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Our war is going better than ever.

But we need heroes.

We need you.

Come on, you apes. You want to live forever?

Service guarantees citizenship.

Would you like to know more?

The Sky Marshal launches Operation March to Victory, a bold new strategy calling

for total war against the bug on every front.

Would you like to know more?

Call Victor One -Niner. It's negative for pickup.

General, I'm getting a vision.

It isn't clear.

They're building up.

They're all around us.

Well, Lieutenant, you're the psychic. Tell me something I don't know.

It's something massive.

It's going to take us all out.

I can't get it all, but... General, there's an outpost.

Hotel Delta 185 abandoned eight days ago.

Half a click that way. That's the middle of Satan's anvil, right?

Bob's owned that real estate, General. There's no cover on the anvil, sir.

Well...

Yes sir.

Squats at a perimeter.

Sahara, get that door closed now. Sir.

Take it easy.

Take it easy.

I want someone on that comm, and I want pickup.

Yes, sir. Wouldn't we all?

I'm giving you a direct order, Sergeant.

Don't go on the door, Sarge.

Sit down.

Relax, buddy.

You gotta relax.

Why can't you do anything for this man, Tor?

Private!

Get on that comm. I want pickup now.

What the hell are you looking at, Private, huh?

Sir, comm don't run without power. Well, at OCS, you learn that a sergeant is

the solution to any problem, so you get the power up, sergeant. At OCS, they

tell you what kind of boat fleet lands in a ship. I am giving the orders.

You are going to take them.

I want the goddamn power, and I want it now.

Sir? I want to see this.

Radio is non -operational.

Coming lieutenant

Looks like Colonel Holbeck left in a hurry.

That was her.

I'd say we've got company.

I'll post an incinerator.

Move away from the door!

Why are you still here, soldier?

Probably because no one lit the furnace.

Captain B .J. Dax.

Says here's a big hero.

Combat medal from S .T .A .R .S. Purple Heart, Purple Heart, Purple Heart.

Won the Federal Medal of Valor at Widowmaker.

Refused numerous battlefield missions.

hero. You murdered Colonel Holbach?

He had his marita and a sidearm.

I just used my hands.

You're a disgrace to the uniform, mister.

He's a mad dog. He stays in the cage.

Just remember, lieutenant, every dog has its day.

Sergeant! Yeah?

I am in command here, private.

Now, how many wants her situation?

Looks like a whole damn circus.

Let's go.

Right perimeter, spread wide!

You three, follow me!

He's spreading us too thin!

You know something I don't, trooper?

Take a right!

Nothing! No movement!

Come on, you bastard!

What are you waiting for?

Shut up, fathead!

You starting with me?

Yeah, just like covering your stick, huh?

Give me your hand

There's a war going on.

I don't need two volunteers.

Who the hell do you think you are, mister?

Big dick that's running this show.

I'll go.

Me too.

Sergeant, we're not back inside of five minutes. That means more bugs are on

their way.

You mean we didn't kill them all?

You never kill them all, son.

All right, who's got the light?

Otter, take a knee.

You see those busted wires there? Yes, sir.

You got the wiggle room, kid. Get your knife out and splice them together.

Trooper, hand me that... Where's your knife?

I must have still lost it, sir.

Any trooper who lost his knife in my unit would have been strung up for

kid.

You want to be careful with the red wire.

We got movement!

Horton, illumination round.

It's the general.

I see him.

He's bringing home two.

Make that three. He's bringing home three.

I wonder who didn't make it. Hope it wasn't Goldie.

He was nice to me the first day I got here. You know, it's like those little

things that count in the end. Yeah, like doing your goddamn job.

Hostiles, right under General's ass.

Come on, kid.

Outstanding.

Me? Guess how you like that smell after a while.

Son, I'll never forget it. Me neither, sir.

What kind of a -hole you think I am?

Put her there, soldier.

Welcome back, sir.

I don't know who you are, but your race is with me.

It's nothing personal, General. I'm just doing my job.

Hey, fellas, let me give you a hand.

I got a dog back home weighs one she does

Well

look what the cat drug in you should be that damn cat I

almost forgot

your knife keep it kid I know, sir, I couldn't. Trooper needs a knife.

Officers just tell troopers where to die.

That's not really true, is it, sir?

Watch out for officers, son.

It's their job to get you killed.

First wave came in and Deacon Slater was killed.

