1 00:00:07,439 --> 00:00:10,272 Sir, before you go to your meeting, I wanted to inform you... 2 00:00:10,359 --> 00:00:13,272 that Mr. Jones is here from the Bureau of telepath Integration. 3 00:00:13,359 --> 00:00:16,556 The same Mr. Jones from six months ago? He gets around, doesn't he? 4 00:00:16,639 --> 00:00:17,868 They're all called Mr. Jones. 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:20,520 It's their way of making the examination less personal. 6 00:00:20,599 --> 00:00:22,158 How could it not be personal? 7 00:00:22,239 --> 00:00:25,038 He crawls inside your head and roots around looking for dirt. 8 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:27,589 But only one telepath can watchdog another. 9 00:00:27,680 --> 00:00:29,830 It's like Internal Affairs of a police force. 10 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,675 Promotion and advancement are tied to finding other people breaking the rules. 11 00:00:33,759 --> 00:00:34,829 Or, in my case... 12 00:00:34,919 --> 00:00:37,752 poking through other people's minds without their permission. 13 00:00:37,839 --> 00:00:41,992 Anyway, that's the trade off we make for living and working beside normals. 14 00:00:42,359 --> 00:00:45,590 That's a moot point. He's coming in my quarters at 1800 hours. 15 00:00:45,679 --> 00:00:48,273 Standard procedure. Deep scans to see if I'm violating... 16 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:51,159 -the new rules for telepaths. - I don't need him to tell me... 17 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,119 you can be trusted not to go snooping around in someone's mind. 18 00:00:54,199 --> 00:00:56,110 And I wouldn't. Not intentionally. 19 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,430 But when the Senate disbanded the Psi-Corp... 20 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:01,273 there were concerns that accidental scans were inevitable... 21 00:01:01,359 --> 00:01:04,351 once telepaths were integrated back into normal communities. 22 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,670 If you want me to talk to him on your behalf-- 23 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,036 No, thank you. I appreciate that... 24 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:12,199 but it's just him, me, and the rules. 25 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:14,634 All right. 26 00:01:16,599 --> 00:01:17,873 Good luck. 27 00:01:35,479 --> 00:01:37,072 So aside from the Morseddi... 28 00:01:37,159 --> 00:01:40,390 there's nothing else to investigate in this sector. 29 00:01:40,639 --> 00:01:44,314 -Unless anyone else has a suggestion. -Yes. 30 00:01:46,799 --> 00:01:48,836 Actually, I have one. 31 00:01:50,359 --> 00:01:51,872 It's right here. 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,196 To the untrained eye, just another rock. 33 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:58,193 But in reality, a part of a much greater whole. 34 00:02:07,399 --> 00:02:09,470 It took me years to find it. 35 00:02:10,360 --> 00:02:14,274 Others of my order have spent their entire lives searching for it. 36 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,833 These coordinates will guide us to a precise location in hyperspace... 37 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:21,236 normally hidden from prying eyes. 38 00:02:28,119 --> 00:02:30,588 So, shall we go? 39 00:02:31,879 --> 00:02:35,031 -Go where? -The Well of Forever. 40 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:37,671 It's a focal point of immense power... 41 00:02:37,759 --> 00:02:40,797 like Stonehenge, or the Oracle at Delphi on Earth. 42 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:43,558 The Well is powerful... 43 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:46,678 because it draws its essence from hyperspace. 44 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:49,273 For centuries, wizards have sought out crossroads... 45 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:53,354 because they represent the point where powerful energies intersect. 46 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,391 There is no greater crossroads than hyperspace. 47 00:02:57,760 --> 00:03:00,229 My people are taught to avoid crossroads. 48 00:03:00,319 --> 00:03:03,710 Also beaches, cliffs, pits, caverns, and wells. 49 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,911 Where do you go on vacation? Another part of the room? 50 00:03:10,519 --> 00:03:14,399 You fear these places because they're not entirely one thing or another. 51 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:18,799 But to a mage, such a place is an open book full of answers... 52 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:21,268 for those who are willing to listen. 53 00:03:22,079 --> 00:03:23,717 This book may be very useful to us... 54 00:03:23,799 --> 00:03:26,678 in our search to find a cure for the Drakh plague. 55 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,439 It will take us several days to get there... 56 00:03:32,519 --> 00:03:34,908 but I am certain it will be worth the risk. 57 00:03:34,999 --> 00:03:37,195 So you have a magic rock... 58 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,155 that provides you with a mystical place that is a metaphorical book... 59 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:44,073 that gives you answers to questions that we haven't asked yet. 60 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:48,119 And you want us to spend days in hyperspace based on that? 61 00:03:49,239 --> 00:03:51,435 Even if your information is correct... 62 00:03:51,520 --> 00:03:55,195 those coordinates are days outside known hyperspace routes. 63 00:03:55,399 --> 00:03:58,357 No one is stupid enough to travel that far off the beacon. 64 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:01,717 We could wind up 40 light years from any known system. 