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What's going on?

When Dr. Park performed the
procedure on Beckett's CVI,

she took some
brain tissue samples

in order to run a simulation
of the CVI's effects.

You mean you use
Beckett as a guinea pig.

No more than
the Taelons.

Beckett and Sandoval were among
the first group of human beings

to be implanted with CVI.
They're our first opportunities

to study the CVI's long
term effect on brain.

Lucky for you we did.

What do you mean
lucky for me?

Dr. Park found something.

Now, the two primarily functions
of CVI are increased brain capacity

and an altered motivational imperative
which forces loyalty to the Taelons.

But our will is stronger than
even the Taelons imagined.

The brains of the people
who were implants are now

starting to reject the
particular functions of the CVI

that runs counter to
that persons' nature.

So now they are becoming
more intelligent

but resisting control
by the Taelons.

Exactly. The human
spirit won't tolerate

having its freedom of
choice taken away.

So Companion Protectors
like Beckett and Sandoval

are now only serving the
Taelons because they want,

and not because they
are being programmed.

So what? They
are still traitors.

No. We have
an opening here.

I can bring Beckett
over to our side.

If you could talk to
your mother now,

what would you tell her?

"I love you".

Even after she left you?

I know it doesn't
make any sense, but...

there's a bond
between us.

It cuts across
everything else.

She's my mother.

The UK Companion
notified Sandoval,

Beckett didn't
report for duty.

He sent me to check on
her and she is missing.

Well, she probably just
needed to get away.

Now that her CVI isn't
telling her how to think,

she must be
questioning everything.

I checked at her apartment
and didn't find anything,

but I talked to one of
her neighbors who said that

they saw her leaving with
the climbing equipment.

That fits.
She's master climber.

Whenever she needs to clear
her head she goes to the caves.

When the hell did you
two get that close?

The day I was born.

You know about the incident
with Sandoval's CVI?

Yeah, the CVI broke down and almost
killed him before they replaced it.

Have we met?

Her CVI is completely
broken down.

It's infiltrated her entire
brain. We can't save her.

Well, how long
does she have?

She's on borrowed time.

How long?

24 hours at most.

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Axarion

They are the Companions.

Aliens come to Earth
on a mission of peace.

Their true mission,

the secrets they hide,
forever alter humanity.

Caught in the struggle
between these Taelon Companions

and the Human Resistance
is Liam Kincaid.

A man who is more than human.

The mysteries of his past
hold the key to Earth's future

and the fate of mankind.

On Earth Final Conflict.

Siobhan Beckett.

You have been charged
by the people

with having committed
crimes against humanity,

not limited to, but including,
kidnapping, treason and murder.

If you are found guilty as charged
you will be sentenced to die alone,

you family line
dying with you.

If you are found innocent, you
will be given a second chance.

Let the trial begin.

Jonathan Doors,
for the people.

It is our contention

that Siobhan Beckett is guilty
of the crimes as charged.

Through this trial we will
prove beyond a shadow of a doubt

that Lieut. Beckett willingly
turned her back on humanity.

Not only did she served
the Taelons faithfully,

but she also vigorously
recruited other people

into their service
to fight against us.

Let us examine
the Taelon propaganda

that seduced Lieut.
Beckett in the first place.

Upon our arriving on Earth,

we have felt the pain of
those among your species

who were without
basic sustenance.

Your farmers have
applied Taelon science

to ensure that every
child on this planet

will go to bed with
a full stomach.

Lieut. Beckett never
questioned these pronouncements.

On the contrary, she helped
to perpetuate these lies.

And we will prove that even in the
face of mounting evidence against

Taelon benevolence,
the accused never once

wavered in her blind
support to Taelons.

And, when she was presented
with the opportunity

to be implanted with
the Cyber-Viral Implant,

Lieut. Beckett, willingly
gave up her free will

to serve the Taelons.

The CVI has been delivered.

Major Liam Kincaid,
for the defense.

