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Okay, studio, we're going for a rehearsal in ten minutes, with or

models. If anyone gets within ten feet of the car, don't expect to see

Christmas.

Going on.

You're cutting it a bit fine, aren't you?

The girls have just arrived, boss.

I hate going public in a rush, and I especially hate being forced into it.

That's only for the dealers.

Reassure me some more.

Security reckon it was someone at the test track who sold the photos.

Whoever it was, I hope he likes hospital food. You can tell security I'm going

to make some big changes. And tell the bimbos, keep smiling, don't fall over.

And don't touch the car.

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And cue.

Well, a secret as good as this one is bound to get out sooner or later. You've

heard all the rumours. Now see it for yourself.

The car they're all scrambling to imitate already.

The car that's going to change what motoring's all about.

From Tronix. The leading automotive designer development company.

It's the new Tronix Panda.

There are a lot of people who would love to know what's inside this amazing

-looking package.

Well, let me tell you that the technology developed by the Whiz Kids at

car division leaves all the competition standing.

Let's talk to the boss, the head man at Tronix, Mr. David O'Deal. David, this

really is a fantasy car, isn't it? The technology inside the Tronix may be

fantastic, but it's no fantasy at all.

And is it true that you actually brought the prototype here in an armoured

truck? That is absolutely true. Our competitors will pay a king's ransom for

sniff at what's going to put them out of business. Can't you even give us a

hint? I will say this, Phil. This car is going to have a built -in level of

intelligence that has no parallel in any other model. And what about the former?

Very expanded all the way.

All in a mass production vehicle with a lot of beauty and a little of the beast.

Wow.

Thank you, David. Thank you, Phil.

Just stop there, will you?

I need to get the two of you over to the left a little.

You're blocking our view of the car.

We don't want to miss seeing the money, do we?

Hang on a bit. What are those girls doing?

We had two very different test models.

One we lost yesterday.

Boss wants you people to make sure the second doesn't go the same way.

I'm sorry, when did you say the car goes into production, Mr Craig?

About two years away.

With our mass -produced cars here, we design prototypes for the manufacturers

who do.

If the car's not going into production for another two years, why set the risk

of a press show this early?

A hand was forced.

A rival got some pictures of the body shape.

One of our spies told us they were going to pirate the loop and call it their

own, so we had to preempt that.

But it all went wrong.

I'd have been a long time living it down. That pair of Sharons could have

me a lot of public damage.

But you still have some secrets worth protecting.

That's for certain.

They didn't get away with quite as much as they thought.

I'd like to see their faces right now.

It's a fake.

Well, they put a transfer body shell in an ordinary car.

This won't tell a single thing about the new engine. That's not unusual

practice. What you've got here is the showpiece.

This was only meant to be photographed. It was never meant to be driven.

So where did they keep all the fancy technology?

Almost certainly in a road test model.

Disguised so you wouldn't look at it twice.

That's the one you should have lifted.

You still have to pay us.

Why?

Because it's not our fault you hired us to steal the wrong car.

Look, I know you're both new to this, so let me clarify something.

My employers do not hire people to steal.

If you get some commercial information we can use, I'm authorized to buy it

you. That's not illegal.

But the responsibility for how you come about it is entirely yours.

The money is still on the table. You're welcome to try again, if you're

interested.

And assuming no one else beats you to it.

So this is the shape of things to come.

What's wrong with it?

Well, it's not the kind of shape I had in mind.

The body's just a disguise, Ed.

The only way to collect genuine road test data is, not surprisingly, to take

out on the road.

This version's not supposed to look exciting.

All the secret technology is hidden inside.

Get in, and I'll show you.

The rear -view mirror automatically adjusts to the driver's eye light.

Holy Toledo.

How does it do that?

It's magic.

Your notice has no ignition key or keypad. We're going to code it to

your thumbprint.

Tomorrow, you'll drive, I'll monitor from base, and Beckett, you follow close

a shadow car.

Uh, going where?

We've got a schedule for you to follow. Just normal motoring, nothing

adventurous. The job is to drive the course and attract no attention.

And Ed, to bring it back in one...

Ros wanted these trackers and transponder fitted. Where is she?

Building security check.

And Neil wanted her to have a look around. Advise on how to improve it.

Paul Cray said don't wonder. There was some dangerous hardware about.

Yeah, well...

She said she'd check in every half hour.

Yeah, how long ago was that?

Beckett, what's down here?

This is the military division.

To make what?

Toy soldiers. I don't know. They're a design company.

They take on work for all sorts of people.

Dodgy ones, I bet.

Rock! Don't get too close. I don't know what it is.

What happened?

I went to use the phone, and bang.

No warning.

Uh, maybe we can switch it off?

