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You're welcome.
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For what?
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The lips. I, uh, spent a lot of time getting those
just the right shape, right texture.
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Hmmmm. How very thoughtful of you.
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What? You don't like 'em?
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No. No, I do. They're very...lip-like.
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Then why the look?
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Which, by the way, remember, I programmed
into your facial vectors to express displeasure.
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I can't help but notice that you engineered
my humanoid form with certain...features...
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that, strictly speaking, aren't necessary
for my normal operations.
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Uhhhhh...
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I guess I'm wondering, Harper.
When you made this body, who did you do it for?
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Ah, wh-uh, well, for you, Rommie.
Absolutely! For...
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OK, I know that look, too.
It means "Harper, you're full of it."
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- Uhhhh, technically...for both of us?
- Oh, really?
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OK, Rommie, you're taking this all wrong.
I mean, for you...uh...
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because I wanted you to feel the full advantages
of being a human woman. You deserve it.
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And, for me...in the capacity of an engineer
who prides himself on perfectionism.
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I just wanted everything to be just right.
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So. When you handled certain parts of me,
did you wear gloves?
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All hands report to command.
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Status, Rommie.
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I'm detecting signs of combat.
Multiple vectors. Mostly in the asteroid belt.
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Secure from fueling.
I thought this system was uninhabited.
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Apparently not as uninhabited as we thought.
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- They're speaking Than.
- Translation, please.
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Some sort of confrontation between
the Than-Thre-Kull and... Neitzcheans.
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Neitzcheans?
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That's strange. The maps don't show any
Neitzchean settlements. Do we have visuals?
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Ah, hit your thrusters!
Duke right! Duke right! He's on your six!
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Eternal life grant unto them,
and may perpetual light shine upon them.
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I'm receiving a distress signal
from a crippled Than ship.
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Establish communications.
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They've lost all power.
She's being targeted by Neitzchean fighters.
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We can save her.
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Harper, rig Hangar 7 for rescue.
Beka, plot a course to intercept.
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Tyr, report to command.
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You don't even know what this conflict is about!
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We'll sort that out later.
Right now, that Than needs our help.
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Tell the pilot we'll secure her craft
inside in ten minutes.
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Captain Hunt!
Your blind idealism will get us all killed!
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Idealism's gotten me this far, Tyr.
I must be doing something right.
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Let's hope you're here
to pat yourself on the back tomorrow!
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The long night has come
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The system Commonwealth,
the greatest civilisation was fall
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and now one ship, one crew
are about drive back the night,
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they'll gush up the light of civilisation
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on the starship Andromeda
hope lives again
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DOUBLE HELIX
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Harper, open the hangar. Prepare for retrieval.
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Opening the hangar door in the middle of combat.
This should be fun.
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Dylan, as much as I hate to sound like Tyr, how does
saving one Than justify risking an entire ship?
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This is more than just a rescue mission.
If we can negotiate a treaty between the
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Than and the Neitzcheans,
we'll put the Commonwealth back on the map.
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Decided to join us.
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If you insist upon risking our lives,
I intend to see to our survival.
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By all means. Broadcast on all frequencies.
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This is the Starship Andromeda Ascendant.
To all combatants, cease your hostilities immediately.
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The Than acknowledge the cease-fire.
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The Neitzcheans?
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No answer.
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- I'd call that a definite "No".
- Yeah. That was very bad.
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Where did that come from?
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It appears to be a plasma cannon.
From one of the asteroids.
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Looks like some kind of Neitzchean colony.
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I've got it! Target locked.
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Hold your fire! There's still a Than ship out there.
Save her first. Then we can worry about the cannon.
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Dylan, this is not ship-to-ship weaponry.
If they turn their fire on us, it's really gonna hurt.
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I'm betting it takes them a while to reload.
Harper, proceed with the rescue.
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Opening the hangar doors. And deactivating
aft point defenses. Oh, look, we're a target now.
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They're recharging. They're firing!
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Got it! Closing the doors. C'mon, come on!
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They're firing again!
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Tyr, return fire! Hard and fast!
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They're not returning fire.
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Maybe we got their attention. Damage report.
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The hit took out MTP Thrusters 3 and 5.
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Maximum speed is down to 39 PSL.
I can't take many more hits like that.
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I'm receiving a hail.
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Beka go get Trance and check on our new friend.
Andromeda, Rev, Harper...
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Damage control.
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You got it.
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On Screen.
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I'm Guderian, Alpha of the Orca Pride.
Identify yourself.
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This is Captain Dylan Hunt
of the starship Andromeda Ascendant.
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Are you allied with the bugs?
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No, I represent the Systems Commonwealth.
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The Commonwealth?
Why not the Confederate States of America?
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Or the Lost Knights of Teutonia 6?
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- We're here to help.
- Really? To help us?
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You have a funny way of showing it.
