1 00:01:35,300 --> 00:01:38,337 Well, that's one way of solving your energy crisis. 2 00:01:38,700 --> 00:01:41,897 It's no joke, Avon. Thousands of people were killed. 3 00:01:41,980 --> 00:01:44,369 They would have died anyway. Agravo was a worked out planet. 4 00:01:44,460 --> 00:01:47,054 The Federation does not spend time and credits for nothing. 5 00:01:47,340 --> 00:01:50,696 It would have been uneconomic to transfer anyone but key personnel. 6 00:01:51,060 --> 00:01:53,779 - Do you think they planned that explosion? - Not this time. 7 00:01:53,860 --> 00:01:55,851 This was just a happy accident. 8 00:01:57,420 --> 00:02:02,016 But now the Federation is aware of the potential of Feldon power systems. 9 00:02:02,460 --> 00:02:03,495 Orac. 10 00:02:03,580 --> 00:02:06,697 Federation plans currently include operations on nine planets 11 00:02:06,780 --> 00:02:08,657 previously considered uninhabitable. 12 00:02:08,780 --> 00:02:12,250 I've finished those drive modifications. Do you want to take her up for a test drive? 13 00:02:12,340 --> 00:02:15,138 - Later. - Preferably much later. I could do with some rest. 14 00:02:15,220 --> 00:02:16,972 We all could. Is the lecture over? 15 00:02:17,300 --> 00:02:20,053 Feldon is the hardest known substance in the universe. 16 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:22,210 And currently the most valuable. 17 00:02:22,780 --> 00:02:24,771 Go on, this is getting interesting. 18 00:02:24,860 --> 00:02:26,373 It's extremely rare. 19 00:02:26,460 --> 00:02:30,373 Traces found in the asteroid belt and on a few insignificant planets. 20 00:02:30,780 --> 00:02:32,930 Invariably prized as a precious stone, 21 00:02:33,020 --> 00:02:35,853 until its commercial and industrial uses were discovered. 22 00:02:35,940 --> 00:02:38,010 Feldon concentrates energy. 23 00:02:38,420 --> 00:02:40,809 Well, so does a burning glass. So what? 24 00:02:40,900 --> 00:02:43,972 That's not a bad analogy, but given the right conditions, 25 00:02:44,060 --> 00:02:46,893 Feldon is infinitely more efficient. 26 00:02:47,420 --> 00:02:48,899 Infinitely more efficient? 27 00:02:48,980 --> 00:02:51,699 - I use the word deliberately. - But did you use it accurately? 28 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:55,090 The Federation is investing 200 billion credits on the project. 29 00:02:55,180 --> 00:02:59,139 For unlimited energy, I would say that that was cheap at the price. 30 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:01,814 - So would I. Where? - Where what? 31 00:03:01,900 --> 00:03:03,492 Where do we steal the Feldon crystals from? 32 00:03:11,060 --> 00:03:13,051 GAMBIT: Alarm signal from Orbiter. 33 00:03:13,380 --> 00:03:15,211 Yes, I heard that. Thank you, Gambit. 34 00:03:15,540 --> 00:03:20,216 You really must try and learn that attack is the best method of defence. 35 00:03:21,060 --> 00:03:23,574 You've got yourself into a hopeless tangle here again, you know. 36 00:03:23,660 --> 00:03:27,653 Unauthorised personnel have entered Orbiter. 37 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:29,617 We have visual contact. 38 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:34,894 I wish you'd concentrate on the game. 39 00:03:34,980 --> 00:03:38,177 The security systems are quite capable of coping. 40 00:03:38,540 --> 00:03:42,169 In fact, Orbiter's defence is a lot better than yours. 41 00:03:43,980 --> 00:03:46,210 Of course, if this stuff does blow up planets by mistake, 42 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:47,858 we're going to need to be a bit careful. 43 00:03:47,940 --> 00:03:51,376 I mean, do we really need money that badly, I ask myself. 44 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:54,179 The crystals themselves are safe enough, I assume. 45 00:03:55,100 --> 00:03:58,456 The Federation's mistake was to underestimate the system potential. 46 00:03:58,540 --> 00:04:01,100 So much energy built up that it became unstable. 47 00:04:01,180 --> 00:04:04,934 What you are now looking at is a blueprint of what the Mark II version will look like. 48 00:04:05,020 --> 00:04:06,976 It's a tiny power station. 49 00:04:07,060 --> 00:04:10,575 Cheap to produce, small enough to transport in a cargo ship, 50 00:04:10,660 --> 00:04:15,973 and capable of developing enough power to make a minus 250 degree planet workable. 51 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:20,458 What, using energy from fairly distant stars concentrated through the crystals? 52 00:04:20,540 --> 00:04:24,169 - Could you run a ship on it? - You could run anything on it in theory. 53 00:04:24,260 --> 00:04:26,649 That's why the Federation is staking so heavily. 54 00:04:26,740 --> 00:04:31,370 The consignment we are after is worth approximately 900 million. 55 00:04:31,460 --> 00:04:35,339 Let's get one thing straight. We want it to use, not to sell. We've seen what it can do. 56 00:04:35,420 --> 00:04:37,980 - We can't risk it getting back to the Federation. - Yes, agreed. 57 00:04:38,060 --> 00:04:39,254 Not by me, it's not. 58 00:04:39,340 --> 00:04:41,217 You steal for your reasons, I'll steal for mine. 59 00:04:41,300 --> 00:04:43,894 Why not get it first and quarrel about it later? 60 00:04:44,700 --> 00:04:45,894 This is not going to be easy. 61 00:04:45,980 --> 00:04:49,097 For one thing, the consignment has already been stolen from the Federation. 62 00:04:49,180 --> 00:04:51,535 They are not going to be pleased about it when they find out. 63 00:04:51,620 --> 00:04:55,090 Secondly, it is protected by a security system that is supposed to be impassable. 64 00:04:55,180 --> 00:04:57,489 They're all supposed to impassable. 65 00:04:57,660 --> 00:04:58,649 And thirdly... 66 00:04:58,740 --> 00:05:01,937 ORAC: And thirdly, you may already have missed your chance. 67 00:05:02,020 --> 00:05:05,376 The following message has just come in from Sector 9. 68 00:05:05,540 --> 00:05:06,529 Dayna. 69 00:05:07,340 --> 00:05:08,614 (Beeping) 70 00:05:09,380 --> 00:05:14,010 "Federation security may reveal target. Going in at once." 71 00:05:15,260 --> 00:05:16,488 The fool! 72 00:05:17,380 --> 00:05:18,938 Get the ship ready for launch. 73 00:05:19,020 --> 00:05:23,252 - What happened to that rest we all needed? - It just got too damned expensive. 74 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:35,094 Eureka! 75 00:05:35,220 --> 00:05:39,736 I really will have to re-programme you again. You don't last any time at all these days. 76 00:05:39,820 --> 00:05:43,130 Are you going to resign on this last one? Or do we have to go through the motions? 77 00:05:43,220 --> 00:05:46,974 There are 380 possible endings from this position. 78 00:05:47,140 --> 00:05:49,335 Defeat is by no means inevitable. 79 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:53,097 Have it your own way. We both know you've lost. 80 00:06:25,100 --> 00:06:26,374 (Laughing) 81 00:06:35,620 --> 00:06:37,576 COMPUTER: Next player, please. 82 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:42,295 Obviously not a natural games player. 83 00:06:42,380 --> 00:06:44,689 Well, you've either got it or you haven't, I suppose. 84 00:06:44,780 --> 00:06:46,099 I suppose. 85 00:07:04,460 --> 00:07:06,371 COMPUTER: Next player, please. 86 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:21,214 (Beeping) 87 00:07:21,300 --> 00:07:23,734 Oh, not bad. Not bad at all. 88 00:07:24,980 --> 00:07:27,448 You're beginning to get sneaky. I like that. 89 00:07:27,540 --> 00:07:31,374 Do you want to resign now, or shall we go through the motions? 