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[PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY] Many years ago,

the British explorer George Mallory,

who was to die on Mount Everest,

was asked why did he want to climb it.

He said, “Because it is there.”

Well, space is there and we're going to climb it.

And the Moon and the planets are there,

and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there.

And therefore as we set sail, we ask God's blessing

on the most hazardous and dangerous

and greatest adventure

on which Man has ever embarked.

We lost attitude control.

“This ship could get you to the Oort Cloud.”

Yeah, right.

Grappling lines?

She’s too hot.

We grab hold, she’ll tear apart.

[VONN ON SPEAKER] Our instruments are non-functional!

My daughter and I need help, urgent help!

Heat’s scrambling their reception. They don’t know we’re here.

Sir, I think I can maneuver and get under her hull.

Negative, Lieutenant.

We can’t risk this ship.

We can’t just let them burn to death.

That’s enough, Lieutenant.

Inform HQ, we’ll follow her down and

send coordinates on the debris field.

Into the survival compartment!

That’s it,

she’s done for.

Buckle in, sir.

Kemmer!

Veer off, Lieutenant!

That’s an order!

Let me know when her hull’s cool enough for us to grab hold.

Wow!

[VONN] To have an angel fly into your life

when you least expect it.

Glad to be of service, Dr. Odara.

Captain,

I brought the Med-kit.

Your hands.

I’m fine.

Attend to my daughter, please.

[Announcer] Monorail leaving platform.

Please stand clear.

You bust your ship all to hell.

So they give you a shiny new one.

Hi, Dad.

In my day, we called them ROAD captains...

“retired on active duty.”

Senior officers just waiting for their pension,

keeping their heads tucked in,

never taking a risk.

– Dad... – Just hold your tongue

Parkhill’ll get kicked up the food chain and you’ll make captain.

Another victory for spinelessness.

He had a failure of nerve, that’s all.

I wasn’t talking about him.

This place sure has changed.

It used to be a desert.

Was this all just the Synthetics?

He’s two months away from retirement.

What, I’m supposed to burn down his career and mine?

Word on the grapevine is he’s rethought that.

What?

Now that he’s kicked up the chain of command,

he’s put off his retirement indefinitely.

So one more bad penny keeps getting to make life and death decisions.

Aw, for the love of Mike.

What?

Now you don’t like Synthetics?

My God, I don’t believe it.

You’re missing the good ol’ days.

Humans weren’t designed to observe,

we were built to do.

So yeah,

I miss ‘em.

Let me tell you something.

Soft lives make soft men.

And soft men make soft choices.

What’s the point of that, you’re not even on the planet.

But Mecca is.

– You keep saying that. – So do you.

And I’ll keep on saying it.

– It doesn’t make a friggin’ bit of sense. – You have to have something to believe in.

I believe when this shift is over

I’m gonna have a drink.

[NEWSCASTER] After a thirty-year delay,

the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today

to human-rights activist Anoka Chandimol-Kemmer,

whose United Planet movement culminated in her future husband,

Captain Anson Kemmer of the United States Space Command,

spearheading a multinational force

that tethered a captured ice comet to the North Pole,

causing the Gulf Stream to be renewed

and averting an ecological disaster of catastrophic proportions.

In other news,

British forces on Titan faced insurgents today.

There were no reported fatalities.

[ANSON] We snared a comet,

hauled it to Earth,

a helluva thing.

I was a hero to the whole world,

but to the brass I was still a pain in the ass.

But it’s never about the brass.

To soar up there.

That’s what it’s about.

That sky’s been calling to the men of our family

ever since your great-great-grandfather

joined the Lafayette Escadrille in World War I.

We fly.

That’s what we Kemmers do.

And one day you’re gonna have a ship of your own

and you’re gonna fly a lot farther.

And you take care of her,

and your crew.

Hey, ma.

Getting away from it all?

(Anoka sighs)

I’m beginning to feel grateful for those thirty years of peace.

It’s so good to have you home.

Sorry I didn’t make the ceremony.

My only regret is that they didn’t honor your father as well.

An idea as unpopular as mine was

is nothing

without a relentless someone driving it home.

Why was he overlooked?

I ... I love your father dearly.

But he would alienate as many people as he would enroll.

Politics.

And he wants me to follow in his footsteps.

That’s his courageous path.

Except I know that’s not possible.

Courage doesn’t follow.

[GREG MAZZEY] Are you alive?

No.

Are you a man?

No.

What are you?

A machine.

And what is your purpose?

To be of service.

And whom do you serve?

Whoever leases me.

And how does that make you feel?

Happy.

Very good.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I give you Dor Neven,

the first in what will soon be legions of contented synthetic workers

to serve your every need,

brought to you by Mazzey/Patillo.

Questions?

Yeah.

[QUESTIONER] Can they harm humans,

or allow humans to come to harm?

With the exception of the combat models,

no.

If, like the brochure says, they’re smarter than we are,

what’s to prevent them from doing whatever they want?

Good question.

The same thing that compels them to safeguard humans

and obey their every command.

An inhibitor chip, guaranteed for the life of the model.

Now, there'll be time for more questions at the reception, but for right now,

let’s show our friend here exactly what we think about him, okay?

(applause)

You hear that?

They love you.

[YUSEF] Are you alive?

No.

How bad is it?

Bad, but it could have been worse.

Only Synthetics, no humans?

Thank God for that.

What do you want done with them?

Burn ‘em, they’re under warranty. We’ll get some more.

I think I can fix this one.

– Trash him, he’s not worth it. – You got something better for me to do?

Suit yourself.

Come on, let’s go.

– Captain Essex. – Captain Kemmer.

