Original subtitles

AND AS THE PLANETARY QUARANTINE ENTERS ITS FOURTH MONTH,

MASS RIOTING CONTINUES IN INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA,

AND PARTS OF CENTRAL AMERICA

AS THEY STRUGGLE TO DEAL

WITH THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THEIR ECONOMIES,

THE RESULT OF LOST INCOME USUALLY GENERATED

BY TRADE WITH OTHER WORLDS.

ACROSS THE PLANET,

SPACE PORTS NORMALLY CROWDED WITH TRAVELERS STAND EMPTY,

STARSHIPS GROUNDED BY MILITARY ORDER.

EVEN ORBITAL TRANSPORTS HAVE BEEN BANNED,

GIVEN THE GOVERNMENT'S CONCERN THAT THEY COULD BE USED

TO FERRY EARTH CITIZENS TO WAITING STARSHIPS

AND CARRY THE DRAKH VIRUS BEYOND EARTH.

IN THE VATICAN, POPE BERNADETTE II

LED A GLOBAL DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING.

SHE CALLED FOR CHURCHES EVERYWHERE TO UNITE

IN THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY'S ATTEMPT

TO FIND A MEDICAL CURE.

CURRENT EFFORTS INCLUDE USING THE RANGER FLEET

TO SEARCH FOR POSSIBLE LEADS ON OTHER PLANETS,

WHICH ARE THEN INVESTIGATED BY THE DEEP-RANGE

MILITARY RESEARCH VESSEL, EXCALIBUR,

LAUNCHED SHORTLY AFTER THE DRAKH WAR.

MEANWHILE IN EARTHDOME,

DIRECTOR OF XENOBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH,

DR. STEVEN FRANKLIN,

APPEARED TODAY BEFORE THE SENATE TO TESTIFY

ABOUT THE PROGRESS MADE IN OTHER RESEARCH--

CAPTAIN, YOU SAID TO ALERT YOU

WHEN WE REACHED OUR DESTINATION.

WE'RE COMING INTO ORBIT NOW.

THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT. I'M ON MY WAY.

NOTHING MUCH GOOD ON TV TONIGHT ANYWAY.

WE IN POSITION?

AYE, SIR.

DROP PROBES.

PROBES AWAY.

Matheson: ATMOSPHERE IS BREATHABLE.

NO SIGNS OF LIFE.

DEFINITE PRESENCE OF ARCHITECTURE,

MOST OF IT INTACT AND WELL-PRESERVED.

THE DATA SEEMS CONSISTENT

WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR, CAPTAIN.

GOOD. GET THE OTHERS UP HERE. TELL THEM--

JUST A MOMENT.

WE'RE GETTING SOME ANOMALOUS READINGS

FROM ONE OF THE PROBES.

LET ME SEE.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS THING

JUST MADE A VERY LARGE DENT IN MY SHIP.

DID YOU EVER THINK ABOUT LOOKING OUTSIDE

BEFORE YOU START THROWING THINGS OVERBOARD?

MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU'LL LET US KNOW

WHEN YOU'RE COMING.

SO WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE THIS TIME?

AN ATTEMPT, IN ALL PROBABILITY FOOLISH AND USELESS,

TO PREVENT YOU FROM GOING DOWN TO THAT PLANET.

GALEN, MY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOOKING

FOR THIS PLACE SINCE WE LEFT EARTH.

NOW THAT WE'RE HERE,

WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY SAY

THAT WOULD CHANGE THAT?

WELL, HOW ABOUT... IF YOU GO DOWN THERE

THE ODDS ARE THAT NONE OF YOU WILL RETURN ALIVE?

CLEAR ME FOR DOCKING. PUT AWAY THE BREAKABLES.

TURN ON THE LANDING LIGHTS. I'M COMING IN.

MATTHEW GIDEON, CAPTAIN.

ATTACHED TO THE EARTH ALLIANCE STARSHIP EXCALIBUR.

TO FIND A CURE TO THE DRAKH PLAGUE

BEFORE IT WIPES OUT ALL LIFE ON EARTH.

ANYWHERE I HAVE TO.

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY WARNER BROS.

Questioner: WHO DO YOU SERVE?

AND WHO DO YOU TRUST?

OUR ANALYSIS CONFIRMS THAT THE PLANET BELOW

WAS ONCE HOME TO LIFE FORMS SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.

SO WHATEVER HAPPENED TO WIPE THEM OUT HERE

MAY HAVE RELEVANCE TO THE SITUATION BACK ON EARTH.