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We only fired in self-defense.
But we would prefer to mediate -
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helping negotiate a peaceful
settlement with the Than.
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The Than have been attacking
my people for over fifty years!
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Somehow I don't think you can stop that.
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I'd like to try.
Our goal is to restore peace,
establish law and order.
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I think you could use some of each.
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Maybe you're right.
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If it'll keep the Than from killing my children,
then by all means, let's talk business.
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But first, let's end the standoff.
If you could redirect your weapons...
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If you lower your guard,
he'll have a clean shot and he'll take it.
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I see you have a Neitzchean on board.
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Yes, he's a good example of the
re-established Commonwealth.
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Neitzcheans and humans
working in peaceful coexistence.
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Very well, if it makes him feel more comfortable,
let's leave our weapons on.
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But do come down, Captain.
And bring the Neitzchean.
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Talking is the important thing.
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We'll see you soon. Andromeda out.
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I take it you think that was too easy.
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- Much. I don't think you should go.
- Why not?
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During the uprising, it was a common
Neitzchean tactic to capture High Guard officers and
use them as human shields against their own ships.
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- And you think that's Guderian's intention?
- I'm certain of it.
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All right, that explains why he wants me down there.
Why does he want you?
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He wants to kill me. I know how he thinks.
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Then what do you suggest.
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I'll need an armored vehicle.
Something that can take some hits.
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A Lancer drop-pod should do the trick.
I'll have Andromeda get one prepped and ready.
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If you need all that, maybe you shouldn't go.
We can talk from a distance.
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Talking won't accomplish anything.
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Right now,the only reason we're alive
is because of this standoff.
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And the only way we'll survive it is if I can find out
their plans before they destroy us.
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What if there's a chance "even one in a thousand"
that Guderian really does want to talk peace?
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Then I'll come back and get you.
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If I'm not back in a day, launch everything
you've got at them and get out of here.
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Quickly.
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It's empty.
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- Where'd he go?
- It's a diversion.
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Five more pods landed.
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Aren't we the clever one.
Cover all the entrances!
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Blue squad, come with me.
Red, this way!
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How is the bug?
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The Than. Try to be polite to our guest.
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She should be clicking and popping
by the end of the week. Why do you ask?
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Because *I* got the mission parameters
from bug-girl's...
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the Than's on-board computer.
I wanted to get confirmation before I told Dylan
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No. We don't have time.
We're gonna have to take it on faith.
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According to the Than's on-board computer,
the Neitzcheans we're dealing with are pirates.
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This pride has been raiding the Than's
supply routes for over fifty years.
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Doesn't the Than Empire have one
of the largest fleets in the known worlds?
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So why haven't they caught them by now?
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Could they, uh, I dunno, maybe move
the asteroid out of its orbit or something?
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Maybe with a pulse plasma cannon.
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That would explain why they don't appear
on the Than's asteroid charts.
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Until now. One of the Than scouts escaped
after the Neitzcheans fired their weapon.
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Which means a Than fleet's on its way
with blood on its mind.
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In the old days, we'd arrest the pirates.
Heh...in the old days.
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Yeah. By holding hands with Neitzcheans,
we're not exactly on the side of the angels.
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Well, then, we turn them into angels.
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The Neitzcheans spent centuries
as peaceful members of the Commonwealth.
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They can do it again,
if we create the right environment.
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Hello! They're pirates! They're enemies!
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Do I not destroy my enemy
by making him my friend?
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Thank you.
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OK, fine. Trust the mission, trust the mission.
I'm with you.
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On the bright side, we have sent the Neitzcheans
our well-known ambassador of friendship Tyr.
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Clear! Clear!
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Shall we begin our negotiation?
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Nicely done.
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Let him go and we'll give you some of our cargo.
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Or, we could consider some alternative solutions.
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I've got a suggestion.
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You turn your cannon away from our ship,
and I'll return this potential husband and father.
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Dimitri would rather dies than to have me
reveal this, but unfortunately for you,
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your hostage is sterile, and worthless.
Let him go. Perhaps I'll let you live.
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Worthless? Is that so?
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Then why does *SHE* look so interested?
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Go ahead! Shoot us!
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- If you insist.
- No!
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Freya, we can bond you with
someone better than my brother.
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I don't care about Dimitri. I want him.
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Freya, he jumped me from behind!
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Exactly. He outwitted you.
Which makes him a better breeding specimen.
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But Freya, I'm fertile.
I can father your children.
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Not if you're dead! Now, be quiet!
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I've got a proposal to consider.
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I'll be the one who judges that.
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Mmmmmm...strapping.
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Strong shoulders.
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And your calf muscles very impressive.
You might be a good addition to our pride.
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Muscles aren't everything.
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True. So, why don't you release Dimitri
and tell me your lineage.
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What's the matter? Genes inferior?
Let him go and talk to me.