Came in again and that kid Goldie was gone.

And then it was just me and O 'Hara.

That magnificent son of a bitch.

We held them.

I tell you, this star here don't mean a hell of beans when you're caught between

shit and sweat.

And then these two beautiful bastards show up.

These two here, and they're carrying a couple of grenades.

And they got a boatload of gumption.

And they saved my sorry ass.

And I'd like to introduce you to them.

This is Corporal Joe Griff, Medical Corps.

And it's Technical Sergeant Ari Peck.

And I can't tell you a thing about Sleeping Beauty over here because she's

snoring through the whole damn thing.

That's private soda, sir.

I don't think she slept after her unit got chopped down.

Found Peck the next day and that was what?

Five days ago?

Yeah, but it's gotta sleep on time.

What's your story, Peck?

Third Second Tech Brigade.

Old Survivor.

Sir!

That's me.

Been out there about a month, near as I can tell.

That's a long time.

Pretty long, I guess.

Well, then we gotta get you home.

Lieutenant Dill.

Yes, sir. Has the pickup been arranged?

Sergeant Peck, can I talk to you?

Yes, sir.

You think you can make the calm talking squawk like it ought to?

Well, you can bet I'll dodge.

I'm trying, sir.

Well,

get some sack time and then take a crack at it. Oh, no, no, no, no, no. I'll get

on this right now.

Well, that's outstanding, Sergeant. You're a credit to your mobile infantry

unit. Thank you.

When is the last time you took a shower?

Let's worry about the sniff factor after we get our asses unslung, Lieutenant.

Yes, sir.

We could sit pretty tight if we could shut this door, Sergeant.

I'll get someone on it.

At least there's one man looking in the right direction.

Yes, sir.

What's wrong with her, Corporal?

It's the wind, sir.

Drives out the membranes.

She'll be fine when she wakes up.

Looks like she's got the right idea.

Good night, troopers.

Get some sleep. All of you.

That's an order.

And Bill.

Yes, sir.

I want a full report on today's action when I wake up.

Explaining exactly how you got five of my troopers killed.

Yes, sir.

You heard the man?

Hit the sack.

Not you, Trooper.

Yes, sir?

Letting that criminal loose is a court -martial offense, Private.

I thought he could help us, sir.

You thought the judgment of a murderer would be preferable to your commanding

officers?

Well, that'll make for a hell of a compelling defense.

I wasn't thinking, sir.

It was intuition.

Intuition?

no idea you were psychic.

I scored high when I was a kid, sir.

Really?

Mm -hmm. Huh.

Why aren't you wearing the black?

I became inconsistent, sir.

On the head of puberty?

Mm -hmm.

Hmm.

It happens to you women.

When's it gonna happen to you, Lieutenant?

Excuse me?

Puberty.

I heard it's a necessary step on the way to becoming a man. You're addressing an

officer of the Federation, mister?

You can take all that officer crap and shove it up your busted brow.

Any officer who behaves the way you did today and takes you out on a trooper

isn't worth a damn. It sure as hell ain't a man.

Well, I'm not a man.

What kind of a man turns his back on the Federation?

I'm glad you asked.

I helped train a generation of young people to throw themselves into the

grinder. And the Federation just chewed them up and spit them out.

So now when they say push on to glory...

I say, what glory?

What would you know about glory?

You call yourself a hero.

No, no, it's not.

See, that's something other people call you. And it's really just a trick.

See, when you throw your life away, instead of fool, they call you a hero

ask for glory.

Well, ask her, Lieutenant.

Ask her. She'll tell you everything you need to know.

How dare you?

Just one man's opinion.

No, it's not.

It's treason.

Then maybe you ought to shoot me.

Now there's something we agree on.

Well, go ahead.

Take out that pop gun and have at it, soldier.

You know, I happen to believe in the rules and the regulations that the

Federation stands for.

Very good, Lieutenant.

But you left out the kids.

What?

Cowards.

They always hide behind rules and children.

I'll see you hang.

Just so long as it's regulation, Ro.

Let's see.

That's your mystery meat sticks.

Egg caps, hardtack, bean.

And it's the veggie meal. Top of pudding delight.

Sweet tooth, huh?

Taps in 15 minutes!

Nice to have you with us, Trooper.

You've been out for a long time. How are you feeling?

I feel good, sir.

You fit for duty?

I'm ready to go.

Well, that's outstanding.