65 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,359 Not if my ship's navigational systems are merged with the Excalibur's. 66 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:09,393 If your ship can find it why do you need us? 67 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:12,314 My instruments may be more sophisticated than yours... 68 00:04:12,399 --> 00:04:16,757 but my ship can't maneuver in the strong gravitational currents that far out. 69 00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:19,994 I need the Excalibur. 70 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,991 All right, since we've got nothing else on the boards, we'll take a look. 71 00:04:35,079 --> 00:04:38,390 But in deference to common sense and Mr. Eilerson's concerns... 72 00:04:38,480 --> 00:04:41,757 which somehow ended up the same thing, for a change... 73 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:44,793 if we get to the location and there's nothing there... 74 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:48,589 -we'll turn around and head back. Deal? -Fair enough. 75 00:04:49,840 --> 00:04:52,559 I'll make ready my ship for the navigational merge. 76 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,474 Has anyone else ever found this Well of Forever? 77 00:04:56,880 --> 00:04:58,234 Absolutely. 78 00:04:59,039 --> 00:05:01,633 It's just that no one has ever returned. 79 00:05:03,079 --> 00:05:05,036 Consider it an adventure. 80 00:05:13,759 --> 00:05:15,272 Matthew Gideon, Captain. 81 00:05:15,359 --> 00:05:18,078 Attached to the Earth Alliance stars hip, Excalibur. 82 00:05:21,399 --> 00:05:25,188 To find a cure to the Drakh plague before it wipes out all life on Earth. 83 00:05:30,879 --> 00:05:32,517 Anywhere [ have to. 84 00:06:25,319 --> 00:06:28,994 Who do you serve and who do you trust? 85 00:06:40,919 --> 00:06:43,877 Display all systems on the Excalibur. 86 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:54,116 Isolate navigation systems. 87 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:08,990 -Ready to perform navigational merge. -Go ahead. 88 00:07:14,799 --> 00:07:16,233 Look at that. 89 00:07:17,839 --> 00:07:21,992 His ship can pick up the faintest signal and amplify it to usable form. 90 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:24,916 No wonder Techno-mages are never seen in hyperspace. 91 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,674 They can travel completely off the beacon. 92 00:07:28,879 --> 00:07:33,112 I'd love to get a look inside that thing, see how she does what she does. 93 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,159 -You think that might be possible? -We can try. 94 00:07:36,239 --> 00:07:38,992 We'll have to back check the connections from time to time... 95 00:07:39,079 --> 00:07:40,877 to make sure it's all working properly. 96 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:43,679 And we can look back a little further, just to be thorough. 97 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:45,750 Excellent idea, Lieutenant. 98 00:07:46,239 --> 00:07:48,879 Because one of the main reasons I went along with this... 99 00:07:48,959 --> 00:07:52,190 was the chance to learn a little bit more about that ship of his. 100 00:07:52,279 --> 00:07:54,270 I'll get on it first thing. 101 00:07:54,719 --> 00:07:56,596 Right now, I have to go. 102 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,034 -Time to see Mr. Jones. -Of course. 103 00:08:14,039 --> 00:08:15,916 Captain, you have a minute? 104 00:08:16,359 --> 00:08:19,158 Sure, pull up a chair. I'll deal you in. 105 00:08:21,679 --> 00:08:25,070 -So, what's on your mind? -Galen. 106 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:29,797 Let me guess. You don't think he can be trusted. 107 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,274 You know, I was taught two things growing up. 108 00:08:35,359 --> 00:08:37,714 One: Don't go looking for trouble... 109 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:40,076 unless you know what you're gonna get out of it. 110 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:43,152 In this respect, he is hiding something from us. 111 00:08:43,239 --> 00:08:46,595 -I can feel it. I suspect you can, as well. -Yep. Cards? 112 00:08:48,959 --> 00:08:51,314 Dealer takes two. 113 00:08:53,479 --> 00:08:57,473 -Doesn't that bother you? -We've all got something to hide, Dureena. 114 00:09:00,799 --> 00:09:02,028 Straight. 115 00:09:03,999 --> 00:09:05,353 Queen high. 116 00:09:05,759 --> 00:09:08,353 What's the second thing you were taught? 117 00:09:08,639 --> 00:09:10,550 Never gamble with a thief. 118 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:16,349 That's a good trick... 119 00:09:16,439 --> 00:09:20,273 considering one of the cards I tossed away was the queen of hearts. 120 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:34,911 -Show me how to do that someday? -If we live that long. 121 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,156 By the way, where's It. Matheson? 122 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:43,670 In his quarters with his guest. 123 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,831 I heard. Is he okay? 124 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:49,434 I don't know. 125 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:02,073 I noticed we jumped shortly after I arrived. 126 00:10:02,479 --> 00:10:05,676 I hope we're not going too far off the beaten track. 127 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,035 A little. But we'll drop you off at a rendezvous point as soon as we're done. 128 00:10:10,119 --> 00:10:11,837 It'll be a few days. 129 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,429 You know, Lieutenant, you've become something of a role model... 130 00:10:17,519 --> 00:10:19,874 to a number of telepaths back home. 131 00:10:20,359 --> 00:10:23,511 Many of them have dreamed of being career military. 132 00:10:23,879 --> 00:10:26,632 You're the first to have a real shot at it. 133 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:30,390 So you will understand that we need to be even more strict... 