All language subtitles for Babylon.5.S03E08.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[instrumental music]

You know, I've been stuck
in this tin can for three years.

I haven't taken a vacation.
Okay, okay, it's my fault.

I had the leave coming,
I just didn't take it.

I mean, the pay sucks,
I knew that when I signed on.

And nobody said I'd survive
the job.

Now, I give you all that.

But where in my contract
does it say

that I have to eat
the same food

for breakfast every day
for three years?

Paragraph 47, subsection 19,
clause 9A.

You can find it in the index
under SUAEI.

SUAEI?

- Shut up and eat it.
- Shut up and eat it.

Ex-excuse me, commander.

- What? What-what-what?
- It's nothing.

- I smell bacon and eggs.
- Get out of here.

Do you know how much it costs
to bring eggs all the way

out here before they spoil?

I have tried for years,
it can't..

[sniffing]
Bacon and eggs, definitely.

[gasps]

I-it's from Marcus.

It's nothing like that.
I did him a favor.

I helped get him an Identi-card
so that he could use

some of the facilities
on the station.

And he asked what he could do
for me in return

and I said surprise me.

I can get anchovies.
I can get olive oil.

Anything that's prepackaged.

I haven't seen a fresh chicken
egg in three years.

I mean cooked or otherwise.

And bacon? Forget it.

[sighs]
Look, if you want it,
it's yours.

Oh, no. Wouldn't dream of it.
Now, now, go on, eat.

- Yeah, don't mind us.
- We'll just sit right here.

Yeah, and watch.

[sighs]
I'm gonna kill him.

After breakfast,
if I can find him.

[dramatic music]

[groaning]

[grunting]

Get out of here! Go!

[intense music]

[screams]

Bastards.

[clattering]

[yelling]

(Ivanova)
The Babylon project was our
last best hope for peace.

It failed.

[theme music]

But in the year
of the Shadow War

it became something greater.

Our last, best hope
for victory.

The year is 2260.

The place...Babylon 5.

[theme music]

[music continues]

(woman over TV)
As Senate hearings
into the death of

President Louis Santiago
enter their sixth week

evidence purporting to be

'from President Clark's
physician has surfaced.'

'These records seem to indicate'

'that the illness
which prevented President Clark'

'from being aboard
Earthforce One when it exploded'

'may have only been
a convenient alibi.'

Representatives
for President Clark

'speaking before the Senate
Investigative Committee today'

'dismissed
these latest allegations'

'describing them
as attempts to destabilize'

'Earthgov from within
and without.'

'In related news, Earth Dome
Chief of Staff Bill Harris'

announced that a new alien race,
only recently detected

may pose a significant threat
to planetary security.

'When asked what was being done
to counter this threat'

'Harris said only that extreme
measures may be required.'

[beeps]

[intense music]

Will she be alright?

Well, there's no internal damage
or a concussion.

Well, there's something
to be thankful for.

So, who were the men
attacking her?

Businessmen, of a sort.

They know the right doors to
knock on, the right words to say

to get a list of names of people
that other people want found

captured or killed
for the right price.

Why her? What did she do?

Nothing...yet.

Keep a close eye on her, doctor.
I'll be back.

[instrumental music]

Take five. I'll be okay.

Thought I'd stop in
and see how you're doing.

Fine, fine.

Two weeks down, six to go
before I've repaid my debt

to society
for attacking Mollari.

I've taken
the opportunity provided

by my incarceration
to meditate...to think.

- Sometimes I even sing.
- I know, we got a petition.

For or against?

Based on the sound, they think
we're torturing you in here.

[laughs]

Sit down, Mr. Garibaldi.

You know, a true artist is never
appreciated in his own time.

Or his own cellblock?

And you? Are you enjoying
the book of G'Quan?

Well, what I can follow, yeah.

I just wish there were a
translated version I could read.

[gasps]
Sacrilege, it must be read
in the mother tongue

or not at all.

You know what's odd?
You seem, I don't know, happier

in here than you were out there.

In here, Mr. Garibaldi,
you cannot hide from yourself.

'Everything out there has only
one purpose..'

...to distract us
from ourselves..

From what is truly important..

But there are no distractions
in here.

You can learn much from silence.

And what have you learned?

