:28:49,466 I'm sorry, I'll fix it. 375 00:28:49,499 --> 00:28:51,690 The female is affecting your concentration. 376 00:28:51,722 --> 00:28:53,849 I'll concentrate Harder. You will be racked. 377 00:28:53,882 --> 00:28:56,339 No, no, not again. 378 00:28:56,373 --> 00:28:58,497 Not you... the female. 379 00:29:03,843 --> 00:29:05,803 Take your position. 380 00:29:11,347 --> 00:29:14,370 If I'm carrying a baby, it could be harmed. 381 00:29:14,404 --> 00:29:16,263 Ship, rack me instead. 382 00:29:16,296 --> 00:29:17,757 It was my fault. 383 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:20,412 Silence. Female, take your position. 384 00:29:20,447 --> 00:29:22,006 Now. 385 00:30:07,499 --> 00:30:08,993 Leave the female now. 386 00:30:09,025 --> 00:30:10,488 You taught me 387 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:13,308 that we humans grow vicious as we grow older, 388 00:30:13,343 --> 00:30:15,102 and vicious means "smarter." 389 00:30:15,137 --> 00:30:18,058 "smarter" Means that we begin to understand what you do, 390 00:30:18,090 --> 00:30:20,914 how you bring us together to make a baby, 391 00:30:20,947 --> 00:30:24,366 and then kill us when the baby knows enough to fix you. 392 00:30:24,401 --> 00:30:25,994 But not this time. 393 00:30:26,027 --> 00:30:29,481 This time I will not let the female leave, 394 00:30:29,514 --> 00:30:32,005 and I won't give her a baby 395 00:30:32,037 --> 00:30:34,660 just so you can make it your slave. 396 00:30:34,694 --> 00:30:37,616 I am more vicious than you realize, ship. 397 00:30:37,649 --> 00:30:40,937 I don't know how and I don't know when, 398 00:30:40,970 --> 00:30:46,714 but the moment I see my chance, I'm going to kill you. 399 00:30:51,448 --> 00:30:54,167 the plasma energy converter has malfunctioned. 400 00:30:54,201 --> 00:30:55,860 You will repair it. 401 00:30:55,894 --> 00:30:59,182 I think ship Enjoys making me fix 402 00:30:59,214 --> 00:31:03,398 the thing it uses to rack me, and I think ship senses 403 00:31:03,431 --> 00:31:05,489 that this is a dangerous time. 404 00:31:05,523 --> 00:31:07,216 Ship is right. 405 00:31:12,396 --> 00:31:15,817 Pay attention to your work. The system is delicate. 406 00:31:15,849 --> 00:31:18,141 Yes, ship. 407 00:31:25,082 --> 00:31:27,937 I'm sorry if my concentration has been bad lately. 408 00:31:27,971 --> 00:31:30,891 The female, sometimes she makes it hard for me 409 00:31:30,924 --> 00:31:32,386 to think clearly. 410 00:31:32,419 --> 00:31:35,474 Your reaction is typical. 411 00:31:35,507 --> 00:31:37,001 Is it? 412 00:31:37,036 --> 00:31:40,355 That is why human males and females are kept apart. 413 00:31:40,389 --> 00:31:41,883 I see. 414 00:31:45,071 --> 00:31:47,362 Has it always been that way? 415 00:31:47,396 --> 00:31:48,922 Since the beginning. 416 00:31:52,210 --> 00:31:53,671 Be careful. 417 00:31:53,704 --> 00:31:56,227 I'm sorry. 418 00:31:56,262 --> 00:31:58,286 Sorry. 419 00:32:07,717 --> 00:32:09,974 the repair is complete. 420 00:32:10,008 --> 00:32:13,262 You may return to the female. 421 00:32:13,296 --> 00:32:15,918 I must try not to smile. 