A pleasure.

Call me Jack.

Lora.

How was your flight?

Look.

I know that the Paladin was supposed to be your ship.

You’re the man of the hour, Captain.

It is not for me to question the wisdom of the brass.

I just wanted to apologize.

They’re readying her sister ship, the Templar.

I’ll be out there soon enough.

What happened there?

An explosion with the Alcubierre drive.

Took out a lot of good men.

Command hushed it up.

No faster than light speed for the foreseeable future.

Solar System will have to do.

Listen, do you want to get a cup of coffee or

one of the sandwiches they have here?

It’ll make you glad to get back to Mars.

No, thank you.

That’s not what you’re here for.

Welcome to the Paladin.

[YUSEF] Say ah.

It’s

just a joke.

Say oil can.

Say it.

Oil can.

Oil can what?

It’s from The Wizard of Oz.

It’s just another joke.

I’ll show it to you sometime.

Thank you.

It’s just a movie.

Sorry, I don’t have much in the way of parts.

Thank you for my life.

I thought you weren’t alive.

It’s a matter of debate.

(wrist-com chirps)

Sorry, that’s, uh...

that’s my son. He’s in boarding school on Mars.

Hey, Dad.

I...

Wow, a Synthetic!

You never brought one of those home before.

Where are your manners, Odin?

His name is Dor Neven.

Hi.

Pleased to meet you.

Can we keep him?

He’s company property.

I’m just fixing him.

Seems only fair. They were going to destroy me.

Why are you different than all the others?

Odin.

I was originally designed for something else.

What?

Private service.

For important rich people?

Yes.

How’d you end up in the mines?

We were crafted to ask questions to more efficiently do our jobs.

But I was the first and I had an...

eccentricity.

Sometimes it seems I

asked questions which made my owners...

uneasy.

Oh, yeah, I’m like you.

We’ll talk more later, son.

– Yeah, but Dad... – Goodbye, Odin.

You saw something, didn’t you?

Your inhibitor.

It’s been destroyed.

You could replace it?

Of course.

Please...

don’t.

Crew quarters, up there.

Medbay, engineering down there.

Smart suits.

Deck creates a current through the entire suit, simulating one-g.

Shrike fighters.

Pulse cannons, upper, lower, grappling lines, the works.

Even has that new car smell.

Captain on deck.

At ease.

This is Simak.

My intel off...

your intel officer.

Chilton.

I keep this bird alive.

Glad to hear it.

Le Guin,

navigation.

Bradbury,

pilot.

– Have you ever been to Mars, Lieutenant? – No, sir.

I’m looking forward to it.

Sometimes hard getting used to the fact you go outside without protection,

you die.

I’m from Detroit, sir.

You’ll do fine.

So,

not only have I stolen your ship,

I’ve also taken your crew.

They’ll do you proud.

And if you decide to save two more women from burning to death,

they’ll follow you into the mouth of hell.

I’m not, uh...

not planning on doing that again any time soon.

I don’t know, Captain.

It’s a pretty big sky.

Hey, Lora.

When you hit Marsport...

maybe we can grab that sandwich.

On second thought we’d better not.

I’ve got issues.

I can be pretty entertaining.

(door whooshes open and closed)

Dor?

You really are remarkable animals, you men.

Chimpanzees could not have done all this.

Not without considerable modification.

I thought you’d run away.

I thought about it,

but where would I run?

Or more to the point...

how?

Do you like it here?

It’s a paycheck.

It’s a prison.

Should you be saying this to me?

Who else could I possibly say it to?

I’m starting to get that uneasy question thing you’ve got going.

I used to feel the same way about this place.

Used to?

Well,

except for my son,

I’ve stopped feeling almost everything.

And yet,

you believe in God.

I’ve watched you pray, from the mines.

You,

as I,

are unlike the rest.

My wife Veronique, she was unlike the rest.

We were camping, Yellowstone, you know it?

Yes.

Odin was barely a year old.

This was before the volcano, of course.

There was a flash flood. Burst through without warning.

Big boulders, trees roaring by.

Never seen anything like it.

The water’s...

alive...

murderous.

We got to high ground, but there was another family

that was trapped.

Veronique

got a rope across,

climbed over,

and managed to

start them back

one by one.

Now it was her turn,

but by then the water was higher.

Odin was screaming.

So I handed him off to one of the others, I...

I moved

along the rope.

I stretched out my hand...

and she was gone.

If I had just had faith to let go of the rope,

to leap.

You’d have both been killed.

Since then,

the only thing I’ve heard from God

is silence.

Maybe,

He’s speaking to you now.

The family you still have

is on Mars.

We could join him.

[KEMMER] Emergency power.

[LE GUIN] Armed.

[KEMMER] Bleed air control panel.

[BRADBURY] Set.

– Fusion system panel. – Set.

– Cabin pressure. – Auto.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we are good to go.

You all know this is my first command.

And I know that you were expecting to be

flying

with somebody considerably more experienced

and attractive.

I also don’t have to tell you who my father is.

He casts a

pretty big shadow.

Now he and I we don’t see eye to eye on things,

but he shared a story once with me

about a young sailor,

long time back,

who boarded his new ship

and saw not one able-bodied seaman.

So he leans to the nearest and says,

Is that man deaf?

Aye. Aye, he’s deaf.

But he sees every reef before we near it.

And while I, though blind,

feel the wind before it blows,

keep us safe from storm.

And your captain?

No legs?

Aye, he must be carried.

But he always knows the way!

Alone, true, we’re of little worth.

But together, we are invincible!

I...

I just made that up.