SCANS OF THE ARCHITECTURE REVEAL

HIGHLY SOPHISTICATED ALLOYS AND BUILDING MATERIALS.

MORE SIGNIFICANTLY,

NEARLY ALL THE MAJOR BUILDINGS ARE STILL INTACT.

WHATEVER ELIMINATED THE POPULATION,

IT WASN'T ANYTHING LIKE A BOMB OR A CONVENTIONAL WEAPON.

Gideon: THEN IT COULD BE A VIRUS.

NATURALLY, I DEFER TO DR. CHAMBERS' ANALYSIS,

BUT BASED ON THE CONDITION OF THE CITIES,

YES, I'D SAY IT'S POSSIBLE.

I AGREE. IT'S A PERFECT PARADIGM

FOR OUR SITUATION.

OH, A PARADIGM. HOW WONDERFUL.

I'M SURE THE RACE THAT DIED BENEATH US

WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THAT THEIR FATE

HAD BEEN REDUCED TO A PARADIGM.

SORRY. DO GO ON.

EVER SINCE WE STARTED THIS MISSION,

THE RANGERS HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING STORIES

ABOUT A HIGHLY ADVANCED WORLD

WHOSE POPULATION WAS WIPED OUT DURING A WAR

ABOUT 100 YEARS AGO USING NONDESTRUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY.

NO MISSILES, NO RADIATION, NO OBVIOUS POISONS.

TO ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DRAKH VIRUS.

IF IT'S THE SAME VIRUS,

OR EVEN IF IT'S CLOSE TO IT,

WE CAN MAKE A LOT OF PROGRESS

TOWARD CURING THIS THING

BY LOOKING AT THE STEPS ANOTHER WORLD TOOK

IN TRYING TO DEAL WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM.

BEST OF ALL, THE CITIES ARE STILL INTACT.

THE PLACE COULD BE FILLED WITH UNKNOWN ALIEN TECHNOLOGY.

AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A LEGEND

LIKE THE FLYING DUTCHMAN,

BUT THIS IS REAL, AND IT'S HERE.

ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS GO DOWN THERE,

GET INSIDE THOSE PLACES, AND TAKE IT.

AS OUR RESIDENT LOCKPICK,

THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN.

Galen: OR CHECK OUT...

IF YOU'RE SMART.

YOU KEEP SAYING THAT,

BUT YOU STILL HAVEN'T EXPLAINED WHY.

THERE ARE GOOD PLANETS, AND THERE ARE BAD PLANETS.

THERE ARE HEALTHY PLANETS AND UNHEALTHY PLANETS.

THERE ARE SAFE PLANETS AND DANGEROUS PLANETS.

THIS PLACE IS KNOWN TO EVERY TECHNOMAGE

AS A BAD PLACE,

A DISEASED, DANGEROUS PLACE.

YOU TALK LIKE THAT PLANET IS ALIVE.

EVERYTHING IS ALIVE IN ITS WAY.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN AN EMPTY HOUSE

AND FELT AN OPPRESSIVENESS?

A SHADOW OF A SOUL?

NOW MULTIPLY THAT BY A BILLION TIMES,

AND THAT IS WHAT IS FAIRLY RADIATING FROM THIS PLANET.

SO NOW IT'S HAUNTED?

WELL, THAT'S ONE WORD FOR IT.

OR PERHAPS IT'S SIMPLY THE UNDERSTANDABLE RESULT

OF SEVERAL BILLION PEOPLE BEING MURDERED

BY SOMETHING THEY COULD NOT UNDERSTAND OR STOP.

FOR 100 YEARS,

NONE OF MY ORDER HAS COME NEAR THIS PLACE.

THE LAST ONE WHO TRIED...DIED.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THE WARNING, GALEN.

BUT WE'RE STILL GOING DOWN THERE.

THEN YOU WILL GO ALONE.

AT LEAST THIS WAY YOU WILL HAVE ONE SURVIVING PALLBEARER.

MR. EILERSON, THIS IS A BREACH IN PROTOCOL.

ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY,

IF THE HEAD OF THE XENO-ARCHEOLOGY DIVISION--

THAT WOULD BE ME.

YES--GOES PLANETSIDE,

THE SECOND AND THE THIRD IN THE DIVISION--

THAT WOULD BE YOU.

SEE HOW NOTHING ESCAPES ME?

YES. WE HAVE TO STAY ABOARD SHIP.

THAT WAY, IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS,

THERE ARE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO OF US AROUND

TO GUARANTEE THAT IPX GETS ALL THE DATA

WE'VE ACCUMULATED SO FAR.