134 00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:32,994 even more thorough, given your position. 135 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:34,115 Yes, sir. 136 00:10:37,159 --> 00:10:40,914 Just try and relax. No one likes deep scans. 137 00:10:41,279 --> 00:10:43,589 They're painful. Uncomfortable. 138 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:46,550 Sometimes even embarrassing... 139 00:10:46,919 --> 00:10:48,830 but necessary. 140 00:10:54,959 --> 00:10:56,632 The Well of Forever? 141 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:59,590 -Interesting destination. -Sir... 142 00:11:00,680 --> 00:11:02,239 that's duty-related information-- 143 00:11:02,319 --> 00:11:05,869 It concerns me because I'm here while all of it's going on. 144 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:07,519 So I'm making an exception. 145 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:09,750 Damn it, you have no right! 146 00:11:14,279 --> 00:11:16,236 My job gives me the right. 147 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:21,759 At the moment, you would do well to be more concerned about your job... 148 00:11:21,839 --> 00:11:24,115 because I can see more than a few mistakes... 149 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,157 you've made along the way. 150 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:30,435 Yes. Most disturbing, indeed. 151 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:41,749 Enter. 152 00:11:59,920 --> 00:12:02,355 What have you done to your quarters? 153 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:04,751 I made it the right size. 154 00:12:05,119 --> 00:12:07,793 I don't know why everybody else always makes things huge. 155 00:12:07,880 --> 00:12:10,554 This is the way I like it, nice and small. 156 00:12:11,119 --> 00:12:12,473 Have a seat. 157 00:12:14,239 --> 00:12:15,513 Thank you. 158 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,872 You've been keeping to yourself since we jumped. 159 00:12:30,639 --> 00:12:32,357 Usually people only worry where I am... 160 00:12:32,439 --> 00:12:35,477 because they're afraid their valuables will disappear. 161 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,028 That's not something that troubles me. 162 00:12:40,999 --> 00:12:44,788 Galen, if you trust me, why won't you tell me where we're going? 163 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:45,870 I said-- 164 00:12:45,959 --> 00:12:50,237 No, you said that this place holds answers. That doesn't tell me anything. 165 00:12:50,399 --> 00:12:53,039 Do you think I'm hiding things from you? 166 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,079 -Gideon says we all have things to hide. -Does he? How unfortunate. 167 00:12:58,560 --> 00:13:01,757 I was hoping he'd come further than that. Not that it isn't true. 168 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,832 It's just that one simply doesn't have to say it. 169 00:13:07,039 --> 00:13:11,272 Galen, I would like to believe what you said. I would love to trust you. 170 00:13:11,519 --> 00:13:13,317 Just give me a reason. 171 00:13:14,879 --> 00:13:17,029 What is this Well of Forever? 172 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,352 It is a great monument. 173 00:13:21,480 --> 00:13:25,314 It's a place where races through the ages have brought offerings. 174 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:27,670 It's a sacred, spiritual place. 175 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:32,355 And when we find it, you will have all the answers you require. 176 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:34,951 You only have to listen... 177 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:38,269 and ask the right questions. 178 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,231 Matthew was right. We all have something to hide... 179 00:13:45,999 --> 00:13:48,309 and we all have something to tell. 180 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,677 We all have a secret name. We all have a question. 181 00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:56,113 One question that unlocks our hearts. 182 00:13:57,639 --> 00:13:59,755 What is your question, Galen? 183 00:14:03,799 --> 00:14:04,834 Why? 184 00:14:11,239 --> 00:14:14,277 -Lieutenant, are you all right? -He ripped right through my brain. 185 00:14:14,359 --> 00:14:17,511 -He got our destination, everything. -What? Can he do that? 186 00:14:17,599 --> 00:14:20,273 He has discretionary authority to go anywhere he needs to. 187 00:14:20,359 --> 00:14:23,909 But he didn't need to. It was a violation of privacy, of... 188 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,832 I'm sorry, Captain. I shouldn't have said anything. 189 00:14:29,159 --> 00:14:30,957 It's not your problem. 190 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:51,073 We're picking up something on the long range scanners. 191 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:53,629 Is it this so-called Well of Forever? 192 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,393 I don't think so. 193 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:20,389 I've never seen anything like it before. 194 00:15:20,479 --> 00:15:24,393 IPX has had some unsubstantiated reports about life forms spotted out here... 195 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:26,232 but we've never had any proof. 196 00:15:26,319 --> 00:15:29,630 This is an excellent opportunity. We'll send out minicams. We'll get-- 197 00:15:29,719 --> 00:15:31,517 Not until we finish our scans. 198 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:34,399 We can't risk having them notice us if they pose a threat. 199 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:36,391 They're called the Fenn. 200 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:41,549 -They're barely sentient. -You know about them? 201 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:42,913 They're drifters. 202 00:15:42,999 --> 00:15:46,674 They're attracted to bright, shiny objects, but they lose interest quickly. 