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Talk, perhaps. Let him go? I don't think so.
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Very promising.
But I still need to know what pride you're from.
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I am Kodiak.
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Kodiak? That pride was destroyed 20 years ago...
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Destroyed, yes. Betrayed by our allies
allies including Orca pride,
if memory serves me.
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Kodiak is gone, but I survive. And I am Tyr Anasazi.
Out of Victoria by Barbarossa!
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Barbarossa, son of Hannibal,
or Barbarossa, son of Temujin?
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Temujin.
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He has good lineage. I approve.
If Freya wants him, I have no objections.
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Assuming I accept.
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A fertile female, an established pride? You should
take her up on it before she changes her mind.
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And besides, we could use some new DNA.
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Of course this is all contingent on the one true test.
A genetic sample.
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Help yourself.
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Guderian seems well-liked.
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He's the most successful Alpha in our pride's history.
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He's a great father and family man.
He has twenty-two children and a dozen wives.
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You know, you speak as though you admire him.
Why haven't you chosen him?
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And be Guderian's thirteenth wife?
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Maybe I was thinking I could do better.
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My great-great-grandfather Bolivar was also an Alpha.
As was his father's father, all the way back to Salidin.
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Salidin? Salidin Cree?
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Founder of my line.
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Olma says that my offspring can't help but be Alpha's.
And what about your pride, the Kodiak?
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My lineage was also proud.
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The Kodiak were entrusted with
the remains of the original Progenitor.
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You've actually seen the body of Drago Museveni?
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As a child.
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His mummified remains
were enshrined in our fasthold.
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Nietzscheans from all over the known worlds
would make pilgrimages to see it.
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We lived under a permanent truce,
and our allies guaranteed our safety.
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Until the Drago-Kasov pride claimed
they were the Progenitor's rightful keepers.
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We fought so very fiercely.
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Foolishly, we thought our allies would protect us,
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but on the day of battle,
the other prides abandoned us.
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Those of the Kodiak that weren't killed
were displaced, exiled.
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I saw my mother...
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...she was slow.
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I became a mercenary.
And I gave up looking for a home.
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In that case, I have good news.
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The test is complete. His genes are excellent.
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Welcome to Orca pride.
225
00:18:11,406 --> 00:18:14,827
Now you have a home.
226
00:18:26,259 --> 00:18:28,512
You called?
227
00:18:29,805 --> 00:18:32,851
People in your faith, do they practice confession?
228
00:18:32,851 --> 00:18:35,021
If they like.
229
00:18:35,647 --> 00:18:37,274
Why?
230
00:18:37,733 --> 00:18:40,528
I have something to confess.
231
00:18:43,782 --> 00:18:46,786
I'm here to make peace with the Nietzscheans,
232
00:18:47,746 --> 00:18:51,543
but inside me,
I want to kill every single one of them.
233
00:18:51,543 --> 00:18:54,797
Because of him. Gaheris Rhade.
234
00:18:54,797 --> 00:18:56,925
The first officer of your ship.
235
00:18:56,925 --> 00:19:00,137
More than that. My friend.
236
00:19:00,888 --> 00:19:05,269
He was supposed to be the best man
at my wedding. And then he betrayed me.
237
00:19:05,269 --> 00:19:10,693
Because I trusted him, the Nietzschean invasion got
past my ship and the Commonwealth was destroyed.
238
00:19:10,693 --> 00:19:18,954
I lost my crew, my family, my friends...my fiance.
239
00:19:18,954 --> 00:19:23,627
I lost the time and age I belonged to,
Rev. Hell, I lost civilization itself!
240
00:19:23,627 --> 00:19:27,799
And now you're wondering,
is it worth reaching out to Nietzscheans?
241
00:19:27,882 --> 00:19:34,767
They're genetically engineered to be paranoid and
selfish and treacherous. Am I right to be prejudiced?
242
00:19:34,767 --> 00:19:40,316
As a magog, my own genes predispose me
to slaughter indiscriminately,
243
00:19:40,316 --> 00:19:46,365
eat my victims,
lay eggs in the paralyzed bodies of sentient beings.
244
00:19:46,365 --> 00:19:51,998
I think if you were truly prejudiced,
you would have shot me on sight.
245
00:19:51,998 --> 00:19:53,875
It's not the same.
246
00:19:53,875 --> 00:19:56,295
You're a Wayist.
You're the most peaceful person I know.
247
00:19:56,295 --> 00:20:05,724
Ahhh. Then in each species, no matter how horrible,
there's room for improvement.
248
00:20:08,895 --> 00:20:14,319
You don't have to forget.
You don't even have to forgive.
249
00:20:14,319 --> 00:20:17,991
But you must look for the good
in the beings you encounter.
250
00:20:17,991 --> 00:20:26,377
Otherwise, your restored Commonwealth
will be founded on distrust,
and it will be over before it even begins.