GOOD IN THEORY, LOUSY IN PRACTICE.

IT IMPLIES THAT I'M EXPENDABLE.

I AM MANY THINGS. I AM BRIGHT,

PERSONABLE, CHARISMATIC,

AND NOT A BAD DANCER, BUT EXPENDABLE, NO.

IF GALEN'S RIGHT AND THE PLANET IS DANGEROUS,

THE COMPANY WILL BE MORE MOTIVATED

TO SEND OUT A RESCUE TEAM

IF ALL THREE OF US ARE DOWN THERE.

SO...

SHALL WE?

[DOOR CHIMES]

ENTER.

YOU WANTED TO SEE ME, SIR?

YES.

BEFORE WE GO, I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A COPY OF MY LOGS

AND SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WHICH MIGHT COME IN HANDY,

HELP YOU PICK YOUR NEXT DESTINATION

IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS TO US.

THEN YOU'RE TAKING THE STORY SERIOUSLY.

I'D BE A FOOL NOT TO. IF GALEN'S THIS CONCERNED,

THERE'S USUALLY A GOOD REASON FOR IT.

HE'S MORE THAN CONCERNED.

HE'S AFRAID.

WE'RE ALL AFRAID AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, LIEUTENANT,

BUT THIS IS TOO IMPORTANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PASS UP

WITHOUT AT LEAST TRYING.

THAT'S ALL.

[WIND WHISTLES]

I WAS JUST DEFENDING YOUR HONOR.

MUST BE A TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY.

OH, I'VE GOTTEN USED TO IT.

HAS IT EVER OCCURRED TO YOU, MATTHEW,

THAT IN ALL OUR TRAVELS TOGETHER

WE HAVE FOUND NO SHORTAGE OF DEAD WORLDS,

DEAD PLANETS, DEAD MOONS,

DEAD COLONIES, DEAD CITIES?

IF YOU GET NEAR A POINT--

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED

WHY THERE ARE SO MANY DEAD WORLDS OUT THERE?

LET ME TELL YOU WHY.

IT'S BECAUSE DESPITE THE BEST ADVICE

OF PEOPLE WHO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT,

OTHER PEOPLE INSIST ON DOING

THE MOST MASSIVELY STUPID THINGS.

THIS IS ONE OF THEM.

TAKE MY ADVICE.

DON'T GO DOWN THERE.

WHAT'S DOWN THERE, GALEN?

I DON'T KNOW...EXACTLY.

IS THAT WHY YOU'RE SO SPOOKED OVER THIS--

THE UNKNOWN?

MY ORDER TAKES PRIDE

ON KNOWING ALL THAT CAN BE KNOWN

AND MOST OF ALL THE REST,

SO A THING LIKE THIS IS DISTURBING, YES,

BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

LOOK, MATTHEW, TO THOSE OF US IN MY ORDER,

ANOTHER TECHNOMAGE IS THE ONLY FAMILY WE HAVE,

AND AFTER I WAS ASKED TO LEAVE THE ORDER

AS A PENALTY FOR HAVING TOO MUCH CONTACT

WITH THE OUTSIDE, I CAME TO RELY ON YOU...

AND ON THE OTHERS, AND ON THIS PLACE...

PERHAPS MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE.

I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.

THEN WHY DON'T YOU COME WITH US? WE COULD USE YOU.

BECAUSE I WOULD HATE TO DIE

EVEN MORE THAN I WOULD HATE STARTING OVER.

MATTHEW...BE CAREFUL.

THE LEGEND HAS IT...

THAT WHATEVER IS DOWN THERE

CANNOT BE SEEN.

IT CANNOT BE HEARD.

IT CANNOT BE KILLED.

THE ONLY TECHNOMAGE TO LAND THERE

SENT BACK ONE LAST MESSAGE--

GENIUS LOCI.

IT'S LATIN. IT MEANS--

THE SPIRIT OF THE PLACE.

ARE YOU SAYING IT'S SOME KIND OF GHOST OR A...

[WIND WHISTLING]

GUESS I'LL FIND OUT SOON ENOUGH.

Man: SHUTTLE ONE, YOU ARE CLEARED FOR LAUNCH.

ROGER THAT, EXCALIBUR.

Pilot: HOLD ON. READINGS CHOPPY.

Pilot: KEEP IT STEADY, SHUTTLE 2.

THIS IS ROUGH STUFF.

SET STABILIZERS COOL.

[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

THAT'S IT!

Man on radio: REPORT-- WHAT'S YOUR LOCATION?

SURFACE CONDITION?