I'm writing it all down,
right here.

The war, the fall of Narn,
...our mistakes..

And what must be done
to correct them.

I expect to have it finished
by the time I'm released.

Can I see it?

When it is done.

[transmitter beeps]

- Yeah.
- 'Chief.'

(female #1)
'We need you ASAP. Code 7-R.'

'Our new friend says
to tell you, the package'

'you've been waiting for
has arrived.'

Alright, on my way.
I'll check in with you later.

Remember that petition.

[instrumental music]

(Michael)
'Seven years ago,
I saw something.'

'I was never able to prove it.'

'And after enough people
said I was nuts'

'I figured I'd shut up
until I could find'

'somebody to back up my story.'

'Well, I found her.'

'Her name is Dr. Mary Kirkish.'

'Through the Rangers,
I heard she was on the run.'

'So, I asked Marcus
to find her.'

'She risked her life
coming here.'

'A lot of people want her dead.'

'Once she gets here,
once you talk to her'

'you'll understand why.'

[dramatic music]

For the past 12 years,
I've been working

for Interplanetary Expeditions.

We conduct archaeological digs
on other worlds

in search of new technology.

Well, new to us, anyway.

"Exploring the past
to create a better future."

We've seen the ads.

Seven years ago,
I was stationed on Mars.

We were always getting
false leads on artifacts

supposedly buried beneath
the Martian soil

for thousands of years.

Nothing ever came of it.

And then, one day,
our sonic probes

picked up something 300 feet

beneath the surface
of Syria Planum.

We didn't know what it was..

...except it wasn't
a natural formation.

And given its depth,
it had to have been there

at least a 1000 years.

It was the middle
of the Martian winter

so it took weeks
just to dig half of it

out of the ground.

But that much was enough
to give me

nightmares
for the rest of my life.

[intense music]

It's the same ship we've been
seeing on the news lately.

'The one that looks like
it came straight from hell.'

But back home, they're saying

they've never seen ships
like this before.

They're lying.
I was there.

Then why this campaign
to find out more about them?

They may be using this threat
as an excuse

to tighten security,
restrict information.

If this is true, they haven't
been trying to find out

what these ships are.

They're trying to find out
who else knows about them.

That's an awfully big conclusion
based on finding just one ship.

There was just one ship,
wasn't there?

That was just the start.

It gets worse.

'Only a handful of people know
what happened after that'

including me.

All the others are either dead
or missing.

Once I leave here,
sooner or later, they'll find me

and I'll disappear.

Before that happens,
someone has to know.

Someone has to stop them
before it's too late.

We told Earth Central
what we'd found.

It was a strike of a lifetime.
We were all very excited.

But there was something about it
that made us nervous.

And then one of our worker,
who was clearing away the dirt

accidentally touched it
with his bare hand.

He died instantly,
as if the life

had just been sucked
right out of him.

Did you ever get a reply
from Earth Central?

(Dr. Mary)
'No, not at first.'

'But a week later,
we were suddenly'

'ordered to stop digging
and pull back'

'to our secondary base
two miles away.'

Well, we didn't want to go,
but we were told anyone

who didn't move would be fired.
So, we moved.

For six days,
we just sat there waiting

while unmarked shuttles
moved in and out of the area

surrounding the dig.

And then suddenly
everything stopped.

No shuttles,
no communication, nothing.

[shuttles whirring]

That's when I saw it.

[intense music]

I just wanted
to run away and hide.

Jump in a hole and pull
the ground in over me

'but there was nowhere to go.'

Nothing to do but watch.

At first, I thought it was
destroying the other ship.

Then I realized
it was digging it out.

For 20, 25 minutes,
nothing happened.

Then we heard it.

[screeching]

A sound that just reaches
right into your brain

and rips it apart.

The sound of something terrible
being born.

They warned us
that if we told anyone

'what we'd seen, there would
be unfortunate consequences.'

'Then they broke us up,
assigned us to other worlds'

'so we'd never have a chance
to talk to each other.'

What's your involvement
in all this?

I was piloting a shuttle on Mars
around the same time.

We went down, two of us
had to get back to civilization

on our own.

I saw a part of what
she just described.

When I went back to check it
out, it was all gone.

Uh, except for..

Except for this.