203 00:15:47,239 --> 00:15:51,756 They won't do anything if we stop engines and just drift through them quietly. 204 00:15:52,800 --> 00:15:54,154 You're sure? 205 00:15:55,079 --> 00:15:56,558 Yes, of course. 206 00:16:02,359 --> 00:16:03,554 Stop engines. 207 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:14,269 Status? 208 00:16:14,359 --> 00:16:18,034 One of the creatures has latched onto us and is reeling us in. 209 00:16:20,239 --> 00:16:22,958 They're probably just curious, that's all. 210 00:16:23,719 --> 00:16:25,995 -Play dead. -What if we're lunch? 211 00:16:26,319 --> 00:16:29,038 I've never heard of them consuming a ship. 212 00:16:43,199 --> 00:16:46,271 I think it's safe to say that we're not being consumed... 213 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:48,795 but it's certainly an odd, chewing rhythm. 214 00:16:48,879 --> 00:16:51,439 If it's not eating us, what's it doing? 215 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,950 No, it's not! It's mating with us? 216 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,320 It's not exactly the first contact situation that I'd envisioned, but... 217 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:07,996 I want it off my ship right now. 218 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:10,435 -Navigation, full power to thrusters. -Aye, Captain. 219 00:17:10,520 --> 00:17:14,878 Thrusters? Captain, you're giving it all the wrong signals. 220 00:17:14,959 --> 00:17:16,757 Engines to full. Pull us away. 221 00:17:29,679 --> 00:17:32,956 -Any damage? -No, sir. 222 00:17:33,919 --> 00:17:35,432 "Just drift through them." 223 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,831 Galen, if that thing has gotten anything on my ship... 224 00:17:40,680 --> 00:17:43,672 Looks like he didn't stick around for the pillow talk. 225 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:47,469 Captain, the longer we're out here, the worse things could get. 226 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:51,909 What if there are more dangerous life forms out here? 227 00:17:51,999 --> 00:17:56,197 It would be a mistake to assume that there's only one life form in hyperspace. 228 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:57,509 Based on an ocean model... 229 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:01,115 we might have just seen the lowest level of the food chain. 230 00:18:06,479 --> 00:18:08,390 So, what happened up here? 231 00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:13,878 Nothing major. Just a few pesky life forms getting fresh with my ship. 232 00:18:18,319 --> 00:18:20,356 Any sign of our destination? 233 00:18:20,959 --> 00:18:23,235 None. Scanners are totally dead. 234 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:29,874 I'm starting to wonder if you're right. Maybe this was a mistake. 235 00:18:30,239 --> 00:18:31,513 Probably. 236 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:34,513 But I don't think we should turn back, not yet. 237 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,398 You said that you avoid situations... 238 00:18:36,479 --> 00:18:40,154 where you don't know what you'll get out of it or what the consequences are. 239 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:41,873 What changed that? 240 00:18:42,319 --> 00:18:45,994 Galen says this is important, that it means something to him. 241 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:51,154 Look, I don't like having to trust anyone because I'm always disappointed. 242 00:18:51,239 --> 00:18:54,789 But just once, I'd like to know that I could actually trust someone. 243 00:18:54,879 --> 00:18:58,918 That for at least one person, everything wasn't about money or power. 244 00:18:59,120 --> 00:19:00,713 That's a benefit? 245 00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,077 -For me, it could be. -And the consequence? 246 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:08,998 That we'll die out here, but I'm used to that. 247 00:19:09,479 --> 00:19:11,868 Look, we have no control over when we die... 248 00:19:11,959 --> 00:19:14,348 only how, why, and in what cause. 249 00:19:14,999 --> 00:19:19,118 All right, I'll give it another day. I owe Galen that much. 250 00:19:19,520 --> 00:19:20,919 And you, too. 251 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,636 If we don't find it by then, we turn around and go home. 252 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:37,394 Yes? 253 00:19:38,360 --> 00:19:40,954 Captain, we'll reach our destination in a few hours. 254 00:19:41,040 --> 00:19:43,316 Preliminary scans of the area show nothing there. 255 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:46,313 Could it be hiding behind some hyperspace bubble or shielding? 256 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,153 Negative. Between Galen's flyer and our own enhancements... 257 00:19:49,239 --> 00:19:51,958 we have enough technology to detect that kind of shielding. 258 00:19:52,039 --> 00:19:54,030 There's nothing there, sir. 259 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,430 Thanks for the bad news. End. 260 00:20:09,679 --> 00:20:12,319 -I was just coming to see you. -Yes, I know. 261 00:20:12,399 --> 00:20:15,676 You've just heard there is nothing at our destination. 262 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,433 Then you know we have to go back now. 263 00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:22,194 I've put my ship and my crew at risk coming all this way. I can't justify-- 264 00:20:22,280 --> 00:20:24,840 I'm afraid going back is not an option. 265 00:20:25,159 --> 00:20:27,514 Galen, we have gone out of our way for you. 266 00:20:27,599 --> 00:20:28,953 We have to turn around... 267 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,554 before we go too far out and something goes wrong. 268 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,474 I still have control of the navigational systems through my ship. 269 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:37,233 What are you saying? 