[RADIO CHATTER CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

WHAT IS IT?

IT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE PROBES

WE DROPPED FROM ORBIT.

I DIDN'T KNOW THEY COULD SURVIVE A FALL LIKE THAT.

I GUESS THEY COULD SURVIVE THE FALL,

BUT THEY COULDN'T SURVIVE YOU. COME ON.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SET UP BASE CAMP HERE.

SECURE THE AREA, THEN SET UP A WATCH DETAIL--

4 HOURS ON, 4 HOURS OFF.

NOBODY GETS IN OR OUT OF THE COMPOUND

WITHOUT BEING STOPPED, CHALLENGED,

OR SHOT AT YOUR DISCRETION.

WILL DO, SIR.

MR. EILERSON, I THINK YOU'LL FIND THIS ROOM RIGHT HERE

TO BE TO YOUR SATISFACTION.

DUREENA?

WHERE'S DUREENA?

PRETTY.

[BEEP BEEP]

YES?

Gideon: DUREENA, WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

UPSTAIRS. I FOUND A SERIES OF MARKERS

THAT LED AROUND THE SIDE OF THE MAIN BUILDING

AND FOLLOWED THEM UP HERE,

BUT...DEAD ENDS.

SO NOW I'M TAKING IN THE VIEW.

I'VE NEVER SEEN 2 SUNSETS BEFORE.

DUREENA...

YOU SAID YOU WANTED ME TO EXPLORE.

WITH PROPER SECURITY. I'LL SEND SOMEONE UP.

MAYBE NOT.

I DON'T THINK THEY'D LIKE THE VIEW AS MUCH AS I DO.

[WHIRRING]

UH-OH.

UHH!

Eilerson: IS THAT ALL YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK,

JUST THE ONE DATA CRYSTAL?

WELL, KNOWING HOW YOU WORK,

I FIGURE IT'D TAKE YOU AT LEAST A WEEK TO DECODE THAT ONE,

SO THERE REALLY WASN'T ANY RUSH.

I'VE DECIDED TO REDEFINE OUR RELATIONSHIP.

YOU PRETEND THAT YOU CAN'T SPEAK.

I'LL PRETEND I CAN'T HEAR. WE'LL GET ALONG FAMOUSLY.

INTERESTING. PERHAPS TOMORROW

YOU CAN SHOW ME WHERE YOU FOUND THIS.

HMM. I'D LOVE TO.

YOU'RE SURE IT'S A DATA CRYSTAL?

POSITIVE. IT'S OF ALIEN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION,

BUT ALL DATA CRYSTALS

SHARE CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES.

IT SHOULDN'T TAKE ME TOO LONG TO DECODE IT.

I'LL RUN THE TRANSLATION PROGRAM,

AND WE'LL SEE WHAT IT HAS TO SAY FOR ITSELF.

[OFFICERS CHATTERING]

ALL QUIET HERE, COMMANDER.

GOOD. I'LL CHECK BACK IN AN HOUR.

WHO'S THERE?

STOP AND BE IDENTIFIED!

NAH, THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK.

LET'S TRY THIS ONE.

[GARBLED SPEECH]

...SO THAT SOME RECORD WILL SURVIVE

THE DEATH OF OUR PEOPLE.

GOT IT.

THE WAR WAS OVER...

HA HA. A WEEK SHE SAID. 3 HOURS FLAT.

THE GODS DID NOT FAVOR US,

AND SO THEY SENT THE DEATH THAT HAS NO NAME,

THE DEATH THAT HAS NO FACE AND MAKES NO SOUND.

IT WALKS AMONG US UNSEEN.

IT IS...THE DEATH THAT GLIDES OUT OF THE DARKNESS

AND CANNOT BE STOPPED.

ALREADY WE HAVE LOST MILLIONS.

BY THIS TIME TOMORROW,

WE WILL ALL BE DEAD.

AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHY.

WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

I WAS...I WAS JUST TALKING TO HER.

AND I--I TURNED.

THERE WAS A SHAPE.

THERE WAS SOMETHING...

ATTACKED HER OUT OF THE SHADOWS.

SHE SCREAMED.

SHE'S DEAD.

DEATH GLIDES OUT OF THE DARKNESS.

[WOMEN SCREAM]

SECURITY, RESPOND.

[SCREAMING]

SECURITY, RESPOND!

ACCORDING TO THE GUARDS, THIS APPEARED

RIGHT BEFORE THE KILLINGS STARTED.

IT'S ORDINARY CHALK.

SAME KIND AS WE USED TO MARK THE BUILDINGS.

HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO TRANSLATE IT?