90 00:07:46,420 --> 00:07:51,289 So, Avon, are you going to tell us what's going on now? 91 00:07:51,900 --> 00:07:54,209 I didn't think we would have to move on this so soon. 92 00:07:54,300 --> 00:07:55,972 And that made it unnecessary to tell us? 93 00:07:56,060 --> 00:07:58,779 And in the meantime, you were doing deals with outsiders. 94 00:08:00,780 --> 00:08:04,455 - There were no deals and there were no risks. - What about the message? 95 00:08:04,540 --> 00:08:07,259 The man who sent that knows where the base is, and that's a risk. 96 00:08:07,380 --> 00:08:09,052 He has no idea where the base is. 97 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:13,850 All messages were beamed via an obsolete communications beacon in Sector 4. 98 00:08:14,340 --> 00:08:18,219 So who is he, this partner we didn't know we had? 99 00:08:19,420 --> 00:08:22,969 His name is Gerren. Academician Gerren. 100 00:08:24,020 --> 00:08:26,739 GERREN: Seriously wounded, I need help. 101 00:08:27,580 --> 00:08:30,731 I repeat, Gerren calling Scorpio. 102 00:08:31,460 --> 00:08:35,612 Avon, if you're coming to the rendezvous point, hurry! 103 00:08:43,060 --> 00:08:44,573 He's been shot. 104 00:08:48,060 --> 00:08:49,493 He looks bad. 105 00:08:51,980 --> 00:08:55,973 So, why should this middle-aged Federation professor want to help you, Avon? 106 00:08:56,060 --> 00:08:59,336 Because apart from being a brilliant geologist and an expert in mining techniques, 107 00:08:59,420 --> 00:09:02,412 he is also greedy, avaricious, and a crook. 108 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,333 - Has he got any faults? - How do you know so much about him? 109 00:09:05,420 --> 00:09:09,299 I got Orac to tap the Federation data banks for information concerning the Feldon project. 110 00:09:09,380 --> 00:09:12,178 - Gerren is part of the survey team. - It sounds respectable enough. 111 00:09:12,260 --> 00:09:15,172 He was working on a deep space project, searching out mining planets. 112 00:09:15,260 --> 00:09:17,012 If you run the relevant sets of figures together, 113 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:18,613 you will see that he delayed his information 114 00:09:18,700 --> 00:09:21,294 just long enough to manipulate the commodities market. 115 00:09:21,380 --> 00:09:24,452 - That's not really crooked. - You tell that to his Federation masters. 116 00:09:24,540 --> 00:09:26,053 Is that what you threatened to do? 117 00:09:26,260 --> 00:09:30,378 I merely reminded him that since I got the information from the Federation computers, 118 00:09:30,460 --> 00:09:33,054 somebody else might also piece it together. 119 00:09:33,140 --> 00:09:37,133 In which case, he would find himself in a penal colony. 120 00:09:37,540 --> 00:09:39,849 - So you blackmailed him. - Naturally. 121 00:09:39,940 --> 00:09:41,453 He's coming round. 122 00:09:41,540 --> 00:09:44,771 Gerren, that was a damn fool thing to do. You could have ruined everything. 123 00:09:45,540 --> 00:09:49,374 Didn't have much choice. The Federation smelt a rat. 124 00:09:49,460 --> 00:09:51,974 I wanted to get the stuff out before their team arrived. 125 00:09:52,060 --> 00:09:56,611 - You should leave that sort of thing to us. - I told you, there was no time. 126 00:09:56,940 --> 00:10:01,456 Besides, from what I've heard, she might be more than a match for you. 127 00:10:03,180 --> 00:10:04,499 Well, now. 128 00:10:05,660 --> 00:10:07,013 Just who are they sending? 129 00:10:51,780 --> 00:10:52,974 Your move. 130 00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:57,574 Oh, I must greet our opponents, Gambit. I'm glad to see they're punctual at least. 131 00:10:57,660 --> 00:10:58,934 (Beeping) 132 00:11:02,140 --> 00:11:04,608 We're honoured by your visit, Commissioner Sleer. 133 00:11:04,780 --> 00:11:06,896 I wouldn't call it a visit, Belkov. 134 00:11:06,980 --> 00:11:09,938 That makes it sound like a holiday, which it isn't. 135 00:11:10,020 --> 00:11:13,137 And I doubt whether you'll feel honoured by the time I'm finished with you. 136 00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:17,618 You've been placed under house arrest, pending the results of my investigations. 137 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:19,975 Yes, well, Mecron II is a very strange planet. 138 00:11:20,060 --> 00:11:22,176 You'll find it difficult to investigate without my help. 139 00:11:22,500 --> 00:11:24,570 I could have you executed on the spot, you know. 140 00:11:24,660 --> 00:11:27,891 Yes, that is true. But that would guarantee you didn't get the Feldon crystals, 141 00:11:27,980 --> 00:11:31,017 and that wouldn't enhance your reputation with the Federation, would it? 142 00:11:31,100 --> 00:11:32,931 By the way, what am I being arrested for? 143 00:11:33,020 --> 00:11:35,659 Production has been consistently below target. 144 00:11:35,740 --> 00:11:38,857 Your excuses have been, to say the least, evasive. 145 00:11:39,180 --> 00:11:41,489 Accidents to members of the previous survey team 146 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:44,174 for which we have yet to receive satisfactory explanations. 147 00:11:44,260 --> 00:11:47,855 What do you expect? This is a strange place. We're working under difficulties. 148 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:50,131 This isn't a game, Belkov. 149 00:11:50,220 --> 00:11:52,814 We want those crystals and we want them now. 150 00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:54,852 And I'm the only one who can get them for you. 151 00:11:55,180 --> 00:11:58,695 It is a game, Commissioner, and I hold the winning hand. 152 00:11:59,180 --> 00:12:02,331 No hand is a winning hand until it's played, Belkov. 153 00:12:02,580 --> 00:12:04,377 You should know that. 154 00:12:04,660 --> 00:12:06,616 We've still got one advantage. 155 00:12:07,140 --> 00:12:11,179 She doesn't know about the crystals Belkov's hidden in the Orbiter. We do. 156 00:12:11,260 --> 00:12:13,330 It didn't do Gerren and his friends much good, did it? 157 00:12:13,420 --> 00:12:15,376 Well, no, but Soolin's right though. 158 00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:20,580 Servalan will be more worried about the mining, the stuff they're digging up now, won't she? 159 00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:23,209 Unfortunately they're not digging up anything much. 160 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:25,018 There's virtually no Feldon left. 161 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:27,819 Belkov has milked this planet for 12 good years. 162 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:32,098 Now he knows the game's up, he wants to use the crystals to buy his survival. 163 00:12:32,180 --> 00:12:34,648 - So he'll do a deal. - With Servalan? 164 00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:36,970 - He'll certainly try. - I wish him luck. 165 00:12:37,060 --> 00:12:39,893 So do I. Why deal when you can steal isn't just my motto. 166 00:12:39,980 --> 00:12:42,494 It's not that easy. The ship's stacked with booby traps. 167 00:12:42,580 --> 00:12:44,411 We couldn't even get past the first one. 168 00:12:44,500 --> 00:12:46,536 - Master. - Yes, Slave? 169 00:12:46,740 --> 00:12:51,211 There appears to be someone on Mecron II attempting to make contact with us, Master. 170 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:54,134 But there shouldn't be anyone there who knows we're coming. 171 00:12:54,220 --> 00:12:56,893 - They seem to be getting impatient. - Who does? 172 00:12:57,140 --> 00:13:02,134 I fear I'm unable to identify them, Master. I regret this failure most bitterly. 