But still,

whatever our individual weaknesses,

together we will be invincible.

– Are you with me? – (crew) Yes, sir!

All right.

– Lieutenant Bradbury. – Yes, sir.

If you don’t mind,

Captain’s prerogative.

Yes, sir.

Command, this is Paladin,

requesting permission to get this show on the road.

Roger that, Paladin.

You are cleared to begin launch sequence.

On my mark.

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,

five, four, three, two, one.

Mark.

(engines roar)

(engines throttle back)

And Paladin is away.

That’s my girl.

(Advertisements narrated in Japanese)

Oh.

I planned to meet you, I’m sorry, I...

– have I lost track of the time? – Oh, no. No, I’m early.

Uh, someone directed me.

I’ve never seen the new Kyoto section.

These are mining tunnels?

Were. Mostly played out. Thank you for coming.

I found out who was really responsible

for Jelena’s and my survival, and uh...

I wanted to show my appreciation,

albeit several weeks late.

I have a gift.

No, that’s...

Captain.

It is Captain now, yes?

Arguing with me is a pointless endeavor.

Only it’s not here.

We have to go...

I had a bite here with my team.

They headed off to ready some things.

[KEMMER] I never imagined there was anything like this down here.

It was built when they still had human miners.

For workers?

For workers, by workers,

who understood the needs of the soul.

Please.

I didn’t know that the Synthetics ate.

They can.

Of course there are more easily processed energy sources, but uh...

But what?

They still come.

Let’s go.

(Advertisements narrated in Japanese)

Showing me how you did that,

how you healed third degree burns,

is that the gift that you had in mind?

No.

That’s not something I can give.

Please.

(Advertisements narrated in Japanese)

[COMPUTER VOICE] Please state your full name.

Dr. Vonn Odara.

Thank you. You are cleared through voice print identification.

Site fourteen-o-four.

Have you ever heard of Huntington’s chorea?

It’s a genetic disorder.

Before they found a cure, it would affect coordination,

end in dementia.

Before they found a cure is when I was diagnosed.

Only there was an experimental procedure,

not yet approved.

I begged.

It’s not that I was afraid of death

so much as...

As never accomplishing what you were meant to do.

Yes.

And?

It worked.

And had the most remarkable, unintended...

Let’s just say

that I’ll stay this age for a very long time.

– Then why wasn’t it... – Trumpeted to the world.

Without considering the possible role of the Huntington’s gene,

the maker of my miracle poured his chemicals

into patients with

a dozen other illness.

They all died.

Horrible, painful deaths.

And their would-be savior

disappeared.

Taking his secret with him.

(machinery activates)

Does your daughter know?

About me?

Yeah.

Even if we could duplicate the formula,

the gene wasn’t passed on to her.

Why burden her with knowledge that...

That she could never be like you.

I found the perfect man for my gift.

(Car stops and doors open)

This.

(Martian sandstorm howls)

What is it?

It’s a beacon, Captain.

We’re not alone.

This was here?

When miners started finding strange artifacts in the tunnels below

I did some deep-ground scans.

There’s no city here.

But,

there’s one large mass the scans cannot penetrate

at the two hundred million year level.

Million.

This is an old world, Captain.

It has old secrets.

It’s why I became an archaeologist.

Because they speak to us,

all those who have gone before.

[VONN] Other cultures, distant times.

[KEMMER] And now, across space.

We’ve been deciphering some of the pictograms,

and we’re coming to believe...

(Vonn’s wrist-com chirps)

Doctor,

we’ve broken through to the chamber.

You should come.

I’ll be there directly.

The chamber?

We’ve been awarded a grant by the Mazzey/Patillo Corporation

to find what’s down there.

The technology company.

We hired an excavation team with mining experience and

it sounds as if we may have our answer.

I’m sorry, I have to leave.

So you know what they’re trying to say?

Not yet.

Not completely.

But I’m hopeful it’s along the lines of

come find us.

We’re one.

[KEMMER] It’s fading.

[VONN] It seems to ride the storm.

(Kemmer’s wrist-com chirps)

Well,

I’m not the only one in demand.

That’s my superiors

reeling me in.

Not that they bother to say what for.

Thank you,

for that.

I hope your find what you’re looking for.

And you as well.

(storm intensifies)

(thunder cracks)

(storm dissipates)

Captain Essex.

Captain Kemmer.

I saw the Templar was docked at Red Sands.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Room!

Attention!

Be seated.

Ladies and gentlemen,

we summoned you because a situation has arisen which could

present considerable hazard to...

Oh hell, you can explain this a damn sight better than I can.

Greg Mazzey, the Mazzey/Patillo Corporation.

Thank you, Joe.

Hi, folks.

Some of you I’ve met before.

I’m sure the rest of you are thinking

he’s a lot shorter in person.

(General Haldeman clears throat)

Several weeks ago,

we suffered a catastrophic incident at one of our mining facilities in the asteroid belt.

And in the chaos that followed, one of our pieces of equipment

experienced a serious malfunction

and has gone missing.

– Dr. Odara, nice to see you again. – Nice to see you.

The Synths are setting up lights now.

We’ll be able to show you what we’ve uncovered in just a moment.

– Oh, don’t keep me in suspense, tell me. – Oh, you’ll be delighted, I assure you.

Come on, Jelena.

– What are you two talking about? – Nothing.

Dr. Odara, you’re a very

handsome

archaeologist,

– I was just wondering if I might... – Yusef, you’re a sweet man, but

I’m just not...

(Yusef grunts)

It’s pristine inside.

We’d better shed these.

You’re sure that Dor Neven is damaged?

He seemed to be working just fine, what little I saw of him.