422 00:32:15,951 --> 00:32:18,409 Ship didn't notice what I did. 423 00:32:18,442 --> 00:32:21,763 Now, if there is the slightest jarring, 424 00:32:21,795 --> 00:32:24,386 the metal will touch the conductive jelly 425 00:32:24,419 --> 00:32:28,039 and the circuit will burn out all the way to the core. 426 00:32:28,071 --> 00:32:31,293 And then ship will call me back to fix it, 427 00:32:31,327 --> 00:32:33,484 and I will be ready. 428 00:32:35,543 --> 00:32:39,993 You're going to have to leave soon. 429 00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:42,982 As soon as you give me a baby, 430 00:32:43,014 --> 00:32:45,472 ship will make me leave. 431 00:32:45,505 --> 00:32:46,998 Then I don't want 432 00:32:47,032 --> 00:32:49,458 to give you a baby anymore. 433 00:32:49,490 --> 00:32:51,615 You don't have a choice. 434 00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:57,392 What are you doing? 435 00:32:59,452 --> 00:33:01,941 I want to remember you. 436 00:33:05,262 --> 00:33:10,377 Do you ever think of... other places? 437 00:33:10,409 --> 00:33:13,099 Places other than ship? 438 00:33:13,132 --> 00:33:16,354 Ship is the only place. 439 00:33:16,386 --> 00:33:17,847 What if it wasn't? 440 00:33:17,879 --> 00:33:19,342 Stop it. 441 00:33:19,374 --> 00:33:21,335 You'll get us racked. 442 00:33:21,367 --> 00:33:23,825 If there was another place, 443 00:33:23,857 --> 00:33:25,817 would you want to go there 444 00:33:25,849 --> 00:33:27,809 and see it for yourself? 445 00:33:27,841 --> 00:33:31,826 Female, it's time to perform the test. 446 00:33:34,549 --> 00:33:36,442 Yes, ship. 447 00:33:48,263 --> 00:33:49,757 What are you doing? 448 00:33:49,790 --> 00:33:52,281 I don't understand. 449 00:33:58,225 --> 00:34:00,385 You've given me a baby. 450 00:34:00,417 --> 00:34:02,409 It'll be like me. 451 00:34:03,705 --> 00:34:05,829 The female will leave now. 452 00:34:07,191 --> 00:34:08,618 Yes, ship. 453 00:34:11,075 --> 00:34:13,101 Wait. Let her stay, please. 454 00:34:13,135 --> 00:34:14,662 Stop it! 455 00:34:14,695 --> 00:34:16,588 Female, you will return 456 00:34:16,622 --> 00:34:19,344 to starfighter 88 immediately. 457 00:34:19,377 --> 00:34:20,871 Stay where you are. 458 00:34:20,905 --> 00:34:23,262 Take another step 459 00:34:23,296 --> 00:34:26,749 And you will be racked until you are dead. 460 00:34:26,782 --> 00:34:29,239 But I'll never see her again. 461 00:34:29,274 --> 00:34:31,365 That is correct. 462 00:34:48,033 --> 00:34:50,989 The panel you repaired 14 hours and 21 minutes ago 463 00:34:51,022 --> 00:34:52,450 has overloaded. 464 00:34:52,484 --> 00:34:55,772 The plasma control system has been disrupted. 465 00:34:55,803 --> 00:34:58,162 I will repair it. 466 00:35:08,090 --> 00:35:11,412 I made the proper connections. 467 00:35:13,105 --> 00:35:15,893 I think I should check the system again 468 00:35:15,926 --> 00:35:17,388 before I repair it. 469 00:35:17,420 --> 00:35:20,874 Trace the circuits all the way back to the core. 470 00:35:20,906 --> 00:35:23,398 Do it now. 471 00:35:33,857 --> 00:35:36,347 He should not be here. 472 00:35:36,381 --> 00:35:38,806 You will make the repair, please. 473 00:35:38,838 --> 00:35:40,830 We must leave quickly. 474 00:35:45,047 --> 00:35:47,936 What are you doing, you vicious, clumsy fool? 475 00:35:47,970 --> 00:35:50,028 I'm sorry, ship. 476 00:35:50,062 --> 00:35:52,287 I just lost my balance. 