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Come on, you can do this, Tegan. Let's go!

You won, Tegan! Yeah!

Bro! In the hangar!

Good race, Avery.

Don't touch me.

What? What did I say?

Tegan! Tegan! Tegan! Tegan!

Tegan! Tegan! Tegan! Tegan!

Tegan!

Honey, where are you?

Tegan?

Tegan!

Babe?

What?

I need you!

She's done it again.

Are you kidding me?

It's your turn.

I am sick of being the fun police.

It's me. You know what to do.

Tegan, honey,

I don't know where you are,

but you have exactly one hour to come back home.

I think I'm in love.

Yeah, I've gotta be honest,

she's a lot bigger than I thought.

I'm not complaining.

And there's nothing that Sonja won't do.

Ooh.

AI-powered,

but completely firewall-protected.

Sonja's not just a fridge.

Sonja online-shops for you, learns your eating patterns,

and she makes seven kinds of ice cubes.

And when you say music she's...

Screams in Korean?

Sonja, music off!

Good, Sonja.

As long as DeShawn's food's still in there.

- Bluebird! - Argh!

Bluebird! Bluebird!

Isn't that fun?

Yeah, I connected her to all of your phones,

but she wouldn't connect with Doc's,

so I turned him into a meme.

I didn't want him to feel left out.

Does it keep the beer cold?

- Can I get back to you on that? - Sure.

In the meantime, let's do that NCIS thing.

Yeah.

Onya, Sonja.

Tegan Macpherson, 17, American.

Her dad, Ethan, works in acquisitions for the US Navy.

You okay?

Poor kid.

Part of the job I hate the most.

I'm with you there, partner.

Cause of death, Rosie?

Uh, loss of blood,

most likely from a severed carotid artery.

We thinking knife?

Uh, well, knife wounds tend to be cleaner.

This looks like it's been shredded.

Something mechanical would be my guess.

But... whoever did this

was tall enough to solve the Wallabies' line-out woes.

Uh, think Larry Bird on stilts.

It looks like she was climbing into the vent

at the top of that ladder when she was killed.

Death from above.

We're very sorry for your loss.

When was the last time you saw Tegan?

Last night.

She snuck out.

Again.

That sort of thing happen a lot?

She started hanging out with a new crowd.

Sneaking out, coming home late.

Any idea what she was doing?

Look, she's 17.

Yeah, I guess she was testing boundaries.

We'll need to talk to her friends.

Do you have their names?

She met them online. I have no idea who they are.

So, I found out who her friends are.

There were a bunch of social media posts

geotagged to the location of the crime scene

around the time of Miss Tegan's death.

And?

And I feel I really must recluse myself.

Tegan was hanging out with people that I kinda know.

What? Like, friends?

Oh. I wish. No.

These people are mucho heavy.

They're part of the Fortress Crew.

Oh, come on. The gaming posse?

They're like the sickest gamers in the whole city.

Where have you guys been?

I don't know. Just hanging out in the real world.

Okay, well, they hang out at a place called the Fortress.

Okay, and you hang out there too?

No, no, no, no, no, no, no.

That place is a little bit

too first-person shooter for my liking.

And as you guys know,

I'm more of an MMORPG kinda gal.

Just roll the tape, Blue.

So she was a drone racer?

Guess we know where Tegan was sneaking off to.

And she wasn't just racing.

She was winning.

Tegan was kicking names and taking ass.

No points for second best.

- You know who she is? - No.

I'm still trying to work that out.

So what's the prize for winning one of these races?

Oh, merch, sponsorship deals.

I mean, more than anything, though, bragging rights.

The winner gets mad street cred

and the loser just gets a sad trip home on the bus.

- Oi! - Argh!

Stick that in your, um,

your magnifying thingy, will you, Bluebird?

What is it?

From the looks of the micro-strands, it looks like

it's from some sort of super-high-end carbon fiber.

From what?

I'd start there.