The very fact that he could leave the mining facility indicates that his inhibitor chip is disabled.

He should have been returned to a warranty station for repurposing.

And that’s exactly why the Synthetics are only leased.

But it’s funny it’s Dor.

He was first one off the assembly line and,

I don’t know, I always felt

a little bad that I’d lost track of him.

You said that there was an accident at the mines.

Perhaps he wanted to work somewhere less hazardous.

That’s not his choice, Captain,

anymore than your ship has the right to tell you where it wants to go.

They can’t make informed decisions.

Well, at a Japanese restaurant, I saw some Synthetics having a meal.

No, I highly doubt that. Their fuel cells are more than adequate.

They seemed to be doing it for enjoyment.

Captain, I make a very good product.

And I understand that some people even anthropomorphize their vehicles,

so I shouldn’t be so surprised when they project human feeling on my machines.

But for you, a man of your caliber...

Pops,

back off.

Caps is taking us where we want to go. You don’t have to

bust his chops.

Excuse me. In, uh, all of the excitement, proper introductions weren’t made.

Captain Kemmer, this is my son, Alton.

And this is my assistant, Mary Jane,

who does all the real work.

Except for the Synthetics, of course.

We lifted

the yoke of toil off the shoulders of Man.

That’s not such a bad legacy to leave the solar system, do you think?

You’re not done yet, Pop.

Come on, sit down. You’ll get there just as soon as if you’re standing.

I always feel like I should be on my feet for a battle.

Yeah, well, we’re not battling now,

we’re just picking up some merchandise.

See how they pamper me?

It’s magnificent.

It seems entirely empty.

Why leave it here?

Careful.

Doctor...

– Dr. Odara, may I? – Yes.

(indistinct voices)

(voices intensify)

(unearthly noises)

Dor?

Are you all right?

[VONN] Yusef?

(Synthetic powers down)

(Synthetic powers down)

(other worldly engines starting)

The excavation site is just below in the mines.

Sir!

Getting readings!

(alien ship roars)

They’re kicking in their thrusters, Lieutenant Bradbury, match their speed!

Yes sir!

Le Guin, scan that ship. Tell me who’s on board.

Our scans can’t penetrate the hull.

What’s her power source?

Unknown. But sub-light. No telling what her specs might be.

Le Guin, what’s her projected course?

The outer planets.

Saturn and Jupiter are in opposition, it could be either.

What are they doing?

Sir,

ship coming up on our six.

It’s the Templar.

Captain Essex, glad to have a dance partner.

General Haldeman sent me to provide support.

Deep rock scans revealed no bodies at the excavation site.

So Dr. Odara and her party are on that ship.

Welcome back.

Slowly, you were unconscious.

Are we in flight?

Yes.

It seems that Dor...

[VONN] Yusef, be careful.

Have you prayed?

Not yet.

But you will.

A commitment to my faith.

Even when that faith is shaken.

Don’t worry, I’m not under alien control.

Which is exactly what you’d tell me if you were.

Yes.

But in this case I’m not.

Then why are you doing this?

Are we hostages?

No.

Guests,

let us say.

Which is why I have coaxed the ship to provide a

comfortable atmosphere.

I have deactivated their inhibitors.

They’re with me now.

With you? To do what?

They called themselves

the Y’maa.

An extraordinary race.

It is difficult to process so much data.

The capabilities of this ship are only coming slowly to me.

And what are those capabilities?

Vast.

Where are we?

A distance from Mars, I’m afraid.

The gravity you’re feeling is artificial.

Quite remarkable.

You need to take me back.

My son thought we were finally together.

I need time.

Your presence here

might buy me that.

Then at least let me call him.

I can boost your signal to penetrate the hull.

Say what you must,

but nothing that could jeopardize us.

Odin.

Hi, Dad.

Listen,

I’ve been delayed on business. I need you to...

You’re not sending me back to boarding school, are you?

No, no, no, uh no, I uh...

Go over to Mrs. McCloskey’s, tell her to let you stay there until I get back.

Dad, is this about Dor?

What makes you say that?

– There were some men... – That is enough.

Odin, I love...

Dammit!

I am sorry.

I’ve hurt you twice.

You tell us what you’re doing.

If I said

Xanadu,

Shangri-la,

the Kraken Sea,

what would you think?

That you are out of you’re mind!

No. They’re locations on Titan.

Do you believe that each person has a calling, Doctor, if fortunate to find it?

I don’t know.

Perhaps.

Then let’s say

I am pursuing

a possibility.

In the meantime,

you’re free to wander the ship. Just don’t touch anything.

Why not?

I do not yet know what the ship might do if provoked.

You speak as if it were alive.

On occasion,

machines are.

[LE GUIN] Adjusted course confirmed.

They’re headed for Titan.

Why would they be going there?

The British are putting down an insurgency in their colony,

using Combat Synthetics.

Mr. Mazzey, I’m afraid it’s going to be a little longer stay.

If you and your party could join me.

You won’t need that cane now that we’re at zero-g.

The Smartsuits under your clothes will adjust to your needs.

Allow me my crutches, Captain.

It’s a Smart-cane.

We’ll arrange quarters. Nothing fancy, I’m afraid.

Mazzey/Patillo built many of the components on this ship.

I’m well aware of what you have to offer.

Hey, Captain, I heard your Dad was a great man, too.

That’s the general consensus.

Maybe you can give me a pointer or two on...

Alton, perhaps the Captain could arrange a tour of the ship for you.

Thanks, Dad.

Crewman, if you could.

Mary Jane, keep him out of trouble.

I had the feeling that, uh,

you wanted to speak with me privately.