What's the ETA and a door we can shut, gentlemen?

Well, sir, I think that should do it.

Can you hold on?

Watch out for the cable!

The cable!

Stop it! Stop it!

You welded the damn thing open. You idiots.

I'll push me out of the perimeter.

Trooper, you heard him, man.

Let's go.

Let's move it.

Take that weapon. Come on.

Vandy, Horton, screw the brick. Come on, you lazy bastards.

Let's move it. Move, move, move, move, move.

Sahara.

All right, you two over there. You two front and right.

Where's my OP?

Man your post!

Go, go, go, go, go!

What are you waiting for? What's wrong?

General, there's something... Move!

Scouting party, sir. 100 meters out.

When they figure that fence is down, they're going to show up like relatives

a rich man's funeral.

General?

Peck, is this your doing?

It's a little, um, wonky, but it'll hold, I hope. You have our tremendous

gratitude, Peck.

Oh, it's nothing, sir.

I'll get back to work on the column now.

Attaboy, Peck! Yeah!

Peck! Peck!

Peck! Peck!

Peck! Woo! Peck! Woo!

Woo!

Zach?

The charges against you are serious, but I can't afford to lose a man of your

experience. Will you give me your word as an officer?

You'll do your duty? I'm no longer an officer, General, but I'll give you my

word as a man.

Your rank is restored until your guilt or innocence is determined by a formal

hearing. I can assure you, General, I killed Colonel Holbeck.

Well, then I guarantee you'll hang, Captain. But until then, I expect you to

your duty.

Yes, sir. I want forward op.

Three watches a day.

Defensives fail, troopers get lazy.

You carry on, Captain.

Sir.

Something I can do for you, soldier?

I just came to say thanks.

Saving my ass.

That's the job.

How come you don't sleep inside like everyone else?

I figure this is where the enemy will show up.

Not telling what kind of fun you could get in out here, huh?

You flirting with me, soldier?

No, son. I don't flirt.

Never.

Never ever.

No.

Well, you're the real deal.

Genuine article.

And you want some action.

Mm -hmm.

You'll get all the action you want after the bugs show up.

You know, it's all the waiting that gets me.

You need something to occupy your mind.

Mm -hmm.

That's good right there. Now drop and give me 100.

Sir? You got a lot of energy, trooper.

Now get down and start counting.

Yes, sir.

One, two, three, four, five,

six, seven, eight. Make it 200.

Can we play two?

I got Miss Judy.

Thanks for the wake -up soda.

Not sure.

You sure you know what you're doing, Horton?

Oh, I got a pretty good idea, but, uh, you know, practice does make perfect.

Nice.

Come on, Billy.

I don't know. Forget it, Sandy. He's a jerk.

Hey, Sandy.

What's with her?

Horton's with a new girl.

Ah.

Sipping some soda.

Name War Hell.

Uh, you.

Sorry.

You okay?

No.

Anything I can do?

No.

Well, at least let me take a look at that cut on your chin.

This?

It's just a scratch.

General wants everybody tip -top.

Hey, Joe.

Yeah.

How long have you been out here?

All my life, it seems like.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I've been here for eight months, and I've only seen the sun twice.

I'd feel easier if you took a helmet off, Joe.

God,

what happened to your finger?

Oh, you know, uh...

Muzzle burn?

That looks really bad.

Hey, who's in Medicare anyway, huh?

Hey, Joe.

Yeah?

Has anybody ever told you what a nice smile you have?

Yeah.

Probably.

You want to?

What happened to her, Corporal? Oh, just a bad nosebleed, sir.

It's going to be fine.

How do you feel?

You know how I feel.

What give?

Looks like we've got a couple new couples.

No wonder we're losing this war. Everyone's fucking instead of fighting.

What are you looking at?

Get back to work.

I'll get to work.

Good morning, Captain.

What makes you think so?

Why, are we in for it?

Sooner or later.

You got time for breakfast?

You're welcome to join me as long as you don't expect cheerful conversation.

Not a morning person, huh?

No, I'm a miserable murdering bastard.

And that's on a good day.

What's a bad day like?

Any one day in particular you're interested in.

Got a little black shirt second, Louie. Send you out here to question me.

Lieutenant Dill, he thinks I'm an idiot, sir.

Are you?

Me? Yeah, definitely.

Trust me, I got you beat.

Well, I fell in love.

And I got busted down from corporal for fraternization.

So who wants to be a corporal?