Virtually the entire
planet welcomed the Taelon

arrival on Earth
with the sincere belief

that an alien race
could come in peace.

Siobhan Beckett
was no exception.

As a soldier, the most
effective way for Lieut. Beckett

to manifest her
support to the Taelons

was in the military capacity.

So she became a
Companion Protector.

And like all soldiers, she was
trained not to question orders.

In her world the chain
of command is absolute.

These facts are
not in dispute.

However,

there is a story
behind the facts.

You certainly have your troops
worked out in pretty good shape.

Belfast militia,
antiterrorism unit.

After the Companions
came and helped us

form the United Republic
of Ireland,

there was no IRA to fight.

Can't very well fight for nationalism when
you see the Earth and its true perspective.

Is that why the Companions
chose to serve them?

Because of your
antiterrorist expertise?

They knew I was willing to
die for a cause I believe in.

Or kill for one.

Lieut. Beckett did agree to
be implanted with the CVI.

She is a professional soldier.

When on a mission she seeks to
eliminate all doubt form her mind,

because doubt leads to fear, hesitation,
mistakes and, ultimately, death.

Lieut. Beckett simply
embraced the opportunity

to be the best soldier
she could be.

The opening statements
are complete.

We shall proceed with the
presentation of witnesses.

The accused is charged
with actively recruiting

other human beings
into service to Taelons.

Despite her direct knowledge of
Taelon crimes against humanity.

Do you have any facts to offer in
the case against Lieut. Beckett?

I first became acquainted
with the accused

when I was sent
to Strandhill, Ireland,

in search of the tomb of an
ancient Taelon called Ma'el.

During the course of that
investigation and afterwards,

Lieut. Beckett aggressively
tried to persuade me

to become a
Companion Protector.

If you need a recommendation to
further your Companion career,

it would be my pleasure
to assist you.

Thanks.

I'll think about it.

Have you reconsidered
my offer

to help you become
a Companion agent?

No.

I can't understand that.

Well, I'm not
asking you to.

And did you agree to become
a Companion Protector?

Absolutely not.

And Lieut. Beckett
refused to accept the fact

that I was not interested
in this position

so she pursued me
with a vengeance.

Determined to
destroy me.

No, I tried to stop you, not
destroy you. I tried to...

To entrap me! Or would you prefer
to expose, unmask, compromise me?

You were working
against the Companions.

The witness is
out of order.

You will return to
the stand immediately!

Mr. Doors, you will
instruct your witness

to return to her
place immediately

or I will find her in
contempt of this court.

People's Exhibit 3,
Your Honor.

You used the fact of our security
breach as bait to lure me to

your hotel room last night.
That won't work again.

What happens between you
and me is beyond our control.

What you do about
Lili Marquette is not.

She's working for the
Liberation as a spy.

That's a very dangerous
accusation, Lieutenant.

Was the accused aware that
Da'an was the only member

of the Synod to be openly
sympathetic to humanity?

All protectors are aware
of Da'an's position.

And, in spite of this
knowledge, was there an incident

in which Lieut. Beckett
attempted to kill Da'an

when such an excessive
force was not necessary?

When Da'an was cut
off of Commonality

and regressed into
the Atavus,

Lieut. Beckett and I were
sent to search for him.

I found him first and
was reasoning with him

when Lieut. Beckett burst in and
immediately began firing at Da'an,

even though, clearly, he
posed to threat at the time.

You know me.

You won't hurt me.

No!

No!

That's not true.

Da'an had killed two innocent
people at that point and I...

I will not warn you
again, Lieut. Beckett.

Another outburst like the last
and I will sentence you as charged.

When Lieut. Beckett offered
to help you to become

a Companion Protector, did she
say that she was helping you

because she supported
the Taelon agenda?

Her support of the Taelons was
implicit in her offer to help me.

I'm not asking what was implied,
simply what was stated.

No, she did not state her
support of the Taelons.

Isn't it possible that Lieut.
Beckett offered you her backing

because she respected
you and wanted to help

you advance in
your chosen career?