251
00:20:32,885 --> 00:20:36,849
Why didn't they kill ya? I mean,
not that I'm not glad to see you or anything.
252
00:20:36,849 --> 00:20:39,436
I got them to accept me into their pride.
253
00:20:39,436 --> 00:20:44,359
Hey, aren't we the smooth talker.
So, uh, any chance they'll negotiate?
254
00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:45,402
None.
255
00:20:45,402 --> 00:20:48,281
The Than fleet is two days away,
256
00:20:48,281 --> 00:20:53,329
and the only way Orca pride can defeat them
is by using the Andromeda.
And they think I'm going to help deliver it to them.
257
00:20:53,329 --> 00:20:56,041
Ummmmm. I hate to ask, but...
258
00:20:56,041 --> 00:20:57,960
...Am I?
259
00:21:04,594 --> 00:21:09,184
Come on, boy. Let's go have a look at this.
260
00:21:11,061 --> 00:21:12,772
Funny guy.
261
00:21:13,231 --> 00:21:17,444
Nice. A blaster and a fusion engine, all in one.
262
00:21:17,444 --> 00:21:18,571
According to the specs,
263
00:21:18,571 --> 00:21:22,117
when they open the cannon's bore,
they can achieve nearly 7 million newtons of thrust.
264
00:21:22,117 --> 00:21:23,786
More than enough to alter their orbit.
265
00:21:23,786 --> 00:21:27,041
Which they do routinely at the first sign of danger.
266
00:21:27,041 --> 00:21:30,879
Unfortunately for the Nietzscheans,
this little standoff of ours has blocked that option.
267
00:21:30,879 --> 00:21:33,424
OK, I may not be an expert, but, uh,
268
00:21:33,424 --> 00:21:38,180
this is one HELL of a gun,
and I do not want to be its target again! So, let's run?
269
00:21:38,180 --> 00:21:41,518
We're not going anywhere.
We finish what we started.
270
00:21:41,518 --> 00:21:43,312
Urgent message for Dylan Hunt.
271
00:21:43,312 --> 00:21:45,565
These Nietzscheans don't WANT
to be members of the Commonwealth.
272
00:21:45,565 --> 00:21:46,650
Look.
273
00:21:46,650 --> 00:21:51,531
These Nietzscheans can't live off of piracy forever.
Sooner or later, the Than will crush them.
274
00:21:51,531 --> 00:21:53,826
They have no future, unless we help them.
275
00:21:53,826 --> 00:21:57,539
They won't negotiate so long as they perceive
themselves to be in a position of strength.
276
00:21:59,459 --> 00:22:00,835
Then we'll have to limit their options.
277
00:22:00,835 --> 00:22:03,214
Which means neutralizing that gun.
278
00:22:03,214 --> 00:22:04,882
There may be a way.
279
00:22:04,882 --> 00:22:09,263
However, if they catch me, they'll open fire,
so you'll need a way to protect yourselves.
280
00:22:09,263 --> 00:22:11,683
I'm open to suggestions.
281
00:22:11,683 --> 00:22:15,939
Well, now that we know how that cannon works,
we can reconfigure the ram-scoop
to deflect the charged plasma.
282
00:22:15,939 --> 00:22:18,025
That would disable our sensors.
283
00:22:18,025 --> 00:22:20,445
We'd be blinder than a Nightsider in sunshine.
284
00:22:20,445 --> 00:22:22,406
Unavoidable, I'm afraid.
285
00:22:24,826 --> 00:22:26,786
Don't tell me you're considering this!
286
00:22:26,786 --> 00:22:30,333
We may as well poke out our own eyes
with knitting needles, or just ram our heads...!
287
00:22:30,333 --> 00:22:32,419
Thank you for your input, Mr. Harper.
288
00:22:32,419 --> 00:22:36,716
Yeah, but there must be another way.
I'm sorry. No offense, Tyr, but you're one of them.
289
00:22:36,716 --> 00:22:38,928
How do we know you're not on their side?
290
00:22:38,928 --> 00:22:42,224
Were I in your position,
I would ask the same question.
291
00:22:42,224 --> 00:22:44,727
However, you hear this
292
00:22:44,727 --> 00:22:50,985
I am not "one of them", and I never will be.
They are Orca pride, I am Kodiak.
293
00:22:50,985 --> 00:22:59,163
When my pride was destroyed, they were among
its betrayers, and while they may pretend
to make me welcome, I know I am not.
294
00:23:02,250 --> 00:23:09,134
Destroy them, convert them, leave them alone.
It's all the same to me.
295
00:23:12,263 --> 00:23:15,267
Harper says the ram-scoop deflect ...
in less than an hour.
296
00:23:15,267 --> 00:23:16,436
Perfect.
297
00:23:16,436 --> 00:23:18,730
One thing.