I can't see how. Just hang on, I want to try something.

Stand back.

Wait! Just wait.

What is this thing?

It's a plasma cage, we've only just installed it.

Yeah, for what?

Security on another project.

What project's that?

Sorry, can't talk about it.

Major Cardenas, these are operatives hired by Mr. O 'Neill to advise on

Security. Their being here is a mistake.

We were given full clearance, Mr. Cray.

The job we're doing for the Major's people won't be part of your brief.

go back to the car lab.

Major, perhaps you'd care to come to the hospitality lounge?

I'm scared of him.

I should have gone with the shadow car. At least that sounds sexy.

You volunteered.

You always want to be the one up front anyway.

Is this what we call minimal radio contact?

I am bored out of my nut.

Let me tell you, the seventh circle of hell is a place where you drive round

round forever and never arrive.

Keep going.

There's a roadside tea shop in four kilometres.

You can stop there and switch the engine off for 15 minutes.

Well, can I get out?

Yep. Just don't take your eyes off the goods.

Well, what?

Well, what's it like?

It's all right.

All right?

Yeah.

Only all right?

Plasma cages.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

What else did they get up to in that place?

I don't think I want to know.

I mean, weapons I can understand the secrecy about.

But a military vehicle in there is just a wheelbarrow without the comfort, isn't

it?

Hey.

I think it's all right.

Anything else?

No, thank you. Just the bell, please. You're on a bit of a rush.

I've been trying to find out what O 'Neill would like to work for. The only

who haven't got a bad word to say are the crash test dummies.

Beckett, what's happening with the car?

Nothing. It looks like a fully automatic gearbox with cut selection.

So what's making the suspension belt?

I'll follow them.

They do get the test costs.

Hey! Hey!

Ed,

what are you doing?

Your boy's an idiot.

God's sake, don't wreck the prototype.

I can't.

Ross!

Ross, something's wrong!

Ed, what are you doing now?

I'm not doing anything!

He doesn't have to. We've triggered the passive safety system.

Triumph is a car that you can't drive recklessly. If you do, it takes over.

You can sense its surroundings, read the road ahead. That's what makes it so

special.

Link that to a RouteMaster program, feed it with updated traffic information,

and we are talking 100 % accident -free motoring by the end of the decade.

It has a default setting which automatically guides it back to a preset

Okay, so the test car, that means right back to the lab.

Just sit back, enjoy the ride, and we'll see you there.

Is this what the girlies are after?

It's what everyone's trying to get hold of.

Hey, Beckett, watch out. I can't control it.

Don't worry. It avoids cars and people.

Hold it.

I've got to tell you, Ron, this... This is going to take a lot of getting used

to. Don't worry about having to. You're all fired anyway.

Now, wait a minute.

After last night's escapade and now this, I thought I was hiring people I

rely on. Trust is a two -way business, Mr O 'Neill. You sent us out there with

less than half the information and we still managed to do the job you hired us

to do. Now, if things change and we're forced to improvise, we improvise. Look,

we kept your investment intact and the egg off your face.

Only by luck. Hang on a minute! Hang on a minute!

You didn't give us a schedule for this drive until this morning. Yet you must

have planned it days ago, right?

Now, those girls knew exactly where we'd be.

Every piece of electrical equipment in this building needs to be checked, Mr O

'Neill. You've got a leak.

And you need us to find it.

What's he like to work for?

Very tough.

He came up the hard way.

Made a lot of enemies?

His enemies aren't half as scary as some of his friends.

Major Cardenas.

We developed a passive safety system for military use and we sell them to all

kinds of clients.

Why take on these jobs at all if dealing with these people makes everyone so

nervous?

Money. We're desperate for cash flow.

But the transfer's worth a fortune.

In the long run, yes, but we're taking huge losses on development.

And the boss is making deals with the devil just to keep us going.

Your unit will be completely safe without cutting.

I'd take my life for that. You already have.

Yes.

There's your spy.

What is it? How do your departments communicate with each other?

Email.

Well, someone got in here and put the cell phone link on your wire. Now they

call it up and read your email from any phone, anywhere.

Right, get it disconnected.

Then we can worry about how they put it there.

I've got another suggestion.

These two are obviously going to keep coming at you.

Why don't we set them up?

Well, it's nearly an hour now.

Nothing.

Maybe yesterday scared them off.

I'm disappointed.

Not? Yes, you are.

I just figured they'd be up for a bit of a challenge.

Rose?

All right. It's okay. Don't panic.

Full salon.

Come on. Let's get back.

All right, Ros.

Listen, we're coming over. Don't

speak.

Get in the car and drop.

Rod, I think we may have a problem.

I'm ahead of you.