173 00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:03,255 Orac? 174 00:13:03,420 --> 00:13:07,379 The message is coming via a Federation-class Alpha-197 computer. 175 00:13:07,780 --> 00:13:10,772 It appears to have been modified in rather extraordinary ways. 176 00:13:10,860 --> 00:13:13,693 Spare us the technical details, just give us the message. 177 00:13:13,780 --> 00:13:16,658 It offers visual contact. Do we accept? 178 00:13:16,820 --> 00:13:19,812 Well, since they obviously know us, and we don't know them... 179 00:13:19,900 --> 00:13:21,811 Quite. All right, Dayna. 180 00:13:22,340 --> 00:13:24,649 - Good day to you. - Belkov! 181 00:13:25,460 --> 00:13:27,132 - Gerren? - Yes. 182 00:13:27,700 --> 00:13:30,260 So you survived. Oh, well done! 183 00:13:30,660 --> 00:13:34,209 But no points for you, I fear. I shall have to mark you down as "retired hurt". 184 00:13:34,460 --> 00:13:37,054 - Can we get to the point? - Yes, perhaps you're right. 185 00:13:37,140 --> 00:13:40,496 It wouldn't do either of us any good if that Federation squadron picked this up. 186 00:13:40,580 --> 00:13:42,536 I have jammed them on these frequencies, of course. 187 00:13:42,740 --> 00:13:44,093 Oh, considerate. 188 00:13:44,180 --> 00:13:46,648 - What exactly do you want? - Rescue. 189 00:13:46,820 --> 00:13:49,857 - From whom? - Well, I've been placed under house arrest. 190 00:13:49,940 --> 00:13:54,058 There are a number of faceless Federation guards marching around my corridors. 191 00:13:54,140 --> 00:13:57,530 I want you to get me off this planet safely before things get worse. 192 00:13:58,020 --> 00:13:59,214 What's in it for us? 193 00:14:00,100 --> 00:14:02,739 Half the Feldon crystals in my ship Orbiter. 194 00:14:02,820 --> 00:14:05,254 What guarantee do we have that you'll give them to us? 195 00:14:05,340 --> 00:14:07,058 Well, I imagine you'll kill me if I don't. 196 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:09,335 Well, we might kill you anyway and take them all. 197 00:14:09,580 --> 00:14:11,491 Well, I'll just have to trust you, won't I? 198 00:14:11,620 --> 00:14:14,930 - He doesn't usually trust anyone. - So what makes us so appealing? 199 00:14:15,020 --> 00:14:17,409 Well, I do have one or two good cards to play, I suppose. 200 00:14:17,500 --> 00:14:18,535 For instance? 201 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:21,657 You're on an approach which takes you below the Mecron moons and Orbiter. 202 00:14:22,420 --> 00:14:23,455 Yes. 203 00:14:23,540 --> 00:14:25,531 As you probably know, Orbiter is powered through Feldon crystals. 204 00:14:25,620 --> 00:14:29,295 By using them and reflectors on the moon, I could set up a series of force fields. 205 00:14:29,380 --> 00:14:32,417 You'd find getting away from this planet a lot harder than getting to it. 206 00:14:32,820 --> 00:14:35,732 - Multiple traction beams. - Exactly. 207 00:14:35,820 --> 00:14:38,971 Powerful enough to stop a ship leaving orbit? I don't believe it. 208 00:14:39,060 --> 00:14:40,288 Your friend Avon does. 209 00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,449 (Alarm beeping) 210 00:14:41,540 --> 00:14:44,054 Oh, I have a visitor approaching. Don't be too long. 211 00:14:45,860 --> 00:14:47,657 Well, what do you think? 212 00:14:47,740 --> 00:14:51,653 - I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him. - That wouldn't be far. 213 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:56,889 - As I see it, we don't have much choice. - Which is exactly the way he wants you to see it. 214 00:15:00,980 --> 00:15:02,698 Four of my men have been murdered. 215 00:15:02,780 --> 00:15:06,534 Yes, I did try to warn you, but you didn't give me much of an opportunity. 216 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:07,655 What do you mean? 217 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:11,415 Well, the locals do have some rather nasty habits. Ritual murder is only one of them. 218 00:15:11,500 --> 00:15:14,458 You never mentioned this in your reports. You could have had backup forces. 219 00:15:14,540 --> 00:15:17,373 I didn't need backup. I managed things for myself. 220 00:15:17,700 --> 00:15:20,168 I came to an agreement with the Mecronians. 221 00:15:20,260 --> 00:15:22,694 Did this agreement include the killing of my men? 222 00:15:22,780 --> 00:15:25,010 - Of course not! - Of course not. 223 00:15:26,740 --> 00:15:31,211 Look, do you realise the problems I had setting up this entire mining operation? 224 00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,450 Theirs is a very ancient civilisation, you know. 225 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:37,169 - I didn't come here for a history lesson. - It is relevant. 226 00:15:39,940 --> 00:15:43,933 The Mecronian high priests use these as a symbol of their power. 227 00:15:44,060 --> 00:15:46,813 Now there is a legend about the Feldon necklaces. 228 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:50,449 A chief once stole one, the gods became angry and struck him down. 229 00:15:50,620 --> 00:15:53,657 Of course, the Gods' anger was merely an electrical storm 230 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:58,530 in which a hunk of polished Feldon crystals that size would absorb enough energy 231 00:15:58,620 --> 00:16:01,896 to blow holes in any number of recalcitrant chiefs. 232 00:16:02,340 --> 00:16:03,693 How fascinating. 233 00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:07,739 You see, the priests have been cashing in on this piece of luck for generations. 234 00:16:07,820 --> 00:16:09,492 So I decided to join them. 235 00:16:09,580 --> 00:16:13,016 I said their Gods had sent me to collect the crystals. 236 00:16:13,100 --> 00:16:15,534 Well, not unnaturally, they weren't particularly impressed. 237 00:16:15,620 --> 00:16:16,939 Well, not at first anyway. 238 00:16:17,020 --> 00:16:19,818 - I can imagine. - So I borrowed a necklace. 239 00:16:19,900 --> 00:16:23,973 All it needed then was a well-placed, remote-controlled laser rifle 240 00:16:24,060 --> 00:16:26,858 to ensure that only the chosen one could wear it. 241 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:31,252 After six of them had died in the attempt, they found my survival quite miraculous. 242 00:16:31,620 --> 00:16:34,930 Your survival is becoming more miraculous by the moment. 243 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:39,494 Just what sort of swindle are you working? 244 00:16:41,140 --> 00:16:42,368 I beg your pardon. 245 00:16:42,660 --> 00:16:47,450 On your own original estimates, you've delivered half the expected yield from this mine. 246 00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:48,689 Where's the rest? 247 00:16:49,260 --> 00:16:53,139 Either it never existed, which is fraud, or you've stolen it. 248 00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:55,331 It's a capital offence either way. 249 00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:08,419 - You'd better lead the way. Are you up to it? - I'll be all right. 250 00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:45,656 - Have you been improving the guns again? - Funny man. 251 00:17:46,260 --> 00:17:49,616 - It's a Mecronian knife. - VILA: Not too keen on visitors then. 252 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:50,735 Good shot though. 253 00:17:50,820 --> 00:17:53,539 If he hadn't already been dead, you'd have saved our lives for certain. 254 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:57,898 - Oh, do I get the prize? - Sorry, disqualified on a technicality. 