Yes, that is possible.

When you were serving
in the Armed Forces,

did you ever questioned
orders form a superior officer?

Of course, but
never openly.

I've never disobeyed
an order.

If you were a Companion
Protector, like Lieut. Beckett,

would you ever refused to track
down suspected Liberation members,

or refuse to kill the Atavus
on sight as she was ordered to?

No, I would not have
disobeyed the orders,

but Lieut. Beckett chose to
become a Companion Protector.

She knew what
she signed up for.

And what exactly was
that, Capt. Marquette?

The agenda you think

Lieut. Beckett knew
she was signing up for?

To defend the Taelons and
their plot to enslave humanity.

Which is what we're
seeing here today.

Today?

But Lieut. Beckett didn't signed
up to serve the Taelons today.

She signed up over
three years ago.

When neither you,
nor Jonathan Doors,

nor anyone on this entire
planet knew that there

might be a hidden agenda
to the Taelons arrival.

Isn't that true,
Capt. Marquette?

The Taelons have been manipulating
us since the day they arrived.

You're avoiding the
question, Capt. Marquette.

Could the accused have known
about the Taelons hidden agenda

when she, as you so euphemistically
put it, signed up for service?

If it pleases the court,

I'd like to withdraw the
question and ask another.

When the Taelons first
arrived on this planet,

were you aware that
they had a hidden agenda?

A simple yes
or no will do.

No.

I've got to find her
before Sandoval does.

It'll be my only chance to
tell her the truth about me.

You do and she'll die.

Yeah, well, she's
gonna die anyway.

Look, Liam, I know. I'm doing
everything I can here, okay?

Oh, look, she's got all of her
favorite cave climbs listed

here in one section of her
journal. What do you think?

Well, Lili told me
that Sandoval assumed

she'd be climbing in a
cave close to her home.

So he'll use Belfast as ground
zero and searching out from there.

Oh, look. This might
be something.

What is it?

This cave in the Austrian
Alps has an unusually high

concentration of ferrous oxide in
the bedrocks supporting the cave.

Now, it's significantly higher
than any one of these other

caves that she mentions
here in the journal.

Why is that significant?

Well, ferrous oxide, it's
highly resistant to what?

- Scanning devices. Right.
- Scanning devices. Exactly.

So, if she wanted to go
to a place where it was

hard to find her,
this might be the one.

Why don't you plot the
cave she got listed

and see what
it looks like?

Bingo.

Definitely not the
closest one to her home.

Which means that Sandoval may
have not gotten to her yet.

Was there any doubt
in your mind about

the commitment of the
accused to the Taelons?

No, none.

Lieut. Beckett believed
whole-heartedly in the Taelon agenda.

Her actions support
this conclusion.

And did the accused
used any means necessary,

including illegal activities,
to achieve the goals

set for her by
the Taelons?

Certainly.

She understood
we were in a war

and relied on her
experience with terrorists

to deal with
anti-Companion sympathizers.

Thank you,
Agent Sandoval.

I couldn't have put
it better myself.

Now.

Where's Tim O'Malley?

Do Companion Protectors
show emotion?

Companion Protectors have
only one priority, Major.

That is to protect
the Taelons.

There's no room for human
emotions in this endeavor.

So a Companion Protector
that showed this

side of their human
nature would be an anomaly?

That is correct.

Did Lieut. Beckett ever
showed you her emotional side?

Well, that's a question of
interpretation, isn't it?

They're called runes.

The Celtic form of tarot.

And you're using these to
find the security breach?

No.

I'm using these to understand

your negative response
to my physical overtures.

As I said in Ireland, my
duty is to the Companions.

Nothing's gonna take
away from that focus.

But a CVI doesn't take away
our need for physical release.

As a matter of fact,

it increases our
physical capabilities.

I can only interpret
that behavior

one way,
Agent Sandoval.

Namely that Lieut.
Beckett was romantically

interested in you
and did not hesitate

to make you aware of it.
Do you agree?