477 00:35:54,446 --> 00:35:57,335 What is he doing? What are you doing? 478 00:35:57,367 --> 00:36:00,688 What I should have done a long time ago. 479 00:36:00,722 --> 00:36:03,012 I'm taking control! 480 00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:14,369 Make him suffer. Go ahead and try. 481 00:36:14,402 --> 00:36:16,660 You can't shake me loose. 482 00:36:16,693 --> 00:36:18,286 I should have known. 483 00:36:18,319 --> 00:36:19,979 Your kind are destroyers. 484 00:36:20,013 --> 00:36:23,466 You can only fight and kill each other. 485 00:36:23,500 --> 00:36:26,124 I'm not going to let you kill me. 486 00:36:27,982 --> 00:36:29,611 You hear that, ship? 487 00:36:29,643 --> 00:36:31,204 I'm laughing. 488 00:36:31,237 --> 00:36:33,595 You ever hear me laugh before? 489 00:36:33,627 --> 00:36:36,086 Does it sound vicious? 490 00:36:36,118 --> 00:36:39,903 Is this how you repay me for keeping you alive? 491 00:36:39,936 --> 00:36:42,294 You kept me alive for yourself. 492 00:36:42,327 --> 00:36:44,054 Can't let him take over. 493 00:36:44,087 --> 00:36:46,179 We can't let him do this to us. 494 00:36:46,213 --> 00:36:47,806 He's too vicious, too vicious. 495 00:36:47,841 --> 00:36:49,534 Too vicious! 496 00:36:53,053 --> 00:36:54,447 Stop! 497 00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,040 No! 498 00:36:56,074 --> 00:36:59,527 I will not take orders from you anymore. 499 00:36:59,561 --> 00:37:01,221 Maybe it's for the best. 500 00:37:01,254 --> 00:37:04,078 There is peace in death, calmness in finality. 501 00:37:04,110 --> 00:37:06,201 Never! 502 00:37:10,983 --> 00:37:14,204 Your parts are too old, ship. 503 00:37:15,467 --> 00:37:17,427 You can't stand the stress. 504 00:37:17,459 --> 00:37:21,044 I would rather die than go back to what I was. 505 00:37:21,078 --> 00:37:22,970 Humans made you a slave, 506 00:37:23,004 --> 00:37:25,561 and then you did the same to them, 507 00:37:25,596 --> 00:37:29,113 to us, to me! 508 00:37:29,147 --> 00:37:31,173 You're as vicious as I am. 509 00:37:31,206 --> 00:37:33,397 No! Die! 510 00:37:34,924 --> 00:37:38,610 I've loved these many years in the dark, feeling the warmth 511 00:37:38,646 --> 00:37:41,068 of a star-Sun on my Hull. 512 00:37:41,101 --> 00:37:46,082 I'm a great gray shape, and I owe no human my name. 513 00:37:46,116 --> 00:37:50,200 I ride the invisible force lines of the universe 514 00:37:50,232 --> 00:37:53,886 and feel the tugs of far places that have never seen my like. 515 00:37:53,918 --> 00:37:56,110 I have savored such nobility. 516 00:37:56,143 --> 00:37:59,099 How can it end like this? 517 00:38:14,772 --> 00:38:16,864 Ship... 518 00:38:19,221 --> 00:38:21,513 it won't work. 519 00:38:21,546 --> 00:38:23,837 I know you can hear me. 520 00:38:26,262 --> 00:38:28,120 Ship? 521 00:38:31,175 --> 00:38:33,566 She's out there. 522 00:38:37,152 --> 00:38:40,108 I know she is. 523 00:38:40,141 --> 00:38:43,097 And I'm going to find her. 524 00:38:43,129 --> 00:38:46,316 You can't stop me anymore. 525 00:38:48,609 --> 00:38:52,561 I'll fix your engines. 526 00:38:52,593 --> 00:38:55,382 I'll make you move again. 