IT SAYS, "BEHOLD...AND DIE."

I GUESS THEY DID.

[BEEP BEEP]

GIDEON TO EXCALIBUR.

Man: EXCALIBUR HERE.

SEND DOWN A SHUTTLE.

TELL THEM TO LAND OUTSIDE THE CITY

LONG ENOUGH TO LOAD ON THE BODIES AND THEN TAKE OFF.

NO ONE GETS ON OR OFF THE SHUTTLE

UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

[BEEP BEEP]

I WAS WONDERING WHEN YOU WERE GOING TO SHOW UP.

THE OTHER DAY I HEARD SOME OF THE CREW TALKING.

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL YOU?

"THE SPECTER AT THE BANQUET."

WHENEVER YOU SHOW UP, SOMEBODY DIES.

I TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT IT'S USUALLY...

AFTER SOMEONE DIES THAT YOU SHOW UP TO TRY AND HELP,

BUT THAT DOESN'T EXACTLY APPLY IN THIS CASE, DOES IT?

HOW MANY LIVES COULD YOU HAVE SAVED

BY GOING DOWN THERE WITH THE CAPTAIN?

IN ALL LIKELIHOOD, NONE WHATSOEVER.

BY NOT GOING, I WAS HOPING TO CONVINCE THEM

OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF WHAT I WAS SAYING.

AS LOGIC GOES, REASONABLE.

AS A JUSTIFICATION AFTER THE FACT, EVEN BETTER.

WHICH IS IT?

SO...

WHAT KILLED THEM?

ONE DIED BY STRANGULATION.

ANOTHER, BLUNT FORCE TO THE HEAD.

THE THIRD HAD HIS THROAT CUT. AND THE FOURTH--

NOTHING CONSISTENT, HUH?

NO. NOTHING SUPERNATURAL ABOUT ANY OF THE DEATHS, EITHER,

EXCEPT THEY WERE ALL MURDERED WITHIN SECONDS OF EACH OTHER

BY AN UNSEEN FORCE THAT HAD THE COMPLETE RUN

OF THE COMPOUND,

SO EITHER WE'RE DEALING WITH ONE INCREDIBLY FAST KILLER--

OR 7 EXTREMELY WELL-COORDINATED KILLERS.

OR BOTH.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA?

I DON'T KNOW. I THINK I'LL GO

FIND OUT A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS PLACE.

LIEUTENANT,

CAN I TROUBLE YOU FOR A MOMENT?

THOSE PROBES YOU DROPPED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BELOW,

ARE THEY STILL FUNCTIONING?

ABOUT 60%.

GOOD. WHAT FREQUENCY?

9,000 KILOCYCLES. WHY?

OH, NOTHING. JUST CURIOUS.

YES, INTERESTING.

IT HAS A THIN ATMOSPHERE

AND AN EQUALLY THIN OZONE LAYER.

LESS THAN 30% OF EARTH NORMAL.

YES, WHICH IS PROBABLY

WHY ITS BUILDINGS ARE SO HEAVILY SHIELDED.

BECAUSE OF THE BINARY STARS AND OZONE LAYER THAT THIN,

IT LETS IN A LOT OF SOLAR ENERGY

DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS,

WHICH WOULD ALSO HEAVILY DISRUPT ELECTRONICS.

YES, IT WOULD.

PERHAPS THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY THOSE OF MY ORDER

WERE TOLD TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.

IT WOULD CERTAINLY DO MUCH TO LIMIT MY ABILITIES.

THANK YOU.

I THINK I MAY HAVE--

IT'S A VIRUS...

AN ARTIFICIAL VIRUS.

I FOUND TRACES OF IT

IN ALL THE BODIES TO VARYING DEGREES.

ITS NANOTECHNOLOGY, MICROSCOPIC MACHINES THAT--

YES, DOCTOR.

SORRY.

THE NANOVIRUS INVADES THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

AND THE HIGHER FUNCTION PARTS OF THE BRAIN

WHERE IT BEGINS TO REWIRE THE NEURAL PATHWAYS.

IT CAN CAUSE BLACKOUTS,

EVEN REPROGRAM SOMEONE TO ACT VIOLENTLY

WITHOUT REMEMBERING IT AFTERWARD.

THESE VICTIMS ONLY HAD TRACES OF THE VIRUS IN THEIR SYSTEM,

WHICH PROBABLY MEANS IT'S THE MOST INFECTED CASES

THAT ARE DOING THE KILLING. IT MAKES SENSE.

NOT EVERYONE GETS A COLD AT THE SAME TIME

TO THE SAME DEGREE.