Psi Corps.

A few weeks ago,
I was called into a new dig.

They found another one
of these things.

This time on Ganymede.
But there's a difference.

Whoever's behind this back home
doesn't want to give it back.

In three days, they're going to
take it back to Earth

study its secrets
and learn how to use it

against the other races
and if necessary

against our own people.

'That's why I had to warn
someone.'

You can't let them get a hold
of one of these ships.

They don't want it
so we can fight these things.

They want us to become
more like them.

That's it.

That's all I have to say.

They can kill me now.
I don't care.

That will not happen.

We've made arrangements
to get you into Minbari space.

Lennier, please take care
of Dr. Kirkish.

Of course.

If Earth and Psi Corps
really are working

with the Shadows,
this is too big.

Ho-how can we fight
something like that?

I need to think about this
for a while...alone.

'I'll call you
when I have something to say.'

Delenn, stay.

I'm gonna need you for this.

Zack?
Where's the chief?

He's been in some meeting
with the captain all afternoon.

Something you want me
to tell him?

No, no, no.
I was just checking.

There's a Nightwatch meeting
tomorrow morning, Zack.

And I just wanted to make sure
you knew about it.

Another one?
Come on, that's three this week.

Eternal vigilance is the price
of freedom, Zack.

Big things are coming. We've got
to be ready for them.

See you tomorrow.

You know, sometimes watching
them like this

without them even knowing
we're here..

...makes you feel a little
like God, doesn't it?

[mellow music]

It's done.
I've sent Lennier ahead.

He'll make all the arrangements.

Are you sure you wish
to go through with this?

Then it's time
to tell the others.

[instrumental music]

Everyone in this room knows
what Earth is turning into.

We can't allow President Clark
to get ahold of a Shadow ship.

That kind of power in his hands
could be the end of everything

that we have worked for.

We have got to stop that ship
before it leaves Ganymede.

Swell. I love it. How?

Delenn and I will take
the White Star

into Earth-controlled space.

With luck, we'll find the ship,
destroy it on the ground

before they can activate it.

- If not--
- 'Captain, you can't do this.'

As soon as you open
up a jump point near Jupiter

you'll be picked up
by the early warning system.

I know.

Our own ships will be sent in
to destroy you.

You'll be completely outgunned.

We understand, commander.

Neither of us has any illusions

about what
we are planning to do.

You can't take on Earth.
I mean, not now.

- Later..
- Later is too late.

We've already notified
the White Star.

It's on stand by,
awaiting our arrival.

So, what're you gonna do
when they open fire?

You're gonna fire back
on one of our own ships?

- What if you're captured?
- We won't be captured.

One way or another.

The decision's mine
and mine alone.

And..

...it's made.

(John)
The rest of you
will be needed here

to cover my absence.

It's a two day jump
to Earth space.

That's a long time to be gone.

I'm leaving behind
my Identi-card

my uniform, command rank..

Anything that could
lead back here

if something should go wrong.

Susan, in our absence,
I'm leaving you

and Garibaldi in charge
of the Rangers.

I'd tell you to take good care
of the station

but I know
that's not necessary.

I've left instructions
in my desk

for a cover story
if we don't come back.

You'll send out my Starfury

and use the auto-destruct
sequence.

Doctor, you'll provide
the organic mass

to simulate a casualty.

[dramatic music]

I wish none of this
were necessary.

But we all knew
that sooner or later

we'd have to deal with Earth.

So I guess it's time
we got down to business.

If there's any way
we can come back, we will.

[dramatic music]

[music continues]

As liaison to the Nightwatch
office back home

I've received several
disturbing communique

over the last few days.

The good news is,
our efforts to find corruption

and disloyalty here
and back home have succeeded

beyond our expectations.

So, what's the bad news?

Their findings
confirm our worst fears.

Earth has been sold out
by our own people.

Senators, high ranking military
officers, news media

correspondents, even some
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

(all)
What?

Everything we've been seeing
lately, the libelous attacks

on the president,
alien forces encroaching

on our territory, the lies and
subversion going on back home.

They're all part
of an organized effort

to weaken our government from
within as a prelude to invasion.

I don't believe this.

They'll start making arrests
within the next two months.

The lists have already
been drawn up.

What can we do to help?