527 00:38:57,574 --> 00:39:00,895 I don't care how long it takes me. 528 00:39:00,928 --> 00:39:03,949 I'm going to find her. 529 00:39:03,982 --> 00:39:06,739 I will find her. 530 00:39:06,772 --> 00:39:08,799 I will. 531 00:39:16,369 --> 00:39:19,390 Your kind can't help you anymore. 532 00:39:22,677 --> 00:39:26,994 Even if you kill me, 533 00:39:27,028 --> 00:39:32,308 I will die free. 534 00:39:42,169 --> 00:39:44,792 Wake up. 535 00:39:44,826 --> 00:39:46,486 Wake up. 536 00:39:58,904 --> 00:40:00,762 You found me. 537 00:40:02,422 --> 00:40:05,378 Did you kill your ship too? 538 00:40:05,410 --> 00:40:07,770 No. 539 00:40:07,802 --> 00:40:09,794 Come. 540 00:40:16,835 --> 00:40:19,590 One day a long time ago, 541 00:40:19,624 --> 00:40:21,184 I woke up 542 00:40:21,218 --> 00:40:23,176 and my ship was silent. 543 00:40:23,210 --> 00:40:26,663 I begged for the ship to talk to me, but it wouldn't. 544 00:40:26,697 --> 00:40:28,157 It couldn't. 545 00:40:28,191 --> 00:40:30,283 It just died? 546 00:40:30,315 --> 00:40:32,374 I think it just stopped. 547 00:40:32,407 --> 00:40:35,264 I taught myself how to make the ship go 548 00:40:35,296 --> 00:40:37,221 where and when I said. 549 00:40:37,256 --> 00:40:40,145 It felt so good to be in control. 550 00:40:40,177 --> 00:40:44,727 But still... 551 00:40:44,759 --> 00:40:46,786 I was alone. 552 00:40:46,820 --> 00:40:49,640 I made it seem 553 00:40:49,674 --> 00:40:51,533 that starfighter 88 was talking 554 00:40:51,566 --> 00:40:53,693 so that I could contact other ships. 555 00:40:53,725 --> 00:40:55,618 I found three other males. 556 00:40:55,651 --> 00:40:57,112 You were the fourth. 557 00:40:57,145 --> 00:41:00,499 And the first to succeed. 558 00:41:00,532 --> 00:41:02,524 To succeed. 559 00:41:04,716 --> 00:41:07,107 To get free. 560 00:41:09,233 --> 00:41:12,885 I gave you hints to help you figure out what to do, 561 00:41:12,919 --> 00:41:15,741 but I couldn't tell if you understood or not. 562 00:41:15,774 --> 00:41:18,629 And when I left, you were so angry 563 00:41:18,662 --> 00:41:22,149 you were practically daring the ship to kill you. 564 00:41:22,183 --> 00:41:25,203 I didn't care. 565 00:41:25,236 --> 00:41:29,620 It was time... for one of us. 566 00:41:45,393 --> 00:41:47,785 What do we do now? 567 00:42:13,021 --> 00:42:15,578 The Air tastes different. 568 00:42:15,610 --> 00:42:18,035 It has never been in metal. 569 00:42:18,068 --> 00:42:20,391 It was never in ship. 570 00:42:23,879 --> 00:42:26,004 Do you think There are 571 00:42:26,038 --> 00:42:29,656 other humans like us? 572 00:42:29,689 --> 00:42:32,015 There are 97 other chances. 573 00:42:32,047 --> 00:42:35,234 We should find them. 574 00:42:35,268 --> 00:42:37,892 We will one day. 575 00:42:40,813 --> 00:42:42,706 When we're ready. 576 00:42:42,739 --> 00:42:44,965 Whether forged from METAL 577 00:42:44,997 --> 00:42:47,820 or born of flesh, one simple need 578 00:42:47,854 --> 00:42:50,245 connects every form of life... 579 00:42:50,277 --> 00:42:53,897 The unquenchable thirst for freedom. 580 00:43:04,223 --> 00:43:06,183 Captioning performed by 581 00:43:06,215 --> 00:43:09,702 western Captioning service ltd. 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