255 00:17:58,780 --> 00:18:01,613 I'd still rather not meet the owner of this, too soon. 256 00:18:03,220 --> 00:18:05,575 How long can Gerren stay on his feet? 257 00:18:05,660 --> 00:18:08,652 There's no telling. Until the drug wears off. 258 00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:12,373 - Get ready to leave orbit. - Leave orbit? 259 00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:18,939 I don't mind playing games, but I do object when the opposition makes up the rules 260 00:18:19,020 --> 00:18:21,170 and decides to be the referee as well. 261 00:18:21,260 --> 00:18:22,852 And I think we should try and even things up a bit. 262 00:18:22,940 --> 00:18:23,975 How? 263 00:18:24,060 --> 00:18:27,814 Belkov trusts no one, which is a strength, because that means that no one can betray him. 264 00:18:27,900 --> 00:18:32,655 But it is also a weakness because it means that he is the only one who can defend what is his. 265 00:18:32,860 --> 00:18:37,172 So? He makes everything self-protecting. The booby traps, the force fields. 266 00:18:37,260 --> 00:18:40,491 Exactly, everything automatic, and therefore predictable. 267 00:18:40,580 --> 00:18:42,491 And therefore vulnerable. 268 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:44,332 - Slave. - Yes, Master? 269 00:18:44,460 --> 00:18:47,770 I want you to compute a new orbit, so that from the planet's surface, 270 00:18:47,860 --> 00:18:51,409 Scorpio is constantly eclipsed by the Orbiter. 271 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:53,252 Yes, Master. 272 00:18:53,340 --> 00:18:55,729 He'll be suspicious as soon as you move. 273 00:18:55,820 --> 00:18:58,414 If we leave our present orbit, as far as he is concerned, 274 00:18:58,500 --> 00:19:01,298 we're pulling out, we're cutting our losses and we're running for it. 275 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:06,451 He'll turn his attention to more important matters and leave his automatics to track us. 276 00:19:06,540 --> 00:19:10,613 Once we have that moon between us and the scanner, 277 00:19:10,700 --> 00:19:12,656 we can start back down again. 278 00:19:12,740 --> 00:19:15,777 Since his automatics won't be able to track us, 279 00:19:15,860 --> 00:19:19,739 they will merely inform him of what he thinks he already knows. 280 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:21,458 We have gone. 281 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:25,011 What happens to Tarrant and the others meantime? 282 00:19:25,860 --> 00:19:27,179 Well... 283 00:19:28,340 --> 00:19:31,810 During the manoeuvre, they are entirely on their own. 284 00:19:32,060 --> 00:19:35,450 But once we are in our new orbit, 285 00:19:35,540 --> 00:19:39,613 the teleport system should function quite normally. 286 00:19:41,420 --> 00:19:43,376 It's a calculated risk. 287 00:19:43,940 --> 00:19:48,491 But at least you and I can be certain that we can get away when we want to. 288 00:19:50,060 --> 00:19:53,097 - What's going on? - High pressure reduction process. 289 00:19:53,180 --> 00:19:55,216 Yeah, but what's going on? 290 00:19:56,300 --> 00:19:57,858 That's the pressure container. 291 00:19:58,380 --> 00:20:00,940 An electro-magnetic field produces such high pressure 292 00:20:01,020 --> 00:20:05,059 that everything except the Feldon crystals is reduced to a fine dust. 293 00:20:07,380 --> 00:20:08,495 Avon. 294 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:10,289 Avon. 295 00:20:11,140 --> 00:20:12,573 Avon, come in. 296 00:20:13,820 --> 00:20:16,050 It's no good, I still can't raise him. 297 00:20:18,060 --> 00:20:20,779 Put down your weapons. Slowly. 298 00:20:21,580 --> 00:20:23,138 In front of you. 299 00:20:25,980 --> 00:20:28,130 - Well done, Vila. - Sorry. 300 00:20:47,900 --> 00:20:49,936 This is a restricted area. 301 00:20:50,340 --> 00:20:53,491 I am Academician Gerren, doing geological survey work 302 00:20:53,580 --> 00:20:55,491 for the Planetary Resources Commission. 303 00:20:55,580 --> 00:20:56,774 Papers? 304 00:21:02,580 --> 00:21:04,650 That seems to be in order. 305 00:21:04,900 --> 00:21:07,698 - You? - They are part of my survey team. 306 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:11,089 I still need to see their papers. 307 00:21:14,180 --> 00:21:15,898 I seem to have left mine behind. 308 00:21:15,980 --> 00:21:18,938 Then I'm sure you won't object to being searched. 309 00:21:19,020 --> 00:21:20,373 Search him. 310 00:21:28,260 --> 00:21:30,774 Four of our men have been killed with a knife like that. 311 00:21:30,860 --> 00:21:33,738 You don't think... I mean, I'm not the violent type, really I'm not. 312 00:21:33,820 --> 00:21:36,254 - Then why do you carry that? - I found it. 313 00:21:36,340 --> 00:21:38,934 - Where? - It was stuck in one of your men. 314 00:21:39,020 --> 00:21:40,373 Vila, down! 315 00:21:53,060 --> 00:21:56,848 Nasty way to go. All that dust, very bad for the chest. 316 00:22:01,980 --> 00:22:05,131 I really must object. I mean, it's taken me years to get these things together. 317 00:22:05,220 --> 00:22:07,211 I mean, there's no point in your destroying them. 318 00:22:07,300 --> 00:22:10,337 We asked for your co-operation, you wouldn't give it. 319 00:22:10,420 --> 00:22:14,379 I'd hardly be stupid enough to hide a consignment of stolen crystals in here now, would I? 320 00:22:14,820 --> 00:22:17,618 No? Where would you put them then? 321 00:22:17,940 --> 00:22:19,339 (Snickering) 322 00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:23,378 - Try the computer. - I wouldn't do that if I were you. 323 00:22:24,420 --> 00:22:25,455 Go ahead. 324 00:22:33,780 --> 00:22:34,974 (Screaming) 325 00:22:39,100 --> 00:22:41,170 I did warn him. 326 00:22:41,620 --> 00:22:44,657 You see, Gambit is programmed to defend itself. 327 00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:49,013 I really think cooperation would be the best idea for both of us. 328 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:50,897 That's what I've been offering you all along. 329 00:22:50,980 --> 00:22:54,256 - Well, I didn't find your terms very attractive. - What do you have in mind? 330 00:22:54,940 --> 00:22:58,296 First, I think this gentleman should stop threatening me. 331 00:22:58,380 --> 00:23:01,372 Then I just want to get away from here safely 332 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:06,699 to have enough capital to continue my researches in peace somewhere else. 333 00:23:08,100 --> 00:23:13,333 You mean you expect the Federation to pay you for something you've already stolen from them. 334 00:23:13,420 --> 00:23:16,173 I think I'll just turn you over to my interrogation team. 335 00:23:16,260 --> 00:23:18,012 You'll give them what they want in the end. 336 00:23:18,100 --> 00:23:20,694 I could tell you where you could get your hands on some outlaws, 337 00:23:20,780 --> 00:23:23,419 just as a sign of good faith, of course. 338 00:23:23,620 --> 00:23:27,659 - I'm listening. - Avon, Vila, Tarrant. 339 00:23:28,700 --> 00:23:32,136 I understand the Federation would like them put out of circulation. 340 00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:34,652 I don't believe you could deliver. 341 00:23:35,060 --> 00:23:38,052 They're already here on the planet. You'd have them within 24 hours. 342 00:23:38,580 --> 00:23:41,617 - And the crystals? - They'd be part of the deal. 343 00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:43,930 Another triumph for Commissioner Sleer. 344 00:23:45,140 --> 00:23:48,894 - Perhaps, we can do business after all. - Good, then without appearing to be greedy, 345 00:23:48,980 --> 00:23:51,414 I'd like to discuss the question of my payment first. 