270 00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,436 It is impossible for you to change course... 271 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:43,638 until I turn control of the ship over to you again. 272 00:20:44,599 --> 00:20:46,033 That's mutiny. 273 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:50,029 The Well is here somewhere. We cannot go back until we find it. 274 00:20:51,439 --> 00:20:54,716 The ship is not entirely under your control, Matthew. 275 00:20:58,160 --> 00:20:59,480 I am sorry. 276 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:20,631 Don't you walk away from me! Why the hell are you doing this? 277 00:21:20,719 --> 00:21:23,359 The Well may have shifted in hyperspace over the years. 278 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:26,273 My ship will automatically compensate and plot a new course. 279 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:27,555 You cannot interfere. 280 00:21:27,639 --> 00:21:30,677 The interface between my ship and the Excalibur is very delicate. 281 00:21:30,759 --> 00:21:34,548 If you tamper with it before we reach our destination, we will be lost out here. 282 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,074 I didn't ask how you screwed me. 283 00:21:36,159 --> 00:21:38,036 -I asked why. -There's that question again. 284 00:21:38,120 --> 00:21:40,634 You agreed to turn around if there was nothing here. 285 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:42,393 You deliberately programmed this... 286 00:21:42,479 --> 00:21:44,436 in case you were wrong and it wasn't here... 287 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:46,113 so you'd force us to keep looking. 288 00:21:46,199 --> 00:21:49,635 You once told me you considered the Excalibur your family. 289 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,120 You told me that we were the only people you trusted. 290 00:21:53,200 --> 00:21:55,794 What could possibly make you betray that? 291 00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,720 A promise. 292 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:03,830 One that I must keep, no matter the cost. 293 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,310 If you take control of my ship... 294 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,159 everything else that you do after today... 295 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:15,959 you do alone. 296 00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:22,358 It won't be the first time that I have been alone. 297 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,595 -Captain, do you have a moment? -Not really. 298 00:22:36,679 --> 00:22:40,229 Then I suggest you make one. It's about It. Matheson. 299 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,515 I wanted you to know I've completed my scan and I found some gray areas. 300 00:22:54,599 --> 00:22:56,636 Maybe you just found what you wanted to find. 301 00:22:56,719 --> 00:22:59,472 Maybe you're just a bit too eager for that next promotion. 302 00:22:59,559 --> 00:23:01,630 He has used his abilities to sense emotions... 303 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:05,600 on the part of certain individuals who have come here in recent months. 304 00:23:05,959 --> 00:23:07,950 Caught the random, stray thought. 305 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:09,951 No serious breaches of conduct... 306 00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,431 but enough that he may be recalled for further questioning and training. 307 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,400 I can't allow that. He's needed here. He is answerable only to me. 308 00:23:18,399 --> 00:23:22,393 He is answerable to the Senate Committee on Metasensory Abilities first... 309 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,557 above even you, Captain. 310 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:27,953 In anyone else, these would be small enough to overlook. 311 00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:30,713 But It. Matheson has a higher requirement. 312 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:33,789 That sounds like discrimination to me. 313 00:23:33,879 --> 00:23:37,156 Holding one person to a higher standard than the rest. 314 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,276 It is what is. You cannot fight what is. 315 00:23:47,879 --> 00:23:50,837 Captain, you know the test we've been running? 316 00:23:50,999 --> 00:23:54,196 The one tracing the merge from Galen's flyer back to his ship? 317 00:23:54,279 --> 00:23:56,555 I tried one last time to breach his defenses... 318 00:23:56,639 --> 00:24:00,792 figuring if I could get in we might be able to get back control of our ship. 319 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:03,474 I was locked out by some kind of manual control. 320 00:24:03,559 --> 00:24:06,551 He shut that down and then shut everything down. 321 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,073 -He knows we were snooping. -Yes, I'm sure he does. 322 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,510 All right, let it go. We're not gonna get anywhere. 323 00:24:12,599 --> 00:24:14,351 All we can do now is wait. 324 00:24:17,839 --> 00:24:21,469 Captain, what if we do find something out there? 325 00:24:21,799 --> 00:24:25,190 We'll send out EVA Teams and investigate whatever it is. 326 00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:28,675 Why? You want to head the expedition? 327 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,799 Listen, if you've never been into hyperspace before, you should go. 328 00:24:33,079 --> 00:24:35,639 It's amazing. It's nothing like being in normal space. 329 00:24:35,719 --> 00:24:37,198 I wish I could. 330 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:41,110 But exposure to hyperspace increases a telepath's abilities. 331 00:24:41,759 --> 00:24:43,875 The longer the exposure, the greater the effect. 332 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:47,476 In here, the ship's shielding helps keep out most of the telepathic boost. 