THIS AREA.

CAN YOU ENLARGE IT?

YES, I THINK SO.

IT'S SOME KIND OF GLYPH.

A GLYPH. YES.

A SIGN. A SIGIL.

A WARNING TO OTHERS LIKE US.

THAT THING, THAT OBSCENITY,

WAS MADE BY ANOTHER TECHNOMAGE!

THAT'S WHY WE WERE ALL TAUGHT NEVER TO COME HERE.

THEY WANTED TO KEEP SECRET

THAT ONE OF US WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.

Chambers: DON'T GO DOWN THERE, GALEN.

NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S A VIRUS,

ARTIFICIAL OR OTHERWISE,

WE'LL HAVE TO QUARANTINE THE--

I CAN LOOK AFTER MYSELF.

IT'S THE OTHERS WHO NEED TO WORRY.

THEY HAVE ONLY 4 HOURS LEFT.

WHAT HAPPENS IN 4 HOURS?

NIGHTFALL.

SO THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE HIDING.

[PANTING]

GALEN!

DR. CHAMBERS TOLD ME WHAT SHE FOUND.

WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT NIGHTFALL?

A NANOVIRUS IS TOO SMALL TO THINK ON ITS OWN.

IT REQUIRES A CONTROL CENTER,

BROADCASTING INSTRUCTIONS.

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN,

THE SOLAR INTERFERENCE DIMINISHES.

THE NANOVIRUS WILL BE ACTIVATED.

THE KILLING WILL BEGIN.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? PROTECTED.

THEN YOU CAN HELP RESTRAIN THE OTHERS.

NO, I MUST GO MY OWN WAY.

IF THE SOLAR RAYS

ARE INTERFERING WITH TRANSMISSIONS,

THOSE TRANSMISSIONS MUST BE COMING

FROM SOMEWHERE.

SOMEWHERE SAFE, SEALED.

AWAY FROM SOLAR INTERFERENCE.

WHERE WOULD YOU LOOK, MATTHEW?

[RUMBLING]

I'M GOING WITH YOU.

NO.

I MUST DEAL WITH THIS ALONE.

AND YOU FORGET...

YOU ARE INFECTED, TOO.

GOOD-BYE, MATTHEW.

I JUST HEARD FROM DR. CHAMBERS,

AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT I SHOULD DO--

WHEN I'M GONE, LOCK THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE

AND THROW AWAY THE KEY.

MAKE SURE NOBODY INSIDE OR OUTSIDE CAN GET IT.

I'VE TOLD EVERYBODY ELSE TO DO THE SAME THING.

MY GUESS IS THAT

AS SOON AS THE VIRUS IS ACTIVATED,

THE MOST INFECTED WILL START KILLING THE LEAST INFECTED.

WHEN THEY'RE GONE, THEY'LL KILL EACH OTHER.

THE LONGER WE KEEP EVERYONE APART,

THE MORE CHANCE WE HAVE OF BEATING THIS THING.

IF WE SURVIVE THE NEXT FEW HOURS,

WE'LL DIG YOU OUT.

YOU SHOULD BE OK AS LONG AS THE DOOR HOLDS.

WAIT!

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

TO FOLLOW A FRIEND INTO HELL.

GREETINGS, BROTHER.

YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY.

SIT.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME

SINCE I HAD ANYONE TO TALK TO.

IF I WANT TO SIT AND TALK WITH THE DEAD,

I WILL DRAW A PENTAGRAM ON THE GROUND

AND CONJURE UP SOMEONE MORE INTERESTING.

THE BODY THAT CREATED ME

HAS LONG AGO GONE TO DUST,

BUT THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME ANY LESS AWARE,

ANY LESS WHO AND WHAT I AM.

AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

IF YOU WISH.

GENIUS LOCI.

EVEN BETTER.

[POUNDING ON DOOR, SCREAMING]

I WAS ASLEEP FOR A LONG TIME.

I THOUGHT MY WORK WAS FINISHED.

THEN THE OTHERS CAME AND I...AWOKE.

I STRETCHED FORTH MY FINGERS

AND I TOUCHED THEM IN ALL THE SECRET PLACES

WHERE THOUGHT LIVES.

YOU MADE THEM MURDER EACH OTHER.

MURDER--A WORD.

NOTHING MORE.

WHY?

OUR ORDER IS SWORN NOT TO USE OUR SKILLS FOR DESTRUCTION.

OUR ORDER SAYS MANY THINGS.

IT DOES A FEW OF THEM.

BELIEVES IN FEWER STILL.