298
00:23:18,730 --> 00:23:24,571
In light of our vulnerability to surprise attack, we can't
let them know that there are only five of us up here.
299
00:23:24,571 --> 00:23:31,664
So as far as they're concerned, we've got a full crew:
four thousand people and a lancer regiment. Clear?
300
00:23:41,677 --> 00:23:43,889
I wasn't sure you were coming back.
301
00:23:43,889 --> 00:23:46,809
I wasn't sure I'd still be welcome.
302
00:23:47,727 --> 00:23:51,566
We both got better than we expected.
It was a good day.
303
00:23:51,566 --> 00:23:53,819
I brought you a gift.
304
00:23:55,446 --> 00:23:57,740
For your collection.
305
00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:00,244
A High Guard force lance.
306
00:24:03,582 --> 00:24:05,250
Nice balance.
307
00:24:05,250 --> 00:24:08,630
It's a mere toy, compared to the real prize.
308
00:24:08,630 --> 00:24:13,553
Yes. The Andromeda Ascendant.
309
00:24:16,515 --> 00:24:18,810
You think I'm a fool?
310
00:24:18,810 --> 00:24:21,939
You downloaded the schematics
of my plasma cannon, didn't you?
311
00:24:21,939 --> 00:24:23,399
Yes.
312
00:24:25,903 --> 00:24:28,198
I gave them to Captain Hunt, to win his trust.
313
00:24:28,198 --> 00:24:32,328
Is that why you gave this to me? To win my trust?
314
00:24:32,662 --> 00:24:35,707
You've given him everything!
Now we're helpless against them.
315
00:24:35,707 --> 00:24:38,837
No! They're helpless against us!
316
00:24:38,837 --> 00:24:39,880
Talk fast.
317
00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:42,174
They've blinded their sensors.
318
00:24:42,174 --> 00:24:45,929
Now, instead of listening to their
ultimatums from down here,
319
00:24:45,929 --> 00:24:52,063
we can approach them undetected, and deliver
our ultimatum from inside their command.
320
00:24:52,063 --> 00:24:55,525
You really think I'd walk into such an obvious trap?
321
00:24:55,525 --> 00:25:00,115
I have less than 300 combatants!
What good is that against a crew of thousands?
322
00:25:00,115 --> 00:25:02,118
None.
323
00:25:02,576 --> 00:25:04,913
But there are no thousands on the Andromeda.
324
00:25:04,913 --> 00:25:06,582
How many?
325
00:25:06,582 --> 00:25:08,418
Five.
326
00:25:15,552 --> 00:25:20,892
This anode plate. It's worn. Replace it.
327
00:25:29,237 --> 00:25:31,198
Stop right now! What are you doing?
328
00:25:31,198 --> 00:25:32,992
Dimitri, I haven't the time.
329
00:25:37,373 --> 00:25:39,959
Guderian!
330
00:25:41,962 --> 00:25:44,215
I caught him with this.
331
00:25:46,426 --> 00:25:48,721
I have to calibrate the cannon's pulse charge.
332
00:25:48,721 --> 00:25:51,433
At worst, we want to disable the ship,
not blow it out of the sky.
333
00:25:51,433 --> 00:25:55,021
How do we know you're not trying to sabotage it?
334
00:26:05,827 --> 00:26:11,042
You look at me. I'm alone. I'm childless.
335
00:26:11,042 --> 00:26:18,218
I've spent my entire life trying to prove myself so that
a female would claim me for her own. Freya chose me!
336
00:26:18,218 --> 00:26:21,640
Finally...FINALLY,
337
00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:28,357
I have a chance to be what every fiber in our
being strives to be a husband and a father.
338
00:26:28,357 --> 00:26:33,071
Why should I have to explain this to you, Guderian?
You, with your twelve wives.
339
00:26:33,071 --> 00:26:41,583
Freya will be my first, but only if I can prevent
the Than from destroying this rock. So, you tell me!
340
00:26:42,751 --> 00:26:45,463
What's in my best interest?
341
00:26:49,218 --> 00:26:53,098
Let him do his job.
342
00:27:16,337 --> 00:27:23,096
Your move, captain. Careful. Ten moves until I win.
343
00:27:23,096 --> 00:27:26,559
Do you have to do that? It's incredibly annoying.
344
00:27:26,559 --> 00:27:28,437
I just thought you deserved fair warning.
345
00:27:28,437 --> 00:27:32,609
Uh-huh. Ten moves until I win.
346
00:27:32,609 --> 00:27:34,695
I've been playing Go with you for three years, now.
347
00:27:34,695 --> 00:27:37,198
Why do you still treat winning
like it's a matter of life and death?
348
00:27:37,198 --> 00:27:38,992
Because it is.
349
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:41,996
You don't really understand Nietzscheans, do you?
350
00:27:41,996 --> 00:27:43,874
Enlighten me.