333 00:24:47,559 --> 00:24:51,518 But if I go outside, even in an EVA suit, there's no telling what might happen. 334 00:24:51,599 --> 00:24:54,796 I could casually scan all of you with just a glance. 335 00:24:55,840 --> 00:25:00,198 Since safety precautions prevent anyone from going into hyperspace alone... 336 00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,200 I guess I'll never know what it's like. 337 00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:07,677 I guess there's always a price to pay for something. 338 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:12,879 Coming up on a dense hyperspace veil, Captain. 339 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,798 Ship is beginning to slow. Retros firing. 340 00:25:25,119 --> 00:25:26,473 We're there. 341 00:26:02,959 --> 00:26:05,633 I felt the ship come to a stop and no one... 342 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:07,518 Oh, my God. 343 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,198 It's true. Something like this in hyperspace. 344 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:14,439 It's incredible. 345 00:26:14,759 --> 00:26:16,352 Scanner readouts are hazy... 346 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,910 but it appears to have a self-contained atmosphere bubble. 347 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:22,390 All right, Galen, we found it. 348 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,152 We'll do this slowly. Stand by to drop probes... 349 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:30,438 Captain, there. 350 00:26:36,199 --> 00:26:38,349 I'm going after him. The rest of you stay put. 351 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,479 -You can't expect me-- -If he tries leaving the bridge, restrain him. 352 00:26:44,439 --> 00:26:47,079 Lieutenant, this is a major discovery. 353 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:49,720 It can't hurt to run surface scans while he's out there. 354 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,679 At least find out about the atmosphere, gravity, temperature. 355 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,798 We'll give him the heads up for his own good. 356 00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:43,875 -Where's the Captain? -He's down there. 357 00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,756 We're just getting initial readouts. You won't believe this. 358 00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:50,798 Steel, iron, nickel, deuridium hybrid alloys... 359 00:27:50,879 --> 00:27:54,474 all worth millions across known space. But that's not all. 360 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:58,595 The entire core is pure, solid Quantium 40. 361 00:27:59,240 --> 00:28:02,756 That alone is worth billions to any jump gate construction company. 362 00:28:02,919 --> 00:28:05,832 And above that, gold, precious metals... 363 00:28:05,919 --> 00:28:08,354 all veined through those upper strata. 364 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:10,949 Whole caverns of jewels and metals. 365 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:13,392 It's a treasure trove. 366 00:28:13,800 --> 00:28:16,952 Do you have any idea what a find like this is worth? 367 00:28:17,639 --> 00:28:18,674 No. 368 00:28:18,999 --> 00:28:22,037 No, it's not a treasure trove, at least not the way you mean it. 369 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:23,719 What are you talking about? 370 00:28:23,799 --> 00:28:27,997 Take your eyes off the mineral scanner for half a minute, and look at it. 371 00:28:30,999 --> 00:28:33,115 That is not a treasure trove. 372 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:35,674 It's a mausoleum. 373 00:28:35,999 --> 00:28:38,559 Those caverns and monoliths are gravestones... 374 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,792 that mark the passing of a highly advanced race or culture. 375 00:28:42,439 --> 00:28:46,433 On my world, we laid our chieftains to rest at crossroads, as this is a crossroad... 376 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:48,557 in burial mounds that resemble these. 377 00:28:48,639 --> 00:28:51,791 The gems, precious metals, and artifacts were probably left here... 378 00:28:51,879 --> 00:28:53,950 by those few who knew how to find this place. 379 00:28:54,039 --> 00:28:57,350 Over centuries, new grave sites and offerings buried the older ones... 380 00:28:57,439 --> 00:28:59,077 layer after layer. 381 00:29:00,039 --> 00:29:01,950 It's a place of glory... 382 00:29:02,599 --> 00:29:04,237 a place of memory. 383 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:08,351 Most of all, a place of goodbyes. 384 00:29:09,359 --> 00:29:12,351 Yes. As I said, at the very least... 385 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:15,592 the find of a lifetime. 386 00:29:42,159 --> 00:29:44,753 Now will you tell me what's going on? 387 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:49,835 Her name was Isabel, and she was the best of us. 388 00:29:51,199 --> 00:29:53,190 Every Techno-mage knows the 14 words... 389 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:55,999 that will make someone fall in love with you forever. 390 00:29:56,080 --> 00:29:58,469 -But she only needed one. -What word? 391 00:29:59,719 --> 00:30:00,834 Hello. 392 00:30:03,319 --> 00:30:06,869 She would sit across from me on cold nights in the study... 393 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,239 her tiny frame lost in an enormous, overstuffed chair... 394 00:30:12,439 --> 00:30:14,476 her feet curled beneath her. 395 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,510 In my dreams, I still remember... 396 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,795 the pattern of runes hand-stitched to the hem of her gown... 397 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,954 even though I never really studied them. 398 00:30:27,119 --> 00:30:29,315 At night, when I read alone... 