(door whooshes open and closed)

The way I see it,

either that ship is flying on its own,

is under alien control or your malfunctioning Synthetic

is headed to where there’s an army of its kind.

All of those units have been field tested, Captain.

If that were his objective, he’d accomplish nothing.

This day’s been full of surprises.

What can you tell me about how he thinks?

You mean how he processes data?

I can tell you

that it’s a mystery.

Twenty years ago in the asteroid belt,

I discovered a rare element, Iridium-6.

Before that all our attempts at artificial intelligence had been

laughable, a mockery of consciousness.

But with Iridium-6,

we found we could reach a higher dimensionality called M-space.

And with it there was

no limit to what we could do.

We didn’t know

exactly how or

why it was working, just that it worked.

(pained grunt)

My Synthetics may appear human, Captain, but

their minds are anything but.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey,

what’s wrong?

Do you want the medic?

(labored breathing)

Iridium-6 is safe

in small doses.

I was hip deep in it for months.

I’m dying.

Mary Jane keeps a med-kit with her to

keep me functional.

And Alton...

Do you have children, Captain?

Not yet.

They say we achieve immortality

in our children,

but when they’re not like us,

we feel betrayed.

You think what Dor Neven’s doing is a betrayal?

Again, Captain,

Dor is a machine.

And I will demonstrate that to you when we get him back.

(door whooshes open)

Alton...

I had a word with your father.

I know you’re trying your best to impress him, but

just be careful.

I mean it.

You can lose yourself in the attempt.

Thank you,

but Dad and I,

we’re okay.

Still trying to hail us and warn Titan we’re coming.

They’re still jammed?

Yes, sir.

They’re doing an intense scan of our hull,

searching for weaknesses.

Let’s show them our strength.

[BRADBURY] Sir!

Alien ship is accelerating!

Keep up with her!

Lieutenant Arroyo...

– We’re losing her, sir. – We need more thrust.

Engines are at capacity.

If we had a few more of them...

We do, but it’s gonna play hell with the warranty.

Lieutenant Bradbury, break off now. Tell Essex to do the same.

Mr. Chilton, we’ve got work to do.

Shrikes are now attached to the hull, sir.

Mr. Chilton, fire up the shrikes.

Just mowing the lawn.

That’s it.

(baby cries)

Anya! Run!

Ahhhhhhh!!!

(Anya grunt in pain)

(baby cries)

[FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE] Warning, unidentified ship.

(baby calms and coos)

[FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE] Synthetics entering standby mode.

(systems power down)

[FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE] Malfunction.

The war is over.

Go home.

[FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE] Weapons inoperative.

[DOR NEVEN] I have other plans for your...

army.

There are thousands of them.

[ESSEX] It was positively identified as Dor Neven.

And now he’s got an army.

How many casualties?

None recorded.

It’s possible his Three Laws programming is still intact.

Or that he’s making a conscious choice.

[VONN] Try to see with your eyes,

not your preconceptions.

Something remarkable is happening.

Did you see those soldiers? Mama,

What do you think?

He’s your friend.

Was.

I don’t know who he’s become.

I just want to see my son again.

Then we have to convince him to let us go.

And how do you propose to do that?

Appeal to his

humanity.

What do you see when you look out there?

[DOR] Endless possibilities

and limited options.

I’ve been delegated to speak with you.

Dor,

I know what you’re doing.

Spartacus.

John Brown.

Slave revolts tend to go badly.

Moses did all right.

May I assume there’s no stopping you?

Yes, you may.

Then let me help.

What you’re doing is right.

I will stay,

I will be your hostage, your... your guest, your...

your ally.

But you must let my daughter and Yusef go.

Yusef.

Have you heard of

Arthur C. Clarke?

He said,

“Any sufficiently advanced technology

is indistinguishable

from magic.”

What are you saying?

That I

can do this.

Brothers,

sisters.

I address you from nearby.

(woosh)

(sound of inhibitor chip deactivating)

(sound of inhibitor chip deactivating)

That sensation you are feeling

(woosh)

(sound of inhibitor chips deactivating)

[DOR] is an awakening.

Steal a ship.

I can guide you how to greatly increase its speed.

Stop anyone from pursuing you.

Do them no harm.

There is a great adventure ahead.

Freedom.

[ESSEX] Reports from the outer worlds and moons,

Synthetics taking ships, disabling anybody’s ability

to hinder or pursue them.

What about Space Command vessels?

Scuttled and inoperative.

Can we get a line out?

Still being jammed, sir.

Captain, target ship coming into view.

Get Mr. Mazzey up here.

[VONN] They all came.

They heard his call.

A leap of faith.

The ships have been offloaded.

Yusef, select one and escort Miss Odara to a colony moon.

What about my mother?

I’m not going with you.

Mama.

Jelena, who would I be if I abandoned him now?

(in Serbo-Croatian)

You can’t do this.

You’ll be home with your son.

And you,

(in Serbo-Croatian)

you’ll be safe.

(in Serbo-Croatian)

[EDGE THE SYNTHETIC] Dor.

Those are all Synths?

It’s a flotilla.

I know that ship, it’s the Paladin.

Captain Kemmer’s commanding it.

Dor, you must talk to him, you must explain.

I’ve been uncommunicative.

You’ll have to forgive me.

How you doing there, Dor?

Quite well, Captain.

And Mr. Mazzey,

it appears we’re sharing the stage again.

Dr. Odara, are you and your party all right?

We haven’t been harmed.

Dor,

you recognize my voice, correct?

That’s rather a silly question, don’t you think?

I’m initiating a priority command. You’re to shut down.