351
00:27:44,792 --> 00:27:48,129
To lose is to be proven inferior.
352
00:27:49,381 --> 00:27:55,765
If I'm inferior, my genes are suspect,
and no Nietzschean female will choose me.
353
00:27:57,725 --> 00:28:05,527
If no Nietzschean females will choose me,
I can't reproduce. Then, when I die, my genes die.
354
00:28:05,986 --> 00:28:13,663
But if I win, that indicates my genes must be good.
I get chosen by more females.
355
00:28:14,122 --> 00:28:17,877
And the more I get chosen,
the more I pass on my genes.
356
00:28:17,877 --> 00:28:23,384
The more my genes get passed on,
the more of me lives, eternally.
357
00:28:23,384 --> 00:28:26,847
To a Nietzschean, a game is never just a game.
358
00:28:26,847 --> 00:28:29,726
That's a pretty cold way to look at life.
359
00:28:29,726 --> 00:28:31,020
Truth is cold.
360
00:28:31,020 --> 00:28:35,609
Maybe, but if you ask me,
you're missing out on a lot.
361
00:28:36,318 --> 00:28:37,695
Like what?
362
00:28:38,321 --> 00:28:39,489
Like love.
363
00:28:39,489 --> 00:28:41,951
Oh. We have love.
364
00:28:41,951 --> 00:28:46,248
I'm not talking about being nice to others.
365
00:28:46,248 --> 00:28:51,672
I'm talking about what I feel for Sarah.
366
00:28:51,672 --> 00:28:57,263
Love, Rhade. It's...it's like magic.
367
00:28:57,263 --> 00:29:02,311
There is no magic,
just science you don't understand.
368
00:29:03,479 --> 00:29:06,066
You may feel intensely attracted to your fiance.
369
00:29:06,066 --> 00:29:10,656
You may feel pleasure when you breed,
but this isn't magic.
370
00:29:11,907 --> 00:29:18,207
Your DNA has evolved this way so you'll reproduce.
Nietzscheans know this explicitly.
371
00:29:21,295 --> 00:29:27,970
That is why the most important thing a Nietzschean
female can give her chosen male is the double helix.
372
00:29:29,222 --> 00:29:36,064
It represents the male and female's DNA,
now bound together by metal.
373
00:29:41,947 --> 00:29:52,211
It confers the most honored titles a Nietzschean male
can hold, husband and father.
374
00:29:58,886 --> 00:30:08,816
You see, it's not that we don't love, it's better.
Because everything we do further our reproduction.
375
00:30:09,776 --> 00:30:16,076
Everything in our lives is an intense,
sexually charged negotiation.
376
00:30:18,621 --> 00:30:23,878
All right, I think we've just reached the, uh,
too much information stage.
377
00:30:26,590 --> 00:30:28,092
Your move.
378
00:30:32,639 --> 00:30:34,225
What happened to my 5D4?
379
00:30:34,225 --> 00:30:36,269
You had no piece there.
380
00:30:37,270 --> 00:30:40,817
Yes. I did.
381
00:30:43,696 --> 00:30:45,573
Unless you cheated.
382
00:30:45,573 --> 00:30:48,827
What do you mean?
383
00:30:51,831 --> 00:30:55,169
It's only cheating if you get caught.
384
00:31:06,434 --> 00:31:09,313
- Rhade!
- I tried to warn you!
385
00:31:10,398 --> 00:31:12,901
Three years we've been playing this game.
Have you always been cheating?
386
00:31:12,901 --> 00:31:15,196
- Haven't you?
- Why would I cheat?
387
00:31:15,196 --> 00:31:19,910
The same reason I do. So that you can win.
388
00:31:21,037 --> 00:31:24,166
Why didn't I listen?
389
00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,086
You were warning me.
390
00:31:27,086 --> 00:31:31,300
You'd do anything to win. Even kill me.
391
00:31:49,825 --> 00:31:52,746
Gaheris, what have you done?
392
00:31:52,746 --> 00:31:59,546
I'm proud of you. You should be.
393
00:31:59,546 --> 00:32:04,636
You were proud for me. Because I won.
394
00:32:06,931 --> 00:32:08,975
Another round?
395
00:32:10,686 --> 00:32:12,647
Yes.
396
00:32:12,647 --> 00:32:19,239
Andromeda, gradually increase the AP Solonoid Valve
to increase the anti-proton mass by 10% an hour
until my explicit counter-order.
397
00:32:19,239 --> 00:32:21,409
Are you sure, captain?
398
00:32:21,409 --> 00:32:24,371
I've never been more sure.
399
00:32:30,087 --> 00:32:34,593
So, now what?
400
00:32:37,096 --> 00:32:39,808
You want more?
401
00:32:42,270 --> 00:32:46,776
Wonder...who are you?
402
00:32:46,776 --> 00:32:53,201
Everything deep loves masks.
What are you thinking?