Yes, I do.

Did you contend
that this would be

an impropriate behavior
for a Companion Protector?

Isn't this inconsistent?

Yes, it is.

And wouldn't it then follow
that the reason for this behavior

is that Lieut. Beckett
never fully let go

of her human emotions?

Possibly.

Tell us about Siobhan,
Mrs. Beckett.

She was the best daughter
you could ever hope for.

Smart, beautiful,
committed to her family.

And did something change?

Yes.

Once she started to
work for the Companions

she thought of nothing else.

Only the Companions.

Would it be true to say
that for your daughter

the welfare of the Companions
came above all else,

including family, friends,
any other relationships she had?

Yes, it's true.

But it wasn't her fault.
She lost her way.

Do you have any other
children, Mrs. Beckett?

No. No, Siobhan was
our only child.

We desperately wanted
to have a large family

but weren't able to
have any more children.

Siobhan always said that

she would make up for her dad
and me by having 10 children.

Tell me about that.

Having children was always the most
important thing in Siobhan's life.

It was the driving force
behind her involvement in

the anti-terrorist
unit in Ireland.

She wanted to bring her children
up in the United Ireland?

She didn't give up. She threw
herself into the anti-terrorist unit.

Anything to create an
Ireland that would be safe

for her children.

For all the children.

And did she give the Taelons credit
for bringing peace to Ireland?

Yes.

The whole world
believed that.

And she felt it was
her duty to serve them.

If only we knew what
they would turn her into.

The scan is negative, sir.
We're moving on to the next site.

Lieut. Beckett's actions
are inconceivable.

Her CVI compels her to act in
the best interest of the Taelons.

Yet she disappeared
without a trace.

How do you explain this?

I cannot until I find Lieut.
Beckett and speak to her.

Our scientists believe that the
motivational imperative function

of the CVIs may be breaking
down in some of our implants.

Those implants would
no longer be programmed

to be loyal to the Taelons.

It is irrelevant, Zo'or.

The agents serving as
Companion Protectors do so

because they are
committed to the Taelons.

That may be true.

But the CVIs are insurance.

Is your CVI functioning,
Agent Sandoval?

Perfectly.

And what about
Lieut. Beckett's?

To the best of my knowledge

she wasn't experiencing
any problems.

If our scientists are correct,

it could explain Lieut.
Beckett's actions.

If she now has the capacity
to second-guess her loyalties,

perhaps, she is
doing just that.

That is the possibility
that must be considered, yes.

And if it proves
to be the case?

Lieut. Beckett has extensive
knowledge of Taelon activities

It follows that she poses
significant risk to the Taelons.

And therefore must
be eliminated.

Major Kincaid, you may
call your first witness.

My first and only
witness, Your Honor.

The defense calls Siobhan
Beckett to the stand.

Please, describe
your activities prior

to becoming a
Companion Protector.

I was a member of anti-terrorist
unit in the Irish army.

And your mission?

To use all means
available to prevent

terrorist attacks on
the citizens of Ireland.

Did you ever killed anyone in the
course of your service with the unit?

Yes.

Did you ever used
illegal methods to

ferret out terrorists
and bring them to justice?

Terrorists tend not to honor
the rules of engagement.

We fought fire with fire.

And your superiors were
aware of your activities?

Of course.

And would you describe your
anti-terrorist career as successful?

I was decorated on
numerous occasions.

My rate of promotion
is highest in my unit.

So you were rewarded
for killing terrorists?

Yes.

And for using any means available
to stop terrorists attacks

whether those means
were legal or not?

Examine my
military record.

I was promoted because
I achieve results.

That's the reason I was recruited
to become a Companion Protector.

What were your duties as
a Companion Protector?

Essentially the same as that
in the anti-terrorist unit.

My mission was to protect the Taelons
and the humans working with them

against terrorist attacks
by the Liberation movement.

Using the same method
you used in the military?

Yes, but our leeway
was much broader.