Earth needs all the information
we can give her.

Any source is acceptable.

To make it easier for sources
to come forward

we're going to allow them to
give us information anonymously.

We're authorized to look into
past history

social contacts,
party affiliations

to conduct e-mail
and vid surveillance

'of Babcom and Stellarcom
transmissions.'

Whoa-whoa, wait, just how far
does this go anyway?

Do we start suspecting
everybody?

No, of course not.

Anyone in the Nightwatch
is automatically recognized

as working
in the best interests of Earth.

As for the other officers,
well, we won't look at them

unless we detect any unusual
activity on their part.

In that case,
may I ask a question?

Does anyone in this room
know where the captain is?

[intense music]

[indistinct whisperings]

(Lennier)
'Captain?'

Captain?

Mr. Lennier.

What's our position?

Thirty-two standard hours
from our destination.

You have been up
almost 20 hours.

- I recommend sleep.
- No, I'm fine. I'm fine.

If we should encounter
resistance

at the end of our journey,
would it not be wise

to confront it rested
and clear of mind?

[sighs]

[chuckles]

[grunts]

Oh.

I wondered when you would get
some sleep.

Yeah, you have
a most persistent attache.

How can you sleep
in these things?

It's quite simple,
with proper meditation.

We consider sleeping
in the horizontal

to be tempting death.

Yeah, well, if I sleep on this,
I'll be tempting fate all night.

Don't worry.

I will watch and catch you
if you should fall.

Okay.

I doubt if I'll be getting
any sleep anyway.

It's funny.

This will be the closest I've
been to Earth in four years.

Who would have thought
I'd come back in a Minbari ship?

You know what I miss most
about home?

The sound of rain hitting
the roof at night.

It always helped me fall asleep.

Back when I was a kid
preparing for the academy..

...I'd be up till 4 or 5 o'clock
in the morning studying.

I'd have maybe..

...two hours to sleep after that
but...I was so wound up.

I'd just lie there.

Same thing happened the night
before my final test.

I just knew if I didn't get some
sleep, I'd...never pass it.

And...did it begin to rain?

No.

But dad..

My dad...heard me
walking around.

He knew I couldn't sleep.

So, he went outside,
he got the garden hose

and sprayed it,
so it came down on the roof..

'...just like rain.'

He stood there making it rain
until I fell asleep.

I sometimes think he would have
stood there...for days

if he had to.

I miss him.

And right now..

...more than anything else in
the world, I wish it would rain.

Just for a little while.

[speaks in foreign language]

[rain pattering]

Sleep now.

[instrumental music]

[thunder rumbling]

(Marcus)
'And according to one
of our units on the border'

of Centauri space,
they've continued

massing their fleet.
We don't know why.

Maybe they expect
a counterattack.

It's hard to say.

And they have much
to be concerned about.

There's always the threat of an
attack by, say, a giant space

'dragon, the kind that eats
the sun once every 30 days.'

It's a nuisance, but what can
you expect from reptiles?

Did I mention that my nose
is on fire, that I have 15 wild

badgers living in my trousers?

I'm sorry,
would you prefer ferrets?

What I'd prefer is for you to..

To what?

I don't know.

I don't know
how to relate to you

how you fit into anything here.

I mean, where are you
in the ranks? Above, below?

Left, right,
in a box by the door?

It doesn't matter.

And that's not really
the problem, is it?

If anything happens
to the captain, I'm holding

you personally responsible.

Because I sent him off
on a suicide mission.

Ever since you've come here,
we've had nothing but trouble.

- You're a loose canon.
- He went of his own free will.

- He didn't have to go.
- Yes, he did.

And you knew he would the second
he found out what was going on.

I'd rather assumed
he would send me.

Funny, that.

But, if you are right, and
it was inevitable, why blame me?

Because we shouldn't have
to be doing this.

Because he didn't have
any business taking out

that ship without me
there to help him.

Because we're going up
against our own government

and I don't know
where the hell I fit in anymore

much less of you,
and damn it..

...because I don't have
anybody else to blame!

It's time.

They should almost
be there by now.

Alright, everyone.

We've just set off every
long-range scanner

in the area, so we don't have
a lot of time, we have to--

Captain, I-I'm picking
up a signal on the frequency

provided by Dr. Kirkish.