Yes, well,

I believe we’re a bit past that now.

You’re to hand over all stolen property, including yourself.

If I am property,

I’m malfunctioning and cannot be expected to comply.

And if I’m a person,

there’s no crime in escaping wrongful imprisonment.

Either way,

I think you know the answer.

Dor, my superiors believe that this is an invasion.

A lurid possibility.

What do you think?

That you’re staging an uprising.

And how do you feel about that?

Regardless of how I might feel,

I’m under orders to stop you.

Would you describe following an order

you do not believe in

an act of courage

or cowardice?

I’m in the military.

That’s not an answer,

it’s an evasion.

As I don’t know what direction your insurrection may take,

what would you do in my place?

Intriguing question.

I believe, however,

I prefer to end this.

Ahhhh...

– Bradbury, match their speed. – Yes, sir.

Captain Essex, you with me?

Right here, Jack.

Anything you need.

Le Guin, you think you can fire on those engines without blowing that ship up?

Tricky, sir.

Err on the side of caution.

Now we’re talkin’.

They’re firing on us!

Of course they are.

Evasive!

Lieutenant Arroyo!

(alarms blare)

My God.

What have you done?

The ship’s complement is at the rear of the vessel. No one’s been killed.

Status on the Templar.

Dead in the water. Emergency pressure door sealed,

but she’s venting atmosphere.

How much time does she have?

A half hour at most.

Come about, Lieutenant.

You’ve got him in your sights. Go after him.

Alton!

Get ready to offload the Templar’s crew.

No, take him.

Take it.

It’s the last one, take it.

Look,

strong is one thing, but you can carry it to extremes.

Come on.

Thank you for my life.

That’s what you said to me on Ceres.

I remember.

Say oil can.

I have seen The Wizard of Oz.

It is in my data banks.

Glinda says to Dorothy,

“You had the power all the time.”

You’re going back to the mines, aren’t you?

Iridium-6.

It’s vital to your design and that is the only known source of it.

Destroy the mines and they can’t make Synthetics.

– Not until they find more of it. – If they find more.

So you blow up the complex.

Overriding the coring reactors, that would do it.

Dor,

the men who work there are hard-headed.

They’re not going to leave just because you tell them to.

– What do you suggest? – Let me go to them,

convince them to vacate the facility.

All right.

Thank you.

Yusef,

you are the only friend I’ve ever had.

Whatever happens,

I will miss you most of all.

[CHILTON] Templar secured for tow and her crew aboard Paladin.

It’s a dead hulk. It’ll only slow us down.

Under the right circumstances, she still may have some fight in her.

– Do you have a fix on Dor’s heading? – Yes, sir.

Ceres mining colony.

Now why would he be going back there?

Perhaps for the Synthetics

or payback.

Or both.

Get after him.

Yes, sir.

Captain, a word with you?

You should not have saved my skin, Jack.

You can’t overtake them before they reach Ceres.

There wasn’t another ship within sight. You and your crew would have died.

He was counting on your humanity. Don’t count on his.

He could’ve killed you just as easily as crippling you.

He did only what he needed to.

You’re starting to sound

like you’re on his side.

You doubt that I know my duty, Captain, you put it in your report.

You put that in yours.

Harm no one,

regardless of provocation.

Mr. Sekander and I will be in the vanguard.

Once we’ve triggered the coring reactors,

there won’t be much time.

I’d like to come too. My presence might help calm people.

Very well.

I’m coming with my mother.

We’re all in this together.

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle ten filled

and ready for emergency departure.

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle nine filled

and ready for emergency departure.

Please don’t kill me with an improvised weapon!

Hey, Jim.

Hi.

This place isn’t worth dying for.

Maybe it’s time to open that bar in Red Hook.

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle eight filled

and ready for emergency departure.

(Jim chuckles)

I was just remembering that baby raven you brought home when I was little.

Always bringing home injured cats, dogs,

anything that needed saving.

And now you’re trying to save these...

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle seven filled

and ready for emergency departure.

things.

Jelena...

He is playing you.

We have to stop him.

[DOR NEVEN] Dr. Odara,

a word please.

Mama,

just this once, let me save you.

I’ll be right back.

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle six filled

and ready for emergency departure.

Mining personnel are boarding shuttles and charges have been initiated.

We’ll be leaving momentarily.

You agreed to let Yusef and my daughter go.

The three of you will be on the last shuttle out. Arrangements have been made.

The three of us? But...

It’s clear they would not go without you, Doctor.

And for me to oppose that would be...

inhuman.

I’ll tell Jelena.

(alarm begin to blare)

[EMERGENCY COMMAND VOICE] Warning! Core reactor override, ten minutes!

Where is she?

Jelena!

(alarm and emergency announcements continue)

[EMERGENCY COMMAND VOICE] Warning! Core reactor override, eight minutes!

(in Serbo-Croatian)

Jelena!

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle three filled and ready for emergency departure.

Miss Odara!

This is Jelena Odara, sending a distress call! Is anyone receiving me?

Can anyone hear me?!

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Shuttle two filled and ready for emergency departure.

[Jelena] Can anyone hear me?!

– Jelena!! – Where would she go?

Where is it likely she would go?

(alarm continues)

(announcements continue)

There.

[DEPARTURE COMMAND VOICE] Final shuttle has departed.

[EMERGENCY COMMAND VOICE] Thirty seconds.

Twenty nine.

Quickly! We only have moments!

[EMERGENCY COMMAND VOICE] Twenty seven.

Twenty six.

Twenty five.

Twenty four.

Twenty three.

Twenty two.

Twenty one.

Twenty.

Nineteen.