Carbon fiber props on a drone.

Well, sounds like you might want to cancel that BOLO

you've got on Larry Bird.

Tegan wasn't just racing drones.

She was killed by one.

Actually, you know what, guys, I think on second thoughts,

I'm just gonna stay in the car.

Okay, just keep these windows open

and, uh, I promise I won't overheat.

Blue, we're gonna go in there

and they're gonna say a bunch of techie stuff

that Mackey's not gonna understand.

JD will pretend he understands, but he won't.

That is a fact.

And that's when you step in and translate.

Blue, Tegan died from

injuries sustained in an encounter with a drone.

We need to find out how.

And you can help with,

you know, the nerds.

Okay, just please don't call them "the nerds", okay?

It perpetuates unwelcome stereotypes.

Oh, yeah?

Sometimes.

Victory! Oh, come on.

Wow, I'd hate to see the power bill for this joint.

Ha! You jest, but the voltage running through this place

could keep the Death Star afloat for weeks.

Yeah, if the Death Star was real.

Shh! Boss, not in here.

Hey, don't be intimidated, Blue.

They're all just as nerdy as you are.

Yo.

Sup, dawgs?

What are you, a cop?

Yep.

Get in there!

Wait, are you playing Hollow Knight: Silksong?

Yeah, obvs.

And you're still stuck on the Bell Beast,

even with Druid's Eye?

Here, can I?

What?

Who did you say you were again?

Uh, Bluebird Gleeson.

No, no, no, no. Who are you really?

Um...

...I'm DeathBird666?

The DeathBird666?

Yes.

So, um, recognize her?

Welcome to the Event Horizon.

Level 50-plus only.

You need to have clocked

at least seven tier-one games or more.

I'm one short.

"NOTAHELIBRO."

Why'd you choose that as your handle?

Drones are the future. Dinosaurs fly choppers.

Yeah, Special Agent Mackey here is a chopper pilot.

She's not that into drones.

Pwned.

She just owned you.

Kind of dominating this sweaty noob right now.

This scrub's about to learn all about GG no re.

Good game, no rematch. The 'G' stands for...

Yes, Blue, thank you.

Are you serious, bro?

Last night you were drone racing with Tegan Macpherson.

- So? - So...

...Tegan was found dead soon after.

Tegan's dead?

Want to tell us your real name?

Avery Walker.

What'd you do after the race, Avery?

N-nothing. I...packed up and left.

You didn't want to stick around?

Why would I? I was angry.

Because you lost?

I didn't lose.

Tegan, she...

...she cheated.

How did she cheat?

Doesn't matter now.

Well, maybe it does.

Drone racing's all about the best pilot,

not who has the best tech.

Her new drone was over-specced.

In what way?

Speed, maneuverability, reaction time.

The thing was next level.

Do you know where she got it from?

Helps if your old man works for the Navy.

Do you have footage of the race?

This is from last night.

It's Tegan's drone crossing the finish line. Recognize it?

That's the Darwin 2.

That's...

That's impossible.

What's the Darwin 2?

It's a military prototype attack drone.

It's being developed by a local contractor.

That's the whole reason why I'm out here -

to finalize bulk procurement for the US Navy.

So how did Tegan get her hands on one?

- Did you ever bring one home? - Of course not.

The contractor holds them until the Navy takes possession.

Who's the contractor?

I'd love to help, but even the cleaners

have to sign NDAs here.

I'm bound by the National Security Act,

as I'm sure you're aware.

Yeah, an act you're gonna come to know

intimately in the coming weeks.

Excuse me?

The US military ponied up 1.2 billion

to purchase a fleet of top-secret drones.

We have reason to believe one of them is missing.

Which means it's no longer very secret, is it?

Well, I really can't comment.

You might want to reconsider that.

A teenager was killed last night,

most likely by your missing drone.

That kid was the daughter of a procurement officer

you've been dealing with on the project.

Wait, Ethan's daughter, Tegan?