Here's the idiot part.

He got killed.

You really some kind of psychic?

Yeah, maybe.

I guess. Not like Dill, not Psycor.

Well, you fell out, didn't you?

Did you know he was going to buy the farm?

It doesn't work that way.

Well, that's good, I guess.

Maybe that's why I don't believe in all that punk.

Those tags you wear belong to the troopers that you lost.

And you wear them because you feel responsible for what happened to them.

It's a lucky guess.

Why'd you kill your CO? You tell me.

I'm not that good.

You gave some stupid orders that got kids killed.

Maybe there was one day too many or too many one day.

Maybe I'm the wheel that broke.

Maybe you ought to forgive yourself, Captain.

It's war.

Don't spend too much time around me, Trooper.

I'd hate to end up wearing your tags.

Well, I could use a hand.

Buddy, anything I can do for you, this is by me.

Do you think you could lie down on the...

The floor?

The floor, and reach behind the console.

I got it, I got it, I got it. You want me to lay on the floor and reach behind

the console?

Okay.

Here we go.

This is Hotel Delta 185 to Fleet Rescue.

Commence Fleet Rescue.

This is Hotel Delta 185 to Fleet Rescue.

How's that report coming, Lieutenant?

Well, I'm not so much writing report as building your gallows, Dax.

Didn't take you for a carpenter, did you? Shift to command frequency, sir.

But you know, there was this other carpenter who fell off a few thousand

ago. Better man than you or me.

Well, that carpenter, he says, was the death of him.

So be careful of what you build and what crosses you bear. Hotel Delta 185 to

Fleet Command.

Lieutenant.

Roger, Hotel Delta. This is Fleet Command. Over.

This is the 701st Mobile Infantry, Bravo Company, requesting immediate pickup.

Take a number.

What's your name, sailor?

Fleet Lieutenant Mary Clayhart.

And getting smart won't help you one bit, jarhead. You listen up, fruit fly.

This is General Jack Gordon Shepard. And if somebody doesn't make this pickup

their big goddamn priority, I'm going to make it my big goddamn priority to come

down and chew out some fleet ass, starting with yours.

Sorry, sir.

I didn't know who I was talking to.

That's because you're a moron.

Yeah. Yes, sir.

Wounded come first. Any excuses after that come out of your butt, Lieutenant.

Shepherd out.

Where's Packham? I'm going to give that boy a medal.

Let's leave, sir.

Dead on his feet.

Any day on that door, Brick.

We're all waiting for something, Sarge.

But it ain't the door.

Outstanding!

Not you, trooper.

Look at this.

We're all going to die, aren't we? All we do know about our glory.

Better run that way.

Don't get ugly.

What's eating Tor, huh?

Not you.

Yeah, I guess you're right.

War does some weird things to people.

Is everything okay?

No.

Yeah, I'm fine.

You look a little shaky, Trooper.

Yeah.

Something's not right.

That's what they call it when you're about to get overrun behind enemy lines.

It feels worse than that.

Oh, is this another one of your psychic hot flashes?

It seems like Tora's changed.

Because you wouldn't take Brick's bait?

It's about time.

It seems sudden, Sarge.

Like you puking your guts out this morning?

I guess I'm coming down with something.

I wonder what that could be.

I don't know, but there's a big knot where my stomach used to be.

Sarge, I barely touched the medic's hand just now, and I saw something.

You saw something?

Something terrible.

Maybe you're just going crazy.

I love you too, Sarge.

Honey, girls get wacky when they're pregnant.

Suddenly, they know everything about everything.

Oh, Jesus.

Yeah, you're about as psychic as a doorknob pooper.

You ready?

Give me that hand.

Thanks.

Don't worry about it.

Are you scared to shower, Otter?

What does it matter?

Going home in a few hours anyway.

Open the door!

Open the door! Open the door!

Let's kill you! We died in there! Open the door!

I need to talk to you, but it's going to sound crazy.

Spit it out, Trooper.

Look, sir, I know I'm not really supposed to be psychic, but I just have

terrible feeling.

Yes, sir.

As you were.

I think we have a situation here, Lieutenant, that requires the attention

military intelligence.

Tell them, Trooper.

This morning in the mess, I accidentally touched Corporal Griff's hand.

I think I might have had a vision, sir.

Playing psychic again, Private?

Could you maybe keep an open mind here, Lieutenant?

This trooper's got information that's very vital.