403
00:32:55,329 --> 00:32:56,914
It's complicated.
404
00:32:56,914 --> 00:32:59,626
Of course it is.
405
00:32:59,626 --> 00:33:08,262
Options, plans, plots. So many things to weigh,
so many decisions to consider.
406
00:33:08,262 --> 00:33:14,521
The question is,
will your final decision include me?
407
00:33:18,276 --> 00:33:26,620
What if my decision includes you ONLY?
As first female to an Alpha.
408
00:33:34,255 --> 00:33:38,302
Tyr. It's time.
409
00:33:42,266 --> 00:33:44,143
Tyr's pod is landing in hangar four.
410
00:33:44,143 --> 00:33:46,438
Good. What's the status of the Than fleet?
411
00:33:46,438 --> 00:33:48,357
They've transitted to normal space.
412
00:33:48,357 --> 00:33:49,567
ETA?
413
00:33:49,567 --> 00:33:50,819
Less than two hours.
414
00:33:50,819 --> 00:33:53,364
Then move to intercept.
415
00:34:02,418 --> 00:34:05,422
- I've been hit by the plasma cannon.
- Rommie, are you all right?
416
00:34:05,422 --> 00:34:07,174
I'm barely damaged.
417
00:34:07,174 --> 00:34:11,471
Most all of the plasma stream was deflected.
But there's something else. Airlock's opening!
418
00:34:11,471 --> 00:34:17,688
That's the sound of Nietzscheans boarding,
Captain Hunt.
419
00:34:27,117 --> 00:34:29,954
Systems disrupted. Internal defenses off-line.
420
00:34:34,418 --> 00:34:40,051
Hey, if you're looking for the restrooms, they're
uhhh...down the hall and around the corner,
uhhhh...BACK the way you came.
421
00:34:40,051 --> 00:34:41,511
Amusing.
422
00:34:41,511 --> 00:34:43,681
- Split up, we'll meet in command.
- This way.
423
00:34:43,681 --> 00:34:46,100
- Yes, sir.
- Owww!
424
00:34:47,769 --> 00:34:51,149
Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
425
00:34:51,149 --> 00:34:53,527
Tour's over. Go home.
426
00:35:13,887 --> 00:35:16,891
Rev! They'll kill you!
427
00:35:16,891 --> 00:35:18,101
Stop!
428
00:35:18,143 --> 00:35:22,399
Don't shoot. Don't kill them.
429
00:35:22,399 --> 00:35:26,571
They might turn out to be useful. Bring them.
430
00:35:32,412 --> 00:35:36,375
Tyr, you forgot to mention you were bringing guests.
431
00:35:36,375 --> 00:35:40,589
You can deactivate the ram-scoop deflector, captain.
You'll see you're surrounded.
432
00:35:42,008 --> 00:35:43,760
Andromeda, you heard him.
433
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:47,557
Ram-scoop deflector deactivated.
434
00:35:50,561 --> 00:35:52,438
You like my force lance.
435
00:35:52,438 --> 00:35:58,071
I like all of your equipment, captain.
Especially Andromeda. Now hand it over to me.
436
00:35:58,071 --> 00:36:00,157
Just let me check one thing first.
437
00:36:00,157 --> 00:36:02,911
Rommie, what's the status
on the AP Power Converter?
438
00:36:02,911 --> 00:36:08,293
Currently, anti-proton mass
in the combustion chamber is at 124%
of maximum recommended capacity.
439
00:36:08,293 --> 00:36:12,465
The chamber is designed to take 125%
before complete system failure.
440
00:36:12,465 --> 00:36:14,343
How long until the ship explodes?
441
00:36:14,343 --> 00:36:19,349
Unless I receive your explicit counter-order to begin
emergency decompression, three minutes.
442
00:36:19,349 --> 00:36:22,645
I'm not inclined to give that order.
443
00:36:22,645 --> 00:36:24,564
I was hoping to persuade you
to join the Commonwealth.
444
00:36:24,564 --> 00:36:26,859
I always knew that was a longshot.
445
00:36:26,859 --> 00:36:30,072
But one thing I'm not prepared
to do is turn this ship over to pirates.
446
00:36:30,072 --> 00:36:31,907
Or anyone else, for that matter.
447
00:36:31,907 --> 00:36:35,078
2 minutes, 45 seconds.
448
00:36:35,078 --> 00:36:39,417
Warning. Systems Critical.
Warning. Systems Critical.
449
00:36:39,417 --> 00:36:40,836
You're bluffing.
450
00:36:40,836 --> 00:36:42,338
2 minutes, 30 seconds.
451
00:36:42,338 --> 00:36:46,051
Anyway, destroying the ship may be a...little extreme,
but it's the only backup plan I've got.
452
00:36:46,051 --> 00:36:48,179
How about you?
453
00:36:50,223 --> 00:36:53,978
None, huh? Then that's too bad.