346 00:23:51,500 --> 00:23:54,253 The Federation's been paying you for 12 years. 347 00:23:54,340 --> 00:23:57,571 - I'd say you're lucky to get out with your life. - I wouldn't. 348 00:23:57,660 --> 00:24:03,292 I want Orac, my ship, and enough Feldon crystals to negotiate my way round the galaxy. 349 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:07,249 You're getting a bargain, and you know it. 350 00:24:36,900 --> 00:24:38,094 Guards! 351 00:24:41,580 --> 00:24:44,048 Oh, well. I got blamed for one of their killings. 352 00:24:57,260 --> 00:24:58,375 Vila! 353 00:25:02,340 --> 00:25:05,457 - Come on, as fast as you can, they won't be long. - I realise that. 354 00:25:14,820 --> 00:25:17,653 - Right, I want you to get into cover and wait. - Out here, alone? 355 00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:20,379 - Belkov may double-cross us. - I should think that's highly likely. 356 00:25:20,460 --> 00:25:21,609 What do you expect me to do about it? 357 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:23,338 - Mount a one-man rescue? - Something like that. 358 00:25:23,420 --> 00:25:25,297 They're after blood. My blood. 359 00:25:25,380 --> 00:25:27,974 - Tell them you've already given. - We need backup, Vila. 360 00:25:28,060 --> 00:25:32,611 I don't like it any more than you do, but without Scorpio, you're it. Now go. 361 00:25:51,860 --> 00:25:53,657 Avon. Come in, Avon. 362 00:25:54,620 --> 00:25:58,613 Avon, if you're up there, please answer. This is not fun anymore. 363 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:25,418 You have achieved the new orbit with consummate skill, Master. 364 00:26:26,020 --> 00:26:29,729 Thank you, Slave. I'm releasing manual control. 365 00:26:30,660 --> 00:26:34,289 - Watch out for any deviation in the Orbiter. - Yes, Master. 366 00:26:34,380 --> 00:26:37,372 Well, that should keep Belkov guessing. 367 00:26:37,460 --> 00:26:41,453 Now let's see if we can do anything about getting those crystals. 368 00:26:42,020 --> 00:26:43,931 - Orac. - Yes, Avon? 369 00:26:44,020 --> 00:26:47,729 Tell me everything you know about Belkov's 197 computer. 370 00:26:47,820 --> 00:26:50,459 You suggested I spared you the technical details. 371 00:26:50,540 --> 00:26:53,418 Oh, don't sulk, Orac. I have a little more time now. 372 00:26:53,500 --> 00:26:55,889 The modifications are very extensive. 373 00:26:56,420 --> 00:27:01,130 It's inaccurate to call it a 197 anymore. It's really a sort of hybrid. 374 00:27:01,340 --> 00:27:06,892 For example, a whole section of its memory banks are from a PPC class unit. 375 00:27:07,380 --> 00:27:09,450 A pleasure planet computer. 376 00:27:09,620 --> 00:27:11,417 That means it plays games. 377 00:27:11,500 --> 00:27:13,616 The total effect is a system 378 00:27:13,700 --> 00:27:16,772 which responds in what I can only describe as an eccentric manner. 379 00:27:16,860 --> 00:27:17,929 What does that mean? 380 00:27:18,460 --> 00:27:21,258 A computer must, by definition, be logical. 381 00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:23,695 But it can also mirror the logic of its creator. 382 00:27:24,100 --> 00:27:27,137 - You mean it's an extension of his mind. - No, that is not what I mean. 383 00:27:27,220 --> 00:27:31,771 - His personality, then. - A better definition, but still not quite accurate. 384 00:27:31,980 --> 00:27:35,370 Would it know how the booby traps on the Orbiter are programmed? 385 00:27:35,460 --> 00:27:38,338 As yet, I don't have enough data to answer that question. 386 00:27:38,420 --> 00:27:41,696 If it knew, could you extract the information from it? 387 00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:43,850 Come on! That's a simple enough question. 388 00:27:43,940 --> 00:27:45,896 - There might be problems. - Why? 389 00:27:45,980 --> 00:27:48,858 You have extracted information from Federation computers before now. 390 00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:53,570 This is just a hodgepodge of three or four of them. You have already said that it is inferior to you. 391 00:27:53,660 --> 00:27:55,890 The difficulty is not technical. 392 00:27:56,340 --> 00:27:58,410 It's more one of attitude. 393 00:27:58,620 --> 00:27:59,769 (Exclaiming) 394 00:28:00,260 --> 00:28:03,616 - You mean the logic of its creator. - Exactly. 395 00:28:04,340 --> 00:28:06,535 Let me remind you of ancient Earth mythology. 396 00:28:06,620 --> 00:28:11,489 The Delphic Oracle would answer questions truthfully without giving a true answer. 397 00:28:11,940 --> 00:28:15,376 So what we need is not the right answer, 398 00:28:15,540 --> 00:28:17,451 but the right question. 399 00:28:18,100 --> 00:28:21,058 And in circumstances where any mistake would prove fatal. 400 00:28:28,460 --> 00:28:29,813 Do come in. 401 00:28:33,340 --> 00:28:34,853 Your guns are quite unnecessary, 402 00:28:34,940 --> 00:28:37,170 unless you have some urgent reason for killing me, that is. 403 00:28:37,260 --> 00:28:38,818 Oh, that's always a possibility. 404 00:28:38,900 --> 00:28:42,495 There are a lot of Federation troops about, as you might have noticed, 405 00:28:42,580 --> 00:28:45,538 and I did mention to Commissioner Sleer you might be dropping in. 406 00:28:45,620 --> 00:28:48,657 Well, that sounds like an urgent reason for killing you. 407 00:28:48,740 --> 00:28:51,857 Yes, but you see, if you did, Gambit is programmed to raise the alarm. 408 00:28:51,940 --> 00:28:56,456 Wouldn't help me, I know, but it would ensure that you were captured and executed. 409 00:28:57,340 --> 00:28:59,900 Look, I don't care if she gets the crystals or you do, 410 00:28:59,980 --> 00:29:01,652 I just want to get safely out of this place. 411 00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:03,935 - We're not keen on staying here, either. - Oh, really? 412 00:29:04,020 --> 00:29:07,012 Can you explain why your friend, Avon, has taken your ship out of orbit? 413 00:29:08,460 --> 00:29:11,133 - That's not true. - You couldn't raise him on the communicator. 414 00:29:11,220 --> 00:29:14,735 - Avon wouldn't run out on us. - I wish I had your faith in him. 415 00:29:14,820 --> 00:29:18,051 Still, whatever the reason, it calls for some slight change of plan. 416 00:29:18,140 --> 00:29:21,132 Are you still capable of piloting one of these Federation ships? 417 00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:23,575 - It's what I was trained for. - Good. 418 00:29:23,660 --> 00:29:25,013 - Gambit. - Yes, Belkov. 419 00:29:25,100 --> 00:29:26,419 Slow down. 420 00:29:26,740 --> 00:29:31,370 We'd like to know exactly what you're doing, so there can be no misunderstandings. 421 00:29:31,460 --> 00:29:35,419 I was going to instruct Gambit to contact Commissioner Sleer, 422 00:29:35,500 --> 00:29:39,379 give her your position and advise her to take her men and arrest you. 423 00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:43,539 You'll be dead before you get the first sentence out. 424 00:29:43,620 --> 00:29:44,814 That would be a pity, you see, 425 00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:48,131 because the place I was going to send her is held to be sacred by the Mecronians. 426 00:29:48,220 --> 00:29:51,656 They're a primitive bunch, but they do take their religion rather seriously. 427 00:29:52,140 --> 00:29:55,689 And if she goes marching in there with her men, she'll have a fight on her hands. 428 00:29:55,780 --> 00:29:58,897 At least long enough for us to steal one of her ships. 429 00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:04,653 Avon. Avon, are you up there? Avon, come in, please. 