Some of the troopers have been acting a little strange lately.

Describe what you saw.

It's like he wasn't a man. He was some other thing. Maybe a thousand things.

And somehow he was gonna...

I've always been pretty fuzzy, sir.

And this came through sharper than life.

Lieutenant, I know I'm not a real psychic like you.

In fact, I just found out I'm pregnant and I didn't have a clue.

You're pregnant?

Yes, sir. I'm afraid so.

You might be interested to know then some of her classifieds. studies,

has been shown to heighten psychic ability.

That's too bad, because I'd really like to be wrong.

Yes, me too.

But I keep having this same feeling.

What is it?

They're coming to wipe us out.

And what's so new about that?

I mean the whole species.

Everything human, and they have a plan.

After what I did in the battle, I wasn't very sure of myself anymore.

And I just figured everybody thought I just cracked.

Yesterday, I might have been inclined to agree.

But that would have been me screwing up, Lieutenant.

Thank you, sir.

I'll, um, get on this matter with General Shepard immediately.

Oh, and Trooper, I wish them good work.

Sir.

General Shepard?

What are you doing in here?

General Jack and I were just having a chat.

What are you doing here, Del?

You and Shepard.

Is that so hard to believe?

General?

They're not separate.

You bastards.

You're all under arrest for murder, sedition, for treason against the

Federation.

Oh, and you're going to pay because we're not going to kill you.

Oh, no.

No, you see, we got special places for things like you where they cut you up,

but they keep you alive when they cut you up.

So they can see what makes you sick.

And they'll see what makes you sick.

And I'll be there.

Oh, yeah.

I'm going to be there to see.

You're

under

arrest, Dax.

On what charge?

Murder.

Captain Duck.

What's happening? They're talking to the prisoner.

Keep going.

You gave me your word, Dax.

What makes you think I had anything to do with this, General?

Lock him up, Sergeant.

Yes, sir.

With pleasure, sir.

Get out of here now, Sarah.

Move it.

You know what to do, Billy.

Yes, sir.

Why are you doing this, Billy?

It's not you and me. It's gonna happen to all of us.

Trying to make a baby with my barrack door private?

Sahara, she don't want it, but I gotta give her the bug.

Think there's a wire loose in your head?

No, it's a little piece of God.

Not like the one people used to believe in.

Or the Federation.

And it's filling me up.

I can sort of feel myself floating away.

Kid, you're not making any sense.

You don't understand when you wake up.

When I wake up?

be the day.

Captain?

Billy, please don't.

Please.

No.

Sergeant.

The bugs are inside, sir. Inside the perimeter?

No, sir.

Inside me.

Sergeant, no!

What kind of bug is that?

The kind that gets inside and takes over.

Maybe it can tell us something.

What are you talking about?

Everything that happened...

The bug.

They brought us here to create a weapon. What kind of weapon?

Shepard.

He can bring this infection to the top of the Federation.

We gotta kill the General.

They're not like us. They're not anymore.

They're bugs.

Andy?

Police!

Sir, you okay?

Poor creatures.

Why must we destroy...

You glorify your intelligence because it allows you to believe anything.

That you have a destiny.

That you have a right.

That you have a cause.

That you are special.

That you are great.

But in truth, you are born insane.

which misery cannot be allowed.

Whatever you do, don't let him on board!

Hey, General!

Listen up!

She needs medical attention.

You just killed a general officer, mister.

Lots of generals out there, fly boy.

This trooper's got information vital to the survival of the Federation.

She must reach safety at all costs. Do you get me? Yes, sir.

Let's go.

There are too many of them, Dad.

You got to tell them what you saw, Tahara. You got to tell them about the

bug. You stay here, you'll die.

Murderers don't go home.

Thank you.

Dax, more than a soldier, not just a man. A hero of the Federation.

He gave his life so we could fight. And these words for us to live by.

Shed no tears for me.

My glory lives forever.

Two can live the glory because it's easy to be a hero in the mobile infantry.

Men and women like you are signing up every day to serve the Federation and

the galaxy.

Isn't it time you did your part?

Beautiful baby, man.

Thank you, Sergeant. Think how impressed your friends and teachers will be.

Everyone loves this, and little Trooper likes me, too. And one day, I'll call

you hero, too.

Hurry up, stud.

We need fresh meat for the grinder.

Shed no tears for me.

My glory lives forever.

Thank you.