Ed just dropped out of radio contact and there's someone in the car with him.

I'm going to the trackers.

They're blocking the trackers.

Beckett, we do have a problem.

One of your trackers?

Yeah, it's kind of a family pet.

Quite a pair of operators, aren't you?

We were going to be a rally team, but this looked like a better career move.

Stand up, please.

I'm sorry we had to drag you along.

Don't apologise.

I agree to most things when there's a gun pressed up against my neck.

It was only a grease gun.

Now you tell me.

Couldn't do it without your thumbprint, could we?

Yeah, right.

You guys are taking quite a risk. What are you making out of all this?

So far, we're making a lot.

Mind you, this is one job we'd do for free.

Oh, yeah? Why?

O 'Neill put our dad out of business ten years ago, losing it all as good as

killed him.

So when we decided to move into the commercial espionage business, O 'Neill

a natural first choice.

Another little setback for Mr O 'Neil.

What are you wasting time for?

They're blocking the trackers. They won't know about the transponder till I

activate it from here. We'll get one chance to trigger this.

If the car's moving when we do it, then we'll have wasted our time. If it's

stationary, Beckett and I can fix their position.

Ladies.

Can I be somewhere else when this thing goes off?

Hello? Okay, Rose, ready when you are.

Okay, go.

Transponder.

It's bedtime.

I've got it. 104 degrees.

104.

They're close.

They're very close.

I can be there in ten minutes.

We can be there in less, assuming...

I'm putting all the film and audio tapes in the case.

It won't take them long to find us, but the bomb will go off first.

Don't get any ideas about trying to interfere.

There were surplus detonators in their Tampa resistance.

I see.

I don't even know your names.

Sarita. Davina.

Really?

What's to stop me just grabbing the stuff in the case?

Try it.

Oh, I'm glad I did that.

Well, well, well. The bimbo's from hell.

Why are you so persistent?

Don't know, Uncle Dave.

Better just get used to it.

I'm not your uncle.

But you were Dad's best friend until you ruined him.

Your Jack daughters.

Sarita and Davina.

Excuse me, there's something I really should say at this point. Shut up, son.

You, come here.

This is really important. Shut up! There is a...

you do the job properly uncle dave it's the only way you're gonna stop us don't

imagine it isn't in my mind hey hey

is that a bomb it's what i've been trying to say get out

The guy's an absolute psychopath.

If I had my way, we'd walk.

I never walked away from a job yet.

His problems are personal, ours are professional.

You can say that.

You didn't get a 12 -ball parting in your hair. The guy is bent, so bent you

could run through a hedge and never touch the thing. All right, you two, all

right, all right.

Now, look, here's the new deal.

This time, we don't just sweep the place.

We give the entire Tronics operation a complete security overhaul.

We make it airtight.

and then we stick with it all the way down the line.

And what about Major Cardenas and his boys' brigade?

We work around them.

Now, they're not going to like it much, and we're probably going to like it even

less, but that's the way it's got to be.

Guys, I get the feeling we're getting deep into something we may have cause to

regret.

Beckett, look at this.

Those are armed guards down there in the research area.

Those are tasers.

Stun gun.

Yeah.

A high -voltage shock disables your target, but you take them alive.

This has got to be the most hush -hush armoured vehicle in the civilised world.

Don't speculate.

Just get it protected.

Mr O 'Neill, those guards are a complete waste of time.

Between us up here and the gates of hell down there, it's well covered.

This is all of it?

All we could put together from memory.

You know as well as I do.

This is nothing like the level of hard data we need.

We'll get more.

What's to get?

They found your wiretap on their email and you blew up the technology.

Come on, Bob. We're broke.

I'm sorry.

What can I say?

Maybe you should think about another line of business.

Wait.

That's what I call an item.

Beckett, what did you do?

I don't know.

What did I tell you?

That's not outsiders.

I hope Ed's not falling asleep on the job.

Rose? Mm -hmm?

Not the monitors at all.

A camera.

So how could they do that to the camera then?

Isotropic light bulb.

Bright enough to blind anything.

You stupid, stupid pair.

Not one of you has the faintest idea what's at stake here.

What do you think you're playing?

Oh, don't waste your time, Beckett. Can't you see he's having a spring

Understand it.

That vehicle has got to be brought back, and I don't care who gets hurt to make

that happen.

I'm not fighting for my life here, so don't imagine I'm going to be too

concerned about these two.

Call them hostages. It's what they are.

Give your boss this message.

He'll know who it's from.

We've each got something the other wants.

If he lets my sister go without harming her, I'll tell him where to find his

van.

He's got 45 minutes, and the clock is ticking.

I think those radioactive warning signs on the packaging are the only

explanation.