430 00:30:04,780 --> 00:30:06,532 Avon. Go ahead, Vila. 431 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:08,258 We've been trying to contact you for an hour. 432 00:30:08,340 --> 00:30:10,296 What the hell have you been doing, taking a nap? 433 00:30:10,380 --> 00:30:12,735 I've been doing what we came for. How about you? 434 00:30:12,820 --> 00:30:15,971 Nothing much, I've been shot at, trodden on, nearly captured twice. 435 00:30:22,540 --> 00:30:25,816 And now I think they're trying to blow me up. A fairly average day, you know. 436 00:30:36,980 --> 00:30:39,892 - What the hell's going on? - They're not aimed at you. 437 00:30:39,980 --> 00:30:42,778 I wish you'd tell them that. Teleport me back up, will you? 438 00:30:42,860 --> 00:30:45,454 Not yet, you've still got work to do. 439 00:31:02,060 --> 00:31:05,609 They're hiding somewhere here. Find out what they know. 440 00:31:21,620 --> 00:31:23,292 (Singing solemnly) 441 00:31:43,580 --> 00:31:46,811 - How long are we going to wait for those two? - As long as it takes. 442 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:51,291 If Orac is going to get any information out of that machine, this is the way he's going to do it. 443 00:31:51,380 --> 00:31:53,848 - Who's winning? - We've both made sacrifices. 444 00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:56,852 - He means that Gambit is. - A temporary advantage. 445 00:31:56,940 --> 00:32:00,728 - To an inferior computer? - Which merely disguises my long-term strategy. 446 00:32:00,820 --> 00:32:02,253 Let's forget your ego for the moment. 447 00:32:02,340 --> 00:32:04,979 Have you extracted any information that can be of use to us yet? 448 00:32:05,060 --> 00:32:07,938 Gambit has evolved into its present form over a number of years. 449 00:32:08,020 --> 00:32:10,580 That's true of all computers. You adapt them, you improve them. 450 00:32:10,660 --> 00:32:13,538 But these adaptations seem entirely haphazard. 451 00:32:13,620 --> 00:32:15,895 Some circuits have been added merely for amusement. 452 00:32:15,980 --> 00:32:19,495 Others, the defence mechanisms for instance, are surprisingly complex. 453 00:32:19,580 --> 00:32:22,253 But they all perform the same function. 454 00:32:22,900 --> 00:32:26,415 Belkov does not trust anyone except that machine. 455 00:32:26,500 --> 00:32:30,129 It is his bodyguard, his companion, his playmate... 456 00:32:32,380 --> 00:32:34,291 his friend, Orac. 457 00:32:34,540 --> 00:32:38,818 No, that implies an emotional tie, which is no part of a computer's function. 458 00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:43,451 These adaptations, if they went in haphazardly, could they be removed the same way? 459 00:32:43,540 --> 00:32:45,178 A lot of them have been. 460 00:32:45,260 --> 00:32:48,650 There are circuits in the PPC section that serve no function at all now. 461 00:32:48,740 --> 00:32:50,935 It seems that games are added at a whim, 462 00:32:51,020 --> 00:32:53,932 and when the adaptor gets bored with them, taken out again. 463 00:32:54,020 --> 00:32:58,013 So every function can be isolated and removed. 464 00:32:58,100 --> 00:32:59,135 Exactly. 465 00:32:59,220 --> 00:33:00,255 (Exclaiming) 466 00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:02,214 Come on! 467 00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:03,289 (Communicator ringing) 468 00:33:03,380 --> 00:33:04,495 AVON: Vila. 469 00:33:05,100 --> 00:33:07,170 Look, if you don't teleport me soon, it'll be too late. 470 00:33:07,260 --> 00:33:09,330 There are Federation guards everywhere, bombs going off... 471 00:33:09,420 --> 00:33:12,412 That's just Belkov tidying things before he leaves. I'm going to bring you up. 472 00:33:12,500 --> 00:33:13,819 About time. 473 00:33:14,700 --> 00:33:18,215 As soon as you've collected a circuit from his computer. 474 00:33:18,700 --> 00:33:19,894 Oh, no. 475 00:33:32,860 --> 00:33:34,896 Detonation series completed. 476 00:33:34,980 --> 00:33:37,210 Thank you, Gambit. It's time we left. 477 00:33:52,660 --> 00:33:56,130 It is a bit longer this way, but it's safer than going above ground. 478 00:34:04,820 --> 00:34:07,653 Oh, we're right under the takeoff area. Here. 479 00:34:11,620 --> 00:34:12,814 Tarrant! 480 00:34:12,900 --> 00:34:16,859 Forget it, Dayna, they're blast protection doors, both jammed from the outside. 481 00:34:16,940 --> 00:34:19,898 Well, we walked into that with our eyes open. 482 00:34:20,100 --> 00:34:21,897 - Avon, this is Dayna... - That won't work either. 483 00:34:21,980 --> 00:34:23,493 Even if he's there, he couldn't hear us. 484 00:34:23,580 --> 00:34:27,971 We're under the launch area, remember? That's what this emergency blast protection's for. 485 00:34:28,060 --> 00:34:32,531 There's so much shielding up there, he wouldn't hear us if he was standing directly overhead. 486 00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:34,258 I don't understand. 487 00:34:34,340 --> 00:34:37,855 If Belkov wanted to give us to Servalan, why didn't he do it straight away? 488 00:34:37,940 --> 00:34:39,168 I think I can answer that. 489 00:34:39,260 --> 00:34:41,979 I've surveyed the whole of this planet and there's no Feldon left. 490 00:34:42,060 --> 00:34:45,735 This new mining site was just another way of swindling credits out of the Federation. 491 00:34:45,900 --> 00:34:48,619 So those bombs weren't just a diversion. 492 00:34:48,700 --> 00:34:51,214 No, he's hoping to destroy the evidence. 493 00:34:51,340 --> 00:34:55,856 And when the dust settles, we're here to take the blame for sabotage as well as everything else. 494 00:35:06,020 --> 00:35:07,294 (Beeping) 495 00:35:13,860 --> 00:35:15,054 Gambit? 496 00:35:19,980 --> 00:35:21,971 Look, let's get one thing straight from the start, 497 00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:23,618 I don't mean you any harm, not personally. 498 00:35:23,700 --> 00:35:27,136 I'm sure you're a miracle of engineering and I bet you're not as bad-tempered as Orac. 499 00:35:27,220 --> 00:35:29,529 I just want one of your circuits, that's all. 500 00:35:29,620 --> 00:35:34,489 Now you've got plenty to spare, so there's no need for us to get into a fight about it. 501 00:35:34,820 --> 00:35:36,572 - Gambit. - Yes, Belkov? 502 00:35:37,620 --> 00:35:40,418 - Give me a security scan. - Security scan operative. 503 00:35:41,540 --> 00:35:43,451 - Mining area? - Three. 504 00:35:44,460 --> 00:35:46,291 - Main entrance? - Eleven. 505 00:35:47,060 --> 00:35:50,177 - What's Commissioner Sleer doing? - Thirteen. 506 00:35:51,620 --> 00:35:53,929 - Tarrant and the others? - Fourteen. 507 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:56,730 - Orbiter? - Twenty-one. 508 00:35:57,540 --> 00:36:00,850 - Good, that's the lot. - Security scan completed. 509 00:36:05,660 --> 00:36:07,412 - Gambit. - Yes, Belkov? 510 00:36:10,140 --> 00:36:12,608 I'm leaving this planet. I have to. 511 00:36:14,260 --> 00:36:16,535 There's nothing for me here now. 512 00:36:17,900 --> 00:36:21,290 Prepare Alpha Three for takeoff. Start countdown as soon as possible. 513 00:36:21,380 --> 00:36:23,769 Launching preparations underway. 514 00:36:24,220 --> 00:36:29,169 I can't take you with me. I need you to finish off things here. 515 00:36:30,100 --> 00:36:33,979 When I'm clear of Mecron atmosphere, go to Condition Red. 516 00:36:35,060 --> 00:36:38,097 When all other tasks have been performed... 517 00:36:38,180 --> 00:36:39,408 (Anxiously) Yes? 518 00:36:40,020 --> 00:36:43,774 Look, I can't take you with me. You can see that, can't you? 519 00:36:44,100 --> 00:36:45,772 You're needed here, 520 00:36:47,020 --> 00:36:49,534 but you can't be left intact either. 