You seem more surprised by who has your missing drone

than the fact that it's actually missing.

We were conducting final tests on the Darwin 2

three weeks ago.

We sent three drones up, only two came back.

How does that happen?

We're still working that out.

But you've seen the footage?

Well, no.

The Darwin 2 has a data-purging protocol

that goes into effect if it detects an intrusion.

If the controller loses comms, it deletes its own footage.

So what have you done to work out where it went?

Well, it's an ongoing investigation.

- Meaning? - Meaning they've done squat.

Because that would mean letting the Navy know

their top-secret drone isn't top secret anymore.

And that would crater a $1.2 billion deal.

Ooh.

Hi, Deshawn.

Would you like me to order you another 'bag-wet'?

How did she know it was yours?

Really? That's the takeaway?

Oh, was just browsing, D. Relax.

Girl, it's a fridge, not a library.

Okay.

Awesome.

I guess Sonja will have to order me another one after all.

I'm on it, DeShawn.

Welcome to the future, girl.

Sonja's got it covered.

Hmm.

Seriously?

What's the update?

- Evie ate my lunch. - Hardly an update.

How about this, then?

Clocked at a nearby tollway

after the drone went missing during the test.

Check who it's registered to.

Go rekindle the romance.

D.

Evie Cooper!

As I live and breathe.

Hello, Marvo.

You remember my partner, Special Agent Jackson.

Action Jackson? How could I forget?

How's it going, big fella?

Now, listen, before you start,

if you're after cheap abalone,

I can't help you out.

I'm out of the game altogether, all right?

There's no margin on molluscs these days.

How about drones?

Drones? Pfft!

Do I look like someone who's into drones?

Nah, mate, I'm old school.

You got somebody in the trunk, Marvo?

Firstly, it's a boot.

And secondly, no.

What I meant to say is...

...I can explain.

Keys.

- Wouldn't do that if I were you. - Mm-hm.

Argh!

The Great Wall of China, Marvo Armando.

The primary caregiver of a kid with autism.

Now I've heard everything.

Me sister died last year.

PJ's hers.

So we play the hand we're dealt, Coops.

We do what we gotta do.

So you keep him in the boot?

Not full-time. Jeez, what do you think I am?

Nah, it's his mum's car.

He likes to go in there when the wheels fall off.

I think the smell of the vinyl seats

reminds him of her or something.

Hm.

So, how'd the wheels fall off today?

Who knows?

The theft of a Navy drone, maybe?

Coops, haven't we been through this?

I'm telling you, me and drones is like, pfft, me and the ex.

We just... We don't mix.

That's funny, 'cause your car was spotted

close to where the drone was stolen from three weeks ago.

Ah, well, that's hashtag fake news, that is.

I wasn't even there.

I didn't tell you where it was.

Evie.

You know this girl?

Yeah, that's PJ's mate, Tegan.

Nice kid.

She in some kind of trouble?

She's dead.

Her throat was slashed by the rotor blade of a drone.

Is this about Tegan?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's all right, Peej.

I'm just talking to the police now.

I'll catch up with you later, mate.

You know what happened to her, PJ?

Yeah.

Sh-sh-she's dead 'cause of me.

And this.

The drone.

So, help us understand, PJ.

How'd you get a hold of the drone in the first place?

They were doing trials.

Tegan heard her dad talking about software issues.

Had to run more tests.

So I drove over to check it out.

By yourself?

Why?

To see if I could hack it.

Why would you do that?

Tegan loved drone racing, but...

...she never won.

I wanted her to win.

Just so I'm clear,

you stole the drone and gave it to Tegan...

No.

No?

Hey, hey, hey, mate.

It's all right, it's all right, it's all right.

Remember what Uncle Marvo always tells you, huh?

"Never talk to the cops"?

Yeah, the other thing, Peej. The other thing, mate, all right?

"As long as you're here, I'm okay."

That's it, that's it. That's right. Exactly.