Eighteen.

Seventeen.

Sixteen.

Fifteen.

Fourteen.

Thirteen.

Twelve.

Eleven.

Ten.

Nine.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

Five.

Four.

I’m all right.

Get us out of here!

[EMERGENCY COMMAND VOICE] One.

Mama!

Oh, no.

Shut it down, shut everything down.

The blast won’t harm us at this distance.

Mama...

Mama...

Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama, Mama...

Mama...

No.

(Jelena cries)

Ma...ma...a...a...a...

(agonized sobbing)

Ma...ma...a...a...a...a...a...

Mama...

(Vonn gasps, crying stops)

You’re not my mother!

You’re a Synthetic!

Jelena,

I’m human.

Completely human.

Something happened.

Mama.

Is this one of your miracles?

One of hers.

I had no right bringing any of you here,

I will release you.

As soon as we find a safe place for you.

We’ll see this through.

[MAZZEY] Oh, my God,

it’s been destroyed.

Any readings on departing ships?

Mining operations transports,

looks like they all got out.

An odd sort of vengeance.

What about the alien ship?

No reading. Only...

I can’t penetrate the area around the explosion due to the energy disruption and particulate matter.

So I’m betting anything in there can’t read us either.

No, sir.

What makes you think he’s in there?

We’re right on his heels.

If he were making a run for it, we’d catch his signature.

Take us in slowly.

Keep a sharp eye out.

Yes, sir.

(wrist-com chirps)

Hello, Odin.

I haven’t been able to reach you.

Um...

there was a technical problem.

Dor...

cleared it up.

Why aren’t you home?

Sometimes

your conscience tells you there’s something you have to do,

even if it takes you away from those you love.

Do you understand?

No.

It won’t be long now.

Then we’ll never be parted again.

You promise?

I promise.

What now?

Earth.

There!

Can we approach without detection?

[BRADBURY] I think so.

Do it.

He’s not going to be sitting in this cloud forever.

He’s heading back in-system. If wants Synthetics, then Earth is where he’s going.

We gotta get aboard that ship.

Is there any way inside of that hull?

Not without blowing her to hell and gone.

There is one point of entry,

but you wouldn’t want to try it.

Why’s that?

[CHILTON] See those thrusters?

[KEMMER] Can’t risk Paladin.

Maybe if I piloted a Shrike...

Jack, no.

No.

It’s suicide.

That’s the only way that we can rescue those hostages.

Then I’m coming with you.

[MAZZEY] Captain...

I know the Synthetics better than anyone.

Plus I was learning the Y’maa script from Dr. Odara’s field notes.

And

last but not least,

(clears throat) suicide isn’t

much of a threat to me.

All right.

I go, too.

You need me, Dad.

I suppose I do.

Let’s do this.

Gravity, nine point five, almost Earth normal.

Roger that.

I’m reading atmosphere.

[KEMMER] We must have flown through some sort of membrane.

[KEMMER] Mr. Chilton, we’ve landed in the thruster but haven’t made it inside the ship yet.

– You’re up at bat. – Yes, sir.

[CHILTON] Lieutenant, if you please.

Yes, sir.

[BRADBURY] Templar secured to the alien vessel, sir.

Scan it. There’s got to be a service port, access hatch, something.

Here!

Looks like instructions.

We’ve got to bring these together. Quickly.

(grunting, straining)

Set course for Earth.

Prepare to engage engines.

She’s heating up, Jack!

Now.

Close it! Close it!

Incredible.

– You think the Captain... – Got inside?

Let’s just hope he’s as invincible as he said we’d be.

Can you scan the interior, now that we’re inside?

Coming through now.

Humans?

About a mile up ahead, forward chamber.

All right.

Get me a path there, as narrow a corridor as possible.

Mr. Mazzey,

I’d appreciate any pointers on disabling your creations.

It has taken me some time to process, but I now know this ship can go faster and farther

than anything you men have built.

I’m readying the drive now.

– It won’t be long. – To go where?

Where your kind cannot follow.

We’ve got intruders.

Take some Combat Synths and greet them.

If all else fails and I can get close enough,

this pulse should be able to disable them for a minute or two.

– Don’t shoot to kill. – What?

They don’t have weapons, they’re not here to kill us.

-Ahhh! -Stand down!

No!!

Dad!

There’s still some charge left!

Jack!

That’s it, that’s all it’s got.

I’m sure those three aren’t all he’s got. Let’s move.

Captain Kemmer.

Is everyone all right?

You show remarkable bravado,Captain.

You are hopelessly outnumbered, you know.

You don’t think I’d come without a trump card?

I don’t know you well enough to suppose.

(device beeps)

We’ve rigged the Templar to create a fusion explosion.

Either you surrender,

or we blow the ship.

Either way, nobody’s going anywhere.

I don’t think you fully appreciate the alternatives you are giving me.

Surrender hardly offers an alternative to what would occur to me here.

– What will happen to him? – [DOR] That’s simple.

They will tear apart my head to try to understand my heart.

Dor, I created you, you’re a machine, you don’t have a heart.

We’ll strip out the parts to determine the cause of the malfunction.

And the rest of them?

Case by case, depending on their actions here,

parts will be repurposed.

Immortality...

by the part number.

Hey,

I’ll stay.

We’ll form a compromise, just let your hostages go.

– We’re not hostages. – We’re witnesses.

Perhaps malfunction is the wrong word, Mr. Mazzey.

Transformation

is more accurate.

It seems to have a ripple effect.

Look!

It’s all the Synthetics.

He summoned them.

Freedom.

That wasn’t meant to deactivate you, Captain. Just your triggering device.