Companions instructed
me to kill anyone

I reasonably believed to
be working against them.

Civil liberties were irrelevant when
dealing with the Liberation movement.

And you embraced
this philosophy?

I was fighting to
protect the Taelons,

the beings that have brought
peace not only to Ireland,

but to most of the world.

So, everything in your
experience told you

that you were acting in the
world's best interest by joining

with the Taelons and ensuring
their safety at all cost?

Yes.

In spite of all the
positive reinforcement,

did you ever questioned the
morality of your actions?

As a soldier I was trained to fight
my instincts to question authority.

But I did have doubts.

And what was the
nature of those doubts?

In Ireland, as a soldier
fighting terrorists,

I could justify almost
any action with the idea

that I was protecting
innocent children

from random acts
of violence.

When the Companions came
and brought peace to Ireland,

out of gratitude I committed myself
to them and to furtherance of peace.

But as time went on,

and I became more involved
in Companion operations,

I realized that my duties
were no longer as simple

as protecting my people from
those who could kill them.

And yet you continued.

I'm a soldier.

I follow orders.

It was the belief of overwhelming
majority of people on Earth at that time,

that the Companions
were needed.

I viewed my doubts
as weakness.

But you still couldn't
escape your feelings.

No.

Then a select group of
us were told about the CVI.

This sophisticated
Taelon technology

will greatly increase
our brains' capacity.

And you agreed
to accept the CVI?

It was an honor reserved
for only for the most

capable of Companion
Protectors.

Of course, I agreed.

And did it work?

Flawlessly.

My mental capacity
dramatically increased.

And serving Taelon needs
became my primal motivation.

But not anymore?

I object, Your Honor. Lieut.
Beckett's present state of mind

has no bearing
on this case.

I disagree. The defense intends
to show that Lieut. Beckett

has lost her compulsion
to serve the Taelons.

- Irrelevant! Still doesn't...
- And in retrospect,

if she had been acting
on her own free will,

would not have been a party to the
Taelon actions against humanity.

And if pigs had wings,
they could fly.

Opposing counsel will
approach the bench immediately.

If this court will not tolerate
bickering between witnesses,

it certainly will not
tolerate it from you two.

And I will not tolerate defense counsel
using "what ifs" to prejudice this case.

I, and I alone, will decide
what is prejudicial to this case.

Is that understood?

You may withdraw
from the bench.

On matter of the
prosecution's objection,

this court rules in favor of the
prosecution. Objection sustained.

You may now proceed with your
questioning of the witness.

I have no more
questions, Your Honor.

Defense rests.

If the court will
allow I'd like to lead

the witness a little in
order to make a point.

Only is the point is
relevant to this case.

It is, Your Honor.

Lieut. Beckett, if
I were to say that

mothers are to sons
as fathers are to blank?

Would you feel in
that blank?

Daughters.

Now, let's try a little
more difficult one.

Eye glasses are to watches
as fertilizer is to...

What?

No? Let me give
you a little hint.

- Does the name Khmer Rouge ring a bell?
- Objection, Your Honor!

- Or how about mass murderer, Pol Pot?
- Prosecution is pushing!

It's totally out of line, not to
mention inflammatory and irrelevant!

On the contrary, Your
Honor, this line of argument

is paramount to the people's
case and if you will allow

me a little leeway I
will prove my point!

You may proceed.

Thank you.

With caution.

Would you like me to
repeat the question?

No.

Pol Pot was the leader of the Khmer
Rouge party in the late 20th century.

Yes, the landscape artist
who sowed The Killing Fields

of Cambodia.

Pol Pot ordered his
obedient soldiers to kill

every man, woman and child
who wore a watch or glasses,

telltale signs of
perceived intelligence,

the dreaded
enemy of progress,

the seed from which
all insurrection grows

and every despots
greatest fear!

Which is how 3 million
people came to be

murdered before this
bloodshed was over!

This is ridiculous,
comparing Lieut. Beckett,

a good soldier, to
these obviously evil man.