399 00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:31,551 I still hear her sighing... 400 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,679 over passages on the pages which troubled her. 401 00:30:36,679 --> 00:30:39,034 We spent the nights in study like that... 402 00:30:39,519 --> 00:30:42,557 sometimes never saying a word... 403 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:45,478 and never needing to. 404 00:30:46,960 --> 00:30:48,553 She was your wife? 405 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:51,872 No, not in those terms. 406 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:55,913 It's difficult to explain the kind of relationships... 407 00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:57,877 that define our order. 408 00:30:59,919 --> 00:31:01,751 But she was my love... 409 00:31:03,439 --> 00:31:06,875 to the breadth and depth that my soul can reach. 410 00:31:08,280 --> 00:31:12,353 And second to this place, I was hers. 411 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,593 She spent her life searching for this. 412 00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:21,514 It was her dream, and because I loved her, it became mine, too. 413 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,559 After I lost her... 414 00:31:27,079 --> 00:31:29,309 I devoted my life to finding it. 415 00:31:29,919 --> 00:31:31,432 You put us through all this... 416 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:35,070 just because of a promise to find this place? 417 00:31:35,959 --> 00:31:37,677 Not just to find it. 418 00:31:39,359 --> 00:31:42,829 I promised her that somehow, someday, whatever the cost... 419 00:31:45,679 --> 00:31:49,559 I would take her here to rest. 420 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:09,991 If you understand at all... 421 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,636 then you will let me finish it. 422 00:32:35,559 --> 00:32:37,835 “Care no more to clothe and eat 423 00:32:38,439 --> 00:32:40,874 "To thee the reed is as the oak 424 00:32:42,039 --> 00:32:46,192 "The scepter, learning, physic must 425 00:32:47,359 --> 00:32:50,715 "All follow this, and come to dust 426 00:32:51,519 --> 00:32:54,750 "All lovers young, all lovers must 427 00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:58,951 "Consign to thee, and come to dust” 428 00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:31,434 Naturally, IPX is going to want a cut of this. 429 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:34,319 The hell with IPX. Just because you work for them... 430 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,755 doesn't give them the right to desecrate this place. 431 00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:38,512 -Desecrate? -Yes, desecrate. 432 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:41,637 I fully intend to keep the site preserved in its natural state... 433 00:33:41,719 --> 00:33:44,837 after we move it to the Russian Consortium Museum for Xenostudies. 434 00:33:44,919 --> 00:33:46,353 Absolutely not! 435 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,319 These are the final resting places of Techno-mages, wise men... 436 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,277 and who knows what else. Whoever they were-- 437 00:33:51,359 --> 00:33:54,431 Set course for the last known hyperspace beacon and turn us away. 438 00:33:54,519 --> 00:33:55,589 What? 439 00:33:56,479 --> 00:33:59,551 If we're just going to leave, then why did we even come here? 440 00:33:59,639 --> 00:34:01,755 Max, just shut up, all right? 441 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:08,114 Galen, this was your idea. You brought us here. 442 00:34:08,599 --> 00:34:12,354 You know how valuable this place is. Say something. 443 00:34:20,080 --> 00:34:21,309 Goodbye. 444 00:34:34,080 --> 00:34:37,471 -Dureena, you busy? -Not terribly. 445 00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,075 What? 446 00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,313 I've been thinking, I need someone to do a favor for me... 447 00:34:42,399 --> 00:34:45,994 someone absolutely single-minded. It's not for me, actually. 448 00:34:46,319 --> 00:34:48,595 -For It. Matheson. -Name it. 449 00:35:12,119 --> 00:35:14,349 -Captain-- -Wait a second. What is it today? 450 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,511 Is my office suddenly Grand Central Station? 451 00:35:16,599 --> 00:35:19,398 I wanted to warn you. There's a bomb on board. 452 00:35:20,079 --> 00:35:21,308 Don't be ridiculous. 453 00:35:21,399 --> 00:35:24,630 It's attached to the jump engine, set to go off any time now. 454 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:28,310 She's willing to kill all of us to get revenge for something or other. 455 00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:31,199 -How did you hear about this? -Well, | 456 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:42,755 Let me see if I can pick your brain, for a change. 457 00:35:42,839 --> 00:35:45,149 You got this from the thoughts of a woman... 458 00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:47,150 that you saw in the bullet car. 459 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:48,913 -How can-- -Her name is Dureena. 460 00:35:48,999 --> 00:35:51,673 And I've never seen anyone focus on revenge and death... 461 00:35:51,759 --> 00:35:55,036 as completely as she can when she sets her mind to it. 462 00:35:56,359 --> 00:35:58,999 It. Matheson told me that you probed part of his mind... 463 00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:00,878 to find out where we were going. 464 00:36:00,959 --> 00:36:03,519 A small infraction since you had your reasons for it. 465 00:36:03,599 --> 00:36:06,591 So I figured that you'd have even more reason... 466 00:36:06,679 --> 00:36:08,670 to protect your own skin. 467 00:36:13,479 --> 00:36:16,312 You said certain people should be held to a higher standard. 468 00:36:16,400 --> 00:36:18,710 What is the standard for a watchman like you? 469 00:36:18,799 --> 00:36:21,791 Or more to the point, what are the penalties? 