The only explanation for what?

For why this military vehicle is so special.

I think its power unit is an RTG. A what?

A radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

Put them in satellites.

They use plutonium as a power source. They run for years, years and years.

Plutonium?

Plutonium.

Plutonium dioxide.

It's reasonably stable, but highly radioactive, of course, and incredibly

These people are flouting all safety laws to produce a new long -range

battlefield vehicle.

Hmm.

What are the risks of the radiation getting out?

The people who make them say the safeguards are adequate.

Environmental groups say these things are a disaster waiting to happen.

And much good may finding it do you.

Is my sister in danger?

Well...

It's pretty scary stuff, but they don't blow up on their own.

As long as nothing breaches the plutonium container, she'll be safe as

What about dynamite?

Now, an RTG puts out intense electromagnetic interference.

Well, that's one hell of a giveaway for what's supposed to be a covert vehicle.

Quite, which is why we have to shield the power unit.

But if someone tampers with that shielding, you get a lot of local

interference.

The kind of electrical interference that knocks down traffic lights, right?

Quite.

Fourteen sets of traffic lights have all gone haywire in the last two hours.

See? She has got to be somewhere around here.

The RPG powers a 30 -inch -long battery.

And that's the thing that drives the vehicle.

Right. So how come it doesn't just crawl along like a milk flow?

Well, it doesn't actually drive the car.

It drives a flywheel. A flywheel.

You're working on me.

Well, you did see the plans.

Seems a shame to waste a good opportunity.

It's fairly incredible.

Only fairly.

It's got to be somewhere close.

How do you know that? Look at the monitor.

The same interference was messing with the traffic lights.

How could I think she's over there?

Davina, look, we're not enemies.

They've got our partner as well as your sister.

Was she okay?

O 'Neill's made a lot of threats, but no one's been hurt.

Yet.

Now, why don't you put that thing down?

Teresa, did you try and strip down the van?

You've removed some of the internal shielding, haven't you?

I poked around a bit, but it's technology I've never seen before.

That's a plutonium -powered RTG.

It's also been fitted with a passive safety system.

Well, I hope you didn't poke around too much.

Ah.

Ah? What does ah mean?

Well, I took off a few panels and got a few photographs.

And I concreted 30 pounds of high explosive into the shelving unit.

What's it doing?

It's just the shield's off.

Triggered the passive safety system.

Paul Craig?

Speaking.

Tell O 'Neill that we've found the vehicle. Some of the internal shielding

been removed.

Interference from the RTG has triggered the passive safety device, so it's now

on its way back to the factory with a load of dynamite on board.

If it goes up, it will spread plutonium everywhere. Half the country will be

radioactive. Hello?

Hello?

Hello? Hello, Paul?

Paul, where are you?

doing? It'll crush into the deep.

No, it's okay. It avoids cars and people.

Mickey! I'm getting on board.

I'll try.

Blame anyone. Blame her. Do it to her.

No.

There comes a point where you have to cut your losses and quit.

You've just reached.

Time to go.

I'm still breathing.

For a personal account, I'll be at the city airport in 15 minutes.

Just get me on any flight, anywhere.

Anywhere! Just get me in the air!

Is there any way out?

Is there any way out?

I...

It's under the passenger seat.

Well, if we can't get the bomb away from the container, we'll just have to get

the container away from the bomb.

O 'Neill.

O 'Neill!

Listen to me and listen to me carefully. I think that van's headed back here and

it does not look good. Can you get us out of here?

Come on, O 'Neil!

Burn in hell.

We're almost there.

What's on the timer?

Four minutes.

Maybe the workshop doors will stop it.

It's still going to explode.

Yeah, but if we get this out, it'll just be a conventional explosion in the

yard. Ed and Davina might still have a chance.

Never mind Ed and Davina. What about us?

For God's sake, man.

Do one decent thing in your life and get us the hell out of here.

I don't care.

It is nothing.

I'll rebuild it all.

Nobody is going to get the opportunity to let me down.

How long now?

Less than two minutes.

Rose, what happens if this thing hits the ground at speed?

It'll be strong enough to take it.

Oh, God.

Beckett, the doors are shut. It'll stop moving again tomorrow. Where's Edward?

Beckett, the doors are opening. It's all going to stop.

Thank you.

all the way through. Get out the back.

Why? Because the back end's outside the plasma type.

You're going to go.

Do you two know what time it is? Oh, shush, don't distract me. I'm hammering

him. Get out of it. It's luck.

That's how when I'm winning it's luck and when you're winning it's skill.

Clear those decks and call me Mr. Speed.

Oh, yeah.

How much longer do you think you're going to be?

With a radioactive thermal generator?

I don't know.

About 20, 25 years?