It's very faint.

I can only get audio.
It's from Ganymede.

Put it through.

[man over radio]
'IXP One to Base.
IXP One to Base.'

'Ready to begin transference.'

'Subject is approaching target.'

'Repeat,
subject is approaching target.'

What's he talking about?

The Shadow vessels use living
creatures as their central core.

Whoever steps inside merges with
it, becomes one with the ship.

After that,
it's fully functional.

They must be sending someone
inside right now.

Faster, Lennier,
we need to get there.

[dramatic music]

John, if whoever's going inside
hasn't been properly prepared

the results could be disastrous.

[man over radio]
'He's moving into the bridge.'

'He's disappeared
inside the ship.'

'So-something's happening.
We-we've lost bio-scan.'

'Something's..
Oh, my God!'

'It's moving. It's moving!'

[screeching]

- We've got visual.
- Put it through.

[intense music]

[zapping]

In Valen's name, it's awake.

[zapping]

[dramatic music]

This is what I was afraid of.

The merging was not handled
properly.

The ship is out of control,
insane.

It will destroy anything
in its path.

Then we've got to stop it
before anyone gets here.

Engines at maximum. Stand by,
weapons system. Prepare to fire.

John, if it's confused,
disoriented

we may have a chance.
It's a small one--

It's still a lot more
than an Earth cruiser

will have against that thing.

Fire!

[zapping]

[dramatic music]

- Damage to their ship?
- Negligible.

Full power to forward batteries.
One focused burst.

Fire!

(Lennier)
Minimal effect.

Captain, its weapons
are at full strength.

If it hits us dead on,
we cannot survive the blast.

That's alright, that is alright,
I did what I needed to do.

I got him mad enough
to follow us.

'Redirect power to engines.
Come about.'

(Lennier)
'Course?'

(John)
Jupiter.

Yeah, we're going inside.

If we can't out-fight it,
let's hope we can out-think it.

[dramatic music]

How much pressure
can this thing take?

Unknown.

- There was no time to test it.
- What did you have in mind?

(John)
'That ship isn't
fully functional yet.'

Once inside the atmosphere
of Jupiter, it may not be able

to climb out of
the gravity well.

It's possible we may not be able
to escape either.

I don't think
we have much choice.

External pressures increasing..

Approaching
two standard gravities.

[music continues]

[crackling]

- What was that? A new weapon?
- No.

No, when they fired,
the energy must have ignited

the local hydrogen.

Gravity's increasing.

Temperature at 10,000 standard
units. 12,000!

Continue descent.

Temperature's beyond
safe limits.

Pressure at this depth
is causing damage

to the outer hull.

Just a little longer.

Captain, if we go any further,
we may not have enough power

to escape
before we're destroyed.

If we turn back too soon

and that thing follows us out,
we'll be dead either way!

Now, stand by!

Hull's buckling.
Losing control.

Now! Get us out of here!

[dramatic music]

Full power.
Give me everything you've got!

If I were holding anything back,
I would tell you.

[screeching]

[chuckles]

Any sign of the enemy?

Scanners indicate
it's been destroyed.

[exhales]

Good.

Then get us out of here
so we don't have to..

I thought you said we killed
that thing.

We did.

(man over radio)
'This is the Earth Alliance
destroyer'

'Agamemnon to
unidentified vessel.'

Oh, hell.

'We've recorded an attack
in this sector.'

'You will surrender your vessel
and prepare to be boarded.'

Of all the ships, why does it
have to be the Agamemnon?

They must think
we are responsible

for the attack on Ganymede.

Of course.
It's the way our luck runs.

[dramatic music]

(Lennier)
Captain, shall I return fire?

Captain...shall I return fire?

Negative. I won't fire on her.

Are they equipped for
atmospheric maneuvering?

No. But they can track us down
like a bloodhound.

They can wait us out,
they can knock us down

or-or board us
if we try to escape.

[crackling]

They're getting closer.

John, I know this is not
what you wanted.

But if we remain here,
we will be destroyed.

Our only choices are to fight
or to surrender.

No, we can't surrender.

And I won't open fire
on my old ship!

Then what do you recommend?

[intense music]

Lennier, activate jump engines.