470 00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:30,233 You forget about what you saw, and I'll forget all about this. 471 00:36:32,799 --> 00:36:33,914 Deal? 472 00:36:59,559 --> 00:37:02,836 Sir, we've picked up an open airlock on Deck 14. 473 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,638 Should I alert Security? 474 00:37:06,639 --> 00:37:09,074 No, that's all right. Just keep driving. 475 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:12,994 Beautiful. 476 00:37:35,839 --> 00:37:37,989 I'm leaving again for a while. 477 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:40,839 I wanted to know if I should bother coming back again. 478 00:37:41,279 --> 00:37:44,317 You hijacked my ship, Galen. You betrayed my trust. 479 00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,870 What higher insult could you pay to a friend? 480 00:37:47,239 --> 00:37:50,709 You didn't even trust me enough to tell the truth about why we were going. 481 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,474 -If I had, you wouldn't have come. -You don't know that. 482 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:56,518 Because you didn't trust me enough to tell me, you never will. 483 00:37:56,640 --> 00:38:01,191 I admit this is the first time I have put my private agenda before the mission. 484 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:02,874 But you did the same. 485 00:38:02,959 --> 00:38:04,472 You only went along with this... 486 00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,837 because it gave you the chance to examine the technology of my ship. 487 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,560 You, too, were following your own agenda. 488 00:38:10,799 --> 00:38:13,359 Neither of us can claim altruism today. 489 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:16,596 Five miles completed. 490 00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,313 You saved my life 10 years ago, Galen... 491 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,829 and several times since. I owe you. 492 00:38:23,919 --> 00:38:27,037 Further, your importance to the mission far outweighs the offense. 493 00:38:27,120 --> 00:38:29,714 So I'm not gonna put it on the record... 494 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,199 but it was wrong. 495 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:35,677 On a certain level, perhaps. 496 00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:39,311 But on a higher one, I fulfilled a promise. 497 00:38:42,959 --> 00:38:44,757 And I give you another: 498 00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:48,149 I will never again betray your trust. 499 00:38:48,639 --> 00:38:52,314 If I honored one vow, then you know that I will keep this one. 500 00:38:54,759 --> 00:38:58,115 I carried out her last request, honored her memory. 501 00:38:59,319 --> 00:39:01,310 If it were you, wouldn't you do the same? 502 00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,074 I've already made that promise, times 300. 503 00:39:05,359 --> 00:39:06,918 Have you kept it? 504 00:39:08,679 --> 00:39:10,078 No, not yet. 505 00:39:12,119 --> 00:39:14,793 Then when the time comes, I will help you keep yours... 506 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:17,076 as you have helped me keep mine. 507 00:39:18,199 --> 00:39:21,794 Perhaps then we can both forgive ourselves our common crime. 508 00:39:22,919 --> 00:39:24,193 What crime? 509 00:39:25,079 --> 00:39:26,433 Being alive. 510 00:39:41,279 --> 00:39:42,917 I am leaving for a while. 511 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,794 You said the Well of Forever was an open book... 512 00:39:45,879 --> 00:39:48,348 full of answers for those who listen. 513 00:39:49,120 --> 00:39:52,511 We were there, Galen. Where are the answers? 514 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:58,949 For Max Eilerson, the question was: 515 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:02,914 "Is there anything in all the universe that I cannot have?” 516 00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:06,598 Download the coordinates of the Well into my personal log... 517 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,637 and download the bridge video records of this subject. 518 00:40:12,639 --> 00:40:14,357 Unable to comply. 519 00:40:14,520 --> 00:40:19,151 Technostatic disarray has erased all of your primary source information. 520 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,871 That answer is being delivered clearly and unequivocally. 521 00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:29,869 It. Matheson. He would have had his answer, foo... 522 00:40:30,359 --> 00:40:32,919 had he gone to the Well with Gideon. 523 00:40:33,839 --> 00:40:36,718 Matthew did receive his answer... 524 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,389 but because he was not listening... 525 00:40:40,799 --> 00:40:43,313 he will have to look elsewhere. 526 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:50,759 What about me? 527 00:40:52,519 --> 00:40:55,352 You should learn to be more careful... 528 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:58,558 when talking in front of an open channel to my ship. 529 00:40:58,639 --> 00:41:02,234 Look, I don't like having to trust anybody, because I'm always disappointed. 530 00:41:02,320 --> 00:41:05,517 But just once, I'd like to know that I could actually trust someone. 531 00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:09,593 That for at least one person, everything wasn't about money or power. 532 00:41:15,520 --> 00:41:19,150 I think you've received the answer to your question, Dureena. 533 00:41:21,879 --> 00:41:23,028 Maybe. 534 00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,635 But what about your question, Galen? 535 00:41:29,599 --> 00:41:31,670 Did you find your answer to "why"? 536 00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:36,794 That one... 537 00:41:38,879 --> 00:41:40,870 may take a little longer.