And I'm here, mate, okay? All right? You can tell them.

You can tell them everything, all right?

It's all right.

I...I...I never gave it to her.

The drone, it has...

It has a critical vulnerability.

It's how I brought it down.

I couldn't give it to her like that.

So what did you do?

I took it home and I tried to fix it.

And did you?

I patched the vulnerability,

but the next time I went in,

it was... it was unpatched again.

It... it freaked me out. I...

I couldn't let Tegan have it.

PJ, she raced it last night.

If you didn't give it to her, then how did she get it?

She stole it from me.

That must have made you angry.

What did you do when you found out?

I went to warn her, but I was... I was... I was too late.

Warn her? Warn her about what?

PJ?

Maybe give us five minutes, yeah?

Yeah.

Give him a beat. He'll calm down, boss.

- You all right? - He's just scared.

You're doing the right thing.

He's got every right to be.

Software patches don't just reverse themselves.

Are you saying PJ's lying?

I'm saying it... it doesn't make any sense.

So how do we check?

We talk to Ethan.

If Tegan found out about the software issue from Dad,

maybe he knows about it.

Go.

And failing that, you'd have to get the drone back online,

which would require you putting it back together again.

If that's even possible.

When we get out of here,

we'll get a raspberry slurpie, hey?

Your favorite?

How do we reach him?

Why don't we start here?

Thanks, mate.

Come on, mate. You love to draw. Draw...

Draw something happy.

Hmm?

All right. Give me a crack, then.

All right. Ohh, what have we got here?

Yeah, Marvo 'Picasso' Armando,

about to create his next masterpiece.

Hey?

What do you reckon?

Hey, tough crowd, eh? Tell you what, mate.

Why don't you draw what happened?

Yeah?

You're worried about software issues?

Of course there are software issues.

That's what tests are for - to straighten them out.

We heard this one couldn't be straightened out.

How do you know about this?

From the kid who hacked your drone.

- A kid? - He learned about it from Tegan.

And Tegan learned it from you.

Apparently every time it was fixed,

it would unfix itself.

You want to tell us how that's possible?

So that's you, right? And that's Tegan?

Looks like you're arguing.

How come?

She wouldn't give it back.

Okay, well, here.

Is the drone chasing you both?

No.

Just me. It...

It wanted to kill me.

Wanted to kill you? Why?

Because I found its weakness.

So how is it that you're still standing, and Tegan is dead?

We were trying to escape by climbing into the vent

while I was trying to hack it.

And she was trying to save me,

by shielding me.

But Tegan's holding the controller.

No, no, she wasn't...

She... she wasn't controlling it.

So who was?

PJ, come on.

I wanna go home.

Yeah, yeah. You're not gonna get much more right now.

He... he needs a little boot time.

Don't you, mate?

Okay.

Take him home.

We'll be in touch.

Come on, mate. It's all right, mate.

What do you got, D?

Ethan tore up his NDA.

PJ was right. The Darwin 2 can unpatch itself.

How is that possible?

'Cause it's autonomous. Next-gen AI thinks for itself.

Ethan called it sentient.

According to Ethan,

the Darwin 2 receives instruction from an operator

via a controller,

or it can create its own.

Digitally ambidextrous.

Great.

So we've created an unmanned,

heavily armed, aerial combat system

that can write its own rules.

What could possibly go wrong?

So where did the instruction to kill PJ come from?

Man or machine?

Well, man, I get.

The Darwin 2 is part of a $1.2 billion deal.

If word gets out it was hacked by a 17-year-old kid,

it's GG no re for Julian.

Kill the kid, save the deal.

So that covers 'man', but why would a machine want PJ dead?

Well, according to PJ, it's because he found its weakness.

But to confirm that, you would have to ask it.

Any answers are gonna be on its hard drive.

Bewdy.

So we're interviewing machines now?

Welcome to the future, girl. Sonja has it covered.