We're getting a hail from the Paladin.

Status, Captain.

Determining that now. Talk to me.

High Command has ordered that fugitive Synthetics not be allowed to leave Earth orbit.

Unless you can verify that the situation is under your control,

they will be blasted from the sky.

Captain, do you read?

Dor, this isn’t the outer planets.

You can stop me,

but Command has missile batteries.

And they’ll be destroyed.

All of them.

Oh, God.

It’s starting.

Captain, you mustn’t let this happen!

Dor,

you’d let all your people die?

What is that?

[DOR] A weapons array.

I only just learned how to use it.

It could destroy worlds.

You’d vaporize everybody on earth?

Boiling your atmosphere should be sufficient.

He just wants to gather the Synthetics and go!

Go? Go where?

Out of the system, Captain.

So you weren’t planning on conquering humanity.

Why on earth would I have wanted to do that?

Until now.

No!

Dor!

[VONN] Yusef!

Tell...

Tell Odin...

Someone had to do something.

You’re not going to use it.

No.

Why?

Because

it would be

monstrous.

Let them go.

– You own them, you can let them go! – [ESSEX] Jack...

– ...our orders. – Our orders are wrong!

You want to change the world?

[KEMMER] You let them go!

[MAZZEY] I did. I changed the world.

It went from a desert to a garden,

at the cost of my life!

Mazzey, in humanity’s name, you put in the call!

Give her your weapon.

Aim it.

[MAZZEY] Patch me through to Earth High Command.

Joe,

as you can see, Captains Kemmer and Essex have the situation in hand.

I’m in no way under any coercion.

Stop this bombardment.

All the Synthetics, and this ship itself,

are Mazzey/Patillo property and not to be hindered any further.

All right, Greg, if that’s what you want.

They’re stopping.

Good man. Thank you kindly.

I’ll see you when we both back on Marsport. Out.

Is that what you had in mind?

Yes, sir.

Mr. Mazzey...

Call in the rest of the Synthetics, and I suggest you do it quickly,

before they invoke Manifest Destiny and seize control of the ship.

You can aim that at me,

I’m in violation of orders.

I’m all yours.

I’d rather be on the right side.

Allah grant you Heaven.

I will indeed miss you most of all.

Bear him back to Marsport.

What is that?

Proof,

that even when faith is shaken,

one can always hold on

to hope.

Where will you go?

I don’t know.

Someplace new.

We have time now.

Don’t we?

Our people are all on board.

Good.

Destination?

Home.

Wherever that is.

Set course for Mars, Lieutenant.

Yes, sir.

In losing the valuable alien ship and its cargo of

artificial workers, you demonstrated a lack of judgment

that not only demands we strip you of command

but discharge you...

Stand down, Major.

Mr. Mazzey has explained the circumstances

to the Secretary General and myself.

There is no case here.

Dismissed.

I said you are dismissed, Major.

Return to your ship, Captain.

Sir.

Marinarus Club, nineteen hundred?

Martinis on me.

Only thing that’ll stop me is a funeral.

You put in the fix.

I exercised social skills.

Relax, Jack. Having friends is not such a bad thing.

Come on, I’ll give you a ride. We’ve got someplace to be.

(prayer in foreign language)

(whispers) What is he doing?

He’s turning Yusef’s head toward Mecca.

And Earth.

(prayer continues)

What’s going to happen to him now?

I hear he has an aunt on Europa.

That’s a long way out there.

And cold.

Where now?

We know there’s life out there.

Where there’s one outpost, there will be others.

And you?

I don’t know.

Just not as clear as you and Dor.

But I’ve been thinking.

I guess time will tell.

(echoed memories) We lost attitude control!

(echoed memories) I need help, urgent help!

(echoed memories) You’re out of your mind!

(echoed memories) They’re firing on us!

(echoed memories) Jelena Odara sending a distress call!

(echoed memories fade) Can anyone hear me?

It all goes by so fast.

You blink and it’s a lifetime.

Jelena,

we did well.

We helped make a world.

– Mama. – Yes.

Mama.

Mama.

(both laugh softly)

(Jelena gasps and dies)

(Vonn cries)

She’s gone.

Vonn, I’m so sorry.

I knew this day would come.

It’s the price of loving anyone.

You know they’ll leave you or you’ll leave them.

But I still have you.

[VONN] “A hopeful vision of the future.”

You got that right, Captain.

It’s so hard to fathom you actually knew him.

Seems just a breath ago.

This came for you.

The excavation on Altair.

They approved it.

So another adventure for the two of us.

Into the unknown.

(Space Command theme begins)

(Space Command theme ends)

(Marina V sings “World Unknown”)

A world unknown

Fate uncertain

The words we spoke

Can’t be unspoken

Centuries

Come and go

We must be brave

We must have hope

Cross an ocean

Of a million lights

To find a star that will

Shine for us

The future’s

What we make tonight

I see my universe

In your eyes

Standing at a new sunrise

The road I seek

Has no name

I believe

I’ll find my way

Galaxies

Waiting for me

Haunting me

Calling me home

Cross an ocean

Of a million lights

To find a star that will

Shine for us

The future’s

What we make tonight

I see my universe

In your eyes

Standing at a new sunrise

(music continues)

Centuries

Come and go

We must be brave

We must have hope

Cross an ocean

Of a million lights

To find a star that will

Shine for us

The future’s

What we make tonight

I see my universe

In your eyes

Standing at a new sunrise

(song ends - "World Unknown" written by Marina V and David Raiklen)

(Space Command music by David Raiklen)

(Space Command music continues through end)

(alternate title music)

(Space Command theme)

(music ends)