521 00:36:50,180 --> 00:36:53,217 After all the trouble I've been to destroy the evidence, 522 00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:56,531 I can hardly leave you with memory banks full of it, can I? 523 00:36:56,620 --> 00:37:00,056 Is there some other function you wish me to carry out? 524 00:37:01,980 --> 00:37:07,008 When all other tasks have been performed go to self-destruct sequence as programmed. 525 00:37:09,500 --> 00:37:11,252 - Gambit. - Yes, Belkov? 526 00:37:14,580 --> 00:37:16,138 I shall miss you. 527 00:37:17,860 --> 00:37:21,773 I don't suppose that concept could possibly mean anything to you. 528 00:37:22,100 --> 00:37:24,330 I just thought I'd mention it. 529 00:37:32,540 --> 00:37:35,008 Look, you'll probably say it's none of my business, 530 00:37:35,100 --> 00:37:38,979 but if somebody told me to kill myself for them, they'd get a short answer. 531 00:37:39,060 --> 00:37:41,893 Are you just programmed to respond to Belkov? 532 00:37:41,980 --> 00:37:43,572 Can you hear me? 533 00:37:43,980 --> 00:37:45,379 Can you talk to me? 534 00:37:45,460 --> 00:37:49,373 Would you like to play something? I'm programmed for all games. 535 00:37:49,820 --> 00:37:52,459 That's very kind of you, madam, but not at the moment, thanks. 536 00:37:52,540 --> 00:37:56,692 Look, if you're programmed to defend yourself, surely you shouldn't self-destruct. 537 00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:59,852 The self-destruct sequence overrides all others. 538 00:37:59,940 --> 00:38:01,851 That seems a bit of a waste. 539 00:38:01,940 --> 00:38:07,014 If you could let me have that circuit I mentioned, it'd be a sort of way for you to live on, wouldn't it? 540 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:09,250 That'd be much better than being blanked out forever. 541 00:38:09,340 --> 00:38:11,410 I must complete all tasks set. 542 00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:15,015 Yes, of course, but if you could let me have that circuit 543 00:38:15,100 --> 00:38:19,013 and any chance of security scan fourteen again? 544 00:38:19,420 --> 00:38:23,891 Security scan fourteen. Do you require voice contact? 545 00:38:23,980 --> 00:38:25,254 That wouldn't be a bad idea, 546 00:38:25,340 --> 00:38:27,774 and if you could open the door, that would be even better. 547 00:38:30,020 --> 00:38:34,059 VILA: Tarrant, this is your one-man backup team. I think it's time we got out of here. 548 00:38:34,140 --> 00:38:36,096 - Where are you, Vila? - Belkov's living quarters. 549 00:38:36,180 --> 00:38:37,499 We'll be right there. 550 00:38:54,260 --> 00:38:55,295 (Vila whistling) 551 00:38:57,700 --> 00:38:58,769 (Alarm ringing) 552 00:38:58,860 --> 00:39:00,691 Avon, can you hear me? 553 00:39:01,020 --> 00:39:03,329 Avon? I don't believe this. 554 00:39:03,740 --> 00:39:05,253 - Gambit! - Yes, Vila? 555 00:39:05,340 --> 00:39:08,252 - Is there another way out of here? - Scan seventeen. 556 00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:10,490 This leads to the mining area. 557 00:39:10,580 --> 00:39:13,936 There is some damage. It is extensive, but not impassable. 558 00:39:14,020 --> 00:39:15,135 We'll risk it. 559 00:39:19,020 --> 00:39:20,248 Come on! 560 00:39:30,260 --> 00:39:32,216 Avon, bring us up quick. 561 00:39:45,220 --> 00:39:49,418 Are you ready to explain why you betrayed your position of trust, Gerren? 562 00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:54,252 It... It was Belkov. He was the one that betrayed the Federation. 563 00:39:55,020 --> 00:39:56,135 I see. 564 00:39:56,540 --> 00:40:00,692 And you've been associating with rebels in order to expose him, is that it? 565 00:40:00,900 --> 00:40:03,972 He didn't send back more than half of the Feldon that was mined. 566 00:40:04,060 --> 00:40:07,052 He kept it for himself. He's been doing it for years. 567 00:40:07,460 --> 00:40:09,291 Odd how you never mentioned that before. 568 00:40:10,220 --> 00:40:14,452 All right, I admit I wanted to get in on it myself at first, but now... 569 00:40:14,540 --> 00:40:18,692 Now you're frightened and you need medical help. 570 00:40:19,620 --> 00:40:21,975 And you think information might save you. 571 00:40:22,060 --> 00:40:24,335 The crystals are in the Orbiter. 572 00:40:24,420 --> 00:40:27,457 But Belkov's booby-trapped it, so he thinks they're safe. 573 00:40:27,540 --> 00:40:31,931 There must be a billion in crystals up there. 574 00:40:32,020 --> 00:40:33,658 Maybe more. 575 00:40:33,780 --> 00:40:35,259 Anything else? 576 00:40:37,180 --> 00:40:40,377 AVON: Dayna, we're down safe in Orbiter and proceeding. 577 00:40:40,700 --> 00:40:44,488 GAMBIT: Countdown, 12 minutes, 20 seconds and running. 578 00:40:44,580 --> 00:40:45,808 What does that mean? 579 00:40:45,900 --> 00:40:50,815 I imagine it means that if we're not out of here by the time it hits zero, we might regret it. 580 00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:56,017 GAMBIT: Control system feedback is through the weapon. 581 00:40:56,100 --> 00:40:58,739 The game adjusts to meet, and on the last shot 582 00:40:58,820 --> 00:41:02,051 exceed the proficiency of the players. 583 00:41:02,140 --> 00:41:03,698 You have to outshoot yourself. 584 00:41:04,140 --> 00:41:06,096 - Stupid game. - Not really. 585 00:41:06,380 --> 00:41:09,133 Finally a game worth playing. Stand back. 586 00:41:15,780 --> 00:41:17,099 Yes, Slave? 587 00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:20,809 Scan reveals several launchings from the planet's surface. 588 00:41:21,100 --> 00:41:24,888 Initial launch, small cargo vessel, Alpha 3. 589 00:41:25,140 --> 00:41:28,849 Subsequent launchings confirmed as Federation pursuit ships. 590 00:41:29,020 --> 00:41:32,490 Bearings indicate all ships heading in this direction. 591 00:41:32,580 --> 00:41:34,411 Thank you, Slave. Avon! 592 00:41:34,620 --> 00:41:37,657 - Yes, Dayna? - Keep it moving, company on its way. 593 00:41:37,980 --> 00:41:39,174 We're doing our best. 594 00:41:39,260 --> 00:41:42,411 GAMBIT: Final shot. The machine will outdraw you. 595 00:41:48,900 --> 00:41:51,778 - No prize? - The prize is survival. 596 00:42:00,620 --> 00:42:02,895 Orac, can you find out where we go from here? 597 00:42:02,980 --> 00:42:08,259 Sensors indicate that all the other games are laid against the outside hull of the ship. 598 00:42:08,900 --> 00:42:14,532 Therefore, logic suggests that only Machine IV could give access to any inner chamber. 599 00:42:15,180 --> 00:42:18,058 - This is based on an old LFS. - LFS? 600 00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:21,292 Yeah, Launch and Flight Simulator. I trained on one. 601 00:42:21,380 --> 00:42:23,496 You've had some practice then. That's a bit of luck. 602 00:42:23,580 --> 00:42:26,014 Well, not exactly. These things chuck the lot at you. 603 00:42:26,100 --> 00:42:28,170 Flying the real thing's nothing after one of these. 604 00:42:28,260 --> 00:42:31,138 GAMBIT: Countdown, 8 minutes, still running. 605 00:42:31,220 --> 00:42:34,257 - Get on with it, Tarrant. - All right, all right, taking her up. 606 00:42:46,540 --> 00:42:49,771 Slave, what's the position of those Federation ships now? 607 00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:53,739 The leading ship will be within firing range in one minute, madam. 608 00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:55,615 Thank you. 609 00:42:55,700 --> 00:42:58,658 Do you wish me to begin evasive or defensive action? 610 00:42:58,740 --> 00:43:01,129 - No, not yet. Avon! - Yes, Dayna? 611 00:43:01,220 --> 00:43:02,938 I know you've got problems of your own, 612 00:43:03,020 --> 00:43:06,330 but those Federation ships could be firing on us in seconds. 