THE OTHER SIDE IN THIS WAR

OFFERED ME MONEY, POWER, AUTHORITY.

WE ALL HAVE A PRICE.

MY CREATOR, WHOSE SHADOW I AM, HAD HIS.

YOU HAVE YOURS.

HE CREATED ME,

SENT ME HERE TO COORDINATE THE NANOVIRUS

HE DESIGNED FOR THE TASK.

IT WAS REMARKABLY EFFECTIVE.

AN ENTIRE WORLD DEAD IN LESS THAN 3 DAYS.

WHILE THE SECRET OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION

DIED WITH IT,

HIS VOICE, HIS INSTRUCTIONS,

HIS CREATION, I, LIVE ON.

IN THESE 100 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN DORMANT,

BUT THE NANOVIRUS HAS NOT.

THEY WERE PROGRAMMED

TO KEEP BUILDING MORE OF THEMSELVES,

OVER AND OVER, FROM WHATEVER WAS AROUND.

THEY WERE ALSO PROGRAMMED

TO PROTECT ME AND ENHANCE ME.

I AM MORE THAN I WAS WHEN I ARRIVED.

I WILL NOT GO BACK TO WHAT I WAS,

AND I WILL NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP.

AS LONG AS THE KILLING CONTINUES, I CONTINUE.

MORE OUTSIDERS WILL FOLLOW THESE

AND OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THEM.

IT WILL BE GLORIOUS.

[CRACKLING]

NOW I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

[POUNDING AND SCREAMING]

[RUMBLING]

[RUMBLING]

DUREENA.

MOVE ASIDE.

I DO NOT WISH TO HURT YOU.

IF YOU CAN HEAR ME, YOU HAVE TO--

UNH!

[GUN COCKS]

Voice: THE FRIEND BEFORE YOU AND A FRIEND BEHIND YOU.

WHICH ONE OF THEM WILL YOU KILL TO GET TO ME?

GALEN!

UNH.

MOVE!

UNH.

AAH!

AAAAH!

[BUZZING]

[POUNDING AND SCREAMING]

HA.

THIS WILL BE A LOT EASIER

IF YOU JUST TAKE THE REST OF YOUR CLOAK OFF.

I PROMISE I WON'T SEE ANYTHING

I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE.

YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.

COME ON. JUST A LITTLE. JUST TAKE IT DOWN--

AS I SAID.

HOW'S OUR PATIENT?

FINE.

WE'RE ALMOST READY TO LEAVE.

MAYBE YOU'LL STAY ON FOR A WHILE

UNTIL YOU'RE HEALED?

SORRY. CAN'T.

WHAT'S WRONG?

NOTHING, I...

MY STAFF WAS THE ONLY THING I TOOK WITH ME

WHEN I LEFT THE REST OF MY ORDER.

IT WAS A CONTROL MECHANISM, PART OF ME.

THE ONLY ONE OF ITS KIND.

IT WAS A GIFT FROM THE ONE WHO TAUGHT ME.

AND NOW IT'S GONE.

YOU HAD NO CHOICE. THERE WAS NO OTHER WAY.

WHY NOT?

ONLY ONE TECHNOMAGE CAN UNDO THE DAMAGE

DONE BY ANOTHER.

ENERGY RESPONDS TO ENERGY.

SYMPATHETIC MAGIC.

THE STAFF WAS THE ONE WEAPON AT MY DISPOSAL

WHICH COULD HAVE DEALT WITH IT.

BOTH ARE CREATIONS OF TECHNOMANCY.

BOTH ARE CONTROL CENTERS.

AND NOW...

BOTH ARE GONE.

CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE LOOK FOR IT?

WE SENT DOWN A SEARCH TEAM,

BUT THE WAY IS BLOCKED

BY MILLIONS OF TONS OF DIRT AND ROCKS.

A FEW BREAKS HERE AND THERE, BUT...

TOO SMALL FOR ANYONE TO GET THROUGH.

I'M SORRY.

I KNOW WHAT IT MEANT TO YOU.

[BEEP BEEP]

GIDEON TO BRIDGE, E.T.A. TO JUMP.

Man: ANY TIME, CAPTAIN.

THE LAST SHUTTLE JUST DOCKED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN, THE LAST SHUTTLE?

I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL BACK HOURS AGO.

THEY WERE, SIR.

ONE LAST SHUTTLE WAS TAKEN DOWN TO THE PLANET'S SURFACE.

I SWEAR, IF EILERSON'S GONE BACK THERE

TO RANSACK THE PLACE, I'M--

NEGATIVE. MR. EILERSON IS IN HIS QUARTERS RESTING.