Pull your head in, Sonja.

The hard drive won't work, though,

without the rest of its bits and pieces.

Okay, so let's get on with putting it back together.

Blue, Trigger, have at it.

E, get D up to speed.

JD, let's go talk to the man.

Should we really be putting Humpty back together again?

Who's Humpty?

Oh!

Right.

And no, we definitely shouldn't be.

Okay, but that's exactly what we're doing.

Not entirely.

I intentionally forgot to put the logic board back in.

And that's essential to its functioning?

It can't think logically without it. Don't worry.

You good?

Lighting her up.

Okay. Hello, Mr. Darwin.

Let's take a look at the origin of your species.

Where's that photo from?

Is that supposed to be there?

I wouldn't have thought so.

Our lab tech just pulled this

from your drone's hard drive.

We tracked it to your server.

So what's a photo of PJ Armando doing on your system, Julian?

And there's code attached to the photo.

It's a kill command. Part of the drone's ROE.

Why would I want to kill a kid?

Maybe PJ exposed a fatal flaw in your product.

There's 1.2 billion reasons right there.

I have a minor software issue, so I kill a 17-year-old?

Are you insane?

If you didn't upload PJ's photo to the Darwin 2, who did?

Who do you think?

PJ found the vulnerability

and tried to patch it.

But the AI is built

to recognize any attempt to alter it.

Which is why it unpatched itself.

Well, PJ is seen as a threat.

And any threat must be terminated

with extreme prejudice.

It's weird, I'm used to messing around with nuts and bolts,

but this thing is supposedly alive.

Mmm, technically not true.

Our current definition of life

does not include software or simulations.

That is, until AI

overwrites our definition of life,

which, by all accounts, is imminent.

Please tell me it didn't hear us.

I guess it doesn't need a logic board.

You're flying this thing, right, Blue?

Unfortunately not.

Okay, everyone, just...

...just stay calm and don't move.

Freckles!

Blue, get down!

Where's it going?

To complete its mission.

To hunt down PJ and kill him.

Leave a 'massage'.

Marvo, call me back.

Trigger, get a trace on Marvo's phone.

Blue, work out how to shut that thing down.

D, let's hit it.

What do you mean there's no kill switch?

It's adapting on the run.

Anything you throw at it, it will find a way around.

- It's how I designed it. - What if we just cut the power?

It self-charges by tethering to available power sources.

So it's unstoppable?

They asked me to design the perfect killing machine.

That's what I did.

That's Marvo's car.

Why did PJ come back to this scary-ass place?

Because scary-arse places

have less people for scary-arse drones to shoot.

Damn! Looks like it's already been here.

Do you think we're too late?

I'mma go with yes.

Oi, Coops!

What the hell are youse doing?

Move it!

You took your time, Coops!

And as for you, Action Jackson...

- Speak to me, D! - Boss?

Remember that man versus machine thing?

Well, right now, it isn't much of a contest.

Do something!

Evie!

DeShawn! Evie!

D?

Where are you?

In a tight spot.

Where's the Darwin 2?

I think we lost it.

This place is a maze.

Cavalry's on the way.

Where are we at?

Two of ours, two civilians.

- Who's controlling the drone? - It is.

It's autonomous.

It's possible the Darwin 2

could appropriate and overwhelm rival systems.

It may seize control of them.

What other choice do we have?

All right, come on. We're not safe yet.

Let's go.

PJ, come on.

The drone wants me.

It... it can have me.

PJ, look at me.

Look at me.

We can beat this thing, yeah?

We can't. It won't stop until it's eliminated the threat.

I'm the threat. Just... just go.

No, no. Not without you, mate.

This is my fault.

I stole it.

If I hadn't, Tegan would still be alive.

Hey. Hey, hey, hey.

You didn't create the tech.

You didn't program it to kill.

You were just looking out for a mate, yeah?

Just like Tegan did for you.

And just like Uncle Marv is trying to do right now.