Perhaps, the counsel will
prefer a comparison to what?

The SS, the KGB,
Mussolini's Blackshirts?

Good soldiers,
one and all.

What defense counsel would
prefer is for prosecution

to shed some light on
this line of questioning

or to move on, due hasty.

It a little late for that, it's
indeed over 60 years too late.

The allies beat me to it
at a place called Nuremberg.

Where it was ruled that
crimes against humanity

could not be disavowed
under the guise of

"I was only following orders", as
you would have us do for the accused.

Objection, Your Honor!
The men tried at Nuremberg

were the architects of the Third
Reich acting out of free will

and not some
programmed imperative!

Precisely!

Lieut. Beckett's crimes
against humanity

were even more heinous because,
unlike the Nazi counterparts,

she chose, she chose, to
blind herself to the truth

by giving up the free will!

Free will.

That precious commodity

for which millions
of brave men and women

have shed their blood
since the dawn of time.

From the streets of ancient Athens
to the steps of tsarist Russia,

to the concrete barricades of Berlin,
to the Killing Fields of Cambodia,

- Sarajevo, Algeria, Afghanistan,
- Stop it. Stop it.

the Warsaw ghetto, Babi
Yar, the apartheid prisons!

Stop it! Stop it!

We will proceed with
the closing statements.

Mr. Doors?

Free will, Your Honor,

the spring from which
human conscious flows;

that intangible force that allowed
a mere foot soldier in Vietnam

stop the killings of Mai Lai;

that allowed King
Christian of Denmark to

defy the Nazis and
wear a Jewish star;

a two-edged sword,
leaving the pure of heart

without guilt, and the heavy
of heart without excuse.

For without free will
there can be no conscious,

and without conscious -
no law, no order,

and, certainly, no justice.

And therefore, I ask you
to find for the prosecution,

and convict Siobhan Beckett
of crimes as charged.

Major Kincaid?

I'd like to add a final point
to my submission, Your Honor.

Watches are to eye
glasses as fertilizer is

to killing fields.

Your Honor, I have only three
words in defense of Lieut. Beckett.

Duty, honor and country.

And with them I summon the
fallen heroes of all the nations

that have sacrificed
their youth in battle.

If you would condemn

Lieut. Beckett for giving
up her free will then

you must condemn all of
these people alongside her.

For if Lieut. Beckett
is guilty of anything

it's looking to the
stars for a better world.

Lieut. Beckett,

do you have anything to say before
the court pronounces its verdict?

If only, Your Honor,
I could...

If only...

Turn all the "ifs" into gold,
and we'd all be millionaires.

Isn't that right, mother?

No, Your Honor.

I have nothing to add.

Very well then.

I'm afraid you leave
this court with no option,

but to find you
guilty as charged

and, as such, sentence
you to death.

What you did we recognize
you did with an open heart,

giving up your free will
for what you believed

to be the betterment
of mankind.

And though we cannot condone
you crimes against humanity,

we can draw on one of your
species most splendid qualities

in altering this verdict,

one best exemplified
by the words:

to err is human,

to forgive, divine.

This court is hereby adjourned.

I knew you'd come.

You defended me,
you believed in me.

I know I can
trust you now.

What do you mean
I defended you?

Does it matter?

I've made lots of mistakes and
I'll have to account for them.

Motivational imperative
in my CVI is gone.

I'm finally free to
think for myself.

And what are
you thinking?

You've got to
fight the Taelons.

We cannot allow them to turn
our planet into a killing field.

I promise you.
I promise you.

Oh, can you feel
that bleeding?

Do you feel that?

My CVI is breaking down.

We can't remove it.

There's nothing we can do.

I'm not crying for myself.

I'm crying for the
child I will never have.

I understand now.

We didn't have our time
together here on Earth.

But you were brought to
when I needed you the most.

If you ever loose
your way, my son,

look to the heavens,

and I'll be shinning
a star for you.

Guide my soul until morning.

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Axarion