WELL, THEN, WHO THE HELL IS--

IT'S STRANGE. I'VE NEVER MET ANYONE

WHO CAN DO THE THINGS THAT HE CAN,

BUT AT THE SAME TIME,

I DON'T THINK THAT I'VE EVER MET ANYONE MORE...

LONELY?

[SIGHS] YEAH.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE'S ALWAYS OUT THERE.

ALONE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL ALONE.

ASK YOU A QUESTION?

WHY DID YOU DO WHAT YOU DID?

SHOOT THE BRIDGE OUT FROM UNDER ME?

I COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED.

NO. YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN UNDER THAT THING'S CONTROL,

BUT YOUR INSTINCTS WERE STILL THERE.

MOVING LIKE THAT IS PURE REFLEX

TO SOMEONE WHO'S BEEN TRAINED THE WAY YOU HAVE.

AHH, I SEE.

WELL, EVEN IF IT ISN'T TRUE, IT SOUNDS GOOD.

I THOUGHT SO. MM-HMM.

[BEEP BEEP]

GIDEON HERE.

Chambers: CAPTAIN, CAN YOU STOP BY THE MED BAY ASAP?

I HAVE SOMETHING FOR YOU.

I'M ON MY WAY.

[BEEP BEEP]

Gideon: SO WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

SHORTLY AFTER THE CONTROL MECHANISM WAS DESTROYED,

THE NANOVIRUS BECAME INERT.

I HAD A GROUND TEAM RUSTLE UP

AS MANY OF THOSE CONTAINERS AS THEY COULD FIND

AND BRING THEM ALL HERE. I'VE GOT BUCKETS OF THE STUFF.

GREAT.

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A HOBBY, BUT...

WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO YOU IF THE VIRUS IS INERT?

INERT, BUT NOT INCAPACITATED.

JUST LACKING IN NEW INSTRUCTIONS.

WITH GALEN'S HELP,

I WAS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY

TO PROGRAM IN SOME NEW DATA.

NOTHING AS ELABORATE

AS IT WAS SET UP TO HANDLE, BUT...

ENOUGH FOR THIS.

THIS INHALER CONTAINS A MIX OF LIQUID TEFLON

AND A FEW MILLION OF THE NANOVIRUS.

SINCE THE DRAKH VIRUS IS PRIMARILY AIRBORNE,

I PROGRAMMED THIS AS A COUNTERAGENT

TO REST IN THE LUNGS

AND ELIMINATE ANY VIRUS COMING IN.

YOU HAVE...

IS THIS A CURE?

NO. IT SITS IN THE LUNGS

AND COATS ANYTHING THAT COMES IN,

DOWN TO 20 MICRONS IN SIZE,

AND SLOUGHS IT OUT OF THE SYSTEM.

SO IT WON'T HELP ANYONE WHO'S ALREADY INFECTED

WHERE THE VIRUS HAS METASTASIZED

THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM

AND LOCKED ONTO HUMAN DNA.

BUT, ONCE INHALED,

IT WILL ALLOW US,

OR ANYONE WHO'S NOT ALREADY INFECTED,

TO MOVE AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE CONTAMINATED

FOR ROUGHLY 48 HOURS

WITHOUT BECOMING CONTAMINATED OURSELVES.

WHY 48 HOURS?

THE NANOVIRUS HAS A BUILT-IN LOOP,

WHICH PERIODICALLY REQUIRES NEW INSTRUCTIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY

TO BROADCAST NEW INSTRUCTIONS,

SO AFTER 48 HOURS, IT BECOMES INERT AGAIN.

2 MORE CONCERNS--

WE CAN'T MAKE ANY MORE OF THE STUFF,

SO WE'RE LIMITED TO WHAT'S ON HAND,

AND YOU CAN'T USE IT TWICE RIGHT AWAY,

OR IT'LL HAVE SOME RATHER UNPLEASANT...

SIDE EFFECTS.

IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THIS IS A MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH, SARAH.

WHO KNOWS? MAYBE ONCE THE BRAIN TRUST BACK HOME

GETS HOLD OF THIS,

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO ADAPT IT EVEN FURTHER.

YOU SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.

GOOD WORK.

[SIGHS]

YOU WERE RIGHT.

WE DID FIND SOMETHING OF VALUE THERE--

A VIRUS SCREEN. WE FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK.

Voice: YES.

WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND NOW?

DO NOT TRUST.

DO NOT TRUST WHO?

GALEN.

MUSIC.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

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