- Inside the atmosphere?
- Yes.

What? With all due respect

for your innovative choice
of strategy

'may I suggest
that the energy involved'

in opening a jump point
in a hydrogen rich atmosphere

would be explosive at best.

No, she's right.

We'll get as close as we can
to the edge of the atmosphere.

That should minimize
the eruption, I-I hope.

Send them a message in Interlac,
tell them that we are prepared

to surrender but we need them
to back off a little.

Then, bring her up slowly.

Let me see it.

Wait.

(man over radio)
'Unidentified ship'

'this is your final warning.'

'Surrender your vessel,
or be destroyed.'

Now!

[dramatic music]

[laughs]
Son of a gun.

Oh..

Ladies and gentle.. Minbari..

Congratulations.

We have just made the first
atmospheric jump

that I have ever heard of.

Mr. Lennier, put us on a course
for home. Best speed.

I want to be long gone from here
by the time they jump after us.

We'll be back this way again.

And one way or another..

...we will finish this.

[instrumental music]

[instrumental music]

[woman over TV]
'And ISN has confirmed
earlier reports'

'that an unidentified
alien ship'

'attacked a research lab
on Ganymede.'

'According to Earthforce,
the ship was pursued to Jupiter'

and destroyed
by the EAS Agamemnon.

Nonetheless, this latest
incident has heightened concerns

about planetary security.

President Clark is set
to be considering a new plan

that will provide Earth
with greater security.

Off.
Unbelievable.

You look pretty good
for a dead man.

We did something to help Earth,
but the way it's been reported

you'd think we were the menace.

Well, you know what they say,
no good deed goes unpunished.

The important thing is,
we got away with it.

So far.

I thought there was a meeting.

There is but it doesn't start
for another half an hour.

I wanted a chance
to talk to you alone.

About what?

Like I said the other day,
we've been getting reports

that Earthforce
may have been infiltrated

by traitors right up
to the command level.

Any unusual behavior is to be
reported and investigated.

Yeah, so?

So, the captain was gone
for four days.

Our records don't show
any absence, but I checked

the access panel
in his quarters.

It hasn't been used
since Monday.

Now, I'd say that that qualifies
as unusual behavior.

The ministry agrees.

You shouldn't have gone to them
without telling me.

I don't need your permission,
Zack. This is my job.

He's apparently enlisted some
of the other guys in security

to cover whatever he's doing.

That means he's got the chief
in his pocket.

You're close to the chief.

No, no way in hell.
I won't do it.

Look, all I'm asking you
to do is to go to him

be real earnest,
tell him

that you know something's going
on and you wanna help.

Yeah, well,
ever since I joined up

with you guys, he doesn't
trust me like he used to.

If he could trust me,
he'd have brought me

into this this thing weeks ago.

So, you admit
something's going on

and you've been seeing
the same things I have.

I didn't say that!

Look, things are a little tough
between us

right now,
but he's still a friend.

Well, you better start deciding

which is more important
to you, Zack.

Friendship or your job,
which is to protect Earth.

When you figure that out,
you let me know.

[intense music]

[doorbell rings]

Come.

I thought you might want
to see this.

As I recall, you were somewhat
concerned about where I fit

in the great organizational
scheme of things.

So I went to the effort
of preparing this chart.

Now then, here's you, right here
at the heart of everything.

And why not?
And here's me.

This is the captain.
Here's Franklin.

Here's my mum and dad.

They don't actually have
anything to do with it

but it's a very good picture
of them, don't you think?

[chuckles]
Marcus.

I actually think I've come up
with a way to explain

the organizational structure
of Babylon 5

using the Ottoman Empire
as a model.

It gets a little confusing
around this bit here

but one has to start somewhere.

Why are you doing this?

Did it make you laugh?

Yes.

Then my job here is done.
Have a good..

[transmitter beeps]

- Yes?
- 'Susan, quick, turn on ISN.'

Monitor on. Find ISN.

(woman over TV)
And to confirm earlier reports,
President Clark has signed

a decree today
declaring martial law

throughout Earth Central citing
threats to planetary security.

He's expected to provide
information

to support this action
at a closed meeting

'of the full Earth Senate
tomorrow.'

'We repeat,
Earth is now under martial law.'

[theme music]