454
00:36:53,978 --> 00:36:59,486
Tyr! Call me crazy,
but I'm betting you've got a backup plan.
455
00:37:07,538 --> 00:37:09,666
Always.
456
00:37:16,300 --> 00:37:19,137
The plasma cannon!
457
00:37:19,846 --> 00:37:20,889
Gone.
458
00:37:20,889 --> 00:37:23,810
But the Than. We're defenseless.
459
00:37:23,810 --> 00:37:27,940
No. Just disarmed. But we can protect you.
460
00:37:27,940 --> 00:37:31,111
Join the Commonwealth.
Together, we can negotiate with the Than.
461
00:37:31,111 --> 00:37:36,535
You'd die before you'd turn over your ship.
Well, I'd die before I'd serve you.
462
00:37:36,535 --> 00:37:37,578
One minute.
463
00:37:37,578 --> 00:37:39,122
Return to the fighters.
464
00:37:40,081 --> 00:37:45,672
Perhaps now you'll know how my pride felt
after the Orca betrayed them.
465
00:37:45,672 --> 00:37:49,886
Wandering the galaxies without a home. Inferior!
466
00:37:49,886 --> 00:37:54,893
Your betrayal also betrays Freya.
467
00:37:56,353 --> 00:38:01,944
You and your people had better collect your things
and leave the asteroid before the Than arrive.
468
00:38:01,944 --> 00:38:03,863
You're right.
469
00:38:03,863 --> 00:38:10,455
I'll save them. My wives, my pride, my 22 children.
470
00:38:10,455 --> 00:38:17,214
All of whom will seek revenge on you, Kodiak!
471
00:38:32,568 --> 00:38:35,154
Andromeda, begin emergency venting.
472
00:38:35,154 --> 00:38:37,366
Emergency venting. Aye.
473
00:38:42,164 --> 00:38:47,671
Umai's grub farm is not much,
but you're more than welcome to visit.
474
00:38:47,671 --> 00:38:49,131
Maybe we'll take you up on that.
475
00:38:49,131 --> 00:38:51,342
I think our friend is ready to join her fleet.
476
00:38:52,427 --> 00:39:00,605
The Than Hegemony also expresses its gratitude
to the Commonwealth for ridding its sector
of Nietzschean criminals.
477
00:39:00,605 --> 00:39:04,568
They respect us as a force for peace in the galaxy.
478
00:39:04,568 --> 00:39:06,863
You got what you wanted.
479
00:39:06,863 --> 00:39:09,617
Not really, but it's a start.
480
00:39:57,472 --> 00:40:03,396
I'm sorry your decision cost you
the status of husband and father.
481
00:40:03,396 --> 00:40:07,986
It was part of the plan. I was always on your side.
482
00:40:09,237 --> 00:40:13,368
If it had been necessary, you would have killed me.
483
00:40:13,368 --> 00:40:15,830
You played your options right to the end.
484
00:40:15,830 --> 00:40:18,625
- Guderian was set to kill me.
- I wasn't on Guderian's side.
485
00:40:18,625 --> 00:40:22,380
Of course not. You'd never serve Guderian.
486
00:40:22,380 --> 00:40:27,011
You'd have turned and killed him, sent for Freya,
and used the Andromeda to found your own pride.
487
00:40:27,011 --> 00:40:28,847
Really?
488
00:40:30,098 --> 00:40:33,478
Isn't that what's best for Tyr?
489
00:40:36,148 --> 00:40:38,443
- I'm proud of you.
- Why?
490
00:40:38,443 --> 00:40:40,863
You're thinking like a Nietzschean.
491
00:40:41,572 --> 00:40:44,910
If I were thinking like a Nietzschean, I'd kill you.
492
00:40:45,911 --> 00:40:46,912
Why don't you?
493
00:40:46,912 --> 00:40:50,959
Because my mission is to restore civilization.
494
00:40:50,959 --> 00:40:57,009
And if I can't persuade you, a member of my own crew,
how can I win over the rest of the galaxy?
495
00:40:57,426 --> 00:41:03,267
Just when I thought you'd controlled
your blind idealism, you say something like that.
496
00:41:04,519 --> 00:41:10,444
So. Are you endeavouring to trust me, then?
497
00:41:10,444 --> 00:41:15,158
I trust Tyr...to be Tyr.
498
00:41:32,556 --> 00:41:42,486
On the one hand, he won. He outsmarted us all,
including Guderian. He is a worthy father.
499
00:41:42,486 --> 00:41:47,910
On the other hand, he betrayed us.
He abandoned you.
500
00:41:47,910 --> 00:41:55,795
And killing us would be less painful than what
we must now endure. He is an unworthy husband.
501
00:41:56,463 --> 00:42:00,427
The decision is yours.
502
00:42:01,461 --> 00:42:04,159
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