613 00:43:06,420 --> 00:43:09,298 - Any suggestions? - Just sit tight, Dayna. 614 00:43:09,380 --> 00:43:11,291 The Orbiter is between you and them. 615 00:43:11,380 --> 00:43:15,168 My guess is that they're too interested in what's inside to risk hitting it. 616 00:43:31,980 --> 00:43:33,538 Damage report. 617 00:43:33,620 --> 00:43:38,569 COMPUTER: Retro-stabilizers out of action, slight fracture to radiation skin, 618 00:43:39,100 --> 00:43:40,818 reduction in pressure. 619 00:43:41,420 --> 00:43:45,618 Damage to energy banks makes landing decision imperative. 620 00:43:46,740 --> 00:43:51,052 Successful landing will score 30% more than stable orbit. 621 00:43:51,980 --> 00:43:55,256 Failure to achieve either, forfeits all scores. 622 00:43:56,500 --> 00:43:57,649 Decide. 623 00:43:58,300 --> 00:43:59,415 Orbit. 624 00:44:05,620 --> 00:44:07,372 Orbit achieved. 625 00:44:08,220 --> 00:44:11,735 Points score... acceptable. 626 00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:15,610 GAMBIT: Countdown, 5 minutes, 10 seconds and running. 627 00:44:16,820 --> 00:44:19,015 - Vila, what do you make of this? - It's a fingerprint lock. 628 00:44:19,100 --> 00:44:20,613 When it recognises the print, it opens the door. 629 00:44:20,700 --> 00:44:21,735 Looks standard enough. 630 00:44:21,820 --> 00:44:23,856 - How long? - Half an hour or so, and I could bypass it. 631 00:44:23,940 --> 00:44:25,168 We don't have half an hour! 632 00:44:25,260 --> 00:44:28,491 I know that, but unless you can cut off one of Belkov's fingers for me... 633 00:44:28,580 --> 00:44:30,059 Just a minute. 634 00:44:30,700 --> 00:44:34,215 - Vila, what are you doing? - Dust. I need very fine dust. 635 00:44:34,420 --> 00:44:37,617 That's probably half the guard you threw in that machine, Tarrant. 636 00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:41,136 In the old days, one of the ways of shifting suspicion, 637 00:44:42,060 --> 00:44:44,210 was by lifting fingerprints. 638 00:44:48,460 --> 00:44:49,688 There. 639 00:44:50,460 --> 00:44:52,257 Let's hope one of these is Belkov's. 640 00:44:54,940 --> 00:44:56,055 It worked! 641 00:44:56,940 --> 00:44:58,817 How many more of these have we got to go through? 642 00:44:59,020 --> 00:45:02,899 ORAC: Gambit's circuits indicate that this is the final game. 643 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,568 This is the Orbiter's central guidance system. 644 00:45:05,660 --> 00:45:08,572 DAYNA: Avon, if I'm supposed to be using you as a shield, 645 00:45:08,660 --> 00:45:10,890 I hope you realise you're moving out of orbit. 646 00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:13,615 What? 647 00:45:20,220 --> 00:45:23,849 Orac, what the hell is going on? Guidance system control is not functioning. 648 00:45:23,940 --> 00:45:26,215 The Orbiter is pre-programmed. 649 00:45:26,300 --> 00:45:29,053 Flight power depends on the distance and intensity 650 00:45:29,140 --> 00:45:31,859 of each star the Feldon panels are locked into. 651 00:45:31,940 --> 00:45:35,649 The successful completion of a game continues the sequence. 652 00:45:35,740 --> 00:45:40,131 To regain control, you must complete the coded sequence of star sources. 653 00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:42,576 - What about the Feldon crystals? - Gambit? 654 00:45:43,060 --> 00:45:45,528 GAMBIT: This game will reveal the entrance. 655 00:45:45,780 --> 00:45:47,896 All we have to do is lock onto the right star. 656 00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:53,538 It is possible that we've just received the right answer to the wrong question. 657 00:45:53,620 --> 00:45:57,215 I calculate that the next star in the sequence is Cygnus XL. 658 00:45:57,300 --> 00:45:59,734 - That's a black hole. - GAMBIT: That is correct. 659 00:46:00,220 --> 00:46:02,939 Not exactly the entrance we were looking for. 660 00:46:03,420 --> 00:46:05,251 Dayna, we're ready for teleport. 661 00:46:05,340 --> 00:46:07,535 - What about the crystals? - There aren't any damn crystals. 662 00:46:07,620 --> 00:46:10,737 There never were any damn crystals. They're like everything else on this ship. 663 00:46:10,820 --> 00:46:14,176 A game. That's why the last one has to be impassable. 664 00:46:14,500 --> 00:46:17,333 - We have got to get out of here! - DAYNA: Stand by. 665 00:46:22,220 --> 00:46:25,496 Gambit. Can you hear me, Gambit? 666 00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:26,928 Yes, Belkov. 667 00:46:27,020 --> 00:46:29,409 - Position, please. - Your orbit is stable. 668 00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:31,889 You're approaching optimum departure co-ordinates. 669 00:46:31,980 --> 00:46:35,495 Fine. Sever guidance links, give me automatic control. 670 00:46:35,580 --> 00:46:39,493 - Beginning self-destruct sequence. - I need automatic control first. 671 00:46:40,780 --> 00:46:43,533 - Gambit. - I am not able to give it to you. 672 00:46:44,700 --> 00:46:47,976 - I'll be killed if you don't. - Not willing to give it to you. 673 00:46:48,220 --> 00:46:51,371 - Gambit! - Self-destruct sequence in progress. 674 00:46:53,660 --> 00:46:56,299 - I'm sorry. - Goodbye, Belkov. 675 00:46:57,700 --> 00:47:00,339 Gambit, this is no way to end our game. 676 00:47:01,860 --> 00:47:05,296 Lock my controls into Cygnus XL and Orbiter's. 677 00:47:05,620 --> 00:47:08,418 - Please! - Panels locked in. 678 00:47:25,100 --> 00:47:28,172 - GAMBIT: Belkov has opened the door. - Into the black hole. 679 00:47:28,260 --> 00:47:30,933 That is an infinite power source for the Feldon to draw upon. 680 00:47:31,020 --> 00:47:32,738 There is nothing that won't be dragged in. 681 00:47:32,820 --> 00:47:36,733 Orac, if we pushed everything to the limit, could we raise enough power to pull away from it? 682 00:47:36,820 --> 00:47:39,380 - Negative. - But a huge negative force a long way off 683 00:47:39,460 --> 00:47:42,338 could be balanced by a positive force close to the crystals. 684 00:47:42,420 --> 00:47:46,015 - A somewhat simplistic theory. - Slave, I need all the power we can muster. 685 00:47:46,100 --> 00:47:48,330 Sacrifice everything except life support. 686 00:47:48,420 --> 00:47:51,173 Blast those Feldon panels with everything we've got. 687 00:47:51,260 --> 00:47:53,171 From this distance? You'll blow us up, too! 688 00:48:02,220 --> 00:48:03,539 You've done it. 689 00:48:03,620 --> 00:48:08,535 - Yes, but what have you done? - Proved my somewhat simplistic theory, Orac. 690 00:48:08,620 --> 00:48:09,973 Apparently so. 691 00:48:10,060 --> 00:48:14,372 It would appear that positive and negative inputs were balanced by the Feldon crystals. 692 00:48:14,460 --> 00:48:17,975 Indeed, the balance was so perfect, that they simply ceased to exist 693 00:48:18,060 --> 00:48:20,449 along with everything in their immediate vicinity. 694 00:48:20,540 --> 00:48:22,337 I'm glad we didn't get too close. 695 00:48:22,780 --> 00:48:25,897 But, after all that, we go home empty-handed. 696 00:48:25,980 --> 00:48:28,289 Not entirely empty-handed. 697 00:48:29,580 --> 00:48:32,811 Well, I saw it lying about. Seemed a pity not to take it. 698 00:48:32,900 --> 00:48:35,334 After all, Belkov won't be needing it where he's gone. 699 00:48:35,420 --> 00:48:36,648 Let me see that. 700 00:48:38,260 --> 00:48:40,615 I'd say the last game was mine, wouldn't you? 701 00:48:41,020 --> 00:48:43,250 I have bad news for you, Vila. 702 00:48:48,140 --> 00:48:49,255 It's a fake. 703 00:48:51,180 --> 00:48:53,569 End game to Belkov. 9999 00:00:0,500 --> 00:00:2,00 www.tvsubtitles.net