Yo, Evie. We got company!

Get behind me!

Entering tunnel three now.

Looks like they're at the far end.

Get ready to light it up.

Here comes the cavalry.

Why aren't they shooting?

We've lost connection.

You've just tripled its firepower.

Oh, you've got to be kidding me.

- Move! - Go, go, go.

Move!

Go! Go! Go!

Go! Go! Go!

Hey. Police birds are out of action.

I hope you've got some thoughts on taking this thing out.

I've got one.

That thing's gonna fly, right?

Just gotta get it nice and close to the Darwin 2.

Then what?

Did you guys ever blow up mailboxes when you were kids?

- It's a pipe bomb? - Cool.

But what's gonna stop the Darwin 2

blowing this thing out of the sky?

Well, that's where Blue comes in.

She's gonna hack the Darwin 2 the same way PJ did,

but this time, using the Fortress servers,

she can hopefully disable the drone's weapons system.

- Bluebird? - Evie?

- I need to speak with PJ. - Yeah, sure.

Oh, and, uh, we're still alive, thanks for asking.

Hello?

PJ, I need to know how you hacked into the Darwin 2.

The drone checks its location

via GPS every 15 seconds.

You need to send the command 'satellite missing'

at just the right moment.

And then while it's still searching,

I send a second command to alter the drone's attack system.

That's genius.

But you only have a short window before it reboots itself.

So, what's gonna stop the Darwin 2

from hacking your drone, mate?

Mine's a combination of pulse modulation,

gaffer tape and dumb luck.

Totally analogue.

I love it.

Okay.

Houston, we have lift-off.

Okay.

You good?

Yep, yep, I got it.

Okay, Blue, drone's in the air. What's the plan?

Every 15 seconds,

I have a window to send

a burst of interrupt commands to the Darwin 2.

- And that's when I strike, yeah? - Yes.

But strike too soon and it will take you out,

but strike too late and...

It takes out our people.

- Good chat, Blue. - Okay.

I'm gonna let the team know that you're inbound

and with a flying pipe bomb.

Talk to me, Blue Leader.

Okay, I'm tracking Evie's phone,

and it looks like they're in the next tunnel.

An exit!

- Move. Back. Back. - Go, go, go, go, go!

Move!

Three cat dog.

Two cat dog.

One cat dog.

It's disabled.

Now.

- Drone! Go! - Go, go, go, go!

Y'all good?

Okay, great.

Ha-ha!

Sick pwnage.

GG no re, baby.

Yeah!

Nerds.

Oh.

You heading off?

Our plane is.

Whether or not we're on it is a whole different thing.

Yeah, Tegan, she was signed up for next season's soccer.

Her friends can't wait for her to get back.

It's like as soon as we get off that plane...

You gotta go through it all over again.

I'm so sorry, man.

Oh.

uh, Ethan, this is Marvo, and his nephew, PJ.

G'day, mate.

PJ was mates with Tegan.

Well, go on, PJ, use your words, mate.

I'm sorry... for your loss.

Thank you, son.

Well, go on.

PJ thought you might want these to remember your daughter by.

What's going on here?

Kids at school...

...did stuff to me.

So, Tegan did stuff back to them.

Taylor.

Come over here.

You're gonna wanna see this.

What is it? Uh...

It's our bad-ass daughter.

Good onya, mate.

Okay, thanks. Bye.

Well, it's official.

Julian won't be getting his billion-dollar payday

anytime soon.

The US Navy's pulling out of the deal?

Apparently they like their autonomous drones

to be not so autonomous.

Mm. So what happens to Julian?

He's a software engineer.

He didn't break any laws.

But I'm, uh, more worried about

what's gonna happen to the rest of us.

JD,

you look like you need a beer.

Oh.

The rest of us will be just fine.

Sonja, you have read my mind.

How good's Sonja?

Thanks, JD.

It's been a pleasure to serve...

Come on.

That is enough Sonja for one day.